Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

large number who already suffering for
the necessities of life"
Mr.. Dart, with Senator Colquitt and Rep
resentative Turner. viii today cali ,,rsSn
attorney General Olney and Secretary Car
Isle for conference as TO the power Of
the government TO relieve the situation.
Mr.. c. S. Hearn. who is q candidate for
the postmastership of Quincy, III, Vas
chatting In the lobby Of Willard's With sav-
eral OF the Illinois Congressman and poli-
tcians. He is largely engaged in farming
Industries in the country contiguous 20
Quincy. and is a member Of the state board
OF eQuanzation- We did not have a fall
ure at Quincy during the late inautfaI
hurry, and none OF our banks susperae1
payments for a single day." he said The
outlook in my section is promising ma me
panks are again beginning to loan money
quite freely. There has been no shut d,,e-n
among our manufactures, other than for
repairs among a few, which is the rule az
.he close OF the summer. We do not an
,ns a. unusual suffering during the win-
Yer among the laboring classes and / rhthk
all VIII have work who really want N
quincy and Illinois are prosperous and -.
are able TO take care OF our own, desp5te
'he TACT mat crops this year are poor"
Mr.. j. w. Pointer. bustline young bu--
mess man OF Newark N j.. where ne "a
largely engaged in the manufacture of har-
ness, is another gentleman who does NOT
talk hard times. Nothing in #" ne sata.
as ne pulled a cigar in the lobby of the Ma
tional this morning. Business is all right.
We haven't shut down. Aren't going 90.
was In Washington in Nav. before IN.
so-calied panic set in. Dropped IN again
yesterday without any samples Sold ynose
goods than ! did in May. Washington a
81 eSo sa,, .oMn; Buys good goods and heap
OF EN- and pays for 'em promptly. 1 fiTd
business reviving rapidly everywhere I 10
ferhaps IL will not be a lively ousiness
WI, WINTER. put when man predicts q starva-
taking bosh. II there is a <usnen das ,,,,.
uiac,ory In Newark 1 don't know IL"
Representative McDannold OF Illinois wa.
entertaining group at willard's this morn
ing with joke on his colleague Repre-
sentative Lane when the silver debate
opened" he said, petitions began 10 posr
in on Springer. Fithian. Forman. Lane .ns
other Congressman from my state ana
most OF them were protests against renesi
received just one petition. and IL was from
the bankers OF Quincy praying for the re-
peal OF me purchase clause. The debate
ran on, and Lane made a speech against
repeal but II was withheld for revision
IL hasn't appeared in the Record vet Ycs-
terday met him. Look here Lane sald
1. L want TO read your speech. When viii
IL be printed in the Recordr why
dont know, replied Lane, with a puzzled
look. L want 60 find ont FIRST uhsrs \ g..
at" osn
Messrs. w. ]. johnson of London ana
David L. Morton OF Stirling are members 81
party OF English and Scotch tourists who
are CHARTERED at the Ebbitt America "a
great country and Washington Is its most
beautiful CITY," declared Mr.. Johnsos.
Your streets are very fine but the streets
on tne other American cities we have vis-
iteo are INFERIOR The great fair at Chicaso
We FOUND wonderful and remark bly CON-
plete, but Chicago itself seems crude ana
IN certain sense. immature. As 1 have
Travelled through your country AZ has seem
60 TO me mat there are not the safeguards
thrown about human life that we fnd In
England. Railway accidents here must he
very numerous. Your trains seem 10 rush
along SO recklessly. and the cable cars In
your claes MI one with terror. They jostle
and jolt and throw the passengers about 10
such an extent- 1t is calculated 10 frightea
European out OF his wits"
AND must tell you" put I'm Mr. Morton.
that We saw your house of lords in Sea.
sion today-I mean the upper t,ody OF Won,
law-making power. II was Interesting 4,
us, though the oppressive dignity and de-
liberation of our house OF lords WAS lack.
on the streets today. 1t looked very demo
cratic. and the absence Of pomp and dis
play was revelation to u.s."
You can put IL down as a certainty THAI
the next Senator from Illinois win be a
democrat but he won't be Carter Harrison
OF Chicago by a big lot" said Mr. Edward
l. Prickett of Edwardsville. Ill. as he turn
ed from the register at Wizards. Views
got ii in for Carter in all my section. ana
we are going to jump all over his neck.
so to speak. Senator Cullom win he sue.
eeeded by Ben Gable or Col. Morrison.
either of whom will suit the people Of Ills
nois. The legislature win be elected next
year largely on the senatorial issue ana
every candidate will be forced TO declare
himself for or against Harrison. IN he done
declare against him. well lay him undes
the daisies"
Mr.. Prickett is a representative youns
didate for political honors under the pres
ent administration
what a black eye Colorado viii receive
when the repeal bill becomes law" remark.
ed Mr.. Frank A. Miller, a real estate man
of Denver. who is stopping at the Shore
ham. "Ninety-fve per cent OF the peopls
Of the country demand it. in all probability.
but IL will be a big funeral for our state.
Nearly all our interests are In mining, and
the agricultural possibilities are small Gold
mining can be prosecuted TO some extent,
but the fact Is that so many wih-cas
schemes will collapse with the repeal law
thing akin TO mining. But we made things
hum while II lasted. Money was plenty for
a long time and we lived high. Common
laborers made s. and "a day, but aftsr The
ball is over II will be cut IN half"
Don't give Il away" said the knight Of
the counter and the proprietor OF the dia-
mond pin in an uptown hotel but the way
We are beat sometimes makes even the ele-
vator boy feel sorry for US. You hear .
great deal about the impossibility OF beat
ing a hotel. but IL is all fiction. Nothing
easier. How and where7 In the dining
room. What is TO prevent q fairly well
dressed man walking I'm and taking q meal
in the dining room OF a large hotelf Moth
ing. And a great many practice IT. let me
tell you. We caught one quite accidentally
this week, during the rush OF the medical
congress. He was a young fellow, who re-
Gently lost his government Job. and he &C
knowledged that he had been our star
boarder, with short intermissions. for nearly
a fortnight. We let him on on his promise
to board elsewhere Don't know that We
could do anything with him. anyhow.
The SORROWS of a Treasury Clerk.