The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
VIEWS OF VISITING
MEN OF AFFAIRS.

Two Nebraska lawyers OF the heavy
weight class are in the city-Hon. Norris
Brown, Attorney General OF the state.
at the Raleigh, and Charles J. Greene.
general counsel Of the Chicago, .Burling-
1 ton and Quincy Railroad. al the New
/ Willard. Mr.. Brown is very apt to be
/ the next United States Senator from Ne
/ braska, as he was chosen to that Office
\ by the recent Republican State conyen-
tion. He lives at Kearney, and was able
/ TO overcome the handicap that his resi-
dence in the South Platte Country i'm
posed, the Omaha Republicans being bit
terry opposed 10 the choice Of a Senator
/ living outside that ambitious city. IN
deed. there has never been a time when
/ Omaha did not have ore Of the two United
/ States Senators.
/ IN the opinion Of many Nebraskans no
I better man could have been sent 10
/ Washington as Senator Millard's sue
! cessOr than Charles J. Greene. a law
I yer Of great ability, a gentleman Of the
/ old school. and a stanch Republican, he
/ seemed an ideal candidate. but as he
/ laughingly remarked TO a Herald re
porter his employment as counsel for
la railroad put him out OF the running.
/ No man who had even a bowling ac-
/ Quaintance with a railroad could hope
/ TO be elected United States Senator from
| Nebraska in these piping. trust-killing
days.
At the Riggs IS Mr.. Alexander Findlay.
la prosperous steel manufacturer OF
/ MotherweH, Scotland, and a member Of
the British Parliament. having been twice
! elected as a Liberal for part Of Lanark-
shire.
! Nj Flndlay is bringing his wife and
daughter to see America for the hrst
/ time. but he himself. as a young man.
spent several years working for a car
company IL st. Louis
'"The Liberals. under the wise lead Of
Camp Zimmerman. said M Findlay,
have done splendidly thus far and
/ think there is no doubt that they viii re-
1 tain control Of the country for the full
period allowed under our system BY the
7 way. the Scotch are running things in
i Britain these days. Campbell -Baunerman
/ has proved his great qualities Of leader
/ ship. Balfour. who is leader of the Oppo-
sition, is a SCOtchman likewise, and q
/ majority Of the members of the cabinet
come from the north side Of the Tweed
But OF the go members Of the House OF
/ Commons, while the English have $50 and
the Irish 101 Scotland can claim but -
According 20 population, we should have
more than Ireland. This basis Of repre-
sentatlon was fixed at the tine Of the
union. when Ireland had 1900. 90 people.
and has never been changed. To-day she
has not exceeding 400 O00. yet retains her
old numerical strength in the Commons
'The Democratic party IS not in a very
prosperous condition out in Colorado
said Judge c. D. Hayt, one OF Denver's
ablest lawyers. At the Raleigh
There was a hot factional fight at the
State convention, in which Senator Tom
Patterson and his followers triumphed,
but which left a good many sores, some
very prominent men in the party. ike
Charles s. Thomas and Charlie Hughes,
/ being greatly incensed at the action OF
the Patterson crowd, which named ex-
Gov. Alva Adams TO head the State
! ticket. The Republicans have as their
gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Buchtell.
/ chancellor Of the Denver University. a
Methodist preacher. and d strong cam
| pafgner. / think DR. BGchtelI viii win,
and there is every possibility that the
legislature viii be controlled by the Re
publicans.
There are several aspirauts on the Re
publican side for the place IN the Senate,
/ which will be vacated next March, when
Mr.. Patterson Tetires. At present il looks
as though Simon GUggenheim. the mil
IionaiTe smelling man. were IN the lead.
but IL is too early to make any predic-
tions. A great many people in Colorado,
I lrr-NFf -r+ s-r--r n HTr-
Walsh as an active candidate would be
glad TO see him chosen to that Office. not
only because he is in every way equipped
for IT, but because of rs noble character
and Lis long record of good deeds. Mr.
Walsh, though q very rich man, has
not been spoiled by his rise in the world.
Unlike many men OF great fortune, he
makes the cause Of the tOiling masses his
Own. Ii is 10 such men that we must
look for the peace Of the country, and the
perpetuity Of our institutions
"My home county Of Lancaster said
Hon. H Burd Cassell, the well-knOwn
Pennsylvania Congressman, at the Shore
: ham, "is ahead Of any county in the
United States. or in the world, for that
matter. in the value of its agricultural
productions. Its tobacco crop alone this
year viii bring in not less than $500, 900,
. and. besides. our farmers have made n
corn crop that is simply stupendous. In
, addition. there has been a fine yield Of
oats. wheat, rye, and other things which
bring up the total of revenue from Moth
{ er Earth 10 a huge figure.
Lancaster County is also interesting in
other ways. II was the home Of several
noted Americans, including James Buch-
anan and ThaddeUs Stevens. Ever since
its organization il has been d Congress
siOnal district by itself. and since the
birth Of the Republican party it has never
been represented in Washington by any
save a Republican"
A tall, gray-haired. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ing man is SenoT Nicolas Rivero, editor
and owner for many years Of the Diario
de- IA Marina, the Oldest and one Of the
most influential newspapers of Havana
! Senor Rivero. who is d guest Of the
Arlington. talked pleasantly with n
Herald reporter last evening regarding
Cuban affairs.
L did not come to Washington" said
he, con any mission, but after placing
my two daughters at school in Providence,
r. l., stopped by your Capital 10 pay my
respects to President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Root. The situation in Cuba may
be summed up in a few words. As 1 re-
gard it, the fate of the country is entirely
in the hands of the United States. The
respectable element. the property-own-
ing and intelligent portion of our Popu-
lation, not only welcomed American In
tervention, but was sorry 1t was so long
postponed Broadly speaking. the