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THE MACON MACON. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1895 IS. The Secretary of tlie Treasury Speaks to 3,000 People. AGAINSr FREE SILVER. Ho Laid Down Iho Gronnds of Argu ment Against the White Meta 1 . COIN TO TUB COUNTRY. Iln Showed Where General Bankruptcy Would Pollow the Enactment of the Demands of the Sllverltes and Used Figures to Prove Assertions* Cincinnati, O.' May 20.—(Alt Central Garden, In Covington, tonight Secre tary Carlisle received an ovation un- parallelleU in the history of politics tn that section of Kentucky. It was a magnificent tribute to the high esteem In which he Is held by political frleads and foes alike. The 3.00 who Jammed themselves Into a space hardly large enough for two-thirds that many, ■were of all parties, classes and condi tions. Women were there, too. Packed In almost as tightly were many thou sands more wiho could not get beyond the gates, all prepared to give the tec- rotary the most enthusiastic reception lie has ever received at 'the hands of those who have heard of him so often. •When he appeared at the garden there was wild cheering and a conerol dm. It, however, was hardly moro enthusiastic than that given at the home of his friend, Mr. Queen, 3 few monilin before. The parade of thou sands from Covington, Newport end the suburbs stretching up and down the river was augmented by 800 from Cincinnati, with bands and horns pass ing In review before him. The secretary was vociferously oheered throughout his speech against the free coinage of ellver. (His elabo rate and eloquent argument was lis tened to attentively, and at its conclu sion the secretary was again cheered most heartily. He spoke substantially ns follows:: Mr. Carlisle began his speech by saying that while he had been absent from the state for a considerable time he felt an Interest in all that con certed the .people of the sate and his old district. It was hard for him to liallze .that he was not still their representative. He thought the people had a right to call upon him to bear his share of responsibility for the course of political events, and when his presence seemed necessary In the discussion of pending questions he felt tha/t he should come to the state. His Interest In the great financial question was the same as that of any other American citizen, and while his views might bo erroneous they would frankly stated. 'He therefore addressed his fel low citizens with full confidence that whatever might be their present opin ions they were willing to rc-exaimlne the basis of those opinions and if er roneous change them. "There has never been a time,” said (Mr. Carlisle, "since the close of the civil war and the sattlemnt of the question growing out of it when pas sion and prejudice exerted such a pow erful Influence in controlling the action of the people upon economic questions os they have during the last two years. A great wave of depression has swept over the whole Industrial, commer- c’sl and financial world,. more Inju rious in its effects In some places than In others, but entailing great loss and distress nearly everywhere. It did not begin twenty years ago, ns some of our friends are In the haiblt of assort ing. but less than five years ago. Its first serious eft eats were, felt In Ar gentina, where the people and the gov ernment, notwithstanding the -warn ing of experience In all ages, deter mined to try again the experiment of a cheap and Inflated currency. It failed, of course, as it always has and always will wherever tried, and Its failure, by reason of the extensive commercial and financial connections 'between that country and English cap italists, produced a crisis which se riously Involved many of the great financial Institutions in -Europe and had a depressing Influence In all the money markets of other countries: for. In these days of rapid communication and close commercial relations, an In jury to credit In any part of the globe Is Immediately felt all around the -world. Foreign holders of our securi ties, In order to procure means to meet their obligations at home and In -Argentina, sent them here In large amounts for redemption or sale, and, consequently, the feeling of apprehen sion and unceralnty, which already existed to a considerable extent, -was Intensified In all the great centres of trade and finance. But If our own do mestic affairs had been -steely and economically conducted our people would have soon recovered from the effects of this foreign disturbance. We possessed all the essential elements of prosperity, except a sound and re liable financial system, and that we might have secured .within a reasona ble time; or, at least, we might have greatly Improved our condition in this reaped. If political or party consid erations had not Influenced our legts- * la'.lon. It Is true that onr revenue laws were not In a satisfactory condition, but -they had been In force a long time nnd the people had been compelled to adjust their business to them, and. after -the election of President Harri son, did not expect any beneficial change until another administration should come In." Going Into the flnancal history of the past few years. Mr. Carlisle said that at the end of Mr. Cleveland's first administration the amount of free gold In the treasury was 3193,689,614. and sericulture and the other Industries ct the coluntry .were reasonably healthy anti prosperous. During the Cleveland administration 334.448,449 hid been paid on «h» pUblte debt and the treasury balances including gold re set ve at the close liras 3330,348,916. When Harrison's administration went out of office, through extravagance on the pert of the Republicans,, the bal ance Including the reserve had dwin dled lo 3162,450.577, aud) the payments during rile term amounted to 3105.000.- 000 less -than far 111- i-t-i-vl-'u- (our years. The first two years of the Har rison administration was mainly dis tinguished for three things: Tho enact ment of a law providing .or the pur chase of 4,500.000 ounces 'of silver bull ion each month nnd -the Issue of legal tender treasury notes to pay for It; for the passage of the (McKinley tariff act. which Increased' taxation and di minished revenues, and for tho inau guration of the most wasteful system of public exepndftures known to tho country in time of peace. The consequence of this was -hat when the Democratic party again se cured, possession of the government it found financial affairs in a precarious aand-Jtlon. Revenues had diminished and expenses lavishly Increased by ap propriations which the treasury was bound to pay; the compulsory purchase of stiver bullion, was still going on and silver'was piling up la the treasury at the rate of 154 tons n month. Distrust of our ability to maintain the parity of the two money metals caused the withdrawal of 336,600,000 la gold from the -treasury In return for treasury notes presented, and not a dollar had been' brought In. Unwise legislation had had Its results. As -to the diction of this administration, he was willing to wait until Its Impartial history had been -written. The great question now was-whether we shall continue to preserve our ex isting monetary system, under which all the dollars In use. Whether they be gold.' silver,' or paper, possess equal purchasing power In the markets, or provide by law for the free and unlim ited coinage of silver dollars contain ing 413 1-3 grains of Standard silver, and unlike them the units and meas ures of value In the exchange of com modities and tn the payment of debts. The free coinage of silver and the substitution of a new unit nnd meas ure of value Is riot an experiment which can be tried and abandoned in a day. It Is, therefore, incumbent on those who urge the adoption of the policy that It will not be injurious and that it will prove positively beneficial. This oanuot be done through appeals to passion arid prejudice and by at tempts to array section against section, or by -loose and extravagant statements unsupported by facts and reasons. The alleguiMon that a great crime was com mitted In 1873, even if true, does not prove tlial the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 would be beneficial to the country under existing conditions. The allegation that, bhe Uot of 1873 was passed by stealth was untrue. The bill whs pending In congress during five sessions of that body. It was recom mended by the director of the mint and was printed and laid on the desks of members thirteen different times before a final vote was taken. It was read'regularly before both houses, was reported by committees seven times, and the reports of discussions on It filled I44~columns of the Congressional Record. As first reported the bill did not provide for tho coinage of dollars, but of subsidiary coins alone. In that shape the senate pissed It, and Sena tors Davis and McCreary, Thurman and Stewart and all the senators trom tile Pacific elope voted for it, nnd Sen ators Shei-man and Morrill and twelve others orposed It. It went to the house hut-was not. disposed of during that congress. The.'fiext session it was In troduced by Mr. Keeley, but did not provide for the coinage of sliver dol lars. but It was reported back from the committee amended to provide for coining a dollar containing 420 grains of silver <0 be legal tender for amounts of five dollars find less. No proposi tion whs made, either In the house or senaite, for the coinage of the old dol lar" or to make any silver coin full le gal tender In the payment of debts. The plain truth Is, thalt this not of 1873, which has been the subject of so much misapprehension and denuncia tion, was simply a legal recognition of a monetary condition which had ex isted In fact tn this country for about thirty-five years, or ever since a short time outer the passage of the coinage act of 1834. From about the year 1838 until utter idle passage of the Bland- AlllBon act in 1878, when our active circulation, outside of California nnd fts neighboring territory, was all paper. There was during the latter period albout 325.000,000 In gold In circulation on -tlhe ruefflo coast, and the United Stones was collecting customs dues In -gold and using It In the payment of Interest on public debt, but there was no silver In circulation nnyw-here in this couoltry, not even in tho light weigh'! subsidiary coins. The value of the United States note or greenback was always measured by gold and not by sliver, and commodities had a gold price and a paper price, but never a silver price, because silver, except tho half dollars, quarters and dimes coined under the act of 1853 had been out of use here for more ihan twonty years before the commencement of the war, and oven these subsidiary coins had not been In use for eleven years prior to 1873. Our monetary history has already furnished two striking Illustrations of the operation of tho natural law under -which coins over-valued by statute always drive out of circulation coins which are under-valued. Our first coin age law. passed In 1792, provided for full legal tender gold and silver coins at a ratio of 15 to 1. It was a mistake and ft was soon found that 15 pounds of Oliver were not In part equal to 1 pound of gold. The result was that by 1812 gold had disappeared trom the country. In 1895 -Mr.’ Jefferson stopped the coinage of tile silver dollar and dur ing th'irt-y yearn not a single standard stiver dollar -was coined at United States minus. Gold having disappeared from circulation congress determined tn 1834 to bring It bock by changing the ratio and It -was ranged to 16 to 1. The makers of the law knew that this did not represent-the (relative value of silver and gold but they want to bring gold again Into circulation. The result was that rilver went out and gold came in. The gold basis was established, not by statute but by the practical oper atlon of the statute, in both these two experiments the ratios corresponded very nearly to the real relative values of gold and silver and yet both' fallerL The effort of a small difference be tween the real value and the ratio of the metals has always been to dri-ve oujt the undervalued metal and no parlia ment or congress can repeal the law of tra.de which governs this movement. In 1S53 congress to preserve the value of subeddfary coins—half doll are. quar ters and dimes reduced the amount of metal In them and they consequent ly went Into circulation- and remained until driven out by cheap paper cur rency during the war. Not being full legal tender they could not drive out gold. Tbs was the condition of our mone tary system at the time of the act of 1873 was passed. Our leg*d p-v-ltloa wo* bimetallic, but our actual -measure of value was gold, and our actual circulat ing-medium was paper, with a purchas ing power measured by the gold standard. We had no ellver and It had v xqq#Uauel oq paso $4 GEORGIA’S PYIHIAN KNIGHTS Atlanta Das Opened Her Anns to Iteceire the Visiting . Delegations. TWELVE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. Thocs Who Are. Not There Will Be 01 Hand Today And llie Grand Parade Will Be a Noteworthy Display a —Official Programmes Atlanta. May M.—(Special.)—The city is gaily decorated In red, yellow and blue today In honor lof the Knights of Pythias, who will be here 1,200 strong, tomorrow -to attend the annual conclave of the grand lodge of 'die state. With the red, white and green of the railway conductors who still -huid forth, the town presents a most lively picture. Hundreds of yands of burning has been thrown to the breezes In honor of the two big’ (convention. On Whitehall street the retail stores are'' literally ^ovoredl wikh decorations, and the hotels are flying the colors of the K. P.’s and the conductors ride by side from ro tunda to roof gardens. Several large delegations of the uni formed rank of the K. of P. arrived this evening and the bulk of the crowd Is not due until tomorrow, when the grand lodge meets: This afternoon Supreme Chancellor W. B. Ritchie of Lima, Ohio, reached the city, and tomorrow- will review the street ipageant which -will be composed of the unltormed rank, augmented by all the local military. •Lieu. (Sakterlee will be marshal of the day. It nvas expected that Governor' Atkinson would review the procession, but he was obliged to leave the city on Saturday and could not return In t*me. /■ On Wednesday the uniformed rank will hold a huge drill at Ponce de Leon springs, and the conclave will conclude with the exemplification of the rank of knight at the Grand opera house. The official programme for tomorrow IS as follows: 10 a. m.—Parade of grand lodge and First regiment of Uniform Rank of G-eorgOi, escorted by the Flftht regiment Georgia volunteers, Col. John 8. Cand ler and staff commanding; also Govern or's HJoubc Guards, Capt. James S. Do- S ' w, commanding; Atlanta Artillery, pt. J. F. Kempton, commanding; and police batalllon. Capt. A.' B. Connolly, command. AiarshaV t-tout. Charles B, Ba-tteriec, United Satni aTmy, with fol lowing aides: MaJ. William J. Ken drick,. Fifth regiment shier of staff; Col. James W. Austin, judge advocate general, ei-atc Of Geo-rg.a; Lieut. Col. G. T. E. -Hardeman, assistant quarter master general, state of Georgia; Dr. T. -H. (Huzza, pant chancellor Empire lodge. Knights of (Pyhl»K; Lieut. Col. Henry F. West, assistant commissary generail, state of Georgia; Capt. 'Henry C. Beeunan. Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias; Sergeant William J. Blalock, medical department Georgia volunteers. The aides of the marshall will assemble mounted, in uniform with side amis, promptly at 9:30 o'clock a. -m. May 21st, in front of the Kimball house. 10:30 a. m.—-Exercises at Grand opera house,- Hon. Hamilton Douglas, grhnd chancellor, presiding. Address of wel come, Horn Porter King, mayor. Re sponse on behalf of visiting knlgths, Hon. W. G. Brantley of Brunswick. II a. in.—Meeting of grand lodge. 8 p. m.—lExemplIficnitlon of rank of page and rank of esquire at the Grand opera house. Grand Master Douglass has received tod accepted too. resignation of J. N. Saunders of Columbus, grand inner guard, Mr. Saunders gave no reason tor his resignation. T. M. Owrirum/rf Now- nan hois been appointed to the vacancy. WBSTMORELAND-ROUNTREE. Two Encounters Between the Belliger ents In New York. Atlanta, May 20.-(Speclal.)—The town has been all a-gosslp today over the collision between Dr. Willis F. Weslnnoreland and Mr. Dan W. Roun tree In New York. Tho first report gave the details of the meeting at Ab bey's Theatre last Friday night, when Dr. WestmoreUnd slapped Mr. Roun tree's fttce. Later, this afternoon, tho repont was received that the two men had had another meeting on Broad way in which each fought the other like a tiger, though It Is not yet known how badly either was hurt. It is prob able, however, that the damage was not great. Following the report of the second encounter, there have been several ru- more of a duel between the two, but these rumors lack verification, c.ne p- port had It that Dr. Westmoreland had received a pistol shot wound from Mr. Rountree In the duaff which occurred down on Long Island. Both gentlemen are prominent pro fessionally and socially, and the dim* cuRy between them is a sensation here. The trouble dates back to two years ago. It grew out of a business transaction between them, followed by the publication of newspaper cards of a bitter, denunciatory character. To prevent a shooting match between them at that time, friends swore out peace -warrants, and a bond of 35,000 wow Imposed upon Dr. Westmoreland while 'Mr. Rountree was held under a 33,500 bond to keep the peace. They had never met outside -,f tbs state until ehey came together In New York. It Is said that Dr. Westmoreland heard that Mr. Rountree contemplated mak ing a trip Etist. and in order to square accounts, went there to wait for bis ar rival. GEORGIA. STATE BUILDING. Dirt Was Broken Yesterday for the iFbundat&m*. Atlanta, (May Id.—(Special.)— Diet was broken for the foundation of the state building at tlw exposition grounds today and t he work -will now be pushed. The building, which Is to bo erected by the exposition company on account of the Inhibition In the state appropria tion act, (will have one of the finest lo cations on the whole grounds. It will stand about a hundred yards to the left of the main entrance, on the main driveway to the government building and a!) tne other principal buildings. The "date building will have two floors and a spacious gallery, the style of archtvoture being colonial, with plenty of room for handsome exhibits and so situated as to give visitors a beautiful view of tho entire grounds. UR WILLIAMS I LED. Tlie Old Mao Shot While Sleeping on tlio Porch of His Son’s ■ Houso, DEPUTY MARSDALS DID IT. Tim Marshals Reported to Have Kept Up tlie Firing After They Had Been Ueagcd to Stop—A Done After the Officer*. (McRae, May 20.—(Special.)—A fearful homicide was committed at Cobbvllle, In this county, at 1 o'clock,today by John Kelley, Ochoa and Bob Ckux-lsoiuv deputy I’ll'lid Staten marshals. There have been, for name time erlta- limit changes against 1*. I*., John XI. end Stephen 'Williams, rond'ug In tiro federal vnffrt a-t -Mucon, growing out of the fa-mous land ircublo of this aec- ttctnt For 4 month MWttott-ons tfK, setittomient of the land trouble* between tho 'Dodge company and tlx* ‘Williams’ have been gilt*? ont UiWJ list Friday tm am'oaMei ecMlomk’nit was effected through Capt. John A. FLU lips, act-ling ns the ropiosentattvo of Mr. Dodge. Ojpt. -Phillip* met the Will Boms’ at OobbvJlIe and a satisfactory settlement was agreed on, after which the Wil liams' told the Dodge people to go ahead run) cut the timber 011 the land la dispute. They -were assured by Capt. Phillips thi-t the snttlcimcuit was perfectly satisfactory amid that Mr. Dodge had »» desire to prosecute or molest 'them further, -hut, of course, be had .no authority to (settle the erlm- ilnl.il proceedings that had grown ouit of the land trouble though ho wa.ro the Will aims’ every reason to beilcve that they would settle themselves after the prluio cause of tho trouble was removed. Act ling on t his assuramee they were •willing to (jo to M.iooti ta answer th.o crUwtalil charges ngiinst them, which were (Hilly nod bo satflausr' since the change of murder uga'-ubt them could not be leg illy, sustained an limy -were prepui'. il to prove am alibi, but ai largo reward luid boon offered for their ar rest uutl Kelley, Ooheo, Garrison tend Bob GarrSotv l«ad determined To carry -them to ji-toan rcgjrdlew of tho sotitlo- memt of iho land troubles, aud at 1 o'clock today ihej wenU to the residence of John -XI. Williams and without warri- jjng or a. command to surrender they shot lb. I/A Wiliam** through tho head and Just-below tlie heart while lie lay skirp.'iog on the frond pUosa. of his son's house. They riddled Iho tmlse with bullct-i and came nea r killing Airs. John ’L. W-illiann, -who had Just risen from it sick bed. One bullet passed through the bed and dropped judo her hind na aho was about lo raise her little clfad from -ttuc floor. ShoImplored the oil leers to slop shooting n-.-i no one wanted to r.slst them, but they cow- tamed to riddle the houso with Win- chHntcr lulls, (t seems, as long os there were any In -IStefr guns. John XI. and Stephen Williams were umvstod, brmd- cuffed amd caroled away, but L. L. wriUams/Mva-s left for dead and will probably die. As the nows of the killing spread over the country the lub.gnu'ttorv of tho .peo ple Increased, and at. this tlmo there Is much excitement. 1 Warrants hu.ro been sworn out u-gitmt the marshals and tii ,posse of determtart men will uw.cutr'them If they cap bo found. BROWN IS ON HAND. Satterlee's Successor is Ready for HU Now Duties. Atlanta, (May 20.—(Special.)—Liclat. J. Oscar iBrown of ithe Fifth cavalry. U. S. A., who has been detailed to succeed Lieut. Sat-terlee, as assistant adjutant ami Inspector general of Georgia, ar rived In the city ready to report to Gov ernor AjUfliHon for duty today. Lieut. Brown, who Is a Georgian, his family residing at Athens, comes direct from NcnvBIexico; where be has been on hard and the change la a welcome one to him. (He Is full of enthusiasm over the -work before him, and will lake it up where .Lieut. 6aMorieo leaves off. determined to «co tho volunteer militia of Georgia (the best In tho oountry be fore ho gives it up. Lieut. iSattenlco hols -been ordered to remain in Georgia until July Uth at the special request of Governor Atkin son, who ma lota to aee him lea-ve until after the state encampment on account of his close familiarity with Its details. JIE SOLD NEWSPAPERS. Why Beeuman Attacked Young Murphy on the Street, Atlanta, May 20.-(Spectal.)-A sensa tional street fight occurred at the cor ner of Decatur and Broth.-ton slrecls today, the belligerents being “Dick” Murphy, the well known and popular clertt at tho Kimball houne i-isjar stand anil (Henry Beerman, proprietor of a cigar and news stand on the comer of Decatur and -Pro'fii'rree. The trouble grew out of tho sale of p.-upere by Mr. Murphy to neuMboys (Who Mr. Beerman claimed Interfered with his business. Mr. Beerman caught sight of Mr. Mure |rhy nawi Ms place and ran out end attacked hhn. Neither was badly hurt hut a big crowd gathered and male excitement hWl. Mr. Beerman eras asaetod 310 and cents by the recorder a few hours after the fight whfle Mr. Murphy nras allowed to go free. NKW TRIAL FOR BIER. New Oreatw, May 20.—The attorneys of Henry -Bier, the well known brewer -who wa.s found guilty of perjury on Friday night appeared this morning before Judge iMolne and Med a motion for a new trial. Next XIonday wrk fixed as the day for she argumen of tho motion. -Bier hoe been In the parish Prison since tho verdict was rendered. IN RECEIVER'S HANDS. Atlanta, May 20.—James M. .Malone was appointed temporary receiver of the Piedmont Marble Company. A. J. Robinson of New York, aho holdx a mortgage aztanst It tor 3144.000 peti tioned for the reeflvership which was granted by Judge Newman of the Fed eral court. The General Assembly Ltavcs It to the Session' of tho Church. ■Dallas, Tex., May 20.—The general assembly of tlie Southern Presbyte rians met at 9 a. m. Devotional exer cise* were conducted by Rev. Messrs. G. W. Grafton and J. J. Red. The minutes were read and approved and the assembly, under the h-tid of r<pt-rts of the committees, hoirj the Judicial commit tie's .partial rcp.et on the ap peal case of DrJ Greer ef Texas. Trial by commission V e agreed to by both parties auil the cVtmittee -was named. Rev. Dr. F. M. \ bods of West Vir ginia was made cla^'rmun and In ac cordance with the usual custom the other members were named eo as to give each synod representation. Dr. Lefcvro of the committee of foreign correspondence reported « recommenda tion for a respectful nnd cordial an swer to the communications from the Franc-Amerloan commlttre of Paris. France, which asked aid aud sym pathy for Frenoh Huguenots. Tho In ternational peace conference ami tho committee having In charge the Mon mouth Pilgrimage." They were adopted. Dr. Graham, chairman or the committee oil bills and overtures*, re ported answers to several overtures, only one of nvhlch was placed on tho dochet, -the othem being unanimously adopted. One of these overtures waa from ifiicon, Oa.,-aml naked that tho practice of hiring singers in the churches be condemned by 'the as sembly. The anawer called attention ■to the rule of the churoh, -placing these iiw • uiu va mu v’uuivii) i|iiaviiiH matters In the hands of 'the sessions of the churches. Another overlure mas from Norfolk pcoebylcry. -asking that ’an amend ment bo made -to 'the book of church government, to the effect (hat unor- ilalned lieraona of approved Character and minlstorm of other denominations bo permitted to -use pulpits off tho Presbyterian church. The committee recommended that -this nbtlon ho"not -taken, •* T»i permanent committee on tho Sahoath rendered He report, deprecat ing the growing desecration of the S-ubbath nnd recommending united notion by all Christian churches on Ihlo subject. An effo.-t m-as made to fix -the 'time and phico of next meet ing this morning, but iw»» defeated. This mnitter will -he determined tomor row morning. Recessed until 8 p. m. Tho committee on the Grerr cane met Immediately atter tlie assembly -took recesa In tho Tnhernacle ’Metho dist ohurch, aud Wa» organized In the usual manner; several of the members feared their Inability to attend nil the meetings of the committee, and It -was agreed to excuse those whose duties •were pressing elsewhere. Two years ngo at the Macon general assembly of fho Southefn Presbyterian Church, Rev. A. P. Saunders, a mis sionary returned from Greece and at that time pastor of tho church at Frtd- ertekaburg, Va„ addressed the assem bly on the Importance of providing some Institution wherein the children of missionaries could be cared for when sent to the country for dura tion. He spoke of the movement of which lie was the author to found such an Institution, and arousod great cnthaskuim for his cause. In tin Interview with Your corre spondent, Dr. 8. H. Cheater call that the udditton to this institution of -he missionary erhool will open next fan, nnd .will bo In charge Of the principal. Dr. Sampson, assisted by Mias Ellen Emerson and Mrs. A. E. Randolph, formerly of tho China mission, will! n view to closer relations to tho great foreign mission wprk of tlie church, it wlH (five valuable training lo those under npnolntment for fbrelgn fields nt 11 minimum cost, who would otbcrwlao lrj.vo to seek their training in outal’Jo Institutions or go to their work with out preparation. Dr. Chester expresses his hope that this general assembly would tulri- such action ,aa to give female nilsalonarv appointees a right to recelvo help from the cducvulomal fund of the chureh In this Institution. Dr. G. D. Matthews, secretary of tho Pan-Prcsbylerliin Al liance of London, expressed great de light In -tho Fredericksburg Institution ns somethin gthot would meet a want the church Ills tong felt. OUMBERLAINlD PRE3SBYTHBDAIN13. Proceedings of tho General Assembly at Meridian. 'Meridian. Miss., May 20.—There m-as no morning session of tbs assembly held today, the time being used by tho committees In preparing their report. On the platform today -with the offi cers of the assembly, and the reporters appeared nev. Dr. Matthews of Lon don. England, ivho 1s secretary of 'tlie Presbyterian alliance. Ho avas Intro duced by the moderator. Hie caso of Mrs. Woolsey, the (wo man preacher, was again before -the assembly, the papers pertaining to It, which enme from the Kentucky synod, being referred to a committee, .' The report of the commltiee on systematic beneficence, which pro vides that *1 ho request-si from «aeh congregation -for the circulation of systematic lHereture,' was referred to the approplate commlllce. • Dr. Blake, the state's clerk, rltlng io a question of personal privilege, denied any charge or Insinuation that -he had brim unfaithful In -the matter of se curing rates to the usaemlbly. The report of the committee on Sun day schools, whlcfi Is an elaborate pa per, avas presented by Hon. II. H. Buquo. DR. HOPKINS RESIGNED, Technological Sdhool Trustees Hope to Induce Him to Remain. Atlanta, Olay 20.—(Gpeclal.)—Dr. 1. 8. Hopkins has tendered hte rodgnatlon as president of the Georgia School of Tech nology to take effeot at the close tit tho present t«cn. The letter conveying the resignation waa prc-scnlad to the boaitt of trustees at their meeting laet Thurs day, birt It was not ivx-epled and the matter will come up -again for action at tho meeting of tita hoard on June 2d. Dr. lilopkltt’s reason tor tendering hl~ resignation as head of the tnsltutlon where ho has (done a great work for ho state. Is a desire to return to the active ministry, m nvWch field lie labored aucccwffugy for years prior tn the ac ceptance of the presidency of the Tech nological Softool, -which Wo has filled for six years. The board of trustees agreed to keep Dr. Hopkins’ resignation from the poh- 1)3, hoping to b* sMS to Indooo Ma to reconsider, but tho matter leaked out. The board la still hopeful of aocomplloll ing t'hlu end. but it M not yet apparent that they will suooced. CIIRGES AGAINST DANIEL. Atlanta, Olay 20.—The Order of Roll- wav Conductors la Investigating the charges She ex-secretary and treasurer, Daniel. whO-waw defeated for re-election last week. He Is charged with using hta postaon to push a aporjlatlve min ing company. The conductors will rent give out any ofllcial Informar.lon until iYVMnoeday, * The Supreme Court Knocks Out the IncomeTaxAct NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. The Question Carefully Considered Be* fore Iho Courl’s Decision Was Reached. 1 JUDGE FULLER’S DECISION. The Inroma Tax a Direct Levy ta the Meaning nr tlte Conitllutfon— Judge Jackson. Who Wac Absent nt the Other Meeting, tn tlte Minority, lYadlilnKton', May 20.—The- supremo oourt off tire -Unllttl States decided to- duy -the Income tax to bo unconstAU- Bo-nul, the oourt dividing 4M follows: Against tho hw—Chief Justice- Fuller, Justices Fold, Gray, (Bremer u-nkl SJi.U ran. For the laiw—Justices Haitao-, Brawn, Jackson- oiml White. I When- tho Justloca took their seats It was observed that -the chief Justice had on- umusuully lings bundle of manu script lu Us hands, but atothlng mis thought of Ih-'s, us ai score or more of opjnilowi wore expoeted. But immedi ately there wus to acntvitlo-n', for ilgnor- liip? on- almost wholly unbroken rul\ which reserves the u-ntejuneomon-t of opinions by tho chief justice to tho list, Justice Fuller plunged at once- Imto Iho lawsamo tax cases. In- dcllveittng tho opinion tn- the tocome bax canes. OhXet Justice Fuller said: “In considering this question- wo must mover forget that it Is -the comoft- tuttoro we are exposing. “As heretofore stated, -the consMIu- ttoa divided forlnral tax-aittan: -'.Tito two •rent clause*, the class of direct -luxe: and the doss of duties, Un-post-s uiut exdmfi and prescribed two rules wlfeh qii-il'llllcd -the grant of power lo oich cfatw. The pewor to lay direct laxe-v npiponFonlqd om-ang tlie swcoi-1 stu les in proportion to their i-cpresra-ta t-lvro-, J11 tbo .popular lira-nch of coisgreaK. a rep. resentnl.ve biwri ->:« |- -inil.i.ll-.'-ii us ;n- eertalmed by tho census, wus plqnory, mud atatoluto; but to lay direct tuxes nltholit appcv'Ltoirmont wus forbidden. The power to lay duties, (imposts omd excise* mils subject to tho qualification Unit tho imposition must bo )uuilfo-rn] throughout the OulMod Suites. "Our -previous doef-toni avas ocmfl;: ,] to tlte oonudenj-tlom of tho validity oil the tax on Income from real citilo and on tho Income from mnntolipal bdnkls. The, question thus limited was whuther such taxation was direct on not. In tho manning of tho conBiluton. and the oourt -went -no further as to tho iii-x on-Income from real estate thare to hold that Jt fell -wUHi-jn tho wi-mo claw us the source nih ince the Income wus divided, that (Is, -Ihut a tax upon- the really nixl a tux upon the roee pH therofrtm were aJtko direct, while :-* to tho Income from municipal bonds, that oauld not be taxed because of wont of -power to tax the nouroe, n-nd no ref'Tc'tiico tots made to tlie -nii-tui-c of the tax as being direct, or fndiroct. "We arc now permuted to broaden the Held of Inqufy and to detenotnu to which of the two great ckiaSe* a tux upon a person-'* entire tnooaie, wlK'tlwir derived from rents or produc tion or otherwiie, or rail estate, or from bonds, stocks or other forms ->C P -rsaou-l property, belongs; and *vo are unlj-hle lo conclude .that the enforoal subtraction from the yield of all iho owmir's roil or personal property u> the nunzujr prescribed, Is s-> d Iterew. from a tux upon- tlu? property Itself, that it to not a direct, but cm indirect tax, to -tlus manning of tho constltu- tton. *'We know of no raiton for hold ng otharwtse than, tire words ‘direct taxes’ on tho one hand, and 'duties, Imposts and excises’ on Iho other, used In, the oonstUulton. io -theft: natural nnd obvi ous Horbe; nor in nrrivlng n t *vhnt those terms em-bruoe, do qvo percdiu ua.y ground for endorsing them beyond, oe - ujtrowing them wlriitu their natural and obvious Import, that a t the time the constitution -was framed, and pj.edng from tho text, we regard the coaeluieon roiclnd ns Inevitable, when the oiroum- iv 1 ci>vt -which surrounded the ee-niv-ai- tlon. and controlled Its action; and iho views of those who framed and ih-»i adopted the coualitut.on are oo.n«ld. end. ’ "We do non rare*to relra-vol ground already traww-sed, but some ob*-rv 1- tlon* may bo added.’’ Tho chief. Justice then reviewed Iho history -if tho struggl-- lu -,h* restitu tion! convention as to th« power to t>« granted by the government In tho met ier of laying taxes, the views of oarlyi constitutional writers and expounders, and the early decisions of the court, sad continued: "Tlte constitution prohlbllts any dl* root lax unless In porportion t 0 num bers as aaeeiualned by the census, and In the light of the circumstances to ■which we have referred It Is not an evasion of that prohibition to hold that a general unapportloned tax im posed upon all property owners a* ai body for or In respeot of their property Is uot direct, In tho meaning of tho constitution, but confined to tho in come therefrom. "Whatever the speculative views of political economists or revenue vform- ith in a y I--, can it 1-- properly held (hat the constlit-utlon, taken tn lis pUlu 1 «a4 Phyjpua ocuaP. and as JUs tilts if' ! —