The Washington herald., 1908-04-20
AT THE HOTELS.

Roosevelt and Fairbanks. according 70
the opinion of Mr. Stewart. president Of
the League of Republican Clubs, will be
the Presidential ticket. said Hayne G.
King prominent lawyer and politician
Of New York, at the New Willard yes
terday. and agree with Mr.. Stewart.
In fact. It would be running serious
risks. in my opinion, not to re-elect
Roosevelt for another term. Irrespective
of the political aspect of the situation. the
government Of the United States must be
run on business principles to be success
ful. The government at the present time
is engaged Ia number Of important
business deals, X you viii call important
measures Of legislation and diplomatic
questions by that name. These deals
were brought up by Roosevelt. He is
more familiar with the business Of the
United States than any other living man,
and there is no one that could dispose OF
these questions as successfully and satS
isfaetorily to the interests of the coun-
try as President Roosevelt. why look
Tor another man to I'll the place when
you have an excellent man. than whom
mere is none more patriotic, honest, or
fearless?
Never mind what scheming politicians
say about the third-term danger and ali
that sort OF thing. They are only trying
to advance their own selfish interests.
don't mean TO say that Taft. or Fair
banks, or Knox. or Cannon, or Hughes
are not good men, or that they would
not make good Presidents. That Is not
my argument / claim it Is poor bust
ness policy 10 make a change at this
TINE, when there are so many matters
waiting to be settled. The other candi-
dates. not being as well informed on all
these affairs as President Roosevelt thew
would probably not be as successful in
their disposition. And these questions
are Of the greatest Importance to the
nation and II would almost be criminal
TO jeopardlze their final outcome by plac-
Ing their settlement IN the hands OF
untrieG men, no matter how willing they
may be-
Enrico Morales y Tuto. Of Mexico city. is
registered at the New Willard. Mr.. No
rales is a wholesale merchant and has
been to New York in connection with
his business.
Speaking Of the use Of the English
The increasing use and knowledge OF
the English language in Mexico must
not be considered by foreigners who
propose to do business in Mexico as re-
heving them from a necessity Of knowing
Spanish. For those who come IN direct
contact with the masses in any way.
the native language is still essential and
always viii be. The amount Of English
that can be heard by the visitor in the
main street OF Mexico City is apt to be
misleading. II is not necessary 10
journey to the interior Of the country to
reach a section where English is neither
heard nor understood. BY walking a few
squares either to the right or left, away
from the beaten path Of the tourist and
the foreigner, one readily encounters the
Mexican that must be spoken 10 in Span
ish
1T & more important that the man
who comes to Mexico should know thor
0ughly his own business than that he
should have a fluent knowledge OF Span
ish. Ignorance OF his business IS quickly
detected by those with whom he has
70 dea and at once discTedits him Yet
he may employ the services OF an inter-
prefer without offense.
quainted with conditions in the Spanish
islands OF the United States imagine
they viii be readily Americanized. They
do not know what a long process is re-
quired TO change the language and the
customs OF race. II viii not be done
in q generation, nor many Of them. Chill
dren born of American parents in Mexico
invariably learn to speak Spanish before
they do English. and il must naturally fol-
low that local customs are to them more
familiar than those Of their parents"
Speaking Of liquor on trains in Ohio.
Charles B. HalleT. OF Cincinnati. who IS
at the National Hotel. said yesterday It
is a misdemeanor to drink liquor in any
car OF a train except the buffet car.
"One may drink IN the scenery in any
car" continued Mr.. Halter. "for the price
OF a first-class ticket, but the pocket
flask belongs exclusively to The road OF
yesterday. The travelling salesman will
have no further use for the hip pocket.
He can hit the pipe, syringe himself full
Of morphine. eat hash and chew nuts IN
til he becomes blue in the face and has
stuporous melancholia, but the open dali
lance with sour mash is forbidden
been two features in travel that appealed
TO pilgrlms-a little wee drop and scenery.
To sit back on thu cushions, the wheels
going cHckety-elies5, the telegraph poles
racing out Of the perspective, the eIanor-
Gus entries of the train boy with choco-
late drops and the latest forbidden novel
OF Elinor Glyn, have been joys that
needed only & tincture OF diluted wood
alcohol to complete the picture But the
legislature has changed all this If you
want liquid refreshment now. you have
10 so in the cafe or Pullman coaches"
Michael G. Burke. Of Beaumont Tex,
on his way to New York, has stopped on
in this city for few days, and is regis
tered at the National. Mr.. Burke said
yesterday that a prominent capitalist Of
Bangor. NE. had been in Beaumont and
vicinity for some time, where he became
interested in the proposition OF making
paper pulp from rice straw.
ITO ascertain the elemental qualities
Of the straw in this respect" continued
Mr. Burke. this man sent some Of the
straw to q chemist for a pulp mill in
Boston. and had some sample paper
made
During his recent visit to Beaumont.
Mr.. ". D. Wing-for that is his name
exhibited these samples. Notwithstand-
ing they were entirely made by hand in
laboratory, the samples proved an excel
lent quality OF paper. capable OF retaining
ink and suitable for many purposes for
which paper Is used
Mr.. Wing owns a large amount OF
stock in a pulp mill in Maine and Is
therefore interested In this matter from
another standpoint than merely TO mako
use OF the rice straw. His experiments
thus far have proved conciusively that
rice straw will make an excellent pulp