The Washington herald., 1907-09-20
AT THE HOTELS.

! Hospital in New York. and with the new
hospital In Boston" said Dr. Alfred Levy
Bing. Of Paris. at the New willard last
! night DR.. Levy-Bing was sent to Amer
lea by the French government as a repre-
/ sentative TO the International DeTmato-
| logical Congress. which met recently IN
| New York He IS the chief Of the Ct.
Lazare Laboratory In Paris and mem
Der Of the faculty Of the French Academy
OF Medicine
In fact. all the hospitals have seen
in this country impress me as wonderfully
well governed and equipped You have
fine hospital here in Washington IN
Providence which compares quite favor
ably. with any that We have abroad.
| With the other representatives who have
| come with me ! viii profit greatly by
our observations Of your systems here.
and will use cur experience TO gTeat
advantage
Il attribute their efficiency 10 the fact
that they are as new and as modern as
the country, and every appliance IS made
! after the most approved methods. The
attendants at ali the hospitals We have
visited have been most courteous, and
the impression made on US Is one that
viii last for a long time. I am anxious
to see the Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, which, am told, Is one Of
the finest In the country.
France is quiet just now. The question
between the church and state has passed
away. II is finished, and the French peo-
PIE think OF it only as a bit Of history.
We are an emotional people. as you say.
and may make a great hubbub while We
are agitating anything, but when the re-
suit has been announced, we soon become
reCOnCiled and make the best Of the sit
uatiOn. In the present question. I think
France has done the very best thing she
could have done, and believe that both
the churChmen and the statesmen are be-
ginning to realize it. The church goes its
own way and the priests are free u DO
what they wish. The only difference is
that the state does not pay the priests
The result is that we viii not have 50
many priests. and where there were ten
or twelve in a church we will have about
half that number. The saving 20 the gov
eminent is about S0010.U00 I believe
that il VIII all work out better in the
end. as the churchmen viii be better able
10 serve the masses Of the people and 10
direct public opinion. since they are no
longer in the pay Of the government and
cannot now be considered government
employees. They will now be able 70 ex-
press their opinions without e feeling Of
timidity.
I am Of the opinion that Spain VIII
also make the same change within the
next ten years. II viii be the beginning
Of better days for both the church ana
the state"
NOW that the Oklahoma constitution
has been adopted. it will not be amiss
10 point out one or two Of the most glar-
ing defects, and to mention those things
VIII be the first remedies" said c. c.
Magee, OF New Mexico, at the Raleigh
last night
THE returns all seem to indicate that
Gov. Haskell has been easily elected. and.
although I am q Republican. must ad-
nit that he is q capable man. He was
/ once prominent politician In Ohio. and
/ has had q wide experience. which viii be
needed In leading q new State. He IS ths
man who drew up the constitution. and.
as that document was adopted. he is GER
talnIy the man 70 enforce its enactments.
I believe, too, that he is a man large
/ enough and broad enough % receive sug-
gestions and TO profit by them.
The one objection that / Gs a lawyer,
have 70 the constitution IS that Il makes
the provisions for contempt Of court so
| loose that il viii be almost impossible
70 convict a man OF that charge unless
/ IL is committed in q courtroom. or when
the fact is patent % the whole world.
II viii be an easy thing for strikers 10
evade all sorts Of injuncJious regarding
the damage 10 property and make all
sorts OF inJUnctiOus weak. The other de-
/ fects are many, but slight, and VIII not
/ seriously handicap legislative or execu-
| tive business. II we once get Statehood.
I think that both the Territories are
willing to put their shoulders 10 the wheel
and Go al in their power 10 make a good
state. There IS an air OF sincerity about
/ the people that cannot be mistaken.
The defeat Of Mt. Frantz, who is
avowedly q friend Of President Roose-
welt, may look as though the people Go
not admire Roosevelt. but such IS not
/ the case. Many Republicans who like
the President voted for Gov. Haskell.
/ because IL was he and the Democrats
who made the hardest fight for the con-
stitutiOn, while the Republican party op-
posed II. II the question OF the C0nsti-
tuition had been eliminated there is no
doubt in my mind that FTantz would
have been elected"
Speaking Of the increase in the cost
Of living. Chicago, or. rather, the beef
trust has raised the price Of all fresh
meats, except pork, so much that all
the hotels are forced TO change their
menus correspoudingly," said J. n.
Griggs. OF Chicago, at the Riggs House
last night
7 am told that the same condition
exists all over the country. and I am
also sure that in most countries in the
world the price OF foodstuffs is in
| creasing. The Liberal ministry OF Eng
land has begun TO feel that the people
Of that country blame them for the in
crease IN prices although Z is safe 70
say that no ministry could have pre-
vented such q contingency. The orators
begged the people not 70 support Mr.
ChamberIain's ministry and his protect
i've tariff because the price OF foodstuffs
would rise. but now that the other party
IS in power. the price has risen anyway.
Il would Ike 10 have some economist
explain the reason for the rise in food
when the prices Of such structural ma
terial as steel brick. and iron are on 4
decline I often wonder whether OF not
it is because of the trusts and whether
President Roosevelt viii not stop it if he
has his way"
With the increase in the cocaine habit
among the poorer citizens Of the country
and particularly among the lower classes
in tho GOurb 7 balgav-. fror q r,1rft1-ffo ~