Evening journal., 1913-10-28
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Senator CIlngman'S Belief
In North CaTOIip-
By Holland

One evening in the early spring. of
1883 gentleman took vacant scat be-
side the ono ! was occupying in the
lobby of the old Arlington Hotel at
Washington. He held in one hand some
rough quartz-likc specimens and he
looked al them fondly He wore a tall
silk hat. much battered. the fur no
longer having any lustre His linen was
crumplcd, but J observed that IL was
immaculate. he wore boots, over which
his trousers fitted tightly, and his whole
appearance was that of a man who WIS
preserving in his garments style which
had been fashionable years earlier. His
face was thin and his checks and chin
were covered by a short cut snow white
beard His hair was iron gray.
presume that he observed that was
looking somewhat ouriouslv az the peh
bles which he held in his hands, Tor he
said in voice very gentle beautifully
modulatcd: These came from the state
Of North Carolina.
Are you interested in mineralogy,
Senator Chngmans' ! asked
fhe Senator looked AZ me sharply
for .. moment. a. though he were as
tonished that this stranger knew who
he WAS. ! knew hi-1 as General Cling
man. who, had been prominent ycars be.
fore the Civil War in the lower House
of Commons IA Whig member from
North Carolina aud later as Senator
from that state He had withdrawn
from the senate AZ the outbreak OF the
Civil War 10 enter into service az col
oncl Of North Carolna regiment
"Ncs.- said he at last II am greatly
interested IN the mncraloyy of my
state. I am the first man 20 make Il
! known that in North Carolua there is
/ platinum There are ruhics There a.,
immense deposits of mica. but was
not. The FIRST 10 make u known That
North Carolina also has considerable
deposits of gold That was known u
the days when North Carolina Wss 4
colony
II am persuaded" continued Senator
! Clngman that tho time is not distant
when bv accident there viii he\ discof
cries f very rich mineral resources IN
North Carolina"
thought Of that remark wears later
when the men of science who were pros
pccting in North Carolina for certain
minerals which were found TO be ol
Niagara discovered means by which
acctylene gas could be cheaply pro
duccd
"All Of our great discoveries OF min
cral wealth have come as a result o
happy accident and have followed th'
|. kind dispensation Of blind virtue ~hici
has been so lavish with this country,
continued Senator Clngman. DO yo,
suppose Mexico would let California e
II il had been known that there vcr'
rich gold deposits in that states
Those gold discoveries followed th
close Of the Mexican War and the,
have been of prodigious importance
commercially, industrially and politi
caIly.
down yondcr.' continued the Sens
tor. indicating with a gesture the south
"thcy arc going TO find some day, and
think, by chance, enormously rcl
mineral products. The Appalachian
range is TO reveal them and somebod,
with a spade win disclose great richie
beneath The surface OF Florida. and W
We took Florida grdginsly as favc
TO Spain"
! presume senator Clingman had th
phosphate deposits in Florida in MIND
we bought Russian America as
favor 70 Russia Some day there vii
he disclosed in that great 'peninsul
thcv~eall Alaska enormous riches.
"rhc upper peninsula Of Michiga
was tossed back and forth betwce
Michigan and Wisconsin. no one dream
in what enormous wealth in cor
per and lumber would be made avail
able there. Some day / am ccrtai
happy chance or careful research wi
disclose undresmed OF riches in Mort
Carolina"
senator Cliugman lived long encug
10 sec some OF his predictions fructlie'