The Washington herald., 1907-02-10
AT THE HOTELS.

AT THE HOTELS.
There Is an undeaiable charm in the
personality Of Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease. the
noted woman lecturer of Kansas. Her
words how readily in sentences OF rnascu-
line vigOr, and no one can doubt for a
moment that she IS absolutely sincere.
possessed Of the broadest sympathy for
struggling humanity, and an advocate Of
every good cause.
Last evening AT the New Willard Mrs.
Lease and Congressman Victor Murdoch,
who were neighbors IN the town OF
Wichita and personal friends Of long
standing, had a pleasant reunion. and
pretty soon were In the thick OF an ami
mated discussion brought Up by reference
to the old POpulistic movement. in which
she was such a prominent figure.
THAT movement" said Mrs Lease.
was in "A measure sordld; Il was too
close to the ground to endure To-day
there is grand moral awakening
throughout the nation. and men are
everywhere being dominated by the spir-
itual side OF their natures The world is
Z
civilization is finer, more God-like. and
there Is a falling away from the old
grosser forms that kept us from fulfilling
our rightful destiny I believe I'm the
/ final supremacy Of good. / believe that
we shall ultimately do away with such
/ frightful cruelties as making money out
OF the labor Of little children.
But / have no faith in the achievement
OF this happier situation through politics
or politicians. II must come through
| spiritual elevation And It viii come, for
We are men now undergoing a grand
moral revolution. Perhaps Christian
Science may expedite the universal reign
of good. ! ON just now paUsing on the
threshold Of that faith, and mean % in
vestigate il fully. Thousands o. excellent
/ people believe IN its teachings, and al
ready 1t has done a vast deal 20 urHft the
race"
In my opinion the time is fart ap-
preaching. If it be not already here, when
men are going TO cease voting 10 old par
I tlg8n lines, and instead Of standing by
their party nominees. support that indi-
vidual candidate whom they like test."
said Mr.. George p. Flannery, a Mime
apolis lawyer Of high standing, at the
New Willard
There IS d GOOD reason for this in The
fact that the parties are not now divi1ed
| on any great questions Indeed. 10 is had
TO define the difference to-day between
/ Democrats and Republicans. In my Stat.
for instance, I can tell you that TIN
/ thousands Of 0lG-time. true-blue Repubn
cans are no longer going to help elect any
/ high-tarin advocate 10 public Office. We
/ believe in revision. and we are going TO
/ send revisio1ists 20 Congress wherever
we can. The reform idea, instead OF dying
out. is growing stronger every day.
7 expect to see Col. Bryan nominated,
and il would he no great wonder il he
We're elected. Thousands OF independents
believe in his courage and honesty. quite
as much as they do I'm the qualities dis
played by President Roosevelt. u was
unfortunate that Bryan committed HIM
self 70 the government ownership pro-
gTamme. for that is another step t0warf
the goal Of Capitalization, and / do nj
believe the American people are IN favf
Of any such dangerous issue
Gov. Wardeld. 0laryland's splendid
looking chief executive, had a funr
thing happen to him during the progres
OF his gubernatorial campaigning tour.
said Mr.. c. W. Thomas, Of Baltimore.
the Arlington.
The governor is friend Of the negr
race and is especially fond Of the goot
old-fashioned negro. Of 'befo de wal
type, the typical Sambo. who was faith
full dociIe. and industrious on his tou
through the counties he was driven in z
wagon from Dows Landing % FredGrcB
by an old darkey of this sort with whom
the governor chatted a good deal. the
old man making himself thoroughly
agreeable and asserting heartily 10 every
thins his distinguished passenger said
When the town was reached and the
governor started in 10 address a large
gathering. he noticed that many Of mis-
auditors We're negroes. This gave him
an idea, and he proceeded 20 eXhOrt them
20 elevate and improve themselves. He
told OF the merits and fine qualities o.
the plantation blacks, and seeing right
in front Of him the ancient Senegambi3n
who had that day driven him 10 Fred
erick, he held up this worthy old man
as a model for the young generation 10
study and initiate.
AT this point many Of the negroes
faces broke into broad grins. and some
ill-mannered white trash laughed bois-
terously and long After the speaking
had been concluded Gov WarheId asked
one of his friends who lived in the locality
why his reference To old Jake had ere
ated so much hilarity-
Well, you see. governor. he an
swered, ii was not meant out Of rude
ness to You. but the fact was the folks
could not help but laugh 10 hear you
praise old Jake" Why. that old scoun-
drel has been in the penitentiary four
times and he only got through his last
term about week ago
Cecil" said Senator CuIberson to Capt
Cevl A. Lyon, of Texas. at the Shore
ham. who constitute the three referees
Of the Republican party that have charge
Of dispensing Federal patronage in our
State?"
They consist, Senator" replied Lyon,
grayely. "of the chairman of the State
committee. the member of the national
Republican committee, and your humble
servant"
Inssmuch as Capt Lyon fills in his own
person both positions referred 10 by him.
the humor Of his answer was apparent,
and the Senator joined in the general
laugh.
In all my travels over the globe"
said Mr. W F. Mclaughlin OF Memphis,
at the Raleigh. I have never seen quite
as fine looking a lot Of policemen as one
VIII note in Cairo Egypt
They are great. big fellows. natives.
and, of course. dark-skinned, but they
carry themselves superbly. and their
dress is immaculate They are the most