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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
VOL VIII.
BILL KILLED
Georgia State Senate Turns Down the Wil¬
lingham Measure.
THE VOTE WAS 2c to 14
Opposing Sides Battled Fiercely
For Victory—Opponents of
Bill Applaud Result.
After n debate lasting three days the
Willingham state prohibition bill s
killed in the Georgia seuate Friday
afternoon.
The result proved exactly as tho op¬
ponents of tho measure had predicted.
The failure of the bill to receive the 17
votes-wliich were accorded it was due
to the absence of three of its support¬
ers, Senators Greeue, Morrison and
Thompson.
A surprise was sprung by the oppo¬
nents of the bill in an amendment
Friday morning to the amendment submitting by
Mr. Terrell, providing for
the bill to the people. The now amend¬
ment restricted the vote to the 22
counties to be affected by the bill. It
was adopted by a vote of 21 to 18. As
amended the Terrell amendment wag
lost by a vote of 26 to 14. The amend¬
ment having been killed, the original
bill was then accorded a like fate by
the same vote.
The opponents of the bill filled the
senate chamber with their glad shouts,
but it was noticed that the people in
the gallery received the verdict with a
death-like silence.
The voting began at 1:30 p. m. and
the various roll calls consumed an
hour, a great many Senators rising to
explain their votes.
A number of interesting arguments
were made during the morning and
were followed with the same close at¬
tention that has marked the entire de-
bate.
On the ballot which was to determine
the fate of the measure but one sen-
ator explained his vote. This was
Senator Underwood, of tbe
second. He voted against the passage
of the bill and gave as his reason for
so doing that as the bill stood he be-
lieved it was against the principles of
democracy.
The consideration of the several
amendments offered to the original bill
occasioned the only break in the mo-
notouy of the debate of tbe day and
consumed some little time.
A mild sensation grew out of the in-
troduction of the amendment to the
Terrell amendment by Senator Red-
ding designed to prohibit tbe 115 dry
counties in the state from voting on
the bill if it was passed with the
amendment of tbe senator from the
thirty-sixth leaving the measure to a
vote of tbe people of the state.
This was presented shortly after tho
convening: of the senate and was road
merely for information arid held over
to be acted upon after conforinity tjie argument
had been concluded in with
the agreement entered into at the be¬
ginning of the pontest. plosed 1:30
When argument at
p’clock the previous question was
called by Senator louche and the
amendments came up to be aded upon.
An attack was immediately made
upon the Red,hug amendment by the
friends of the V, lllingham bill, Sena-
tor Bant, denouncing it as a dodge to
kill the bill. Senator Dickerson took
the the same stand and the contest at
this point assumed a more interesting
aspect than at any time since the fate
of the prohibition measure bad been
in the hands of the upper house.
Despite this, however, tho Redding
amendment was adopted by a vote of
21 to 18, and then when the Terrell
amendment, as amended, came up for
consideration, eleven senators rose
when their names were called to ex¬
plain their votes. By a vote 26 to 14
the amendment of the senator from
the thirty-sixth, as amended, was lost.
Then, being denuded of amend¬
ments and in tbe shape it had been
passe4 in the house, the bill was put
upon its passage, the aye and noe
vote was palled, and amid intense si-
lento forty senators cast their votes as
t[ie secretary read each man’s name.
When the result had been declared
aB d the defeat of the measure pro-
TO CHANGE TAXING SYSTEM.
Texas fitate legislature to Be Called In
Extra Session.
A special from Austin, says: It bas
been decided -that • the Texas legisla¬
ture should be convened in special
pe ssion next month for the considera¬
tion of a taxation bill that will com¬
pletely revolutionize the taxation sys¬
tem of this state. The exact date has
not been settled. For three months
tbe state lax cemmission, created by
tbe legislature, has been preparing a
bjil whiuh remodels all taxation laws
ju tbs state, and said bill is the one
tbe peuiai session will be called to
a ct upon.
Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing 0iven Prompt Attention.
nonneed, the opponents of the bill
went wild for the moment.
No demonstration of any kind came
from the friends of the measure and
applause from the gallery was con¬
spicuous by its absence. A few spec¬
tators clapped their hands, but for the
most part the occupants of the gallery
filed out into tho corridors of the
capitol singly and silently. It was
clear that those who had watched day
by day the contest on the floor of the
senate were disappointed.
The following was the vote as re¬
corded:
For the bill—Senators Bunn, Davis,
Dickerson, Gross, Hand, Humphries,
King, MeGeheo, Passmore, ltawlings,
Steed, Thrasher, Wilcox and Wood.
Against tho bill—Senators Blalock,
Brauneu, Clifton, Daniel, Dowling,
Fouche, Grovenstein, Heard, Hodge,
Johnson, Laing, Little, Maun, Moye,
MeLester, Nesbitt, Odom, Perkins,
Bedding, Sutton, Terrell, Underwood,
Webb, West,' Wight and Wingfield.
INTERESTING SESSION OK HOUSE.
The house of representatives spept
most of the session Friday morn¬
ing in tho discussion of the joint
resolution to pay the 83,100 ex¬
penses of the tux commission. It de¬
veloped that there was considerable
opposition and some of the members
gave vent to their feelings.
The consideration was resumed in
the committee of tho whole house.
Speaker Little took the floor in de¬
fense of tbe action of commission in
sitting beyond the limit of thirty days
as provided in the resolution. Sever¬
al members who were opposed to the
tax measure contended that it was a
mere matter of right and justice that
the whole expenses should be paid.
An amendment by Air. Willingham of
Monroe to redeuce the amount to
81,840 was voted down,
The bill was then reported back to
tho house favorably, ami was passed
by a vote of 95 to 19. It was ordered
immediately trasmitted to the senate,
A bill by Air. Morris, of Cobb, to
allow judges to render judgments at
the appearance term of unconditional
contracts in writing where there was
no defense, and open accounts where
tliero is an affidavit that the same is
true, where no plea is filed, passed tho
bouse by a vote of 88 to 36.
This will save the creditor six
months time in the superior courts in
collecting these contracts where there
is no contest. Under tho present law
they must go over to the second term
before judgment can be rendered,
The frill by AH. Slaton, of Fulton,
to require all be claims against munici-
palities to presented for payment
before suit can be filed, was passed.
A resolution by Air. Reid, of Tuiia-
ferro, for the relief of the sureties of
G. T. Edwards, late tax collector of
Taliaferro county, was also passed,
CRIME CHARGED TQ FULLER.
Verdict qf Coroner’s ,Iury In tho Tottle
Murder ('use.
The j J, in tUe PottIe m „ der ea8fl
at Mw n G agree d ver d ic t to
tho effect that Mra . PotUe caine t0 ber
degU , frou) wound „ inflicted by some
blunt instrument in the hands of the
Allen Fuller. The verdict has
been unanimously approved by the
pnblic, and there was a great deal of
exoitemont just after the conclusion
was reached
The neuro was sent at once to Allan.
ta fur safe keeping
Enller liftn minion narliol .nnfflooinn
admittinir that hn ™
Airs. Pottle was murdered and stating
that Alfred Redd, the other negro un-
der arrest in Macon, did the killing. °
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SIIOT MOTHER AND BABE.
TraAlefcy Itesuilod From Quarrel Between
Two Men,
Lucy Carbon and hlr child in arms.
were killed near Adairsville, Ga., Fri-
da y j by jj^i Afayfield. Frank Bird
was a ] so wounded by the same shot
which killed mother and daughter,
The men were at the woman's house
on il quarreled over escaped. some trival matter. '
The murderer
MESSAGE STOPPED IT.
Rebellious Cubans Have Given Up Idea of
Making; Trouble.
Advices from HavaDa, Cuba, state
that the report that several Cubans
from Havana have been endeavoring
to collect funds among the Tampa
cigar makers and to incite feeling
against the Americans is discredited.
It is admitted, however, that such a
project may have been contemplated
prior to President McKinley's message
to congress. In the light of that dec¬
laration of the policy of the Washing-
ton government, representative Cuban*
in Havana feel that they have no cause
to doubt the good faith of the United
States.
ASH BURN, <iA SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1C». 189!).
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FLAMLS SWEEP AUGUSTA.
Nearly Halt a Hundred Business
Houses Destroyed,With Losses
Ajocregnting $1,000,000.
Augusta, Ga., had another big fire
Sunday morning, and on the same
block where the big fire of six mouths
ago occurred.
Last summer’s fire destroyed from
Seventh street to Dorr’s building, and
Sunday’s fire began at Dorr’s and
swept the rest of the block to the
Arlington hotel, and went across
Eighth street to Schneider's slore on
the corner.
It lms befen impracticable to get at
losses in any authoritative and aeon-
rate way. Every insurance represented company
represented in Augusta is
in the fire. The largest lossos, esti-
mated, wore:
Dorr,building and stock,820,000; J.
B. White, building, 800,000: J. B.
White, stock, 8350,000; Arlington ho-
(el, building, 8100,000; Masonic Hall
building, 820,000; Louis Helmut, jew-
elrv, etc., 810,000.
Besides these tweuty-one other
firms were burned out with losses
ranging from 8500 to 86,000.
It was the worst fire that Augilsta
has had in years. ’The old Central
hotel property that has so often had
raging fires on both sides of it, was
tho center of the blaze Sunday morn¬
ing, and the historic old building lias
been razed to tbe ground. Nothing
remains but the front, wall on Broad
street with its empty and smoke-be¬
grimed windows.
The Afasonic hall has only the front
wall left standing to mark its site, and
but a fragment of tho outside walls of
the Arlington hotel on tho front and
ou Jackson stroot mark tho place
where Augusta’s best hotel stood.
In three hours a million dollars
worth of property in the very heart of
the city was converted into ashes.
It is a rather notable fact that nil the
great fires of the past twenty years
have occurred within two blocks of
Arlington hotel corner, three of them
on the same block, on tho same side
of the street.
Sunday morning’s great fire—the
greatest the city has known in fifty
years—began in J. B. White’s big dry
goods Augusta bouse—the nearest approach
hud to a big modern depart¬
ment store.
Tbe origin of tbe fire-is unknown.
REDD IS INNOCENT.
Confession of the Negro Fuller Is Not
Believed.
A Macou dispatch says: Sheriff
Westcott places no reliance in the ul-
leged confession of Allen Fuller that
Alfred Redd killed Mrs. Bottle while
he, Fuller, looked on. Kedd will bo
released.
The case against Fuller wus made
almost Eiahd perfect by t^ie finding of thq
satchel which Airs. Ppttlq par¬
ried. •
A search pf the Fuller premises was
made and iu tlip house another sutchol
was found, inside of which was the
missing satchel.
The scissors, since t^o coroner’s
jury investigation, have been posi¬
tively identified as the property of
Airs. Bottle. They were found on
Fuller w^en he was arrested. hard
The sheriff has been quietly at
work qu the case and has collected a
mass of evidence. He will not dis¬
close all he knows until the trial.
TWO VICE ADMIRALTIES
May Ho Created to Settle tlio Schley-Samp-
fton Controversy.
A special to The New York Herald
, fr °f Washington says:
resident McKinley during an in-
terview with beuator Wellington, ex-
Preyed himself in favor of reviving
the K rai ^ e v * c0 admiral in the inter-
Bear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral Schley. He believes that
th is i8 ‘ be « olutio “ of lb ”
l , Hampson-Schley controversy, Welling-
? nJ lt .« f x f ec te<1 * ha ‘»«“ at °r
ton will introduce . bill few days
a in a
providing for the appointment of two
vice admirals without specifying
names.
-
fielding Down Insurance Companies.
Under the Spanish regime in Culm
the fire insurance companies of the
United States were obliged to make a
deposit of 825,000. Since the Ameri-
can occupation $75,000 has been do-
manded, and, 4n spite of a vigorous
protest, the order still stands.
CATTLE QU Alt AN TINE COMING.
The Department of Agriculture at Wash¬
ington Will Soon Issue the Order.
The usual annual quarantine order
against the area where the splenetic
or southern (Texas) fever exists among
cattie will be issued shortly by the
department of agriculture, to take
effect January 1. The order will bu
substantiully like that of last year.
The quarantined area will consist of
all of the states of Month Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala-
bauia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian
Territory and parts of the states of
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Oklahoma and California.
CURRENCY BILL
BEFORE HOUSE
Maddox of Georgia Opens Debate
Against the Measure.
OVERSTREET INTRODUCES BILL
Georgian .. Declares .. , the .. Measure
a
Scheme to Put the Country
()n n ( j 0 |j |j as j s- ’
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A Washington ” special says: Judge
Maddox, , r .. of Georg.a, opened the debate .. ,
the currency bill for the Democrats
in the house Monday and delivered a
speech which will stand out as one of
, ... .
““ ft j’ 110,1 " 10 Bes * 0,1
u P ou highly important question.
It was to a large extent the feature of
tlie day’s session.
Tho first speaker was Overstreet,
Republican, who introduced the bill,
and Afuddox followed in an argument
lasting over an hour. Aside from the
reference to the Republican record the
Georgian discussed the bill ou the fol¬
lowing six propositions:
“First, this Dili is a scheme to legal¬
ize the authority that has been usurp¬
ed by tho treasurers of tho United
States in attempting to put this coun¬
try on a gold basis without authority
of law.
“Second, it is a scheme to take from
the people ono-lialf of its money of
final redemption and to make the
same worthless.
“Third, it is a bill to change and al¬
ter the contracts of the people without
their consent by making their obliga¬
tions, which have heretofore since the
organization of the government, been
payable in coin or both gold and silver
payable in gold only.
“Fourth, it is a scheme to contract
the currency at the will of the bankers.
gofd “Fifth, it is a scheme to adopt the
standard for the benefit of the
banks without making themselves
liable in any wa) to furnish the gold
to sustain it.
“Bixtli, it is a scheme for fhe ad¬
vantage of about three hundred thou¬
sand people holding stock iu national
bonks and to disadvantage of all the
res t.’>,
The debate wi» cover a wide range
aljd 80Ule stormy incidents are ex-
,, e cted. Twenty-two Democrats will
H », ea k against the bill,
T Representative , Overstreet, .
in open-
ing, said;
“Notwithstanding there have bean
occasions when serious doubt clouded
tlie situation and produced grave fears
lest the entiro fabric of oui monetary
system might bp seriously shaken, yot
it iB to ‘he credit of the government
that every dollar of our money in cir¬
culation is absolutely sound and un¬
questioned. This condition has led
many people into tho erroneous be¬
lief that there was no need for legisla¬
tion anil that the best the government
could do would be to let the subject
alone.
“Sucli people are not familiar with
tbe frequent pledges of tbe govern-
ment to maintain the parity of our
money, declaring by congressional
acts the honest purpose of the govern-
ment to faithfully and surely guaran-
tee full parity of all money in circula-
turn. Ihe present parity depends en-
t.rely upon such declarations and
guarantees, but its maintenance rests
with the judgment or enprioe tftho
secretary of the treasury who, by a
single order directing the use of silver
in tho discharge of our obligations
may completely destroy the pari* v and
shift the standard to the muial bo
used
“It seems far better ..... to attempt a
propef regulation of the question by a
clear and permanent statute rather
than depend upon occasional declura-
tions by the government of its inten-
trim. It is far better to end the mat-
ter by a public law, which shall be
plain and unequivocal, rather than
rely upon be proposals of what may or
shall done at some future date, or
leave so dangerous an option within
the control of one man, whether he bo
the president or his financial advisor.”
“SCRATCH” V0UR STAMPS.
Precaution* Against, Roiibery In U*« of
War Revenue Stamps.
Somebody lias evidently been rob-
bing Uncle Ham since the inauguration
of the revenue stamps on June 13,
1898.
An order has just been sent out bj
Commissioner of Intena! Revenue G.
W. Wilson at Washington, and ap-
proved by Secretary Gage, making it
cumpnlsory on people who use revenue
stamps for 10 cents or more for denot-
ing any tax imposed by the act of June
13, 1898, to not only write or stamp
their initials and date upon the same,
but to mutilate it in such a way that
it can never be used again.
FINAL COTTON HtiURES.
Agricultural Department Places
Total Crop Kor the Year at
8,900,000 Males.
'I ho statistician of the department
of Agriculture at Washington, reports
moo.ooo bates as the proi.ui.ie cotton
production for the United Staton for
1890-1900. This estimate is lmsod
upon a larger number of both general
and special reports than has over bc-
f ore connection l,e,, “ r « cutve with ' 1 > y the .lepartment
m a cotton crop.
While weather conditions during the
past thirty days Lave been favorable
to whatever picking remained to bo
done, so that the general condition of
the crop is slightly hotter than one
month ago, continued investigations
leave absolutely no doubt that tho
l ' r ' , > , if ! Nlna ! ler than was indi-
rated 1 in either of tho statistician’s
ln . uv i 0V i, reports.
The report shows acreage in the
principal cotton growing states to
imvo been as follows:
North Carolina, 1,311,708; South
Carolina,2,358,213; Georgia,3,530,*205;
Alabama, 8,003,176; Texas, 0,991,904;
Mississippi, 2,900,298; Louisiana, 1,-
281,691; Arkansas, 1,H7<»,4<57; Tennes¬
see, 890,722; Oklahoma, 215,893; In¬
dian Territory, 314,906; sundry, 286,-
112, making n total of 24,967,295.
Tho production in gross bales was
as follows:
North Carolina, 629,620; South
Carolina, 1,035,414, Georgia, 1,378,-
731; Alabama, 1,176,042; Mississippi,
1,247,128; Louisiana. 717,717; Texas,
3,863,103; Arkansas, 919.409, Tennes¬
see, 322,820; Oklahoma, 109,026; In
ditin Territory, 207,838; sundry, 82,-
291, making a total of 11,189,205
hales, an increase of 291,348 lmlos
over the preeeeding year. Of the total
crop, 11,121,414 bales were upland,
averaging 515 pounds per bale, gross
weight, and 67,791 wore Sea Island,
nvitvaging 390 pounds per bale. The
average production per acre was .448
of a lisle.
The total value of the crop, estimat¬
ed on the basis of the average prices
during the first six months of the cot¬
ton year nt the various large markets
nearest to tho different centers of pro¬
duction, was 8305,467,041, the average
price per pound being 5.27 cents for
upland and 14 cents for Hea Island.
KUUT WAS DISASTROUS.
Further UfthtlU of fJ«n. <1 atuore’* It«-
I»uU« lly tlt«»
Later details received at London
regarding the disaster to General
Gatucro’s column show that but for
magnificent work of tho British urtil*
, or ^ „ 1 ‘* IH er wo, ild have been far
xt . the incessant Boer
"I 01 !? l ‘ « n, *«ve.
Hum lire in the midst of tho repulsed
infantry ultimately led to disorder
wll ioh only escaped developing into a
rout through the batteries of urtillery
oeoupyiug successive positions cover*
ing the retreat,thus drawing a portion
of the Boers’ galling fire,
Apparently the British were set an
impossible task and wuro treacherously
guided. After a trying march anil
being under arms 16 hours, they at¬
tacked tho wrong part of the Boer po¬
sition, where the hill wus impregna¬
ble and the burghers were estimated
to number 6,000 men instead of 2,500,
as the spies hud reported.
There is little in the story to miti¬
gate the intense humiliation oeca-
sinned by tho episode which was
almost an exact counterpart of the bat-
tie of Niohols-Nok. The war office
was besieged with anxious relatives,
and the successive editions of uews-
papers were eagerly scan nod. Afon
and women wero equally persistent in
pleading for information, hut the au¬
thorities either do not possess any or
are not prepared to publish it at pres-
ent.
The affair lias caused the most do-
pressing influence everywhere, not cx-
cepting tho stock exchange, where
consols were «t the lowest price in
many years, and Hgutb African secun-
ties slumped, not so much on account
of the military reverse which is not re-
trievable, but owing to the pro-
found apprehension as to effect. No
great surprise would now be felt if
General (Jatacre’s reverse resulted iu
end Cape Colony becoming ulltimi from
to end.
It is just two months since the
Transvaal ultimatum was delivered.
Nine battles Inve been fought anil the
British have lost 566 killed, 2,027
wounded and 1,977 missing or prison-
era.
REESE OUT OF JAIL.
tilvm 9H,(KiO Hand and 0<i«l buck to HU
Old Tricks.
John P. Reese, national executive
committeeman of the United Mine
Workers, who has been in jail at Ft.
Scott, K«s., under commitment from
the federal court for contempt, was re¬
leased rnonday under the writ of
habeas corpus recently issued in St.
Louis by Judge Thayer.
The necessary $3,000 bond was pro-
vided by Topeka bankers. Mr. Reese
returned at once to the coal fields
where he was arrested, declaring that
he would pursue the course which ho
was pursuing whon Judge Williams
ordered his arrest for contempt.
NO. ID.
TAYLOR WINS
IN KENTUCKY
The State Election Commissioners
Make Their Decision.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS 2,383
lioebel Is Still (tame But Is Ad¬
vise! By His Friends to
Abide the Result.
A special from Frankfort, Ky.,say»:
At 9:45 o’clock Saturday morning the
election certificate of William S. Tay¬
lor was signed by the election couitnis-
sioiiers and he was declared to be gov¬
ernor-elect of Kentucky.
Tho official figures of the vote filed
with Seeretury of State Finley are:
Taylor, 193,714; Goebel, 191,831; Tay¬
lor’s plurality, 2,383.
The operation, which ended for tho
time lining at least, the bitterly fought
gubernatorial contest, was conducted
in the simplest manner. The majority
opinion of Commissioners Pryor and
Ellis ami tho minority opinion of Com¬
missioner Poyutz, which were issued
Saturday morning, were not read as
was the origual intention. The three
commissioners walked first to the offioe
of the clerk of the statu supreme court
whero they filed two opinions. They
then passed into the office of the sec¬
retary of state. Clerk Chenault, of
the hourd of commissioners, read the
figures showing that the Repub¬
lican candidates for offices on the
state tiektt had received the larg¬
est number of votes and then certifi¬
cates of election were signed nt once,
that of Air. Taylor being first on the
list.
All Republican candidates for state
offices were then furnished with com¬
missions by Governor Bradley.
Goebel seems to take bis defeat phil¬
osophically. lie had been advised by
many friends who supported him with
vigor to let tho Republicans have the
offices without further contest as tho
keeping ulive of the political feeling
would do an infinite harm.
Afr. Taylor was modest and reticent
ns usual.
“I expected it, of course,” said he,
“1 knew that if the commissioners
went by the law and the evidence they
could do nothing else than decide the
way they have done.”
Commissioner Poyuta declined to
sign the Republican certificates of
election, suyiqg that he stood by the
opinion that lie hud rendered, and
could not consistently do so. Ho oou-
seated to sign the certificates of the
railroad commissioners, however.
The official returns developed tha
peculiar fact that 10,000 Democrats
and an equal number of Republicans
did not know how to voto the Austra-
linn ballot, us both Goebel and Taylor
ran alieail'of other men on their re¬
spective tickets 10,000 votes; and
John Young Brown, while receiving
only 12,000 run 2,000 ahead of his
ticket. It seems that 22,000 voters
thought that by marking the name of
the candidate for governor they were
voting tho entire ticket of their choice.
LAW VERS ARE INNOCENT.
CommIItoo Hey. Grand Jury Presentments
Were Neandalous.
Without foundation, improper, un¬
true anil scandalous is the verdict of
the special committee of the Atlantu
Bur association ou the arraignment of
the grand jury anil Foreman Joseph
H, Johnson.
The report of the committee wan
submitted at a meeting of the associa¬
tion Saturday morning in the superior
court room, and was eagerly listened
to by us many lawyers and citizens as
the room would hold.
The committee admitted that there
were some unworthy members of tha
bar in the city, but stated that their
number was so few us not to warrant
the special presentment and the man¬
ner in which it wus made.
Foreman Johnson, who was seen
after the meeting, said:
“I utter a loud cry for help from
the ethical members of the Atlanta
Bar assooiution.”
REED FOR VICE*PRESIDENCY,
K mu or Current That McKinley Wants
Maine Man Fur Itunnlng Mate.
According to u Washington speoUl
there is a highly interesting story go¬
ing the rounds of the inner Republi¬
can circles to the effect that President
McKinley is anxious to see Tom Reed
named ub his rtinuing mate for 1900.
While the death of Vice President Ho¬
bart is very recent, it is natural that
there should have already been a good
deal of talk uhout the Republican nom¬
inee for the vice presidency, and it is
said the president, in talking with
some of his closest associates, has
sounded them as to tho availability of
tbe lute speaker.