The Washington herald., 1907-06-29
AT THE HOTELS.


p0nents Of the gentle art Of vote getting
Of this generation" said Mr.. Il II. Nc
Keeh3n, a successful young lawyer Of
Cleveland, Ohio, at the New Willard
Thrice elected to the mayoralty Of our
town, De is q living refutation Of the old
adage that a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country In fact,
Tom johnson, while a Napoleon at home,
does not appear to be formidable outside
his immediate locality II is thought he
viii run for his present Office again next
fall and his followers haven't the slight
est doubt Of his usual success. The secret
o. his triumphs is something Of a puzzle
but the greatest factor I think lies IN his
possession Of that curious quality that we
call personal magnetism. With his suave
and seductive talk and his don't -come-0f
smile, he hypnotizcs men with no appar-
eut effort, and they stay hvpnoIzed until
after they 60 70 the polls and cast their
ballots for him
we have only three candidates for
governor in Louisiana. as against half a
dozen asplrants for that honor in Missis-
sippi, said Hon f. W. Miller. former
attorney general Of the latter State but
now Of the New Orleans bar. I'm CONVERSE
ton with q Herald reporter at the Ebbitt
The most striking personality Of the
gUbernatorial candidates in my old State
is Charlie Scott. Of Bolivar. one of the
greatest cotton planters Of the South. and
one Of the finest men In all the land Some
years ago "a banking concern and a mer-
camille establishment IN both of which
he was a director. failed for an aggregate
sum that reached into big fgures-about
$4,000 if I remember rightly Mr. scott
was not legally liable for a cent, but he
felt that the use OF his name had given
credit 10 the collapsed concerns and.
therefore, that he was iu duty bound 90
assume their obligations Acting on
this theory. he announced 20 the cred
it0rs that If given a reasonable time
he would satisfy every claim in full This
promise was faithfully carried out. and
was 8u eXemplifCatiOu Of the mans in
nate nobility Of character
He has opposed 20 him, however
some very popular and able men, and I
notice that ore OF his competitors. Judge
Truly, is having a great boom on account
OF his pronounced hostility 90 the impor-
tatiou of italian immigrants as Iaborers
In the Southern States. Now il happens
that Mr.. Scott has been just as strongly
IN favor Of bringing in the italians. q uols
icy he urged as necessary 70 meet the de-
ficieRCv of labor in our section. This
Ita'Hn question is cutting a big figure IN
the Mississippi campaign. and Us going %
assume larger proportions because # the
recent horrible deeds d-ne iu New Or
leans l- members of that race The
prUiUdiCCs Of tho white voters are being
appealed To. and the plea made that the
South would be injured by letting IN
immigrants from Italy Co carry on l1
their adopted home such atrocities as
have been perperrated 10y villains Of -
BLACK Hand stripe It may be- that eye
anti-imuigra-i1l sentiment win De
worked 90 the disadvantage Of Scott fl
spite Of the fact that there are both in
Louisiana and Mississippi several colonies
Of honest. industrious. and law-abiding
Italians for whom the white people have
nothing but good viii
The newly appointed American Amhas-
sador 20 Japan. Mr. II. J. O'Brisu. who
Is al the New Willard with his wife.
looks the dual part Of gentleman and
will not in dis larger post in the orient
sustain himself with the same credit that
characterized his service az Copenhagen.
A pleasant incident Of Mr. o'Brie7's visit
here was his meeting yesterday with DIT.
EEau. who succeeds the former as Minis
ter % Denmark The meeting. their first.
gave mutual pleasure and 1ir 90 Brieu
| observed afterwsrd that he was glad o.
I no
scholarly. and capable "A successor.
Answering the questions Of q Herald
/ reporter regarding his stay IN Europe,
{ Nr. O.BUiau said
Prior % nay appointment I had been
Ia p-acuCing lawyer I'm Grand Rapids
/ Mich. and had never thought OF "a diplo-
matte career. After agreeing 90 60 abroad
/ however ! found my stay az the capital
+ Cf Denmark very delightful. and the
duties Of the Office altogether C10EeniaL
/ The Danes are a most am.ahle people,
[ kind-hearted. and easy % get on with.
They have but a small country. but it is
one Of the best governed in the world.
and I know % no people who have So
little 70 interfere with their happiness.
I'm education they are abreast Of the
most advanced melons, and IL is "a pleas
ant sight 90 see tLair w-I-lressed. we'll
/ behaved children going 90 and from
school They do not. however. carry
free public instruction beyond the four
teerth year Of the pupils life which is
not perhaps such q bad plan. Another
fine feature Of the country is the ETeat
attention paid TO the sick and insane IN
the splendid and numerous hospitals and
asylums. There are not many very rich
people IN Denmark. but everybody lives
comfortably and there is scarcely any in
stance Of AFFECT poverty"
1t is altogether probable " said Senator
Sutherland. Of Utah. at the Shoreham.
that the popular demand for the ren0mf-
nation of President Roosevelt will be so
overwhelming that the convention VIII
nominate him regardless of his own de-
sires in the matter II would be the
greatest honor ever paid a man, and were
/ II TO come I'm this spontaneous fashion.
representing the sentiment of the nation.
/ it would not be in the nature Of th'nss
that the President could refuse.
such consummatlon would be greatly
I 10 the liking Of our Utah people. with
whom the Chief Executive has always
/ been a top-notch fav0rite."
Il went from Dauville. Ill, Uncle Joe
Cannon's town. to Tulsa. In the Indian
/ Territory, TO make It my permanent home
hardly more than a year ago. and I am
/ delighted with my new residence said
/ Mr. J. F. Lawrence. at the Raleigh
If there is any better country or any
section blessed with finer resources than
/ this Southwestern Territory, I have never
U
| has a magnificent destiny is an absolute
/ certainty"
But when will Oklahoma get into the
/ Cnion?"
"Ah; that does seem a trife dubious.
but it ought to be admitted without delay.
/ The attempt to keep up the old Terri
| torial system merely because a few inter
ested people oppose certain features OF
/ the organic law is a gross Injustice and