New-York tribune., 1899-06-10
THE PASSING THRONG


THE veterans Of Congress are fast dropping ou,.
said Governor Benton McMilIin. who served -.
terms in the House. at the Fifth Avenue Ho,.
last night. when was first sle,.
THE ed. in 1878 Thomas b. Reed. !,
VETERANS Maine, had just finished his 0,,.
DROPPING term, and In Congress there Vs.
OUT. Garfield, Thurman, Holman. An,
set Cox. Pig Iron Kelly pan,
Randall and others. Joe Cannon. OF rllinois q
one OF the few left One Of the funniest thing,
ever saw in the House verbal set-to betvs.,
Cox and Cannon. Cannon gesticuates almost so.,
with his left index finger. and the way he'll pcr,
1t at an opponent In debate 10 emphasize po,D,
Is a caution. One day Cox said something csrno,
( didn't like. and Cannon said:
"'Mr. Speaker. / want TO interrupt the gem.
mann
IN let you have the floor on one condiuc.
said Cox. pauslng III let you have the floor /.
the condition that you stop shaking your ION.
finger at me. I'm afraid It might go off.' '"'
stucA risst @ said g., Cannon Al, and With ths,
gan 10 speak. Just Cannon got warmed rs
got excited at the sound of his own voice az
out came his left forehnger and instantly he VA.
.Mr. Speaker, said the latter breaking into G.,
tract. and refuse 10 yIed Elm 'r1Sen tSs s nis Goa
longer, ard then Cox went on in his best vein sr,
burst into roars. and It was good ioke Tor
month" -"
How was IT you were elected so msny sr..
without serious opposition" the Governor va,
1T was simple enough used to tell reoyn,,,,..
in Tennessee that my pla form was Thomas 1.s
ierson's first inaugural address, supplemented \,
Whatever the Democratic party had don. .it,r.
good or bad, since That platform u,s '..nsr r
trouble" ''' Haa any
Governor McMillins presence in the c,,v IN cor.
pany with State Treasurer Craig ex.Con,roI,..
Harris and other Tennessee State Official. h..
given rise to many rumors. chic,
NJ MlLLlN OF which Is that Governor McMnIp
AND HE VIII succeed Senator Bate al Wash.
SENATE. lngton AZ the closa =, 49,. GU
Ex-stats Controller Harris risk.
a prophecy that he will.
The Governor is a hard fighter" said he "srt
he is candidate for the United States senate w.
will have hard fight 10 win. but hem u,,r o..
once makes up his mind 70 become candidate q,
earnest The dark horse is Edward W Carmack
the young Congressman from the Xth Dts,r,c,
Carmack is said by some to be the bran,est young
man in the Tennessee delegation Senator Turlev..
term expires in 1901, and it is possible that both
McMillin and Carmsck may represent their stats
in the upper house.
r. A NJ Barbour member Of the family of
linen makers by that name. whose factories give
work TO three thousand employees In and around
DNihSts itldhut ID having BOOQ
LINEN time with relatives and friend, IN
INDUSTRY town while staying the Fifth
IN IRELAND. Avenue Hotel 1.-The mills a. homo
are doing good business" said
he last night. "Of course, could do more II We
had the orders and the competition with King Cot
ton is fierce. Much so-called linen sold in England
is union OF cotton and linen and the cotton
goods people are aggressive. Still making
out, and Belfast, having diversified industries. is
making out The people In the south OF Ireland
are still poverty stricken, and 1t Is because they
there TO start fax-growing. but the population Is
Roman Catholic. and our man, being a Protestan,
he he IS ees stef st a asd he coadn get Hight I
way across other farms to his own. and so he had
solving Itself under the new new iTsH land laws The ten.
years there will be no landlord problem in Ire
land. In Ulster the plain people would have
'sss wSsa the ds
worked largely by young women, who. wore no
ss on Ut h he d tmf now @ rSg @ aq %
do as they used 70. Now they take piano lessons
f ew orSer Of af h g IS h 60 over
the the old, but at the same time there I: probably
prsed If the improved condiion OF labor here had
a good deal to do with the changes over there.
I'VE are not worrying about the warcloud In the
Transvaal yet awhile" said Stephen 7. Fox. the
Chambers-st. hardware commission merchant, last
night. The growth in exports to
SHIPMENTS South Africa during the last
TO THE eighteen years has been little less
than marvellous In 1850 shipments
were made as rule on sailing
sells at intervals Of about eight weeks. Now steam
ers go from this port about twice a month. and
every one is loaded down with freight The inter-
estng thing about the exports from the United
States to South Africa is that the Engshmen there
mill If they could get IT in England as cheap. In
fact, they would pay just trife more, perhaps, 70
underse the and keep on getting more
OF the trade. We are sending everything In ne
is es BOTS
lamps. blue enamelled sinks, all kinds OF wooden
esn fGf think 6Io o and Here s @
rage bolts. After a good deal Of figuring ana
Cape Town and johannesburg that We coul
furnish them carriage bolts for just half what hg
In Gsd aHd the SgRq Brs IN s
Africa doesn't let sentiment interfere with oua
The tariff law English pr nS ns %
able to turn right around and undersell the Brit
isher in the South African market"
writer people returned from South Africa short
time ago. and he shares the belief OF ether Man
haitian men who have visited the
LOOKS Transvaa that conflict between
FOR A the Beers and the Uitlanders Is in'
CONFLICT. evtabe. II went 10 Johannesburg
strongly biassed in favor OF tne
Beers and sympathizing with this far-away Dutch
said Mr.. Cassatt, but I'm free to con-
fess that l no sooner investigated the situation
than changed my views. and now am OF ,he
that there never will be solic prospefiV
and happiness for the people Of South Africa ''A
the Beers are compelled TO accord the Enghshmen
and Americans there equal political rights VIE
themselves. The Dutch at Cape Town anu ~
Dutch at Johannesburg are two dinerent S,,. anlSS
IL you'll pardon the expression The Johannesburg
Boer is crude. intolerant. cunning fellow wl,n ~
sense OF responsibility toward any one out isnou
Boer. I see that krixer and Miner couId no'
agree, and both have apparently reached the pa.
ing OF the ways. England can't tolerate th!nsss
they are and II KrHger gives in It means the os
ginning OF the end OF his race in South Atries lu