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THE WEEKLY TELEGRRPH; TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1888.—'TWELVE PAGES.
THE CONVENTION.
Proceedings of tlie Second
Day’s Session.
fl DISCUSSION AS TO LYNCH LAW.
Ji Gingerly Handling of tlie Temperance
Qtientlon—Pledger** Report n* to tlio
llallot—IteHoIutioiitt Adopted
•—Other Incident*.
wouldn't let him. If lynching is wrong, 1 negro abstains from voting, except in local
", ici. • B . I whore all men running for office
contests, where all men running
arc white men, and to contests such
AMATEUR STATESMEN
What the New Members of
Congress Have Done.
The second day’s session of the colored , *°rv
convention was fully as interesting as that
of the previous day.
Although nearly the whole of the morn
As Wimbush closed there was some con
fusion, above the noise of which could be
heard the cries of “Mr. President," _ “Mr.
Speaker,” “Mr. Chairman” and “point of
order.” When the chair’s gavel secured
order, he recognised one delegate.
I.v.ois,..1 made the speech of
the dev. It was deliver d. in an easy yet
forcible maun or, without extra gestieula-
ond wliat he said
point. Hie speech was
‘ repetitions, and was
so clear and logical that it commanded the
utmost attention. He sjHike olt the line of
ing session wasconsumeu in me auopuou
° . ... h i gave any such advice to the colored pco-
of a little resolution that would make jt w ' uW bring the wort res ults. Then
about ten lines in print, there was some of , vas j aw j n the land and it would be ad-
tho best speaking that has been heard from ministered, and men engaged in lynching
colored men in many a long day.
Would be called upon.
TO ANSWER FOR THE CRIME
In the afternoon the ballot and temper- , hpir n( , ekg . j t wo „ld not do for
rnce questions came up, and occupied the this convention to pass resolutions approv-
attention of the meeting. The ing of so attrocious a crime. We should
former was discussed in all sorts of ways net’ ‘oVTn.rs
and yet all the delegates were of ca|lse us to take one step backward,
one mind, that is they wanted all the right Never in the history of any country has
of suffrage allowed them. The latter | lynch law been endorsed-—
question, while there was considerable
A delegate here interrupted him, and
said a few years ago the Honorable Mr.
wind expended over it, was handled gin- McElmore introduced a resolution in the
gcrly. Pledger appeared as if he would Tennessee Legislature advocating lynch
move heaven and earth to keep out from I law.
the convention anything that smelt of pro-
Lyons said if that was the ease he was
sorry for the people of Tennessee. Can we
hibition, and would have expunged the gay ], ere to t j ie people of South Carolina,
word from the minutes if the secretary vo’tt are right in committing lynch law 1
had allowed his pen to slip and write it. Behold a few yeans ago, in Wo, in the
,, .. . * .... counties below Macon, when 265 men
So persistent were his efforts, aided by par- havc „ uffered for J, crime they did
liainentary tactics he knows so well how not comm i t but for the earnest protest of
to use, that he carried his point every a n enlightened people. I advise the gen-
was I tleman to withdraw the resolution. If we
adopt such an incendiary paper, it will be
used as a firebrand to open the doors of
. , . , , , crime, and you are telling the negro to do
The convention opcncd^w.tli prayer by | ,| lal will
COST HIM HIS HEAD.
Hamilton Brown was opposed to the
time the subject of temperance
broached.
THE MORNING SESSION.
Eev. J. B. Williams, after which the
minutes were read. There was an omission
of an item in the minutes, that which gave re80 l u tion. We are here to do that which
Pledger’s explanation of his opposition to ig for t i lc ~ od 0 f mir people, and we can-
the appointment of the temperance com- not afford10 pass any SHC h measure. He
mittee, and after this correction was made op it j n an earnest speech, and begged
tho meeting proceeded with its business. ; t not to the world that the con-
Smith Easley called attention to a typo-1 yention gave any such advice to the negro,
graphical error in tlie proceedings as |>ul>-1 He bv saying that he was op-
lishcd tn the Telegraph which made him poW(1 to the Resolution because Bishop
refer to “prosecuted citizens” instead of fo, rner un a the Bible were opposed to it.
“proscribed citizens.” Here a delegate said: “If you pass that
AV. A. Pledger offered a resolution con- Motion g i V c me rav certificate and I
demningthe policy of the State govern- win go hack home, and if there is any
ment in organizing the staff of the com-■ man on this floor who wants it passed it
TOanoer*in*chief of the . militia foreea of I must one w j l0 \j VC8 \ n 8om e rich comer
the State of (ieonia with white officers where he can ne ver know what the hard-
only, when a fourth of the forces are col- ghips of the le arc .”
orctl, and would bo expected to do duty for {ftcr a good many attempts to get the
the country if war should take place. The floor by delegates who had evidently taken
rerolution was referred, ... advantage of the time consumed in the
II. M. W illmms, of V* tikes, offered the I di^ussion to load up with speeches, Pledg-
imT 1 ® resolution: or arose am i sa | d he had otlered the rcso-
Mhereas, There is a great need of en- , utjon with ,he purest of
conragerncnt among our people m the I mot | TM . He gpo ke of the necessity
of tho colored man having courage to
rural district*.
Resolved, That this convention meet at
those places anil not in cities where the
people have no privilege of voting.
say what he believed to be right. He de
plored lynch law; he was opposed to it
but lie commended those people in South
having
in six Congressional districts in Georgia,
and no representation in the National Con
gress, and though seemingly passing hap
pily the hours away, is laboring in a dis
contentment that does the country no good,
and feeling the pangs of the injustice per
petrated upon him, sends forth at every
opportunity a prayer for the oppressed
Irish in Ireland whoaresiniilarlysituated.
and loving this Southern territory and
form of government, feels that every ob
stacle to the full enjoyment of his rights,
as guaranteed by the organic law of the
land, should he removed to tlie end that
there should be no murmuring in this
country of the “brave and tlie free.”
Therefore be it resolved, That we in
convention assembled respectfully but
earnestly demand of the powers that be
that the negroes be given what, and only
what, he is entitled to.
Resolved further, That never until we
are in the fullest enjoyment of our rights
at the ballot box will we cease to agitate
and work for what justly belongs to us in
the shape of suffrage.
Further resolved, That it shall be the
tiolicy of the colored race to vote so as to
bring the greatest division to the white
voters of this country, for in this we be
lieve lies the boon of our desire.
THE GLORIOUS RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
Pledger supported the report in a 1
minutes speech, in which he said iiiat the
close of the war left the negro without
dollar, withont a Moses, anil without
pillar of fire by night or a cloud by day.
Congress clothed him with the right to
vote and subsequently to hold office. I.ator,
when he attempted to enjoy that privilege,
he was met on the road, on the highway
and at his cabin, and was struck down
and shot down, aad all because he loved
the party that gave him his liberty. He
mentioned several instances where negroes
had been killed in their devotion to their
party, among them Turner,of Putnam, Ash-
burn,of Muscogee,Richardson,of Clarke,and
others. They were all gone, and why?
Because they tried to exercise their right
of suffrage. He spoke of the manner in
which negroes are intimidated at the [Kills
even where they arc in excess of popula
tion. In Bibb county, lie said, there were
more negroes than whites.
Tho Kev. Love pushed his way to the
front, aud once more nervously fumbled
his fob. He said the best thug for our
jicople to do was to get education, get
money, get homes, raise children under our
own vine and fig tree, protect the virtue of
the women and then it would be ns imjKis-
sible to keep us down as it would be to
shut off tlie light of the sun. We must
learn >n u I li in:'. own -ninetliing, and ui-,11
get every right guaranteed to us under the
constitution. [Here Delegate Chapman
1 his head against a pillar and said
help us.] The trouble lies with
and not with the administration of laws,
It is a question of wealth and education,
With those we would command respect
and self-control. [Lord help us, from
Dcncon S. V. White HoUta HI* Onff Top-
KnllA—Ianclor Ilnytier, of lltvltlmore,
Score* a Victory—First fcpeeeh of
Ilenry Cabot Lodge.
TTiis and other resolutions were referred Car0 | ina who had the" courage to defend
to the respective committees. I their wivea anti daughter*, lie supported
\\, A. 1 ledger started the active bust- |jj 0 resolution in an able speech and con-
ncu of the morning action by offering the by changing the wording of the
following resolution: I resolution to read “while we deplore lynch
Kesolved, While wc deplore the ncocs- la _.. instcad of we deplore the
sity, we commend the action of the colored 1 necessity ”
people of Greenville and Charleston, 8. C., TUc i a , ve .crumbled on deck again
for their action in raising funds to defend when all but him hail flcd (rora thc
the colored men who lynched the white of the c , iair to recogn Ue them and said he
man who assaulted the colored woman, trj ha( , Iigtcncd t0 ,h e “glorious hallelujah
that fctate, thus carrying out thc law of honcy nuUoodw" addresses and had no
mutation of the white man. I patience with such puseillanimous stuff
WH AT WAS THOUGHT OF it. I lie favored the resolution in its modified
Several delegates hero rose to their feet, I f orm .
hut Smith Easley gained the attention of Th ' e Walker was opposed to it even
the chair and said he was in accord with ila rao ,nfi e .l form. Thc word- necessity
the sentiment of the resolution, but did jj,, not amount u, any ,hing. I. it ’.ever a
not think it a wise one and would oppose it, I nccct ,itv to take out ’ a man and lynch
Notwithstanding the fact that the r(, so- |,j nl j Is It not lawlessness, anil cah wc
lutlon was adopted, the Kev..Loveiroscand nppmve of lawlessness? If we indorse
succeeded in making a speech. He said lie lineliing an
condemned lynching whenever and 1 ‘ *
wherever it was perpetrated. Ho said it
was adiuitttcd that this was a white man's
country, and he would admit that the
,, lynching amnnfi our colored people, there
“".'I | will lx- twenty of us killed to one white
man Ivnchcd. *
MURDER IS MURDER,
brother Chapman.]
Here tho chair informed the Rev. Love
that his time was up. [Blank the time,
said brother Chapman, that’s too good
stop.]
The Rev. Lovinggood said we must raise
our children to know thc worth of edne
tion and virtue. There are people on this
lloor who voted for men who went to the
legislature In Atlanta and sent us hack
glad tidings in thc shape of damnation
They knew us about twenty days before tic
election [Lord help us, from brother Chip
man] and
SHOOK ONE HAND
and played with our coat buttons a
kissed our babies. [Lord help us, fro
Bro. Chapman.]
Henry Wimbush said there were
colored majority in Bibb countv, audjy
there were no colored members oi thc leg
islature from this county. There were a
number of Congressmen from Georgia,
but none of them were colored. [Lord
help us.]
Rev. W. J. Gaines said thc colored vote
would never be valuable until we have
came home a winner. He carried his
measure, and dwellers on the banks of the
Cumberland may well be proud of him.
His brethren on the Democratic side of the
House were not surprised at Mr. Washing
ton’s fine break. Thev had heard him in
TIIE HONEYMOON EMllITTERED.
Young Mr. Sullivan nnil Ills Elderly wife
Pemuotl l»y Her Hon*.
Atlanta, January 25.—The Markham
House developed a social even^ of a pc-
caucus prior to the meeting of Congress. | culiar and sensational character to-dav.
lie there made an appeal on behalf of Col. j Sunday last a voung man of small
A. .1. Donelson’s nomination for doorkeeper statue, whose head was cqvered by an
so forceful and eloquent that its eflect was ordinary growth, of red hair, accompanied
by a lady of .mature years, well dressed
white man was superior to the colored man * ■ e .‘ ,ie . r M or
«o far as education and wealth is con- ^vise «. We may be the cause of some-
cemed. and tliev »av thc colored mail imi- being murdered, and I oppow the
corned, and they say thc colored man imi,
tales the white man in everything he does,
resolution.
Bishop Turner said now that thc resolu-
Then lvnching is an example set by thc lu , a „
white man, and we can’t be blamefl for lIon .. h;1 ' t ,
imitating him. They have been hanging !** ‘ hc e “ ,rm , ,ty11 L"
since 7 the war, and whv lvnching, hut .imply commend ng hese
Thev had the cour't I f°
us negroes ever
shouldn't they?
money, until we keep out of hnr-rooms,
and raise our standard, and then we will
house, the lawfthe judge,
handcuffs and the rope/aud I don’t ho '""f ’. h'.Ar
whv thev didn’t hang us bv law. For that *° v “‘.° a ^. on l V bu * « *
reason the wliite man ought to stand by us | lynching, then he would not vote
now when we are trving to follow the ex
ample he set us. If lynching is an evi
dence of
ADVANL-KD CIVILIZATION, , - - -
then we ought to be civilized too. The rP r 2E® ,r *"*!’*• . ,. . . ,.
time used to be when the negro mumbled The convention then adjourned for dm-
cussed behind his master’s back. | ntr ‘
mun’t do that
for it.
The question wasdiiposcd of by referring
the resolution to a committee consisting ot
l’lcdgcr, Love and Lyons to prepare it in
and
He
He
AFTERNOON SESSION.
man
and
The convention «|>cned with
prayer
speak right out and do his cussing before I Rev. J. C. Bryan, after which the chair
him. Hp repeated that lie condemned I called on the delegates for some money to
lynching, hut if it was civilization then his I pay for printing thc minutes,
nice must be civilized, too. . After a few preliminaries, during which
Bishop Turner said lie hail nothing to I a resolution on grievances was passed and
say in condemnation of thc broad and able I a committee appointed, thc special order
remarks of Bro. Love, but hc rose only to I of the day, the reports of committees, was
say only a word to the convention as a mo-1 taken up.
meat’s thought might afford some little I W. A. I’ledger, chairman of the
wisdom, lie was opposed to any such res-1 mittee on the ballot, submitted thc follow-
olution and closed by saying, '“As much I ing
as we may condemn lynching, either whites I Whereas, after the late rebellion between
or negroes, this convention cannot afford I the States, the negro of the State of Geor-
to take sides with it” I gia wus clothed with every right of an
A voice: “The question has lioen dis-1 American citizen as to the discharge of his
posed of,” but the delegates would not have I duty at the ballot box that his interests as
it, and were really just warming to the I a freeman might be protected, carrying
irk. out the adage that the ballot is the palla-
The Rev. Walker opposed thc lynching | dram of liberty, and whereas since that
resolution, and said we Jare an humble I time he has been murdered from one end
praying people, marching under
THE BLOOD STAINED BANNER
of the State to the other, and his proper
ties destroyed bv every means foul, his
►
of the cross, and could not sanction any-1 wives and daughters_ outraged; and has
thing that had murder in it. He wanted I been generally, intimidated at every al
to go on record ms opposing the resolution. I tempt to exercise the use of ballot, by
lienrv Wimbush said the resolution hail white men whom he had formerly served
been alluded to as a small resolution. It at home and in war when itwastojhis
might have been written on a small scrap I detriment to«eo do; whose wives and
of paper, but it was a most important reso-1 daughters he had protected and cared for
lution. It was no small matter to be I dming the strife that led to
taken out and hanged to a tree, taken with- his emancipation when the use of
out trial, without friends, and hanged to I the bludgeon and torch would
the first convenient lamp-post. If wc have hastened the breaking off of the
have imitated the white man in this re-1 shackles that held him in an ungodly
gard, and have learned the lesson, wc have I bondage. These men, while consenting
paid dearly for it. The newspapers have now to his retaining the right to bold thc
every day reports of negroes taken out and I ballot, refuse him in msny sections of this
hanged. Wliy not reverse the order <>f State, aa in I’utnom, Lincoln, McDuffie,
thing-. It becomes sometime* necewary to I Oglethorpe, Elbert, Talbot and other
fight the devil with fire. Our people I counties in this State the privilege of using
are hungon by frivelous charge, and yet I it. These men assert that no instances of
we must bean humble, praving people, and I late of outrage upon the negro vote can be
•it still and prav and let tiiem bang every I pointed to. While we grant that bnt few
day. And I have seen instances when I instances can be named now, we refer the
the negro wanted to pray and they I public and sentiment makers to the fact the
be recognized nttd respected.
After more discussion and Lord-help-ns
remarks in sntto voce front Bro. Chapman,
the report was adopted.
The committee on temperance submitted
their report, which was in effect that the
convention pledge its support to the great
reform.
Here the chairman called on the sexton
; to bring in a bucket of water, remarking
as he did so that the terajierance question
was up anil water was needed.
The report was supported by A. Graves,
of the National Temperance Society, anil
others.
W. A. Pledger moved to insert after re
form the words “moral suasion,” hut there
seemed to be considerable object ion thereto
on the part of the committee, who changed
the report in another way, and instead of
making it refer to the* traffic of liquor
ms-'e it read “the use of liquor.”
This satisfied Pledger, who wns also _ in
formed of that construction by Chairman
White, and after withdrawing the amend
tnent the re|K>rt was adopted.
The committe then adjourned.
Owing to the lateness of the hour at
which the convention adjourned and the
early hour at which we go to press, the re
port of the night proceedings it deferred
until to-morrow.
Tlie Slate Market.
Atlanta, Jsnuary 25.—Owing to
continntnce of the sesson of bad weathc
which has prevailed hero for some tirni
there has been little activity in the liv
stock market here to-day, except in th
wholesale trade. A number of buyers
from a distance - were here looking at th
market, hut holding off for the weather t
break. About noon the stock men at Cox,
Hill and Walker’s stables figured snt the
number of males now on the market in
Atlanta. It was ascertained that at thc
eight sale stables of thc city there were
1.695 head of mules and possibly 100 head
of horses. The drovers feel licit as soon
as the weather breaks considerable activity
will spring op in the trade.
Lett no Will.
From the MilledgevlHe Recoriler.
Wc learn that the late Mr. Carrington
left do will. The writer often heard him
say that, in most cases, the lave made the
bwt will that could lie made, and his own ] , 'ij j; .,.,. '
he considered one of them. We think tlie .’. j ,[’ •'
l l.. s. j.. i. i • Cainpis'll sits
Special Correspondence Macon Telegraph.
Washington, January 25.—The new
members of the House of Representatives,
arc beginning to attract public attention.
The majority of them seem to havc got
their bearings, and ure sailing over the
sea of legislation with a modest display of
canvas. A few have hoisted gaff topsails,
and one or two have thrown but spinnaker
booms. Among thc [latter is the Hon.
Stephen V. White, who has weathered
several typhoons in Wall street and
lymouth church. He is moving through
the water right royally, and is developing
far more than the average rate of sjieed.
He shipped his first sea when the urgent
deficiency hill was under consideration
Everybody agreed that the last Congress
was responsible for its failure. Thc money
wtu due on the 4th of March last, anil
'ongress had been remiss in not making an
ppropriation for its payment. This being
true, Sir. White thought that the govern
ment ought to be treated as any
debtor would be treated under
similar circumstances. lie advocated
thc payment of interest upon the claims at
the rate of 0 jier cent, per annum from the
time of tile adjournment of the last Con
gress. And he made a short but effective
qieech. The old fellows listened with evi
dent interest. Randall shook his head,
Tom Reed rolled unepsily about the cham
ber and Springer smelt of the red rose in
thc lappel of his coat and raised a point of
order. Thc House was in committee of
the whole with Sunset Cox in the ehnir.
White was ruled out on thc jioint of order,
but he continued on his way with living
colors. He evidently sailed over into thc
Senate chamber, for John Sherman made
the same amendment to thc bill when it
reached the Senate, and it is pretty sure to
come back to the Honsc in such shape that
Mr. White will have another whack at it.
A BALTIMORE MEMBER.
Awav at the hack of the House near thc
main ifoc.r sits a gentleman with piercing
black eves, high chick hones, anil short
lAigan-Iike hair. Hc is Isadora Ravncr of
Baltimore. He was the second of tnc new
members to make a break on thc floor of
thc House. It was on a bill providing for
tlie payment of the Court of Claims. A
lightbi’iat owned hv the United States had
been stranded at Lyntihrtvcn Bay in Vir
ginia. A Baltimore captain contracted to
remove the boat for?l,500. He did this
on the assurance of a government engineer
that she lay on a hard bottom. He brought
mcii and machinery down from Baltimore,
and spent $940 in an effort to fulfill his
contract. It turned out that
the boat had been stranded
a quicksand, which shifted with the tides,
and obliterated in a night tho work done
by day. The Captain gave up tho job,
and asked thc government to pay his 1
ses. Itavncr took his stand in one of tlie
side aisles, and opened fire like an old
campaigner. Ho has a good presence and
a sonorous voice. As ho warmed to his
work his black hair fell over his brow.
HU points were driven home with emphat
ic gestures anil his face reddened tinder
tho intensity of his earnestness. Thc
veterans of the House took Ills measure
quietly and gave respectful attention to
his speech. Warner, of Missouri, ami
Hopkins, of Illinois, was disposed to meddle
with hi* sails, but ho sent them into the
forecastle and kept on an even keel. He
made a neat speech. Unlike Mr. White,
lie turned the stake boat. It was thc first
victory scored by a new member, and Mr.
llayner was warmly congratulated by the
mcii whose pinions of eloquence havc not
yet lieen spread. Inspirited by Ids success,
the Baltimorean made an equally success
ful break on the Australian Exposition
resolution a few days afterward, nnd he bids
fair to take a front rank In line of battle
hereafter.
DIGGS, OF CALIFORNIA.
The third break was made by the lion.
Marion Iliggs, of California. He sits di
rectly in front of the Speaker. He is tall
and thin, and hc combs his hair like An
drew Jackson. , He has close-cropped grey
whiskers, a nose like Roscoc Conkling, and
a face and a voice like the Hon. Hosea B.
I’erkins. He sailed into the offing as
steady as an old prairie schooner in the
days of ’49, and made a fair display of
canvas. A measure 'giving every member
of the House a clerk at thc expense of the
people wns under consideration. Mr.
Biggs glided into thc arena in front of the
Speaker’s desk, and the foam began to fly.
lie denounced the amendment as a virtual
salary grab, and after a fiery exordium,
wound up with what Timothy J. Campbell
ill “a reciprocal projiosition.” Mr.
only killed by a fight on the floor.
IIENRY CABOT LODGE.
The fifth new member to make a break
was thc Hon. Henry C'ahot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts. Unlike the other craft, he had
wind and the tide with him, nnd he got fair
time allowance. He knew days before
hand the date and the topic for liis speech,
lie was safe from the squalls of debate,
and no tornadoes cottla cross his path.
He aired his oratorical powers in thc pres
entation of the portraits of Massachusetts
Speakers of the House of Representatives
to Congress. The speech wns strong, able
and dignified. There was nothing llorid
about it, although it smacked strongly of
the New Englander. It shone modestly
at the side of Gov. Long's classic address,
and its light was entirely lost in the_fairy
like effulgence of the speech of William C.
P. Breckinridge, representing Henry Clay’s
old district In Kentucky. Long's speech
wns a chandelier hung with prisms;
Lodge’s address was the illumination at a
garden party; but Breckinridge erected a
Christmas tree, glowing with rare and re
splendent jewels. Henry Cabot Lodge sits
near the center of thc Republican side of
the House. There is little of thc student
about him in appearance. He is a tall and
well knit man when he wears an overcoat.
He wears a full brown beard,
neatly trimmed. He has a de
liberate manner, passive dignity, and a
clear enunciation. On the day after the
reception of the portraits he readily enter
ed the field of debate, and acquitted him
self handsomely. He had been one of the
four Republicans who signed the minority
report in the Carlisle contested election
case, and he took the floor in behalf of the
reopening of that case. An old meaibcr
jumped upon him on a point of order, but
the young Massachusetts man turned the
point neatly, and Buckalew gave wav. A
moment afterwards a Missourian tried to
lower one of his topsails, but was neatly
thwarted. Lodge came about in gallant
style, and stood up in thc eye of the wind.
He was thc first man to call for the yeas
and nays in the queer fight that followed,
which resulted in confirming Mr. Carlisle’s
title to his seat.
A TENNESSEE NOVITIATE.
The Hon. Benjamin Augustus Enloe, of
Tennessee, was the sixth new member to
make a break. He has been an editor.
His looks do not belie that calling. With
all sails set he ran into tho Congressional
Record, and broke open an old compart
ment. He complained that Thoeba had
interpolated into the Record words
not uttered nnd letters not read in his
yieecli on thc floor of thc House. The
Tennesn-ean waxed indignant, und the
Republicans began to badger him. Mr.
Enloe tried to secure the passage of a res
olution striking out thc objectionable
words from tlie record, but was confronted
by a call for thc yeas and noos. Sage old
iicraocrats, some of whom had probably
made similar alterations in the report of
their own speeches, gathered around him
and induced him to withdraw the matter.
Mr. Enloe is tall anil thin. Ho dresses
ncatlv snd has thc sacerdotal appearance of
tho editor of an organ devoted to the in
terests of the free-will Baptists, lie car
ries a low center-hoard, and he will un
doubtedly sail well in deep water, with
the wind' abeam.
There are as yet no indications of a
break on thc part of other landlubbers on
the ship of state. Many of them, how
ever, nre paving close attention to all that
L'o-.-s mi in tlie. lliuise, and are apparently
familiarizing themselves with the ropes.
One of these men hns a face peculiarly
pleasing. II sits on thc front row of seats
next to the Speaker. He has regular fea
tures, full bino eyes and a forehead that
reaches to thc nape of his neck. He wears
thc stiffest of choker collars, and he dresses
in exquisite taste. His full face is fringed
with a trim brown beard, and a Germanic
moustache beat time to the mnsic of his
Toice. No rlicnt ever watched his lawyer
more earnestly than this gentleman watclies
thc bnilness of the House. Whether in
his seat or wandering behind the low
screens at thc back of the hall.
Ills ear* are nlways open, and he never
seems to loose the thread of legislation.
This man is the Hon. Ashbcl P. Fitch, the
Republican Congressman from New York
city, who overcame 0,500 Democratic ma
jority at thc late election. He likes fun,
nut he loses much of it in thc House by
going to New York once a week to attend
to his law business. He is probably the
only Republican Representative between
Passamaquoddy Bay and Key _ Biscaync
who favors the President’s tariff reform
message.
SOME OTHER NEW MEMBERS.
At thc side of Mr. Fitch sits a well-knit
gentleman abont 45 years old. He is
new ntemlicr who is rarely out of his seat-
lie is sturdy, affable, and well dressed
Hi* hair anil beard are trimmed a la
Grant, and in face and figure hc recalls
the General. Much of his time is given to
answering correspondence, but he is a close
observer, and he' never gets tost hi the
mazes of House legislation. Hc is the
and apparently in goal .circumsiariecs,Ar
rived at the hotel and were assigned to
room 28. The gentleman was apparently
about 28 years of age, and the lady’s aii-
pearanee indicated that she was bo. The
gentleman registered his name as C. E.
Sullivan, and on the next line below wrote
Mrs. F.. Williams, bnt afterwards covered
the “Williams” with thenamoof Snllivan.
Matters ran along smoothly until yester
day, when Charles Williams and M. I[.
Williams, and citizens of Fair Play, ar
rived at the hotel and legi&lereu their
names on thc hotel register.
It soon became known that Mrs. Snlli-
van was the
MOTHER OF THE TWO WILLIAMS
and that she had married Mr. Sullivan
nnd came to 'Atlanta against the wishes of
her two sons. Later in the day it was de
veloped thas the Williams were by no
means pleased with the situation anil if
they could get their hands on their step-
fatherthey would make it warm for him.
One of tho sons charged that his mother
in leaving Fair Plnv had carried oil with
her $250 of his money. He procured a
search warrant, and his nioher, upon
being brought to the attention of the police
department, C'npt. Couch wus placed in.
charge of it. Accompanied by the yonng
man at whose instance thc warrant tn
isssued, Capt. Couch called
upon Mrs. .Sullivan at her
room in the hotel. Mrs. Sullivan stated
to her son that she had brought away
from her home nothing that did not be
long to her. He insisted that she owed
him $250 in some way and she
PROMISED TO PAY IT
hint to-day. Yesterday afternoon Capt.
Couch; accompanied Mrs. Sullivan to a
wholesale house in this city, where she
said she could get all tlie money she
wanted. The proprietor, however, was
absent, and Mrs. Sullivan failed to get the
money.
To-day Mr. Williams had an appoiui-
niont with Capt. Couch to call again upon
Mrs. Sullivan, hut failed to materialize at
the appointed time. This afternoon Capt.
Couch called at the depot and purchased a
couple of tickets for Mr. Sullivan, and his
bride, nnd they left tlie city on an after
noon train.
The Williams brothers did not know of
the departure of their mother from Atlanta
until an hour or two after she had gone,
and seemed tn lie
NOT ONLY SURPRISED
but very much displeased at thc couple
getting nut of the house without their
knowledge.
Mr*. Sullivan, nee Mrs. E. Williams, is
the widow of thc late David Williams, of
Fair Play, who died there about five years
ago from" paralysis, brought on by inflam
matory rheumatism. During his life Mr.
Williams ran a general store at Fair Play,
and after hisdeath Mrs. Williams assumed
charge of tho store, nnd still manages’thc
biwniss*
VERDICT AGAINST IIHADSTREETS.
homestead has been for sometime deeded
to his wife.
•Jim's llln-teil napes.
From the Bronwond Reporter.
Since the departure from oar town of'
fair rharmer Jim Himpson mourns a* tho*
without any hope—of a mother-in-law.
would ctL , pH
Perkins, of Kansas, was engineering the | Hon. John H. Moffitt, the bijg iron manu-
measnre, and thc fight was waxing hot. facturer of Northern New York, and tho
lie had given five minute* of his time to most prominent new member on the select
Mr. Bigg*. The fine old fellow closed his ga — 1 — l: ■ ,r —
speech by asking the gentleman from Kan
sas to accept an amendment, which hc
seemed to think would harmonize every
thing and stop the discussion. Perkins
allowed thc proposed amendment to be
read. It was as follows:
Strike out the wonls “which shall In'
paid out of thc contingent fund.” and in
sert “which shall be paid by each member
out of his own jiockct.”
After the laughter had subsided, and the
lion. Perkins hail been extricated from the
wheels of the prairie schooner, Mr. Ran
dall adroitly got tho yens and nays called,
and the measure was killed. Biggs hail
crossed the line with great eclat, and
Vance, of Connecticut, and other new mem
bers were much elated.
The fifth saw member to run^the gaunt
let was the Hon. Joseph E. Washington,
of Cedar Hill, Tenn. He is about as tall
as tlie late Stephen A. Douglas, and fully
ss vehement when warmed up. Like the
stern-wheelers of the Cundierlanil river, he
is said to run well in cither deep or shal
low water. Hi* debut in thc House was
OO the passage of a bill to improve tlie
navigation of that stream. It was a short
hut effective sjKs-ch, delivered, with the
earnestness of a New York l*»v in a base-
The Hon. Timothy J.
phcll nits on the right of Mr. 5\ash-
j ington, and courtly Charles F. OTerrall,
of Virginia on his left. Both these gen-
I tiemen seemed to have a |>er»onal in-
i tercst in the gestures with which
the Tennessean drove* home the points of
committee on the alcoholic liqnor traffic.
Nearly opposite Col. Moffitt sits Gen.
Llovil M. Bryce, of New York. Thc Gen
eral looks more like a Southerner than
a New Yorker, and accents his wonls more
like a Bostonian than like a bred anil born
Gothamite. He is of medium height and
ho* more of a scholastic than a military
iieai ing. He is rarely absent from the
House, and he pays the strictest attention
to business.
Thc four new members from Connecticut
are remarkably quiet. There are indica
tion* that Robert J. Vance ha* something
on his mind, and Carlos French at times
looks as though he was loaded for bear.
I Judge Miles Tobey Granger is said to bo
freighted to thc gunwales with common
sense, a commodity at times greatly needed
in the House, anil if occasion serve* he
will undoubtedly break cargo in thc inter
ests of the people. Amos J. Cummings.
Produce the Proofs-
From the A most* Gazette.
Thc Constitution says that the. Demo
cratic party is in favor of the internal
revenue taxes. Very well; if it be true
thc Constitution ought to be able to prove
thc fact from the jdatform declaration of
the conventions that have nominated
Presidential candidates since the war.
Now let the Constitution bring out the
platforms and establish it* claim.
llow Nam Small's Doggerel Lead to a Heavy
Damage Nutt.
Atlanta, January 20.—Rev. Sam Small,
the evangelist, in an indirect way caused
James Johnson, the grocer, to get n verdict
of $5,000 against Bradstrcct’s commercial
agency in the City Court to-day, which was
given in a suit for damages.
In 18S4 Johnson- was a candidate for
council from thc third ward. Johnson was
keeping a grocery store in tho ward in
which be was a candidate and was doing a
good business. At that time tho evangelist
was regarded as a sort of leader in local
lolitics, and, being an accomplished writer,
rcquently made use of his talents in the
press of the city and often appeared on
the stump. For reasons known to himself
he opposed Johnson’s candidacy and wrote
about a quarter of a column of poetry en
titled, “Jitn Johnsun, Where’s Your Jug?”
The publication was df a humor
ous character and subjected Johnson
to ridicule. Tho line* by the evangelist
insinuated that Johnson was the proprietor
of a jug with no cork in it, which he kept
for the convenience of his friends, and that
Johnson wns the jug’s best friend and cus
tomer.
The publication appeared in the Georgia
Cracker, sod when it fell before the eyes of
the public, the merchants of tho city com
menced making inquiries ns to Johnsons
financial condition. These inquiries
caused Ilrailstrcet's commercial agency to
send out n notice to their subscribers, that
Johnson’s habit* were had, that he was
leading a reckless life, nnd could not hold
out much longer without a change, and
that the agency recommended caution in
extending his credit. This notice was fol
lowed bv another which stated that John
son’s habits were unimproved.
One witness said that thc first tiling that
called hi* attention to Johnson’s habits was
the reading ol Small’s lines, nnd that when
lie read them hc made inquiries, nnd upon
the information that he gathered declined
to allow Johnson to have any more credit.
Tlie plaintiff in the suit charges that
Bradstrcct’s commercial agency had, >>y
issuing their notices to their customer*,
damaged his standing in the community,
anil for this reason he brought the suit.
The case was on trial all of yesterday,
and it was not until this afternoon that it
was given to the jury, wko, after lieing out
a short time, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for $5,000.
The case wilt go to theSnpremeCourt,
t
latcd
CRIMINAL IIUSINKSS.
G. Tlirowrr Found Guilty of Assrollt and
Mattery— 1 Tlie Hill Case.
Atlanta, January 25.—In the criminal
branch of the Superior Court of
county, before Judge Richard II. Clark,
the case of tlie State vs. J. O. Thrower,
charged with assault and battery, w»*
tried to-day. The principal witneaa mr
thc prosecution was C. D. Barker.
testimony showed that during the last pro
hibition election Thrower assaulted I“ rKe
with a stick, cutting a gash in bis .Beau.
Barker, when attacked, wan in
barber shop waiting to he shaved. Thrower
came in and charged him with
damaging remark* about him. M arK „
made no reply and Thrower struck him o
the head with a stick. Thc jury, bemg.out
a short time, returned a verdict of KV 111 -•
Sentence was suspended so a* to
motion to lie made for a new t' 1, ;
Thrower is thc head of thc ormtoixalmn m
Good Templar* of the State ot Georgia-
Tlie Philosophy
From the Brim wood Reporter
slug.
t iny Vessel* In.lhe lee.
Newport, January M—Hcboowti J
iedyv from Calais for New York,
J. Ken-
arrived
here during thsalglil. The eaptrin rSfJHU
is lfw<fh. and lsith thankfuliv congratn- kiss he
nett him at it* close. Mr. YTashingtsn to kiss
If you want to kiss a pretty girl, why,; fifty vessels la the ice on Nantucket
M her—if von can. If a pretty girl want* anil he thinks they must have gone a
you can. It a pretty
yon, why, let her—like a man.
I bis morning.