The Washington herald., 1907-04-12
AT THE HOTELS.


Mr.. William J. Youngs and wife. Of
Oyster Bay, are at the shoreham. Mr.
Yeungs, who Is United States attorney
for the Eastern district Of New York, IS
warm personal friend Of President
Roosevelt. and WIS the iatters private
secretary when Col Roosevelt was gov
ernor OF New York. The Youngses are
among the oldest settlers At Oyster Bay.
and from them was purchased the prop
erty which Is nov the home OF the Chief
Executive
4 have known the President" said
Mr.. Youngs. ever since he was nine
years old. As a boy be was fearless en-
terprising. indefatigahIe. Even when a lit
tie lad. the qualities which have made
him world personality were noticeable.
and my father predicted before he was
out Of his teens that he would some day
be President Of the United States"
There seems to be a decided movement
toward continuing him in his present Of
fee. That would, no doubt, be agreeable
to his neighbors at Oyster Bay?"
NO bis Oyster Bay friends have al
ways pinned their faith 10 the Presidents
word. When he said he would neither be
q candidate for nor accept another noni-
nation he meant just what he uttered.
His determination is fixed. and It will be
impossible to induce a change in his pur-
pose
MY opinion is that if Roosevelt and
Bryan are the opposing candidates in
1903. Bryan will be the victor" said
Mr. Warwick N. Hough, the weIl-known
ST. Louis lawyer, at the New Willard
To-day the President IS acclaimed as
the greatest man in his party. and there
is no question that he could easily
get the nomination. His election would
be a very different thing. The American
people are. in a way, enthusiastic and ex-
citable. but they have a habit Of taking a
sober. second view Of important affairs,
and herein would lie RooseveIts peril.
The third-teTm idea is obnoxious. and no
one can deny that to elect him in 1903
would be TO all iutents TO confer n third
term. as the President himself has stated
In the second place, the uitraradicai
followers OF Roosevelt would be just as
well pleased 10 have Bryan for they look
on him as being quite as advanced as
the other, and they would look 10 see even
quicker progress under Bryan. on the
ether hand, strange as it may seem,
vast number of conservative citizens re-
gard Bryan as much safer and sounder
in his views than the present Chief Ex-
ecutive
At a hotel where ] stayed in a little
town in Maine last simmer, a big sign in
the office notified guests that the maH
was distributed at 8 a. m. and p. M"
said Mr.. Z. J. Robinson. Of New York, al
the Raleigh.
Promptly as the clock indicated those
hours the landlord. a typical old Yankee.
would go behind the desk. collect all the
letters from the box. and Their ia stem
torian notes bawl out. John Smith. VIII
liam Brown. Thomas Jones' and So or,
reading out the superscriptlons and hand
ing the letters over 10 the various per
sons who Ia anticipation Of the delivery
had lined up 10 get their mail. The host
instituted this plan many years ago.
and so delighted Was he 20 odiciate az tine
function OF delivering mail that nothing
could induce him to omit the ceremony
IL amused the guests nightly. and they
got as much satisfaction out OF il as did
the tavern keeper"
Il am just back from Kansas, where
bought a number Of horses which /
brought East in addition 70 a few that
We're raised OF my own place out there. 't
said Hon " " Cocks. the popular far
mer-C0ngressman from the Long Island
IN. y district. at the Shoreham.
Mr.. Cocks. who. by the way, IS always
mistaken for a Southerner because of his
wide-brimmed sombrero. is a fine speci-
men Of the agriculturist ia politics aud
takes pride in the fact that he is a sure
enough tnier of the soil and not a theoret-
icai farmer.
''The high price of horses he con
tinued. 'is a matter of general comment.
The demand is heavy and really fine ones
command any sort Of figure A good pair
Of high-class work horses can't be had
under $500 OF 500, and there is no limit set
on handsome driving or saddle animals.
People who invest in horsehesh now
days are looking more than ever 10 style
and beauty. and horse that doesn't show
any sort of imperfectiOn IS in eager de-
mand regardless Of his cost