The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19
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country, Col Orlando J. Hodge Of Cleve-
land. Ohio. is al the Raleigh. Col. Hodge
has had ar eventful and honorable career.
Nearly half q century ago he was presi-
dent OF the State senate OF Connecticut.
AS boy ne fought for year and a half
J in the war with Mexico. In later life he
ran Sunday paper with great success in
cleveland. during which time he went into
politics ana was elected speaker Of the
/ Ohio house Of representatives.
Retiring from business with a compe-
tency. Col. Hodge began to travel. and in
his gIobe-trotting expeditions has seen
nearly every part Of the world, NOW, 1t
the age OF eighty. he is stili active, and
has but recently returned from soiourn
/ IN Cuba and the Isle OF Pines
/ Il have been in many parts OF the
world, said Col Hodge. and have had
! dealings with many Of the races Of man-
/ kind. but during my recent stay In Cuba
! saw the worst deeds Of cruelty nay eyes
/ ever beheld. The cruelty was on the part of
the Cubans toward helpless dumb animals.
and / hope never again 70 see such sick
| ening and revolving deeds. Without going
into 3 long recital I might mention the
methods used in the city Of Havana IN
/ the slaughter Of cattle, which are nothing
/ less than fendish.
THE poor steers that are to be siaugl-
I tered are dragged from their Enclosure 10
the place where they undergo execution.
several hundred feet distant When they
show disposition 20 resist being dragged.
a negro assistant in the rear prods them
/ with Ions knife. thrusting It into
J
! the victim halts Part Of this distressing
/ journey is over pianks so slippery With
/ blood that nine out of ten steers fall
down. which is the occasion for more knife
/ thrusts. The final act Of slaughter Is the
elimination Of the previous cruelties and
! consists Of a series OF stabs until the
weapon reaches d vital sDst. when the
poor animals torture comes 10 an end
/ Until lately these hideous scenes were
/ witnessed by the young boys and girls u
/ Havana. and the day 1 was a spectator
/ saw a number OF boys about the place.
l noticed also, that fowls and pigs n
/ the market stands were treated with q
1 brutality that would not be tolerated IN
+ the United States. 1 was forced 10 tile
I conclusion that the Cubans need a good
/ deal Of moral regeneration before ] would
wish tc take them in as feIlow-citizens-
] Indeed ! did not meet an intelligent
/ American in that country vino was not
1 against the annexation OF Cuba. They
were q unit In saying that such a move
/ could only result 10 our disadvantage.
The better class Of Cubans Themselves
ara keenly DESTROYS Of becoming a part
I OF United States territory. for they realize
/ that the country Is unfit for self-govern-
ment. and that il left 10 themselves there
viii be unceasiBg strife and anarchy be-
/ cause Of the Innate incapacity OF the
natives 10 carry on stable government.
ssrhe urbane and handsome chief exeCu-
/ tive Of Maryland. Gov. Edwin Warheld,
was in me spirits when asked by
Herald reporter. at the New Willard, last
evening. for his opinion on national poll
tics.
MY opinion. said he ''is that any DEM
/ ocrat that does not scent victory In the
air is the rankest pessimist. The stancig
old Democratic party. that has been the
| victim of repeated defeats. Is printing
itself for a winning fight in 1905. Mary
land viii give its electoral vote to the
/ Democratic nominee beyond question. Bal
timore, which is now in the throes Of
mayor8lty campaign. is going 70 give the
/ Democratic candidates a handsome ma
jority.
And. by the way ! want the country
/ TO know that Baltimore is going 70 do its
/ level best to secure the Democratic ma
tional convention The first national con-
/ ventiOn of the party met in Baltimore IN
1892. and named Andrew Jackson as its
standard bearer. The glorious old hero Of
/ New Orleans won, and now after the
lapse OF two-thirds OF a century it would
be a fitting deed for another Democratic
convention 10 meet in Baltimore and
name man who viii duplicate old Hick-
ory's triumph. The chief city Of Maryland
/ is splendidly equipped for holding a great
1 political gathering. The Fifth Regiment
Armory. in which the clans could assem-
bic. Is almost unrivaled as an auditorium.
In every other way there IS no better
place
Have you any choice as to a candidate.
governor
None whatever. But there are lots OF
good men in the Democratic party, and
we VIII get together on the strongest and
most available I am satisfied that the
national Democracy viii be as harmonious
and as sOlidly united In 1893 as II ever
mas been ia the past Il viii put forward
a man in whom the American people viii
place their confidence and nominate him
on platform so sound. conservative. and
iudici0us that victory viii be certain.
Mr. Arthur jordan. a wealthy and
prominent citizen Of indianapolis. was at
the New Willard yesterday. Mr.. Jordan
has been an owner Of real estate in
Washington for a number of years, and
during his visit this time he added 10 his
holdings by the purchase Of the valuable
business property located at the northeast
corner o. G and Thirteenth streets north
west. for which he paid $4,000. In speak
ing of the transaction Mr.. Jordan said
For a long while / have looked on
/ Washington real estate as a splendid in
vestment. man could not possibly put
his money where it would he safer and
ultimately be more remunerattve. The
National Capital is scarcely IN the infancy
of its growth. and considering the enor-
nous development in store for IT, land
within its limits, or anywhere near, is
certain of a big increase. Washington is
attracting the attention OF capitalists in
every part Of the country. Men of means
are coming here 20 make permanent
homes. Every year the city. already the
most beautiful in America, becomes more
attractive. and ere many decades it will
sUpass any in the world IN all the quail
ties that so to make a desirable and de-
lightful place of residence"
Judge Max z. Land and Col r. c.
Harris. both Of Cordele, Ga. are spend
Ing few Gays in Washington. Judge
Land is che cf the most prominent jurists
Of the State while Mr.. Harris is an im-
portant partner in the great Tomlin-Har-