The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-10
WOODRUFF ALSO CHUCKLES
TRILI >ORRI. rHOIGH. FOR MS
FRIENDS 70 no cor CAGGHT.
4 ErtfDr Luck, heretofore Picks Iiar-
mon for 1912 iioke smith say
Woadro~ wilson Army amt Navy
club Ncmbcr, suggest . Platform.


At ia. hotels thor" wa little appear
au"" III hf" YESTERDAY morning Almost
everybody yuu mot early IN tho day
SEEMED tn have troub!c IN making ms hat
at comfortably. There Was little loud
Publication anywhere. but almost every
body wore satisfied smile that -
everybody who had not lost money
Timothy l. Woodruff. wearing an sN-
uemeIv benevolent expression. wss dis
covered hearing down Fifth avenue near
the Waldorf Yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Woodruff lookrd 80 nearly az peace with
oil! tn. world that h" was stopped and
asked What hr thought about II all. His
expression changed 4 am truly sor1y.-
be said. Tor my poor friends who got
caught IN III" avalanche Otherwise
this Is Al most beautiful day
Wac II /. X that did it, h- was asked
The Brooklvn leader smiled largely.
Say, they did pu' II into him. didn't
they" no CauCAled
Two Republican politicians. one re-
tired and the other it'll active. both Of
whom are az the Waldorf. have been
matching each other with bet OF 81 900
to 81 .OUO every fourth year for the last
twelve years that TN. man with the short
emo tNt tue vet tp4tlD PICK InS next
President He has won by picking Nc
kinley, Roosevelt and Taft A similar
bet was IN iie We. terdL.y. and the prophet
picked Harmon for 1912.
One curious thing about hotel oiic.
STATS in New York IL the unanimitv Of
political opinion that s--ms To obtain
In any one office Before IN. election.
Tor instance. the clerks at one hotel all
said they wer. going To vote for Dix.
while all those at another were strong
for Stimson These last wore long faces
yesterday. \ lot If them had been max
ing bets whenever they could get good
odds. for the average New York hotel
clerk N bit ot sportsman and in the
racing season betting commissioned
calls regularly and takes and gives money,
At One ho," some IT the clerks bet on
Stimson all the money they could get
hold of and as late a. noon on Tuesday
were talking about how they were gong
10 invest the money
Perhaps nobody IN New York now has
Q wider acquaintance with conditions ~
Ohio and West Virginia than Francis d
G-esner. who for years did newspa ,'.r
work and Republican politics IN Ohio.
and has taken part IN most of IN" cam
pal gns in that state tor twenty five years
Mr. ti"ssner makes his home IN WASH
ington. but he has been at the Waldorf
for several weeks owing to an attack of
rheumatism, and lac has kept IN touch
with the general situation by Interviewing
his friends ~ they came 20 town
Ohio gains It's old prominence IN
national politics now that Harmon has a
second term a. Governor said Mr. G"Ss-
uer yesterday The State has had several
Democratic Governors IN the las, iifty
years, hut non. Of them was reelected
until Harmon victory Yesterday
The fact that President Taft Is from
Ohio and from the same city as Gov Har-
mon. and will no doubt be a candidate
for denomination. adds peculiar interest
to the impending political situation IN.
country over. as Harmon will be- from
dow on IN. most important figure in the
Democratic list OF Presidential pc sal
bilitles. There is a human interest side to
that matter IN Ohio "A Taft and Harmon
were personal friends and nelghbors III
Cincinnati aud Taft was the successor of
Harmon on the Superior Court bench away
back in 1887
This court, "A peculiar judicial organiza- =
ton of thre.. Judges. elected only in Gin
cinnati. has had some eminent men IN its
membership list Iudgs Taft father of
the President. was one Of IL early mem
berS. He afterwari served IN the Grant
Cabinet and a. Minister 20 Russia Cieovg.
Hoadly. afterwRrd Governor Of OHIO
and Presidential possibility was a Judge
" thus court Edwin =. Noye-. who Was
Governor, Minister TO France and a
famous soldier, was glad 70 accept election
70 this bench IN after years. Judge S,allo. !
who wsas Minister 10 Italy under CieVe-
land. was Superior Court Judge when
william II. Taft WAS a high school lad
he first Tpltfl-al Office Uty rpsnr,h
lennon Foraker was election 70 this bench
AZ struggling young lawyer he appre-
ciated the 5000 saia-y One NJ his COZ ,
Leagues was Ha- mon. Foraker resigned IN
1852 az he explained. Ia make some money
and he very quickly jumped Ia three, times
that amount Of salary Harmon saw IN.
success ~ Foraker off the bench AMI r.-
signed when forase- was Governor To
Join the Hoadiy law firm. Then Foraker ,
appointed Taft who was then yery much
the struggling Young lawyer we read
atS1'if. ~ meant much Ia Taft not only
becausa ~ the honor but be,ai+e of th.
salary which came IN handy for Young
man OF 20. Son-how Taft mas never
found way ~ express - Foraker has
gratitude for IN" much aprra lated APP
poln'msnr bur no mar l1-s- on
80 II can h' seen thai thrS Superior
Court Of Cincinnati ma. been a -r,r 81
training school r.. a"rbI'I"us Young
Tnan and ia recent Yeas eye-y yyunR
lawyer IN CIn"inna-r WIN polt-'ral earn
Ings has been h"EEGng Bpss COX fn- a
chAnc" Al I'M" patti uar '.I"ial job
Mr. Cesen"r insisir -hn' senator Scott
has n chance for r"e.-'rnn IN West VIr-
ginia. despite III. discnuraging reports
~ II not generally tnd.-st,oi oti-aId.
the state -aId Va i,e-snnr thai Mes,
Virginia elects ous-haf ~ ia L-xI-lAt1Ir.
every Two yea-- and 'n.-half holds over
! ~" wears ago - the Prf~idau; al AM
naIgn IN. Republicans "l",r"d i,.... h.,--,
enough - give ma luri'y IN jninr raj!o-
and II ls iik"lv 'ha' ~" r"t'I-ns fr,-r bap~
In the rn"uniain- and mining regions will
elect enough R"pui Iran rnrrrn.-- :,
insure senator >coi' cies'' ION for tht-L
term. senator SCOTT has had TO fight AL
alone THIS r"ar IN account - SenIrsr
6IgIns illness
II IN" Democratic should control tho
West Virginia Assembly prnbahtv
sha see Clarence W a'-on IN" coal ma
nat" and horHcTar. - 10 the sonata n
hs has hat a vsIrhful aye Ola every ,,,,-,-
BILE circurl-7 an. that could aid a Demo
craiIr candidate What - more in Ns4,
virginia Z he tate y aI ., sapJ N r,o....