The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
AT THE HOTELS.


last night.
Mr.. Conrad, native OF Virginia, left
his Southern home in 1853. and, following
ing Greeley's advice. went West. Gree
leys advice panned out well with Mr..
Conrad, augmented by energy. resource
fulness, and business acumen. Mr.. Con-
rad is regarded as one OF the richest men
in America to-day.
He has not forgotten his former hons
in Virginia. He owns a magnificent resi-
dence in the State, where he and hts
family pass part Of every year. Mr.. Con
rad has Just returned from there, On his
way 70 New York.
mot only viii Bryan receive the vots
OF the Montana delegation in the Denver
convention. but no will be elected He
viii carry the Western States-yes. and
his own State. too.
Bryan, Ike all Of US, has grown older.
We all gather wisdom In that process,
and Bryan was no exception. The busi-
ness world today places confidence In
Bryan himself ss well as in his doctrines.
He has bern misquoted In regard TO
his views on government ownership Of
railroads. I heard that speech. What
he did say was that If the railroads were
not curbed in a proper way that govern
ment ownership would be the result
Mr. COnrad's name has been prominent
ly mentioned as the running mate OF Mr..
Bryan. or whomsOever viii receive the
nomination at the Denver convention.
Montana and many Western as well as
some Eastern papers have styled Mr.
Conrad the balance wheel" OF the Dem
ocTatic party. having reference 70 his
large business interests and his con-
servauve views regarding legislation af-
fecting commercial and financial interests.
Business in Montana" continued Mr.
Conrad, sis in excellent shape, never was
better, did not feel the financial strin-
gency"
Mr. Conrad has twice been a candidate
for the Senatorial tOga, and la 1898 barely
missed the election In that now famous
contest. Montana papers are booming
him for governor.
Col. Cobb. Of Pouand, Ne, who is at
the Raleigh, declared last night that
Bryan would receive the unanimous vote
Of the Maine delegation. If he had his
way, and he would do everything in his
power to bring this about.
Col. Cobb is Of opinion that Bryan is
the best man the Democratic party can
nominate, and has an excellent chance OF
election
1.-THE people Of Maine" continued Mr.
Cobb, demand resUbmisslon Of the pro-
hibition measure. If it is submitted TO a
popular vote, prohibition will he over
whelmingly defeated.
The Democratic party Of Maine has
made many mistakes during these years.
They should not have mixed up with the
prohibition question, which Is not at all
politics.
THE sentiment in Maine. in so far as
it relates to the Presidential outlook. has
not crystalIized- Taft is a good man. and
popular Hughes. it seems 10 me. is gain
ing in strength every day. However.
am merely giving you my personal OBJ
servations and impressions"
'I recently listened 10 a debate in one
Of the debating societies OF Chicago upon
the momentous question Of woman suf-
frage.'" began Harry T. Halmer. an at
torney Of that place Sir. Harmer is az
the Arlington. and continued mis- funny
story" as follows:
The debater upon the 'anti-woman'
side was doubtless engaged in his first ef-
fort This fact. together with a slight
impediment of speech and most original
series of arguments, combined TO produce
one OF the funniest and most unanswer-
able speeches that / had ever heard.
Here II is almost in full.
Ladies and gentlemen, the first thing
70 find out IS w-w-what man was m-made
for. God created Adam first, and put
him In the Garden Of Eden. T-then He
made Eve, and p-put her there, too.
II He hadn't c-created Eve. there
never would have b-been al the
s-s-sin there is now in this w-w-world.
II He hadn't made Eve, she never would
have p-p-picked the apple and eaten IT,
N-n-nO. she never would have picked it
and g-g-given it TO Adam TO eat.
Paul, IN his epistles, says w-w-woman
should k-k-keep still And besides. LA
dies and gentlemen, women couldn't III
the offices.
d" I d-d-defy any one to p-p-point out a
woman in this city OF c-county that
could be sheriff. Would a woman t-tUrn
out in the d-dead Of night and track and
arrest q m-m- murderer say n-n-no.
Ten &c one she would elope w-w-with
him
And amid thunders of applause and
laughter the gallant defender of mans
rights triumphantly took his seat
Something must be done IN this couu-
try to replenish the growth cf timber
said T. W. Holmes, Of Troy, n. Y, at
the Raleigh last night.
They have the proper idea in Germany
about replanting," continued MT Holmes.
When a tree is cut a sapling is planted
to grow up IN its place This rule has
been followed for over hundred years,
with the result that the German forests
are never depleted.
Our government is doing good work in
the right direction 10 safeguard our for
ests. I am inclined to believe that the
future Of our forests is secured.
1T is a fact. however. that all the
white pine in this country is practically
gone II I am not mistaken, they keep
a record out in Indiana of every black
walnut tree.
you know Indiana used 10 boast Of
the best black walnut years ago. That
variety Of timber is practically an un-
known quantity in the United States. and
It is fortunate that there is but little
demand for It.
Twenty years ago white pine sold for
3 cents per 100 feet. To-day 1t is worth
70 cents. 1t takes many years for pine
10 attain the cutting age It should be
100 years old. With spruce it is different
That can be cut after about twenty-five
years"
Mr.. Holmes is eighty-fve years Of age
and is a bachelor. He Is very fond of
travel, and has visited Europe every year
since 1891. He uses tobacco In mOdera-
ton and takes a drink whenever the
spirit moves him.
He SAYS he likes Germany better than
anY other country In Eurnne The nan-