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'GIST AND GOVERNOR
GOOD SCHEME.
■jin c ISSUED ONSUBJECT
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•wui Contain Valuable Information on
Road Construction, and May Solve Con¬
vict Pease Prolem.
Professor Yeates, state geologist of
Georgia, has inaugurated a movement
for the improvement of every rood in
the state, and has already taken the
first steps toward the materialization
of his plans.
Professor Yeates is a strong believer
in good roads, and he will exert every
effort to make every thoroughfare in
\ eorgin comfortably passable.
Considering the unsettled condition
f the convict question, the movement
8 particularly opportune at this time,
) iroblem jnd may of aid disposing in the solution of the of state the
criminals. Professor Yeates has the
hearty indorsement of Governor At¬
kinson in his plan, and their efforts
may result in wonderful good to the
rural districts of the state.
Professor Yeates will soon issue a
good roads bulletin, which will largely
aid in the progress of the work. The
bulletin will be compiled with great
care, and will be largely conducive to
the future prosperity of the state.
Professor MeCallie, assistant state
geologist, will have charge of the bul¬
letin, and has already begun securing
data with which to begin. He will
start soon on an inspection of the
whole state, and the report of his
observations will be published in this
bulletin.
The bulletin will contain informa¬
tion exceedingly valuable toward the
construction of good roads. It will be
handsomely illustrated, and will con¬
tain the most up-to-date methods for
road construction.
The pamphlet will contain practical
lessons on the details of roadbuilding,
■will point out the best materials, and
the most approved methods for grad¬
ing. It will make the work so plain
that every man can understand it, and
improve his property accordingly. Cop¬
ies will be mailed to every farmer al¬
most in the state.
The soil of Georgia contains some
very fine material for road construc¬
tion, which, if properly utilized, would
make the very best highways in the
country. The red shale, near Rome,
is particularly fine for roadbeds, large
quantities of which ate now being used
in and around that city.
The chert is also very fine for this
■work, and the bulletin will locate and
describe these natural materials, giving
their quantity, how best prepared and
laid. The preparation of this pamphlet
means an immense amount of work
and a good expense, but the state will
no doubt be fully repaid for the out¬
lay.
If the eonvicts are ever put to work
on 'the roads, and the directions of this
bulletin followed, there is no reason
why Georgia slionld not have as good
roads as any state in the union. A
■wheelman could then ride from one
«nd of the state to the other without
any trouble, and general travel would
be made much easier.
FURNITURE WORKS DESTROYED.
Big Factory Burned to Ashes at Cam¬
bridge, Mrss.
The furniture factory of Keeler &
Co., East Cambridge, Mass., was vis¬
ited by a fire Wednesday night, and
although the blaze was confined to the
top floor, the loss w’ill be about
$25,000, fully covered by insurance.
The top floor w as taken up by the
furniture just finished for J. Reed
Whipple’s new Boston hotel, La Ton-
raine, which was of special design and
very costly. This w’as all ready for
shipment and was destroyed.
Cobb, Bizzel & Co. had a large quan¬
tity of furniture stored on the floor
beneath and their loss will reach
$5,000.
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Wholesale Arrests For Murder.
Six men and two women are under
arrest at Trinidad, Col., for the mur¬
der of Deputies William Green and
■William Kelly, who were in search of
cattle thieves, in 1896. Officers are
in pursuit of two more men who are
implicated.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS MIX.
Paper Weights and Fists Result la Bat-
tered Faces.
A Columbia, S. C., special says: Bad
blood existing between W. B. Evans,
chairman, and H. R. Thomas, member
of the state railroad commission, cul¬
minated Wednesday in a personal en¬
counter, in -which fists and paper
weights figured.
Thomas was opposing higher rates
®n certain articles and Evans remark¬
ed that Thomas was no gentleman,
whereupon Thomas applied a vile
epithet to the chairman, in which sev¬
eral blankety-blanks figured.
Evans hurled a glass paper weight
at Thomas, who dodged and bloodied
the other’s face with his fists.
BOUND FOR THE GOLD FIELDS.
$teamer Leave, Seattle With Many Fas-
sengers For Alaska.
Thursday afternoon the North Amer-
Bean Transportation Company’s steam¬
er Portland sailed from Seattle, Wash.,
go St. Michael, Alaska, from which
point her passengers will be trans¬
ferred to the Yukon river steamers and
carried to the famous Klcmdyke gold
fields.
There were 128 passengers, a few of
whem wo women,
DEBATING CONFERENCE REPORT.
Senator Turley Sworn In—Short Session
of the House.
Shortly before the senate adjourned
Thursday Senator Allison, in charge of
the tariff bill, made a strong effort to
have a time fixed for the fiual vote on
the tariff conference report.
Failing in this, Mr. Allison gave
a vote. It was the first definite m»vc-
ment thus far toward bringing
the debate to a close.
The debate on the report was par¬
ticipated in by Senators Chilton, of
Texas; Jones, of Arkansas, and Petti¬
grew, of South Dakota, in opposition,
while Mr. Aldrich took frequent occa¬
sions to defend the report against the
criticism of these senators.
The credentials of the new senator
from Tennessee, Thomas B. Turley,
who succeeds the late Senator Harris,
were presented by his colleague, Mr.
Rate, and the oath of office adminis¬
tered.
During the discussion of the agri¬
cultural schedule, Mr. Tillman was
drawn into a vehement argument on
the benefit of an export bounty on ag¬
ricultural products. The South Car¬
olina senator declared that the impo¬
sition of such a bounty was the most
effective means of destroying the en¬
tire protective system, for if the farmer
got one drop of blood in his month he
would want to swallow the whole car¬
cass, and it would end in a scramble
overturning the whole system.
The house joint resolution was
passed requesting the president to
make investigation as to the exclusion,
of American tobacco from foreign
countries under the Ragie contract
system.
At 5 o’clock the senate held an ex¬
ecutive session and then adjourned.
When the house met Thursday Mr.
Dalzell, republican, of Pennsylvania,
presented from the committee on ways
and means a bill to authorize the
president to suspend part or in whole
the discriminating duties proposed on
the vessels of foreign countries which
impose similar duties on our vessels.
He explained that the existing Mex¬
ican laws imposed discriminating du¬
ties on vessels carrying lumber and
general cargo, but exempted those car¬
rying coal. As the president had no
authority to suspend duties on vessels
carrying coal, Cardiff and Wales now
monopolized the coal trade of Mexico,
which properly belonged to the coal
mines of Alabama, Tennessee and
Pennsylvania. This bill was designed
to allow a partial suspension of duties.
The passage of the bill w’as advocated
by Messrs. Underwood, democrat, of
Alabama; Wheeler, democrat, of Ala¬
bama; McMillin, democrat, of Tennes¬
see, and Ridgely, populist, of Kansas.
The bill was passed.
LYNCHERS GOT WILLIAMS.
While Trying: to Fscape One Mob He
Rung Into Another.
Oscar Williams, tlie Clayton county
negro assailant of the little Campbell
girl, met his death at Griffin, Ga.,
Thursday morning at the hands of a
mob numbering between 300 and 400.
It had been predicted time and time
again that if Williams was ever carried
to Griffin he would be lynched.
The lynching w r as completed quickly
and after it was over the men dispersed
with little show of excitement.
Williams was taken from the north
bound Central train at twenty minutes
past 6 o’clock a. m., and death, swift
and terrible, given him in less than
twenty minutes.
He w’as on his way from Macon to
Atlanta for safe keeping, as the author¬
ities were convinced that if he stayed
in the former place he would be lynch¬
ed, and that, too, with a vast amount
of bloodshed. Therefore, at the first
intimation of real danger, he was
placed on board the first outgoing
train.
In fleeing from one mob he ran into
the arms of another, not quite so
large, but just as determined.
In some wrny—it cannot be definitely
told how—the news that he was on the
6 o’clock train became known,and long
before it was due the lynchers had
made their plans and were ready to
execute them.
Editors to Be Prosecuted.
The government of India has de¬
cided to prosecute some of the editors
of newspapers in the Poona district,
which have been most conspicuous in
the publication of seditious articles of
late calculated to stir up the natives
against British rule.
BRUNSWICK CREW WINNERS.
They Defeat Savannah’s Boat Crew In
Naval Reserve Drill.
Brunswick’s naval reserve's crack
boat crew defeated Savannah's boat
crew Wednesday morning and a crew
of trained men from the gunboat Wil¬
mington iu the afternoon.
The course was two miles, from the
sea buoy to St. Simons sound buoy.
Brunswick pulled the American stroke.
Lieutenant Taylor, of Brunswick,
who promoted the races, was referee
of both. The race was witnessed by
two thousand people. All of the of¬
ficers of the reserves and the Wilming¬
ton were on the Wilmington’s decks
watching its progress.
THE ROW BOAT UPSET
And Three Detroit Young Men Find
Watery Graves.
Three Detroit young men were
drowned Sunday afternoon by the cap¬
sizing of a rowboat off Sugar island
near the mouth of Detroit river.
The drowned are: William W.
Shier, Frank E. Russell, Jr., Edwin
Stubenskny.
Russell’s father and brother, who
•were also in the boat which upset,
swam ashore, but narrowly escaped.
SENATE PASSES THE MEASURE
AND ADJOURNS SINE DIE.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE KILLED.
The Purpose for Which the Kxtraoudina-
ry Session of Congress Was Called
Has Been Accomplished.
The tariff bill passed its last legisla¬
tive stage at 3 p. m. Saturday when
the senate by the decisive vote of 40
to 30 agreed to the conference report
on the bill.
An hour later the president’s signa¬
ture made it a law.
The announcement of the result was
greeted with enthusiastic applause by
the crowded chamber. This closed
the great labor for which the fifty-fifth
congress assembled in extraordinary
session and after stubborn resistance,
at times threatening a deadlocjc, the
senate concurred with the house in a
resolution for the final adjournment of
the session at 9 o’clock p. m.
Thus the closing day was prolific of a
series of momentous events.
The president’s message for a cur¬
rency commission was reeived, but the
house bill creating the commission was
not acted upon.
An analysis of the vote shows that
the affirmative vote was cast by thirty-
seven republicans, ore democrat (Me-
Enery), one silver republican (Jones
of Nevada), and ouepopulist (Stewart).
The negative vote was cast by twenty-
eight democrats and two populists,
Harris and Turner. Mr. Teller, silver
republican, and two populists, Allen
and Butler, were present and did not
vote. One populist (Kyle) and one
silver republican (Pettigrew) -were ab¬
sent without pairs, which was equiva¬
lent to withholding their votes.
A long parliamentary battle over
final adjournment followed the an¬
nouncement of the vote. The opposi¬
tion endeavored to score a point by
compelling a vote on laying the presi¬
dent’s message before the senate and
succeeding in this, attacked the ma¬
jority for refusing to act on the presi¬
dent’s recommendation.
The main desire of those opposing
adjournment was to secure a vote on
the Harris resolution calling on the
president to stop the sale of the gov¬
ernment interests in the Union Pa¬
cific railroad. For four hours an
acrimonious parliamentary contest was
waged, gradually the tactics of the
opposition w r ere overcome and shortly
before 7 o’clock Mr. Morgan with¬
drew further opposition and the reso¬
lution for final adjournment was pass¬
ed. Complimentary resolutions to the
vice president, Mr. Hobart, were
adopted and at 9 o’clock the final
scene was enacted by the formal ad¬
journment of the session.
Signed I5y the President.
The step necessary to make the
Dingley tariff bill the law of the land
was taken at the white house when
President McKinley affixed his sig¬
nature at 4:04 o’clock, The mem-
hers of the cabinet w’ho were in Wash¬
ington went to the w’hite house about
half-past three o’clock and assembled
with the president in the cabinet room.
A few moments before 4 o’clock Rep¬
resentative Dingley appeared accom¬
panied by Representative Hager, chair¬
man of the house committee on en¬
rolled bills.
They were admitted at once into the
presence of President McKinley, Sec¬
retary Gage, Attorney General Mc¬
Kenna, Postmaster General Gary and
Secretary Wilson. After cordial greet¬
ings Mr. Dingley produced a beauti¬
ful pen and requested that it be used
for the signature. The president ac¬
cepted it, appended his signature to
the hill, asked the date, and wrote
“July 24th, approved,” and the bill
was an act.
EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE.
A Lumber Mill Wrecked and One Man
Killed.
A boiler explosion Saturday evening
in the lumber mill of Kipp & Kiser, at
Cortez, Pa., killed Pete Duff and seri¬
ously The injured ten others.
mill is badly wrecked. A four¬
teen-foot piece of boiler was blown a
distance of 400 feet. Two hundred
men will be thrown out of work.
MURDERED THEIR HUSBANDS.
Hungarian Women to Suffer Death for
Wholesale Poisoning.
The trial of twelve women and
two men oharged with wholesale pois¬
oning, was concluded at Buda-Pest,
Hungary, Friday and sentences were
passed upon six of the prisoners.
Four of them were condemned to
death, one to penal servitude for life
and one to a term of six years’ impris¬
onment.
The series of crimes which occurred
in the Hodmezoevasahely district ex¬
tend over some years past. The vic¬
tims were in most cases married men,
who were killed by their wives, the
motive for the crime being generally
a desire to obtain insurance money.
SULTAN YIELDS AT LAST.
Proclamation Issued Sanctioning; the Set¬
tlement of the Powers.
A special cable dispatch from Con¬
stantinople says: The snltan ban
issued an irade sanctioning the settle¬
ment of the frontier question in -ac¬
cordance with the wishes of powers.
Italy Is Ready To Fight.
It is said at Athens, Greece, that
Italy has proposed coercive measures
against Turkey.
LYNCHERS TO BE PROSECUTED.
Mon Who Hanged Ryder are Known.
Conspiracy Charged.
The excitement occasioned by the
lynching near Talbotton, Ga., of W. L.
Ryder, the murderer of Miss Sallie
Emma Owen, has not yet abated.
It is known that fifteen men com¬
posed the mob and their names are
known. There is now’ little doubt that
the plan to lynch Ryder was made
several days preceding the date for
the case to be called, the conspiracy
having been formed on the supposi¬
tion that the case would necessarily
have to be postponed, due to the ill¬
ness of Colonel Worrill, the leading
counsel for the defense.
The mob seemed to have been or-
8 anized openly. Carriages were hired
from the livery stable and the parties
left town by a back street. There will
be no trouble in identifying a large
portion of those engaged in it, it is
said.
A secret service officer of the United
States was in town at the time and he
says that it v r as evidently a case of
conspiracy. He has obtained the
names of a large number of those sup¬
posed to have been engaged in it and
will lay the matter before the proper
authorities.
Governor Atkinson will be request-
od to offer a reward later. It is also
stated that a detective was present on
some other business and caught on to
what was up, went to Waver] y Hall
with the crowd and is now in posses¬
sion of all the facts and a large num¬
ber of names. Not being acquainted
\> Ith the sheriff, he and the secret ser¬
vice officers were unable to communi¬
cate with the sheriff' in time for him
to protect Ryder.
There is no doubt that the parties
will be prosecuted.
The body of Dr. W. L. Ryder was
carried to Macon Tuesday night and
on Wednesday morning the remains
were interred in the family burying
ground at Walden, near Macon.
Judge John Hart, who presided in
the Ryder hearing at Talbotton and
who granted the continuance, express¬
es himself in regard to the lynching as
follows:
“The continuance was on the ground
of illness of leading counsel which
was proved by physicians’ certificates.
In their certificates the doctors stated
that while he was too ill to appear in
court, Mr. Worrill would he well
enough to try the case by the Septem¬
ber term.
“That made a case for continuance.
Had I not granted it, the supreme
court would have given a new trial,
thus protracting the case.
“There was no application for n
change of venue. * I think that the
law should be changed so as to give
judges more discretion in that matter,
and allow them to change venue when
in their judgment the ends of justice
demand it.
“There was no indication of violence
while I was in Talbottom. On the
contrary, I was impressed with the
believe good behavior of the people. I do not
they approve what was done.
It was the work of a few lawless men.
“Lynching is always done by a law¬
less element. Your paper is right in
saying that lynching is cowardly. If
that position ivas generally taken,
lynching w'ould be less frequent. It
is an easy matter for sixteen men to
murder one. I hardly think the name
of one of those men could be found in
a jury box. ”
lmCOURAGING FOR STRIKERS.
Efforts to Bring Out West Virginia nig¬
gers May Fail.
Dispatches from Wheeling, W. Ya.,
states that Wednesday morning open¬
ed with the coal strike situation ma¬
terially changed in West Virginia.
The Watson mines, with 1,000 men,
hold the key to the Fairmount region,
for Monongah cannot be kept closed
unless Watson’s men quit work. Debs’
failure to do anything with the Wat¬
son men at Reevesville was disheart¬
ening, but the organizers have re¬
gained their nerve, and early Wednes¬
day morning a general conference was
held to devise new plans.
The Kanawha Valley miners’ com¬
mittees are daily presenting their de¬
mand for an advance of 13 cents a ton
to last throughout the year. This
may cause a strike where sympathy
w’as impotent.
On the Norfolk and Western the or¬
ganizers find little encouragement,
and there is no better outlook.
The strike in the state as a whole is
regarded as lost unless local senti¬
ment can be made to figure sufficiently
to interest where sympathy is lacking.
FATAL OPERA HOUSE FIRE.
The Audience Panic Stricken and Many
Were Trampled Under Foot.
The Casino summer theater at Ra¬
mona park, Paducah, Ky., was burned
Friday night. A performance was being
given to about 000 people when the
fire broke out from a fireworks display
on the stage.
The audience was paDie-stricken.
Probably over 100 persons were in¬
jured by being trampled.
It is reported that three or four
children perished in the flames. All
the doctors in the city were required
to look after the injured.
GOOD ROADS FOR ALABAMA.
C’olbert County To Spend the Munificent
Sum of $100,000 In Driveways.
Colbert county, Ala., has appropriated
$100,000 to be used in perfecting the
public road system of that county.
The bonds have already been sold to
a Chicago syndicate and it is expected
ihat work will be commenced on the
roads within a few days.
The roads in the other Tennessee
valley counties are excellent and the
improvement of the Colbert county
pikes will perfect the road system of
the valley.
MURDERERS FLANAGAN AND PER¬
RY PLACED IN STRONGER JAIL.
THREATS OF LYNCHING WERE MADE
The Two Were Quietly Transferred From
the Decatur to the Atlanta Jail by
Guards for “Safe Keeping."
Edward C. Flanagan and H. S. Perry
were transferred from the Decatur,
Ga., jail to Atlanta Friday night for
safe keeping.
The murderers were securely hand¬
cuffed and were under a special guard
of five deputies, who w r ere armed with
revolvers and winchesters.
Th( p was made late in the night,
but every precaution was taken lest
the citizens of DeKalb should learn of
the removal.
Threats and ugly rumors were heard
in Decatur Friday afternoon and
night.
The several lynchings throughout
the state had brought excitement and
discontent to the friends of the victims
of the prisoners, who were trembling
in the Decatur jail.
There was not the semblance of a
mob, but the rumors grew and in¬
creased. Prominent citizens learned
of the excitement. The sheriff' was
advised to take every precaution
necessary to insure absolute safety to
the men, and late in the night he be¬
gan the journey to Atlanta.
A posse of five men were summoned
for the trip. Heavy revolvers and
rifles were distributed among the dep¬
uties. Quietly the preparations -were
made, not a word being said that
would create alarm or suspicion.
At 10 o’clock the posse, headed by
Sheriff' Austin, went to the little Deca¬
tur jail, where Flanagan and Perry
were asleep.
The little village was asleep. The
lights were out and no one dreamed of
the scheme which had been arranged
by the officers.
Flanagan was sound asleep when
the sheriff rattled softly upon his cell
door.
“Get up, Flanagan, ” said the sheriff.
The prisoner tossed wildly upon his
cot. Like a flash he was upon his
feet, l;is frame trembling from fright
and suspicion.
“It’s the sheriff,” came the reassur¬
ing words. “Don’t be alarmed, Flana¬
gan. There is no danger.”
Perry rolled across the cot, half
asleep and half awake.
As he opened his eyes he caught the
glimmer of winchesters and the muz¬
zles of pistols.
“We want you to dress as quickly as
possible,” said Sheriff'Austin. “We
• are gong to take you to Atlanta.”
The prisoners looked about them
wildly. In the dim light of the cell
the men cowered from fright. They
saw the sheriff's at the door, and in
the darkness gleamed the gun barrels.
“Whnt’s the matter?” came the
question, as the words fell from Flan¬
agan’s trembling lips.
Flanagan and Perry were ordered
to dress hurriedly. The officers had
seen no movements on the outside,
but they did not know what was com¬
ing. They, as well as the murderers,
were nervous.
As soon as the prisoners were dressed
handcuffs were placed on their wrists,
and they were quickly taken from
their cell. The leave taking of the
jail was quietly done.
The prisoners -were taken to the
car and placed between deputies.
There were only one or two other
passengers, who looked seriously at
the armed men and handcuffed prison¬
ers, but said nothing.
Without incident the trip was made.
As soon as Atlanta was reached, the
prisoners were hurried to the Frazier
street jail and were locked in the rock
portion of the prison.
SQUALL WRECKS STEAMER.
Over One Hundred Chinese Passengers
Find Watery Graves.
A dispatch from Singapore says that
the Chinese steammer Srihenganu,
bound from Singapore for Malacca
with 190 passengers, was wrecked in a
squall off Malacca on June 19th.
One hundred and twenty persons,
including the captain of the steamer,
were drowned. The remainder were
rescued by a passing steamer.
HUNG ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Community Got Riel of Brinkley Because
His Character Was Bad.
The body of Ephraim Brinkley,who
lives several miles from Madisonville,
Ky.. was found dangling from a limb
near his home Thursday morning.
He had been lynched during the
early morning by a mob of about forty
citizens, who determined to put an
end to his existence on general prin¬
ciples. Several weeks ago Thomas
Croullias, a well-to-do citizen of the
neighborhood, was assassinated.
Brinkley was suspected ou account of
his evil reputation, but no proof could
be found to connect him with the
crime. .
ANDREWS RESIGNED
Bather Than Foreffo Ills Free Silver
Convictions.
President E. B. Andrews, of Brown
University, at Providence, faculty Thursday R. I., sent
a letter to the re¬
signing his office.
The letter was in response to a com¬
munication sent to President Andrews
by the special committee appointed by
the trustees and fellows in June, who
at that time called him to account for
his silver utterances.
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LAST SESSION OF HOUSE.
Speaker Signs Tar I IT Act and Appoints
Standing Committees.
The last session of the house was
marked by many interesting events.
In addition to the final act of the
speaker in affixing his signature to the
Dingley tariff bill, a bill providing for
the creation of a currency commission
was crowded through in the closing
hours and the spectators who throng-
en the galleries were treated to a con¬
tinuous, if not very brilliant, fusillade
of oratory for several hours.
The house recessed until after the
senate had adopted the conference re¬
port and one minute and thirty-one
seconds after the house reconvened
the engrossed bill was signed and on
its way to the president. The demon¬
stration which marked these events
were enthusiastic. When the presi¬
dent’s message came in recommending
the creation of a currency commission,
it w'as answered by the republican
leaders with great promptitude.
Ry means of a special order, the
Stone bill, introduced some days ago,
with the approval of the administra¬
tion, was brought to a vote after an
hour’s debate.’ Considerable feeling
was manifested on both sides.
As the final act of the session the
speaker announced the appointment of
the committees.
At 8:55, when the reading of the
names was concluded, Mr. Grosvenor,
from the committee appointed to wait
on the president, announced that they
had performed their mission. The
president returned a congratulatory
reply.
Then, at 0 o’clock, the speaker de¬
clared the house adjourned without a
day.___V
TEXT OF COMMISSION MESSAGE
Which Was Sent to Congress by the Pres¬
ident and Failed to Pass.
Following is the money commission
message in part which was transmitted
to congress Saturday by President
McKinley and which was accepted by
the house, but turned down by the
senate:
“To the Congress of the United States—
In my message convening the congress in
extraordinary session I called attention to a
single subject—that of providing revenue
adequate to meet government. the reasonable I believed and proper
expenses of the that
to be tlie most pressing subject for settle¬
ment then. A bill to provide the necessary
revenues for the government has already
passed the awaits house of representatives action. and sen¬
ate and executive Another
question of very great importance is that of
the establishment of our currency and bank¬
ing system on a better basis, which I com¬
mented upon in my inaugural address.
“Nothing was settled more clearly at the
late national election than the determination
upon the part of the people and to keep their
currency stable in value equal to that of
the most advanced nations of the world.
The soundness of our currency is nowhere
questioned. No loss can occur to its holder.
It is the system which should be simplified
and strengthened, keeping our money just
as good as it is now with less expense to the
government and the people.
“The sentiment of the country is strongly
in favor of early action by congress in this
direction, to revise our currency laws and
remove them from partisan contention.
“This subject should receive the attention
of congress at its special until session. regular It ought
not to be postponed the ses¬
sion.
“Therefore, I urgently recommend that a
commission be created", non-partisan in its
character, to different be composed parties, of well-informed will
citizens of who com¬
mand the confidence of congress and the
country because of their special fitness for
the work, whose duty it shall he to make
recommendations of whatever changes in
our present banking and currency laws may
be found necessary and expedient, and to
report their conclusions on or before the 1st
day of November next, in order that the
same may be transmitted by me to congress
for its consideration at its first regular ses¬
sion.
“It is to be hoped that the report thus
made will be so comprehensive of all and sound
as to receive the support parties and
the favorable action of congress. At ai!
events, such a report cannot fail to be of
value to the executive branch of the govern¬
ment, as well as to ttiose charged with pub¬
lic legislation, and to greatly assist in the
establishment of an improved McKlNLBX. system of 11-
nance. WlLLIAM
“Executive Mansion, July 24, 1897.”
“UNREPUBLICAN,” SAYS PINGREE
Michigan Governor Sends a Sarcastic
Message to McKinley.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan,
wired the following message in dupli¬
cate to President McKinley, Senator
Burrows and Congressmen Corliss and
Spaulding, of Michigan:
“I regard the duty on lumber, hides and
sugar as unrepublican, unpatriotio and un-
fair. The lumber now used goes largely
into small homes and farmhouses, and to a
class already overtaxed. The laborer wears
twice as many shoes as the millionaire and’
must contribute twice as much on hides.
He must use as much sugar and pay as
much toward the duty on sugar. It is
grossly unfair to make the poor pay as
muc h ner capita as the rich toward the sup¬
port of the government.”
A QUESTION OF DATE
As to When the New Tariff Law Becomes-
Operative.
The question of the day and hour
when the new tariff' law will go into
operation, since it was signed by the
president before 12 o’clock Saturday
night, has been raised at the treasury
department.
The question is a new one so far as
tariff bills are concerned. The matter
lias been considered by the treasury
officials and it is very probable they
will hold that the new act went into
effect at 12 o’clock Saturday night.
The department, however, has ten
days before final liquidation in which
to determine the question.
AUSTRALIAN GOLD FOR AMERICA.
It. Is to Bo Shipped Here Direct From
That Couutry.
A special cablegram from London to
the New York Evening Post says:
Arrangements have been made to
ship direct to the United States a con¬
siderable amount of gold from Austra¬
lia. This is not generally known,
and coming at a moment when gold
movements from New York to London
are looked for, will create much inter¬
est.