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NH > * * o o C z Reformer < .<i. MAXDEKYILLE, Editor. VOLUME I. THE LEGISLATURE. OBORGIA'fl LAW.MARKKA MEET AM) IfKdIX WORK. Routine Ilunlne<t<i of Roth House aud Semite—Kills of lutere-il. SESSION OP THE HOUSE. 0 Z.th _ pat— I he entire session of the own* 1 uesdav morning was taken up m discussing a few sections of thoap proprm ions u . ho amendment of i f° f" J Twr imV* V 10 and an 1 for r 1 18J6 HOfM to $2JO,00J, and 81,000 li; restore Mm wor,,,mt pumps used in he waterworks system of the institu tion, came up first for consideration, ibe amendment, after considerable f , was agree, to. I lie next see «l°n r' < 0 fu d Wft " tb '! 1 ‘HTroprmtmg 810,000 mm for the support of the academy JV he i!‘, 1 ' nd IO , r . * each ‘ )f urst, th ® y°“ of r " i? \\ ul- 9 , 5 ton, . offered #r 1 an amendment mere,,a ing the appropriation to $18,000. Mr. Fleming said that $10,000 was w .rogu nr appropriation, and iu could see no use of increasing ‘ it. JMr.xuirsi Mr Hurst uiHisten A it. that n i *1 the attendance was larger. ti... « *’ ..........4 , .. . , was then appropriated for tin* Udiver "tty ,it AtWiifi, *112.500 for tlio Tech nologicl ,n,I *22,000 for th, Oo„r«i» Norm,a n„,l Im , .tri, Col- »ot logo »t M,ll,,lg„villr. Tho n, xt naiic‘' hi! r nU ' ^ ti* i ** Vi* maint. ' ral* m™,,, CuUfJc ri O V * l /i rkla Ak I 0I1 1 U * at ”‘ I) ,Klu "T u 1 I l S n i o H hot, „ V. I hllorriti I f ' t 7 IU """,’ .»'«■* " tbo ,0 Htate tho ,h . .ou.lition. . of the eem P’S The committee’s report, appropriating $5,1)0(1 to tlie* college,was adopted. M r. Hodges, of Bibb, offered an amendment to thiH portion of tho bill, appropriat¬ ing $2,000 to tho Middle Georgia Mil¬ itary and Agricultural College at Mil - ledgcville. While this amendment was being discussed, tho committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again. Mr. Fleming, of Richmond, It Kh'ml, ,,,,1, ir? S ,, <-l r ;! , cU v ™ rn< " 1 U i r , ' „' S ,r ^'‘vvl m, "V,"'. thut S . tU r ' , ,? u h'Sl'b I Ire ,, ti O „ , \, ■ r. ockwcll n nu, loHt. 5rr. iintil ,u,To .1 « clock , n'V;: Wednesday ?‘ OV r' morning. inljour,, aneoirric, >\ e \o „l ,. to 72. . Mr .Icak.as aunouaced the bouse „,1 journed until Wednesday morning at " ' 1,0 ’ lv .* wlncln 11,ere was applause, j 28 th Day—I he house Wednesday morning into fnuncdiately resolved itself ft-eommittee of the whole for the further consideration of the appropria tion bill. The amendment of Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, to restore the $2,000 appropriation to the Middle Georgia Military aud -After Agricultural College was taken up. considerable discus¬ sion a vote was taken. The amend¬ ment was lost by a vote of 102 to 42. The next section of the bill adopted was that appropriating $8,000 for the university for tho colored people. Thou came the section to pay the in¬ terest on the land scrip fund due the State University, $0,314.14. Mr. Boi feuillet, of Bibb, brought on another discussion by an amendment to in¬ crease the appropriation to the Girls’ Industrial and Normal College at Mil ledgeville, for which $22,900 was ap¬ propriated Tuesday, to $25,000 for the purpose of erecting new buildings, h v Boifeuillet created considerable iut timent by his persistency and mde.i his remarks bv a poetical piotatiou which was loudly ap Ialidad by his -colleagues. The 1’iotion to reconsider was then oted njH>n and was lost, the \ote be¬ ing 105 nays and 38 yeas. The next appropriation adopted was $300,000 f*r the common schools, and whatever othcA funds may be in the treasury at the time of making the apportionment a* required by tho code. (Should the returns of taxable property for the year* 1895 and 1890 prove to bo great or than four hundred and twenty-nine milliou dollars, then the mins arising from the general tax levy upon those returns of taxable property in excess of four hundred and twenty-nine mil¬ lion dollars is to go to the common school fund of the state, in addition to the$**00,000 appropriated and in addi¬ tion to the moneys appropriated by txistinglaws to the common school ft*nd. The next section adopted ap¬ propriated $542,000 on bonds matur¬ ing July 1st, 1890, and $368,835 for tlw* interest maturing in 1895 and 1896. For the department of agri¬ culture $10,000 wns appropriated, far salary of the chemist $3, 060, for replenishing chemical apjwratus $1,000, to bo paid from fees for inspecting fertilizers and 1, i the geological survey $8,000. On motion of Mr. Branch, of Columbia, th- contingent fund was cut down to $10,000, the committee having recom¬ mended $15,000, and on motion of Mr. Denuard, of Wilcox, the sum of $800 recommended by the committee for the board of visitors to the experi¬ ment station, was cut down to $500. Due hundred dollars was applied to tho state board of pharmacy for analyz¬ ing drugs, and $500 was appropriated for the use of the supreme court of Georgia for indexing the original bills of exceptions and transcripts of record. Fqr the printing fund the sum of $15,000 was appropriated,out of which 0 shall be paid for publishing gieal reports, $800 was set aside he contingent expenses of the aid commission, $1,700 was set for the contingent expenses of supremecourt, aud $1,000 •n. the finance committee set aside 818, 000 for repairs to public buildings, t* purchase coal, wood, gas and furniture for the executive mansion and to pay engineer, guards, servants and one p<rhr for each department in the f-tuto capitol. Governor Atkinson thought one porter for every depart¬ ment was not needed, and Air. Keagan, of Henry, offered an amendment that the cumber of porters be left to the discretion of the governor. The amendment was adopted. For paying expenses of officials in visiting the convict camps 81,500 was appropri For insuring public property $8,000 was appropriated, and on mo tiun of >,r - Johnson, of Hall, an amenilm-ut was adopted setting aside $450 for insuring the Dahloncga Col¬ | 0 go. The light * of the day was in cf thc nii litarv. The first appropriation bill prepared appropriated 820,000 for organizing, arming and equipping the volunteer forces of the state. The finance coin mitteo cut out thin section and left the military without a cent. Air. Hodges, ( ,f P.ibb, offered an amendment ap propriating 8*20,000 for this purpose, Wh.le this amendment was being dis Mr. Rockwell moved that the cotmnitb8‘ arise, report 1 progress and ask ■ leave . to . bit again. The motion was carried. 1 After 144 some discussion v ................ p. m., ho as <0 finislt up the appropriation bill. " " At T Tho "P"*™ , v ™ *«» )» ««™ Unirs.lay , ,. 71'' ; y " 1 ml 1 °, „ 1110 n ’ c “' T ,crH ° ,,f 'r^l' ‘ be l " ,l “ industrious and lollop: passed « tmmhor or hill,, „ To .tmiiafcr Dawson county from the Blue KMg- j««Uc»l rirouit to Iho North Mslir „ oimlit T() orcato „ rmt , ljc ,,-hool b.vbIciu for Wilko, oonotv; Atlkhta To .-xvlu.Io fro,,, the city court of «11 1,111 »«th>„» iuTolving'1c* thon 8100; A „routi» B a l.oenl of cxeminor, for stationary engineers in Fulton county; To incorporate the town of Oakman; To change the time of holding the Dawson superior court; To ullow judges to hold court in a county otlur than their own; To establish a board of commissioners in the county of Talbot; To make the of¬ ficials of Dougherty county pay the w<3k.-.n cost for conviction ,"c of convicts D™ who are r „n,i» K i,ott I y Pomil T „ rtuthorizo the state 111, r, ri '"> »« h,r„i.l, the county olUeinl, i,i t h Code ,.„d other book, for tho county of Ileurd; To provide oouipen p„(,' 0 n for the county commies,'oners of Colquitt county ; To create a sinking 1*95-0 of *100,000 each y ear to l,o collected by special lew , M „ 3e d to pay valid bonds; To provide for a board of oomrnis sjonora of ronds and revenue for Jones county; To incorporate the town of Newborue, in Newton county; To abolish the county court of Lowndes county; A bill for the safe keeping of the registration books of Chatham county; To require the registration of the voters iu McIntosh county; To establish a city court for Macon, in Bibb county; To regulate for the reg¬ istration of voters in Baker county. The following senate bills were passed: A bill to abolish tho board of roiulty and revenue in Carroll county; A bill to provide for the municipal election in Savannah, by Mr. Osborne. The house adjourned at 12 o’clock to meet Friday morning. 30th Day. —In the house Friday morning tho committee on privileges and elections made their report on tho Cook-Blalock contest from Fayette county. Majority aud minority re¬ ports were presented. The majority report unseating Cook aud giving the seat to Blalock was adopted after a breezy discussion.; Mr. Blalock was then sworn in by Chief Justice Sim¬ mons. (Speaker Fleming announced the receipt of a memorial from certain colored citizens of Polk comity, who wished to emigrate to some free coun¬ try. Tho memorial was sent to the judiciary committee. Mr. Arnold Broyles, of Fulton, introduced a bill that will create a good deal of gossip. It is a bill to make it un¬ lawful for the clerk or the reporter of the supreme court or their as¬ sistants or partners ut law to practice in that court. Mr. Boyett, of Stewart, introduced a bill tending to pre¬ vent the spread of glanders among horses. Tt provides that the owner of stock, if he thinks glanders has effected any horse or mule, shall notify the governor at once and he shall send a veterinary surgeon at once to inspect the diseased animals. If he decides that it is glanders, the owner shall no¬ tify the ordinary and he shall appoint three free holders to examine tho ani¬ mals and asses their value. Tho state shall then have the animals killed and burned aud shall pay the owner seven¬ ty-five per cent of the T- alue. Mr. Hol¬ land, of Cobb, introduced a bill to re¬ peal the penalty now imposed upon telegraph companies for the non-deliv¬ ery of a message. Many other new bills of more or less importance were introduced aud read. The session was extended to 1:45 and at that hour the house adjourned. 31st Day —Tho house of represents-* fives is hard at work ou the general registration bill. At Saturday’s ses¬ sion it devoted the eutire time to the consideration of this measure, * and while it did.not finish with the bill un¬ der consideration, it got through with six sections, aud the .progress made shows most clearly, not only that such a bill will be passed, but that it will be a bill a9 nearly as practicable meet¬ ing the wants of all the people of the state. A resolution and message from the governor were preeented in regard to the death of Hon. Joseph E. Brown, and the house adjourned in respect to his memory. SESSION OF THE SENATE. 27th DAY—Tuesday rooming the nmate refused to pass the bill intro- “The Voice*of the People is the Voice of <Jod.*' FORT GA., FRIDAY DECEMBER (j, 1894. duced by Senator Merger to allow th < supreme court to aim >unce iti decis¬ ions, auil not write them out, when the amount involved is less than 8500. The committee on elections, through its chairman, Mr. Little, sub¬ mitted a report in the contested elec¬ tion case of Whitley vs. Williams, from the 5t5th district. The report cited various frauds practiced at some of the election precincts, where Will¬ iams received large majorities. The report also cited the fact that Will¬ iams had not paid his taxes for three years before his election, and for that reason was not entitled to a seat in the senate. It recommended that Williams be unseated and Whitley be given the seat. The report was adopted. The oath of office was then adminis¬ tered to Senator Whitley by Associate Justice Spencer Atkinson of the su¬ preme court, aud he was escorted to the seat formerly occupied by Mr. Wil¬ liams. It was a coincidence that Judge Atkinson, who administered the oath and Dr. Whitley were raised together and were schoolmates. The house bill introduced by Mr. "West of Lowndes providing for paying the public schools next year was taken up and passed. As soon as the governor signs the bill it wifi become a law. It provides pay¬ ment of teachers from January 1st, 1895, to July 1st. 28xn Day. —Doveruor Atkinson has started on his appointments. Wednes¬ day morning he sent a long list of them to the senate, among them being that of Professor P. D. Pollock, of Macon, to be stale school commissioner in place of lion. H. D. Brad well, the present incumbent. Immediately af¬ ter the reading of the journal Senator Tatum moved that the argnmentive portion contained iu the minority re¬ port of the committee on elections be stricken from the journal. The pres¬ ident ruled that the report could nut be changed, whereupon Mr. Tatum withdrew his motion. Senator Boyd, chairman of the temperance committee, submitted a report ou the bill to abol¬ ish barrooms. The report recommends that the bill pass by substitute, which is the bill of Senator Mercer. A num¬ ber of new bills were introduced. The following bills were passed: Bill pro¬ viding for the appointment of audit¬ ors, prescribing their duties, fixing their compensation, providing for a method of making their reports and regulating the practice iu eases where exceptions are filed to their reports; A bill to regulate the law of assign¬ ments for the benefit of creditors, to fix the rights and duties of assignors, creditors aud assignees, (this bill prac¬ tically does away with the extravagant charges of receivers, and the creditors will get the money instead of the re¬ ceivers); Bill to relieve the supreme court from writing out their opinion in certain cases, except when the case m reversed, when they trill (.end with the rennttur, the grounds of reversal. If aflirmed they simply announce their verdict. Hon. Troup Taylor, of the j County of Fulton, was authorized to ; make the indexes of the house and senate journal. The senate then ad journed until Friday. 30th 1)av —In the senate Friday, tho general judiciary committee re ported favorably on Senator Venable’s insurance bill and also on the bill in troduced by Senator Wade to change the constitution so as to exempt all property used for church purposes, from taxation. Both bills were order¬ ed printed for the use of tho senate. Senator Sheppard’s resolution asking congress to repeal tho 10 per cent, tax on state banks was unanimously agreed to. Senator Venable introduced another important insurance bill. It provides for carrying into effect the constitution requiring insurance companies to make ft deposit with the state treasurer. The bill requires only a deposit of $1,000. The present law requires $25,000. The following bills were passed: House bill to amend the charter of the town of Social Circle; Bill authorizing Col onel Troup Taylor to index the jour mils of the senate and house; Bill re pealing the act abolishing tho office of county treasurer of Twiggs, and order rug au election for a county treasurer in January. At 12 o’clock the senate went into executive session to act upon the appointments of Prof. Pollock as state school commissioner, and Judge Ross as judge of the city court of Mu con. Senator Harris,who had iutended making a fight on the appointment of Judge Ross, withdrew his objections aud he was confirmed, as was Prof. Pollock. •51st Day Immediately after tho reading of the record iu the senate Saturday, Senator Sheppard presented the following resolution, which was passed : “Whereas, the Almighty has, in His infinite wisdom, decreed it proper to remove from the walks of life the late honored and distinguished Georgian, the Hou. Joseph E. Brown ; therefore, be it resolved by the senate of Georgia, of w hich body he was once such au able and distinguished mem¬ ber ; that we learn with profound re¬ gret of his lamented death, and that we extend our sincerest sympathies to the grief-stricken family in their sore bereavement; that these resolutions be engrossed on the minutes, aud that a copy be sent the family.” Shortly af forward the house joint resolution and the governor’s message in regard to the same matter, were received, and when the senate adjourned it was in re¬ spect to the memory of the deceased statesman. BOTH LOST. “ Mister,” said the small, neatly dressed boy, “have you seen anythin’ of a dog that looked like he was lost?” “ No. my boy,” replied the kindly faced gentleman. ’ Are you sure you aren’t lost yourself?” “No, sir. I ain’t sure about not bein’ lost. Fact is, I know I'm lost. But, mister, that dog’s lost so much wuss’n I am that I alnt got time to think ’bout my own troubles.— [Wash¬ ington Star. LC r A iff? mM L?AaTY. r fL m h ,J§ III % ///; : . M J ) m 22, - T a < r j j >mm wWmmk. wmm LJjMCOLj'J - !2?U3LlGAMJfiM, JMPFISnSQNiJi.M QS. MOGAACY. By the National Reform Press Association THE NEW STATUE OF LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE PEOPLE. INTENSIFIED HELL. THE MILITARY SPIRIT IS A DAN¬ GEROUS SIGN. For It Is Now Threatening to Destroy All Peace anti Liberty—A Ringing Protest from a Populist Paper Against the Proposed Increase of Our Army. The most dangerous element in a free country is the military spirit, ‘ War at lhe best ^ f> an intensified hell. No m0oB shollld I n( . 0 „ ras) “ , the war . nUmo “» .. , Pre arat f for war often y precipitates a war. P Had ‘“ n southern states, not fostered the military spirit, it is safe to say they would not likely have plunged the na tion into an internecine war. Peace is cheap. It costs neither blood nor treasure—at least no blood, and no ex¬ traordinary outlay of treasure. Every thihg that tends toward war should be discouraged. At present a military spirit dominates nearly every class of society. Those who profess to love God and follow the teachings of the Nazarene have gone wild on military training. All our -higher institutions of learning subordinate those things which elevate, refine and enlighten to those which degrade and develop all the baser }>assions. These reflections were suggested by reading the last an¬ nual report of Gen. Schofield to the secretary of war. lie recommends an increase of the army and navy, and in¬ creased appropriations ^for fortifica tions and arms so that we may be prepared for an invasion from foreign powers. Gen. Schofield does not earn his living by the Mveat of his face to direct the movements of an organization that has done little else since the last shot at Appomattox than trench upon the lib er G«s of the people and eat out their substance. He draws a princely sal ary and gives no thought of from whence it comes or through what ( ( channel it is procured, The average reader would suppose that, from his expressed fears, he regards the normal i condition of this people as one of war; that they should not relax their dili¬ gence. but enlarg paraphernalia l of war and equ ipinents for the field and hospital. . , M it not for (to coin ere it new title) Darnal salvation warriors. j'he bloodthirsty professed followers of Christ, he woifld be slow to suggest his devilish scheme. He suggests it through a professed interest in the country. War is not to the interest of the wage-workers of any nation. Pre¬ i paration for war is not to their in terest, and whoever encourages further expenditure of money for the purpose ; °* increasing the army and enlarging j the navy arouses the suspicion that it , is for the purpose of making easy places for a few hundreds of social and military parasites. Elect men to congress who have the courage to rip all such schemes at their inception.— Kansas Agitator. small Bonds for the People, If bonds must be Issued at all—which . the Times denies so loag as there is • seigniorage to the amount of $55,000, 000 lying uncoiaed and unrepresented in the treasury vaults—it is a pity they could not have been issued in sueh de¬ nominations and under such conditions as might permit the people rather than the banks of foreign investors to buy them. Much of the hoarding of money out of productive use would be done away with if government securities could be done away with if government securi¬ ties could be bought by small invest¬ ors. Long time bonds of small denom¬ inations would serve the American people as a place for small savings, performing much the same functions as postal savings banks. In France and England such bonds are quickly taken up, and doubtless would be liei e. It is the people who pay the interest on the bonds. The $5,000,000 in gold which will annually How into the coffers of banks and great financial institutions at home and abroad as the ^“ilt of the Cleveland loan of Slon oatL^ 000 will be wrung from the toil and the sweat and the poverty of the producing classes. Surely it were better that some part of it should be repaid to the thrifty among those classes. But better even than this it it would be if there were no bonds to be issued at all. A national debt has been held to be a national blessing—and so it is to the fellows who hold the evidences of it and receive the interest, But to those who must be taxed to meet the annual drain it is a curse.—Chicago Times. FOR SALE. The election being over and having no further use for them the next two years, we now offer the following job lot at public auction: Two hundred thousand campaign liars, either republican or democratic brand; warranted to keep whatever they can get their hands on. Five hundred thousand office seek¬ ers, any brand. Two car loads of disappointed demo¬ cratic congressmen. Fifty thousand select liars who can lie by note. Twenty thousand ballot box stuff ers. Two hundred thousand repeaters. (Six million lies about the tariff. Twelve billion dollars’ worth of watered prosperity. Four million lies about the low price of cotton and wheat. Eight hundred thousand indictments of Cleveland. Two hundred thousand denuncia¬ tions of Cleveland. Three hundred thousand lies about the “strike.” Twenty-five straddles, used in the construction of platforms. Nine hundred thousand broken promises, with privilege of 950,000 more in the next campaign. * Qj^hundred thousand banners prom¬ ising prosperity. Six million disgusted democrats. Six million republicans that will be disgusted two years hence. A job lot of fools who did not want to lose their vote. At Private Sale. A few mottoes “The Public Be Damned,” which can be used by mem¬ ber of both old parties to decorate their parlors and reception rooms be¬ tween campaigns. Keplblican Cam. Com. Democratic Cam. Com. It is thought that the amount of eastern mone.v spent in Kansas and Colorado to defeat the Populists will improve times there for a, Ijtjle while at least. The circulation js (freatly in¬ creased. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. THE WHITE SLAVES. CRUSHED TO EARTH, THEN SPAT UPON. A Most Melancholy l'lctuie Vreseuteil la the Dominion of » Chicago Tyrant —r>oen This Work w»r«i Off the Hor ror» of a Uevolut I011. In one of the great wholesale houses of Chicago there is posted on the walls, dated Oct. 17, 1894, the following royal edict: “l discharged a man yesterday for telling another man what salary he was receiving. 1 shall enforce this rule.”—C. M. Smington. There it is in a word—slavery. l)o as I bid you, ask no questions and tell nobody what I pay for your soul and body. If you expose my hoggisliness, your wife and children may starve. “I discharged a man yesterday” for telling his brother the price for which he sold himself to me. I bought him and it was nobody’s business what profit I made on the sale of his blood and sinew. I am a capitalist and laborers have no rights after they sell themselves to me. I want it distinctly understood that I am boss. I own my men and propose to sell them at whatever price l please. I can buy other men whose families are starving at my own prices and no beggar shall complain of the fare I furnish. Men who complain arouse discon tent. And I belong to a class that believes labor should keep its mouth shut and accept whatever we see fit to give it. The idea of these beggars finding fault with the men who feed them. I am a benefactor of my race, aud don’t oelieve in encouraging notions of independence among a class of men whom God intended to serve mo and my wealthy friends. It is true that labor made capital, but we must see to it that these slaves are kept in bondage, lest me and my friends be forced to earn our own bi-ead by work. These fellows are used to work, and they don’t know any better. We must keep them afraid of us. If they found out that- they were men as strong as we arc, we would be helpless. Capitalists, we must stand together, or these slaves will take a way all we have stolen from them. I’ve got my slaves under control. They know better than to whine. If all j'ou brother capitalists will use the same iron methods we can keep them down. DESTROYED AS A PARTY. Senator Peffer Sees No. Politico Future for the Defeated Democrats. (Special Dispatch to the Boston Herald.) Senator Peffer, the Kansas populist, having arrived for the session, gives out au interview this evening, in which he says; “The democratic party threw away the greatest opportunity any party has ever had, and now they are destroyed as a party. Discontent of democrats and, public distrust, a general disgust at their failure to do what was ex pected of them when given the power, is what has defeated the democrats at this time, and this defeat, in my judg¬ ment, is lasting. If, when the demo¬ crats came into power in both branches of ’congress and the presidency, they had done what was pos¬ itively the wish of the major¬ ity of the' people of the country and what it was their duty to do; they would have been one of the great parties of the future. One or other of the great parties of to-day had to go. One was given the first opportunity to strengthen itself so as to be the one to survive. They failed utterly, and now the republicans have been chosen and will form one of the two great parties of the country. They may regain their power complete, and then will come a realignment of parties and a battle will be fought which will decide the future policy of this country for a gen¬ eration. The democratic party as it now stands will not lie in this struggle. The fight will be between the new party and the republican party. “The new alignment may not come xmtil after the election of ’96, in which event the republicans will elect the President. It may come before that, The first thing that will happen, in my judgement, will be that the leaders of the dissatisfied members of the demo cracy (and that means nearly all of them) will hold a conference among themselves to decide upon what policy shall be pursued and what principles agreed upon for the formation of a new party. After agreeing among them selves they will confer with the disJJ satisfied republicans, who are the free silver republicans, and those two ele¬ ments will come together for au agree¬ ment. That being accomplished, they will meet with the Populists, and out of this conference will come a new party which is to do battle with the republican party, or party of gold mon¬ ometallists. The Populists believe in the free coinage of silver. ‘ Speaking for myself, and, I think, for the Populists generally, I am heartily willing to unite in such an organization and make free silver the single issue of th* campaign ,mu UMBER 28 one condition; I want it declared defi nitely what is logically implied in the j fight for free silver—1 want a deelara , tion involving u principle that all pub¬ lic functions must be performed through public agents. With this general broad declaration couchid in j acceptable language and involving merely 11 declaration of principle, I am j wiling to go into the fight on tt single issue of free and unlimited coinage of 8°^ an d silver on a ratio of 1(1 to 1. I sua satisfied that the new party will be I°nned in about the manner I have ! described to present this issue, and j that all men who believe in the free | coinage of silver will be in that party, whether they come from the demo ! crats, the Populists or the republicans, "1 believe tliat the gold monometal lists of both the republican and the democratic party will fight under the republican banner. The democrats who are gold monometallists differ lit frotu the republicans on any issue and they naturally belong in the re publican ranks, ” The reporter asked Senator Peffer if he did not think that this might be an tieipated somewhat by what would happen in congress between now and 1890. “It will surely,” the senator replied, “be foreshowed if not anticipated. I do not see that there can he anything more than trimming and dodging and movements with the motive of tempor ar .v expediency during the closing days of this congress, neither party will be in a position to accomplish legislation aud ns that time will probably begin the movement for the organization of :1, ucw party, and a conference which may culminate in that may be held be i fore the national convention of 1890 | Hn d so play a part in the presidential j election of that year.” “You say that this movement may be foreshadowed at the opening of the Fifty-fourth congress. Do you mean that a similar combination of all the silver men may bo made in the sen¬ ate?” “Yes; something of that sort. I should not be surprised if th® silver' democrats and the silver men among the republicans and tho Populists ; should combine together for the or¬ ganization of the senate. Under ordi nary circumstances, if the question of the organization of the senate were merely one between the democrat* and the republicans as to which should control, there being no principle involved, the Populists, who were formerly republicans, would naturally aid in putting the republicans iu power, but I have no idea that under existing circumstance* any such thing will occur. In my judg¬ ment, the Populists will not aid either Die democrats or republicans, as a party. They will either unite men of all parties on the one issue of i silver, and so organize the senate, or I else they will stand alone in the main- 1 tcnance of their principles and allow senn i ,e hang, as it would, be ¬ tween th « tvvo Parties, the present or ganization maintaining. 1 do not be ! lieve that either Mr. Stewart or Mr. 3ones or any other Populist will veto.;? « th « republicans in organizing the senate.” Debs on Strike*. “.La general proposition I am op¬ posed to'strikeH. Now and then, how¬ ever, the choice is between the strike and degredation, and when that time comes I am always in favor of a strike. ‘ ‘There is not a star nor a stripe in tiiis glorious American flag that was not born to strike. At Lexington, Vrliere the shot was fired that was heard all over the world; at Concord down to Yorktowu, it was one continuous suc¬ cession of strikes against tyranny and oppression and for liberty and inde¬ pendence. “There lias been no reduction of wages ou any railroad system in the United States since the great strike, although they came regularly at in¬ tervals of a week or two before it. •But for the unjust interference of the Federal courts one of the greatest triumphs of labor would have followed the Pullman strike. I have no objee tion to the use of the military to pre¬ serve law and order. But why is this military always called to aid capital? Is capital always right and labor al¬ ways wrong? The judicial system of this country is adjusted so as to catch minnows and let whales go through, Now the interstate commerce law is persistently violated. “Labor has begun to think and will, soon act. It will no longer supplicate for its rights, but will take them bcld iy. Not in lawlessness or in violence; but in a lawful and orderly manner at the ballot box will it take them, “The time is not far distant when there will be another and greater strike—that of labor at the ballot box. “I have reached that point where I believe that it is absolutely necessary to totally abolish tho wage system. The time is fast coming when the wage system will melt and flow into the co¬ operative system. Every man is en¬ titled to all that he produces with his brain or hands. Now the laborer gets* ouly 43 per cent of his production. Why not all? Why should he work to Iscep another man in idleness?” The Populists showed the greatest % ain in votes o< any political party dm the recent else!ion. That is b*6w It 1* * ^