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m Why Shiver ^ * Wrap at tess A. K1RVEN & CO. Ai'o teh^lTh J Wrart.’ ™ JackX Do,'? 16 ' * each ’ t ;i <s at less than cost. S ’ Dolm “ s - Sacks and CHILDREN’S WRAPS. ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 31, 1890. NO. in HOAR’S DESPERATION TO GET THE FORCE BILL THROUGH THE SENATE. Wolcott’s great speech — his de fense OF THE MINORITY AND OF THE SOUTH—DEMOCRATS FEAR THE WORSE. i ishing Our Friends a Happy A r.d prosperous New Year, we thank them for the liberal ; : " l,a r e have bestowed on us in the past year, the 1,10 1 fe'iccesrful ot any of the past fourteen, and promising ( r nest efforts to merit a continuance of their favors, We are, gratefully yo . A. KIRVEN & CO. MJLJ1 BOYS’ OVERCOATS, S!zes 2 to 11. These goods are worth from $3 00 to $15.00 each. They must be sold at once. How does this strike you? A $3 00 Coat for $1.00—sizes 2i only. A $5.00 Coat for $2.50. A $5 00, $7 00 and $10.00 Coat for $3.00 to $6.00. On Men’s Overcoats You can get some similar bargains. Shoes! Shoes! There is just no end to their !- i,oe stock. They have the goods The style, comfort, quality and priv 1 sell ihcm. Note their $3.00 and $5 00 beauties. CHRISTMAS AT OSWICHEE. A I I EASANT ANI> GRAPHIC PICTURE. j Oswichee, Russell County, Ala. De- ci'mlior 29.—[Special.]—Whatever the ad vantage of visiting the “Oswichee neigh- i i hood,” (so-called) at any time, ail fa it’ condition would seem to meet ; Christmas holidays. Oswichee is ' nt to change, and it were an easy, ’ t.’li in some respects a sad office, to uakt the altered aspect of things the n of a letter. Deaths, removals, im- i to ■( l fortunes and time itself, have a! their own parts. Yet, it may be not irreverently, that Oswichee <- on forever,” and chief perhaps ot > which thus “go,” is Christmas day, i lie least feature of which (being :> a big thing), is the “big dinner, j U not throw the whole soul (to say | n iig of one’s stomach) into the festivi- j if the Christmas which comes, as e\ary body says, “but once a year? Ail a is unite in reverence of the Man thus commemorated; and if it is not matter of pmof that the day of honor among the holidays was the actual birthday of the. \\ rld’s Greatest Benefactor, it has been wisely chosen as the period when thus at tlie close of the year gratitude may be awakened, and the jubilee itself may right- y become a mode of its expression. Eet out Northern brother, at his pleasure, mag- nit v Thanksgiving day, or magnify himse on pumpkin pie, etc.; but for us of the South, (apart from other mention) com- iid us to hog and hominy, “possum, if von are lucky—turkey, which reminds vou of Daniel Lambert, syllabub, fruit cake and (no derogation to other things;, that which has been called a variety oi fruit cake, the pone of crackling rea . in a community embracing so wr»e» number of families, there is proper.^ < hristmas day (the first of a senes of feast days), a rendezvous of kith and and kin at the home of some one presumed to ™ others in claims to general honor and lection. “Aunt Betsy Mason 6 * the hills meeting in her own venerable and S Drigl!tlv person of eighty-five summers, all tt conditions which would elicit admi ration. Forty years ot a halt centuy t widowhood have been spent in °^' SL ’ SS-’SSar:;; bring literally ch^arfulneis, playing from >■« to 8*?'" . skill yet unexpended in handiwork, fingers which ply the pen and plant or cull the rose, we may expect that years will super vene in fuller fruition of a beautiful and useful life thus already long. It remains to add that no community is known to your correspondent distinguished by so many at tractive features. White and colored par ties are in harmony, the more significant by reason of an exceptional disproportion in the largest number of the latter to the former. Taken as a whole, the successive crops of the outgoing year are satisfactory, the only offset being the recent reduced price of cotton. The colored man of Os wichee has no “West” in his head, the preacher and the teacher continue their <rood offices, and Oswichee bids fair to maintain the good name which she has so long and so well merited. MIDLAND NOTES. Midland, Ga.,December 30.—[Special.] jj ev- c. C. Willis preached his fiftieth anniversary sermon at Bethel yesterday The church had been nicely decorated with flowers, evergreens and appropriate mottoes by the ladies on the day before. Arnon" other demonstrations, the congre gation had had prepared a life-size crayon portrait of the aged minister, which was unveiled and presented to liim in due course of the ceremonies. The finale of the ceremonies was a voluntary contribu- tion by the congregation on behalf of the pastor, and a nice purse was presented him. The congregation was the largest the church had known in years. The music conducted by Mrs. Geo. Glenn and Prof Goins, was splendid. The visiting j“°- w - wu ”° “ d Jesse Moore, of Ellerslie. Mr. Willis did not resign his pastorate as had been reported he would do. The church gave him an unlimited call fifty years ago, and is not|williug now that he sh ill hand over the charge. . The Christmas holidays have been quie enough at Midland, and with the week just ended, have come to a finale with most of rhe business element. , , Foxhunting bird hunting, dinings and visiting have been the princ.palfeatures of interest. RICHMOND’S HOSPITAL!rY TO OCONNOR. Richmond, December 31,-O’Connor, the Irish envoy, was entertained at dinner to lav by P. H. Mayo, and tonight by E. y Crump. Tomorrow he will be given a dinner by Gen. Josepn R. Anderson. He im leave for New York Wednesday morn ing. — Highest of all in Leavening Power. u. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, *889* Baking Powder /VBSOUUTEIX PVRB Washington, December30.—[Special.] —The proceedings in the upper House ox Congress today clearly demonstrated that Mr. Hoar must soon pass his Force bill or it will be set aside by the urgency of the legislative situation. The admirable speech of Wolcott against the measure, the rude injection of Stewart’s silver speech into the debate, and the revolt of Teller against the pending gag rule, are unmistakeable sigus that the reader will not fail to comprehend. On next Tuesday it is believed that Aid- rich will call up his cloture rule and at tempt to pass it. The Republican pro gram in reference to this gag process, is not defined, but it is suspected lhat the at tempt will be made to treat the rule as a question of extraordinary privilege, like a motion to take a recess or adjourn. Such motions are not debatable for potent rea sons, and it is feared that Morton can be depended on to submit the ru.e as a privil eged matter to the Senate. If this hap pens, of course it will pass, and then be immediately applied to hush the debate on on the force bill. I find quite a number of prominent Democrats who believe that Hoar will finally win. Senator Pugh, today, said he feared the worst. The House session today was a howling farce. The session opened and closed, ail within five minutes. About forty mem bers were in their seats, among them, four Georgians, Blount, Clements, Turner and Crisp. Mr. J. L. Watkins, late census super visor for the Birmingham district, stated today, for the first time, that he had been invited here by Superintendent Porter to take a place in the bureau as a collector of manufacturing statistics. He will probably accept aud be employed either here or in the Southern field. Some years ago, Porter was on a. visit to Birm ingham, when Mr. Walkins showed him considerable attention, and his present official honors are the fruits of his kind ness. A young pension office clerk, Miss Rosch, who testified the other day before the Raum investigating committee that she had never worked for the Raum Re frigerator Company, except to copy one letLer, it seems perjured herself. She has just admitted that she copied over 2000 letters and numerous other documents for the concern. She will be re-examined when Congress meets, and the committee can be gotten together. The President has appointed J. H. Dav enport postmaster at Calhoun, Ga., vice Miss Ida Johnson. J. M. Morrow suc ceeds J. H. Barrow as postmaster at Ban ning, Carroll county. The latter was be headed. Nearly two thousand New York and New England school marms are visiting Washington today. They are in all avail able places, sight-seeing. The great ma jority of them are in that advanced stage of life vulgarly known as 'he sere and yellow. IN THE SENATE. Washington, December 30.—There were only seventeen Senators present , when the Senate met today, two of them Democrats—Gorman and Faulkner. One j of these called attention to the absence of ! a quorum, and the Sergeaut-at-Arms was called into requisition. It was 11 o’clock before a quorum was secured aud belore the journal of yesterday was read. The galleries, however, were all the time crowded with visitors, principally excur sionists from among the public school teachers of New York and Philadelphia. Their presence was recognized by the Chaplain who, in his prayer, asked a spe cial blessing for the “great army of men and women gathered in our schools and colleges and seminaries.,’ During the long wait, there suddenly 1 came from one of the galleries a general j hand clapping, such as in a thealre signi- j fies impatience that the performance is i slow to begin. It was quietly rebuked by the Vice-President, and there was no repe- j tition of such a violation of Senatorial de-! corum. Regan gave notice of two amendments ! to Mr. Aldrich’s cloture resolution. Then j the Senate resumed consideration of the I elections bill, and Hoar continued lrs I speech, commenced yesterday, in its advo- j cacy. He quoted from an article in the Charleston, (S. C.) News and Courier, j condemning the “eight box” law! of that State, and characterizing i it as a political trick and subterfuge in- j tended to get rid of the constitutional j rights of the majority of the citizens of j South Carolina. Nothing, Hoar said, had ever been uttered in the Senate by the most extreme fanatic imparting one-tenth of the severity of the statement of that great, leading Democratic newspaper, the guide of public sentiment in that State. He reminded the Southern Senators that they had pledged, not merely their official oaths, but their honor as |men that they would give their devotion to the con stitutional amendments if they were only let back into their old condition in the Union free from the consequences of the rebellion, and now they were denouncing those constitutional amendment as a stupenduous crime and blunder.” Hoar criticized the new consti tution of the State of Mississippi, and quoted the declaration of Judge Calhoun, president of the convention which adopted it, avowing the purpose for which it was gathered,and who said that if he were asked whether it was the purpose to restrict ne gro suffrage, he would frankly answer “Yes, that is what we are here for.” Hoar recalled the Copia massacre in Mississippi, the murder of Fred Matthews, “a kindly citizen and an excellent neighbor in the act of casting his ballot,” aDd the burning of his widow’s house, and said that within the present Christmas season, in a time of “ peace on earth and»good will to men,” that a widow’s son, a Republican postmas ter a young man of twenty-one, had been shot down in the streets of Carrollton, the home of Senator George. “How long,” Hoar exclaimed, “how long, Oh, God, shall the blood of the mar tyrs cry for vengeance from the ground? How long shall the murder of men because they are Republicans be the onh crime to which Republicans are indifferent? The Senator (referring to Walthall) thinks that the era of these things is passing by in Mississippi. Let us hope so. Let us hope that, when its dark and bloody history is written, it will be recorded that there was at least one manly voice in all her chival ry that uttered the indignation of an American freeman at the outrage on Americanism and on freedom. In conclusion, Hoar addressed himself directly to the Southern Senators, and said: “You have tried everything else, Dow try justice. Yon have exhausted every policy, and failed. This terrible question will not down. Your people have listened too long to the evil counsellors who led them into rebellion, into war, into poverty, into crime. Let them listen now to the counsels of the greatest orator of antiquity —“Justice is itself the great standing pol icy of civil society, and any eminent de parture from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.” . , Walcott made an animated speech against the bill, attracting the closest at tention from its first sentence to its last. It was, he said, a source of great regret to him to be called upon to differ with any considerable number of bis party, and to decline to take a tor from Massachusetts had occupied a path which older leaders pointed considerable portion of two days with a out. It was proper that the reasons which speech mainly devoted to historical rerni- impelled that difference be fairly stated, niscences, aud hardly touching upon the | The time which the bill engrossed was not merits of the bill. Other Senators on the opportune. Nearly one-third of the ses- Republican side had contented themselves sion was through, and daylight was not yet with the declaration that this was a bene- visible. There were before the Senate ficent measure for benificent purposes, and measures of vast importance that would had left to Senators on the other side to fail for another year, at least, unless they touch upon the details of the bill. The were now acted upon. Among the meas- Senate had been told, when criticisms were ures awaiting action, Walcott mentioned made upon the bill, that amendments the silver bill, the apportionment bill, the would be offered. Up to this hour,there had pure food bill, the copyright bill and the been no suggestion as to the manner in private land court bill. We stand, he which these amendments were to be made, said, in the shadow of great financial dis- A vote taken on this, or any other ques- aster. The people turn to Congress for re- tion, would demonstrate the fact that there lief. They want the assurance* either that was not a quorum of Republican Senators ' there will be no legislation on the financial present. There had been no attempt made 'subject, so that they can set their on the part of the friends of the bill to bring | house in order, or that they will receive an it to a vote. Now, the Senate was to be j adequate medium of circulation for the met with a new rule, which was to reverse ' transaction of their business. Bat it was the traditions of the body and to over- not only, he said, because these measures • throw a practice which had been in vogue were clamoring for recognition that he j eighty-four years. Teller referred to the felt compelled to oppose the passage of the : impression which has gone abroad elections bill. If the session were to last \ that this bill was kept before indefinitely, and if none of those vital the Senate for the purpose of staving off measures were pending, he would still j much needed and much demanded finan- vote against it. It was a travesty on duty cial legislation, and said that if the Sena- that the Senate should be day after day j tor did wish the bill to stand in the way of discussing changes in an election law that 1 legislation he should put the Senate in a had stood without amendment for ; position to vote on amendments before he twenty years. In his opinion, the pending offered, or allowed to be offered, a rule bill should not become a law, because it ; which would cut off debate and amend- invoived Federal interference and espion- ’ ments. He was in sympathy with the de age at other than national elections, and dared object of the bill, but whether he such interference was contrary to the spirit I voted for it depended upon its shape when of American institutions and an obstacle! it came to a vote. He first to the right enjoyment of American liber- ] wished an opportunity to vote ties. It was, to his mind, far better that : upon the amendments. He did not believe local or State elections in the city of j that the people of the United States were New York, wi h its thousands of \ prepared for the proceeding, and, for one, ignorant, criminal and venal voters, j he was prepared to resist by all proper should be attended by fraud and dis- ! methods the adoption of the rule until the honesty, than that they should be kept j Senate had an opportunity to vote upon pure by Federal interference. They had : all amendments. To repeat, whether he tried, in Colorado, the remedy of Federal I would vote for the bill or not, depended on interference under the direction of a Dem- j the result of the vote on several amend- ocratic district-attorney and a Democratic 1 ments, and he was not to be deterred of marshal. The law had been administered ! his object because of delay, because no- by a judge who was so intolerably fair that body was more responsible for that delay he was opposed to both parties, and yet it : than the Senators who favored that bill, had been giren up, and now the people of ] Hoar defended himself from the irnpu- Colorado manage their own elections , tation of a lack of diligence, and distrib- fairly, impartially aud incorruptibly. j uted the blame for delay between the The people of the United States, I Democratic Senators for their opposition, Wolcott went on to say, wanted and his Republican colleagues for failure no more civil strife, and it would be im- 1 to attend the sessions of the Senate, aud possible to enforce such a law against the | he especially disclaimed any part in per- united opposition of the white population , milting the elections bill to be used to ab- in the Southern States. The attempt sti net financial legislation, would bring back Lhe old days of terror- j Teller said he did not appreciate until izing, and the weaker race would be the this afternoon the effect of the proposed sufferer. There were many things more rule which he understood was to come up important and vital to the welfare of the for action on Tuesday next. It had not nation Ilian that the colored citizens of occurred to him that the Senate would be the South should cast their ballots. in the position of having to vote on a bill Referring to a question put by Eustis without an opportunity to vote upon the some weeks ago to Dolph, as to what the amendments The Senator indicated that people of Oregon would do under similar the rule did not mean this, but the legis- circumstances, if the Chinese voters were tive condition of the Senate would be one in the majority in that State. Mr. Wal- of inability to vote upon the amendments, cott said that Dolph’s answer seemed eva- If the friends of the bill were in sive. He (Walcott) would not speak for earnest, they could pass it with Oregon, but lie gave it as his solemn opin- out a rule. They could pass it as bills had ion that in Colorado, whose mountains been passed; and as bills had been passed inspired only freedom and love of justice, in the days of reconstruction, as they had and where the Republican party bad as been passed before and during the war. large a majority in proportion to its popu- He had never shown any inclination to lation as Kansas and Nebraska Had in abandon Senators who believed in those their lucid years, [quiet laughter among the measures by absenting himself, even Democrats] if such a condition of affairs though he might not be willing to support existed, and if the Chinese vote was op- the bill by his vote. posed to the unite l and intelligent white Hale said that the situation had become, vote, the white vote in some way aud by £o gome Republican Senators who expected some method would govern Democratic ap- support the bill and vote for it, if op- proval. , portuniiy were given them, almost intoier- He was not informed that in any South- a ble. The Senate was not without expe- ern State there was any inclination to leg- Hence in dealing with important measures. Teller—“Then why propose the new rale about coming to a vo.e?' Hawley—“I meant that, if it comes to that, there must be a new way found. The whole nation has keen full of rumors for nearly two years that the Republicans In Congress will not be permitted to come to a vote on a certain great qnestion. The whole country has heard that. It is perfectly well understood that this measure is to be re sisted by every parliamentary device. I do not know when we shall come to a vote, but 1 shall go for anything short of abso lute despotism to get a vote upon it when ever the majority of the Senate thinks that it is ready to vote, cloture or no cloture.” Teller— 1 prevalent tion, to islate against the colored mau, or that, ex cept on the question' of suffrage, there was serious friction between the races. The time would surely come when, if Congress did not seek to foment trouble, the white voters of the South would be hardly as unanimous as they were now. The signs of the times pointed unmistakably It could not be said of this bill, important as it was, that it stood in importance above all other measures which agitated the country and the Senate during ihe last 30 days. The Senate, heretofore, had been able to complete and pass great meas ures, and it ought to have learn ed by this time whether the methods to the serious differences among which then prevailed could apply now, and them; and when these differences be.come take ihe Senate out of the rut into which satisfied, the colored voter would be in de- had fallen. Somebody ought to know mand. He could afford to wait, so long as whether the old methods of the Senate he was protected in life and property; and could apply. The great war measures had so could the Republican party wait. If been bitterly opposed in the Senate, but the Republican party hid every Southern these measures had been passed. All of member of the next. House of Representa- the reconstruction acts had met with de- tives they would still be short of a major ity. Two years from now, when the be nificent tariff law has had time to demon strate Us wisdom, they would not need the assistance of the termined hostility, yet they had been en acted into laws. By this time it ought to be known whether the old meth ods would pass the pending bill. But they had not been tried. The Southern Republican representation which Senate was not trying the old method, but the bill sought to give. But there was a new method which some Senators another and a weightier reason why, in his thought must be resorted to. He didn’t optnion, the bill should be defeated. For know, from anythipg that had occurred a quarter of a century, out from poverty U p on the other side, whether the Demo- ami despair, the South had been reaching cratic Senators had determined to resort to forth in an effort to plant its feet on the nndue means to defeat the bill. Nothing solid rock of material prosperity, and, in bad shown it. Long speeches, instructive view of the marvellous growth and traus- speeches, had been made on both sides, formation now taking place in the South- but he could not know, until the matter era States, it would be, he believed, un- ■ wa3 brought to the test, whether the Sena- wise and unpatriotic for Congress to inter- : t ors on £d e other side had determined upon fere in the conduct of its internal affairs. an y extiaordinary proceedings. VVithout He had no hope for the immediate politi- impugning the steadfast devotion of the cal regeneration of that section, but that Senator from Massachusetts to this cause, did not affect the question. The people of : be would suggest that the time had come the Southern States were not only regain- j w ben the Senator should find out what ing their old prosperity, but were leaving ! 0U cht to be done, it far behind Under the changed condi- I ^ said h if he had had his tions, unused to effective labor, handicap-I th di measure wou i d have been ped with countless disadvantages, they had ; ^ tfor - ard se3sion and some come out and up into the light. They had ; * for c!osin the debate would have won the confidence o Northern capitalist, ; been ad teJ . It % id bee n in opposition and were entitled to the aid of Northern en- his y .J ws thatthat had not be £ doae . terpr.se, and there was no section of the He uadertook tQ that the injliry caused country that blossomed today to the pending measure by the speeches brighter promise than the South. The : f h g ato = from Nevada and Colorado history of mankind had shown no such : (Stewart and WalcoU)> had not wonderful growth and awakening. Rejoie-, ^ ha , £ a3 much ^ obstacle in ing in the prosperity of every section of . - - - - . .- ... i the way of accomplishin the common country, he (Walcott) was un- 1 J e what he . , ... , . . ! .i UU [ I believed to be the desire of the Republi- to intrude, with h.s vote, on that | can pany Qf the courUryi a3 the fac r that willin people, at this time, a measure which seemed to them but the renewal of strife and bitterness, which was foreign to the spirit and dangerous to the freedom of Re publican institutions. [General applause in the galleries and on the Democratic side.] At the close of Wolcott’s speech, the elections bill was laid aside informally and the bill reported from the finance com mittee was taken up, on which Stewart proceeded to address the Senate. The purpose of the bill, he said, was to pur chase 12,000,000 ounces of silver now held by speculators, and issue $21X1,000,000 of bonds to be held as the basis of the national bank circulation. Its provisions were for the relief of the gamblers, silver speculators, and national banks. There was nothing in the measure looking to the coinage of silver. “For one,” said Stewart. “I will not vote for such a proposition. I do not fear that anybody will accuse me of personal interest. The transacrion is improper and immoral and will be severely criticized. I shall not place myself where an explanation will be required. Such a purchase of silver would temporarily increase its price and thereby, to some extent, benefit some of my con stituents. But they are not asking for ben efit at any such price. They prefer to bide their time and wait until there are votes enough in Congress to enact into law a free and an unlimited coinage of silver. Reagan spoke in favor of the free coin age of silver, and then discussed the elections bill and the cloture proposition. Upon the two latter subjects, he became involved in a dialogue with Spooner as to the length of time a minority ought to be permitted to talk against a measure which the majority desired to pass. No satisfac tory understanding was reached. Teller called the attention of the Sena tor from Massachuseets (Hoar) to the present status of the elections bill. Up to this hour no attempt had been made to bring the bill to a vote. There had been a discussion on both sides—an irrele vant discussion on both sides. The Sena- Republican Senators left the chamber at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, or were paired. He reminded Hale that when there was an attempt to get an evening session for the consideration of the bill, almost all the Democratic Senators got up and walked out of their seats into the lobby. Hale—“There were only twenty-five Re publicans here. I was one of them.” Iloar—“And so was I, but I think that the Senator from Massachusetts may have learned something hen in reference to the derelictions of his Republican associates and the purposes af his Democratic antago nists.” Mitchell here suggested, to the great satisfaction and amusement of the Demo cratic Senators,!hat it was in order for the Senate to adjourn, so that there might be a Republican conference. Hawley said that he saw no practical use in the discussion that was going on. (Laughter on the Democratic side). It was unavoidable, perhaps, but it was not reaching any particular end. It was well known that there were many Senators ab sent who had been called away imperative ly, and in their absence it was quite useless to attempt to bring matters to a crisis this week. They would be all here, he hoped, next Monday, ready to go on with the Senate business, resolutely and en ergetically, and to come to some definite conclusion as to the defeat or passage of the pending bill. The Senate should have a vote upon it, if neces sary, by the new process, fhe constitu tion required the majority to rule, and an attempt on the part of the minority to say that there should not be a vote upon the J uestion was not far short of a revolution. n the meantime, he understood that the remainder of the week was to be disposed A BOLD BANK ROBBERY. AN EXCITING CHASE IN THE STBEETS OF CHICAGO. Chicago, December 30.—Three men ente-ed the South Chicago National Bank about 1 o’clock this afternoon. Two of them engaged the cashier’s attention, while the third slipped through the door and, coming up behind the cashier, dealt him a blow which knocked him senseless. Then the three quickly rifled the bank and dashed away in their buggy. After a chase of seven miles the police captured two of the robbers at Fiftieth street and recovered all the money—$4500. Several shots were exchanged between the police and the fleeing robbere, and one of the latter was seriously wounded in the thigh. The third robber is still at large. JUSTICE BBOWN CONFIRMED. Washington, December 30.—The Sen ate this afternoon confirmed the nomina- of pretty much as the iatter part of last j V’ 10 of Jud -' e Brow ; n ’ ° f “ ich ^ n ’ to c be week had been. i Assoclate Justice of the United States Sn- Teller asked Hawley whether there had P reui e Court on the part of the If the rumor is somewhat of minority opposi- the extent indicated by the Senator from Connecticut, I suppose it is no recent declaration. We had twenty-two months practically, in which to pass this bill. Nine-tenths of the present supporters of this bill delib erately laid it aside for a qnestion of dol lars, and the Senate proceeded to deal with au ( economical question, to the destruction, or, at least, to the post ponement of this bill, and now, when it is suggested that there are other economical questions of equal importauce, Senator Hawley says that he is going to anticipate something that is going to be done by somebody, not in favor of the bill. He is for a radical revolution of all methods that have prevailed in this body for many years. It is undoubtedly true that the majority has the right to control. Nobody will gain say so simple and plain a proposition. It has been able to control for more than 100 years in this body, and for eighty-four years of that time without this rule. Why can that not be done now? It is not meet and proper to talk about not getting to a vote, for I insist that there has been no attempt to get a vote on this bill. There has been time, day in and day out, when we might have carried the question on the amendments or on the bill, if the bill had been iu a form when the amendments were in order. No attempt has been made to do it. I do not know how much time has been consumed on the other side of the chamber, but my judgment is that quite as much lias been consumed on this side. This side is charged with the passage of the bill if it is to be passed. The minority has the right to come and ob ject, to come and debate, to come and amend, and it would be a sorry time for the American people when the majority shall say that debate must close, whether the representatives of independent States are ready to close it or not. It has been said by the best men in this couutry that freedom of debate in this body is the highest and surest safe guard of American liberty that is left to the people. I cite the Senator from Mas sachusetts in support of that, for he has declared that nearly every writer on pub lic law iu this country has asserted it, from Story to the latest writer upon it, and now we are threatened with cloture, and the fact is cited, or will be cited, that once in Great Britain the Speaker of the House of Commons closed the debate, we’ll be told tuat it will be necessary for the President of the Sen ate to close debate on the question of rules and that we will heve the rule introduced here without an effort liaviug been made by the chairman of the committee on priv ileges aud elections, or anybody else, to bring this bill to a vote, either on the amendments or on the bill itself. Mr. President, I am in fa vor of the majority ruling. I know that no government can be maintained when the majority does not rale. But I know that there is nothing more despotic, nothing more arbitrary, nothing that ap proaches nearer to moarcbial institutions, than the tyrauical action of the majority. A minority is absolutely indispensible to the preservation of liberty in any country. If there was not a minority pariy in tins country, there would be little pros pect of the maintenance of Ameri can liberty. The minoriiy has the right to resist by all proper measures by debate, by dilatory motions, so as to get an oppor tunity to be beard. It is their right to be heard, wben it has presented every objec tion that it can present, h n it is its duty to yield, unless it be on some extraordina ry occasion. I believe that there have been precedents in this body, made by Republican Senators, uuder the lead of some of the men who are now calling out for the new rule, where Senators have absented themselves from this chamber so that there might not be a quorum of the Senate. I do not remem ber whether the Senator from Connecticut was then a member of tbis body or not, but I have seen the entire Republican side of the Senate retire from the chamber, with the exception of one or two men, when there was a Democratic major ity, because we were resisting wiiat what we believed to be an improper measure on their part. That was the right of the minority then, and it will be the right of the minority now, if the pending bill be of such a character as would justify its opponents in resorting to it. I don’t believe that it is, and if I were an opponent of it, I would be inclined to let it pass. But I can conceive of meas ures as to which,rather than see them pass, I would retire from the chamber. Hawley did not disagree with muth that Teller said,|and could imagine a revolution ary condition of affairs. Where the ex istence of the country was at stake then a Senator might be justified in leaving the chamber so that there would be no quo rum. He could not say what he might do in such a case. He hoped that the Sen ate would be able to come to a satisfactory vote on the bill without resorting to the new rule, but he prophesied that, with a body of eighty-eight members, some clo ture rule would become absolutely neces sary. Hoar stated in regard to one of Ti ller’s statements, that twenty-eight of the thir ty-seven Democratic Senators had sooken against the bill; that only thirteen Repub lican Senators had spoken, eleven for and two against it, and that the Senate had been in session twenty-one days since the first of December, more than in the same month of any previous session. After a short executive session, the Sen ate adjourned. THE BLOODY BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE CREEK F H K INDIAN SUlTfiHrRR ; liabilities, $510,000. Of this amount, $10,- 1 U £j 1/1 All OU.-UJU Q l CilX. 000 will have to be paid in fall, the other i half million is due depositors. T ere are available assets of $98,500. No value can be placed upon the land held by Keane and his wife, as it is so burdened with litiga tion that it is unlikely that anything will be realized from ii. Of $280,000, or there abouts, of bills receivable, scheduled by Keane, $200,1)00 is beyond hope of redemp tion. It was loaned to personal friends and acquaintances, whose signatures rep resent uo property and they constitute the sole security. BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND BIG FOOT. BOTH FOUGHT LIKE DEVILS. THE ATTACK AND THE CARNAGE. been any indication minority that they did not intend to let the bill come to a vote. Hawley did not know that there had been. THICK ICE AT STAUNTON. Staunton, Va., December 30 —A cold wave struck here Saturday night, and ice formed from five to 7 inches thick. Omaha, Neb., December 30.—The Bee correspondents at the camp an Wounded Knee cree telegraphs as follows concerniu yesterday’s battle: In the morning, a soon as the ordinary military work of the early day was done Major Whiteside determined upon disarming the Indians at once, and at 6 o’clock the camp of Big Foot was sur rounded by the Seventh cavalry and Tay lor’s scouts. The Indians were sitting in a half circle. Four Hatchkiss guns were placed upon a hill about 200 yards distant. Every preparation was made, not esp.’e- iaily to fight, but to show the Indians the futility of resistence. They seemed to re cognize this fact, and when Major Whiteside ordered them to come, twenty at a time aud give up their arms, the came, but not with their guns in sight. Of #the jfirst twenty, but two or three displayed arms. These they gave up sullenly, and observing the futility of this method of proceedure, Major Whiteside ordered a detachment of the K. aud A. troops, on foot, to search them. This work had hardly been entered upon, when 120 desperate Indians turned upon the soldiers, who were gathered very closely about. Immediately a storm of firing was pouring upon the military. It seems as though the order to search had been the signal. The latter, not anticipat ing any such action, had been gathered in very closely, and the first tiring was terri bly disastrous to them. The reply was immediate, however, and in an instant it seemed tuat circle in which the Indians camp was set, was a sunken Vesuvius. The soldiers, maddened at the sight of their falling com rades, hardly waited the command, aud in a moment their whole front was a sheet of fire,above which the smote rolled,obscuring the central scene from view. Through this horrible curtain single Indians could be seeu, at times, flying before the fire, but after the first discharge from the c ir- bines of the troopers, there were few of them left. They fell on all sides like grain in the course of the scythe. The Indians and soldiers lay together, aud the wounded lougbt on the ground. Off through the draw, towards the bluffs, the few remaining warriors fl -d, turning occa sionally to fire, but now evidently taring more for escape, thau battle. Only the wounded Indians seemed possessed of the courage of devils From the ground where they had fallen they continued to fire until their ammunition was gone, or until killed by the soldiers. Botn sides forgot everything, excepting, only loading and discharging guns, and it was only in the early part of the affray that a hand to hand light was seeu. Carbines were clubbed, sabres gleamed, and war clubs, circled in the air, came down ike thunder bolts. But this was only for a short time. The Indians could not stand that storm from the soldiers as they had hoped to. The remnant fled and the battle became a hunt. It was now that the artillery was called iu requisition. Before the fighting w.13 so close that the guns could not be trained without danger of death to the soldiers, now with the Indians flying, where they might reach them easi, r. The Galling and Hotchkiss guns were trained, and then began the heavy firing which lasted half an hour with frequent heavy volleys of mu-ketry aud cannon. It was a war of extermination now with the troopers. It was difficult to restrain the troops. Tactics were almost abandoned. About the only tactics was to kill while it could be done. Wherever an Indian could he seen, down into the creek and up over the bare hills, they were followed by artil lery and musketry fire, and for several minutes the engagement went on until not a living Indian was in sight. FIGHTING THE CLOTURE. REAGAN GIVES NOTICE OF A FEW AMEND MENTS. Washington, December 30.—Reagan today struck the first blow in behalf of the Democratic Senators, at the cloture reso lution, offered by Aldrich, by giving notice of several amendments intended to be pro posed to the resolution when it is taken up for consideration. A queer effect of the amendment is to furnish opportunities to the minority to prevent abrupt cloture, and it is to be achieved as follows: The provision that after a decision lias been reached to close the debate, no motion shall be in order, except to adjourn or take a recess and then only upon a m ijority second, is to be stricken out. In its place is to be inserted the following: After the Senate shall have decided to close the debate, as herein provided,no motion shall be made, or shall be in order, except a motion to amend the bill, and five minutes debate may be allowed against sucli amendment, ora motion to adjourn, or to take a recess. It also proposes to strike out the provision that the motion to ad journ, or take a recess, shall not be imme diately renewed if it fails of a second. The principal significance of the foregoing amendments lies in the attack upon the majority second, for if that requirement is maintained the minority would be stopped from consuming time in a yea and nay vote upon the motion to adjourn and to take a recess. Again, it is proposed by Reagan to strike out the entire paragraph which provides that when, under cloture, no proceeding,in respect of a quorum shall be in order until its lack shall have ap peared on a division, or the calling of the yeas and nays. This last provision would be still more obnoxious to the minority in the event of their failure to secure the de sired defeat of the majority second pro vision, as the chances for the yeas and nays would be ordinary very few. Among the few members congregated in the chamber of the House today, after that body had adjourned, the fate of the elec tions bill was a fruitful topic of conversa tion. Many of the leading Republicans were sanguine of the bill being enacted into law, but come were less confi lent. One prominent Republican said in a conversa tion today: “If the bill comes from t.lie Senate in an amended form, its doom is sealed. In fact J believe it is already dead, as I do not think it will pass the Senate. Even should it do so, it cannot run the gauntlet of the House unless there is a Republican quorum present and it is al most impossible to secure one at the present session. Of course, we might call a caucus, and by makin^the bill an imperative par ty measure ob ain the pr.-sence of the ab- sen'ees, bu I hardly think t lis course will be followed. If the Demo.’rats persist in absenting themselves so as to prevent the counting of a quorum, we are almost helpless.” The Democratic course will be one of obstruction, should the bill come from the Senate. Every bill upon the Speaker’s table having precedence to the elections bill will be used to obstruct the considera tion of that measure, and yea and nay votes will be demanded upon the disposi tion of each of them. When the elee’lous bill is finally reached a motion will be ready by one of its Republican champions to concur in the Senate amendments. A LONDON CONFLAGRATION. TWO MILLIONS OF PROPERTY DESTROYED BY FIRE. London, December 30.—A terrible con flagration is now (2 p. m.) raging in this city. The scene of the tire is in Queen Victoria and Thames streets, near Black Friars bridge. Numerous warehouses are blazing and London seems destined to suf fer one of the largest and most destructive fires in its history of recent years. Fourteen fire engines were soon upon the spot, and the firemen did their utmost, but with little success, to check the course of the flames. A high wind was blowing, and it materially added to the fury of the flames, while hindering the firemen in their efforts to save property. Terrible sheets of flame and clouds of smoke were constantly whirling over the straggling firemen, who met with little or no success their bat le with the fury of the element. The large wholesale fur manufactory of Revillon, extend from 127 to 141 Queen Vic oria street, was said to be doomed shortly after the fire gained strong headway. Following this news was the information that a large paper warehouse, a number of fancy good stores, and the Guteher Electric Light and Power Company’s building were also a complete^prey to the flames. The flames spread as rapidly on all sides as if there were no firemen or fire engines present. Upon the authority of the Lon don fire brigade chit fs upon the scene of disaster, it is announced that the fire originated in a building occu pied by C. Davidson it Son, paper and paper felt manufacturers and paper bag manufacturers, at No. 1!) Queen Victoria street. Tliis building extended back into Upper Thames street. It was a large structure and was completely gutted as was ids'- that of Frank.iu & Co., manu facturers of pipes and importers of to bacco, at No. 121 Queen Victoria street. The old St. Benith church between No. 125 and 22ti Upper Thames streit l famous Welch church also aught tire, its blazing steeple form- ng one of the most striking features of the grandly terrible scene. The firemen at one time maniged to obtain control of the fl mies at this point and the confl igration”, as far as St. Ber.e h church, was fo- the time arrested. At the hour of sending this dispatch, 4:30 o'clock p. m., what would be termed in New York four large “blocks” of buildings, are in flames and burning steadily. They will all, to judge from the present appearance, be gutted by the flames. 0 p. m.—The fire is now under control. St. Beneth church was not entirely des troyed. The weather was very cold and the wind high. Ice formed over the en gines and water froze in the air. There was no loss of life and but few accidents among ill - firemen. The cause of the fire is unknown. The amount of dam ige done is now estimated to be £400,000 or $2,000,000. THE GOVERNOR VETOES THE MOONSHINER RESOLUTION—REWARD OFFERED FOR RIOTERS. Atlanta, Decembr 30.—[Special.]— In finishing up the business of the recent si-ssion of the Legislature, Governor Norihen vetoed the resolution calling on President Harrison to pardon all moon shine prisoners serving sentences in Geor gia jails. He says he cannot ask the President to do what he might not, if simi larly place 1, be willing to do himself The revenue lavs have long been on the statute books, and if just, should be enforced and the penalty for their violation exacted. If unjust, a strict enforcement will proba bly be the best way to obtain their repeal. The Executive has offered a reward of $25 for the arrest of fourteen members of the gang of rioters who, on December Gth, broke into the house of W. T. Lewis, in Carroll county, beat Cornelius Lewis and Emma Hilton, and kidnapped a child, Willie Benefield, six years old. In the gang are half a dozen Benm-AMds, two Suddeths, B. T. Cook, Geo. Ilen lrix, Al. Harvey, E. S. Wilburn, Edwin Griff and J. T. Lowrey. They are supposed to ke kill ing in Alabama, whence requisitions have been forwarde 1 ch irging the fuM'ives with kidnapping, riot and assault. W. T. Lewis swears that they are watching a chance to murder him. THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL. IMPORTANT AND SENSATIONAL DEVELOP MENTS YET TO COME. Macon, December 30.—In the murder conspiracy trial yesterday, three of the prisoners were put on the stand to testify in their own behalf, and made a flat de nial of the testimony of two main wit nesses for the prosecution, Burch and Bo- hannan. It is said that the prosecution are holding ba -k evidence that will forever shut out hope of a successful defense, and that there are some very interesting and sensational developments yet to come. The trial has already lasted nineteen days and may last eight or ten more. A STREET DUEL. banker keane’s bad failure. TWO YOUNG MEN FILL EACH OTHER WITH LEAD. Nashville, December 30.—At Dela- mata, Ala., yesterday Mat Gilespie, a young conductor, was shot four times and fatally wounded by John Hughes. After he fell a pistol was placed in Gillespie’s hau l by a friend, and he shot Hughes three times, but the extent of the latter’s injuries are not known. Hughes and Gillespie had been visiting the same young lady, and the latter t>Id her of a rumor that Hughes had negro blood iu his veins. The story was repeated to Hughes by the young lady, anl he s arted out to hunt Gillespie. He found him, and the result was stated above. Who is He?—K. C. Q., writing in the Rome Tribune, of Sunday, mentions a romantic marriage, in which the groom is said to be a Columbus man, although his name is not stated. Here is the para graph: That young couple from Alabama who fled from the old folks aud were married at Ordinary Johnson's house, last night, reminded me of the fact that a clandestine marriage oc curred at Oostanaula, in Gordon county, Christmas night. I have the whole story, but I am not at liberty to publish it just yet. When the facts become known they will make a sensation in Gordon county, for the bride is a member of one of the most prominent families up there and the groom is a popular young business man of Columbus. This marriage was contracted under d:fficulties. The couple, who are Baptists, were made man and wife by a Presbyterian minister in a Methodist church. On their wiy to the church, all the parties fell into a deep ditch full of Chicago, Ills., December 33.—The as- ' water and were nearly drowned. Re- signees of the insolvent banking firm of S. turning, they were attacked by a vicious A. Keane & Co., has completed their dog and were seriously braised trying to schedule of assets and liabilities. It shows escape. But I’ll tell the story Tuesday or the following results: assets, $108,500; Wednesday morning.