The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
HEARD AT HOTELS.

of Oakland. Cal. AT the Arlington.
Senator George Nixon, Of Nevada. IS
currently reported TO have made gg).-
Oo0,5e0 in mining deals within "a short
period and I do not believe the amount
is exaggerated. man named Nash.
who was chauffeur in San Francisco.
and who hadn't dollar. went TO a
friend OF mine and got credit FOR an aa-
tomobiie, telling my friend he wanted 10
take 1t to Tonopah. and that II he made
any money out Of It ne would send him
the price Of the machine. Automobiles.
by the way. now command $50 day
out in that country.
Wei, the fellow seemed honest and
got the automobile on nothing but his
word He took II to the Nevada gold
camps and made enough money With It
10 send back the purchase price in "A few
weeks Then he went TO specializing in
Stocks and to-day he could close out his
interests for $l,0W.0O0"
Galveston is badly torn UP now because
OF the work Of raising the grade Of the
island on which the city is built, said ex-
Representative Walter Gresham, OF that
Texas seaport, at the Riggs House.
a stranger coming 10 our city and see
ing the houses propped I'D on stflts. while
Sahd was being pumped under them.
would not think he had his upon a town
Oh much beauty Until this great project
is completed We viii not present an invft
ing appearance, but in the course Of two
or three years Galveston will be the peer
OF any city In the land in the way OF nat
ural and artificial charm.
Our great sea wall seventeen feet
high and four and one-haIf miles long
has been completed, and the raising of
the ground IS half way accomplished.
Back OF the sea wall will be q concrete
sidewalk fourteen feet wide. and back OF
that & brick-paved boulevard Of ample
width. bOrdered the whole OF its extent
with a grass plot which viii be planted in
OieandeTs and other semi-trODicaI yegeta-
ton The sea wall and the elevation of
all the ground Of Galveston Island from
one and a half 10 fifteen feet will be a
perpetual defense from the danger OF in
undatiOn from the Gulf OF Mexico and
secure our people immunity from even
such severe tidal waves as nearly ruined
the city and drowned 5O00 of its inhabi-
tants in the terrific storm Of September.
1906"
An Iowa school teacher who had saved
up something ike $3.50 went up into
Northwest Canada in the Saskatchewan
country, year ago. and was so i'm
pressed with the fertile farming lands
that he used his entire capital buying
options on farms said Mr.. William.
Robins. OF Ontario, at the Shoreham.
He was an elderly man. who had the
confidence Of his entire community. and
50 when he went back home and told his
neighbors Of the cheaDness and produc-
| tveneSs Of Canadian soil he got three
/ carloads Of them to make a rrip uU there
/ with the result that he quickly disposed
/ OF all that he had acquired, and when
/ the last piece of land was sold he had
! clear profit of $4,000 l got the story
/ from him, and it was confirmed by a local
/ nahk cashier. Such deals are Of fire.
queht occurrence. for the greatest agri-
cultural development In any part Of the
! world is now going on in Canada. The
/ next twenty years belong TO the Donin-
/ ION, and in that tine a growth will take
/ place that will astonish the world"
Whether the world is getting better or
not is one Of those broad questions that
are difficult Of answer" said BishOp Mac
kay-Smith, the former weIl-known psstor
OF St Johns. 10 a Herald reporter az
/ tne Arlington. I am inclined 70 think
/ there IS a gradual, even # slow. improve
Hent IN the morals Of mankind. and IN
/ quesuonaDly We have better manners now
/ than IN by-g0ne times. There is at least
more homage paid to virtue nowadays
/ in the outward conduct Of men and
women than was the case in preceding
1 generations. century ago Bishop But
Ter declined to be made Archbish0u of
Canterbury on the ground that the
church Of England was decadent. and
that the day OF its extinction was so i'm
minent that it was useless for him 10
accept the higher office But nobody
/ would take such a view Of the church at
the present. In the same way the great
legal luminary. Blackstone, said that he
had visited every church in London. and
IN none Of them had he heard preached
the religion Of Jesus Christ"
The Democratic ticket had not one
chance in a million in Colorado this wear "
said Hon. Thomas NJ Patterson. United
States Senator from that State last even
ing at the Raleigh.
We Rave some unusually powerful cor
porations in the State. and they used
! money unsparingly to elect the Republi-
/ can candidates. Personally, the result did
not matter. as ! had long ago renounced
/ all idea Of further continuance in political
life. I would have been glad. however. to
/ have a Democratic successor in the per
son Of Mr.. ODonnell. Of Denver, one Of
the ablest lawyers in Colorado, and a
/ gentleman Of the highest character
But, in addition TO corporation oppo-
sition, the Democrats had 70 contend
with Il more formidable opponent-pros-
perity There IS such an era of good
/ times throughout the West that the great
majority of voters could not be brought
to see the necessity Of any change in the
political complexion Of the country. In
/ Colorado there has been an unprecedented
time Of plenteOusness ard industrial peace.
/ and, naturally. men We're lOath 10 east "a
vote that might disturb such excellent
/ conditions
Who will lead the Democratic armies
in 1852" asked Herald reporter Of
Senator William J. Stone, of Missouri,
at the Raleigh yesterday. shortly after
/ his reaching the city from the West.
IF Mr.. Bryan desires or would accept
/ the nomination for President. il seems 70
me now that he would be certain of get
/ ting it, The general political situation
at this time is somewhat chaotic, frank
ness demands that much II seems to
me that Mr. Bryan would stand at least
an even. if not better than even, chance
Of election. The Presidents continually
progressive attitude on public questions
/ has made commonplace that which only
la little while ago seemed TO be radical
and revolutionary For myself I think