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MACON. GA., SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 11, 1894.
the conferees
CANNOT AGREE
Und Mr. Hill Threw a Bomb Into the
Senato By Demanding a-
iReport.
BUT IT WAS ALL SMOOTHED OVER
Itrernl Speeches Mud. Which Indicate
Th*« the Tariff n.acat* la Bottled
Ip f»r » Seaton—Th. Atlanta
Appropriation.
Washington, Aug. 10.—A resolution
„as offered by Mr. Chandler, and went
over until tomorrow, proposing an li^
vestlgatlon by the committee on provi
des and elections of the reoent elec
tion in Alabama, as to whether it was
lull, free, fair and honest,, and whether
it resulted in the choice of a legislature
tnt.'tled 10 elect a United 6tates sena-
with the power to send for persons
tnd papers.
Mr. Gray, In pursuance of the notice
(iren by him yesterday, moved at 12:20
’cock to proceed to executive husl-
•Mf. Hill demanded (he yeas and
pays. They were ordered; and the mo
tion was defeated—yeas Si, nays S3.
Yeas—Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Brice,
Call, Coke, Pdulkner, George, Gray,
Jarvis, Lindsay, Martin. iMllls, Pasco,
Ransom, Roach, Smith, Vest, Vilas,
Walsh and White—21.
Nays—Aldrich, Allen, Allison, BlanCh-
erd, Chandler, Cullom, Dolph, Dubois,
Frye, Galllnger, Gibson, .Hale, Hans-
borough, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Lodge,
McMillan, Man'derson, Mitchell of Ore
gon, Murphy, Palmer, Patton. Peffer,
Perkins, Power, Proctor, Pugh, Quay,
Bhoup, Teller and Washburn—32.
The significance of the vote applied
to the tariff bill rather than to execu
tive session matters. Then Mr. Hill
arose and offered a resolution direct
ing the conferees on the part or the
senate now considering the differences
between t'he houses on the tariff bill to
report to the senate. Also to report the
principal Items of disagreement so
that the senate may take action there
on. The vice president announced the
question to be on Agreeing to the resolu
tion.
Then Mr. Harris, one of the con
ferees, arose and said: “ft 1s perhaps
proper that I Should say, as one of the
conferees on the part of the senate,
that the representatives of the majority
party In the two houses have for many
days conferred. We have encountered
serious difficulties, and up to this mo
ment we have reached no agreement.-
There are serious differences In opinion
In rgard to at least three Items In the
bill. Possibly, if agreement could be
reached as to these, other Items might
be agreed to. The items of sugar, coal
tnd Iron ore are all three Items In re
lation to which serious difference* of
opinion have been entertained. Va
rious propositions have been made pro
and eon, but not one of them has yet
proved quite acceptable to the con
ferees. We are still at variance, no
agreement having bacn mnde. This
much It If, perhaps, due -to the senate
that I should say. As to<the various oth
er Hems of difference I need not, per
haps, refer to them. They are some
what numerous. But, ns I said-before,
I should indulge a strong hope that if
these three things which I have men
tioned were agreed upon we might
reach agreement upon all the other
matters. But my associates of the con
ference know quite as much as I do
on the subject, and I would be glnd
that they should state to the senate
anything they may desire.”
Mr. Harris was asked by Mr. Sher
man, one of the Republican conferees,
whether the bill was In possession of
the senate, and replied most positively
that It was not. On that statement,
Sir. Sherman said that he would ob
ject to the present consideration of
Mr. Mills’ resolution,' but he was
warned not to do so by a chorus of
"No! No!" from Republican senators,
nnl he withheld the objection. It was
renewed, however, by Mr. Gray, and
after a long desultory argument on
points of order the vice president ad
mitted the objection, and the resolu
tion went over under the rules till
tomorrow.
In the course of the debate Mr.' Vest
•rose and said:
"So far as I am concerned I am heart.
By In favor of the resolution. I desire
to turn the calcium light on the dif
ferences between the two houses end
to remove the false Issues which have
b*»n made before the country. I shall
take occasion, when this resolution
comes up tomorrow, If It ehslt be
adopted, as I hope It will, to state for
myself alt that has occurred In relation
to this bill and to put a stop to the-ln-
famous lies that are being circulated
In relation to the Democratic conferees
on the part or the eenate.”
Mr. Aldrich, one of the Republican
conferees, made a move to keep the
matter before the senate today by of
fering a siibstltute for Mr. Allen’s
resolution, presented a week ago. to
discharge the finance committee from
the consideration of bills for the relief
of several states of the Union, the »ub-
stitue being an Instruction to the sen
ate tariff conferees to report e disa
greement. W*ia.t was then left of the
miming hour was dissipated In the
argument of points of order on the
subject, and then the een-ite went Info
executive session, and at 1:30 o’clock
adjourned until tomorrow.
tN THE HOUSE.
tv lahlnwtoo. August 10.—Represent
atlve and Govemor-eleet Wm. C. Gate*
of Alabama reappeared on the floor of
the houae today, after an nbeence of
nix weeks. He was enthusiastically
received by hit politic* associates and
warmly greeted hy his poll dost oopo
nenta. with whom he It a personal fa
vorlte. His return sms sIcimHxed bv
’he appearance of a basket of hand
same orchids and roses on bin desk.
The session of the house today was
slmost wholly taken up with the con
sideration Of the first confereno’ re-
p-'rr on the sundry ct»ll appropriation
hill. The prim-limi subtect of discus-
akin was the appropriation to enable
the government to make an exhibition
«t th» Atlanta Exposition, which af
ford'd an opportunity for several
■"•Hdga »ho klLd.. otMMt" KUMPhei
ridge the bloody chasm” speeches
that were snrafly applauded. The vole
°n the amendment Showed that three
>o one favored the appropriation, but
wanted it to be In the form of a house
bill on that subject.
The senate amendments to the bill
increased tile total Of the appropria
tions by 33,707.882. The confwes
agreed io recommend that the senate
recede from amendments carrying
>1,070,310; that the house agree to
amendments currying'—31, tlti.192. On
nmendmeifts carrying 3621,080 the con
ferees could not agree. Among these
umciuimonts' was one to purchase a
site for the government printing office.
A statement embodying the principal
changes made In the bill by the coir
fere s was give by Mr. Riyres, and
the report was agreed to. On moUon
p< Mr. Sayres, the houae voted to In
sist upon its disagreement to the
amendments still in dispute, except
those p-tsting to the appropriation In
utd of the Atlanta Exposition and pur
chase of a eight for the government
printing office.
Ih respect to the Atlanta Exposition
appropriation, the how voted to in-
Diet upon its disagreement thereto. Mr.
Cannon moved that the house confer-
see be Instructed to propose to the
»’trite conferees, In lieu of that pro
vision in the bill, the substance of the
bill reported to the house on June 4
hy tile committee on appropriations,
Iipppoprtltlng 3200.000 in aid of the ex
position. The motion was discussed by
Messrs. Cannon, Murray (Republican)
of South Carolina, Coombs (Democrat).
Sickle* (Democrat) of New York;
Coggswell (Republican) of Mnssachu
setts and Bryun (Democrat) or Ne
braska, all of whom spoke In enthusi
astic terma of the enterprise of th"
people of Atlanta In projecting ,‘he ex
position and expressing thslr gratifica
tion at being able to vote for to.- ap
propriation.
Mr. Williams (Democrat) of Illinois
offered as a substitute for Mr. Can
non’s motion a motion that the hoqae
conferees be Instructed to continue to
disagree to the senate amendments or
to nny proposition no mike au appro
priation In aid of the Atlanta Expos!
tion. He said that ns a member of the
committee on appropriations tind of
Hire dominant party responsible for the
business of the house, he> was opposed
to the Issuance of interest bearing
bonds itltnt the government might go
Into the show business new or here
after.
Mr. Dockery Joined his colleague in
opposing the proposition to vote aid to
the exposition.
Mr. Pence of Colorado expressed re
gret that objection to the appropria
tion should hive come from a repre
sentative .from Southern Illinois, the
slat)? in which Chicago is located, th"
oity which bns been the reolpient of
the most lavish liberality by congress.
That gentleman (Mr. Williams) had re
ferred to the possibility that If Oils ap
propriation should b» made lhat other
elites, Omaha, Denver nnd San Fran
cisco. might ask similar appropria
tions In the future. "That may hap
pen. Mr. Speaker," said Mr. Pence,
"but these cities of the Wt«st will not
manifest ingratitude for the favor."
The question was further discussed,
favorably by Messrs. Grosvenor and
Livingston, and in opposition hy Mr.
Snodgrass.
The Williams substitute for Mr. Can
non’s motion, opposing any appropria
tion whntVver, was defeated on a- dl-
vlston-lltnto 132. The yens -and nsys
were ordered, resulting yeas, SO; nays.
171.
Mr. Cannon’s motion was then
agreed to without division.
Several other item* of disagreement
were discussed until S o’clock, when,
without disposing of tha report, the
house took a recess until 4 o'clock.
tot) Bill in danger.
The Conferees 'Xl’r^.lJy to Abandon
Hope of Agreement^
Washington, Aug. 10.—A crisis In the
tariff affairs was reported today, both
in the open senate and In the secret
counolls of the Democratic tariff cop-
fsrsls. Wlhen the conference closed to
night ft was with the understanding
that tha meetings would be suspended
for the present. No rime was set for
reassembling the conferees tomorrow
or thereafter, and it was feluthat no
further sessions might be necessary in
case the senate acted favorably tomor
row on Senator Hill’s resolution direct
ing the senate conferees to report the
situation of affairs. What was of most
Importance was the feeling expressed
by the house conferees at the close
of the conference ths't In case the Hill
resolution passed, and they believed it
would, the conference would be prac
tically relieved of its work and It would
.remain only for the house to accept
the senate 'bill as a lesser evil, as they
believed, than the McKinley law.
These conclusions were reached after
a day of incense excitement among the
tariff leaders. The day opened with
the senate proposition for free sugar
8till pending before the conference.
Chairman Wilson and his house asso-
clates were satisfied that the tender uf
free sugar was not made In good faith,
and they hud, therefore, refused the
senate conferees to furnish a {roll of the
senate showing that If the proposition
were accepted it would be adopted by
the senate and the bill pasted. The
poll was considered as soon as the con
ferees convened. It disclosed that in
t'he event of acceptance of the free
sugar amendmnt the bill as a whole
would be voted against by 38 Re
publicans and by Senators Kyle, Alien
and Peffer (Populists) and Caffery and
Blanchard tDemocrata—a total of 43
votes, or sufficient to defeat the bill.
This poll was made on the best Judg
ment of the senate conferees. The men
accepted It as showing conclusively
that the tender of the free sugar
amendment, while made In good fatch
by the senate oonferees, waa a means
adopted by the conservative senators
for the purpose of defeating tariff legis
lation and leaving the McKinley law
In force. They discussed the situation
from this point, the arguments not
lacking very pointed and personal criti
cism of the motives of those who had
offered free sugar and free coal, well
knowing, aa they asserted, that they
would defeat the bill.
The discussion brought out for the
first time the statement that the de
fensive alliance between certain aena-
tors had preceded furthr chan mutual
co-operation and understanding and
was now reduced to a signed agree
ment. While the members of the con
ference did not claim to have seen the
agreemnt they stated as a fact that
Benators Kyle, Allen. Peffer. Blanch,
nrd and Caffery had reduced their un
derstanding to black and white, and
had signed it. to the effect that they
would vote agalnet any btll which did
not contain a bounty clause for sugar.
As tree sugar would eliminate the
bounty provision the signed agreement
was regarded as showing that the five
senators, combined with the Republi
cans, would defeat the bill.
It was while animated comments
were being made on the foregoing con
ditions that word reached the confer
ence room of Mr. Hill’s coup d’etat In
the open senate. The conference hasti
ly adjourned, the senators going on the
floor to take part 4n the debate. Mr.
Wilson was not disposed to attach
much weight to senator Hill's move
at the outset and said that it would
be futile, sa the senate could not act
while the bill waa in conference. This
feeling was shared tb a large extent
early In the day by house leaders, who
characterised It aa one of the "bluffs’’
which had been muda of late to de
moralise the house conferee* and force
them to yield. Later In the day, how
ever. this feeling gave way to one of
profound concern over the situation and
the future of the bill. At 3 o’clock the
conference, or a remn-int of It, again
assembled., nrtth the Hill resolution and
the excltink debate thereon, ns the main
tophi among them. All of tha houaa
men were present, but Senator Jones
was the only senate conferee In attend
ance for any length of time, and it was
said Senator Vest felt Indisposed to
confer pending the Hill resolution.
Little or no attempt was made to take
up items or schedules, the talk being on
the senatorial phases Just developed,
anti no progress was made up tu 6
o'clock, when the conference separated
without fixing a time for reassembling.
The house conferees no longer dis
guised the deey concern they felt over
the future of the bill. They had a
rough estimate of tlie vote on the Hill
resolution, and they felt thud It would
pass tomorrow. Under these ctrclim-
Stances -they said nothing could bo done
until the rasoluttun was disposed of. If
through some hopeful turn it was de
feated. they said it would leave the con
ference to proceed and the contest
would be carried on tor the Wilson bill.
If. however. *t was passed it would
practically discontinue the conference.
In that event, the house men stated
with satisfaction that they would still
be bale to avert the complete defeat of
the tariff legislation by having the
hbuse to agree with the senate till.
They spoke of this as. showing that
while the situation was bad It did not
necawarilv mean the defeat of all
their legislation.
Whether the house can adopt this der
nier resort Is a .parliamentary question.
Many members of both houses bold to
the opinion that the bill is In the hands
of the senate nnd the house cannot act
upon the eenate hill if it desired to do
so until the conferees act. The senate
conferees aUfo regard the situation as
very serious anti they separated from
their house colleagues In no amiable
frame of mind.
HILL’S OUT3FOKEN VIEWS.
He Says ass the Tariff or Adjourn Con
gress at Once.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Senator Hill
tonight gave out ’she following state
ment In regard to the action today in
reference to the tariff bill:
"My object In offering the resolution
today was to expedite the disposition
of the tariff measure. Every day's de
lay Is Injurious to the business Inter
ests of the country and the bill should
be disposed of at once, one way or the
other. It Has now been under consid
eration in conference commute for over
a month and a further delay Is abso
lutely Inexcusable. The conferees
ought to know each other's minds by
this time, and It they cannot agree (he
faot of such disagreement should be
reported to the two houses, when. If no
understanding can be reached upon a
bill, congres ashould promptly adjourn
and give tile country a rest. We have
now been la session nearly a whole
year and bavo had ample opportunity
to legislate. A senator or u member
who does not know exactly what he
wants to do on the tariff question after
all this time spent in useless delibera
tion Is unfit to represent any constit
uency. We have deliberated 'enough
HON. A. 0. BACON
WAS INDORSED
Ringing Resolutions Adopted By the
Eleventh Senatorial Conven.
tion in Dawson.
HIS FITNESS FOR HIGH OFFICE
lastrsetlons to Urge lilt Election nnd to
grand Sly Ulm at Long ne rii.ro
le n Nome Before . the
eradicated in the short space of two
years.
6th. That In the resolutions of en
dorsement of Governor Northen anil his
administration, adopted by our state
convention, we do moot heartily concur;
and we congratulate the people of our
cungrcasional illstrlot and of the state
that in Hon. Thomas G. Lawson and
in Hon. W. Y. Atkinson nnd the other
nominees of the state convention, they
will find our candidates worthy uf the
high trusts that will be assigned them
In the fall elections.
Hon. Calvin George of Morgan moved
that inasmuch os the name of tion.
W. A. Broughton has been prominently
mentioned in connection with the presi
dency of tlie next sena te, lie he endorsed
by the convention for this position, and
commended to the members of the next
state senate as a man eminently and
ably equipped for the position. This
motion was unanimously carried. After
the transaction of some other business
of minor Importance, the meeting ad
journed.
REPUBLICANS FOR WALSII.
Tho Richmond County Contingent In
dorses His Candidacy For the Senate.
uoiivy ■ ito imvo ul-hucihiuu cuouttRi
we .want MtSon.. Lot she two houses
take the Dili out* of 'the hands of the
conferees and proceed to vote aa once
upon the disagreeing provisions, and
if rto agreement con he reached, let the
whole, matter go over until next ses
sion, and let congress adjourn to give
the business interests of the country A
chance to recuperate from the present
depression- Congress must arouse from
Its lethargy, and should act in accord
ance wltn public sentrment and not in
defiance of It. Either pass a tariff btll
at once or adjourn and go home. These
are my sentiments, and I belle.« they
are the sentiments of nlne-tenbhs of
the people of both parties.”
CROP STATISTICS.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The August re
port of the statletician of the department
of agriculture shows a decline In corn of
nearly 20 points since July L the average
of tho entire being 69.1, against 93 for
tho month of July. The condition in Au
gust. 189a, was 87. The great decline la
due almost wholly to the unprecedentedly
severe drought that set In since me loot
report, and to the hot. dry winds ’hat
swept over the states of Nebraska. Kan-
sis, Iowa -Jid parts of other western
states. In some localities the crop has
been Injured beyond recovery, white In
others' timely rains would go far toward
assuring fair yields. The averages for me
principal states are: Ohio, 79; Kentucky.
Ml Indiana, 33; Illinois, 73; ImulMana, 13;
Missouri, 83; Kansas; 19; Nebraska, si;
South Dakota, 29.
Tho condition of spring wheat has fallen
since the last report 1.3 points, being *7.1
ageinst 08.4 for the month of July. The
condition by states la aa follows: Wis
consin, 79; Minnesota, 76; Iowa, 83; Kan
su, 30; Nebraska, 41; South Dakota, 29;
North Dakota, 73; Washington, 8.1; Oregon,
K. The advices aa to winter wheat from
correspondents and threshers Indicate a
good yield of excellent quality,
Dawson, Aug. 10.—(Special.)—At 1:30
o'clock the delegates to tlie eleventh
district souutor.nl convention assem
bled nt the bourt house, where tlie con
vention was called to order by lion. J.
U. Invln, chulrmuu of tlie Democratic
executive committee of Clay county,
Upon call of tho counties tho names
of tho following gentlemen were en
rolled a* delegates:
Clay county—J. It. Irwin, J. G. Quat-
tlcbaum, W. D. Ilntaway, W. C. Sut
ton, TV. P. KllUugworth.
Randolph county—II. A. Crittenden,
R. F. Hancock, II. A. George, W. M.
(Jorum, F. A. Barfield, W. C. Worrlli,
C. Taylor, Roll Hancock, J. R. Sturliu,
H. U. Gatllu, W. II. Knight.
Terrell county—Wllllnm ICalgler, B.
O. Adams, E. L. Ralnoy, R. J. An
thony, J. A. M. Robinson, O. B. Ste
ven*.
‘The convention was permanently or
ganized by electing Horn. \V. C. Worrlli
of Randolph chairman nnd E. L. Fat-
ney of Terrell secretary.
Hon. William Kulgler of Terrell pre
sented tho name of Hoh. J. II. Bussey
of Randolph to tho convention, and ho
was nominated by acclamation. Col.
Bussey was nut present, and tho •hair-
man appointed John It. Invln. H. A.
Crittenden mid Holt. O. B. Stovcns to
notify him of his nomination and re
quest his acceptance.
Col. Irwin then Vulrodnccd tho fol
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, the Georgia legislature, at
Its nexk session, will lie called npon to
elect ti: United States senator, and,
whereas, the people of the state arc en
titled through their representatives to
tin expression of their choice, i-speciully
nt n time when Democracy needs lend
ers of Intelligence, integrity nutl ap
proved political opinions, therefore
libit
Resolved; By tills convention of del
egates representing tho pcoplo of tho
elevonth senatorial district, 'Hint Hon.
A. Oi Btuton. who Ip a candidate for
that .high office, by reason of his long
experience in publn) affairs, by reason
of his spotless political record, by reu-
son of Ills dovothui to tho Democratic
cause, hy reason of Iris woll-known po-
litlcul opinions, which nro Jn strict ac
cord with true Democracy. Is eminent
ly qualified for the high office. And wo
horch/ Indorse Ids candidacy and In
struct our nomtnoc, the Hon. J. B. Bus
sey, to vote for him for United States
senator In the next Goorgln legislature
as long us Ids numo Is before tlie legis
lature, and to use all honorable means
to secure Ills election.
The unanimous, adopt ion of tho reso-
lutions were followed hy npplnuso, af
ter which tho conventlr.il adjourned,
after being in session less than an hour.
The delegates were received hy tho
citizens of Dnwson in llielr usual hos
pitable manner, mid they left for their
homes loud In llielr praises of our citi
zens and town.
Th* erudition of osts has declined 1.2
points, since the date of laai report being
76.6 against 77.7 In July, ho condition
for August, U93, -was 78.8.
The condition of spring rye Is 79.*
against 81.7 last month and 78.6 isst year.
The acreage of buckwheat la reported at
90.3 as compared with last year, and a
condition of 13.3 against 33.1 or 6.6 points
lower than at the same dale last year.
Acreage of hay as compared with that
of UN Is 92.4. The condition the same Is
73.4 against 77.3 last month. Th« average
condition of rice August 1 was 91.0. sub
stantially* the same as last month. A
further decline of nearly 4 points occurred
In the average condition of apples, being
14 against 47.1 last* month, as reported.
The condition of peaches has fallen since
the last report, and now stands at 12.3.
The condition of potatoes Is 74 against
93.3 last month. The condition of to-
baco la 74.1 against 81 last month.
A MEDIAL FOR DR. GRAHAM.
Ottawa, Out., August lO.-The gov
ernment has decided to present a gold
modal to Dr. J. B. Graham of tlie qinr-
antlne station at Savannah. ai„ and a
silver medil to bis colored boy, Peter
Dodge, In recognition of ilia gallant
services rendered by tom to the shite
wrecked crew at the birfc M try B.
Chapman of St. John. N. B.. In Febru
ary last. The vessel was wrecked on
a dangerous reef near Savannah and
asw a total loss. The rescue of the
crew eras effected at very great risk
and Dr. Graham had to fake several
ltrps to tho ref to bring off all Ihe
crew. His services were brought to
the attention of the murine depart
ment by the imperial board of trade.
RESIGNED TOE PRESIDENCY.
New Turk, Aug. 10—President Rein
hart has resigned' his position as presi
dent of the Atchison road. TUe matter
will lie acted upon tomorrow al a meet
ing of the director* of that rood In
Boston. He has also resigned from bis
position ns one of the receivers of the
company.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Twenty-eighth Senatorial District
Convention Nominated lion. W. A.
Broughton
Shady Dale. August 10.-r(Speclal.)—
Hbn. William A. Broughton was unani
mously end harmoniously nominated
here today by a convention composed
of delegates from the counties compos
ing the Twenty-eighth senatorial dis
trict, viz.: Morgan, Putnam and Jas
per. The convention was presided over
by Hon. W. A. Reid of J*sp»r, With
C. M. Furlow. of Mbrgnn as secretory.
Judge H. W. Baldwin. In a short but
eloquent spepch. placed Col. Brough
ton's name before the convention. He
W’li nominated unanimously ami la now
the standard bearer bf the Twenty-
eighth -senatorial district.
The following resolutions were Intro
duced by Judge Baldwin and were
passed by the convention’.
Resolved by the Denrooracy of the
Twenty-eighth senetorlal district in
convention oneofnbled:
1st. That the triumph of tho prln
clples of the Democratic party, aa set
forth in the Chicago platform of 1892,
and the platform of our state conven-
tion In -Atlanta last week. Is the bnty
hope ami the bnly way to secure to the
people of the Union and the state the
blessings contemplated by our republi
can form of government.
2d. That we are Impelled to warn all
good people of every clime, not against
the rank and file of the Populist parly,
many of whom are good cltlxens and
patriots, but against Its Inriilfm* lead-
era who. prefer sing themselves to be
•he only true Democrats, are commit
ting their followers to tho rommun-
title, centralizing and violent principles
of their creed which, if enforced, may
bring temporary preferment to those
leaden, but -will result In tho dtglruc-
tlon of private property, the downfall
of Mate governments and a reign of
terror, an earnest of which was shown
In the late mob violence at Chicago.
2rd. That we earnestly Invite thMe
who have abandoned, or all Inclined to
abandon, or have become lukewarm In
the Berrios of the Dembcratlc party, to
examine carefully the administration of
our state government for the past twen
ty-two years, confident, as we are, that
such examination will Induce th»m to
return to or remain and Work actively
In the party. *
4th. That our faith Is strong that the
pledges of our party, several of the
moot important of which have already
been redeemed, will be faithfully kept
and the promised reforms all realized
in toon as congress can reasonably be
expected to sccompllsh them; and we,
therefore, counsel the remembrance of
th- tact Ihst the evils and vicious leglv
latlon of the Republican party, taking
rwx s third of a century age- and grow
ing ever since, cannot be expected to be
Augusta,'Aug. 10.—At a meeting of
tho Republicans of Uiohmoud county,
opposed to tho recent eonvcatlau twin-
touting candidates for tho legislature,
these resolutions, among others, were
passed:
"We tnku pleasure In commending
the course of our distinguished follow-
cltizuu, the lion. Patrick Walsh, In the
setuile of the Untied States, ami lu de
claring that Ilia re-uluctiuu to the office
will meet with the approval of the col
ored citizens of Georgia. Senator
Walsh has always been a broad
minded, liberal man In hts trciitim-ut
of the colored race, and has re-election
to tho somite will keep a man in that
body to whom we feel wo inn always
look fur a friendly henrlug and a load-
(ness to aid nny Just legislation that
will advance the welfare of our people.
“Whereof, wo learn with regret that
certain negroes lu Atlantn have seen
fit to antagonize, for frivolous nhmm,
tho appropriation of $200,001) for the
Atlanta Expos' tlau; lie it
"Resolved, Tbnt we, tho negroes of
Augusta and Richmond county, in
convention, indorse nnd most heartily
ask the proposed appropriation and
pray that congress may see fit to
puss it.
“Resolved, That wo think It highly
Improper for our negro fellow-citizens
of Atlanta to suggest that the appro
priation be not granted, thus depriv
ing millions of llielr own rneo lu tho
Houth of the best and most favorable
clmnce they have ever had In this
country of showing to the world what
advancement they have mnde lu agri
culture, arts nnd sciences."
A POPULIST MEETING.*
A Few of the Disgruntled Held Forth
In Gainesville Friday Night.
Gainesville, Aug. 10.—(Special.)—'T-he
People’s puny held forth last night at
the court house with a very slim at
tendance. It was a momentous occa
sion to them, fraught will all the re
sponsibility of rescuing our fair land
from the ravages of a mysterious some
thing than seems to be knowing at lu
vlt-aU.
Hon. John Stbley of Cobb appeared
as their exponent. He Is evidently one
of the many misled ones who are hon
est In what they say. He waa .trailed
with nil the coitrtoay any man can re
ceive In a trie country. Ho was not
interrupted onfle during, his speech of
an hour wlUi applause, lie was com
mendable In one respect, In that he
did not abuse the Democratic party.
After Mr. Sibley ended his speech,
Mr. A. D. Chandler, a Democrat; wna
TRADE REVIEW
FOR THE WEEK
Th# Uncertainty of Tariff Legislation
Has Affected Trade Conditions
Everywhere,
PURCHASES MADE IN THE DARK
Bulls**! Will Improve Juit si Soon or
the Bill Is Passed or Indefinitely
Postponed, by the Sennte-
Bnslnsss In the South,
New York, August 10.—R. O. Dun &
Co.’s weekly .review of trado will say:
With changes every hour In the pros
pects of the tariff, and a decision ex
pected every day, business has unpleas
antly resembled gambling. Orders anil
purchases have been largely.based upon
individual opinions regarding the legis
lative outcome and a vast amount of
business has been deferred because the
decision was not yet In tho future. The
accumulating demand, which stimulated
trading and manufacturing within the
past week or two, represents, to a great
extent, needs which have been post
poned, waiting for u settlement, but
can be postponed n'o longer. Thus, both
the rush of duferred business in many
ilpes and the scantiness of new orders
reaching Into the futuro reflect un un
natural stole of things which cannot
bo expected to continue, nnd while tho
volume of business is larger than the
existing conditions of uncertainty war
rant!, It is tn a sense but a shadow uf
the larger business which should cams
with the removal of the uncertainty.
In such circumstances, the present indi
cations ore of comparatively llttlo
value.
Gold exports have practtcnlly ceased
for n time with aettlcments tor most of
the 60,000.000 pounds of sugar Imported
within the past six months and treasury,
officials are more hopeful , counting
upon larger receipts on account bf whis
ky. Low as the gold reserve Is, there
appears a slight gain, nnd with a ces
sation of cold exports the improvement
should be considered during tho rail.
Whether under new Or old duties. Im
ports nnd customs revenue will natu
rally bo larger for some time after a de
cision on the tariff question. There lias
appeured of tale some demand for gold
from many Interim- banks, not In largo
amount, but In tho aggregate enough
to indloate nome nervousness of feel
ing. Thu volume of commercial loan*
Is Increasing, though mbderaaely, but
In manufacturing paper less Increase
appears than might hove been uxpected.
Tho Iron and Steel Manufacturer re
cord* a great Increase of nearly 30,000
tpns til 'weekly output In July, and Uie .
production la 113,33(1 tons weekly, about
11.000 tons less lhan In April, but 8,000
tons more than u year ago, when tho
prostration ha.1 nearly reached Its
worst. Prices mistnln this view, hav
ing changed only In tho direction of
wenknees nnd the disappearing demand
for finished products Is tho main fuc-
Mr. A. u. unanaier, a uomowae **•»•*
Introduced to the audience by Hon, W.
C. Glenn of Atlanta. A'mld cheers he
began his eloquent reply. From the
lime he stepped forth It was ovMe-nt
that the audience was In sympathy
with him, and be wna frequently in
terrupted with outbursts of applause.
And wu do not wonder at it, for it was
an Intelligent nudlence, mostly Demo
crats.
BITJITBU PRJiMART.
Tho Election Passed Off Quietly For
Coimty Nominations.
Amerlcus, Aug. 10.—(Bpeo.nl,)—In tho
Dcin>K.-rntlr. primary yesterday for coun
ty officers l.iati votes were polled. J.
H. Allen, clerk; J. B. Dunn, tux col
lector, and D. P. Holt, surveyor, were
nominated for re eleettoil without oppo-
glt on. .7. B. Sullivan, for trennurer.
defeated Mr. K. Taylor by n largo ma
jority. L. It. Forest, the present sheriff,
was opposed by J. B. Lamar, present
chief «f police of Americas. Forest
was tmcc<-s*fiil by n vote of raorl* than
two to <rae, his mjority being over 4(H).
The closest and most exclUig contest
was for tax receiver. J. W. Mize, too
present receiver, wuo opposed by J.
V. Daniel nnd O. D. Iteese. SIlzo wits
nominated, defeating Mr. Daniel, bis
highest competitor, by four votes.
Quite n number of voters were cbnl-
longed, most of whom quniincd. Among
them were nbont twenty uegrois.
POLITICS IN GORDON.
The Candidal?« of Both Parties for the
Legislature.
Calhoun, August 10.—<8peclnl.)—Tho
Ponulists of Gordon county met here
Wednesday 4n response to a nail lasued
hy the chairman of their executive com
mittee, to nominate delegates to their
district convention, and also a ssndl-
date for representative from tide coun
ty.
Hon. John J. Griffin wa* chosen as
toe bearer of the Fhpullst colors In the
legislative race. He mi a candidate
for this same office two year* ago, and
was defeated hy CM. W. R. Rankin.
The nominee of the Democratic party
Is Hon. J. T. Black, who has once be
fore represented this county In the
house;
Col. W. R. Renkln will. It ta generally
understood, be a candidate for thu
judgethlp of the Cherokee circuit, und
Col. W. P. M. Watt* Is seeking the
jdire of solicitor. These gentlemen
both reelde here, are lawyers bf marked
ability, staunch Democra's, and have
the support of their home people.
POLITICS IN WALTON.
The Populist Nominees for the House—
Democratic Convention.
Monroe. August 1#.—(Special.) -The
Populism of Walton county has nom
inated R. ,V. Ifaynle and Joseph T. La-
beon for representatives.
The senatorial convention for the
Twenty-seventh senatorial district,
which unanimously nomln i.ed W. J.
Norton or Clarke county tor stat* sena
tor Imloraed Hon. A. O. Alaeon for
United Mates senator. andAndorscJ ih*
last Democratic platform. /
The vblumo of domestic business
through clearing houses Is 4.7 per cent,
smaller than a year ago nnd 22.8 per
cent, smaller than In 1892. Tho earn
ings of lira railroads reported for July;
ore 20.7 per cent, loss than last year,
with a larger deereaac In granger, other
Wostorn. southwestern anti Pacifio rail
roads. ’
Failures for the five week* ending
August 1. showed llnbllltic* bf 311,447,-
7S6, of which 33,687,879 were of manu
facturing und 35,220,247 of trailing con-
IVI’liU 'Pliis f ■ 111 ■ .1.»U_ a
cerna. Tho failures during the pant
weok have been tat In toe United
Stair" against 294 list year, and 64 In
Canada against 26 last year.
lit l A DOTH HI',VB REVIEW.
Now York, Aug. 10.—Ilra'lslreat's to
morrow will say: Evidence continues to
accumulate that the earlier portion of July
witnessed thu lowest point In tlw ebb of
the commercial tide, In the reaction alter
the iHKlefaie revival In rprlng, July bank
clearings this year furnished a lint of
twenty-nine cities with larger 'aggregates
than last year, while the June report
furnished only slghteen cities with total"
larger lhan In June a year ago. The prac
tical cessation of various severe Industrial
disturbances of the year has emphasised
the tendency to Improvement reported hy
telegraph from manufacturing and com
mercial centres this week. A further In
dication of the tendency to Improvement
la seen In tho week's advance of 60 cents
per ton for steel billets, and in fset ths
wool markets today ure more In favor of
Ih* acller than they have been for a year,
nnl wool Is firm at the 3 cents' advance
scored In the last week.
Tho New York stock market Is strong
In tone on the renewed expectations of a
tariff settlement, with unexpected Im
provement In railroad earnings mnl th*
stepping of gold exports as additional
factors. Southern railroad shares attract
Increased attention and favor from the
relatively good conditions In that section.
Boston reports Maiumchusett* cotton
manufacturers nnd business unsatisfac
tory, but Ihe manufacturer* nt men's
wesr, woe lens, etc., report products mov
ing freely. Chattanooga advices are mat
groceries are moving more freely wlin
collections fair, while In Atlanta, jobber*
In nearly all lines report mure activity
In shipments, although rains have dam
aged th* crop aqmewlrat. Favorable
weather, good crop prospects and s bright
outlook for business character lie Ihe sit
uation at Augusta and Jacksonville. The
wholesale trade hae expanded. A fairly
good demand Is reported from fiavannsh,
und although there Is no Improvement at
.Memphis, tho outlook Is more encourag
ing. tjouth Carolina crops have been dam
aged by rains, but Charleston reports '
lumber and naval stores markets n.ore
active. Neither Birmingham nor New
Orleans advices contain newa of improve
ment In demand, dullness characterizing
tbs situation In both places, .and nt Gal
veston trade Is reported slack In dry
good* and other notions.
THE RACK IS OFF.
Cowes, Aug. 10.—Thu match lictwccu
ton Britannia and thu Vigilant, which
lun! lan-n urranged fur .Monday next,
is off. Mr. Goukl desired to bars tho
conditions nrviscsl so ns .to provide for
n run out nud beat buck. This thu
Prince of Wales declined to Agree to.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington, Aug. 10.—For Georgia:
Fair, except showers In tlie uotrhera
purlieu; cooler; south whirls.
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