Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-07-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
No More "Auntiesh' In Washington-Th.
Garfield Law-Dewey and the
Price OF Hemp.
Especial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
That times have changed and custom.
with them was forcibly brought home
the other day to a young girl from tbs
| far south who was making her first visit
I-tQ Washington. In the little town which
& Ter home the old colored people still
4 he the families in which they lived
~ ore the war, still preserve their old
n be Difference TO white folks, and
Md be surprised if addressed other
- than tsauntie''~ and uncle. =
- is different in Washington. Here the
A TO- American thinks very well of him.
s. knows his rights and is very care
I about preserving them, and this diff
knce was the cause of the southern
girls discontinue. She was on the
street alone, trying to find the house of
a friend. The avenues have a way Of
,ntersecting the streets in Washington
which is confusing to any but the old
est inhabitant, and the girl found her
self getting hopelessly adrift in her eff
fort to reach her destination and did
not know which way to tack. Just then
she met a middle aged, very respectable
looking colored woman, we'll dressed,
but carrying a basket of clothes. The
sight cheered her, colored people were
always so kind to her down home and
she hurried TO the woman and said
most sweetly:
.'Oh, auntie, have lost my way.
Won't you please tell me how to get to
K street,
Instead of the expected "Yaas, in
deed, chile" the colored woman glared
at her and said in rasping tones, as she
stalked haughtily away:
4 amt yo' auntie. I'ze yo' ekal. -
Tom Johnson and the Garfield Law.
The Garfield law, which was passed
by the Ohio legislature to prohibit the
spending Of large sums by rich men for
Influencing votes, has not been gilt.
tering success" said Mr.. j. p Gurley
of Cincinnati at the Raleigh. ut seems
that the law was passed with special
reference to the Hon. Tom l. johnson,
who hired tents and other circus accesL
series, involving the expenditure of q
good deal of coin in his unique cam.
paigns The Republican legislature did
not want to see Mr.. johnson divorced
from so much of his hard earned cash.
and in order to save him from himself
enacted the statute compelling candi.
dates to be economical with their lucre
In fact, it was stated ON the floor of the
senate that the bill was aimed at John
SON
Now it seems that the law is an oh
stacle to other wealthy citizens WHIT
have political aspirations and who are
not sverse to giving mp about election
time But the fact is that nobody will |
ever be seriously interfered with by the |
Garfield law, for there are plenty OF |
ways of evading it. just as there is al
ways way of getting drink of whisky |
in a prohibition town. If candidates do |
not want to perjure themselves, they |
can always turn money over to agents |
vino viii spend it for them, and though |
they know just for what the money is
used the- can always shift the respon-
sibllity 10 their friends. The conscience |
Of the average politician is elastic /
enough 70 resort 70 that little dodge
without causing him to become q victim
% Insomnia.
Dewey and the Price OF Hemp.
.'Sipce the blockade Of Manila BY
Admiral Dewey the price Of hemp from
he Philippine islands has doubled in
raiua, = sid Mr.. c. ". Rice Of Boston.
The bulk of first class hempen ropes
n this country is made from the raw
material that comes from Manila.
Since Dewey has shut OF the supply
he best hempen rope has advanced
rom 8 cents to ii = cents pound, and
here Is probability OF still further in
reaSs uxtzi the close of the war The
took in hand in the United States in
n1slI, and the demand being great a
lse has taken place also IN the hemp
from Mexico The sisal hemp
1 that country Is not nearly 50 good as
bat obtained from the Philippines The
alter. being far mere durable, Is prefer
bic for ropes for outside nse- It lasts
niger IN the water, and frequent dry
ig ard Hesfing do it no harm Ii
Coal shippers use tons Of the best I
[anilla rope to tie their coal fleets to