The Washington herald., 1910-01-08
AT THE HOTELS.

''The Jackson day dinner which will DO
given at Dayton will be one Of the great-
est Democratic social events which viii
occur in Ohio in the near future" said
Representative James NJ. Cox. Of Dayton.
at the Raleigh last night. Mr. Cox was
born on farm near Jacksonburg. Butler
County, IN the blustery month OF March.
in The year 1876 and is the owner and
publisher Of the Dayton Daily News and
the Springfield Daily News. He started
his career by going to country SCHOOL,
then enlisted as a farmers boy, news
boy, printers devil. and reporter. sue.
cessiyely. After that Dame FOrtune
smiled on him. and now he has a family
OF three and makes laws for the greatest
country ever
TO continue about the Jackson day din
ner: Yes, sir said Mr.. Cox. that is
going TO be the greatest thing IN the line
of dinners ever pulled of In the Buckeye
State. Champ Clark will be there and
that is saying a whole lot. And. what's
more. he's going to be the orator, or
speaker. or attraction Of the evening. Hs
viii reply 10 Speaker Cannon's Kansas
City speech, which is bound to make 'em
SIT up and observe"
| William Busby. Of McAlester, okla.
| reputed to be one Of the wealthiest men
OF that young Commonwealth, IS at ths
Raleigh Mr Busby has the air Of a
serious Sunday-school teacher He wears
| glasses. and al times looks severely and
then again smiles sweetly. Mr. Busby
says he is interested and engaged in ho-
| tel enterprises. banking. street car con-
| Germs, real estate coal mines, and other
enterprises, too numerous TO mention. He
selected his own subjects for discussion.
and otherwise refused to be drawn into
open discussion Of any other subject. He
said he would call on Secretary BaIinger
to-day but did not volunteer the reason
why or wherefore.
Prohibition Is fat failure in Okla
homa," said Mr. Busby They tell me-
you can get as much 10 drink as YOU
want anywhere and az any time. So I
hear. and ! believe il: 7 myself dunt
drink Prohibition is all right when t
prohibits; otherwise, Il is all nonsense
and a failure. Places are wide open, 50
they say and you can get all you want,
SO they say.
Il am a great believer in paying high
wages, continued Mr.. Busby y employ
hundreds Of persons in my various enter
prises and I pay them good wages. Then
I also believe the employer should make
Il point TO cultivate friendly relations
with employees. gave four dinners du--
ing the last year TO the men. also be-
3 lieve IN educating them. and for that pUr-
pose I give them talks on various sub
jects which I think will help them
"One Of the most annoying and curious
phenomena connected with the work Of a
telegraph operator is never voluntarily
mentioned by the older men in the serv-
Ice" said Herman J. Fisher. Of PhiladeI-
phia. a business man Of the city, but
formerly a knight Of the key, who was
lseen az the New Willard.
IF one Of them is asked about it he
viii look bored. possibly a little scared,
and viii pOoh-pOoh or make vigorous de-
, nial according 10 his own particular
mood and temperament But If you can
find your way into hts inner confidence
he will tell YOU with lowered voice and
mysterious mien Of the haunting song
p OF the wires.
? THE nai}deinauon. continued N-
Fisher, If that is what Il really is. doubt
less has q nervous origin. The man who
sits for eight or ten hours day before a
'sounder' and listens to the ceaseless
e Iclick-click-click clickety-c Of
the countless messages that fash their
y way TO him and past him from the four
corners Of the earth may he pardoned 4
j. the monotony OF 1t gets on his nerves
after a while. And when il does get on
his nerves there is no telling Just wha,
form his hallucinatiOn may take. nor %
what extent II may carry him.
But there is one thing about the te-
legrapher'p peculiar haIlucinatious whict
wears the color of reasonableness. It is
the fact that thousands OF operators are
> affected in the same way. and that the
" hallucination or nervous disorder. OF
whatever II may be, never attacks one
who has not served many years in the
4, profession.
The Mexican government is making ev-
cry effort to conctliate the Yaqui n
dians, according To Lewis c. Rees. OF
N f-r7ag7a1a forg on AVueria1v ys.I, has iv