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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