The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
HEARD AT HOTELS.

of the Willard last evenng-ex- Senator
Henry G.. Davis. Of West Virginia. and
his brother. Capt. Tom Davis. who rep
resents the Second district Of that state
in Congress, but who viii 20 out OF
public HE Oh the 4th Of next March.
after only one term In the House.
Capt. Tom is a bachelor and very rich.
but not at all enamored Of playing the
role Of a statesman. He will be- seventy
nine years old his next birthday. while
his distinguished brother, who was ram
ming mate 10 Judge Parker in 1891. is
past eighty-three. For their advanced
ages these gentlemen are wonderfully
spry, and Capt Tom is as quick Of
motion as most men OF fifty.
Il was born in Baltimore said ne.
but in early life took uD the railroad
business. / was on the first train that
ran from Baltimore to Wheeling in 1852,
and subsequently was a conductor on the
road. In that time the schedule called
/ Tor seventeen hours between those towns.
| but the trains were hardly ever on time.
/ Ny brother also was a conductor on the
same road. In 1855 I thought I had ex-
perienced enough OF railroading and went
into the coal business in a small way at
! Piedmont"
| There is no part Of old Virginia that
has experienced a greater degree of pros
perity Of late than Northampton County"
said Col. c. G. Smithers. collector Of Gus
toms at Cape Charles, at the Raleigh.
For the past four or five years the
people OF our section have been making
money in a way they never dreamed Of.
and all through the medium Of a single
| thing-the Irish potato crop. Northanp-
ton is the banner county Of the nation
for producing potatoes. They are not
only of superior quality, but they come
into market ahead Of all others. in the
early part Of June. Buyers from every
part Of the country come 70 Cape Charles
for the tubers. and the shipments are
something enormous. a few years ago
the price Of potatoes was so low that our
| farmers, at times, would not dig them.
Now they get from $3.50 a barrel 10 nearly
twice that figure
Some OF our extra smart farmers have
found out that they can really raise
| Bermuda potatoes-at least. they sell
under that name in New York and com
mand fancy price. AS a natural conse-
qUence, the lands Of our county have gone
away up and any sort OF a farm is
worth $50 an acre, which is not high, see
ing that this amount IS often cleared on
a single acre from one years crop"
George Ade playwright and narrator Of
modern fables. is at the New Willard.
having come over to attend Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks dinner. Mr Ade is
Hoosier in every fiber Of his being, and
though be makes his headquarters in New
York, values his citizenship so much that
he goes regularly back 70 Indiana 10 vote.
"Certainy, am for an Indiana man for
/ President" said MI Ade. Were / a del
egate 10 the next National Republican
convention. I should cast my first vote
for Mr.. Fairbanks, the second for Senator
Beveridge, the third for Fairbanks, fourth
for Beveridge and so in regular alterna-
ton till one Of them had won"
Senator Robert J. Gamble will be tri-
umphantly reelected when our legislature
meets in January" said Mr B. J. VIII
| liams. Of South Dakota. at the National
Not only did the Senator get the in
dorsement Of the State Republican con
ventiOn, but forty-four out Of ffty-three
county conventions passed resolutions or
instruction for him. The Republicans
1 elected 100 out Of 116 members Of the legis-
lature, and l think he viii get every vote
iE the caucus. The story that Gov.-elect
Crawford is unfriendly, and that he and
| the Senator have fallen out. is without
any foundation IN fact The truth is that
the best sort Of an understanding exists
between them, and CrawfOrd's friends are
yea lone Sfrprorrprs of (zarlbTa
Mr.. George ". Reed, Of Oakland. who
Is at the Arlington, is one Of the Iea6.ng
lawyers Of Alameda County. and also
prominent in the councils Of the Repub-
/ lican party.
Oakland" said Mr.. Reed which is
eight miles across the bay from san
/ Francisco, has grown enormously since
/ the damage by earthquake and fire TO
our sister city. Before that catastrophe
! our population was estimated at about
/ 10000, but to-day it is in the neighbOr-
I hood of 225000 Real estate values have
/ risen enormously. and the boom in build
/ ing is unprecedented. being retarded only
/ by the difficulty in securing laborers. Oak
/ land is beautifully located. and that il
Will become a very important place is a
/ certainty"
/ Gen. James S. ClaTkson. who is at the
| New Willard. is as magnetic as in the old
days, when he was a power in national
/ politics. and when the biggest politicians
| in the land valued his friendship
| Gen. Clarkson is a loyal son OF Iowa,
and he was running over in a casual way
some OF the great men that the HaWkeye
I State had produced. including her great
] Co
/ tice Miller. one Of the greatest jurists
who ever sat on the Supreme bench; Sen
ator Allison, Gen. Dodge, Frank Hatton.
Judge John F. Dillon Mr.. ShOnts. of the
Panama Canal Commission; Bob Burdette.
| the humorist, and others OF equal fame
! 1T must not be forgotten too" added the
| general, that Iowa has produced n
| famous woman also in the person of
| Lillian Russell, who is as clever as she
| is beautiful"
In the lobby Of the New Willard last
evening sat Mr. Warwick N. Hough.
the weil-known St Louis lawyer. and his
friend and client, Capt John C. Parker.
respected citizen and leading business
man of Louisville, Ky. They were in good
humor over a little incident that had oc-
CURED during the day at the Capitol II
seems that Capt. Parker wanted 10 see a
member Of the House and did not wish 70
send in a card for him. so when stopped
by the doOrkeeper IL suddenly flashed over
his mind that he had a right 10 go IN on
| the floor of the House, for had not ne
been given the thanks of Congress forty
three years ago, although in all the inter
vening years he had never exercised the
privilege Of appearing on the hoor which
the thanks of Congress confer
Accordingly. I went in, said the cap
tain. and got there Just in time to get