, 1888-04-12


zlanla aat +, bs-raa..l as any on
that score.
Governor SOUR. Interviewed.
George Alfred Townsend thus
write, mp an interview with Hon
Watson {. Squire of this rIitory,
and publishes the same in the Ciuciu-
natl Enquirer Of March 29th:
Falling in with Ex-Governor
Squire, Of Washington territory.
who Is the son-!u law Of Remington,
the arms manufacturer at Hon. \.
Y, L said to him:
~ here Il Hon, exactly :"
'Iii0n Is about three miles out of
Heckim-r, \. I. HerkilHer is place
Of 30D0 or 1000 Inhabitants. where
Warner Miller. late Senator Of the
United States, lives, and he Is one of
the most enterprIsing citizens. We
thought that Miller wonIl come IN
with some Of rs and secure this ad-
mirable factory"
How does Miller stand toward the
general movement in this State In ia
vor OF Chauncey Depew for Presi
deut?"
Il think that 3Iil!er IS cordial and
well disposed toward Mr. Depew, OF
rather toward the Depew, or rather
toward the Dcpew movement. I
think that when Miller was candid
ate for reelection to the Senate he
had support rather than opposition
from Depew. 1t looks 10 me as if
New York would probably come to-
gether this time
WITH DEPEW FOR ITS MAN.
They may say that Depew supported
Greely in 1872, but that Is rather an
eient history Mr. Platt, wEo is an
active, smart man in control Of New
York politics, is still, [ think, desir-
Gus of doing the work of bringing
the Republican party into harmony
after lis mauy chickering's One can
understand how ne felt little miffed
at Miller after PIatt had resigned his
seat in the Senate. But smart man
can generally be relied upon to come
right. Ii he does not come right he
sacrifices his reputation for clever
ness"
How would Ghauncey Depew run
on the Pacific Coast?"
''Out there he would run first rate.
Our Pacific Coast people liiie bright
man with a bright face. II New York
presents him there will be no hostil
ity to him in the Republican party of
the Pacific States He IS a very re-
markabie man III that regard, as he,
while the executive officer of very
important highway, has been a peace
maker ever since he had any control
the corporations now depend on tai
ent rather than talent depending on
the corporations"
about the relations of Washington
Territory to the tariff, otherwise pro
lection"
Now. as to that" said Mr.. Squire,
are you a protectionist or free
trader? l ask the question merely
in the line OF courtesy"
Said [: Il have done my free
trade apprenticeship; when l saw the
West starting up in the manufac.ur-
ing line sympathized with them"
THAT is my case exsctly," said
Governor Squire. 1 was free
trader, too. At school [ studied
'Whalen's Political Economy the
first book on that subject which got
into our schools, and it made the
students free traders. Besides there
is something IN the word free that
charms the mind and the ear. We
think about free labor, free men, and
then the word free trade comes in.
But experience operates to rectify all
those views. Living, as have been
up in the far NorthWe of the United
States, ] perceive that the greatest
freedom l can understand under
medern conditions Is free intercourse
and traffic with this great country.
You can never feel that here in the
East as you do If you are an Amer
lean putting your plant and hopes in
such u
VERY REMOTE REGION
As Washington Territory. That is
north of Oregon and right up on the
Canadian line l have been living
out there good many years, and |
know how the system of our general
tariff, which covers the vast free
trade of the United States, works in
behalf of the steadfast men who
have gone SO far from home to carry
the civilization and energy OF their
country If other persons could see
it as l do they would have compass
sionate and generous feeling toward
those people. Nobody knows the
value of a home market in such an
extensive country as ours like a citi-
Zan of the East who has been trans
ferred to the extreme new part of the
land. Up there it is everything to
the people"
SAID l: Governor, l remember
that when | saw you for half an hour
at Seattle last October you spoke of
coal mined near Seattle IN Washing
ton Territory, and said that you had
% cents ton protection and that the
of the Territory were en-
titled that protection over British
Victoria, close by"
You remember that ," said the |
Governor. = We'll, that was what | |
was coming too. You must ander-
tand that on that coast there is no |
coal comparable to the coal OF Penn
'ylyania. As far as l understand,
here is no coal in the world to be
to that OF Pennsylvania.
But tle Pennsylvania coal, being re-
note from Commerce, can not afford
hat great transportation across more