Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-18

out oy great Paris bank to make an In
quiry into the value of the railway proper
ties told me substantially the same thing.
l don't know whether the Paris bank ulti-
mately Joined the London syndicate or not,
but at that time its representative declared
American capitalists would not make the
investment. He put it on the same ground;
they WERE he said. too timid and wanted
to make double money right away. The
ma king double money right off. and there
fore he reasoned that the Americans would
not hold out against the Europeans; and
he reasoned rightly.
When many fiattering things are said
about American enterprise it CRATES a little
to hear these comments of the foreigners.
Yet they seem to be weil-grounded crit1-
cisms. In spite of his enterprise. when the
American capitalist leaves his home sur
roundings in order to make IL per cent in
stead of per cent, he wants the same
guarantee he has at home, and he hesitates
because he cannot earn 10 per cent as
quickly and surely as he does 4 per cent.
So he draws back and criticises the govern
ment. Now. the English capitalist expects
his government to protect his property, but
he asks nothing more. So he Is getting the
better of the American capitalist In some
'orms of investment in Cuba.
Speculation IA to Cabinet Changes.
Republican politicians in New York are
botheriHg more than seems to be necessary
over prospective cabinet changes. One of
the group which is always to be found at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel asked me if it
was understood in Washington that Gov
Roosevelt would become Secretary of War
lie ignored the suggestion that there was
no vacancy in the cabinet and went on to
speculate on the prospect of Roosevelt run
ming the Philippine campaign. l don't know
anybody in Washington who thinks Roose-
welt will become Secretary of War in case
of a vacancy, and l haven't found any
body in New York who thinks he would
give up the governors chair If he had a
cabinet prefer His ambition is furthered
much more handily as governor of the
state, and he can enforce the neutrality,
if not the active support, of the republic
can state machine.
Some of the New York politicians think
however. that Gen. Horace Porter may go
from Paris to the cabinet, and they do not
like the idea. a few months back q very
earnest movement was made to have See
rotary Alser and Ambassador Porter swap
places. Some OF the amha ssador's person
al friends knew of the movement and may
have engineered it with OF without his
knowledge. The idea then was to provide
a place for Secretary AIger. Now that the
Secretary will drop into the Michigan sena-
torial scrimmage whenever he leaves the
CABINET, that necessity no longer exists.
Nevertheless the idea of putting General
Porter at the head of the War Department
is held with pertinacity by some individ-
uals here.
The rank and file of the republican work
ers do not want the ambassador to France
IN the cabinet because they think he is too
seihsn. 1t was always a complaint that
ne never did anything for the party and
was always looking out for himself
whether the complaint is well founded or
not the feeling Of prejudice exists If a
place should be found for New Yorker
IN the War Department the republican
party workers want some one like Cornelius
BLISS. While Mr.. Bliss was not identified
with the machine element. he treated ii
fairly and had the good will of the work
crs. None of this CLASS is at all delicate in
taking about the supposed cabinet vacancy
IN prospect and in making known what will
meet their wishes. Some of Senator Platts
followers talk earnestly of Gov. Roosevelt
because they would much rather have him
as part of the national administration in
stead OF being the head of the state ad-
ministration.
Want Bryan Again.
The silverlte democrats are going TO have
Bryan come among them again. One of
them Is my authority for the statement
that after the meeting of the national
committee in Chicago Bryan will make an
eastern pilgrimage. They propose to clinch
the advantage which they expect to gain
in Chicago by an active Bryan propaganda
In the east. To do this they must have the
presence of their chieftain. After Bryan
mas SHOWN himself they hope to convince
the sound money element, which is founder
ing around for a new issue and a new
candidate, that the plan is hopeless 1t
certainly does not seem to be getting much
ENCOURAGEMENT Some one told me recent
~ that there We're two democratic news
papers which had been for Bryan and free
silver and which were now advocating
Mr. Grover Cleveland and the burial of he
past. l don't know what the papers are
or where they are published. Former Sec
rotary J. Sterling Morton was 10 unveil
the cleveland idol at a Fourth of July
gathering at which new party was to be
formed If he did so and started the party
the news of it must have been lost in Tie
sound of the firecrackers Nobody seems
to have heard of it.
during the recess Of the Mazet legislative
committee its agents, under the direction
OF prosecutor Moss, are continuing to UNI
cover more rottenness in municipal admin
istratlon. Every time a disclosure of in
iqulty IN the tenderlon district is made A
nopeiui reformer pops up and says that
this Is going to be the end Of Tammanv
RUE. 10 me 1t seems about as it was last
april when the disclosures began New
ork as community knows that this
moral rottenness exists under Tammany
Eut II refuses to be shocked. Consequently
there Is little prospect of a local political
reFolutlon. CHARLES NJ. PEPPER