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, THE MORNING NEWS, I
' Established 1M 1 . Incorporated ISBB. V
J. H. KBTILL, President. )
HEMPHILL MAKES IT HOT
SING!/' HAND HE ROUTS THE
BLOODY SHIRT RADICALS.
When the Vote Was Taken Flliott
Was Seated Over SmaUa by 143 to
j2(3—Mr. Hemphill licws That the
Negro's Political Rewards Are Much
Greater in the South Than in the
North.
Washington, Feb. 13.— The Hou e to
day resumed consi terati >u of the Smalta
contested election case, Mr. liemp
jjll] ~£ South Carolina taking t e floor. He
F ai.l he had never seen the repu licaus so
delighted as when they had the privilege of
abusing a great section of the c mntry. As
to the registration law of South Carolina,
he desired to say that it l ad been put upon
tiie sta'u e books by i ©publicans, and was a
fair and just law. In o e district, where
32,000 colored men were claimed by the Re
publican party, only 22 were refused regis
tration, and not one of them anpeiled from
the decision of the registrar. All this gubbl -
an d talk about the unfair registry law of
South Carol.na was the merest twaddle,
and was intended to i ffe t results different
from those involved in the ■ a e.
NOT INTENDED TO CHEAT.
He donied that the election laws of South
Carolina wore intended, as had been as
serted, to cheat the repu licans out of their
rights. Ha did not say that t ey were
frame ! for the purpose of putting republi
cans into power. The people of South
Carolina believed that a white man was as
go. das a negro. They behoved that the
negro should ha e all his rights, but tl ey
did not bel ve that he shoud
have all bis rights and the white
man’s rights too, and they did not
intend that he should have them. [Ap
plau-e.] Some gentlemen worked them
selves into a great i assou in talking about
the suppression of voles in the southern
stites. The genilomen from Illinois,
Jb srrs. Mason and Rowell, bad delivered
Philippics agai rial the southern people, aid
had declared that the people of 8 uth Caro
lina stood convicted before tbe people of
the Utilted States of a gr at crime in de
priving the negroes of their right to vote.
HOWELL’S LAME CASE.
The speech made by tbe gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Rowell), and Lh g eat pa-sion
he had orked himself into, was proof that
he did not have very much faith irr t e
strength of bi = me. He bal resorted to
the i Id plan of abusing the plaintiff when
he had nothing in the nape of facts to pre
sent to the jury. Refe ring to the charge
that part of the vote in the south had be n
suppressed Mr. Hemnhill ai t that in 1884
Cali, ornia had cast 58.8 per cent, other vote;
Alabama, 59; Cou.iecti u v , 77.4; and
Florida, 97 per cent. Maine, the home of
tie grea.est living statesman in the opini ri
< f many men, had cast 09.1 per ceut., and
Tennessee, 78.6 p r cent.
THE SOUTH AHEAD OP THE NORTH.
The southern states had cast 12.2 per
cent, more votes in pr portion to population
that no equal number of state- m ibe
north. Dow nin Florida it took 26,268 men
to elect a member of this House,but in Ms -
saebusetts, the land in which the breeze 1 of
heave; did not begin to co >; pare in free
dom with the freed on of her inhabitants,
It took only 70,440 men to seed a represent
ative t,o congress.
“How many does it take in South Caro
llra?’’ queried Mr. Milluen of llaiue, aai.d
republican applause.
“I will answer that,” responded Mr.
Heuiphili. “I do not say we cast so many
vo es iu South Carolina, for we have about
c me to tbe nappy state, among whites ad
blacks alike, that when the people Let a
good democrat iu they let him -tav in, and
allow no opposition to him." [Applause and
laughter.]
RHODE ISLAND’S RECORD.
I;i Rhode Inland, continued Mr. Hemp
hill, it took 6,080 vot-s to elect a represent
ative Iron the Kira district, while it took
15,630 to elect a representative from the
Hecond district. Accord! g to republica i
logic there wa< supp casiou of votes some
wh re about hero. If tlie people of the
south wer.- and iug lhe same thing, the gentle
men fro ii Massachusetts and Rhode Island
could not ay they were doing anything
better. If because the people of I-ou th
Carolina did not choose to cast their bal
lots tiie ee'itlemcu were going to a gua
upon the census that there hid beeu sup
pression of the v .te le them apply the
same rule io Mas- chusetts and Rhode
Island. Ad the people of the south asked
Was fair treatment.
NEOROES IN THE NORTH,
if the colored man were so and ar to the
people of the north (and he was not going
to express any u due affection for them),
whv ilitl not some of the northern state
Kect a colored man to congi ess and make a
i ving example of bis fitness to make law
for the peup eof the United State-. The e
were a number of sta es in the north which
would not have a glimmer of a chance
of being car. led by tui< repu'oi cans except
fo, the colored race. The colored people
cad been full-fledged citizens -ince 1868,
BI,( i vet in the northern states whic i had a
’ red vo - e which could keep the Repub
lican party ii or tur i it. out, not a sing e
In tanoe had there been of a man elected to
congress who had a tinge of color in his
blond.
A QUESTION OF PERCENTAGE.
• " ( ( ® u you name a northern state,” broke
M pkin* f Illinois, “where the 00l-
Oi vice is ■*) per cent, of the entire vote! ’
di,' rep iv<l M _ Uumphil], “then it
0 "i v- to t ns that u.ness there are in a dis
t i"! enough negroes to put in a man of
, lever gut* t.liere. [Applause and
‘aughter ] If you wan colored limn to
'o te tur a white man, and if the colored
iuul is us g,., j tt , t. up „ ,t, 3 man, w,y does
i.u’ u.e wuite man occa-ionaJly vote for tue
Cumred mun(” [Laughter.]
■Jr. Hopkins—-Do you know of a northern
‘-‘•"‘■ere the colored man aspires in that
oi ectiu ; I 0j y ( ,u , 1() p gimw t, , ;l j t.ie w hite
tue . thrre take care of t he color ed men t
a. V' 1 ’ Cl Mr. Hemphill, -a cn- lcally,
* know that. I have never k lown a
7 mni > in a district in a u rtueru state
‘ la, l the assurance or presumption to
upp-se t.h"y wo del elect him to office even
1 ho did aiplre to it.” (Applause oh the
democratic side.)
IN CONFUSION.
'Ms ] a s-t, remark of Mr. Hemphill’s
1 “J the republicans, and Me-srs
-ii-adle, Fiin,tone, Owen, Rowell and
I 11 .''ere on their feci., plying Mr. Hemp*
*’it u questions, which neither he nor
> vbody else was able io bear on account
the gi eat confusion in the House, the
‘ Z* 11 8" voieei and tlie lermstcnt de
,'iuu for the "regular order." Finally Mr.
• Ii s voice wa. heard above the red,
" tt * jhg that in Illinois coloreil men had
if si; elected to the legislature,
q '‘iei't the u to tli*> legislature of
1 1 urollua,” responded Mr. Hemphill,
> in only that I would V ot t.nuk u out
111 nti hing it. [Laughter. ] We elec.
■ Ul ‘ ,ij o republican ticket and on the
i J at ' c tb ket.and the flr<t time 1 was
■ lie l -gi-lalure both my colleagues from
tl-i <,f a ,t i ollr senator w>re col red.”
- '• Johnston of Indiana suggos.ed t at
11 county should have elect* l another
tond 'uuu at the same tuue. LLaughtor.J
The Morning News.
A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE SOUTH.
“I do not ay,” c ntiuued Mr. Hempiiid.
“t at the colored man in the north doe not
occasional v c eep in o the legislature, but
in ti e south he gets into the legislature all
the time, and I know that since 1868 here
las not been a legislature in S uth Caro
lina that has not contained colored men,
b >th demoera sand republicans.” Contin
u i nc Mr. Hemphill said toat he proposed to
sho v from a C dcago paner Dublished in 1887
that Hie colored man bad not as many rigu s
in Chicago as in Mobile and N >w Orleans.
This brought Mr. Adams of Illinois to
his fe t with a demand f r specifications.
Mr. Hemphill replied that he would
snecify, and hequot and from a paper to show
that in Chicago a colored boy could not gat
into a trades union and couid not learu to
be a insno l or carpenter.
Mr. Adams—Neither can any American
boy.
“if tha f is sb” excl imed Mr. Hemphill,
“Chicago is wor-e than I thought it was.
[Laugh er.] it is bid enougi to treat a
poor darky that wav, but when you treat
every an that ay it is worse than I
thought.” [Laughter.]
“I ag ee wi.h you,” was Mr. Adams’
comment.
MARION’S RACE WAR.
Continuing to show the ba 1 treatment of
the negro in the tiort , Mr. Hemph.ll said
that no had seen it stated that in Marion,
Illinois, where some colored men had re
cently been employed iu a tobacco ware
house, notice had been served upon them
that ;f th y did not leave town in ten days
they would receive summary punishment,
and notice had been serve! upon their em
ployer that if they were not discharged
his factory would be buried down.
In Rhode Island until recently if a
colored nia ii sured his Jife and died, his
relatives could not get more th in two
thirds of is insurance money. [Laughter.]
The legislature after twenty years had sud
denly broorae aroused and passed laws to
p event insurance companies from swind
ling the colored people out of one third of
their money. At Fort Scott, Kan as, col
ored children had been turned out of the
white schools.
FUNSTON FURIOUS.
This declaration aroused Mr. Funston of
Kansas, who vehemently, amid loud c. ies
for order, denied the as.ertion.
Mr. Hemphill—l will not yield. It is not
worth while o get excited.
“From what do you read?” shouted Mr.
Funston, through the din.
“From the New York Nation ,” replied
Mr. Hemphill, while the republicans in
ulged in derisive laughter. In the state of
Ohio, continued Mr. Hemphill, the state of
Senator Sherman, they used to have biaei
laws. Recently tiro legislature had repealed
those laws. One of i hose laws bad kept
colored child! en cut of the w hite schools.
On their repeal an attempt, had been made
to put colored children into white schools,
and at Oxford 490 people bad held a meet
ing to protest again-1 it.
A DEMOCRATIC TOWN.
This time it was Mr. Williams of Ohio
who was brought to his feet, and amid the
confusion which attended his entry into the
arena of the debate, he was beard to declare
that Oxford was a town with 2.400 demo
cratic majority. [Laughter.]
Mr. Ho uphill—So fa as tiie north is con
cerned, democrats aud republicans tiiink
tbe same.
Mr. Williams—That portion of Ohio is
called “South Carolina.” [Laughter.]
Mr. He uphill then read a newspaper re
port of the meeting to show thit it was
composed of republicans as well as demo
crats, arid it nad accomplished its object iu
ha-- ing the white and colored children kept
separate.
Mr. Gatlinger of New Hampshire here
tool; a band in the discu-si n by asking Mr.
Hemphill if he did not know that Ohio had
elected a negro as a member of the electoral
college.
Mr. Hemphill replied that he knew that
a negro did sometimes slip into an office
that had no salai v connected with it. [Ap
plause ad laughter.] But the colored man
could not live on glory any more than the
white man.
DIXIE’S BIG STAKE.
He (Mr. Hemph.ll) did not know any
people more interested in having a free
ballot and fair cou it; nd some just sol tiou
of the negro problem than tbe people of t e
south. Tuere the whites ad blacks were
to live together, “sink or swim, live or die,
survive or pei i-h.” 1 bey must go t igether,
but it did not lie in tbe mouths of the people
who had treated this race as tbe people of
the north had treated them, to give the
south advice on this question and p rticu
larly on the question -f nonesty in electio s
until they had done some missionary work
among themselves. [Applause on the dem
ocratic side.]
The debate was continued by Messrs. La
follette of Wisconsin, Lodge of Massachu
setts, and Rowell of Illinois, renublicans;
and Me srs. Ta.suey of Michigan and Crisp,
democrats.
CRIST STIRS UP INDIANA.
Mr. Crisp like Mr. He uphill was fre
quently' interrupted oy ques ious from tbe
republica s. Mr. J h isuu of Indiana was
one of tie s i wb i endeavo; ed to interrupt,
bu Mr. Crisp waved him off with a remark
that the gentleman was imita ing the tac
tics of Smalls in a state whs'e
tt ey reso ted to “ Hocks of five.”
Perhaps they had better look at home be
fore i hey went abroad This remark
b ought the Indiana republicans to their
feel in iudig ant protest, but Mr. Crisp de
cli eil to permit interruption, and in the
midst of uproar his time expired.
Then a see io of intense tumult and con
fusion ensued. Duriug tie delivery of Mr,
Crisp’s speech the main aisle of the
Housi bad become thronged with
members of both parties, bo kent up
an incessant dema and for th • regular order,
while -Mr. Crisp attempted to have ids time
extended and w hile tin- Indiana republican!
continued their vocnerou-s but aDogetuer
unintelligible demand for au opportunity
to reply.
LOOKED LIKE A RIOT.
Speaker pro tem McCreary attempted
vainly to quell the tumult, which wai
gradually assumiug the proportions of a
riot, and he was finally obliged
to call upon the sergeant-at-ar us
to assist him in preserving tiie peace.
That official armed with the silver mace of
bis authority pr ceeied up the m lin a fie,
scattering me nhere on all sides, but even
with nis assists ce it ' m ilia y mintrei
before tue presiding officer cou and b ing the
body 1 1 a state of comparative q dat. Thou
Mr. Crisp a ked leave to ext nd his rema ks
in tbe Hecord, but Mr. Johnstou of Indiana
objected, uni ss h- could bo given the
same permission in his answer, be
said, to the flinging of mad
against his state bv tl e gentleman
from Georgia. At Mr. Rowell’s suggestion,
however, leave was gran ed >o Mr. Crisp
to print and Mr. Johnston agai 1 came for
ward with his reque , but Mr. O’Ferrall
of Vi giaia objected, whicu led to a rema-k
from Mm O-'e i of Indiana that “ there is a
hereaf er of unanimous consents.”
AN INCENDIARY HARANGUE.
Mr. I.a Kolle.te of Wisconsin declared
that in the Seveiit i Sou to Carolina district
there had been an omragrous wrong upm
the sancti yof the elect! m, ad ctiarac er
iziug the election there ai a ely nullification
of one of the highest lawj of the lan .
Fro n hloodiiou ul and raw aide tue 8 utb
Ciroli m election law was but a little step.
He warned the gentlemen on tea other
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1889.
side that the majority would ultimately
oon'r 1 in every c rne in the uni n. W bat
would the gentlemen think if the colored
men turned and said: “Tne viilai ly vou
taught us we will execute, aud it will go
hard if we do not b t e ■ our instructions.”
In the iri i e of the lost pa-t, he ent onto 1
the gentlemen to stop for the sake of peace
and honor, to go o fu ther in this in
famous business. The hour was at hand
wb-n the people would m.ke ittb-ir fir-t
business to secure and p es rve the repre
sentative Character of this government.
[Applause on the republican side.]
“you’re another.”
Mr. Lodge of Massachuset s said that the
argument of the ge iHuman from S uth
Carolina (Mr. HempniH) "as the old, old
argument that “you’re another.” It was
the argument that because one wrong ex
isted it could be balanced by sayiig ilia
Knottier wrong exi ts t some where else.
Two wrongs bad ever tuado a right, and
they never would. Becau-e the fumla
m ntal rights of the black oilize i were torn
up by the roots iu S uth Carolina, it
was no answer to say that t here were here
and there instances of race prejudi e
ag dnst him in the north. Ho (Mr. Lodge)
did not .-tan i here to falsify t e facts of
history or o say that the conduc of the
north towards the black man iu ail the
years that had gone by, had been with
out fault and without mistake. Ho
knew very well that there had
been a time when the north
had bowed to the dictates of the south ad
had wrong-d the black man ju -t as much
as the south bad done. He know that there
had been a time, an accnr o l tim>, ii his
own state, when Massachus tts (G->d for
give her) had boon k eel mg with tiie re ;
when sho had raobbjd Garrison in tie
streets of Bost-o i, and had sent Anthony
Burns buck into slavery.
EXPIATED WITH BLOOD.
And she expiated that crime with the blood
of her best and bravest in every battle
field of the rebellion [applause on the repub
lican sid ], ad the gentlemen from tae
south c iuld not now, by saying that the
black laws had been placed on northern
statute buoks, in deference to the bi idiug
of t e south, alter the facts of history.
The a might i-e instances of race prejudice
in the north. If there were, every right
thinking man iu the north legrettcd them
and w shed to have the n stopped. Bu
that did not excuse the refusal of the right
of suffrage in the southern states. It was
no answer to say that because a group of
men hero and therein the n rth manifested
an un orthy rao-> prejudice that meu iu
t ie south had a right- to deprive the biack
man of the rights gr ated to him
by the oo stilutton. He then went on to
review the methods which ha said were
practiced in the south to stifle the voice of
tne majority, saying that it had come to
■ uc'n a pass that iu Arkansas f aud had
begun with the plunder of ballot box s aud
ended with the murder of t o co itesiant.
WITHHOLDING OF CERTIFICATES.
The sec etary of state of Tennessee had
been putting obstacle* in the way of the
del.very of the certilicite to a man elected
on the face of the returns. The governor
of West Virginia nad withheld re ciftcat-s
from two republican congressmen elected
on the face of the returns. Did the gentle
men suppose that tiie pe pie of the north
were going to submit to sue i a thing as
that* It was absolutely tie mo-t revo.u
tionary step that could be taken.
These men had undertaken to seize
the powers of tbe House to judge
of the election of members ad to say who
sho-Id constitute a majority of he Ameri
can congre s. It was part of the same evil
s stem. The whole guura itee of our in
stitutions rested on the belief of the people
that an election had been a fair election.
It was uot en ugh that electious were fair,
but every man must believe them
to be fair. Massachusetts had no h ird
feelings towa-d the south. When earth
quakes shook southern towns, and when dis
ease attacked her cities, the ear of Massa
chusetts bad never been deaf and her heart
never stolid to the cry of distress, and, God
bless tier, they never would be. But she
wanted to see right and me to all men whether
their skins were white or black. Sue
wanted to see the constitution lived up to.
[Applause on the repuolican side.]
FAIR PLAY ALL AROUND.
She asked that tnere should be the same
fair elections in the south as there were in
the north. Tbe north meant to insist on n.
The north had been too caretes , too tole -
ant, too easy g >ing. and this debauchery of
election —this striking at the fundamental
right was creeping in and getting and n
gerous, aad the people of the
north for the last ten years had passed it i.y
unheeded, had come within the last six
months to take an entirely new and just
view of the subject. It was the determina
tion of the Republican party aud of the
norto to secure free elections. “We ask
you,” be said, in conclusion, “to join us in
making an election law which shall give that
guarantee to every mail throughout the
lengtn aud breadth of the land teat when
the votes are counted they are coun ed as
cast, and tbat the poorest man and t.o
humb.est man, black or white, of whatever
race, has a secure and unitupreguable
right upon whicn our institu ions rest —tue
right of a free ball t and fair count.” [ap
plause on tbe republiern sid >.l
NOT GUARDIANS OF THE NEGRO.
Mr. Tarsney of Mic iga i. sand that hn
must protest agaiost the assumption by the
republic ms that they were tue sole guard
ians of the colored man. The highest law he
knew was toe constitution and iiis ow n un
derstanding, and when tbe republican; in
sisted that the colored uau was entitled to
a a.<at in th.s house, they were in error.
When they spoke if gerrymandering
Houth Ciroli.a districts, he could
show them a district in a
northern state, made by a republican legis
lature 33J mdos 1 • gby 37 miles wide. He
had -eon as much bu ldozing at tbe polls in
the no-tb a- l.e bad teen recounted cm a
page of the papers before this house. Ho
favored a lair, free ballot, but when itie re
publicans sought to draw sectional lin -s
tuoy were making a mistake, and wuen
they asked him to vote to seat a man whom
he believed was not elected, they made
another,
Mr. Rowell of Illinois closed the debate
for the republicans, saying tuat notwith
standing all "f t e assaults made upon it.
R .bert Small*’ majority of 1-D v .tes sill
lived. With tbe exception of one witness,
no voter had sworn that he was prevented
from votiug the de nocratio ticket or was
compo.led to vote the republican ticket.
CRISP’S CONCLUSION.
Mr. (’rise, in concluding bis argument
for the majority of tbe c nnmittse, denie i
the truth of the go oral statements that
haJ been made touching election outrages
in tiie souih. There was nothing abiut
southern elections that was n >t as fair and
as wall ealeu aiel to secure au untra u
meleil exprosin of views as in
elections in any other section. When there
was no party contes'. —as for instance in
io'l el Ctions—tbe vte was large. YVbet
there was a general election the vote was
small. B cause it was s r.a.l some pers s
assiimad that there ai been intimniatioD.
That was because they did not under-la and
t e southern people. In his case tbe
republicans made no nomination against
him, aul there ai nothing to call iut a
i.eivyvote. In one or two counlies th
polls were not even opened. The truth ws;
tuat the republicans wanted to oetlcve tuet
the Ueiuuu alio parly in the south was do
ing something wrong. They thought, after
t e war which freed the colored man, that
they bail b m id him to them forever, tbat
he would continue to s ndmon here for the
northern republicans to use.
INDIFFERENCE OF THE NEGROES.
Tiiey did not understand that a groat mn
jo ity of the colored men of the south caret
very little w dcu party was in power, that
th ywe eutoi ly i different to the great
issues which occupied the g*nt> n m in the
nor h. When the tepub icans found t at
there was a great mass of voters,
which they had ex -ected to
control indefinitely for favors
they had granted, but could not, the asked
what was the reason. Thai so ne pa y
and insinuating rogue, to get . imseit an
otlice, devised the slander wuich had been
ci, ciliated in ihe north. There had been no
regular republican orga izatio l i. .lie
south for ye ns except to n mi rate d-do
g:tt sto the national co iv nti n. It ■ ould
not become him (Mr. Cri p) to state the u:e
duoo nont they had t > send delegates to
these conventions. [Laughter.]
Mr. Crisp t tion turned tiis attention to a
speech made in Ohio way R -pros utxtive
Kennedy of that state in winch ho is rep
resented as censuring Speaker Carlisle for
constructing the elections committee which
decided his own contest.
STICKS TO HIS STATEMENT.
Mr. Kennedy interrupted to ask whether
it was not a fact that the sp.-aker had
first selected the committee. Had
he not then, a ked the Hous> to select
the committee, and had not the democratic
side simply ratified tne choice of the peo
ple? (A cuorus of “Noes” from the demo
cratic side).
Mr. Crisp replied that here was a gen'le
man console -d fit to represent n g eat sta'e
i congress. He came to -he Home as a
representative, aud either through the
gro se t ignorance or in lice, he sought
not only to misrepresent him (Mr. Ci is ),
but to misrepresent tiie distinguished
ge itlomau who presided over the and libra
tious of tbe House. [Democr itica iplausu.]
Everybody knew that tbe statement was
inaccurate. Mr. Crisp, resuming his liuo
of argument, stated that the Republican
party bad disfranchised the District of
Coluin ia because f tue negro vote.
Mr. Millikouof Maine challenged the gen
tleman to read the entire record of the
treatment of the negro by the Republican
p - rty.
Mr. Crisp replied that if he quoted the
whole record it would bring a blush of
sha ue to the cheek of that gentioiua i,
[Democratic applause.] Tnere never had
be >ii a party which uad perpetrated more
outrages. The majority of the committee
had eudeav -red t > try this case according
to the evidence. The mi..Ority put at de
fiance all rules of evidence and began aud
e dal their statement with newspaper
articles.
T.ie vote was then taken on the minority
re-olutiau declaring Smalls entitled to the
seat and it was rejected by a party vote of
138 yeas to 143 nays, with the exception of
Messrs. Wilson of Minnesota aud Rus
sell of Massachusetts, who voted with the
republicans.
The majority resolution seating Mr.
Elliott was t en agreed to "Ah ut division
and the House at 6 o’clock adjourned, j
MR - Russell’s vote.
Mr. Russell says in expla.irtion of his
vote for Sma is (a-d .ilr. Wilson says
su staniially the same) tuat it was the re
sult of much deliberation, duriug which his
conscience urged hi a to it. He became
convinced that Smalls was elected, aud
tuat he ought to be seated, and then, o/
c mrse, that ha ought to vote to seat him.
Tie intemperate republican speeches did
deter him, but at last he determined to
vote, i spite of the n, as his conscieuca
dictated. So bis vote indorses Smalls aud
uot the speeches.
Confirmed bylthe senate.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Tbe Senate has
confirmed the nominations of C mm ssioner
Column to be secretary of agriculture, and
John A. Turley, of Ataens, Ten i., a id Ed
ward B. Yancey, of South Boston, Va., to
be postmasters.
FIRE'S WORK AT MEMPHIS.
A Dry Goods Dealer and a Drug Com
pany Lurned Out.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 13. —A destructive
Are broke out at 9 o’clock to-nigh in the
Neely block, corner of Main and Gayos
streets. It had its origin in the third story
of M. Schwartz’s dry goods store. No. 397
Main street, and spread to an adjoining
store occup ed by the Mansfield Dm ; Com
pany, w hich with Sell vartz’s store was
completely destroyed. The Gayoso hotel,
w hich is in the rear of the build ng, was m
groat da i-uor, nd all of is guests removed
their tninnks and effects, but beyond a good
s orebing, uo material damage was done to
the hotel.
THE LOSSES.
Schwartz’s loss on stock is about $30,000.
HL inrurance cannot be ascertained.
The Mansfield Drug Cos . pany’s loss on
s’oek is 1 100,000, and the insurance 490,000,
divided between local and foreign com
panies.
ihe loss to the building will amount to
$03,000. It is insured for $40,000. The loss
if total.
The fire was not under control until 11
o’clock, and for an hour all tbe tiuildi igs
on Main street opposite to the buruiug
buildmg were in great danger.
TERMINAL’B CHARTER.
A Writ of Quo Warranto Denied by
Virginia's Attorney General.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 13.—Some weeks
ago a petition was presented to .State Ator
ney General Ayers by Hamuel Dickson, of
Fnlladel hia, and Charles L. Daco ta, of
New York, i 1 behalf of unknown stock
hold rs, nre-umabiy the Norfolk and West
ern raur ad, begging that proceed ngs be
instituted in t! e circuit court of this city
against the Richmond and West Point
Tenmral on 1 Warehou-e Company for for
feiture of its charter. The grou and, alleged
bv the cour.-ei were that toe company had
exceeded tiie pr ivisions of its ouar.er. The
attorney-general in along letter io-day de
clines to apply for a writ of </uo warranto
w.ibout exp easing au opinmu up >n the
merits of the case, but simply upon the
grou id taut the action should be taken i >
King William county, where the principal
office of ihe ompatiy is located.
HIS THROAT CUT.
A Shocking Crime on the Mala Street
of Water Valloy.
New Orleans, Feb. 13.—A Picayune
special from W. ter Va ley, Miss., says:
“One of the foulest mutders that ver dis
graced this town occurred on Main street
last night, when James Je kina’ throat was
cut from oar to ear. Wil. Harri , a saloon
-eeper, woo was the person Jos. seen in
Jerkius' c mpanv, was smuts I cbaiged
with t ecrine. (Vhei: Harris was searchvd
a bloody knife was found ii bis shoe, and
the mirli of the murdeied mi i ws found
1 i bli possession. The sher.ff started with
his prlsnner for the depot, w en he was met
bv an infuriated mob, who to k posaession
of thepri-oner and weie p sparing to hang
him, wi i more const vaiive c u -ul pre
vailed and he was returued to the sheriff.”
COUNT OF THE DIG VOTE
HARRISON AND MORTON DE
CLARED ELECTED.
The Senate Sits with the House During
the Proceedings— A Crowd of Spec
tators Present—Slips of the Tongue
Giving States to the Wrong tide
Provoke Laugnter.
Washington, Feb. 13. In the Senate this
morning, on motion of Mr. Hoar, it was
ordered that,at 12:30 o'clock, the Senate shall
leave its chamber and proceed to the hall of
tUu House of Representatives, to take
part in the proceedings for tho a certain
ment and counting of t e< lectoral vote. A
question lmd been raised by Mr Hh-nrmn
as to tho omission of the usual noi
ficatii n from t o House, but that w.ts
accounted for by Mr. Hoar on the ground
that now for the first time tho proo cd n.;s
were nrnvided for by the statute , so thai
notification was unnecessary. The presiding
officers at 13:55 nVI ck announced taut the
time had arrived f r the execution of tho
order of the Senate, and the senators the e
upon, headed by tho officers of the body,
proceed and to the hall of the House of Repre
sentatives.
The Senate returned to its own chamber
at 2:25 o’clock, when Mr. Mauderso.i, on
behalf of the donate tellers, reported the
result of the coaming and ascertainment, of
the e ectoral votes for President and Vice
President of the United States. The report
'as ordered to be entered at longJi on the
j mrual.
In the House.
The chamber of the House presented a
lively scene this morning, although noth
ing of ,i seusauo nl charuote wasexpected.
Tue galleries were tilled an hour before
noon by a crowd of interested spectators,
who i e o eager t > witness tho ce emouie
atiouding the counti g of th electoral vote.
Ladle, were in a large in joritv and with
i heir handsome c stuun-s foi in-ci a pre tv
frame to the ka eidoecopic pic ures prese lti and
on the floor below Tne cm rid rs in the
rear of the galleries wore thronged with
sight-seers, who were contented, if by ris
i g o i their tiptoes, they c >uld g mice over
the shoulders (fine more fort mate pe. sons
who had secured a foothold in the U lorways.
Many lauies were upon the floor planning
with members for passes to the already
overflowing galleries.
CLEARING THE FLOOR,
At 11:45 ’dock the assists t doorkeeper
irqu sid all persons not entitl and to the
pr.vileye of the floor to retire, and the
cro .vd in the cor idors was augmented by
>t number of stragglers, who had been loll
ing bar k in tho seats of members, lazily sur
vey iug the stn roundings. Hesidet espeak
e’s chair was place lon ■ for Beiiator I.mall,
who, as presiding offic -r of the Senate, was
to preside ov. r the joint as e nbly, aud in
the area :u front of tho clerks’ desk were
placed a number of richly unh lstored
c airs and lounges for the accommodation
of the senators.
PRAYER OF THE CHAPLAIN.
At noou the speaker’s gavel huT ed the
li m of conver-a ion and tue chaplain made
the following invocation:
God of our fathers, as the Senate and the
representatives of the people will nr sently as
semble i. congress to anuouuce andrec rif. ac
cording to prescribed form, that Benjam.n Har
rison ami Levi Perry Morton have been cuos n,
by the suffrages of lheir fel ow-citlzens, to the
offices of I’res.deut and Vice President of the
Unite States, we humbly and devoutly pray
tl at thou wilt have th un and their families
1 1 thv sacred c ure. Guard them fr .in all peril
and dauber and pro ong their fives, grant them
health and pea and eve listing bieSMu.'H
Standing as wo do on the thresuoid of the
sec. nl century of our national history, when
the brains of t.e masses of man are
touched by finer intelligence and pos
sessed by more sensitive feeling, wb n
man’s monarctiy in nature and masterdom of
its laws and energies are enlarging; when in
dustry and Inventive skid and means of trans
portation and communication are increasing;
when populations all are enlarging ami men re
coining closer together, and questions, civil,
social aud spiritual are bdng agitated
as they never were before in the
time of this universal fernr-nt
and agitation, thy se vant, the president-elect,
has b eu oi led oy his f How citizens to one of
the most solemn and honorable posls to which
man co Id be summoned to lie a- the sword, to
guard the treisury, to mtintain the oonstltu
ti n and to execute the laws of the ration with
tho united brotherhood of sovereign slates.
And so we humbly and earnestly pray
that thou wilt imbue hun and his advisers witu
an excellent spirit and understanding, and may
the peace of God winch passeth all understand
ing kep his heart and mind in thy -n wiedge
and thy fear, and so make the iand have peace
a id prosperity, an i the benediction of our God
resr on ns all, we ask through Jesus Christ our
Lori.
On motion of Mr, Ermentrout of Penn
sylvania, tho privileges of the floor were
accorded to the fam.liex of tho senators aud
repre eut itives.
ENTRY OF TUE SENATE.
At 12.55 o'clock legi-lative proeedings
were sus .ended. A few moments af or
wanls the Senate was ann mncea, and the
as ators, headed by tneir officers, filed into
the chamber. Senat r Ingalls leaned on the
arm of Sec etsry McCiok, ad (’apt. Has
sett carried a box containing :he returns
from the electoral college. T. represe da
tives n mat ed sta .ding until the senators
ha'l aken the seals assigned them, and tueii
Bo at or lug ills, sated on tho right ha id of
the speaker, called the joint assembly to
order.
THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. In "alls the i said:
This being the day and hour appointed for
opening the certificates and counting the votes
of t .e e ectori for President, the Senate ad
House of Kepresentatlv -s have met together
pursuant to the constitution and laws of the
l ull c b ates If there be no objection to tho
electoral vote of the slate of Alabama, the cer
tificate will he read by the tellers, who will
make a list of the votes thereof.
The presiding nflicer then broke the soal
off e certificates from Alabama and
handed it to Ho. alor Mmiderson, ono of the
tellers, who read the document in a clear
voice. It was in due form and snowed that
the ten electoral vote: of Ala
bama had been ra< for Cleve
land and Thurman. The certificate
gave in minute detail the proceedings of tbe
mce lug of t e elocto s lit .Montgomery a nl
coutai ed tbe ballots cast by each elector
for President and Vue President. It was
accoiup itded by a smtem nt fr ui t e gov
ernor of Alaba ia co tlfyin c tj the el ctiou
of the lectors the ein named. Ils reading
consumed fliieei minutes.
GAINING TIME.
The reading having boon concluded, the
pre-iding officer said:
Following tb) precedents observed on former
occasions, uale .s I . any ewe- there may be u de
mand tnat tui <■( rtd.cat) no r'ported m full,
the te lers ha tu / asertaiud that the ccrtifl
cal l-are in due form and properly authenti
cated, will omit t * executive certificate of the
election of the electors ami (he preliminary and
formal statement of the proceeding* of the col
lege.
The certiflcVe from ’hestateof Arka eae
wn- handed to Heiiator Ha ris ini be read
that portion of it which oert.fles that the
coven rulei of that state were cast for
Cleveland und Thu man.
A lau.-b r n thr ugh the nssembly w -en
He at -r Harris annuu.ic. and tnat ‘‘JeiT Davis
lime of tue el. o 0r.,) gave one vote for
Ur.iver Clevela d.’’
At lhe suggestion of Senator Edmunds
t e work of the tellers was lightened by
dispensing with Urn reading of any part of
the certificate and requiring them nf er
c re ul exami ation merely ti sta o the
manner in which the votes had b. eu C;v,t.
Tho certificates from California and Con
necticut were thus disposed of.
MR. COX RAISES A POINT.
Mr. Cox of New York then rose and snid
that ho desired to call ihe hHerndon of tho
pr l dmg offi er to the language of the law
of Feb. 3, 1387.
The presiding officer Slid that and bale
could only be i ml by unanimouscuis-nt.
Mr. Cox repll and that he did ot de-ore
debate. He desired toe II attention to the
la euige of the law-. “Oil such roadi g
of anv certificate, the i r side ti f th Sen
ate shall <-all f. r objections, ii any, af or
the reading ”
The co ifleate from Delaware w-as then
read and the presiding officer asked: “Is
there ■ Injection to tne dec oral vote of tbe
state of Delawai ej” There being noue, the
count was proceeded lUi.
ERRORS RAISE A LAUGH.
A smile ran over tho assembly when, by
ari pof the tongue, Mr. Emr-nt out an
nounced that the • lectors of Florida had
cast four votes for Levi P. Morto i for Vue
President. Tho smile broadened into a
hearty laugh whe i a few minutes after
ward Senator Harris, by a similar e nor,
gave the electoral vote of led a a to Grover
Cleveland. I was s mie tune before the
laiighto died out and ho was permitted to
correct his error.
The pre iding officer then said:
The chair takes occasion to express his confi
dence .hat bis sugg stiou that manifc-tations
of applause or of disapprobation are ex’ready
forbidden by tbe rules of botli houses und th it
i hoy disturb the decorum of this great transac
tion, which is now proceeding in the presence
of the representatives of tho America i p op e,
will suffice to prevent u re otitiou of the disor
der which has just occurred.
TWO PAPERS FROM OREGON.
Oregon having beon reached the presid
ing officer said:
The pres dent of tbe Senate has received two
certificate- and two ot.ier papers purporting to
be oertilicrtes from the state of Oreg n. As
required by law, he opens them ail and delivers
them to tho tellers, who will real, if there be
no objection, only that which is authenticated
by the certificate of the electors certified bv the
governor of th state of Oregon to have been
duly appointed m such state as appear in the
copy of such certificate transmitted to the two
bouses of GOll /ro -s by the Secretary of State.
After a pau e Hon tor ManTer s m said:
“The tellers have exa nined t e dff ireut
ce tilicates predated to th m aud ti. <i bat
ono in duplicate, a id that it certified b/ t. o
governor of t est te . f Oregon ov.r the
g eat soal of that state. It seems t• be in
due f rni, a id by TANARUS, it appears I hat Bo > ja
inin Harrison of Indiana lec ivel throe
v t‘*s for President ad Liivi I*. Morton
three vo es for Vice Pi esident.” Th -re was
no objection to the Vote bei g so counted.
T e cor ittcates fro i tho remaining states
having bee i examined by the tellers ad
their co i tents announce 1 to the j i t as
sembly, a lull of a few minutes enabled the
tellers to foot up their figures.
THE RESULT ANNOUNCED.
Then Senator Ms nlorson, on behalf of
the tellers, announc'd t e result of their
labors. The pn siding officer, upon r eoiv
ing the result, siid:
The state of the vote for Pres’dent of the
United States, as and liv-red to 1 10 president of
the Situate, is as follows: W ole nu über of
electors appointed to vote lor Pn si mnt of the
United Staiet us 401, of wa.cb a major ty is 201.
Henja nin liai-i isou of the state of Indiana has
received for President of li e United States 23 I
votes, aud Grover Cl vein id of the state of New
York has receiv 'd 163 voles The state of vote
for Vice Pr sideut of the United Stales, as
delivere l to the p esident of the Senate,
is as follow-: Wholo number of elec-ors
app inled to vote for Vice I resident of the
Uuited Stn'e: is 101. of which a majority is 2UI.
I.ovi p. Morton, of tho state of N>w York, has
received 233 votes, and Allen G. Thurman, of
the slate of Ohio, has received 163 voles.
This announcement of the sate of the
vote by the president of the Senate
is, by law, a sufficient declaration
that Benjamin Harrison, of the stale of In
(liana, iseleeted Pres,dent of the United Sidles,
and that Levi P. Moiton, of the state of New
York, is elec.ed Vice-President of tie United
States, each for the term begl ning March 4,
1889, and will be entered together, with the list
of votes, on ihe journals of tbe Senate and the
House of Representatives
No and '.uoustrat.on of applause followed
thi * deciara'ion, ad Hens or 1 gads pro
ceeded: “The count of the elect ual votes
hiving been couclided nnd tho result do
declared, this joint meoti ig of the two
b uses is dissolved, and the S-uate will now
return to its chamber."
In five minutes the senators had retired,
but it required a much longer time to in
duce the ladies to vacate the chamber.
EVARTS ON ELECTIONS.
His Speech In tbe Texas Case Con
cluded In the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The Senate
to-day resumed consideration < f the resolu
tion reported from the committee on
privi eges ami elections, instructing that
committee t > revise the existing law i egula
ting tho election ot members of congress,
ami Mr. Evar I procee :ed with his argu
ment in its support. He began by a review
of the canvas: and election in VVa9bi g o 1
county, Tex ts, in 1839, spoke of the dis
turbances at t e polls, und the prosecution
of republ mans, and read tho petition of
Hackworth, Moore and Hehutz to tue Sen
ate, which had brought about the investi
gation aid resulted in the reDr
now i etore the Honate. He loviewet
tho testimony and read extracts from
he committee report c including with rec
ommendations for “careful revision of the
existing laws regulating the election of
members of congres, ami an examination
of the promised legislaiio i p rti ent to the
S tine subject, widen have l een proposed iu
cong e , with a view of providing f r
more complete protection of the oxe cis)
of the elective f. anodise by act of
oongre-s and moro efficient provisions
for the pn isbmeut of offensis
against it.” I hod seemed to him, saisi Mr.
Lva.ts, that there could have lie mi no m re
propitious time fo the investigation than
that when it was begun. (In March, 1838.1
SHOOTING OF HOFFMAN AND HOLT.
During its co ,ti> uince, however, two
other prominent fit zsii- of the county,
Messrs. Uoffina i and Holt, had b sen shot
down in ih execution of what ue regarded
as a systematic purpose to iniiidain
at whateve cost tan supreme y of
the lii-in era ic party in that county. The
great q esti n come at la t to be whether
there was to be tolerated in this country nil
Hu h rity and p.rdsle.it [>ower t nt was to
sot nni ie the govern eutof the const! Ution
and of the las. If there sh uld prove to
be an irreconcilable c nflict toetve . public
opinion in Texas or New Y <i k, a: and pubi.o
opinion in the country at la ge, hi, opinion
n-s that the upim m of the whole country
must finally pre tail.
Mr. Coke obtained tbe floor, but tbe Sen
ate i r cue led to executive business, and at
5.65 o’clock adjourned.
LEC A N'c BAD RECORD.
He was Jailed for a Refusal to go Into
tu* Murtreesboro F.ght.
Washington, Fob. 13.—" Coward and
mutineer” are tbe words written before the
name of Henry Lecaron, the Brit.su spy on
tie record at tbe w*r clipart me :t. He is
rec mied as on* sf tho mutineers of the
Fourteen.h Dennsylvatiia Cavalry when
ordered’o go 1 ito th- fig .t at Mu frees
boro, aud lie was cjutiued as such in tue
HasuviUe jail.
( DATT.Y, #lO AYE\H I
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ENGLISH EXTRADITION.
SECRET VOTES ON THE TREATY
MADE PUBLIC.
Only Fifteen Senators Voted for Rati
fication—Sherman and Frye Among
th ) Number-Thirty-Fight Voted
Against the Prop sition— The Vote
to Make tho Matter FubiiC.
Washington. F b. 13.—The proceedings
in exo uti . o st s ion of the Senate ufion the
co sidoration <f t o British extiadiion
treat were given to the press to-day. The
vole upo i ratification taken ou the Ist in
sta it w s as f Ho vs:
Ykas—Messrs. Blackburn, Cockrell, Faulkner,
Frye, George, liampto i, Haw ley, Hoar, Jones
ot Arkansas, Pasco, Payne, Ransom, Lawyer,
Sherman and Walthall. IS.
Nays. -Messrs. Allison, Bate, Blair, Bowen.
Call, Chaco, ('handler, 0 >ke, Cullo n. Davis,
Dawes, i Jmiiil.L, Bust Is, Evarla, Far veil, Gor
mini. Hale, Knew .Ingalls, Jones of Neva i
Maii'lersi.n M.tohell, Moigan, Paddock I’l i ,
Plii.nb, Png'i, Reagan, Rlddleberger, Baulsbur ,
Stewart, Stockbri Ige. Teller, Turp e Vet,
Vo I'he. a, Wilaou of towa, aud Wilson of Jlaiy
land—Bß.
I ho following were paired:
Ykas- Me-srs. Gray, Morrill, Vance, Daniel,
Builer ami Colquitt.
Nays. Messrs. Spooner, Harris, Palmer,
Quay, Cameron and Gibson.
REMOVAL OF THE INJUNCTION.
Mr. Riddleherger off red a leaoiution to
remove the lujune fin of secreo ,to which
resolution Mr. Morgan offered an amend
ment removing the :nju ction of tecrecy
sis > from tlie pn c e and gs of the foreign
r In ions committee in relation thereto.
Mr. Morga i’s amendtne it was rejected
by a strict, party vote of 22 yeas to 25 nays.
Tho question recurring Fell. 11, on
the resolution of Mr. Riddleberge-, the
Senate, by a vote of 29 yeas to 19 nays,
adopted the mibtti’ute for the Riddlobergor
: ('solution offer dby or. H ar. The sub
stitute differe I fro ii the o ig nal reeolntian
in that it provides for t m re novel if ■he
id j nclion of secrecy from th • Senate pro
ceeding: in regard to the troatv, wbil • Mr.
Riddieberger’s resolution sneciflad t at the
injii ction should be removed f on all
votes, debates and motions connected with
the consideration o t e t eai y.
THE VOTE TO MAKE PUBLIC.
The vote by wh ch Mr. Hoar’s resolution
was adopted a ul the record ordered made
public was as follows:
Ykas. M .sr*. Bate. Barry, Blackburn. Blair,
Cill, Chandler, Coke, Dawes, Edmunds, Eustis,
Faulk er, George, Hisc >ck, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada. Matnlnrsnn, Mitchell, Morrill,
Pugh, liidfileberger. sawyer, Shwnan. rtiew
ert S'nckbridge, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Waltliall
air I Wilson ot I ova 211.
Nays.-Mbssrs. Allison, Cockrell, Cullom,
Evarts, Gibson, Gorm n. Gray. Hale, Hampton,
Harris, Hawley. Ingalls, Morgan, Paddock,
P.iyue, Reagan, Saulsbury, Bpoouer, and Wil
son of Maryland 19
Paired—ln the affirmative: Messrs. Platt
and i anieron, w ith Messrs. McPherson und But
ler in tne negative.
REPOSTS ON TH S TA-iIFF.
The Democrats Furnish Thelr’s to the
Republican committeemen.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Tue democratic
members oft e ways and means commit
tee were e gaged for two hoars to-day In
the preparation of their report on the tariff
bill. They have now c mi.doted it and fur
nished copies to the re üblican members of
theoom iiittee. The repo t, however, will
not b > given out fir public itiou until the
republican minority shall have completed
tho preparation of its v.o.vs.
Ttie re uhlicari committeemen have an
nounced teat tuev desire to pre,ent > minor
ity report and will require everal days to
prepare it So the maj rity wilt uot pre
sent t .e report to the bou e to-morrow nor
until the minority report is ready. It will
probably tie Monday or Tuesday before th*
report com s.
COWLES’ REVENUE BILL.
Mr. Randall His > ommittee Must
Lbey instructions.
Washington, Fob. 13.—A call has been
issud for a special meeting of the hous*
committee on appropriations to-morrow to
consider the Cowles internal revenue bill,
Mr. Randall savs that as his c unmittee has
completed all of t e routine work of tb*
session oonnacted with tue preparation
of tue reg lar annual appropriation
bills. he believes that it must
as a matter of iiu y obey the instructions
of the house conv :ed by the voie upon
w io i t. e revenue bill was referred to th*
committee. He was unible ti s.ywhat
disposition would benr.de of tne bili by th*
comm it te* on approp iations.
CONSULAR APPROPRIATIONS.
Tbe Senate greea to the Conf*renc*
CommLtee’a . epor .
Washington, Feb. 13.—1n the Senate to
day, Mr. Hale presented tho conference re
port on the diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill, which was agreed t>, after a
statement by M . Hale (in ropiy to a q les*
tion bv Mr. Hher i a ) that the appropria
te of *509,000 fir the protection of Amer
ican interests in Ham a was ie ai ed, and
that t e aiiprop lation of SIOO,OOO f u a
c a log -tatio i at Fa’ go-Pango had been
tram-ferreil io the nuvat appr priation bill,
w hi'bbad passed the 8 • late yest rdiy.
Other.v.set ere e, >i ujsubstauUal chaag *
iu the diplomatic bill.
The President Three to the
Souse.
Washington, Feb. 13.—1n the House to
day, tlie journal having e u read and ap
pr ved. the s, eater laid bof re the Hnueo
tliree messages from tue Pi esident an muno
ing hi. disapproval of private pe ision tails.
Tue mess 2 s were referred to t e co nmit
t o on inviili 1 pe idoi.g, after an u succtss
ful ato pt 011 the part of Mr. Sterne of
i.ulia m to' ha e them referred to the com
mittee on penal ms.
Frof. t mmons to Marry.
WtsniNoro.N, Fab, 13.—Prof. Samuel
Frank 1 n Etninoaa, the well-known geoio
gist, who e iusaiie wife, Wet ha E mn mi,
and oil list year uf or gaining a natl nal
notoriety, is to marry to-morrow Mow
iSojune callus Murtcal, tor nr y f I’lina
de p da, Pt., who wai erroneously reportel
in ton newspapers last winter as eugugud to
Secretary I lay ad.
Postal Changes.
Washington, Feh. 18—The following
postal changes are a nounced:
Hew Postmaster*— William 8 Tyner, at
Cornucopia, Ih ; Ueuj min F. H. Jack on,
at Ulllsville, Us.
Postofflee D.soontlnued—Blanton, Craw
ford county, Oeoigia; special mail to IV or
rior.
Bond cceptancee-
Washington, Feb. 13.— Bond offerings
at the tr asury to-day aggiegated
11,488.000, r f >• bluh 1888,500 4Jtf ware ao
cep.ud at k'Jc£loy>%.