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f THE MORNING SEWS. •
J Established 10. liioompoiuTiD 1889. V
j J. H. EBTILL, President. J
RDM SHOPS ANI) THE LAW
BTATES HAVE THE RIGHT TO regu
late THE TRAFFIC.
Licenses May Be Withheld from Sa
loons Considered Disreputable—The
Erroneous Basis on Which Liquor
Men Base Their Claim to Exemption
from Regulation.
W aSHINOTOM, Nov. 10. —The supreme
court of the United States in an oninion
rendered by Justice Field to-day in the
case of P. Crowley, chief of police of San
Francisco, Cal., appellant, vs. Henry Chris,
terpen, reversed the order of the United
States circuit court for the Northern dis
trict of California, discharging Christensen
on a writ of habeas corpus. This is a liquor
license case and in its opinion the court
broadly lays down certain fundamental
principles affecting the relation ia which
this business and the laws of the country
6tsud to each other. Christensen for sev
eral years conducted a retail liquor store,
but in 1889 his application for a renewal of
his licet se was refused by the
police commissioners of San Fran
cisco, in whom a muncipal ordinance
vested discretion to grant or refuse a license
for salooos. the refusal being based ou the
ground of tho bad repute in which the place
stood. Thereupon Christensen did busi
ness without a license and was arrested.
He sued out ft writ of habeas corpus, and the
United States circuit court ordered his dis
charge from custody on the ground that the
ordinance made Christensen’s business de
pona upon the arbitrary will of others, and
in that respect denied to him equal protec
tion of the laws.
RIGIITS of citizens.
In its opinion by Justice Field the court
Bavs it is undoubtedly true that it is the
right of every citizen to pursue any lawful
business, subject only to such restrictions as
are imposed upon all persons of the same
age. sex, or condition. But the possession
and enjoyment of this right, and indeed of
all rights, are subject to such restrictions as
may be deemed by the governing authority
of the country essential to the safety.health,
peace and good order and morals of
the cimmunity. Even liberty itself is not
unres.ricted license to act according toone’s
own will. It is only freedom from restraint
under conditions essential to equal enjoy
ment of tbe tame right by others. It is
then liberty regulated by law. The court
says the regulations governing the various
pursuits of life are a’most infinite, varying
with the nature of the business. Borne
regulations are designed to lessen noise,
others to protect health, others to remove
odors, etc.
ATTITUDE OF THE LIQUOR MEN.
It would hardly be neces ary to mention
this, the court continues, were it not for the
position often taken and vehemently
press’d, that there is something wrong iu
principle and objectionable in similar
restrictions when applied to tbe business of
selmg by retail intoxicating liquors. It is
urged that as liquors are used as a beverage,
arm the injury following them, if taken in
excess, is voluntarily inflicted, and
is confined to the party offending,
then the sale should be without
restrictions, the contention being that what
a man shall drink equally with what he
shall eat, is not properly a matter for legis
lation. There is in this position an assump
tion of fact which does not exist, that when
liquors are taken in excess tlxe injuries are
confined to the party offending. The injury,
it is tru„, first falls upon him iu his health,
which the habit undermines; in his morals,
which it weakens; and in self-abasement,
which it creates.
OTHERS AFFECTED.
But, as it leads to neglect of business and
wa-te of property, and general demoraliza
tion, it affects those who are immediately
connected with and dependent upon him.
By general concurrence of opinion of every
civilized and Christian community, there
are few sources of crime and misery to
society equal to the dramshop, where intox
icating liquors in small quantities
io bo drunk at tbe time are
sold indiscriminately to all parties
applying. The statistics of every state
show a greater amourit of crime attributed
to this than any qther source. The sale of
such liquors in this way has therefore been,
at all times, considered a proper subject ot
legislative regulation. For that matter,
their sale by the glass may be absolutely
prohibited. It is a question of public ex
pediency and public morality, and not of
federal law.
not an inherent right.
There is no inherent right of the citizen
to sell intoxicating liquors by retail. It is
not the privilege of a citizen of a state, or
a citizen of the United States. In p-ohibt
tion or regulation of tho traffic, discretion
ni iy be vested in officers to decide to whom
o grant and to whom to refuse a liquor
license. The officers may not always ex
ercise tne power conferred upon them with
kit a. ? r j U3tioe to the parties affeoted,
, “at is a matter which dees not affect
authority of the state, or one
I can 1)6 brought under the
Ir 5o lzai l? e the courts of the
I ,ii üBOu BO states. The court says that it
11, kf Perceive that the ordinance under
I u ; c “ the prisoner was arrested violates
I lall P rovisi °n of the federal constitution or
I .--i*’, an; * as to the state constitution
lsii!L awsitis * ounc * by the decision of the
ln^-- 9l ! prerae cour t that tho ordinance dues
I nricA* 0 them. The order discharging the
I” f® erfr °tn custody is therefore reversed
1 1 ... ~ remanded with directions to
I th 7 o other proceedings in conformity with
| tne opi Mon of the court.
I BAYED FROM LYNCHBB&
■ T. '
| 6 Annapolis Prisoners fcpirited
? Away to Baltimore.
■ Annapolis, Md., Nov. 10. Ernest
I _ es ’ a colored youth, who is under
|p„ reSt ° n a charge of assaulting Bertha
Ir h PS ’ a^e< * bi, was secretly removed last
■j I to Baltimore, whore he will be safe
IrfU ’yucbeis, and secure from
' * he intended lynchers of
ifrnm * roact!p d Camp Parole, two miles
Iva-cu naa P°Bs, last night, but their ad-
Ip3~ f h Kuard ccu hi not find a safe way to
K, troops and get into the city, to say
■titer,.!!?. 0 * F ett >ng inside the jail. Tbe ex
lit i.! M w , as ,ol newhat allayed to-day,when
■W ri J“. bn own that Forbes was secretly
IwTii i,„ i 0 Baltimore. Anew grand jury
1": 1 i,,; , awn in a lew days, when Forbes
• t A.’cted and immediately tried. A
tr,.', al of bid blood exists between the
Fort and blacks. The latter look on
■m oeem [f’ rbec oted person, and hold him
j ' cent of the crime charged.
Ia . ° kl ahoma’B CapltaL
N °v. 10.—The legisla-
Icrial oi J P a ® ss ?, a bill locating the terri
■oeS to -h? 1 at Ki “gfiiber. Tht bill now
B'h'ch to fKovernor, who has five days in
|, , e " e r approve or veto it It is
■ era B> beheved that ha will veto it.
■ Thu Arkansas Senatorship.
■ ,r|T Sm!t? ril K ’- ? or - iO-—The Gazette's
Ken unno!„r c i a ‘ Saya: “William Hemsh-
Ka.. t fn. i5 C T? ibat he will oppose J. K.
■ a - -M the United States Senate.”
Sijr JEuftting ffetog.
traitors to thbir party.
Two Ward Leaders of Philadelphia
Expelled..
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 10.—The dem
ocratic city committee at a meeting to-night
expelled Peter Monroe and William Mo-
Mullen, democratic leaders in the Third and
Fourth wards, for alleged treachery to tho
party at the recent election. These wards
are democ atic strongholds, and form part
of the Third congressional district, in which
Congressman Richard Vaux ran against
William McAleer, the regular dem
ocratic nominee, and suffered defeat. The
Fourth ward, which ordinarily shows a
democratic majority of 1,800, gave only 55
plurality for P&tdion for governor, whereas
McAleer had a majority of 1,831. Mc-
Mulleu is charged with being responsible
for this discrepancy. Monroe is said to
have exerted the same influence on the vote
In the Third ward. The resolutions of ex
pulsion charged treachery to the state
and city tickets during the past
two years and were adopted by a
vote of 33 to 0. A committee was appointed
to represent the committee in investigations
of fraud and treachery in other sections of
the city. Mr. Lee, the democratic nominee
for state senator from the Second senatorial
district, was defeated by Mr. Beeker, rep.,
which comprises the Third, Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth wards, all democratic. Other
loaders are charged with responsibility for
Lee’s defeat, whereupon the district will be
represented by a republican for the first
time.
BLAINE NOW ON TOP.
He Will be the Ruling Spirit in Tariff
Matters Hereafter.
Washington, Nov. 10. Secretary
Blaine’s friends experienced considerable
relief to-day in hearing from Hon. Robert
Lincoln a denial of the rumor that he in
tended resigning his position as minister
to England. Although Secretary Blaine is
undoubtedly the towering republican of
them all, his friends would rather have
Minister Lincoln out of the country than in
it when the republican nomination for the
proaidemy is made. Secretary Blaine,
it is understood, will push the
reciprocity question vigorously, and will
endeavor, at tho earliest possible moment,
to negotiate treaties with Mexico, Brazil,
Spain and other countries. Ho deems this
important in order to break the force of tne
awful defeat of the Republican party, and
for which the McKinley tariff aid the
Lodge election bills were responsible. The
republican loaders are to hold a conrerenco
here before congress reconvenes, with a
view of agreeing upon a policy for the
coming wimer. Secretary Blaine will be
the ruling spirit in the conference.
LINCOLN NOT TO RESIGN.
Ho Visits Washington and Makes a
Denial of the Rumors.
Washington, Nov. 10.— Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln, minister from the United States to
England, reached this city this morning
from Chioago. He called on Secretary
Proctor at the war department early in the
day, and held quite a reception among his
old official friends. He looks exceedingly
well, being somewhat stouter than when he
was Secretary of War, and he appears to bo
in the best of health. To an Associated
Press reporter he said in a
moat positive manner: “The sto
ries to the effect that I intend
to resign my post and that I shall remain
henceforth in America, are alisoluely false.
1 come here on a leave of absence and snail
remain for about forty or fifty days, after
which 1 shall go back to England and re
sume my work. The reports to the con
trary are without the least foundation.” He
afterward visited the state department and
made a brief call on Secretary Blaine and
Assistant Secretary Wharton.
ORB OF THE NORTHWK3T.
The Business for the Season Reaching
Mammoth Proportions.
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 10.— During the
season of 1890 the ore shipping business of
the ranges in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Michigan, the Gogebic, Marquette, Me
nominee and Vermillion ranges, will repre
sent figures unprecedented in the history
of the mining business. Up to
Nov. 1 there had been shipped
from the ranges mentioned several hundred
thousand over 7,000,000 tons, as against
7,500,000 for the entire season of 1889. Be
fore the close of the present shipping
season, which lasts a month
longer, the grand total for this
season will reach over 8,000,000 tons. This
ore is valued at from $3.50 to $6 per ton to
shippers, according to quality. It is prob
able that the total of 8,u00,000 tons will be
exclusive of what are received and manu
factured at the Bay View and other mills.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Meeting of the General Assembly at
Denver.
Denver, Col., Nov. 10.— The generai
assembly of the Knights of Labor met in
the Fifth Street theater at 3 o’clock this
afternoon. There are already in tha city,
300 delegates, and 100 more are expected to
arrive to-night and to-morrow morning.
Among the most prominent knights present
are Grand Master Powderly, A. W. Wright
of Canada and Mgrris L. Wheat of Oaio.
Others represent nearly every assembly in
the United States and Canada.
A Broker Dies on ’Change.
New York, Nov. 10. —James Strutthers
was attacked by apoplexy on the floor of
the stock exchange this morning and fell to
the floor ashy white. Mr. Strutthers died
ia a few minutes and his body was at once
removed to his office on Now street.
Promptly at 12:30 o’clock the stock ex
change resumed business.
A Tarheel Bonanza.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 10. —The superin
tendent of the Silver Valley mines in David
son county, reports the finding of the
richest deposit of silver ore ever found in
the south. It is a largo vein of carbonate of
load, carry 70 to 100 ounces of silver and 30
per cent, of lead to the ton of ore.
Alabama’s Senatorship.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 10.— Political
excitement is running high to-night. The
legislature will meet to-morro'w. The
United States senatorship is the great prizs
in controversy. It is not thought that
the farmers’ alliance members will attempt
to organize as a body.
A Cuban Bandit Killed.
Havana. Nov. 10. —Advices from San
tiago de Cuba say that the famous bandit
Valasquez has been killed by the govern
ment troops, and that bis whole baud, num
bering thirty-four men, with their arms
and ammunition have surrendered to tbe
authorities.
Pur.days at tbe Exposition.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 10. —At a meeting
of the Evangelical Alliance to-day resolu
tions were adopted favoring the closing of
tho coming Columbia exposition .on Sun
days.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1890.
A BIG RALLY FOR ERIN.
THE MEETING AT NEW YORK NETS
THE CAUSE $37,000.
Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien, O’Connor and
Sullivan the Speakers of the Even
ing - Gov. Hill Presides at the Meet
ing—The Meeting Full of Enthusiasm
as Well as Generosity.
New York, Nov. 10.—It was an enthu
siastic audience of more than 5,000 people
that greeted the distinguished representa
tive of the Irish parliamentary
party at the immense Metro
politan Opera House this evening.
When John Dillon stepped out on the plat
form the galleries, orchestra and boxes
vied in thunders of applause. The Irish
party were escorted to the platform
by Got. Hill, Mayor Grant, Recorder
Smyth, Dr. M. B. Wallace, Amos
J. Cummings and Joseph J.
O'Donoghue. Mr. O’Donoghue called
the meeting formerly to order and
introduced the president of the evening,
David B. Hill. Gov. Hill said it has been
said that the public influence of this coun
try ought not to be expended with such
active interest in Irish affairs. This is the
sentiment of but few, and not the opinion
of the Vast majority of our people.
[Cheers. ] Our sympathies are Ameri
can sympathies, and our money is our own,
and it is ours to dispose of. Tho
welcome which we extend to these gentle
men to-night will not be exceeded any
where in this great country. New York
city extends a welcome to them, and tho
great Empire state, which l have the honor
in part to represent, tenders a sincere and
hearty welcome.
Gov. Hill then introduced John Dillon as
the first speaker of the evening.
OBJECT OF THE VISIT.
Mr. Dillon stood silent for several min
utes while his admirers shouted themselves
hoarse. "The cause,” said Mr. Dillon, “for
which we have come here to-night is to
appeal to the peoDle of America to assist the
Irish people in the right to
make their own laws and to ad
minister the same, and #o assist that
people to arise from the uuparaleled and
formerly unheard of system of oppression to
which they are now subjected. The rights
and privileges that the Irish people, with
your assistance and support seek to attain,
are those that made this glorious country
what it is to-day. It is for obese that we
have made bold to ask the free American
people to give us their aid.
There may be those who say that
Americans have no right to interfere with
the affairs of another nation, but we foel
justified m making this appeal because our
liberty has beeu denied. Wo are deprived
of wbat you, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy
so bountifully. It has beeu wrested from
us by brute force And tyranny, conducted
on a most gigantic scale.
euin’s loss of population.
Oppression and tyranny has reduced our
population to 4,500,000 people. No amount
of corruption has been spared to tread our
people under the heel of oppression. Who
says that Ireland is not justified in appeal
ing for aid from the free and liberty-loving
people, when we are struggling for
liberty against such terrific odds.
He who would deny us sympathy
is unworthy to be called a citizen of this
great republic. During years of the rule of
our enemies in England all the immense
patronage and powerful machinery of tho
unionists were put into operation. Through
out these four generations of unionist rule
frequent attempts to secure home
rule wore made, but all were un
successful, and those who took an
active part ou the nationalist side,
as is a notorious fact, forfeited all chance
of life. They were crushed and driven into
exile or out of the country. Finally, under
the new franchise vote, Ireland got repre
sentation, whereupon all rights wore denied
them, and things were reduced to a level
below that of despotic Russia.
ruled with the bayonet.
Ireland, to-day, is governed in opposition
to the wishes of five-sixths of its inhabitants,
and the tory government holds 40,000 bayo
nets to aid its Oppressive laws. The American
army, I believe, numbers 25,000. Yet
40,000 bayonets are used to keep the people
quiet in Ireland, which is about equal in
size to the state of New York, aud ail this
because the Irish people are apt to rule
themselves. Under tho rule of the Unionist
party, the gallows and prison calls were
used to secure more complete
control of Ireland than they
had. That rule was shameful,
humiliating and disgraceful. It caused
famine to be an institution of Ireland, re
duced its people to rags, misery and degra
dation, and under this rule the extraor
dinary phenomena occurred of a universal
decrease of population and wealth through
out the whole of Ireland, while in every
other civilized nation on tbe globe popula
tion and wealth increased by jumps and
bounds. This is ihe noble work that party
has to point to after eighty-six years of
power.
famine’s recurrence.
The people can now look for a famine in
Ireland every six or seven years, and this
iu a country whose soil and ciimate are the
best on earth. If the true state of affair*
were known in tbis country your hearts
would be wrung in sympathy for that
much-op Dressed people. Grim starvation
exists always. The landlords have gotten op
pression down as a flue art by keeping their
people on such a verge of starvation that
the least failure of the crops, such as occurs
periodically in other countries without seri
ous results, occasions in Ireland famine and
starvation. There is never a year but there
is food enough raised in Ireland to feed its
people, but it is shipped to England, and the
Irish are left to starve. Tbis year
1,000,090,000 bushels of good food will
be shipped from Ireland and its
own people left to 3tarve. CoL Charles Gor
don, whom the E glish government nil but
canonized, on a letter which he wrote to tbe
London Times in 1880 after a visit to tbe
south of Ireland, said that the people there
were broken down and desperate, living in
semi-starvation and in hovels which the
English land owner would not use for his
cattle house. He added that while he was
not a rich man he would give £I,OOO to
Lord Bendy, or any other Englishman,
if he would "live on one of these hovels fer a
year.
formation of the land league.
Tho speaker next all ded to the formation
of the laud league in 1880. This was formed
by a body of young men at its head, and
was carried ou and fostered despite the fail
ures of similar movements made in 1848,
1867, and those of Charles Gavan Duffy
and of the tenants rights party. In the
new movement the promoter knew of these
failures and the causes that led to
them and every precaution was taken
against spies. The men who joined in this
new movement did it with their hearts and
souls thoroughly olive to the fact that those
who favored the others bad been hunted to
destruction by the English govern
ment. Wo had to start in this
movement poor, and to appeal to poor
people to antagonize fabulous wealth, and
wo have in a final effort for the cause of
Ireland and emancipation of her people de
vised new methods and means which were
not favored by some, but which are bear
ing fruit in arming the people with
weapons different from those formerly
used. We hare made our people more
that a match for Secretary Balfour aud
the London Units. [Loud groans.]
“All this has been accomplished against
oppression and the incarnation of our
leaders for talking to their constituents
against the notice system, which you may
understand when I tell you tnat in 1805,
when Ireland’s population was 8,500,000,
the police cost £300.000. aud now, with the
population at 4,500,000, the police cost
-31,500,000 yearly.” When Mr. Dillon con
cluded the applause was destining.
The baud again played “The Wearing
of the Green.”
O’BRIEN INTRODUCED.
Gov. Hill next introduced William
O’Brien, member of parliament, who met
with a cordial reception. He said: "It is uot
the Irish people alone who appreciate your
welcome. 1 have reason to know that every
expression of sympathetic American opin
ion is welcomed by many of the
people of Great Britain who have
been made favorable to our cause,
through the great influence of Mr.
Gladstone. Balfour jeered as long as he
dared at the sufferings of our people. He
jeered until famine stricken corpses were
strewn through the land. We came here
not for begging but for a fighting fund.
[Cheers], We want to fight this system
which has made the famine, and we want
to crush it. Any system of alms giving,
no matter how munificent, would bo but
encouragement to the oppressor. Tho story
of Tipperary had been repeated in Donegal,
Galway aud Wexford. They had chal
lenged Secretary Balfour In the House of
Commons to name a single braueh of the
national league, out of 2,01)0, which he had
suppressed, ora single nationalist newspaper
which he had successfully intimidated. They
challenged him again to-night to name a
nationalist constituency, out of eigbty-stx,
that would send a man to parliament to
support his policy.
THE PARLIAMENTARY FUND.
Miles O’Brien, secretary of the parlia
mentary fund, announced that the total
amount subscribed was: Receipts from the
do r, $4,000; subscriptions in the hall,
$33,000.
Thomas Power O’Connor said tho sub
scriptions raised in the hail were, to him,
dazzling. Before Messrs. O’Brien and
Dillon left the country, he said, the chief
secretary for Ireland had tried everything,
even to starvation, to conquer the people.
“The answer of this meeting to
night,” said Mr. O’Connor, “tells him
that he has failed in bis last attempt. Sec
retary Balfour's every move has been check
mated in Ireland, and his latest plot, that
of starving tho tenant farmers into submis
sion, has alroady been effectually over
thrown by the people of America.” [loud
cheers.]
J. D. Sullivan said the result of tho meet
ing would be u death blow to Balfourism.
This ended the proceedings.
PRUSSIA'S PEDAGOGUES.
The Emperor to Issue an Edict to tho
Ministry.
Berlin, Nov. 10.—The National Zeitung
says: “The emperor will shortly issuo an
edict to the Prussian ministry, directing that
teachers in the national sqhools must be
familiar with the priueiple3 of political
economy to enable them to demo: kfilate
the errors of socialistic teachings.
In roligion less attention must be paid to
mnemonic exercises and moro to comprehen
sion of the ethical sido of religion. In the
higher sohools recent modern history, espe
cially of Prussia, must be taught, acd the
benefits which Prussiau kings have con
ferred up working men must bo inculcated.
It is said that the edict was drafted bsfore
Prince Bismarck resigned.
Stanley to Prosecute Barttelot.
London, Nov. 10.—The Pail Mall Gazette
says that Stanley will prosecute Walter
Barttelot and other* who have brought
Charges against him in connection with the
controversy regarding the rear guard of the
Emin relief expedition. Mr. Stanley has
retained George Lewis and Sir Charles
Russell to conduct his case
MUST BE REFERRED TO THE COURTS.
Paris, Nov. 10.—The Temps says: “The
Stanley controversy must be referred to a
court of justice. The houor of civilization
is involved in the matter. Europe having
supported the enterprise with its sympathies,
supposing that it was inspired by philan
thropy, has a right to know whether or not
an expedition which has associated with
unprecedented brutalities had any claim
upon its sympathy.”
STANLEY JUSTIFIED.
London, Nov. 10, 4a. m.— The Daily
Neuis says that if Mr. Bonny is able io sub
stantiate oao-tenth of what he has related
Mr. Stanley will be completely justified,
and it will only remain to ascertain the
precise moment when Maj. Barttelot be
came raving mad.
Koch’s Consumption Cure.
Berlin, Nov. 10.—Prof. Koch has dis
missed as completely cured several patients
whom he was treating for consumption.
Hi* son-in-law, Dr. P. F. Uhl, promises that
the method of treatment will be made pub
lic within three weeks. He says that the
method is not in the nature of inoculation.
He asserts that it cures lupus quickly and
sure
Russia's High Tariff Party.
London, Nov. 11, 4 a. m.— The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily News says
that the defeat of the high tariff party in
America has depressed the Russian tariff
party, who hoped to carry everything be
fore the tariff revision commission.
A Conflict in Germany.
Berlin, Nov. 10. —A bloody conflict arose
at Ottensen, a suburb of Hamburg, to-day,
between glass-blowers and 300 Polish block
legs. Revolvers were freely used, and one
man was killed aud many were injured. A
number of arrests were made.
Emigration fromlßussia.
London, Nov. 10.— Despite the order is
sued by the government prohibiting the
emigrations of peasants and Polish Jews to
Brazil, 300,000 have left Russia for that
country during the past three months.
.Pope Leo and the Elections.
Rome,Nov. 10.—The Ostervatore Romano
says that the pope’s veto against Catholics
partaking in the elections applies to the
whola of Italy.
Gen. Boulanger Disappears.
London, Nor. 10.—It is reported that
Gen. Boulanger has left the Island of Kersey
for an unknown destination.
.Seven Drowned.
London, Nov. 10. — The Swedish steamer
Kurle collided with a bark off Elsinore to
day and sank. Seven persons who were
aboard were drowned.
An Earthquake in England.
London, Nov. 10.—A slight earthquake
was felt in Monmouthshire on Saturday.
The rumbling lasted nine seoonds.
tenor Volio’a Funeral.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The funeral of
Son or Don Frederiso Vollo, charge de
affaires ol the republic of Costa. Rica, took
place this morning at St. Matthew’s church.
GORDON’S FOES AT OPTS.
MAC ONE AND LIVINGSTON DON’T
SPEAK AS THEY PASS.
Calhoun Also Reported Out With
Livings ton—The “Alliance Farmer”
Admits the Probability of Gov. Gor
don’s Election—The Article Created
a Big Sensation in the Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10. —It is reported
on good authority that Dr. Mactiue and
Col. Liviugton are at outs. The latter,
seeing that he could never hope to control
the legislature while in league with so of
fensive an ally, is said to have told Dr.
Mactiue ,flatly to go home. It is also said
that Mr. Calhoun will now not even speak
to Col. Livingston on the street. Editor
Brown, of course, goes with the owner of
the Alliance Farmer, iu which appears a
very significant editorial this afternoon,
which is construed as an aoknowlodgemen t
that the anti-Gordonites are on the point of
defeat, and has consequently created a big
sensation in tho legislature, which it grossly
nsults. Tne article is both very foolish and
very impudent.
WANTS OUTSIDERS ADMITTED.
It insists on the adinissiou of outsiders to
legislative caucuses, confesses the lots of
inlliienoe sustained by thu alliance bosses,
insinuates that the legislators are being
seduced by those who are at work for Gov.
Gordon, and, after thus giving away the
weakness of his opponents and the ofllcious
nesa of tho intermeddlers from other states,
sounds the note of alarm, and coolly invites
the “brethren” in the couutry to march ou
the capital and take charge of the legisla
ture. “Last Wednesday,” says the editorial,
"the members came fresh from their people,
who, being against Gov. Gordon’s ehiotlou,
a large majority of the legislature were also
against it. But since reaching Atlanta they
have fallen in with professional
politicians, who have used every
means in their power to oreate dis
sensions among them and prevent their
combining ouj a candidate to defeat Gov.
Gordon. The efforts made by him and his
friends have beon unremitting since the
assembly convened, and while they have
failed before the people, they have uiet with
moro success here in the lobbies of the hotels
and the restaurants. All tho anti-Gordon
candidates have in turn lieen attacked, and
professed friends of tho alliance have at
tended the gatherings of that order and
prevented harmony.”
ARRAYING TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Editor Brown next devoted a paragraph
to an attempt to array the oountry against
the town, employing the eamo time-worn
tactics the public has grown so woary of.
Ho says merchants who have sold goods to
the farmer at times at 50 to 75 per cent,
profit, and money lendors, who have taken
mortgages on his land, exacting 15
and 20 per cent, on advances, have
turned loose an army of employes
and brought every influence to boar ou the
“unskilled and untrained legislators” with
a view of crushing the alliance to further
their own interest. “Immense prejudice,”
continues Editor Brown, "has thus been
worked up against the alliance leaders and
to such an extent, has it coma that it is pro
claimed opesly in the lobbies, hotels and
private clubs of the city that support
from tho chosen leaders and officials
means the defeat of any inan or measure.”
The people are then “warnod," from the
editor’s two-story “watohtower,” which is
ou a back street in the rear of tho Constitu
tion office, that "the money power and the
sharks are cutting down the leaders, and
alliaucemen outside the legislature" are
called upon to eradicate the impressiou that
the opposition to Gov. Gordon comes from
a few leaders for selfish purposes.
THE REMEDY SUGGESTED.
Hero is the remedy suggested: “We have
believed that in opposing Gov. Gordon we
but echoed the sentiment of the people, and
we still believe so, and the only way we
know by which to demonstrate the correct
ness of this position is for the brethren in
each county to send up from their various
counties delegates, petitions or other in
fluences, to reaoh their members and, dis
abuse their mimls of the terrible prejudice
that has been implanted there.”
DR. MACUNE PEELS BAD.
Dr. Macune’s mouth piece then gives the
public in the following extraordinary lan
guage an idea of how very much it hurts
the doctor’s feelings not to be allowed to
run the legislative caucuses: "The shrewd
est political trick that has been worked for
years in this country is the effort to poison
the minds of the legislators against their
best friends, and to thus destoy the oppor
tunities for them to correct the misrepre
sentations that are made.
"The people must bear in mind that wo
have now in Atlanta the unprecedented
spectacle of the members of the legislature
opposed to Gov. Gordon meeting in caucus
for the avowed purpose of securing his de
feat; and at the same time their minds have
been so poisoned that they will not allow
any of their friends to join in their coun
cils. or to assist in the very work they have
in hand.
“The anti-Gordon caucus meets and ex
cludes ail alliance officers and friends, as
well as all anti-Gordon outsiders.”
A RECOGNITION OF DEFEAT.
The artiole concludes with this plain
recognition of impending defeat:
"We tear that the effort of Gov. Gordon
to destroy the alliance leaders by creating
dissension in its ranK that would overpower
and crush the alliance order, and in whioh
he failed before the people after a canvas of
the entire state, will be accomplished in a
few days in Atlanta by tho aid of lobbyists,
money lendors, clubs and cliques.” The
Gordon men regard this publication as the
most useful the campaign has furnished,
and expect it to put an end to the contest.
AFRAID TO FACE THE MUSIC.
The tactics made use of by the auti-
Gordon element in tho legist atures to keep
Geu. Gordon’s speech from making con
verts, while, in reality, legitimate, excited
some pretty warm comments from the
other side and from the public. When the
announcement was made that the governor
would speak at the capitol somebody imme
diately jumped up and called au anti-
Gordon meeting for the same hour at the
Kimball house, showing the weakness of
the opposition, which couldn’t trust its
members within range of Gov. Gordon’s
eloquence.
GORDON SrEAKS.
Although Gov. Gordon’s speech to-night
at the capitol was addressed to the mem
bers of the general assembly, every inch of
standing room was taken up by eager
listeners. Hod. Martin Calvin of Rich
mond, a Gordon allianceman, was filled
to the chair. He introduced
Gen. Gordon as “a man without
reproach.” [Loud cheers.] The general
stated that he greeted the general assembly
as jurors, and, after a fair bearing, would
abide the verdict. They needed a demo
crat with alliance principles, tested by
twenty years of service. If a sentiment,
sentence or word of his against the farmers
could be truthfully quoted he would invite
defeat.
WHY HE ISN’T AN ALLIANCEMAN.
He would have been among the first mem
bers of the alliance, but Gov. Northern had
remarked to him: "General, you were
elected not as an alllaDceraan." The oppo
sition grew out of mistakes and misunder
standing* As to "slapping tbs alliance in
the face,” be quoted from speeches to the
contrary. He stated that the certificate in
the Constitution was a mistake, and be
would produce ten meu for every one who
signed It denying the imputation. He said
that uo such speech ever fell from bis lips.
AN INTERRUPTION:
Hon. J. A Hiblev of Cobb hero called
out, “I deny that.”
A seme of confusion fellowod. ‘ l l’ut
him out,” “Silence him,” oat calls and
hisses were heard from all parts of the
house. Several impetuous auditors would
have attempted physical protestation but.
were restrained. “I’m not going to lose
my temper," remarked Gen. Gordon. Gov.
Nortbeo, tie stated, would bear him out
that no such words were littered.
He had urged organization of the farm
ers and hailed their progress. He would
not indorse any measure in advance. Col.
Folk says that the sub-treasury hill cannot
pass, "Wall street will defeat it.” Hon. L.
K. Livingston said of it that there was "no
question of the disease, but there might tie
auout the remedy.” He pleaded against
the alienation of his “boys iu gray" from
him through misapprehension and passion.
“Let political laurels wither, but leave me
their devotion," said he.
A FINE PERORATION.
His portrayal of old ties and experiences
was one of Ills finest perorations. Treinend
ous cheering greeted it. To relievo the
stringency of money when crops are moved
each season he would issue "fiat money”
treasury notes. He told of Htonewall .lack
son’s mortal wound being inflicted by his
own men, and illustrated his case, gnus be
ing turned on friends. [From party iu
house: “No weapons against you.” Cbeors.]
Col. Warren Aikeu, who took so promi
nent a part Iti the recent congressional
campaign in the Seventh district, publishes
a letter in the Journal of this afternoon,
oloquently pleading Gov. Gordon’s cause.
The article with that of Editor Brown has
been widely lead and is the talk of the
town.
THREE CAUCUSES.
Three caucuses wore held to-day, one by
the Gordon men, and two by the anti-Gor
don men. Nothing startling was looked for
from tho first, end the anti-Gordon caucus
of to-niglit Koems to have teen held tncroly
with a view of keeping the oppo
sition members away from the speak
ing. The afternoou’s caucus gath
ered together fifty anti-Gordonites
as against eighty-five Friday. The name
of Hon. W. C. Glenn, formerly of Whitfield
county, aud author of the railway county
tax bill, was considered. Mr. Glenn, how
ever, snid to-night that he was not a candi
date. He did not know what he might lie
under other circumstances. He would like
to see a youug man go to the Senate who
would be in no danger of having it flung iu
his face that ho was once a confederate
brigadier.
N. J. nAMMOND MENTIONED.
Hon. N. J. Hammond is the talk to-night,
and his would be the strongest name, per
haps, yet suggested were It not that he has
never favored the alliance, but, on the con
trary, said in public scarcely more than a
week ago: “Of course 1 don't care anything
about the alliance. All this stuff about
dividing the country into farmers and law
yers ia the merest poppvoock." There is
little likelihood that Col. Hammond would
consent to run. Ho far as can be learned,
the antl-Gerdonitcs are now u* far from
concentrating a over. Meantime Mr.
Aiken's letter, Harry Brown’s editorial and
Gordon’s speech aro having their effect
and coming all together aro oxpeoted to
break tho backbone of tho opposition, stub
born as it is. That editorial, by the .way,
is said to have been|removed from a part of
the issue of the Alliance Farmer lntouded
for tbe city, that tee legislators might uot
know of tbe insult offered them.
MUSSEL SHOALS CANAL.
A Steamer with a Cargo for Chatta
nooga Passes Through It.
Chattanooga, Nov. 10.—CoL J. W. Bar
low, U. 8. A., chief engineer in charge of
the Tennessee rivor improvement, to-day
formally declared the Mussel Hhoals canal
open for commerce. Tho eteamboat R, T.
Coles passed through tho canal to-day with
a cargo of freight from Evansville, Ind.,
and Paducah, Kv., for Chattanooga mer
chants. Tho Coles will arrive in Chatta
nooga Wednesday. Preparations are being
made here for a demonstration of rejoioing
upon her arrival in tho city.
fifty years in building.
The work of building tbe canal around
the Mussel Hhoals obstructions in the Ten
nessee river was commenced by the govern
ment under the administration of Andrew
J&okson, fifty years ago. Three million
nine hundred thousand dollars have been
expended on the work to date since 1872.
Tbe work consists of eleven locks arid an
aqueduct across tbe Shoal river, 860 feet
long aDd sixty feet wide. A boat drawing
five feet of water can pass through tbe
oanaL
importance of the work.
Tbe completion of tbis work Is expected
to have great influence in the development
of the inexhaustible and varied resources of
the Tennessee valley extending through
North Alabama and lower and upper East
Tennessee, Chattanooga being at the head
of lower Tenuessee, and the distributing
point of upper Tennessee will alone receive
substantial benefit in tbe readjustment of
its railroad freight rates. Col. J. F. Hhlpp,
president of tbe Chattanooga Board of
Trade, arrived to-night, having passed
through the canal yesterday on a tour of
inspection with the engineers in
charge, and he reports that from
a commercial standpoint it is a
great success, and from an engineering
point of view one of tho greatest achlsve
ments of engineering in this country, a
wonderful aud coloisal piece of work. The
passage of the Coles through the canal at
this period of tho lowest stage of water in
twelve months indicates that the river will
be open for navigation the entire year, or
fur nine months sure, the Tennessee river
never being closed by ice.
LOW RATES TO FLORIDA.
Delegates to the Alliance Convention
to Travel for a Song.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 10.— CoL W.
D. Chipley, of the Pensacola and Atlantic
railway, and A. 8. Mann, who has charge
of securing rates for the delegates to the
National Farmers’ Alliance convention,
which meets in Ocala next month, met
here to-day. Col. Chipley says he has sue--
ceeded in arranging for a rate for delegatee
from all points reached by the Louisville
and Nashville system that will be so low as
to astound tbe public and gratify tho alli
ancemen when it is made public, which will
be in a few days. L. B. Wombwell, com
missioner of agriculture, also secured a re
newal of the lew rates for immigrants to
Florida from CoL Chipley this afternoon.
Gov. Campbell lIL
Chicago, Nov. 10.—A special from Co
lumbus, 0.. says: “Gov. Campbell is so
seriously ill that visitors have been for
bidden. He is threatened ith typhoid
pneumonia, and it is doubtful if he will be
sufficiently recovered to attend the Thur
man banquet Thursday evening.”
l DAILY Sto a Y*\R. I
-j 5 CENTS A COPY. f
( WEEKLY. SI.S3 A YEAR.
A GUILD HALL BANQUET.
THE LORD MAYOR ENTERTAIN 3
THE MINISTRY.
Lord Salisbury Speaks In Confidence
of Europe's Peace Prospects No Re
taliatory Schemes Contemplated on
Account of the McKinley Bill-The
Eight-Hour Bill.
London, Nor. 10. — The Lord mayor gave
the customary banquet to the ministry in
Guild hall to-night. Mr. Stanhope, secre
tary of state for war. replying to a toast to
the army, announced that all the regular
troops, both at home and abroad, would be
armed early in ISUI with new magazine
rifles. The experiments that had bean
made with this new weapon bad been in
every way satisfactory.
Lord Salisbury replied to tbo toast "Tbe
Government.” He said be regarded as a
good omen of peace throughout the world
and of the general intent among tbe nations,
tbe fact that the oaarowits was about to
visit India as a guest of the queen. He felt
that this visit represented the growth of
friendly ideas in Russia with reference to
India, ideas that wore pregnant with bene
fit to both couutrics, and that afforded
additional security for tbe peace of Europe.
Touching the African made
with Prance and Germany, be said they
tended to cement the relations of England
with those countries, while negotiations
with Italv were making progress toward a
successful Issue. Although tuo dispute with
Portugal had not beeu so happily arranged,
stili the position didn’t justify any sinister
apprehensions.
TRADE WITH AMERICA.
Referring to trade with America, Lord
Salisbury said that the McKinley tariff
law would certainly affect some portion of
tbe British commerce. Free traders coaid
rejoice over the recent electoral victories as
a protest against extravagant and utterly
selfish protection, but they must not draw
oonolusioas too rashly. They must still
fare the prosiieot of prohibitive tariff.
England had no retaliatory schemes, as she
had reduced her own tariff to the lowest
point.
Referring to the relations between
labor and capital, the premier said if they
had an eight-hour bill forbidding men to
exercise their strength and skill an hour or
two more, thus imposing a hindrance on
production, they must be prepared to meet
as a natural result the victorious competi
tion of other countries where labor is not so
embarrassed. The government, he declared,
would not interfere at all in disputes be
tween capital ad labur. State inter
ferences would do more barm than
good, aod the differences would in the course
of time adjust themselves. Unwise theo
rists and interested politicians might mis
lead some workmen, but tbe heart and
mind of the couutry would remain patriotio
and true to economicaud commercial tradi
tions. [Cheers.] The premier said he be
lieved that the Molviniey tariff was due to
the ldoa that American pigs had failed to
receive proper treatment at the hands of
Europe. Ho defended England’s desire to
augment and consolidate her ten itory on
the ground that all other countries were
protective, and compelled her to depend on
trade within the quean’s empire for tbe
vital foroe of British commerce. He re
garded this turitf question as the world’s
eonflict of the future. “It will bo an inter
esting consideration for us,” he said,
“whether our attitude nan be sustained or
whether the madness of our neighbors will
foroe us to deflect In any degree from the
sound and sensible position we now oc
cupy.” He declined to enter into political
prophesies, the futility of which,
he said, recent events had
fully shown. For example, Boulanger
hod won fltbe by-elections in all the great
towns of France, but he bad somehow felled
to win in tbe on<L Skilled wire pullers in
Amerioa bad been surprised at the sudden
uprising of free trade, and European poli
tical men had been equally astonished at the
dofeat of I'reuuer Tnooupio in Greece.
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.
London, Nov. 11,4 a. M.~Tbo Chronicle,
referring to Premier Salisbury’s speech,
says. “Lord Salisbury had better hare
omitted his reference to the labor question,
having nothing to propose. lie has missed
a groat opportunity, which his opponents
will not be slow to occupy."
EDITORS’ DAY IN ALABAMA.
Col. McClure and Others Speak at the
Exposition.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 10.—To-day
was Alabama’s Editors' day at the Southern
exposition. CoL A. K. McClure of the
Philadelphia Times, John Temple Graves of
Georgia and T. V. Cooper, collector of ths
port of Philadelphia, made fine speeches.
Fully 10,000 people were present to hear
them.
Mr. Graves dwelt on the wonderful prog*
ress of ths south.
CoL McClure declared that the recent
eleetkm by which a majority of tbe north
ern and southern members elected to con
gress were of tbe same political faith meant
national peace. He said the verdict for
peace couldn’t be set aside unless the domi
nant party by excesses give excuse there
fore.
Mr. Cooper spoke from the republican
standpoint and stood by his colors. All
the speakers were given enthusiastic greet
ings.
The Philadelphia party were greatly
impressed with the exhibits of the products
of field, forest and mine to be seen in ths
exposition.
The exposition will continue during ths
week. To-morrow and Thursday are Alli
ance days, and CoL Polk and Mr. Living
ston ana Govs.-elect Bellman and Buchanan
are expected. Great crowds arrived to
night.
CAROLINA'S RAILROADS.
Rumors of a Big Deal Flying in ths
Air at Charleston.
Charleston, 8. C., Nov. 10 — The air to
night Is filled with rumors of a big railway
deal which means much for Charleston.
Tbe details are not yet given to the public,
but this much is known upon what is tbs
best authority: The Blackvllle. Als
ton and Newberry railroad bai
been sold to the East bhore Ter
minal and the South Carolina railway
for $'280,000, the East Shore Terminal guar
anteeing the payment of $150,000 or the
first mortgage 0 per cent, bonds of the road
and issuing $130,000 of 5 per cent, bonds,
second mortgage. The Barnwell railroad
has also been sold to ths
South Carolina Rail*a7 Company,
and will be operated in the interesi
of tbe East Shore TerminoL It was pur
chased from the South Bound railroad for
$llO,OOO, the East Shore guaranteeing the
purchase money. These transactions p >ini
to the eventual"purchase by the East bhors
terminal of the South Carolina railway.
Gen. Roeser 111.
Richmond, Nov. 10.—a special from
Charlottesville, Albemarle county, to-night
announces the serious illness of Gen. Thomas
A. Rosser at bis home near that city,
