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THE WEEKLY COJfSTlTtJtlOJf. ' ATLANTA, GA-t TUESDAY MAY 18 8fc6.
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Houses
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad
visers—General News.
In the Ilonse*
Washington, Moy 13.—In the morning
hour the house, in committee of the whole,
mnmcd the consideration of the Chinees in
deninity joint rcsolntion.
Mr. Jtice, of Massachusetts, srjrued in sap-
port of the proposition, contending that the
obligation of this government to pay damages
rested not on good will or s spirit of bensvo-
lence, but upon international law. Thero
were many precedents for his position.
Mr. Clements, of Georgia, supported the
resolution, though he did not regard that
there was any distinct obligation under inter
national law upon the United States to pay
the indemnity. He announced his approval
of tho principles of restricting Chlneso immi
gration, and added that congress might well
consider whether the time had not come when
the patriotism and wisdom of congress dictated
discrimination against another class of immi
grants as well as against Chinese.
The bill providing for a Area bridge across
the Potomac river at Georgetown was passed.
An attempt was made to pass the bill to pro
hibit book making andpool selling In the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mr. llcmphill, of South Car
olina, remarking that the time was auspicious
for the passage of the bill at many of those
members opposed to the measuro were absent;
hut Mr. Compton, of Maryland, vigorously op
posed action on the bill In absence of the “good
fellows’’ who had gone to the races, and it was
postponed until the next district day in Juno.
The Mil to punish the advertisement of lot
tery tickets in the District of Colombia was
next called np and after aomo time spent in an
effort to secure a quotum it was passed.
The Postoffice Appropriation Bill.
Washington, May 14.—[Special.]—The an
ticlpatcd lock between the houso and tho
senate on tho postoflice appropriation bill has
come. It is on the senato amendment appro
priating eight hundred thousand dollars to
improve foreign mall lhclHUes. This amend
ment was pat on by a decided majority in the
senate, after a fall debato. Today it came op
for consideration in the postoflioe committee of
tho house. The committed resolved to refuse
concurrence by a solid vote ot the democratic
members and of two republicans, Messrs. Wake
field and Guenther. The committee will be sus
tained by tha house, which will ask a com
mittee of conference. A majority of this com
mittee on tho part of the houso will consist oi
opponents to the amendment. The conferees
on the part of the senate will bo fully as de
termined in their rapport of tho amendment.
The Educational BUI.
The friends of tha educational bill aro re
solved to make one more effort to pass it.
They feel rare that they can succeed if the
bill can be brought to a vote in the house.
Their present plan is to ask next Monday that
a day he set apart for the consideration of tha
Mil proposed by the committee on education
and labor. A two-third voto will be required
to carry this motion, and as it is understood
that it will be made In the interest of tho edu
cation bill, it will moot a solid front from the
opponents of that measure. Besides, if a d
should be accorded the labor committee, it .
doubtful if it could bo induced to give tho ed
ucation bill a showing.
Every indication is unfavorable to tho pas-
sage of ray educational bill by this congress,
and many of tho strongest Mends of such leg-
tatatton havo loo* tops. « *'
The Pension BUI.
Washington, May 13.—In the senate, at 2
o’clock the general pension bill was placed be-
text the senate.
Mr. Blair explained that it was Intended to
provide for thoee disabled union
soldiers of the late war who had found it diffi
cult or impossible, without their own fault
(whether by loss of paper or death
of witness to prove their cases),
under the existing law. He said it provided
aid for ail soldiers who, having servad three
months or mors, had become disabled sinoe
their service from any cause not due
to their own vicious conduct, nud
who wen now dependent for rapport
on their own manual labor,or on contributions
of ethers not legally liable for their support.
The highest pension under the bill, Mr. Blair
added, would be 124 n month for total help-
Icsness, and proportionately less for lest disa
bility. Mr. Blair did not believe the amount
of money Involved would excoed 425,000,000 a
year,
Mr. Brown said ho wns willing to vote pot
slons to union soldlere as liberal at any gov
eminent in tho world lud paid to Its soUlorr
He asked Mr. Blair what peus'ons the govern
ments of Europe had paid their soldier*.
Mr. Blair did not know, bnt said England
never permitted au old soldier to want. This
trill stopped short of the Mexican bill, which
Mr. Blair belioVMl Mr. Brown favored.
Mr. Brown said he very heartily tUvorod
the Mexican pension bill.
Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, said the senate was
asked to veto on this bill with eyes closed.
The committee gave uo eattinato of
amount of the money it involved.
Even the personal opinion of Mr.
Blair upon it waa admittedly indefinite, Hr.
Berry raid, and the senate could not say
whether the amount called for by the bill
would bo 425,000,000or $50,000,000. We were
not mfoimed whether additional taxes would
not have to bo levied or new bonds issued in
order to provide the money. If the bUl be-
coma a law two years would not elapse before
80 if not 08 nor cent of soldiers of tha
late war would be proving themselves entitled
to pensions under it. Mr. Barry thought it
time to call n halt. He did not believe the
union soldierr wanted this bill. As a rule
they were men able to take care of themselves.
Democrats and republicans, however, had vied
with one another, either through eympathy
or from s deeire to secure tho soldier vote, iu
giving pensions to Midlers of the late war,
while the Mexican soldiers ware neglected and
ignored. Mr.Berryjndgedoftheunionsoldieis
by their opponent., in saying that he did not
believe the onion soldiers wanted thia bill.
The Midlers of the sooth, he arid, returned
from the war to find only lone chimneys
standing to mark the place where their happy
homes had stood. Yet these soldiers had
worked their way out of their difficulties.
Be (Berry) had never known an Arkansas
soldier to beg for bread or become dependent
on the public for rapport He knew it wee
recordrri as little less then 'treason for one
who had been In the confederate army to
vote against a bill of tha character now
under debate, bnt If tha sebatora through feu
or m if construction ware not at liberty to
vote against tha measure that they believed
hurtfU to the people of tho country, they
were not free or independent legislators rad
wen unworthy of confidence. He (Berry)
was opposed to the bill, not that he it not as
loyal a citizen and as proud of his American
citizenship end of his country m the men that
had followed General Grant, but because the
eon dilion of the soldiers did not demand it
and the condition of the people and their
finances did not warrant It.
Hr. logon differed with Mr. Berry as to tha
application of the parallel sought to be drawn
by that senator between the Mexican soldier*
and the soldiers covered by this bill. Hr. Lo
gan said that every disabled eoldier of the
Mexican war either was receiving or could re
ceive a pension. Mon than that, the Mexican
soldiers bad received land, and officers had re
ceived three months’ extra pay. The roe von
attention had been attracted to tha pensions
~ i to the union soldiers of the late war was
t of the luge number of eoldiera in that
war. Mr. Logan denied that there
was the slightest disposition on the part of
anybody to regard it tnasern (or ex-coafedar-
stes to oppose this MU. Ha waa glad to knew
that none of the confederate soldiers ware
given to
becausec
obliged to look to the public for support. Bat
the (set that the disabled union uldior was
to get a pension wu not to be taken as any
indication that anything wrong wu going to
be done. In ell notions and by all govorn-
mrats pensions had been given to wounded
and disabled soldiers. Our government wonld
be nnwoithy of the name of a republic if it
permitted men who fought and raffered for it
rad saved it for ns all, to be neglected in their
helpletsneu. Mr. Logan said that he wonld
at the proper tlmo move thet no pension here
after paid to any soldier should be less than
$8. We had some pensions oneeud two dol
lars a month.
Mr. Teller interposed Wsay that there wore
over 30,000 cues of 12 a mouth pensions. At
this, Logan remarked: “What magnanimous
pension! Great God! Mr. Preeident, is not
this rotheiy? Is not this
destroying the peace of tho people
of this country? It is no wonder that my
friend from Arkansu (Berry) was alarmed
lest the democratic party would bo destroyed
if the pension bills pasted.”
Mr. Logan suggested that tha best way for
the democrats to keep in power wu to rapport
tho deserving pension hills. The senator
from Arkansas has uld it wu time to call a
halt. Did he mean time to call* halt on bills
uking to pay for property taken by the
army? Hr. Logan had heard nobody uking
for ’’halt” on that. Ifi however, the unator
meant to call a halt on tho pension bills he
should confine his call to bills for undeserving
pi nsions and should rapport bills for those thst
were deserving. Mr. Logan uld tho United
Slates government had agreed to pay a bounty
to Iho union soldiers, scaled according to tbolr
errvifC in the war, and within a few
c'.ys before its conclusion regi
ment after regiment wu mustered out
within ten days of the expiration of their
time, for the purpose of depriving them of that
bounty. It would not bo time to call ’’halt,”
Mr. Logan thought, till we had done thoee sol
diers jestice.
At 3 o’clock the general pension bill wu
placed before the senate, and Mr. Veet took
the floor in opposition to the bill. In tho
course of bis remarks he animadverted with
severity on the "nebulosity” of the estimates
made by different persons u to tho amount
that tho pending measure would take from the
trcuury. He assorted the amount wu beyond
tbekeu of mortal man, and in conclutlon de
clared thst he would go no (hither in the di
rection in which congreu had boon harried.
Thru bills meant an indefinite raid on tho
treasury for an Indefinite tlmo.
Mr. Morgan submitted an amendment to
bo moved by him at tho proper time, provid
ing that pensions covered by .the hill and not
provided for by existing laws should bo paya
ble only out or money to bo derived from in
ternal revenue; rad requiring the secretary of
the treuury to report to congress in Decem
ber, 1885, what percentage of taxation on tho
capital stock of corporations wonld bo suffi
cient to pay the expense incurred under this
set, but not to Include corporations organized
to promote religious, charity, education, mor
als, or health, nor any corporation of leu cap
ital stock than $50,000.
Tlie Fan-Electric Investigation.
Washington, May 11.—[Special.]—There
will be two reports from the house Pan Elec
tric committee. The majority report to be
“ “ ' lo will exonerate
rad the other gov
ernment officials who were connected with tho
Pan Elcctrlo company. The minority report
to be prepared by Banner, of Massachusetts,
"will,” he mys, “contain nothing but the
flute,” “which,” he adds, “are bad enough with
out any comment!.”
Washington, May 11.—In the Pan-Electric
investigation today E. N. Hill, whose nemo
has frequently appeared in former proceedings,
took the stand and teatltlfied that he wu an
attorney-at-law and journalist. He had done
■ good deal of work for Casey Young, but
had never regarded himself u being in
Young’s employment. During the winter of
1684 Yonng had requested witness to do some
writing for him, and in doing that work wit
ness . hsd acquired some knowledge
of Psn-Electrio affairs. When
the newspaper agitation commenced,
witness, understanding that a political attack
wu about to be made against the gentlemen
connected with tho Pan-Eleetrio company,
had written out a fair and correct statement,
making no attack upon too gentlemen, and
(Imply setting [out the facte. Witness hsd
given the statement to Major Clark, a Tribune
correspondent, requesting him to hold It until
correct statements should appear in other pa
ns, After ten days correspondents had told
Chicago papers had begun
agreed to, modifying the first section of the I (hall beer and determine the matter
bill which related to the clou of companies tc,
which the bill is made applicable. In c*t% of
common carriers whose routes are ] ‘
railroad rad partly by water, when
used for continuous passage or shipment from
one state to another, Mr. Conger’s amendment
ftmits the bill to snch of those companies u
are “under common control, management or
onangsment.”
Mr. Stanford, In the course of his remarks,
made in reply to Hr. Beck and to tome ques
tion of Mr. VanWyek, uld tho hardest com
petition which the Faclflo railroads had to
meet wu tbs Cape Horn route.. Speaking of
tho bill, u a whole, Mr. Stanford said with
qmphuJs that if it passed it meant complete
Commercial disasters. In reply to
a question by Mr. VanWyek
u to whether the Pacific roads had not, at the
time stated, controUod the Bacifio Mall steam
ship line by paying In a milUon dollars a year
in order to stop competition,
Mr. Stanford said the railroads held char-
with such
freight as they did not want to carry on tho
roads, but that wudone net to stop competi
tion, in a proper sense, but to preclude ruin
ous competition. He would not say that
there wu any blackmail in it. So far u the
railroads wore concerned it wu bueineu.
Mr. Sewell said if the bill became a law with
the Camden amendment In it, it would
destroy the railroad system that we had boon
fifty years in building.
Mr. Morgan formaUy offered his amendment
to punish, by fine and imprisonment, men who
conspire to stop or interfere with the running
of trains engaged in interstate oommereo.
Mr. Morgan said this wu a neaeasary pro
vision. While congress had in hud regula
tion of oommereo between tho states.it should
see that travel between the elates should bo
kept free. It wu tho right of tho whole people
to Insist upon a free interchange of oommoroe.
Wbalover tended to interfere with commerce,
whether a railroad company, mob or conspire sy
of individuals wu something that congress
should regulite, rad congreu could not escape
this duty if it undertook to do anything at all
Bi connection with interetato oommereo. In.
moving tho amendment, Mr. Morgan knew he
wu running against the powerful sentiment of
a large clau of people woo had asurtod tha
right to interrupt, at pleasure, tha movements
of commerce between the states. But every
man concerned—certainly every American-
born cltiscn—when ho should consider the
matter, would uy that it wu the duty of con
greu to exercise its power agslnit anything
that would interfere with the commerce of tho
country. The mature judgment of even the
men who had been provoked into excesses by
the extortions of railroad companies would
sustain congreu in this legislation. But
whether it did or not, the dnty of congreu wu
the came.
Mr. Vest did not think the constitution gave
congress ray right over the question with
which the amondm ent dealt. Besides tha ex
perience of the past fow weeks thawed that the
statu were entirely competent to deal with
these matters. So far at Missouri was con
cerned, whenever any appeal had been mado
to tho power of the state it had boon re
sponded to.
Mr. Brown offered u amendment providing
for tho punishment of persons injuring tho
property of a railroad company’s tracks,
bridges, cars, etc. Amendment would make
it a felony to maliciously injure such property,
and if death resulted from tho injury then tho
offense should constitute murder.
The amendment wu laid on the table.
Considerable debato then areso on an
amendment of Mr. Plumb’s, offered for him
in his absence by Mr. Ingalls. It is the
amendment of which Mr. Plumb somotlme
since gave notlcm prohibiting members of
short notice and without the
formal proceodligs of ordinary subs
but sou to do justice, and tho oourt may, in
proper cases, issue writs of injunction or other
pnqcsa, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain
mrtber violation or the order of the oommlt'
sion on the part of the common carrier offend,
ing. For inch purposes the circuit courts
than be deemed Always in seuion.
The hill requires that all charges for toy
service in transporting passengers or freights
or storing geode by common carriers shall be
reasonable. It prohibits all rebates and draw
back and all mOust discrimination, requiring
that all persons shall be charged and treated
alike for serviMs rendered, under substantial'
ly similar circumstances rad conditions.
tariffs of thru and freights, including its
classifications rad terrains! charges rad shall
make them public, so far as the commission
may deem practicable. No advance on such
published rates shall be made without ten days
pnbUo notice.
The long and short hanld clause, being sec
tion four of the MU, reads u follows:
Thst 11 shall bo unlawful for ray common car
rier to charge or recelcve any greater compensa
tensors, or or
subject to the „.
than lor a longer distance over the same line In tho
same direction, and from the tamo original
point of departure or to tamo point
ol arrival, hut thin shall not bo
conitniM ns authorising ray common carrier
within tho terma of thla sot to charge or receive aa
great compensation fora shorter us (or a longer
distance; provided, howevor, that upon applica
tion to the commission appointed under the pro*
visions of this act, such common carrier ma
special cates, be authorised to charge lets
**. ‘—er distance for tho trails:
r property, and tho comrali
rad witness’s statement was bnt a llstof stool
holders in the company. iAter when witness
had taken the story to Cnwfotd, the World
correspondent, he (wltaeae) had said that he
eonld not see thet the Pen-Electric people had
done u
remark
mente in publication were incorrect (notably
reference to Senator Vance) bat they lul
brrn made nron > * *'
ness by some one
Mr. Branoy wished to know the name of
his Informant, bnt witness declined to tell,
saying he was not going to involve any one
else by what ho said. Hie object in making
the statement, he said, was to have the facta
go oiit straight’aa he knew they wonld be
itberwlao tortured and twisted politically In a
ihing in
fS
reflected la the least on tho
;rntlemon named therein. Although he had
een paid for the ertirle by the World corre
spondent, it had not boon prepared originally
for publication.
Mr. Oatea wished to know why the witneee
hod written the statement, to which ho re
plied that Oate* hod uo right to know. Ho bad
not guarded the Pan-EIectrio people hecaase
they were democrats, hut beewse some of them
were his friends.
Mr. Oates inquired if witness did not regard
hii relations with Yoaug while ongageJ on the
Pan-Electric books as confidential.
Witness replied thst he did not know. The
•pen on the table, rad many pereoas
were in the room. At the meeting at 1337 G
street, witness had been told of that by another
person, not connected with the Pan-EIectrio,
whose name witness absolutely refused to
divulge. His informant bad said that Mrs.
BenU, the landlady of the house, would make
affidavit that General Garland bod at
tended that meeting.
The chairmen insisted that the witness fur
nish the name of hie informant, n« the com
munication woe not of a privileged nature.
Witnise replied that it was a matter entirely
within bis own discretion. The communica
tion woe confidential, and he wonld not dis
close the name of bU informant. He woe, he
said, e member of the her, licenced by the su
preme court of tho United Sutai, ana could,
if be chose, claim that he stood in tho relation
ct lohnsel to the client in this matter.
The Inter-8 tats Commerce Bill.
The interstate commerce bill was placed be
fore the senate.
Mr. IngaUs's proposed amendment wu
agreed to, giving to the commission the right
to report to the United Statu circuit const rad
get ite speedy Judgment on complaints when
ever compeniu decline to obey the order of
the commission.
Mr. Walthall addreated the aeneto on the
bill. He said thst although in some ol its
features it did not meet his approval, yet he
would vote for it as the firet atop in legisla
tion on thia important subject. Even if it were
proven thet railroad compeniu were not now
oppreuing the people, he would etUl rapport
any reasonable congreuional measure looking
lo their enpervision end control. He would
do so because of the undeniable fact that such
oppression, in the absence of legal restraint,
wu possible, end that no adequate protection
eonld be afforded by state law.
An amendmomtoffhTod by Mr. Conger wu
A. M. HIGH,
Will mill samples of on clamor of Dry Goods, and
on all ordess above? tlO.OO. You
ice from accepting free posses, and prohibit
ing railroad companies from giving thorn such
pastes, or reduced rates.
To thia Hr. Teller ottered on amendment
prohibiting any of tho subsidized railroad:
from vivid? free puki,
Mr. Edmonds raid if Mr. Teller would ex.
tend the provisions of his amendment to u to
cover not only subsidy reeds lmt all roads
coming within the parview of the not, he (Ed
monds) would fkvor it.
Mr. Teller modJded his amendment
Considerable opposition wu shown to this
amendment and on motion of Mr. Logan it
wu laid on the table.
Some discussion arenas to tho effect of the bill
on clergymen, end to avoid doubt Mr, Brown
secured an amendment providing that tho re-
itrictiona of the bill u to reduced fares should
not apply to ministers of religion,
Mr. Edmunds secured a similar amendment
as to agricultural conventions rad army tool-
cty meetings.
The blU having been completed, u In com
mittee of the whole, the question wu on
agreeing, In the senate, to the amendments
agreed to in committee.
Mr. Edmonde moved to restore to the long
and short haul clause the words struck out by
tho Camden amendment, namely: "from the
•erne original point ofdepertnre,’’rad to add
to these further, word* “or the ume point of
arrival.” Mr. Edmonds believed this would
be better than the Camden amendment, be
cause the latter amendment created, he uld.
a dutlnction and an injustice between local
traffic that wu entirely within the stato, and
local traffic that happened to be a littlo out of
tho state.
Mr. Edmunds’! amendment wu at first re
jected—you 33, nays 34—but Mr. Edmunds
again offered it later rad it wu agreed to—
yeas 37, nays 34.
Beverel other amendment* were offered and
rejected, and the bill then came to n vote end
wu passed—you 47, nays 4. Tha negative
votes were Brown, Colquitt, Morgen and Ban-
torn. A number of pain were announced.
The Cnllom bill, u emended and pevsed by
the unate, provides fora commission of flva
persons to be appointed by tho president, by
and with the advice *nd,conscut of tho oenste,
to carry out the purpose ol the bill, K h
commissioner la to have a salary of $7,5 - > a
Tear; a secretary appointed by the com::: .1-
•ion $3,500 a yur. The primary offices of the
commission aro at Wuhington, where the
general sessions ere to bo held, but special ses
sions maybe held elsewhere to nit publio
convenience, in which case the naceensy ex
penses Incurred Is to be paid from the treu-
ury. The first oommlsrioners appointed shell
hold office for the term of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 6
S een, respectively—the term of sub to be
etlgnttea by the preeident—the successors,
however, to hold for six years each. Not
more than three of the five shall be appointed
from the same political natty. All persons
holding stock or bonds of ray common oar-
ri*r, or holding ofllcial relations to such cor
porations are declared Ineligible for appoint
ment. Hie commissioners must not engage
in any other boaineu. The commission is
given authority to Inquire into the business
end management of all c -muon camera sub-
Ject to the provisions of the bill end be able to
obtain (tall end complete Imormation u to
inch buineas; may require the attendance end
testimony of witneuuand the production of
ell books, papers, agreements, tariffs rad docu
ments relating to any matter under investiga
tion. and may to that end invoke the eld of the
United Statu court*. Persons having com
plaints to make egtlnst any common carrier,
•bell make the complaint in writing to the
commission. The commission shall und the
complaint to the common carrier, and require
either the utSs&ction of the complaint,
or u answer in writing within n
reasonable time specified. If reparation be
not made within the time selected the com-
mission shall Investigate the complaint. The
commission shall also investigate ell eom-
plelnte forwarded to It by the state commis
sions, rad may institute inquirlu on Us own
motion. Complaints shall not be dismissed
because of tbeabeence of direct damage to
complainant. Beporta of the com mis
sion shall he in writing, and shall include
the findings of fact on which baaed, and recom
mendation u to what reparation if any should
be made by the common carrier to tho injured
party, and tuch findings shill be itsemod
prime facie evidence in til judicial proceed-
Whenever any common carrier shell refuse
• ' - - nlesion it
to apply
•iUbw-Jn.
been miulo end published
changed by the commission or oy-iews,
force ud effect as though the some had been spec
ified in this section. Any common carrier
wboaball violate tho provisions or this section of
this set shall bo deemed guilty of extortion, end
(boll be liable to the person or persons sennit
whom ray such excessive chsrgo was mode, for
all damages occasioned by such violation.
Tho bill now goes to tho honu of represen
tatives for concurrence.
The Blver and Harbor Bill,
Washington, May 10.—[Special,] — Tho
troubles of the pending river and harbor hill
did not cease with tholong discussion of it in
tho houso and the large advene vote on Ita
passage. Opposition to the bill has extended
from congreu to the press, and it find* more
enemies than friends among tho newspapers.
Nearly all the New York papers after keeping
np a constant fire on the bill whUe it wu be
ing considered In tho honu havo assumed a
still more hostile tone toward it slnco it passed
thst body. Though Its champions profess great
confldenco that this bill will bottuns a law
there are others who believe that ita greatest
peril is yet to come. The senate will pass it,
of course, rad will probably add several mil
lions to Its already heavy appropriations. So
that finally* bUl carrying something like
eighteen millions will bo handsd to the
president for his signature. If it
should bo sent back with a
veto the expectation of many membora of con-
S ou would bo tainted. Tho chanoas between
a president's approval and his veto are now
conudercd about even In Washington. Tho
edict hu gone forth from the white house that
*11 money bills, from the omallmt pension to
the Imrgut of the gonorel appropriation bill,
ore to bo subjected to tho closcct scrutiny.
Nobody donbts that the oreoident will assert
his voto power loot when ho think* * proper
occasionnao arisen. Ha hue way of doing at
ho pleases. Yet u to the river and harbor bill
it ta qnlto likely that his veto would not bo
fatal. A congress, republican in both branchu,
did not hcoitato to pus n bill of this kind over
President Arthurs veto four yean ago,
though It oppropriatedtnlnctoon millions, and
wts carelessly constructed, Fow measures
can command so general a rapport in congress
as a river and harbor bill which, beginning at
tha hlgbut port in Maine encircles the entire
coast of tho country, and then ramifles
throughout every section damping oppi
lions and awakening a lively rapport
thousand rad one localities.
Washington, May 11.—Aa It passed the
odso, tho nver rad harbor appropriation
111 makes the following divisions of too total
appropriation:
Maine, $150,000; Now Hampshire, $8,000;
Ycrmont, $15,000; Huucbusetts, $314,000;
Bhodo Island, $05,000; Connecticut, $355,000;
New York, $836,000; Now Jonoy, $130,000;
Pennsylvania, $481,000; Delaware, $105,000;
Maryland, $167,000; Virginia, $104,000; Wort
Virginia, $315,500: North Carolina, $300,500;
South' Carolina, $441,000; Georgia, $110,500;
Florida, $314000; Alabama, $375,000; Missis
sippi, $103,500; Louisiana, $103,000; Texas,
$50,000; Arkansu, 140,000; Tsnnoowe, $484,-
500; Kentucky, $357, 000: Indiana, $133,600;
Ohio, $348,000; Illinois, $305,000; Hlohlgra,
$816,500; Wisconsin, $335,000; Minnesota,
$100,000: Montana, $35,000; California, $322.-
500; Missouri, $101,500; Oregon, $005,000;
Washington territory, $145,000; Ohio rivor.
$600,000; foils of Ohio, $300,000; Missouri
river, $010,000; Mississippi river, $3,805,000;
examination and surveys, $100,000.
Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Tha United Statu
supreme court today rendered a doclsloo in
threo Utah polygamy
vs. the United States.
Snow wu convicted under the Edmunds act
far nnlawfoi cohabitation, and nut to prison
where he now is Ho appealod from the de
cree of the supreme court of the territory of
Utah, which sustained the Jndgmont of tho
lower court in which ho wu convicted. Tho
supreme court of the United Statu holds that
it hu no Jurisdiction In the cuss, and there
fore dismisses them. Justice Blitchford do
liveied tho opinion of coast. Ho uld that
in the Cannon com tha question of Jurisdic
tion wu not considered and u tho caw wu
derided at the preunt term It had been deci
ded to recall tho mandate and dismiss tho case
for tbs want of Jurisdiction In order that the
••MAltYLAND, MY MARYLAND."
The Two Sams Assailed by Dr. Klrkus-A
Counterblast.
Editors Baltimore Snn—Yonr report of nows
is generally so sccursto that I am sure yon will
thank me for correcting o mistake in your very
brief account of s very small post—two or threo
sentcncss—of s sermon I delivered on Thursday
morning before tho convocation of Baltimore. I
did not so much as mention the names of the two
S mtlemcu who ore now preaching what they lie-
eve io be "the Gospel" In the Biddle street link.
I wu preaching to a representative body,
mostly clergyman of tho Protestant Bplsco-
pal church, rad I took occasion lo remark
that certain opinions which tho Catholic church
by always regarded u heretical and dangerous,
W htch found expression lu the heresy of the Mon-
taniris.theschUm of the Donutst*. the orahbod
eccentricities of tho English Puritan*, are contin
ually reappearing In the teaching and addresses
of mir modern revivalist*. Personally I belters
that many of the boldest assertions of the gentle
men reiemd lonbovoere flatly and Irreconcilably
comrade .duty oft he doctrinee both af Scripture and
of the Catholic church: ud I do not think It worth
while so much u to consider whether the Catholic
their profound leaning and their natural refine
ment under the disguise of a studied vulgarity of
language which renders U almost impossible to bo
sure oftheir exact mrulng.
And while liras writing 1 may venture to add
that I think It rime to protest, at least for myself,
•gainst the grosa rad lusolent abuse which these
gentlemen have thought proper, In thoprosouoe of
thou.eud* of people, lo oilhr lo s very large num-
Baltimore citizens. There aoos not
Ity ball, or who pity whist with their tired hus
bands,or take pert in progressive euchre, or dance,
ere "hugging lo music, ,r are omissarlos of tho
devil, are heir 1 — ' —
mentreatlof
hundreds of the purest, mast noble, most self-
eaerlflclng women on the face of the earth? We
are not ecenatomed hero In Baltimore to hear tho
ledlee of HaUlmore condemned for grose vice.
them. As ono of tho clergy of Haiti
I beg to
lore,I
juion,
rus totho
our personal friends, aro of spot lee* reputatl
among our best worker*, are welcomed by u
Holy Eucharist, rad are at the very lean as tar
above suiplclon nr impurity and ungodliness a* the
men who so wickedly rad Insolently abuse them.
Yours, w. Kinkii*.
THS tVANOXI.nn M-kAK OUT.
At the noon-day meeting 8em Smell raid:
Whet wo need In Iheee day* I* strong preaching
on lhl> day and a calm, cool Indiflbrence lo the
cry of Demclrlus, “throw them lo the lion*.” You
hear men say that this church allow* one thins,
and tb*l church allows another thing. A tidy
memberof the Episcopal church told me thst tho
Episcopal church permits them to do them thins*,
lull them my wills las nember of the Episcopal
church, sod my children have been baptized In it
and will he raised In II, ud when they tell me
that this grand old church allows such practice*,
they tall a great Mg lie, (Applause.) You may
find somo littlo rector or prostituted parish that
allow* it, but yon can't find a grand old olmrub,
with Phrlit at lu head rad God us It* founder, that
will allow these things, and If you are going lo
practice them, for God’* sake take off yonr badge
of Christian membership tnd join thee Itcmctrll.”
8am Jones thtn said: “lirathren. If you are hit
try to cbqngo yourself, a* tha old darkoysalil,
'Brother, If this cap flu yon throw It away and get
S oother.' No shot can hit a man who elands be-
tnd the cram ol Jesus Christ, and If you are bit
It's because you have come out from behind the
eras*. Now we are going to talk, no nutter who la
Tho city pipers Indorse If oasts. Jonas and Smalt,
ud Dr. Klrkus seems to bo the only kicker np io
SAM JONES’ SPICE.
of Jurisdiction by tho
court in o esse of tho kind.
Tho supremo coart today adjourned until
October.
OKNHUL JOB WHKILIN,
of Alabama, in charge of the military academy
bill, and making hi* clover speech for il lost
Saturday woo tho picture of congroatlongl
complacency. No mu onjoys tb* possession
of a seat in the house more than bo. Tho lux
ury is more doliciou by reason of tho
recolloeUon that it woo tooted one*
before only to b* snatched away by
a relentless republican majority. With an an
con tested title ud Important places on the
committee* the little general is hippy. I hair
that bo makes a model congreaman In his de
votion to tha interact of hi# constituents tod his
readiness to do anything in his power for
them. Hs hu established himself in a moot
fuhlonobl* quarter iu the largo mansion
which Mrs. Arcksr occupied for years as a
■elect hoarding school that wss In fovor among
southern girls. General Wheeler ta on* of the
fow souther* member* who to obi* toratartain,
rad bis boms has been tho scone of tom* of
the roost elegant receptions of tho sroeon. Mrs.
Wheolsr and her shaming daughter* ore greet
favorite* In Wuhington.
Washington, Msy il.—The president oent
to congress today a mossag* calling attention
to tho condition of attain existing in Utah,
owing to tho governor of that territory vetoing
the lest appropriation bill which appropriated
money for the support of school*, courts, char
itable institutions, etc., referring to too foci
that under the existing law the Isgtatatur*
cannot convene for nearly two years and rec
ommending the speedy enactment of ouch.leg
islation u will authorize the asrombly of ths
legislature at an early day.
Washington, Msy 14.—An unknown man,
supposed to be Insane, nod reread himself in
on* of the Blebo* nrar tbs statuary hall In tho
copliol about 10 o’clock thta morning, end lit a
condition of Clark nudity sprang apon tM of
tho pedestals and struck a statuesque attitude.
Hews* taken aeny by tb* capital polios tnd
olaced under arrest.
held by her lota husband.
Tire Evangelist Give* HI* Hearers * Sharp
and Ratty Talk.
From tho Baltimore Herald.
In hi* sermon loot night Mr. Jonoo told:
“We aro closing np tho second woek or there ser
vices. Wo have devoted every night rervtcee this
week to non prolbreore. Title will bo everybody’s
service. I will hcwltotho lino and let ths chlpo
fall where they may, Yon look out for yourselves
ud I’ll look out for myself. I dare uy mu to
preach the goepel too straight for mu If he dot
ho wont get a liek at m* again. I’ll atralghtan n
before the next time. That’e fair ain't It? It'
perfectly right fortheohurch to bo anxious about
sinners. Don't forget yourselves. Somo of you
have been slipping around raying that Hr. Jotter
has found nut that hit rtyls don't suit Baltimore
and he's changed It Yoa'll see before I got through
whet I can do—wbetlior my stylo lulls Baltimore
or not. [Applause.] 1 wonder if you think I ow*
Baltimore anything? I wonder If you think I was
coming here to Ihew down ud cut to please the
tyleof Baltimore? You don't know tho first lot-
teifof my 'forgiven' name, as tho old colored mu
raid.
• o . • • as • * •
Mr. Jonee Incidentally look up lb* charge that
ho Is after money, “If I was after money, Dr.
Williams," mid Nr. Jones lurnlnglo Dr. P. if. Wil
liams, “wouldn't I have lefts week ago? If I was
altar money, 1 could get a heap easlerjob. I never
ured for money except onco. 1 namod a bl(
nr off that asked me. To m:
riUuver uleMtbe'ilui’e rep-
uiatlon I have earned for savins mull sod peddle
It on the lecture platform. [Great applause.) I am
satisfied with any littlo home In Ueursts-a mu
that's consecrated con always bsvo enough lo eat
and good clothes to wear.
"Be not conformed. Lot us as Christian
ret the foshlon, rad others will have lo „
[Applause.J we can mike It fashionable to visit
the sick. Let’s make It fashionable to go to
E er meeting. Let’s make tbom follow us
lonable I Haven’t got much respect for
ons, anyhow 1 There are somo fashions in
Baltimore that I would Ilka lo change. Ism
more low necke, minus the short sleeves, than I
bare evor seen before. [Applause.) Listen to me.
God help mo rad ml" - “'
devil nor man ca
clothes. That’s bush
¥bs?swhst wo wsn't, m* brethren. (Applause.)
Sister, you've no-er hardly had a religion* im
pulse since you enlered that fashionable socle y.
They say II looks Ilka Mr. Joore has a sidle against
people Uitt have got something. .Deed I ain't.
raterf. ■* ad WH
to otDMCn tnoro woo rarroaud you.
OUR OWN COLUMN.
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Interest.
A Handsome Colored Poster.
Wa have a large handsome poster, printed in
red ud blue, for every one of our sgentm It
is tho banner of Thn Constitution and every
agent ought to have one or two put up in tho
poet office or neighborhood store. It helps
wondsrfblly. Hsvo you one? If not, rend at
onco and wo will mall you one. If you have
ono rad eonld use another one well, send (hr it.
Wo want every agent tojhaveone of our illum
inated postal*.
Florae EonowTonr subscription before your
time Is out. This prevents your missing a single
number. The printed slip on ycur paper tells
when the time ta out. Kenew at least ons week
ahead, and bring a new subscriber with you.
Men Who Know.
This paper msy be sent you as a sample copy.
Yon may like ita looks, but want to know more
about it before you take it That it right.
Now, rirho ore tho boot men to tell you about
It? Clearly, those who havo boon reading it,
rad who know what it ta every woek rad
•very year. Here la tho nnsolioltod opinion of
half* dozen snbocribere. Bood whit they uy,
ud if it convince* you, lend uo your subscrip-
tion.
Mrs. P. E. McCery, Stanton, Alt.—We ire sll
delighted with Ths Constitution. Ths children
sre carried owsy with Betty Hamilton'* letter*.
If uy or the many reader* of The Coanltutlon
know anything of the whereabout* of Willy W.
Gragg, they wniconfor a great favor by letting mo
know through Tho Constitution, or by • prtvalo
letter, u he b my only brother.
two jesre. I don’t see how uy family
era bo without it after reading ono of your atmpw
To takes *
.. objection lo It than snypspor that ho* aver
circulated In Ihl* port of the stale. Briareu-Uko,
It reache* forth Inio every department of national,
secular, sclenllllc, moral, civil ud religious nows,
tnd meets thn went* of oil classes, condition* and
ogee of people,
For Over Two Toon.
Thi success ofTNiOoNtmunox Waterbary witch
b smssing. By tho hundreds they have gone Into
every state. Why not? A good watch, accurate
timekeeper, for $2.80 ta * miracle.
But doos it lost? That to the question often asked
Hero ban answer from ono who has tried It:
Enrross Constitution : Two years ago I bought
pc rim Mill notion, it never nee itoppea i minuto
rad kept perfect Ume. I certainly recommend
there watches to your readers, a D. Bulb,
Atlanta, as,, formerly Pennington, do.
Here topltln testimony. For over two yetnthlo
littlo Waterbary hu not stopped s minute. Not n
out hu boon spent on repairing It, though In tho
stuns Ume Mr. B*U spent 125 getting hto wife's gold
watch repaired. At tho tnd of two years |Mr. Ball
•ays: "i wouldn’t take 120 tor my Waterbary il X
couldn't replace lb”
Our Waterbary b "
make. You oqghtu
to urs on*. - Year s. —_
IJS for ths watch, chain; chans ud Tns Con-
. ynxen c*n von bc&l that? Of
Dh and chain md ch&rm alone.
gw foFfis w2eb I
Bend at once and got
mine to so dross thst nslthsr
“There sre nlentyofpreachsni In tbb town who
III not oDfyUkrsHoryoawliowratlolioveo
nd rime, but rr: • rip yon to have IL They'll
R to Hie theater a.■ . you. If there’s s charity
11 going on, they .. not only encouregolt, but
they'll go along end chaperone tho crowd. Thoyil
not only let you tako a drink, but will toko a
dram with you. I was told In my room by sjn-
tleman who altendod a meeting of on official
board of s church of tbb town where liquor war
ured around. All the members of tho board,
another perton belongs to the d
to hie beele. (Applause.J X know I did when I
drank.* Mr. Jones tW emphasised the potaU
SAM JOKES VINDICATED.
Thn BnlUrftarenas Indorse Ole Words Mid
Ills Methods.
Jn s sermon the other nlfht to 6$000 people*
at the rink In Baltimore, Sam Jonee said:
• emsbui|d, but.thsnkOod^/
“Si
W,SKLi
pUiise.) I
iu r hi,•! fighting lh
Hwu in e l with tho
earth. If I never r<
lerorn from the
banish from mo forever. Thsok God forjji
ful preacher*. I wantfA
Krrxstlons. Thankf'
■nd rabble of BoUlnj
you belters I have stuck to the wold of Hod to the
U.t Interests of *11 toe pcoptaof thb etty wbeo 11
have denounced tb*aa sorrily practice* toot are
damning your city? Those who eon soy It, stand
up. [Tho whol* body store.) Put thor* stvralmJ
live preacher* donn a* on myriilo. [Appld
The wire* Ion night rtrrled the new* to New ■
Southknn Sanitaxium Is the only thor
oughly equipped tnd scientifically oondactod
•■Water Cure infirmary” south. Three thousand
(ngurirensunalarion* and the remit*obtained
Ikon say similar In.tltuilan in tho country. For
riesntptfve pamphlet, with retareuoes, etc., ad-
drees “RantUdam,” Atlanta, Os.
Out 111 Gun.
Tho twelve dollar double-barreled breech-
loading ohot gun that wo put on our premium
list * few weeks ago has caught ths public,
ud seems to bo getting almost as popular as
Thb Constitution. Wo have sold scores o(
them, and the univorssl verdict is that It is .
the best gun ever offered for tho money. Hero
Is ons of tho many letters which each day’s
mail brings us. Bead what Mr. Blver* says,
and then declda for yourself i
H. a River*, Fairborn, Go.: Thb oerilfls* that I
u rood, it gives saitofkcUon (n every reapooL
The Gun ud Wssuy Constitution ons year
$11; Gun alone til
Bow to Havo Thirty Dollars.
The rowing machine monopolists sre howl
ing and rubbing tbolr sore spots because Turn
Constitution Is selling tor $18 with tho
paper thrown In, a hotter machine than tha
Bingsr, which is sold for $45.
Last year we sold about 2,000 Constitution
machines. Each machine wu sent out wifi
thb guarutoor “Toko our machine, put it
alongside of any machine that coot $45; work
them for ten days. If ours Is not hotter, In
looks ud work than tha $46 machine, wo will
refund yonr money.” Under this guarantee
only on* of tho 2,000 machines wis returned
tad w* hear that ono came hack from* sewing
machine agent. Wo are selling more now
thuovor.
If you wint to rave $30, buy our machine.
If you hove $30 to throw array, pay $45 for on* *
not u good u ours, fioo what these who have
tried our machine my about It:
■ " The mac! *
_ has boon r
who have soau It are somewhat s
Inc walnut caio ud fine finished ma.
Jy 122, with Tha UotutUutloa for one
1 ^
Mra Jcscphlns B. Clark, Bartlett, Tsua-Th*
high arm premium Mwlng machine which 1 or-
belter. Homs oi my ncignuore nave kcd si, raa
they pronounce Ita good machine in avsry n-
rpect. I wonld advtos every one who wanton good,
cheap machinate order one of you. I with you
1 ordered or you !■ at baud, ana 1 can uy » give*
general ulbfactlon. All who have asm It, say
it bat good array machino In Ihb qommnnity.
It torquel to, or superior to, uy I could get her*
for double the money.
Mbs Margaret Cook.ltoshae, Os.: I havo dm
ssgawgfeguteaeag
orthstojm m "
thi? bU* wf ”ed\nd*twrehued youn. Your p*-
j*r I* unrivalled. ___________
W«U Pleased,
of Fort Valley, writes: My gun
ud X am very much pleased with
ke twice tbe amount for it and
__ Jbarter*aevcral ofmynelchbor*
• seen it, and will orderone of you by next
wish you mcoem.
rXH.OOO, wtl’> Instruction* that the spend it for tho
f nu ruimm at of her friends daring her stay in
Washington, g
One Great Merit!
Of that Uautificr of the Tooth, 80ZODONT,
is that ita offset upon tho mouth U refreshing,
while as a mean* of cleansing ths teeth, sad
improving the breath, It stands alone.
Thn reigning beauty of Paris b sn Ameri
can, tee daughter offienstoc Hippie Mitchell, of
Oregon.
Dr. Fierce's "Favorite Prescription 1 ’ is every
Where acknowledged to be tho standard reme
dy for female complaints rad weakness. It Is
■old by drugjrfet. <
> Michel is writing a new book, “Lea
s,” a novel in which the wlentist, the rer-
•nd capitalist of today are introduced,
t of the story each one diet for the Idea
_ he lived, except the capitalist, who livee
r the wherewithal to a coming generation.
Who would escape the paint i
child-birth. Benin**. Also, "1
men only, xadrew pv.fitalnbae