The Washington herald., 1907-05-10
AT THE HOTELS.

II lS true mat i went 20 I'VE IN q nat
in Hoboken, but that was because I
sought a quiet. restful retreat 1 had
wearied OF the turmoil and glare OF New
York. and was tired Of club life. The
effort to make a scandal Of my soiourn iH
HOb0ken was as Infamous as it was false.
Ny life there was on a simple scale, for
l have always lived modestiy. / did 20
out and Duy bottle Of milk and loaf OF
bread 10 carry TO my lodgings. but that
was seized upon by the yellow journals,
and great flaming headlines appeared
announcing that Addicks was broke.
Why a mans private concerns should
thus be made a topic Of news is beyond
my comprehension.
Il have lately moved 70 Wilmington
and shall take an active part IN the ef-
fairs of that town. Il may be that I
shall take a hand in local politics, anc 1t
is altogether probable. If they do not
nominate the right sort Of man for mayor,
that l shall run myself.
Representative James Hay OF Virginia.
who is at the Raleigh, on being asked
his view Of the general political situation.
said: 1T seems that we are far enough
removed from the civil war period to
southerner for President on the Demo
cratic ticket The South has many able
men who would adorn the Executive Of
fee, and OF them all none surpasses in
craftsmanship and high personal quail
tiles the senior Senator from my own
State. Hon John " Daniel His nomina-
ton would be acclaimed joycusly, not
only in the Old Dominion. but throughout
the entire South. and the suggestion Of
his candidacy has been well received
everywhere.
III Is true. however, that the rank and
file Of the Democracy look 10 Col. Bryan
as the leader Of the party. and most
people think his nomination a foregOne
conclusion. His availability is based
on the rapidly growing sentiment that he
can beat any man the Republicans might
name except Roosevelt This IS doubt
less true, and ] 90 a step further, Ia re-
fusing TO concede that even the alleged
invincible now occupying the White
House would be able 10 defeat Bryan. In
fact, I am confident that the latter viii
be the next President Of the United
States"
An attempt has been made 10 induce
trainers Of the constitution for the pro-
posed new state Of Oklahoma turned out
a piece Of botch work, said Mr. J. J.
Shea. a prominent oil producer Of Bar
tlesville. Ind. T., at the Raleigh. This
statement is absolutely incorrect, and
should not go unrefuted. l am here 10
say that never in the history Of this ma
ton has q better constitution for an
embryo Commonwealth been submitted.
and you can say without fear that ii is
certain Of being Overwhelmingly adopted.
It is being opposed by a certain class Of
people, who do so for purely selfish rea-
sons. The railroads are hostile because
il provides a mode Of taxing them. and as
they have escaped being taxed for all
these years they look upon the new regime
with natural disfsvor. The soft snap
the corporations have enjoyed under the
Territorial system viii be ended by state
hood. and here is where the kick comes
in Another class who fight the c0nstl-
tuition is composed of Federal office
holders. As these men are 10 lose their
Jobs no wonder they see nothing merito-
rious in the organic law.
But their clamOr viii avail them
nothing. The masses of our people are
too intelligent TO be fooled by the spe-
eious pleas of this crowd. At the coming
election the constitution viii be ratified,
and Democrats will be elected TO fill every
/ State Office"
/ What is the opinion in Georgia regard
/ ing the nomination of a Presidential can
didate In 1852" asked a Herald reporter
of Judge Hamilton McWhorter, one of the
/ foremost lawyers Of that state.
It's all in favor Of BTyan-nothing but
/ Bryan. I should say that the Nebraska
/ gentleman was our inevitable candidate. 70
And you think he will be elected
7 think the Democratic party is aiding
/ history TO repeat itself A party can
ride for q fan as well as an individual
I'VE have in Tokyo about fifteen daily
newspapers. said Mr.. Seiichir0 Mori.
who represents in the United States the
! Hochi Shimbun. the leading daily OF that
city. TO Herald reporter at the Arling-
ton. Mr.. Mori has been in the United
States over a year, and speaks good
English. He has come on from New York
to go with the great Kuroh 20 James
town, and send 70 his paper (Which in
English would be called the Herald a
full story of the generals triumphant
visit.
''Our paper gets out fve editions during
the day. It is printed in colors and was
the frst Oriental journal TO adopt that
modern fashion Il sells for half a cent
which is equivalent to two or three times
that sum as compared with United States
newspaper prices. Il IS getting to be 81
that reading OF daily papers is as com.
mon in Japan as in this country. On,
thing that has chiefly developed the habit
has been our late wars. Before the con
fiicts with China and Russia few Jap
anese cared to buy newspapers. But
when the wars came everybody wanted
TO hear the news. and the publishers be
gan to print many thousands more copie;
than in former time@ II may be sait
truthfuny that the newspaper bushes.
has been largely built up in Japan By
reason Of wac
do your Tokyo merchants advertis,
liberally?"
They are just now learning the value
of advertising and some Of them ar,
beginning TO buy a good deal of spac,
in which to tell the public about theil
wares. The day is not far off when the!
will take up whole pages, as in America.
There is a remarkable condition exist
ing in Bavaria as regards the succession
10 the throne" said Mr. William Bardel
consul of the United States at Bamberg
in that kingdom. in reply TO a Herald re
porter's questions. at the Arlington.
Through his unfortunate mental tTOu
bic the sovereign Of Bavaria, de lure
King Otto, does not exercise his roya