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I THE yORNINS NEWS. 1
ESTABLISHED 1850 INCORPORATED 1888. r
( i. li. Es'llLb, President. \
HEWITT RAPS THE SOUTH
Southern Congressmen Denounce the
Outrageous Speech.
Representative Bankhead Suspects
That It Is a Step in a Plot to Wreck
the Democratic Party—Another The
ory Advanced Is That Hewitt Is in
His Dotage—Representative Lester's
Indignation Too Great to Be Ex
pressed in Print.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The speech of
Abram S. Hewitt at the banquet of the
Southern Society, in New York, last
night, has created intense indignation
among the southern men in congress. As
soon as the attention of the members has
been called to the matter, the pa
pers publishing the fullest accounts
of his speech were circulated
freely through the House, and expressions
of contempt and indignation were vented
on every hand. A large majority of the
southern men refused to give public ex
pression of opinion on the matter beyond
saying that it was contemptible and un
worthy of notice.
Representative McCreary, of Kentucky,
said that he found the best way of treat
ing such things was to ignore them, and
he should do so with this.
Representative Allen, of Mississippi,
said that he would find occasion to give
au extended public expression of his
opinion after considering the matter.
Representative Lester, of Georgia, said
that he did not feel like using language
in commenting upon this matter which
would be suitable to print, but he re
garded sucli a speech as calculated to do
great injury to the Democratic party.
A PLOT TO DESTROY THE PARTY.
Representative Bankhead, of Alabama,
said that the utterances were contempti
ble. Ho believed that it was premedi
tated and a part of a plan of concerted
action on the part of so-called democrats
of New York and elsewhere in the east,
to destroy the Democratic party,
lie said that he could see nothing
else in it except this vicious
object: that there could be no excuse for
it except upon the assumption that it was
malicious, and it was of a kind with the
action of some of the eastern men in the
House to-day. As for himself, he said he
could see no solution of the problem ex
cept to tell Mr. Hewitt and his kind to go
to the devil and then to take Horace
Greeley’s advice and go west. The future
alliance must be between the south and
west.
A DELIBERATE INSULT.
Representative Knloe, of Tennessee,
said that it was a deliberate purpose to
insult and traduce the southern people,
because they would not consent to be
robbed and Mke commands from a small
section of the party around New York.
As for Mr. Hewitt himself, there was a
time wnen no one could dispute his in
telligence, but that it might be that he
was now in his dotage and suffering from
disappointment, or it might be that he
hail joined that gang in the east who are
trying to put their hands into
other people's pockets, and are
indignant that there should be anv resist
ance or protest. The applause which Mr.
Hewitt's speech received was evidence
that, however feable Mr. Hewitt’s in
tellect might have become, there were
those who sympathized with his utter
ances.
Representative Caruth, of Kentucky,
said simply that Mr. Hewitt was in his
dotage.
Representative Dockery, of Missouri,
said that the speech was unworthy of
Mr Hewitt and departed far from the
truth.
AN ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD.
Representative Livingston, of Georgia
said that Mr. Hewitt uttered an absolute
falsehood when he said that the men of
™ las of the south had gone north.
Ihe southern men of brains who have
gone north,” said he, "are few and far
between. I do not mean to say that no
brainy southerner has gone north, but I
do sky that few have. He makes an
other false statement when he says that
{■he industrious men of the south
have remained home because they
ncre too poor to go north. The southern
people controlled this country from the
beginning of its history until the war,
ami now again they are getting control in
every department of the government and
every path of industry. For every intel
'gi'iit southern man who goes north, fifty
intelligent northern men come south. The
southern people do not want to go
north. They have no business there,
tin ess they go to gamble in stocks
ana bonds and to join the
rouber band, and do as Mr. Hewitt is
omg—make money outof the manipula-
A° f v revenues of the government,
s tor the ignorance of southern men,
'•‘ing a southern congressman myself, I
tail say nothing, but when he speaks of
u- devotion to silver as the touchstone
in °r U h r lsnoranoe > I must remind him that
" tlus " ° follow the constitution of our
povernment, in the foot-steps of Calhoun,
Webster and Lincoln.”
A REPUBLICAN COMMENT.
New York. Feb. 23.—The Tribune to
il r row will say that the speech made
v ex-Mavor Abram S. Hewitt at the
.uucr of the Southern Society last night,
n which he criticized the south
, ! J. statesmen in Washington, and
“if'hlj referred to Senator Hill
nu ms connection with the relection of
~r', n . t * le supreme court bench, created
nsiderable talk to day among the soulh-
Kn|T S ■'! this city an l among others too.
. 11 ‘id not cause, as some people had
M>- cted, an; pleiof indignation among the
i.iuiug southerners who are residents of
‘® w j °fk. On the contrary, there
Vlr it '° 1,0 n unwillingness to criticise
• i Hewitt, and in some eases there was
. ’‘‘Utiment of approval, at least in the
'' 1 uras made by several southerners who
er ■ willing to be quoted.
•'oil" C. CALHOUN NOT EXCITED.
r 'h’hn C. Calhoun said that there was
hi|l g the southern people admired
'jfhan frankness.and that when oritl
‘‘s'n was given in a friendly spirit, and
anie from such a friend of the south as
’ ~ 'for Hewitt, it iouLd be received in
nothing but a friendly spirit. While the
lutlicrners may differ from the ex
u or s views, he said, "they admire the
i gentleman's frankness"
. finer southerners who had read the
1 o'cism on southern statesmen in YVash
-1 , ‘.'h oy the ox-mayor who spoke for
Hi mention said that they had no criti
' make and that the opinions held
i .ii I *'' Witt, while differing from those
u by many, would in a great part be
‘uorsed by more than one true son of the
■buiu.
HEWITT INTERVIEW KD
Mr. lli-witt talked with a Tribune re
porutr to-day. Ho seemed surprised that
The morning News.
his remarks had become such a topic of
conversation among the people of the
south in this city. lie said: "I wish it
clearly understood that my remarks last
night at the Southern Society' dinner were
not intended to be an attack upon the
south. I would have said the same thing
about the men of the west and north. I
did not mean to intimate that there are no
good men in the south, but I do say that
the best men of the south, as well as the
best men of the west and north are en
gaged in pursuits other than statesman
ship. 'idle representatives of the south in
Washington are the unfittest that the
south could send. I responded last night
to the toast ‘The National Credit.’
i?o much gross ignorance has been
displayed by the representatives
of the south in congress in peference to
this toast, that I was forced to say what
I felt in my heart to be the truth. Many
of the representatives in congress from
other parts of the country, as well as from
the south, are a set of incompetent dema
gogues. We are under the domination of
the unfittest.
HILL’S FIOnT ON THE JUDGES.
“Mv remarks about the south and the
United States supreme court bench were
just exactly what I meant. I said that
some representatives of the south had suc
cumbed to the fallacy that a position
on the bench of the supreme court of the
United States is a local question to be
settled by the demand of some local poli
tician upon the President to consider how
the appointment will affect his political
prospects. I said that I had supposed that
the supreme court bench represented the
whole of the United States, and that every
senator and every' memher of congress
and every citizen, whether in congress or
out of it, had a right to demand that the
place should be free, without regard to
party politics and without regard to lo
cality; that the man who should sit ution
that bench should be above suspicion and
should be one whoso character and repu
tation were such as to command universal
respect, and that this great place was
not to be made a foot ball of by the politi
cians to kick about from one end of the
United States to the other.
SOUTHERNERS IN SERVITUDE.
“With utter disregard to the fitness of
-the men appointed to the supreme court
bench, manv of the southern representa
tives went into servitude under a politi
cian without a character, without the
right to speak for New Yorn. I did not
mention the name of Senator Hill. I have
my opinion of Senator Hill, and
those who heard mo speak naturally in
ferred whom I meant. No one is more
friendly to the south than I am, and if I
had prepared my speech beforehand, I
might not have said some of the things I
did; although. Mr. Gordon, who replied
to my remarks, said that he did not
wholly' agree with me, I am sure that
there are no southerners in New York
who will take exception to what I said.
The southern men owe it to
themselves to express to their
senators the opinions they hold regarding
the recent rejection of certain able men
for the supreme court of the United
States. If I had been speaking to an au
dience composed of representatives of the
west I would have spoken in the same
strain, and 1 would have said the same of
many representatives of the north in
Washington.
"My speech last night was well re
ceived. and Its sentiments appeared to be
popular with those present. I say, again,
that my words were not an attack upon
the south, but merely' my honest opinion
about the politicians of the south in con
gress. There never was a time when the
country' was represented in Washington
by such unfit men.”
MOROCCO SETTLES WITH SPAIN.
A Neutral Zone to Be Established
and Offenders Punished.
Madrid, Feb. 23.—1 tis officially' an
nounced that the Sultan of Morocco has
made a satisfactory settlement of the
claims of Spain, which comprehends the
establishment of a neutral zone, the pun
ishment of all offenders against Spanish
authority and the payment of a war in
demnity.
The foreign po’wers represented in Mo
rocco have heartily' seconded the efforts
of Spain to bring about this result. The
protocol has not yet been signed, but the
settlement is an accomplished fact, The
Spanish legation will return to Morocco
in March.
COLUMBIA’S REFORMERS.
The Committee of 100 Ends Its Work
in a Fizzle.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 23.—The commit
tee of ICO, which was expected
to work a revolution in the local
policy of Columbia, has made a complete
fizzle. The original intention was to nom
inate and work for a progressive board of
aldermen, but for some reason they let
the old stagers bluff them off. At a meet
ing to-night the committee adopted a
platform demanding a system of sewer
age, reassessment of property and a faw
other measures that almost anybody can
indorse , and then adjourned. The sup
porters of the movement are .badly disap
pointed at the result.
SLEET IN MISSISSIPPI.
Valuable Trees Broken Down and the
Fruit Crop Ruined.
Canton, Miss., Feb. 23.—1 t began sleet
ing here this morning and continued
throughout the day. Quite a number of
valuable trees have been broken down,
and telegraph and telephone wires are
heavily strained. The supposition is that
the fruit crop is ruined, as many peach
trees are in full bloom.
Wiman Now Wants Bail.
New York, Feb. 23.—Erastus Wiman
has reconsidered bis determination not to
seen release from the Tombs through a
bail bond, and will mane an effort to
secure bondsmen for 825,000. Wiman’s
reason is his anxiety to reach the bedside
of his son, W’illiatu Dwight Wiman, who
lies at the poiut of death from pneumonia
at New Brighton, S. 1.
A Trenholm Kills Himself.
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 23.—A special to
the Citizen, from Hendersonville. N. C.,
says: "Savage Trenholm, of Flat Rock,
committed suicide hero this morning.
Trenholm was well connected, his brother
being W. L. Trenholm, President Cleve
land's first controller of the treasury.
The cause is not known.”
An Order For Three Hundred Cars.
Mount Vernon, ill., Feb. 23.—An order
for .ah) refrigerator cars has been placed
with the Mount Vernon cur works at this
place by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad ;
Company. The works, which have been
idle tor several weeks, will start up Mon
day next, giving work to nearly 600 men.
Furimtn Won’t Bail MtKane.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2H.—Justice Furs
mua of the supreme court, ha* ref used to
ha>u any thing to ilo with the Mcivane
CMC,
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2t, 1894.
SEES WRITING ON THE WALL.
Duke cf Devonshir {Wants the Coun
cils Bill Handled Very Gingerly.
London, Feb. 23.—The House of Lords
to-day resumed consideration of the
parish councils bill. 'I he Duke of Devon
shire urged that before attempting to go
into the details of the measure with a
view of amending it, their lordships shall
consider the general position. He
claimed that their lordships had dono
their duty in making the amendments
they thought desirable, hut how far
they should insist on going in that direc
tion must, in hisjudgment. be determined
more on the ground of expediency than
upon principle. They could not, however,
leave out of account the fact that the
bill had been accepted by a large ma.ority
of the people.
SALISBURY OF A DIFFERENT MIND.
Lord Salisbury thought it was possible
to interpret the canons of conduct lain
down by the Duke of Devonshire in a
manner absolutely depriving the peers of
the power of amending any bill that
might be sent to them. Still, he did not
differ in the main from the drift of the
duke’s advice. Ho agreed that many of
the amendments that had been made,
though they improved the bill, did not
involve any question of principle.
He could not, however, admit
that all of the amendments
which the House of Commons had
restored to the bill should bo accepted.
It was especially the duty of the House of
Lords to see that the interests of the
farmers were Lot sacrificed, as they
would be under the provisions of the bill
as it passed the House of Commons. The
tribunal to which the provision for com
pulsory purchase allotments was referred
must carefully consider another question
of vital importance—the control of chari
ties. These, he declared, the lords must
safeguard. [Cries of "Hear,” "Hear.’]’
TO MEET IN THE SCHOOL HOUSES.
The House of Lords this afternoon
agreed to permit the parish councils to
hold meetings in the parochial school
houses. Their former refusal of such per
mission was most severely criticised, and
it meant that in the rural districts the
saloons would have to be made centers of
political activity’.
The Duke of Devonshire, leader of the
liberal unionists, moved that the county
councils be made the tribunals to decide
upon the compulsory purchase of allot
ments under the allotments act, with the
power of appeal to the local government
board. This motion was passed.
A LOCAL OPTION PROVISION.
Lord Salisbury, proposed au amend
ment which would give parishes of 200
to 500 population the choice between coun
cil and no council. The amendment was
approved by a vote of 89 to 78.
Lord Salisbury then moved that the
parish councils be allowed to elect only
one-third of the trustees of the local
charities.
The Earl of Kimberly, secretary of
state for India,intimated that the govern
ment would oppose this amendment.
The Duke of Devonshire spoke briefly
against Lord Salisbury’s proposal, and in
favor of the government.
The archbishops of Canterbury' and
York supported Lord Salisbury, and the
amendment was carried by a vote of 72
to 33.
The House next agreed to drop the
amendment excluding London from the
scope of the bill.
REVERSEB FOR PEIXOTO.
A Report That the Nictheroy is the
Only Vessel That Remains Loyal to
Him.
London, Feb. 23.—A dispatch from
Buenos Ayres concerning business affairs,
says: ‘‘President Peixotohas stopped all
telegraphic communication between liio
and Bahia.
“It is reported from Montevideo that
the whole government fleet, excepting the
dy’namite cruiser Nictheroy, has gone
over to the insurgents and has sailed for
Rio Janeiro.
“The insurgent army of the south ad
vances unchecked. The government
troops sent to oppose it have accomplished
nothing and apparently fear to join bat
tle with the insurgents. Business men at
Rio are partially panic stricken.”
BF.NHAM’B COURTESY TO THE NASMYTH.
London, Feb. 23.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette, commenting on the application of
the captain of the British merchantman
Nasmith to Admiral Benham for protec
tion to enable the Nasmyth to ob
tain a supply of water in the harbor of
Rio de Janeiro says: "If the
commander of the British fleet at Rio
does not propose to protect British sub
jects following lawful vocations, it is
difficult to understand why he is there at
all.”
The St. James Gazette says: “Surely,
Lord Hose Perry does not acquiesce in the
doctrine that the sole right of interven
tion belongs to the United States. That
British sailors should be compelled to
seek the protection of Admiral Benham
is humiliating in the extreme.”
The Globe says: “Admiral Benham is
doubtless at lioerty to bully the insurg
ents as much as he pleases. But that is
quite a different thing from offering a
most injurious insult to tho British navy’.
Unless the story of his putting the
Nasm.vth under the protection of
American flag is untrue, it should he the
duty of the British government to demand
an immediate apqlogy from the govern
ment of the United States for the extra
ordinary conduct of its officers.”
THREATENED BY ANARCHISTS.
French Officials Warned That They
Will Be Killed.
Paris, Feb. 23.—Police court officials
are receiving violent letters, threatening
in the name of anarchism to avenge the
death of August Valliant and the prose
cution of Emile Henry. M. Roullier was
informed b.v letter that he bad been
marked ever since he helped send Vaillant
to the guillotine, and that his fate has
been finally sealed by his conduct in the
case of Henry. “You will be the first to
go,” was the last sentence of the letter.
Dissolution of Parliament.
Loudon, Feb. 23.—Many liberals favor
the immediate dissolution of parliament
in case the lords adhere to their amend
ments to the parish councils bill.
The Daily News deprecates such a
i ourse as virtually giving a victory to the
peers.
The Daily Chronicle enthusiastically
clamors for tills line of action. This morn
ing it says: “Gladstone, let us goon, lead
us if you can, but anyhow let us ad
vance.”
State Officials Indicted.
Jackson. Mich., Feb. 23. The grand
jury, laiu this afternoon, brought in in
dtctmcius against Attorney General
Ellis, (secretary of State Jerome. Trea*
urcr iiaitli /er. Land i onmiissioner Hcrr.v
and Clerk* Warren. Potter ami Bussey 0.,
varL.s charges of participation in the
•late salaries frauds.
ISLAND THROWN A BOMB.
Housers ol lie House Likened lo
Anarchists.
The Filibuster Against His Silver
Bill Pictured as a Great Wrong to
the Business Interests and Working
People of the Country The Arrest
of Member* for Absenteeism the
Basis for Another Long Wrangle,
But the Matter Is Finally Dis
posed Of.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The House was
called to order b.v Clerk Kerr, hi the
absence of Speaker Crisp, who Is confined
to his room b.v illness. He read a letter
from the speaker appointing Mr. Richard
son, dem., of Tennessee, speaker pro tem.,
and Mr. Richardson took the chair. After
the reading of the journal, Mr. Adams,
rep., of Pennsylvania, who was before tho
bar of tho House when it adjourned yes
terday, endeavored to secure the atten
tion of the chair, but Mr. AVells, dem., of
Wisconsin, obtained tho floor to correct
the record. He was recorded as voting,
but desired to inform the House that he
took no part in tho disorderly proceedings
of the day.
Mr. Bland called him to order, stating
that he had no right to make an argu
ment on a motion to correct the journal.
Mr. Cummings stated that his colleague,
Mr. Sickles, was ill, and asked that he oe
excused. This was agreed to.
There was a tendency on the part of
members to renew the scenes of yester
day, but the chair repressed the tendency
by ordering the aisles cleared before pro
ceeding to business.
. THE PENDING MOTION.
Mr. Bland stated that the question
pending at adjournment was a motion to
discharge the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, Mr. Adams, and he renewed that
motion now.
Mr. Adams here got tho floor and stated
that while before the bar of the House
uuder the order of the speaker the maco
had been presented to him ami he was
compelled to take his seat. He inquired
why this indignity had been put upon a
member who was endeavoring to obey the
mandate of tho House.
The chair said that that was a question
that could not be answered then, but
stated that if any indignation had been
put upon the gentleman lie would have
his remedy hereafter.
The chair was proceeding to state tho
question upon the discharge of Mr Adams
when Mr. lieed interposed to inform the
chair of the exact language in which it
was made —that he be discharged on the
ground that his arrest was unauthorized.
SPRINGER MOVJtS TO DISCHARGE ALL.
Mr. Springer wanted to amend by pro
viding for the discharge of all the mem
bers under arrest, but this was ruled out
of order, on the ground that the previous
question had been demanded on Mr.
Reed’s motion as renewed.
Mr. Bland also told Mr. Springer that
he had a resolution which would cover
the cr.se after Mr. Adams’ case had been
disposed of.
Some dissent from proceeding on Mr.
Reed’s motion having seen expressed on
ttie democratic side, Mr. Reed said: "I
think it is better to proceed in order in
this matter, and if you gentlemen don’t
liko the form of the motion, vote down the
previous question and have it your own
way.”
On a division the vote was announced
as 86 to 121.
Mr. Reed asked for tellers, and Mr.
Bland called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
The vote resulted: Yeas, 95; nays,
159. So the previous question was not or
dered.
BLAND’S SUBSTITUTE.
Mr. Bland offered the following substi
tute for Mr. Reed’s motion:
Resolved. That nil memhers who have
teen urrestatl by authority of the House reso
lution adopted on the 18th Inst are hereby
iliseharged from custody.
To this Mr. Reed raised the point of
order that his motion related to a single
individual; the % substitute covered all of a
class, which was clearly inadmissible.
The parliamentary status of the resolu
tion was further discussed by Messrs.
Bland. Grosvenor, of Pennsylvania, and
Reed.
JOHNSON GETS THE FLOOR.
Mr. Johnson, rep., of Indiana, then got
the floor, and reviewed the circumstances
attending his reported arrest. He claimed
that he had not been arrested and insisted
that the return of the sergeant-at-arms be
amended, so as to omit his name from the
list of arrested members.
Mr. Johnson was called to order several
times, but finally concluded his remarks.
He stated that last night he called the
attention of the sergeant-at-arms to the
error in bis return, and hoped by this
time he would have voluntarily amended
it. He move that the sergeant-at-arms
be instructed to investigate his (John
son’s) case, and if it bo found that the re
turn is incorrect to amend it.
DECLAItEI) OUT OF ORDER.
This motion was declared to be out of
order, and the chair ruled that Mr.
Reed's point of order was well taken;
that every gentleman under arrest was
entitled to a separate hearing, because
the circumstances in the several cases
may be different.
Mr. Bland then moved that tho gentle
man from Pennsylvania, Mr. Adams, be
excused. Speaking to the motion Mr.
Bland said lie could see that in reioklng
leaves and ordering the arrest of mem
hers without notice, there were some
hardships; but the gentlemen should re
member that for two weeks the House
had been obstructed by the lack of a quo
rum and the public press had been full of
notices that tho presence of members was
necessary to the conduct of business.
The duties of the members to the country
and to their constituencies required them
to be present in their seats and answer to
their names on roll calls, i Applause.)
Referring to the question of the va
lidity of the warrant issued in this case.
4Vlr Bland said he had never known it to
be questioned before and he warned mem
bers who undertooz to quash it that they
would find themselves quashed by their
constituents.
MEMBERS LIKENED TO ANARCHISTS.
Continuing Mr iilaud said: “Now,
Mr. .Speaker. I wish to remark that on
yesterday a scene occurred in this House
sucli as I had never seen before in my
service, i saw gentlemen rito in their
seats and boast that they had set at de
fiance the writ and order of this House.
Mr (Speaker. If that is not
anarchy and revolution, what is an
areby and revolution' [Applause on the
•icinocratir tid< SAe urc in tins House
•he fountain source of Uu law making
pot er that make* the haws for the people
of this country. If we resolve ourselves
iuto a body of anarchists, and if someone
in the gallery should |>our down a dy
namite bomb and explode it among us. he
would be no less or no more of an anarch
ist than the members. [Hisses.! And if
the gentlemen believe [criesof "Shame!”]
that in the condition of this country at
this time; if they' believe when the
business interests of this country' are
not prospering, when millions of peo
ple are out of employment; when men
are begging for bread: when they are in
tho clutches of hunger and starvation;
when they are looking to this House and
this congress for relief; when they ex
pect we will do something in the nature
of relief; wo may turn ourselves into a
body of filibusters and obstructionists
and of anarchists, despite our own rules,
and set at defiance the laws of our own
country, can wo expect that these mil
lions will not also become anarchists and
set at defiance the laws of this country (
They have an example from us I say,
Mr. Speaker, the times are not propitious
for the proceedings in this House. Wo
wore sent here to do our duty. We are
here, and we are supposed to be doing our
duty' when a great large mass of people
are begging for bread. The people of
this country do not go to their beds in
comfort, in peace, and in safety, and we
are teaching to the anarchist mobs in
this country that mobism is the prevail
ing rule hi this House.”
SUFFICIENCY OF THE WARRANT.
Mr. Compton, dem., of Maryland, fol
lowed i\lr. Bland, insisting that the atten
tion of the House should be confined to
the question before it, viz: The discharge
of the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
Discussing the sufficiency of the warrant,
Mr. Compton said that to pass tho motion
of Mr. Reed would be to reflect upon the
fairest and most competent speaker who
ever occupied the chair, and upon a faith
ful and efficient officer, who executed the
order of the House. He declared that no
warrant ever issued by a speaker con
tained the names of the memhers to boar
rested.
Mr. Burrows interrupted to say that
he held in his hand a warrant issued in
the Twenty-second congress, when, “they
did things in order,” which contained tho
names of the members. [Republican
laugh [.
Mr. Compton asked if the memhers
named in the warrant had not bpen ar
rested for assault?
Mr. Burrows answered that he did not
know, he had happed to have in his hand
the warrant when tho gentleman had as
serted that no warrant had ever been is
sued with the name of the member to bo
arrested in it, and he felt called upou to
present it as evidence to the contrary.
LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
Mr. Turner, dem.. of Georgia, argued
the legal aspects of the case, contending
that the warrant was valid and compe
tent under the practice of the House; and
to a question by Mr. Dunn, dem., of New
York, he asserted that the sergeant of
the House had the right to arrest a mem
ber for delinquency wherever he was
found, whether he was at his desk on the
floor or elsewhere. He paid some atten
tion to the matter of counting a quorum by
the speaker, and stated that the supreme
eou rt had never decided that the speaker
could count a quorum,,but had said the
House had the power to muke a rule au
thorizing the speaker to do so. By no
vote of his would he agroe to a rule to
place the power in the hands of a speaker
to count a quorum as he may see fit. It
was a dangerous power to put in any one
hand.
A colloquy between Messrs. Reed and
Turner ensued, in which the former
counting of a quorum in the Fifty-first
congress and the decision of the supreme
court as to what constituted a quorum,
were reviewed, Mr. Reed reiteratiug that
the court had decided that a present
quorum was the constitutional quorum.
DUNN GIVEN FIVE MINUTES.
Mr. Dunn, dem., of New Jersey, was
given five minutes by Mr. Reed and re
turned thanks for the courtesy, saying
that he had tried to beg. borrow or steal
five minutes from hi3 own side, but had
been unable to get it. He was one of
those under arrest, and he claimed that it
was by unauthorized and unconstitutional
process. If others were in the same posi
tion as himself, they could uot afford to
accept a discharge until their rights
had been decided. He was not absent
from the House Monday and could not
properly be included within the list oi
those subject to arrest. Mr. Dunn asked
that a resolution be offered and accepted
by Mr. Bland as an amendment to his
motion to erase from the warrant the
names of those who were apprehended by
the sergeant-at-arms while on the floor of
the House, where, according to the reso
lution, he had no power over them.
Mr. Bartlett, dem., of New York, said
the question before the House was one of
far more importance than one merely af
fecting the few individuals before the
bar—it was a resolution establishing a
precedent authorizing the arrest of mem
bers by a warrant which no one, with
the slightest fundamental knowledge of
the law, would say was \alid or compet
ent.
BLAND SPRINGS A SURPRISE.
Mr. Bland then sprung a surprise upon
the House which led to au easy and rapid
disposal of tho question. He said that
under the rules ho had the right to with
draw the pending motion and to move in
its stead that all proceedings under the
call of the House of the 19th inst., un
der which the arri sts were made, bo dis
pensed with. This motion, if adopted,
would have the effect of vacating the ar
rests and discharging iho members.
Mr. Reed made the point of order that
it was too late to make the motion . as an
ad ournment had intervened and several
days proceedings Besides the terms of
the order precluded a suspension of tho
proceedings, because it was made continu
ing until revoked by the House.
Mr. Bynum gave other reasons for sup
porting Mr. Reed’s point of order, but the
chair overruled the point of order, put
Mr. Bland’s motion, declared it carried,
and the members under arrest were dis
charged. without taking a division, and
almost in the same breath.
JOHNSON GAINS Ills POINT.
Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, introduced a
resolution directing the sergeant-at-urms
to amend his return by striking out his
name as one of the memhers arrested
which, after a statement from him that
in fact he had not been u Treated, was
agreed to. %
After the committees had been called
for reports, Mr. Bland moved that the
House go into committee of the whole on
his seigniorage bill, the general debate to
close at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
The usual routine of filibustering wan
then goue through with until 4:50 o'clock.
when by unanimous consent, a recess
was taken until * o’clock to-night, under
tin; regular order of the House.
About fifty members were present
at Die caucus to night, Mr. Dockery,
dem. of Mis souri, being in the
chair. After two or three bills bad
been considered without action, the point
of no quorum was made by several mem
liegs aud alter a division was had and a
rote by toilers taken, show ug a presente
of 85 members, the House at 9:35 o'clock
adlourned without transacting any busi
ness.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES.
The Bouse Members to Hold One as
Well aa the Senators.
Washington, Feb. 23.—One hundred
and sixteen democrats have signed the
call for a House caucus to "consider the
propriety of changing tho rules of the
House with reference to the course that
should bo pursued by the House when
members fail to vote.”
The i all lias been circulated by Mr.
Paynter, of Kentucky. The caucus will
be held after the Bland seigniorage bill
has been disposed of, so that no member
present at the caucus may be influenced
by tho pending business.
Mr. Paynter declines to give any In
formation showing the sentiments of the
members who have signed the call, but it
is understood from other gentlemen who
have interested themselves in the matter,
that a very considerable number of demo
cratic representatives will indorse any
proposition that will result in compelling
members to answer to their names when
present during the roll calls of the House.
Senator Butler has succeeded in getting
more names than those necessary to di
rect the call for a democratic senatorial
caucus, and the list was presented to Sen
ator Gorman to-day. This ufternoou he
issued the call, fixing the time at 10
o’clock Monday morning.
WORKING ON THE TARIFF.
The Senate’s Sub-Committee in Ses
sion All Day.
Washington, 1).C., Feb. 23.—The Senate
sub-eommittee on finance has been in ses
sion all day on the tariff bill, and, owing
to tho adjournment of the Senate, has
been able to conduct its sitting without
interruption. The memhers of the sub
committee are more than usually uncom
municative, but one of them stated this
evening that rapid progress had been
made. It is understood that so satisfac
tory has this work been that a meeting
of tho full committee ou finance will be
called for Monday morning, when tho bill
will be laid before the republican mem
bers of the committee. No call has posi
tively been issued, but it is believed tliut
u meeting will be had then. The hour for
tho meeting of the committee and the
democratic caucus is tho sume.
Tho subcommittee wag in sossion to
night and will work energetically from
now until Monday to get the bill ready
for the full committee. Tho coal men are
happy to-day, having received positive
assurance that they will get 49 cents a
ton duty and possibly as much assocents
The bill is being printed as rapidly as cer
tain schedules are completed, and will be
finished, it is said, in all its parts by Sun
day night.
DAUGHTERS OF '76.
The Regent for Georgia Reads Her
Report to tho Convention.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Mrs. Morgan, the
regent for Georgia of the Daughters of
the Revolution, read her report before
that body to-day. She had some trouble
in getting the floor, owing to the factional
fight over admitting collaterals, but when
order was finally restored Mrs. Morgan
received close attention, and made a good
showing for Georgia,
Tho Georgia contingent, with the ex
ception of Miss Benniug, representing the
chapter at Columbus, stand determined
to fight the collateral element, so warmly
endorsed by Mrs. Cable, of Washington.
The Georgia delegation after caucusing,
determined to vote solidly with tho ex
ception of Miss Benniug with the “Den
ials.” With the exception of Mrs. Jef
freys, who is stopping at the Metropolitan,
and Mrs. McWhorter, who is staying with
her sister. Mrs. Perry, the delegation is
stopping at the Ebbitt bouse.
At 1 o’clock this afternoon Mrs. Cleve
land received the members of the Conti
nental Society of the Daughters of tho
Revolution. The delegates numbered
several hundred. All the parlors on tho
first floor of the white house were util
ized for the purpose of the reception.
POSTAL EXPENDITURES.
The Appropriation Bill as Agreed on
Carries $87,000,000.
Washington, Fob. 28.—The House com
mittee on post offices and post roads to
day agreed upon the | Ostoffloe appropri
ation lilll. and authorized Chairman Hen
derson to report it. The bill carries an
appropriation of about $87,000,000, being
$3,009,000 less than the estimate and
*3,000,000 more than the appropriation for
the current fiscal year.
The greatest reductions were made in
the estimates for transportation by rail
road routes, compensation of postmasters,
railroad postal car service and the trans
portation of foreign mails.
MAY SAVE THE KEARSARGE.
Secretary Herbert Asks Congress for
an Appropriation.
Washington, Feb. 28.—An attempt will
be made to save the old warship
Kearsarge, and the first steps were taken
to-day, when Secretary Herbert addressed
letters to the Senate and House asking for
authority and au appropriation to contract
with a wrecking company for saving the
wreck of the historic vessel, now lying on
Roncador reef. The decision of the sec
retary to attempt the preservation of the
old Kearsarge, was based on a report sub
mitted to the secretary to-day by Rear
Admiral Stanton.
A NEW COINAGE SCHEME.
Representative Harter Offers a Bill on
the Subject.
Washington, Feb. 23. Representative
Harter, dem., of Ohio, offered in the
House to-day a bill for tho free coinage
of silver and gold upon the same terms as
existed prior to 1873. It provides that
the bullion hereafter coined for the
account of owners is not to be
legal tender, and instead of being stamped
"one dollar,” "five dollars” etc., it is to
be stamped, “one globe,” "five globes,
etc., according to the denomination of tbo
coin, and is to beur the words "Not a
legal tender.”
Wilson’s Condition Unchanged.
Washington, Feb. 23. A telegram was
received to-day from Chairman Wilson,
of the House wa.vs and means committee,
now at Hot .Springs, Mexico. It gave
no particulars, but simply stated that Mr.
Wilson * condition had not materially im
proved.
Appointed an Assistant Attorney.
Washington. Feb. 23, Attorney Gen
eral Gluey lias appointed Faruuoi A Put
uatn. of Birmingham, Ala , assistant at
lorncy in the department of >u*U< at
12,w0 per annum.
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A RED FLAG AT A FUNERAL.
London Police Break Up an Anarchist
Demonstration.
The Burial of the Man Killed by HU
Own Bomb Made the Occasion for the
Attempt— The Hearse Finally Driven
to the Grave on a Gallop and the
Anarchists Not Allowed to Enter thg
Cemetery.
London, Feb. 23.—The burial of Mar
tial Bourdin, the anarchist who was
killed by the premature explosion of one
of his own bombs, near Greenwich ob
servatory, on tho night of Feb. 15, took
place this afternoon. The hearse
started from the place where the
body has been lying in St. Pan
eras, at 1:86 o'clock this afternoon. Only
one carriage followed the hearse. Large
crowds filled the roadway, some in ex
pectation of witnessing ffh anarchist
demonstration, and others trying to par
ticipate in one. The police were out in
force and prepared for any emergency.
There was no sign of disturbance until
the hearse reached Mary Lebone road,
where a vast throng awaited tho arrival
of the body of the dead anarchist.
A RED FLAG RAISED.
At this point someone in tho crowd
hoistod a red flag with a black border.
I his was the signal for an outcry, but the
police quickly checked the rising storm
by charging upon the crowd, scattering
them in all directions and tearing down
and carrying away tho offensive emblem.
A strong cordon of police thereafter pro
tected tlie street from further invasion.
The horses drawing tho hearse were
urged to a gallop, which was kept up
until Hincley cemetery was reuchcd,
where the body was lowered into the grave
as quickly as possible. The authorities
having given positive orders to prevent
tho crowds from gaining admission to the
cemetery, few persons were present when
the tiody was interred. As the coffin was
being lowered Quinn, an anarchist leader,
attempted to deliver an oration. Ho had
only begun his remarks when he was
seized by the police and hustled outside
the cometery gates, where lie was sot at
liberty. Meanwhilo the body hail been
buried, and tho groups of anarchists and
others, who had congregated outside the
enclosure, quickly and quietly dispersed.
SILVER’S AWFUL SLUMP.
Fears That India May Put an Import
Duty on the White Metal.
London, Feb. 28.-The Daily Chronicle
says to-day: “Despite Sir William Har
court’s statement, the belief recurs that
silver imported into India will be sub
jected shortly to customs duty, therefore,
it is unlikely that much will bo shipped
thither before the presentation of tho
budget.” The Daily Telegraph concurs
with the Chronicle in this opinion.
The remarkable fall in the price of sil
ver is due partly to tho lower rate of ex
change coining from India and partly to
the fact that as tho last steamer carry
ing silver that can possibly reach India
beforo the budget is announced has
sailed, the banks do not earo to purchaso
the metal until it is seen what will be the
nature of the budget, in addition to
these causes, the bauks are waiting to see
whether a duty will be placed upon the
importation of silver.
BENOAL'B CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Calcutta, Feb. 23.—The Hengal Cham
ber of Commerce to-da.v discussed the
resolution that the best interests of the
country demand that tho mints be re
opened. Afterward the chamber adopted
by a vote of 69 to 16. an amendment to tlie
effect that the mints should be reopened,
A feature of the silver question in In
dia is tho abnormal movement of all
products toward tho ports, tho object
Being to raise money in Europo U|>on
products so forwarded.
WANTS A CONFERENCE.
I-ondon, Feb. 24, 4 a. tn.—The Finan
cial Nows says: "Gautemala to-dav and
other silver countries to-morrow. Default
with most of them is a question of time.
Tlie world's commerce is rallying to a
crisis, yet the mischief from the appreci
ation of gold has only begun. 81-rnotallism
in England isgaining converts. It is under
stood that Mr. Lidderdale, governor of
the Bunk of England, is a strong advo
cate of an international agreement for a
joint standard. Bi-metallism is no longer
the creed of a handful of cranks. Nearly
every economist of eminence is on its
side. The international conference must
be reopened. France, Germany umL.
tho United States are anxious that this
should be done. Surely our interests nro
ss great as theirs, if in our pride as tho
gold mart of the world we stand aside, tho
Funishment will fall upon our own heads,
t depends upon the British cabinet
whether the conference be fruitless or
not.”
GERMANY AND SILVER.
Count Posadowsky’s Opening Speech
Beforo the Commission.
Berlin, Feb. 23.—Tho currency commis
sion appointed by the government to ap
pease tho bi-metulists and agrarians,
held Its first sit'in n ' yesterday. Count
Posadowsky, sq rotary of the imperial
treasury, presided. In his speech ho
said that owing to the recent action of
India and of the United States
in currency matters, and tho
continued depreciation of silver,
the subjects to come before tho commis
sion were of the greatest imiiortance to
tlie commerce and trade of Germany and
the world at large. The question to bo
considered by the commission demanded
earnest and exhaustive co-operation. Tho
commission’s task would be to ascertain
whether or not the> value of silver could
be raised; if it could be raised, what
were the best means to the end; how tbo
price of silver could lie kept stable, and
what was the best basis for measures
that would tend to solve the problem of
an efficient agreement between the states.
Count von Mirbach has resigned from
the currency commission. He was one of
the six silver men comprised in tho com
mission of sixteen, and is regarded as
one of the ablest of the silver advocates
apiiointed to that body.
SENTENCED FOR FKRJURY.
Four Witness:* in tho Howard Case
Sent to Prison.
Nashvlile, Term., Feb. 28.—Judge Ham
mond this morning sentenced the four
New York witnesses in the Howard
case Hmitb. Nealy, Gleason ami Brock*
way—who pleaded guilty to the charge of
perjury. They were fined each SIOO
ami sentenced to throe .years' imprison
uient in the penitentiary at CwiuuiLua, O.