The Washington herald., 1908-06-11
AT THE HOTELS.

b DAnANf aciAA AteLA AllA l. A4dLQN az LllH new
Willard yesterday Mr. Clardy was for
merly a member Of the House o. Repre-
sentatives from Missouri. and served for
ten years in that body. he is al present
general counsel for the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. and is in Washington on busl-
ness before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Il think" he said, that IN spite Of the
arrival OF Champ Clark on the scene. pre-
pared 10 do battle for Mr. Ball, another
Of the six men now in the race for the
gubcrnatorial nomination. Mr.. Cowherd
will win out He will also be elected. I
feel sure"
4 &r. Cowherd was also member Of tho
House at one time. and was chairman OF
| the Democratic Congressional Committee.
"One figure that viii not be seen at
/ either the Republican or the Democratic
/ convention this year will be greatly MISS
I ed by all the politicians and newspaper
men who viii he present at those func-
tions," said c. Y. Frawley, Of Newark, at
the Raleigh last night
This man wasn't a spellblnder, nor a
great worker for any candidate. nor was
! he candidate or a particular friend Of
any candidate He usually picked the
winner IN every contest. though. and made
money b. his foresight.
" BIN. the Button Man as most people
/ concerned In politics. either actively or IN
/ some reflected light. such as reporting
the game, Will remember him, is the man
1 refer to.
Every one knows that he made a
! fortune before he died. and il is Wen
understood that he made large portion
OF il from his buttons OF candidates. HIS
I usually seemed TO have an intuition as
% who would win out and upon that
intuition he stalled his fortune. He made
good.
"Who IS going 20 take HIS place? That
would be hard 10 say. In fact no one
could MI his place. although some man
might come along who possesses the
qualifications necessary 10 make correct
forecast Of convention BIN, however.
viii not be replaced IN the remembrance
Of many OF those who attend conven-
tons
The lobby Of one OF the big downtown
hotels was not crowded with guests This
was not surprising TO any one. but IL is
stated 20 lend color 20 this story, which
happens TO have occurred not a great
while back.
The mercury in the Thermometer was
lowering between zero and 100, probably
nearer the latter figure The clerks were
looking pleasant but somewhat tired; the
doors were wide open. and the heat was
sizzling in
A large. prosperous. German-lookiug in
dividual. with a heated appearance, came
sauntering in, with a handkerchief in
one hand and a grip IN the other. He
marched deliberately up 10 --c desk.
where the room clerk rendered hin the
customary pen. The German studied the
book for some minutes while the clerk
asked, respectfully:
Room with bath, sir?'
YES"
Would you ike a room on about the
/ seventh foor?'
Yes"
Would You prefer an outside roomT'
you bet"
Then he turned and walked away. the
/ bellhop going with him. carrying the grip,
while In his right hand the German stiI
grasped the ulodending handkerchief,
daubing IL az intervals in the general d.
rection Of his forehead
Just as be was about % step into the
.
thing. turned. and walked quickly back
20 the desk The clerk. thinking he
wanted 70 give directions about a call
or something Of a similar nature. leaned
forward at1entively-
4 forgot said the Teuton; 7 want a
room with a window in il"
IF you want 10 see how business is
picking M in the big cities and more
particularly in New York. look into one
Of the papers devoted TO news of CONNER
ciaI houses" said Samuel Gates. a travel
ing man, at the National last night.
You Will find that az all the big hotels.
the ones which are charging good stig
prices, there are scores and scores OF
buyers from all parts of the country.
IL is true that most houses would prefer
90 make a showing in even such matters
as these. but in a place like New York.
with its hundreds OF Eair hotels il would
DE an easy matter for man TO md a
place that was reasonable, and, neverthe-
less. would not hurt the standing Of the
house
This great throng OF buyers VIII last
in New York for more than a month 10
come. and II their presence and the way
IN which they are spending money is an
indication worth noticing. business. at
least in commercial deals. is picking up.
Another indication of the return ot
more prosperous times IS the manner in
which the summer resort traffic is grow
ing. Although the height Of the season
has not been reached. nor will il roll
around for some time yet TIE business ~
most of the big resorts is already good.
IT is not likely that persons who are
in hard luck would run away 10 a SUM-
mer resort 20 spend money The fact
that thousands of pleasure and rest seek
ers have already left the heated cities Is
just one ~ the many signs that make
the heart Of the business man glad"
IF the Republican party IS forced 20
put tariff revision plank and a cur
rency reform plank in its platform for
the coming campaign it viii certainly
show that the G. O. P. IS more nearly
up against IT. than it has been for some
years. said James II. Wilson. Of Los
Angeles. at the Arlington last night.
Indications point 10 the insertion by
the leaders OF these two planks. and no
doubt the convention VIII ratify that ac-
ton The Republican party is going into
the coming election with less TO stand ON
than IL has had I'm many years. and If
II is convinced that the people really
want 20 have the tariff and currency re-
form. IL 10 willing TO say that il viii
give those things
NO doubt the leaders are about 10 the
point where they realize that while 4
Democratic victory is. perhaps. somewhat
remote, II is still possible Anything 10
placate the people, therefore. must be the
motto.
Even the influence Of President Roose-
welt VIII hardly suffice 10 make all the
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