Georgia Historic Newspapers

    The First Session of the Forty-Ninth
Congress a Thing of the Past.
The President Approves the Ittver mnl llnrlmr
Hill—The Fortification 11111 does hy
fuult—Tlio lust Scenes of the Session, Kte.
Washington, August 5.—'While the
clerk of the house was reading the presi
dent’s veto on a pension bill, the presi
dent’s assistant secretary, Mr. Pruden, ap
peared at the north door of the chamber
and instantly he, and a message he held in
his hand, became the target for every eye.
When he announced the president’s ap
proval of the deficiency, the sundry civil,
and the river and harbor bills, there wns a
round of applause, and the gloom which
had settled upon the members by reason
of rumors that were rife thnt the river
and harbor bill had been vetoed, was dis
pelled.
Randall asked and received unanimous
the first tlmntT-. in uuac i, , oa - It was of subjects which have been considered
contrn ss i,J '{? be txecu |ive history that and by the marked absence of political
u-itiYi.i ... eI f- ! Jerm itted to adjourn controversies. The varied needs nncl aims
tol and nvnufi^m!i' e ic 0n V m Jf to tlle eapi- of a rapidly growing country have occu-
tom tn iKillt i? ! mi 0 U 11 usual cus- 1 pied more of the time of tlie senate.
W.tnii C ? rtmu th ? of congress. The short recess will enable you to
j mimtte 1 ‘XA l F e u Sted il . ' vns ' )l1t 20 I greet your constituents, and I hope
our ,°f meeting, nud it : and trust that each of you will return next
I reasonable to expect that the December with renewed health and
J, i?”L , oul 5 1 . "moil on the alert | strength to your important duties. In pm-
i j n 1 ,e l Jle seut at the very hour of meet- suanee of the resolution of the two houses
I Tft. _ „ I of congress. I now declare this session
I some further discussion in the 1 closed snie die.
i e , sellate g ot around the - A hurried leaVe taking among the sena-
i .m,„° gm n g into executive session. tors nnd employes took place, and half an
! is sen 4 to 1 ok up during the progress li#ur later the chamber was empty.
Iwc 601 '?, 1 r ss >? n ‘he resolution pro- ■— . —■ -----
Aiding tor final adjournment nnd, having rur ncan ctitecmam
| amended it, fixing the time at 4 o’clock THE DtA0 STATESMAN -
j this afternoon, adopted it. i ——
i Jfe nd *“ d Uf " TiM were appointed a j I’rt'imration- for tlu> Fuiiiriil-filio
fo mH at™ 0,1 the P resi(ient »» d in- 1 to ho 1 ho fall-Itcn.c.H, Fti
1 ad'oi . m I" ft t congress was prepared to j _
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consent to have printed in the Rocord a
speech upon the tariff bill introduced by
him, and a resolution, was adopted provid
ing for printing 3801) copies of the adverse
report of the committee on ways nnd
means upon the same measure.
Hemphill submitted an agreeing confer
ence report upon the bill protecting the
interest of the United States in the Poto
mac flats. Adopted.
Morrison offered a resolution granting
the committee appointed to investigate
the labor troubles in the west permission
to sit during recess with all the powers
granted to it in the original resolution
providing for its appointment. Adopted.
The senate having announced to the
house the appintment of a committee to
wait upon the president and inform him
that congress was ready to adjourn, the
speaker appointed Morrison, Randall and
Hiscoek as a similar committee on the
part of the house. The committee, how
ever, will riot wait upon the president
until after the adjournment resolution has
been agreed to
Baker, of New York, rising to a personal
explanation, referred to the Introduction
by him of the preamble and resolution ar
raigning tbe democratic party on Monday
last. In the characterization of that reso
lution the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Randall) had stated that, in his judgment,
it was Indecent and disrespectful. The
gentleman from Texas .Reagan had also
characterized it in language widen the
facts hardly warranted, and it was due
not only to the house, but to him
self, that the resolution should be
embodied in the Record, in order that
it might appear whether it justified the
language used. It had been furtlierest
from his tho'ught and purpose to propose
anything to the house that should oe dis
respectful or lacking in decency. He,
therefore, asked that under the circum
stances the resolution might be printed in
th Record.
Caldwell, of Tennessee, objected.
Baker then took the floor ou a question
of privilege, and as a part of his remarks
had the resolution read in order thus to se
cure its publication in the Record.
Several efforts were made by the demo
crats to prevent the reading of the paper,
and during one of the interruptions, Gib-
eon, orVYest Virginia, declai-ed that the
paper contained statements which were
false upon their face.
When the document had been about half
read Bland, of Missouri, raised the point
of order that it was disrespectful to the
house aud asked that the speaker rule the
paper out of order.
This the speaker declined to do on the
ground that a question of disrespect was
one which must be decided by the house,
and that before the house could decide
upon it the reading must be concluded.
From this decision Bland appealed, and
upon Blount's motion to table the appeal
raised the point of no quorum.
Baker and Bland were appointed tellers,
and for an hour they retained their places
in front of the speaker’s desk, but no quo
rum was forthcoming. Requests for unani
mous consent to put various measures
upon their passage were denied by de
mands for the regular order generally
made by Brown, of Indiana, who also ob
jected to Morrison’s request to take up the
adjournment resolution for the purpose 61
concurring in the senate amendment.
Brown stated that he would object tn
everything until the pending matter was
disposed of. This could be done if the
gentleman from Missouri would withdraw
his point of no quorum. Finally, at a
quarter before 2 o'clock, a quorum appear
ed and the appeal was tabled.
The reading of Baker’s resolution was
tken continued, but before it was comple
ted unanimous consent was given to print
ing it in the Record.
The adjournment resolution was taken
up and the amendment of the senate fix
ing the hour of adjournment at 4 o clock
to-day was concurred in, ....
The bill wns passed appropriating m ad
dition the sum of £35,000 for the selection
of a site for the congressional library. The
same bill passed the senate yesterday.
At 2:26 tne committee appointed to wait
upon the president ami in
form him that congress was
ready to adjourn, appeared at the bar ot
the house and announced that it had. per
formed its duty, and that the president
had nothing furtner to communicate to
congress.
On motion of O’Neill, of Pennsylvania,
the senate bill was passed accepting the
gift of grant, and on motion of 5>eal, ot
Tennessee, the bill was passed, increasing
to *150,000 tbe limit of the cost of the pub
lic building at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The house then, at 3:30, took a recess for
half an hour. „ „ ,
After the recess Hiscoek, of New York,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bill regulating the duties on tobacco
wrappers. Hiscoek took the floor and
spoke in support of bis motion until seven
minutes before 4. ,
The next three minutes were consumed
in attempting to secure consent to have
the majority report on the tariff pill
Printed in the Record, and then the
speaker, without any preliminary remarks,
declared the house adjourned sine die.
Senate. .,,, ,
Washington, August 5.—Allison moved
to take up the final adjournment resolu
tion.
Conger opposed action for the present
until the fate of the river aud harbor bill
should be known. , ...
. Ingalls asked what length of time.those
interested in the river and harbor bill de
sired in order to allow' the executive time
to act on the measure. . , , t
Conger replied that they might want
one-half an hour or an hour.
Ingalls asked whether the senator fro" 1
Michigan would oppose action on tne
resolution to-day.
Conger replied he had no desire to pro
long the session. In fact, he desired to see
■t closed.
Ingalls said he thought the senate was
being trifled with. He submitted that it
Was not appropriate, after the business ot
both houses was considered as closed, and
w hen thev were all ready to depart, to be
kept here" doing nothing, in expectation,
°r hope, or surmise, or conjecture that: ai
some time in the future they would be au-
-t tl:4r> the doors were reopened and ' YoSKEHS. N. Y„ August, 5.—Grej
in ot ion of .Mr. Coke the senate- bill re- I * s thronged this morning with the f
ving the political disabilities of Seth M of the dead statesman. Last nigh
\-!. !_i_ .. ‘C1UISCIU.I1. , , A 71 Il«„
rgtnia, was taken up and
moving tne poltti
: Barton, of Yirg
j passed.
A be conference committee
kL * , J! ft ! r tbe r , e l*al of the pre emp-
. tiou and timber culture acts, stated that
j tbe senate conferees bad agreed to yield
, everything except the provision "that
: where there was allegation of fraud in the
| entry of land the issue shall be se it to
court for adjudication. The house con-
—Greystone
friends
ight the
body wan embalmed. It now lies on a
catafalque in the southwest corner of the
second story of the building. The parlor
is being heavily draped with mourning.
The funeral services will bo held at Grey-
stone on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, af
ter which the remains will be taken to New
Lebanon, Columbia county, for burial.
The officiating clergy and pall bearers
have not yet been definitely decided upon.
ferees had declared that, and had also de- Tho " nd ertnker informs the Yonkers'
dined to sign the conference report. i Statesman that the remains will appear in
tion of the river and harbor bill in the
light of the facts presented to him by Gen.
•' Ij i j Newton, chief of engineers of the army,
and (Ion. Parke, of the engineer corps,
with whom the president cou-
• A Statement Showing the Work Accom- ferred on tbe subject, had convinced
plished by the Past Session.
Clovc'liunr* Keiiiiirkntilc Veto Ueenril -lie I
All tlllicr l'ri.l'lillt* CoiiiIiIiiimI—AVI
Nlnnnl tin- Itlvcr iiiul UiuTior Hill Tin
ITosiiijj- of (ongriNs. Fir.
clips
him that on the whole the interests of the
I government demanded its approval. Gen- I
oral Newton, whose knowledge of the i
I condition of the present works and the
i necessities for the future was based on
i reports made to him by the engineer
I corps of the army, assured th. president
j that of the items in the bili all but eighteen
! in number, comprising less than 1 per
~ ,, cent, of the amount appropriated, were
\\ A8HINGTON, July .1.—The south w ing ; meritorious beyond question, and while he
of the capitel was unusually quiet during )n no manner condemned these, lie was
the day. The attendance of members was unable to give a positive opinion because
small and the crowd that in past years | () f a lack of complete information concern-
tilled the galleries during the closing hours | j ng them. The president made as thorough
oi the session was absent, it was oli-i nll examination of these items as possible,
served that when tbe message was re- and although with suoh reports as were at
ceiled announcing that the president had hand lie hadlbeen unable to absolutely sat
isfy himself as to their character, he
Thou Canst Not Say the Democrats
Did It.
Itt'l.uIIIiciiit Senators Chlcfiy lti.pinc.IMi for In-
illliloncy of I'oiiki'i'hh—‘‘Ilooil tllil Tlinen" fie -
mill'll How II I'sed lo Ho I'niter heifer'a
llnlo In I lie IlniiM 1 .
next session he w mid ask the eonsfder-
ntioii of the joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution extendin' 1
the right of suffrage to women.
Harrison'the chair being occupied by
Hawley offered a resolution of thanks to
senator Sherman for the ability, courtesy
and impartiality with which he" had pre-
ded over the senate during the present
ssion. The question was put and the
hair declared the resolution unanimously
adopted, but Riddleberger demanded the
sid
lined with tufted satin with a full length
glass cover lid of cedar. Theiasliet will
t-e lined lull length, the inside being lined
with tufted satin. The handles aud mount
ings will be of solid silver oxidized. On
the outside lid will be a solid silver plate,
bearing the simple inscription “'Samuel J.
Tilden.”
At New Lebanon the casket will lit
placed in a self-locking water and burglar
proof steel grave vault, which will be en
cased in a marble grave vault.
Among tbe names mentioned to serve as
pall-bearers are Charles A. Dana, J. H.
51. Weed, Hon. Samuel J.
and
eland
ill
After the reeess'Yjonger asked to have : be a s< j uare <? ltus9 hearse with the looping
the Tehuantepec ship railway bill (Eads’ < L“ tir J e , I - v J removed. The funeral will be
bill made the special order for the third 1 handkd employes of the deceased,
Wednesday in December. among: whom will be Gilbert, butler; Den-
Edmuna« objected I O’Hara, cook-man; Louis Johansen,
Conger gave notice that he would ask '’?. 1 . e . t > nud T . Captain Healy, jjf the yacht
the senate to consider the bill at an earlv ! ' r
day next session. ‘ I will o
On motion of Mahone the senate bill
approved the river and harbor bill there
was an exodus of members from the floor
and those who remained spent the time
in an exchange of pleasantries and farewell
greetings. Profiting by the experience
of pastllyears, the speaker notified the
keeper of the house restaurant early in the
day ilull (he sale of intoxicating liquors
would not be permitted. Bo the thirsty
members and visitors to the house satisfied
their thirst with lemonade and other
mild beverages. The object of leading
senators throughout the day was to pre
vent any questionable legislation and the
plan resorted lo for that purpose
was in the first, place to Interpose
objections to the' requests for unanimous
consent, and in the second place to sus
pend business by taking a recess. Outside
of tbe passage of a couple of bills removing
political disabilities and the bill to relieve
some Michigan soldiers from the disgrace
of dishonorable dE"’ 1 my; . no business
was done. There Wt v one or two fruit let 8
attempts to get in a resolution for extra
pay for eongressiom i employes.
When Edmunds Vas :bout to start for
the White house in company with Harris
and tlie house committee ho enjoined on a i that
few senators to objer to everything in his I several
found that all appeared to he for a contin
uation of work already begun mid now in
course of construction. The president said
he had gone over the ball as fully as the
data at hand and the time permitted for
Unit purpose allowed, and while some of
its provisions, not included in the
items above mentioned, were
probably objectionable, he was
satisfied that most of the improvements
provided for were of great importance,
and he had found that the loss which
would ensue to the government from a de
terioration of existing works in ense of a
further stoppage Would be very serious,
and that the amount of money estimated
by the war department nt not less than a
half million dollars, which would
be required m protect nnd pre
serve the work begun and in progress
upon which many millions have already
been expended would, in case of a failure
to continue it, mow exceed by about four
hundred thousand dollars the amount ap
propriated in i he hill, which, in the judg
ment of I he government's engineers, may
be uni e-est ary. The hill is smaller than
in like period in
The appropriation for the
absti.ee and his imu ction was faithfully | period ending in 1.--K3 was £18,087,8115, that
observed. The only iendeney to an un- |. For the. period ending in 1885 £11,048,300,
pit a sunt manifestation in the closing l-.qms ' and Ibis lor tin- pi ..oil endii g in 1887 is
of the session wns Riddleborger’s ulijec- : £14,403,Ut’O,
presence of a quorum, declaring that tl
resolution ought not to pass and withei
quorum could not pass.
vithout pull-bearers a
| Reed, feimth
In this difficulty, there not being a quo-I Ilundnll, Hon. John Bigelow am
mi present, the senete, at 12:10, took re- ' R ev. H. Green, President Clevelam
i-ss until 1 o'clock. ai ’‘d Governor Hill. The funeral ear wil
It is not decided what clergyman
iiciate at the funeral.
removing the political disabilities of Ben
P. Loyall, of Virginia, was taken up aud
[ passed.
1 ‘ The senate then at 12:10 took a recess for
an hour.
At the dose of the recess Edmunds re-
! ported that the committee of the
I two houses appointed to wait on
1 the president to inform him
I that the two houses had completed the
business of the session and were ready to
THE ANARCHISTS’ TRIAL.
What thr lVitni"
fur Hie Hi'feiisn
liter il«y.
Chicago, August 5.—Despite the threat
ening weather the ladies were present in
Judee Gary’s court this morning in undi-
minished numbers.
„ „ -- M. T. Malkoff, a Russian, who lived at
adjourn unless he had some further com- 1 226 West Randolph street, was callecLfirst.
mumcation to make, had performed that ] He is correspondent of a paper at Sloscow,
j duty ana were informed by the i Russia, and it is said was imprisoned there
: president that he had rio further commu- i on account of his connection with tlienilii-
. mention to make and be congratulated the i listic movement. Malkoff had worked
t\yo houses on the termination of their j as a reporter of tlie Daily News and at one
.abors. time connected with the Arbeiter Zeitung.
Hawley, referring t° Beck s bill to pro- i H e was at Haymarket on the evening of
1 mbit members of congress acting as coun- ; May 4th, but only for a few minutes. He
se) for subsidized railroad companies, sain i testified that he was at Zeph’s hail when
he had been seeking ail opportunity to the bomb exploded; that lie saw Parsons
have it called up and acted ou, but other there live minutes before the bomb ex-
tion to ti e usual resolution of thanks to
the presiding ufiieer, but Hawley,
who was in the chair, stretched a point
ard declared tii'o resolution adopted unan
imously in total disreg..;d of liiddlebergur s
demand that there must be a quorum
voti sr. There were probably not more
than 30 senators present at any one time
during the day. nnd the galleries were
just as, hiimly occupied as the. floor was.
'liii lVnrk of I In- SuhIoii.
Washington, August 5.—The first ses
sion ol the forty-ninth congress which
ended to-day began Monday, December
7th, 1885, and covered a period of seven
months and twenty-eight clays, or 241 days
exclusive of Sundays. Of this time the
senate was in session 164 days and the
house 185 days. During that time there
were introduced in the two houses 13,202
measures, of Which 10,014 were house hills
and 214 house joint resolutions and 2891
bills and 83 joint resolutions of the
senate. The measures proposed for enact
ment into laws exceeded in number by
2940, those introduced at the first session of
the forty-eighth congress, which snt for
seven months and four days, or 165 days of
actiial working time. They covered all unlikely that the committee will lie called
soils of subjects, from the payment of a together before next fall.
business had stood in the way.
Beck agreed with Hawley that it had
1 been impossible to have action on the bill
this session. He thought, however, that
i the bill had not fair play. He did not be-
| lieve that a single member of the judiciary
i committee would vote for a substitute
which it bad reported. He thought
that the committee had sought to make a
! burlesque of what he regarded as a very
rious matter. He moved that the second
ploded, and Parsons, Mrs. Parsons and
Mrs. Holmes there at the time the bomb
exploded.
On cross examination it was shown that
witness had letters addressed to the care
of Justus Schwab in New York, and that
he was rooming with Balthauser Ran, an
anarchist, at tlie time of the riot, and be
fore that he lived with Schwab, one of the
defendants. When he left Russia
Li 1882 his bedroom was searched
Monday in December next be fixed for its by the police. Since bis stay here he had
| consideration. | contributed money to the Alarm. Witness j
A resolution, giving a month's pay to a said he was not a nihilist or an agent for
1 messenger who had been dismissed with- . any society in Russia. He was working ;
out cause, was offered by Call and after a • for the Moscow Gazette.
, short discussion adopted. The prosecution here offered in evidence ,
Plumb, from the conference committee a letter written by witness to Spies.
, on tlie fortification bill, reported that the | The letter is in substance an inquiry tus i
! committee had been unable to agree. Af- ' to whether or not Spies could use certain 1
ter a brief debate tlie subject was articles written by Malkoff. It goes on to
dropped. say: “I have just completed another arti- ;
Call endeavored to grt, up for action the j ele treating of the secret revolutionary ;
joint resolution of the house to pay certain : societies of Russia. I am a proletarian in ,
1 emnloves for the whole of the month of the fullest sense of the word. Address
; \ugust. your letter to J. H. Schwab, 50 First street, I
Edmunds objected, saying that in his , New York.” Witness said he did not use ]
I opinion the resolution was wrong. the term “proletarian” in the sense in 1
He moved that the senate take a recess which the socialists always employ the
: until 3-15 p. m., agreed to. i term, but he understood it to mean a man J
1 After the recess Edmunds moved that j without any means of support. |
j the senate take another recess till 3:50. The proceedings in the anarchist trial
i The vote was 5 to 11. ' this afternoon were, in the main, feature- I
“•Call the roll,” said Edmunds, and the i less, particularly in the earlier part. At
chair repeated the order to the clerk. 'last Henry Spies, brot her to Spies, the
“Before that is done’’—interposed Alii- accused, took the stand. There was
! n nothing sensational in his testimony, ex- |
l" “But nothin^ else can be done,” insisted eept his statement under oath that the |
Edmunds. ° ! story he told the officers who ;
J And so the call was proceeded with and i were sent to arrest him, and'
showed the presence of 33 senators—not a ! told the state’s attorney afterward was a !
onnrnm i fabrication from the beginning to the j
ayment of
laborer ut tlie capital for extra services,
to the complex questions of tariff
legislation and legisluiion with n-
! spect to the national finances. Of the
i entire number comparatively few were
i of what may be termed of national impor-
I tance. A greater number were measures
a private or of merely local importance,
such as relief and pension bills, bills for
tlie erection of public buildings, for iiridg-
j ing rivers, for graining right of way to
railroads through military or Indian reser-
1 various, for the removal of political disabili
ties, for changing the judicial districts, for
I establishing new land offices, for changing
! the names or location or increasing the
i capital stock of national banks, and for
, printing public documents. A very smail
| percentage of the whole number of bills
i Introduced, of either u general or private
| nature, became laws. Comparatively a
small number succeeded in getting
through tlie committees to which they
were referred* and reaching the calendars
of their rcspectlvea houses. Some secured
passage in the house in which they origi
nated, but failed of action in tin other
Who ( at
Till
branch, and a very large l umber .still
main uucousidered li\ committee!) to
which they were r. nnvri. Tne tote!
number of measure! • ml pas.-ec both I
houses wns 1101, beie • liillsiu.it
8i.O in tbe house. Of inis tot.
laws with the president's :q p
came laws by limit" !' u, u
failing either to ap] c o'
them within ten days " r tin
tion to him, 113 were vet >od pad one failed
by reason of adjournme-p without action
bylthe president. <' lie ut wj laws 74!i
were house measr. s and 2il sena'c
measures. The lavs t/mt became such by
limitation were, wi'!. two exceptions, pri- \
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Washington, August 3.—After Mr.
Hoar, in ids capacity of a Blaine fugle
man, lmd raised llie “bloody shirt” in the
senate to-day, Mr. Hale and 51r. Edmunds
inveighed against the dilatory lialiits of
the house, the lateness of the appropria
tion hills nnd the labor put upon the senate
in dealing with these bills. All this is ill
the nature of that kind of stump-speaking
which is very common toward the close of
a session, when alert partisans try to get
into the official Record matter which later
can be used by them in tho campaign. The
republicans are greatly concerned to make
out ns bail a ease as possible for the demo
crats, and their favorite cry now is that
this has been, through democratic mis
management, nil uncommonly useless aud
tedious congress.
Your correspondent has seen the close
of a number of sessions of congress, and
it occurred to him to-day to turn back to a
long session when hot h houses and the ad
ministration were republican, nnd com
pare the present session with that. Thnt
wns the session of 1881-2. The republicans
had control of all branches of the govern
ment; they had been long in power and
were expert in legislation and familiar
with the work of administration. They
elected 51r. Eel for speaker nnd made Mr.
Robeson leader of the house. They had iu
the house a majority of about thirty.
Under ali tlie circumstances quick des
patch of business nnd much useful nnd
prcssingly necessary legislation might
properly be expected, with an early ad
journment.
In fact, however, that republican con
gress snt until the Nth of August, and on
the 7th, the day before adjournment, Sena
tor Plumb, a republican, spoke bis mind as
Senators Halo and Edmunds did to-day.
He gave the following nocouut of the dila-
toriness and mismanagement of the repub
lican house:
Tbe responsibility for the extension of
the present session was chargeable solely
to the dilntoriness of the house in matur
ing tlie appropriation bills. All tho esti
mates for the appropriations were before
the house in the first days
of the session, and there was
no reason why these bills could not have
been prepared and brought forward in
flint body within thirty days after the as
sembling" of congress; but, notwithstand
ing this, no important appropriation bill
reached the senate until nearly the close
of tiie fiscal year. The naval hill was not
sent over until the 13th of July, which was
thirteen days subsequent to the last day of
the fiscal year on which, by its terms, it
wns to take effect. The legislative bill
passed tlie house on June 19, leaving but a
day before tho expiration of the year,
within which brief period the senate was
asked to consider, report nnd pass upon it.
The sundry civil hill, which provided for
detnils of every department of the govern
ment, and upon which ’he senate commit
tee ought to have spent a month, came to
the senate twelve days after I he expiration
of the time at which it was declared lobe
operative. And thus on through the list,
of the appropriation bills. The revcirte
liilN have been similarly delayed, that in
relation lo knit'goods coming from- the
house on July 3d, and the tax reduction
hill on June 28th—the latter accompanied'
by a resolution for an adjournmenton July
ltitb, which, if adopted, would have given
the senate no time whatever to consider
cither of these important measures. Thus
the house had trilled deliberately and, as
he Plumb, beli' ved, intentionally, with
every interest of the country for purposes
of which lie would not speak, and the re
sponsibility could not he laid ul the door, of
tiic senate, which boJv had acted np5U-
every public and private measure with the
utmost p< ssibie celerity. If business in
terests had been injured and uianuliictur-
ing to a large extent stopped because of
the protracted session and the apprehen
sions of unwise legislation to which it lmd
given rise, the responsibility should rest
with the house where it belonged.
It is not extravagant, but only the simple
truth, to sny that while tlie democrats,
might “.aye done better tor themselves at
t'.i session, for the country they have
done infinitely better limn the republicans
when they had both houses and the ad
ministration. The republicans in 1881-2
Ity was that Jefferson j were so scandalously eomiot and wasteful
l'jiat he thanked God tlint he j of the police's money that they were de-
eu LIi i oln p nnd Grant dead | fented at the ensuing elections. The dem-
linil ,ie said Davis himself
Nitiiifoi-iiil < ’o n I! nil lit inns.
Washington. Augusts.—The senate in
executive session lias confirmed the follow
ing nominees: 11. R. Dawson, of Alabama,
to be commissioner of education; Thomas
C. Black, to be associate justice of the su
preme court of Montana; Alice A. Alice,
of the District of Columbia, to lie second
assistant secretary of state; John B. Moore,
of Delaware, third assistant secretary of
state; E. Spencer Pratt, of Alabama, Uni
ted States minister resident and consul
general to Persia; MelniothC. Williams, of
South Carolina, agent for the Indians of
Pueblo agency, N. M.; Thomas Smith, of
Virginia, United States attorney for the
territory of New Mexico.
Tin liiiluir liivixtliriiticn.
Washington, August 5,—Although the
house, liy a resolution to-day, authorized
Cmtia’s special labor investigating com
mittee to continue its work through the
entire recess, yet members of that com
mittee express the opinion that two or
three daily sessions will suffice to complete
the taking of testimony. Iloxie’sevidence
is the only material matter wanted. It is
Tin Knrfilliiillon Hill.
Washington, August 6. The fortifica
tion appropriation bill, after passing both
houses of congress, failed in the confer
ence. The senate conferees were willing
to reduce tho total appropriation made
by the bill to $5,000,000. but this proposi
tion was not acceptable to tlie house
conferees, and consequently there will be
no fund available for the preservation and
repair of fortifications during the recess.
Will Attend Hu ml.
Washington, August 5.--R is probable
that the president and sovi ral members "I
the cabinet will attend the funeral of Til
den.
.WHO STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON.
i l'
til \limit It.
Tin
quirer-Sun.
'THY, Ain., August 5.-
m .Norman l oiter in this city
I i : 'lie 2titli of April, bus conn
iis name is Charles S. Lucas,
a farmer residing near Mount
Montgomery county. Porter
ainiimint of vis- ! ctid. Witness said In effect that though I
Allison corrected his sta . ?. he was at the meeting from the beginning i
terday by makl "S [ 'PI • d th .. o( - las , to the end and all of this time in sight of j
present fiscal . Y^ d (KX) ^ , his brother, he did not once see Schwab,
.vear by *45,000,000 instead ol £83,000,0(10. Thi , c . or ,t r j-.rticted the statement of Thomp- 1
I Then Edmunds changed his motion for 80tl) witness for the state, who said Spies
! a recess so as to make it extend to six i anc j Schwab previous to tlie!
j minutes before four and entered into a speaking walked together from tlie;
! discussion with tbe chair as to the parlla- ; wagon to union street and back.
1 mentary practice in rule in t" e ' Witness then i kited huw be stood beside
i case of the absence of a quorum, the chair 1 jhe wagon during tbe speaking; how,
holding that no motion but one tu adjourn when the bomb exploded he helped bis
or to compel the attendance ot absent brother alight from tbe wagon, and how
members, was in order. The question could j )e strui-R down a revolver aimed at his
not be decided by submitting it to the brother, and receiving the ball in his own
senate, as the same difficulty about a quo- ; body, he became separated from his
mm would arise, and so by general consent brother and went home to have his wound
there was a suspension of any attempt at dressed. He declared bis brother remain-
business until the liandh on the clock dial e( j j), the wagon during the entire meet-
business until the lianas on me ed in the wagon during
indicated a quarter before tour. At that jng, which contradicts Gilmer’s testimony.
- ' resident was • — r
Tin Kiiiinhs Dnmimti)-.
Leavexwohth, Kan., August 5.—Tlie
moment a message from tbe pr
^Edmunds interposed against the recep-
lion of the niessage on ? be t t’ 1 ° a / 1 nc ia 0 ” a democratic state convention at 11 o’clock ,
, business could be done in the absence oi a ^ ma(Je the foUowingllominations: !
quorum. , , . .. messnn-e For chief justice, Wm. Kingman, of Cow-;
The chair decided that the message . ^ count% -j ; fop governor, Thomas Moon-
could be received. decision I light, of Leavenworth. After Moonlight
| Edmunds—“I appeal from the decision ac s ceJ ^ ed the nomination the convention
0f Cha e ir-“The chair cannot entertain an adjourned until this morning at 9 o’clock.
appeal in the absence of a quorum.’ , wini Deteriorate* a* It (irons Old.
[Laughter.] he entered on the The old notion that wine improves by
, Edmunds—“Let that De euiereu ou ; age it 8e ems is a humbug. One Winkel-
j0 Th n e a mc-ssage was then received, it being man, a German chemist, has been experi-
1 he message 1> that the pres ident menting on the subject, and says there is
a mere an agt . at which all wines, including the i
had signed certain • message and very best, cease to he wholesome. He or-
Edmunds If re 5 ..- na fjs not business, dered some wines of the famous Bremen
Rathskeller, Rudesheimer Rose. 1642, and
Hocheimer Apostel, 1726, highly recom
mended for their medicinal value, and
found that they were deficient in natural
contained as much acid as '
w wines in poor seasons, so
that they were positively injurious to ,
vate pension and relief L-iE . The Li.cept’.oi
were the bill to authorize the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf railway to construct
a railway through the Indian territory
and that to retire Lieutenant Randall.
Of tlie measures vetoed by the president
thirty-six were senate bills and seventy-
seven Hills of the house. Twenty-eight
of tlie senate bills vetoed were
private pension Hills, three were for
tlie erection of public buildings at Dayton,
Ohio; Sioux City, Iowa, and Zanesville,
Ohio; one v, us to grant to railroads the
right of wa.v through !,.o Indian reserva
tion in no:-: 1 era Montana; one to make
Springfield, Mass., a port of delivery; one
to provide that the bodies of paupers,
criminals and strangers dying within the
District of Columbia, unclaimed within a
specified time after death, shall lie turned
over to the medical colleges, and one to
quiet the title to settlers on the DesMoines
river lands, and one to provide for tlie
construction of a bridge over Lake Champ
lain. Of the house bills disapproved by
the president, seventy-four were private
pension bills and three for the erection of
public buildings. The proposed public
buildings were for Asheville, N. C\, Duluth,
; to to have bc-n dead twenty years
whereupon n uui hi the crowd
(I upon him a.id cut him. Lucas
■s affidavit lo the effect that the row
•mi in a liHi—rocm; that Porter was
hank and mid profane and obscene
age to him (Lucas); that the name of
rrats have at this session kept all the ap-
prniiriations within proper limits and most
of lliein within the limits of last year.
But that is not all. They have passed a
presidential succession la w, a congressional
.library law, a law relieving our merchant
marine of a number of burdens, a law tax
ing railroad grant lands, a law reducing
the fees on domestic money orders, severiu
laws forfeiting unearned land grants and
restoring about fifty-millions of acres to
the public domuin for the people’s use,
and several other important public meas
ures. Moreover, it should not no forgotten
that the democratic house passed yet
other forfeiture and land reform hills, all
of great public utility, which were stopped
and crushed in the republican senate.
New York, Aug. 6.—Everything at the V 1 ,act ’ k , f ' H " he said that it the
stock exchange to-day was of a small re-! democrats had had even a narrow
tail kind. Nothing of special interest took I 111 * bo sella tc a great deal of
place. The opening was fairly steady, the
Jefferson Davis was not mentioned,
that he used a penknife on Porter. He
denounced Porter as a drunken black
guard and a colossal liar.
A Kilniln
ON CHANGE.
nihil filth
f Fiuturin
difference from lust night’s final figures
being in no ease more than L although a
majority were lower. There was
a slight recession from the first prices, but
the heaviness soon disappeared ami a firm
tone prevailed over the entire list through
out '
a gr
necessary and beneficial legislation would
have passed which has been defeated.
The republican congress of 1881-82 sat later
than this session will last and did
nothing useful at all.
Independent journals may growl at the
si orteomings of the present session, hut
out the morning. Western Union, bow- ‘f <loes "Mbeiong to the republicans to
aver, was decidedly strong, advancing 1. I d .° SH ' J heir record under more favorable
A dull and steady market succeeded until oircumstances was so much worse in every
the last hour. ' Wabash at this time " n Y mn tlle democratic record
A
til
was tjonspicuoua for strength and
business nnd priees were stimulated over
the whole market, which closed strong at
the best priees of the day. Almost every-
tiiat they cannot offer a comparison with
out being brought to shame.
Minn., and Springfield, Mo. The number ^hingon the active list is higher to-night.
entering it on the journi
1 a \ ft tram fit hersh ort* delay the moment of Hoehein
acfjournment arrived and , be chair sa>d L mended
Senators Before announcing the deter- found that they were
i, Tri m of this session of the senate. I glycerine and contai
pT I to return to each of you m.v the cheapest new win*
>g lea} e to 1 etui and that they were pos
beg
gral
kindness to me us
grateful thanks ^'^"“^[TUXg^oIttcer, ■ health.-Detroit Free Press;
of measures vetoed during tlie session was
four more than have been vetoed from tlie
foundation of the government to the be
ginning of the session just closed. While
nearly all of the vetoed bills ot the senate
were reported back from the committees
with recommendation that they pass, not
withstanding the president’s objections,
and while similar action was taken on
some of the house hills, only one 'that
granting a pension to Jacob Romiseri was
passed by tlie two houses over the veto.
Tiie Des Moines river bill passed tbe sen
ate over the veto, but failed to receive tlie
requisite two-tliirds vote in the house.
Motions to pass hills to grant pensions to
Mary Anderson and Andrew J. Wilson
over the president’s veto were defeated in
tlie house. The consideration of other
veto measures has been postponed until
tbe next session.
Aiqii^iil liy lie- l’risifillit.
Washington, Augusts.—The president
lias approved the river and harbor bill.
To an associated press reporter, tlie presi
dent suid this morning, that un examino-
Norfolk and Western preferred is up H,
Jersey Central, Lackawanna and Western
Union each 11, Texas Pacific 1, Wabash
common IS and preferred 2, and the re
mainder of the active list fractional
amounts. Union Pacific, however, is down
j) and Pacific Mail i. Bales 210,(XK) shares.
lilt liy h Moral till.
Covington, Ga., August 3.—Mr. Wil
liam Everett, while fishing his basket in
tlie river, allowed his boat to drift near
tiie bank, when a moccasin snake rushed
into the boat and bit Mr. Everett on the
bare loot twice before he could eject it
from the boat. Mr. Everett corded tlie . -
ankle promptly, mounted his horse and ] vention then adjourned sine die.
rode three-fourths
Tin South Cni'oliiik lliinoirm,-.
CoLrJlBlA, S. C., August 5.—The demo
cratic state convention nominated J. H.
Rice, of Abbeville, for superintendent of
education; Isaac S. Bamberg, of Barnwell,
for treasurer; Joseph H. Earle, of Sumter,
for attorney-general; A. M. Mauingault, of
Charleston, for adjutant-general, and W.
E. Stoney, of Berkely, for comptroller.
The ticket includes three of the present
officials, Richardson, state treasurer, get
ting the nomination for governor, and th e
nominees for comptroller and adjutant-
general being the encumbents. The com
mittee on platform omitted the civil ser
vice plank, but the convention by a large
majority restored it, reiterating their con
fidence in civil service reform. The con-
of a mile home, and
A Coiurriviiomil < •
then drank about a pint, of whisky, which
partially intoxicated him. He thought the ! Alexandria, Va., August 5.—The con-
elfects of the poison neutralized, Hut. when grewtional convention of tlie eighth district
the cord was slackened he began to have j met here to-day, and after adopting the
spasms, which continued nt intervals for two-thirds rule took twenty-eight ballots
eight hours. Doctors were called in and 1 without result and adjourned until to-mor-
administered the usual antidote, and after row. On the last ballot W. H. F. Lee led,
an eight-hours’contest succeeded in re- i with Foster second, Merideth third and
lieving Mr. Everett temporarily. | Hume last!