The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-27
MAI. GUTHRIE IN TOWN
HAS REEN To NEW YORK TO
GIVE WALL STREET
FEW POINTS.
ON the FINANCIAL SITUATION

ON the FINANCIAL SITUATION
With True Popuiis,ic Love OF Calam-
ity.Howhng he Fails to See any Signs
of Peace or Imp ovemen', and his
Voice is for War With Ensland-- He
Explain. to Il " ordering World Ex.
actly Way and How the President
Wrote the Fam n, Message.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-(SpeciaD
Major W. A. Guthrie got to town to-
night. and is accompanied by his son,
Mr.. w. r. Guthrie.
Major Guthrie will be here for two
or three days, and is fresh from New
York. where he has been watching
the doings of the bulls and bears III
the pit of the Stock Exchange. He
saws he considers the financial situa-
ton to be in very shaky way, and,
in fact, has not been able to see the
signs of peace that seem to loom up
before so many patriots and states
men at this moment.
On the other hand, the Majors
war. and he SAYS those that so wish
may pooh-pooh the chances of fight
as much as they please but, to his
mind. the facts and probabilities are
all against them.
What the Major mostly deplores is
the fact that Harrison did not force
the issue. For" said the Major, Mr..
Harrison had the same opportunity.
The situation with regard to the Nene-
zuelan line has been the same for
many wears. and had Cleveland SO
chosen, the matter could have been
closed up without such heroic steps.
But Mr.. Cleveland went fishing. and
got to thinking of how he had been
abused by his own party and by the
Republicans: of how he had been de-
nounced as co-operator with English
Jews in the DrexelMorgan bond deal,
and he said to himself: We'll they say
I'm playing to the English. now I'll
turn the tables, and give the Republi-
cans chance to tackle Johnny Bull. :"
The Major don't hesitate to say that
the dispute has passed the retreat
line. and he backs Mr.. Cleveland up
with all the Irish that he has in him
which is right smart.
Eloquent dreams of empire illum-
MED the mind of the Major as he grew
more feryid in his talk which was
warmer and warmer with side-lights
as he proceeded.
Said the Major: Il believe, sir, that
such war now would result in two
great things. namely the extension OF
our power to dominion over this
whole hemisphere. and the perfect
unification of the North and the South.
And the party that thus makes this
government united, at the same time
increasing It's territory, will live a
century.
Major Guthrie said before Harrison
was inaugurated he wrote to him and
told him of the opportunities before
him which embraced plans very SINH
lar TO those just laid down by Mr..
Cleveland.
The Major is free to say that he be-
lieyes the Southern men will take the
lead in the war, and prove, If possible.
the most loyal and effective soldiers in
the whole scrapping match. He thinks
the first six months might go hard
with us. but after that, England would
wink the other eye.
The logic of the situation is thus
stated by the Major ''The Commits
sion is appointed; it will find that
England has oyerstepped her rightful
bounds, in which case there can be no
back-step by this country and there will
be none by England. THE very greatest
power of England was her grip upon
her dependant colonies. and to relax
her grasp one whit will be the first
step towards her weakened influence
over the others in every part of the
earth.
.'Yes. they may laugh at the idea of
war as much as they wish" concluded
the Major. but their wish is father
to their thought: they laughed at war
when the Peace Commission came TO
Washington at the time of the Civil
War. and even after the battle of Bull
Run, many believed there would be no
war. But it came"
Mr.. Shuford did not go home for the
holidays He told me last night he
did not expect to go home, though in
the Congressional Record of to-day he
is noted as having gotten ten days
leave of absence on account of sickness
at home.
Spencer Blackburn, the handsome
reading clerk in the Douglass Senate,
is here. and tells me that he is act
ing in the capacity of private secretary
10 Congressman Linney. BY the way,
did not Linney raise the question of
the luxury of a private secretary on his
opponent during his canvas?
Dir. T.. II. Lewis is passing through
on his way from visit to his people at
Kinston to his home in AriZonia. He
saws his train was rocked by tramps
tonight this side of Fredericksburg.
Six windows were broken.
X
was talking with Congressman Set
tie tonight. Mr.. Settle does not seem
to want the fact forgot that he got all
he wanted from Reed both for himself
and his friends. For example. he cites
the fact that he made known to Reed
that Pearson wanted to be on Foreign
Affairs. and Reed said. "let Pearson be
foreign" and Pearson was foreign
Moreover. Mr.. Linney SAID he wanted
to be on the Elections Committee, and
he landed Mr. Settle says the North
Ga,.clin. Gpfaca ion was lpftpr treated