The Washington herald., 1908-07-24
AT THE HOTELS.

If Taft wants TO win he viii have to fignt
for his laurels. The Middle West IS en-
thuslastic for Bryan. and believe that
ne has a flghting chance tor some OF the
States which heretofore have been re-
garded as safely Republican The people
are wild for Bryan; that about tells the
sentiment. There IS only one other man
who could beat Bryan. and that IS Roose-
welt. but since he is not in the running,
there is no use in discussing him
Taft is d gOod-en0ugh man, but he has
made himself unpopular with the laboring
class. Some OF his decisions while on
the bench were not received with enthusi-
asm by organized labor. and they have
not forgotten the injury To argue that
GOmpers exerts no influence on the mem
bers Of organized labor IS nonsense He
/ occupies a place Of honor 10 which he
was elected BY acclamat1on- he has the
confidence Of the laboring men as q class
/ Of course there are some disgrUntled ones,
but you find them in every party AS
whole. however. the labor vote VIII go
where Mr. Gcmpers thinks it ought 70 90
for the benefit Of the Uorkingmzn-
If the business people were assured
that Taft were to follow and carry out
ROosevelts policies. he would have a
much better chance or show OF success az
| the polls in November There seems 70 bs
an Impression. however, that Taft VIII not
remain faithful to the Roosevelt policy
after he IS elected. have my doubts
whether the election OF Bryan VIII ~
once prove beneficial 10 the working peo-
I pie IN order 10 discredit him. e IS
/ possible that the moueyed interests viii
/ combine and bring about hard times. the
! same as Wall street brought about not
many months ago 70 discredit Roosevelt
/ Before many years there viii be as
much animosity between the West and
/ East as there IS now between the South
and the North As Il is. Wall street
monopoIizes the money OF the country.
and thereby tries 20 dictate 10 tie West
| eTn farmers and ranchmen n the way Of
I loans and other financial transactions
/ The West gets the worst OF it every tine,
and they're on 10 the Wall street game.
I They VIII not stand for Il much longer,
and a feeling is bound 10 spring Up be-
| tween the East and the West as a con-
/ sequence thereof
/ MessieUrs Jean Tachin and H. CaI,chu.
/ Of Bordeaux France. who are IN this
/ country on a pleasure tour, are registered
Z at the Ebbitt- They have visited the
most important ceuters Of the West and
express the greatest possible admiration
for what they have seen IN this country
and the treatment and attention they
have received
American people are born gentlemen .
said Monsieur Tachin. and the French
entertain the greatest admiration for
them
Washington compares most favorably
with European cities, II so far as artistic
civic improvements are concerned Your
public buildings represent the best n
architectural art. and stand the test ot
comparison with European public build
ings eXcellently- OF course, Washington
not having the history OF Paris. Il neces-
sarily lacks IN the same amount OF his
toricaI interest
Our relations with Germany are
proper; Of course. they are not as hearty
and friendly as our relations with Great
Britain OF Russia Our President Fal-
Heres is very popular, he IS not as much
IN the light OF publicity as your Presi-
dent. however. and has not the same
amount OF power and preTOgarive- Clem-
enceau. the prime minister Of France. IS
very brilliant. and IS one OF the greatest
men France ever produced"
Bryan viii carry the Southern States
ii the Presidential election, but VII have
10 show OF election n November. &C
cordiag TO the opinion OF 5. IL Heath, a
veII-knowa cotton manufacture and
railroad man OF Kershaw. s c. who Is
registered at the Raleigh
TAFT will be elected and. I believe, Ee
. has no walkover, but Il Roosevelt had
consented 10 be a candidate he would
carry North Carolina and would besides
make an awful dent IN the Solid South
Speaking about Senator Tulman, Nr
Heath said that the Senator could stay
, in the United States Senate as the South
Carolina representative as long as ht
, wanted to He is the only Senator.
continued Nr. Heath, that South Caro-
lima had in many years who ever did any
b thing substantial for the benefit Of rhs
state he represented Senator Tillman 6.
. I the pride Of the State and We respect and
love him better every year. he Is {
model public servant
There Is a. present g fight on for TN
! guber1atorial office- The primaries and
! ! nomination take place on the 9th OF hi!
month. Il has been customary 10 givt
the governor two terms without Cpp0st
ton State Senator Cole Blease. Of New
. berry. however. has announced himself Z
candidate but nobody took him seriously
! until he sturuped the State, when he made
such good impression that Gov. Anse
was forced 70 take notice oF Bleasei
inrOa6 on his preserves Biesse charge.
Gov Ansel with extravaganza. and ais,
charges AnseL with being a local option
ist. while Blease IS strong and unCon
: promising supporter OF the dispelsaTI
system. He argues that the dispensarI
system IS the only solution OF the IQu0i
question IN South Carolina; that Il hal
: driven drunkenness out OF the state. alJ
2 that It has elevated the morals Of IN
: people
{ J. F Collins. a tree scientist OF II
! Agricultural Department who has beel
IN New York State and the New Englant
! States 20 investigate the bark diseases
! OF the chestnut. is at the Raleigh
within the past three years. said NJ
Collins. an apparently new disease Ia!
proved very destructive 70 native chestnu
trees n the vicinity OF New York City
, and from these is spreading rapidly IN al
70 directions. The disease is caused BY
= fungus. the spores OF which enter tn
? bark through wounds, dead twigs. or deat
wood anywhere The fungus grows IN al
directions through the growing layer alS
inner bark. until the growth meets OF
the opposite side Of the trunk or limb
which IN this way IS girdied- Beins
, girdled, It necessarily follows that al
parts above the point OF girdIing die earll
in the following year The disease Is verJ
conspicuous, and except in the early
stages easy Of diagnosis. II attacks al
ages OF chestnuts. and IS not known q
occur On any other trees than cheStnuts
The disease was first noted about fo1ll