The Washington herald., 1907-03-30
AT THE HOTELS.


yesterday, taking rooms at the New VIII
lard. The delegation included she mem
bers of the commission which has charge
Of the construction Of Wisconsin's new
Sc o0 900 capitol In the party were Gov
James D. Davidson. former United States
Senator w f. villas, state Senator John
NJ Whitehead. Z. f. Burns. A. S. Baker,
L. II. Bancroft, and L. F. Porter. secre-
tary OF the commission. During the day
Gov. Davidson left for Madison. and Mr.
Villas took the train for Fort Monroe,
where his daughter Is sOjourning
Mr.. Porter. In answer 70 a Herald re-
porter's question, said: Our presence In
Washington has no sort Of connection
with politics. We did not come here TO
talk with the President on the railroad
situation or any other topic. We want
10 get for the statehouse at Madison the
best building material III the United
States. and for that reason went 10 the
quarrses Of North Georgia TO personally
inspect the famous Georgia marble. Our
legislature enacted that the building
should be either Of marble or granite
Coming up from the South, We concluded
TO stop over In Washington TO look at
some OF the handsome houses that have
been constructed here out Of the Georgia
stone The commissioners are greatly im-
pressed with what they saw in the South.
The marble down there is as beautiful
as any ia the wQrld. and its durability
is said 10 be great, but the trouble Is that
the freight rates from Atlanta 70 Madison
are very high and may increase the cost
TO a point that win cause us to buy else
where. From Washington we VIII 60 70
Maine and Vermont to look at the prod
ucts of the New England quarries."
Hon John NJ Whitehead. one Of ths
Wisconsin capitol commissioners. who
is at the New Willard. Is recognized as
among the foremost lawyers Of his State.
He is the close personal friend and pOItiea
cal ally Of Senator SpOoner. and If theS
faction 10 which he belonged, the Stall
warts, were in power there is not much
doubt that Mr. Whitehead would be
chosen TO the vacancy created BY Sena-
tor Spooner's resignation. AS IL IS. Mr.
Whitehead is not giving a moments
thought TO the question. for he s. well
aware that only some statesman OF the
La Toilette school has the least chance
OF winning the tOga.
A welI-known and popular West Vir-
ginian who makes occasional trips TO
Washington is United States District At
torney Elliott Northeotte. OF Huntington
Asked for his opinion regarding the atti-
| tude Of his State in the next Presidential
campaign. 8lr. Northcotte said;
''You can put 1t down as certainty
/ that unless Senator Scott asks for his
home delegation that West Virginia VIII
be for that Republican who seems most
likely TO carry out the policies Of Presi-
/ dent Roosevelt. The chances are that
] Senator Scott will not ask for the vote
of his own State. He IS satisfied where
/ he is and our people are greatly pleased
TO have him remain IN the Senate. for
/ in that capacity he is capable and efficient
! to a degree seldom equaled. I cannot say
where our choice will fail. but il viii be
upon some man that has the full indorse-
ment OF the President-some one as nearly
as possible Of his own views and charac-
teristics.'
''There are thousands Of Democrats in
New England still,s said Mr. F. H. Earl.
a prominent patent lawyer, Of New
Haven, Conn. at the Arlington. but they
are keeping very quiet these days because
they do not feel-hopeful Of the return to
.
can scarcely be expected 10 view the fu-
ture with enthusiasm when it appears to
be a foregone conclusion that Col. Bryan
is once more TO be the Presidential nomi-
nee. While thousands of New England
/ Democrats respect Col. Bryan as a man,
they have no confidence in his statesman
ship. and they feel that his candidacy
implies inevitable defeat"
Germany has gone farther than any
other state in pzotecting the people from
the ills OF existence by its compulsory
system Of insurance against sickness, ae-
cident. and the impotence Of old age"
said Dr. Karl Steckler. OF Berlin. at the
Arlington.
There are at least 100000 people in
Germany insured against illness. and Of
the weekly premiums two-thirds of the
cost is borne by the employers and the
rest by the employees. The whole cost OF
accident insurance is on the employer, it
, matters not how the accident originated.
, even If the result Of the workmans own
negligence. Old-age annuities begin when
the beneficiary reaches The age of sew
enty, but that limit is deemed too high
and will doubtless be cut down by five
years. In arranging this system OF popu-
, lar insurance it was not the intention OF
the government that the people should
neglect to provide for themselves; the in
surance payment was 70 be only a help,
: and all who could were expected to econo-
miZe and provide on their OEn account
for future wants. The old-age pensions.
: running from $45 TO $l20 a year. were fixed
l by law, because, while large enough to
keep the recipient from starving the
financial iuducement was not strong
enough to keep men from striving to lay
up a competency.
THE insurance companies having an in
/ terest in Keeping down expenses. not only
= help people in sickness, old age, and acci-
: dents, but also organize preventive meas
ures against invalidism. being especially
active in providing sanatoriumS and hos
. ipitals for the treatment of disease
A "a curious result OF the law providing
{ for accident insurance has led TO the dis
] covery of new disease, 'psychesthenia, .
, causing inability 20 work and heart fail
ure through the excitement Of victims OF
! small accidents and the desire TO get an
allowance from the companies. On the
whole, however, the good of our state
: system of insurance far outweighs any
: evils connected with its administration.
! and the time may come when you will
md some such policy very greatly needed
in the United States"
Miss Emma Eames has a fine sense
5 Of humor. Il had a young English
e friend" said she 10 Herald reporter.
who went to Texas and bought a cattle
ranch in the country around Fort Worth,
The Engiishman stayed in the West sew
erai years until he imhibed many Of the
Ii
h habit Of making out their own town the
< greatest on earth. Finally the young