The evening times., 1900-02-28
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

/ al ChamDerlin's for a few weeks He is
in the city as a member Of the Industrial
| Commission. and is here with reference
TO the report OF that body, which has been
submitted to Congress.
The silver issue has taken rear place
in the Western States" said he. this morn
irg, "and in the territory where four years
! ago an overwhelming majority was given
to the candidate voicing the cause Of the
white metal today little interest. much
less enthusiasm. could be aroused on the
issue. The reasons for this are divers,
but mainly the fact that the prosperity Of
the past four years has downed the belief
! that in free silver lay the only prosper
| ity. The coming campaign will be fought
/ out on the question Of expansion. ana
/ am an ardent expansionist. Mr.. Bryan
/ VIII find few followers in the West when
/ he dares oppose allowing the flag TO re
( main where it has been placed by Aneri-
( can arms. No self-respecting silver man
I in all the West. be he Democrat or Repub-
lican. will for one moment uphold the par
fly or go near the nest which contains such
! IN assembly as Carl Schurz, Grover Cleye-
! land. Edward Atkinson John p Altgeld.
/ Andrew Carnegie. and Richard Croker
| While I am not a gold man, / am not the
silver man that / was. / can state my
l position fairly well by saying that | am
an eXpansiOnist and am with the Admins
tratiOn in this from start TO finish. We
/ or the Pacific Coast believe that within
! Fifty years the Pacific viii rival the At
/ lantic in point OF commerce There is also
more sentiment in the Western man where
! the fdg IS concerned than in those else
where in the country, and when Mr. Bryan
attempts 10 renueFt these men to tear
/ down the flag from where our victories
/ have placed il Re viii do worse than fail
There is no room for his teachings in the
/ great West and from Washington TO Cali
/ fornia the people are a solid unit for eX-
/ 2ansion- Therefore, the party uDholdiHg
the flag will certainly be Upheld by the
I people"
/ J. NJ. Wilbur. OF New York is at the
| NOTmandie looking after the interests Of a
/ bill for the relief Of the oystermen along
/ tAe northern New Jersey Coast. Some
/ thing will be done for these men during
I the present session OF Congress said he,
4 this morning. "The bill has been reported
/ 1avorabIy again and again. but something
/ has always prevented its being put
through The claims have been justified
and IL is acknowledged that the thousands
+ of tons Of garbage carried from New York
and dumped IN the oyster beds have for
ever spoiled hundreds OF thousands OF dol
l lars worth OF bivalves, the property of the
+ 0ystermen. A bin Is now before the House
/ which empowers the Secretary Of the
+ Treasury 10 male an Investigation into the
{ claims and make The awards as deserved.
{ I am confident that this viii pass
Josef Maurer and Zwoin Boilly are at
the Sho7eham from Switzerland. They are
/ visiting the Capital on a pleasure trip and
4 NIH remain here Tor a week
/ Yes. we have what you might call
3 model republic. said Dir. MaUer. this
morning. and enjoy splendid government.
I The Federal Assembly has just elected as
I President Cl the Republic Walther Houser.
+ who for the past year has held the posi-
! tI9u OF Vice President. EdOuard Muller,
+ who was President during 1888. retired by
& operation Ct the Swiss law which makes
. it impossible for any President TO succeed
+ himself The President does not have TO
/ select q cabinet as a council Of seven
members takes its place. Thee are elected
/ by the Federal Assembly for a term OF
I three years. and eacn member serves uu-
l der three different Presidents. The PTesi-
/ dent receives a salary of $2.7o0 per year.
1 while the members OF the Federal Council
/ receive s. 400 per year All legislation 10
/ be acted upon by the Federal Assembly
I must BE- introduced by one of the FCde-aI
4 councillors who attend the meetings. Of tre
i Assembly but are deprived Of vote
/ Switzerland is prosperous and the people
are happy
| Deacon 5 V. White. the noted broker
and fuancier. IS AT the Shoreham from New
York for a few days. He is one Of the mos
/ picturesque figures on Wall Street beire
I eighty years old and grizzled from a lyng
battle for wealth. He is known as the
stormy Petrei'' ard has = large following
I He was chased out OF North Carolina as
| an auti-slavery Quaker. and later became
| District Attorney OF Iowa. Kinder President
| Lincoln. He has been in Wall Street FOR
over thirty years. yet last week be wrote
/ a poem in honor Of f. c. Steadman and
presented it 10 him on the floor OF the
I Stcck Exchange.
James P. Lynch general manager Of the
CoahuiIa and Zacatecas Railroad. from sal
tIIo Mexico, is at the Arlington. He is
/ accompanied by Senor r. J. Rodriguez and
is en- route 20 New York on business.
There is a great deal OF railroad build
ing going on ia Mexico at present" said
| Mr.. Lynch this morning. "snd there is a
great future for the country. Mining is the
chief INDUSTRY hut stock raising and ag-
| riculture are rapidly developing Mexico
is learning from the United States. and in
the matter Of industrial progress is an apt
pupil We have splendid silver. copper.
and lead mines. with some gold Ny rail
road transports the ore from the big mines
in one section Of the country. and no couu-
! try. according 70 population is doing az
much railroad construction as is Mexico
| "One Of the interesting exhibits in the
American section OF the Paris Exposition
| viii be the models prepared bv the Mis-
I sissiVFi River Commission" said r. +.
Irrelevant, of st. Louis. at the Raleigh to-
day.
The models are those Of vessels used
in the improvement Of the big waterway
and will be operated as though built on az
actual scale One Of these is a model o
a hydraulic dredEe beat. which is said q
be the finest thing Of the kind ever put 10
gether. The dredge boat and piIe-drive-
are perfect as TO detail. not one tins
screw being left out. The boilers and ma
chinery, the electric headlights. aad spar,
are all In working order. and viii surFris,
some OF the European engineers. Models
Of the various styles on tn Mississipp
viii also be shown with floating tows U
coal and grain The models have beer
preparsd at Government expense and viii
be shipped TO Paris next week. whore they
will be given place Of honor"
CURRENT HUMOR.