The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
HEARD AT HOTELS.


Fairlei6a. of Louisville" said Mr. 3 J.
+ Robertson. Of Kentucky. at the Raleigh.
Dave Fairleigh is one of the biggest
J lawyers IN the country and no man
throughout our State is more heartily re-
speeted.
1T WAS while he was making an argu-
ment in most important ease. involving
the liberty Of two Of his brother LAWYERS.
In the course Of his argument ne was
( interrupted IN the most brusaue fashion
I by the judge. who told him that he was
talking along a line IN which the bench
did not care to have information. and 10
omit further speech on that head.
Yes your honor said FairIeigh. max
ing a beautiful bow, and straightway be-
gan whore he had left off. as he had
right to do. since he was proceeding in
order. as every lawyer in the courtroom
knew. Upon this the judge glared at
him savageiy. and in the most imperieus
tones repeated what he had formerly
said. II was the acme Of impoliteness.
DIT again, with that Chesterdeldian bow.
ralrieigh smiiingly said: Yes, your
iionor. and then resumed the thread Of
MS talk as before.
pom this the Judge. as n 10 show his
utter contempt. wheeled IN his chair,
turned MS back completely on the lawyer.
ana gazed out Of an open window that
gave upon the street il was the coarsest
act j nave ever seen. but Fairleigh was
equal 10 the occasion. From the moment
tflat the judge turned his back, the lawyer
ceased talking and a silence as though
OF a FUNERAL fell upon the chamber.
1T seemed g. me that fully five minutes
passed during which no word feH from
Faireigh's lips. He stood there I'm his
place as fixed and hrm as a stone wall
At last his honor could stand II no longer.
and wheeled into a proper attitude.
whereupOn the kentUciian resumed
bis remarks, taking uD precisely the same
line oT argument thai had aroused the re
Of the court E.vt this time he was al
lowed 10 proceed in his own way without
interruption. il WAS the neatest counter
10 judicial bullying ever seen in d court Of
justice.
TAN. erect. and with the bearing Of the
true soldier. Mai Carroll A Devol. Of tie
Quartermaster Department Of the army.
stood in the lobby Of the Ebbitt House
last evening and shook hands with a num-
Der Of his friends. who welcomed him
after an absence Of more than four years
on the Pacific Coast. Mai Devol has been
in charge Of the transport service since his
return from the Philippines. where he vas
quartermaster Cor Gen Otis. The record Of
the former has been marked by distin-
gUished efficiency throughout his entire
service and it is surmised that he may
be MADE QuartcTmaster General or the
army. Vice General Humphreys. though
MaJ. Devol asserted that he knew nothing
OF any such contemplated promotion
MAJ Devol was ia san Francisco during
the earthquake. and rendered valuaBs
service in aiding the victims Of that catas-
trophe. The finance committee" he said.
were quitting ID. 5ef0Te I left a large
number Of CDe-story cottages for the use
Of the people wno had lost their
homes. and who had been sleeping in
tents during the summer. The people Of
san Francisco viii eventually rebuild the
city. but it VIII take "a long time. owing
10 the gigantic task Nobody can say
with certainty when the work Of restora-
tiou VIII be finished, but the citizens are
brave ard determined IN face Of many OBJ
stacles. and the new San Francisco will
be more important and beautiful place
than the old.
Is there any real need OF keeping up
the tariff on steel products?' asked The
Herald reporter Of 8Ir. J. F. Meigs, Of
Bethlehem. Pa, st the New Willard.
Mr. Meigs is one Of the officers and prin-
cipal owners in the great steel works Of
that townA and there is no shrewder ex-
pert in his line Of business.
We'll. that is a question that is hard
to answer off-hand. i was, unquestion-
al rl-r----orF, s7,c
that the iron and steel industries OF this
country have reached their present mag
nitude. Perhaps they might survive abo-
lition Of the duties. but We of the East
would not consent TO a removal Of the
tariff unless We could get in return free
ore and free fuel Give US free trade IN
these and we would be willing 10 let the
duty on our products go. There is con
siderable ore brought In from Cuba and
Spain, very high IN quality, and 80 would
be of great heneft to manufacturers 10
have the tariff taken OF. but there Is no
great probability that this will be done.
Eastern mill men have also 70 pay more
for their coal than they TO in the West.
and hence the free entry Of Nova Scotia
coal would be highly advantageous IN all
this section.
Are American ores going 10 be ex-
haUsted I'm the not far distant future?"
That was a funny prophecy of Mr. J.
J. Hill when he wished 10 dispose Of his
mineral holdings OF course. the time will
come when the very highest grade ore
viii get scarce. This will be many 4
year from now. but after that the in
ferior and leaner bodies which exist in
vast quantity throughout Pennsylvania
and New Jersey viii last for genera
tons
Can't. Charles Vivian, the noted New
York contractor. is at the Raleigh. ac-
companied by his wife and daughter.
Capt Vivian mas many friends in Wash
ington. where he has performed much
work for the government. The captain
has sailed into every port Of the civilized
world and he says that in point of all
round atJractiveness, Washington has 10
peer. If IL We're not for the engrOssing
nature of his business he would make this
city his home.
Three eminent Ohio lawyers were at the
New Willard yesterday-Judge William A
lynch, Charles c. Upham, and John
Grain. all OF Canton. Judge Lynch, in
lGlnt Of legal lore and ability, ranks with
he foremost practitioners Of the Buckeye
state. For fifteen years he and Associate
Justice Day, OF the United States Su-
)reme Court. were in partnership, max
ng one of the strongest legal combina-
ions in the country.
Judge Days business here was TO repre-
'ent before the Supreme Court the plain
ifs in error In a celebrated case His
,Hents are tie vice president, cashier,
md one OF the patrons of the wrecked
State Bank OF Canton, which was looted
o the amount of $4,000 in the spring Of
800.