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&TABLISHKD 1860. INCORPORATED ISBB. V
j J. H. ESTILL, President. \
force bill men shaky.
ths defeat of ths measure
PROBABLE.
jjmy of the Republican Senators
rirsd of the Dictatorial Methods of
Harrison and Reed-Pugh Makes a
Speech Against the Bill in the Senate.
Washington', Dec. 4. Senator Hoar
bdcatua more aggressive to-day, and an
nounced that he proposed to bring up the
lorce bill in the morning hour, so as to gain
time, but the democrats checkmated him
by suddenly taking a mo .t active part in
the debate on the Indian ques.ion,
stirring up Senator D awes and the other
f rce bill republicans, and giving Senator
Telier am! the other anti-force bill republi
cans a chance to come into the debate.
Between them they used up the full two
'sours of the morning hour, until at 3
o'clock the force bill came tip as the regular
order. Once more the republicans turned
!he debate over to the democrats,
there being only a haif dozen republicans
present, and none of them anxious to speak,
and Mr. Pugh of Alabama consumed the
time of the afternoon.
SLOW WORK.
At the present rate of progress it would
take at least thirty legislative days for dis
cussion of this u.eH-u e, but Senator Hoar
promises the impatient western republicans,
who have other bills to get through, that it
shall not hang so long. He dons not say
bow he will shorten the debate without
changing the rules, nor whether he will get
the v tes necessary for the resolution, nor
bis he gotteu a man to sit in the chair and
vield the gavel a 1a Reed while the revoiu-
So i is being consummated.
INGALLS NOT TO COMMAND.
The talk about Senator Ingalls taking
ipmma and at the critical moment seems ab
sjri, not ouly in view of ihe fact that Sen
ator Ingalls pronounces the force b.ll dead
ipw, but in view of ihe resolutions adopted
jMterday by the Farmers’ Alliance conven
tion, on the sa oud cf the president of the
Kansan Farmers’ Aiiiauce. Sa ator Ingalls
Mill not borrow Speaker Reed’s role. Sena
tor Spooner is apparently the only availa
ble candidate for this position.
LOOKS LIKE DEFEAT.
The chances of success for the foroe bill
in more slender to-day than at any for
mer time, although President Harrison and
bpaaker Pwced are doing their utmost to
press it thr ugh. There is a good deal of sup
p u sed indignation on the republican side
of the Se ate at the attempt of the Presi
ucit and the speaker to renew the dlsagree
-Bda dictation of last session in even a more
cfensive form, and it may break out in a
sreech or two, now under consideration. If
Svnator Wolcott of Colorado, for example,
Lken the floor he will excoriate the men who
pe trying to drive the Senate in opposition
b the popular will.
TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS,
ihe force bill republicans in the two
louses have taken the bull by tho horns.
1 commenting upon the anti-torca bill re
siuiions of the farmers’ alliance conven
t>n, Senators Hoar and Spooner, the
fcuate lenders were quoted as saying that
tey "will pay no attention to the utter
aces of toe democratic annex,” with other
cnt i cptu us allusions. In the House 3lr.
Dwell, the putative father of the House
hi, said the alliance movement was pro
to ed by the demcrats in their owa in—
trests, and that th is partisan action would
nt be approved by the western
northern farmers. The ouly
rrsoiis who would approve the action of
te alliance convention iu this matter were
bos i who w -re in favor of repealing or
mUlfying tho fifteenth amendment. He
bought tha passage of the resolution would
case some trouble in the alliance.
PUGH'S SPEECH.
In tbc Senate this afternoon at 3
< Cwck the election bill was taken up
red Mr. Pugh addressed ihe Senate iu
••-position to -t. In the course of hi<
enmrks .Mr. Pugh said that tho coun
ty could not fail to under-land the, true
ciiirseter ar.d nature of the proposed
te-usmuon. It was never intended
*o oe put in operation in republican dis
tricts. It was founded on one distinct, s ib
s-aiitire pr position, and that waa that
stats election officers might be reached,
guarded and overruled because they wore
' emocrats, and because for that reason
Wsne it was unsafe to trust them.
NO SHOW FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Under its operation there wou and not be a
■ a ? ” district in the United States from
utch democrats were elected to congress
' at ,I|, uld not he subject to supervision by
partisan republicans. The wb >le election
machinery of the United States would
"® ma partisan and necessarily cor
, tj‘- Due whole conception of the
„. . waE a transparent a,d audacious scheme
„ , Q o other end or ptiro e than the
w?/""' democratic districts, and their
r-*- , :s: , r 1° kb® Republican party ir. con
,'' s . 11 *ed in perpetuating its suprem
- ’ ' defiance of the will of the people.
PREFERENCE OF THE SOUTH,
tier *1 ei r.' are d that the intelligent white
rr-i',v * t; ie south would prefer tho rule of
' ‘ j omners and white soldiers to tile rule
i “ e infamous horde that wonld be turned
f!rr.?,' U ‘ 0!l '*‘ cm through the outrageous
h|, . ®achii ery provided in the bill. On
#fm t f a ’ & mtta and as
tHr* at< r 1;e B *Ptessed his conviction that,
as . W , flS no * a etate in the south in which,
Cej'i’V'V l ' vas ! . ! °t the honest and earnest
n < t 0 llavo f a * r and free elections for
elertn 61 " 3 oi coc K res s and for presidential
cxi'ort?' aiM * ‘hat there were not so many
c'orrM ’ I!3 to t * le ru * e in southern states and
‘7i , ts r s there were in the northern states
districts.
. LOCAL self-govjebnment.
? s .i" s sen of local self-government*
ißanii° tan . esta * >^s^ failure, theu it wa?
the intelligent and moral
g |JT * Lie of the south, and the sta.a
in. ,!' t ’ ta ' ut3 * the souta, which were itn
l,v u t ■ * at ? res ‘ e 'i in and sorely afflicted
'vi.rV f 0 miserable race complications,
ttit*'* Ve to be allowed to meet and
i, | 0 ,!l u evils as far as possible. He
■ k to say that the black people
v , lU . a w ere better treated than t:.ey
>i:. i" l t>L * V 1 e north under like conditions;
• a declared in conclusion that the
t . sa^B t course for both races was
tie ■,! , th 9 policy of non-interference by
ueral government.
l A ' :i 'itNEß’s AMENDMENTS,
a- -for Kaulkner to-day offered several
1° the federal election bill,
Ti v , e House bill and Seuutesubstituie.
toe following; plints: An
t:,..V l ” tto the House bill strikes out
rv,, ’ , loa requiring supervisors to ob
ua . ! ‘.l° ntiujza the manner in whicn
'/'f ‘ iih are made. It also strikes
. f n:ov,j 0 f ,(j a bm authorizing fie
t; consider other pane <
i11,,.,,', '‘meats and cortilicatos male by
*.||f® m elec ion. This amendment
h.., ar l 1 , ' 8 P°*eri of tie caiivsssiiiK
. 1 ,lIU ;jle tahuiatio iof the returns,
r.rti, ~ ~, a nsodment limits the term .f
i'u vi i supervisor to a period of
laser fl? fro,a the data of bis uppomt
tin, o. '‘ ri '’k that provision which gives
right to hold from the date of his
Hhe Jltofning
app-.intment so lone as he is faithful and
canable. In addition it provides for the
appointment of supervisors by the district
ins tea Jof the circuit courts of the United
S',a e*.
Another amendment to the Senate substi
tute limits the r.gbt. f the chief supervisor
to assign any supervisor of election to aiv
poll In a i election pre met in the c junty in
which the supervisor resides. By the House
and Se .ate bills a supervisor could be
assigned, to any precinct m a congressional
district in which he resides.
RIGHTS OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS.
Still another amendment strikes out ths
paragraph which provides for a special in
qury as to naturalized American citizens, on
tile ground that it draws adisti .etioa in the
right to exanuae as to the qualifications of
the voter between American citizens and
naturalized citizens.
It is propo-ed to amend sectio i twenty
four of tho Senate substitute by providing
that the commissioner of the court and not
the chief supervisor should administer oaths
to r inervis irsof election and sp-cialdepigy
marshals at a oom ensatlonof 35 cents eae.i.
An amendment is propped to the section
of the Senate substitute (which pronibiis
the removal of ballot boxes from the room
during an election) so as to conform to cer
tain state practices where the canvassers
begin the count as soon as 500 votes are
cast.
Senator BuTer also proposed an amend
me it to that seo.ion of the Senate substitute
which specifies the places and manner In
which eleeti ns are to ho suuervisrd so as to
provide that “the chief supervisor of elec
tion for each judicial district of the United
States shall take such action as may bo
requisite to secure such supervision in every
congressional district as is provided by tho
laws of the United States.”
After the pissaga of twoor three bills on
the calendar, a id a brief executive session,
the Senate adjourned.
DUMPING A DEFICIENCY.
The Radicals to Saddle the Pension
Shortage on the Democrats.
Washington, Dec. 4. —ln the House to
day the unfinished business iu the
morning hour was the bill for
the punishment of every guardian,
conservator, curator, or other judiciary
agent, for the embezzlement of the pension
of a ward. The previous question was or
dered by a vote of 118 yeas to 93 nays, and
the bill was pas-ed.
At the expiration of the morning hour,
the House went into committee of the
whole on the pension appropriation bill
Mr. Morrow explained tlnit the bill appro
priated for the payment of pe isiotH the sum
of $183,178,000. Ho believed that there would
le no deficiency next year, but, on
the contrary, that there would prove
to boa slight excess of appropriations.
He said this becauso he anticipated that the
gentlemen on the other side would call
attention to the fact that there had been
pension deflciences during tho past few
years, and would claim that it was the pur
pose of tho republicans to allow a deficiency
to grow up in 1893. He believed tho appro
priation to lie amply sufficient.
SURE TO BE A DEFICIENCY.
Mr. Sayers of iaxns argued that the esti
mate of the commissioner of pensions was
totally unreliable, and that the amount of
money required to pay the pensions would
be largely in excess of the amount appro
priated by tho pending bill. He ventured
to s y that the Fifty-Second- congress
would be compelled to meet a
deficiency of not less that $15,000,009.
No man, however houest, could fix within
810,100,000 the amount actually to be ex
pended under this bill. The commissioner
had failed to tell the House what would be
expended in 1890; he had made a similar
failure in 1891, and be would make u greater
failure in 1893; anti ths democratic congress
would have to pay the penalty.
THE PROBABLE EXPENDITURE.
His conclusion, after a careful investiga
tion of the matter, was that, instead of the
government’s expenditure for pensions be
ing confined to $183,000,000, they would be
be,-rer $175,000,000. In conclusion, he gave
it as his deliberate judgment, from a full
investigation of the facts and figures,
together with the experience of the House
as to the workings of the
pension office, that if the commissioner
would work faithfully and energetically is
suing certificates as fast as they were pre
pared for issue, there would inevitably be a
deficiency during 1893 of n t less than $85,-
000,000, which tae democratic House wouid
have to meet.
cooper’s attack on RAUM.
Mr. Cooper of Indiana renewed bis attack
of the lasi session upon Pension Commis
sioner Raum. Referring to the large foroo
of employes in the pension bureau, a id to
tbe vast expenditure of money for pensions,
he said he proposed to show why this
force of men shu.ld be presided over by a
man of high onarac or, and why this vast
sum of money should be disbursed by a
man above criticism and above reproach.
It was his purpose to call the attention of
the country to the fact that the present
commissioner of pensions was not such
a person. Carrying out this pur
pose, he quoted liberally from the
testimony given before the special commit
tee which, neur the close of the last session,
had uuder investigat on his (Mr. Cooper’s)
charges against Commissioner Raum, of
favoritism toward one prominent pension
claim agent, of borrowing mousy fro n an
attorney who practiced before the pension
bureau and of floating tho atock of a fraud
ulent corporation among the employes of
that bureau.
SHARP COMMENTS MADE.
Ha commented sharply upon this testi
mony and paid no attention to the objec
tions of Messrs. Cauno i and Sawyer that
n > report has been made to the House by
the investigating committee, and that the
testimony was not a proper subject of dis
cussion in tho absence of such a report.
After some discussion of the status of the
investigation above referred to, the com
mittee rose and the House adiournei
FBES Col > AG J OP SILVER.
Walker Will Probab'y be Chairman
of tbe nomm.ttea.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Anotiier bill for
free aud unlimited coinage of silver was in
troduced in the Senate to-day hv Senator
Stewart.
Speaker Heed will probably app >int
■Representative Walker of .Ma-sacimsetts
chairman of tbe coinage com mi dee. Repre
sents ive Wyocha n of Ouio is senior mem
ber, Chairman Conger havi g gooe as min
ister to Brazil, but Mr. Wyckuam is for
free coinage, and, therefore, does not suit
Speoker Reed. If tho latter do *s not appo int
Mr. Walker he will go outside tho commit
tee altogether for a cnairman.
Frank's Renpportlucment Bill.
Washington, Dec. 4. —Representative
Frak says his eanportiomrumt plan is com
me .ded ouly by cn iservutive in-a o.i t> -tb
■ides of the House, but the radical republi
cans have nut accepted It ye..
Mrs. McKso Confirmed.
Washington. Dec. 4.—The Senate to
day o>nfiruind the nomination of Mrs.
Anita MuK.ee to he re e.rer of public money
a Jackson, Mias., vice George H. McKee,
deceased.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890.
INDIANS LESS WABLIKS.
Forty Lodges Return to the Rossbud
Agency.
ft ashington, Dec. 4.—ln the Senate to
day. after a lo ng discussion, the joint reso
lution to issue arms to the states of South
and North Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska
for possible use against the Ind.aus was
passed.
Gen. SchofleH received a telegram thie
afternoon from Gen. Brooke saying that
forty lodges of Indians, who left the Rose
bud agency since tho removal of the camp
across the White river to the edge
of the “Bad hands” have returned,
and that there are strong symp
tom-, of disintegration, as about half
of tho Indians reeintobe willing to come
back to t e agency. Gen. Brooke also says
that from all he can gather as to their in
tentions, a majority of the Indians want to
come back. The war department officials
are very much gratified at this intelligence,
tending te indicate a speedy settlement ol
the trouble.
MONEY NEEDED FOR BEEF.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
transmitted to the House a communication
from the interior department requesting
that an appropriation of $100,090 be at once
made for t- e purchase of beef and
other provisions for the Sioux
Indians on account of the reduced
appropriation made lor the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1890. A draft of a
bill for the purpose is submitted. Other
appropriations are asked for aggregating
8419,000 to discharge obligations due those
Indians on account of lands surrendered
and stock taken from them.
REBATES ON TOBACCO.
The Omission of the Clause in the
McKinley Eill to be Rectified.
Washington, Dec. 4. —The ways and
means committee will hold its initial meet
ing of this session to-morrow. It is under
stood that the oommittee wiil immediately
take measures to rectify tho omission of the
tobacco rebate section from the McKinley
t'iriir law by tho passage of a supplemental
bill befor- January, when the original see
tjon would have gone into effect. Chair
man ilcKi dry and Mr. Mills to-day said
that they did no. think it necessary to give
a hearing on the subject, and that they
thought thero would be no opposition to the
correction of the error.
Speaker Reed will be on the watch to
shut out democratic amendments for free
raw materials and other chaugei In the
McKinley act when the ways and meaus
committee brines out its bill to amend the
McKinley act by inserting the omitted to
bacco rebate section. He may have to meet
some from the republican side.
PLANS OF THE DEMOCRATS.
If the democrats do not get a chance at
amending the tobacco rebate bill they will
endeavor to get iri their tariff amendments
on ths bill i .tr ducod bv Mr. Sherman in
the Senate and Mr. McKinley in the House
to amend tho McKinley act so as to carry
out our treaty stipulations with Hawaii.
The pressure of the tobacco interests may
induce the democrats not to delay the to
bacco rebate bill by attempting to amend
it, but to save themselves for the Hawaiian
bill. __
ALL AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
Meeting of the Intercontinental Com
mission.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The intercon
tinental railway commission, composed of
representatives from the United States and
the other American republics, met for or
ganization iu the diplomatic chamber ol
the department of state at noun to-day.
The commission was recommended by the
international American conference for the
purpose of supervising the survey for a
line to connect the railway systems of
North America with those of South
America.
THOSE PRESENT.
Thore were present Secretary Blaine, A.
J. Cassatt and Henry O. Davis of the Uni
ted Slates, Leandro Fernandez of Mexico,
Jacob Biaz of Gnatetna a, Ansel mo Volte of
Costa Rica, Climaco Calderon, Julio R9ll
-and Frederico Farrago of Columbia,
M. Ro nero, representing Kouado -, Nicauuor
Bolet Peraza of Venezuela, F. F. C. Lavi
gua and Manual Eigucra of Peru, John
Stewart of Paraguay, and Mr. Valente of
Brazil.
A. J. Cassatt was chosan president. No
other business was transacted.
A COLD WAVK.
The Temperature 20 to 30 Degrees
Below normal.
Washington, Deo. 4,12 m.—The signal
office furnishes the following special bulle
tin to the press; “Unusually cold weather
prevails this morning over nearly the en
tire country east of the Rockv
mountains, the line of freezing
temperature extending as far south
as southern Mori h Carolina and including
the northern portion of Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas, A fall
of 20° to 30° in the past twenty-four hours
occurred over the region extending from
West Virginia south westward to Southern
Alabama and Mississippi, nnd tbe tempera
ture in Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and
Northeastern lowa is more than 20° below
the normal f>r the season. It will probably
be still colder to-morrow morning in the
South Atlantic and Middle states and New
England, but the existing temperatu e con
dition east of the Missi sippi is not likely to
be of long continuance, as a storm central
this morning in Wester.i Nebraska will in
its movement eastward cause warmer
weather.” _
FOHa? -HB'3 MURDER.
An Application for the Discharge of
Lancaster.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Application was
made t) tho United States supreme court
to-day for a writ of habeas corpus for the
discharge of Lane is ter and others indicted
in the Southern district of Georgia for o >n
spiracy against tbe civil righ'.s of N. W.
Dodge, one result of which conspiracy
was th 9 murder of Capt. Forsythe.
The motion was argued by Washington
Dessau, rep csenting tne defendant, a .and bv
Attorney General Miller, represe icing the
United State*. The former asked for the
issue of the writ on the general ground of the
lack of jurisdiction of the circuit court
before which the case is to be tried. The
decision of tho court will probably be an
nounced to-morrow.
The Duty On the Angelas.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Assistant Secre
tary Spaulding of the treasury department
lias rendered a decision holding lha the
bondsmen of the famous painting “The
Angel us,” are liabie for *16,500 duty on the
puintiug.
Hawaii's Treaty.
Washington, Doc. 4.—Renroaeiitatlve
McKinley to-day introduced in tbe House a
bill aimilar to tli# o' presented in the
Senate by Renat • Kberman, providing that
the in*, lit tariff law shall not effect the
o oratl .us of tbe Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty.
OCALA'S BIG CONVENTION’
A THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT IN
FULL SWING.
A National Conventioi to be Held by
Its Advocates In the fpring— Col.
Livingston Not in Favor of Merging
Other Organizations with the Alli
ance -Newspaper Men Badly Treated.
Ocala, Fla., Doc. 4.— Tue natioual alli
ance met at 10:39 o’clock this morning. The
early part of the seasiou was devoted chief! v
to the discussion of inside topics, and at
11:30 o’clock A. Gallagher, fraternal dele
gate from the Workingmen’s Ref urn
I-ieague cf Now- York oily, and W. A. A.
Carsoy of Now York, from the American
Anti-mouop.ly League, were invited to ad
dress the convention. Each spoke for half
an hour or more, their remarks being
principally directed in favor
of a closer bond between all
national organizations of the samo charac
ter, but against consolidation. Bath ad
vised the national alliance to stand by its
Bt. Louis platform, to take the lead in any
national political movement which might
grow out of it, and said that other organiza
tions would follow.
TO FORM A NEW PARTY.
J. H. Rico and John Davis of Kansas, in
connection with one or two others iu sym
pathy with the recent pollck-.il movement in
that state, among them Delegate Vincent,
are working upon a call for a national con
vention to form anew party, the oats fixed
being February 13, 1891, ami the place Cin
cinnati. The call will invite delegates from
the National Far mers’ Alliance and all other
national organizations in sympathy with it,
or which indorse tbe St. Louis platform, as
well as the editors of the “reform
prets” throughout tha country to
take part iu the convention. Tbe
new party to lie formed would doubtless
work on the same lines as the People’s party
m Kansas, that is, rymounoo affiliation with
other political parties and place a national
ticket of its own in the field. This call,
when completed, will probably bo presented
to tbe natioual aliiaoce for its indorsement,
although some of tbe men in the movement
are not convinced that this course will be
wise politically.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
John J. Holland, of Jacksonville, Fla., is
here, and wneu Mr. Powderly arrives be
will mate four members of the national
executive board of the supreme council of
the Kuights of Labor present in the city,
being all of that committee except one
(Devlin of Mlckiga ), and this fact
is to be fraught with
deep siguifioanc *, apropos of tha
third party movement. There is said to be
a strong feeling among the national alli
anceme . here in favor of a general consoli
dation of all similar national bodies. It is
alleged that thov have offered, in the event
of such consolidation, to give all the
natioual political nominations to organiza
tions outride of their own. There is, how
ever, a conssrv t ve element which may
hold the more radical members in check.
THE AUTHORS OF TIIE CALL.
John Davis, congressman-elect from Kan
sas on the people’s ticket, in an interview
with an Associated Press reporter this after
noon, with reference to the call
for deegates to a national
conference with n view of forming
•anew party, said that the date for the meet
ing would be set fur Feb. 23, not Feb. 13, as
previously annou eed by those in the move
ment. “This call," he said, “was drawn up
by Prof. C. Vincent, and hie two brothers.
H. and L. Vincent, ail of Winfield, Kan.,
th* two latter being the editors and pub
lishers of tho Non-Conformist. They were
aided in tie work uy C. A. Hover of
Indiana and Gen. J. H. Rice of Kansas.
They submitted a rough draft of the call to
me yesterday, and after making some few
changes and suggestions I returned it to
them for signatures. It inaorso3 the alli
ance platform adopted at St, Louis, and in
vites all organizations in sympathy with
that declaration to send delegates to Cin
cinnati. It has been extensively signed by
the alliar.es member* and by ths delegatus
of other organizations.”
OTHER MEASURES TOUCHED UPON.
Wkwu asked if the call touched upon
other measures of public policy than the
idt. Louis platform, Air. Davis said: “Yes;
it lays down four propositions with refer
ence to national reform, viz.: finance,
transportation, land and labor. Further
than ibis the contents of the call are not for
public announcement as yet. The call will
not be pro anted to tue national alliance for
its indorsement as a body, but will
bo circulated for signatures in tbirty
six alliance states, perhaps in all
.tates of the union. There waa a disposi
tion to take tbe call b -fore the national
alliance, but I and others discouraged it as
a step wbioh would doubtless result iu
givi g the movement a distinctively al
liance character, ar.d we do not wish to so
construe it, Tue convention will un
douotedly be largely attended and will re
sult in placing a presidential ticket in the
field in 1892. After securing several hun
dred signatures in Kansas we shall pa -
lish tlu) call and thus start the movement."
THE CITIZENS’ ALLIANCE.
At the morning session Messrs. Holden,
William* and Rice of Kansas, represeusAig
the citizens’ alliance of that state, were in
troduced by Col. Livingston of the Georgia
alliance, aud all three made addresses,
which, in the main, foil->wed the sums line
of thought xnd argument. They said tha'
their organization was as deeply interested
in tile success of the farmers’
movement as was the alliance
itse.f, and that both bodies were
practically working on the same line and in
the same dire tion. They saw no reason
why merchants, traders, druggists, etc.,
should not unite in promoting thus move
ment, aud they asked for a committee of
conference to arrange for closer relations
between tbe ci izens’ alliance and the na
tional alliance. Th 9 request was granted,
and a committee appointed.
NEW YORK LABOR LEAGUES.
Mes-ra. Gallagher and Citrsey, from the
New Yoak Workingmen’s Reform League
and the Anti-monopoly League, respect
ively, addressed tho convention, ~ud
among other things said that the
mechanics and laborers in tho cities
were as much dependent upon ti.e
industrial condition of tue country as tbe
fir :or;, were and should to eligible tomeiu
bei ship in tbe alliance. They recommended
that alhmico organizers he sen:, to Ne-v
York state at once to institute sub-alliances
in all the cities of that state.
LIVINGS TON OPPOSES CONSOLIDATION.
CoL Livingston of Georgia said in reply
that ho did not regard it ns fitting or politic
that all clAsM*. even if imbued with the
Mine general ideas, should beioug to the
same orga izatiou. They would do bed to
keep their owu eeparate organizations as
at present, but ib uld fraternize more
ol jsoly aud confer together mors frequently
upon inea ures of public policy. The f inu
ers’ aldano*, he said, dewrve i no particu
lar credit ioi having diecovervd that tb<*e
reforms were necessary, n or for taking the
lead in the wetter. Tu* masses of the coun
ter were i radically us tbe saute boat, and
all should work t gather. “The money pew
er of this eouutry.” he continued, "hacked
up by the money power of Europe
and aided and encoui aged by the railronis
and corporations,!* our common eaemv. To
meet this enemy and to cope with it suc
cessfully co-operation is absoluteiv neces
sary. ani it must soon come about. I there
fore recommend co-operation and fraternity
" ith other natioual bodies, but not consoli
dation. ’’
The National Colored Alliance was an
nounced as ready to be received for
fraternal greetings, but the hour of noon
arrived aud the reception was postponed
until the evening aethnn.
Many members of t ie alliance went on an
excursion to Silver Springs to-day, ad the
afternoon session hail only n small attend
ance. Members of the alliance press com
mittee could not be fouud till late 111 the
aftornoon, and then they were utterly ig
norant of the transactions of the con ven
tion.
NEWSPAPER BEN PROTEST.
Early in the afternoon the following com
munication was sent to President Polk iu
the convention hall:
To the National Farmers* AUiancr:
I ifNTLZMKN—9Ve beg to present our com
pliments to jour honorable body, and call
your attention to the fact that we need more
amp’e facilities for securing infortua'ion con
cerning your proceedings. Allow ns to call
your attention to the fact that the whole
country is waiting with deep interest
for your notion oa quesdons tonoutng
public policy, and the only source of informa
tion for thn masses is the press, many of whose
representatives have traveled thousands of
ml es to roach hero for tho purpose of correctly
reporting your proceedings. We who sign rids
communication represent not le s th m
Z 0.000.000 of readers. 111 order that
the people may be correctly Informed
it Is essemial than we have reliable and a rpl •
information from you. You have appointed
two press committees. The first performed its
duties udndrubly; tbe second we luive not ssen
for twenty-four hours. This negligence 011 the
part of its members compels us to resort to in
trieate but not less successful mstnods of
hypnotism, mind reading aud kindred
occult devices known only to adepts in
our pro.ession. Wo earnestly hope that
vour press committee will hereafter
have due consideration for our efforts to serve
the alliance and public in a most prompt and
efficient manner. Respectfully,
P. W. Hawthorn*,
Associated Press,
W. G. Ooopzr,
Atlanta ' 'oustttution.
Ir. W. F. Pmcr,
New York ttrrnld.
H. R. CHABIHtRtAIN,
New York Sun.
U. N. McCain,
Phil rdel phla Press.
N. O. Ford,
Baltimore Sun.
W. A. I’i.ATr,
New York Mail and Express.
And uiauy others.
PRESIDENT FOLK’S ACTION,
President Polk did not read the commu
nication to the convention, but referred to
its contents, and urged on tha prers com
mittee tho importance of attending to its
du ies. Subsequently all the principal cor
respondents in the city met at tho Ocala
bouse und appointed a committee of three
to wait upon President Pollt, and
ask nim to define his policy
with reference to conveying information to
tbe press. He promised to have the official
stenographer of tho c invention confer with
the chairman of the press committee at fre
quent intervals during the day and night,
and to give out promptly all information
relating to action or non-action on the pre
sentation or consideration of matters of
public interest. Tho greatest indignation
lias been expressed among the press repre
sentatives here to-day at Ihe secretive pol
icy of the alliance and tno inter lack of Com
prehension of its duites by tho alliance
press committee. Mr. (Stokes, delegate
from South Caroliua aud chairman
of the presi committee, left Ocala
for home last, night, and this afternoon
President Polk appointed Mr. Talbot of
South Carolina In his place. As soon as
Air, T albot's appointment was announced ho
< ffered a resolution, which was adopted,
charging nil tho delegates with the utmost
secrecy as to all allis .ee proceedings, and
empowering the pre.sidoat to debar fion u
seat in the hall any member outside of the
press committee guilty of divulging the
proceedings.
PAT FOR THE DELEGATES.
At the afternoon session a resolution was
passed allowing 3 cents mileage each way,
aud a per diem of 12 to all delegates to the
national meeting.
Frank Burkett of Mississippi, from the
special u snmittee appointed to estimate the
work of the convention, reported that, with
no drawbacks or obstruotions, the labors of
the alliance would be completed by mid
night Saturday.
A resol-t ion was adopted restricting all
speeches to five minutes and allowing no
delegate to speak twice on ihesame subject.
Mr. Vance of North Carolina offered a
re elution, which also passe 1, providing fir
the appointment of one delegate from a h
s ate alliance to attend toe immigration
convention at Aahevilla, N. C., Due. 17.
Expense! are to bo allowed tbe delegates
from the alliance treasury.
Delegate Wood of Tennessee offered a
resolution thanking .President Rogers and
the Florida aliiano.- for tbe genuine hospi
tality extended, and it was passed unani
mously amid great applause.
Mr, Guise of Louisiana offered a resolu
tion providing for thy government taking
charge of all the improvements of the Mis
sis ippi river. T.,is was referred to the
transportation committee.
THE SUB-TREASURY BILL.
J. A. Pickier, congressman-elect from
South Dakota, was introduced to speak on
the sub-treasury bill. He sa.d It was the
key note of the financial condition of the
country in the future. Its passage was im
peratively demanded by the present fluanciaJ
condition. He advocated free coinage of silver
and said the importance of this rneisure
was indicated by five different members of
congress introducing bills on ibis subject
on the same day, each without previous
knowledge of the others’action. Next to
the financial question Mr. Pickier regarded
the transportation problem as of tbe great
est importance.
Mr. Deming of Pennsylvania offered a
resolution calling for a grand encampment
of the farmers’ alliance, ad it was referred
to the committee on the good of theo-der.
Robert Vance f North Carolina offered
a resolution calling upon the state and
national legislature to re luce tho salaries of
public officers to more moderate sums.
This waa referred to the co nmittee on leg
islation. Another resolution provides for
the election of an additioual secretary.
THE FORCE HILL.
There is a strong effort being mado to
hve yesterday’s action by the nstlonal
alliance against the elections bill expunge I
from the records. This movement is headed
by Mr. Featherstone of Arkansas, and may
amount to something before the serfiiou
closes.
A COLORED DELEGATION.
To-night the national alliance held an
open mealing In tne unera house for the
purpose of receivlug the delegation from
the colored alliance. Ab ut ten of the lat
ter put to an appearance, an 1 after formal
introduction if whole delegation soeecbes
were made by the following c Fired turn:
J, Ji, Kicbarilaou of Georgia, J. H. Nichols
of Mississippi, L. D. Mills' of i>ouUiana, J,
B. Norris t H utb Carolina, J. F. -lack .on
of Alabama and Her. J. A. Patiilo of
North Carolina. They all agree 1
that the money power, transportation
twin ponies anil corporations la general wwe
oppressing tbs mane* of the people, and
they plainly intimated that they were ready
to vote hereafter for their own a lvautage,
aud not for tha benefit of oltio* seekers and
money kings. All this is interpreted as un
doubtedly indicating the loaning of the
colored alliancenien toward a uew political
party.
A POLITICAL FEDERATION.
Harry Traoiy. lecturer an.i organizer of
tbe national alliance (white), followed tha
colored speaker*. His remarks were much
in the same line as those of the colored
speakers, and, among other things of like
importance, be mid: "Before we leave
this place we must eitnblis i a pilitical fed
eration with tbe col red farmers' allianoe.
I mean business. There must be no foolish
ness about it."
Ralph Beaumont of the Knights of Labor
closed the meeting in tbe same line of argu
ment. Among other things ho siid:
"When I went out to Kansas I found they
wore raising corn there and sel.ing it for 15
cents a budiel, and I told them th t they
hud Detier raise ,” and the Kansas me 1
nresent in the hall agreid that that Was
just whit they did a mouth ago to-day.
Richard Tievellyck £>f tile Knights of
Labor delivered an address at tho exposi
tion building, but his remarks had no par
ticular significance.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS LOOKED FOR.
The sentiment in favor of anew party is
growing rapidly, and some startling de
velopments are looked for before the ad
journment.
Owing to the difficulty in securing infor
mation tr nn the National Alliance, the
Dosltion of Preside it Hd! of tho Missouri
alliance on the electi >tm bill resolution was
misstated in Wednesday's press re
port. The alliance press committee
requests the publication of the following;
"U. 8. Hall, president of the state alliance
of Missouri, made a strong speech in favor
of the resolution condemning the Lodge
bill. After tho resolution was duly
carried, and without a single per
son expressing himself personally pposed to
it. Mr. Hall moved to reoonsiiler the resolu
tion, which motion being seconded, ho then
moved t> table th* motion to reconsider,
and this resolution was carried, never to bo
reconsidered, and the order was thus un
alterably committed against the bill,”
COLORED ALLIANOBMIiN.
Tkey Crltlclae the Action of the Whites
Oh tho Foroe Bill.
Ocsla, Fla., Dec. A —At a meeting of
the Nati >nal Colored Alliance this after
noon a rce ilution was offered reciting tho
fact that the farmers' alliance aimed at the
betterment of tho coudition of the
fumiers industrially, morally and
socially, and regretting. criticis
ing und condemning tie notion of
tho white alllaacu iu passing a resolution
yesterday iu opposition to ths federal elec
tions bill, because such action has no refer
ence w date ver to tho aims and purposes of
the orga bastion, and was calculated to
check the growth and inllunnce of th* alli
ance. The resolution was dis
cussed at some length. The
opinions expressed were a t so much in
favor of the elections bill as in condemna
tion of tho white allianoe for going out. of
its way to intermedHo in politics. The
resolution will undoubtedly Do passed to
morrow.
THIS CONGER LAUD BILL.
Delegate Patillo of North Carolina intro
duced a resolution concerning the Conger
lard bill, which recites tho injustice aud op
pression of tho inersure now before (.'■ n
gro-.s and known as the Conger lard hill,
and after a long preamble olosej as fol
io s:
Therefore, favoring the doctrine of equal
rig.ite 101 all and special privilege! for none,
and being opposed to a’nnwo and prostitution of
the taxing power of the government and the
enactment of class li testation by which one in
dustry is fostered ami built up at tbe expense
of another, we protest a-ainst the passage of
uiu Conger lard bill while In tho interest of
public h ulth and morals, and to tenure pure
food and pure drugs, we favor and pray tor tho
passage of the Haddock pure food bill.
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
Tho colored nllianca spealtori claimed that
there ara 75,000 negroes employed in the
production of cotton seed oil, aud that tho
Cougar bill, If passed, would and. fraud thorn of
their wages.
A HfiAO DUtS IN SMOKE.
Suffocation Stop* A Brave 3earch for
a Wife.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 4,—Between 12:30
and 1 o’clock this morning tiro broke out
from some unknown cause In tho flat
owned by Dr. J >hn Dickson, on the corner
of Ninth street and Penn avenue. It
was nearly 8 o'clock this morning before
the firemen succeeded in subduing the
flames. it was several hours more before
they gave up their search for bodies.
It is pretty certain that Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin, the janitor and
lus wife, were the only victims. When the
fire broke out there were forty occupants
sleeping in the flat, but they were mostly
men, and have been accounted for. It was
a terrible night for a fire. A strong, cold
wind, filled with flakes of icy snow, was
blowing from the west. When the firemen
nrriveiT, im ko was issuing from all the
windows, whde tongues of flame shot oc
casionally from the crevice -f tho roof.
SHOUTS FOR HE Li*.
Half dressed forms of men, shouting for
hlp, were soon at all the windows, but tbe
sight that filled the suectatirs with awe
was a woman and two bobiei at a third
story window. It was Mrs. Moore, steward
at the Hotel Anderson. 1 staidly ladders
were run up and she was the iir it rescued.
The top floor oiu occupied by sixteen [>er
sons, Mr. aud Mrs. Irwin, and fourteen
meu employed by the Hotel Anderson.
IRWIN’S HEROISM.
At the first alarm Mr. Irwin ran down
through the halls, which were already tilled
with smoke, to alarm the occupants of the
rooms. He went as far as the second floor
and then rushed back to usist his wife.
When be returned to his room she was not
thoro. Filled wiih anxiety for her wclfaro
he began a search of the building. He
and isheu from room to room on the tour h
floor, and not finding her started for the
third. It was there he died. Overcome by
smoko ho sank ex&usted neur the resr wall
on the floor, and at tho other end of
the hall tho wife for whom he
died hud perished. Sue had sarted
down the stairs, but sofT-catol before
reaching the third floor. Her body wus
found on the thi and landing dead. Her body
was covered wita plaster, and in the dark
ness had beeu trampled over by toe firemen
long before it was discovered
IHE BURNED BUILDING.
The building was a four-story brick. The
first story was us and by Joseph Kimrnell &
C<>,, as a drugstore aid the other three
floors for sleeping apartments, ibe lire w
■uppoeei to have started in tbe basement
from tbe beating boilers. There was no
wate inau aul the flames had spread to
the fourth story before t hey wer* discovered.
The loss is 94M.0U0. it is fully covered by
insurance. There were no the escs|is on
Uie building.
King Kalakaua at 'Frisco.
Han F*a*> mkxi, Cal, Dr*. 4, - The
United Htetes Mane Cfclri—>nt), with
iw*2 KalaUPMt >4 Hawaii <m board, sou-red
the i*MM* t*U inaralu*.
I DAILY.*IO A YEUI [
< 3CEXT3ACOPY. f
t WEEKLY. *1 a A YKAR. ’
PARXELL STILL LEADER.
HE MAKES A CONDITIONAL OFFER
TO RESIGN.
It Depends on the Outcome of the
Clancy Compromise Proposition.
Tbe Manifesto of the Hi rarchy Read
at the M eting and Received with
Cheers by the Opposition.
London, Dee. 4. —At a caucus this morn
ing of the opponents of Mr. Parnell, who
comprise a majority of the members of the
nationalist party in the House of Commons,
a resolution was adopted not. to accept slr.
Clnucy’c comproiuis*. which was to be
offered at to-day’b meeting, but to foroe
matters to a decisive issue.
t'OKK SUPPORTS HIM.
The report received from Cork last night
stating that the municipal authorities had
adopted a resolution in favor of retiring
Mr. l'arnell from the leadership of the na
tionalist parly was erroneous. On the
contrary, the resolution was in support of
Mr. Fa null and wm adopted by a majority
of twenty-one vote*.
MEETING OF THE NATIONALISTS.
_ Th* nationalist member* of the House of
Commons met again at noon today to
furrher consider the questiou of Mr. Par
neli’x leadership. All tho Irish members at
pr***nt in London were iu altenda oe at
the meeting. Mr. Purnell occupied the chair.
After the meeting had tieen called to order,
one of tho uieiiiliers resd u inanife-t > lamed
yesterday by the Catholic fiiearchT,
declaring that In consequence of this
revelations of tb* O’Bhea divorce case,
winch convict Mr. Parnell of ons of this
gravest otfensaK known to religion
and socioty, tho Catholic clergy
cannot. accept as a leader a man
who is diilio orel, and that a continu
ance of Ids leadership would im;>erd the
cause of Ireland. The roadi gof the mani
festo was greeted witn cheering by Mr. Par
usll’s opponents.
CLANCY’S AMENDMENT.
Mr. Clancy then offered his amendment,
which nrovlded that iu vinw of the differ
ence of opinion tietween Messrs. Gladstone
and Purnoll as to the accuracy of tbe lat
ter's reoolleotlon of the suggestions made to
him by Mr. Gladstone at tbe ILi warder*
meeting a year ago, the party whips bo la
st 1 ueteu to obtain from Messrs. Gladstone
and Morley, and Kir William Vernon Har
court, buore any further consideration of
the main quest ion, information on tbe de
parture from the bill of Dsn made by Mr.
Glod-toue iu hi* e iggostims affecting con
trol of the Irisa 0 mstantilary and a settle
ment of tbe land question.
PAUNELL’h OFFER TO RESIGN.
A prolonged debate took place on the
amendment. Mr. Parnell Intimated that li
tho party took the responsibility off hi*
shoulders, and would insist upon the liberal
leaders promising to carry an acceptable
home rule bill through the Home of Com
mons In tue face of all opposltiou, be would
retire front the leadership. Uo asked the
mee itig to accept Mr. Clancy’s resolution,
whereupon, ho said, tho alliance between
the nationalists anil lib. rate would be re
newed.
Mr. Hualy refused to submit to Mr. Par
nell’s siipulatio s. lie dectai ed that they
we n even beyond tho lines of compromise
Buguei ted at yesterday’* mooting.
Mr. Hu*ton declared that the majority of
LIIO member* wore firmly determined to ad
here to the main question, and would simply
vote that Mr. Parnell must resign.
A SHOW OK It AN OH.
Mr. Parnell asked the meetiug for an in
formal show of hand, on Mr. Clancy’s
amendment. This disclosed the fact that
ouly Messrs. Barry and Chance continued
to hold out against the amendment. The
latest phase of the situation bids fair for an
agreement, Tbe committee to wait upon
Mr. Gladstone consists of Messrs.
Parnell, Sexton, Healy, Justin
McCarthy, John Redmond, Deasy,
Power and Loamy. Mr. Parnell will take
no part in the negotiations with Mr. Glad
stone. Besides Ur. Gladstone, tho commit
tee will also call upon Sir Ilarcourt amt
Mr. Morley, and will endeavor to conclude
tho negotiations to-morrow.
The meetiug adjourned at 5 o’clock,Jtd
reassemble at noon to-morrow.
The committee appointed by the nation
alist meeting has sent a letter t > Mr.
Uludetono asking bin to open negotiations
on a future home rule bill. Mr. Gladstone
expressed bis willingness to intern ange
views with the committee, but reserved the
right to choose members with whom to ne
gotiate.
PARNELL’S PROMISE.
During yesiordsy’s discussion on Mr.
Clancy's proposed amendment Mr. Clancy
announced that he had authority for a
statement that Mr. Parnell would retire If
the communications with Mr. Gladstone
had a satisfactory result. John Redmond
con Armed Mr. Cl mey’s statement.
The committee held a meeting and de
cided to intrust Men rs. lieily, Redmond,
Hexton and Leuiny with the couduot of the
negotiations with Mr. Glad (tone.
ft is reported that at a meeting of his ivl
herents lust night Mr. Parnell promised to
ahido by the decision of tbe majority of tha
Iri b members on the value of Mr. Glad
stone’-! assurances. The supporters of Mr.
Parnell are confident that Mr. Gladstone’s
assurances will prove iudequate arid that
they will not :,e accepted by a majority of
the nationalists.
A LTRIKR NOT!OB.
The Men of Three Shipping Companies
Involved.
London, Doc. 4.—Tbe United Labor
Council of Port of London has issued a
manifesto ordering a strike ou Friday next.
The movement is to be limited to vo-sels of
Shaw, Havilie & Cos., the New Zealand
Shipping Company and the British India
Steam Navigation Com: any. The council
demand: that these c nnpa.ioe shall employ
only union men, wnoshall bee gaged in the
regular way, and unless these terms are
accepted by tbe companies the men will
quit work.
kio Janeiro achtatud.
Troops Patrolling- the streets to Pre
nerve Order.
Rio Janeiro, D.*c. 4 Notwithstanding
that the difficulty between the President
and his minis era regarding the punishment
of officers who wrecked the office of tbe
Tribuna has dean satisfactorily settled, the
oily is agitated. The newspapers demand
that the government give guarantee! secur
ing the lib-rty < f the press. Troooe are
patrolling the streets for the purpose of pre
serving order.
Cal ’e Phosphate Uesolut.on.
Wabsjingtgm, Dec. 4. la the Menace this
morning tiie resolution ottered yesterday
by Mr. Ca l, dirccuug the superintendent
of the labor bureau to examine awl report
as to toe pbue.ibate industry of Pi rain, was
ui eu up and agreed U), after being
sws dvl tv as to mass H epoJy to tbe
whole L nlted Miates, and to direct the oom
missemer to make • MUNulttHtiou and re
port. ,-|e
