The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
DEMOCR ATTIC CONGRESSMAN ARE PRO
NOUNCED AGAINST THE POLICY
OLA SOUTHERN BOYCOTT.
They Claim it Will Concentrate Republic
can Partisanship to Our Injury.
From our regular correspondent.


force bill, and which was suggested
by Editor Howell, of the Atlanta Con-
stitutlon, finds little favor with Demo
Gratis in congress, either from the
North or South. Senator Carlisle, al
though new to the senate, is an old
head in legislation and man whose
opinion is valued, says that the South
does not want to initiate the radicals
of the North by entering upon a sec
tional crusade. 1t is his idea that the
conservatism OF the country will make
the Republicans sick of force bills as
we'll as all other legislation which is
the basis of rotton political specula-
ton. The North is now too much
wrapped up in the development and
prosperity of the Southern section to
permit few schemlng politicians to
waste their millions of investments
with nothing in return but the bare
prospect OF temporary political
advantage. These views, too, are
but the echo of a general senti-
ment among Democrats in congress.
And, to their credit be it said, there
are also a few Republican senators
who take this broad view of the stu
alton. Nothing better would suit the
radical element than tie Southern
com munities organizing to fight the
prospective law, as they could use it as
whip to drive into submission those
members of the party who are against
force bills and now stand ready to OPP
pose such legislation. The Demo
Gratis, therefore, want the people to
possess their souls in patience, the
force bill is not law yet and there
are excellent chances that it never
will be law.
The speculation. pure and simple,
of President Harrison and family in
suburban district property is still
subject of unfavorable comment here,
which is rather intensified by the fact
that Mrs. Harrison, in her Cape May
interview, went out OF her way to
impugn the motives of President
Cleveland in his purchase of Oak
View, she then asserted in
brief, that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars were spent in the Vi
cinity of President Cleveland's country
residence, the presumption being, of
course, that government money was
spent to increase the value of the
Cleveland property. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. Large sums
of money have been spent in the
neighborhood OF coax View" but it
has been private capital alone ex-
pended with the view of placing at
tractive villa sites on the real estate
market, and the principal investors in
this direction have bean spectators
like John G. Burlitt of Philadelphia,
men of honor and means, too, who
have faith in the realty values in the
district.
How is it, though, with "Glen
Echo?" The Republican editors think
they have scored point by the as
sertion, under the inspiration of the
administration that this property is
not in the district, but is located in
Maryland. Just so, and that is
another and good reason for get
ting the presidential family in
"on the ground floor" Aerial
navigation is not yet a success
and the spectators who are booming
"Glen Echo" have not yet started a
balloon line to reach the prospective
country seat OF President Harrison.
Indeed, good smooth roadway is
needed, and it is needed so very badly
that even if the presidential lots had
been "gift" instead of purchase"
they would then have proved remu-
nerative investment to the specula-
tive owners of "Glen Echo" l had
almost forgotten to say that this road
will run for almost its entire length
through district land, as Glen Echo
is in Maryland, just across the border.
AS congress must appropriate the
money for the improvement of this
road and as the president must sign
the bill after it is passed, it is easy to
see, as is claimed, that the presidents
property interests are mot evenly
remotely connected with his official
position"
The mere presentation to congress
of the correspondence in the Behring
sea trouble does not call for any legis-
lative action at this time. Congress
men of both parties are agreed that
there is nothing for congress to do so
long as the diplomatic negotiations
are in progress. The leading Demo
Gratis do not hesitate to praise Mr.
Blaine's management of the American
case, but they say that the significant
factis that nothing of Importance, by
way of improvement, has been sug-
gested since Secretary Bayard re-
signed the management of foreign af-
fairs. Col. McCreary OF Kentucky,
the leading Democratic member of
the committee on foreign affairs, sums
up the matter in the following sem
tence.
"The country is at present in no
better shape than it was when Mr..