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VOLUME XX.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HU3IOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
No Room For Fresh Things—The
Nebulous Future—A Tearlul
Word—The Worm
Turns, Etc.
“0 maiden fair! bestow thy grace,
Grant me a lover’s part;
I only ask a little place
Within thy icy heart.”
♦‘Though ice the heart which you demand,”
Replied the saucy prater,
“I still would have you understand
It’s no refrigerator!”
—New York World.
A TEARFUL "WORD.
“What is the shortest word in the
language?” asked Billins.
“ ‘Broke,” ’ replied his impecunious
friend.
THE WORM TURNS.
Editor—“ There are not enough feet
in this line, sir.”
Poet—“ Feet, sir! Feetl 1 don’t sell
it by the foot. It’s a poena—not a cord
of wood.”—Life.
couldn't hang on much gold.
Miranda—“l wouldn’t marry that man
if every hair were strung with gold.”
Maud—“ Why not?”
Miranda—“He is bald-headed.”—
Puck.
THE NEBULOUB FUTURE.
Perdita—“Papa says I shall marry the
man I wish to.”
Mary (who has had experience)
“What will he do?—hypnotize the man?”
—Life.
HOW HE KNEW.
“This must be a female turkey,” ob
served Hunker, at the dinner-table.
“What makesyou think that?” asked
Mrs. Small.
“It has such a rich dressing.”—Judge.
A SENSIBLE DOG.
First Boy (delianUy)—“My deg kin
lick your dog.”
Second Boy (valiantly)—“Ef your dog
licks my dog, I’ll lick you.”
First Boy (backing off) —“My dog
don’t wan ter fight.”—Good News.
ANOTHER VIEW OF IT.
Hunker—“l wish I had courage
enough to propose to Sue and eud my
misery.”
Spatts—“That might not ead it.”
Hunker—“ How’s that?”
Spatts—“She might accept you.”—
Judge.
WHY HE FAILED.
Tom—“ How did Tomson get on in
business?”
Jack—“He failed.”
Tom—“So he didu’t succeed, poor
fellow.”
Jack—“Oh, yes, he did. That’s why
he failed.”—Yankee Blade.
A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
Mr. Emerson Beau—“Oh, yes, I’ve
written poetry, of course; but I never
tried to have any of it published.”
Miss Waldonia Hubb—“Now, why
don’t you send it to some of tho maga
zines. I’ve seen some frightful stuff in
them lately.”—The Wave.
A PROVISO.
He—“ Darling, I calculate that in the
course of six months our engagement caa
be announced.”
She (anxiously)—“And will you give
me the ring, then?”
He—“l will if the girl that has it
now will only get engaged to someone
•jlse.”—Truth.
A HIRED TREASURE.
Mrs. Godd—“How is your girl, Mrs.
Gabb?”
Mrs. Gabb—“Well, she’s abominably
dirty She spoils everything she cook 9,
and she’s lazy and impudent; but she
has one good quality rarely met with.”
“Indeed! What is that?”
“She stays.”—Life.
A MYSTERY.
Mr. Younghusoand (coming home
finds his wife at the stove) —“S> you
are doing your own cooking? Tell me,
now, what is it that you are cooking at
that stove, Molly?”
Molly—“ You mustn’t have so much
curiosity. I don’t know myself yet what
it is goiDg to be.”—Texas Siftings.
A MYTHICAL PARTING.
“All the world’s a stage, you know,”
said the actor whe was having his hau
trimmed.
“Yes,” replied the barber, “although
I don't realize it except when I have a
bald-headed man in the chair.”
“And why then?”
“Because I have to act a part.”
TO THE OLD MAN.
He was profoundly interested in writ
ing a letter.
“Weren’t you up to see your girl last
night?" asked the man next to him.
“Yes. I’m writing to her father now.”
“That so? Asking hitn for her?”
“No. Asking him for my overcoat
and hat he didn't give me time lb get as
I went out.”—Detroit Free Press.
AN ACCESSORY.
Mrs. Quadran —“Mr. Rennet (coyly)
—George, I have carefully considered
your proposal of yesterday, and while I
cannot give you the first love that your
true worth demands, if you will accept
my good will instead, I am /ours.”
Little Deckie (who has ca ne in unan
nounced) —“Say, mamma, do I go with
the good will of the business.”—Judge.
BELIEVED HIM.
Mm. O’Queer —“And did Mr. Mann
believe ye when ye said ye had run a
mile in a minute and a half?”
IPitflf (®w®gp
Mr. O’Queer —“Faith, he did tha f .
He said: ‘You ran a mile in a minute
and a half, did ye, Michael? Well, I’d
as soon believe vo if ye said ye had run
it in half a minute.’ So ye see what
faith he has in me veracity.”—Yankee
Blade.
VALUABLE TIME WASTED.
Tomson—“Billson is a man who never
keeps his word.
Johnson—“lndeed.”
Tomson—“Yes, confound him. 1
owe him a trifle, and he said he intended
to call round after it. I stayed out of
the house on three occasions when I ex
pected a visit fr*m him, and he didn’t
come. You can’t depend upon him.”—
Y'ankee Blade.
ONLY A FLY.
He rushed out before the irate magis
trate could fine him for contempt,
“Do you know what the difficulty
with Regensberger was to-day?” asked
one of his friends of the judge after
court had adjourned.
“No. Must bemad, or ill, or in love,”
returned the judge.
“No. Tell me, you did not wear your
cap to-day?”
“Forgot it, and the flies kept worry
ing me ail day.”
“Well,” said the friend, “that was
what ‘broke up’ Regensberger. When
ever you shook your head to dislodge a
fly he imagined you were denying his ob
jections.”—The Weekly.
A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT.
The following story, even it it pos
sesses no other merit, lias that of being
true. One evening a short while ago an
old domestic came to see her former
mistress after an interval of over twenty
years. The latter, a very religious per
son, presently interrupted the interview,
saying, “Now, Mrs. —■ —, we are going
to have prayers. Will you come, too?”
“Dear me, my lady,” said the old
servant. “Do you still keep up tho old
custom?”
Mistress (severely)—“Certainly. I
have had prayers every morning and
evening of my life ever since I oaw you
last.”
Old Servant (admiringly)—“Well, to
be sure, you are a persevering lady.”—.
London Truth.
FORCE OF HABIT.
“Force of habit is a peculiar trait,*
casually remarked the agent of an Ala
bama railroad, as we were waiting for
the train.
“In what respect?” I askcl.
“Since I have been here,” he begau,
“our traius have killed a great many
cows, and when claims are entered they
are invariably of Jersey stock.”
“Well?” I interrupted
“A few days ago,” he continued, “we
ran over an old farmer’s mule, and I have
just received a claim tor damages.”
A light broke over me, as he smilingly
concluded:
“And the old man wants us to pay
the value of a full-blooded Jersey mule.”
Verily, force of habit is a wonderful
thing.—Atlanta Constitution.
REAL SYMPATHY.
The well dressed man was standing in
front of the hotel,appearing at peace with
himself and all the world,when the hun
gry man approached him.
“Say, I haven’t had nothing to eat for
t’ree days,” said the hungry one.
“I know how to sympathize with
you,” answered the other one as he ran
his hand into his pocket and jingled
some coins. “I’ve been in just such a
fix myself.”
The hungry man's eyes glistened.
“Yes, as I was saying. I’ve been there
myself. And I know from experience
that tive days is about as long as a mau
can safely go without eating. So, if you
come around here day after to-morrow,
I’ll see that you are fed. I’m not the
man to sec a fellow creature starve to
death. No, indeedJ Now, along in
1878 I—”
But the starving man had moved on,
swearing softly but earnestly.—lndian
apolis Journal.
Artificial Noses.
There used to be a vulgarism some
thing like this “I’ll put a nose ou you.”
There is an inventor in Boston who early
adopted it as a motto, and to-day he is
enabled to perform it with neatness and
despatch. His contrivance consists of a
system of delicate springs covered with
muslin painted a flesh color. The inven
tor says of it: “It was a mere accident
my giving any attention to the matter at
all. A friend of mine had lost hiß npse
through an ulcerated tooth, -and asked
me to try and make him one. I gave
much time to the matter and finally suc
ceeded iu making him a nose that fitted
his face so snugly and gave him so little
trouble that to say he was delighted with
it would be putting it mildly. The
greatest trouble I experienced was in
getting the artificial nose painted a
natural color, and for that purpose my
friend was obliged to pass considerable
time in the artist's chair. He is not in
this city now, and the people where he
now resides would not believe it if told
that he was wearing a false one.”—Bos
ton Herald.
A Death Warning.
According to Dr. Cuiappoli, an ex
traordinary opening of the eyelids which
gives the eyes the appearauce of pro
truding from their orbits, is sometimes
seen in patients who apparently havo
long to live, and this is an unfailing
sign of death within twenty-four hours.
In some cases only one eye is affected,
but even then death is certaiu to take
place within seventy-two hours. The
effect is ascribed to a diseased state cf
the sympathetic nerve, but why it should
always be a death symptom is not known.
—Trenton (N. J.) American.
Several girl students at Cornell (N.
Y.) University are taking the course in
agriculture. Another Cornell girl is
stadying veterinary surgery.
JACKSON, GA„ TUESDAY. MARCH 1, 1892
ALLIANCE HOSTS
ASSEMBLED IN CONVENTION
AT ST. LOUIS.
Proceedings of the Meeting—lndepen
dent Political Action EvideuL
The industrial conference at St. Louh
was called to order at half-past 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon. It was a most re
markable gathering, and viewed in the
light of a historic event deserves more
than passing mention. Just be/ore the
meeting was c died to order B. Snyder
an allianceman from Kansas, who* had
been assigned to arrauge the different
delegations in Music Hall, made a short
speech, in which he said that undei
the new declaration of independence that
was about to be inauguiated he knelt
nothing but the stars and stripes,
and he wanted the north and south, eaf&
and west to strike hands with him on
this proposition. He then proceeded to
assign the different delegations to seats
on the floor.
Ben Terrell, of Texas, then called the
gathering to order. Rv.B. H. Basher,
of Illinois, opened with prayer, and then,
in deference to the Woman’s Christian
Temperance union and other female or
ganizations that have a hankering after
the privileges of the ballot box, Miss
Alice Mitchell was introduced and saner
in a rich full voice “The Star Spangled
Banner” and “Suwanee River” amidst
tremendous applause.
NUMBER OF DELEGATES PRESENT.
The report of the credential committee
showed that there were 240 delegates
from the Farmers’ Alliance, 53 from
the Farmer’s Alliance Mutual Benefit As
sociation, 82 from the Knights of Labor,
97 from the National Farmers’ Alliance,
2o from Citzers Alliance, 97 from the
National Colored Alliance, 27 from the
National Citizen’s Alliance, 75 from the
Patrons of Industry and 25 from the Pa
trons of Husbandry.
ADDRES3 OF WELCOME.
C. P. Walbridge, president of the city
council of St. Louis, welcomed the g.\th
ering to the city, saying he felt assured
that the power that would go out from
this hall would warp and change all
other powers in tho political world of
this union. President L. L. Polk was
then introduced.
PRESIDENT POLK’S SPEECH.
In his speech to the convention Presi
dent Polk said among other things:
“We have presented th se complaints
faithfully and presistently to the two
great political parties of this country.
We presented them to these parties
where they could have rendered us ser
vice, not iu political conventions, but we
went into the halls of congress and pre
sented them to the two great old parties.
They did not demur, they admitted that
our complaints were just. That was
two years ago. In January 1891, wo
went before these tw r o parties and laid
our complaints before them. In January,
1892, we went before these same two old
parties and presented our complaints,
and what has been the answer?
“You don’t know what you need.”
[Laughter.] “Go home, work harder,
live closer and keep out of politics and
you will be all right.” [Laughter and
applause nnd renewed applause.] Vilifi
cation, misrepreientation, abuse and
slander was the answer we got for our
appeal for help. That body has been in
session for fourteen months since our first
appeal was filed, and there was not one
scratch of a pen on their statute book to
show that they have ever attempted tc
give us relief. * * * Mr. Chairman,
we want relief, wo demand relief—[ap
plause]—we will have relief—[voice,
“amen” and applause]—and we desire tc
repeat here and now, and to emphasizo
what I have said from New York to Cali
fornia, and from Michigan to Texas, we
intend to have that relief if we have to
whip the two old parties out of exist
ence.” —[Great cheering.]
Here the uproar was so great that the
speaker had to suspend for a minute
or so.
T. V. Powderly, of the Knights of
Labor, spoke out and out for independ
ent political action, declaring that he
and every Knight of Labor in the
country would stand by whatever this
conference agreed upon.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY TALKS.
Ignatius Donnelly claimed the wrapt
attention of the vast assembly in a clever
and well-timed speech. He is a natural
orator as well as a man of culture, and
he carried the crowd with a whoop and
a swing. Heb -gan a flood cf ridicule
by asking: “In this august gathering,
who is here who will speak of the old
political parties? Why, my friends,
their gatherings soon to assemble in Chi
cago and Minneapolis will be conglomer
ated aggregations of unpiincipled politi
cians, met to divide the plunder of the
republic. There is a sublime meaning: to
this gathering. All the past has pre
pared the way for it. From
the insurrection of the slaves, who seized
the rocky is'and, from the revolt of the
gladiators under Spartacus, from the old
German peasant war so ruthlessly tram
pled out, from the French revolution,
from the Cromwellian outbreak, from
the insurrection of Watt Tyler and Jack
Cade, from the birth of the American re
public in the collision of 1776 to this
time, events led up to the doors of this
chamber. This is the culmination of all
the sufferings and ignorance of the past;
this the magnificent efflorescence and
flowering out of the constitution of the
United States and the declaration of in
dependence. This, I repeat, is the most
august event that has happened in the
history of the human family. The bond
of reunion established between the wage
workers of the cities and the oppressed
occupants of the lands of America shall
never be dissolved.” [Applause.]
In his satire cn the alleged affiliation
of democrats and republicans, he ex
olaimed: “It may come this year, and if
it don’t it will c me next year—there
will be a wedding in this country. [Great
applause.] The wedding will be be
tween the democrats and republicans.
[Applause.] They will be married at
the altar of plutocracy, and Grovei
Cleveland and Ben Harrison will .act ae
bridesmaids. [Great laughter.] The
will give away the bride—[great
laughter and applause; renewed laughter
and cheering]—and Jay Gould will pro
nounce tho benediction. [Applause.]
WIPE OUT THE LINE.
Right here Mr. Donnelly made an im
portant statement, to-wit: “I will tell
you, my friends, what we propose to do.
We propose to wipe Mason and Dixsn’s
line out of our geographies. [Great
cheering.] We propose to wipe the color
line all off our politics. [Applause]
We propose to take injusUc? out of our
laws. We propose to give the American
people prosperity. [Applause.] We
propose that the man who creates shall
own what he creates. [Great applause.]
We pr >pose to take the robber class from
the throat of industry. We propose, nay
friends, to take possession of the govern
ment of the Uni’cd States. [Applause.]
We propose to place out nominees in the
whi e house. [Great applause.] Don’t
you go out from this meeting with any
half-hearted declaration or any puny hop
in your hearts.”
A PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
On motion of Ignatius Donnelly, a
recess was taken to select a committee on
platform to consist of one from each
state and three from each organization
represented. A temperance plank will be
in the platform, as Miss Frances E. Wil
lard, Lady Somerset, Miss Hoffman and
Mrs. F. H. Ingalls, of the W. C. T. U.,
were admitted as delegates.
Miss Frances E. Willard and Ben Ter
rell were elected vice-presidents of the
conference. Miss Willard was brought
forward and spoke for woman suffrage,
saying she knew no sect in religion, no
section in po’itics, and no sex in citizen
ship. She was wildly cheered by the
west and north.
In the midst of great confusion on ac
count of many strangers being on the
floor, Colonel L. L. Polk was nominated
for permanent chairman. Kentucky
clamored for recognition, and finally a
delegate from that state advansed into
the aisle and nominated Ben Terrell, of
Texas, for permanent chairman: Ben
Terrell came forward and declined, ask
ing that Colonel Polk’s election be made
unanimous, which was done.
The report of the committee on cre
dentials was made, showing that a unan
imous report had been agreed except in
the case of Georgia, whose had
not been agreed upon.
The motion for the committee on plat
form was amended so that one member
from each state and one from each twen
ty-five delegates will be chosen.
A telegram f:om Washington received
from C. W. Macune, asked that an ex
pression of opinion be given on the bill
to prevent dealing in futures and for
that purpose a committee of one from
each state was appointed to denounce
futures.
SKOOND DAY.
The Georgia delegation held a/ caucus
Tuesday afternoon, at which Moses de
manded tho credentials of of
Post, Branch aud Parker, ana which
created some disturbance. Gilmore was
appointed by Humphrey?, of Texas, to
represent the negro alliancemen of Geor
gia and given elcveu vote's.
When the National Citizens’ Alliance
caucussed at (he organization of the con
yen’ion there were members enough in
several states to < ntitle them to twenty
five delegates, but there were not states
enough, so three votis were given to
Ellington, Parker and Branch, and the
Georgia delegates were finally seated.
At 9 ’c ock Wednesday morning a re
markable scene occured in the music hall.
Two hundred old soldiers marched upon
the stage, and old confederate arm in arm
with an old federal, and the most intense
excitement p evai led. Resolutions pleig
ing allegiance to the stars and stripes,and
promising to act hand in hand in the
luture for the benefit of the common
country were adopted, and then rousing
speeches of frates nity wero made by
Vaudivere, of North Dakota, for the
blue, and Polk, of North Carolina, for
the gray. At the conclusion of Polk’s
speech he and Watterson clasped hands
while the crowd went wild. Ex-Senator
VanWicke, of Nebraska, spoke for the
north. At every mention of another
party the wild st enthusiasm prevailed,
while the flag that floated over the vet
erans on the stage was waved frantically
back and forth.
Branch, of Georgia, introduced a reso
lution protesting against the condition
of the common people of this country to
day and holding the democratic and re
publican parties re ponsible for it, and
moved the suspension of the rules for its
adoption. Ben Terrell, of Texas, who
had been called to the chair, ruled that
the resolution was out of order. Branch
appealed from the decision of the chair'
but, before the question could be put, he
agreed for the resolution to lay on the
table until the committee on platform re
ported.
A resolution was introduced to call the
roll of delegates and fire all who were
not. This provoked quite a discussion
which called the president of the com
mittee on credentials to the front. He
said this should be done, as tie commit
tee had been imposed upon in one
Georgia’s.
THE PLATFORM BROUGHT IN.
Powderly spoke in favor of the reso
lution and asked the convention to put
out A. A. Carsey and Gallahew, two la
bor strikers from New York. The reso
lution was acropte J. The committee on
Elatform reported, Ignatius Donnelly
aving prepared the preamble to the
platform, which he read.
THE PLATFORM.
The following is tie platform with the
closing paragraphs of a lengthy pream
ble:
“We assert that i political organiza
tion representing th; political principles
herein stated, is necisrary to redress - the
grievances of which we complain.
Assembled on ths anniversary of the
birth of the illustrbus man who led the
first great revolution on this continent
against oppression filled with the senti
ments which actua;ed that grand gener
ation, we seek to rsstore the government
of the republic to the hand of the ‘plain
people’ with wbon it originated.
Our doors are open to all points of the
compass. We aax all honest men to join
with us and helpus, in order to restrain
the extortions #f aggregated capital, to
drive money chingers out of the tem
ple, to form a perfeet union, estab
lish justice, hsure domestic tranquil
ity, provide fir the common defense,
promote genenl welfare and secure the
blessings of lilcrty for ourselves and our
posterity. We do ordain and establish
the following platform of principles:
1. We declare the uuion of labor forces
of the United States this day accom
plish and, permanent and perpetual. May
its spirit enter into all hearts for the sal
vation of the republic and the uplifting
of mankind.
2. Wealth belongs to him who created
it. Every dollar taken from industry
without an equivalent is robbery. If any
will not work neither shall he eat. The
interests of rural and urban labor are tho
same; their enemies are identical.
3. We demand a national fcurrency,
safe and sound and flexible, issued by
the general government, the only full
legal tender for all debts, public and pri
vate, and without the use of banking
corporations, a just and equitable means
of circulation; a tax not t® exceed 6 per
cent, as set forth in the sub-treasury
plan of the Farmers' - Alliance, or some
better system; also by payments in the
discharge of its obligations for public
improvements.
4. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
5. We demand that tke amount of the
circulation medium be speedily increased
to not less than SSO per capita.
6. We demand a graduated income
tax.
7. We believe that the money of the
treasury should be kept as much as pos
sible in tho hands of the people, and
hence we demand that all national and
state revenues shall be limited to the nec
essary expenses of the government, eco
nomically and honestly administered.
8. We demand that postal saviDgi
banks be established by the government
for the safe deposit ot the earnings of
the people and to facilitate exchange.
9. Your subcommittee upon the land
plank begs to submit to your approval
the following: The land, including all
natural resources of wealth, is the heri
tage of all tho people and should not be
monopolized for speculative purposes,
and alien ownership of land should be
prohibited. All land now held by rail
roads and other corporations in excess of
their actual needs and all land now owned
by aliens should be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers
only.
10. Transportation being the means of
expense a public necessity the govern
menC should own and operate roads in
the interest of the people.
11. The telegraph and telephone, like
the postal system, being necessary for the
transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the government ii the
interest of the people.
12. We demand that the government
issue legal tender notes and pay union
soldiers the difference between the price
of the depreciated money in which he
was paid in gold.
Resolved, That we hail this conference
as the consum nation of the perfect union
of hearts and hands of all sections of our
common oountry, mm who wore the grey
and men who wore the blue meet here to
extinguish the last srnoulderiug embers of
the civil war in tears of joy of a united
and happy people, and we agree to carry
the stars and stripes forward forever to
the highest point of national greatness.
While the convention was preparing to
consider the platform a side whiskered
fellow who afterwards turned out to be
Fred Swaiue, an ex-immber of the Mis
souri Legislature and a labor agitator
who had recently been fired from a labor
union, moved to put in a plank for eight
hours of labor. “He’s not a delegate,”
shouted Witt, the secretary of the union
that fired >waine. “He’s a democrat
bolter.” Tho outcome was that Swaine
was forcibly ejected from the hall.
The wildest excitement prevailed when
the platform had been read, but great
disappointment was manifested when it
was learned that prohibition and woman
suffrage had been ignored. In conse
quence of this, Miss Willard, as one of the
members of the platform committee,
presented a minority report.
Richardson, the superintendent of the
Georgia Negro Alliance, was dissatisfied
with the action of Humprhies in issuing
credentials to men who he claims do not
represent the order, and he and his asso
ciates have called a convention of the
Negro Alliance in another city yet to be
named.
A CONVENTION CALLED.
The people’s party executive commit
tee, with full authority from the conven
tion, or mass meeting, was in session
with the people’s party national commit
tee Wednesday afternoon, and agreed
upon a date and place for the national
presidential nominating convention.
May 4th and 24th were each favored.
July 4th was selected as the date, the
place for holding the convention being
left to be chosen by a subcommittee
of ten to be appointed by
Mr. Taubeneck, of Illinois. Omaha
and Kansas City, Kan., were favorably
mentioned. The latter date was given
preference over May 24th, for one reason,
because it was alleged an early date
might be in the interest of Leland Stan
ford as a republican presidential possi
bility, and in addition July 4th would
afford an opportunity to see what the
enemy will do.
THIKD DAY.
Miss Willard’s minority report created
a sensation. Many fierce speeches were
make for and against it Mrs, D. R.
Debbs, of Colorado, offered as a substi
tute that the question of universal suf
frage should be submitted to the legis
latures of the different states and terri
tories. The question was called by
states—Alabama, Florida, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and the District of Col
umbia.
Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Vir
ginia. West Girginia and South Carolina
voted no. California, Colorado, Indiana,
Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wyoming
and South Dakota voted for the question,
3 against. lowa, 9 for and 3 against;
Michigan, 8 for and 10 against; Kansa,
7 for and 21 against; Missouri, 21 for
and 2 against; Nebraska, 15 for and 23
against; New York, 0 for and 3 against,
and Wisconsin, 12 for and 1 against.
This vote was taken in the midst of the
wildest confusion.
After the vote had been taken, the
Knights of Labor voting in with the
states, Powderly wanted them to vote
as an organization, and the W. C. T. U.
wanted a vote. After considerable
wrangling the Knights of Labor agreed
to vote for the amendment to submit the
matter to the legislature if it was put in
as a resolution and was not put on the
platform.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Ignatius Donnelly arose and begged
for harmonj, so that the platform could
be adopted and the convention called to
nominate the next president ahd vice
president of the United States. He
thought woman suffrage was too small a
rock upon which to split such an amity
movement. Order was restored and the
platform was then adopted unanimously.
The sceue when the cyclone of ayes
swept the building was wild in the ex
treme-men taking off their hats
and throwing them in the air,
wearing their coats around their
heads, hugging each other, raising
hats on umbrellas, and then the Kansas
delegation secured & big flag and waved
it round and round the heads of all with
in reach; men bellowed like hulls and
yelled themselves hoarse and then a
mighty chorus of glory, glory halieluj ih
rang out from nearly a thousand mascu
line throats and made the very walls joiu
in with the rejoicing delegates.
AGAINST DEALING IN OPTIONS.
The address prepared by Ignatius Don
nelly was adopted unanimously. The
committee on options reported a resolu
tion protesting against dealing in options
and futures and demanding legislation
against it. It was unanimously adopted.
A SHOUT FOR BREAD.
Thousands of Unemployed Working
men in Germany Raise the Cry.
A cablegram from Berlin, Germany,
says: A body of 2,000 unemployed
workmen held a meeting Thursday with
the object of deciding upon some course
of action that would improve their con
dition. Upon the conclusion of the
meeting a procession was formed and
marched down the Unter den
Linden, singing the “Marseillaise.”
When the procession reached the
castle of the emperor it was met by a
body of soldiers. The officer in com
mand ordered the procession to make way
for the soldiers, but the workmen refused
to do so. The police then charged the
crowd and a free fight ensued. After a
short struggle the workmen were dis
persed, and the leaders were arrested.
“the kaiser must see us.”
The meeting of which the disturb
ance was the outcome, was held in the
suburb of Friedrichshain, under so
cialist auspices, and was attended
by several thousand unemployed persons.
Several violent speeches were made. The
last speaker called on the crowd listening
to him to go to Berlin, inciting shouted
responses of “We will go, and the kaiser
must see us.” The procession was then
formed. It marched up Koenig strasse,
past the town hall, to Schloss place, the
square on which stands the impe
rial castle. Here the crowd shout
ed the demands for bread,
and their attitude was so threatening
that the police sent for reinforcements.
Being strengthened by the arrival of aid,
the police drew their sabers and tried to
di-perse the crowd, but the clamorous
people resisted, making use of the clubs
they c-irried. Several persons were in
jured on both sides before the square
was cleared. The persons arrested in
cluded a number of women. During the
evening hundreds of unemployed persons
carried by storm the butcher and baker’s
shops in the Koepenik.
BIBMARCK IN IT.
Emperor Wudam’s speech made at
Brandenburg intensely excites political
circles, it being held by some that a dan
gerous crisis is inevitable. It is reported
that when the sectarian education bill in
the Prussian diet reaches the oberhaus,
Prince Bismarck, at the head of the
strongest party ever known in Germany,
will oppose the government.
THE WEEK’S PROGRAM
In the House and Senate Promises to
be Uneventful.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday
says: The week in congress is likely to
be uneventful. Although bth houses
will reasemble Tuesday, it is improbable
that a quorum of congress will be pres
ent until fehe following day. The Clajer-
Dubers contested election case will come
up in the senate as unfinished busi
ness, and may consume several days
in its discussion; the Paddock pure food
bill is set down as the next subject for
consideration, and a prolonged debate up
on the merits of the measure is inevita
ble. These matters will probably oc
cupy the a tention of the senate
during the legislative week.
When the house reassembles, accord
ing to an understanding heretofore
reached, it will begin consideration of its
first election contest, namely, that of
Craig vs. Stewart, from Pennsylvania,
and it is possible that the contest will
last two days. The Indian appropriation
bill is unfinished business before the
house. Considerable progress was made
in its consideration during the two days
of the past week when it was under dis
cussion. Any time in addition to one
legislative day devoted to the Indian
appropriation bill will militate against
the private bills which are entitled to
engross the whole of Friday when there
is not some latter of the privilege of
greater importance before the house.
Saturday is what may be termed an
“open day” in the popular branch of
congress, nothing being set down for
that day.
The democra'ic caucus is a part of the
programme for the week, and it is ex
pected that in this caucus the party pol
icy of th r nainder of s ssion on the
tariff ad s.lver questions wil. bcdicussed
with vigor an I earnestness.
GEORGIA’S NEW BISHOP
Preaches His Farewell Sermon at
Bethlehem, Pa.
A dispatch from Bethlehem, Pa., says:
On Sunday Dr. C. Kinloch Nelson,
bishop-elect of Georgia, delivered his
farewell sermon to the congregation of
the Church of the Nativity, of which he
was rector. Dr. Nelson’s ability as a
Ereacher is something marked, and he
aa hundreds of warm personal friends
here who deeply regret to see him take
his departure. The people of Georgia
will find in their new bishop a man f
broad views, splendid executive ability
gad great personal strength.
NUMBER 9.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming- an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
The Dixie Plow works, at Richmond,
Va., were partially burned Wednesday,
Loss, $ 10,000; insured.
The Southern Biptist convention will
meet in Atlanta, Ga., in the early part of
next May. There will bo at least 1,50 C
delegates and visitors presont.
Fire at San Antonio, Texas, Thursday,
burned a number of business houses, en
tailing a loss of $250,000; insurance,
$70,000. Two acres were burned over.
The republican state executive com
mittee of Wist Virgiuia, on Wednesday,
fixed the convention to select delegatci
to the national convention, to be held at
Martinsburg May sth.
The Daily Florida Standard, which be
gan publication at Jacksonville in July,
1890, and was the organ of the anti-Call
faction in the democratic party, suspend
ed publication Tuesday.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says: Mr.
Vardaman’s bill making the 3d of Juns
Jefferson Davis’s birthday a legal holi
day, passed the house of representatives
Wednesday with only two dissenting
votes.
Dr. J. W. Rankin, a prominent busi
ness man and citizen of Atlanta, died
Tnursday. He was connected with the
well known S. S. S. Medicine, Cos., the
Atlanta Glass Works aud various other
enterprises.
A Nashville dispatch of Wednesday
says: Peter Turney, chief justice of the
supreme court, is out iu a card in answer
to calls upon him from all over the state,
in which he announces his intention to
become a Candida'e for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination.
At San Francisco, Thursday, the jury
in the case of Curtis, the actor, who
killed a policeman in that city last year,
was unable to agree and was discharged.
It stood ten for conviction and two for
acquittal. Mr. Curtis is well known as
“Sam’l of Posen.”
A Tuscaloosa, Ala., dispatch of Tues
day says: Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald, D.
D., of California, bishop of the Method
ist Episcopal church, south, has accepted
an invitation to deliver the baccalaureate
sermon at the forthcoming commence
ment of the State university, June 26th.
A Chattanooga dispatch of Thursday
says: One of the most notable labor
meetings ever held in tills state will be tha
labor congress, which convenes at Nash
ville Monday. Every labor union in the
state will be represented, and “anti-con
vict clubs” will be organized to assist in
the fight between free labor and the con
vict system now agitating Tennessee.
A Raleigh dispatch says: The trial at
Smithfield of Wieghtmau Thompson, a
white man of uood family, for murdering
W. W. Pearsall, wife aud two children,
and burning their house to destroy traces
of the crime, near Goldsboro, during the
holidays, as stated in these dispatches at
the time, envied Thursday, resulting in
Thompson’s conviction and sentence to be
hanged Thursday, April 14th.
A Bristol, Tenn., dispatch of Tuesday
says: The famous Dr. Baker is on trial
for wife poisoning. The 109 witnesses
are all well. Twenty-nine men came
from Bortetourt coun'y, from which a
competent jury of twelve was selected.
The case has taken a different turn. Mrs.
Gilmer, the paramour and accessory to
the awful crime, has seemingly taken the
law into her own hands.
The Southern Ice Exchange met in
Birmingham, Ala.. Thursday, all South
ern states being represented. Papers
were read on several matters of interest
to the trade and discussed. C. W. Biese,
of Chattanooga, was elected president;
Morris Benjamin, of Atlanta, vice-presi
dent; C. F. Suggs, of Huntsville, secre
tary and treasurer. The exchange ad
journed to meet in Atlanta on the second
Tuesday in February, 1893.
A Richmond dispatch says: The house
of delegates have passed the senate bill
retiring $2,500,000 in state bonds held
by educational institutions, and issuing
certificates therefor. The senate finance
committee reported a bill appropriating
annually $30,000 or $l5O per capita for
the Lee Camp Soldiers’ Home. This
appropriation is made upon condition
that the property of the home shall re
vert to the commonwealth after a period
of not over twenty-two years.
A Raleigh dispatch says: On Tuesday
the representatives of the Postal Tele
graph Company appeared before the rail
way commission and urged it to take
some steps to secure properly qualified
operators to send train orders. It was
set forth that many of the operators at
the railway stations are mere b >ys, with
out proper knowledge of telegraphy, and
that that greatly increases the danger to
life and property. If the board has the
power, it is asked to recommend to the
legislature the desired action. The board
now has the matter under consideration.
The most violent earthquake shock;
ever experienced at San Diego, Cal.,
routed the people out of bed at 11:14
o’clock Wednesday night. The move-i
meat began at that time, and contrary
to the usual experience, continued nearly
a minute. It was very severe. Build
ings swayed so much that guests in the
hotels aod private houses, awakened
from sound sleep, rushed to the street in
their night clothe*. A loud rumbling
accompanied the tremble. No damage
was done. The shock was also f( It at
Los Angeles.
DIAZ IS MASTER.
The Operations of Garza and His
Followers at an End.
A dispatch of Monday from the city of
Mexico says: A thorough investigation
along the frontier shows that there is now
no danger of any uprising in Mexico.
The Garz-i bandits, who had been opf r
ating on United states territory appear to
have disbanded with no likeiiho and of re
rvr--y.ni7.inar.