The Washington herald., 1908-07-29
AT THE HOTELS.


the vote which will be cast for the Re
publican candidate in the fan. viii be
much larger than it was at any previous
Presidential election said s 2. McCor-
mick, a prominent real estate dealer OF
New Orleans, at the Riggs last night.
7 am a Southern Republican" con-
tinued sIr. Mccormick. and am vete-
ran OF the civil war. When Organism
reared its head. I left the Democrats
party for good and ever. as cannot be-
Heve in the doctrines and theories OF the
Nebraskan. I dare say that there are
many OF the better element in louisiana
the thinking men. mean-who would
openly come out for Taft Il they only
dared Business interests and the tradi-
uonaI party af1Iiation prevents most Of
{ them from doing So what We need in
the South is q new third party The Re
publican party is affiliated in the minds
/ OF the people with the miseries Of the re-
construction days, and, therefore, the
people viii never take 70 II. II the hide
I pendence Party had a different leader
than Hearst, a man who could command
I the esteem and confidence Of the people,
there would be excellent prospects for
such a party.
I Taft is a conspicu0usIy weIl-ftted man
+ foF the Presidency Of the United states.
I In whatever position he has served. he
I has acquitted himself with credit 20 him
self and 70 the great gain OF the country
I HIS career as a Judge on the bench was a
Z highly honorable one as governor OF the
I Philippines he brought order out OF chaos
! and established friendly relations be-
/ tween the natives and the American
( regime; as peace ernisssry 20 Cuba and
| 70 Panama he was equally successful.
I and his record as Secretary Of Wax IS IN
excelied.
! Another reason why think Taft IS
/ the best man for the place IS because my
friend Luke Wright thinks the world 0f
Iaft, and Wright and I used 70 90 %
college together BY the way, Wright IS
o1e Of the most prominent lawyers in
] Tennessee. II not n the whole United
States, and he has most valuable prac-
tee, worth many times the salary he
draws as Secretary OF War.
While 7 don't believe that TAFT VIII
break the Solid South. an reasonably
certain when I say that the Republican
vote n the South VIII be larger than Il
ever was before"
Mayor johnson plan of operating the
Cleveland street railways on the basis
Of q 5-Cent fare IS not fulfilling expecta-
TONS" said P T. Cummings. a labor
leader Of that city, who IS here in con
sultation regarding the national cam
paign, and IS registered at the National
The great Increase II traf5c,' cor
tirued Mr.. Cummings, which, II was as
suuled, would follow the Introduction o.
the cheaper rate IS not in evidence On
The contrary, the holding company re-
ported large deficits for Hay and June
and probably viii for July The l-opIe of
: Cleveland have little reason 70 c5ug-atu-
5 late themselves on the supposed boon Of
cheap transportation gained for them b.
, johnson after many years OF hard fgnt-
Z ing The guaranty Of g Scent fare has
not been honestly carried out. thai rsts
/ being limited 10 G small zone down toRE-
making & useless 10 The average Pzssz1-
ger. Outside that zone there IS a --cerr
: transfer charge. which practically -
! stores the scent fare IN most eases. and
: adds much fnconvenleuce-
Trips outside the city line are even
more expensive under tLe new order q
: things than under the old q round trip
: 10 Euclid Beach. fer example costing -
cents now. whereas TIE z1r-ar fare was
but 70 cents Incidentally. the transfer
system has become more complicated and
bUrdecsoc.e, and an artificial congestion
70 traffic IS forced CT scne OF the lines
These circumstances 90 fa- 10 account E0r
the failure Of the new system I'd 10 the
: present
"As FOR the remedy that IS r1o 10 the
mayor Tie change that has been made
IS his work The holding company Is his
creature As an old and experienced rzll-
d read man himself. Mayor johnson can
Z u0t have misunderstood the nature Of the
! plan which he forced into execution TIE
. ! responsibility. then. rests upon his shoul-
. ---e
q right 20 look 20 him 20 make good, and
20 condemn him as q bogus ref0-uer II IA
fails TO do So"
3 That labor unions VIII renew the fgLt
e 10 defeat Speaker Cannon IS the opinion
!, Of august Il Berger. Of Chicago. who Il
: at the National and IS prominent in Iabol
: circles IN the stock yard city.
3 a second attempt wiu be made b
5 labor 10 defeat Speaker Cannon for re
2 election 70 Congress" said M Berge
\ last night plans are being made bl
: officials Of the American and Chicag,
: tfederauons OF labor 70 enter the cam
: paigu in Speaker Carnon'S district in n.
= interest OF the Democratic nominee. &
: the Democrats name = candidate accept
= able 10 labor
Grant Hamilton. organizer for Ii.
A-4-el4-41L- Ftl4-Lslll-Ala- 1--- tLaa-E
: riaI labor leaders. have been f. DauviII4
. looking over the field. The labor mel
. viii food the district with literatur,
covering Cannon's labor record. and par
ticuIar stress VIII be laid on his oppo
sitioa 70 the anti-iajunction plank which
= Goupers offered 10 the Republican reso
q buttons committee for Incorporation f.
J. the platform
j. Labor is going after Cannon hard
:. He IS against US and we are asai1s
Z him Cannon has shown IN every waJ
b possible that he has nothing but con
e tempt for labor"
= The big employers Of the country ar
5 setting themselves against the Ioal
e sharks said Martin c Harkness. a man
e ufacturer Of wooIen goods. Of Pennsyl
: vania, at the Arlington last night
They realize the fact" continued 0lr
: Farkness. that the UsUrer occupies
= place in the scheme OF modern economies
r and that he must either be recognized o
e supplanted Laboring men 1requentt
-e must have ready money. and the loai
, / shark is virtually the only man 70 whom
appeal can regularly be made in erner
gency; accordingly, the altruistic employ
er who taboos him IS morally obliged Z
see that his place is flied By more le
= nient lender whenever q Workilgnan
n reduced TO honorable need