The Washington herald., 1907-03-02
AT THE HOTELS.


who is at the Raleigh. has been Tor years
the stormy petrol of Buckeye politics.
Through the agency of the late Senator
Hanna. he was made collector Of customs
OF his Town. anc the row that arose over
the appointment OF his successor continues
! to echo in that bailiwick. Don't try to
interview me. said Mr. Zurh0rst. FOR I
am only a private citizen now, taking no
( part in politics. I don't even know who
! is my candidate for the Presidency but I
know a few gentlemen that are not on
my eligible list. There is d suspicion in
our country that some Ohio man or men
may seek the nomination. but this Is
probably . mistake, as Ohio statesmen
Iare too modest TO have White House as
pirations."
Mr.. john S. Day. Of Alaska. who was
/ seen in the New Willard last evening, had
button on his coat lapel that bore the
initials "A B. which proclaimed him d
member Of that unique society, the Arctic
Brotherhood
7 went to Dawson" said he. "in 1885
and have been there ever since Dawson
has declined nightly since the boom days
/ Of the klondike rush. Many Of its houses
are vacant. and the dance halls and gam
bling dives are a thing Of the past The
rich placer deposits have been exhausted
to the extent that the man with the pick
and shovel is no longer factor In getting
out gold But in his place has come The
2 big capitalist with his dredging machines.
any one Of which does in q day the work
/ of several hundred men. The GuggenheIm
/ brothers will be operating no less than
Fifteen dredges I'd there the coming sum
/ mer. and they viii eventually take mill
/ lions out Of the country.
while the rich placers are worked out,
/ there is still an abundance Of the precious
metal left, and the district VIII be pro-
lducing gold for thousand years 20 come.
! II IS going 10 be the scene OF the greatest
lquartZ mining ever known. and besides
gold, there is more copper than in all the
rest Of the United States"
In the course Of my business I get
about over almost every nook and corner
of the State Of Mississippi" said Mr.. s
! S. Coleman. OF Meridian, Miss. at the
Metropolitan.
/ Il find everywhere an almost universal
| sentiment in favor Of the election OF John
Sharp Williams TO the Senatorship. Ia
stead Of il being a close race for that
! office between him and Gov. Vardaman. it
/ will be about the most One-sided contest
/ imaginable. Williams will beat him iH
/ four-ffths OF the counties and 1t may be
/ unanimous by the time Of election.
Ex-State Senator NJ. J. Fenton, Of New
I
/ Bronx as Big Tim Sullivan in his dis
/ trict, is stopping at the Arlington.
| Nobody questions the good faith Of
/ President Roosevelt, and the whole
country knows that when he said be
would not take another nomination he
meant il" said Senator Fenton. 1T Is
equally certain that the country wishes
/ 10 see him in office for another term I'm
/ this rather puzzling situation the voice
of the people might well prevail. ana the
/ President be literally forced into a con
[ tinuance Of Office. In the face of
/ unanimous nomination. how could it be
/ possible for him 10 decline?"
THE home at Hampton. the greatest
/ of all the National Soldiers Homes. and
its management under that princely gen
/ tlemeu. Col. T. T. Knox. is unequaled,
/ said Mr.. Theodore Homer, of Phoebus.
/ Va, at the Arlington. As governor Of
/ the home, Col. Knox combines good dis
I cipline and the most humane treatment
Of the veterans. all Of whom are devoted
to him.
/ In this connection, however, I want 10
/ say, as one who has been on the ground
a long time, that the failure Of Congress
/ TO give back 10 the cid soldiers their can
/ teen was one Of the greatest Outrages
| ever perpetTated- Ii showed that Con
gress either does not understand the
| question. or else made a cowardly sur
render TO d lot of fanatics who, in their
! endeavoT 10 protect the veterans from
/ imaginary evils. only made their situation
worse.
The army c3nteen is q benefaction 10
the old soldiers. II is distinctly in line
I with the very temperance policy that
/ the cranks seek 20 promote. 1t makes
men hunt ardent spirits who would 9th
! erwise be content with the mild bever-
ages of the canteen. To deprive a set
Of old heroes of the only legitimate
means Of s0lacing themselves is a policy
Of cruelty, and il is 10 be hoped that
some subsequent Congress viii look al
the matter in its proper light
Secretary Shaw's removal 10 New
York Will in no wise lessen his hold on
the esteem and affection of the people
Of Iowa, and If he should be a PresI-
Dental candidate in 1905, he can, I think,
count on having the delegation from his
own State to the Republican national
| convention, said Mr.. II. d Copeland. a
! banker of Charlton, Iowa, and a member
of the State Republican committee.
/ we believe in Mr.. Shaw, in his great
! executive ability, his conservatism. his
/ cool and prudent judgment on all i'm
portant questions. 1t was characteristic
/ Of the man, that philosophical statement
/ he gave out regarding his contemplated
move and his view of himself as Presi-
Dental quantity. No one but n great big
man would have given utterance 10 such
a declaration. 1t may be that fate will
pay him the highest Office in the gift OF
/ his c0untrymen, but of one thing his
/ friends are sure, and that is he is fully
qualified for the place"
4 Mr. John 4. Bensel commissioner Of
docks Of New York City, is a guest OF
/ the New Willard.
New York City" said he. is peculiar
! in owning a large per cent Of its 800 miles
/ of water front and of controlling all Of
/ il. spending for Improvements and main
/ tenance something like $15,co0,0o0 per an
mum. All the water front Of Manhattan
/ Island belongs to the municipality, and
the city is acquiring by degrees consid-
cradle frontage on the East River. This
ownership led to the establishment of the
municipal ferries TO Staten Island ana
South Brooklyn, a form OF fraternalism
started under Mayor Low and which