The Washington herald., 1908-07-23
AT THE HOTELS.

seems 10 be that Taft viii be the next
President Business men and the work
ing people have confidence IN him
don't think that G0mpers' political at
titude viii have great Influence on or
ganized labor don't mean 10 say that
the laooring men will altogether disre-
gard the political views of their leader.
but they are pretty Independent lot and
prefer 1o-do their own thinking in the
political line They are willing TO take
Gompers' orders and advice so far as they
relate TO labor conditions. but they OBJ
| Ject 10 taking their political cues from
him
This expresses the views on the politi-
I cal situation on the Pacific Coast Of
/ Francis 2. Smith, engineer in charge OF
/ the construction OF the government dry
/ dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard. al
Vallejo. Cal. who IS here on business in
! the Navy Department and IS registered
At the Raleigh
It's very seldom that a builder or con
tractor makes any money out Of building
dry docks We are losing q couple OF hun
dred thousand dollars on the Mare Island
dock. which we shall have completed by
January next. The contract for the build
az VA AA-A1 ltAh va SVEN AAA AAAAAE , cd >
ago we are the second contractors, and
We shall finish the JOB
| You can imagine the contract and It's
nature when 1 tell you that we had 70
drive I2.262 piles in forty feet OF water
and twenty feet OF ground 10 secure a
I good solid foundation The dock is built
Of solid concrete and We have had our
share OF trouble with it The cost Of il Is
S1,450O0o.
The Pacific Coast ought 70 have a
strong feet for protection. and this feel
ing seems 10 prevail everywhere. II should
have more modern fortifcations- L is not
! because We anticipate any trouble, but Il
IS simply 10 be prepared IN case anything
should turn up
The japanese out our way are cap!-
talists now They corner the potato and
/ vegetable aT.d fruit market. and often.
/ when I see the little brown man walking
/ along the street, and by his side q clean
cut strapping young American. I think
that one Of our boys could take care OF
three Of the little fellows II the occasion
should arise"
J. F LeweIlyn. of Mexico. No. who,
with his wife. Is making his first visit II
this city. is registered al the Ebbitt Mr.
! Lewellyn IS a farmer. and says he IS
deeply Interested in the national election.
I believe, speaking my own opinion
and expressing the views OF people whom
I have met he said, that Bryan VIII
/ carry Missouri I used 70 be q gold
! Democrat. and bolted the Democrats
ticket in company with thousands of
other Democrats when the 1s-to-I plank
vas a part Of the Democratic platform.
/ This question has been settled. and IS 10
factor in the politics OF the party to-day
/ The consequence viii be that all thoss
l who deserted Bryan because OF TIE silver
plank VIII rally 10 his standard and e.
! feet his election fl November Bryan has
gathered wisdom and experience, and he
Is regarded with confidence by The bust
ness people to-day. while fl his former
campaigns he was regarded with sls-
picion.
Taft is q very good man, and Il he
were more independent OF the Roosevelt
influence he would be Still stronger I be-
Heve Is the campaign progresses The
more Taft VIII free himself from R0Ose-
welt. and show his real strength
The auti-foreign fight in Mexico. ac-
cording 10 the opinion OF Lewis J. Lemon.
a mining engineer. Of Mexico City. who
I Is at the New Willard. IS assuming largo
proportions
a bitter controversy over the question
is being waged by the foreign and Ia
tive press OF Mexico said 1Ir. Lemon
La Patria, one Of the papers. recently
printed an article in which II proclaimed
the time ripe for a policy the motto Of
which should be. Mexico for the Mexi-
cans Most OF the TRADE IS directed
AGAINST the Yankees. a term OF con
tempt used by Mexican editors in 6esig-
mating Americans Among other things.
Ia Patria declared that II Americans
thought the governments of Argentina,
Chile. or Rrazl more enlightened than
that OF Mexico. they should journey to
those parts. the sooner the better
After referring 70 the efforts on the
part OF foreigners against the proposed
new mining law restricting incorpo-a-
tons in Mexico. la PaJria says something
Ike this. We are not Boxers, but
patriots. ard when We take a given de-
cision we take Il, not as against foreign
ers. but for the benefit Of Mexico The
paper summaries the anti-foreiga sent-
ment by saying that the minister OF public
works has submitted 70 the executive OF
the union the draft Of a new mining law.
which incapscitates foreigners from ac-
quiring mines in the frontier States and
foreign States from acquiring mines n
any part OF the republic
IN all the thousands OF miles from
Vancouver 10 the North Sea and from
Edmonton % Dawson, the country IS dot
ted with hunters at intervals Of from
twenty 10 Ieo miles, said Jefords J Jef-
fries, a business man, OF Toronto. Canada,
at the Riggs last night
From this II VIII be seen that the
game has no way OF escaping continued
Mr.. Jeffries, as there is 10 stretch OF
more than 100 miles where the crack OF
the gun is not heard With nearly every
one II is a case Of doing his Level best
10 kill all he possibly can. even though
s9 Per cent goes to waste.
The Indians are the only men who re-
gard the protection Of game as a aecss-
sity. have been in the Northwest for
eleven years. and have Travelled from
East to West and from North 10 South
and have seen slaughter OF large game
on several occasions that would make
Buffalo BiHs buffalo killing. which Is "a
nous the world over, look Ike ths pro-
verbal 60 cents.
The first Of these killings I Witnessed
toward the head OF the Kl0n6ike River
IN the winter Of 1S9S, when a herd OF carl
bou came upon a hunters camp and he
killed the herd. 10 the last one. Il nun
bered over 800 must say to that mans
credit that he let nothing 60 TO waste as
he was within reach OF Dawson and dis
posed OF it all The only thing TO be con-