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ShmMBMBM —r-grasp | THE MACON LEGRAPH Sat a bit ah *<t 1896. fri«r*pt>P«lilUhlii|CA» P«bli»h«r. 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.