The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-12
AT THE HOTELS.

A1N.s " a itllIltI OF lie IltIdius
Beginning July z, and lasting for
twenty consecutive days. not a barroom,
saloon, gin-palace, booze-shop, OF any
Ike place where intoxicating liquids are
sold. viii dare to defy the law and the
opinion Of the attorney general Of the
State by conducting their usual business.
1t seems that this interregnum was oc-
casioned by the passing OF a new law
regulating the sale Of spirituous liquors.
The new statute was 20 go into effect at
a certain date. but nobody thought at
the time OF the prior expiration Of the old
licenses, which left gap Of twenty days.
This is an awkward situation for the sa-
loon men. and they have held meetings
TO devise some way Of getting around the
difficulty. but thus far there seems no
avenue Of escape and the highest legal
authority has said that for three weeks.
minus one day, traffic In highballs and
straight or mixed decoctions must abso-
lutely cease.
No such condition Of things has hap
pened in our country in all its varied and
picturesque history. Never was such a
drought during the time that Texas was
dependency Of Mexico. nor while it was
a separate and independent nation, nor
during the days Of it's allegiance to the
Southern Confederacy. Throughout rs
alternating peaceful and stormy past it's
stalwart sons have ever with proud and
independent tread walked to the bar and.
depositing thereon coin Of thu realm.
.s1l faT Hrf- oil
bourbon, with absolute confidence that the
refreshment would be forthcoming It
was a part Of the bin of rights, or some
thing like that, this giving up two-bit
piece for pair Of drinks and that such
a privilege should be suspended for
twenty long midsummer days Is no pleas
ant thing from the standpoint Of the de-
cendants OF men who fought at San
JaCinto and the Alamo.
But the attorney general has the whip
hand, apparently, and what he says goes.
OF course. there are few mollycoddles
who VIII try 10 make out with ginger pop
and other soft stuff till the time Of travail
is over, but the regulars and thorough
breds will scorn to accept those poor sub
stitutes and viii endure their thirst like
heroes until the early days Of August"
That widely known and well-liked Ken
lucky gentleman. Col John B. Thomp-
son. Of HarrOdsburg. Ky, was at the
New Willard last evening.
Il have not the faintest idea said Col.
Thompson. what statesman was in the
mind of Marse' Henry Watterson when
he said he had picked a candidate for
the Democratic Presidential nomination
next year. It's a eonundrum no one
| seems TO have guessed, though various
eminent leaders have been suggested. My
/ own belief is that when the time comes
/ the Democrats VIII see that the best, the
+ strongest, the most available man is
+ William Jennings Bryan. and that with
! Bryan as their standard bearer there IS
/ strong chance Of success II the Re
/ publicans were so lacking in political sa-
gaclty as TO name some man who did not
stand for the programme and policies Of
| Roosevelt, then Col. Bryan will assuredly
/ be our next President
More than this: The country viii stand
/ for no mere fmitatOT. no half-heaTted ex-
! ponent of the vigorous course Of the
/ present Chief Executive, the people must
/ believe that his successor viii not only
carry out the doctrines Of Roosevelt, but
extend and amplify them to the end that
the country win be relieved Of the op-
/ pressive grip that predatory combinations
/ have held until Roosevelt made them
relax their nefarious hold"
There Will scarcely be a younger man in
the next House Of Representatives than
Mr.. J. E. Harding. OF MiddletOwn, Ohio,
who takes his seat in December as the
Representative Of the historic Third dis
trict OF the Buckeye State, and who was
at the Willard yesterday. Mr.. Harding,
who is not quite thirty, has gone forward
in the world at a most creditable gait,
He is a graduate Of the University of
| Michigan. and has been a member OF the
State Senate, winning his seat in a dis
trict that had never before been carried
by q Republican
His immediate predecessor was Col. Bob
/ Nevin. Of Dayton, but many notable men
! have represented the old Third district in
! by-gone days. In ante-beIlum days it sent
! 10 Congress the famous Clement l. VAL
! landigha.n- Robert T. Schenck, ex-Minis-
/ ter TO London, came from it, and so did
/ Lewis D. Campbell, Henry L. Morey,
/ John A Mcmahon. and James z. Camp
bell. who was elected governor Of Ohio on
/ the Democratic ticket
! A merry party OF New Orleans people
about forty all told-are guests Of the
Riggs House They have had a pleasant
trip from the Crescent City to James
town, where they spent four days. After
sojourning in Washington till Saturday
they will go 20 New York and other
Northern cities In the party is Nlr.
William Kline, who is known to local
fame as Million Article Kline from
the fact that he keeps a store in which
every. sort Of merchandise known TO man
kind may be found. In talking with a
Herald reporter. Mr.. Kline said:
we have an organization known as the
Progressive League that is booming New
Orleans in the most scientific and practi-
cal fashion and that viii make Il the
! best advertised town in the United
States One Of the things the league has
set out to do is to hold, in the year 1915
/ an exposition IN New Orleans, commemO-
rative Of the completion OF the Panama
Canal This exposition is going to be By
long odds the biggest and best show that
the ingenuity of man ever contrived, and
it is going TO eclipse all other past eNposi-
lions. II is pre-eminently fit that such i
celebration should be held in our city. fol
the reason shat it is the nearest place, OF
any importance. to the canal. and VIII ben
eft more from that enterprise than any
other American town. New Orleans, by
1915, will be city of more than 500.oJl
people, and the metropolis Of the whols
South
Ii Only Makes Him Smile.
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