The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
AT THE HOTELS.

'H aii' seven OF WnOm belong o. me COM
mon council. ana four 10 the more aria-
tocratic board OF aldermen. These fathers
Of the Massachusetts metropolis have
iourneyed as far South rs Washington 10
Inspect the public markets of the Capital
City. as they have already investigated
those Of New York. Philadelphia. and
Baltimore. They are accompanied by
trio Of Boston newspaper men. Messrs.
Julian r. Dnlaby. of the Evening Record.
W. II. Holden. Of the Journal and G. b
G. Rugg Of the Post But the influential
and essential man Of the expedition is Mr..
John F. Deyer. clerk OF the committees OF
the city council, who IS almost as mucl
an institution Of the ancient city as
Faneuil Hall itself and who 80 his good
natured way told a Herald reporter about
their mission.
Boston. said Mr. Dever. like Wash
ington. still owns many Of the markets
and the city rents out the stalls thereof
Is has been the fashion from time out OF
mind. The leases are made out for Eve
years, and as most Of them are about %
expire. IL was thought wise % send
committee Of our aldermen and council
men 10 look into the mode Of operating
the markets in other large towns. for pur-
poses Of comparison. In New York we
found a rather sad state Of things from
the viewpoint ~ one who would love 20
see the old-fashioned market places per
petuated. There is no denying that their
popularity has wsned Many Of them. the
property OF the CITY, have been torn
down TO make breathing spots for the
public Fulton Market the most famous
in America has seen its best DAYS. and
has declined so much that certain space
in il can hardly be given away, though
once IL commanded a high price.
Philadelphia has no markets owned or
operated by the municipality. and the
people Of the Quaker City get most Of
their provisions at the stores Baltimore
has one or TWO We'll conducted places. and
its new FISH market is going 90 be about
the best Of It's sort on the continent Il
is in Washington that we have been most
interested. and learned the most. Your
Washington markets are simply great
and particularly from the sanitary side.
they are so clean. so free from dirt and
revolving sights that the whole country
should resound with their praise. hear.
also. and I think il to their everlasting
credit. that the best Of your female Citi-
zenship, the most respectable and refined
Of the goou wives Of the Capital 60 o.
market in person. instead OF sending some
servant or ordering by telephone The
woman who does her own marketing is
a housewife 20 be emulated She is also
wise in her generation. for she knows that
elementary principle or human nature
that no one viii attend % your business
for you with the same success that per-
sonal attention brings. A woman ought
10 20 % market invariably every morning
Of her life II circumstances will allow"
At the New Willard is Or. @. IT. knight
a prominent physician o. LakeuIIa. Conn
DIT Knight is a. the head Of a famous
institution which cares for boys and girls
Of feeble minds. there being now To his
school several hundred Of these unf7rtu-
nate people.
Children whose mental development
has been retarded, said Or. knight, "are
an interesting study. Ir many cases
where the deficiency IS n1r r01geuitsI. We
can by patient work develop tu them
very considerable degree ~ lrteiHgence-
enough for them 20 make their own way
in the world and become ss.f-sIstair.-g.
One Of the chief causes ~ e-tse--ri .--
teilsct is epilepsy. T. seems o. be- r=-
sp1rs-hls ir ore way -- another f-- about
81 per cent = t-e cases Tzs5-E re
whole country cve-. ] s---lF sag -Es- l-=
child in each l''a IS more OF -szs -
backward mental condition"
The great trouble with the Democrats
party" said Hon. Serene z. PasEe ne
weIl-knovn New York Congressman. at
the Raleigh. is that il is largely a party
OF negsti0u and opposition. L has m
definite set principles. but appeals to the
country solely on the ground Of sntsgo-
nism to the Republicans. / do not mean
to say that the Democracy has not In its
membership plenty Of good and patriotic
and able men. but I do not believe that Ii
is this class which is controlling the des-
TIMES OF the party.
"On the contrary. is il not a well-known
fact that Col Bryan rules his party with
uudisputsd supremacy in face Of the dis
sent of thousands Of tho hest Democrats
in the land? Bryan is for government
ownership Of railroads and for the initia-
tive and referendum two theories which
Democrats OF the old faith repudiate with
sCOrn. Yet do We not know that the nom
nation Of Bryan to .he Presidency is
inevitable and that these dissenters viii
be whipped in line and will be hurraT1uc
for him a little more than a year from
now? I do not think I am biased IN de-
claring that no avowed believer i'm gov
eminent ownership or I'm that populistic
dogma. the initiative and referendum.
could possibly be chosen for President by
a national Republican convention. The
Democratic party may not admit it. but
il has a boss and his name is Bryan. AMI
no other name but his viii be heard
when it comes TO a selection Of q leader
in 19lS"
Hon. Charles Wesley Swisher of
Charleston. W. Va. who was seen at the
New willard last evening, has had an
interesting career in his native State.
where. since his early manhood. he has
exercised a commanding influence. Prior
20 his election 10 his present Office as
secretary of State, he was member OF
both branches Of the West Virginia leg
isature.
A native Of Marion County. Mr.. Swisher
had none Of the advantages of wealth
or powerful friends 10 help him rise in
the world. He was poor country lad.
who early became acquainted with tha
drudgery Of farm life and the equally
laborious toll of the coal mines But he
had an iron determination to advance
himself and no obstacles daunted him.
lie was nominated secretary of State in
spite Of the previous nomination by the
same Republican convention of another
State officer from his own county, a fact
that would ordinarily prove fatal 20 any
aspirant
Mr. SwisheTS friends. who are legion.
declare that he is the strongest and most
available man in the Republican party to
succeed Gov. Dawson in 1905. and they
claim that he will be able TO secure the
nomination with the same ease that has
characterized all his past political vic