The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
AT THE HOTELS.

vas first put in the capitol al Richmond.
an incident occurred showing the sense OF
humor Of the then Gov Fiiz Lee The
general was Of stout build. and Dc wanted
to see how the maehise would work lie
was a close friend Of Judge Samuel 3.
/ Witt. Of the Hastings Court.
Judge witt was holding court the day
! the elevator was completed, and he was
called to the telephone by Gov. Lee.
SAM said the governor. I want TO
see you for q moment and want you to
come to the Office at once.
&" Certainly. governor said the judge.
always one Of the most accommodating
and obising Of puhlc men.
" BY the way. Sam, the elevator is
finished and you can come up 10 my office
without having 20 walk up the steps.
Judge witt got back on the bench and
ordered a short recess. of the court. Then
he hurried over to see the governor. lie
made know his presence. and he was
uEheTed into the governors office.
Hello sam said the governor. Glad
To see you. Come up on the elevator?
I did, replied the Judge.
That's all right then remarked the
governor am just going TO dinner,
and did not care to try that elevator till
[ was certain it would hold you. That
is all. Sam; thank you
Hon. seaborn Wright, Of Rome. Ca,
acknowledged leader Of the Prohibition
lists in the Empire State Of the South.
and the man who pot the present iron
clad "antl-booze" Iaw through the
Georgia legislature at its last session, is
at the Metropolitan. Dir. Wright is on
his way home from Baltimore, where
Sunday he eloquently addressed an au-
dlence OF 600 at the Lyric Theater dur
ing the progress Of a meeting being held
under the auspices Of the Anti-saloon
League in Maryland.
Baltimore is a wonderful CITY," said
Air. Wright and I can tell You the pro-
hibition sentiment there IS astonishing. !
am not saying that Baltimore is going
to vote out the saloon next week, but
that Sunday meeting demonstrates that
the people there are actively at work for
its abolition, and the sentiment will yet
grow into a cOnfagration which can re-
suit in one thing only-a dry Baltimore
We are coming after you Washington
people next: and we Will get you. too.
Few people not actively in the fight un-
derstand the great force behind this
movement. II viii yet capture the entire
nation. We have the lid on so tight in
Georgia that you cant even get a smell
Of tie stun and no one need fear that
we will let il loosen up. Georgia is 'on
the water wagon. as the saying goes
for keeps. Don't forget that"
Mr.. Wright IS one OF the most dis
tinguished lawyers in the entire South
has been a member Of the Georgia legis-
lature. of and Oh. ever since he was
twenty-cne years Of age His brother
Hon. Moses Wright, IS a Superior Court
Judge in Georgia, and is reck0ned sure
Congressional timber IN embryo. His
father was a member OF the Confederate
Congress. and he himself is said to be
an asprant for the seat IN the United
States Senate now held By Mr.. Clay. In
Georgia the WTights have a way of get
ting there ii seems, and should he come
10 the Senate he would at once take his
place among the more picturesque MEN,
bers. He ia a magnificent orator. too.
Heinrich Stoevesandt, Of Bremen. Ger
many. a young business man OF that
thriving seaport. is registered at the
Raleigh. Mr.. Stoevesandt like so many
of his young countymen. is paying a
visit 10 this country. studying trade and
commerce and manufacturing facilities
with a view to making use OF his ob-
servations in his own factories at home.
Business in Germany Is booming"
said Mr.. StOevesandt. and our exports
TO the United States are steadily increas-
ing. Germany's business relations with
the United States are growing in i'm
poTtance every year and there Is so
much German capital invested fin the
United States that il would not at ali be
surprising 10 see the German navy
rendering service to the United States
in the event or war between tile latter
and Japan.
1t seems 10 be the conviction OF eX-
porters and financiers in Germany that
war between the United States and
Japan must come in the course of a
few years Il is also their belief that
the United States must win. II is simply
impossible for any power on earth, no
matter how mighty on water or on land.
to conquer America. Your inexhaustibie
resources, credit and energy are in
yincible.
president Roosevelt IS popular in Ger
many, and the German people entertain
the friendiest feelings for him. Rela-
tions between the United States and Ger
many have never been as intimate and
cordial as trey are now. and It IS the
ambition Of US Germans 10 be regarded
as loyal friends Of the United States. We
want TO be looked upon as loyal friends
because We are loyal friends. There are
many reasons why the United States and
Germany should work together. Our cul-
turaI aims are the same The American
people contain a large percentage Of Ger
man blood. We are inter-Teated; We are
imbued with the same ambitions, and
both are in the lead OF civilization and
progress.
What the business world needs 10 re-
store confidence and insure prosperity is
the nomination on the Republican and
Democratic Presidential tickets of men
who can be trusted that they viii not
unduly interfere with business and there
by unsettle the same.
This reply was made by George D.
Todd ex-nayor Of Louisville. XIV. who
is now in the manufacturing business. in
answer to the question as to his views
on the Presidential outlook in Kentucky.
Fairbanks is such man. He has the
confidence OF the business interests. and
more than two-thiTds Of the Republicans
in Kentucky are in favor Of his candidacy
for the Presidential nomination. Tart.
naturally. has some strength. too. but X
is mainly 10 be found among the office
holders And then Taft's views on the
tariff are not favored by business people.
I do not mean 10 say the tariff does not
need some attention IN certain specified
cases. but wholesale tariff revision such
as advocated by Taft, would Keep the
pofDtrz- unsettled for a long time and