The Washington herald., 1907-11-28
AT THE HOTELS.

Downing, is registered az the La Nor
mandie. Mr.. Carter is seven-sixteenth
Chickasaw and Cherokee Indian and
nine-sixteenths Scotch-Irish. He has an
interesting family history. being a de-
scendant Of Nathan Carter, sr.. who was
captured when "a small boy by Shawnee
Indians at Lackawanna Valley massacre.
when all the other members Of the family
except a sister were killed. Nathan car
Ter, ST.. was afterwards tradel N the
Cherokees and married full-b,ooded
Z Sherokee woman His son Nathan. IL
also married full-blood Cherokee
woman, and the son Of this marriage.
DAVID married One-half breed Chero-
zee woman David's son. BENJAMIN Wis
nor was captain in the Confederate army
and married "A one-fourrb breed C-hrcts-
saw woman. Serena j. Guy. sister Of Gov
William NJ Guy, chief Of the Chickasaws
Congressman Carter is the only child
/ OF this marriage and was born in a little
I log cabin near Boggy Depot an old forr
/ IN the Choctaw Nation. ON August Is.
As a boy he worked on his fathers ranch
as farmland. cowboy. and broncbo buster
ana aIterWaFd worked as cowpunchar ana
Dfoncho buster for Col. Perry Froman Al
Diamond ranch Mr.. Carter afterUard
/ worked as clerk in a store. and from that
/ Lille on occupied number Of public Of
hces unJl be was finally elected a mem
/ Der of Congress last Septaunbar Nr
I carer Is q Widower and has four chill
cren- All living. he is an enthusiasts
/ supporter Of Bryan. and exnects him N
win with q handsome majority
/ Mr- Downing. the private socrofav,- o.
/ MI Carter. said last night that. not
Wlthstandlng the fact that BRYAN vss
popular with the Democrats in Okla
I homa. there were many members of rhs-s
party who no doubt would vote for Roose-
veit II he were 10 stand for reelection.
/ The money trouble" said Mr. Downing
IS very much felt by our farmers. who
needed every penny 10 move their crops.
/ II this trouble had only held off until after
January, II would not hsve made any DIFF
I ference 10 our people. because. BY that
/ time, they would have disposed OF their
crops Oklahoma IS a city Of about 90
90 inhabitants and you can judge Of tie
/ push and enterprise OF its citizens when
I l tell you they were discussing the cree
I ton Of an elevated railroad system in
order 10 facilitate traffic"
You may inherit a tendency toward
disease or an aptitude for crime. but
( disease is not transmitted directly. Luther
Burbank says that. given suitable en-
vironment. in 200 years he would erad.-
cate every tendency toward crime among
I human beings. I am Of opinion that
/ heredity has but a small influence on the
part that a human being plays in this
world" In the foregoing words. Dr..
Stuart r. Miller. Of Chicago. a we'll
[ known medical expert Of that city and
I who is on his way 20 Berlin 10 make
I some special studies, sounded a hopeful
I note in refutation OF the alarm chorus
I sounded BY many sociologists who see
nothing but "degeneracy' for the race.
/ Or. Miller is registered al the New Will
ard
/ In the prohibition Of child labor con-
unued the physician. -'Oue gets the mega
I tive virtue OF progress in that which IS
I beneficial 10 the development Of the child
7 BY modern education Of the right sort.
I and that education made compulsory,
one gets the positive virtue OF Construc-
tive work. The actual difference 10 the
child Is that one puts tendency out OF
the way and the other carries on toward
the good / approve OF manual training
IN all schools. Ii develops brain cells
that have been lying dormant The ac-
/ curacy IN detail and close application
necessary in manual training VIII de
I velop honesty and integrity and other
I desirable qualities You cannot inherit
I crime any more than you can inherit
I disease, and science has taught US that
I disease cannot be directly transmitted.
T You may inherit a tendency 70 disease
/ or an aptitude for crime. but with knowl-
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/ succeed In my opinion, heredity plays
/ but q small part in life
/ i is not every day that has its train
( Of happiness. but as long as Miss Happy
I Day, Of Piedmont. Kans., stays at the
I Cochran. where she registered with maid,
/ that popular hostelry Will. indeed. be
/ blessed with a happy day. But there is
another day az the Cochran beside the
| happy one, p. c. Day. Mrs Is. &. Day.
also Of Piedmont. H.. having taken
I temporary residence (there. Between the
! happy and the busy tB- G. days, con-
( tentment reigns at the Cochran.
Stafford Talbot, Of London. England. is
registered at the Ebbitt, where DE aud
his wife arrived yesterday. Mr.. Talbot is
a young man. of British and American
/ extraction. and is in this country for the
! purpose OF establishing direct business
/ connections between the large Russian
I land owners and cattle barous- who want
TO find a market for hides and skins. and
/ the American buyer The American
/ people have q wrong idea about Russia
I said Mr. Talbot When one mentions
the name Of Russia you invariably think
4 Of revolution. murder. bombs, and ter
/ ToriStS Russia is making giant strides
I'm Industrial developments. and VIII sur
( prise the world before many moons. In
/ der present conditions obtaining between
/ Russians and Americans. one thinks the
other swindler and even worse. What
I want to DO Is 10 establish direct rela-
tionS between the Russian dealer and the
American buyer. II requires a lot Of
money 10 do this successfully, but We are
sufficiently prepared in that respect
There isn't much use talking 10 a
man from New York about any man but
Gov. Hughes. especially il he happens 70
be a Republican" said r. r. Stevens. Of
Rochester. AT the Metropolitan last
night "A few years ago all YOU heard
or might have heard II you put ear 10 the
political ground-was Theodore Roosevelt.
! But the day Of Mr.. Roosevelt, so far as
New York is concerned, has. ! am IN
clined 10 think. passed away. and the day
OF another man has come. Mr. Hughes
has gained the confidence Of the people
OF his state. He has been such a good
governor that many of them would ike
70 see If he would not be a very good
/ President lie has become a good ora
tor. too, although he never made any
pretensions TO such things a few months