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Irwin County News Official Organ of Irwin County. A. 6. Ds LOACH, Editor and Pronrietor. THE 54TH CONGRESS. ROUTINE OF HOUSE AND SENATE BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. Summary of Bills and Resolutions Presented and Acted Upon. THE HOUSE. In anticipation of a field day in the house Thursday over the passage of ■t the tariff bill agreed on by the ways and means committee, great crowds were attracted to the capitol and every available inch of space in the public and private galleries, save the seotions reserved for the executive and diplo¬ matic corps, were taken. Alost of the members who had gone home for the holidays had hurriedly returned, and the attendance on the floor waB almost as large as on the opening of the ses¬ sion. In addition, many senators were present. Immediately after the read¬ ing of the journal, Air. Diagley, the chairman of the ways and means com mittee, reported from that committee *the revenue bill, which the speaker forthwith referred to the committee of the whole house on the state of the union. Air. Crisp, the leader of the minor¬ ity, explained that the minority had had no opportunity to prepare and file the views of the minority. Mr. Henderson, republican, from Iowa, from the committee on rules, pre¬ sented the special order under which the house was to operate. It wag iron-clad in its character. It pro¬ vided that immediately after the adop¬ tion of the order it would be in order to call np tho revenue bill just pre¬ sented by Mr. Dingley, and that the debate should run until 6 o’clock, when, without intervening motion, the vote should be taken on passage of the bill. Air. Henderson demanded the previous question on the adoption of the order, which was ordered with¬ out division. Air. Henderson then took the floor and' explainedbriefly necessitated the urgency which such summary action of the house on such an important measure. Air. Crisp called the attention of the honlb to th&effectof the rule imder which it was proposed to operate and asked every member to weigh his re¬ sponsibility when he voted for it. Here was a bill, he said, that affected every interest and all sections of the country, which it was proposed to put through under a rule that deprived the mem¬ bers of any right to offer amendments. It must be taken or rejected as a whole. He insisted that there was no necessity for such a course. This bill was not demanded by any department necessity of the government. There was no for increased revenue. He protested against the use of the whip and spur for its passage before the opinion of the experts of the treasury department could be obtained as to its effect. Mr. Dalzell, a member of the com¬ mittee on rules, said there was no one who did not know tliat we face a pecu¬ liar exigency. The president and the secretary of the treasury had both be¬ come alarmed and the president had asked the house, notwithstanding it was opposed to him politically, to come to his aid. Tho treasury was be¬ ing rapidly depleted, and since the de¬ mocracy had come into the control of the executive branch of the govern ment there had been frequent bond issues. i Mr. Turner, democrat, Georgia, call ed attention to the fact that both the president and the secretary of the treasury had given congress the high est assurance that there was ample revenue in the treasury. Both the president and secretary of the treas nry had pointed out the evil in the financial situation and its remedy. Everybody understood the stress ex¬ isting. And what was to be the re spouse of congress? Before all 1 reme dial legislation was to be put a propo¬ sition to still further bleed and tax the American people. Mr. Henderson closed the debate in I a speech which aroused the republican side to great enthusiasm. This was, I he said, a business matter for a fousi I ness people, and should be met in a business way. The republicans were not afraid to resume responsibility. Democratic policies had emptied t,he I treasury. The republicans would fill it. They would right the ship of state that had been plunging half seasnuder ever since the democratic . party as sumed the bridge. A democratic president had sent to congress a deola ration of war, and four days after-1 I wards had filed a petition in bank-1 ruptcy. (Kepublican applause.) The rule committee’s order was then to 89—a strietly party save that Linncy, North Caro and Connelly, Illinois, republi voted with the democrats. By a Ho’clock ■vote of 205 to 81 the house at 5:30 passed the revenue bill. ■ In accordance with the deoision of ■he committee on ways and means last Ho Chairman Dingley reported tho house Friday tho bill to provide ■or the restoration and protection of gold reserve by the sale of 3 per ent bonds and to authorize the issue ,f certificates of indebtedness to meet lefioienoies iti revenue. But under ie protests of a large number of re ■sr-ii'Y ' ' • SYCAMORE. IRWIN COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 18%. publican members the bill -was amend¬ ed by the committee at a meeting held during the morning and the program calling for a vote on the passage of the bill at 6 o’clook was changed so as to give six hours additional debate, three Friday night and three Saturday, the vote to be taken at 8 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The resolution from the committee on rules to this effect was adopted by a vote of 195 to 101, after it had been antagonized by Messrs. Crisp, Baily and McMillin, the repub¬ licans refraining from discussing it. At 5 o’clock tne house rose and took a recess until 7 o’clock. There were not more than a doz»n republicans in their seats when Speaker Reed called the house to order at 7 o’clock. Wr. Wheeler, democrat, of Alabama, who was entitled to the floor, having held it when the house arose for recesB, being absent, Air. Terry, democrat, of Arkansas,wusrecoguizid. He read a speech against the single gold standard, introduced by a brief reference to the pending bill. Iu the course of Mr. Terry’s speech probably another dozen republicans appeared in their seats. The remedy for the situation whmh would occur to any one from the ordi¬ nary ranks of life, said Air. DeAr mond, democrat, of Missouri, was to coin into standard dollars the silver bullion in the treasury, with its fifty five millions of seigniorage, followed by the coinage of silver as gold is coined. The debate was continued by Air. Northway, republican, of Ohio, in support of the bill; Mr. Tarsney, dem¬ ocrat, of Alissouri, in opposition ; Mr. Henderson, republican, of Iowa, in support, and Air. Shofroth, republi¬ can, of Colorado, against it. At the conclusion of Mr. Shofroth’s speech the opposition to the bill had occupied three hours and thirty-eight minutes, and the affirmative two hours and forty-six minutes. At 10 o’clock the house adjourned until noon Satur¬ day. 136 the house, By a vbte of 170 to at Saturday’s session, passed the sec¬ tion of the bill introduced Friday by the committee on ways and means au¬ thorizing the issue of 3 per cent, coin bonds to maintain the gold reserve. Forty-seven republicans voted with the democrats against the proposition, as did all the populists and Mr. Nsw lands, silverite, of Colorado. Mr. Hutcheson, of Texas, was the only democrat to ally himself with the great body of republicans in support of the measure. , After the reading of the journal the discussion of the bond bill was re¬ sumed, the discussion to close at 3 o’clock. The first speaker was Mr. Brosius. The gold reserve, he said, must be maintained and the revenues to meet the expenses of the govern menf must be procured; the proposi¬ tions, he said, were fundamental and indisputable. Air. McLaurin, demo¬ crat, of South Carolina, said he should oppose the bill because it would not only increase the burden, bat legalize a series of improper and unfounded assumptions by the secretary of the treasury. The bill should clearly and explicitly state the purposes of this provision so that the people might know the intention of congress. Messrs. Cannon, of Colorado; Pane, of New York; Hopkins, of Illinois, Burton, of Missouri; Marsh, of Illi¬ nois, and Russell, of Connecticut, spoke in favor of the bill. Air. Crisp closed the debate in opposition to the bill. A coliqny between Boutelle and Crisp over the views of the latter as to whether or not obligations of the government were payable in gold or not caused some amusement. Mr. Dalzell closed the debate on the bill in favor of its passage. He said that if the legislation it proposed had been on the statute book it would have saved to the people in the matter of interest upon bonds issued by the pres¬ ent administration alon6 over $100, 000 , 000 . In accordance with the provisions of the order of the debate Mr. John¬ son at 3 o’clock demanded a division of the question and the vote was taken on the first section of the bill. It re¬ sulted, yeas 170, nays 136. Tho an¬ nouncement was received with ap¬ plause. division the There was no upon sec¬ ond section of the bill, and it was de¬ clared adopted and the bill passed at 3:25 o’clock. Mr. Dingley, chairman of the com¬ mittee on ways and means, stated that a general understanding had been had by which no business would be trans¬ acted the coming week, so that mem¬ bers who so desired could spend New Year’s at home. Three-day adjourn¬ ments woujd be taken and business re¬ sumed on Monday January 6th. He moved that when the house adjourn it be until Tuesday. Agreed to. After some further routine business the house, at 4:30 adjourned until Tues¬ day, THE SENATE. The financial question came to the front in the senate Friday in th e form of a joint resolution introduced by Mr. Hill, democrat, of New York, to after the effect iesued that shall, all be fiends ajade to payable be here¬ in gold the coin option or in of standard the holders; silver and dollars that at no bond containing such, inpurest option shall bear a higher rate of than 3 “In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.” per Cent. Ho made a long, carefully prepared speech on the subjeot, wind¬ ing up with the declaration that his proposition waR a measure Bimply for temporary relief; but that as a meas¬ ure of permanent relief it was reason¬ ably clear that all United States notes and treasury notes should be redeemed and then canceled. In conclusion he said: “Why is it not the part of prudence and wisdom to create a bonded debt for the whole amount of these notes and then cancel and extinguish them? That sensible course would stop the creation of any further bonded in¬ debtedness. Otherwise the process of borrowing and bonding must continue, to what extent no one can foretell.” Mr. Teller then took the floor and said that he did not desire to entertain the discussion of the question now. But he wanted to entertain his protest against the repeated assertion made by the executive department and now in the senate that the government is bankrupt. “The contract under which bondB were issued last year,” said Mr. Teller, “is a lasting disgrace, due either to the dishonesty or imbecility of the administration. We are told by the public press that we are to have another bond issue and that it will be as favorable at this time as before, be¬ cause the government of the United' States is in greater distress tfewna year ago. Against all that I protest.” Pending the debuts on Senator Hill’s joint resolution Mr. Butler, populist, of North Carolina, offered as a substitute for that resolution his own proposition for • the payment of treasury notes and greenbacks in either gold coin or silver coin—pre¬ ferentially in the cheaper coin. He also introduced a constitutional amendment in favor of an income tax. Both propositions were laid on the table for the present. Air. Lodge gave DOtice that he would, on Monday, submit some re¬ marks on the subject of. .the Alonroe doctrine. The senate proceeded to he consideration of executive business and at 2:40 o’clock adjourned until Monday. THE EXPOSITION CLOSES. A Great Educator and an Advertise¬ ment for the Whole South. The exposition haB drawn to a close. It seems probable that the fair will prove a financial success, But a small portion of the second mortgage bonds will remain unpaid, and it is probable that the salvage will wipe out the remainder. Now that the ex¬ position is over, it will be interesting to look at the results. So far as At¬ lanta is concerned, she has become an international city. There is no place in the civilized world where she is not known, and especially among the South American republics. Atlanta is regarded as one of the chief seats of enterprise and industry in North America. The south has gained both by its advertisement of natural re¬ sources and by the certain influx of capital and desirable immigration. One of the happiest results, however, is the fact that the whole country has been brought to realize that this is the most American part of America. Another result of very great import¬ ance in the fremendious stimulus which this exposition has given to progressive minds, especially of young people, throughout the south the ris¬ ing generation has seen a great light; thousands of schools have sent their pupils here in force. These young people have gone home with their lives broadened and their minds inspired by what they saw. Naturally it would be supposed that all display here tend¬ ed to materialism. The great eager¬ ness of the progressive men of the south to catch up in the race of indus¬ trial progress has appeared to dwarf everything. Much to the gratification of the broadest-minded people, this feature, while strongly developed here, has not dwarfed or stunted the liberal arts or the fiue arts. The ethical and moral culture of man have had their proper place, and the scenic beauty of the exposition has surpassed that of any previous enterprise of the same char¬ acter. The electrical building has made the place both brilliant and po¬ etical, and the finer features have been emphasized at great expense, This has been a high-class exhibition in the best sense of the term. TOO MUCH GLASS. Manufacturers Decide to Shut Down Temporarily. As the result of a meeting in Chica¬ go, every window glass manufactory in the United States will close down January 11th and remain closed for four weeks, the object of this action being to ourtail the production. The prices and discounts are to re¬ main the same. No other business was transacted by the association, which was called for the express purpose of limiting the production, which for some time has far exceeded the de¬ mand. This action means a saving of $1,000,000 for the manufacturers and the throwing out of employment of thousands of men. Texas Firm Fails. Evans, Green & Co., general mer chants at Athens, Tex., have failed. Liabilities *13,000. CAPITAL NOTES. GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS. Doings of the Chiefs and Heads ol the Various Departments. Secretary Herbert has practically concluded to award the contract for the construction of battleships No. 5 and 6 to the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, of Vir¬ ginia, at their bid of $2,500,000 for each ship. A search of the records on the file at the navy department has brought to light the fact that Grover island, in Camden county, Georgia, is the prop ery of the United States. For nearly a hundred years title to the island has been in doubt. Records show that the island was conveyed to the United States in 1779 by Josiah Tattnal and wife, but title never asserted. The postoffice department has denied the privilege of the mails to five con¬ cerns conducting fraudulent enter¬ prises. The Mexican Lottery Com¬ pany, of San Louis Potosi, which was declared a fraud some time ago, adopting a new method to secure the transmission of its matter through the United States Mails. To deceive the postal authorities it franked its envelopes as the “Mexican-American Coffee Culture Company,” but the postoffice inspectors discovered the deception. A. V. Yager, of Nashville, 'Tenn., who has been working the old “fortune in England” scheme on American citizens, was also excluded from the mails. Minority List Complete. The democratic steering committee has eolnpleted the assignment of the minority representation on the senate committees. The minority chairman¬ ships have been, assigned as follows; Conference room, Mr. Gorman; en¬ grossed bills, Air. Cockrell; epidemic disease, Mr. Vest; Nicaraguan canal, Mr. Morgan ; private lands and claims, Mr. Harris ; revolutionary claims, Mr. Pugh; Potomac river front, Mr. “■George- woman’s suffrage, Air. Call; additional accommodations for the li¬ brary, Air. Voorhees; five civilized tribes, Air. Gray; transportation and sale of meat products, Mr. Blackburn; corporations in the District of Colum¬ bia, Air. Jones, of Arkansas. Bond Bill Amended. The opposition to the bond bill which developed with unexpected rapidity among the republicans in the house resulted in its amendment Friday morning so as to prevent the retirement' of the legal tender notes. The implied retirement of these notes in the bill as orgiually agreed upon furnished the inspiration for much of the hostility to the measure among certain of the republicans who belong to what is termed “the sound money wing of the party.” The ac¬ tion of the committee nulifies this hostility, and, in the language of Air. Hopkins, of Illinois, through whose efforts the bill was amended, “insures its passage through the house.” When the ways and meuns commit¬ tee met Friday morning the amend¬ ment prepared by Ml - . Hopkins was inserted in the bill as a part of section 1, and the chairman was directed to report the measure to the house in that form. Section 1 as amended after giving Authority to the secretary o‘f the treas¬ ury to sell coin bonds bearing interest at 3 per cent, redeemable after' five years, reads as follows: “And the secretary of the treasury shall use the proceeds thereof for the redemption of United States legal ten¬ der notes and for ,no other purpose; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or modify the act approved Alay 1, 1878, entitled an act to forbid further retirement of United States legal tender notes. > 77 Then follows the remainder of the section with reference to advertising the bonds for sale. Another amendment inserted by the committee in section 1 provides that the bonds shall be payable in fif¬ teen years after their issue. Secretary Smith’s Reply. Secretary Hoke Smith Bent to the house Tuesday a reply to a resolution introduced by Mr. Flynn, of Okla¬ homa, and adopted by the house, call¬ ing for information relating to the al¬ lotment of Wichita Indian lands in Oklahoma. Replying to the section of the resolution as to the cause of the delay in opening the lands to settle¬ ment the secretary says that the mat¬ ter of ownership of the lands is not yet definitely settled, and he is of the opinion that it would be unwise to throw these lands open to settlement while the claims of the Choctaws and Chickasaws are unsettled. It is un¬ necessary, he says, to discuss the seri ous*oomplications which might arise and involving the settlers, the Indians the government by such action. Re¬ plying to that part of the resolution asking if any of Secretary Smith’s rel¬ atives are interested iu delaying the ..opening of the lauds to settlement, Secretary Smith says: “One of the counsel for the Wiobi .be lit.g.t.oa .. tb. bu.b.ed ol VOL. VI. NO. 45 5 tho second cousin of my wife. It will be seen that the compensation of tliih counsel is to be n percentage of the money derived from the sale of * surp¬ lus land in case it is decided that the Choctaws and Chickasaws have no re¬ versionary interest in those lands. I am not aware of any interest which the counsel of the Wichitas can have in delaying the allotment and sale of the surplus lands. Neither has ever sug¬ gested au interest or desire on their part or their clients’ part for delay. No connection or relation >bv blood or marriage of mine is acting as attorney for any party or parties interested in delaying the opening of these lands to settlement. No party or parties have presented to the interior department any objection to the full and immedi lto execution of the act of March 2, 895, which provided for tho opening ! (he Ihi kK” > INCREASE OF FAILURES. Bratl street’s Has Recorded 1.3,013 for the Year. Bradstreet’s review of business for the past week, says: As is the rule in Christmas week, wholesale trade bas been quiet. Tho holidays, the close of the year and stock-taking tend to make business slow, and promise only a little trade until after January. In various cities, notably New York, Bos¬ ton, Baltimore and Chicago, anticipa¬ tions as to the character of trade early in the coming year, are hopeful but it remains to be seen whether the down¬ ward movement ot demand and prices and the delay in putting the currency on a sound basis, all of which have be¬ gun to show themselves in trade con ditions, will permit of as early and marked gains in staple limes of trade in 1896 as has been confidently antici¬ pated. Business failures in this country for a completed year number 13,013, an increase in number of failures are at the west, northwest and in the middle states, decreases being shown in New England, at the south and on the Pacific coast. The quotation for coke has been ad¬ vanced, as well as those for mohair, wheat, indian corn, oats and for sugar, while for leather, hides, lumber, coal, wool, coffee and print cloths quota¬ tions are unchanged. Fractional re¬ actions are reported in prices of Tiffined petroleum, cotton, pork, flour, iron and steel. The week’s features in commercial lines are a rather better trade in Christmas specialties than expected, smaller business at the west from long continued rains and light stock of goods in hands of retailers, and the pronounced movement of funds from the west to the east, not only to pay interest but because of the better de¬ mand for currency at the large finan¬ cial centers. ME LUD DISGUSTED. Dunraven’s Charges Were All Dis¬ proved. The earl of Dunraven, accompanied by his friend, Arthur Glennie, rear commodore of the Royal New Portsmouth York Yacht Club, sailed from for England Saturday on board the Cu narder Umbria. The investigation of the charges made by Lord Dunraven against those iu charge of the Defender had not concluded when the earl and his henchman took their departure and only part of the evidence in rebuttal had been given when the special com¬ mittee consisting of J. Pierpont Alor gan, chairman; George Lockhart Rives, secretary; William C.Whitney, Captain A. T. Alahan, United States navy, and Hon. E. J. Phelps, adjourned the hear¬ ing till 10 o’clock Monday morning. The Defender syndicate presented testimony in rebuttal of that offered by Lord Dunraven and although the gentlemen who were present at the in¬ quiry refused to talk for publication, it was learned on good authority that the charges made by Lord Dunraven were totally disproved. MORE BODIES RECOVERED From the Death Trap Mine at Dayton, Tennessee. The bodies of four of the six en¬ tombed miners at the Nelson mine, near Dayton, Tenn., where the recent explosion occurred, were recovered Friday afternoon. They were Cyrus Alexander, Floyd Jewell, Robert Jew¬ ell and Robert Hamilton. The men were in a kneeling posture when found, their faces against the bottom of the mine, indicating that they died while trying to get fresh air near the surface of the mine. They were all found asphyxiated. Aline Inspector F. P. Cluts, who has just closed his investigations, states that the accident, was principally caused by the explosion of a pocket of gas in one of the miner’s rooms, which started the coal dust, the dust becom¬ ing fgnited from the lighted gas. Four of the men were killed by the falling slate and by the burning gas. The other twenty-four were killed by the after damp, caused by ^be explo¬ of the opal dust. Italy Wants the Job. The Paris Temps newspaper, pub-, lishes a dispatch from Rome saying that Italy has offered to act arbitrator of the difficulties between Great Brit¬ ain .and the United States. Great Britain, the dispatch adds, has not re¬ plied to the offer. 1.00 A Tew. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. ’ The Industrial Condition as Reported for the Past Week. Reports of industrial and business conditions in the southern states for iuo past week indicate that general business is fairly aotive, but does not increase in quantity, as the usual set¬ tlements of affairs at this season en¬ gage attention. Recent variations in the price of eotton attract but little at¬ tention. Planters have marketed enough of the crop to realize funds for their immediate needs, and are holding back- the rest in the belief, which is quite genera), that the price is sure to advance again to as high a point as was reached in the early part r of the season. Textile mills oontinue 1 to be actively employed, and the out¬ put of manufactured goods is steadily increasing. Orders are plenty and quotations are firm. There is no change in the con¬ dition of the iron industry. Large orders are not plentiful, but small ones are numerous, and a good many orders received earlier in the season are not yet filled. There are rbmors of some irregularity in prioes for iron, which, however, are not confirmed. Coal miners are doing a very large business. Low water in the Ohio river has prevented the transportation of much of the coal usually brought from the coal regions of that valley, and has caused a great increase in the demands made in the southern mines, which are being worked to their full capacity. Prices are firm and steady, with an advancing tendency. Lumber mills are running on somewhat de¬ creased time, but the lumber opera¬ tors are looking forward to an early increase in the demand, which is not' at present, equal to the full capacity of the mills in any branch of the bus¬ iness. Among new industries established or incorporated during the week are the Thomas Gin and Machine Works, Dallas, Tex., capital $20,000; the Paul Sbean Sanitary Plumbing and Manu¬ facturing company, Galveston, Texas, capital $25,000, and the Consolidated Water and Electric Light and Power company, Sheffield, Ala., capital $250, 000 . The Ray-AIouras company, limited, capital $3.0,000, has been chartered to manufacture woodenware at New Or¬ leans, La.; the Junction City Lumber company, capital $34,000, has been in¬ corporated at Junction, Ark., and the Norfolk Electric Light and Power company, capital $15,565, at Norfolk, Va. There is also reported brick works at Crowley, La., au electrical plant at Henderson, Ky., ice factories at Char¬ lotte, N. C., and new mines to be opened at Asbboro, N. C., and Pied¬ mont, W. Va. A sewer company has been chartered at Temple, Tex., an oil company at Wheeling, W. Va., and cotton mills are to be erected at Ash- * ville and Bessemer City, in North Carolina, and at Columbia and Spar¬ tanburg in South Carolina. A knit¬ ting mill will be built at Charleston, S. C., a woolen mill at Louisville, Ky., and a tobacco factory at Pilot moun¬ tain, N. C.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, A BIG FIGHT ANTICIPATED When the JVage Question Between Miners and Operators Comes Up. A special from Columbus, O., says: ' A long fight between the miners and operators over the wages question for the new year is promised. Both the representatives of the miners and the representatives of the operators were in separate sessions Friday, getting ready for the fight which will come up in the joint convention. The truck system is the bone of contention. The miners are determined that the compa¬ ny stores shall be abolished, and will demand that where these stores are op¬ erated and miners are paid in store or¬ ders 20 cents per ton shall be added to the price of mining. This means ol course that the stores will be abolished if the miners succeed. The operators say they will never agree to the de¬ mand. BIG TOBACCO FAILURE. Leslie Combs, of Lexington, Ky., Makes an Assignment. On account of the recent order from England to tobacco agents in Lexing¬ ton to cease buying the Kentucky produot, together with the decline in prioes caused by the warfare between manufacturers, Leslie Combs, the lar¬ gest tobacco planter in the world, has made an assignment. Liabilities are $300,000. Among the assets is a quantity of tobacco estimated at 700, 000 pounds and nearly 1,000 acres oi itliio rrrfl.<as land. TO BUY THE ROAD. Western Capitalists Negotiating foi Caroltna Midland. It Is Rumored very strongly in Charleston that negotiations are being conducted between the owners of the Carolina Midland road and western capitalists for the sale of the road. On the best authority it is stated that legal representatives of both parties have been drawing up papers to that end. The Carolina Midland is con¬ sidered a valuable piece of property and is owned by Charleston people. It is said that the westerners will ex¬ tend it.