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Spring Place Jimplecute
Carter tfc Iloartsell, Pu"blislaers,
VOLUME XV.
THE 54TII 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
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 sections
reserved for the executive and diplo¬
matic corps, were taken. Most of the
members who had gone home for the
holidays had hurriedly returned, and
the attendance on the floor was almost
as large as on the opeuing of the ses¬
sion. In addition, many senators were
present. Immediately after the read¬
ing of the journal, Mr. Dingley, 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.
Mr. 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 was
iron-clad in its character. It pro¬
vided that immediately after the adop¬
tion of the order it would be in order
to call up the revenue bill just pre¬
sented by Mr. Dingley, and that the
debate should run until 5 o’clock,
when, without intervening motion,
the vote should be taken on passage
of the bill. Mr. Henderson demanded
the previous question on the adoption
df the order, which was ordered with¬
out division. Mr. Henderson then
took the floor and explainedbriefly
the urgency which necessitated
such summary action of the house on
such an important measure.
Mr. Crisp called the attention of
the house to the effect of the rule under
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 of the
government. There was no necessity
for increased revenue. He protested
against the use of the whip and spur
for its passage before the opinion of
the expertsof the treasury department
could be obtained as to its effect.
Mr. Dalzoll, a member of the com¬
mittee on rules, said there was no one
who did not know that we face a pecu¬
liar exigency. The president and the
secretary of the treasury had both be¬
come alarmed and the president had
asked tho 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.
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¬
ury had pointed out the evil in the
financial situation and its remedy.
Everybody understood the stress ex¬
isting. And what was to bo the re¬
sponse of congress? Before all 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
a speech which aroused the republican
side to great enthusiasm. This was,
he said, a business matter for a busi¬
ness people, and should be met in a
business way. The republicans were
pot afraid to resume responsibility.
Democratic policies had emptied the
treasury. The republicans would fill
jt. They would right the ship of state
that had been plunging half seas under
ever since the democratic party as¬
sumed the bridge, A democratic
president had sent to congress a decla¬
ration of war, and four days after¬
wards had filed a petition in bank¬
ruptcy. (Republican applause.)
The rule committee’s order was then
adopted—213 to 89—a strictly party
vote, save that Linney, North Caro¬
lina, and Connelly, Illinois, republi¬
cans, voted with the democrats. By a
vote of 205 to 81 the house at 5:30
o’clock passed the revenue bill.
In accordance with the decision of
the committee on ways and means last
Monday, Chairman Dingley reported
to the house Friday the bill to provide
for the restoration and protection of
the gold reserve by the sale of 3 per
cent bonds and to authorize the issue
of certificates of indebtedness to meet
deficiencies in revenue. But under
the protests of a large number of re-
SPRING PLACE, MURRA Y COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 189<>.
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 5 o’clock was changed so as to
give six hours additional debate, three
Friday night and three Saturday, the
vote to be taken at 3 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 0 o’clock tne house rose and took a
recess until 7 o’clock.
There/were not more than a dozen
republicans in their seats when Speaker
Reed called the house to ord?r at 7
o’clock. Wr. Wheeler, democrat, of
Alabama, who was entitled to the floor,
having held it when the house arose
for recess, being absent, Mr. Terry,
democrat, of Arkansas, wasrecogniz el.
He read a speech against the single
gold standard, introduced by a brief
reference to the pending bill. In (he
course of Mr. Terry’s speech probably
another dozen republicans appeared in
their seats.
The remedy for the situation which
would occur to any one from the ordi¬
nary ranks of life, said Mr. DeAr
moud, 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.
I'he debate was continued by Mr.
Northway, republican, of Ohio, in
-upport of the bill; Mr. Tarsney, dem
crat, of Missouri, in opposition; Mr.
Henderson, republican, of Iowa, in
-upport, and Mr. Shofroth, republi¬
cs u, of Colorado, against it.
At the conclusion of Mr. Shofroth’s
peecb 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.
By a vote of 170 to 136 the house,
at Saturday’s session, passed tho sec¬
tion of the bill introduced Friday by
the committee on ways and means au¬
thorizing the issue of 3 por 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. New
lands, silverito, 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, tho discussion to close at 3
o’clock. The first speaker was Mr.
Brosins. The gold reserve, he said,
must be maintained and the revenues
to meet the expenses of the govern¬
ment must be procured ; the proposi¬
tions, he said, were fundamental and
indisputable. Mr. MoLaurin, demo¬
crat, of South Carolina, said he should
oppose the bill because it would not
only increase the burden, but 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,
Barton, of Missouri; Marsh, of Illi¬
nois, and Russell, of Connecticut,
Bpoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Crisp
closed the debate in opposition to the
bill. A coliquy between Boutelle and
Crisp over the view* 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 alone 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.
There was no division upon the 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 would be taken and business re¬
sumed on Monday, when January 6th. He
moved that 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 the form
of a joint resolution introduced by
Mr. Hill, democrat, of New York, to
the effect that all bonds to be here¬
after issued shall be made payable in
gold coin or in standard silver dollars
at the option of the holders; and that
no bond containing such option shall
bear a higher rate of interest than 3
“Tell tHe TrixtSi.”
per cent.. He made a long, carefully
prepared speech on the subject, wind¬
ing up with the declaration that his
proposition was a measure simply 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 bondingmnstcontinne,
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
bonds 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 ns before, be¬
cause the government of the United
States is in greater distress tfewn a year
ago. Against all that I protest.”
Pending the debnte on Senator
Hill’s joiut resolution Mr. Butler,
populist, of North Carolina, offered as
a substitute for that resolution liis
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 tin
table for the present.
Mr. Lodge gave notice that he.
would, on Monday, submit some re
marks on the subject of the Monroe
doctrine. The senate proceeded to
•he consideration of executive business
and at 2:4.0 o’clock adjourned until
Monday.%
THE EXPOSITION CLOSES.
A Great Educator and an Advertise¬
ment for the Whole South.
The exposition has drawn to a close.
It seems probable that the fair will
prove a financial success. But a
small portion of tho 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 tho 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 tho 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 und 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 tremendious 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
everything. Much to the gratification
of the broadest-minded people, this
feature, while strongly developed here,
has not dwarfed or stunted the
arts or the fine arts. The ethical and
moral culturo 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 curtail the production.
The prices and discounts are to re¬
main the same. No other business was
transacted by the association, which
was called far the express purpose of
limiting the production, which for
somo 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 Falls.
Evans, Green & Co., general mer¬
chants at Athene, Tex., have failed.
Liabilities $12,000.
CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of 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 Yir -
ginia, at their bid of 82,500,000 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¬
er;/ 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
wile, 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, whioh 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 tho “Mexican-American
Coffee Culture Company," but the
postoflice inspectors discovered the
deception. A. V. Yager, of Nashville,
Teun., who has been working the old
“fortune in England” scheme on
American citizens, was also excluded
from tho mails.
Minority List Complete.
The democratic steoring committee
has completed the assignment of the
minority representation on tho senate
committees. The minority chairman¬
ships have been assigned as follows:
Conference room, Mr. Gorman; en¬
grossed bills, Mr. 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, Mr. Call;
additional accommodations for the li
briifcr, Mr. Voorhoes; five civilized
tribes, Mr. Gray; transportation and
sole of. meat products, Mr. Blackburn;
eilrppiatio'fis in the District of Colum¬
bia, Mr. 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
tho retirement of the legal tender
notes, 'i’he 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 tho party.” The ac¬
tion of the committee nulifies this
hostility, and, in the language of Mr.
Hopkins, of Illinois, through whose
efforts the bill was amended, “insures
its passage through the house.”
When tho ways and means commit¬
tee met Friday morning tho amend¬
ment prepared by Mr. Hopkins was
inserted in the bill as a part of section
1, and tho chairman was directed to
report the measure to the house in
that form.
Section 1 as amended after giving
authority to the secretary of 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;
l >rovlded - that “othing in this act shall
bo construed to repeal or modify tho
nc . approved . May 1, 1878, entitled _ an
act to rorbid further retirement of
United States legal tender notes. f n
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 sent 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 ho 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 complications which might arise
involving the settlers, tho Indians and
the government by such action. Re¬
plying to that part of the resolution
asking if any of Secretary Smith’s rel¬
atives are interested in delaying the
opening of the lands to settlement,
Secretary Smith says:
“One of tho counsel for the Wichi¬
tas in the litigation is the husband of
SI a Year In Advance
the second cousin of my wife. It will
be seen that .the compensation of this
counsel is to be a 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 lauds. I
am not aware of auy interest which the
counsel of the Wichitas can have in
delaying the allotment and sale of the
surplus lands. Neither has ever sug¬
gested an interest or desire on their
part or their clients’ part for delay.
No connection or relation by 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 imme.li
1 to execution of the act of March 2,
89which provided for the opening
i (be jve.K”_
INCREASE OR FAILURES.
Bradstreet’s Has Recorded 13,013
ior the Year.
Bradstreet’s review of business for
the past week, says; As is the rule in
Christmas week, wholesale trade has
been quiet. The holidays, the close
of the year and stock-taking tend to
make business slow, and promise only
.. little trade until after January. In
various cities, notably Now 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, nil of which have be¬
gun to show themselves in trade con
ditions, will permit of as early and
marked gains in staple lines 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 thoso for mohair,
wheat, indiun 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 refined
petroleum, cotton, pork, flour, iron
and steel.
The week’s features in commercial
lines aro 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.
l>unraven’s Charges Were All Dis¬
proved.
The earl of Dutiraven, accompanied
by his friend, Arthur Glennie, rear
commodore of the Royal Portsmouth
Yacht Club, sailed from New York for
England Saturday on board the Cn
narder Umbria. Tho investigation of
the charges made by Lord Dnnraven ; ]
against those in charge of the Defender
had not concluded when tho 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 Mor¬
gan, chairman; George Lockhart Rives,
William C. Whitney, Captain
A. T. Mahan United States navy, and j
Hon ; & J - Phelps, adjourned the hear- :
mg till 10 o clock Monday morning. |
The Defender syndicate presented
testimony in rebuttal of that offered j
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, Flovd 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.
Mice Inspector F. P. Gluts, who has
pist 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 ign’ted from the lighted gas.
Four of the men were killed by tho
!ailing slate and by the burning gas.
The other twenty-four were killed bv
tne after damp, caused by the explo¬
sion of t.l;coal dust.
Italy Wants the Job.
The Paris Temps newspaper, pub¬
lishes a dispatch from Rome saying
that Italy has offered to aot arbitrator
of the difficulties between Great Brit¬
ain and the United States. Great
Britain, the dispatch adds, has not re¬
plied to the offer.
NUMBER 45.
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Cheap farming lands in Mis*
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Texas.
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SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific Rt’w’y
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103 Road House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
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Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
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Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
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Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this sad
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Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
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SPRING PLACE, GA.
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SPRING PLACE, GA.
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