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HILL DENOUNCED
the income tax
fhe New York Senator Prepared an
Elaborate Argument Against the
Revenue Raising Feature,
AND READ IT TO HIS COLLEAGUES
rn« llrpabllcuna Paid but Liltlt Alien-
lion to Arraignment, and Ilia
niutrli KalUd to Hava Any
Very Favorable Kftect.
Washington, June ill.—In the morn
ing half hour the serrate passed a bill
dutine the boundaries of three judl-
- v ; Jlntrlets in A'olunia and regula'te
Ult . jurisdiction of United States courts
therein.
At 10:30 the tariff bill was taken up,
the pending question being on the
Incume tax questions, and Mr. Hill
tJdressed the senate In oppoeltlon to
me rax. Mr. Hill read his speech from
typewritten sheets, very slowly and
In somewhat solemn tones and man-
„,r. Close a'tnen-tlon was given to the
iireech on the 'Democratic side of the
cumber, particulars by the two New
Jersey senators. Messrs. McPherson
„,a Smith; while Republican senators
w..i* very few avswtlans seemed to
take little or no Interest In it. Among
Mr. Hill's most attentive listenereson
tnc floor of the senate were the three
I'qiulist senators, Messrs. Kyle, Ai-
Ini and Pcffer. The galleries oontalned
quite a large audience.
Mr. Hili declined to allow Interrup
tions, stating his intention to lake part
In the discussion of me various amend-
r .it took him Just two and three-
quarter hours to read his speech, and
t. 1 p. m. he closed.
It teas well understood, he said In
conclusion, that senators intended to
vote on the lnooma tax section, not
t cording to tiheir convictions, but ac-
c nlmg to the decree of a party cau
cus. He trusted than such <a hum!Hat
ing spectacle would hot be Witnessed.
I. was not even boasted by some, he
i ,M, rhat the Income lux was the very
l„st fculture of the blit. If that were
si, then he would only say In the em-
p.iatic language of the senator from
Mew Jersey, Mr. Smith, “God help the
Democratic party.” The true state
ment of the case was that the Popu
listic votes were preferred to Demo
cratic votes. He felt like he hud per-
unal Interest In the result. He was
(String used to defeat in rids Semite,
irj defeat wit! a matter of supreme
indifference to him. But ho would be
lalse to -his country, false to his party
Hill false to himself If he did not wise
hla warning voice and announce to
si* fellow Disnoorata and to She coun
try St large Me conscientious and ma
ture conviction on thla Important sub
let In sutfh a groat ortwt* of the coun
try's and 'the party's history.
Mr Hlgxlne of Dslawars followed with
a rp-ei h against the Incom tsx section.
Another Installment of the Alien-Chan.
Her qinrrel was hers Injected Into the
letmte. Mach of these gentlemen! grows
dally more hitter toward the other, on
tlo floor of the senate at ieaat, ami ioivi,
n*a-d the lie and "you're no gentleman."
In pirliamentary forms.
An argument against the Income tsx by
Mr. Hoar followed. At the close of Mr.
II sir's remarks, an amendment waa of-
l-red by Mr. Aldrich to change the limit
r .r the etlstence of the Income tax from
January 1. 1M to MM. The amendment
sis rejected—yeaev 23; nays, M, as follows
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison. Chandler. Cullom,
Darla, liolph, Fry*. Oslllnger. Hawley,
llhixlns, Hoar, .'-odes. McMillan, Morrill,
Patton, Perkins, Power. Quay, Sherman,
Shear and Waehbum—2*.
Says—Allen. Bate, Berry. Blanchard,
Price, Cstfery, Call. Cockrell, Coke. Du-
1—Is, Faulkner. Georg*. Olbsnn. Dorman,
Harris, Huntnn, lrhy. Jurats. Jone* of
Arksnsas, Kyle, Lindsay, McPherson.
Martin. Mills, Mitchell of Oregon, Mar-
run, Murphy, Pasco, Peffer, Pugh. Roach,
Smith. Teller, Turple. Vest. Vitas, Vonr-
hr«, Welsh and Whlte-M.
The flrst eummtttee amendment waa
then agreed to (without a division) fixing
t limit of the tax at January I. 190). The
n-it eorr.mlttss amendment waa to atrlke
out of the house bill the word* "of every
person residing In the United Etates, or
soy cltlaen of the United mete* residing
slcoad. derived In each preceding year."
end to Insert In lieu of them the words
"received In the preceding calendar year
br every clttaen of the United Stntei and
every person residing therein."
Aftet some colloquy, the committee
Amendment was amended by making it
read "by every cltlaen of the United
flutes whether residing at home or
abroad, and every person residing there
in ”
M- peffer (Populist) of Kansas offered
hi* amendment for A graduated Income
tux.
Mr. Harris moved to lay It upon the ta
ble, and that motion wua agreed to—yeas,
«: nays, 5.
The negative volea were given by the
three Populists—Allen, Kyle and Peffer,
and by two Republicans—Mitchell or Ore-
r« nnd Teller of Colorado.
At this point two reports wars made
from the eelcct commute* Investigating
the connection of senators with the sugar
trust. The majority report certllled the
Li t that Havemsyer and Bwvrles had re
fused to answer proper questions; nnd a
minority report by Messrs Orsy nnd Lind
say c-rtlfled tho same fact no to Mr.
Macartney, the stock broker.
A parliamentary controversy woe started
by a suggestion of Mr. Hill. Chat the re.
Porte go over without action until to
morrow; while It waa contended on tho
other hand, that tho mere presentation of
the reports concluded the matter and that
the vice president should certify the re
put to the district attorney. No ruling
OO the question had been mode when the
•-nets at i:10. after n short executive se(-
•“-n. adjourned until tomorrow.
iiatl refuged to rule at that question,
but Chairman Livingston Intimated
Ills Intcmlou to udmlt amendments nt
uny tin* Mr, Utileh protested that
tile committee could not ctiuDgo (lie
terms of order agreed to by tho house
and Mr. Livingstone refrained from
making n ruling until Mr. llrosvonor
of Ohio, who bad the floor for thirty
mhiuutes, hud concluded.
His conclusion wus lint Inasmuch
ns tho people liclie red that because of
dealings In futures nnd op
tions tho markets for food
products tvero adversely affected
he was willing to relievo them of that
impression by the passtigo of tho bill,
ami would therefore vote for It. The
question of the Hiatus of amendments
to the bill coming up again, an ar
rangement was effected after consid
erable negotiation by which amend
ments are to be o(Tcr»d anil considered
under the live-minute rule for two
hours tomorrow, after which Mr.
Hatch will have an hour to close de
bate.
Mr. Covert (Democrat) of Now York
followed Mr. (Imsvenor In nn argu
ment against the bill on the ground of
unconstitutional!!)-. Tho discussion
»'•'*» further continued by Mr. Stork-
dale (Democrat) of Mississippi In fa
vor of the hill mid Mr. Bartlett of
New York in .opposition thereto.
Mr. Pence (Popullsl) of Colorado whs
the next speaker. He plunged Into
the silver question nt once. Ills only
reference to the pending bill was a re
mark that he did not know whether
or not n free coinage proposition wotdd
be In order as an nmeudment lo the
anti-option bill, bnt if It were not and
some gentleman offered It tomorrow
Hie greatest benefit to the country
could be done by the opponents of It
withholding a jsilnt of order against
the amendment.
After further debate by Messrs.
Wheeler of Alabama and Neill of Ar
kansas In support of the (till nnd by
Messrs, itoatner- or Louisiana nnd
Qulgg (Republican) of Now York In
opposition flierelo, tho committee rose
and lit 5:4." adjourned unlit tutaioirow.
RAMAPO WON
THE SUBURBAN
He Captured the Big Handicap Stakes
From a Lot of Royal
Competitors
2 061-5 BROKE THE RECORD
Nalvator'iRpcord lleutni lly Ttrn-Fifths
of a (lernnd anil tiowlandai'i Ilf
Tlirrp-Fifth a—ISxrltoinvnt
ItUlt Hlgtl.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Capital Architect Clark Has Been Re
quested to Step Down and Out.
Washington, June 21.—In eon se
quence of bitter differences of opin
ion between Mr. Walker of Massachu
setts and Other members of the house
commlutee on acoustics and ventila
tion and Edward Clark, who has been
the architect of the capital for nearly
thirty yearn, on the subject of the de
fective vemilaitlon of the house. Mr.
Clark's resignation Iras been asked for
by Mr. Bhetl of South Carolina, tho
chairman, and Dr. Durburrow of Illl-
nols, a member of 'the commlutee, and
refueed. The matter will be brought
up in the house, with a probability of
charges being preferred against Archi
tect Clark in connection with the ad
ministration of his office.
The grand Jury again adjourned
without announcing tho Indictment of
fhe newspaper men, Sehriver and Ed
wards. The officials 1n the district at
torney's office, who for two weeks past
have been saying something would
develop In a couple of daya, now refuse
to talk about the matter.
Secretory 'Herbert has received _
cablegram from Commodore Thomas
of th* Bennington, announcing that
one of Che refugees of hla vessel, hav
ing compiled wetn the requirements of
the navy department, hud landed at
LoLlbepted. The man who boa thus
given up to the tender mercies of the
victorious ravolutlonlsta la a native
of 'fhe United Slates named Jefferies,
who served as an aid with the title of
minuted conflict In Salvador. It ap
peal* that he had received assurances
from tbe new government that ha
would not be molested If he came
offhore, and he requested permission
from Commander Thonraa to leave the
ship. On Monday the commander
cabled tha request to Secretary Her
bert, and after the matter hud been
given full consideration by tbe proper
officials here, on Tuesday last a ca
blegram was sent to Commander
Thomas authorising blm 'to release Jef
feries "upon his written request." Jef
feries 1a said to be a reckless fellow
with a Urge following of friends In
Salvador, and It would not be surpris
ing to tha officials here if be became
quits au prominent In th* new gov
ernment as ha waa In tho old one. It la
thought than tha revolutionists would
summarily dispose of Gan. Exeta if be
surrendered, but that no harm would
happen to any other of the refuue«g.
The United flJalei will, however, run
no risks in the matter, and none of
them will be permitted to leave tbe
Bennington except on their written
requests, thus releasing this govern
ment of all responsibility In their af
fairs. This has long been the settled
policy of tha United Rules, and there
will be no deviation from it.
IN THE HOUSE.
Confusion and Wrangling Over the
Anti-Option Bl!!.
SS’nshlngton, June 21. -Speaker Crisp
Mna still unable to preside over tho
•' It‘>prcsentaUTe Bailey was
nctiiu named to discharge tho duties
' t ibe
After the transaction of some unlm-
1 >nant business by unanimous «m-
k ht. Mr. Hatch mured to go Into ram-
b'ittr* of the whole lo consider tho
anil-opthia bill, and ask' d u:i mini it
’ ■'—•tit lo modify tho agreement >•«-
br.lay respecting iletmte so as to give
“W an hour tomorrow to dose, lie
•■'’ellned tn Include within the request
modification to permit amendments
l ins offered, amt thereupon objection
**» made to the proposed oxl*us, .ii
" debate. The morion to go Into rout-
ELBBRTON ECHOES.
A Week of Gayety at the Collegiate
Institute.
Elbert on, Juno 21.—(Special.)—Tho
City Is full oi visitors uiU-udiag the
commencement exercises of tbe Col
legiate Institute. The annual sermon
wits preached last Sunday by llev. W.
P. Lovcjoy of the north Georgia con
ference. The literary address to the
societies was dellviTed by Col. Syl-
vamis Morris of Alliens
Tbe exercises have I teen extremely
entertaining. The music classes of
Mrs. Alice W. Hester anil Miss Mason
gare entertainments of a very high or
der at the opera bouse.
A sad death occurred In Elbert on at
ID o'clock this morning. Mr. laiftim
Arnold, a young man 22 years old died
from tin overdose of morphine taken
at 0 o'clock yesterday evening. He
bad been to Abbcvltto and returned on
nn erenlug train and weut to the house
of Mr. James McIntosh, his brother-
in-law, and took the drug, informing
his sister and family of what he hud
done and bade them goodbye. Dr*.
Smith. Long, Johnson and others were
Immediately called and every effort
was made to sure bis life, but without
avsll. It is thought that he had I teen
taking It through the day and was un
der the Influence of It when he ar
rived. He wa a young mats well con
nected, a ton of Mr, J. G. Arnold and
brother of Mr. SleAlpIn Arnold, a
prominent citizen of the city. No cause
has been assigned for the act except
despondency.
APPROVES THE RESOLUTIONS.
London, June 21.—The Westminster
Cnzetie approves the resolution*
pissed by the anti-lords conference at
Imls yesterday, anil says they will
he officially addl'd to the programme
of th* government. However, etery
practical politician must see that the
Veto isilver of the house of lords has
nothing lo do with the present block
cf iHtdiics* In puliom-iit. It Is Im-
__ _ peratlre that llie government shall m-
tt.ltlf* of the whole wm'agreed lo, | crease the stringency of closure in the
t“l Mr. Livingston at (leorgU look 1 Irouse of commons
Much confusion wss .. . an* over! BICYCLE CONI IJ*T.
[a* ell'irts at various g-ntlem-u to I Fli-rcucr, June-21.- rh- International
* irn whfibtt or not anuinluiwii* lo j blcyrlf ontcb brf * t«*b>y wii woa by
! u * MU mnl.i bo offml. yMi|. Artirir 7Amm> rwAtL Heoqr Wbeder
1 ;i * chair Speaker Pro TVtr. Balky wan *wotid.
Now York, June 21.—The greatest «ur*
but ban handicap In the history of the
cla&alc events was won today by Kamapo.
It wss not the richest suburban, as the
prise waa worth lea- financially ♦.*»■ y*ar
than last by nearly $1,000. The winner got
about $17,000. He got nearly fl$,000 last
year.
The battle wss a grand one and well
fought, and Ramapo. the first favorite,
carried off the prUe from that aged geld
ing, Iianquet, only after a bitter and
cruel str.ugle.
That erratic beast. Sport, took It Into
ills head to try when It wss too late.
He came like a shot from a cannon from
the rear rank In the final sixteenth and
passing the other struggling contestants
as If they were standing still, secured
third place by a comfortable margin.
There wus not an admirer or supporter
of fiport on the track that did not believe
he would have won outright hal Taral,
Garrison, Simms, or some equally capable
Jockey had the mount on him.
Hin^e the future hooks opened on the
race, Ramapo has been the favorite. Ills
ictory wss a most populir one. The
stable Is In good order with the lackers
of favorites, and Taril, his rider. Is one
of the most poputur Jockeys on the turf.
This victory gave Tarsi, who Is rightly
called the “Lucky Dutchman,” a record
enjoyed by no other Jockey, that of win
ning the three big handicaps of the year.
He won the Hrooklyi with Dr. Rice, a
discarded stable com pinion of Ramapo,
And the Metropolitan and Suburban with
Ramapo.
The race was run true and was a thor
oughly clean and healthy one. Banquet,
who Is known to be nervous in a big
field, was taken to front and enabled to
feel his position. He was. In consequence
for the first time, able to do Justice to
himself In a fair sized field. Sport showed
his temper lu ths early psxt of the ra:e
and Thompson could do nothing with him
until too late. Sir Walt 2 r had been tam
pered with too much. His appearance at
tne post was not what it should have
been. He was brought from Jerome park
early iui» morning And had net recov
ered from the chasge cf air oad scene,
and was reulty unequal for the task set
for him. The pace was set by Kinglet
and Humtu«t, and was too hot for Pick
pocket H«sn:y of Navarre. Don Alonso
wss the same big sulking cur, he always
Is In good company. He was content to
lope along In the rear ranks, fit. Mi
chael and Charado were thoroughly out
classed. Comanche. In temper and habits,
and courage, resembled Don Alonso. Hi
Is a great horse In moderate company.
As a stoke horse he Is a counterfeit.
Kinglet simply did all that was asked of
him. He made the pace is hot as ht
ktflv~.ro ssi thCS :•?* nuiisrs for
his stable companion, llampo to flmsn.
King Lee acquitted himself creditably.
When he becomes thoroughly occllmatsd
he will make s-.*nc of the cracks hustle
to hold their own.
Ilamspo’s time IM 1-5 Is 1-5 of a second
faster than the race has yet been run In.
Lowlander ran the race a yei~* ago In
2:0$ S-5. The best time prior to that was
made, by fialv.itor In He went the
distance In Its; 4-*». The condition* for
fast time were perfect There wss scar.*#,
ly a ripple of air stirring and the track
was In perfect going order.
Thwre was s long delay at th« post nnd
finally •‘they’re off” was heard and they
were. Only two minutes and six seconds
elapsed, and then Taral dross Ramapo
at the head of the procession with Ban
quet handing vu like grim death to bis
soddlesklrts. Tne crowd rushed to* the
Jockey's standand Taral was carried off
to bis room. Ha waa out of his silks in
a few secosds. It seeemed. asd then be
fore the race had been over ten minutes
wss out of tbe grounds on bis wsy to
Chicago to ride Domino in the American
derby. His fsce was wreathed In smiles
and he had won tbe triple event and In
good style.
A quarter before I o'clock snJ
twelve horses, which wore to contend (or
the valuable prize, were ell at tho poet at
th* enl o( th* chute, wattle, tor th* sig
nal to be off. Eleven time* they broke
away and one or two wer* left. Once
there waa a beautiful (Urt n oiled by
Donett, on Mr Walter, who dll not break
with th* rest. Then St. Mlchnel lagan
to cut up and would havt nothin* t»,to
with the other* Ills Jockey, Bergen, re
fused to co where he was rent by the
Harter <u» if. wneequ*sco tvsz sot flown
•for th* rest of the meetln* and was lined
DC. Comanche waa u*ly, too, and Mar
tin refueed to do os Rowe told him, whlca
cost him th* earn* penalty a* waa atven
to ll-rxtn.
Rowe got down on the ground and tried
hla luck from that point
In Hie second break ho caught thorn all
tn motion and sent them In a Ana atast
with Kinglet tn the lead, closely followed
by Henry of Navarro. Pickpocket, Ban
quet Comanche. Ramapo, Sir Walter and
the others.
Past the stand they Dashed with Griffin
urging Kinglet to th* utmost and with
the positions of th* other* hut slightly
changed.
Th* flrwt quarter waa run In 2$ sec
ond* and then Kinglet Hid a length
oho beat of It wrhtta Banquet, srtth
all hla weight waa Taken Into second
ptaoe by Simms, only half a length In
fronft of Ramapo, on whom Taral had
gentle pull. Th* wily Dutatenun
could sec then that Banquet WAS the
Itorae these ha had to host, for ho was
going well and seemed to Hk* the puce,
hot as R waa. Halt a length behind
tltm was Pickpocket, atlU a contender,
-and, for a wonder, m was not sulking.
Tht *-year-old, of wbtoh ao much
waa expected, dropped track Into fifth
place. Kins La* etnas behind and Sir
WaCxer followed with Soprt absolutely
last, Thomp-uti apparently as: betas
obi* tn make him extern) Mm self. The
half-mile polo eras passed by the flying
Kinglet In M 1-5, but ho wua only thre*
ports of a length In front of Banquet
and was already hanging out signals
of distress. Banquet: waa still tra'.f a
length ahead of the others, but It wss
Pickpocket who had change.! places
with Ramapo sod looked exceedingly
dangerous. Henry of Novurr* waa
still fifth, but he could not gcr. any
nearer to th* flying leaders. Th*oth
ers wer* changing placaa Ilk* the
glaaaes In • kaleidoscope, and In the
mlxup Sport had got op Into tenth
pise*.
At the three-quarter* Banquet passed
the pole In lilt 1-5, leading Kinglet
by a be si. Pirns having made up hla
mind to tat out a link or two. Kinglet
waa than two lengths ahead of Pick-
picket. who waa atlll gotnc strongly,
ha In turn two tangths ahead of Henry
of "Navarre, Taral having tat the 3-
«ear-old pans Mm at then point. The
tlm* to th* mil* post rs 1:41. and
, Kinglet, under Ortffin'a strong urging
bed gotten fhe flrst ptaoe again by a
head from aBnquet. hut it was the
last effort of a badly tired horse.
Sport .was beginning to show sotne
speed end was eighth, running strongly
nnd very much m the contest. Pick
pocket wis atlll third, but only a head
over Henry of Navarre, he In tftrn
being n head in front of Rnmpo, on
whom Tamil tvna beginning to ride.
Then came the mm into tho stretch
nnd "Look -it Sport" was the cry, for
Thompson took Mm nrnund next to the
rail and he was cutting down tho oth
ers In remarkable shape, Taral heard
the thunder of Sports hoofs close be
hind him. ns did Sims on Banquet, nnd
they woke up lo the fact that the rogue
was coming down the stretch like a
thunderbolt end was fighting like grim
death fbr at least a Dart of the money.
Kinglet quit Immedlntely and took no
further interest in the contest. Pick
pocket had enough of It. too. anil he
dropped back without a murmur. Sport
was not alone In hla rash, for the
Westerner, King l„ee, was cbmln*
along, too. with lots of mining left In
him. and it was apparent that the fin-
leh would be between Ramapo, Ban
quet. Sport and King Lee.
Taral was riding for dear life, with
Banquet still a long distance In front,
but he was gaining a few Inches with
every Jump, while Sport was hanging
on altogether tub well to suit either
Sim." or Taral. The three ran close
together until the last llfty >ards.when
the persistent spurring nnd flogging of
Taral gradually drove Rama pc’s head
In front. Banquet soon was beside him
and It was all over.
The game gelding was not equal to the
emergency nnd he had to be content with
second place, two lengths In front of
Sport. King Lee got fourth place by
four lengths from Henry of Navarre who
ran a good race, but was In too fast com
pany for hie heavy weight, pickpocket
was sixth. Sir Walter seventh and the
rest trailing behind, tome of them p died
up.
WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Miirtlce'.lo, N. Y.. June II.—Mrs,
Halllday, on (rial for the murder of
her husband and two women' named
(Juinran, was tousy UsuVneg* of •;
tier In ths flrst degret. No plea has
been put forward in bar behalf except
!ns»rd'y Dr. F.. C. Mann.'the Insanity
expert, gratified at some length today
to demonstrate that Mrs. lUllklay has
been shamming insanity ever since her
arrest. He gave reasons that were con
clusive to the Jury. The woman will
be aenterioed tomorrow.
BUTLER-TiLLMAN
CAMPAIGN.
The Two Senatorial Candidates Had
Another Lively Day at Lancas
ter Yesterday,
TILLMAN MADE THE FUR FLY,
And Almost Precipitated a Itoiv—l.adles
In the Audience Were Almost on
the Eve of Running, When
Peace Wot Restored.
GETTING TOGETHER.
If Mr. Atkinson Is nominated the Ad*
verttaer propones to Isy aside every
thought of the preeent Issue between
him and the candidate at its choice and
fight for Democratic victory ns earnest
ly as If Mr. Atkinson hsd been Us flrst
choice. It Is the duty of every Demo
crat to take thta same view of It and
pursue this course.—Clarkesvllle Adver
tiser.
It seems to us that Gen. Evans' man
agers hsvs a splendid opportunity to
serve the Interests of Democracy by
withdrawing the brave old warrior. Mr.
Atkinson should be giving bta attention
to the third party folke.—Lswrencevllle
News.
Thers must be no sulking In this cam'
pslgn, but svery Democrat must do hta
duty Hk* a man. A solid front toward
• be enemy muat be maintained and the
victory will be cosily ours. We must
forget and forgive the differences of th*
past campaign and work together as
one man for oucceas in Octobar.—Cov
ington Star.
When this little family affair la over
und the Coweta statesman gets fairly In
the' race and shakes hta curly locks at
lllms there's going to be a howl In the
third party camp- You know Billy
whipped them once.—Uthonia New
Era.
Evans' warmest supporters admit that
Atklnaon will mak* a fine governor. He
has ever been the worm auvporter of
thci-best Interests of tbs mosU of the
whole state. He Is young, but not too
young, actlva and energetic and has ao
far In life made a record which 1s In-
vulnsrubi*. The people of Coweta,
where Governor Atkin*on reside*, talrly
worship him. snd when a candidate In
that county always receives a very targe
vote. He would shun any unfair means
In order to achlov* success, Is of good
fondly and la among tha coming young
men of Georgia, and we say Ood speed
him.—Baxley Banner.
DEMOSTHENES AND POPUL1BTB.
A Kansas Estimate »f the Orest Phil
osopher and Orator.
If Demosthenes were allvt today It
Is altoftether probable be would be run
ning the campaign of the Populists. We
Judge thla from tha tact that ha waa a
rip snorter to talk, but when tt came
right down to buelnees he wasn't on
hand. He was a howler for reform,
but the plutocrat* could always but
him when they put up a reasonable
amount of stuff. He was ready to ad
vise the Greeks to light, but when hos
tilities opened Demosthenes generally
took to the cyclone cellar till tbe thing
was over. Dcmosthenee eras oppoood
to Alexander the Great, and while h*
waa away cleaning up the Egyptians,
Demoalhenea got ths Alliance organ-
Ixcd against him nnd aroused coneldera-
ble enthusiasm with a glee club which
Ding "Oood-bye Old Party, Q cod-bye,"
und other stirring melodies, but wben
Alex returned tbe new movement
we need to fade out. as tt were. Alex
ander sent word to th* opposition that
be nbuld drop the matter U they wouid
send him eight or ten of their leading
•praktra to kill off. Demosthenes was
among the Dumber wanted, but In n
public ripecch modestly declined, say
ing ao far as he was concerned he had
had enough, and that they had batter
■end some fellow who hadn’t been
going to conventions, as a delegate In
bta place.
Some time after this a gentleman by
the name of Harpnlua wanted to work
a little bill through tho assembly, and
in order to do thla he “tipped" Demos
thenes to the orient of over 120.000,
This fact got nut on Demosthenes, but.
suppcsfng the oppoeltlon hadn't the
proof, be got up In a high state of vir
tuous Indignation and demanded an In
vestigation. The tnveetlgatlon Invest!
gated and Demosthenes had to leave
the cnantiy. Thus we ee* I hat between
the leading reform politician* of th*
present there I* a similar similarity
which is quite atriklng.-Kanaaa Breexe.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
Commendation of a Friend Who Has
Been Again*! It
Friday's Issue of toe Macon Tele
graph announcing xh« aucera* of Mr.
A'.kiu&cn In carrying Bibb eramty hr
the decisive majority of 111 ta a model
for the right spirit and is u correct
feeling which It exhibits. It ta a great
triumph celebrated In a splrte of mod
eration and tru* patriotism which
ought to be contagious, and to th*
credit Btob county Menu to be.
Th* foresight of th* managing ed
itor is vindicated In • remarkable man
ner uni with gross honesty and fair
nea*. While we have not tokan rite
acme position in relation to the gov
ernor ere have been much disgusted
with -the way In which It baa been
vilified from every stump in Georgia
We rejoice thug this bad no effect.
We hope that th* people of Macon
srllt roily with greater seel around
their home paper, tt ta a go >1 Influence
In their Oty, and will undoubtedly be
a greet factor In their prosperity If
they sustain It ua they ought. It baa
.« Urge and natural territory to the
south, and even an ihb north where
it seems to be circumscribed. It only
needs eohd
i: m no danger from
where.—Washington
Charlmton, June It.—The campaign
meeting a't Lancaster today waa not
unaccompanied by eohie excitement,
although R waa not as lively as had
been expected, in view of yesterday's
occurrences at Chester. The guberna
torial and congressional candidates hod
th* opening and were followed by
Bena 1 .or Butler and Governor Tillman,
rlvahi for senatorial honors. Butler
made a speech defending his cause In
the senate and expressing regret and
sorrow that he had been compelled to
reply to Tlllman'a charges yesterday at
Chester. He insisted than he would
not permit any one to stander and mis
represent him, and that he would dis
cuss and dtaaeol Tillman's public rec
ord when and where he pleased. He
denied the charge thalt had been clrcu-
mi Infidel, and said on 'this point: "I
can only say 'that I wall raised by a
Christian mother, and I have been
married to a noble Ohrlstnn woman
for thirty-four yean, and that the
oharge that I am an infidel Is as un
true as tt Is unwarranted. I recognise
the supremacy of a great and good Ood
and the saving power of a great
Savior." His speech made a good im
pression.
When Governor Tillman was called
he was received with much cheering.
He sold in beginning hta speech that
the office had not been sweet to him;
Chat the wheels of state bad dragged
along a stumpy road, and that the
recvr-d3 would show that he had done
more work than all th* governon.sinc*
the war. At Cheater he hod no opened
his mouth in reply to toe indignities
heaped upon him by Gen. Butler,
which were fouler and blacker than
had been made against any man.
T’ance Shervard, who was out in ths
crowd, cried out: "You took them?"
Several hundred men at once sprang
to 'their feel In expectatfcm of 0. row.
and Governor Tillman ahouted back In
reply: "Yra, I tell you, you cowardly
hound, why I took them, and I’ll meet
you whenever you want to. I took
town because I, os governor of tha
state, could not afford lo create a row
at a public gathering and have our
people murdered like dogs."
fthervanl answered, but Ms answer
could not be heard. The men around
Tillman were all yelling for Tillman
and the aromen in 'the audience began
to run sway. The men around Butler,
the chairman and others called to the
ladle* to come back, ss to* troub.e
waa over, and they did so. Governor
Tillman waved his hands to the crowd
to oil down and thon cried out: "A few
puppies around taro oak tav* their
tolls and necks cut off if want
to. or both.”
Continuing, he said: "Oen. Butler
pretends that 1 had made an imputa
tion on hi* character. The Insult was
at Bock Hill. I said thRt the 300 men
hsd been hauled there by some one to
hurrah for him. and I asked If they
bad been sent there by a corruption
fund. I hsd ridiculed them as Coxey-
ttes, as tools of corporations, nnd 1 did
say that some on# had p»ld their
way thare. 1 wanted to know who It
was. 1 Indicated that somebody had a
corruption fuud and did not know who
had tha distribution of It. and I did not
charge him or any one else with using
The College Exorcises Attended by V19-
J Itors From All Sections.
Butler, June M.-tSpevinl.)—Butler
has been the scene of much gntety and
pleasure durinc the past week. It has
been the oceaelon of commencement ex
ercises St tlie Male and Fenule College,
wheh came to a close Wednesday noon.
Our little (own was ilo'.xted with visi
tors. and much beauty waa In attend
ance. The sermon was preached by the
Itcv. J. C. Solomon of the South Ml-
con Baptist church nnd wos moat nbly
prepared as well as eloquently deliv
ered. The text, from Mark vll: 21, waa
"Jesus cannot be hid." He very nffect-
lugly portrayed Christ, and bis eamest-
ncen held hta impiense congregation
spell-bound for nearly nn hour.
Monday morning was for (he primary
class. The little tots proved their train
ing good and truly did credit to their
teacher. They were under the manage
ment of Miss Ruatt Caldwell nnd eho
should feel proud of her nucc-ces.
The entertainment nt night was un
der her eupervlalbn. too. Wc could
make personal mention of many but
abstain for waut of space. Yet we nro
constrained to note the splendid recita
tion. done in character style, of Mtas
Helen Montfort.
Tuesday morning waa devoted to reci
tations and speeches by tho lntjrme-
dlate class. It was tbe usual programme
and while all did well there were natur
ally some specialties. Mimic wss inter
spersed by Mtas Marie Montfort’s class.
Tuesday evening the annual concert
took place. We cannot too highly com
pliment It and wbukl like to comment
on each piece of the entire programme.
The opening quartette was rendered In
most superb munner and deserves very
special mention. The charaoter song
by illsa Pearl Wallace was well ren
dered. The tableaux were excellent and
very affecting, being highly compliment
ed by everyone.
Wednesday morning Senior exercises
nnd literary address. The chapel was
crowded to lta utmost capacity. Tito -
exercises were opened with prayer by
Rev. R. A. Phillips. After the reading
bt assays by ths Senior class the dl-
domes were delivered by President
Stewart In a most eloquent end becom
ing roeech. Col. Charles C. West then
Introduced the orator of the day. Judge
A W. Cossrt of Columbus In on appro
priate snd becoming manner. Judgo
Court commenced hta address by say
ing that an orator Without a speech
was like
A ship without a sail
A warrior, without a shield,
A monkey without a bill,
And n pig without a squeal;
that he waa like neither, for he had n
speech, though It was no great effort;
that he was no Methuselah In age,
being ‘only 23 years old; no Sampson In
strentgh; no Monet In meekness, but
only Coaart Witticism after witticism
fell from hta lips like rain drops from a
summer sky.
Hta subject was "The Dignity of Ig
norance and the Ridiculousness of tho
Superficial." He kept hta audience in
roars of laughter between spells of se
riousness affected by hta intense humor
nnd rarnestncM. A bright future ta pre
dicted for this young man. He already
holds the Important position of judgo
of the city court at Columbus nnd Is
tbe youngest Judge tn the state today.
President J. F. Stewart has been meet
faithful and profleient In bis duties as
an educator ami he twelves ths com
mendation of every clttaen of our town,
for a more cultured or high toned gen
tleman than he docs not exist.
The following vlsltora attended our
commencement: Miss Burden and Mtas
Brady of Macon with Mtas Florence
Hlnra.
Miss Laura Saylor. Reynolds, Mtas A.
Bentley of Thomaston with Miss
Mauck.
Miss Wdbdward of Caraonville with
Miss Marie Montfort.
Misses Annie Catgler and Lucllo
'Grier of Ogtethorpe. MUs Mary Stew
art of Fort Valley and Mtas Ora Br -oks
of Macon county are Wjtn asiae seeiui
Ilntemnn.
Miss Martha Perryman of Talbotton
with Mtas Van Mitchell.
Miss Susie Martin of Colutribus with
Miss finllle Wallace.
Mtas Edwards of Montesumn and Miss
Kins Cf Perry with Mra. J. E. Davant.
Misses KID and Mary Fhllllpa of
Montesumn with Miss Rachael Respeaa.
Miss Bush of Cuthbcrt and Miss Jack-
eon of Upaaol ivy ti Mta* Lurile Frier*
aon.
Clark Duncan and Dr. Grier of Ogle-
ih'iri'.- with Dr. Clyde Bateman- H
A. W. Coxart and Joe McGhee with
Mr. P. S. Aubrey.
Jim Adams, Jr., of Reynolds with F.
A. Reed.
Col, Fred Arthur of Shellman with
O. B. Montfort.
T. C. Bheppanl of Buena Vtatn with
T. H. Hines.
TALBOT COUNTY NOTES.
Talbotton. June 21.—(Special.)—airs.
M. Robinson, a very highly esteemed
old lady of this place, seriously Injured
her hip as a result of a fall. Being in
her 75th year the Injury proves doubly
serious.
Good rains here last night make
farmers hopeful.
Lieut. Oeorge U. Estes. Jr., who has
Just graduated from the United States
Military Aoodemy. West Point. Is at
bta home to spend a part of hta fur
lough wKh hk parents. In October ho
will report for duty with toe Twentieth
Infantry In Montana.
Miss Bint Wild*, an aunt of Judgo
J. r. Willis cf Cotomhua and stater of
tho late Capt. Rowland Willis of Tal-
borton, died st Waverly llall on Mon
day.
Miss Mary Tlgner of Columbus 1a
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. C.
Cotttngbam. here.
This would bo Incomplete If nothing
ere sthl politically. Talbotton ta In
Atkinson's congressional district and
ta safe for him. No one seems inter-
rated in congressional politic*. The
county ta battleground for both too
avowed candidates, Moses and Grimes.
W* have not heard a man express his
choice for senator, though the g*-v-
graphlcal position of the ootmty would
argue tost Mr. Garrard may expect
Its support.
CRAWFORD COUNTY NEWB.
Jverett Station. June 21.—(Specta'
—Th# primary election held yesterday
charge him or any one erne wnu
tt If the general superintendent of the
Richmond and Danville railroad did not
do it. and if not Cleveland, and If not
the whtaky ring, ami If not Wall street,
some otsa had raised a corruption fund
to pay these meu’s fare wblrh were to
buy up your »enatv>r*hip. if be felt
aggrieved at the Insinuation, *» an old
neighbor of mine In Edgefield could not
he have come to me and said: Did
you mean to »ay that 1 am responsible
for thla7' That Is tho way he should
have don*. If hr had been a gentleman,
but he did Ubt do this. He eeemed to
br glad for an excuse to play In# roll
of bulldoxer. If men over In Edgsnoia
insult each other there ta generally a
light or a funeral afterward,
"Oen. Butler arid In an 'ntervlew.
which he gave out to the Southern A»-
fPointed Prers nftee tne Darlington row.
that be wanted tbr campaign conduc
ted bn a high plane, yet he‘
with being a braggart and a bully in
that Interview. (Uen. Button who
standing near, remarked: * a---
by it j-et.") Yet when I opened M
Rock Hill I tried, to address myaaif
eolely to tne Issues." continued Gover
nor Tillman, "and hta epeeeh was full
nf inuendoes. personal
Yorkvllle he spoke of Itauea and I then
xnoeeri bis Coxey business, and wnat
it more. I expect to keep it to hla hack
nt every meeting a* a mustard plaster
until I get same kind of an explana
tion.” Turning «o Gtn.
"Henceforth I shall call him Coxey
GtonT'Butler laughingly replied: “That
la all right. I don't care."
Then Tillman went on to eav. In
Edgefield men ha\* too much pride “
talk of bully ragging. I thought anti)
yesterday, when the general disgraced
himself by tailing the g' rernor a bully
?htof\vTnd!?ec‘lon V^hT too had Everett Station. Jun# O-.-fSpactal.)
too much State pride for such.. I waa
mistaken, fbr he out-tnu*n<V
If such *■ thing to I»II|W''.
take a column to report all that Oover-
nor Tillman aald and all that the crowd
raid for“d against him. Wo or three
times there was Imminent danger of a
row. but fortunately the affair fta*»ed
off without actual violence or blood-
abed. '
THERE WAS no grave.
Fitzpatrick, June 2! .—(Special.)—The
rumor concerning a eui'inn-.-'V grave
near this place of which no account
could be given, proved a myth, baring
no foundation In fact. It n** ^
thoroughly lnT«tlg«t*d by a number
of our best citizen*. Jealous of the good
name of our com tn unity and ever
ready to defend It against any false
and Injurious rumor.
Crop* are needing rain very imch,
the shower received Sunday night not
I icing enough to do much good.
WITH GOOD OBACE.
Oen. Evans' majority In Spalding
was HI. Th* good grace with which
lb* Griffin News, which Was mad* a
good fight for Mr. Atklnaon. accepted
lb* reeult Is in striking contrast srith
the petulant cries cf fraud nf the-
Evans papers in some of the Immortal I
one hundrel counties which Mr. At- ’T ul *! *?“* *-*”*
carried. —Columbus Lib* office" orarty
,d few vote* polled compared to the
number of voters in the county. The
following was the resuK for governor:
A-tkinson 14) and Evan* 74.
Sanford, for senator of 4b# Twenty-
third district, received every vote
polled In th* county. The state house
officers with few exception* also re
ceived nearly th# full W.e of the
county.
Th* dry weather U now becoming a
serious matter tn this seorioa. Corn Is
already injured and cotton 1* very
small for the time of year. Vef#tab.*s
of every kind are very scarce.
SHELLMAN’S PYTIIIAN8.
ShPUmin, June 21.—(Special.)—SheU-
mao Lodge No. ill, Knights "f Pythias,
Inst night elected tbe following office"
for llw ensuing semi-annual term: A.
B. Clark. C. C.; J. It. Kowril. V. C.;
It. SI. Crittenden. P.; C. 4. Urveoe SI.
..f \\\; I-'. U. Crittenden. M. of A.
N. Wall* was renominated a* D. 1>.
O. C. Knight* of Pythias *re flourl -th
ing In Shellman.
Tbe newly-elected offieer* will go
down to the Albany lodge on Inly id
sail be publicly Installed by Grand
Chancellor Hamilton Doaritk. who
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