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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
LEAEN PBACTICAL THINGS.
REV. DR. TALMAGE’S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
*Ilic Law of Kindness’’ Is tlie Title of
the New York Herald’s Tenth Competi¬
tive Sermon—IJr. Talmage Preaches
a Sermon to tho Feminine Toilers.
There Proverbs xxxi., 26.
are two superficial and somewhat
prevalent notions of kindness which over¬
look the truth of a law of kindness and
hinder the fulfilment of that law. Tho
first is that kindness is a happy accident
of temperament. When Charles Lamb died
Henry Crabb Robinson went to visit Mary
Lamb, and she said to him: "Now, I call
this very kind of you, not good natured,
but very, very kind.’’ Her distinction is
just. Kindness is more than constitutional
good rmturedness. It implies diseiplino
and culture.
The second nolion associates kindness
With Christian etiquette and deportment,
with something amiable and desirable,
perhaps, but rather ornamental than essen¬
tial. Consequently many religious and
devout people are unkind in words nnd
actions without any feeling of sinfulness
on that account. Put away the notion of
kindness which regards it as merely an
external grace of character or a useful
lubricant wherewith to reducothe frictions
of social intercourse and conceive it ns an
essential clement of all goodness, divine or
human, and ns comprehended under God’s
law of human life. Unkindness, like any
other transgressiou of moral law, is wick¬
edness. Nor is it enough to try nnd not
be unkind, for unless one Iries to bo kind
he not only fails of duty, but will be un¬
able to guard himself from actual unkind¬
ness.
Kindness has its root in kinship. It im¬
plies relationship and affinity. Mon nro
children of a common Father, and there¬
fore brethren. Therein lies the signifi¬
cance of nil that tlie Scriptures teach con¬
cerning tho essential, exceeding and ever¬
lasting loving kindness of God. There is
kinship between Him and men, created in
His image. Therein is grounded our hu¬
man kinship and the law of brotherly kind¬
ness for all men, than which no law of
human life lias higher authority or snered
er sanctions.
As no one can be as good as he should
and may be, so no one can do good ns lie
should nnd may without striving to fulfill
tills law of the cultivation and manifesta¬
tion of kindness. There is nothing else so
powerful for good unless it bo Jove, nud
love as St. Paul says, is kind. It disarms
prejudice into confidence, auil hatred, it it converts all distrust of
overcomes manner
evil with good. It brings out as nothing
else can the latent and potential good
things in people. Aten havecome to recog¬
nize and act upon this principle in their
treatment and training of animals. How
much more effective will bo the training of
children and the treatment of all human
beings which is based upon kindly .sympa¬
thy! The safest assumption that can be
made in all such matters is that kindness
will meet alt such response.
Kindness has insight andean detect signs
its of promise genial influences in the unpromising, nnd delicate while ministra¬ under
tions these signs become manifest and tbe
tilings they promise begin to be fulfilled.
What else gives so great encouragement to
the many who are struggling with advers¬
ity or temptation, correcting and changing
just those depressed feelings of loneliness
and neglect wherein the power of evil finds
its most favorable conditions? Wordsworth
speaks of
That portion of a good man's life—
His little, nameless, nnrotnembered acts of
kindness and of lovo.
How suggestive that is of what is possi¬
ble in this way of kindness, which works
with magic power to transmute apparent
trifles into priceless treasures—as St. Zita’s
cup of colil water given to a dusty anil
weary pilgrim proved to bo, as ho drank it,
a cup of pr eiuus wine. Kiud words'often,
us Dante says of Beatrice’s words, “more
smiled than spoken!” Kind notions, cost¬
ing little, but bestowing much! How easily
they might ho multiplied to tho immeasur¬
able cheer and comfort nnd enrichment of
lifo! They make tho gloomy smile, the
nngry grow meek, tho suffering to cease
from groaning; they light up hope, sweeten
bitter thoughts, console sorrow, strengthen
the faint and turn from sin; and they reach
and move those whom no other good influ¬
ences affect and conquer such ns have re¬
sisted all other powers of grace.
Bitter anil all too frequent are our re¬
grets and repentances, as wo recall, per¬
haps too late for aught but regret nnd re¬
pentance, the unkind things said or dono
should by us, or tbo kind things we might and
have said nud done, but left unsaid
and undone. In our cups of recollection
overflowing and with dtvino tender mercies
loving kindnesses thero is no bitterer
ingredient than this. But seldom, if ever,
do wo recall any error of ours on the part
of kindness or find any occasion for regrot
ling merciful allowances, favorable inter¬
pretations or whatever a spirit of kindness
may have prompted. We hnvo never stood
by a coffin or a graro and repented of any
utmost or even unrequited kindness shown
to the person at rest there.
Tho Gospel of Christ is precious beenuso
it is a gospel of tho “exceeding great kind¬
ness of God toward us” in Christ, and be¬
cause it is all the while aiming to touch
and waken the chords of human sympathy
in our hearts; and,in bringing us under tho
law and into tho spirit of brotherly kind¬
ness. to make us know and reloico together
in tiie loving kindness of our God, Of this
gospel wo can all be ministers, and the
best and most useful portion of our lives
will be our “little,nameless, unremembered
acts of kindness and of love.”
Oh, then, since the time is short, “Bo
swift to love, make haste to be kind!”
Edwin Bond Parker,
Pastor of the Second Church in Hartford.
Conn.
LEARN PRACTICAL THINGS.
Dr, Talmacro Preaches Directly For the
Benclit of the Women.
Text: “Every wise woman Imildetli her
house.”—Prov. xiv., 1,
Woman a mere adjunct to man, an ap¬
pendix to the mnseulino volume, au appen¬
dage, a sort of afterthought, something
thrown in to make things even -that is the
heresy entertained and implied by some
men. This is evident to them, because
Adam was first created, and then Eve.
They don't read tho wholo story, or they
would find that the porpoise and the bear
nnd the hawk were created before Adam,
so that this argument, drawn from priority
of creation, might prove that tho sheep and
the Woman dog were greater than man. No.
intended, was an if independent sho creation, and
was work alone, choose, to live alone,
to act alone, think alone, but
■never fight her battles alone. The Bible
says it is not good for a woman to be alone;
and tho simple fact is that many women
who are harnessed for lifo in the marriage
relation would be a thousand-fold better
off if they were alone.
A woman standing outside tbo marriage
O} osiuio.nl put' ‘Xiopno oai[) x '-'is pun
qjauu jo norntuiop Aui pu qjiAV., :3aiXiis
pinjinA ei|X ‘JJnipnujjjo popvoq-ppjq v
‘pouriuu M3.il nniM x 9i|j ‘aaqojx pun ssom
q»!A' paaj.'oa qoo.t iimhnoi jo .iwj|u uu }i: ‘p.ioq pm:
i).log jo poop; .roj osboo pun sjiqcq
BUOJOAinino siq dn OAjli pinoA' oq po.nq.,
-op o.tnjin.v Xq oqi aajjn Me;: eno ‘os ,,‘uitq
3 aiA'j.iutu Suiijtj orans eq; 04 oitiipu
oq} Sutiq ||iAt j pun ‘}oo-8iop n jo jainii
aq) uj dn jqSno.iq sum pn« ‘aonad aqj[ j
pun ‘uoijjsodsjp piitn u a.tnq j„ :pju« pun
'!! uuoj.u o) jnoqn }as '[aiuo pun snoi.mdtu
suAi ajnqn.v u jnqj Ibnaijon ’a.vop v naq.u
"liT ignsar aq} svm juq.xv 'miff wjojai 04
unui« paiiinm suq ‘sSniqj jaqjo nj asuas
punos poo* jo 'uninoA'a.'jjanjjjn n'nnq} un Xunj^
•pallium X|pnq numoAi go ia}}aq
souq} punsnonj paipunq 'waxes si nounxai
The liaiiiilton Journal
lovo and cherish till death do us part.
But one day the dove in her fright saw the
vulture busy at a carcass, and cried:
“Stop thatl 'Did you not promise me that
you would quit your carnivorous and filthy
habits if I married you?" "Yes," said Die
Vulture, "but if you don’t like my w /,
you can leave," and with one angry stroke
of the beak, and another fierce clutch, the
vulture left the dove eyeless and wingless
and lifeless. of
Many a woman who has had the hand
a young inebriate offered, but declined it,
or who was asked to chain her lifo to a
man selfish, or of had temper, and refused
the shackles, will bless God throughout, all
eternity that sho escaped that earthly pan¬
demonium.
In addressing those Women who have to
battle alone, I congratulato forever you that on your
happy will escape. have Rejoice navigate the faults of you the
not to
other sex, when you have faults enough of
your own. Think of the bereavements
you avoid, of tho risks of unnssimllatod
temper Which you will not. have to run, of
tho cares you will never have to carry,
and of the opportunity of outside useful¬
ness from which married life would have
partially debarred you, and that you aro
free to go and come as one who has the
responsibilities of a household can seldom
be. God lias not given you a hard lot, as
compared with your sisters. When young
women shall make up their minds at tho
start that masculine companionship and is that not
a necessity in order probability to happiness,
there is a strong that, they will
have to fight the battle of life atone, they
will ho getting the timber ready for their
own fortune, and their saw and ax and
plane sharpened for its construction,
since “Every wise woman buiideth her
house.”
As no boy ought to be brought up with¬
out learning seme business nt which he
could earn a livelihood, so no girl ought to
be brought up without learning the science
of self-support. The difficulty is that many
a family goes sailing on tho high tide of
success, and the husband and father de¬
pends on his own health and acumen for
tho welfare of Ills household, but ono day
he gets his feet wet, and in three days
pneumonia lias closed his lifo, and tlie
daughters are turned out on a cold world
to earn bread, and there is nothing practi¬
cal that they can do.
How is this evil to be cured? Start clear
back in the homestead nnd teach your
daughters that life is an earnost thing, and
that there Is a possibility, if not a strong
probability, that they ' will have to light tin
battle of lifo alone. Let every father and
mother say to their daughters: “Now, what
would you do for a livelihood if wluit I now
own were swept away by financial disaster,
or old age, or death should end my career?"
My advice to all girls and all unmarried
women, whether iu affluent homes or in
homes where most stringent economies are
grinding, is to learn to do some kind of
work that tho world ‘must lmvo while the
world stands.
O, young women of America! as many of
you will have to fight your own buttles
alone, do not wait until you meet with
disaster and your father is dead, and all
tho resources of your family have been
scattered; hut now, while in a good house
and environed by all prosperities, learn
how to do some kind of work that the
world must have as long as tho world
stands. Turn your attention from tho em¬
broidery of line slippers, of which there is
a surplus, and make a useful shoe. Ex¬
pond the time iu which you adorn a cigar
ease in learning how to make a good,
honest loaf of bread. Turn ycur atten¬
tion from tho making of flimsy nothings to
tho manufacturing of important some¬
things. father
“But,” you ask, “what would my
and mother say if they saw I was doing
such unfashionable work?” Throw tho
wholo responsibility upon us, tho pastors,
who are constantly hearing of young wo
men in all these cities, who, unqualified by
their previous luxurious surroundings for
the awful struggle of life into which they
have been suddenly hurled, seemodtohave
nothing left them' hut a choice between
starvation and damnation, They go
along the street at 7 o’clock in tho wintry
mornings, through tho slush and storm,
to tho place where thoy shall earn only
half enough for subsistence, the daugh¬
ters of once prosperous merchants, law¬
yers, clergymen, artists, hankers and
capitalists, who brought up delusion their chil¬
dren under the infernal that
it was not high tone for a woman to learn a
profitable calling. Young woman! tako
this affair in your own hand, and let
there bo an insurrection in all prosperous
families on tho part of the daughters of
this day, ilemandiug knowledge in occu¬
pation and styles of business by which they
may he their own defence and their own
support and if all father,ly and husbandly I
brotherly hands fail them. have
seen two sad sights, the one a woman in
all tho glory of her young lifo, stricken
by disease, and in a week lifeless in a home
of which sho had been tbo pride. As her
hands were folded over tho still heart and
tier eyes closed for the last slumber, and
she was taken out nmid tho lamentations
of kindred and friends, I thought that was
a sadness immeasurable. But I have seen
something compared with which that
sceno was bright and songful. It was a
young woman who had been all her days
amid wealthy surroundings, by the visit
of death and bankruptcy to tho household
turned out on a cold world without one
lesson about how to get food or shelter,
and into the awful whirlpool of city life,
where strong ships have gone down, and
for twenty years not one word lias been
heard from her. Vessels went out on tho
Atlantic Oeean looking for a shipwrecked
craft tiiat was left alono and forsaken on
the sea a few weeks before, with the idea
of bringing it into port. But who shall
ever bring into the harbor of peace and
hopo nnd heaven that lost womanly im¬
mortal, driven in what tempest, allamo in
wliut conflagration, sinkiug into what
abyss? O God, help! O Christ, rescue!
My sisters, give not your time to learning
fancy work which the world may dispense
with in hard times, hut connect your skill
with tho indispensubles of life.
Let me say to all women who have al¬
ready entered upon the battle of lifo that
the time is coming when women shall not
only get as much salary and wages as men
get, hut for certain styles of employment
women will have higher salary and more
wages, for the reason that for some styles
of work they have more adaptation. But
this justice will come to women not through
any sentiment of gallantry, not because
woman is physically weaker than men,
sideration and, therefore, ought her, hut to have more oqu
siiown because through
her finer natural taste and more grace of
mannerand quicker perception, and more
delicate touch, and more educated adroit¬
ness she will, in certain callings, be to her
employer worth ten per cent, more, or
twenty per cent, more than the other sex.
Sho will not get it by asking for it, but by
earning it, and it shall be hers by lawful
conquest.
The subscription price of this pa¬
per puts it within the reach of all
nnd there is no reason why your name
should not be on our books.
WHITE IS CHAIRMAN.
He Is Elected By the Democratic Con¬
gressional Committee.
A Washington dispatch says: The
new democratic congressional commit¬
tee Thursday elected as chairman Sen¬
ator White, of California. Senator
White was supported by the friends of
Representative Bailey, who are favora¬
ble to that gentleman’s candidacy in
case the next house is democratic.
The meeting -was quite fully at¬
tended, thirty-three members being
present.
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898.
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A QUESTION OF VERACITY STRUNG
BETWEEN THEM.
TELLER RESOLUTION CALLED UP.
silver Advocates In the Senate Win a Point
Over Stubborn Opposition and
Strong Party Lines.
A Washington special says: Speaker
Reed, from the rostrum of the house,
and Mr. Bailey, leader of the demo¬
crats, from his place on the floor,
glared at each other at the close of the
Cuban debate Thursday and joined an
issue of veracity. This sensational
episode completely overshadowed the
interest in the Cuban debate, which
had continued uninteruptedly in the
house for three days, during the con¬
sideration of the diplomatic and con¬
sular appropriation bill.
Wednesday notice was given by Mr.
Williams, democrat, of Mississippi,
that at tbe conclusion of the debate
Thursday a motion would be made to
recommit the bill with instructions.
When the motion was made by Mr.
Bailey it was ruled out of order by the
speaker.
Mr. Bailey thereupon startled the
house by affirming that he had had a
private understanding with the speaker
by which a vote should be taken di¬
rectly on the motion to recommit.
This the speaker emphatically de¬
nied and these two leaders of their re¬
spective parties in the house, with
white faces and voices shaken by emo¬
tion, set their statements against each
other’s while the galleries looked on
in breathless amazement and the
members were in an uproar. Mr.
Smith, of Michigan, who said he was
present, corroborated the speaker’s
side of the case. The result of the
speaker’s position was that an appeal
was taken from his decision and by a
strict party vote it was laid on the ta¬
ble—368 to 114, the democrats and
populists, as on the two previous days,
voting against the solid republican
strength.
The debate during the day was not
as interesting as on either of the two
preceding days. The features were a
characteristic speech liy Champ Clark,
of Missouri, a strong appeal for con¬
servatism from Mr. Johnson, Indiana,
a presentation of the results of his
observations in Cuba during his re¬
cent trip to the island, from King,
democrat, of Utah, and an hour speech
by Mr. Dingley, of Maine, in explana¬
tion of the causes of the reduction of
the wages of tho New England cotton
industry.
Mr. Williams, democrat, of Missis¬
sippi a number of the foregn affairs
committee, followed. He sneered at
the statement of Mr. Hitt that the
granting of belligerent rights to the
Cubans would afford them no advan
tage.
He described the harrowing condi¬
tions there, characterized the scheme
of autonomy as a delusion, and de¬
clared if peace came on that basis
Spain wauld saddle tbe war debt on
Cuba. There would be resistance and
once more the fires of revolution would
be kindled. Permanent peace would
not come to the island until indepen¬
dence was achieved.
Teller Resolution In the Senate.
Silver’s control of the senate was
again demonstrated Thursday on a di¬
rect vote which was au unequivocal
test of the feeling of senators on the
question.
When Senator Vest, in accordance
with previous notice, called up the
Stanley Matthews resolution and mov¬
ed the consideration, the gold men
made an effort to defeat this by mov¬
ing au executive session.
The lines were clearly drawn. On
the one side were the gold men, on
the other those strongly for silver and
some who are inclined that way.
The result was the defeat of the mo¬
tion by Mr. Lodge for executive ses¬
sion by a vote of 27 yeas to 39 nays.
Then, on Mr. Vest’s direct motion
that the resolutions favorably reported
by the finance committee be taken- up
for consideration, the vote was 41 yeas
to 25 nays.
This means that the silver resolu¬
tions now have the right of way as the
unfinished business of the senate.
COLLEGE STUDENTS FIGHT.
Bloody Riot Precipitated In Which Much
Damage Was Done.
A class fight, which ended in a
bloody riot, took place among the
students of Frauklin college, the Bap¬
tist institution of Indiana, Tuesday.
The seniors and sophomores on one
hand and the juniors nnd freshmen on
the other have been clashing for some
time, and the crisis came when the
junior flag was seen floating over the
college. The senior-sophomore crowd
gained the roof of the building and
tore down the banner, precipitating au
exciting struggle.
TWO KILLED IN YVRECK.
Train No. 37 of the Atlantic Coast Line
Collides With a Local.
Train No. 37, of the Atlantic Coast
Line from New York to Florida, and
No. 52, local from Charleston to Co¬
lumbia, S. C., collided about eight
miles west of Charleston Friday morn¬
ing at 7:17 o’clock.
Two men were killed and a number
of others injured. The dead are:
Robert James, fireman of No. 37; Wes¬
ley Bishop, fireman of No. 52; both
colored.
DISCUSSED CUBAN MATTER.
Party Fines Arc Closely Drawn In Con¬
gressional Debate.
A Washington special says: All day
S^Ti^ cTC
insurgents was argued in the house,
but as on the previous day, the minori¬
ty hurled itself against a stone wall.
4“-fmou» dX'S STK
the decision of the speaker and direct
the committee on foreign affairs to
report without further delay the Cuban
resolution passed by tlie senate at the
last session—the republicans stood
solid and voted to sustain the chair.
The galleries were banked to the
doors and there was considerable ex
citement throughout the early part of
the session, when the members of the
minority were successively pressing
all sorts of amendments bearing on
the Cuban question for the purpose of
embarrassing the majority.
During the debate Chairman Hitt, of
the foreign affairs committee, made an
impressive speech explaining at length
the situation which made action by
congress inadvisable. He spoke with
impassioned words of the president’s
independence sympathy with the struggle for Cuban
and the achievements of
the present administration.
The release of American prisoners
in Cuba, the recall of Weyler, the
abandonment of the policy of concen¬
tration and the autonomy scheme he
attributed to the firm attitude of the
president, and contrasted these results
with the inaction of the last adminis¬
tration. He averred that belligerent
rights could not aid the insurgents’
cause and perhaps the most dramatic
portion of his speech came when ho
declared that the insurgents only
wished for belligerent rights in tho
hope and belief that this country
would be embroiled in a war with
Spain, which would give them their
freedom with our triumph. He assert¬
ed that the president must assume the
responsibility of any action which
might eventuate in war and appealed
to both sides of the chamber to patri¬
otically support the executive if a
crisis shall come.
M’MILLIN LED IN CAUCUS.
He Receives Thirty-Nine Votes While
Tnylor Runs Fast.
A Nashville dispatch says: The dem¬
ocratic caucus to nominate a candidate
for United States senator met Wednes¬
day night and took seven ballots with¬
out result. There was no material
change in the ballots, McMillin re¬
ceiving within six votes of enough to
nominate, and Senator Turley running
second with thirty votes.
The magic of Governor Taylor’s
name failed to cause the stampede so
confidently predicted by liis friends,
and he received the same nineteen
votes on each of the seven ballots.
Every possible effort has been made
to chnnge the supporters of McMillin,
but tho men who voted for him are
stickers, and are certain to stand
by him. They are assured of enough
votes to nominate whenever the break
comes, no matter whether Tnylor or
Turley is the first to withdraw.
The larger number of votes would
come to McMillin from Taylor, but
enough would be received if Senator
Turley would get out of the way.
M’COMAS’ FRIENDS DISAPPOINTED
Second Senatorial Ballot Fell Short of
Their Expectations,
The Maryland senate and house met
in joint session again Wednesday and
after casting one ballot for United
States senator to succeed Arthur P.
Gormau adjourned until Thursday.
The ballot resulted as follows:
McComas 36, Shaw II, Shryock 2,
Milliken 2, Barber 6, Warner 1, Gor¬
man 46, Findlay 2, Parran 6, Lowndes
1; total 113. Necessary to a choice 57.
Absent 4.
The outcome of the day’s balloting
was a distinct disappointment to the
followers of Judge McComas, they
having confidently expected a gain of
at least eight more votes than they
got.
FIFTY BODIES RECOVERED.
Gas Explosion in Russian Mines Was
Fearfully Fatal.
A later dispatch from Charkoff, Rus¬
sia, says that the bodies of fifty vic¬
tims of the gas explosion in one of the
mines of the Donetzaer company in
the Taganrog district have been extri¬
cated. It is feared others were killed.
Three of the eighteen injured in the
explosion have since succumbed.
RULES FOR PENSION LAWYERS.
Commissioner Evans Will Simplify Sys¬
tem Now In Vogue.
Commissioner Evans, of the pension
office, has in preparation a new set of
regulations governing the practice of
attorneys before and the adjudication
of claims in the office. The effort will
be made to simplify to some extent the
methods now in vogue of adjudicating
claims but without in any manner les¬
sening the requirements imposed up¬
on pensioners to show cause why their
claims should be allowed and to re¬
lieve the embarassment which results
from different constructions of the
laws by successive administrations of
the pension office.
NO RELIEF FOR CHURCH.
House of Representatives Discusses Ap¬
peal From Book Publishing House.
A Washington special says: There
was a parliamentary struggle in the
house Friday over the bill for the re¬
lief of the book publishing company
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, which was before the house last
Friday. By shrewd maneuvering, its
opponents succeeded in preventing ac¬
tion for the time being.
i
PRESIDENT MAY BE FORCED TO
ACT IN CUBAN MATTER.
CURRENCY REFORM MAY GO UNDER
Beport That President McKinley I» Pre¬
paring Special Message Calling For
Cash to Transport Troops.
A Washington special of Friday
says: Cuban news is still flying fast
a ncl furious about the capitol. One
I story put in circulation that tho
was
, special
president was preparing a mes
sage in which he would ask for
| $1,000,000 for the transportation of
t * This and other r8 ports we re
i denials, _ and . there
followed by seems
no way of getting at the truth of any
of them,
One thing is certain, however, and
that is that the administration is
greatly alarmed at the situation
in the house of representatives.
It was this phase of the situation
that had the cabinet in session Friday.
The Cuban matter took up all the time
of the president and his members. As
grave as the situation is on account of
the attitude of the Spanish, it is as
serious in the eyes of the administra¬
tion as the attitude of the republicans
in the house.
Currency Reform May Fail.
The death knell of all efforts at cur¬
rency reform was sounded in the sen¬
ate at Friday’s session.
A premonition of it was given Thurs¬
day in the decisive vote by which the
Stanley Matthews resolutions were
given the right of way over everything
else; Friday the fate of ail the various
efforts to pass such reform laws as will
“commit this country more thorough¬
ly to the gold standard” was settled.
The opponents of these resolutions
had made a careful study of the situa¬
tion and when Senator Vest asked that
a time be set for a final vote on tlie
resolutions, tbo republican leaders
evinced a desire that they be given
iheir dose at the soonest moment pos¬
sible. This was a surprise to the sil¬
ver men, who had expected to be told
that the resolutions would not be al¬
lowed to go through the senate with¬
out the hardest kind of^fight.
An agreement was re aimed t’BjElh ere
shall be a vote next Thursday. In
the meantime there will be several
speeches. Senators Turpin and Stew¬
art have already given notice of their
intentions in this respect and some of
the republicans will set forth their
views. Those western republicans who
have been talking silver are to be
smoked out. They will vote for the
resolutions, and its passage by so de¬
cided a vote will be formal notice to
tho house that there is no need of that
body wasting its time in the considera¬
tion of the Gage bill, the commission
bill or any of those other measures ad¬
vanced in the name of reform and
pushed for the purpose so frankly
stated by the secretary of the treasui y
—to commit the country more thor¬
oughly to the gold standard.
A Denial From Mr. Quay.
At the opening of the senate’s ses¬
sion Friday Mr. Quay,of Pennsylvania,
said that he had noticed in the morn¬
ing newspapers that he had voted for
the consideration of the Teller resolu¬
tion because tbe senator from Missou¬
ri (Mr. Vest) had asked him to do so.
This, Mr. Quay said, was not true in
any sense, as he had not conferred
with the Missouri senator about it. He
had voted as he had, said he, because
he thought the present consideration
of the resolution would benefit the
country and the republican party.
BIG IMPORTS OF LUMBER.
Due to Demand for Tonnage to Engage In
Alaskan Trade.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
During the past 48 hours 17 vessels,
carrying in the aggregate more than
four million feet of lumber,have passed
in through the golden gate. This ar¬
rival of so many lumber laden vessels
is due wholly to the unprecedented
demand for tonage to engage in the
Alaskan trade.
The arrival of the fleet relieves to a
gieat extent, a situation in the lumber
market created by the same demand
that will cause a scarcity of lumber
carriers.
DOLE YVILL BE HONORED.
McKinley Will See That Hawaiian Presi¬
dent Is Well Entertained.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Dole, of the Hawaiian Islands,
will be given a royal welcome when he
arrives at the capital. President Mc¬
Kinley has decided that he shall be
considered as the nation’s guest, and
no means will be spared to entertain
him in a lavish manner.
The official tour of the Hawaiian
president will begin at Chicago. The
president will send government offi¬
cials to meet him en route, and all
honor will be shown him as the guest
of the nation.
SYSTEM MAY CHANGE HANDS.
Cumberland Telephone Company Will
Probably Have New Owners.
A Nashville dispatch says: It is
stated in well informed circles that
negotiations between the Cumberland
Telephone and Telegraph company
and the Great Southern system, which
operates in New Orleans and vicinity,
are pending which, if successful, will
make the former company entire own¬
er of the latter, the price being near
$1,500,000, to be paid in stock of the
Cumberland company.
V*.
VOL. XXVII, NO. 4
M’KENNA WILL HE CONFIRMED.
Notwithstanding the Fight Against Him
Ho Will Go On Supreme Bench.
The Senate devoted its principal
attention in executive session Friday
to the nomination of Attorney General
McKenna to be a Justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
When the doors were closed the
Hawaiian treaty was laid aside in
order to afford opportunity to con¬
sider the McKenna nomination and
other nominations.
An effort was made to secure the
confirmation of the nomination of
General Longstreet, to be commis¬
sioner of railroads, but Senator Vest
made objection to immediate action,
and the nomination went over until
another day.
Mr. Vest did not state his objections
beyond mentioning the fact that they
were not personal.
Tiie nomination of Attorney General
McKenna was then taken up in accord¬
ance with the agreement reached last
w'eek to dispose of the nomination Fri¬
day.
Senator Allen immediately took the
floor in continuation of his attack
upon the attorney general. He pre¬
sented a large number of documents
in support of his contention that Mr.
McKenna was not competent to dis¬
charge the duties of the high office of
justice of the supreme bench.
Senator Allen had before him tho
charges filed with the committee on
judiciary, This which he read at length.
comprised a large number of let¬
ters, some resolutions and the protest
of lawyers and judges of the Pacific
coast charging that McKenna is unfit
for the high office of supreme court
justice ou the ground of a want of
legal attainments.
The senator commented at length
upon this latter document, and was
interrupted by Senator Perkins, of
California, wbo read a published de¬
fense of Judge McKenna, giving stat¬
istics to show that he had not, as
judge of the California federal court,
been more frequently reversed by su¬
perior tribunals than had other judges
of the same rank.
There were also other interruptions
during the day, but the proceedings
. were devoid of general interest.
Mr. Allen spoke for about three
hours. He said he was convinced of
Mr. McKenna’s unfitness for the offico.
He did not insist upon a roll call when
the vote was taken, and the vote was
overwhelmingly favorable to confirma¬
tion.
TAYLOR GAINS FOUR VOTES.
Tennessee Legislators Strive Unvallingly
To Nominate Senator.
A Nashville special says: Fifteen bal¬
lots were taken in the democratic caucus
Friday night without nominating a
candidate for senator. The first bal¬
lot was the same as the last ballot of
Thursday night, but the last ballot be¬
fore adjournment showed a loss of four
votes for Turley and a corresponding
gain for Governor Taylor.
The Tnylor men are greatly elated
over the gain and the McMillin men
consider the situation improved, as
they are assured of several more than
enough votes to nominate from the
Turley ranks whenever ha becomes
the third man in the race.
THE MARYLAND CONTEST.
Fourth Day of Balloting For Senator
Found Situation iTnclianged.
A special from Annapolis, Md., says:
The fourth day of balloting for a
United States senator from Maryland
found the situation practically un¬
changed. No one looks for an elec¬
tion for some days, and the feeling is
growing that the only way to settle the
matter is by the withdrawal of both
Shaw and McComas in favor of a com¬
promise candidate.
The friends of ex-Congressman John
Yan Lear confidently assert that in
such an event the mantle will fall up¬
on his shoulders.
The following was the result of tho
sixth ballot on the senatorial fight ta¬
ken at noon Friday: McComas 43,
Gorman 46, Findlay 2, Shyrock, 2,
Mullikin 2, Barber 17, Shaw 1.
FRENCH BUY CHINESE SHIPS.
Sho Will Convert a Number of Steamers
Into Transport Vessels.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
China, received at London, says that
France has purchased three Chinese
steamers and is trying to acquire oth¬
ers for the purpose of converting them
into transports. According to the same
dispatch, the Japanese squadron sailed
from Yokohama Saturday for Japanese
waters.
GLADSTONE FAILING.
Reports as to His Health Causes tlu
Gravest Anxiety.
The Pall Mall Gazette (London) in
its issue of Wednesday afternoon
made the following announcement in
big type:
“With deep regret we learn on most
excellent authority that Mr. Glad¬
stone’s health causes the gravest anxi¬
ety to those about* him. His sojourn
at Cannes has not had the effect of
fortifying his strength as anticipated.”
The news placards of the Pall Mall
Gazette read: “Critical condition of
Mr. Gladstone.” The announcement
is causing much excitement.
COAL BOATS WRECKED.
Fourteen Barges Struck By Storm and
Sunk— Tavo of the Crew Drowned.
The towboat Jo B. Williams, with a
tow of -sixty coal boats, was caught in
the storm near Leavenworth, Indiana,
Wednesday night.
Fourteen of the coal boats were
sunk and two of the steamer’s crew
were washed overboard and drowned.
The boat was battered up considera¬
bly, but was afterward able to proceed
on her way south.
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