The Washington herald., 1909-03-07
AT THE HOTELS.

Roosevelt has given the country
most successful administration. and has
raised the prestige OF the United States
among the nations OF the world 10 the
highest place Of Importance" said Rob
ert Appleton. OF New York. at the New
Willard yesterday. Mr.. Appleton Is the
publisher Of the Catholic Encyclopedia,
which. ne says. win be the most com
plete work OF It's nature ever attempted
Not only has Roosevelt added 10 the
material progress Of this country con
timed Mr.. Appleton. but he has accom-
plished something which should be re-
gardsd as OF the greatest possible value
to the citizens. He has tried his best 10
reswaken the public conscience. to en-
throne honesty and fair dealing IN every
walk CT life. and particularly In public
affairs by public officials. Some may dis
agree as to The methods employed, but I
contend that the times required these
Methods il required heroic treatment
Without finding any fault. OF CRITICS
ing or oelittiing other good Americans
who may aspire 70 the high Ofice. I am
firmly convinced that Roosevelt viii be
unanimously renOminated for the Presi-
dency Ia eight years. and viii be elected
by an unprecedented majority President
TAFT is q strong, good man, and VIII give
this country an admirable administration.
and there is no doubt az ali but that he
viii serve two terms. and that his party
and the people would ike 10 Offer him a
third. II precedent did not stand in the
way Under these circumstances. .Roose-
Welt VIII loom up as the one available
heroic figure, the people VIII flock around
his standard. and he viii be placed back
again in the White House for another
eight years.
The United States is 10 be congrat-
ulated upon having 2lF. Taft az the head
OF the nation"
Discussing war work IN general. and
hand grenades IN particular. Col. Fred y.
Miller. former army officer. who Is at
the Raleigh. said that there were a
number OF places where We could have
used hand grenades to good effect in our
work against the MorOs in the Philip
pines"
I remember one place IN particular
where our troops came out Of thick
woods into an open space surrounding a
Moro fort" continued the old campaigner.
The mountain guns were OF Ht=Ie value
in such a situation. as they were unable
10 batter down the Moro fort. whose
walls were made OF stone and about ff-
teen feet high. So the only way OF
getting at the MorOs was 10 make a rush.
There was one entrance 70 the fort. and
this was in the rear
The opening was about fouT feet
wide, and they had IL barricaded on the
inside back about two feet from the wall.
The Americans could get in there only
one at time between the bar-icade and
the wall. and the MOrOs were -eady with
spears and carbines and Martins. and
any kind OF an ole gun they could get
hold OF. 20 pick Us on. one by one. as we
entered II there had been a few hand
grenades loaded with high explosives that
could have been thrown over the wall. or
over that barricade as the rush on them
Was made. or even thrown ever the
fort with light wooden mOrtars. that the
japanese used the task would have been
made much easier. and the lives OF sew
eral Of the American boys would have
been saved.
There was some talk IN the Philip
pines about a japanese invasion. or ths
possibility of such a thing. II the Japa-
nese have any gOOd sense at all they VIII
4+NN e@tFAAAkL any sAEa4 ADolIETLE enter
prise In the long run they are bound
70 get whipped, even II Il should
take the United States ten years 10 do so
America has unlimited credit everywhere.
IS rich country. and could finance the
greatest war that ever was waEed-
whereas Japan is practically bankrupt.
ana has no credit anywhere I Go not
believe in this Japanese scare. Those
snre"d NIpponese are playing a sharp
diplomatic game. that IS all: they are
past masters IN the art OF blumng; but
I tel you Roosevelt was equal to the
occasion He called that bIun."
Gel. Leopold MoInar. Of Budapest. Hun
gary, an Official OF the Royal Hungarian
Agricultural Department. was al theNev
Willard yesterday. where he vas the
guest OF the Hungarian Republican Club.
OF New York he was much interested
in the marching OF the regular American
troops, having himself served IN the army
Of his country.
have seen active service myself.
said the Hungarian. and 7 know what
fine marching should be ike. an fraA
10 admit and do 50 with great pleasure
that there IS 10 army "a the world thar
can surpass the marching OF the Ar,e-5-
can regular never saw such harmony
OF movement. combined with such free
dom OF action IN the swing OF the an,
and the leg. There was nothing rorced
about II, It looked perfectly natural. ana
therefore Il constituted the perfection OF
military marching
Your citizen soldiers deserve fuu
praise for their appearance added Col.
Molnar. Il am not a bit surprised that
the United States does not want a large
standing army when YOU have such a
splendid fighting machine 70 rely on as
your militia"
Tt Is undoubtedly true as contended.
pig iron being the keystone or the in
dustrial arts, that the rapid advance and
present supremacy OF the United States
IN wealth. commerce. and manufacture
Is very largely due 70 the abundance OF
minerals in the Lake Superior region
said Charles s Bartlett. OF Houzhtou.
Mich. mining engineer, who Is at the
Shorehan.
1T is also due 10 the ease and econ
omy,- continued Mr. Bartlett. with
which they can be mined and the low
rate Of transportation on the lakes TO
the furnaces and mills OF Ohio. PennsyI-
vania. and other States.
''Yet the development OF these Won
derful resources IS comparatively recent.
added Mr.. Bartlett Several men are vet
living who we're at the genesis. For ex-
ample. Peter White. Of Marquette. the
in the hearts OF the people Of Northern
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