The Washington herald., 1906-10-17
VIEWS OF VISITING
MEN OF AFFAIRS.

1T is my belief that nobody living ever
saw as good times In Virginia as che Old
/ Dominion Is now enjoying" remarked
that able and well liked iurist. Judge 9.
Z. Nicol, who is holding court In Alex
andria County. 10 a Herald man at the
Metropolitan.
"A gratifying phase attending the pres,
ent era Of our prosperity is the buying
up OF historic old estates by wealthy out
siders. In fact there is quite a rage to
possess country homes in many Of our
counties in convenient proximity 70 Wash
inSton- a few days ago ! attended q re-
ceptiOn given at the elegant rural home
/ Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis,
/ near Leesburg- Scores OF prominent peo-
pie Journeyed TO the function ia hand
! some turnOuts, drawn by splendid horses.
/ The EUstis place is the cid homestead OF
/ George Carter Of yore. the richest man
/ in Lond0un County. and a descendant OF
/ the famous King Carter. Mrs EustIs
/ is the daughter OF ex-Vice President Levi
+. Morton, and she mas endeared herself
/ 10 her Virginia neighbors by many use
/ full deeds Of benevolence.
Near this palatial home is the resi-
/ dence Of Hon. Henry Fairfax. once the
abode Of President Monroe. Nj Fair
/ Tax, who Is a noted and highly success
/ ful breeder Of fine horses. has fitted up
/ the ancient mansion IN the most elegant
and modern style without regard % eX-
pense and entertains his friends sumptu-
ously. Not far from thc Fairfaxes IS Nor
/ ven Park, the lovely home Of Westmore-
/ land Davis. who married Miss Inman,
daughter Of the former president Of the
/ Old Richmond and Danville Railroad The
Davis home is one OF the finest. and is
/ the seat OF a charming and refined hos
pitality.
Within four miles Of LeesbUTg. M
L. B. White has perhaps built up d coun-
/ try place that has hardly an equal ga
/ Tire State. II is also historic. having once
/ been the property Of United States Sen
atOT Neasou, who was killed il a duel bv
Mccarthy before the war. Mr. White
( mas spent many thousands of dollars on
/ his estate He made q fortune, IN bust
I ness in St Louis. and is a good enough
/ business man to make his broad acres
/ in Virginia net him fair revenue.
Had the Federal administration at
Washington kept its hands Of the move
Iment inaugUrated in Alabama i've years
ago. to put the Republican party in our
state IN the hands Of white men il would
/ have been a great SUCCESS, and in 3ll
probability We would have elected a Re
/ publican governor this year. remarked
Julian IT. Bingham, OF Birmingham. at
/ the Ebbitt. Mr.. Bingham is not speaking
I u random, as he was formerly chairman
Of the Republican State Committee and
/ was collector Of internal revenue under
/ Mckinley
/ The movement had the sanction Of all
I the leading men of the party and had It
Z not been iuterfered with would have been
| the means Of causing thousands Of Dem
| OcTats 10 come over 10 the Republicans.
/ when they saw that there was no longer
Z the danger Of being ostracized because
! Of association with colored politicians.
I But the fat went forth from the White
House that the Lly-White' programme
must be crushed. and crushed it was.
Many OF the men who organized it are
now In q state Of 1nnOcuous desuetude
politically speaking, and have ceased 10
figure as active partissns.
There isn't much doing along Repub-
/ lican lines IN Alabama to-day Booker
| Washington is the real dictator for. al
| though he is too adr0it 10 be much in
evidence at home he is the power be-
hind the throne, and the influence OF
MesSrs. Thompson and Scott, the So
called referees. is secondary TO that Of
ting q quietus on the Lily-Whitc policy
was that il would cause a detection OF
c0l0red Republican voters in Northern
States / never believed that there was
any solid ground for this theory. but it
seemed TO carry weight IL influential
quarters, and the chance OF making Ala
bama Republican was sacrificed
Ny opinion IS that y. r. Hearst Is go
Toe
viii be largely done by Democratic votes.
said Mr.. J. J. McClosky. a New York
manufacturer, at the Raleigh
The vote against him below Fourteenth
street is going 10 be something terrific,
and il viii be cast By men who have
heretofore always supported the Demo-
cratic ticket / am not speaking as a poll
tician, but as a business man and OBJ
server of current events In my manu-
featuring plant there are employed at
least 40 voters. and 7 haven't heard Of
any intention on the part OF any of them
10 support Hearst Doubtless he viii get
some votes among them, but no evidences
Of Hearst enthusiasm are manifest The
odds are , II 90 ] against him az present,
and they are apt TO be larger on election
day.
AR B. W Ford. former well-kuown
hotel man OF Richmond, Va, whose ia.
Their operated Ford's Hotel in the Vir-
GINA capital for many years. has come
TO Washington TO live. and has accepted a
position with the management Of the
Metropolitan Hotel
7 don't believe there is the least reason
10 doubt the success Of the regular Re
u
Capt. Charles II. AIullin, a leading citi-
zen Of Harrisburg, at the Arlington.
'Eut whatever happens, 7 viii venture
the assertion that one Of the candidates
on that ticket is q sure winner. Henry
Houck, the nominee for the important
office Of secretary Of internal affairs. is
simply invincibie. for the reason that
everybody in the State, regardless
OF politics. religion. or anything else.
wants TO see him elected. Henry Houck
Is seventy years Of age but he is the
youngest old man in America
For thirty years he has been the dep
uty secretary Of public schools, and he
knows thousands of people In every
county and township ia the state. He
has made speeches in every schcolhCuse,
ana men, women, and children know him
in the more remote districts. and look on
him as their personal friend. lie can
make a good speech in English. and then
deliver an equally interesting talk in
Pennsylvania Dutch. For veteran Of
thTeescoTe and ten, he Is a wonder, and
VIII he overwhelming elected.
4 crowd gathered about Speaker Can
non and Representative Jim Watson In
the New Willard last evening TO hear
them tell Of their recent speech-makinE