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] ErrABUH*EISJO-l!>OOllPORiTDl98e. V
J. H. KSTILL, President. )
SILVER ON EVKRYTONGPE
THS 810 DEBATE BEGUN IN THE
HOUSa.
7 he Opponents of the Measure Likely
to Prevent a Vote To-morrow Un
less a New Special Order Can Be
Rustled Through the House—Bland
Makes the Opening speech on the
Bill-
Washington, March 90.— The Bland
bill, which was formally taken up to-day,
will probably not be passed on Thursday
after all. It Is expected that Us opponents
who made so much the better showing in
the opening of the debate to-day, will be
able to stave off the previous question so at
to prevent a vote before the end on Thurs
day of tbe time allotted to the bill by the
■pedal rule under which the House is now
proceeding, and that it will take anew
speoial rule to bring the question to a vote.
Undoubtedly tbe committee on rules would
bring in this additional special rule on
Thursday morning if it were not
for tbe fact that the absence of Representa
tive Cate ings, who is engaged as counsel
in a murder case in Mississippi, leaves the
democrats one abort of a majority in the
committee on rules, and unless Representa
tive Reed or Representative Burrows, tne
republican members, help them out by ab
sence or by a vote they cannot bring in tbe
Indispensable rule until Representative
(atchjngs gets back, which may not be
until tbe end of next week. If Representa
tive Reed or Representative Burrows in tbe
process of putting tUe democrats in a hole
and keeping them there should let the new
rule come in, of course the screws could be
applied as soon as the new rule oould be
put through the House, which would not be
long.
OPENING OF THE DEBATE.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 22.— The Interest
In tbe question of the free coinage of silver
was manifested in the House this morning
by an increased attendance of members, by
unusual activity among the corps of news
paper correspondents,and by the crowd that
thronged the galleries. The diplomatic
gallery, which as a general thing presents
an array 6t empty benches, to-day added
its quota of spectators. On the floor mem
bers clustered together in little groups and
dismissed the situation. Tbe anti-silver
men were apparently more active in their
missionary work than the men in favor of
free coinage. Mr. Tracey of New York,
Mr. Harter of Ohio and Air. Hoar of Mass
achusetts were ambiguous. The leaden of
the silver forces, Mr. Bland of Missouri, was
not prompt in making his appearance, evi
dently confident that his able lieutenants
would map out tbe work of the campaign
without his personal supervision.
BLAND CALLS UP HIS BILL.
After the introduction of several bills Mr.
Bland, who had entered the hall, called up
the speoial order, being the bill for free
coinage of gold and silver, and for the issue
of eoin notes.
The bill having been reported in full, Mr.
Bland took the floor, but was immediately
taken therefrom by Mr. Tracey of New
York, with a point of order that the bill
must reoeive its first consideration iu com
mittee of the whole, as it involved a charge
upon tho treasury.
Mr. Dingley supported this point, which
was antagonized by Mr. Bland and was
overruled by the chair, who stated that the
matter had been examined at the time of
the reporting of the bill from tbe com
mittee.
On motion of Mr. Bland a resolution
was adopted providing for evening sessions
to night and to morrow night for general
debate on the silver bills.
Mr. Watson of Georgia wanted some
time granted in the discussion to members
of the third party. “We stand here," said
he, ‘ ‘as an independent party.”
“We are all independent on this question,”
retorted Mr. Bland, amid applause and
laughter. Mr. Bland then was permitted
to proceed with his speeoh.
A RETROGRADE MOVEMENT.
"This bill,” said Mr. Bland, in opening
tho discussion, “proposes to go back 100
years in the matter of coinage. It was just
100 years ago that the wise founders of this
government adopted what we call ‘the
double standard.’ They provided for coin
age of gold and silver without limit at the
mints of the United States; that silver
ihould be coined tbe same as gold, should
have tbe same advantages, and tbe
same recognition. A silver dollar
should consist of 371 4-16 grains of silver,
precisely the dollar of silver that is called
for in this bill. This bill provides that
gold and silver shall be carried at tbe ratio
fixel by the act of 1837, which was called
‘the ratio of 16 to I,’ or moro exaotly, it is
15.98 to 1. This bill provides that
gold and silver shall be equal
stthe mints. [Applause.] In order that
this equality should be preserved it is neces
sary that silver should be put on the same
plane in regard to the issue of certificates at
the mint as gold. To-day tbe law provides
that gold bullion may be taken to a mint of
the United Htatea and a certificate issued to
the owner, or that he may be paid for it in
money. He is not required to wait for its
coinage.”
COST or COINING.
Mr. Bland sent to the clerk’s desk a letter
from the director of the mind dated Maroh
™> 1892, stating that the cost of coming su
rer would be about IX cent per sl, and
mat $45,000,000 in round figures oould be
wined every year. Continuing, Mr. Bland
stated that while this bill placed gold and
Jover on an equality in the matter of the
® ue of coin notes on their deposit at the
®mts, it also maintained that equality
“7 providing that when coin notes should
Presented for redemption, the govern
ment should be free to redeem them in gold
sr silver as it might prefer. Thus coin
Wes issued on deposits of gold bullion
“'Kht be redeemed in silver or coin
r e ' issued on deposit of silver might be
JJaesmed in gold, just as the treasury
prefer.
mthe course of his argument, [Mr. Bland
td that he had aoceded to and would
J’mpose later on an amendment to that port
'fiof the bill providing that coin notes shall
* >ued as rapidly as bullion is deposited.
"'onld move at tho proper time to
®end by providing that coin notes shall
issued as rapidly as the mints found it
vJwime to coin the bullion.
THE SYSTEM OF CREDITS,
v n ar guing for greater volume of money
-•Bland said that he would admit that
In °f credits which has grown up
(o- 17™ . country does to a oertain extent
'Uornize use of coin, but in the end the
IT payment of these obligations always
K., 6 aa, l then we must have the money. In
it* 80 wo ha<l I‘ atsfKl a bill for refund
o i nat l°nal debt, the national banks
; j-iT* 1 cited States surrendered slß,t’oo,ooo
rt fcl> , national treasury as a threat
f. , *,. or the purpose of inducing all veto
'iu i * ' resident, a threat which effected
it a, * <l the result of this withdrawal
ti Sl l tWOO from circulation put interest
du v w York at the rate of 1 per oent. a
Mr,. • v ' t * a nd bonds are not money -they
thj. ' !T * u j*‘ice. The whole fight over
•sue is between capitalists who demand
§Phc JHufttina
interest and the people who demand money
instead of interest. applause.]
Mr. BlaDd denounced the periodical
attempts made for International conferences
and international agreements every time
free coinage of silver is proposed. “Are
we to be shackled here,” he asked, “by the
apathy of the governments of ether na
tions* Is oar fnauoial syatsm to bs regu
lated, not by our own ideas of justioe and
our own oouvenleaoet, but by tbs oonvt
niences of other nations! [Apnlauso]
Tbe moment this great govern
ment declares for free coinage
of silver other oommeroiel nations, too, will
solve that question. Self-interest will com
pel them to do so. The restoration of silver
here means tbe restoration of It everywhere
—tbe world over. [Applause.] Gold and
silver have been the servants of civilization
since civilization began. They are twin
brothers, and when you sever the ligature
both are dead.
GOLD NOT TO TAKE WINGS.
“Before gold can leave this country there
must be some other form of money to take
its place. It cannot disappear until • me
other money takes its place. The moment
you restore silver, It gold is taken from cir
culation, prices will go down in proportion
and that necessitates money from abroad to
purchase commodities here that go down
because of the contraction of money. Every
thing will be cheap. The man who holds
his gold is simply holding it
for silver, for silver will take
the ohaunels of circulation. Gold is a
tyrant. Gold won’t tolerate any competi
tion. He must dominate or he will have
nothing to do with your finances. Let sliver
be ooined onoe and see what the result will
be then. You bring him to the level of the
oommon people of this country [applause],
to tbe level of silver, where he ought to be.
You may have to pay a little more If you
have tbe two metals at par, but let us re
member that as a rule when money is
plentiful prices are good. You may have
to pay a little more, but labor, after all, is
only money. Wall street is to-day demor
alizing labor and wheat and cotton. This
bill remonetises them all.” [Applause.]
Standing here without regard to
party ezigencyor or party ap
plause, loosing beyond the arena
of politics gto the great mass of
American people, he looked in tbs faces
and appealed from this hall to people.
This silver question was one that would
not down because it was one that theAmeri
oan people well understood. [Applause.] In
conclusion Mr. Bland said; “I appeal to
the gentlemen on this floor to lay
aside every idea of party exigency,
every idea but that whloh is right and just,
and to cast their votes according to the
dictates of their own consciences and to the
pledges they made to the great productive
masses of this con try. If they do that this
bill is safe, this cause is won, won,” [Ap
plause.]
TAYLOR OBJECTS. .
At the oonolusion of Mr. Bland’s speeoh,
Mr. Taylor of Illinois, of the republican
side objeoted to Mr. Williams, a demo
cratic opponent of free coinage, opening
the dboussion in opposition to the bill.
“Tbe majority of tbe minority of the
oolnagecommittee,” said he, “desire me to
open the discussion for the only party that
is opposed to this measure. [Derisive
laughter from the republican side.]
The speaker held that the views of the
minority and the substitute of the minority
having been presented by Mr. Williams,
all precedents gave that gentleman the
privilege of opening the discussion in op
position to tbs bill.
Mr. Boutelle said he would depreoate auy
recognition of Mr. Williams as representing
the majority side of the opponents of silver
in tbe House.
In his opening remarks Mr. Williams
said that he trusted he would be found to
represent not only the minority of the com
mittee but "the majority of the minority of
tbe committee” as well. “1 am acting,” he
said, “in behalf of the cause which, so far
as I know, knows no party, but is a
mere question of patriotism on both
sideß. [Applause. ] The man who now
draws party line upon the merits of this
question does not represent bis oauss. He
represents himself or bis party, but he doss
not represent the true interests of the great
Amerioan commonwealth.” [Applause.]
Continuing Mr. Williams said that many
members of the House would feel obliged to
vote for free coinage, although they did not
believe in it, because their constituents have
so instructed them. Tbe considerations
which now weigh with the members
would not weigh in local con
ventions and the local committees.
He believed that an appreciating
standard is better than a fluctuating stand
ard, better than a constantly falling stand
ard. It has been urgued that as we had
tree ooinage of silver before 1873 without
disastrous results, why should disaster now
follow this bill. He desired to remind the
American poople that the monetary condi
tions of the world have entirely changed
sluoe 1873 and those oonditions are now be
yond our control. Gold is the standard of
nearly all the nations of Europe,
and when we declare for fr- j
ooiDage of silver where will
gold go* It will go to a premium, and
a premium upon gold is a discount upon
silver. The rest of tbe world will fix the
depreciation upon silver acoording to the
markets of the world, and our standard will
be 70 cents to the dollar. That means
repudiation. It means the throwing of
this country into a dishonest settlement of
every debt contracted upon our present gold
basis. [Applause.]
In conclusion, Mr. Williams presented
the substitute of the bill of the minority,
providing for an international monetary
conference.
HARTER OPPOSES THE BILL.
Mr. Harter of Ohio, also a democrat, next
delivered a fifteen minutes’ speech in oppo
sition to the bill, and insisted that tbe Bland
bill, instead of increasing the volume of
money in circulation, would, in its results,
actually decrease it. The day after the
President signed the free coinage bill, In
stead of having $1,600,000,000 in circulation
for the use of the people, we will have
$1,200,000,000, for the money will be depreci
ated to this extent. The democrats are
opposed to protection, yet many of them
desired by this bill to give the silver pro
ducer the benefits of tbe protective system.
In tbe midst of the debate Mr. Tracey of
New York elicited loud applause by an
nouncing to the House the unanimous elec
tion of Roger Q. Mills as senator from the
state of Texas.
Mr. liayner of Maryland said he appre
hended that all persons were in favor of
honest money, that they were not In favor
of a depreciatde and fluctuating currency,
and that they wanted a measure of value
that was certain and stable, and not one
that was variable and changeable from day
to day and that had different
values in different localities iu
which it might be employed.
An honest man when he owed a dollar was
willing to pay a dollar, and when be gave a
dollar's worth of labor or sold a dollar’s
worth of merchandise he expeoted to re
ceive a dollar In return. If this dollar,
when it was in the shape of a legal tender
note, was sustained by the credit of the gov
ernment, or by an equivalent amount of
treasure in the government vaults, then the
paper dollar was an honest dollar. If it
was in tbe shape of coin and when melted in
the crucible was worth a dollar, than it was
also an houest dollar. If, however, tbe
government had not the means or re -
sources to redeem Its peper promises,
or if the govern meat stamped the merk
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892.
of a dollar npon a piece of bullion that was
not worth a dollar, then in either event we
bad a dishonest dollar. The present silver
dollar, he declared, was dishonest and did ,
not come up to the test,
BENEFITS ONLY THE MINE OWNERS.
The demand of the mlue owners for free
aad unlimited ooinage be denounced as a
fraud by whloh no one was to profit exoept
the mine owners, to whom was given the
privilege of dumping their bullion
upon the people at a coinage price
away above its market value.
The mine owner who was given
$16,000,000 a year more profit that he is
now making oould well afford to inundate
oougress with whole libraries of literature
and employ a host of lobbyists to advanoe
and promote the schema Who would get
this money when the mints were opened
and 70 ceut9 could be coined into a govern
ment dollar! Would the people reoeive
auy of it! Not tbe clipping of an eagla
Every dollar of profit instead of going to
the government and through the govern
ment to tbe people as it did now,
would go deep down into the pockets
of the Nevada and Colorado
millionaires, as with flying oolors they
marohed to the doors of the mint and de
manded of its director that he stamp a
flaming lie upon the produot of their
mines. The only persons who would re
ceive advantage would be the mine ownera
The laborer would be saarificed aad tbe
oniuage of the 70-oent dollar was equiva
lent to a 30-oent reduotion in hie wages.
The laborer had nothing to sell exoept his
labor and that would not rite under such a
system.
can’t become a law.
In conclusion, Mr. Rayner said: “I have
no lingering fear that any such measure
will ever become the settled policy of the
repubiio. I have too much confidence in
the patriotism and intelligence of our peo
ple. This discussion, though prooeeding for
years, has, in truth, but just begun. It
takes time to reaoh the great portals of
public opinion. lam willing to abide by
iu judgment, whatever it may be.
That judgment has not yet been formed.
It is just iu the prooess of evolution. There
are two roads before us. One is the path of
honor and of good faith, the other leads to a
wilderness where confusion reigns and
where a poisoned weed, luxurious to the
sight but deadly to the touch, iu exuberant
growth abounds. It is a weed that springs
from corruption, whose fruit will wither to
tbe taste, and whose shade sends forth the
dampness of decay. Temptation lead* us
to the wilderness, 1 know. Alluring hopes
light up the way and splendid visions
attract us here, but I tell you, gentlemen,
that other natione, their faith repudiated,
their pledges broken and their promises vio
lated, have, time and time again, traveled
iu the seme direction. They have abandoned
the open path and taken to the wilderness,
and by the sad example of their fate, by the
doom that has befallen the|B, by the judg
ment and eentence they have goffered, I
warn you to keep to the path that leads to
the field where honor bloom* and where
integrity, through all seasons, surviving
every state of transition and of change, has
defiantly withstood the tumult of tbe
tempest and of storm.”
GOLD FOR PENSIONERS.
Abner Taylor of Illinois, offered an
amendment that all pensions shall be paid
in gold. In addressing himself to the bill,
he said that he represented the only party
that was opposed to this measure. He ad
mired the Democratic party for the faoility
with whioh it oould get on both sides of a
question. He denied the right of thb gentle
man from Massachusetts [(Mr. Williams)
to speak for the Republican party or for
the minority of the committee-’ on coinage,
weight and measures. When the bill
reaohed the other end of the capitol and
was up for a vote the gentleman
who would probably be nominated
in Chioago would oonveniently be in the
oloak room or out on an excursion. Theu
the Democratic party would straddle the
question. The gentlemau from Missouri
would teli his people that he was for free
ooiuage, and his mugwump friend from
Massachusetts (Mr. Williams) would teli his
people that he was against free coinage.
Such was the facility with whloh the Demo
cratic party got on both sides of a question.
Mr. Lind of Minnesota raised a point of
order against his colleague’s use of the word
“mugwump” as applied to a member in
view of yesterday’s action of the
committee on printing upon the speeoh
of Mr. Walker of Massachusetts.
Mr. Richardson of Tennessee in the chair,
who is chairmau of the printing oommittee.
sustained the point.
Messrs. Boutelle of Maine and Hopkins of
Illinois also spoke briefly against the bill.
Mr. Compton of Maryland offered an
amendment to the bill to restrict free coin
age of silver to that produced by the mines
of the United States aud the' American
coinage proposition.
Mr. Epes of Virginia, a member of the
committee, supported the bill. The major
ity had great respect for foreign govern
ments, but were not willing to regulate the
rights of tbe people of this country by a
rule to be laid down by foreigners. He as
serted that there bad been a long series of
oppression financial acts, of whioh
the worst was the demonltizatlon
of silver. At the instance of foreign money
lenders and American millionaires these
rich money men were crushing the life out
of the rank and file of the country. He
read from the official reports in contraven
tion of the statement that there was reason
to fear a flood of silver in our mints. He
was in favor of restoring silver to its right
ful position. Its low price was due to the
faot that the aot of 1873 bad raised gold
above its normal value and depressed silver
below its normal value. It was a mathe
matical certainty that free coinage would
restore silver to a parity with
gold, and in his judgment
the constitution of the United States was
sufficient to depreciate any material thing
in this universe. In oonolusion, Mr. Epes
said he would vote for the restoration of
silver to the function given it by the consti
tution.
SOURCE OF THE OPPOSITION.
Mr. Crawford of North Carolina spoke in
support of the bill. Did not the tirade
against tbe free coinage of silver come from
the grest money centers of the country,
whose great and mammoth wealth had
been built up in speculation in stocks and
gold at the expense of the laborers! Did
not the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Harter)
know that the statements made by him
were erroneous! Did he not know that the
silver dollar was equal to the gold dollar
and was ordinarily preferred to it!
Mr. Htovens of Massachusetts said that
the bill under consideration had already
been so ably aud thoroughly discussed not
only here Out elsewhere throughout the
country that he would not be justified in
consuming the time allotted to him except
for tbe purpoie of recording against it in
the name of bis constituents and hit party
his most emphatic protest. This bill excited
in tbe iniuds of the people he represented,
and, as far as he knew, in the minds of ail
tbe people of his state and of
the section from which he came,
most profound apprehension. It was un
sound finance, would briug commercial
disaster, industrial prostration and moral
culpability. It would not have surprised
him to have a schema of this character
coning from republican souroes. It was ss
a democrat, speaking from a democratic
standpoint, that be felt obliged to raise bis
voice against tbe measure, which proposed
one of the most stupendous propositions
ever presented to an American congress.
The public credit was to be used to enable
a ring of silver speculators to unload their
products upon tbe America i people. He
referred to the pending measure as a piece
of legislative quackery. Pending the con
clusion of his remarks, tbe House took a
recess until 7:30 o'clock to-i.igbt, the seeeion
to be for debate only an the silver bill.
THE EVENING SESSION.
Mr. Stevens of Massachusetts did not ap
pear at the opening of the evening session
to finish his pe*ch, and Mr. O’Donnell of
Michigan opened the debate in a speeoh
against the silver bill He was followed by
Mr. Weadook of Miohigan and Mr. Bowers
of California in support of the bill.
Mr. W inn of Georgia submitted remarks
in support of the measure. It might be sup
posed, he said, that tho United States had a
prosperous and contented popula
tion and that peace and plenty
reigned supreme throughout the
land, but this was not so. The cry of bard
times came up to this capitol beseeching
congress to do something to relieve the dis
tress of tbe people. It was estimated that
the passage of the pending bill would add an
nually from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 to the
circulation, and although short far of what
the increase in volume should be, be would
support tbe bill because it was a step in the
right direction.
Mr. Cavretof NewJYorlc,speaking for the
northern constituency as thoughtful aud
intelligent as they were devoted and loyal
to their priuoiplee, denied that this bill for
free coinage of silver was a dsmocratio
measure. It was in no sense a democratic
measure, but it was in every sense a sec
tional one. It was a local question, abso
lutely and entirely. From the south and
extreme west were the gentle
men who earnestly advocated
tbe pending bill as a supposed
measure of relief to the people of their sec
tions. From the north and east were repre
sentatives who, without regard to party
lines or party differences, stood unalterably
opposed to its enactment. This question,
being local in its character, had no place in
tbe platform of either of the two great par
ties. No man lived today in this repubiio
who did not give ready approval to the
declaration that “governments long estab
lished should not be ofaanged for light or
transient causes." The protest against the
attempted legislation osrne not from one
political party, nor did it ocime from
one speoial class of onr people
Mr. Lewis of Mississippi spoke in favor
of the bill and Mr. Post of Illinois against
It.
The House then adjourned.
The galleries were crowded, but there was
a very slim attendance on tbe floor.
A MEMORIAL FROM NEW YORK.
New York, Maroh 22.—The chamber of
oommeree this evening forwarded to con
gress a memorial on tbe silver question.
The memorial was signed by Alexander E.
Orr, vibe president, and George Wilson,
secretary. In ft the ohamber respectfully
submits that the Interests of this country
demand :
1. That all existing legislation which requires
the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase sil
ver bullion shall be repealed.
2. That the opening of tbe mints to free coin
age of silver would be degrading the standard
of value, effect confiscation and transfer of
wealth unparalleled In the history of civilized
nations and produoe an amoufi Of distress for
which not the slightest justification is to be
faund in necessity, policy or morals.
3. That the only practical mode.of dealing with
tbe sliver question is by an international con
ferenoe and negotiation with other great com
mercial nations of the world looking to the
rest oration of silver to its plane as international
money upon a fair basis of relative market
value with gold, and to suoh an extent as tbe
conditions of oommeree and the judgment of
financial authorities will justify.
A CARRIAGE FACTORY ABLAZE.
The Total Loss About $234,000, With
Insurance of One-Half.
Boston, Maroh 22.—Fire in Henderson
Bros., carriage factory in Cambridge this
morning destroyed a large 4-story briok
building, two 4-story buildings and four
2-story buildings in the rear and a large
stable and rained three dwelling
houses, the tenants of whioh saved most
of their effects In the carriage
factory and ware and store rooms were
1,200 carriages, wagons and sleighs, all of
which, exoept about 100 carriages, were
burned. John J. Henderson of the firm
estimates the loss at about $200,000, witu
about SIOO,OOO insurance. The firm’s safe,
containing about $50,000 worth of leases and
valuable papers, is in tbe ruins. One bun
dled hands were employed. The other losses
foot up about $38,000.
SNOW IN THE WEST.
A Gale Blows Down Chimneys and
Outbuildings at Marengo,
Marengo, 111., March 22.—One of the
worst storms of the season is raging here,
oonsisting of snow and sleet. A heavy gale
of wind has blown down many chimneys,
beside* blowing over several outbuildings.
STORMING AT ROCKFORD.
Rockford, 111., March 23.—A heavy
sleet and snow storm is raging here. Rail
road tratllo is at a standstill. The telegraph
and telephone service is seriously interfered
with.
FOUR INCHES DEEP AT VANDALIA.
Vandalia, 111., March 22.—Four inches
of snow has fallen la this sectiqn. it will
be a great benefit to growing wheat The
severe weather last week, it Is feared, de
stroyed what was left of the peach crop.
CANADIAN PACIFIC’S STRIKE.
The Superintendent and a Conductor
Roughly Handled.
Winnkpeg, Manitoba, March 22.— The
Canadian Pacific strike has now extended
to the eastern division from Fort William
to Chalk river, 400 more miles being looked
up. It is expected that the division from
Montreal east will be under the strike to
morrow. More violence is .reported from
Rat Portage, a train being stopped by tor
pedoes on tbe track and Supt. McKenzie
and Conductor MoNabb, who were in the
caboose, being very roughly handled. They
were badly wounded, but are now in the
oare of friends.
COLORADO'S DEMOCRATS.
Delegates to Chicago to Bs Selected on
May 25.
Denver, Col., March 22.— Tbe demo
cratic state oentral committee met here yes
terday and named Denver as the place and
May 25 as th* day for the meeting of the
convention to seleot delegates for tbe na
tional convention at Chicago. No district
conventions will be held, as ft was decided
to elect all tho delegate* at the above con
vention. Tbe place and date for holding
the democratic convention for the nomina
tion of statu officials will be deoided upon at
the convention to be held May 25.
lowa's Prohibition Fight.
Dee Moines, la., March 22.—The Gatob
bill substituting county option for prohibi
tion in lowa was finally disposed of to-day,
being mdufiuitoly postponed in tbs lower
bouse of the legislature. The vote was
strictly a party one, tee republicans favor
ing puelp eiuent and tbe democrat- op
posing It. A large crowd of spectator* were
in atleodana* The result of the vote was
greeted with ebearing by the repubUoaut.
MILLS NOW A SENATOR.
CHILTON LIFT HIM THE FIELD BY
WITHDRAWING.
How the News Was Received la Wash
ington—The New Victory In Texas
Consoles Him for His Defeat for the
Speakership—He Will Vote on Silver
and Speak on the Tariff Before Hn
terlng the Senate.
Washington, Maroh 22.—Senator Roger
Q. Mills is a happy man to-night He did
not want to be speaker half so muoh as he
wanted to be senator. It had been his am
bition for years, and he was actually pre
paring to be a candidate for the Senate last
spring, wheu he was persuaded by the tariff
reform leaders of the party to become a
candidate for speaker. Now that he hae
been triumphantly elected for theunexplrod
term ending in March noxt, and is likely to
succeed himself, he would be able to forget
the outcome of the speakership fight if It
were not for the plight bis party finds itself
in in the House.
A CONSOLATION.
Still, Senator Mills, who bad left the cap
ttol early, beard this evening hew, when
Mr. Trsoey interrupted the silver debate to
read the telegram announcing Representa
tive Mills’ election this afternoon, and both
sides, in faot, everybody exoept Representa
tive Culberson, applauded for a full min
ute, Representative Mills was happy.
Telegram after telegram of oongratulatione
came in all through tbe atteriioon and
evening, and friend after friend. It was
interesting to see hit lieutenants in the
speakership fight congratulate him on his
victory snd at the same lime recall how
easily they might have won viotory for him
in tbe speakership fight if he had been will
ing that they should make bargains. But
they agreed with him that it it better for
him personally to be in the Senate.
TO SPEAK ON THE TARIFF.
He will not go there at onoe. He wants
to make a speeoh on the tariff first in the
House in order to help his party out when
tbe tariff debate It resumed after the silver
discussion is over. He will vote, too, if a
vote is had on the silver question. Home
of his colleagues advised him to resign his
seat in the House to morrow and go to the
Senate as soon as his credentials arrive, so
as to avoid the silver vote, but he
characteristically put this advice aside
and is ready to faoe a vote, which would
not have come ap it he bad been elected
speaker. For twenty years Mr. Mills was
returned to congress practically wltboet
opposition in hit own party, so that his
practloally unanimous election to the Senate
(Including (me vote of tbe only republican,
a negro), did not surprise him.
Among the telegrams received by Repre
sentative Mills was one from Hoke Smith
aud others of Atlanta tendering him a
banquet. He will deoline.
HILLS ELECTED.
Austin, Tex., March 23.—Apart from
the balloting for U nlted States senator to
day the proceedings of both housei were of
no general interest. The ballot for senator
resulted as follows:
In the Senate-
Mills 37
Wash Jones 1
J. D. Sayers i
In tho House-
Mills $3
Chilton 3
Culberson 1
Barnett Gibbs 2
J. H. Bailey 4
There was a good deal of speaking in
making and seoonding the nomination of
Representative Mills.
Both houses adjourned till to-morrow.
This morning Horace Chilton ad
dressed a letter to a caucus of his
friends announcing his withdrawal from
the race for United States senator, thus
leaving the field clear for Representative
R. Q. Mills to pass from the lower to the
upper branoh of oongress. Bouator Chilton
assigned as his only reason for withdrawing
that he found the total vote of his friends in
the legislature would not be sufficient to
elect him, and that he did not want to em
barrass those who would stand by hlq^
POISON IN COFFEE.
Paul Romare of Atlanta and His Fam
ily Made Seriously HI.
Atlanta, Ga., Maroh 22.—A sensational
case of poisoning ooonrred here this morn
ing. Paul Romare, cashier of the Atlanta
National Bank, now lies in bed a very sick
man from the effects of a cup of ooffee
drank at breakfast this morning. Mrs,
Romare, his wife, and two grown daugh
ters, were also affected by tbe ooffee, but not
so much as Mr. Romare, and are to-night
able to be up, The family
is at a loss to aooount for tbe poisonous
effeat of the ooffee. Whether it was tam
pered with by servants or the fault was in
the coffee itself cannot be learned, but the
result was quite serious nevertheless. Mr.
Romare is not oonsidered dangerously
affected, but is still a very sick man. An
investigation of some sort will probably be
made.
LYNCHING OF LABKIN NIX.
The Men Accused of tbe Crime on Trial
at Camilla.
Camilla, Ga., March 22.—Barney White
was put on trial this morning iu the superior
oourt charged with the lynching of old man
Larkin Nix. Tbe lynching ocourred on the
night of Oct. 19 in the lower part of the
county. Most of them accused are residents
of Thomas county. The state has only ex
amined two witnesses, but has made a cate
whioh it will be hard to break down. The
acoused are ably represented by W. M.
Hammond, Robert Mitchell, W. J. Waiters,
I. A. Bush and J. H. Bcaife. Tbe state is
represented by W. N. Hpence. There are
about 100 witneises to be examined, and it
is impossible to predict tbe verdiot. The
trial is expected to lost several days.
Nebraska’s Governorship.
Lincoln, Neb., March 22.—Gen. John
M. Thayer filed a notice in the supreme
court to-day, through his attorneys, that
he will, on Tuesday, March 23, make an ap
plication to reopen the Boyd-Thayer cose,
which was dismissed last week owing to
the non-appearance of the oouusel for Mr.
Thayer.
Gov. Thayer stated to-day that the new
step in tne controversy would make no
change in bis private plan*.
Farmer Sane.
New York, March 22. James A.
Farmer, tho Georgian who on Monday last
gave himself up a* a murderer to the police
of this city, was adjudged sane by the au
thorities here to-day. Tbe sheriff from
Jackson oounty, Georgia, Is on bis way to
New York to' take Farmer back.
Field’s Insanity.
New York, March 23.—District At
torney Niooil to-day issued sn order to
Sheriff Gorman to bring Kdward M. Field
Vo the oourt of over and terminer to-mor
row morning. District Attorney Nicoil eeid
that Field would, in ail probability, be
committed to an meane asylum.
WISCONSIN'S QIERRY MANDIR,
The State Supreme Court Oeolarea It
Unconstltuti onal.
Madison, Wib., March 21— The eupreme
oourt declare* the assembly, tenatorlal and
congressional apportionment mad* by the
lait legiilaturo to be unconstitutional.
The decision ot the oourt wai unanimous.
It held that-the oomtltution ordains that
the assembly district shall be bounded by
oounty, precinct, town or ward lines.
Since no assembly district can lawfully be
formed which inoludes territory in two or
more counties, unlses the whole of such
counties are included therein, so that the
district is bounded entirely by oounty line*,
a constitutional assembly district cannot be
formed wbioh includes within its limits
fractious of two or more oountles, or
one county and a fraction of
another. In either case the Integrity of the
oounty lines would be violated if a county la
dismembered. Chapter 482, laws of 1801,
attempts thus to dismember about twenty
oounties. The constitution provides that
the legislative districts shall be formed and
the members of the two branches of tiie
legislature apportioned according to the
number of inhabitant*, because the oounty
is the primary territorial unit in the forma
tion of the assembly districts, and the mem*
bars of the assembly must first be appor
tioned to counties or to single districts
containing two or more counties. The pro
vision of the oonstltution as ap
plied to the formation of assembly
district* meaus primarily that there
must be substantial equality of representa
tion in proportion to the population as be
tween all the dlfforent counties and districts
containing two or more counties. The ap
portionment of the state into assembly' dis
tricts Is an entire process, to a greater or
less extent, each part of an apportionment
act is affooted by and dependent upon every
other part thereof. For this reason It is
impossible to expunge from chapter 480 the
portions whloh violate tbo constitutional re
quirements and sustain the balance of the
act as a valid law. Henoe the whole act is
null and void, and consequently is not a
legal basis for the issue and
publication by the secretary of state
of notices of election of members of the leg
islature.
JUDO* MAYNARD TO GO.
The Bar of New Yorlc Finds Him
Guilty of Beprehenslble Conduct.
New York, March 23.—The association
of the bar of the city of New York tried
Isaac C. Maynard, judge of the oourt of
appeals, to-night, and brought in a verdiot
of guilty.
From the first there was no donbt as to
what the verdiot would be, but a lit
tle knot of his supporters fought
valiantly for acquittal and falling,
acoeptea the Inevitable with becoming
grace. The judge was found guilty of
reprehensible cjuduot in tbs I)utchess
oounty election case by a vote whloh was
probably about five to one, and within a
few days the senators and representatives
in Albany assembled, wIU be called upon
by the New York city bar to remove him
from the high judicial office to wbioh he
was recently elevated.
MB. DAVIS' MEMOIRS.
Arbitrator Nash File* a Report In
Favor of the Publishers.
New York, March 23. Stephen P. Nash,
who was appointed by the supreme oourt
arbitrator to adjußb the disputed aocount
between Jacob W. Payne of New Orleans,
1.a., and Jaddlson Hayes, Jr., of Colorado
Springs, Col., as executors of the will of
Jefferson Davis, and D. Appleton & Cos.,
ha* filed a report in favor of the publisher*,
The eiaoutors thought the astat.
should be benefited with an Interest
of $2,050 in the money advanced to W. J.
Walthall of Mobile, Ala,, who made an
agreement with the publisher to prepare
the Davis memoirs and reoeived advances
of $0,675 from the publishers. The memoir
were subsequently completed by Judge
W. J. Tenny, in the omploy of the pub
lishers, with the consent of Mrs. Davis.
M’BNBBY WINS.
The Democratic Primaries Result In
His FAvor.
New Orleans, March 23.—The demo
cratic ./hits primaries to determine whether
the democratic state ticket headed by B.
MoKnery, or that headed by Morphy J.
Foster shall bo considered the nominee of
the Democratic party, to be voted
for at the next general elec
tion to be hold on Tuesday,
April 19, were held to-day. The indicat
ions are that MoKnery carries the city by
between 11,000 and 12,000 majority and
Foster will probably come to tho city with
about 4.000 majority In the oounty parishes,
giviug MoKnery the democratic nomina
tion by ahout 7,000 votes. The vote
throughout the state was not at heavy as
expeo ted;
Prosecution of German Papers.
Berlin, March 21.— The National Zei
tunj says that tho minister of justice has
instructed the publio prosecutors not to
take proceedings against newspapers with
out first procuring his sanction. It is
thought that these Instructions are dne to
the (act that the local court declined to hear
the charge of lete-ma jests preferred against
the Cologne Gazette tor its comments on
the emperor’s Brandenburg speech.
England's Telephone Service.
London, March 22.— 1n the House of
Commons to-day Sen. Ferguson, postmas
ter, in opposing a private bill for the estab
lishment of anew telephone company, an
nounced that the government would
promote a measure placing the telephone
trunk lines in the bands of the postoffice
department, which would use the present
telephone systems in allianoe with the
trunk lines.
England’s Mine Troubles.
London, March 22. —The board of the
miners’ federation have sent a circular to the
Durham coal miners who ore not members
of that organization advising them to sub
mit the dispute between themselves and
their employee* to the federation for settle
ment. *
A Spanish Merquls Slain.
London, March 22. A dispatch has
been received from Granada, Spain, stat
ing the Marauis of Corasetice was found
dead in bis room yeeterdav. He bad bean
shot with a [list'll. Nothing is known as to
the motive whiob prompted the assassina
tion.
France's New Extradition Treaty.
Bakih, March 22.—At a meeting of the
oabinet held to-day M. Kibot, minister of
foreign affairs, and M. Richard, minister
of justios, submitted the text of the extra
dition treaty with the United States.
Bismarck Recovering.
Behi.in, March 22.—Prince Bismarck Is
recovering from the sodden illness with
which he was attacked yesterday.
Balfour's Educational Bill.
London, Mwi-Ii 22.— The Irish eduoa
ttonei bill immnd its first rsadiuy to day
without division.
( DAILY. $lO A YEAR. |
•{ B CENTS A COPY. f
I WEEKLY,SIIS A YEAR I
STOCKS AND HIS PISTOL
TBB STORY OF THE KILLING OF
ALF OABSIN.
Hla Slayer Entered the Store and
Fired On Him Without a Word of
Warning— A Previous Quarrel In
Whloh Caaaln Slapped Stocks’ Face
the Origin of the Bad Feellcg.
Atlanta, Ga., March 23. —The coroner’s
jury Impaneled to inquire into the shooting
of Alf Casein by Porter Stocks rendered a
verdiot this morning oharglng Stocks with
premeditated murder. Ed Holland, who
was arrested as an aocessory, was not
charged by the jury, and a later warrant
charging him with murder was sworn out
by Cassin’a friends. Holland was present
at the shooting and is suppoaed to
have furnished Stocks the pistol. Both
Stocks and Cass in are highly connected
and tbo killing has exoited much interest.
M. A. J. Lyle, in testifying, gave the fol
lowing account of the quarrel that ended In
Caesln’s death: He was sitting in the office
when Casein and Stookt drove into the baru
in a buggy. They got out and entered tba
office. Both had been drinking. They were
oold and sat down by the Are.
BEGIN NINO OF THE FATAL ROW.
“Are you running on the railroad now.
Porter f asked the witness.
“No,” said Stocks, “but I am going ouo
to-night and earn $2 26,"
“Well,” said Lyle, “if I had as tnuoh
money ns you I wouldn’t go out on a night
like this to earn $3 35.”
Stocks' wife U very wealthy, a daughter
of the late T. A. ltioe, one of the best cltl*
zens Atlanta ever bad. “O,” said Casein,
looking up, “it is not the $2 he wants. It’s
the quarter, that will buy him two drinks."
“You go to b—,” was Stocks’ response.
At this the witness said Casein got ud and
going over to Htoolts tipped the latter’s hat
from his head to the floor. Stocks got up,
picked up hit bat, walked up to Casein and
wanted to know if the latter intended to in
sult him. Cosain said that he did not, but
that Stookt could take it that way if ba
wanted to. '
STOCKS SLAPPED IN THE FAC*.
Cassln then slapped Stocks In the face
with the tip ends of his fingers and tweaked
bis ears. Stocks told Casein that any ona
who would do as be had done, 'was a
ooward. He said that he was unable to
fight Casein in a manly way, but that if he
would go out to some place with him, they
could get shotguns and settle the matter.
Casein then oalled Stookt a meet
opprobrious name and the latter demanded
a retraction. The witness and one of the
others present told Cassln that it was noth
ing but right that he ehould retract tha
name, whereupon Casein said: "Well, I
will take that baok, but nothing that I have
sold."
PARTED BAD FRIENDS.
The witness then persuaded Stocks to go
home. Before be did so Casein wanted him
to shake hands, but Stock* refuted to do so
nnless Cassln should take baok all that ha
had done and said. Nothing more was
said and Stocks went out. The witness
never heard Cossin threaten Stocks except
at first, when he said that he oouldi whip
Stookt, but if be wanted to that he could
throw him across a chair and spank him,
but that ho wouldn’t do it. When ho
slapped Stocks be was laughing.
N. W. Baird, the only eye-witness to the
shooting who testified, gave this aocount;
He was standing at the telephone in Mr.
Heed’s office Friday evening when Holland
came in. A tew minutes later Stock*
entered the offloe and walked up to Holland
and Cassin.
THE SHOOTING,
He did not hesitate a moment, but draw
ing bis right hand from his pocket holding
a plstbl, he threw that arm around Hol
land's body. The next Baird beard was a
loud report. He sprang forward and seised<
Stooks by tbe right arm. The youDg fellow
still gripped the pistol in his right hand.
As Baird seized him he transferred tha
.weapon to his left hand and cocked it again
to shot Cassin, but Baird succeeded
in preventing this. Holland immediately
skipped after the shot was fired. Casein,
Holland, Stocks and himself were the only
ernes present when the shooting took place.
Cassln had no weapon on hie person at
the time of the shooting. Neither Holland
or Stock* spoka to the other afte rths
■booting. Stooks was drunk when be en
tered the room but did not reel in hi* walk.
A DOOTOR ON A SPREE.
Be Attempts to Shoot Himself and la
Placed Under Arrest.
Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—Dr. J. F.
Hammond, a well-known physician, and
for years a member of the faoutty of the
Georgia College of Eoleotio Medicine and
Surgery, was placed under arrest to-night,
and now occupies a oell in the city
prison. Dr. Hammond to-day got on a
spree and securing a pistol was abou t to
take his own life when prevented by
another physician who entered his office un
expectedly and surprised him a moment be
fore the trigger was touched. The doctor
resisted interference and had to be
taken care of by the polioe m
order to prevent a repetition of the
suicidal attempt. Dr. Hammond is weir
known in the city. He has not been aa
prosperous of raceut years as his profes
sional attainments qualified him to be on
aocount of his addiotion to the liquor habit.
Despondency over this evidently prompted
bis attempt to end bis life.
CJOL. ESTILL RESIGNS.
Georgia Must Choose a New National
Committeeman.
Atlanta, Ga.. March 22.—Chairman W[
Y. Atkinson, of the state democratic oom*
mittee, has received a letter from CoL J. H.
Estili, in wbioh the latter resigns as the
member from Georgia of the national dem
ocratic committee. In a private letter to
the chairman Col. Kstill says that his reason
for resigning is that he bas'boen in ill health
for nearly two years and, therefore, desires
to be relieved from unnecessary cares. The
letter was a surprise, as there had teen no
Intimation from any quarter that it waa
thought of. A masting of the state com
mittee will bo called at an early date to fill
the vaoanoy.
New York’s Word’s Fair Bill.
Albany, N. Y.. March 22. — The Senate
has conourred in the Asoerably amendments
to tbs Senate bill appropriating 1200,000 for
the world's fair, Including eu amendment
for the closing of the state exhibit on Sun
dsy.
Dr. Agnsw Dead.
Philadelphia, March 22. Dr. D.
Hayes Agnew, the celebrated phy
sician aud surgeon, died this afternoon
of a complication of diseases, principally,
ltn.nwl.ial
Interstate Com miss lon ere Coming.
Wanhisotoe, March 22. Chairman
Morrison. < omiuluiuuer Clement* aud the
other members of lb* interstate comriMNW
com mission left for Atlanta to take up
Uwu a uthere eases to-night.