El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-11
Heard in Hotel L0bbieS.

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Few public men in the country hav,
a cleaner private character than Pres
1dent Mckinley" said A. N. Howell OF
the treasury department. Newspaper
men never had better friend than Nc.
k1nley and when he likes a reporter
he cannot do too much for him. | COW
cred the Mckinley home in 1896 when
he was running for president the first
time. There were almost dozen of us
and he treated us like we were mem
bers of his family. Nothing was too
good for us but we had to understand
one thing and that was that no fake
interviews went. He expelled, or
caused to be expelled, two men who
sent out interviews that he denied. l
| remember an act of kindness he did
during his canvass for governor of
Ohio in 1891. Young Pollard. a news
paper correspondent who was after
wards made consul at Monterey, Mex
leo. was touring the state with McKin-
ley and reporting his speeches. He
mad been exposed a great deal and on
one occasion had severe cold. He
was sitting on the cab with the driver
one evening going to a place in the
country. He was coughing severely
when Mckinley heard him. Stopping
the carriage the great statesman made
seat inside while he got up and rode
with the driver. Many such acts are
credited to him and those who know
him well cannot but admire his kindly
feeling to his fellow man.
THE development of industrial en-
terprises in Mexico is largely due to the
efforts of President DiaZ." said a trav-
eler from the republic at the Pierson
this morning. He is credited with one
expression that proves clearly his atti-
tude toward manufactures. When
Diaz made his last trip to northern
Mexico in his special train he visited
Gomez's Palacio. few miles from Tor
reon. The Palacio is typical manu-
featuring town and all the factories
are owned by Juan Birmingham, who
accompanied the train into the village.
When the train ran into the yards
there every whistle in the city began
to blow. They whistled for few min
utes, then the bells on all the churches
aud other buildings began ringing.
When they had ceased President DiaZ
TUNED to Mr.. Birmingham and said:
i would that all those bells were
moulded into whistles and were blow
ing from factory boilers Diaz has ever
been the foremost advocate of factor
has had his hearty support"
B. NJ Massey. who was for several
months on The Herald staff last year,
but has been in Mexico City for ten
months. arrived in the city Saturday
night and spent yesterday here. Mr..
has been getting out a directory
of the American population of the city
of Mexico and was on his way to st.
Louis where the book is to be printed.
He states that the American popula-
ton of the capital is now about 5000
and is fast increasing He has done
well in Mexico and says that any
American who is industrious would
prosper there. Mexico City is build
ing rapidly" said Mr.. Massey. and |
is fast assuming American appearance.
San Francisco street there is Anieri- |
can in architecture and reminds one |
Of Pennsylvania avenue at Washing
ton. Society is good in the capital |
and there are enough Americans there |
to make one feel comfortable" Mr..
Massey left for St. Louis last night |
and will visit his old home in Spring
field before returning to Mexico.
Mr.. de Soir, well known American
broker in Mexico City, is at the Shell
don. He is on his way to California to |
settle up the estate of deceased rela-
tive 1.-The financial panic is growing |
worse he said to Herald reporter |
this morning, land is likely to be |
alarming soon ii some change is not !,
made. The trouble lies with the banks. |
They refuse to loan money at any price !
and that has put the country in bad |
shape l do not believe that there |
would be any danger of a panic # the |
banks would let out money so mer- |
chants could carry on their business.
As it is however, the merchants can
not get money except what they take
in over the counter and they are forced
20 do a strictly cash business. None
If the banks are making loans. l went
INTO the Banco Nacional a few weeks
,go with $4,000 stocks in that bank
md wanted to borrow $4,000 in silver.
was refused with a very slim eNpla-
,ation. Merchants cannot get money
n do business with and that is causing