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MACON. GA„ SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1891.
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SPEAKER CRISP ‘
AND HOKE SMITH
Wore the Star Orators at the Big
Democratic Rally Last Night
in Atlanta. «
GOOD WORK DONE BY CONGRESS
Speaker Crlep Stand. Squarely By the
Party in Its Struggle to Carry
Out tlie Reform Policy of
the Platform*
Atlanta, Sept. 7.—Speaker Crisp and
Secretary Uoke Smith were the Btnr
orators at a Democratic mass meeting
held hero tonight. This tvns Judgo
Crisp’s lirst speech In the campaign,
Ills lirst public utterance since congress
adjourned. Prominent Democrats cauio
from all over the state to attend the
meeting. The Populists are making a
thorough canvass of Georgia nud the
Democrats aro enlisting nil their Lest
men In their campaigu.
DoGlve’s opera house, where the
meeting was held, was crowded and
2,500 people were turned away. Steve
Clay, chairman of tlio Democratic ex
ecutive committee of Georgia, presided
at tonight’s meeting and Introduced the
speakers. ■ Groat enthusiasm prevailed.
Speaker Crisp was greeted with tre
mendous applause when he was pre
sented. He said:
When the flfty-tlUrd congress met, in
August of last year, It wots confronted
with difficulties which seemed almost
insurmountable: trade was paralyzed,
manufacturing had almost ceased, la-
labor was Idle, our banking Institutions
were failing, and confidence, the life
and soul of commerce, was destroyed.
Xu so far us into deplorable condition
was attributable to legislation, the IRe-
puoiican party was responslgie. For
more tnau thirty years that party hud
made our financial and economic laws-
Until tne meeting of the llfty-thlrd
congress the Democratic party was
without power. The condition which
coin roll ted us, While not wholly, was
very largely aue to-ovll legislation. The
free coinage of silver had been discon
tinued, the gold became the standard
of value, lu Is7a partial coinage was
resumed. In 1830 this law was re
pealed. and soon thereafter coinage of
silver practically ceased. These acts
• of the itepublieanpart y resulted In so
le.-^ealng the volume of money of ilual
redemption -as to nctyose'tile burden
of all debtors and impair the confidence
of the people In the power of The gov
ernment and of banking Institutions to
redeem their outstanding obligations.
A law and a practice which allows n
citizen to puy Ills obligations to the
government In silver and at the same
time permits him to demand of the
government gold In redemption of its
obligations Is manifestly unreasonable
and unjust, and In the nature of the
case must impair confluence and tend
to produce panic. For thirty years the
Republicans had been building up tariff
walls around the country, and In 1830
passed what they called a perfect pro
tective tariff law. A protective tariff
restricts trade and commerce, it limits
the market in which we must buy und
depresses the market In which we must
aell. It is a tax upon u foreign product
which, the consumer here must pay.
By 'taxing his foreign competitor, ypu
enable the domestic manufacturer to
Increase the price of his wares to the
extent of the tax, and this, too, the
consumer here must pay. When you
hay foreign goods und pay tho duty.
It goes Into the treasury and is called
n "'tax:” when you buy the domestic
product and pay the Increased price, It
goes Into jhe pocket of the American
manufacturer, and Is called "protec
tion.’’
The location of the manufactory de
termines tho name, but the rate deter
mines the price. Under such a tariff
you must buy In n market where com
petition ls'dcstroyed and where scarci
ty is created by law. You must sell at
prices fixed In a market where free
trade and tho law of supply and de
mand revalls.
Trade and commerce Is the exchange
of commodities. A protective tariff pre
vents us from exchanging our surplus
of cotton, corn, wheat, meat and other
fann products for the Burplus of man
ufactured goods abroad. We freely ex
port our product, but that for which
we exchange It Is so heavily taxed os
to make the exchange unprofitable.
Commerce, ceases when gain Is gone:
One cannot buy unless he can sell; nor
can ho sell unless he buys. Commerce
and agriculture go hand in hand; when
one ceases the other languishes. The
law which destroys the one nukes the
other unprofitable. Taxed crude mate
rials Injure and depress manufactur
ing. It wanted the markets of > the
world, but under the protective tariffs
has not been alble to enter them.
A protective tariff fosters and builds
up trusts and monopolies. It creates
no wealth—tt only prevents natural and
Just distribution. Thirty years of such
n system did much to produce the con-
attlous existing when the fifty-third
congress mot.
•What has that Democratic congress
•o fsr done for the people? The first
matter considered was the ilnanclal
one -what should or could be done on
the sliver question. We had pledged
ourselves against the makeshift Sher
man law, and In favor of both gold end
silver as the standard money of the
country. By an agreement urrievd at
between Democrats, we determined to
tike the sense of the house on the free
nud unlimited coinage of sliver at sev
eral ratios, .lifter full debate, a sepa
rate vote was bod on each, and on the
repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act. The results you know.
While not professing to understand the
question fully In all its bearings, I have
si ways been in favor of free coinage
or silver. I am in favor of It now. I
believe the fears of our friends who
•i pose tt are largely Imaginary; and I
belter* ;lto enactment of such a law
would affopl great relief to the people
of the country. So feeling, I need not
siy that to me personally the result of
t to vote on the free coinage of silver
w: ' a great dl.-appoitument. This ques
tion Is nor r. titled.
With cur great e.regie for tariff re
form you are familiar. Thirty years of
cl.is3 legislation had built up lit this
country large trusts, large monopolies
and large eomglnaltons of capital. All
these intercom were arrayed against
us, and In the bitter contest through
which tve passed were earnestly and
actively aided by a compact Republi
can minority. All that wealth, nil that
energy, mid all that great littelllgeuce
and capacity could do, was dally and
hourly done to defeat the cause of the
people.
Under these conditions our progress
was slow. The house framed and (tasked
a tariff Mil. Thia wen t to ithe senate af
ter a long and tedious struggle -and the
senate passed the bid-with umendincntii.
The botkM iwas not eattofloJ w.ith the
amendments: -the hill iwimi -to confer
ence; for move than a month, with
dally meetings, the conferreea tailed to
reach an -agreement. Finally -the ques
tion was presented in such faahlon -thnt
wo must either accept the senate
amendment or have no bill, thus per-
nritJUrig the odlou3 McKinley bill to re-
m-aSn upon the statue bo’aks. When -we
were convinced such was the true sit
uation we did not hesitate a moment:
wo accepted Ithe senate iamendments,
and so the hill became a law.
This bHl 5s not all -we hoped for; It
contains provisions we dep.'ore, provis
ions which the house by separate bills
Immediately repealed, and yet, taken as
a whole, it goes further In the direc
tion of reMef to a tax-ridden people than
any hill that has been considered in
any congress e-lnce the war. Its reduc
tion of rates nreigreafer than those pro
posed In either of the Morrison teals or
in the 'Mills 'bill. It place* wool, copper,
tin lumber, salt, landing -twine, bags
ana bagging, agricultural Implametriu
and many other avWclea on the free Hit.
I? nearly every oohedifle there are large
reductions. In the Aron, steel and wool
en schedules there are many reductions
exceeding 75 per cent On the basis of
the Importations of 1892-93, on woolen
manufactures alone there is a reduction
llL t1 ' 1 e 0 0 ns u-'Iter of more than (153,000,-
030- On cdtton. on feltu, on common
velvets and on hundreds of cither arti
cles the reduction Is greater than 50
per cea't. • \
i,™„® a *9* on sugar. A
uttge .majority o-f the DemVacraU in the
tenree opposed this, and as the bill pas*,
ea tnj» bouse all fcramchen of sugar was
maiae free, The cane grower got no aid
from the government. The .bill, as it
Decaone a.liiw, placet an ad valorem *of
4U percent, on sugair. leaves the eutrar
refiner a Wttle more than one-half what
jto.gokundprHh* McKinley law and re
peals ithe fcpuaty of 2 cento a pound.
TMs provision will paiy (10.000.000 Into
“it, 1 ™f ury and rave the (12.000,000 we
* Kmnt - v - The bill con-
n^ J ,'P JvW e n Imposing a -tax of 2
(4000* ttt ' 7* ® ' lKoraes ln excess of
vilMJKS '“’""fled merely Che pro-
otrfkM ?! ! h 8 , Breat reform -measure. It
fiitrikes -at trusts and mowopMeu. It re-
°L the accessaries bf life,
homo “flcfl-s °ur markets nit
enlarges our market abroad.
•(B'fcUWure. It encourages
f n(I W wln add to Ithe
P Tv“ f m 'l | ‘ ons of our fellow cltl-
!££;, m2 Y oteltl U|Mn “ proposition to
25J2**J2? ,ax npon the circulation of
n->o'ni^ 5m r, u , TC . c , n V 1 *>»"**o bba-t our
benefit SIi dtr ' ,t more Immediate
,t!ho reoe.il of that law than
°! he r legislation that
couia he Giad. Agallnst us on /the oum.
tian were found many of thT lC
;l ‘he Republicans ami nil the
T ,0 . rUy ' tUuB constituted
neoraJMD/our efforts and the reneai
This question to Z settted.
iJQ r ’2jX IIIta bf' f floral -election
SoJi, JfiSJ stWcIh permitted ouWKtm!
1“ wlflh our domcrjMo tiffiiira
•whI o?S uorol only ,to defeat 'ih e
2SL2,™ PeoPfe. HemceiDcmbh Georgia,
an well .ah oviery Other state, will cnfin-
«ge ysdtlUu*"ln aocnrdunce wfrti (heir
2 ™ 'SP n°d efectlDtra will be rree and
w; ^ >»yo lwuewtl n law wthtah sub-
joots *tk> tlUtUtKln by tjHU nr
millions of money,
wtiiCjah Wildidr RepubOIcJia IVuvs v,us ex-
vxyet burdens of tho tux-
f\Ve fhhvo 'reduced public ex^ndliHnvfq
<J0.000.000Jbr P 4iho C c l ^rX!
TVlifh table record who can Uasutl ual
OT& *22Sr 1101 -8nc>n « tSfls efibe,
I! to* ortemy we muat meet. ^Wren
pemocriwsy Buffers dePoalt, RepiiWlnvn-
ism will be triumphant. H'ene uit hbmo
2* ^raJlence-I by tbe Peap>’«
J? hIs °n?iwiiavtli>n <hU’j curvdi-
da-ljra «W 9t bus a p^tform of prin-
2SSH: °L«• I BHIril Bay
tria-hlrxfif. Tihoy mm ipnctstfmdd kx> be ns
»ood, I Oiopo they an© tfertJtdr, CJttan a a
JDhelrjplJtltorm. ThlJlt pl-oltfiorm coriuikns
•JriB ’Ptok* /whhoh are wcw and somj
Vi hldh oreoW. TthtoM vM<fy are Maluablo
Uro ndt mchv and 'dhioi*?e w-htfcfo oire imw
are inldt valuable. Our Popufi^t friends
&> buy ithte tmNnottAr, Jtele-
frnjfph Mixes und Vbb itotopihcwet* r TJr*
thouttLn!d!3 of mMlicms of bailors vreces-
wary to do iJhls does nbt alxtlfrr ittie-m.
TThfe gnuli ianmy of oflWfoc0d*rt3 rioccs-
eory <to -manliffe a.n'd opoiuito )che'3e rn-
JfrpTvi*ss does trot BkUbhnuM tih'em. The
PopuHst fle'a'd'crrs VJeod mfilllons ns
ordJJnuiry poaple kJo \v?Lh dollars, nnrcl
•a« for offlcea they «31 wuirtt 'tlhierm. This
pamtiy Ml olblout a dozen membero of
OarugTC58 only and yet the bins tfttey
h»ave llridroduddi in oonttfewa proposes
One iBWHKfjwUattfon or ra'Uttcr ’the prln't-
ttntf ennd issuing of two or tfhr<?o times
.muKJh money <os Hhteio Is ln tho wide,
wide Worfd.
TWe Deirtocnatio party ^nJteiu upon
1^3 Wanridjt mUi Itepublioan l i3m, and
•every other .'tempontary Ibsuq ■which
Truer peasant IMelf, wich ooumpre and
ecinifMorJde. ’Wlhlle We have rtol aone a.>I
wre hopdd to do, wo Wsvo done more In
Itftfe pint yeur 'to rodness ith-- wrOnffs of
thv* people, we Wave done more for their
rdlfef ichian wins ever dbnto by any pnnty
'Jn. the «ii.m'e tongdls of (time $n any
coun!3r> r under the sun.
'Those ant baW twonSs, nmd yet I how
myself at all ’times rekudy to 'defend
dhom. Corri'jnj? InJto paw»r a»t a time
of panic, wihon tdMl wOatat a dfemd-
Btlll, when luJbwr wmb unemployed,
WHen our ttrerusury wuh empty, w)?h
couitage om'd fidelity we entered upon
a struggle with flha enemies Of the
■people. We dmenitod from Thtut struggle
vicarious Vn tJhlA:
•We Wave nHWpM th’e McKinley 1a*w.
•We have greatly reduced mx jJJMn.
•W* htive m'.ivle 1I\dhg dhe*aper.
We tv.i\o mnxte all money bixable.
•We Wi'V? Oixed surplus ihetimes.
‘We 71 x\*e restored froddom of, elec*
tins.
We Qia.ve«dddoM public expendKurca
■arid we htive declarsl undying (hostPlty
to <A Icmofis 'iinld mOnopoUca organized
for rlh iopproitthin -of -ihe purtt.
On VMflO foundations wo build our
houtJ^; oTi'rmev--' Cssnfca we (go before the
public, ftxe dhfem we thuvo “fbughit the
gool to thorn we tuavc kept
the jCr.h add of thorn we have no fears.
SECRETARY SOUTH’S SPEECH-
Secretary Smith spoke in part as fol-
wIoj:
in openklg his remarks the secretary
reviewed the financial -trouble of the
pas: eighteen months and congratulat
ed the South a.i well aa Georgia uDon
the excfBwt showing made.The atten
tion of the commercial world had been
attracted, and he predicted for tbutnec*
clou a period of development and mark-
1 jjr isperity m\i«Ti .11 !i-\ - r ti*rf»ro w.m
experienced. The Cotton S:.c-s and
International Exposition wouL-3 pmve
of great assistance in this work, but the
attention of capital once secured, its
confidence must also be won, and was
therefore of thb utmost importance to
the future welfare of -the siate that in
the coming election, tho people of Geor
gia should show to the world that the
wild theories of the Populists had no
foothold among them.
Culling attention to the experience of
.tiia-gfcat states'oTKauaja and Colora
do und. ■ Populistic rule, the secretary
ashed who would wish to nee Georgia
follow tile leadership of u Lowe!Hug or
a Watte? Bid as was the record of tho
third party in the West, <ho crazy the
ories of their leaders iu congress e/ere
enough to stagger copsprehenaton aud
shock the thoughtful men- They sought
disbursements amounting in the aggre-
ga*ie over ^j.ooo.oco.ooo. Till* people of
Georgia could not afford to endorse such
a party. Tho state would go disorgan
ised locally and discredited gefore the
world, if it appeared to have even lis
tened to their impracMcdgle theories.
Few or Iheir beliefs were worthy of
discussion, but there was one which
seemed to have proved attractive, al
though when carefully investigated it
must be classified with their other the
ories as almost equally wild and im
practicable^ He referred to the free und
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to X by the United States alone,
aud described It as a plan utterly at
variance with sound budnc;&* principles
aud /fraught with Incalculable evils. lie
did not want hla position misunder
stood. Ho was a thorough bimetallist,
atrong in Ills faith, and no one could
be more unalterably opposed to tho
adoption of a single gold standard.
Such a course would brlpg about a con
traction of tho currency calculated to
cripple industries and to lessen the
demand for supplies. The injury In
flicted by a single standard curreucy
had/ been recently demonstrated
abroad, und the evil effect had been
felt here upon the products of this
country raised for foreigu consump
tion. Ho believed those evil effects
couhi be lessened by proserving the
present per capita of currency; but
where three-fourths of. our great cot
ton product gojs abroad, three-fourths
of -the injury could not be reached ex
cept by the successofblmetalnsm ln the
places of consumption.
The secretary described -the eight dif
ferent kinds of money now used la this
country, and maintained that 'the in-
stum any one of them wvut to :i pre
mium it would become a commodity for
private waicy ana contraction would
follow; but by preserving them upon
an equality and, by an increase, equal
to the growth of the business and pop-
ula<tion, contraction could be prevent
ed.. Tills would be accomplished, first,
by changing the bullion in n sliver
dollar eo us to require 100 cento worth
of tdlver ln every dollar. Second, by
international agreement, which. If oe-
cured, would prevent tlie necessity of
changing the ratio; or, -third, by calling
in all money of same denotnlnKlona,
say ton .dollars or loan, not consisting
of silver, and fclving sliver tho right of
way.
!Ho especially urged the repeal o*f the
10 per cent, tax on titate banks as a
remedy within the control or tlhe United
•State* of great value. He sketched the
history of silver, coinage ln the UrOXl
States and deduced, from i'r several cun-
cflusLbns which he 2ield to bo Irresisti
ble. First, the people of the united
Btatcb havo Uhe u^e of seventy’ times cs
much aHvbr no m^ncy of -fpll legal ten
der as-before 1873.
Second, the depredation ln the value
of silver Is due to causes other than Its
treatment In Mio Urtited Sta'tcw. It Is,
therefore, evident .thirft Stiver at a raftlo
of 10‘to 1, if unlimited oolnage was at-
tem’Dteil In Ithls country, mu.*i cither
flood our mlntH with enormous quarfti-
Ues cf f/llveT, wlrWh would n't once de?
prrt^ate the value of our money, or It
w*ou8d be coined onlv 1n reasonable
quantities and then could not aufbutan-
blally affect The mencamfillo value of the
bullion throughout Uhe world.
In either event we wbukl be fbroed
to tho exclusive use of a dollar worth
only a little more than half the pretseni*.
dolkiT. at would cause tihe seUUemsntto
of all contracts at the ra/to of 60 cen‘s
ou the dollar. It would require tho re
organization of all prices to be adapted
to the now deprocintted currency. Iii
would compel a change of all legislation
In fixlrwr salaries, it ivoukl necessitate
tho onthc readfuoUnent ct the privu<te
and 80vernmcnfc.il bucSfiei« of the
Unoted -StatcM to meet comhtlons caused
by a degraded dollar. The oonfualon in-
tfdent go wuch changes) could scarcely
be described. Commercial Ul8ofder,buu-
bw *?^ rK, f antl nu1n must at onoo be
precipitated. No gmnlc from which tho
country ever suffered has been compar
able to the one which would be Inllibt-
actlo!n° n Uie lnt,uwtrt(U4ntore! ^ by »uch
to*i *thc government of the
Sta'tes would not bo able to
imimain Its varioow moneys upon a
toat we were upon the point
2L5 elrVff ft!*** fchQ ^ver standard
-rasullM skmAlar to those Just <1«-
aartbed mat^riaHv ocMrfbuted to the
aert yea,p • For th0 condition
Ied Jn T^irt to
thld fear, the secretary held tho Repub-
administration responsible. The
whoje adminlstralUon of Mr. Ilnrri.on.
™, ' lhe cxcejMon cl the flrat yrtr
received to ImoetuH from the ex-
cellent financial condition cxWtJlng at
rnl nf Mr ‘ Clev0l - 1n 'l'" term) was
cne of falling revenues, Incrcjalng ex-
pemlilyrai awl a h-.-u.vy exyortaUton of
nlua r ’ r -' lllrc ’ 1 'eavlntt a »ur-
piuo In the treasury of (230,3(8,001.
WT* ^epubllein misrule re-
/"‘e nurplus to (62,(50.000. with
clraure. fixed for the enmilns year
L2. r '," nMn " I' 1 reuaj numbers to (35,000.-
000 In excefla of tfho TeveirucM Thnt
"l! 11 ? oocaslonefl alarm. Intern
mlnwl connltMl.ei urrivemilly
-”^"•0 tlrat tiho xwernment cbuld nr.*
the JKurcliase of ellvcr under
vrarer^aTour' ° MtaWn J!s 8li -
«5
and wthere araney emldnot be had at
SK I" the summer of 1813 It cun
™trrtsL < V ***** at 0-r,v rates of
V ht . ' u?rrtb,e **Periene*
or latlt year fre-»h In our mloJji, it h«
rrofio^l to wen the mint, without a
■*.to the flow of Silver that ivouid
certainly produce silver Tmnnmdfallhin
The f«r of aflver anraaietotlUm mate
rially contributed to to ;: .-ear'd innir
haK «" "'"fl te inj*
MmWod eolnnci bf silver vtilch would
absolutely produce rur-h a result.
. Mr. Smith dored wl:h an anneal to
tlK where of the ntate to remafn tru?
to the DomocruUc prlnelji!-; ct sound
money insujrura ted toy Jefferson, sup
ported toy Jackson and preserved by
Grover Cleveland.
BRECKINRIDGE DENOUNCED.
Lcxlnjf’.on, H-.ot. 7.—Eljhty-rix ladles,
the crust of Frankfort society, have
•icned a hitter dsmindaWon of Breckin
ridge, beiczlDx. the pcopU not to return
him to congress. The Idea 1, prevatent
that If ehe district cotinnltte. tomorrow
paaies a rule requiring voter In th* prt-
rairy to swear they trill support Breck-
Inrtdye If airle the n-snlnee, that Ow
ens wtH H .-Julraw from the primary and
make the race axjlnv. Breckinridge ns
an Indepenlent candidate.
CONTEMPT CASES
IN CHICAGO
Counsel Erwin in Behalf of the Defenso
Delivered an Impassioned
Speech.
IT WAS A DRAMATIC CLIMAX
To a D*y or S.ii.sllan., and'Won th.
Goad Opinion of 111. Judgo I’r.-
•Idlug — Hinny Wltn.Mi. on
x the Stand,
Chicago, Sept. 7.—Just before court
adjourned for the day In tho American
Hallway Union contempt casts, Attor
ney IV. IV. Erwin, on behalf of the de
fense, made tin Impassioned speech ob-
Jectlflis to tho introduction of testimony
showing mob violence, on tho ground
that it would tend to create 11 public
sentiment against the defendants, and
that this public scntlmeut might Intlu-
cnco tho court to strain a point nud
punish them because of public outcry.
The ‘court lu reply ussmued nil re
sponsibility. .Mr. Erwin's plea came ns
a dramatic climax ,n a day of sensa
tions. I
An attempt was made by counsel for
the guferument to compel tho defend
ants to produce their documents, rec
ords, telegrams and private correspon
dence. Attorney Erwin, ns soon ns ho
learned of this Intention, asked tho
court to rule on the question of tho de
fendants being ciUed to obey such a
subpoena.
Judge Woods said he was inclined to
think tho defendants neod not produce
tholr private documents, hut decided to
hear lrom the prosecution next Tues
day.
Several witnesses tostilled to tho In
terruption of tmtlle. To nil such testi
mony till) defense entered an objection
on the ground that the officers and di
rectors of the American Hallway Union
were not responsible for the nets of
the mobs. Erwin ero-itcd n mild son-
satimi by objecting t> the testimony of
tho lirst Witness, F. ],. Krlcger of .Mil-
wnukco, on the ground that ho might
be one of (he tuea Indicted by n federal
grand Jury for some offense during tho
strike.
“I understand," said Mr. Erwin, “thnt
n DOlubep of men who have been in-
dieted li»vp been subpoenaed to testify
lu this ease. This man may be one of
thc-m."
The witness said he had not boon Jn-
flick'd, and was allwvod to proceed.
The court ruled, however, that men
who were Indicted might be put on- tho
stmid, but could nit be 00mpolled to
g.-ve testimony Incriminating them
selves. Among those who will testify
nro James Hogan nud AY. ]■;. itnriiH,
both defendants lu Ibis ease. .Mrs. Ho-
gau will also bo called.
Tlie g-A-eruiiient, h.'wever, expects to
spring one of its greatest cards in tho
witness of u It. Benedict, Debs’ pri
vate secretary, .vho lias been subpoe
naed. Air. Benedict signed many of
the telegrams sent out over tils name
of ‘E. A’. Debs." The government ex
pects to prove-by this witness that
Debs sent nt least some of tli(- tele
grams which have been road. Benedict
Is uot under indictment.
Krtvger tckUOal mbc-t rtc ibull seen n
tttraffiuen fro.-n Deb, <l::h,U July 4 ask-
in* TUT switch 'temlf!it t'o scrlko. Only
•tet del So. JCrefgsr was much con
fused an oitjsse*'i.-nlanUon. He ac-
knowloisxsd ufc,,lc be iVad fijecLi mtff < 0
OWxUjTO uo u wSA-Wii) by «h» Ohlojgo.
Milwaukee und St. Maul IlaMivad Cotn-
parrfy. TWe dclkl.-uo -JujuvU llglhk ('atom
«he Wme Krelgt-r ttosk Obe steind uritll
too flc-.lt It. flfey ubJecAU ho every ques-
■trjn uukeU Wim cuvi ’Chen u rtvrr -ho Sia'l
teUttllod 4£iCy -jrietvd flo ejavo uill his
Heotlmttniy eutakcu out. IW.Ions wt-re
ov-errutsn. ,
'WWJjim Miaektiy. aw raiyfictir bf Mll-
■wuukc* null ClSiirlco F. MMe, u fire-
tnxn fesm USfa colne pMoe. itestUkd t'tafl
they ball lee. tiui.v WU J.ib ult tJhe In
cline. of 'Ou strikers, «>.y> Cn'Umt la'iod
uo-sji. Sir. UflUs nun -:tot it nrstnbur of
to** Ainterlarn Runauiy Unlcci on twiv-
♦n* tori swuftta, but was made <0 John
lmm< lja.'cly mr erwrtia, Jle aworc thui:
bm nun 1 fcst-tll luio 3:.
_J- K. Trin.nxtr, a uratamsastsc on tihs
Daa 'UUlitae iwul. Hcst'jiKU CM to trie
rtt.n'jdal from CThK-las-i) I.e ccrtJftr drain
raid of doad auOwils, for I'lklreT
antiy of wihtch Debs tMnnU nu offiriU
cusliv loehiav lanlh-r nl, cesitroJ. Erwin
objected lb itlhe to. 1.Jmon-y. sutiXwg Witr.
it Hhowetl corJ^n^t of court <un<J ltvv-1
wiAW.-ng to «to flv'Jii fcCuu.'ito cum-
tn«w. Judge iffbaht t). 1111 kfk m ul-
lort'etl Uhe hukuotty :■<! cotftbaus on the
ground utij.,ton did not k-tJtw w.iut
nfigtoi be brought: Parra.
c. w. ”**—r rff~* (h rnMUI. lu
NaMnkg terrain fl.lcsruj-n. tOgtred E.
V. Dot/j, asking htm Co tie up 1 av Big
D)ur sywicm. Mr. Ift-nty lo.'J oho offi-
orra of IJAuseridui ltnllvuy Un'jm
ttd.t; flih. iUHtj.il c:icl -no gtfstuwce, anti
refused to t-a’iI out lam men.
Afl ‘die bcflttrihr of ’Uhe ofttilnoon
so .Aon H. E. f.’a'.-tt.'r of ti'am-UI, I n.d.,
en employe of the BaUhnore land (Tni-i,
sold atoou: rsctlrvU-lg a CSS ;r.tni signed
"B. V. Orfi,." -.v.-tluh (MUtsted him
Ito -wtorit lu-ntcvg uhe men Ut that COj.l
-wIS-i a Y.- tv so ftuvlng 'll mm elr ke
Henry .Snvom, >1 Rook IlUusd tlrrinnn.
teJUffed (n regor-l to us* tocep.hm of
dbt federal tnpuuCBOtt ut Bltre Itrajo.l
toy the striker.! irfl iljhor -.esklabM:
’’Tiro Irian beard the kijum an rufl,
but Jeered a. I '.toe " n -. .rn.1 ndftej ttr
MiacsCf.il AitiaJliinti IDfiputytAUea, wty>
re-ad. On* man yolh l, "To Cut with
Uhls Unit'd rtij.ca (toreraartai; ro 3ttl
wflltb to* Urt.flol Bbta c/uit,l* *1 nw
■mti.i chltfbed kt:i le.bility *jij
paundud toejv.-.d ncopDklofl by
su-llcom.’’
AcuXhtfr ■wf/.n'rsa fu. 1 he trow rvn In-
JurJddai n nkje putf.oi do-.v-n, curs.--land
tom bo p.’oisK,
AfAoieiey Erwtn axtte InUerruptetl
flflie (rnjcedJfngs »xt fhls Jouecurs P> pro-
Cei.*: •stfJ.-nu: 'reUi lute of flerti-nony. He
ai-l 1 In part:
"ThOa tou proce- t.-l to ouch an ex
tort. without '(be first pnrffels of ntut-
mony, an i ubtlo /.. 1 wire oa die pairt
of jraur to'onor to m y on uou.i tri to con
nect tbetra thk.-.js, it dries ue.-m to m*
Brat »i the irajetoult of 1b-! public s
•toti riot*! be put to these to tog* now
until -they do coaneot. tor fcfey have
proved enough, tf tavy do connect
onem, to d-am.t tie. I call the stbterttton
of ins count sod the public to Ithla be-
ueum I ant sure they uan -never cotmvet
toys.- defendant! with one of tht-ue
nafings.’’ *
rOLITICS AT A BANtJUET.
Emperor William's Mallco fahowu For
Two Political Opponents.
Berlin, Sept. 7.—Emperor AA’Illlam
made a sensational speech last evening
nt iho state banquet, which followed
tho military manoeuvre* about South
Altouborg, at which eniertaluuieui the
King of AA'urtemhurg wad tho principal
guest. The emperor bad previously
struck from the list of guests tlie names
of Count von .Mlrbaeli nud Count von
Kaultz, as well ns those of Gens. Klil-
nilg ami Snndltt.cn, but tho names of
tho two latter were subsequently re-
btored upon tho list.
Emperor AA'UUnm’n net plainly mnrhs
his displeasure at tlie attitude of the
persons named upon the agrarian ques
tion. Tins Is con tinned by tin- fao; that
the emperor decorated Cetmt von Doen-
hell with the order of the lted Engle.
Count von Dueuhoff, It will be remem
bered, ln May lust was expelled from
the Conservative unlou because he
voted for tho Russo-German commer
cial treaty lu the rclelistag. Moon af
terwards Emperor AATUIam shewed his
approval of the count's action and ho
bas now made his position clearer by
honoring V0.1 Doenheff with the order
of tho Bed Eagle. Ifhe (ttagM fit Mil
night's banquet were the members of
tlie highest nobility and Included tumiug
them ull the great civil and military
officers of the province.
CHINA AFTER CHILI'S NAVY. .
'London. Sept. 7.—I-t Di ItgHUM tJD A
the Ctitnesa gijvernmcv.u t-jxa uminged
to puixaihaa toulf of fhb vstoMs com
prised to the CtlBrito wtivy.
A Yoktfh'.tim.t dWputeh taju fltoU't Mar-
fihufi YUaringUlax ddubSd tor Corcu T'.iura-
d-.iy to ussulme oomimanLl of tlhe J'.tp-
am'eos army Un ttllum court try. It Is mid
tihiait the JupaneM force to orm win
soon number 100,000.
DUTCH TROOPS SAFE.
BU&htit, Java. Bcpk. 7.—dipt. Lfntl-
green’u VltUachtoront nt Dutch Itroops,
oiremtlrtg la the IslamU of Lomtuk,
which urn recenltly reported to have
bedii aunrounddd by Uhe DaK-ncue,
rcuch*d Alm-pcnuiu -ycUtotUay irtarnltiw
under itoo ralfe comtuot of tilne Rajolh
or LtlnfbUk. The fire of the DriWlt nr-
triery tints driven 'tih'e one-my ftrim Ar-
ven. AndJher 'aictlitk from tb* Dutoh
forces 4s tt.ifil to Uo 4mm!ntWt.
JAPANESE TLVKE POSITIONS.
XwtJJan, Sept. 7.—A dlspiltoh from
Shnifgha’l tuiyj it l» tJWItcd idbalt 11 et't'-m g
•force of Japatneso troops (save decupled
an UtlU'riJ In f.bdety Day, norUhwest of
Fvari A'C-bur. Thts llslamd 4a u l/u» of
openJ-Uns. Tlhe Ohlntwo wee* lukcn
oompldwly by simpthre '.™d aantequen".-
'ly were ulnliblo to offer turfy oppoellbm
1.0 Ithe oooupPJlm of -Uhe Ikstsd or 'the
Jitridftig of l.w'ge quIratlUCs of liirma, aim-
tnunftlun, provlWonb. elto., witilch nro
flretoB Wared Mhcrc. EverrMUtg cow-
werl.cd wtlSh hhrf afllaTr UmlJaall'tis the
purpart! of tho Jblpintw to et-.trfd a
siege, if rfeoeuriiry, mill lube fotto oc
cupying tire IsMntd UrjAfl have been re-
laforctU ouliloHitHly to Justify ala aiftaek
upon Moi't Arthur.
THE COUNTS CONDITld^.
London, Sept. 7.—A dispatch from B'.owe
bouse, at 11:45 this forenoon, niys that the
count of 1’antn is still conscious but Is
rapidly growing weaker.
IS IT*POSSIBLE?
Colon, Sept. 7.—Tho United Slates wtr-
ahlp Columbia has been ordered to convey
the American refugees at Port Union back
to Bluefields, Mosquito territory.
CHOLERA STATISTICS.
St. Polorburg, Sept. 7.-Cho!era la raging
In the town and province or NIJnl Novgo
rod, tn Russian Boland there ore MU)
fresh cases of cholera and 2.800 deaths
from that dlscaso on an averago per
week.
Amsterdam, Sept. 7.-Three fresh cases
of cholera, were reported hero today. At
Maelrlcht, Krallgen, and Albasidnm, res
pectively, one death from cholera lias oc-
curved,
London Sopt. 7.—A dispatch to tho
Standard from Vienna says that th.ro
were 111 new cases of cholera and 111
deaths from that disease reported from
Galicia and Bukowlna yesterday.
AMMONIA TANK EXPLODES.
Several Pentona Nearly BufftMoUed—'Tho
Owner to Bo Enjoined.
BrumtwJok. Sopt. 7.—(Special.)—By the
expla.lon of an ammonia tank in lift
cold Storage d-op.irttnatrt of Charite
Baumgar.tnjr'a butcher shop at 2 o'clock
Utils morning sever it persona occupying
rooms In <toe neighborhood were noarly
suffoaiMtl. None, however, wero dan
gerously -Injured.
•Hie explosion created a great deal of
excitement 4n tire neighborhood, and Che
fire dnpartimerit -was called out.
Tito octgblbont of Baumgartner threat
en t enjoin Mm from further uso of tho
lank.
ST. JOHNS’ IS SCORCHED.
SOUTH CAROLINA
IN A STEW,
St. John*, N.,D„ Sept. 7.—Fore»t flroi on
etlll tuglnff outftido of th!» city. Atready
the damage has been great and ftevjnl
vllli«CC8 are In danger.
Yesterday tho train which runs from bt.
Stf'phcna and CaUms waa over three hour*
late In getting here hccauao of tho fire*.
It arrived at Lopreaux t a nation about
twenty miles from here. Just in time for
the train hand* to *«ivo the railroad bridge
which had caught from the woods. The
fool bridge at iVepreaux wo* destroyed and
the people are crossing tho river In team*,
the water being only about three feet
deep. Three dwellings and several birn*
were burned there yesterday afternoon,
and at last accounts, other* wen* In dan
ger. The wood* on both able* of the
track from Bt. George to Bprucc Lake aro
on lire, and It U doubtful if train* will
be able to run through tho district. The
losz to crop* inrough 8t. John* and Char
lotte cojntles will be enormous. The Ore
Is rapidly working its way to tho oubufchi
of this ?lty, and unless the wind changes
the results will bo disastrous. Fire has
passed the woods on the Mananvagonlsh
i - - ■ I. ,m i ■ » ri ! "I” ■ It y ,,n-t <1 t-
troyel tho house. Urge barn and several
outbuildings. This cdty- Is enveloped in
•moke* ■*
WON'T PAY TIIE PRIZE.
Washington, Sept. 7.—The oxectrtlve
eomnilttee of the local Kntghui of Py-
rbljs derided terihriit ode to pay tos
prize cf (5M bfferol for she best bat;
(.ikon drill, end iwMch the Fhat r»*l-
ment of ItxUaeu eran with-Hit opp-ot-
Uon, on Che ground tbnlt they had drill
ed svtxxdlnx to the new (Jtfited 8Lt:.-»
army flacHot .whkth (me not yet been
MlfcCHty adopted by ithe oupr<vne Itxlge.
Col. Het&ril of toe Fln*t Indiana w.ti
very angry at the derision and much
ill re.fling nvai ehown.
The Democratic Factions Have Locked
Horna and Will Fight to
h Finish,
ADDRESS FROM CONSERVATIVES
Calling on Loyal Democrat, (a Hold
Pleating* and Nominate Cnndl*
datts For Office—Butler liatea
lo Acknowledge Defeat*
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 7.—Tho ctlssat*
isfuctloQ on tho part of tlto conaerva-
tlvo faction with tho way politics of
tho etalo lias been conducted resulted
In some definite action being taken to
night. A confercnco of representative
mon from every section of tho stato met
hero tonight and issued an address to
tho Democratic votora.
Among other things it says tho Dem
ocratic parly has been betrayed by;
loaders who havo usurped tho rights
of Democratic voters and nro using tho
party machinery for their own selfish
ends; that a ring has been organized
and Is exercising arbitrary and tyran
nical- authority to tho -itter subversion
of tho welfare of tho people; that tho
leaders' and tho rank aud file of tholr
followers openly and avowedly ludorso
third party and Populistic measures.
Tho commltteo representing those
Democrats who rcpudlato Populism au-
nounco tholr continued nllegtnoco to
Into Democratic principles, and calls
Upon all who ngreo with them to hold
mass meetings on tho 13th lust, ln tlielr
respecBvo court houses lu each county,
nud elect delegates to a convention to
be held In Columbia on tho 17th Just.,
for tho purpose of reorganizing tlio par
ty, to consider tho political situation
uml take sucli other steps ns In. tlielr
wisdom they may deem proper.
Tills Is taken to mean that full stato
and county tickets will bo put out to
opposo tho Tillman faction, which con
trols the state. While Butler holds
that ho Is not seeking rc-electlou by this
now movement, it Is certain that ghoul cl
It succeed ho will bo re-elected to tho
senate. Most of tbo men signing tlio
petition me, or lmvo bean, his lioutaw
unts m tho contest. Thero may bo a f
triangular light if tho now movement
nominates n ticket.
The address declares that •'under tho
guidance of those so-called Democrats
a majority of them, who have control
of the party machinery In this state,
tho lenders </f the rank and file of dm
party, lmvo attempted to commit them
to tho third party und to Populist doc
trines, lmvo alienated us from our foI-
low*Democrats of. tho Union uml lmvo
brought tho party in South Carolina
Into reproach ns to Us alignment with
tlio national Democracy, adopted fiUso
and undemocratic prioiples and promul
gated them in tho namo and under tho
banner of Democracy, that wo, as true,
loyal and ancomprantelng* Domocratok
repudiate tbo third party platform ro-
jeatcdJy forced upon our party and
hereby pledge our continued allegiance
to truo Democratlo principles as enun
ciated nt tho Inst national Democratic
convention. Wo fool tho absoluto ne
cessity of a complete roorgauiznthm of
dm party In (his stato ami invito trim
Democrat* to assist us hi tho rehabili
tation and in tbo organization of Dcmu-
oeraoj* In South Carolina squarely in
lino with sound Democratlo doctrines.”
Dr. Pope, ox-reformer and ex candi
date for governor, but who got out n
week or two ago, has changed ids mind
and tonight announces that ho will
make the race/ Ho counts on getting
voles of dissatisfied reformers ns well
ns Homo conservatives, llo nnnouuces
dint lie will run as a Democrat and Ids
platform generally is opposition to tho
ring.
The effect of his address, coupled
with Sampson Popo's candidacy for
governor, cannot yet bo forenoon, but
may bo tbo entering wedgo In tho down-
fill of tho Tillman regime.
CmPrjjJWA INDIANS CRBMATED.
Twcnty-thn*o Infiian* Lost Thdr Lives In
the Forest Fire*.
PokegMUH, Minn.. Bent. 7.—A courier
bring* tho report that tho bodies of twen
ty-three Chippewa Indians, bucks, nquaws
and pipooscii, Ito upon the sands "between
here und UpHteii'l, a small settlement on
tWe eastern shores or Lako ^Ullo Lac.
They aro muttered over ton miles of
country and will, ln all probability, prove
food far buzzard* and wolves, us the
country where they lie nro too far from
civilization for burial ceremonies.
Tho Indians left their reservation two
months as** ami built a hunting logdo
along one of tho fork* of Shadrldgo ercek.
Chief Wascouta waa tho big chief of tho
party and lie perished with hla followers.
Tho first body found by tho courier wus
that of nn Infant barely a year old. Then
cxrae those of two squaws ami flvo chil
dren. They ha/1 evidently turned wont
When tho fire* swept through tho forest.
A ride of u mile brought him to a pllo of
ashes which rnirked tho alto of the hunt
ing camp. Thero waa ono tep?o, tho
shriveled rawhido thongs, marking tho
place wh'To It,stood.
Around it were tho ruins of a half doz
en birch wood bark sl/anths, protruding
from tho antic* wero the fused barrel of
rifles and shot guns. Tho courier OAiattd
twenty-thr n bodies.
DOYLK NOT GUILTY.
;'a
The Knd of a ScnsaLanal Murder Case
at ForayUi This Morning.
Forsyth, Hcpt. 7.—(Mpec!s^.‘»--‘Xbo Jury
in the Doyl<* murder cuhc-, after lndng
out about Hlxttvn. dours, n-turnvd a
verdict of rot guilty this morulug.
Young Doyb* was clurgiil with kill-
iDgJack Goins at the High Falla plcnlo
last year.
Doyle was ivpr.seiitiM hy 3udg#
Janus Boynton. Hon. T. B, Fabaulss
ami Col. Willingham: the stato by So
licitor Mark Be< k and Col. ijgdcu Per-