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• THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAT. AViUL 18,1894.
XHOS. E. WaiSOn
last night.
he Delivered a Well Timed Speech
t0 an Immense Audience at
the Academy.
ECONOMY
IN EXPENDITURES
»»■
t l,.narclen of III. Argil meat. With-
ell Any Suggestion of lUtni of
n ,U,f_y.tr Argument on
III. Line.
ThomM E. Watson spoke last
-\ 0 one of the largeat audiences
rtlch has ever been seen In the Acad-
of Music. Pretty nearly every seat
,ts taken,
both on the floor of the
It h
laJeB y and in both galleries, and
BJ „V people stood In the aisles. Pretty
iiariy l.MO people stood within the
Ban d of his voice. Of these at least
no-thlrils were town people who had
to the meeting more out of a
tKling of curiosity to hear the great
apostle of third partylsm In deorgia
dan out of sympathy with his cause,
jlr. Watson spoke for an hour and
itree-Quarters and throughout had the
,«t respectful hearing possible. He
Hid his audience well In band and his
roughout. He Indulged in none of
| wild denunciation of the Demo*
title party with which the Fopuiist
tors generally attempt to capture
crowd. He had evidently sized up
crowd and spoke earnestly and in
logical manner In favor of the prin-
on which his party (s founded,
glofether It was a good speech, looked
<rom a Populistic etandpolnt, and
i is clear and logical aa any Popu-
ipecch can be.
Is a question If Mr. Watson made
U converts, but he made aa clear
ii convincing a statement of a bad
.use as It Is possible to make.
No attempt was made to Interrupt
| speaker. He was allowed full
slag. Most of his speech was de-
oicl to the extravagances of con*
ressmen and to the sliver question,
ad while he pointed out the evils un-
ir which the people suffer he pro-
icd no remedy except greater econ-
q In public expenditures. The tariff
uestion, the repeal of the tax on state
it Issues and the railroad question
i not touched upon at all..
The audience was not particularly
■pensive at any time.
When tho, clock in the court houao
rer began to strike 8 this curtain
the stage of tho Academy rose, ro
iling Mr. Watson and Mr. Iverson
orris in the front, flanked by fifty
re or less well known citizens of
ib county.
Mr. Harris arose and taking the
cel of the stage (aid that upon him
wived the pleasant taak of Intro-
xlng to the audience tho orator of
• evening, lion. Thomas E. Watson.
* task was a pleasant one, for
song other things, he said. It gave
enpli m cb.m:, iu judge fur thorn-
i what manner of man Mr. Wat-
1 was instead of being guided by
paper reports, which, In his Judg-
“. were partisan and prejudiced.
Watson then aroee. There was
t cheering, but the great majority
I the sudlence was silent. Ha began
Itpeak In rather a low tone of voice,
; “ be Progressed his voice rose,
1 while he made no attempt at ora-
"I 1 effect he could be distinctly
I by every one In the Academy,
"“son has a pleasant voice fcnd
me delivery. He began by thanking
i audience for the hearty welcome
ten him, and then began his argu-
harm he said, can tome of an
• free discussion of the great prln-
s upon which the welfare of our
miry depends. “I am willing,'’ he
lunued. ''to hear your aide of the
»tiun and only ask for you to h#ar
[ This is a free country and
L , “ re fen. No man should be
"'cued for the views he hdlds, hon*
. on public questions. It Is ns lin-
i ,L!° e *?“ “* K '* tor me that
t tiilf*. “t state should bo prop-
r sdmlnlstered. The time will come
7 K yon are right I'll be with you.
‘"Jtfcht you will be wfth me.
“■hiding faith that you'll come
* £ B0 slavery," continued the
of the mind. A
f ® ch * ln *. He may not be
k ,,® ov * » muscle of his body, but
Oee to love, to believe, to wor-
wK P? a,esl °t o' 1 slaves Is the
somebody else cut bis
* wi*rn*.
i wh “ w111 not think until
t“A A*ks if he can think
W tns ..o'*" ‘ vot * un,t * Ho sees
» *‘ k * If that’s the way to
E h(id.mlf"! w,lt unl " he can hear
Ulr before he can enako
& man <• » AlAVe.
• MsnSSf* wh0 mu,t walt to
huartoJ. i. . com * 4o *n from
j«7^ n u A »I»ve. He Is not the
r raan *c want to build up the
. ,0 n " My vol “ «■
pi a oAlamlty howl.
E wh »t I have to say
I 1 * ihm s^m.„ mutual No
P on ui^f. nce want « * bad law
him as nSj!" u b°° k *- H will
h U^iS u f h “ “ w»l me. The
la,.,"* 0 true. A bad law will
lii ^ t “ ch a * lt w IH any of you.
I'aen areni^T* ,0 ,*•*•' you bow
1 Alnt lifi 1 out of employment.
! c-iue, J.V., V*t fb'* Is due to
' 1 not^l C ", m * W,U <““»*■
la busnew^ r k ..° f the * reat «»*
,->•> rou ro * ,M? llurea ,hla »* ar -
I to . y .‘ 11 ma ,h «t this Is
t’J'-a of .ft,, tem P? rary abnormal
^ I'Ster * ™ "blob Will not last
, *et r ?( ra i?. a! *J from mentioning
“ firetjj distress
' r-u oommundty, be-
* f *<* 1 ‘bat ‘hla Is due
1 ’“I miirh I? e farmers have
whl, ° 0,her *
,“te ‘b* time will
* * maca^'b* booPle will not
«“«<* ,hal ‘hey can't
2*s K to wear and will
«nr b i n ^ that the,r '
1 »hen W»»f„ h0p ? fbe time
'ear more * mak ® less and
hoe. tits flnan-
hem IWuJ™res. he U M. h«
,i l * u . c , text books, but
the
• ®r in round nuns-
^*0 out a»q?.. th ^, nu r Incosiw
relent nunST*,* 1 * 'bo case
nfify- l?om **’? ,nd
Cu 11 , 1 have
' Woi ' w
‘ruSSS?™?. °f u ' e ffblted States, ln-
r,H?.7. K "Atlonal, state, municipal and
Oodooonnii nlJi 5 t ! fln "‘ ! ' i ' lj between 530,-
wo.OOO.OOO and 510,000.000,000.
,i*tr. Watson ,jicu proceeded to' give
SL«r* °, n various tlaeses of in-
1 ,1 es ? w ‘d continued: "I think I
?5jduite.liberal wlien I average the :n-
«« eS n “* 8 per cent - Taking the low-
2J w ' b °f the Indebtedness thU
• in , n ," !i1 outs ° °f n '-
WO.OOOOOO Thls would give us a mar-
But bold on. We
b £,ff° ve r n od and we must
*“ r ^bls. The national government
now costs us 5500.000.00C per year. This
*27J* a n > a r*ln of 5100,000;000. from
mu ®t be deducted the .Mat of
f0.1»? OVernin lf r, t af f op ty-four states, 200
^OAjdlng 10.000 iMpulation. 1.A00
?Hj*,**'** tUn * WOO populatlbn and
ffi»!u.T e<11 " l! 1 ' 000 Population.
TUe lowest estimate of the cost of gov-
fbef that I have seen Ts
tsennnS'SxS' Thls 'oaves a dellclt of
Sto^SS? , i. an<1 J n } h,s oalculatlon no
nhnZh• ® for the support of
nothln ^ for cdiarity, nothing
thLe othi re or T k * " nJ nothing for
soefetv^wTTh“ t ii e S <Utures demanded by
3,1 fbe force 6f law.
ennnll* , th ‘* con,l J' llon of lfTairs long
Whef? li ei run . and where wl!1 you be?
smnd thi.®* b , u ' ilnes8 man who would
r kL* eyalem of business? The
verted 1 * ta , t '‘ , l cannot be enntro-
Sh Jv' "bat Is the remedy pr.>
po ” d by Mr- Cleveland for this state
la *‘ m P'y this—sell bonds.
bear *, r * n5w 'ban we cun
fJL 1 ' puf on more debt. In-
wSSu “bATges—In other
?',rd" w »top tlie leak by cutting the
stona’hST' ?bis Is a beautiful way to
rotmraJ?vi - ft™" 1 ' 1 brlnR on 'fmch cor-
wlinfh V i de e nc3: 1 cou i d bring in ss
.vwM 8 ?* 8 the farmers who have lost
failed ™ CTch w nts who hav0
Ss? a V,™* m p" w bo have lost their
J * win not do BO.
not'sSb^S Interest on sn estate is
* to , meet ,he charges
against it 1ne principal must suffer ond
made rn, U i? U rf?.' m '" which hav * baen
made must disappear. Have you cloeed
up your store because you couldn't get
™?i ,,? y e n°ugh to run it? Have you
sold your farm because v„,,
Jn t vUII > , n tJL®. n0UK b to Pay'the interest
?5, y ?“ r .mortgage 7 ' Have you lost your
j,' b , b f? au *° ybur boss hadn't money
hevi" thee ynur WngeS? If you
have then vou are one of the men
Whjpse accumulations are disappearing
JJS. yo “'* b»v® lol» of company If this
thiit ?t f . nfralrt „ li ' not ended. This
thing Its a small business. And If It
like* Ph** “ ,! th « e h maM business will be
ii!oi h h e ,* ma11 fl *b in the swamp—they
^t„ h , "*-yJ»to the digestive i.p-
P ( '™f« s of the big trout.
,'57 l» th« remedy? I believe a
^ « tU L e iS p * ndH ,“r c °f th ® Pnblio money
requisite. The government
PPP-b 0 rt *bt tb lay a tar on you for a
penny except for a public purpose. The
AouW he like « tnisfee,
f?* dollar should bo expended unless
,muL .h. a PrbPor voucher tor It and
unless there Is a perfect warrant In 'aw
for every dollar expended.
. "ZlaT. »bo you to economical In home
expenditures nnd so extravagant when
It comes to public expenditures? Your
® an , 1 » new dress unless she
*™'*A At you for n couple of weeks. If
your llwie boy needs a new hat there's
a family convulsion befoie lie gets it
K„y°"b 'Kg* klrl wants a ribbon for
May day she must crawl up on your
Knees and kiss you and use all the
b'.anaishments Of the eex before you
shell out. And yet you let our.states-
men spend money in a style so lavish
a * baa never been known elnce the days
of the Roman empire.
w‘Ji e . Un,, J a 813 **notor.” and Mr.
. , £ ok f " 1,h sn-e.it sarcasm. "Is
? m , l fbty hi* fowl; he Is the biggest man
In _ tile United States. You thing he
?e U tt£ n « ,5 '°J? » y«f. with mileage.
In the time of Bullock the legislators
s “sis 1 l an *1 much about salary os
h *^ ld . ab<>u ‘ °l® Porqolslte*. So It Is
vrtth the senator. Each United States
ttSTSZ sls*
yet the members of the hens* or're?
reoentatlves 'oost only 550.000 a year
apiece, but they are climbing up."
M . r - WAlAOn then told of all the plea-
(ant things that fall to the lot of the
»«"Ator or representative. Among
other things which he said they got
were Ice water, lemonade, apolllnarle.
sugar, alcohol, bay rum, hair oil,
cologne. Illy white, with puffs and balls
to put It on; Imperial bathtubs, sponges
at 5180 a bale and a lot more things.
It emst them but 51.000 a year to fit up
a barber shop and anothsr 51.000 to lit
up a barroom.
.fb*** thlnsrs would only last n
little longer." he said, "they wouldn't
be so bad. The lavlahnees of these ex
penditures fstlques Indignation. Tht
traveling committees have long been a
standing joke In Washington—they are
simply pleasure trips, Junkets When
A fktpullst tells the people of these
thlnke he Is kicked out. I know."
He then told of a trip which live sen
ators took to Cubs to Investigate Im
migration. They charged, he said, ties
for. what they ate between Washing
ton and Tdmpa, Fla. Their hotel bill
for three days In Havana was 5924.
"Dont you know,” he aeld, "the wine
was mighty good Tan days' pleasure
trip cost $1,700. Pretty steep, ain't It?
But you can afford Itr you have plenty.
Member* of conurtee hit you heavy
when they ere MvUur. But When they
die they almost pull the government
down with them. When Senator Hcurst
died a congressional committee accom
panied his body from Washington to
8»a Francisco. Ihov ato and drank on
the trip 51,400 worth—more rations than
Lee's army had at the time of the sur
render. If you -think R's all right I
(rave nothing to say. If not it's about
time to.stop this sort of business. The
senators are paid to stay In Washing
ton. On an average they have about elx
months' work a yeer and at a liberal
estimate four hour*' work a day. and
yet one item Is for carriages to bring
bring senators to Um capftol on a call
of the house. Is, -that the way you
woukl treat a juror who failed to show
up. or a clerk, or a mill operative,- or a
farm hand? You should apply -to states
men the same rule aa you do to your
employes In business. If you pay s
man to do a day's work (you should In
sist that he do It. I believe if proper
economy eras enforced that we could
•eve the nattonai government 5150,000.-
000 a year.
From the top of my head to my heels
I am a Jeffersonian Democrat, and I
want to Introduce Thomas Jefferson to
some of bis children. Judge me by the
standard of Dsve Hill end I am no
Democrat. Judge me by the standard
of Grover Cleveland and I am out.
late the encl6nt example and destroy the
aa ,?, aa ' bank of the present.' He spoke
Vanderbilt'S Investing 5M.-
which he said was a little pocket
money which he had lying around loose,
and raid that the national bankers
! r u f“’»" ber A Vanderbilt left off. And
Vanderbilt was not a man that let go
or any great advantages, but here was
where he dropped his candy.
In speaking of national bank notr* he
*aid that the only difference between
them and greenbacks was that Uncle
Bam indorsed the national bank notes
on the back and the greenbacks on the
front. Our great financiers were dumb
In admiration of the notes signed On the
back, but when you spoke to them about
?u tes #,sne< * on the front they denounced
them as wild, visionary; chimerical and
absurd, and a lot more of hard names
that he could not think of.
Jackson and Jefferson had said that
only one national bank would ruin the
country. Now there ere 4,000 of them,
and our modern financiers said that the
scheme was altogether lovely.
Thomas Jefferson was a Southern man,
from Atlanta. Alexander Hamilton, his
great rival, was an Eastern man. Both
men were governed by their environ
ment!. Hamilton wanted things fixed so
that the dollar would rule Instead of the
man. There is not a man nere, continued
the speaker, who does not know that
money now rules as Hamilton wanted it
to do. And all the money ®ls (n the East.
Hamilton is Ifke Clevelapd—both favored
nattonai banks; both favored more bonds:
both wished that money nhould nil# end
the people.
“Do you love the Democratic name
io well that you will let a Hamilto
nian take you by the nape of the neck
and make you trample every principle
for which Jefferson .fought that is con
sidered sacred under the dirt,” ex
claimed the speaker.
The speaker then took up the eilver
question
“I believe.” he said, "that the state , Judee Bradley will charge the Jury.
t nnAWlvl^ Is Sam /waa aIImam VTaI.a * \f (1 4 It It t turM'Aei k kl-
of Georgia Is for free silver, Hoke
Smith to the contrary notwithstand
ing. I believe, the people of the United
States are for free silver. Grover Cleve
land to the contrary notwithstanding.”
The speaker then went Into an ex-
tended nrtntmen* In fnvnr nf iha fra*
coinage of aHver, In the course of
which he said;
"Some people seem to Imagine that
G.ui Almighty made money. i say.,
with all reverence, that God Almighty
no more made money than • he made
ten-penny nails or four by six scant
ling."
All through bis argument on the fin
ancial question was a very cldver plea
for flat money. He made the claim that
only the government stamp gave value
to money and that the question of in
trinsic vaJuq was a fraud nnd a delu
sion. Mr. Watson denied that he was
trying to array country against town,
farmers against the merchant* and pro
fessional men or labor against capital.
".My creed." he sold. "Is equal rights
to all men. black and white, country
man arid -town man. farmer nnd mer
chant. with special prlvllteges to none."
He concluded with a very eloquent pe
roration.
After he had finished speaking Ills
friends crowded on the stag.- and for
fnlly twenty minute* his hand was In
the hand of some other man.
Among those who congratulated Mr.
Watson on his speech were mnny good
Democrats. After the speaking- waa
over and while tho reception was In
progress on the slsge. little knots of
Populists and Democrats discussed the
speech and Mr. Watson In the body of
the auditorium.
The Democrats who attended the
speaker were generally surprised nt
the mildness of Mr. Watson's speech.
They had expected to hour n violent
harangue against the Qcmo
ty and Mr. Cleveland. But they
agreed with hardly nu exception, that
the speaker had confined himself to a
plain, stralfthforward statement of his
case, backed by ns mud: logic as could
be brought^ no bear on the subject, nnd
I h* siu uiuiiu u i-uunsrkntiiy ciever
presentment of a very bod case.
THE FRUIT PROSPECTS.
BUTTERWORTH’S
'ARGUMENT ENDED
His Speech Not as Bitter and Sug-
geitive as His Opening Re
marks Indicated
HE PAINTED MADGE IN SCARLET
And Put Several Coal, of Whit,wn,he
th. character of Uri cltlnrldgc Ily
Wiry of Controlling Plain.
HIT nnd Defendant.
Washington. April I2.-Ths Pollard-
Breckinridge ease will go to the Jury on
Saturday and a verdict will probably be
rendered that day, for jurymen hare no
liking for being locked up ovar Sunday,
as the jury of this esse undoubtedly will
be If l(s members fall to come to a con
clusion before midnight. Tomorrow morn
ing Judge Wilson will begin the dosing
argument for the plaintiff, which will
be the last. Hc^win continue all day' and
lend his speech some time Saturday, when
The Ttfton Gazette Sizes Up the Situa
tion After tho Recent Freeze.
The Gazette has quietly waited for
full devekspoMMs an to the extent of
tho datiug* done to the fruit crop be
fore expressing sn oplulon. The editor
desired to neither under-estimate tht
loss or to figure ss a calamity howler.
After a careful survey of the situation,
he bus reached the-e concliurtons:
1. The frees* was exceedingly disas
trous, and the lose wtU fall heavily
upon this section oif the state.
* The pear crop Is almost s total loss.
There wtll be, perhaps, a few Inferior
LeConte pear*. The same thing may
also be said of the Kelffcr pear.
3. Plum trees wore much advanced In
blossom, and tbs crop 1* s total losu.
4. Peaches haw not faired so badly,
but fully one-half or two-thirds of what
promised, two weeks ago, to be the
finest pejob aragt this section has ever
produced ban van totted. Still, unless
there shall be another freeze, our peo
ple will be afforded an opportunity to
smack their lips overVtme very dell-
cions poaches. The older ElberU trees
bed put out thousands of blossoms, sn4
If the freeze Imd not crane the trees
would have been overloaded with fruit.
Am it is, only a few of the litter blos
soms wtll develop Into fruit, and, we
are persuaded, they will bo Urge and
fine. The younger Eiberta tree* had
not blossomKl to an greet extent. Their
fruit is safe, and will be of tbeflnsst
quality.
5. There wtll be the usual crop of
apple*.
8. Grapes were considerably nipped,
but. sd they put on a second crop, there
will he as much of bis kuclous fruit
or the vines Should be permllted to ma
ture. It wtas noticed But vine# on the
lowland* suffer the greatest.
7. Only a few of the melon growers
of Gils Immediate section here suffered
loss by the freeze. Only a small acre-
are wee up; but what wish up was
killed. There may be further toes to
melon growers by seed. In the ground
at the time, not coming up.
8. Tender vegetable*, such ns- beans,
tomntoo*. equnshtv. «► . were killed
nutrirbr.—ezoept ouch as were pro
tected.—Tlf ton Gazette.
MARYLAND APPOINTEES.
Cleveland Has Made Several Nomi
nation* ffr That State.
Washington. April U.—After more
than a month of weary watching the
Maryland delegation In congress today
had the satisfaction of seeing the lead-
thlnk mors of principle than I do of ; tng appolntv«*nts of that stain sent to
name. I ’grant a little less shell and the senate. A month, ago the presi
dent. It Is e»!d, notified Senator Oor-
a little more oyster in mfne. By every
teat laid down by Jefferson I am a
Democrat!. Jefferson governed this
country at a-eoet of 70 cents a heed.
Under .Orover Cleveland It costs be
tween 57 and I per head.
"In the Democratic platform pre
vious to the war you can find every
principle which we now advocate ad
vanced, except those which have come
on the world's stage In the natural
evolution of business."
The speaker then took up th* question
of l-mdltoldera. He clalmsd that they
were given 'special primage* inasmuch
as they conbls on* class of people to
•ecur* their property from the general
risk attndant on the possession of prop
erly and that while they- were exempt
from taxation the people who were pot
bondholders were taxed to pay'their in
terest Even In Germany and England,
whirls are monarchies, be said, make the
bondhoUrm pay tax** Another cl*»
which did not help to pay tbs yearly d -.
(latency and which- ought lo be elimi
nated wa* a »*il ,nal Unking etas* Jef
ferson and Jackson had fought arain't
the national btnk In their day an 1 h.l
it would be a great day
when asm*
man and the rest of the delegation to
MM Tho
however.
submit * state, intimating. ...
thst he re«erved two places for him
self—postmaster at Baltimore and dis
trict attorney. The delegation there
upon submitted the name* of the men
who were nominated today: Ormond
Harmond, for assistant Ireasurer at
Baltimore; Barnes Compton, for naval
officer, Frank T. Shaw, for collector
of customs, and C. Rldgely Goodwin,
for surveyor of customs. It Is said that
flenator Gorman ta bitterly opposed to
8. Davies W arfleld. nominated for
postmaster at Baltimore, but owing to
th* success of the others who ere his
frissids he will not b* oppos'd to con-
Urination. Barnes Compton ‘
present member of congress
Fifth Maryland dtoirlct and
ss soon he he Is confirmed
was elected to the Forty,
tilth com
Maj. Butt.rworth concluded his argu
ment for Col. Breckinridge this after
noon end the court then'adjourned until
tomorrow. There was sn absence from
his speech of the dramatic effects of yes
terday. Today he was milder, ulthnuwh
at times he approached the sensational
In his .language and geatures.
The plaintiff was not present, but sht
will probably be tr. her place tomorrow
to hear her counsel, Judge Wilson, re
verse the portrait Maj. Buttcrworth
painted.
Maj. Buttcrworth began a few minutes
after court was called to order. He held
up to view the charactec of Madeline
Pollard, described from - his standpoint
and dissected It. His language was deli
cate and clean, and there -was a care
ful avoidance of the risque stories and
broad allusions which had marked the
address of his associate counael.
The relations of Miss Pollard with
James C. Rodes were the subject to
which ilaj. Buttcrworth first devoted
himself. He read the letters from the
plaintiff to Rodes. begging and demand
ing money from hint. Then he read .the
letters which Miss Pollard called "WSoden
or dummy letters." These letters were
dated from New Orleans, Jacksonville
and other places In the South, and Miss
Pollard says they were written In Cln-
clrinatl during her first pregnancy, some
of them at the dictation of the defend
ant, and sent to Rodes through her
mother at Towlesboro. Ky„ to divert
suspicion. Miss Pollard testified that her
mother' then knew nothing about her
trouble, and taking up this point. Mad.
Butterworth laid;
"Thar*- la only ona person in tbs world
who can tell whether these letters are
genuine or not; there Is but on*'person
living who can clear up this mystery.
That person Is tbe mother of Madeline
Pollard, and she has not been called.
Why has she not been called? People
may ssy 'why don't you call her?' and
I will aay to that that we are not going
Into the camp‘of th* enemy for our
provisions or osr powder, either."
Msj. Buttcrworth 1 dwelt on the testi
mony of 8later Agnes and Mater Au
gustine of 8t. Joseph’s Fousdllng Asy
lum nesr.oCIndnnall Thess sisters, he
said, were emphstle Ip tnrnr declaration
that Maddffne Pollard had never been
at the.asylum aa she claimed, and moat
positive that she was not "Mrs. Bur-
goyne." Either these holy women are
guilty of deep falsehood, said he, or
Madeline Pollard never gave birth to
baby at St. Jotepn's asylum.
A little tiff between Maj. Butterworth
and Judge Wilton furnished dtvertenc*
for the spectator* M*J. Buttcrworth
taunted tho plaintiff* counsel who made
reference to the four volumes of Wash
ing Irving, which a patient presented to
th* asylum Iflirsyy and through which
Miss Pollard seeks to Identify herself
with that Initltutlon.
Judge Wllaon Interrupted to ask why
the defense bad not shown Uies* volumes
to Miss Hoyt and Mrs. Ketcham of
Lexington, who had seen th* volume* of
Irving which Miss Pollard owned and
which tbe latter says are Identical with
those taken from the asylum.
"What?" cried Msj. Butterworth, "show
them ttf the people and get them .to
Identify things they had never seen?
Not mucl).''
There was a further, exchange of words
and the spectators laughed.
Judge Bradley immediately told Maj
Butterworth to atop, and then thfeatfnra
to clear the room as he had dons yes
terday.
Maj. Butterworth laid considerable em-
phasls on the frequent use of the ex
pression In Miss Pollard's letter to Rodes.
•'Come early and we will go to see
mama.” "We will (0 to see mem* when
mania was not there. What does It
mean? I don't know—perhaps Judge
Wllaon do**" said ' Maj. Butterworth.
But he did not know. He conveyed the
Impression to the mlnda ot bis hearer*
that he meant that th* expression used
so frequently was merely e ronvenlent
phrase for going out on tome wrongful
.or secret purpr.se. ’ He referred sarcastic,
ally to Mias Pollard at "a pawn sn an
Immoral chess board, nwved whether tbe
i, .r it or not."
Tots was apropos -( Miss Pollard's
statement that she wanted to take her
baby and go away out of the defendant's
life end the defendant would not let
her. In this connection. Maj. Butter-
worth told a little story.
"I me! an old friend the other day and
he said:
•• 'Ben. why did not Breckinridge break
off with this woman?*
“I said. "You remember about twenty
years ego, when s breve, stalwart nun.
ripe In years and experience, with s
loving family about him. got s woman’s
band tangled In hla lulr?’
“ 'My God! I do.’ he cried.
•• ■Oh ye*.' tald I. 'I remember how he
sweated blood before the world.'
•••But Why dhl he?" somebody asks.
Ob. yes. that's all right: but that's not
the question when I am to be offered
for s vlearion* atonement for a crime
I never committed. We know thtt *
man who will court death, who go**
bravely Into the very front 6f battle,
trembles like on aspen (ear in the pres
ence of such s situation a* thl*"
Maj. Butterworth salt he did not seek
to extenuate this of bts client, but be
said:
'Tbs men who have framed our finan
cial system, the men who have mad*
your lews, your greet generation strong,
you have trembled and given way lo this
temptation to which thl* man was sub
jected. Abe knew she held thl* man’s
destiny In her hand, fihe could com
mend, not demand. And yet, she never
contemplated * better lit* She kept
this man crawling at her feet"
•Peking up th- allegv! premise of mar-
riage. Msj. Butterworth draw a picture
of whet depravity Waa mown If her story
were tru*. Col. Breckinridge had met
her at th* railroad station and told her
to : :i n r that evt i
' to think would
what dll be do? She nays be
to * h it. is of HI fame to ask
tender affection, to he hla
fists In the opposing lawyer's face. "Be.
fore the mould had gathered on the
ehroud of hts dead wife, he asks her.
tenderly, with loving kindness, to marry
him. Asked her to marry him dnd con
summate their - years of debauchery by
placing her at th* head of his table to
pre&lde over hts pure and loving daugh
ter* to rule hts home, and she Bays when
he wanted to ark her he took her to a
house of 111 fame. It Is not true," said
Maj. Butterworth.
Continuing on this subject, after re
cess, Maj. Butterworth aald:
"Madeline Pollard might have been a
good woman In the eyes of the world
today if she had carried out her part
of the contract with the' defendant to
leave Washington and die out of ills
fife. She did go to Bread Loaf ion. Ver.
mont. to work on the paper of Mr. Bat-
tell, but through some mysterious power
The obstacle Which prevented her from
breaking thst contract was-removed in
the death of the defendant’s wife. And
then she laid her plans to trap him. She
decided to go to him and Bay: 'You shall
marry me, or elie I'll drag you down
In disgrace before the world.' She re
turned to Washington, and now she
claimed that on the very day she re
turned, after not having seen, the defend
ant fo? a long time, and When not a
fine had been exchanged between them,
the defendant asked her to marry him,
and this on the very day she returned
from the North, when the sound of his
dead wife's footsteps had not died away
from his hsarthstone. It was ridicu
lous,'' said Maj. butterworth.
"And then ahe aald "She wanted to go
to Europe for two years.” continued Maj.
Butterworth, "and the defendant ad
mitted that. But at what price did she
want to go? She would not sail for
Europe without going as his acknowledged
fiance." *
Maj. Butterworth took up the calls on
Mrs. Blackburn by the defendant nnd
the plaintiff to tell her they were en
gaged, merely for th* purpose of setting
right In Mrs. Blackburn’s mind the state
ment of Miss Pollard that Col. Breckin
ridge htd promised to marry her. He
took occtalon to picture Miss Pollard
as the adventuress, laying hsr plans to
entrap Into marriage a man whom ahe
had In her power through their guilty
relations. The plaintiff came to the de
fendant and aald:
"I've told Mr*. Blackburn that tve'r*
eflgaaed. Now. whet ran t jo to set
eelf right with her?"
And then tho two decided to go to Mrs.
Blackburn and he. to keep this woman
from being condemned, agreed to say
they were to be married. They were
obliged to lie to get out ot It." said Maj.
Butterworth. "Col. Breckinridge had
dbne a .noble act. He had gone to Mrs.
Blackburn to save a woman's honor, to
THE ADVANTAGES
OF THE SOUTH
Are Attracting Large Numbers
Settlers From the North
and West.
INVESTMENTS IN FARM LANDS
The Climate, Statural Resource, and
Cheap Land and Labor Indue. Im
migrant. From All Sections.
Southern Knteprlse..
Baltimore, April 12.—The Manufact
urer's Record In Its weekly review ol
I'll -in. - 111 I in- S mill. . :l\
The two things that arc now attract
ing most notice In Southern buslncst
affairs In the South is the great atten
tion that U being given to settlers,
already resulting In bringing to tills
section many Northern nnd Western
farmers, and In the sales of extensive
tracts of agricultural lands nnd tha
tendency of Western trade to seek a
foreign outlet through Southern ports.
On the latter subject tho etHlro Weal
seems to be aroused; many of the new
railroad combi notions and projected
lines, that aro now before the country
seemed -to bo baaed on tho Idea thal
there Trill he a heavy increase of the
shipments of Western product!
through Southern ports Instead ol
through North Atlantic ports as fomcr-
ly. Tho effect of this is already seen
In tho increase In the total valuo ol
the foreign exports from Southern
keep her from being disgraced as ’ art I ports from $202,000,000 for tho etghl
adventuress, and when she could not _v ,, w
force him Into marriage through that 111 ""•I’* ending February, 1S03, ta
means^she had spread this terrible peetl-1 $230,200,000 for the eight months end
ing.February, 1804, tbo gain beln$
lence broadcast throughout the land.'
In telling of the Interview with the
chief of police and “with the pistol prac
tice,” as he called the little scene be
tween the defendant and the plaintiff,
Msj. Buttrwortn was Interrupted a num
ber of times by Col. Breckinridge, who
set him straight In some ot hit state
ments. Maj. Butterworth taunted th*
plaintiffs attorneys again for not calling
a* witnesses the person! who knew all
about certalp things, brought forward by
the defense and denied by Mias Pofiard.
Maj. Butterworth tried to read a letter
from the defendant to Miss Pollard, but
gave It up, saying a man ought to bo
punished for writing eo bad a hand.
Then sir. moll tried to read it. but he,
too, felled, even with the assistance of
Col. Breckinridge. A typewritten copy
of the letter was produced, but tht*
too, proved objectionable, and the mat
ter was finally settled by CoL Breckin
ridge reading the original. He also read
all tha other letters and telegrams pro
duced, which were those eent by him
to the plaintiff la May, June and July
ot last year.
After stating that It was utterly Im
possible to go Into all th* little details
of th* case. Maj. Butterworth con
tinued:
J'Tb'.a case reels with you, gentlemen | ,",5,
V* iaw jury. The i-Curt us. authority
over the taw In It: you may determine
$27,300,000, the total Increase for the
entire country having been $32,UQll > 000
more than one-lialf of the whole gnlo
haring been from the South. Thl
steady Improvement In tho burinesi
Interests of the South is shown lu thl
total hank clearances of the first three
months of 1SD4 a« compared with t'hs
same period of 1803. The decrease ol
sevemyone cillcsof rite country was
nearly 33 per ceut., but sixteen South
ern cities;. Including Hultlmorr, show
a decerense of. only tr, per «*enr Oiii
of seventy-seven cities reported only
five bad an increase of clearings nnd
of tin-so. three wire in tho South.
The smallest decrease In any leading
city In the country was Baltimore, a
Southern dty. where the falling off ti
11.0 per cent, only, ng'alnnt 17.0 p. i
cent. In PMIndriptiJft; 10 at Boston; 80
| at Detroit; 30 at St. Taul nnd 37 al
New York.
Three Important Southern railroad
systems are now undergoing pro ecus
of organization, nnd n uow plan foi
tllni'iIUf tllA rlxvyeesrlal Prarithil nn IS snnn.l
bawls Is being formulated. A* a result",
the facta, william C. P. Breckinridge | :! marked Advance has occurred In va-
Is not here for violating a moral or any ons railroad anil other securities. An
other law; that Is not the question,
ts here tor you to determine the ques,
tlon, did be prbmfle to marry this
plaintiff, and If so, did he break that
promise. He has been accused of de
bauching a little school girl of IT years
ond In dragging her down. You are to
determine whether he Is guilty of vlo- I
tallng law In his relations with the ex-
K rltncod woman of 8 years, ss she has
an shown to be. She says she comes
hers to rsdrees a great wrong. I deny 1
It, I deny It. She could redress no greet
wrong by bringing suit in this way.
8b* wanted either money as a balm for
her feeling* or else She wanted what
nnuncement la made of another m'l.
nxul lino In Texas, 170 mllot lung, foe
which contracts have been let. South
ern Iron workers are encouraged by
tbe reduction In frright rates nud ro
port an Increase In order*.
New enterprises of Importance noted
by the Manufacturer's Record tbl4
week. Includes the following:
A $10,000 telephone company, pack
ing house nnd puhlUIrlng company In
Georgia; u telephone com.
pauy and Irrigation plant, cigar fue
tory ond electric power station
does not rise to tbe dignity of revenge, i.'inril.tT, n r ; . .
ehe wanted to ecatter nhroad a Ireven t° s*®?® fabtory, tr*
of pestilence through my country, send- P“ nt fitatresses factory
Ing It to every hearthstone. She fielih- J In Tennessee; ■ can pinking works,
erately tamed from every pethway of
tpportunlty: she turned her hark upon
every good purpose and proclaimed to
the world her shame. She hts scattered
pesttlencs throughout th* land on the
mere pretense of wanting reparation.
Call her motive vengeance, call It fury,
call It what you will, when a woman
turns her bark on the pithway of oy-
pertunlty of decency. It proves thst ehe
were not (It to be tbe wt(e ot a decent
two water works syniem. publishing
company. Ice making plant and cotton
compree* company lu Texas; a pock
ing bouse, hardware sptiVally work-,
water works syeteiti, croeole works
amt telephone company in Virginia;
two electric light plants, a planing
mill, two Ice making plants, a $2,is«j
coal company, a $.Vtn,noo mermntila
™: that her early Ilf* was not what I !, '
she would have us believe. I am not f paI ! } * n , ' -t , ‘T* 1 ’-,lumber milt
saying anything m extenuation o( his I ani1 I'l'-Ck w il.s In Alabama; a ili-nl-
tin. I em defending the virtu* of my lery and clothing factory In Maryland;
countrymen; I am defending th* virtue an electric light plant, a $lnn,u>»i cog.
of country girls, and any man tnat rays ton mill, ami addition to cotton mill*
that sedqptloa could hs accomplish-d un- jn .v,,-. Carolina
der th* circumstances told of by this .
woman knows n .thing of the -ubj.-ct, NAimmv \ it.nis raaraeiee.
and T denouncs that Individual, In the | "ARROW l ' AL " 1 ' TACTICS,
name ot the country girl and the city
girl, as n-measureless prevaricator. No
body knows through what a mire that
man (Breckinridge) has been dragged.
It's the penalty of a departure from duty.
Don't think, gentlemen, that a verdict
for the defendant is a ratification nt his
sin. We ask not this exaltation; we a-k
not the exaltation of any one who has
violated the commands of th* decalogue.
We ask for only what Is Just. I heartily
Jain with my brother (Mr. Carlisle) In
asking you for a verdict In defense of
American womanhood, bat according to
the standard up to which our wives nnd
mothers must be had/'
Maj. Butterworth concluded at 5:10
o’clock, having spoken eight houra and a
half since U o'clock yesterday morning.
Judge Wilson preferred to begin the
closing argument for the plaintiff to
morrow, and Judge Bradley assented and
adjourned court.
It mak< - It all the w f
sail Judge Wilson.
“And that'* » ‘ at tot); • yr-ir manly
manhood know It Is nut true." retorted
I Bntterwortb, shelling both clsacbei
HE WASN'T KIDNAPED.
The Little Florida Boy Taken to New
York by Consent.
Jacksonville. Fin., April 12.—8. 8.
Burchfield, half brother of Walter Hen
derson, whom George Fallon la charged
by the Gerry Society of New York with
kidnaping, says that the boy was not
stolon, but went wfth Fallon with hts
(Burchfield’s) permission. Walter wax
R iven over to Burchfield's charge by
Is mother, Rebecca Henderson.
Burchfield received n letter from Wal
ter yesterday saying that he won being
treated nicely and expected to return
home In May or June, as Fallon wan
going to Canada. Burchfield eaye,
however, that the name of the man
who took Walter away with him wa*
Johnson. Walter has a cousin. Isaac 1
8. Thompson, a barber, living nt 158
Montgomery street, Jersey City.
PUGIUST3 IN GALVESTON.
New (Jrieati?. April lb—A spectit to"
the Picayune from G.ih. itoo eiyx: H.
Berneu of Galveston nnd Cbarte. Moth
•of New wrtcane met in the ring here
tcnlght for s pane or JM* and heavy
weight riumpiomshlp of Texas. The
Until of the bout w.i* twenty rounds. It
was toon Men that Motli wus no match
r r his bscv unl In th-
owl round he was Knocked out nnd th*
L ittle awarded to Beniau.
Words of S', me From Bn-her M -Intosli
of the A£M.iy H yr.It L
Aod now the Atlanta Conetltutlcn
his adopted the mrrow gangs, preju-
nfalr tactics
In hla npcech -
lludex to the
diced and altogether
employed by Gen
at , IIXTvkttwvlll •
Macon Tolegrapt ■■■
crlrtclsm wiie h :ltat paper saw tit to
make of Co!. Wqlah's appointment to
the senate. "Mr. Setfert'x nmrepeper;"
and then It proceeds to try to prejudice
the subject In point by erngdualzing
th" fact ■- ,i North-r i m-iu, tv,a h. -.n
a Republican, nnd fwighr la the Union
nmy during th- war between tire
statro . Th Conettt'itl n kn * - full
well that, white Mr. Seifert n«n., the
Telegraph, he la not writing Its edito
rials orabipln* it* poilttiw. He Is not
even in the state ex Utii time, which
fact hia evidently not escaped tho
Constitution's ootl-e. This . ,rt of
bushwbucking Is unworthy a Southern
newspaper that pretcidx to ire grc.it,
ns th* Constitution do«-. Will th.-tlmo
never come when t Northern man can
com* to th • South nn>! oxer ire the
rights of citlzetvCilp. amt even Invest
hi* money In s ne-r-pipcr for South
erner-, "native end to the manner
born," to run, without having the fact
ttyyt they mnre from lit* nortli of Mo
ron and Dixon's lire* thrown up to
them by email nolltlcdene nnd one-
lilctd. prejudiced newzpnpem ?—Albany
Herald.
GLUCOSE WORK!! BURNED.
Buffalo Has Been Visited by a Million
Dollar Blare.
IV-friln April 12.—T’, * Amcric.-.n
Glue.ire Work*. th» largest of the kind
in the country, were dts -overed to be
fire shortly after 7 o'clock tonight
and by 9.ZQ they were totally de
stroyed. The fire spread to the
Holmes lumber yards and to tbe public
f/ih market, and at this writing ts not
under control. Ambulances from all
city hospitals have been sum
moned. Several firemen Have b.'.-u In
jure, l and taken io tnr hospitals, tg
Is rumored that some of the employe*
of the glucose works were caught by
the llsmes ar.d have been burn*,! to
death. There lx great confusion and
excitement In tire rkinlty. The m ...y
1 • - 1c already In exccra -t < • - t.