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

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Mckinley breathed his last. is al the
Arlington. Dir. Milburn is averse to being
interviewed, but in response to a Herald
reporters questions. said.
Prom the standpoint Of an oId-fash-
iOned Democrat there does not seem 10
be anything Of promise In Tie political
situation. Old ideals and old policies
wave been discarded. and the men who
have always advocated the tirue-honored
principles Of the founders Of the Demo
cratic party have been relegated 10 the
rear. RadicaIism and socialism appear
10 be the order Of the day. and those
who go farthest in champi0ning extreme
doctrines appear to be In the greatest
popular favor How long this condition
VIII endure IS matter of conjecture. No
speedy end Of it is visible. and my opinion
Is that it viii continue until the coun-
Try begins to feel the pinch Of adversely.
Perhaps when contraction and business
oppression set in. when capital begins to
hide- and labor to find itself without en-
Ployment, people viii begin 10 wonder
whether the socialistic programme is such
good one after all While things 20 on
s"Iinhingiy as they are now, nobody
cd'es very much, but sooner or later
reaction is bound 10 come.
II IS the custom Of Mr and Mrs. W. G.
conrad, Of Montana, 10 visit Washington
WIN their two attractive young daugh-
ters, Misses JoseThine and Minnie. every
winter, but their appearance at the New
willard yesterd y is due 10 a particularly
happy cause. They have come f. ne
present at the launching Of the cruiser
montana which Will take place at New
port News on Saturday next. and Miss
Minnie Conrad, by appointment OF Gov.
Tooie, Of Montana, VIII christen the
stanch fighting craft. Gov. Toole himself
viii not be able to come 10 the ceremonv.
but will be represented by Hon. Martin
Maginnis. former Delegate in Congress.
Mr.. Conrad. ViTginian by birth. went
West shortly after the close of the civil
war without any means but he has
grown and prospered, as did the State Of
his adoption, and he Is now accounted
several times d millionaire At one time
he had more than enough votes pledged
TO elect him United States Senator an
Office which the vast majority Of Mon
tana Democrats wished TO confer on him
as their most representative citizen. The
way in which he was deprived Of those
votes is part Of Montana's recent polit-
/ zeal history.
4 e are having the best times In the
/ West said Mr.. Conrad, that our section
ever knew Money is more abundant and
/ cheaper in Montana than in the East
"hieh IS certainly remarkable condi-
| uoh' 50 fortunate is our situation that
! every government-ownership doctrine Of
/ Col. Bryan fails 70 be attractive Western
! democrats, indeed, consider II the most
un-Democratc policy ever put forward.
Seattle is not the wide-open town #
used 10 be" said Mr. ". MoeIler, prom
inent lumberman Of that city. at the
Arlington.
The I'D is on now, particularly as 20
gambling In former days. when gam
bling was INDUCED In openly. a good
many men. after losing their money in
some game Of chance. grew desperate.
and IL led 10 the commission Of all sorts
/ Of crime. Several bold burglaries oc-
/ CURED and were traced to individuals
who had been cleaned out OF their cash
at the gaming table. Finally. the citizens
/ reasoned that Seattle was too big a town
/ and TOO important commercially to be
/ compelled TO countenance gambling re-
sorts as a means Of keeping business go
/ ing. The disadvantages were TOO heavy
/ and the benefits MI. Thereupon the new
/ programme went into effect, with the re-
/ suit that nobody wants to see a return
I TO the wide-Open policy OF the past"
Robert Callahan. jr..- was the first
name inscribed on the register of the
Metropolitan Hotel yesterday. Robert, jr.,
was "a very early arrival, about $50 a. m,
TO be exact. His proud father, the man
ager of the hotel. placed his namesake
on the book as the latter rad not been
long enough on terra frma TO acquire the
ara Of chirogra ply. He is Il husky young
ster. though. and makes up in vocal abili-
ty his deficiency in pennaanship-
Gen. Charles N. Anderson, Of Greenviue.
Ohio, distinguished soldier Of the civil
war is at the New Willard. having come
to Washington 10 attend meeting Of the
board Of managers Of the National Sol
I diers Homes.
There is much talk Of Senator Bailey,
Of Texas. in the hotel lobbies Men who
have lately come here from his State
shake their heads ominoUsly when Ques-
toned as to his chances Of being elected
/ by the Legislature. None of them will
talk about the matter for publication. but
the consensus of opinion is that the Sena-
tor is in a desperate situation, and that
I it will be next TO a miracle If he should
win. On the other hand, some few of his
I stanChest friends say that the danger
/ has been magnified, and that Bailey
will triumph in spite of the difficulties
that beset him. He has been known 10
pull out of some tight places before this.
I and he has turned more than one sharp
curve in safety, when most men would
have been spilled upon the ground.
/ After a man lives in the hurIy-burly
and rush of New York it is good 10 get
back, occasionally, to this peaceful old
! town, remarked Mr. Edward h Sem
born. last evening at the New Willard.
Mr.. SOmborn formerly resided here. ami
/ few men had wider circle Of devoted
/ friends
Il think he continued. that the fu-
ture of Washington is brighter than that
OF any city in America, not in the way
/ OF developing a great commerce or varied
/ industries. but along its own peculiar
\ lines and in c0nsondnce and its manifest
/ destiny / would not as a true friend
wish to see the capital center Of trade
/ Cr manufacturing. There are plenty Of
/ places TO struggle for business suprem-
/ acy. Let Washington preserve for all
/ time its distinctive characteristics; let il
/ be renowned as a city of beautiful homes,
/ Of great educational institutions. Of ele-