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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: WiiDEESDAX. JULY 30.lb9U.
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THE WEEKIN CONGRESS
{HONDAY« JULY 21.
The Sfrnate,
Washington, July 21.—In the Senate
Mr. Hoag offered a resolution, which
was referred to the committoo on con
tingent expenses, authorizing the select
committee on relations with Canada
to continue the investigation during the
coming recess and next session.
The House bill to amend the act of
June 22, 1874, for the relief of settlers on
railroad lands, was reported and placed
ru the calendar.
Mr. Dawes moved that they proceed to
the consideration of tho Indian appro
priation bill.
Mr. Gray asked him to yield and per
mit the bill to transfer the revenue
mariuo to the naval establishment, to be
taken up in the morning hour.
The fcenato then proceeded to the con
sideration of the House bill to transfer
tho reveuuo marine service. At the sug
gestion of Messrs. Gray and Allison tho
date for the appointment of revenue
marine officers to be officers of tho navy
was changed to Jan. 1.
The bill was discussed by Messrs.
Sherman, Spooner and Allison until 2
o’clock, when it wns laid aside without
action and “unfinished business,” tho
tariff bill, was taken up for considera
tion.
Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate in
opposition to the bill, which ho charac
terized ns a financial wornier, overy claw
and tooth of which had been carefully
inspected in the lobbies and found to bo
6ound and reliable. It was only in an
impure political and moral atmosphere,
generated by tho corrupt monopoly of
wealth, that a financial measure like tho
pending would dare to show
Frank, Crisp, Morrill, McMillan, Baker,
Davidson.
The House then, at 12:25 p. m., as a mixed blood, heretofore belonging to tho
mark of respect to tlio memory of the ! Bledawakowton band of Sioux Indians
The paragraph appropriating $80,000
to the Indiads in Minnesota of full and
iu II
deceased, adjourned.
TUESDAY, JULY 22.
The Menate.
Washington, July 22.—In tho Senate
the bill giving a pension of $0,000 a year
to Airs. Josie Kreemont was reported
from tho committee on pensions and
placed on the callcndar.
Tho Senate proceeded to the considera
tion! of the Indian appropriation hill.
The paragraph having been readied In
regard to tho removul of the northern
band of Cheyennes to a permanent set
tlement upon one of the existing reserva
tions in South Dakota, Wyoming or
Montana, a motion was made by Mr.
Fettigrew to strike out South Dakota.
Ho said there were already 25,000 In
dians in that state and no more Indians
wero wanted there.
After further discussion, tho names of
the throe states were .-.truck out and tho
paragraph was changed so as to make*
tho clause read, “for the removal of the
said northern band of Cheyenne Indians
to a permanent sculeinout on any exist
ing reservation.
Having disposed of thirty-three pages
of the bill, exactly one-half, the bill was
laid aside until to-morrow. No serious
opi>osition wns offered to the amend
ments reported by the committee.
A couple of local bills were taken from
tlio calendar and passed, and tho (Senate
adjourned*
the hard outlines of its guilty face, much
less would it sxpect to be treated with
respect, spoken well of and passed as a
Jaw*.
Parsing to a criticism of the details of
the bill, Mr. Voorhees spoke of it as an
astonishing fact that in the fourteen
schedules of dutiable articles, the only
reductions made were in tho schedule re
lating to sugar and molasses, which, in
tho light of thepro]>osed bounty to sugar
planters, waa no reduction at all, and in
the section relating to wines, spirits and
other beverages.
In every one of the twelve schedules
the tariff taxes had been increased. In
regard to woolen goods that increase
amounted to $15,000,000 a year. There
was no pretension, Mr. Voorhees, said,
that that increase was put on for the
sake of reveuu*
He also read an extract, presented by
Mr. Werriil, from the annual report of
3880, from the treasurer of the Arlington
mills, manufacturers of cotton warps,
mohair and men’s dress goods, to the
effect that fdr the last twenty years the
average division of dividends bad been
a little over 20 per cent., and that the
profits of last jeer were three times as
greet as those of the preceding year.
The House.
WASHINGTON, July 22.—In the House,
immediately after the reading of tho
journal, voting began on tho “original
trackage” bill. The first vote was on the
Adams substitute, defining original pack-
;es. It waa lost, 113 to 115.
Tho Houso then proceeded to voto on Jnittee
of the proposed increase of 120 per cent,
on tin plate in order .to protect an
infant industry as ’yet unborn,
and in ordtr to give employment to 24,-
€00 workingmen now idle. It would be
far cheaper, ht said, for the country to
)«y 24,000 idle men their average wages
than to tax every square of tin yoof,
every dinner palC tea not and milk can.
simply to build up hall a dozen million
aires, and to enable them to give coach
ing parties to protection leaders and to
: fNM libraries from tho savings of a 15
per cent reduction of the wages of tlisir
workingmen.
Tin plate, he said, bad the first right to
1m on tho (roe list, and ha would, at the
proper time, move to put it there. There
was no manufacturer of it in this coun
dry, and therefore nothing to protect,
M J , IU1U ll-MUWID UUI1UUI W t,
4Tcn if protection w.r. right It wu a
mxterut in common uh, anil
it ought therefore, to pa, no
tut Might h. not, with propriety
in leaving tho tint plate Khcdute,
call on all tba men and women who tua
tin pan., paiK cup., atraiuer., tea pot.,
route pou, waah builu, choking puu,
pi* platea. cant for fruit, and trf.l.blea
«nd tin for roofing their botuw, to join in
.pronouncing an “anathema mar snaths”
wgalul thaliilL
Tb* title of tba bell wu "an act to ra-
Iduce tli. ravinu. and .quail*, tba dull*,
loa Import, and for other purpooM," tb.
only truth in th. title being “for other
purposes” thflit declared.
With sugar cn the free list, an annual
revenue of $5<V000,000 was abolished,
but the other schedules increased the
duties to the amount of $65,000,1)00. But
if a bounty of 1 cents per pound on sugar
produced In the United States should re
sult, as its frier*** urged it wo**ld, in the
production of all the sugar consumed
here, then, according to the last statis-
Jtts% the American people would And
themselves paying an annual sugar tax
of $61,328,00) under a masquerading
fraudulent process of so^alled “free
sugar," In alliance with high protection
and gross subsidy.
H# went on to sey that all the internal
revenue taxes on manufacturers, brokers
and dealers, bank checks and Incomes
had been swept away, while the duties
on trace chains. tin buckets, flannel
shirts and ths like had had a manifold
growth.
According to the present rate of taxa
tion on farina and in workshops, the
‘war waa stiff raging and costing mors
than ever before. Who, he asked, would
dare to stand before ths country end say
that the party, so long in control of the
government, had dealt fairly with the
people on that subject?
In coocltukm, he declared that the
battle for liberty, justice and equality
would be fought out in every part of ths
field, but that at no point was victory
more essential than where floated the
banner of tariff reform.
Mr. Voorhees spoke for about two
liours. Marked attention was (raid to ths
speech by the democratic senators, most
of whom remained in the chamber dur
ing its delivery. On the other hand,
there were very few, hardly a dozen,
republican senators in their seats, and
thee# eeeroed to take very little interest
in the speech. There wss a very fair
attendance in the galleries, and one or
two efforts at applause proceeded from
the House eulwtitute for tho Senate bill.
Ths following is tho Houso tneasuro:
“That whenever any articleof commerce
is imported to a:;y state from any other
state, territory or foreign nation, and
there held or offerotl for sale, tlio same
shall be subjected to tho law
of such state; providod, that no
discrimination shall bo made by
any state in favor of its
citizens Against those of other states or
tcrritor.es in respect to tho sals of any
articleof commerce. Nor in favor of
its own products against those of llko
charnctor produced in other states or
territoriss, nor shall the trans|>ortmtlon
of an article of commerce through any
state he obstructed except iu tho neces
sary enforcement of the health laws of
such statu.”
H wss evident that the result was
very doubtful and great interest was
manifested. At the end of the first call,
the affirmative had n majority of one
and the ond of tho second call, that
majority was neither Increased nor di»
niinishi d. Then came changes of votes,
Puffy two dozen changes were made
und at last ths affirmative came out
triumphant, the vote being announced—
yeas iuv, nays v4.
Tho vole then recurred on ths passage of
ths Senate bill as amended. It was passed,
yeas 176, nays 83.
A conference with ths Senate waa
askod for, and the House then proceeded
to the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill.
Dr. E. B. Taylcr cf Ohio, chairman of
the judiciary committee, opened the de
bate with a speech in favor of tha bill as
one in whoee preparation no pains had
been epared to make U just and equitable
to all parties. That a general bankruptcy
bill which would operate with celerity
and cheapness would I* for the general
good could not be denied. He opposed
l|.a iiynliini.vv Kanbriintn* Kill" fffiin*!}
by the minority as favorable to the cred
itor only and not mutual.
3!r. Wallace of New York expressed
his hearty approval of tho law. It was
framed in tbs Intersst of businsss integ
rity and commercial fair dealing.
Mr. Culberson of Texas opposed ths bill
before the House. In its gsnsral fsatures
and aoop# ths bill was notmatsrially dif
ferent from ths Lowsll bill of a former
congress and from ths act of 1M7, against
which latter public sentiment became so
strong that the Senate, In 1878, finally
acceded to a third request of ths House
that It should be repealed. It would be
an inexcusable folly under any circum
stances to re-enact a bankrupt scheme
which in the past had proved to be afail-
ure in every respect, exoept as an instru
ment of oppression and tyranny and a
fruitful breeder of crira* Never in his
experience in oougrtes had he seen a bill
more industriously, more Intelligently
ill*■ kw lii'iuiiiiuuiij, Uiiiio III B 1111|V
and more indefatigibly lobbied than this
bill had been. Referring to the conven
tion held in Minnesota in favor of the
measure, he said that ths bill hid been
prepared by an attorney for an assoc (a tod
grocers' company of BL Louis.
He could not understand why there
should be such an anxiety on the part of
snooty and manufacturing Interests for
the passage of this measure, unices it
was that the shadow of ths legislation of
this congress bad been cast over them.
With the McKinley bill absorbing the
earnings of the people in order to enrich
the manufacturers, with the silver bill,
which lodged in the Secretary of the
Treasury (always dominated by Wail
street), the power to demonetize silver
after one year, with an election biff
which struck down at one fell blow the
unsurpassed prosperity of the South,
which had arisen from the ashte of a
great war, It might be that the conven
tion conceived it nocaesary to provide a
wrecking train to pick up the debris of
the fortunes which would be scattered
the country when these laws
would be inforced. [Aj i lause.l
The bill was radically bad. It might
K but an indignant public sentiment
m than twelve months would de
mand that it be swept from the statute
Mr. Whaelsr of Alabama said that the
sneaker had ordered ths bill to be passed.
[Laughter.] He had ordered the elec
tion bill to be passed, and he presumed
that this bill would. But it bristled
with assaults upon the freedom of the
people, just as the election bill did. The
only reason he could see for this bill wr
and who have severed their tribal rela
tions, gave rise to discussion, in the
course of \\ liich Mr. Dawes gave inter
esting history of these Indians. They
had given notico to the whites of an in
tended Sioux massacre in Minnesota in
1862 and had aided in protecting a white
woman and her child on that occasion.
They had then toperated from the hostile
Sioux, who had been to the number of 25,-
000 located by General Harney and others
in tho territory comprising 41,000 square
miles and where it was then thought that
they would l*» forever remote from the
white settlements. Not an acre of
that immenso area was to
be parted with by the Indians except
with the consent of three-quarters of all
tho bands. And yet, within fifteen years
thereafter, they had been surrounded by
civilization and crowded and pressed un
til it had Income evident that the vast
domain had to bo cut down to more
moderate dimensions.
But that had involved the necessity of
getting the consent of all tho hands,
some, of them four or five miles apait
In that attimpt four or five Tears had
been ^consumed. Commission and
committees of the Senate had gone out
there for the purpose of nego
tiating with the Sioux. A fair
and honest plan had been sub
mitted to the bands and voted flown
because it proceed to pay them only 50
cents an acre tor their land. Finally an
agreement has been matte that they were
to reecho $1.20 for their land*. This
constituted a Tory large fund, which is
now held for them in the treasury, and
is to bo used in the best way to elnrato
and educate them.
Tho discussiou was temporarily sus
pended and Mr. Morgan, Irom the com
mittee on foreign relations, submitted a
substitute for a resolution heretofore of
fered by Mr. Pasco. The substitute was
lead and agreed to as follows:
“Kesolvod—Thnt tha President be, and
hereby is respectfully requested (if not
incompatible with public interests) to
communicate to thoBenate any informa
tion in his iKwsession touching the al
leged arrest and imprisonment of A. J.
Diaz by ltho authorities of Cuba and
what notion, if any, has been taken in
respect thereto."
After further discussion, the pending
paragraph in the Indian bill wns some
what modified and was then agreed to.
.An amendment inserting an item of
llO.OfO for tho prosecution of a suit by
tho United States as trustee and guardian
of thoCherokoe ludinns residing in North
Carolina against Wra. H. Thomas and
others, to scttlo and enforce certain
rights of those Indians, gave rise to a
long discussion.
Tlio voto by yoas and n»ya resulted
Yeas 18, nays 20, less than a quorum.
Roll was called and only fourty-two
senators answered to their names.
A motion was made hy Kdmumds.
directing tho sergennt-at-arme to request
the attendance of aiisent members. The
tnotioi- was agreed to, yeas 84, nay* 18,
and tho nomes of the absenteee were fur
nished to the hergeant-at-arms.
Pending the execution of tho order,
Mr. Gorman moved to adjourn,|but that
motion was defeated, yeas H, nay* 28.
Mr. Gormnn said that he had mado the
motion to adjourn supposing that that
was in accord with the wishes of the
gontlenian in charge of the bill. It was
now 0 o'clock and the senators had been
tho chamber since 11 o’clock in the
morning. He had no idea that the
motion would be mud# a party matter.
Mr. Edmunds said that the donate bad
some important business to transact, re
luting to tin.' interests of every farmer,
cvrty nmutneciuver, every UniImuuui,
every importer and every laborer in the
United fitntc*. That bill had been
on the calendar for a month or more and
the end ol tho last fiscal year had been
I>asscd, with several appropriation bills
stiff undisposed of.
If the Senate could not go on with Its
Lusineis and could not gst a quorum to
attend to it, be wished that fad to be
understood, so that tho rest of the sens-
to/s might go home.
Mr. Cockrell remarked that he had
been in the chamber since 11 o’clock ami
had regretted all day the absence of the
distinguished senator from Vermont. It
was painful to him that the senator had
not been present to assist in the discus
sion of the lndisn appropriation bill and
in tha transaction of business, but now
that senator came in fresh from bis
slumbers and rest, and would compel the
rest of the senators to stay all night.
Mr. Edmunds said that the application
of Mr. Cockrell’s remarks to him was
quite unjust, lie had been at the capi-
tol since 10 o’clock this morning attend
ing to business in his committee room,
and coming into the Senate chamber to
voto when a vote was being taken.
Mr. Teller expressed the opinion that
it was unwise for the Senate to remain
in session after 6 o'clock, and said that
he would go home to dinner daily at
that hour. H* moved that the Senate
do now adjourn.
The presiding officer (Ingalls) declined
to entertain the motion on the ground
thnt no business had transpired since the
Senate hed refused to adjourn. Jle also
declined to entertain an appeal from that
ruling on the ground that there was no
quorum present Finally be did consent
to recognize a motion ordering ' ■
sergeat-at-arme to compel the attendance
of absent senator*, and. as the making of
that motion constituted “business,” the
motion to adjourn was made, entertained
and agreed to, and at 6:80 o'clock (lie
Senate adjoured until to-morrow at 11
o'clock
Mr. Wilson of West Virginia, gave his
adherance to the bill. In somo particu
lars it might be improved by amend
ments but these amendments were
mainly required in Retails of a minor
character.
Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky, did
not believe that the timo bad come when
the country was in condition a» to popu
lation, labor and wealth to adopt a | er-
inanent bankrupt system. There was no
exigency for the bankrupt law to removo
the evils of any condition of depression
or widespread bankruptcy iudcbtedneoa
The pending bill was one framed for
the great commercial center*, for
crowded populations, for trading jieople.
It was not for the interest of tho farming
classes. It was strongly in the interest
of the men who transacted their Luaine*s
on commercial paper. It wosahard, un
just and wholly unfit measure to the
agricultural interests of America.
The bill went over aud the House, at
5:15 o'clock, adjourned.
that the Republican party was going into
bankruptcy, and wanted a chance to be
. At the close of the speech, Mr. Cockrell
•uuereu resolutions, wnich were agreed
to, expressing the Senate's regret at tba
announcement of the death of Repre
sentative Walker of Missouri, and for
the appointment of a com mitts of three
Denature to attend the funeral. Mtssra
Plumb, Vest and Berry were appointed,
und the Ornate, as a further mark of re
spect, adjourned until to-morrow.
discharged and start business again.
Mr. Buchanan supported the measure,
contending that it wss demanded by the
people ot tne country. There was noth
ing political or sectional in iu Every
precaution had been taken to secure tba
■needy and inexpensive distribution *
. Th* Halts*.
Washington, July 2i.-Iu his prayer
this morning the chaplain of the House
feelingly alluded to tha death of Repre
sentative Walker of Missouri.
On motion cf Mr. Dockery of Missouri,
by unanimous consent, it was ordered
that the vote on the original package bill
fshall he taken to-morrow end on the
bankruptcy bill on Thursday morning.
Resolutions were then unanimously
adopted expressive of the sorrow with
Which the boost bad beard of the death
Of Mr. Walker, and providing for the ap
pointment of seven member* of the
House and three of the Bsnate to take
action for the funeral ceremonies. The
speaker appointed the following gentle
men as members of the committee oo
the part of the House; Messrs, Dockery,
the vsutes of insolvent*
Mr. Kelly of Kansas inquired whether,
under the provisions of the bill, lawyt
only could be appointed refers**
Mr. Ituchanan answered affirmatively.
Mr. Kelly suggested that it wss not
right to discriminate against farmers
(and he wss one himself) and business
men who were not members of the bar.
Mr. Oates opposed the bill, at the same
tlm* frankly admitting ia was one of
the best and most carefully considered
bankruptcy measures ever brought be
fore coogresa But the act of 1867 bad
been so completely debauched and mol-
administered in lae South, and so much
fraud and perjury had been committed
under it that the very word ''bank
ruptcy" had become a stench in the noo-
THURNDA Y, JULY 24.
The Senate.
Washington, July 24.—The Senate
met at 11 o'clock this morning, tho Vice-
President in the chair.
Among the bills reported and placed
on the calendar was theliousu LilJ grant
ing a pension to the only dauS^Kef the
Revolutionary soldier, David Wilkinson.
Mr..Morgan introduced a hill to fix the
limit of value and provide for the free
coinage of silrer, and it was read and
referred to tho committee on finance.
Tho House bill to authorize the con
struction of a bridge across the Savannah
river was taken from the oalenderand
passed.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill, tlio pend
ing question being upon the insertion of
an item of $10,000 for the prosecution of
a suit in North Carolina to euforce the
claim rights of the Cherokeo Indians in
that state.
Mr. Dawes, after consultation with Mr.
Ransom, modified tho amendment
to merely appropriate $5,000 to pay
legal expenses already incurred in tho
suit aud It was agreed to.
Tlio next amendment to provoke
dinclusion was one increasing tho appro
priation of $100,000 for thu support of
Indian schools to $150,000, including the
construction of a school building at
Black Feet, Montana.
Tho amendment was Adopted, as were
several others upon which debate upon
the question of government aid to drnum
(national schools, was brought up.
The discussion again arosa upon an
amendment to strike two items, one of
$8,330 for the support and edneation of
sixty Indian pupils at Bb Joseph’s normal
school at Uetisaalarr, Ind..nndone of
$12,500 for 100 Indian children at the
lloly Family Indian school at the Black-
foot Agency. Montana.
At 2 o'clock the tariff bill carae up as
“unfinished business,” and was laid
aside until to-morrow.
Mr. Dawes went on with his statement.
He corrected tha remark which he had
mods that the adaption of ths ssscr-J-
ineuts would leave the status quo tlm
same as lust year’s, and said that that
would be tho case except for the inter
vening item of $12,500 for 100 Indian
pupils at St Boniface's Industrial 8cliool
at Banning, Cal. Tho comniltteo had
thought it proper to leave that item in,
for reasons which he would afterward
There being no further amendments
reported by the committee ou appropria
tions, the reading of the bill w as < n
tlnued to its close without any discus
sion or interruption. The bill was th. n
reported to the Senate, and all am
insnts agreed to by the commitu o of ib#
whole were concurred in and tht..biU
Mr. Voorhees, by request of the Air
aiiniticv, introduced a biff to secure the
constitutional right and freedom of trade,
speech and press within the limit of ths
republic, aud ha asked, in view of the
respectable source from which “
but not to reduce taxes. The reduction
of taxes was one thing and the reduction
of revenue another and quite a different
thing. What the people desired was a
common sense reduction of the revenue
and corresponding relief from the pay
ment of taxes. But the taking off of
2 cents a pound on sugar with one
hand and the paying of 2 cents a
pound to the sugar producer on tho
other hand was indeed a reduction of
revenuo with both bauds, hut tho taxes
remained and the people paid them all
the same.
Agriculture supplied 75 per cent of
tho foreign exports of the country, and
that export might be doubled and quad
rupled if the’tariff were only arranged
so that other nations could send in their
products to pay for American products.
But protection would not permit that
Instead of reducing the wall that shut
out foreign products, it was raised higher
and higher and was bristling with more
and more penalties. The only possible
effect of proposing a biff like tho McKin
ley biff was to aggravate the evil. It was
an outrage on human patience and an
insult t<> the intelligence of mankind.
Looking at the high-sounding title of
the bill, “To reduce the revenue and equal
ize ‘.ho duties on imports,” and comparing
it with what it would accomplish, the
bill would be pronounced the moat stu
pendous fraud which the ingenuity of
man had yet perpetrated on a much-
abused and long-suffering people, ll
neither reduced the revenue In the sens*
of reducing taxation, nor equalized the
duties on imports. On the contrary, it
increased taxation, and it tuado the duties
more unequal by imposing heavier bur
dens on tho poor than on the rich, and
by so swelling the taxes on the necessa
ries of life as to shock tho moral senso of
overy just man.
Mr. Vance went on to quote from Mr.
Blaine's letter to Frye, and said that the
unmistakable wisdom of what that dis
tinguished man had said illustrated the
wisdom of what he had left unsaid.
If it wer# important to extend Ameri
can trade to Central and South America,
it could not bo unimportant to extend
it to the European continent, which, in
wealth and population, was ten times
greater. If free trade with tho people
of the Latin races were desirablo and
profitable, no reasoning could show that
a little freo trade with the people of
Teutonic blood was not also desirable and
profitable.
Mr. Vance's speoch received the com
pliment or close attention on the part of
tho majority of thu democratic senator*,
one of whom, however, slept throughout
ths greater (>art of it. Kx-Senator Cling-
man of North Carolina occupied a chair
quite cloee to him and seemed much in
terested, Mr. Aldrich also occupied a
chair on the democratic side. The only
other republican senator* present during
much of the time were Lcesr* Morrill,
Dawes. Hoar, Everts and Dolpb.
Mr. Plumb said that before proceeding
to the consideration of the bill by psra-
crapha he would liko to know what the
finance committee believed would be the
eifect of tho bill on tho revenue^ If there
was ever a time when congress and thu
country were entitled to know the facts
it was now. He should not, if he could
help it, enter on a discussion of ths items
of the biff until there was a disclosure of
that kind on the part of the committee
or of some one authorized to sreak for it.
Nobody arose to enlighten Mr. riumb,
aau air. McPherson took th* iioor in op
position to the bill. He said the news
papers for several days past had been full
of reports that it had been resolved, not
only by the finance committee but by the
republic “
After many suggestions and as many
objections and a good deal of desultory
talk, Mr l’ayson asked consent that gen
eral debate on ail portions of tho bill ex
cept the irrigation amendments be closed
in thirty minutes and that on tboso
amendments 24 hours’ debate shall be
allowed.
Mr. rayson’t suggestion was agreed to,
and Mr. Turner of New York took the
floor and made a brief and earnest speech
critical of tho men who controlled the
business of tho House in slighting meas
ures reported by the committee on labor,
and refusing to name a time for their
consideration. Tho House had been so
busy with partisan enactments, so reck
less in the expenditure of public money
that it had no time to heed the voice of
organized labor. This was the first
House, and he trusted it would be tbe
last, to deny labor a hearing.
Pending debate, the committee rose,
and the House, at 5 o'clock, took a recess
until 8 o'clock, the evening session to bo
for the consideration of private pension
hills.
Nothing was done at the evening
■csiuu of the House.
rate of 4 5per cent) as $11 in the United TTTT? SOUTH TO HP flATM?
.States and $“.40 in Cuba; potato diggers, LLiLt 0UUAU DL "AlUt
It- - v
emanated, that it should he printed in
lull in the Record.
Mr. H her man objected to printing tt in
th* Record as being unusual.
Mr. Voorhees—Tlie alliance will take
notice of the objection and where it
came from.
The tariff bill waa laid before the
Senate at "unfinished business,” and,
after a short executive session, the Sen
ate, at 5:40 o'clock, adjourned until to
morrow morning at 11 o'clook.
The HouseH I
Washington, July 24.—The journal I
having been read and approved, the
House proceeded, after a snort (wrlia-
mentary wrangle, to vote upon the com
mittee amendments to tho tonkrupsy
bill. These amendments are principally
verbal and informal in tbeirj character.
In view of the fact that the bill had
never been read in ibe House, Mr. Mo*
M illain of Tennessee demanded a separate
I vote on each amendment and much time
[was thus consumed.
The committeo amendments having
been disposod of, on motion of Mr. Reilly
of Pennsylvania, ou amendment was
adopted enforcing the laws of the state
giving wages for labor preference.
| A vote was then taken on the minority
substitutes which is known as the “volun
tary bankruptcy biff.” This was die-
RKSSSJ3E •Ml!? ttumpl Iowa (Allison) if Hint wer* not
7» d# ra n **»?* ^ v # I and got no onswsr. He would
Mr. I tomb went on to speak of the | miMiion arain and seal
SATURDAY, JULY 20.
The Senate.
Washington. Juno 26,— Mr. Mitchell
offered a concurrent resolution, which
was referred to the committee on finance,
stating that tho United States would
hotl with approbation any reciprocal ar
rangement by treaty or otherwise be
tween the government of the United
States aud the governments of all or say
of the Central American states whereby
there shall ho adnlitled to the ports of
stich nations, free from all national,
provincial, municipal and other tariff or
other taxes, the products of the United
States, including Hour, corn, meal and
othei breadstuff*, meats, fruits, hides,
vegetables, cotton seed oil, rice and
other provisions, all articles of food,
luuilrar, furniture and all other
articles of wood, agricultural
implements and structural steel
and iron.ond steel rails, locomotives,
railway car* and supplies, streetcars, re
fined petroleum and such other products
ol the United States as may be agreed
upon, hut declaring that it ia not the
sense of the United States in any such
treatr or reciprocal arrangement that
articles of foreign w ools or hides in any
form should he admitted free into tho
ports of tills country, and declares that,
m any treaty or reciprocal arrangement
that may be entered into, looking to the
opening of auch foreign porta to the
products named, it is not tho sense of
tho United States that articles of wool
or hide* produced In any of those coun
tries shall be admitted free of duty into
the ports of tlio United States.
It requests the President of the United
State* to omit, in any such treaty or re
ciprocal arrangement with any such na
tion, from the list of products of such
countries to bo admitted into tho ports of
tlio United States articles of wool in any
of its forms, and also hides.
Mr. Allison moved to include hides
among the prohibited article*-.
Mr. Mitchell said that hides were in
eluded.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the tariff hill aud was addresssd by Mr.
Morgan, lie said that the pending biff
bore mure heavily on the laboring classes
than on th* capitalist class or any other
class. He hod yesterday referred to the
ract that on th# free llst'of th* bill there
was not one article that entered into th*
consumption of the ordinary laboring
man, either in th* way of food, raiment
or shelter. He asked tbe eenator from
the fact,
ask the
air. l tumn on to speak or the I nuestiun again and again, aud ho
nrewurj w5.mmurt. 0f lh. fOT.m-1 kn , w ‘„„t wl ‘ u , blt ; K *,tor c»n>.
$8, ns against 1G.73; plows, $3.65,
against $5; shovel* per dozen, $9.20. as
against $7.86; one class of kettles, $1.45,
os against $0,80, and another class of
kettles, $1.82, a* against $1.10. Bo that,
he said, the people of the United States
were paying taxes in order to enable
American manufacturers to sell their
goods cheaper abroad than at home.
Mr. Colquitt addressed the Senate. IIo
compared in somo points tho House bill
and the bill as reported by the finance
committee of the Senate, and said that
that comparison showed what a log-roll
ing, dickering affair tho modern tariff
biff was and admonished the Senate that
it was tho province of a wise government
to let the people and their occupations
alone. Instead of being a measure “to
pay the debts and to provide for the com
mon defense and general welfare of the
United States," the tariff bill had become,
in these latter day*, nothing more in
effect than a blundering scheme, which,
under the guise of a revenue bill, trans
ferred their hard-earned substance from
the pockets of the consumer and of the
workmen into the coffers of the favored
classes, selected by law-makers as the
special object of their consideration and
regard.
The pending bill was the outcome of
the war of all the discordant elements
and of tho different occupations in soci
ety urged on by cupidity, cunning and
reciprocal plunder. He wns as much op
posed to the Hoase bill as he was to the
Senate bill, and would say: “A plague
i both your houses."
Mr. Colquitt went on to discuss tho
provisions of both bills in reference to
agricultural products in order to show
tho futility of the proposed duty on farm
products so far oa any benefit to tho
farmers was concerned. Mr. Colquitt
spoke of the decay of tho farming indus
try in tha New England states utui some
portion* of Pennsylvania, and said that
while the farmer bore his burdens all at
tempts to handicap him by weights
which he could not carry ought to be
denounced. The natural risks a “
formers* calling were always grave
enough, and no man had a right to say
that he must assume burdens and pay
tribute to help out tho profits of other
business venture*
Tho American farmers were becoming
conscious to their wrong* From all
parts of the land they were coming to
gether. They wers joining hands in or
ganization and co-operation. They de
manded that their right* be respected
and that justice be don* They insisted
upon their right to the profit* or their
own industry, and they declared that
they would no longer bear most of the
burdens of society and government
Endowed with good, practical sente, vig
orous in character, moral In habits, lov
ers of home and its traditions, the form
ers of Amsrica would never allow them
selves to be degraded to the condition of
th* tillers of the soil in India and in
Egpt. From his usart he wished them
success and bade them God speed.
By destroying monoplie* by judi
ciously distributing public burdens, by
•topping profligacy in expenditure, by
economy in admutratioa, by reducing
taxation, by th* constitutional and legit*
iraate increase of th* currency th* con
dition of th* agricultural class would be
greatly improved.
lie protected against the doctrine that
_ was the duty of the government to aid
private enterprise* lie knew of no po
ll. ical necromancy that Invested legisla
tion with creative power* There was
no omnipiteut power in legislation. It
could not, by the touch of tho master's
wand, transmuto dust into gold, clothe
poverty with riches or diffuse wealth and
THE FORCE BiLL SCHEMERS D=J
TERMINED ON ITS PASSAGE. "
Wltli It* Help need, Dudley \ f# I
Hope lo rapture South < aralina |
NlU«U*lppl and Louisiana-.* *
Dcsperato and Dirty Plot,
Wapihngton, July 26,—[Special.,-,!
The National Democrat says; WhL'tl
the action to bo taken by the republican!
in tho Senato on tho force biff y«t u c» I
certain, there is no uncertainty i “” B
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of the scheme to compel its adoption
Wo have recently come into
of the particulars of tho radical republJ
cans who, under the leadership of *
and Dudley, wore Instrumental in ...
ing the bill through the House of K*i
tentative*
At this conference it wu plainly 1
stated that there was no hope of carry.!
ing enough congressional district* in th*.
Northern states to secure control of th*^
next House of Representative*
DUDLEY GIVES UT INDIANA.
Dudley's language to hia associates at
iis ineetinir wru: “Th»-r.. Un’» —J
The House.
Washington, July 28,—In the House,
Mr. Lacey of Iowa submitted the report
of tbe committee on elections in th*
Wt st Virginia contested election case of
McGinnis v* Alder son. Tbe report,
which is in favor of contestant, wu
ordered printed and laid over.
Discussion of the bankruptcy bill wu
then resumed.
Mr. Abbott of Tcxm criticised tho
measure in many of iU provisions,
llo approved of a bankruptcy biff which
would do justice to the honest debtor
and which would protect the honest
Bifiti U» »!i* pOi-ibffUy vf tSiw*
being next year a deficit of nearly
•50,000,000 that would have to be made
up by new taxoi, and gave notice that
be would offer amendments to the bill to
increase the revenuo from other source*
Mr. Uorman a*k«d Mr. Aldrich to give
tbe Senate a frank and fair statement os
the probable results of the tiff if euacted
into a law.
Mr. Aldrich said, in reply, that if the
Importations for ths next fiscal year
wore the same amount as for the last
fiscal year, tho revenue would be roduetd
about $20,000,000. II* could not give
the figures as to expenditure* Of course,
the members of the finance committee
did not propoee, by any legialatioo, to
reduce the revenues below the expendi
ture. They did not intend to create a
deficit knowingly and purpoetly, and
they did not believe that that
would he th* result They
lettered that thsy could safely reduce
the revenue $20,000,060, $30,000,000. $10.
000.000. or $3o,uu0.000, without that r«
suit occurring, lie was sure that when
ever the ft.airman of tho coramitteo on
appropriations had prepared his state
ment of the probable expenditures and
of probable receipts, the finance commit
tee would lake into consideration whether
tho Senate could afford to make such a
large reduction of the duty on sugar.
After somo further discussion and
without action on McPherson's motion,
which U ponding, the Beuale, at 0 o'clock
adjourned.
agreed to, yeas *4, nays 123.
The biff was then passed, yeas 117,
nays 84, and tbe House adjourned.
FRIDAY, JULY 2$.
The ssasle,
Washington, July 25b—The Senate
met at 11 o’clock a. m. After prayer,
the question of a quorum was raised by
Mr. >Iorgan>ud a roll-call ordered, whicn
showed the presence of only thirty-eight
Mr. Hoar inquired whether the ser-
ges...-41-arms made any reports of his
proceedings on Wednesday afternoon,
under the order of the benat* to compel
all absent senators.
The Vice Presidunt replied that the
chair had not received such report.
On motion of Mr. Ingalls, the sergeant-
at-arms wes directed to request the
attendance of absent senator* In about
tsn minutes the number of senators in
attendance readied a quorum, forty-
three, and tho secretary proceeded to
creditor against the dishonest debtor. I reed the journal of yesterdar, all further
This pending bill did not do It U was proceediugs under the caff being dis-
a measure in the interest of tbe creditor { pensed wit Ik
At l oclock the tariff biff came up as
Tli* House,
Washington, July 91—In the House
Mr. O’Neill of Pennsylvania presented a
1*1 it ion of busincee men in Philadelphia
asking the passage of all bills calculated
to strengthen the extension of tbe na
tional bank system. Referred.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois, front the com
mittee on appropriations, reported th*
sundrv civil appropriation bill with Sen
ate amendments, with certain recom
mendations relative thereto.
On a point of order raised by !
Breckinridge of Kentucky, th# bill i
trials of honest msn in that section.
tTEDWItDAT, JULY 33.
Washington, July 22.—The Senato
me. t at aeon and the consideration of
Utel:.uaa Ufl Was mumtdi
Mr. Cotchings of Mimissippi, approved
of tbe measure. While be admitted that
there liad been abuses under the old law.
he did not agree that tbe geutral out
come of that law had been bad. He
thought that the gensrol object of the
lew of 1867 hod been of great benefit to
the commercial interest* of the country.
It was urged, in opposition to the pen-
diluting measure, that it was asked for by
the commercial Interests and not bv tbe
agricultural in ter set* There was no
weight ia this objection. Tbe bill was
intended to operate upon commercial in
terest* it demanded at solute good faith
from both the creditor end the debtor
class** It was an adroitly and wisely
framed mea-ur*
Mr. Ontbwait* of Ohio, criticized the
method ia which this important measure
was being considered, or rather discussed,
for it wan not being considered, by the
House. This mode of legislation, if it
might be dignified by such a term, was
•imply preparing a measure to be sent
over to the benat* in the but* Ural I
body would make a Uw that was
some account and might be properly
placed on the statute book*
unfinished busincs*
Mr. Vance then addressed the Serial*
To a common sense view, he said, it
would seem that tbe removal of unneces
sary taxes was a matter of wisdom and
that to continue to collect them was not
to be (bought of for a moment. But
those who would think so would “reckon
without their host." That had U«u
proved by the history of the tariff com
mission .of 1883, which had utterly
ignored the wauts of the people and of
the government and thought only of the
want* and wishes of th* manufacturer*
An average reduction of 35 per cent, in
custom duties had been promised in
1882, but tbe tariff rate of 188U bad re
sulted in an increase of 124 percent.
That tariff commission had found an
average tariff of 42 percent, ad valorem
and bad left an average of 47 percent.,
which was now, owing to the constantly
increasing rates, the result of specific
duties in the dose neighborhood of 53
percent.
Ht asserted that every bona fide effort
to reduce taxes bad been defeated. The
result of the pending bill might be to
reduce the revenue to a certain extent,
sent to the committee of the whole, end
Mr. Cannon moved that th* House go
into such committee for its considera
tion. _ ,
This motion was antagonized in the
interest of th# private calendar, but pre
vailed; yeas 104, nays 81.
Mr. F.nloe of Tennessee, having
changed his vote for that purpose, moved
reconsideration.
The motion to reconsider was tab!ed t
and tb* Hous* according)/ went into
committee of the whole.
On tlie demand of Mr. Rogers of
Arkansas, the Senate amendment* were
rrad in extensu The reading consumed
more than an hour. A short discussion
ensued as to th* limit watch should be
placed upon a genets) debate. . Tbe point
of dispute was tbe irrigation fnature of
the Senate amendments, Mr. Breckin
ridge of Kentucky end Mr. Payton of
Illinois contending that the debate should
nrt be limited at this time, and Mr. Can
non and Mr. Sayres agreeing that it was
advisable that a limitation should be
provided.
Mr. Cannon called attention to tbe
fact that almost on# month of tb* cur
rent fiscal year bad expired and stated
that the public service would suffer if
the bill did not become a Uw before
Aug. 1. Th* measure had come from
the Senate laden down with rider after
rider changing tbe existing Uw. He
wss in favor of faying to the Senate,
“You have pat legbUtive riders on tbe
mooer biff, which. If property discussed,
vrmiM consume more than thirty «lay«.
Take them off and Ut tbe appropriation
bill perform iu functions in accordance
with the Uw."
He believed that the
pursue wee for tbe House to non-concur
in all tbe material amendments made by
the beast* and to send the measure to
make one or those frank
■tateinente which ho always mode be
would be compelled to say there was
nothing provided on the free list for the
Uboring class.
Mr. Morgan went on to speak of the
colored people, w ho, not being capitalists,
manufacturers or skilled workmen,
could not derive any advantage from
protection and who yet had to learn the
burden which it imposed upon the peopl*
Mr. Morgan continued his argument
at soma length, using as an illustration
the effect of th* promised tariff hill upon
numerous articles of prime necessity to
tbe Southern negro** In conclusion.
Mr. Morgan said that he here closed tbe
debate, so fsr as tbs negroes were con
cerned. He bad tried to segregate them
from tit* whiles for ths purpose of show
ing thst that party which professed to
be their friend end had always made
»uch professions had no uso for them in
the world except to do its voting.
The negro, he added, could not learn
in 210 years to make a button. II* also
referred to agricultural seeds, which,
under tho present Uw, cost $120 for a
dollar's worth and would, under tlie
pending biff, cost $1.87 for a dollar's
worth, and to bacon, which now coat
$1,114 for a dollar's worth, would, under
ths pending bill, cost $1.20l
THE NEGRO A HuO EATER, NOT A RAISES.
The negroes, he saul, did not rates
hogs ami did not let anybody else in their
neighborhood raise hogs, hut they wer*
consumers of hog* Nothing in the
world delighted a negro so much
bacon and green*
Mr. Affuun—Does th* senator bellsva
that 11 1-2 per cent, levied on bacon te
added to the price of the bacon which
th* Southern people consume and is
thersfore paid by the farmer?
Mr. Monran—If tbe duty is not added
to the price, what is it put tli*rs for?
Does the great finance cooimitteee of tbe
United btatee Senate want to simply
humbug tlie farmer by putting a tax on
an article which does not add to the
price?
Mr. Allison—Wo do not want to hum
bug anybody, Mit I want the senator's
opinion as to whether the 11$ per cent,
•lutv or the 20 per cent, duty is added to
the price of bacon. If he answers my
question, 1 will endeavor to answer hi*
Mr. Morgan—1 have something else to
do Lesides swapping questions with the
senator. If bacon were not raised in this
country end if it had to be imported, it
is very clear that the consumer would
have to pay the duty.
The next article to which Mr. Morgan
referred waa preserved meats and in
speaking of the duty on it, he expressed
the fear that the senators were so far
fiom the p.-ople and saw so little of them
that tnev imagined that the people had
not any go»»d sens* But white tboso
questions got to the country, he said,
even to the negro communities of the
South, they would he very well under
stood. He went on to refer to the exist
ing taxes aud to the proposed taxes on
bagging, cotten ties, boots and shoes and
ready-made clothing As to the Utter,
be said that uuder the existing lawn
dollar's worth cost $1.51, and would cost
under the pending bill $Lb4 and be
naked why should the existing tax be in-<
creased. Ready-made clothing was, he
■aid, one of the very largest elements of
trsde among tlie negroes.
it wu one of th* rarest things to ou a
grown negro in tb* Booth with anything
on hie beck made by another ne;:ra it
wu all bought in the stores, and an
enormous port of tbs nerro't earnings
this meeting was: “There ten’t «*is|
enough in the sea to moke Indiana rs* I
publican this year." It was urged brl
Dudley and Reed that the salvation of
the Republican party depended upon
getting control of some of the Southern
states, and it was determined toooncea.
tratoon three statue, South Carohn* Hrr
>i and Louisiana. Thee* itata ■ r~
Mississippi
wero selected on account of ths size^f
of tho colored population. It wss de
cided that if there were not enough ne.
groes in any of the congressional dis
tricts in the three states to make a clear
majority of the votes, efforts to colonizs
more “colored" votes there should at
once be inado.
DEFENDING ON THE FORCE BILL
With ths halp of tbe force bill it is be
lie ved by these desperate leaden that
not only the congressional representa
tion but the electoral votes can t>« ob
tained by the republicans and their suc
cess in ,1883 be assured. Harrison is
an active supporter of the new move
ment and U Going all that he can through
patronage to help it along.
PETT1NO TtIK ALLIANCE LEADERS.
Both lie and Roed or* looking with the
greatest comfort on th* Farmen’ Alli
ance movement and are oncouraging the
alliance leaders as much as.thsy can
and tbit is a good desk
It has besn (iu ter mined that whsrsver
the affiance movement is found to beosfit
the Republican party allianceuicn shall
havA the ioaal office* In dozens of coun
ties in tiouth C'aaolina evei
• every postmaster I
recently appointed by llsrruon te a mem-1
her of this sslect organization which it I
actually opposed to the Democratic party. [
THS REVISED BILL READY. I
The republican senators will tpsodl
Sunday reading the Davtnport-Uoar tub-1
stitute for the Davenport-Lodge force I
bill, confidential copies of which wers |
furnished them by Mr. Hoar to-day for j
suggestion* Pending the rsuUss of their I
colleague, Mttir* lloar and Spooner will I
continue their mtesionarv work with ths I
reluctant republican* Their great srgu-1
ment now is that their amending work I
has made the Davenport-Lodge MU muck I
less objsctiooabl* They still say that it I
will bo passed.
happiness over tho land.
•ayhM
■If. Hnmm»r g*v* nntir* ot an nm*nd-
msnt which bs would offer to the tariff
bill, providing that on and after October
1, lwa, tin pistes thinner than Na 28
wire gauge should be admitted free of
duty, unteee the quantity of tin plates of
such gauge produced In the United
Ktates during the preceding fiscal year
shall equal the amount of auch tin
platss Imported-during such fiscal year.
Mr. Vest obtained the floor, but not
desiring to speak to-day* tbe tariff bill
went over until Monday.
On motion of Mr. Wilson of Iowa, tbs
TIIK SOUTH CAROLINA CONTEST.
Tillman Alrnott Bure of the Nomina
tion fur Governor.
Greenville, a G, July 26.—{Sperialjl
—Few people in this stale, or ootaMs U
it, undsrstond the fact that the pokucall
campaign which has oxciuhI eomocated
tcrcstand anxiety fa very near its d?
This fact is the result of the vtry pecu
liar and n»*h»r nnmplinatod «suiliin# of
affairs, caused by sharp political strsU0
aud rapidly executed movements sal
wUuWrchecka
111* democratic state convention con
sists of 820 member* Representation ia
it te based on representation ia tb* gee-
rraJ assembly. Tho general assembly
consists of a House, the membership of
which ia fixed by tbe constitution st 1M,
MMbMi MM :»vc the thirty-flv# coo>
tua according to their proportion*)*
House amendmsnts to tho original population, and one senator irom each
package bill wsrs non-concurred in sml county, except Charleston, which he*
„ conference waa ordered. Messrs.
Wilson of Iowa, fcdmunds and Ueorgo
were appointed conferees on the part of
tbe Honate.
The Benat* then proceeded to tho con
sideration of th# pension bill* on tho
calendar. Among those passed wero
bills granting pension# of $3,WX> yearly
oach lo the widows of Generals Cook,
McClellan and FroemonL Adjourned.
The House.
Washington, July 26.—In tho House,
Mr. McKinley from tlie committee on
rule# reported a resolution directing the
speaker to appoint a committee of five
members to investigate th# chargee
brought against Pension Commissioner
ltaurn hy Reprseentativa Cooper of Indi
ana. Adopted.
The House then went into committee of
the whelo (Mr. Burrows of Michigan In
the chair) on Jthe Senate amendment* to
the sundry civil bill.
General debate on the hill was contin
ued by Messr* Wilson of Washington,
Hermann, Dockery, CoggsweU, Morrow,
Kerr of Iowa. Payeoo ana Cannon. Tb*
general debate then closed.
After tho speaker had appointed
Mr sir* Reed of Iowa and Thorn peon of
Ohio •• the conferees on the original
package bill the Senate amendments were
read seriatim.
A numbtr of imwJmMili war* for
mally non-concurred in without dtaerw-
•ion until llut »p|jropri.Un(i-0,<M0 for.
ligliUhip and fog whwtl- on Frying l’an
Hratl-t N. C, wa« rrtchw). wbt-n Wr.
Urrcktnrtdj;- of Kentucky moved concur
rence, Mating Ih.t tli. Treuury .Up-rt>
ment Mid that thi. .hip wu IndUrwru.-
ble, but that IU coctruction had not
bean -uttrorfud by Uw. Mr. llnckin-
rtdg. .l.t—d that thi. wu >o, but, u.
practical matter of Uuincu, > lighuhip
could net b— pro.kkd for .xc.pt on tut
appropriation bilk
Mr. Wihbl. .pnk. I. f-ror at concur
rence. Th. Hotu. on di-Woo, how.ru,
r. fu»cd lo concur; and tn. mtn* f.te met
a .ImiUr motion hy Mr. Uliotl of Houth
Carolina in balralf of a light
Martin'. Induotrr. K C,
Mr. Uurloa of Ohio and Ur. Farqubar
of N«w York, undiacourogcd by tiut (au
of th. two p>—iou* motion., rndaarond
to occur, concurrent:, in th- benat*
ati.uJin.nl tOMUblbh a light station on
Kte.eu Foot bhool, llicb., otul declared
that then wu no Mctioa to poorly
Ughl-d u tho great lake*
Wr. ('ancon contro-Mlad lb- otate-
ment and carrWl hia point to throw this
amendm-at aito into conference.
Non-concurrence wu recommended in
a-rcraJ other b-oat- aruendroenu, in
t-UUli»/, 0*1' I'V VfUWKIk
two. The representation in a convenu a
is fixed by doubling tbe total rvprtsrau-
tion of each county in the general **-
semblag*
TILLMAN BURS TO WIN.
I think it may be said now, with sU
the decision of conviction, that this cam
paign will be over by Au* 5; that R R.
Tillman will be nominated foe governor
on BepL 10; that he will be sleeted ia
November by any majority tbs exigeo-
cies of the occasion appear to deauad.
Tlie active workers in th* country sr*
with him, heart and soul. They will
ride harder, shout longer, and, If MMF
sary, vote moro vehemently and flgM
more energetically for him than tkev *hd
foe Wade Ilaiupum in that wooderfal
campaigned 1*iG, which was a mart el of
politics! effort, and a vivid illustration of
th* immense work which can be done by
a frenzied intelligent and united minor I
against a majority of any size.
Icensressman Tillman WHteea Letter
■S* I list lb» Alllsnce. I
JWashikoton, July 2fi—(SpedaLV-
Congreesman Tillman has written a *•••
ter against tlie Farmers' Allionca
is remarkable, because Mr. Tillmsa*
brother, Dm head ot tbe alliance r
ment in Houth Carolina, has bad Ik#
alliance Indorse his brother's candidacy
for re-election.
tion, and the committee rose with the
bill still pending. Adjourned.
rat diverted from hie pocket by the tax •
Bafsfsy.
IMs Is wtntjrae^oimfcs to
i torn R, w> futty sejoy ■
on ready-made clothing. He could not
understand iu necessity or injustice.
He went on to quote from an ankle in
a New York paper to show how much
more cheaply tbe products of American
factories are told in Cuba than in the
United HU ter. He mentioned tbe man
ufacturers' price of hoes (protected by
ere epees*—nelly by owr assy** le UMtope Us*
iLff may auale tMa L»* Aed yyt It may te
Udtwstt. Weq—nu—Urns D^trts RRter*
I w.JUiikc j.-i <
at mrf.htr—sHfc MWtSSi/K *!
at a— sad $1 par touts by 1L J. Leaser A L-
CONCItKSBJtAN LICSTBR AT HOffE-
eCuua HollsteG t« He R«P«n ,|kU
for (lie Fight Agalnat Him.
Savannah, July 2fi-[Special
Rufus K. I-ester retun»e.i home
morning from Washington. Hecaaw
back to look at the situation in this
gressioool district. Usr* in Chatham te
ia all right, of course, and the opposite*
from a hidden source bos unnmtxkaLlj
strung the nod him in this county.
Everything points to the condosW
that th* movement in favor of the Hoj*
T. 11'Nutwood was directed from
ingtoc. The alliance has not put any
question to Col Lester and be bss
sought in anyway to get hb
measures affecting th# farmera W*
ia not lite record or any anUgonnw «
hb to tlie agricultural intervals » I***
fectly clear. In tho past be has si wsy*
been popular with tb# fanners, who'
cgnized him as a friend and proffsTtett
liVm honor*
M'CIRE WOM1XO TIB
It i. gcunlljr ond-Btood br tb-
chiding un- appropriating flS,0UO to (j— i. a .Uoog friend oi ->ir. .
.xp-nuad»t Hi.Chicago bCMk—ter .l»- OnoofMr. Norwood'- frici. '
i. i. g.n.rui, uhiwl'w
ticUu that Hr. McCac- u puU>»*
win- in tb- dirtrict. In Km-g"'
the work wss dooe through » R.
Item, who objected to tbe coogns*»«
convention being held before hepte* *
He is the lieutenant in Appling- ”*
a strong friend of Mr. I' 0 f W jT
On* of Mr. Norwood's frkn'I^^
IhU moraleg thnt
bad something
T.uti.^2
wii'a aeat in the tutted -> ul
Mont. very. Ala.. July -a—‘-r
Itj (lie A'l.citivr iium «
understood that ti.o dtetr* t J