The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-10
TALK OF THE WEEK.

"This talk about capitalists of the North OPP
posing the Federal Election bill because they
fear it will niure their investments in the South
is all bosh," said Representative Reyburn, the
successor in Congress of the late Judge Kelley.
ave have lived under similar law in Pennsyl-
vania. and no honest man was the worse for it.
Still would not have introduced the bill at
this time. The negro question in the South is
gradually working itself out without the aid of
such a law. The negroes are taking up land
and becoming prosperous, and they are getting
able to take care of themselves and are making
themselves felt have spent good deal of
time the last few years hunting in Missouri,
Arkansas and Texas. | see all kinds of people
and l know how things are going in that sec
tion. The conditions of the country generally
are improving, and the negroes are not getting
left very far behind by the whites. The first
time Grant was elected" Mr. Reyburn contin-
ued, 81 was an election inspector in one of the |
Democratic wards of Philadelphia. After the |
polls closed started with one of the Democratic |
officers to take the balot-box to the public |
building. AS we got on a street-car we saw that |
a negro occupied one of the seats. AT this the |
Democrat began to swear and declared he
would not enter the car. And he didn't, but |
stood on the platform all the way to the end of
our journey, while / went inside and made my
self comfortable just year later, after the
law guaranteeing negroes equaf rights with
! whites on the cars had been in force some time,
| ! was again election officer in the same ward.
So was my Democratic friend. After counting
| the votes we again started for the public build
| ing with them and got on the same line of cars.
This time there were two big negro women in
the car with single vacant seat beside them.
| My Democratic friend hurried into the car and
| took the seat without hesitation. Whispered to
| him that he ought to give the seat to me.
'Why {? he asked. 'Well,' said Il thought YOU
wouldn't sit in the same car with negro lie
laughed and answered, 'Oh, that was a year
| ago. I'm not such id fool as was them"
1t is not likely that the Atkinson Railroad bill
will come up in the House again tomorrow, be-
cause it is probable no quorum will be present
in that body. 1t was said yesterday that sixty
members intended to leave last night or to-day
for Boston to attend the G.. A. r. encampment,
and as there were less then two hundred mem
bers ia attendance yesterday it is plain that
quorum cannot be drummed up. So the Dis
trict will lose another day and the fate of the
Atkinson bill will remain unsettled. II wish
the bill could be disposed of one way or
another" DR.. Atkinson, its author, said yes
terday. "There is other important legislation
for the District pending which ought TO be
taken up. There does not seem to be much
use of talking about compromise at present
The fight has grown so hot that it is impossible
even to reach basis for compromise. L
think the true way to settle the matter would be
by commission vested with ample power to deal
with the whole railroad question in the District.
People talk about the tremendous power great
corporation like the Pennsylvania Railroad
wields in Congress and in State Legislatures.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Cor
poratons are, in fact, especially weak and
liable to successful attacks before legislative
bodies and juries. Nothing is necessary but to
raise the cry of 'corporation,' and at once pub
lie sentiment is arrayed against them have
: sued the Pennsylvania Railroad more times
than have fingers and toes, and | never asked
! anything better than to get before a jury and
raise this cry of 'corporation.' The case was
mine always without another word. If a com
: mission was organized to deal with the railroad
question in the District then there would be
chance to have it settled without engenderins
+. bitter feeling, and both tie interests of thu
d roads and of the public would be more likely
to receive due consideration, and fair adjust
', mept of their claims could be had"
= X X X
q Col. Alec. Mcclure, of the Philadelphia
4 Times, has of late been making a very livel
.r fight on the four Philadelphia Republicans il
"a the House of Representatives. He charge
J. them with neglecting the interests of their con
ia stituents and prints each day on his editoria
d page four pictures supposed to represent tn
in delinquents, Messrs. Harmer, Bingham O'Nei
- and Reyburn Now, the last named is probabl
le the best looking of lot, and while, c
III course, not at all vain about his personal appea
re ance he objects to having Col. McClure's ar
he ist represent him with an unmistakable cock !
b his left eye. Mr. Reyburn has chafed unde
1 1o this libel on his eyes ever since Col. Mcclure
Iy object lesson in delinquent craftsmanship bega
set to appear in the Times. But he hoped tn
Sc Colonel would tire of the thing soon and til
,ss pictures would disappear. But as day aftt
'N day and week after week passed and Mr.. Re
burn was confronted by cock-eyed travesty
49, his face on opening the Times each morning, l
~ got tired of the thing. So, meeting a friend
ng the Colonel's few days ago, Mr.. Reyburn sci
Ost word to the editor of the Times that he didn
tai object to his pitching into his record as Co
al gresham all he pleased, but while he wouldn
yield in the quantity or quality of his piety eve
rt- to Postmaster General Wanamaker, his ey
be- had at period of his existence ever bee
ell known to look both ways for Sunday. Their
er fore he objected to Col. McClure's misrepreseI
~ ing them that way in his blankety-banlS
'ne sheet The Colonel has not yet withdrawn Il
we libel, however
sell II
Representative Washington f. Wilcox, t
sole champion of Democracy in the prese
de- Connecticut delegation in Congress, return
zen from the wooden nutmeg groves of his natl
Ihe State on Friday, looking hale, hearty, a.
OF happy. ''Things never looked better for t
IL Democrats in Connecticut than they do now,
mt. think" he said yesterday. "'lhe party is unite
of well organized, and determined, while the
md publicans are weakened by internal dssensioI
~ and many of the thoughtful, patriotic IN
ii' among them are disgusted by the way in whi
cry the leaders in Congress have been conduct
affairs. | believe the Democrats have not OF
a splendid chance to carry the State, but til
ose we are likely to gain a couple of seats in
me next House No, Connecticut is in no dang