Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-22
Interview With Judge Hughes
Special Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Aug. % 1891.

Among the visitors here yesterday was
Judge r W. Hughes. of The Q. s. Court for
the eastern district OF Virginia, with whom
the GAzETTE's correspondent had the fol.
lowing Interview
want to ssk you sbont the O oott ooG-
nistee snd whs5 s likely to be done sbout
| the State debt ?
| You have come to the wroDg man on that
suhisct 1 know nothing whatever about
| the Olcott committee Or what Il Is doing or
proposes
Do you think IL is likely 10 effect Any
Thing toRarwds q settlement of the debt con-
troversy ?
lis my own opinion that 1t will not. |
have long thought the only settlement pos
pibIe was on the basis of be Riloleberger
BILL The voters OF Virginia would proba-
Div stand to that II the DondhoideFs we're %
accept 1t without further delay ; but even
that may be doubtful. Il Is TO be 'earsd
that In another year or two the legis' atuse
will withdraw ths Riddlebsrgsr bill and
leave the bondholders without any remedy
or recourse. Their oasa bas 0ehn Oismsn-
sged, and there does not seem TO mo to be
any help for them except in an early &C.
oep,ance of the Riddieberger bill
4
you'd recommend sUoh course to the
boHdholders
Oh no, think not for 1t was created to
recommend something eles, and to propose
tbat bill would be to perform hari Karl.
But If 1t should recommend such course
| would the bondholders accept Up
No; an acceptance by them is Very i'm
| probable.
So you think nothing will come Of the o.
colt committee, and that the whole satjact
will remain at sea
| Yes, indefinitely.
Would that prevent capital from coming
into Virginia for Investments
You must not expect me TO indulge in the
stereotyped cant on that subject. What
capitalists want Ia our coal and Iron They
| come for mineral properties Ihsy bEins e2
| sineer5 and not sentiment along. Il ssat.-
meat accompanies them at all. Il comes HitS
missionary ouoot. The first thing "a 10 got
our minerals the last Is our conversion
| from the heathenism OF Reputation, lie toe
very height OF our repudistion era the Nor
folk & Western railroad people invested
forty millions of dollars in Virginia
| How about politios; whom DO think the
democrats will nominate?
| You ought to know batter than do. as /
am republican; but this viii say: ny
party is anxious FOR years to dominate an
I Eastern uaO.
| Why so?
| Fer the Simple reason, thst IN 1864. 1868,
1872. 1876. 1880 1854 and 1855. yoa, 10 each
case, nominated 60 Essteroet aud wsfe
bestep every time, except in 1884, whea ea-
nominated New Highlander. and ewsppe;
fates with you. What is more, |e wert yoH
70 nominate q New Yorker; lor ai Jour
candidates sincs 1860 have heen actually or
virtnaily New Workers.. aad everyons OF
them, INCLUDING Cleveland in 1855 @ss
beaten by Western republican. OF al
presidentia! Candidates. those most eligible
| for sound beating come from Nav YORK.
| L. is true that Mcclellan was called Jer-
seynsn, and Hancock g Peunsyl7sn:au,
| but they uere in reality New Workers
| through sympathy aod asrocIesiou. Yea we
are very anxious for your party 10 noiai
nete New York man, and will give prefer
ence to Grover Cleveland. whom | regard
as "last years birds nesl."
How about the republican party, wont
Blaine be your man?
Personally, Mr.. Blaine Ia the most popu
lar man in the United Ssstee. He has lat
terlg made great reputation, end widened
and intepei6ed bis popularity amazingly
Bat do not think he wishes 10 subject him
self to the strain OF another candidacy or
could survive 1t. think he is himself in
favor of the denomination of Gen. Harrison.
Even ii this were not go, doubt the policy
of Ills nomination. With all bis popularity
In the West, he wss bsaten 10 1884; beaten
too, By New Yorkar-a thing thst had
not happened before since 1886 Tee
policy or the republican party is TO
make ifs nomineiion-in-chief from the West.
| j. hiss alWsy5 succeeded win Western men.
Il has had series of nubroksu teinmpbs
| with Western mon, and IL never losi DSt-
| tie except 10 1884, Whsn 1t thought 1t would
be ssfe to depart f.om that policy.
srd rely on the immenae popularity OF Mr.
Blaine, whose nomination It's Western poll
ticisns themselves dsmanded. The deper
| tura resulted in ire only defeat stree 1860. l
think this retrospect of party history all
produce the nomination. of Western man
| by The republicans In 1892 l think Mr.
| Bieine's friends will have tns choice 0i cen-
didates, and shss sheY wil give tho nomi-
natioa to General Harrison.
! About the Issues of tbs next Presidential
canvass, what do you think they Will pc?
| Your party will doubtless make tie tariff
| ia leading issue in the beginning OF the can
vsse; out the farther 1t progresses tho more
SOu Will CUlu6 W tcSl tubL tiblic Gau Uc EDcuS
! of it, and that you have got the wrong sow
| by the ear. The Mckinley tszif !s not SD
extreme measure. IL strikes juste milieu
| between extreme protection and gsGicei fres
| trade. which Is precisely what this country
needs and the American people desire. You
will be beaten II you stake your chances on
| that issue. think the canvass will cone In
| the end to turn good deal on the silver qEas
| ton, or rather 90 a group oi questions. of
which free coinage is one, connected With
finance 10 Its relation to money, prices, and
| the earnings of industry. There Is q ganerai
belief that money psnics and stringencies
! occur too often, and that spscuissions at
stock boards exert too much Influence upon
prices, wrestling them from the control Of
supply and demand. The federal Treasury
under Manning and Window gave aid and
| comfort to these gambling operations. and
think there is general desire that the
Treasury shall hold aloof from them, and be
| nut upon polioy of sympathy and support