The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-19
AT THE HOTELS.


by the insurgents IN Congress for recog-
milton Of their reform ideas" said Joseph
X Kelly. of New York. q contractor and
politician, who is at the New Willard,
'the Democratic party In all its history
never had more powerful ally than
these very insurgents to discredit the
Republican party.
If the next Congress is Democratic
1t is primarily due to these so-called
Republican insurgents Whatever they
are doing. they are doing their best 10
ruin their party. They are playing poor
politics II they represent Republican
districts and the next House Is Demo-
cratic and enacts laws which are against
the principles of the Republican plat
form, no one is TO blame but these men
who are to-day fighting Joe Cannon and
the Republican machine
"on the other hand. If the next House
is Democratic. the dominant party is
under the greatest obligations to the Re-
publican insurgents for their success and
must pay heed to their dictat.ons. The
best way for the regulars OF the Repub-
lican party to solve this puzzle is to read
the insurgents out Of the party and de-
nounce them as plain Democrats, who
have no right on the Republican side OF
the House and have no right to say they
favor President Taft's platform.
President Taft Is reported as saying
that he had nothing TO do with the in
surgent-Cannon row. II this is true.
PRESIDENT Taft made a very serious mis-
take. as he is. or at least ought TO be,
most deeply interested in the fight now
going on in the National Legislature.
President Taft was elected by the regular
Republican voters. and It seems
to be his duty. therefore. to give the
regulars his unqualified support. If
Roosevelt were in the White House, he
would not hesitate to cast his lot either
with this or that part of the House. He
would call a spade a spade. There would
be no dilly-dallying.
II am afraid that the attitude OF Presi-
dent Taft in this most serious matter viii
not do him a bit Of good. He certainly has
his opinion. and If he has. ne should not
be afraid to express IT,"
LfcnlS j. a Dduhtf anu BtUheE
Of Boston, who is at the Shoreham.
speaking OF peculiarities Of banking and
bank notes, said last night that 1t IS a
curious fact that not one man out OF ten
can tell you the design Of any one OF the
current United States bank notes
"Of course, do not refer TO the notes
OF high denomination, said Mr.. Porter.
81 mean everyday. common bank notes
of low denomination. And / do not bar
In this statement many employees in
banks. They handle money in a mechan-
zeal way, and I'll venture that many OF
them would be stumped If you were 10
ask them to give you a detailed description
Of the bin. They would instantly recog-
nize II when ii came 10 hand, but each
man trusts more to a general impression
Of what constitutes the outlines of a GER
tain note than he realizes. There was a
very clear illustration of the truth of my
statement the other day IN Indiana.
In the vaults of bank at Rochester.
Ind, there had lain for a number Of
years a package OF s. national bank notes
just as it had come from the Treasury
Department. These bills all bore the name
Of the bank and were Of the first Issue
OF national bank notes. II win be re-
membered that the issue of 1856 showed a
fine engraving Of an historical character
on the reverse of each denomination. the
$ bills bearing on the back a represen-
tation of the landing OF Columbus. on
the diverse being an EngIishman pre-
senting an Indian maiden to three women
-emblematic Of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
A good many of these new bills were
paid out. and not long after kilograms.
letters, and even personal calls began
TO pour into the bank, warning the off,
Gals to be on their guard: that a most
clever and absolutely undetectable eoun-
terfeit of their notes was out. and the
only way the fact had been discovered
was owing TO the difference between this
and the present designs OF national bank
notes. The incident went to show how
little the average business man is &C
quainted with paper money. for II there
was one note that a counterfeiter could
not duplicate with success It was the
fresh. fat national bank note OF the Sc
ries mentioned"
Railroad management may be guilty of
many sins. according to g. H Thatcher.
of Oklahoma City, Okla, who is at the
National. but 1t is not less true that they
should be given the credit for many acts
Of virtue. NO section in the country IS
more strict in its regulation Of the rail-
roads than the Southwest. The Interstate
Commerce Commission was developed
from an idea which first saw the light
of forum in Texas. The constitution OF
Oklahoma goes far beyond all previous
IN assuming control and direction
of railroad affairs.
'Yet the railroads must be given the
credit for the founding of this great and
new empire" continued Mr.. Thatcher.
They have blazed their sinuous paths
across the trsckless plains, which COW
cred their riches under the cloak of a
desert. AS the railroads advanced, towns
and cities arose. The desert cloak was
ripped of, and there lay millions of
acres of fertile land awaiting the tiIler
)f the soil. The railroads knew that this
country must have people II It was 20
make business. Therefore they sent
agents to tell the farmers Of other States
of the fortunes awaiting them in Okla
homa. They save them cheap tickets. If
they desired to have a look. The rail-
roads spent thousands and thousands OF
dollars advertising the glories and oppor-
Iunities OF the Southwest Their reward
Is in the traffic. which is now greater
han they can handle, developed from a
country not two decades old"