New-York tribune., 1891-05-02
TIRED OF THE SOLID SOUTH.
THIS SEEMS TO BE THE FEELING OF
CAPTAIN EVAN P. HOWELL.


Atlanta, Ca, April Alt is standing Joke
here tha$ Atlanta owes her prosperity to her good
Constitution. Sine Mr.. Grady's death, this
powerful journal has been managed by Clark
Howell, the brilliant young Speaker of the Georgia
House of Representatives. But its real insrira-
lion is Captain Even p. Howell, the Speakers
father who a gallant soldier on the wrong
side in the war, AMI is now one of the most in
telhgent, capable and farsighted men in Georgia
@The Constitution is to this State what THE
Courer-Journal' is to Kentucky and thousands of
voters take their political cue from its columns
The views of its elitor therefore highly signif
can't foreshadowing political events in the
South.
saw Captain Howell this morning In The
Constitution" "sanctum," little den furnished
with two chairs table, some photographs a Mast
cartoon, a Churchman'S Almanack," and pair
Of rabbits ears, nailed to the wall, for luck
The Captain is 1" solid" man, physically well
as mentally, not tall, but broad and sturdy, with
quick brown eyes, dark mustache and imperial
and cordial but energetic and decisive manner
After we had discussed Georgias prosperity and
resources expressed surprise that more South
srners were not confessed Protectionists.
I'VE don't believe replied the Captain, :" in
enriching one class at the expense of another"
"But Georgia is full of infant industries that
outside competition would annihiate.
That's true, but We have horror of trusts
md monopolies We don't want Pennsylvania
here over again. When the jute bagglng used to
wrap our cotton bales was advanced from to IA
cents pound, there was almost revolution"
"Oughtn't the new Southern manufacturing
competition 10 break down the trusts?'
We can't do it without capital, except on
W fho m
costly plants That currency question bothers us
all the While Under the National Bank act, you
can borrow money on wildcat stock certificates,
but not on real estate Our legal rate of interest
Is 3 per cent. But a Northern capitalist can easily
force out of us 16 by letting his agent charge us
g per cent commission l am frank to say that
7 can't propose any remedy. But some remedy IS
badly needed
If trusts were abolished, would your people
accept projections" ?"
Il believe we would, if combination TO put up
prices were made criminal oifence-that Is, pro-
tection not carried to an extreme. we are ali
Americans We believe in protection, not for
protection's sake, but 10 benefit ourselves rather
than foreigners. The truth is our people don't
understand the question. They have heard only
one side. II is matter of principle not profit;
n matter of tradition. In slavery days, when we
relied on European factories and markets. we
couldn't have too much free trade. Now all thaU
is changed. But the people don't yet understand
It,
DO they regard Mr.. Cleveland as the only true
tariff expounder?'
mo, indeed"
@Are YOU taking much interest in his rivalry
with Hill1H
"A good DEAL"
whom 2n
"Well. Mr. Cleveland is unpopular here through
bis attitude on Civil Service and free coinage
Mind Won. | don't say l don't believe IN ClVH
Service: but the people of Georgia think that
when the Democrats get in the Democrats shouio
administer the laws. So with the hepuonc@nS'
Then lis extreme tariff views have hurt MN neie'
We believe they defeated him in 1888. THINK ne
is perfectly honest
"Is Governor Hill popular
1--WE think we'll Of him as stralght-out DEMO
crot of the Andrew jackson type. You Know he
doesn't appear to us as he does TO some Oh Sou
people in New-York u
aparbsps YOU don't know him SO well.
perhaps not. ., :.
your paper" ...,,o. 11iu ~
(uovelond for the nomination. We are not going
10 cav whom we want nominated. If New-York
i; solid for either and nOminates him, then line
Corstitntion will support him. But the people
bsre are not enthusiastic about either. AS 10
tbird man. Campbell of Ohio, would DE nKeu II
No sbould come forward. But there's better
chance now than ever before for some man "lth
a backbone TO make a great reputation as po
litical leader The time is near when the "cSV
and South will unite and sweep THIS country
They are in sympathy on the currency question:
be,e are discordant elements in each OF the pres
ont naries that need only proper leadership 10 DE
bronoht together under new banner
~Who do you think could do it?"
"Senator Wolcott, Of Colorado, is strong enough,
~ he only had the courage. Senator FaImer' vi
Illinois could do it if he were ten or hfteeh years
Younger. But among the Democrats especlaAiS'
we don't seem TO have many men OF the requisite
ability. Villas, of Wisconsin. is weak Sisler'
Don Dickinson is a unanimous, sort OIL a map.
Then there's Voorhees, Gray, of Indiana, don't
know so much about
What should be the PLATFORM?
aPevlsion of the currency, and a tariff high
.nouah for the needs of the Government eco
nomicallv administered, and high enough to Keep
out the pauper labor Of Europe
aOf course such leader couldn't come from the
South?"
mo The old soldiers in the Northwest wouldn't
ct the past be dead. This was what Kept
Ravard ont of the Presidency. The South Is
handicapped. It's pity, too, for we have some
able men. Mr.. Cleveland, don't think, is broad
minded enough to be called a statesman Nor Is
Ar Hill Hill is a politician. The only true
statesman we have is Mr.. Blaine lie is Re
pubIican. but he has shown it by his course"
How did President Harrisons visit impress
you?" =.
We are glad ne came. The trip Will open ms
eyes We consider him an honest man. Oh niuch
intelligence"
Hasn't he done very little that even you can