The Washington herald., 1907-03-29
AT THE HOTELS.


quiet and refined hearing. clean-cut.
level-headed man. who enjoys the uniim-
tied confidence and good win OF al sorts
and conditions OF people in the great
State from which he halls.
4 Herald reporter last evening, IN view
Of the fact that Oregon will be the first
State to name delegates. asked Senator
Bourne as to the probable choice OF his
people in the matter ef a candidate for
the Presidency.
My belief Is" said he, that conditions
win be such as TO render the Oregon
delegation IN the Republican convention
favorable TO the denomination OF Presi-
! dent Roosevelt The mass Of the voters
of the Northwest place implicit reliance
on the honesty, patriotism, and ability
| OF the President. At times his admins
tration has been far from popular in our
section, and there was considerable ad-
verse criticism at the time OF the San
fFancisco~Japanese imbr0gli0. But aft
erward II seemed apparent that the
President was going to achieve by diplO-
macy what our people mainly wished. the
exclusion Of the japanese coolies and
so the earlier antagonism was aliayed.
man OF the Presidents pr0digiOus activity
may occasionally come IN for popular
roast. but the splendid and beneheent
things he acc0mDlishes completely cancel
any errors.
On the other side Of the house, the
nomination OF Col Bryan seems assured.
He is far and away the strongest man in
his party, and everywhere IN the West he
numbers his admirers by the thousands.
But Col Bryan, with ali his good quali-
ties. could hardly be expected TO carry
forward the policies Of Roosevelt to any
such satisfactory degree as the man who
originated them The hand that under
takes a task is the proper one TO finish
il"
when fl was thought best that our
little daughter. aged six, should 60 10
a hospital for an operation. and that she
would have 10 spend some weeks there,
my wife sent her own luxurious little bed
FOR our baby 10 occupy said Mr. r. X.
Williams, OF san Francisco, al the Ar
lingtOn Wei the baby got bravely
over her sickness. This happened six years
ago, and she is no longer baby. but as
robust and rosy girl as can be found,
and almost ready for the high school.
After that spell she was never sick day.
But the funny thing that I started our
10 tell you was my Wifes notion about
that bed. II was an exceedingly fms
piece OF furniture, and cost a tidy bit Of
money. Well. my wife was always going
10 send for IL. but, somehow, she never
did, and it's still at the hospital One
day I told her I'd order il back TO our
house. but she stopped me. and what dn
you suppose was her reason2 Why, silo
had, somehow, got the idea that as long
as the bed stayed where IL was our
youngster would never get sick again.
The bed was a kind Of hostage TO health,
Ell? Cranky and illogical? Sure thing;
but trust woman for quaint lunches
IN some parts Of South Africa the
OK team is formidable rival Of the rail-
roads" said Mr. R. J. Antrim. of Mel
bourne. Australia, at the Arlington.
when in Cape Colony a few months
ago I noticed. while riding on small
branch steam road, a long procession Of
wagons loaded with freight OF various
sorts The conductor Of the train told ne
that these OK teams were regularly en-
ployed as freighters, and that fthey car
RED so much merchandise and az such
low rate that the railroad, being de-
priyed OF a large part OF its traffic. was
being operated at q loss II seems that
the element OF time is not so important
IN that part of the world, for it is the
only region ever heard Of where steers
could get ahead Of steam"
1T is a rather remarkable thing that
the second greatest seaport in the United
States in the value Of goods exported
should be the sIimly populated town Of
Galveston" said Mr.. X. L. Hinds OF
New Orleans. at the Ebbitt House.
Here is Galveston, with its 50o00 or
loo people, exceeding the great city OF
Boston and going ahead of New Orleans,
which is more than ten times as large.
But the fact remains that Galveston is
scarcely anything more than a shipping
port, and though its receipts Of millions
of bales Of cotton and tens of millions
of bushels Of grain place it second only
10 New York in value of exports, the
city viii never be Of much more impor-
tance in a commercial or residential way
than it is to-day. The vast wealth OF the
products that leave its whsTves IS Of
small local benefit The storm that nearly
ruined the town a few years ago may
never have a parallel, but there is no
danger from future storms, anyway, IN
view Of the massive sea waIl the enter
prising GaivestCnians have built for pro-
lection. The cotton and grain may con-
tinue going there in ever-iBcreasing vol
unae. but the metropolis Of Texas will
never be on the Gulf. A great shipping
port does not necessarily mean a great
city"
When on the Isthmus OF Panama a
little while ago / took lunch alongside a
group of laborers just to see what kind
OF food is given the men who do ths
manual labor" said Mr.. T. W. Preston,
Of New York. at the New Willard.
ITO my own thinking. the fare was
very good. Indeed; better than that / got
when farmer boy out in Illinois IN
with some OF the men, how
ever, they told me that the food was the
only thing they could reasonably COM
plain Of IN connection with their employ
ment. They thought the authorities
should provide a better quality Of eat
ables. During my stay I was qusrtered
At the handsome and finely conducted
new hotel put up by the government, a
louse that would be a credit TO any OF
)ur cities. At first ] liked the fare very
well, but in a little while il ceased TO
iauSfy me. While the various dishes were
veil cooked, they all lacked the favor and
oalatable taste Of similar articles in the
United States. At the end of the third
,r fourth day ! had no relish for the
sthmlau food.
Then ] saw that ii was the same way
With the workmen. The monoton0us diet
'alled on them. Here In the States we
Jet so many fresh things and in such
abundance that IL Is hard matter to
sceustom ourselves to a less generous
node of living"