The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
AT THE HOTELS.

bEADEE AtllHE Z ne Herald something
Of the situation IN my country. let me say
that our people consider il a necessity
that President Roosevelt should be the
candidate of his party IN 1905. " remarked
Hon Dennis T. Flynn. the wideawake.
hustling ex-Delegate from Oklahoma. at
the New Willard. THE reason they
deem IL necessary Is that there is a uni-
versai belief with US that W. J. Bryan
can beat any man that can be named.
Roosevelt alone excepted. For one. I
| firmly believe that Bryan will be the next
occupant Of the White House, unless tho
present incumbent is once more our
leader.
Now, as TO Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory. the situation Is at once in
/ teresting and critical The Democrats.
who were overwhelmingly in the major
/ ity ia the constitutional convention.
, framed an instrument that has some good
/ features. but at the same time q fairly
reeks with bad ones. and at the election
| Of August the Republicans OF both
Territories viii oppose it almost solidly.
l could fill column Of The Herald with
a recital Of its giaring defects. but viii
mention only a few
The proposed constitution forblds pun
ishing those guilty Of contempt Of court
except on a jury verdict II authorizes
! the new State to engage IN any and al
/ occupations except agriculture. II author
izes the legislature 20 limit the suffrage
but not to extend it. II provides for the
| initiative and referendum.
ION petition OF only per cent Of legal
| voters it provides that any law can he
suspended until the next general election.
I II the legislature provided for the prohi-
/ bitiOn Of the liquor traffic. its enforcement
could be held UP for two years under this
constitutional proviso; and similarly all
other statutes
THE constitution mongers created
counties much as a butcher would WELD
a oleayer, and then had the gall 10 name
most Of them after themselves In order
/ TO insure their perpetgation IN history.
| these immortals decreed that the names
thus bestowed could not be changed ex-
/ cept by an amendment to the organic
| law
/ Another example Of their wisdom was
| a provision of any number Of c0nlals-
/ sions, but authorizing q levy Of only
/ mills on the dollar for public schools,
/ which would close three-Iourths Of the
| schools and annihilate any attempt at
/ State aid 20 education
I could cite you other examples but
/ this is enough TO show the weakness Ct
| the instrument which we are asked 10
! ratify. OF course, It may be adopted in
! spite Of its enormities, although ] TANK
! Oklahoma viii give a majority against
la Ind
/ who condemn il VIII vote 70 ratifv Tor
[ fear OF the failure Of Statehood They
reason that they viii be left In a most
embarrassing situation should Statehood
( fan, and hence are supporting a bCtch OF
constitution with inward protest"
Il was pretty constant attendant of
! the recent BenniBg races, and when they
l were concluded / changed my base 10
Baltimore" said Mr.. Jed Woght. a we'll
known Chicago racing man, at the Ra-
| leigh
My opportunities for comparison were
| good, and 1 am here te tell you thar while
the sport as conducted at the Washing
ton track was clean and honest all the
way through, the Baltimore meeting was,
I am positive, but little better than
skin game. Any number of the contests
were a put-up job framed for the express
purpose Of shesring the public and en-
riching the fellows who made the books.
Half the alleged layers of odds had their
own jockeys, who rode strictly 10 instruc-
tions- These fellows took no more chances
than the sure-thing operator of a shell
game
Hereafter I shall give Baltimore a
wide berth when IL comes 10 specuIating
On the turf. Maryland, my Maryland. is
Q. X for terrapin and luscious oysters.
but a little too cunning for me at the
horse game.
"Of all the big towards ever saw. this
Cabrera, President of Guatemala. is
about the finest sample" said Dir J. p.
O'Donnen, of San Francisco, at the Airing
ton I was In his country not long ago,
and during my sOjourn learned a good
deal about him. He is a good match for
the Sultan OF Turkey in the way of sus-
pecting designs on his life, Cabrera lives
in mortal fear that somebody is going
10 put poison in his food, or that the
assassin is ever on the alert 10 plant a
dagger in hts yitals. With him a guilty
conscience has a good deal to do with his
nervousness, for it is generally believed
that he was the instigatOr of the foul
murder Of Gen. Barillas. in the CITY of
Mexico. If Porfrio Diaz. the Mexican
I President, should take Ii in his head 10
chastise Guatemala he viii make a
thorough job of il, and that means the
fight and permanent obscurity OF the
miserable Cabrera"
Among the 1850 doctors who win be in
Washington this week in attendance on
the medical congress will be scores Of
men of worldwide fame. While all tne
meetings Of the various sections compris-
ing the congress will be interesting. none
will surpass in Importance the proceed
ings of The experts in tuberculosis. At
the New Willard last evening a Herald
reporter noticed several names that are
famous for their achievements in pul-
monaTy diseases Dr. Lawrence Flick.
Dr. Joseph Walsh. Dr. Daniel Mccarthy.
DR.. James Johnson, of Philadelphia. Drs.
Brown and Tradeau. Of Saranae Lake.
and DR.. J. n Hurty, of Indiana.
While no positive cure for tuberculosis
| has Yet been discovered" D." said DR.. Brown
1T is not at all improbable that scienca
viii yet discover one. Even now il is
possible to fight this dread evil success
fully if the patient WIN only begin IN
time. Our reliance to-day is more in the
open-air treatment than in all other
methods combined. The climate is a sec
ondary consideration, though OF course
/ there are advantages in a dry atmosphere.
/ The man who will eschew sleeping within
walls, and who viii continue that regimen
even after sustaining benefit that tempts
him TO his old way of living. is very apt
to have his days heightened TO a degree