The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
AT THE HOTELS.

Ohie. and that viii be continued with
eyeT-increasing heat until the end Of the
next national campaign. 1 believe the
/ Democrats. If they make prudent nomi-
nation. can carry Ohio IN 1865. said Hon.
/ W E Miller. Of Newark. Ohio. AZ the
New Willard. mr. Miller was a former
State senator, and always a staneh Demo-
erat
''rhe way in which the two Senators
were turned down BY the Presidents re-
lusal 70 appoint their candidate for Judge
adds further bitterness 10 the situation
/ 1t is war 10 the knife from now On. with
no possibility OF harmony and reconcilia-
ton Ny own notion is that the cd
/ Democratic party win elect the next
President If II has the sagaeity 70 name
either OF Two men-Judge Gray, Of Della
B2re or Charles A. Towne. Of Kew York.
/ am satisfied that either Of these Two
men can carry Ohie.''
Representative f. Burd c.assel. Of Penn
/ sylyania, Is back at the Shoreham, after
a business trip to several points in tho
Southwest I went" said he. ''as far
south as Tahiequah. the capital OF the
Cherokee Nation. The Cherokees are
4 good race of people. the best type Of the
/ aborgines, ] think. but these modern
with the whites that in most cases one
would never take them for Indians. AT
/ Tahiequah, which is a town OF go, / WAS
surprised 70 see two very handsome c0i-
leges, one for girls, that had no less than
e00 students. and another for young men,
that had about an equal attendance"
| Two prominent citizens OF West Vir-
ginla were seated in the New Willard
I TcHf.sr fogs ss-a,frrr ffEo~7.- II
Swisher. of Fairmont. secretary Of state.
and Mr. S. {. Denham, postmaster OF
Ciarksburg Mr. Swisher is a young
nan, who has had gratifying and an
broken record Of political triumphs, and
his friends are saying that he is pretty
sure Of being the next governor Of the
State Like many other successful
Americans, he began life as a poor boy
on d farm, and his early days we're of
the hardest physical toll. He has been
in both branches Of the legislature and
was chosen 10 his present important oflc5
by a unanimous vote Of the Republican
convention.
Mr.. Swisher is largely interested in coal
and gas, and he told a Herald reporter
that shrewd business men of his ac-
iquaintance were considering the expedi-
ency Of piping natural gas from the West
Virginia felds TO Washington. The Ma
tional Capital could be easily supplied
from that source, and its inhabitants
would be able 10 get their fuel at q much
! less expense.
Mr. John Harold snodgrass. who rep
resents the United States government at
! Pretoria, the capital Of the Transysal.
/ is a young man of winning manners. and
/ in the two years Of his service in that
distant cline he has made a splendid
/ record for efficiency. He was formerly
editor OF the Wheeling CW. Ya) Tele-
graph and is enjoying a sixty-day leave
/ of absence. At the New Willard last
evening. Mr. snodgrass told a Herald
reporter many interesting things in regard
! to the conditions that now prevail in
South Africa.
It's glorious thing to get back on
/ United States soil" said he after one
/ has been away for an extended period.
never realized until lately what a
/ blessing il Is TO claim this country as
/ home and how enormous Is the advan-
] tage our people possess over those Of any
other part OF the habitabls globe. The
Transvaal, however is a very good coun-
try IN many respects, and I feel sure Il
has good future. The two years OF my
I EEoi1El4EE LltAE nave UEE4 a EGLAQ4 OF
unprecedented stagnation in business. and
the pinch Of hard times has driven many
| people out Of the country Curiously
enough. during this time the gold pro-
duction Of the Rand has been enormous
] heavier than ever before-but this big
output is Of no great benefit TO the mass
/ of the citizens; il goes Immediately to
/ London TO enrich the English owners Of
/ the johannesburg mines. The same thing
Ia Of
that come from the diamond fields; they
simply swell the Golfers Of the de Beers
syndicate
''The gold mines employ vast army
/ OF laboreFs-50,000 Chinese and 10000
Kaffirs. The Kafflrs are pretty lazy. and
work Internationally, while the Cinnamon,
who are kept in compounds and strictly
guarded are reliable and industrious. Tha
I pay given these men is very small one
/ or two shiliings a day. wages IA white
I man could not live on in a country
where the cest Of living is more than
] twice as great as in the United States.
1 There are no pennies in use. and the
smallest sum of money circulating is q
/ thripence. or 6 cents in American cur
reney. That is the minimum for every
] thing For a short ride on the street
cars the fare IS cents. and for longer
distances more, up 10 . cents. Eggs cost
/ from 60 cents dozen TO S1.25 and a
very ordinary house rents for SI00 a
month. But prices are low now compared
with what they were right after the war.
THE climate is delightful and though
the days are often very hot the nights
are a JOY. For half the year il rains
but little, but from October until March,
which is the Transvaal summer, thers
is a great amount Of rain. I do not re-
gard the Transvaal as a hrst-class agri-
cultural country, aud yet it is well
adapted 70 our Indian corn, which they
style mealies, and tobacco. Good fruits
are also grown. Their farmers have had
a miserable time of it in late years. every
kind Of pest having come 10 affiict them
and kill of their domestic animals. These
plaques have been mainly from the ticks.
which infest the land and prove fatal
to the cattle and horses. Il is, however.
an excellent grazing region, and / think
the people will some day find huge profits
in breeding beef cattle and sheen.
Politically the situation is encouraging.
for the English and Beers are co-operat-
| ing 20 build up their common country
In the lower house the Beers are in a
large majority, but the council, or senate.
created by appointment of the governor
general, Lord Selborne. is dominated By
the English. Gen. Louis Botha. ths
greatest OF the Boer soldiers is premier
The Boer legislators are trying to effect
many reforms. notably to retrench public
expenditures Salaries have been enor-
nous over there; the chief justice draws
$4,000 year, and the other judges SI5.00o.
There IS d strong feeling that these