The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-04
IN THE CORRIDORS.
Interesting Chat Heard at the
Hotels.

The following remarks were yester-
day made by Northern gentleman
stopping at Hotel Roanoke: 1.-THE
election Of Jones, of Ala bama, over Kolb,
the Third party candidate, illustrates
to my mind the hopele ssness of any at
tempt to break the Solid South until
methods are entirely changed. Manu-.
featuring establishments during the
past few years have sprung up with
wonderful rapidity over the State of
Alabama and many sections heretofore
thoroughly Democratic seemed on the
verge OF going over to tho Republican
party on tho issue of protection.
Tho Farmers Alliance movement
further indicated that the people we're
changing in their spirit of uncom promis-
ing Democracy. Instead of taking ad.
vantage of this growing spirit by offer
ing to tho South the friendliest policy
and inducements, from an economic
standpoint, that would rebound to the
growth and development Of this section,
with the narrowness and lack of fore.
sight that has characterized the
administration, the Wondering corpse
of the force bill in all of it's putre-
scent stencil, was resurrected and
thrust upon the country as an issue in
tho present campaign. The first fruits
of that act have just matured in Ala
bama.
TOO we'll do the people of the South
remember the days of carpet baggery
and negro supremacy ever to do an act
that threatens return OF thoir section
to the control of irresponsible, unprinci-
nllp0 white mo- nd
Consequently. in Alabama. as soon as
the cry went forth that the Kolb faction
was but step in favor of Republican,
ism, Third party men and Alliance men
left the new party and aligned them
selves as of old with Democracy. 1t is
true that Jones received perhaps more
| negro votes than did Kolb. but the negro
did not regard it as fight between the
two old parties but as simply contest
between the Democrats and as conse-
quence his vote won't, perhaps, to the
man who had the most money and could
marshal him best at the polls. Had it
not been for the force bill as an issue
| the Republican party would have stood
some chance Of carrying the Virginias,
Tennessee and perhaps one or two
other States, but as it is every State in
the South will give Cleveland larger
vote than ever"
E. Y. Daugherty, of New York, was
yesterday at the Ponce de Leon, and in
course of conversation said: 81 know
very little of politics and as believe it
a hard matter to be successful business
man and politician at the same
time. l have chosen to neglect politics
and give my attention to business
However, there is one subject am will
ing to talk upon and that is your State.
Virginia may be said to be the leading
Southern State now, and yet she is
scarcely in the dawn OF her infancy.
Situated midway between the cotton
producing sections Of the South and the
manufacturing regions of the North
she possesses the advantages of both.
The State is rich in area, and by the
side of the iron is found as fine grade
of coal as there is in the world. Many
great trunk lines of railways you have.
Others are being built with hundreds oil
others to follow in time.
Your coast can justly boast of some
of the finest harbors in the world Thus
with inexhaustible native resources,
with the advantage of location, rail
ways spanning the State from confer to
circumference, and accessible to the
foreign world, the Old Dominion has
future before her which would put tc
shame the tabled splendors of FL Do.
RADIO"