The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
AT THE HOTELS.


Gov. Frank Frantz OF Oklahoma. bear
ing with him the famous constitution
adopted by his state arrived in Wash
ington yesterday and is stopping at the
New Willard. Gov Frantz will present
the instrument to President Roosevelt to-
morrow morning at 1879. but before that
time IL is probable that he will have an
opportunity TO see the President. and al
though he would not say yesterday what
position he viii take upon the Presidents
signing the constitution. it is probable
that he will have a chance to air his
views before Monday
Gov. Frantz said that the West. all the
West beyond the Mississippi River. Is FOR
President Roosevelt, and that it is likely
those States viii insist on his nomination
for third term.
The people Of the West want SIR
Roosevelt to run again, and I DO not be-
lieve that they will take no" said the
governor. 4 have talked with prominent
men from most Of the States Of the West
at several different times within the last
few months. and all Of them were strong
~ in favor Of Mr.. Roosevelt as the Re
publican choice
This feeling was exhibited not only by
Republicans, but by many Democrats
who are influential in business IN the
West, who have been won over recently
by the President. and VIII work for him
as candidate and for his election. too.
His trip through the States bordering
the Mississippi was one continuous ova-
ton. and I believe that he is stronger
to-day in the South than any Republi-
can ever has been. He is the man who
can hold the South together and break
the old solid South Of the Democratic
party. Although ! do not know how Mr..
Roosevelt is regarded in the East. 7 am
sure THAI practically all the rest Of the
country will demand his nomination"
Gov. Frantz said that he favors Kansas
City as the place in which the Repub-
lican national convention shall be held
He said that the Kansas town has every
thing that a committeeman could pos
sibly desire, and that it is equipped with
a large convention hall, bevy Of good
hotels, and everything else that is de-
sirable for such a meeting.
The governor said that ne is not here
for any purpose other than the presenta-
he isn't worried about the scores OF
office seekers who are in Washing
from Oklahoma.
While the East and possibly some other
portions Of the country. may suffer
slightly from the depression IN the New,
York stock market, the country at
large, and particularly the farming p0r-
ton, viii be but little affected. accord
ing to ! g Baxter. Of Santa Barbara.
Cal. who was al the National last night.
The time has passed" said Mr.. Bax-
ter. when the stock-market fiurries can
bring on a season Of depression through
out the United States Even q few years
ago fall in stocks and a rise in call
money caused much uneasiness over most
Of the land To-day. however, this has
changed. The farmer. the fruit grover.
and the men, who get their living direct
from the soil are rolling IN wealth in com
paTisOn to many previous years. All over
the West the crops have been good.
There has been no lack OF money TO
move them and no want Of takers, 50
that to-day the men who are at the bot
tom Of prosperity or failure are feeling
jubilant"
fOrnia in regard 20 the japanese was for
the greater part confined 70 San Fran
cisco, and that even there IL has some
what died down, in spite of recent up
heavals. He said most Of the OUtbursts
were due 10 the troubles incident 10 the
great FIRE. and were caused as much 10y
months Of suffering and hunger and a
general feeling of irTesp0nsibility as by
iI-feeling toward the japanese.
Since the stricken city has begun 10
rise again. and since the grafteTs have
been placed in jail or driven out the
labor troubles and, consequently, much of
the feeling against the japanese have
simmeTed down and are almost unnOticed-
san FranCiscans, too, he declared do not
banker after the undesirable publicity
which has been given 10 their attitude
IN all parts Of the nation. and are trying
now TO be- good.
The breaking out of the plague in
San Francisco. last May, Mr. Baxter be-
lieves was due 10 inSanitaTy conditions
along the water front and was not re-
vival OF the old epidemic that RACED in
the California city before the fire of last
year. He said. however. that the efforts
made in previous years TO conceal the
presence of the disease in San Francisco
We're not being made at present, and that
this. together with the extreme vigilance
Of the health authorities, has greatly
lessened the chance that 1t might grow
TO alarming proportions.
Reservations have been made at the
Arlington Hotel for Gov. Frederick NJ
Warner. Of Michigan. With Gov. War
ner, who viii arrive to-day. viii come
fifty members of his staff and possibly
several other personal friends They viii
all remain al the Arlington for several
days, and go from Washington 10 the
Jamestown Exposition.
Congressman James II. Kennedy. Of
Youngstown. Ohio. is at the Riggs House.
It was Mr.. Kennedy who launched
large sized and enthusiastic Taft boom
in Pittsburg on October 1s, much TO the
chagrin Of the friends Of Senator Knox.
Mr.. Kennedy seemed to be willing TO rest
satisfied with the glory he has already
attained, for ne declined a half dozen Op-
portunties 10 talk with newspaper men
yesterday.
One of the postmasters who attended
the recent convention Of officials Of the
second and third class, held at the Ma
tionaI Hotel last week. was evidently not
a close student of President Roosevelt
and his policies. While watching an ex-
hibition by a typewriter expert. this post
master remarked that his city-in Iowa
has been growing so fast in the last few
years that ii has jumped from the third
To the second class, speaking 'pOst-offi-
ciaIly."
Then, there isn't any race suicide in
your part Of the country?" remarked the