The Washington herald., 1907-10-25
AT THE HOTELS


Gov. HOch, Of Kansas. at the Ebitt
House, last night said that his State all
though it might be termed rather Qies-
cent 50 far as national politics are son-
cerned, Is nevertheless ready 10 come out
for President Roosevelt when the day
dawns for such action
Roosevelt is the man for Kanas.''
said the governor. There is no ther
like him. and there is no shadow Of 0ubc
that he Is the man for whom the votg OF
Kansas would be cast If he were tosig-
nifty that he would accept a third tern.
I suppose that next to Mr. Roosgelrf
viii come Secretary Taft, not so mucI be-
cause the people desire him as becuse
he most nearly approaches the Roosevelt
ideas of government. But Mr. ROosQelC
is the man; he has instituted so mny
great refOrms-reforms that cannot pop
erly be carried on by any other thanhe-
wish very much that he would aain
become a candidate.
Gov. Hoch said that he entertain a.
great admiration for Vice President Fir
banks. but blames the newspapers !or
practically running that gentlema's
chances for the nomination. He sid
he did not consider Mr.. Fairbanks vas
either an iceberg or cold, or any Of thse
descriptive adiectives that have ben
used throughout the country. He sid
that he did not believe that Gov. Hughs
was well enough known to figure exte,-
sively in the West. He also said tht
the fact that Gov. Hughes vetoed a bill
fixing the rates for passenger traffic II
New York was not taken kindly By th,
people Of Kansas.
Gov. Hoch said that he came to Wash
ington in the interests Of his brother-in-
| law. J. T. Dickerson, a Federal judge at
Chickasha, Ind T., and COR that alone.
D. T. Watson and William B. Rodgers,
two prominent attorneys Of Pittsburg, are
at the Shoreham. Mr.. Watson is ons
of the best-known attorneys in the coun-
try, and argued the Alaskan boundary
case for the United States before the
court held in London several year ago.
Mr Rodgers was formerly counsel for
the city Of Pittsburg. Both Mr. Watson
and Mr.. Rodgers viii appear before the
Supreme Court to-day in the argument
on the case Of several plaintiffs against
| the city Of PittsbUrg in the matter Of
/ the annexation Of Allegheny by the for
mer city. These two cities were united
/ under a special act Of the Pennsylvania
/ legislature. AT an election called later
/ FOR the purpose, a large majority Of the
votes cast in the two cities were for
! consolidation. On various grounds. the
/ case was taken through all the courts
of Pennsylvania and finally brought TO
! the Supreme Court. Mr. Watson would
not say whether he hoped for q favorable
/ decision OF not.
/ Samuel Rea. Of Philadelphia, vice pres
/ ident Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
/ Acknowledged to be one Of the foremost
! engineers in the country, was al the
New Willard yesterday.
/ J. II. Wilkins. Of McAlester, Ind T.
I a former United States district attorney,
who is in Washington TO witness the
+ presentation Of Oklahoma S constitution
TO President Roosevelt, is Of the opinion
that none Of the residents Of Oklahoma
who are now in this city are here 10
protest against the Presidents signing
/ that instrument.
While there are many of our people
who do not consider the constitution q
model by any means, the fact that they
do so much desire Statehood vii, 1 be-
/ lieve, prevent most of them from protest
ing TO President Roosevelt against his
1 signing the constitution
The people in the territory have f0l
so many years suffered, as they believe
under an administration thousands o.
miles away, that they wish 10 have Jnei
own immediate government. right a
home, more than anything else. On Tn
other hand, they 90 not seem 10 realiz'
that Statehood means d large expendi
ture, and. consequently, a larger ratio O
taxation IL the new constitution Jher,
IS one clause in which il IS stated tha
the highest rate Of taxation Is TO be 8
per cent. but in other portions OF tha
instrument there are such other sentence.
that make il practically certain tha
taxes may be raised much higher.
Notwithstanding this fact, which &
known to many of the people, the Senti
ment for Statehood is overwhelming, an
I do not anticipate many protests wi
! be made 10 President Roosevelt Nj
: Wilkins said that if Secretary Of va
Taft had made his address, in which n
advised the Reputation Of the new con
stitution by the people Of Oklahoma, a
, an earlier date, il is possible that
might not have been adopted.
Speaking of sentiment for Republica
f, Presidential candidates, Mr. wilkins sal
> that unquesrOnably his part Of the coun
, try is for Nj Roosevelt. With the Presi
, dent eliminated. he said that SeCretar
! Taft was probably the second choice
But" he said, there is but one R0O5e
veIL
A M. Stevenson. Of Denver, Colo.
member OF the Republican Nations
- Committee. is at the Arlington.
Gov. Dawson, of West Virginia, cam
,, into washington yesterday, and is at tn
New Willard.
{ John Sharp Williams arrived in Wash
\ ington yesterday. fresh from the countr
y round about vicksburg. which so enthu
/; siasticaly greeted the President on hi
: stop there.
Mr.. Williams SAYS, however, that Jus
because the reception to the nation
Chief Executive was enthusiastic, that
no reason to think they would throw U
= their hats when IL comes 10 a matter
= voting. any more than they did after N
- friendly greeting they gave the LAT
President Mckinley
Concerning Wall street affairs. NJ
S Williams had this to say:
o I see that the Wall street stock gan
y blers are up 10 their old tricks OF sc
d ting into trouble and asking the TreasUr