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ESTABLISHED 1887.
, A STIRRJNG SPEECH.
I Hon. Seaborn Wright Before Mercer
University.
1 BE TALKS ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
It Created a Profound Impres-
I sion in Macon,
F ELOQUENT LANGUAGE UTTERED.
The Pertinent Points on Living Issues and
Matters That Interest Every Citi
zen of the Republic.
1 * Following is a synopsis of the speech
delivered by Hon. Seaborn Wright be
fore the Alumni Society of Mercer Uui-
. vcrsity, at the commencement exercises
on last Wednesday night. He received
great applause and the speech produced
considerable comment:
The orator came upon the rostrum im
mediately upon the cessation of the mu
sic. His subject was “Politics.”
-“Therrwas no apology necessary for
this, as all the schools discussed them
daily.” Some wonderfully true senti
ments were expressed that provoked
deafening applause.
Goldsmith has declared that “Just ex
perience tells in every soil, that those
who think will govern those who -toil.”
How vast then the influence of men
who go out from the colleges and uni
versities of the land.
Speaking of personal independence
and responsibility in politics, he said:
. ‘ ‘Party, with its procrustian rules, its
prestige, its assumption of mastery on
. the great sjdivfgntradicts the old saying
z of Tombs that “all political conventions
t, were advisory, and the rights of the peo
ple were higher than the dictates of
party. ’ ’.
‘‘A republic is a government where
every man is a constitutional monarch,
The priceless right of a citizen is free
dom of thought his highest duty to
maintain it. The man who surrenders
it is a coward —a disgrace to his crown
•of citizenship.
' ‘While religious and social liberty has
expense—political slavery has increased
The Science of politics has been pitched
<t- SO low that men who value reputation
more than office, and character aWve
the questionable distinction which of
fice brings, refuse to enter a field whose
brains are at a discount and morality a
reproach. When party action is hind
leg absolutely, the rules of the people
cease and the reign of the politician
begins.
His domination in American politics
through the mighty agency of party
machinery. His sway is absolute just
in proportion as the spirit of
independence decreases.
‘ ‘Loyalty to party is placed above all
the virtues. The first effect is the sacri
fice of true greatness upon the altar of
- mediocity. Machine made men like
cotton bales are of one size. Men are
contracted to fit the machine. The lat
ter never expands to fit the man. The
clay that will not yield is cast aside by
the potter for dirt that will press.
‘ ‘Fiom Washington to Jackson, great
mon were made presidents. From Jack
son to Cleveland, few men of ability
have filled that office. The history of
mankind is a protest against surrender
of individual freedom to established rule.
When organized religion established
procrustian rules and freedom of thought
bacame infidelity to church, the world
passed into the darkness of the middle
ages. Kings, by the grace of God, and
priests by mock pretension to infallibil
ity have met their Cromwell and Lu
ther and are lost into the darkness they
, created.
' ‘Political immorality follows inevi
tably the exaltation of party fidelity.
Witness the history of Tammany Hall,
an organization founded for a noble and
patriotic purpose. But as the organiza
tion grew, as party spirit waxed strong,
personal independence and responsibili
ty decreased, until under the contract of
Tweed Kelly & Croker it became a mon
ument of political infamy.
In vain did contending party de
nounce corruption in office. It was
partizan against partizan, “Biecks of
Five” Dudley in spirit if not in person
against “Dry Dollar” Smith.
‘ The spirit underlying the revolt that
did succeed was the spirit of personal in
dependence led by a man, not party.
It was the old fight—Luther the man,
against Letzel, the embodiment of
church corruption—Parkhurst the man
against Cooker, the embodiment of par
ty absolutism.
“Politicians unfit for trust or office be
come supreme as partizans. Lifting the
flag of party above their unhallowed
j heads they exclaim, ‘‘Let him who
will fire the first shot!’
‘ ‘As 1 mg as the nation is governed by
the ward politicians, the heeler, the
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
county boss, elections will be synony
mous with fraud and officials rank with
corruption. When the state is deliver
ed from this body of death, it will be
when the citizens hold moral worth and
brain power above party service or
loyalty.
“Parties are formed to advance and
maintain principles. But for thirty
years parties have scrambled for spoils.
Politics "a tempest in a teapot” and all
the earnestness of politician and promise
of party a monumental sham and fraud.
All Jgreat questions have been ignored.
Concentration of Wealth.
“HowJong can a republic last whose
masses become paupers and the few
possess the wealth of the country? When
corporations defy the laws; when her
producers are systematically robbed by
organized wealth, under the name of
“trust?” When the common people
are falling into pauperism and indus
trial slavery? The safety of the state is
paramount to the rights of any man.
Emigration,
“ The republic will always be a home
broadly free to the lovers of liberty the
world over, but the man who puts his
foot upon the soil of the republic should
come and come only when mind and
heart are in full sympathy with the
spirit and praises of our institutions.
Parties have met this question in
spirit of basest cowardice in the mad
scramble for party spoil. No element
has been too mean, too base, too crimi
nal for traffic and enlistment.
Liquor Traffic.
Infinitely greatest question before
the people.
It is a traffic in the mind and heart of
the nation.
As an economic question it is greater
than all questions of standard or tariff.
Half a million men engaged in this busi
ness are paid more than all the toilers
who feed the people or thejaborers who
cloth the people.
It is destructive of the happiness of
the people. Its victims sleep in every
village churchyard; its breath has
poisoned the sweet atmosphere of a mil
lion homes. There mav be “no argu
ment in a woman’s cry” or in the pale
pitiful faces of hungry children, but as
for me I had rather save one mother
the infinite sorrow of a drunken boy;
one tender little back the red blow of a
drunken father, than revel in all the
princely price of their sorrow.
This traffic and the church stands
face to face in mortal combat. In the
great metropolis of the nation the final
contest to save or destroy the Sabbath of
the Lord God is being fought, and in
this contest New York is the thermopole
of the republic, and the people, who, if
left to themselves, would guard this
post with more than Grecian courage,
are controlled by political parties, and
parties by politicians, and politicians
are in league with these enemies of the
people.
Who can measure the influence of the
Sabbath upon the people? All over this
great republic, like a benediction, fails
this day of rest. The plow of the
farmer men stands idle in the furrow on
the hillside; the ring of the axe in the
forest, the busy shuffle of the hob in the
cotton field is hushed; the horse unhar
nessed browses by the brook in the
meadow; across the field the vil
lage church bell sounds; the great
hearts of commerce cease their thunder
ous throbbings; the brain and muscle of
the republic are at rest.
The Remedy.
A million men who would vote for
clean men and measures regardless of
party. Then great men, as in the days
of the fathers, would again rule the re
public; virtue guide the ship of state;
and parties purified and ennobled con
tend for principles, not spoils.
Baseball Games.
Atlanta, June B.—The Southern
League games today resulted as fol
lows:
Montgomery 6, Atlanta 5.
Memphis 4, Nashville 4. —called on
account of darkness.
Little Rock 1, Evansville 2.
New Orleans 5, Chattanooga 1.
Second game—New Orleans 12,Chat
tanooga 2.
The Big League.
Washington, June B.—Baseball
games were played today with the
following results:
Baltimore 7, Cincinnati 1.
Brooklyn 9, Chicago 6.
Boston 17, Louisville 3.
New York 4, Pittsburg 7.
Washington 14, St. Louis 6.
Philadelphia 7, Cleveland B.—ten
innings.
Operators to Pay Better Wages.
Youngstown,O., June B.—The blast
furnace operators of the Mahoning and
Shenango valleys have decided to ad
vance the wages of their employes 10
per cent, to take effect June 15. This
is the second 10 per cent advance made
in two months, or a restoration of
wages paid before Aug. 15, 1893. About
2,000 men will be affected.
Twelve Out of Sixteen Lout.
London, June B.—A special dispatch
received here from Riga, capital of the
province of Livonia, Russia, says that
a sailing vessel has been capsized on
the Stint lake and that 12 out of the 16
. persons on board of her were drowned.
I A woman who was among those who
were saved lost five children through
the accident.
ROME, GA., SUNDAY. JUNE 9, 1895.—TWELVE PAGES.
A NEW CONSTITUTION
That Is What Mexico’s President Says
They Need.
OR AT LEAST THE OLD REVISED*
Petty Jealousies Among Vari
ous States of the Republic.
LEGISLATE AGAINST EACH OTH ER
The Coinage System in That Country Needs
Overhauling—President Diaz Spoke,
Strongly For Reform.
Washington, June B.—Recent ad
vices from Mexico state that the Mexi
can congress, following the suggestion
of President Diaz, in his last annual
message, has been considering import
ant changes in the federal constitution,
with a view to making it somewhat
similar to that of the United States in
the limitation of the rights of the sepa
rate states to coin money, or to hinder
commerce by tariff laws which dis
criminate against goods brought from
adjoining states in Mexico.'
Heretofore the federal government
has not had the exclusive right to col
lect tariff taxes or internal revenue.
Asa result both the federal government
and the states have their separate laws
on the same subject. Jealousies be-'
tween states have led some of them to
enact tariff laws discriminating against
neighboring states. President Diaz
spoke strongly for reform, and compre
hensfve revisions of the constitution
have been presented accordingly.
The first articles of the constitution
are changed so as to include a prohibi
tion against the coinage of money or
the issuance of paper bills or stamps by
any state. Tariff discriminations be
tween the states are prohibited by sev
eral strong provisions. Article 124 of
the constitution is changed so as to give
the federal government the exclusive
right to hinder or prohibit the trans
portation of goods, foreign or domestic,
brought into Mexico or into a state.
Bv a supplemental section the law is
made to take effect one year from July
1 next. Whether the law embodying
the changes has passed its final stages
is not clear from the information re
ceived here, although the legislation
appears to be complete.
FATE OF AN ESTATE.
A Close Question to Decide In the Will
of Professor Whiting.
San Francisco, June B.—The fate
of an estate valued at SIOO,OOO is likely
to rest on whether Professor Harold
Whiting, of the University of Califor
nia, who was lost on the Colima died
before or after his wife, who was
drowned on the same voyage.
Just before Professor Whiting started
on his fatal voyage he made two wills,
which he mailed to an old college
friend, who is now an attorney at Cam
bridge, Mass. One was to the effect
that if he should be drowned his estate
should go to the surviving members of
his family. The other was that in case
he and his wife and children were all
drowned his estate should go to the
members of his family living in the
east.
If Professor Whiting died first his
wife and children immediately became
his heirs; but if Mrs. Whiting died later
her heirs would inherit the small for
tune to the exclusion of the heirs of
Professor Whiting in the east. Two
persons who said they were representa
tives or attorneys, have called upon A.
J. Sutherland, and asked him some sig
nificant questions.
Sutherland was on the same raft
with Whiting and tried to save the
professor’s life. Sutherland was asked
whether Whiting or his wife died first.
While the coplheaded survivor believes
that Mrs. Whiting met her death some
time before her husband sank into a
watery grave, he would not positively
answer the question, as he did not see
Mrs. Whiting during the storm.
WHY SHE KEEPS OUT.
Co.ta Rica’. Raa.on For Not Going Into
the Central American Union.
New York, June B.—C. A. Delgado,
Costa Rica’s consul general in New
York, was asked by a reporter why his
country does not go into the Central
American union.
“Because,” answered Senor Delgado,
“Costa Rica does not want to be re
sponsible for the acts of any of the oth
er countries.
“It is the desire of the government of
Costa Rica to refrain from war, to pre
vent it, if possible, as it tried to do
when it offered to contribute $15,500 to
wards the indemnity demanded by
England from Nicaragua.
‘The other states are anxious to have
Costa Rica join the confederacy. Presi
dent Iglesias refused to do so.”
Hawaii’s Trade With Steamers.
Ottawa, Ont., June B.—The depart
ment of trade and commerce is advised
that important concessions have been
made to Huddapt's Australian steam
ship line by the Hawaiian government.
The company is given freedom from all
charges at the port of Honolulu, except
pilotage and water, and is also granted
free use of land in Honolulu for the
storage of coal for its vessels. On its
part, the company agrees during the
term of two vears to carry all Hawa
iian mails without charge to the gov
ernment and to hold to the present
schedule of passenger and freight rates.
THE DATE SETTLED.
New Tariff Law Could Not Be Made
Retroactive,
SO SAYS CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.
Old Law Was in Force Until the
New Was Enacted
ALTHOUGH IT SETTLED ON A DATE
For It» Going l Into Effect —That Date Was
Prior to Its Passage and was There-
Fore Nu Good.
W ashington, June B.—Chief Justice
Fuller’s opinion in the Burr and Hard
wick case, involving the date when the
present tariff Jaw went intoeffeot, which
was announced on Monday last, but not
read, has just been made public. Dis
cussing the contention that the law
should have taken effect Aug. I instead
of Aug. 28, the chief justice said:
♦‘Upon the threshold, we are met
with thelact that the act of 1890 was
not repealed in terms until Aug. 28,
1894; and that the repealing section of
the latter act kept in force every right
and liability of the government or of
every person which had been incurred
or accrued prior to the passage thereof,
and thereby every right or liability was
excepted out of the effect sought to be
given to the first section.
“The right of the government to du
ties under the tariff law, which existed
between Aug. 1 and Aug. 28, was a
right accruing prior to the passage of
the act. of 1894, and the obligation of
the importers between Aug. 1 and Aug.
28 to pay the duties on their goods un
der the existing tariff law was a liabil
ity under the law arising prior to the
passage of the law of 1894, and if con
gress intended that section A should
relate back to Aug. 1, still the intention
is quite apparent that the act of 1890
should remain in full force and effect
until the passage of the new act on
Aug. 28, and that all acts done, rights
accrued and liabilities incurred under
the earlier act prior to the repeal, should
be saved from the effect thereof, as to
all parties enterested, the United States
included.
“A higher rate was imposed on many
articles by the act of 1894 than by the
prior act and a lower rate on others,
while some that were free were made
dutiable, as for instance, the article of
sugar. Mu.it duties paid between Aug.
1 and Aug. 28 be refunded where the
rate was low ired and assessed where
the rate was raised or a duty imposed
where none existed? Clearly not.”
Summing up, the chief justice said:
“As the act of 1890 was not repealed
by the act of 1894 until the latter act
became a law, when inconsistent laws
were declared thereby repealed, we
think it cannot be doubted that con
gress intended the rates of duty pre
scribed by the act of 1894 to be levied
on Aug. 1, if the bill should then be a
law, and if not then, as soon after that
date as it should become a law.
“On the first day of August, the du
ties prescribed bv tis first section of
the act of 1891 could not ba lawfully
levied, and so far as the importations
in this ca e are concerned and others
similarly situated, the law required ex
action of the duties pro.-cribod by the
act of 1890. As to such importations,
the first section of the act of!>94 could
not be literally carried our, nnie.-s by
holding it to operate as a r-t roa -tiv--re
peal, notwithstanding the saving clause,
and this we consider altogether indis
pensable. The language of section 1
was that on and after Aug. 1 there
shall be levied, and of the second sec
tion, that on and after Aug. 1 certain
enumerated articles when imported
shall be exempt from duty. In our
judgement the word ‘shall’ spoke for
the future and was not intended to ap
ply to transactions completed when the
act became a law.”
WHAT CUBANS SAY.
They Note the Harsh Methods Employed
by the Spanish Authorities.
Washington, June B.—Copies of a
proclamation by the governor of Bara
coa, Cuba, that have been received here,
are being referred to by Cuban sympa
thizers as an evidence of the harsh mil
itarymethods that the authorities have
felt called upon to adopt.
Baracoa is one of the principal places
of the island. The proclamation is
dated May 13 and signed by Thomas
Rotgar, as colonel commanding the
military of that jurisdiction. It noti
fies the public that thereafter all per
sons are prohibited from entering or
leaving the town after 6 o’clock at
night or before 6 o'clock in the morn
ing. /
Any one offending against the prohi
bition is to be arrested and brought be
fore the commander.
The Caban Red Cross Society.
New York, June B.—A special to
The World from Colon, Colombia,says:
The Cuban Red Cross society, organ
ized and equipped here for service in
the field with the insurgents in Cuba,
has closed its headquarters in this city.
It is believed that money enough has
been raised to take the society to its
destination.
San Francisco, June B.—Miss Susan
B. Anthony, who has returned from
the Yosemite valley, denies the report
telegraphed from the east that she had
resigned the presidency of the National
Suffrage league. She says she has not
resigned and does not intend to.
GRAVE CHARGES.
Openly Alleged That the Colima Calam
ity Was Due to Criminal Negligence.
San Francisco, June 8. —Gustav
Rowan, one of the survivors of the Co
lima, has sent a communication to The
Call in which he says:
“I want to make a statement if yon
will allow me to do so. You can find
out what I say is true if you will see
the other men who were picked up.
Some of them will not dare to tell the
truth, as they have been promised
money to keep still.
“The Colima was lost because she was
badly handled by officers without ca
pacity and bad men when the gale
struck us. When I saw that she was
going to sink, I went aft to the life
preservers and commenced to give them
out to the passengers. The steward
told me to let them alone, and ordered
me forward.
“I was saved because I got a life pre
server, and if the others had been al
lowed to get them too many would have
been saved with me.
“The passengers were kept penned
up until the last moment and then
made to go down in the ocean—like a
pack of dogs.
“If some of the passengers had killed
the steward who kept them from get
ting away, it would have been a mercy
to the others. In spite of what he told
me, I kept on giving out life preservers
and by this saved some of the people
from death.”
Rowan, who was badly injured in
the wreck, also says that he did not re
ceive proper care on the San Juan, and
charges the surgeon of that ship with
gross negligence.
WILL HURT SILVER.
A Treasury Official’s Opinion of the Dispo
sition to Agitate Free Silver Coinage.
Boston, June B.—United States As
sistant Treasurer Joseph H. O’Neill is
not disposed to attach much import
ance to the free silver convention re
cently held in Springfield, Ills., nor to
take seriously the statement that if its
action shall be followed out to its logi
cal conclusion the Democratic party
will be in danger of disruption.
Ha says that any convention that
could be called by the silver men, if
they were to ignore the authority of
the Democratic national committee,
would be but a “rump” convention,
and would not be representative of the
Democratic party. Although he admits
there is a strong feeling in the south
and west in favor of the free coinage of
silver, Mr. O'Neill says the views of
the extremists who were reported at the
Springfield convention, do not repre
sent the sentiments of the majority of
the people of the country, nor even a
majority of the Democratic party.
“If they persist in their course,” said
Mr. O’Neill, “in- my belief it will re
sult in the further degradation of sil
ver rather than its advancement, be
cause the more this question is discuss
ed before an intelligent jury as the peo
ple of the United States, it seems to
me, the worst it is for the extreme ad
vocates of silver.”
THE BURIED CITY.
It Is Rapidly Being Uncovered by Scien
tific Research In Greece.
New York, June B.—A letter has
been received from Dr. Peabody dated
Eretriad, Greece, stating that a gym
nasium and other well paved buildings
have been uncovered, as well as three
inscriptions, three heads and some good
architectural fragments.
The excavations of a theater has
been nearly completed.
According to this dispatch the work
of excavation among the ancient Greek
ruins at Eretriad, which has been car
ried on for some years by the American
school of classical studies at Athens,
is continuing to show good results.
The gymnasium ana other buildings,
which have been uncovered, are proba
bly a part of the buildings on either
side of the ancient street laid bare last
year between the theater ana the naval
school of Ring Otho, and quite near
the latter.
A Cavalryman Commits Salcide.
Dallas, June B.—Lieutenant George
B. Backus, of the First cavalry, now
located in Arizona, is dying at the hos
pital in this city. He was found un
conscious in the woods near here with
an empty tin cup beside him by Lieu
tenant Stephens, to whom he had left
a note saying where he might be found.
Lieutenant Backus had been in failing
health for some time, and was recently
triyen ap indefinite sick leave.
Off For the Baltic Sea.
Southampton, June B.—The United
States cruisers Columbia and New York
have sailed for the Baltic in order to
take part with the San Francisco and
Marblehead in the ceremonies attend
ing the opening of the Baltic and North
sea canal.
The Emp.rer 1. Satisfied.
Vienna, June B.—Emperor Francis
Joseph, replying to the address of the
president of the Hungarian delegation,
dwelt upon the satisfactory character
of the relations of Austria-Hungary
with the foreign powers and justified
the increased credit asked for military
purposes by the necessity of further de
veloping the organization of the army
and navy.
Tribuiinnn Threaten the Troops.
Calcutta, June B.—Dispatches re
ceived here from Simla say that the
tribesmen of Chitral are again threat
ening to attack the British troops A
body of 500 tribesmen have collected in
the vicinity of Dargai, and the British
are preparing for an attack.
PRICE FIVE CENT
THE RED AND BLUE.
The Great Wheel Race, Chicago to New
York, Ended.
POSTOFFICE ANO MILITARY MEN.
The Distance Was About a
Thousand Mlles.
THE POSTOFFICE WHEELERS WON.
There Was a Time Limit of Seventy-Two
Hours and That Time Was Lowered
by Nearly Seven Hours.
New York, June B.—The greatest
exhibition of long distance riding in
the history of cycling between Chicago
and this city terminated at 1:56 a.m. at
the junction of Sixtieth street and the
Boulevard. The great race, which re
quired so much careful preparation,
started from Chicago Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o’clock and was scheduled to
cover 1,000 miles intervening between
that city and New York in 72 hours.
The record has been broken and the dis
tance covered by 6 hours and 47 min
utes better time.
In organizing this relay a departure
was made by a distinction in the colors
worn by the riders, the military was
represented by “blue” and the postal
service by “red.”
The race could have been entirely de
void of its military features, which
rendered it so popular, had it not been
for the action of Major General Nelson
Miles.
The riders in their distinguishing
colors bore messages which were deliv
ered on arrival here. Mr. McMad, Post
master Dayton’s private secretary, re
ceived the message by the “Red,” for
warded by Postmaster Hesing of Chi
cago, and represented the postoffice de
partment, and 47 minutes later General
Miles received from the "Blue” the
message from General Merritt.
DEBS DECLINES.
He Can’t Afford to Become a Candidate
For the Presidency.
Cleveland, June B.—An officer of
the local American Railway union or
ganization has received a letter from
Uugene V. Debs, who, among other
things, says:
'‘l cannot be considered a candidate
for the presidency. I would not permit
myself to harbor such an inspiration
for an instant. I have little enough
liberty as it is, and what little there is
I do not want to sacrifice on the politi
cal altar. Not that I would fear to face
the whirlwind of denunciation which
such an ambition would arouse, but I
wish to remain untrammeled, and do
what little I can in my own way to
free the American people.”
BURNED IN EFFIGY.
Resident* of South Chicago Down on Their
Alderman—A Massmeeting Held.
Chicago, June B.—Over 2,000 resi
dents of South Chicago assembled in an
open air massmeeting to denounce
"Boodle aidermen” and protest against
the action of the Chicago city council
in passing an ordinance granting to the
Calumet and Blue Island railway a
right of way through the residence por
tion of that part of the town known as
the “East side.”
Aiderman Shepherd, of the Thirty
third ward, was denounced as a traitor
and burned in effigy.
Resolutions urging Mayor Swift to
veto the ordinance and to aid the civio
federation “in getting at the root of
this great evil” were adopted.
HARMON THE MAN.
He Will Suoeeed Olney and Olney Goes
Up Higher.
Washington, June B.—The report
has been confirmed by the action of the
president that Judge Judson Harmon
will succeed Attorney General Olney
in Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet, Mr. Olney
taking the state department portfolio.
Judge Judson Harmon is the senior
member of the firm of Harmon, Cols
ton, Goldsmith & Hoadley, who proba
bly have the most lucrative law practice
in Cincinnati. Hets one of the “young
men” of the city, though 49 years of
age.
He is regarded by the bench and bar
of Hamilton county as an able, broad
and learned man. Personally, Judge
Harmon is a charming man and a sound
Democrat.
Ship* With Sand Ballast.
Washington, June B.—Consul Eck
hardt, at Kingston, under date of May
22, reports to the department of state
that the enforcement of the quarantine
laws of Jamaica, relative to sand bal
last, seriously affects vessels arriving
there with such ballast. They are
placed in quarantine and not allowed
to enter until the sand is discharged.
The regulation applies to the vessel
wholly or in part ballastSd with sand,
earth or mud.
Murdered by Burglars.
Oconto, Wis., June B.—Michael*
Baumgartner, a saloonist near Pensau
kee, was murdered by burglars at mid
night. Mrs. Baumgartner was aroused
by her husband’s cries and saw him
grappling with two strangers, who af
terwards escaped in a carriage, which
was standing at the door. Baumgart
ner was formerly a large mill owner.
The burglars secured about S9O.