The Washington herald., 1907-11-01
AT THE HOTELS.

ton.
Gov. Hoch may have an idea that Pres
ident Roosevelt is still the man for the
residents Of his State. but with Senator
Long already the friend Of the Taft boom
and Cyrus Leland, Of Topeka. also in his
favor. Kansas Is out Of the Roosevelt
colrmn, and swinging briskly down the
Repu 1lican nomination road with AIr.
rafts banner flying high above.
Mr. Leland, member Of the Republican
National Committee from Kansas. and
said 10 be the Warwick Of politicians in
that State. said last night al the Raleigh
that his State was not for Mr.. Roosevelt,
but that II is without question for Secre-
tary Eaft
The sentiment f0r Mr. Taft" said
Mr. Leland. lis very strong. II is true
that President Roosevelt has many
friends in the State. but l ana sure that
the delegation from the State viii be in
structed for Mr.. Taft. Many Of the other
men named for the nomination also have
personal followiHgs in Kansas. but none
Of them can muster the great number that
the Secretary Of War viii have"
Mir Leland said that Kansas City was.
Of course, held 10y all true sons of the
heighb0ring State 20 be the only place in
which the national convention can prop
erly be held. He said that he, therefore.
hoped TO see it held there. and believed
that it would be-
In speaking OF the closing OF the banks
Of the State of Oklahoma. Mr. Leland
said that Kansas had no need for such
"a measure, and that but few Of the banks
Of the State were even passingly affected
by the present depression IN Wall street.
Mr. Leland sale that Kansas is very
prosperous at present, and that the only
financial institutions that could possibly
be embarrassed by the tigh, money mar
ket would be the banks in the smaller
towns Of the State
Gov. HOke Smith. Of Georgia. is not
going TO stop his political career with
the wearing of the Georgia guberna-
torial mantle. according TO W. Il HurI-
butt, Of Atlanta. who was at the Raleigh
last night.
According % Mr Eurlbutt. Gov. Smith
has designs on Il togs in the United
States Senate and will undoubtedly be
able 70 wear one IN the next few years.
as bis recent victory over a large field
in the contest for the governors chair
showed his strength ia that State 90 have
been entirely underestimlted.
Gov. Smith, said Mr. Hurlburt "s
undoubtedly the most popular man in p5-
liucal life iu Georgia to-day. His easy
victory in the contest for the governor
ship. when his opponents claimed an
sorts Of maj0rities. viii convince any one
az all familiar with the situation that
he viii be able 90 become Senator II
De- so desires
There isn't much question that he does
wish 10 become one of Ge0rgia's Sem
ators, So that IL viii merely be a queS-
ton Of wait until you wii. see him here
Alonzo A. Byers, an attorney Of Okla
h0ma City. Okla. who has been inter-
ested ia Democratic politics in that state
for many years, said last night that the
vote Of Oklahoma in the Democratic na-
uona! convention viii be- cast solidly for
William Jennings Bryan.
In spite Of an his failures" said lIr.
Byers. "Mr Bryan is still the most popu-
lar man who has been mentioned for the
Democratic nomination in the West.
They may say that hc has lost many OF
his followers, bat ! believe that NE viii
receive the vote OF Oklahoma without
question.
Lewis Stuyvesant ChanIer / do not
personally know. but from what I have
been able 10 learn about him, DE is en-
tirely worthy 0f tie nomination. His
chances, though. SO far as my own State
/ is concerned, and SO Ear I think. as the
West is concerned. are very slim. Mr..
/ Chanler is not well enough known TO be
able 20 get that nomination"
Mr.. Byers said that he could not un-
derstand the closing ot the financial in
Stitutons of his State by order OF the
lieutenant governor He said that ali
I the banks of his own city be knew % be
/ IN first-clasS condition. and not at all IN
/ need of such a suspension as the our
/ that has been ordered.
! MIR. Byers said that he could not un-
derstand low q suspension. during which
/ the banks could not clear with each
/ other would materially help the situa-
4 tion. even If such help IS needed, Ii is
/ possible, however. De said. that such n
/ lapse in business VIII enable them 10
/ procure assistance, If needed. from Chi
/ CagO or ST Louis
/ Neither tradition nor the memory of
man runs back TO the time when Prospect
was not the skunk-ou metropolis Of
| Maine" This assertion was made hy
/ Samuel J. Baxter, a dealer in oil and
/ hides, of Boston. at the National last
/ night. Even i'm the time when angle
worm oil and snake oil ran skunk oil a
! close race for leadership. Prospect MAIN
tained its reputation for producing more
/ Skunks 10 the acre and fatter skunks
/ than any other town. he continued. In
/ the days Of the civil war Gen. Heagan.
/ a veteran of the conflict with Mexico.
/ gained a reputation for benevolence and
a small fortune for extracting the oil
/ from skunks and sending 10 to the army
/ hospitals for the relief Of the stricken
! troops.
/ The harvest for skunk oil for 1876 has
been very much below the average. due,
| I believe. to the fact that last June and
/ July were cold and wet. and as the grass
! hopperS hatch in those months, the
weather killed most of the insects in in
| fancy. thus cutting off the food supply
/ for the Skunks.
AS an offset for the poverty in yield.
the selling price of the oil has advanced
from 81 70 S. a gallon. and buyers are
/ busy collecting all the job lots on hand.
In average years a fair-sized skunk would
IL.
worth 81. and this sum, added 10 the 81
cents to s. received for the pelt. made
skunk hunting an important industry for
the farmers and their sons The skunk
/ hunters say that substitution has affected
/ their trade greatly as dealers who are