The Washington herald., 1908-01-16
AT THE HOTELS.

John T. Capper, Of the London Times.
who is spending his annual vacation in
this country. is at the shoreham. Mr..
/ Capper does not believe the japanese
situation in Canada and South Africa and
other British possessions and colonies has
/ brought about strained relations between
England and japan.
Our feelings toward Japan" said Mr..
Capper. ARE decidedly friendly. as they
should be, and as is becoming an ally.
never heard that the japanese are enter
Ing English markets, and that they are
supplanting English products. There is
no truth in the talk that the English peo-
pie are demanding the abrogation OF the
japanese alliance treaty.
We are aware in England Of the fact
that there are certain elements IN the
United States that are in favor Of a war
with japan, but we don't believe this
calamity viii ever come 10 pass.
Il can't tell you anything about the
reported sale Of the London Times, be-
cause l don't know anything about IT,
Senator La Toilette will have the sup
port Of a Minnesota delegation to the
Republican national convention" said
George S. Lotus. OF St Paul. at the
Ebb.tt, last night Mr. Lotus is COM
missioner OF the Minnesota Shippers As
ISOLATION, and Is IN this city IN the In
terest of lowering Of the Pullman fares.
La Toilette is the only candidate up
TO the present, said Mr.. Lotus. who has
enough strength Of himself to perfect an
organization In our State. If President
Roosevelt were candidate, the Mime
sofa delegation would indorse him. Our
people are in favor Of his policies They
were not against a third term, but they
were against a third term by proxy. In
the Northwest the people want to know
where the candidates stand on questions
Of interest to the people. They want a
leader. They DO detest a me. too or
a reactionaTy candidate. That's the rea-
son they are in favor Of La Toilette.
They realize that the principles which
were ridiculed, when first advocated By
la Toilette. are now looked upon as
sound doctrine. to which other leaders Of
the party are Fastening TO subscribe. The
Shippers Association has taken the in
itiatiYe Ia forming a State organization
to secure delegates for him"
f. B. Salisbury, Of Columbus. Ca. who
is here in connection with legal matters
before the department. is at the Riggs
The political situation in Georgia. ae-
eording 10 the views Of Mr.. Salisbury.
are most concisely summed up in the
statement that President Roosevelt is the
most popular man in Georgia. and that.
in the absence Of his candidacy for the
Presidency any one bearing his indorse-
ment would receive the support Of the
Republican party Of Georgia.
Secretary Taft is R0oseyeIts man. and
there seems 10 be no doubt therefore
that Mr.. Taft will receive the support Of
the Georgia delegation. President Rooge-
welt made himself solid down in our c0u3-
cry On account Of the attitude he assumed
in the Brownsville affair. # he ever made
a mistake Ia the negro question before
any disagreeable impression it may have
left on the minds Of our people has been
wiped out by his disposal OF the negro
troops affair.
There is 10 legal barrier 10 the col
ored voters in Georgia making use Of
their legal rights as citizens on election
day but they never vote There is no
property qualification or educational test
or anything Of that sort They slnpIv
don't vote, because our peoule won't LEI
them, that's all OF course. we don't OK
clude the intelligent coio-ed voter. hui
we simply won't allow the o.her class 10
vote
There is no doubt Bryan viii be the
choice Of the Georgia Democrats. There
is no one else in sight al present 20 dis
pute the field with him. So guess it'll
be Bryan"
Montana Republicans are IN favor OF
Roosevelt OF the man who bears his o. X.
stamp, said Fletcher Maddox, Of Great
Falls, Mont, chairman Of the Republican
State committee Of Montana, al the Raj
eigh last night
Taft has the hearty support Of our
people, and what strengthens him is the
fact that he Is indorsed By Roosevelt.
Even though If he were not in this for
tunate position, he. I believe, would be
considered as the best and most satisfac-
tory candidate Montana under normal
conditions is for Bryan, or at least he
has a strong following there. but il seems
10 me the Republican party can capture
the State by putting up q good man
''The interest Of the great textile mill
men Of New England in the proposed ma
tional forests in the White Mountains
and the Southern Appalachians was con-
ciusively shown by a meeting held in
Boston a few DAYS ago" said (. C. VIII
hnsOn. Of Boston, who is interested in
cotton manufactures. and is registered
at the Cochran.
This meeting was called for the pur-
pose Of taking some effective action in
support of the bill recently introduced
In Congress. It resulted in the appoint
ment of two representative committees Of
the manufacturing interests The four
crest rivers of the White Mountain re-
gion. the Connecticut the Merrimac, the
Saco. and the Androscoggin. turn more
spindles than any other streams Of equal
volume in the world while the undevel-
oped water powers are Of vast import
ence, Experiences Of min operators in
the South show he effect Of forest cut
ting upon stream flow Actual measure
ment indicates that the flow was more
valuable after cutting especially when
fires followed the logging.
Capt J. F. Ellison. of Cincinnati. sec
Rotary of the National Rivers and Hor-
bors Congress, is in Washington to con-
suit with Representative Joseph Z. Rams
dell president Of the organization. on
matters pertaining TO the work Of the
congress.