The Washington herald., 1908-04-01
AT THE HOTELS.

the past three months In Florida. and
now is fresh from his first visit 70 Ha-
vana- He viii be here a week or more.
and on Sunday next will speak at the
Crosby Noyes Memorial meeting. paving
tribute 10 his Lifelong friend. with
whom he was associated in the early
days OF Washington journalism.
Unless all signs fail. the Taft boom is
on the decline" said Peter r. Young Of
San Francisco. Cal, at the New Willard.
yesterday. Mr. Young is Interested in
steamship freight lines TO the Orient. and
is here on business. the nature Of which
he preferred not TO disclose.
Taft has had his day. and from now
on his strength win diminish The field is
against him, and every candidate who is
against him seems 10 be gaining. OF
course. there Is lots OF Taft literature
cast upon the waters by his managers.
but no matter how palatable the doses
/ given out by Hitchcock may be, the fact
remains that he is losing ground.
! hou ask me who, under the circurn-
stances, Will receive the nomination II
Taft is not able 70 make IL on the first
oailot? That's hard 10 tell. and il isn't.
II isn hard 70 tell because 1 think it-u
De Roosevelt The country. the masses.
want him; the Republicans as much as
the Democrats or vice versa. And it Is
hard TO tell because If he does not take
/ Il the lightning will surely strike q dark
horse. Who do 1 think is most likely 20
! get struck Cortelyou has as good a
chance as any OF them Yes a bettar
cknnca . tr-o--- ~f-o
/ tional convention from Alpha 70 Omega.
knows all the big guns and manipulators
/ IN the party council and If money is
needed 70 get results. COrtelyou Is the
man who can get II. He is a clean. hon
est man. reliable and successful. and has
| the confidence Of most everybody who
knows him. Yes. I know there IL not
much talk about Cortelyou boom. but
that matters little. Talking every day
and distributing daily stories 70 the press
does neither nominate nor elect man
Pennsylvania is purchasing ground on
which 10 plant trees. according 10 the
statement made by Henry R Carter, OF
Philadelphia. who is interested in the
wholesale lumber trade, al the Raleigh
yesterday
so far there have been purchased in
the State 10000 acres Of land. on which
trees have been, or viii be- planted. The
State appropristes SsO0eoO each year for
this purpose. and as fast as the land IS
secured trees are planted on il. Most
OF the land purchased IS where the trees
have been cut Of. and the land left 20
run Wild. L IS the intention 10 purchase
land at the headwaters Of the various
streams which flow into the Ohio. as
foods come from those sources.
We have been so interested IN mineral
wealth and the possibilities which It Of
fers. that We have lost sight OF the fact
that every heavy rain is washing out OF
the country the fertility upon which our
support must ultimately rest, and, az shs
same time. clogging up our river chan
nels 20 the detTiment OF commerce
"A mere glance al our muddy streams
shows how rapidly this process Is going
on The abandoned. hilly farms in Penn
sylvania- upon which il is now impOs-
sible 10 raise a crop, proclaim that the
wash has done its sterilizing work and
that. II the ground is ever 10 be made
productive again. Il must be by forest
planting there The forestry problem is
too large for private enterprise, and too
important 20 be longer delayed
The State must have its barren high
lands covered with trees again. and the
quickest way 10 bring this about Is 70
begin the work now Public forests
State, municipal and communal, are a
source Of revenue in Germany. They fur
nish work 10 these who need IL. and
money and timber 70 those IN whose in
terests they are cultivated II need not
be different here"
Horses sometimes have wonderful
memories" said Joseph G. Simpson, OF
Chicago. al la Normsndie. yesterday
Mr.. Simpson is much in love with horse
flesh" and is ever fond OF talking horse
Il sold a four-year-old driving horse in
Chicago" said Mr.. simpson 7 had
taken the animal as colt from the herd
and broken him to ride and drive He
loved me, and thought The world OF
him I had 10 sell him. though Some
time afterward I stopped at a certain
street corner 10 take car. There was a
driving horse standing there. and I
stroked his neck The horse smiled az
my hand and whinned softly. II was my
old pet. Billy. I almost yelled. Billy.
seeing ! knew him, whinnied again, and
actually tried 10 lick my hand I missed
three cars talking Of old times to that
horse
When I left" concluded Mr.. Simpson,
7 had the address OF the horses owner,
and il wasn't long, you bet before I had
Billy back again in my own barn"
Alexander ROttart. Of Riga. Russia,
who is travelling in this country for pleas
ure is at the New Willard.
Conditions in Russia" said Mr.. Rot
tart. are assuming normal aspects Al
least. so il looks on the surface There
is always more OF less political agitation
in secret, and one really never knows
what is going 10 happen next in Russia
The government, as well as the people,
want rest 20 attend 10 business, which
has suffered greatly. due 10 political up
risings and agitations. The war with
Japan was never popular in Russia, and
there is really little regret about the out
come OF H. This war was brought about
by interested parties, and they got what
they deserved.
IT will be years before Russia again
will occupy the same powerful position in
the concert Of the great powers as II did
before the war. Our weaknesses were ex-
posed in our difficulty with Japan, and the
world now knows exactly where We are
most vulnerable
But I understand the japanese are not
as popular now in America as they we're
before the war with my country. The
United States, according TO newspaper re-
ports. were almost going beyond the
bounds OF neutrality 10 favor the Japan
ese. Isn't il peculiar how ones opinion
about the other fellow can change over
night. The japanese is not as polished
ali the way through as he is on the sur
face. Just scratch him. and YOU will