The Washington herald., 1907-10-09
AT THE HOTELS.

Minnesota Is undoubtedly for President
Roosevelt, and will support him for the
Presidential nomination until he refuses
IL in the convention. said Ira b. MillS,
Of St Paul. at the Shoreham last night
Mr.. Mills IS the president Of the Mime
sofa State Railway Commission, and Is
attending the convention in this city at
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The President has endeared himself %
our people by his broad policies and his
evident understanding OF what the peo-
pie want We do not care whether he IS
actuated by desire 20 gain popularity
or what his motive is so long as he gives
US the best administration Of which he
is capable He has outlined policies which
no other man in the country would nave
set down had he been In the White
House. and for this reason they are
anxious to see him given an opportunity
TO carry out these policies.
After Roosevelt, il looks very much
Ike Secretary Taft IN our country. The
Presidents avowed preference for him
Influences many toward him. while others.
who want continuation Of the Roosevelt
policies. are inclined toward him on that
account Then. too, many look on him az
the most capable man for the place, as
he has served so long and so well in the
Cabinet Cannon is practically the only
other man talked Of. as the Hughes boom
has not yet reached our State and as
Fairbanks is not considered.
"The Democrats viii. 1 suppose, be for
Bryan, as Gov Johnson has refused 70
hear himself talked about in that connec-
tion. He is satisfied to be a governOri
and Just before I left Minnesota he gave
out an interview In which he said that
he was in no sense a candidate for the
nomination He is popular in the State,
both among the Republicans and the
Democrats. and his administration has
been immensely successful. He is sin
ceTe man, and even his closest friends
VIII not push his boom after he has de-
clared himself no candidate.
We are not yet at liberty 20 discuss
the railway matters on which the Min
nesota commission have come 10 Wash
ington. OF course, the 2-cent rate Is en-
crossing most of the attention q rail-
road men ali over the country. Il was
shown in Ohio recently that since the
Inauguration Of the 2-cent rate law the
The advocates Of the law insist that this
increase is due directly to the law. while
the railroad men say that il is simply
the natural year-by-year increase. There
is but little difficulty with the railroads
in Minnesota, and just now there IS no
agitation OF any changes In the rate
"The activity which marks the aerial
world and the aerOnaUts is only natural,
and I predict that this activity, in which
the United States has begun 10 assume
the lead. viii be fruitful Of a revolution
in aerio dynamics before FIVE years have
passed, said Anthony Fiala, Of Brook
lyn. y. Y, the famous airship navigator,
at the Shoreham, last night. Mr.. Fiala
was in Washington on "a business trip
which had nothing 70 do with airships.
He left last night for New York.
There can De no doubt that great prog
reSs in this line has been made during
the last two years. and even the most
skepticaI earthsman finds himself forced
20 admit that wonders have been accom-
plished which he never dreamed Of Tie
fact that American balloons are always
among the first in international contests
show clearly the interest which this couu-
Try has taken in air machines. We have
among our c0untrymeu some Of the most
famous a6rOnauts IN the world including
Walter Wellman, Lieut.. Lahm. and 9th
ers. do not know just how soon an
air shin capable OF going where il wishes.
and remaining up as long as il wishes.
viii be built, but / am sure that I viii
live 20 see it
Senator Martin. of Virginia. IS al The
New Willard on his weekly trip TO this
city. He Will return 20 his home to-day.
''The people Of Cuba are deeply sensible
Of the debt that they owe the United
States in helping them 10 secure their
freedom from Spain. and 7 am sure that
the United states government viii never
regret the stand il took. for It viii find
the vast majority Of Cubaus loyal and
faithful people" said Felipe Diaz. Of Ha-
yana, at the National Hotel last night
The recent trouble there has absolute
Iy no significance, and as we are as Yet
a young country We are bound 70 make
some little mistakes, but with the United
States keeping a guarding eye over Us al
viii be Strengthened out IN the n D.
There are undoubtedly a great number
Of people in Cuba who are trouble max
ers, but these viii be forced 20 sU5s.de
before long. These persons are found in
the history Of every young ana growing
country
In every way Cuba is advancing with
great raFidity. OF course all the people
want absolute independence, and We are
glad that President Roosevelt has sid
THAI it is his desire that the provisional
government in Cuba should be abau-
doned and the army withdrawn from
the island as soon as it is found 10 bs
practicable.
our industries are growing steadily.
This year We have already exported
S2,C00oj0 worth of tobacco, a great deal
of which was in the leaf. and which. OF
course pays US much better than that
which We export already made up. Most
OF our tobacco went either to England or
10 the United States. and I believe that
IN course of time those two countries
VIII control our entire exports. Other in
dustrles are progressing as finely ard the
numerous investments of American capi-
tai have turned the island from a verita-
ble waste into one Of the most fruitful
in the world. Gov. Magoons administ~a-
ton IN the Islands has been highly sue
ceSsful, and he is popular with all Gu
bans who have the interest of the island
at heart He is a strong man. and such
one as Is necessary 70 control the situ-
alton just now"
Waterways Transportation.