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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MARCH 13,1888.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Manager.
Memphis claims 85,000 population.
Next year’s census will disfigure a great
niany claims of this variety.
Evebybody appears to have come to
the conclusion that the greatest State Fair
Georgia ever saw will be held in Macon
next October.
Seuntor Ingalls's speech. I tied. Still resisting, lie was dragged
Senator Ingalls evidently understands along the street by two of the men while
his own limitations and his points of the others beat him unmercifully. The
strength. Ife is accounted by many the town was alarmed by the yells of the de-
strongest representative of his party in the serter and the oaths of the ruflianB who
body over which lie presides, yet if his were trying to drag him to the ferry. The
record be examined it will he discovered deputy sheriff attempted to interfere and
that his reputation rests solely upon his threatened to arrest the Mexicans if they
power of sarcasm—of saying bitter, did not keep the peace. In reply, they
liitingtiiingH in personal debate. He has drew their revolvers and threatened to kill
made no doubtful question of public him if he did not stand aside. The deputy
policy plain by clear analysis, nor origi- sheriff, who was unarmed, retreated and
nated one legislative act which has informed the sheriff of what was going on.
contributed to the prosperity and happi-1 The Mexicans, leaving their victim half
ness of his country. On the contrary, he dead, galloped through the town toward
has been the narrow, sectional partisan, I the ferry. They were met by the sheriff
who lias sought political preferment and and his posse. When they attempted to
popular applause by appealing to passions break through the posse a general firing
which for the general interest should be I began. The deputy sheriff was shot from
stilled as soon as possible. I his horse, but was not dangerously wound-
Ile is a larger man, intellectually, than I e d; the horse of one of the Mexicans
the pestilent Forakcr, but is of the same I killed. The lUutenant, who had received
type, and hopes to forward his ambitions I a wound in the face, escaped across the
by use of the same base methods. river, and as soon as he landed began to
Though this estimate of the man is a I fire at the crowd on the other shore. The
true one, his utterly unwarrantable attack | dismounted Mexican was shot dead os he
upon the President in the speech reported 1 plunged into the river. One of his com*
yesterday was something of a surprise. It I rades received a rifle ball in his side, and
is as unusual for the President of the I the other escaped unhurt. It was a de-
Senate to participate in debate as for the I cisive victory for the United States,
Speaker of the House to do so. It was, I but that fact does not palliate the offense
therefore, deliberately that Mr. Ingalls I committed by the Mexicans.. Their entire
VIEWS ON THE SOUTH.
Gov. Gordon Interviewed on
Several Questions.
THE SOUTH BOUND TO PROSPER.
It« Natural Advantage* Set Forth—Popu
larity of Mr. Cleveland’* AdmlnUtra-
trntlon—The South Endorses
HI* Tariff Policy, Etc.
The Su Louis Kcpublican says:
If Mr. Randall's heart must bleed for the “New
South" moonshiner* of Georgia, Mr. Mills ha*
has given him a chance to let it bleed in a
strictly inoffensive partisan way.
Tins is a good one from the Chicago
Herald: “An Eastern paper sjivs: ‘The
woods are full of good Republican candi-
dates.’ They are going to the wood,
early.”
Col. Bill Moore, of Augusta, is author*
ity for the statement that Queen Victoria
has the finest collection of autographs in
the world,'and that the third best is the
property of Col. Charles C. Jones, of Au
gusta.
opened his speech with the declaration that I conduct showed that they came over nnder
"the nomination *and election of Grover I false pretenses, to arrest and drag back a
Cleveland had made the nomination of any I deserter. In attempting to carry out their
American citizen to the Presidency respect-1 programme they insulted the local officers,
able. There was no man so ignorant or so I defied the law and fired upon American
mean that he might not aspire to the nom-1 citizens, wounding one of them.
ination for the Presidency by the Demo
cratic party.”
Of course the State Department will take
steps at once to ascertain the exact facts in
This is equivalent to saying that, of all I the case. Considerable consequences may
the millions of Americans, that one who is I come .from the street fight at Eagle Pass
now in the highest place of honor is | last Saturday morning,
the least entitled to respect. Snch
a speech by the man who
the place of the Vice-President is an
, While Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky was
occupies I ..... ,, . . ...
. I making Mr. Ingalls wince in the Senate
outrage upon decency and should have la8t Taesd ,7> \\ r - Z J
1 was pounding Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, in
the House. It was a Republican rout on
Unusual interest attaches to the contest
over the will of Samuel J. Tildcn, which
is now before the courts. The slighted
h irs are confident of breaking the will,
which devotes the great bulk of the estate
to public charities.
been met with rebuke, not applause,
from his party associates. Not satisfied with
this coarse and brutal attack upon a man
entitled from his position to at least the
outward forms of respect and who because
both wings.
A Wuut of Consistency*
Our thick and thin protection contem
, . . . . 4 « uiuca xcr uxe sown: out not
which our climate give* the manufacturer thing he shouldn’t have done, and li'
cannot possibly he described as fixed quan- he , llould llave donc he , li(1 , ? “S-h
hut tliey are none the less marked , ht . g » ve „s some good office-l.o’ders p i
important. Our climate cheapens both ; idont Cleveland, on his part, removed evere
null power and our mill labor. In ! ma „ unworth y of trust and the llenubl?
first place, what is the chcanest 1 i„ ,„i.„ epuon-
The New York Graphic, of March 3rd,
contains a long interview with Governor
Gordon, from which we take the following
extracts:
Governor John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
who has been staying in New York for
several days, is one of the most striking
products of American life. He entered the
Confederate army in an humble capacity,
hut soon became one of the most brilliant
lieutenants who followed General Lee. It
was General Gordon who broke the right
of Grant’s line in the Wilderness, who
stayed Hancock’s charge in the dead angle
of Spottsylvania, and it was he who, after
the death of Stonewall Jackson, command
ed the right wing of the Confederate army
while Iiongstreet directed the left wing
throughout ail that brilliant campaign,
which followed the death of the man who
stood the brunt of battle “like a stone
all.” It was General Gordon who, at
Appomattox, fired the last gun on the side
of the rebellion.
At the close of the war he became a
United Stntes Senator from the State which
he had honored in the war, and he grasped
the idea of our new nationality, following
the great civil struggle, more readily than
any other Southern man of prominence
save, perha}>s, I.ongstreet, and he was more
potent for good than that leader, because
General Gordon moulded and properly
“It does to a marked extent. The other made him prima facie unscund.
tides, hut they are none the less marked
an 1 '
our
the first place, what is the cheapest: : can offices wlm remain Tn “power m(W
power for mill purposes? Water, of Ria , a9 a rule, are clean men. For myself"
I 1 “ <?¥ he has had the cofl
of that position cannot defend himself, I porary, the Birmingham Age, is almost
this Puritan outlaw against the rules of hysterical in its opposition to the Demo-
deccncy did not hesitate to insult the cratic tariff bill, and in conclnsion ex
memories of two of the most distinguished presses confidence in the protecting power
It will lie observed that the pronounced
policy of President Cleveland on the tariff
is bringing thousands of men who have
hitherto been Republicans into active co
operation witli the Democrats on this is
sue. The people are lieginning to realize
that the only hope of tariff revision lies in
the Democratic party and this fact insures
the triumph of the party next November.
and patriotic of Union generals, McClel-1 of the Lord. This confidence is very com- hf. State.
Senator Ingalls lias been somewhat thc protection extended by the Diety is
prominently mentioned during the last I more valuable and more equally distribut-
few days for thc Republican nomination than that afforded by a high tariff. It is
the Presidency. It may he that his the kind of protection all good Democrats
for
eyes are clear enough to see that his party, I believe in.
divided on the tax question, witli a major- The argument with which the Ago Sup-
If Senator Ingalls had fought thc South
as ferociohsly during the war as he has
since it was over what would have become
of us? The very Suggestion is horrible.
Bnt Ingalls has his own way of fighting.
He is like “Bob Acres.” His courage comes
and goes. It comes when there is no chance
for a fight and goes when it glimpses dan 1
ger. Ingalls excites our risibles almost as
much as our contempt.
ity of it committed to a policy doomed to I ports its opposition to the bill, however,
defeat, must fight its next battle, os those » not consistent with divine protection or
which
and
simple issue of hatred of the I h* that the measure is a sectional one tmd
Sooth. Upon that it .may unite. IIav-1 attacks some interests while others cscipe.
ing come to this conclnsion, this cold-1 We will not remind the Age that. in
blooded trailer in the had passions of men times past it has expended a vast deal of
was unable to invent any other course of vituperation upon the unlucky Morrison
conduct than that which has given the horizontal bill, which certainly had no sec-
Oliio (iovernor so great a popularity, bnt tionaliwn in it and favored no special in
Cong rek-man Leopold MoiUe ha* pre-
aented a petition signed by 800 of the lead
ing prominent men of Boston, of both
parties, urging the revision nnd reduction
of thc tariff with a view es|>ccially to free
raw materials and cheaper necessaries of
life. Similar petitions are pouring in on
Congrrsa from all parts of the country,
Thev come from farmers, merchants, man
ufadurere, laborers, professional men
from all classes of thc people.
he could make his insult to the President terests; but wo will venture to ask a ques-
thc nation yet grosser and utter it in n I *l°n or 1*°: I" not thc duty on iron sec*
more distinguished presence. He has I tional, and levied for the benefit of n spec-
don? this, nnd now listens for thc roar of 11*1 interest? Cannot the same be said of
31Ulloii* L»ftt In the South.
The Atlanta Journal estimates that the
recent decline in cotton caused a loss of
$1,000,000 to that city. AVhile this figure
may be too high, it is certain that Atlanta
lost very heavily, much more heavily than
is healthy for a young and not very rich
city. Other localities in the South also
suffered severely. As usual, the Southern
speculators ranged with the bulls,- and
many of them are to-day consequently
bankrupL It is the old story. There
always a too buoyant feeling in Uic South
as to the cotton market. Only two or three
seasons since the war have proved profit
hie to Southern cotton speculator*
class. -As a rule they have lust, and lost,
and lost. It is not thc professional s|>ecu-
lator who lias suffered most,
Your professional speculator
an elastic creature. He may he broke to
day and rich to-morrow. Kxpcnence has
taught him to expect sudden reverses and
be usually accepts them with a stolid in
difference. But the mania for cotton spec
ulation has extended to almost every class
of our people. Staid merchants, profound
lawyers, impeenuiuu* clerks, and even cot
ton planters themselves plunge into the
perilous game of future*. The hard earn
ed savings of year* are risked
a chance to get rich in
day. The losses which have result
ed to the South from this mania have been
fearfully heavy. The demoralizing effect
of it baa been sadly deleterious. Experi
ence in this matter seems to bring the gall
Of present misfortune without the sweet
better judgment for she future. The men
who lost this season may “swear off” now,
hut most of them will be. peeping at the
ticker again next season and reaching
down for the atalus they propose to lay
the tempting game. For every one that
drops out, either because he is convinced
it is the part of common sense to do so,
because be no longer has the miner
“back his judgment,” there will be more
than one fresh recruit in the army
Southern speculators. Thu army is ^row
ing Steadily every year, and the faster
k gr-.w. [fie hoarier grow the loss**of
hopeful hot unlucky N,jib.
directed thc powers and impulses of thc
Democratic party of the South, while Long-
street became a menace to it by espousing
the Republican idea of reconstruction,
which the South viewed as destructive of
home government.
In the material development of his sec
tion of the now united country he stands
the foremost leader. No other man has
done so much to introduce Northern
money and Northern people into the mate
rial phases of Southern life. In fact, Gen.
Gordon’s career in peace has been almost
remarkable and as brilliant as it was in
and Hancock, whom he termed allies I mcndable in thc Age, and, indeed, very
the Confederate States.
reasonable,as tlu-|j can be no question that
preceded it, upon the bare I with the facts of thc case. The gist of it
The views of such n man concerning thc
changed aspects of Southern affairs, and
his opinions regarding the political condi
tion of tlie country concern thc entire pen
ile. Recognizing their im|iortancc, the
iraphic earnestly sought them, nnd, hav
ing obtained them, presents them us ofle
of the most enlightened nnd enlightening
pubhc declarations that has _ been made.
Gen Gordon was questioned in the begin
ning as to -the present industrial condition
of tlie South.
“What the South needs most,” lie re
plied, “is emigration. Notan influx of
tlie kind of people who arc flocking into
thc port of New York; not people who
think that a man should not own pnqicrty,
and who consider its possession a crime;
but wc want, and wilt welcome a* settlers
among us, Americans and foreigners har
ing American ideas. Thc South presents
to-day to thc industrious settler the grand
est opportunities nnd greatest itossibilitiva
of any portion of this country."
U\vltr>min ilnmt St* ut tractive*
approval which lie expects from Grand I the duties on sugar, rice, copper, zinc and
Army camps and non-combatants who I almost every item on the list, very few ar-
have not vet discovered that the war is I tides being of universal production? Ia
it not true that every section which pro-
ltut Mr. Ingnlls may find that in his at-1 (luces nothing but corn, wheat, cotton, etc.,
tempt to add new features to the Forakcr I i* discriminated against by every duty
programme he has made a mistake. It is I which is laid, as is every man engaged in
true that the Grand Army veterans arc in
terested in hardly anything else than thc
raising them?
Though thc Age will not answer these
ways anil means of getting pensions, hut I questions In the affirmative, we think that
when they reflect that the two beloved I would he thc pro|ier way to answer them
commanders whom this man calls traitor I Therefore thc Democratic hill is not 1
were in their lifetime estccfticd pure men i tional or discriminating in character. On
and patriots, it may occur to them that the 1 the contrary, every item put on the free
President has been slandered as well | list .increases the number of those who hear
It is much easier to tielieve that I the burdens of tlie tarifl without enjoying
John Ingalls is a malignant liar than that I its lienefits, and every duty reduced lessens
McClellan anil Hancock were traitors and I the degreeof favoritism toothers anil brings
Cleveland the vilest of the vile. The Sen-1 all interests nnd all the people nearer to-
ator should have taken this fact into, con- gethec They will he equal in thc sight of
sidcration when gauging the depth of thc ] the law when justice is done,
insult to lie upon them when s|icaking in
his privileged place.
Ali. along the line the drummers are
winning their fight against the special
The people of the whole country are in- taxes, which were a few years ago very
' , U ‘ a , t n ? , ,° r B r k o Urn ,0r . h “ WI Bwendly levied on them. I-ast year the
and thoroughly effective reply to thU 8uprem# Court of the District of Colmu-
wanton attack upon their dignity.
hia decided tiiat the law iin|iosing such
Ox a yard of fine woolen goods, weigh-1 tax was unconstitutional. Considerable
ing one pound and costing 80 cents in I sums were collected undtr thc law and
foreign markets, thc duty under thc pres- now the parties who paid it are |ietition-
ent tariff is 78.75 per cent. On the same I ing Congress to refund the money.
weight of coarser goods,costing 49 cents,the I course it ought to lie paid back as thc law
rate is 100.42 per cent. Thus are the poor I under which it was collected has been dc-
“protccted.”
I clarcd void.
A Meilrnn Outrage.
Gen. Sheridan declares th-t lie will
General Bragg, our new minister to Mex- not tell where he was born until he get*
ico, who has just arrived at bis post, will ] ready. In the mean time the country will
have work to do at onee,
Last Saturday there was a fight between
Mexican soldier* and citizen* of the Uni-
have to jog along a* best it can.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
. . ... . ,, , _ _ , . 1 A committee of physicians has decided that
ted State* at Eagle I ass, Texas, under cir-1 young Josef llnfman is suffering from no or-
cumstances which demand thorough inves-1 ganlc trouble. The diagnosis 1* doubtless cor-
tigation. Capt. Munos, the Mexican officer I nct - Hi* trouble Is purely piaanlc.—l'ilca Ol
io command at Pedra* Xegras,came across I
the river and asked permission to send I! A “7* * boolt on *tiq«*tte,
— • I always sits when he carves," c——1-
/ r 15 _ . , . I "wwijri ilia tDen be nrvH." Urven wbo cel Chinu.”
° nll0 . r,ehack to lookI °“uble hare* wrestling match with "What sire* the South thU great .»m-
at some hoiaes they wanted to purchase. I the chicken are known hy some other
The privilege was granted cn condition that | Rochester Express,
the Mexicans should remain only a short
A necessary foundation—Eastern man—That's
time. A lieutenant and three soldiers, ell I 7° ur * M>,ue < *h ? My grsrlonu What does this
— ■ ! t L L. I mean? It itaroia on wheels. Western man-
mounted, crossed over in a ferryboat, Boon
If^UnlinVir . J-t 1 H Vou wouldn't have the wheel, on thereof,
after landing they started in a gallop to-1 would you? "Bnt wheels! Wheels, sir' what
- | - Wheels, sir! What
ward a brick yard where a Mexican desert-1 are they lor?" -Why, to keep out of the
way
er was at work. The deserter saw them I n * w bu * ln *** Mock*, of roune. Whcrc'd you
coming and crawled under a kiln to hide I "’ ra * (rom ' “^""’’-Omaha Wo.1,1.
Iiimsc-lf. lie waa discovered. The Mexi-I Mbs Clara—Youn* Mr. Sampson paid me such
can* dismounted and dragged the folfow
on. from hi. hiding place. They heat him *"
the
over the head witb their pietola. The lieu-1 shopping in that dreadful rein sto'm yesterday,
tenant drew out a rope which be had appa-1 IIe thou «bt I most here found It delightful tie
rently brought for the mimne. -ml I 1ne weather fordnrka. Ife
with it thc der'citer
purjiose and | ^ mtk % ^ , th!ngs.-Tbe
was securely t Epoch.
Of
\\ herein docs its attractiveness in this
*|iect consist?”
“Mninlv in tlie recent marvellous devel
opment 0} its iron nnd cotton industries.
The contiguity of our iron and coal bed*
favors wonderfully the profitable develop
ment of onr great mineral resources. But
in our facilities for the manufacture of
certain grades of cotton goods, we are par
ticularly blessed—to snch nn extent, in
fact, tliut wc have an advantage of fully
ten per cent, over the New England man
ufacturer*. That, to any business man,
will appear as an enormous difference, but
it is aliaol'itely true. I mean that if the
Massachusetts cotton manufacturer, for in
stance, can, to use a common expression,
make both ends meet, the Southern manu
facturer, under similar circumstances, can
enjoy a profit of ten per cent., find if tlie
New Englander can earn a profit of ten
per cent., the Southerners balance sheet
will show a profit of twenty ]ier cent.
These figures cannot be confuted. Some
years ago, I made a similar declaration
and tlie then Governor of New Hani|Mhire,
whose name I forget, replied to my state
ment, and emphatically contradicted my
assertion. The Journal of Commerce, o'f
Bostoh, asked me to write a paper on
tlie subject, and I did
so, reiterating what I had
previously said. Considerable discussion
on tiie subject ensued. Sonic time later a
New Englander named Hill—he ramc
either from Massachusetts or New Hamp
shire—was elected to tlie suiicrintendeney of
the Eagle nnd I’henix mills ol Columbus,
Ga., the largest cotton manufactory in the
South and one of the most extensive in
this country. I asked Mr. Hill what were
bis conclusions, after five or six years’ ex
perience in the Mouth, of the relative cost
of cotton manufacturing in Georgia and
Massachusetts. He said to me:‘General,
when tome years ago you made the state
ment that there wiu a difference of lOper
cent, in favor of thc Southern manufac
turer, I thought, while I saw the correct
ness of some of the reasons you gave, that
you were greatly in error. To-day I will
£ farther than you went then, and I say
at the Southern cotton manufacturer has
an advantage of from 10 to 12 per cent,
over his New England brother. That is
strong testimony, and a striking proof of
tlie mult of the advantage which f claim
is found in the fact, that, notwithstanding
the starvation wages in Europe, Georgia 1*
now shipping quantities of cotton goods to
Steam is only used for manufacturing pur-
roses where water power cannot he had, or
f it cannot be depended upon. Eastern
manufacturers would use water power were
it not for tire droughts in summer, and the
closing toucli of tlie icy hand ot winter.
But if a mill is closed for one month, its
output is lessened one-twelfth, and if, as is
often tlie case in New England, water
power cannot he utilized for several months
in the year,-the manufacturer who depends
upon it is driven to tlie verge of mini
What is the result? The Eastern men are
forced to use steam, and before they can
liegin to manufacture they must erect ex
pensive boilers, engines and other steam
appliances. But now is it with the mill
owner of the South? In Georgia and
throughout tlie middle belt of Southern
States droughts are rare, and, of course,
our waters are'never frozen, and not for
one hour in all tltose com|iosing tlie whole
<365 days of thc year, does tlie cotton spin
ner’s wheel cease to revolve.
“But it is not in this alone that onr cli
mate favors thc manufacturer. It cheap
ens his manual labor. Our laborers re
ceive smaller wages than those of tlie East,
and yet, nevertheless, tliey are better paid.
It is not tlie price of man’s _ labor which
measures his remuneratiqn; it is the cost of
his living, also. Our carders can live bet
ter on less money titan their brethren of
the East, and don’t require dwellings of
brick and stone to protect them from the
blasts of winter. They can live in frame
buildings, which, while not as enduring as
tlie others, will last, when properly pre
served with paint, for at least 100 years.
Nor do they have to purchase expensive
fuel to warm their homes, and heavy and
consequently expensive clothing for their
bodies. And then, too, food is much cheaper.
The Eastern and Northern laborer must
consume considerable meat in order to
keep the furnace of his body supplied with
fuel to produce the necessary amount of-
animal heat to resist the rigor of his cli
mate. The Southern worker not only does
not need so much meat hut lie does not
desire it, lighter vegetable
and farinaceous _ foods, which
arc inexpensive, gratifying his desiresjbest,
And these food products are also cheapened
hy thc gentlcuv-- of the climate. A man
will take two acres of ground say, and hav
ing plowed it over twice he will take sprigs
of the sweet potato vine about six inches
long, and with a forked stick lie will plant
them in the earth almost as rapidly as lie
can walk. After that he will plow the
ground twice, not deeply, ns is done North,
but just skim over the earth to remove the
weeds and grass. That ends his work upon
that crop. At the outside he has not ex
pended at various times more than four
teen days upon it, nnd yet tlie product
from tlie two acres will range from 150 to
300 bushels of sweet potatoes. Here tliey
would probably cost $1 per bushel, hut
with us their price is comparatively trivial.
They make most excellent food, being rich
in both starchy and saccharine matter, in
fact, tlie sweet |>otato is to tlie South what
the - white potato is to Ireland. Upon
that, and ui>ou thc large cow peas, tlie ne
groes thrive.”
, “But do you use negro labor in your cot
ton industriea?”
“No, except ns adjunct* to the white la
bor. .in our iron mills, however, we use
negro ' orkmen largely. For thut class of
work tliev arc tlie IxM laborers in the
world. They strip to tlie waist, and alto
gether thc perspiration pours from them,
tlie severe labor in no wnv distresses them
What I have sold about the advantages of
cotton manufacturing in the South applies
to a limited extent, hut still forcibly to
the manufacture of iron. Tlie future of
the South is not wholly wrapjied up in
these two industries, hut if it were it
would lie a future so clear mul so bright
that if we do not see it in our day tlie
next generation will witness in thc South
an era of prosperity unexampled in this
country.”
“You have spoken of yonr laboring
clnsses. Governor. What now is the condi
tion of thc other element; of yonr social
life?”
“My last sentence ’ practically
you. Another generation will
rich and prosperous people. 1 do not look
to see among us any mammoth fortunes,
such as a few men in New York |<osscss,
and which could hare been created only
in Wall street, ami we will lie better witli*
out such collections of wealth. Our peo
ple are* now rccu|ieraling rapidly. You
must bear in mind tlia^siuce the war tliey
have gone through a terrible experience
hut it Inis taught them what is of inestim
able value—thc value of tlie economies of
life. It has taught tlum to he judicious in
their expenditures, and not wasteful; to lie
prudent, without being parsimonious. Be
fore thc war we were extravagant in nil
tlie affaire of life, because we saw no neccr-
sity for being otherwise. Money came
easily, and naturally went in tlie same
way. People did not even trouble them-
selves to fertilize their land in order
maintain its productiveness. ‘Let it wear
out, 1 tliey would say; ‘liierc’splenty more.
And *0 they woiiltl put thc negro to work
to clear another plantation, or they would
go to tlie rich Mississippi bottoms', where
the land never wears out. But now it
all different.
age to stand hy his convictions and the
party’s pledges. I regard him as a great
man, and I know that Lamar, who has the
best of opportunities for judging, so regards
him. Xfy own belief is that we have had
in tlie history of tlie republic, few greater
or better Presidents. He lias a remarkable
moral force and will power. This view is
also confirmed by Mr. Lamar, who knows
him far better than I do. Mr. Cleveland
is an intellectual man—not brilliant, bnt
strong, and lie never puts his pen to paper
without expressing himself with a force and
felicity, a grace of diction and a clearness
of English thut is truly admirable.
“General, is there any contingcncv which
you can foresee that can prevent the re-
nomination of Mr. Cleveland?”
“There is no probability of anv other
roan being named as the Democratic nom
inee. And why should it he otherwise?
He lias taken n party which had been out
of power for twenty-five years, nnd whose
return to popular favor was certain!?
viewed witli apprehension and has restore!
to the confidence of the |>eople. There
no use concealing tlie fact that man?
business lieople whose sympathies were
with the Democratic party had a feeling
of trepidation when they contemplated its
restoration to power. Nowhere was that
feeling stronger than in this city
of New York. Some of your mer-
chants said to themselves, if they did
not openly declare it. ‘We don’t know
what these Southern fellows, who make
up such a considerable portion of the
Democratic party, will do.’ Well, Cleve
land was elected, and throughout his ad
ministration, there has not been a scandal,
and no stain rests tqion it. It has been
clean, honest,. admirable, and for the peo
ple, rather than for a partv. Why, (hen,
make a change in tlie middle of his firm,
and experiment with an untried man? The
middle of his term? Yes. By the un
written law of thc land we keep an un
objectionable man in the presidency for
eight years, and I am in favor of giving
tlie president one term of that length, by
virtue of the unwritten law. A term of
that duration would give him fill! oppor
tunity to formulate a policy. And if the
] leopfe, after trying the Republican party
or twenty-five years, determined at the
last election, to turn it out of power, why
should they remove tlie Democratic party
from favor t at thc very beginning of its
demonstration of tlie government.
“Of course, 1 can readily understand
how a thoughtful Republican should op
pose ,Mr. Cleveland on account of his tariff
policy. That is perfectly proper. A high
irotectinn nnn would lie unwise if lie voted
'or Mr. Cleveland. But it is nonsensical
to characterize the President’s message as a
free trade document. In fact, there are
very few free traders in this country, and
tliink there arc comparatively few rabid
irotectionists even among Republicans,
in philosophy, in morals, in polities, we
may gcncially depend upon finding the
truth somewhere lietwecn the two extremes
of any matter. Ear over here,” and Gov.
Gordon stretched out ilia left hand, “ia
the .high protectionist who would bring
min upon his fellowmen and rob them in
order that he might live. Far over there,"
and the right hand was extenikd,
“are tlie free-traders who would
levy a direct tax upon the
people, nnd infest the country with a horde
of tax-gatherers. But somewhere about
here,” nnd his hands were brought togeth
er “near thc median line we will find the
truth, nnd standing directly upon that
median line we find Grover Cleveland.
“IIow is Mr. Cleveland's administration
viewed in the Sooth?” .. . . . -■--- , , .
<i X . _ • in. .. of their member*. But it has kept every
There are two claasc* of Democratic inc |, it has „ ained in ,,, nl( , t with em
ployers, and has steadily pushed its claim*
bat gives the r
mercial advantage?”
“The reasons, in tbs' main, are two-fold
—economic and climatic. As to the first,
the advantages of manufacturing cotton
where it is grown are, of course apparent
\\> can take the staple directly from the
field into the mill. In the firet place this
saves for our own market—which is very
large, the negroes containing enormous
quantities of the grade of cotton good*
which we manufacture—freightage not
only to the East, but back again to the
South. Then, also, we save the middle-
mail’s commission, which is heavy, and all
expense of wastage from samplings and
other sources, the amount of which is sur
prisingly large.”
“Bat bow doe* yoar climate poeaibly
affect the question of economical mxnu-
• fxeture?”
voters who are opposed to him—those who,
having expected office did not receive it,
and are consequently sorely disappointed,
and those Democrats who, while not desir
ing place for themselves, believe in the
doctrine that ‘to the victor belongs the
spoils.’ This latter class see about them
Kepnhiicans still in office, and they say,
“Why are they not turned nnt?” but so far
as the State of Georgia ia concerned I
think that there is not a Repnblican left
in office who is not in every way worthy of
the place he fills. As a patriotic citizen I
rejoice in this condition of affairs. It has
brought the people of the South to a real
ization of the fact that Mr. Cleveland is
the president <-f the people, and not simply,
of a party, and an overwhelming majority'
of the voters of the Sonth approve of hf*
position. The varions classes of Demo
crats who are opposed to him, including
the few high tariff men, do not number
five per cent, of the Democratic vote, and
of these not more than two and a half per
cent, would rote against either his re-nom
ination or re-election. I can sympathize
with those Southern men who think everv
Repnblican should be turned out of nffire
For year* with ns the term Republican
was synonymous with plunderer. Decent
men would not occupy public place, and
the fact that a man was an oflice-hoi-.lc-.*
The moderate view of all questions is gen
erally the correct one. We hold firmly to
that 'down in Georgia, where moderation is
one of tlie principle* declared in our State
motto of‘Wisdom, Justice nnd Modera
tion.’ President Cleveland ha* taken tlie
moderate view of this tariff nucation, ami
an overwhelming majority 01 thc people
are witli him. 1 approve of tlie position
lie ha* taken, nnd I wish it understood that
I 11111 a protectionist, hut I wish tlie |»or
man protected ns well ns the rich, and,
therefore. I favor a high tarifT on the lux
uries of life to nn extent sufficient to meet
tlie expense* of tlie government.”
Arrival* of Lumlivr at Darien.
From the Darien Gazette.
During thc month of February, 1888,
there was measured at the public boom
10,000,000 feet of all kind* of timber.
During thc month about 14,000,000 canu
down thc Altamalia. But very little «>f
this timber has been exporttsi owing to
the mm-arrirni of vessels. Tlie stock of
timber now on hand in tlie port of Darien
is immense.
The Loromollve Engineers.
From the Journal of Commerce.
Tlie organization of railroad engineers,
on n trade-union basis,is one of tlie strongest
iiodiea of tills classin tlie United States, and
in very many respect* lias been one of the
l»e*t manuged. It lias been continually
aggressive in its efforis to extend its influ
ence and consolidate its jsiwer, but it* man
ager* have been shrewd enough “to make
haste slowly," and not to waste its strength
in a vain attempt to force an advance
against a determined uncompromising re
sistant e. It has not encouraged strikes,
and has ofien refused to lend its ai“ 10
other Indies who were seeking some ru|>-
posed advantage by the enforced idleness
to ilictate tlie terms am! conditions upon
which those upon* its roll *ba|l accept em
ployment, and render the service expecten
of them.
No Desire to lie Vice-President.
From the Heston Herald.
Speaker Carlisle’s name is frequently
mentioned among Democrats here,
realize better than Democrat* *•***‘*,5
how difficult it will be to get a sunsWf
and available man to go on the ticket wit*
Cleveland, as an excellent one for the pure
pose. A friend of the Speaker said: “1
it all natural enough. Sir. Carlisle would
lie tlie best man for thc place, but it <* *
mere waste of lime to talk aboat it- "
not IH>rnul III* name 10 oe -r.
*oiiid not take the nomination tf it
be pressed upon him. He said to me *uf“
I mentioned the matter to him that w
would be more useful in the Hon**!*®*
he would not think of taking an office ha •
ing lew responsibilities and dutic* than •“
place in the House. I think yon o«p» *
... . . . 1. .1..1—in ike re
state this so that no delegite to D*
Louis convention may waste his vote.
For Throat D!
Elr., effectual relief Is found la the
-Brown's Bronchial Troches." I*rl«»' ■
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