The Washington herald., 1910-12-09
AT THE HOTELS.

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Tammany, is most favoTably looked upon
as the next United States Senator from
New York. according 10 Lafayette Pence.
a lawyer. Of New York. and former Rep
| resentative in Congress. Mr. Pence has
formed 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 conhdant OF Murphy,
and is probably the most remarkable
genius the Democratic party has devel-
| oped since Tilden. Cohalan, with Muir
phys support. has made a very remark
| able change in Tanrmany 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 and honest and eorruption-free po-
| litical body which commands the respect
Of everybody. II should not be forgotten
that men like Tilden. Horatio Seymour,
and other eminently respectable and pub
/ licly 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
| Gaynor, 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 10 the people and make no mis-
takes. the next President OF the United
States should be a Democrat. The party
has not had such a wealth Of truly great
men 10 select Presidential timber from
as they have now. There is Harmon OF
OHIO. Marshall OF Indiana, Wilson OF
New Jersey. Champ Clark Gaynor. and
many others. l will not be a bit surpris-
ed II 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
! lses which, If applied wisely. would bene-
ct the masses. They were the scouts OF
the party, and they would make an ex-
; eelient 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 che
made real one OF the oldest projects on
, the American continent. Nearly 100 years
ago. a century before the Pilgrim
Fathers or John Smith and Pocahontas
! cid Cortez carefully explored the Coat
Zacoalcos River in the hope OF finding a
: quick water passage from Cadiz to
Cathay. Finding that the river was
navigable for only twenty-five or thirty
q miles. he vas still convinced that a great
\ highway Of commerce would some time
\ be laid out along this route, and he Sc
I cured the grant OF a strip OF land across
: he isthmus. which still remains in the
4 possession OF his alleged descendants
A 1T was across the Isthmus OF Tehuan-
2 tepec also that the great engineer, James
a ! E. Eads. projected his great ship rail-
. / road. Eads' plan was 10 construct ar
: each end OF the route a terminal dock,
built over a great sunken pont0On. When
= the ship was in place, the pontoon would
/ be raised. lifting the ship up out OF the
water TO the required level. with all its
! freight and passengers on board. Then
Il the ship would be transferred 10 a spe-
q cially constructed car and pulled across
d the isthmus by steam. The idea sounds
e fsntastical, but the reputation OF Eads
e as a great. practical engineer is firmly
80 hgs ef-.T sr,d Hafr he in
q he succeeded in interesting a vast num-
y Der OF people in the project. He devoted
, several years OF his life 10 lecturing on
n the proposed ship railroad and exhibited
IS a beautiful working model Of his project.
lie Now, after tWenty-six years. the Eads
project, changed to III present conditions,
has been carried out by Diaz. and the
81 world wonders how far the Tehuantepec
p Isthmus Railroad viii interfere with the
ie ultimate success Of the Panama Canal ="
Il Rev. F. II. Parker. OF Chicago. who is
y at the Arlington, is in favor OF press
~ agents for churches, and said:
sc Gospel publicity. in my judgment. is
d the one connecting link between the
.e hurch and the world which will save
IT the race from plunging into an abyss Of
n destruction.
. IN my opinion. the only remedy for
I, barren churches is not TO depend upon
= the inefficient efforts Of individual par
: isnes, but To handle the matter from a
"a strong, centralized, national organiza-
= ton, a national gospel publicity bureau
= that shall aim 10 reach all OF the people
~ ali of the time; that shall. by every wise
" method of publicity, carry the gospel
n message TO every man, woman, and child
in the United States.
s.yNf,as d,-eFffsir7cr will do for commerce
> il viii do for religion. Even more, for in
. gospel advertising men must reckon with
: God.
Y 1T requires the same ingenuity, aggres-
5 siveness. hustle, expenditure. and hard
t work to wrest souls from the clutches
h of Satan that 1t does TO wrest dollars
{ from your competitors in business. You
o can get results for heaven If you make
as strong a bid for men as he'll does.
u There are more automobiles in the
' British Isles than there are IN Germany
n France, or any other continental coun-
! try" said Richard Pease, Of London, al
a the Raleigh last night. And yet time
# was and that but a little while ago, when
/ the automobilist was looked upon in Eng
n land as the very devil in disguise as ne
5, went .hogging it, as it was termed al
y. over the country. and the law was VERY
Is severe on him.
20 s'Driving at excessive speed 10 tne pno-
II lie danger as it is termed n the ponce
e court charge sheet is an onense "hci
le i Growing less and less, thanks 20 the
20 asforts ~ the ROYAL Automobile Club anc
sc the Automobile Association. But whef
Il an offender in this respect is caught II
2 police trap ii is not the duty OF thS
= ,Is.c-,,as on dufV 10 arrest tbs