The Washington herald., 1907-05-04
AT THE HOTELS.


Gov. C. S. Deneen. Of Illinois: Robert
Mccormick, president Of the Chicago san
itary district Chief Engineer Ishafa
Randolph, and Mr.. z. c. Lindley. counsel
for the district. are al the Nel' Willard
Their mission is 70 confer with she secre-
tary of War and the Attorney General.
whom they wish 20 convert 10 their way
Of thinking in a contention between the
sanitary district officials and the State
on one side and army officers on the
other.
Gov. Deneen Is a young-iO0king man,
whose face and sturdy figure are both In
dieative Of strength. He was nominated
for governor after one Of the most excit-
ing and long-drawn-out State conventions
in modern political history. The cOnVen-
tion lasted three weeks. and Deneen won
on the seyenty-nlnth ballot. IN answer
to a Herald reporters question, the Iili-
nois executive said;
we have not yet begun 10 discuss
Presidential candidates 10 any extent, and
do not believe any decided preference
exists cut our way. unless for President
| Roosevelt, who has made himself tre-
mendously popular with the voters of all
parties. II the President were 20 figure
as a candidate, there is no question but
that Illinois would be for him.
II do not suppose there is any single
Individual in the United States who cul-
tiyates wheat on as big a scale as Senator
| Levi Ankeny, Of the State Of Washing
/ ton" said Mr. r. B. Long. Of Portland,
Greg, at the Shoreham, "He has great
bodies of fine wheat lands both Ia Wash
/ ington and Oregon, and only d year or 50
ago / was told on good authority that
/ the aggregate yield OF his crops for a
/ season was 454G99 bushels This would
mean ownership Of approximately 2900
/ acres Of land. In addition. the Senator
/ has some very big stock farms and he is
/ also a successful banker"
at is said in New York financial circles
that John W Gates quit the gambling
game because Of recent great losses re-
marked Mr. z. W. Mason, Of Gotham.
at the Raleigh.
THE knowing ones declare that the
harpoon was planted in the corpus Of the
plunger so deep that he concluded he
would sit out for awhile and let the other
fellows play without hin. Just how much
Mr.. Gates dropped prior 10 shutting up
/ his brokerage concerns is not known, but
rumor goes so far as to say it was more
than all he ever possessed. The best in
/ formed people, however. do not take any
stock in the idea that John Gates Is
broke. They say he merely got cold feet
and viii resume operations as soon as his
pedal eXJremities get warmed up a Bit
Stringent regulation of railroads Is not
Objectionable, provided it be done by an
/ intelligent central authority, eliminating
/ the fo0lishness Of control by numerous
State governments. said Mr. B. S. Gross
cup Of Tacoma. Wash, counsel for the
/ Northern Pacific Railroad, at the New
/ Willard. Mr.. Grosscup. who IS a brother
Of the noted Chicago jurist. IS a lawyer
Of ability, and widely recognized for his
/ profound information on all matters per-
tanning 10 the transportation business.
1T Is in the interest Of the companies
and likewise OF the public that there
should be Federal regulation and this
should be comprehensive enough TO obvi-
/ ate the necessity OF state control. which
/ has often taken the form OF legislative
/ h0ldups II would be well If the rail-
roads were allowed 10 pool under gov
ernmental supervision, so that the weaker
and inferior lnas might get some share
/ Of the business without having to resort
/ 10 wolfish tactics. II this were done. and
/ taxation levied on the earnings Of the
/ lines I think that We would come. pretty
close to an ideal solution of the whole
problem"
Mr.. Robert Mccormick. Of Chicago. who
is at the New Willard is probably the
! best known young man in that city. He
/ is about twenty-six OF twenty-seven years
/ of age and has a remarkably 1ine
physique. his figure being almost that Of
a giant When he got through school he
/ concluded 20 try the game OF politics, and
was elected 90 the board of aldermen.
Afterward he was made president Of the
/ sanitary district, one OF the most impor-
/ tant of local Offices The young man is
said 20 be full Of energy and as cease
/ less worker as though his bread and
/ butter depended on his toll which they
{ do not seeing that as the grandson OF
I tie late Joseph MediI. Of the Chicago
/ Tribune he viii inherit a good many
/ millions sooner or later. His father mar
+ ried a daughter Of Mr- MediI. and hs
I has a brother, Medm Mccormick, his
/ senior by TWO years. who is al the mead
/ of the aforementioned newspaper.
/ Both the young McCormicks have the
/ laudable ambition OF making names for
/ themselves. and of being somebody in
! the world irrespective of their inherited
wealth. There was a good bit Of talk
even of running Robert as the Republi-
1 can candidate for mayor in the recent
election. His friends say that some day
/ he viii be mayor Of Chicago, and that
3 II.