Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-23

Chances-Work Expected Of the Extra Ses
sion Aside From Consideration Of the
Panama Canal Treaty - President Will
Recommend That Naturalization be Re-
stricted to Federal Courts-A Judge to Be-
Removed for Opinions Sake - The Pure
Food Law.
(From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. Is, 1903.
The Presidential boom of William
Randolph Hearst con tinues to grow,
Representative Shober, of New York
who has just arrived here, says
/" North, South, East ard West there
has been q great deal of talk about
Representative Hearst, aud with good
reason. He is in touch with the Pres
ident makers-the people - every.
where. l know that there is large
number of practical politicians in New
York State and elsewhere who think
that with the New York State indorse-
ment Mr.. Hearst is the only man who
can capture the Democratic National
Convention. Mr.. Hesrst's large and
valuable business interests would at
tract to him Q good proportion OF the
independent vote and his popularity
among the industrial classes in the
East would mean his election. The
reports from Georgia and elsewhere in
the South all 60 to show that Mr..
Hearst is rapidly gaining strength"
On account of the Hearst boom
Senator Germans chances in the
South do not look 90 bright, but it 10
said that his friends are not worrying.
They declare it is good policy to create
a little diversion at this time, while
Mr.. German all along has been in.
clined to keep himself in the back
ground. 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 party loyalty in the final contest,
early booms are dangerous to the can
didate 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.. Cor.
man would be regarded as q strong
candidate against President Roosevelt.
Therefore while Hearst's press bureaus
and labor agents continue to boom his
candidacy, Germans friends are await.
ing the results of the election.
It is now generally believed that the
extra session Of Congress will pass .
bill, enabling the treaty, which grant to
the slight reduction of twenty per cent.
on Cuban imports, to become effective.
The beet sugar men seem to have
Withdrawn their opposition, but the
independent cigar manufacturers will
oppose bitterly the change in the TO-
bsccO duties which they claim is in
the interest of the trust which now
owns the Havana factories, and will
destroy the domestic industry of max
ing cigars from the imported leaf.
The discussion of the treaty will fur.
nish the Democrats with an opportun.
ity to make many speeches denounc-
ing the tariff, and it is expected that
much time will be consumed in the
debate. The State DEPARTMENT. ex.
poets that the President will also SUBJ
nit the Chinese-American commercial
treaty. which was signed last week by
our Minister at Peking. This treaty
provides for the abolition of the likin,
or internal tariff of China; the right
of residence for missionary work; the
protection Of patents, trademarks and
copyrights; the permission Of Ameri.
cane to develop the mineral resources
of China; . uniform coinage through.
out the Empire and the opening of
two ports in Manchuris.
Owing to serious violations OF the
new naturalization law, which have
been discovered by q special agent of
the Department of Justice, President
Roosevelt, it is said, will commend
to Congress such change in the law
% will limit the right OF comforting
naturalization TO the Federal courts,
He will favor also permanent COM
mission to question the applicant for
citizenship papers, to take other neces.
sary testimony and to report the result
Of the examination to the Judge. It
has been found that the provision of
the new law which prevents anyone
with anarchistic beliefs, inclinations or
tendencies from becoming q citizen,
has in many cases been violated. In
Chicago q judge admitted ], 800 for.
eigners to full citizenship in one even.
ing. which would have been a physical
impossibiiity, had he administered the
oath personally to each applicant as
the law presumes.
1t is rumOred here that Judge Hen
derson NJ. Somerville, chairman of the
Board OF General Appraisers. at New
York, is to be removed, ostensibly be-
cause of difference of opinion be.
tween him and Secretary Shaw with
reference to Judicial decisions, but in
reality because of an article he wrote
for Q magazine, in which he criticised
the President. The Judge condemned
the appointment Of DR.. Crum rs Col.
lector OF Customs at Charleston, s. c.,
and said that the disturbing effect OF
President Roosevelt's attitude toward
the negro can never be adequately es.
timated in its retardation of the solu.
ton of the race problem. Judge Som.
erville is man Of great independence
OF opinion and he does not feel that
any apology for his article il needed.
Importing firms in New York, Bal
timore, New Orleans and other cities
are already learning by direct exper-
fence the working of the: new pure