The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-11-11
HENRY WATTERSON.
THE DISTINGUISHED EDITOR AND
POLITICIAN BACK AGAIN

New YORK, November 9-Henry Watterson ar
rived in New York from Havre, on the French
steamer La BourgOyne late on Sunday night, and
yesterday went to the new hotel BartholGi. The
reporter found MIN there last evening at dinner,
as ruddy and hearty from his sea voyage as a
school boy, and besieged by friends, Watterson
comes back from summer abroad reinvigorated
and refreshed, and satisfied that America is the
home of the brave and the land of the free
He says that he had devoted some part of twelve
hours since he reached his hotel to reading New
\ ork newspaper reports of the recent election
His views of the results, however, he admitted
might be Informed upon insufficient information
about local influences which had entered
into some of the important con
said he appreciated the imperative necessity of an
adequate system of coast and harbor defenses, but
thought that congress could be brought to appro-
PIRATE action only by the abandonment on the part
of the representatives of the eastern states of the
spirit and tone of condemnation of everything
western and southern. He hated jobbery in the
harbor and river BILL as much as any one, but
eastern neighbors must allow some little intelli-
gence to western and southern representatives,
and while the ordinary coast and harbor inn
provements in the east were practically completed
it must be allowed that the improvements of west
ern and southern rivers were for the greater part
desirable and honestly planned. Regarding the
defeat of Morrison, Mr.. Watterson had this to
say: He did not consider that it was to be laid to
the taIiff question, there had been no change in
Morrson's views or attitude on the tariff, but he
believed that there had been dissatisfaction among
the democrats in Morrison's district due
solely to disappointment with the results of dem.
ocTalic administration and that dissatisfaction, he
admitted, was not by any means confined to Nor
rison's district. Democrats generally, he thought
felt that they had lost their baggage on the field
The issue in the next session Of congress, he was
sure would be the tariff for the western and south
ern people were determined upon thorough re-
vision of the tariff The narrow escape of Carlisle
from defeat, Watterson eaid, was merely an acci
dent The opposition to him was regarded as o
no serious consequence This exp erience woult
teach the necessity of careful and eystemati,
canvass even in districts deemed safe. The de
feat of Frank Hurd in the Toledo district, Waiter
son attributed solely to personal opposition At,
Hurd because of his practical non-Tesidenee which
he sought to represent. WatteTson was inclined Il
regard the labor vote with respectful wonder
No man, Ae thought could tell how it would turl
QUO; whether it would be held together and becom
power in politics, fall to pieces in the presenc
of national issues. Cleveland's denomination
Watterson looks upon as altogether probable Th
democrats he is inclined to think, will arise abov,
the spoils idea in the demand for the tariff revision
and if they can elect Cleveland, do away with th
nonsense of civil service reform and accomplish
their main aim, tariff revision. Well and good i
they cannot re-eect Mr. Cleveland, then they viii
simply lose lot of Offices which they have not got
So far as the personnel of the present government
is concerned it might as well be republican. ii,
thinks that Cleveland will be renominated, never
theess. for lack of any candidate to oppose him
and if the democrats are defeated they will still
have their organization and their aims.