The Washington herald., 1907-05-11
AT THE HOTELS.

could not carry IT," said Mr. c. Q. Chand-
Ter. president Of the Kansas National
Bank, Of Wichita. Kans., at the New VII
lard.
Although Cur State IS heavily Repub-
lican under normal conditions. the voters
are pretty independent OF party ties these
days. and II some one were nominated
that the people did not regard as an ex-
ponent Of RooseYelts policies, they would
not give him their ballots. To be specific, I
should not be afraid TO say that Bryan
! could carry Kansas against Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, were he made the nomi-
nee. Bryan would sweep the West, In
deed, against Fairbanks. but IN opposi-
ton to Taft. he would go down to defeat,
just as he did in 1885 and 1900"
| Although I am a Republican. I do not
believe the Democrats could make e wiser
selection Of a Presidential candidate than
ex-Gov. David Francis. Of Missouri, 50 said
Mr.. J. T. Trenery. vice president Of the
! First National Bank OF ST. Joseph, Mo.,
at the New Willard.
Here Is man who has been a shin
] ing success in every role he has attempt
/ ed He was a great governor. an able
/
I was largely due 70 him that the ST. Louis
Exposition excelled any display ever seen.
/ The business interests would gladly vel
| come the nomination OF Francis. There
4 IS no doubt OF his strength at home He
/ could carry Missouri even against R0ose-
/ welt, and that Is saying a great deal, for
/ the President has hosts OF friends out
/ our way. At the same time, there is not
/ much chance that the Democrats viii
I name Francis. because OF the fear that
/ he is too closely allied with corporations
and moneyed institutions"
What about Gov. Folk?"
j We'll, his boom appears to have com
/ pietely collapsed. 1t was never founded
on anything very substantial"
'It does not seem to me-" said Mr.
James Kelsey HaH. postmaster Of Wheel
ing. W. Va, at the Willard, that there
would be any geat obstacle in the way OF
furnishing the citizens o. Washington
with natural gas.
/ IN Wheeling we utilize It IN our homes
/ for heating, cooking. and Illuminating.
and IN point Of convenience and economy
1 il is incomparably better than coal I
have not used pound Of the latter in my
house for twenty years. Gas is also the
delight Of the women, as IL rids them Of
much labor in housekeeping and does
away with dirt. II is such a short dis
tance from the gas fields of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia 10 the National Capital
that it should be no great task 10 pipe it
here, and I predict the time viii come
when it viii be done
mo man in our state holds a higher
/ place in the affections OF his townspeople
! 81 II -
said AIr. J. D. Brown, a prosperous busi-
ness man and leading citizen Of Athens,
I Ohio, al the Dewey.
The generals retirement from public
/ life after many years service IN Congress
did not retire him as our foremost citi-
zen, a prominence he wiz enjoy as long as
he lives. But he is not a valetudinarian
yet by any. means. He is as busy with his
law practice as any attorney We have,
] and his bright and incisiye mind viii
keep him at the front OF mis- profession
in the days that Gen. Kuroki was q
/ student, the schools Of our country did
not teach the English language" said
/ Mr.. X. Matsuki. a prominent merchant Of
/ Tokyo. at the Arlington.
This accounts for his inability to con-
/ verse in English. except in a very limited
/ way But to-day all the higher insUtu-
/ tiOns OF learning IN Japan, as well as the
naval and military academies. have Eng
[ lish as a regular part Of the curriculum,
/ and, in consequence all the Well-educated
/ youth Of the empire can read and speak
| the worlds dominating tongue, that
tongue which IS used by many more mill
/ lions Of beings than any other. Ten years
! from now English viii be in common use
/ in many OF our japanese cities and even
now some Of our leading newspapers have
g column or so OF it ia their regular edi-
tions."
Before coming TO Washington this
time. was in many ways enc Of the
most innocent beings on the face OF tho
earth, and especially Verdant as regards
things 20 eat" said Mr.. D. r Curtin, Of
Sioux City Nebr., at the Raleigh
'AIl the oysters had previously known
were in a tin can; Holsters and shrimp
had never seen except as pictures. Now /
can 90 home and boast of being a con
noisseur in sea food; and to say the truth.
I have made this a speciality since being
/ here. But the story I shall tell when I
/ get back that viii make me the hero OF
the community is that have eaten
I snails and found them so palatable that I
/ made arrangements TO get some shipped
/ out 10 Nebras ska.
! There isn't man or woman In all that
I country who ever ate q snail, ana thus l
may be said TO hold the gastronomic
age over All my neighboTs IN fact. when
/ / get done telling them OF all I have
/ achieved in the eating line while East,
( lots OF folks VIII regard me with awe. If
not envy. for that snail experience puts
I me, as it were, on a pedestal. In all seri-
/ BUSINESS, they are mighty fine eating, bat
/ / don't know how they would do as
/ steady diet"
| THE boasted military system of Ger
many may be lauded to the skies. ana
men like Prof Munsterberg may get up
/ at a peace congress and proclaim that the
| German people love it. but take my word
/ for it. down in their hearts millions
of the Kaiser's subjects hate it and would
| glady have it abolished" said Mr. Karl
/ Bertrand, of New York, at the Raleigh.
I have been in Germany for the past
/ three years. and think that know some
/ thing Of public opinion. If the Germans
| regard their compulsory army service
| with such devotion, why is il that when
/ for some defect a young man gets re-
/ jected when he goes 70 join the service
/ he gives a dinner 10 his intimate as
/ sociates, which IS made an occasion Of re-
/ Joicing and cOngratulatiOn2 If the army
! is such fine thing would not this mans
/ friends think il incumbent on them To
! condOle with him, rather than 10 extend
/ their felicitatons2 ANY young German
/ who gets out of this obnoxious assign
ment is regarded as having had piece OF