Evening journal., 1893-11-17
THE SOUTH PROTESTS.
A Word Of Warning to the
Tariff Adjusters.
FREE IRON AND COAL MEAN RUIN.
awe May Not Always Kiss the Hand That
smltes U.s." Was the Message Of the New
south TO Chairman Wilson Of the Ways
and Means COMMITTEES.

NhAAth - " ~ ANt NtHahEo u Ahh NhW
South TO Chairman Wilson Of the Ways
and Means COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE new south
has sounded a warning TO the ways and L
means committee. IL came from the manu-
featuring interests OF Alabama and Ten
ncssee, whose representatives were refused /
formal hearing by Chairman Wilson
some days ago, but who secured the privi- |
lege of making an informal argument be |
fore the Democratic members of the COM |
mittee As the delegations present were !
also Democratic In politics, the conference |
was very amicable until near the close, |
when the chief spokesman of the southern |
ers broadly intimated that II iron ore, coal,
lumber, rice and sugar were all TO be
placed on the free list under Democratic
administration, "the Democrats Of the
south might cease TO kiss the hand that
smites them.n
The delegation which appeared before
the committee is interested especially in
the iron ore and coal industries-the great
manufacturing commodities of the south
and was composed of +. q. Bush, president
of the Mobile and Birmingham railroad
and OF the Clifton Iron company; Nat Bax
ter. Jr., president of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Railway company Colonel Nc
| llroy, president of the Alabama Mineral
Land company; b. F. Moore, president of
the Birmingham Commercial club: Chap
/ pell Cory, secretary Of the Birmingham
| Commercial club; Il. Y. Anderson, land
! commissioner Of the Alabama Great South
Brn railway, and DIR. w. Phillips OF the
Tennessee Coai and Iron Railway compa-
ny. Mr. Bush acted as spokesman for the
delegation.
Means Ruin to tho South.
He declared that he believed IL was not
the intention OF the Democratic national
committee in Chicago in forming its plat
form, 70 declare a policy which would
prove ruinous to any of the great interests
Of the country. Neither did he believe that
it was the iptention either Of the president
or the committee to willingly do any such
injustice
you can base your argument" inter
rupted Chairman Wilson, ION the hypoth
esis that neither does the committee nor
the Democratic administration desire TO do
anything to endanger any Of the great in
terests of the country,
81 am glad of IL, " said the speaker Con
tinuing he protested against the injustice
Of placing iron ore or coal on the free list.
The protection on iron ore and coal had
grdironed Alabama with railroads and de-
yeloped these industries until Albania now
annually produces l,00,000 tons Of pig iron
. and 5000 900 tons of coal
"ln case of free ore where would you be
distressed by it and where would Il come in
competition with your" replied Mr.. Wilson
I'VE would be cut ont of any sale of iron
7 in the eastern states. The effect would be
I to restrict our market 10 the south aud ex-
clude us from the eastern market, where
We would have to meet the low oompeti-
tion OF Cuban and Spanish ores.
IF this committee, as reported contin-
, ued Mr. Bush, "is 90 put lumber, rice SUI
gar, coal and iron ore on the free list then
! they of the south might as well give in
Il would be the deathblow TO southern
! prosperity" In conclusion Mr.. Bush made
! ! "a strong appeal. I'VE are not politicians, ,"
said he. 1--WE are plain business men. We
are Democrats from principle, and we do
not expect to suffer in the house of our
friends. If we did, it is "A natural question
10 ask how long will we continue 10 kiss
the hand that smites us II you bring IN
! | your bill with these articles ON the free
list, you will, think, have every Demo.
cratic senator and representatives from Ala
bama opposed to It,
Administration Disappointed.
There is a disposition in the administra-
p ton circles to say but very little on the
!. subject Of Hawaiian affairs pending the ar
. rival Of the next steamer 10 seems TO be
the course of all officials to say nothing
further, although IL is confidently asserted
that when the news from Hawaii arrives
the position of the administration will b,
O set forth in favorable light.
From those who are in touch with the
White House comes the intelligence thai
\ the administration is disappointed that th,
. conscience Of the country has not beer
y awakened to sympathy with its act, which
!. is claimed by the administration TO be on,
y of Justice and fairness There has alsS
u crept into the department of state feelinl
Of doubt as to whether the provisional gov
ernment will yield so readily to the mer'
suggestion of the minister Of the Unite,
e States as was hoped when he was dispatch
, ed to Honolulu.
1t is learned that the forces of the pro
D. visional government, though small, ar
! well organized and disciplined and are mos
= of them sharpshooters 1t is said tha
81 there are 1000 picked men provided will
ID arms in Honolulu and enrolled in drillet
- companies.
/, They have been trained for two month
10 past as a safeguard against any royals
Sc uprising in the islands, since il wa
70 realized that the provisional government
N must depend upon its own resources with
4 out hope Of aid from the United States
These companies are made up of whit
e. men largely. Eighteen rapid fire guns ar
included in the militia equipment, th
iS arms being winchester rifles This fore
Q. would be superior to what the men-of-wa
10 st Honolulu could put on shore. But n
one seems to believe that any resistanc
De would be made should the marines actua
o, ly be landed.
A Carlisle Urged TO Resign.
10 NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Press print
today Washington dispatch which say
lie "A report is current of a serious disagree
as ment between Mr. Cleveland and Seer
of tary of the Treasury Carlisle. This repol
ls cannot be confirmed further than that IL
ge an ascertained fact that Mr.. Carlisle he
er been fairly deluged Of late with letter