The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-07
IN THE coRRlDoRs.
interesting Chat Heard at the
Different Hotels.

d. Henderson Gowan, an attorney of
Memphis. Tenn, yesterday passed
through the city, and while waiting for
the noon train went up to Hotel Roa-
noke, where he was found reading the
Presidents message from THE TINES
Upon being asked his opinion of it he
said: sit is characteristic document
and just what everybody expected. Har-
rison. in this letter, no longer leaves
any doubt, If indeed there has been any,
OF his rabid interest in the force bill and
his full determination to drag it before
the next Congress for enactment. His
zeal in searching tor an example in the
South calling for tho Federal strong
arm of protection has led to u new dis.
covery.
SIN his message to Congress there
rang the wall OF the down trodden Afri-
can, weeping and refusing to be COM
foried because the bloody. barbarian
South wouldn't make an assignment OF
itself for the benefit of themselves, and
their copatriots, the political buns,
carpet baggers and taterdemalion
statesmen who have so far improved up
on old fogies like jefferson as to dis
cover the beau tiful and patriotic princi-
pie that the go1ernment exists for the
benefit Of the governors. Alabama, he
says, at last illustrates his theory of tho
danger Of the dominant party perpetua-
ting itself In power against tho wishes
Of the maiority. This statement is the
clearest and boldest asserti IN imagin-
able without any evidence save that Of
the extreme organs OF the defeated fac
tion and as q matter of fact does not
contain one word of truth.
HBut such n Rtatamant from tho sDa-
cial attorney of the force bill. measure
that has for its sole aim and object OK
actly what he condemns, comes with
very bad grace from his excellency.
His position on this measure will be
worth much to Democracy, for those
who have heretofore supposed that this
bill was merely bugbear will be
awakened to the fact that the Republi-
can party means to pass it and will do
so If the power is given to them. His
views on the tariff develop nothing new
and the burden OF his philosophy is the
old song OF protection protecting the
wages of the laborcr, bat I imagine by
this time that the G. .rnegie employees
and those OF other u anufact turing estab.
liShments, who have recently expert
euced how impossible il Is for wages to
be reduced under the glorious principles
OF the protective tariff, will be inclined
To n Give this enthusiastic view of the
cas-: with some qualifications.
The whole document breathes the
spirit OF Capitalization which for 30 long
has been the breath of life to the party
and is worthy in every way of the in
tense, narrow, partisan from whom it
eminat.S."
w. e. Burns. of Philadelphia, was
yesterday at Hotel Roanoke and in the
course of conversation said: "Pennsyl-
vania will, OF course, cast it's electoral
vote for Harrison, but the new system
OF balloting will very materially cut
down the large Republican majorities
manipulate the elections. In some few
instances it may go 80 far as to return
Democratic Congressman"
In speaking of the force bill he said:
1--WE have very little of it in my State
but am opposed to it, and l believe
that there are many Republicans that
regard it in the same way, 1t would, if
put into operation, practically destroy
the efficacy of popular elect and rem
der them a mere form aud entirely mug
atory in effect. The American people
are yet capable Of governing themselves,
and even il the day should come when
they would become 50 corrupt and dis
honest that a majority of them would
be violators instead of observers of the
law, no board or body OF men could ever
hope to rescue them from their degrade
ton, and the chances are that the boards
or commissions would, in nine cases out
of ten, prove more corrupt than those
against whom the federal law would at
tempt to guard"