The Washington herald., 1908-05-18
AT THE HOTELS.

Sald A. w tDuiksi OF Kansas Nl5ys at
the Raleigh yesterday. Mr. FouIks is
business man Of Kansas City,
and keeps his eyes on the politics of the
State"
''The Republicans fear" continued Mr.
that Johnsons nomination
would have a disastrous effect on State
politics at the fail election. There are
10000 Swedish votes in Kansas Ninety
per cent are Republicans.
But the Republican State leaders fear
that If sYon Yonson' IS at the pilot wheel.
party fealty of the past Will be nullihed.
and blood will prove thicker than water.
For that reason they fear that If John
son is. the standard bearer there will be
l0,Oo0 votes taken away from the G. o. P.
and added TO the Democratic column. So
they figure the damage up TO 1000
notes.-the knife cutting twice.
SO far as Bryan is concerned, they
smile. They do not think he will make
much Of an impression in Kansas.
They figure a natural disadvantage
this year in Kansas. anyway. Kansas
has big colOred vote. II is split Up con-
vile affair, il is reckoned that Taft. II
nominated. will lose many ballots here
tofore certain to be counted BY the Re-
publicans
There is also some apprehension over
the labor union vote. but not much Is
heard about this feature
THE Kansas Democratic delegation TO
the Denver convention Is pledged 70 Bry-
an and ordered so 10 vote Some Of the
Bourbons declare. however, that ex-sen-
ator W. A. Harris. who is a delegate. Is
not much Of Bryan man. There were
no instructions for second choice 10 the
delegates. because they were told to stand
by Bryan to the finish.
W. II. Lampton, Of Magnolia. Miss.
prominent banker and cotton planter, is
81 the Raleigh, in company with about
sixty members Of the Mississippi Bankers
Association, who are making a sight
seeing tour Of the United States
Bryan will be nominated at the Den
yer convention" said Mr. Lamptoi, but
he will never be elected. People voted
.,sg..-sa for him and ne turned out loser
each time. They have no confidence in
him any more
1T is my opinion the delegation from
Mississippi 10 the national convention will
be uninsructed. Johnson is popular in cur
State II he were nominated there would
be chance OF placing a Democrat in the
Presidential chair. Johnson. as every
body knows, is an excellent man, and has
no enemies within his own party. and
would bring thousands Of Republican
votes into the Democratic column.
If Taft is nominated on the Repub-
Ican ticket and BRYAN on the Democratic.
Taft viii easily enough win. But If john
son is to run against Taft, Johnson VIII
win hands down
Louis Adlon, who. with his father.
Lorenz Adlon. owns the Hotel Adlon. the
Hotel Continental. the restaurant in the
Geological Gardens where 20o0 persons
may dine. and the restaurant Hitler. all
in Berlin. is at the New Willard. on his
first visit 10 this country.
Mr.. AdlOn is to make a tour Of the
principal cities Of the United States and
TO inspect the best-knOwn hotels with a
view 10 introducing new ideas gathered
in this country in his German hostelries.
There seems TO be a mistaken impress
sion in my own country" said Mr. AdlOn
yesterday "thkt if a man travels in
America. he viii lose all identity. and
simply be known about the big hotels
by a certain number I am glad TO say
that I found this is not so. although 1
understand it was true about ten years
ago.
New. boy pages in the hotel call the
name, the same as In Europe In even
a large hotel great care is shown for the
comfort and real personality Of every
one
Again. I find that Americans love na-
ture. for all the restaurants are filed
with flowers palms. and ferns There Is
great effort made 20 make hotel life as
attractive. and one might say 'softening'
in its effect, as a home might be. The
result is big success. There are flowers
on each table. fountains playing, and the
whole is extremely cheerful.
In your hotels there is the quickest
service maginable-peThaps the people
demand il. but it is so, nevertheless.
Everything is done by electricity TO facil-
itate the work Of servants. You may go
to Europe for art treasures, but il is
here supplemented by wonderful machin-
cry that makes the hotels a sight for
great engineers.
AS for the table. your country is rich
in fruits and vegetables. more so than
in Europe While the best style Of cook
ing here is French. as it is in every. coun-
try including Germany, here there are
distinctly American dishes, such as
clans, crabs. grape fruit. and asparagus.
Emperor William attended the open
ing OF the Hotel Adlon last October. Il
cost ahouf q Hon A00
Washington is a beautiful city. It's
beauty Is enhanced BY its many small
parks and the trees lining the streets.
The women are handsomely and styIishly
gowned and the men are fine and dis
tingushed looking.
Germans are great admirers OF every
thing American. President Roosevelt Is
one of the most popular men in Ger
many"
Discussing the arrival OF a cargo Of
oats in this country from Argentina re-
Gently, Augustus J. Kerns. Of Chicago
who is interested IN the grain market
and who is here on a business trip. regis
tered at the National said yesterday:
Argentine corn, or maize. as It IS called
in the European trade, is rapidly taking
the same high competitive place with our
cereals as Argentine wheat Maize has
been pT0ftably carried from Argentina 10
Cuba. Trade authorities expect that in
portations viii be made to this country
in the next year there Is a short crop.
This remarkable growth Of the Argen-
tine grain area still continues. and has a
larger possible extension still ahead of Il
than any other section Of the grain belt
Of either continent. Argentina and Can
ada are the only two countries which will
rapidly increase their grain exports.
Chile and Uruguay, however, are factors
IA the South American grain trade.
Authorities predict that South America
will be raising 40o, 100000 bushels of wheat
in the next FIVE years. OF this amount. It
IS calculated nearly 525,0O0 000 bushels will
be available for export European con-
sumption requires an average OF about
i, 100000 bushels to be imported weekly