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IMPURE DEMOCRACY
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE
CONSPIRATORS.
T11K UAMtlKS AGREE TO HKLF
CLEVELAND AND ( ARI-I8I.K
GIVE TIIE COUNTRY AN
Oli.ll-.CT LESSON
Cleveland Calls Congre«« Tosether »nd
Tall* It Wl»*t to Vo
ftonthoru Utmofrftti Acrarla to the
Ilankori' l>ff»uii<l*
Confer*** on My Hind*
“I expect to have a session of con*
frrrRs on my hands at tint time”—
Cleveland's loiter of June 25, 1894, ac¬
centing an invitation to attend Wili¬
ams c ollege
Mill Dlvr III.-( onulrj all Dbjart
"No. I shall nut call an extra ses
slot) of congress. My only object In
convening that body would he ,o re¬
peal the silver purchasing act, and
that con not he effected this year It
Is my opinion that we shall experi
once dose limes In money matters
dtirJng the year, and when *con#ren*
gets together next December it will
be more reasonable, more tractable
i» . m.-fimm t.aWes han* time*bring
.
a people to realize b« ir <00 >
When the Mjueexe comes the men who
stand in the way of legislation in
tended to 1 reserve public confidence
will lose sight of local theories and
sentiment and wbl bo willing to Join
tin- majority and general sentiment
of those who know best what should
be done. I propose to give tho coflfi
try an object lesson " firover ( levc
land. Times Star Interview, March 11
IH93.
KdO.i r.i of Hie < oiisplrarj.
"Secretary < arlis!e this evening mot
u number of bankers »t the re-.i
denco of Ctoorgo L, Williams,
pronblent of tho ( lu mb al bank. Tho
confer! nee lasted over an hour
There was the utmost good feeling
displayed and tho secretary said ho
was there to tiialio a frank open state¬
ment of what he believed to bo the
financial policy of the government
• • • There in a deter min a
lion uIho to »how the miners of kilter
the evils of ll-e Micrman law on their
lortum?*. President l leveland's ad
Visor* have told liitn that th« only
way to induru tho western and south¬
western congressmen and woitor* to
consent to a repeal of the Sherman
law Is to demonstrate to their cou
•tltuenU that they are losing every
day thla law remains in effect This
work lu that direction haa l>een started
by a number of the banker* In thu
solid communities of the east || They
are dally refusing credit, to the south,
southwest and west, The Chicago
bank*, it Is said, are carrying out the
same line of policy.
**tw, retary Carlisle, In hla talk with
the bankers, made ill* *t*t,<l very
clear. It 1* to bu heroic treatment ini
th« way through of the Nherrosn law,
amt possibly by tho next session
of congress the silver mine owners and
adherents of stiver In tho senate and
house will be ready to consent to a re
peal , of , tho , law , 11 e hank . , presidents, . . ,
replying ui Secretary ( arlisle, eor
dlally informed him that they would
be ready at all times to co operate
-
with ... him ,, I.verybody . shook . . , hands ,
and there was harmony allround
There wax per ha |>a no organised con
splracy against the west in the great
financial centers of the east, but there
was a gcueral understanding all along
the line that the west should be forced
Into line to help tho east , ac ump ,, Ish ,
xvhat It had long desired. * * *
Polities and finance wore combined lu
the scheme The great money powers
Of the east had secured the election of
Mr. Clew and. They first spent a
large sum to secure his nomination,
ou«l second, n much larger sum to se¬
cure his elect ion They knew he was
in full sympathy with their view, and
they felt that now, If ever, they must
make the fight for gold monometal
Jlsm. ,, kuowing. that Cleveland I , I was
heartily with them, they desired
to create such 7 public sentiment
as would make UVs triumph with con
gross easy. First they w ere to press
the west for a settlement of indebted
ness, and next they were to start the
•car* over the cxjmrt ‘ of gold The
luovement in gold began early , In , the
year. It was undoubtedly aecelcr
ated, aud every effort made to mag¬
nify its importune* by New York
financiers The telegraph wires were
daily loaded, not merely with the
various amounts that were going
abroad, but with Interviews with New
York men as to what the effect would
be, and as to what was the cause,
etc. ’— N. Y. Sun Giem ) April 27.
I lia 1 'riM Uiiiallttit
Fxn-t rivi Mansion, {
Washington, D. C . June SO, ’t*X i
Whereas The distrust and appre
tiension concerning the financial sit¬
uation which pervade all the business
circles have already caused great loss
and damage to our poop e, and
threaten to cripple our merchants,
stop the wheels of manufacture, bring
distress 1 ^ an 1 * nrivstion to our farmers
aud withhold from our workmen the
nage of lal>or, and
it here*).. The present perilous con¬
dition is largely the result of a finan
cisl policy which tbe executive 1,ranch
of the government finds embodied in
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unwise laws which must be executed
until repealed bjr congress.
Sow, therefore, I, drover Cleveland,
President of the United States, in per¬
formance of a constitutional duty, do
by this proclamation declare that an
extraordinary occasion requires the
convening of both houses of the con¬
gress of the United States at the capi
tol in the city of Washington, on the
7th day of August next, at 12 o'clock
noon, to the end that the people iney
be relieved through legislation from
present and impending dangor and
distress. All thofte entitled to act as
members of the Fifty-third congress
are required to take notice of this
proclamation and attend at the time
and place above stated.
Given under my hand and seal of
the I nited Mates, at the city of Wash¬
ington, on the doth day of June, in
tiie year of our Lord IH'.td, and of the
independence of the i nited States the
117th.
jftKAL. J WltOVI II Cl.aVKI.ANI>.
lfy the rrcsi<le„t
Ai.vky A. Akkk,
A. ting secretary of State.
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111n M* Id U»* Kair» JtoMion
'J o the < ongre-s of the I nited
Htales The existence of an alarming,
mi extraordinary htisiness situation,
j IIVO lviiijf the welfare and conatrained prosperity
Q f all our people, ban extra hcaaion the me
to call together in
people a n pieaeutalivea in congress to
theeud that through a wise and pa
triotic exercise of the legislative duty
w itdb which they are solely charged,
present evils may be mitigated and
dangers threatening the luture may
bt- averted.
Our unfortunate financial plight is
not the result of untoward events or
of conditions related to our national
resources; nor is it traceable to any of
the afflictions which frequently check
national growth and prosperity With
plenteous crops, with abundant prom
iso of remunerative production and
manufacture, with unusual invitation
to safe investment and with satisfac*
tory assurance to business enterprise,
Malden financial distrust arid fear
have sprung up on every side. Nu
merons moneyed institutions have
suspended because abundant assets
were not immediately available to
meet the demands of frightened and de¬
positors, surviving corporations keep In
Individuals are content to
hand the money they are usually anx¬ In
ious to loan, and those engaged
legitimate business are surprised for to
find that the securities they offer
loans, though heretofore satisfactory,
are no longer accepted. Values sup¬
posed to be fixed are fast becoming
conjectural and loss and failure have
invaded every branch of l,utlno«s.
Tli« Kl»rrn»**» Act tli© C»u»«.
I believe these things are, principally lcgtsla
chargeable touching to congressional
lion lln> |'il reliuse aud C'iId
tt(f „ u f silver by the general embodied govern
menu This legislation is day
In a statute passed on the Htfi of
July, fstio, which was the culmination
of much agitation of the subject In¬
volved and which may be con side red a
truce after the long struggle between
the advocates of free silver coinage
and those intending to bo more con¬
servative.
Undoubtedly the nmuttily 4,§00,(KW pur¬
chases by the government of
ounces of v tfl„t
r, tu lute, we a t'j t hose in tar*
tssted ,n silver of Its production Increase in as prlifl.Thu a certain
inn rant«.e
result, however, ha* been entirely dlf
furout, for Immediately following a
spa moillc mid slight rise the price of
silver began to (all after tlio passage
uf the net and has since reached the
lowest point ever known, Tins dis
appointing result has ledI to renewed
amt persistent effort lu the direction
|>( hi!v ,.,. lolua g,.
Meanwhile, not only are tho evil
effects of the operation of the present
law constantly accumulating hut the
result to which its execution must In
,. vll|lb y v ih } oeomlng heed palpable to
a jj who give the least to fiuau
cial suhjeda
KffMtl of lli« I i»w.
This law provides that In of payment silver
fur the 4, )(Hl,0e0 ounces
bullion which the secretary of the
treasury is commando 1 to purchase
malltll | Vi ,|, er e shall be Issued treas
„ ry notes redeemable ou demand tu
gold or silver coin, at tho discretion
of the secretary of tho treasury, and
that the said note* may be reissued.
It i», however, declared in tho act to
be "tbe established policy of the
Pulled Mutex to maintain the two
metaila upon a parity with each other
upon the present legal ratio or such
ratio as may be provided bv law."
']q,\ s iteclaraUon so controls the
actions of tho secrctnrv of the
treasury as to prevent his ex
ei vising the discretion nominally
V11|>u , d lljm tf ,, v hU0 |, *, t i on
Gie parity between gold and silver
may be disturbed. Manifestly, a re¬
fusal by the socretsuy to pay these
treasury notes in gold if demanded
would necessarily result in their dis
credit and depreciation, ax obligations
payable only mi silver, and would de
‘ ho between the t wo
metals 1 bv ' establishing a discrituina
U(Jn , B f vor of
Mj, to the mil day of July. 1X93,
these notes had been issued iu pay¬
ment of silver bullion purchased to
this bullion remains uncoined and
w about usefulness in the
clisse imvc heen paid m go d. This h
illustrated by the statement that !e
t WOffll the 1st day of May, I'll?, and
t*^kli h ui«* 1 y h *fo ,, 0 it!v«
'
G Uw pM.u*nt to' r
bnlUon smoun ed * little more
than ^ i un i that dnringr the
same period . about i *..« were
paid b\ the treasury in gold for the
redemption of such notes.
IVplvttwn of «liv l.oltl Kwrwx
The policy necessarily adopted of
paving these notes in gold has uot
spared the gold reserve of $100,000,000,
long ago set aside by tin- government
for the redemption of other uotew, for
thi-s fund has already been subjected
10 the tKiTBiexit uf new obil^ations
xo ab< ut SIM*, 00 ojKm» cm
ace lot of si rer puw'haaea. ami h*N
as a consequence, for the tir#t time
since it* cr at;o&, lH‘cn enerosched
upm the depletion
We Have
,,f ,,ur gold ,*a*y »»d have tempted
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Once th«ro midi an old “Mind** hen who kept »er»trta “worra* *nrt ilch,"
hat hardly cv#?r got any of them In her own “crew,** r a lien tlmt could
*‘Mae * got fat on them and only left enough to keep the ■rm teller'’ all re.
other and more appreciative stock- That nations the
to add it to their
op, ortunity we have offered has not
been neglected is shown by the large
amounts of gold which i.ave been re
cently drawn from our treasury and
exported to Increase the strength of
foreign nations. T)*e excels of ex*
porta of tfold over its import** for the
year ending June 10 , J Mi3. amounted
U) more than $87,^00,000. Between
the 1st day of.July, IHiO, and tiie 15t.li
day of «luly f i803, tho gold coin and
bullion in our treasury decreased
more than ?f!.; 2, 000 , 000 , while during
the same period the silver com and
bullion in the treasury increased more
than $1J7,000,000.
Uni©** government bonds are to be
constantly issued and.sold to replen*
ish our exhausted gold, only to be
again exhausted, it is apparent that
the operation of the sliver purchase direction
law now in force leads in the
of the entire substitution of silver for
the gold in the government treasury
and that this must be followed by the
payment of all government oblige
lions in depreciated silver.
At this stage ge ld and silver must
part company and the government
must fail in its established j>olicy to
maintain the two metals on a parity
with each other.
iuwc«n -if i)«pr«*uiat®.i <*nrr«nry
tiiven over to the exclusive ,use of
currency greatly depreciated, accord¬
ing to the standard of the commercial
world, we could no longer the claim a
pine ; among the nations of first
ciiiss, nor could our government claim
a performance of its obligation, so far
as such an obligation has been im¬
posed upon it, to provide for the use
of *ti.e people the best and safest
money. If. as many of its friends
claim, silver ought to occupy a large
place in our currency and the currency
of the world through general inter¬
national co-operation and agreement,
it is obvious that the United Slates
will not be in a position to gain a
bearing in favor of such an arrange¬
ment so long as we are willing to con¬
tinue our attempt to accomplish the
result single handed
The knowledge in business circles
among our own people that our equiva gov
ernment can not nako lift fiat
lent Vo InVrinMu values nor koop M.perior u
forlor money on a parity with
money l>y lt» own
efforts, lia.s resulted in siu h a lack of
confidence at homo in the stahilltv of
imrreucy values that capital refuses
Its aid to new enterprises, while mill
loUJiJUT KlMuliajsA.
channel-) of trade and commerce to he
come idle and unoroductlve in the
hands of timid owner*. 1 oreign iu
vestors. equally alert, not only decline
to purchase American securities, but
m i ke bnste to sacrifice those which
they already have.
Soimil i»im! Malilo l‘«rr*»nry W Kiito&
It doeR not moot tlio situation to say
that apprehension in regard to the
future of our finances la groundless lack
and that there in no reason for
of t onfldeuco in the purposes or power
of the government in tlio apprehen¬ premises.
The very existence of this
sion and lack of confidence, however
caused, Ih a menace which ought not
for a moment to be disregarded.
Possibly If the undertaking we have
in hand were the maiutenunee of a
specific known quantity of silver at a
parity with gold, our ability to do so j
might be estimated and guuged, and
per hups, in view of our unparalleled
growth and resources, might be favor
ably passed upon. But when our
u\owed endeavor is to maintain such
parity in regard to an amount of
silver increasing at the rate of S?.*>0,
000,000 yearly, with no fixed termina
lion t.» such increase, it can hardly be
said that u problem is presented whose
solution i« free from doubt. j
The people of the l nited States are
cntitlcil to a sound and stable cur
rency and to money recognized as j
such on every exchange and in every j
market of the world. Their govern- i
uient tinancial has experiments no right to injure opposed them to the by j
noliey and practice of other civilized ,
states Nor is it justified unreasonable in permit- j
ling an exaggerated and strength and :
reliance on our national 1
ability to jeopardize the soundness of i
the people s mi'ney. This matter I
rises above tlie plane of party business polities, and j j
It vitally concerns every household in
calling and enters every
the land.
IIh* Hugo Karntr SnfTur* Moot
There ih one important aspect of the
subject which especially should never
Wreaten .V.Ufortuu^r^tlie^s.’^he \w, the.speculator capilaliit may an
»»>■ protect himself by bosrdhigor
1,1 * v '; v, ' n ! ‘>’ a P r ' , ‘ ,t ln *" a fluctuation
uf value*, but the wsge esyiuer, toe
' ”rency iuid tiiT'ust’"',o 'receive the
bene®* Its correction, is practically work
drfenno He reae* or upon
th* 1 ventures of confident aua eon
tented capital. tl;, This failing him, kj, lus
condition is without alleviation, for
he can neither prey upon the misfor
tionx of others nor hoard his labor.
One of the greatest statesmen our
country has known, speaking more
than fifty years ago. when a derange
meet of the currency had caused eom
merciai distress, said: "The very man
of all others who has the deepest in
U*rest in M)und currency aud who
Miffers By mischievous lejrislatiou in
monetary matters is the man who
earns hi» daily bread by his daily toil.*'
Thess words are us pertinent now as
on the day the were uttered and
ought to imyre-sivei remind us that
a failure in the discharge of onr duty
at this time e» j especially injure
those of our to, . .rymen who labor
and who because”, their number and
condition are eni tied to the moat
watchful care of t( »ir government,
Speedy lt«- f Desire,!
It }* of the nttf importance that
rucIi relief a* con a fan afford in
the existing situa L i be afforded at
0n . 0 The max *Be giveti twice
who gires is directly appli
It may b rue that the em
ViarrasemenU arfile p which the country
j tt suffering a much from evils
apprehended ae ho) ^|om those actually calm
<ix i st i n g. We , too, that
counsels will prevlil and that neither
the capitalists nor] the wage earners panic
will give way ihe^ to unreasoning
and sacrifice property or their
interests under till Influence of exag
g-.-rafert feara evertheless, every
day s delay in re moving one of the
pl ^j n an( j pr i n . ,al causes of the
present state of tilings enlarges the
mischief rf^ponsibilfty already 4one and increases
^j l0 /Whatever pt the government
for Us existence. else the
people have a rb bt to expect from
congress, they mr *rtainly demand
^foat legislation tdemned by the
ordeal of three y 3 * disastrous <*x
perience shall be' noved from the
statute books as s 4 as their repre
sentatives can gitimatoly deal
with it. ;
Tariff Kevin J. Most Walt.
11 was my ptC ,e to summon early in con tl,o
gross in specia ;ssion
coming isrptemf ,- that we might
enter promptly pon the work of
tariff reform, wb 1 h the true interests
of the country ciei.rly demand, which
so large a majortt" of the desire people, and as
shown by their s jffrages,
expect, and to the accomplishment of
which every effort of the present ad¬
ministration is fledged. Hut while
tariff reform has (ost nothing of its
immediate and pe manent importance,
and must in the near future engage
the attention of congress, it has
seemed to me that: the financial con¬
dition of the noun' othbr Jy subjects should at be once
and before all con¬
sidered by your honorable body.
inirawdlutu Repeal li*<ommended,
, 0BrnMt , y re(x - )men (l tho ,r-ompt.
rfl > , of i. h)} Wlaiona of the act
|0d . Iul H j. , anthorir.m^ the
purchase of etlv Ulion, hiuI that
„,, ler legia'atlrc ,f in may pi t lie
, a ,| fJ „ ht mke th( . juU>a .
U()Il , lo(1 th „ ftl ho BOWnimell i
ig ;’f?ahnn« ip
H7*, y - , gutac.. uy u.i
, poullU . i# .
(}ui) Ci,hvki.a,ni>,
i.xecutive Mane J, Ang. 7, l«9l.
"We eommend ue patriotiam, in
tegrlly, ability a courage of Grover
Cleveland.” -Mi mri State Demo
cratie ( oBvention.
Vote Da Repeal.
The vote on unconditional repeal as
recommended by Cleveland and the
banks was as follows:
For unconditional repeal ........ 230
Against unconditional repeal.... 108
Democrats for re]!-el ........... 139
Democrats again* -epoal........ 74
Republicans for re peal.......... 100
Republicans against repeal...... 23
Populists for rephal...... ... none
Topulists against . repeal 10
The southern democrats who voted
f or u r U *onditiona «!poiL If repeal, and to carry
011 . { L , rtni! ^ of Cleveland and
the banks were
Anderson, YV. Vft. Caruth, Ky.
1?errVt Ky. Catchings. Miss
. , (,a /.i aikt, nt . L . 1 , A A!n a
*
Brattau, Md. Compton. Md.
Brawley, S. C. a” ^ Cooper, Fla.
„ rcck j Ilril | fr e. Crain. Texas,
Breckinridge, Ky. Davey, La
Hunn, N. G Edmonds, Va
Cabanisa, 6a Gresham, Texas.
Wise, Va Lawson, Ga.
Lester, i>o. Marshall, Va.
McCreary, Ky. McKaig, Md.
jicMlUin Tenn. Meredith, Va.
Meyer, La. Montgomery, Ky.
Dates, Ala. tvrerrall. Va.
Paschal, Texas- Patterson. Tenn.
p a _ ntw , }<y_ Pendleton, Texas.
Pendleton. W. Va, Itayner. Md.
Settle, N. Cx Stone, Ky.
Swanson, Va. Talbot, Md.
v, uigton.Tenu. Wilson, \\. Va.—4i>.
11 not in Oath nt r publish
it in the streets of AshelonV’ Forty
,} x southern detumraU voted with the
republic ins to le! go before they got
another hold.and now they are wring
ing their hands because they can’t
This vote is taken from the Conprei*.
sional Kecord, ^ . » VoL , .. SxY, >o, vt 19,
pages
* i and 802, for the extra session of
congress.
Keep the records before the people!
More to come! J»; got started! “Let
no guilty man escape
It h> said that 3. Sterling Morton,
Mr. Cleveland’s secretary of agrlcult
uic, in v ew of the depressintr con
dilion of the farmers, hvsrweommend
^ them ^ iat with /*’ rn the J* r * aaaaon lightning hecs cross bu;
c*
they can wor« at night Bright
idea this of Mr. Morton's.—People »
Advocate.
CONGRESSIONAL.
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OK BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE.
The Discussion of Important Measures
Briefly Epitomized.
Hpeaker Crisp having been called
home by sickness in his famiiy, Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, was elected
speaker pro tempore of the house
Wednesday. The senate amendments
to the house bill was agreed to, divid¬
ing the southern judicial district of
Mississippi into two divisions and pro¬
viding for holding a term of court at
Meridian.
The house at Thursday’s session
concurred in the senate amendments
to the house bill for the admission of
Utah as a state. This passes the bill
and sends it to the president for his
approval. The senate amendments to
the postoffice appropriation bill were
also concurred in.
Beyond adopting the report of the
conferees upon the bill making appro¬
priations for the payment of pensions
for the year ending June 30, 1895, the
house accomplished bnt little bus¬
iness at Friday’s session, and that only
of a preliminary nature. The entire
session of the day was spent in consid¬
eration of measures ou the private cal
endnr.
In the house, Bfttnrday, Speaker Pro
Tem. Richardson sent a notice to Clerk
Kerr, naming Representative Dockery,
of Missonri, to perform the duties of
the chair for the day. A bill to pro¬
mote the efficiency of the revenue cut¬
ter service, by providing a system of
retirement for officers, was called up
by Mr. Clark, of Missouri, who took
the floor.
Monday was suspension day in the
house. Under suspension of tho rules
the senate amendments to tho naval
appropriation bill were agreed to and
the bill was sent to conference. Mr.
McCreary then precipitated offering the something follow¬
of a sensation by
ing resolution: “Resolved, That tho
house of representatives indorse the
prompt and vigorous efforts of tho
presiilont and his administration
t-- suppress lawlessness, restore
order and prevent improper inter¬
ference with tho enforcement of tho
laws of the United States, and with
the transportation of mails of the
United States, and with interstate
commerce, and pledges its hearty sup¬
port, and deems tho success that has
already attended its efforts cause for
proper and general congratulation.”
After debate tho resolution was passed
without a division, the minority not
being strong enough to get tho ayes
and nays called.
TilR SKNATK.
In the senate, Wednesday, Mr. Dan¬
iel, of Virginia, offered an additional
danse to his substitute to the Peffer
resolution. This additional clause was
that, while tho senate expressly de¬
clares its determination to endorso ex
- "iitive in enforcement of the laws and
>u man itaining the supremacy of the
.opitHntv'.ij, it jjeems it proper
also to uiiifti u it- '"tin sum -o ill,.' j - n u
ciples of tha arbitration of difficulties,
aud controversies between e-mployets
of labor and its employees, as recog¬
nized in the laws of the United States,
and to express its condemnation of
the refusal of the party to such
controversy connected with the lute
disturbances anil vicinity, to submit
such difficulty anil controversy, to
a fair and impartial arbitra¬
tion, and its determination. Also, to
use in promotion of such arbitration,
whatever constitutional powers it may
possess. Tho clnttso wits fully discuss¬
ed aud finally withdrawn by Mr. Dan¬
iel. His amendment of Tuesday,
after being slightly modified, was
then adopted by the seuate with¬
out division. It os follows: Re¬
solved, That the senate indorses
tho prompt and vigorous measures
adopted by the president of the United
Ktates and tho members of his admin¬
istration to repulse and repress by
military force the interference of
lawless men with tho due pro¬
cess of the laws of tho United
Ktates and with tho transportation
of tho mails of tho United Ktates,
aud with the commerce among states.
Tho action of tho president full aud of his
administration lias the sympathy
and support of tho law-abiding masses
of tho people of tho United States ami
he will bo supported by all the de¬
partments of tho government ami by
tho power and resources of the entire
nation.
Tho army appropriation bill was
taken up in the senate Thursday. The
committee amendment, striking out of
tho house bill an item of 0152,000 for
general service clerks and messeugers,
which also repeals the law of 1886, au¬
thorizing their employment, was
agreed to. Saturday morning
Tho senate re¬
sumed the consideration of the legis¬
lative, executive and judicial appro¬
priation bill.
In the senate, Monday, the consid¬
eration of tho legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was re¬
sumed. Mr. Call renewed his efforts
to increase the salaTy of the law libra¬
rian to $2,500. The bill was passed
and then the district of Columbia ap¬
propriation bill was taken up.
THE CALIFORNIA RIOT.
Train Wreckers to lb' Tried for Mur¬
der ln the State' Courts.
A Kan Francisco special says:
United Ktates District Attorney Carter
has received a telegram from Attorney
General Olney, which approves of the
decision of Gartner in holding that
those guiltv of wrecking a train near
Sacramento must be tried for murder
in the state courts and not in the
United Ktates courts. The district at¬
torney from Yioloe county has been
notified that the United Ktates will
proceed against such persons for ob
struct]ng tbe mails in the event that
they escape conviction in tbe state
courts.
General Strike at Meridian.
All lalvr organizations at Meridian,
Miss., have declared in favor of the
strike and joined the boycott against
Pullman. Tuesday afternoon a meet¬
ing was held by the strikers, and a
br*s* baud helped to lend eotbo* ‘
to U« mom Tfea fitaati** s* *!*n»
Ur
GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER.
Commencing Feb. 11th, 1894, the following scheduler will be operated.AM *
trains run by 90th Meridian Time. The schedules are subject to change
without notice to the p ublic.
~ READDOWN.___ READ UP.
’Train f DAT Train Train pat night Train
SWOT No. 28 expr’s No. 12
No. 11 expr’s mail. No. 27 STATIONS. mail,
5 OOp 11 30pll 58a 7 40a Lv Augusta Ar 9 25p 1 20p 5 15a 7 55a
5 34p 11 53p 12 21p...... Belair 1 03p 4 52a 7 15a
5 50p 12 Ola 12 33j) 8 19a Grovetown 8 53p 12 55p 4 41a 7 Ola
6 04 i 2 16a 12 46p...... Berzelia 12 46p 4 29a 6 47a
p .....
6 14p 12 25a.l2 54p 8 38a Harlem 8 34p 12 34p 4 20a 6 38a
6 24p 12 35a. 1 03p 8 47a Bearing 8 25p:12 25p 4 10a 6 28a
6 42p 12 52a 1 21 9 02a Thomson 8 08p 12 08p 3 53a 6 10a
p Mesena 11 55a 3 42a 6 00a
6 52p 1 03a 1 34p...... Camak ..... 7 50p 11 47a 3 35a 5 51a
7 Olpl 1 10a, 1 1 42p 51p 9 9 28a 21a Norwood 7 43p 11 39a 3 26a 5 44a
7 09p 1 19a 7 29p 11 23a 3 10a 5 30a
7 29p 1 35a 2 07p 9 42a Barnett 2 57a 5 19a
7 40p! 1 48a 2 21j> 9 54a Crawfordville 7 19p 11 09a
8 OOp! 2 07a 2 47pl0 15a Union Point 7 00p 10 45a 2 32a 5 00a
2 21a 3 03p 10 29a Greensboro 6 31pjl0 29a! 2 21a
2 44a 3 30p 10 52a Buekliead C OHp 9 58ai 1 53a
2 56a 3 47j, 11 OCa Madison 5 53p 9 9 42a 22a 1 1 41a| 26a 1
..... 5 36p
... . 3 11a 4 06p 11 24a Rutledge 5 22p 9 07a 1 14a ....
3 23a! 4 22p 11 37a Social Circle 54a 1 ....
..... 3 43a' 4 45pll 57a Covington 5 01 p 8 45a 12 ....
4 08a 5 lip 12 17p Conyers 4 40p! 28p’ 8 21a 12 12 31a'...... 19a'......
4 21a 5 23p l2 29p Lithonia 4 8 09a
4 41a 5 42}, 12 46p Stone Mountain 4 10j»| 7 7 51a 4la 1200nt...... 11 47p......
4 55a 1 5 53}, 12 55p Clarkston 4 0<)pj 11 35p......
... 5 09a| 6 03}> 1 04p Decatur 3 51 10,,| pj 7 7 32u 20a 11 l'>p
..... 15p| lop! Atlanta _Lv 3
5 30ft- P 1 Ar . . .
I 3 45a| "flfHTTTTrTT Lv Camak Ar 1 1 lo , 12 56a!......
...
..... I 3 55a' 1 51p...... Warrenton ......11 31a’12 45a|......
. .....j ; .. Mayfield ......11 08» 12 19a......
4 25a 2 14p...... Culverton .10 51a l‘200nt......
.! 4 38a 2 28},...... . 10 43a 11 43p......
4 55a 2 39p...... Sparta ... 10 29a11 19p
5 19a 2 53p...... Devereux ...... 11 05p...... ......
5 31a 3 02p|...... Carrs ...... 10 20a;
G 30a 3 22}>...... Milledgevillo . .10 00»10 25p ......
6 57a 3 45p Browns . . 9 37a10 lOp ......
..... 9 21,i 9 53p......
...... Haddocks
.7 09a 29a! 3 58p...... .Tames .... 9 10a 9 35p.....•
7 20a! 4 12}>...... Ar M Lv ......| ... 8 32a 8 45p......
8 4 50p|...... ac on 2 OOp 9 30a '6 55pi......
7 30pill 25a 2 15p Lv Barnett Ar 40p|......
...... 7 42}, 11 37a 2 27p Sharon 1 45p 9 15n 6
7 56p 11 50a! 2 40p Hillman 1 34p' 9 04ii 6 29p...... OOpl
...... 8 25p|12 20p 3 lOp Ar WashingtonLv 1 05p 8 35ft 6 ......
8~20p 2 47p Lv Union Point Ar ,.|10 05a 6 lOp ......
............ 8 33p 2 59p Woodvillo 9 54 ft 5 59p......
8 40p 3 04p Bairdstown 9 50n 5 53p......
8 50p 3 14}> Maxeys 9 38a 5 40p......
8 57p 3 22 p Stephens 9 31a 5 32p......
9 09p 3 35p Crawford 9 18ft 5 17p......
9 28})' 3 53p Dunlap 9 Ola 4 59p......
9 33p! 3 58pj Winters 8 55 a 4 54p......
9 45}, 4 lOp Ar Athens Lv |... 8 40 a 4 40p......
10 50a Lv Union Point Ar ..... . 2 03p............
...... ......Ill 4l !............ Siloam . 1 42 .............
i a Lv . 1 20
12 oip!............ Ar White Plains ,...... .............
dally, except V and 12 which do rn » on Sunday. Sleeping 0» s be
All above trains run and Atlanta. Augusta aul f ; ,,, spiw .
tween Atlanta and Charleston, August* ^ ^CKSON
THUS. K. SCOTT, JOE W. WHITE, General Freight ami 1 'ahh Agent.
General Manager, Traveling Passenger Agent.
Augusta. Ga.
THE TROUBLE ENDS.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPU¬
DIATE THE STRIKE
And Refuse to Stand by tho American
Railway Union.
Latest dispatches from Chicago in
lieate tha ' - at strike is a dead
4m , ^
The tmii 8 council organt
sation, representing 25,000 Chicago
workingmen, held a meeting and took
action on tho strike orders. There
delegates , at , „ tho meeting and .
wero 160
for nearly five hours they discussed the
strike. Then the vote was taken and
the order issued liy tho organization
calling its members out last Tuesday,
was almost nnanimonsly rescinded.
Tho strike, so far as the building trades
council is concerned, was thereby de
dared off. No resolutions of sympathy
wero adopted nor any sympathy ex
pressed for tho American Railway
Union. This action practically takes
away tho support of the Chicago work¬
ingmen from Debs.
NORMAL CONDITIONS RETURNING.
Chicago is very rapidly resuming
its normal condition. Tho action of
the conference of the federation of la
hor, supplemented by the meeting of
tho building and trades assembly, at
which it was resolved to call off the
strike and resume work at once, is ao
eepted universally as the death blow
uf tho Pullman boycott.
Of course, Debs aud Soverign ^ are
-aying that it is not over and that they
■ire going to fight to the bitter end.
Dehs goes so far ns to say that ho will
tio up every railroad iu the United
States. John M. Engan, chairman of
the General Managers' Association,
announced at noon Saturday that the
action was final, which was taken Fri
day night in returning to Mnyor Hop
kins the proposition for the return
of the strikers to work, submit
ted by President Debs, of tjio
American Railway Union. The an
nouncement by Egan was said to be
the rexult of a session of the general
managers.
switchmen repudiate the strike.
The switchmen have taken a decided
action regarding the strike. A meet¬
ing resulted in tho following being
promulgated: “We, the grand board
of directors of the Switchmen’s Mu¬
tual Aid Association, of North Amer¬
ica, now assembled in the city of Chi¬
cago, have carefully considered our
position in the pending strike of the
American Railway Union, and
Whereas, Our Grand Master, Miles W.
Barrett, did not countenance the same,
hut held that all members of the
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
be governed bv our constitution,
therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the
s< nse of this body of the grand board
of directors, assembled, to fully in¬
dorse our Grand Master in his action
in said strike.
GOVERNOR STONE’S WARNING.
He Makes a Decisive Address to Rail¬
way Union Men.
A special from Meridian, Miss.,
says: All is quiet at this centre with
the strikers. Passenger trains are
running as heretofore and several
freight trains that have been tied np
since Sunday, were moved out. Wed¬
nesday evening Governor Stone ad¬
dressed the American Railway Union
lodge by invitation. He emphatically
warned them against lawlessness, riot¬
ing, etc. Every word that he spoke
was full of determination and courage
and will prove beneficial in suppress¬
ing angry feelings that now exist be¬
tween striker* and scabs.
Lm is not so short but therf »»
to* *no-ab f«? wm*.**$.
MILLIONS LOST.
How Traffic and Property Suffered
by tlio Great Strike.
Now that the railroads are getting
their traffic in shape and business is as¬
suming its normal condition, some
speculation as to the cost of tho great
strike to the railroads and others in
Chicago alone may be interesting. All
general managers’ committee say
j )r ,, Ren t they havo not sufficient data
' oTiioion that could be re
] H , f | „p 0n . Urged to make a guess,
ono q{ them gaid that t ho losses
of the road „ wo nld reach at loast Ab¬
000,000 and might go as high as 88-,
(),)()_ jjc declined to permit tho
rt so*t>f his munc, however, as the father
of tho random () pinion. weeks be
Jt wjl j p ro }, a }jiy i, 0 many
t }j C ma nagers can securo figures
for a t ] e tn.ile«I report. Many things
muH j p, e taken into consideration. Tbe
k)8K occas j one d l>y suspended trnffio
will } )c the largest item, but the de
Ktruction 0 f property will be by no
meaug a M , m n one .
THE PAN nANDLE’8 I.OS8.
Nearly 600 Fan Handle earB were de¬
stroyed in one blaze and of this num¬
ber ninety-eight arenow known to have
oonta j ne a merchandise. It will ho
nect , SHary to learn from tho shippers’
j nvo j cc8 just what theso ninety-eight
carK cou taiued beforo nny computation
of lo8S ean }, e ma d e , and that will take
mucli t j me _ Within tho city limits
tower houses havo been burned and
trac j. s toru np Damage has been
done in many railroad shops and enor
moU(J 8ums expended in defending tho
roat } 8 aga i ns t rioters.
General Manager St. John, of the
Roct Xsland road, says that the total
i,, 8Ke8 to his company over their entire
j; ne won },} probably be not fat from
§} 000,000. Counsel for many of tho
1 ’ work drawing
ra -j r()ft ( } s are already at
claims for financial redress from the
C o UU t y c f Cook and the city of Chi
eag0j but figures are hard to get at.
Concerted action on this line will he
te ^ en p y the general managers at an
ear ] v ,} a te.
COMMISSION MEN WANT DAMAGE.
As an outcome of the strike and its
disastrous effect upon the interest of
commission of South Water street, the
y ont }j Water Street Commercial Club
has called a meeting to formulate a
plan of action in regard to claims
against the railroad companies. A
committee has been appointed to have
present at tha meeting all actual deal
ers and receivers, shippers, brokers,
cold storage and railroad men inter¬
ested in the trade and the claims. It
pgtimated on the street that the
c l a ; ms w ill aggregate $500,000 and that
the losses of the commission men, di¬
Jcc j anf j indirect, would not be a cent
j ess than $1,500,000.
PULLMAN STRIKERS SUCCUMB.
A Report that They Will Return to
Work at Once.
Eugene V. Debs has been informed
that it is the intention of the work
men at Pullman to return to their du
ties at the earliest possible opportun¬
ity. This marks the complete collapse
of the big boycott. It was on account
of the disagreement between the Pull
man company and its men that the
American Railway union members
were originally called out and tha
boycott declared. How that the Pull
_^ man operatives have decided to return
to work, Debs has no gronnd to stand
on.
The Kale Confirmed.
The sale of the East Tennessee, Vir¬
ginia and Georgia railway to the South¬
ern Railway company was confirmed
in the United States court at Knox
v I,’!*, Saturday Th* afternoon, by Judge s»if!
Luttcn a«*» ui«s*gern*6<
wR bv!d AftItb
