The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-15
AT THE HOTELS.

AT THE HOTELS.
II it were not for The fact that number
OF reputable Western people are here 20
vouch Tor him, a good many folks vino
have listened 10 the remarkable tales Of
Col. E. }. Bell, Of Laramie. wyo. since
his arrival at the New Willard, would
think him a veritable successor to the
lamented Ochiltree
IL is particularly IN regard to the
abundance Of trout in the Little Laramie
River that the stories Of Col Bel have
created IN the minds Of some people who
do not know him q suspicion OF exaC-
geration. His statements however. are
vouched for by such veracious gentlemen
as President Dcifelder. of the Cray Bull
Club; George Walker. the Cheyenne edi-
tor; Ed Wells. clerk Of the judiciary
Committee Ct the Senate. Prof Mead. Or.
Wilson. and others. that are Of Wyoming's
BEST
"One Of my hired men" said Col Bell.
caught in less than three hours 5S
as pretty brook trout as ever delighted Il
hsherman's heart. He did not use any
net or seine. either. but captured them
with rod ana reel OF course you must
understand that out our way We pur
eight 90 ten hooks on a line and often. I'm
pulling up. he would bring in half a dozen
fish at time. We had 10 send a hay
rack down 10 where the trout lay 20 bring
them in. This may not seem auv grest
catch 10 you Fasteners. bat in our sec
ton it was regarded as pretty lively fish
ing"
Idah0S new Senator Hon William =
Borah. OF Boise, who will take the place
Of Mr. Dubois OH the 9TH Of next month.
is AT the Raleigh. He has the prestige
at home Of great legal talent. of eI1-
quence. and Of u fine personality. AIr.
Borah Is good looking. and his face
shows force Of character He is but
/ forty-twO years Of age and next to MIR
DiX0n Of Montana. viii be the Youngest
man in the Senate
~ regret" said no. To Herald r.-
porter, that / cannot give YOU any good
/ copy. As q matter Of fact ms career
h1s rot abOUnded in thrilling episodes.
was bern in Illinois. was educated al tire
Kansas University, 1T Lawrence, and If
! teen years ago migrated 10 Idaho. [
never held any ofFie. whatsoever until
my election as Senator The campaign
that resulted I'm nay election was ersi-
nsntly clean ard decent. conducted
honorahy on all sides For my 0pp0-
neEt, Senator Dubois. I have the friend
lest feeling. and wish him every good
fortune
IN the lobby Of the New Willard last
evening sat that stalwart old Democratic
chiefJain Of the Empire State. Hon. Smith
II yyaa3 If Fsf.ft5r,,rrar n Y 5- -rr..--
station with his close friend Of long stand
ing, Representative William Sulzer Mr.
Weed Was for years leader Of his party in
the New York legislature. and in 1881 be-
would have come 20 the United States
Senate had David B. Hill. after promising
the place 10 the Plattsburg man, not con-
Guided that he wanted il for himself
At the age of seventy-four Mr.. Weed is
still in sound condition. He has a most
/ beautiful home, overlooking the waters of
Lake Champlain, at the spot where Nc
Donough beat the British. His memory
goes back 20 the days Of Marcy and Silas
/ Wright, those giants in politics. to the
time when the Democrats ruled New
York. It was plain from the nature o.
Ar. Weeds replies that he Is not espe-
cially sanguine Of the near return OF
Democratic asceudancy in his State OF the
nation.
If the right course had been followed
/ last year he said, we would have
chosen a Democrat for governor Of New
York. Had William Sulzer been the nOmi-
nee, he could not have been defeated
Il am here as Exhibit Y In the present
copyright controversy" said WiIlar6 Hol-
comb. a former Washington newspaper
man. at the Willard. No, the joint COM
mittee Of Congress did not summon me.
although l am ready for inspection OF in
terrcgation. in case any conscientious
legislator should desire To examine a gen
uine specimen of the poor author and
composer, direct from the Grub street
/ of New York-Broadway between Four
teenth and Forty-second streets.
Il came over here on my own hook. 10
inspect, rather than to be inspected, how
ever, and principally 10 ascertain where
we are at-we songsmiths and melody
mongers.
Talking about vested rights / have
invested hundreds of dollars in copyrights.
believing them to be good insurance poll
( cies on my literary and musical ideas 1
+ have stacks Of certificates and in many
( cases ] have filed complete copies of plays.
printed at nay own eXpense-sO as 10 fulfill
/ the letter Of the law in regard 10 com
pleting the copyright by filing two printed
copies Of the work The law says
/ printed. and while the Librarian used
/ TO accept typewriter copies, IL only
wanted some court to declare that type
writing is not printing 10 upset the whole
system and render all these 81 certificates
worth O.
"A court has decided that the same iden-
/ teal song Tor which publisher paws
royalty to print. and manager TO pro
/ duce on the stage may be rendered roy
atty free by a photograph II Congress
/ fails to remedy this absurd injustice in
the revised copyright law why can't
/ they free books and plays from respons-
bility 10 the author by simply running
/ them through a photograph to financially
disinfect them. so TO speak. Then. again,
I if they eliminate the jail penalty for will
IfuI copyright infringement il simply
means letting down the bars to all the IT.
/ responsible play-pirates. and saying Go
as far as YOU like.
/ Accordingly. I am meditating the prob
lem Of whether under threatened changes
/ i'm copyright conditions, il pays to be
/ playwright
/ Talk about your pretty girls, The his
toric old Ebbitt House had a bevy of
them last evening that filed the Hobbies.
corridors. and parlors. transforming
| that hostelrie into 4 scene Of respIend-
/ ent loneliness. There were close upon 200
of them, members Of the senior class Of
the Pennsylvania State Normal School