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THE LEXOW INVESTIGATION.
. When Dr. UU.irf«n I’.-irkliurat Ocean
It's serial of aanmoM on itiiu oorruption
pf Now York tfomnvnant, Hi© public
ttiil not know whwlier to regard tilin a*
a 1 : narumt nun stedolntc to uoooinplisb
‘ a hopotes* task, or as a scnoxtionalist,
seeking notoriety In the way.
".file iu«WHpu}i<-ni of New York seemed
[to omtMIhlli I tie K.mio dmlTit, They re
garded Mm either ua foolish hi iinili-r-
-taklng soinoitilns lie could iwt ecconi-
ptlsh, or na open to censure for using
trorthod* utAtecotnlng to the paitjvlt. urn
'tils Merman* iwcr© so unusual un«l ot-
Irattted mo tutu* «M«nUna itlia I. they Pad
a news value. a ml iliiit tiawspaiierH,
th'Tffore, uln'ilicr iwdlinwHy or not,
tonight Dr. IWkhuiwt, and hi* ser
mons to itlie kir.whslgo of <nu me people
tut .Vow York. Wlioii hi* flioromiotrt,
tv Mi Miieli aid, begun lu> promise to lie
rucctvueful, Ition illie nawepaper* rocog-
tiU.vl 111* earmWIiutM mud sincerity, ntid
gave him sympathy tuul Motive u!d
tvliare they tuul hofore <iuly helped him
in n* tvay incident. ti» their liuslnes*.
They *re entitled to Home of tti© crivllt
of llie Hitecass of the tivovanieni, liut
prrbeps not to « Wry largo share.
No 'movement of llko character has
ever tieen no successful ns thla In It*
pret mlnary ritagir*. None tua* promlaod
such largo a Ed kidRng results to tho
piihlio. Out of It grow the Imvtulgo-
tlon by tho laglstatlvo eommi'lltee wlncdi
dliue I Silimley, the progw»« of .which
has bean w.ifu’liivt wiilh flie kiHMiiwt in-
terest In aJl parts at the Untied .Suites,
'i"h» dlKcdoHiires made were HiUie.itIona 1
In ‘tho highest ffigroe, even though tho
fact* brought! out in evidence toad been
iiiispeoteil to exist by everybody «vl all
f.im:tUir with Now York life. They
Mlmw Hunt ilho poltco organization of
Now York Isis been cormint from top
to bottom;‘that it hid Income niercly
©.a organisation to prowerve outward or
der and repress vloTent crime, while so-
rret*y <n Itttguo uuil sharing in tho
profMw of all forma of vice. No trade
or profession was too vile to secure the
protection of the New Yortt pollc© tf
It would ounsrot ito slmre lw profit*
With tho officials of the police de-pan*
Silent AB ottoor rovnintloim of offl-
cla! corruption sitiT: Into luslgntfleanco
wlmn comparivl w'.'lh ttoo enormity of
tho corruption of itlio p.dtco «liop« runout
of Now York, 'flic men in command
of tho force, (th© ponton* tYtqsxiiCKe
Tor ;m efficiency sod for II* momls,
were flic vary -men wtoo organised tho
p>ruxr»hip with crime aid absorbed
It* praflts. Jt cannot It© supposed that
llio InvestKmUnti hruuul«t to light *11
the faifts of 'die conspiracy ludween tho
pjlleo ottlolal* anil ttoo crlmtnala. Only
« *m«U pant of tho immense revenue
©ollectol from criminals Is accounted
far. only tile captains of pohee, sor-
givints and minor officer* win held
Iboir places Imratixo tliey hid obtained
tho good will of higher official* were
convicted, A Virgo part of ttoo revenue
from erttno la *ft ill tmnenntnivd for, and
tho preaumptlon 1* that some. If net all
of It, went Into the control. It oof tho
pooktfia, of die men at the head of ttoe
official organisation of tho city, liar©
not tlimo men, in • f.hv yttora, beoinic
onrrntously wnsRhy, without even u
Msildo mean* of support, In Home
rases? They woro all-powerful in ttoe
Tgoveramotu. They could at any time
haT* doa'.Myed tnc sjwtom of oorntp-
tlon toy which thetr sutoonliattea prof-
Itcl. Is It nvumnaliio to toeliove that
they thonaielve* did act share in that
profit J Ito© question, i»> frequently
•*ke,l in Now York, where did their
Wealth come from, suggests only one
answer, tn view of tho otrruinstanccs
broeght out toy ttoe l nveetl gallon.
• AVbtkhcf the result of the Invest’ca
tion will be the pottnanent puritloatlon
of the municipal government of New
York Is doubtful. The men who have
ru’el ttoo city by means oil corrupt
luadwda have m*do thomiwlvcn ex-
trcnwly vtwful o> polMtotal leaders be-
1od#«B to both pa ikies. The legisla
ture and the governor are llopuKican,
bnt the snon who acotivds Cite ltcpubU-
can party of (ies York, who named
the man Just dieted goveetwr, cares
mure utooul retaining hts powens at a
political ‘twaa” than far tny improve-
tnesst in th* city govcrnottUt. Men
wtoo were odtoiaibly Ms bitter political
eneuttas bare toe th* past been in fiot
ha secret aQias, and ho may not think
Ihsg tho luvcBUganon bat destroyed
thetr usefulncm to him.
The results cf tho tnroadgsAion will
sffec* not only ttoe goreresKCR and the
politics of Now Tort, bnt those of lb*
■whole country.
(MUST COMB SOUTH.
Mr. J. n. Sovereign, general master
workman at ttoo Knight* of In her, has
said a grant many foolish things, wo
think, Binco he assumed tho dudes of
Ms offirwi Bupltbe foUwins -extract
from ockoIh recent remarks of bis
show that bo is not destitute cf powent
of obeorvatlon nor of good sense when
dealing wlltto pnuttlcal matters:
"I am more favorably Impressed with
the South than any other point of our
country, not alone us the most promising
place for the location of co-operatlvc col.
onto*, but for tbe establishment of Indi
vidual enterprises of all kinds. The cli
mate and natural resources ore such as
to expressly Invite those of limited
means. The South is the coming Eden ot
America, and the vaat tracts of its fer
tile soil now open to settlement on terms
within the easy reach ot all who deslro
to avail themselves of the opportunities
offered make It the one place above all
others, In my opinion, where people seek
ing homes and investments should go.”
A tow yaani «g» tbtue utterance*
would not to*vo been made, it Is pretty
safe to My. In tike Drat place, political
prejudice* aviso until that Northern
n»>A could nott fairly cdtimeto tho ad-
vantngi't* cf 'th'.» twwMoo, ©vuu If they
knew ilium. But Itooy did pot know
ttvsn. The fact than snehl prejudice*
have largely died out unrl that tho at
tention of the North i* dlnetusl toward
thl* traction as It ban not been since tlie
federal araitles IIInii'tl tlioir faces homo-
ward in 1S05, is a ma-lRcr of vest Im
portance to tho South. Probably Ito!*
(toango In 'tho MtUtude of iNoWtocm pco-
plo towanls the South was lmi>os»ihle
so long a* kirg« trains of fertile lands
In iho W'ttt remulucd open to sol,He
in eat, even though time had worn away
ttoo prejudices ivtolch the war created.
But there are now mo such lands in Iho
West open l<> sontlement. Settlors
ha.vo. In fact, gone far toojlmd tho line
where prolhaWe farming is possible
amt have encroached upon tho seml-
arld region whose kinds are lit only for
cattle grazing. All tho circumstancos
eonuplrn In favor of Kite South. With
the nmdt great revival of business, u
great proisirMon of ilhe energies of itho
American jiooplo wilt bo turned In tills
direction. They can noovhere else find
such profitable ranifoyinent. They can
i. longer turn Weatword, and tho bar
riers nvhtrti heretofore liavo kept them
out of tho SouSi are now mneved.
'EXODUiriNU IGNOIIANCB.
'ltoe agiitairlou In favor of holding eon-
siltullmtal (tuttvoilittons whlrti Is now
going on In several ttouthera fitates is
undoubtedly tlie outcome cf the grow
ing solin'.rm-r.i in favor of purer elec
tions. Ttoe re is a feeling 'that at the
si mo time that election uieti xls are
riformed, cooielhlng must Ih> done to
guard tllo si .lies against 'tlie dingers of
an ignoramit v.e'.ug population. Jllsiis-
slppl lias sodml Ibis problem by Incor
porating in her new constitution an ed
ucational itest for the voter—Slot, u high
test, hut KiiilU'.iiar to excludo from llie
polls all men who cannot nt least read.
Tlio reuill so far rweras to ho entirely
good. There Is a, disposition In soino
of the sfetes to follow iMlmlssIpjil’s cx-
anipio, ami It is qiillo probable, if Htc
agitation in favor of holding tlio con
ventions Is Huoo>»«ful, that reform will
take (till* shape. *>f course It Is possi-
blo to reach this result ef excluding per
ilous uuablo to raid from ltoe polls with
out making provisions for It In the con-
atltutiou. lit can lm done through tho
oloction laws. Indirectly, 'itoat this is
tho result which otKlst <v> be achieved
we tiilBk ceaHHUliio nton wtll gcuerat-
ly sgroc. There 4s no injustice In It to
tlio pontons thus cxcImliHl from partic
ipation In die government. There is
no pondbilily \ltoat they oan bo fit for
snob partlcl|»i'Uon, baenuse they can
have no adequate kimwUtlgo of ltoe
prohkun* with will civ gowcaiuncuts
must deal If .they fed tlnut lujuslice
Is done .them, *U that Is noceamry for
(town to do in onbr to rigtot thait Injus
tice Is to leann to read, ami surely the
rlghtito vote, If ft is worth anything, Is
worth tho exemion anocmiary to acquire
that accorapUshanMit.
SHORT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
I am Informed on good authority
that tho appropriation made for the
w»rkon Tnttmll Squarf will finish the
grading of that park according to the
puna and specifications which wire
suhmlttnl to Itlio hoard ef public works
and accepted by thut body. It will nor,
hnwvoor, do the remainder of Oho work
«nd an additional appropriation will
Igrvc to bo mado beftwo ttoo park Is put
In perfect order. Tho work has pro-
gnwad rtSmNy up to ttoe add snap, when
K uvis Aiund newsrory to dtanmtmuc
tho sork tcmpcrsrlly on OKKOunl of
the frown condhkm of tho ground.
The work will be resumed as snou a*
the condition cf the wcallKT pormfr*
and will be pushed tn an early uom-
pldrton.
•T wish jvst would say for me.” said
Mr. Tom Drew yesterday cdfternoon,
“that ttoe nrtirlo In ttoo Evening New*
about ttoo captaincy of ttoe lUfic*. which
It id plainly evMcnt was Intend,'si In
ttoo friendliest kind of spirit toward
mu, r&slly docs mo. the company and
several oitwr gcortemcn wtoo have
boon Hpoken at In connection vrltto the
oapuktey on Injustice. The nrttclo
would make It appear as though I was
a sclfoxuMtuted rendsvuto for the
captaincy, *n>t tha* Capt. Oeotvc Dun-
ean wts the only man that I would give
way to. whereas I hav not been and
am nut now a candidate for ttoo cap
taincy, and am doing all I can to get
some good man. In ease Cspt. Duncan
refuses relatively to accept tho cap
taincy. Ttoo boys want O-ipt. Ihiramn,
but ft they can’t get him rtsTr want
some good man from the caber com
parers, and are oven now urging
Lieut. Beil ot the Uumura and Ltout.
Sarnia of ttoo Volunteers to conskW
th* matter, l told the reporter that
some ot the boys toad talked to me
about she captaincy, tout that ttoe only
reason that wnud cause me -to become
a candidate would b* co tooOd ttoo com
pany <cvefhor If they could not got
some nun to take charge. As for be
ing eteitod next mooting, that is out
of the question, as Qtpt. HotdtSnan
las not went tn Ms nwlgnaolon yet.
My Object In asking for ttoo correc
tly Is that tho article nenio It appear
shat Jf Capt. Duncan wcmld not accept
tho ofllou that tho Hines could got «o
ono else hot me, but I know he re
porter did not intend to make it read
Chat way.”
LAND TROUBLES IN TELFAIR.
To the Editor of the Telegraph: Tho
g'i"d ,;.!•• In ill-- ii. ghb''.'ii'-,.l tvli.rc
deputy Unltml States manslials at-
twnptcrl to arrcHt L. L. WtUlams tarn
weeks ogo, are Justly Incensed at the
wild reports sot afloat concerning the
affair by the ofllccni In question. A
more peaceable or laav-abldlng commu
nity could not be found la ttoo state,
and Hie people desire s correct account
of ttoe trouble published. Tbe report*
given out by ttoe deputy marshals and
printed In site.Telegraph are tor from
tho truth. Williams Was wrested, as
reported, bat there was no army of res
cuers with Winchesters nor attempt by
any ©no to Interfere with ttoo marshals
in ttoe performance of their duty. Tbe
tooth aiiout ttoo affair are these: Ttoe
officers (With iheir prisoner passed
within n f‘W hundred yards of a sphool
house, wliifo die people had gathered
for HumlayesfiooL -wlilch toad Just ad
journed. Tlio mtmthsfa in seeing the
crowd of ■Sunday-school .people coming
in tbelr direction, nSkul Wild kuna what
it meant, ami ho was sharp enough to
turn the cirounwtanww -to-tils advan
tage by luforming ’Iho officers tliat it
wjs a crowd at bis frh<nits and that
they had liettir “hum tho wind” in
gclting asvuy from there. Tiny took
Williams at his wonl nnd made a boo
lino for McRae, not oven faking time
to im it nv.lo «it of liic.r way to get
Iheir teams. Most, of 1he men whose
mimes woro printisl !n tho Telegraph
as taking part in rescuing Williams
were it finer limnc* a.t itho time and
know nothing of ithe affair until It was
over. One of the deputy -marshals had
been In 'rilttt neighborhood on a previous
invasion and learned the naniCH of these
jxiople. If tliey had been 1-n a foreign
land at itho time of Williams’ arrest
their thiuk-s would prolxilily have been
us«l lit the ttume way. Williams might
have beau rescued by Kpm«' of his
friends If ffioy had been given an op
portunity, but the marshal* rendered
that (trouble and crimUv.il offense un-
noceasary by gci.’ing scared before the
peoplo bad .time to realize ‘wbo,t was
going on.
'I'he communication by B. T. Burch
prlniyd In fba Telegraph some days
a»>. so far as It relates !o the niauago-
ninitt of the Dwlge Company nnd the
action of the United States court, is
generally indorsed by the .people of this
county, who are familiar with the
status .of affairs -It Is generaHy oon-
eoded thait If Capt. Forsjflh lr,wl lived
a way -would have -lieon found ito settle
all ithifto land Iroutiles amicably and
sa tlsfiiotoBy In «!l conccrmsl. lie was
a man o-f experienced ability and knew
how to deal with the people In the right
spirit.
The people of TeWnlr ooltnly, includ
ing those now In llttga-Uon with- the
Dodge roiujiany eoncerulna titles to
lauds, are exceedingly anxious chat
these troubles helkveen (Dodge and Uie
people he sotted by a competent Aioanl
of anblfratinn, us .they realize that the
courts a re slow and I mpotent b> effect a
penunnenf, amicable aud equitable *et-
tlemenlt of the troll!MV Those cases
have been In the courts for years nnd
it seems that no decision is adequate to
a sor.t’.omont of the coniroveislitt. When
decisions were rondcr«l -by the slate
cmrls favoraMo «t> the propic the
IliNlge cotRpiny imutxigHd in some way
to got the eu*en transfemd lio title f«l-
era! courts «i.t dlacon. A large majority
of tho pcojilo ‘ntcrestel in lihosa suns
areipoor and catutot affonl to fighlt the
comptny in fie United 'Slates courts.
BiMidcs, they scum to fivir Judge Speer,
aud there Is tin impression among them
that tliey caiHlol. get) jnsdeo In his
ootint. They may be .wrong In this lack
of confidence, tint, considering rheir
condition and die surroundings, it is
uaturnl that they sitxdd bo inclineil to
resort to desperate mains to hold their
kirnls. -much of which was purchased
by lliiun in gxsl faith anil paid, for
wifi yeare of haul labor. All .tho
properly some of these pmplc psosess
Is -i n dispute, aisl an they are not lli an-
clally tth'e to defend their claims in
the fmloral ronrls ami on account of
their tmr of tlio severity of the fodor.il
Jiulge, wheitller tins four Is well
toundid »r due (to inortild oomlitlois,
tttey are apt to resorli to droperate
means to hold -ftelr property.
It ts generally tietleveil In TeJfiir
county fhu.t If‘Mr. Dodge himself wotld
come ammig Mu' people, or If he wire
to send a onun competent Ito deal with
tlio «Huallot!, flint a. plan could bo itf-
vised anil ugreid upon between, tie
company a nd -the people by which tits
whole .trouble could be settled specdl'.y
nnd satisfactorily t»> nil ooucerned. .Mr.
Dislge ha* bom appealed to by clMzem
of 'this courtly, ntsl if *.» to t»o lioptjl
that he -will consider the matter favor
ably. It 1s manifestly to Ids Interest
to have -those casts settled oven If h>
shsild It**' n saxttl portion of his laudi,
leva imp dlls til-advised litigation ii
keopng iliown 1ho value of Ills properl;.
as well a* that of nhe poopJo and grea t
ly retarding the development of this
section of country by prciludlclng In*
vestots against und ciwttlng the Impres
sion abroad that all die lands in thli
(ssSJon are In dlspwle.
Tho .many fine luhvinbiges of the
wlnwRM eonnlry ore becoming knwvn
and g.Knl citizens from Midulle Gcuvgla,
the Ganelinas and other sutlos, North
and Mouth, are uuxlous to buy farming
lands bore, »mt turn to other conntcsi
on account of so much litigation ab ut
land title*. Tdfalt.
Don't be afraid to est hot biscuit wien
cooked with Dr. Prha’a Baking P*w-
dcr.
ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
The Csrnoste Ido* seems to be that a
public library coven a multitude of Man
holes.—New York World.
No. Angellne. the weather forecast man
can hardly be termed a storm-seenter.—
Buffalo Courier.
Spar hunk—I thought th* authorities in
your city didn’t allow prize fighters to
give exhibitions. Rlngrope—They don't.
But sinew tho fighter* begun to kill each
other the law hasn't been enforced.-
South Boston News
'This old fellow,” raid the teamster,
fondly tatting his hors* on the neck,
"has been hauling for the city for tm-enty-
fivo year*.” "Got a pull, I suppose,*
sneered tho -Mugwump gentleman.—In
dianapolis Journal.
“This Is s remarkable oversight,'’ said
Mrs. Sehopprr a* she looked Into her wal
let on Tueslay; *T feel quite mortified."
"What Is th* matter?" asked her hus
band. ’T didn’t spend all tny money ye*,
terday when I was Bhopplnc.’’-New York
Press.
Bald-headed Men—I can’t find words to
express my Indignation at an Insult I re
wired this Christmas Pete Anderson—
What was the Insult? Bald-headed Man
—When I got up Christmas morning 1
found some unknown miscreant had made
me a present of a bottle of hair dye.—
Texas Siftings.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Tho records bf MVissoohuectts are
whr.cpm in an. official Ink opcclaily
made for tbe .purpeso.
A 225-oifnco *M EnMBrtt In the Shape
of a borBesboe bun been discovered at
Uarenvts. 'Australia.
Tusks of the mamath have been fouiul
ot a lengcit of nine foot, measured
along she curve.
• • # #
Giotto was a whrtpherd boy. and be
gan his arttaUc career by sketching with
a hl> of ci.ulk on a piece of state.
• * • •
Otto I'loutz, ot Poralrje du Sac. Wls.,
made insane by tbe failure at Rev. Joe.
Alexander Dowje, the faJMxwre apostle,
to restore.
* • • •
The Chicago Jri er-Occao tbaste that
this new ettte Directory at thrtt rtty
has 30,000 names—"no perat-up 400 is
oura.”
sees
'ExploraitJanH of noeittsem ffberta <lcn>
onslliute thait region ntis inhabttkOd by
tigers caul within a cbmpara'-ivoiv re
cent dale.
The naittonal department at agrlbul-
tu.nj returms Uhls year’s ettp at five and
a huff pound* ot wool per head, 240.-
000,000 pounds.
• • • •
■When .terrified, the wertiiMh is eetd to
travel at tbs rate of twerity-tVv.i nrile' J
an hour and clean twelve to tiaurteea
fierk at a stride. ^
An old rubtav hock was dragged up
In Tangier Sound. Maryland, wtth fiftiy-
two young oysters on the outside cf
and a large triad on the inside.
• • • «
Tine Leavenworth fire department has
n 'horse named after QuamltlneU, the
raider. The beast III so vicious he bos
to be filed down to be shod.
A 'Mexican professor ot ffliyrtcs oro-
pose* ito foretett earUieruakcH by con
necting teKlpbones to line tines of deep
artesian well* anti to metal plates sunk
to deep ntounfaln crevices.
A dbg etandhig thJnty-nUne Inches
high and weifMrtg 133 pounds, u- big
as a K»od-slzaI calf. Is owinrid by L.
T. Wilson of Oaittleriburg. Ky. It is
a German deertnounid. df Uhe same Spe
cies as Btomarck'H two favarjtea, nnd
is only twelve moriths okl.
-A Russian phyulolatt has heett mak-
nlg some emrftms ejaportmonts to find
out how far animals can count. He
declares that lube crow can joua't up
to fen, and is 'hereby suipeittor In nritb-
metio to certain ipoll'rt.wlan telbs* of
men, who cannot got beyond five or
six.
Stage coaches are to h» revived in
tire neighborhood of London by the post
office, on account of the excessive
changes flor llie transportation of cialr-
ce'K by some rallmaicto, A lino will bo
espabllahod betirw-n Latwton and Guild-
fond, to Tun only at nlsbt, rii as to S>
cure free roads and greaitor speed.
Badb VnihaMtamt of Berlin takes on
the avenaige 140 trips a year bni omni
buses or home oalns, otVAJlUlng to the
Vienna Journal des Tianspaits: the
Ixm-daiicx- -takes no rides, tWe Ham
burger 90. the 'Parisian 84. the Buda-
pcw'jher 59, and itho Viennese only 48.
Tho Now Yorker meads 'the list with
267 trips; chat is. every average en m,
woman and child 1ik--3 a rile every
taro dams out of three
Alt Essen. Germany. In (h ! ? archtoves
of 'the iM'iinsttl'kilri'he. a imarajfM*r|pt of
fie Psalras hua bran discovered, wltlch.
If lit bolonsw. r.B is bolleveii, to mho mid
dle of the ninth century. 4s the oldest
l,aff.n version of «ic Pajama wv» have. It
romnlns nearly all the psa'hns to Latin.
•in uhree coluimnn, while Cn nhe eunth
column la a Greek toxt wrfjiito In Lat
in cCiaracIvrs. The imn.ue.cir4rtt seems
lo be atitIo?n by ithe school uf ecfiib'.s
oslnibllshcd by Chantomasmc.
ft wa» a court bad In the paki.ee of
Rome and King Humbert was nur-
roundel by a group of well-krtown etl-
Itors. Alitor referring with expressions
ef adMlration to lihe work wivloh was
dorm by 'the rc-es*. nnd Ilhe eonerlem-
scljus mmm.ir (in which thiveo Miion-
sible for the conduct of the various
papers curdled out their arduous and
iMftkiu.II il'iitlvs. he added: "Gerttlemon,
I have aPicm »niM -thait I tfioultl wish
to be a Journuilist wtsw 1 not n king.”
Sarah lJamhnuvlt has mode n pubMc
dccl'’tr.,l<™ rit her reltgjnus faith. She
voiirntteeivd linor mwisianee for a i-.-r-
foi'nvince given by u CailiValic sl'.u.lents*
e'uh ' "ih win r-o-ey for the nublic soun
kitchens, whereupon La, Libre Paro&e
attacked rh? oi.Jh njr ail I O'.vir.'g a Jow-
tws to aihl n Ohrlstlan charky. The
president declared that, while the olub
was newly to -receive »M for t2te poor
from Jew eir hen'jhen. It tiaipppnei thait
M"T>’. Itamhanlt was n Cathol'c. She
-thea s'oted that she was brougWt up to
a oonvoot at GlU.mlcbymfi, that she was
baptized ahere, and took the flist cocn-
munion whan she was 17.
• M •
A lady .lenimnllst 1ia» taltelv proved
herself tollmltely nvore resourceful than
any of 'Oho mma engaged upon tho same
•work. She wns among Che apodal ccr-
reitpomleuCs at Llvudla anxiourty awnfl.-
lng for news coutximing tha tieallti of
vhe czar. When the end was unmouavc-
ol an order was tirm.dlatoly Issued
torbMdlng amy tcOegrams relative Co
toe catr from being sent for two h'xirs.
The lady Joumallri:. however, sent u
telegiM-m to Berlin asking for a furchtr
supply ot money and nventiloned the
sum required. This message was an nr-
anged Htanul. ami Intimated not only
ibe death u the czar, hut also t1a> ex
act hour at wbtoh ho expired.
Aftcr cvcry Crtnl tho high posl’Jon
of Dr. .Price’s Diking Powder Is better
assured.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
Absolutely pure
THE CURRENCY BILL.
“PROM SHADOW-SUN."
I learn as ths years roll onward '
And leave the past behind,
That much I have counted sorrow
But proves that our God la kind:
Thut many a flower I longed for
Had hidden thorn of pain:
And many a rugged by-path
Led to fields of ripened grain.
The clouds but cover the sunshine.
They cannot banish the eun;
And the earth shines out the brighter
When the weary rain Is done.
We must stand In the deepest shadow
To ses the clearest light.
And often from wrong's own darkness
Cornea tha very strength of flight.
The sweetest text Is at even,
After a wearisome day.
When tho heavy burden of labor
Hu been borne from our hearts sway.
And those who have never known sorrow
Gxnnot know Iho Infinite peace
That foils on the troubled spirit.
When It sees, at lut, release.
V* must lire through tha dreary winter
If we would value tho spring:
and tho woods must be cold and silent
Before tho robins sing.
The flowers must Ite buried In darkness
Before they oan bud and bloom:
ind the sweetest and warmest sunshine
• Comes after ths storm and gloom.
i> the heart from the hardest trial
i Gains tbe purest Joy of all,
and from Ups that have tasted sadness
The sweetest songs will fall,
lor u peace comes after suffering,
Ar..l lore la reward for pain.
R. after earth Is heaven—
And out of our loss the gain.
—Agnes I* Pratt.
DR. ST ABLER. '
t Specialist,
E. EAR. NOSE AND THROAT.
K4 Cherry 8treet, Macon, Oa.
* appliances tor titling glasses.
Interest In CorigreOB Centers upoa the
Financial Question. *
(Special Correspondence.]
Washington, Doe. 37.—Sixteen good
workiDg days did congress put in for
tho short Fcssiou boforo tho holidays and
really mado commcndablo speed. In tho
senate tho Nicaragua canal bill was dis
cussed with marked ability on both sides,
and the frlonds of a national university
presented thetr arguments in detail.
Senators Vest and Hill did their pretti
est for a cloture resolution, with somo
aid from others, and a goad deal of un
finished business wns disposed of. In
the house several appropriations bills
went through with a whirl. Messrs.
Piokler and Henderson got off their
speeches to the effect that the pension
roll is a roll of honor and did it better
than usual, wbilo the regular indorse
ments thereof wore delivered by tho
usual members.
A Piece of Kcilstsnce,
All interest, however, centered and
still oenters in the currenoy bill, which
is to bo for this session tbe pieco de re
sistance, as wo say in Paris. The com
mittee on banking and enrrenoy mado
a very successful imitation of tho Dntoh
Justice of tbo peaco in tho old story, who
said, "I will take two days to consider
this case, bnt I will finally decido for
tho plaintiff.” It was known in ad
vance that tbe committco would report
| in favor of tha Carlisle till. Nevertho-
j less they deliberated two weeks and
! heard testimony which makes a printed
j volumo of 870 pages, then reported with-
| out ev6n considering the bill in full
: committee. It was said at the start there
i were 17 opinions In tho committee and
thero wonld be moro opinions if tboro
were moro members, but the minority
got together much qpickerthan the ma
jority and not only voted solidly against
reporting tho bill nt all, but carried two
Democrats with thorn. So tho vote stood
0 to 8. and two of tho nino only voting
to report in order to got tho matter dis
missed, and thas it appoars that tho bill
was handicapped from the start
Tho wild guesses and Bntldcn olmngos
of opinion on the prospects of this bill
havo been remarkablo, oven with our pre
vious oxporionco of this congress. At
first thero was a general and snoeriug
laugh at tho very idea of this congross
adopting tbo Baltimoro plan or any
thing liko it. Bnt no soonor bad presi
dent and secretary indorsed it than it
gained friends so rapidly as to cause Mr.
Springer to prophesy that it wonld go
through tho house before tho holidays.
Contemporary with this advance in tho
house was a retrogression on tho part of
tho bankers, many of whom, if not a
majority, discovered that they did not
approve of tho Baltimore plan, with Car
lisle amendments, and of all thoso who
testified not moro than two were stren
uous for tho Carlisle plan, oven with
modifications. Within two dnys after
tbo hill wns reported to tho h’onso it
was ovident that every Republican and
many Democrats would vote against it.
As to tho Populists, of course they nro
opposed to all bonks of issue. In tho
very opening of tho fight, thoroforo, tho
Democrats suddenly shifted thoir lino
nnd wont into notion with tho left in
front Chairman Springer led, and Mr.
Walker followed for the minority, and
then tho Hon. Uriel Sebroo Hall of Mis
souri, next in command to Chatman
Springer, “refused his lino, ” as wo used
to say 80 years ago, and began to talk
about tho substitute bill, wiiioh mado
the previous speech on that side appear
quite mal apropos.
Congressman Walker on Finance.
It soon appeared, howover, that tho
minority, though unauimous against
tho CarliBlo bill, was far from being so
in favor of tho Walkor bill. It is so
hard for tho unsolontiflo mind to mas
ter a oomprehonsivo ourroncy bill—nnd
for my part 1 would rather tako a do
cent whipping than study ono out—that
I took tho short courso and went to Mr.
Walker with threo questions:
"Docs your bill aim to throw tho bur
den of maintaining spoaie payment on
the banks?”
"My bill throws no burdon on any
body which they nro not willing to ns-
'sume. It invites tho bankers to assume
tbo duty of maintaining coin payments
nnd makes it their interost to do sa
Under my bill thero will be moro gold
nnd silver in uso and at less expouso
than under tho present systom, which
practically makes it to tho interest of
tho banks not to aid in kcoping tho coin
in use. The whole weight falls on tho
treasury. Uudor my bill it would not,
and yot both gold and silver would be
moro in evidence."
“How docs tbo treasury now maintain
the gold standard with so littlo gold
against so much paper?”
"It is by snfferanco only. But first
fix In yonr n.ind tbo fact that it is not
tho gold in tho treasury that doos ib It
is tho general knowledge of the peoplo
that thero is very mnch moro gold in the
country. Lot that gold go oat of nso or
to tho slightest premium, and this littlo
jag in tho treasury wouldn’t amount to
a snap of your finger. It should bo noted
also that tho amount of gold in tho
country is considerably exaggerated.
Thero is certainly not more than $800,-
000,000 andmaybo no moro than $450,-
000,000, and that inactivo. There mnst
bo moro coin available, and it mnst bo
dally in evidence, and tbo silver must
bo utilized so far as it is safo, and I be
lieve my bill will do it"
“Doos your plan contemplate tho re
tirement of the greenbacks?'’
“Gradually. I sum up my plan thus:
Let tho banks issno all they can make
profitable provided that it is thoroughly
secured and let tho plan bo so for auto
matic that a redundant currency would
be unprofitable. Bnt the chief point I
insist upon just now Is that my plan
provides for no forco work and leaves
tho banks to make tho change gradually
and at their option, whilo ths Carlisle
bill propones to drive tbom all into ao-
tion at once."
F*c*r For (ha Fraj.
It it a common taunt thsf “the chape
who know all about the finauoUl ques
tion never have any finances,” which
may havo somo truth in it, but is pret
ty rough on William McKinley, Char
ley Foster and others as eminent^ to say
nothing of Daniel Webster and Robert
Morris, who for some years dated hU .
letters, “Debtors’ Prison,” eta Noth
ing of the sort can bo alleged against
Mr. Walker, who not only looks tho ideal
banker to perfection, bnt has managed
his own finances remarkably well. X
have seen him exoited several times, but
never so eager for tho fray as this time.
He is not only an incarnated oyolopedla
of financial foots, but refreshes his mem
ory every timo ho speaks by consulting
tho authorities nnd occasionally talks
from behind on immense stack of books.
It was evident as soon as ho roso that
tho opposition woro of a mind to have
fnn with him, for they crowded oloso
and guyed him with a variety of ques
tions, but ho stood them off in flno style,
and oven his ogotism took on an appear
ance of dignity when ho told how many
years he had labored in nonpartisan ear
nestness for a good bilL “I have,” said
ho, “spent more nights working on it
than money wonld hire mo to spend. I
am not tbe stupidest man on earth ei
ther. It is my voice that has roused tho
country upon this subject, aud my views
have not bad a friend until within tho
past 1G months. My addresses at Chica
go, St. Louis and other places shook up
tho country soma I may tako a littlo
roso colored view of tho subject, howev
er. I may bo somewhat tinged with
partisanship on tho 6nbject, but I hopo
not.”
A New Orator.
Evidently Mr. Springer bad no such
good opinion of himself. His speech
may read well in tho record, bat it cer
tainly sounded weak. Looking on from
tho gallery, it was bard to avoid tho con
clusion that ho was at most but half
hearted in support of the Carlisle bill.
And when Mr. Hall, os if by inadvert
ence, let slip tho fact that a substituto
bill was ready thero was a general
snicker in tbo bouso nnd gallery, uuil
we began to soo why Mr. Springer’s
speech sounded as it did. As if ho real
ized that ho had mado a slip and was
determined to make tho best of it, Mr.
Hall boldly lauuohed out and covered
tho whoio subjectiu a very strong spoooh,
unhappily mubh marred by his rapid
and vehement uttornneo. It is a pity
that so logical a speaker should havo
that particular fault which is so easily
cured.
Mr. Hall i9 re-elected, wbioh in a ,
year liko this may bo considered ns an
assurance that ho is to stay hero as Jong
as ho likes, and 1 havo a sort of impres
sion that ho is ono of tho coming men
of tho west Mr. Johnson of Indiana
next delivered 8-10 words a minute for a
solid hour, tho only man in congress
and probably tho only man in North
America who can do- it, and lio spoko
distinctly tea Tho usual oxouso for
tlicso lightning ojaculators is that they
want to got ns much ns possible iuto
thoir limited time, but every reporter
knows that they repent words and
phrases so much that they, with rare
exceptions, really say less in an hour
than moro deliberate speakers. Messrs.
Warner of Now York nnd Ellis of Ken
tucky followed, and after that there waa
ready nothing now in the discussions,
though all tho speeches were rather
above nvoraga.
Something Muxt Bo Hone-
Bets are even that somo bill will be-
como a law—not this bill, of course, for
its fato is conceded, but somo modifica
tion of it It Is confidently stated by
somo who ought to know that a careful
poll has already been mado of tlio Fifty-
fourth congress, aud that Mr. Clovoland ■
is porfoctly satisfied with tlio results ns
to tho honso, but does not liko tbo looks
of tho senate. Tho opinion steadily
grows that it this hour© doos not pass a
comprolienslvo currenoy bill Mr. Clovo
land will at onco call tbe next in spe
cial sessiou, and somo who are near him,
as tho phrase goes, confidently prodiot
it. Tho trouble is that others equally
near him just os positively deny it. It
is a pleasure to record that men of all
parties, from Tom Reed to Lafo Pence,
and from Burrows of Michigan to Tal
bert of South Carolina, agreo on ono
point—that tho country cannot go on
as it is now going many months longer.
All agree that soniotlitng must bo dona
noon, and nearly all concodo that the
next year or two will try tho banking
system worse than it has been tried
since 1837, for tho export of gold is ev
idently going to bo largo for tho rest of
this fiscal year, and beyond that tho pros-
peot is nothing to brag of. • ’Therefore, ’'
say tho lending Democrats, “it wo do
not pass a bill, tho Republicans will,
and wo shall bo dcopor in tlie soup, if
that is possible. ” “Verba ligant homi-
nem nt cornua taurorum fuucs,” as wo
say in Roma J. H. Beadle.
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prohibitive laws that work injury and
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