The Washington herald., 1908-06-22
AT THE HOTELS.

oscar II. Fleming, a banker and broker
OK New York. at the New Willard vester-
day. IF only Bryan Is as truly ,n7er-
ested in the success OF the Democrats
party as he Iretends to be- he would stem
back in favor of Johnson. who is Inv far
the popular candidate.
Talk about the White House having
forced the Chicago convention 10 accent
Taft; that's not half as bad as BRYAN
forcing himself on the party He cannot
be blind 10 the true sentiment and feel
/ ing with regard to what the people OF
! the United States want. They defeated
him twice, and any man with a little
feeling Of deIicacy and respect for the
high Office for which he is striving would
voluntarily retire in favor OF some one
else more popular
/ Financial and business interests have
no confidence in Bryan and his new
tangled ideas Of government. which. 10
/ put n operation, he would use his utmost
I efforts Commercial interests and the
moneyed people want rest, but they can
not expect it from Bryan II he should
be elected. pity the poor working people
OF this country. Ther5 viii be four years
OF the hardest times before them. The
POo4 e'-0 elo O4le9 NiiO always nave 10
suffer
Taft, on the other hand. is bound 70
continue the Roosevelt policies OF unrest.
he may slacken up some. but Teddy will
keep on prodding him Up TO do some
thing. He IS more acceptable 90 the bust
ness and financial interests than Bryan.
and, therefore. will be elected-lf Bran
is his opponent
Should Johnson be placed at the head
Of the Democratic ticket. he would win.
He is a new man and has no handicaps
10 overcome Ike Taft and Bryan. John
son has the confidence OF q Republican
State and Of the business interests Of the
country. He is looked upon as a safe
although thOrOugh-gOing statesman, inde-
pendent and incOTrUpuble. He has shown
70 the country what kind Of stuff ne Is,
and he would enter the White House II
elected. with a clean record, politically
as well as personally. He has another
great advantage in being able 70 carry
his own State and others with large
Scandinavian populations. He would hold
together the solid SOUTH and would no
doubt, carry New York and New Jersey.
II ever the Democrats had a chance,
they have II this year, and II they can't
see it, then they are blind and deserve to
be defeated"
John F. Williams, Of Boston. a we'll
known lawyer, is at the Arlington.
Speaking Of titled foreigners travelling
IN this country, Mr. Williams said that.
unless they visited this country in their
official capacity. they should do as the
Romans do while IN this country.
4 read an account in to-day's papers
about The arrival in this city Of a titled
parsonage and the pomp and circum-
stance and trouble with which she made
her entrance into the Capital Of the
American republic. think there is alto
gether too much Of this sort Of display
in this country on the part Of visiting
foreigners who pretend 20 be better than
anybody else While they are in this
country, they are our guests. aud the
American people can expect that they
are treated at the hands OF these for
cigners with due consideration and re-
spect. Every foreigner who knows any
thing al all knows that we have no use
for titles or display sayoring Of royalty
or nobility.
1 have had the pleasure of coming in
contact with many distinguished and IL
tied foreigners who were visiting this
country. / have always found that the
born aristocrat, the genuine article. as Il
were, is modest and retiring. and would
rather hide his identity behind an in
coguito. They never trot their titles 70
the front. and certainly never carry their
press agents with them. Those who do
this are Of the spurious kind and their
conduct is nothing less than disgusting
Discussing plans for employing men.
DR.. X l. Rawlins, Of Philadelphia who
IS registered at the Raleigh, said last
night that a good plan had been adopted
in the city Of Hartford Conn.
They are renting vacant building lots
IN the city" continued DR.. Rawiins. and
are paying from s. 20 SIS rent for the
season. Real estate dealers and owners
of vacant lots say the demand for these
lots has reached such proportions as 10
excite considerable comment in the realty
trade. II has been estimated that an
average city lot, 25xl00 feet. will produce
vegetables 10 the value Of Sio0 TO $50 a
season, and it can readily be seen that a
man with little spare time and kuack
for gardening can turn his time 10 good
account in raising vegetables.
According 20 the estimate OF a real
estate dealer who has watched the move
f+aN.'N NAtNaN tAAE AAN 4N-o A4AtAll o'N vacant
lots under cultivation in Hartford. and
he thinks that before long the number
viii be doubled. II would be a good idea
for real estate dealers and owners OF
vacant lots in all large cities 10 give lots
for small rental 10 the unemployed and
people with small means. so they would
be able 10 earn something. II would help
the owner Of the lot 10 pay taxes.
There is a scheme for the Associated
Charities Of this city 20 take up. In
stead Of assisting the poor and men out
OF work with cash. why not also secure
for them a LOT like the Hartford scheme
and let them do n little gardening while
they're idle otherwise? There are lots Of
vacant building lo,s I'm washington. and
every one Of these offers some relief for
the poor and needy"
The State Of Maine has made ali prep
arations for the annual fght against for
est fires said Fred c. Simpkins. Of Au-
gusta. Ne, who is at the National The
less last year" continued AIr Simpkins.
who is interested In timber lands. owing
to the wetness of the season. was the
smallest known since white men came 10
Maine. Some years have seen 1t run into
the milliops Of dollars. The greatest fire
was in 1884, when it covered an area Of
1900 square miles. OF
which one-fourth was in Maine Names
system Of forest fire fighting IS Of recent
date, and may be said 20 date from the
time that the game laws made the deer
again plenteOus enough TO draw sports
men from the big cities 20 hunt IN tie
Maine woods. To-day. the fishing brings
more visitors than the hunting. and tie
1 l.F n
absent from the thoughts Of the timber
land OWnerS OfhAr snnrcea Of fnrnrt