The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
HEARD AT HOTELS.

People who are well informed as TO
Ohio matters will tell you that Senator
Foraker will be the choice Of our State
for President IN 1885, said Mr.. z. P.
Riegle. d young lawyer Of Bowling
Green, Ohio. who exercises a command
ing influence in the politics Of his section.
He is recognized IS the leader Of the
Republican party and the great majority
Of our people are his devoted adherents.
Our last State convention proved beyond
a doubt that he has not lost any Of his
old-;ime prestige at home. You can take
my word for it that there viii be a solid
Ohio delegation for Foraker in the Re
publican national convention Of 1903
IN thinking over the list OF men eligl-
bic to the Democratic nomination In 1905
my opinion is that by far the wisest
choice the party could make would be
Judge George Gray. Of Delaware said
ex-senator Charles J. Faulkner, OF West
Virginia, al the Raleigh.
He would III the bill as to, safe and
sane leadership, and in point Of ability
ana purity Of character he has no su-
peTier In the land. Indeed. there Is DO
man in America who would make a
better President than George Gray. His
career IS without blemiSh. and ne would
nave the unlimited confidence Of all
classes OF American citizens"
MY wife and never saw an automo-
bile until We rode IN one few weeks ago
In Seattle" remarked Efr. J. c. Kellurn. \
prosperous looking gentleman and grad
uate Of Harvard College, At the New
Willard
The reason OF our innocence az "a. au-
tomobiles was that for the past eleven
years We have been roughing it in Alaska.
We went to Circle City first. footing il
1900 miles over the snow: then Joined the
rush to Dawson and for the last four
years have been residing az Fairbanks.
which is the center Of what is going 10 be
the greatest gold-DrOducing district in the
world
The Fairbanks region viii produce in
the neighbOrhOod Of s.. 600 GO in 1857. un-
less / am greatly mistaken. Il is the bes-
country on earth for a young man Of
pluck and energy. who don't mind leaving
the refinements 81 civilization behind him.
IL Is the only place 1 know Of where a
man can make enough, working three
months in the year. 20 support him the
remaining nine months. LabOrers can
easily make a dollar an hour I'D there.
Fairbanks is a place ef about $500 people.
and though nearly destroyed by fire last
April, has been rebuilt.
It has steam-heated dwellings and cleo
trio lights, and a population Of law-abid-
ing citizens. Americans largely preponder-
atiag- X IS almost in the very center Of
/ Alaska and ia certain 70 h,a tn r----.
/ land metropolis of the Northwest"
/ party Of leading citizens Of Birming-
ham, Ala, who have been at the New
/ Willard for the past day or so. left last
evening Cor that busy and thriving center
4 or industry. Their mission was to get
Birmingham made subtreasury. and It
IS believed that this viii be ultimately
+ done as a result Of the strong showing
made In the deIega ton were Br Z. ".
I Balnett, editor OF the Age-Herald. W P.
I q. Harding. president OF the First Ma
uonai Bank: ". II. Porter. vice president
\ Of the American Trust and Savings Bank.
/ r G. Smith. immigration and Industrial
/ Commissioner Of Alabama; J. 3. Rabb.
! secretary Commercial Club; CuIpeper Ex-
/ um, president Birmingham Fertilizer
/ Company; b. J. Saunders. ". H Under
wood. r. II. Crockard. J. J. Smith, Jack
! ". johnson. and H B. Gray
/ 1T is not generally known that Ken
lucky is a cotton-pr0ducing state. and.
/ though the heecy staple is not grown in
/ the old Commonwealth TO any great ex-
! tent, We do produce considerable
amount in just one county said Mr. R
\ > Tyler, a prominent citizen OF Hickman,
/ KY, at the Ebbitt House.
The farmers Of Fulton County found
! out some little while ago that they could
. raise Il on their bottom lands border
ing the Ohio River, near Cairo. and
for the last two or three years the
amount grown has been steadily increas-
I ing. Last season our total crop was
about 1900 bales. Some have tried plant
ing i on the uplands back from the river.
but the plant die not seem 10 thrive ex-
cept in the -icinity Of the stream.
How 10 prevent coal famines in the
prairie States Of the Northwest is d
! serious problem" remarked President \.
b Suckney. Of the Great Western Rail
road, to a reporter of The Herald.
There Is not a winter that the people
out there do not suffer more OF less from
want Of fuel This season their expe-
Tience has been worse than usual. and
/ their hardships have been extreme. I do
not know Of any efficient remedy but il
might go a long way toward curing the
I trouble if every dealer in coal were COM
/ PEELED 20 take out license and made 10
Ill up his yards in advance Of the com
ing Of cold weather, under penalty OF a
revocation Of his license This might be
a solution, even If it does smack OF
paternalism.'
Hon Oscar r. Hundley and wife. Of
Alabama, have been guests Of the New
Willard for several days and have been
/ the recipients of much courtesy and hos
pitality Mr. HUndley has long been ac-
I counted among the foremost lawyers Of
/ his State and not long since was appoint
/ ed United states attorney for the North
ern district Of Alabama.
At the New Willard is Hon. George L.
/ Morton. Of Wilmington. n. c. who is ac-
oompanied by a fair young bride. Mrs.
Morton was. until recently. Miss Mildred
/ G. Thompson. of Charleston. W Va,
/ though formerly Of Louisville. KY After
a few days in Washington they viii pro-
coed TO the fine home OF the groom in
North Carolina to spend the holidays.
Sir Horace Plunkett, the weI-known
Irish home ruler Gen. Edward P. Meauy,
chief counsel for the long distance tele-
phone company. and Mrs Garrett a Ho-
bart, wife Of the late Vice President Of
the United States, were among yesterday )
arrivals at the New Willard.
Strange Indeed.