The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
AT THE HOTELS.

t1ltlS iun0, luf Nllt~dMdAe Giu ttttitf'is
young United States consul al Pretoria.
TO a Herald reporter az the Raleigh. "Of
the five states comprising South Africa.
Cape Colony IS In the lead so far as the
breeding Of ostriches is concerned. and
the Cape farmers make a great deal Of
money in the production Of these gigantic
birds There are in the Cape not less
than 10000 Of them, according to a con-
servative estimate, and the business OF
raising them IS gradually spreading
northward into the TransvaaI and Orange
River country. An ostrich is worth at
least SO a year to its owner. counting the
feathers 70 be worth 81 each, on an aver
age.
Some fancy prices are brought by
particularly fine specimens Of the males,
the sum OF $500 ha,ll= been paid for an
ostrich cock Of great stature. II is an
ordinary thing TO see them sell for $500
and $1,000 IN the Transyaal there are
still quite a number Of wild ostriches The
wild ones are not nearly 50 valuable,
however as those that are domesticated.
since the tame kind furnish by far ths
finer plumes, because they have been bred
on the principle of selection that elm
mates the inferior individuals.
THE ostrich has a great liking for
human company and a young lad. the
son of the owner 0f a flock, is always
with them. or else n I[afIlr servant The
presence Of a protector is necessary, for
the ostrich has TO be defended against
miserable tackals. which are constantly
to assault them They are usu-
ally kept in q wire-.nclosed corral and
mostly fed on prickly pears and alfalfa.
It has only been Of late that alfalfa was
found % be a most excellent and nutri-
ti0us food for them. Nothing could be
stronger than % say q man has d stomach
like an ostrich, for really they can eat
and ass.milate the toughest and most
material and 0ld-timers
gravcly assert that nails and wire and
glass are among their fay0rite articles OF
diet
Col. Philip p. Thompson. former mem
Der Of Congress from Kentucky. who has
a host OF friends in Washington, was
warmly welcomed 10y old associates when
be entered the Riggs House last evening.
He has Of late lived In New York. which
has been his legal residence for many
years. Though never taking an aggres-
sire part in Gotham politics, Col Thomp-
son has been a straight-0ut Tammany
man long while. and has been the ad-
wiser of many Of the leaders OF that noted
organization. In answer % inquiries re-
gsrdins the alleged truce between Mayor
Mcclellan and Leader Murphy, Col
Thompson said,
1T is doubtless true that an under
standing has been reached that viii lead
% peace between the mayor and the head
1f the organization That any quarrel
ever occurred was MaCIeIl8n's fault.
Murphy Is "a man af ability and principle,
and I do not think it a- all probable thar
be- VIII reu1wce his leadership The
strongest man to-day in political sense.
.n New York City ls Big Tim Sullivan.
without the advantages OF early educa-
ton. Ee has through sheer force Of ns-
tive shrgWIrass and iudemitabIs reso-
.gla1 made himself i1viHc.hle I'm his own
h3i1ivicE. Sullivan is the peer Of any
politician i1 The land and Doe has hold
M.
p" is stturl friend of Murphy and will
continue To back Up Murphys Leadership
of Tdmuany Hall"
Three of the best known and most sue
'ossfuI lawyers of the Indian Territory
Nessrs. ". g. Ledhetter of Ardmore: S.
W. Hayes, of Chickasha, and c.. L.
Moore, Of Enid-sre at the Raleigh hav-
Ing been empowered ~ come 10 Washing
ton hy Hon. william Murray, president
of the recent constitutional convention.
for the purpose of rofutinE the attacks
made upon the majority of the members
1f that body 10 the effect that they had
failed 10 give the people the right sort Of
an organic law.
Most Of the adverse criticism that has
been hurled at the constitution Of the
new state Of Oklahoma 80 said
lIr. Ledbetter els both shallow and false.
The people who are deaouncine it are. for
the most part. holding Offices under the
Federal government. Naturally. they are
to lose their jobs. and s0 are
-ryinE 90 postpone the evil hour hv defeat
ng the constitution II they can prevent
rs adoption, they stave Off Statehood and
save their jobs That is about an there
IS in the opposition, except another eIe-
nent which represents the corporate In
.erests Of the two Territories. The cor
7oratiors have for So many years dodged
and escaped taxation I'm our
country that they l7atha the idea Of
state control. As long as they are Iefr
rr.r
position. Under Territorial
government the railroads and other inter
.sts possess the s9ftsst Of soft snaps, and
{ requires no argument 20 show why they
are hostile to the ratification of the in
strUment.
Il am not moved by partisan prejudice
pr hy the fact Of having helped 10 make
ID in declaring that no Stlte in this Union
has q better constitute than this one.
which has been So UuiUstIv aSssiled. L
IS absolutely in line with an the policies
and principles that the President Of the
United States has enuncisted Il is in
r1uf0rutv with the recent acts Of the
legislatures Of a dozen states. II is no
more radical or advanced than is public
opinion I'm Kansas. or Texas. or Mime
sofa 1t is for the public welfare. for the
many as against the few, and If our peo-
PIE are given chance To vote on it viii
Pc Overwhelmingly sustained"
THE names Ballinger and Bellinger are
good TO coniure with in Washington and
oregon" said DR.. Henry Waldo Coe. OF
Portland, Greg, at the New Willard last
.vening.
"BaUinger. Of Seattle. classified and
compiled the laws Of the State of Wash
ngton. and out there they call # Ballin-
,ers code. BellinEer. Of Portland classi-
led and compiled the laws Of Oregon.
md the oregon lawyers refer 10 Bellin-
,er's code. Baninger was the United
states judge who tried the first land-fraud
.ases. r. IS now Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. Balliuger is a Re
publican. appointed by Roosevelt Bellin-
-er was q Democrat, appointed by Cleve-
and Bellinger has been called TO his
athers. while Ballinger Is very much IN
evidence in the present affairs of the
.,--r,t-,- T1,+A MOI, beIcrc-sE L;or,