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MINORITY IS BLOCKED
No Amendments Were Allowed To
the Financial Bill.
CLOSING DEBATE WAS SENSATIONAL
Representatives I.entz aiul Clark of Ohio
Make Seathlng Spc-ctiRR anil
Cause Excitement.
The six days' debate upon (ho cur
reney bill . ... in . congress closed * i Satin CHntvi^ day
in a sensational manner. The Itepub
iieaa leaders had evidently set a trap
for tho minority to show that discord
existed on the money question, and it
was timed _ so as to make the . scene as
dramatic as possible. Just at tho
close of the debate three of the heavy
weights, General Grosvenor, of Ohio;
Mr. Dalzell, . n of r Pennsylvania, t> t and . Mr.
Doiliver, of Iowa, were put forward to
call the attention of the country to the
fact that in the long debate very little
had been heard about free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1 from the minority side
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of the house and that no one had of¬
fered nn amendment containing such a
proposition. of the
Air. Grosvenor said it was one
signs of the coming regeneration of
the Democratic party. Air. Richard¬
son, the minority leader, indignantly
denied any intention of abandoning
silver and called attention to the fact
that under tho special order tinder
which the house was operating neither
a. substitute nor ft motion to recommit
was in order. Then Mr. Dalzelt chal
ienged a member of the opposition to
offer a free coinage amendment.
In response half of tho democratic
membership rose and demanded the
privilege, bat here and there was an
eastern democrat shouting bia disnp
Thore were crie# of “bluff”
from (.be democratic side, but the ro
publicans, after the parliamentary ob
stacles had been removed, through
Mr Overstreet, who was in charge of
the bill, asked nn&mmotza consent for
^ afcmu]jnent to the rtlle t „ permit
f - [ie amendment to be offered. Then
Mr. Driggs aud Mr. Levy, two New
York democrats, blocked the game
with objections. \ No amendments were
^ ^ o the bin dnring the tlay> aud
OI) j y one section of the bill was read,
r £\, e whole time was occupied iu five
^ minute speeches,
i The incidents of the day were a seu
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INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President.
ASSETS JULY 1st, 1899, - $ 30 , 876 , 019 . 39 .
SURPLUS JULY 1st, 1899, - $ 5 , 747 , 423 . 39 .
INCOME FOR 1898, - - $ 17,481,875.00
NEW BUSINESS 1898 - $164,694,784.00
TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICY-HOLDERS TO DATE,
$ 39 , 333 , 060 . 09 .
CONYERS. GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 18911.
sntiona! Ki’ccch speech itv by Mr Mi. Lentz bent*, Demo- nemo s j
crat, of Ohio, denouncing the prose¬
cution of the war in the Philippines
and charging an alliance between
Great Britain and the United States
to subvert liberty, one in South Af¬
rica aud one in the orient, and an at¬
tack upon the memory of ex-President
Hayes by Mr. Clark,Democrat,of Mis¬
souri. Mr. Brown, of Ohio, Repub¬
lican, warmly defended tho memory of
Mr. Hayes.
In reply Mr. Clark declared that
Mr. Hayes was “a counterfeit presi¬
dent,” for whom he had a supreme
contempt, even though he was dead.
“He stole the presidency,” said he
savagely, “the greatest crime in the
tide of” times. I wish that he could
haved lived forever and borne the
scorn of decent men to the end. His
sepulcher should bear tho words:
‘This man was guilty of the monumen¬
tal crime against human liberty.’
“Now,” concluded Air. Clark, as he
retired to his seat, “if they can make
anything out of that let them make
it.”
Air. Clark’s words were received in
silence on both sides of the bouse.
Air. Lentz, of Ohio, charged that
the pending bill had been prepared by
the 3,000 national banks, a secret com¬
bination that wielded more influence
thau the Masonic fraternity, the Odd
Fgl5ows aml the Betl Men combined.
The bill was intended to increase the
power of the national banks. All the
rest that was in it was already iu the
law. As he proceeded Air. Lentz’s
remarks became more and more seu
Rational.
“We are in favor of renominating
William Jennings Bryan,” said he,
“and we will put in a plank against
trusts; wo will put in a plank against
imperialism, and we will put in a
plank against the British alliance, an
alliance that is now open and appar
ent. (Applause on the Democratic
side.) They are shooting down lib¬
erty in South Africa while you are
shooting it down iu the Philippine is¬
lands. (Applause on the Democratic
side.) That is evidence sufficient that
both governments are operating upon
parrnllel lines. inside out, how
“ff things are not
can the Republican party stand im¬
potent and silent while England is
shooting to death a republic in south
Africa, and while under the military
and imperialistic powers that patron¬
age has delivered to the president here
the crime of crimes is being committed
under the stars and stripes of the
union. Tho president at Madison,
Wis., said: ‘One small fraction of one
small Iribe resists our authority in the
JAMES O. WYNN, Manager Southern Department,
Prudential Building, Atlanta, 6a.
orient.’ Aye, my friends, with an
army there and on the way of 75,000
men to subdue one small fraction of
one small tribe, an army larger than
Sherman needed to march to the soa;
an army larger than Grant needed to
take Vicksburg, is now called into
requisition and kept there for nearly a
year to subdue one small fractiou of
one small tribe! Is that the source of
your prosperity? Egan pension of 875,000
“Is your
for being reduced,degraded and murdered dishon¬
ored; is your beef trust that
4,800 men while tho Spaniards only
killed 350— is that the source of your
prosperity? (Applause on tho Demo¬
crats side.) Is your humiliation and
subordination of tho man who won
the most magnificent naval victory
that the world has ever seen, Winfield
Scott Schley (applause on the Demo¬
cratic side)—is that the source of yo«r
prosperity? Is your subordination of
Brooke anti Miles and Merritt, tho
men who had been trained, together
with tlioir associates, at an expense of
millions of dollars to this country and
the putting of politicians in the army
saddle—is that the cause of your
prosperity? (Applause on tho Demo¬
cratic sido.) You will livo to be
ashamed of your record.”
It is te be hope 4 that the projected
great national park in Aliuuesota ot
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TRANSPORTS ARK NEEDED.
EiiRlnnil Will Bend More Men »» TavgeVo
For Iloer Hlflea.
Tho English newspapers are calling
upon the government to employ the
Cunarders as well as tho White Star
steamers as transports, seeing tho
urgent necessity for getting more men
to the Capo as speedily as possible.
Forty thousand men could ntill be
sent from England without calling
upon tho militia for foreign service.
The militia effective is 100,000 and
from this body ‘20,000 carefully se¬
lected could easily bo spared for Mouth
Africa. Moreover, tho colonies are
again proffering assistance.
EXHUMING THE BODIES.
ilcinulno of Maine Heroes Removed From
Colon Cemetery.
A dispatch front Havana says: Mon¬
day morning a gang of fourteen grave
diggers, superintended by Chaplain
CUidwiek and Dr. Maroon, began the
exhumation in Colon cemetery of the
remains of the victims of the Maine.
The coffins were first raised to the
graveside, then immediately placed iu
tin-lined eoilins prepared with lime
and charcoal bottoms, after which tin¬
smiths nailed down and hermetically
sealed the lids, the names being dis
tinctly painted thereon.
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PENNSYLVANIANS MOB NEGRO.
II« Shot Ills Employer and Was In Turn
Riddled Uy Bullets.
A dispatch from Dunbar, Pa., says:
Sanford White, superintendent of con¬
struction of tho W. J. Rainey Coke
company, was shot and killed Tues
day by David Pierce, a negro em¬
ployee. then fled to the mountains, ,
Pierce
followed by an angry mob. He was
discerned in hiding and riddled with
Death was instantaneous.
There is great excitement.
FILIPINO RECORDS COMING.
out will Forward To Washington Somo
#l|?nific»nt Document**
A dispatch to The Now York Herald
from Manila says:
Among the numerous valuable rec¬
ords of tho insurgent government
which have been captured by the
Americans, it is said there are numer¬
ous letters from the junta. rebel
Other letters found among the
archives indicate that Agninaldo has
had tho active moral support of prom¬
inent anti-expansionists iu the United
Htates.
General Otis will forward these im¬
portant papers to the war department
iu Washington.