The Washington herald., 1908-03-31
AT THE HOTELS.

ne" IoFh' az the Shoreham. last night.
Mr. Sheedy is known the world over as
| the person who. within a shorter time
than anybody else can trace and recover
valuable art bjects-paintings that have
vanished from their proper plaees-out Of
the possession OF their righsful owners.
Mr. Sheedy is d fine art dealer him
self. and discourses on the subject of art
with great interest He is also known
among the sporting fraternity. and is in
/ Washington on business and 10 look al
the ponies az Benning.
Yes, Roosevelt is the greatest Presi-
dent that ever presided in the White
! House since Washington. Taft is a good
man. toe; but supposing something should
| occur the eleventh hour that would
( ieopardize his chances for :he nominal
I tion. who do you think would come 20 the
| front with colors lying2 Cortelyou And
I outside Of Roosevelt there is not
another man 50 well fitted 70 be
/ President Of the United States as COrtel-
/ yot. Il seems he has received a special
! training for the job. He started I'm as a
/ clerk, and went through every line. and
whatever position be held, he discharged
I his duties in a most satisfactory and ex-
| emplaTy manner. There has never been
]
/ never been q better chairman OF the Re
/ publican National Committee. and there
/ has never been a better Secretary Of the
! Treasury Cortelyou has the confidence
! OF every business man, banker manufac-
! tUreT. and laborer- Why2 Because he is
| straight He keeps his promises, and he
/ speaks the truth. You can rely on him
/ See? Watch what ! say.
1t is a disgrace that the legislatures Of
any State should stop betting on horse
/ racing or racing itself. The people VINO
are against the sport don't know any
/ thing about IL. and it's 10 70 have never
been at race track What would be the
proper thing in this country, in order 10
/ place horse racing on the plane where il
! should stand is that the President and
/ Cabinet should honor the opening OF the
meet with their presence. the same as the
/ King Of England does. or the German
! Emperor. OF the President OF France OF
| the Emperor Of Austria. To close up the
| tracks IS step backward in civilization.
\ u is impossible TO legislate so-caled VIZ
tues into the people.
/ The beauty Of a picture al depends on
the viewpoint OF the person who looks
az IL. There are different tastes. some
I Ike this-the other fellow likes some
/ thing else. Yes; I have had some inter
! esCing experiences recovering stolen
/ paintings. but never offer my services
IN that direction II the person who wishes
70 recover the property insists that the
crook who got the painting is 70 be pun
ished. I never wish anybody harm and
never look for the bad in peopIe-aIways
for the good. And, no matter how bad
a man may be. there is a lot Of good in
I him. The worst Of US is in most cases a
victim Of circumstances"
AT least twenty-five OF Tsnnessee-s
twenty-fOur votes in the Republican na-
tional convention VIII he cast for VIII
lam r. TAFT for President" SCI Newell
Sanders. chairman Of the Republican
state committee OF Tennessee, yesterday.
AIr. Sanders IS in Washington or per-
Is0nal business. and discussed the political
situation in the Volunteer state and the
trecent State convention which started
OUT with a lively rev between the regular
organization and the so-caIled Brownlov--
iOliver-AUstin faction. Describing the re-
cent convention, 8Ir. Sanders said:
The State executive committee at its
meeting held on the day prior to the con-
ventiOn. first entered on the temporary
roll OF the convention such delegates as
/ We're not contested, and 10 which no
challenge was made by either side. Il
was found this comprised q majority OF
all the delegates 70 the convention. and
THAT Of those more than two 10 one favored
Mr.. Hale for national committeeman
After passing on the contests. the pro
portion remained about the same This
work was done with unusual impartIality.
After some disorder. Mr.. Early enter
tanned a motion from Mr.. Hooper 20 call
the roll of districts for the members OF
the credentials committee, which wes put
and carried. and the committee was
selected IL was announced that the com
mittee would meet az o'clock al the
assembly room Of the Tulane Hotel. 70
hear and decide contests. A motion was
then made ana carried 70 adjourn, 10 meet
the next morning az 20 o'clock
The credentials committee performed
its work. and the convention met again
at the appointed hour next day with more
than 500 delegates present transacted the
remaining business and adjourned. The
convention Ss begun on "Wednesday and
completed Thursday. was complete and
regular in ever particular.
Genuine sentiment for Taft was pres
ent everywhere. ard Instructions for him
Tor President and for Hon. Henry Clay
Evans for Vice President, were made by
unanimous vote"
I If business shou,a remain as dull as at
present. the Democratic party. according
% the views Of A. " Anthony. manu-
factuCer. OF Fan River. Mass, viii no
doubt benefit thereby
Business is not what il should be, and
prospects are not very encouraging said
Mr.. Anthony. The South viii never be
serious competitor of the East. so far as
cotton industries are concerned The cot
ton mill workers VIII never 90 South. and
for that reason the Southern mills VIII
not be as successful as they expect TO be-
Up in our country they are treated we'll
they receive good wages. and they are
cOntented and happy There is a lake not
far from Fall River. and you can see the
: mill workers spend their holidays with
their families along the shores OF this
lake There are no such opportunities in
the cotton belt Of the South
There is a large Bryan following
among the Irish population in Massa-
chusetts. and II Bryan should come 10
Fail River tonight, he would pack the
opera house to overflowing. The French.
of whom there are a goOdly number, are
most all Republicans. But the. Irish
population increases at a greater ratio
than the French. ana il can easily be
, figured out what the population OF the
future OF Fan River viii be-"
The only way 70 stamp out rabies is 10
muzzle all dogs. This is the conclusion
OF Dr.. x. C. LanSdon. OF Philadelphia.
who is at the Raleigh DR. Langdon is a
dog fancier. and has studied the animal
thoroughly Rabies said the doctor.
lis an acute infections disease cbarac-