The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
AT THE HOTELS.

Indiana newspaper man, has returned to
Washington after tour Of a score Of
States. During his travels he wrote In
teresting letters to his paper, the IN
dianapolis Star. as 10 financial. Industrial
and political conditions in the various
Commonwealths. Chatting with a group
of friends at the Riggs House, Mr.. Lud-
low said:
In only. one spot on the map did !
encounter any sentiment adverse 10. Pres
ident Roosevelt. and that was In Wall
street Everywhere else his popularity
Overshadows that Of any man Of the day.
and even in rock-ribbed Democratic
Texas heard men give emphatic utter
ances to their approval OF him. Wall
street is his bitter foe, and viii be un-
relenung IN its enmity to any RepubIi-
can candidate IL Roosevelt has a hand
in debating the nomination. One Of the
great hnanciers Of Gotham. a man Of
natioaal fame, told me that he and his
friends-that is to say. the capitansuc
crOwd-WOuid heartily give their aid to
Bryan We're Bryan and Roosevelt the
eontending champions. They would do
this on the theory that Bryan would be
choice Of evils, inasmuch as a Repub-
lican Senate could be counted on to block
the policy OF the Nebraskan should he
happen 10 be,elected
4 found that a great sentiment exists
for giting Roosevelt another term ana
that If he can be induced TO accept, all
other aspirants might as Well get out Of
the way Eliminating him, public favor
is not crystalliZed upon any Of tile Re
publican statesmen who are mentioned
for the succession, but I should say that
one hears oftener Of Taft and Fairbanks
than Of the rest.
IN Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Della
ware, and New York. heard many men
declare that the very best man to n0mi-
nate, and the only man who could win
for the Democrats, was ex-senator
George Cray. Of Delaware That he
VIII 90 before the convention is certain,
for his own State win send a delegation
there that viii press his claims vigor-
ously In Illinois. Missouri. and gen
orally throughout the Southwest, Bryan
is regarded as the sure nominee Of his
party, although in Texas there is grow
ing sentiment in favor OF nominating
Senator cuibeTs0n."
IF Senator CUlberson would only give
the word he could have solid and en-
thusiastic delegation from his own State
IN the next Democratic national conven-
ton. said 1lr. W F. Roberts, Of EI Paso.
Tex. at the Shoreham.
''While Texas has been listed as a
Bryan state, it IS not such in reality.
Many of our people regard Mr.. Bryan
with great favor, but the majority do not
indorse the idea Of having him nominated
in 1855 because they think his leadership
would mean inevitable defeat Nothing
stands in the way Of q vigorous boom for
CulbeTsJn, therefore, save the Senator's
own mOdesty. He is constitutionaIIy diff
dent, and yet, when called upon To act. is
one OF the readiest and most forccfuI OF
men. He Is the idol of Texans. and there
was probably never q man since the Gays
Of sam Houston who could control the
state as he does"
"The publishers OF textbooks for the
common schools get the biggest contracts
out OF Texas Of any State in the Union.
and their second biggest customer is
Indiana" said Mr. y. d. Cram. repre-
sentative of a large Boston book house.
at the New Willard. 4 think Kansas
would come third on the list These
States have adopted the plan OF having
a uniform system Of books in all the
public schools throughout their limits.
California some time ago tried the plan
of making and printing all the readers.
histories. Biographies, arithmetics &c,
that her school children would need. but
the experiment was signal failure. The
books themselves were not up to the
mark. and The state found that It could
not produce them nearly as cheaply as It
could buy them
''Tho most successful schoolbook ever
printed was the old Webster's bIue-bacz
speller, that was used by our fathers and
grandfatheIs. Up TO the time that Il was
bought by the book trust. 2o.090.G5 copies
OF Il had been put out and IL is still IN
demand in the more isolated rural dis
tricts of the South and West. The
japanese have pirated il, as they DO
pretty nearly every other Yankee product.
Most OF the middle-aged men Of to-day
studied either Davies or Rays arith-
metic, and they are stiu popular. There
has been q great change. however, in
Biographies and histories In the South
eTn States the children are mostly given
histories that were written by historians
OF that section. in order that they might
not be induced 10 think their progenitors
acted reasonably in 1S5l-65'
Mr.. George w. Parrott. Of Atlanta. Ca.
manager OF the handsome and sumptuous-
ly appointed Piedmont Hotel. of that
city. and part owner thereof, was in
Washington yesterday.
''The enactment Of state prohibition"
said Mr.. Parrott, will be a tremendous
III,
1t viii virtually make 1t dead town.
and transform the livenest. most prosper
Gus and progressive city of the South into
a deserted village People who have bus
iness there win not tarry an hour longer
than it takes 10 transact it, Tourists viii
give it wide berth. for there can be
nothing attractive in a place where u
gentleman cannot get even a bottle Of
claret with his dinner. This is not a
prejudiced opinion, but is the view taken
by conservative and temperate people
Any city of the size of Atlanta. which
has ample police protection and stringent
laws against the abuses Of the rum tTaf-
hc, VIII lose out in the race for business
supremacy under pTohibitoTy law"
Mr.. Parrot is feeling particularly de-
liANo2NA NfOA lAlN ktAtHENNN u d AAl
town." for the reason that it deals a
heavy blow to his hotel His house has
been a great success financially, but II its
bar business be abolished the day of
money making for the Piedmont viii have
disappeared forever.
Il have lately been pretty much all
over West Virginia and have heard a
good deal Of political talk" said Mr.. T.
3. Murray, representative Of a Gin
r}nnati firm, ~ tho E,bbitf F4orsa