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W HOI.E.MALK THEFTS.
Here’* a Rnimifflnjr Story Which
Mccmn Very Flihy.
Hy Soul horn Associated Prow.
fV*»k f’hUiaRO, .June (L-The delegation of
county jo Democrat* who went to
Sjuringliold attend the monetary con¬
vent km, or a a interested *fK*-tator*, re-
turned Phis morning and admitted that
wholesale thefts had been committed at
the capital the virtirnw in most eaxce
Isong- prominent Republicans who bad
attended the convention. Three local
poliitieianH, two Democrat* and one Re¬
publican. are Hii*|>eeted of being the
leader* of the gang. An afternoon paper
*a.vs that seven pickpockets who e,>
taken from Chicago to do the ‘‘grafting’*
were nrrewted at the capital last night
Iore the Cook county delegate* left
for home, find the Chicago politicians
for whom the worked remained behind
to xeo them out of their trouble. Among
the chief victim* of the pickpockets are
said to be th^ following: State Treasurer
Henry Wnlff (KVmibliran), f>ocketbonk
with $100 to $200 diamond pin. gold
watch and chain: John It. Tanner, ex
United Slate* «ub tn amirer at Chicago,
$L~»0 in money and watch; \V. K.
Sullivan, journalist, cx-connii! to I»er-
mitdffi fllcpuhlfcjin). $o0: Representative
John -I. Mahoney Oeinoeraj), Chicago,
rneney . ud railroad passe*, afterward*
c turned: Poftbrna»ter flexing, Chicago,
$200. but he denhw being “touched.**
father delegates and visitors from Chi¬
cago and country towns were robbed of
clothing. money, watches, chains, diamonds and
Many are known to have had
vji* liable property ctolen, but would not
a dim if. f be thefts. .Vo-meron* hab*. coats
and canes were taken from the hotel
rooms. In many fiistianccH Democrats
vfho were robbed had their property re¬
turned. and they wore charitable enough
to call the affair a deplorable Joke. An
a ft ornoon pa per aeons*** certain Demo¬
crats Remiblienns of forming a conspiracy to rob
and “gold” Democrats so
am to pay the 'Xi|w*nsoH of the trip.
INWUKANCK 1HB1V
I in port n n t I,«*g I Ml II II (Ml It etrt# riling
U»o I II MU run(•«•> of Cotton
Washington, D. U, Juno The
second day’s session of the Southwestern
Tariff Association of insurance mon
closed today. A great many subjects of
importance dealing with the fire insur¬
ance hy the Staten of Virginia and
Louisiana were taken up but the volume
f new business transacted waa v<»ry
small. One of the resolutions adopted
was to give the president of the
••intion ftower to appoint a special com¬
mittee to prepare a new schedule of
rates ami forms for lit.* insurance of
cotton. A.n Important piece of legisla¬
tion was adopted limiting to three the
number of agents to he allowed each
" npnny in the city nf New Orleans and
■ no New Orleans company commission
was changed in number from 10 to 7.
Stil! another resolution was adopted
limiting agents commissions In New Or¬
leans to 15 per cent.
President Thomas Eggleston was
unanimously re-elected ns president for
the ensuing year. U. V. Randolph was
elected vice president and C ft. Flynn
was elected secretary.
The following executive committee
was then chosen: S, Y. Tapper, W. L.
Reynolds, R. If Abrams, John II.
Young, A. B. Andrews, J. II. Rnihe and
II. K. Rees. The following are vice
presidents: Alnbamn, Alfred Kreitz;
rida, Crosby Dawkins; Georgia. Ed-
,r S. Wilson; Louisiana, Thomas Scf-
ton; Mississippi, J. B. Kimball: North
Carolina, E. B. Dewey; South Carolina,
J. Tl. Ezell; Virginia, M. Lewis Howes.
The New Orleans commission for the
ensuing year is composed as follows:
Clarence E. Lowe, Charles .Tanlver and
Scott MoGehoe, of North Cn rolina,
<’hitrles Dox. 11. C. Stockell and Milton
Dargan, of Atlanta, and J. B Ilerford.
Dnllnn.
The matter of next meeting place was
left to the executive committee. It will
probably he Washington. D. G.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
Alt Cl.ll.lren Korn In This Conn try y
Are citizens Exeept IHplonints.
.....
ourt r V’Vi"t' this •**'.'' 1,10 reversed I ho the Supreme judg-
morning
nient of the Hudson circuit court ill the
cm so of Bonny vs. O Briett. Benny was
elected to Hu* eoflneil of Bayonne ami
O’Brien contested his election alleging
that Benny was not a citizen of the
United States although horn in this
tsuiiitr.v. the |>oint being that he was a
child of an unnaturalized father. The
Hudson circuit court uphold this onnten
Hon Imt tin* Supreme Court takes the
view that all persons horn here, exeept
the children of foreign diplomats, an*
citizens when of proper age.
Hanged.
Wayneshurg, IV, June <’». John Mis-
otiminger, the third man to be hanged
in Green county, was executed this nf
teroon; the trap was sprung at 1:24 and
iii 11 minutoe hm imlse ceaneti. . r The ,x,
doctors pronouooed him dead forty-one
minutes from the time he foil. Me nuir-
ilorotl a man uamivl Mnory. His vi.*
lint's wlfo au«l brother witnesseil the
exeentlun. The murderer eonfrascil mtu
heggi'd forgiveness of those lie hs.l tie
resveil. lie wss probably slneerely pen
itent. There was nothing thontriesl *.r
speetneular In his professions, or Ins
manner.
A SAFE KOI)IIKit).
The Rohl.er* ........... 3.1,1101) Hud
llldn'l Injure Uic Safe.
By Southern Asroci. led Press.
New York, June (» The safe in the
* * ffice if tlu* Harlem Life Publishing
Co. was rohlasl of a large sum of money
a few days ago. The safe was opened
in a mysterious manner and nearly $5,-
\ re|H>rt of the nddmrv
was made to Acting Chief Conlin. hut
the case was kept quiet and it did not
l**.*il out until today. Millard J. Bonier
editor and Harvey N Bl-uncr man¬
ager of tin* llarlcm Life Publishing On.,
a syndicate which publishes the Sing
Sing <Courier* Westchester Critic, liar*
bun Life, honker’s Blade, New Rochelle
Life. White Plains Weekly and Peek*
skill Home Journal. The strangest part
of the affair is that the safe
was not broken open and no
violence was used. The person who took
the money evidently had some knowb
odge of the combination of the safe,
No arrests have yet l>een reported,
THE ISSUE IN
NINETY SIX.
OEM A. J. WARNER’S VIEWS ON
THE HONEY QUESTION.
SUCCESSFUL! PARTIES ALWAYS
FORM ON SINGLE ISSUES.
I’nymrnls In Gold Would Precipitate
m FI nun dot Crisis.
The thing first to he settled in thin
cou itrv Is. What shall he our money.
An I until this Is settled nothing enn he
settled. Kverytbmg else hinges on this,
It Is He cornerstone on which rests the
whole fabric of our Industrial system.
Them car. he no certainty in business of
any kln'l until we have determined what
shall constitute the standard of value In
the United Stales. What standard or pri-
mary money shall consist of. How it
shall he supplied, and how anti t>y Whom
the paper currency shall is' Issued, citfl
Hs volume regulated and controlled. Urt-
til t!us> questions are settled a general
revival of business cannot take place and
become |a ririanerit for the reason that
condlllois absolutely essential lo safe
business undertakings are wanting.
Hence Us* money question is and will
be the isaue in this country until It Is
settled and settled rightly. it Is not
made the issue at the mere behest of a
party, or of any body of voters. It is
of necessity the supreme Issue and can I
lie displaced by no other in the election
of in si. !
Hut It. Is asked: Can a new party he
formed on a single Issue? When, in a
free government, people take sides on a
domitutnl Issue, parties are then and j
there formed. Those irt favor of the gold j
standard already form one party, albeit
that some Vail themselves Democrats and
others Republicans. On this issue, how¬
ever, they all vote one way, anrl they will
vote one way for president In 1896.
Thoso opposed to the single gold stand¬
ard and in favor of restoring the consti¬
tutional standard of gold and silver,
must also vote together for a president
In 1896, or the battle will be lost. With
those for the gold standard united, in the
Presidential election, and those against it
divided, there can be no doubt as to the
result. The gold party, In such an event,
will win.
Successful parties always form on sin¬
gle issues. The first party In this coun¬
try was the party in favor of independ¬
ence. They separated from the Tories
oil that Issue. After Independence had
b* en won all were patriots and at first
there was no division into parties. The
Democratic party, under Jefferson, was
formed on the idea of keeping the power
of government in the people and against
roderalistic tendencies to centralization
of power. The Republican party was
formed on the single idea of opposition to
slavery, or, more strictly, against the ex¬
tension of slavery into the territories.
What Issues, other than the tariff, keep
the Republican parly together now? And
yet everybody knows that the tariff is no
longer a distinctive party isHue. Every
shade of opinion on the tariff can he
found in lvoth parties. Hut if this were
not the case, under present conditions
protection can net be made effective, and
therefore, through force of circumstances
the tariff question cannot he a controlling
Issue
A very brief analysis of the situation
will make this clear. First, the United
States Is a debtor nation, It Is estimated
that from three hundred to four hundred
millions of dollars must lie paid annually
to otiher countries as interest on loans,
dividends, for the carrying trade, €tc.
That Is, besides offsetting imports with
exports, from three lo four hundred mil¬
lions additional must he paid annually to
even up accounts. This large balance
that accumulates yearly against us must
now is* paid In gold or in commodities.
It Is evident that It could not be paid
entirely , , in , gold for a single year without
overthrowing the gold standard. If paid
In part even in gold, a gold famine im¬
mediately sets In, followed ne?essarilv by
a contraction of inoo<*y and credit th.il
precipitates rapid fall in ’
a prices.
On the other hand,, this annual debt
can be paid with commodities only on
condition that we will sell our products
enough lower than otner countries to in.
duoc our creditors lo take commodities
of us rather than demand gold.
In supplying oommodi'.'es we must
pete with other debtor i*om-
with .
South American States. t n !>a
per currencies; '
with lr,p-i VraJl'n? „,i.*, “ " ,, V€r
currency; with Asia uio'iis . of’V*' l ' < r
binds; and with debtor n “Ts'
Moreover, """Pension of specie J pa*
us Mill Iona nan MO ""** , ro '
debtor nation cun mutni ,e.
| lat | * " a> snt ’
„ OW( r ln ,h
t ,t a creditor * n
country the JDt<*r**tu*** .n
, Woo |,, V( ,* S a,,...,.. \ . " n, "'v»iit the
on
tompnred v illi 'theMr 1 n 'f H 'ado ''’U'dt'ed of Hie as
country.
About eighty nor ,> *° , '* l " >r,s of
i the United States ate the pro uct * of
! farms, mines and forests AS 7 1
these products therefore it , ,
clearly manifest °
to every one th*. t
in this country must be kern i
in any other country In the world no
'"utter under wli.it system, or at how low
wages production may he carried 'ant'll on. on
.v MV 1 'T 11 any 0,ass
'
„f tn,, products eirnot-tL°1 m '' sl operate
lo at once check 'M'* . thus * ,>itd 10
i demand for ,.„n * ,k r up the loss
wh h turo , d °W7i. lfrnDp, *
tariffs dm ‘ iinot nnaaiMv p ° 8B ll ’ ly m «de. directly
, , tnlf " "’'
Hy above S COun -
or evon Jlthont
national level of prices P VV " h0u, Pxpe " ln 8
raid.
Secoml. . hs to the products which are
l,ot <**|s»rted. while u protective tarifr
,n rt \ lo HO, ne extent keep out competing
products . ami give the home supply to
home producers, even as to such products
a tariff cannot, if it were right to at-
empi u. keep prices in the manufacturing
industries greatly above Hu- level of
prices for other products.
Matuimctunrs in order u> sell must
have somebody to buy—must have some-
rt * )i0 to huy, and it is manifest that
'hey who produce from farms, forests,
ami mines what must go to pay debts
abroad can buy of manufacturers only
to the extent of the value of what they
tin mst Ives produce. In other words, the
power of any class to buy is limited to
\\w value of what they MAve to offer in
exchange. Hence, if in order to com**
"dh other countries and pay debts
abroad, hull our population can earn but
fifty o« nts a day, they cannot buy what
tihe other half can produce hi a dollar a
day. they can only buy one half of it.
Therefore, those who produce at high
wages being able to sell but half what
they produce, must bo idle, or they must
produce a: lower cost so that more can
be evenly exchanged Competition, after
more or less resistance, always operates
to bring things to a common level, or, at
rate, to prevent wide differences.
Therefore, no debtor nation, under a
gold standard, can keep up prices
by protective tariffs, and hence the tariff
can no longer be a controlling issue, be.
cause it is economically impossible to
accomplish by a tariff what the friends
of protection have claimed for it. It is
proper, however, to state in this connec-
tton that, if instead of paying our annual
debt abroad with either gold or commodi-
ties, we should go further In debt and
issue more bondB, while suoh a policy was
In force and new bonds were acoepted in
lieu of gold, the law as to prices above
stated would be In some degree! modified,
and the price level in this country might
then be raised even above the level of
other countries. This, tn fact, was the
condition of things from 1879 to 1892. dur¬
ing which period we Increas'd our debt
abroad at least *3.500,000,000, or an average
of over *.'100,000,000 a year. Hike a man
who has mortgaged his farm and then,
Instead of paying interest out of the pro¬
ducts of his farm, gives new notes and
has a good time till final pay-day comes,
we had a good time till our creditors
would take no more of the kind of notes
or securities wo had been Bending them,
and demanded gold or government bonds.
The object of this diversion is to bring
out Into clear light the great fact that a
debtor nation, with a common gold stand¬
ard, cannot make protection effective,
and hence that the tariff is not and can-
not he made a controlling Issue in this
country as long as these conditions exist.
The Republican party, therefore, has no
longer a distinctive issue. It has nothing
left hut the money question and a ean-
didate for President will be selected with
reference to the money question rather
than the tariff.
What distinctive Issue has the Demo-
cratic porty? Will It be a lower tariff?
There must at least tie duty enough laid
for revenue, and that will be more titan
ctirr lie made effective for protection,
There is, therefore, no controlling issue
before the country, for any party, hut the
money question.
*J nc Issue on the money question is, first,
between the single gold standard and a
return lo the constitutional standard of
gold an I silver, and, second, the Issue and
regulation of the paper currency. In any
discussion of the change made in the
money standard of the United States in
187.'!, ti«' fact can never he lost sight of
that the change then made was a down-
tight fraud upon the people. The claim
that the act demonetizing silver was
passied openly. In the full light of day,
after five and full discussion and with
I lie knowledge of the people, Is simply
an egregious lie. No other word ade¬
quately expresses the real fact. Not
forty men out of forty millions of people
then in the United States knew or sus-
pectod that suoh a change was about, to
he made. No mention of it can he found
In a single paper of that day. Not a
citizen In the State of Ohio, tn Congress
or out, except the chairman of the Pi¬
ttance Committee of the Senate, had any
knowledge of what was being done. '
most, but two Senators and not hal' a
dozen members of the House knew that
the Mint Act of 1873 contemplated chang¬
ing the money standard of the United
States from gold and silver to gold alone.
They who would make coming genera¬
tions believe that the act of 1873 was an
honorable act. deliberately passed, are
guilty of trying to make a falsehood aland
in history for the truth. This act was
Hie result of a cold-blooded conspiracy 1 9
spoliate tlie world, and no more effective
way could possibly have been devised.
With the gold standard, the supply of
standard money is limited to the annual
production of gold, which, although for
the lime being is increased by recent
finds in Australia and Africa, is certain
to become In the near future a waning
supply. gold
fin the other hand, the needs for
to supply new countries and an ever-
increasing population must go on increas-
Difir indefinitely. As the supply of stand-
ft,vl money diminishes relatively to the de¬
maud for it, all forms of currency and
credit resting on gold must be restricted
aml ,he level of P rtces £° d(>wn according¬
ly. Tn brief, on the basis of gold alone
money and credit can be but half the vol-
nme it would bo with gold and silver both
forming the basis of other money and
credit. The question, therefore, of the
money standard involves primarily the
entire question of money and credit, and
through these the question of prices gen¬
erally. For this reason the question of
the creation and regulation of a paper
currency is inseparable from that of the
coinage of the metals.
If the States or private corporations or
individuals may create a paper currency,
government control of coinage will
amount to very little. The Issuers of
paper money may put it out in such vol¬
ume as to expet coin entirely from the
country. This has been done more than
once during the present century. This
has taken place*, too. and may again
while the currency is ostensibly redeem-
able on demand. Webster, in his sub-
treasury speech, in 183K, said: “The cir-
dilation of paper tends to displace coin,
it may banish it altogether. At this very
moment, it lias banished it." Again, “If
others may drive out the coin and till the
country with paper which does not r p-
resent coin, of what use is that exclu-
siv *' power over <'‘>l»s and coinage which
is given to Congress hy the Constitution?
Wherever paper is to circulate as sub-
greater 8,,11 ‘\ ry or T"* less T' degree HS P'\ the rfur functions ) mi *"‘g In of »
coin. Its regulation naturally belongs to
all writers: it has been admitted and
acted upon on all necessary occasions hy
own government throughout Its whole
history.”
n has became the fashion of laic to re-
peat as u sago remark the saying that
th*' government should go out of the
hanking business, which has I icon well
answered hy proistating that the hanks
! shu " K *> «ut of the government business.
Th " ,h '' l ' ,eai,ion ° r mom ‘ y is MO U* 1 ' 1 of
legitimate bunking, was long ago settled,
r,( '°' X !' Wn 't N " rn ',i l " sa ! d his
mtuee of ,l’-'-" lb-*.. , r V..J*h r n* ! ssin ,!‘» ot 1 J , " paper l, . t,u ’ y Com mon- ‘
,. v a perfectly distinct operation trim
the ordinary business of banking and
you cannot mix up together the Issue of
paper money and ordinary hanking husi-
ness without doing mischief."
l„orti Ovurstom? In his testimony before
sum.* commission said:
ecrtalnly think it quite ess, nUal that
,h *‘ iss "° ,,f l " por n !°" , ' y sh '""'' kp "'
thin# connected «";* with 11 the s " . u bunking , 1 ' V busi- ' y
ness.”
Again,
“The supply of the current coin—that is,
the money of the realm—ought to be in-
Utvlv seixirated from the banking nusb
ness, which is simply trading in money,
borrowing at a lower rate and lending at
a higher rate.”
And again,
“The sole privilege of coining money,
Whether copper, silver, gold, or paper,
ought to be vested in one institution, es-
tabllshcd for that exclusive purpose &nd
subject to strict regulation of law; no
share of such privilege ought to he eon-
ceded in any form to banks or to private
individuals .... Ferfect freedom of
competition should be established .'a ihc
business of tanking, correctly understood,
and effectually distinguished from the
functions of coinage or from that of is-
suing paper tokens or representatives of
coin -that Is. bank notes, which, in fact,
is coining under a form peculiarly susoep-
tilde of abuse-dlocalise the undue issue
of paper notes is not restricted by that
intrinsic value which effectually regulates
the issue of metallic money.”
This has been the settled doctrine In
Europe for at least halt a century and
certainly no enlightened country outside
of the United States would entertain for
a moment a proposition to turn over to
len thousand banks the issue and control
of a paper currency. By what prtnoipl*’
are !sinks governed In the Issue of paper
currency? By no principle whatever but
their own interests. Is it. then, naJly
proposed to turn over to thousands of
banks the right to issue notes to cireu-
late as money, each bank being left to
act independently as its own interests
may dictate? The bore sta*ement of the
proposition to subjeot the volume of cur.
rancy In any country upon which the
prices of all commodities, the wage* 0 f
labor, and the value In money of every
man's property depends, is enough to
shook the sense of propriety of any man
of comp lent umf^rataoding.
Neither can anything he more absurd
than the claim that such a currency
would he llexlbl 2 —Increasing automatical¬
ly as currency was needed and returning
again upon Its Issuers when not needed.
Suffice it to slate here, that no such re.
lation exists between money supply, when
that supply comes from the printing
proas, and ne> d« for money as admits of
automatic regulation. A single reason
for this statement will be sutfictent to
bring this fact out. A sudden increase
in the volume of money, or an increase
beyond the increase of population, prices; will
always be attended by a rise of
and as prices rise the demand for money
increases pari passu. This, too, is a
*l**mand unlike that arising iron) increase
in the number of transactions, which
never give3 back. Hence if prices double,
as the result of an Increase of currency,
Che demand for two dollars In every trans¬
action will be as great as the demand for
one before.
Hut enough has been said to show that
the question of supplying a substitute for
coin is Inseparable from that of coining
the metals. The. only automatic system
of regulation of money supply possible is
through the production of the precious
metals; and the question comes back to
this: ‘ Shall the money function be con¬
fined on both gold and silver, as through
all the ages of the past, or shall this
function henceforth he limited to gold
alone?"
i his will he the Issue In this country un¬
til settled by the people, and in the opin¬
ion of the writer that will he in the elec¬
tion of 1896.
A. J. WARNER.
New Orleans Exchange Stnlement.
New Orleans, June 4.—New- Orleans
Cotton Exchange statement: Secre¬
tary Hester has Just issued a state¬
ment of the Texas cotton crop and
movement from Gulf and Atlantic
States, showing actual deliveries from
the State of Texas for the first nine
month of the season to the close ot
May, inclusive, of 3,188.260 bales,
again 0 * 1,976,884 bales for the same
.ast season, making a (net in¬
case of 1,211,376 bales. The deliver¬
ies at the Texas seaboard show an In¬
crease of 642.711 bales; shipments via
Cairo and St. Louis, 143,896, to New
Orleans 405,969, and rail shipments to
Mexico 30,974. While the shipments
across the Mississippi river north of
St. Lijuis have decreased 13,171 bales.
Secretary Hester says the movement
from the State of Texas from and
after May 31, last year, was 82,176
bales, the commercial crop of Texas
last year_ having been ,£,059,060 bales.
Mr. Hester has also issued a state¬
ment giving an analysis of the move¬
ment of cotton Into sight, dividing
the cotton belt Into three groups, viz.:
First, Texas and the Indian Territory,
second, other Gulf States, embracing
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee; third, Atlantic States, em¬
bracing North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama. This analysis
shows the crop brought into sight fot
the first nine months of the season
to the close of May, inclusive, as fol¬
lows: Texas, 3,184,456 bales, against
1,987,187 In 1894, and 4067,218 In 1893,
other Gulf States, 2,794,676 bales,
against 2,129,381 in 1894, and 1,770,80#
in 1893; Atlantic States, 3,540,953 bales,
against 3,199677 bales in 1894, and 2,-
583,133 In 1893. ,
The statement does not divide Tex¬
as and other Gulf States for 1892, the
9,035,000 crop year, as there were no
separate monthly figures made of the*
Texas crop that year, but gives the
following comparisons between this
year and 1892: Texas and other Gulf
States together, this year, 5,978,132
bales, rgainst 5,374,021 In 1892; (Atlantic*
States, this year, 3,540,953, against 3,-
477,197 in 1892. Excess compared with
1892 in Texas and other Gulf States,
605,111; excess compared with 18*2 In
Atlantic States, 53,756. The difference
In the Texas crop as given above, and
Texas, consists of the fact that the
Texas cotton embraces only cotton ac¬
tually shipped out of the State to the
close of May, whereas the in sight in¬
cludes also stocks at counted interior
towns at the close of May in excess
of September 1.
An important feature In Mr. Hes¬
ter's report is the showing of the
amount brought into sight for the dif¬
ferent groups after the lose of May
in the past three years, which was as
follows: Texas 80,833 bales In 1894,
and 41,305 In 1893; from other Gull
States 86,891 bales in 1894, and 93,729
in 1893; from Texas and other Gult
States together, 60,979 bales in 1892;
from Atlantic States 74,808 bales in
1894, 144,143 in 1893. and 113.182 in 1892.
A BIG Miter. SUIT.
$2.~»,000 Duinnges Granted Lawyer
Payne of New York.
New York, June 4.—one of (he largest
verdicts ever rendered against a news¬
paper in a libel suit in this county was
that found today in the Supreme Court
by a jury before Judge Ingraham against
the Press Publishing Company (World)
for $25,000 damages, The action was
brought hy Wm. Tj. Payne to recover
$50,000 damages. Mr. Payne is a lawyer
and for about twenty y*<ars prior to the
time that he came lo this city he had
resided in Witkesbarre, Pa., where he
practiced his profession. The World pub¬
lished from its correspondent at Wilkes-
imrre a story to the effect that Mr.
Payne had eloped from that city with
(he wife of a friend—Mrs. Maggie Lee-—
and had come to this city and married
h r and after squandering her money, had
deserted her. It seemed that but little
effort had been made to get at the truth
of the facts, although Mr. Payne was
living with the woman in this city at the
time of the publication of the story in
1*592. The fact was that Mr. Payne was
married to Mrs. Pee, there was no eTop-
nient whatever, she obtained a divorce
from her husband about four months
prior to the lime of her marriage to Mr.
Payne. They came to this city and took
up the*r residence her^ and have been
j i living here peaceably ever since. They
have four children, two by this marriage
ami two being Mrs. l’ayne’s children hy
her former marriage, Mr. Bayne and
tiis wife both testified to these facts. It
took the jury but a few minutes to give
j Lawyer Bayne th” verliet.
Liqnl.lntlnn Abated.
j l narleston, S. <*.. Jurre 4 —A decision
1 was filed in the United States Circuit
Court today ahattng the proceedings
brought by the State of South Carolina to
j torfeit the charter of the Port Royal
and Augusta Railway Company. Th**
suit is abated because under the act or
1894 the Legislature repealed the charter
of the road and provided for Its liquida¬
tion and the distribution of its assets,
fine court says that all question arising
in the case have been settled and answer¬
ed ty that act.
SILVER MEN
or iowa.
THE MONEY QUESTION' WI Iff. HE
THE I.E 1 f (SSI E.
A NEW POLITICAL PARTY A
CERTAINTY.
Tlic Action of tin* Conference « Very
Importnnt Step.
By Southern. Associated Press.
Des Moines, Iowa., June C.—The con-
forenee of silver Democrats held here
today, took one course which makes it
important in the political history of the
State. While the attendance was not
large, only about one hundred being
present at any time, those who did at-
ted were thoroughly in earnest and rep¬
resented the party workers of their re¬
spective sections. Nome of them came
with credentials which could not he
ignored. Slate Senator Taylor for in¬
stance brought petitions from each
township irt his district instructing him
as to his course. The speeches were
radically ill favor of free silver and in¬
dicate a determination to make that
the leading issue regardless of party
action.
What amounts to practically a new
State central committee was named and
the well informed politicians regard to¬
day’s action ns practically the forma¬
tion of a new political party.
The fight is now on for the control of
t.he regular State convention which will
meet at Marshalltown Aug. 7, and the
silver men express themselves as certain
of being able to have their own way.
The meeting was called to order by
P. Q. Stewart, of Charlton who de¬
clared that the State central committee
in calling the conference of six weeks
ago had taken advantage of the party
workers hy not making instantly known
the objects of the meeting and had made
the promulgation in favor of so-called
“sound money” which did not repre¬
sent the party views. The utterance
of tihat conference he declared only
represented the views of the Federal
office-holders of the State. Kx-l/teuten¬
ant Governor S. 1/. Restow, of Ohnrl-
ton, was made chairman and W. 1.
Alexander, of Grundy, centre secretary.
Mr. Restow and Senator Taylor spoke
briefly declaring themselves in favor of
free silver altove all other political con¬
siderations*. A resolution . was adopted
under which a State Central Committee
was elected, with J. .T. Shea, of Conn¬
ell Bluffs, candidate for clerk of the
Supreme Court last fall, as chairman
and a representative from each district.
The secretary is to send out a silver
circular and see that each district gets
nroper representation at the next conven¬
tion .
The following resolutions were then
adopted; Democrats the
Resolved. That the of
State of Town in conference assembled
do declare and affirm that cold and
silver coins are the constitutional money
>f the country: that we are in favor of
the free coinage of both on terms of
equality and reaffirm that the free and
un’imvted coinage of both silver and
gold at the ratio of 1<> tn 1 vtithout wait¬
ing for the action of other notions is a
cardinal principle of the Democratic
faith, and that stroll coinage shall he
a legal under for till debts, both public
and private. Prominent local Democrats
made speeches, in which they declared
that the time had come to abandon
party, if necessary, in order to secure
free coinage and the convention adjourn¬
ed amid continuous applause.
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
The Speakers of the Conference Have
Hern Selected.
By Southern Associated I’rcss.
Memphis, Tenn.. June 6—At a meeting
this evening of the eecutlve and exten¬
sion committee having in charge the ar¬
rangement and general management of
'the coming silver convention the follow¬
ing were announced as speakers at th -
conference: Congressman Joseph C. Sib¬
ley, Pennsylvania; ex-Governor L. Brad¬
ford Prince, New Mexica; Senator David
Purple, of Indiana; Congressman H. D.
Vtoney, Mississippi; Senator James, K.
Jones, Arkansas, and Senators Wirt. Ste-
art, Nevada; James Z. George, Missis¬
sippi: A. J. McLaurin, Mississippi;
George L. Stioup, of Idaho; Alexand r
Jelmar, ('alifnrtiia.
Mr. Delmar was at one linn* chief of the
Bur au ef Statistics and has written sev-
eral books upon the money question,
among them being his “History of Pre¬
cious Metal,” “History of Mom y in An-
it r.t States,” “Money and Civilization,”
ind “Sseience of Monies.” He was a
memb r of the international monetary
conference of 1S76. His telegram accept-
ing the league’s Invilatlon reaiis:
W. N. Brown, president Binietallio I,ca-
guo. Memphis, Tenn.:
Thanks for polite invitation. Will at¬
tend as a delegate from California and
address the convention. The legislation
of 1873 was prepared in London by en* m-
no longer he delayed. :
ALEXANDER DELMAR.
C. A. Walsh, secretary of Democratic
State Central Committee of Iowa, writes:
I helieve at this time that there is no
doubt but that the Democratic party of
Iowa will adopt a platform at Marshall-
town, August 7. in complete concord with
the principles of your league. Overflow*
meetings will Dr* held, as the indications
now are that so many people will he in
attendance as to mak * it Impossible for
all to lie accommodated in the auditorium,
Accordingly an option on tlie Grand Op-
era IIouse for the evenings* of June 12
and 13. has been secured, A special
train will come from New Orleans, hear¬
ing 200 Lousiarta delegates.
CONVICTS BURNED.
They Had Entered , a „ Sewer N\ lien an
B, JZXZZZ .W
Columbus. O., Jun.i6.-Bjr an explos-
ion of gas in a sewer \\ m. Brown ami
Clmrl.-s McFoy. prisoncra in tlu* peni-
ten tin ry, won* nornbly tmnio.l today.
They wore ordered into the sewer to
make some repairs but when had scarcely the pot
beyond the entrance gras in
the sewer ignited from the 'amp they
carried and they were hurled back with
great force. The burns are principally
about their faces, but the seriousness
of their cases doi>onds upon \vhethor
they have inhaled the flames.
The Chinese Loan.
London. June •’>.—The United Frews
'earns from the best Iximlo'i -.VAUvonty
L. that Paris lumbers hnv,, * included a
hinese . 4 , ce-llt. x. gold i 1 x idMn i ct 1 lo.OOO,- f
(. per
iKX) pounds guanant'od by Russia. The
! probable issue price, it Is sf.iid will be 03.
\VE NOW HAVE
for distribuu° n tbe latest
rca'ly Doors, Sash,
Price List of
Blind., &C. This Trie »l tsme
in the form „{ a folder, and |
contains many things of Inter-
H you think of buy-
est to Doors,Sash,Blinds,Mould- you H
• ing 1
ings, &«=• Dtop US a P<,SU
^d and will be glad to send 1 ■
* a we
you a copy- 1
AUGUSTA LUMBER CO.,
AUGUSTA, GA. I
• l> uy of the *' _J
WRHE LUDDEN & BATES QUICK.
(They Hive in Savannah, Ga.)
That is, if you want a genuine bargain
in a Now, Nearly New, or prime Second
Hand I’arlor or church Organ.
They arc overstocked, and offer 3W 1 me
Organs, from best makers, under a Spe¬
cial Clearing Stile, at Specially Reduced
prices and with terms of payment so > asy
that any one can buy. Two or Three Dol¬
lars paid monthly will secure one.
The question of profit is not considered
in this sale, so they say, and if Dtidden
& Bates say so, its true. That’s their re¬
putation, and they have earned it by
their square method of dealing. Read
th. ir new Advertisement in this Issue,
and write them quick, if you want an
Organ.
"I knew a FALCt N swift and BEER¬
LESS.”—Lowell.
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THIS
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"PEERLESS"
Ire as Gcod as Mousy will Buy
second-hanF wheels
From $20 up to $ 50 .
Wr want a few more agents
around Augusta and wou.d mail
Catalogue to all who will sen ! its
their address.
We have just received another supply of
|. c* w. goodh.
CO LO CASH
c^> Blcyc e Co., oo
< BEALL, Prop.
F. A-
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GREAT Special CLEARING Terms- SALE. jjj S
Three Hundred Sup.i-l* Park** “]
«n<l C’imreh Organs, from notefl rj j*
makers, at Prime Cost to reduce
stork. uri
Must be sold. Floors Urea kins: {ji “1
down, ('an't carry Uiem Uirous' 1
dull summer, (lot too many, ^
Price no object. Profit not con- i:' ■
sidered. Must unload. u : L* 1 r
Kasiest possible terms for pay¬
ment. Only #1.00, * 1 . 50 , ants
monthly. One-half saved by buy¬
ing now.
Bargain Sheets Koady. Write
for them.
ui nJ Mention this advertisement and PJ Pi
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