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Macon, Ga.
Senator Beck is coming South for his
health. He would find a cordial welcome
in Macon and we are confident that our
salubrious climate would restore the fore
most of democratic senators to his old time
vigor.
Italy now claims to have the best
that is, the most destructive—bomb shell
Italy is correspondingly happy, the chief
ambition of civilized European nations
now-a-days being to be able to kill more
people than anybody else.
The Boiton Herald admits that the sil
ver cause has steadily gained strength for
the last ten years in this country. The
„ me thing can be said of other countries.
The world will become tired of discrediting
half its store of the precious metals before
many years.
Georgia is beginning to wipe out the
black mark which has stood so long
against her public schools. An increase
of the school fund by $165,000 for next
year and twice that amount for 1890 is
one of tbo most hopeful signs that has
appeared in Georgia in a long time.
The latest arrangement of Mr. Cleve
land’s future is for him to settle in New
Jersey and succeed Bofus Blodgett in the
Senate. That, perhaps, is as nice an
arrangement as any other. The only
trouble is that the Washington corre
spondents cannot arrange this matter to
suit themselves. _____
Of the officers of the wrecked Fidelity
Bank of Cincinnati, Harper, the manager,
is a raving maniac, Swift is broken in both
mind and health, Baldwin is dead, and
Hopkins is dying. The big wheat deal
was disastrous to others besides the depos
itors of the bank. Had their crime been
as complete but remained undetected,
would the criminals be now a lot of luna
tics and broken invalids?
The Campbell News says:
Ttae Atlanta Constitution boasts In an edito
rial that no other paper In the country affords
thonewsasitdoes, etc. Referring to Its ac
count on Sunday of tho nawes murder at Bir
mingham, It says: "Tho Macon Telegraph did
not contain a lino about the affair on that day.'
Tho Telegraph Is amply able to take care of It-
Mifin rnnh anti will ilnin. Bui w« ri«u
'to remark that the Telegraph did contain nearly
a column about the Birmingham riot, and con-
kuaed some facts that tho Constitution did not
report till Monday.
New York republicans are demanding
j*t Postmaster Pearson’s head be cut oil
ynst as soon as Harrison gets a chance at
it with his little guillotine, but we pro
test that this would ba the hight of cruelty.
A man who worked so hard for the Re
publican party when his head was in such
easy reaqh of the democratic machine de
serves tho admiring gratitude of Mr. Har
rison. If anybody has a right to be mad,
it is Mr. Cleveland.
Texnessee workingmen who voted for
Harrison because they believed his elec
tion would menn better wages, are opening
their eyes. Since the election wages have
been cut in several manufactories in
that state, and the Fox Coal and
Coke Company at Grayaville reduced
its miners’ pay 10 per cent, a few days ago,
The best protection the American work
ingman can possibly have is an intelligent
comprehension of the actual working of
the tariff.
The Telegraph’s Now Press.
It is well known to those who have given
the subject attention that the Teleorath
is published in a city whose railroad facil
ities makes it the best distributing point
in the South for a newspaper. The Tele
graph reaches most of the cities and
towns in Georgia, excepting those located
in the extremo northern and eastern parts
of the state, before any other newspaper.
This immense advantage has secured to
the Telegraph a circulation that has for
some time taxed its mechanical appliances
to their utmost capacity. With the
knowledge of that fact one of the improve
ments that was first considered by the
present management of the Telegraph
was the introduction of machinery of the
latest improved patterns. Much time and
study were devoted to examining into the
merits of a number of improved printing
presses, with the view of securing the best
in the market, and the Telegraph now
has the satisfaction of being able to an
nounce to its reader and advertisers that an
order has been given to the Goss Printing
Press Company of Chicago, the patentees
An Extra Session Demanded.
Recognizing the fact that no lariff legis
lation is possible at this session of con
gress, 6ome of our republican contempo
raries; especially in the West, are urging
the necessity of an extra Ecssion in j the
spring. They arc the same papers which
have been arguing that the surplus is jnot
an evil, that buying bonds at the preient
premium is a profitable business for -the
government and should be persevered in,
and that even if bonds are not bought :De-
yond the amount demanded by the sink
ing fund good use can be found for tjlie
revenue collected. If all this be trie,
what is the use of the extra session?
There is no matter of such pressing
importance that it cannot go over to De
cember, if the election settled the tariff
question and there is no excess of revenue.
Col. A. K. McClure, editor of the Phila
delphia Times and a moderate protection
ist, furnishes what may be a clue to the
republican inconsistency. We do not
know that it can be depended upon, for
Col. McClure is almost as much of a
politician as a newspaper man, but it is in
teresting and worth reproduction: .
There Is a strong drift of republican senti
ment here In favor of pretij radical tariff re
form. It has been exhibited by such Western
leaders as Senators Allison and Plumb, la tbo
fitful skermishes on the subject In that body;
but those senators have not given full exptes-
and manufacturers of tho Goss Perfecting a \ on to the deep-seated and wide-spread convic-
Newspaper Press, for one of their latest! “on among republican, that tariff and tax re-
improved machines. The press is to be
built especially for the Telegraph, and
will be ready, under the terms of the con
tract, by the 15th of March next. The
press will print, paste, fold, cut, count and
deliver 10,000 to 20,000 perfect newspapers
per hour. The type forms will be stereo
typed for each edition, and thus every
morning the paper will he virtually
printed from new type. The press will be
the first of its make bought for a news
paper in Georgia, and it will place the
Telegraph on a footing with the best
equipped journals in the North and West.
With the perfecting press and the stereo-
typing process, editions of the Telegraph
can be printed every hour, and every de
parting train carry the latest news up to
the time of their leaving Macon.
The Telegraph will also he enlarged
and improved, and additions made to other
departments beside the press room to meet
the growing demands upon it. The most
beautiful and substantial city of the Em
pire state should and will have the most
enterprising and reliable newspaper.
Unless tbe beasts, birds, reptiles and fishes
which his admiring fellow-countrymen bare
scut to Gen. Harrison have gono Into winter
quarters bis door-yard must resemble a menag
erie, but not more closely than some ol tbe cab
inets with which our benevolent democratic
contemporaries are providing him.—New York
Tribune.
The cabinets provided for Gen. Harrison
by the democratic prefs have all been
made up of leading republican statesmen.
It is uot the fault cf democrats that the
members resemble the beasts and reptiles
of Gen. Harrison’s menagerie.
Nevada, in the recent election, cast
only 12,278 votes. As there are com
paratively few women in the state the
total population is probably not much
over 50,000. Nevada was admitted into
the union for political reasons. It has
never had any of the qualifications which
would entitle it to statehood, and is lets
populous now than it was twenty years
ago, but once a state always a state,
Nevada may shrink jnit as much as it
pleases. •
In 1810 the population of Nevada was
62,219 and its voting strength was 21,660.
This year 12,278 votes were cast in the
state, and the population is estimated at
35,000. The decrease of population is
likely to continue, as there is little or no
reason why people should continue to live
in the desolate region, now that the mines
are nearly exhausted. The consequence
u that NeYzds hu in the government of
the country a potent voice, without being
in possession <jf »ny of the elements of
greatness which would entitle her to it.
There ought to be some way to relegate
Nevada to the list of territories.
Immigration for the South.
Tomorrow an immigration convention,
to which all the Southern states have been
asked to send delegates, will assemble in
Montgomery. The body will probably bo
a representative one. The general pur
pose of the convention is to devise, if pos
sible, some plan by which the Southcan
statei can co-operate in the effort to ob
tain a sharo of the immigration which
every year brings a host of new citiiens to
the United States. It is proposed to circu
late information relative to the climate,
material wealth and other attractions of
this section through those countries of
Europe which send as the bulk of
our Immigration. For many years
past tho drift of immigration
has been toward tho Northwest.
The South has received very little of it.
This fact is not without compensation, for
a largo per cent, of the immigrants who
have recently come to America are not do
sirablo as citizens, as the cities to which
they have Hocked can testify. Still there
are thrifty and honest foreigners constant
ly seeking homes in this good land, and
well directed efforts may secure a fair pro
portion of three for tho South. The pau
per immigrant and that class which comes
to this country to put into practice its de
structive theories of government and
society we do not want. As a rule, con
ventions such as that which will
be held in Montgomery, do not
accomplish much. They are usually the
occasion for fine speeches and of plausible
theories, and the memory of them is not
perpetuated by actual results. We hope
the Montgomery convention will break
this windy record. It may accomplish
some good, but we think that the best
plan for Georgia is to establish its own
bureau of immigration, to be placed under
intelligent and practical management.
This state offers exceptional opportunities
to the American citizen as well as to
foreigner. What we want U to spread
knowledge rf our cheap lauds, our salu
brious climate, and the opportunities
which are offered in this state
houeet, hard-working aciiien. This im
portant work can be done only by
systematic effort. Georgiabasnever made
such an experiment. When it is made we
are confident that it will result in the ad
dition of a large number of valuable citi
zens te our population. To the right sort
of immigration Georgia is a very inviting
field. What we want to uo is to make this
apparent to those who are seeking new
homes, and it cannot be done without
systematic efiort.
auction, even below tbo standard of tho Miffs
bill, is a supreme necessity. Indeed, nearly
balfitbe republican senators arc at heart In
favor of severe tariff reductions to the standard
protection to the wagea of labor, and an
honest vote recording tho actual convlclons of
all the senators, would glvo a largo majority
favor of the entire list of free raw
materials as placed iu the Mills bill,
Including wool, and adding coal
and Iron ore. They believe that such an ad
vanced position on tariff reform is a necessity
enable the republicans to appeal successfully
the country In 1892, and there Is little reason
to doubt that tho republican tariff attitude In
tbe next national battlo will bo quite abreast
with, If not in advance of, tho Miffs hill In tariff
tax reduction. It will be done by protectionists
tbe Interest of protection to labor alike by
reducing tariff dutlea and by cheapened
materials and the necessaries ol life. Tbe more
sigaclous of tbe leaders do not pretend to claim
their victory as an approval of tho present op
pressive tariff taxes. They claim it as a defeat
free trade Southern theorists In their effort
define the protective policy of the nation,
and they accept prompt and radical tariff re
vision aa Indispensable to continued party
supremacy.
If Col. McClure wrote from observation
and not from the dictation of hope only,
there is much more leaven of tbe right
sort in the republican lump of dough than
we had thought. We hope lie is right,
even though Plumb and Allison, whom he
mentions as among the reformers, voted
solidly with tho rest of their party for the
laying of new taxes infamous in their jn.-
justlcc—tin- tax of 108 per cent., lor in
stance, on cotton ties, when none are made
in the United States and every dollar
raised by it would he paid by the people
south of the Ohio river.
If Col. McClure is right, however, in
Kpit« uf evidence to the contrary, and the
republicans are disposed to steal the demo
cratic thunder for use in the next cam
paign, then let them steal. It is more im
portant that the country should have an
intelligent reform of the tarifif than that
either party should have the credit of do
ing the good work. If the republicans are
going to do it, then the sooncrjthe better,
and we arc in favor of an extra session.
The Cotton Outlook.
The report of the cotton movement for
the three months ended Nov. 30, prepared
by the statistician of the New York Cot-
Ion Exchange, is not favorable to the fre
quent predictions of a large crop. No
vember receipts showed a falling ol 16,161
as compared with last year; the stock at
the ports on the 1st of December was
87,012 bales IeE* than it was on the same
date in 1887. The total receipts for the
first three months of the present season
were 438,643 bales less than the receipts
for the same period last year. • The total
crojf in sight, exclusive of Southern con
sumption is, according to th& authority to
which we have referred, 616,704 less than
the last crop. The late opening of the
crop and the holding hack in some locali
ties because of the extortions of the bag-
giDg trust accounts for some part of this
shortage, but it is believed that,
with all due allowences, the present crop
is away behind the last one. On the At
lantic coast picking has been almost fin
ished. There is much open cotton yet in
the Mississippi valley, but it is probable
hat a good part of it will be lost. Labor
lias been unusually troublesome this sea
son, and in some sections it has been im
possible to gather tho crop. It is very
generally cohceded that the crop will be
less than 7,000,000 bales, but there is a
wide variation in the estimates of the
actual figures. The demand for cotton
has increased greatly since the last crop.
Everywhere mills are using more cotton
than they have used for years. Mills are
being built all over the South, and even in
far away Iowa the experiment of cotton
manufacture is to be made.
KING GEORGIA’S TITHES.
HE HOUSE CONSIDERS AND PASSES
THE TAX ACT.
Only Nine Totes Against the Hill—An
Amendment Adopted Fixing the
County Liquor Tax at 8100
—Mr. Patterson Speaks.
ph Bureau,
halt. Street, }■
.., L ec. 14, 1888. j
The New York Press announces^’in
double leads that it has good authority for
stating that Mr. Blaine has been offered
and has accepted the position of Secretary
of State in the next administration. What
is Mr. Sherman going to do about it?
Of the 400 survivors of his old regi
ment, 223, it is said, have applied to Gen.
Harrison for office. It seems to us the old
vets are a little greedy. If they have not
all got pensions now, they soon will have.
To claim both pension and office doesn’t
give other republicans a fair chance at the
spoils.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
* A Cnso of ’-Prejudice.”
A New York woman has secured a di
vorce from her husband on the sole ground
that he deceived her into marriage by as
suring her that the dark tint of his skin
came from Portuguese and not from negro
blood. Many of our Northern friend, as
sure us that there is no prejudice, or at
least discrimination, against life negro in
their part of the country. In view of the
case just cited, we would like to ask them
a question; Would the court have held it
to bo good ground for divorce had the man
been a blond and deceived the woman by
telling her he derived his complexion
from a Russian ancestry, when in truth it
came to him with his German blood? We
think the court would have refused to
listen to a plea so silly—would have re
garded it as a mere subterfuge. The truth
is, that negro blood is as much under the
ban North as South.
If what Judge Cooley says is true, the
inter-state commerce law is by no means
the succeu its anthors expected it to be.
According to him, the railroads won’t tell
on each other, and the big shippers wh
benefit by rebates and othwv i 11—g*! p-«-
Sices won’t inform on tbe railroads. All
this is very natnral. The law was enacted
on the principle that these people would
not do the fair thing, and it was proposed
to force them to do it. The remedy is to
make the law better.
An English college professor has caused
a sensation in the London literary world
by publishing two big volumes on “The
American Commonwealth,’’ by which lie
means the United States. That is hardly
a sensational subject looked at from our
standpoint, but there is no telling what a
foreigner may see in our institutions.
That clever and observant Frenchman,
Max O’Reli, who stayed among us several
mouth, tut year, aiaieti seriousiy in a
lecture the other day that when by any
mischance an American senator secured
admission to a decent man’s house the
host never allowed him to leave until the
hats and overcoats of the other guests had
been counted and found to be safe. If
O’Reli believed such stuff there is no tell
ing wtiat an Oxford professor can con
scientiously write.
It cannot be denied that Sheriff Smith
of Birmingham, lives in a community
where his services are very valuable, but
it would be easy for him to find one in
which he wonld be more appreciated. This
is in the nature of things.
Tng indiscretion of the editor cf the
London Times in publishing a lot cf forged
letters threatens to cost that paper $500,-
000 in court expenses. If the editor of an
American journal were to he so foolish, the
proprietors would he sure to get mad and
take it out of his salary.
ICilrain and Sullivan were no the first
By means of month to war.
For Samson slugged the Philistines
—Exchange.
Chinese pirates buy their boats at the
Junk shops.—Pittsburg Chronicle.
A romance of the middle ages—An old
maid’s love affair.—Detroit Free Frcas.
. A ynpng girl’s first l° ve story always
begins very sweetly and harmoniously with
Chap. I.—Somerville Journal. »
It seems like a mistake in the general
regulation of things to have Christmas follow
so closely after election bcu como due.—Mer
chant Traveler.
He—“How do you suppose did that
Irish expression -a broth of a boy' originate?'.
'Oh, I presumo tho Irish were originally
cannibals."—Burlington Free Press.
‘I um opposed to all games of chance,”
said Rawson- "And you got marrledt” said
Lawson. "Yes; and that’swhy I am so strongly
opposed to 'em."—Exchange.
“Why,” asked Alpha, “is it called the
impressionist school ol painting?" "Bccsuse,"
replied Omega, "when looking at their pictures
your first Impression ol 'a portrait of an old
man' is that tho subject Is 'twilight In winter-’ ”
—Norristown Herald.
Mrs. Muggins—“It’s raining, and Mrs,
Ooodooul wants to go home, and I have no um
brella to lend her except my new #10 one. Can't
I let her havo yours?” Mr. Mngglns-"Cr»ckyI
Tho only umbrella I’ve got has her husband’s
name on tho handlc."-Thiladelphia Record.
Jagley—“Hello, Braggs, what makes you
look so grum this morning?” Braggs-"You
know that JI0 I wpn?” Jagley-"Ye«.” Braggs
—"Well, I took It home and hid it In an old
stove ” Jagley—"And the hired Rial burned
It up?” Braggs—"No; my wife found it."—
Torro Haute Express.
PERSONAL.
Miss Ethel Ingalls, it is reported, is to
take chargo of a Washington society column for
a New York paper.
The monument to Capt. John Smith, on
Bur Island (Ialca of Shoals,) was blown down
In the recent gale,
In cabinet circles at Washington there
arc two dcbuUntes this season. Miss Nelllo
Bayard and Miss Garland.
Denman Thompson is enjoying a pro
tracted period ol prosperity jin New York with
“Tho Old UomeBtead.”
Ira Payne, the American marksman, is
evoking great surprise In Berlin, at the skill
with which he uses firearms.
Walter J. Damrosch is giving a series of
lectures on Wagner's "Ring of the Nlbclung’
at the Berkeley Lyceum. New York.
Minister Phelps will not wait for the ap
pointment ot a successor before leaving Eng
land, It Is laid, hot Intends to sail for home In
January.
Dr. Nathan R. Gorier, who accompanied
unhert Garrett around tbe world, has entered
suit at Baltimore for $30,300 for professional
services.
President Cleveland and Cardinal Gib
bons will Uke part In the celebration ot the
centennial of Georgetown next February. Tbo
exercises will continue three days.
Ex-Father McGlynn now speakB to
empty benches at bis Sunday night meetings in
Cooper Institute. New York. A mere handlul
ot listeners, mostly women, arc there.
The Jesuit astronomer, Father Ilaagng
of Germany, who was recently appointed to take
charge of the observatory at Georgetown Uni
versity, has arrived at tho university.
Mrs. W. If. Ryder of Chicago has given
to Tofts allege the library of her late husband,
Dr. ltylcr. The collection comprises about
1,500 vc. i: mes, carefully selected, many ol them
rare, and all of them ol great value.
Nervousness is said to be a characteristic
ol Chief Justice Fuller. He seems to find It Im-
bls to sit still upon the bench. HU hands
■instantly In motion at one thing or au-
r. Often he tai'- a scrap of peperind
> and refold- It Into a thousand shapea; or
irna over the page* of a book without look.
■t them. But as a usual thing be Is pulling
i moustache like a nervous graduate on
■ no ment day.
Macon Telegraph Bureau,
No. 3J< Whitehau. ~
Atlanta, Ga,
The House commenced the business of
the day by fixing Saturday, the 22d inet.,
as the day for the adjournment of the pres
ent session. This action was taken upon
a resolution introduced by Mr. Calvin of
Richmond, and the resolution as adopted
provides that there Bhall be a summer ses
sion, meeting Wednesday, July 1, 1889, at
10 o'clock a. m.
THE TAX ACT TAKEN UP.
The sjiecial order of the day, which was
the consideration of the tax act, was then
taken up and read.
Mr. Lewis of Hancock offered an amend
ment, that in the counties of the state
where the sale of liquor is allowed, the
tax on the Eame be paid into the county
school fund, instead of into tbe general
school fund. The amendment was voted
down. Yeas, 41; nays, 103.
Mr. Felton ofiered an amendment to
make the license to sell liquor $100, in
stead of $50, in counties in which the sale
fallowed, and supported his amendment
on the ground that the effect of this in
crease would be to increase the revenue
from the sale of liquor, which revenue
would go to the school fund, where it was
greatly needed.
PATTERSON SPEAKS.
Mr. Patterson opposed the amendment.
He said:
“Times change and men change with
them. The state has scarcely ceased to
echo with the thundering eloquence of the
gentleman from Bartow, when he declared
that he would strangle this monster
whisky, when he now insidiously suggests
that we preserve it in certain stalls as a
domestic animal, and milk it for the bene
fit of prohibition counties. The House
has already voted to distribute the money
thus raised in anti-prohibition counties
throughout ail the counties of the etule.
This was wrong; but the gentleman from
Bartow intensifies injustice by doubling
the amount thus wrung from the people o:
my county to be divided among the people
of his.
“In the name of right I protest. In
the name of the constitution I protest.
It provides that all laws shall be of uni
form operation throughout the state.
This law would tax ouo locality and not
another, foi it taxes for the benefit of the
whole state the sale of a commodity which
is prohibited in a majority of the counties
of the state. Local option may be a good
thing and a wise thing. If counties do
not wish liquor sold, then they need not
have it. But let the choice bo made
fairly. If the gentleman from Bartow
wishes to dwell in that sweet serenity
which he lias pictured as clustering around
the home of prohibition, let him dwell
there; hilt let him not thrust his greedy
hand into the pockets of my people to ed
ucate the children iu his clysium. If we
prefer whisky anil its revenue to the ah
seuce qf both, it is our right of local op
tion. It is his right to prefer neither,
but it is not his right to take the benefits
of both without the evils of either,
cm® and common schools,
1 will not reply to his argument that
the cities could thus be made to support
the county schools. It is that suggestion
of felfish ends which is the favorite weapon
in the armory of a demagoiige. I speak to
men whose sense of right rises far above
such matters. Sir, if the appropriations
for education and the Confederate soldiers
require additional taxation, and my vote
has attested my hearty concurrence in these
appropriations, then let that taxation be
uniformly distributed among those who
reap its benefits. The increase of ad valo-
rum tax falls equally upon the liquor
dealer ns on any other merchant, why
specially increase the tax on this class? If
the sale is wrong do not sell it. But do not
strike a man with one hand and sign arti
cles of partnership in his business witli the
other. The position of tho gentleman is
this: I have tried to kill whisky but I
have changed my mind. I will save his
life and take his property. lie says to this
house ‘hold my energy while I job him,
RACK ME THAT JEW AGAIN.
“Mr. Speaker, in the olden time, in the
dark days of the Middle Ages, it was a
custom among the greedy and cruel barons
of that day whenever their exchequers
.were exhausted to seize a Jew, put him on
the rack, and. in the violated name of a
crucified Christ extort from him the gold
they needed. And so the gentlemen from
Bnrtow, having yesterdav made large con
tracts with the state, and needing money
for their completion, seizes again on
whisky, that industrious and persecuted
Jew, and in the name of religion nml
morality, exclaims, ‘Rack me that Jew
again.'”
Mr. Rawls of Effingham offered an
amendment to tbe amendment offered by
Mr. Felton providing that the increase of
license shall not go into effect until after
the internal revenue laws are repealed.
The amendment offered by Mr. Rawls
was not adopted,
propriaUd only $05,000.
Atfer some debate the bill was passed
and the morning session adjourned. *
A MDKDKRER JAILED IN ATLANTA
He Is a Negro nml Murdered and Robbed a
Farmer.
Atlanta, Dec. 15.-[Special.]-J 0 l,n
Wesley Chisholm, the negro who killed a
farmer by the name of Danford about
two weeks ago near Fayetteville and
robbed him of $100, occupies a cell at
polico headquarters.
Chisholm killed Danford for his money.
While Danford was driving along the
road Chisholm knocked him off the wagon
with a stick, kilting him.
Some of the money was found on the
negro when arrested here by the police
and several of the bills showed blood ’
The negro admits killing Danford,' and
says that lie committed the crime for the
purpose of robbery.
STRONQ WILL RUTH INDEPENDENT.
Judge C. H. Strong announces today
that he will not abide by the action of the
primary which nominated his opponent
Mr. Henry Tanner, for clerk of the supe
rior court, and will make the race as an
independent candidate.
It is said that none of the gentlemen
who were on the ticket with him as depu
ties will join Judge Strong in bolting the
nomination and that the judge will have
make up anew ticket.
ARE THE ANARCHISTS INCREASING
Herr Most Tlllnks So, but He Is Cautions
In Turning About Violence.
Special Correspondence.
New York, Dec. 12.—A tiny gallows
with a noose of gilded wire depending
from its arm and a big brass handled knife
lying beside it on the table, attracted my
attention ns soon as I entered the office of
Johann Most, the anarchist. He has aged
rapidly within a year, and his close
cropped hair is now nearly white.
‘‘Is . anarchy stronger or weaker than it
was at the time of the executions in Chi
cago?” I asked.
“It is certainly stronger,” said Most.
The effect ol the executions was to bring
out a vast amount of literature on the sub
ject, and this literature has made converts.
Then, as Mr. Cleveland 6eemsto recognize,
the present conditions are such that
anarchy must grow. If you would come
to a society of anarchists and preach mon
archism you would be listened to and
laughed at. You would make no converts,
because monarchism offers no way out of
the evils from which we believe the people
to be suffering. So you cannot preach an
archy to a people content with their lot. It
is the growing misery of the working peo
ple that promises strength to anarchy.”
“What do you think of the Anarchist
Sunday schools in Chicago?”
“I do not think well of Sunday schools,”
answered Most, with an expression of dis
gust that his grey beard could not entirely
conceal. “There is very little in that.
Children can not lie taught anarchy. It
is a deep phisolosophy. We cannot edu
cate tho peopie untii we are in power.
The best we can do is to educate a lew of
the more intelligent workingmen, and safe
on the propaganda with their aid, nothing
MORE MONEY FOR MAIMED VETERANS
Tho House Passes n lull Increasing the Ap
proprlntlon for Confederates.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
journal today the House went into com,
rnitiee of sue whole for the purpose of con
eidering the bill appropriating $75,000 for
furnishing and fitting up the new capitol,
Mr. Lamar of Richmond presiding.
The bill as amended by the ways and
meins committe contained an item of
$5,000 to be appropriated for fitting up the
grounds. The bill was passed.
The bjll to levy a tax to raise $81,275.67
for furnishing the capitol was read and
ftrred.
The bill by Mr. Patterson of Bibb to
corporate tne Macon and Birmingham
railroad company was then read, but be
fore it wasdisposed of the measure was put
aside for the purpose of taking up the
special order of the day, which was a bill
by Mr. Crowder for the relief of Confeder
ate veterans who had become maimed
while in service. The bill amended the act
of 1887 giving the measure more latitude
The amendments were principally eon
fined to the first sec .on, and provided for
an increase in the allowance for injurii
On an average tbe allowances named
the new measure are double those inti
act of 1887, aud will he paid annual!
the first of January of each year.
Uuer the new t-ill an appropriation of
$130,000 is made while the one cf 1887 ap-
can stop the movement. It has gone
around the world.”
Do thu anarchists still pinltuhir faith
to violence, aa they did before the Chicago J
executions.”
Most showed signs of caution, paused,
and said: “The question of violence is
one depending upon conditions. We do
not prophesy ^violence. Wo merely
recognize conditions, as Mr. Cleveland
does. When tho atmosphere is heavy
andsultry in summer, we say there will ho
a thunderstorm soon. The social atmos
phere is growing more and more sultry.”
“But you once tried to become a citizen.
Is not that inconsistent in a man profess
ing disbelief in tho ballot box as a means
of redressing public wrongs?”
“That was not inconsistent. It had
been said that no more anarchists or
socialists wi<u 111 lie admitted 1" : ili/.i-n-hi;>,
and!I applied to test the question.”
“But you have not tested the question.
The courts are open to you. What is to
irevent you from seeking througli them to
lave your right to become a citizen en
forced?”
“I may do that. If there comes a quiet
time I may apply to the courts to test the
matter. But I do not care for citizenship.
It is a farce. The good citizen has no
voice. He is silenced by the purchased
voter. Look at the corruption of labor
leaders who sell out their followers for
money. I do not advise anarchists against
becoming citizens. Some may find it an
advantage personally, but it is useless in
furthering our cause.”
“How if you could elect representatives
of the people to make laws?"
“If representatives of the working men
could be sent to the legislature with special
instructions it would be well."
"Then you don’t object to laws if your
party could make them?”
“We would not so much make new laws
as repeal bad ones. If all the had jaws
were repealed we would do very well.
“But perhaps you think all laws bad,
and would repeal all?”
“Pretty nearly. But is useless to talk
about legislation. I can see no use in sav
ing what you don’t think. If the people
should elect their own representatives the
ballot boxes would he stolen ami the
voters shot down. You could not abolish
Southern slavery at the ballot box, and
you could not use it to further social re
form at this time. We can only wait till
the people become disgusted. It may be a
long while, but it will come.” .
“Is hot state socialism making progress
among the educated classes? W. D. How
ells leans that way, does he not?”
“Howells, Howells?" said Most with a
puzzled look.
''Kuweiht, the novelist.”
Mr. Howells’ literary reputation was
cvidentlyjunknown to Most, and the novel
ist’s identity could be made clear to the
anarchist only by a reference to Mr. How -
ell’s letter upon the anniversary of the
hangings in Chicago. Most then promptly
pronounced Mr. Howells an in lividualist.
"The police of Chicago know nothing ot
our growth. One high police officer 6ays
there are 175 anarchists in Chicago, an
other says there are 8,060. That shows
how much the opinion of the police is to
be trusted. Nobody knows the strength ot
anarchy. I could not guess at it. There
are many anarchists whom I do not know.
There are men of education in this city
who for good reasons do not proclaim
themselves anarchists, hut read our litlera-
turc and contribute to our fund.”
“Then the popular idea that the an
archist is a fellow who habitually guzzle*
a mixture of blood and beer is n0 ‘
correct?” ,
“Anarchists do not drink blood. an>j
-,rr,c of them do not drink beer," >»>“
Most with gravity. "It sterns to me beer
is harmless enough. It is so weak that 1
I think it cannot cost the brewer more than
i of twenty-five cents
David We- iisi.ee.