The Washington herald., 1907-08-31
AT THE HOTELS.

voters Of Massachusetts, just now said
Edward Fegan. Of Quincy az the Raleigh
last night Mr.. Fegan is lawyer, and IS
connected with prominent Boston firm
He is on a trip to jamestown and stopped
long enough in Washington to discuss the
political situation in his native State.
"The Democrats are working just now.
20 secure a suitable man for the g8oerna-
torial nomination. There is no dearth Of
candidates, but man whom all will sup
port sOlidly is hard to secure. We do not
wish to be so badly beaten as we were
last time, when Moran bore our standard
and was Overwhelmingly defeated by the
present governor, Curtis Guild.
AT present there are two formidable
candidates in the held-Gen. Bartlett, Of
Boston, and Harry n. Whitney. who is
probably a man Of wider na5ieral reputa-
ton. Each Of these men has a large fol-
lowing. and II is my opinion that the fight
for the gubernatorial nomination will re-
solve itself into contest between these
two. Either man, I think. Is capable OF
making strong fight, and would certain
" make a much stronger showing than
Moran. Guild is popular in many sec
tons OF the State, but ] believe that
either Bartlett or Whitney could defeat
him In Boston Mayor Fitzgerald still
holds sway and has every prospect Of
being renominated for mayor for an
other term.
He is wonderful politician, and has
so arrayed his forces that he will proba-
bly, have no difficulty in winning. His
most formidable opponent and one who
would almost certainly defeat him is ex-
Congressman Sullivan. Sullivan, however,
does not seem anxious to make the run.
although many of his friends are eager
for him 10 do So He is at present
considered the strongest man on an in
vestigating committee which has been ap-
pointed 20 look into and report on all
municipal affairs. and it may be that
this committee will develop something
which will make it imperative for Sull-
van to run.
Nationally, Massachusetts has no IA
yorite sOns. and will certainly be for
Roosevelt and Bryan. The Democrats, Of
course, consider that they have an ex-
cellent chance this year with Bryan, al
though they hardly hope TO carry New
England, which is so strongly Repub-
lican."
There seems TO be q building boom
all through the West this year" said
P. B. Savage, OF Minnesota. at the Ma
| tional last night. I have just COM
pleted tour through She largest cities
Of the West and along the Pacific Coast.
/ Everywhere there was great activity
along building lines
In San Francisco alone there are
thousands OF houses going up but, OF
course, this is due 10 the earthquake.
/ Other cities in that section are fol-
| lowing her example. and the sound
of the hammer can be heard all during
7 the day and night The West was never
/ IN more healthy and prosperous con-
/ dition. There is a decided scarcity OF
/ labor in ali sections, particularly in those
sections where railway projects are under
way. In Montana Washington, and
/ Oregon particularly, the railways are tax
/ ing almost all the available laboTiHg men
| and the contractors are kept busy getting
enough crews 10 do the necessary work
''The cry coming from the West that
the labor unions are killing the business
I is hardly true. II may be fact that in
/ san Francisco they are running things
with high hand. but in other cities Il is
simply case of competition between en-
ployers
The contractors have offered big
money 10 laborers so that they might be
sure Of their services and the others are
making a howl The supply Of skilled
! laborers, and unskilled. for that matter.
/ is not nearly equal to the demand. It is
fsFc ,o~s~r -T
( ingman."
Grass and water in many portions OF
West Texas are becoming so scarce that
many ranchmen are showing a disposition
4 to sacrifice their cattle" said Abbott
I zeigler. of Pittsburg. last night AT the New
Willard Mr. Zeigler has been interested
4 IN cattle raising for many years and has
J just returned from a trip TO Texas, where
I he made many observations.
The cattlemen are rushing their cattle
/ TO market. and this is almost certain 30
/ have a serious effect on the conditions OF
( the market. The majority OF the ranch
owners whom I talked TO say that the
situation is rapidly becoming serious be-
/ cause Of an alarming need of rain. Dur
/ ing the past few days I learn that heavy
rains have fallen in what is known as the
! Panhandle, and this has relieved that
/ section to q great extent, but the other
/ sections are still suffering. The greatest
/ complaint comes from the scarcity Of
stock water. as in many Instances the
/ streams on which the cattlemen mainly
/ depend are drying up. This scarcity OF
I stock water has caused the cattle 10
/ travel a great distance from the dried-up
I water holes to the streams that are run
ming. and in consequence they are thin
/ and not marketable The ranchmen.
/ however, say that August is generally
/ dry month. and that they rarely expect
much rain until September, which month
/ never fails TO bring an abundance Of
water. The hot spell started a bit earlier
1 this year. and on that account the cattle
/ raisers are praying for earlier rain
"A trip from the West. East. or vice
versa, cannot fail to bring one noticeable
feature to every ones mind, and that is
! the gradual abolition Of smoke In our
/ large cities said John Taylor, of ST.
/ Louis. at the ST. James, last night
To one who has not travelled for many
years, the decrease in the heavy black
/ clouds pouring out of every city is re-
maTkable. ] remember in days gone by
when the blackest and dirtiest city was
[ by far the busiest, and II delighted the
| heart of citizen 10 point TO the tall
! smoky chimneys and remark what
bustling city they denoted, But all this
seems changed now, and the largest
cities seem to have done most in abolish
ing the smoke nuisance"
Unique Distinction.
From the Philadelphia Record.