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I THE MORNING NEWS, ,
. ESTABLISHED ISSO. INCORPORATED 188S. ►
j J. H. ESTILL. President.
HIM HEAPED OS HEWITT.
Private John Allen Alludes to the
New York Speech.
Until Disabused by Mr. Hewitt,
Allen Thought Himself the Peer of
Any of the Great Southern States
men of the Past—Mr. Patterson’s
Apology Repudiated.
Washington, Feb. 27.—During his
speech in the House to-day Representa
tive Allen, of Mississippi, made an answer
to the speech of Hon. Abram S. Hewitt
in New York last week, Mr. Alien said:
“I was pained beyond measure to read a
few days ago in the public press that the
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York,
did not regard me as great as Calhoun,
Slidell, Soule, and some of the rest of
those men who preceded me [Laughter.]
Now that is a revelation to me. I had
never suspected that I was not as great
as those men until Mr. Hewitt said so.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Bryan—May be he does not know
you personally. .
Mr. Allen— That is the trouble. He
does know me personally. That is where
listings. [Laughter.]
"It is utterly without excuse. Ihe
truth is. I regard Mr. Hewitt's remarks
as somewhat personal to me, because I
was to have spoken at the very dinner at
which he delivered this speech. [ Laugh
ter. ’ Now, I have laid awake many a
night trying to meet Mr. Hewitt’s ap
proval, [laughter], and one of the great
obstacles in my meeting the approval of
Mr. Hewitt is. that while Mr. Hewitt is
one of the best of men, when he is asleep,
he is troubled some with insomnia.
[Great laughter.]
"I have one consolation when I think of
myself and the great majority of my col
leagues from the south having incurred
his displeasure, and that consolation
grows out of the fact that having known
Mr. Hewitt for some years, and having
talked with him freely, I have never
known any man or set of men who en
tirely met his approval, except Mr. Hew
itt himself. [Laughter.] If he had lived
in the days when common scolds were
ducked, Mr. Hewitt would have been
drowned long before this. [Laughter.]
TRIBULATIONS OF THE SOUTH.
‘‘Mr. Chairman, the people of the south
have had a great doal to endure. I shall
not refer to the fact that they passed
through a terrible war. for I believe that
has been referred to here once Defore.
[laughter], but.sir, they have had a great
deal to contend with since that time.
They have had drought, cy
clones, simoons. epizootic in
the horses, tuberculosis in the cattle,
oholera among the hogs, and the chick
ens; they have had various diseases and
pestilences; they have seen their crops
depreciate; they have had to contend
with mortgages when they had
no money 10 pay them, but
throughout all these trials and tribula
tions they have exhibited something of a
brave and courageous spirit; and now,
Just to think that the one thing cherished
most of others, the one sustaining prop
that they had amid all these disasters,
the idea that Mr. Hewitt approved them
—to think that that last prop is takeu
away, and that after all. Mr. Hewitt
does not approve them. [Laughter]. Why,
gentleman, rather than have had this
cruel disaster come upon my people, I
would have paid a silver dollar out of my
own pocket. ( Laughter].
"Mr. Chairman, lam sorry to see that
my friend from Tennessee, Col. Patterson,
is not in his seat, because I want to say a
word to him. He is my neighbor and my
friend. He is an honest, intelligent, hard
working representative. I do not know
that I would refer to the matter I am
going to talk about now if it had not
already been mentioned in this debate. I
simply wish to repudiate, so far as I am
concerned, the apology which the gentle
man from Tennessee is said to have made
for me and my sort in responding to ex-
Mayor Hewitt's speech in New York
lately.
PATTERSON’S BPEECII.
“I have here what purports to be g re
port of Col. Patterson's speech. I wll
read a few extracts from it. After stat
ing that the southern representatives in
congress were generally opposed f j the
financial views of New York, he went on
to make these remarks. He was speak
ing in New York, and I confess it is right
hard for a man to maintain the parity
between a speech that is acceptable in
New York and one that would
■ u ac< j e Pt a bl6 to his constituents
in Hardiman county, Tennessee. [Laugh
ter ; He said: For more than twenty
years every state platform has contained
a plank for the free coinage of silver,
these men have been brought up to believe
in it without question. They believe it.
they are bound to believe it, just as the
Baptist., the Catholic or the Presbyterian,
without ever reading in the Bible,‘.is one
because his father was So theso doc
trines have be< ome a part of the demo
cratic belief there, and these
leliows have followed them blindly.
Laughter.] I was in the same
condition when I went to con
gress [Laughter.] I believed in free
si.ver and lots of other thinrs. I suppose
the gentleman has ceased to belie e any
'ningnow. [Laughter.] But 1 soon be
gan to study these things, and under the
leadership of Grover Cleveland, who is
luc only man in the country who could
nave piloted the ship of state through
these stormy times, 1 learned the correct
principles of sound currency [Great
. giitcr. These other men of the south
are true democrats, and they love their
country.
FOLLOWING TRADITIONS.
thank him for that,” said Mr. Allen.
Be says further; "They have simply
mllowed tradition.’ Ah. gentlemen, let
me leu you that when you separate your
? rnm the doctrines of democracy as
you have learned and held them from the
ime you were born up to the present,
'lien you cut yourselves loose from
tne prouii traditions of that party
?ct out to study under some new
prophet, you nro very liable to get
■angled in your democratic harness.
Laughter.] I confess. Mr. Chairman.
:at 1 have been brought up to believe in
[ome of these things by tradition, but un
!■?. m - v f rien d from Tennessee. Col. i
latterson, 1 studied public questions
J>e. ore 1 came to congress. | Laughter.]
< ame here because 1 had studied them.
, t is why my people selected n e out
•mu sent me here. They did not send me
to ingress to school, as Col. Patterson
cams to have been sent. ! Laughter.]
limy sent me here to maintain and carry
a * far as I could, the great democratic
In [triples that they received from their
"idiers, and 1 hope, by the help of God
“no tne constituency ia the First con
gressional district o: Mississippi, to do It.
Laughter and applause I t'nl, l*at
further: ‘Mr. Carlisle ins
and that tie did not mind having the
seigniorage coined. U that bill become*
The morning News.
a law, it does not mean disaster. It may
be a mistake. It is only the last gun of
a retreating army. The men in New York
who dread free silver are unnecessarily
alarmed.’
•And elsewhere he said: ‘lf the bill to
coin the seigniorage passes, it is merely \
to let these southerners go off the field of ;
battle with their side arms.’ [Laughter.]
“Mr. Chairman, we have asked no :
terms. We have not asked to be permitted ;
to carry off our side arms We have not :
asked to be permitted to fire the last gun ]
of a retreating army. So far as lam con
cerned, I do not beiieve that the retreat
has begun at all. I do not believe that
we are ready to capitulate on this ques
tion.
PATTERSON’S APOLOGY REPUDIATED.
“Now I want to say a word for Col.
Patterson, as he is not here to say It for
himself. I desire, so far as I am con
cerned. to repudiate the gentleman's
apology made for me. I owe no apology
to the people of New York; Ido not pro
pose to make any; and Ido not propose to
have any made for me. But 1 do not
Think any man ought to be held down to a
very rigid account for an after-dinner
speech at a banquet. Why, sir, I recol
lect not long ago I went to a banquet in
Baltimore, where everything was so good,
where I was surrounded by so many rich
men, that by the time it became my turn
to speak I felt so well I addressed them as
‘fellow-capitalists. [Laughter.]
“Being aware of the influences sur
routiding a banquet, if I were not per
fectly familiar with the abstemious habits
of my friend from Tennessee, I would
have thought on reading this speech that
he had gotten somewhat under the same
influence that another Tennessean did
that a traveling man told me about. The
story was about a ragged, seedy, hard
looking fellow, who learned that the
traveling man knew his brother living
in Kaufman county. Texas. The Texas
brother was well off, and the Tennessean
asked the traveling man, if be ever saw
his brother again, to toll him that he was
hard up, and that if he was ever going to
do anything foi him that was tho time.
Cnder tho influence of two or threo
drinks, however, things began to brighten
with him, and the last the traveling man
heard iVom him was a request to tell his
brother in Texas that if he wanted any
thing ‘just to draw on me.’ [Laughter.]
“Now, under the influence of one of
theso New York banquets.” said Mr.
Allen, “with all they have good to eat
and the accompaniments, one feels, by
the time that speaking begins, like toll
ing the rest of the world to draw on him.
[Laughter.] Therefore, I, on my own
motion, would never quote a banquet
speech on anybody, because 1 do not think
it is exactly the fair thing.”
EMIGRATION TO APRIOA.
A Convention of Negroes at Birming
ham to Discuss the Subject.
New York, Feb. 27.—A special to the
Times from Birmingham, Ala., says:
“Rev. A. J. Warner, a leading colored
divine in this state, and other representa
tive negroes, have called a convention of
the race for March 2! in this city. The
convention is called in accordance with a
resolution of the National Co’ored Con
vention held in Cincinnati last November.
The object is to discuss generally emigra
tion of the race to Africa. The men who
issued the call stand with Bishop Turner,
who says Africa is the national home of
the negroes and the sooner they return
there the better. General interest in the
sub.ect has cropped out in this state
recently and something practical is ex
pected from the convention, although the
recent colored conference at Tuekegee
decided contrary to the scheme of Bishop
Turner. ”
A NEGRO AGED 13 LYNCHED.
He Kill and an Officer Who Tried to
Seize His Mother’* Cow.
New York. Feb. 27.—A special to the
Herald from Sherman, Ala., says:
“Th omas Douglas, a 18-year-old colored
boy, who yesterday shot and killed
Dej uty Sheriff Cowlett, who attempted
to Jury upon a cow which belonged to
Dr utrlas' mother, was hanged by a mob
and his body riddled with bullets. The
mother cut the body down. The coro
ner's jury returned a verdict that the boy
came to his death at the hands of per
sons unknown. The mother says she re
cognised some of tho slayers of her son
aud will prosecute them vigorously.”
UNION PACIFIC’S EMPLOYES.
Their Representatives to Meet the Re
ceivers on March 15.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27.—1n St. Ixtuis,
last night. Judge Caldwell, of the circuit
court, issued an order calling for a meet
ing in Omaha, on March 15, between the
representatives of the employes of the
Union Pacific and the receivers. Judge
Caldwell will listen to both sides on
March 27. in umuha. This practically
vacates Judge Dundy's order, placing the
new schedule in effect on March 1. Presi
dent Clarke, of the Union Pacific is es
pecially designated to represent the Union
Pacific.
BONILLA TAKES HIS SEAT.
He Declares Amnesty and Promises
Pair Elections.
New York, Feb. 27.—A special from
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, says: “Policarpo
Bonilla's government was installed amid
great re.oicing. Bonilla declared general
amnesty'and promises fair elections.”
A special from Managu. Nicaragua,
says: “Gen. Ortiz telegraphs that he
captured, at Tegucigalpa. ~ud prisoners,
fourteen cannons. 200 stands o, arms,
large quantities of ammunition and over
*BO,OOO in cash. The money will be dis
tributed among his sold.ers.”
DUPLICATED RECEIPTS.
A Kentucky Distlllor Flees to Mexico
After Crooked Work.
New York. Feb. 27.—A special to the
Times from Lexington. Ky\, says: “A
well-known distiller, W. H. Headley, of
tbe Headley cz Peck Distilling Company,
at Lexington, is probably in Mexico, a
fugitive from justice. He left Wednesday,
and a letter received from him states
that he has duplicated warehouse re
ceipts, and that his future address will
be care the Don Carlos hotel, City of
Mexico.”
THU AMOUNT TAKEN UNKNOWN.
Lexington. Ky . Feb. 27.-It is impossi
ble yet to estimate the amount of tho
forgeries of Headley. Tho banks Here
claim to be secured.
Brothers Held for Arson.
Ocala, Fla , Feb 87. —clarence and Al
bert Hrnlth, brothers, were arrested nnd
had a preliminary henring before .ludee
Hill to day, ’i bey are accused of burning
tne hotel at Silver Springs sometime ago.
Clarence was held on a liond for #4OO and
Albert Smith in a Lend for fiOu,
SAVANNAH, GA„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2-f, 1894.
GLADSTONE S RETIREMENT.
The Rumor That He Has Resigned
Revived.
Easter the Time Given for His With
drawal Lord Roseberv Said to
Have Declined the Premiership and
Earl Spencer to Have Accepted It.
11l Health, Weak Eyes and Suscepti
bility to Criticism the Reasons Ad
vanced for the Premier’s Action—His
Secretary Refuses to Confirm or
Deny the Rumor.
London, Feb. 27.- The subject of Pre
mier Gladston’s resignation was revived
to-day in a way suggesting that there
may be some foundation for the report.
The Pall > Mall Gazette, St. James Ga
zette and Westminster Gazette publish
articles almost identical in substance, In
dicating that Mr. Gladstone will resign
at an early day.
The reason given in each case is that
the premier’s eyesight is failing so fast
that his vision will become wholly ob
scured if he does not immediately retire
from active political duty. It is also
stated that It was the intention of Mr.
Gladstone to allude to his approaching
resignation in the House of Commons
yesterday, but he was dissuaded by his
colleagues from doing so.
The Central News is authority for the
statement that the rumor that Mr. Glad
stone will resign is officially denied.
CAN’T STAND CRITICISM NOW.
Though thecondition of Mr. Gladstone’s
eyes is regarded as a sufficient reason for
his wishing to lay down the cares of
office, it is not believed to be tho real rea
son for his resignation, if the present re
port that he has resigned is true. Owing
to his great age and waning physical
power he is not as able to withstand the
shafts of criticism hurled at him as ho
was a few years, or even a few
months ago. Where then they would
glance from him as from an armor,
they now pierce him. It is also
true that ho has recently been deeply
affected by tho comments of his political
friends, and allies on his course in- regard
to several party measures. These evi
dences of ingratitude have pained him
severely. His course in withdrawing the
employer s liability bill when many of
his followers were clamoring for a parlia
mentary light against the House of Lords
with the ultimate view of compelling the
abolition cf the hereditary body, has
driven the more radical of his adherents
to declare that his democracy has under
gone a change, and this accusation they
have taken great pains should reach his
ears. Ali these things, it is believed,
have made him simply tired.
HIS SECRETARY DECLINES TO TALK.
The private secretary of the premier
will neither affirm nor deny the reports.
The most he will say is that the positive
statement of the Edinburg Evening News
that Mr. Gladstone had resigned, is “en
tirely unauthorized.” Asked as to the
accurracy of the statements, the secre
tary, instead of giving a direct answer,
merely reiterated his former statement
that the Evening News had made the
ssatement without receiving any authori
zation.
The fact that the Earl of Rosebery,
while on his way to visit the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Sandringham lasi
Saturday, was handed a dispatch at New
market and immediately returned to the
foreign office, while attracting no atten
tion at the time, is now believed to have
had a direct bearing on the question
which is now causing so much
agitation in political circles—Mr. Glad
stone's retirement in Lord Rosebery’s
favor. The excuse given out at tha
time for Lord Rosebery’s sudden return
was that he was summoned back for a
consultation, made necessary by the de
feat of the British sailors on the west
coast of Africa, it is uow said, however,
that the reason for the return of the sec
retary of state for foreign affairs was
that an important announcement had
been made b.y Mr. Gladstone, the effect of
which announcement, it is believed, was
that he intended to resign.
Mr. Gladstone was visited to-day by a
physician, who remained with liim for
some time. The premier attended to his
offi; ial duties during the morning, how
ever. and received several visitors, among
them the liberal whip, Edward Majori
banks,
THE ErFECT ON THE MARKETS.
The general discussion of the matter on
the stocit exchange connects the unusual
rise in consols and E .yptian unified fours,
with the persistent rumors, and, in many
cases, firm belief that Mr. Gladstone wiil
resign the premiership. The Manchester
Guardian, the Yorkshire Post and many
other provincial newspapers, publish these
rumors and accompany them with article*
expressing a belief that they are well
founded.
The Chronicle and the Sup claim to
have information that Earl Rose
bery will be Mr. Gladstone’s successor,
and Sir William Harcourt the govern
ment leader the House of Commons.
THE CATARACT IN HIS ETB.
Inquiries made to-night tend to confirm
the report that Gladstone s resignation is
inevitable within a few weeks. Since
Mr. Gladstone’s return from Biarritz the
cataract which has been forming in his
eye has ripened fast, and Ur. Bond, Dr.
Grainger ana other physicians, whom
he has consulted, consider an early
operation advisable. The treatment
will necessarily involve seclusion in a
daracned room for a long time, probably
three months, with complete cessation of
all work attended by brain strain or
worry. Mr v Gladstone s colleagues wish
lnm lo postpone his resignation of the
premiership until the latest possible
momen t and to keep a sinecured seat in
the cabinet, suvh as by taking the office
of lord privy seal.
THE LIBERALS DIVIDED IN OPINION.
The liberals are divided in opinion as
to whether Mr. Gladstone s retirement
will be temporary or permanent. Mr.
Gladstone himself freely tells his friends
that his hearing is goiug with h.s eye
sight. His health otherwise, however, is
still vigorous. His voice in last night's
debate in the House of Commons was
full and clear, and his bearing was up
right and firm The radicals, who believe
h.tn an obstacle to reform of the House of
Lords, hold that Mr. Gladstone s with
drawal Irom the ministry will be final.
BOSEBERT A MAN OF DESTINY.
The Edinburgh Evening News, In com
menting upon the report that Mr. Glad
stone lias resigned, and that he will re
commend laird Rosebery as his suc
cessor, recalls a speech made by Mr.
Gladstone at Manchester in aune, 1886, in
which be said: "Lord Hoseber.v I* a man
of whom you will hear morn than you
have yet heard. In him the liberal
party sees a man of tho future.” The
same journal says: “A* Lord
Rosebery has been for many
years an advocate of ending, under
the guise of meudiug the Bouse of Lords,
even radical incorruptible* ought to give
him loyal support. Liberals generally
must ask whether under laird Rosebery
or Sir William Harcourt they could go
before the country with tho best chance
of success. There can hardly be two
opinions. Lord Rosebery is the man.”
DENIED BY THE NEWS.
London, Feb. 88, 5 a. m.—The Dally
News denies that Mr. Gladstone has re
signed, and refuses to waste any space in
discussing the idle talk of a speedy disso
lution of parlia' it It says: “Parlia
ment will not be dissolved until tho gov
ernment has exhausted the mandate of
the electors, or forfeited the confidence
of the House of Commons.”
In discussing the possibility of his in
firmity compelling Mr. Gladstone to re
tire—an event which it hopes is far dis
tant—tlie News snys there is no doubt
that Lord Roaeberry will succeed to tho
premiership, and that Sir Williafii Har
court will becoma leador of the House of
Commons.
IRISHMEN FEEL SORE.
~T — - —
Gladstone and Morley Accused of
Breaking Their Promises.
Dublin, Feb. 27.1—The Dublin branch of
the Irish National League held a special
session last night, at which the following
resolution was passed: “We avail our
selves of the presence of Mr. Morley to
point out that ha and the government
have failed to keep the promises made to
Ireland.”
John Barry, member of parliament for
South Wexford, made a speech, in which
he expressed a lade of confidence in Mr.
Morley. and alluded to Mr. Gladstone as
the “Grand Old Humbug.”
Violent speeches were made against
Messrs. Gladstone and Morley at a largely
attended amnesty'-meeting held here iSuti
day.
TUI EDINJURO Rt'MOR.
Udinburz'. Feb. 27. -The Evening News
do lures that Mr. Gladstone husresi ned,
to take effect at Easter. Also that the
premiership was offered to Ijord Rose
bery. who declined it. and it was then of
fered to Earl Spencer, who accepted it.
GERM ANT’S NEW TREATY.
Chancellor von Caprlvi Makes a
Strong Speech in Advocacy of It.
Berlin, Feb. 27.—1n the Reichstag to
day Chancellor von Caprivi made a mas
terly defense of the German-Russian
commercial treaty, taking full advantage
of the weak points of all the previous ar
guments against the measure. Towards
the close of his speech the chancellor
read a portion of a speech delivered in
tne Reichstag by Prince Bismarck in
1879, on which occasion the old chancellor
declared that either himself or his suc
cessor must endeavor to conclude a com
mercial treaty with Russia. After read
ing the extract. Chancellor von Caprivi
saTd impressively: ‘‘Gentlemen, it was
decreed for his successor to conclude that
treaty.”
AWARDED $5 DAMAGES.
Victoria Woodhull Getsa Verdiot
Against the British T Tuseum.
London, Feb. 27.—The tris.of the case
of Mrs. John Btddleup Martin, Victoria
Woodhull, against the trustees of the
British museum, the plaintiff charging
the trastees with oxposing upon
the shelves of their library books con
taining statements libeling her character,
was concluded to-day The jury brought
in a verdict awarding Mrs. Martin £5
damages, but the court reserved judg
ment pending argument by counsel upon
points arising from the jury’s answers.
The Kaiser Stmufli* by Silver.
London. Feb. 27.—A dispatch from Ber
lin to the Globe says that Emperor Will
iam is giving a great deal of attention to
the subjoct of bimetallism, aud is bringing
all his influence to bear to prevent a
further decline in the price of silver.
CLEVELAND PASSES NORFOLK.
The President on the Way to North
Carolina. ,
Washington, Feb. 27.—Tlie lighthouse
tender Violet, with the President nnd
Secretary Gresham on board as the guests
of Capt. Evans, was compelled to seek
shelter from the violent storm in an inlet
below Mount Vernon soon after leaving
here Sunday afternoon, she pro
ceeded to the naval gun-prov
ing grounds at Indian head Monday af
ternoon and continued down the river,
making a stop in the evening at the Cedar
Point light. She then proceeded on her
way, and was lying at Piney Point at
1:80 o’clock this moraing, twelve miles
from tho mouth of the Potomac. Some
attempts to create alarm yesterday and
this morning on account of the failure to
hear of the Violet 1 # arrival at Norfolk
fell very flat in Washington, particularly
at the white house, where the Presi
dent’s plans were known. The oY.cials
of the lighthouse board were aware
that the Violet would not reach
Norfolk, at the earliest, before this
evening, as her commander had no idea
of leaving the Potomac, if at all. before
this morning. It was understood that
the boat would go in and out of '.he cum.tr
ous coves along the I otomac, and if
sport was found the President would
stay there as leap as the birds kept him
company. The Violet was chosen for the
trip, although she is an old boat, beccuse
she is ot light draught and tan outer all
the Inlets.
PASSES NORFOLK.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 27.—The lighthouse
tender Violet, with President Cleveland
and Secretary Gresham on board, passed
this city this morning. She went through
the canal on her way to North Car
olina.
STRUCK A BROKEN RAIL.
A Coach Thrown Down an Embank
m nt and Many Persons Injured.
Durant, Miss., Feb. 27.—A train on the
Illinois Central railroad was derailed
three milt* from here this morning. Tho
smoker struck a broken rail and with the
lauics' coach was thrown down a high
embankment and severe injuries iutlicUd
upon nearly all the passengers, as follow s:
P. J. Williamson, of Columbus, o.,hurt
internally.
J. B. Cole, of Lexington, Miss., hips
and back bruised.
Dr. W. F. Gresbam. of Durant, knee
fractured and shoulder bruited
G. A. Hondeison, of Jackson, Tenn.,
back aud hips bruised.
S. K. Montgomery, of Collierville, Tenn.,
collar bone broken.
Mrs. M. 11. Preston, of Marcello. Miss.,
badly cut in several places on the head.
Her two little children, one an infant, are
not hurt.
Wade Harvey, of Kosciusko, Miss.,
hand budly burned on a stove.
J. K. Arnold, of hattillo, bruised and
cut.
in addition to these several others re
ceived slight cut* and brahma.
HABER NOT FILL OF BEER.
Pence Explains That He Said He Was
of Fall Beard.
He Extends an Apology to Mr. H&iner
and Says He is at a Loss to Compre
hend How He Could Have Been So
Badly Misunderstood-Bland's Mo
tion to Take Up His Bill Causes the
Disappearance of a Quorum.
Washington, Feb. 27.—1n his prayer,
this morning, Chaplain Bagby referred to
the illness of Representative Wilson,
dem., of West Virginia, and asked that
ho might bo restored to health.
On motion of Mr. Hatch, deni., of Mis
souri, anew print of the anti-option bill
was ordered.
Mr. Pence, pop., of Colorado, made a
personal explanation regarding the collo
quy between himself and Mr. Haincr,
rep., of Nebraska, yesterday. He stated
that the reporters had misunderstood
him. What he had said was that the
gentleman was full of beard, not
beer. He had expressed his re
gret over the mistake to Mr. Hainer in a
letter which the latter had returned to
him stating that it was satisfactory, and
had given him permission lo road it as
a part of his statement. In tho letter Mr.
Pence wrote: “Whenl alluded to your
full beard I did myself no credit and you
no harm, but uow to find that tho re|>ort
ers understood aud reported me as say
ing you were full of beer eauses mo deep
chagrin and pain. If the members of the
House understood me to uso such lan
guage it is no wonder they refused to
permit me to proceed. The
wonder is, if they so understood
mo that I was not forthwith
censured n.v the speaker aud the House.
Such language would havo been not only
unparliamentary, but unjust to you. I
sincerely regret tho misunderstanding
and false report in the papers of my
words, and hasten to so express myself to
you and to say that 1 shall, of course, try
ts set the matter right in the public
press by a public statement when the
House meets to-day.”
EXTENDS AN APOLOGY.
Mr, Pence said further, that he was
satisfied that he owed Mr. Hainer and
tho House an apology for the language lie
did use, which was uttered in the heat of
debate, and under the excitement of a
charge made by another gentleman.
Other previous remarks ho had made in
yesterday’s debate might have boen ob
noxious for personal allusions contained in
them. Being informed by friends of
experience that this was tho right and
proper thing to do, he made the explana
tion aud apologized to Mr. Hainer and to
the House gladly. He desired to act
within the rules of the House, and it had
been suggested that he ask unanimous
consent that the colloquy between him
self and Mr. Hainer be expungea from
the record. This was granted, and the
incident closed.
Speaking of the matter before the
Houso met, Mr. Pence said that at first he
had been greatly surprised at the error of
the reporter, but on inquiry found that
many members had understood him as he
had been reported.
THE ALLUSION TO COOPER.
Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, called Mr.
Pence’s attention lo the allusion made lo
himself, [Casper] by the latter yester
day, that he had made a swoop on tlie
silver question, and asked an explana
tion. Mr. Pence said he would gladly ex
plain if his previous explanation and apol
ogy to the House did not cover the case.
The gentleman from Indiana by his voto
on the Wilson repeal bill last fall had con
tradicted all his previous record on the
silver question; and now, with certain
other gentlemen in view of the approach
ing election, in his opinion, was in favor
of the Bland si igulorago bill.
PENCE INTEaasTBO IN MINES.
Mr Cooper replied that ho had, pre
viously to this congress, voted for tho
free coinage of stiver; but the charge
that his change of opinion on that ques
tion was duo to the influence or command
of the President, or of any person, was
unjust and untrue. The gentleman from
Colorado was an extensive owner of
stocks in silver mining companies, and
had a direct personal interest in tho
result of the pending legislation. If he
would read the laws of his country ho
would learn that he had no right to take
part in the legislation upon the subject of
silver.
Mr. Cummings, dem., of New York, re
lieved the situation ami raised a laugh by
remarking that if it were in order, it
would be a good tirno now for some gen
tlemen to apologize for their attacks upon
the New Y'ork democracy.
Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, asked unani
mous eonsont to reply to an assault upon
the Alabama delegation, but it was re
fused, and tlie regular order was re
sumed.
BLAND BOBS UP AGAIN.
After the committees had been called
for reports Mr. Bland moved that the
House go into committee of the whole
upon his seigniorage bill, and that the
general debate thereon be dosed at 3
o’clock to morrow. No quorum voted on
the division of the House, and the yeas
and nays were ordered. 'lhe vole was.
Yens 169, nays 6. Still no quorum, and a
call of the House was begun. This
showed 268 members present, and Mr.
B 1 nd moved to dispense with further
proceedings under the call.
A demand for a division by Mr Reed
showed lUS ayes and 41 nocs, and he de
uiuudod tellers. Mr. Bland asked and
secured a vote by yeas aud nays, result
ing as follows: Yeas. 168; nays. 9, and
further proceedings were dispensed
with.
Mr. Bland changed the form of his mo
tion then, withdrawing the limitation of
debate, whereupon objection to taking up
tho bill disappeared, and Mr. Hatch,
dem.. of Missouri, took the chair over the
committee of the whole.
ABOL HS TO PLEASE UIS CONSTITUENTS.
Mr. Bowers, rep., of California, was
the first speaker He declared himself
lo be in fa .or of the free coinage of sil
ver, because three-four hs of the pi ople
of the Seventh California district wanted
it, and he believed it to be his duty to
represent their views on the floor of the
House. Mr. Bowers humorously and
sarcastically criticised the action
of the majority In its dally
wail that the republican mi
nority would not permit it to do busi
ness. Tbe trouble was that the Demo
cruih party either did not want the bill
to pass, or there was not a majority of the
House in favor of It. If the Demo ratio
party, he said, with its immense majority,
could not do business, despite C.ur Reed,
and the pestiferous minority, it had better
give way to a party Unit would take and
exercise the responsibility of the uia
Jonty.
CAPITAL V*. LABOR.
Mr. Allen, dem., of Mississippi, after a
humorous introduction, pleading for his
remarks the consideration due to the ut
terances of an ex-candidate for the United
States Senate, said there seemed to be an
Irreconcilable conflict between the capi
talists and tho interests of the masses of
the people of this country. It had been
common for representatives of the capi
talistic class to refer to those who were
in favor of this bill as demagogues. “If
it be demagogy for a man on this floor to
bo earnestly in favor of those measures
which he believes to be for tho best in
terests of the people he represents, and in
accordance with their desires, then I
plead guilty to demagogy, and prefer to
be a demogogue rather than something
else considered to be the contrary.”
FAVORS THE COINAGE.
Proceeding to discuss the features of
tho bill, Mr. Allen said he had no hesita
tion in allying himself to those who
favored tho coinage of tlie seigniorage
with which to meet the obligations of
the government and not with those who
favored the sale of bonds to procure the
necessary funds. The latter class, he
said, had declared that if tho government
did not adopt their financial policy they
would proceed to get scored.
“Now I am not. in favor of scaring cap
ital or any one else.” continued Mr. Al
len, “But if the House is to be prevented
from exercising its constitutional func
tions of outlining a financial policy for
the government b.y the threat that some
body is going to get scared, the sooner
we declare tho clearing house committee
of New York, the only source of financial
legislation in this country, tho better.”
REFUSALS TO VOTE.
Referring to the treatment accorded
the bill by the democratic minority and the
bulk of the republicans, Mr. Allen plead
ed, lie said, in a spirit of candor and fair
ness with the democrats to aid in making
a quorum. When the Wilson repeal bill
was before the houso last summer and
last fall, Mr. Allen said ho, and his col
leagues who believed with him, had op
posed the bill, had fought it; but they
gavo their votes to mako a quorum. He
said tho demo ruts opposed to the pend
ing bill wore aiding the republicans
in making a spectacle on this floor of the
Democratic party for a far different pur
pose tii :n that of their democratic allies.
In conclusion Mr. Allen said; “I would
that I had tho eloquence of the chairman
of the committee on ways and means,
[Mr. Wilson, dein., W. Va.] in his last
appeal here for the passagoof the Wilson
tariff bill. 1 would like to invoke tho
democratic patriotism of our dem
ocratic colleagues. I do not claim
that a vote for this bill is tho
roll of honor, but I do claim
that in the condition with
which we find ourselves surrounded to
day. the roll of honor belongs to those
democrats who are willing to let a demo
cratic congress do the business of till*
congress, and I do not believe any man
can claim a place uixm tho democratic
roll of honor who stands hero longer and
gives his presence and his Influence to
filibustering tactics that keep us heroand
make a spectacle, as has been made of
ourselves.” [Applause.]
Mr. Allen, rep.. of Illinois, said he be
lieved that silver would in the future, as
it had been in the past, bo cue of the
money metals of the world. The action
proposed by tho bill, the Houso had no
right to take, ho said, affecting, as it
would, the interest of millions of people,
unloss experience showed that it was for
the best.
After reviewing the history of sil
ver legislation, Mr. Cannon said he
wanted to say one thing to the members,
which was, that his twenty years of ex
perience hail led him to the belief that
the cuuse of the financial trouble from cue
administration to another, and from one
period to another, was a timidity on the
part of the representatives to voto with
their best convictions and Judgment, and a
reluctance to rely upon the intelligence,
honesty and patriotism of their consti
tuencies to approve them.
TWO KINDS OF DOLLARS.
Speaking for himself as one member of
tho minority, Mr. Cannon said that he
stood there to use every constitutional
moans within tiis power to defeat any
legislation which, in his Judgment, would
result in making two kinds of dollars in
this country. The passing of this bill. In
itis opinion, would make two kinds
of dollars, and cheat labor, in whose
behalf the gentleman from Missouri,
Mr. Bland, yesterday pleaded for
the passage of the bill. Next
fall, and again in two years from then,
said Mr. Cannon, the people would speak,
and the country would return to that
policy which tho go-eminent pursued for
a genera!ion, in which a great war was
fought, a great debt practically paid and
great wealth accumulated by all the
people.
BKVAN FAVORS 81-MF.TAI.LIBM.
Mr. Bryan, dem ,of Nebraska, said he
had no criticism to mako upon any mem
ber who believed his duty to his constit
uency required him to keep silent and not
voto. It had been tbe practice for more
than 100 years, and was a safeguard that
should not be lightly set aside. A rule
for counting a quorum, he said, would
be invoked In the interest of a
minority, and not of a majority. We
should stand by the old rule and compel
tbe attendance and vote of a quorum. If
a majority did not vote In favor of tho
hill, Mr. Bryan said, there wasjno assur
ance that a majority of the peoplo
wanted the bill to pass. To count a quo
rum, he said, would result in absenteeism,
and fail to keep members In their seats to
do businers The pending bill, Mr.
Bryan said, brought up a conflict
of the financial ideas of the east
and of the west and south.
The latter might be derided and de
cried, but tlie advocates of it had a right
to express themselves. The people of the
west and south believed in bimetallism,
and that the government had a duty to
perform to the common p?opie, as well as
to the financier, and should exercise the
option it ho ds of discharging obligations
in either gold or silver. Tho bimetallism
of the east had lieen described
by the gentleman from New York,
Mr. Hendrix, the other day as
one in which gold should be the stan
dard. If that be bimetallism, said Mr.
Bryan, there are men in the House who
don’t know what it means. Bimetallism,
be said, always presupposes the option of
tho payment In the debtor. Mr. Bryan in
closing appealed to the republican* of the
west to represent the wishes of their peo
ple as the democrats of the cast did
tbolrs, and to stand by the bill.
At 4.86 o’clock the committee rose and
the House adjourned.
A Schooner Ashore.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Fob. 27. -The four
masted Philadelphia schooner. Florence
C. Megte. I apt. Rogers, bound from Fort
Tampa to Baltimore, with 1,000 ton* of
phosphate, Is ashoro at Bodies Island,
south of Gape Henry. Hhe will prove a
t0,.nl loss with her cargo. Tbe crew of
ten men were saved in life boats.
Thrasher vs. Enloe.
Washington, Feb. 87.- The House com
mittee on elections today beard argu
ments In tbe <on tested election case of
Thrasher vs. Enloe from the Eighth Ten
nessee district.
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CAN’T UNLOAD ON THE CITY.
Atlanta’s Mayor Tuts a Veto on tlie
Piedmont Park Scheme.
Ho Fails to See Why the City Should
Buy for $166,000 Property That
Cost Only $21,000 and Is Not
Needed—The City Already Owner of
a Better Site for the Exposition—The
Proinotcrs of the Show Threaten to
Give It Up.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb., 27.—The cotton
states and international exposition, which
has already been widely advertised to be
held in this city, in 1895, received a black
eye to-day, and many of those who here
tofore professed tho utmost confidence in
the success of- the big undertaking, now
openly say they don’t believe the schema
will ever materialize. Mayor Goodwin’s
action in votoing an ordinance of coun
cil purchasing the grounds of the
old Piedmont Exposition Company at
a cost o; $1 5,000 is what gavo the pres
ent plan the backset. After spending a
month or more in working up a sentiment
in favor of holding a big exposition next
year, the formation of a corporate com
pany, otc., those interested, when <hey
thought the time ripe, suddenly sprung
tho proposition to council to purchase the
Piedmont exi>osition ground* for the use
of the new exposition company, thus as
sisting the movement.
ri'SHF.D THROUOn COUNCIL.
This deal wus pushed through the coua
cil two days after It was first sprung,
without waiting for public Indorsement
of any kind except the interest of the
local paper*, both of which were stock
holders in the Piedmont company. The
principal spirits in the now company
were also stockholders in the old Pied
mont compuny, nnd altogether the
scheme was fair on it# face.
Tho property offered for sale
to the city at ♦165,000 is assessed for taxa
tion at 121,000, about what is cost when
bought. But notwithstanding the trans
parency of the doal it was accepted with
only one dissenting vote by council, with
tho patriotic explanation afterward, that
it was for the good of tho city.
Mayor Goodwin, in company with com
petent judges, wont over tho property,
which is largely a swamp, to-day and
promptly concludod to sit down on the
deal.
TnE EXPOSITION PEOPLE EXCITED.
As soon as he made known his de ision
there was great excitement among tha
exposition people, some of the most
prominent of whom openly declared that
they would now wash their hands of the
whole businoas, aud lot tho proposed ex
position go to the dig nation bowbows.
The exposition loaders are among tha
wealthiest citizens, and they declare that
they will not put any of their monoy into
the enterprise now, unless the council
passes the land purchase ordinance over
the mayor s veto. This will hardly be
done. Three coum-ilmen, who holpea tha
deal through, have already weakened,
and will not vote for it again.
BETTER PROPERTY AVAILABLE.
Mayor Goodwin wants the exposition
people to use property already owned by
the city, in every respect bettor than tha
Piedmont grounds. But the exposition
people say they will not have a show un
less the city buys the Piedmont grounds
to heip them out. Mayor Goodwin
has held various fat city offices
for years past, and the disappointed
exposition peoplo are particularly sore on
him because they say they compose tha
element which made him a political suc
cess. but he does not show his apprecia
tion of that fact. The matter lias caused
tho biggest financial and political split in
the city's history and is likely to be an
open wound for many a day to coma.
A TRUCK IN BRAZIL.
Hostilities Suspended Pending tha
General Elections.
Washington, Feb. 27.—A dispatch has
been received at the state department
frem Minister Thompson at Rio de Janeiro
stating that it wns reported that the in
surgerits had captured La pa. The name
is probably misspelled, and is understood
to mean JSapo. a town on the coast, eight
miles out of Dosterro. Ministor Thomp
son also says: “Tho state of siege is ex
tended to 28th.” This Is interpreted to
mean that active hostilities will end to
morrow for the time being, and peaco be
proclaimed during tbe pendency of the
general elo tions, which will be held on
March 1. It is supposed at the state de
partment that Sapo was captured by
tho insurgent vessels Aquidaban and Re
publica, which left Rio de Janeiro last
week.
MR3. CLEVELAND A8 A GUEST.
The President’s Absence Enables He*
to Accent Invitations.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Washington so
ciety is delighted that the absence of the
Fresidcnt enablfs Mrs. Cleveland to ap
pear at entertainments outside of tha
executive mansion. She was the guest
of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston at an
amateur performance last night, when
the actors in costtimo were presented to
her in her host s box.
This afternoon she attended an enter
tainment for tho benefit of a free kinder
garten at the residence of Mrs. Hearst,
the widow of the California senator, and
she expects to look in upon a “Midway
Plalsance concert” for a charitable pur
pose to morrow evening.
MORE PLUMB3 SHAKEN DOWN.
Charles Jonas Nominated for Consul
General at Bt. Petersburg.
Washington. Feb. 27.—The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nomination:
Charles Jonas, of Wisconsin, to ba
consul general at St. Petersburg.
Albert Flower, of Maryland, to be con
sul at Stratford, Ontario.
George Truesdcll, to be commissioner
of the District of Columbia, vice Myron,
M. Parker, resigned.
Postmasters North Carolina: Thomas
J. Lowry, at Mount Airy, N. C.
Georgia, John D. Korthcutt, at Marl
etta.
Alabama: JamesK. Crowe, at Sheffield
Electric Light Man Meat.
Washington, Feb.B7.—The seventeenth
annual convention of the National Elec
tin Light Association Is-gon to day with
260 delegates in attendance, Including
most of tile prominent electricians of the
country, in hi* opening address. Presi
dent K. A Armstrong, of i minim. N. i.
►aid 2,D*i central stations had been es
tablished. nnd that tec association rnprw
united #2oo,ooo.buu capital, kupnortlag
| iuu.ooo otco, and as many families.