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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. AUGUST 28. 1S93.
enator HILL
for the repeal
, Sees No Chance of Bimetallic
Coinage Without Interna
tional Agreement
FLINGS AT MR. CLEVELAND.
Springer Soy* That Hi F*.l, the
u «r Mint ba Repealed at
Once — Number* of Five
Minute Speeches.
flihlogton, Aug.' 25.—Nothing son-
jjjatil 'transpir'd in the house today,
^je from the speeches delivered by
caws and Springer, there were
■iit comnsswfnd the ottnntlnn
members: and, Indeed, these two
ijehes were not listened to with the
, OT> .t th n .v deserved. Today was a
j ot calm, the preenrser of the storm
will come tomorrow. A large
^Kcr of members addressed the
but for the greater part they
,ii(d their eloquence on empty
aches.
liurroir. Got Forty Jllnntei.
Burrows, Ropublioan. from jricbl-
n, tnen claiuied th£ Soar r.nd r,;Ucd
unanimous consent that ■ ho ' he
mitted to speak for forty Mlmitt*.
Bland objected and Mr. Uurruw.
lined to address the house for I've
inutes. Subsequently Mr. Bland wlth-
hia objection, and Mr. Burrows
■neded with bis speech. Hi held
if we coined our silver do'l.ir at
ratio ot 16 to 1 or 20 to 1, we would
ue a dollar Intrlii.'uTy less thin
lold dollar. To such a proposition
could not give his consent. Those
favored the repeal of the act of
were the only real bimetallists,
they were pursuing the only course
rhlch bimetallism could be main-
The free and unlimited ccln-
ptf silver at any of the ratios named
•dl destroy bimetallism and would
tee this country to a single stund-
it that of silver, and that depre
ss. The opening of the tniittr. of
United States to unreitr! ::cd :.nnt-
tot individuals of ul'ver Into legal
On at any ratio to geld less than
k c.smcrclnl value at both morals,
hr the pretense of aiding the r ipse
bimetallism tn the Units! M.;es
■ limply playing uoon thy sentl-
IfP^a.l credulity ot the A meric un
Ipriaa.l'. Posttlao.
Hr. Springer followed. He said; • I
tribute the actual condition which
mists In the conur-y t.. rhreo
strolling and fnndame ml*- cansc.
t, the tariff legislation since iho
The protective tariff laws which
impoilnr enormous burdens upon
people uf the convey to ptotcct
ored Interest*. The.M nas been over
luctlon by this unnatural snmu-
i. there has been over borrowing,
rinding, over-drafting, and t„u»
'liable disaster, Tlio second cause,
my Judgment, for tho present Unan-
»1 condition, is found !n *hi demon-
'ration of silver fn 1S73; and the third
ui«, the authority given by the' Sbet-
n act to purchase 4.M0.00U numes
illver each month amt, Issue tress-
notes tf.ereor,. wnicn treasury
“*• unil, ' r the ruling of tne treasury
partment. were rc'eemabUi in gold.
'■ >’e, of course, other eause.t that
t he referred to, but these three.
'“>« to me, are those most rc.pc ind-
*• *•« called together by the
~ at 10 extraordinary session for
“* Purpose of eftectung the repeal
“• Punaurg clause of the Bher-
1 Shall we answer this de-
^<'-.-. p-al. a demand wnecameeu
tnsanve turougshout toe length and
«lta of the land with tne Kuaemeoi
* *• *dl not repeal the pumnmni
sT.iL' 11 * act until con-
n. t0 00 woenailQiOg else on
r, au U*"- it U just as rea
ilz, B .“ < *l hart the aritt bill snail
l A,* 4 to We bill <o rep.aJ th- Sner-
«* kasait loot tot m.asujc
demonetisation of silver shall
‘tkurporsaed in tost act.
**». Suva, lias ajaprscUud.
' .JS?****** of sUver baa, In
JtWgmrtH, resumed from two
illin..'!? - ' **• demonetisitigo by
art*? 6Ule * “*• Other great pow-
■rrnSL!?' fhl: “ na - «-'=u«aiy. by the
uun“. rvaar<t Prooucuon of silver
^Wfifijltoitiute took piace,
I i **** repeal measurv Is adop-
nj t ' >M tne law m .uing ‘power
rv-A ; n 5 n ‘ nt "T.l enter upon con-
this subi.ci ond members
in wU ' pu * <ortn « v «y «t-
tneir power to lnvMtinr. thor-
Power to Investigate thor
r sod afcTTwarr to formulate
to buy more silver, and
the , bto ?* 1 » e the people asked for
*«* congress do this good
Pkwie) <uld 80 homi ‘- iAp-
Mmpion*. Hstolntlnii.
_^, r ' Simpson of Kansas asked unar.l-
to J the consideration of
^'“‘ on authorising the speaker to
appoint a committee of live members
t2m'”h?nu &te the all< ‘S atlon that C er-
um banks were not paying their
chccss and to inquire Into the onduct
Eck?M r t^"tv,. Carl1 * 1 ? and Com Ptroller
ord? tHa s the ^•“■uUOtt 'was ^notTn
SS until® :40 m the house t00k -
Tbs Ssnsts S.i.ion.
cl 1*, e , of the routine morning
of 8 !?k'h’ , whlch comprised no matter
« p »bUn interest, except the presenta-
tlon of communications from the treas-
T nt advPr *e to any special
legislation in regard to penalties on
tho whisky tax. Senator Hill addressed
the chair and was recognized. He
yielded, however, to Senator Vest, who
sent to the clerk's desk and had read
a. communication from the director of
the mint giving the statistics as to the
purchase, cost and coinage of silver.
David lllll’s Sps.cb.
Senator Hill then resumed the floor.
He read his speech from printed slips.
His voice was strong and clear, and
although he Indulged In no gestlcula-
... dn *’, he used much emphasis and
turned his face aiietiialeiy ft'olu cue
side of the chamber to the other. As
his desk Is rather far back un the
Democratic side, the senators who had
their seats In from of him wheeled
around their chairs, turning their
hacks upon the presiding officer and
the Republican senators also took such
positions as enabled them to tlx >helr
gaze upon him. There was perfect
qulec and stillness In the chamfer
while he spoke, and the closest atten
tion waa paid to the speech both on
the floor and In the crowded galleries.
The existing financial disturbance he
attributed to three causes: First. It Is
a natural or Inevitable result or Ind-
d:n.t of many years of real or fictitious
piosperity. The nation in not unlike
an individual. Sickness Incident to hu-
menify and commercial panic are in
cident to trade. The balance of trade
has unfortunately be, r, against vs. We
have sold our railroad and other securi
ties abroad inetead of at home and the
interest, as well as portions of the prin
cipal, have'been coming due and must
be paid In gold, because It was so
'•nominated In the bond." and hence
our gold has naturally been leaving us
for foreign shorn Unquestionably
rumr of the present difficulty n»iy he
attributed to the uneaeineea of cur pro
tected industries, which have been ac-
on’tomed,to rely to a certain extent
upon covemmental favoritism to sup
port them. I do not disguise the fact
that such uneasiness exists and that It
contributes if- share to th:» general ex
porting disturbance of financial affairs.
Mu«t Carry Ont Pledge*.
Hut there la no relief for this situation
unless the Democratic party abandons
its irlnclD'.es and surrenders In ad
vance to the Interests which were de-
f.'ated in the last election. The Dem
ocratic party Is pledged to tariff reform
and R must red con R*‘ pledge, come
shat may. O* eeot*r Ft must tv? ex
pected there will be some friction. It
Is unavoidable. It la incident to the an-
tlcpited withdrawal of public aid from
Private enterprise*; and It can’t be pre
vented. but must be endured. The peo
ple understood the question last fall
and voted with thetr eye* wide open.
Our courts la onward, and we shall not
TCtreaa.
Second, some portion of the present
panic may be traced to a concerted ef
fort on the part of numerous mono-
metallists to nrodnce It tn order lo
further discredit silver as putt of the
standard money of the country. The
best financial system In the world could
not withstand such in organized and
virions attack upon It. These disturb
er*—these promoters of the public peril
—represent lnraely the creditor class.,
th» men who desire to appreciate the
gold dollar In order to subserve their
own eetfish Interests; men who revel
In hard times: men who drive hard
bargain* with their fellowmen In pe
riods of financial distress, and men
wholly unfamlllsr with the true princi
ples of monetary science.
Third, the Sherman sliver purchase
law his been at least In part, and pos
sibly the moit largely. Instrumental In
producing the existing complication*.
Vo one defends, few abologlxe for It.
It has been asserted that the presi
dent himself. In hostility to Independ
ent free silver coinage, w.ia disposed
at one time to regard with favor the
provisions of the Sherman law. which
had been the Instrument. or means hy
which free coinage has been defeated.
Whether this be so or not. the fact
remains and haa not eseaped observa
tion. that while the Democratic na
tional platform denounced the Sher
man law and demanded Its repeal—de
nounced It. not the result of a truce,
but is a “cowardly makeshift." yet Mr.
Cleveland wither In his speech de
livered at Madison Square Harden,
Xew York. In answer tb the notifica
tion of hi* nomination nor his eubse-
quent letter of acceptance, nor hi* in-
augural address tn March last, critl
clued the Sherman law. nor made any
allusion to It whatever, though It was
then already threatening the pros
perity of the couhtry with the danger-
cm* results of It* operation, which
were epparent to every one who had
given the subject any attention.
Ills Personal Itccord,
Hill alluded tn his personal record on
the silver question, quoted from the
a isle platform of New York democracy,
denouncing the Sherman law and
raid: "The Democncy of New York
wanted that law repealed because it
blocked the way to fro? bimetallic coin
age and not because it would aid lh»
cause of monometallism. That Is ex-
actly mjr roaition today. 1 am a bi
metallist. I do not believe In a single
gold standard nor a single silver stand
ard, but I do belisve in the use of both
gold and stiver as the standirJ money
iu.i,, . — w» wtMu iu iui iiiu.au--
• fuif *■ tneaaure as will nsjet
^£•1 apccutlona of t
*t£id h iu? ,hat Preosdant
,nS5LJ® w* eqopenue with the
Lj^ .J y** of the people on this
i nc., *“ trill not sign Ms name
I «d'^ r * * ,¥ l“* relief to tb? pro-
Ik-. th„ C ^! TJr "* <n * our Pledge* to
1 ,ii. 8 Z hr s 0, t possible use of gold
• cnocT ** • plrt of the tnontjr of
l” ? 1 ' If It be that he will prove
1 o h;s trust, k w*s*» batter for
usSk * tooe wers tied about
, j? n< l l**t •» were oast ir.:o the
fc ud £ *"***• 'hat any gentie-
■***• door oonfvmpUte*
v Ct-Af 0 o? 1 believe for a nv
r-£!°T* r Ovelaad would In the
t * 1 respect prove false to pl ’dg"*
EC, time in -ho pact hi. ha
- r ., ^ u> shrink from the
ku J2?* of his statfen or * . back
r ° I
that tap rcp:r*--nt itin s of the
^ Upon t Vj , door; lHc Democrptlc
1 Lz.U* ¥ »a«>txd In tbs senate, se t
Y7' d T?t of tb* Ut*--1 States will
l-’c rood the re? .'nice* »'
*»e land by which
•n 1 : ,rg-
thi. hem*.-, a mijorkr of the
f .large majortty to btoiir
ot the Democratic
■' kU* of i \
*7.A* ris# tffiernwm isw. a- -’ h.
of the country and In their coinage m
our mints at a proper ratio without
any discrimination in favor of out
against the other. And, as such a bi
metallist, I favor tho repeal of the Sher
man act because It is undemocratic. II-
lortcal, dangerous in its tendencies and
results and an Impediment to free coin
age.
Ft lends midi a mistake, a serious
mistake, whim the defend this Uw and
a"ow it to be confined wlih free bi
metallic eotoagt-. The Sorrow law Is
objectionable because it directs tho pur
chase of sil.-er sstnd of nmv*din« for
Hy- free coinage of silver. Purchase
meins price, price means commodity
and tb* treatment of stiver ** a com-
modify means Ms derogation from Its
<*'***- intrinsic rank as 1 money metal. Gold
* .. Vend r.anco it has CO
United States. Especially would it be
impractical at the present and uMer
thu existing condition*. Independent,
free bimetallic cofntega by the United
States is not consistent wi'h the coun
cils of monetary science if it is to rest
permanently upon an almost Isolated
free silver coinage. Our return ro a
bunetalHc cotnigo Is. there Cnee, now for
the first time trtnee 1873, aub> ct possi-
h;J to the near hindrance n nil prior con
dition of adequate International agree-
JJOfit. .TTiat is the legacy of Sherman,
fhe Jofnt legacy of the Sherman law
and delay to repeal tt. But let the dead
Past bury Its dead. And for our parts
kit u.* go forth to the future "without
and with manly hearts."
pitcuMing at considerable length
‘he monetary policy of the Brlttah gov
ernment. Hill *a!d Great Britain de-
'fxted the renewal of the parity of
gold and silver at the monetary con
ferences o' 1881. 1892 and now In 1893.
THE PERMANENT REMEDY ..
The permanent remedy for our finan
cial difficulties the senator held to be
a return to the bimetallism which ex
isted prior to 1873. This, he said, I*
the only remedy which has been tried.
Hill declined to discuss the queetion
pf ratio, because, as he said: "I esteem
it of the least consequence of any of
the questions which are Incident to the
monetary problem. If the existing
ratio Is to be changed at all, the feasi
bility of which at the present time is
of great doubt, it should not be en
larged. but diminished and put at 151-2.
so -is to correspond with the ratio at
*?"uni tne silver pieces ot countries com
posing the Latin union were coined. An
enlargement of the ratio l>y this coun
try Involved the recolnngp of nearly
oil the silver at a tremendous loss or
its absolute retirement, whk:h would
be disastrous, while a reduction of ra
tio to 15 1-2 would enable us to recoin
at a profit and -.'jus place our silver
pieces in the same plane of those Eu
ropean coins. It is evident under ex
isting conditions that no European
country -will recoin ot a fearful loss,
ouch ao would bo Involved in nny of
the change* now proposed. It Is slid
nlflcant omissions, and especially In
Its closing lines, contemplates the es
tablishment of a gold standard as tho
policy of the country and looks upon
the repeal of the Sliermau law as a
means to that end. It is lo be regret
ted that the president whs not more
explicit in his last utterances.
He expressly advises the repeal of
the Sherman law and then urged other
legislation as desirable, but he left the
exnct nature thereof In doubt.
llft|i*<t He IVonlit Have Been Eipllclt
'it was hoped the president. In view
of the provisions of the Democratic
national platform In favor of a double
standard and in view ot well known
opinions of a large majority of his own
party in congress would have at least
spoken more encouragingly In behalf
of a return to bimetallism. It would
bave made the path of repeal an easier
one, and prevented much bitterness.
But while I regard such omissions os
unfortunate and while conceded It is
not easy to reconcile the closing words
of his message with a deslfc for the
establishment of a double standard,
yri I am'not d.spcae‘3 to accept such
a construction of them until further
evidence of his adverse Intentions has
been manifested. If he fully Intended
us to understand that he proposed
hereafter to favor the policy of a sin
gle gold standard, 'then 1 must abso
lutely decline to follow him In his new
departure.
••I shall refuse to follow in the foot
steps of sny administration that seeks
to place the Democratic puny In a false
position, but seeks to lead away from
tradition*, away from the currency ot
our furthers, away from the path of
•tfMy away from D?mocntlc pnnci-
pies'and platforms Into the very camp
of the enemy. The pres.dent mu*t
r*!y upon Republican vote# to r*Tty
out such a suicidal policy. I shall iwt
bellrve. however, that any such course
will be taken by his own volition imiil
better evidence shall, be funrfshed «v»*»
now extst*. It Is a most difficult task
at this pxrtlculuT Juncture of affairs
to work out a fixed and definia. finan
cial plan for the future whith shall
not be subject to re virion.
"We must not only take Into consid
eration our doproied and almost ex-
hauried condition, but we must not
ignor? conditions and the action* of
other countries. We await the effect of
India'* unfortunate action. I make the
prediction that the attempt to irnpowr
a gold standard upon British India Is
doomed to ultimate failure. But the
rrtlrf th* country fired* Is a prompt re
peal of th’ Sherman act. Our duty I*
to stopp further silver purchases and
relieve the almost bankrupt treasury
from the drain of gold out of Its vaults,
legislate upon the financial question and
r turn to our homes. At the i regular
1 we ran resume the discussion
of a permanent financial *>'*'.<
quired br the nec'isltlo* of our gr-at
and growing country.
The pre«|,1ent 1* entitled to more
support and that of every Democratic
senator when he recommend* a mer
itorious measure which Is expre«ily up-
provedln the platform of the party
which nominated and elected him to
the high office he hold* He could do
no 1*?» than recommend the repeat of
the Sherman bill, becauuse «uch a re
peal waa made part of the Democratic
creed af Chicago. It waa hi* duty to
do a 1, and he has rimply discharged
that duty, that Is all.
Mr. Prcddcnf. thla bill l* going to
pi?« this eenate. 1 believe It. and I
predict It.
sp.ken Wilt* mil”"-'.
The paragraph In which lull declared
that If the president tern ad his ho. g on
blmelaltsm as th* established policy of
tha country, and on the pledges of ths
Democratic par:?, he 01111) would not
follow him. and that the president would
have to rely upon representatives and
senators to carry out hi* Mas, was spoken
with mueh bttterness of ton*. Democrat
ic senator* looked gloomy and unhappy,
but a smile of amuxd satisfaction ra
diated from the face# of the representa
tive*.
At S p. m. the speaker waa Interrupted
and the Lee Mantle ease was brought
before the senate. It wno. however, laid
aside Informally, on motion of Mr. iar
ris, and Mr. Hill went on wmi ms
tpetch. When he declared birr.-elf and
hi* colleague* would vote for the Unison
bill, unawed by power and unsupported
by federal patronage, there was an out
burst of applause Ut the galleries, which
the vice-president suppressed, declaring
that If any other manifestations occur
red the galleries would be cleared. Hill
closed bis speech at 2:U o'clock, when
there wa* again some slight applause, re
strained by ths vice-president.
THE DUTY OF THE DAY
REV.THOMAS DIXON'S LAST SERMON
AT CHARLES CITY.
mat, ot untMtntuuieas ana ot cruelty he
loved them. The pharisees hated him.
Tho common people professed allegiance,
Judaa to 1k* hie disciple, Peter swore
that he would nuver dceert him, and yet
all a’.iko wero found with scribe Rnd
pharisee in the end. The common peo
ple cried, “Crucify him!" Jndas be
trayed him, mid Peter awore lie never
knew h ; tn. Even his loved disciple lie
found aaleep when he asked that they
wateli with him while with anguish of
soul I10 prayed in the garden. They all
forsook him in the hour of his supreme
trial, and yet he died for them. And on
his return after the resurrection not a
ainglo rebuke, only a new joy, only as
surance, only love.
Such wm the lovo of Christ It Is
commanded that we shall love men thus
in vital ways; that we shail not lova
them merely in’ eentimental ways. We
shall love one another thus ir. our busi
ness relations, in onr social relations, iu
onr political relations.
nmCHANlTY OF SIN.
On what waa this divine lovo based?
On the intrinsic divinity and nobility of
Unman life, that it belongs to God, Is the
utteranco of God's life and ia In that
sense an incarnation of the divine. Ev
erything that is not pnre and noble is
essentially inhuman. It belongs to ths
j lower nature, io the soil, uusue CiuUt
Fulfillment of the Two Great Command
ment*. 1-nvo to God and Lore to Mon.
Will Solve All Financial and All Social
ProblcTtin.
Cara Chakles. Va„ Ang. 27,-Rev.
Thornes Dixon, Jr., preached today the
last of the summer series of sermons on
the "Problems of Money.” lie will re
turn tn New York next Sunday and
take up tho work again in Association
hall. Ilia text today was, John xiii, 84,
"A new commandment I give unto yon,
that ye love one another, even as I have
loved yon.”
Thera is one bousc in which we are too
familiar with the Bible. We aro hard
ened to it. In my college days wo
were forced to attend preaching services
on hundsy, and consequently upon my
mind preaching made not the slightest
impression. The sound waa too familiar
—unpleasantly familiar. I knew tho
theme in one sense too well—in a real
sense, not at all.
THE BIBLE TOO FAMILIAR.
’? ’"’tisc lay dying In a hos
pital, and the nurse was reading to her | ga W irfthe vilest of tha vile this element
from the how Testament. Bin read tho ; c f the divine. Hence the love which en-
sermonon the mount. To her surprise | wrapped his sonl and waa the malu-
tho woman looked up and asked her spring of his mission. He loved the thief
who write that hook, "That is a j on the cross not for what the thief was,
wonderfnl book! It will make its I but for what the aspiration of his soul
declared him to be capable of. Not for
what ho had attained, but for what he
might attain. Not for his actnal char
acter, but for the image of God, In whose
form he was fashioned,
Tire WEAK.
So we are commanded to love the
weak, and the criminal, and the helpless,
and the improvident, nnd the despair
ing; so wo aro to bear their burdens in
a boundless lovo that shall include the
race; so we should love with a mother's
undying hope. And, if hnmanity can
not reach this ideal, human life must be
come a starless, orphaned one. The ca
pacity of the heart is the measure of the
depth of human need. The object may
bo all unworthy, but love loves on. So
Jesus loved tho unworthy. So he rain
istcred unto them. Bo he lived for them
and died for them,
THE POOR ALWAYS WITn VS.
It t* title principle that must solve the
problem of the poor, who will always bo
with us. It is this divine aspect of lovo
that makes life os worthy as wo find it
today even in the midst of sin and of
shame and of sorrow. Bill Sykes could
slay tho woman who had given every
thing for him, and yet while he slays
her, whilobe brutally beats her from day
to day, she crawls back to his den, faith-
fnl to that higher, to that holier instinct,
which calls in love for sacrifico—sacri
fice at all hazards. Lovo *nlfereth iong
and is kind because of tho greatness of
tho heart.
If wo could only Infuse this great
thought into tho heart of tho race, tho
problem is solved. A mother recontly
\Vtitioned the governor of o stato for thu
rardon of a boy. The boy waa guilty of
the crime for which ho was serving tho
sentenco. It was a case of most aggra
vating circumstance?. Bnt the mother
author famous." TVe neod to hear the
word of God, it sosms to me, some
times as this poor woman heard it for
the first time. We need to take it lit
erally, to hear it thus and to believe that
Its message is a real one to us.
The two great commandments that
sum up the unties of life, iove to God
and love to man—love to God through
love to man—how familiar we are with
them, and yet how little we really know
of them. And yet it is in the fulfillment
of this simple law of Christianity that
we shall find the so’ntion to the great
financial and social problem that presses
now npon us for solution.
The literal fnlfillmont of this, the great
est commandment, is the pressing duty
of today. Obedience to it means the
solution of tho problem of the ages, of
tho'salvation of the race, because:
First—Love is the fulfillment of the
law. It fulfills tho negations of tho law.
Lovo worketh no 111 to its neighbor;
therefore no man who loves his fellow
man can enter upon any business that
can result to the injury of his neighbor.
justice is Love.
At the touch of the fulfillment of this
law every gambling bnsincss, every sa
loon and dive and brothel and question
able resort must perish.
Love cannot ho unjust.
Th« master who loves his servant gets
from him tho very highest service. Tho
general who commands tho lovo of his
Boldiers gets the very highest order of
soldier. Tho master who wins tbo love
of his servant ia just to him. Tho gen
eral who witu the lovo of his soldier is a
just general.
Lovo seeki not eimply Us own, bnt tho
good of another.
He who seeks the good of another can
not destroy another ia tho process of at
taining his own good. Love cannot tako
ailrantagoof misfortune. At the breath
of love in tho business world tho bar
gain Counter must disappear, end onr
taking advantage of onr neighbor's neces
sities to drivo a hard lurgain must be
relegated to tho ago of barbaric compe
tition. Every bargain counter it a proc
lamation that somebody has failed; that
some factory is closed; that somebody
who dreamed fair dreams of prosperity
and of-buccaaa had a broken heart and a
broken life.
Love is the fulfillment of the positive
commands as well m the negativo ele
ments of law. It makes us to study
and to know each other. Ignorance and
Indifference aro impossible if oar hearts
are engaged. Wo do not know each
other. If wo really loved onr fellow
man, wa would make it our business to
know him. It is difficult for ns to sac
rifice for those wo do not know.
UJV* AND TREASURE.
A preacher struggled to raise a collec
tion for tho heathen during the war in
JAS. H. BLOUNT
RETURNS HOME
After Many Months' Absence in a For
eign Land the Distinguished
Georgian Is Back.
NOT INCLINED TO TALK MUCH
He !• I!er« to Look After Ills Private Af*
ftilrt ami Do'e» Not Mean to Iti> In
terviewed Until He Can l>ook
Aruuntl » Little*
James H. Blount of Macon, now min
ister and United 8U*.tt commissioner at
Hawaii, arrived In Macon yesterday morn-
litg shortly After U o'clock.
He came from Washington, where ho
made a abort stay on hla arrival from
Hawaii, it nad oeen ms intenuon to
complete hla business, making his report
on Hawaiian affairs direct to President
Cleveland, but owing to (he president's
enforced absence from .Washington, Mr.
Blount was unable to carry opt this In
tention.
After & conference with Secretary Gres
ham, Mr. Blount determined to await
the prejldent's return, not In Washing
ton, but In Macon,\nd to give some at
tention to his private afTslrs.
He left Washington on Thursday morn
ing, coming direct to Macon. Only his
son. Mr. James II. Blount. Jr., and a
few newspaper men were at the depot
to meet the distinguished Georgian, who
had kept the hour of his arrival a secret.
But the fact that Col. Blount would
probably arrive on the .Nancy Hanks
had brought together a inodly gathering
of people. It might be said friends, for
everyone knows Jim Blount and everyons
who knows him calls him friend.
No| lncllnvil to'lwlk*
When he stepped from the parlor car
of the Atlanta train. Col. Blount courte
ously accepted the greetings and con
gratulations on a safe return, but was
disinclined for much conversation, and
simply said that he was glad to be back
In old Georgia once again. Immediately
after his arrival. Col. blount drove In
a hack to hla residence on Tattnall
square, where he spent the day resting
up after his journey.
To the newspaper men Col. Blount
said that ne preferred not to talk on
public matters lust at present. He had
not, he said, yet discharged hie commie-
elon to Hawaii or made his final report
to the president. It would not therefore
be proper In him to give anything to
the newspapers.
On home politics also he declined po
litely to be Interviewed, saving that hs
hint much more to learn than he could
tell—In fact, that instead of being Inter
viewed himself on this subject, hs was
the person who ought to do the Inter
viewing.
Kept Him Hmr.
Speaking of Hawaii and Honolulu. Min
ister Blount said that he had received
every wurl?fy at the hands of the peo
ple in that country but that his work
had been of the greatest importance,
and the nature of It had kept him con
tinually busy. He was unable to say
what the future might have In *tore for
him, but Tor the present he had plenty
to occupy Ul« time In attending to his
a price.
free coinage, and
* in the United State*.
In the afeteace of the
liver the existence ol
ricto eofsage comp
ly dutdy prov. nt a pa
PENALTIES ON LO.NDEQ GOODS.
Carlisle Hays Th*r Do S.u Amount lo 1
Washington. Aug.
Hale today sent to
a letter ton hing t
extend the time du
may Ue In a bon l* <
Voorhj
MS bill
sponge. While in the pnlpifc he received
a telegram from tho seat of war an
nouncing a terrible battle. Riving a fear
ful list of the dead and wounded, call
ing immediately for supplies, for nuraes,
for lint, for food, for bandages and phy
sicians and for money to supply nil
these hee l*. They passed around tho
contribution box, and It camo back load
ed-piled with money and with jewels.
They took their ring^ from their fingers.
Womer^Sk their earrings from their
ears y piled them in tho basket,
and ndS of them were wet with tears.
Love*. Hills the positive commands of
the law. ’“If wo love, wo will sacrifice.
Love will rend un out after the people
who neod us. It will make principle,
was so persistent in her appeals, so elo- || _
quent in her expressions of love, that her 1 own a<Tairs. which had beoa'"nsglscuhl
indcACrilx.blq devotion .o moved th- j Blount
heart of tho governor that he wrotoont walked down town, nm! every »h're he
the pardon for the boy. And when the *•», greet. ! by the citizen*, rri'-n l*. at-
.boy camo into his preaenc? ho said to SS*te«^
him: "Yonng man, yon do not deserve it* |* iwikln* better ihnn he h«» h-.n
ths pardon. Yonr crime is without ox- ’ "‘■'nr that
* „ . a .I. .t , [ ha looked ten years younger. This no
ense. But for tho soke of this mother and j put down to ths chanc* of scene end
for the matchless lovo she bears for yon, air, an 1 tobl everyone t h,t he bad tone
and tho possibility of that lovo working &
last trip South.
•ii. .i»m« ll.monnf.
Col. Jam*" H. mount'* public career
began in the constitutional convention
«.f 1M5. In which he took an active part,
after which time he ha» devoted himself
exclusively to the practice of law. alwnys
avoiding opportunities of preferment un
til 1172* when he wax elected to rongrera.
During this, hie flrrt term In eongrerr,
Mr. Blount partlelpatcd In the debate* In
the famous parliamentary etrugste for
civil rights.
In the forty-fourth eongreaa he waa
placid on the appropriation committee,
with Messrs. Randall. Holman. Wheeler.
VV.fter a nd other* of national fnn\r. and
contributed largely to the Uborx of the
committee, .which resulted In a reduction
In th-- annual rxp*udUur» * to the extent
of H0.000.tf0. For six years be remained
on this committee.
t'o.-lttu A (fair*.
your salvation, I give to you this par
don.”
A PKCWDOf MOUIER.
Such lova is th® power unto Bnlvation,
both for tbo individual and for society.
A mother waa, Arraigned in a police
court charged with drunkenneas. Bho
was guilty. Tho judge fined hor f5, In
default cf which ®he waa to go to tho
island. A little ragged urchin stood by
and heard the sentence. He cried to tho
judge, "Wait a minute, judge, I’ll get
the money.” He rushed out to aU the
places of burinew whero he was known.
He secured from all hia friends all the
his church. There was little or no re- i mone possible. Ho told them of hia
mother s difficulty; that eho was to go
to tho island. He secured $2.3o. Ho
camo back nnd poured tho money out on
tho judge's derk nnd then oald bravely
to him, “It's all I could get now, judge,
but if you will send mo to tho island for
her I'm not 00 large, but HI atay longer
and work oat the Imlance.’’
Tho poor woman, overwhelmed by this
evidence of her child's devotion, rose and
snatched him to her heart, while she
cried between her sobs and tears that
6ho would bo a better woman from that
day for the boy's take. The judge re
mitted the fine, and from that hour Bho
waa a changed woman.
A child's p.wionate love for a mother
liad lifted her from the ditch.
Love ia tho fulfillment of the law. It
During th* forty-i
which Mr. Keiff^i |
M* Ran (tail,]
not policy, tho muimprinjc of life. Lovo
tn thebor.i t of man tor his fellow must I S»«hep< werlhrt fulfills it* i.-eatim
bring o'.' hunt action in a thousand hu
man rel.it ";ri* wh*re now there is eter-
ntl conflict and Motion. If ive Uvr, we
are at cun in wills. Christ said, "If ye
love me, ke. p my commandments."
Second—Love not only fulfills the law,
tut from the mountain peak of fulfilled
law opens the universe in which to ex
pand nr■! to itrow. “Love thy u-ighbor
as tbyaelf." Higher love then this cannot
be required of man. Jesus said, “Lore
oneanoth-r, erpn as I have loved you.”
For thi* climax we strive. The highest
point in the development of love is this
divine climax. -His love was matchless,
because it waa the love of perfect human
ity. Jf ur’ greatest discovery was him
of
iktr,
Mil id Blouqt
ut-:*- retp'-ved from tho committee
cause of th*!r oxporlenfe W ni eitpoaitton
to reduce national expenditure*. At that
time Mr. Blount served on the commit
tee on foreign affaire.
In th»* forty-eighth fongrtM Mr. mount
▼ Ms on the ways nn<! tn^ans committee
with Meflirt. Morrison. Mills. Blackburn.
Ree-i and McKinley, and contributed hla
■hare to the dlscuaeion of what wa*
known a* the "Morrison bill."
Wti^ri Mr Cleveland wa- Mr.
J’.lount oct*pted the rr.«trman*hip ot
th* committee on post office* and po*t
road?, in which h** aerv^l throughout
Mr. Cleveland’* almlrvUtratlon.
Fiiiy-flret toii R i.to.
In th' * ■ r- ’ 1 e f'*!"*•#• 1
on the committee on po-t offices an-l
I«oat road's on the committee on ruler,
ar<l tb.- cm us committee, from which
came th* pt. -eit appcrtV) v.n* it 1 •: t-i-
BUtes.
mvnUUon in the
tlraa of the United I
Mr. Bio-int, after servin',' ••no. < n
th»* conimltt'*- on tw>*t offl» *a and ton
roadr. during one of Which he was chvr-
man of that committee, was mode «> *.r-
ni.tn of the committee on foreign affairs.
At the teat congrwalonal convention
In tht* citv evil. Blount refused to *llow
hla name to be and It waa thought
that he would retire from public life.
positive commands. It is the power that
opens the new heaven to humanity, with
its divine possibilities. So we must lo\«
as Christ loved. And if we are to solve
the great and solemn problems that con
front humanity today we are to solve
tUm in learning the lessons of Jesu*.
Only those who strive to fulfill hia com
mand .are Christ's children. That natir n
1* only a real Christian nation that ■*- Tht* i«q’r th* pr;-M-nt: w-_ .M r-t
» t ir it •. 1 eu-* . 11 allow, and ahertlg afr**r the Inauguration
pirea to fulfill ft ana that will never rest oa mount w». eummonM i<. \v**htng-
contont until thestroggle for fulfillment j ton. After conference with thsprepMent
ti«a 0, a in inoirnsi 1 flfto h< v.,i . dlapatchod ut Honolulu, where
hastu n shape m incarnated life. hc t „ llc th „ r ,. lns , l% United Slates repre-
Ui.i.l tho church - util learn this deep ; r-niAti.e. H r -1 matter* lm a very
Immo(fraternity—oftorofcrjhqrace S^jMd^eenfltu^
—tnsre must grow no on fcside the warn) has * or| f or himself the admiration of
of tho church a larger church.
self. Ti
he mad
deep kic
!l
tha
in* "*t marreions revelation ctotsbb gnrtria* totor. sad 11* t -'■*
U tho lova of man ami the f'-rvico of
man. They do not call themself pa mem
bers of the church, but from many of
them I fear we moot b arn some of tho
bt le&ons of true Christianity. As
fo t‘
the world was of his
wledge of the Father found
hU own great eouL But
he burial M-ir. 17- -aved others.
Hiiovif he could *\ II threw
hi** lite away in thobrief.-t ro-ible min
istry. He waa tender of th»* ►muli»-«t
u li of thoae who w#*r»* i’« .L hirn. He
ha 1 < ‘impassion n tK*- in?:iv. T ud-' lc.*t
th y faint by tno waysid**. H-* fed them
1- -t they should Ve overbade w; , h .vr-ati-
am they return^l to th** nty. When
hi* diaciple* w» r»* w» r*.nei\ with work.
-.ud tothi-m. •fVzme ye upirt a::d rr-st
:t\* r.’.le.” And in hi* Inst hour of help-
• * and of *-xrrncialing pain and of
* .1 darkt.< r> «»n th** crrma hi* final
It Is not thought tlutt Minister Blount
I vui uk» me bkuW port is Qee?5~ pel*
I Ittet during the coming campaign, though
! hla name ha* been u*ed by the poltUyql
j gosslpa in ronneetion with nearly every
. Important position.
COULD NOT CONSIDER IT.
the
Hi the
ltd corp*
;-y that j* oul
i bv thin in
>rpo ration,
b*) th*4 chur :i *»'f>ataBti< ally will grow
in the f::tur* . by th** pro* *••*.'» of **n!arg-
::»«? ita Ixird^rs nnd *»f learning the le*.
*■ n of a l.irv**r life, with ite- larger poasi-
hilitiea, t'V**n from th« sr whom th<*y
have deipib*-d in the pa-t ai le.tcben.
A new t'cmmai: Iment give I unto •
vo*j, that ye love one* another, even a* I
hi
* l.*ed 1
jcht «•« not of h.n
oth*
\Y,
At. but o:
Ht*y«l l»i
the
the
>v,-d
•lieu," or *ban-
Ck>verre?r Northen to>ltv
i*i u: Tbe extr:«
t • , ■ ?i*^-
cutboHr# tats banks to
T’- I* .->• ir,
Iu rpits of fault-, of desertion,
u&h, to the peril of oayigati'ju.