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Newspaper Page Text| THE MORNING NEWS. i J Established ISM). leoosporated ISB6. > ) J. H. ESI ILL, President. \ WANTS OF THE FARMERS. THE SOB - TREASURY BILL POT THROUG-i AT OCALA. President Hall of Missouri Made a Strong Speech Against It, but Its Supporters Carried the Day—A Mo tion to Reconsider the Action on the Force Bill TAbled. Ocai-a, Fla., Dec. B.—The National Farmers’ Alliance assembled again this morning at B:3J o’clock. After routine wo; k and a few speeches giving tka news paper correspondents a drubbing because they have secured information of the pro ceedi ;gs beyond that given out by the press committee, the convention listened to the report of the committee on legislation with reference to the sub treasury bill. FINANCIAL POLICY OP THE OKDEK. Early iu this m rning’s session the finan cial policy of the order came up for discus sion under the report of the committee on legislation. This report contained the fol lowing amended demands. 1. We demand the abolition of national banks; v.e demand that the go- ern.neut .dial; establish sob-treasuries or depositories in tne several slates, which shall loan money direct to the pt op. • et a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, on non-pe unable farm products, ami al-o upon real estate, with proper iiAiltatious upon the quantity of the land and rhe amount of money. We daraaud that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than SSO per capita. 2. We demand t.liat congress shall pass such laws as will effectually prevent dealing in fu tures on all agricultural and mechanical pro ductions, preserving a stringent system of pro cedure m trials, such as shall secure prompt conviction, and the imposition of such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. S. We condemn the silver bill recently passed by con ivss, and demand In lieu thereof free aid unlimited coinage of silver. 4. We demand tne passage of laws prohibit ing alien ownership of land, and that congress tane promp action to devise some plan to ob tain all the lands now owned by aliens and for eign syud cates, and that all lauds now held by rjilroa is and other corporations in excels of such as n actually used and ne-ded by t-iern be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. 5. Believing ii the doctrine of equal rights to all and spec.al privileges to none, W e demand iba- our national legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to bu.ld up one industry at tlie expense of another. We further demand the removal of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessaries o; life that the poor of our laud must have. We furtner demand a just anf equitable system of graduated taxon In comes. W e believe that the money of the coun try suould he kept as much as possible in the hands of tile peo; le, and hence we demand that all national and stare revenues shall he limited lo necessary expenditures of the government, economically and honestly administered. 6. We demand the most rigid, honest and just state and national governmental control and supervision of the means of public communica tion and transportation, an 1 if this control and supervision do not remove the abuses now ex isting, we demand government ownership of such means of communication and transporta tion. A SPIRITED DEBATE. A spirited debate fo.lowed the introduc tion of this report, at the beginning of which President Polk reminded the mem bers of the restriction of five minuto3 placed upon all speech-making by a resolution pre viously adopted. DELEGATE HIND’S SPEECH. One of the first speakers at the morning session after the presentation of the report of the committee on legislative demands was Deleg ite Thomas Hind of Florida, who argued in favor of sticking closely to the Sr. Louis platform. The farmers, he said, ami in fact the whole po .pie, had been studying these doctrines and tinaucial plans and had become th iroughly conversant with t era. Changes ovan in the smallest par.iculars might he confusing and draw support away from the alliance measures. LOANS ON PRODUCTS. Mr. Louicksof South Dakota moved (with reference to loans of mono - on farm prod hc:s) to 3trike out the word farm, but ho w is interrupted by Mr. Livingston of Georgia, who suggested that this change would ’sake all products come under this demand, ana would be in one sense in the interest of manufacturers who have already had quite ® nou ß' l ‘f class legislation. 'He there j°re *' ou ld suggest that iu place of tarin’ the word “merchantable” be substituted, which Mr. Louicks ugroed to, sud an amendment in this form provoked spirited discussion, which, before it was mushed, drifted far away from the point stissue and often took the form of general uaancial speech making. No parliamentary je-tnc ious were thrown around the debato, tut it was of a highly interesting character m bearing upon the financial legislation by congress in the near future. PERDUE’S POINTS. , Pcfdiie of Texas said the convention I u av<>;| l promoting any legislation ■ T iC . U tford additional protection or ■ pee, ally foster manufacturing interests. ■ , Z WoU| d restrict loans to strictly farm ■ Products, 03 far as possi 10. ■ tArf F ' ' V irir * of Kentucky said that any in ■ Wi7; nce wuil Hie original demands for ■ n?"\ l O'- likely to provoke op no ■ .„ n ' . ine legislation already demanded I C'fficicnt for too present. I tharestauder of North Carolina said ■ I-, ni,. str , '“’Best point against the change ■ t 6O °F>' suggested by Mr, Louicks I toinr * w °uid appear to be attempting I if ,7” re w ith everyb-slv’s business. I slVa.i i ! ‘ oint -Mr. Davie of Kemuckv B tst.ti , l' r eamb!e and resolution to ■ti k r 8 *■' a0 of r* l ’ first demand, and from H r, Oll the speakers addressed them- H ; 11 r - Loufck-' and Mr. Davies ■ hdtneats indiscriminately. ■ against THE TREASURY IKLIa If -l ' 1 s i’faker after the introduction of I Its V:0 res - ,- ’Jtiou was President Hail of ■ q,,.; assoiri alliance, who made a long ■ uj." “ 'j 1 opposition to the Hub-treasury H tte i' 11 - 1 : w kich was one of ibo best, in Hth,- ’'- 6 discuss.on. He began by saying I * dollar that be had in the world ■ th^-‘ ,JV '^ cl ' u farms and lands and ■ wvpn’i r ' J ’ ■ llis Property was less than ■ n,,,.',!'!* 1 h-H.-s from the nearest town or I tt-r'. , r; '** roll< i. Tnerefore, l;o was as ■ l. . ’• hherested in this subject a- anybody, ■ i'en ik v ‘ oi * “dorse the gub-t:easury ■ ... B -’SIS OF HIS OPPOSITION. ■ t,,.,! '."Vb-o said, “uncompromisingly op ■ft-j, ‘ ’ 0 1 !> i" aruiu, and for tliu foil ,wing HI *■] i*. ■ r ' . , 1 m violation of the constitution ■ .Ii 0 1 ■ sited States. BlV.'j subversive of find directly op *ho nui-.itituiion, principles and de ■ .... our own order. I ‘-t 1 'e unjust and Inequitable. ■ j; 18 V( -ry extravagant. ■vi’i., 1 " t ,J uld b.-ing fmauciitl ruin to the ■‘thiVc ■ 0t our out’T” oountry and to ull | “t; busiuoas. If f c . j '' l; * have, and is now having, the ■' Vr 1,77' lll f’ 'Hindi of farmers and ■ ■ borers ■.( our country from the B : the age, <-inm legislation, ■‘i.e' sl , i ■ w dl commit us to that pnu H.t M fasten these curse* ujxm us ■ ‘,l- , lilS< ' L ’ !,s l*o HIS OB.FECTIO.XK. ■- ' .'■“!* fke i tnik up th* objections in S'- ■ l | '* t ned and disc mood tniu with ■ i i.'c* .V '* 'tnsiiis and illiistratioti*. ■ 'u HtohjeciFiu he quoted from the ■ uu tee United Sus Us a, fob tpje Jttifning lows: “Congress shall have power to lay and collect tuxes, duties, imp sts and excises, to pay debts, a d provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.” Address, g himself to this point, he said: “Tae q resiion on them arises, hai congress the power under thl. sec; lon above quoted t<s loan money to its citizen* at 1 per cent, a year upon their wheat, corn, oats, j tobacco and cotton? Power is given therein to congress t > collect taxes for cer tain specific purposes to piy debts. Can ; this mean to loan money, and provide fur 1 the common defense and general welf ire of the United States? Can this by any honest and fair construction mean that oongress shall have the power to collect taxes from the whole oeople and then loan these taxes SO collect xl? THE GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE. “The advocates of these sub-treasury bills claim that the widest possible construction should be given to this ‘general welfare’ clause, and that congress might thus ftud powers in this section. I claim that the widest and broadest construction of which the Knghsh language is susceptible will not vest such power in c>ngre3B. The courts of the United State?, both state and national, in construing the power vested in congress by the c institution, uniformly lay down the doctrine that this government is one of limited powers, and the national congress has no authority to legislate upon any subject except as authorized hv one or more of the enumer ated powers. We must never lose sight of this principle, that the United States gov ernment has no money except what it raises by taxation from the people, and the pur pose for which that mouey is raisod is not to loan it out, but to defray the necessary expenses of the government.’’ BONDED WAREHOUSES. The spvaksr then made a clear compari son between the sub-treasury scheme and bonded warehouse system for the storage of distilled liquors, and s.id: “The national government places no tax upon our farm products, raise? no revenue from it, and it is fit for use as soon as ripe; then are they not driven to desperate ex tremes when they have to try and find an analogy between bonded liquor houses and their schemed Does it not clearly ap pear fr m the above discussion that this bill is open to the fatal objection cf bei ,g in violation of tho constitution of the United States? CLASS LEGISLATION. Under the second objection, viz., that this measure is in violation of the constitution, principles and demands of the farmers’ al liance, President Hall said that this sub treasury meamre was purely “class legi-lation,” and he argued at length iu proof of his statement, Among other things on this point he said: “It would lose us millions of members in our order; the esteem, aid a id sympathy of thousands of religious, agricultural and political papers that have aided us in the past, and the confidence of all good men and women who have wished us God speed ou their faith in our con stitution and demands, and w ould place our noble order; before the world in any other than an enviable position. It is my opin ion, based on my experience gained in trav eling and leeturhjg iu lUG out of the 114 counties of our state, that if our order should take such a steo, it would destroy the ordor in Missouri in les3 than ninety days.” UNJUST AND INEQUITABLE. Under the objection that tho scheme was unjust and inequitable he argued that dis crimination was made in favor of wheat, corn, oats, tobacco and cotton. “Why,” he asked, “should a law be passed that will not extend its benefit to farmers that raise a surplus of pork, beef, mutton, horses, mules, flax, hemp, rye, barley, sugar, rice, pota toes, fruits of all kinds, vegetables, poultry and hundreds of other things upon which millions of our people, farmers and labor ers, have to rely b> support the daily wants of tbeinselves and their families? ' Would it not be very unjust to create a law that will take money by taxation from ail the people of our country, wealthy, poor and needy alike, and lean it out to farmers living in our wealtheiest counties tb it raise wheat., corn, oats, tobacco and cotton 8 While those farmers and other laboring men who need help most can receive none of this money, and further, to require tho poor to furnish their share of the money to build and operate these buildings, and pay the salaries of an immense army of United States officers to run them ''’ His other objections received like treatment at length. LOSS OF THE FARMERS. Jerry Simpson, congressman-elect from Kansas, said that that state last year raised ‘370,000,000 bushels of corn, which the farmer, sold at prices varying from 1 to 14W cents per bushel, but that of the entire amount the grain gamblers iu Chicago got control of i.MO,OUO,OuO bushels, and sold it at 45 cents per bushel, which took $00,000,000 from the pockets of the farmers of Kun as. If the United States government bud pro tected the farmers as it protects the gamblers this never could have happened. If tho farmers had got this $00,000,000, they' could have devoted $30,000,000 of it to the pay ment of farm mor; gages and have used the remainder for homo comforts and farm im provements. rAppiause.] Mr. Clark of Texas favored the sub-treas nry plan. “Wo must,” be said, “have a non fluctuating money medium or go to tho wall.” MR. LOUICKS’ amendment beaten. As this point a vote was taken on Mr. Louicks’ amendment, and it was net agreed to. Mr. Cole of Michigan made a short speech in support of ihe committee’s re port, aid Mr. Wade of Tennessee followed him, after which Mr. Livingston of Georgia offered a resolution amending the first see lion of the demands, so that the volume of tho currency issued shall not he loss than ssli per capita of tho entire population, which was agreed to. In support of this Mr. Livingston argued that iu loaning money on land there must boa limit both as to the amount of the lands and to the amount of money loaned thereon. Other wise a landed monopoly would be created, which would secure all the money. “Loan ing money on non-perishable pr ducts,” ho said, “is not class legislation; first, because no oihr industry or bus! ess is damaged by it; second, because benefit to agriculture is beuefi; to ail branches of business.” ALEXANDER TOD BRASH. Mr. Alexander of North Car olina argued in favor of u land currency, because undor this plan one person or class goti as much benefit as another, and he closed by rema-k --ing that “any man who opposes’ the sub treasury bill is rimer Igu./rant or has somo sinister motive.” Thi brought Mr. Hall of Missouri to h s feet with a demand for an explauatiou, an 1 Mr. Alexander said that be di l not i to id his remark to hare any pereonal applica tion. A SOUND CURRENCY NEEDED. T. XL Uarskedoo of West Virginia warned the delegates thut tlie only sifery was iu a sjund currency with as llttie fluctuation as possible; that while be indorsed the demand for an increase of the current'/ sufficient t > need all the want* of trade, tin still would warn them of the danger of wild ncuotue* to fl -ixl tim country with ( heap money which would only proportionately decrease the valneof ail Uie property tni unsettle the bust<m*m of the country, lie SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1890. warned them that the farmers’ real friends in other occupations were anxious about their coining int i power, lert they should go too far. Replying tv) Mr. Livingston’s insinuation that the men who opposed the sab-treasary bill were either unable to com prehend it or opposed to the best interests of the alliance. Mr. Carskadvin said that he pleaded guilty to a lack of ability to discover any beneficial result, to follow the enactment of sues a bill. He closed by suggesting to the honorable brother fr m Georgia that it would be wise in th? majority to give the weaker brethren a little lo iger time to study this profoundly muddy question. A SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. W. L. McAllister of Mississippi opposed tho sub-treasury bill in a strong speech, affirming that it would not relievo producers, that it is paternalism run mad, unconstitutional and impractica ble, and that it protected the farmer neither in cost nor iu price. It would, he said, take Its place with the South Sea bubble, and should be entitled “an act to ruin and de vastate the agricultural interests of the south.’’ THE DEMANDS ADOPTED. Other speeches wero made by Mr. Wade of Tennessee, Dr. Macune, Harry Brown of Georgia, Harry Tracey of Texas and Mr. Davie of Keutueky, and the demands of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union were finally adopted by a vote of 79 to 9. THE SUB-TREASURY BILL INDORSED. Just before the noon adjournment a reso lution was passed indorsing tho sub-tree-ury bill as it now stands in congress, and calling upon congress to pass it promptly. As the bill noiv stands it does not include the pro visionjfor loans on land, but this feature does appear in the formal demands as adopted. This seems to be a contradiction, but it is explained to mean that ttie passage of the present snb-troasury bill would afford partial relief and later on the land loan feature would be more easily secured than at present. THE FORCE BILL At the afternoon session Mr. Wardal! of South Dakota moved to reconsider the vote by which the alliance protested again -t the passage of the election bill, stating that the reaso i for this m tion was a feeling that this protest would retard the progress of the alliance in tho north and west and would be considered partisan. Mr. Hall of Missouri moved to lay the motion on the table, which was agreed to by a vote of 53 to 32. Of the thirty-tw o tho: e were live southern republicans. Of the remaining twenty-seven nearly all say that their voting to recansider was prompted by a da3ire to free the alliance from the charge, of partisanship. During the discussion on this motion Mr. McAllister of Mississippi denounced it as “the loathsome inspiration of several southern traitors who hoped to force their political carcasses upon the southern people through that putrefied the ory called the force bill. That when the devil sent the Duke of Alva to the Prussian diet for its unbridled sanction of his atrocious career of rupi. e aud plunder of the Netherlands he did not get a warrant for a more infamous measure than the force bill.” Those states voting against tabling the motion were Illinois, Texas, Indiana, M cblgan, Pennsylvania, South Dakota ami North Dakota. There was a divided vote iu the delegations from Arkansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Florida and Kansas. At the afternoon session Washington was abandoned as the place for holding the next meeting, and the national legislative coun cil will decide at its first meeting upon some city, either in Indiana or Illinois. THE CONGER LARD BILL. Delegate Carr of North Carolina pre sented the memorial of the National Far mers’ Alliance to theco gressof the United S ate?, with reference to tho Conger 1 ini bill now pending. This momoriai recites that the delegates to the national alliance supreme council represent farmers’ alliance organizations iu tho states of Colombo, North Dakota, South Dakota, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, .Maryland, Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tenuess e, Jexas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indian territory, ihe territories of Oklahoma and New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New York and California ask thatcongre?s enaot, as toon os possible, Sen ate bill No. 3,991, known ns the Dud dok pure food bill, which was in troduced by Senator Paddock of Nebraska, at tho Instance of tho fanners’ alliance of that state, for the reas >n that the dele gates believe that if the bill becomes a law it will prevent the adulteration and mis branding of food preparations and drugs, which are now so largely and generally practiced to tho great injury of the agricul tural intere-ts of the country, the health of the people aud the m. rals of the business public. AN EXTRACT FROM THE MEMORIAL The memorial continues: When your honorable bodies take into con sideration the alarming extent to whicn the adulteration and misbranding of food products are practiced by unscrupulous and dishonest manufacturers and dealers, it would seem that we, your constituents, are not asking too much when we urge you to take without necessary de lay such legislation ns will nffo.d the millions of farmers of ttie United tltates adequate protection aguinst the cupidity and dishonestty of those who are engaged in foisting on the public impure and unhealthy food and drugs. The Pad Jock pure loud bill is gcuer.il nnd na ti >nal in its scope and effects, protecting and fostering the farming interests of every mate and territory in th>. union, it does not invoke the power of the government for the purpose of taxing or re stricting auy legitimate industry or business enterprise, and would therefore operate equally and justly in every secli n of tho country, and could not therefore injuri ously affect any interest or industry. But while prayi ig for the passage of tho Paddock pure food bII as a inoasure of Justice to all our interests, we desire to uoo-t earnestly aid em phatically protest against the {lassage of fdoose bill No. 11,163, Kuosvn as the Conger lard bill, for the reason that it prop?es to extend the taxing power of government and increase the list of articles upon which t ixes are levied at a tine when the tendency is toward reduced taxation and a de mand is being made for the removal of tav-s from articles of necessity and daily use among the people. The Conger lard bill proposes to place taxes on the manufacture of compound lard and prohibitory reati ictions on the sale of the same. A tax on compound lard fs a ta r on ihe cotton sral oil r isal by the cotton planters of the south. A tax on compound laru Is a taxon beef lat, the product of the cattle raisers of the west. The Conger lard hill taxes cotton sead oil and beef fat i:i or let - to ei.haneo tile price of hog?, laid. It arrays the farmers of the north against the cotton planter of the south an 1 the cattle raiser of the west. It 1? sectional legislation, ard therefore the Industrial movement declares luo.-en and use aslng h ’?- ti ily to it. in the war of the near future which will oe declared by u against sectionalism, liie farmer a ,and his frii;ds will be the c.tsdel u iid wlilrh the heaviest battle* are to b* Lugrit. We sre not content In sirnuly uakin i bands acros-; the bloody coasin. Our w.-rk is lo (ill up an l e foes the c.’nwui We are a? many the wove., but u* one as the sea Sectionalism must not, shall not. live. L’l or banner wrtt-ii ulsjve ari l below tho plow, sbeaf znd cotton bale. Is a n w dev.ee b re <-f anew era. It w: “irater Mty and Unity." Ia thi* spirit tho Conger lard bill ha* met the opposition of tue lartuer* both ooitb and south. Home short speeches followed the intro duction of Ibe tneutoruti, and the i the on- vention adopted the following resolution amid tremendous applause: Resolved. That we are opposed to the Conger bill, and that we favor the passage of the Tad dock pure food bill. INSIDE MATTERS. The remainder of the afternoon session was chiefly devoted to inside matters re relating only to the alliance. At the night session, a resolution was passed urging the establishment of postal savin;* banks. jltsrs. Doming of Pennsylvania, Pago of Virginia and Houston of West Virginia were appointed to arrange for a grand sum mer encampment, the time aud place to Le fixed hereafter. Tbe national executive committee was authorized to formulate apian for a mutual life association and to report at the next annual meeting. Just befo. e adjournment Mr. Buchanan of Tennessee took occasion to denounce th> se who had furnished information to the pre?s as “scoundrels, liars, knaves and traitors.” Then the national alliance passed rest lull n ; of thanks to ail who had ex tended courtesies to members (except news paper men), and at 1 o’clock this morning adjourned, while a delegate from Texas was trying to sing an alliance song. CASH FROM THB VAULT - . The Treasury Puta Out $0,307,300 for the Day. IV ashington, Dec. 8. —The amount of silver offered for sale to tho treasury de partment to-day was 1,120,000 ounces, and the amount purchased 685,000 ounces, at prices ranging from $1,023 to $1,031. The amount of 4 per cent. bonds accepted to-day under the circular of Deo. 6 was $4,591,000, for which a disbursement of aliout $5,550,000 in money will be made. Tbe Secretory of the Treasury said this afternoon that iu view of all the conditions he would accept addi tional offers of 4s, at a re isonalde price, of sufficient amount to make to total purchases $8,0X1,000, for which he said the expendi tures will be nearly $10,000,000. THE FRACTIONAL CURRENCY The secretary said further thut it wan manifestly impossible, under tho existing conditions, for him to use fractional cur rency now iu the treasury in the purchase of bonds, for the reason that it would at once be returned to him in exchange for greenbacks, and leave him with a deficiency, instead of a surplus. Thero is now about $19,000,000 of fractional currency in the treasury, of which all but $2,000,000 is in silver half dollars. As it is legal tender to the amont of $lO only, it is not regarded as part of the available cash balance. The secretary says he would like very much to get it into circulation, but he certainly should not do so at the expense of his limited av ailable surplus. Ti e offerings to-day included nearly $1,000,000 of 4s at prices slightly in excess if the highest price paid to-dav, viz: sl23‘s. Tho amount of -ij*,' per cent, bonds re deemed to-day under the circular of Oct. 9, was $4l,sSO, making a total to date of 6,535,400. THE CABINET AND THE CRISIS. A rumor that a sp-cial meeting of the cabinet was held to-day to consider the financial situation is un rue, and had no other foundation than that Secretary VVin dom to k luncheon with the PresHent—a by no means unusual occurrence. A regu lar meeting of the cabinet will be hold to morrow. however, and it is extremely proo able that the financial question will receive consideration, as it is one in which the President is taking a deep Interest just at present. The total amount of money put into circu atio i by to-day’s treasury operations is about $0,307,300, distributed as follows: By the purchase of 4 per cent, bonds, $5,550,005; by the purchase of 4J a ' per cents., $5,000; and by the purchase of silvor bullion, $707,000. STEWART URGES RELIEF MEASURES. Representative Stewart of Georgia intro duced in the House to-day a resolution (premised with a statement that there ex ists in t e country a financial crisis affect ing most injuriously ils b..sine?s interests, and referring to certain of tho methods of relief suggested.) instructing the committee on ba ikiug and currency to consider tins condition, and report by hill or otherwise such measures of relief as shall meet the present conditions HELP FROM ENGLAND. London, Doc. 9,3 a. m.—The Times, in its financial article, sivs: “London, Pars and Berlin ought to afford all possible as sistance to New York. The present mis chief is spreading. The immediate cause of the trouble may he traced to curtailment of accommodation through the Barings collapse, which caused other great lir.ris nls j to stop accommodations. In the case of America the stoppage c.f these facilities is particularly unfortunate, in view of her largo cotton crop. We be lieve the Bank of England could spare .£1,505,000 in case of necessity.” HAT FIRMS FAIL. Roberts, Cushman & Jo., and the Shsr mans j.eslgn. New York, Dec. B.—Rvbert S. Roberts, Edward Roberts and Herman B. Roberts, comprising tho firm of R >b;*rts, Cushman & Cos., dealers in and importer* of hatters’ materials, at No. 177 Greene street, made an assignment to-day. Tho firm is one of forty years’ good standing. They sav the tariff had notning to do with their failure, al though their business is largely importing, but that other firms have dragged them down. Tho failure is for about $500,005, and the members of the firm c inlilontly as sert that t iey will pay in full, because they are men of mean* outside their business. A COLI.AEiE AT PHILADELPHIA. PHILADEi.piffA, Dec. B.—The hat manu facturing firm of Price, Sherman & Cos., consisting of William B. L. Price, Carlos 8. Sherman aud Charles 1,. Hherman, of No. 711 Snyder avenue, this city, made an assignment to-day. Carlos 8. Sherman lives at Castleton, Vc. Tho assignment pre cipitated the failure of Frederick 8. Sher man, a re ail dealer in haU and furs at No. 1017 Chestnut street,. A judgment note with execution was this afternoon entorod in tho common pleas court No. 1, by Rob erts, Cusbmsn & Cos. of Now York, against C. B. 8 lerman, Charles L. Sherma i and Price, Sherman & Cos., for $78,812. Bing Loe Wouldn’t -harry. Marion, 0., Dec. s. —Chan Hiug Lee, a Cniue e laundry,nan. whose place of busi ness is on North Main street, took out a license this afteruo.n ;,o inorry Mai Singe Hanson, a Danish ; irl of this city. Tue inarrlags - wai to have occurred next Sun day, but for reasons best known to bimself he changed his mind and this evening wont to the reside cs of the pr Late Judge and announce!: “Me n > wait to inally Mohi can girl,” and presented the judge with the license. _____ Weeding Out tbe Democrats. Charleston. S. C,, D#j,B.—R, C. Brown, a colored republican, *< app luted night stamp clerk In the | oetolßc* to-day. The demo rate left over biuc i tue Cleveland administration are gradually bring ordered out. It is expected that Pnetmoeter Me wry, however, will weather tbe storm. A FOUCE i’,lll. SKIRMISH. HOAR TRYING TO SECURE A VOTE ON IT BY FRIDAY. Gorman and Gray Lead in tbe Rally to Resist the Piatt to Rush It—Gorman Warns the Republicans of theCoun- ! try*3 Se ious Financial Situation. Washington, Dsc. 8. —Spurred on by I Senator Spooner, Seuator Hoar sprung on tho Senate this morning a resolution to yote on the force bill ou Friday next, and coolly asked the democrats So agree to it. Of course they did nothing of tbe kind. In stead, Senator Gorman ma lea speech, which Senator Gray rightly t.-rinsd “patriotic aud eloquent," in which he appealod t > Senator Hoar to drop his uapatriotio measure, in order that congress might attend t > more important business. Of cjurse Senator Hoar did not nse to that hight of patriot ism, but instead gavo notice tuat to-morrow he would press his roiolution to a vote. He said all the republicans would vote for it, but as the resolution is debatanle and the democrats say that they will opi>ose it, Vt may bo some time, perhaps Friday, be fore tho vote is reached. So far tho republi cans do not seem to have gotten together in support of the bill, but Senator Hoar still insists that they will do so, but oven then tuey must be gotten together on tho propo sition to change the rules. Senator Gray’s spoech, which occupied tho latter part of the day, was most impassioned and elo quent. It reminded the se lators of Heuator bayard in his best days iu tlie Sonata. QUAY PRKPARINO A BILL. Senator Quay is not a member of the sen ate committee on privilege* and elections. Nevertheless, not liking the foroo bill, which that committee through Benator Hoar, its chairman, is pressing, he is preparing a substitute for it, which he will offer at the proper time, unions Heuator* Hoar and Spoi ner prevent him. Tho terms of the substitute are as yet unknown in detail, but they will be more radical than thoeo of the House foice bill, to say nothing of the Senate 1)111. They will be “candid and courageous,” as a friend of Senator Quay’s says. Senator Quay thinks the republicans cannot conscientiously re fuse to vote for his bill, aud, at tbe same time, lias no idea that it can become a law, but lie is persevering. It may defeat tho Hear-Spoouer-Rov/eil-Reed proposition. Henutor Quay is also preparing a j elaborate speech on the subject, iu wuich he will pay his respect* to tue Hoar and Spooner party. He ha* spent several days at home tor these purposes. THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL (lly the Associated Press.) W \SHr.Nr;tov#Dec. H.—in the .Senate this morning Mr. Gorman presented a largo number of petitions, irincipally from tho state of New York, protesting against tho passage of the election bill. He said they had been gotten up under tbo lead of tho New York SI or. Mr. Jones ot Arkansas offered a resolu tion (whic i went over till to-morrow'call ing on tho Attorney General for information ns to tha supervisor* of election appoint ment for the First and Second congressional district* of Arloo;smi for the congressional election on Nov. 4 lust, the sums of money pail out or called for in connection with that election, or with the proceedings that have taken place since the election, etc. DAVENPORT’S FEES. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Morgan culling on the Secretary of the Treas ury fo. - a statement of tho money* paid to Johnson I. Davenport, as chief supervisor, iu each year since 1871, and statement of the c)aitn3 of Mr. Davenport t at. have been rejected at the treasury, was taken up in the Semite to-dav and agreed to. Mr. Hoar, ot 1:15 o’clock, moved to pro ceed to the consideration of the election* bill, but on a suggestion that Mr. Gray was temporarily absent, he withdrew tha motion, and thou asked unanimous consent to have the time fixed for Friday next at 4 o’cloci, for taking tho final vote on the bill. DOUBT AS TO THE BILL. Mr. Morgan said that before such consent could bo given he wanted to know what bill was before tho Senate. There was no bill, he said, before the Senate according to the statements made in the last few days. At least nobody knew what it was. Mr. Gorman suggested that the seuator from MasßßchnsoUs ought himself to see the absolute injustice of such a proposiiioii ac this stage of the proceedings. Mr. Gormon was going on to state his views on the oroposition when he was cut short by Mr. Hoar, saying that, a? objection was made, there was nothing to discuss. GRAY YIELDS TO GORMAN. Mr. Gray, meanwhile, came into the chamber, and the bill, having been taken up. ho yielded to Mr. Gorman, who argued against the pro osition to fix a time for tak ing tho vote. He recalled tho statement ot Mr. Hoar at the last session, teat if the elections bill were not then taken up and disposed of, thero would not bo time to do so In tho short session. It had been, Mr. Gorman said, the firm conviction on his side of the chamber that after what had occurred at the late election, the senator from Massa chusetts would not press the bill at an early stage of the session; t>o that, the senators ou bis side had not prepared thomselvos to dis cuss it intelligently. AN ALAP.MING SITUATION. They bad come to tlio session not elated with the lute democratic victory at the polls, but looking with seriousness anl earnestness to t e condition of the country. They recognized that that condition was more serious than it hod over been before during his short life. He thought he voiced tho sentiment of every member of the Dem ocratic party in bo h houses when ho said tb-it they were perfectly prepared to lay n ide partisan views, and to assist in doing something to stay the greatest calamity that had ever befallen the American people. ON A VOLCANO. Mr. Gorman continued: “Wo stand to day, Mr. President, on a volcano. We have heard discussion as to the starving Indians butwetnkeno note, it ap;*-arH, of the fact i t iat, the farmers of the land are m icting at and ■ tfsolvt g that. there is danger and trouble, if not starvation among them. Tne labor of ttie country appeals to ttie ad ! mil istration and to ( ingress to stay thi* i awful wreck. The faces of bankers ami merchants are blanched with fenr. No man can iel! v hother to-morrow or next day every bank in the gteat center* < t com meroe will n> t t<e denied by a nmqionsio i of payment*. And now in the midst of such a state of affair*, we, who came here flushed with vict' rv. had nope that the majority party m the Senate would give u* au oppor tunity to join witn it Iu preventing a wreck which i now impending. HOAR’S MAD PARTISANSHIP. “But the senator from M**aobu*att*, since tha second day of the mm) m, ba* co tinned to keep thi* bill befoie th* b- dy day by day and hour by hour, refusing seen ti. usual time ot adjournmsot, from Fr, jay until Monday. Heed lb* greet iw ■- '? the City of New York to-day. TANARUS; cy ten you that tbe MeMM**y •' G>- - Treasury, taking the only action that he is authorized to take within the law, ha* come again to the relief of o inmerce by buying $5,060,000 of bonds, and that that is a mere drop in the bucket, Tlie Secretary of the Treasu y has paid out of Clio treasury $100,009,000 for bonds, and that $100,000,090 has disappeared. The bank* have leas money now than thev had before tho payment of that $100,000,000. A LITTLE GOOD ADVICE. "I would say to the senator from Massa chusetts: Lay aside this bill, which the oountry has pronounced against. Let it go, and let ns take up matters which all cinsses of our fellow-citizens are 1 eking to us to consider. If you do uot—lt you persist in the o- urse whioh ha* been marked out by the senator from Massa chusetts-—tha responsibility must rest with the party in p twer. If the senator from Massachusetts forces consideration of this partisan measure, while bankruptcy and ruin are going on, he hss the power to do it; but when ho goesbaok to Boston he will find that inor chautt- u and bankers and men of affairs there, ns well as farmers ad laborers, will tell him that whilo ho is attempting hostile legislation against a section of the country, if it had not been for the products of that section; If it had not been for the moving of tho oottoa crop there w aid not boa bank in Massachusetts able to pay its depositors. The ouly thing that has saved th*m has toson the fact that they have beou able to draw on the cotton crop and on oil. You may hasten tho wreck, you may *po<d tbe time wlien this it-stress shall becomo universal. So be it, Mr. President, if you will have it so. Agaia we to- tier to you our earnest endeavors to stay this panlo ami Bave our common coun try. ” HOAR’S WEAK REPLY. Mr. Hoar replied to Mr. Gorman in a speech which, epitomized, was a recommen dation to the and -uvrratio senators to apply Mr. Gorman’* suggestions to themselves, cease their obstruction tactics and allow the elections bill to pass. MONAIICIIIAAL METHODS. Mr. Gray then resumed his argument against the bill, criticizing it in its detail*. He spoke of the inaohinto y provided in it as similar to that under which Nap >leon 111. arranged his plebiscite in 185 2, and erected an empire ou the ruins of tho French republic. Ho thought that tbo bill, if it wero not to bo recommit ted to the committee ou privileges and elec tions, should bo at least sent to the commit tee on style, which would mike it plulu what the hill meant. Lot us, said ho, adhere to the rules of E ;gli*h speech, if wo are not to adhere to tho rules of English liberty and freedom. ls!t us have the lucid period* of the senator from Massachusetts, and not. the turgid, confused phraseology of th chief supervisor of New York, aud then we can discuss the bill wi h uiore intelligence than we can discuss it now. AN ILLUSTRATION. In the course of a colloauy between Messrs. Gray and Edmunds, Mr. Gray im agined the ctsso of the Vermont senator going to the polls In his own town to vote, aud haviug u dirty deputy marshal (in spired by rum anil politics) lay bus hand up on bis shoulder and say that be arrested him for offering to vote v/ en not properly registered, or when not residing in the precinct, and tak ng him be fre an Onitoil States commis sioner. Was that, Mr. Gray asked, consistent with freed mof elections? Dep uty marshals, he added, wore, under the bill, to be at tbe poll* to promote fraud, j hey would be there to make the elections one-sided, to arrest democrats for real or suppo.cd elect ion frauds, and to allow re publicans to go free, or, In case of demo crats being in power, to urrest republicans, aud to allow tho democrats to go free. SHOULD lIC TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT. 'lhe bill, Mr. Gray said, should be trampled under foot; it should tiover llud a place iu the slalute books of t e United Btatei; it should bo takou out and branded by the common hunguian os Being an insult to the free psople of a free country, it was, to say tbe least of it, o Btroteh of the power conferred upon eougretu. In conclusion lie said: “I beg you to let tho United Buttes stand in ancient ways, und not todisturbits ancieut landmarks. Theroare principles to imbedded iu our constitution and scheme of government that they cannot bo touched and removed without jost ling and .‘Lulling tho whole fabric of our liberties. I beg you to consider thut we should conserve their fundamental prin cipk-a, their groat dootriue of local iclf governmeut and let them remain for all t.meas immutabhle ai the snow covered pcaksof tic western mountain*, which have stood so long us the soatuivis of tne centuries.” Mr. Berry obtained the floor at 6:45 o’clock, aud the Senate adjourned. WORK OF TLB LOU3B. The Tobacco K abate Bill Passed—Dis trict of Columbia Bills. Washington, Dec. B.—ln the Houso to day the floor was awarded to tho District of Columbia uud the committee’s bill, known os tbe Atkinson bill, granting certain privi leges to the Baltimore and Potomac rail road within the city of Washington, aud which was tor a long time a stumbling block in the way of business laßt session, was taken up, ordered engro sed and read tbo third time, and a motion to recommit defeated by a voto of 75 to 139. Tbo same determined op position to it which was shown last session was manifest to-day, but it was unavailing. Several bills relating to tho municipal gov ernment were passed. On motion of Mr. Milliken to-morrow was set apart for the consideration of public building measures which have boon favora bly reported by tho committee of the whole. Mr. McKinley reported from the ways and moan* committee, and the Ho.ise passed, ti.e bill providing for a rebate ou tobacco in -too- equal to a reduction made in the revenue tax y the list tariff bill Mr. McKinley merely Mated that the bill was similar to tho provision of tho tariff bill, section 30, which hail been omitted in the enrolling of that measure, and, on a declaration of Mr. Mill* tnat it was “ail right,” no oppoiltion ivas made to its pan to go. The House then edjournod. RU63IA’B NIHILISTS. The bister of a High Official In a Batch Now on Trial. Bt. Petersburg, Dec. B.— Th# nibilict trial* now in progr*** here before a section of the senate will last until tbeendofthe year. The prisoners are many an i are tried iu batches. The principal figure in tbs group now in trial is the sister of a high official in tbe ecclesiastic admlnistrati in, who lived in a house belonging to a synod, in which we* found botli dynamite aud revolutionary document*. ▲ fcogattft in Mexico. City of Mexico. R*e- B,—Two thousand Hughs i s.eakmg t^“ lt afternoon, Th* American* emrrM off the L<am* of tb* (Jsy, dwtanclng their Briti b c .iniiHUofs, Ihe prl *ue were Rpwoo'wl t • th* witta*' - ** ! *y the wife of the U tilted club - l DAILY, $lO A YEAR. ) ■< J CENTS A COPY. f i WEEKLY, $1 IS A YEAR. ’ ERIN S DIVIDED LEADERS. A MEETING HELD BY THE ANTU PARNELLITE WING. A Council of Et<ht App latec! to A<wies Mr. McCarth . - in Deciding the Future Action of the P rty A Rush to Seen rw tho Seats in the Houee of Common*. London, Uec. h.—ln response to the call issued by J-i* - ia Me - artiiy, levle;* of the anti-Parnellite se’tlonof the Irish party, ail the member* of the party who are op [ioed to Mr. I‘arnell assembled to-day to further consider tho lino of tha policy to be adopted. Copies of Ihe call were addresmd to Mr. Parnell and bis supporters, but it is hardly necessary to state that none of them were present. A council comprising eight members, consist ing of Messrs. Abraham, Dillon, Hoaly, O’Brien, Arthur O’Conner, Thoma* Power O’Connor, Sexton and Bheehy, was ap pointed to as.-U-t Mr. McCarthy in deciding the future action of the party. The meeting was presided over by Mr. MoUarthy. After the appointment of the council an adjourn ment wan taken until 2 o’clock to-morrow. THE TWO WINO3 IN THE HOUSE. The auti-Parnallite members of tho House of Common* made an early appear ance in tbe House to-day. Forty-one of them entered the chamber in a body and took ttie principal place* on the first four benches below the gangway with a view tr preventing the Parnellites from occupying their usual scats. Col. Nolan and John Doasy entered later and oontrived to secure ■oats. Mr. Partiall’a seat hod been reserved, he having at an early hour llx*d a ticket to it. Mr. Hoaly arrived later than hi* colleagues. When he eute ed ha took Mr. Par..ell’s seat, but Mr. McCarthy wnrued him to vacate it. The party ap peared to lm In oxeellent spirits. They cheered loudly when Mr. Deasv, an auti- Parnulllts whip, advanced to 1.. e speaker’s chair aud moved tho isvuoofa now writ for an elootlon in North Kilkenny, to fill tbe vacancy in the House caused by the death of Edward Marutn. The writ was issued, M’OARTHY’B FIRST MOTION. Mr. McCarthy, amid the cheering of hi* supporters, gave notice that upon tbe re assembling of the House he would call at tention to the circumstances In connection with the reoeut arrest and jiroseoution of Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien, and would move a resolution in relation to the cose. Mr. Smith, tho government leader, an nounced that when the House went into committee ou the luud purchase bill, he would move au adjournment of tbe House until Ja i. 2. Mr. Balfour moved tho second reading of the land department (Ireland) bill. Mr. Hoaly moved to adjouru the debate on the ground that tha go erumout was treating the Houio with contempt iu not explaining the provisions of the bill. Sub sequently Mr. Hoaly withdrew his motion to adjourn, and substituted an amendment calling for the rejection of the land depart ment bdl. Tills wim defeat ml, and the bill pavsod it* second reading by a vote of 191 to 129. Mr. Parnell entered the House just be fore the division. He took tho seat next to Mr. McCarthy and voted, as did all the Irish members of both sections present, agulmt tho bill. W. H. Smith announced thut when tbe House reassembled Jail. 2, the private procedure and tithes bills would be the llrst taken in. Mr. Balfour’s Irish relief bill, which asks an appropriation of £5,(510 to enable him to supply seed potatoes to tho distressed farm ers, passed its third reading iu the House. CORK PAPERS OPPOSE PARNELL The Cork Herald referring to Mr. Par nell’s determination not to abandon tbe Irish leadership, sty* that unless a united people force him to retire tho result will be dl-order and ilisuniou in the party and evil* to tho country, the end of which tho present generation will not see. Tho Cork Examiner say* Mr. Parnell’s English career is do* and. Ihe Examiner thinks tnat Mr. Parnell bns over-rated his ability to secure a return of men to parlia ment to take the places of the members of the party who oppose his leadership. TO STUMP IRELAND. Mr. Parnoll goos to Ir land to-morrow. He will deliver a political address in Leinster hall, Dublin, Thursday, and after ward proceed t > Cork, Langford and else where. Mr. Parneil will be accompanied on bis tour by tue most active of his follow ers. Before hi* departure from England for Ireland he will issue a manifesto to tha people of the latter country. It will be signed by all hi* supporter*, including Mr. ( arow, who has heretofore been regarded as doubtful in bis allegiance. The Mealy Gaelic-Athletic Association lias adopted a resolution requesting Mr. Mealy to uhandon his present position and support Mr. Parnell. A MISSION TO AMERICA. Mr. Parnell will sond a mission to th* United Btalcs for tho purpose of placing before tho Amorlcati people bis side of the controversy that has arisen in tue nation alist party. The subscriptions to the fund being raisod for the purpose of ostablDbing in DuDlia a new daily paper, devoted to the in terest* of tho anti-Parnellite section of the nationalist party, ha* already reached many thousand pounds. Thomus Power O’Counor is mentioned as tho probable editor of the new paper. 'i he anti-Parnellite* to-day unanimously authorized Mr. McCarthy to prepare an ad dress to the Irish peoule at home and abroad. In this he will give the present aspect of the Irish question, and outline the future policy of liu party. Bir Thomas Grattan Eamonde was appointed an ad ditional w ip. o’bkien’s cablegram to parnkll William U’Brieu sent a cable dispatch to Mr. Parnell to-day, appealing to him tosug g st somo way by which Ireland might be ruved from destruction. Mr. Parnell replied, “It is now too late to rescue tbe sec-ders from their fal.-e position. 1 shall be glad to consult you on your arrival in Europe.” SAID TO HAVE FOUNDttBED. The Vessel a Belgian Training Ship With 103 Lads Aboard. Brussels, Dec. B.—A fishing smack, which arrived at Ostond to-day, report* that the Belgian training ship Vilie d’Anver has foundered at sea. She had on board 100 naval apprentice. The government bus not received ad - , ice* of any di-.aster to the training ship, and doe* not believe the report that she ba( foundered. THE VESSEL SAFE. Brussels, Dec. B.— There is no truth in tbe report that the Belgian training ship Vifi) d’Anver lias foumered at ma. Th governin' t Ins received information that the vessel is sale. B )tn With Teeth. M AtnviLU, Ky.i Dec. 6. —The wife <>f ! J(.ti - i Taylor, a farmer, living pear Helena, ty, gave birth to twin dec i ' tew day* ago, and a wreit reman.*bi oir : cm -tanee ill conMK - 'lo# therewith is, that -f the babe* WMb m with a full et of wwts. Wmw?