The Washington herald., 1907-02-16
AT THE HOTELS.

AT THE HOTELS.
Ever since Col. Bryan and 1 wcat %
school together in Jacksonville, III. our
friendship has been maintained. and has
strengthened with the lapse Of years"
said Mr.. Edward Field Gotha. one Of the
leading business men Of St Louis. at the
New Willard.
Il am 50 heartily his supporter that
scarcely anything he could 90 would
weaken my loyalty. and yet ] deeply re-
GREETED his government-ownership speeca.
made in Madison Square Garden last
summer. The speech was nothing like 50
radical as the press represents. and yet it
undoubtedly cooled the ardor Of many Of
Col. Bryans friends. who had begun to
look on him as an inyincible candidate in
1905
There is curious phase Of the Bryan
candidacy as 20 which / have seen no
mention IN print, and that is IN relation
to the possible attitude Of President
Roosevelt. I have heard any number Of
intelligent Republicans say they believe
that the President will be found advocat-
ing Bryan's election. This may sound IN
credible and absurd. but il is pointed out
that Bryan has time and again COM
mended Roosevelt. that there is scarcely
any difference in their political beliefs, OF
ia their ideas regarding the way in which
the government of the United States
should be run. Beth are in favor OF
stringent regulation Of trusts and cor
poTations, and both are against the old
time domination Of what is commonly
& 81 mo -r-r-.
see Bryan-Roosevelt combination IN
1905 is not so ridiculous as # looks at the
first blush
us it true that you are a candidate for
Congress in the Eighth Virginia district 10
FIJI the vacancy caused by Mr. Rixeys
DEATH asked a Herald reporter OF Hon.
J. F. Ryan. Of Loudoun County, at the
Metropolitan
1T is not only true, but I think you will
/ be correct in prophesylng my election"
responded Mr.. Ryan, who is one Of the
most popular men in the Old Dominion.
and who was five times elected Speaker OF.
the Virginia legislature Il have started
out to tell the people Of The district that
+ ii would please me to represent them ia
/ the Congress Of the United States. Al
WarrentOn. which I have Just visited
much encouragement was given me, and
! leading men there told me that I had "a
1 good chance 20 carry Fauquier County.
/ There will be a number Of competitors.
and from this end of the district / will
/ have 10 contend with Judge NicOlI. Of
/ Fairfax. and Mr.. Carlin, of Alexandra.
/ It VIII be a decent and honorable rivalry.
| however. and one Of the best constituent
/ cies in the nation will act as the jury on
our respective claims"
/ I'VE arc having a hard time in Maine
/ over the liquor question. said Mr.
/ George +. Duncan. who is one OF the
/ foremost business men Of Portland, az
! the Shoreham.
/ our prohibjtory law does not give I'M
/ qualified satisfaction. and the agitation
/ for the repeal is getting stronger all the
time. The difficulty is that there is 80
uniformity about the enforcement Of the
law. At times its enforcement is a farce.
/ and again. as al present. il is carried cut
/ Tigidly. Just now a man can't get q
drink OF whisky in Portland for love or
/ money Our Democratic sheriff IS exc
/ cutting the law up 10 the hilt Our cOun-
/ ~, which is ever a Republican strong
/ hold, last year elected a full set OF Dem
OCTatic officials only because Of the pub
lie dissatisfaction with the liquor las
! OF course. gentlemen who belong to clubs
have their private bottles in their lock-
ers, but this is no general solution OF the
7 matter.
! My belief is that the movement for re-
/ submitting the question to the voters viii
/ get so strong as 20 carry, and then we
/ will reach the most sensible stage Of the
problem-high license and local option.
/ license for the big towns and prohibition
| where the people vote whisky out In
/ most communities the decision would
properly enough be against tOierating the
/ traffic, but I believe that the business had
better be allowed In cities where there IS
ample police protection
"The people Of this Eastern section have
not as yet become cogntzant OF the true
reasons actuating the san Francisco peo-
PIE in regard to excluding japanese from
the schools attended by white children"
said Mr. J. r. Rand, OF that city, al the
Raleigh.
1.-THE labor question IS factor, but
only a minor one; and neither Is race
prejudice at the bottom OF this OppOsi-
ton TO mixed schools. I am here to tell
YOU that the foundation cause is that
/ CaIfornians consider the japanese i'm
moral. and they do not want their chill
dren to be thrown I'm contact with mem
bers of a race who have little or no re-
spect for feminine virtue. This may
sound harsh, but it is the truth. and
nothing but the truth Human nature
Is the same everywh here. and wherever
! Anglo-Saxon ideals prevail il will not be
possible 10 force on people any such uu-
welcome association.
DR.. J. B. Cobleigh and wife Of Scran-
ton, Pa, are at the New Willard The
former is one Of the leading Republicans
Of the anthracite district, and came very
near being elected to Congress last year
on account Of his personal popularity.
81 am sorry" said he TO a Herald re-
porter. that our Representative, Gen
Palmer, is not in the best Of health, and
hope he will soon be fully restored phys
icaIly. It would have been pleasing TO
many Of our Republicans had matters so
shaped themselves as to give him an
other term in Congress. But as long as
a Democrat won out. am glad that so
good and able a man as John T. Lena
han is 10 succeed Gen. Palmer. Mr.. Lena
han has no superior as a criminal lawyer
in our state, and there is no doubt OF his
making a useful Representative.
Hon. John s Sheppard, of Penn Van,
IN. Y. who for many years served with
ability in the New York State senate. IS
spending the day in Washington, shaking
hands with his friends. Secretary Root
and members Of the New York delegation
in Congress, Mr.. Sheppard has made an
extended trip through the West and Mex