The Washington herald., 1906-11-09
HEARD AT HOTELS.

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is true that there is such an army. bat
.it is composed to a certain extent &
East Side idlers. men who are hunting
wages but not work. 10 is easy 20 get
up parades and professions made up OF
this material, but they do not represent
the genuine wOrkingmen Of the country
am frank 10 say that England would
be faring better in my judgment, II She
would take a lessen from the American
protection book; but while a great many
thoughtful men over there are beginning
10 recognize the sOundness Of Mr.. Cham
berlain's policy Of imposing some duty
ca importations. the country as a whole
remains welded TO the free-trade idea
because II has been so long established.
ana because the people shudder at the
bare idea Of a tax on grain that may in
crease the cost Of a workingman's loaf
even 70 very Insignificant fraction OF
d penny"
I was in New York City the night OF
the election, and wish to remark that it
was an orgy Of hoodlumism, a carnival
OF rowdyism." said Mr. G. T. NdcMasters,
Of Boston, at the Arlington.
In former times I've been in Gotham
election nights and noted that the enor-
nous crowds that blocked Broadway
were laughing, mirthful. bent on fun. but
civil in their merrimenJ and free from
rudeness. It was different. entirely DIFF
ferent. with that mob which took posses
sion Of the town last Tuesday night This
was rough. tough. unmannerly brigade
that jolted and jostled inOfensive men
and smashed hats in the most approved
plug-ugly fashion. ! saw q score Of hats
ruined IN the name Of sport. II New
York isn't careful Il viii before long get an
unenviable reputation for r0wdylsm.
whereas the metropolis OF the country
ought to set the nation a good example in
civic department"
For my part" said 3Ir. 6. G. Foote. a
successful business man and rlauufactur-
er Of Macon. Ca. at the Riggs House. r
would not give up the negroes for any
other sort Of labor. have been employ
ing negroes ali my life. and consider
them the very best workers the South
could get unless. possibly. Chinese, who
are barred by the law
The greatest trouble we are having
in Georgia and I understand it is the
case ia the whole South, IS that it is hard
TO get enough labor Of any kind. Many
people think that the solution Of the
question is 10 be found in bringing in
Italians or other Europeans Ny belief
Is that this plan viii not prove a sue
cess, and I do not look 10 see it adopted
10 any extent. The chances are that #
the European immigrants came in any
numbers there would be even more fric-
ton and trouble between them and their
employers than we've ever had with the
ral.~ l.
you regard IT,
There is also. if I am not greatly mis-
taken, a pathetic side 20 it. and that is
in the slow but sure extinction OF the
blacks. They are dying OF at "a faster
rate than they are increasing. and II
something is not done 10 check the de-
cline, II viii not be many more genera
tions until they viii be a fast vanishing
race"
Some OF the most prominent railroad
lawyers OF the country are iu Washing
ton 10 represent their companies before
the Interstate Commerce Commission IN
the matter of rates on cattle from Texas
and other parts of the Southwest 10 s..
Louis and Chicago.
vt the Arlington is Judge James Hager-
man, of st Louis. general solicitor Of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
Nr. James Baker. OF Houston. general So
/ lic.tor of the Southern Pacific, Is at the
Raleigh, T. J. Freeman. of the Texas aud
Pacific, is at the New Willard. and at
the same hotel. :. II. West, Of the ST.
Louis and South Western.
San Antonio said Hon. A. W. Hous-
ton, one Of the leading lawyers Of Texas.
at the New Willard. will bear compari-
son with any city in the United states
for law abiding. well-behaved. decOr0us.
ana sober population 7 have lived there
many years. and am only stating the
facts.
We have scarcely any crime of rnagni-
tude, and vet people who don't know US
will set US down FOR a very wicked lot
when l state that the saloons are oDen
every day IN the week. They sell on Sun
days openly, without any violation Of the
law. Now. my candid belief is that in
stead Of promoting drunkenness this Gus
tom minimizes it, You might stay in San
Antonio a year without seeing a drunken
man on Sunday. and very rarely on any
day.
There are several breweries. and many
people so to the parks TO drink beer on
the only day of the week that they have
any time to rest. ! should not omit 10
state that we have as many churches.
likewise, as any other town of 10000 pec-
pie. and that they are all splendidly sup
ported and well attended
DR.. George II. Simmons. of Chicago
editor Of the Journal Of the American
Medical Association. was in Washington
yesterday. He has been attending a
meeting in New York of the officers Of
the different sections of the association.
and to-day viii be in conference with Dr
II. ". Wiley. who is a member of the
council Of pharmacy. Dr. Simmons. who
Is one of the best-known men in the
profession. has many friends at the Ma
tional Capital
There was one result Of the late cleo
ton which was pleasing to many resi-
dents of the National Capital and that
was the triumph of Hon. Charles +. JOY,
who was chosen recorder Of St Louis
In the uptown Hobbies last evening many
expressions of good viii were heard re-
garding the former Missouri Congress
man, and they were uttered by men Of
all political creeds. 1t is understood that
the Office 10 which Mr.. JOY was elected
is a lucrative and important one.
The mayor Of the thriving town OF
Charlotte. n c. Hon $ :. MCNinCh.
is at the Raleigh lie is here to inter-
cede for some cotton mill owners who
have become involved in trouble by the
alleged importation Of European labOrers
under contract as operatives. Mr.. Nc
Ninch Is an enthusiastic worker in the
cause OF securing a military post at
Charlotte, and while here has called on
officials Of the War Department To give
them solid reasons for establishing one