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T WE MORNING NEWS, I ' ESTABLISHED tttO. INCORPOHATKDIBBB. V 'l J.H. ESTILL, President. ) BRUNSWICK ENCOURAGED. So New Cases, No Suspicious Cases and Help Arriving. Atmospheric Conditions Against an Epidemic—A Concise Statement of the Condition of the City by the Re lief Committee— Appeals From Odd Fellows and Colored People—The Re lief Work. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 26.—N0 new or susi ’ ious cases were reported to-day. The atmospheric condition is unfavorable to further development of fever. The outlook is hopeful and encouraging. Re lief is coming in, and the suffering is be ing greatly allleviated by a prompt and judicious distribution of the relief con tributions. This is the cheering and en couraging news your correspondent is able to send from Brunswick to-uight. It seems that the prayers of the people all over the country are being answered, and Brunswick will be spared the visita tions of a plague that, once spread, means many people stricken down. Local phy sicians. relief committees and Surgeons Hutton, Carter, and Guiteras arc watching the sick closely, but all report encouraging signs. In the churches to-morrow the prayers and thanks of the remaining few will ascend to God for his mercy and goodness in sparing this little city. PBOMPT AND HEARTY RESPONSES. The people are responding ftobly to the call for aid, but by various published in terviews with city officials who refugeed the city tc avoid danger and left a hand ful of brave, determined men to face any epidemic that might come, the impression has been given that the need of relief is not so urgent. Had these men not fled the city, but remained and helped to al - the condition of starving thou sands, these impressions would, not have been given to the world. They left in alarm and from far off places of safety, give their ideas of the people's need and create false impressions, while those who remain battle against those impressions. Let the men who are boing interviewed return to Brunswick and they will bo shown the terrible distress existing here. The hundreds who are in needy circum stances will be fed. To counteract the false impressions made by these interviews the relief committee has issued the fol lowing: “To the People of the United States—The Brunswick, Ga., relief com mittee desires to place before the counti'y the actual condition of affairs at this place. While there have been but three an nounced eases of yellow fever, and it is hoped there will be no others, the destitu tion and suffering entailed is as great as if it were epidemic. ALL MEANS OF EARNING A LIVING CUT OFF. “Our every avenue of sustenance is cut off, our workshops are closed, our facto ries deserted, our entire business prostrated, and under the most favorable conditions some time must elapse before a resumption of business. We reluctantly appeal to the genei-usity of a charitable people to sustain us through the ordeal. The situ ation has I icon thoroughly canvassed, and the appeal Is not premature. We are here to stay, come wiiat may.” (Signed) T. W. Lamb mayor, Jacob E. Dart, C. P. Goodyear, Rev. J. A. Thompson, Rev, Ed. F. Cook, Dr. J. A. Butts, L. C. Bodet, E. A. Nelson. The Odd Fellows, by permission of the grand lodge, have issued an appeal to their brothers to help those of their own who are here suffering. The Odd Fel lows of Brunswick lost all they had in the bank failures here and deso,rve a quick response. Geo. W. Rush, past grand, is chairman of the relief committee of both Rush and Seajwirt louges. W. E. Porter, secretary, C. M. Tilton, treasurer, Josiah Warren, Burr Winton,T. E. Waff, Alfred Christie, committee. APPEAL OF TUB COLORED PEOPLE. The colored people, realizing the dis tress among their ] oore • classes, have issued the following call and desire all papers to publish it. “To Gur People: We appeal to your sympathy and loyalty to the suffering ones of yo ur race in this city of Brunswick and in meet ing assembled have resolved, whereas, that the report of having yellow fever in our midst brought about a panic among those who are citi zens that were able to support those re main ng over, and these poorer people are left here to suffer. Wo appeal lo one and ail of our devoted people'to respond to our call at once. This appeal may be thought inopportune, but as it has been brought to our knowledge that the larg est percentage of suffering is among our people we deem it our duty to work in accord with the relief committee in hav lnß the sympathy of our people aroused to the sense of their duty. have families without homos, food, fuel, clothes or physio, and death seems imminent for the want of necessities. ” e hope the lodges, churches aud auxili ary societies will respond to our call. Every act of kindness will bo greatly ap preciated. Rev. L. Lowry, chairman; C. A Shaw, secretary, grand chancellor K. of 1 state of Georgia; Rev. John Williams, treasurer, past master Mason; Rev. S. Huberts. Rev. G. M. Spratliug, Rev. R. H Singleton, Rev. J. M. Jackson. W. H. Matthews, district master Odd Fellows, A- Clark, committee. THE RELIEF SUPPLIES. 1 lie relief supplies are being judiciously issued. This morning five hundred ne prues crowded the streets around the rotnmissary expecting to be fed free, ihey brought baskets and boxes, cans Bnd flour Backs, and all were dressed in ;. lr best. Laborers on vice and turpen _m‘, farms, docks and warehouses quit Wl| i'K and came to town expecting the gov ernment to help them. They were halted in the rush by Mayor Lamb, who told them that any who got, free rations would h i eto have their wants established by reputable citizens after being '■ei-tißed to. Revs. Ed. F. Cook and *; A Thompson would issue them certificates for two days rations, which '-'unmissary Keeper Joseph Smith would Ji!!"" .All men able to work would be ,! Vl .' n 25 centß per day and rations for neu- families while engaged in placing ne unv, i in good sanitary condition. TnEy NOW UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. 1 bis talk brought the negroes to their - ' iises, and those that had work returned I ’ t ' hey were badly fooled, but Mayor -unhand his committee will feed none ut ’be deserving poor. Over 100 families -•■re fed to-day, and cheer took the place sorrow in many homes. Tuesday five , ' Policemen will be put on duty, and he vicious classes made to work or town. Chief Police Beach is or vaiiizuig his force, and will run vagrants 'a;. Mayor Lamb will issue a procla . , orl Monday ordering vagrants away, til i^ mless they go the chain gang wants Hfljjc MmmnQ GETTING THE CAMP HEADY. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 26. —Burgeon Ma gruder returned to the city lust night, after having spent yesterday at the gov ernment quarantine station in consulta tion with Surgeon Hutton, Drs. Hugh Burford, Carter and Guiteras. He re turned to the camps this morning. Sev enty carpenters are at work on the houses at the camps. The work is being done with dispatch. Some fifty tents were obtained from Brunswick and they are being erected. The camps, when completed, will accommodate one thou sand people. Surgeon Magruder says that he does not think it necessary to es tablish a quarantine station on the Way cross Short Line, as there appears to bo no yellow fever at Port Tampa. The Morning News is In great demand here. The people look for the news in the Morning News. THE SCARE OVER AT TAMPA. Business Prospects are Brighter and a Good Fall Trade Expected. Tampa, Fla. Aug. 26.—Since the recent scare over what was supposed to be yel low fever, but in reality turned out to be malarial troubles, our citizens are begin ning to return. The scared look is dying on the faces of those who were not pre pared to flee, and things have returned to their normal condition. The health au thorities are commended for thoir prompt action in the matter, and our citizens ought to feel assured that if an epidemic should break out they would be warned in ample time to escape the dread dis ease. Health Officer Porter returned yester day from Mullet Key, where he has been on an inspection tour to the quarantine station. The Markomania has been re leased, and she is now on her way to port. The diagnosis of the cases at quarantine station proved them to be only mild forms of malarial fever, and on that authority the steamer was allowed to go on her way. Tho authorities at Port Tampa are vig ilant and all suspicious vessels are seut immediately to Tortugas. Yesterday found a small sloop at the dock which was immediately sent to the station. It contained only three or four persons. TRAVEL RESUMED. Quarantine restrictions have been raised against the port and travel has been resumed. Our citizens are inclined to be indignant at the many false reports sent from this place, as it has damaged the commercial interest of the city to an untold extent. No doubt many of the re ports were only in the minds of those who were panicky and who left the city by first train, spreading the rumor that eight cases had developed in the city. The offi cials here would request that such per sons stay out in smaller towns for an in definite period or learn that silence is golden. The local press of the city aredoing much to keep down any excitement that false reports might create, and the man agers of tho Tribune and tlie Times are to be commended for the oil that has been poured on the recent troubled waters by their pens. BUSINESS IMPROVING. The business outlook for the city is growing brighter daily, and with the opening of Tampa Bay hotel on Dec. Ist, our business circles are imbued with new vigor and activity. The Gulf National Bank is reported to be getting in shape to resume business soon under the manage ment of Dr. Anderson. Many of our citi zens who were depositors are looking anxiously forward to the day when it opens for business again. FALSE IMPRESSION CORRECTED. No Tallow Fever at Atlanta, Nor Any Suspicious Case. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26. —The fact that some cities have quarantined against At lanta seems to have created the impres sion that there is yellow fever here. So far from that being true, there is not a single case here, nor has there been. Atlanta has opened her doors to the refugees from Brunswick and other stricken cities, but there has not even been a suspicious case among the thou sands who have come. AN OFFICIAL MANIFESTO. Dr. Alexander, president of the board. of health, said to-niglit: “Please deny all such reports in the strongest possible terms. There is absolutely no truth in them. There has not been a suspicious case. Inspectors meet all trains. Should a case be discovered, the patient would at once be taken to quarantine station and every precaution taken; although we feel certain that under no circumstances would the fever spread here.” THE B. AND W. HEADQUARTERS. They Will Be Established in Waycross Monday. Waycross, Aug. 26.—The inspectors re port that very few passengers fail to have health certificates. The headquarters of the Brunswick and Western railroad will be established near the bank Monday. The colored teachers’ institute has been in session this week. Expert Nel son reports an interesting convention. Superintendent Haines will leave the government quarantine station for this city Monday. The Bickley high school, under tho management of Prof. Gulleth and Miss Dilbon, will reopen with 90 pupils next week. One hundred pupils are in attendance at the Manor high school, which is con ducted by Prof. W. S. Booth. SURG. MAGRUDER AT WAYCROSS. He Has Appointed Inspectors at That Point and Jesup. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 26.—Surgeon Ma gruder has just arrived here from the government quarantine station. He has appointed Dr. B. F. Williams government inspector at this place. He will leave here to-night for Jesup, and will appoint Dr. Samuels inspector at that place. Dr. Williams takes charge of the quarantine here for the government at once. Surgeon Magruder says that the work at the camps is progressing rapidly. FOR BRUNSWICK. Albany to Send Money and Provisions on Monday. Albany, Ga., Aug. 26.—An impartial canvass of the city was made to-day for the fever sufferers at Brunswick, with the result of about S3OO obtained in cash and provisions, which will be forwarded Monday, the Southern Express Compony offering to deliver the same free of charge. Death of a Banker. Raleigh, Aug. 26.—A special from Ox ford, N. C.. says J. C. Cooper, head of the banking house of J. C- Cooper 6l Sons, died here to-day, aged 77 years. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 27. 1893. A GRAPPLE OF THE GIANTS BurKe Cochran’s Masterly Eloquence in the House. Reed’s Speech Far Less Statesman like—Listened to by Overflowing Galleries—Which Were Bare, How ever, to Such an Excellent Talker as Private Allen of Miseissippi—The Soft Voiced West Virginian Closed for His Bill, But the Wires Failed Us at the Hour of Going to Press. Washington. D. C., Aug. 26. The climax of oratory in the House was reached to-day. The attendance ex ceeded the capacity of the galleries, and the corridors were thronged. Mr. Clark of Alabama opened the debate, and al though he made a strong, logical speech, he was listened to with Impatience by the great mass of people who wanted to hear from the leaders. THE GLADIATORS ON HAND. They were soon gratified, however, for Mr. Reed of Maine took the floor at 10:30 o’clock and made one of tho most mas terly speeches which has been heard for many a day in the halls of congress. Mr. Dearmond of Missouri, who followed in a silver speech, and humorous John Al len of Mississippi, the next speaker, had little attention bestowed upon them, so eager were the members and spectators to hear from Bourke Cockran, the idol of the New York democracy. Mr. Cockran did not disappoint them, for when he concluded Ills speech the House was overwhelmed iu a wave of thunderous applause. Mr. Bland made a good speech to empty galleries, but they were tilled again to listen to a short but logical speech from Mr. Wilson of West Virginia, the father of tlie pending bill. GALLERIES EARLY TACKED. The galleries of the House were full of spectators before the hour of the meet ing, 10 o'clock a. m., attracted by the an nouncement that the last day of the silver debate was to be signalized by a battle of the oratorical giants. The chaplain in his owning prayer asked God’s blessing on the closing hours of this long debate. “Thou hast already,” he said, “sent the blessing; for it has been conducted with a mild, Christian-like spirit. May noth ing occur to mar that spirit as the debate comes to its close. Ami we beseech thee, whatever may be the result of it, that that result may prove to be a lasting ben efit to the largest number of thy people.” The speaker announced the order of the day’s proceedings. Under tlie hour rule, he said, the time in favor of the bill would close with the member from West Virginia (Wilson), and the time in oppo sition to it by the member from Missouri (Bland). OPENING FOR THE WILSON BILL. Tlie first thirty minutes was assigned by Wilson to Clark, dem., of Alabama. He believed it the duty of congress to fix the ratio botween silver and gold at 16 to 1. In his opinion, there was no differ ence in the ability of the oountry to carry out silver coinage between a 16 and a 20 ratio. If the country could do it with a ratio of 20 to 1, it could do it with a ratio of 16 to 1. Mr. Clark’s time was called at 10:30 o’clock, and the floor was as signed to Mr. Reed, of Maine. The Houso came to most sudden and complete quiet as Mr. Reed stood up in the most easterly aisle on the republican side of the chamber and began to address the House in slow, strong, measured tones. He said: - Mr. Speaker, I am not certain of tho wisdom of any member of this House, and least of all of my own. I am quite conscious how difficult it is for this body to know anything about cur rency in general, and how especially diffi cult it is to provide a remedy for a de rangement of currency at any particular time. “Nevertheless, while I have grave doubt of the wisdom of each individual, includ ing myself, and no doubt whatever of the difficulty of the task, it is a comfort to fall back upon a well-established belief In the wisdom of all. It may not be as- absolutely righteous decision which we shall reach; nevertheless, it is comforting assurance to believe that the decision will be sufficient for the emergency, especially since it is accom panied by the certainty that no other wisdom is possible at the present time. Upon us and the people who are influen cing our votes rests the decision of this and other important questions. AN ErOCH OF NATIONAL DECLINE. “Crises like the present are not uncom mon in the history of the world; indeed, they seem to be essential to human prog ress and to arise out of the characteris tics of human nature itself. We seem now to be at the beginning of one of those declines the like of which happens after a long period. Unless all indications fail, wc are in a situation very much like that which afflicted England in 1793 and 1825, and which began to afflict us in the year 1873. If the period of prosperity could be expressed In a single word, that word would be ‘confidence,’ and if the period of adver sity, as we call it, could bo expressed iu a single word, that word would be -distrust.' “In the year 1896 a variety of circum stances which it is not necessary now to discuss —for the country cares very little to-day whether anybody was or was not to blame for the passage of the Sherman act —conspired to make the passage of that act an absolute necessity. Tho passage of that act pledged the United States to purchase eyery month, and issue its value in currency, 4,500.(XX1 ounces of silver. At the time when that act was passed every patriot sincerely hoped that the expectation of the friends of 3ilver, that that purchase would result in solving the problem of bi metallism for this country and placing silver on a par with gold, would be real ized. That the friends of silver enter tained that view, I cannot doubt, because in was expressed to me in terms of the ut most confidence. At the time the passage of the act caused very little fear on the part even of the wisest, but a series of events, which are so fresh in the memory of every man who hears me that I need not recapitulate them, caused a drain of gold from the United States to Europe. That drain of gold sounded the alarm to the American jieoplo that the period of prosperity through which they had passed and which was then in exis tence. which was shown by the employ ment of capital and the employment of labor, had reached a period of suspension— a period always reached in such forward movements of the human race, and always to be anticipated. Mr. Reed then sketched the progress cf the period of distrust, culminating in the enormous withdrawal of money from all classes of banks until, as he said, we are Buffering to-day all the calamities of a restricted circulation in the midst of an abundont supply of money. JI'ST WHAT nt WAS EXPECTED TO SAT. After thus narrating the outward cir cumstances of the existing situation, Mr. lieed wenton to say that, in his judgment, the underlying cause of it is really tho re turn of the democracy to power, and the consequent distrust of the business world upou the tariff question. “I will not un dertake,” he said, “ tod well ut this present time, —for I do not want to confuse the is sue—upon these unfortunate parts of the democratic programme, which arc at present in abeyance, like the establish ment of state banks and other financial measures which we may possibly have to struggle with. I can characterize, in u single phrase, tho cause of the present condition of affairs. It is the undiscovcr able uncertainty of the future of both the currency question and the questions of protection and revenue tariff. “it will bo seen from what I have said that I do not regard the Sherman act as in itself alone responsible for our present condition of affairs; that I believe that the causes of our present disaster under lie that: that the necessary stoppage of hundreds and .thousands of mills all over this country is at the bottom of our dis aster. Nevertheless, Ido believe that tho Sherman act and the accumulation of silver in the treasury were the earliest indications of the disaster which wo are approaching, and that they have played a part not entirely unfortunate in warning us that we can be saved from still further misfortune and doubt. THE ACT WAS BOMBARDED ALL ROUND. “Whilelam in favorof the repeal of the purchasing clause of tho Sherman act, and have always been, since the failure of that act to realize the hopes of the men who believed in a silver currency, I do not think that the repeal of that act will be an immediate cause of the revival of the prosperity of this country. lam in favor of its repeal, however, for two reasons. First, it seems to me to bo deeply settled in the public mind, from causes which eau be easily understood, that tlie Sherman law Is the cause of the unrea sonable hoarding of currency throughout this country. It has been made tlie foundation of distrust by a variety of causes. Tho President of tho United States deemed it be his duty—and 1 make no question with regard to it—in the most public manner to appeal to the last congress to repeal the Sherman act, announcing in every way in which he was capable of announcing his belief that the continuance of that act was the forerun ner of disaster. Coming from such a source as that, it is now understood that the people of foreigu countries believod that the danger from the Sherman act was as great as it could possibly bo. Then, in addition to that, the bankers who desired to call a halt in the condi tion of affairs which existed last year, who believed that the time for settlement had arrived, joined in that objection. Then, the demo cratic papers, scenting out the disaster that was upon us, and being desirous of charging it to some other party than thoir own. trained ail their guns upon the Sherman act.” In Mr. Heed’s judgment the repeal of the purchasing clause would have such a reassuring effect that wc should bo tem porarily assisted by capital from beyond the dfcup, ai'-l fiat ■ “Cy assistance - would result in the loosening of hoarded money, which is now to be found in stockings and iu every possible receptacle; and the result would be ease of money, and . those who are carrying on a sound aud safe business would be rescued from tlie disaster which threatens them and this country by being relieved from many unnecessary failures; "Bo my two reasons for voting for the repeal are: First, that it will restore confluence to the people, and. in some measure, help us out of the first difficulties of our position; and, second, when the time comes it will assist us on the upward path to the next period of prosperity and progress.” Un conditional repeal he held to be the path of duty. MR. KEEI) IN CONCLUSION. The closing sentence, Mr. Reed de clared that when the day came, as it would come, that the Republican party would lead the land back to the paths of prosperity and fame, it would take back with it its glory, undimmed by adversity, its honor unsullied by defeat. Loud andilong continued applause burst out from tlie Republican side of the chamber and from the galleries, and even democrats—an unwonted spectacle—con tributed tlieir share of applause. Then Mr. Reed took his scat, having occupied his hour to tho exact moment. Mr. Dearmon, dem., oMdissouri, was the next speaker, having half an hour as signed to him. He was opposed to repeal and in favor of free coinage; and he in dulged in some criticisms upon the Secre tary of the Treasury. Mr. Williams, dem.. of Illinois, opposed repeal, and contended that the Sherman law was not responsible for the present panic, although that panic was the legit imate offspring of the republican party. PRIVATE ALLEN’S MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Mr. Allen, dem., of Mississippi, unlike most of the gentlemen who had addressed tlie House on this important question, and who had disclaimed being financiers or partisans, said ho was both. [Laughter.] He had made the question of currency a study for more than fort.vj.ears [].a tigh ter], but lie was not one of those finan ciers who were responsible for tho pres ent stringency. He had kept his' money in circulation. [Laugh ter.] He had done about 95 per cent, of his business on credit; but lie did not think that was a good plan, for his creditors were now clamoring for him to do something to restore confidence. [Laughter.] The country was ill, but the remedy proposed was not the proper one. It reminded him of the story of the darky, cwho being left in charge of a farm, wrote to his employer: “De cow has been sick. I think she is well of the disease now, but I think she will die of the remedy I done give her. [Laugh ter.] He (Allen) would like to cure the coun try of the disease, but he did not want to vote for a remedy that would bo worse than the disease. He did not propose to be driven or bullied into doing that which, in his humble judgment, would be a bad thing for the great masses of the people. THE SPEBCH OF THE DAY. At 1 o’clock p. in. Mr. Bourke Cockran took the floor and addressed the House. Nobody would deny, he said, after tlie speech just heard, that the arguments for free silver coinage were picturesque rather than convincing. He agreed with the gentleman from Maine (Reed) that when the gavel of the presiding officer descended on his desk on the 4th of March last the members of congress returned to their homes in a country blessed with universal prosper ity. And yet, in a period when every thing-that ought to produce prosperity existed here the sky overhead had been darkened. If the cause of the disaster were sought, nothing could be found in the character of a providential interposition to prevent the continuous march of the couutry toward prosperity. It was now the duty of congress not to seek partisan advant- age of this condition of things, hut to ap ply tlie remedy. He did not agree with the gentleman from Maine that such re curring panics wore inseparable from the progress of the human race. He did not join in the tone of levity in which the political platform of the Democratic party had been threat ened. Ho believed that a declaration of political faith was binding on a party, and lie stood here to-day opposed to the measure of free coinage; he stood on the democratic platform with both his feet, while he who proposed such an act was trying to pusli him off it. FREE COINAGE DIDN’T GET TEN VOTES. He had assented to the deliberations of the democratic convention [ironical laughter from the republicans], and had good opportunity to discover with what vigor it had put its feet on any one who undertook to interfere with tlie free course of its operations. And he remem bered that when tlie financial part of the platform was read a delegate from Colorado projKjsed, as an amendment, tlie insertion of the word “free” before the word “coinage,” and had supported it in a speech. But it did not poll ten votes when the convention took action on it. “Talk to me,” Mr. Cockran said, “about the Democratic party having de clared for free coinage. I believe that the claim for free coinage came from Colorada and Nevada. But why did Oolorada and Nevada take to the woods during tlie election of 1893 ; j laughter. ] Why did they turn their backs upon these parties and enlist in tho populists’ranks? I stand by the demo cratic platform, which declares for the “use” of silver; and 1 believe in it. As to bimetallism in the United States and in France, there never lias been bimetal lism in the sense argued for.” THE PLATFORM’S EXACT PROMISE. Continuing, Mr. Cochran said that he was in favor of silver; hut in its platform the Democratic party had refused to put the word “free” before the word “coin age.” [Applause.] The promise of the Democratic party was that it would use all the silver we had; and now tho Demo cratic party asked to suspend the further coinage of silver, in the hope that in the future the couutry would be able to add to its silver currency without disturbing tho standard of value. The United States was not suffering to day from a lack of money; it was suffer ing from a redundancy of money. These commercial crises were like every other pestilence which swept periodically over the country. This crisis should be in vestigated, tlie origin of it discovered and the cause of it removed. In his opinion, the pronounced cause of the political crisis was the redundancy of money. Tlie circulating medium had been so redundant that the wheels of commerce were clogged by it. In this country there was a redundancy of currency; and we shall watch the conse quence—tho more money the less issue; the less you have. According to Mill, it was not the amount of money in a country that affected prices; it was the amount of money in circulation. You might, he ex claimed, put fifty millions a month, fifty millions a week, into circulation and it would be absorbed us'the burning sun of the desert absorbs a bucket of water. “My friend asked me some time ago why it was that tho banks had opposed tilts legislation. Tlie banks have opposed it because the #26.000,000, which would be the amount tlie New York banks would gain by it. would be but a pittance com pared with the loss that would be inflict ed on tlie business of the country by the shock to its credit that would extend throughout the uuiverse. CITY AND COUNTRY ONE IN INTEREST. “Gentlemen have appealed to the senti ment of the country members as though their interests were hostile to tlie inter ests of tlie cities. I speak u;>on this floor as a member from a district iu the great est city on the continent, and I say to this House that the interests of the city can never be hostile to the interests of the country; that tho existence of that great municipal wealth is based upon the pro duction of the laborers of this land who toil iu tlie fields and dig in the ditches. “Show me legislation which Ijam con vinced will benefit the.farmer, and, even if it cuts down the profits of the banker or the capitalist on their per cent., you will find me voting for it. I believe in the statement which Mentoros made to Telemachus, that it is not the splendor of a city, but the prosperity of the fields, that consti tute the greatness of a nation, not the significence of its palaces, but the com forts of its homes. -•We have heard a great deal here of sec tions, of nortli and south, of east and west, and as wo have heard it a doubt arose in m.v mind as to whether, after all, the victory of the union was not a mistake. Arc we to be forced to the conclusion that this country is so vast; that its interests are so diversified and irreconcilable, that legislation which is essential to the safetv of turban interests must be hostile to rural interests; that things which make for the protection of New York must necessarily result in the oppression of Missouri and Nebraska. “I do not believe ttiat thare ever yet came a time in this country’s history when any attempt to make a sectional footing lias resulted in the profit of any body. 1 hope ttiat this attempt to revive the prejudices based upon the occupations of each of the sections will be abandoned by gentlemen when they come to recollect the meaning of what they say, and that they will realize that the fires of disunion were stamped out by marching armies in this country and the embers were quenched by the blood of tlie martyrs and the tears of widows. [Loud applause. J LOVES IT FOR ALL ITS STATES. “I prize the citizenship of this country, not because it embraces New York, but because it embraces Nebraska aud Mis souri, and every section and each of the territories which is comprised within this country. “New York has no mission except that she can administer to your welfare. She trades upon your products; she grows no grass between her stones, her mechanics work at their benches, and by transfer ring tho rude product of the soil and tho mine, fits the finished articles essential to the luxury or comfort of the human race. Her laborers truusnip the freights and the fruits of your toils from the cars in which they come to her borders, to the great argosies of commerce that bear them across tlie sea for distribution throughout the globe; and so she stands upon the verge of this western continent, with one arm gather ing the fruits of your toil into her lap for distribution over the globe, and with the other gathering the golden trihute of the world to bo returned back to you as the reward for what you produce. As you prosper, she prospers. As this nation grows, she grows. As this country be comes great, she becomes great. MR. COCKRAN’S PERORATION. “But material greatness alone can never bo enduring unless it be accompanied by moral progress and moral grandeur: and we who ask you, here and now, to make honesty, equity aud justice the distin- guishing policy: wo ask you to preserve the greatness we have achieved; which will broaden before labor and industry like tlie broad horizon that even now is ours: and we will make the march of this country along tin- pathway of mate rial development a long march in the progress of tlie human race towards the cultivation of those virtues that elevate humanity, perpetuate republics, make tlie flag glorious, aud make our institu tions perpetual. [Prolonged applause and cries of “vote.”] HOME RULE DEBATE. Gladstone Possibly to Make His Last Effort Wednesday. London, Aug, 26.—The last stage of tlie home rule debate in the House of Com mons will begin on next Wednesday. This, tho beginning of the end, will bo marked, probably, by another great speech from Gladstone, who will make the motion for tlie third reading. In this supreme and, perhaps, his final effort for the Irish cause, tlie aged Prem ier is likely to touch on a question or two which the government has ignored so far iti the exhausting aud exhaustive discus sion of the bill. After Gladstone, will come ail the mas ters of oratorical fireworks whom the op position can muster. Goshen, chancellor of the exchequer iu tlie last Salisbury ad ministration, is expected to make the first, reply to Gladstone. As lie is not a de bater of the first order, however, tho interest of the unionists lias been concen trated bn the attack which Joseph Cham berlain will make on the government on Thursday. Balfour, leader of the unionists, will deliver their final protest against the bill on Friday. John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, Herbert Asquith, homo sec retary. and .Sir Wm. Harcourt, chancell or of the exchequer, all debaters of the foremost rank, will probably be tlie gov ernment’s champions in this final vote with the opposition. The home rule bill will be passed during Friday night. The rule closing the debate at midnight will be suspended by tho government and at about 2 o’clock the division will bo taken. END OF A LONG STRUGGLE. This close of the six-mouths’ struggle will be attended with scenes of keen excitement. Tlie government, how ever, with vivid recognition of the fight that recently disgracod the House, is mak ing every effort to keep the feeling below the danger point. All tlie Gladstonian members have received word from head quarters that they must refrain from any demonstration likely to anger tho oppo sition excessively. If the Irish members restrain their en thusiasm sufficiently to conform to this request, there will be no recurrence of the brawls on the floor of the House. FHOQRAMME DETERMINED ON. It now has been decided definitely that the home rule bill shall be introduced in the House of Lords on Monday, Septem ber 4, and will be taken to the second reading on the following day. Tho division will be made and the bill will bo rejected on September 8. Some sort of compromise at the autumn session is now regarded by many as prob able. Gladstone has made a temporary peace with the Scotchmen, who were claiming his attention for their demands before they went further with him is his Irish home rule. At Rome and Rotterdam. Rome, Aug. 26.—Seven persons died fit Asiatic cholera here to-day. NINE CASES AT ROTTERDAM. Rotterdam, Aug. 26.—Nine cases of cholera have been found here in tho last four days. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Early Morning Tragedy in a Balti more Back Alley. Baltimore, Md., Aug. *56.—A ghastly double tragedy was enacted in Northeast Baltimore early this morning. George W. Reed, a Belgian block paver residing on Spring alley, cut his wife’s throat from ear to ear and then drew the bloody razor across his own throat. The woman was dead when discovered lying in the gutter in front of the house. Reed was still alive, but died at Johns Ilopkius hospital at 8:30 this morning. THE WOMAN’S GHASTLY WOUND. The 11-year-old son of the oouple, John Reed, said he was lying on a lounge in the front room of the house and his mother was sitting in a rocking chair when his father entered in an intoxicated condi tion. The boy was sent after some milk by his father, but, finding the store closed, returned home. As he reached the house, he said, his mother came running out, with her throat cut and blood dropping over tier clothing, and fell in the gutter in front of tho house. His father, he said, was in the front room with a razor in his hand. GASHES HER AGAIN AND THEN HIMSELF. The boy says he ran with the pitcher and struck his father over the head, breaking the pitcher. His father then ran out and gashed his mother's throat again. Running through the house into the yard, the man plunged the razor Into his neck. Reed had been out of work for three weeks and hau been on a spree most of that time. A box of rough-on rats was found in his pocket, which led to the belief that the man intended to poi son his entire family. The couple had been married about fourteen years, and fivo children are left orphans by the double tragedy. By some it is stated that Reed’s crime was the result of jealousy inflamed by drink, and that he had threatened several times to kill his wife. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. A Train Telescopes Another—Sixteen Killed; Forty Injured. Long Island, N. Y , Aug. 26.—A fright ful accident occurred to-night at the Bush wick junction of the Long Isffcnd railroad. A Rockaway train ran into the rear end of Manhattan Beach train about 11:35 o’clock, telescoping several of the cars. Sixteen dead have been taken from the wreck and their bodies are now lying in Havenmayer’s tin shop at Laurel Hill, which has been converted into a tempo rary morgue. It is now estimated that the number of injured will reach in the neighborhood of thirty or forty people, many of whom it is believed will die. Pretty Slick Refugee. Wilmington. N. C., Aug. 26.—A refugee from Brunswick, Ga., managed to evade the quarantine and got into the city Fri day. He, however, left soon after, find ing that the authorities were after him. He was not sick, and claims that he left Brunswick three weeks ago. i daily, iio a Year i { 5 GENTS A COPY. I I WEEKLY, IHi A YEAR ! FORECAST OF LEGISLATION. Wilson Bill to Pass The Honse And Be Pigeon-Holed. he Voorhees Senate Bill, Which Con tains a Declaration for Bi-metallism, is Believed to be Destined for Enact ment into Law, and Will Receive the President’s Signature—Probability That the Senate Will Debate That Measure About Two Weeks Before Sending it Over to the House. Washington. T>. C., Aug. 26.—The prob able course of repeal legislation in thff two houses is as follows: The vote on the Wilson repeal bill will be taken on Monday In the House, and, the sifver-purehnso clause of tho Sherman law will be repealed. The bill will then go to the Senate, where it will be re ferred to the finance committee, which will promptly plgoou-liolo it. The Sonata will go right along talking silver, as it haa been doing for several days. It will do this two weeks, or jierhaps longer, before tho final vote will be taken. The bill which will be passed will be Voorhees’ bill, and not the Wilson bill from the House, which will slumber quietly in the room of tlie finance committee. Then tho Voorhees bill will go over to the House. WHAT THE HOUSE WILL DO. It will doubtless be acted on with littlo delay, though there may be another flood of oratory, because, as there is some dif ference between the Senate and Houso measures tho silver men may insist oa having some time for argument. If there is a prospect of much contest, however, closure will speedily be adopted by the House and the bill will be passed, and will then bo ready for the President's signature. The Voorhees bill differs from the. Wilson bill only in making a declara tion in favor of bi-metallism. The repeal men claim that ninety-six democrats will vote against free coinage at any ratio and in favor of the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. They say that only twonty out of 127 republicans in tho House will vote for free coinage, leaving the remainder to vote for repeal. This will make 103 votes out of 354, or a majority of 51. They be lieve the ratio of 16 to 1 will get tha largest vote from tlie silver men. Some will vote for 20 to 1, who will vote for no lower ratio, but they will bo more than offset by the populists and others, who will voto for 16 to 1 or nothing. GEN. OORDON TO SPEAK. Senator Gordon, who has been sick, an nounced to-du.v that ho will address tha Senate Tuesday on the financial ques tion. NORTHEASTERLY GALES. These and General Rains Predicted for Southern Coast States. Washington, Aug. 26. —A weather bu reau special bulletin says: The hurri cane indicated by the weather bureau in the general synopsis of conditions at 8 o’clock a. ni., Friday, Aug. 25, as prob ably existing about UK) miles southeast of Florida, has apparently moved west, and early this morning passed to the north of but near, Nassau, in the Bahumas, where high winds prevailed ail night, and at 8 o'clock a. in. winds brisk from the north west, with the barometer at 29.56. The course of this storm center hus thus far lain to the westward of its two predeces sors. and, as is frequently the ease, it should therefore strike the Atlantic coast at a point further south than did the hurricane of Wednesday last. The heavy ocean swell preceding the storm was re ported Friday at Savannah. Northeast erly gales and general rains are indicated for Saturday night and Sunday in tho southern coast states, including the west! coast of the Florida Peninsula. 600 VETERAN CAMPS Gen. Moreland Expecta That Numbef at the Berningham Reunion. Now Orleans, Aug. 26.—Adjutant-Gen. Geo. Moreland has furnished a list containing a summary of camps of the United Confederate Veterans by states for the information of the veterans and public, and states that applications for papers for organiza tion have been received already from over one hundred nftw camps, which, lie believes, with the 871 now registered, will, unless tho stringency of tho times prevents, marshal i the representatives of 500 camps at the Birmingham reunion on Oct. 2 and 8. He says that tho change of date of the re union to Oet. 2 and 8 will give greater satisfaction to every portion of the south, and a large and enthusiastic meeting is expected. FIRE AT BARNWELL. The Greater Part of Brown’s Block. Swept Away. Columbia. S. C., Aug. 26.—The town of Barnwell had a $4,000 fire to-day. The whole of Brown's row was swept away, except Brown’s store building and the building of the Bank of Barnwell. Build ings belonging to R. A. Ellis, Mrs. W. C. Woodward, Peter St. Clair and J. J. Brown were consnmed. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. Saratoga and October 6 for the Stats Convention. New York, Aug. 26.—The democratic state committee has decided upon Sara toga, October stb, as the place and time for holding tho state convention. Fatal Derailment. Columbus. 0., Aug. 26.—At 6 o’clock tliis morning u Baltimore and Ohio freight train was derailed at Blacklick, near Newark, while running at high speed. The engine and several cars were piled up in a hugh mass of wreckage. Fireman S. C.; Stonebuhner of Newark, was terribly scalded, and will die. Curley Mitchell, a friend of Stoneburner, who was on the engine at tlie time, was crushed to death. Body of a Murdered Man Found. Richmond, Va. Aug. 26.—The body of a white man, whose skull was fractured, was found to-day near the railroad track at Temple station, on the Petersburg road The verdict of the coroner’s jury of Ches terfield oountry was that the man had been murdered. Rust, 801 l Worm and Shedding. Coushatta, La., Aug. 26.—The cotton crops are reported failing fast on account of rust, boll worms and shedding. Cot ton is opening rapidly, and picking will be general next week.