Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
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stopping at tne Normandie, has quite decid-
ed opinions on the coal and iron schedules
of the Wilson bill He is thoroughly &C.
Quainted with the mining industries Of the
United States SO far as these two minerals
are concerned, and If the tariff bill is re-
committed to the Senate finance committee
will appear before that collection of states
men with an argument in favor Of protec-
ton. Talking last night, Maj. Stahlman
said: THE gentlemen who prepared the
Wilson bill are evidently not acquainted
with the conditions prevailing in the sec
tons which are most affected by IT. In Ten
nessee, which produces an excellent quail
ty OF coal and iron, wages are so high that
ii is an impossibility for us to compete
with outsiders who pay comparatively lit
tic for labor. Miners with us get more than
living wages. They are worth their cost
TO US, because well-fed man is a well
working man. Coal miners in Canada and
Nova Scotia have meat on the table once
or twice a week, because they cannot afford
1t oftener. American coal miners in my
section have meat three times day, If they
want 1t. 1t costs US more to get the coal
out and more to lay il down where IL is
wanted. Free-listing IL will throw thous-
ands of men out of employment. 1 can see
neither rhyme nor reason in legislation of
this class. An equalization of the tariff
Tor revenue purposes is what is wanted by
the people who elected the delegates to the
chicago convention"
You sometimes hear of men who can ride
anything that wears hair" said Mai. Bar
bour at the Ebbitt. Sometimes you hear
TIE men say SO themselves. Riding is
merely matter OF leg-grip and equilibrium.
Like any other art, it has it's possibilities
ana It's limitations. The next time you lis
ten to one of the ride-anyth -that-wears-
ralr people put him down as a liar. You
need not tell him so If he is larger than you
ana has prognathous Jaw. have mad to
DO with 'bucking or pitching horses for
some years. 1 cannot ride them myself,
but L know men who can. And / know
some horses that no man can ride. So in
stantaneous, strong and violent is the mus
cular action of these animals that II a hu-
man being We're placed in the saddle and
he had legs fifty feet long, and they wrap
ped around his beast like the convolvui
or boa constructor, he would have to come
off. The Mexicans are the best riders in
the world, and you never see them mount
an unbroken animal without every precau-
ton. They hopple the stirrups, that is,
connect them by piece of rope some two
feet long, use two girths to the saddle and
tie across the pommel a heavy stick folded
in piece of blanket under which, when
seated. their thighs fit. With all of these
appurtenances they are frequently thrown
The action Of the 'bucking' horse of the
prairies, you must understand is utterly
different from the action of the civilized
Inc Win straight
spring from the hind legs 1t is easy
enough to sit. The former arches his back
until his spine forms an apex upon which
the rider is perched, goes straight into the
air and comes down with all four legs stifr
The jar is terrific. l have seen blood run
out of the nose, ears and eyes of bronco
busters Next to the Mexican In natural
riding ability comes the southern negro,
and after him the western Indian. AS for
the gentlemen of the Chevy Chase aniseed
pursuers, L fear that they would not be in
1t. Use Of the pigskin saddle does not lit a
man for rough work. AS an instance OF the
power of certain animals. / recall a mare
which used to be one of the attractions of
w. F. Cody's Wild West Show. She was
Old enough to know better, but she did not.
Codys force of rough riders was composed
could get bride on. They could not ride
the mare After repeated trials and re-
peated falls. she was given up as hopeless.
They named her Old Dynamite She may
be with the combination yet. If she is. you
can bet that she is left carefully alone.
Yes, the next time you hear one of the
ride-an ythin g. that-wears-ha fellows put
him down a liar but you need not tell
him SO IL he is larger than you"
There is one thing I like about the
west" said Mr.. ]. K. Haralson of Indiana,
at the National, "and that is the way in
which its people hang together. i have had
this lovable trait forcibly brought to mind
during my three-days' stay in Washington.
The men from New York do not seem TO
care where each other halls from. The
men from Massachusetts, pass by one
another without SO much as a nod. / think
that. in greater or lesser degree, the same
is true of the Washington visitors from any
one Of the eastern or middle states. But
The men from the west! Why, watch a fell
low from Indiana go down the avenue. in
little while he will find another man from
Indiana. Then they take a drink and ask
the barkeeper for the latest news from
Posey county, and the Terre Haute quota
tions on hoop-poles. Then. like Thackeray
and his friend. who had finished an excel
lent dinner in a small Partisan cafe they
look az one another and they love one
another. This is true of Montana men, or
Wisconsin men, or Texas men, or Dakota
men, or any men who come from the wind
blown country where the sun beats down
from a cloudless sky and likes are larger
sometimes II seems to me that the dwellers
upon the North Atlantic coast, in their race
for wealth, or power. have dropped some
thing of the old kindly spirit that 4 hun
dred years ago made all Americans brothers
In feeling and proud Of their birthland."
1T used to be the dream Of Seward"
said Mr.. w. III. Baxter of Missouri, at Will
lard's. that ST. Paul, Mimi, would be the
capital or a greater United States, which
would include Canada. all Of the other
North American British possessions and
Mexico. That dream will never come true.
II three hundred years from now you ard
1 could. like Hamlet's father. revisit the
pale glmpses of the moon, We would find
the Capitol located in the present capital,
both of them very much enlarged the one
the largest city of the continent the other
building in comparison with which the
present St. Peters would seem insignificant.
The people of this country have poured too
many millions of money into Washington
to desire a change. Since the seat of gov
eminent is here, II will remain here IL
costs money to build up capitals, and the
great American people, as a whole are not
fond OF spending money. You may have
discovered the fact by a review of the
work OF the last four or five appropriations
committees"
Witnesses on Pension VOuchers,
To the Editor OF The Evening Star: