The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-18
AT THE HOTELS.

Al HE HOTELS.
Representative James TiIghman Lloyd,
Of the First Missouri Congressional dis
trict, is in Washington. He says that
interest In the approaching Presidential
campaign Is not developing rapidly in his
State. The Republicans. so far as ran
dom expressions tend 70 convey party
sentiment. are divided, or undecided as
70 preference Of candidates 20 succeed
Roosevelt.
Missouri is 4 Bryan State" said Mr..
Lloyd, ''and I think the Democrats now
favor him more ardeutly than ever be-
fore. They have come TO know him bet
ter. II is my opinion that his strength
has increased throughout the country.
Re has a, wonderful personal following.
His patriotism and sincerity are univer-
sally admitted, and even those Democrats
who do not literally adopt all his views
believe implicitly IN the man. The fact
that he has twice been defeated for Pres
ident does not 1 think, retract from his
availability as a candidate In 1855 In
deed, be seems 10 me ideally fitted 70
make the next race, considering the trend
of the times"
Mr. Lloyd says that Gov. Folk is max
ing a fine record. and that political and
personal opponents frankly admit as
much. He is accomplishing many reforms
for the good Of the State.
MY State is not much agitated az pres
ent on the political question" said Sena-
tor ]. IT, Bankhead. Of Alabama. at the
Riggs House last night This is The Sen
ator's first visit 10 Washington since he
assumed the Senatorial toge and took the
seat left vacant 10y Senator Morgan.
The people Of Alabama are too much
occupied with business and other affairs
to give themselves much anxiety about
national politics. II is safe 70 say. how
ever. that when the tine for the con-
vention comes they viii have made up
their minds as 20 the best candidate and
viii vote for him through thick and thin
Alabama VIII be III the Democratic
column, and l do not appreheud that the
solid South VIII be broken IN our State.
realize that / am attempting 70 i'll an
enormous pair OF shoes iD those Of the
late Senator Morgan, and our State GER
tainly suffered q hard blow when she lost
two such men as were taken from Us dur
ing the past year
Senator Martin. of Virginia. spent a
few hours in Washington yesterday AZ the
Raleigh Hotel H.s business was " a
private nature and consisted r. depart
mental work. The Senator VIII not take
up his permanent residence iu Washing
ton until directly before the opening Of
Congress.
From the standpoint Of a newspaper
advertiser, the South is the worst Sec
ton Of the country said J.. 7. James. OF
New York, AZ the Raleigh last night.
Il have had occasion 10 do q whole
lot OF newspaper advertising in my life,
and although 7 am no longer connected
with that line of work, my experience has
been recent enough 70 be- practical For
. example, look az the papers I'D the South.
Not one Of them has the circulation they
should have, considering the intrinsic
worth OF the papers The South doesn't
read newspapers with the av-Gity OF the
North. start al Baltimore There you
have a city Of 6lHGiJ people. The two
morning papers have q circulation prob
ably Jt 10000. q third Of which Is outside
circulation This leaves about ole-sixth
+ Of the population reading papers.
Look ~ other leading papers OF the
/ section. They have remarkably low circu-
/ lati0Hs. A paper which is 20 my mind
the leading Southern periodical has only
j5dnJ subscribers. and that in a city OF
more than 51r". and with the whole
State 10 draw from.
Then take the Northern cities and see
the vast number Of newspapers they
support Pittsburz alone. smaller than
Baltimore, supports five morning papers.
and they are all doing well Everybody
in the North reads the papers. There Is
no borrowing Of papers or anything Of
/ that sort. do net know that papers are
/ borrowed in The South, but that is the
only way that I can account for the
. limited number Of subscribers each paper
/ has"
1T seems 10 me that some Catholic preI-
ate Of uIdoUbted standing should ex-
( plain the exact meaning Of these latest
/ documents that have been sent out by the
/ Vatican" said Edward C'Brien, Of New
/ York. az the Willard last night.
THE TRANSACTIONS that have appeared in
/ the press Of this country have been very
misleading. and not only Professionals, but
/ even Catholics. are likely TO get q wrong
! impression of exactly what the recent
/ syllabus and oucyClical mean.
"a number Of people. knowing that
am Catholic. have asked me 10 explain
some Of the articles. and although / be-
{ ueve that I understand them. I cannot
readily impart my knowledge on the
subtle theological points. L seems 20 me
that the first thing that should be done
/ is for some good American prelate to be
appointed 10 write a translation and eX-
/ PLANTATION Of these two documents. So that
I the people OF America could understand
/ exactly what is meant and al whom The
documents are aimed.
/ 1T appears that a great number Of
people. both Catholic and Protestant. are