Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13

been none Of this trouble It would have
| been taken up by the country. 1t would
have gone into general circulation, and
| there would have been nothing to redeem.
| The repeal Of the Sherman bill outright
| was another error. According to my way
| Of thinking that was the time when Con-
| gress should have declared that in 1895,
say, in 1890, the United States would
adopt dual unit of value. composed Of
| gold and silver dollars. at a ratio to be de-
| termined upon hereafter, and within the
| prescribed time, unless bimetallism was in
| the meantime adopted by international con-
! sent. OF course, one may discuss the pros
| and cons of the silver question as long as
| breath holds out, but it is mistake to call
| the present free silver agitation a craze
similar to that which overwhelmed the
| greenbackers There is no similarity. I re-
| peat, between the greenback craze and the
so-called silver craze that now envelopes
| the country. These Coins publications, for
| instance, have reached editions, I see, of
| 100000 copies. That shows how people are
! giving their attention to the subject; and
So I say, it augurS well for the future set
| Element of this highly important financial
| question that the best intellects in America
| are today considering the silver question. I
don't mean that they are champions of the
| free and unlimited coinage of silver, or that
| they believe in silver money metal at
all, but what wish to convey is the fact
| that the people are thinking over the entire
| financial problem, and out of this vast
| amount of consideration the solution Of the
| question is bound to come.
| His Views on the Present.
| "Another thing that struck me in the
south on my way up here" said the gov
| ernor, was the prosperous appearance CT
| the section. Fences seemed to be in good
| condition, farms seemed to be taken care
| Of and in better shape generally. There
| was less of that appearance OF neglect that
| once characterized it. Yes, the south is
| irp haa Init wi q N.
| Do you know he said suddenly, that
| don't believe that all this alleged boom IN
business that we hear so much about has
as much foundation in the renewed CONN
| dence of commercial classes in the stable
| conditions of affairs as that 1t is due to
| the necessities following the period OF
tear has depleted the stock on hand IN
| the world and manufactures and IN
| dustries have taken ON new activity, mere
| ly. believe. in order to make up 1or me
| daEletion tina. has occurred, and TO get
| stock on hand to meet further demands
| that may be made. do not wish TO De
regarded as a pessimist. but that is my
| honest opinion, and believe that you VIII
| fine that i. will be correct one
| Diplomatic Cigar Maker.
After supper in the dining car. where we
sat with Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. Quintard,
the daughter of the governor. and Miss
Benjamin, we returned to the smoking
room and continued to talk.
| Have a cigar?' said the governor. II
wish I had one of my Mexican cigars to
| give you. They are the finest cigars in
| the world. When / went down there first
| l got an old Mexican in Mazatlan to make
| my cigars for me. The tobacco grown In
! that neighborhood is equal, If not superior,
| to that raised in Vera Cruz or Havana.
The manufacturer did not know then
| whether I was Englishman or an
| American. SO he took hold of both horns
of the dilemma, and lifted himself diplo-
be compromising position by calling the
| brand of cigars Victoria Washington
| When was up in the north several years
ago d! gave some of those cigars to some
| friends in New York, and now thousands
| are ordered from the Mexican"
| The conversation turned on the political
probabilities of the next twelve months,
| and he believed that the commercial con-
| dition of the country in the first six of
| those months would have great deal to
| do with shaping the outcome of the next
presidential election. He did not make any
bones about stating his opinion of the
various pieces Of political timber. He
| thought William c. Whitney was about
the strongest man at present in the demo-
cratic party, and said German was a
| shrewd man. 1t was evident from his con-
| versation that he had followed the drift of
recent political affairs and that, like other
| men of wisdom and prudence, cid not care
| to venture within the bounds Of anything
like prophecy.
His Plan for Washington.
We turned our talk to Washington, and
| asked him if the plan of Improvement
| which he inaugurated and carried to COM
pletion was the result of sudden inspira-
| tion or of carefully matured thought and
| judgment. He threw his shoulders back
one of his familiar gestures
| You know, was born and raised in
w Washington" lie said, land when 1 was
| boy 1t used to make me boiling mad to
near people talk about Washington being
mud hole. When 1 went into the city
council! i'll 1850, along with Crosby Noyes
and other strong believers in the introduce
| ton Of new order of things in Washing
| ton, we tried to have something done
| towards changing the conditions. but the
| old element, SO narrow and conservative
bigotry is frequently called that-pre
vented us from doing anything we
wanted to do. Washington was then a
typical southern city, slow as snail, and
utterly without any elements of progress
| suffcient to make it get a move on. Why
every now and then the city would employ
about twelve or fifteen hundred laborers
and send them around town digging the
grass out of the cobblestone cutters with
case knives. That is a fact. There is no
joking about that. Well, 1 still hoped on.
and after the war people who thought my
way grew larger in numbers, and at last
l went into the movement against SayIes
J. Bowen that resulted in the election of
Matthew G.. Emery as mayor. 1 thought
ms ms ", would lead to better condition of
aHairs but it pretty soon became apparent
that the only hope for Washington's future
would be found in a change of the form of
| government in the District This was
brought about and you know the result"
1 told him that the population of Wash
ington and of the country now appreciated
and applauded his work. He said n
| was very gratifying to feel that he
was at last understood, and that the work
he had planned and carried on in the face
| of such opposition and bitterness was now
universally approved, not only by WASH
ingtonians themselves, but by every man
who had pride in the capital Of his nation.
His Costly Sacrifices.
When went into the work of improving
Washington city, he said, IT was at the
head Of prosperous and growing bust
ress, that was paying me anywhere from
5000 to $4,000 year. When I went out
of office it was barely paying expenses 1
had been unable to give it my personal at
tention, and those who managed it, al
though they did everything they could,
| were not equal to the task. Then the panic
Of 1873 came and caused me still further
losses. At last made up my mind that
would forsake politics and exile myself
from the city 1 knew and loved so well I
had satisfied myself that one needed to be
frir TO ho