The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-27
AT THE HOTELS

, said he Rad interests IN New Mexico.
Arizona, and Colorado" and, judging
! from his conversation. Is on easy speak
ing terms with almost everybody worth
while. including President Tat. Senator
Beverage, Jim Watson. Senator Hemen-
way, Col. Cocktails; Delegate Andrews.
, Of New Mexico. and other national celeb
rites. Mr.. Dsrden took evident delight
in mentioning these names. and did no.
fan 10 make an impression.
"Oh. my Yes, indeed! Roosevelt will
be reelected In 1872 He viii be the
next President-no doubt about IT, Oh.
he is a great mani Saw him the other
day. Yes. I had q chat with him We
did not discuss politics at ell. But he
IS candidate 1or the Presidential nomI-
nation, and he knows he Is.
! had very interesting trip to the
Panama Canal. That is. no doubt. the
greatest work OF its Kind the world has
ever seen. Col Cocktails. who is a
/ personal friend OF mine. IL pushing the
work along. and the canal win be m
ished In 1914. He Is not such an extraor-
binary engineer. but he is a great admin
istrator-a diplomat Col Goethals took
me IN his machine along the canal. and
It is my opinion, based on observation,
that The culebca Mountain WI have to
be cut down some. Col Roosevelt. whom
I saw upon my return from Panama, was
deeply interested in the work.
II have been asked to make speeches
this fan o,.-ing the Republican campaign.
90 not know whether I viii OF not. II
should decide TO go on The stump.
VIII simply confne myself to addressing
the voters on the accomplishments OF
the Republican party. and mainly dwell
on the great work OF the Panama Canal,
which stands as a grand monument 70
the Republican party. would not say
1 anything about the split in the party;
that seems to be family affair.
New Mexico2 We will send two Re-
publican Senators 10 Washington There
are many candidates for the Office. Yes:
have been asked 10 allow my name 70
be used. but do not care for politics.
I was also offered the Eovernorship OF
the Territory by President Taft. but
4 did not care for f. Arizona viii also
send two Republican Senators. which
may De q surprise 20 some; but there is
10 doubt about IT,
Senator Beverage, OF Indiana, IS
making a splendid fight for reelection,
1 and he cannot be beaten. He represents
/ the progressive type IN the Republican
party. and men like him should be re
tanned IN the councils OF the nation. Jim
Watson. whom know very well. has no
/ show against Beveridge'
Estrada IS a man OF few words, stub
born, but honest" said Norman 0IcInnes.
\ OF Bluehelds, Nicaragua. at the Raleigh
last night Mr. McInnes has mining in
terests in Nicaragua, and has lived in
! that country for the last fifteen years.
He IS thoroughly familiar with the per-
sonalities connected with the present
contention IN Nicaragua
''Madriz Is a tool Of zeiaya. and II
permitted 20 occupy the Presidency. VIII
pursue Zelaya tactics. NIadrizs cabinet
contains number OF Zelaya men. OF
whom know a few Zelaya was poor
when he first was elected President OF
Nicaragua. When he left the country he
was one OF the weaithiest men Of Mica
ragua. He acquired ali his wealth while
IN once. and used his power as President
10 make sumptuary laws which benefited
him and HIS henchmen. He distributed
privileges and granted the right 10 form
trusts or combines. IN most OF which he
was interested. The constitution OF Mica
ragua. which IS as good as the best any
where, does not permit the existence OF
trusts OF combines OF special privileges
in Nicaragua, but zelaya paid no atten-
ton 70 the constitution. He oppressed
everybody and sn interests, natives and
foreigners alike. Rather than protest and
bring down upon themselves the wrath
OF zelaya. they submitted and paid TIL
butte in one form or another.
AS an illustration" continued Mr.. Nc
lnnes 'zelaya established an export
tariff OF 50 cents on every ounce OF gold
leaving the country. That was all right.
but In order 20 make money out OF tho
Atlantic coast miners he issued bonds
with which this export duty could be
paid. It was Ike paying this duty in ad-
vance. but we didn't mind The trouble
was that there was a penalty attached
TO the bond proposition. II the duty was
not paid with these bonds. a penalty OF
50 per cent was imposed. We were will
ing 70 pay by bond, but the bonds could
not be bought for love or money, y which
means we were forced TO paw the 80 per
cent penalty every time. That's merely
one OF Zelays's many tricks for enriching
himself
Estrada has been governor OF the
state Of Zelaya for a number OF years
and is an honest -san. He Is well liked
along the Atlantic coast. where the in
habitants are mostly foreigners-Ger-
mans, Americans. and Canadians. They
all speak English. and the Spanish Ian
guage Is heard but little The PROPOSE
ton has been made and seriously dis
cussed TO establish an independent
on the Atlantic coast
and seeede from Nicaragua. That
should be done for three reasons. In the
first place, as I said, the inhabitants OF
the Atlantic coast are mostly foreigners:
they all speak English and not
Spanish: and then there IS a strip OF va
cant land between the Atlantic coast and
the interior as wide as 100 and 900 miles
the two parts. The people IN
the interior are different altogether from
those who inhabit the Atlantic coast.
Nicaragua would be an excellent place
for enterprising Americans with money.
provided there could be a stable govern
ment What is needed is that some one
shall use the big stick, and tell these
fighting factions to stop at once. The
United States ought to step IN and take
charge and establish peace and order and
hold possession until confidence and pros
perity have been thoroughly estab-
lished."