Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-16

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Shelby N. Cullom Of Illinois at his home
on Massachusetts, Avenue. lie lives in
Thomas T.. Bayards old house near
Thomas Circle lust across the way from
the homes OF Senators Morrill, and
Allison and caiacomcred from the house
in which General Bob Schenel, died not
long ago. His house Is the one that
Bayard occupied while he was secretary
OF state. Il b an old fashioned red brick
Of two stories and q mansarl with a
porch running along the front Of Il. Il
Is built upon a terrace aud makes a very
comfortable home. Senator Cullom Is
very domestic in his tastes. lie spends
most OF his evenings with his family and
you are pretty sure Of finding him at
home. lie Is very approachablc man.
There Is no snobbshncss about him.
lie is as plain aud simple in his ways as
was Abraham Lincoln and he Is noted
Tor having what Lincoln would have
called good horse sense" lie looks
very much like Lincoln though he does
not weigh more than iwo.,hitds as much
as Lincoln did nor is his frame built on
the colossal scale OF that Of the mauyed
President. Senator Cullom Is, Judge,
about five feet ten inches in height lie
Is thin, angular aud Wiry. His face IS
plain. dark in complexion and covered
with a short black beard in which the
gray Is beginning to show. lie talks
easily and well. lie has ideas OF his
own aud is not afraid to utter than. lie
is as close to the people Of the country
as any man in the Senate and his views
ON public questions are always interest.
ing. My conversation with him covered
a wide range. ltbegan with the session
Of Congress.
coNCKEsS DOING HARM
asked: "what Is Congress going to
do to help the people,"
81 don't know replied Senator Cullom.
So far Congress has done more harm
than good" "Thr people supposed we
could do something, and had we come
here, staid week, repealed the silver
Il
| helped the financial situation As Il Is
We arc rctarding business and we are
/ adding to the fright OF the people.
/ Congress Is Of no good IN pinch like
this. ltcan do nothing quickly. II It
| has years % work In, Il can accomplish
something aud Il can revise laws which
extend over long periods. But II Is OF
/ no good IN an emergency. The people
! already see this and the present revival OF
| business shows that they are growing
tired Of waiting and are beginning to
help themselves.
ruE SITUATION IN ILLINOIS.
'How is Illinois being affected by the
timesW
Every seriously" was the reply. 1--WE
are having hard times. Ny state h you
] know great manufacturing state and
the northern part Of il makes al kinds
/ Of articles that are affected by the
tariff Among our industrial ccnteB are
such places as Chicago, Joliet, Peoria,
Elgin, Springfield and Others. In most
Of these places the factories are running
on half their usual forces. A large num-
Der Of the establishments have shut
down altogether aud there are fifty
thousand men out Of employment Ia
Chicago and ] venture 10 say that the
number Of the unemployed IN the United
states is more than a million"
Yes there are more than n million
workers In this country who are out of
a job" Senator Cullom went on to say.
DO you realize what that means. Sup.
pose these men average a dollar day
which is a very low estimate. This
means loss OF a million dollars q day
or more than three hundred million a
year TO the country IL means the loss
OF production as well rs the loss Of the
spending power aud Il cannot but affect
every branch Of business and trade.
CHICAGO AND THE FAIR.
How about Chieago" asked, "has |
not the Fair helped itl"
"ln one sense, yes. There have been /
from seycnty-hve thousand to two hun. /
bred and hiiy thousand visitors who |
have been spending on an average OF al |
least three dollars a day In Chicago. !
Many have spent many times that. This |
money has given the banks a circulating
medium Otherwise ! don't think it has
changed matters much. The Fair
crowd Is only drop in the bucket Of
Chicago population. There Is NO lack
OF people on the streets when the Fair
- 10 llh lullthls AUlNAkN 70 n WNNAflINl
city. You can't keep pace with H. Go
away from Il couple OF weeks and
when You come back you ind that il has
added hundred thousand To rs popu-
lation.
ayes Senator said /, "but Is rs growth
a healthy one3 Will II las,3'
Eyes, emphadcallylreplied Senator
CllloW, Chicago Is iull OF iron and
muscle. lt will be the great city Of the
United States. 10 will eventually dis.
lance New York. u Is fast growing 10
be a city OF rich men aud {, has more
enterprise aud push ,uan any other city
in the country.
AEARCIY ASD TIE ANARCHISTS.
ayes Senator said J., land il has
more anarchists. How about the hard
ines, W,, not these increase your
ugillisiSa'
'l can't tell" replied Senator CulIom,
"li times do NOT improve there will DE
much starvation and distress. When |
hunger comes in at the door reason and
prudence often ily out at the window.
Governor Altgeldi says there are not
fifty anarchists in the county, lie may !