The Washington herald., 1907-02-14

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Riggs House
Col. Cox served the Seventh Congress
sional district Of his state faithfully for
ten years. and then voluntarily retired
He was an uncompromising Democrat.
who ever spoke his belief with Jackson
ian bluntness, but he had the respect and
good viii alike Of Democrats and Re
publicans.
Il suppose" be said. IN answer 10 a
Herald reporters inquiry, that Ten
nessee could be called a Bryan State. It
seems now that he is very apt 10 be NOM
mated. While ] admire him, my regard
would be far in excess of what il is had
he not made that speech in New York
favOring government ownership Of rail-
roads,
Some one asked eX-GOv. Crawford. OF
Kansas. at the Ebbitt House last evening.
if a recently published story that he had
promised TO appoint John Spear, who died
few days ago in Denver. United States
Senator and later changed his mind in ia
vor OF Edward G. Ross. was true. In re-
ply that fine old Kansas gentleman said:
There isn't word Of truth in that
story. never had the remotest notion Of
appointing Spear TO iii the vacancy
caused by Jim Lanes suicide. named
Ed Ross for the place on his merit He
had been a major in the Union army un-
der Eweil, and was one Of the most gal
liant soldiers who ever went into battle.
He had three horses shot under him, two
think in one day. Besides, he was an
able writer. one of the best editors in the
State After the time for which Ross vas
appointed ran out, the Kansas legislature
elected him for a fun term.
Then came on the trouble Of President
Johnson's impeachment Ross was Bit
terlv blamed for being one Of the seven
Republican Senators Il think there wera
just seven) who voted against impeach-
ment He was flercely assailed at the
time, for Il was an era of passion and
bitterness. As johnson only escaped i'm
parchment by one vote, the attack on
Ross was all the harder. I happened 10
be in Washington at the time, and had
some talk with Ross. He told me that he
intended to vote as his conscience and
judgment dictated. I told him he was do
ing right His friends were badly cast
down. and thought he had made a fatal
!
cal future was concerned. but looking
back now after the lapse Of many years
l am constrained TO say that IN voting
against the impeachment OF the President
Senator Ross conferred a benefit on his
party and on the nation. Il would have
been a precedent fraught with untold evil
had Johnson been successfully impeached.
Ross acted hOnorably all the way
through. No suspicion Of a corrupt pur-
pose could attach TO him. He IS now a
very old man-far into the eighties-Iiving
out in New Mexico. He was voted a pen
sion of SO a month for his war service.
! and that will keep him until he passes
away
Hon. James A Hamill. Of Jersey City,
who will succeed Representative Allen
McDermOtt in the next House, has been
in Washington this week, under the pro
tecting wing of his future colleague, Con
gressman-elect Hughes, who takes the
place Of his Republican law partner, Hon.
Henry Allen.
Mr.. Hamill, though hardly more than
thirty years Of age, has already a ripe
| legislative experience, as he has been for
four successive terms I'm the Jersey legis-
lature. and was honored with the minority
L leadership Of that body. he is an able
lawyer, clever speaker, and HIS popu-
larity was shown by the heavy majority
OF 13,000 votes.
THE passenger business Of the South
western railways is simply immense" said
Mr. W. z. Hoyt, general Eastern psssen-
ger agent of the Missouri Pacific Railway.
at the Releigh.
THE semi-monthly through trains that
are run out of St Louis over the Iron
Mountain road, in connection with the ns-
tional railways Of Mexico. are crowded TO
the limit, and il is necessary to secure
seats far in advance. The tide OF travel
10 Hot Springs. Ark, is also very strong.
Many of the eXcuTsiOnists are pleasure
seekers. but a large number is composed
of business men, who either have invest
ments in Mexico or are thinking Of buying
property in that republic"
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis. OF Newark,
y. J., who was seen at the Shoreham
last evening. did not talk to a Herald
reporter as though she were sanguine that
prohibition would win IN the District of
Columbia in the near futare, although
Mrs. Ellis is one OF the chief representa-
tiyes Of the Womans Christian Temper
ance Union and has been fighting the rum
traffic fG= wears
1--WE may rot Danish the sale Of intoXi-
cants from the District right away. but
sooner or later hope to achieve that good
result" said Mrs. Ellis There is no use
TO be discouraged. 1t took a long, hard
| fight covering ten years 10 get liquor
thrown out of the Capitol Building here.
but al last we removed that stigma from
the halls of national legislation"
Messrs. ". ". Holmes and W E..
Fulton, prominent business men Of Water
bury. Conn. are at the New Willard
Waterbury" said Mr.. Fulton, is
about the busiest place in Uncle Sans
domains. We are simply rushed 70 death
with orders Waterbury has at least 10
600 skilled laborers in its various industrial
plants. People think of our town only as
place where watches that require ten
inmates to wind are manufactured, but
We quit making that sort of watch years
ago. The up-tO-date watch. costing only
81. is now made theTc-6.C0l Of them per
diem-but that is one of our minor
products. The chief glory OF our town IS
that it is the greatest center or sheet
| brass production In the United States,
At least three-ffths Of the brass output
of the country emanateS from Water.