Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-07
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Savannah. Ga, who served in the Senate from
1871 until 1877 and who was subsequently re-
turned TO the House In 1884, 10 in the city and
is stopping at the Ebbi.t
MATTERS are quiet politically In Georgia, !" he
said to TEE STAR representative, land Its peo-
pie are nowadays turning their attention 30 the
development Of the state. Although Georgia
may be said to be prosperous, vet We are in
need Of capital which will be loaned on long
time. At present the loans extend from thirty
to ninety days. II the people Of the north
would go down into Georgia and investigate the
opportunities for investment and the sir,ultan-
eous development Of the south they would let
us have all the long time capital we need. We
are anxious to receive this capital and immi-
grafton from the north and capitalists are at
present making advances
"A large number of settlers have recently
come into Georgia from the northern states. A
colony OF Ohio people have founded p town in
the central part Of the state spd will grow
fruit Two years ago another colony from Ohio
planted from 5000 TO 1000 acres in peaches.
and it will take several hundred cars TO haul
the crop north this year. With the diversified
crops and large acreage in cotton and fruit
the future OF the state 10 bright
but We must manufacture our own products.
The history OF the world shows that no people
prosper on producing raw material alone. We
ship our cotton 70 New England. Its returned
TO us with the expense OF insurance poth ways,
the large profits OF the middleman and oth er ex-
penses which roll up profit Of from 100 to 300
per cent We nave inexhaustible water power
and every advantage exists for the establishing
OF factories with the raw material right at
their doors. The cotton mills of Columbus and
Atlanta are prosperous. Eastern capitalists
loan money without question upon western real
estate farms, which Is only one form Of invest
ment, while with us we have great resources
for manufacturing. water power for mills tim
Der, marble. iron, gold coal. all of which could
employ an immense amount of capital 10 build
plants TO develop. In the south we obtain our
loans through the banks and the national
banks cannot loan upon real estate the line of
securities with us is necessarily limited.
The people in my state very much salts
fed with Mr.. Cleveland's administration and
with the appointments that he has thus far made
and are convinced that he will carry out the
great principles of the party. The people of
the south feel most kindly to him. however
because with his election the force bill was
killed and . most serious social problem
solved"
Walter Gresham of Galveston. Tex. Congress
man-eiect for the tenth district, is at the Ma
tional. Although Mr.. Gresham has been in
Washington for over a month. he lis Just now
getting out Of the house, having been very Ill
from pneumonia He is a prominent man in
his section. being largely interested in railroads
and other projects and has served three times
in the state legislature. He is not related to
Secretary Gresham.
Texas, he said to The STAR representative
sis big state and we do things down there on
a gigantic scale. Times in Texas have been
better during the present year than in many
years. We are practically out Of debt We
produce one-third Of the cotton crop of the
world and Galveston is the second cotton center.
We have 20, 600, 900 acres Of school lands and in
addition have S25, O00, 600 invested in interest
bearing securities OF school moneys so you see
that educational matters in the lone star state
rank foremost
I'VE had the wsrmest political contest that
the state has ever seen. As is we'll known one
wing OF the democratic party acted with the re-
publlcans and for a time the bitterness was
intense. This feeling. however, has passed
away to q great extent and the democrats are
looking forward to a reunion. do not think
the split will be serious at the next state cleo
ton. We divided the colored vote which is the
mainstay of the republican party in Texas and
in my opinion tine division will be permanent
Here is an example: In one county in nv
state which has l. 500 colored votes and 800
white votes and which had normal republican
majority OF ! 900 / carried il by 200.
Il notice that considerable has been said re-
Gently about the railroads not extending their
lines in Texas. This condition Of affairs has
been largely exaggerated and several roads are
building branches. The people Of the state are
friendly to the railroads and want to act with
them because they realize that one is depend
ent on the other. There has. Of course been
considerable friction between the railroads and
the people. as Texas was the pioneer state
which fixed the rates OF the railroads by legis-
lation.
The coast country and the panhandle have
received the largest addition of settlers In
the former district people are going into truck
farming and fruit generally and are at present
shipping Strawberries in Chicago in strong
competition with Florida. In fact, Texas is
becoming a fruit-growing state and SO DIVERSE
fed are her resources and SO extensive her ter
ritory that with ner wheat, sheep and cattle she
will soon be In position to supply the whole
Union"
Most Of the larger uptown hotels are packed
to the very doors with guests and for the past
two weeks there has scarcely been a night when
they have not turned them away. 1t has been
many years since such a stream of visitors have
poured into Washington during the present
month. 1t is accountable on two grounds
Owing to the severity of the winter Florida
received more than her quota Of visitors
They are now returning home, and most of
them stop for q day or two in Washington.
Then the new administration, Of course, at
tracts q great many here, but the rush Of tour
lists surprises even the hotel men. The train
from the south is supposed to arrive in WASH
ington about ll:35. 1t generally gets along
here from one TO four hours late At two of
the hotels one night this week over fifty peo-
pie were turned away at O'Clock in the morn
ing owing to lack Of accommodation their
train being three hours late, much to their dis
comfort and inconvenience
"Politics in Iowa, said J. J. Richardson, ma
tional democratic committeeman from that
state, to HE STAR representative at the Ebbitt
this morning. ARE peculiar. We have demo-
cratic senate. but on joint ballot the legislature
Is republican by very close majority. In 1889
we carried the house and barely lost the Sem
ate, while IN 1891 We earned the senate and
barely lost the house, but both times electing
our state ticket
I'VE are confident that we will do the same
this year, and are equally confident that we will
carry both houses this time. In my opinion
there il no doubt as to Gov. Boies' reelection"
There is an impression in America that the
car Is inaccessible" said DIR. Emil Blum, a
prominent journalist Of Vienna, Austria, and
who is also lieutenant in tbs Austrian army,
at the Riggs this morning. This impression
is founded upon false and exaggerated news
paper articles by irresponsible correspondents
ands also upon nihIlistic stories and alleged