The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-26
AT THE HOTELS.

The fight that IS now being waged in
between Congressman Brown
low ant Henry Glay Evans. and which
has threatened TO disrupt our party, VIII,
think, when the time for election
comes, be settled, and a solid front viii
be presented to the opposition. said
A. W wills, OF Nashville, Tenn, at the
Raleigh last night. Mr.. Wills is the
postmaster Of that town and is the pres
ident OF the Postmasters' Convention,
which has just concluded its annual ses-
sion at Erie. Pa.
I think, too. that the chances for the
Republicans carrying Tennessee are bet
ter now than they have ever been, and
that they VIII choose a man for the
race who viii defeat any
candidate that the Democrats can bring
forward
This feud between the Brownlow and
Evans factions has drawn every promi-
nent politician in the State into it, and
really threatened. for a time 70 com
pletely disrupt the party, but my latest
advices from that section indicate that
a settlement VIII be reached shortly.
The people are really TOO busy with
State politics to give much thought to ma
tional questions, but l am sure the Re
publican delegation from Tennessee viii
be for Roosevelt, If he cares to run, and
for Taft, if Roosevelt declines. That the
talk about Roosevelt breaking the solid
South is not folly. you can easily believe.
if YOU make a trip through the South.
and hear the expressions Of approval rela-
tive to his policies
The Postrnasters' Convention. at Erie.
was distinct success. The First and
Second Assistant Postmasters General
were there, besides many other prominent
officials. ! am sure that the convention
viii have good result on the handling
OF mails and money orders, and ] would
not be surprised TO see the coming Con-
gress make several changes in the postal
regulations, or the recommendation OF
The officials who attended the convention.
To stamps. particularly. win attention be
given. In my district I sold 500 worth
Of stamps, and lost many. and 7 be-
lieve some means must be devised 10
stop this necessary waste. The same
applies 10 money orders.
The fact that the postmasters OF the
country have begun 10 think !ntellgenty
was demonstrated AZ the convention. and
every man who attended it went home
with fuller consciousness and d better
knowledge Of his duties"
There has existed for many years in
the West a popular superstition among
cowboys and other men who ride the
range that a rsttlesnake viii never crawl
across a hair rope, said Morris Bald
win, a business man Of Phoenix. Ariz.
at the ST. James Hotel. last night.
"Of all nature faker' stories. this Is
one of the most colossal. for a rattle
snake viii no more be deferred by a hair
rope than by the bushes around his nest.
OF course, the cowboy does not mind a
rattlcsnake much, anyhow, but when he
has 70 spend the night IN the open, he
frequently takes the pTecaution of en-
clrcllng his camp With a rope Of this de-
seriptiOn, and then goes 90 sleep with
a quiet mind. The rattler is not much
OF a night prOwler. and does not disturb
him, although be may have heard a doz-
en- during the day. He attributes his
safety 20 the rope. and for this reason
that method of preventing snake bites
has come to be a tradition among the
cow-pUnchers.
4 often wonder whether there was any
truth in this story. Tor many a night I
have been almost too tired 10 take or
my rope and stretch il about my bed.
was never in a position 10 make the
test until I began talking Of the super
stition with friend Of mine who is con-
nected with the New York Zoo He had
a hair rope and We decided to try il on
the snakes in the reptile house. We shut
the building Up and made a circle Of rope
on the floor and put seven different spe-
cies of rattlesnakes within the charmed
circle Every one Of them eraWled over
X as II il was not there. Since then /
have lost faith in its protective powers"
Bryan IS the most popular man with
the people Of his own State that the Stats.
Of Nebraska has ever produced. ard his
popularity is ever on the increase" said
A l. Edmonston at the Raleigh last
night.
When he last ran for President. I do
not think cur people realized what q
strong and lovable man he was. and I
am sure that right now many OF them
are ashamed Of themselves for the luke
warm support they gave him. II Ne
braska ever has the good fortune OF
another opportunity 10 show her affection
for MIR. Bryan she will do so in a manner
that viii give the whole country und0ubt-
ed evidence Of Il. He viii be the Demo
cratic candidate for President, for he is
two million votes stronger than any other
candidate. I believe that the treatment
received by Mr. Bryan from his own
State the last time was one of the sad
dest blows that he ever received. and he
Eas. I am told. often expressed himself
TO that effect. When he returned from
abroad. however. the whole State came
forward 10 welcome him. II was not a
question OF politics then. but State pride
and 1 think that the same pride VIII cause
many TO vote for him. even though they
are Republicans.
There has been within the last few
years many intense discussions OF what
are known as burning questions. national
crises. and threatening dangers, but in
my opinion, every one Of them must fall
into the background within the next five
years to give place TO the labor question,
said Elliot Reeves. Of Chicago. at the
Hotel last night. Mr.. Reeves has
been a union man and has graduated
from the ranks Of skilled labor to be the
owner Of large contracting business in
the Western city.
There is an old tradition which says
that a man who has occupied an inferior
position and is raised a bit, IN financial
matters, Immediately becomes set
against the lot from which he came. But
this is not true in my case, at all
know just what the laborer has te con-
ted with, and I believe that he should
share the profits Of his employer, but when
It comes to his debating how a business