The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-09
AT THE HOTELS.

lawyer OF New York. and former Rep
fesshtative In Congress Mr.. Pence has
formed a partnership with a prominent
law firm IN this city. and will divide his
time between here and New York. He
is at the Riggs.
Mr. Cohalan is a most remarkable
man said Mr. Pence. "He Is the recog-
/ nized mentor and conhda54t of Murphv.
ana Is probably the most remarkable
genius the Democratic party has devel-
oped since TiIden. Cohalan. with Muir
] phys support, has made a very remark
able change in Tamnaany within the last
] year or TWO. The result is that this
! great political organization to-day stands
before the people Of the country as a
clean ana honest and corruption-free Do
litleal body which commands the respect
or everybody II should not be forgotten
that men like .Tilden. Horatio seymour.
ana other eminently respectable and pub
liciy honored men were members OF Tam
many IN their time, and that Gaynor OF
late Is member, although he was
elected without pledging himself TO Tam
many in any shape or form. Well. Tam
many did not expect anything from
GaynoT. and got less.
Everybody knows how Dix was nom
mated. Tammany went to the conven-
ton, and Cohalan told the upstate peo-
pie to bring forth their best man. and
they named Gaynor. GaynOr declined.
and again cohalan insisted that the up
State people should name the man, and
they named Dix IL was a remarkable
victory for the Democrats, and they
elected man than whom there is none
better or more capable OF filling the
high position 10 which he was elected
If the Democrats here in Congress
now go ahead prudently and fulfill their
promises TO the people and make no mis-
takes. the next President OF the United
states should be a Democrat The marty
mas not had such wealth of truly great
men 10 select Presidential timber from
as they have now. There is Harmon az
/ OHIO, Marshall of Indiana, Wilson OF
| New Jersey. Champ Clark. Gaynor and
many others. I will not be a bit surpris-
ed If Harmon and Marshall are selected
as the political Joshua and Caleb Of the
party. They are the two exhibits who
returned from the promised land with
pomegranates, figs, grapes, and other
fruits, while the other ten were afraid
/ OF the giants in that land. In other
words, Harmon and Marshall proved 10
| the people that the Democratic party
had within its gift measures and prom
ises which, if applied wisely. would bene-
I fit the masses. They were the scouts Of
the party. and they would make an ex-
cellent combination for the Presidential
| ticket"
when Diaz opened the Tehuantepec
Railroad. something like three years
ago" said William Nelson. OF san Fran
cisco, who is AT the New Willard, he
made real one OF the oldest projects on
the American continent Nearly 40 years
ago, a century before the {PiIgrim
Fathers or John Smith and Pocf lhontas.
old CorteZ carefully explored tie Coat
zacoaieos River in the hope OF finding a
| quick water passage from Cadiz 10
Cathay.' Finding that the river was
navigable for only twenty-five or thirty
miles. he was still convinced that a great
| highway Of commerce would some time
be laid out along this route, and he Sc
cured the grant OF a strip Of land across
the isthmus. which still remains in the
possession OF his alleged descendants.
1T was across the Isthmus OF Tehuan-
tepec also that the great engineer, James
2. Eads, projected his great ship rail-
road. Eads' plan was to construct az
each end of the route a terminal dock,
built over great sunken pontoon. When
the ship was in place, the pontoon would
be raised, lifting the ship up out of the
water 10 the required level. with all its
freight and passengers on board. Then
the ship would be transferred 10 a spe-
cially constructed car and pulled across
the isthmus by steam. The idea sounds
, fantastical. but the reputation of Eads
as great, practical engineer is firmly
established, and before he died, in 1857.
1 ne succeeded IN interesting a vast num-
Der OF people in the project He devoted
several years OF his life 10 lecturine on
the proposed ship railroad and exhibited
a beautiful working model Of his project
Now, after twenty-six years, the Eads
project, changed to lit present conditions.
has been carried out by DiaZ, and the
world wonders how far the Tehuantepec
Isthmus Railroad will interfere with the
ultimate success OF the Panama Canal"
Rev. +. H. Parker. Of Chicago, who is
at the Arlington, is in favor OF press
agents for churches. and said:
Gospel publicity, in my judgment. is
the one connecting link between the
church and the world which Will save
the race from plunging into an abyss OF
destruction.
In my opinion, the only remedy for
barren churches is not TO depend upon
the inefficient efforts of individual par
ishes. but TO handle the matter from q
strong, centralized, national organize
ton, a national gospel publicity bureau
that shall aim TO reach all of the people
all OF the time: that shall. by every wise
method OF publicity. carry the gospel
message 10 every man. woman, and child
in the United States.
What advertising viii do for commerce
it win do for religion. Even more, for in
gospel advertising men must reckon with
God.
II requires the same ingenuity, aggres-
siyene hustle, expenditure, and hard
work to wrest souls from the clutches
Of Satan that ii does 10 Wrest dollars
from your competitors in business. You
can get results for heaven if you make
as strong a bid for men as he'll does.
There are more automobiles in the
British Isles than there are in Germany.
France, or any other continental coun-
try" said Richard Pease, OF London, at
the Raleigh last night. And yet time
was, and that but a little while ago. when
the automobilist was looked upon in Eng
land as the very devil in disguise as he
went 'hogging it. as it was termed all
over the country. and the law was very
severe on him.
Driving at excessive speed 10 the pub
lie danger as it is termed in the police
court charge sheet. Is an offense which
is growing less and less, thanks to the
efforts of the Royal Automobile Club and
the Automobile Association. But when
an offender in this respect is caught IN
a police trap it is not the duty OF the
policeman on duty TO arrest the
chauffeur. He does not always even take
the trouble TO stop the car. being con-
tented with simply registering the num-
Der in his notebook for future use.