The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
HEARD AT HOTELS.

McWhirter, OF Georgia. assistant general
counsel OF the Southern Railway. ranks
with the strongest men Of his State. At
the Raleigh last evening, in response to
the questions Of a Herald reporter, Judge
McWhirter said:
"The radical utterances Of Senator
Ben. Tiiiman before Northern audiences
are not only in bad taste. but they can
Eaye no other effect than bring harm
upon the South. do not believe that
his talk IS indorsed by any Of the south's
representative citizens. His speeches ex-
aggerate Southern conditions ard create
entirely false impressions Of the real
situation. We are very desirous. In our
section, to attract people from the
Northern and Western States, and there
are plenty such, who. believing In the
good destiny Of the South, and recogniz-
ing its manifold advantages. would be
strongly inclined to migrate 20 the States
south Of the Potomac and make new
homes there
All such intending settlers are repelied,
and many permanently dissuaded from
coming our way By the extreme state
ments Of Tillman. Again. We are very
short Of labor and would be glad 10 get
immigrants to help till our fields and
work In our shops. Here again TiiIman's
. Trades do harm in operating TO keep out
OF the South a class Of wage-earners that
are sorely needed.
what viii do more than everything
else 10 settle the vexed race problem fs TO
get the negroes distributed in fairly equal
proportion throughout all the States. Il
IS their congestion IN the South that
causes trouble Now. every white immi-
grant who migrates 10 Georgia, Alabama,
or Mississippi Is very apt to take the place
Of a black. II d thousand whites come.
very probably q thousand negroes will
leave and seek homes in the North or
East. This is a cOnsummati0n devoutly
10 be wished, but the effect Of such All
tatiOn as is fOmented by Messrs. Tillman
and Vardsman is To maintain existing
racial conditions By shutting out ali relief
from the outside
A gentleman who makes a distinct inn
preston Of keen intellectually and Of be-
ing alert in every fiber Of his body is
Hon. J. Hampton Moore. Of Philadelphia,
the new Congressman from the Third dis
trict Of Pennsylvania. who is al the Ra-
leigh, accompanied by his wife and
mother, who have come 10 Washington 70
see him sworn in as a Representative to-
morrow. He was elected 10 I'll the unex-
pired term of George A. Castor, deceased,
and also for the fun term. beginning
next March
Mr. Moore is still a young man. though
he proudly admits being the father OF
eight children, and he has led a life Of
usefulness and wonderful activity. Born
IN New Jersey. he went 10 work for him
self IN the Quaker City al the age of thir-
teen, and. taking up repert0rial work, de-
Yeloped into an exceedingly successful
newspaper man. For years he was a val
ued emDlOye Of the Philadelphia Ledger,
and while on that paper originated a de-
partment devoted 10 real estate news,
now a feature of the metropolitan daiiies.
For one Of his temperament it was easy
70 get into politics and he was successive
~ deputy city treasurer, secretary 10 the
mayor. and finally was elected city treas
urer, in all Of which Offices he acquitted
himself with as great relative credit as he
afterward got through his two terms OF
presidency Of the National League OF Re
publican Clubs, during which time he won
a national reputation for political clever
ness and ability as an organizer
ANY man." said Mr.. Moore. should
be proud 70 represent the people WhO
were good enough 20 honor hLa with a
seat in Congress. Ny district. FOR many
reasons, is one Of the greatest in the na-
ton. Il is rich in historical associations,
as Il takes in Independence Hall; Old
Christ Church. where Washington wor-
SHIPPED; Franklin Square, Washington
Square. and other equally famed spots
Il includes the water front with whaIves
and docks. and likewise the great fnan-
ciaI Institutions. the banks. trust com
panies, and stock exchange. The manu-
featuring interests Of my district are
varied and immense, and Il IS especially
the seat Of the greatest carpet prOdUc-
ton in the United States. II IS not slng-
uiaT that with such a constituency I
should come 10 Congress a believer il
the doctrine Of protection and firmly re-
solved on the necessity OF maintaining
/ that policy"
In his usual robust health and bUoyant
spirits that well-liked son OF Iowa, Rep
reseutative Robert G. Cousins stood in