The Washington herald., 1909-04-03
AT THE HOTELS.

cE@t4c party Wne Q4o not entertain in9
kindliest Of feelings for AIr Cleveland.
said z. n Gilkeson. Of Parkersburg. ".
Va, collector Of internal revenue Of that
district under President Cleveland.
They naturally AL thought that Presi-
cent Cleveland made a number OF mis-
takes which placed him almost outside
OF the pale Of the Democratic party. I
am indeed glad that Mr.. Cleveland lived
long enough 10 prove that he was right
in all points. He was a great American:
in fact, il is my contention that he ranks
among the greatest Americans. Aneri-
can history does not produce men Of the
Cleveland type every year. nor every hun
dred years.
-Mr. Roosevelt 10 a certain extent re-
sembles Ar. Cleveland. in that he has
made numerous enemies IN his own party
II is my hope that he shall 1--we long
enough 70 convince HIS enemies that he
honestly and fesrlessly worked for the
welfare Of his country. Irrespective OF
party politics. and even az the cost OF
placing himself under the ban OF the Re
publica leaders
Mr.. Roosevelt Is a great American
he IS honest and patriotic. and II he
has not done anything else. he has awak-
ened the public conscience, and has there
By aroused the public TO the practice Of
honesty IN all dealings. Il is my firm
conviction that after two terms OF Mr.
Taft in the White House Mr.. Roosevelt
viii be placed on the Republican ticket
as the nominee for the Presidency, and
that he VII be elected with an OverWhsiH-
ing popular majority.
II have made & tCUr Of Arkansas,
Texas, Oklahoma, and other States II
that section Of the country recently, and
have found that in those parts NJ.
Roosevelt IS tremendously popular
Politics in Kansas at present IS al high
tide. according 10 Martin s Springer, OF
Kansas City. Kans.. who is az the Raj
eigh. He said that Judge Corb Mcneil.
OF Columbus, Kans-, for internal revenue
! collector. 10 succeed James II Simpson.
was the political dope" handed out BY
the inner circle.
IT is said that MCNEIL was promised
the place last year 20 keep him ont OF
the race for Congressman in the Third
district continued the Kansan; that
the promise was made BY Senator's Cur
I Us ana LDLlEr ana AALuL AAEA-c MA4a a-NW
Try 10 deliver the goods. even though
Senator Bristow. who succeeded Long.
baIks on the deal
"Of course. there are other candidates
mentioned, and they no doubt viii Try 20
break up the scheme 10 give the JOB 70
Mcneil Bank COMMISSIONS Dolley IS
{ spoken OF as a likely candidate for the
place. So IS Judge Jewett. OF Wichita
'Dolley stands wei with President
Taft" added NJ Springer, and Post
master General Hitchcock He also
stands IN with Bristow and perhaps most
I OF the. Kansas members OF the Lower
7 House OF Congress. He used 20 be a
warm supporter and political friend OF
! Senator Curtis Dolley. IL is believed. czn
win Curtis support providing he can
/ keep Gov Stubs ont of the Senatorial
/ fight against Curtis three years hence
Y But Dolley probably wouldn't ask S,ubbs
10 go into q deal OF that kind
Gov Stubs now has a chance 10 dem
/ onstrate that he doesn't intend 10 make
I the race against Curtis for Senator. By
making bold declaration that he IS not a
/ candidate against Curtis. and BY signing
I an agreement that he VIII stay out oC
/ the race. he can land his political mana
ger. Mr.. DoIey. IN this choice Federal
/ position
'-Thss is the Situation" added Mr..
Springer. "as size II Up and as Kansas
papers put II. and Il sounds genuine
enough
/ Theodore T. Thorp. a banker CT Boston.
who is st the New Willard. told the fol-
( lowing story last night.
I a certain young Unitarian minister
from the West was visiting a friend and
classmste. who lives fl Roxbury. and
while the two were sitting around tha
l IRE and spinning yarns. the minister tod
this:
90 When went West first was n q.
small town called L-e. ard IN the choir
I OF my church the village blacksmith 5id
I noble work as barytOne. He had a voice
/ that could shake q mountain, and what
I ever II lacked IN any other feature IL
made Up n volume He couldn't read
music any more than he could English,
/ but he learned a tune very readily
/ " One Sunday We were 70 be favored
with new anthem. because Il was a spe-
I cial occasion, and the barytone had one
/ portion al 20 himself Unfortunately. hs
I had missed many Of the practices.
The anthem went along exceTentlv
until II came 10 a beautiful part which
reads And dying bids Us al aspire
I Here the rest OF che singers stopped short
7 in the quick. sudden way that choirs
have. and n the ensuing stiffness sounds
( the ponderous tones OF the blacksmith:
And dying brides are filed with
Discussing the sirship in time oF var
Col [. J. Lewis. a retired army officer.
Of Chicago. who is az the Arlington. said
last night that in the next continental
war IL is fnconceivable that the effective
ness Of the mode OF attack by means OF
the flying machine viii not be utilized.
ANY one can realize the immense serv-
ice a practical way airship OF sufficient
size can have. Instead OF bringing I'd
heavy siege guns in case OF attack. IL
would be much more economical and ef-
fective 10 use airships from which 10 drop
( explosive shells upon the enemy and YES
/ seIs' decks from above.
IT win perhaps be urged that the gas
bag Of large airship would offer a COM
/ paratively easy target" cantinued the
military man. but at a sufficient eIeva-
ton I think this Is by no means the case.
During the siege OF Ladysnith, in South
Africa, 1 saw myself the captive balloon
Of the British forces brought slowly 20
the ground by BOer rife fire alone But
then Il must be oOrne IN mind that the
Dalio0n was stationary and al a low
elevation. very little higher than the hiu
from which the firing came moving
airship al n considerable elevation would
form difficult target. and Il only slight
damage were inflicted. there would al
ways be the chance OF its being able 10
get outside the enemies lines before hav-
] ing TO come to earth.
-Shrapnel FIRE viii probably be found
the most effective against such vessels.
but there must always be the difficulty OF
cart-n. The ---o-ar cla--- Hon Ec- IL ------.