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( THE MORNING NEWB, )
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i J. H. ESTILL, President. )
RIGHTS OF THE VOTERS.
THE DEBATE) ON THE ELECTION
BILL IN PROGRESS.
Lodge of Massachusetts Sets the Ball
Bolling In a Plea for the Passage of
the Bill—Mr. Hemphill Makes a
Strong Argument' Against It-Mr.
Howell Follows in Lodge’s Foot
steps— Lehlbach Hicks Out of the
Tracea
Washington, June 26.—1n the House
this morning, the regular order being de
manded, Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts began
the debate on the national election bill. He
said that he did not think a more grave and
serious subject had ever oome before the
House. It demanded serious and deliberate
treatment. He had no personalities or re
flections to make, but he desired to discuss
the matter dispassionately. The bill pro
posed to extend the existing laws regarding
the election of members so that they would
be effective throughout tho United States
whenever the people wanted them so ex
tended. He proceeded to sketoh the plan of
the bill in outline. No local machinery was
disturbed, he said. The ballots were
to be cast as at present, and
no secret ballot was to be interfered with
where it now prevailed. Everything that
concerned the government should be open.
The business of tho people must not be
transacted in a dim light, but open and be
fore the people’s eyes. The assurance of
honest elections lay in making public every
step and act by which the representatives
of the people were chosen to their high
office. To secure publicity at every stuge
of the election, therefore, was a leading
principle of the bill.
CONCEALMENT IMPOSSIBLE.
Under its terms concealment became im
possible without resort to violence, and
violence was itself publicity. As to the
power of congress to enact such legislation,
the constitution and decisions of the supreme
court were absolutely conclusive. The
power was found in section 4, article 1 of
the constitution, relating to the time, place
nnd manner of electing representatives, it
was not enough that elections were fair;
tkoy must be known to be fair. The ques
tion of expediency was the most important
one. It had been charged thut the bill was
sectional. Observing the heat of certain
persona and newspapers and their vehe
mence, he was led to remember that sus
picion always came to guilty minds. The
acts which it was proposed to extend had
been called into existence by gigantic
fmuds in the city of New York prior to
1870 and 1871. That certainly was not a
sectioned origin, in the sense that the charge
was now made.
CHARGES AGAINST THE SOUTH.
As to the southern states, Mr. Lodge con
tinued, it was apparent that many believed
that great frauds were committed there.
If the belief be true that such a
thing as a fair election in the south
was unknown, then it was high time
that the United States should put a stop to
the evil if it had to exorcise every power
tho constitution put into its hands. Mr.
Lodge presented statistics to show insuffi
ciency of representation in the south. He
said that in forty-one election districts in
the south members were elected by an
average of less than 15,000 votes.
W.IBSISSIPPI AND NEW JERSEY.
He compared Mississippi and New Jersey,
where the populations in 1880 were equal in
number. The total vote in Mississippi was
117,000 and in New Jersey 245,000. In 1888
the total vote in Mississippi had dwindled
to 115,000; while in New Jersey it was
003,000. No intelligent and fair-minded
man would deny that there tad been frauds
in the north, and the proof was the efforts
made there by both parties to throw open the
election to publicity. It was not necessary
to argue that southern elections were not
always fair and free. Where wrong doing
occurred in the north it was where one party
sought to get ahead of the other by unlawful
means.
A QUESTION OF RACE.
As to the south, it was largely a question
of race. The negro problem was one of the
gravest before the American people. It
was one in whioh all were concerned, and
for which all were responsible, whether
living in the north or south. The wrong of
slavery was to be expiated by the north,
which condoned it, as well as
by the south, which upheld it.
The negro was not forced on
us like the Chinese. It was idle to say that
he was better off than if be had not been
brought to civilization. Better an eternity
of savage liberty than the civilization
which came to them with the auctioneer’s
hammer in one hand and the slave driver’s
whip in the other.
FIDELITY OF THE NEGRO.
Such fidelity as the negro had shown to
the government and master deserved a
better reward from the country, north and
south, than it had yet received. The negro
wanted no brutality on one side nor senti
mentalism on the other. The government
which made the black man a citizen was a
cowardly government if it did not protect
him in bis right. Failure to do right
brought its own punishment. The bill had
been called a revolutionary measure. Rev
olution was to be found in the speeches he
read, speeches which showed that constitu
tional representation did not exist. The
first step toward tbe solution of the race
problem was to take it out of national pol
itics.
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.
The national government must extend to
every citizen the equal rights which the
constitution guaranteed.
In conclusion, he said: “Let us
do our whole duty to every Amer
ican citizen rich or poor, black
or white weak or strong, and we can
safely abide by the result. Let us secure to
every man the liborty and freedom which
are the corner-stone of American liberty.”
At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Lodge
was warmly congratulated by his repub
lican colleagues.
Hemphill on its unconstitutionality.
Mr. Hemphill of South Carolina followed
Mr. Lodge with an argumeut to demon
strate the unconstitutional nature of the
bill—that congress had no power to inter
fere with elections. He read from
legislative declarations in the past by the
states of New York, Ohio and New Jersey
against congressional right to conduct
elections. He declared that this was not a
national bill. It was sectional. Under the
provisions of its first section, some portions
of the United States would be under the
supervision of from two to throe supervis
ors, according to the respective size of the
congressional and judicial districts. He
could conceive of no honest purpose for
such a provision. It could have no effect
but to place the people of some districts be
tween the upper and nether mill-stone.
THE PETITION FEATURE.
As to the terms under which the law was
to go into effect (petition of a limited num
ber of persons) why so limited? If it was
a good thing the law should be of uuiversal
application. Why was it that this very
complicated and unsatisfactory provision
was putin unless there was an intention to
make the law bear down upon some
Portion of the people of this country and
Jlofuiug
allow others to do as they
saw fit. He called for an explanation of
the provision. Now suppose a United
states inspector were corrupted, and from
the amount of corruption reported by the
gentleman from Massachusetts it might
safely be inferred that one-half of the
people were unworthy of trust; that
they were to be watched as
criminals or ticket-of-leave-men; sup
pose that a supervisor were to turn demo
crat. He had a life tenure and could not be
removed. That hadn’t occurred to the gen
tleman from Massachusetts.
A ROBBERY SCHEME.
This was a measure to rob the people of
their dearest rights. He had marched be
fore the glittering bayonets of United
States soldiers to cast his ballot. Troops of
soldiers had been sent to bis town, and
every soldier had cast a ballot for Greeley.
The result was that the party had a bigger
majority than it had ever had in any pre
ceding election.
bad' state of affairs.
It needed no eloquence to depict the horror
of having thousands of men watching voters
for $5 a day and owing their appointment
to a man who did not owe his aupoiutment
to the House or tbe people, but to a man
appointed by a United States judge, who
oould not be got at under any circum
stances. There was no more iniquitious pro
vision in the bill than this one providing
for the appointment of an unnum
bered number of men absolutely under
the direction of the supervisor. More
over, it was proposed to change
the present law by authorizing the selection
of these inspectors not from the town but
from any part of the congressional district.
They might never have seen the voters they
were to watch, and might have no interest
whatever in their welfare. He examined in
detail the provisions relating to supervisors,
and said the whole law is framed against
the voters and in favor of the supervisors.
He added that the whole bill seemed
framed against the voters and in favor of
the supervisor, who was supposed to be an
angel from heaven, because he was ap
pointed by a United States judge, who had
his place for life. If the purpose of the bill
was to secure an houest election it would
certainly not show these defects.
jury fixing.
Another very peculiar provision was sec
tion 38, for which he knew no better name
than that of the “jury fixer” feature.
There could be no more iniquitous proposi
tion than that the statute law should be
changed so as to do away with the require
ment of an inspection by both parties of the
juries of tho country, and to have the juries
drawn bvone man, and that free from even
witnesses of the opposite party. He read
from a letter from a gentleman of
Srominence in Florida, charging the
nited States judge there with partisanship
and stating that orders had been given by
the marshal to seo that republicans were
seleoted for jurors. It was not the elections
that were troubling the people of the south,
but those office-holders sent to trouble them.
There was not a man on that side of the
House who, if ho had been do wn south, some
years ago, would not vote against the
re-establtshment of the iniquity of recon
struction days.
A HUMILIATING CONFESSION.
It seemed to him that it must be a very
humiliating thing upon the part of the re
publicans in congress that although this
country had been honest and pure for
seventy-five years, and no supervisor of
elections had been needed during twenty
five years of republican rule, tHe people
had become so corrupted, their honor
so blunted and their integrity so weakened,
that they could not be trusted to make an
honest return of their votes here unless the
people are guarded, supervised and scruti
nized as if they were criminals. Was not
that a fine showing for the party that
claims to be the party of great moral Ideas?
Now, one of the chief reasons advanced
here is that, whether true or not,
the public at large thinks there is
general corruption at elections. He had
never heard a more humiliating confession
on this floor. It was the duty of the repre
sentatives to tell the people what they knew
in their souls, that this was not true, and he
advised them not to go to work to trim
their sails and get in the way of this breeze.
THE NEW NORTH.
A good deal had been said about the new
south, but what this country really needed
was the new north—the north tnat will
take the view suggested by the facts aud
not by their preconceived notions; that
does not believe it has all the virtue, and
the rest of the country none; that would
not waste all of its time in remedy
ing supposed abuses of distant places;
that would not think an Anglo-Saxon in
tho south always in the wrong when he has
any trouble with one of the African race.
A free ballot and fair count had got to be
the shibbo[eth of the republican party. He
said unhesitatingly that they were neces
sary for the performance of our institutions.
But what did this phrase mean ? Machinery
was a mere means; the end was
that the voters should have
their sentiments fairly represented
upon the floor of the House and in the gov
ernment. The right to cast a vote and
have it counted was a mere delusion and
fraud unless the laws of the country were
so framed that the vote should amount to
something.
A SNARE.
This cry of a free ballot and a fair count
and abuse of the south was the chief politi
cal capital of some men who wanted to be
returned here, and to keep the voter from
watching affairs at home. What was the
use of talking about a free ballot in Kansas
when the state had been so gerrymandered
that 147,000 democrats of Kansas had never
been represented on the floor?
Mr. Kelly of Kansas—How do you expect
to get a democrat hare, when there are not
four democratic counties in the state?
Mr. Hemphill—lt does not matter about
how many democrats have never been rep
resented here. If there were a fair repre
sentation on this floor the proportion would
be 163 democrats, 154 republicans, five
prohibitionists and two labor men.
In California it took 27,000 more
votes to put a democrat here than a repub
lican. In Illinois the average number of
votes necessary- to send a democrat here was
49,000; to send a republican, 28,000. The
average in fourteen northern states was
—democratic, 65,000; republican, 27,000. If
voting meant expressing the will of the
people, the republicans were in a majority
here wrongfully.
Mr. Springer—They are usurpers.
[Laughter.]
Continuing, Mr. Hemphill said Messrs.
Hiscock and Evarts were on the floor of
the Senate misrepresenting the state of New
York, and the same was true of Connecti
cut, which had been democratic for years.
When the republicans of the north had
taken the beam out of their own eyes and
fixed the laws so that the peoples’ wish
might be honestly expressed; when they
practiced as they preached, southern demo
crats would receive them wit a open arms,
aud if they did not take their advice would
suggest something better, which would be
agreed to. [Applause on the democratic
side.]
A PREVIOUS BOBBERY.
Under this system, which it was proposed
to revive, the people of the south had been
r .bbed some years ago by picked villains of
the north, hacked up by the bayonets of the
United States army. The south did not
want to be put in that position again.
“We ”Mr Hemphill continued, “know we
must either rule that country or leave it.
Now, for myself, before the people of the
United States and before God, in all rever
ence, I swear we will not leave it. [Ap
plause.] It is tbe home of our fathers.
There their bones lie buried. They bought
it with their blood when Concord and Lex
ington were the battlefields of this country.
They have handed it down to us unim
paired; aud, gentlemen, are we not our
fathers’ sons! Shall the blood first turn
back in our veins? Shall we transmit to
coming generations a great and noble stale
whioh has been overruled and down-trodden
by a race whom God never intended
should rule over us? I do not
hesitate to say the colored man has as
many rights as I have; but be can’t have
his rights and mine too; and this law is
intended to put him again iu control of the
southern states; intended to awaken that
race problem which is fast dying out; in
tended to bring about again that constant
clash between the colors in the south which
will retard its growth and which will be
destructive of the very principles of human
government.
EX-GOV. CHAMBERLAIN’S views.
Mr. Hemphill then read from a recent
address by ex-Gov. Chamberlain of South
Carolina (republican), in Boston, to show
what a former governor and republican
thought of the negro situation in the south.
He knew It was useless to reason with certain
men in the north. They did not want to,
and would not believe anything the south
might say. But there were many people in
tbe country who believed in its honesty,
and he had no doubt that "when we
pass back of the politicians and get to
the great body of American people
and have stated to them honestly and fairly
the truth with reference to the southern
country and the black man in it; when they
have understood the whole facts and have
come to a conclusion, I have no doubt they
will render an honest and righteous verdict,
and whatever their verdict may be, as com
mon citizens of a common country, I pledge
the people of the south to acoept it as
the final arbitrament of this moral
problem, and relying upon Him who
is a God of justice, we will
go forward in the greot work of life before
us and endeavor to perform our whole duty
to this country, honestly, patriotically and
faithfully.” Mr. Hemphill was loudly ap
plauded by the democrats as he sat down,
aud nearly all of them pressed forward to
congratulate him.
ROWELL ASSAILS THE SOUTH.
Mr. Rowell of Illinois said that after the
presentation of the case by Mr. Lodge the
republican side might well afford to rest
the debate, and after the eloquent speech of
Mr. Hemphill all sides of the House ought
to ory aloud for the passage of the bill; but
he proceeded to speak at length, asserting
that the necessity for the bill arose chiefly
from the condition of affairs in the south,
and, upon being challenged for specifica
tions by southern members, gave instances
in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and
Arkansas. His assertions were disputed by
gentlemen from those states so constantly
and stubbornly that at times two or more
members would be speaking at once. Mr.
Rowell, however, held the floor, and abated
nothing of the sweeping oharacter of his
charges.
POWER OF CONGRESS.
Mr. Rowell said he would not discuss the
constitutional question of the power of con
gress to enaot this law. It was res adjudi
cata, and he would not waste the time of
the House in talking about it.
But the fact that congress had
tho power was conclusive of the necessity
of using that power. If frauds against the
ballot were occasional and sporadic—tbe
work of criminals—it might not be so; but
if they were general and continuous, and if
the people were unwilling or unable to cope
with the crime, then it should not only be
the duty, but the wish of every representa
tive of the people to use whatover power
was found in the federal constitution to cor
rect the wrong. The number was
not few of those who believed
that six years ago President Cleveland was
counted moo the presidential chair by cor
rupt officials at the polls in his own state,
to say nothing of the suppression of votes
in all the southern states, and the number
was increasing every day of those who be
lieved it. If they believed it to be a fact,
ought it not to be the duty of the people to so
conduct elections ns to make it impossible of
belief in the future?
SUPPRESSION OF THE BLACK VOTE.
It was in northern circles believed that
the black vote of the sou thorn states was
suppressed, and the fifteenth amendment
nullified. If that belief was not true it was
the purpose of the bill of insuring to every
man, no matter where he lived, or of what
color, a free ballot. The constitution guar
anteed that. The members took the oath to
support that constitution. Did they do it with
mental reservations as to some sections?
Re affirmed that tbe belief that the black
vote was suppressed in the south was well
founded. And, moreover, it was the ex
pressed intention of the men who constituted
that section of the country that the suppres
sion should continue in spite of the law. A
man of wealth might forget election
day, but the common citizen, who
at the polls knows be is equal
with any man, never willingly stayed away
on important occasions, whenever you
found a great body of men absent from the
polls on election day, you might set it
down as truth that they were not away by
their own consent; that something improper
had been done theu, or at some preceding
time, to keep them away.
OATES DENIES THE STATEMENT.
Mr. Oates of Alabama —I deny yourstate
raeut, aud know of my own knowledge that
it is not true.
Mr. Rowell replied that he did not care
to bandy words as to the gentleman’s knowl
edge, but he undertook to say that it was
the universal experience and observation of
unprejudiced men. He knew how neces
sary it was to deny that conclusion, be
cause only on that denial could there be an
accounting for the almost total absence
from the polis of black men in many south
ern states. Had the black man
voted in South Carolina at the last
presidential election a majority of 50,000
votes would have been cast for the republi
can electors, and there would have been a
solid republican delegation in this congress.
Yet the total vote was but 76,865 —less than
11,000 to the congressional districts; and the
total republican and scattering vote was
only 10,460 —7,000 of which was cast in one
district.
OTHER STATES ALLUDED TO.
Mr. Rowell proceeded to refer in a sim
ilar strain to other southern states. An
allusion to Arkansas brought Mr. Peel to
tbe front with a statement that in his dis
trict elections were fair; that there was no
charge to the contrary, although his vote
aggregated but 5,000.
Mr. Lewis of Mississippi also declared that
no man on earth had ever intimated that
there was anything unfair in the elections
in his district, and be dared any man to
make the assertion.
Mr. Rowell replied that he never took a
dare. He did not know anything about the
gentleman’s district, but he did know what
had proven to be true in this and other con
gresses. v
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama also denied that
there was any ground for questioning Ala
bama elections.
CRISP DEFENDS GEORGIA.
Mr. Cnsp, speaking of the elections In
his own state, said that the vote was light
in off years, and that there was a small re-
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890.
publican vote, because there was no or
ganised Republican party in the state.
Mr. Rowell replied that that tact was
proof of the disfranchisement of the ne
groes, and it should have stricken the con
■oienoee of the white people in the south,
who made it impossible to maintain an
organized Republican party in Georgia
Mr. Crisp wanted to know how they
made it impossible. The gentlemen pro
duced no facts, not even a newspaper state
ment.
Mr. Howell replied that ho knew If he
found a certain condition of affairs un
natural and improper there must be a
reason for it
Mr. Crisp asked why 40 per cent, of the
vote of Maine and Massachusetts was silent.
Mr. Rowell replied U was not in presi
dential years.
Mr. Crisp assorted that it was, and re
quested the gentleman to aocouut for it.
ARMED INTIMIDATORS.
Mr. Rowell said that he had the highest
respect and esteem for his colleague from
Georgia, and oould only say that he wished
ho came here with 20,000 votes instead of
15,000. Mr. Rowell declared that In some
districts of the south armed bodies
of men went from poll to poll
and destroyed the ballot boxes.
Iu others boxes were stuffed and tbe true
ballots thrown out In others military
oompanies were organized to fire cannon
morning and night, “to let the darkies
know there is going to be a fair election."
The cabins of negroes were fired into, and
if that were not successful, and the negroes
turned out, ttie military officers made the
polls a target for their target praotice.
GETS INTO A SQUABBLE. .
Mr. Oates asked for the names of the dis
tricts, and Mr. Rowell named three iu Mis
sissippi and one in Arkansas. This brought
Mr. Mcßae to his feet with a strong denial
of its truth os applied to Arkansas, and
soon Messrs. Rowell and Breckenridgo were
talking at the same time, the latter vigor
ously declaring that Mr. Rowell’s statement
about his distrlc., and the Clayton affair
oould not be substantiated.
Mr. Mcßao said he wanted to correct the
statement that armed men had ever rode
about the polling places in Arkansas. That
bad beeu the case during the Powell Clay
ton reign, but there had been better timee
since.
This renowed tho colloquy between
Messrs. Rowell and Breckinridge, aud for
a few minutes both were talking at once,
the former refusing to yield and the latter
again denouncing the statements made as
false.
MADE THE DEMOCRATS LAUGH.
W hen quiet was restored tbe democrats
laughed derisively as Mr. Rowell said the
purpose of the bill was “supervision.” If
state officers intended to conduct a fair
election they oould have no objection to the
presence of watchers. It was only where
fraud was intended that objection
could be made. Fraud permeated
many districts in the United States. It was
connived at by the people—otherwise the
best people. It was the duty of the House
to see that no part of the constitution be
came a dead lotter, and unless it was pro
posed to allow the fifteenth amendment to
become a nullity and 6,000,000 people to be
disfranchised, some law must be enacted
to correct tho evils which confessedly exist.
A REPUBLICAN WHO OPPOSES IT.
Mr. lehlbach of New Jersey, rep., said
ho could not favor this legislation. He ad
mitted tiiat the conditions of elections in
many parts of the country would Beein to
justify the passage of such a measure. He
had no doubt of frauds being perpetrated to
a certain extent both north and south. It
would, however, in his opinion, he wiser to
let the people of the several states regulate
their own elections. [Loud democratic ap
plause.] The advancement of the moral
sentiment of the country and education
would bring about the same results, and tho
relief then would be permanent. The bill
was not general and uniform. He ques
tioned the right to make a law applicable
in some districts and not in others. Tbe
law should be uniformly applicable, and
not dependent upon the petition of any
number of citizens. United States super
visors were to be appointed, and super
visors, experience had shown, were liable,
like others, to seek to influence elections
their own way. He thought the law
would bring about a conflict of authority
between the election officers chosen by the
people and those appointed by the United
States judges, and this might bring about
a deplorable state of affairs. The law oould
not be enforced when moral sentiment was
so low as to favor corrupt elections, aud
when that sentiment was elevated the law
would be unnecessary. .
tucker’s demurrer.
Mr. Tucker of Virginia demurred to the
bill generally and specifically. He did not
agree with Mr. Rowell that it was a waste
of time to discuss the constitutionality of
the bill. On the contrary, he proposed to
discuss that question, and proceeded to say
that under the terms of the bill supervisors
were to exercise the right to determine the
qualifications of voters and rights reserved to
the states. Then it was not to be doubted that
a state had a right to establish an educa
tional qualification. Yet this bill provided
that a supervisor should point out the box
to an ignorant voter. It overrode the state
qualification and allowed the ignorant man
whom tbe stato sought to exclude to vote.
Mr. Tucker read from Speaker Reed’s
magazine article on the subject of tbe
national election law, and declared
that he had virtually admitted that
it would be proper for the white people of
the south to suppress the negro vote if nec
essary to the preservation of civilization,
and all ho asked for the state of Virginia
was to be Jet aloue to work out her own
salvation. The bill, hideous as it was, would
fail of its purpose. The only way to cor
rect fraud was by an enlightened public
sentiment, when it would be frowned down.
The House then adjourned.
OPENED ON A HIGH PLANE.
Tbe Speeches of Messrs. Lodge and
Hemphill Very Effective.
Washington, Juno 26.—The dignified
speeches of Messrs. Lodge and Hemphill
opened the debate on the Johnny Davenport
federal election bill on a high plane. The
excitement will probably be fully realized,
for tbe bill is an exciting one, as the close
Attention paid both Messrs. Lodge aud
Hemphill showed. Mr. Lodge was in his
Pest voice, and, although he wore no vest
aud his cuat was open, his manner was im
pressive. The democrats were more cour
teous than the republicans, and listened to
him more generally and carefully than tbe
republicans did to Mr. Hemphill, and were
very complimentary in wnat they said
about his style and elocution, but they com
mented upon tbe lack of vital argument in
his speech as in marked contrast to Mr.
Hein chill's.
“No one could learn anything from Mr.
Lodge’s speech.” said they, “where even
Mr. Lodge might have learned something
from Mr. Hemphill’s, if Mr. Lodge had been
able to remain to listen instead of going off
to recuperate.” Tbe applause and congrat
ulations given Mr. Lodge were very cordial,
as was to be expected for tho foremost
young orator of the House.
Congressman Candier is trying to get
the republican senators to take up the fed
eral election bill in tbe Senate before taking
up the tariff bill so as to give the democrats
tees chance to obstruct by debate.
A CRISIS IS THE STRIKE.
THB ROAD DECLINES TO DISMISS
SUPT. RUSSELL.
The Announcement Follows an All
Day’s Conference With the Commit
tee of the Strikers—The Latter Re
tire to Their Headquarters to Decide
on Their Course.
Chicago, June 26. — A crisis iu the big
strike of the Illinois Central trainmen was
reached this evening. After an all day’s
session tbe conference between the strikers’
committee and the Illiuois Central officials
ended with a positive refusal on the part of
the railroad oompany to discharge Supt.
Russell. This was an ultimatum as far as
tbe oompany was concerned. The ultima
tum of tbe employes, and indeed the occa
sion of tbe strike, had been the demand for
Supt. Russell’s discharge, the reasou
given being his alleged “general obnoxious
ness.” When the conference broke up the
men went to Eighteenth street to report the
result at the strikers’ headquarters. Specu
lation is rife as to whether a general strike
throughout the Illinois Central system
would be ordered and a gigantic struggle
ensue. Up to to-day only the divisions of
the Illinois Central adjaceut to Chioago
were affected. How far tbe lines of other
companies would bo involved was also the
subject of much discussion among those
interested,
freights side-tracked.
Cairo, 111., June26, —The committee of
strikers came here to-day, and on their
orders every freight train betwoen here and
Centralia, on the Illiuois Contral, was side
tracked. Tbe passenger* coaches wore de
tached from two trains, and local roads
were notified not to handle Central cars
going to other linos.
No freight trains have arrived from or
departed for the north to-day on tho Illiuois
(Central road. Mail and express trains have
been coming In from Chicago with baggage
and mail cars only. A St. Louis train was
made up to leave at noon. Just before
leaving the coaches were uucouplod troiu
the train and left standing oil the track,
while the engine and express and baggage
car pulled out for Bt. Louis. The fast train
due to start at 2:20 o’clock was served like
wise, and two ooachos aud two
sleejiers with a good many passen
gers were left to seek other routes
northward. There is no trouble existing
south of the river. I’assenger trains arrive
and report regularly, but freight trains are
side-tracked at East Cairo and perishable
freight diverted to other roads. Should a
settlement not be reached soon it is probable
that the southern division will be ob
structed from Cairo to New Orleans. Every
thing is very quiet.
the tie-up at centralia.
Centralia, 111., June 26.—The Illinois
Central railroad strike is now iu full blast.
All the crews on the main line botween
Centralia and Dubuque went out yestorday.
Those on the Cairo division are now out
aud not a wheel turns except to carry the
mail. Trainmaster Higgins attempted to
take out a troiu yesterday afternoon, but
the cars were uncoupled and tho engiue
taken to the round house by the strikers.
WORLD’S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
Chauncey M. Depew Declines to Ac
cept the Presidency.
Chicago, Juno 26. —Tho world's fair
national commissioners began their first
meeting iu this city at noon to-day. Judge
John T. Harris of Virginia was chosen
temporary chairman, and made a brief
speech reviewing the historical significance
of the work in hand.
At the conclusion of Judge Harris’ ad
dress the roll of the 106 persons who make
up the full committee was called, and the
absentees proved to be F. G. Bromber of
Alabama, T. J. Woodward of Louisiana, L.
Townes of Maryland, T. B. Proctor of Mas
sachusetts, William Aiken of New Hamp
shire, C. M. Depew of New York, A. P.
Butler and J. C. Colt of South Carolina,
and J. E. Stearns of Idaho.
All tho commissioners at large wore pres
ent except Henry Exall of Texas.
J. H. McKenzie of Kentucky precipitated
a little turmoil by offering resolutions that
a oommittee on permanent organization,
con-isting of twelve membors, bo appointed
by the chair to recommend to the commis
sion the names of permanent officers, to
consist of a president, secretary, and as
many vice presidents as the committee
should deem proper, and to define their
duties, and further report what standing
committees shall be appointed and their
duties. After it bad been discussed for a
time the resolution was finally amended,
making it the duty of the proposed commit
tee to merely point out the offices and the
duty of tho * who shall fill them, without
recommendations to any one.
depew declines.
John Boyd Shaoher of New York arose
to say that within the lost fifteen hours tbe
New York commissioners had been re
quested by Chauncey M. Depew to say that
his name should not be used in connection
with the presidency.
Col. C. H. Corbin, United States Army,
was made temporary sergeant-at-arms.
Chairman Harris then announced the fol
lowing as the committee on permanent
organization: Messrs. McKenzie of Ken
tucky, Ewing of Illinois, McDonald of
California, Smally of Vermont, Cochrane
of Texas, Widener of Pennsylvania, Goodell
of Colorado, Breslin of New York, Martin
dale of Indiana, Harrison of Minnesota and
Keough of North Carolina.
The committee then adjourned.
STEAMSHIP SUBSIDIES.
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Farquhar Unable to Get Hla Bill Put
Through.
Washington, June 26.—Congressman
Farquhar of New York was one of Speaker
Reod’s most enthusiastic supporters in the
speakership fight. He expected to be re
vyirdcd by having his ocean steamship sub
sidy bill put through. To that end he se
cured the chairmanship of the committee
on merchant marine and procured an early
report of bis bill, but that is as faros he has
gotten, and be and all the steamship sub
sidy lobby, whose faces have grown so fa
miliar in tbe corridors of tho capitol this
winter, and who were no less active sup
porters of Mr. Reed for the speaker
ship, are greatly disappointed because
Mr. Reed does not in some
way get their bill up. The trouble is that
in tuls one particular Mr. Reed has not
the absolute command of the committee on
pules, which controls the consideration of
bills. Mr. McKinley is tbe only member of
the committee on rules Who will vote to set
a day for consideration of the subsidy bill,
Mr. Cannon, the other republican, voting
with Messrs. Blount and McMillln against
it. The subsidy men insist that Speaker
Reed’s fertile invention shall produce some
means of getting around even his own com
mittee.
Gold for Germany.
New York, June 26. —Heidelbaoh,
Ickelbeimer & Cos. to-day ordered $504,000
in gold bars from the assay office for ship
ment to Germany.
SESSION OP THE SENATE.
A Quorum Not Present to Look After
the Wyoming BUI.
Washington, June 2d—ln the Senate
to-day the House bill for the admission of
Wyoming as a state was taken up, and its
discussion occupied the greater portion of
the day's session. Its principal opponents
were Messrs. Jones of Arkansas and Keagan
of Texas, while Messrs. Platt and 8 tew art
championed the bill. Both Messrs. Jones
and Keagan biased much of their objection
upon the woman suffrage clause in the con
stitution. Mr. Junes declared himself in
favor of passing an enabling act for all the
territories except Utah, and of admitting
them as states after they had complied with
the provisions of the act, and hs moved as
a substitute for the pending hill one for
such an enabling act.
WITHOUT A QUORUM.
At the close of the debate the Vice Presi
dent announced the question to be on
the amendment offered by Mr. Jones
of Arkansas, and then us there was
evidently no quorum present, the roll
of the senators was called, to which only
forty-one answered.
An order was given to the sergeant-at
arms to request the attendance of the ab
sentees. It was found to be imp Alible,
however, to get a voting quorum
(several senators being paired) and,
at tho suggestion of Mr. Piatt, an under
standing was reached that the vote on the
bill and its amendments would begin at 4
o’clock. In reference to that agreement
Mr. Edmunds wanted It understood that it
did not amount to an order of the Senate.
There ougnt to be one body in the country,
he said, where there was freedom of debate,
lie hail always understood that unanimous
content, while it bound the honor of gontle
men, was not a rule of the Senate.
To that romark Mr. Stewart replied that
such agreements would have to be observed,
otherwise a result would happen that
would prevent the Senate from continuing
to be a deliberative hotly.
CALL GETS A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Mr. Call asked and obtained a leave of
absence for a week, slating that it was nec
essary for him to go to Florida on business.
Committees of conference wore appointed
on the postofflee appropriation bill and on
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill. Messrs. Plutnb, Allison and Blaok
bum were appointed onnfereet on the first,
and Messrs. Halo, Allison and Blackburn
on the second. A number of bills on tho
calendar were passed. Among them was
the House bill grant! g curtain privileges
(rights of way and occupation of lands) to
the Union Railway Company of Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
After a brief executive session the Senate
adjourned.
SILVER BILL CONFEREES.
The Choice of Men to Represent the
House Delayed.
Washington, June 2(l.—There has been
some speculation os to the reason for the
apparent delay in sending notice to the
Senate of the action of the House upon its
amendments to the silver bill. It appears
that it is the almost invariable rule, when
notifying the Souato that the House has
takon objection to one of its amendments and
asks for a conference to acoompany the re
quest with the names of the House con
ferees. In this particular instance tho delay
is in the selection of the conferees, the
speaker having as yet been unable to settle
the conflicting claims so ns to seouro a com
mittee that will fairly represent the fueling
of the House. Consequently formal com
munication to tho Sonate of the request for
a conference half boon delayed. It is ex
pected that the oomrnittee will be appointed
to-morrow.
CALL AGAIN KNOCKED OUT.
A Resolution of Inquiry Laid on the
Table.
Washington, June 2(5.—1n the Senate
to-day a resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Call directing the secretary of the Senate
to prepare a table showing the number of
bills Introduced by each senator and the
number of them pawed, was' taken up, and
Mr. Edmunds moved to lay the resolution
on the table, remarking (ironically) that as
a tost of a senator’s value was the number
of bills introduced by bun, and as he found
that under that test ho (Mr. Edmunds) was
not of much value, he wished to have the
resolution laid on the table. After an ex
planation by Mr. Call of his motive in
offering the resolution, the motion to lay on
the table was agreed to.
VACATIONS IN PO3TOFFIOB3.
The House Passes the Bill for a Fif
teen Days’ Leave of Absence.
Washington, June 26.— The House met
at 11 o'clock to-day. On motion of Mr.
Ketcham of New York, seconded by Mr.
Flower of New York, who said he could
indorse the measure lu every particular,
the House bill was passed
granting fifteen days leave of
absence In first and second class post
offices. Mr. Flowor oould say from six
years experience in post ifflces that no class
of government employes was more deserv
ing than these Jolerks, and he would favor
passing a bill making elghf hours a day’s
work for postofflee employes.
TOPOGRAPHICAL AIDS.
The List of Eliglblee on the Govern
ment List Running Short.
Washington, June 26.— The list of ellgl
bles for appointment as topographical aids
in the geological survey is exhausted, and it
is probable that a large number of appoint
ments will need to be made soon for the
purpose of obtaining a list of eligible*. A
-pedal examination will be held at
a number of points on Tuesday,
July 8. Atlanta and Nashville are the only
Southern cities at which examinations will
be held. The subjects of examination are
letter writing, algebra, geometry, plane
trigonometry, surveying, astronomy,
geodosv and topographic drawing.
Application for blanks, etc., should be
ma le at once to the civil service commis
sion, Washington, D. C.
Nominated by the President.
Washington, June 26. —The President
to-day nominated Lieut. Col. Richard N.
Batcbeldock, deputy quartermaster general,
to be quartermaster general, with the rank
of brigadier general.
The President nominated the following to
be postmasters: W. White Jones, at Greens
boro, Ala.; Jabez X. Ke.mlng, at Augusta,
Go.; Robert B. Wood, at Hampton, Va.
Postal Appropriations.
Washington, June 26.—1n the House
to-day Mr. Bingham, from the postofflee
committee, reported the Benato amend
ments to the postofflee appropriation bill,
and on his motion the House non-concurred
iu them. The speaker appointed Messrs.
Bingham, Ketcham and Blount oonferees.
A Postmaster Confirmed.
Washington, June 26.—The Senate to
day confirmed the nomination of John H.
Johnston, postmaster at Danville, Va.
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( WEEKLY,I.ZS A YEAR,
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
THB TRADESMAN’S RBPORT FOIS
THB PAST QUARTER.
One Thousand Four Hundred and
Forty-three New Companies Organ
ized, Against 690 In the Correspond
ing Quarter Last Tear—A Noticeabla
Increase In the Fruit Canning Indus
try—Thirty New Blaat Furnace Com
panies Organized.
Chattanoooa, Tenn., June 26.
Tradestnan reports for the second
of 1890 tbe organization of 1,443 new enter
prises in tho southern states, against 690 iu
the corresponding quarter of 1880, and 679
In the corresponding quarter of 1888. Theta
reports are compiled from carefully pre-*
pared atatiitical reporta tent to the Trades
man from accurate sources from every
point in tbe southern states.
During the quarter just ended three agri
cultural implement factories were estab
lished, five barrel factories and five brew
eries.
Forty-one briok works were commenced,
against 18 In tbe same quarter of last year,'
and one new bridge worse was established!
in Kentucky.
81 x boot and shoe factories were estab-,
fished, and 10 car works—s in Alabama, 3)
in Georgia and 2 in Bouth Carolina.
canning factories.
The dispc-itlon of the south to utilize*
■mall fruits is evidenced by the establish
ment of 56 canning factories—l3 in Geor
gia, 10 in Florida, 9 in South Carolina, andl
the balanoo equally distributed in taw
south.
Nine now cigar and tobacco factories
were started.
The textile industries received their share
of attention, a total of sixty-six having beeu
organized during tbe three months, twenty
of which were organized In Georgia, nine in.
Alabama, nine in Texas, seveu in Louisiana
and six in South Carolina.
Twelve new cotton oompress oompanies
were formed and six new distilleries were
organized—four in tbe state of Nortu Caro
lina.
Forty-nine olectrlo fight works weral
formed and fifty-one oil and grist mills.
Heventy foundries and machine sbopa|
were organized, Alabama leading wltbs
twenty.
new blast furnaces.
Evldenoo that the south is increasing its
product of law metals is furnished by tbe
fact that thirty new blast furnace compa
nies were organized in the three months
against seventeen in the corresponding
quarter of last year. Eleven were organized
in Alabama, four in Virginia, three each
in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina ami
Georgia, one each in Arkansas, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Forty-four ice factories were established.
One hundred aud seveu milling companies
were formed.
Forty-seven new oil mills were estab
lished, against sixteen in the corresponding
quarter of 1889, twolvo of which were in
Georgia, eleven m South Carolina, nine in
Texas and flvo iu West Virginia.
Three potteries wore esta dished.
One hundred and seventy-eight uew rail
road corp irations were organized. All of
these, of course, will uot he built, but the
fact that the companies were formed is sub
stantial proof of the interest in that direc
tion.
Nine rolling mills wore established in the
south.
Twelve stamp mills and smelters and
fifty-five new street railway companies were
formed in the quarter, and fifty-two new
water works.
In addition, 225 wood working establish
ment! aud 225 miscellaneous establish
ments.
The Tradesman says there is greater ac
tivity in the formation of new enterprises
to-duy than ever before, and tbs prospects
for the coming year were never more en
couraging.
AUGUSTA’S NSW POSTMASTER.
Denning's Name Bent to the Senate
for Confirmation.
Washington, June 26.—Taking advan
tage of the absence of Uen. Clarkson, who
favored tbo retention of Ker lioyce as post
master at Augusta, Boss Buck persuaded
Postmaster General Wananiaker that Mr.
Denning is well enough to be appointed,
and solicited the President, through Post
master General Wananiaker, to send Mr.
Denning’s nomination to the Senate. Col.
Buck promptly followed it up to the capital
this afternoon to urge ita prompt confirma
tion. He also nut in a word for Dudley at
Americas. Mr. Denning may be defeated
if Mr. Clarkson takes the trouble to state
the facts to the Senate committee, and Ben
utor Colquitt, who will, of course, endeavor
to prevent his confirmation, may succeed,
A BILL LIKE BL.AIR’B.
Hopeless Efforts to Get the Measure
Before the House.
Washington, June 26.—Knowing very
well that the Blair educational bill cannot
recover from the stroke given It in the Sen
ate, some of the House republicans are try
ing to get its duplicate out of the House ed
ucation committee by way of making a
beartless demonstration which may catch
some votes. At the meeting of the com
mittee to-day a motion to report the bill
favorably was only defeated by debate.
The committee adjourned till Tuesday, but
to-day no quorum appeared, and the demo
crats and three republicans absenting them
selves, that committee will find it difficult
to get a quorum for the rest of the session.
MISSISSIPPI'S CONSTITUTION.
The Attitude of the Republicans To
ward the Convention.
Jackson, Miss., June 26.—The state re*
publican executive committee met here to
day to discuss what action to take in regard
to putting out candidates to the constitu
tional convention. The committee decided
to make no nominations from the state at
large, but recommended that the county
committees put out candidates in every
county where there was a fighting chance to
oioot them. The committee takes the posi
tion that the objects of the convention
ure inimical to their race, and that one of
its principal aims will be to disfrancise the
negroes, and that they must do all they can
to be as largely represented in its councils
as possible.
Cornell Beats Pennsylvania.
New London, Conn., June 26.—The race
between the Cornell and Pennsylvania uni
versity crews resulted in a victory for
Cornell by four beat lengths. Columbia
did not start The time was: Cornell 14:43,
Pennsylvania 15:02.
In Financial Trouble.
Philadelphia, June 26.—The hosiery
manufacturing firm of John J. Glazier,
Bro. & Cos. is in financial trouble. Execu
tions aggregating #91,000 were issued
against the firm this afternoon.
