The Washington herald., 1907-08-14
AT THE HOTELS.

That the recently passed Texas law
prohibiting the handling Of trust-made
goods is not as black as It has been
painted, is the contention OF Col. Peter
g. Rucker, Of San Antonio, Tex, a bust
ness man OF wide acquaintance in his
State.
i am not a lawyer" said Col Rucker, at
the Riggs House. last night and have
not read the act. and viii offer no opinion
as to the scope or constitutionality Of IT,
but l an eonhd4nt a careful perusal OF
II VIII show that it applies 70 goods noto-
/ riously sold By trusts that are in colIu-
sion with the merchants handling same,
and with the intent To force honest COM
petitors out Of the State.
Il do not believe that there is an honest
merchant in Texas who has any fear OF
being prosecuted under that act and If
ne should be prosecuted he can depend
on jury Of his peers giving him verdict
Of not guilty
Southwest Texas is developing more
rapidly than probably any other portion
Of Texas. partly because it has been cor
sidered as only 1T for stoek-raislng until
recently. But the man with the hoe has
Invaded the pastures Of Southwest Texas.
and demonstrated that it is ali right for
cotton. cane corn, &c. without irrlga-
ton Our irrigated farms have demon
strated that q truck farmer can make a
act annual profit OF 800 10 800 per acres,
50 the men who held the lands in tracts
or 10.000 TO 10000 acres are being forced
I IN hes. 4l-I.. Fvf
sell TO eolonizers. 1t looks now as Il
/ Southwest Texas VIII soon be as thickly
settled as the best parts Of Illinois, IN
diana. and Ohio now are
I'VE San Antonians are confident that
our city viii grow in proportion with the
settling up OF Southwest Texas, and that
in a very short time San Antonio will have
double The population OF any other Texas
city.
Conrad McWorter IS a merry soul,
whose business is that Of a travelling
salesman, and he has an interesting way
Of narrating his experiences which makes
him favorite around the hostelries
where he stops At the Raleigh last night
he entertained a company Of newspaper
and travelling friends for come time with
| his stories, many Of which were humor-
GUS, and some Of which carried a point
10 stick for many a day in the memory.
| He told the story OF a youthful esca-
! pade. which illustrates the fact that two
/ persons may have entirely different
modes OF thought on the same question.
both equally sincere, and both equally
entitled 10 respect. He said the expert
| ence had always been 10 him an illuTi-
mating one, and that ever since il hap
I pened be had more respect for what the
other fellow thought" than he had before.
The incident was that OF two spiritual
/ istic mediums who held a seance IN his
native town many years ago. He said
/ they were fakes. pure and simple. Mr..
! McWoTter and several young men dis
/ covered the deception, and by a rush
and the exercise OF a little physical
/ strength. they dragged the woman forth
/ from behind screen. exposed her as an
1 impOstor. and supposed they would re-
ceive the thanks Of the fellOw-tOwnsmen.
! On the contrary. the male accomplice
/ OF the woman addressed the audience.
! which was evidently in sympathy with
the medium, stating that he was sur
! prised that in as enlightened a town
as this one in Ohio, noted for its schools,
its morality, and high standard Of intel
! lectuality, il was possible for a half
dozen young men TO be so lost TO the
propTieties Of life and the suitableness
Of the occasion TO engage IN q common
bar room brawl and misuse a woman
who was endeavoring 10 entertain and
instruct the people in her own way.
The result was that the audience rose
up in its wrath, threw the young men
out and went on with the seance undis-
turbed Mr. McWorter said this had al
ways been TO him an illustration Of the
fact that IT was possible for two men
TO have entirely opposite ways OF rea-
soning about the same thing, and that il
was not proper for enc TO set UP his
view as necessarily the correct one.
James II. Ralph IS a young man who
halls from Muncie. Ind, who is on his
way to the jamestown Exposition, and
IS spending a short time in Washington
20 look at the sights here.
Mr. Ralph said at the Raleigh last
night that political activity was very
much in evidence in his native State.
He said the people Of the Hoosier State
are as much face TO face with the next
Presidential campaign as they viii be
a year from now. He said the voters
are taking sides in favor Of possible can
didates.
In his part OF the State Mr. Fairbanks
has a large following. but among Re
publicans there is a hope among the rank
and fle that somehow the President may
be induced 70 run again. and then Mr..
Ralph believes he viii carry Indiana,
hands down" He supposes this would
be regarded as rank heresy among the
politicians, but it is. nevertheless, true
that about four Republicans in five
among the common people are for Roose-
welt first. and Mr.. Fairbanks or sonebodH
else second.
On the Democratic side. Mr.. Ralph sees
only Mr.. Bryan. He says he does not
see how any other candidate can be nOm-
mated, judging from sentiment he has
heard expressed ia Muncie and the sur
rounding territory.
James a. Hughes. Of Huntington. W.
Va, was in Washington yesterday, leav-
ing for his home on a late train last
night Before his departure he talked
about affairs in West Virginia. at the
Riggs House.
He said the State Is highly prosperous.
->O'S- oOAoAS MS4S LAS SodA Interests du9
the iron interests at a point OF so great
activity as now. Just at present. he said,
the people are tending to business and
giving no attention to politics He de-
clared they had enough to do TO look
after their investments and their daily
work. their mills. mines. farms. and
store. without worrying about who might
or might not be nominated for the Presi-
dency next year.
In Mr., Hughes opinion, West Virginia
has bright prospects ahead. and he sees
no probability Of any serious complica-