The Washington herald., 1907-11-22
AT THE HOTELS.

ever given 10 the successful candidate for
Presidential honOrs." said A. NJ Steven
son. Of Denver, Colo. member Of the Re
publican National Committee. al the Ar
lington last night
How about Tart or Foraker
I am not prepared 10 discuss the
chances Of those who have no chances. II
is Roosevelt you may be sure Of that
And why not? he is the best man. The
people want him. He Is honest. and has
the interests OF the people al heart. Ills
administration has been replete with good
results and full Of benefits for the coun-
try al large. he is not a sectonalist; the
North is as good as the South. the West
as good as the East to him.
There viii be no tariff legislation this
Congress so FAR as l can see. OF course.
don't know what may turn Up. any
how. l am 'standpatter.' and believe in
letting well enough alone
What do you think Of Justice Brewers
speech?"
4 didn't know he had made a speech.
haven't read il yet
Representative Langley. OF Kentucky.
is in the city and when asked his opinions
about Justice Brewers speech he said he
was -. prepared 10 venture 10 say any
thing. II think these judges" is as
Tar as Mr. Langley got. when he said he
was not prepared 20 say anything on the
matter"
" I Williams. business man OF
Boston. who had taken an active part
in the late election in Massachusetts. and
is deeply interested in good city govern
ment IS al the New Willard. Speaking
Of city governments in general, AIr. VIZ
liams said last night.
City governments in the United States
have proved themselves 10 be monumental
failures The larger the city the greater
the failure Experiments have been re-
peatedly made in small communities with
more or less success. No experiment.
however. in any OF our great cities has
really come anywhere near solving the
fundamental evil Of our municipal system.
over 100000 people live In our great
cities, and Yet no scientific municipal sys-
TEN that is workable from a practical
sense has been devised Most Of our mu-
nicipal charters are crude affairs. enact
ence. and generally passed with such IN
due haste that nobody really knows what
they are Our State legislatures are con-
stantly tinkering with them. not only
from a scientific standpoint. but generally
from political one entirely. The result
is that only a few men are familiar with
the charter. IN Boston, outside Of the
corporation counsel. and perhaps one 0r
two others. nobody knows what the char
ter Of Boston. with IT'S many amendments,
is, and any scheme 20 remedy conditions
IS not based upon knowledge OF the
facts.
The theory Of our city governments is
all wrong We govern our cities either
by despOts or Oligarchies- In Boston over
many OF the municipal departments the
mayor Wields weE-niEh a desp0tic power.
over other departments he has very little
control This is true of other great cities.
The result is the development Of the
6oss' system. and in almost every one
Of our great cities we find that the real
control is vested in the hands Of a boss
who. IN turn, controls a subservienr
mayor. or in q mayor who & himself the
boss, or in a small group OF powerful
leaders Boston city councils which are
supposed 10 De close % the people have
very little power They may. by a two
thirds vote, block an appropriation bin
and some other few things. but in other
respects they might IS well be autOn-
atoms. BY reason Of this. men Of ability
and standing in a community very seldom
run FOR city Offices
No, l don't think Roosevelt should IN
again He has given his word that he
wouldn't. and I am quite satisfied that If
he nae not meant II he would not haze
made that promise Give some one else
a trial and an opportunity. There are
lots of good men IN the United States"
Judge William Il King. OF salt Lake
City. Utah. former Representative IN
Congress from that State. is az the Ra-
leigh. Judge King is q Bryan Democrat.
and he believes in his man from the
ground up. Being q Bryan man. Judge
King has little use Tor President Rs0se-
welt in a political sense Speak akine- Of
President Roosevelt, the salt Lake City
statesman said De surely believed that
Roosevelt would be nominated by the
Republican party % run against the
Democratic candidate, who, he hoped.
would be Bryan.
Roosevelt said Mr.. King. reminds
ne Of Gen. Boulanger- He has the same
spectacular nature and temperament
. Brass buttons and on horseback he ap-
pealS 10 those who love display Of Ian
guage as well as of everything else.
Roosevelt wants 20 shape the American
government on the plan OF the British
gOvernDent, where the premier has all
the power. Justice Brewers Ceusure OF
the President WAS in high time. He has
meddled IN the judiciary branch OF the
government, and VIII continue 70 do So
50 rg.
70 his place"
Aakeji Komatsu. national secretary Of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
Tokyo. Japan. and X. Yamamoto. gen
eraI secretary Of the Tokyo Y NJ. c. A.
have arrived in this city TO attend the
convention Of the association. and are
making their headquarters az the Eb-
bitt Both of the men speak English
quite fuently explaining that the teach
ing of the English language is compul-
sorry IN the public schools of Japan.
The japanese people want 70 stay a.
peace with the United States. We don't
want war; we have had enough Of war
90 last rs for years 10 come. We have
jingoes in our country that are stirring
up trouble for their own selfish reasons
But the japanese people az heart ars
friendly 20 the Uaited States
According 10 the declaration Of Benia-
min W. Klemm, travelling glove sales
man OF New York. who is sojourning at
the Raleigh for few days, Kansas City
orders are for the biggest gloves made,
with the smallest sizes omitted.
People out there are the biggest in
the United States, said Mr.. Klemm.
''ready-made clothing merchants say so.
Au taiInrs knou that q b. The fac. III.