The Washington herald., 1907-05-15
AT THE HOTELS.

Nobody can say when we will have
an election to vote on the adoption Of ths
constitution framed for the new State Il
Oklahoma said Gov. Frank Frantz, gov
ernor Of Oklahoma Territory, at the
New Willard.
As governor, I have been enjoined
from proclaiming the constitution, and
the final decision rests with the Supreme
Court Of the Territory, which does not
meet until the middle Of June Ii may
take weeks for that tribunal to dispose
OF the case. and as sixty days notice must
then be given prior to the election, Il IS
pretty certain that no vote viii be taken
in August, the time contemplated. II the
injunction should be made perm8nent.
there would be nothing to do but to re-
convene the convention and prepare a
new instrument
Il am not opposed to the organic law
that has been given us because it is OF
Democratic origin. but because # is the
rankest article in the way Of a State
constitution ever presented in this coun-
try. 1t is the very essence Of socialism.
more p0pulstic than anything Jerry
Simpson ever dreamed Of. one Of It's
sample sections fOrbids any corporation
20 do business in the state unless char
tered under the laws 0f the State. and
also that If an appeal be taken by a cor
poration 20 a Federal court after losing
suit in the State courts, its charter shah
be declared forfeited"
Among the visiting landlords is Mr.
.C. 6. Fargo, who has conducted a popular
hotel at Hot Springs. S. Oak, for over
twenty years.
"Our little town is not yet very well
known 20 the outside world" said Mr..
Fargo, at the shoreham, but the time IS
at hand when it's fame will be national.
Lately we have been greatly helped by
the completion Of the magnificent govern
ment sanitarium. which was built for
feeble old soldiers, at a cost Of 81 o00 010
II is the finest government sanitarium I'm
existence and will do much 10 prol0rg
the days Of the veterans. The waters are
unsurpassed I'm medicinal virtue. and af-
ford superb baths at q temperature
neither too hot nor too cold The group
Of buildings 10 house the inmates make a
fine picture. They are Of sandstone found
in the foothills adjacent 10 the springs.
and were constructed with especial regard
to the comfort Of the patients as may
be inferred from the fact that none Of
them has q stairway
a very interesting man, and one who
has pursued q single idea with force and
intelligence nearly his entire life. is Dr.
J. B. Cranfll, Of Texas. who is here
attending the Baptist meetings. Dr.
Cranhll, who was seen by a Herald re-
porter at the Shoreham last evening,
became famous years ago in the Lone
Star State by his persistent relteration in
the newspapers which he edited of the
slogan, "Pulverize the rum power The
ancient Roman warrior whose every
speech ended with Carthage est de-
ienda' was not more bent on the ruin
Of Carthage than this robust Texan on
the destruction of the whisky traffic
I have been fighting the cause of pro-
liOitiOn an my life said Dr CranflI.
and I am bold 20 declare that il VIII not
be many years before the battle viii have
been won. l expect to see the utter ex-
termination Of the saloon business. for
think that sooner or later the American
people viii decide that its continuance is
on unmitgated evil / heard Judge ART
man. of Indiana. lecture in Chicago the
other day. He is the judge who took the
advanced ground that the whisky bus-
ness is contrary alike % moral law. the
common law. and constitutional law. and.
so holding, has abolished all saloons in
his judicial district The decision is
righteous one. and We may expect TO see
other judges follow IT,
There never Was a time when uT0hihi-
ti0n Wds as strong as il is to-day. In
Texas. ia of the most pgpuI5us counties
have voted out the whisky trade In
Tennessee. liquor can he bought in only
very few towns South Carolina will
soon be practically q prohibition state.
Georgia is fast becoming such. and Sd
the anti-saloCn sentiment is dominant in
the South. Indeed. the South is far ahead
II the Northern States In this respect.
but The North is awake and the cause is
gaining friends everywhere.
DIR. Crant.l ran for Vice President on
the Prohibition national ticket in 1892 ne
IS now located in Chicago, and viii soon
be AZ the head Of a big national weekly
newspaper devoted to temperance and
prohibition.
Senator Thomas s. Martin. Of Virginia,
and wife are az the New Willard. IL being
their first visit % the Capital since re-
turning from an extended European trip.
Both are In splendid health In "a short
chat with q Herald reporter. Senator
Martin said.