The Washington herald., 1907-04-18
AT THE HOTELS.

Al lIlE AkO LID.
THE old adage that The King can do
no wrong Is exempllhed in the mental
attitude OF the vast mass 81 American
/ people toward President Roosevelt" re-
marked Hon. William II. Eustis. ex-
mayor Of Minneapolis. at the Arlington.
There is no doubt that huge major
/ ity Of the electorate of the United States
would enthusiastically support Roosevelt
/ for another term. Indeed. in most parts
I Of the country they are already counting
on his succeeding himself. This astonishing
! appraisement Of the President is scarcely
strange when one considers that we are
/ living in the most remarkable political
/ era since the government was formed, an
era abounding Ia al kinds Of queer con
fradieuOns and apparent absurdites.
f Party lines have gone TO smash; 0ld-time
I free traders are rank proteetlonisfs:
States rights men advocate the strongest
I FederaIistIe doctrines. and sectional mar
rowness has disappeared forever.
Whether we ike il or not. the change
I from State authority % national control
/ has come. and it has come 80 stay In
nay early days e governor Of state was
Ia very high parsonage. lie is not nearly
so big now as then. and We shall see a
continually decreasing importance. I am
not advocating the obllteratlon o. State
( lines but am here TO tell you that IL is the
national government 10 which the people
I must look for that regulation and super
vision OF things that viii keep the nation
+ in a healthy condition and will prevent
/ the citizens from being oppressed. How
I
/ imDOtent 10 perform such gigantic task.
A confederation Of Comm0nwealths is at
right. but We have gone beyond that and
developed a mightier central government,
which must do things Of It's own strength
I and In its own way independent Of the
/ feebler local powers.
! A tall, good-looking young man, with a
! prepossessing manner. who sat IN the
/ New Willard last evening was SIR John
! c. Eversman, Of Champaign H. Mr
/ Eversman is secretary to Representative
/ William B. Mckinley Of Illinois. but he
/ is far from being in the category Of COM
( mOnpiace clerks. He is a man OF affairs.
who has much 20 do with tie great bust
( ness interests Of his principal. who has
/ implicit trust IN the skill and judgment
/ Of his young secretary.
/ Mr. Mckinley. by the way. is the great
/ est trolley line maguate IN the United
! States. being the organizer and owner 0f
! the most important system of inter
urban electric railways in the country
/ He has built a perfect network Of roads
connecting the most solid and populous
/ towns IN his Own State He Is now build
/ ing d bridge over the Mississippi River
7 al ST Louis 10 bring his trains into thaC
/ city, and inside Of two years his cars
( viii be running between 81. Louis and
] Chicago. On the Mckinley roads. such ss
the line between Springfield and ST. Louis.
: run the most superb trolley cars ever
built the biggest and strongest, with aE
+ The fine equipment OF the parIor coaches
OF the steam roads. On this line is run
/ the only sleeper ever seen on an electric
railroad Al night freight cars ara
/ operated and carry an immense traf1e
between the big cities and the smaller
towns
There was "a curious political coinci-
! dence in Ohio between the State electlon
and one We had Ia Dayton" said MIR 4liI-
( ton 9. Stern, prominent business ma4
} Of that city at the Raleigh.
AT the State election Pattlson. Demo
cTat. Won by 5000 votes over the Re5u5-
} lican nominee. but all the rest Of THE Re
/ publican candidates were elected. Gov
! Pattison died and was succeeded by Lieut..
+ GOV Harris stalwart Republican In
I Dayton by q coalition OF opposing forces
/ Charles n Snyder a Democrat, was
I chosen mayor. although the ress OF the
/ city officials elected at the same time
[ We're Republicans. Last January Mayor
Snyder was drowned up in Canada. and
/ Judge Calvin NJ. Wright, president Of the
council, a Republican, succeeded 10 the
mayoralty."
Although the late John Sherman and
Senator Alger. Of Michigan, sat together
in McKinley's Cabinet. there was never
any very good feeling between them. for
Sherman never in his heart forgave Alger
for getting away from the Ohio man the
delegates to the Republican national con
lyennon whom sherman counted as his
said Mr. r. e. Anderson. Of Chicago, at
the New Willard
Il remember very well that before Gen
Alger was asked to go in the Cabinet
Sherman had 10 be sounded as to his will
/ ingness to be associated with the man for
whom he was known ~ entertain no kind
feeling. a certain Western Senator acted
as mediator, and il took aim quite a while
TO talk away Sherm8n's objections TO the
association. He finally yielded, however.
but the old feeling was never superseded
by any sentiment of coTdiality.'
Mr.. William Nelson Cromwell the
adroit New York lawyer who engineered
the sale Of the Panama Canal to the
United States. is at the New Willard. A.
! though he is Republican. Blr. Cromwell
has a deep friendship for Senator Morgan.
/ of Alabama, and If it were not for the
/ advanced age of the latter would adv3-
/ cate his election to the Presidency.
General Superintendent Taylor of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad who is at the
Raleigh, is one Of the most expert men
Of his profession in the South. He is "a
brother of Hon. Hannis Taylor. former
United States Minister to Spain.
Two prominent SoutheTneTs at the
| Raleigh are Messrs. L. II. Terrell, OF
Atlanta. and o. NJ. Grady, Of Macon. Ca
The former has been superintendent Of
the Railway Mail Service for Georgia ever
since 1S76. Mr. Grady is general superin-
/ tendent Of the Georgia Southern and
/ Florida Railroad
There is the strongest sort OF temper
ance sentiment in Indiana. and. consider
ing how the feeling is growing il would
be no surprise to see it become practically
a prohibition State" said Mr. Theodore
J \. Case, a. prosperous Fort WAYNE man