The Washington herald., 1907-10-24
AT THE HOTELS.

IN New York and took a run down to
! Washington to see the Capital
1T is pretty fight between Tom John
son and Congressman Burton for the
mayoralty. and at present it looks like a
toss-up to me. with the chances slightly
favoring Burton. However, politics in
Cleveland are changeable. II It's Bur
ton to-day, It may be Johnson tomorrow.
There is no getting away from the fact
that Johnson is "A mighty clever man. but
Burton is making headway among John
son adherents. Burton has the property
owners and substantial citizens with him
too.
There IS al present much typhoid fever
in Cleveland, and 1 think the water me-
ters are responsible for much Of the
epidemic. I am told the water meters.
many thousands of which are now IN use
in Cleveland (and hundreds more are be
| ing set every MONTH, are so constructed
as TO eaten and hold substances foreign
10 the water, and cause the prevailing
dangerous condition. A business man Of
our city told me recently he had occasion
to move two water meters from a tene-
ment block, and was present when they
were opened. He said both meters
were filled with slime and Nth. and the
sight and smell made him sick. AS water
meters are seldom, If ever. cleaned. IL
viii naturally follow that the longer they
are in use the worse they viii become
and 10000 people In Cleveland are drink
ing from these cesspOOls Of filth and con
tagion. If the many thousands Of dollars
spent for water meters in the last four or
five years and paid TO the small army Of
men for setting and reading them could
have been saved 10 the city. the money
would now go far toward building the in
take still farther into the lake. Our wa
ter supply would become purer instead Of
worse from year TO year, as under pres
ent conditions"
BOSS rule in any American city is due
10 apathy among business men voters
declared William 5. Randall. Of PhiIadel-
phia Pa 1T the New Willard last night.
Alr. Randall is well-known business man
in the City Of BrotherIy Love, and takes
a deep interest in Pennsylvania local and
state politics He is here on business
before the departments.
There is a class Of business men who
assume TO hold an air OF lofty scorn to-
ward the subject Of politics and all mat
ters involving elections and holding Of
public Office Such an attitude under our
form OF government would be highly
ridiculous, If IL were not dangerous. Prac-
ucalIy AL large American cities have
had experience with boss rule" or gang
rule" with the accomplishments Of waste
Of public funds. thievery. and oppression.
There have been many occasions lr
American c. es when it was a question
whether the people were controlling the
public servants or the public servants
were controlling the people You and
( have heard business men say that the.
took no interest in politics. or that
they cid not understand "a thing about
politics Have you realized that this
was Just another way Of saving that
they took no interest in the government
under which they live and by hich they
are projected, and that they had not the
capacity 90 understand IL. I Tear We can
all bring this sOI, OF thing pretty close
hOTe. I fear that If we were perfectly
frank with each other we would say
that We had said something Ike that
ourselves. And the strange part of II IS
that when we have made such remarks
we had tie feeling that we were saving
something virtUous. II is the plain C-tv
Of every citizen, and especially the alert
and active Business man. Il rrziste-. 10
vote n the primary, % vote at the
election. and 70 he posted on the issues
and the men"
IF you want your name to endure
carve 1t on tree said John j. kirk
land. a prominent florist Of Chicago. az
the Arlington, last night Mr.. Kirkland
went 10 see the jamestown show and
said: "Of course it wasn't anything Ike
our Chicago Fair II is amazing how
long letters viii last on a tree. if they
are cut good and deep into the baik.
They will endure as long as the tree win
I am ffty-one now. and at eighteen J
cut my initials in an oak on my fathers
farm. That was thirty-three years ag0.
and last summer the initials were still
there In England certain trees are
guarded carefully because they have
borne for years the names Of historic
persons. MaCauley tells Of a case of this
sort in his history. Talking Of the Bar
Oness Of Wentworth. Of Nettesteda who
died in 1886. he says. Her name. carved
by the hand Of him she loved too wei
q few years ago, is stiI disceruibIe on
tree in the adjoining park Macauley's
history made It's appearance in ISIS That
would make the name on the tree over
80 years old. Judging from this. my
name ought still to be legible on my
fathers tree in the year 2Go"
A. c. Potter. of NulEee. nd. Ter. is
registered at the National Hotel. where
he makes his headquarters while I'm this
city. Mr.. Potter Is interested in oil lands
in his country and has business before
the Interior Department in connection
with leases Of oil and mineral lands. Mt
Potter said the Indian Territory is second
only TO the State Of Pennsylvania in coal
deposits and oil lands
The Indians deeply appreciate the fair
treatment accorded TO them by Secretary
Garfield, and their confidence in the gov
eminent is returning. 7 believe it was
through the unsatisfactory treatment
they received at the hands Of a former
Secretary Of the Interior that they cast
their ballots at the last election for the
Democratic ticket, just to show their re-
sentiment I have good reasons 20 believe
they viii support the Republican ticket in
the future. since they see Secretary Gar
field is making every endeavoT 10 see
that they. receive fair treatment"
7 am dead against the park commits
sion. or whatever Il is, about cutting
those trees down said Representative
Champ Clark OF Missouri. yesterday.
Mr.. Clark had just finished a three
weeks lecturing tour Of the South. y
was raised in the timbered country,
continued Mr.. Clark C'and you had bet
ter say it was in Kentucky. because
some people might think thara is no tin