The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
HEARD AT HOIL1o.


should pay more than Is cents 100
feet for gas remarked Mr.. Dan F.
Reynolds, OF Cleveland, Ohio. at the ArI-
ngton Dir. Reynolds was for seven years
assistant city attorney of Cleveland. and
was also president Of the city council. lie
is q lawyer Of ability and one Of tie
late Senator Hanna's most loyal friends.
i am not talking at random be con
tinued. for we went through the same
fight that is being made here in wash
iHgton for cheaper gas. II is simply an
extortion on the public and an imposition
that consumers should be- taxed SO un-
justly TO swell the revenues Of any indi-
viduaI OF corporation We made the fight
for reduction, and won against an sorts
OF threats and dcceitfu1 arguments. and
lowered the price Of gas 20 So cents.
which stiil gave the owners a huge profit.
The city attorney was told by the gas
people that if Jae fight for reduction was
successful the company would simply
send additional pressure through the
pipes and that The bills would be- no
smaller. His reply was that if that was
the Programme he would see that an
equal amount Of pressure would come
. from the other side. and that instead of
- cents the price could b. made 90. or 60
OF -. or a., or any other figure 10 Off
set tae trickery that the corporation pro-
posed. il was "a game two could PLAY
Ay impression is that the price has since
Deen lowered 70 20 cents in Cleveland and
what can Dee done there is just as prac-
/ ticaDle ia Washington.
IN Cleveland they are also doing some
otNer thinss thar might be- wen followed
itis. He street car companies are Civ
.Iis 'At paoie seven tickets for "a quarter
I win universal transfers. and On eo.r-l
/ lines scent fares prevail THE denial III
I transfers oH AID connecting lines is "A
manifest injustice and wrong THAI Com
I sFess should Immediately recrffyF
ihe famed Episcopal divine. Bish0u IT
4 &. Potter. and wife are az the New WI
lard. The former comes 10 dedicate navr
/ Friday, the new chaucel 90 the Virginia
/ Theological Seminary, near Alexandria.
al which he and the renowned PhiIfps
/ Brooks studied iH their youth. the chancel
/ being the gift Of Mrs Potter. In CONVEX
sation with a Herald reporter. Bis6gD
/ Potter said.
Ny mind has been dwelling ou the ter
/ rible catastrophe at Kingston. and
greatly fear that harm has bafaile7 some
friends OF mine, as 20 whose fate can
/ get no news. knew Sir Alexander
SwcIteHham when DE Was governor ar
/ Singapore, and though 90 not wish 20
say anything harsh Of him. could there
+ have been anything more i1falicitous than
/ his course which led 20 the withdrawal
/ 1f admiral Davis and his blue 1arEers2
/ The splendid behavior of Davis and his
men fills the soul OF an American with
pride
III was no time for ceremony or The
ordinary conventions of Iife The man
/ who sees fellow being knocked down
and fin peril OF being killed by % street
/ car and Lesi-ates tJ give assistance be-
cause he has never been introduced to
+ the unfortunate one could scarcely Doe
/ called a goCi Samaritan"
( AZ the ArIi gtOn are two gentlemen Of
/ Northern birth who. after the close of
+ the war between the States. in which
+ they wore the blue. settled in Arkansas
where both nave prospered exceedingly.
ranking with it's foremost business men
/ and developers. One is Col II. L. Rem
I mel. and the other Capt r. W. Tucker
! both of Li-tIe Rock Capt Tucker sue
ceeded ais friend rs member OF Tire
|RepubHean National Committea, and De
/ is also collector OF internal revenue.
/ Nearly everybody down our way is
enjoying the good times that comes Of
Republican rule" said Capt. Tucker.
/ Thirty years ago my friend Remuei
came to my place "a stranger and offered
+ TO bus q Tot ut black walnut timber shat
( I owned. and we made deal whereby he
paid me s. for each tree that he Cut.
/ These trees to-day would De worth 500
apiece Only little while ago ] sold the
standing timber ON s.# acres OF land fer
Sl2tll This season has been good one
( for everybody. and as iouE rs our farm
+ ers can ger u cents pound for their
cotton tHe south is as happy region as
I the sun shines upon
( Hon William : Forman. former mem
I Der Of Congress from Illinois, and later
/ COMMISSIONS Of Internal Revenue. is at
1 the Raleigh. accompanied by his brother.
+ Mr H. a. Forman. president of the Cen
tral National Bank Of ST Louis. During
! his service in the House from the district
/ so long represented by Col William r.
( Morrison. the great tariff rcformer. there
was no better liked man on the Demo-
cratic side than Bill Forman. as he
was styled by his imnediate friends
r When his party split asUudar on free
1 silver and Bryan. Mr.. Forman espoused
T the gold side and supported the Palmer
and Buckner ticket with great ability.
/ He has entirely dropped out of active
politics because his time is completely
absorbed by private affairs of great mag
nitude and a large and lucrative law
practice
Hon John Allen. OF Tupelo. Miss. is
at the Raleigh. Whether in or out OF
/ Congress, Mr.. Allen easily remains one
+ of Dixie's most illustri0us, sons, and the
greatness of his heart and the sunshine
/ Of his presence have made him friends in
every quarter of the land. He does not
appear 90 STOW any older. and the genial
d5w Of his humCr was I'm no wise dimin-
I ished by his retirement 10 private life. He
/ tells people that he Is leading the simple
( life of a cotton planter and He does
really raise the hoecy staple. but it is
hard for people 10 think of him in the
role of an asricuiturist-
| Misses Martha and Alice, the charming
young daughters of Capt Vivian. of
/ Islip. L. l.. are az the Raleigh. and Will
be in the Capital several days sightseeing
one OF the leading lawyers OF England.
Mr.. T. NJ. Underdown, X. c., is at the
T Shoreham- He is chairman of the United
Railways of Havana, and with AR W.
Z. Ogiivic. of New York. who Is president
of the Havana Central Railroad is on his