The Washington herald., 1907-07-19
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can express ia words. II exceeds my
most sanguine expectations. I came TO
examine into your methods Of coal min
ing, which are highly efficient and ecu
nomical The only thing that puts
damper on the pleasure Of an American
tour is the high prices. At least. they
seem very high 10 a foreigner. Truly, 1
do not believe that a dollar viii buy any
more IN the United States than a mark
will in Germany. An American could
take $1,000 TO Dresden and have enough
to live upon, IN the greatest comfort, an
his life
IL the Southern Democracy has any
courage and sagacity it will dominate the
next Democratic national convention"
remarked Judge Uric Sloane, Of Colum-
bus, one OF the most noted lawyers OF
Ohio. at the New Willard
Il have been an uncomprcmising Demo-
crat all my life, and am still a believer
In the old-fashioned Jeffersonian prln-
ciples which Col William Jennings Bryan
seems 10 have abandoned in favor Of So
cialistic ideas. When get ready 10 en-
brace socialism am not going to adopt
1t in any roundabout way, as Bryan has.
| l Will not 60 IN at the back door, still
pretending that I belong to the Demo
cratic party. But what I started out 10
say was that the time was ripe for the
Southern Democrats to assert themselves
and quit their miserable habit OF grovel-
| ing at the feet Of the New York Democ-
racy and supporting any candidate the
| New York crowd might foist upon them.
If ever there was a golden opportunity.
| an occasion made to order. the Southern
ers have ii in the coming campaign. Let
| them tell the Eastern crowd 10 go to the
ID; that they have had enough OF Tam
| many dictatiSn. and that the South,
which furnishes the brains and the votes.
/ viii nominate a man Of their own 10 lead
| the Democratic cohorts. This sort OF
| declaration would evoke enthusiasm and
| admiration. and II would be answered
/ with a jubilant shout of appreciation by
/ the Democrats OF every Western State.
/ l want 20 see man chosen from south
/ OF the Potomac, and, though I am not
welded TO any favorite, II occurs to me
| that the old State Of Virginia has a son
who is the grandest sort Of Presidential
/ timber. I refer 10 the senior United
| States Senator, John ". Daniel. a law
| yer, a statesman. a gentleman who would
make one OF the ablest Chief Executives
| the nation has known. and whose nomi-
nation would be just as well received at
the North as in his own section"
I'VE have a county down in my State"
said Mr.. R. c. Cromer. Of Mississippi. at
the Arlington. that is known as the
/ Free Stale Of Jones.
1T got this curious title from the con-
duct OF its citizens during the civil war.
a great many Of the people were opposed
to secession, and did not wish 10 fight in
the Confederate army. though they had
no love for the Northerners. They only
wanted to be let alone. In pursuance Of
this policy they held a big mass meet
ing, at which they resolved that they had
the same right TO secede from the State
Of Mississippi which Mississippi had 10
seeede from the Union. On this hy-
pothesis the inhabitants Of Jones County
/ formally declared themselves a free and
independent Commonwealth. owning no
/ allegiance 20 any outside power, and
/ strictly neutral as 20 the belligerents il
the field.
What the State Of Mississippi did to
/ these ambitious founders Of q new SOW
/ ereignty is a matter Of history. A force
/ OF armed men was sent TO the Free State
OF jones' which utterly ignored the high
! sounding resolutions referred TO. and ar
rested a big bunch Of the rebelli0us na-
tives. Ny recollection is tnat not over
thirty were hanged, but at least that many
paid the penalty Of trying 10 secede from
the State. which, in this act Of coercion
seems 10 have acted with a certain
amount Of grim inconsistency.
Twenty years ago" said Nr. Frank
Harrison, OF Cocoanut Grove, Fla, to d
| Herald reporter. I was one Of Wash
ington's numerous government slaves.
shall never cease 70 rejoice that broke
away from the inglorious life Of a de-
partment clerk and branched out on my
own hook. Ny former home was To-
ledo. Ohio, but I have been living in DaGe
County Fla, for the past six years My
home is on the shore OF Biscayne Bay,
and If there is any finer part Of the
/ United States. CT any section that can
boast of a better climate. I'd like 10 see
it.
"We are only a few miles from Miami,
( from which town Mr.. Flagler begins his
unique and wonderful railway across long
stretches Of the ocean. and over Florida
! Keyes 10 a terminal at Key West. In
my section I have seen land increase in
! values almost tenfoid. IL Is the section
that gives 10 your Eastern markets choice
( fresh vegetables in the dead OF winter,
I for there is not month In the year that
we are not producing crops Of some kind.
/ Right now most Of our people are enthu-
/ siastic about grape fruit, which is grown
TO perfection in our immediate locality,
and which Is a very remuneratiye article.
have known as much as $3.50 profit to
be made on only four acres Of grape
fruit"
"Oberlin. Ohio. was in former days one
Of the most Puritanical towns in the
/ United States" said Nj F. s. Johns. OF
/ Cincinnati. at the Raleigh
| Il can remember when. in ancient times,
It was punishable ofTense TO be caught
| smoking a pipe or cigar on the public
streets Of the town. This rather extreme
Puritanism served no good purpose. and.
| in fact. had a tendency 10 make the
young men wish TO indulge in the things
| prohibited. There was no such thing as
/ getting a drink of whisky in Oberlin. but
/ it was not very far TO Elyria, where il
could be bought in any quantity and
many Of the residents OF the prohibition
| town made daily trips to Elyria. mag
! ming themselves TO be victims OF a great
1 dryness- / believe that this caused fa-
more inebriety in ObeFlin than in its sis
ter city. In later days there has been
| a tendency 10 relax something of the old
| blue-law policy. and I doubt not that the
community is equally as well off morally