The Washington herald., 1907-10-05
AT THE HOTELS.

Issue CDUcSt LHree-fOurLhS or lne SLaLe,
Democrat and Republican, will be for
President Roosevelt or the man he desires
to follow him 20 the White House"
Edward de Jouvelin, the once famous
fencer, but better known now as the
owner Of some Of the largest mines in
Idaho, is a strong Roosevelt man, and
with his partner. Mr.. Huff. is making a
business trip to the Capital
His attitude on corporations. and his
fair treatment OF the West in every
question, has made that section his firm
friend. and I believe that political parties
will be merged If he is the Republican
candidate.
Even though President Roosevelt did
not show a strong inclination 70 make
Taft his successor. I believe that the peo-
pie Of Idaho would favor him as the
logical candidate. They want Roosevelt
policies carried out to the letter. and
they think that Taft is the proper man
to do this. He has been In such close
association with the President. and has
assisted him in so many ways, thar Va
have come to look on them both as re-
sponsible for the era Of prosperity which
has struck the West After Taft. 7 be-
lieye Fairbanks would be the favOTite,
although he has not been as outspoken
in favor Of President Roosevelt as We
would desire.
AS far as I can forecast, I see the
entire West for Roosevelt or RCosovelts
man in the next Republican convention.
Certainly every sO-CalIed Western state
the other side OF the Mississippi will be
for him. and those States, together with
the Republican convention votes Of tho
South. will insure the nomination IN the
way he desires it. He does not need an
other vote but at the same time IL IS
absurd 10 say that no other States viii
be for him. and I would not be al all sur
prised 10 see the convention 90 sweep
ingiy for him on the first ballot
I am confident that if the people OF
the Eastern States, of the Middle West,
and Of the South, could realize how Sc
rious the Oriental question has become
they would cooperate with Us Of the
Coast in shutting out the brown men as
laborers, and would help Us in preventing
them from entering into a ruinous COM
petition with the whites
L. B. Francis. Of san Francisco, at
/ the Metropolitan. is a prominent business
/ man Of San Francisco. and is a firm
advocate of the Japanese-Korean Ezclu-
sion League, which IS now hard at work
/ in the West
Serious as the problem is now. It will
become much more serious before many
years are done, and I am firmly con-
vinced that unless the government takes
/ some action. the people Of the West viii
1 have 10 do so within the next ten years.
4 delegation from the West will Cer-
| tainly be sent 10 Washington next win
/ ter 70 lay the entire matter before Con-
( gTess. II the league does not succeed n
| having something done before that time.
/ All employers in the large Western
/ towns, who have up till the present been
hiring foreign labor Of any kind. viii bs
asked 70 sign a pledge refusing 10 hir5
any Of the Orieutals, so that thr0ugh
I this medium il is hoped that the Japs-
I nese and Koreans may be driven back 70
/ their own country. The West fears, how
ever. that such viii not be the case in
/ the East. and they hope by making Nv
usual efforts 20 enable their Eastern
brethren 20 realize how serious the matter
/ has become.
/ 1t is said that there are about 110a)
men on the Pacific Coast sT0m these Two
countries who are prepared 10 fght any
attempt 10 disIodge them. No violence
/ Of any sort viii be offered them. but
every effort will be used 10 drive them
/ out. I do not predict that If allowed 70
/ remain they viii ever intermarry very
much with Americans. but they will. in
/ the course OF ten years make themselves
! as great a problem as the race problem
Z Is hoy nd +e-frf
10 settle II. We are desiroUs that Presi-
/ dent Roosevelt should be made 20 see the
matter as IL really stands, and believe that
when the question IS presented % him he
/ viii recommend that something be done
which viii relieve the Coast and the West
Of real peril.
THE peril becomes greater because the
( Orientals can never be assimilated. and
there will always be a race feeling be-
tween them and the whites. 7 can hardly
see the policy in courting another race
/. question IN America
James Creelman. the eminent newspa-
per man and author, is at the New VIII
lard. He viii remain In Washington for
some time. when he viii return again 10
/ New York Mr.. Creelman is resting after
/ the effort Of turning out his latest novel.
/ but is about 70 plunge into the literary
| field again in a short time
When the Valley Of the Mississippi IS
/ spoken Of and its endless resources men
toned the whole topic seems 20 he its
/ produce and its vast shipping and ths
! other industries seem TO be forgotten
said Alfred Peters, Of Iowa. last night. NJ
| the Riggs House. There are many other
I industries besides the raising of wheat
and corn that make our country rich. and
one of these is button manufacture.
Just now that industry is fourishing. and
We can hardly get enough hands TO do
the work that is necessary; In fact. there
is a constant demand for young men
and women who desire 10 work in the
factories
The greatest center for this industry
is at Muscatne. where I am told that
about $500 people are employed, with
more than twice that number within
fifty miles. There is no city in the
/ world which produces the amount of but
| tons which that town does, and there
was at least 100000 worth of the pearl
kind turned out last year. That means
| an immense lot Of single buttons, and
/ entails the work Of a vast army of men.
That their quality is superior there can
/ be no doubt, as they are constantly
forced into competition with the best
French buttons, which, up till "a short
time ago. We're considered the finest IN
the world Our buttons find a purchaser
in almost every country on the globe,
and we are not at all fearful of placing
them beside any foreign button that is
made.
The industry promises to continue for
many years. as there is no end 10 the
deposits along the river"