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J. H. ESTILL, President. \
AVAR ON THE FORCE BILL
terpie makes a hot speech DO
ING it up.
Spooner Still Confident that Ho Could
Pus ait Faster than Hoar Is Doing-
Quay Doing His Best to Defeat the
Bill and Down Harrison—The Demo
crats Organ ze.
Washington, Doc. 3.—One speech, and
that by a democrat, was all that Senator
Hoar could get the Senate to do in consid
eration of the force bill to-day. Mr.
Spooner thinks he could have done more.
Mr. Spooner is a candidate for
the Senate two years from now,
and would not decline a suitable office
from President Harrison meanwhile. Con
sequently he thinks he ought to bo leading
the fight for President Harrison’s pet
measure, with a view to getting whatever
profit and honor there is in it for himself.
Mr. Spooner is a typical western
bustler, and thinks he could put
the bill through in short order. Conserva
tive Mr. Hoar knows that this cannot be
done. He appreciates the fact that the men
on his own side are all split up over the bill,
and that if ho could force a vote to-mor
row the bill would probably be defeated.
hoar’s only hope.
He is trusting to the heat of discussion to
fuse his colleagues on to support solid
enough to build on. He also depends some
what upon the exhortations of the party
press, in spite of the fat* that all except a
few thick and thiu organs, whoso editors
have taken office from the present admin
istration, are opposing the passage of the
bill. Closer investigation of the republican
side, after two days’ consideration of the
till, showed to-day that there was a very
general indifference to the bill. No one
except Messrs. Hoar and Spooner seems to
take any special interest in it. No one wa3
even re ;dy to speak for it to-day. Even
among the men who were apparently anx
ious to pass it at the last session this in
difference prevails.
ITS HARM RECO3NIZD.
’’lt has done us no good and I am afraid
jt can only do us harm,” said one of them
to-day; still they will follow Mr. Hoar if he
will not take up too much time with the
bill lbs republican opponents are still
waiting to see w hat will tarn up. Some of
them held an informal conference to-day,
but came to no conclusion as to
policy. They will meet from time to
time, probably at Senator Quay’s house, to
hold counsel together. Senator Quay’s op
position to the bill is fortified by Senator
Quay’s opposition to President Harrison’s
unfriendly attitude toward him during the
late campaign, and realizes that President
Harrison is rejoicing at his defeat. Natur
ally i.is love for President Harrison, never
great, is less than ever.
TO WORK AGAINST HIS RENOMfNATION.
AM his ii fluencs will be exerted to pre
vent President H trrison’s re mini nation,
and meantime to thwart President Har
rison’s desires in congress. All the anti-force
bill republicans want it distinctly undar
stood that their written promise to Messrs.
Hoar and Spooner was fully aud completely
kept on Monday when they voted to take
up the bill, and that they are under no obli
gation to vote for the bill. President Har
rison has a list of these weak-kneed republi
cans, as they are called, and will watch
their action closely. The list will become a
black list if they do not vote for the bill.
MAKING a PERSONAL MATTER OF IT.
He is making a personal matter of it and
wul cut off the patronage of every repub
lican senator who opposes him in it. Presi
dent Harrison’ ■ great danger is the desire of
t ,JO western republicans for free silver coin
age. It is really more probable that the
osnato will pass a free silver bill than that
it will pass the force bill.
ATTITUDE OF THE DEMOCRATS,
i'-ornn of the democratic senators ex
pressed in their caucus the opinion that it
would be good policy for the democrats,
after leaking enough speeches to thoroughly
ventila’e the faults of ihe bill, to let it go
throng-], on the theory that it would be
practically inoperative, and would I arm
hh-y the republican majority responsiole
*°r it, but a majori y of too democrats were
for making a stiff aud stubborn fight.
the democrats fix a plan.
Hpto the present time, the democratic
“hators, while unanimous is their opposition
,' tue national- elections bill, have not
iound it necessary to unite upon ad stinct
Party policy of antagonism. Such opposi
l0!! as has been shown, has bean of an indi
wnal character. Yesterday’s proceedings
a too Senate, where for a time there ap
peared to be a difference of opinion between
democratic senators an to the best
etnod of procedure, caused the more ex
je.ieuced senators on tho minority side of
at ('Lumber to realize the necessity for
hinted party action.
A CAUCUS.
-.eting upon this, immediately upon the
the ' urniri ® n c °f the Senate this afternoon
t'Mli . ; r e,a 80 ’atars went into caucus
a‘e tbo oriier of business in the Sen
cm' pending elections bill was of
turn a l: . rinc H>al theme for considera
biil oka cos of the passage of the
riav '. s kou!d reach a final vote, wore
ilj- 08 and individual senators expressed
duM ? 0pini :!1S s t° the ability of the re
ia >in < ! a leaders to keep their forces
( liM conclusion reached was to
1,1 „ ari unalterable opposition to tho
of the bill.
„ AN EXHAUSTIVE DEBATE.
Ttr ,7 o!i y inaugurated to-day by Senator
Will w" 1 ' l°ik>wed, and the minority
bi ' , f ,' ze evcr y opportunity to discuss the
t o‘\J a "-' ! lv e!y, and fairly, and to strive
r ea „i®? nc * every objectionable feature as
tteavir ln lhe details'! consideration of the
The n' as was 'ke case with the tariff bill.
ft!a’.-ir-,> lm °, a was expressed that as the
to'en’< y kad not "yet signified a y
bate p U .°. ,ln< Tuly rest, ict reas mable de
to .j ~'j be premature for the caucus
fra rn taiw un arrangement of a pro
cio:„, * meet the preservation of a
hov ..V, re !° lu, i‘ n - It was made apparent,
tend m r ’ * - ike democratic sermt zrs in -
tnd. resl? t the passage of the bill to tho
T ensur ino harmony.
era '.":: cui ' harmony < f action, tho demo
*-ke committee on privl
"ki iai- 7 cr *' ns * which reported the bill,
the 'rdor 0 • r " 9 the debato and arrange
to.'-si * f s 9-aking. There was some cam
w|. ‘A notes in the caucus to ascertain
P -s. ■ j t ‘‘®‘ or was prepared to speak. It ap-
Siu‘ n- * fa ' v kad set speeches on tho
Pfcnr.s >• ♦ i ka* a numbor of senators
(jeuev in h k° ready to meet any emer-
Ai ; r ( ,l 8 mpe of a deartti of debaters,
de,. turther oruer of busine-s, it was
no v at as the republican smators had
w i n cupietad their order, the caucus
I ro s'rani'r e I10(y undertake to formulate a
J- rf, -t DEBAT* IN the SENATE,
si.; lato Hus afternoon resumedcon
-onf,7 ’', , Ike elect to. is’ bill as tbe
la business. Mr. Hoar, who is
in v| e , , t B ,. the bill, said that
til! a' c t ‘ ke-act that on reporting tbe
tl'lr ~ . ,: 0 7? the las . session lie had
Uieov'i * Mle Senate he would now forego
■ oug of the debate, but wijuld con-
tent himself with answering whatever ob
jections should be made to the bill on the
democratic side of the chamber.
TURPIE STARTS THE ATTACK.
Mr. thed sjusff n
in;opposition to ttie ( ilk He said the substi
tute measure rested for its support on what
"a3 called the suppressed 0010 ed republi
cin vote in the south. The returns of
the election showed an ebstinsace
from voting an abstinence muea
greater in Massachusetts aud other
northern states than elsewhere. Extremists,
with a meager major.ty in both houses,
said that this wos proof enough ot' the sup
pression of the colored vote, and thereup >n
proceeded to revolutionize the whole moth and
of congressional elections. There ha 1 been
suppression suppression patent, well
known undeniable, and widely prevalent
NO NEGROES IN OFFICE.
The recent census would show that in the
states ot Pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinioi
there were ab u: 250,000 colored pe >ple; yet
in those states no cilored man had ever
served as governor, or been e.ected to any
department of the stata government. There
had been not only no proportional division
of the offices—there had been none at all.
The colore 1 race in those states
had been deprived of participation in
official preferment. The colored citizen in
these states was not barred by any cousti
tion or statute; lie was barred by a more
potent law—the law of race aud blood.
The colored man in those states had no more
chance of preferment than a Roman
Catholic had had -in New Hampshire or
Groat Britan a hundred years ago.
THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH.
The suppression of the colored vote in the
south was a thing manifestly in qussti >n,
affirmed ou the one side and denied on t.ne
other, but the suppression of the colored
voter of the nor,h was a thing without
question, actual, absolute, unconditional.
The supremacy of the white race
was not peculiar to any portion
of the United States. South Car
olina was not more co npletely
u.ider its swat than Pennsylvania. Its
supremacy was not one whit more firmly
established in Texas and Arkansas than in
Illinois and Ohio. Much might be said of
the injustice of this supremacy. It was
easy to write and print aphorisms, even to
give them the shape of legislative formulas
that all citizens are equal.
ENFORCEMENT LACKING.
Political rights a3 between the races
might bo granted, defined aud decreed, but
political equities could only be adjusted by
action. That action was everywhere want
ing; it was everywhere withheld. The su
premacy of the white race had not bean
Drought about by force or fear.
It had not been wrested or
seized from others; hut it had
been given, granted and voluntarily ceded
to those deemed for the time most worthy
or its posse stun. The man (especially the
man of the white house) who sought to em
broil the white and black r 1003 for a pur
pose he ciuld not oonceal and dare not
avow was guilty of un outrago ton-fold
g eater than any of those ho invented or
described.
SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.
The solution of the race problem was a
process not of attract speculation, but of
real experience. Wherever people of differ
ent races were living peacefully together
under the same laws, members of tho same
body politic, without any other thought
than that some must command and others
must obey, this problem was being
solved. ihe purpose of the national
election bill (so-called) was, so far
as related to the south, to wreck and destroy
this pending condition of in ter-racial ad
justment. It proposed not to maintain the
will of the maj uity, but to overthrow it
on the siuglo issue of race—to make a ma
jority of black man because they are black;
to establish a go\ erumaut of complexion,
not of opinion.
KERNEL OF THE BILL.
The kernel aud purpose of the pending
bill as that the law of the land must be
subordinated to set enmity between white
man and black man. The bill was not art
fully framed. Ifs only art was its absolute
malignity. Baft this till aud the right of
the people to choose their representatives,
that light so precinus and priceless
to every lover of liberty, was lost—lost
beyond recovery and beyond recall. He
then proceeded to make a constitutional
argument agai ;st the power of congress to
pass a law regulating the election of repre
sentatives in the lower liouso of congress.
Not having this power ifteif, it could not
delegate it to federal election boards.
SCREENS FOR FRAUD.
These boards would he the screens behind
which the lowest forms of fraud aud wrong
would be practical with impunity. The
effect on the colored constituency of the
south would be most unfortunate. Negroes,
stripped of all motive for
further self-exertion, would be
come perpetual pensioners on the
tiat-io al treasury. Facile and veual repre
sentatives would be ready for any assault
on the public coffers; taxes would be levied
on the lab or of the white men and women of
the north for the support of negro con
stituencies, who, abandoning every thought
of self-improvement, would idly wait for
their annual dole.
DIXIE’S PROGRESS.
The south had had for a period of years a
rest. It had made groat industi ial progress,
and invited northern capital. This h and
been the result of the re-establishmen ,of
the normal ascendancy of tbe white race.
Should this bill become a law tho investor
would find in manv places in tho south
not shares, dividends and income,
but chilled furnaeoi, idle mills
and smoking ruins. Tbe future would
intone a malediction exceedingly rare aud
vehemenent against certain men of our day
who would betray their own rao to subju
gation—white ap'States, scarred with the
brand sinister, au illegitimate off
spring, recreant to their kindred
and lineage, beiug3 of perdition,
doomed to a reproach which would
darken in infamy as the past receded, until
time, grown weary of such remembrance,
should cait tbeir mbereant names a prey to
the dumb forgetfulness of oblivion.
At tbe conclusion of h s s aeech Mr.
Turpie received the congratulations of his
democrat c oolieaguss, aud the Senate at
3:25 o’clock adjourned.
BRAZ 1/3 NAVAL ENVOY’.
They Leave the Capital to Return to
Their 6hips.
Washington, Dec. 3.—The Brazilian
naval officers left Washington this morning
for New York, in charge of Capt. Cowles
aud Lieut. Staunton, U. S. N., and S. A.
B own of the depart nent of state. Admiral
Walker, Lieut. M ison, the Brazilian minis
ter and staff, and a number of other promi
nent people were at tbe stati n to wish them
“ben voyage.” They will probably sail for
home Saturday.
Rebates on Tobacco.
Washington, Doc. 3. — In the Senate this
mo-ning. in presenting a |>etition favoring
an ams .dmunt to the tariff bill in relation
to toe rebate on manufactured tobacco, Mr,
Allison said tint the c offeree* ou the part
of both Houses had agreed to that section
of the tariff bill, as the conference report
wou.d disclose, but it bad been omitted in
tho enrollment. He had no doubt that tho
matter would receive early attention.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1890.
RALLY OF THE ALLIANCE.
THE CON MENTION FROWNS ON THE
FORCE BILL
Messrs. Livingston Poll and Macune
Allude ta the Election Seandal-The
Conveu lon Orders an Investigation
—The Delegates Demand That it Stall
be an Honest and Thorough One.
Ocala, Fla., Dec. 3. —Da ogate W. S.
Mc Allister of Mississippi introduced in the
meeting of tho farmers’ alliance to-day the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were adopts 1;
Whereas, The President of the United States,
in his au iual message to congress, recommen Is
and urges the immediate passage of the measure
known as the Lodge election bill; a id.
Whersas. Said biii involves a ra ileal revolu
tion in ihe election machinery of tiie union,
both state and national, and its pas'age will !>-
fatal to the autonomy of the states and the
oher s n*d liberties of their o tizens; aud.
Whereas. The said bill u partisan in spirit
and will Pe in its anpii -atiou. tbus r 'vitalizing
tie gory gho-t of sectional outran remeut; and.
W-iklL as. in tbe war which we have declared
against sectionalism, the tire ides of the farm
ers of tbe north, east. s nith and west, are the
citadels around which the first battles are boing
fought; and to the end that victory may crown
oar crusade, let fraternity and unity reign.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, By tho National Farmers’ Alliance
and Industrial Union of America, in uatioua
council assembed. that we do most solemnly
prot-st against the passage of the said Lodge
election bill; auct we most earnestly petition
oar senators to employ ail fair and legal means
to defeat tuis unpatrotic measure, which can
result in nothing but evil to oar common and
beloved country.
Resolved further. That a copy of these pre
ambles and resolutions b i forwarded to each
senator in congress.
LOOKED LIKE A STORM.
Mr. Me Allistor took tho floor in support of
the resolutions, a id at the end of a strong
speech moved their adoption. As he sat
down there was a stillness and hum ill the
Convent on which foreboded a storm, aud
everybody expected it to burst from the
western or northwestern delegations, but no
storm came.
After a few moments of suspense, Dele
gate Doming of Beau *ylvania arose and
said that he regarded the introduction of
tho resolutions as untimely; that there was
largely prevalent atthe north a feeling that
the farmers’ alliance was a southern organ
ization, its me.ubo s being saturatod with
southern sentiments, aid that the pas (ago
of these resolutions would strengthen this
opinion and check the growth of thealli
ance north and east. His language was
very temperate and conciliatory, a id a rip
ple of applause greeted the close of his
speech.
m’grvth favored them.
President McGrat.i of tho Kansas sta f e
alliance moved the adoption of the resolu
tions without refe-enee to any committee
and without donate, which was lost.
A de’egate from Illinois expressed practi
cally tho sa oe sentiments as Mr. Doming
of Pennsylvania. He feared that tho adop
tion of the resolutions at this time would
confirm the charge sometimes heard that
the farmers’ alliance is a partisan body.
The alliance, he said, is fast getting a g ip
in tho west and in localities where repub
lican sentiment is strong. This action off the
national body would tend to t row it into
political disrepute and stop its expansion
over the states of th > west and northwest.
President Hall of the Missouri State Alli
ance moved that the resolutions be tabled,
but after short intervals, in which there
were several short but temperate speeches
in favor of their passage, he moved to table
his original motion to table, which was car
ried.
The question then recurred on Mr. Mc-
Allister’s motion to adopt the resol itions,
ad it was carried unanimously atnid the
wildest enthusiasm.
the press committee.
By a strange misunderstanding the press
committos, as announced last night, was
not the press committee at all. Tno mem
bers of the fraternal relations committee
were notified that they were tho press com
mittee, and as such they have served until
noon t >-day, when tho error in the
notification was discovered. The press
committee is now made up as follows-.
Messrs. Stakes of Alabama, chairman; Mc-
Dowell of Tennessee, Carey of Indiana,
Langley of Arkansas, and Crum of Illinois.
Col. Li vingston of Georgia, who has up to
this time acted as the mouthpiece of the
press committee, has extended every cour
tesy to the press, and tho newspaper repre
sentatives here, about thirty in number,
said good-by to him this afternoon with
regret.
THE REPRF.SENTATION.
At the morning session of the convention
the committee on credential made a final
report, but this does not aft’oee tho per
sonnel of the b dr, except in one or two in
stances, whore the representation from the
states was cut down, owing to decretse in
membership cn account of non-payment of
dues.
The following order of tininess was
adopted: Calling of the roll, reading of the
minutes, committee reports, unfinished
business, new business and reports of
officers.
The reports of tho national secretary,
treasurer, and executive board were not
submitted at the morning session as prom
ised.
THE STANDING COMMITTEK3.
The following standing committees were
provided for, but the appointments were
not nis.de at the morning session: On
auditing; on legislative demands; on print
ing; ou secret work; on institutions; on
fraternal relations and consolidation with
other orders; on finance; on 1 inded inter
ests; on transportation; on mileage and per
diem; on monetary system; and on good of
the order.
Reso’u ions wars offered pro vicing for
changes in the constisution as to the oligi
biht/of membership in the order; lor the
election of a legislative council as recom
mended in the President's annual address,
and for re-defining the franchise so as to
make the convention a strictly repre enia
tive body. The eligibility resolution refers
to mechanics ana laborers in the cities,
about whose eligibility there is some doubt
at present.
the sensation of the morning.
The sensation of t le morning sess on was
whon President Livingston of the leorgia
alliance arose to a question of privilege,
and said that in consequence of certain
rumors and reports growing out of “sp.'oial
letters puMshed in certain newspapers,”
before the assembling of tnis convention, in
sinuations had been made that corrupt aud
improper methods had besn employed in tno
recent senatorial contest in Georgia. These
ies nuatio s had been aimed at Dr. Macune
and himself, aud President Pole’s name had
tieiu connected wi'h them also. He made
a speo han hour long, in which he de
nounced these rumors and insinuations as
infam rasly false, and ho doma ded the ap
pointment of a fair a id impartial commit
tee to thoroughly investigate them Asser
tions, he said, had b 'on made in these specials
tint the National Kconomist, and some
other state nllia ico org.ns, had been, or are
being co 'ducted,, by Wall street capital,
which assertions Col. Livingston ab de
nied most emphatically. (The s eci U
referred to are thoie rnentionad inTuasdav’s
dispatches, as having appeared in a St.
Louis newspaper.i
BULK HAS HIS SAY.
President Polk then took the floor, and
addro si ig himself to thesmni subject said |
that, as far ai he was concerned personally
he cared ltttls for tlundars of that kind; but
there were certain reasons why tho national
alliance should make a thorough invest'gs-
U mof me subject, and he therefore urged
tiie appointment of a committee for this
j,U'pose.
He was followed by Dr. C. IY. Macune of
the National Economist, who joined Col.
Livings/ n a id Col. Polk iu their demands
for the sifting of this slander to the bottom,
in the interest of the futu e harm my of tie
alliance. He characterized the rumors aud
insinuations a3 false in every particular.
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
A delegate, who was s.pp-.sod to he
friendiy 1 1 the three me i connected with
the charges, then moved that a committee
of invoxtigiui n, 1 1 cons.st of seve i mem
bers, be appointed; but a loud murmur of
dissatisfaction fro n the body of the dele
gates showed plainly that this was disap
proved a< beiug too small. It was finally
decided that a committee of investigation
should bo appointed, aud that it should
consist of one member from each state dele
gation in the convention, obe selected by
tiie delegat. m itself. All of the speakers
demanded I hat tho investigation should bo
thorough and searching, and that it shall
make no atte i pt to suppress the faota or to
present a “whitewashed report.”
CHARGES TO BK FILED.
Before the discussion had ended an
opportunity was had for presenting forinul
charges covering the insinuations cpiitaluod
ii the newspaper article referred to, but no
delegate took advantage of it. It is said,
however, tha this action, ask and for by Col.
Livingston, Col. Polk and Dr Mucune, will
not prevent the filing of charges against
Dr. Macune H3 outlined iu Tuesday’s
dispatches. This investigating committee
w.n consist of twenty-seven or twenty-eight
members, and as soon as tiie delegations
select their me i it will hold a meeting,
probably within a very lew hours. An
effort is being made to have the investiga
tion conducted in public sessions of the com
mittee.
FREIGHT RATES ON ORANGES.
Before the noon adjournment. Delegate
Hind of Florida offered a resolution de
nouncing the recent raise in freight rates on
Florida oranges to eastern points, both by
the railroad and by the steamship lints.
The resolution alleges that this ad
vance will take *150,000 from the
pockets of Florida orange growers,
and that it is fresh evidence cf
the greed and selfishuejs of capitalists and
corporations. It closes with au appeal for
reiteration of the notional alliance demand,
“that the means of comm micatiou and
transportation shall ba owned by and
operated in tho interest of the poopla, as is
the United States postal system.”
Aside from the adoption of tbe election
bill resolution, the most important action
of theahiauoe at tbs ofteruoou se sion was
the passage of a resolution denouncing tbe
Louisiana lottery a< a blow at American
civilization and morals, and providing for
the introduotlou in congress of a resolution
calling for the submission to tho people of
America of a i amendment to the national
cins itutlon prohibiting the operation of
lotteries in any of the states. The resolu
tion called out no opposition, and was
adop ed unanimously, with little speech
making. The from Louisiana all
supported it heartily,
A special committee was appointed to
day to select men of national reputation to
dolivera id esses every morning and after
noon in the build'ng of the state alliance
exposition in this city.
LABOR DAT.
Next Saturday has been designated as
“Labor day,” and at 11 o’clock T. V. Pow
derly, grand master workma i of the
Kmgntsof Labor, will speak. Addresses
will also be made by (Japt. Travelieek,
gra id lecturer of the Knights of Labor,
Ralph Beaumont, chairman of the congres
sional legislative cimmittes, and B. Martin
Willianii. ex-state lecturer of the Missouri
Kui ;hts of Labor.
, ir.ong trio fraternal delegates in the
city from other national and local associa
tions are A. H. Gallaher of the Working
mens’ Reform League of New York city;
Williem A. A. C u-r, chairman of the
Workingmans’ L.eague aud also of the New
York Free Coinage L ague. Upon the ar
rival hero of Mr. Powderly, which is now
announced for Friday afternoon, some
matters affecting future political action aud
consolidation are expected to come under
discussion.
IMPROVEMENT OF TOT MISSISSIPPI.
At tha night session of the alliance Gen.
John H. Rice of Kansas addressed the con
vention on tho improvement of the Missis
sippi river, urging an appropriation by
congress of $9,000,0U0 in addition to tho
$ 1,000.000 al ready appr. > nria: ed. One dele
gate expressed it as his belief that there was
a big rat road scheme behind this plan, inti
mating also that he hud it on good au
thority that a big syndicate of capi
talists has bought up tho available
lands near tho mouth of the river
in anticipation of a rise of value und build
ing a road through them. While the dele
gates expressed no opposition to any plan
comprehending tho improvojnent of tbe
.Mississippi river and the relief of the people
within its borders, they were still unwilling
to give their indorsement to any plan of de
tails of which they were not fully advised.
The delezate3 from Mississippi and Louisiana
could give no definite information about tho
project, ana the resolution was finally
ta led.
No reports were received from any of tho
national officers, or from the committee.
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
The committee of investigation appointed
this morning for the purpose of looking into
the ctmrges against Messrs. Macune. Liv
ingston and Poik, has chosen Mr. McDowell
of Tennessee as chairman. It has been in
session all the evening with closed doom, u >
alliancemea outside of tho committee being
admittel. The committee refuses to give
out anything for publication until after its
delibe aliens have closed and its report has
been submitted.
The National Colored Alliance has been
in session all day, but has transacted no
business of importance. It is awaiting the
ac.iou of tbe natioual alliance on fraternal
relations with other bodies.
MACUNE FAVORS OPEN SESSIONS.
Dr. Miinune said to an Associated Press
reporter tc- light that he fav red open ses
sions of the committee on investigation, as
th re was noth ng to b) co iceaied from the
public that, he i.new of. “The committee,
however,” ho addeL, “will, of course, do
just as it pleases. Wo can’t control its
act.on.”
A resolution has been prepared, and will
be offer" , u dirs.ng Senator Stanford’s bill
for leant g money n lands at 2 per ce.u.
interest, the mortgages to run tnir.y years.
Late t(-night it is .earned upon the be t
inside authority that formal charges have
been preferred against Dr. Macuuo before
tbe alliance committee of investigation,
presumably covering the i oiots in last
night’s dispatches relat.r ■ to the violation of
tho policy of he na .o ial alliance.
ATLANTA STIRRED UP.
Atlanta, ua., De-t. 3. —The reportedin
vestignti ii of Dr. Macune, Col. Llv ngston
and CoL Polk by the alliance m ueaUi, and
the statement ttat, the New York Herald
correspondent had captured the al
liance gr.p and pass words and en
ter.) its meetings at plsasure, have
produced a sensation nerv. Certain
alliance numbers of the lejri lature have
prepa-od a st.its.nenr, in reply to the South
ern Alliance fanners' attack upon turn.
It is i i tb > shape of an address to the
Lrotuerhoxl of Ge irgia, and was formu
lated in last night’s msetiog. It will be
given to the pre s to-morrow.
AN' IRISH COMPROMISE
IT IS CONTINGENT ON PROMISES
BY GLADSTONE.
Ciancy I ropose* It, and Both Factiona
Agree to See What It Will Amount
To The Scheme lOrigl uted ln tho
Interest of Parnell-Tho Fight Still
Lively.
London, Dec. 3.—ln the Pnrnellite met
ing yesterday a vote was taken on Mr.
Nolan’s proposition to adjourn the confer
ence to meat again iu Dublin. The mo
tion was defeated by a vote of 44 to 29.
Mr. Parnell is described as putting the
question and announcing the vote which
defeated his friends’ efforts to secure delay
with as much eoolncsi as if it was of no
personal concern to himself.
The meeting of the nationalist members
of the House to further consider the ques
tion of tha retention of Mr. i'arnetl iu the
leadership of the party reassembled at 2
o’clock this afternoon iu tho room of the
House of Commons in which previous
meetings have beeu hold. During the
proceedings Mr. Parnell announced that
the sorgeant-at-arms of the Hour® of Com
mons had granted the Irish members the
use of the committee room until 7 o'clock.
Sir. Healy disputed that official’s right to
determine the le gth of the deliberations,
and requested that ha bo notified to that
effect.
PARNELL CALLS IT IMPERTINENT.
Mr. Parnell declared that the message
that Mr. Healy suggested wan impertinent.
Objection was rui ed to telegrams from
individuals being received during the pro
ceedings.
Mr. Sexton said ho would persist to the
end in his opposition to Mr. Parnell, de
spue the ruffianly attacks that hud been
made upon kirn.
A dispatch from Clonmel was read de
c aring that, the teuauwou tho Bmith-Barry
a-iates were with Messrs. Dillon and
O’Brien in their opposition to the leafier of
the party.
A telegram from the Belfast branch of tho
national league was read. It declared that
the members would have no leader but Mr.
ParnelL Wnen this dispatch was read,
Mr. .Sexton, who represents the division of
Belfast, said that if tho opinion of the Bel
fast nationalists vns contrary to his owu
he would resign his seat ln parliament.
A COMPROMISE ON THE TAPIS.
Mr. Clancy said lie had a proposal to
make whicn he hoped would induce a solu
tion of tho difficulty iu which the party
found itself.
Some conversation ensued, which resulted
in an adjournment until to-morrow, when
it Is expected that a compromise will be
arranged which will lead to entirely new
developments. Mr. Clancy’s motion in
volves the temporary retirement of Mr.
Parnell, subject to certain conditions
being exacted from Mr. Gladstone
in connection with his promised home rule
scheme. Mr. Clancy’s proposal lias raised
a hope among the uationulixta that a unani
mous settlement will be effected. Liberal
circles, however, do not share this hope, the
attitude and front of the opposition regard
ing Mr. Parnell as being resolute ami un
yielding.
cork’s confidence.
Tho nationalist members of the munici
pal council of Cork have adopted, by a vote
of twenty-one to nine, a resolution ex
pressing confidence in Mr. Parnell, and
urging him not to ree >guiz3 any adverse
actions that may ba taken by bis opponents
tn the Irish party. The resolution was
passed aUer a very hot and noisy debate.
The minority made a strong effort to pre
vent its adoption.
The Catholic bishop of Elphiu, county
Roseommmon, calls upon Mr. Parnell to
resign.
PARNELL IN GOOD SPIRITS.
Mr. Parnell is in the best of spirits, and
expresses with greatest confidence the view
that the preient movement will finally re
sult favorably to him. Tho feeling among
his supporters is that his position is ma
terially strengthened to-day, especially by
assurances 'if support recoived from Amer
ica and Ireland.
The municipal authorities of Boyle, Cork
and Drog: edi, the plan of campaign tenants
of Cuross, and the Mellin and Boyle
branches of the national league have passed
resolutions against Mr. Parnell.
The municipal council of Ballina, the
Newry nationalists, the poor law guardians
of Ennis, the Cork Young Ireland society,
and the Lismore branch of the national
league have voted ln favor of bis remaining
in the leadership. Tbe nationalists of Sligo
are divided iu their opini on.
Bishop Gilhoilv of the dinoese of Klphin
ana the clergy of his diooese favor Mr. Par
nell’s retirement.
Tne Waterford poor law guardians have
requested Richard Power toxpluiu why he
opposes the retention of Mr. Parnell.
CLANCY’S COMPROMISE.
Those attending the meeting pledged
themselves not to divulge Mr. Clancy’s
compromise proposal, but it 1* believed that
the proposal is to ask Mr. Gladstone to give
satisfactory assurance of introducing in
parliament his promised homo rule scheme
and car ain measures in regard to the
police and laud. Mr. Healy mot the
proposal in a friendly spirit. Mr.
Parnell has decided to state explicitly
whether he will retire from tho leadorship,
but has asked a day in which to consider
Mr. Clancy’s proposal, which was cleverly
designed in Air. Parnell’s interest, with tho
double object "f gaining time and putting
tho Sexton side further wrong in the avoat
of tho almost cartain refusal of Mr. Glad
stone to give tbe required pledges.
THE HAW ARDEN INTERVIEW.
The News publishes a letter from Presi
de;/ Evans *f the Liverpool Reform Club,
with whom Mr. Parnell stayed the evening
after his interview with Mr. Glads
stone at Hawarden. Mr. Evans says
that Mr. Parnell conversed freely
with him regarding the purport of the
interview, and was evidently much im
pressed with Mr. Gladstone’s cordiality, and
more still, with the thoroughness of his
proposals concerning Ireland, which Mr.
Par..ell said went flirrherthan the proposals
from any great English statesman could
b, expected to go, and meant
a most satisfactory solution of
the Irish problem. Mr. Parnell told Mr.
Evans teat the next parliament would wit
ness the historic scene of tho Parnellites
crossing the floor of the Ho :se and, for t ie
(iist time in tiieir history, aitilng on the
government side, providing Mr. Glads lone
was in power.
THE CHURCH AGAINST HIM.
DUBLIN, Deo. 3. —At a meeting of the
Catholic bl-rarchy at the residence of
Archbishop Walsh ln this city to-day, it
was resolved to issue a manifesto declaring
that the archbishoos and bishops of Ire a id
consider that Mr. Paruell is unfit to remain
leader of the Irish party. Toe objections
to Mr. Parnell are based mainly on moral
grounds, and it is oieo Uie opinion of the
b.ei archy that his continuance ii the leador
■hip would inevitably cause disunion in tiie
paity.
POOR LAW GUAKDIANA DESERT HIM.
The poor law guard!* m at Sprokostown,
CarrieU arid B lyl*: have withdrawn tbeir
confidence in Mr. Parnell.
The town council of Marlborough has
adopted a resolution supporting Mr. Far
nelL
The opinion of the nationalists in county
Tyrone in favor of Air. l’arneli is growing.
William Reynolds, who represented tho
eastern division of that county, and M.at
tliew Kenny, who represent! the middle di
vision, haveboen summoned by their con
stituents to resign their seats in tho House
of Commons if they do not support Air.
Paruell.
The manifesto issu • 1 by the hierarchy de
clares that their judgment is not given
on political grounds, but solely on tho rev. -
lations of the iliv.roe court, after which
they are unable to regard Air. Parnell in
any oilier light than convicted of one of tho
gravest offenses known to religion and so
ciety. which is aggravated in his case by
almost every cireuins'anoe possible to give
it scandal and prominence in guilt and
shame. Surely Catholic Ireland, the man
ifesto c 'ntmued, so eminent for the virtue
aid purity of its social life,
will not accept ns a leader a
man wholly dishonored and unworthy
of ohristian confidence. Kurt her, we can
not avoid the conviction that a continuance
of Mr. Parnell’s leadership will disorganize
and rango in hostile camiw those hitherto
united with tie force of our country. Con*
fro ite 1 with tho prospect ot a continua iOe
so diaa trous, wo see nothing but inevitable
defeat, at the general election, and bs a re
sult home rule indefinitely postponed, coer
cion perpetuated, the hands of the .'Victor
s reaglhened, and evictees without a shadow
of hope of being reinstated.
CABLEGRAMS FROM THE ENVOYS.
Chicago, Dec. 3.—After reading the test
vote in the Paruellit * meeting iu London
last night, William O’Biiou, on behalf of
his colleagues, sent Die following cablegram
to tho editor of United Ireland: “Stand
by us union oar party deem it injudicious.
Insist that the representatives of the people
shall not be Dullicd. They speak from
solemn conviction that Mr. Parnell’s leader
ship means destruction.”
Mr. Dillon sent a cablegram to Dublin
yesterday, of which the following is tho
substance: "If you rigidly maintain the
position we bare taken the success of the
Irish cause iu parliamentary legislation is
assured. If you do not, all tho success of
the last few years will result in final
failure."
THE TOUR ABANDONED.
The Anierirnn tour of the Irish purlia
me ,tary delegates has been abandoned.
Messrs. Dillon, O’Brien, Harrington
and O’Connor will leave to-mor
row for New York, and the
two former will soil Saturday for Paris, and
Messrs. Harrington and O’Connor, together
with Messrs. Dill and Sullivan, should the
latter reach New York in time, for Liver
pool. This is tho sitnation os it stands to
night.
DOWN ON THE ENVOYS.
Kansas City, Mo.,Dec. 3.—The arrange
ments for the reception of tho Irish nation
alist envoys to this city aid for holding a
mass meeting wore to have been completed
last niglitat a meeting of tho K nig ’its of St.
Patrick, who have the affair ill charge.
When tho time came for tho meeting a
.quorum did not appear, aud no further at
tempt, will be made to complete the arrange
ments.
Mi"ha“l Doland, an Irish-American
leader, s iys his countrymen hero are bitterly
opposed to the sautlinmits expressed in th,'
manifesto signed by Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien
and others, and that they will take part in
no demonstration In which the Irish envoys
participate.
IN FAVOR OF PARNELL.
Cork, Dec. 3. —A committee of the Cork
Young Ireland society, of which William
O’Brien is president, hss aff 'ptod a reso
lution supporting Mr. Parnell. The Cork
Vintners’ association has also adonted a
resolution in favor of retaining Mr. Parnell
at the head of the Irish people.
An Overdue Hteimer Arrives.
London, Dec. B.—The Anchor line
steamer Ethiopia, Capt. Wilson, from New
York Nov. lti, for Glasgow, concerning
whoso safety some anxioty has been felt,
she being several days overdue, liaised Tory
island this morning. Her shaft is broken.
Tmsuccid ’iit was the cause of her delay.
Meal for Starving Ireland.
London, Dec. S.—Air. Balfour, ohief sec
retary for Ireland, has order ed a man-of
war to convey meal for the purpose of re
lieving the distress wbioh prevails am ing
the inhabitants of Clare island aud imsturk,
owing lo tho failure of the potato crop iu
those sections of the oountry.
Brazil's Cabinet Crists.
Rio Janeiro, Dec. 3. —Th crisis in the
ministry aro-e from a dispute between
President da Fonseca and a member of his
onbinet regarding tho punishment of the
officers who wrecked the office of the
Tribune. Tho difficulty has now been set
tled.
Flames ln a Cotton Mill.
London, Dec. 2.—Mills of the Coventry
Cotton Ginning Company at Coventry have
been damaged by fire to the extent of £2O.
009. The fire throws 200 hands out of
employment.
A Vote on the Land Bill.
London, Dec. 3.—ln tbe House of Com
mons to-day the Irish land bill passed its
sec nd reading by a vote of 2fW to 130. Mr.
Parnell and liis followers voted with the
government.
FREE SILVER COINAGE.
A Hard Fight to Bo Made, but Defoat
Almost Certain.
Washington, Dec. 3.—The free silver
men have sounded Speaker Reed and
Representatives McKinley and Cannon, the
majority of the committee on rules, and
have satisfied themselves that they cannot
got a free silver coinage biff through the
H lUse at this seisi n if Mewrs. Reed, Jlc-
Kinley and Camion can prevent its cv.i
sidoration. The silver rn-n see that they
cannot got any of the bill* introduce i in
the House any further than the calendar,
but they have been conferring with their
fellows iu the Senate, and they think tuat
through them they may bo able to get a
bill through.
THEIR LATEST SCHEME.
Their scheme is to offer in tho Senate
shortly a resolution discharging the hostile
finnnes committee from the consideration
of the Teller silver bill, thus bringing it
directly before the Senate, and insuring its
jmseage. They say that they and 'iro some
means of circumventing Speaker Reed, so
es to secure a vote on the Senates bill in the
House. Tnev refuse to say auytning more
than this. These schemers are all repub
licans. in it all, however, they expect the
aid of tho democrats, and in return they
wid be entirely willing to have the force
bill shelved.
Pro Mont Harrison lias nerved notice on
the leaders in both houses that be will veto
a free coinage bill. Only the more sanguine
silver men have any expectation that they
can o ramand the votes necessary to pass
the bili.
Purchases of 81lvor,
Washington, Dec. 3.— The amount of
silver offered for M'et* tho treasury de
partment to-day was 1,391,999 ounces, and
the amount purohaeed was ' 11.0'At ounces,
at prior* ranging from 11.0M5 tu f l.Oto'J.
I DAILY,IO A YEAR. )
1 '. LLVT.S ACOPY. V
l WEEKLY, *1.22 A YEAR.
STATE ROAD DISPUTES.
THE OLD LESSEES MAY BE GIVEN
A HEARING.
Senator Zachary Proposes to Turn
the Whole Question Over to a Board
of Commlss oners With Power to
Settle the Matter A Milder Measure
Introduced In the House.
Atlanta, Oa., Dec. Tue state road,
which took up so much of the time of the
lawmakers last year and made tho session
tho longest on record in the state, bids fair
to become again t.hc rubject of interminable
wrangling. Resolutions were introduced
iu both houses this morning, with the
view of opening the way for a hearing of
the claims cf the old la iso company. Mr.
Zachry. in the Senate, proposed to create a
board if commissi mar* to whom (hall be
referred for final adjudication all claims'
between the company and the state, in
cluding, apparently, those for betterments.
Ills resolution evidently mans business. A
synopsis la as follows: The lassoes of tho
stato road claim that tho line aud Us ap
purtenances are in better condition than
when they received it, and that they are
not bound to return it in !tter condition
without payment fur tho iraprovamentst
Therefore to remove all doubts be it
Resolved, That tho assembly, without con
cc. I Inc iiny part of the claims, and with explicit
denial thereof ln whole and in part, authorize
the governor to appoint, with tho upproval of
tiie Senate, five rftirons of Georgia, eminent for
Integrity ami ability, to constitute a commission,
with tuilhnnty to hear, couaiiler aud determine
according to the law, justice and equity thereof
the claims set fur: h, iuehidlng the taxes paid In
Tennessee and a final adjustruen of said claims
between the lesaeos und ilio stall wbioh judg
nienl. when rendered, to behindng upon both
parties.
on lied. That the said com nisslmi shall
meet in the city ot Atlanta. Dei. Zl, 1890. and
Conclude its labors by .blue 1, 1811, The com
mission eliall have the (lower to engage experts,
coini.' I the attendance of witnesses, the pro
duction of books ami other Information neces
sary to the tnvesrfga'loD. It shall he the duty
of the attorney general to represent tho Inter
ests of tbe state before the comninwion. The
oouiiuisslou Is not to ex -raise any of tha powers
granted herein till the railroad lease company
Binds itself in wrlthir to abide she decision of the
uoiniuissloiirrsiuidub union every other proceed
ing whatever to enforce and assert Its aforesaid
claim. The ati'>rncy g-nernl shall submit all
lawful counter-claims In behalf of the state
that, may lie proper under the lease contract.
The commission shall pass upon the same, file
their judgment with the governor and by him
to bo communicated to the next general assem
bly Tne governor Is authorized to employ
legal assistance for the attorney general it
no led. All the expenses of tne investigation,
attorneys’ fees uxcepe*d, shall be borne equally
by the state and the lessens.
A MILDER PROPOSITION.
In the House Mr. Jackson of Hoard in
troduced a much milder res tlution, pro
posing the appointment of a joint committee
to ascertain and report bow acoount* stand
between the state and tbe lessees. It roads:
WuKitsxs, The outgoing lessees of the West
ern and Atlantic rallresd claim that tiler; are
differences existing between then and tbe
slate amounting to a large sum of money; and
IV iiukkah, it is known to this general assem
bly that the said lessees and and pay to the state of
Tennessee curtain taxes on the property of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, whloh sail taxes
should have bean paid by the state of Georgia;
therefore, bo It
Res deed, Hy the House of Hepresentatlvea,
tho Somite concurring, that a committee of five
from the House and three from the Senate, be
appointed to investigate nn I report back to the
gi nzral a somhly at an early day what amount
is dm-, if any, hy the state to tb<- said outgoing
lessee"
Mr. Atkinson of flowota asked the ap
pointment of a standing committee of fif
toon, us last year, to take charge of all mat
ters relating to the road.
Mr. Whitfield’s resolution directing au
investigation by tho Attorney General of
the condition of the state’s property in
Chattanooga connected with the road was
Concurred in by the Benatc.
That body also passed the William bill
providing for amending special railroad
charters under the general law, so as to
relieve the nzsembly of a large part of the
rubbish which now clogs the whcols of
legislation.
Among the House bills rend in the Senate
tho first time was that to appropriate $lB,-
000 t i improvo tho capital grounds, and
to amend tiu charter of the Germania
Having Bank.
PORT ROYAL'S DRT DOCK.
Hhe Board to Examine the Proposals
Submits its Report.
Washington, Doc.3. —The board, com
peted of assistant engineers Asserton, Pria
dle and McUallow, appointed to examine
the proposals for a timber dry dock at Port
Royal, S. C., has submitted its report to
Commodore Farquhar, chief of the bureau
of yards and docks. One of the bidders, J.
K. Simpson & Cos. of Now York
city, protested against tho considera
tion of tho othor three proposal* on ac
count of certain alleged informalities. Tho
bids were as follows: Justin McCarthy.
Washington, $418,015; R. G. Packard, of
New York citv, $471,000; J. E. Simpson &
Cos., of New York city, $497,539; C. J. Stoi
brnud, of Charleston, S. 0., $32(5,820. Tho
b ard finds that tbe bids of McCarthy and
Simpson have no features justifying accept
ance; that Stolbrand’e bid should not re
ceive consideration, and that the award
should go to R. Q. Packard, with certain
changes in his plans,
THE DOCK TOO NARROW.
The board mentions tho discovery that
tha width of tho proposed dock at Port
Royal is insufficient to admit t e ne w bat
tle ships recently desig ie-1. In this con
nection the board submits tho question as
to tho advisability of constructing any
inoro docks of less capacity than sufficient
ta receive the largest classes of vessels now
contemplated, in submitting the board’s
report to the secretary. Comm dore
Farquhar concurs in its reooornniendations,
and says that if Blmpsou’s objections were
sustained ho would fool justified in award
ing to Hi.npsou tne contract, in view of th*
board's examination. Packard, on invfia
tlon, has sunt modifications of his plans,
wideui g ihe ontranez at the bottom, which
the bureau beiiows acceptable, if the bid
cannot, be accepted, the bureaureeommeuds
the rejection of all tho proposals and tha
i'Siio of new a ivertisements. The secretary
will give all tha bidders a hearing next
W edueeday.
A PHOSPHATE INQUIRY.
Senator Call Wants tho Possibilities
of tho Industry Shown Up.
Washington, Den 3.—ln the Senate to
day Senator Cali offered a resolution direct
ing tbe superintendent of the labor bureau
to report as to iheexteutcf tbe pho-pbata
industry of Florida, tho cumber of laborers
employed and tho opportunities tor the
employment of labor la tbe future develop
meat of that industry.
Mr. Plumb suggested that tho Inquiry
should extend to ah status containing phos
phate <lep iM.
Hr, t all anseutod to tb suggestion, but
tho resolution went ore. unui tb-morrow.
