The Washington herald., 1906-11-11
HEARD AT HOTELS.

HEARD AT HOTELS.
"A great many people out in ny country
not only wish 20 see Col. Roosevelt nomI-
mated in 1905. but they confidently look
forward to such an outcome said former
Mayor Eustis, Of Minneapolis. at the New
Willard.
Secretary Shaw is another very popular
man IN the Northwest. and in Minnesota
his mastery speech in advocacy Of Nc
Clesrys reelection. gave immense in
crease to the prestige already enjoyed by
the chief OF the Treasury But without
subtraeting from the just meri; OF any OF
the big men mentioned as White House
possibilities land certainly Mr.. Shaw IS
Presidential timber, it can be truly said
that never in the history Of this govern
met has any leader gained such hold on
the country, or established himself 50
completely in the hearts Of the people, as
Theodore Roosevelt.
LAS far as the third term objection Is
concerned, the point was raised by the
President himself but when the time
comes II will be brushed aside by the
verdict Of his countrymen. The law, which
Is not a written one. is against electing
a man President three times The present
Incumbent has been elected only once.
1T Is true the tragedy at Buffalo gave
him almost a fun term prior 70 being
chosen, but that was accidental, and BY
no sort Of logic could his election IN 1865
| be construed as third term. Suppose the
iamented Mckinley had died but month
or week previous TO rounding out sec
Ond term-would the brief interval of
Roosevelts succession be then deemed 10
initiate against a third occupancy OF the
office? The element of time is immaterial.
and whether he became President by in
heritance for four weeks or nearly four
years cuts no figure. The law is not vio-
| lated when a man runs but twice for
Chief Magistrate, and this is what the
thinking men Of this country have con
cluded.
Mr. g. AlbeTs, an intelligent young Ger
man. who is visiting the United States
for the first time, is rather favorabIy dis
posed toward this country. but there are
a number Of minor matters as TO which
/ he is a severe critic
THE manners Of Americans shock me,
said Mr.. Albers 10 a A.erald reporter al
/ the New illard. Il do not care 10 par
ticularize save as to one offense that is
universal. 1 aIlude TO the ugly habit Of
/ splitting, a habit that is eminently char
| acteTistic Of the Yankee notion. II is
/ bad here in ne East, but in California
anu the far West 7 founu It atrociously
prevalent. The waiter who attended to
me in the dinin-rOom al Salt Lake had
/ rfr n oh MI ~
served. and consequently made frequent
siue trips to the cuspidor. a fact that ma
! teTially lessened my desire for food.
/ now, in Germany nobody would dream
Of violating the unWTitten law that for
bids this breach OF etiquette. Even the
most ordinary citizens. people who wound
rank low in the social scale in the United
States forbear from such an enormity.
/ There is no such article Of furniture in
any residence or public place in Germany
as a cuspidor, and I hope the day will
come when it Will be banished in Amer
ica
Coy. Magoon is a irst-ciass man, and
he is getting on well in his regency ia
Cuba; but when ] was down there last
week I could not help but see that he
iabOrs under one considerable handicap"
said Mr.. H. Y. Atwell Of New York, al
the Arlington.
This was the lack Of ability on his
part 20 speak the Spanish language Not
knowing the tongue Of the Cubans, he is
obliged TO have the aid Of an interpreter,
| which is a bad thing in more ways than
! one In the first place, il means a great
/ loss OF time. To Use an interpreter re-
! Quires twice as long 10 transact a given
/ amount of business az where one knows
the language Of the people. Il IS impos-
sible for two men to get really close 20
each ether unless they can understand
each others words You may admire q
man ever so much, out II you can't talk
to him, there can be no great bond Of
sympathy or mutual liking. ! have some
good friends in Cuba, and am myself
handicapped by inability 10 converse with
them as fiuently as / would like
/ The time ought 10 be near at hand
when this government viii send no man
10 a foreign country as agent, consul,
! minister. or ambassador who does not
speak its language. Mr.. Winthrop, our
scholarly governor Of Porto Rico is the
right man in the right place He is able
not Cnly 10 understand what the natives
say TO him. but he can get on his feet
and make them a beautiful talk in eIe-
I
Had a straight-out Democrat been
nominated for governor of New York. and
had he received the support OF the Hearst
| newspapers, there is not the slightest
doubt that the voters would have
elected him." said Mr. E. p. Coyne, a
successful and weIl-known lawyer OF
Manhattan. at the Raleigh.
/ Notice the provision as 10 the Hearst
support. That would have been abso-
lutely necessary. as is shown by the sue
cess Of all the Buffalo ticket except Mr.
Hearst himself William SuIzer would
/ have been an easy winner under such cir
cumstanCes, and thousands believe he
/ would have made most excellent gov
/ ernor.
while in common with most Republl-
/ cans and hosts OF Democrats I rejoice
in the victory OF Hughes, there was one
incident OF the election which I deeply
regretted. and that was the defeat OF
that high-minded gentleman and useful
/ legislator, Congressman James ". WadS-
worth. It is the impression Of many OF
! HIS friends that his defeat WAS brought
about by q systematic campaign Of mis-
! representation and calumny, and that ne
/ fariOus methods were employed by his
/ opponents. For such a man to drop out
/ of Congress is a loss not only TO his i'm
mediate constituent. but to the entire
/ State
1T occurred TO me after several years Of
fairly successful practice that I would
make visit to my boyhood home in the
/ South said Mr.. ]. T. Latham, OF San
/ Francisco, at the Raleigh