The Washington herald., 1907-09-16
AT THE HOTELS.

IA IL A1O IAA1'
Yes. Roosevelt is all right but Taft
made a big mistake when he tried 10 dis
cuss the negro question when he Was
down South. He has done himself a great
deal Of harm by talking on a subject he
evidently doesn't know anything about"
The above summarizes the opinion OF
the two most prominent public men Of
John L. Almutt. Of Sumter. S. c, who
IS at the New Willard on his way to the
jamestown Exposition. MIR Almutt who
is a broker, has been in New York on
business. and is accompanied by his wife.
we are going TO have a fine cotton
crop, and business is simply bouncing and
booming in our part. OF course. am a
Democrat. but l am satisfied with Roose-
welt in the White House as long as he
continues to follow the principles as laid
down in the Democratic platforms. And
that's what he is doing right along de
is honest and sincere about II, too.
Pretty lively times down in our dis
trict. Senator LaumeT's successor viii be
elected VIII Latimer be returned 1
guess not. He hasn't done anything. par
tlcularly, for the State. / understand he
is pretty wealthy. Congressman Lever
would be a fine man for Latimers place
Lever is a hustler. and be has worked
hard for our district, and deserves 10 be
recognized. No; Senator Latimer is not
as popular as he would like TO be, no
doubt
st1.-ofo- ,-ifr.,,a,, &c ,-ofrc n etav fr the
Senate just as long as he likes. He is
all right and we know that, no matter
what others may say OF think about him.
4 am in favor Of high license. I think
it is the only satisfactory way to regu-
late the liquor traffic. The reason why
the Southern States, or many Of them.
have gone dry is because business men
have no tiae to engage in politics. They
have 70 attend 10 their business or give
IL up. The consequence is that college
bred men, men with no practical business
I experience, men who have been taken
up by the women's societies and temper
ance people. are elected into our legisla-
lures. They owe their positions % these
/ people and must do their bidding. or run
/ the risk Of being defeated should they
/ come up for reelection. Much less Of
[ business in general will come 10 the
| Southern States through this movement
OF banishing liquor from the States.
| Congress should pass a law preserving
| the Appalachian Range and protecting
/ the forests contiguous thereto. I am
deeply interested in this subject and il
/ IS OF great and far-reaChing interest 10
[ the country. The despoiling Of the for
ests and the range as il is carried on
now will result IN great damage % our
country, and Congress should take meas
ures against it at once
/ Hon. Robert Charles Davey, Represen-
tative in Congress Of the Second Louis
/ lana district. is at the Riggs House on
4 his return home. having spent part Of
! his summer North.
/ We're going 10 have a pretty lively
campaign this faU. Three candidates for
I governor are in the field. Business is fine.
and everybody IS making money. The
/ Presidential election Is too far of 90
make any idle prophecies I have been
away from home three weeks now. and
/ I am somewhat out Of touch with affairs
at home The Panama Canal viii nat
uraIIy be Of great benefit to the South.
and We are anxious 20 see it finished and
/ opened up 10 commerce and trade
I Sir John Murray. of Edinburgh. Scot
land and Master Murray are at the Ar
'HngtOn. sir John IS q renowned scientist
and his fame as a zoolosist has reached
TO all parts of the world Of research He
attended the seventh international zoologi-
icaI congress. held at Boston. recently. and
is now making a tour Of the United
States. Sir John. while in this city,
| spends most Of his time a. the Cosmos
Club.
I have Just returned from q two
months course at the Berlin University
and Vienna. 10 keep abreast with the lat
est discoveries and theories in the line OF
medical science said DR.. Leland Boo
gher, Of St Louis, No, at the Raleigh
Hotel, last night.
Abroad they are more thorough in
treating cases than We are here in this
country over there they treat the cause
OF the disease. and here We treat the dis
ease Il is altogether q very superficial
way Of handling medical cases that pre-
1 walls in this country. III Germany the
physicians when diagnosing q case eX-
anime the blood and the skin Of the pa
uenJ, and in many other ways subjec,
him 10 q most thorough examination
Then The facilities for observation Of cases
at the hospitals in Hamburg, Berlin. and
! Vienna are unsurpassed. There is every
type Of case 10 be found in these immense
institutions.
Vienna is about the finest city in Tie
world, there IS no place just Ike II "a
be found anywhere. The Nieunese know
/ how 10 enjoy life. They have their
music. and without it they couldn't live
l We may say we have everything over
here. Yes, that's true; but We don't
know how to enjoy life. We lack The
atmOsphcTe-the very essence Of LIES
/ enjoyment. The trouble Is we kin our
selves chasing the dollar.
7 am going 10 Frederick from here "a
settle up an old estate which has been
in the Boogher family for over $50 years
BY the way, you. Of course, have heard
OF Booker T washington? HIS father
was a slave, belonging, think. to my
greats grandfather, and that's where ht
got his name Booker"
/ Representative Samuel ". Mccall. ot
! Winchester, Mass. was in Washington
last night. en- route to jamestown, where
ne viii make a speech on The COnstitu
ton" on Constitution Day there, Tuesday
Representative Mccall had nothing L
say concerning current topics. although
he intimated that he may have something
to say concerning the question Of tariff
revision at some early date. MI Nc
Call will probably leave for jamestown
to-day. and will return TO Washington
next Thursday, when he will stop OF here