The Washington herald., 1906-11-26
HEARD AT HOTELS.

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the Ohio delegation 10 the Republi-
can convention would go there to give
him its solid support said Mr. Smith
w. Bennett, who has been special coun-
sci In the office Of Ohio's attorney general
for the past eight years.
Mr. Bennett, who is At the New willard.
is an influential Republican, and Is thor
oughly in touch with the trend OF politics
in the Buckeye State
The great speech made by Foraker at
the Dayton convention last summer
aroused the entire convention body TO a
pitch OF enthusiasm that has rarely been
paralleled. His courage and eIoouenee in
defending his course in the Senate. and
I Ms assertion that he would not surrender
/ MS conscientious convictions as he sauy
MS duty took the delegates by storm. Il
was wonderful scene, and demonstrated
| beyond doubt that the Senator has lost
none Of MS oId-time hold on the affections
Of MS c0untrymcn. and that he is still Re
grant hgure among modern partisan q
Father Time has given the Hon. Den
MS / Flynn. Of Oklahoma, a somewhat
poItler figure than when he was the
rushing hustling Territorial Delegate IN
congress. who did more things in a day
lnah the average lawmaker in a week
! but old Tempus has not dinred the on
! thusiasm OF genial good nature OF the
| senllelilan from the new State. who, since
ms retirement 70 private life. has been
Immensely successful in ali his business
/ Undertakings He Is. indeed. a captain
Of industry, ard If the Republicans ever
get IN power in his country win be one
of the United States Senators.
Don't ask me about our late election -
said Air. Flynn 10 a Herald repo~ter ~
! the New Willard. IT was a cvclone -,
/ landslide. nightmare. a funeral ana
| al the other unpleasant things on tbe
/ list Out Of III delegates to the constf-
| tutional convention, we Republicans elect
| ed just eleven. hve from Oklahoma grd
/ six from the Indian Territory II was
simply awful; but I am here 10 remind
you that because Of this catacIysm peo-
pie ought not 70 get any foolish notion
/ that this vote was a fair test OF the
/ relative strength OF the Democratic ana
/ Republican parties. As a matter OF fact
/ there is no great difference between them.
/ put every fellow on our side who u1rseI
/ a grievance for anything that he thought
! the Republican party had done OF failed
/ TO do concluded that here was q golden
! chance 10 get even; so he went over 20
/ the opposition, or else failed 10 vote at
/ all.
The Democrats catered to popular
/ racial sentiment, likewise. By advocating
Jim crow cars and separate waiting
! rooms for whites and blacks. Prohibition
was another issue which they won votes
| with. and Federal officeholders furnished
! another. They had all the luck. but next
/ spring, when we come TO vote for State
/ officers and members Of the legislature
the Republican vote will come out in all
It's strength, and we viii mix il with our
/ friends the enemy IN d way that will
surprise them.
"A pleasanter theme is the new State
Of Oklahoma. It's going to be Uncle
Sans garden SPOT, and pride and (par-
don my seeming bias the bright par
ticular gem in the galaxy Of States. We
/ have the best towns Of their size in the
Union Oklahoma City. with 5000 popu-
lation. is already taking on metropolitan
/ ways, while Guthrie and MUscogee are
not far behind. The star Of empire Is in
the Southwest, and you don't have TO
strain your vision 10 see it,
A conspicuous figure in the New VII
lard last evening was r II. Little. of the
/ Chicago Tribune, one OF the famous news
paper men Of the West. He comes TO
attend the Phi Delta Theta convention,
being one Of its chief officers. Frater-
nifty men gathered about him IN groups,
and he was easily the star OF the occa-
sion
Dick Little" said an old friend. looks
as mournful as a graveyard, with that
. I e.. e D. -.
more good funny stuff than Carter had
oats He IS a crackerjaCk newspaper
man. and has done great stunts as cor
respondent in the Orient During the
Russo-Japanese war his enterprise caused
him 10 hire tug. which led 10 his being
captured and thrown into a Russian jail.
Young Stanley Washburn. son of the
1 Minnesota ex-senator, was with him and
shared his prison cell The Russians
pinched Dick for the reason that they
found a couple Of japanese servants
aboard his tug. the claim being made
that they were in reality spies.
/ "Of course. il was not 20 be expected
that two American lads should be allow
ed 10 languish in a vile foreign dungeon.
and the matter became at once the sub
jet of international diplomatic proceed
ings. with the result that the liberation
of Little and Washburn was speedily eff
fected."
The presence of Hon. Judson c. Glenn
ents, member Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in the lobby of the Raleigh
last evening was a reminder that Judge
! Clements tenure of Office will expire
on the last day Of this year. He has
served two fun terms OF six years each.
Judge Clements halls from Georgia; he
was in the Confederate army, and also
was a member Of Congress a number Of
years or the Democratic side, and on his
retirement from the House went upon
the Commerce Commission.
Il is believed that there will be a host
Of applicants for his place. mainly from
his own section, the South. The Office is
one of the very best under the govern
ment. paying under the new railroad law
$4,000 per annum and lasting for seven
years Among the names OF possible sue
| cessors TO Judge Clements those of eX-
Gov. Montague. of Virginia, and ex-Gov.
Aycoek, Of North Carolina, have been
frequently mentioned.
Col Pete" Hepburn, the veteran Rep
resentstive from Iowa, is in town, look
ing as rugged and sound as at any time
in his long and honorable public career.
Our State election" said the colonel,
| while not exactly a surprise, was an
illustration of the way that the voters
are exercising a brand-new sort Of pOliti-
cal independence. The Old-time fealty to a
party name and party organization was