The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
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followed by Houston with equally happy
results, FOR within eight months after its
Inauguration Houston paid off a 40109
Indebtedness. Now the big towns OF
Fort Worth and Dallas. in the northern
end OF the state. are going to get in line
and put an end TO the old regime Of ma
chine politics. graft. and corrupt rule Of
party bosses that have been the curse os
our municipalities San Antonio / am
sorry 10 say, is still under the domination
Of a boss, one that carries 2.00l Mexican
votes in the hollow Of his hand. and does
in accordance with his own sweet will.
Under 4 commission four men are
elected without reference to geographical
limitations, but from the city at large.
and each is responsible for a certain de-
partmeut Of administration. Such a
method insures the choice Of the best
men I'm a community. who will conduct
the affairs Of the city with fidelity and
without extravaganza. L gives a govern
ment very much like that which exists
in the District Of Columbia, except that
the commissioners are elected by the peo-
pie"
West Virginia has a splendid record as
regards the solvency Of its financial in
stitutions,' said ur s. V Matthews. Of
Charleston, W. Va. State commissioner
Of banking al the New Willard
"We have IN West Virginia 10 State
banks. and the same careful inspection
applies TO them as does to national banks,
il being my duty 90 make periodical eX-
aminatious and reports Of their financial
condition. These banks have been con-
Quoted with a high degree of financial
ability and they have the public con-
tidence I'm as high degree as DO those
operating under the national laws. as no
depOsit0r I'm a West Virginia State bank
has ever lost a dollar through the failure
Of one, and the failures have been few
Mr.. c. c. Blackadar. of Halifax. Nova
Scotia, who is at the New Willard, is the
editor Of probably the oldest newspaper
in the Dominion Of Canada. the AcadIan
Recorder, founded in lSl3 He has the
complete files Of the paper during It's con-
tinuous existence Of uiuety-two years His
father. as q youth. started 10 work ON the
Recorder under the man who founded il
and eventually acquired possession. be-
queathing 10 % his son. tine present owner
and publisher. the paper. thus nearly
century old. having been the property Of
but three individuals.
The people Of Nova Scotia" said Mr.
BIackadar. "are prosperiug iu the same
degree that their brethren Of all the other
proy.nc are. we have ~ section that IS
Of enormous natural wealth. and of late
there has been rapid utilization If our
resources. A great deal Of railroad build
ing has been done in our province for the
past six or eight years. the government
assisting the companies constructing
them with fair subsidies We expect also
% great future for Halifax, there being
good reason TO- think IL will be the ter
miual port on this side the Atlantic for
a new last line Of steamships from Eng
land This is one Of the things that is
likely 90 elsue from the presence Of our
premier. Sir Wilfrid Laurier ar the meet
ing Of the colonial ministers that is in
. progress In London.
we have so much prosperity i'm Canada.
and the people arc so thoroughly satisfied
with their condition, that YOU never hear
anybody in our country speak Of the pos
sihiiU Cf casting in our lot with the
I United States. Neither is there the least
/ sentiment for separation from England.
There is not better governed or freer
I
/ The present government. which is strongly
Liberal, has managed public affairs with
so much CIeverucss that there is not the
/ least doubt Of its triumph az the next
general election, two years hence. There
is not a wiser or more popular states
man anywhere than Laurior. and no has
the absolute confidence Cf his country
men.
. Mr. Edward 7. Hearu. of New Haven,
+ Conn, supreme knight of the Knights OF
/ Columbus. was seen az the Raleigh last
I evening He is a member Of the COM
mission that viii take charge Of the work
/ of erecting a statue of Columbus in this
city. for which the last Congress apQro-
. priatad 10000 Mr.. Ha8rn said that the
order of whic. he is the chief official is
iu highly f7U-izlins coalition Il is
F established in every State and Territory
+ Of the Union. in Canada and Mexico. and
. has total membership OF 24g02
. Coming 90 Washington from my home
I i'm Colorado. which has an elevation Ct
1000 feet above the sea level. I fud a
delightful change" said Mr.. ". J.
. GreeUer. OF SiIver-on, Colo. al the Ar
+ lngton
1t is O change hard 10 explain 90 one
who has not lived az great altitude but
Il may explain it by saying that ones
breath comes So much more easily here
. than i0 cur country with las rareticd
atmosphere. II is pleasure merely 10
iuhgIe the air here. for the ease with
which the lungs are filled is 40 once a
novel and delightful sensation. People in
|our country recognize that il is wise %
get to lower levels occasionally, for too
long q stay in the mountains brings on
certain nervousness. / make it a point TO
. get ont once a year, and 1 find the change
. OF air does me "a world of good Another
queer thing is that when l halt anywhere
near the sea level as at Washington.
F can sleep for the first week eighteen
hours out OF every tweuty-four, without
thinking any more .of IL than if it had
/ been a cat nap.
Or. J. Mcpherson Scott and wife. Of
HagCrstown. Md. are at the New VIII
lard Or Scott has for years been one
/ of the leading citizens as we'll as one OF
+ the most successful physicians Of that
thriving Western Maryland city. He is a
nephew of the late Edward Mcpherson
who was clerk Of the Nauo0al House Of
/ Representatives for about a quarter Of q
| century. a longer period than the office
/ has been held by any other man since the
| foundation of the government. Mr.. Nc
/ Pherson enjoyed the friendship of many
/ Of the foremost statesmen of his day, and
| there was a special intimacy existing be
/ tween him and Thaddeus Stevens. the
/ famous Pennsylvania politician. The
I former i'm his latter days began writing
/ a biography Of Stevens and made con-
/ siderable progress thereon but did not
/ live 10 finish il. 10 the regret of thousands
/ who knew the peculiar. YET gifted son Of
! the keystone State. Mr. Mcpherson also
/ built up during his long official career in
! Washington a sCrapbook dealing with