The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-06
AMONG THE HOTELS.
interesting Opinions of Promi-
nent Visitors.

William Worth Martin, of Atlanta, is
at the Ponce de Leon. In reply to
questions as to the political situation in
Georgia said:
There is but little doubt but that
the Third party movement is on the de-
cline. The extreme measures adopted
and extravagant positions assumed by
the leaders have paved the way to the
certain downfall of the party. Post is
little better than an adventuror, with
everything TO gain and nothing to lose.
and taking advantage of the scarcity OF
money Caused in part by the low price
of cotton) by attributing it to the Demo
cratic party's want of interest in tho
people. he has utilized the situation to
foment discontent, out of which he
has already reaped a golden harvest.
Tom Watson l regard as even more
culpable than Post In creating these
discussions, and, if anything, there is
for him less excuse than for Post, be-
cause he has lived all of his life in tho
State and should understand the people
and conditions more thoroughly. In the
presidential campaign we, of course,
recognize the tariff as the leading issue,
but with US the Force bill is also rec
ognized as an issue, and it creates more
interest than even the tariff itself. We
candidly believe that the adoption of
this measure means virtually a return
to the extravagant thievery and blood
shed of reconstruction days, and to
avert that by far the largest number of
respectable Georgia Republicans will
vote the straight Democratic ticket,
while the Farmers Alliance and Third
party men mill come into line and vote
as formerly.
1T Is significant fact, however,
that residence of few months in the
South is sufficient to make the Northern
Republican vote the Democratic ticket
in all local elections and it invariably
derogates somewhat from his love of
the negro. Not long ago most esti-
mable lady of Vermont founded a
scholarship in the Spellman Institute
for the education of one negro girl each
year. On her way to California she
stopped off for two months in Atlanta.
She visited the school and expressed
herself as being we'll pleased. The bur-
den OF her talk was the amiable, down
trodden negro. At the expiration of
the two months met her and she said
to me that she had studied the negro
and was most thor oughly disguised with
him, and that it was wonder to her
how the Southern people bore with him
as they did The scholarship was dis
continued at once.
''As with this lady so it is with many
oppressed, denied his rights and wi
leges and never permitted to vote unless
his doing so suits the white people,
HeQca the 9uppOrt that tho forca hill
has received. The direct result of this
measure will be to unity the Southern
Democracy, giving largely increased
majorities from constable to President"
ID. w. Masterson, of Baltimore, was
in the city yesterday. he was return
ing from a trip through Louisiana and
Texas In regard to the latter State he
said: I'm many particulars 1 regard
Texas as one of the finest States in the
Union. The section lying between the
Brozas and Colorado rivers, and extend
ing North from Houston to the Indian
Territory, is a rich land country that
under favorable circumstances will pro-
duce from sixty to seventy bushels of
corn or bale Of cotton per acre.
The northwestern section OF the
State is great grain producing coun-
try, while to the west and southwest
cattle raising is the chief industry.
However, great as it is in m any respects,
there are drawbacks sufficiently serions
to cause the Virginia or Maryland
farmer to hesitate in leaving his homo
here for one out there. The water is
bad, in many sections it is sickly, and
very often the long and severe drougths
cause total crop failures. No man need
go there surprising that he can make
money moro easily than elsewhere, for
he will find competition as sharp in all
lines OF business as in any place in the
country.
''If man wants TO raise corn and cot
ton and has the money to buy his land
and run him for year, why he can
probably grow agreater quantity there
than the older States, but IL he has that
much money ne is in position to do
equally as we'll, II not better where he
is. Yes, sir, my advice is to stay at
home and If one series OF crops has
ceased to pay, why try another"
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