The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
AT THE HOTELS.

anu All lht titilc- lie IS Ire most popular
man in this country to-day" said Repre-
sentative Thomas Frank Marshall. Of
North Dakota. az the Cochran last night.
Mr. Marshalrs home is at Oakes. \. Dak..
Of which place he was Mayor for two
terms. lie was also one OF the leading
candidates FOR United States Senator in
1885. and is deeply Interested IN the Sena-
toriai election 10 take place next year.
Roosevelt is the man; there is no sec
ond choice. Yes Taft is a good man. a
man with Roosevelt ideas. Our people
are much interested in the primary cleo
ton by popular vote for United States
Senator which VIII take place In June
/ next year.
Everybody is prosperous in North Da-
kota. We had fairly good crops and
everything brought good prices The So
called financial stringency really never
amounted TO much in our State. and did
no serious BARN anywhere.
Capt 3. B. Dovener. former Repre-
sentative Of the First West Virginia Con-
gressional district. and a member OF the.
Republican national committee said. al
the Riggs House last night. that ROose-
welt was the choice Of West Virginia and
Taft was second choice Capt Doyener
said business was good in his baiiwick
Speaking about waterway TO The
Gulf. Barrett J. Warner. of Chicago. who
is at the New Willard in connection with
the Rivers and Harbors Congress, said
last night,
The ,lakes-to-the-Guif project is Tor
a 14-foOt waterway from Chicago.
through the Chicago Drainage Canal. the
nlionois River. and the Mississippi River
20 Memphis Below Memphis the gown
ment is already improving the river 70
that depth The Missouri Valley Rive
Improvement Association was organized
for the purpose Of pushing the project for
a similar depth of water in the Missouri
Both plans are declared practical by gov
eminent engineers. The estimated cost
OF the Chicago-Memphis section is sl0l-
ooo.o0o while the estimate for the Mis-
souri, 10 Kansas City is 100000
The cutting Of the canal across the
Isthmus of Panama makes such water
way an absolute necessity if the West is
10 obtain any Of the benefits of the canal.
The completion Of the waterway viii make
St Louis. Chicago. and Kansas City
practically ocean ports. with three water
routes TO the sea, through the Mississippi
to the Gulf. through the Lakes aud the
Erie Canal 10 New York. or through the
St Lawrence TO the Atlantic But by
way of the two latter routes il would
De necessary 10 make transfers al Buff
% 20
York OF Montreal 10 Ocean-going steam
ers. Through the Mississippi River and
Gulf route boats loaded al Chicago. ST
Louis. OF Kansas City. could go 10 any
port in the world. The Chicago sanitary
and ship canal is the most important link
IN the proposed waterway. 5zS miles IN
length. 70 connect the Great Lakes with
the Mississippi River. As a ship canal
it is regarded as one of The greatest arti-
ticial waterways in the world"
Senator : H Piles. of Washington who
IS at the Cochran. said last night there
has never been such a prosperous time in
the State Of Washington as at present.
crops are fine" said the Senator. and
prices are good and farmers are rich. The
resources Of our State are practically in
exhauStible. and such a thing as hard
times OF money strinEeucy is an unknown
thing IN Washington. Alaska IS bringing
her gold 20 our assay Office at Seattle.
and farmers ana fishermen are reaping
rich harvests
The japanese question seems ~ be
near settlement think the step taken
by the japanese government 70 stop emil
. linn rho -ufrlE
one
The question of selecting A candidate
for the Presidential election does not
bother our people much as yet There is
no certain sentiment in favor Of any cam
didate as far as I can size Up the situa-
ton
Teddy must take the nomination
whether he wants 20 or not" This is
declared 10 be the sentiment OF the state
Of Iowa on the all-important question Of
the day, according 10 Gen. :. L. Glasgow.
OF Burlington Iowa, who Is registered ~
the Ebbitt Gov. Cummings is strong
and is growing stronger every day He
VIII make his mark. Iowa Is an agri-
cultural state. and Leslie Shaw is
New York banker now. He has cut him
therefore. has lost all political interest
in him
There is one thing about the banks
IN Iowa that few other financial irStitu-
tions can say. and That IS they cashed
every check presented % them during
the financial difficulty. il speaks well for
the management Of IOwa's financial con-
Germs Congress should pass law max
ing a recurrence Of financial troubles an
impossibility-
W E Godfrey weIl-known merchant Of
New York, who is registered at the
Cochran. gave his opinion about Gov.
Hughes. OF New York, as follows:
Hughes strength is all on paper. lie
is wise in being the 's.'ent man. He
would probably show his weak points II
he were not II You could take Roosevelt
and Hughes and mix them together. the
result would probably be the sort OF "a
candidate the people would prefer. The
one SAYS very little and the other speaks
considerably more. The one seems 10 be
conservative and the other extreme In
his views The middle way would be the
wisest and most satisfactory all round
Speeding through Ohio on a train on
my way here 1 thought il would DE az
least interesting. il nothing else. % md
out the political views OF the passengers
so far as Taft and Foraker's Ohio
chances were concerned. There wasn't a
vote in favor Of Foraker-not une-an
Taft
Foraker is a good tighter" said Judge
John L Eauee Of Columbus who is at