Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 7, 15 November 1908 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALliADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRA31, SUNDAY, NO VE3IBER 15, 1908. J '1 GREAT MEN SLATED FOB THE SENATE GIRLS OPERATE NEW YORK "LIFTS" oat? Roosevelt, Bryan, Root and Kern May Eventually Be In Upper Mouse. HllimiimiH,'llM.lHtfMIHf,V, WOULD MARK AN EPOCH.

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ROOSEVELT'S SELECTION FOR SENATE WOULD BE STRIKING DEMONSTRATION THAT REACTIONARIES MUST GO.

(Special to Palladium.) Washington, Nov. 14. It is a mighty inviting picture Dame Rumor paints for .us, that of Theodore Roosevelt, William J. Bryan and John W. Kern as members of the United States senate, but it is not to be realized yet a while, at least. The Dame had it planned that Kern should succeed James A. Hemenway and Roosevelt Thomas C. Piatt on March 4 next, and that two years later Bryan should join them as .the successor of Elmer J. Burkett. : Kern may come from Indiana to the senate,' but Roosevelt is out of it, so far as succeeding Piatt is concerned. It is learned from the "highest authority," and in the past that has not infrequently meant Secretary Loeb, that election as Piatt's successor does not fit in with Roosevelt's plans. Besides, President Roosevelt is committed to Elihu Root, his chief of cabinet, as the next senator from New York, Mr. Roosevelt frankly admits that the success of his administration has been due in a large measure to the help of two men, William Howard Taft and Elihu tRoot. Taft has hia reward in election to the presidency, and Mr. Roosevelt feels that he is bound by every moral obligation to turther any ambition of Mr. Root's, and that ambition just now leads to the senatorship. "N.w It will be remembered that Mr. tloosevelt's original plan ' of reward was to elect Root as his successor in the White, House and! appoint Taft chief justice of the supreme court. Fate and the American people stepped n and dVcreed otherwise. With that sagacity in politics that amounts almost to second sight, the president discerned that Root would not be ; strong as a presidential candidate and though Root was ambitions for the nomination and Roosevelt was under heavy obligation to help him. he had the courage to throw the weight of his influence to Taft. This step was. taken only after many long and earnest (inferences with the secretary of state, and . Root at last came to view the situation as the president saw it and to accept the verdict with good grace. "Now Root wants to be senator and all men must see how impostible it is for the president not to give him every assistance In his power, to say nothing of the impossibility of Mr. Roosevelt himself accepting the office. DePew Not Good Enough. But things may be different when it comes to the election of a successor to Chauncey M. Depew, whose senatorial term expires March 3, 1911. That Depew will not be elected to succeed himself goes without saying. New York decided quite a number of years ago that Piatt, and Depew were not the calibre of men who ought to represent the Empire state in the senate, and their retirement at the end of tliei represent terms has been regarded as a matter of course. Piatt has recognized the impossibility of retaining his seat and Is not seeking re-election. There is every reason to believe Depew will see things in the same light. There is no reason now known why Roosevelt should not aspire to be Der pew's successor. He then will have finished his African hunt and his program of absenting himself from the country until the Taft administration

was well under way, will have been carried out. It is Impossible to see how his duties as associate editor of The Outlook would interfere with his duties as a senator, and Mr. Roosevelt has made no secret of the fact that he regards the United States senate as a fitting field for the activities of an expresident. Politics would only be following a normal course, therefore, should Theodore Roosevelt take the oath as a senator from New York on March 4, 1911. Mr. Bryan's chances of succeeding Senator Burkett wpuld have to depend in the first instance on the ability of Nebraska democrats to elect a majority of the legislature two years hence. They did it this year, but the legislature elected this year will not elect a senator, bo the question will have to be regarded as an open one. Although not formally .,'- a candidate, it was well understood when Burkett was elected to the senate that the race was between him and Bryan, and Burkett won. The results In Nebraska on November 3, Indicated that Bryan has grown In the esteem of his own state and the result might be different In another race between him and Burkett. Should Bryan be elected to succeed Burkett and Roosevelt to succeed Depew, they would take their oaths as senators on the same day, and the event would be one of the most signlProcured In U. S. and all foreign countries. FEE REFUNDED if we ail to obtain allowance of your sptlon. 27 years' experience. L. M.Hopkins. 732 Marquette Bids CHICAGO, ILL.

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Because young women were found to be more prompt and careful in the operation of elevators, one of the largest hotels in New York City has hired several of them to run "lifts" in that hostelry. One of the girls in her elevator costume is shown in this picture. ficant in the history of the senate. That body has never ecQiiired in its history two men as members who before becoming, senators had been of such commanding influence in the na-i tion. Andrew Johnson went to thej senate after leaving the white house, i it is true, but at no time had he ever j had a tithe of the influence of a j Roosevelt or a Bryan, and his power j was wholly shattered before he enter-j ed the senate. In that body he never I was of even average conseauence. Should Root succeed Piatt and Roosevelt, Depew, it probably would solve 'tbe now mooted Question as to who shall take the places of the present veteran leaders on the republican side. With the co-operation of Knox, already a senator from Pennsylvania and on the closest possible terms with both Roosevelt and Root, there would be a triumvirate hard to down. Just what influence -Mr. Bryan would have on the democratic side of the chamber would depend no doubt on the future tendency of that party, but there is no manner of doubt that as a senator he would prove a mighty interesting figure to the public and that he would have an immense following among the rank and file of his party. Senate to be Progressive. Roosevelt's election to the senate would be a striking demonstration of the fact that the senate is destined to change from a conservative or "reactionary" body to a progressive one. The selection of Governor Cummins of Iowa to succeed the late Senatoi Allison places a pronounced radical in the seat of a pronounced conserva tive, and the tendency of all the in coming senators, so far as their iden tlty is known, is toward radicalism. Joseph Li. Bristow, who will be the new senator from Kansas, probably will be more radical than any other man on tbe republican side except Senator LaFolIette of Wisconsin. It may be pointed out that if Elihu Root is elected senator from New York it will not be a triumph for radicalism, but It will have to be admit-

ted that Root, having been one of the t icians of London. mainstays of the Roosevelt adminis- The little girl is six-year-old Natalie tration, is more progressive than is Fernwood, of Heathcote, a fashionable "Tom" Piatt, who has been openly cuburb of London. The young woman and unblushingly reactionary. It is Miss Clara Louise Thurston.of 7,6o8 would be too much to expect that the Smerald avenue, whom King Edward Republicans of New York would at called "the girl with the musical finthis time send a pronounced radical ptrs." to the Senate, but Root in the place Two years ago Miss Thurston went of Piatt certainly would be in the line to Germany to study under Herr of progressiveness; and if in two Franz Peonitz, the great harpist. Aftyears Roosevelt should be elected, r a year she returned to America by New York would have gone as far to- the way of Ireland and England. She ward radicalism as any important stopped for a time in Heathcote, and state, and as far as even the most san-! while there heard of a treasured harp guine could reasonably expect her to ' possessed by the Fernwood family, go in view of the fact that revolutions The instrument was an heirloom, and

of this character always are of slow growth. Watched Fifteen Years. "For fifteen years I have watched the working of Bucklen's Arnica Salve; and it has never failed to cure any sore, boll, ulcer or burn to which it was applied. It has saved us many a doctor bill," says A. F. Hardy, of East Wilton, Maine. 25c. at A. G. Luke n & Co. drug store. T. B. Curran, formerly a member of Parliament, said that a South Sea islander, whom a traveler had brought home with him as a servant, in a lo

cal tavern was praising up the British and Miss Thurston repeated the lullaconstitution when one of his hearers ' by. Then she played another air a said to him: "What do you know j happy, rollicking song from which about it? You're not an Englishman. laughter seemed to ripple at every

you navent a arop oi Kngiisn biooa in your veins." "Don't you be so sure about that," replied the black, "my grandfather helped to eat Captain Cook." Miss Woodby So Mr. Smart said h eonsidered me Tery witty, eh? Miss Knox Not exactly: he said he hart tn Alauh every time be met you.

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Comes From England to Thauk Musician Who Rescued Her

Chicago, 111., Nov. 14. A little girl has come all the way from England to Chicago to hear' again the sweet strains of a harp played by a young woman whose wonderful music brought the small maid back to Health a year ago, after she had been given jp as incurable by the greatest phywas played long ago by the grand mother of little Natalie. Miss Thurston expressed a desire to play on the harp, which had been untouched for years. Her wish was granted and the Instrument was brought forth from its massive case. The girl's dainty fingers picked out from the musical strings a gentle, soothing lullaby, and as she played ever so "softly the strains reached the ears of the little invalid, who in a rearby room was wasting away from a disease that mystified the doctors. A new light came into the child's eyes, and she asked her nurse to "bring the lady to play for me." The harp was brought into the sick room ; DOte. The child listened as if enchanted. "Play again, please," she said when the young woman had finished. The American girl prolonged her visit two weeks'for the little sick girl. I "When she finally sailed for Ameri- ; the color of health had returned to i little Natalie's cheeks, and her recorlery was looked upon as ""rtfilfc

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"I'm going to get well, mamma," she said, "so I can go to America and see the kind lady, who played for me." When the small traveler arrived in Chicago with her parents a few days ago and went to the Thurston home, she danced with joy as she caught sight of Miss Thurston. In a moment the two were wrapped in each other's arms, and tears came to the eyes of the mother and the American girl as they watched the 'joy of the child. Mr. Fernwood, who is a London merchant of prominence, and his wife vill return to England in a few days, leaving Natalie to visit with the Thurstons until the Christmas holidays, when the child will journey alone from New York td England. GENERAL OBSERVANCE DFJLINCOLN DAY Committee Prepares for Tribute to Martyred President. New York, Nov. 14. The plan and scope committee of the Lincoln committee has submitted a report on the : proposed celebration of the one hundreth anniversary of the birth of Lincoln, February 12, 1909. It is suggested that Lincoln's Gettysburg address be read on that day In the public schools; that a public meetingvbe held , that a short history of Lincoln's life, including his Gettysburg address, emancipation proclamation, and other suitable extracts from his speeches and correspondence be printed for distribution in the schools and elsewhere. The committee further recommends that the managers of theatres be requested to have the Gettysburg address read during the performance. Korl rl IndXgestioa v KeUaves soar stomach palpitatianof tbakcart. Digests what yea eat

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524 Mam st. 7 VI under Jackson, and ending with Secretary Wilson In the present cabinet. The record in this respect is an Interesting one. Seven secretaries of state have come from this region, 12 secretaries of the treasury, or half the days of the civil war, 1 secretaries of war, or half the number who have held the office 6ince 1850, 17 secretaries of the interior, and every secretary of agriculture since the portfolio was established. Of the other sections of the country, the south has furnished 94 members of tbe cabinets and New England 46. New York holds the highest record of a single state, having sent 34 men to the councils of the presidents. Massachusetts comes next with 29 followed by Pennsylvania 28, Ohio 23 and Virginia 21. Secretary Taft is the third head of the war department to be elected' president, the others being James Monroe and U. S. Grant. Jefferson Davis was also secretary of war under Pierce. Six presidents have secretary of state prior to going to the white house; they were Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Van Buren and Buchanan. None of the other portfolios have

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