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I_I r -j r t m r I Established 1866. VOL XXXI. JjJAJAIj f i<’<T A I TEST In L V HE i ii MHVEY hUil CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY AH DEFINED JUDICIALLY. One I,i*Ri»l Tender Dollar .Is the Equal of Every Other The Gold Honey Sopers) ithm in a Supreme Court- 'Flu) Needed Reforms. The monetary fftates system established by the United government is easily understood. Tho money denomina¬ tions were made to conform to the decimal system of notation, When the law was passed making ten mills equal to one cent, ten cents equal one (lime, ten dimes equal ona dollar, no provision was made to have these de¬ nominations stamped upon any partic¬ ular metal or material, or, if stamped upon silver or gold, the commodity or “Intrinsic value” of the metal should be used as a “unit of value.'“ A “standard of value" is not even mentioned for the very good reason that there Is not, and cannot be, in the nature of things, a standard or measure for an intangible thing called value. Wo “think” value, and thc-re Is no way that n “standard of value" can be applied to man’s capacity to think or estimate value. On this question the United States Supreme Court has declared: “It is hardly correct to speak of n standard of value. The constitution does not speak of it. it contemplates n standard for that which has gravity of extension; but value Is an Ideal thing. The coinage act fits Its unit as a dollar; but the gold or silver thing we call a dollar is in no sense a stand¬ ard of a dollar. It is a representative of it.” There is not a word in the law, creating the denominations of money, declaring what metni or substance is to be used upon which the money stamp shall he piftced. The use of the material to carry the legal-tender money stamp is left entirely to con¬ gress to determine, as stated in the words of the United States Supreme Court: "The constitution does not ordain What metals may be coined. Nor docs It prescribe that the legal value shall correspond at all with the intrinsic value In the nurket.” * * * “Coin passes rot a an tntrinEic value, but as a, legal value.” Judge Tiffany, in his work on con¬ stitutional law, written before the war to save the union, and before the greenback government money was adopted by Lincoln to carry on the war, states what constitutes money under our constitution: “There is By no such thing as gold or silver money, or paper money. Money is the sovereign of authority impressed on that which i< n pubic of taking and retaining the impression. That upon which the stamp is placed is called coin; the coin may be metal, parchment or paper. The value is in the stamp, and not in the metal or ma teriai.” All of the legal tender acts of our national legislature, and every de us ion touching the legal tender question by the United States Supreme Court, and State Supreme courts, arc found¬ ed upon Judge Tiffany’s .exposition of constitutional law relating to what shall be a legal, tender for the pay¬ ment of debts. Under the law, as expounded by our highest, judicial tribunals, both state and national, there is no legal stand¬ ing for the money metal advocates or pet money regulators, railed the silver or gold commodity "unit, of value," or n gold or Giver “-standard of value.” These terms arc a part of the decep¬ tive means used by the so-called “honest money” advocates to deceive the people. They form no part of a true constitutional financial system. and when the people refuse (a be long¬ er deceived by these false and me.un ingless catch-words, then the day eau not long he delayed that will deliver H Pibduois oi wealth it ml the real honest■ business interests of the cotter try from the grasp of the money I)0Wer ' In deciding a legal lender case in L864 the Supreme Court of Iowa used the following strong and persuasive language relating to the effects of gold idolatry: “When the legal test is applied, each dollar of each mode or form of cur reney declared to be legal tender has Die same value without: reference to the material of which it is com posed. And wc: cannot very well re sist the remark, that the sooner this is known, accepted, and acted upon the better it will be for national, monetary and political integrity as well as for Individual and general morality, pros pertly, and success,” Let us alt take the advice of the Iowa judges, and put away this gold m one. v superstition, R la the “root of afl evil" and as long ns It remains with us It will continue to be ured to pre¬ vent the establishment of a true, sr-len Dflc, ami equitable system of finance, one that will make it impossible for the “brigands and banditti of 0Ilr ntonev marts” ' V ro ’ ° . „ 4 x * 1 GdMiror Spin n«r referred do ttem In hi. report to rongt. s.. n >> corner the money am t tug ring untold hardships and t-c. .-img upon the people. This can a- acrompnrm-1 by establishing an equitable fiimncin! system, with gov rtnmen. bam.s of deposit and loans at rort " !,i ° security. i n ^b-Js waJ : u> mon<!> r,f Hie countrv would be fairly distributed amor,?? ij 1H ln ; ’ :,! r of ri !, c union. nuer our present banking system, lb« depositors iuroisfl the banks with 80 r r Cf ' U ! f '!"- ■* cni)ila ' government -•anking s;, stem the people would receive the benefit of their own “WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG/’ capital, instead of allowing a few hun dml bankers to reap all the benefits, and gain large fortunes by loaning the money they owe their depositors. With banks breaking on every hand, no wonder that there is a lack of “con¬ fidence” among depositors. Stop the depositing and ail the banks would close up in twenty-four hours. Along these lines reform is needed, if we would preserve our liberties, and an active educational continuous cam¬ paign should bo kept, up and let the more practical question of “issues" alone, to be "given that attention they demand when the next national con vent ion of the reform elements is held in 1900. This Is not the time to quar¬ rel about “issues,” which will tend to divide the reform forces. Wait until the proper (hue comes to discuss party issues. You can’t cross that bridge before you get to it. True reformers will keep up methods of education that will prepare the way for unity of ac¬ tion in 1898 and 1900.......1. S. Barnum. GOLDBUG GOOD TIMES. 0- E. Pettigrew, general store at Flandraui, has made an assignment. Aaron V. Joslin, dealer In dry goods at Frankfort, has made an assign¬ ment. Knowing & Poole, shoe manufactur¬ ers at Boston, have made an assign¬ ment. The Big Sandy Lumber company of Dig Sandy, has made an assignment. The Bank of Mulhall, at Mulhall, Oklahoma, has suspended. The Phoenix Savings bank of Phoe¬ nix. R. I., has suspended payment. George J. Knoth, dealer in shoes, at No. 461 Ninth avenue, New York, has made an assignment. Oliarles D, Willard, coal dealer, at Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street, Brooklyn, has made an assignment. J. L, Fished! & Son, dealers in provi¬ sions, at Boston, have filed a petition iu insolvency. Ghoistca & Bailey, dealers in dry goods, at Dalton, have made an as¬ signment, Leonard W. Giles, dealer In drug¬ gists’ sundries, at No, 121 Chambers street. New York, has made an assign¬ ment. Julias T. It ode, dealer in furniture and carpets at Nos. 715 and 71? Ninth avenue, New York, has made an as¬ signment. Jacob Welker, manufacturer of sur¬ gical instruments at No. 213 East Thirty-fourth street, New York, has made an assignment, A petition has been made for a re¬ ceiver for the 3Veils & French com¬ pany, manufacturers of harness and .saddlery at Bridgeport, Conn. J. D. Kurtz Crook and Aaron G. Porham, composing the firm of Crook & J'orham, wholesale dealers in coal, at No. 1 Broadway, New York, have made on assignment. John C. Chamberlain bns been ap¬ pointed receiver for the Ives & Will¬ iams company, manufacturers of toys and fireworks, at No. 682 Broadway, corner of Great Jones street. New York, with factory at Bridgeport, Conn. faiifror Stands Alone. Carnegie has received orders for .100-. 000 tons of steel rails for export to Eng¬ land. Better proof could riot be afforded of tlio fact that our steel and iron industry is able to. take care of itself under the metal schedules In the Wilson tariff Jaw, Mr. Carnegie has for some time insisted that he wants no increase of tariff duties He has given figures to prove that American manufacturers arc not only able to hold the home market, but to compete for the foreign market. When Carnegie dictated the steel and iron schedule in the McKinley law of IH'JO, the increase iu duties was urged ns necessary to protect labor. That dis¬ guise. is now thrown off, stere Carnegie finds himself master of the situation, | and it is announced Hint capital not only needs no protection, but wants j none. In other words, capital can get j along better without a tariff than with it. In all the years of high tariff legisla¬ tion. culminating seven years ago in the McKinley biil of abominations, the partnership between labor and capital was asserted us the highest interest to be served by such legislation. Capital now withdraws front the association, Labor is left alone to assert the neoes j sity of protection against foreign cow petition! What will labor, standing by itself, get from a McKinley adminis¬ tration? Wait and see. St. Louis Post-Dis¬ patch. Whiil't* tlto Cun (if It? It a reform movement built upon principles is to be caught by an old party endorsing its least important reform, what’s the use of having a re¬ form movement? Suppose five years ago it hud been understood that the People’s party was to be formed with Die intention of surrendering to the t)!fi P«*y which should first adopt the silver plunk, would there have been any People's party outside of the states containing the silver mines? Th •' idea of abandoning the Reform move mnnt upon the mere promise by an other party that it. would adopt our mealiest, plank into law and that ' prom tee made by a party Dun has very ro¬ ecnt.iy made a record for breaking promises!--Missouri World Canada threatens to prohibit tmmi j gration fpom the United States to that country. That would feh a blessing'to but the honest people of this country rather hard on the defaulting * bank presidents and cashiers. JESUP, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1897. AT THEIR OLD TRICKS. The Mnneuvnr» of the Xtonoy Power Are Ton Apparent. Times are not hard enough to satisfy the Republican party. It is necessary for them to Brake them harder and harder until they have passed their tar¬ iff bill, so that they can let up tem¬ porarily and make times a tittle easier and attribute the improvement to tile new tariff. They have already com¬ menced to operate upon the lever which regulates the prices of nil farm pro¬ ducts. They are again bearing down the price of silver and will continue to do so until after the tariff bill is passed, As the price of silver goes down the difference of exchange which the silver standard countries enjoy in competing • with the United States in the sale of farm products in Europe will be increased, and gbld prices in Europe will be lower white silver prices In the silver standard countries will remain stationary. No one need look for a rise in the price of silver unfit after the passage of the tariff Wit. They will then take the pressure off of silver, and Its price will go up five or ten per cent and perhaps a little higher. This will advance the gold price of farm products substantially to the same extent that silver goes up. The little improvement, or rather re¬ lief from extreme distress, which the people will feel from this manipulation, will be Used as an argument to claim that the tariff bill has accomplished great good. The Republicans expect that they can keep times from grow¬ ing much worse, and can make them a little better than they now arc, un¬ til after the next Congressional elec¬ tion, in order to hold their followers, continue the gold standard, retire greenbacks, treasury notes, and secure legislation for the banks. We ask our readers to observe what the scheme of the Republican party is. and remem¬ ber that we predicted that silver would go up after the passage of the tariff bill, and that the Republicans would claim that it was the tariff bill which had given the relief, But no relief from decline of prices which follows the gold standard can be general or permanent. If the money powers, that hare cornered the gold and control the governments of Europe, and compel them to assist the Turks to murder Christians, and compel the United States to look on and witness the butch¬ ery of patriots in Cuba, can maintain the single gold standard, the slavery of the masses for the benefit of the classes is inevitable. No permanent relief can come unless the people can recover their government, remonetize silver, and break the corner on gold.— Senator Stewart The N.nl Trust. Nails are as staple as Hour, and un¬ der present social conditions are al¬ most as much of a necessity The trust which controls the, output, and prices, therefore, takes upon itself not only the odium which it attaches to trusts and combines generally, but also that which especially attaches to the practice of extortion in the necessaries of life. In Illinois, as we learn from the Prairie Farmer, it offers merchants who handle the product the alternative of violating the laws of the state or forfeiting the profits which arise from the rebates it gives to customers. Nails were offered originally with the provi¬ sion that a rebate of 15 per cent from card prices would be given to whole¬ salers and Jobbers at the expiration of six months. As this was a larger pro¬ fit than dealers were in the habit of making on nails, the provision was generally accepted by wholesalers throughout the western states. The object, of bolding rebates in the hands of the trust until the expiration of six months was to make the whole¬ salers interested in holding up trust prices. The trust price is $2,80. About a month ago a large wholesale bouse in Chicago cut the price 30 cents a keg, and other large jobbers in Chicago, in order to hold their trade, met the cut. Last week an additional cut of 25 oc»is per keg was made which reduced the price to $2.25. The trust has now no¬ tified the dealers that they must raise the rate at once to the trust price, namely. $2,80, or as a penalty, they will lose their 15 per cent rebate. It is stated that nails can be sold at a fair profit from $1,30 to $1.50 per keg, and it will be interesting to observe what wilt be the result of the contest between the nail truss and its Illinois customers, the former insisting on maintaining the trust price and the latter desiring to sell in a competitive way. The ex¬ istence of the trust is a gross violation of the laws of Illinois, and it remains to be seen whether the trust is stronger than these laws. To Explain Their Votes. J. C. Buchanan of the Pittsburg Kansan thinks that the republican members of the legislature who voted against the initiative and referendum could with propriety use the followim; as an explanation of their votes: “We are the servants of the people, hut wo can’t trust our masters with the awful responsibility of direct legislation. Therefore on the pending initiative and referendum amendment to the -constitution, which would restore to them Dm dangerous power now vested in us, we vote no.” li Always Is. ‘The will of the people,” remarked the inexperienced youth, “is the high¬ est law." “Yes.” answered the federal judge. “but it is unconstitutional."—Twea j Doth Century. An aristocracy of wealth is worse if anything than an aristocracy of blood. It Is now Senator Hanna. HOUSE IS SUBPBISE1). MEMBER FROM NEBRASKA AT TACKS THE MAJORITY. Tariff Cannot Relieve the Distresses of the People, nut a li< turn to Correct Monetary l'rinciptes C»« - Uathuhiastl rally Applauded. A new character surprised the home Monday while the tariff bill was under discussion, in the person of Mr. Greene, one of - the now populist members from Nebraska, a free and easy speaker, who ib'alt in scriptural quotations, and attac-k.-d the Cleveland administration fiercely. He was accusing the repub¬ licans with trying to befool the farm¬ ■ ers through high tariffs on corn, wheat, and other products which were not imported, when several republicans sought to overcome his argument by question's, nays the Silver Knight Wutehmau. He was asked by Mr. Mitchell of New York, “VYluu relief do the popu¬ lists propose for the farmers?’’ "To go back to the money of the constitution you took away from i1ic.ni,” was the answer. Mr, Greene was describing the condition of the farmers with the hands of the spoiler in their pockets, when another in¬ quired, “Whose bands have been, in their pockets?” “The bands of the protected monop¬ olists and trusts- of the east,” shouted Mr, Greene, whereupon Jerry Simp¬ son yelled, gleefully, “Ask him another one!" “Another one” was. asked by Judge Rage- Morris, of Minnesota, who de¬ sired to know what harm, the repub¬ lican party had done the farmer. “You seek' to make the things the farmer and laborer have to buy higher ......that’s the object of this bill.” said Mr. Greene, and Mr, Simpson declared “Another soul made happy.” The -speech was sprinkled with rep¬ artee. and was enthusiastically ap plaudi'd by the democrats and popu¬ lists. FOiNTS FROM THE PRESS. If barriers were taken down, and every able-bocltod man siren au oppor¬ tunity to earn a living, most jails would be "to let.’’—San Francisco Star. Yale, the college that insulted Bry¬ an, had a flag in Corbett’s corner. No accounting for fame.—Denver New Road. Nothing is plainer in the present condition of affairs in general than that the infim uc< of tha tew men who controi the financial policies of nations dictate the most important legislation of the world.—Topeka' Advocate. Burl Schurz, it appears, is giving hi:-: views somewhere on “The Delusions of BtmcUiiiism." What hie views .on any subject are worth, except.iu cash by the line, can be . ummed up by saying.that ho praises Grover Cleveland, and be¬ lieves in Cleveland's kind of civil scr vice reform, for gold-hugs and cuckoos only.- Hi!ver Knight-Watchman. Debs remarks that “plenty of labor¬ ing men can be hired for 75 cents a day to shoot their fellows.” Henry Ward Bceefeor thought a workingman was worth $1, hut then limes were better in Henry Ward's day. --Journal K. of L Republican papers never have finish ed and it is likely that they never will Hnish talking of the ignorance of pco pie In general and populists in partle ular, It is true, however, that the first legislator of Kansas to try the proxy Idea in legislative work was a Ropub Lean. Last week Gates (Rep.) of Jack eon county was sirfk and s uit a friend up to the house to vote in his stead on ;> measure which, was to come up. Of course the proxy was not allowed to vote.—Topeka Advocate. Three important ameiulm mts tort he state constitution will be voted on at the next state election in South liako ta: T'he initiative and referendum, equal suffrage and the stale, dispensary system of handling the liquor traffic. All are measures that should carry and become part of.'the. fundamental laws of the Stale. The initiative and refer end urn is purely a populistic proposi¬ tion and will have the bitter opposi¬ tion of professional politicians, but the voters of all parties should hail with delight thin first, opportunity ever of¬ fered in the United States for placing a vote in the ballot box giving the vot¬ ers all their rights and the power to enforce their will. States which have adopted equal suffrage are satisfied with it and the one state, South. Car¬ olina, in which the dispensary system inis been adopted appears to be thor¬ oughly pleased with its working.^—Chi¬ cago Express. If the courts .should be called upon to pass upon the question of the quali¬ fication • of Garret A. Hobart fur the Vice-Presidency they would say it was regular and in due form; hut the lay roan, unused to the intricacies and in¬ vent i bn s—ami, wc might say , the fic¬ tions- -of legal constructions, might harbor a doubt ati to whether Mr. Ho¬ bart is legally in office. He was sworn in by the retiring Vice-President, Mr. Stevenson, thirty or forty minutes af¬ ter., that gentleman had ceased, by the town clock, to be hi office. The rec¬ ord, however, will indicate that the swearing in took place at the t*n<l of the legislative day of March 3. which expired at noon on the 4th, and will give no hint that the hands of the clock wore either turned back or disregard¬ ed......Cincinnati Enquirer. A man, on being asked if he held any share in the “Wealth of Nations” (a re¬ cently discovered gold claim), replied, "No," but that “he bad an interest, in -i notch bigger thing," “You astonish me. What is it?” asked IDs friend. “The poverty of individuals. There In Milwaukee an electric line is try ins to cross the track of the Nerth western railway. Both sides ordered out. big gangs of men. A free fight took place and many were injured. If strikers had done this it would be riot and anarchy. But as it Is ft ranks merely as an indication of energetic business methods.— Milwaukee News. J. Sterling Morton used to talk about silver as “old junk,” An exchange tells us that he is but in Nebraska now contemplating a piece of old junk that once resembled a Secretary of Agricui ture.” But don't be hard on him. He was the funniest gold hug that ever lived, and he couldn't help being the biggest fool,--Silver Knight-Watch mau. The people are not supreme so long as there is a mortgage or interest-hear ing debt of any kind in these United States.--San Francisco Star. The tond Bill to Date. The Loud bill stands, to-day with few friend- and u host of b@rd-wo.rk ing enemies. It passed the lower house of congress by a small majority of 39. This, too. when it is considered in the light of a party measure with a republican majority of over 150 in congress. “The New York World” of a recent issue threw some light on the work¬ ings of the postal department, From an editorial, the following is clipped: “There Is an annual deficiency of $8,000,000 in the postal service. It is caused solely by scandalous misman¬ agement arid shameful fraud. This is clearly proved by facts and figures given in The World's news columns to-day. "First of all, the government Is pay¬ ing to the great trunk linos of rail way an outrageously excessive rate for the transportation of mail matter. The rate is ten times the average rate cbarged for transporting ail other freight—ten times what individuals must pay for like services. ’ lbe New York Central main line, for example, receives for mail trans porturion a yearly sum sufficient to pay the interest on the total cost of a complete double track railroad from New York to Buffalo! Surely nobod v will contend that such a sum w c.imwl. The other trunk lines are paid by the government with equal ex travagance. “Secondly, the government pays every year the sum of $3,400,000 rent for postal cars, yet for that sum every postal car in use could be bought out¬ right, with money to spare! “in brief, The YVorlci's investiga¬ tion make it plain that hut for gross fraud and phenomenal mismanagement i the postoffiee business would now he paying a handsome profit instead of -mowing an annual deficiency of $8, oqojioo. “Now that the subject is up before ! congress, why should there not he a 1 reform placing this matter fair on a business basis?”—Appeal to Reason. Telegraph Monopoly la Peril, j Under a recent decision of the Unit j ed States Supreme. Court the Union Pa j rifle must operate its own lines, indc : pendent of the Western Union. It his ; t a ken some sixteen years of litigation 1 to reach this point. The decision is \ coupled with the provision that the j work of transfer must he done -without | j crippling or interfering with the road’s operations, which the telegraph cons¬ j pany etaijas cannot be done in less than » year, though if the interest of -that company required expedition it would probably be done in a week, This may furnish an excellent basis for such continued inaction as will require fur Cher suits that, in the usual course of such litigation, may Huger tea years more. The Union Pacific is now, and has been for some time, operated by a i- iM-r appointed by a federal judge. The interest of the public, therefore, lie ;s in the fact that, were the decision carried out, there would (as we un¬ derstand it) lie-a virtual government i telegraph iu operation for over 2,000 I ^itess. While this would be but a small ! benefit compared with a fuli-biooded one, it would, if well conducted, be suf¬ ficient to open people’s eyes to- the un¬ questionable advantage of extending operations to every pos toffice in the United States. Thera are two suits pending in the United States Circuit Court to similarly break the leases to the Western Union by the S. P. and C. P, These, suits were commenced dur¬ ing the Harrison administration, and will bo decided by Judge McKenna’s successor-- when be gets ready. A favorable decision therein, and the car¬ rying into effect of the others, would be a blow between the eyes to the Western Union. Also Applied to OKI an«l New F a riles* A Polecat, who was traveling for pleasure, came upon an Insect who was traveling for business. “Ah, there, little one!” the Polecat affably said, “can I be of any assist¬ ance to you?” “No. thank you,” said the Insect, at the eame time- reaching for his hand¬ kerchief, “1 am doing very well, thanks.” “But 1 should be able to help you. You must observe that I am much larger than you are.” “Yes, ! know, I know,” responded the Insect, anxiously looking for a means of esc -ape, “but I smell so much the better. Moral: Me tro polite n n e wspapers are much larger than those of the in¬ terior......-A, J. Waterhouse, in Fresno Republican. The people themselves are the best judges of what they need. Subscription $1.00 Per Year, PATRIOTS ALL. tVhy Millionaires Uphold the Various lira netxes of Our Government. Said Russell Sage: “It Seems to ma that if any class of citizens truly Jovo the government, we are that class.” “Do you know,” remarked John I). Uoeki-n u< r, that you have opened up au em b>d.. new train of reflection in u ‘- v It is manifest, that love 0l * l!e * orn> government under which we live is a great virtue. Now I ioVe t ticuiar ^ le government affection dearly. for the .!. treasury have a par . <le partment. 1 have Its draft for $5,000, ® w °* bounties in my safe at this moment.” “My heart,” chimed in John Jacob Astor, “goes out to the Supreme Court °f the United States. I did not hold U in n very warm corner of my heart until the income tax decision saved me something like $100,000 a year. Now I fairly worship the ground it walks on.” “That’s patriotism," commented Gen. Horace Porter, deferentially, "What 1 love,’' asserted Theodore 4 . Havemeyer, “is the senate If you were in the sugar business you'd share my feeling.” “If you were in the railroad busi¬ ness," remarked Cornelius Vanderbilt, "You’d love the president. Every time i think of the president of the United States, i feel such a gush of patriot¬ ism”— “You forgot the pbstoffico depart¬ ment!" exclaimed the princely ,T. Pier I*oat. Morgan. "A railroad man should * ovo thal :i! ' ov * a’l things, i hlak of : ,lU ' U8e - ou can l’ 11 *- *be mail cars to !' fVPry timo a strik ” breaks out." “That's a-fact," replied Mr. Vaiuler blit. “My friends,” interjected George M. Pullman, “why discriminate among so ! many lovable institutions? As for me j i love every department of the govern I meat with equal ardor." ! “Happy country!*’ exclaimed Chanrj j coy M. Depew, “where the rich and j powerful set such an example of love . of our native land. Wo are a pattern j t0 our fellow citizens.” ’ j ,, v , ( ...... ‘'l,,'. 1 ® d ‘.;n.!agogufs,“ said ' j ‘. n D ! U ° Ck f e,ler ’ den 0 l f c « the I ! T*A ^ ‘ he as f cinWed pnem fatnotA-Twen- shudder agi ?l ' :1 , U!> ' ' NOTES BY THE WAY. Japan has not yet adopted the single gold standard, though the contrary has been very generally asserted in .the daily papers. Jt is a fact that a bill has been proposed in the Japanese par¬ liament. to stop the free coinage of sil¬ ver. and that the hill has the support of the present ministry. The western system of banking having been intro dimed in Japan a money power has appeared in politics, and, as usual, it controls the public officials; but the advices arc that i he common people of Japan intend to make a hard struggle for the popular money. Gov. Culberson, of Texas, pardoned A. GoodWyn, of Waco, who had been sent to jail for contempt of court, but the Court of Civil Appeals has ruled that, the governor has no pardoning power in contempt cases. President Jackson remarked as to a decision of Chief Justice Marshall, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let hint en¬ force It.” Gov. Culberson has the pow¬ er. if lie had the courage, to protect the liberty the citizens' of Texas. The Diugtey bill places steam and railing pleasure yachts upon the free list. The yacht, manufacturing trust will no longer be able to oppress the 'farmer am! .the laborer who have here¬ tofore been compelled, to buy home¬ made yachts regardless of their price. Hon. S. O. W. Benjamin, ex-min¬ ister to Persia, has returned to his na liveVermont and has been shocking the New England Brahmins by declaring In a public lecture that there is as much real liberty under Asiatic des¬ potisms as In free America. Mr, Ben¬ jamin, in a lecture in Burlington, Ver¬ said: “The only known genuine democracy is that of the people ruled by the abso¬ lute monarchies of Asia where all are equal below the throne, and the low¬ est menial may Income prime minis¬ ter, and the humblest peasant- girl may become the mother of princes, The laws are administered on the whole with as much substantial Justice in Asia as in Europe and America, not¬ withstanding misstatements to the con¬ trary. Thorn are abuses here as well as. -there, and Americans might better be correcting their own national, sins than visiting Asiatics with condemna¬ tion.” If the laws in Persia are administered with substantial justice it. is absolutely certain that Persians have in that re¬ spect the advantage of Americans. Let us watch Canada awhile. The Canadian government has purchased the. Baiedes Chaleurs railroad, and will make it a part of the intercolonial sys¬ tem which the government has owned for years. Those, with a new system which the government has owned for a long time, will give a good start towards government ownership of rail roads In Cunada. Trust, What shall we say of the men who are trying against law to combine ev cry business interest -so that they cen¬ ter in their own .selfish .souls, and But world gets no fragrance from their lives, - only the smell' of sulphur; It is time that we' recognized that which is the source of most of the evil in so¬ ciety........Rev. OortiitmR Myers. NO. 13. Ill HOLT H (.EGUUA. The cotton receipts for Romo LaoU e 1> o year have been considerably ter ger than was expected, and R m». \ reputation for being th, herd inland market to its vize n ike .onth ! ,i been upheld. It is estimated flute - she will receive about 35,000 .bales, more, mak¬ ing. tt grand total, during the year of 64,SI ft bales * Titree more int< alums iu the I'a glo and iTteuix: rase have p t b. <?u hied i» the office of the iY-leral court. Dr. J. T. IVavnoc-k,. of It’anla, a di¬ rector of the mills, buo. the (Tgapaiiy for which he eJateag lie -loaned the mil-e. A. ,f. jicthune, another .di¬ rector, rue-s ffcr':$5,4/R;40, M re. Ha. rah M. Andrews intervenes for -~1 ,(£,’<), Phe Medical Association of Georgia has issued. t -vm* 3,(H)0 inwiutu •>. to its forty-ninth annual sr-sriem, vriueji will be hs hi at Macon <*., the i! f, J _.i anti 2”il of this month, A number of famous doctors y HI real j ,>, n at th« sessions, among Whom, am j >r. K.-ynne! Loyd, of \i i link; t>j ,L ] h i n , Rhilmlcij hur, au(j Dr, Hunter McGuire, of Richmond, .Hr, VV, 1:’, B. Davis, e.f fBiniuagliiE.m. The Providence Knit imp: M tils- bar filed a ■ petition iu the Cu ’el Rmh court asking ten- the appo! muscat of a receiver for this OoHglusviife Hosiery and Cotton Mill - Cousj'a’.y. The peti¬ tion looks very hmoei *it on n. surface, but. it i- said that a -a all - Bod muimi iiou is m>ki ,g behiul it. The Prow '•lent >\ 1 1 1 i CO! sip,any. and the dcfondant corpora¬ tion is located at Tbmpl.nn die. f.iu. ■ Mrs.. Tufbteft, i'hfl coHyicted mm-iler ess of her huabantl, lias berm rescu tcnccd tu hung on TT'Dicy, the. J-Jd buy of April. The o|,l womau took the -« duti-r < mdly sad 1 no t ua tion wind o',-or. Gu.s Fambh’s, who is Mrs. andcr Kordencfi of (len|h far rnbetiing Nobb” in t i‘c»n’ ; - luitui bu crimebus hoc a 11 spit ml u nil 1 tb <* 30ttr day. of April, Pne week, afrsr Airs. No. W:s will have paid the p< miliy. jf i«, scaRmrts.ol the court .is not again de¬ ferred,. AUhinufls the mji'vu -•<? court of the stata ox Georgia iurt YieoIdetD agahtsD them, t!i< a't mi y for He my White: have not at ajlcgivem mp tiife fight. When the itnuonuccu mt of tin* Sedit¬ ion of the pit a to supreme court tevau made, it w&< lut-imirt"*! that the emo would he appeal, i to the Unit* StsjteM Hiij u ui i (lit It mm q y however, that b-ten doin' th it it is ever done, ihv xii-orti eys will majrh mother effiu, t, > cut n j .-x (..rial for ihcir i limit at the hands of tbo courw of Georgia. : '£1*8 : Georgia. Orate; ia! association wsrorf i.iizc.! a day or two ayo-in At hvahi The : variut:.:; cbltegcs of the state were re; iteteHteil )>V delegates. ! he follow:Tty; officers were eterte-.l: i” f "I'd fit, R. u, kl" I MW, , : Ateorgift; first vice ptertflehL John E. pirnttoii, SJ epeer Ui: i versify; cecoud vh**' pi<‘« tl 3, Philips, (hiurry college; Ia nsiirer, F, W, trtone, North Gooigisi AgricnUnrut college', secreta¬ ry, J, A. Beijnmuu, Te<iu:ologi es i j u - rtiteile. Mr. Julius L. .Crown, son of (bo Jade t \ 1 i, m Blown, in lixduii f tliroiifih some of Isis L-lhet’s j j t j, rs recently, fount! a printed. copy of the TteiOrtsYbade by G eu»? wil tin - t.a.vns W. Smith and General 'Henry <’ Way.ue, u hjch were rent to the Georp'; b , la’ture in Fui'-vipiry, The original pajicrs seem io hare t>eeu Ibsfc, huh ii ’r. Brown found one ot the copies Ti¬ hick was printed By authority. Be iurtiug that these rep oids rise,ala i o printed in the rebellion ior<n-d~u Mr. Blown wrote to C’tdonel T j e> • iun to see what could lie dpite in tins'mutter. CoJonci Liviwgstert at once went to the aeere'avy of war an4 suciuHteed in .pettiitg au order to liftve ilverit prinfts.t. A" One of i(te amuriug. liAjpeniugf; of this Baptist convention at Gainesville cftme to light wkeu Bw committee <>u time and l 111 * ( of nex! n«-artg was dissolved hy n-qnert. Tile i-v'-inieiftoo was Riiuic up of Lansing Burr-ovs.v,!..> wanted’ the Convention for Augusta,; John Eiit'ii, who wanted- it for Wort Point, .It: E. Jlirir, w ho - an tod it '-or Valdosta, and J. J. Whiifieid, win'* wanted it for BavktesGUj-. Neither rnemher would give away, ho. fhhy asked to he reUevod f , i nt}w . i ty. A new coaueittee coitsistiug of i'. Ik U-irroll, John M- Gireen, is. llataiiton, J. U. Tocwuli n-m! J, Ihiggan was app.oi'Uted, They 1 earned lhat Augusta had hot liad tiu: couvali tiuii in thirty years. Ho < y . mi} ob that place. ATlnuts. xvall b- eaptai'cvl »ad taken possession of by thq.-fijMvor-th' ierquors ot the f-i t‘e i’toiu in 2nd to *m 1 th of Dus month, at which time the firth annual conference of (teorgra leaguers will Iro held, iu ihe city, attend. Two tli<>us- They and young people will v.ilt <“• ■ e Iron; nil jft 1 1 oi 'he state to the great meeting, •wi-fi and it is expecicd that the c-eoasinn. i-»- one of the biggeet religions gHt ficring- ever held if. the uuuDi. V cortl.ft! invitation hr hseii t-rtendo.! t<> js.jj; leiggrie tyorKers Co hoprosgat, JiirS the raitrea-iis lutee gea ,*( el • 1 i> <>!e f e g ! remnd trip. Che p 1 rum'" .he con¬ ference is a gp lend i»l utuc The eon forenee will be- held in iht- Nate Jongs tah;'r:nftc!e. which wilt l-c clahqcntiuy tlcGOrutirtl fov the cagriMos. Local K-];v wortb. icaghorc sire wisr' ing hard to make ' the - ec-nfereacc a £' «n.l -uc -s sax! they iteenu to MK-crt -J Tlte ex~ eenfive committee. htiH been very fte-i - ire adit everything will be in readmors for the eon fere nee.