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VOLUME XV.
THE 541H CONGRESS.
ROUTINE OF HOUSE AN1> SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Bills and Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
THE HOUSE.
In the house, Tuesday, a report
from the committee ott judiciary was
made by Mr. Henderson, of Iowa,
calling upon the attorney-general for
information as to what steps, if any,
he has taken to enforce the laws of the
United States against trusts, combina¬
tions and conspiracies and what fur¬
ther legislation if any, is needed, in
his opinion, to protect the people
against the same. He explained that
this was a substitute for a resolution
introduced by Mr. Hubbard, of Mis¬
souri, asking the attorney-general
why he had not enforced the anti¬
trust law, which assumed a state of
affairs concerning which the commit¬
tee had no evidence, so it had unan¬
imously agreed upon the substitute.
The resolution was adopted. The
house at 1 -.25 p. m. adjourned until
Wednesday.
The annexation of Hawaiian islands
was broached in the house Wednesday
by Mr. Spalding, of Michigan, in the
form of a resolution. The resolution
provided that the Sandwich islands be
erected into a new state to be called
the state of Hawaii with a republican
form of government, to be adopted by
the people, through deputies in con¬
vention, with the consent of the exist¬
ing government.
Conditions were imposed that ques¬
tions of boundary or complications
with other governments be transmitted
to the president to be laid before con¬
gress for its final action before January
1,1898; that all property pertaining
■ to the public defense be ceded to the
United States, but the state retain all
other property and the United States
to be liable for none of its debts.
The resolution proposes as an alter¬
native that Hawaii may be admitted
ns a state by treaties between the two
governments, with one representative
in congress and proposes an appro¬
priation i of $100,000 for making the
' iTfen/i-i, L The nsent resolution and referred was read to the by
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foreign affairs.
‘ Upon Lis request Mr. Harrison, of
Alabama, was relieved from service on
the elections committee No. 2 because
his seat is contested, and Mr. Bailey,
of Texas, was appointed in his stead.
Mr. Henderson. Iowa, stated that the
committee on rules would not be able
to report until Thursday, and at 12:45
the house adjourned.
In the house, Thursday, Mr. Liv¬
ingston, of Georgia, offered the fol¬
lowing resolution:
.... I it .. resolved by the house of ,
e rep
resentatives, tho senate concurring,
that the president of the United States
is hereby requested to forthwith as
certain whether Great Britain is ad
vanning , her outposts , on the territory .
in dispute between her colony of Brit
ish Guiana and the republic of \ one
zuela, or is reinforcing posts hereto
fore established with troops, police or
ordnance, and should tho president
become cognizant of the fact that
British military or police force is ad
vanemg to invade or reinforce, or
since the seventeenth day of Decern
her last has invaded or reinforced
posts formerly occupied within said
disputed territory, he demand the im¬
mediate withdrawal of said soldiers
and the reduction of the police force
in said territory to not a greater num¬
ber than were occupying the British
outposts on the aforesaid 17th of De¬
cember, 1895.”
December 17th is the date upon
which the president sent his Venezue¬
lan message to the house. Mr. Living¬
ston asked for unanimous consent to
make a brief explanation of the resolu¬
tion, but Mr. Boutelle objected and the
resolution was referred to the commit¬
tee on foreign affairs. Mr. Henderson,
republican, Iowa, gave notice that the
report of the committee on rules of the
house would be called up Friday, and
at 12:20 the house adjourned.
In the house Friday, Mr. Tawney,
republican, Minnesota, offered a reso¬
lution relating to pension claims. It
recited that it was frequently charged
by pensioners and applicants that the
medical division of the pension bureau
failed to properly regard the reports
and findings in pension claims made
by various boards of the United States
examining Burgeons and declared that
it was due to the officials of the de
partments, to pensioners and the pub¬
lic that the truth or falsity of the
charges be made known. It called
upon the secretary of the interior to
furnish copies of the reports and find¬
ings by boards of examining surgeons,
irrespective of locality in the first fifty
claims for original invalid pensions
rejected on medical grounds after No
T vember 1, 1891, after September 1,
1893, and October 1, 1895. An ob¬
jection to its consideration was made
by Mr. McClellan, democrat, New
York.
Mr. O’Dell, republican, New York,
offered a resolution to direct the com¬
mittee on banking and currency to re-
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port an amendment to the general
banking laws giving power to banking
associations to invest not to exceed 50
per cent, of their lawful reserves in
bonds of the United States to be
hereafter issued under the acts of Juno
M, 1875, and May 31, 1878. Objec¬
tions were made to Mr. O’Dell’s reso
intion and it was referred to the com
rnittee. Then the changes in the
house rules recommended by the com
rnittee on rules were reported by Mr.
Henderson, republican, Iowa, and
were debated section by section. Mr.
De Armond, democrat, Missouri, of
fared an amendment providing for de¬
duction from members’ pay for ab¬
sences not due to sickness, or sickness
in the family. The amendment was
lost by a vote of 39 to 182.
THIS SENATE.
All signs pointed to a very stormy
session of the senate Tuesday. Mr.
Vest was down for a speech and there
was a prospect of a very lively skir¬
mish over tho bond question and the
report of the finance committee. Mr.
Jones, democrat, Arkansas, reported
from the finance committee the free
silver substitute for the house bond
bill and gave notice that ho would call
it up Wednesday and ask the senate to
consider it. Mr. Morrill, republican,
Vermont,chairman of the finance com¬
mittee, notified the senate that the
substitute was opposed by every re¬
publican member of the committee.
The bill wept on the calendar. Mr.
Elkins, republican, West Virginia, of¬
fered a resolution which was referred
to the finance committee, providing
that hereafter any contemplated issue
of bonds should be first advertised for
at least twenty days, and that such
bonds shall be sold to the highest bid¬
der.
At 2 o’clock Mr. Vest took the floor
to discuss the resolution introduced
by Mr. Sherman several days ago. He
said that the last congress passed a bill
which carried umple revenue for the
government and a small surplus be¬
sides. The supremo court had strip¬
ped the measure of $50,000,000 of rev¬
enue by a decision which was a sur¬
prise to nearly every intelligent law¬
yer on the floor. While discussing
the decision of the court, be would ob¬
serve the comity between co-ordinate
branches of the government, but he
would say that the income tax decision
was one of the most remarkable, that
had ever been delivered, and was so
considered by a majority of the peo¬
ple of the country, including able law
everywhere.
^ r * Walcott, of Colorado, who has
, been a “ en * in Europe for months, was
P resent in “ 10 senate Wednesday and
t(>0 ver -7 c P rescri rec « 1V( ^ e ? d ^ b y oath. hls associates He was
botb Bld « 8 of tllft chamber - Mr.
bIaie from the committee on naval af
la,r8 < re I Jort ? d back favorably a bill
authorizing the secretary of the navy
to increase the number of enlisted
men in the navy. He directed atten
tion to the importance of the bill and
gave no ti C e that he would call it up at
an ear j„ q a y
Mr. Butler, of North Carolina, of
fered two amendments to the free
coinage substitute for the house bond
bilL Thc first prohibited the sale of
interest-bearing bonds without the
express consent of congress, aud the
second made it mandatory on the sec
rutary of the treasury to redeem
greenbacks in treasury notes or silver
aB long fts , ho markct price 0 f 412*
gra j n8 0 f silver was lower than that of
2 9| grain8 0 f gold,
At the conclusion of the morning
hour, Mr. Sherman, moved that the
senate adjourn. He said that an early
adjournment would facilitate the
work of the senate (it being under¬
stood that the republicans desired to
hold a caucus.) Mr. Stewart, of Neva¬
da, requested Mr. Sherman to with¬
draw his motion to give him an op¬
portunity to make some remarks on
the financial question, but the Ohio
senator declined to yield. According¬
ly at 12:50 o’clock the senate adjourn¬
ed until Thursday.
Mr. Frye introduced a bill in the
senate Thursday to reconvene the del¬
egates to the international maritime
conference of 1889. In presenting
some petitions from Norfolk, Va., in
favor of liberal appropriations for sea
coast defenses, Mr. Daniels called at¬
tention to the alarm which manifestly
existed in the minds of the people
along the sea coast in view of the ru¬
mors of war. He thought their appre¬
hensions of bombardment were exag¬
gerated, but expressed the belief that
our sea coast cities should be adequate¬
ly fortified to meet any emergency.
Mr. Baker, republican, Kansas, offer¬
ed the following resolution, enunci¬
ating an expression of the Monroe doc¬
trine :
“Resolved, That the United States
will regard it as an unfriendly act for
any foreign power, without our con¬
sent, by war, treaty, purchase or oth¬
erwise, to extend its territorial limits
in the western hemisphere on either
of the American Continents, or over
any of the islands adjacent there¬
to, which this country deems necessary
for its self-preservation. And the Unit¬
ed. States reserves the right to be the
sole judge of the necessity for tho
maintenance of their national en
titles.
“That the principle herein enunci¬
ated is founded on the law of self-pre¬
servation whioh from necessity adheres
“Tell the TrutH.”
in and belongs to every oivilized no
tion as a sovereign and inalieL-ioht
right, and principle is attisteu by
Washington’s farewell address
President Monroe’s every memorabi,
message of December 2d, 1823.”
Mr. Baker made a brief speech in ad¬
vocacy of the resolution.- In coneln
sion lie said that while the countin'
of Europe were arranging their poli¬ ami
cies and doctrines, it was right
proper world that we should declare to tfflf
the policy which we advanced;
and proposed to maintain for the fn-i
ture peace and preservation inviolate
of the western hemisphere.
Mr. Gail, democrat, Florida, todies
occasion before the resolution was
ferred to the foreign relations com¬
mittee, to call attention to the war
which the Cubans were so gallantly
and successfully waging for independ
ence, and expressed the hope that the.
committee on foreign relations would
report a resolution for the recognition
of the Cuban belligerents.
When the morning business had
been disposed of there was a clash as
to the order of procedure. Mr. Stew¬
art, vi Nevada, insisted upon address¬
ing the senate on the Elkins resolution
prohibiting the sale of bonds except
after advertisement to the highest bid¬
der. Mr. Jones, democrat, Arkansas,
in charge of the free coinage substitute
to the house bond bill, wanted to pro¬
ceed with the consideration of that bill
according to the notice previously
given, hut as Mr. Stewart insisted Mr.
Jones was compelled to yield. Mr.
Stewart in his remarks advocated the
passage of the Elkins resolution as
amended by Mr. Butler, of North
Carolina, prohibiting the sale of any
bonds in the future except with the
express consent of congress.
During the morning hours in the
senate Friday, on motion of Mr. Voor
hees, democrat, Indiana, a resolution
was adopted appropriating $250 for
the purchase of a portrait of the late
Allen G. Thurman. Mr. Pritchard,
republican, North Carolina, called up
the amendments he offered to the rev¬
enue bill to increase the duties on cer
tain kinds of clay, marble, iron ore,
timber, live stock, cereals, fruits,
wool and coal for the purpose of ad¬
dressing the senate thereon. He fa¬
vored the re-enactment of the McKin¬
ley law and the free coinage of silver.
He denounced the southern demo¬
crats for thpir^-roT 5 i-oaticy-t-j their o$n
section. Their tirfiff laws had brought
unexampled prosperity to New Eng¬
land manufacturers and bankruptcy
and ruin to the farmers and producers
of the south.
When Mr. Pritchard had finished,
Mr. Hill, democrat, New York, chided
the former for the inconsistency of
his state. North Carolina, he said,
occupied a peculiar situation in con
gress, and he did not see how her peo¬
ple could he gratified. Some time ago
the same legislature in North Carolina
had elected two senatois by the same
combination. (Mr. A few days ago one of
them Butler) had denounced tho
democratic party for being false to its
pledges of tariff reform. Today the
other end of the combination told the
senate that he favored the re-enact¬
ment of the McKinley law.
Mr. White, democrat, California,
consumed iho remainder of the time
before the expiration of the morning
hour with a speech in favor of some
practical modifications of the senate
lilies. He did not mince words in his
characterization of the rules and the
“ancient fictions” they perpetuated.
The great evil which lie especially in¬
veighed against was that which per
mitted interminable debate on any
question and placed it in iho power of
a single senator to hold the senate at
bis merev so long. The senate then
adjourned until Monday.
THE FAVOR ARBITRATION.
Leaders of the Movement Hold a
Meeting in London.
The Westminster Gazette says a
movement is on foot in London to put
into effect the suggestion alleged to
have been made by Justice Harlan, of
the supreme court of the United
States, that differences between Great
Britain and the United States be set¬
tled by a commission composed of an
equal number of judges of her maj¬
esty’s high court of justice and the
supreme court of the United States.
Already the private meeting of Eng¬
lishmen and Americans has been held
to consider what further action shall
be taken. Tbe disclosures made in
The Chronicle’s Washington dispatches
concerning the Venezuelan dispute
have encouraged the leaders in this
movement to publish their proposals,
which amount to tho advocacy of the
establishment of a permanent court of
arbitration.
LOUISIANA POPULISTS MEET.
.
Judge A. A. Gunby Was Nominated
for Governor.
The populists of Louisiana met in
convention at Alexandria Wednesday.
There were about 200 delegates in at¬
tendance, and they came principally
from the territory contiguous to Rap¬ the
ides parish, which is the center of
populist strength in the state. A cau¬
cus was held, beginning at 10 o’clock
and lasting until nearly noon. The
convention organized at 8 o’clock p.
m., and after nominating Judge A. A.
Gunby, of New Orleans, for lieutenant
governor, adjourned until Thursday,
(THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
" ' penings From Day to Day.
Brunswick is infested with tramps.
There were attracted there by mild
climate and fertile soil.
J. A. D. McClellau, a prosperous
farmer of Mitchell county, has sold
out his property and left for Vene
zueja.
* * *
.
Application has been made to Hon.
A. D, Candler, secretary of state, for
a charter for the West Point state
bank.
Towns county veterans and the wid¬
ows of veterans got $3,330 out of the
fund appropriated for pensions by the
state of Georgia.
* * *
M. H. Shopard, of Athens, had on
his table new year’s day, fresh green
corn, beans, tomatoes, beets and okra,
all from his own raising.
* * *
Within the next two weeks the Cen¬
tral bank of Macon will pay out in
Macon not less than $175,000 in divi¬
dends to holders of various securities.
* * *.
A farmer in Coweta county has for
sale 3,000 bushels of seed oats raised
by him last year. He buys no grain
and doesn’t keep his smoke house in
the west.
* * *
The supreme court reports will here¬
after be printed at a cost to the state
of two dollars per volume, instead of
three dollars, which has been paid for
a number of years.
The city fathers of Valdosta have
begun work setting out shade-jtlfees
over the city, and will continue.it un
til the first of March. They calculate
on planting from 500 to 1,000 live' and
^vater oaks in that time.
1*5 * * *
■A northerner • is looking for a loca¬
tion in Georgia to start n uewspaper.
Any parties knowing of a good place
for such an enterprise might send
word to the Business League, Wash¬
ington, Ga.
The members of the Harmony Grove
Baptist church have decided to build
a $10,000 church instead of a $6,000
building as was first decided upon.
The work will begin in tho early
spring and be pushed to an immediate
completion.
* * *
Jt is authentically announced that
the Plant System will commence the
erection in the near future of a $15,000
hospital in Way cross, The establish
ing of this hospital at Wayeross ha8
long been talked of, and it now seems
that it is to be carried into effect.
It is probable that a movement to
secure funds for the erection of an
annex to the Lucy Cobb Institute
will be started early in the spring.
That such a building is needed is not
questioned, and the ladies will be de¬
termined in their undertaking if such
a step is decided upon.
f t is reported that the headquarters
of the Georgia and Alabama railroad
will soon be removed to Savannah.
Major Cecil Gabbett is in charge of
tho road as vice-president and general
manager, and has had surveys made
for extending the road into Savannah
from Lyons direct, and also from Mel
drim to Savannah.
President Herbert Murphy, of the
Bank of Wayeross, has bought the
and Hilliard-Clough property, situated in
north of Wayeross, about 1,700
acres, for $17,000. Captain Hilliard,
of Densmore, Florida, owned the
timber, and Mr. Clough, of Wayeross,
tho land. Murphy has sold a half in¬
terest to Sessoms & Bullard. He will
invite J. O. Curry to settle his Illinois
colony, on the property. The land will
be laid out in small farms and put on
the market. Murphy will build a
beautiful park on the property near
the city.
* * *
Judge Walter T. Turnbull, of tho
Rome circuit, has resigned. His letter
of resignation was sent to the gover¬
nor a few days ago. It was in the na¬
ture of a complete surprise to the bar.
Ho has presided for only two years
and his decisions have been universally
sustained by the supreme court and
noted for their clearness and profound
thought. He ably presided over the
Floycl county city court for four years
and it was here his ability to deal with
most difficult legal questions was dem¬
onstrated. The bar aud people part
with him very reluctantly.
• * *
The Ohio colony, Major O. S. Hayes,
manager, is attracting farmers and
capitalists from every section of the
country. A syndicate of capitalists
will soon organize a bank, erect a
2,500 spindle factory and build a large
a Year In Advanoe
factory for the manufacture of agri¬
cultural implements. Forty farms
have already been sold at Statham.
The capitalists are from Massachusetts
and the farmers from Ohio and other
states east and west. Statham is a
station on the S. A. L. railroad and
the lands in this section are very fer- i
tile and easy of cultivation.
The Athens Banner states that the
State College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts is to have a new farm to
be used iu connection with the agri
cultural department. Prof. James B.
Hunnicutt, who occupies the chair of
agriculture, has been authorized to
sell or exchange the farm now owned
by the state college and to secure one
better fitted for the purposes. The
college now has a farm of fifty-two
acres at Rock College, but it is too
small a tract- of land and not thor
ouglily adapted to the uses of an ex
perimental farm. So Prof. Hunnicutt
will try to secure near the city a tract
of land containing about two hundred
acres, both upland and bottom land,
with plenty of water on it.
* ♦ • *
A New Cotton Mill.
The Whittier cotton mills, on the
Cbattnlioochee river, a half mile from
the plant of the Chattahoochee Brick
Company, were put in operation a few
days ago. Miss Helen A. Whittier,
president of' thee, company that owns
the mill, pressed an electric button
aud put the-spindles in operation and
opened up,, another great industry for
tho south, and gave employment to
between three and four hundred peo¬
ple. The mills will continue in oper
atibn during all the working days of
the year, and will add much to the
manufacturing business of this section,
and will give a means of living to a
small army of people. The construc¬
tion of the mill was begun last spring
and was finished a few days ago. The
total cost of the mill was $200,000. It
has 10,000 spindles, and is one of the
finest equipped cotton mills in tlm
country. It has been supplied with
machinery of the latest improvement
and manufacture, and is said to be un¬
excelled, as far as the machinery de¬
partment is concerned.
To Lease the S. & VV. Road.
At the annual election of the Augusta
and Savannah railroad the following
directors were elected : General Law
ton, George S. Owens, Frank H. Mill¬
er, William W. Thomas, Joseph D.
Weed, Frank S. Lathrop, Henry H.
Hull. General Lawton was re-elected
president.
The Augusta and Savannah railroad,
since the reorganization of the Central
of Georgia, has been re-leased by the
Central for 101 years at 5 per cent per
annum.
Joseph Williams, of Richmond, the
president of the Georgia and Alabama
railroad, formerly the Savannah, Amer¬
icas and Montgomery, treasurer; J.
Wilcox Brown, of Baltimore, attorney.
Leopold Wallach, of New York, and
the operating department of the road,
have been iu conference with Presi¬
dent Comer, of the Central of Georgia,
relative to tho leasing of the Savannah
aud Western by the Georgia and Ala
bama. The general impression is that
the conference will result in either a
sale or a lease of the property,
TIIE GIRLS’ COLLEGE.
Trustees Hold a Most Harmonious
Meeting In Milledgeville.
The trustees of the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College for girls held
an enthusiastic meeting in Milledge¬
ville, the main purpose of which was
to make preliminary arrangements for
the erection of the new dormitory to
accommodate the increasing patronage
of the school.
Those present were Governor W. Y.
Atkinson, Senator Pat Walsh, Hon. F.
G. DuBignou, Hon. Mr. Walker of
Putnarn, and Messrs. Lamar and New¬
el), of Milledgeville.
The new building will cost about
$25,000 and will be erected on the east
side of the school building, which will
put it nearly in the center of the mag¬
nificent twenty-two acre lot, and when
completed wili be one of the most
beautiful in tho south. This building
will accommodate about 200 pupils,
while the old dormitory, annex to the
old executive mansion, only has room
for 120.
These two dormitories will not near¬
ly accommodate all the young ladies
who wish to attend, as students are be¬
ing turned away for lack of dormitory
facilities. Messrs. Bruce & Morgan,
a-ehitects, of Atlanta, have been se¬
lected to submit plans for the new
building.
The board passed enthusiastic reso¬
lutions of thanks to Mr. J. A. Filcher,
of California, for his valuable dona¬
tion of the California universal exhibit
recently displayed at the Atlanta ex¬
position.
After adjournment the teachers
dined with Dr. Chappell at the man¬
sion, when an elegant menu was served
by students of the cooking department
of the college. This college is in a
most prosperous condition and is just¬
ly Georgia’s pride.
Minnesota Ex-Governor Dead.
Ex-Governor W. B. Marshall, of
Minnesota, died Wednesday night at
Pasadena, Cal., where he went about
two years ago for his health.
N UMBER 47.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utali, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal card or let
ter stating where you are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are m your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or coll at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, reBort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands in Mis*
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IKON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
(JIIARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # J. BATES 5
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
criminal practiee.
Y, watts,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
Q L, IIEN 11 Y, i
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties
J. S. PAW.
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits rour nnTri)paof<a
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
rfllOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the ‘entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
L P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
Y^' W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls oheer
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
fe have Money to Loan at 6 percent,
On farm or city property in any Mo¬
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready f sr
immediate lonns where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN & CO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. X,