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MACON. GA., THURSDAY. MAV 3, 1894.
senate MET
UNDER NEW RULES
A Quorum Was Present and the Tariff
bill Was Called Up for
Consideration.
THE BILL CAME NEAR A VOTE
Jltpubllcans Cllftll.nj.d th, Dimamu
(o Takift Vote ore «h« Bill, Which
Wat Accepted Bat th® Chal
lengers Qwok««> Cvwn,
'•HtlfOoiJ)- jLsuit,
Washlnfton. April iT.-The sap ate
mf t under It. new rule at 11 o'clock,
but it was 11:15 when it quorum wus
preaent and the reading of the Journal
wu concluded. Immediately afterward
, molion to proceed t»> the considers-
tton of the tariff bill wus mode by Mr.
Harris. An Inquiry wan put to the pre
siding officer by Mr. Allen of Nebraska
M to whether hi. resolution about th*
right of Coxey and his follower* to »•-
stmble in Washington was noi ilia un
finished business In the morning hour.
it» was Informed by tbe vice preeldent
that there was no such thing known to
the rule, as unfinished business In the
morning hour and that his resolution
had been displaced yesterday by the
tariff bill and had gone to the calen
dar.
Hr. Dolph colled for the yeas and
nays on Mr. Harris' motion to UVft up
the tariff bill. The vote resulted-yeas
•a, nays 1». a* follow.:
Yeaa—Allen. Bate. Berry, Blackburn.
Blanchard. Cffrev. Coke. George. Gor
man. Gray. Harris, Hunton, Jones of
Arkansas. Kvle. Undssy, McPherson.
Martin. Mills. Mitchell of Wisconsin.
Murphy. Palmer. Pasco, Pugh. Koach,
Smith. Vest. Voorhees, Walsh and
White—29.
K.ya—Cameron Cullom, Dolph. Du
bbin, Fry.. Galllnger, Hale, Huna-
brough. Hawley, Morrill. Perkins.
Platt. Sherman. Shoup, Teller and
Washburn—1®.
Mr. Dolph took the floor to continue
1 hU tariff speech, but yielded to Mr.
Llnduy of Kentucky, who address'd
the eenate in favor of the pending tar
iff MIL Mr. Llndwiv wu soon urnwn
Into a colloquy with Mr. Aldr. ... in
the course of which Mr. A Ulrica w*
f nerted hU beiief that “neither tlie sena-
| tor from Kentuc..y or the senator from
[ Texas can tell wiiut moment the
Democratic party i« In favor of.'
(Laughter on the Republican *.«le «md
In tbe galleries).
i -If the R* |. it'ii -in sUla of the cham-
Mi I. ml. .i> replied. "will give im
.nilv «:»lli.~.-c tin* > tu« »nd
[ ZZ *w. $iaBft O f thla bill this
I . :i Mi" .> will «hri 1 D
I ’ " ' :.i'. i '• •' ' 11 fa'" 1
I tL (ApplAUMr m um DanoontM
I side).
I ‘This eide of the chamber will con-
•ent." Mid Mr. Aldrich In acceptance
| of the challenge, "to take the vole at
I l o'clock this afternoon on the bill as
I H came from the hoim." (Renewed
Republican applause and In the gal-
i«o>.
"Why," aaked Mr. Lindsay, "exclude
I the ar.vndment* reported by the fin
ance committee?"
”Tou say," replied Mr. Aldrich, "that
the Wilson bill Is a Democratic meas
ure. if it is will the other aide submit
to the vote of the senate?"
“It la a Democratic measure,*' Mr.
Lindsay answered. "In the some sense
that the McKinley sot, when It came
from the house, was a Republican
measure. It came from the house with
out reciprocity and the greet leader
I of the Republican party (Blaine) de-
I dared that It was an outrage."
. "I will make another propo-nUlon,"
Mr. Aldrich persisted. "Will you ugrve
to take a vote at U o'clock on the bill
I as It now stands?"
“I will agree to that," Mr. Lindsay
replied.
"But will the whole of the other aide
V *** chamber agree to It?" Mr. Al
drich demanded.
“Without consultation
•hrak." was Mr. Llndaiy's snswci
“1 wt>uld bo very glad to hear
I” swator from T«nn***ee who
I fft * r ** °f the bill whether h* will
to it," asld Mr. Aldr. h i- r.-ihi
tho pending bill. Now. 1 don’t Intend
to commit myself or anybody else to
voting on r measure about whose pro
vision i know nothing. If the 'enaora
on the other side will submit 4* po
rtion to the senate to vote in ti. J} -•?
MU at some hour to be fixed early °4j
week. I believe, although I cam.
rpeak positively, that that proposition
will be accepted."
Mr. Teller objected to Mr. Harris*
request for unanimous consent, basing
his objection on the argument that no
matter in what shape the bill might be
passed by the senate It would be mod
ified in conference to meet the objec
tions of the Democratic senators who
were now dissatisfied.
"If we are not told an untruth," he
said in the course of hiR remarks, "a
bill will come here In a few days that
will meet the views of the protective
bill and not a revenue bill at all."
Mr. Voorhees broke In with the
declaration that as far as he knew
there was not a hit of authority for the
statement or word of truth In It; that
a new bill as In process of preparation
or would be offered In a few days or
weeks or months.
"This bill,” he added, "will take the
usual course of measures of legislation.
It will be subject to amendments,
doubtless, but beyond that all this talk
Is without foundation. 1 will state
another thing." h*j added, "the state
ment made by the senator from Rhode
Island a while ago that last night 200
or 200 or two amendments . or one
amendment were agreed upon by the
finance committee is utterly without
foundation."
"There Is no use In denying the fact,"
Mr. Teller declared with equal em
phasis. "that outside of this chamber
and outside of the finance committee
there Is an effort belnc made to recure
a bill—not a new bill, of course, but
amendments that will materially
change the features of this bill and
iVi.Kllfy^It in various particulars. What
ever others may do. I object "
"I do know,” said Mr. Aldrich, "from
sources outside of the chamber that
numerous amendments to the bill have
been submitted and agreed to, and In
confirmation I will await the events of
the next few days.”
"I say here," exclaimed Mr. Voor
hees w:th some little show af excite
ment. "that the statement of the sena*
tor from Rhode Tsland Is not true."
"What statement?" Mr. Aldrich
asked.
"The statements that amendments have
been agreed upon to the pending mil.
said Mr. Voorhees. "The effort here i
to make the Implication that a new deal
Is being prepared. The senator from
Rhode Island taxes the senator from
New Jersey as being destitute of knowl
edge of what Is going on in the finance
committee. The senator from Knode
Island is a striking example of a man
talking without any knowledge at all on
the subject he speaks of. (Laughter.) j
say this without Intention to give per
sonal offense; but I repeat, with all em
phasis. that the statement made by the
senator from Rhode Island, directly or
Imp'.led. Is without truth.”
"The chairman of the finance commit,
tee." said Mr. Aldrich, "says It Is not
true that certain, amendments nave bet'.i
agieod to. I do not know what he means
by that. It Is undoubtedly true, of course,
that they have not been formally con
sidered by the committee, but It »* true
that the amendm»Mil»» haw been c ;n
altered and have t»e*-n pra.-ticallv asr-d
to b*»tw»*en parties in is** r u in the form
ation or reformation of th® manure tiuw
before the senate.”
"That »» wld#* of the truth.” Mr V oerh#*#*,.
PEACEFUL DAY
IN THE HOUSE
fyyov&J of the Journal Did Not
. at With Its Usual
Objection
GOVERNOR JONES
WITH THE MINERS
He Had a Long Conference With a
Committee of the Aiabama
Miners.
KiLGORE AND ENLOE HAD A SPAT
It Crew Out of ft Private KHIef Bill for
til® Nathan l-'lefrlier Heir® of .MU*
il»«ljij>l—The Colloquy Wits
a Ltvily One.
Washington. April 27.—Mr. Ilepbum
(Republican) or Iowa was not In his
seat today and there was no vote by
yeas and nays upoa the approval of
yesterday's Journal. It did not go
through the parliamentary channel en
tirely without obstruction, however.
Mr. Pickier (Republican) of South Da
kota Interposed an objection to any
formal approval, pending which he
made a request iur uuauliuuus mi-
sent that the first boor after the call
of the committee for reports be given
to fbe consideration of private pension
bills reported from tbe committee of
the whole at Friday night's session.
This was agreed to and then the Jour
nal was approved. Mr. Pickier witli-
draw.ng his objection under tbe order
previously made, an hour, or go much
as was necessary, was then devoted
to the consideration of private bills on
the calendar with a favorable report
from the committee of the whole. Rut
half an hour was required to dispose
of nil the bills of this class on the cal
endar. There were eighteen bibs
passed grum.ng or Increasing pen
sions; oue to repeal an act granting
pensions; oue 10 remove the political
disabilities of Caleb Lus, a resident of
Alabama; two to correct military rec
ords by removing chargp* of desertion;
two pension bills were laid on the ta
ble under adverse reports, and one
was laid on the table after an explan
ation l>y Representative Tayiur (Dem
ocrat) of Indiana that the beneficiary.
Rebecca llleley. widow of a soldier Of
1S12. bad died since the b.ll was acted
on In committee.
The house then went into commit:-■*
of the whole on the private cslend )r.
Mr. Hatch of Missouri was In the
THERE IS NO VIOLENCE FEARED
The Mrlkf Include, Min«ri In All Her.
tloni— President Belli Id#- *n ya I here
Aie l-Vi,OC0 Out uud More Join-
....
The 1* 11 tlia
railed up.
I ll »
'lan
»f T»
cannot
••i --Till that auMtlO
cWM by th.* events or the
days. said Mr. Aldrl h
\ft*r this epi —vie, In which the senate
and galleries showed a lively Internet,
Mr. Cullom addressed the senate In op
position to the tariff bill.
Mr. Dolph followed Mr. Cullom with
the fifth number of hla speech against
the iK-mocrntlc tariff bill, and then, after
a short eve---live le-ilrn, the senate ftt
5:2S adjourmd until tomorrow morning at
U o'clock.
CONFIRMATIONS.
In executive ,es,lon today, th# senate
confirmed th, nominations of Jsmoe yeo
man. to be Interstate cammeice com-
mlMtoner. and the following UftlUmor,
appointment.: Ormond Hammond, to t>e
-,,-i-unt treasurer of the United 8U '"-
Frink T. Bhaw, to oe collector 01 cus
tom.; Barnes Compton, to be novel of
ficer. an 1 C. Rlsley Goodwin, to Do sur-
v.v- r of eu.tom,. The Injunction of se
crecy .at not removed from any of
nominations.
:.ync.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, April 27.—The house
♦ntlv
This closed an fi^laoflf
y* W uo to ,q prompt
rhl h
| tariff bill, but
s * r - Ltndeay then
with his speech.
As soon as Mr. Lindsay took his i
* r - Harris arose, hold'ng In hi* h
P»ff»* containing th® omnai
Port of the colloquy between Me,
and Aldrich, Including Mr.
Aldrich’s challenge to th#* Democratic
Wde of the chamber to take a vote at S
•flock on the bill as ref..r!®d by tbe
nuance committee. Having rend the re-
F?** Harris said In his usual em-
l-fatlc manner:
“While I have not the vanity to »•-
■ume that I repres.-nt anybody but my-
■•if on thla floor, I a*siiro th#* sena-
‘ or from Rhode Island that, so far as
J ■m concerned, or so far as I can con-
E5i t » * accept his proposition and will
•1****^ at S o'clock to vote on the
amendments report'd by the commlt-
2* on finance and th®n on the final
of the bill."
A chorus of Democratic senators—W’e
all agree to it.
* r - Harris, contInu1r.>r -This thing
TSyfr he done by unatnlmoui
■«d I go one step further and now
unanimous c.inscnt that this propel-
'*-n b* arted npon
..rn* presiding officer (Tuipi* --f Jn-
The question U the n«|U '.-t for
jnanimous consent. Is there any otojff -
JJr. Cullom of Illinois -I object.
it’ Aldrich stated that hi* pioposl-
*n, and the only on® ne had m.i !e.
m ** a vote upon the hill as 't
''me from th® hour® H* naked the
rjjtow on the other side If th®y were
|*»fiy to v. at a p t„j*y. hut
"JObOM ■ q,i.ft|o n . not .. pr-tpo-
JP?- AMrVb tv;t. here Inf
Rom th, IVm r .ttc sld, tlmt h:-
“.'S ""War V.r. 1 n "u ma'i -
Pi- Id tbl -.lit: lit, ,,f I
AMriHt^I i M-ur
tA >d. on Wl .it I r.e'.leve to hi
* ,nc - I a’iked thftt riu
. £«< l»«t night ,1, ■ ... r.tl.
’he Annr.< « ommitt
\ - l P°* > lh 4n •' amendmer
\ n *»ng t;.. ,,.. | hav.- # \ •
•I it th.- h
h-d t- d iV
Kill b#
cominittei* on nurlculture today com*
pitted th** agricultural bill for the
tiv.'itI jr. ar. lull » ‘II ■
su appropriation of about J2.4. r Ki.ot«i.
Mot about M4S.OOO h-ss 'liun the ap-
nrotirUtton f..r rhe current fiscal year
an.I aliout $215,000 above tit- estimates
Eni,,pin. -I Tit.* in, re »-r il." • ■
ttnat*. was mad* principally in the
appropriation for the purchase
ritatlon of Mffi* an-1 the expenses
,,f tbe burenu of animal industry. The
crelary in his estimate, asked fop
for the - 'T division an,I $70".-
for tbe bureau of animal lu.Vi,:ry.
■|i„ e-.mmitteo increesed tbe appro-
, r .,,, „ f,.,- -,...,i t,> an,I that
. «h,. hnrean of animal In,Ins try to
A,,I,,., The a,Ml: >.n.»l In
he latter appropriation wee made to
rut th,- spread *'f tuberous
among ea:t
i in*- :tin*miii,h *»r m.i
>c ae- j akiiiiKt them by ’!
thirty I tor.il IKII1.' :ii»*.iti
I After some furrher dUeucsion of the
bill, by unanimous con-'-nt a vote was
taken on the motion by Mr. .storer
(Republican) of Ohio made la*t week
to recommit the b'll with Instruction*
to reduce to amount paid by the con
tribution and by the sum tuuvtofore
appropriated by congress on account
of this claim—about $7,800. This re-
-mr - I. A>- - ^ :i »> - . N" 'l>i"i - tim
hgv.ug voted, tbe roll was called,
showing 210 members present. An
other vote resulted: Yeas OS, nays 87.
The bill was recommitted.
The next bill considered was one !n
favor of tbe heir* of Natban Fletcher
of Mississippi directing tbe payment
of $23 ,000 for thirty-two bates of .cot
ton seised in ISO!. A colloquy oc
curred In the course of tbe discussion
on the bill between Mr. Kilgore an t
Mr. Kuloe. The former said lie should
oppose the bill because be dealred gen
eral lee it tattoo as proposed by Ills
colleague, Mr. Oulberson, for a ,ti,:r.-
butt, n of tbe “abeadoosd property
fund pro rata among claimant, who
succeeded In proving tbelr right to an
Interest therein.”
"If the— epedU bills are pawed.”
said Mr. Kilgore, "when co-igtv-s
passed such a general bill the funi will
have disappeared.”
"Can the gentleman from Texas tell
us ovhen congress will pass t*ucn a bill?*’
.inquired Mr. Enloe.
“I do not kntiw that I can.” respon 1-
ed Mr. Kilgore, "but I know it will nev
er t*. »s I*»nic individual bid* ik®
th'* on® are paiwe»l.”
••Well. I /.ant to «y.” re«;. • • l®d Mr.
Enlt®. ”thit no -m h bill will tv- pis*- d
until there hhall be m entmljr different
cV\ ' "f rtpn>c*ntatlve® *«nt here, r ;
rsssntatives who are willing
Birmingham, April 27.—Governor
Jones, who is still in Birmliu'iiam,
this afternoon had a lon^ conference
with a committee from the miners of
this dlstidbt, consisting of J. D. Thomp
son of the Pratt mines, John Lamont
of the Cardiff, T. D. Roberts of the
Dlocton and Prank Fournier of the
Wylani. but declined to give any of
the particulars of what transpired, but
took occnsjon, nowever, to any iuni
many of the dispatches being sent
in this *1. > were vii i'Mislv >• n
it mu I a:, i . \ •• r. •• i • tin* in* *"• m>
founded mul unjust opinions of the
attitude of the bulk of the miners; that
while the situation was somewhat
stra.ned. h?feh confident the majority
of the str.ker* are not In sympathy
with any purpose to win the strike ex
cept by lawful means. His attention
bad b*>*n called to the reported arm
ing and drilling of the miners, which
he had called to the attention of the
committee, advising them that It was
contrary to the law, and they assured
him they would discontinue it, stating
that the number of men who had par
ticipated in It was insignificant and
that the purpose had been misappre
hended.
The governor further said that he
had iuves ligated the reported large
pur *!i.i>•* ;inus by lie* min*) s !
Ii.nl M-.-cr: liib-J th-re wa* n-» i'«*uiwi«
tlon for the rumor, and that their pur-
eh.i.-*‘s had not been more than usual.
At a f". mer ruect’jig with th** com
mittee th" governor explained to them
that a3 u"V'*rnor, while li® regrett.-d
imv diffiT'-mv of opiui"U as to w.ig**»
which resultiHl in so many men Mna
un®inpl"\‘d. he had nothing t«> <1°
uirh th .-irlke as such: that Ids bu*i-
OEN. GRANT'S BIRTHDAY.
etary Herbert I
clp.il Eulogls
ivered the P:
Oration.
New York, April 27.—The annual din
ner in celebration of tin* birthday of
Gen. U. S. Grant, arranged hy a com
mittee oonsisUng of Gen. Granville M.
Dodge, Gen. Hoi i e P i ter, Gen. Ch:is
II. T. Col 113 and others, took place at
th»- Wcldorf this evening. About 1j>
perrM>n3 were present LUhu Root pr®-
f! led and S" rotary of the Navy Her-
> '-i i h" i>. iii« iji il a-Mi ■ H"
s^d in rert:
"Av\ay down South. In Alabama,
nestling in the lap of the mountains, is
i. i ni.n-.-i. imi It w is f.> uni* 1 1 i
great American conflict h id passed into
hiaiory by men who had fought under
Lee and Ja kaon and Johnson. Then
came, to help them, men who hid
fought under Grant and sh»»im:in, und
Urn'on men and ex-Confedetatea t"g**iti
er bullded that magic cily-.i city that
Is already known far and wide as the
coming rival of the great Industrial
ueuina, of die wuiiil. Tuat Clt’/, With
Its fumaces aglow by nig'nt and by day.
and with its railroads stretching out
i" tli" N"r:h and th* \V st U an obj»* '
lesson, teaching not on'.\ n, mit- rul
value t>f th® union of all the— stit**s
but illustrating aleo by the condltlms
"f i*~ vr>< v tit i» ;i-1 • ii ir.f •<*ri.-‘!:< >
of the Am rican people wl.-> fought ea< ii
other with & courage that was never
surpissed and then throw down th* ir
i, rn* ir -! i ; 1 i ii.,rids to iL'ht t i-
gether the buttles of pea®e with ;i una-
t*i ‘ •' > t: it i. «- !."<*n i*qu ill* i
The material advancement of tb®
Southern states In recent years, of
which the growth of Birmingham Is a
type. Is something wonderful, but the
!•» that has
taken plac® in that section has been
more marvellous still. During this pres
ent week there has been a gathering In
tnat city of those who fuuKui agalnit j
the union of the — * ”** * *~
VIOLENT DEATHS
FOR NINE MEN
The Citizens of Lomvana Take the
Execution of the Law In Their
Own Hand:.
CRIMINALS SWUNG EY MOBS
Foni- A.im.tn. VV.r, llunt.d Down by
B uo I IiouikU an#| ( apturad, bat a
Mob Ovfirpowvrtd th® Oin-
cor* and Hung Them.
b®.*n lynch**'
The last fou
Th® news
Yesterday
hunted dr
finally lorn
Sheriff Me
to Increase
f. April 27.Nine m®n have
l'Mths in Madison parish
•*k and eluht of thes** have
1 by Infuriated dtiz'-ns.
p wer ® banged lust night.
ed this city.
Just re
Boyce ass.i
by blood h..
finally
i cabin.
i.r.t , trlntr ,. .
.5 i * •
They met t" where they \
e<l In the Buck
fiellan sent for
his BOflM'l for<*»
tr* **«l the ass
fugitive
in
do honor to the virtues of those woo i tlvely sa
had died by their sides; to reklndl
friendships that were formed nr.
th. camp fin*s and cemented on th® 1 his upper
battlefield, and to devise means t<> re- ; posse th<
lleve as they might the sufferings and
wuni a .d surh of their comrades ss
w*-i>* in I,-*- 1 "{ help They have m-t <luul
ceased, and they never will c®ase. to in hi
do honor to the memory of the brave I aurvi
Just
'.Is;
been compara*
surrounded the
id called for the owner t<» make
ranee, but he refused. The
•n fired Into the building,
ught the negro owner to the
rugitiv"s were
hlch hr.
5or. He denied th:
place, but th
' of the pr
men who fell by their sides. And yet, j found
I say to you, gentlemen, what I know .
to be true, that in all this gathering of | 1011 ° r
ex-Confederates there was not on® 1 In- j cabin,
gering sentiment of disloyalty to th® the lea
(lag of the Union that floated over their t ^
heads ns they deliberated. I say to you , ’
further that there was not on®, who , * *' v i
when when he was a soldier thirty rest, n
years ago under the Confederates, that party
could for a moment have believed of i u lnh. wh
the change of feeling that has tnk**n th® party
•* in »»!•* unl"M <*f thes® sl it®'# w.is Tom r.rKfin
four fugltlv
they hi r#*
llse.^ and finally
»ur darkles huddlid up In th"
i small crib In th® rear Of th®
rhe four were I’.imp Claxton,
‘•r of the assassins; Shell flax-
)tt Harvey and Torv McCoy.
• re promptly placed under nr-
•I Sheriff McClelland d-talled t
f twelve to take them t.. Tal-
hlh* th® sheriff and th® rest of
i to try t.i rapture
id separate,| f r 0nt
Ml Hike
un * * fr •»r t to tnkt* til** prisoners from
tnem. The guard resisted and succee«l-
ed in holding >.n to the prisoners Th®
I pr.r-.rd ,. M v.-lth til-- fugltlv®.*
ched the Hh®lby plac®.
until the
met hy n crowd
ilrh H.*
prison#*
to |>r<
the p«
w-. at all hazards,
uoi* N;tid that no troops had
tllitl OUlllti
The gov«
been put under arm
lion, It had been unuevv --ary to
so; that be still maintained the
- i:;.,* ir11• 1.«• i: ■ "!»lld**nce in t n»* min- t ^
obedience t.> the law and controlllns
their own hot heads as h<* did at ’he
inass meeting on Monday last wh ch
passed oft *<> peaceably and In n man
ner which reflected great credit on
them; 1 that in the event It became nec-
essary .",000 troops could be concen
trated here *n less than twenty-four
hours, but be trusted no such neces
sity would arts®.
From what could be learned, it Is
generally understood the governor was
very emphatic in Irnpr' S- ng the com
mittee with the Idea that no lawless
ness would be Mfrated, and that they
had as well run against a buzz saw as
to come la couflkt with the state au
thorities.
HUMBER OF STRIKERS.
Men on Strike.
« •»I t ••#1 I" til-' f i ••lit ['liU'",
their fiendish murder hod been mm*
m It ted. ^nd th®r>* urung »tp to th® hrnM
of several trees. Their hodloa were
found thla morning If Griffin 1* caught
h® will nlAo b® lynched Ther#* are »®v-
®nte»*n negro®.-# In all. all of whom will
whom. It i.*# thought, will b® convicted.
A DOUBLE HANGING.
Negroen Paid the penalty of Th®li
Two
ent law
purchase and distribution
t*o pay the honest and just d
government.
M •• M N ; -g\ (! " *n r < t* ■ f In i. f .
jh : -1 .i F ii-titut® ref 'rr.ng ti e mat
ter to tb® court of claim*, with direc
tion to investigate the ci>® an l report
Ar.ril 27.—Th® follow-
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among the possibilities of the future.
But so It Is; that which was seemingly
Impossible has become an accomplished |
fact. Verily, the facts of American hl»- j
tory are stranger than any fiction «W i
conceived. And this mighty revolution
of public s®ntlm®nt has not been con- [
fined to the South. From the the very
beginning of our government, from
th® da vs wh®n North Carolina h®sl- ,
tated for months and Rhode Island de
liberated for nearly two years before
agreeing to com® ini" th® Union rtnvn
to th® opening of th® war for reces
sion. th" value of *hut union was freely
questioned and often deliberated.
••At il’ff' reni time* great conventions
cf ®\ it*.| m*-n. n<»w In England and
In th" South, and *#tatcnm'*n In
ct. di»®u*s**d
Whether a Ftate had tin* right to
r its relations to the Union Has an
open question till its was settled by
arbitrament of war. Since that
t tribunal entered Its Judgment »»nd
adjburned without delay more than a
quarter of a century ha* elapsed and
from that moment up vo this hour not
a state legislature or a state conven
tion or a countv convention or even a
sch’aol boys’ debating society has tak
en up that question for discussion.
W® are not to be two nations *f Anglo-
Saxon people lyin? side by side, each
like the unhappy nations of th«* old .
world. arm«-i to the u-th on land mil * " "" "■ bad b
mi snin.t their nrilthbore. %Ve art ti> I J" J ' 111 ■“ r|l >' 'In. .. ,
Hr, under one flax amt thl. Is to b, I *“"• ' ,k 7' ln Mnna;
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perlty; Und we art to conutltut' oil to u,#r# ,m morning
gether. North, South. East And West,
one government.”
The secretary then spbke eloquently I
of G®n. Grant, dwelling at ronsldcrnble J ’
length on hU sLlllty as i command r I 1
armies: of his patricMsin; of his In
nate nobility, an.l especially <( h's ruig-
nanimltv.
Among the speakers were President
Seth Low of Cc4ui
Cho.it®. W. D. GuthrK Sr nor Ito-
mero. Mexican minister to Wa»hlngto
and Gen. O. O. Howard.
who
t h"y
suiting i
last.
is to confine their pur-
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■ ,ri nr® rar® sin 1 iiniu;ii:n"H ’•> th#*
oHintry or such as ran be made more
profitable by frequent clung« from
#»n.' part of the country to another.
A U'*w provi-on was aN » :n-• rt--l !n
this section authorizing the secretary
of agricnlrnre to Mjx-nd ,°f
this appropriation for the pu »lU.at*o’i