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VENEZUELA
AND OUR
EXPOSITION.
For The Constitution, by Hon. W. L.
Scruggs. Ex-United States Minister to
Venezuela.
Where Is Venezuela? Is it north or south
of the equator? And how do you go theie
from the United States?
These are sample questions which burden
my daily mail. They are sometimes asked
even by members of congress. As late as
the year 1892 the chairman of the house
committee on foreign affairs seriously rec
ommended the consoli lation of our <-ipto
im.tie missions to Venezuela and Gu.ue
mala.notwithstamiing the fact that Ca..t as
and Guatemala City are practi allj
apart than Washington and Paris, Aiiot.l.r
member of th- committee thought ’"1"-
sions to Ecuador and Venezuela •’“Fht to
be corsolidated. Os course he aid
that to make the transit from Quito to
Caracas involved a tourney of more than
a month. A busir.-ss man in St. Louis, Mo.,
•writes to me to k>. w wh-th-i hr. n( ‘ ire *-
Zmte to Puerto < »ello. in Venezuel.% Is
not down the Bacilli' eoast. A { n
eg, I received a letter from a young man
in Colorado, who wanted to go to . '
“for the purpose of maning i<. .
inquiring whether the m- st available route
to the mouth of the Orinoco was not via
E i r have been in the habit of courteously
replying to all su< ■ ■ " '■ ‘ ,
member once having offended a .tobacconlst
©1 . ' it Uh. \ .... who want 1 to ■ tend
his trade to South America, bj ' L ’ 'J'
never to “carry < -al to Newcastle, but to
studv his geography.
A mere reference to any good map will
Show that Ven zuela is at the wry thres
hola of our suu'h Atlantic and gulf ports,
that it is less than led mile-, t.oin . -a
A'ork. and 1-ss th in half that .list neo trom
Savannah ami ITun vi k. and that th. lit
tle r-public is th- m-st northern <d ad the
South American states. By the South
sides -f the equator south of th- isthmu.- of
Panama, for although portions of Venezuela
a-- several degrees farther north than
Panama, they are none the less parts of
the mainland of the hemisphere south 01
the isthmus.
Venezuela, th°n. is bounded on the v. *? -
by Colombia, on the <-ast by British Guay
ana, on the south and southeast by Colom
bia and Brazil, and on the north by the
. it la nt ic 1 ■ l '
geographies position of the republic is be
tw( tp e first and t hirteenth parallt Is of
north latitude, ami the third and eighte-nth
meridian of limited.. east from Washington
city. The averag 1 ngth < f the country,
from east to w . i nearly nine hundred
miles, and its ; ■ breadth, iron, nol th
to sotkh, 1 < ■
giving an area, of about sixty thousand
gquare miles, exclusive of its numerous
Islands on the coast. It thus comprises a
territory larger than that of either France
or Germany, and quite as large as Italy
and Franc eon. . -d.
The topograph- : i i-onformationOf this area
is such to to afford •ry vari-ty of climate
■within the comp os • !' a few miles, and if
we could i k- ■ b : rd's-eye view of it from
a balloon, i ied landscape
of nr>lch.less brainy and grandeur. We
should s hi it m untain
deep val H-s, rolling steppes and elevated
plait il lb great rivers,
rapidly running ri.ulc'-. -oc and i; --h
water I tk. V\ e sh tuld see every variety
of flor; ■ : fa - ry species and va
riety of tree, , Hower and fern, and
every p variety of b< ■-• a»d
bird ind:g-eu:.e.is to tn tropi< s. We should
see great coffee estat-s ri.-ing one above
a . : -t ;i the mountain slopes; suv:..r and
to)- nd co.-'CL plantations nesll. d <•- ily
in tonic! valleys beneath the shadows of
snow-capped n juntains; luxuriant groves
of the 1 al J
and primitive fore.-ts of ceiba, mahogany
and sarrapia, with dense undergrowth of
orchids and medicinal plants. We should
see gn It plains covered with grazing herds
att ■: led by horsemen in fa tastic ;arb» and
quit- too frequently we should see these
> hostile armies
and th- whole country turned into a sort
of pandemonium, resulting from tin' efforts
of two or mci<- politician: to occupy the
same office at the same time.
Hl.
Many of the rivers of the country are
navigal le all th- year round. A out two
two humin 1 of them now into the t'aribeau
sea. More than a hundred more tlow into
the great gulf of Bavin. which Columbus
once mistook for the < 'hiua sea. Nearly
as many (but of smaller volume) tlow into
Lake Marc-ay bo, and one fresh water
lake of Valencia, 1..’, ■■) feet above the sea
level, receives the waters of about a dozen
etl.'-r..
The principal rivers are the Orinoco,
Apure, .'.!■ 1.1, <.’uia, N-gro, Banina. G ri-a
and t'uyti.., all <■/ whit li are navigable by
steam, i- <n m num tonnage, our Heaviest
naval \< .-I: nave a.-cinued lite Orinoco
a- far a- Ai ■ ostiira (now known as
Ctuu.i l, l;-i;,: ii, and n-yoiKt this pmn tthe
river i.-- Lil t.:iable by iignt draught
steamers as tar as Alurt s, more th .n a
ti ...■ i miles om the coast, near the
C .■ -mb a’l i!nd 1 ‘razi .an b-: ■I■ i. .
To] igraj ii ally, \ nezuela is divided in
to tl ‘S or belts usual-
ly des ■rib. : as th- agricultural, pastoral
and native forest zem s. Tin- tir.-t < .mprires
th- st-i p. s and valleys lit tween th- coast
rang.- o' mouniaii'.s and the int-i ior paralb 1
range known as the i’arimas. This valley
is about si venty-tive miles wide, and is pecu
liarly adapted to the cultivation of grain, po
tatoes, sugar-ane, t ocoa, indigo and cotton.
It is also within this area that all the chief
seaports are located, and where the prin
cij 1 ■ ■ : ommei ial intert ts
itc■--« -avx ismi
©F/grcf
Success cf
f’sojie 2 strMg
cF its
case keepers.
Success is
is a for
ALL cookjng faurfaosQS tftii
Aas Before been.
brodM-ced; of
the objectionable Features
md ly Connected
V/,%. faref. '[he KoHftT
oh C<-TToi
its Success.
imitations but" certify the,
Value of the
fcnacZe onl j
N. K. FAIRBANK & CO.,
GOXCACiO and SI. LOUIS.
THE WEEKLY (JOINSTITUTION ; ATLANTA, GA„ TU’EbJDAY, MAIiOH 6, 1894.
of the country are centered. It, therefore,
goes without saying that this is the most
civilized and popular portion of the republic.
The pastoral or grazing zone, extends
from the Parima range, of mountains to the
Orinoco and Apure rivers. It consists for
the most part of extensive pampas or prai
ries, similar to those of southwestern Tex
as, but where, unlike those of Texas and
Colorado, the pasturage is perennial, and
great herds of cattle are raised at little or
no expense; and where In a few short years,
the frugal herdsman finds himself in poses
sion of a comfortable fortune through the
natural increase of his cattle.
The forest zone extends from the valley
of the upper Orinoco to the northern limits
of Brazil; and is, for the most part, an
unsettled and unexplored country, inhabited
by native Indians hitherto free from the
trammels of European civilization, and al
most wholly undisturbed by the intrusions
of the white man. And yet the commercial
products of this region are considerable,
consisting of copaiba, serrapeas or tonca
beans, vanilla and a rich variety of cabinet
woods and medicinal plants,
IV.
Although high mountains are seen in al
most every direction in Venezuela, there
are really but three well defined ranges.
The first to attract attention is the great
coast range, extending from the vicinity of
Lake Maracaybo, on the extreme west, to
the gulf of Faria., on the extreme east, and
attains to its highest point at Caracas. Here
the noted peaks of La Silla and Naiguatic
reach up through the clouds to a height
of 8.622 and 9,150 feet, respectively, above
the sea level.
Running parallel with this range, and
about seventy-live miles south of it, as I
have said, is the Parima range, which
forms the southern boundary of the agricul
tural zone. The highest peaks of this range
are Pennon, Qinata and Zamora, respec
tively 8.202, 7,105 and 7,319 feet above the
sea level.
The third range runs nearly at right an
gles to these two. and is part of the great
eastern Cordillera of the Andes, which
bends to the eastward from the great al
taplane of Bogota, in Colombia. Before
entering Venezuela, the Cordillera branches
off into two dizzy ridges; one extending to
the peninsula of Gaojira, the other inter
secting the coast rang* near Puerto Ca
bello and attaining to its greatest height,
nearly 15,000 feet, near the classic old city,
of Barquisemeto.
The snow limit on all these ranges is about
12.5‘i'i feet in altitude; although in excep
tionally warm seasons, snow and ice disap
pear temporarily at an altitude of 11,500
feet. At the height of 3,000 feet, the climate
is delightful and vegetation endurant. It is
the natural habat of the best grades of cof
fee, and seems equally well adapted to the
cereals of the north temperate zone. At
the height of 3,800 feet and thence down to
the sea level, the temperature ranges from
78 to 91 degrees. This is the natural home
of th- sugar and tobacco plants, the choco
late bean, cocoanut palm and all the va
rieties i f tropical fruits and flavors.
There are but two well defined seasons
in any part of the republic, namely, the
“v.et”' and the “dry.” The first named is
known in the language of the country as
“irrvierno”, or winter, the second as “ve-
Tano,” or summer; but the differences of
temperature rarely average more than 2
or degrees at any given locality. The
“wet” season begins in October and ends
with March; the “dry” season begins
in April and ends in October. At no time do
you hear of sun strokes or heart apoplexv,
and nobody ever suffers with frost-bitten
fe. t. Th- havest and the planting season
are oft-n one and the same, and two and
three -rops of vegetables and cereals may
b- grown on the same ground within the
V.
Here, then, is a country in which, like its
neighbor republic of t’olombia. nature has
been lavish in Iter • ndowm-nts. Its natural
resources are great and varied, and its
g-ographii al position places it within easy
rea-h of the world's commerce. The seaports
-f both these countries are just across the
Caribbean, only three and four days’ sail
from our south Atlantic and gulf ports.
Both 'countries export to us coffee and
fruits and dyewoods which we cannot pro
dude. and wo in return export to them the
products of the north temperate zone. Each
country being thus the natural commer-ial
ccmplement of the other, the relations be
tween them ought to be closer than what
th-y are. Most persons will readily assent
to this as an abstract proposition. And
yet. the fact remains that the bulk of the
vegetable trade of both Venezuela and
Colombia still goes to Europe—to eomitri-s
three times farther away than our own, and
still more wi lely separate in political insti
tutions.
At the nation’s exposition of Venezuela,
held at Cara-as in ISk'. there were exhibited
2.070 varieties of native wood, comprising
about 600 distinct species, and embracing
a large number sp.'-jally suited to architect
ural purposes. These, including many varie
ties of rosewood and mahogany, have hith
erto found markets in Europe almost ex
clusively. Upon the same occasion there
were display 'd nearly 500 species and varie
ties of medicine plants aw' vegetable sub
stances, comprising valuable febrifuges,
diuretics, aromatics, tonics, aperients, sop
orlics, etc., anil these, too. were exporl-d
to Europe and then re-exported to the
United States in manufactured form.
Almost on the very banks of the I’eder
nales river -an estuary of the <)rino -
ing into the gulf <>f ]’ara—asphaltum is
found in inexhaustible quantities. Experts
who have examined it say it is very supe
rior in quality to the lakes of La Brea in
Trinidad. And y-t wo go on paying a high
price for an inferior article, possibly only
because we do not know that asphaltum is
not a British monopoly.
the ” ' tier of both Venezuela and Col
nibia, people make fence posts of mahogany.
and buy our Georgia pine lumber at 825
and s■!<! per 1,000 feet. Ami yet we make
firewood of our pine lumber and buy ma
hogany’ from Boston (the only place a Ivie
it is now’ imported) at Hunt SIOO to $l2O per
1,000 feet.
One of the purposes, if not the main ob
ie.'t, of our projected Cotton States and Jn
ti rn’ationa.l -■ tion. : > b< h Id in Olanta
next, year, is, or at least ought to be. the
correction of this abnormal state of affairs.
The exposition will afford us a favorable
opportunity for getting better acquaint'd
with the people and products of the trans-
Ca ribbean and Ci -itral American states, and
it will afford the people of those interesting
countries the opportunity for becoming bet
ter acquainted with us and our products.
This is necessarily the tirst step to a protit
able exchange of surplus products, and it
will result ultimately in the establishment
of direct and regular trade between our
south Atlantic and gulf ports and those
of the Caribbean.
Will the people of those countries send
exhibits and take an active part in our expo
sition? Not unless they shall be proper!v and
formally invited to do . <•: and not ow n then
unl-:«s we cun give them the assurance that
the enterprise is going to be a success. Imt
these are th- only conditions, ’those people
cherish the most kindly feelings toward us.
They would like to visit us and become bet
ter acquainted with our home life. 'I h-y
arc anxious for closer commercial relations
with us. and will cheerfully join its. to the
extent of their ability, in any w i ll directed
scheme having that object in view. It st • ms
that our exposition is being already dis
cussed in official and commercial circles at
Caracas. Some of the local newspapers have
comm—nted favorably upon it, and I haxe
rec.-ived a. mi.mber of private letters from
persons of position anil influence theie,
in which the enterprise is warmly commend
ed Gne man, high in official circles, says
significantly: “W- shall watidi the move
ment -with deep and abiding interest. V. e
want to know' more of your people of the
cotton states: and we want you to know
more of us When th- time comes for us tn
act in this matter, b-t us know. You will
find us well disposed.’’
WILLIAM L. SCRUGGS.
The Atlanta Exposition.
From The Baltimore Manufacturers' Re
cord.
The people of Atlanta are pushing their
proposed exposition with the same vigor
with which they undertook the preliminary
organization. The enthusiasm which has
mark' d every step of progress shows how
thoroughly in earm st Atlanta is, and gives
promise of what may be expected from the
exposition. Director General Falmer is get
ting his working force into good shape, and
reports that from all sections of the country
the most hearty and enthusiastic commenda
tion are being received. If carried out on
the scope upon which it has been planned,
this exposition will be for the south what
the world’s fair was for Chicago and the
country at large. It will center in the
south an amount of interest scarcely appre
ciated now’, but which will mean the invest
ment of many millions and in time many
hundreds of millions of dollars. It will also
mean a stimulation of the southward trend
of population; and thousands who are think
ing of moving south will be determined
by the work of the exposition. Everything
indicates that the exposition will be on
a scale far surpassing anything- that has
ever before been seen in the south.
“Under the Banner of Peace.”
From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
From Nashville to Atlanta and from At
lanta to the sea was one great battlefield
thirty years ago. and thousands of veter
ans of the union armies long to again
visit that section and in peace review the
recollections of war days. 'The conversion
of the historic field of Chickamauga Into a
great and beautiful national park, in which
are marked the successive positions of the
armies in that battle, is another attraction
for the old soldiers, and it is not surprising
that The Atlanta Constitution should have
received favorable replies from old soldiers
invited to express their opinion regarding
another march into the heart of the south,
this time marching under the banner of
peace and carrying the greetings of “yanks”
to the "Johnnies,” who will receive them
with the fellowship of soldiers and not the
hate of invaders.
PROMISSORY COIN CERTIFICATES.
A Suggestion in Regard to Increasing
the Circulating Medium.
Editor Constitution: Considerable anxiety
is evinced at Washington as to w'hether
or not there will be a continued deficiency
in the government revenues, and fear is
expresed that congress may yet have to
authorize a large issue of short time bonds
to meet a possible contingency. But that
su?li would incur an additional burden of
many millions of dollars in interest in all
probability augments tile concern which is
felt, inasmuch as, lor that very reason, a
strong and growing sentiment lias develop
ed against any funner bon led in iebti i ess.
Willi a view to meeting the exigency of a
shortage in our revenues and at tile same
i.nil. 1 avoid the burden oi interest that an
other bond issue would involve, i wish to
submit a proposition which, while sug
gesting something of a departure trom our
present financial policy, has n- isonabn-ness,
practicability and sound argument to com
mend it, namely:
That the United States government issue
what may be termed a. “promissory coin
certificate,” (treasury note) in any reason
able amount, say-one hundred million dol
lars, tu be legal tender, non-interesl-be.- ring
and redeemable (in either coin) ala future
date, say ten years.
The reasons in justification of such a
course are, briefly, as follows:
1. The large sav.ng of interest, which, on
sli: , .),(>W.!; i fi at the rale of 3 per cent, would
be i'3‘J,O(W,OOO in ten years.
2. The pledging of their redemption in
either com will be obviated, and in the
course of ten, or at the l;irtli-st lifi'ien
years, an international monetary basi.- w.U
have been established, securing for .-ilver
a permanent parity with gold in the world’s
money market.
3. Redemption can be provided for by
establishing a sinking fund, and the portion
retained each year therefor, from the gov
ernment revenues, would be so small as to
be inconsiderable.
4. The legal tender qualification imposes
their acceptance in all In -al markets, while
the “popular” denominations m which they
should be issued would promote circula
tion.
. it would increase permanently by the
amount of the issue, the money in actual
circulation, without affecting presen: val
ues of either com.
6. The stability and future resources of
the United States government cannot be
urged against this proposition; for, if we
can redeem a large issue of bonds a.nd in
addition thereto pay millions of dollars in
tel . out ot our future revenues, we can
as well pledge our credit for ,i similar in
uebtedness without assuming tire iw.i
The “promissory coin certiiicaj-"' * 11
this practicable. „
1. And why slu' -'A ’
bearing treat” ”
lure dale, be
dium with a
terest-bearln
additional b
upon the p.
honor to red
either case.
to the ass is If
a compensatf
their constit
should be a
denionstratir
faith in the
8. Bonds ti. i
capitalist, in white i-.r
ami if no opportunity be
another issue to give their i ,
safe and remunerative keep’ihg oi ■ t.
I'nited States government it would natural
ly find other investm< nt, wliten ivi aid
widen the field of labor and swell the
money in actual circulation.
9. The issuance of these certificates would
render unnecessary the exercising of strin
gent economy in government expenditures
lor the coming year.
10. In the event of the government de
siring, for any good leason, to postpone
I'demption at the expiration of the.- - cer
tificate.-: it can authorize a reissue of all
or a portion of them.
Before concluding, another thought sug
gests itself, which should have no little
bearing in the consideration of this propo
sition. 1 do not wish to be und. rs' . d as
maintaining the theory that it is incumbent
up 'ii the general government to pi ivide
work for the idle, but the fact r -mains
that the laboring classes are todav in a
slate of depression not experienced ii. tills
country within the present generation. They
are lust approaching the extreme of physi
cal endurance through the panic that has
been precipitated by the contraction of
money, and their deplorable condition cer
tainly entitles them to consideration.
Let congress authorize the issue of SIOO,-
000,000 in "promissory coin certificates ’ as
in rein prop'i'l. one-half thereof to be ile
vot id t > a i mt;ngent deficiency, th< other
half to be apportioned to th" states and
territories on the basis of population and
expended for such purposes as congress
sb: ill authorize. 1 ut in a< blit ion to th" it." ms
alri-adv provided for in the :-undr.- civil
appropriations now pending. This u,«*>.-
00'1 thus put into immediate eircui-ition
would carry renewed activity into < very
branch of tra.de, inspire the factory with
now life and vigor ami bring work 'o the
empt ' -handed in every vocation, tlmreby
r . si ..ring the era of prosperity heretofore
enioved.
This proposition involves no infringement
upon so-called “essential principles” not
wholly justified by the benefits which w > ild
accrue to the people through its adoption.
If. therefore, the propriety and praeii abil
ity of ihe mi f a non-inter< st bear-
ing treasury note upon the credit of th- gov
ernment is sufficiently sustained in the
feroV'iing. as I believe il is, the peonle
should discountenance future expensive
boml ' ■■■■■lies by proclaiming not only their
confidence in the hone’’ and ability of the
gov ‘rnnient to meet its pledges, but also
their willingness to accept these certificates
as a circulating medium.
PAUL DEVERE.
Washington, D. C„ February 22d.
On to Atlanta.
Headquarters of the Hyde Clark
Post, No. 7, Department of lowa G. A. R.,
Dubuque, la., February 24.—Editor Con
stitution: Hyde Clark post No. 78 of the
Grand Army' of the Republic has adopted
the following resolutions:
“Whereas. There is no more historic
ground than in the route from the city of
Dubuque to the citv of Atlanta, Ga., and
that portion of southern territory lying
adjacent thereto; and
-Win i".is. The kind, generous ami fra
ternal spirit shown by th" people of that
war-famed city in inviting their foes in
arms of thirty years ago to lay as! the
memories created in tiiat heat of battle
a id meet again with them in a spirit of
loyalty and good fellowship is fraught, with
that nobility of spirit known only to the
brave and gallant foe; therefore
“Resolved, That Hyde Clark post No.
78, Grand .Army of the Republic, extend
• ■ ■ ngs io The Atlanta Constitution
and its r< iders and promise a hearty sup
port in its endeavors to locate the national
encampment of the Grand Army of the Re
public within its historic city for the year
1895.
“By order of the president. Very re
spectfully yours, C. H. BERG,
“Adjutant.”
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aieutlou The Constitution.
ALLEN ON HEWITT.
PRIVATE JOHN, OF IIJSSISSIPPI,
ItOASIS ABHAIU IN STILE.
The Laugh is on the Scolding ex-Mayor-Mr.
Patterson, of Tennessee, Comes in for
a Sliare of Ridicule, Etc.
Washington, February 27.—" Private” John
Allen, who represents the first congressional
district of Mississippi, made a good speech
in the house today. Bland’s bill to coin the
seigniorage was up for discussion. Mr. Al
len got the floor and proceeded to make
fun of Abram Hewitt’s speech before the
Southern Society in New York. Mr. Allen
took occasion to touch up his brother mem
ber, Josiah Patterson, the member of con
gress from Memphis.
The speecli was lull of good hits and kept
the house in a spasm of laughter. At the
same time the speech had a good ring to
it and it expressed the position of the great
majority of the southern members, who
stand for the free coinage of silver and gold
and insist that they have as much right to
frame a financial policy for this government
as the New York bankers, who assume
to know it all when it comes to national
finances.
Mr. Alien said:
“1 was pained beyond measure t< 'ad a
few days ago in the public press the
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, d.d
not regard me as great as Calhoun, Glidell,
Soul.e and some of Hie rest of those men
who preceded me. (Laughter.)
“Now, that is a revelation to me. 1 had
never suspected that 1 was not as great
a3 those men until Mr. Hewitt said so.”
(Laughter.)
Mr. Bryan—Maybe he does not know you
personally.
Mr. Allen—That is the trouble. He does
know me personally. That is where it
stings. (Laughter.)
“It is utterly without excuse. The truth
is, I regard Mr. Hewitt’s remarks as some
what personal to me because 1 was to have
spoken at the very dinner at which he de
livered this speech. (Laughter.) Now, I
have laid awaKe many a night trying to
meet -Mr. Hewitt’s approval—(laughter)—
and one of the great obstacles in my meet
ing the approval of Mr. Hewitt is, while Mr.
Hewitt is one of the best of men when he
ts asleep, he is troubled some with insom
nia. (Great laughter.) 1 have one consola
tion when 1 think of myself and the great
majority of my colleagues from the south
having incurred his displeasure, and that
consolation grows out of the fact that
having known Mr. Hewitt for some years
and having talked with him freeiy I have
never known any man. or set of men, who
entirely met his approval except Mr.
Hewitt, hanself. (Laughter.)
“If he had lived in the days when com
mon scolds were ducked Mr. Hewitt would
have been drowned long before this.
(Laughter.)
We Have Had Many Trials.
"Mr. Chairman, the people of the south
have had a great deal to endure. I shall
not refer to the fact that they passed
through a terrible war, for I believe that
has been referred to here once before—
(laughter) but, sir, they have had a great
deal i" contend with since that time. They
have ha?l drought, cyclones, simoons, epi
zootic in the horses, tuberculosis in the cat
tle, cholera among the bogs and the
chickens; they have had various diseases
and pestilences; they have seen
tiieir crops depreciate; they have
had to contend with mortgages
when they had no money to pay
them, but throughout all these trials and
tribulations they have exhibited something
of a brave and courageous spirit; and now.
just to think that the one thing cherished
most of others, the one sustaining prop
that they had, amid all, amid these dis
’.isteis, the idea that Mr. Hewitt approved
” v'tHo think that that last prop is taken
rd that after all, Air. Hewitt does
. them. (Laughter.)
’ 'nen, rather than have had
• •■ "Mme upon my people I
■r dollar out of my
Uili’s Apology.
m sorry to see that
■ssee, Colonel Patter
t, because I want to
■ e is my neighbor and
n. honest, intelligent,
’• itive. 1 do not
to the matter I
about now if it had not
uientloned in this debate. I
a to repudiate, so far as 1 am
..•rneii,’ the apology which the gentle
nran from Tennessee Is said to have made
fqr me and my sort in responding to ex-
Mayor Hewitt’s speech in New York lately.
“I have here what purports to be a report
of Colonel Patterson's speech.
“I will read a few extracts from it. After
stating that the southern representatives
in congress were generally opposed to the
financial views of New York he went on to
make these remarks.
Hard to Reconcile.
“He was speaking in New York and I
confess it is right hard for a man to
maintain the parity between a speech that
is acceptable in New York and o'-i” that
would be acceptable to his constituents in
Hardiman county, Tennessee. (Laughter.)
"He said; 'For more than twenty years
every state platform has contained a plank
for the tree coinage of silver. These men
have been brought up to believe In it with
out question. They believe it. They are
bound to believe ii, just as the Baptist, the
Catholic or the Presbyterian, without ever
reading the Bible—is on- becausi his
father was. So these doctrines have be
come a part ot th" democratic belief ’here
and these fellows have followed them blind
ly. (Laughter.) I was m the same condi
tion when 1 went to congress. (Laughter.)
1 believed in free silver and lots of other
things.’
"I suppose the gentleman has ceased to
believe anything now. (Laughter.)
“ ‘But I soon began to study
these things, and under the leader
snip of Grover Cleveland, who Is
the only man in the country who could
nave piloted the ship of state through these
stormv times, 1 learned the correct prin
(■iples'iif sound currency. (Great laughter.)
These other men of the south arc true
democrats and they love their country.’
”1 thank him for that,” said Mr. Allen.
“He says further: 'They have simply fol
lowed tradition.’
Likely to Get Tangled.
“Ah, gentlemen, let me tell you that
when you separate yourselves from the doc
trines of democracy' which you have learn
ed and held from the time you were born
up to the present; when you cut yourselves
loose, from the proud traditions of that
party and set out to study under some new
prophet, you are very liable to get tangled
in your democratic harness. (Laughter.)
"I confess, Mr. Chairman, that I have
b ion brought up to believe in some of these
things by tradition, but unlike my friend
from Tennessee, Colonel Patterson, I studied
public questions before I came to congress.
(Laughter.)
“I came here because I had studied them.
Why He 5s There.
“That is why my people selected me out
and sent me here. They did not send me
to congress to school, as Colonel Patterson
seems to have been sent., i. Laughter.)
“They sent me here to maintain nrd car
ry out as far as I could the great demo
cratic principles that they had reeeivi il from
their fathers, and I hope, by the help of
God and the constituency in the first con
gressional district of Mississippi, to do it.
(Laughter and applause.) Colonel Patterson
says further: ‘Mr. Carlisle says that he does
not mind having the seigniorage coined. If
that bill becomes a law it means disaster.
It may be a mistake. It is only the last gun
of a. retreating army. The men in New York,
who dread free silver are unnecessarily
alarmed.’
“And elsewhere, he says: 'lf the bill to
coin the seigniorage passes, it is men ly to
let these southerners go off the field of bat
tle with their side arms.’ (Laughter.)
“Mr. Chairman, we have asked no terms.
We have not asked to be permitted to car
ry off our side arms. We have not asked to
fire the last gun of a retreating army. So
far as I am concerned, I do not believe that
the retreat has begun at all. I do not believe
that we are yet ready to capitulate on this
question.
Has No Apology to Milke.
"Now, I want to say a word for Colonel
Patterson, as he is nut here to say it for
himself. I desire, so far as 1 am cone irned,
to n pudiate the gentleman’s apology made
for me. 1 owe no apology to the people of
New York; I do not propose to make any;
and I do not propose to have any r made for
me. But I do not think any man ought to
be held down to a very rigid account for an
after-dinner speech at a banquet. Why, sir,
I recollect not long ago, I went to a ban-
quet in Baltimore, where everything was so
good; where I was surrounded by so many
rich men, that by the time it became my
turn to speak I felt so well I addressed them
as ‘Fellow capitalists.’ (Laughter.)
"Before aware of the influences surround
ing a banquet, if I were not perfectly fa
miliar with the abstemious habits of my
friend from Tennessee, I would have thought
on reading this speech that he had gotten
somewhat under the same influence, that
another Tennesseean did that a traveling
man told me about.
"The story was about a ragged, seedy,
hardlooking fellow, who learned that the
traveling man knew his brother living in
Kaufman county, Texas. The Texas broth
er was well off and the Tennesseean asked
the traveling man if he ever saw his broth
er again to tell him that he was hardup
and that if he was ever going to do any
thing for him that was the time. Under
the influence of two or three drinks, how
ever, things began to brighten with him, and
the last the traveling man heard from him
was a request to tell his brother in Texas
that if he wanted anything ‘just to draw on
me.’ (Laughter.)
"Now, under the influence of one of these
New York banquets,” said Mr. Allen, "with
all they have good to eat and the accom
paniments, one feels by the time that speak
ing begins like telling the rest of the world
to draw on him. (Laughter.)
Would Not Quote a Banquet Speech.
"Therefore, I, on my own motion, would
never quote a banquet speecli on anybody,
because I do not think it is exactly the fair
thing.”
In conclusion Mr. Alien said:
“I would that I had the eloquence of the
chairman of the committee on the ways and
means—Mr. Wilson, of West A'irginia—
in his last appeal hear for the passage of
the Wilson tariff bill. I would like to in
voke the democratic patriotism of our dem
ocratic colleagues. I do not claim that a
vote for this bill is the roll of honor, but
I do claim that in the condition with which
we find ourselves surrounded today the
roll of honor belongs to those democrats
who are willing to lot a democratic congress
do the business of this congress, and I do
not believe any man can claim a placq
upon the democratic roll of honor who
stands here longer and gives his presence
and his influence to filibustering tactics that
keep us here and make a spectacle as has
been made of ourselves.” (Applause.)
Mr. Howitt Explains.
Mr Hewitt has attempted to explain his
recent speech before the Southern SoH"ty.
He says that it was misunderstood. When
he spoke of the dangerous ignorance of
our statesmen he did not confine h.s criti
cism to the s;ou ! h. Ho meant the states
men of all sections. But it is well known
tli.it Mr. B.witt was jumping on the
statesmen who differ with him on th" silver
question, and m ■ t o r them .■■re from itm
west and south. He believes t_h:it all Am< r.-
can statesmen, except himself and Ills gold
bug friends, are remarkably ignorant. But
he will not discuss the matt r. Following
Mr. Podsnap’s e: imp i, he says: “I don’t
want to know about it; I don
discuss it; I don’t admit it.” Th.s D Mr.
Hewitt’s way of dealing with the silver
question and the statesmen who do not
agree with him.
Oar J’olicy of Annexatinn.
From The Boston Giobe.
The history of the United States shows
that this country is not averse to the ab
sorption of new territory against the will
of the people who are most, directly con
cerned.
At first the Mississippi river was the ex
treme western bonmlary ot this country.
The Louisiana purchase earri< d this boun
dary as far west as the Rocky mountains.
Florida and the narrow strip along the
gulf, from the Atlantic coast to the Mis
sissippi, was ceded to the United Slates by
Spain in 1819. 't he territory embracing Cal
ifornia, Niv.ada, Utah, New Mexico and
Arizona was ceiled by Mexico in 1848. The
accession of Texas was the only addition
to our territory which resulted in blood
shed although this annexation was desired
by the Texans themselves.
From all tiiis we see Hint the policy of
the United S a < s his nex ei been uni ivora
ble to annexation, although it is not our
policy to annex any terrilor; against its
wish. No one must be an miwilling occu
pant xof our national ‘house- d i: bii: m iv
members in our family circle are wel ome,
provided they come voluntarily and joyful
ly.
Some day Canada may be a’nnexed to this
country, but nut until Canada, wants to
be annexed. AVe may at some far off date
absorb the entire northern continent. But
no nation will be token in before it is ready
to “join the band.”
Watterson in Comparative Zoology.
From The Chicago Tribune.
Henry Watterson’s eulogy of Abraham
Lincoln in a. recent speech appears to have
roused The Register, and it
alluded to it a few days ago in a sneering
■ " what malei olei that drew
from The Louisville Coura.'.' Journal a few
incisive remarks, from which we quote: “If
this newspaper had been born a bird it
would have been a buzzard; if a beast, a
panther; if a tisli. a mwl eat; if a reptile, a
lizard; if an insect, a. bedbug.” As a stu
dent of what might be called comparative
zoology I’olonel Watterson unquestionably
takes high rank.
Mr. < i-ok. r in Texas.
Austin, Tex., February 26.—Richard
Croker. New York Tammany's chief, and
his family reached here from N> w Orleans
last night and today made a formal call
on the governor at the capitol. He dine!
w.th the ' ■ ■ : :
tomorrow they will go to Galveston to sad
and lish on the bay a few days. Thence
Mr. Croker will go to Kendall county to
visit Mr. J ihn A. Morri line lock ran h
and from theie will proceed to California.
Howard Has Appealed.
Washingt n, Febri try B. F. How
ard, " : led l e t Dctobir in the circuit
court of tl:-' United States for the'western
district of Tennessee, for violation of the
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