The Washington herald., 1907-06-04
AT THE HOTELS.

could easily be read sat in the New
Willard last evening and chatted with a
Herald reporter about national politics
The gentleman was none other than W
J. Conners. Of Buffalo owner OF two
daily newspapers, the Courier and En-
qulrer, and chairman Of the New York
State Democratic committee. Mr. Con
ners worked his way up from a poor boy
! through his native Cleverness and 'u-
domitable energy, until he is now a very
rich man, and potent factor IN the poll
tics Of the Empire State He came TO
Washington with Mrs Conners TO be
present at the graduation Of their daugh-
ter. who is just finishing her course at
| Trinity College.
Have the Democrats any prospect Of
electng a President in 1862 was the
| question The Herald reporter hurled az
! the Buffalo man.
/ Don't speak 10 me OF any prospect
/ The next President OF this country is
going TO be a Democrat Any man who
has an ounce Of political wisdom ought
10 know that You Washington people
are all the time reviewing a circus; you
/ see the people going. but fail 10 see the
crowd that is coming Why do I say that
the Democratic party will triumph next
year? The main reason is because the
man in the White House has split the
Republican party in twain. He is not
carrying out any Of the Old-time doc
| trines Of Republicanism on which they
ruled the nation during many administra-
/ tions The Republican party has always
been conservative; Roosevelt is the cham
pion radical Of the age. He has re-
versed his party on every important gov
ernmental policy and has inaugurated a
purely personal fashion Of running the
government Now l say that no party
which stands for conservatism at one
time and. through its chief for radical
ism at another. can win. II can not
play both ends against the middle. and
keep in power l only hope that ROose-
welt himself may be the nominee again.
for he would be the easiest antagonist
| the Democrats have had for a genera
tion.
Again. the Democrats are going 10 win
| because it is a double-Eeared cinch that
they will carry New Yorok State both this
| year and next. There has not been a
time in the last twenty years that the
New York Democracy was in such splen-
did fighting shape as IL is to-day. There
are no factions and no differences that
amount 70 anything in any one Of the
siXty-one counties. Even if we could not
( win by our own strength. the course Of
[ the Republican reform governor would
make il easy. His idea of reform seems
I % be 10 turn over all government 10 COM
missions. and commissions. as a rule. are
a failure and a delusion. His utilities bnl
/ IS the rankest piece Of legislation that has
. Ls-s I'll a- - r-.H~
and had il emanated from Hearst as gov
ernor, the whole press Of the country
would have assailed him with the cry Of
! anarchist"
/ Who is your Presidential candidate,
/ Mr Corners?"
4 haven't any. The people will choose
| the right man at the right time. The
/ Democratic party IS rich IN good and
/ available men, and when the convention
names him the people will do the rest"
/ Verify one has 20 60 away from home
to hear the news" said Mr.. John T. Bid
dleman, OF Melbourne, Australia, at the
Arlington.
Since landing I'm the United States
/ have heard that government ownership Of
I railroads had proved a failure iu AUS
! tralia. / am prepared TO assert that not
/ one per cent Of our people would subscribe
/ 10 any such absurd and misleading state
I ment. Government ownership has given
US a first-class railway system, which We
would not think Of exchanging for private
/ ownership. even were that possible. Our
/ transportation lines. except in a few In
/ stances are making a fair profit for the
State. They are economically managed
and give the public fine service at q very
low cost. do not mean 20 say that be-
cause state ownership has been a success
IN Australia the same result would fol-
low here in the United States, for the
/ conditions are totally different. I only
know that we in Australia are pleased
that the roads are operated pro bono pub
leo, and not 20 enrich private individuals
as is the case in America
It's dollars 70 doughnuts that the next
President Of the United States will be
either Theodore Roosevelt or William Il
Taft" said Representative Kennedy. Of
Ohio. at the Riggs House
80 far as Ohio Is concerned, # will Be
Taft. for our people take the President at
his word. knowing he is sincere in not
desiring another term. There is TO use
however, TO blink the contingency that
the American people may decide that the
Presidents own wish In the matter must
give way 70 an irresistible popular de-
mand that he run once more. The united
voice Of the nation is stronger than that
OF any individual and il is idle 10 say
that If nominated by reclamation the
President could refuse to head his party's
ticket Such a thing never has been done
and never can be. The people are quite
likely 10 do as I have indicated. and all
the President could do under the circum-
/ stances would he 70 obey He could not
do anything else, either as a partisan or
a patriot,
This is. as I said. a contingency.
Should il not arise, there is no other out
come but the nomination Of the Secretary
Of War The whole country believes I'm
Mr. Taft quite as much as his neighbors
do. Either he will go to the White House,
or the man now there will remain
"In a recent trip to the Orient" said
Mr.. P. J. Carr Of San FrSncisco. az the
Raleigh. Il found that prices for almost
every sort Of commodity ranged from 81
to 100 per cent higher in Japan than In
China or any other part Of the far East.
Ever In the hotels Of Japan the rates
were more than double those prevailing
in the Chinese cities. The excessive
charges in the Mikado's country arise
from the aigh taxes that are now being
levied to set the government out Of Its
financial difficulties"
1T is generally believed in our State
that Gov Little will never be able TO
resume his official duties as chief execu-
tive OF Arkansas" said Mr. George ?.
Wilmington. a reputable lawyer Of Hot
Springs. Ark. at the Ebbtt House.
1T is the common understanding that
the governor is a physical wreck, ana
also that his mind is clouded 20 de-
gree that precludes his exercising the
functions Of his Office. His physicians,