The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-22
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
A Dozen Distinguished Men on
Different Subjects.
THE RESOURCES OF OKLAHOMA
How the Democrats Can Manage the Cranks
OF the Next C0ngress-TabOr and
His Millions


liberal education TO live in Washington.
Every other man you meet here is dis
tinguished for something, and fresh infor-
nation and bright stories drop out in ordin-
airy conversation faster than did the pearls
and diamonds from the mouth of the good
little girl in the fairy tale. The following
are the gists of short talks which I have
heard during the past few days with dis
tlngulshed characters. | give them as
nearly as possible in their own words.
GOVERNOR RoDMAN n. PRICE, OF NEW JERSEY.
THE United States made a great mistake
when it first permitted our gold TO go out of
the country. 1 am about seventy-tive years
old now and [ was ia San Francisco in 1915,
acting as navy agent of the Pacific coast,
and had instructions to give drafts on the
United States treasury for all the gold that
was brought in to me. In this way the
government practically controlled the gold
product of California, and had we continued
to receive gold in this way the balance of
trade would never have gone against US
and we would have the best credit of any
nation in the world. The government made
money by it, TOO, for the gold always over
ran what we paid for it when it was re-
weighed at the mint. was in California
when gold was discovered and my money
drove the first pile IN the harbor of San
Francisco. Did ] make any money out
therel Yes; l did, but I made it out of
real estate rather than gold. l bought a lot
in San Francisco one day for S17 and l sold
1t inside of year for 100000, and during
those booming times L made S3,0O0,0 O0 in
three years. l was one of the first candi-
dates for Congress in California; was
elected and counted out. The election took
place in the spring of 1850. L came back to
New Jersey as soon as the matter was set
tied and ran for Congress there and was
elected and got my seat. So, you see ran
for Congress on the Pacific and the Atlantic
slopes during the same year and for the
same Congress-"
SENATOR TELLER, OF COLORADO.
81 suppose the most remarkable instance
OF money making in Colorado was that OF
Senator Tabor. Tabor put $50 into a mine
and got out $1,000. He grub staked two
prospectors and they discovered the Little
Pittsburgh. After they had found it the
prospectors were offered $500 for third in
terest in the mine and they asked 81 600
Tabor. who was then grocer was mad
because they would not take the $500, and
he growled as they went on to develop it.
He changed his tune very soon, however.
for they took out 5000, 600 the first year. and
not long after this Tabor came down to
Denver and called on ex-senator Chaffee.
l was present when ne came in. He told
Mr.. Chaffee that he wanted to buy out one
of his partners, and he wanted TO borrow
$50, coo to do il. ChatTee did not lend him
the money, but he afterwards got it of some
one else and he sold out his interest in the
mine to Chaffee and others for 81 ZOO, 0OO
He invested in other mines and he made
s., 600 600 inside of year He has lost some
money and he has made some since then,
but L doubt whether he is worth more than
this amount today. Colorado is full OF
possibilities. Prospectors are going through
the mountains by the hundreds and the
rs they ever were"
DIR. SHELDON JACKSON, THE ALASKAN EDUCA.
TOR,
"a railroad may be some day put across
Beh-ing strait but if SO, il will have to &c
under the water instead of over 1t. The
distance from America to Asia at this point
is forty miles, and tunnel might be used
The breaking up Of the ice and the current
is such that it would destroy any bridge
that could be made and the only other
means of crossing would be by ferry boats
in the summer and by reindeer sledges in
the winter. The reindeer is the best animal
for northern Alaska, and hope to see Con
gress adopt my scheme for buying 81 ,00C
domestic reindeer in Lapland and bringing
them over to Alaska. There are about
thirty thousand people in this part of the
country. They are starving, but the rein
them occupation. The Laplanders have
reindeer by the thousand. They use their
meat for food and they find great deal OF
sustenance from their milk. Reindeer milk
is as thick as molasses and it is so rich that
you have to dilute it before you can drink
1T. good reindeer viii give large tea
cupful at milking. / spent the summer
among these northern Alaskans and was
as far away IN most respects as though /
were on the banks of the Congo. had to
travel 6,000 miles from Sitka by water in
going in and out around the Aleutian
islands to get to my destination. and was
$500 miles from Sitka in a straight line.
The part OF Alaska l visited is wild and
desolate in the extreme. There are no trees
and the climate is so cold that vegetables
cannot be raised. 1t viii cost about fifteen
thousand dollars to buy these reindeer and
it will cost something to teach the people
how TO take care of them.n
HON. ROSWELL P. FLOWER, OF NEW YORK.
az am not a candidate for the speakership
and have never thought of being speaker.
/ don't even know who the candidates are
and my idea is to let them develop their
strength, see what they can do during the
coming summer, and next fall we will elect
the strongest and best man. / don't know
that New York will have candidate, but
@n1-r hap tic
and generally expresses them. am not at
ali afraid OF the next Congress being crazy
one, and can tell you how we can prevent
any foolish speeches beng made upon the
floor. We will hold caucuses about twice a
week ana get the different men to yeutilate
their ideas In the caucus. Such of them as
are good we will take advantage of and the
bad ones will not get into the newspapers.
In this way we can size up our men and can
keep the party together l tried this plan
in a series of dinners l gave in 1882 when /
was one of the board of control of the ex-
ecutive committee. dined all of our party
IN Congress and got them to express their
opinions at the table. From their speeches
] was able to outline plan which aided us
materially during the campaign and the
same would be the effect of the caucuses ),
HoN. T. P. o'CoNNoR. MEMBER OF PARLIA-
MENT FROM IRELAND.
"The faminein ireland is at present very
bad and it will continue until the new po-
tato crop is ready to harvest. visited
Congress during my stay in Washington
and think there are some things in which
our house of commons has the advantage of
your House of Representatives. 1 did think
that the desks which you have for members
were good thing, but now see that they
are out of place in a deliberative assembly.
They enable every member to bring his pri-
vate business into the House and he car
ries on his correspondence and manages his
campaigns there whereas he could not do