The Washington herald., 1908-02-16
AT THE HOTELS.

iiOuhs 5upFleEiENluE MS pfe0icu0u, pro-
yided he makes the race upon tie proper
platform. This must include planks de-
claTing against any member Of Congress
being placed on the national committee;
against assessment Of and domination By
Federal oficeholders in party affairs;
against bribery ia elections and throttling
1 oy bribery in primaries poor men who
aspire TO nomination; against snap and
midWinter conventions and primaries;
/ against selling Federal Offices; against in
reference with Second district matters
either by Evans or Brownlow or other
outsiders, and for the organization Of the
Republican party IN Tennessee upon a
broad and unselfsh basis that viii make
all its members feel at home in its ranks
whether they are Federal officers or not
ITEMS Of thousands Of Republicans in
the State are getting tired Of factional
contests in our party over Federal pat
ronage. / Sak both Evans and Brown
/ low, for the good of the party. should
come back to the ranks with US COM
mon fellows. and regulate themselves as
+ leaders, and let their factional following
/ disappear from our politics
/ But / here want to disclaim any in
tention whatever Of rejecting in any
manner upon either They have in their
E time rendered valuable services TO the
Republican party.
1t is charged by hundreds that Fed
eral Offices have been bought and sold
Any man in the Second district who de-
nies this sets himself down as either a
hypOcrite or simply ignorant That from
$50, coo 10 $4,000 WAS spent in bribery in
the last two Republican Congressional
primaries up my way, goes without say
/ ing.
/ Austin is. like myself. a poor man. II
/ he takes high ground ard stands for the
right Things / have mentioned. and can
manage 10 organize law and order
/ league to enforce our anti-cOTuptiOn pri-
mary statu1es-Which. In the present state
/ Of public opinion, should easily be done
] be is as sure 10 be nominated for Con-
/ gress as be lives.
/ ". J. Oliver. the man who almost got
the contract 10 dig the Panama Canal
and one Of the biggest railroad contract
ors in the country. is at the Raleigh. Mr..
Oliver halls from Knoxville, Tenn
Speaking Of politics in general Mr.. Oil
yer said.
Il have for many years lived and done
business in the South. and know how es-
sential to the business Of the South is
the success Of the Republican party.
Thousands of business men in the
lSouth-natiye Southerners-wouId vote
the Republican ticket in the approaching
election and actively affiliate with the Re
publican party but for local preiudices
and that the Republican party in much
Of the South has been little more than
an organizat ation iH hunt for Federal pie.
Il am opposed TO political fact naIism
in the Republican party, let it come
from whatever quarter il may. I am sick
and tired Of hearing Hale and Sanders
have secured the appointment OF John
Smith as postmaster at Hunk s Roads.
or that 'Browniow has landed a clerk in
the Census Office and other rot Of like
character. as though the Republican par
ty Of Tennessee had no higher mission
than greed for Office.
4 favor the nomination OF Judge Taft
for President believe he is the best
equipped man for the place. With him
and with an aggressive organization that
/ viii command the respect of the business
! interests Of the state and of the Repub-
! lean party of the nation, Tennessee can
be placed permanently in the Republican
column.
| "COngressnen nowadays are not half as
vigorous as they used to be years ago, 20
said Wheeler G. Brooks, Of Portland.
Oreg., at the New Willard yesterday.
Mr Brooks based his allegation on the
correspondence Of a Western newspaper
relating a debate in the House some years
ago. 8Ir. Brooks said the newspaper
article ran something like this:
by the courtesy of Mr. Herbert
George d. Wise, Of Virginia, replied 10
/ Boutelle, and he did it in way THAI
made the fur fy and surprised his friends.
Wise jumped on BOuteIla with botl
feet ngratvely speaking, with an av-
alanche of facts, sarcasm, ridicuie. and
tramped the life cut of him. He ripped
him up the back tore out his entrais,
and rending him limb from limb, flung the
pieces all over the House.
"A more complete lambasting and more
vigorous and thorough roasting than
/ Wise gave BouteIle was never known.
The excitement of the man as he poured
forth the terrific and terrible tongue
Ilasbing grew, and augmented itself untiI
he seemed to have turned into a very
cyclone.
with mighty gesticuiation and in tones
Of wrath frightfm to behold he whaled
lit at his opponent throughout the fifteen
minutes allotted 10 him, while Bouteile
sat pale and painting and smarting and
squIrming under the mighty blows Of
the erraged SOutherner, who was skin
ming him from his head 10 his heels.
IN the course OF his remarks, Wise
paid his compliments TO William Malone,
as he called him. and made 81 neat, cut
ting side stroke at Representative Brady.
of Virginia disp0sins of him with one
sharp, quick. decisive swipe. Wise vigor-
ousiy and dramatically recited some facts
in their order which absolutely knocked
out of time every charge and allegation
3 that BouteHe had made in his speech.
, and in the end landed his prey so high
and dry that be could do nothing but
. gasp for breath"
What do you think of that for strenu-
Gus times2" asked 8fr. Brooks
Many owners Of suburban estates anx-
iously await the opening Of spring to as
certain how their trees have Jared during
the winter said Frederick 5. Wilson, a
lawyer of Cleveland. at the Raleigh. last
night
Mr. Wilson is here on business before
the departments and processes not to
know anything about the political sltua-
ton in Ohio In fact he said there was
no political situation.
He spoke of the insect pests that de-
stT0y trees.
Thousands of trees in our part OF the