The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
AT THE HOTELS.


and both ranking with the nations best
in intellect and profundity Of legal lore.
these men have ever been Of opposite po-
Hticai faith, and yet to-day who can
tell but that their views very nearly coin
eide. for to-day thinking men concede that
the ancient partisan creeds have pretty
nearly lost their hold on the people. II
they have not been entirely discarded.
For all that, Senator Iindsay sun pro-
claims that b. is an old-fashioned Demo-
eFat and that, instead OF leaving the
party, it left him TO run after false gods
The Republicans were laughing at the
Democrats a little while ago" said the
ex-senator, 'and deriding 8hem FOR being
under the domination Of one man. VIII
liam J. BRYAN. Well, what is their pres
eat situation? If Bryan does dominate
the Democracy does not Theodore Rouse
welt occupy the same relation 10 his
party? Nay. has he not swallowed II as
completely as the whale did Jonah?
Who is there among Republicans that
dare oppose him? To use an expressive
BIT Of slang, he Is The whole works
AS far as / can see into the future tie
nomination of Bryan appears a f0regoue
conclusion. Nobody Is especially enamored
/ Of him. The South. indeed, is cold To-
ward him. bat what difference does that
makez We are iu an era where the drift
/ is toward soclslistic theories Of govern
ment, and whore such beautiful doctrines
as the initiative and referendum and gov
ernment ownership Of utilities are ID high
/ favor. II is meet that the leading expo
nent Of such ideas should lead his party.
and so DO not expect To see any effective
/ opposition 70 Bryan IN the coming con-
vention.
There are a few OF the old-tmers left
who still cherish the obsolete principles OF
local self-goVeTnment and opposition 20
/ Capitalization. II they be not Demo
Gratis, then there are none. but they viii
I not count in the convention Socialism
must yet run its rampant course, and
whether we shah ever recover from the
spell Of the siren is a matter Of doubt"
From what I saw IN a stay Of good
many days iH Cuba lately. ] would say
/ that 1t is q hrst rate country for a young
/ and energetic man to get on IN, and If
I were a youth Ia 90 to Havana and
make a fortune" said Gen. Powell Clay
/ ton. ex-Ambassador 10 Mexico, az the
Arlington.
Havana is going TO be TIE coming
great winter resort and pleasure rendez-
vous Of the numerous class Of ricA
! Americans. and this is in the near future.
/ As soon as Mr.. Flagler gets his railroad
+ into Key West. ii viii be but few hours
ride thence 10 the Cuban capital I be-
/ lieve this city has q magnificent future
( regardless OF what the future political
/ condition of the island may be. and real
] r.
( ously. 7 found few Americans iu Cuba
who thought tae natives would ever be
able 10 operate a stable government OR
army men. IN particular. assert that
! Cuban Incompetence to run government
/ is Fundamental and that the United
States viii have 10 remain in permanent
/ control"
The people Of my State did not make
any mistake when they sent Jonathan
( Bouuee to the United States Senate re-
marked Mr.. Lutte Pease. of Portland
Oreg. associate editor OF the Pacific
Monthly. at the New willard
MI BouTnee viii. in NY opinion. make
one Of the most useful Senators Oregon
ever had. He Is absolutely devoted 10
the task confded 10 him. and viii be
faithful and loyal to every duty He is.
besides, a man Of fine executive talent
and clear mental vision. man without
fads or hobbies, practical and weu-bal-
anced'
Two Of the greatest lights in the medical
profession attending the doctors congress
here are Chicago men-Drs Frank BIZ
/ lings and Henry b. Favn They are both
Wisconsin born and bred DR. Billings
worked on a farm. and knew. in his youth,
the drudgery and monotony OF rural ex-
istence. where hard labor is a condition
of existence. That early schooling OF toll
and self-denial helped make him the great
man he is now conceded TO be. He is
tan, very distinguished iu looks. and the
people Of Chicago are proud of him. not
only for his professional repute. but for
bis many noble qualities and usefulness
. as a citizen.
All the good that his neighbors say of
Dr. Billings can he heard of his former
partner In the practice Dr. Fayiu The
latter is somewhat younger than the first
named but his self-w0n renouu rests on
au equally sure foundation. Both are in
) receipt of big incomes. and both do "a
great practice among the richest of the
population Yet they have the humanity
D to do a vast deal OF charity work as
might be expected Of men of their char
acter.
NO act of President Roosevelt ever
2 struck more responsive chord in the
hearts Of our people than did his brand
ing of Z. II. Hartman as an undesirable
: citizen" said Mr.. Thomas McCusker. Of
p Portland Oreg, AT the Ebbitt House
Oregon likes the President as fervently
as it detests Hartman. our people have
good reason for their bitterness toward
! the Union Pacific magnate, for he has
- done more 10 hinder and delay the de
? velOpment of the State than all other
r agencies combined. Do YOU know thar
We have an area of 56.00 square miles
in Oregon that is absolutely devoid OF
railroad facilities? Here is a region big
] ger far than many "a European princi-
pality, "A region that is fertile beyond de-
scripJiOn. and Yet is cut of from the
rest of the world by the faordinate greed
. and selhshness Of a scheming maEipulatOl
who has managed thus far TO choke of
] all competition. is IL any wonder the
President pronounced him an undesirable
citizen! You can rest assured that in
our country there is no sentiment for
Z any other Republican candidate save Col
, Roosevelt himself Another thing in my
' opinion is Just as certain. and that Is
unless the President does consent 10 run
: there is very great chance that his
2 successor viii be ". J. Bryan"
Mr.. Frederick Warnke. a prosperous
! coal operator of Scranton. Pa, who was
seen last evening at the Raleigh, said:
The condition of things in the anthra-
cite region is good al the present time