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

After a six months stay in Cuba,
where had a pretty good chance 20 study
the people and their condition, I am OF
the opinion that the Cubans will at no
distant day solve the problem Of self-gov-
eminent satisfactorily" said Mr. Harry
K. Daugherty. who has just returned
from that country. TO a Herald reporter,
at the Raleigh
Mr. Daugherty has recently been ap-
pointed Il member Of the Cuban Claims
Commission. and his visit to the island
was for the purpose Of taking testimony
in cases pending before that body.
Cuba Is fine country. attractive and
delightful in many ways and | believe it
is going TO have T. hsnDy future. II viii
be some time yet before the Cubans will
have another try at running their own
government They are just beginning 70
take census on the same scale Of thor
oughness that we employ in the United
States, and no elections viii occur until
that is completed possibly eighteen
months from the present time Mean
while Gov. Magoon is holding things
down. and giving the natives a splendid
object lesson as 10 what constitutes a
right man I'm the right place. and has the
universal confidence and respect Of all
classes. The Cubans are natural born poll
iticianS. and are split into half a dozen
political parties. each OF which is ambi-
tious TO get in power. There is just one
subject on which an these parties are
agreed, and that is praise Of President
Roosevelt The President is the subject
Of this general appreciation because the
Cubans believe in his word and in his
fairness. He has promised them home
rule as soon as they prove their capacity
for H. and they know that they are going
10 have the chance Of making good
Il was born and raised i'm Texas and
/ have voted the Democratic ticket with
unvarying regularity, and yet if I get
| the opportunity 10 cast a ballot for Theo-
/ dore Roosevelt In 1908. / shall surely
/ record my vote for him." said Hon. Frank
p. Holland. former mayor OF Dallas, Tex,
and one Of the leading citizens Of that
/ nourishing town at the New Willard.
Mind you" continued Mr.. Holland, I
/ have not changed my politics. | am still
/ a Democrat and always expect % be one,
hut I am for Roosevelt because hc is the
| greatest President We have had In a gen
Grafton. I would support him on his
record and because Of my intense admira-
/ ton for a man who can put honesty and
/ the public welfare above partisansaip. l
/ voiced this same sentiment in a speech IN
san Antonio on san Jacinto Day, the -lst
/ of last April. and IL called down on my
/ head some pretty warm criticism from
nv closest friends, but I adhere 90 that
opinion. an opinion. by the way. which is
/ entertained by thousands Of the best
/ people I'm Texas.
/ we have been doing some things iG
! our State lately that puts Texas we'll %
/ the front in advanced legislation-~sH it
radical II YOU viii The biggest of all was
THE passage Of a Law that puts the ban
on bucket-shops and drives them out OF
our borders. The same statute includes
/ specrlatlon on the cotton exchanges
Gambling in cotton futures has been an
unmitigatad curse % the Southern pe9-
/ ple. for il has been the chief means by
which the price Of the greatest ~ all our
r~0ducts-cottou-h been kept down.
!. When we suppress the buying and selling
] Of imaginary bales We give the power 20
make prices into the hands of the right
people. the producers. The law is very
drastic. and even extends its penalties %
telegraph and telephone companies should
they seek TO aid people in trying % evade
/ It's provisions. The bucket-shop people
spent money freely and maintained a
great lobby az Austin 20 defeat the law.
but they failed. and a great popular vic
tory was won
There is going 10 be one great issue
/ I'm the next Presidential campaign that
Is apt % overshadov everything else,
remarked Representative Richardson, of
Alabama. NJ the Riggs House.
THAT issue is whether the States com
prisiug this Union shall continue To eX-
erclse their functions under the ConstitI-
tion. or shall give up trying 20 make
and execute laws passed for their benefit
This may seem IN q great many people
a far-fetched conclusion. but It is peril
Dent and vital in view of what is daily
/ taking place an over the country. in my
own State the legislature passed bill
saying that the railroads should not
i charge q greater passenger rate than . IL
cents per mile. The same sort Of law,
only that cheaper rate was named. was
passed in several other States, but the
railroad companies. ignoring the courts ol
4 Alabama. carried the matter % the United
states Court Of the middle district and
secured from Judge Jones an injunction
against the enforcement of the passenger
tariff. thus rendering imp3tent our legis-
lative body and fits enaCtments.
If this sort Of thing is 90 continue
{ We the people, should know how their
institutions are being destroyed, and the
fight could not better De made than IN the
coming national election. Let the Demo-
cratic party make the issue. and nomi-
nate some reputable man Who Will stand
for the old principles ard the rights OF
the States % regulate their own domestic
concerns"
OF have lately gratifed the ambition of
a lifetime by going clear around the
world. but lst me confide To You the fact
that it is q stunt I would not care 10 du-
. plicate were / 20 live a thousand years. Do
Said Nlr. c. q Gaylord, of San Fran
cisco. at the Arlington.
MY chief cause of dissatisfaction with
this globe-girdling business may sound
a. wholly inadequate. and many viii think
il coarse no doubt, but that will not
alter my conviction I shall not try the
trick twice. for the very valid reason that
i'm Oriental lands they do not supply you
with any food that a white man deems
1T 10 eat. I was hungry in Ceylon. fam
ishad in Burmah, almost starved To death
in the Straits Settlements. and thought
the fare despicable in China and Japan.
say. We Americans don't begin 70 aDp-e-
ciate what a glorious thing IL is to live In
. a land where the cooking is good and
where there are plenty Of good things %
cook. No more of your Oriental victuals
for me. I'd rather live on the daily menu
Of q tramp in the United States than be
forced to eat the stuff they set before
princes in the far East"
Drift of Tariff Opinion.