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Newspaper Page TextWT1 .1 M .IT TIT W T vv iiin/HLi 1S2B. fb«Publishing Co. Publish* flimsy charges EXPLODED. Il rt Atkinson Fairly Riddles the Atlanta Ringsters Who Attacked His Record. A MASTERLY SPEECH. j^ a ; 9 Xlian 500 Poople Held Spellbound or Two Hour* and at IUlf Dy the Eiu^asst Cnymmtn. Men. the FIGHT IN MONROE Forsyit, Ga., May 17.-(Staff Corres pondence.)—For every .nsrsounl pro- oorni that W. Y. Atkinson used in his I appeal yesterday to the Democrats of p.mroc county there was a hearty -aiuen." The "unienihed" were on ■...a nn.i listened for two hours anil thirty minutes to the soundest of Dem ocratic doctrine, expounded by one of the staunchest frineds of true Dcmoc- tary in the state. If old Monroe sends I other than an Atkinson delegat ion to the gubernatorial convention should be recreant to her duty and the sound Democrats of the county ought to lie astonished at themselves. | The county is regarded os close and neither candidate for the high posi tion of governor is going to have a large majority, but from the most con servative estimate Atkinson will have between fifty and seventy-five the best of it. |Mr Atkinson's spech 'was a great effort and was so effective as to leave no doubt in the minds of the undecid ed voter with wh.ch side to cast bis lot. Evans’ supporters proununced It a “vote maker" and disaster Is staring them in the face regarding the result cl Saturday’s primary. At an early hour the friends of Mr. Atkinson were astir, perfecting nr- nngrments for the grand reception of tbc.r standard beurer. The lail.ee en- fred into the spirit of the occasion and wlih their artiste taste and by thrir Inspiring presence made the rc- cvptlon on.o grand and continuous nf- lair from Mr. Atkinson's arrival until his departure. Meadames C. B Alex ander, A. . Burr. J. IV. Murray and Mlri Annie Mobley baa charge of the decorations sad the carriage tint pull ed Hu- next governor from the train to the Hooks hotel and afterwards to the speaker's stand, was a waving «»«• of flowers. The band wagon was sot neglected and when the proces sion moved down to the railway sta tion to meet the honored guest the •wn ha* n gala day appearance. Mr. Atklnan arrived at 10 o'clock on the south bound train. The govor* air's party was Jotned at Bartlesville b.r die Silver Comet band, and when the train pulled up three cheers were Siren for the .text governor of Geor- cls-lloa. W. Y. Atkinson. He was ret by the reception com mi tee and "dried midst music and cheering to Bok's hotel. He was bmelged by mends, and the time the speaking, vis devoid to a grand lovefeast, and ronsratulitlons were showered tt|ion the Coweta statesman for the signal victories he has scored up to this time. The crowd preceded Mr. Atkinson ► the court house square where the k*akln« was to take place. When be m.vM shortly aft -r 11 o'clock all the •wts had been taken and about r>ort triple, comiwaed of fully 100 of tb« Wive sex. were present to hear him. *Je speaker was received with round •ttrr round of applause. The speaker’s stand had been erect- M mlast the wan of the court bouse «n ft* benches were under a fringe " trees about fifty feet away on the *•*» of the square. J">o<ly who saw that stand will for- EJ* *■ 5 h,,, Ty. On the extreme TT*® 1 ..***" uccupitnl by too* "the older of the Atkinson men of o «"*'»• A solid. snl>st.imi*l set "men they were. too. nT®*? * semicircle surrounding he speakers table were a number of young women as can bo ,b# »W«e of Georgia. Among “em hisses Maud Ho„k. Sallte Roti- Lmi d v ThomM ' Hose Amos and w Hoberta. Any man who couldn't ’food speech under the tnsplr- »» klsnce, of these ladle* baa no Ims- Mr ilSur* 11 tor * n 0 ®ee In Georgia, si i^r" Mt ,he Inspiration as 41^.^ £flT* rtl!,t hr held his au- , hsff >P * f ov twf > hours and A - Phlnaxee. one of f *truer* In this fc?2*l| the speaker In a * well Chosen remarks. ,0| luy" be said, “by n JT”eue*' «>f a Democrat of Demo- "bo has been tried and «*>rra ,h!J!77 { mm ' 1 "anting. All f *** Bfoud of h.r sou •he iff* ,w| ' nw »nl bi'lleve that merits hf . *!T «l*prednt1on of hi* 7 hlm irovemor of .1 %*** » mtr.v k»v* hliTT Wa * * «*eer which cotlld if* fr ' m Bor- lGwa"^ •'» the rnllnwl d • ■V A,k n ' " n stepped f..i « ,r-1 Sri hlTt* "ft ren.-.v.-l u &Wsrj7a. Mr - S'ico" a 4B t0 how 1 8t *nd on natlopal or state questions. It is no A w thing to me to face an audience 1 ^emo- crate, even in the time whe*. as dangerous to be a Democrat. Foi ^ people it is necessary to tell how u itand on these questions, it is a mat* news t0 the People. M Then followed some caustic com ments on the refusal of Gen. Evans to meet him on the stump. "It is per haps beneath the dignity of a Peach tree street gentleman to meet with a v) ru ? 5 lu ® fitting Democrat." He had, he said, asked Gen. Evans to make it convenient to meet his op- ponent at some of his appointments. He had failed to do to. Mr. Atkinson said he would be happy to have Gen. bvans meet him in some of bis ap* polntmenta and make a speech with him. ‘‘Gen. Evans declines to go on the ■tump with me," he said, "and meet me face to face, but Instead sends little 'one-gallus' Atlanta police offi cers ou.t who make statements behind mv hack which I rennet met I ws* 1 too young to go to the war. and I do! not know how brave I would have' been when shot and shell were flying, I but I am too brave to refuse to meet my amiable opponent and then «endl out agents to make false and mali cious charges sgstnst him which I do! not make myself. Here he spoke of President Cleveland, and the meeting went wild. The Interview In the Atlanta Con- stPutlon was then taken up, and Mr. I Atkinson's allusion to Cleveland waa greeted with hearty applause. Gen. Evans' policy of agreeing with! Air. Atkinson when any economic questions are up was ridiculed. “I *sS the —•••?»» w. ..is, ••iJ Oen. Evans a Democrat? I presume lie Is, but the presumption must be based on faith and not on any known evl-, denes.- Mr. Atkinson spoke strongly In deprecation of the spirit shown ' by; Gen. Evans to proscribe Northern men and foreigners who would not subordinate their political views to the little clique of Atlanta politicians who are running his campaign. He al luded to the general as the champion Democratic sleeper of the age. He condemned unaparingly the. use of "boodle" In the campaign. "If Democratic nominations are to go to the man with the biggest campaign fund," he said, "we had Just better turn over all nominations to the At-, lanta clique of self-constituted bosses.” Mr. Atkinson then took up the at-1 tack which had been made on hla legislative record, which had been dis tributed all over the county by the Evans Atlanta campaign club. He ■aid: “These Atlanta lawyers who thought I waa a pretty good Democrat two years ago, now, whlla they seek to put In an tAlanta man for governor, who; has never done anything for the party,! suddenly discover, or claim to dis cover, that my record Is a bad one. I If my record la vulnerable, why Is' Gen. Evans himself unwilling to meet! m* face to face and dlicusa It -before' the people of Georgia? Why does he prefer that charges be made behind! my back? And why la It they are; flooding the country with circulars at tacking my record Immediately before the day that the county acts, and too 1 late to permit m* to reply to them? They an aorely pressed. So much so that a short time ago they trl*d to get cut a third candidate. 80 much so that they have turned their hand ts s.anicrlr.g their own candidate.! They are circulating the deliberate! falsehood that I stated In my speech at Gainesville a feV days ago that eOn. Evans was a ‘superannuated Idiot.' It la an Insult to Gen. Evans' for these papers, who claim to be hla friends, to state that any ona thought! so little of him to make this state-1 meat. My treatment of Oen. Evans' has been, and shall continue to be. entirely respectful. While I shall dis cuss his record, I shall defend hit personal character. "In their desperation they have also charged that I stated that Oen. Evans waa a coward. On the contrary, I have always said, and now aay. that he made a good and valiant soldier, and I have not one word to say de rogatory to hla record aa a soldier. You can understand from this the state of their desperation, and better determine the weight to be attached to their so-called attack upon my legislative record. "I am frank to say that during my sight ysars' service In the general as sembly If, out of perhaps (.000 votes, these cited In their circular were all that were questioned. It would be the highest proof that I had exhibited some judgment In my action as a member of the legislature, and had been faithful to the Interests of the people. “I *111 briefly allude to some of the points made. It la charged that I did not vote on a bill to amend the act In reference to the disabled Confeder- als veterans. It la true that of The looking to the inurc-u of the Confederate veterans on one oc- oaslon 1 was absent when the bill waa UP®* 1 , but this argues nohing, aa the bill had been agreed upon In com mittee, and every member of the bouae waa in accord with the committee's ac tion end threre waa no opposition to the bill. "There were elaty-rix members of the legislature who did not vote upon this subject, a number of whom were Confederate veteran* themselves: men who faced more bullets than wete ever seen or beard of by the little Atlanta lawyers that are making this attack t'pon me. They bid faced at letst a* many bullets as the distinguished gen tleman who opposes me, even ir he was a general. To charge me with being opposed to’ the pension because I waa absent Is to make the sure charge upon these battle-scarred heroes who liarr-tied to be absent at the same time that I waa. “It ootmw with poor grace for Oen. Evane’ friends to Mlk about my pen sion record. In J*7* In a speech made In the city of Newnan on Memorial day, for the first time, no far t» I know. In the state of Georgia, 1 ex- pressed myself a* In favor of granting pensions to tumbled and Indigent o>d veterans As a member of the legisla ture I aided tb Increase these pensions until the sum. which wsu S3S.8S* the ye.tr when 1 entered public life now amounts to the princely sum of UM.0O1 U.v ■( >\. CIA., .MONDAY. M \Y 21, DO make It are either simpletons thcni- •*! ve ».. or take the people to be such. The bill would have been worth noth ing If It had passed. Each legislature must make appropriations for the ot.i- 'on schools for the term for which It '?cted. “e/JVC third is that I voted against the 'O)r the Inspection of fertllzers, There . not one word of truth in this charge. Look at the record on the page and year to which they referyou— house journal 1S89. page 87S. and you will see that the bill against which I voted was to tho very opposite effect to. that stated to you—It was a bill to abolish the office of Inspector of fer tilizers and to abolish the office of In spector. These Atlanta lawyers, per haps, would not know what fertilizers was If they saw It. But In running e- campaign they ought to have sense of honesty enough about them that when they quote the record, they quote It truthfully. This, however. Is but n sample of the treatment which I have been receiving from my opponents in this campaign. They have not only told untruths about me, but seek to deceive the people and refer to rec ords that do not exist. "Charge four la that l voted against the Brady bill, which provided for the pleading of failure of consideration for purchase of fertilizers. That ques tion was Involved In the campaign In my county when I was a candidate for the nomination of my parly. My posi tion was known, and I waa nominated by a vote of two. to one, which was virtually an instruction from my con stituents to vote against the bill. On this measure 1 voted In compliance with the wlehea of my constltuenta, and they approved of it and three times re-electe,! me afterwards. I voted In accordance with the wishes of my constituents, and If I am elect ed governor I ahall conform my ac- tjune iu tile wishes of the people Of Georgia; ba responsible to the people who elect me, und not permit these ■elf-constituted Atlanta bosses to dic tate my course and control the gov ernor of your state. The people of Oeorgla have fa.tl(led my position on this bll and have defeated It for the last sixteen years. The author of the bill himself was a member of the last legislature, and did not even Introduce the bill, which seemed to me be a confession that I was right and that the bill waa a dead Issue. Members of the general assembly of Georgia from Richmond and Fulton, both of which counties are claimed by Gen. Evans as hla home county, voted Just as I did on this measure. If his own representatives voted wrong, why did he not attack them for It then? Why does he wait to attack me now, when he has never attacked them? As this ls. one of the few timet that I voted with the representatives from Gen. Evans' home counties. It is a little strange that, they should now»--be at tacking ms for It. "Charge fifth is that I did not vote on the Twitty biii. I drew a 1,111 on thla question for a m»mber of the legislature, which was Introduced (n the house before Mr. Twltty was ever elected a member of the Georgia legis lature, and was the friend of the bill from that time to the time It was passed. Mr. Twltty will doutbless re member that at the time the bill was passed I wa* at homo sick. These gentlemen refer you to the time when I did not vote on that bill. Why are they not honest? Why do not the managers of Gen. Evans' headquar- tera act honestly about the matter, and also refer vou to the house jour nal of 1883. page 1(28, where It will be seen that I did vote for m bill to declare void agreements to pay attorneys fees; a bill which was more far-reaching »nd sweeping than the Twltty bill, which Anally passed. Is It a part of th .S!£ “mpnlxn not to tell the truth? Charge sixth, is that I cams down out of tha speaker’s chair and mads a speech In favor of repudiated bonds. Thla la another untruth which they tell for »he purpose of misleading and deceiving the people. These bonds were never repu diated. There was never a question as to whether they were repudiated or net. They were bonds Issued before tne days of reconstruction, when the state was hi the hands of Georgians, a number of them Issued by the Illustrious C harles J. Jenkins. The only question waa not whether they had been repudiated, but whether or not they had been paid. That question ad been referred by - s previous legislature to the Hon. W. A. Little, at- torney general. He made a report to the general assembly, giving til (hr facte bearing upon this point, and giving It as hla opinion that they were valid, sub sisting, outstanding, unpaid obligations i.f the state. A. special committee waa then appointed by the house to Investigate further. Hon. Milton A. Candler, who waa a strong supporter nr On. Kvar.e, waa chairman of the committee, ai d the committee made a report to the si me effect as that made by the attorney gen eral. The bUI to provide for the payment of these bonds was before the housr.th is bill provided for the payment of principal and Interest. I took tne floor nnd argned simply th * legal question Involved; I argued that as a matter of law. however much the UalaUturo mtfb; was: ts ds lt. we had no legal authority to pay the Interest on these bonds after all th* cou pons had been exhausted; that th* sute was sovereign, and debts against her drew no Interest except where she agreed to pay It. This argument waa directed against tha payment of any Interest. In can* the bouae agreed to the proposition to pay the principal or th* bonds. My argument was not mad* ou the question of the payment of tha bonds, beesuw the house generally conceded test the evi dence wa* conclualva on tint question. And while It waa not necessary tor me to make argument on that question. I* la ctrtalnly true that no evidence was obtained to show that the state had ever paid theae bonds, but the books in the treasury show that if \be bonds were ever paid by anybody, that the sute had never paid them. This Is the truth about the bond matter. "If elected governor, I shall reek to maintain tho honor of the state; and if any one desires a man elected governor who has not a sufficient sense of honor to pay valid debts of the etste, I am not the man that they would e?ek to elect. No fraudulent, Uined. or questlonahU claim would b** f«.r a moment entertain'd by me. But the state’s debts are debts of honor. She cannot be sued, and s’te should maintain an untarnished honor eiwt on undoes tinned Integrity. **I cell attention. In oonaectton wtth this, to the feet tb.«t th* Atlanta Con.-ti- tutlon, which la Gen. Evans* chief cham pion. wa* the chi«*f champion of th.* pay ment of these bonds, snl there was r t a single n.»w»pap*r now supporting Gen. Evans that k* out in apportion t.» it ..r th.-** t* n!« for the payment of these bon !.<. *hich ^ a charge to be fraudulent; the representatives from 'joth of his counties voted against the Twltty bill, and every bill on that subject during the eight years I hive been in the legislature, while I have beeo on the other side. "Then it is proper for you to ask the question: where does Gen. Evane stand on any of these queetlone, and why is it that he does not come out and state hie position. As you ask this question it might dawn upon you that one reaeon why he was not willing to meet me in joint debate is that he was unwilling to answer question* as to where he etood on anything. •When a man lights me, I only ask him to com** up before my face, and not try to dodge behind anbnymous circulars and little Atlanta police lawyers. ".My opponents have ftilled In their ef forts to bring out a third man against me and have now turned to other means. The use of money. Remember what they did in Telfair and Baldwin and then listen to this letter: "•Atlanta, Ga.. May 9.-Col. O. H. Gniapkft. Crawfordvlllc. Ga.—Dear Sir: I am glad you have put off the nomination In Tali&fero. and I desire that we shall aid you as much ss possible from here to* carry that county. Please have three men appointed in each militia district at once to work for our side on the day of the nomination. Our friends In Au gusta will help you st once In whatever way they can, if you will confer with them immediately. Write here at once, and. although 1 will be gone, your letter and requests will receive close attention. Please see Beasley and other friends. Hastlfully and gratefully. Your friend. * ‘Clement A. Evans * "I don't believe," continued Mr. Atkin son, "that Gen. Evans lent himself to this. I charge It to his managers, who mm w jiltlr -? •n»l uplifting politics." Mr. Atkinson also read an extract from an Atlanta business housi to a well known locai politician, Mying that the gubernatorial fight was Atlanta's fight, and winding up with these significant words: "Please run down here for & day or two and let us talk the matter over and see If we can agree upon a line that will be satisfactory to you. * "I call upon you." continued the speaker, "to administer a rebuke to such methods, and there is no plainer way to do so than through the ballot box.” The speaker concluded with An eloquent protest against the effort being made to turn the old Confederate icntlraent so dear to all Southern men into a political machine to boost certain men into office. At no time did the audience grow Im patient. The speaker had them charmed, and frequent yells showud the effect. It would be Impossible to portray the scene st the conclusion of tho speaking The bank playel "Dixie" and the crowd made a break tot the speaker. Two little flower girls were trying to engage the attention of the speaker, and when they did to he was presented with four lovely -oral of ferings from the ladles of Forsyth. Mr. Atkinson expressed his appreciation by kissing the Uttle girls. When he did ao it seemed that he excited the Jealousy cf the vtber sweet young lad!*** that occu pied the stand. The crowd took Mr. At kinson on their shoulders and bore him across the lawn to the carnage, where he wan driven to the hotel. Another recejtlon was neld after din ner. and to the* surprise of nil, Mr. At kinson did not seem to suffer In the least from his great effort. It was rematked on all «!•!• 3 thet he murt * man of t i ** * w» and uo—tltiHeo. iftd erhea fce told them of his cvnpiN'n thus for end the programme for thi future, they were appreh* nsUe lest he overwork himself. Mr. All: ns n lx In the bloom of vigor ous nMAM. scad H <*-neral health, he 5ijr- ~;zz sever h*«ter- He £.oesks in Columubs tonight, and was in Bacoiftest evening. TROUBLE AT GRAVESEND. Peter DeLacy Takes a Illtter Stand Against the Jockey ^lub. New York, May 1«.—Thitw was consid erable excitement st the Iravesend race track today, owing to the stand Peter DeLacy. the pool seller, has taken against the Brooklyn Jockey Club. After the sixth race. Thomas P. Even, who has charge of the betting ring, and three bookmakers were pla«wd under ar rest and taken before Justice voorliees, who admitted them to bail In S1.QG0 en<h. Sheriff Buttling and s nqiad of deputies appeared at the track at about 420 ••‘clock and immediately went to the Judge's stand, where they Informed Col. Sim mons. Clarence McDowell and Victor Smith that they were under arrest for siding and abetting a lottery. John Hunter, chairman of the stewards, was also placed under street. A warrant bud also been Issued for J. G. K. Lawrence, president of the Co*t*y Island Jockey Club, who Is one of the acting stewards of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, but he was not nt the track today. Carrlagee were procured outside the track and the party proceeded to the town hall, where Justice Voorhees had each of them placed under 12.000 bill. Justice Voorhees, upon admitting the men to ball, stated that If th**y wen* brought before him again he would hold them in $5/**) lf->n*ls. President Phillip Dwyer when Informed o? »>•* arrests of this Judges and stewards did not appear to be at all disturbed, tie said the arrests would give the Jockey club s chance to adopt a certain'line of action; but wbst action will be taken he would not say. He further stated that the association would stand by the book makers and others who have been placed under arrest; that eminent counsel would be employed, and that in mil probability Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy would direct th* affairs of the turf men. The weather was not so pleasant as yesterday, and the attendance *oa not very large. The event of the day was the fourth race, the Myrtle stakes, for 2-year-ohls an! upwards. It was wen •sally by Count, who followed the Daly tactics successfully, and /etttng the pace toh tmself. won galloping by two lengths. Emin Bey. after a long, vicious drive ruc- ceeded in beating Racetand by a neck for the place. Long Beach ffnlshel st his throat latch. Now or Never collapsed utterly In the Anal sixteenth. THE ATLANTA EXPO. * Washington. May 1C.—'The Southern members of congress who have been pressing the project of n $800,000 gov ernment exhibit at the Southern Ex position to be held nt Atlanta feel cer tain of success, a special sub-corn mi t- tcc with Mr. Tivinrmtort of Georgia os chairman meets at 9J0 tomorrow to hear th** ■ *fTJcers of the exj» Hitiotl t:vl th n decide '>n a report. The he»rit; K will Ian an hour and THREE WEEKS ON THE TARIFF The Senate Has Labored on the Bill and the End of Their Work Is Afar. MR. GALLINGER KILLED TIME. Til. K,publican. ASi.pt All Sell. Retard Rapid Progreu on aiea»urr-.TIio Ilou«o Still on tho Appropriation*. 7YU*hln*ton, May 1*.—Exactly three weeks ago today the senate begin the consideration of the tariff bill by pira- graphs for amendment. When the .sen ate adjourned yesterday twenty-eight Items of the bill—edl comprised within the chemical schedule—hud been con sidered and disposed of. leaving forty- seven Items bn that Mil still to be act< d upon. As yesterday's Journal was ).utt er lengthy Ita reading arm qispensen with before the secretary had finished It, and then the routine morning busi ness was taken up. > Mr. Lodge (Republican) of Massa chusetts offered a resolution reciting a statement in the New York Sun that bribes have been offered to certain sen ators to Induce them to vote against the pending tariff bill, and a significant article in the Philadelphia Press, stat ing that the sugar schedule hza been made pp aa It now stands In considera tion of a large sum of money paid for campaign purposes of the Democratic party and providing for tha appoint ment of a commutes of five senators to inveatlgata those charges. The Vice President—What action doe* the senator desire? Mr. Lodge—I isa for the present con sideration of ths resolution. Mr. Cockrell (Democrat) of Missouri— Let It be printed and lie on the tahle. The resolution went over until to morrow under the rule*. The tariff bill was then taken up. The progress made upon It today was not so satisfactory as that made yes terday, but that waa owing largely to the fact that nearly two hour*’ lime waa consumed In the delivery of u speech by Mr. GaUln,;er (Republican) of New Hampshire, which he .p*. rlhed as "an accurate historical analysis of American legislation on the subject since th.- day when the Pilgrims put their feet on Plymouth rr.'k." He had only got to the Polk election in 1MI when he yielded the door, with the purpose of continuing the gubje t here after. -Mr. Dubole (Republican) of Idaho fol lowed In a short spaa eh In whtrh he expressed his preference to BS C- blll ggssed promptly rath. r than hue a tariff question left undecided and de clared that the highest and most sta ble prosperity would come only wh-n protection was united wlih bimetallism Th* result of today's action was to dispose of fourteen Item* In the chem ical schedule, leaving these rates In the bill: On flax seed or linseed and poppy seed olL SO cent* per gallon; on fusel oil, 10 per cent, ad valorem; on hemp feed on and grape seed oil, 10 cents per gallon; on otlve oil fit for salad pur poses, SI cents per gallon; on pepper mint oil, SS per cent ad valorem; on seal, whale, herring or other flah oil, 25 per ceot ad valorem; on aqueous extracts of opium for medicinal use, rrd on tlnrturea of opium, aa lauda num. 20 per cent, ad valorem; on opium prepared for smoking, SO per pound; crude opium being struck out of th* dutiable list to be placed on th* free list; on sulphate of bary'ce, or baryta, manufactured. SS per ton; on Berlin and other blues. < cents per pound; on sulphate of barytes and of lime, 25 per cent, ad valorem; on bone black and lamp black. 20 per cent, ad valorem; on chrome yellow nnd other chromium colors. 1 cents per pound on the lead, etc., contained In them; on ochre, si enna and umber ground In oil, i l-( cents per pound. In riinneotlon with thla Item Mr. Al drich said that while In the large mil lers of sugar, rice and coal the fiouth waa to be well taken care of. the same measure of protection warn not accord ed in the atmll Industrie*, such as ochre, sienna and umber, anu he re pealed to Southern senators I'o vote ac cording to their Judgments, even If only once a day. Mr. Veit's response to the appeal waa to move to lay Mr. Aldn h's amendment (f >r an Increase of rate) r n the tahle. and the motion was agreed to. Mr. Ch Midler oon»umed about half an hour In reading testimony nnd arguing In support of his contention that furth -r protection should be given to o !in>. al- enna and umber, and he moved a duty of 1-8 of a cent per pound on these earths when dry. The motion waa laid on the table—yeas 12, nays 10. The aonate at f:10 o'clock went Into executive session end shortly afterward adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a. m. IN THE HOUSE. Wanted a Committee Appointed to Investigate the Industrial Depres sion. M Washington, May 16.—In the hiuse In Its early proceedings Mr. MSOSag (Democrat) of Illinois asked unanimous consent for th# consideration of the hott*» Joint resolution appointing a joint committee of congress to Investi gate ami report within thirty days the cause of tha present Industrial depres sion; but met with objection from Dmgley (Republican) of Maine and Burrows (Republican) of Michigan. The first named thought such an 5®£.'bten disposed of, probably soma day next waek. ,... 1 \ e *i^ ui ' ln c ommlttee of the wn .-. .Mr. Richardson (Democrat) of ,V n 'L ln the chair, pro' .dr.l to the further confident :lon of the agri cultural appropriation bill. •Mr. Marsh (Republican) of Illinois in 1 1 1 c, : I ! ■ : h- p I! i r - i;.1 p- propriatlng 5100,000 (or collecting and publishing agricultural 'statistics. Ha denounced the system of crop reports Issued from the department useless and unnecessary. The farming Inter- eats. he maintained, were not bene fited by them, but the speculator was, Mr. Marsh said the crop reports ln tho pa-’ had been mlrle : ling and the statements contained In them had been s " Ue 1 by boards of trade and bu-ket- r-* i'.- throughout th'. Country and i to a-pi. .. r>i.. pn.... ,r farm prod- u.’m The power of the statistician wa. the gi. alest wielded by any offi cial or employment of the govern- ment, and was entirely too great. Mr. Marsh contended, to be .placed (n. the hands of any on* me W,. th. «t r oit» of hl3 pen, whether the statistician or : • , r- ■ t a [ y. ::t t( ; 1 .la apt - -. , i, r hours ran change the value o( ffarm products in this country to the amount of many millions of d dlara. Nothing ha I more contributed wjthin the past fifteen years to the depression of the < 2?, farm* and farm products, said Mr. Matsh, as thc.-c monthly atate- m-nts issued from the department to speculators. He hoped that the gentle- m.in in charge of the bill (Hatch) would show to the committee and to the country, in defense of the pro- visions of the bill, wherein the publi cation of these monthly statements had benefited hla (Hatch's) conatlt- aiaeigKli. agricultural Interests of the country generally. Mr. Marsh's motion, on a division of house, received p affirmative and Jr ee«l’«J|iuii be IIUMIV tne paint of no quorum and a vote by ,,rd «red. This showed oDout tne same proportion of votes on the motion, and without waiting for a quorum to appear .Mr. .Marsh with drew the point and the motion was de feated. Mi. 11 ilner (Republican) of New Jer- *ey offered iu* an amendment the pro- vlsiorw of a pending houae bill direct ing the president to enter into corres pondence with the government of Great Britain with a view to eecurlni; a rescinding of tho order which re quires cattle Imported into the United Kingdom from the United 8tates to be slaughtered at the port at which they arrive and within tan days aft-?r arriving. This discrimination against cattle of *he Untted States, Mr. Hnl- ner said, resulted in a reduction ln the value thereof ah compared with those bf C*n»da. against which the discrim ination Is not made, of *25 a head. Tho amendment was adopted. The par.MKrnph making appropriation for eoed distribution caused a d<l>it** of nn hour or more, led by Mr. Itay (Republican) of New York, In opposi tion to the language of the bill, which he bi\<\ would make It possible for tho *"• TV of Jigri. lilturo tr, ,i! indon the ptirchs»o und distribution of seed». Nothinu came of it. however. Mr. Pi kler's motion to increase tho appropriation for r*eed distribution from $130,000 to $160,000 was agreed to— •' r " ■- (Th* au.-Miut n .m»-d th - bill was th*» Mm- -w appropriated t r the curr-T>t year, but the secretary in authorized to u.***’ $3'),ooo of th#* appro priation for publishing bulletins.) At r> p. m. the committee r«>*e nnd th** hoti.v* adjourned until tomorrow ALABAMA WHITE CAPS. Th« S Before the United States Su preme Court- Washington. May 16.—The famous Alabama white cap case 1m before tho suprem« court on a motion by Solici tor General Mnxwell to dismiss tho ap peal of the defendants from th-* Judg ment of the district court for the sourl:- im division of the northern district < f Alabama. In this esse J. \V.. nlUn Watson Tcdd, Henry Robert Williams, John Fimf. Georg** Sims, will Hboper, Bsminl Finis. Jack Beck, Mark Beck, Marion Ray,Will Mitchell, Allen Lights and Henry SUmpeon were found guilty on July 27, 1892. of conspiracy to In timidate and Injure United State?, wit nesses and were sentenced to four years* Imprisonment at hard labor ln the MinncMMii stats prishn and to j<iy a fine of $500 each. Th- witn<-«* < whom they sought to Intimidate were dragged out of their hous-s at night In the middle of winter and whlpf -i unmercifully. On September 7 a writ of error wan sued out by the defendants and eup'r- ceda- bond executed by each of the thirteen defendants, under which they are Bbw at liberty. The affidavit of the clerk of the court **h"w* that no trinacripa of the record In their ra*- * had been mads or ordered bjr the da* fendnnts or their attomyes nor any oth er Mtep taken to bring the esse before the supreme eburt. in bis motion to dl>mlM the appeal the solicitor gen eral says: "The atrocious rnanurf of tbs crime th" defendants were convicted of de mands that the sentence of the law shall b* promptly enforced. KIRK IN SHIP YARDS. IT-'. 1 b-n *•. R I . M 1*’ —Kir** -r 1 r ’ *• 1 in N*"a*- 1 ? M,.p > «: ! - f I * i a - tuck#*u thi* aftern • n. which taxed tbs resources of the Art deportment, but !>• now under control. The elc-trlo ' 1 •. .1 1 K .' W I k - A . • : . one time, but were saved. Kour coal ar. i lumh-r yird-* w : burned, to gether with rive hou-?** and eighteen •*( The .ojj vitii pr >. t'.dy « x 1 DELEGATES TO AUGUSTA. AnnxpoK*. Md.. May id.—Governor Brown today appointed delegates to the Southern Interstate Immigration Asso ciation, which meets lit Augusta, Os., May 3'». as follows: 101 win K. Abel. John GUI, R. C. Davidson, O. G. Ttll- mm. I r.tik Kur t. John K. Furst, «\- Oovernor Jotm Leo Carroll aadMoacd Wooten BROKE JAIL AT RALEIGH. RaMgh. May 11—Between 3 and A o'clo * k th'i morning >r.»n _• l\ig- .* r.d nine other negro prironert broke Jail here and creaped. Page was under tea- tenca of death ft>r the murder of a col ored w min and waa to ba executed mor yesterday re- | fused to oke up his «*e Kisti a bole through the jail der a window, through vi raped They kept up sir mdbettei \v v t y »\ v. ' ■ fl «»•' L ’ mV .l’j trtV . I ! t •“ * '•* 13 th"-.iehr th.it ) ... • * • a-. W i-i' r.itn , r , g! n .11 in rai:! ,bl. Ht-u’n mi l.' ! »-• * *• V 1 relating to th«* t ix up n . >ir 1-c .'* rt'.n.'.i .-*» •' v r fl! Itu r\urrt!*HU-.J la?: # imm-r i.yn<*hf:d by nk.groks J.-n.-r- ri, T \.«v May VV II (•'.!* • *!. vv.. . wa- :ir:* •<! 3 r - p. . i JuJeotal Appropriation bl.l If ti *h- numb-r : 1 *y hip load* ex.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, May 21, 1894, Image 1