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HILL’S AMENDMENT LOST.
Hi Senate Rejects His Proposition to
lest tiie Income Tn Law.
Vote Was 40 to 0 Against the Sen
Senator Vest Denounces the
Rules of the Senate—The 2a
at of Important Financial or Po
1 Legislation Impossible With
a Closure Rule—He Expresses a
Ecpe That President Cleveland Will
r .an Extra Session if Congress Ad
-urns Without Proper Action on ths
r uncial Question.
v _• -Ti, Jan. 10-—The debate on
H‘l! s amendment to the urgent
t- j hill, in reference to testing the
• onality of the income tax, oc
; r: t of to-day's session of the
r .. ■- ! ended in the rejection of the j
... re hy an overwhelming majority, j
\t ' reminiscences of the events !
, ; • .on while the tariff act was
... 'g in suspense between the two
. , were of considerable interest and
I his < clardtio i that th<
p, ; tent ought to call congress in extra
-ury f ion at once if it adjourned
m proper financial action attracted
y. ..t raid that he was largely re- |
r for the form in which the in
- > m provision now stood. He did not
n that it was perfect or anything like
. •, but he as. cried that its tmporfec
•„ ■ e caused by the fact that, in the
- e of rules in the Senate to elose de
tb.e finance committee was rom
i to put the tariff bill through under
wh’p and spur. The entire country, he
: w is clamoring for tariff legislation.
v.,i tired of hearing the ceaseless
again, t the tariff law and its rie
roming from those who knew the
i ..on why those defects existed. Those
non had . barge of the measure had en
r ! to make the income tax as unob
h. tunable as possible. There had been
' • ri.-feits left ill it. and It had been
i that those defects would be re- i
: in the conference committee.
Hi!! -Poes th“ senator mean to say I
'inference committee was en- ■
„ an> particular etfort to agree on
i. ■ i . '•me tax ?
Mr. \ t st—F do.
i■ I 1 never so understood it.
> ■ i -1 make the nrsertion now that I
' . -i re'i s between the H.uise and |
r •in regard to the income lax were j
n up and referre i to .Mr. McMillan of
•and tnyuli; and v.v worked. I
: ian I i!ay. for more than a week, un.l I
.tine to a conclusion. Just as we j
ceded In doing so, and while we
. .. lering an entirely different por
• "i flu tarlli bill. aci!on was had by 1
. to, which resulted in a tie vote 1
. th stlon of discharging the con- '
1 ■ mmitleo, and the House of Ke
! r -..nlatives then ac cepted all the amend- |
r ■ • tu the tariff bill. And the condi
:: m which we find ourselves to-day is j
• ply cue of the incidents that have I
ally and mt ntally from the j
'. nit f ruli. in this body.
1 rifted Into a discussion of the I
; - in r ply to Mr. Gorman’s defense of
i • ■■ ■ .unlay. He argued that on any ;
b - ■■ r financial measure it was im- |
lb • to reach action; while on other
r- • ' senator might have almost
. pa.-sed under "senatorial cour
I ' < n any senator,” he said facetiously,
> to pass a bill that does not ex
p .1 or partisan opposition, sena
te like a lot of Muscovy drakes,
1 in quack meter to each other; and
with solemn and stupid dignity,
routine business of the day.
< ter.) But v.hen you come to ques
the tariff bill or financial legis
-1 l, or the force bill, where the pas
and prejudices of the senators are
; •• rily aroused, it is almost linpos
i to secure any result in this body so
i a live senatois are opposed to its
*! unent. An experience shows that, in
uses, the corpse of that legislation
: brought here on a litter by the time
t. .i congress has passed upon it.
■•i t now that the most vicious and
gorous and utterly indefensible feature
< . absence of rules to close debate is
la- 1 that it gives to a minority the
;■ r of threatening those in charge of a
’■ .1 and of forcing undue and untimely
■V another point in his speech Mr. Vest
fee. I have no right to say what the
l sident will do, for 1 do not enjoy the
* • utive confidence, hut I sincerely hope
< if congress adjourns without financial
* iation the President will call us, im
r rucly on the final fall of the gavel, in
*” . lordinary session; and we will then
* whether the Republican party, by its
* meals, will bring prosperity to the
i I of the United States.”
>' will not have a republican Senate,”
-■I Hawley suggested.
i will not have a democratic Sen-
Mr. Vest retorted. “If the repuhli
■ ' exercise the power in thOir hands
* w ill organize this Senate.”
■' l • • Vest pointed to the alcohol item in
life law as one costly effect of the
• rules, which compelled the accep
-1 of improper amendments, lie said
* ,r the senator who offered the
■ n irc. iit to make alcohol used for per
: ’ -r. free of tax (Mr. Hoar, rep., of
husetts) had suggested that if it
v judged to be unwise, it might be
- ■ > out of the bill in conference. And
*■' Hie enforcement of that provision
• ost, according to the report of the
’•,* y of the Treasury, $1,000.000 a year
■ '• vi!d affect very seriously, besides,
Me-t ion of the tax on distilled spirits,
amendment had been drawn up, he
: ; : ’ b an apothecary or drug man in
; ‘ - Uusctts. It was crude and unsatis
-1 i°ry nd had been struck out in confer
the committee had not been per
,!' dto report.
•y a. vote was reached on the ques
the order, “shall the decision of the
-id as the decision of the Senate,”
decision of the chair was sustained
i \ 0 f 4,, y eas t 0 (5 nays. The nega
’ ues were cast by Messrs. Davis,
Hill. Mitchell of Oregon, Petti
gr 4 fvv and Quay.
' "on as this vote was taken Mr. Quay
[ • ‘ 1|;; amendment by adding at the
* - f the bill ihe provision that nothing
: law should preclude any court hav
-1 - ” -d’etion, from hearing proceedings
‘ T he constitutionality or validity of
r ir *y raised a point of order against
' oh airman, Mr. Gallinger, rep., of
‘ \J\ Hampshire, sustained it.
1 js* offered ins amendment plae
' ' and ■ iai:, authorized to be appointed
1 Election of the income tax in the
i vice. It was tabled, yeas, 34:
' •Mny renewed his amendment for
( . . Hr- constitutionality and viladity
in- ome tax, and it was defeated,
* v '• na ys, 32, as follows:
"' Messrs. Aldrich. Chandler, Davis,
. 1 * ray. Haw ley, Hill, Lodge. McMil
’ derson, Mitchell of Oregan, Pet
t’liTi, Proctor, Quay, Sherman,
, ;?r -' Wilson—l3.
Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry. Blnnc
, _ : * ! - 11 * hard, Butler, Call, Cam^n,
Dubois, George, Gordon, Gor
■£ . ir >ton. Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas,
] fr U'. McLaurin. Morgan. Pugh,
V. , Stew'art. Teller. Turpie.
T oorhees, Walsh, W hite and
paragraph for salaries and expenses
of ten adidtional revenue agents was
amended, at the suggestion of Mr. Alli
°f loma - so as *0 reduce the
! t V hre ** nd by striking out the
word and to carry into effect the act
imposing a tax on incomes."
• ' ,r . 11111 offerp ’ 1 an amendment provid
ing that none of the appropriations should
he used for the purpose of compelling
a t t.\-payer to make any return, or to
answer any question except as to the
sources and amount of his ga.ns. profits
and income.
Mr. Cockrell said he would offer no op
position to the amendment, and it w is
agreed to.
Mr. ('handier, rep., of X w Hampshire
asked Mr. t'ockrdl whether, in the con
ference committee, he would insist on
keeping in that aniendmr>nf.
Mr. Cockrell repirnd that he would: if
" r shouM thfn be th* Ftimp opinion a.
hr- v.as now. for he thought the amend
ment was right.
Tho lui] was then reported to tb* s*r
it-i from committed of th* wimi f ami
a’-I of the amendments wore agreed to
and bill vns parsed.
The Senate then, at 5:45 o'clock, ad
journed.
DEFEAT OF CARLISLE S BILL
An Attempt to Explain It Mad* by Mr.
Walker in the Lower House.
Wa.-hingron. Jan. 18.—The usual d*-egr!-
ness of debate in the House on general ap
propriation bills, the Indian bill being un
der consideration, was relieved to-day by
an unexper ted digression into the cause of
the defeat of the Carlisle currency and
banking bill. It was precipitated by Mr-
Walker, rep., of Massachusetts, who made
the statement that the republicans were
ready and willing to support a proper
measure for the relief of the country. To
this Mr. Warner, dem.. of New York re
sponded that the republicans were seeking
an excuse for th ft ir action in defeating the
rule for the consideration of the Carlisle
blit, in connection with those democrats
who had voted with them, and h* said the
statements of thu gentleman from Massa
chusetts were a mere pretense.
Mr. Money, d*m. of Mississippi, speaking
for the free silver democrats, denied re
sponsibility for the failure of the rule, and
charged it upon the committee on rules,
who hail refused to permit an understand
ing to be had that a \ote on the bill and
free silver substitute should be taken.
Mr. Catchings. dem., of Mississippi, de
fended with some feeling the action of thu*
committee on rules, saying it had been
dictated wholly by the instruction of the
democratic caucus.
Mr. Reed, rep., of Maine, said that the
situation, in a nut shell, was that the Car
lisle bill fell of its own weight, because
everybody recognized that it never could
have received the votes of a majority of
the House. The duty devolving on th*
democrats was to give Finheient revenues
to meet the expenditures; that would re
store the credit oi the government and re
lieve the general financial situation.
Mr. Simpson, pop., of Kansas raised n
laugh by stating that in view of the re
luctance o? the old parties to assume re
sponsibility for the defeat of the Carlisle
bill, he would be proud to take it for the
populists. IJ** would also propose a plan
for relief, as both the old parties were
backward in that respect; use silver to pay
the government obligations; coin the sil
ver seigniorage tn the treasury and issue
treasury notes.
Mr. Bland, dem.. of Missouri, nnd Mr.
Mcßae, dem., of Arkansas, also contribu
ted to the digression, whi Ii then rinsed.
Before the Indian bill was taken up, a
number of unimportant measures, report
ed from the committee on military affairs,
yyere pass, ii, and the hill to establish a na
tional park on the Gettysburg battlefield
was made the order of business tor to
morrow in the morning hour.
In the absence of Speaker Crisp front the
capitol to-day, Mr. Dockery, dem., of Mis
souri, performed the duties of the chair.
Among the bills passed was the House
hill authorizing the sale by the commis
sioners of the soldier’s home, of what is
known as the aslyum lot, situated on Pas
cagoula hay. The tract covers about 7'.
acres, and is worth about $5,000. It was
bought in 185,'i and was abandoned in 185.i,
and has not been since used.
ITALY’S WAR IN ABYSSINIA.
Some Doubt as to Which Side Won in
the Recent Battle.
Rome, Jan. 18.—The Don Chlsciotte de
clares that it Is uncertain whether the
Italian troops under Gen. Baratleri or the
Abyssinians under Chief Rasmangascia
have won the battle which was fought
at Messagerio. The government has re
ceived telegrams of the gravest eharai ter
from Massowah, indicating that the situa
tion is not as hopeful as officially stated.
Official telegrams have been received stat
ing that the, battle with the Abyssinians
under Rasmargascia was renewed on
Jan. 11, resulting in the defeat of the
Abyssinians, who were repursued by the
Italians. Tbe Abyssinians lost hundreds
of men, including seven chiefs and several
under chiefs. The loss of the Italians ilut
ing the two days lighting w as 12”) killed.
Judge Rieka’ Impeachment.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Representative
Bailey of Texas Is now preparing a res
olution of impeachment against Judge
Ricks of Ohio, which will be submitted in
the House judiciary committee on Friday
of this week. The resolution will he
short and will not contain a recital of the
charges against Judge Ricks, as these
will he incorporated in the report. If the
committee adopt the resolution an effort
v ill be made to rush it promptly through
the House in order that the Senate may
arrange for the impeachment proceed
ings before March 4. A minority report
will he made by Mr. Broderick of Kansas
against the resolution and will doubtless
bo signed by all those who opposed lhe
resolution in the committee yesterday.
A Bonus for a Railroad.
Washington. Jan. 16.—1n a report dated
jan. 1 from the United States consul at
Matamoras the department of state is
informed that a bonus of $160,000 offend
by Brownsville to the first company
building a railway from that point to
Corpus Christi, or to San Antonio, is
still available. Either of these lines would
greatly facilitate trade between the l nited
States and Mexico.
The movement by Baltimore capitalists
for deepening the harbor of Aranzas Pass
will insure the building of a railway now
surveyed to Brownsville.
Stephenson Secures a Stay.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. Jan. 16,-Supreme
Court Justice. Gaynor this morning grant
ed former Police Capt. John T. Stephenson
of New York a stay of execution of his
-•entente. He holds that Justice Ingraham
made an error In charging! he jury about
reasonable doubt. He also intimates that
Stephenson's superiors who accepted
brib-s should be prosecuted before him.
Stephenson was sentenced to three years
; and six months imprisonment, having been
convicted of accepting bribes.
Speaker Crisp Indtcposed.
Washington. Jan. 16.—Speaker Crisp did
not attend to-day’s session of the House.
He has been under a doctor s care for zev
e-al weeks. His trouble is not serious, but
as a matter of precaution, owing to ill" in
| dement weather to-dzy, he decided to re
j main indoors.
Ex-Gov. Pattison for Mayor.
Philadelphia. Jan. M.—Ex-Gov. Pobert
' K Pattison was this afternoon nominated
■ for mavor bv the democratic city - inven
tion. by a vote of 525 to 79 for Charles
[ h Banes. The convention was a most
I turbulent gathering. The delegates were
in perfect turmoil from start to finish. ,
THE .MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1K!I5.
HILL FOR FREE COINAGE.
He Wants an International Agreement
it Possible.
i
If This Is Not Obtainable He Favors In
dependent Bimetallism His Views
Set Forth in a Latter Nearly Two j
Years Ago—He Urged the Pr c si lent to
Call an Early Extra Session in 1893.
He Favored the Unconditional Repeal j
ofthe Sh'rmaa Law He Also Advo
cate Repeal of the 10 Per Cent. Tax
on State Banks.
New York. Jan. I.—The New York re
corder and other papers w ill publish to- I
morrow a letter from Senator David R J
Tliil of New York, written nealy two j
years ago to Mr. Clarke Howell of the j
Atlanta Constitution, to whom Senator
Hill authorized publication some time ago.
The letter was written just prior to the
assembling of the extra session cf
present congress in the summer of 1893 and
bearing directly upon the next national |
campaign and the developments of the j
past two years, becomes a document of
national interest. It is as follows:
Albany, N. Y.. June 30. 1893. (Personal.)—
My Pear Howell: Absence from home ,
and professional engagements have pre
vented an earlier reply to your recent
letter, asking confidentially my views on
certain questions.
First, as to the approaching session of
congress, I w as one cf those w ho believed
that the extra session of congress should
have been called in April last, and I so ad
vised the President in the first and only
interview I have had with him. He
seemed bent on having one in September,
which 1 thought was a mistake. I be
lieved then that whatever policy in regard
to the currency and tariff that was de
sired to be adopted could better be done
in the spring, before the patronage had
been distributed and before party differ
ences should augment. The President
thought differently, but has finally yielded
to outside pressure and lias railed the
session for August. 1 fear that it is a
mistake. I fear that we shall he in ses
sion until December, i do not like the
prospect of having a democratic congress j
in session during the fall elections. 1 an
ticipate that many differences and much j
bitterness will be developed, all of which !
will tend to distract the party and give
us a set-back in the fall. 1 hone 1 am mis- |
taken in all this, but I fear i may not be. 1
So long as congress must meet. 1 hope j
it will only be in session thirty days and
adjourn. This would be my programme
i if it could be carried out. The extreme
silver men can prevent it; the repubii
| cans can prevent it; and general cussei
ness can prevent it. All the chances are
that we shrdl be in session until Decem
ber. 1 would not take up any other leg
j islation than financial, if I could have my
way.
j Second, as to the repeal of the Sherman
law. 1 favor the unconditional repeal of
I that law. 1 have always been opposed to
| it. The true friends of silver make a mi
j take in attempting to defend it. It
I should be abandoned by general consent.
I My vl \vs were partially expressed in
my recent Tammany letter, which you
1 have undoubtedly seen. Personally 1
j should prefer not to repeal the law until
I an acceptable substitute was provided in
order to render more probable the adop
tion of such a substitute, and not be
cause 1 approve at all of the Sherman
silver law. But from a party point of
j view, the wisest course is unconditional
repeal. The country expects it, and the
I party will be found fairly wd! united
j in favor of it. Therefore it is unwise,
j while agreeing upon the general propo
sition, to waste our time in agreeing upon
a substitute pending the repeal. Let the
repeal be made at once, and let us differ
as to other financial matters afterwards.
I am in favor of bimetallism as the issue
of the future. We should seek to keep
that issue to the front; we should not
strive for temporary success or roinpro
mise measures. We should be for free
coinage under an international agree
ment, if it is possible to procure one—
and for which every exertion should be
made —and if not possible, then lor inde
pendent bimetallism. This is the great
goal for which we should strive. It can
not be done at once. Our friends must
not be impatient. The people must he
educated. The unexpected action of In
dia, and the general sentiment of the
I moneyed classes conspire against us at
this time. 1 do not believe in the Bland
; bill, or any other measure which guar
i antees anything less than unrestricted
j coinage for gold and silver alike, as
I pledged in the democratic national plat
form. Let us prepare, not for present
victory, but for victory upon that issue
in 1296. The repeal of the Sherman law
will not give the relief which is antici
pated. It will aid business temporarily,
but in a year times will be hard, and the
demand for permanent financial relief
will be irresistible. We should continue
to hold out free coinage as the goal which
the country must ultimately reach. The
triumph of the monopietallists will be
but temporary.
Third, as to the repeal of the 10 per
j cent, tax on state banks. That tax cannot
well be defended. It is an undemocratic
tax. Ostensibly it is imposed for revenue,
but it does not in fact bring in any reve
i nue, and was never intended for that pur
pose. From a democratic standpoint, its
imposition is an abuse of the taxing power.
1 should not like to go upon record in
favor of such a tax. nor do I desire to re
fuse a repeal of it. I regard that tax ques
; lion as an independent one, which has
i little bearing upon the main great ques- i
1 tlon of the free coinage of silver, and they j
should be kept apart as much as possible.
While that tax cannot be approved from !
a democratic standpoint, I fear the consc- |
quences of a repeal. As I understand it,
it has oeen held that congress has not
the power, directly to prohibit stat* banks
from issuing their notes, which circulate
as money, although they cannot be made ,
legal tender and are not in fact. '
T do not like such wild-cat currency and
never did. I do not think we ought to be
come the champions of it. While, perhaps, !
we should take the ground that the states
should be at liberty to issue such notr*s if
they desired to do so, yet such issue
should not he encouraged. We should not
be switched off from the gold and silver
issue upon any such side track. I fear the
experiment of a wild-cat state bank cur
rency will rot be a success. It may be a
temporary relief, but in the end will he
disastrous. The bank notes of so many
states will be so worthless that while in !
New York or Georgia they might he per
fectly good always, yet in so many other
states they would be so bad that the whole
circulation would be discredited. You
will observe, from what I have stated,
that I advise we should move cautiously
in regard lo the state hank tax and not
mix it up with the legal tender currency
question.
Fourth—As to tariff reform. I do not
apprehend any serious difficulty in this
matter. There will b* a general un.inim
itv as to ihe bills which passed the last
democratic house, and which were re
fused consideration in the Senate. What
ever bills the treasury department may
reepmmend I think are likely to be
pass'd. We must make a little tariff re- i
ferm co a great ways. The condition o f I
the treasur\ will not of much re
dnotion, except in those cases where a
reduction is likely to produce that needed
revenue. I do not think we need lie J
awak* nights at all anticipating trouble
from the tariff question. I doubi the pol
icy of restoring the suaar tax. Our peo
ple have come to regard sugar as one of
the necessities and comforts of life, and
they want it as cheap .is possible.
the tariff be retained on those articles
which come in competition with our own
workmen if it is necessary to secure more
revenue.
These are my views hastily expressed,
and. of course, always subject to modifi
cation after consulting with party friends.
While I like to adhere to my own views.
'.s well as any one. in party affairs. 1
believe in the old doctrine; **ln essentials
unity, ir. non-essentials liberty, and :n all
things charity.” I remain. Very truly
yours. David B. Hill*
To Mr. Clark Howell, Atlanta, Ga.
RUNS OF THE RACERS.
None of the Favorites Succeed in Win
ning a Kaos.
New Orleans, Jan. ’• The weather
cleared off beautifully for to day's ra es
and the attendance was materially in
creased. The track was rti ky and heavy,
and the events carded for the programme
were good enough for the satisfaction of
the spectators, but tlmre was quite a dif
ference in the time made in the third and
fourth races. Bo*h of these ra- es were six
furlong dashes and Lori Willow brook, in
the third, with Gass.n, made the distance
in 1-4. while Miss Mamie, with the
same Jockey in the saddle for the fourth,
made the distance in 1.24 1-2, The talent
was hard hit. as not a single favorite w • *
first past the post and the outsiders found
little backing on the books.
Summaries follow:
First Race—Five and a quarter furlongs,
selling. Feedman. 10f\ Leigh, 8 to 1. won.
wth Dr Reed, IW, New. on. *> to I. sec
ond, and Eva L.. 108. K Jones, 2> to 2,
third. Time. 1:1RU
Second Race—One mile, selling. Oh No.
102. A. Dayton, 4 to 1. won. with Burt Up.
Penn, 7 to 1. second, and Boss McTuiff,
10.*, Thorp, 20 to 1, third. Time, 1 .v',.
Third Race—Six furlongs, selling. Lord
Willnwbrook, 98, Ca •sin. to to 1, won, with
Yaneluse, !*♦>. J. Gardner. to 1, second,
and Ora Audrain, 93, Sherrin, 4 to 1, third.
Time, 1:26V
Fourth Race—Six furlongs, selling. Miss
Mantle, 101, Oassin, 3 to 1, won. with
K’ndora, 1%, J. Hill. 9 to 5, second, and
Saiinent, 105, Penn, 10 to 1, third. Tunc,
1:24 V
Fifth Race—Fifteen sixteenth of a
mile. Henry AWsley, DO. Harold, 7 to 1.
won, with Ohauncey. 102. J. Weslsh, 10 to
1, second, and Alibi, 1"2. Thorp, 3 to 1,
third. Tine, 1:59V
FIFTY NEW LOOMS.
The Capacity of the Tuscaloosa Mills to
Ba Increased.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. PV A special
to the Advertiser from Tn. aloora. Ala.,
says: "At the annual meeting of th ft stock
holders of the Tuscab)-- i cotton mills
to-day it was decided to put In at once
fifty new looms, making the total number
350. This addition will be paid for out
of the net earnings of the mills for the
last twelve months. The report of the
president showed the m ils to be n ex
cellent condition, with good orders ahead.”
Killed by Yaqui Indiana.
HermoslUo, Mex., .!; n. 16.- Frank
Debs, a young American, who v. as making
a horse back trip iron] the City of Mexico
to San Francisco, was kill** 1 by Yaqui In
dians in the mountains southeast of here.
Delis was warned not to attempt to cross
the Yaqui country, but was allim 1 into
the dangerous section by a report that
mines of fabulous richn* s would be found
there.
Incendiarism at Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va., Jan. F. An iticviuiiary
fire in Berkely, a town opposite this city,
early this morning, destroyed two frame
buildings, one of which was occupi'd.
Two other occupied buildings were also
set on fire with kerosene, but the flames
burned out without destroying them.
No arrests have yet been made.
Farmers’ Alliance Resolutions.
Chicago, Jan. 16.—The executive commit
tee of the National Farmers Alliance met
at the Sherman house yesterday. Resolu
tions were adopt* and practically indorsing
governmental control of the transporta
tion lines, against repeal of the anti-pool
ing law, in favor of the anti-option bill
and for female suffrage.
Gotham’s Epidf inic of Grip.
New York. Jan. 16.—Dr. Nagle, registrar
of vital statistics, reported 13 death ; from
grip for the 24 hours ending this evening
at 10 o'clock. The disease is steadily in
creasing In fatality.
Fined SSOO by Carlisle
Washington, Jan 16— Secretary Car
lisle to-day fined John F. Roessler of South
Carolina SSOO for removing spirits from a
bonded warehouse to . c* in the absence of
the storekeeper.
Half a Million in Gold Lost.
Washington, Jan. 16 The treasury lost
to-day $500,000 in gold taken out at New
York for export. This reduces the gold re
scrv'O to $75,464,003.
BANDIT BILL COOK.
Sketch of the Outlaw. Who Is Reported
to Have Been Captured.
From the New York World.
Bill Took is about 24 years old and a
mixed-blood Cherokee Indian. He was
first heard from when he was barely 17
years old, when he was serving a six
months' term in the Fnited Stages lail
at Fort Smith. Ark., frr. smuggling whisky
into the reservation where he lived. Me
was cute enough to behave himself, and
w'hen he was released he was made a
posse-man under one of the deputy mar
shals of the Indian Territory. It vas
in this capacity that Bill earned a little
honest money. He captured hors* thieves
and was paid rewards for doing so.
Bill retired from the business to be
come a thief himself. He fell in love
with Martha Pittman, the pretty daugh
ter of white parents living at Scpulpa,
in the (’reek nation. Old man Pittman
scorned the suit of the young jailbird,
and Bill thereupon declared his inten
tion of "going to the dogs.”
Bill’s brother Jim aided l?im 1p reor
ganizing the remnants of the Dalton
gang of outlaws. Their first act was
to waylay and rob Paymaster Starr, who
was about to pay off the Cherokee Indians.
Jim was captured through his brother's
treachery*
The gang was next heard from at Now
ata, where the express office was robbed
and Agent Richardson killed. Two days
later the gang looted the express office
at Fort Gibson. *
On July 18 last, the depot, express office
and several slores at Red Porks, on the
St. Louis an/1 San Francisco railroad,
were 'leaned out by details from the
gang after all the inhabitants had b"n
driven from their homes out upon open
lots near the d'q-of. The night express
train was also held up and plundered.
The town of Chandler, Okla., was raided
and the bank robbed in broad daylight
about two weeks afterward. The citizens
organized a poss* and had a battle with
the outlaws. Several of the gang were
killed.
Bill was reported at the time of
the robbery of the train at. -Conetta. but
he soon proved himself very much alive.
His gang was overtaken near Laaobka
by a force of marshals and police. Two
of the officers and one of the gang were
killed, nr i two bandits w* re wounded
in the fight that follor. ed.
Other outrages reused the entire coun
try. and the Cherokee authorities placed
3i men in pursuit of the gang, and fifty
militiamen under Capt. John Brown joined
in the eha<c They were Incited by of
-of rewards, aggregating over
S:x me.i who were believed to have aided
the gang were, arrested, but the outlaws
themselves evaded pursuit.
Ihe gang repeatedly went into camp
near Tulsa and also in a cave near Fort
litis •*. W hen their pursuers went to
dislodge them they would disappear, only
to hu heard from again In fresh outrages.
Finally trouble broke out between the
different bauds in pursuit, and the Indian
polne returned home.
Three \ • mg women were next assaulted
near Oolagabi. 1 T . by Jin, French and
two other members of Bill's gang. They
• ai 1 the petite that cha*ed them for
miles.
Follow.ng this, three of the gang rode
jr * pyv ,n Grove. Kan . and robbed the
oank <’ashler John t'olere shot and
wounded one of the thieves, and his com
panions riddled him with bullets to avoid
the p. .-ability of b**ing them
selves.
Bill and his outlaws have since been ter
rorizing the southwest.
SPEAKER CRISP'S BIRTHPLACE.
An Argument A.amtt His ElliKibility
to the Presidency.
From the t’hfi ago Record,
Mr. E. NYingard wines to the editor of
the Record as follows:
In a letter by William K. i'urtis a shor*
♦ime ago he mentioned that Speaker Crisp
would be debarred from the presidency
becaus his parents w re visiting in Liv
erpool at the time of his birth If so.
what is your Authority for so stating?
Ihe Kncyelopedi.i Britannia slates
that a hild of American parent ag*. 1
though born in a foreign country, or or,
board a ship in neutral waters is a nat
ural horn citizen.
”! could not think it possible that a
man like William K. t'urtis could com
mit such a flagrant error. Please reply
through your columns.”
Thanking Mi. Wingnrd for his expres
sion of confidence, I beg leave to say that
no act of congress or de.dsfon of a court
ever determined whether the sons
born of American parents temporarily ,e
siding abroad, like Speaker Crisp, are
eligible for the presidency, but the com
mon understanding among public men is
that they are not. All wo have to go upon
is the language of the constitution, which
• No person except the v itural born cit
-Izui, or citizen of the Fnited Stubs at
th- time of Hie adoption of this con*
stitirtion. shall he eligible to the otlire
of President; neither shall in> prison
be ollgibD to that office who shall no l
have attained the a * of X, y..,rs and
I'♦ n fourteen years a resident of the
Fnited St.it s.”
I submitted the point to two of the
associate justices of the supreme court,
one of them promptly declare.! that per
sons bore of American parents tempura
nly resi i : m abroad were debarred from
the presidency. The othf r said it was an
• ntir* l\ n. vv question to him. and he
would not lik'* to express an opinion with
out some study and reflection.
>ne of the judg* s of tbe circuit * >ur?.
who is al -* a prol< :*sor In a univer. ity
here, sail that in* Investigited Ih* sub
* ' ’me Mi.rs ago. and i.i a I ■;are
for- his student* hud taken the ar .un i
"that Hirer classes of citizens natural
born, foreign born and naturalized eltl
/. ns -composed the body politic of the
Fnitc | States, and if tlic constitution in
tended to admit more than tin* lirst - ' e s
to the presidency it would say so. as ft
did in tin* can* of foreigners who had
been residing in the l nited States for
fourteen years.”
The peculiar fourteen y. jus execution
in the eonstftirtion, by the way. Is under
stood to have been for the |>enfß of
Ale* and. r Hamilton, who was born on tin*
Island of Nevis, in tin* West Jndies, and
was an aspirant for the presidency. The
fnet that this, exception was made In
llamibton’B case seems to be clear evi
dence that the framers of the constitu
tion intended that hereafter only citi
zens who were born on the soil should be
I eligible.
The American Encyclopedia says a can
didate for the presidency ‘‘must be a na
tive of the Fnited States.”
Chambers' says he must he "a nntural
born citizen of the I nited States,” hut
foreign publications, like Chambers* and
■the Encyclopedia Hritannha are not al
ways good authority on American topics.
Pascal's "On the Constitution," which
is recognized as good authority, defines
a natural-born citizen to be one "horn
In a country as distinct from one w ho Is
born abroad. The constitution does not
make the citizens. It only intends and
recognizes such of them as are natural,
home born, and provides for the natural
ization of such of them as are alien,
foreign born, making the latter, as far
as nature will allow, like the former.”
Referring to the last clause of the con
stitution, concerning citizen** of the I 'nited
States at the time of the adoption of
this constitution. Pascal says:
"There can he hut few of the class of
foivign-borri, such as Alexander II imil
ton, now surviving, who are eligible to
the presidency. Considering the age of
all such, no person of foreign birth can
now’ ever be President of the Fnited
States.”
The only official declaration on the sub
ject is an opinion by Attorney-General
Bates addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury in November. 1862, in answer to
an inquiry whether licenses to command
vessels could be granted to colored men
as citizens of the United States. The
letter is found In the published opinions
of the Attorney General, volume io, pagv
187. Judge Bates says: "There is no
definite or authorized meaning of the
term,” but in his opinion, "a natural-born
citizen in the meaning of the constitution
is one born on the soil of the Fnited Statr-s
—a native of this country—a man of home
birth.”
The doubt with regard to the rights of
children of American parents born abroad
caused congress in 1852 to pass an act
providing that “Persons heretofore horn
or hereafter to he born, out of the limits
and the jurisdiction of the Fnited States,
whose fathers were at the time of their
birth citizens of the Fnited States, shall
be deemed and considered, and arc hereby
declared to be, citizens of the Fnited
States.”
Attorney General Bates said:
"But for this act children of our citizen*
who happened to be born In London, Paris
or Rome, while their parents were there
on a private visit or pleasure or business
• • • were aliens in their father’s coun
try, • • • and with no right to demand
the protection of their father's govern
ment.” •
This is the law of England and some of
the South American countries also. But
in France, Spain, Portugal, Holland and
some either countries, the law expressly
provide that all persons born within their
limits are citizens of these nations, unless
at the time of birth a formal certificate is
filed with the register of births claiming
for the child citizenship under some other
nation. For example, while Representa
tive Hitt of Illinois was secretary of the
Fnited States legation in Paris two chil
dren were born to him. and in order that
there might he no question about their
citizenship, he filed with the register of
births a certificate claiming citizenship
for them under the Fnited States and
received from the proper officer of the
French government an acknowledgment
of their claims as citizens of the United
States, i
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fer Sr.fants and Children.
ASXA COULD ENCAGED?
The Woodruff Story Revived George
Won’t Talk.
From the New York Advertiser.
George Gould ought to be very glad he
is married. All the members of the Gould
family who are not married are regularly
reported as engaged. Usually this hap
pens weekly.
The last matrimonial alliance Dame Ru
fuor has perpetrated re-engages Miss
Anna Gould to Harry Woodruff, the actor.
She Is the youngest of the Gould chil
dren. and was first reported engaged to
Woodruff in November. 1893, when lie re
signed from <'ha lbs F rah man's "Uhar
l**v's Aunt” Fomp.inv, in which he had i
prominent part. It was announced that
ho was going to go to Yale t- study
law. The Goulds denied the report.
Then it was declared that the Goulds
bad ei'fectrd an arrangement with Wood
tuff to leave New York, which so mod to
give the former rumor a background of
truth. In February of last year earn, the
t port that Miss Gould was betrothed to
William Horrin an, one of the I • st known
clul men In tow n. The engagement was
not formally announced, but was made
public nt a dance given by Mrs. Pa ran
- evens during the la I week in Ja
In .May It was announced that the en
gagement was off. There were no rea
sons given. It was ail very mysterious,
but t was asserted that there was perfect
good feeling existing between the two.
Manager Frohmun says Woodruff Is pur
suing hi - wtudy of law and not finish
his course within two years.
M r s. G*oi*ge Gould mid Mrs. T’aran
Stevens decline to disem-s tin* i..alter.
MEDICAL.
“VITAL Resloratiyc
Of tlie rrlrt mini llr. I’liUfi. ICt'-'ird. cf l*nrl.
Tin inf.illild r. in. ily li.i- In-, it mini)/ .1 ml m|>-
jmtwil ly 'ln* Acailetii* of .M*l)rim, t.-atol ntttl
r***>>:nrn* fi.li-tl ly the b ailing
I more tluiii imlf n ernturv as n f-|c< i*l* for
mitl S/tri’nil ItrhiUty, and nil -.1 eliVri s<> tb-xtruo
• tivc ii min.l ami Immlv, ii contain* no i'!iofi|it)oi'<>iiM,
1 i ant)inri'i.‘M or any ot n. r iiolnoii. if jmr. I) vi*r lnl>le.
i nn.l IM lit.* onl> known r* me<ly wtilili is guanine <-i|
I to rim* the above complaint*, i | < nnammt in U
ctfc't*. it ii.l pumliichh no reaction The gcnulnn
lOcon!'* Vital It.'ptomti ve ha*.. Ficncli tram- i.mik
mi'l -i|fnature of s. it. Hlgcftinnml, (i. nt'ial Agent, on
each box Ink. no other. J*rir.\ ftl fio, ft.i atul -JIO
per box Sent free |,y mull on receipt of price. For
eonnullation or .leHcriptiv.-i'lreular <oldr.*tts fir. S. H.
Sigcamond Ac C'o., 10 ti: n. bieheiieu, t'arln. or I\ U.
Box II U. New York. For wile at-
UIVINGNTOVS I’il \OI \f'V,
Bole Agents for Georgia. pin van n ah, Ga,
HAY. GRAIN. ETC.
RED RUST PROOF OATS
A aelect •fork of Georgia and Terns need
A Fo home grown seed ryu.
M OUR OWN” Cow Food,
Coru, Oa'.s, Bran,
Ray. Chicken Feed, et&
T. J. D7YVIS,
Grain Dealer and Seedsman 2.v> Bay Bbraefc
Tttlephoiitt 223,
OFFICIAL.
I.lfJI OK Lit I NSFS.
(’ity of Savannah, Oflict Clerk of Coun
cil, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 3, 1895. The fol
lowing applications to r< tail liquor during
the year 1895 were read at meeting of
council Jan. 2, 1895, and referred to com
mittee of the whofi*.
FRANK lv RRBAIIKR,
Clerk of Council.
Harry S. Eloper, Anderson and Ott
street:-.
A. F. Ludemann, White Bluff Road and
Hill street.
S. Kichholz. R3 Liberty street.
f. S. Dcutsch, 46 Barnard, southeast
corner York lane.
J.'. F. <’. Struck, southwest corner River
and Farm street*.
Ii S'hrod-r, southeast corner Haber
sham and Broughton.
G< orj;< Schroder, southeast corner Jones
and Purse streets.
K I' Hoyle Grocery Company, south
east corner Bull and York.
T. Klslnger, southeast corner Haber
sham and President,
V. H. Ray. southeast corner Last Broad
and River streets.
John Sullivan, 133 Congress, between
Bull and Whitaker.
John T. Wade, southwest corner Hous
ton and South Broad.
John Rocker & Bio., 97 West Broad
street.
Eugene D. Ybancz. 101 Bay street.
John F. Tletjen, 55Va West Broad, north
west corner New street.
Dfi-k GelTken, southeast corner West
Boundary arid Indian lane.
W. H. < 'ole, 83 Bay street.
J. O’Byrne, corner Bay and Montgom
ery.
I). Oetjens, southeast corner York and
Price streets.
i\ H. Sanders, White Bluff Road and
B< st street.
Mrs. H. Lange, 68 1 /4 West Broad.
Harry Lange, 59 Indian street, corner
Farm.
J. H. Badenhoop, northeast corner South
Broad and Price.
Mrs. E. A. tfteinman, 22 West Broad
street.
John H. Immen, northwest corner Hab
ersham and Jones.
Chris. Miller, 78 New street and 55V6 Lum
ber street.
H. E. Dreeson, northeast corner Stewart
and Wilson.
J. W. Hunger, Ogeeohee road and Sarah
street.
W. H. Eskedor, 106 West Broad, corner
Taylor.
P. McMurray, southeast corner Houston
and Perry.
P. J. Higgins, southeast corner Henry
and Montgomery.
I. S. Hall, southwest corner Indian and
Ann streets.
H Trauh, northwest corner Orange and
West Broad streets.
J. J. Egan, southwest corner Last Broad
and Huntingdon streets.
H -nry Semken, No. 2 Last Broad, corner
Bay
S. Marks A- Cos.. 178 St. Julian street,
J H. Helm ken. 71 Whitaker street.
Wm. Reilley, 160 Bryan street.
P. Manning, 109 Bay, near Drayton, “
MEOICAL.
'l ■ i r . >ri
w.-st FI road aireati
Uhas. Kol.horo & Bro.. 170 Brough tea
Hlrorl.
AVltto, corner East Broad and Lov*
or*B !hi*o.
John lUj'ko, 4S East Broad etroot.
J W. \Viitklns, southwest corner Con-
Kl'chs and West Broad.
J !•'. lirltuiann, Broughton and East
Broad streets.
Henry Bohn, northwest corner East
Broad and l.iherty streots.
Marlin \\. Suiter, northeast corner Gor
don and Brice streets.
II c Brinkman, ISO St. Julian, between
Barnard and Jefferson.
.1. \ Slater. !M Congress afreet, north
east eorner Jefferson.
| I'atrick Cain, northwest corner Bay and
W. st Boundary.
.1 r. Rosenbrook. northeast corner Whit
aker and second streets.
11 Sieni. southwest eorner Second avs
nue anti Whitaker street
Michael I.yn h, T!4 West Broad, between
Harrison and Zubly.
I Rudolph Muller, northeast corner East
Broad nnd l.iherty strets.
; s Baskin, northwest corner Liberty and
Arnoid streets.
.1 ll Murken. southeast corner Bay and
lot till street*.
M j shields, 1 l-'j Reynolds, between
Broughton ant) Bay.
I ■ But timer, southeast corner Zubly and
I. at reel*.
j M. Kean, southwest eorner East Broad
.ii.d I l.trtrldge streets,
ij. v, Arentlorf, northwest corner Jonea
lane anti Habersham
Colt Ingham A- Nell, t>'-j Barnard street,
m ar Bryan.
John Not man. southwest corner Bryan
and Ann streets.
M t: Reatlh k, M Jefferson street.
| iidgnan At Donahue, 08 Indian, near
1 .irni.
John M Boar. IIG West Broatl street, cor
ner Alice.
Janie- o'Keefe, 72 Bull street, corner Con
ans* la tie.
M .M. ' mi ldly. South Broad street, be
tui'"ii Houston and Brice,
jam.-a :lclirlile, northwest corner Presl
'■-lit and lit yiioltls.
Jairn Mi-Brill', southeast corner South
Bro-til tint! Brice.
11.. m v tiarw-'t, southwest corner Wect
Bread and llenry .
|i c. Gardner, northwest eorner Charl
ton nnd Jefferson streets.
John Lyons At Cos., northeast corner
llioughton ami Whitaker.
II I-'. Km k, northwest corner Abercorn
and Anderson.
J-imivi J l>'-n n. M West Broad street,
eorner St. Julian.
Nell Glldea, 172 Broughton street.
Bled Hehnuat . northeast eorner Whita
ker and Anderson.
Win. MrCnrmlck. Indian street.
M:iv Holo-i-ty. . St. Julian,
c 'Schwarz, Waters road and Bolton
street.
L. Kichholz. louthwi and corner East Broad
and Liberty street lane.
A. 11. Entelnran, 17i> East Broad, corner
tiwtnnetl.
\\. It. Nicholas, southwest corner East
Broad and Charlton streets.
\\ T. K. Hlmlh, 201 Congress, corner
Montgomery.
M. A- N. Max, southwest corner Mill and
Barm streets.
!'\ H llnar, northwest corner Gwin
nett and West Broad streets.
11. He'-. '-. 42 West Broad street.
A. J Gresham, northeast corner West
Broad and Jones.
A. Quint, southwest corner McDon
ough and Drayton.
I C. Kohler, IX2 St. Julian street.
I Art'olil Beyden. 113 Bay, between Bull
and Drayton streets.
Schwarz & Cos., corner Wayne and Jef
ferson.
J. E. Carter, Liberty and Reynolds.
J ami's K. Whiteman, 2X South Broad
street, between Brice and Houston.
James W. Ilennessy, Ferry Dock and
Bay street,
I>. J Ktllorln, southeast corner Ander
son and Habersham.
James McGuire, southeast eorner Oliva
and Barm streets.
\V T. I<yneh, northwest corner Houston
I and Broughton.
1 T It. En right, southwest corner
, Broughton and Drayton.
Wilson & Graham, southwest corner
East Broad and Harris streets.
Mrs. Meta H'-Imken. southeast corner
Montgomery and Anderson.
Charles Meitzler, ISU Congress street
John J liorrlgan, northwest corner
Bryan nml Houston streets.
John Carr, southeast corner Habersham
[ and Bay streets.
j Atm Yen ken, 18 Reynolds, between Bay
and Broughton.
Mary Doherty, southwest corner St.
Julian and Brice.
W. K Ruekh, southeast corner West
; Broad and Berrien streets.
J c. S'-human, norl hcast corner
' Broughton and East Broad.
H. I l ’. Lai's, northwest corner West
Broad and Duffy streets.
Henry Suiter, southeast corner Liberty
and Montgomery.
Claus Gerken, Wheaton, near Liberty
street.
J. Seay, Screven House.
A. McCredmond. northeast corner
Broughton and East Broad.
Win. I')|er*, northeast corner Liberty and
West Broad.
A. L. Pratt, (DVa West Boundary, be
tween Railroad anil New streets.
F. L. Kempf, southwest corner West
Broad and New Houston streets.
J. H. H. Entelman. B-4 Broughton.
Eat. M. Entelman. 24 Arnold, corner
South Broad.
W. J. Dodd. 149 Congress street.
Julia Pc hmann, northwest corner Jef
ferson and Congress street lane.
J. J. Beytagh, southeast corner Perrv
and. East Broad.
Geo. Beckman. 30 Whitaker, southeast
corner Broughton lane.
D. Gartelman. southwest corner East
Broad arid Taylor.
J. F. Lubs, southwest corner Sims and
Purse.
J. M. Denmark. 51 Zubly street, near
r arm.
Fountain A- Miller, Waters road and
w heaton street.
Geo. Bitst, northwest corner Maple and
W est Btoad.
G A. Bruning, southwest corner Wald
burg and West Broad.
Maty Rlankc northeast corner Ran
dolph and Cleburne.
D. H. Schuenemann. southeast corner
East Broad and Bolton.
Geo. Bold ridge, northeast corner Price
and Broughton streets.
J. H Behrens, northwest corner Hunt
ingdon and West Broad.
John Lynch, southeast corner Whitaker
and Taylor.
N lane ,a a nd l l l , a n r g nard orner C ° n * r " S
A str“YTa 8 ne C ° rner Wh,take r
0 East'Boundary 0 ''I*'' 1 *'' McDo "’
r d b ßrya“ UthWeSt COrner West
J treeL e>er * Lover a lane <ul<i Randolph
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