The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
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PennsylvaHia is for Taft. There is no
doubt about that. Notwithstanding talk
OF political bosses to the contrary" said
j. ". Eckenrode. business man of Lam
caster, Pa, az the Ebbitt yesterday.
Mr. Eckenrode is here on a visit 20 his
sons. who are at college at Georgetown.
Mr. Eckenrode said he was too busy to
be authoritatfvely posted on politics. He
spoke from the viewpoint OF an observer.
Knox is a good man. and would make
an excellent President" continued Mr..
Eckenrode. 1T seems a question. how
ever. whether he viii get the nomina-
ton He ought to have it. anyway There
is no more ideal candidate In the field.
Il believe Taft is a strong second
choice. IL there is 70 be a second choice.
he also is a good man. and has many ad-
mirers in Pennsylvania
The Harrisburg capitol graft is a dis
grace TO Pennsylvania. And the ridicU-
lousy small fines that were imposed on
the guilty seem TO have been made by
considerate legislature for just such cases
as this
These people have defrauded the stats
out OF millions Of dollars The fine i'm
posed is a couple Of thousand dollars and
year or two in the penitentiary. It's
shame and a disgrace
But as long as Pennsylvania is gov
erned by bosses the people have abso-
lusely no show. The political dictators
say who are TO be Representatives in
Congress, members OF the State legisla-
ture, and they fill every Office down 70
the town constable. The people amt
IN II.
1T is true there is the so-ealled Lin
coin party But II is not strong enough
to accomplish much.
"Casseii, who WAS elected 10 Congress
from my district is up home now. I IN
derstand. 10 be present when his trial
comes up. 1 didn't know he had spent
the winter here IN Washington az one Of
the local hotels
You know. he never took his oath I'D
In the House Representative Williams
threatened to challenge him II he at
tempted 10 do 50, and ask for an investi-
cation OF Cassells alleged connection
with the Harrisburg capitol case
7 guess Cassen deemed II advisable
not 10 take the oath under the circUm-
stances.
Yes, there viii be successor 70 Cas-
sell. His name is W " CREST Greist
used 70 be secretary OF state under Gov.
Stone. Of Pennsylvania He is the poIit-
zeal boss Up in our district. and has
everything n his own hands.
He Is not a business man. or a law
yer. OF anything Ike that lie is a poll
tcian- You know what that means.
Yes, I believe there are honest poll
ticians. I also believe they are few and
far between Greist worked himself up
in the party and occupies a position now
which brooks no ssinsay."
Harry B. Hershey. OF Johnstown. Pa,
Is registered at the Raleigh. Mr. Hershey
IS accompanying George E. Hamilton.
pOteRtate Of Jafia Temple. Mystic Shrin-
ers. Altoona. Pa. 10 extend an invita-
ton 10 Past Imperial Potentate Of North
America Harrison Dingman. nlustrious
Potentate Roe Fulkerson. and Noble Ad-
miral Schley. OF AImas Temple TO be
present at the first session Of Jana TEN
pie, OF Altoona, May s.
Mr.. Hershey. in touching on Pennsyl-
vsnia politics. said:
Pennsylvania IS for Knox first. last.
and all the time He will receive the solid
vote OF the Keystone delegation in the
convention and is expected 10 be nomi-
mated He is not put UP merely for a
complimentary vote. No. sir; we shall
try 10 nominate him, He is the best
available candidate.
This matter OF the Harrisburg capitol
graft has been much overdone. continued
Mr.. Hershey. ~One OF the men whose
name has been mentioned in connection
with the case is a close friend OF mine.
He was convicted. but. I tell you. he il as
innocent as newborn babe.
He didn't know what he was doing.
Architect Huston used him. and for his
own selfish purposes.
Huston Is the man who ought 20 get
soaked. Il isn't right 10 accuse the other
men. who didn't know that they were
being used by Huston
The United States soldier is becoming
swagger. but he viii never get TO the
corset stage, said an officer Of the
United States army az the Ebbltt yester-
day
He requests 20 have his name with
held. fearing if his superiOrs al the War
Department learn who ne is that allows
himself 10 express an opinion on such an
important subject as the waist line Of the
American soldier. he would have 70 face
a court-msrtial. or probably be promptly
dismissed for the good OF the service"
without a hearing
Our soldier" said the disciple Of
Mars. will never need corsets. He has
hips The Frenchman has no hips. so he
has 70 have a corset II ne wants 10 look
like anything but a barrel
1t takes real man 20 pull a belt
y L.
without the slack OF his breeches trailing
Ike the bags OF a French Zouave. Thank
goodness, we do not need corsets
our men wear a belt. They lei il out
when they take a drink and they pull IL
up a hole when they think the trUmpeter
has forgotten 10 sound mess call
The wasp effect Of the new soldier IS
natural He simply has his blouse cut 10
At tight
"A Frenchman has a backbone that Is
straight and a plumb line dropped from
his armpit 10 his heels would not iet day
light between IL and the skin anywhere
unless he had 2 corset on. All the United
States soldier needs 70 make him a model
for a French woman 20 copy is a couple
OF drinks and a tug at his waist belt
There is a race wa: on in the Farmers
mon IN NetilS1S- SeitC Adib+ II 0Alulolr
of Kansas City. at the Cochran yester-
day.
The S25 Kansas locals OF the Farmers
Education and Cooperative Union OF
America. a national organization CON-
posed Of 2.oo0.9oe active farmers scattered
over the whole Union. and particularly
in the South. have been directed by the
supreme authority 70 kick ogt every negro
now on their membership roll, and TO
admit no more 10 membership"
This is Mr.. Clinton's statement regard
ing the matter. He added that the union