The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
AT THE HOTELS.

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Indiana will send Fairbanks delega-
tion to the national convention" said
John Overmyer. a prominent lawyer of
indianapolis. at the Arlington last night
( Mr. Overmyer has been in politics AN his
/ life; has been speaker Of the legislature
+ Of Indiana, has attended eight national
| conventions. AZ some Of which he was =
delegate, and has occupied other posi-
+ tions Of public trust.
Fairbanks is a bOna-fde candidate
and he is exceedingly well qualified IN fiji
/ the Presidential chair. lie has had wears
Of experience in national affairs. and has
/ proved himself an exceptionally able man
/ who has the confidence of both capital
and labor The Indiana vote VIII not
merely be one Of complimentary ua-
( ture. The Indiana delegation win stick
/ to him until he is nominated, or every
/ possible chance 10 secure his nomination
has been exploited
Hughes Is all right, but he has abso-
lutely no experience in national affairs.
Let him iii another term as governor Of
/ New York: let him serve a term or two
I III the Senate after that, and then we
viii talk about his candidacy for the
/ Presidential nomination
Taft is a good man. and has many
/ friends in Indiana He has had d wide
/ experience in almost every line Of work
in the national administration; If second
choices were to be discussed by me. al
though I haven't any, I would say Taft
is the man.
Il am not picking a ticket for the
Democrats but TT looks as If Bryan
would be the man. / understand there
are lots Of Democrats who don't care
for Bryan. but who feel that they must
accept him"
There will be an ice famine this SUM-
mer unless something is done before long
In the water freezing business. The next
three weeks viii probably settle the fate
Of the ice crop IN New England for 1865"
said Samuel F. McMulIen, OF Boston, az
the Cochran yesterday
Mr. McMuilen is financially interested
in ice fields along the New England
Coast
ice dealers 10 the north OF Boston
are fairly confident Of securing an ordf-
nary supply" said the fr0zeu-Water man.
but 10 the south, conditions are far from
satisfactory, Last year at this time the
icehouses were fun and tie companies
were putting IN extra supplies A con-
siderable quantity or this surplus is stu
on hand, and an attempt will be made 20
carry II over, notably about 5000 tons
on the PenObscOt belonging 10 the Ameri-
can Ice Company There is also con-
E G Ta Ia. zusr
New England. but the small dealers are
nearly cleaned out and are becoming
anxious about the crop.
The average thickness Of the ice north
of the Massachusetts, line and twenty
miles inland is about ten inches. in some
sections il runs 10 twelve or thirteen
inches, and a little has been harvested
I'm the Berkshire Hills and the Green
Mountains there IS Of course no danger
Of a famine, and dealers iu other parts
Of Vermont see no cause for alarm.
although Lake Champ.ain is not yet
closed in Cutting has begun in some
parts Of Massachusetts, New Hampshire
and Vermont 1t is along the coast from
Portsmouth y. r.. south, that the famine
threatens, especially al Plymouth. along
Cape Cod and in Rhode Island
There is 10 Ice az al on Cape Cod.
Dealers IN that section say that If the
ponds and lakes do not show eight or
ten inches by February 10 the local crop
VIII again be a failure and that New
Hampshire and Maine VIII have 10 furnish
the supply for the summer in former
years the ice companies along the Penob-
scot harvested Two or three millions Of
tons and the work gave employment 70
thousands Of men, The capacity OF the
houses OF the American lee Company on
the kennebec at the present time Is less
than 5g0000 tons, as many Of the plants
have been burned or gone into decay. The
same is partly true Of those on the
Penobscot"
Gov George Curry, Of New Mexico, is
at the Ebbitt, and says that he is here
looking over the field 10 see how the
chances are to secure Statehood for the
Territory, which. the governor says. is
fully entitled from every point of view
TO have the benefits Of Statehood.
New Mexico is the best governed COM
monwealth in the United States said
the governor, and We can prove IT,
There is no gambling IN the Territory.
strange as II may seem 10 some people
who labor under the impression that New
Mexico could not exist without its gam
bling places. No firearms are carried In
New Mexico. which also may sound
rather peculiar TO some people.
Roosevelt Is naturally the most popu-
lar man in New Mexico, which Territory
alone contributed over 800 men 10 the
Rough Rider Regiment during the Span
ish war"
Robert s. Stone, of Guthrie. Okla. is
at the Cochran. Mr.. Stone. like all Okla
homans. is deeply interested in the poll
tics Of the new State.
Perhaps NJ. l. Turner. OF Oklahoma
City. who is a banker. will become a
candidate for the United States Senate.
He is the man recently mistaken in Wall
street for Thomas Lawson of Boston
He bears a striking resemblance 10 the
Eastern hnancier. Turner was az the
Bryan dinner, recently held at Lincoln.
He made a thiTty-days' campaign for the
Senate recently, and was beaten by about
5000 votes Thomas p. Gore, blind Sen
ator had been Campai igning for the Job
ten years. and he was nominated over
Turner and Col Roy Hoffman, of Chand-
Ter. II Turner announces his candidacy,
be will be strongly backed by the Demo
cratic press Of Oklahoma. Coi Hoffman
wilL no doubt. be Turner's most formid-
able opponent and Senator Gore has al
ready announced he will be a candidate
for the Office again.
William II. Murray, speaker Of the Ok
lahoma house Of representatives is likely
10 get into the race for the Senate, also.
He has a strong following The Iegisls-
ture has not yet taken up the primary
law. and there appears to be a sentiment
in the house 10 stave the bill of until the
last minute, so Murray. in case he should
run for the United States Senate, will
have time TO make a campaign after the
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