The Washington herald., 1909-03-09
AT THE HOTELS.

country. he viii. unless I am much mis-
taken. be back again in the White House.
The people, the masses. have always been
his greatest stronghold" said John D.
Crimnoins. OF New York. at the Shoreham
last night Mr.. CrimEins is well known
in New York politics. Although a Demo
crat. he voted for Roosevelt and for Taft.
I did not agree on every point with
Roosevelt. He was TOO strenuous In the
manner in which he Instituted reforms.
and caused considerable injury to legally
| established business interests The re-
forms could have been brought about Just
as effectively in a less OstentatiOus man
neT by taking into consideration the fact
that many Of the concerns he attacked.
or all OF them. were doing business under
powers granted 10 them BY law OF the
various laW1making bodies % the United
States All in al. however, Roosevelt ben
eated this country immensely IN a mate
rial sense. and particularly by uplifting
the moral conscience Of the people.
'As a private citizen. Col. Roosevelt oc-
cupies a most unique position There was
never a President so original. and II is
rather difficult. therefore, % pruphesy
what he may do or what the future has
I in store for him. 7 have an idea he is
glad 10 have a chance 70 rest for some
time. anyway
1T is a question whether ROOsevelrs
/ Temperament IN deliberatlve body. Ike
/ the United States Senate. would be suit
able for him as a representative OF New
York State IN that national body. He
can never equal in that respect Senator
/ Root who Is conservative and yet ag-
/ gressive. while Roosevelt seems t0 Be
/ impulsive and impetuous."
OF President Taft. Mr.. CTimmins said
that he would continue Mr.. RoOsevelt's
policies. but that he would achieve re-
suits IN a less strenuous and more judi
I cial manner than did his predecessor He
I believed that business would improve
under the present administration, the
/ commercial and banking interests repos-
/ ing the greatest confidence in President
/ Taft
Discussing the mayOralty possibilities.
I Mr.. Crimmins said that number or
names had been mentioned. tut that no
candidate had yet been named who
would prove an exceptionally strong man
with the exception OF Nathan Suaus.
who. Mr. Crimmins said, would make an
excellent mayor q New York. He added,
however. that the discussion OF this sub
/ iect was somewhat premature
BeIlamy St0rer and Mrs Storer are az
the shoreham- Speaking OF his visit 70
/ the White House on Sunday evening. Nj
Storer said yesterday that Il had aDso-
lutely no political significance
/ 1T is perfectly natural that We should
IcaH % President Taft. We have always
| been frienos. and, in fact, have grown
/ up together"
The question Of mining being discussed,
Harry s. Burton. OF san Francisco,
/ practical mining man. who is az the
Arlington. said yesterday that gold grows
/ Gold not only grows" said the Cali
l fornian, but IL Is being deposited In
/ California to-day BY the hot solfararras
at Sulphur Creek. in Colusa County.
where any one who pleases may see IL II
occurs with cinnabar. free sulphur. and
bitunen. a combination which has prob
ably not a parallel in any other part OF
the world have seen cinnabar brought
ldown with crystals Of gold im5edded In II
/ The gold IS depoSit1d on the outside or
/ Isflfcious rock IN the form OF crystals. and
/ is plainly formed by the evaporation or
/ aqueous deposits There are specimens OF
/ this in the California State museum
/ This all confirms g theory. long held by
me. that when gold IS found in pockets IN
louartz Iedges Il has been carried there
by teuurides, which vOlatilizes. leaving
the gold behind This IS the way ac-
count for a singular development up n
/ Coos County
/ While doing some placer mining IN
! certain locality there. some Of the men
/ thought there must be a quartz ledge
nearby. from which the gold came. 50
/ they turned on q stream OF water and
/ 'hydrauliCed' a ledge which carried an
I infiniJesmal quantity Of the metal, eN-
/ cepting in one hole, shaped Ike stove
/ pipe and going down. no one knew how
/ far. This hole vas Ike an underground
/ furnace. for il was lined as II with SCOT
with telluride Of gold. telluride of sil-
yer. and free gold. and they took S.0o0
out Of K"
Discussing tariff relations between the
I United States and Germany. Herr Fried
rich Gerhardt. Wholesale exporter OF
I Hamburg, who is at the New Willard.
| said last night;
There are indications that Germany
viii be among the first OF the European
/ countries 10 take advantage Of an ar
/ irangement with America 20 secure mini
mum tariff rates under the terms Of the
new tariff act. which IS expected 70 be
/ passed at the spec al session OF Con-
gress
! Count Won Bernstorff. our Ambassador
/ here. I believe 70 be thoroughly equipped.
/ by consultation with his foreign Office and
/ customs officials. 20 undertake this task
\ Il is nv impression that the new tariff
I act viii be framed 70 take effect imme-
diateiy upOu its approval by President
I Taft. How do know2 I 90 not know
/ positively. but I have made d thorough
study OF the matter, and have decided
views on the question
In order tC secure whatever advan-
/ tages may be expected 20 following the
I application Of minimum instead OF maxi
mum tariff rates on imports into the
/ United States. IL viii be necessary for
/ the foreign ambassadors and ministers
resident in washington 10 have arranged
I In advance Of that date new treaty rela-
tons with the American government IN
/ the case OF some European countries a
disposition has been shown 70 forestal
action by the American Congress and
guard their own export trade with Amer
/ lea by considerably increasing their ex-
iSting tariff rates. with the design OF OBJ
tanning the basis OF new ARRANGEMENTS
with America without sacrificing 10 any
I considerable extent the protection which
Z they now enjoy against competition with
1 American exports So far as know. this
( is not true OF Germany. and with this
element OF good faith in his 0vertures I
am under the impression that our Ambas-
sador IS likely TO meet with a cordial re-
ceptiOn OF his tariff propositions
7 read IN this mornings paper that
the Pfttsburg police Will not permit the