The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-28
HEARD AT HOTELS.

rs pos lble successors 90 Senator Bailey
F in the event he should not be reelected al
+ the coming session Of The legislature %
/ said Mr. j. T. Toler, of san Antonio. AZ
/ the Raleigh.
/ "One OF these IS Roger q. Mills and the
+ other Horace Chiffon. AT one time Col.
+ Mills had tremendous hold On the people
+ OF his State. and IL seemed as though he
would remain the foremost public man in
Texas as long as he lived But be com
mitted the fatal mistake Of siding with
Grover Cleveland. and from that time his
/ popularity began TO fade. No one realized
more than himself that he had ceased 10
+ be a popular idol. ard when his single
/ term in the Senate was over he made no
! effort for reelection.
Mr. Chiffon. though O high-class man
+ ana an able lawyer, IS of cold and retIr-
! Ing manner and never commanded any
+ enthusiastic following. Outside Of his
/ immediate baiiiwick in Eastern Texas. he
was but little known. He was nothing OF
/ an orator or q mixer and when he IN
dertOok to meet Joe Bailey I'm ioInt debate
! his failure to cope with the younger man
was lamenta5Ie. II Is not En- the least de-
gree probable. even should Bailey lose
out, that either Mills or Chiffon. 6aspite
I their unsullied records and uubiemished
/ reputation, would be chosen to succeed
him Neither would any of the men who
have been active in arraying public senti-
ment against the Senator. as ex-Attorney
/ General n. NJ Crane or present Attorney
/ General Davidson.
IF ex-Gov. Joseph D. Savers were as
popular now as he once was I should
consider he had a splendid chance. but
/ he made too many enemies during his
/ gubcrnatOrlal career to aspire 10 the
SenatOrship. Gov. Lanham, VINO is about
10 step out Of Office would make an ad-
mirablc Senator, but his administration
was not ar ali popular, and be would
have few friends IN the legislature. The
/ Incoming governor Tom Campbell, is "A
nan who is widely liked, and his friends
consider him Senatorial timber. but he
regards himself as pledged 10 retain the
Office 10 which he was elected. The lack
OF some strong leader Of prominent
ability on whom the anti-Bailey forces
could combine makes Baiieys chances for
return very strong, and 1 believe he VIII
get back
a very noted editor in his day, John
Speer formerly Of Kansas. died last week
/ in Denver" said Mr.. =. ". Morgan, Of
/ that city, at the New willard.
''Mr. Speer. who was born in Indiana.
migrated 20 Kansas in the stormy days
when the battle ragged fierce as ID
whether slavery would be allowed in that
Territory. Speer was bitterly opposed 10
slavery. and he assailed the institution
ana all who upheld it. with tremendous
virulence. The Territorial legislature
/ passed an act making it an offense 10
deny the legal existence Of slavery IN
| Kansas. With this law John Speer took
| immediate issue. and his Leavenw0rth
newspaper came out in bold type deny
/ ing the legal existence Of slavery in Kan
sas For this he was indicted for Urea
/ son and had 10 fly the Territory TO es-
/ cape arrest and Imprisonment Later he
went back TO Kansas and continued the
auti-slayery fight.
His enemies wrecked his newspaper
Office at Lawrence, and in the Quantreu
massacre two OF his sons We're killed.
/ their sad fate 50 affecting Mrs. Speer
that she did not long survive them A
man Of great force of character. be made
warm friends and stalwart enemies. He
and Jim Lane were ike brothers, and
when Lane died Gov Crawford made up
his mind 20 appoint Speer Senator. In
deed. the commission was on the point
Of being filed out but for some reason
the governor changed his mind over
night. and named instead Z. q. Ross.
who was at the time foreman in Speer's
/ printing Office
There is an anti-smoke crusade On IN
/ Baltimore. in response 10 which an ordi-
nance was passed. 10 go into effect Janu-
+ airy I. 1877, forbidding the emission Of
dense black smoke in the city limits,
said Mr. T. Z. Holland. Of the MonU-
mental City, at the National.
a fine Of s.. and so for each day the
nuisance was kept up, was put in the
/ law. but unfortunately there was pro-
/ viso in the ordinance that wiz probably
render II altogether Intellectual Viclators
/ Of the law are allowed TO show that they
can find no appliance that viii prevent
1 the emission of the smoke. and If this
can be proved they are allowed 70 go
/ free. If they prove, also, that the build
I ing from which the smoke issues is de
voted exclusively to manufacturing. they
are likewise held innocent II viii take
far more stringent legislation than this
TO remedy the smoke evil, for IL viii be
no hard matter. under the provisions
mentioned, for those who commit the Of
tense 20 escape punishment"
7 do not doubt that your colored
troops. under proper discipline, make gal
iant soldiers, and that in time Of war
they are splendid fighters said Capt.
Egbert Henson, a retired officer Of the
British army, at the New Willard.
at the same time, I can well under
stand how their presence in civilian COM
munities in times Of peace may easily
cause friction. especially in localities
where race prejudices exist. as I hear
was the case at Brownsville. I do not
believe that black men will ever be used
as soldiers in any great numbers, not be
cause OF any lack Of efficiency, but be
cause there will always be a prejudice
against their employment I was in the
Boer war; and though the British could
have pressed thousands of the native
blacks into their armies to help fight the
countrymea of Dom Paul, there was
never any idea Of utilizing them in such
a way. During your civil war in the
United States there We're some who pro-
posed to arm the negro slaves TO aid the
Confederacy, but the policy never had
any strong support. and it would not have
been found profitable had 1t been
adopted"
Mr.. Percy II. johnson, Of Lebanon, KY,
who was at the Riggs House yesterday,
was being congratulated on his appoint
ment as national bank examiner 1t is
said that Mr. Johnston. who is but TWEEN
o.. -. - o. 20 Is the Nnungast