The Washington herald., 1909-03-26
AT THE HOTELS.

Ala. At the New Willard last night
''Every interest, including the coal, the
IRON ore, the lumber. and All other r.
sources OF wealth and employment, are
requesting that the tariff be not reduced
on their respective products. The South.
IN fact. commercially speaking. has not
yet been heard from, but It VIII not take
many years before she viii assert herself
IA every respect
The sentiment OF political Independence
has been growing stronger every year
down South. The past Is forgotten. the
future Is before them, and everything IS
to be gained from the future and precious
little from the past. The Republican
party is gaining 3 stronghold n the
Sos-hern States. and although Il cannot
be expected that the solid Sour wiz
entirely break away from it's old moor
ings next year or the year after. Il Is
certain that the drift toward favorlng the
principles OF the Republican party has
strongly set IN"
/ ". Wylie. OF Tanana. Alaska, q
mining operator. IS al the New willard
8Ir. Wylie said that the population and
the wealth. as well as the progress in the
line OF Intellectual attainment. were en-
titled 70 local self-government
Alaska should have local. OF, rather.
territorial government. We have cities
with 1900 to 1900 and more inhabitants.
schools. banks. tkeaters. churches. and
Industry and commerce. Alaska IS en-
titled TO manage her own affairs. and
Congress should take the matter under
consideration
Mr.. wylie spoke OF the mineral re-
sources OF Alaska, and said that this
years output OF gold in that county
would ia all likelihood be greater than
ever before He said that not only was
Alaska productive OF mineral wealth, but
that be knew OF a piece Of property
which yielded last year 500 bushels OF
oats % every 100 acres. and that oats
were worth 8 cents a pound"
Speaking OF American art culture. Al
fred Walter Won HeymeI. OF Bremen and
Leipzig, a Tell-lCnoWn author. who made
tour Of this country and stopped al the
Shoreham recently, said:
The mere collection OF rare old objects
% art BY private connoisseurs VIII not
advance living art How thoughtlessly
and falsely ART IDEAS and values are used
in America is shown by the fact that
collector OF old art treasures was re-
Gently called BIZ the papers Lorenzo
NagniAco-
IF only one-tenth OF the money thus
expended would reach living artists. -
said the proprietor OF the Insel veriag
Publishing Company, az Leipzig, "Ir-
stead o. paying excessively for those ole
products. your young men. TOO. would
soon ind the true expression for your
present culture. Much Is being doEe in
this direction IN Germany
Herr Won HeyTnel. who recently dellv-
cred lecture az Harvard. said he liked
the Flatiron Building IN New York and
the Brooklyn Bridge. because they had
the tang OF mcdeSnity about them. he
predicted that the tine would come when
i VIII be accepted that the Doric and
other ancient styles are not adapted 10
our modern steel constructed szyscrsperz
Imitation IS criminal" said the Young
German cavalry officer. When / see
wood or paper fixed and called marble I
feel Ike smashing the thing-tearing il 10
pieces This leads Up 20 the terrifying
examples Of TIE costumes which I have
seen IN New York
At the last automobile show they nut
the attendants IN eighteenth century COS
tunes. and how those poor men did per-
/ spire IN thefr toys in overheated rooms
Their feet were clad in buckled pumns
I their legs IN white stockings and black
breecheS, their wsistcOats were blue and
had gold buttons. while their broad Amer
| lean shoulders were covered with the red
1 coats OF royal lackeys. and out OF the
beiaeed sleeves grinned the red and coarse
/ fists O -c-.-..ngmen- Here IN America
7 IN your beautiful sud free country-one
/ could almost weep over such anecta-
/ lions.
IN literature. painting. poetry. and an
I the other arts there Is distinct tendency
here toward modsrnity, independence. and
1 originality.
Among American artists p-asse5 tv
I Herr Won Heymel who is an art con
I noisseu- himself. were Sargent. Waist.
7 Ter. and Paul Dougherty. the young
I landscape and marine painter Fe called
/ Edgar Allan Poe an Interesting special
I Isl OF genius, while he thought that the
/ late Frank Norris. had he Lived. could
/ have achieved the place OF an American
I Zola. He denounced the auIho- OF Tire
+ Jungle" declaring that his books should
I be Stunned BY all true friends % liter
allure for the same reason that the books
/ OF GoetZ Kraft are Stunned in Germany
/ Both had won. he said. "an UnGeservir 3
( and miserable advertising success
Senator Elkins was congratulated n a
dinner here not long ego on his fine new
Yacht. the Marietta" sad James T. GIN,
OF Philadelphia AZ The Raleigh. lasf
night.
From yachts 70 yachting clothes the
transition was easy. and Senator Eslkins
told a story.
An old fellow he said. sat in ses-
side cafe. He had finished luncheon; ne
wos nov drinking ckamDaEne.
The sun shone on the white sand the
sea sparkled and every little while The
old fellow ordered another cold half bot
with the third order he said uneasily
TO the waiter. Waiter, IS my nose getting
redg
f" Yes. sir the waiter answered It
/ is. sir; am sorry 70 say. sir.
f" That won't do. said the old fellow.
/ That won't do az al. Waiter, send o.
and get me a yachting cap
Robert r. Thorp. Of Kansas City. Who
IS at the National. discussing Kansas poll
tics said last night that the latest IN
rumor among the Republicans in Kansas
was 10 the effect that Senator Long was
70 run against Gov. Stubs next year in
the Republican primaries. Gov. Stubs
says he has heard such a rumor FIRE
quently OF late. but he has no definite
information on the subject. heard the
story right here this morning.
Senator Long. Il Is said. had two good
positions quietly offered HIM by President
Taft" continued Mr. ThOrp. zone Wss
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor In the