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U. T ANARUS,, ,‘s'ilED Ifso. INCORPORATED 1888.
jESXABU President. I
UHL’S FIGHT ON PECKHAM.
Action on the Nomination Again Put
Off Till Monday.
Bumors That Senator George is
Wakening in His Opposition to Con
firmation-Hill’s Followers Claim
That Another Committeeman is
Beady to Take George’s Place if He
Deserts Them-Hoar Now a Doubtful
Quantity.
Washington, Feb. 6.—lt was the un
expected that happened in the room of
the Senate committee on the judiciary
this morning, for when that committee
went into session at 10:30 o’clock to dis
cuss the Perkham nomination it was
generally believed that a report would be
ordered to be made to the Senate. The
full membership of the committee was
present and it was supposed that the
prompt ad.ourmuent at noon meaut that
the ease had been disposed of. On the
contrary, it went over until next Monday,
aud that, too. ou the motion of Mr. Hoar,
the republican senator from Massachu
setts who was the chairman of the com
uittoe during the republican administra
tration. As soon as the committee con
vened the question was asked whether
the vote should be taken, and the motion
made by Mr. Hoar followed.
hoar’s vote in doubt.
It is also said that Mr. Hoar accompa
nied this motion with the statement that,
is tiie ease now stood, he was unprepared
to vote for a favorable report. Under
these conditions the friends of Mr. Peck
ham eouid do nothing else but submit to a
postponement, and the opponents of the
nomina.ion readily acquiesced. Mr.
George, of Mississippi, who was said to
have been weakening in his opposition,
is said to have talked this
morning as if bo were prepared to vote
as he did in tiie Hornblower case. The
opponents of Mr. Peekham say that if
Mr. George or any other senator drops
out of the list of anti-Peekham men,
there is another ready to step in and fillup
the ’•auks Mr. Hill is confident that the
report will be adverse, and that he can
defeat the nomination in the Senate.
LINDSAY FAVORS CONFIRMATION.
It is interesting to note that Senator
Lindsay, of Kentucky, a member of the
judiciary committee, is in favor of con
firmation and will vote for a recommend
ation of it in the committee room. In
view of the fact that the Kentucky legis
lature practically passed resolutions
demanding Senators Blackburn and
Lindsay to vote against Mr. Peck
ham's confirmation, the junior senator,
who is the first of the two to deal with
the question, is making a critical exami
nation of Mr. Peckham’s record. He has
received over a hundred letters from both
factions in New York ana from men
whom he knows personally to be of the
highest character, urging opon him the
necessity of a favorable report from the
judiciary committee on Mr. Peckham's
nomination.
PECKHAM AN' OLD LINE DEMOCRAT.
.These appeals will have no effect upon
Senator Lindsey if they did not substan
tiate the true democracy of the nominee.
Supportsrs of Mr. Hill, to whom
Senator Lindsay has written, say
hatt .Mr. Peekham is an old
line democrat; he never bolted the
national democratic ticket in his life, and
is a lirm believer in the states-rights doc
trine andjthe sovereignty iof the individual
states. Senator Lindsay feels perfectly
satisfied in regard to Mr. Peck
‘!ara’® democracy. Among the letters
"lii li he received is one from Burton Har
rison. private se, rotary of Jefferson Davis
aurmtr the war, and a supporter of Sena
tor Hill, and another from E. Randolph
itooinson, a descendent of the old Han
doiph famiiy of Virginia, and who in
!s ;>!<' dll democratic principles, as he
Si.v s " Inch belong to his family. Both these
pentiemen urge the necessity of the eon
.rmati"ii of Mr. Peekham, assuring Sen
' Lindsay that no man has a greater
'^l 1 tdtional legal lore, and no man
stands higher among the democrats of
than Wheeler H. Peekham.
-did all those letters before the ju
igatiou comrn ' ttee,^or their further invest-
TUHNER on HAWAII.
The Brainy Georgian Delivers a Strong
Speech.
d.ineton. Feb. o—When the discus
•on on the Hawaiian matter closed this
a ernoon and a vote was called, there
was not a quorum. The majority of the
t^ : stayed away, or else refused
er ii , tllero had been more speak
wou’.i i. '. Turner probably there
c r a,‘. aave bee Q no necessity olissuingan
abspn™ as ",' as ,done. revoking all leaves of
those demanding the presence of
Turner . detl , ,ocra .t to the city. Judge
bv f-ir . l’°he this afternoon, and made
cra i,. c ; i e strongest speech on the demo-
Mgh?l fi : of tlle House - He paid the
and ,i,.f,! U h't'.y .to Commissioner Blount,
li. q 1 "ted him from partisan dofamers.
dent cl A r ‘.i 111 ' var niest terms that Presi
aii‘ , ’. u ; add was magnamious and was
suircii * ln the position he had as-
Wans i, was listened to attentively,
dJS ' he sjioke with sincerity.
PENSION pilfering.
en Davis and Martha Spiers Ar
rested at Pensacola.
b a ; h r on . Feb. 6.—The pension
ias been notified by Special Ex
havis, at Jacksonville, Fla., of
Fia V St ° f I!en Ha vis, of Pensacola,!
pan.:.;"’ transmitting false 1
pens. s '‘"waking false affidavits in a
t ■;“®- ,He has been committed
Sr„ :y ' fault of *2,000 baU. Martha
place.,,,:''’- 11 . arr ested at the same
ii 1 il i' omr ditted to jail in defauit of
transn, ni, ou , a , "harge of making and
pen- raise affidavits iu her
Two Appointm nts.
St;. : llU ;h >n ‘ , Feb, 6. Samuel G.
Ii.n . , . ' irpinia. has been ap
s. ' V t Xa,ni , n surgeon in the pen-
Js j 11 salary of $2,000 per annum.
tpp °r North Carolina, has been
ll e^i“ lner the Chippewa
111 Minnesota at $0 per day.
v Mul Clerks to Be Restored.
, Feb 6.—The bill to re
ft 'I aiiway mail clerks, dismissed
v ''"‘'in the spring of ihh.i, to
oru j I‘Os it ions was urdered fav
" h.V the House Judiciary
• : ‘dy. The vote was oto 3, a
l ur I vote.
\y. 1,1 Haniel Pratt Dead.
{'rap , Feb. Capt. 'lHniel
"a- Ihi* marine barracks in
fcrufn, "‘•'i this morning from can*
'•each.
gOljt Jiflfning fietosi
THE WILSON BILL.
It Will Pass the Senate With Certain
Modifications.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The Wilson bill,
as it came from the House, is now before
the finance committee of the Senate, and
its career there will be watched with pecu
liar interest. Senator Lindsay, of Ken
tucky. who will assume an important
part in the tariff discussion after it comes
from the committee, is manifesting al
ready great interest in the fate of the bill.
He represents the conservative element
in the Senate, but is one of the strongest
advocates in the upper chamber for a
tariff for revenue only. He thinks the
free list will be decidedly modified and
that a slight duty will be put upon sugar
purely for the sake of raising revenue.
He believes, moreover, that the income
feature will remain a part of the bill and
pass the Senate.
As to what changes will be made in the
bill he says it is impossible to predict
with any exactitude, but his beliefs re
garding the ultimate outcome of the fight
in the Senate are embodied in the follow
lowing official interview: *’lt is obviously
impracticable to give a satisfactory state
ment of views as to the details of the Wil
son bill. How far the Senate finance
committee may propose amendments, and
how many of these may be adopted no
man can divine. But one thing 1 think is
certain, when the bill is perfected it will
pass the Senate.
“It is the mission of the Democratic
party to reform the tariff in direction of
freer trade and equality of taxation, aud
to make the bill as nearly as possible a
tariff for revenue. Democratic senators
realize the situation, and know what pub
lic opinion—that is, democratic public
opinion—expects of them, and when the
vote comes to be taken, I believe every
democrat will be found in line.
“W T e have no such overwhelming
majority in the Senate as in the House,
and may be compelled to recognize local
interests that the House could afford to
disregard. But no additional subjects of
taxation will be taken up, except where
the effect will bo to raise revenue rather
than merely to afford protection. Ken
tucky will ask to have the extension of
the bonded period on whisky, reported by
the ways and means committee of the
House, restored, and the free list may be
modified in some Pespects. The sugar in
terests will insist upon being recognized
as the proper subjeet for a strictly
revenue purpose.
“The income tax provisions may be
modified, but are not likely to be stricken
out. I have no doubt that the perfected
bill will be open to just criticism from
the standpoint of' a democratic tariff.
But it will be a virtual repudiation of the
principles of the McKinley law. and an
important step in the direction of a tariff
for revenue. We must get the best bill
possible under existing circumstances.
“It should be enacted into law at the
earliest practicable time. I see no reason
why the bill may not be reported from
the committee by March 1. It can bo dis
posed of within a month or six weeks
after that time, unless the republicans
choose to interpose obstructive measures.
I don’t believe they will do so, as the
manufacturing interests will demand that
the period of uncertainty shall not be un
necessarily prolonged.
“We now have indications of a revival
of business, but especially the manufac
turers, and they know the Wilson bill
will not interfere with their prosperity
half so much as continued uncertainty as
to the basis from which they shall make
their contracts for the future.
“It is undoubtedly true that we are
dealing with a difficult subject, under an
extremely embarrassing condition of busi
ness affairs. But our duty to go on reso
lutely with the work of tariff reform is
all the more important in view of the
business conditions brought upon us by
the republican system of taxation.”
SAVANNAH HARBOR.
$975,000 in the Appropriation Bill
for Continuing the Work.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The appropria
tion bill this year gives 1450,000 for the
completion of the postofflee at Charleston,
S. C.
The only appropriation which benefits
Georgia in the least is that of JOTS.OOO for
the improvement of the harbor at Savan
nah.
Charles R. Hodges, former editor of the
Irvington Southerner, has been promoted
from a 41,200 to a #I,OOO position in the
treasury department.
The office at Norway, Harris county,
has been ordered discontinued.
Maj. Black is still working before the
rivers and harbors committee to secure a
larger appropriation for the improvement
of the Savannah river. Owing to the Sa
vannah river passing through a cotton
belt and being an outlet for cotton to for
eign ports, will be a great argument be
fore thecommittee for its improvement.
Mr. Blanchard, the chairman, who i3 a
Louisiana man, realizes the importance
of keeping the southern waterways thor
oughly equipped with transportation, is
interesting himself in the appropriation
asked lor Savannah, and will do all he
can to see that Maj. Black is given a fair
proportion of what he asks for.
Judge Brawley will resign from the
House on Wednesday, and will at once go
to South Carolina and qualify as judge of
the district.
TERMINAL'S REORGANIZATION.
The Remaining Assets of the Com
pany Sold at Auction.
New York, Feb. 6.—ln accordance with
the order of United States Circuit Court
Judge Lacombe. entered in the case of W.
P. Clyde and others, Receiver Oakman,
of the Richmond and West Point Termi
nal Company sold the stocks, bonds,
judgments, claims, etc., belonging to the
company at the real estate exchange at
1010 o’clock this morning. Charles H.
Coster, of the Richmond Terminal Reor
ganization Company, savs: "The pur
chase of the Richmond Terminal assots
at the auction sale to-day was
in pursuance of the reorganization plan.
The sale was of the odds and ends of the
assets held in the company’s treasury,
and leaves the company practically di
vested of every asset. The real estato
belongihg to the company in the city of
Richmond and vicinity, is being sold in
Richmond today. Everything is now
held by the reorganization company, and
insures the final success of the plan.
Nominated For Postmasters.
Washington. Feb. fi.- President Cleve
land to-day scut to the Senate the follow
ing nominations: Postmasters-Wilhato
11 Monroe at Kutaw. Ala.; Lucy FI. Har
ris, arm/.icl.urst, Miss . L,W Bates, at
St. Elrno, Tenn.; U. C. Morris, at Morris
town, Tenu.
A City Safe Blown Open.
Norfolk. Va . Feb. 6.-The safe of the
treasurer of the city of Portsmouth wa.
burglarized last night, but the thieves ee
,' urc-i not more than *6U. Two suspects
havo been arrested.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1894.
CONTROL OFJFHE POLLS.
Lively Fencing in the Senate Over the
Repeal Bill.
Hawley Denies That the Election
Laws are Sectional—Perkins Prates
of Partisan Prejudice—Daniel Proves
a Powerful Champion for the Demo
crats—Frye Badly Done Up by the
Virginian.
Washington, Feb. 6.—lmmediately on
the conclusion of tho routine morning
business the Senate resumed considera
tion of the House bill to repeal the fed
eral election laws, and Mr. Hawley, rep.,
Of Connecticut, made an argument against
it. Everybody, he said, knew the fate of
the bill. The moment "that the Demo
cratic party secured national control it
had been evident that the repeal of the
federal election laws would be one of the
first tasks to which it would set
itself. Except tho emergency bill,
relating to the repeal of the
Sherman silver-purchasing act, this bill
was the first distinctive party measure
of the Democratic party. The laws now
to be repealed were not, Mr. Hawley
said, made merely for the southern states.
While nullification of the right of suf
frage was, in some sense, triumphant in
the soush, it was progressing in the north;
and the federal election laws were just
as much needed in certain sections of the
north as they had ever been needed in the
south. There had boon as audacious
crimes against the suffrage committocl
within the last few years in the north as
in the south.
PERKINS PRATES OF PREJUDICE.
Mr. Perkins, of California, made an ar
gument against the bill. It seeihed to
him that those who had s(>okcn in favor
of its passage had done so from a feeling
of partisan prejudice. They had done so
not influenced by any motive of the public
good. He had waited patiently for some
reason to be given'why the federal'election
laws should be repealed. He had waited
to hear that they had deprived some Amer
ican citizen of the right of fairly cast
ing his vote and of having that vote hon
estly counted. He had been waiting to
hear that they were un-American, and
that they were calculated to subvert the
rights of American citizens. But up to
this time only two reasons had been given
that had impressed his mind. One of
those reasons was that given by the sena
tor from Illinois, Mr. Palmer— that the
laws had not been enforced; and the
other was that they had been passed by
the Republican party for the purpose of
perpetuating itself in office.
A DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT.
Mr. Daniel, dem., of Virginia—re
ferring to Mr. Perkins’ remark that he
had heard no reason given why the elec
tion laws should be repealed, asked him
where he had been living during the last
two years. Had he been out of the coun
try that he had not read iu the news
papers. or read in congressional debates
that those laws were to be repealed “by
the king’s command” —meaning by
“king” the sovereign people of the United
States! They had put up their candi
dates, and given them their instructions.
Those candidates had gone before the
great Jury of the national commonwealth,
and had received its orders to repeal
those laws.
Mr. Allison, rep., of lowa, asked Mr.
Daniel to read the section in the demo
cratic platform which called for the re
peal of the federal election laws.
Mr. Daniel said that he did not carry
that platform about with him.
Mr. Allison said that he had failed to
find any such section in it.
AN ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Mr. Daniel supposed that the senator
from lowa had not failed to hear the dis
cussion of the question in the presidential
campaign and had not failed to hear the
result of the election, in which the repeal
of those laws was an avowed
and open issue. If he had done
so, he would regard Mr. Allison's
case as incurable, and he would not vent
ure to suggest a remedy. He (Daniel)
favored the repeal of the federal election
laws. because they were useless,
were very expensive and had a tendency
to sectional friction, sectional irritation
and sectional antagonism. These laws
had been the outgrowth of an old section
al antagonism, and as that antagonism
had now ceased, as the parties every
where attempted to ameliorate it. this
relic of the old antagonism should be
laid aside, and anew era welcomed—an
era of peace and harmony, compromise,
comity and fraternal consideration.
FRYE OPPOSES THE BILL.
Mr. Frye, rep., of Maine, opposed the
bill, and quoted from Richmond. Va.,
papers the head lines to reports of election
frauds in a recent election in that state.
He was asked by Mr. Daniels whether the
federal election laws had anything to do
with those frauds.
They had, Mr. Frye declared. The
claim had boen made that the federal
election laws ought to be repealed, be
cause the states, the whole of them,
could be trusted to prevent election
frauds. He was asked by Mr. Daniei if
there had never been election frauds in
Maine; and he denied that there had
been, although there had been an attempt
by a democratic governor to steal a legis
lature. But he had taken the floor, not
to make any attack on the state of Vir
ginia. but to defend the character of John
X. Davenport, who has been the subject of
charges and calumnies in the two houses
for the last sixteen or eighteen years.
THE DEBATE EXTENDED.
Mr. Frye yielded at 2:80 o’clock in
order to allow a proposition to be made
for an extension of the time for debate
several senators havingintiinated a desire
to speak. After many obstacles a propo
sition was agreed to, that the general
debate on the bill shall close at 3 o’clock
p. m. to-morrow, and that the vote on its
passage shall be taken before adjourn
ment.
Mr. Frye’s speech was almost wholly
devoted to the purpose announced, the
defense of Mr. Davenport.
HARRIS REVIEWS HISTORY.
Mr. Harris, dem., of Tennessee, said
that if he were to consult his physical
condition ho should be now in his bed at
home; and that nothing short of his appre
ciation of the importance of the {lending
question should have induced him to be
in the Senate chamber to-day. He
went on to describe the result of the fed
eral government from the “Boston tea
party" down to the present time, ln the
course of his historical review Mr. Harris
reierred to the op|iosition made by tho
commonwealth of Massachusetts in the
early days to giving powers to the federal
authority, and he expressed his regret
that the Massachusettsof the present day
did not show the same spirit.
He was reminded by Mr. Hoar that the
state of Tennessee had voted for the elec
tion taws that ware now to be repealed.
Mr. Harris explained that by the fact
that in IS7I the intelligent people of Ten
nessee had been disfranchised.
HOAR AGAIN HOPS UP.
‘•Does the senator understand,” Mr.
Hoar asked, “that any persons in Tennes
see were disfranchised except for rebel
lion ; and, if not. then it is true that in
telligence and rebellion are synonymous!”
“1 will not allow myself.”' Mr. Harris
replied, “to be diverted from my line of
argument. 1 took a very active part in
the struggle which took place between
1881 and 1865. and 1 do not intend to fight
the battles of that war over again to
gratify the prejudices, whims and ’ca
prices of the senator from Massachu
setts.”
After some further remarks, Mr. Har
ris resumed his seat, saying that he was
physically exhausted.
DANIEL REPLIES TO FIITE.
Mr. Daniel, dem., of Virginia, again
took the floor, aud criticised Mr. Frye lor
picking up newspaper scraps and reading
them for partisan purposes. Whenever
that senator, be said, would riso and re
buke persons of his own party, whom
others thought worthy of criticism, he
[Daniel) would realize that the senator
was on a plane with the democrats of
Virginia. The people of Virginia were
not Pharisees: and if they committed
wrong they did not do it in tho
name of God. and Christianity and civil
ization. The senator from Maine, when
he chose to steal some islands and their
people, dropped all Ills qualms and scru
ples and was ready to welcome that
spurious and muddy transaction. That
was the biggest piece of “counting out.”
The senator from Maine, in the person of
Minister Stevens and with the military
at the polls, has counted in 2,000 Ameri
cans, and has counted out the rest of the
people of those islands, changed tho
government aud was now ready to offer
for sale a government which had been
acquired by tho aid of that commissioner
of elections. Tho Senate, Mr. Daniel con
tinued, would be better employed if it
was solving some of those problems in
finance and currency und taxation which
were pressing for solution. The Senate
should be dealing with them rather than
spending hours aud days and weeks in
resolutions about distinctions, or in pick*
ing quarrels about a precinct election,
whether it be in Virginia, California,
Texas or Maine. [Applause).
PRTE BLAMES THE IUtESIDENT.
Mr. Frye said that he had no hesitation
in declaring that the only fault connected
with the Hawaiian islands was the fault
of the President of the United States,
that the only harm and wrong done was
the harm and wrong committed b.y the
President, and in his belief, three-fourths
of the intelligent people of the United
States would indorse that sentiment.
Then Mr. Frye, with one hand in his
trousers pocket, and a paper in the other
hand, leaned carelessly against a desk,
and addressed his remarks to Mr. Daniel in'
regard to elections in Virginia, which re
marks Mr. Daniel took up ad replied to,
the two senators carrying on for several
minutes a free and easy colloquy on that
subject. The people of Virginia, Mr.
Daniel said, would vainly try to please
the senator from Maine, so long as they
voted the democratic ticket. The senator
from Maine, he added, with much bitter
ness of manner had said that tlsere were
no precinct election frauds in Maine;
there they only stole legislatures. “That
was a democratic steal,” Mr. Frye inter
posed.
AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS.
“Oh, of course,” Mr. Daniel resumed,
sarcastically, “of course it was a demo
cratic steal. The senator never heard of
a steal that was not a democratic one.”
“That is true,” Mr. Frye asserted.
“Perfectly so, and naturally so.” said
Mr. Daniel. “He is as deaf as the old
lady mentioned by Tom Hood, who bought
an ear trumpet, and the very next day
she heard from her husband at Botany
Bay. [Laughter] The senator never
heard of the Credit Mobilier business.
Oh, no; he stuffed a whole cotton counter
pane in his ear so soon as a newsboy ran
down the street with his newspapers.
Tie never heard of Indian frauds, of star
route’ frauds. He only heard that every
republican born is a saint and that
every democrat born is an imp. And I
leave the senator in that happy state. He
does not need to be translated to another
and better world in order to enjoy the
perfection of happiness. ‘Where ‘ignor
auro is bliss, ’tis folly to bo wise.’ There
he is, and there he proposes to remain.”
At the close of Mr. D..niel’s remarks
there was a short executive session, and
the Senate, at 4:35 o’clock, adjourned un
til to-morrow.
BLAND’S NEW BILL.
Carlisle Doesn’t Like It and Will Pre
pare a Substitute.
Washington, Feb. o.—Secretary Car
lisle is considerably disturbed over the
terms of the Bland bill to coin the seign
iorage in the treasury. Secretary
Carlisle has beenCexamining the
bill closely. He discovers that
under its operation n@t only
silver certificates to the amount of $65,-
000,000 would be immediately issued, but
that it would put in circulation 28,000,000
silver dollars that have been lying in
the treasury vaults for some years.
Thfc authority [for circulating
the silver dollars is found in section 2
of the bill, which provides, that when the
Sherman legal tender notes are redeemed
with gold, they shall be immediately de
stroyed, and that in • lieu thereof
those of silver dollars shall
be made immediately available
for expenditures. Under the Sher
man act, 28,000,000 silver dollars were
coined during the first year of its opera
tion.
CARLISLE TO PREPARE A SUBSTITUTE.
Secretary Carlisle came to the capitol
this morning and con ferred with several
democratic members of the House, re
garding this matter. It is understood
that the secretary will prepare a substi
tute for the bill, that will permit simply
the coinage of the seigniorage and to use
it as fast as practicable. It Is not be
lieved that Mr. Bland will accept Secre
tary Carlisle’s suggestion but that he
will press consideration of his measure.
The democratic ma ority are more or less
divided regarding the contention between
the secretary and Mr. Bland, and many
leuding democrats are disposed to throw
their influence in thesecretary’s direction.
Tho secretary’s substitute lias not been
drawn, but it will probably be sentto the
House to-morrow and placed in the
hands of one of the secretary's friends,
who will offer it as a substitute for the
Bland Mil when the latter comes before
the House.
A QUEER STORY.
In connection with Secretary Carlisle’s
'visit to the capitol and consultation with
Mr Bland, a queer story was in circula
tion. it was to the effect that last sum
mer Secretary Carlisle had given orders
for the coinage of the silver seignorage,
and that #40.000 of such coinage was ac
tually completed at the Sun Francisco
mint, when the coinage was stopped,
after running about two days, by direct
orders of President Cleveland.
SQIIRMINC OVER STEVENS.
The House Left Without a Quorum to
Vote on Censure.
Gen. Dan Sickles and Amos Cummings
Go Back on the Party on the Ha
waiian Issue—The Republicans Ab
stain from Voting and Reed Resorts
to Filibustering—The Day’s Debate
an Interesting One.
■Washington, Fob. 6.—With very little
preliminary the House at 11:10 o'clock
1 took up the consideration of the resolu
tion of the foreign affairs committee cen
suring Minister Stevens; and Mr. Outh
waite of Ohio, addressed the House. As
a preface to his remarks he said he should
have nothing to say against President
; Harrison or Secretary of State Foster,
and he had no doubt that Mr.*Harrison
made a good President from a republii an
point of view. But ho did endorse the
action of the present President, and also
the policy which declared that the islands
should not be allowed to fall into tho
hands of any foreign government.
Mr. Culberson, dem. of Texas, defended
the resolution in a legal argument.
Mr. Slorer, rep. of Ohio, made a strong
legal argument against tho legality of
the appointment of Mr. Blount as com
missioner to Hawaii, while the Senate
was in session.
Mr. Everett, dem. of Massachusetts, de
fended the course pursued by President
Cleveland. He said that he had decided
the case on its merits, as a Judge, as a
justice and as a man, but when he found
that he could not restore the queen with
out force, he referred the whole matter to
congress, for he was not a man to "wade
through slaughter to a throne and shut
the gates of mercy on mankind.”
LOUD’S VISIT TO HAWAII
Mr. I-oud, rep., of California, who was
the next speaker, prefaced Ills remarks
with the statement that last spring he had
visited the Hawaiian islands and had re
mained there two months, so that he spoke
as one who had personal information on
the subject. Asa result of an interrup
tion, he said that he hadnotgono to
Hawaii to spy upon Mr. Blount, but in
his own interest, and he thought it was a
mistake to trust implicitly to one man in
stead of a commission, for no one man
was free from the taint of prejudice. In
the course of his remarks he said: “Mr.
Blount went to Hawaii to attend to a
certain objoct. I went there untram
melled by object for the purpose of calmly
looking at both sides of the question that
I might the better perform my duties here
as a legislator upffn a subject which all
knew must come before us for review. 8o
there we parted company—he to resume
his star chamber investigation, Ito go
upon the highways and into the byways,
in the broad light of day, seeking light.”
Mr. Ixiud reviewed the testimony of tho
Blount report by the light of his own in
vestigations, and asserted that on that
testimony Mr. Blount s conclusions were
disapproved. Ho said if Minister Stevens
had been guilty of the acts charged, it
was the duty of the executive to “bring
him home iu chains,” and the law of his
country would have punished him.
ORGANIZATION OF THE DOLE GOVERNMENT.
Mr. Loud’s conclusion as to the manner
in which the provisional government was
organized, after a full examination of the
testimony aud a personal investigation
during April and May at Honolulu, Mr.
Loud stated to be that a government of
tho people and by the people, of intelli
gence and decency, hail at last been
formed in Hawaii and without the as
sistance in the slightest degree of the
minister or the naval forces then there.
Mr. Turner, dom., of Georgia, defended
Mr. Blount from the charges which had
been made against him and attackod the
provisional government. He was opposed
to the policy of territorial extension, and
drew a lesson from the fact that when
Rome entered on a similar policy her
power began to decline.
SICKLES ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Sickles, dem., of New York, cre
ated a sensation b.y attacking the Presi
dent's policy. He was the first democrat
who had not upheld the resolution of the
foreign affairs committee. He held that
one administration should not constitute
itself a court of appeal or review of a
preceding administration. (Republi
can applause). The question of a provis
ional government was a “res adjudicata.”
and he had heard no one propose that
that question should be reviewed. He
mentioned a uumber of instances in which
it was shown that this country had pur
sued a policy of annexation. President
Polk, in 1847, had negotiated a protector
ate over the Isthmus of Panama, and that
Iliad stood for many years. The same
thing was done in Nicaragua when it be
came probable that a route from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic would be built there,
thus giving the United States control
• there. In referring to the pending
resolution of the foreign affairs
Committee, he said he could not endorse'
it. and he would not vote for it. [Repub
lican applause|. He closed his remarks
with the prophecy that no matter what
: might be the action of the House to-day,
it could not change the decree of des-
I tiny that sooner or later the Hawaiian
1 islands would become a part of the United
I States. [Loud applause on the republi
can side].
Mr. DeForcst, dem., of Connecticut, de
fended the foreign affairs committee’s
resolution, while Mr Hepburn, rep., of
lowa, spoke in opposition.
Mr. Hooker, dem., of Mississippi, was
the last speaker, and in a long speech ably
defended the resolution of the foreign
affairs committee.
TAKING UP THE VOTE.
At 3:30 o’clock the previous question
was ordered and a vote was at first taken
oil Mr Blair's amendment, approving the
recognition of the provisional government
by the Harrison and Cleveland adminis
trations and declaring for a policy of ul
timate annexation. Mr. Blair’s amend
ment was defeated on a standing vote of
77 to 165: and on the roll call of 90 to 155.
A vote was then had on Mr. I-fitt’s sub
stitute. This declares the sense of the
House that the President’s demands on
the provisional government to surrender,,
and his attempt to erect a mon
archy in its stead, was an un
warranted intervention in the affairs
ol a friendly recognized govern
ment, contrary to the law of nations, the
policy and traditions of this republic uud
the spirit of the constitution. Also that
the provisional government having been
recognized, the highest international in
terests require that it shall pursue its
own line of policy, arid foreign interven
tion will be regarded as an act unfriendly
to the United States. •
This substitute was lost; yeas 103, nays
IM.
A MOTION TO RECOMMIT LOST.
Mr. Heed, rep., of Maine, moved to re
commit, aud this was lost; yeas 97. nays
133, Mr. Cummings, dem., of New York,
voting with the republicans.
Mr. Reed and unanded the yeas and nays,
and the u ctnn to recommit was again de
feated— jaas. sK); nays, 180.
All were strictly party votes, except
that Mr. Cummings, dem., of New York,
voted with the republicans. The popu
lists also generally voted with the repub
licans.
The question then recurred on the orig
inal resolution offered by Mr. McCreary.
This declares the sense of the House that
Minister Stevens' action in employing
the naval forces to aid in overthrowing
the queeu and setting up a provisional
government not republican in form,
aud in opiKisition to tho majority, was
contrary to the traditions of our republic
and the spirit of our constitution, and is
condemned, Also that the House ap
prove tiie principle announced by the
President, that interference with the
domestic affairs of an independent nation
is contrary to the spirit of American in
stitutions. Further, that annexutiou of
Hawaii or a protectorate is uncalled for
and inox[>edieut, aud that the people of
Hawaii should have freedom to pursue
their own line of policy, ami that foreign
interven ion will not be regarded by us
witli indifference.
left without a quorum.
The yeas and nays being called for,
the republicans abstained from voting,
with one exception, (Broderick, of Kan
sas) aud the democrats could only muster
181 members, und ono of these, Mr.
Sickles, kept his threat and voted against
the resolution.
The speaker announced the result:
Ayes 160. nays 2. No quorum; and Mr.
McCreary moved a call of tho House.
The republicans, under the leadership of
Mr. Reed, filibustered, and demanded the
yeas and nays on the motion, and tho
roll was called. Tho motion was
agreed to-ayes 158; nays 68;
and the call of the House was
ordered. On the call of the House, Mr.
Heed employed his dilatory tactics, and
as the name of each absentee was called,
Mr. Reed requested that he he excused.
Once or twice objection was inado, but,
as Mr. Hoed showed symptoms of asking
a division and roll call the objection was
quickly withdrawn.
Mr. McCreary offered a resolution that
all leaves of absence be recalled, and that
the sergeant at arms be ordered to tele
graph absent members. On this question,
Mr. McCreary demanded the previous
question, and the resolution was agreed
to. Mr McCreary then moved that tho
House adjourn, and this was carried at
6:30 o'clock, leaving the resolution pend
ing. ______
WASHINGTON OATETIB9.
Some Notable Entertainments that
Closed the Seaaon.
Washington, Feb. B.—Yesterday even
ing ended the public festivities at the
white house, and if tho wheel of society
does not come to a full halt at tho close
of the public reception, at least for the
next forty days, it will turn very slowly.
Lent scorns to boa divine interven don to
save the Washington belle’s health and
to keep her mind intact, for the pace
which the gay set of the capital has been
going for the past month is that which
kills.
Mrs. Cleveland has been looking long
ingly when the shades of Ash Wednesday
should fall ucross tho earth, when Bhe
can once more assume tho duties of a
mother and that of a peaceful spouse.
Mrs. Cleveland Is domestio in all her
tastes, yet a woman of such good form
as never to shirk the social duties which
involve upon her or permit her weariness
to be apparent. Her smile at her last re
ception was as sweet as that which
welcomed tho diplomatic corps on New
Year's.
After Wednesday Mrs. Gresham will re
tire to her exclusive parlors at the Arling
ton ; Mrs. Stevenson will devote moro
hours to reading political articles; Mrs.
Lauiont will watch more closely the
studies of her numerous children ; Mrs.
Olney will taiio up her studies ln theoso
phy; Mrs. Bissell will tako to running the
chromatic scale: Mrs. Morton to crochet
ing: Mrs. Carlisle will revert to her
hobby, whist; Miss Horbert to counting
her season’s conquests, aud Mrs. Hoke
Smith will hurry south to rest in the
quiet home of the old Cobb family.
The public reception Tuesday evening
was scarcely more crowded than that
given to the army and navy on Saturday.
In fact, there were few who attended the
public reception who were not invited to
those given to the diplomatic corps, to
congress and to the army and navy. Tho
same faces are seen at all, and the aver
age Washingtonian does not take advan
tage of tho publicity allowed to uttend.
Mrs. Cleveland for the past week, when
not dining, has been lunching; when not
lunching, has been attending teas, and
when not attending teas, has been hold
ing receptions of her own.
The southern ladies in the cabinet have,
by far, taken the most prominent places
in capital circles. While Mrs. Bissell,
Mis. Gresham, Mrs. Morton aud Mrs.
1 jimont have given a series of private
dinners, it has remained for Mrs. Car
lisle, Mrs. Smith and Miss Herbert to en
tertain on a more elaborate scale. Mrs.
Lament has not done what was promised
of her at the beginning of the season,
while Mrs. Carlisle and Mrs. Smith have
had the most hospitable homes in the
cabinet circle. The luncheon given by
Mrs. Smith Monday to Mrs. Cleveland
was one of the most notable entertain
ments given in Washington in years. The
company of seventy-five ladles, composed
almost exclusively of southern women,
excepting the ladies of the cabinet, sat
down to one of the most daintily served
meals known iu culinary history. Tho
lower floor was thrown open as a recep
tion room, while the entire second story
was converted into a salon.
Each table seated five ladies, and three
rooms of unusual size and, beautifully
decorated, contained the entire number of
guests.
Mrs. Cleveland occupied the first table
in the recess window of the first room.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland was tho
special guest in the second room, while
Mrs. Ferrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother,
was the guest of honor ln the third. Each
table had acenterpiece of different colored
fiowers, made into five corsage bouquets,
that afterwards were distributed among
tho ladies. Mrs. Cleveland s bouquet was
com[iosed entirely of violets and lillies of
the valley.
Shot While Stealing.
Eastman, Ga., Feb. o.—Berry Moore,
a white man living at Chauncey, in this
county, shot and killed Bill Thomas, a
negro, last night at that place. Moore
caught Thomus stealing some onions, and
shot him with his Winchester, killing
him instantly. Moore is said to be hiding
out in Gum swamp, near by.
A Capitalist Assigns.
Knoxville, Term. Feb. o.—Col. J. Mon
roe Meek, one of Knoxville’s wealthiest
capitalists, assigned last night. His lia
bilities are #95,000 and his assets #350,-
000.
I DAILY, flO A YEA*. I
■I ft CENTS A COl’Y. V
I WEEKLY, *1 85 A YEAR. |
HILL MAKES ACOMPORMISE
His Sentence Red need to Five Years
to End tbe Case.
The Agreement to Abandon the Mo
tion for a New Trial Made by the
Advice of His Friends--Tolleaon
Stood Ready to Supply Him With
Counsel to Continue the Fight to
Prove the Notes Genuine.
Atlanta. A (la , Feb. o.—To-day’s deval*
opmeuts in tho Hill case were exceedingly
interesting and surprising to the public.
Hill’s application for anew trial, winch
was tiled yesterday just in tbe nick of time,
was taken to indicate another long and
scandalous scene in the court room, and
the announcement that Lawyer Black
burn, of Chicago, would be imported to
“lift the lid’’ appeared significant.
This morning, however, Ben Hill and
Tinsley W. Rucker. Hill’s attorneys, who
stood up to him until ho was convicted
and then washed their hands of him, got
togothor with the prosecuting attor
neys and the prisoner's relatives
and struck a compromise that
means a good deal more than appears on
its face. Mrs. Ida H. Casey, Harry Hill'a
aunt, und Welburn Hill, his uncle, were
present at the conference, which was
held nt the court house, and used their
influence to end the case whore it now
stands. Under their influence, and the
mutual promises of all tho lawyers, Hill
agreed to withdraw his motion for anew
trial and bogin his term in tho peniten
tiary at onee. In consideration of this
agreement by Hill the prosecution joined
in an appeal for a reduction of the seven
year sentence, aud also agreed to have all
the other ten indictments nolle prossed.
CfiT DOWN TO FIVE YEARS.
Judge Clark was then applied to and
showed his approval of tho compromise
by reducing the sentence to five years,
and also promptly cancelling all tho
other indictments. So the trade was
perfected, the papers signed, sealed and
delivered, and there is to bo no more of the
famous case In court. The prosecution is
overjoyed at the result. Mrs, Porter Is
hold to be absolutely vindicated, and if it
is true, as reported, that there is another
condition to the compromise. Hill will not
fare so badly for his villainy afterall.lt It
understood that lie is to bo sent either to
Col. Smith's plantation, down in Ogle
thorpe county, his old home, or to the
Gress camp, nnd that after a short time
the prosecution will Join in a petition for
pardon. Hill will also be given a “snap"
at tho camp, Hill will not soe anybody,
especially newspaper reporters. He
claims that the reporters got him into the
nine hole at the outset and he will be shy
of them in the futuro. Ho will probably
be taken to the penitentiary on the quiet,
A LONG TALK WITH TOLLESON.
Last uight Hill and J. U. Tolleson, who
is really the cause of his prosecution held
a three hour confab at the Jail, tho result
being not only a truce botween them, but
an allianco for tho purpose of fighting
the case to a finish, Tolleson was to fur
nish the legal talent and Hill was to give
up everything in the way of facts to meet
the indictment. The lawyers and rela
tives. who have had enough of the case,
however, succeeded iu bringing Hill down
to their plans, and in order to insure no
more interference from Tolleson, an order
was issued at the jail not to let him and
Hill communicate with each other under
any circumstances. Tolleson spent a good
deal of time and money in bringing Hill
back to Atlanta. He holds some #4,000 of
the Hill-lVirter notes and wanted to get a
verdict of "not guilty,” which would sup
port his claim, but as it now stands Tolle
son carries fhe bag, and would go any
length to get tho case back into court
again. Talfeson is an unrelenting and de
termined man, and he uow declares that
he will “lay” for Hill until he gets out of
the stripes, and then prosecute him on
every note that ho holds.
FUNERAL OF MR. OHILDS.
The Remains Laid Away In the Drezel
Mausoleum.
Philadelphia, Feb. 0. —The remains of
George W. Childs were to-day laid at rest
in tho Drexel mausoleum in Woodland
cemetery, beside those of his closest
friend and business companion, Anthony
J. Drexel, who died but a few months
ago. Almost inseparable in life, it was
deemed fitting tiiat they should rest to
gether in death, although it was not
known that any request to that effect had
ever been made by Mr. Childs. A brief
service for the family and immediate
friends was held at the tiouse
before the public service at the church.
At its conclusion those present were
given an opportunity to take a last look
at the face of the one they loved. Then
the casket was tenderly borne out from
the white marble mansion and across the
street to the church, where it was placed
on a bier in front of the chancel rail. The
services in the church, as well as those
at the house, were conducted by Bishop
Potter, of New York, assisted by Bishop
Whitaker, of Philadelphia, Rev. Joseph
H. Blanchard, rector of St. James’
church, and Dr. W. M. Bodine, rector of
the Church of the Saviour, which the late
Mr. Drexel attended.
DEMOCRATS WIN.
The Question Relative to the Screven
County Ordinary Settled.
Sylvania, Ga., Feb. o.—The great elec
tion contest in Screven county for the or
dinary’s office is ended and the demo
crats are in full possession of the field.
The work of taking testimony progressed
tediously for a week. This morning Col.
H. G. Everett, counsel for the contest
ant. W. L. Mathews, announced to tho
court that, in view of the fact
that they had not complied with
the requirements of anew act
of the legislature governing election con
tests, of which act they were in ignorance,
they would not continue the contest any
longer, but would withdraw their case.
The democrats had no reason to fear the
ultimate result of the contest on its
merits, as they had a larger number of
tux defaulters aud other illegal voters
charged atrainst their opponents than
could possibly have been laid at their own
door. But the termination of the pro
ceedings at tliis stage saves an immense
amount of labor and time and no little
expense.
Mr. George H. Sharpe, tho democrat
elected for ordinary, will uow be sworn in
without any further delay.
Feckliam’s Name Again Goes Over.
Washington, Fob. il.—The Senate com
mittee on the judiciary reached no con
clusion to day aud the nomination of Mr.
Peekham to bo associate Justice of the
supreme court goes over uutii Monday
next.