The Washington herald., 1909-04-23
AT THE HOTELS.

ness man Of Philadelphia. at the Shore
ham. recently.
We have every ernploye Of ours who
has the handling OF money furnish Us a
srrety policy" said Mr.. Merton. That
has come TO be necessity for us and
is a complete relief from suspicion TO
them. But we also Ike 70 know that
our men carry life insurance We feel
that man who is keeping ID one or
more life policies has Just that much
more tangible interest IN doing Wen than
his uninsured fellow worker. The latter
may be equally competent, and useful
man 70 Us, but the insured man has A
greater sense OF responsibility. and, It
seems TO Us. Il less likely to stumble
than the other. II he has 4 family they
are entitled 10 the protection CT his pol
icies- II he is stiil unmarried. vet In
sured, he has already something tangible
that he Il saving up for himself. as well
as something ahead for the family when
ever he does take wife
Our own experience and observation. {"
added Mr.. Norton, is that men who
carry life Insurance are less apt to 20
wrong than those who are uninsured
The very qualities that induce a man 10
take out policy and then keep Il up are
the ones that make for honor and sue
cess We do not Of course, insist on a
mans being insured That Is a matter
for his own common sense and predilec-
ton for doing the right thing 10 deter
mine. But We Ike him better for having
insured, and have seldom had occasion 70
err IN our estimate OF MS capability and
honesty when we have learned that he is
life policy holder"
When Bill, the ranchman, came from
Denver 10 New York to play the races"
said Frank S. Mullen. Of New York, at
the National, he put up at one OF the
most expensive hotels in the city and
took one OF the most expensive rooms
Then ne went broke. The proprietor OF
the hotel and the clerk held private con
sUltatiOn.
We viii let him stay here they con-
cluded, but from nov on We VIII feed
him liver and bacon until he pays his
bill. Nothing does he get in this
house from now on but liver and bacon
They fed Bill liver and bacon fore
breakfast. dinner. and supper for about
three weeks. then his luck turned He
forthwith walked out 70 q strange cafe
70 get something TO eat He looked over
the bill Of fare. What's this IN the MD
dle?' he asked. liver and bacon?
Yes, sir the waiter answered
Give me everything on the bin OF
fare both ways from liver and bacon
ordered Bill"
Speaking OF race track and stock ex-
change gambling. Dr. Eustis r Warner.
OF Los Angeles, who is al the Riggs. said
last night that gambling is becoming
more difficult 10 handle every year
Many ministers" continued Dr.. Var
ner, are silenced by the character OF
their congregations. know where hon
est pastors have been driven from their
pulpits on account Of their daring 70 IL
weigh against some Of the evils that be
set TIE members Of their congregation
Gambling has certainly kept pace with
the progress Of the country. Only few
years ago a professional gambler was a
marked man To-day this is not Crue
Some OF the most deceptive characters
are allowed 10 pose as gentlemen IN good
society.
Gambling Is simply q scheme for
pocket 10 another with no equivalent II
return. IN police court such q transac-
ton Is termed theft and the dictionary
win tell you that theft is the act OF steal
ing
But the honest gambler VIII resent
this conclusion He says I an not q
thief, because give the other man .
chance 10 protect his money by skill, and
he is given q Ike opportunity 70 rob
ne Let ne ask What is the motive of
gambling2 There can be but One-to get
something for nothing
1T is a fact that the revenues from
the race track depend on the gambling
feature They do not manage horse
racing for philanthropic improvement any
more than the owner Of q roulette wheel
keeps il going nightly TO study motion
1t is an old and fallaciOus argument
that racing Is necessary 70 the progress
Of horse breeding. II the horse cant be
improved without deteriOrating TIE man.
then the price for such Improvement IS
TOO high"
Crazy Snake is right here n Wash
ington. and has been here for some time
said Col. J. Blair Shoenfelt, q prominent
lawyer Of Muscogee. Okla. who IS az
the Raleigh. las, night Nj ShOenfelt
was not positive when he declared the
Indian chieftain who is alleged 10 have
started the recent Indian outbreak in
Oklahoma MAS not in thst State al the
time the trouble occurred, but was in this
city reading in the papers about himself
leading q band Of mara uding Indians in
Oklahoma.
The whole story about Crazy Snake
and the Indian troubles is all a pipe
renegade negroes continued the Okla
homa lawyer, had taken 10 the brush.
and when discovered there BY two deputy
marshsls they simply turned on the ofH-
Gers Of the law and killed them That's
what started the whole row. Why. there
hasn't been a blanket Indian in Oklahoma
70 10, these many years; and, anyway,
there is very little 10 the whole thing.
All I can tell YOU Is that Crazy Snake Is
here IN Washington. and has been here
for some time. and I know what I am
talking about when I say SO. for ! have
been Indian agent for five years. and my
friend Mr.. jenkins, here, wfIl back me
up"
Mr.. Shoeufelt said he had come 10
Washington 70 say something about crude
petroleum He said that II CONGRESS did
not put a countervailinE duty on crude
oil and let lumber come IN free & Demo
crat would succeed Mr.. Taft n the White
House four years hence.
while I am talking about crude OIL
he went on, I want 70 say a few words
about that most naligned and most
abused OF all concerns. the Standard OIL
Company Understand me right now;
have absolutely no connection in any
what's rights right. no matter how dis
agreeable Il may sound 70 some.
I am an independent producer. and I
have had business dealings with the
Standard for many years and I always
found them the most satisfacforv fair