The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-29
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" mara Is Af. LuGNik Nl0dtk. or War
saw, Poland. a journalist by profession.
who has come to study social conditions
In the United States, and to write his i'm
pressions Of the country in a series Of ar
ticles for several Of the leading weekly
and daily newspapers OF Poland. He is
I accompanied by r.. John Gralewski. Il
member Of the Russian Douma, and DR..
Francis Kowalski, an eminent scientist.
/ Of Warsaw. The last two named have
come on special mission Of investigating
the free public schools Of this country
with a view to adopting our educational
system in Poland
our people" said Wlodek. ARE very
anxious g. give their children the advan-
/ tages of education, but the government
/ public schools are 50 poorly conducted
that they are forced 10 send their children
TO private schools or employ tutors. We
/ hope TO be able TO establish schools after
the pattern you have here, bug we labor
under the difficulty OF financial weak
ness"
What Of conditions in PoIandg'
Things are better with US than IN
former years. a very little better, 7
should say. Agriculture is in very
prosperous state. but our industries are
in wretched shape, owing to constant
strikes and I0ckouts We suffer al tbe
| hands Of the government on the one side
and on the other from the radica!isu OF
the socialists. Between the two the
masses who want only a chance 10 work
and live quietly have hard time Il
seems that Poland viii be granted some
measure Of local seIf-g0vernment next
year, and in three OF four years We ex-
pect 10 get home rule
Things are somewhat improving in
Russia, but until there is an end OF
anarchy there viii be no great progress
or prosperity. The government does nos
know what is going on. and It is this
ignorance Of the condition and needs OF
the people that retards the healthy de-
velopment OF the country. The hopeful
feature Of the case is that the control
Of the Douma IS in the hands OF the
Constitutional Liberals, intelligent men.
who detest and condemn anarchy quite
as much as they abhOr governmental CD
preston.
This is my first visit TO the United
states. and ! assure you IL is a glorious
thing 10 inhaIe the atmosphere Of f.
land where all men are freemen. i
man must come from scenes Of tyranny
and despOtism TO enjoy thoroughly the
blessings Of real democracy. / have al
ready seen a score of your cities. and
can say without prejudice that not one of
tnem Is comparable to Washington ii
beauty, cleanliness, or general attractive
ness. and this ] hold TO be q fine thing
Tor Il is meet that the capital Of q
nation should be first in all the essentials
OF civic greatness"
a man who has done big things. and IF
whom the country is doubtless To hear
still more, is William J. Oliver. Of Knox
vile, Tenn, who IS at the Raleigh. Mr.
Oliver Is q young man, in the very prime
5l NE with the energy Of q steam en-
CINE and the the native faculty Of ex-
ecuting gigantic affairs. such as the tun-
neling Of mountains, the building OF huge
dams. and the construction q railroads.
He migrated from South Bend Ind.
his native heath, and settled in South
Carolina some twenty years ago. and
is near kin 10 the world-famed divers.
whose farming implements are 20 be seen
in every country under the sun. This
particular scion of that house. having a.
gift in the constructing business. soon
made a name for himself as one who
could handle big jobs and handle them
well Nothing was too big for him TO
tackle, from boring a hole under Look
out Mountain % building a dam Of mag
nitude across the Tennessee at Chatta-
Eooga. Every Southern railroad has had
the benefit Of his service
His friends are of the opinion that ne
could take hold of the Isthmian Canal
and carry that enterprise 10 successful
and expeditions issue. Their main rea-
son for thinking so is uoj altogether IN
his good previous performances. but in
view of his knowledge Of labor condi-
tons and requirements in tropical CoUn-
tries. He is the biggest employer Of
negro labor in the United States, and can
get the maximum work out Of them. It
is surmised that be might even take 500
To l0eo9 negroes to Panama in the event
that the job should devOlve on him. and
its dollars TO Coughnuts, il he did. that
there would be more dirt flying on the
isthmUs than ever flew before.
The trouble We have In our section
said Capt W P. Chamberlain. of Knox
vile. president of the State board Of
trade Of Tennessee, at the Raleigh, is
that we are enjoying too much prosper
ity. Sounds queer. does it not, but that.
sir. is the case. ] am in the iron and coal
business and know whereof I speak
The chief difficulty is that the rail-
roads simply can't haul away the stuff
consigned To them and the congestion Of
traffic Is hurting every interest Our con-
Germ does a big coal trade with both Car
customers to their financial loss and our
own I am here in Washington TO see
some Of the railway officials with a view
20 getting relief from such an unpleasant
situation.
One Of the best known and most able
lawyers Of the Old Dominion. Judge r. T.
W. Duke. Of Charlottesville. was seen at
the Raleigh yesterday. Judge Duke comes
from one Of the oldest families OF the
ancient Commonwealth, and is inhabiting
the very place in Albemarle County In
which his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS settled
in 17H That was a few years ago, but
the Dukes OF the present day are still 1T
the front The father Of the judge was a
man of commanding influence and repre-
scented his district in Congress several
times.
The son was for twelve years judge Of
the Corporations Court, and is now re-
garded as very promising candidate for
gubernatorial hOnorS on account of his
popularity and recognized fitness. he
spoke modestly of his chances when ques-
toned by a Herald reporter, and instead
Of denying the soft impeachment, admit
ted he was in the race to succeed Gov.
Swanson. I think said he. that I Will
have two strong opponents in Hon. Harry
S. George Tucker and Judge Mann. but