The Washington herald., 1907-02-06
AT THE HOTELS.

feel that they had been handed a lemon
II the President were 10 appoint . colored
man 10 the Office Of surveyor Of customs
at Cincinnati, said Mr.. James ". Faux
ner, Of that city. at the New willard
Mr.. Faulkner has for years been recog-
nized as one Of the leading newspaper
writers Of the Buckeye State. As re-
porter OF legislative proceedings and poll
ties generally he is without peer in
Ohio
The truth is, be continued, that in
Ohio we do not welcome the colored
brother as an oficeholder any more than
they do south Of the Potomac. / do not
know OF a negro who is to-day holding IN
elective Office I'm our State. We used 20
send one or two to the legislature from
| Cleveland and Cincinnati but last year
the Democrats carried both. and hence
the legislature is solidly white But We
still enjoy the blessings OF mixed schools.
and the white children and the black abb
soTb learning from the same teachers.
This does not appeal 50 strongly to some
Of our AnglO-Saxon citizens. and in order
to show their dislike 10 the educational
amalgamation they send their offsprine
TO private schools. thereby causing those
institutions 10 flourish nightly I'm most
OF our big towns.
Ny conclusion as a Northern man is
that the best place for the negro is in
the South. In the South he is living In a
more congenial atmosphere. I'd our way
| they do not admit him into the trades
unions, and about the best he can mono
for is to be porter IN a hotel OF some
equally seryIle place"
| one Of the most popular young men Of
1 Detroit is Mr.. George Tiffany CASTOR
who was elected on the Republican ticket
l city clerk Of the Michigan metropolis by
/ a tremendous majority, although the Re
publican candidate for mayor. George p.
Codd. was badly beaten by his Demo-
cratic opponent. William p Thompson.
Mr. CASTOR. who is stopping at the New
Willard, with his wife, in the course Of a
pleasant chat with a Herald reporter.
said:
/ Il should think that the National Cant
/ tai might set an example TO all the cities
/ OF the Union as model of municipal
| perfection. The trend everywhere seems N.
I be in the direction Of ownership OF public
utilities, and I am surprised 70 hear thar
Washington is so backward in this r.
spect. In Detroit the city owns lis water
works and it's electric plant for lighting
the streets and public buildings We do
this at much less cost than any private
company would concede.
! The present mayor was elected on a
promise given by him that inside Of two
years he would see that the street rail-
roads sold eight tickets for - cents. and
would give universal transfers. The peo-
I PIE took him at his word. and some ~
/ them were so confident that immediately
| following his election they rendered
cents 10 the street car conductors for
| fares. The conductors. however. held our
| for the old tariff. and they got Il. IT, al
the end OF the two years the promises OF
/ the mayor are still uaredeemed. q good
majority Of the Detroiters viii Dee sorry
that Mr.. Good was not kept in Office"
This Cuban situation so far as 7 could
size it up in fortnights recent stay
down there. is pretty good duplicate Of
what happened in Egypt" said Mr.. G. T.
Watkins. Of Chicago. at the Arlington.
England has been in occupation Of The
! land Of the Pharaohs for To, these many
years and il does not seem a s though the
occupation would ever terminate. Ii has
been beneficial 10 England. and it has
proved the best possible thing for Egypt.
which, under British rule. has blossomed
Ike the rose We Will. ! think OCCUPY
Cuba just about in the same fashion AN
Intelligent people I met down there were
Of this mind. They argue that il would
be idle 10 give the Cubaus even one more
chance at self-gOvernment. because il
! isn't In them 10 carry on a stable govern
ment. The salvation of the island is
/ bound up in permanent occupation or
| final absorption. whereby Cuba Will be
made either a Territory or a State Of the
American Union
Capt. ". E. Nye. marine supcrintend-
| ent OF the transport service, with head
quarters at Newport News. is a guest Of
/ the Raleigh.
! Hon William A Ashbrook. Of Johns
/ town, Ohio. VINO will succeed Mr.. Smyser
/ in the next Congress as Representative
! from the Seventeenth Congressional dis
| trict. is a guest Of the Raleigh. Nj
| Ashbrook IS "a Democrat. and by profess
/ sion an editor, and is 4 nephew Of the
/ lamented Col. Ike Hill. who for a quarter
/ Of a century was one Of the valued en-
/ ployes OF the House of Representatives.
Among prominent Republicans Of New
/ York State few rank higher than Judge
/ T, A. Atkins. Of Yonkcrs. who is spend
ing few days at the Arlington.
! All my life said Le IT have been
an earnest supporter OF TIE cardinal doc
I If
/ loathe machine politics and detest
/ bosses I'm the old DAYS 7 fought side
/ by side with George William Curtis for
| decency in the conduct OF cur national
and State governments It is a matter
| OF rejoicing that ar last We have a man
/ in the executive chair at Albany who
stands for ali that is honorable and wor-
| thy in modern politics. and who. I think.
viii be able to hold his own against thu.
selfish and corrupt crowd that of wore
had things their own way. The mass Of
citizens OF New York are honest and
patriotic, and they are back Of the gov
ernor in all he does
Gov. Hughes Is, in my opinion. a man
devoid Of personal ambition. so far as II
relates to Office. and though his name has
been mentioned fer President. / am sat
isfied that he cherishes no White House
/ dreams
Col Cecil A. Lyon. member OF the Re
publican National Committee for Texas
Is at the Raleigh. He is "a young man Of
/ bound'ess energy. a successful business
man. and in the whole country no man
surpasses him as Roosevelt partisan.
81 am here to tell you" said Col Lyon.
D 4ssl-
pie are in favor OF Col. Roosevelt for an
other Term i'm sDirc of hts revaaseE rse~..-