Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-18
HOWARDOF ALABAMA
OTHER PoPULIsTS MAY HAVE FERRIS
WHEELS, BUT HE'S ALL RIGHT.
Declares the President Has sl,ooo'ooo
and Means to Ask. "How
DID He Get It?"
Nav YORK Herald.)


Alabama, arrived in the city yesterday
He Is Populist, and will be the youngest
member OF the Fifty-fotrth Congress.
In his left-hand breast-pocket this merry
southerner carries large-sized detoha'-
ing bomb. which he proposes to expiode
when he takes his seat In the House.
That bomb Is resolution calling LOT
an investigation into the means by WHICH,
az Mr.. Howard will allege. Presiueh'
CLEVELAND has amassed an enormous
fortune, something like si.coo.oco, since ne
left the presidential chair to make way
for Harrison.
There is nothing dangerous-iooKins
about this young man. He Is tall we'll
proportioned. swarthy, and smooth-
shaver. He has large, keen, intelligent
gray eye and an insInuatlng draw. ana
Is n lawyer. His home Is Fort Payne.
He was prominent enough to be elected
two years ago. at the age OF 30. dele
gate 10 the Chicago convention, wnlch
nomira ted the nan he now wants 10 IN
yestigate. and, II possible. impeach. MI.
Howard is the author of IF Christ Came
10
HE WILL MAKE THE FUR FLY.
This book, which is a bold and sensa-
tional expose of the rottenness OF WASH
ington political life, has had a big run,
and Will serve TO make the new represen-
tative conspicuous figure In Washing
ton. Mr.. Howard broke away from the
Democratic party about a year and
half ago, when, he says, 1t began TO go
.xo,, on tho Yn0nay CunstiOn. He was
nominated by the Populists, Endorsed by
the Republicans, and elected by 1900 ma
tority over the present member, w. ii.
benson.
When he gets into Congress Mr.. How
ard proposes to make the fur fly.
What sort of Populist are your L
asked. "Are you in favor Of government
ownership of railroads and sub-treasuries
and all thatY'
Not at ALL" Mr.. Howard returned with
emphasis. 1.-The main points Of my politi-
cal creed are free silver and protection
the abolition Of national banks, the re-
peal of the lO-per-cent. tax on State banks,
and the issuance of Treasury notes, so
"a to give this country currency circu-
lation Of $50 per capita, as 1t had In 1905.
Eventually 1 believe that the country
will be forced to put the railroads ana
all lines Of transportation under govern
ment control. But that is remote ques-
ton. / do not believe that 1t is good
politics to press this question to the front
now"
What do you think of the defeat Of
Waite and other Populists In the West!
l asked.
POPULISTS AND THE NEXT PRESI-
DENT.
Il believe with Lafe Pence-who, by
the way was one of the brightest men
we had in Congress- and whose defeat
/ greatly regret-that Waite is an unmiti-
gated fool. He and his kind have done
the Populist party infinitely more harm
than all the opposition 1t has ever had.
Such men prejudice intelligent, thinking
people against the party. and injure II in
every possible way.
at is the fault Of any new party that
II always attracts to itself all the cranks
and men with Ferris-wheels in their
heads that the country contains, and the
worst of IL is that, at the inception OF
a new movement, so many OF these men
get to be leaders and in control But we
shall steadily weed them out. and then
the Populist party will be a great politi-
cal power"
What are your hopes for 1862 1
asked.
''JhcN are very rosy. Inc SOllu Ooutu
is busted; IL Is dead. and II will never
be revived. The Democratic party viii be
defeated in majority Of the Southern
States In the next presidential contest.
With the electoral votes 1t Will gain in
the South and West. the Populist party
will hold the balance Of power in the
next electoral college. and will name the
next President"
What are you going to do when you
get into Congress?" / asked, curious as
to the plans OF this aggressive young
man.
II am going 10 introduce a resolution
to investigate the means by which the
Sherman silver act was repealed. and that
will include an inquiry into Cleveland's
connection with the Nova Scotia Coal Com
pany, with the Sugar Trust, and with
Wall-Street-Broker Benedict. In other
words, / mean to try to find out now
Cleveland has amassed fortune OF MIL
lions within the last five years.
"When he left the Governors chair IN
Albany his honorable poverty was
graphically indicated in the fact that ne
possessed a single pair of pants He was
a poor man when he quit his first term rs
President. Now l have reliable informa-
tion that he Is worth in the neighborhood
of 100000. l mean to ask: How did ne
get itY
Howard will deliver an address at NO.
30 east Tenth street this evening.