The Washington herald., 1907-04-25
AT THE HOTELS.


Chicago. at the shoreham.
This friend dragged me TO his gallery
one day to look at what he considered
the gem Of all his works Of art, a speci-
men that had received many prizes and
which had been admired BY ali the picture
shsrps OF Europe and America He told
me 10 go IN advance and pick it out
without help from him, but that I'd do
this easily enough, for It vas the kind OF
masterpiece that would reveal itself.
We'll. never having had an artistic edu-
cation. could not find that blessed pic
ture in a lot Of over 100, as he had given
me no clew 70 It. When he finally came
and ! showed him about dozen that I
| thought might be IL. he laughed at my
stupidity. Then he pointed out his treas
ure. and declare 10 you Il struck me as
a very ordinary production. lie could not
make me enthuse over Il a little bit and
we had an argument. but. OF course. I
couldn't compete on equal terms, being a
heather as TO art.
! But saw way 20 get even. Bring
| in dozen men OF our acquaintance. I
said, and tell them to identify this mas
/ terpieee; II as many as three out of the
dozen hit upon It, then Tu set up the
finest dinner IN Chicago; If the contrary
/ happens. the banquet Is on you. He said
( It would be a shame 10 make me nav
for the dinner, but the bet was made T
am here 20 say to you that rot one in
/ that bunch was able TO pick out this
| mueh-vaunted painting greatly TO the
ehagrin OF the owner, who paid up, how
| ever. ike a man.
1.-THE only moral to this yarn is that
/ the average man doesn't care q rap over
things that excite the alteration Of the
elite. It's the same way in all matters that
I require special education Your average
citizen may grin and swear he likes grand
opera, but he IS Tar from away back.
and ali the time he Is being bored by the
prirna donna he wishes he were listen
ing to Ministries"
During a recent stay in New York
was approached by any number OF prom
inent Democrats who asked me 10 give
them candid opinion as to the character.
ability, and Presidential qualifications OF
Judge Judson Harmon, Of my State" said
! Hon. Albert Douglas. OF Chillicothe. Ohio
in chatting with a Herald reporter at the
| New Willard. Dir. Douglas comes 10
/ Congress as the successor Of the famed
Athenian, Gen Grosyenor.
7 replied that ray acquaintance with
Judge Harmon extended over a period Of
! twenty-five years, and that I knew him
| "a be good lawyer, man OF great in
/ tellectual strength, and Of unblemished
reputation. His views and mine do not
J accoIa IN politics, but / thought Il only
just 70 say that II the Democratic party
! wants a magnificent candidate they can
ind one in him. I was greatly surprised
| 10 find that In New York his name was
being discussed in the most serious way
in connection with the Presidency. and
was told that there was a great chance
that the Empire State delegation would
be for him. If that should be the case it
is easy 10 gee that other big States may
set in line for Harmon. 1 am not
prophesying that he viii ever. reach the
Presidency. for, mind you, I am loyal
10 my own party. but viii say that he is
big enough in every way TO fiji any Office
the American people might confer upon
him"
Personally, I am bound to Col. John
I Temple Graves by strong ties Of friend
ship. and so you must not misunderstood
me as asperslng the colonel in any way
when / say that the people OF our State
did not take him seriously IN his pro-
| posal that Bryan should nominate Roose-
welt next year" remarked Representative
T. W. Hardwick, Of Georgia. al the
/ Shoreham.
/ 1t was merely an eruption Of Gravian
rhetoric, and was so regarded throughout
| our section. Bryan himself is the idol
of Georgians. that is, the great majority
/ of them, and they declare that all the
I good things Roosevelt has done were ad-
v0cated by Bryan long ago. I am one OF
those who believe that Bryan viii not
only be nominated, but that he viii be
elected, with the proyiso that the Repub-
leans name any other candidate save
Roosevelt. Whether Bryan could beat
him is not so certain-it would be a
desperately close race between that pair
Everybody happy down in Georgia."
They were until this atrocious cold
weather hit our country. 20 the destruc-
ton Of all vegetation. Il is believed that
the peach crop win be total failure. A
! friend Of mine who gets a clear profit
from his orchards OF $1,000 year told
me that this season he did not expect
so. as his peach crop was absolutely de-
1 strOyed. The gardens have been similarly
ruined. and the farmers have beer Obliged
TO replant their cotton and corn fields"
Hon. Harry c. woodward, the able and
energetic young Representative from the
Fourth West Virginia district was at the
New Willard yesterday. and leaves this
morning with the Congressional party for
the jamestown Exposition. MI woodward
is chairman OF the Republican State cen
tral committee. a position which he has
filled with brilliant success.
For some days. said ne. Il have
made it my business to get at the opinions
of all sorts and conditions of men among
the voters of my district in regard TO
national politics and the men who are
| guiding the ship of state. ] find a senti-
I ment in favor Of the President that
/ amounts TO enthusiasm among the rank
and file of the voters, almost without
regard 10 party lines. If il should de-
veiop that there were any possibility Of
| the Presidents acceptance Of another
nomination, our State would be for him
! overwhelmingly.
"Of one thing I think you can be as
sured, and that is. West Virginia will not
the Presidency who is autagonistic 10
the policies that Roosevelt has laid down
and practiced. The State is welded TO
those policies, and 1 do not believe il pos
sible for any man TO secure the nomina-
ton in 1903 who does not espOuse them
with the same sincerity that eharacterizes
the President"
prominent citizen of West Virginia,
Mr. c. B. Hart. of Wheeling. told a Herald
reporter last evening that many people
/ of his State would gladly welcome the
candidacy of Senator Scott should he
aspire to the Presidential nomination.
I'm my opinion" said Mr.. Hart, the
Senator is the right type OF man 10 be
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