Show I n nt IlL i cn tn i I POLITICIANS TALK TAtK I Fear Hillbillies of Virginia Will Not Like the Match HOW SHIP OF STATE FLOATS Everybody in Washington is Discussing Politics These Days BY RALPH M. M WHITESIDE Washington Aug Tho H.-Tho Tho West Ct Virginia lnla politicians who are aro important import Import- ant en enOugh lIgh to havo have their headquarters In Washington ton and to live hive at the Now Willard or tho Raleigh when in town are aro speculating now upon a n. vcr very Important Important Im Im- Irn- Irn question It Is nothing more nor less than the effect of oC the marriage mar mar- riago of or Miss Mies Katherine Katharine Elkins to tho the Duke of or tho Abruzzi in October on the tho much political situation in West Vest VIr Virginia lnla from from which state Senator Sena Sena- tor tot Elkins is 18 sent to Washington ton to sit In tho the upper of or congress The wise ones among tho politicians tear fear ear that tho the newspaper stories of or the marriage of the millions which the house of oC Elkins is heir to and the accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts of oC ancient lineage will vill have ha an nn anevil evil ovll P 1 effect upon the tho Plastic minds of or th the no 4 In Mm flu In int-fi int of b b i v v v 4 JV Ie J of oC the little mountain state TIo folks who wouldn't know Steve if Ir the they met him but who have been voting for or Steves Steve's candidates for years cars and years ma may give she up the party part with the masters and antl go over to Democracy or Prohibition fear tho thomen thomen men higher up The simple minded folks toUtS in West TeSt Virginia aro are not used to dukes and carls earls and lords and In that region In tho the southern end of ot tho commonwealth whore Ieno a marks marIes tho the boundaries of or Kentucky and people people peo peo- pie toto tote guns it might ml prove pro dicas- dicas trous to tho the ticket Well Thought of or Th The Elkins family Is mighty well wen thought of or in Jim West Vest Virginia lnla The I people who make mako up tho the bulk of the population aro not hot given givon Ivon to many airs The They would rather seo see a candidate ride to lo town wAring lin boots than timan to have him borne borno in a a. special car and when it comes to marrying Into the thero ro royal circle the they can not comprehend what hat it all means Miss 1 Elkins may have havo the tho honor to report tho state for Cor or Bryan but tho situation is precarious at any rate rato with two state H Republican conven conven- and two nominees for tor governor o In Washington the thing Is being talked of In mighty ml serious tones During DurIn- tho hot days lays when whon the Potomac looms blue and cool in the lie shad shady valley between tho the Virginia hills tHIs and tho dog log wagon is chasing homeless an and l wifeless curs across tho broad asphalt ways for or which Washington Wash Wash- In ington ton Is famous tho the ship of state Is frequently left to drift along alonS' for a few lays days with no imo ono ommo at the tiller Sho She floats like e a derelict with perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps Luke Luko Wright in command for a space and amid then themi Mr Root Hoot mR may run over but generally speaking the tho good barque Is IH left to the tho tender mercies of ot tho winds Never yot yet linn n a low rakish cruft suddenly Into on the tho uppermost rim of the thc horizon and borno borne down upon th the good old state ship for lor there thero Is ha always Ys nomo sonie ono near and Mr l Roosevelt Is la only as far Car faraway faraway awn away as Oyster Oster BR Bay On Thursday General Wright tho the now new secretary of or war who succeeded Mr lr Taft Tart arrived back bacle in Jn Washington after a n. period of or three eo days during which the helm holm was utterly unmanned Every el member of or tho the crow was wa away somewhere Somo Some were in New England Eng Ens- land seeking the coolest zephyrs that zeph through tho Green mountains Others were In iii tho the North and ami others elsewhere The cabinet meetings as asa asa asa a matter of consequence were few Cew and unimportant Everybody In Washington Is talking politics and those who are aro not arc are willing to There arc are Just two topics I of or conversation politics and the I weather wen It has nearly got to the tho point where tho the man who says Is It hot enough for you 7 may bo be shoved Into the same class as the man who i says Well going to be elected Generally General speaking it Jt Is pretty well settled In Washington who is going to fill 1111 the Presidential seat scat The Washington ton correspondent who ha has imas never mot met Bill Butts tho the Oyster Bay U sage eago o and friend of tho the President has missed ono one of or the tho opportunities which come conic only to fortunate men The correspondents save savo those who I aro are regularly employed In Washington Washing Washing- I ton have drifted awa away some North orth and others South all watching with eager interest the great political battle which is already at the time skirmishing stage Several of oC got over to Oyster Da Bay for a brief space and there thero they had the opportunity to see seo seethe the friend of or tho the President William Butts esq aged ared in appearance wise in lila his generation an and an ox clam digger digger dig dig- ger Jet by b occupation I Bill follows tho the trend of or events in inthe inthe I the local paper and In the pleasant summer ss he lie tore foregathers his I clan of acquaintances before store and amI they discuss tho weighty questions of or the nation and settle them to their own satisfaction Bill Bm met mot Mr Taft when he lie was at O Oyster Bay and was so 80 delighted that ho lie held the subject open for tor consideration to tho the exclusion of or all others for three evenIngs evenIngs even even- Ings hand hantl running I Bill Dill was seated out in front of Moores Moore's store where the they have moved mo the headquarters of oC tho nation In the second floor in a small room the questions of moment are settled and It necessarily lends an air of or Importance importance importance import Import- ance to the building which h It does docs not have ha und er ordinary circumstances For instance no one looking at Moores Moore's General Emporium ItIs it itIs itis is possible to negotiate nos any anything thinS thinS' from froma troma a package of ot pins to a a. barrel of molasses would think it housed tho ho workings of a n world power Bill was not at all awed as he sat on a a. soap soapbox hox box in the cool of the evening and spat with unerring precision Into the middle of ot the road Th They y shore hew hev changed tImings things and ways of or running timings things in imm my time he lie said laid plaintively Then canned conventions and dummy delegates dele dole gates lic hc plum got m my goat oat as tho they sa say over to Now tw York I allus stand b by tIme old ideas and Im I'm Im I'm plumb going to settle Hettie this hits thin timing thing before booro I r cast to my ballot for a man who might steer this mighty nation Into another planet No o sirce Iree just leave It to Bill uin Billand and amid we will all bo he prosperous and good times will vilh be with us allus Tho Time solemn declaration ended as they mostly did In his enthusiasm Bill Bm neglected to keep a War wary f eye O on Old Man Mun Carr Carrs two young oun uns tins and andery vr very ery soon sooim ho he was sorry for tor his over over- 81 sight ht With deftness j tho they removed the tIme box from its position between Mr l Butts DUtts and time the earth and ho tumbled Into thin the soft turf turC still declaring for Cor and good times limes |