The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-10-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.


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, and with good reason. He
is in touch with the president max
ers-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 endorsement Mr.. Hearst is
the only man who can capture the
Democratic National convention.
Mr.. Hearst's large and valuable
business interests would attract to
him a good proportion of the indie
pendent vote and his popularity
among the industrial classes in the
East would mean his election.
The reports from Georgia and else
where in the South all go to show
that Mr.. Hearst is rapidly gaining
strength"
On account of the Hearst boom
Senator 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 a little diver
sion at this time, while Mr.. Cor
man all along has been inclined to
keep himself in the background.
He believes that it is best to have
the other fellows talked about.
Owine to personal rivalrles and to
the lack of that harmony which
comes from party loyalty in the
final contest, early booms are dan
gerous to the candidate proposed
and Senator German is politician
enough to realize this. Further
more if Maryland, where the race
question is made the issue, should
be carried by the Democrats, Mr..
German would be regarded as a
strong candidate against President
Roosevelt. Therefore while
Hearst's press bureaus and labor
agents continue to boom his candi-
dacy, Germans friends are await
ing 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 i'm
ports, to become effective. The
beet sugar men seem to have with
drawn their opposition, but the in
dependent cigar manufacturers
will oppose bitterly the change in
the tobacco duties which they claim
is in the interest of the trust which
now owns the Havana factories,
and will destroy the domestic in
dustry of making cigars from the
imported leaf. The discussion of
the treaty will furnish the Demo
Gratis with an opportunity to make
many speeches denouncing the tar
if, and it is expected that much
time will be consumed in the de-
bate. The State Department eX-
poets that the President will also
submit the Chinese American com.
mercial treaty, which was signed
last week by our minister at PEEK
ing. This treaty provides for the
abolition of the likin, or internal
tariff of China; the right of resi-
dence for missionary work; the
protection of patents, trade marks
and copyrights; the permission Of
Americans to develop the minera
resources of China; a uniform
coinage throughout the Empire
and the opening of two ports in
Manchuria.
Owing to serious violations o.
the new naturalization law, which
have Just been discovered by {
special agent of the Department o
Justice, President Roosevelt, it il
said, will recommend to Congress
such a change in the law as will
limit the right of conf ring natur