Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
ST. JOHN, OF KANSAS,
Talks on Considerable Variety OF
Interesting Topics.
ON POLITICS AND PROHIBITION
he Discourses at Length, Giving the Cold
Water Peoples Views.
THE TARIFF AS THEY WOULD HAVE IT

pldlnJ DOlu Hduu, STdceS Ine TeHlstcI a0
the Home Hotel The Ex-Governor of the
State where grasshoppers and prohibition
predominant, came into the city yesterday
from Waynesburg, where he had been
lecturing on. the temperance question. He
has been talking in various cities and towns
throughout Pennsylvania for the last three
weeks, and will continue the work, closing
his present series of engagements at York,
October 8.
Mr. st. John and DISPATCH reporter
engaged in pleasant chat yesterday after
noon, which lasted over an hour, during
which time the former expressed his views
on nearly all the important questions that
are uppermost in the minds of the people at
present, with the exception of the escape OF
Fitzsimmons. He is the same ardent op-
ponent Of the liquor traffic that he has been
for the last ten years, and applies some pert
argument against it every now and then in
all of his conversations. Asked for his
opinion on the proposed. Legislative investi-
cation in Pennsylvania, Mr. st. John said:
A GOOD WORD FOR PATTIsoN,
"Governor Pattison simply followed a
clearly defined line OF duty when he issued
that call to convene the Senate. He did
exactly what any other Executive who has
any regard for honesty would have done. L
do not mean by that that l think there are
rascals in Pennsylvania. L am not we'll
enough acquainted with the officials of this
great Commonwealth to venture such an as
sertion. But there were murmurings and
insinuations, and Governor Pattison's
duty was to find out how much
cause there was for them. He had to call
the Senate together either before or afteS
the election so there can be no political sig
nifcanee attached to his action. He would
have been called a coward by the Demo-
Gratis if he had put it off until after the
election, and in case the Democratic State
ticket is victorious, he would have been
charged with prejudice and spitefulness by
the Republicans.
''What do you think will be the result of
the election in Ohio?"
'sThree weeks ago felt sure Mckinley
would be elected. The Democrats seem to
be gaining, and cannot tell how it will
go. Mckinley is O warm friend of mine.
He has good record, and 1 would like to
see him elected"
"How do the people of Kansas like the
Mckinley bill?".
WOOL TOO CHEAP TO SUIT.
eve don't like it at ALL In the first
place, the Republican party said to the
farmers during the last election, You stand
by us this time; we will raise the tariff on
wool, and you will get rich Why, do you
know that the price of wool is lower to-day
than it has been for seven or eight years,
and it has seldom been lower since 1882,
and the tariff is higher than it has been
since that time? 1 wish the Republican
party would tell me how the farmer will
get rich on that kind of a tariff
suppose the Republicans are right,
though, and some fine morning
we will wake up out in Kansas to discover
our farmers all living in brownstone fronts,
all because they stood by the Republican
party and the tariff on wool went up. In
1882 the duty was cents and 40 per cent.
Wool sold then at IS, So and "A for fine,
medium and coarse qualities. In 1890 the
duty was 10 cents and wool sold for 80 cents,
The duty is II cents now and wool sells for
% cents"
"How about the tin schedule?"
''Well, it isn't any better. tell you
there isn't any protection except to q few
who can make their millions at the expense
of the masses, who are the consumers. The
tin plate schedule is humbug. 1t is true
that so far as making it possible for Ameri-
Can manufacturers to turn ont tin plate, the
schedule is success, but look at the class
of people who do the work. Mr.. Niedering-
haus was one of the most ardent supporters
of the tin plate schedule, and he no sooner
gets the protection he wants than he sends
agents to Wales for workmen to take the
places of American workmen.
PRoHIBITIONISTs FOR PROTECTION.
'There is no party in this country so
strongly in favor of protection as the Prohi-
bition party. Other parties aim at protect
ing the pocketbooks and the commercial and
industrial interests of capitalits, while our
party aims at protecting the brain and
muscle of the men who make capitalists.
'But Mr.. Niedringhaus cannot import
workmen," suggested the reporter
"He doesn't need to. Let any man make
it known that he wants men and you Will
see how quickly they will be here. Mr.
could not get men here and he
had to ave them from somewhere. Besides
he is of Welsh descent himself, and 1 pre-
sumo he preferred his own people"
''What is the Farmers Alliance doing?"
was asked.
''The Farmers Alliance is disintegrating
the old parties, just as the Knownothing
party did the two old parties in 1856. 1t is
serving the same purpose exactly, and it
is being reinforced by the facts developed
recently by the reports of the United States
Census Bureau"
sWhat effect do you think these reports
will have on Pennsylvania"
''You won't get them here until after the
election, but you will have reaction when
they do come. Pennsylvania will have
enough to do to look after the investigation
of State officials to allow anything else to
come in"
SIS there any probability of an affiliation
between the Prohibition party and Farmers
Alliance"
TOO MANY LIQUOR PARTIES.
"Well, there might be. Of course the
Peoples party is composed largely of
Farmers Alliance people, but it is another
liquor party. We already had two liquor
parties, and for the life of me 1 cannot see
what the Peoples party wanted to have
anything to do with liquor. The Farmers
Alliance comes closer to our style than any
other, and they are gradually coming over
20 u.s."
care you keeping an eye on national pol
tics?"
81 never lose sight of any phase of poll
les, and if you mean to ask who will be
;he next President will say that it all de-
Dends on the Gubernatorial election in Ohio.
If Mckinley is elected Governor he will
De the strongest man for President. He
would be sure winner. If he is defeated
Ohio will be doubtful State Git is one any
Tay), and the Republicans can, with the
'ame assurance of victory, nominate any
,ne of their candidates. 1 don't think |
Harrison is in the fight at all. |
At least he has no right in it. |
Pattison is the strongest man the |
Democrats have and if Mckinley is de- |
'eated, he is the man they ought to nomi-
in D State State G that 'e gives % pu9a
ty for Republican and two years later
oils up nearly $4,000 for Democrat. Pat