The Washington herald., 1907-05-01
AT THE HOTELS.

THE great government dam at Engei.
In our Territory. win reclaim q vast
amount Of land which VIII be transformed
into mighty productive farms at an early
day, said Mr., J. +. Bonham, a lawyer
from Los Cruces. n. Mex, at the Shore
ham.
This work, when completed. viii r.
rigate ll09s9 acres in New Mexico. 1900
acres In Texas. and 5000 acres in Old
Mexico. This gift Of water TO our Mex
lean friends was In the nature Of rcstitu-
non and was IN settlement Of an ancient
claim Mexico had against us for divert
ing the waters Of the Rio Grands so that
much injury was done TO citizens Of that
government The Eugel dam. which win
be one Of the largest ever built in the
/ N''ited States, VIII make lake aftv
miles long and eighty feet deep. and will
make garden spot Of TREMENDOUS strip
/ OF ara land. As soon as the water can
De turned on every known crop can be
produced in abundance In that naturally
fertile sofI-all kinds Of grain. fruits.
grasses. and vegetables. II viii indeed
become a farmers paradise. and win belp
on Ne" Mexico's certain destiny as one
OF the greatest Of our States"
Ny opinion is that the abolition OF
the State disDensary system was = bad
thing. and that We shall never. get a sub
stitute that viii solve the liquor question
as satisfactorily as that did" said Mr.
F. a. Sparks. Of South Carolina. Al the
Raleigh.
The State dispensary would never
have been abolished but for the dis
eoyery that it had afforded means Of
grating to a set Of unprincipled officials.
The next best thing is 10 establish
/ county dispensaries, for hold that If b
! better 70 sell liquor under proper rea,5la-
IONS than to have the force of prohibit
ton. OF course. the counties thar do
not want dispensaries can vote Then, ont
| but whenever they do they not onIv
lose all the revenue that the dispensaries
! bring which Is great help 10 our
schools, but with the dispensaries gone
/ theFe is no way Of escaping the tblind
| tigers and 'speak-easies' that are 10
be found iE all prohibition towns.
Again. the people are going 10 have
whisky by one means or another In
my town the citizens send on 10 North
! Carolina for their jugs, and one train
from salisbury brings down huge daily
supply Of wet goods. II they are going
70 ouy on the outside, why not let them
purchase al home, especially as the law
4 does not allow saloons, and the stuff
can be had only in quantities Of a pint
or moreg''
senator SpoOner got very restless for
some time prior 10 his resignation from
ONCE. and be was as glad 70 get out as
a schoolboy 10 quit his books said ar
J. P. Young, Of Chicago, at the shore
ham
The Senator told a close friend thar
during his last few months Of public
life he was offered a fee in the law sufr
between Virginia and West Virgfnft
which was more than two years sepa-
torial salary. he was. however forced
10 decline il. as he could not have dom
the Work without neglecting his duties
as Senator. What made him resign
was the need Of making some financial
provision for old age He had LOST q
soou OIL OF money in certain business
deals, and resolved that the few 49,
Of activity left TO him should he daSo,e5
70 the creation Of healthy bank account
IN this there is little fear Of his faTl7rs
TOT MS reputation as a lawyer will ins1,rs
him plenty Of business"
inere Is no way Of telling whether
The next incumbent of the White Hons.
VIII be Republican or a Democrat,
sad MI Charles Hughes. of Denver ar
the New Willard. Mr.. Hughes occupjes
high place in The legal profession of his
STATE, and it has been said that he Is the
most thoroughly informed mining lav,,sr
IN the United States. He lectures at
Harvard on mining and irrigation and
enjoys a practice that few men Al the
bar ia any section OF the country can
boast
Most people continued Mr.. Hughes
have the belief that President Roose,-e1f
IS lnVincible and that he must run again
IN order 10 insure the Republicans from
defeat. This popular notion may easily
prove faHacy. In the first place. the
declaration OF the President that further
occupancy of Office would be a third term
would be quoted against him with telling
force. OF course. il would be practtos1l1-
a third term he would be running for ana
70 say differently is mere quibbIi7e
Were the President again 10 be yotaf
Tor he would be bitterly opposed By a big
section Of lab0rtng people. In certain
Northern States he would lose the votes
OF enough negroes who will remember
Brownsville, 10 jeOpardize the success. of
his party. Moreover. thousands OF con
servative Republicans would either vote
Tor the Democratic candidate or not vote
at all. All these conditions make il an
parent except, perhaps. 10 idolators.
that Col Roosevelt is by no means thu
invincible leader he is supposed 10 be.
But apart from that, he has too often.
in the most serious way, declared that no
sort Of consideration could compel him to
take the nomination. for him 10 be re-
gaTded even as possible factor in 1905.
My prediction is that the Republican
party VIII be dominated by the eonsarva-
tiVes. and that Hon. Elihu Roof viii he
the nominee. His availability and
strength are superior TO that OF any man
who has been named. and he is undoubt-
edly the man the Democrats will have to
beat"
In the old days. said Mr.. J. G. New
house. Of San Francisco, at the Arlington,
the days Of my youth. the man who cut
a figure in the world was the lawyer or
the politician or the preacher. perhaps.
but this is hardly the case now. To-day
the important man does not belong TO the
powerful professions of the olden era: the
mar who is at the front to-day is the
engineer, because he is the one whose
services the world most needs. The chap
that can build big hotel, or a railway.
or dig canal, or get the gold out Of earth
is the one who stands In the front ranks.
have son twenty-five years old who is
an engineer in a Western State drawing