Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09

on which all men could meet, and that is
| free trade. and We won't have free trade
in our time.
Would not the New York Suns platform
of an equal duty on all imports take the
question out of politics?"
Mr.. Morrison smiled and shook his head
The New York Sum-" he said as a very
bright paper. But every one knows that
| II Is for protection. That's all that the New
York Sun means. 1t is for protection.
But as to a uniform rate of duty, it would
not be collected on all things"
You mean that
Never mind what 1 mean" said Mr. Nor
rfson; that is something that cannot be
discussed except In very general terms
DO not care to go into it. As said, the tariff
viii continue to be the great campaign is
sue except, perhaps, as some very important
question crowds 1t out temporarily. Per-
haps when the pen sions are all paid and the
government does not need so great a reve-
nue., things may be put on different basis.
but that will be great many years hence. "
Are the people in your section pleased
with the income tax?'
They seem to be rather Indifferent to it.
They say very little about it,.
About the Presidency.
I asked Mr.. Morrison IL he had been ap-
preached seriously on the subject Of the
presidency of late
"oh, that's just something for newspapers
something about that from time to time
for a good many years. But this isn't the
time to talk about the presidency. About
four months before the convention is to be
held Is time enough for that"
DO you think that the situation points
| to a western candidate for 1902
THAT question of locality was discussed
] before you were born" said Mr.. Morrison.
81 went into a convention in 1856, in which
/ we were going to nominate a western man.
| We didn't nominate him, by the way. On,
| that question Is one which will have to set
/ tie itself sometime in the future. 1t is too
/ early to talk about IL now. No one knows
| anything about 1t
| How about the senatorship from Illi-
nois?'' / asked
/ II have written a letter, which has been
[ published in Illinois pretty generally, I
1 guess, saying that 1 am not candidate.
4 Every little while they start me as a can
/ didate for Congress again in my district
/ Only the other day / was suggested as a
| candidate. / wouldn't mind going back into
| Congress II had any assurance Of staying
/ there for eight or ten years. Eut there
/ isn't any certainty about it. The first term
/ the people are all for you, perhaps. The
/ second time a few of them drop off. Be
/ fore the third election comes around some
/ of the young fellows in the district would
| be saying: Isn't Morrison ever going to get
through running for CongressT At my
/ time of life don't care to go actively into
/ campaigning for Congress. / always make
! some speeches in my district and last cleo
/ ton / made number of speeches through
/ the state. But when 1t comes to campaign
/ ing for Congress, that is a different thing.
/ You are no sooner through with one fight
| than you have another on your hands. The
district is safely democratic under the new
| apportionment, though"
| "In the Senate you would have an assur-
ance Of six years of peace"
Coming Senatorial Elections.
"weli, getting elected to the Senate is a
different thing. There is a contest in our
/ state over the redistricting by our legsla-
/ ture. Our constitution provides that a dis
| trict shall not contain more than one-third
above or one-thir1 below the average pop
ulation. Then 1t provides that In laying
out the districts the counties shall be con-
tiguous. Well. the state was 'shoe-stringed'
a little by the legislature, and the republi-
cans are trying to prove that the new dis
| tricts are illegal. If they can do 1t and go
back to the old districts they will elect a
Senator. If the new districts are sustained
we will elect Senator. 1 think. The mat
ter rests with the court. and that is repub-
| ican."
l made some comment to the effect that
it was pity politics should influence the
decision OF a court or should be considered
factor in influencing its decision.
They are all alike" said Mr.. Morrison
when politics enters into question I
would Just as soon take 1t before a ward
o SOuie- is, - Is ply u
should be so. But we are built that way
That is all there is to 80
Politics Is a mean business" said
We'll, I don't know" said Mr.. Morrison
II believe Of politics what Alex STEPHENS
said Of the money during the war. He was
| making a speech at Milledgevile and try
| ing to persuade the people, to take some of
I the confederate securities. Some one asked
| him II they would pass current. I'll be
| frank with you.' he said. They are not in
/ tended to circulate as money Then some
| one wanted to know IL they would be re-
| deemed. I'll be frank about that too he
| said. If we win they'll be the best secu-
rity on earth. But II these northern people
| succeed in running over us and defeating
| US they won't be worth the paper they're
/ printed on. But they'll be as good as any
] thing else you have That" said Col Nor
| rison, rs what believe about politics. II
Is not perfect, but it is as good as anything
] else you have
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.