The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
At THE HOTELS.

Although Judge Favrot Of our state.
has been freed OF the murder charge
hanging over him. do not think that
the people Of his district VIII ever re-eleet
him to Congress. said mr. w. s. I'd
monds, OF New Orleans, at the Airing
ton.
1T Is a terrible thing TO Kill Il man
under any circumstances. and though
the unwritten law Of our section 9orbids
the punishment Of Favrot, he can never
escape stain on his career that is GER
tain to cast a blight over his political
prospects. Indeed. It is a pretty safe
prediction that Immediately following his
present term Of Office he viii be sue
! ceeded by Hon Samuel Robertson. who
WAS his popular predecessor. sam Rob
| ertson served his people IN the Baton
Rouge district for twenty consecutive
years, and a m0fe useful and capable
! Representative never went from the State
OF Louisiana. That Mr.. Robertson will
be sent back to Washington in place OF
Judge Favrot is freely predicted by the
! best-informed men in the district
Judge Vernon NJ Davis. Of the New
York Supreme Court, one Of the ablest
jurists Of the Empire State. is a guest OF
the New Willard He was for many years
assistant district attorney Of New York
City and for great part Of the time con
Quoted the affairs Of that Office IN place
Of his prlnuiDa-. Col John r. Fellows.
whom he finally succeeded. The cele-
brated trial Of Nan Patterson for the
murder OF Caesar Young was heard be-
fore Judge Davis, and when a Herald re-
porter asked him If there Vas not some
points OF similarity between it and the
ThaW case, the Judge replied IN the az
frmative
'The two cases have these resem-
blances," he said. 'In both the emotional
aspects Of human life stood forth eonspic-
Uously; in both the eternal feminine lent
added interest, and in both the newsps-
pers reveled In the sensational side Of the
tragedies. It's a pity the press goes TO
such lengths in exploiting this kind of
trial. at least a certain part OF the press
but there is no way of stopping lt. We
can't 90 10 the other extreme and estab-
lish newspaper censorship in The United
States. The failure OF the jury 10 agree
in the Thaw case is unfortunate, but it is
something that cannot be helped. The
mistrial shows that even among twelve
men there are 70 be found the same differ
ences of opinion as to ThaWs guilt or in
nOcence as is represented Ia the public AZ
large. But Il viii not do 90 argue that be
cause Of the mistrial Thaw has any GER
tain prospect Of scquittaI before him His
future is as doubtful as ever.
'On ali sizes the case has been admirably
handled. but the palm belongs TO Judge
Fitzgerald for his careful rulings. his I'm
partially, and his display OF legal learn
ing No fairer judge ever sat on the
bench, or one better qualified 10 try i'm
portant causes.
when I settled in Pittsburg in 1870. il
was a small and comparatively unim-
portant place" said 8Ir T. II. WeTtheim-
CT. one Of the successful business men
Of that city. al the ShOreham y came
from Germany with barely enough money
TO pay my passage over. For number
Of years ] was engaged in buying and
selling cattle, and many a drove Of fat
steers did I bring from the Western Re
serve to the local markets. Nearly all
the young men with whom ] was asso-
ciated in Pittsburg in those early days
are now immensely rich, but what about
the sons and heirs TO these big fortunes
Win the second generation be as thrifty.
as prudent, as hard working IS the hrst2
! am inclined Ia think not / do not be-
lieve the young men who are born with
the traditional silver spoon IN their
mouths viii ever equal their siTes. il
takes the hard struggles of poverty 10
bring out the best there is in man. and
these young fellows of to-day. who are
ignorant OF such toll as their fathers en-
dured viii never achieve any great re-
suits"
Messrs. Carter, Brown and CroWthers.
a trio of English manufacturers who are
at the New Willard. are seeing Wash
ington for the first time, and are delighted
with the Capital
1T is by long ODDS far more beautiful
and attractive city than any we have yet
visited IN the United States" said Ar
Carter. whose friends indorsed his opin-
ion. 'As a matter OF fact, we're I TO mi
crate TO America ] would not wish TO live
anywhere save in Washington. I am glad
TO tell you that we are having very great
prosperity in nearly all lines of industry
in Great Britain. Some of our industries
had for years suffered a terrible depres-
sion; this was the case in the Ianca-
shire cotton mill district. but at last trade
has revived 10 a degree that the Lauca-
shire owners are now making good profits
England is slow 10 make changes. and
that is the reason cur people for the
most part rejected the proposition az
Joseph Chamberlain go put tariff on
imports. Had Chamberlain been a little
less radical his policy would have had
more support
we have gone on. letting the whole
world send in its manufactured products
free of duty, TO the detriment of our home
manufacturers. This was done 20 keep
up England's reputation as a free-trade
country, but it has been YER. expensive
to our own people. It would be a fair
thing TO say 10 the United States for
example we will put a slight tax on your
wheat seeing how you tax everything
that comes from England But If you will
be fair with Us, and remit a part of the
duties nov charged against us. we will
let the wheat still come in untaxed."
There are sti1 great opportunities for
making big money in real estate opera
tions in the Southwest" said Mir. r. /.
MeCaulley, of Sweetwater. Tex. at the
Raleigh.
But in order to do this. one would
have to be possessed Of large capital
The small trader has not chance in
our country There are huge tracts of
land for sale in Western Texas that can
be had at a very reasonable figure, but
the price is constantly increasing be-
cause Of the influx of paoDla from the