The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-20
HEARD AT HOTELS.

1EAhO Al f1OIELS.
Two Of the best known and most in
/ fuential mon in the State OF Oregon ara
guests Of the shoreham-Coi Harvey ".
Scott, editor Of the Portland Oregonian.
and the senator-eIect from that State.
Hon. Jonathan Bourne. Col. Scott has
been coming to Washington many years.
and he has a host Of friends at the Cant
toll In a few days. accompanied By Mrs.
I Scott and their daughter, he will sail for
Europe to spend the remainder OF the
winter along the shores OF the Medi-
terranean.
Mr.. Bourne, who viii, on the 4th Of
March next. take the seat Of Senator
Gearin. is a gentleman Of the highest
repute al home. and his friends predict
Tor him career OF great honor and use
fulness. He is native Of New Bed
ford, Mass, and his father was owner OF
the biggest whaling fleet OF that sec
ton. He Is fifty-two years OF age. and
graduate Of Harvard. Of the class q
1871 He migrated to the Pacific Coast
thirty years ago, and has long been reck-
oned one of the leading men Of Portland.
and has always been an active Repub-
uean A lawyer by profession, he has
given but little attention TO the practice,
but has been better known Tor his opera
lions as a miner
1T Is unquestionably a high honor to
come 20 the United States Senate" said
Mr. Bourne, particularly after being
chosen to that Office by direct vote OF
my people. Not a dollar was spent by
me- nor a promise made TO get the sena-
! tOrship. Oregon has adoptsd the svs-
feT n
vote, and. though the legislature will
formally elect me- it is merely ratifyfng
the will OF the voters as expressed in
the primaries"
"A Denver friend Of mine was the CEN
trail figure in rather funny episode late
"" said Mr.. c. ". Waterman, an able
lawyer Of the Colorado metropolis. at the
New Willard
This friend was one OF three occu-
pants Of the smoking compartment OF a
Pullman car. going West The other two
men were strangers. but they were So
ciably inclined, and the two got into
! friendly conversation. as Americans al
ways do under such circumstances II SO
happened that the conversation turned
upon Senator Tillman. because Il was the
night he was billed 20 speak in Chicago,
which city the travellers had Just left.
Turning TO nay Denver colleague one Of
the strangers said. What is your esti-
mate of the Senator from South Caro-
lima?
think was the reply. that Till
man is "a courageous man. a statesman
OF principle and honor He may be a
trifle rough. but he Is on the level He
/ is genuine reformer and not a sham
and imitation like Joe Folk. Of Missouri,
and Ben Lindsay, Of Denver, who IS run
ming as an independent candidate fo-
/ governor Of Colorado
To this frank statement there was no
response from either OF the others. and
the converse ton was presently shifted to
other topics Pretty soon jefferson City
was reached. and one OF the men said
good-by and left the train. As soon as
he had gone the other turning TO the
Colorado man said. Have you any idea
as TO who that gentleman wasg
No. sir: but I take him To be a gen.
+ tleman Of high standing
Well, he does stand pretty well. That
was Gov. Folk.
Ny belief is that the differences that
have existed between Secretary Shaw
and Gov. Cummins viii be happily com
( promised. and that these honored sons
/ o. Iowa viii soon be smoking the pips
I Of peace" said Mr.. George D. Copeland.
a prominent Iowa banker and member OF
the State Central Republican Committee,
at the New Willard.
1t would not be at all surprising 70
see Gov. Cummins elected 10 the United
States Senate in place Of Senator D0Iliver
when the legislature proceeds 10 elect
the successor Of the latter in January.
This would mean the healing Of all fac
tional troubles and would signify that
the friends OF Cummins and Shaw would
unite upon the Secretary as Iowas can
didate for the Presidency Mr.. Shaw is
as good Presidential timber as there is in
the nation. and from a sane and safe
standpoint is ideal
I think that If Senator Allison IS IN
any sort of physical condition, he viii
be elected to succeed himself two years
hence. If he could only be in the Senate
one day IN the week we would rather
have him there than any other man that
Iowa could send"
What Of affairs in your section Of the
Union?' asked a Herald reporter of one
Of Montana's foremost men. Mr. W G.
Conrad. who had just returned from see
ing the launching of the new cruiser
Montana, which his daughter Miss Min
ME Conrad. christened on the 18th inst.
at Newport News.
Well, it is hard to see how times
could be better than they are in our
I. Western country In New York they
seem TO have prosperity but no money, but
in Montana we have prosperity and money,
/ too. Any amount of money can be had
with US at 6 Per cent, and the only trouble
/ is that nobody wants to borrow.
But there is one thing in contempo-
raneous history that is far more inter-
esting than prosperity and a plentiful
money supply. That IS the personality Of
Theodore Roosevelt as an old-time Dem
ocrat and SOutherneT. I hail him as the
greatest figure Of the age, not because
l am a hero wOrshiper, but because Of
what he is and what he has done No
President ever did as much 10 promote
the general welfare, the interests OF the
masses, as the man who is now in the
White House, and that is the reason that
his countrymen swear by him and be-
lieve in him.
The notion that he will take another
term has been emphatically dispeIIed by
the President himself. and we want no
better authority. If I could have my
way as to his future l would cause him
to come to the United States Senate
from the State Of New York which is
sadly in need Of some such man at the
north end Of the Capitol. He should be
Senator and be given the head of a COM
mittee that dealt entirely with the Pan
anna Canal. a sphere Of usefulness that
he would adorn because Of pre-eminent