Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
FROM THE PEOPLE
Letter from Henry A. Minor.


object of my former visits, and went
into the department where they had
reproductions in miniature of sarco-
phagi of long ago dead kings and
queens of France and Spain and of the
Medici of Venice, and of old cathe-
drals. 'In miniature" in this connec-
tion sometimes means twenty-five
feet high. l saw Rheims Cathedral
though not the west transcript with
the e. eat round window in it we are so
familiar with, but another front. l
saw, too, reproductions of the beauti-
full cathedrals of Beauvais. Limoges
and AK.
There was a miniature of the Aero
polls near Athens, and the temple of
Neptune. They did not have any of
the tomb of NAPOLEON nor of the Car
mic ruins. One of the finest things |
saw was bronze mountain lion,
crouching by an American artist.
Things l saw reminded me of friends
in Noxubee. Of course the bust of
Demosthenes reminded me of Hardin
Brooks, and the musical instrument in
Apolos hands of Max Willisms and
another gentlemen won't name lest |
hurt his real estate business. The
statue of Hercules recalled Charlie
Barnes and that OF Plato Charlie
Strong with an imagined beard. Isaw
painting, old Italian, entitled "Vene-
tian Ambassador to Abyssinia" and
the ambassador was the splitting image
of Lester Williams. There were other
resemblances. but it would take up too
much of the Beacon's space.
They say there is more traffi, along
Michigan avenue than any other street
in the world. Certainly automobiles
90 by fifteen hours in the day at the
rate of ten minute. Then just a lit
tie i'rther over are the Illinois Central
tracks with innumerable trains. local
and interurban as we'll as ordinary.
and then the lake on which there is
constant stream OF vessels. 1t is also
one of the handsomest streets any,
where. with great tall bui'9 .ngs, though
OF course they are oN.s u G4e side o1'
the avenue, the other side fronting the
lake.
John Sharp Williams came into head
quarters Wednesday. He has been
resting up at some springs since the
adjournment of Congress, but still
looked worn and worked down. How
ever, as soon as he got here we put
him to work and he looked much bet
ter next morning. | interviewed him
on the issue "sectionalism and sent it
out to the papers. To show you what
a cold deal these Chicago papers give
US, the Tribune gave him six lines, the
Journal twenty and the others none at
all. But blackmail case can get ten
columns. We sent the interview out
to good many papers in this and ad
j,ining states. Have not yet received
copies and so can't say how many used
it. l send you copy of the inter-
view. He left yesterday to speak in
Indiana; will go to Michigan and make
many speeches there.
Last night the Iroquois club, a big
Democratic social and political organi-
zation here, entertained the heads of
the various bureaus at big banquet,
about 500 being present. | represented
our bureau. Senators Walsh, Hollis
and Salisbury spoke and Congressman
Ferris. | wish Brooke could have
heard him. Then Gov. Dunn Of Hi
nois, candidate to succeed himself,
spoke. Senator Walsh made magnifi
cent speech; the Others were all short.
1t was mighty pleasant to me as
Mlssissippian, and personally, too, so
far as that was concerned, to see how
fond the Washington men are of
Senator Williams. There was some
ting so genuine about their welcome to
him.
Politics. There is a strong belief in
many quarters, even IN some Demo-
cratic quarters, that Hughes is going
to be elected. have tried to discover
the grounds for this. OF course in
the majority of cases the thought is
fathered by the wish, In other cases
it is a natural pessimism in
creased by the fact that the
Republicans have tremendous
campaign fund. 1t is said that their
fund this year makes Mark Hanna's S
fund look like 80 cents. 1t is realized
that this is Big Business last stand for
the controlling influence in our national
government. In other cases, and | be-
lieve these are by far the most numer
Gus, the reason for the belief is this
the country is normally Republican
and it won't be changed this year. To
my mind the main fact is true-the
country is, or has been, normally Re-
PUBLICAN. But this is no normal or or