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THE MORNING NEWS, i
J established r-60 Iniyirp, rated 1888. -
J. H. Eb'i'lLL, President. \
passing of the premier.
The Incumbent and His Successor at
Windsor.
The Earl of Kimberly to Be Blade Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs.
John Morley to Sufcceed Earl Kim
berly In the India Office—Mr. Ack
land May Be the New Chief Secre
tary for Ireland.
London, March B.—Edward Ma ori
banks this morning sent a reply to the let
ter addressed to him by Mr. Labouchere
yesterday, in which the lat'er stoutly
protested against the selection of a peer
a- the successor of Premier Gladstone.
.As yet the character of the reply has not
been made public.
Earl Spencer. Home Secretary Asquith,
John Morley and Mr. Ackland, who is
looked upon as the possible successor of
Mr. Morley as chief secretary for Ireland,
paid a i isit to Lord Rosebery in Berkley
square this morning. Shortly afterwards
Lord Rosebery and Mr. Asquith called
upon Mr. Morley.
ROSEBERY AT WINDSOR.
A message was conveyed to Lord Rose
bery. summoning him to Windsor, and he
left Paddington station at 1 o'clock.
Earl Kimberly, Earl Spencer, Sir William
Harcourt and Sir Charles Lennox Peel,
clerk of the privy council, arrived at
Windsor at 1 o'clock, where they met Mr.
Gladstone. The pro ceilings of the coun
cil at Windsor were of the ordinary
character. The council arranged for the
prorogation of parliament and the open
of anew session. It is believed that after
the adjournment of the council Mr. Glad
stone formally tendered to the queen his
resignation of the offices he held in the
ministry.
KIMBEKLT AND MORLEY
Current gossip lias it, Lord Rosebery’s
premiership being conceded, that the
Earl of Kimberly, now lord president of
the council and secretary of state for
India, will be made secretary of sta e for
foreign a airs, and that John Morley,
chief secretary for Ireland, will succeed
the Earl of Kimberly in the India office.
Mr, and Mrs. Gladstone will give a
large dinner and re eption at the official
residence m Downing street Monday.
Mr. Gladstone arrived at the Padding
ton railroad station on h.s return from
Windsor by a special train at 8:80 o’clock.
A large crowd had assembled to catch a
glimpse of the great statesman so soon to
relinquish the chief office of the empire.
As he emerged from the railro..d carriage
lie was greeted with roars of applause,
which ho acknowledged by bows and by
lifting his hat.
THE RESIGNATION ACCEI'TED.
It was officially announced late this
evening that the queen .had accepted the
resignation of Air. Gladstone, and that
her majesit.v had summoned Lord Rose
bery and offered him the post of prime
minister in Mr. Gladstone's stead. It
was further officially announced that
Lord Rosebery had accepted the post.
Most of the members of the cabinet were
pr s. nt at the dinner given Sy the Earl of
Kimberly this evening. Lord Rosebery,
however, did not attend.
LEAVES A BIG BATTLE TO BE FOUGHT.
Concerning the retirement of Mr. Glad
stone, the Speaker, a weekly organ of the
liberal party, in its issue to-da.v says: "It
is a legacy of effort and stubborn conflict
which Mr. Gladstone leaves to those who
arc to come after him, and that Thurs
day s speech in the House of ( ominous
will be notable on the pages of
history us marking not only
tin' close of a matchless career,
but the opening of anew era in the
national history. The fact of this coming
battle is the real secret of Mr. Glad
stone's resignation. The habit of his life
and thought nas been against a coniliet
f itccr with the hereditary legislators, or
the herediary throne. Although he
bowed to the will of his party and tile in
exorable logic of events in making his
speech a call to that great battle lie pre
ferred to commit the leadership to a more
willing, as well as a younger spirit.”
A COMPLEX SITUATION.
(Copyright. 1894, by the United Press.)
London, March 3. Mr. Gladstone's
withdrawal from the premiership opens a
most complex situation in domestic poli
tics. \\ hat the consequences will he it is
now impossible to foretell,although the air
of political clubs, and the columns of the
newspapers are tilled with surmise, ad
vice and warnings. Difficulties will not
cease finally with the elevation of Lord
Rosebery to the premiership, or two or
three other cabinet changes which are
contemplated.
THE RECONSTRUCTED CABINET.
It is endless guesswork concerning the
the personnel of the reconstructed cabi
npt Many radicals predict these
changes: Kir William Harcourt. to be
premier; Prof. Bryce, now chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, or Herbert
Gladstone, to be chief secretary for Ire
land in the room of .John Morley, and Mr.
Morley to succeed the Earl of Kimberley
as secretary of state for India.
•Koine say that Herbert Gladstone
will succeed Sir Edward Marjoribauks
as the chief liberal whip and patronage
secretary to the treasury, and that Alaj.
Ma.oribanks will be made secretary for
Scotland in the room of Sir George Tre
velyan. who will succeed Earl Spoil eras
G'st lord of the admiralty. '1 he same
Persons expect t hat Earl Spencer will be
reared from the cabinet. All this, how
ever. is guess-work—mere prophecy,
without any foundation on pos
, IV ° information. 'There is no doubt,
however, that the caucus managers
and wire-pullers and many club men of
ale government party prefer Sir William
Harcourt to Lerd Rosebery in the pre
imer-hlp. 'J’he extremists among them
declare absolutely that they will not h .ve
i ord Rosebery, who has done none of
Igovernment's l government's hard work, was nevera
commoner, and is tainted with jingoism.
ROSEBERY A STRONG MAN.
The fact is, that Lord Rosebery is a
strong, reserved man. While many of
tuc leading ministerialists max not wish
to serve under him, be is the favorite of
the great majority of the liberals outside
or parliament. The voters who look io
him are not those who attend meetings
and agitate, but on election days they arc
the backbone of the party. They prefer
Lord Rosebery to others because
be proved so amply his firmness,
tact and foresigh tedneos when tie
was chairman of the Lon ion county
coun< 11. The midlands B’ l the .North of
Lnglutid remember him for tils success in
settling the disastrous coal strike o iast
.'ear, while Scotland, regarding herself
as the natural lieir to the liberal lcader
sh'P, prefers him to any other candidate
Jet mentioned for the premiership.
The morning News.
A NATURAL STATESMAN.
Lord Rosebery is a natural statesman.
He always desires a comparatively tree
haul, whhh the radicals are ever unwill
ing to give, and which in his present posi
tion is out of the question. Ixird Ran
dolph Churchill once compared Lord
Rosebery with Machiavelli. The com
parison was made in jest, but many
of their most intimate friends think
it might be accepted in earnest. Lord
Rose berry has been a schemer, and
therein lies one cause of the radical dis
trust. although Mr Labouchere and his
friends say that the opposition is quite
impersonal, and is directed against the
hereditary principal alone. The radicals
believe also that Mr. Gladstone's with
drawal was not due wholly to the weak
ness of his health, but largely to the
pressure exercised by his colleagues in
favor of the larger naval expenditures.
THE DANGER OF A SPLIT.
It is not by any means certain that
Lord Rosebery will succeed in holding
his parly together long, but it is certain
that lie is better able to reconcile
the dis< ordant elements than any
other. Not a few think that in the
•difficulty and delicacy of the situation
the career t of • the reconstructed minis
try will proceed for some time probah y
on the Hues hitherto followed. The
glamor of Mr. Gladstone's name will be,
doubtless, of the greatest use in making
clear the way of the cabinet as long as
he shall remain in or near the arena of
politics; but it must be remembered that
the government majority is, small and
that Lord Rosebery, who has never been
an ardent home ruler, is likely to have
trouble with the Irish members after the
withdrawal of the old premier's concilia
tory influence.
LABOUCHERE’S DEFECTION.
Henry Labouchere, the lighting leader
of the radicals, and most of liis support
ers. moreover, are not likely to be u’econ
ciled to a peer in the even
under Air. Gladstone’s influence, and es
pecially in view of Mr. Gladstone's final
declaration against the House of Lords.
The attitude of Justin McCarthy and
liis anti-Parnellite followers will not be
chosen definitely, until their meeting on
the eve of the new session. At present
they are not disposed to take part in the
conflict over the leadership, as they re
gard the pledges given by the liberal
party as satisfactory to the claims of
Ireland.
HARCOURT’B ATTITUDE.
Much depends upon the attitude of Sir
William Har< ourt, chancellor of the ex
chequer unit Mr. Gladstone's tried lieu
tenant in the House or Commons. Sir
William seems to be the only possible
leader of the liberals in the commons.
Should he consent to serve under Lord
Rosebery, much of the ministerial
difficulty would be removed, although
minor causes of embarrassment would
reu
commoner to oppose any item of the New
castle programme merely with a
view to ejecting a government
headed by a peer, but if Sir
William and other ministers disiike the
plan of the new regime, a dissolution of
parliament is more likely than a recon
struction of the cabinet. The summoning
of iriembers,from the south side and the
front bench to take seats in the cabi
net is regarded as unlikely. Another
series of questions is involved in the
uncertainty/of the attitude of the union
ists to some variations which Lord Rose
bery might introduce in the liberal oolicy.
However much the conservatives and
liberal unionists may desire to oust the
new ministry at the first opportunity,
their action is likely to be dictated
largely by the tacti s of tlie
liberal party managers, and should
ford Rosebery insist upon a
larger naval vote than the one fa.ori and by
Air. Gladstone, the • onservatives and lib
eral-unionists would support him.
The opposition in this case would ema
nate from the radicals and irishmen.
Sir William Harcourt, moreover, is not
likely to favor the large naval expendi
tures. to which Lord Rosebery :s be
lieved to be inclined but he is anxious to
have a popular budget, and will discour
age him in advance and cause him to refuse
the leadership, at the same time pushing
forward the Earl of Kimberly, now sec
retary of State for India, ass stop-gap. it
is not likely. The Earl of Rosebery is
ambitious and self-confident. Moreover,
liis refusal of the premiership would
greatly injure his popularity, which is
due largely to the people's belief in his
strength of character.
THE ANARCHIST SCARE.
The anarchist scare has abated on the
continent, and but for the announcement
of numerous arrests in Paris, would bo
forgotten. Llisee Reclus. the anarchist
geographer, delivered iu Brusels yester
day the first of a series of lectures. The
same lectures were intended for the uni
versity, but were postponed by order
of tho faculty. The result of the
postponement was a riot and protest
among the students. Yesterday, how
ever. there was not the slightest disor
der The lecture was delivered to a large
audience in a masonic hall. It was en
titled. "The Search for the New Eden.”
The next lecture will be on ‘‘Universal
Happiness,” and the rest of the scries
will coin ern subjects in comparative
geography.
INDIA’S NEW DUTY.
The omission of cotton from the list of
articles, dutiable under India's proposed
5 per cet. tariff have aroused much bad
feeling. The imperial government is de
nounced bitterly by the Indian newspa
pers for making India the victim of party
machinations at home. In Lancashire,
whoso cotton manufacturers will reap
the benefits of the arrangements, the
newspapers make no comment on the pro
pos and tariff changes, but the liberal
voters there are hapey in the conscious
ness that the goverment needs them so
much that they dare not offend them.
LEGISLATION A LUXURY.
Colorado Spends $75,000 to Pass a
Dozen Unimportant Bills.
Denver. Col., March 3.—Both branches
of the legislature met here in extra ses
sion and adjourned sine die late last night.
Tlie extra session called by Gov. Waite
has continued fifty-two days, at an ex
pense of M 5,000, without giving life to any
of his pet projects or doing anything to
aid the unemployed. Duly a Uozeu bills
have been passed.
Corbett Spars at Mobile.
Mobile, Ala.. March 3.—lames J. Cor
bett and party reached Mobile this after
noon. The pugilist was greeted by a
swarm of curious people and given an
ovation at the Union depot. To-night he
gave an exhibition at the Princess thea
ter. which was attended by over a thous
and spectators. The party left to night
at IS o'clock for Baltimore. They will
reach there Monday.
Lost on a Foul.
Bridgeport. Conn., March 3.—George
Siddon3,of New Orleans, and Denny Rus
sell, of Bridgeport, fought twenty-seven
rounds in a hail near Norwich this morn
ing for |68!l a side. Siddotts was awarded
the victory on a loul. The battle lasted
over two hours.
SAVANNAH, GA„ SUNDAY, MA
SALE OF THE DANVILLE.
The Argument on the Petition for
Foreclosure Concluded.
Baltimore, March 3. —Argument upon
the petition fora decree of foreclosure of
the mortgage to be given to secure the 5
per cent, bonds of the Richmond and
Danville railroad, and for the sale of the
road, was continued here to-day before
United States Circuit Court Judge Goff.
His honor notified counsel that he would
await the tiling of the master's report be
fero taking up the ease for decision.
Samuel Spencer, ex-president of the
Baltimore and Ohio, now connected
with Drexel, Alorgan Ac. Go., one of the
receivers, said that the passage of a de
cree of foreclosure and sale would not
affect the plan of reorgani ation prepared
by Drexel, Morgan & Cos., as tne bond
holders of the Richmond and Danville
proper, were in favor of a foreclosure, and
that if the decree was passed the bond
holders of the co-ordinate roads of the
system would reeeixe tho same re. ogni
tion as the road proper uuder the pro
posed plan of reorganisation.
THE LAWEIIS PRESENT.
A. P. Joline, represented the Trust
Company; E. L. Stetson, the Richmond
Terminal reorganization committee;
Henry Crawford, the Clyde interests;
Hugh L. Bond, the receivers; Col. Wm.
G. Yerger, the Yazoo and Mississippi
railroad Frank; P. Clark, the Emergency
Loan creditors; Nicholas ißond, ex-Sec
retary; B. E. Bristow and P. C. Know,
the Carnegie Steel and iron company
creditors; Col. Charles Marshall,
tlie Maion and Northern bond
holders, and A. Smith, sundry
creditors. There were also present
Samuel Spencer, F. W. Huidekoper and
Reuben Foster, the receivers of the road
as well as M. E. Pleasants and Thomas
Arkiii3, special masters in the case. The
creditors opposed a sale at the present
time, and tho others favored it. The
court held the matter sub curia.
An order was signed directing the mas
ters to report by April 10 and all claims
against the property will have to bo filed
by that time.
RIOTERS BURN A BRIDGE.
A Fatal Conflict Feared Over Attempts
to Make Arrests.
Charleston, W. Va., March 3—A mob
of over 180 mine rioters burned the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad bridge at Cohen
Creek this morning at 2 o’clock. This cuts
off all coal shippemeuts from the Cohen
Creek branch, and will compel all of the
miners on the branch to close down.
Sheriff Sillman and a posse hurried to
the scene, but the rioters had retired
before his arrival. The sheriff with 408
militiamen und half as many deputies is
now at the scene. It is not thought that
tlie rioters will dare make an open at
tack.
ALL QUIET AT NIGHT.
All is quiet up the river to night.
Asa result of the coroner’s inquest over
the body of Atkinson, forty-three war
rants were issued for the arrest of the
strikers. The sheriff cannot get citizens
for a posse, and Gov. McCorkle has or
dered the military to assist him. The
feeling against the troops is very bitter,
and trouble is lcarcd should they aid in
making arrests.
HUNTINGTON’S TROOrS.
Huntington. W. Va., March 3.—Com
pany J, of Die state militia, in respouse to
ihe governor’s orders, left for Eagle at 9
o'clock this morning on a special train.
THE RIOTERS OVERAWED.
Charleston, W. Va., March 3, 11:38 p.
m.—Telegrams from Eagle and Powellton
state that the riotous miners in those
localities have been awed by the display
of force, and no more serious troumo is
feared so long as the troops remain. Gov.
McCorkle to-day assured the mine opera
tors that they would be protected iu op
erating their mines if it took the entire
state militia to do it. The indications
now are that the troops will be kept in
the miniug regions indefinitely.
A RESUMPTION IN' MARYLAND.
Cumberland, Md., March 3/ Every
coal mine in tlie Georges creek region
will resume operations within the next
ten days. Orders have been issued to re
open some of the mines early next week.
Four thousand men who have been out of
work since the shut down, will be re
employed.
OHIO MINERS TO RESUME.
Wheeling. W. Va., March 3.—A1l the
miners in the Ohio sub-district. No. 6,
over 7.806 in number, agreed to-day to re
turn to work Monday pending the settle
ment of the wage question b.v arbitration.
Committees of miners and operators will
confer on Wednesday to appoint arbitra
tors. The operators insist upon a 50-cent
per ton rate.
A FIGHT ON A RANCH.
Three Mon Killed and 15 Wounded in
a Clash Between Workmen.
Torrens, Mex., March B. —The Patron
hacienda, situated northwest of this city,
was the scene yesterday of a bloody con
tact between several hundred laborers
employed on the place. The trouble was
the outgrowth of a demand made bv apart
of the force of employes for higher
wages, or shorter hours. The foreman of
the ranch refused the demand, and was
supported in his position by a large num
ber of bis workmen. Last evening the
two factious met and a desperate fight
took place, all kinds of weapons being
used by the belligerents. Three men are
reported killed and fifteen wounded. The
row was finally suppressed b.v the authori
ties and a large number of arrests were
made.
CLEVELAND AT HATTER A3.
Tho President and iiis Party Visit
the Big Lighthouse.
Elizabeth Cit.v, N. C., March 3.—The
President has gone further south. Early
yesterday morning the Violet hoisted
am hor in Cm. tan sound and passed into
Pamlico sound, passed the Body's island
lighthouse and soon came in sight of Hat
t< ras light. A landing was made and
after try ing their luck at shooting, the
party found their way to the east shore
and inspected the great lighthouse, 'ihe
President visited the little valley and for
the first time found hiffiself among the
Cayp ilatteras folks.
Not Burned ait the Stake.
Middlesboro’igh, ivy..’ March 3.—Tho
report sent out from Barboursville, Ky.,
yesterday, of the burning of a negro
named Gen Tye, by a mob in Harlan
county, is believed to be false. Nothing
i an be learned of any such tragedy, and if
it had happened news of it would have
reached here.
Iron Works Close Down.
Westchester. Pa., March B. —Notice has
been posted at the Phoenixville iron
works to the effect that there will be no
more work at the extensive plant until
further orders. About 888 bands are
thrown out of employment. Lack of or
ders is the cause.
LOCHRENA UEROiN BATTLE
Black Tells the Story ol liis Bravery
at Gettysburg.
He Was One of the 282 Men Who
Charged to Give the Flying Fed rala
Time to Rally—The Story Told in the
Course of the Debate on the Pension
Appropriation Bill—Democrats Not
Prejudiced on the Pension Question
Washington, March 3.—Several private
pension bills were passed by unanimous
consent, and then the House, at 12:86
o'clock, went into committee of the whole
on the pension appropriation hill, and Mr.
Oulhwaite, of Ohio, took the chair.
Mr. Pickier, rep., of South Dakota,
spoke at length in eulogy ol the soldiers
of the union army and of their great
achievements, and described tlie mag
nanimity with which tlie south was
treated by the commanders and leaders
of the victorious forces. In concluding,
ho said: "I submit that the union
soldiery, whose sentiment had been
the mainspring of the magnanimous ac
tion of this government toward the
people who had opposed them iti battle, are
entitled to the generous treatment, at
least just treatment, from this whole na
tion. And never until justice is conceded
him and his rights, freely and duly recog
nized, will there be that era of good feel
ing and good fellowship among the people
of this nation which ought to prevail. It
is but justice that the union soldier should
be as well treated as the soldiorofthe
revolutionary. Mexican or Indian wars.
The bondholder was not promised gold in
payment of bonds, but a great people,
jealous of their credit by future legisla
tion, made the bonds payable in gold. On
the other hand, the soldiers were prom
ised payment in money as good as gold at
any bank and government offices through
out the United States.
MADE BV THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
“Not the enthusiastic promise of tho
recruiting officer, not the promise
of the governors of the states d|ll
ing for troops, but from the highest
authority in the government came this
promise on Sept, 3, 1861, that “ail future
payments of tho troops should bo in
money as good as gold.”
Mr. Piokier road a copy of that order,
now thirty-two years old. a copy growing
yellow with age, which he procured a few
days ago at tho war department.
Discussing the question o Mr.
Pickier said: "The revolutionary soldiers,
of the war of 1812 and of tho Mexican
war, were first granted provisions for
wounds and othem disabilities incurred
in the service in the line of duty, and
their widows, orphans, and the depen
dent parents of deceased soldiers received
the benefit of such laws. And after the
lapse of years, service pensions were
granted to all the soldiers of these early
wars. To like recognition, benefit
and provisions the union soldier
is entitled. He is entitled to it now. Now
that a generation has passed since that
war commenced, every soldier, as a mat
ter of justice, iu recognition of ids serv
ices and not as a charity, is entitled to a
p nsion. Notbingless is justi o, and with
nothing less will justice be content. For
this great government to treat the sol
diers as paupers and his pension as a
charity is a damnable insult to every
man who followed the flag.
THE DECLARATION OF TIIE LAW.*
“The fourth section of tho fourteenth
amendment of tlie amended consti
tution of tho United States de
clares that 'the validity of the
public debt of tho United’ States, au
thorized by law, including debts for the
payment of pensions and bounties for ser
vices in suppressing insurrection or re
bellion, shall not bo questioned.’ There
can be no fair interpretation of this prom
ise of the cons.itution other than that the
debt for pensions, just pensions, liberal
pensions, should ever be a sacred one.
This promise does not warrant a narrow
and mean construction of the pension
laws. It does not warrant a tech
nical construction of the law, rules
and regulations against the pensioner.
It does not mean arbitrary anti unfair
rulings and constructions which tend to
a ilisallowance of the pension. It dooa
imply an open, fair and liberal construc
tion of the laws that will be an honor to
the soldie r and an honor to the n ition he
saved. Tho pension roll is a roll of the
survivors of all the wars in whioli this
great nation has engaged ; it is a roll of
undying honor, and so it will ever be, and
no class more than the soldiers themselves
will demand that it be so kept.”
‘ ‘ In the course of his remarks, while
quoting John K. Fellows upou the manner
in which tlie people of New York had re
ceived the 50,U0;i southerners who had
gne to that city since the war, Mr. Pick
ier was interrupted by Mr. Boatnor, dem.,
of Louisiana, who said that many
northern men had come into his district
and been rev eivcd in the same spirit of
friendliness and courtesy. Some of the
leading residents, the most influential of
his district, came there in blue uniforms
after being mustered out of the uniou
army. [Applnusc by the republicans.J
HUSHING* THROUGH CLAIMS.
Representative J. C. Black, dem., of
Illinois, ex-pension commissioner, was the
next speaker. He said that if he had at tho
beginning of Mr. Fielder's speech enter
tained any bitterness of feeling, it would
have entirely disappeared under the in
fluence of the lofty sentiments expressed
by him, and he congratulated the speaker
upon the excellent temper in which the
speech was conceived and delivered. lie
intended, howexer. Mr. Bluck said, toad
dress himself to the throe points made in
tho spec, h of Mr. Grout yesterday.
These were: First, that the present
administration of the pension bu
reau is unfriendly to the soldier;
second, that the policy pursued in thebu
reau is inimii alto the rights of the sol
dier; and. thlra, that the Democratic
party is opposed to pensions. The law of
181 M), said Mf. Black, required that the
establishment of three things must be
clearly made out y y every claimant be
fore a pension can be legally allowed
under it. An officer, who did not require
these three tilings to be established be
fore issuing) a certificate did not faith
fully observe the law In 1891-92, con
tinued the speaker, there was tremen
dous pressure brought to bear upon the
bureau for tho issue of certifi
cates. Under this pressure, in
that yem* in 305 working
days. 811,000' certificates were issued—
over 1,080 a day Some examiners passed
as many as 100 claims a day, and one
made a record of 2,400 a month, and after
doing this was twice promoted fo# effi
ciency. This was at the rate of a ease in
less than every four minutes. The actual
work he had to do in each case, said Mr.
Bla k, was to read the face brief, sign
the face slip, make a face slip, sign his
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name and make a judgment. There had
b* en examiners who made a record of 1!00
cases a day. Under su. li a practice, lie
said, it would be miraculous if great
errors did not occur.
THE RETORD OP A REGIMENT.
Illustrating tli is point, Mr Black said
that the records of the pension bureau,
according to a statement by the commis
sioner, showed that a regiment recruited
in a north western state near the close of
the war, serving UK) day 3, contributed
014 names to tlie pension list, with two
t ompanics not accounted for.
A volley of questions was fired at
the speaker b.v Messrs. Grosvenor, rep.,
of Ohio, Lacey, rep., of lowa, and Ray,
rep., of New York, to which he replied
that tlie regiment was not Gen. Hender
son's of Iowa: that he did not know that
the members of tlie regiment were voter
aus who re-i Hasted and were pensioned
for injuries received in that prior service;
that, on the other hand, the claims for
pensions were based upon the experiences
of the 1(K) days.
Mr. Ray—Will the gentleman name the
regiment;
Mr. Black—l have expressly declined to
do so. The statement is made upon the
authority of the commissioner of pensions
and the gentleman from New York doubt
less can learn there what ho wants to
know.
Mr. Hay—Let me suggest in all kind
ness. that the charge is a serious one
against the soldiers.
Mr. Black—lt is not a charge against
the soldiers and tho gentleman shall not
put me in that attitude. It is a charge
against the system.
CITED TO SHOW TnE SYSTEM’S EVILS.
Mr. Black said he did not produce theso
facts to criticise the ni.tnagomont of tho
pension bureau, but upon the policy that
necessity compiled it to pursue. He
then took up tho several specifications
presented yesterday by Mr. Grout under
the charges he had made to defend tho
present pension commissioner from the
charge of unfriendliness to the soldier.
He covered in this part of his speech the
prosecution of frauds at Norfolk, Buffalo
and New Orleans,the ruling governing the
action of local examining boards,aunounc
ingithathe had agreed with Mr Grout in
his claim that the boards should not be de
prived of the right to make ratings of
disability, and the reduction iu the num
ber of certificates issued by Mr. Lochren,
as compared with those issued by Mr.
Raum, asserting that it was largely due
to a ruling made b.v Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Bussey. He referred to
the mistaken belief that Mr. Lochrcn was
hostile to the soldiers besause it was
alleged that lie is dominated by a confed
erate soldier. The present Secretary of
the Interior was not in the war; he was
too young to serve In the confederate
army. Mr. Black deprecated the pro
scription of men who had differed from
the people of the north and hoped that
the day of a nobler manhood was at hand.
HOKE SMITH'S POSITION.
In conclusion, MrJßlack said: “What
I say—and you know it—l am going to
tell you honestly, as you deserve to have
it told to you, and as you all know it. and
“ffs the people deserve to know it—in the
multiplicity of affairs of the groat office,
which involves the affairs of tho Indians,
the surveys of the country ami the pen
sions, which has twenty great bureaus,
more or less, the pension bureau being
one, tho secretary, Mr. Smith, must b.v
tbe constitution of human nature, fu
tile way tbe man is made, surrender
and does surrender to his commissioner
of pensions tho control of the work of his
bureau. Ho is the responsible power;
and what the commissioner of pensions
does, Mr. Smith records, approves and
executes. The reports that come to his
desk from that office are written by the
commissioner of pensions, or prepared in
the bureau of pensions. He is the con
duit through which, giving such touch
and color as he ma.v, the work of that
great bureau, and the work of its chief
are transmitted to this'House. And you,
brave gentlemen on the other side, every
one of you know it. You know that
Hoke Smith does not sit there to dispense
justice in little things. You know that
what ho does at the head of the great
department is practically to accept ti e
work of that bureau as performed under
the direction of its chosen chief.
LOCHREN AT GETTYSBURG.
“And who is that chosen chief? Is he
hostile to the federal soldiery* I want
the gentleman to go back with mo for a
little while to a scene that will start the
tingling blood through hearts on this side
and the other alike. It was tlie second
,day of July, 1868; and this capital
crouched terror stricken because the in
vading legions of Leo ha t already sounded
tho opening thunders at Gettysburg. On
the so* ot day of that great contest, to
which the world stood witness, where the
mighty forces of good -and
evil were in conflict -soon to
settle into permanent victory
for what I and many of us then believed,
and what all of us now think was the
right—on that second day the corps of
Sickles, that gallant, crippled veteran
who sits there (pointing) during our do
libi rations, was being massed at Enoch
Orchard, in front of Cemetery Hill. It
was charged by Wilcox and Early. The
lines were broken. Who could stand the
serried assault of that superb array of
gray-coated, slouch-hatted veterans when
they were on the run? Our troops
broke. Then came a spectacle as
great as any in the history
of war, in pro; ortion to the num
bers involved. Our troops, passing back
through the second line, found lodgment
and safety there under tho protection of
liter comrades of tho same blood and
faith and strength as those that assailed
them. An in the very center of where
that vast controlling mass moved for
ward. the First Minnesota regiment stood,
with this man Lochren In lis fines. [Ap
plausej. He live long, sir, (addressing
Mr. Grout.) in your great old moun
tain state, and caught there tlu; inspira
tion of that man who said atT ieonderogu:
‘Surrender to me in the name of Great
Jehovah and the continental congress.’
Ho Was American, although born on for
eign soil.
CHARGE OF THE 263.
“With his fellows. 262 in number, with
whom he had won distinction and honor
because until he marched to the flaming
death of Antietam he had been nothing but
a private anu a sergeant in the ranks it
was there i he hand of reward hunted him
out and made him a petty officer. In that
command on that day with the remnant
of his command, ho stood on tho
crest of Cemetery Hill and looked whore
Sickles' column was in retreat, looked
where tho victorous forces of Early and
Wilcox were coming on; and then with
the 262, under the ; ommand o" their gal
lant colonel, he w aited, ready for results.
At that moment there came up that man
whose wide observant eye, whose great
deeds, whose noble heart, whose superb
soldiery, have made him known to his
tory as Hancock, the superb’ [ap
plause;. Riding from the road, he
came to where this group stood crouched.
-What command is this?’ he asked
“ ‘The first Minnesota?’ was the reply.
“‘Charge those columns,’ was his
commaud.
"I give you the facts as history has re
corded then. And at the word, tiiis lit
lte army, in which Lieut. William Loch-j
ren stoo i ms a file closer), if you please,
steadied themselves for an onset as hope
loss as tho stand of tin' Greeks at Thor- j
mopylae. Here the broken fragments of 1
a glorious army; there the on rush of a i
victorious foe.
SAVED TIIE DAY FOll THE FEOEHALS.
“Those 262 men arrayed themselves in ;
line. At the command of the colonel, with !
steady stop, with their arms at right i
shoulder shift, the command of 262
started down the hill toward Ihe front of !
the conflict. Their purpose was seen the
instant they wore uncovered, and the
leaden rain fell n [KIII them. They pushed
forward, they increased their double
quirk to a run : they brought their bayo
nets down, they made a break iu the eon
ter of that line, whieli checked tlie ad
vamo of those victorious veterans, and
gave time for re forming of the union ■
commands, and sated tho day at Ceme
tery Ridge for the federal army. [Ap
plause ; And in the center of that 00l- 1
umn was this man Loehren. [Renewed
applause.] To-day au honored mem- i
her of the loyal legion of |
the 1 nited States. To-day relieved i
from the honored duties of judge, !
to day bearing iiis comrades' cause in his
heart as faithfully and as dearly as when
215 out of those 262 fell, killed and
wounded in that sin .do charge, only 47 j
remaining, and ho one of the 47. He had
been a private soldier, a non-commis- |
sioned officer, and an officer. For three I
years the tap of the drum und the voices
of command summoned him on forty %<t
tle-fields. To tell mo to-day, because he
observes tho laws of his country, and
honors and regards his oath, that man
paying out everything that he can, and
reserving only what lie must, is un
friendly to the federal soldiery stamps
the whole vast procession of slanders
with the character which they deserve?” I
At the conclusion of Mr. Black’s s|ieech
he was surrounded by his political asso
ciates on the floor and warmly congratu
lated amid vigorous applause, the demon
stration preventing, for a time, the
resumption of business.
KEPI i TION OF THE APPROPKIATION.
Order being restored, Mr. Waugh, rep.,
of tmiiana, addressed tho committee. He
Asked why it was that the bill carried
*15.000,000 less than tho Bill for 1808-4.
Neither tho force nor expensoof tho office
had been reduced, so they were not the
reasons. Gen. Kaum, in his last (year’s
report, said that if thooffiie was contin
ued ns it was being conducted, the pen
sion expenditures would roach the high
water mark in li'.)s. “Why, Mr. Chair
man, it struck high water mark Imme
diately ujioti the ascension to power of a
demo ratio administration on March 4.”
Mr Waugh compared tho work of the
bureau under the republican and demo
cratic administrations anil said he must
differ from the gentleman who had Just
spoken, and believed that the reduction
of the amount appropriated b.v the pend
ing bill was due to tho antagonism of the
pension policy by the prqseut adminis
tration.
Mr. Waugh ridiculed the assertion that
tho pension roll was honey com bed i with
fraud and declared that tho pension bu
reau lias abandoned it since it lias been
aide to establish but three eases
as tho result of its efforts
in that direction.” Fraudulent
pensions have been granted, I admit,”
continued Mr. Waugh, "but not to a
greater extent than would have occurred,
and has occurred, in the adjudication of
tlie same number of any class of claims
against tbe government. The fraud
crier is a man who lias no sympathy with
the boys on or off the roil. The cut of
*15,000,060 in tlie appropriations is only
the beginning of tlie end.
TO BE SMALLER NEXT YEAH.
Mr. Waugh read a Washington dis
patch to the Indianapolis Sentinel, quoting
Deputy Commissioner Bell as saying that
tlie appropriation for pensions would be
*25,000,000 less than tiiis year, and that
before the close of the Cleveland adminis
tration the expenditures for pensions
will abe reduced to 3100,000.00;) a year.
They are trying to make up the deficiency
caused by the, Wilson bill, by cutting oil
pensions to old soldiers.”
At 3:50 o’clock tlie committee rose, and
after passing a bill to pension Hannah
Lyle, daughter of a revolutionary soldier,
at sl2 per month the House adjourned
until Monday at 12 o’clock.
ALASKANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Cleveland Receives the Fur Clad
Visitors.
Washington. March 3,—Mrs. Cleveland
gave a reception to-day to the Alaskan
Esquimaux visiting Washington. She
was assisted in entertaining by all the la
dies of the families of the members of tlie
ral.iiiet and a number of children. The
fur clad strangers were presented by Sco
re I ary Morton and Secretary Herbert,
und during their visit sang missionary
songs, in which many of Mrs. Cleveland s
party joined. Light refreshments were
served, much to the delight of the Alas
kans, who had never before seen any
thing so beautiful as the state dining
room, nor tasted such delicious sweet
meats. They also showed childish aston
ishment at tho rich costumes of their
hostess’ party, and were lost in curious
admiration of the white house babies.
DEMOCRACY’S CAMPAIGN.
Tariff Reform to Be the Rallying Cry
cf the Party.
Washington, March 3.—The democratic
congressional campaign committee met
to-day and discussed tho question of rais
ing funds for the printing and circulation
of documents and tlie location of head
quarters 1 here was no uncertain sound
at the meeting regarding tho position the
party shall take relative to the cam
paign. The tariff is to bo the issue. “The
democrats,” said one speaker, "have been
preaching the gospel of tariff reform for
many years, and we cannot afford now to
repudiate the performances of our repre
sentatives in congress, no matter what
form the pending tariff may take.” 'lho
executive committee was authorized to
select a headquarters.
SHOT BY HIS SON.
The Father Accus-d of Insulting His
Daughter-in-Law.
Brandford, Fla., March 3.—While en
gaged in a family quarrel at noon to-day,
Wl A. .Starling shot Solomon Stnrling,
his father, with a double-barrel shot gun,
loaded with squirrel shot. Most of the
shot took elect in the old man’s face and
chest, probably causing the loss of one
eye. He will recover. Tucker Starling,
a younger brother, also received a
very serious wound, W. A. Stal ling hav
ing dealt him a terrible blow with the
gun. The trouble grew out of Jealousy,
W. A. Starling accusing his father of im
proper action towards his (W. A. Starl
ings) wife. W. A. Starling escaped to
the Suwannee river swamps ami has not
be: n captured. He Isa desperate char
acter and was drinking when the shoot
ing w as done.
I DAILY, tlO A YEAR. I
5 FUNGS A COPY. >
/ WEEKLY, 81 ID 4, YEAR, t
A RICK ON MARION ERWIN.
Macon Democrats Exasperated By His
Appointment.
They Look Upon Him as an OiTen*
sive Partisan --Washington Dessau
Lays a' R solution Before the Bar
Association Dupont ’Guerry De
fends the Appointment R. A. Nia
bet Makes a Bitter Attack on tha
Appointee—Tlie Debate Hot and
Furious.
Macon, Ga., March B.— There was blood
on the face of the moon and a frown on
tho face of Bibb county's democracy this
morning when the announcement was
made in the morning papers that Marion
Krwin, ex-district attorney for the
southern district of Georgia, had been
appointed special assistant to Hon. W. T.
Gary, tho present incumbent. It
seems that Mr. Gary recom
mended the appointment of Mr. Erwin to
assist him in the prosecution of ex-Post
master Roberis, of Sandersville, charged
with embezzlement under two counts.
Tho indictment was found while Mr.
Erwin was in office under Harrison
administration, but lias not come up until
tiiis term. The appointment was made
in accordance with Mr. Gary’s recom
mendation, anil hence the trouble.
A MEETING OF THE BAR.
A meeting of the bar was held in tho
superior court to protest against the ap
pointment, but the attendance was not
large enough, and under a call issued to
tho democrats to assemble, about 208 peo
ple went in the superior court room at 1
o’clock.
Judge George W. Gustin, chairman of
the eounty democratic executive commit
tee. presided, and Washington Dessau in
troduced a resolution condemning tho ap
pointment of a republican to office in this
county under a democratic administra
tion. Mr. Desaau spoke strongly to his
resolution.
ANSWERED BY DUPONT GUERRY.
He was answered by Dupont Guerry,
wlto took the position that while he agreed
that no appointment of a republican to
office should be made, this was not au
office, and the r. solution was a reflection
not on the administration, but upon W.
T. Gary, a true and tried demo
crat. who had recommended the appoint
ment.
Hon. R. A. Nisbet, tho clerk of Bibb
superior court, and ono of the strongest
und most staunch democrats in the state,
replied in strong tonus denouncing Mr.
Erwin, not only as a republican, but as an
individual and ofteusive partisan.
THE DEBATE A HOT ONE.
Judge Warren Nottingham. Mintor
Wimberly, Walter 11. llill and others de
fended Mr. Erwin and the action of all
concerned in making tho appointment,
and lor nearly two hours tho debate was
hot and at tirnos furious on both sides,
the one taking direct position against
Mr. Erwin on a<-< ount of his action during
the last election and tho other In part de
fending him and in whole defending tlie
administration.
Finally, tv resolution was passed pro
testing against tho appointment of Mr.
Erwin as a republican, offensive to the
democrats of Bibb county.
Tho meeting has been the talk of tha
town to-day. and opinions wi re given on
foil sides freely. It is possible that more
will bo heard of tlie matter.
ATKINSON AND EVANS.
Arrangement Completed for a Series
of Joint Debates.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—Hon. Warner
Hill, K. T. Lewis and W. F. Klmmons,
representing Col. W. V. Atkinson, and
Editor Clark Howell, Editor Myrick and
Col. 1). B. Hamilton, of Rome, represent
ing Gen. Evans, met in the parlor of tho
Kimball Houso this afternoon and fixed
the dates and time of tbe joint debate be
tween Gen. Ftansand Mr. Atkinson. Mr.
Atkinson wanted a discussion everyday
in the week lor an indefinite period cover
ing the state at large, but Gen. Evans’
friends would agree to the fixing of dates
for not more than four joint discussions
at this time. When these are fulfilled
they will tlx other dates if agreeable.
The debate opens in Griffin on March 21.
The other appointments are: Athens,
Mar. h 23; Rome. March, 26, and Hawk
insville, March, 39.
Under the agreement the candidate
making the opening speech at any ap
pointment will have one hour and ton
minutes and close in twenty minutes, his
opponent speaking an hour and a half.
Mr. Atkinson will make the first tpeech
at t irliiin and then alternately. No lau
datory remarks are to be made of either
candidate byway of introduction.
EXPLOSIONS SPREAD DEATH.
Three Men Killed Outright and Seven
Dangerously Injured.
Kansas City, Mo.. March 3. Two men
were instantly killed, two fatally burned,
and five dangerously hurl yesterday in au
explosion at the Kansas City Coal and
Clay Company’s mine, six miles southeast
of here.
DEATH AT A BARREL FACTORY.
Scranton, Fa., March 3.—The barrel
of the Mossic Powder Company, at the
village of Mosaic, five miles from this
city, exploded this morning with a force
that was felt several miles in every direc
tion. Ono man was killed, and two se
badly injured that their recovery is doubt
ful. Tho victims are: Thomas Weir, the
engineer, scald' and to death ; Wesloy Ban
tin and Archie Dymond, barrel men,
badly mangled and hfirned.
CAUGHT IN A STOP.M.
The Frigate Marion Compelled to Re
turn to Japan for Repairs.
Washington, March 3.—-Secretary Her
bert has rcc ived cabled information
from Commander Gridley of the Marion,
slating that the vessel ran into a severe
storm three days out from Yokohama, on
her way to San Francis o, and her ma
chinery le amu so disabled that he was
compelled to put back to Yokohama for
repairs of the machinery, and it was
necessary to dock the ship. The Marion
has always been considered a seaworthy
ship, although an old wooden vessel. She
was on her way home fora thorough over
hauling.
Machine Shops Burned.
Buffalo. N. Y., March 3.—The machine
and re; air shops of the Standard Atlas
tiil Works were burned this moriuug.
The loss is $35,808.