The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-20
NEWS Of
THE WORLD
Glimpsss of Events
In the Coast
Files.

2ooseyelt'S advice to the Panama Laid
Commissioners today, all of whom
called at the White House with the ex
cention of General Wilson. The con
| ference lasted more than an hour. Blu
how to dig whether by contract o.
under Government construction, wa:
the principal feature of the canal ques-
ton discussed. With view to expedit.
| ing the work in accordance with the
Presidents wishes, the commission IA
| yors the purchase and operation OF
/ steam shovels in order to form an es-
| timation of what the work will actu-
| ally cost in the event that it is finally
| decided to do it by contract. The
board left with the President memo
randum of what has been done to date.
Soon after the members of the COM
mission left the White House John Bar
rett, United States Minister to Pan
anna, conferred with the President. The
President gave to Barrett some 'get to-
gether'' advice. On coming away Bar
rett made a qualified denial that differ
ences exist between himself and Adj
miral Walker.
when I left Panama" he said, II
had a perfect understanding with the
Panama authorities and 1 am here now
working out the agreement made with
them.
The President called the commission
into conference for the purpose of find
ing out at first hand what progress
has been made in beginning the work
of construction. The question of
whether the work can be more eco
nomically performed by contract or url-
der the direction of the Government
was discussed and it seemed to be the
general opinion that before it was de-
cided finally the Government should
make experiments in the line of actual
work.
| The proposition now is to purchase
| fourteen of the largest and most pow
erful steam shoyels and make a begin
| ming under Government supervision in
| order to form some basis of the cost.
If bids are then called for from con-
| tractors the commission can determine
| the question of economy
The President advised against build
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any other extravagances, and plainly
indicated that the commission itself
would be held responsible.
THE ROOSEVELT CANVASS.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-For the pur-
pose of giving its readers reliable in
formation, untinged with partnership
as to the political outlook of the State
of New York one month before election
| day, the Herald sent well equipped cor
| respondents throughout the State.
Broadly speaking, the State was di-
| vided into four districts on geograph-
| ical lines. One district took the south
ern tier of countess beginning at Rock
| land and running almost across the
! State.
Another consisted of the counties
around Albany and west out to the Mo-
| hawk Valley. Another was the north
| ern section, beginning at Saratoga and
running north to the Canadian line and
west to Jefferson, while still another in
| Guided the fifteen counties west of OS-
| wego which run in a double tier west
| of the Ohio line. Important and repre-
! sentative counties We're selected and
| bad spots for both parties were picked
| out. The object was to give as nearly
! as possible an exact picture of the con-
| ditions now prevailing in the section
| of country which in 1900, roughly gave
| Mckinley 171,000 plurality, as against
| $4,000 plurality in New York City, and
| Odell in 1902 the 131. 900 with which he
| beat 122, 900 for Coler in the great city.
| The reports to the Herald show con-
| tentment among the farmers and bust
| ness men, listlessness in the campaign
which is almost unexampled, a united
| Democracy with the exception of one
| county and a well equipped Republican
machine. The reports also show that
! Roosevelt will come to the Bronx
with very large plurality; in few
| counties exceeding the vote for McKin-
ley in 1900, and in some equaling it and
| in some of them running below. Hig-
| gins, for Governor. will run far behind
! his ticket.
ADVICE TO SPARK.
| HoBoKEN. N. J., Oct. s.-"My
| friends. if you don't spark here. you
will spark somewhere else. If you don't
spark with one another you will seek