The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
AT THE HOTELS.

lof Adtt oa4u 10y. curry OF New Mex
ico at the Ebbitt last night.
Taft viii be nominated and elected;
there is no doubt about that President
Roosevelt does not want the nomination.
Everybody ought to know that by this
time II his name should be placed in
nomination, it will be without his per-
mission. and against his implicit wish and
instructions.
The Democrats Of New Mexico are
for Bryan. No other name is heard, but,
of course. the Republican ticket VIII be
successful.
We hope to be enrolled as a State at
the next session Of Congress. New Mex
leo has all the legal qualifications for a
State. We have the population, the
schools the roads, the wealth. and every
thing that helps to make a prosperous
community. Business is good. and we
had no bank failures during the financial
troubious times"
Albrecht Gengenbach. Of Stuttgart,
Germany, is at the New willard Nj
Cengenbaeh is an architect by profession,
and is visiting this country studying
American building methods and systems
and architecture. Mr. Gengenbach is Of
the opinion that so far as daring in con-
struction is concerned, the Americans
could not be approached By any other ma
ton.
Americans are a daring and audaeious
people. They always do things none else
ever attempt All one has 10 do is just
to lock at your buildings. and be con-
vinced of the courage and daring which
snimates you Americans in all your enter
prises. Not cnly buildings. but every
other line Of construction has its speci-
mems Cf characteristic American daring
Take, for instance, your bridges in New
York, spanning the various rivers and con-
Meeting the boroughs with New York
They are masterpieces Of the engineering
profession. Then take the sub-Hudson
tube. the tunnel which connects New Jer-
sey with New York. another engineering
wonder: take the skyscrapers, those i'm
mense buildings. There is a spirit Of dar-
ing In all walks Of life in America. a
chip on the shoulder, as you call it
in America, 1 believe.
The time when Americans have 70 20
10 Europe to learn and study is d thing
of the past. The American has learned
all he could. and has improved on every
thing he imported from Europe in such
a manner that Europeans are obliged now
10 come 10 America Tor new ideas. It
will not be many years before America
VIII also be the center OF art Of the
world You have the money wherewith
TO acquire anything you may desire You
have also lots OF wealthy men and women.
who DO not mind spending thousands and
thousands OF dollars for celebrated paint
ings Libraries. and other objects OF art
and bringing them 20 America America
is the leading nation Of the world in
every respect, and it would be folly 10
deny H."
Lafayette F Knowles. Of San Fran
cisco. Cal, who is visiting Washington
for the first time in my life" is at the
National He sat in the lobby Of that
hotel last night and told stories TO a
party Of friends. This is one OF them:
Sidney Dillon. one time president Of
the Union Pacthe, arrived one night ar a
station where there had been a wash-out.
Several trains were stalled there and the
passengers were subjectiHg the telegraph
operator 20 ali sorts Of annoyance by
asking questions. President Dillon went
UP 10 the station and said 10 the oper-
ator: Have you a telegram here for me2'
I'm blessed If I know. said the operator.
eyeing Dillon very critically; would your
photograph be on it?'
Congress made a serious mistake in
not following the advice Of President
IN the shipbuilGing pro-
sramme,' said Hudson Maxim, Of New
York, at the Raleigh. last night Mr..
Maxim is We'll known as an inventor OF
and Is a brother OF the cels-
brated Sir Hiram Maxim. of gun. fame.
Japan is arming day and night and get
ting ready 10 spring at US at the first
opportunity" continued Mr.. Maxim. We
seem TO be asleep and lull ourselves into d
feeling Of security. which is positively
unpatriotic.
This party Of japanese tourists which
has been doing the United States under
the guise Of merchants and manufaetur-
ers. IS nothing but an expedition of spies.
Every japanese in this country Is a spy.
/. for one, am in favor of building a
big, powerful navy. and fortifying the
Pacific Coast Hawaii. and the Philippines
and all other American possessions
against the aggression of the yellow
peril.
The inventor Of the noiseless gun is
Hiram Percy Maxim, son of Sir Hiram
Maxim, and a nephew of mine His in
vention is even better than has been
described in the papers. War with noise
less guns will b. even worse than what
Sherman said war was
This invention should be kept in this
country. The government Of the United
States should not allow it 10 be bought
by a foreign power. With noise
less guns. the United States can fight
the armies and nayies Of the whole
world"
That the British favor break with the
Japs. is the opinion Of Howard H Gra-
ham, manager Of a British wholesale ex-
port house in Hongkong. Mr.. Graham is
registered at the New Willard. ard Is Wis
iting this country on business.
Leaders Of British commercial in
terests in the Orient are arranging a
meeting to be held IN Hongkong in the
near future 20 protest % the home gov
eminent against japanese monopoly OF
all opportunity in Korea and Manchuris.
Il will be represented that the Mikado is
using the Anglo-Japanese treaty to dam
age English commerce 10 an extent vastly
greater than any other power suffers,
though 1t is agreed all are sacrificed to
japanese greed
London will be asked to make strong
to Tokyo concerning what
will be openly termed the latter govern
ments treachery 70 its ally Representa-
tives Of heavy interests in Hongkong do
not conceal the hope that there may be
a break between the two countries as the
only means Of protecting them from the
political and commercial trick
cry.
III will he cnnceded that the Japanese