The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27
HEARD AT HOTELS.

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Arlington.
His scheme Of reform. however. is open
to criticism. When he changes the SPELL
ling Of the proposition through to thru
/ I think he is in error. He ought to spell
liz .thrue' to conform to true blue hue
and other words Of like terminals. This
may not be a scientific theory, bat there
( is not much that is scientific connected
with spelling 1t is manifest that thru
/ has baTbarous appearance in type
which viii array against Il all conserve
( tive people. To put on the extra vowel
VIII give it a symmetrical look and neu-
tralize the hostility that the more radical
change incurs -
Il have lived in Brooklyn and know
something Of the feeling OF the Kings
County people as regards the candidates
/ for governor" said Nj. Mark Reardon,
at the Arligton
! Ny conviction is that Senator McCar-
ren viii be upheld in his opposition to
/ Hearst. and I predict that Kings County
VIII give Hughes a majority OF not less
( than 300 The old line Democrats who
fought under the banner Of Hugh Nc
LsughAh VIII knife Hearst and his indie
Iehdehce League colleagues TO the hilt"
New Zealand said Mr. William Bas-
com, Of Auckland. at the Shoreham. is
enjoying a satisfactory era OF prosperity.
our country is small in area. but il is
among the most progressive in the world.
I New Zealand was the first to grant
women The right Of suffrage. and il has
gone further in the way of governmental
paternalism than any. We were the FIRST
to give old-age pensions. and the first IN
staFe farmers 10 buying their own lands.
I TheTe is not a tramp in New Zealand
anc no AFFECT poverty. The railways are
owned and operated by the government,
ana we have government insurance. In
( the old days the New York life insurance
companies did a big business with us. But
dIler the recent expose Of their methods
/ the American companies have done but
Httle business on our side Of the world %
The people Of Texas are i'm a rather
/ perturbed frame Of mind as regards Scr
atoF Bailey said Mr. c. W. Berwin. Of
I Sah Angelo Tex, at the Metropolitar.
he Senator is under a hot nre. and
ms enemies are making it very uncom-
I Portable for him because Of his alleged
/ connection with the Standard OH ard
! olher corporations. But they arc handi-
! capped, so TO speak, by having already
voted Tor him IN the primaries. and the-e
/ Goes not seem any way Of undoing thar
/ action. IT must be said. too. in the Ser
/ ai0r behalf that vast majority Of tia
/ IeXas people take no stock in the charges
/ lnat nave been made against him. and the
/ hafder be is assailcd by such papers as
/ the New York Journal the closer his
{ - al
/ erected beyond the shadow Of a d0ubht7
/ The old town ~ Baltimore IS I'm great
/ leather these days remarked 8Ir. X.
/ Young Garrett. a prominent business man
+ of the Monumental City, at the Ebbite
/ House 'The ravages Of the great fire
have almost entirely disappeared. Tor nc
I least - per cent Of the burnt district has
/ been rebuilt The city f. far better archi-
/ tecturJly than il was prior 10 the fire.
/ for the class Of buildings that has gone
/ up In the last two OF three years is dis
+ tincuy superior 10 that DESTROYED bv tn.
flames Baltimore is also To be congratU-
4 lated on It's retention of the trade that IL
+ has commanded as wholesale center for
/ All these years. "a trade that even the fra
I did not divert. Our merchants and manu-
Z
than al present. and the only trouble IS
% find labor enough 70 do the work to-
meet local requirements"
Since landing in the United states Z
have been agreeabIy surprised in noting
an entire absence OF drunkenness among
I your people. said Mr. James MeRitchie.
/ Of Glasgow, Scotland. at the Shoreham
] have Bapyr Tr-r.-lrFr- s---.--.--
I the temperance question at home. be-
cause it is of vital Importance with us
I Drunkenness is prevalent in our COM
munity, and the evil Is rampant among
/ both sexes. Women with nursing chill
I dren in their arms go into the public
/ houses without the least shame "a thing
which / hear is almost unknown 81
I America. As long as your women are
free from the curse of iutemper3nCe
I do not think the nation is in any dan
ger"
I Col Charles I. Jewctt of Indiana. was
( in high good-humor M the Willard last
night. when he read that the Cabinet
meeting yesterday regarded the japanese
/ situation grave
GLAD to hear IT," he said. "and hope
( it will get graver at a 2.40 clip. If any
/ thing were needed TO prove the generous.
/ bappy-go-lucky. impuIsive. sh0rt-sighted
+ people wa are the course we observed i'm
/ tile Japau-Russia conflict would prove 1T.
Everybody was throwing up his hat. and
( hurrahiug at every victory of the Japs,
when sober second thought would have
shown that for every drop of Russian
/ blood split ten times as much American
must. some day. be given. Our govern
ment stood by and allowed an alliance
to be formed between Japan and Great
Britain. which WAS simply made for the
destruction Of Euglands enemy I'm the
Orient. and the creation Of a powerful ad-
versary Of ours there. We can lick those
fellows now. but the day may come when
it viii be a tight 1T.
Our diplomats did not seem 10 notice
that England withdrew half her feet from
/ the Pacific, when Russia was humbled.
It's far more serious matter than pho
neuc spelling. Talk about the treaty Of
| 1884. Why. All American passport then
| had printed on it in red letters Don Z
attempt TO trade i'm the interior. If YOU
do. your government can't help YOU How
/ is that for treatment of a favored ma
ton. The people Of California know ,ha
japanese. and all others who do, viii ap-
Dlaud their effort TO keep them out Of the
| country. Nothing but our war with Spain
kept the japanese from Selling Honolulu
i'm 1895"
Drawing n Fine Distinction.