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I THE MORNING NEWS, |
J ESTABLISHED 1860. INCORPORATED 1888. V
J. H. EbTILL, President. I
COXEYITES STEAL A TRAIN
Ibf Montana Wing of the Array
Leave Butte With a Rush.
Members of the Band Man the Train
and it Rushes Along- at the Rate of
Fifty-five Miles an Hour—A Mass
Meeting Held By the Commom
weal Recruits at Chicago—Coxey’s
Band in Maryland now 340 Strong.
St Paul. Minn., April 24.—Shortly after
midnight 500 men at Butte, composing
the Butte contingent of the Coxey army,
entered the engine house of the Northern
Pacific railroad, appropriated and pre
pared for service an engine, and pro
ceeded to make up a train composed
of five coal cars and one box
car. This action occurred after a
straggle of four days between
the local authorities and the mob, which
yesterday assumed such proportions as to
overawe the officers of the law, and the
departure from Butte -was without any
opposition upon their part. The train was
manned by members of the mob. It
crossod the main range of the Hooky
mountains early this morning, and
reached the main line at Logan, sev
enty miles from Butte, at about 4
o'clock. They breakfasted at Boseman,
&n i ttc-w eastward at the rate of tift.v-five
miles an hour, coming to a sudden stop at
Timberline at 8 o’clock on account of a
cave in. Attorneys for the Northern Pa
cific have wired the sheriff at Livingston
to place the mob under arrest for the lar
ceny of a train.
Gov. Nelson has been asked to call out
the militia to prevent the Coxeyites from
entering Minnesota.
idler.— The mob shoveled its foul and
passed through Livingston eastward
at o;iiO.
A MASS MEETING OF RECRUITS.
Chicago, 111., April 24.—A mass meeting
of commonweal recruits was held to-day
in the barracks at North avenue and
Ralston street. Company officers were
elected and it was decided to start on the
journey to Washington next Sunday
morning. There have been liboral offers
of food, for the men will remain in the
coopershop barracks. Hundreds of
hungry and unemployed men came
to the recruiting station on
La Salle street during the
dav. and all who said they had no place to
sleep or anything to eat wore given cards
entitling them to admission to the bar
racks. There were not many of the genus
tramp. I)r. Randall, the commander of
the army, was at the barracks most of
the day organizing his followers, who now
number 1,200. No effort has been made
to secure transportation by rail for the
men.
Every man will wear white muslin
badges.
Tlie women who want to form an aux
iliary are not meeting with much success.
THE MAYOR CAN’T INTERFERE.
Mayor Hopkins regards the action of
aldermen last night in ordering the chief
of police to keep the Kelley army from
entering the city as merely an expression
on their part, and does not see
"hy they should be interfered
with, so long as they are peacea
ble. Lawyers also say the council has no
right to order the enforcement of such
an order. The labor union will donate
i.into loaves of bread to the commonweal
th and escort them from the city with a
brass band 1,000 strong. Thecolumn will be
headed by a team of white horses, draw
tag a white carriage, in which will he
seat ' : two little girls in white carrying
banners of the same color. Contingents
from outside the city will be required to
inform the local committee of organira
tion as to how many they intend to have,
and all will he expected, to join the army
here at the barracks before starting.
Jerry Sullivan, who is to command tho
iron molders on their trip to Washing
ton. said to-day there would be at least
when tlie start was made at
'.' n< * of the week. 'The departure of
■ le l i st battalion will be celebrated with
a monster parade of all the union men if
me city authorities do not refuse a per
, I lie molders will take special trains
0“ the Baltimore and Ohio road.
GUARDED BY THE SHERIFF.
Middletown, Md., April 24.—Coxey's
•nny passed through Turner's (lap at 8
O'iock this morning. The sheriff did
*>u meet them on tho county lino as ox
-111 tod. but on Bolivar Heights. Sheriff
- u.merman and thirty mounted deputies
ere (ira wn up. Marshal Browne was
no". 1 the column at tho time, so he
.aseil a chance for a theatrical speech.
<-■ sucriff and his posse did not make
! “‘“'""ttstratioD, but fell in at the head'
tear of the column. They will act as
through the county, camping
each night with the array.
COXEY HAS 800 IN LINE.
:,. i:i? nsboro ’ m -> April 34.—Tho com
army started this morning on
day s march toward Frederick.
lar K er at the start tins
! f than at any time since it left
• usmUoii, 800 men being in line.
GAINED 40 MEN DURING THE DAY.
I' leriek Md., April 34.—Coxey’scom
strn. . Frederick to-night 840
■bar, luuday* plcllo<i uw 40 recruits on tho
MI TINT IN KELLEY’S ARMY.
<tr li' IT, l: V„ '>' ,ril 24.—Kelley’s army
Cllt ‘ " to Walnut with twenty-three
~ I tiics, reporting KM men, iu a state
v ■ ■ i.ny s° far as the Sacramento di-
C, ~ u concerned. Gen. Kelley and
in > *'i s,mi ° trouble this morn
niay result in a disruption,
thi' hV l 'y ordered Speed to the rear of
he ‘' !° loolf aftor deserters and
1! sayluß that he was foot
tn si',! i Kelley applied an epithet
dirtif-ir' a J 1 "’ spurring his horse in the
a , V u ' 1 of Is peed, told him to go, or he
! run over him rough-shod. Speed
an £ercd and refused to oboy,
fu’,;;, 1,0 would not more a-step
us an understanding was had
in ,i, ,i nvv further such a cohrso
suo.i ,I°,, I"trt of Kelley was to be pur
iiiiss.!'V' le -V tonlt possession of the eom
r, ir ", '“-'Partmeut and returned to tho
Si,', ru, nm ? 01 *' arriving hero, tho
,c? t( l an< f San Francisco companies
w,,,. 1 , 1!| to two bodies. Hot words
eneij ' x, ' h:in ßed, and trouble was threat-
f EED COURT-MARTIALED,
cl]<- n ,\ K f ‘llcy nrrived and called a enun
bv l l ' captains, and in court-martial,
, i,7J 2010 * Uol. Speed was re-
Aft . he ranks.
led uu 7 ll >nner the San Francisco men
Si... if !, the march for Atlantic. Col.
it tin'. ■!’ lo wed with his sympathizers
hi, . His following numbers about
ni.-ntr. j • “ “bout one-half of the Sacra-
Atl ". vi ®'ou. .
fur, L I .:"|f''- i * "hero Speed threatens to
division of the spoils, consisting of
@he JHufning ffrtogL
food, clothing and 61.000 in cash. More
desertions followed here at the warlike
display and talk of appealing to the
governor.
Walnut was greatly alarmed.
THE ARRIVAL AT ATLANTIC.
Atlantic, la., April 24.—The industrial
army arrived here this morning in two
divisions. The first column was headed
by Gen. Kelley with 800 men, followed by
Gen. Speed with four Sacramento compa
nies, numbering 200 men. The Atlantic
citizens received the army and
qnartered it at the fair grounds,
with ample provision to last
the stay fiere to-morrow.
The Kelley-Speed difficulty is in statu
quo. Gen. Speed attempted to leave the
fair grounds this evening, but was halted
by one of Kelley's guards. A clash was
iminent, but Mayor Whitney interfered
m time to prevent an exchange of blows.
The mayor informed Speed that if he de
sired to avoid arrest he must remain in
the camp, and he did so.
A HOME RESERVE.
Denver, Colo., April 24.—The Coxey
Army Home Reserve has been organized
,by the influence of some of Gov. Waite’s
closest supporters, and to-day over 1,000
names were added to the rolls. The plan
is to organize ten companies of fifty men
each, vyith proper officers, for the purpose
of aiding, comforting and assisting the
Coxey army.
M’GARRAHAN PASSES AWAY.
The Old Gentleman a Familiar Figure
at the Capitol for Thirty Years.
Washington, April 24.—William McGar
f&han, Out: of the must conspicuous
figures about the capitol for the last
thirty years, died at the Providence
hospital at 11:15 o'clock this morning.
The old man, better known by. everybody
in Washington as ‘'Billy” McGnrrahan,
was about 70 years of ago, and
has been prosecuting his claim
to the Mexican grunt in California to the
rancho Panoche Grande property for
the past thirty years, and before that
time for many years in the departments
and courts. It was one of the measures
vetoed by President Harrison after the
bill had passed both .houses the first
time, although prior to that time it had
been frequently passed by either one
house or the other. William MoGarra
han's face has been familiar
about Washington, and not a mem
ber or senator has been in congress
during the past quarter of a century
who did not know him personally. He
has been failing during the past year and
went to the hospital a few weeks ago. He
was visited there by many senators, who
had grown attached to the old man, who,
always kind and courteous, has beseeehea
congress to do him justice, but beseeched
in vain. In addition to a complication of
diseases, dropsy set in and death soon
followed.
WILSON NOT CONFIRMED YET.
The Democrats Not in a Hurry to Vote
on the Nomination.
Washington. April 24.—The executive
session of the Senate, early this after
noon, was devoted to routine business,
and a number of nominations were con
firmed.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
A. M .Avery to be receiver of public
moneys at Huntsville, Ala.
The Senate also confirmed the nomina
tion of W. P. Anderson as postmaster at
Palatka, Fla.
The only incident of the second execu
tive session of to-day was the seeming
unwillingness of the democrats to take a
vote on one of the Florida nominations,
that of Mr. George W. Wilson, to be reve
nue collector for the Florida district,
which was sent in some days ago. The
case came up in the short executive ses
sion of the earlier hours, and the attempt
to have it renewed was made at the sub
sequent session. Mr. Pasco is of the
opinion that Mr. Wilson will be confirmed
and Mr. Call is confident that ho
can defeat him. The democrats seem to
be in the attitude of fighting shy of a
vote, so that, pending final action on the
tariff bill, they will be able to avoid of
fending one or the other of these contend
ing democrats. After the nomination had
been considered a short time it was per
mitted to go over.
The nomination of ex-Rcpresentative
Youmans to be interstate commerce com
missioner, was favorably reported to the
Senate, and a great number of unobjec
tionable nominations were acted upon.
MUZZLING THE PRESS.
An Omaha Editor Sentenced for Criti
cising a Judge.
Omaha, Neb., April 14.—Editor Rose
water, of the Omaha Bee. was tried be
fore Judge Scott, of the district court, to
day on a charge of contempt and sentenced
to thirty days in jail and a fineof 6500 and
costs. The ease grew out of local
articles published in the Bee, attacking
Judge Scott’s rectitude. Mr. Rosewater
sought to show that he did not know of
the articles until published, but the court
found that he had shown animosity,
and must suffer for what his reporter
wrote. After sentence Rosewater made
a speech, declaring that he had been un
fairly tried. The court ordered him taken
to the county jril at once, which was
done. Mr. Rosewater’s attorney went to
Lincoln this afternoon to get tho supreme
court to grant a supersedeas.
Tho court granted a supersedeas and
Mr. Rosewater was released this after
noon until the case can be reviewed by
the higher court.
HEADY FOB A LYNCHING.
Negroes After Three of Their Race Im
plicated in a Murder.
Nicholasville, Ky., April 24.—Great ex
citement prevailed in Nicliolasville last
night with the colored people. Clay Mc-
Leary, who was shot and killed last Fri
day night, was the victim of his wife and
stop-son, in order that her lover, Will
Gaskins, might tie free to come to her
house. Gaskins gave the boy a pistol and
the mother persuaded him to do the kill
ing. Last night the negroes of the town
organized and concluded to have a triple
hanging, but .lailer Welch had the Jail
heavily guarded all night, and hence tho
negroes were baffled in their efforts.
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.
Hon. Frank Hatton Suffers an Attack
in His Sanctum.
Washington, April 24.—Frank Hatton,
editor and one of the proprietors of the
Washington Post, is lying in a critical
condition to-night. He was with
paralysis while at his desk about 1 o’clock
this afternoon and was removed to his
home iu a hospital ambulance. His en
tire right side is paralyzed and he is un
able to articulate, although he 3eems to
have regained consciousness.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25,1894.
TILLMAN AT ATLANTA.
The Governor Interviewed About the
Decision on the Dispensary Law.
Atlanta, Ga., April 24.—Gov. Tillman,
of South Carolina, spent to-night in
Atlanta, stopping at the Markham house,
the rendezvous of the populists and alli
ance men when they gather hero. He is
on his way to Birmingham, to attend the
the confederate reunion. Gov. Tillman
received quite a number of callers during
the evening, including newspaper re
l>orters and editors on the hunt for inter
views. He talked a good deal about
politics in a general v. ay, and in a desul
tory conversat ion referred to the situation
in South Carolina. In regard to the dis
pensary law’s future, he said in effect, that
it was between the devil and tho deep blue
sea. “The stato is forbidden to sell
whisky,” ho said, “but who else is not
under the bar of the law as the supreme
court has left it? 1 have made up my
mind not to make up my mind. The ques
tion is wholly one for the court, which
saw fit to give a mongrel decision on the
dispensary law. They are responsible
and they will have to answer to the peo
ple.”
Gov. Tillman said ha considered thedis
nensary law wholly a dead letter for the
present.
THE STOCK ON IIAND.
“What will become of the stock of li
quors on hand?”
He continued, “Well, that is hard to
say just now. I have no authority of law
to touch these liquors. The law under
which the state came into possession of
them is bad. I can do nothing: I guess
the liquor will have to stay where it is.
There are no liquor laws on the statute
books of South Carolina. They were all
wiped out when tho dispensary act was
passed. Free whisky, as free as any
thing over gets to be in America, seems
to bo the order of tho day. So far as
I can see anybody and everybody
can sell it anywhere and everywhere.
The court, you know, decided that a mu
nicipality can issue a license, and as there
is no state law, all I can do is to stand by
and do nothing while the supreme court
explains itself to the people.”
Gov. Tillman would say nothing about
an extra session of the legislature and
what course he will take when he gets
the supreme court with him. He evi
dently believes things will turn his way
after the state is deluged with saloons for
awhile, and especially if the repeal of the
dispensary law should eutail a heavy
financial loss to the state.
ALL QUIET AT BLUEFIELDS.
The Nicaraguan Soldiery Marched Out
to the Bluffs.
Bluefields, M. li., Nicaragua, April 19,
via New Orleans, April 24, per steamer
Hispania.—Since the sailing of the Clin
ton yesterday morning 150 Nicaraguan
troops have reached here on a schooner
from Gre.ytown, but Locayo, the
commissioner, fearful of a clash
with the natives and Americans,
marched them out to the bluffs,
where they are now encamped.
The San Francisco has not yet returned
from Port Limon.
Mrs. Kenton, of New York, who was so
outrageously treated, is still here being
cared for by friends.
The sale of the property of the Nicara
gua Canal Company, was effected while
Consul Braida, whose exequateur has
been withdrawn, was here in Bluefields.
Mr. Braida is positive that
it has taken place. It is re
ported here that Gen. Ortis has
proclaimed himself president of Nicara
gua and that he has set up a provisional
government in Loon. Gen. Zelaco holds
forth as president in Managua. Docu
ments signed by Ortis as president, have
been received at Port Gracias, a point
further south.
CONNELLS VILLE’S STRIKERS.
The Claim That All the Men Will Go
Out being Verified.
Connellsville, Pa., April 24. —The Pre
diction of the labor leaders that the en
tire region will be out in a day or two
are being fulfilled. The men at a dozen
works laid down their tools to-day', while
at many other plants, part of the men
went out, and others will follow to
morrow. They claim that the whole re
gion will be out in a day or two. No
violence has occurred yet, but a feeling of
uneaseuess prevails. Preparations are
being made to protect the plants in tho
event of a repetition of the disorders of
two weeks ago.
ALL QUIET AT RIR MING HAM.
Birmingham, Ala., April 24. —The situ
ation with the striking miners to-day is
j one of quietness. The executive commit
! tee of the strikers were in session again,
and expect to have another conference
; with Gov. Jones to discuss the situation.
! The new men at Blue Creek and Paton
are still working under tho protection of
! officers. There is no-immediate prospect
| of trouble. The. coal supply is running
short, and may cause the closing down
of several industries soon.
ROSEBERY WANTS UNITY.
.An Invitation for the Unionists to Re
join the Liberals.
London, April 24.—The prime minister,
Ix3ni' Rosebery, in a speech at a meeting
of the City Liberal Club this afternoon,
said he was of the opinion that the En
glish were becoming exceedingly weary
of the eternal struggle for and against
Irish coercion. He asked tho union
ists, whether, apart from the Irish
question, It was* worth their
while to hold aloof from the
liberal party, owing to its copyright of
the word “liberal.” If they formerly
held aloof from the party in the belief
that its present foreign policy was null
aud void, they would not likely, ho said,
believe so longer, as the government was
determined to maintain tho unity of the
empire abroad, and tho unity, in the best
sense of tho word, of the three kingdoms
at home.
HAIL, WIND AND RAIN.
Louisiana Swept by the Worst Storm
Since 1877.
Shreveport, La., April 24.—A terrific
hailstorm preceded by rain and wind
swept over this section this morning. It
was the most severe storm since 1877.
many of the hailstones were two inches
in diameter, breaking window glass and
skylights, and doing great damage to
fruit trees. The Fairfield church was
blown down.
TWO STRUCK BY LIGnTXING.
New Orleans, April 24. —To-night, dur
ing a heavy rain and thunder storm,
lightning struck two men on the North
eastern railroad fruit-shed, who were in
a party sproadiug tarpaulins over the
roof to keep the heavy rain from coming
through. William Donaldson, tho fruit
agent of the road, was killed instantly
aud a laborer had his knee injured.
MILLS ON THE TARIFF BILL.
He Senator Hakes a Strong Anti-
Protection Sptfcti.
The Pending Bill Not All He Wants,
Hut He Will Stand by His Party and
Vote for It—The Fallacies of the Re
publican Doctrine Pointed Out—He
Defends the Income Tax—Time for
Action Instead of Unceasing Talk.,
Washington, April 24.—Immediately
after the reading of yesterday’s journal,
the Senate held a brief executive session
and then at 1 o’clock p. m. tho debate on
the tariff bill was resumed, and Mr. Mills
closed the “general debate” on the demo
cratic side in support of the bill. Every
act of legislation, he said, was neces
sarily an act of compromise; and none
more so than one which imposed a duty
on imports. The pending bill did
not meet his entire approval,
and ho doubted if it met the entire ap
proval of any gentleman on his side of
this chamber. But, as it was, it should
have his cordial support. If he should
think that there was a prospect of im
proving it he might offer and support
some amendments. But whether he suc
ceeded in having amendments engrafted
on it or not, he should bow to the collec
tive judgment of his side of the chamber,
and should support whatever conclu
sion it reached. Ho believed tjiat
that was due from him, and
duo from every other party man, because
the tariff bill was a strict party meas
ure, and had been one since the' founda
tion of the government. If he hull been
chosen to construct tho bill, and had the
forty four democratic senators in perfect
accord with his views, he would have
constructed it on very different lines. He
would not have left coffee ami tea on the
free list, and taxed woolen and cotton
goods, or the manufacturers of iron and
steel. He would have put a tax on coffee,
tea and sugar. Why? Because that
would carry out the democratic principle
of obtaining the revenues of the govern
ment with the least possible burden to the
tax payer. His republican friends had put
duties on cotton goods and woolon goods
and on iron and steel, because, in that
way, while raising revenues for the gov
ernment. four or five times as much went
to the favored classes.
DECEPTION or THE FAHMEKS.
Ho charged the republicans with hav
ing deceived the farmers by the promise
that under the protective system a home
market would be built up, that non-agri
euiturai classes would be brought into
the country to consume the surplus wheat
of the northwest. And yet, tho surplus
product of this country, which had either
to go to waste or to seek a foreign market,
was enormous. As to competition from
India, he declared that a bushel of
wheat could not be produced in
India and laid down in tho city
of New York in competition with it
bushel of wheat raised in Dakota or any
where in the United States: and that
even the cost of transportation to London
could be paid, and still American wheat
would compete there with the wheat
from India. He had been told by a
farmer from California the other day
that he could gather 1,200 bushels of
wheat iu one day at a labor cost not ex
ceeding 2 cents a bushel. And yet the re
publicans got up “scary talk” to frighten
farmers about the competition with
tndia, where ploughing wa3 still done
with the fork of a tree and reaping done
with a small hand hook. They had been
singing to tho farmers of the United
States the little song, “Hush, hush, hush,
the bogyman is coming: you’ve got no
show; you’d better lie low: he'll catch
you if he can.” They had been thus try
ing to frighten men who produced ten or
twenty times as much wheat as the farm
ers in Tndia, and at a labor cost five or
six times less.
AN ABSURD DOCTRINE.
Tho republican doctrine was opposed to
trading with foreign people, and wanted
to build up a home market. But here
was £5,000,000,000 worth of agricultural
products to be consumed at home. How
was that going to be consumed?
In order to carry out tho republican
doctrine people would have to be imported
to consume these products.
The democratic doctrine was to export
the products all over the world, where
the people live and where they should ro
main. The republican doctrine, on the
contrary, was to import people to con
sume the surplus agricultural products,
and it would be necessary to import 83,-
000,000 of people to do that. The republi
cans would import Chinese and Japanese,
and Soudanes and Maltez, and Chlm
pansese to join Coxey’s army among the
aborgines. [Laughter.]
He had been taught by his pious mother
to read the Bible, and he remembered
reading of Elijah where he attacked the
400 false prophets of Baal and slaughtered
them. It was thought then that all the
false prophets were dead, hut it seemed
that some of them got away. And they
had come down to the present time, and
had told the people sophistries in order to
soothe them.
THE PANIC OF LAST YEAH.
The United States would have had in
1801 tho agonies which it was passing
through now, if it had not been that the
crop of 1891 had been more valuable than
that of 1890, and the crop of 1890 more
valuable than that of 1880. The crop of 1891
had increased by 8000,000,000 or $800,000,-
000 in value; and that fact kept off the
panic. The panic had not come, as was
charged, with the advent of
the democratic administration. The
storm signal had been hoisted
before then. The people had been ad
monished to look out for squalls and on
Nov. 8, 1892, the pcoplo had felt that tho
squall was coming. Tho crop of 1892 had
fallen below that of 1891 to the amount
of $300,000,000 and the crop of 1894 had
fallen below that of 1893 to the amount
of $000,000,000 in value. And the country
was now where it had been in 1889.
And still they were told by
tho republicans that tho democratic
administration had brought on the panic,
and had filled the streets with wretched
people. But it was the exhaustive taxa
tion under the McKinley bill, and the ex
haustive obstructions in it, that had pros
trated the farmers of this country; and
when the farmers felt the strain they
stretched out their arms, and liku Ram
son, pulled tho whole fabric over the
hcadß of all.
ENGLAND’S WHEAT IMPORTS.
Great Britain imported wheat from
all the counties of the world-—from ltus
sia, Germany, France, Austria, Ilouma
nia, Turkey, Egypt, India, and from the
United states. It imported 53 per
cent, of its wheat from the United
States and would gladly take tho whole
of its supply from the United
State?. were it not that the
American tariff put a stop to Importation
of English manufactured goods.
His republican friends, he said, were very
solicitous about reciprocity. They wanted
reciprocity. So did tho democrats. But
what was reciprocity? It meant free
trade, if it meant anything. It meant
reciprocity advantages in trade. If the
republicans wanted reciprocity, why
would they not join with tho democrats
and try to got reciprocity with Great
Britain (
AMERICAN LABOR THE CHEAPEST.
Mr Mills went on to assert that Ameri
can labor was the cheapest in the world,
thejioorest paid, in proportion to what it
produced; and that a given thing in man
ufacture was propuced cheaper iu tho
United States than anywhere olso on
earth. He quoted from a speech of Mr.
Blaine to the effect that the tariff was a
“question of labor, from skin
to core and from core back
to skin again” and ho asked why, in tho
name of the poor, distressed people of the
country, only a small part of tho duty on
the manufactured articles went to the
laborers Why, for instance, was less
than $8 a ton paid to the laborer for pro
ducing a ton of steel rails, while the tariff
vvas 612.44? As to the reduction
of prices in all articles, which tho
protectionists ascribed to the tariff,
Mr. Mills asked why it was if
the tariff reduced prices in the United
States free tradei reduced them in Great
Britain, and he asserted that prices had
been brought down everywhere by im
proved methods of production, by ma
chinery. by inventions. Adam Smith
had stuck pins in the protectionists the
ory |n. .Great Britain, and .tho. eoiiuuoii
school in this country was sticking pins
in it now, and would continue to stick
pins iu it until it was as dead in this
country as it was in Great Britain.
protection’s false theory.
At first the theory of protection was
the encouragement of infant manufac
tures; but when those manufactures had
grown up and ceased to be infants, then
the ground was shifted, and the
tariff was said to be for tho protection of
American workmen against the paupnr
labor of Europe. He asserted, however,
that the American workman could only
be protected by finding constant employ
ment; and he could only find constant em
ployment when his products were sold at
their lowest possible cost. Aud their
cost could only bo low when taxes were
removed from all the materials of manu
facture, so that his products could go into
all the markets of the world. ‘'Emanci
pate our people,” Mr. Mills exclaimed,
"give them a chance to show their skill,
their genius. Give them their natural
and heaven born rights. Give them back
tho ocean, and then the workmen will not
be coming to Washington to implore the
government to do something for them.
Their remedy is not to come to Washing
ton now. Their remedy is to go home: go
to the ballot-box, and sweep out of exist
ence the party which dares to pile taxa
tion upon them and destroy their chance
of getting a market for tho sale of their
goods. The ballot box is their place, not
Washington.”
THE INCOME TAX.
Coming to the question of the income
tax, Mr. Mills asked why should not
xvealth be taxed. Of all the rights, he
said, that depended for protection upon
associated power, property was the most
dependent. The poor man required little
from the government , and why should he
be persecuted to death with taxation on
everything that was necessary for his ex
istence? When people were associated
together in government-if it was
a fair and Just government—evory
citizen should contribute his proper share
toward its support. His proper share
was to he determined by the nmount ho
had to bo protected by tho strong orga
nized power of the government. lie
quoted from Adam Smith as laying down
the principle that “the subjects
of every stato ought to con
tribute toward tho support of the
government as nearly as posslbio
in proportion to their respective abilities
—that is, in proportion to tho revenue
which they respectively enjoy under the
protection of the state.” And ho added
that the American people intended that
that should be done. [Some applause in
tho galleries.]
EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL.
He declared that he was no communist,
no anarchist, and that there was no dif
ference, in his mind, between the million
aire and the poor man as to their being
entitled to the protection of the govern
ment. If necessary, ho would exhaust all
tho resources of tho government to pro
tect the millionaire in all his rights. He
would call to arms every able-bodied
man from the Hacific to the Atlantic in
order to protect the millionaire and
the poor man alike. His motto was
“equal rights to all, and exclusivo privi
leges to none.” On what sort of princi
ple. he asked, did the owners of wealth
Insist that they should not be taxed? He
recalled the fact that some years ago
when the state of Pennsylvania was una
ble to protect railroad property at Pitts
burg federal troops had to be sent thero,
and he added that the railroad had never
contributed one cent to the federal gov
ernment.
HILL’S ATTACK ON TIIR INCOME TAX.
The income tax had been denounced to
the Senate by the senator from New
York, Mr. Hill, as socialistic, anarchistic
and sectional. When tho poor laborer
had to pay 98 if per cent, duty on the shirt
lie wore, that tax was not so denounced.
All taxes, he repeated, should be assessed
in proportion to the ability of the tax
payer to pay, and in proportion to the
property which he had to be protected.
He had never heard that the senator
from New York, when he was governor
of that state, had called on tho
legislature to repeal tho in
come tax there; and if such a tax
was a fair one for the state of New York,
why was it not also a fair one for tho
United States? ft was useless, ho ex
claimed, to denounce the income tax as
odious, sectional and inquisitorial. It
was useless to make any sophistical argu
ments against the right and duty of every
man to contribute to the support of the
government. It had to be done. The
American [<eople were in earnest about it.
If this congress did not do it the next
would. It was going to bo done. It was
prohibitory legislation that was closing
tho American markets and driving unem
ployed people into the high ways, bringing
them to Washington, in thousands, to
plead, not for their rights, but for the
fallacies more ruinous and impracticable
than those under which they were living
now.
MUST STOP TALKING AND ACT.
In conclusion, Mr. Mills said; “There
is a duty devolving on this body. It can
not be excused. We must pass this bill.
Make It as good as we can, but we must
pass it. We must not only pass it, but
we must stop this business of continually
talking about it and pass it. The Ameri
can people have made up their mind about
this measure. They have not sent us
here to talk about it for a whole year.
We have been very nearly a year in dis
cussing the question of taxation since
the people sent us here to execute
their will. They passed upon the ques-
tion at the election in 1892. They did not
send us here to hear arguments for anew
trial. They sent us here to execute their
Judgment. They sent us here to drive
the protectionist criminals out of tho
country, to restore prosperity and to
bring the country back to the enjoyment
of its natural rights. That is our duty,
it is our duty so to alter the parliamen
tary rules of this body that we can
dose tho debate and bring tho
matter to issue. I do not care what
are the traditions of this body as to froo
debate. In the early history of the body
there was no such thing as filibustering
known. Now it is here, in defiance of all
laws; and tho minority boldly assume
that they may prevent the majority from
executing their will I say that if' forty
four senators on this side arc of the same
purpose as I am, and if the forty-fifth bo
soated in the presiding officer's chair, I
would pass this bill in less than forty
oight hours.”
There was considerable applause on tho
floor and In the galleries as Mr. Mills con
cluded his speech ; and he recolved many
congratulations upon it from his own side
of the chamber As no other senator
sought tho floor, the Senate again went to
the consideration of executive business,
and at 4:05 o'clock adjourned until to
morrow.
GUARDING THE TREASURY.
Additional Arms Bought in View of
the Coming of Coxey’i Army.
Washington, April 24.—Tho treasury
officials, while disclaiming any fears of
trouble on account of the presence of the
crowds incident ter the coming ofCoxey’s
army, have taken the precaution of
adding fifty-five carbines and twenty re
volvers to the treasury’s supply of arms.
Tho normal strength of the watch force
of tho treasury is seventy men, divided
into two reliefs, and in addition to two or
three dozen revolvers tliero lias always
been thirty-five carbines in the racks of
tho office of the captain of the watch,
sufficient to supply one to each watch
man on duty. It has boon thought best,
however, to increase the supply in view
Of the crowds of hangers-on ofCoxey’s
army that are expected to arrive in tho
city during tho coming week..
The captain of the “Treasury guard,”
a local military organization, composed
entirely of clerks in tho treasury depart
ment. to-da.v Informed tho captain of the
watch force that in case of trouble at any
hour of the day or night he could havo
every man in his command at the
treasury building inside of forty-five
minutes Ho stated that his men were
well drilled in the use of arms, and hence
could do much more effective work than
civilians. Ho asked to bonotifiedif there
was at any tluio any apprehension of
trouble.
TO PUSH THE TARIFF BILL.
The Democrats Will Insist on Naming
a Day for the Vote.
Washington, April 24.—Tho democrats
in the Senate are getting together on the
tariff, and there seems to bo no longer
any fear that the republicans can defeat
tho measure, or so much us recommit the
bill. Senator Blackburn, u member of
the steering committee, said to the
Morning News correspondent to-day:
“Beginning with to-morrow, the steering
committee will insist each day for the
day to be fixed for the vote. This will be
dono until the country fully realizes
where tho delay comes from. The odium
for any delay -after two days of such
methods will soon be shifted to the
shoulders where it belongs. For myself, I
believe the bill will pass the Senate by
May 15; yes, it will pass, income tax and
all.”
This seems a very sanguine view to
take of the situation, but, it is important
as reflecting the sentiment largely of
the steering committee. Continuing
further. Senator Blackburn said, "When
time is finally called you will find every
democrat in line." He has no four that
either Senator Hill or Senator Murphy
will vote against tho bill, and docs not
think that Senator Smith will play
his part through as now indicated.
SALE OF THE DANVILLB.
A Decree of Foreclosure and Sale
Signed at Washington.
Washington, April 24.—The decree of
sale in the suit on the consolidated mort
gage bonds brought by tho Central Trust
Company, of New York, vs. theKlchmond
and Danvillo Railroad Company, in which
a decree of foreclosure and sale was issued
by tho United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Virginia on tho 18th of
this month, was signed by Judge Hagner,
of the district supremo court to-day.
The decree is issued to secure the amount
of principal and interest upon tho consoli
dated mortgage made by the railroad
company to tho trust company on Oct. 22,
1888, amounting to 65,002,185. The rail
road company has property in this city,
and the decree directs the sale of all the
property, rights or interests conveyed in
the consolidated mortgage within twenty
days, unless the amount now in default
shall be paid before tho expiration of that
period, with interest.
A RAILROAD TAX FIGHT.
The Mobile and Ohio'* Oaae Against
Tennessee Argued.
Washington, April 24.—The Mobile and
Ohio railroad tax case, appealed from the
supremecourtof Tennessee, was re-argued
to-day before the United States supremo
court. The question at issue was as to
the force of a statute of tho
legislature of Tennessee under which tho
officers of the stato claim tho right to
subject tho property of tho corporation to
taxation. The company’s officials claim
that under its charter tho corporation is
exempt from taxation. The case on be
half of tho railroad was presented by
Messrs. E. J. Phelps and W. F. Whit
ridge, and on behalf of the stato by At
torney General Pickle, M. M. Noll and J.
M. Trout.
A KICK ON AN ARMY ENGINEER.
Ho is Transferred From Louisville to
St. Augustine in Consequence.
Washington, April 24.—Thomas J.
Handbury, tho army engineer in ohargo
of the I-ouisville and Portland canal work
at Louisville, Ky., has been detached and
ordered to St. Augustine, Fla., for tho
summer.
it is understood that this action was
taken by the war department because of
reflections made by the officer upon Con
gressman Caruth, and at tho instance of
many influential residents of Louisville.
An Election Case Hearing.
Washington, April 24.—The House elec
tions committee was in session several
hours to-day, hearing arguuieuts ou the
Goode-Epes contested election case from
the Fourth district of Virginia.
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MORGAN ON THE BIG CANAL
The Senator Speaks in Favor of the
Nicaragua Scheme.
An Audience of 5,000 Gathers at
Birmingham to Hear the Speech—He
Wants Pressure Brought on Con
gress to Assist the Enterprise—lts
International Importance Pointed
Out—Estimates on the Cost of Con*
strnction.
Birmingham, Ala., April 24.—1n re
sponse to an invitation of the Combined
Commercial Organization of Alabama,
Senator John T. Morgan, chairman of the
foreign reunions committee of tho Sen
ate. addressed that body to-day on the
subject of the Nicaraguan canal. Every
city of importance, and every county in
the state was represented in the
audience, in addition to about 5.000 inter
ested listeners, His remarks began
with a very complimentary refer
ence to Gov. Jones for the
lively interest he manifested
in this project in an address he delivered
here to-day. He said that ho was here to
ask his constituency to assist in complet
ing tho work, not in inaugurating it, not
to submit to a tax for that purpose, or to
personal contributionsq that ho wanted
nothing but their united, emphatic in
fluence and voices in favor of the con
struction of tho canal, now that the har
vest Is ripe for the sickle.
After referring to the committal of the
consideration of tho subject of construct
ing tho canal to the committee on foreign
affairs to be discussed in socret, for
diplomatic reasons, ho said tho question
had boen often debated in the private
counsels, executive and dipiomat.io cham
bers of all the great governments of modem
times; that it had been the dream of
France under the first and third Na
poleon ; that it had been the dream of
Great Britain undor many kings and of
many others for the smaller states of
Europe to gain the honor, profit and ad
vantage in tho construction of a ship
transit across the Isthmus of Darien.
TWO IMPORTANT TREATIES.
Ho told how Great Britian had gone so
fr as to adopt one of the chiefs of the Mos
quito Indians in that territory and
having him crowned king for the ultimate
purpose of gaining control over the coun
try and controlling any commercial ad
vantage that would result from the con
struction of this ship transit' that this
rosulted In the ratification of what is
known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty be
tween Great Britian and Nicaragua, and
with the formation in 1850
of a treaty with Nicaragua
which is an exact copy of the one Great
Britain had negotiated the year before,
which forever did sway with the possi
bility of an objection to tne citizens of the
United States Raving an agreement with
Nicaragua by which a canal for the
passage of ships of the heaviest burden
might bo constructed across the Isthmus
of Darien. He dwelt for some time
upon tho great advantages the construc
tion of this canal would bo to the world
at large, to say nothing of the incompre
hensible advantage resulting to the peo
ple of tho United States, and especially
to tho people of tho stato of Alabama.
PRESSURE ON CONGRESS NBEIIED.
“I wish to say to you now,” said Mr.
Morgan with groat feeling, "that there is
but one thing wanting, and I regret to
say that it is wanting, for tho
completion of this canal, by which
I mean tho passage of an act
of congress which will secure its
completion insido of five years,
aud that one thing is what you
possess, in common with the con
stituencies of tho (different states of
tho American union, und that is, the pres
sure of your demand upon your represent
atives in congress that they shall cast
aside timidity, that they shall rely upon
your strength nnd your faith and your
confidence, and have regard for your
opinion in the support of this act of con
gress which is to complete this work.
[Applause].
TENDERFF.ET IN CONGRESS.
“They have among their frontiersmen
of the west a class of men, generally new
comers, who are called tenderfoot. They
are men wtio are afraid to speak out, who
are afraid to take responsibility, who are
afraid toexpose themselves toan.v danger,
who have not enterprise, and little faith
in their convictions after they are formed.
Tb iy ure called tenderfoot, and congress
al inds with them, and the reason they
are there, is that they are not held up to
their responsibilities. They will shrink
under almost any pressure where they
think their re-election is jeopardized
rather than to obey your positive com
mands upon yuch a subjeqt. They expect
you to pioneer them to success.”
In contrast with this condition of many
In tho House, he referred to the unshrink
ing determination of the senators in sup
port of this measure, that he thought he
could safely assure tho people that tho
bill, which is now on the calendar of tho
Senate and ready to be called up for ac
tion at any time, would be passed by a
majority approximating a two-thirds
vote.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE’S REPORT.
Senator Morgan then went Into an ex*
planation of why this mattes had been
acted on secretly, and when reported
back to the Senate with the recommenda
tion that it pass, to show that there was
no politics in the bill. The first report of
the committeo was signed unanimously
by John Sherman of Ohio, George F.
Edmands of Vermont, William P. Fryo
Of Maine, William M. Evarts of Now
York. J. N. Dolph of Oregon, John T.
Morgan of Alabama, Joseph E. Brown of
Georgia, Henry B. Payne of Ohio, and
J. B. Eustis of Alabama, thus clearing it
entirely of the possible insinuation that
it was a political measure.
“Those,” he said, “are not light names,
and tho men whose signatures were ap
pended to that roport staked their repu
tation not only upon tho truth of the
statements therein contained, but also
upon the feasibility and advisability of
recommending this great work, and both
great political purtics havo since in
dorsed the measure in national conven
tion.”
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
In reference to the ox pons i ofthocon
struction of this ship transit across the
Isthmus of Darien. Senator Morgan made
every full reference to and comparison
with the Suez, canal. He said that the
best engineering talent in the world had
made numerous and exhaustive surveys
of the different routes, aud had made
their reports on tho possible cost, and
after all these, the first bill had been pre
pared limiting its cost to i100,000,000,
when ho diduot think it would cost over