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VOL. XXVIII—NO. IMS
COLUMBIA, GEORGIA: SATURDAY* MORNING. JUNE
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'RICE FIVE CENTS
diet and varying forlune, lighting battles
for twenty-fire years only to lose them
without one break in the long chain of
reserves, and then at last after nil this long
postponement and mortilication and de
feat, when partv victory had brushed
aside tlie black cloud of disaster and re
vealed the silver lit ing to its ravished gaze,
whether Intoxicated by the spectacle or
mad from excess of joy, the grand old
party, unequal to the task to deliberately
contemplate its own splcnded achieve
ments, asked to be dismissed in the very
moment of its triumph, and on the very
spot where it had achieved it. It had voted
Washington, June 11.--On motion of | down an honest dollar, and it now pro
be Attacks the Civil Scrvioe Policy of
the Democratic Party.
llaiUmore I’ostmuster Sfvprclj CrlUt'Innl—
i.mptun fame* to Ills llefenx- tad 1,»)» It «u
i Unilliy—An Kvi'IUnif Scene la the House.
The Orangeman Renew Their Riotoui
Proceedings in Ballast.
They Wreck unit Loot Scccrul Turcrau—The I’u*
lice lire tin Them with Itark.hnt In the
linuee of ruuiuiim. -tllniietone .duke. Another
Ann.miicvnii id. ktc.
i i Seill, of Missouri, the senate bill (similar
to the one introduced in the house by
K Neill) was passed to legalize the iucor-
loration of the national trades’unions.
' The private business having been dis-
peased with, a session was ordered for to-
ni'dit fur the consideration of the legisla
tive appropriation bill and a session for to
morrow night for the consideration of
pension bills.
Cobb, of Indiana, from the committee
,,n public lands, reported back the At
lantic and Pacific land forfeiture bill with
,,e amendments, and moved the eon-
I iirrence in the amendments. No action
w as taken and the motion was laid over
mtil Monday.
The house then went into a committee
posed to tear away the safeguard to the
most valuable law on the statute books.
Let no gentleman deceive himself. The
gentleman from Indiana iHolmanl In re
sponse to a question a fen days ago, had
said the object of the amendment, was to
deal out even-handed justice, and the gen
tleman from Illinois (Springer) lmd still
more plainly let the house know tliut it
was intended to give a partisan instead
of non-partisan service. That the
effect of the amendment requiring the cer
tification of a full list of eligibles to the air-
pointing power would be to give a partisan
and not a non-partisan service was not a
mere matter of speculation, but it was a
matter of experience. demonstrated,
boasted of, gloated over, by the Baltimori
■ 'the whole 'Blount ill the chair' ou the | postmuster. This ingenious young man
u-zislative, executive and judicial appro- j had got, the whole list of eligibles into his
i’ll the discussion of the paragraph relr- 1 hands.
ii l" to the committee clerks, Morrison A voice—‘‘What is he?"
micallv referring to the reduction of sal-I Findlay—“He is a democrat. He was a
..claimed by Holman to be made in i democrat in ortiee. lie was appointed by
: ie bill, called attention to the fact that the present president to office. That fixes
- ii» was appropriated for an assistant ! hia democracy. I suppose, though, that is
, erk to the committee oh appropriations I a question of some doubt. [Laughter and
n-hen there was no law which prevented a I applause.) He got a list, of eligibles into
reduction being made. j Ids own hands, and what use did he make
Holman said that the sum had been ap- j of it ? According to his own statement
propriated in former years, but expressed before an examiner of the civil service
1 willingness to vote for a reduction commission, who was in Baltimore, he
if Morrison made the motion, made such gjood use of it that in less space
The two gentlemen then engaged In » than a year he had turned out every re-
i, Uoquy which amused the members, and ; publican in that office and had put cleino-
ueon Randall, of Pennsylvania, attempting ' crats in their places without missing lire
answer a question propounded by Mor- ; once."
(■[sou. that gentleman exclaimed: “1, While Mr Fiedliy was deliverin' his
wasn’t asking you. You are not an econo- | speech members from both sides of t he
mist up to the standard of the. gentleman i house crowded around him. and his last
from Indiana!” 1 sentence was received with a burst of min-
A long discussion arose upon a point of i glad hisses and applause, the applause
■der against the designation bv name of being partly intended for sentiments ex-
ennuuiu h.viicii Gini.iiwtoL otin If ii'cu tivi-k^iwl I»v Fiiirllqv nnrl i.ml.v ill tint iivilvu
tin various house employes, ancl it was fi
i.al.'y niisbamed by the chair.
Cobb, of Indiana, otiered an amendment
making an appropriation for first ass i st
ir it door-keeper of the house. The bill
I■ • i*s to make any pro\ision for this office,
w nirli i:*: now tilled by Luthor F. Warder.
Howard, of Indiana. in supporting the
;i nendment, protested against the tegis-
l ling of Warder out of office. und hoped
t:iat the committee would not attempt to
do indirectly what the house had rut used
to do directly u few clays ii*ro.
l iie amendment was rejected.
Allen, of Mississippi, offered an ameud*
..tut providing that none of the money
a, pro priated for contingent funds shall he
; in pay.iig the expanses id the funeral
■ '*' i;ty member of congress. "At home,”
he said, “whin a pauper died the muniei-
p.l corporation appropriated the exor
bitant sum of £10 to bury him, br.t when a
i' i'lionairo dh d here the house approprj-
:D • v. from >3(100 to *10.000 to bury him.
The gentlemen who went away upon these
/.mural excursions did not recover their
;* : nt; for-lhc: balance of tn.e session." He
.had heard such remarks as this: “1)> you
knew so and so?” “Oh. yes, he’s a
j' l!y good fellow. I weld on a
funeral with him. Here he looks to bo
m r,v quiet, bui you would he-surprised to
mid how jolly he is when he gets away and
what a good game of card*-- he plays and
ti.*' number of drinks he takes.”
('ib.son, of West Virginia, hoped that the
amendment, would be rejected. If a gov
ernment oflicer died while he was away
from hie home on public business the gov
ernment could not refuse to see that hi
pressed by Findlay and partly in app
lion of the act ion of the Baltimore post
master. Turning defiantly toward
the democratic side, Findlay exclaim
ed: “Wneti you applaud the effect
of this amendment, then yon mean to say
that the cert ideation of all eligibles will
result in what you have apprehended.
Then you mean to say that tne object of
this amendment is to given partisan and
not a non partisan service. Anpiaud just
as Jong as you please. ‘Neither hisses nor
applause will deter me from the discharge
of what I consider a duty. 5 ’ ! Applause.]
Findley then continued to re* iew the
action of the Baltimore po.sbmti.fier. This
ingenious young man, In* said, with tlie
aid oi more expert manipulator.* still had
’ iolaled the rules of the civil service com
mission and still boasted that if lie had
only been spared a little longer in his place
he would have turned over a democratic
civil service reform post office to his suc
cessor. [Laughter and applause.) There
was not a man in the house who did not
know wrmt the effect of the provision
would be-
Compl-'Li, Alat\\ land, said that the assault
his Cwlloagm* had made on the late post
master-general ac Baltimore was as unde
served a-: uiiy one man had ever made on
another Who wan Unit post master 7 lie
was the peer of tlie gentleman from Mary
land • Findlay» or any other gentleman on
this flo >r or anywhere as a man of charac
ter and intelligence and a democrat. The
civil service commission had sought by
every effort and by every means it could
employ to show that he* had violated the
law* of that service because he had
remains were transported to his family. , removed from office a lot of political scula-
1 here was no truth or justice in tlie assault wags and a lot of unprincipled scoundrels,
made on funeral parties. . | the associates of his colleague in last, fall’s
The amendment was rejected. campaign, when he (Findlay) had sought
Allen suggested that from the vote, it to defeat the democratic ticket. [Applause
would seem that most of the members ex- | on the democratic side],
peeled to die during their term of service, Immediately the house was in an uproar,
nut he warned them that if the house con- ! but above the noise,Find lay was heard to in
ti. iued in the course it had been pursuing, | quire angrily, whether his colleague meant
;■ good many of them would be out before ! to say that he associated with scalawags
they got their funeral expenses paid. His and scoundrels. The confusion prevented
leadership might not be adopted, but like • Compton from hearing Findlay’s question,
tlie grand old man on the olnersidd of the and drowned his reply thereto, but the
water, he would appeal to the country, j gentlemen stood within a foot of one an
il,a lighter.. Here he gave the ac- other, angrily gesticulating, while other
?i<»n ~ of the democratic side 1 members of the house gathered around
the matter of the appropriations | and took much interest in the scene.
>f bofcl ' *
and illustrated the position of both sides
f the house by relating the story of an |
individual in his district who, after vig- I
orously denouncing the Grant- third-term
ir.'Aemont, served two terms ms county
t reasurer and became a candidate for re-;
fKction, then declaring that he had been |
perfectly honest in his former position.
lie said that he had reflected over the
matter aid had come to the conclusion
that be had been wrong and he thanked,
Hod that h< had manhood to acknowl-i
edge it. [Laughter.] The republicans j
a der reflecting over their former action in '
matter of appropriation, admitted : ()llr .slate
Speaker Carlisle, who was in the cham
ber. approached the speaker’s desk,
and was apparently ready to seize
the gavel and exert his authority
in the case. The demonstration became
more threatening, but Chairman Blount
was equal to the emergency and soon suc
ceeded in securing comparative quiet. The
angry colloquy between these two Mary
land'mem hers continued for some time.
Findlay secured the last word, saying “we
have a real democracy in Maryland
and a spurious democracy that lias
■orrupted and debauched the franchise of
ncl has mule, through the
agency of the president here, the recom
mendation of moil who owe their offices
to such influences as have made the name
ivil service reform stink bv the charac
ters had been wrong, and thanked God
] hat t hey had the manhood to acknowledge
it. The democrats, after reflection, ad
mitted that tlie practices which they had
1 mdemned in the republicans were not so j t<jr of t he appointments made. I am in
wrong after ail, and thanked God that they favor of civil service reform, not a.snivel-
hud the manhood to acknowledge it. | jug civil service reform, but genuine re-
■ Laughter.] form, and I say that whenever the
The clause appropriating for the salary * day eome« that it shall be lecognized as
<>t the president having been reached, j the policy of the country that every four
Bayne, of Pennsylvania offered an amend-j years a hundred thousand offices are to
'cent providing that none of this ne put up for sal* and knocked down to
J- aney shall ’ be paid till the j the highest bidder, though this country
civil service rules shall have j has stood every strain and trial, that strain
1 veil changed as recommended bv the! will be too great, lor the union will he con-
< * mmittee on appropriation in the latter • fronted with the most dangerous enemy
portion of the bill. The point of order | that has over assailed its
huxiJig been raised against the amend- I eimd its: integrity. [Applause.]
1 nt. Bayne, while not contending that it ! Ruvim's amendment was then rul
or thrvflt-
d some lit
tin- pr<
t srilnr'
‘1 1 !
'■v;is in order, stated that if it was germane
to the bill at all, it was germane at this
I’"hit.
Findlay, of Maryland, said that the pro
vision, whether in tlie form presented b;
the gentleman from Pennsylvanio oi in it
original form, was a proposition conceived
hi the spirit a>f 1 lie purest buncombe
f"r tlie boldest purposes of tlie most
transparent demagoguery. There was no
man here doubted that if was subject to a
h-mit of order, and, therefore, would be
thrust out of the bill as an irrelevant and
impertinent intruder There was no man
"'ho doubted that if bv anv missonrrhige . next he would call up
Mich should not be its fate when it got to ] McKinley, in behslf the opponents of the
the senate that body would trample it un- | measure, stated that he would resist its
der foot with the scorn and contumely it 1 consideration.
deserved. If contrary to reason and pre- | The house then took a recess till S:30, the
redent it should pass that body, it would I evening session to be for the further eon-
vonfront a hostile executive wlio ! sider.ition of the appropriation bill.
"mild give it his approval onlv under tlie j When the house met this evening it im-
< oinpulsion of th€: forced position to which | mediately went into a committee ot the
1,1 had been driven by his own politick* whole on the legislative appropriation bill,
friends. This house and by this he. meant but owingto the small attendance of mem
Jne democratic majorityi had already rude-j nors the civil service clause was passed
ly turned its l»nck on one of the principal i over until to-morrow.
discussion arose a.-
f appropriating fie
of presiding oflicer of the sen-
< linallv agreed to strike out the
' priating •fbUOO for tin salary of
• vicc-yjre^ld'rt and to appropriate >3()O0
to pay such senator as might be selected to
preside ovei the senate.
The civil jervici section having been
reached, Morrisou made a point of order
against the provision changing the rules of
tie.- commission, and pending a decision
the committee rose.
Morrison gave notice that on Thursday
■ clause
, I tlie vie
O'forms in the currency
’" ' emmended by the pres
r»f the country
, - v..^ fident. and as if
Liat had not been enough it now proposed
to knock from under him the very found c
! » stone of his political creed am 5 , pimiie
succe ss, and tfiis was poiiti* s and
were the leaders. Ir it were not
serious a subject a man might «it down
olman. of Indiana, the
printer was reduced
Jgb at this
don and name if not
tlirough a half c<
in;, its
On motion of I
salary of the public
from *4.000 t< *1'^).
In order P* attain some considerabfi*
progress in the bill, it w.us agre»-d
tb it any j>nragrap)i to which objectioti
was made should go over until to-niorrow,
:*ud tne dark proceeded to read such
clausc.N to which then* were no objections.
.\t 11 r/cick the commit>.ce row and tlie
house idjouniL-d.
' Belfast, June 11.--The associated press
, reporter, who was detailed to remain on |
the scene of the riots, at five o’clock this I
morning reported as follows: “ I remained '
■ among the rioters all night. The greatest ,
damage in the way of wrecking and loot-
; ing was done along Hhankhitl and York i
1 roads. The lighting in both thoroughfares
| was desperate and continued. The mob \
; was composed of the lowest ruffians. Bay- 1
onets and the police had no terror for
them, and in many cases I saw the mob in ,
; overwhelming numbers press up against
the bayonets of the police and drive them
back. The only instances in which the '
police drove the mob at all, so far
as i observed. were those in
• which the officers in compact
lines fired at close range rapid vollics of
' buckshot. Those the rioters could not J
• stand against, and they were driven back,
! but even under such a galling tire the riot-
• ers would drop to the pavements and rush
; upon the police while they were reloading.
Fighting of this kind at such a close range ;
as to be practically baud to hand was con- 1
tinued until 2 o'clock this morning, when !
twilight began to dawn and so many of the
rioters disappeared as to leave a mob of
unsuttieient strength to longer cope with
the armed police who succeeded in dispers- •
ing them. My observation shows that the j
i mob of last night was composed of the |
very scum of Belfast, i saw inembi.rs of t
it throw paving stones weighing fifteen
j to twenty pounds. 1 even saw the fiends
hurling rocks at the gallant firemen who ;
were imperelling their lives in attempts !
to save dwellings from destruction by j
incendiary Area and helpless inmates from j
horrible death. If anything else were i
wanting to prove the character of tlie mob :
: it would be furnished by the dozens of
! ruffians I saw during the night sneaking .
away from wrecked or burning buildings |
laden down with loot. It impossible to i
. describe the state of terror under which i
the respectable Cfltholir* people of Belfast :
are now living in consequence ''I' the pre- .
valeid anarch v of bigotry, Tlie bravert «>f '
them hardly dare to venture cut ol doors (
in day light even. J knots that Si*o? a es of'
i people were shot during last night's riot.*. I
i I saw ten taken to the hospital this morn- J
ing. It is feared that every funeral of a i
victim of the riots may provoke a fresh
outbreak. The law-abiding citizens de
mand of the government the appointment
of a s pee fill commission to inquire ipI" the
causes of the whole disorder.
I)K rA1 i.s OF T1 IE Rh»T.
I The rioting last night was less dixi.strous
than on Wednesday. After their day’s
' labor hud ended thousands of working
people gathered hi the vicinity of Bowers
hill barracks. They execrated the police
and cried out, * We will h jve ten lives for
i every one of our murdered girls.” Tic
; county pulici were then withdrawn and
I'Wiiiri well known local constables wei**
sent to reason with the mob. Tne latter
demanded tin* withdrawal of.dl the j)olic.e.
-Yrchdeucon Leon and several Ibxsiiyteiian
olergymon after this implored the mob to
disperse. Their addresses proved alto
gether useless, and even while the clergy
men were speaking the rioters kept tip
desultory stone throwing at the police.
One stone struck a divine square in the
. face and hurt him severely. Captain Le-
j strange, resident magistrate, who was
present to counsel order, was struck on the
| head by a brickbat. When the preachers
! ceased the mol) surged up to the gate of
’! the barracks and defied the police to come
and take a square fight. Things went on
! this way till about 10 o’clock,
when two troops of dragoons
j galloped up. They were followed
by 300 infantry. These men had been
j under arms seven hours. The mob was for
1 the moment powerless with surprise, and
' dispersed. The runaways soon, however,
became ashamed of themselves and re-
i turned to the scene, warmly eheer-
i ing the soldiers. The hitter
had taken complete possession
■ of the streets around the barracks and
cordoned them effectively. The mob real-
I izing the impregnability of the police’s po-
i sition. now departed in sections, cursing
the pope, denouncing home rule and sing
i ing ihe “Orange Lily” and “Rule Britan-
J nica.”
While all this was going on at Bowers
Hill barracks a mob had taken possession
of York street. They first concentrated in
! front of a wine store kept bv a Catholic
tunned McKenna. The building was soon
I seized and wrecked, and all of McKenna’s
1 stock of wines emptied in the street. The
' inoh then proceeded to Me Cl os key’s tav
ern. ’file police had taken warning and
got there first. A fight took place and was
waged w : th desperation on both sides. The
police fired twenty-six rounds of buckshot
i at the rioters, but the mob finally drove
i them away and smashed McCloskoy’s
j tavern to pieces, distributing liquor to
' all who would drink or carry the
' liquor away. Several of the rioters were
wounded in this light and were left heip-
1 less in the .‘.ticots by their comrades, who.
maddened with liquor and excitement,
rushed to the wnHc of wreck and pillage.
A number of taverns were destroyed and
nil their stocks of wine, whisky and beer
' brown out to the crowd in the streets
v*. lie: drank it ravenously and carried it
awn. in and buckets, in the latter h
work scores of winch and children were
iv.rnv •: *V* fii • the raiding lasted.
Ti/,.*r f M'h* light, the mob. after having
wreck'd in i loot'd all the Interns in tin
vicinity, return’ to MeCioskey’s and set
it on liiv 3’he glare attracted the police,
who reft..need a: d marched down tlieic tr>
put out th. fire, and save the town from
Llm confiaqr ition. They lmd to fljHit every
foot of the way. At times when the flames
Hared high, the sight of uniformed officers
scattered through the mob, tilling the
street from house to house, each
officer fighting on his own
account, and all in the same
dire* lion, every man shouting and cursing,
the women and children at the windows
shrieking and gesticulating was terrible.
Finally, the police got together and car
ried on their battle with buckshot. This
eventually scatteied the mob, and the fire
at MeCloskey’s was put out before it could
extend. Me<7loskey and his family and a
number of his Catholic neighbors were
rescued from the fury of the mob by an
orangeumn. who took them to his house
and there gave them safe refuge.
K ii v I it it <1.
IN THK HOCHK OF COMMONS.
London*. June It. The house of mm
mon.s to-day agreed to give government
business precedence during the remainder
of the session. < lladstoiie, in answer to a
request fora more explicit statement con
cerning the ren.sseinoling of parliament,
said : ‘‘I wish to restate clearly what I said
yesterday respecting the reu.v-.emhling of thing on the
of parliament. If when tin.- .-a-et■<ms ,ir ( - I. ickawanii.i
o\er it be-found that th»- e«'*.nitrv di-es s, d R.- ullug and
r*.-peeling tlie future govermoent of Ire- I JTG.’OO sli.irc
land, or if thevc remains room for doubt on
the quefitlon. then the new parliament will
he assembled forthwith.
A strike At imruNtn.
| A court A, Ua., June 11.—The operatives
in the Augusta factory weave room de-
I manded the discharge of their overseer, I).
; McGow, on account of alleged unjust treat-
| meut. At one o’clock about sixty hands in
the we*ve room quit work, when Superin-
• tendent Woodward ordered the mill to
. close down, throwing out 200 hands. The
I operatives affirm that this has no connec-
, tion with the Knights of Labor movement ,
i and say they will return to work when
i McGow is removed.
The Clause in the Appropriation Bill
Under Discussion.
GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON.
\YM«»r«lRjr In tkc Sru»t**—Thr President Iksdlnes
it (o Mrs. ri.irelftml, Ktc*.
W.rfjHinoton, June 11.—The statement
of yesterday that the senate had recon
sidered the vote by which the bill prohib
iting members of congress from acting as
attorneys for land grant or subsidized
railroads vviu> erroneous.
Senator Hawley’s motion to reconsider
was entered, but not acted upon.
In the senate to-day Whitthorne gave
notice that on the* next legislative day lie
would call up, for the purpose of making
some reniurks on it, the bill to promote
the political progress and commercial
prosperity of American nations. This is
Frye’s bill providing for a congress of
Aiiiei Scan nations. 1
On motion ol Dolph, the senate then
look up the Northern Pacific railroad for
feiture bill. George addressed the senate
on the bill.
priation bill, condemning generally an
enormous quantity of land, 179,000,000
acres given by congress to various railroad
corporations from 1800 to 1875.
George said it was a larger area of land
than that constituting the republic of
France or the empir of Germany. The
present value of the railroad land grab, at
the average price already realized by the
companies, was $773,790,893.
Logan, from the committee on appro
priations, reported the army appropria
tion bill, and it was placed on tlie calendar.
Tb ■ bill was further disoussed by Teller,
Hherauan Suulslmry. Hour, Van Wycl:.
Bust's uud Call. Al J.UO the liill went oxer
tm tiemorrow.
Spooner then look the floor, and in offer
ing: n resolution of condolence on the death
of .Tames Kunlun, late representative in
coiqjVess from Wisnonsin, delivered tin elo
quent and touching tribute to Ihe memory
of the deceased.
Adjourned.
j I A I'litnt tiM'i.l. «i.
j "Washington, June 11. The 0r.-.t eomp-
j troller of the t reasury lias decided thut'the
| word "ulliee” in the tlrsl clause of rule 19
j of the civil service commission appliesto
I the head of the bureaus as well as to the
; head of departments; that t he head of a
i bureau is the head of an office; also, that
when the head of a deparlim nt believes
I that the public service will bo promoted
I thereby he cut appoint a confidential
i clerk for the head of a bureau in his de
partment without requiring him to undcr-
I go civil service examination and the a>>-
i pointee can receive the pity of any clerk in
| the Jaqsified service, provitled there is a
i v<t(’'.iic,v in any grade for which an appro
priation has been made. The quo.,tion
arose on an upplicuti n by the third audi-
I tor lor a cotilidential clerlt.
t iuni Knur ilmiiti-ot Itnilars.
Vv'A.siriKfiToN June 11. Titt- treasury
1 dep irtme.it is informed llmt a line ofty-UK)
; was imposed on the master of the Spanish
lisliing vessel Chlotilde by the collector of
customs at Cedar Keys, Fla., for having
1 failed to eliter according to section 'J77J of
revised statutes. The fine was paid and
the vessel released.
I .
Tlir I’ri'M'iit lliiliin.il.
i Washington, June 11. The secretary
; of state recently received a cable message
' from Minister Cox, at Constantinople, say
! ing that tlie sultan of Turkey desired to
I .-.end a wedding present to Mrs. Cleveland
' and asking that it lie received. The presi-
I dint, while appreciating the motives of
| the sultan, felt that its acceptance would
' be in violation of tlie spirit, if' not the letter,
I of the constitution, and accordingly tcle-
| graphed his declination of the proposed
compliment..
| \ tCJlXI.IMMI Kill-.
WATKKHl’ilV, Conn.. June 11. A tire at
Litchfield. Conn., which began at 1:30 litis
1 morning, destroyed tlie court house, the
Bnquirer printing ofiiee, tin Mansion
House hotel, Cooley’s hotel and fifteen
business houses. The loss is estimated at
#200,000, well insured,
j ' __ _
WASTED TIME.
Hio, I .itiei »■-■» It as I nie.iiiii.fi II- Vtilu.tlili- tlie
S|irlnyrr snit Tn«n*rnil tlttkinx SpiM'i-hi-i Shim-
luu Whrn»ln thr Prrsiilrnt »ml * lie I’urt j
-llaw lie* I’n-Hlilrnt tiiulil llnanrr Them
—T»»lb«i In thr Wnunrlc A Mum In thr
Wood Plli.
Washington, June 9. -To-day was an
other field day in the house. The republi
cans, under the lead of Tom Bayne and
Ben Butterworth, sought to make capital
out of the attitude of the majority on the
subject of the civil service, but their at
tempt was a dismal failure. The impres
sion prevailed that the democratic side
was not as vigorous yesterday as it should
I have been in refuting the false and seandal-
| oils allegations of the opposition, but lo-
duy they made ample amends.
I SPRINGER AND DK'K TOWNBHKND
| made admirable speeches in support of
I the party’s position, and to show candidly
that a ditterenee exists between
the majority of the party and
the president on this new and
troublesome issue. They showed, further-
j more, that tlie course of the ndministra-
I tion hud been as near non-partisan ns it
| gould have been, and several Instances
were cited to prove it. These instances
consist mainly in the large number of rc-
i publics ns who have been retained in office
I who are subject to removal at the pleasure
of the president and his secretaries. But
| the democratic speakers continued to make
i the stupid blunder that they have been
making all along by thinking that the
1’endleton civil service law protects any
body in office or prevents dismissal for or
without cause. The Pendleton law relates
solely to.the means of getting people into
office. Every man in or out of the classi
fied service
COfl.D BE BOUNCED TO-MORROW
by the president and the department
heads, and there is no authority, written
or unwritten, that, could stay their hands.
This is a fact so little understood that it is
not amiss to call attention to it again. It
was repeatedly asserted by Ueorgc H. Pen-
I dleton in the senate when tlie bill was lie-
ling debated, and it was only upon his
I statement to this effect., Hint the passage of
i t he hill was possible in the senate. It is
i not the letter, but the alleged spirit,
of Hie Pendleton law that restrains
Mr. Cleveland from being a
democratic president. Springer defended
the president stoutly to-day, but gol Ids
man laughed at all over the house when he
j said Mr. Cleveland was not making as phil
osophical a president as Thomas Jefferson
| or James Madison. Spriugersenred a large
| point, however, when lie said that since
‘ the days of George Washington there had
] not been as unpartisan an administration
I os Mr. Cleveland’s. This is precisely
j where the shoe pinches, and ii is the cause
of the quiet talk alluded to in these
! patches a day or two ago among denim
j in congress.
I ABOUT ANDREW JAOKSON1ZINO I PKVK-
I LAND.
Democrats did not elect him to run the
! government according to the ideal of civil
I homes most of the daj. The reverend gen-
| Hainan returns to his humble pastorate not
far from the base of the Adirondacks.
I Therefore, by ton o’clock to-day the new
I family at the white house bad started on
its own account.
nACK AT HIS DESK.
At that hour, the president was again at
his desk in the executive library, ready for
work. The number of bills that have ac
cumulated during his absence make a good
loud for two men to enrry. They are not
ho much in weight as fn bulk. Several
hundred pension hills are among them.
After writing several letters, visitors began
to arrive. Samuel J. Randall was the first
to call. Thus he became the first congress
man who had an opportunity to congratu
late the president on ids marriage. Sena
tor Berry, of Arkansas, scored ils the first
member of the upper house who secured
audience. After these gentlemen, came
many others, Secretaries Endicott and
Lamar called before nine o’clock. An un
married lady, with whom the secretary of
the interior'had been well acquainted for
several years, meeting him as no v.ns leav
ing the executive mansion, said to him
haiit.eringly: -
"Now, Mr. Secretary, you must lie the
next one of the administration to marry.”
"That's for vou to determine," he an
swered gallantly, and hIio laughingly an
swer. d that then it was all settled.
THK OKKIGIAl. RECEPTION.
Mrs. Cleveland was probably somewhat
lonesome to-day. Siie denied herself to all
visitors. As early as half-past nine o'clock
ladies began to arrive at the white house.
It was with reluctance that several of them
took tneir departure. About noon it be
came evident that the young wife had con
sidered her course very carefully and was
following a distinct line of policy. Official
announcement was then made that a state
reception will be given In' the president
and Mrs. Cleveland on Tuesday evening
next, from nine till eleven, to which the
cabinet, the judiciary .the diplomatic corps,
the members of congress, the chief officers
of the uriny and navy and the ladies ol
their families will be invited.
THE DEAR PUBLIC.
On Friday evening, June 18, will follow
a generul reception, to which the public
wni be Invited without cards. Until after
these receptions Mrs, Cleveland will not
i.e at home to any callers. The sending of
cards to members of congress marks an
advance upon the code adopted by Miss
Cleveland dm ing lieradmiuistrntion of the
while house. Neither the president nor
Mrs. Cleveland expects to leave the city
again before the adjournment of congress.
Nor will they result at "Pretty Prospect,”
the country place recently purchased. The
improvements .'on!cm plated t here cannot
hi mu le belbn next spring. Tlie presi
dent said emphatically to-day that lie had
not m.i h' any plans lor the summer.
MORK POPULAR THAN EVER.
At the usual hour for such receptions the
president appeared in tlie east parlor, at
tired In a l’rinee Albert coat, lie patted
the children present mi their heads, and
lmd an agreeable word for each of the
ladies present. With the fair sex lie has
become a universal favorite since bis mar-
ais- riugc. Not one blame- Miss Folsom, and
now I Imt ids fate is decided. Hie element of
mmiuine envy lias nothing to do with tlie
A NEW LEAP.
Thi, will be a reform administration
hour. forward. The president will "never
swear a big, big I>” again, as he did when
I and all that kettle offish. They .xpeeteVt
I and have the right to expect a d< moeratie I I’"; 11 ,
administration, imt have not realize.
pass»*n ti
ski (I him L
bund rod line,
i-fiay About tlie wod-
; administration, hut lm\c* uol r**a.i/eu a . u th . lt W ., H d under his head
j thus far. There are vague whispers about i,;.-.‘inauguration.
| what the president will do for Hie demo- an| ()j u , w „ rd said he,
I cratie campaign committee when congress - - | udy had one of
is out of the i smiiing, “i
are mighty an- I l,u ’
of tlie dolllltfill
adjourns, and the sennt
w:i.v; but doulitful things
lertain, and this is ova
' things.
The light will lie renewed when the lull
| is considered by sections, which will la* to
morrow. General debate closed to-day.
j The republicans hogged the time in the
| genera! debate; but they needed it to make
the points they tried to make on the tna-
' jnrity, and fell short of their mark at that.
KENTUCKY P'0 RGB TO THE FRONT
! in the debate. - Pres Taulbee was in the
I thickest of the wrangle. He had more
| questions to ask than Holman and Spring-
ight. It would have been a
pity to have left iier’s off the list.”
()f the eighty-four Indies presented to
tin president io-dny exactly seventy-one
asked for n piece of wedding cake “to
dream on.” And there are people who In
sist tliut wr Americans are not, supersti
tious.
THE PRINTERS IN CONVENTION.
■ limn l»j I in-
nil \ ill'll
i fiutioniil T) |ioi?ni|»hi-
•tenlu).
r and the chairman of the committee of
the ’whole could nnwer in a week.
•But Koine of his questions, (
metliinks, they could not answer j
at all. Mr. Taulhee is down »n the I
civil service sham in all its plwtfces, and he 1
i.s also down on a sham rnetliod of ^ettintr |
rid of it. That is the reason he had so*
much to sav to-day. He wanted the com
mittee to shed a little daylight on thi ir | \
propositions and and to conic out flnt^foot-
edly and say what they.were up to.
rl however, that if the worst came to
PiTrsiirno. i’A.j June II.—At the niorn-
intf session ofthe int«*i*national typograpi-
eaT union the m wly elected officers were
installed. Tlie eoniiiiittee. on the revision
iif the constitution reported an amend
ment providing for 'dctfihility for in ember*
ship of indentured apprentices. Tlie re-
porl w:.s idonted and tlie convention took
recess for dinner
At the a fir mo
omnrftee on t' '
said however, that if the worst came tx» f lo i he knights of labor presented n lengthy
| the worst iie was in favor oi accomplishing ^epm-t which was adopted.
1 l)y iiidireefion that which could not be ac- \ paper was read complimenting the
eomplished directly. 'I herefore lie favored I knights olTalior in the highest terms and
the committee’s pronosition. I hough he < phdgjMg them support; first, that the
would probably have made the issue | Uniglits of labor will not attempt to dictate
OOI- ,
He .
ssion th*’ special
the union
Nkw Yokk, .Unit} 8. Foii^ritssman John
II Ward, of (’hica^o, win) is at the Hoff
man house, said to-day: “I have sjioken
Loth with Messrs. Merrison ajid Ilandall
about tlie adjournment of ron^r Tiny
think the ndjourujiient will not he delayed
after July 15. Carlisle put.-* it down for
July S. Anyone who talks about the ses
sion running on into August must have
hills of their own to /'< t through, and are
niistukiiiK their hopes for their convic
tions. \ es. I think that the tariff hill will
he taken up Tm democrats have got to
prove h* tlu countrv teat they are j/oinpf
issue j
| more directly had it been left to !
him. Mr. Taulheu’s colhKiuy with i
I the presiding officer, Mr. Blount, of!
I Georgia, wits very funny. It hunfc in the
! Kentuckian’s hmr that he wits entitled to
the Moor -iftor his time had ixpin-d, and i
lie roared out protest after { jotest against
the chairman’s calls for time and the inex
orable pounding of tin* travel greatly to :
1 the Hinitseuit nt of tlie house Mr. 'J'aulhee .
j is jireparing for an effort on his resolutions
I offered yesterday inrpiiriug why the I )js- ;
f|o SOU’
tlie wj
form, ■'* '' tney meant what they 1
said. i MgresH has wasted a great de al |
of time. JDecember win» con.sumod figJdJng
over tin rules, and then hx.ic at all tin-
days that were spent on the silver (pies- (
tion. The house could have carried 1
through all needful ie^islata»n hetween
J)( comber, whLi! < , (dn/Tiss in*t, a rid i
March.”
‘•There : -i too in util red taj)( in our le^- (
slative hodie 1 - lt,o much preteiis<- to
work witaout the reality. At some of the
sessions at niirht and on Saturday ther • are '
not twenty-li’c mcinhers in their seats.
Some one I'eti up and reads a speech for
five minutes and rtets leave to print, and !
that speech troe, on the records as though !
it had been spoken, whereas its contents ,
are nevr r known, probably, to any other 1
pei.son than the man who wrote the stuff, i
The t’nited States spends t housands of
dollars every year simply catering to the
vanity of congressmen who want to see ,
♦ heinsclvcs in print.”
Un *( hanifc.
Nkw Yokk, June 11. The market was
lir n at the opening and a rnojority ofthe j
active list showed an advance of i to i I
later. There is littl« character to the I
transactions and prices moved up or dow n ,
small fractions until the latter part of the
afternoon, w hen Kri< and coal stocks j
scored decided advances and the general]
market respomh d in ;■ ‘-mall decree, the I
market closing firm, genera!!
nintr thr<
plate
appp
tin i
ize :i
that
ibiiDtU
•ut ive
trict of Col u m hi*i is rcceivin^so many more ■ surrcijder of i-s
appointments than it is entitled to under | painm nt of tic
the apport ionment ainuii^ the slatt iand, J'lu- fojlowim
t'-rritories prescribed by law. j ;Il
A NI no Kit in* THK wood Pil.K. j * "'I'nat the un
His inquiries are very pertinent. There { malo r
is a hiK ni^er in the wood pile, ami the J tion.”
Kentuckian knows it, and proposes that | *j j,
the country shall know it. Civil service 1
reformer Findlay, of Maryland, gave the
house a few sniveling comments on his
hobby to-day, in which hi- displayed his
usual amount of temper amt ga!J. 'Phe
trouble with Findlay is that he is being re- j jj H y
pudiuted in his ow n district, and is finding
it out to his own discomfiture and chagrin.
It is said that “the boys” who did the hard
work for him and elected him the last
time have about decided to give linn tin;
go-hv. When the hoys make up their
mind to part company with the “states
men,” well, that is the end of the states
men, civil service reform, or no civil scr-
\ ice reform.
the course of action of the distinctive
trades; second, that they will not cover
with the shield of the order any man
wlm Iuls belli found unworthy to
mingle with. members of the
union as ji fellow-craftsman. Tlie report
concludes as follows. “'Phis is all we ask of
the knights of labor. We ask it honestly,
we ask *t firmly; it being just and fair, we
do not see why it shoiila in* denied. We
stand ready now, heretofore, to join our
feasihli- manner short of a
tahlisheil rights or an im-
lintegrity or this union.”
4 resolution was concurred
m proper has not made by
and furnishers’ associa-
•ommittee on the use of
thiir report, which was
r« port recommended that
aincil endeavor to union*
unufacturing plates, and
all non-un>ons he pub-
thul local unions he
required to interdict th< use of plates
where a reduction of the working force
will • nsui. A union newspaper must be
prohibited from using news plates manu
factured in non-union offices, or else he de-
clart d unfair. No subordinate union can
take any .action ri-garding the use of {hates
without* the consent ofthe executive couu-
r th.
st i.s high*
M ichigar.
•ii 1 * and t
it slight ad-
.s. Fvery-
r to-night.
Central 1
remain-
nt 1 -. Sales,
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
Mr. uii.l Mrs. ( lio<lan.l\ first lir.aklust .it I be
| nhile II on so (omiiiff ontciul
Wasimnoton, June 9. President Cleve-
* land carved his own beefsteak at the break-
i fast table thiH morning. It W'as an innova
tion, hut he realizes that there has been
| considerable change* in Lis life lately The
I steak was served after the fish course,
vliich consisted of b**ooi< trout that the
lean of the family had caught in the A1 It—
fbani s. Never had list tasted better, and
»Lss Cleveland and the pri
a id .-»o. Tin- cerciii. mv of
■mi of t he table had been
ast evening, and Mrs. < h 1
he place tliis nu-rning v.
•carance of diffiueic-i A ft
< >1. billed Mis-x < laru
. nt’s hrot!’
•Mini
a k fast
I tic Butter K i 11u*Kalhirc.
I Ciik A(io, June 11.- A special from Elgin,
I ill., says the latest developments show the
I failure of Boise, tlie butter king, to be even
more than was thought. It is estimated
! now that his liabilities are over £250,000,
! and may reach 3300.000. His assets aggre
gate only about fG5,U.K».
Kiiilurc* of iltu Wo k.
| Nkw York. .June 11. Business failures
I occurring tnrnughout tlie ccuntry during
I tlie last week ivp .rtcd to K. G. Dun &
Co.Jzi'iinbiw . for th. faiited States ISO and
Canada 29, i ’-ot il >f 209 against 1ST last
Week Hid isi the Week previous.
i tlu : tow and 11
TI.
flood in Tippe-
li**ii tu. key was
licit of eggs. She
having been lito-
infall. Stic could
k.’oping upon the
