The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
AT THE HOTELS.


in each Of the two great political parties
Of this nation there is but one great fig
ure one dominating personality" said
NJ. John s. 81. Neil. owner and editor OF
the Helena JMontJ Independent at the
New Willard.
In the Republican ranks there arc
many able and astute leaders-men Of
much more than local fame and yet
their combined influence would weigh
nothing against the prestige Of Theodore
Roosevelt He is stronger than all OF
tnem and he Is far and away stronger
than his party. Andrew Jackson might
have had some such status IN his time.
bat with the single exception Of old
Hickory no President has had such a
hold on his countrymen as the present
Executive. know personally scores Of
Montana Democrats who will gladly sup
port him should hc run again. and who
would ike nothing better than the op-
poriunity of voting for him.
ION the Democratic side. every think
ing man ought % know that Col Bryan
Is equally without a competitor He Is a
ioemau worthy even the Roosevelt steel,
and I teH you right here that unless the
Republicans are shTeWd enough 20 nom
mate the present incumbent Of the White
House w. j. Bryan viii lead the Demo
cratic cohorts 90 glorious victory IN 1905
should Taft or Fairbanks. or Knox. or
Cannon OF any Of the OH leaders be put
forward the Republican banner viii be
found trailing iu the oust Bryan is to-
day the second choice in the hearts Of the
American masses. Except as against one
man hc viii prove nvinciblc'
"Alv business OF producing naval stores
spirits Of turpentine and r0sin-caus=s
me o. employ. several hundred negro la-
borers." said Mr.. Edwin A. Mccoy. a
prominent New orleans business man. at
the Raleigh
/ Now, these negroes are efficient work
men and ! would want no better II they
would only stick 10 their jobs It is a
rare thing, however. that you can find one
who VII work steadily for any length Of
time In addition, they viii all get in debt
TO their employers and Few ever square
.. their accounts. The employer is helpless
iu the matter of collecting his money. for
the old strenuous way Of dealing with the
delinquent darhey IS no longer invoked.
. for fear of running up against the re0n-
age laws If the Southern SeneEambian
does not choose TO work. be can't be
made, and that's the end of it
For this condition ] see but one REM
edy, and that IS the importation ~ Euro
pcau labor I am strongly ig favor Of
{. bringing tu The Italians .B spite OF the
atrocities of the Maha and Black Hand.
4 whole race should not poe Judged by the
bad deeds OF "a few uaiefacr1rs. The
. great bulk OF Italians are honest. hard
working. IaW-abidiug people. and they are
well adapted ,0 the Southern States We
can utilize taousa rds Of them on our plan
tatlous. in our lumber camps. and on rail-
road work.
There IS plenty II room for them and
for tho negro. and even then the South
viii not have enough lao8rers. The single
State of Texas can produce if her full
quote Of lands were in cultivation. not
less than l-oJlp3 bales of cotton which
is more than the demand of the whole
world now. but it VIII be- no great while
until the world viii want -,'J1V9 bales.
. With the blacks going away from the
. farms. where IS the help coming from
needed % grow such a gigantic crop? We
. must get labor from the Old World and
. the Italian is the best man we have SD
. far been able o. procure"
Col Pete Hepburn is one Of the few
statesmen 90 be found 10 the National
/ Capital iu these steamiug July DAYS. AZ
/ the Shcreham yesterday. where the noted
/ Iovru t1rried for q while. several friends
greeted him. and IT was remarked that
never iu his public career had be looked
in finer health Col Hepburn wouldn't
talk politics. but be told "a Herald re-
porter that since the adjournment or
/ Consress he had spent several pleasant
weeks in the Hawaiian Islands That part
Of Uncle Sans domain. he was sorry -
say. was not prospering. but. ON the con-
trarv. conditions were bad and business
much depressed The only source Of
revenue was from the sugar planta-
-i0us. and a great part of the money de-
rived from this source went 20 uon-rcsi-
dents. The labor situation was also bad
White men could not work i'm the sugar
cane fields the japanese would do so. but
only for q brief period. until they could
get other employment. while the best
'Iabarers iu the world for that special re-
grt~emsut the Chinese. were barred from
coming to the islands since they had be-
come part of United States territory.
+ Herald reporter saw Hon. Albert
/ Rurlss01. the energetic and aggressive
+ Texas Representative, for a few minutes
Yesterday as De was about 90 take the
train for Austin, his home town. He had
+ been unexpectedly called baci- 70 the Lone
/ star state after reaching one OF the cool-
. est and most enjoyable of Canadian SUM
NOR resorts.
L tell you. this thing Of paving out coin
I Of the realm for transportation on rail-
roads. instead of smi.ilEly rendering the
4 conductor a pass. SIS I'm the h8lCy0n days
that will come no more, is very depicting
10 the bank account of yg legislator,
gu0th Alr BurIcs0u. Il have found 10 Sd
Of late and vet it strikes me that the new
way Is by far the best Up In Canada
the men who make the Domiuion's laws
are issued passes 10y the railroad COM
pauies as a matter of course. and no one
seems 90 think that the public welfare
suffers thereby But lawmakers are but
human. and the man who accepts rs
substantial a favor as free ride by rail
can hardly help being biased i'm favor OF
the people who grant him this courtesy.
1t is better that the Congressman should.
like all the rest Of the people. go down
i'm his pocket and pay for his carriage.
He is no more entitled 90 special privi-
leges than the humbicst citizen of the
land. and 10 was @ good days work when
the issuance OF passes was made unlaW-
ful"
MY prediction is that even in my State
Of Georgia there viii be q reaction
/ against the policy OF anti-railroad legis-
I lation. that in this H1lle Smith regime is
now so popular said Mr.. l. O. Gamer
on. of Atlanta att th Raleigh
1T is true that the people desire reg