New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-29
WA.SHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

| to an Alabama gossip this Is how Mr. fugh' io'
eighteen twenty years landmark IN INC oeha.''
! came 10 be displaced by General Pe'tus' no" 'i''
| Morcan's junior colleague; During Mr.. 'eVe-
| lands first Administration Mr. Pettrs was anxious
| TO fill the place the Supreme Court bcncn 10
| which Senator Lamar was afterward appointed
! lie applied to his frield. Senator Pugh ana the
| latter made earnest and sincere appear ior inc
| appointment Of M Pettus. The President inquired
! to the age OF Pettus and. when Informed, SAID
| he too old Senator Pugh communicated TINS
fact to Pettus. and also suggested to another emil
nent, but younger lawyer in his State to apply Tor
| the place. It settled fact that Southern
| man would surely succeed 10 the vacancy. senator
Pettus heard Of Senator Pugh's letter to the other
friend. and 1t made him angry. but Just why IL az,
so cannot tell Anyhow. Pettus came up 10
Washington, called on Pueh and asked TO- know
| planned that Mr. Cleveland would not alter his de-
termination about not appointing man n1o pett dnv
| ing Pugh Pettus said Well. may be too old to
n6 G too ' od o M n Sae Senate al he your will
gst about fl m Seqs & good Ma as
| IDEAL seat which Pugh occupied during forme"
| ccmber. Senator Pettus will be soventy-sx on the
, 9Th Of next month"
BETTER TIMES NEAR AT HAND.-Charles B.
Lands who represents the IXth Congress District
| OF Indiana, has just returned from a five weeks
| visit home. II don't care" he remarked to-day,
Wnat inc crOakerS ana peSSlmlSts nave 10 say
about returning prosperity l know from personal
| intercourse with people engaged In all kinds of
business that times picking up every day.
| will take M district an illustration. l
found evidences OF returning prosperity in every
county Dealers In agricultural implements, in
buggies hardware groceries and. In fact. all kinds
| OF business report steady Increase in trade.
| learned from n number of real estate agents that
farms which their clients had pat in their hands to
be sold had recently been Withdrawn because the
farmers feel certain that after the passage of the
Tariff bill farming will be more profitable than for
years past. on the train coming from home ! met
them said his sales last week we're larger than any
week for four years. | don't claim to be
every branch; Will experience an impr9vement In
his signature 10 the Tariff BILL
THE OUTLOOK IN THE SOUTHWEST.-Judge
Terry. Of Arkansas. who has just returned from the
Southwest also reports hopeful outlook for
good year in that part of the country. THE crops
IN Arkansas" he said to-day. ARE in better
dition this year than knew them before. and
The people. both white and colored. working
harder than ever saw. They realize that some
and consequently have settled down and gone to
work with will. They must have money. and are
using all efforts TO market big crop Everybody
seems TO be getting along well, and there is no
complaining: They know there will be four years
10 make the best of the situation In the mean
time"
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE TARIFF-"I
believe the people of South Carolina. II they could
squarely the issue Of protection, would
"A majority OF ballots for that policy" said W. r.
5. Whaley a cotton manufacturer Of Columbia at
the Normandie. He continued:
In the northern ard central parts OF the State,
where cotton goods extensively produced the
mill-owners want a duty on manufactured prod
ucts, and in the coast counties the people want
duty rice. SO It IS that In every locality there
is some interest that is considered worthy of pro-
lection. In spite of years Of political unrest
and agitation. South Carolina is In excellent
dition. and. tn ough not much money Is being made.
our factories are all running full time
II is evident from remark dropped by Senator
McLaurin of the Palmetto State. yesterday that
he does not share Mr.. Whaley's belief. Mr. Nc
Laurin is a candidate for United States Senator.
and the election is to be decided primaries TO be
held within the next few months. 1t may be re,
membered that he recently advocated and voted
for protective duties cotton. rice lumber and
several other products, and 1t was asserted. on
would be found recorded in the affirmative on the
final passage Of the Dingley bill That seems to
terday his opinion TO the date which the bill
would pass the Senate. he is reported to have re-
Il think vote will be reached on Friday. That
is hanSmans day ana rs the b VII bring e., ruin
through on haagman's day"
NElGHBOkHOOD IROl lS--Mr NC
Laurin and his colleague. Mr.. Tilnan. we'll
Messrs. Bacon and Clay. Of Georgia and several
other Southern Senators, appear to belong to that
class of statesmen whom Samuel J. Randall once
described by the Phrase ''neighborhood protection
ists.' They always ready to demand and vote
for protective duties the products and manu-
features which distinctively belong to their re-
spective States or localities and would regard 1t
outrage. as well as calamity. II such duties
were not imposed and they are equally ready TO
denounce and vote against protective duties on the
manufactures and products of other States. They
appear TO have conception OF protection as
National policy. There are others like Mr. Pasco.
Of Florida and Messrs. Daniel and Martin of Nir-
ginia, who do not openly so so far as Messrs. Nc
Laurin. Tillmln, Clay and Bacon in advocacy Of
protective duties products peculiar to their
States. For example when the question of duty
on fuIler's earth was before the Senate yesterday.
Mr. Pasco. with almost shrinking modesty. intimated
that his State was interested therein. and asked to
have read letters setting forth the necessity of
duty on the newly discovered Florida product. Mr..
Pasco then went on In an Apologize, indirect way
to advocate the duty and skilfully evaded direct
rcp.y 10 Mr. TIoar's blunt inquiry as to whether he
Hasco) was Of the opinion that the rate of duty
which had been suggested would be sufficient to
protect the Florida producers against their English
competitors.
When the tobacco schedule was before the Sen
ate Friday both the virginia senator's who are
on ''only'-showed deep interest in il. according
Daniel walked over and took seat alongside of Mr..
Allison. while his colleague MI Martin. also tip
toed over the Republican side, and engaged In
earnest conversation with the Republican mana
gers Neither Of these good old Virginia Democrats
would think OF voting for protective rates. hut they
I'D want. aw.uy, to a stiff duty put upon i'm
ported tobacco. When the schedule finally went
through both Senators rubbed their hands clec-
fully. congratulated Mr. AIS n am returned II their
side OF tha chamber feeling that they had taken
good g. the interests Of their constituents"
STATESMEN AND THE BOAT RACE-Joseph
Benson Foraker. OF Ohio t. the only member Of
the United States Senate who was graduated from
Cornell University. although that body contains
number Of graduates of Yale and Harvard. re-
spcctively. ON Friday when the press bulletin was
received Announcing that the Cornell crew had
won II proposed to carry IL to Senator Lodge.
who Il a Harvard mdn but somebody suggested
EDrAEDr lllnl ID II first