The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
AT THE HOTELS.


and am not at all qualified 10 make
any authentic statements. 1 believe that
Kentucky viii go Republican both In
the guoernaiorial and Presidential cleo
lions that are coming" said Arehdeacon
J. n. Wentworth, OF the diocese OF Lev
ngton. KY. last night az the Ebbitt
House. Rev. Mr.. Wentworth has come
from the Episcopal convention at Rich.
mond and is on his way to Kentucky
via New York.
Durihg my necessary travel on church
business through the eastern part Of our
state ] have heard here and there no
htical expressions, and l am surprised
TO find that many Of our bard-shoI
Democrats are wavering and will prob
ably vote the Republican ticket. This
tendency had been noticeable for the
past two years. and it is a difficult mat
ter to trace its source. The fact thar
President Roosevelt has done so many
things for our section of the country
may have Influenced many voters on
national topics. and I do not doubt thar
the Powers-Taylor question may have
lost some votes to the Democrats al
though it is not such an issue as the
outside world IS led 10 believe.
The ex-governor simply showed
y yellow streak and left the State fear.
ing that he might be arrested for the
murder and summarily jailed. His
action in running away convinced some
people that he had a knowledge Of
the murder. but OF late the majority
Of the people believe that he is simply
a coward and afraid to take anv
chances. He would have made a poor
executive. and the State Of Kentucky
is none the worse on at having LOST
him as a citizen.
The Episcopal convention has ac-
many things. although il
took no action on the divorce oues-
tion. As the divorce law stands now
in the Episcopal Church, its cIergvme7
are allowed 10 marry divorced persons
who have become separated from their
lawful mates because of the Sc-ipturaI
crime against society On no other
pretext can divorced persons be re-
married, and then only the party who
has been offended against can take
part in the ceremony. This is the law
which the church here has always had
and no radical difference will likely be
made Harmony has marked all the
proceedings Of the convention"
ITO add to the inconveniences Of the
telegraph strike there is a telephone strike
out in Montana" said 3. T. Everett. Of
at the Metropolitan Hotel last
night.
1t is really in the nature Of a symua-
thetic walkout with the telegraphers. al
though the telephone employees have some
grievances which they exploit as the real
trouble Unless one has some experience
with the difficulty that goes with the
loss Of telephone, he can have no ade-
9Hate idea Of what a great inconvenience
Z is. Before man has a telephone in
stalled in his house and in his place OF
business, he does not miss its help. but
1nce man has had its advantages he
does not know how great they are until
the telephone is suddenly cut of out in
my Office I find myself constantly reach
ng for the telephone, only 10 remember
that II IS no use and that I have TO
N--NA a AAi'- f'Ee'iAesNA DDt AliL also LLaL
my vocabulary OF cuss words has In
creased largely, because when the COM
oanies make a pretense at sending mes
iages the service is so bad that II some
tines takes hours for one TO get a man.
Il has been a great boon for the bar
leepcTs however and more business men
IRE seen drinking during hours than ever
before, because, instead Of being able 10
70 their associates, they engaged
o meet them at So-and-so's place and
ak things over"
The question Of municipal ownership
S one that seems TO have died away
since Mr.. Bryan made his famous
speeches on that question. but il is not
dead issue by a great deal. and Will
De injected into politics until it is made
I national topic said Samuel AveriH, of
Chicago, last night at the Raleigh.
Mr.. Bryan's announcements did not
each the popular vein because they were
too premature. but the time will como
when the people VIII welcome his ideas,
and then 1t will be a case OF defeat &C
he polls. Just as il was for the free
silver standard. Municipal ownership IS
lot whit more radical than free silver,
md viii. IN my opinion. have more sup
)orters as times goes on. If the admiuis-
ration Of President Roosevelt had been
/ failure. Mr. Bryan's statements would
nave received much more favor among
The discOntented people but just now
when every place is prosperous peopls
viii not hear Of any change"
Winnipeg is destined TO become the
inest and richest city in Canada" said
Peter Lindsay. Of Toronto, at the Rail
Ugh last night. Right now il has a
population of more than fifty thousand
)eople, and its growth is so rapid that
he building contractors can hardly keep
ID with the inrush It lies in TIT. center
II one OF the most fertile spots IN Can
ida and Is directly in the path Of all
he Canadian railways Tt is also I'm
,asy access to all international traffic,
Is all travellers who come into Canada
must 90 through Winnipeg II they wish
o cross the Dominion. Northern Canada
5 making such tremendous strides COM
nercially and from an agricultural point
# view that it viii be one of the great.
st producing countries On the globe in
few years. And all this produce must
20 through Winnipeg cn its way 20 the
'oast or 70 the United States.
The city is modern in every respect,
md is more than keeping up with the
INES This is due as much to Ameri-
ans as 20 the natives. for there Is no
,alnsaying the fact that the Americans
ire builders and inject a spirit into en-
erprises such as no other race is able
o do"