Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-26
AT THE White HOUSE
Mr.. Tiffany Tells President
About Western Gold Fields.
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
PREDICTS A REVOLT WHEN DIAZ
LEAVES PUBLIC LIFE.
New York Postmaster Not to Be Named
for Several Weeks-Commande
Young on Isthmian Relations.

William G. Tiffany of Nevada paid his re-
spects to President Roosevelt today. His
nephew was in the Rough Riders and lost
his life Mr.. Tiffany, who is a Harvard
graduate, speaking of affairs in general in
Nevada, said the greatest gold fields in the
world have been discovered there.
"Six months ago." said Mr.. Tiffany, "the
mining town of Gold Fields, New, had
population of 800. There are today 10000
persons in the town. and people are flock
ing there each week by the hundreds. The
famous Comstock lode in Nevada yielded
5000, ,OOO, 600 in gold. / predict that the Gold
Fields region will yield more than twice as
much. and probably five or ten times as
much. l do not know any place where the
prospects are so great
How about the gold fields of Mexico and
the region around the mines of Alvarado?'
Political Rivalry in Mexico.
There is much gold in Mexico. and the
prospects there would be splendid but for
the miserable squabbling that will be sure
to follow the death of President DiaZ or his
retirement from the presidency. That is
the trouble about Americans investing in
Mexico. Sooner or later they will, tempo
rarily, at least, suffer for 1t. AS long as
DiaZ lives everything will be all right. but
when he dies there Will come reVoiutlon
that must establish the supremacy of one
of three men who are frequently mentioned
for the succession to President Diaz. These
are Limantour the minister of finance, and
by long odds the most polished and best
educated man in public life in Mexico; Cen
eral Reyes, the commander-in-chlef or the
army, and Governor Torres OF the state OF
Chihuahua, and the most ampluous MeAi-
can of the lot.
'It was expected some years ago that
President Diaz would retire from office
and give way to Reyes, L1mantour OF
I'D md
official was strongly intrenched in office
before his death, but he continues to post
pone action in this direction, with the re-
suit that the situation grows more COM
plicated and dangerous. The death of
General Diaz would mean an immediate
fight for supremacy, and the success OF tne
strongest and firmest hand Torres ana
Reyes would beyond doubt engage In a
death struggle for the presidency. rms
might be prevented by Diaz retiring now
and establishing one or the other of these
men, or Limantour, in the presidency. The
better class of people in the country would
approve this course, as they dread the fu-
ture as it stands now. They would be Will
ing to support any one man without ln ou1, au1n-
bling If they could be assured that reVoiu-
ton could be postponed
Mr. Tiffany said that politically Nevada
was doubtful state. western men have
felt most kindly to the President for his
efforts in behalf of irrigation" said Mr..
Tiffany but Nevada, by reason of her
lack of water, did not receive any beneht
| from the irrigation laws, and her people
have less to be grateful for than other
western states.
Says Relations Are Cordial.
Commander Lucien Young of the navy
told the President today that the relations
between the Americans and Panamans are
cordial, despite the newspaper talk to the
contrary. Commander Young has just re-
turned from the isthmus, his vessel having
| been stationed at Colon. He will return
shortly to Panama. THE cordial terms
between us in that region indicated by
| the fact that Governor Melindez of Colon
named his first child born in the canal zone
after me. American officers in that section
| have been given banquets and treated in
the most courteous and thoughtful man
ner, and much of this talk of serious diff
ference Is guess work.
Other White House Golfers.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania talked
some time with the President this morn
| ing, and other visitors included Secretary
Morton. who introduced some friends;
Associate Justice McKenna of the Su-
preme Court and friends; w. S. Cash of
West Virginia, who was in the Rough
Riders with the President; John ]. Sulli-
van, United States attorney of the north
ern districtof Ohio; John N Partridge of
New York, former police commissioner of
/ that city; J. II. Thieriot, United States
| consul at Lisbon, Portugal, and Leopold
| Haasmann, United States vice consul at
Batavia, Java.
Mr. Haasmann has been on a trip
around the world. He is studying the
| question of what Americans do with their
| old newspapers. He says that the En-
glish newspapers and people save their
old papers and send them to their colonies
| to be used wrapping paper He thinks
| that such a scheme would be useful in
| this country, and he will suggest the
| plan to American newspapers, which
| have many thousands of copies left over
| after they get through making up their
circulation statements.
| Mr.. Partridge, whose knowledge of New
York politics is considerable, said that he
| is now out of politics. but from what he
| can gather the state is safe for Roosevelt
| by large majority, with the prospects for
| the election of Higgins growing right along.
| Postmaster for New York
| 1t is not probable that the President will
| name a postmaster for New York city to
| succeed the late Corenlius Van Cott for sew
| eral weeks. The election period prevents
| the President comforting with New York
| leaders. who are busily engaged In the clos
| ing up of the fight. 1t is thought that the
| bondsmen of the late postmaster will sug-
| gest the operation of the office by the as
/ sistant postmaster or some other official
until after the election, when the question
| of a successor will be taken up and set