Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19
HARRISON AND THE SOUTH.
His Satisfactory Interview with the Biz.
mingha Manufacturer.

His Satisfactory Interview with the Biz
| mingham Manufacturers.
He WILL BIZ PREsDRNr OF THE WHOLE coux-
| TRy-wHAr ONE OF THE DELEGATION sAYs AZ
| TO THE NEEDS OF THE sourH-NoRH CABINET
| oossIP-BLAISs BOOKED FOB ENGLAND,
Aside from the arrival Of Senator Quay and
the probability that he would be called before
the grand jury to testify in regard to the al
| legged Dudley letter, the interest In Indianap-
| oils yesterday conferred in the visit TO Gen.
Harrison Of delegation Of gentlemen engaged
| in industrial enterprises in Birmingham, Ala-
bsma, and Atlanta, Georgia. The memo
rial asking protection for southern man
ufacturers which was presented to General
Harrison has already been published
In TEE STAR, and the result Of their interview
with the President-elect was evidently satisfac-
tory. The New York Suns special says: Gen.
sxcellently. The nearest he came to making
any definite statement was when some one
spoke Of the necessity Of providing distinctive
| southern policy. ~ shall be President" he
said, ''of all the country, and shall endeavor
70 see that no undue prominence is given to
ing OF the plea that he select only men Of
known high character for local federal offices
IN. the south, he said: 1T will be to my interest
to appoint only the best men" and then added
sgnihcantly, "Of course they must necessarily
be republicans"
WHAT ONE DELICATE SAYS.
Mr.. Woodward, one Of the delegation, in
speaking Of the matter afterward is quoted by
the Sun man as saying: I'VE simply sat down
and talked things over with him in an easy sort
OF way, and he expressed himself toward the
south in manner that leads us to hope great
things from his administration. This isn't q
political visit at all. We don't care whether
the south has representative in the cabinet or
not, and we don't care who it is If there is one
SO long as he is . good man. The most of us
are democrats, or were until this tariff issue
was forced upon US.
THE administration of President Cleveland
was all right too, until he sprung that tariff
we should support policy that would tend to
keep the people Of the state Of Alabama Just
|, where the most Of them are now, in poverty.
or policy that would build us up in a bust
ness way. People at the north don't under
stand US. We are poor; our people are in what
would be called abject poverty in many parts
OF the country. Our schools are poor, our
roads are miserable. We have few Of the COM
forts and conveniences Of life, and under free
trade the chances are that we never would have
them. It was on that issue alone that and
men like me left the democratic party go
far as national politics are concerned. have
always voted the democratic ticket until this
fall, and then I didn't vote at ALL Another time
will vote the republican ticket. and the ma
jority OF the people in our part Of the country
are just like myself in their feelings on this
matter. I don't say that we are all going to
turn republican, but, so far as I am concerned
myself when the choice is between the demo-
cratic party with an ultimate end of free trade
and republican party with the maintenance
Of the protective system. it doesn't take me
long to saw which side I'm on
MIR. Woodward's views were echoed approx
ingly by others Of the party who heard him ex-
press them.
SHERMAN AND ALLISON GOSSIP.
The Suns Washington correspondent sends
an interesting lot of cabinet gossip to the effect
that Mr.. Sherman's most intimate friends be-
lieve that he will be made Secretary of State,
and that the statement has been made at the
Senate that MIR. Quay was en- out-and-out
Sherman man, and that he would do all in his
power to convince Gen. Harrison that it would
not be necessary for him to recognize Mr.
Blaine's services to the party by giving him a
place in the cabinet He could show his ap-
to the mass OF the party. Quay is in favor of
Sherman and against Blaine. That much is
certain. 1t Is quite a general opinion of the
republican Senators that Con. Harrison thinks
just as Col. Quay does on this question"
1t il further stated that while Senator ALI
son does not desire to be Secretary of the
Treasury and has 80 expressed himself to Sena-
tor Quay, still if Gen. Harrison and his friends
and the Senator's own political intmates con-
vince him that duty to his party demands that
ern man at the head Of the Treasury depart
ment, he will sacrifice his own desire, which is
to remain in the Senate at the head of the ap-
preparations committee.
ME-. BLAINE BOOKED FOR ENGLAND.
There is still good deal of speculation over
Gen. Ayers visit to Mr.. Blaine. The Worlds
Augusta special seems to think that he carried
the offer Of Secretary of State to the Maine
statesman and adds: There has been
marked change in Mr.. Blaine's manner within
q week. Since last Thursday he has assumed
very cheerful air, and is in his happiest mood.
This il noted by every one who meets him, and
is regarded by one of his most intimate friends
as the outcome of good tidings from Indiana
polls. Indeed the impression is strongly fixed
here that Blaine is all right with Harrison"
The Tunes, on the other hand, says that the
Secretaryship OF State was discussed, but that Mr.
Blaine preferred the position Of minister to
England The correspondent continues: If
Mrs. Blaine could have had her way her hus-
band would never have taken part in the late
campaign. and now, that being over desires to
recrOss the water, where she was and will again
be free from many personal annoyances.
,"Congressman Dingleys paper issued tonight
editorially laughs at the idea of Gen. Alger
calling socially at this time upon MIR. Blaine
and closes up as follows: We have an impress
sion that the public will know considerably
more about Gen. Alger's visit few days hence
than they know now. 1t is our privilege too,
to harbor the notion that Mr. Blaine and his
distinguished guest did not talk either about
railroads or the Sabbath school lesson.
Friends Of Mr.. Boutelle here seem to think
Mr.. Blaine is booked for q foreign mission, and
say they are glad Of it, as it makes possible the
selection Of Mr.. Bou telle for Secretary of the
Navy"
Breathing.