The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT,
Washington, D. G., Oct. 10, 1908.


The presidential boom of William
Randolph Hearst continues to grow.
Representative Shober of New York
who has just arrived here, says, North,
South, East and West there has been a
great deal of talk about Representative
Hearst, aud with good reason. He is in
touch with the president makers, the
people everywhere. know that there
is large number Of practical politicians
in New York State and elsewhere who
think that with the New York State in
dorsement Mr. Hearst is the only man
who can capture the democratic nation
al convention Mr.. Hearst's large and
valuable business interests would at
tract to him good proportion of the
independant vote and his popularity
among the industrial classes in the
East would mean his election. The re-
ports from Georgia and elsewhere in
the South all go to show that Mr..
Hearst is rapidly gaining strength
On account of the Hearst boom Sena-
tor Germans chances in the South do
not look quite so bright, but it is said
that his friends are not worrying
They declare it is good policy to create
little diversion at this time, while
Mr. German all along has been inclined
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He believes that it is best to have the
other fellows talked about. Owing to
personal rivalries and to the lack of
that harmony which comes from loyal
ty in the final contest, early booms are
dangerous to the candidate proposed
and Senator German is politician
enough to realize this. Furthermore
if Maryland, where the race question is
made the issue should be carried by
the democrats Mr.. German would be
regarded as strong candidate against
President Roosevelt. Therefore while
Hearst's press bureaus and labor agents
continues to boom his candidacy, Cor
mans friends are awaiting the results
of the election.
1t is now generally believed that the
extra session of Congress will pass a
bill, enabling the treaty, which grants
the slight reduction of twenty per cent
on Cuban imports, to become effective.
The beet sugar men seem to have with
drawn their opposition, but the indie
pendent cigar manufacturers will
oppose bitterly the change in the tobac-
co duties which they claim is in the
interest of the trust which now owns
the Havana factories, and will destroy
the domestic industry of making cigars
from the imported leaf The discussion
of the treaty will furnish the democrats
with al opportunity to make many
speeches denouncing the tariff, and it
is expected that much time will be
consumed in the debate. The. State
Depar tment expects that the President
will also submit the Chinese American
commercial treaty, which was signed
last week by our minister at Peking.
This treaty provides for the abolition Of
the liking, or the internal tariff of
China; the right of residence for mis-
sionary work; the protection of patents,
trade marks and copyrights; a uni
form coinage throughout the Empire
and the opening of two ports in Man
churia.
Owing to serious violations of the
new naturalization law, which have
just been discovered by special agent
of the Department of Justice, President
Roosevelt, it is said, will recommend to
Congress such change in the law as
will limit the right of conferring natu-
ralization to the Federal courts. He
will favor also permanent commission
to question the applicant for citizen
ship papers, to take other necessary
testimony and to report the results
to the judge. 1t has been found that
the provision of the new law which
prevents anyone with anarchistic be-
liefs, inclinations or tendencies from be-
coming citizen, has in many cases
been violated Ia Chicago judge ad-
mitted 1, 800 foreigners to full citizen
hip in one evening, which would have
been a physical impossibility, and he
administered the oath personally to
each applicant as the law presumes.
1t is rumored here that Judge Hender-
son M. Somerville, chairman Of the
Board Of General Appraisers ut New
York, is to be removed, ostensibly be-
cause of difference of opinion between
him and Secretary Shaw with reference
to judicial decisions, but in reality be
cause Of an article he wrote for maya
zine, in which he criticised the Presi-
dent The judge condemned the ap-
pointmen OF DIR Grum as collector Of
customs at Charleston, s. c., spd said
that the disturbing effect of President
Roosevelt's attitude toward the negro
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