The Washington herald., 1907-08-23
AT THE HOTELS.

AT THE HOTELS.
The tendency among our college boys
nowadays 70 fall into eiiques and groups
IS certainly weakening the democratic
ideals of our universities, which. to me, Is
depiorabIe from every point Of view
said Edmund Rose. Of Indiana, at the
Metropolitan last night.
This may have only a temporary effect
on them; in fact. am sure that II is
only temporary but it will. in time. so tx
Itself In our college life that It will be-
come a certain characteristic Of college
men As matters stand now it takes two
or three years OF stern contact with the
world for the idea to be knocked out Of
their heads. and that man is indeed for
tunate who has not TO unIearn a great
many Of the foolish. self-satished opin-
ions he gets from-his fraternities and
clubs at college.
Young men are encouraged to go away y
to school in order TO mix with the world
and to obtain broadening influence. As
a rule, the school clique breeds nothing
but intellectual narrowness and social
exclusiveness which fits a man for moth
ing except a life Of unpopularity, or New
port. Younger students try 10 gain So
eiaI recognition from their other fellows,
TO the. exclusion of their studies, and the
fostering Of a university spirit
In many Of the smaller colleges this
grouping of the students also exists, and
is Infinitely worse than - the larger
ones. I believe that the position taken
by President Wilson. Of Princeton, IS
sane one. and should be followed by every
college where clubs and frateTnltes are
allowed"
George r. Peck. Of Chicago, attorney
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Pau
Railroad, is in Washington on business
trip and is quartered at the Shoreham
While nOncOmmittal on the subject Q!
railroads and rates, Mr. Peck said:
Speaker Cannon is my choice and the
almost unanimous choice Of the people OF
Illinois for the Presidency. Al present
he is being talked of quietly among his
friends, although there is a great amount
OF enthusiasm slumbering among ali the
Republicans OF the state. As soon as he
announces his Cand-l.-~y, II ne lntenos
making a run for the Office, you Will see
the whole state of Illinois behind him,
and he viii be d hard man for anybody
20 defeat
L an out Of politics for the present.
said Charles Henry Grosvenor, exon
gresham from Ohio, al the Raleigh last
night, and the Ohio situation has nos
affected me in any way. so that I do not
care to discuss II"
Mr.. GrosvenoT is on pleasure trip 70
Atlantic City, where he will stay for q
month before returning 10 MS home n
Athens.
The only information I have about the
conditions out there I have gathered from
the newspapers. Whether it IS to be
Taft or Foraker, I cannot say Tafts
speech was a very able enc. President
Roosevelt's speech was also very able
one and has evidently made q great I'M
preston throughout the country. / am
sure that Ohio will give her entire. sup
port 10 whatever candidate IS chosen by
the Republicans"
Arthur English, son Of Thomas Dunn
English. the author Of Sweet Alice. Ben
Bolt declined 10 discuss the origin OF
that popular ballad, last night al the
/ Raleigh, but consented 20 talk about poll
/ ties in his native State.
The story Of Ben Bolt has been 50
/ often told that both myself and every
1 body else IS tired Of il However, We
! Democrats have fine chance Of carrying
7 WeS, Virginia in the gubernato:ial cleo
/ tlons next time. and l look 10 see Adam
/ Littlepage, Of CharlestoVn, IN the chair
after the election. There is hot fac
tional fight on in the Republican ranks,
and almost every officer in the State, 10
say nothing OF several representatives.
! are seeking the Office. In my opinion.
either Eliot Northrup or Secretary Of
/ State Swisher will lead the Republican
/ cohorts while Littlepage will be the Dem,
ocratic candidate. The Democrats also
are not in the strictest harmony.
There has always been some friction
between those in the northern section Of
the State and those in the south. The
north. led BY the John McGraw faction, IS
bitter against the southern contingent, Of
which the Chiffon brothers ara the lead
ers. But by election time l <hink that
they will have agreed on d candidate and
viii present their strongest front at the
polls.
Bryan is by far the strongest Dem
ocratic Presidential candidate in the state
and he will undoubtedly obtain the state
delegation Judson Harmon, OF Cincin-
natl. IS mentioned by the Northern Dem
/ ocrats, but most OF them seem 70 Tea-
I he 4e national firfr~e
and could make but a poor showing, even
worse than Parker.
Il believe the Republicans will agree
TO an administration candidate. for the
policy OF the Republicans IN our State
has been 10 harass corporations until
many Of them are thinking Of moving out
OF the State, and taking their money with
them
I do not believe in antagonizing Wall
street, but I would prefer that the ooun-
try be made 10 suffer a bit of money
stringency rather than suffer the repu-
tation of being at the mercy Of the mon
eyed interests and the stock markets.
said Jason TreadwelI, Of New York Citt,
at the National Hotel last night Nj
Treadwell is a fruit importer, and fol-
lows the WORKINGS OF " dlt Stieet CiOSc-s-
There IS no denying the fact that the
power of that combination is large II is
likewise not going TO suffer a decrease in
its power without a struggle Most OF the
interests on the street can afford 70 lose
a Let of money, while the people who de-
pend on them can afford TO lose but little.
They may cause a panic for a time which
will seriously crfnple a certain number OF
people. but they will rot, I think, be