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

Il
at Chamberlin'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 a rear place
in the Western States" said he. this morn
ing, "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. and /
am an ardent expansionist. Mr.. Bryan
will find few followers in the West when
he dares oppose allowing the flag to re-
main where it has been placed by Ameri-
can arms. No self-respeeting silver man
| in all the West. be he Democrat or Repub-
lican, will for one moment uphold the par
Fly or 90 near the nest which contains such
! an assembly as Carl SchuTz. Grover Cleve-
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| Andrew Carnegie. and Richard Croker.
| While | am not a gold man, | am not the
| silver man that | was. / can state my
! position fairly well by saying that | am
! an expansiOnist and am with the Admins
tration in this from start to finish. We
| on the Pacific Coast believe that within
fifty years the Pacific will rival the At
| lantic in point OF commerce. There is also
more sentiment in the Western man where
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where in the country, ard when Mr.. Bryan
attempts TO request these men to tear
down the flag from where our victories
have placed it Re will 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-
psnsion. Therefore, the party upholding
the flag will certainly be Upheld by the
people"
j. NJ. Wilbur, of New York is at the
Normandie looking after the interests Of a
bill for the relief Of the oystermen along
the northern New Jersey Coast. Some
thing will be done for these men during
the present session of Congress" said he.
this morning. THE bill has been reported
fayorably again and again. but something
has always prevented its being put
through. The claims have been justified
and it is acknowledged that the thousands
CT tons of garbage carried from New York
and dumped in the oyster beds have for
ever spoiled hundreds OF thousands of dol
lars worth OF 5ivalves, the property Of the
oystermen. A bill is now before the House
which empowers the Secretary Of the
Treasury to make an investigation into the
claims and make the awards as deserved.
/ am confident that this viii pass"
Josef Maurer and Zwoin Boilly are at
the shoreham from Switzerland. They are
visiting the Capital on pleasure trip and /
will remain here for a week.
Yes. We have what you might call a
model republic. said Mr. Mauer, this
morning and enjoy splendid government.
The Federal Assembly has just elected as
President cf the Republic Walther Houser.
who for the past year has held the posi- !
tiou OF Vice President. Edouard Muller,
who was President during 1899, retired by
operation CT the Swiss law which makes
il impossible for any President to succeed
himself The President does not have to
select cabinet as a council Of seven
members takes its place These are elected
by the Federal Assembly for a term of
three years. and each member serves un-
der three different Presidents. The PTesi-
dent receives a salary of 81. 200 per year.
while the members OF the Federal Council
receive 81 400 per year. All legislation TO
be acted upon by the Federal Assembly
must be introduced by one OF the Federal
councillors. who attend the meetings Of the
Assembly but are deprived Of a vote.
Switzerland is prosperous and the people
are happy
"Deacon'' : " White. the noted broker
81,
York for few days. He is one of the most
picturesque figures on Wall Street being
eighty years old and grizzIed from a long
battle for wealth. He is known as the
Stormy Petrei' ard has : large following
He was chased out Of North Carolina as
an anti-slavery Quaker. and later became
District Attorney Of Iowa. under President
Lincoln He has been in Wall Street for
over thirty years yet last week he wrote
a poem in honor of f. C. Steadman and
presented it TO him on tie floor OF the
Stock Exchange.
James P. Lynch general manager Of the
Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad. from Sal
tillo. Mexico. is at the Arlington. He is
accompanied by Senor F. J. Rodriguez and
is en- route TO New York on business.
There is a great deal Of railroad build
ing going on in Mexico at present" said
Mr.. Lynch this morning. and there is a
great future for the country. Mining is the
chief industry hut stock raising and ag-
ricuture 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. My rail
road transports the ore from the big mines
in one section of the country. and 10 coun-
try. according to population is doing as
much railroad construction rs is Mexico"
'One of the interesting exhibits in the
American section Of the Paris Exposition
will be the models prepared by the Mis-
sissipPi River Commission" said r. F.
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 an
actual scale. One Of these is a model OF
a hydraulic dredge boat which is said 20 I
be the finest thing Of the kind ever put to-
gether The dredge beat and piIe-driver
are perfect as to detail not one tiny
screw being left out. The boilers and ma
the electric headlights and spars
are all in working order, and will surprise
some of the European engineers. Models
of the various styles on the Mississippi
will also be shown with floating tows Of
coal and grain. The models have been
prepared at Government expense and will {
be shipped to Paris next week. whore they &
will be given q place of honor"
CURRENT HUMOR.