The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

at the New Willard. The message was
sent by the brother Of the deceased. John
z. Redmond, the well-known leader Of
the Irish party G. P. Redmond was one
OF the leading newspaper men Of his
country. having succeeded his father as
proprietor OF the Waterford Daily
Evening News. Two years ago he visited
Washington and was cordially received
by President Roosevelt. He was a gen
tleman Of very high literary ability,
graphic writer. and always a jealous and
powerful advocate Of the rights Of the
Irish people
It is understood that owing 10 the great
personal popularity and prominence Of
the deceased, he viii receive a national
funeral. in which case Mr.. Ryan hopes
70 be able 10 attend.
THE abuses Of the tipping system have
reached a length THAI is undoubtedly OBJ
noxious TO si.- public" said Mr. W II
Warburton. proprietor Of one Of New
Yorz's modern hotels, at the Riggs House.
IN Missouri a Law has been passed
making tipping an offense, but there is
little danger Of its enforcement After
giving the matter a good deal Of thought,
l believe I have hit upon plan of abol-
ishing the practice so Ear as my ovn es-
"a blishrnent IS concerned 7 have about
come 10 the conclusion that instead Of
/ having the patrons Of my house Zip the
walters. l will do the tipping myself Ny
plan is to give them per cent of the
gross amount called for IN the checks Of
ing tips from patrons under pain Of in
slant dismissal
The plan may not prove a success. but
il is worth trying. Every waiter who
knows that his tip is % be- regulated by
the amount OF the guests bill viii hustle
to get as large an order as possible. max
ing HIS interests and that Of the pr0prie-
tor identical. ] should think also that the
novelty OF eating IN q first-class place
where the tipping nuisance does not exist
would prove attractive 20 the public
when it comes TO goOd-paying proper
ties, interurban electric railways are
away up at the top Of the list remarked
Col Fred A BeaH. Of Fort Worth, Tex,
at the Raleigh. Col BeaU represents
Eastern capitalists who made interuTban
investments in 1906 amounting 10 several
millions Of dollars
1.-THE demand for the construction Of
new lines continues. and during the pres
ent year there will be large increase Of
mileage In few days work viii begin
on the new line between Galveston and
Houston, and there Is no doubt il viii pay
handsomely. When an electric road was
built connecting Fort Worth with Dallas.
thirty-two miles distant. I was skepticaI
about its success. at first, because Of the
existence of several parallel lines OF
steam roads, but my fears were i'll
founded. and the project has been a big
/ success.
/ This summer trolley lines viii be be
gun uniting ST. Joseph and Kansas City
and Kansas City and Topeka. There
ought TO be a dozen interurbans con-
structed out of Washington that would
connect the National Capital with all the
/ prominent towns in Maryland and Vir-
ginia within q radius Of fifty miles"
/ If I were asked 10 name the three
men who appear the strongest and most
available Presidential candidates. I would
say that they are Gin the order Of their
strength Col. Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
and " J. Bryan" remarked Mr.. Byron
/ f. Shear, who passes his time between
New York City and the gold mines OF the
| West, at the New Willard
The American people have come TO
/ that stage where they are not going to
/ elect any man President whom they do
! not regard as wholly independent and
! free from corporation influences. I think
/ know the country pretty well from New
/ York to san Francisco, and If that is not
/ the popular verdict I am in great error.
/ We hear talk of the candidacy Of such
! leaders as Secretary Shaw or Vice Presi-
/ dent Fairbanks, or this Senator or the
other. but 7 honestly believe that against
any of these Col. Bryan would sweep the
/ couatry. Personally. I hope the President
/ will be forced 10 run again, but If that
/ be impossible let Us have Secretary Taft.
/ The country likes him, and he could win.
1T need not be imagined that because
/ the Republicans are so greatly in the ma
jority the party is invincible That
was a very queer election We had In New
/ York last November. and who can say
| but that it viii not be pivotal State in
/ 1862"
| Mr.. Webster p. Huntington, an accom-
plished literary man of Columbus, Ohio,
and editor of the Ohio Magazine, was at
/ the New Willard yesterday.
/ Col. Thomas B. Fielder and wife are at
the New Willard. Col. Fielder is one Of
/ the leading lawyers of Atlanta, and makes
| frequent professional trips TO the Capital.
There are 12O00 people at Goldfeld
now, and by next September IL viii have
population of 10000 if the present rush
keeps up" said Mr.. J. P. Lotus, of that
wonderful mining camp, at the Airing
/ ton.
When I went there two years ago
/ it was place of fifty tents and two
frame shacks. It is a most curious town
in other ways outside of its exceptionally
unique status as a marvel among gold
producing camps. Il has no sort Of or
/ ganiZed government not even a skeleton
| OF municipal management, no mayor, or
/ council. or police. or any OF the other APP
/ purtenances that go with cities. In spite
Of this the streets are kept clean and
good order is enforced. Though every
/ other house is a saloon and q gambling
place, nobody IS robbed. no hOld-ups are
attempted. no frauds of any kind per
petrated. Everybody is acting on the
leve,, and everybody IS busy making
money All kinds of workmen are get
ting big pay. miners s. a day. carpenters
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