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THE MACON
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Sat a bit ah *<t 1896.
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MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1891.
blngUOupy, 5<Jant«!
TARIFF reform
OR PROTECTION?
Mr Vooibees Reported to the Senate
That No Agreement Was Reached
by the Conferees.
HILL HAD A CHANCE TO CROW
Vast O.fendrd the Senator* A gain,t the
Imputations In Cleveland's letter
t* Wilton—Senate MustReosde
er the Bill Will Fall* \ ■
Washington, July iO.—Attracted by
the expectation of stormy scenes over
the disagreeing conference report
the tariff bill, spectators began to
flock into the senate galleries-as early
a3 11 o’clock this morning, and when
the chaplain’s opening prayer was be
gun, at noon, Che galleries were weri
filled, chough not%crowded. Ladle* in
summer costumes, with fans In per
petual -motion, gave light and color to
the scene. Senators were in attendance
in much larger numbers than at any
lime since the passage of the tariff
bill. Gen. Slckieu and half a dozen
members of the house occupied seats
in the chamber.
The reading of yesterday’s journal
wad dispensed with. Many memorials
were presented and referred, among
them one from the business men of
Chicago, asking for immediate action
of some character on the tariff bill;
Iii the absence of the vice president
th? chair was occupied by Mr. Harris,
temporary president of the senate.
At 12:20 the message from the house
asking a further conference on the
tariff bill was bald before the senate,
on m'otlon of Mr. Voorhees, with these
few words:
“Air. President, the conferees on the
part of -the senate now await further
atotlon on the bill.”
After saying these words he took his
seat and had no further part lii the
day's proceedings, except in a slight
controversy with 'Mr. Hill.
Then Mr. Smith of New Jersey made
a speech of nearly an hour’s duration,
favoring further conference and ad
mitting that the country was con
fronted by the danger of no tariff
legislation at this session. He favored
it by saying to the house conferees:
“Such as the bi:l Is there It lies; you
are at (liberty to take-it Or leave it.”
OF NEW JlfiitdEY.
Mr. Smwh of New Jersey opened the
debate, reading his speech from manu
script. ”1 shall vote for a motion to In
sist on the ifluWI flsnendrnieftU*,'’ •*. he
said, ”in the hope that a tariff bill may
yet bo evolved Which will be enacted
into t*»law by Democratic votes. I sup
posed-,’ when we took the final vote on
the measure before us weeks ago, that
such a bin had bwn perfected. But the
events of the past twenty-four hours
have shown us our error, and it is folly
to deny that we are now confronted
by the danger of no tariff legislation at
this session. If this shall ho the result,
the responsibility can only be fixed by
the peopfie. Whether It shall rest upon
the heads of the representatives who
hive repudiated In a wholly unprece
dented manner the outcome of 4h* de
liberations of this body, or upon the
prcJdent, wlioc*e fears of a departure
from Democratic principles induce him
to offer suggestions before the bill
technlcaly oume before him for consid
eration, or upbn the senate, wMoh
strove to harmonize wide differences
of opinions by mutual concessions, is a
question -which can be determined only
by the great mass of voters Whose In
terops are at stake. Whatever may
be the attitude of my colleaguea upon
this point, I can only say for myself
that I do not hesitate to accept the
verdict of that tribunal as just and
right. I have always beHeVed, Mr.
President, and I believe now, that of
nil the peoples In the civilized world
the American is the most abundantly
endowed wbth the priceless heritage'of
common sense Having that belief, and
I was one. I made no concealment of
the fact and I make none now..it has
been charged that a small majority of
Northern senators insisted upon con
sideration of the welfare of their con
stituents, and that in consequence of
their demand the majority of the'Dem
ocratic senates were cunsliain-.l ; >
make o^nefts^ona. This is a fact. But
It must not be forgotten that the
minority were not onty speaking for a
vast majority of the people numer
ically, but caring for and protecting
ninety-nine one-hundredths of the In
dustrial enterprises which made this
nation what it ia today. They had ,i
right to speak and' they were heard/’
In conclusion Mr. Smith sard: "So
far as I am concerned, ami 1 think i
speak also for several of my colleagues,
there has not been and will not be the
slightest change In my portion. I ac
cepted the Income tax in Us modified
form as a sense of duty to my party,
but do so with the greatest reluctance
and with the distinct declaration re
garding other portions of the measure;
X Woirtd not vote for Jiiy bill or any
amendment that would make tt impos
sible for a single In.dtiai.ry <ro continue
or resume operations. I believe, sir,
that 'tflie committee on finance will bear
me out In the assertion that I havo
done everything in n»y power to old
them in their work. It Is true that I
have urged the necessity of care and
moderation In revising the sohedules
which directly concern the industries
of my state, but I believe they wi»l
concede a disposition on my part to be
fair and reasonable, and I know that
I have demanded far greater conces
sions from ray constituents than I have
sought from the finance committee.
/Mr, President, tt has been charged
that we are not sincere in our advo-
oacy of Che seriate bill, that we have
made It for trading purposes, and that
tho.*e of us who oppose the iWlson bill
would rush Into Hne at the first crack
of the whip. I'do not •uppose, sir, -that
any person familiar with the character
of this body would be misled by a mo
tion so puerile. 'But it Is evident from
•the attitude of our colleagfies In, the
house that either they do not believe
that we meant what we said, or tha»t
they are willing to invite defeat of this
legislation. If the former, 1 have only
to say -total they have mistaken their
men. If the tatter, «thsy must answer
to the people for 'Che defeat of a bill
which should, and I believe would,
satisfy all reasonable expectations.
He was* followed by Mr. Bill, who
prefaced a long speech with a motion
that the sen at: e recede from Its amend
ments, putting coal and Iron on the
dutiable Hat. He gave a partial ap
proval to the president’s letter and
declared that Democratic senators
would have to rally around the presi
dent or else they would go 'to the wai'.l,
while the president would come to the
front, and he added that this was the
time to yield, before further humilia
tion, further embar&ssment and further
discord.
HILL'S SPEECH.
Mf. Hill's opening sentence was: "A
theory as well as a condition now con
fronts us.*’ He paused and a laugh run
around the galleries. When it had been
stilled by the gavel Mr. Hill proceeded:
"The theory of the Democratic party is
that in the enactment of tariff legisla
tion free raw materials should always
be an essential and conspicuous ele
ment; It Is our'creed that the things on
which the industrial prosperity and
progress of our country so, much de-
Hfll proceeded to discuss the "condl-
U(H” which now confronts the party,
which he characterized as one of ex-
treat* embteYtimnent to the party.
Ho held that the president's letter
d«riy. fonedMdowed a vote of the
senate bill, mid ho added that the pres
ident Is right, thore Is no middle
ground. He then proceeded:
"If the president, m his wisdom had
seen fit, while tile debate was progress
ing In the seane, to have aided my ef
forts to secure odlvdon to <he princi
ple, by expressing his views In favor
thereof, in some proper and legiti
mate way, I should have bo*n grati
fied, and it un luestlt.nably would have
been o«f pr.i ti.benefit to the t.uiso.
I rejoice that he lints expressed them
even now, though I am not required
to d4f*fld the Winner and form of their
presentation even if they required de
fense, which I do not assume. I res
pectfully differ from the president In
nil asrunptiftn flint a tax upon eug.ur
is necessary at this ritmV conceding for
Jhe purposes of the argument that an
Income fax wus to be retained. Clear
ly both are not n?ecW for any ligiti-
mmte purposes of the treasury. That
fa-cit has been demonstrated over and
over Again during tlil*» debate. The
president speaks of the 'Democnutto
principle and policy* which led to the
attention of sugar. He asserts that
In tin 4 taxation of eujmr *\w> arc In no
donger of running counter to Demo
cratic principle.' i am not now con
troverting, that idea, but desire only to
suggest tlmt ft will if sugar should be
taxed 'as a legUrtav.ito and togml aioJ-
clo of revenue for the nation,’ as ho
now says.
"It eeeimPstrange that the ptv»ldcnt
did not. In his Inst annual message,
make some intimation, suggestion or
recommendation no that effect. Not n
word of tany kind appears. He en
dorsed the Wilson bill explicitly In his
mwwige und It provided substantially
for free pvw sugar. Ho permitted the
house 'to pass Khut measure without a
word of protest, suggestion or advice
that there should be a fax on sugar,
which h‘a» come to be fargly regarded
fls one of the necessities of Hfe. Boc-
tahlry Oxirliale, the trusted financial
officer of his cabinet, speaking unques
tionably ex earthedna, outlined with
itafat care the csnetttiM provision* of
the proposed tariff reform bill, but
made no recommendation whatever for
a tax upon migiiir. While free sugar
was bring curried through the lions-',
the administration remained quiet and
ptwhlve, but now, aflter the house hos
aatod nnd the country has bee’n led to
expect free sugar the administration
shows its lwmd and deefctres for a duly
upon it.
”1 am not now e^gonlzing its sug
gestion. I aw* fllmgli staging the faefa
of recent history. Undiv exiting cir
cumstances, with an Income tax re
tained in this ttUl, I voted for free su
gar before, and I shall do go again.
In my Judgment the house cannot now
rionoT-nfely- lutrnut from its position in
appreciating, in the face of the undis
guised threats uttered and applauded
by our party colleagues In the house of
repr*Bnfcitlves, the necessity of plain
g* aUilt, i wish to direct the candid
eon»iderat+on of fair-minded men to a
brief statement of facts.'
“When *the time came for the Dem
ocratic party to fulfill’ lta pledges and
reform the tariff the house contained
a Democratic majority of 87. This for
tunate condition alone made easy the
™k of securing the adoption of any
party measure regardless of local and
•tate interests involved. But even this
advantage in securing party legislation
vm* hardly greater that "hat afforded
by the adoption of rules which enabled
the majority to close debate arbitra
rily and prevent obstruction or delay
°f any kind. Under these circum
stances, no difficulty was experienced
in passing a tariff bill, despite the tact
that Its provisions were so offensive to
some that the party Hne was broken
and no lees than seventeen Doriocmts
voted against the <bITT. fill I the major
ity was large, and the rules so well
adapted to action, that the defection
™ hardly noticed. I submit, there
fore, Mr. President, that whatever
nny have be*n the quality of tho
stntsennnshlp and mnnagement which
the conduct 0 f the orig
inal bin In the house, surely tho high-
***t order of ability was not absolutely
«**emial to that free and urttromelled
•ttUon on the part of the house oonfer-
*** tdwhic h they seem to attach ►so
BJW1 Importance.
‘•Hter different was the situo'Hon In
jne senate? Here the Democratic ma
jority was three. The defection of
two would turn the Demorraric
Majority Into a Democratic minority.
Tractcally. every vote was needed to
ri»sct party legislation. Indeed, an a
filter of faot. thffi has never a
When 43 senators would bind
’nemoelve* to abide by the decree of a
H^mocratlc caucus. I tpprtlwid, Mr.
Wtalt, without designing the
^ngnts*: reflection upon his capacity
mrty leader, rtwt the chairman of
*he ways and means committee could
•• T e found this situation far* more
iff? 1 * t * nn t ^ nX which enabled him to
17 Democratic votqh and
pends, the materials whflffl enter into
manufactures should be freed from the
burden of taxation. The best Interests
of the manufacturer ns well ns the con
sumers of the land demand the recogni
tion of this wise discrimination. We
are committed to this side Of the ques
tion and we cannot retreat and we can
not retract. Juwfce. good faith and. a
deceased regard for public sentiment all
require this course. Until recently I
dad supposed that 'there was no dispute
upon this question of principle, but tha't
every Democrat worthy of the name
was willing to concede that If there was
one thing more than another to which
tttie old Democratic party was commit
ted. It was in favor of doctrines of free
raw materials. I repent, wo cannot es
cape our record upon this subject even
If we are disposed to do so. The true
and honest construction of every Dem
ocratic platform for twelve years past
Irrevocably commits us to the joint rea
sonable principle.
"It is said by some in Justlcation or
excuse for their present action that the
presidents letter of acceptance In 1892
modified the extrema denunds t>f Our
platform. It is true that some portions
of hi* letter may tend to bear hat con
struction. It was not a bold, ringing
declaration »f .the platform whtdh his
party had a right to expect, but was
regarded by many as timid, cautious
and conservative, but whether this crit
icism is or is not well founded, the faot
remains that he had no power or au
thority to change or alter One lino or
sentence or provlfclon of the national
platform, which had been deliberately
adopted in natonal convention duly ns-
sembled. No president can bo a parly,
no president can dldtatc to his party,
no president can change his party’s
platform. But no matter what Idea It
may be claimed was intended to be con
veyed In his letter of acceptance, In
mitigation or modification of the plat
form. there can be no doubt an to the
president’s purpose at thte time upon
the essential principle of free raw ma
terials. Let me read from that remark
able letter of the president's what was
yesterday submitted to the house of
representatives. It expresses better than
I can hope to do the true, sound and
logtoal position of the Democratic par
ty upon this question.”
jrilj retain * dear majority of nearly
"Jin the hou»». In any event, many
iTr* twr > Democratic senators could
t brir way clear, in Justice to
jne interests of either their constttu-
2** ov the wb>>T* country to vote tor
’ 2? Wn * oa MCI. Just how many SeT3
Position I cannot say. I know Tnat
Mr. Hill here quoted from the presi
dent’s teCi'er of b»«t uight bearing on
this particular subject.
Mr Hill then proceeded • 'T approve
every word I have here quoted It Is
an honest and manly stetement of Che
true attitude which alio party should
resume in thU -rlsls. I am not required
to def ’nd Che propriety or wisdom of
the promulgation of this letter at this
p ecu War thne. It may have been Indis
creet, It may operate a« a firebrand
to spread flanv°« of dlerard already
kindled among party friends, honestly
differing, ns I am disposed to concede,
rpon questions of pcifblic and party
policy. It may widen the oredch al-
Teftdy existing In this senate, snd in
that view, tt may be regarded ns unfor
tunate and ill ndviyed. It was a time
for diplomacy, statesmanship and
conciliation rather Item recrimination,
denunciation and amilimment. . But
aside from the question of It* mere ex
pediency. I am Iieto to defoid the
p.-p.Mdrnt's letter In so far as it* d,e-
nvmd that th» wmy Aboil not be led
ustray into violation of Democratic
pledges sn/1 principles."
Upon the luestlon of free mw ma-
tariifa the prudent f s right and you
know you cannot answer l»l« argu
ment*. You cannot successfully dis
pute his propositions. You cannot
doubt ris sincerity and patriotism. You
rank yield in the end to his view*.
You cannot stand up ngninst the sen
timent of the great Demooritla masses
rf the country which will rally around
the president In his contest with you
in this particular branch of the sub
let. The ttme to yield 1* now. before
there Is further bumf list Ion. embarrass
ment and discord.”
‘Having disposed of the "theory,” Mr.
favor r*f free sugar.
The pjMldpnl’s ennwatlon cams too
Wto. The eennte must resedo from
Its Amendment ”
™? r f, WJa Ijre-ait excitement durlnj?
the delivery of Mr. Hill's speech, t,ut
there was SUM more mflien M*\ Vest,
In a fervid and Impassioned burst of
(Uocnienee, defended the course of the
Democratic senators against the Inti
mation In the president’s letter.
■ VEST SPEAKS.
Mr. Vest, a member of the confer
ence committee, followed Sir. Hill,
was,” he Mid, “a cubjdct of congratula
tion for every Democrat .that the sen.
ator from Now York and the president
of the United Btntea were at Inst able
to stand together on any platform at
all. (Laughter.) They wore both now
urgently pleading for tho enactment
of a law th.af mould give absolutely
free row materlota. These distin
guished statesmen bad arrived at that
unification of opinion after much in
tellectual struggle, and were notv sub
ject to the charge of much Inconsist
ency. So far as harmony could be pro
duced, even -to a limited extent, within
the tDemobratlo party the (Vest) Joined
In the congratulations that must come
from every section of this country up
on the union at Oast of chose two dis
tinguished gentlemen. The political
mllle-ntum seems to have come upon
us, at least 1n a modified degree. The
lion and the lamb of New York have
tain down together, and the commit
tee on ways and means of tho house
now leads them. Which Is the lion and
which 13 the lamb I leave to fu-ture
ascertainment, for I nm not bold
enough to enter now on that discus
sion. The senator from Now York -tells
us. as does the president of theJClnltcd
States, that the cardinal prlnclpo of
Demoorairto faith In regard -to tariff
reform Is'free raw material. The pres
ident goes further than tho distin
guished senator, and says that it Is
perfidy to Democratic discipline and
principles to consider tariff reform un
less free raw -material -is embodied in
that reform."
In this connection Mr. Vest referred
sarcastically to the faot that In the
vote by yeas and nays on a motion to
put wooi on the free list Mr. Hill had
sat lit -his seat and not voted. Mr. Hill
stated why this had been so, and Mr,
Vest exclaimed In a tone of satire:
"If my soul were burning for free
raw material, if I <»uld not rest at
night because the Democratic party
was going to Us death by placing a
duty on raw material*, I would stand
on no parliamentary fochnktautlea,
but I would rush here at the peril of
my life and put myself on record for
that great cardinal dementary doc
trine. But the yeas and nays were
called and -the senator from New York
declined to vote for free wool."
In the further course of his remarks
the senator wld: "The time has oome
for plain *i>euklng in relation to this
matter. 1 have been a consistent friend
of the present occupant of the execu
tive chair. I defended him In this sen
ate when -his friends could be counted
on the Ungers of one hand, and I shall
Btlll continue to support him as long
as I believe that bis ends and objects
ure In consonance -with the successes
of the Democratic parly, which Is,
believe, necessary to the gtory and
honor of this country. But the Demo
cratic party Is greater than any man,
It survived Jetferson. It survived Mad
Ison, It survived Jackson, and it will
outlive Grover Cleveland. He does not
embrace all the Democracy and all
tbs tarllt reform of this country'. He
had no right to disregard the spirit
of the constitution. He had no right
to tresspass on the ssnai-bllltles of oth
er members of his pirty for any pur
pose -whatever. Where did the presi
dent of the United States find the
rlrht, by a private tetter, to irv to
Influence legislation? Woen our flare-
fathers declared that there should be
throe groat oo-ordinate departments
of this government, ab-,lutely inde
pendent of t-ich other, did they mean
that a president of the United States
by the use of patronage, by the shadow
of the great ofllce which the people
gave him. should In the teeth of the
'constitution put Into tbr hands of con
ferees. Instructed to have a fun and
free conference In matters In dispute,
between the two bouses, a personal
appeal to his party frfenda to stand by
his views on any such pubtlc question.
Mrs. Adame, the wife of tho second
president of the United States, in some
memoir has given as a reason why tho
eapitol waa placed at one end of the
avenue and the White Hbuse at tho
other. She said It was to prevent the
president from exercising undue in
fluence Over the deliberations of Con
gress. Hut in a conference committee,
where the conferees are Instructed to
have a full and free conference, the
president of ’the United Btates has de
liberately injected' his personal appeal
und personal opinion Ip order. In ad
vance, Id influent ; a -measure on which
he Is, at last, under the constitution
to pass upon. He Is a part ot the law
making power ot the government, but
his fuuoffan only begins after tho two
bouses of congress, unswerved and
uninfluenced by the executive ofllce,
nave parsed upon the question and
have placed fho bill Before him. But
the president, without waiting until
the conei-ltutlon put the duty upon
him. In a prAxite letter to tho chair
man of the conferees on the part of
the house of representatives, threw his
personal ulhorKy, the weight of ills
great, office, his lictd upon tlie Ameri
can people, -Into tho scale and demands
ot this flenate that tt shall accede to
his views Inr reference to tarllt re
form.
"That portion of the letter which has
struck mo wllh nvora alarm than Any
thing [ have heard in the course of my
public life, since tho declaration ot war
between the sectlnna thirty years ago,
In this lotter Is tho declaration by the
president that It Is impossible wlhout
treason to tlie party to which we l>e-
Ibng. without perlldy to the principled
which we profess, for the -tariff bill to
become law by the vote of Ida political
associates. W'llat a mockery it Is to talk
ot n full and free conference when one
conferee has In his pocket at the time
he goes Into the conference the views
If not the Instructions of the president
of the United States us to what should
be dune. It was a party for tarllt re
form before tho president commenced
Ills phenomenal career, and to be novy
told that we are false to tho principles
of the pavty to beyond the limit of tu
rnon oudurance.
"The traveler who tolls up his courso
siting the motintuin side knows that ho
cannot reach the summit In a single
hour or day. He Is confronted by some
mat'bie cliff, some glacier. Ho must, by
strategy, make his way around tt. But,
if animated by the certainty that he
must succeed flt last, he will eventually
stand upon tho highest peak and look
back at the toils anil dangers und remi
niscences bf the past. I hope that the
time will come when the full fruition
of my hopes in relation to tariff reform
shall be witnessed: but until I can get
a better bill I shall take, such measures
na can be enacted by tlie congress of tho
United States, and I shall not receive
my Instructions from any other sbureo
In regard to my duties as a conferee
than from this senate. No president, no
administration has the right to dictate
to me In the performance of what I cun-
sliler my (luty to tho people of Missouri
Sergeant Chinn Hud a Novel Way of
Getting f id of Mosquitoes By
Burning Wet Powder.
KEGS AND SHELLS EXPLODED
Chinn Wst Blown Forty Fe.t, Fatally
named and Brul.ed—111. VVIf.
Badly llnrl—Til. Fort Wa.
Fired and Damaged,
and of 'Ml* United Staton. Tills bill as it
passod tho senate will become a law
or the McKinley tut will remain on the
stitute book. I wish It were bther-
-Mr. Aldrich asked Mr. V»st If ho
wanted It understood 1-liat the senate
Domixhvtle conferee* were not aware
of the president's letter of July 2 until
yesterday, the l&th.
Mr. Vest's reply waa: "t speak only
for mjaslif. I never heard of thmt let
ter uptil It was rend yesterday In the
house., I liad no more knowledge of
iiis existence -than I have of What to
pw«lng now In Asia Minor or la Afri
ca."
In the further course of the debate
Sir. Cnfferyof Louisiana said that If
it enmo to a question between his par
ty and bis stoto lie would stand by Ills
static, and thtnl If the promise of the
flnnuce committee wits not coupled
with the bill It would not receive his
sunport or sanction.
Mr. Blanchard ot Louisiana Intlma
ted, without stalling It In so mnny
words, that If tbq Vlhtn .notion wn»
carried, the vote of the two Louisiana
seiwtimw would not be for the Ml,
A motion -was made by Olr. Vila* to
recede from the differential duty of
onc-elghth of a cent on sugar. This
motion provoked a long discussion,
participated In by Senator* Vllos,
Sherman and Palmer, In support of tho
motion, and by the tiwo Louisiana
senator*. Messrs. Cattery and Blanch
ard, against. NO vote iwas taken on
any of -the propositions,
At 5:20 Mr. CockreW, moved that
when 'the «on'ato adjourned today It
be till Monday at noon.
"Is there any epeclal reason?" Mr,
Hill asked.
'There is." Mr, Cockrell replied
And be probably wotifd have stated
tho reason -had mot Mr. Harris Inter
posed with ithe objection that) the mo
tion was not dcbaita!b1*.
Mr. Hill demanded the yeas and
nays. Tho vote was taken and the mo
tion was agreed to—yeas 30. nays 22—
as follows:
Yeas—Allen, Bite, Blanchard, Black,
burn. Cockrell. Coke, Daniel, Faulkner,
George, IGbson. Gorman, Gray, Har
ris, Hunton. Jarvis, Jones of Arkan
sas, Kyle, LlndMiy, Martin, Mills,
Mtrchcll of HVsoonXin, Paaoo, Ransom,
Smith, Turple, Vest, Vila*. Voorhees,
Walsh. iWh-ttc—30.
Nays—Aldrich, Allison, Carey, ClJt
lom. Davis, Dolj/h, -Dubois, Galllng-v,
Hale, Hawley, HVgglns, HID. Irby,. .Me-
Millln, M.iru],ii, Miu-li-'ll ■/! Or--,;-m
Patton, Peffer. Perkins, Platt, Bhoup,
Squire. Washburn—23.
Then senate then, at 5:30, after
short executive session, adjourned un
til -Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
Wasbtngtbn, July 19.—Very different
from that of yesterday was <be scene
in the house today. The galleries con
tained only suchpe rsons os could not
gain admission to the huusc, while on
the floor, at least until near the hour
of racess, -were scarcely enough mem
bers to- do business, certainly not
onougn to Impede Its transaction.
The Judiciary committee called up
and the house passed the following
bill:
"To -prevent Interference with the
collection of taxes assessed by slates,
counties or muidclaltlles ,gainst rail
road companies vacating tho jurisdic
tion ot Unlued States courts over con
truverSles alfectlng such taxes. Even
thougn the debtor corporation Is op
erated by a receiver, or receivers, ap-
polnted by aa.d United Bute: courts '
The li -u.-- bill Increasing the penalty
for t-h« crime of embezx.emcnt by dt
rectors, officers or agent* of na-tlonal
banks. It Axes the term ofi mprjson-
m-mi for the embezzlement of less
than 1100,004. at from live to ten yeaqi,
and for the embezzlement of mors than
1100,000 at from ten to twenty years
House bill to remove certain reatric-
tlons now Imposed upon the sale
fleet tobacco by farmeni who pro
duce It.
The Tucker Joint resolution providing
for the election of United States sena
tors by direct rote of the people was
-Itocusied for there hours. Without
.ctlon, the n -use, at 5:20, took s recess
until > o'clock, the evening session
be foe the consideration of private pen
, slon trills.
BIG EXPLOSION
IN FORT PULASKI
FIGHTITG TO
GO TO CONGRESS
Three Old Members Renominated, Four
Will Be, end Four Must
Fight,
HOW THE CONTESTS STAND
IWvlaW of ths Situation In the Second,
Fourth, Sixth unit Eighth Con*
gr.l.lonnl Dl.trlot. u. It
Mow Stand.,
Savannah, July 20.—An explosion of
400 pounds of loose powder at Fort Pu
laski at 9 o'clock this mornlng.fatally
ounded Ordinance Bargt. William
Chinn, seriously injured Mary Wash
ington, his mother-in-law, and set (Ire
to tlie tort, causing Intermittent explos
ions of fixed ammunition and doing
much damage to the fort.
Just after breakfast Sorgcant Chinn
went into tho store room, where he had
his carpenter tools, to do some work. In
tho room were several cask* of pbw-
der. In all 400 pounds; and u lot ot flxed
ammunition. As he hail been doing for
some time during the summer months,
ho took a handful of tho dry powder
from one of the open casks, wet it nt
the pump and then placed It In the mid
dle of the room. Ho-lgnlted It In order
to drive out the mosqultbes, which had
been abundant.
It seems that In carrying the hand
ful of powder from the cask day aftor
day he bad left a trail of dry powdor
from the middle of the floor right up to
It. As soon ns had Ignited the powder
It burned along tho trail and the entire
400 poundB exploded. There were three
largo explosions, each within a few sec
onds of the other, and ho was knocked
down three times in trying to get out
of the dbor. He managed to get ns far
ns Foremnn Austin's quarter, whore the
medicine cheat was kept. Mary Wash
ington. hla mother-in-law, who was ap
proaching the door at the time, was
knocked about forty feet and badly
burned about tho face and arms.
The wobdwork of the easements In
the southwest corner of tho fort wa*
Ignited and the large, henvy beams
burned Slowly and for a Jong tlmo. Tho
store room, where the Are started, was
right adjoining the magazine In which
was stored twb tons of powder. There
was a live-foot wall between, but tho
constant explosion of beavlly loaded
shells In the storeroom gnvo ground to
tho fear that n breach -would be mnde
In the magazine wall and the two tons
of powder exploded. This kept every
body out of -the wny uniil Capt. O. Mc
Carter, tho government manager, wlia
has Charge of the fort, went down and
mado an Inspection. It was found safe
to (Inter the magazine, and. thirty-two
,a-kH -if powder were hurriedly taken
out. The men then began to piny on tho
Are with a hose and tonight had It un
der control.
Within 200 feet of the flro was 500
pounds bf d.vmmlto which. In rn«o tho
magazine had blowed up, would Imve
exploded from the concussion. As It
was, however, only the south-west corner
of the fort was damaged. Two of the
casements worn burned out and rhe
roof overhead was destroyed by the
constant bursting of sheila.
The fort has quite a historic record.
Tt was built bv Gen. Gilmore and after
ward bombarded by him from Tybeo
Island until n heavy breach was made
In the southeast corner. Tills was April
10 and 11, 1802. It was defonded by Cot.
C. H. Olmstead or the Confederate
forces, Sergeant Chinn, who w.m m
charge. Is of the Twenty-fourth Infant
ry. He w-is burned nnd blistered over
lliree-fourths of Ills body nnd will dlo.
The withdrawal of Ool. Milton Can*
dler from the congressional race in tho
Fifth district makes contests for tho
Democratic nomination In only thus
district*. In the Seoond Judgo Jiiimes
H. Guerry of Terrell Is trying to Be
tas.! Ben. H. Ruesell of Decatur. In
the Fourth Congressman Charlie Moses
has a bat fight on hi* hands with Judg*
Samps Harris of Carroll. Hon. Tom
Grimes of iMuscogee and Col. Stundford
of Harris, In -obedlenco -to the recom
mendation of tho district executive
committee.
Both -the candidate* and their friends
are making a rod-hot light, and iwhllq
the clmnees seem to ho In favor at
Russell, Judge Guerry 1s a cam-pslgnsis
ot no mean utility and his success tis
by no means an -lmposslbllty.
Inline Third district, Speaker Crlsp^o,
of course there was no opposition to
Col. Crisp, and at tho nominating con
vention In Hawklnsvlllo the wax re
nominated unanimously.
I-t has been a -hard light In tbo I-hvurttl
and tt looked as though Col, Charllo
Moses -had no chance for a renbanlna-
natlon, -but he has developed remarka
ble success us a campaigner, and whlla
tho nomination Is by no means assured
he seems to have by long odds tho best
chance. He started oft by carrying
Troup county, where t'heru -were two
local candidates. This gave him foun
votes. Ho went down "below i-ha
mountain" then and, -to the surprlso
of everybody, oaptured tho two votes
of Chattulhbocheo and then tho two of
Marlon,
This with the four votes of Coweta,
bis bomb county, gave Mm Vwclva
votes, with a fraction of over four to
get 1n order to recolvo tho nomlnaitton.
Ills -most formidable oompletttor Is
Judge Sampson W. Harris of Carrot 1.
He has secured the votes of hla homo
county and of Meriwether, a total of
eight. Col. GrlmOB h* Muscogee’s foun
and Col. Btandford tho four of Harris.
This leaves the oo-untles of Talbot and
Heard yut to vote. If Mr. Moses gets
both u'f them lie will huvo Just halt the
convention. It Is understood, howorver.
that when tho tlmo oomos when Col.
Htand-furd ha* no ohance. two of Har
ris county’s votes .wilt*go,to Moses.
TEMPERANCE SERMON,
Rev. Fiather CCamaghan at St. Jo
seph’* Sunday Morning,
Rev. Father O’CUaghan, a noted
temperance Divine, will deliver a ser
mon on' temperance ait Bt. Joseph's
Catholic church tomorrow morning at
10:30 o'clock.
The temperance society that was re
contly organized among, the congre
gation of Bt. Joseph's church Is a great
success and this sermon Is expected to
create a deeper interest In ins cause
of tomperance and Increase the mem
bershlp.
The members of the society will ap
proach holy communion In a body at
7:30 In the morning and meet again and
wttend ihe sermon.
Father O'Callaghan Is an Interesting
talker and his heart and soul*. In the
temperance cause. He comes to Macon
on a special Invitation, and the church
will be crowded, no doubt, to hear him,
The public la Invited and ushers will
be present to seat strangers. A splen
did musical! programme will also be
rendered.
MAJ. BACON TO BPEAK.
He Will Talk Democracy to the People
bt TrouR. Clayton and Hall.
Maj. A. O. Bacon, wbo will In oil hu
man probability tie the next United
Htatea senator from Georgia, will deliver
an address to the Democratic voters of
Troup county at LaGninge today, and
they can count on bearing a mighty
good speech.
On Monday Maj. Bacon will speak to
the voters of Clayton county at Jones
boro nnd Tuesday ho will speak to the
untcrrlfled bf Hall nt Gainesville.
From alt parts,of the sthta there arc
coming demands to have the major
speak. He will accept Just as many of
diem ss he can. In speaking MhJ. Bs
con Is devoting his whole time to com
batting 4he Populistic heresies, nnd so
fir a* his speeches sre concerned U
would be Impossible to toll that he was
the leading candidate for ths United
States senate.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
On Wt.lnosday evening last a com
pkmctltery tkinco was tendered Miss
Lola Bobsrtaon at tlie residence of Mr*.
Bnsbee. on Arch street, In honor of
her h'rtlykiy.
A delightful evening wu* passed by
the large number of young people pres
ent, and the nfresilinon's were of the
most tei,tilling kind, served hjr Mr.
Frank Koheldeman.
Among til'—' presjnt were . Mb km
Iiaura and Katie It-traUa. Mis* Era
Brown nnd Mown. Ellis, Stephens,
Conner and Brown.
If -ho should 'fall to go Into The eon
ventlon with a clear majority It Is
probable • Ilia! a combination will b«
made against him which will defeat
him.
Col. Leonidas F. Livingston by oar.
rylng -Fulton the other day settled thu
r ice 1n the 'Fifth dlstrlot and I10 now
hus -a walk-over.
In the Sixth the light is waxing red-
hot. Ced. Cutoaniss'Merfas aro making
a hard light for him, but the fate*
seem U> be working for Judge Unrtlctt.,
Each of tho -three candidates hava
oarrled their homo counities, and Judgo
Bartlett has oarrled Upson, glvlnk him
eight votes, Calban-rsa 4 and WMtfleld 2.
Pike county acts today, and While tho
con-test there bids fair to bo close fho
surface Indications point to another
Bartlett victory. Tho other oountle*
In the district are Jonos, -Butts, Henry,
Spalding and Fayette. Judgo Bartlett
Is making an active personal campaign
In all these counties and out of tho
lot seemn almost certain bs secure tho
balance of the fourteen vote*- neces
sary to nomination.
In tho Seventh district Ool. Maddox
now has a walk-over for The nomina
tion, but Judge Lawson has not been
so fortunate. Judge Hamilton Mc
Whorter In trotting him a heat. Up to
present writing Judgo Lawson Is away,
ahead. He-ha* carried Putnam, Jaaper.
Morgan and Clarke, with an eggregato
of eight votes, while Judge iMoWnur-
ter has only carried b'l* own homo
oounty of Oglethorpe wllh four votes.
Judge Lawson's frlenda are confident
ot suocess. -but Judgo -McWhorter
maintains that he has more than orj
even chance tor WWkss» Greene cunl
Efbert and has a fair chunce for tho
uitoer oumiles In the d-Utrlet# Tlmo
W ?n the Ninth district Ool. Carter T«ito
will have no opposttfcm for tho nomi
nation and Col. T3iaoTc will bo unani
mously chosen to make tho race again
agalnrit Tom Watson.
judge Honry Turner has already,
been nominated in the Eleventh.
CAN HAVE NO ELECTION.
Hp-iMlnx County’s Prohrbltl!inl«t8 Ars
Confronted With a Curious Btato ot
Affairs.
Griffin. July 20,-(Or»clal.)-'Epa!(l'ng
county is In a muddle about that prowl-,
bltlon election and the probHatlonlsts
here aro not fully satisfied as U» whet**
er they are Just playlns in bad luck or
whether Che liquor jnen have put up *
job on them. The slwstjon briefly fs
this: A« was told In ttte Tstaf«JJP»*tag
oral days ago. the prohibitlonhits had
secured 700 aiKnatures to a petition a*k-
Ing for the holding of an election to de
cide the question of pibhibltlon.
Whether purposely or not tho county,
Democratic executive committee recent
ly postponed the date for the conicres-
slon.tl primary from July 21 to Augst 1.
Under the law a prohibition election
cannot be held during the same -nontti
In which any other election I* held.
With the congressional primary hc-IH
bn August I it will therefore lie impos
sible to hold thst prohlbl'lon election
before next February, because In Sep
tember comes the primary for 'he so-
lection of carJFUts-'for county offices.
In Octbber comes the regular state elec
tion. In December the city election and
In January the county election.
Inasmuch as tho mslority of the Dem
ocratic committee is said to be favora
ble to prohibition 11 is hardly probable
that the change In the dato for bolding
the congressional primary was Inten
tional. but the effect to ihe same and
the prohtbttlor.lstH aro kicking.
WEATHEB INDICATIONS.
Washington, July 20.—For Georgia:
IxkH rains; went winds.