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REFORM
'or PROTECTION?
Voorhees Reported to the Senate
’hat No Agreement Was Reached
by the Conferees,
_ HAD A CHANCE TO CROW
Uff(in «lrd the Senator* Agalncl II*©
: 8 j|,nt«tton« 1 <©tl©r
l« IV IUom—Bluet Recede
or ll>* U*ll Will Fall.
I wa* one. I made . ^ *-nent of
the fact and I make no*.* jJ;
been charged that a small m a<
Northern senators insisted upon _
sid**ratlon of the welfare of their oon-
«Utiit*ntb, and tlhit lu eon**'quelice of
their demand the majority of the “Dem
ocratic senators were constrained to
make concessions. This is a fact. But*
It must not be forgotten that the
minority were not onty speaking for a
vast majority of the people numer
ically, but caring for and protecting
ninety-nine one-hundredths of the In
dustrial . enterprises which made this
nation what it Is today. Tney had a
right to speak and they were heard/’
In conclusion Mr. Smich sakl: “So
far as I am concerned, and 1 think l
speak also for several of my colleagues,
there lias not been and will not be the
slightest change in my position. I ac
cepted the income tax in Its modified
form as a sense of duty to my party,
but do so wlrti the greatest reluctance
and with the distinct declaration re
garding other portions of the measure;
i would not vote for my bill or any
amendment that would make tt imp->s-
dfole for a single industry to continue
or resume operations. I believe, sir,
tnat ahe committee on finance will bear
me out in the assertion that I have
done everything in niy power to aid
them in their work. It is true that I
have urged the necessity of care and
moderation in revising the schedules
which directly concern 'the industries
of my state, but I believe they wkl
concede a disposition on my part to be
fair upd reasonable, and I know that
I have demanded far greater conces
sions from my constituents than I have
sought from the finance committee.
‘Mr. President. +t ha* been ctaarced
uibngton, July 20.—Attracted by
expectation' of stormy scenes over
disagreeing conference report on
unit bill, spectators began
t into the senate galleries as early
11 o’clock this morning, and when
cUaplain’s opening prayer was be
at noon, the galleries were well
fOvnigh not crowded. Ladles in
n*r costumes, with fans in per- I that we are not sincere In our advo-
u *l motion, gave light and color to o*cy of the seniate bill, that we have
senators wvre in attendance I made for trading purposes, and that
ww" lar * er nun****™ * han at * ny would rush Into line at the Vl'm’crock
since the passage of the tariff
Gen. Sickles and half a dozen
Lnbt’rs of the house occupied seats
I tbe chandler. *
reading of yesterday's journal
dispensed with. Many memorials
presented and referred, among
i one from the business men of
■cage, asking for Immediate action
I some character on the tariff bill.
] the absence of the vice president
i chair was occupied by Mr. Harris,
;, m ary president of the senate.
: 12:30 the message from tihe house
[ng a further conference on the
|.rr bill was (aid before the senate,
1 action of Mr. Voorhees, with these
words:
|ar. President, the conferees on ths
; of ihe senate now await further
the bill."
[Her saying these words he took his
and had no further part In the
a proceedings, except in a slight
ijoversy with Mr. Hill,
lien Mr. Smith of New Jersey made
keecb of nearly an hour's duration,
ring further conference and ad-
..mg that the country was con-
id by (ho danger of no tariff
itkm at thta session. He favored
liy saying to the house conferees:
i.-h as the bid Is there It Ilea; you
k a liberty to take It Or leave It.”
| IK. SMITH OK NBW JEK-CY.
. smlih «i New Jereey open-d the
, reading Ills speech from in inu-
. “I shall vote for a a union to to-
I "in the hope that a tariff bill m.iy
| be evolved which will bo enacted
. a law by Democratic votes. I aup-
fcd. when we took lira final vole on
i mejaute before ua week* ago, that
i bill Irtd been perfected. But the
*ts of the post twenty-four hour*
re shown us our error, and It is folly
I ieUy that we are now confronted
I'.* danger of no Urlff leglsl Ulon lit
. sssloti. If this slmll t»‘ the rveuk,
i mgnnalblUty con only lie fixed by
l people. whether It shall rest upon
• - ods of tlw repr-seutellves who
■ repudiated in a wholly unprece-
ed m inner the outcome of the de-
adous <>f (hi, inuly, or upon the
dent, whose fears of it departure
ia-m x ratio prlih-tpless induce him
**r suttgi-stlona before the bill
i'Vly ciune before him for consld-
m, or upon the senate, which
• to homo nine wide differences
Unions by mutual concessions. Is o
n« which can be determined only
die great mass of voters whose In-
“*t are at slake. Whatever mny
th>' attitude of my colleagues upon
I point, l can only say for myself
I do not hesitate to aco-pt the
of that tribunal as just and
■ I have always bellev d. Mr.
vlmt. und 1 iHdteve now, that of
A, j.-ople, | n the civilized world
American Is the most nbundantly
Wol wkh the priceless heritage of
Jhcn sense Having that belief, end
■plating, m the face of the undis-
threw, uttered and applauded
“ r I*rty e»lk-sgu<« In the house of
rent-tike*. the nncessUtr of Dktto
'•■hg, I wish to dtruct the candid
,-ration of fair-minded men to a
• “'Jt vrwnt of fact*.
Alan the time came for the Dem-
l* P* r * y *o fuldll Its pl.vlg.vs and
’he tariff the bouse contained
I rzllc majority of 87. This for-
J .condition alone mnd* easy the
■>r se urlng the adoption of any
Ff measure regardless of local and
-Interests Involved. But even this
main- In securing party legislation
fenter that that afforded
- adoption of rules which einblod
™»>rhv to close debate srbitm-
prevent oloitm.>tt.)n or delay
S; Under these dreum-
''• m ‘ , uMy was experienced
« fariff bill, despite the fnct
. ,l. , !r''5* k)n * -'re offensive to
, n," ***e party Mne wets broken
-1 V**" seventeen Democrats
„ " Mt *•>* bm. FIT.I the m.ijor-
uo ,"**• .*"<1 the rule* so well
hirdi'r * h nt the d.fecilon
222S 4 - 1 submit, there-
I Ar«ddem, that whatever
-■mm.b, '"‘V 1^11‘r or the
■>-1 ri, i n .V"* mnnag-ment which
(Mi t„"V . eonduct of tne orig-
r ’ r of^Io * up c*y the Web-
f» l,. wu* not ntoMriutcly
— r -'?. y ree un i untmmelli d
Wt of the house ronfer-
L? * ***ey seem to attach ha
of the whip. I do not suppose, sir. that
any person familiar with the character
of this body would be misled by a mo
tion so puerile. But It is evident from
the attitude of our colleagues In the
house (halt either they do not believe
that we meant what we said, or that
they are willing to Invite defeat of this
leglo atibn. If the former. I have only
to say that they have mistaken their
men. If the taker, they must answer
to the people for fhe defeat of a bill
which should, and I believe would,
satiafy all reasonable expectations.
He was followed by Mr. Hill, who
prefaced a long speech with a motion
that the senaite recede from Its amend
ments, putting coal and iron on the
dutiable Hat. He gave a partial ap
proval to the president's letter and
declared that Democratic senators
Would have to rally around the presi
dent or else they would go go the wail.
While the president would come to the
front, and he added that this was the
time to yield, before further humilia
tion, further emharassment and further
discord.
HILL'S SPEECH.
Mr. Hill's opening sentence was: “A
theory a* well as a condition now con
fronts us." He paused and n laugh ran
around the galleries. When tt had been
stilled by the gavel Mr. HIU proceeded:
•'The theory of the Democratic party Is
that In the enactment of tariff legisla
tion free raw materials should always
be an essential and consplcuuus ele
ment. It le our creed that the thing* on
wh'eh the UtduyiJal prosperity and
progress of our country so much de
pends. tins mater] tl, wmch enter ill'll
manufactures should be freed from Ihe
burden of taxation. The best interests
of the manufacturer as well as the con
sumers of the land demand the recogni
tion of this wise dlevrlmlnatlon. We
are committed to this side bf the ques
tion ami w» cannot retreat anil we can
not retract. Justice, good faith and 9
deceased regard for public sentiment nil
require this course. Until recently I
dad supposed that there was no dispute
upon this questlbn of principle, but that
every Democrat worthy of the name
w*e willing to coitreds that If there was
one thing more than another to which
the old Democratic party was commit
ted. It was In favor of doctrines of free
raw materials. I repeat, we cannot es
cape our record upon this subject even
If we are disposed to <!l> so. The true
and 'honest construction of every Dem
ocratic platform for twelve years past
Irrevocably commits us to the joint rea
sonable principle.
“It Is said by some In Justtcatlon or
excuse for tholr present action that the
w casI ilsnff 'a lattas nf a.iasnlinns IM ICAff
Hill proceeded to dtecu&s the “condl-
, thu” which new confront# the party,
'Pty2 "lHt'h he Jhdrfi:terlzed as one of ex-
'''Tine embarrassment to the party.
hold than the president’a letter
clearly foreshadowed a vote of the
senate bill, and he added that the pres
ident Is rigrht, there is no middle
ground. *He then proceeded:
“If the president, in his wiBdom had
seen fit, while the debate wan progruw-
!0g In the sea'te. have aldc&l my ef
forts to secure udh «!on to the princi
ple, by expreiMng his views in favor
thereof, In some proper and legiti
mate way, I should have be^n gniti-
fled, and it unquestionably would have
been oif practice)* benefit to the cause.
I rejoice that he hie expressed them
even now, though I nm non requir d
to defend the minner and form of their
presentation even if they required de
fense, which I do not assume. I res
pectfully differ from the president In
his ticormiption that n lax upon ewg.rir
is necessary at this time, conceding for
tile purp f x*es of the argument that au
Inoomo 'In.* wyi* to be retained. Clear
ly both ore not needed for any liglti-
mwte purposes of the treasury. Tb.it
faot has been demonstrated over and
ov ®>* flffain during tills debilbe. The
president speaks of the 'Democratic
principle nnd policy* which led to th**
attention of eugar. He usa-erts that
In tlie tixntlon of sugar '\w» nro in no
clanger of niimiug counter to . Demo
cratic principle.* I am not now rnn-
trovert.lnir fhtt Idea, but d**»lre only to
suggest that It will if sugar should be
taxed ‘as a logUMmit* and logrui arti
cle of revenue for the nation,’ as he
now says*
''1* seem* strange that the pn eldent
did not. in his last annual message,
make som<» Intimation, suggestion or
recommendation to tlwt etTect. wot a
wonl r.f tiny kind appear*. H-' pn-
dt>rs«l ihP Wilson bill explicitly In his
m.uojr.* and it provided nub.arfintltillv
tor trap raw sugar. He permuted the
house to pn»n g'htat measure without a
word of' protait. su?gt'3tion or advice
that there should be a s*ix on sugar,
which h t« come to lie targly regarded
us one of the necvssltleu of life. Roc-
rdtiry Oajrlfslo, the tniKted financial
ofneer of his cabinet, epeaklng unques-
tionibly ex cached™, outlined with
prn*st care the cssctvtkil provisions of
the proposed tirlflf reform bill, but
made no recommendation whatever for
a tax upo:i mig.ir. UTille firv*e sugar
was being c+1-rried through the 1ious\
the ndmlnlstmtion remained qufet and
pnv»lve, but now, a (Iter the house has
noted and the country his bo n led to
expect free sugar the administration
upMWt ■'•bd deed.)res for a duty
“I am not now antagonizing Its sug-
gestlon l ri-m simply stating fhe facts
hl#tor y- Undr existing clr-
nn incomo tf '* re-
t,,L, bKI - 1 vo ^ for free su-
‘ ’ ha " •><> <« i'ffaln.
*2n r «J, uil * 7,,cm house cannot now
v ' lTP * from H * P«KI *n In
favor of free sugar.
l,?'"’ 52?*»nt*s miMKA*»tiu)i came too
AffvJHr * e ™ te recede from
its amendment »*
,Z h ™ w * n Frewt sxdtMnpfft during
ths delivery of Mr. Hill’s speech, but
thrre was atlH more when Mr. vest.
In * fervid and Imp.VMioned burst of
eloquence, defended the course of the
mt7I22 r 1i 0 .2 wnJtor * *«'*»* ths inti
mation In the president's letter.
VEST SPEAKS.
Mr. Vest, a member of the confer-
•nee committee, followed Mr. Kit! *Tt
“A subject of congritula-
pr<*-”i'b*:i: of the United States, In some
memoir m < given as a reason why the
dpi to! was placed at one end of the
tiV'-nu .1 the White House at the
oilu r e s 'id It was to prevent the
prv l it from exercising undue ln-
Uuenoe over ihe deliberations of con-
gre s. i it in a conference committee,
where the conferees are Instructed to
have a full and free conference, the
pr* . 1* i of ihe United Stales ha3 de
liberately injected lUs personal (appeal
and i" • opinion In order, In ad
vance, ; j Influence a -measure on -which
he in. at last, under the constitution
to pass upon. He is a part of the law-
making jMwer of the government, but
bis fun-vToii only begins after the two
houses of congress, unswerved and
uninfluenced by the executive office,
have passed upon the question and
have p;joed the bill before him. But
the presulont, without (waiting until
the oom*Mtutlon put the duty upon
him, in a private letter to the chair
man of the conferees on the part of
the hous?$ of representatives, threw his
petm>iM»l u*J:cr?:y, the weight hi*
great office, his hertd upon the Ameri
can people, into the scale and demands
of this senate that It shall accede to
hia views in reference Do tariff re
form.
“That portion of the letter which has
struck mo with more alarm than any
thing I have heard in the course of my
public life, since the declaration of war
between tile sections thirty years ago,
in this lotter Is the declaration by the
president that it is invpos-dble wlhout
treason to the party to which we be
long, without perfidy to the principle*
which we profess, for the tariff bill to
become law by the vote of his political
associates. What a mockery it is to talk
:»»«J free copf < * r * 4n,, o when one
conferee has in his pocket at the time
he goes Jnto the conference the views
if not the Instructions of the president
or the United males as lu wlint should
be done. It was a party for tariff re
form before the president commenced
his phenomenal career, and to be now
told that we a:e false to the principles
of the pjrcy m beyond the limit of lu-
man eudurance.
The traveler who tolls up his course
along the mountain side knows that he
cannot reach the summit In a single
hour or day. He Is confronted by some
marble cliff, some glacier. He must, by
strategy, make his way around It. But,
if animated by the certainty that he
nuwt succeed at last, he will eventually
stand upon the highest poak and look
back a't the tolls and dangers and remi
niscences bf the past. I hope that the
time will come -when the full fruition
of my hopes In relation to tariff ref >rrn
shall be witnessed: but until 1 can get
a better bill I shall take such measures
a# can be enacted by the congress of the
United tfutes, and I shall not receive
my Instructions from any other Sburce
In regard to my duties as a conferee
than from this senate. No president, no
administration has the right to dictate
to roe In the performance of what I con-
aider my duty to the people of Missouri
A BIG EXPLOSION
IN FORT PULASKI
Sergeant Chinn Had a Novel Wey of
Getting Rid of Motquitoes By
Burning Wet Powder.
KEGS AND SHELLS EXPLODED
Chinn IVn.
lilowii Forty Feet, Fatally
and limited—III* Wlfo
• «Ilv (tort—The Fort Was
Fired and Danuiced#
Savannah. July 20.—An explosion of
400 pounds of loose powder nt Fort Pu-
la«kl at 9 o'clock this morning fatally
wounded Ordinance Sargt. William
Chinn, seriously Injured Mary Wash
ington, his mother-in-law, and set fire
to the fort, causing intermittent explos
ions of fixed ammunition and doing
mbch damage to the fort.
FIGHTITG TO
GO TO CONGRESS
Three Old Members Renominated, Four
Will Be, end Four Must
Fight,
HOW THE CONTESTS STAND
’ of the Situ
rill, Sixth i
at Ion In
i the 8ecoad t
Eighth Con-
Ki <■* vionu I Districts «« U
Row Standi*
Ths withdrawal ot Ool. Milton Ctan-
dier from the congressional race In the
Filth district makes contests for the
Democratic nomination In only four
districts. In the Seoond Judge Jaimes
H. duerry of Terrell Is trying to itle-
feait Ben. 11. Russell of Decatur. In
the Fourth Congressman Charlie Moses
Ims a hot tight on bis hands with Judga
U tm :-'rtsnne.
ZS?™' wa * ,h * sltuselon In
I , Hie* (bo Demonratlc mh-
I ’«> thr‘e. The defection of
1 ntv *' M ' | d turn the r>wn.*rnile
kv n ' 0 ■ n*mo.TM|c minority.
I i nn-i. Tr'? v '’'” was needs# lo
) w M .rj ,n - I-I "1. as
I . re hits (lev. r t :i
■ J-V, « senators would bind
r n . I™' 1 * hi- *bo ,1 T. e „f a
P et rSS"- 1 Mr
Tee rp(1 W 'i tOUt *'Kl»nlnff the
t ir, v { hi* repirltv
*h« „/ r ' *ho chairman of
F- rtnl*.," 1 *’? rommlttes could
r f* 1 '* situation far more
L '?„l h r' wlrtcb enabled bin to
“I'll IT Democratic vole* trad
n s . lew mhjnrtly of neirty
, ,,Dy evwt - nwny
" *'*TVV?frt> COiibl
'Hr vny p|otr. In Justin (a
/•** *}f slthar th^fr nr f -.i-
1fc c,»uniry lo v if ' r
Wi. J.«t berw ruM ',
'‘ l " B 1 esnnot say. I kn * ,t
president's letter of acceptance In 1893
modified Ihe extreme deminds of bur
platform. It Is true that some portions
of his letter mny tend to bear hat con
struction. It was not a bold, ringing
dechiratton t>f the platform which hi*
patty had s right to expect, but was
regarded by many as timid, cautious
and conaervatlve, hut whether this crit
icism Is or la not well founded, the fact
remains that he had no power or au
thority to change or alter tme line or
sentence or provision of the national
platform, which had been deliberately
adopted In nsiontl convention duly as
sembled. No pr. -Men.' esn he s party,
no president can dictate to his party,
no president can chans* hi* party's
platf>rm. But no mattsr what Idea it
may be claimed was Intended to b* con
veyed In his letter of acceptance. In
mitigation or modlltcstlon of the plat
form. there can be no doubt as to the
president's purpose at thl* time uj»>n
the essential principle of free raw ma
terials. Let me read from that remark
able letter of the president's what was
yesterday submitted to the bouse of
representative*. It expresses better than
I can hope to do the true, sound and
logical poeltton of the Democratic phr-
ty upon this question.”
Mr. Hill here quoted from the presP
dent’s V'tter of Hot night bearing on
this particular rabject.
Mr Hill th.-n pn^v-Jded' 'I "PI*™' - ,®
every word I have here queued It I*
an honest and manly statement of the
true attitude whl.li tie- parly should
resume In thl* crisis. I *m not required
lo <|ef dl l the propriety or wisdom of
the promulgation of this letter at this
peculiar thn-'. t>: may bore been Indis
creet, It may operate ss s firebrand
to srevvid flam >< of .He-ord alreodv
kindled among pirty friends, hone.,tly
differing, ns I tun disposed to concede,
vpon question* of pWWIc and p-vrty
policy. It m*y widen the ormch al-
rM dy existing In this senate, nnJ In
that view. It may be regarded as unfor
tunate nnd III advloed. It warn n time
for dlplomtcy. ent.-sirrlnriilp and
ronrtllitton rather ibin pvriminaU.in,
il.-nimctMton and orrilicnmew. Pul
aside from the turatton of Its mere ex
pedlency. I nm here to defend the
president'* letter Iti sc far as Its de
li- ind thtit the pirty shall not be led
astray Into vlol.v lin of Demoenlllc
ph dge* and princtoh*
Upon the mention of free raw ma
terial* the proud *nt fa right and you
know you cannot unswer hi* argu
ment*. Tod cannot successfully dis
pute his propositions. Ton cannot
doubt rt* sincerity nnd patriotism. Tou
must yield In rt»‘ end to Ms vl
Veu i-inn.t stand up ngnlnst the
tin ■ it- of t> e
t t the country which will rally n
the president In hi* contest with _
In thl* pnrtlcuUr hrin It of the suh-
i rh- "... ■ t.. yfc! 1 !• n .. I-'. -
ator from New York and the president
of the United mates were nt last able
to stand together on any platform at
nil. (Laughter.) They were both now
urgently pleading for Che enactment
of a law that .would give absolutely
fn 7L t ? w . msteri.it*. These distln-
gulghed statesmen had arrived nt' that
umncittlon of opinion after much in
tellectual struggle, and were now sub-
Ject to tiro charge of much Inconsist
ency. Bo far as harmony could be pro-
duoed, even to a limited extent, within
the Democratic parly he (Vest) Joined
In the congratulations that must come
from every section of this country up
on the union at uat of rhoso two dis
tinguished gentlemen. The political
mill -.v,um seem* to -have come upon
us, at least In a modified decree. The
lion and Urn lamb of New York have
lain down together, «uid the commtt-
t.*e on ways and means of the house
now leads them. Which Is the lion and
which l* Mm lamb I leave to future
ascertainment, for I nm not hold
enough to enter now on that discus
sion. The senator from New York tells
us, as doe# the president of the JUnlted
Stales, that rite cardinal prtnclpe of
Democratic filth in regard to tariff
reform Is'fra* rung material. The pres
ident goes further than the distin
guished senator, and aays that -It ta
isirildy to Democratic discipline and
principles to consider tariff reform un
less free raw material is embodied In
that reform."
In this connection Mr. Veet referred
**!—.•»Icallx to tbs fact that tn Mi*
vote by yeas and nay* on a motion to
put w.a»: on (he free list Mr. Hill had
sat in his seat and not voted. Mr. Hill
stated why this had been so, and Mr.
Vest exclaimed In a tone of satire:
"If my soul were burning for free
raw material. If ! could not rest at
night because the Democratic party
was going to Its death by placing a
duty on raw materials, I woiad stand
on no parliamentary -technlcalithw,
liut I would rush here at the peril of
my life and put myself on record for
that great cardinal elementary doc
trine. Hut Che yeas and nay* were
called and Che senator from New York
declined to vote for flee wool."
In the further course bf his remarks
th* senator mid: “The time has come
for plain speaking tn relation to this
matter. I have been a ooneistent friend
of the present occupant of She execu
tive choir. I defended him In this een-
arte when his friends could be counted
on the fingers of one hand, and I «ha>l
still eontlnue to support him os tong
as 1 believe that his end* and objects
are In consonance with the successes
of the Democratic party, which Is. I
believe, necessary to the glory and
honor of this country. But the Demo
cratic party Is greater than any man.
It survived Jefferson. It survived Mad
ison, U survived Jackson, and it will
outlivs Grover Oevetsnd. lie doe* not
embrace all the Democracy and all
the tariff reform of this country. He
had no right to. disregard the spirit
ot die constitution. He had no right
and of the United State*. Till* bill as it
passed the senate will become a law
or the M ICInley aot will remain on the
statute book. I wish It were bther-
Mr. Aldrich asked Sir. Vest If he
wanted It tind-mtood that lira senate
Dem • i gic conferees were not nwnr'
of the president's letter of July S until
>.-*! i d - . ti. 19th.
Mi V reply was: "I «pe*k only
for my.- '-r. I n -ver heard or time let
ter — til It •• < re.nl >•«■ rdtiy In the
bouse. 41YV11 no more kn i.ri-ke of
It* existence tlmn 1 I-" '■ t ■'
praiis »»* In Asia Minor or In Afri
ca
In the fttrsher course of the didr.lt*
Mr. Otfferyof Louisiana nnkl tli.-it 'f
It oitme -to a question between his par
ty nnd his state he would nttind by Ilia
slate, and thmt if the prondso of the
Ann nee committee wna not coupled
with the bill It would not recrive hi*
support ir mulct loti.
Mr. IllaiHr.ird of Louisiana Intima
ted, without stalling tt In so many
words, that If the Vila* .notion wa*
carried, tho vote of the two Loutstana
senators would not be for -Ihe bill.
A motion -was made by Mr. Vilas lo
recede from th* differential duty of
one-eighth of a cent on sugar. This
motion provoked a long discussion,
rartlctpated In by Ben a tors Vitas,
Sherman and Palmer, la support of ths
motion, and by -the two Louisiana
senator*. Messrs, Cattery and Blanch
ard. agtlnat. NO vote was taken on
say of the propositions.
At 8:20 Mr. Coekrak moved that
when ths senate adjourned today it
be till Monday at noon.
there any special reason?" Mr.
Hill asked. ,
"There la,” Mr. Cockrell replied.
And he probably wotgd have elated
the reason -had,not Mr. Harris inter
posed with she objection that ths mo
tion was not debatable.
Mr. IIlll demanded th* yeas .and
nays. The vole wo* token and ths mo
tion wss agreed to—ye is 10. nays Id
as follows:
Yeo.<—Allen. Bate, Blanchard. Black
burn. Cockrell. Coke, Daniel, Faulkner,
George, lObson, Gorman, Gray. Har
ris. iiunlon, Jarvis, janes of Arson-
Kyle, Llnduy. Martin. Mills.
Mitchell of IWsooosin, Poaoo. Ransom.
Smith. Turpi*, Vest, Vilas. Voorhees,
Walsh. White—JO.
■Nay*—Aldrich, Allison. Carey, CiX-
Inm. Davis, Dolph, Dhbols, GtlHnger,
Hale. Hawley, Higgins. HIM. Irby. Mc-
MilMn. Henderson. Mitchell of Oregon,
Patton. Peffer, Perkins, Plant, Bhoup,
Squire, Washburn—2).
Then senate then, st 1:39, after s
short executive session, adjourned un
til Monday.
Just after breakfast Sergeant Chinn | aamp* H ,. lrrU of Carroll. Hon. Tom
went into tne store room, where iie ii«d
hi a carpenter tools, to do some work. In
the room were several casks of pow
der, In oil 400 pounda; and a lot of nxeti
ammunition. As he hail been doing for
some time during the summer month*,
he took a handful bf the dry powder
from one of the open casks, wet tt at
the pump and then placed It In the mid
dle of the room. He Ignited It in order
to drive out the mosquitoes, which had
been abundant.
It seems that In carrying the hand
ful of powder from the cask day after
day he had left a trail of dry ptiwder
from the middle of the floor right up to
It. As soon as hail IgnKed the powder
it burned along the trail and tile entire
4U0 pounds exploded. There were three
large explosions, each within a few sec
onds of the other, and he was knocked
down three time* In trying to g.-t out
of the dbor. He managed to get as far
as Foreman Austin's quarter, where the
medicine chesi was kept. Mary Wash
ington. his mother-in-law, who was ap
proaching the door at the time, was
knocked about forty feet and badly
burned about the face and arm*.
The w-a-lwork of the casements In
the southwest corner of the fort was
Ignited and the large, heavy beam*
burned Slowly and for a long time. The
store room, where the fire started, was
right adjoining the mngazlne In which
was stored two tone of powder. There
was a live-foot wall between, but the
constant explosion of heavily loaded
shells In the storeroom gave ground to
the fear that a breach would be m;
tn the m.igjzlne wall and the two ton*
of powder exploded. Tills kept every
body out of the way uniil Copt. O. Mc-
(.ii i-i. in.- -t-. on--i.i iu.ci.iK'-r, wlij
li:i* Ini--'- f the f ■ rt. wnt .1 ., . .i. l T." *
It rt: ferttd rrf* • U*©-1
to enter the msgarine, md thirty-two"
casks of powder were hurriedly taken
out. The men then began to play on the
fire with s hose and tunight had It un
der control.
Within 200 feet of the fire waa COO
pounda bf dynamite which. In case the
magazine had blowed up, would have
exploded from the concussion. As It
was, however, only the south-west corner
of the fort wna damaged. Two of the
casements were burned out nnd the
roof overhead waa destroyed by the
constant bunging of shell*.
The fort has quite a historic record.
It was built by Gen. Gilmore nnd sfier-
waril hombaraed by him from Tybee
Island until a heavy breach wa# made
In the southeast corner. This wna April
10 and 11. 1*43. It waa defended by Cot.
C. H. Olmatead ot the Confederate
force*. B-'rgcsnd Chinn, who was In
charge, la of the Twcnly-fourili Infant
ry. He w*s burned and blistered over
three-fourths of his body and will die.
Grumes ot (Muscogee ana col. tstanatora- j
of Harris, In obedience to the recom
mendation ot the district executive
committee.
Both the candidates and their friends
are making a red-hot flgbt, and while
the chances seem to ht lu favor of
Russell, Judge Guerry 1s a campaigner,
of no mean utility and hi* success 1s,
by no means an ImposslhlUy.
In ahe Third district. Speaker Crisp's,
ot course there was no opposition to
Col. Crisp, and at the nominating con
vention in Hawktnavilln he was re
nominated unanimously.
It has been a bard light In the Fourth
and tt looked as though Col. Charlie
Moses had no chance for a renomlna-
natlon, but he has developed remarka
ble success as a campaigner, and while
th* nomination Is by no mnans assured
be seems to have by long odds tbs beet
chance. He started off by carrying
Troup county, where there were two
local candidates. This gave Mm four
votes. He went dawn "below the
mountain” then and, to the eurprlso
of everybody, captured tho taro voteu
of Ghattaili'ooches and then tho two of
Marlon.
This wir.i the four votes of Cowl-: t,
Ms bonus county, gave Ha tie sirs 1
vote-, wr;h a frnctkn of over fo
K- . ill -T.I.-r 1 ‘iv. i ho n oii.n
Hu most form..table oanpieut
(POPULIST RALLY AT DUBLIN.
of hie party tor any par
ts)** whatever. Where did the presi
dent of the Unitttl Bute* find the
right, by a private letter, go trv go
Influence legislation? When our tore-
fathers d Mured that -there should be than IIW.9
irdinjste departments | and for th
thta government, absolutely In
idem of etch other, dM they m»
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, July I>.—Very different
from that of yesterday wan th* scene
In the bouse today. The galleries con
tained only suebp* non* as could not
gain admission to the bouse, while on
th* floor, at least until near the hour
ot motet, were scarcely enough mem
bers to do business, certainly not
enough to Imped* Us gransaatlon.
Tb* Judiciary committee called up
end ths bouse passed th* foKowing
bill:
"To prevent lnterferencl with tb*
oolle -m of taxes ^ eased by States,
counties or mumcisaties egaliaSt raS-
tva,I companies vacating th* Jurisdic
tion of United ritotes courts over con
troversies affecting such taxes. Even
though the debtor corporation is op
erated by a receiver, ot receivers, ap
pointed by -aid United State* courts.”
Tne house bill increasing ths penalty
for toe crime of embesgiement by di
rectors, ollio-ni or agents of national
banks. R rtxes the i m off nuir - ,n-
ment for th* ebfbexsletnsnt of less
t Do in lire to ten years,
.... ..dbezzlement of more than
„,J00 at from ten to twenty yeara.
ltouse bill to remove certain restrtc-
About 300 People Turn Out to Hear a
Third Party Orator.
Dublin. July (Special.)—'The
third party had a rally here Ibis week
and listened to an address from ths
labor agitator, Osborn*, of Atlanta.
About 300 people were preaenl, one-
third of whom were negroes. Osborn*
harangued the crowd In hto usual man
ner and Jumped on everything Demo
cratic. After the address s collection
was uken up and Otaxwna departed
for fresher pastures.
In hts statements to the crowd h*
denied being with Coxey’s army to
thrir march to th* capital. The denial
was the flrxt Intimation that a great
many of his hearer* knew of th#
charge, end the remark wa# freely
made by ghooe who heard It, "That If
such wok true and he really was with
that band of Coafcrs they didn't want
anything to do with such a fellow."
Court meets her* next week and con
siderable business I* on th* docket,
eonatatlng of both criminal and civil
cases. Th* "blind tigers" have about
given up the business, and there will
be many a cell of cases to which the
defendant will com* up missing. Dub
lin Is about entirely rid of blind tiger#.
Some clever work has been done by
our aero constituted board of county
commtaetoners and their report to the
grand Jury will show a considerable
saving lo the county and win b* a
business report ths* will engage th#
attention of every etttosn.
b-th of them he will (r.tveju-t bail
oonventton. It ta understood, howev-r,
that when the time oomes when Ool.
SUndfunl ho* no chance, two or ii ir-
rto county's votes WOTgo Motes.
If tre should fall to go Into tho con
vention with a clear majority H la.
probable that a combination will bo
nude against Mm which will defeat
Mm.
Col. Leonids* F. Livingston by car-
rylng Fulton the other day settled tho
race to the Fifth district and he now
has a wsifc-uver.
In the Blxth the light la waxing red-
tint. C</.. CMnuiIss' rrierfa* are making
a hard light for him. but the fate*
seem to be working for Judg* Bartlett.
Each of the three candidate* have
oarrtod their homo counti, -, and Judge
Harriett has carried Upson, giving him
eight votes. Cabal#** 4 end Whtttleld 2.
I Me* county acta today, and while the
contest there bid* fair to be close th#
surface Indications point to another
Dantlett victory. The other counties
to the district are Jon**, Butts, Henry,
ttpkdlng and Fayette. Judg* Bartlett
Is making an active personal campaign
to *11 these counties and out of ths
tot seems almost certain to secure th#
balance of the fourteen vote# neces
sary to nomln itkm. ,
In the Hevenlo di-trlct Col. Maddox
now has a -,v.ilk-over for the no
tlan, but Judge Lawson
so fortunate. Judge
sale of
pro*
proTtdlnf
ted States mu*
th# peofft i
mm. Wkh
not been
w Hamilton Mc
Whorter is trotting him a heat. Up to
FIsOVILLA NEW3.
Ftovm*. July ».—(Bi>ecisl.)—Wednes
day night the drug store and undertak
ing office at this place were broken Into,
entrance being mode through th* back
window of *h» undertaker's office. Two
colored boy*. Tom Harp and Henry
Greer, were taken up on the railroad
about two miles below here by Mr. John
Coleman ss suspicious character* and
owned up to the burglary, producing
most of the stolen goods. They were
bound over to Ihe superior court and
sent to Jackson and nut to Jail awaiting
trial.
Mr. Clem Tbwls. a merchant of Cork,
and. by the way. s very strong Demo
crat, hid a peculiar dream a few day*
ago while taking hi* after-dinner nap.
In bla dream he was tn a large m»»*
meeting or political gathering of eorae
kind where there wos considerable dis
content and wrangling. During the
midst of the uproar the almighty ap
peared on the ► • ne and proposed mat-
ten that X -uhl »ettle all the troubles.
Mr. Towles save that he and all the
Democrats readily agreed to his pi
po.-.iR but some of the Populists d
fere-l and Jehovat told them that
p.obullit would ii t agree w
preeem writing Judge Lawson Is wwsy
ahead. He has carried Putnam. Jasper,
Morgan and Csoks, with ss i ’
of eight vote*, whir Judge McWhor
ter ha* only carried Ms own homo
county of Oglethorpe with four vote*.
Judg* Lawson'* frlends are conftdefK
of suoceee, but Judge MdWborter
maintains that he ha* more than an
even chance for Wilkes, Greene and
Elbert and has * loir chance for the
other counties to the district. Tim*
" in the Ninth district Col. Carter TaU
will have no .opp-.tl m tor »e nsmta
nation and C' d. Ul u k will be unanl-
mously cbos#n to make the race again
arslnst Tom Wstion.
Judge Henry Turner ho* sJiv.wy
been nominated tn- the Eleventh.
can have wo election.
priding County's ProhlMU-'Mst* Are
Confronted With a Curious State of
Affairs.
Gridin. July 20.—(UtecUD-Eptld'PI
county Is to s muddle about thst prohi
bition election and the prohiMtlonlsht
bart er* not fully »*M*a*ff »» *»**•*;
er they are Jmt playing to bad luck or
whether the Honor men have put up *
tab on them. The Mutation bristly it
this: A- wIS told to the Tel -graph e. >
era! days ono. tl»# prohibition!*!* h nl
secured T99 risnstures to s peSItion ask
ing for the holding of *n elortlon to de-
cide the question of prohibition.
Whether purposely or not the county
Democratic executive committee recent
ly postponed the dsl# for the congrcf-
stonal primary from July 21 to Augst 1.
Under the law a prohibition election
cannot be held dunn* the run* *bonth
In whUdi sny oiher election U held.
WKh the congre^stennl primary held
bn August l it will therefore lie Imp^s-
ti’> >* to h'jid thiit prohlb!*lon i ! : n
before next February, because to Sep
tember come*) the primary for *he se
if .1 tor county offles^
to October com— the regular slat* elec
tion. In December Ihe city election and
in J.n.u»ry th«* county election.
In, h •• the u. itority c.f the D n-
Ovratlc commlitee I# «*ld to h* favora
ble to pnMMtton.tt t* hardly prebyble
that the change to the date for h >I-Uog
.ng th- • - -nil primary wa’ lut.n-
«b-l fatal fast the tKtct ta the enaw «al
. I th* pcohlbtUoullie »r« tacking.