Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
trrom our Regular CORES pond en,.)

WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular CORES pond ent.)
Washington. D. c., Sept. 7.-Rep-
resentative John Wesley Gaines of
Tennessee, regards Lieut. Governor
Chandler of New York. as the most
available candidate whom the Demo-
Gratis can nominate for the presidency.
''Chanler is clean, strong, growing
man of great influence and with an in.
creasiDg host of strong and influential
young Democrats ready to follow him,
said Mr.. Gaines, last night, and he
added, cit will be the young men who
will win the democratic victory
Chanler has shown the finest of run
ming qualities. With 1t. Governor
Chanler on the ticket | believe We
would have brilliant, aggressive and
victorious campaign All Democrats
must admire and commend the way in
which Lit. Gov. ChaDler has upheld the
administration 10 Timely reform meas
ures which the New York Democrats
endorsed in principle; in their state
convention. l served in the House
with Louis Chapier's brother, Will
liam Aston, brave, chivalrous gentle
man and a modest, sterling Democrat.
Although a very rich man, Louis Chan
Ter has shown himself to be devoid of
, any thing whatever of the aristocrat
or the plutocrat. A plain. unassum-
, ing man, he is constant, earnest, ag
| gressive Democratic, Que who can be
I trusted from one eud of the country 10
the other. Il is refreshing to see Dem
ocrats turning his way, especially the
younger Dem ocrats, of whom he is the
finest type,
Toe Japanese exclusion arrangement
which the President and a AMBASSADOR
Aoki fixed up last winter and which
WAS perfected by legislation providing
{ at DO japanese without a passpo't
should BIZ admitted to this country is
not working well. Japanese continue
to gain ingress to the United States
and apparently the officials are power
less to prevent it. The most used
scheme to accomplish this Is the ex-
change of passports. japanese admit
ted last year, send their passports back
to others who wish to come this year,
and in some instances the officials are
confident that these old passports have
been used over and over again and yet
they are unable to convict any of those
using this means of gaining admission
of fraud. Many Japanese are also
stealing in over the Mexican boundary,
where the transportation of Japanese
to unguarded places along the line
has become quite an industry. To
close this leak the Commissioner Gen.
eral of immigration will ask Congress
to provide for force OF mounted i'm
migration inspectors whose duty It'll
shall be to ride the accessible portions
of the Mexican boundary and arrest
any japanese or others who may at
tempt to gain illegal admission. Of
course many are caught,a is shown by
the fact that 1t cost the Bureau of I'm
migration $l5 900 last month for rail-
way fares for deported Japanese, but
many get through undetected. The
Secretary of Commerce and Labor had
just completed an extensive trip along
the Canadian border and to Hawaii.
the chief purpose Of which was an in
vestigation of the Japanese problem
and before coming to Washington be
will make special report to the Pres
ident at Oyster Bay. 1t is expected
that on this report will be based the
recommendations to Congress which
will he included in the President 3 next
annual message.
The Navy Department reports an
extraordinary situation in the Mare Is
land Navy Yard. in California. Con-
gress provided the funds for building a
navy collier at that point, 1925 600 be-
ing the sum appropriated. The plans
have been completed, the material
bought and assembled and the govern.
ment is most anxious that the work of
construction should begin, and that it
should be rushed, but there is such a
scarcity of labor that it is impossible
to secure any workmen even at the
handsome wages which the Navy De-
jpartment pays to ship carpenters, and
other craftsmen whose work enters in
to the construction of a naval vessel
1t now seems probable that the De-
partment will be compelled to let the
work out to contractor who car
build the ship at some other point
where labor is not SO scarce. This vii
undoubtly iDjure the Mare Island yaro
as place for the construction of yes
sells and it is doubtful, if this course
has to be pursued, if Congress will
again authorize the building of yes
sci there. Already great delay has re
suited and it is even reported that re-