The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
AT THE HOTELS.


Der Sc bat as State she Is unslterably
opposed to trusts. and will never again
permit them 10 gain a foothoid within
her borders" said MarceIlus z, Foster,
owner Of the Houston Chronicle. OF Hous-
ton, Tex, at the New Willard yesterday
Mr.. Foster is the man who began the
fight on Senator Bailey last year. but he
declined to discuss that fight, saying that
as long as Senator Bailey was elected to
represent Texas for six more years. all
Texans would be loyal 10 him
mo, the trust viii have little chance
in our State hereafter. They have proven
themselves bad thing; they are not
conducive TO good citizenship, and the
State can easily get along without them.
But there is a popular misconeeption of
the attitude Of Texas toward corpora
tons. We realize that honestly conduct
ed enterprises whether they be corporate
or otherwise, have logical and legiti-
mate place in our civilization, and we
intend to do all that we can to foster
them. We will encourage them to make
our State their headquarters and treat
them with every courtesy so long as they
are honest. II is against trusts that the
legislation Of the last assembly was d.
rected. and the laws have been admins
tered so rigidly that already most Of the
trusts have left the State.
we do not allow even the agents OF
trusts to set up business places in the
State. hut We do not prevent a merchant
buying OF selling goods manufactured
| by the trusts. The statesmen for the
trusts may enter the State and sell to
merchants If they wish. but We do not
permit them 20 have a place Of business
In the State as accredited agents of a
trust 1 do not think Texas viii suffer
by this action in the long run. and thus
far we have felt no i'll effects, nor do We
anticipate any.
Just now the main consideration Of
the State Is the cotton crop. The cot
ton season closed yesterday. according
TO tradition. In fact, the old cotton has
been picked for several months. and on
this account lot of new cotton viii be
counted in this years estimates OF
course, everything is evened up next
year.
Il have not seen the estimates vet, but
I am confident that the cotton picked in
Texas this year viii aggregate over
100000 bales, which Is an unprecedented
crop Houston alone will see more than
$780, 600 bales pass through, which viii be
a great financial boon, as the freight for
this will be gross earnings TO the city
/ The price Of cotton is high this year and
our crop will represent many millions Of
dollars. Cotton has displaced politics for
a while
For the past ten years have made
rather a close study Of murders and
murder trials in America, and I have
come 10 the conclusion that justice is not
swift enough in this country" said Fran
els J. Noonan. an attorney Of Chicago. at
the Raleigh last night. our courts do
not begin TO approach the English in
| swiftness and precision. Lynching is I'M
known in England for the very reason
/ that their criminals are sure Of a speedy
/ trial and a heavy penalty. The one case
/ that stands out as a glaring exception in
/ our country is that OF President McKin-
/ ley. In this case public opinion demanded
a speedy trial and a speedy execution.
/ But had the victim been a man OF less
months would probably have been the
result I dc not remember the exact
figures, but l think that since 1855 there
have been about $4,000 homicides. and
less than 1900 executions. Since 1900 muir
ders have incres 5ed threefold, while
executions remain about stationary. There
are over FIVE times as many murders in
this country in proportion 10 the pOpuIa-
ton as there are in England which is
probably accounted for by the methods
Of administering justice.
so far as / know, only one European
country has shown a worse record than
the United States, and that is Italy, where
the stiletto is a very handy weapon. But
even Italy has one advantage, for her
/ proportion Of murders 70 the population
/ is decreasing, while in this country the
contrary is true. ! do not think there is
anything In the American character
which makes him prone TO homicide. and
! can only attribute it 10 the hardness Of
/ criminal courts"
While 1 have no doubt that the James,
town Exposition is well worth seeing.
/ have my doubts as to whether so many
+ people would visit 1t were Washington
not in a direct line and so situated that
both interesting points can be visited on
/ the same trip" said Dr. Justin Forrest,
Of Marion, Ind, last night.
I think that more people came in this
/ direction to see Washington and to make
/ pilgrimages to Mount Vernon and Airing
ton than came to see jamestown. The
rates induced many, and there is no rea-
son why they should not be permanent.
/ II there We're a special rate TO Washing
/ ton every summer there would be no dull
season for the merchants and the hotels
/ here.
/ People from all parts OF the country
would come and, in my opinion, such
condition could be brought about by the
/ Westinghouse themselves. If the bust
/ ness men and merchants would form
/ themselves into some sort of a patriotic
/ organization. with the avOwed object OF
attracting people TO Washington. they
would find that the railroads would make
! reasonable rates. and that tourists would
I pour in constantly.
There is nobody west of the Ale
| ghenies who is not confident that he will
make trip to the Capital before he dies.
Everybody wants to come here just as
/ most people here wish TO go abroad soma
! time in their lives. Patriotism seems to
I be more dormant here than in the West,
/ which is probably due to the fact that
1 the people here are in the midst Of his
/ tory makers at all times. but for the
/ Washington business rnen, II is merely a
I question Of business. They certainly
should make some effort TO attract tour
| lists"
Archbishop Williams. Of Boston. who
/ died on Friday, was one of the most
retiring men In public life." said Willis
Morton, of Boston, last night at the
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