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OST!COST!
0 FOOLING! BUT FACTS!
From October the 1st to January the 1st * will sell cycmWttg4tt
AT
SSEIGTLY FIRST COS T
I will have no favorites either in customers or the line of
Goods Kemcmbor I hat everybody can buy anything 1 have
got at TliKSE i’KICKS My reason for doing this is not
that I am going to hre.in or <jiiit business, nut with the new
year I am going to take a partner into my business, mid it is
our desire to run the stock down as low as possible.
'Phis is no old Cost Chestnut, but 1 moan absolutely what
J say; and if requested will show original invoice on any
article from a paper of Pius lo a fine Press or suit of Clothes.
It is needless for me to particularize for my customers and
friends nil know that I keep the fS KW K. 8 T, ClIOICEST and
KKST SKLKCTF.l) STOCK in (his section. The most desir¬
able goods will of course he picked up by the first purchasers.
So call early. In selling goods at those cut prices CASH
will lie demanded for everything. JSo goods will he charged
to any one. 1 shall also insist on prompt settlement from
those who owe me.
Yours truly,
DGrAR L. ROGERS,
-'Messrs. BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA.
Kl’STACK < KCDKii and JAMBS M. JOHNSTON, arc with
me, and extend a cordial invitation to all their friends to call end see them.
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AYCOCK
Manufacturing Company,
M A Nil FACT IT 11 KltS OK---
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS,
Mantels,-Moldings, Balusters, Newels,
- INDOW AND DOORS RAMES.
DEALERS IN
BER, SHINGLES, LATHS AND BRICK.
-ALSO, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.—
Aietorv m operation mid will be glad t<> see all wanting Building
\Ye f.-el confident wa can please both in price and quality of
i|||'iMfe^y .) ur purchases ami get prices.
Factory L Opposite Gotten Factory.
OFFICE PLANTERS XREHUUSE, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
N T . R.—i>nr Blinds are wh-e.l with I’atent Clincher Machines, and will not break
louse, thus preventing the unsightly appearance that mud others do.
R. L. SWATTS
--THE LOWEST PRICE
FURNITURE!
Dealer in Middle Georgia!
stock is large and complete, including Side Board S Book Cases, Marble and
Wood top Tables, Single and Double Wardrobes, Office, Library, and Dining Chairs.
Dining Tables, Bed Spring Mattresses, Childrens,Bods, Cradles, <kc. 1 have a large
to> k of
WINDOW SHADES, CORNICE POLES,
Iffl Paintings and Pictures, Plush Bronze and Gilt Frame, Wall Pockets, Ha
Racks, Basics Ac. Picture Framing a Speeialv.
I will call your attention to the NEW lit IMF SEWING MaCIININE, which I am
now selling for ip’n.Od. Call to see me and get my prices.
R. L. SWATTS. ILirnesville, Ga.
FURNITURE! FURNITURE!
X
% We a 1 vise all of t e wanting Furniture of any kind to go to
JOHN NEAL & CO. 5
Nos. 7 and 9 South Broad Streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
As they keep a Full Line, which the\ are Fling at LOWER PRICES than can be
had elsewhere Set = from ete. D n't forget ouraddress.
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THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT
Of Cooking ami Heating Stoves. Range Coal Hod s, Tin Sets, Granite,
Iron and Enameled Ware, Brass Fire Sols. Andirons, Coal Vases, Fenders,
and in fact all kinds of Hou-wfuniiHiing Goods in the Slate.
^^llain, Enameled aud Nickle Trimmed Grates.
ililarbleized Iron and Hardwood Mantles,
.. U'YAd HEARTHS AND TILE FACINGS A SPECIALTY.
Water Closet a, l finals, Hydrants, Bath Tubs. Pumps, Hydraulic Rams
Hose, Steam < ocWs, N alves, Gas fixtures, Wooden Ware, Feather Dusters
JBrastlos, Sue.I &c.
AGENTS FOR KNOWLES STEAM PUMPS,
Hancocks Inspirators, Dunning’* Boilers, Climax Gas Machine, Otto Gas
Engines. Wrought Iron Pipe for .Steam, W ater and (
Write for Prices.
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FORSYTH. M OX ROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY S, ’889”
Drift of Krpuiilicnn Scutiaieut.
Macon Telegraph.
Col. A. K. McCIur®, editor of the
Philadelphia Times and a moderate
protectionist, furnishes what may he
a clue to the republican inconsistency.
We do not know that it can be de¬
pended upon, for Col. McClure is al¬
most as much of a politician as a
newspaper man, hut At Ts interesting
and worth reproduction:
There [ga'strong drift of republican
nentfraent here in favor of pretty rudi
cal tariff reforr^t It has been exhib¬
ited by such Western leaders as Sen¬
ators Allison and Plum, in the fitful
skirmishes on the subject in that
body; but those senators have not
given full expression to the deep
seated and wide-spread conviction
among republicans that tariffandtax
reduction, even below the standard
of the Mills bill, is a supreme neces¬
sity. Indeed, nearly half the repub¬
lican senators are at heart in favor
of severe tariff reductions to the
standard of protection to the wages of
labor, and an honest vote recording
the actual convictions of ail the sena¬
tors, would give a large majority in
favor of the entire list of free “raw
materials as placed in the AT ills bill,
including wool, and adding coal and
iron ore. They believe that such an
advanced position on jdfii reform is
a necessity to enable republicans
to appeal successfully to the country
in 1802, and there is a little reason to
doubt that the republican tariff alti¬
tude in the next national battle will
be quite abreast with, if not in ad¬
vance of, the Mills bill in tariff tax
reduction. It will be done by pro¬
tectionists in the interest of protec¬
tion to labor alike by reducing tariff
duties and by cheapened raw materi¬
als and the necessaries of life. The
more sagacious of the leaders do not
pretend to claim their victory as an
approval of the present oppressive
tariff faxes. They claim it as a defeat
of free trade southern theorists in
their effort to define the protective
policy of the nation, and they accept
prompt and radical tariff revision as
indispensable to continued party
su premacy.
If Col. McClure wrote from obser¬
vation and not from the dictation of
hope only, there is much more leaven
of the right sort in llie r Xiblican
lump of dough than we had thought.
We hope he is right, even though
Plumb and Allison, whom he men¬
tions as among the reformers, voted
solidly with the rest of their party for
the laying of new taxes infamous in
their injustice—the tax of 108 per cent,
for instance, on cotton ties, when
none ars.made in the United States
and every dollar >aised ’by
be paid by the people south of the
Ohio river.
If Col. McClure is right, however,
in spite of evidence to the contrary,
and the republicans are disposed to
steal the democratic thunder for use
in the next campaign, then let them
steal. It is more important that the
country should have an intelligent
reform of the tariff than that either
party should have the credit of doing
the good work. If the republicans
are going to do it, then the sooner
the better, and we are in favor of an
extra session.
How Can Parents
allow their children to cough and
strain and cough and calmly say,
“Oh ! it is oniy a little cold,” and
keep giving them (‘heapami danger
ous mcdicii.es. until thex* arc down
with lung fever or consumption
when they can he so easiiy relieved
bv BKGGS’ CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP? It has no superior and
few equal S. B. D. Smith, Druggist.
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HARRISON’S GUARD.
The Seventieth Indiana Regiment Make
Arrangements.
In’Uanapolis, December 31.—The
presidential escort, comprising one
hundred or more members of the
Seventeenth Indiana regiment have
completed arrangements for their
trip to Washington. They will not
accompany General Harrison to
Washington, as he will leave Indi
anapolis about ten days pryor to
March 4. The escort will leave by
special train at 2 p. m. Friday March
p i’idving at Washington about 2
o'clock Saturday. March 2. This
escort wiii meet the president elect
nl the door of the Willard's hotel and
remain immediately about him from
that moment until he returns from
the inaugural. Tiiev will constitute
» jii’O,i ic,itin 1 s».r,;of honor. The
Columbia dub of this city, 300
strong, with handsome civilian uni
forms, will accompany the veterans
Oil their trip to Washington.
Judge C. \Y. Fairbanks, chairman
ol the Indiana inaugural committee,
returned from Washington to-dav,
having made satisfactory arrange
ments for accommodations.
s»yrup of figs
is Nature’s own true laxative. It is
lnc mo>t easily taken, and the most
cficctive remedy known to Cleanse
the System when Bilious or Costive;
to dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fov
ers: to Cure Habitual Constipation,
Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manufaetur
ed only by the California Fig Syrup
Company* Can* '
San Frauscisco,
S Vlh IN l ' il by Al0Iauaer * Son - For
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
4 I 5 K 4 Ri,F.*iTATisTirssii(nr
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Atlanta s industrial ... journal , ,,k- -I ix
, ; om ! i,( - ( “ cn l< ! lCiti ‘
.
! 5 calculations
gross of the south The
are based upon the cenaoupiMi
1880 and the official
and 1888, furnished by the gem*
ors of the states of Virginia, Koitb
and South Carolina, Georgia Flori
da. Alabama. Arkansas, and Texas.
The assessed valuations of rea!
estate and personal property arc
taken as the basis for comparisons,
Of the eight states Texas shows the
greatest increase in values sin?e
1830 ; the gain foots up the immense
sum of 3354,035,485. Alabama
comes second with a net gain of
502,038,205—really mere . tan tM,
when ,t is remembered that ho
piosont late is fi)o mills, and the
. ratoon a> m 18U lound uas (igmes *ix and -. a 100 half 01 ,._, mi 1 ffi ^ 0
,
gain for Ala mma. Georgia is
U* isrskss: '• an ilK!ea ® omV'oi c ° ’l^U* sa
close behind her is Arkansas with a
gain of 861.850,300. Florida shows
a gain of 855,327,353. North Oaro
Iina’s gam Miows up 854,800,798.
South Carolina comes in at the lull
end, of the exhibit with a cmin of 89,-
420 029. The cross cain in the
eight states in eight years i's £ 794 ,
914,992. if Alabama is given the
benefit of what she really is entitled
to, the sum may he fixeu £800,
000,000 in even numbers.
One of the objections often urged
against the south as a place of Rehoiij resi¬
dence, is the alleged lack of
facilities. Many an immigrant has
been deterred from locating in l)ix
ieland because he feared his chib
dren would be uimblo to secure good,
educations. Georgia shows
crease of 1,857 schools since 188 *,
xv 1 1 i 1 e South Carolina shows a gab:
of G83—and some of these are es;.- # -
ciaily fine schools, as at Green vill«.
Piedmont, Greenwood,
and Laurens. Florida has 969 \a
Arkansas C ° S ffi 'rile
show will; 2.29Y
is close behind' with 2,264. North
Carolina has 1.607 increase, -"a dd
these eight states together aftd w t c
have a total of 14,861 increase- the
total number of schools in these
states is 50,289, Maintained at an
annual expense- ( ,f S9,702 261,
amount that Wmild, annually, more
A ba l i. H4ptrd{Vt the entire, state debt
.
°f Georgia, or North Carolina, or
South Carolina and Florida combin¬
ed—a sum as large as the entire
state debt of Alabama.
Another point to consider is the
increased acreage in farms in these
states—showing the tlie influx of home
seekers as well as general pros¬
perity of the farming industry, for
an increased acreage means but two
things—new settlers, or an addition
of cleared land to land already
under cultivation by its owner.
Georgia had, in 1880, 8,204,726
acres in improved lands; it now has
9,434,428, an increase of 1,239.700
acres. South Carolina, in 1880, had
4,132,050 acres in improved farm
land ; now she has 4,958,460, an in
crease of 856.410 acres—and the pal¬
metto state is not very large, be it
remembered. Florida had only
947,640 acres of improved land in
1880, now she has at the lowest esti¬
mate. 1,326,696 acres, or an increase
of about forty per cent. Alabama
boasted of 6,375,706 acres under eul
tivation in 18S0, and she has in
creased it about ten per cent, or
637.570 acres, making her present
total 7,013,276. Texas had 12.650,-
314 acres improved in 1SS0, and she
now has 16,445,408, an increase of
3,795,094—and of this amount it is
safe to say that four-fifths has been
taken by immigrants from Europe
or from other states. Arkansas lias
nearly doubled her acres of improv
ed land, In 1880 she had 3,595,603 ;
she has added 2,775.986. “Ole Vir
ginny” had precisely 8,510,113 acres
under cultivation iq 1880; she has
added 851,011 since making the total
December 15th, 1888, 9.361,124.
North Carolina has made rapid
strides, agriculturally speaking, ow
ing to the endeavors dt the railroads
to induce immigration. The acre
age in 1880, improved lands, was 6 ,-
491,191: there has been an increase
of about twelve per cent., or 777,742
acres, giving a total of 7.258,932.
Add the increase in these eight
; states, and the result is 11,273,577
acres—an amount greater than
acreage in improved farms in the
entire state ol Georgia. Think Dr
a moment what this means. Imag
ine. in your mind's eye. a state tweu
ty per cent larger than Georgia made
upoutirely of new farms that have
been cleared and settled since 1880.
An equally imjiortant point is the
decrease in the stale debts. Georgia
shows a falling off of SI0.929.503.
since 18S<»; South Carolina a de
crease of 86.966.434; Florida a de
crease of 887.760: Alabama a de
crease of 85.514,245 ; Texas a de
crease of $7,377.193; Arkansas a de
crease ot 3,026.769; Virginia a de
crease of 813.760,498, and North
Carolina a decrease of §1,S10,105.
The total decrease of debt in these
sUltcs «. tl.orcforo. 840,472,
->lb.
ADY oo o
the haste to bk rich.
How It breccfs Defalcations and De
f * moralizes bocietv Generally.
-
4 JouniH!
i ^ few years •' ,r o n young man con
netted with an institution became a
; defaulter, lie was a gentleman by
, birth aml breeding, though not weal
He was a man of correct habits,
H ° ha< ! n .° ** tr *£agant ^ste, and he
*'* S " h *\'**y be te rnled a mailI -V
' Vhen asked , , why he was
* empted , to P rove false to hi9 ‘rosts he
hesitated to make reply, but finally
be confessed that his desire to make
a ■«*» sum of money in a short time
w > 9 the actuating motive which
caused him to be dishonest. He
stated that the idea of taking money
without intending to replace it never
for a moment entered his head. He
wanted wealth—he stole, and lie
wrecked his life.
That the haste to become wealthy
1. the primary cause ofuiue-tenths of
the defalcations, suspensions and
misery which befall those who yield
to this temptation is no doubt true,
If there could be a list made of the
men in Boston who have risen to
ra Pid wealth by fortunate speculation
-!"r 1 1 be a e PP ™ arent m ; th{lt irrr the ame ™ e »
who *> ave thus doat ed 011 the top
^ a ': eb 3 n 1 happ J lnt , liavo ahll09t in *
var,ably . passed to obscurity and
conip arat.ve poverty, even more
T'mkiy than they rose. With very
^w exceptions the kings of Stf te
street seldom hold what they sudden
^■*?«»«• Here and there may be
found a mb., who has known when
his bread was well buttered and lias
been content to leave off, but the
feverish anxiety which accompanies
this hot pursuit of wealth is very apt
1 ° unsettle a man’s mind, and the
qualifications which lie possessed in
‘ !l fortunate venture appear to desert
him. “I should have no doubt been
well enough off,” said a middle-aged
gentleman only a few weeks since,
if I had not made a fortunate out
.side speculation when I was a young
I was doing very well in my
business, making a good living and
laying a iitUe aside each year, I saw
^ “peculutl
'
n,y My legitimate business ap
peared tame ’ aud 1 ^gined that I
bad £ en * UH ^ or speculation. I firmly
be,,eved thafc an .Vthing I touched
wot, ld turn to gold. I found in less
than a year that I was worse off than
nothing, and my speculative fancies
were so fixed that my partner dis¬
solved the concern—and, well, you
know the rest.”
If, as it is claimed, happiness is one
object of living, is it certain that large
wealth means unalloyed felicity?
The possession of wealth is a good
thing. No one but a fool derides
those who seek to make money legiti- i
mately, but wealth, when suddenly
obtained, rarely brings contentment,
Men must be educated to the enjoy
ment of wealth; they cannot acquire
tlie art of even spending
judiciously in a moment, or even the
knowledge how to use wealth to their
own advantage. Men who acquire
a fortune by slow degrees ripen into
a knowledge of its proper use. Rapid¬
ly acquired fortunes bring with them
aspirations which are never satisfied.
The world is apt to protest the de¬
mands of such men. You may take
the blue book of any city of even a
few years ago and there will be the
names of scores of men who floated
to the surface upon gilded shingles
who have passed away, and their
brief careers of prosperity, which
man 3 ’, no doubt, envied, have term¬
inated, perhaps, in dishonor, but
more frequently in poverty,the result
of having obtained in a year that
which if it had come by degrees
would have been kept, for then they
would have attached a proper value
to their wealth.
Timely Thoughts.
The season has, up to tlie past week,
been remarkable for its mildness. In
the month of October and November,
this year, there were many clays as
warm as the average day in the
of June. People who do not
keep a daily account of the weather
forget, and when a very cold spell
comes they complain, and say
never did see such cold weather.
But it is time for cold weather, and
ground that has been well plowed
receives a srood manuring 'it from everv
f„. eZ e that come, upon before it 1 .
sown down .
cnnTmroino R min, Q rA.
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L'„ as " llU
sal,6ne a that v mi the cna-ge
of . the seasona we wuI have to
® ar< J steI “of fanning, as prevailed
twenty vears a -°- Xow we have
SU!amf>r HR December, and winter
Jure. Oats planted in the l’all
are killed out by freezes in the spring
so called.) Therefore, I think it
to plant small grain after the
January, and trust to the
1 April rains and May sunshine to push
it on and mature it.”
We think the views of our farmer
friend correct. No one who notices
closely the weather, month to month,
■ can have failed to see the great
chan ges that have taken place in the
J fSS
.
freasonaof thy year. — Ex.
Our Girls Abroad.
Miss Gilder chats in the Critic of
the indefatigable American girl:
It is wonderful what ono can do
when buoyed up by enthusiasm ; how
hard one can work when working
in the line of his sympathies. For
example : 1 have just heard of two
young American women who are
‘studying art comfortable in Paris They were
a income at
',° me bat b °“ me diasalihed with
»ho quality of their art work. I hey
^ too they needed a now ami
packed mtn ® a ; t,stl< f atmosphere; so they
their bags and took thestcam
* r or All the money they
uu \\ as in u u poi, vets, an , as t ie\
an t 1 °G an ^. n cas a
. ,
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v ( ‘ so
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.
J e m0s 1 *TUi et0 " 0, ‘ 1 ' * “ ct *
t Ay -l ° !om 1,1 ,e ,c | ,t 0
.pints tells how they lodge ,n . cheap
TlJiAmH^ dinner ei fy
and as as 5
o'clock, so that they may beat no
expense for luncheon, At 8 o’clock
they go to bed to save lights and
fuck Wherever they go they walk
and they have not yet been inside
of a theater; but they take a lL penny
of sw the ‘ free T show, y ■ n as kw they ?, call "s
tb ° m \ these included the picture
^ (1 | !l ° chin cues, the-pulnic gar
<iens, the boulevard and the bow-all
I ™ m short; and they arc happy,
aftu a 3 \‘ u 9 stu | l > ( lind 1 hear they
making gratifying progress in
1 ly, r art) they will come home with
j 1 ' 1 ^Pm-muee that no money could
u>ai icl ‘ 1 ‘
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The Riches of the South.
New York Star.
“The south is the richest undevel¬
oped part of this continent. Its re¬
sources have always been underesti¬
mated. The energies of its people
have been too long misdirected to¬
ward agriculture almost exclusively.
Rich in coal and iron deposits, its
mines are few, its furnaces scarce.
Its forests are as rich in valuable
woods as its fields in various staples
Yet manufactures there have n#^er
flourished as in the North ajtfiirvVest.
solely be,cause enterpri^was direct¬
ed in another Oi^se. Northern
eapitulist.s ufa<*uinrf^i-Rulei* m-ofe« -f,,''Citium.)t thaii^uigric^ltur- in man
al enterprises. The Mikcli nppo.
therefore, is that the fntfire develop¬
ment of the southern states will be
largely in manufactures. That
means a large addition of skilled
laborers to her population. These
laborers will naturally come very
largely from the northern states;
and there will follow, as a matter of
course, a closin’ affiliation of south¬
ern and northern men than has ever
existed before. A better knowledge
of each other will follow this associ
at ion. Prejudices that have existed
for years to divide them will disap¬
pear. A community of interests will
tend to closer union, and seclional
j sm vvill cease to distract and retard
the south. The great fortunes to be
made in t.he next quarter of a century
will be found in the south. Her rail
ed by the industrial developments
already foreshadowed.”
Entirely Fiee from Tarnt.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 2, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen.—In 1384 I contracted
blood poison. It was in its most
loathsome form. Sores and ulcers
came upon me until mj entire body
was absolutely covered. J put my¬
self under the treatment of the best
physicians in the city, but no good
came of it, 1 could not sleep or rest
da}* or night so intense my suffer¬
ings. At last I began taking S. S. S.
4'he improvmcnt was slow at first,
but after a while the disease yielded,
and in a short time the sores com
nienced healing, the ulcers ceased
running, and in a few months my
body was free from taint. I contin
ne ,j the medicine, and to-day am free
from taint. My body, however is a
living monument to the intensity of
tny sufferings and the curasive pow¬
ers of Swift Specific. The scars re
main. Pat. J. O’Connor,
123 Depot Street.
Absolutely Well.
Chattanooga, J knn., June 28, 1888.
^ he Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen.—Last year while living
- da, -‘ on ^ contracted blood poison,
and placed myself under the care of
a ftne P h 5'*i c i an - Re gave me the
“*>“ 1 com ' se " f P® 1 ** an d
for two months, but, this . was too
slow a process, and 1 was induced to
try Swift’s Specific. When I began
taking the medicine phnples and
pores were appearing all over me.
The S. S. S. however, quickly check
ec j these, and in a few weeks my
skin was perfectly smooth and with
ou t a scar. \\ ben six bottles were
consumed I felt that i was absolute
ly well. 1 know that S. S. S. did
the work. 1 have been with Messrs,
S. Waxlebaum <fc Co., of Macon, for
five years, but am now in Cliatta
nooga. You may address me.
Chas. \\ . Holmes,
1071 Walnut street Macon Ga., or
Brunswick Hotel, Chattanooga ienn.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis¬
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga..
NUMBER 52
ROYAL ?£wot8
1 A'..'
lli A i
m
mm bb
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in competition with the mul¬
titude of low tost, short weight, alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in can.*.
Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall
street. New York.
I.inc of Sleepers.
In addition to the through sleep¬
ers over the Central road from Sa¬
vannah to Birmingham via Macon,
a line of sleepers will soon be run
by the Central of Georgia and the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf be¬
tween Florida and Kansas City,
This arrangement however cannot
he consummated till the road be¬
tween Columbus and Amcrieus, Ga.,
is completed. The road between
Amoricus and Beuena Vvkta is being
relaid with Gil pound steel 1 ho sarno
as the that road used between on^Aifo new portion of
Beuena Vista and
Coluinbus^-'The work between Co
lumhigiraml Americas is already far
mjAfmced and will be completed with
in the next month.
What on Earth.
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The Next House,
As to the complexion of the next
house of representatives the Constitu¬
tion’s Washington correspondent
saj's:
“There have been 822 certificates
issued to the members of the next
house. There are three more to be
issued, including the Chattanooga,
Tenn., district. However, if the
rumor is true that Bates already has
the certificate then there are only two
remaining. They are the two for the
disputed districts of West Virginia.
Of the 322 certificates known to have
already been issued, 103 arc republi¬
cans and 159 democrats. There seems
to be no doubt now that the republi¬
cans will get both W T est Virginia dis¬
tricts, and with the Tennessee dis¬
trict in the democratic column, the
republican majority will be five. If
they should ex-t the certificate in
Tennessee dik.net in the democratic
column, the republican majority will
he five. If they should get the cer¬
tificate in Tennessee, then their ma¬
jority will be seven. If the republi¬
can majority be only five, then
there will almost certainly bo
an extra session. At any rate the
great majority of the republican
members want one, and the contest
for the speakership is actively on.
The Post says:
“Of the 163 republicans who have
certificates of election, Connor has 49
pledged to vote for him, Reed 38, Mc¬
Kinley 23 and Burrows22. There are
sixteen unpledged southern members.
The other fifteen members are scat¬
tered between the prospective candid¬
ates. There is no telling how they
will vote.”
The Post is, however, wrong in its
statement, especially in reference to
McKinley, for it is known by Major
McKinley and a few of his supporters
that if the race lies between the above
mentioned candidates, the sixteen
southern votes will be cast solidly for
him, and of the “other fifteen mem¬
bers” McKinley’s friends feel confi¬
dent of eight. It is perfectly evident
that McKinley’s supporters feel con¬
fident that he will be made the next
speaker unless General Harrison
sees fit to give him the treasury port¬
folio.”
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