The Washington herald., 1907-02-25


/ history Of this country The idea OF or
/ dering legislature TO pass designated
/ bin seems the height Of absurdity. but
this is just what Gov. Dawson did.
/ We'll we met and adjourned TIL to-
/ morrow, and I think will keep on ad-
iourning- It Is true that the governor
can keep calling Us back, but if he can't
get his laws passed ne win grow weary
I Of issuing his proclamations after awhile
I THE trouble Is that his taxation tbeo-
rics have proved a rank failure. The
State Of West Virginia IS now threatened
with million-dolar deficit. and Gov
/ Dawson is cropping about In the dark try
/ Ing 10 find way out Of the difficulty.
! 50 far he has been turned down by the
I legislature Of his own party faith. and [
/ do not think his extra session expedient
/ will get him out Of his trouble.
/ Two prominent intermarried citizens
I OF the Cherokee Nation. Messrs. j. s
/ Davenport and W. p. Mcclellan, are AZ
/ the National The latter has lived down
there for thirty years. and in converse
ton with "a Herald reporter regarding
the intermingling Of the whites and IN
dams said:
IF you go down into the Cherokee Ma
+ ton you will see thousands Of handsome
young men and beautiful young women
who are the offspring OF white fathers
with the Cherokee women. In most cases
no one would think Of this second genera
/ ton as being other than of the Anglo
Saxon race. The girls are as fair, as
cOmely, as refined, as their sisters Of
unmiXed blood. and just as stylish in
+ their dress The boys are as bright and
manly a set Of your fellows as can be
found. There IS nothing about them %
differentiate them from young white
men.
Another thing is that these mixed
bioods are stronger. physically, than the
pure Indian stock; harder and less like
~ 10 fan a prey TO that disease which
/ carries of so many Of the fulIbIoods, con
sumption"
There is no question but that there
are more people in San Francisco than
before the earthquake" said Mr.. Sol y
Sheridan, Of that city, at the New VII
lard.
The old town is like a great mining
camp; it is q veritable human bee hive,
and the scene Of unprecedented activity.
/ NightfaIl does not suspend building
operations, but the work goes on every
hour Of the twenty-four with undimin-
/ ished vigor The reconstruction is pushed
with fcverish haste for more than one
reason. The chief cause is that such great
interests as the Fair. Croker. and Flood
estates must Of Necessity rebuild their
properties in order that they may once
more produce revenue There is no lack
OF money TO bring this about, and expense
is not considered, as is seen in the alb
normally high wages given workmen-
Already the Latin Quarter the section
inhabited by the Italians. Greeks, and
Spaniards. the North Beach section. has
been completely restored. The idea that
the business portion Of the city viii not
again be downtown is a mistake Bust
ness houses will be just where they used
to be. but the wholesale trade VIII have
its habitat south Of Market street. IN the
vicinity Of the railroad terminals"
"AH the old-fashioned Democrats OF
Pennsylvania" said Mr. J. A. Searight,
retired capitalist of Uniontown, Pa, at
the Arlington. "of whom am one. had
cherished high hopes that in Senator
Bailey. Of Texas. our party was going TO
have leader who would bring back the
Democracy into its old-time ascendency-
Ny conviction is that ne was cut out for
just this mission, and no man regrets
more than myself the unfortunate cir
cumstances which, temporarily at least,
eclipse his prestige.
Perhaps, after all, the party may have
to fall back on a Pennsylvania, and 1
want TO tell you that in Mayor Guthrie.
Of Pittsburg We have a splendid speci-
men of Democracy. man who is in
every way 1T TO be President. Perhaps on
account of the tremendous Republican
complexion OF our State, his nomination
might not be thought expedient, but did
h. hail from a doubtful or Democratic
Northern state, his availability would im-
press itself on the nation"
Messrs. z. /. Medler and Clark Carr,
of Albuquerque, y. Mex. are at the Shore
ham. The latter is the son Of the we'll
known general. while Mr.. Medler Is as
sistant United States district attorney.
our country said he, was never In
such splendid condition as at present.
You have heard how all cur sheepmen
have grown to be plutocrats with lambs
selling at s. a head But strange as It
may sound here, New Mexico is going
to develop into a fine agricultural region.
through the magic Of the lately discovered
dry farming policy Lands that used 10
be thought utterly worthless because Of
their aridity are now producing bountiful
crops"
The attorney general Of Georgia. Hon.
John C. Hart. is at the New Willard.
He is here on the celebrated case of the
State of Georgia against the Duckworth
Copper Company. which has been before
the United States Supreme Court for sew
eral years. The town of Duckworth
is on the border line of Georgia and Ten
nessee, and the people who live In the
former State claim that the fumes arising
from the copper plants on the Tennessee
side are absolutely rUinous to vegeta-
tion and annihilate crops for many miles
of neighboring country.
These fumes from the copper works.
said Judge Hart, actually kill the tim
Der for distance of fifty miles. The
destruction of the timber ruins the land
and makes agriculture impossible
Miss May Irwin is among the latest OF
the guests of the ShOreham.
congressman John E Lamb Of
Terre Haute. Ind, is at the New Willard
Mr. Lamb Is still a militant member OF
the .unterrified Democracy and he
told q Herald reporter that he expected