Show HAMMOND JI FOR FOlt ICI Announcement J of or the candidacy of or John Hays Hammond for tho the thoIce Ice vice presidency of the United States Slates does not Impress Impre g Informed men mm as nR In the tho nature of It is no joke It Is good hard sense ense lIe He ma may get the nomination If he floes does then the tho biggest e t mining authority In the nation will have carried th the honors of a prot productive craft to the tho second highest st place In the nation Mr Hammond was born in San Fan Francisco in S S 1855 1853 He lie was vas educated in tho the public school schools o or of that cit city and is a graduate of tho the Sheffield Scientific school Is a Yalo Yale bachelor of philosophy and has hM completed the tho course courso in the Royal noyal School of or Mines at Freiburg Saxony 1 on Ho lIo has been beep a priced high consulting and advising ud authority for 01 the government government government govern govern- ment and for many big corporations He lIe ha has been over a n good deal of j the world and was ono of or themen the men whose Judgment contributed to tho the wealth of rf I Cecil Rhodes and of Darne Barney Barnato In South Sout African fields He lie was one of the Jameson raiders raider though opposing the violent policy of the tho renown l I doctor octor who ho led his followers to lull Hill H He Heh h has hao be been n worth enough to pa pay a fine fino of more morp than thi thana a hundred thousand dollars to tho the Transvaal Tr go gov- government 0 for his part In the Invasion of the South Sout African republics thus escaping the execution o otho ot of the thc death sentence pal passed upon him And it Is sail said ho was the the- hl highest hest salaried ma man In the world But a t lc from all that John Hays Hammond Hammon would honor the tho office o of vice Ice president because he Is lit fit for or tho place lie Ito Is a n man of or big affairs affair acquainted aCq with big m men m in every land and pra tlc d In hl big thou thoughts Isis His experience as a n student and a lecturer fit him for the place of pre president ident J f the senate And if untoward fato fate should n the tho President of or the United States this man would faithfully and capably fill fin the term That Is a n contingency ncr always to be con conI In the selection election of or a aIce vice Ice president It would have O nn an excellent ri cl on th the tho minIng mining min minI In Ing business People over or the United States Slates do no not as ag a 1 rule take lake e a serious view of or mining They re regard ceO cc- Card gard It a as a means menns of oC losing money money a great big gamble in n iCh the investor In never ne gets anything he Wants That view Ic i Is unfair to mining Tho The a ad advancement ad- ad of or Mr tr Hammond would lead to a n better belter understanding of the subject subject- It Il would help to pu put honest honc t mining In proper light before th the nation I It would do o much to mal make c an nn end of or the illegitimate te methods of the fc few w who have ha dishonored th the craft crat |