The Washington herald., 1906-10-12
VIEWS OF VISITING
MEN OF AFFAIRS.

Ono of the leading citizens Of Salt Laka
/ City is Col Z. a. Wall. a wealthy mining
man and manufacture Of fhe Utah me
tropoIis. Last evening he sat in the Iobby
cf the New Willard chatting with his
friend and former townsman, Mr. T. a.
Wickersham, about old times in Iadiana.
both being natives Of the good Hoosier
State
AS q lad" said Dir. Wickersham. Il
went to the Quaker School in Richmond
NY folks were Quaker stock. and 7 might
have adhered to their belief, bat got
discouraged by having to stay ou-
the long religious services on Sundays
f0u know the Quakers only talked when
the spirit moved. but sometimes four Or
five did not get moved until II was
really time to adjourn meeting. So every
one that felt impelled TO make q talk
had to be heard. and very often it was
well on into the afternoon when services
were concluded This knocked out all
the Quakerism I had inherited"
Il, too. lived in Wayne County, and
worked on a farm near Richmond, when
a boy" said Col. Wall 7 worked for
the first year for the large salary OF
SEQ a month, but the next two years
Tad my wages raised TO SIS. I left n
diana in 1S60 for the West and went
back there for the first time last sum
mer. expecting, Of course, that nearly
everybody I had known in those early
dsys would be dead or moved away. To
nv utter surprise about the first citizen
met was the farmer for whom 1 had
labored, grown 10 be q very old mar
but still in pretty good physical shape
He was as glad 10 see me when l made
myself known as though ! was his son.
and we spent hours talking OF by-gOne
days. To show him my appreciation Of
his Eindnesses to me in my youth,
begged him to accept my hospitality Tor
the night at the best hotel IN Richmond,
81 that We might DT0l0ng the renewal ot
acquaintance.
---Thc old gentleman only lived four
miles away. and We could easily have
sent word that he would spend the night
IN town. Re thanked mt heartily, bul
firmly declined my invitation on the
ground that he had never spent a night
away from his own roof IL his life, and
did not want at that late day, 10 break
his record. I respected his reason, and
did not insist but here and now declare
that when II comes 10 conservative habits
your rural Indiana is quite at the top o.
the list"
Mr. Joseph Il. Chiffon, Of Charleston,
". Va. who is Ut the Raleigh. mas for
many years been accounted one OF the
ablest lawyers Of his State, and ever
since early manhood he has been one OF
its Democratic leaders. He was the trust
ed friend and lieutenant Of the idol Of
West Virginia Democrats, tho late Sena-
tor John Kenna.
1T is a solemn fact said BfT. Chiffon
to a Herald reporter, that when the
Democratic party lost its ascendancy ia
our State dozen years ago, nearly every
man who was at al prominent in the
party retired TO private life absolutely
and miserably poor. We were the worst
busted lot of men who ever played tho
game Of politics. We had held the offices
but had neglected business, and when the
Republicans came along and took the
government away from us, there was
scarcely a Democrat who could raise O.
'demnition' dolla-.
But I want 10 conide 10 you that the
lean days of our tribulati0n have depart
ed. To be shOrn Of political power was
the happiest and best thing that ever hap
pcned 10 the Democratic contingent
There is hardly one Of the old guard
who has not retrieved his political for
tunes. and ! rather think that when il
comes to matching prosperity with ou-
Republican friends the balance Is on the
side Of the non-0iiice holding Democrats
Thirty years ago I went from Iowa %
live in Mississippi said ,Mr. John Triplet.
of Tupelo. Miss, at the Riggs House. IT
have passed through some pretty exCit-
ing experiences, having been a judge OF
p elections in the days when colored voters
were driven away from the polls with
shotguns We have got through with all
I that sort of thing now, for not one negro
in twenty comes to vote, most of them
: forfeiting their ballot by failure to pay
: the poli tax II can be said with equal
truth that a large number of white me1
J. are Just as Indifferent about voting as tho
blacks. preferring TO relinquish their
7 franchise 20 paying the tax. In this wa
d the only excitement that can arise IS over
fbe rival ambitions OF Democratic candi-
dates for public Office.
Though a Northeruor and a Republi-
z can. ] am proud of tho newly born pros
perity OF Mississippi. For many years tho
State stood still. its people apparently
left far behind in tho procession Of sister
a States But in recent days there has
/ The rich resources Of the country are be-
ing developed, factories established in tho
( towns. better agricultural methods, and
. better schools. Our present situation Is a.
Z happy one. and the great bulk Of ths
people, white and black, are contenteG
and prosperous.
Friends Of Gov. Swanson. OF Virginia,
e who greeted him at tae New Willard
s yesterday remarked that since he as
p sumed gubernatoriaI honoTs he looked
D the very picture OF health. and that evil
T IDENTIFY his Office agreed with him
e How goes il IN the Old Dominion 2''
, asked Herald reporter OF the governor.
The old state is enjoying a golden era
. of good times and our people have moth
- iug TO complain Of. ] violate 10 conf
denCe in saying IL VIII go Democratic
a this year In fact Democracy is chronic
! in Virginia. We have preserved the old
p Jedersonisn sort down there. and do not
, propose 70 change j for any Of ths
modern brands \ strong attempt is
r being made TO carry the only Republican
. / Congressional district the Ninth. and &c
Z looks as though it would pan out sue
ccssfuliy."
One Of the best evidences Of the pros
( perity of the South Is seen in the scores
p of well-to-do citizens Of Dixie who have
1 been in Washington the past week fer
: the purpose Of placing tbeir sons and
: daughters in the schools Of the Capital
! In the number was Mr.. ]. B. Pumphrey.
"a substantial resident Of Williamson
County, that ranks with the banner cot
/. ton-producing counties Of the big Done
t.