The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
AT THE HOTELS.

] lhe republican party IN Kentucky Is
in a bad way" said South Trimble.
well-known politician Of the Blue Grass
State, at the Riggs last night Afr. Trim
/ BILE, whose home is at Frankfort Is here
on business and politics.
There is the Fairbanks faction and the
/ Taft people. The people are in favor OF
Fairbanks mean the Republicans. Taft
is favored By the offlceholders. Still. 1 be-
lleve Fairbanks viii win out. The Fair
banks forces are led by Senator Bradley.
But, OF course, II Is neither Fairbanks
nor Taft in Kentucky on the day Of the
election Il viii be Bryan. The Demo-
cratic party In Kentucky stands again
united
The defeat Of Beckham brought about
that result. He made 8 nice little speech
when he saw that he lost out saying he
would join the Democratic forces and
/ help bring about the election Of the Pres
Iidential and all other Democratic tickets.
There was no hard feeling on his part
! If Bryan were out of the running,
Johnson would undoubtedly be chosen as
/ the nominee Of the party. With Bryan
a candidate. there is no hope for Johnson
this time. Johnson is an excellent man.
| II nominated he would sweep the country.
But. as said. it win be Bryan, and he
is going 10 be nominated and elected"
Discussing the sanitary conditions along
the Panama Canal. DR.. John Y Wharton.
Of Boston, who has visited the waterway
and studied the subject. said at the Ra-
leigh. last night that the yellow fever
mosquito was scarce along the ditch.
1T is possible to live for weeks on the
canal" continued the doctor, without
| seeing a single specimen. This mosquito
/ is a strictly domestic animal, never found
away from man It breeds only In arti-
/ fetal receptacIes, such as barrels. water
coolers, bottles. tin cans, &c, in and
around human habitations.
/ knowing this, il is well within the
power of the authorities TO absolutely
eliminate the dangerous insect and render
/ a yellow fever epidemic impossible on ac-
count Of the total absence of the only
agent which spreads It,
THE misunderstanding varieties are
also subject to strenuous attack Usual
/ ly the species OF this group deposit larvae
along the edges Of slow-iOwing streams
and stagnant pools. Specimens are also
secured from the bottom OF an old boat
from an abandoned dump car, from holes
| il trees and similar Out-of-the-way
spots
1t has not yet been determined
whether all these are instrumental in
/ carrying malaria Therefore. they may
/ furnish fertile field for investigation.
! There IL another species, which, in
! stead OF spreading any disease hostile to
man, wages war on their weaker cousins
/ and at times even on their brothers and
/ sisters. They are cannibals Of their sort
/ Rather than exteTmindte mosquitoes OF
/ these habits. il might be well 10 cult
vate them and to enlist them as allies
/ Of the sanitary authorities, were IL not
/ for the fact that some Of them are eX-
! ceptiona!ly annoying biters Of i--1nkind-" a."
/ Michael F. Donovan, well known in New
| York State and national politics. who IS
registered at the New Willard, said last
night that the third-teTm talk for Roose-
welt was the sheerest nonsense. and that
! Taft would have no chance Of election, IL
nominated.
Taft has the labor element against
| him. II Roosevelt runs, labor will also
| oppose him. The negroes are against both
/ Taft and Roosevelt There are many
! negro voters in the various States
/ .-Wall street and other interests aT9
/ against Taft. They are doing everything
/ Il. prevent Roosevelt from again going tC
/ the White House There are mighty few
/ Senators and Representatives who. if they
/ dared speak out would declare them
| selves either IN favor of Taft or ROose-
velt
There are certain religious influences at
work against Taft and Roosevelt. who
are charged with showing unusual fayors
/ to the Catholic Church at the expense OF
other denominations
/ If Roosevelt were nominated and
would accept, everybody would at once
recognize he merely used Taft for his
own personal interests. and that he threw
him overheard as soon as he had no
more use for him. This would create a
! serious split in the Republican party, and
/ Roosevelt would be accused Of double
! dealing.
Taft would receive precious little SYM
pathy because many would say he was
/ in on the deal or that he was too mex
perienced to see through the little game.
Il had a case in which a man was ar
rested for stealing a cow" said Fcaids
L. Simpson, a lawyer Of San Francisco.
who declined to be drawn into political
discussions, and who is at the National
/ Hotel.
The man vas held over for the grand
/ jury on a preliminary hearing and he
sent for me. His letter. an 0Tthographi-
cal puzzle, ran something like this;
| Dear SiT--I am in jail and the man
says ! am likely to go to the pen. I did
not steal the cow; I am perfectly inno-
! cent. Please get me out If il is the last
act Of your life This is not a nice place.
! Please do get me out. I think ] can pay
you some day 1 did not steal this COW
( Tell the Judge that And If you get ma
/ of free. / am willing 10 do all I can for
1osY If x-os7 DO 7 will give Won the COW -