The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-03-30

| MO:sHiSON r. WAITE.
The Prospects of the Mills Tariff RiIl--
Ex-senator CIingman's RecoIIections
--f"'itical Chat. &c.
| Especial Cor STATE CHRoNICLE.1
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 26, 1855
The funeral services of Chief Justice
Waite will be conducted in the Hall of the
House of Representatives Wednesday, at
noon. Bishop Paret of this Diocese as
| sisted by Rev. Drs Leonard, Mott, and
| Bodine, will conduct the services which
| will be in accordance with the simple and
impressive ritual of the Episcopal church
The remains will then be taken to Toledo,
| Ohio, for interment. The death of the
late Chief Justice. on Friday morning,
caused universal surprise and regreat He
! was appointed to his high Office by Presi
| dent Grant, to fill the vacancy caused by
| the death of Chief Justice Salmon F. Chase
During his residence here, he has made a
great many friends He was an avowed
Republican, but his politics never colored
his judicial or social relations. He was
just, equable, and firm. The President
had become very much attached to him
and Attorney General Garland says the
highest compliment he can pay his sue
cessor is to hope he may worthily wear the
mantle Of Chief Justice Waite. The late
Chief Justice was member of the Episcopal
! church, and OF the vestry of the church Of
the Epiphany in this city. Mrs. Waite was
in Los Angeles, California, when the deal h
of the Chief Justice occurred. His death
was very sudden and he positively refused
to be considered a sick man, though he was
suffering from a slight attack of pneumo-
MIA. His family physician was DIR. Caro-
! line b. WinslOw, a female doctor here who
| has made a fortune by her practise, and
who has the implicit confidence of great
many of the most influential families in
| this city. DR.. Winslow is q handsome old
lady of about sixty years of age and this is
the first case of pneumonia she has lost in
the past forty years.
\ great many SurmlSeS are made as to
| the probable successor of the Chief J.lstice
| Speaker Carlisle is prominently mentioned
| 1t is known that the position now held by
Justice Lamar was first offered to Mr..
| Carlisle. but after talking the matter over
| the President became convinced that Mr..
Carlisle was right in refusing to leave the
! House at this crisis. Judge Thurman would
undoubtedly receive the appointment but
| for his age. EN- Senator Mcdonald is also
mentioned for the place. 1t is thought
| that Mr.. Cleveland will take his own time,
and deliberate we'll before deciding so i'm
| portant a matter. There is one strong
reason why Mr.. Carlisle should not be made
| Chief Justice. He gets on the worst kind
of a spree occa ionaliy, and if the Presi-
dent were to appoint him, just now the
Republican organs are in possession of
certain facts they would nse for all their
! worth. The facts glt be excused in { on
gressman but they would not be admissa-
| bic as part of the record of Chief Justice
OF the United States. Besides, Mr. Car
Isle has other ambitions, and it is not
| improbable that his may be the first South
erner's name that will head a National
! ticket. Judging from what | know of
| him, he Is better suited for 4 fight in the
! broad political arena, that for the soberer
and more disntied duties OF the highest
! Judicial position in the country. do not
| question his ability both as lawyer and
statesman, but Chief Justice ought to be
above everything else a temperate and
! conservative man. If Mr. Cleveland fol-
| lows the dictates of his own Judgment,
the nomination will be a wise one He has
| seldom been mistaken in a man when he
has acted without bias from outside rep
| resentatiOnS.
Tae tariff bill will be reported to the
House Wednesday. Then the discussion
of the olli Will consume at least three
months. Several Democratic leaders,
amorg whom were Senator Ransom and
| Representative Henderson, told me yester-
| day that the fate of the bill in the House
would probably be determined within
ninety days. Both the gentlemen regret
| ted the effect of the uncertainty on the
| business interests in our State. affected by
! the pending legislation, and expressed
| the utter liability of Our State delegation
to chang the drift of things. This fact
stands out now in bold relief: The Mills
and Randall factions are fighting inch by
| inch for advantage. Randall is losing
| heavily and rapidly and this causes a
great many to hope that the Mills bill will
| get through. Senator Vance says posi-
| lively that the internal revenue reduction,
as outlined by the Mills bill will be made
| This means of course that he thinks. now,
that the entire bill will pass Senator
| Vance was not so sangune two weeks ago
Another fact stares the Democratic House
in the face. The party cannot afford to go
into the coming campaign with a $155,
900, 900 surplus in the Treasury. The peo
| pie demand that this shall be decreased.
And the demand is a just one. Moreover
it will HAVE 20 be needed. 1t is the voice
of the p ople, just beginning to be plainly
heard here, that is causing the Mills bill to
grow in favor every day. Some of the
shrewdest leaders have seen this all along,
ana Tor IniS reason tney say lney nave Oe-
layed the bill, SO as to let the sentiment of
the whole country make the passage of
the bill fOregoue conclusion when it
comes before the House Randall holds
out, but his friends are falling off one by
one, and his position will soon become a
most unenviable one.
The condition of the internal revenue
features of the bill causes great unrest and
! dissatisfaction in our Stale. Letters are
pouring in from all the tobacco centres to
members of our delegation. During the
week several tobacconists have been here
to find out what is to be done. They re-
port that the tobacco trade is absolutely
stagnant while legislation is in this condi-
ton. A gentleman who represents several
of the largest Western and Northern to-
bacco houses in the Henderson market is
in this city on his way home from an ex-
tended tour. He says if this agitation
could cease there are $50, 900, 900 worth of
capital in the north and northwest which
would Immediately be invested ia the gol-
den tobacco belt of Virginia and North
Carolina. But while this present status
lasts, the richest buyers will not touch so
much as one bundle of tobacco no matter
at what price it is offered. Our people
ought to be relieved of this as soon as pos
sible. Our delegation-and you will bear
out the asSertiOn-to a man, has done its