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Newspaper Page TextTHU MORNING NEWS. I ginsusaiD 10. IswtPOiuira ISBB. > J. H. ESTlLL,President. I PAN'IEL talks of silver HE BAS NO FEAR THAT EOROPE WILL ONLOAD ON OS. Sherman's Speech Declared Contra dictory and an Argument for the Gold Standard-More Silver Means More Gold, on the Theory that Money Begets Money-Several Other Speeches Made. ffi GBisoTOiT, Jan. 7.—ln the Senate t M morning Mr. Hale presented the con ference report on the public printing de gc eocy bill and explained that the Senate conferees Bad withdrawn from insistence m the amendment for the payment of two months’ compensation to senators’ clerks, but with a notification that the whole sub ject would come up again on the legislative appropriation bill, when an attempt will be made to have the matter settled on the basin of a reasonable annual salary for per The report was agreed to. The Seoate then proceeded to busines# oq the calendar under rule 8, the first bill being the House bill to provide for elementary .nd industrial education in Alaska, appro nriating $00,090 for 1892, $70,000 for 1898, v 000 for 1894. $90,000 for 1895 and SIOO,- OOOfor 1898. After discussion the bill was laid aside without action. THE FINANCIAL BILL. The financial bill was then taken up. on motion of Mr. Stewart, who suggested at the same time that an hour should be fixed for taking a vote on the bill and its amend ments. and he proposed 4 o’clock Friday next. The proposition met with no par ticuisr opposition on either side, but, as Jlr. Cocxerell suggested, it would be well to let the question mover to to-morrow. Mr.Stewart assented, and said he would to-morrow ask to have the tme fixed tor taking a vote on the bill and it- amendments, Mr. Daniol addressed the Senate, declaring himself in favor of absolute free aud uni united coinage of silver. It was a happy omen, he thought, for the country and for the Senate that on the first day of the legislative session of the new year the Senate should have laid aside the only measure on the calendar that seemed to Involve sectional friction, and which would have been (as many apprehended) disturbing to the cordial and every day improving relations now existing between all sections and races of the country. It was also, he tbougur, a happy omen that in relegating that measure to what (it was fondly h'-pea by the majority of the Ameri can people) woo Id be its permanent retire ment, the Senate should have turned its face to toe consideration of a measure which concerned the welfare of every man, woman and child of the nation. THE COMBINATION. Alluding to Mr. Morrill’s prophecy of yesterday of a very brief honeymoon in the union between the senators from the silver states and the democratic senators Mr. Daniel said that if length of court ship was any security for the happiness of marriages, the union which, took place last Monday was one that, had been preouded by as long a courtsnip as in the famous scriptural instance, Jacob and Rachel. Referring to Mr. Sberman’s re marks as to the taking up of the finance bill being a revolution, Mr. Daniel said that if it were a revolution it was one whose wheels had revolved slowly. It was simply a revolution, or rathw an evolution, in which the fullness of time had come and had brought ripened fruit, meet for the use of the people. There never had been a vote cast in the Senate which more thoroughly represented the temper of the public miud and a majority of the suffrages of the people than that vote in which the Senate declared that it would proceed to the con sideration of the financial measure. SHERMAN’S SPEECH CRITICISED. In criticism of Mr. Sherman’s speech of Monday last, Mr. Daniel said that if he were attempting to make a syllabus of it he would state a condensed analysis of it some what thus: “First—l am opposed to free coinage of silver, because it will inflate the currency. Second—l am opposed to free coinage of silver, because it will contract the currency.’’ Both of these arguments had been deliberately made by the sena tor from Ohio and deliberately elaborated, he (Mr. Sherman) had told the Senate in oce breath that if silver were iliimitablv costed there would be more dollars, and the workingmaa aud producer would get more dollars for their labor, and then had wraed round and gai( j that free coinage of silver would contraot the cur rency, because it would demonetize gold, it was possible, Mr. Daniel said, that one of tn°6e arguments might be correct; but it "f.. u . tt8 Hy impossible that both of them ir . because the currency could not be moated and contracted at the same time. more silver means more gold. ini 1 / criticism of Mr. Sherman's peech, Mr. Daniel asserted that more silver au always meant more gold. At the time he passage of the Bland act there had less than $200,000,000 of gold in oir- TOtation, aud ever since then gold had been in/ iti? •* M s 'l ver bad been iucreas thM “ lat was . but an illustration of ’ Kreat fact in economic science that mney produce money. As to Mr. Sher condemnation of speculation in w e f bullion, Mr. Daniel said that there . "bf oße w ay to stop such speculation, was to admit silver to the royal air u money-hood. Tha moment that er had that royai right which gold pea* ■* to turn itself into dollars, that very T h *,“ nt tte future of silver would be fired. ,I<;i becoming a commodity, -icn Mr. Sherman .considered such a dis ,m l-blhg, had no more terrors for him ' ' Daniel) than that of silver becoming a nimodity He knew that the two metals , 0 be brought as near to a parity as Ls 0 ’ ut be also knew that the legal *„ ae f. finality imparted to metals * greatest appliance in bringing ‘bat party. It might as well be r ' Daniel sad, that the war tad S , ll . r waE carried on by those who •u used investments, who wanted to en .ce centiuuaUy the value of gold dollars, aad fbrough the senator from .Ohio Uon f 9rs ’ WOIO trying to convert the na a joint and double standard of e y 1® a single gold standard. no danger of a glut. aswf° *)b® suggestion that under free eoin- C j ot s ‘lver all the silver in Europe would ln *° tbe United Bta.ee, Mr. tod I 88 “ *bat that was one of those vazue jorimdabl* ideas which wore very im ijrJ, Te w >fh ignorant people. Omne ‘ um p ro magnifleo. There was tu, I! ry best evidence, he said, ofM_ hore was no great bank bn-*. 6,1 anywhere in the world that could , and sweep this country from its moor -5L' st M the senator trom Ohio con bj. t ® , r ®peat that oft repeated notion, upon the friends of silver the PreJ.l 0 * gating the refu ation. The co a _ Secr9; ary of the Treasury had told U nr, r at its ao * 3 l°u that there could then-;?**, „ m ‘ tiTQ for shipping silver to be r~ Ue 1 Sbate* from abroad. There might of received from the surplus product 00 1 ! ut the amount would not be i*erouaJj large. It would not come, the ct s-. > y from South America, bo (toid i ,t . wou ld command the same price in a London as it would in notes in New fpjfi JHflfnino firtoj* York. It was plate, the secretary con cluded, that there was no danger that the silver product of past years would be brought to American mints unless new steps were taken for its demonetization, a very improbable contingency. SILVER NOT A DESTROYER. He (Mr. Don tell would like to ask the senator from Ohio, who was so very appre hensive of a silver deluge, in what century of tbe world's history rad there ever been a nation of mea submerged and destroyed by a silver deluge? Byron had said in his apostrophe to the ocean: “Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they? Thy waters wasted them wheu they were free, and many a tyrant since.” The wickedness of men had de stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. The con queror had gone over Jerusalem many times. Epidemics had decimated and the waters of the ocean had roiled over many an auoient power; but where, O where, had there ever been one of those nations that had either perished or declined on account of having too much silver in its pocket? The idea of a silver deluge was a mere ghost that stalked across the scene. If all the sliver in the world were to come to America, it ought to be welcomed, for the country would then become the greatest, riohest, strongest and most prosperous and happy na:im of tbe world. CHANCE OF THE SPECULATORS. Mr. Frye asked Mr. Daniel if he did not see that free coinage of silver would enable speculators in New York, who now hold $15,000,000 of silver, to get $1 29 an ounce for it instead of $1 04) Mr. Daniel admit ted that that was true, and added that the b ood of silver speculators would he exter minated. Whenever silver should be ad mitted to free coinage, the cry of the speculators would be ended in tbe land. Mr. Daniel went on to discuss the sections of tbe bill in detail. The third seotion, allowing hank circula tion to the full extent of bonds depoet ed, and the fourth section, providing for the issua of 2 per cent, bonds to buy up the bonds |at higher rates of interest', he con demned as a transaction that would largely enhance the value of the outstanding bonds and would require the government to pay larger prioes for them. No man. be said, could serve two masters, and yet the Senate was deliberati g on a measure to enbauce tbe value of the outstanding bonds aud then to issue bonds to purchase them after they had bee > i dvancod in value Such finance as that had not been proposed by the silver men. It was selling out the interests of tbe American people to national bank bondholders. He did not believe that the Senate could seriously consider the passage of a measure that involved such impossible relations as the government going out and bulling the value of bonds which it was attempting at the same time to purchase, in conclusion, speaking of tue Pres.dent’s supposed opposition to the free coinage of silver, Mr. Daniel said that if the executive did see fit not to respond to the popular soutimont in favor of silver the country would find a President who would. PLUMB’S OPPOSITION. Mr. Plumb was the next speaker. He favored legislation upon the financial question, but he was not able to give his support to tha bill as reported by the finance committee. He was opposed to the first section, providing for the purchase of 18,000,009 ounces of silver. He was a bi metallist. He did not hold that free coin age of silver was a panacea for all the evils, but he diti contend that it was a long, wise, and much needed step in the right direction. MEANS DEMONETIZATION OF GOLD. Mr. Hiscook said that to listen to the speeches of the advocates of free silver coin age a stranger might be impressed with the idea that the senators who were ODposed to the free coinage of silver were few in number, aud were only representatives of tbe gold kings and gold bugs. He believed that more than one-baif of the peo ple of the United States were opposed to the opening of the mints to free coinage of silver. He agreed with Mr. Sherman’s argument that the pending free coinage amendment meant absolute de monetization of gold. He asserted that with free coinage of silver that metal would be sent to the United States from Europe and coined into dollars, its owners realizing the prodt between its bullion value and its coin value. DEFENDS THE BOND SECTION. He defended the fourth section (for the issue of four per cant, bonds) and said that, as they would be used by national banks to secure circulation, aud as the banks paid one per cent, taxation on their circulation, the interest on two hundred million of bonds would be practically only one per cent. To an inquiry why two per cent, bonds should not be iwued to with draw all the present outstanding bonds, Mr. Hiscock declared himself in favor of that. He recognized tbe fact, and so did the people of the east, lbat tbe national bank circulation was an tagonized and must go, so as to make room for silver. He accepted tbe situation, and so did the people of the east. He was willing to have the whole national debt fubded ia 2 per oent. honds, with the privilege to the national banks to take as much of the new bonds as they choose and make it the basis of circulation. STEWART REPLIES. Mr. Stewart spoke briefly in reply to Mr. Hiscock’s argument concerning the 2 per cent, bond proposition, and then Mr. Saw yer moved an executive session. “O," said Mr. Edmunds, “let us take a vote on this bill now.” Mr. Stewart expressed a desire that an early dav should be fixed for taking a vote. Mr. Edmunds—What is your idea of an early day ? Mr. Stewart—Let us say Saturday next. Mr. Edmunds (in a tone of bitter sarcasm) —The session is drawing to an end; and this most important and immaculate bill ought to be got into tbe form of a law at the earliest possible moment. Th# country, of course, is suffering for it. Disaster and bankruptcy are said to be impsDding, and therefore we ought not to leave a stone unturned to get an immediate vote upon it. After a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. COAST LINE VESTIBULE. The Palatial Flyer for Florida to Begin Running Jan. 19. Washington, Jan. 7.— Commencing Monday, Jan. 19, the Atlantic Coast Line will put in service for the season their New York and Florida special Pullman vestibule train. An entirely new feature has been introduced this year—cars with six draw ing-rooms eaoh, which can be used singly or en suite. Teller's Course Indorsed. Washington, Jan. 7.— Senator Teller received a dispatch from Denver to-d*y, signed by every republican in the legislature of Colorado, which met to-day, expressing the highest approval of h.s course in the Senate, and pledging their unanimous vote for his reflection. Idaho’s Senators. Washington, Jan. 7. —The formal lot terydrawing for the terms of tbs two Idaho senators took place to-day, and Mr. McCon nell drew the term which ends March, 1891, aad Mr. Shoup that endiug in March, 1895. SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1891. SUBSIDIES FOR SHIPPING. HERBERT, OF ALABAMA, SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION. He Thinks the Estimate of an Expend iture of $47,000,000 In Ten Years Entirely Too Low—Right to Buy Ships in Any Market the Remedy for the Decadence. Washington, Jan. 7. —ln the morning hour iu the House to-day Mr. Cutcheon, from the committee on military affairs, called up the Senate bill increasing from fifty to seventy-five the number of army officers who may be detailed to military colleges. Messrs. Mills, Blount, Bland andVaux opposed the bill, but it was passed. THE SHIPPING BILL The House went into committee of the whole for further consideration of the shipping bill. Mr. Herbert of Alabama opposed tbe measure ,b cause it proposed to grant an indiscriminate subsidy te ves els of every ebaraoter engaged in the foreign trade. The continual ory of subsidies was “Give, give;" and the cry would never cease while the people had anything the subsidy desired. Tbe commissioner of navigation had estimated that this bill would luvolve an expenditure of $47,000,000 in tea years. This estimate be (Mr. Hert>ert) believed too small. But that was the estimated oost, to get what? Cheaper transportation? No; the net result would he that the owners of ships would be paid in part for their vessels by the people, who got no benefit from them. FREE SHIPS THE REMEDY. The proper way to restore our oommerce would he to imitate the example of England in 1849, when she provided thathersubjects could buy ships where they could get them the aheap*.t. Germany had free ships, Norway had, Italy had. No other nation bad such navigation laws as bad the United States. The passage of a free ship law would give this country forty per cent, of the foreign carrying trade, and would put it far beyond tbe necessity of expending the untold miliious carried by this bill. The pending measure was a nat ural result of the McKinley bill, and was driving an additional nail into the republi can coffin. DINGLEY ADVOCATES THE BILL Mr. Dingley, in advooating the bill, laid stress upon tae importance of the country maintaining a merchant marine. When congress approached this matter, which re lated to public affairs, and which was national in its character, the members should be drawn away from Indi vidual considerations and lifted up to the consideration of a question of transcendental importance. In dealing with this question congress was dealing with one of the essentials of pure government. Unless some such Btep as this were taken by the government almost every vessel engaged in the foreign trade and fly ii’g the American flag would be driven from the ocean. HELP A NECESSITY. Reviewing the decadence of American shipping interests, he said that in such a condition as the country found itself, with Great Britain entrenched on every ocean route, it was obvious that it was utterly out of the power of private individuals, without assistance in some direction, to dis lodge the shipping of Great Britain. Mr. Dingley described the policy pur sued by England, France, Ger many and Italy in building up their commercial marine by every con ceivable method, the governments having in some cases actually formed a limited partnership with the maritime carriers by guaranteeing a certain revenue to investors, and he argued that, with the widest extent of coast known to any nation, the United States could reap benefit from subsidies far greater than any other nation. WHAT THE BOUNTY AMOUNTS TO. The proposed bounty, he said, would amount to just about the difference between the cost of running American and foreign vessels, and would merely put American vessels on an equal footing with foreigners. Taking the highest rate of increase in ton nage estimated as a result of the provisions of the bill, the greatest amount of expendi ture that would be needed in one year would be $7,000,000; after which the rate of payments would steadily dimmish. Would any gentleman say that if through such an expenditure the United States scoured a million tons of new shipping, built on naval models and suitable to he used for naval purposes, there could be a wiser and more economi cal expenditure from a defensive point of view,aside from the matter of commercial independence? In closing Mr. Dingley said no power can maintain its prestig9 on the ocean unless it builds its own vessels. Let the throne of empire rest as well upon the waves of the ocean as upon the land. Let us go forward. THREE BARRIERS. Mr. Dockery of Missouri said that three causes constituted an effectual barrio • against any attempt to restore the Ameri can carrying trade. The first cause was the difference of cost between American and foreign vessels. The second, the greater running expenses American vessels ware under (amounting to 25 per cent.), and the third cause was the bar9h and restrictive features of our navigation laws exacting heavy tonnage dues, consular fees and other dues. He did not believe that there would be an improvement until those causes were removed. Mr. Dockery then went into a discussion of the relation between the tariff and carrying trade, declaring that the republican policy of ex clusion of imports was at war with the in terest of the American carrying trade. His protection friends were utterly illogical when they advocated the restora tion of merchant marine and of susidies. It was impossible in this way to dominate a home market and the market* of the world at the same time. Fending debate the committee rose, and the House adjourned. OIL. FOB LIGHTHOU3EB. Fears that the Supply at Sombrero Would Give Out. Washington, Jan. 7.—Commander Cof fin, secretary of the lighthouse board, to day telegraphed the inspector at Key West to see that the lighthouses at Sombrero and vicinity were at once supplied with oil,and,if necessary, to use the revenue cutter McLane for that purpose. It was eald at the light house board office this afternoon that there was no reason for any alarm at Sombrero, in view of the fact that the regular supply steamer sailed from Femandina on Jan. 2, and would reach Sombrero either to-day or to-morrow. It was explained that the in structions sent to the inspector at Key West were to be executed only In case of the non arrival of the supply steamer in time, of wh.cb, however, the officials at the treasury department have not the slightest doubt. Other lights in the vicinity reported as being short of oil will also be promptly supplied. Purchases of Silver. Washington, Jan. 7. —The amount of silver offered for sale to the trea ury depart ment to-d iy was 1,356,000 ounces, and the amount purchased was 628,000 ounces at rate* from f 1.0492 to $1,0525. BBITBR CEN'SURSD. Secretary Tracy Blames Him for Hie Inaction. Washington, Jan. 7.— Secretary Tracy has addressed a letter of unqualified censure to Commander George C. Reiter, who com manded the naval vessels Ranger and Thetis, lying at San Jose de Guatemala when Gen. Barrnndia was killed on board the Pacific mail steamship Acapuloa T.. latter is very long, over 2,000 words, aud is from beginning to end a merciless criticism aud censure or Commander Reiter's actiou. An extract will illustrate its tenor. The secretary says: “In the opinion of the department your conduct upon your own showing is deserving of unqualified censure. Ia your situation, in command of a fore* of public vessels of the United States, in territory which, if not at that moment at war, had recently been a scene of hostilities as well as of civil disturbance*, it was your duty to watch with most active solicitude over the interests of your country in that quarter, and especially its interests afl at. From the moment that this approach of the Acapulco, a steamer bearing the American fl.g, was kuown so you, you should have taken every step legally in your power to give oountenauoe and support to her captaiD and protection to all persons on boa and, especially when you knew that their safety was likely to be menaced. Instea 1 of this, ia your apparent endeavor to escape responsibility, you remained so completely passive that, as far as events on board the Acapulco were ooucerned, you and your vessels might as well have been on tbe other side of the ocean. * * * THE GUARANTEE OF PROTECTION. “It was within your legitimate power, as it was your imperative duty, to execute by meaus legally at your command, a guaran tee of protection which the United States gives to all vessels under its flag. Your ships were on the spot. You had full knowledge of Gen. Barruudia’s approach. You were informed of the intention to seize him as a political offender. Ho was not a fugitive from the territory of Guatemala seeking to escape from territorial jurisd lo tion. Neither was he a conspirator attempt ing to return to his oountry to foment a revolution. He was a passenger on board an American ship, which he had joined in Mexico, with a destination for Panama; and he had thus, without your interven tion and outside of local jurisdiction, ob tained a place under tbe flag and protection of the United Btates. In this situation you found him. His safety was threatened. * * * “By remaining inactive you neglected your obvious duty and place! your govern ment iu the position of renouncing those who had sheltered themselves under its flag. "Even after the arrival of the Acapulco in port your power of discretionary action was by no means taken away.” MORTON NOT IN THE SJHKME. He Had No Idea That Senator George Was Going to Yield the Floor. Washington, Jan. 7.— Tbe Vice Presi dent has been c riticised in some quarters on account of bis absence from the coair at the time Mr. Stewart made his motion to taka up the financial bilL The facts are that before he left ths chair, as usual, for his luucb, after the morning busis ne>s had been ooncluded, Mr. George had been recognized to continue an unfl i ished speech on the election bill, and had commenced his speech on that bill with a large number of books on his desk, appar ently for reference. The Vice President had not the most remote idea that any other business would be considered during the day. A CUSTOM. It Is customary wi h any presiding officer, and considered a matter of courts-y, to ask senators cu either side of the chamber to take the ohair when the presiding officer his occasion to vacate it temporarily; and on this occasion Mr. Harris was called to the chair. No other ruling could have bean made by the vice president or any other senator than that made by Mr. Harris, as Mr. George had yielded the floor, and Mr. Stewart was the only senator asking recognition, and, therefore, it was the plain duty of the pre siding offioer to recognise him and to put his motion. Upon receiving from Mr. Hoar the first intimation that Mr. George was not continuing bis speech, and that a vote was being taken, the Vice President immediately resumed the ohair. CHUCKLING IN HIS SLEEVE. Quay so Self-Satisfied That He For gets His Luncheon. Washington, Jan. 7.—Senator Quay sat in his committee room this afternoon and read private dispatches from Harrisburg with such smiling satisfaction that he for got to eat his lunch until an hour later than usual. Under the circumstances be regarded Representative Cameron’s re-election as a vindication of their oourse in the Senate, and a e jrresponding repudiation of the ad ministration, which would gladly have seen Cameron defeated because Quay and he opposed the force bill. Ciarkson dropped in during the afternoon and helped Quay re joice. Quay has no fears of his own re election if he]wants it two years hence. He is planning to go to Florida for two months as soon as congress adjourns. NOBLE WON’T RESIGN. He Feels Very Bope but Will Ef&ag on to Hie Place. Washington, Jan. 7.—Secretary Noble denies the report circulated to-day that he would resign because the President over ruled his protest and agreed to the proposi tion of Gen. Miles to substitute army cap tains for Indian agents, which has tbe approval of Gen. Schofield and Secretary Proctor. .Secretary Noble was undoubtedly greatly stirred up by this interfere .ce with his department, but finding that the protests which he vigorously made in the cabinet yesterday and on Tueiday of last week unavailing, he contents himself with ( putting his objections on reoord. A MONETARY CONFERENCE. Minister Bomero of Mexioo Chosen .Temporary Chairman. Washington, Jan. 7.—The international monetary conference met at the state de partment to-day. Minister Romero of Mexioo was choeen temporary chairman, decretory Blaine esoorted him to the c.iair, and then took his seat as a delegate from tbe United States. A mo.ion of Mr. Carter of Hawaii was adopted that the conference adjourn subject to the call of the temporary chairman, be cause some of tbs delegates to the confer ence hare not yet arrived in this country, and some of the others bad not received their instructions. For a Confederate Museum. Richmond, Va., Jan. 7.—Mayor Ellison to-night signed the ordinance which gives the ex-Prvsident Davis mansion to tbe Ladies’ Confederate Literary Association, for tbe purpose of making it a nins-um for tbe preservation of confederate relics. The association will take possession of the man sion at an early day. It will be put in thorough order and a collection of flags and relics placed in it. RADICALISM IN DIXIE NO HOPE OF BUILDING UP A RE -BPEOTABE PARTY NOW. Harrison’s Failure to Recognize a Better Element Knocks Out the Balti more Reforniere-Maj G. B. West of Wedegar Writes on the Subject to the Manufacturer's Record. Washington, Jan. 7.—The Manufact hirers' Record of Baltimore will publish this week an article which President Harr son, Senator Hoar and Representative Lodge would read with profit. It will rtate that the New York Tribune, in pursuance of a plan to get funds from southern protection ists tor the purpose of a campaign of educa tion, addressed an appeal to Maj. G. B. Weat of Tiedega, Ala., whom it describes as “the head of a laud and industrial com pany that has $1,500,000 capitaL Born and educated at the south, and imbued with its ideas, he has always been a protectionist of the Henry Clay school and an earnest re publican.” COMES TOO LATE. In au interesting reply which the Record will print Maj. v\ est says: “You will par don me for expressing the oonviction that the movement is much like locking the stable door tftcr the horse bad bees stolen.” Throe years ago was the ttmo for such a movement, he saye, and continues: ‘At that time I knew a number of southern business men who were republicans at heart and who would have come to the front with enthusiasm and foroe if the party had ottered any guarantee that the next republican administration would turn its back upon the objectionable negro, and the white people who then had control of the party organization in the south.’ CAMPAIGN PROMISES. "He continues, at the time 1 write of: ‘Leading members of the American Protect ive Tariff League held out the Idea that oculd the republicans win in the coming presi dential campaign, something not only tangi ble but greut would be done to bring out the lateut protectionism here, and tno party leaders were at the same period profuse in promises that a reorganization of the party in tho mineral aouthorn slates would he ac complished in such a way as to give control to the respectable elements of society, and to make it potaibie for deoent people to take an active interest in party affairs. Their prospects and promises encouraged us greatly, and especially after a delegation of prominent protectionists visited President elect Harrison at Indianapolis and received satisfactory assurances as to what would bo tho policy of his administration of the matter. A PROTECTIVE LEAGUE. " *A southern protective tariff league was put in process of organization. Leading cultivated and wealthy men in the Virginias, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana were actively engaged in the movement. A call for a convention at Chatiauooga was printed and ready to send out The writer, in conjunction with sev eral others, commenced the publication of the Southern Protectionist. Then they appealed to their northern allies for help. ’ Ho continues: ‘We were told that all the money of the northern people would be needed for the congressional elections of 1891, and that if wo wanted to undertake any southern proposition we must find the means ourselves.’ HARRISON NOT A REFORMER. “It became manifest very soon after the Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison that the party organization iq the south was not to be changed, and that nose of the assur ances extended to the southern protection ists were to be given practical effect. The elements generally recognised were getting as bad as ever. The conviction was uni versal on these points, and we dissolved our embrio southern protective tariff league. We stopped publishing the Protectionist and suspended the fight. Then the force bill gave the coup cle grace to the whole thing. Republicans engaged in every de partment of material development, pro ductive or trade, everywhere protested unanimously against the bill. Their protests have been unheeded, except as to the negroes aud a few politicians. The Repub lican party died in the south, with the force bill. WHAT THE SOUTH WANT*. “Respectable men of affairs and family, miners, manufacturers aud merohants lu this section of the south prefer a low tariff without the force bill to a high tariff with the foroe bill and consequent race aridsoaial disturbances. You will And that thinking republicans here, who understand the social questions of the sections much better than tee eastern doctrinaires can bs expected to, would not be well pleased to have tbeir in terests and progress attacked by a national party which Is only humanitarian iu the case of the negro, while it is at the same moment highly and violentlv utilitarian by the oppression of other colored races, even to tho extent of violation of solemn treaty obligations. THE LAST HOPE GONE. “In shirt,what with indifference in a time when action might have been producive of good; with the violation of the promises and of the commitment of the p ■ rty irre trievably to a policy vastly obnoxious to every element of decency in the south, our northern protectionists and republicans have at a blow murdered protection and re spectable republicanism in all the southern states with the conditions of which the writer is at all familiar. Both elements are dead beyond the power of a first-class mir acle. Yon will only waste your money in tryiDg to work on them or any of the com monwealths I have named above.” Maj. West’s letter was dated Dec. 31,1800. A PRISON MUTINY 3.1D80.* The Rebellious Convicts Starved Into t übmlsston. Nashville, Tens., Jan. 7.—A Chatta nooga epecls' says; “Tweatyseveu of tho worst prisoners in the oounty jail, who bad revolted and refused to entor their cells from the corridor, have been starved into submission. At 11 o’clock yesterday morn* ing twelve submitted, and at 5 o’clock in the afternoon the other fifteen, hungry and cold, gave in. The janitor and his assistants, armed with Winchesters, had been on duty in the meantime at com manding positions, but force or bloodshed was not needed. The gang was beaded by Bud Gordon, who Is in for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Gordon, and several of them would stop at nothing to gain their free dom.” STORES BURNED AT CAIRO. Clerics Sleeping Overhead Have to Bustle to Escape. Cairo, 111., Jan. 7.—A fire at 6 o’clock this morning totally destroyed the New York dry goods store and two frame build ings on Commercial avenue. It spread so rapidly that clei ks sleeping In the upper stories of the New Y rk building bad to climb from the upper window to make their e caye. The lose is estimated at over 9100,009. CE IE ST3 TALK WITH MILKS. Be Speaks Bight to the Point— Agent Boyer Removed. Pise Ridge, Jan. 7. —Jack Red Cloud, nig Road. High Horae, Lone Rear, Live Hawk and the five other Indians who came in from the hostile camp to hold a pow wow with Gen. Miles, were allowed a briefer conference than they had expected. Gen. Milea plainly told them to come in and eur render; that he was not here to listen to their complaints, and that they would be allowed to go to Washington to make them after the trouble was arranged here. They stated that nearly. If not quite all, of the Pine Ridge Indians are desirous of )ieace, and wanted to come back to the agency. If the Pine Ridge agenoy Indians conclude to dome back it will grea ly reduce the war party, now number ing 4,000. Aooarding to Agent Cos per's figures there are 8,000 Pine Ridge Indians ab-ont, so their foree will be reduced at least to hulf the present number. A large portion of the remainder will doubtless fight to the end. Gen. Miles held another short talk with these Indians, and they set out on their return. It is thought that most of the Pine Ridge Indiana will be here in a day or two. Yesterday the quartermaster, Capt. Hughy, purchased a herd of Ind an ponies with which to mount the First in fantry, which recently arrived from Angeli etand. Cal. Several persons have reported seeing a party of fifty Indians golsr south some tnilee to the oast of here, toward the town of Gordon. Lieut, Gresham, with one troop of the Seventh cavalry, at enee pur sued, but up to a late hour had been unable to find any traoes of them. Tbev were doubtless a email raiding ptrty, which im mediately returned to tea Bad Lands upon seeing that they were discovered. MILITARY RULE AT TBS AGENCIES. Washington, Jan. 7.— The President this morning approved Gen. Miles' suggestion that the Standing Rook, R sebud. Pine Ridge, Cnoyenne river and Tongue river Indian reserva tions bo temporarily placed under military control, aud a telegram was sent to him last night by Geu. Schofield giving him full authority to act. This afternoon, however, the order was modified. Only Agent Royer at Pine Ridge will be removed, and Capt. Pieros of the First infantry will be placed in full control. The Indian agents at the other agenoies will not be disturbed, but army officers have been designated to take military control of the four other agencies, with instructions to co-operate with tbo agents of the intorior department. In communi cating this to Geu. Miles, Gen. Schofield says it is understood that this military supervision and oontrol will need to be only temporary. This conclusion is re garded as a final settlement of the question. CAUSE OF ROYER'S REMOVAL. It is stated at the Indian bureau that the removal of Agent Royer at Pine Ridge was made by Seorotary Noble upon reoommeu dation of Commissioner Morgan, It is stated that this recommendation was based upon the lack of oapaoi'y of Agent Royer to meet the emergency at Pine Ridge. It is further stated that the cause of the removal of Agent Gallagher, Agent Royer’s predecessor, was in no sense politi cal, as has been stated, but was his unfitness for the position he held. As to Cant. Pierce’s duties, it Is said that he will be under the control of the Secretary of the Interior and commissioner of Indian affairs as any other agent, and will have no more military authority than any other agent. He will co-operate, as existing orders require all agents among the Sioux to do, w ith the military authorities in case of necessity. and the whole businees will be conducted during the present difficulties as heretofore. INDIANS COMING IN. Chicago, Jan. 7.— Cepe. E. L. Huggins, at army division headquarters here, re ceived a dispatch this evening from Adjt. Gen. Corbin at Pine Kidge agency saving that a number of Indians are coming into the agency from the camp of the hostiles. CAPT. WALLAOH’S FUNERAL. The Remains Interred at Yorleville With Military Honors. Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 7.— Cast. George D. Wallaoe, who was killed by the Indians In the battle at Wounded Knee creek, was buried this morning in the cemetery at Yorkvllle, 8. C., his old home. The services were conducted at the P, esby t-rian church by Rev. J. C. Galloway of the Associate Re formed church and Rev. L. G. Patrlok, ohap laiu of the Jenkins Rifles, a local military oompany. The casket was placed immedi ately in front of the pulpit, and was draped with United 8 ates flags and oovered with beautiful floral offerings. It was guarded throughout last night by a sentinel at the head and one at the foot, and this morning at 11 o’clock was delivered to Gen. E. M. Law, u confederate brigadier, who acted as chief marshal. THE GRIEF STRICKEN FAMILY. When the dead soidjar’a family entered the church the choir, led by Mrs. P. R. Bratton, sang the bymn, ‘'Come, ye discon solate.” Prayer was offered by Chaplain Patrick, and was followed by an impressive funeral discourse by Rev. Mr. Galloway from Jeremiah xlvili., 17, “All ye that are about him bemoan him, and all ye that know his name say; How is the strong staff broken and a beautiful rod.” The preacher com mented with great power ana eloquence on the exalted character and high manly vir tues of the heroic dead. After the conclu sion of tho services at the church a funeral woce sion was formed with tho Jenkins Itiflee, under Capt. W. B. Moore, as an escort, and proceeded to the Tillage ceme tery, where the Interment took plaoe. business suspended. Business was almost susoended and the whole community joined the procession to the grave, where tho soldier was burled with military honors, the Jenkins rifles fir ing a salute over the grave. Tbe grave was decorated with wreatns and croseee of mag nolia, laurel and cat flowers, tributes from tbe ladies of Yorkvllle. Capt. Wallace's troop flag, In whiob his body bad been wrapped when token from the field and which had draped his coffin during his long journey home, was placed in charge of Gen. Law by tbe family of tho deceased to be presented to the Jenkins Rifles as a testimonial of their appreciation of tbe respect and honor shown the heroic dead. Capt. Wallace was a son of Hon. A. 8. Wallace, a republican con gressman from this state, and a brother to Col. R. M Wallace, republican United Hta'ee marshal for South Carolina under President Grant aud Prestdeat Arthur. A PITTANCE IN A SAFE. The flanborne County Bank Left With Only $137 In Cash. Woonsocket, 8. D., Jan. 7.— The San borne County Bank safe bss been opened, and found to contain only $lB7. A warrant has been issued for President Stevens’ a rest, on complaint of one of tbe creditors, charging the taking of money oa deposit after knowing tbe bang to be insolvent. He Is also charged with forgery. I DAILY.SIO A YEAR. 1 SGENTS ADOPT. i WEEKLY, $1.25 A YEAR. A NEW LEADER FOR ERIN” O’BRIEN EMPOWERED TO ASK MCCARTHY TO RETIRE. The Retirement to be in Favor of O’Brien or Dillon as the Former Prefers Ttae "Pamellites to Partici pate in the Vote for a New Leader. London, Jan. 7. —Advices received here from Boulogne say that Mr. O’Brien, at hit owa request, has been empowered to ask Mr. McCarthy to retire from the chairman ship of the anti-Parnell section of the Irist party in favor of Mr. Dillon, or, if Mr. O'Brien prefers, in favor of himself. Mr. O’Brien announces ,tbat his conferences with Mr. Parnell are finished. Negotiations with Mr. • McCarthy will follow. A dispatch to the Exohangs Telegraph Company says that at yester day's conference it was agreed that Justin McCarthy should resign the chairmanship of the party aud that a full meeting of th* party should bo called to elect anew leader. The participation of the Parnellites in the vote for anew leader is tantamount to a reconciliation of the party, and will be en tirely satisfactory to Mr. Parnell. BOULOGNE'!* CON FERES CD. An Agreement Reached, But Its Na ' ture Kept Secret. Boulogne, Jan, 7.—An authorize! state ment has been issued by the Irish leader* who have been present at the conference here. They announce that the oonferenoe terminated to-day, and that both portiee Interested have resolved that the proceeding should be regarded as of a confidential na ture. It is understood, however, that the erohange of views which has taken plaos has led to the hope that a peaceable settlement of the matters in dispute will ensue. The usual number of rumors and controlliotory statements are in oiroulation, ami the announcement made may be considered to be the substance of the real facte. In other words, an arrange ment satisfactory to all seems to nave been arrived at. The exact nature of the ar rangement must leak out in the course of time. The number of erroneous statements made in regard to the Boulogne conference have made the Irish leaders resolve to be more than usually oaruful as to their utter ances. Messrs. Parnell, Clancy, Redmond, Camp bell, Bcully and liarrinzton have returned to England. William O’Brien remains here for a few days. It Is understood that he bee been in communication with Justin McCarthy. SUFFERING FROM COLD. The Severe Weather Very Hard on the Poor People of London. London, Jan. 7. —The severe weathei which has prevailed throughout England for some time past is causing the deepest distress among the poorer class of people of tiny city. This is especially true of the inhabitants of East End. All outdoor trades have now been sus pended for seven weeks, and from present indications there is no prospect of the weatber moderating enough to allow ot their resumption for some time to come. Large numbers of persons who have been thrown out of employment parade the streets and solicit aid from the charitable to enable them to obtain the necessities of life for themselves and their starving families. WORK OF THE CHARITABLE. Clergymen of all denominations, dif ferent local societies, and many tradesmen are using tbelr utmost efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the destitute people. Owing to the presence of a large quantity of loe in the river, fortv-flve steamers, ag gregating a tonnage of 7U,OM have been compelled to lay up. It is expected that friegts will rise lu consequence of this suspension of marine traffic. FL.SUING FROM FIRE. Thirty Families Burned Out at Paris Soon After Midnight. Paris, Jan. 7.—A fearful conflagration, which has rendered thirty families h melese and which may cause the lose of several llvea/ ccurrsd at an early hour tuts morning. A few minutes after midnight fire was dis covered in the rear ol' Hatler’s store, situ ated on the first floor of a crowded building on Rue Veverrie. The flames spread so r pidly that tbe panic-stricken eccupante of several floors had barely time tu rush into the street in their night clothes. Several mothers, with tbeir younger children clasped in their arms, jemod in Uie rush of terrified people down the stairs of tbe burning build ing, and were knocked down, and In many instances seriously injured. A BANK BADLY FLEECED. Its Cashier Allows a Customer to Heavily Overdraw His Account. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 7.—Tbe stock holder* of tbe Franklin Bank met Monday, and when they had adjourned reporters w ere informed that the business of the ses sion was to change tbe Franklin from a state into a national bank. Tbe publication is now made that, while such a change was one purpose of tbe meeting, the principal subject to oonslder was the overdrawal of hie account by H. Webster Crowl, to the amount of SIOO,- 000. President Baker, in making bis report to the stockholders, said that the bank bad met with reverses on acoouut of the in capacity and untrust worthiness of its cashier to the amount of SIIO,OOO. H. Webster Crowl has been allowed to overdraw his account without his (tbe president’s) knowledge and entirely unknown to the board of director*. THE BASE’S LOSS. Tbe bank’s surplus of some $50,000 was gone, and $117,204, charged in the bank re port of Jan. 3, 1801, to the profit and loss account, is all loss. The capital stock, whioh was $920,000, had been impaired to the extent of one-third. Crowl is now in Rianoke, .Vo. Cashier Gardner, who Emitted Crowl to overdraw his acoonat, been retired, but Bookkeeper Tsobud. a brother-in-law of Gardner, is still retalaed in the service of tbe bank. President Baker will not talk and ex-Cashier Gardner is tongue-tied. Gardner was one of tbe most popular cashiers in town. President Baker was oa bis bond for $20,000, which he hat paid. AN ALLIANCE A B-T SHORT. ’ Ha Claims That Unreliable Produce Firms Failed to Remit. St. Louis! Mo., Jan. 7.— A special from Lawrence, Kan., says: “L. H. Corse, the alliance exchange agent in this city, is short in his accounts. It teems that tbe farmers who had abipped tbeir farm products through Corse are out about $4,000. Corse claims that tbe losses were due to the fact that t. e shipments were made to unreliable firms. The products were sent to Chicago and Denver, but the commission merchants failed tc remit. A committee has been ap pointed by the alliance to Investigate the affairs ef the exchange,”