Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-08
THROUG iTExAS EYES.

The Rock Island and Davenport Party of
Pleasure Seekers as Seen in the South.
An extract rr,m the Galveston News
Of ew Gays ago shows that its Dallas
correspondent OreS some strange con-
clusions after an Intellectual q tempt to
interview q party of RICK Island and
Davenport people. His letters will be
read with good deal Of interest here
George W. Cable OF Rock Island is st
the PIckwick. Mr.. Cable is accom-
panied by his wife, Mr.. and Mrs a. B.
Sudlow of Rock Island and Mrs j. 8
Wylie of Davenport. Mr.. Gable is q
brother to Ransom r. Cable. president
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway, and a cousin to Ben r. Cable,
chairman of the democratic national
executive committee for the west.
While all OF his connections are men of
business purely, and while he himself is
better off than most in the goods and
chsttels of this world. Mr.. Cable is, as
everybody knows. litersteur-a great
novelist. One his only to mention 20 d
Creole Days" 'Dr SEWER" and "Carou-
Gro" to bring George W. Cable home to
thousands of people. Beyond these
stories of Louisiana life, Mr.. Cable is as
well known as champion of higher ed
ucstion OF negroes and a blue blooded
protectionist, who takes high rank in
the councils of the advocates of down
trodden industries. The ostensible pur-
pose Of his visit is to bask awhile in the
sunshine of the sunny south. From here
they go to Dallas and then on to New
Orleans for the carnival period.
There is sus picion abroad in the land,
however, that br. Cable is combining
business with pleasure and is looking
over the country with view of seeing
what is best for the Rock Island railroad
to do. He is making careful inquiries
about the country through which it is
supposed the Rock Island is going to run
and is very careful not to let anything
drop about the road. When q News re.
porter called this morning Mr. Cable in
tervie wed him for quite a while. Every
thing Mr.. Cable said of q positive nature
could be put in mustard seed and still
have room for big cattle ranch.
He thought the arbitrary policy of the
Texas railway commission had hurt the
state in the matter of investments and
liberal |. gislstion vas needed as a cor
receive. He thinks Gov. Hogg's policy
and utterances are impsiring the good
name and credit OF the state in the COM
mercisl world and are calculated to keep
money out. Beyond adding that Fort
Worth seemed to be a great distributing
point Mr.. Cable slid nothing with regard
to Texas.
Turning his attention to politics, he
said that Illinois will hereafter be solidly
republican. The election OF democratic
governor and the carrying of the state
for Cleveland was cue to local conditions
that carried the foreign and labor voters
into the democratic party, the democratic
candidate for governor, Judge Altgeld,
being OF German extraction. Added to
these causes was a natural desire for q
change and this ser tinent was no incon>
siderable factor in the result. Iowa also,
in Mr.. Cables opinion, has gone demo
cratic for the last time. The republicans
have an immortal oinch on it for all time
to come, the prohibition question having
been settled.
While the Texas newspaper man is cor
rect in some OF his views as to Mr.. Cables
relations, and while perhaps it is quite
natural that he should consider him res
ident of Rock Island which is so much bet.
ter known than D NEWPORT, yet he is con.
sidersbly of lin confounding his name
with that OF the distinguished novelist
and lecturer, and Ii ough he may have
the same enlightened idess, he is not
given to expressing them. The party is
at present enjoying the summer weather
that prevails st San Diego, Cal.