The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-11
AT THE HOTELS.

cussing the tariff question said last night
he would not advocate that It be taken
up again al this session OF Congress, foP
the purpose Of framing another tariff
measure, even though It were the inten-
ton TO make concessions 70 the demands
Of the Western section Of the country
for a revision Of the tariff downward.
There Is this thing certain about tho
tariff question. that no Republican would
vote for a Democratic tariff bill. even
II II would meet the demands OF the Re-
publican revisionists more closely than
the Republican measure. for the simple
reason that Republicans could place 40
trust in the Democratic party adjusting
tariff rates"
There Is less political talk among the
farmers now than there has been for
many years" said Congressman Philip.
P. Campbell Of kansas, who was seen.
az the New Willard yesterday
The corner dry goods box, which used
/ 70 be frequented up 10 recently, with no.
/ seat vacant. stands forsaken. The i'm.
/ portant subjects regarding the welfare o.
/ the country. which used 10 be thrashed
/ over and settled on that dry goods box.
/ are regarded as disposed OF. and Jh8'
! farmers are attending TO business. They
/ have no time for politics. II you see a
! farmer standing at the corner talking to
I another one. and YOU are anxious to
/ know who they are. YOU Will find that
! one Of them "a a retired farmer now one
/ Of the directors OF the bank, explaining.
/ 20 the other fellow all about a loan OF
+ 5000 which he can get just as cheap az
/ bis bank as anywhere else
I The farmers are getting better prices
| for their produce than ever. and as long
/ as this IS the case, there is no use IN
/ talking 10 them about reduction Of thu
/ tariff They are using automobiles now
where they used horses and wagons a few
! years ago. They don't feel the necessity
. for a change in the political programme
/ Of the country"
7 will take my hat or 70 two men
IN this world" said Herr Schmedes, leu
tenant in the regiment Of Uhlans. sta
toned ar Bremen, Germany, who Is reg
istered at the New Willard. and who Is
visiting this country on pleasure and
business, "and these two men are His
Majesty. the German Emperor, and The
odore Roosevelt" Lieut.. Schmedes IS an
inventor. and is making arrangements for
the use o. one Of his sleeping-car patents.
Roosevelt IS the most popular man IN
Germany next 10 the Kaiser. We see j.
. him "a man who IS honest and forcefuI
and patriotic, a man who resembles our
Kaiser more than anybody else. When
r Col Roosevelt comes 10 Berlin next year
20 deliver his lecture at the university. he
!; viii receive the warmest welcome he ever
received anywhere.
, His majesty. our Emperor. IS one Of
the greatest men German history ever
. produced, he Is the one man who above
2 all others. has placed Germany upon the
D high plane Of prosperity and enlighten-
r uent which 10 occupies to-day. The Ger
man people are willing 70 do anything
for him. knowing that whatever his de-
mands they are made 10 benefit the Ger
man fatherlard.
The relations between the German
merchant and his English competitor ara
not or the most cordial. The Engishmaa
has an idea that he has a monopoly or
the trade and commerce OF the world
10 Up 10 the tine that Germany cid not
{ endanger the supremacy Of British COM
p uerCe. We got along fairly we'll with that
1 / country. but as soon as we forged
ahead, the English proclaimed 10 tha
world that Germany was spelling for .
fight and was using every sUbterfuge 20
10 bring one about Nothing IS farther from
b
% with Great Britain. but II England forces
us, we shall not shirk our duty. All
= Germany is ready 70 defend the honor
a / Of the country and her Just rights.
Z "Germauv's relations with France ara
s most cordial. and II We continue at thu
r. present rate. 10 would not surprise me Il
K before long France would sever her poIiti-
+. cal entente with England and join with
d Germany. Austria, and Italy, and form
a quadrupls alliance"
3 a lecturer to the Royal Geographical
e Society, OF England, has been telling ot
=. a Corsican pig which got into the wrong
= field" said W g. Tuotson. OF Man
q chester. at the New Willard YESTERDAY.
i, and caused a family vendetta in which
= hundreds of lives were sacrificed
= The most expensive pig on record
however" continued the EnClishmsu
No. with much cIee. was not Corsican. bur
% American. II was caught in a fence
h on q Rhode Island farm on an election
= day IN ISL, # my memory informs me
a. correctly. Its owner took so long in
.a setting IL free that he reached the poll
ing place too late TO vote. The lack Of
his vote meant the election 70 the State
legislature, by a majority Of one. OF a
4 representative who was III favor OF war
"a with England. That legislature elected,
also by a majority of one. an advocate
81" of the war policy 10 represent Rhode
r Island IN the Federal Senate. And 8,
re was by a majority OF one that Congress
Pr declared war IN $50"
L In $50 Americans considered their coun.
be try far advanced in respect to its com,
y. mon schools. according to B. c. Raw.
.u clife. of Boston. who was seen at the
Arlington last night
{s They believed that Il was providing
IN we'll for the education OF the children
u who would have 20 run the affairs of The
nation when they grew UP. The schoo
system was the pride Of the country
Since that date the population Of tht
United States has increased I23 per cent
q but the number OF pupils enrolled in tht
q. public schools has gained over $50 pei
cent. and the average daily attendance
- has risen almost 30 per cent Moreover
nc the number Of days i'm the school veal
IS Is per cent greater than IL was I'm 1870.
continued the Boston pedaSogUe. The
schoolhOUses and the teachers have mucl
more than kept pace with the growth o
re the population. and the expenditure OF
we the public schools Is five times as grea
b as it was when the population was hal
o. as large as il is now.
There is still need OF progress adde,
Mr. RawcHffe. especially in some back
ward sections. but the growth OF tn
. common school system is Justly regarde
as one of the best proofs OF American
safety, common sense. and ability TO NEE
the demands Of the future, howeve
heavy they may be"