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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, »TUESDAY JUNE 8 I88U
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Houses
Last Week. •
With the President and His Ad;
vlsers—General News.
* The Senate.
Washington. Jane I.—In the senate, Ur.
Beck, in introducing a bill to prohibit mem.
bets of congress from acting as attorneys or
employes of railroad companies that had char*
ten or hare had grants from tbs United States,
remarked that there had been much crimina
tion and recrimination in both houses about
members of congress beiog employed by rail,
road companies. This bill, he said, was in
tended to see if a remedy could not be provi
ded for the trouble. The bill makes it unlaw
ful for any member of either house to accept
employment as an attorney at
law, or to accept payment for
services of any kind lrom any rail
road company, or any officer or agent thereof,
which obtained its charter or anyjranta of
land or pecuniary aid to the states. The viola
tions of its provisions is made a misdemeanor
punishable by a line not to exceed $3,000 or
imprisonment not more than one year.
The senate then passed the bill “to prevent
the acquisition of real properly by aliens." and
the anpplemental Chinese immigration bill,
that which explains the meaning of the origi
nal bills on the samo subject, passed in 188-2,
and 1884.
On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the Cbinose in
demnity bill was taken up, but was informally
laidisideat the request of Ur. Allison, to
permit the consideration of the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill.
At 8 o’clock the consular and diplomatic ap
propriation bill went over and the Chinese
indemnity bill was taken up.
Ur. Cockrell took the floor in opposition to
the bill.
At the conclusion of Ur. Cockrell's speech
the bill passed—yeas 30, nays 10.
The bill authorizes the president to ascertain
the lossea sustained by the Cbineee bribe riot
at Bock Springs, Wyoming, in September, 1883,
and to pay such losses. Tbo amount ap
propriated by the bill for that panose
is $180,000. _____
The House.
Washington, Jane 1.—In the bonse,
Chairman Blonnt of the postoffice commtttco
reported from that committee a bill in lien of
aeveral others on the same subject, amending
section 30 of the Revised Statutes relating to
the transmission through the United States
malls of lottery, gift enterprise and other cir-
Calais. Tbs bill amends tbs enacting statute
so as to make It conform to the decisions of
court*, and amends it by the insertion of the
following clause:
And air newipapers and periodicals containing
the advertisements of any such lotteries, schemes,
drawings, or dtotribuumie, or tickets, shires, or
chances therein, are hereby declared to bo not
mailable matters, and shall not be conveyed In
the malls of the|Unlted States nor be delivered from
any postolllcc, or by any letter carrier.
No newspaper la to be excluded from tho
malla until notice shall have been given by
the postmaster-general to tho publisher that
some advertisement published therein is
deemed to be within tbs provisions of tbs act,
bnt after inch notice every copy of the paper
containing tbeadvertlsement shall beexoludod,
and whoever shall knowingly deposit the same
in tbo malls shall be liable to the penalties
provided In tbs set. The bill also makes It a
misdemeanor for any person to use an alias or
fictitious name or address to promote a lottery
scheme, and requires the return of matter ad
dressed to such poisons to the sender.
In accompanying the report the committee
lays that in considering the proposition of ex
cluding newspapers and periodicals from the
malls' when they contain csrtala lottery ad
vertisements, bnt two questions require exam
ination; first, as to the constitutionality of
such {an act, and second, conceding the power
of congress in the matter weald It be justified
in exercising it. In answer to tho first question
the decision of United States supreme oourt m
exparte Jackson is cited as affirming tbs pow
er of congress. And as meeting the second in
terrogatory the action of those states, which
have passed acta adverse to lotteries are dtod.
* In conoinilon gars:
I tho state governments furnishes
evidence of moot enlightened con-
the people of the United States of
ecflccteot such schemes, and yet the
through the melts of such newspapers
and periodicals advertising the same cannof M
restrained by the Miles It may to by congress hir
ing such power. Will this body Ignore the moral
sense of tie country ter prostituting the malls ot the
United States for the advancement of Immoral
purposes? will It exercise Its power, which Is
complete over the subject matter, in harmony with
the conscience of the Amerloen people? Your
committee Inilst that tne passage or the accompa
nying bill tsonlyadectncregard ter public opin
ion and public good, and recommend Its enact
ment Info law.
The minority report, signed by Thomas B.
Ward and Joseph H. Jonas, ills tents from the
“ ' ” “ "the proposed
nnconstitn-,
Icion cl*
ted by the majority, does not support the
proposition. The exclusion proposed la a Ju
dicfal act. The bill attempts to vast an ad
miniatrative officer! with Judicial functions
and powers. The effect trill bo to deprives
cltjsen of his property without due process of
law and answer; that the proprietor of news
paper may avoid the effoct of the statute by
excluding objectionable matter, brings tha bill
face to face with the first amendment to the
constitution, which provides tbit oongresi
■hall make no law abridging the fredom of
speech or of the press
Ur. Barham, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment reducing from ten cents pound to three
cents, the tax cn oleomargarine.
Then the amendments were offend fixing
the rate at fonr and five cents pound, but they
ware rejected, only, however, after a couple of
hours bad been consumed in securing a quo
rum.
Ur. Bnnham offered an amendment pro
viding that there shall be placed on every re
ceipt for any sum of money or payment of
any debt a special tax stamp of the denomina
tion cf two cents. Rejected.
Hears. Ncgley and Curtin, of Ponnsyl ranis,
presen ted a protest of tbo trades assembly or
western Pennsylvania, renreacntlng 70,000
workingmen, against the passage of the oleo
margarine bill.
Ur. Sillman, of South Carolina, presented
protests of oleomargarine manufacturers in
New York and Brooklyn and of Charleston,
S . C.) merchants’exchange against the bill,
e vigorously defended the manufacture of
oleomargarine, which wu the poor man’s bat
ter, and denounced the proposition to tax it
ont of existence.
Ur. Parker, of New York, protested ogainst
the petition presented by Ncgley and Cnrtln
being regarded as an expression of the senti
ment or 70,000 workingmen. They were
signed by officer* of the order, and net by the
men tkemaelve*. A few persons oonid be
easily reached, easily worked upon, and easily
induced to act in the matter.
Wassmaiox, June 4.—The house commit
tee on war claims today listened to an argu
ment by Judgs Fullerton, ofNew York, repre
senting confederate bondholders, who urged
the redemption of those bonds by the govern-
xnent.
Washington, Jane 4—[Special.]—A strong
disposition prevails In tbo boom to sbapo Its
business with o view of adjournment at an
early date In July. A conference of chairmen
of tea committee* and the epeaker was held this
afternoon for the purpose of arranging an or
der of btuinea which would prevent ctashee
between the committees, ectmomlra the time
of the home and secure an agreement as to
what further legialation should be attempted
at this asolsn. Nothing definite was determ-
imedapoB, bata free exchange of views indi-
JfP«ed to press . hit tariff
bu * .this cession when it 1
annarent that tho chance* are against Ita con-
sfderatlon. Many Mends of tho bill think it
would be better policy to Jet it go until next
V? commerce bill,
which !• next to the tariff, is the measure that
would consume meet time, may aUo be laid
•aide until next section. With these two bills
side-trseksd, congress ought to find no f "
cully In adjourning by the 1st of Jniy- fry
ing republican senstors say the senate has no
discussion to dolay adjournment and can keep
up with any pace the house may ret.
The Pacific Railroad BUI.
Washington, Junes.—This afternoon the
house wu fora few momenta the thestpr of a
lively scene. The debate on the bill of Judge
Crisp to provide for a settlement with the
Pacific railroad had been splrltedjfrom the start
end waxed warmer until Judge Holman read
some figures whkh he said proved that the
net eunings of the Union Pacific were abont
fonr millions more then Judge Crisp hid
stated them to be. Jndge Crisp immediately
interrupted Holman and aid he
wu not reading all of the
statement, bnt wu selecting merely s
few figures which gave an Incorrect impres
sion of the facts. Hollinan continued and at
length wu understood by Judge
Crisp and several members near him to say
I know the tactics of these railroad attor
neys.”
Instantly Jndge Crisp wu on bis foot, evi
dently very indignant. He uid that the gen
tleman from Indiana bad intentionally garbled
the figures he bad-read to the house for tbo
purpose of creating a wrong Impression. If
the gentleman from Indiana meant by any
thing be uld to charge, or, to insinuate that
he wu in the remotest degree interested in
stated what wu absolutely and unqual
ifiedly false. Several members had by this
time gathered around Judge Crisp, who, speak
ing with great emphasis, wu apparently about
to proceed further on the ume line, when at
the suggestion of some friends near by be
desisted.
Jndge Holman arose and spoke briefly. Ho
uid bo regretted to see this display of feeling
on what ho deemed an Insaffictent provoca
tion. Subsequently Judgo Holman denied
that be had used tho expression, “railroad
attorneys,” bnt thero are several members
who are confident that these words foil from
his llpa.
For several minutes after this incident the
bonse wu In a state of excitement, but before
adjournment perfect order had been restored.
At the suggestion of mutual friends It wu
sgreed by both Judge Holman and JudgoCrisp
that Ur. Randall, who beard all that passed
between them, should supervise the report of
the colloquy and arrange It for the Record u
be had understood it. Before his colloquy
with Judge Crisp, Jndge Holman bad a sharp
bout with Ur. Morrison and was not in the
best bnmor with the friends of the bill.
'■ 1 up the Pacific rail-
a vote of 123 to 41, tho
It wu agreed that the previous question shontd
considered u ordered at 4 o’clock, unless t
debate ehould exhaust Itself at an earlier hour.
the bill, declaring the roade were ,
condition and contending that u the time that the
debt would maturounder the exlitlnglaw, the roade
would be running through a nrosperot
settled country, end would be valueble i
«ed now to Inveetlgate th
railroad!, and he thought
Investigation ehould take place bc r oro congress
eated a desire on tho part of allpieseetto
oporatod for an early adjournment. At a mut
ing to be held tomorrow eosne order of bnti-
ecu win be agreed apea which can
next settion of conjpeu, when the homo mlsUtho
in po»c»i1ob of information which would enable
It to act intelligently.
Mr. Holman, ot Indiana, opposed tho bill, And
Ing* of the Union Pacific road wore 407, and
of the Central Pacific t7,820.S7L
Mr. Crl»p proposed to assume full responsibility
feiring to Springer
responsibility before f
misrepresentations tl
man), must assume..
try fa ,thi gross misrepresent
made, either through ignorance or an attempt to
deceive the house. The gentleman from Indiana
(Holman), reading from the report of tho secretary
of the Interior, had made statements which wore
calculated and which he submitted, were dellbor
jUely intended to. deceive the house. He (Crisp)
bad before him the Identical document used by
the gentleman, and in the book in connection
with the identical statement, from which he
read, were clear end distinct refutations
of what ha had atated. The gentleman had stated
that the assets of the Union Pacific company were
W60.000.000. when ho knew that there was in*
eluded in that subsidised lines, lines on which the
government had no lien. The gentleman had
stated that the net earnings of the Union Pacific
railroad were M,738,000, when the very same book
showed that the earnings of the company within
the meaning of the Thurman actwero but fi.530,-
000. He presented this as a refutation of the state*
mentor tne gtollaman from Indiana.. The figures
were . right, hut when they were
§jMhe°«nl{8n*n™tom b fr!diM*? UifTSSS
Atlvs.
Mr. Hainan roM tomaks a statement, bnt Mr.
tvEen*Hr. lfo?man exclaimed, with Irritation,
jjThs gentleman cannot make an uuultupon
■-And,” exclaimed Mr. Crisp. wUhjeqnal irrita
tion,” “lbs gentleman cannot dictate to ms wbst
I ray upon tho floors of thlsf home. Ho sought to
class mo and the commute* among men who be
trayed the people. 1 will not submit to
It and allow him to escape with Impunity.
|Applause.) Ho must sbldc by his figures sod I
am In no wito responsible for It. Why did the
gentleman maho that statement. In regard to the
net tamings, unless It were to mislead tho house?
Tho gentleman atated that the net earnings of the
Central Pacific ware *7,820,371. It la marked to In
the book, bnt when It cornea to tbs net earning!
within tho meaning of the Thurman act thay are
but $1,212,000—from seven to one,fromeight to
two-and that It the distinguished gentleman who
I* posing in this bouse as a friend .of lb* people,
whan bata seeking by statements of that sort to
keep tho bouse from endeavoring to collect s Juet
debt dne tho government. Ho and the gentleman
from Illinois (Springer) most not, with my oonasnt,
pee* here as friends ol the treasury when by retort
ing to inch mean, as that they are trying to pre-
vcnt[tbe government from collecting what la lastly
due the government. Those gentlemen cannot
blind tne eyes of business toproeent facts by de
tailing thonlitery of Ibe reads In lhapast I heard
the gentleman from Indians, a few moments ago
say. In response to aqucstlon nt mine, that in hit
a Union the attoraeji of railroads were
ways urgent.. If tho gentleman from,
Indiana means to Insinuate in the remotest degree
that I am in any way contracted with the railroad
company, as the attorney or agent, or that I have
ever accepted favors from a railroad company,
TXJSWSSS.^ ***'*"' 1 to***
w r, Holmes rose, and with some show of feeling,
— replied to what he termed “the discourteous
language” ^ which _ had beea used.
He bad laid nothing to
to Incite the ire of the gentiemau, he had been
readloga statement, which was apparently abso
lutely correct Let the public document speak the
truth and let the gentleman who had applauded
the attack of the gentleman from Georgia see
whether it waa an honorable thing for them to do.
He then proceeded to read from the document a
(QnmBT ‘ “ ~ ■*
Union and
show that l
stated ~
lat thoy amounted to Ibc turns tt*!?
by him. If the gentleman could point
tot in a statement made by a public ofll*
do It, and let him not go into a pas*
> an error i
sr, let him
.mo over a i
to seek to know what i
not a word which Justified such a display of pas
sion. .Truth wu valuable. .He epoka from lira
word, and the gentleman did not.
Jlr. Crisp aaldtbat troth was vsluahio—too val
uable to be lost sight of, when the house wss catted
upon to pass ...upon — ‘—
meaiure like this, Th
had void that be quoted from the
ho (Crisp) did not. He denied E
did quota a put * *
that misled. He
upofthetrarutc'
bed taken an pit
Mr. Holman—I will pub
the country will ae* who L _—
Mr. Crisp—I ask nothing better than to appeal t
the country on a question ol this sort. In a bust
nobody as this ougbttoba.Iataktobaactastad
by business principles. The -lay has long passed
when gentlemen can poae as frfendsot th* people,
whin they are -landing bc.wecu the people
end the collection of sjoat debt.
The bonse then granted leave to Mam. Holman
u><y?rtiyoj>rinttiybymreRUb«UblesaUa<la4
tbs whole table and
i can make that Insinuation,
? 23fremutl htosoat.
onto behardTroturnedw It* state ®
“(in motioa'of Mr. Holman an amendment waa
.Adopted Increasing from 49 to M per cent the
amount of Use not on earnings required to
be paid Into the sinking fund iu case
the companies refuse to accept the provisions
of title act. ,
The previous question wu than ordered on en
grossing and the third reading of th* bill, but th*
U a f the measure showing a disposition
bus prevent a rote
Tbo Oleomargarine BUI.
Mr. lillle, of Texaa, moved to recommit the
bill with instructions to the committee on an*
riculturo to report It back with an amendment
imposing a tax on Incomes. Boat—yen 85,
nays 188. The bill mu then passod—yent 177,
101.
The bill as it passed contains Iho folio*lug
features;
Butter is defined to be • food product made
exclusively from milk or creem or both, with
or without additional coloring matter. Oleo
margarine it defined at “all aubateneemadeof
oleomargarine, oleo, oleomargarine oil, butter-
ine, lardine, wine and neutral; all Alxturea
and compounds of oleomargarine, oleo, oleo
margarine oil, butteriue, lardine, aulne and
neutral; all lard axtracta and taltow extracts
and all mixture# and compound! of tallow,
beef fat, auet, lard, lard oil, vegetable oil,
annetto, and other colortug matter. Intestinal
fat and offal fat, made in Imitation
or the semblance of butter, or when so made,
calculated or intended to bo sold aa butter, or
tor batter, ipeelal taxes are Imposed aa followa:
On manufkctareri, $000; on wholesale deal
ers, $480; on retail dealers, $18. Existing In
ternal revenna laws, so far aa applicable, are
made to apply to these special taxes Penal
ties aro Imposed on any person who shall deal
in oleomargarine without paying the special
tax. Provision It mad* for the proper stamp-
ing and labelling of avery package uf oleomar
garine. A tax of five cents a pound It Imposed
on all oleomargarine manufactured and sold,
and a penalty la prescribed for purchete or re
ception, for tale, of oleomargarine not branded
or stamped according to law.
A number of eectiona of th* bill are devoted
to providing machinery to carry the law Into
effect.
The announcement of the nanlt was received
with applanae. .
The Bankruptcy ,1^11.
At two o’clock the bankruptcy bill came up
as tbe regular order.
After Mr. Hoar, by unanimous consent, had
secured some verbal amendments to the bill,
Mr. George moved to strike ode all soctions
that provide for involuntary proceeding in
bankruptcy. Mr. George said bo wu willing
to vote for a bill that would allow an unfortu
nate debtor to atari again In life by tbo aur-
render of Me property and getting an acquit
tal- Ho waa not willing to veto for any
scheme qi Involuntary bankruptcy,
especially when characterized by tbo
harsh proceeding provided for by this bill.
The theory of tbo bill, Mr. George (aid, teemod
to be-that every man who became insolvent
waa either a knave or a fool. That was not a
correct theory. Calamities for which they
were not responsible sometime* overtook the
most efficient and enorgetic busluczs man.
Calamities were sometimes induced by govern
ment, sometimes by agents of tbo government.
Banks, putting such men into bankruptcy and
taking tbo management of their business
ont of tbeir own bands and pnttlni
it In tbe hands of tbe court wu the wore
possible thing to do. Mr. George argued that
tbe effects of tbe bill on tbe buetnea of the
southern states would be ruinous. He also
objected totbeblll because it permitted no
inferences among creditors, such as wu sl
owed by the laws of noarly all the states. It
often happened that a man’s condition, even
his honor, required that be should give pref
erence.
Mr. Hoar moved to lay Mr. Georgs’* amend
ment on tbe table. Before tbo annonneemont
of tbo vote on this motion, It being dear that
tbe result would be atrougly against It, Mr.
Hoar wished the bill postponed till tomorrow.
It teemed to him. he aid, that the opinion of
tbe senate wu against tbe fundamental feature
of tbe bill, and if he should be of that opinion
tomorrow be might move to postpone the
bill till December. He did not wish to do
tbst without consultation with his colleagues
on the committee reporting tbs bill. H* awed
unanimous consent that tbe bill be postponed
till tomorrow.
Mr. Brown said that of the sixty million
-tople of tbe United Btatea, not ono million
lealred this bankruptcy bill. It wu dulred
by bankers and broken and by tbe- creditor
cits* generally, u well u by lawyer*. It wu
a,good bill for these, bnt a bad bill for tbe re
mainder of tho people. He reviewed the his
tory of onr former bankrupt lain to show that
that class of national leglalaUon had not work
ed welland wu not desired by tb* people. He
analysed tha provisions of tho ponding I
show that they wouid have an fid.,
effect on that class of people who buy goods
on credit, and would discriminate against
them In favor of tbe people who "aro very
well able to take care of themselves." Tbe
bill would permit the putting Into involnn-
tary bankruptcy of persons who should bo
thirty days behind In tbeir payments. Wbat
would onr country merchants say to this?
They were anally more prompt In tbslr pay
ments than city merchants, yet country mer
chants were sometime! unavoldablylbehlnd In
their payments for more than thirty days.
Tbe people cf tb* United States would not
eland eucb an Iniquity u this bill. In behalf
of tho people whom herepreuetcd.Sfc. Brown
protested against ita
Washington Gossip,
MB. CARLISLE FOE THE PaEStDENCY,
Speaker Carlisle's Mends are talking him
up for tbe presidency with a volubility which
indicates that be bu an eye on the white
house. One of the closest Mends of tbe
maker, Congressman Tom Robertson, of
Kentucky, hu just been chosen secretary of
of the congressional campaign xommittae.
Robertson Is one of tbe mat persistent advo-
ostes of Mr. Carlisle’s nomination for the
presidency. Mr. Robertson aid today:
‘‘While I do not know that Mr. Carlisle Is or
will be a candidate for the presidency, ism
free to uy that I would like to see him presi
dent. Mr. Cleveland 1* undoubtedly doing
well for tbe party by doing well for the coun
try. I have no donut that before the end of
hi* term, the democratic party will bo in pot-
teuton of all tb* offices that belong to them,
and pooibly Mr. Cleveland might make a
food president for A second term. Bnt
I find to much to admire in Mr. Cleve
land, and very little Indeed to blame, I will
ay that th* balk of the democracy regard
Mr. Carl lei* u th* foremoat democrat in th*
country and they believe that be would
give tb* -people the firet-etaa
democratic administration which they want.”
The correspondent*’ galleries at the capital
base been nthar thinly occupied for tho past
three day*, owing to tho fact that thirty-firs
correspondent* followed tbe president
his bride to Deer Park, end
now engaged in detailing
the moat minute movement* of the illustrious
S slr. The president has bad a dead line
mwn around the oottege ho baa borrow*-!
from Ex-Benator Davit, of West Virginia. He
occasionally walks down to this line and
chat* with tome of tha guards who are sta
tioned to ward away tbe eoctoty reporters.
In spite of ban and gnardathe bey* roanigo
to send five or tix column! a day about Mr.
and Mrs. Cleveland and tom* of It is awfully
fruny
SECRCTABV jtsinnan'
is going to Warm Springs, Virginia, tomorrow.
He will probably spend tha summer thore to
as to bo near Washington and within early
reach for conaltatloo In referenco to treasury
matters at the white houn and at the depart-
j. M. HIGH,
Tho Regulator and Controller of tow Prices.
Will mall temple* of dictator Dry Goads, and
pay express*** cm all orders above; 110.00. Yen.——--- . . ,
wUltava money and get better vartaty toolset I. Th* secretary ha* tendered hi* resignation,
pan by writing as spent who yon mat and get- I bat the present baa geyaitod on hlmto take
ting ter sample*. The largest steak In Atlanta and a leave rf ateenre until hta health Improves,
hAUMtaAtiteteOr 1 ’^Mestiesaittpspa!*’ I Acting Secretly fairciildtodiy telegraph ad
a* followa to tbe collector of customs at Key
West, Fla.:
Release the Spanish schooners Face and lo
belia, union forfeited under section 1.172 of the
revised statutes, or under t.-ction 1.377, and re
lease the cargo, unless forfeited under section 4,377
of the revised statutes. Fishing ha the watts* of
tbo Unl)ed States does not entail lotfeltnreon a
foreign vessel.
Secretary Bayard this afternoon received a
telegram from Consul General Phelan at Hal
ifax, as follows:
- "American merchant vessels can purchase fresh
fish of All kinds.
Tamd Commissioner Sparks today revoked
hla order of the second lust, suspending the
operation of the timber cnltnre, dears land
and preemption land laws In view of the seri
ous donbt as to. hlslegsl authority therefor.
THE CUXXOM BOX.
An Interesting Better From Hon. S.J,
Hsunmond,
A short tlmfi ago the Atlanta chamber of
commerce adopted resolutions touching the
Cnllom Interstate commerce bill.
Thao resolutions were forwarded to Hon.
N.J. Hammond, congressman from thls dis-
trict.
Yesterday Captain B. J. Lowry, president of
the chamber of commerce, received the follow
ing letter from Congressman Hammond:
HOI’S* OF BEPSFSBNTATIVIS. 1
Washington, D. C„ Msy 17. f
Tho Atlanta Chamber of Commerce: Gentle-
stale commerce bill.
thtt demand. Their cere hu been In deal with
the subject sou to do least harm to those corpora
tions representing so much of tho wealth or our
citizens in them directly invested, and so much
more Indirectly dependent on their pros;
while enforcing all the rtshts of Iho public.
So dificrent are tho circumstances of Ih
rs. lengths, grades, directions, competition
from other carriers, etc., that great dtmcultics ap
peered whan fixed and unbending rules, applica
ble to all In that stair, wore south! tr '
Many of the stales i
uiufeuvuy w mw wa vnir uwn »uuc bcvcu,
wifely «nd to thesntUfsction of our people. Hut
—... ...-ones ex
Among the wreml lUtec." end m to
thoie wrong* a like demand comes from tbe peo
ple of tbe United State*. But by so much as tbe
$y§&
one or tt
railroads In all tbe United States.
A railroad commission for the United lutes to
of r
i al .
. - Interstate commerce
Mcmt to me to be tbe logical rosnltofthe best
(bought on this great btwlne** proposition.
And because tbe Cullom bill, aa it peaaed tho
fcnate terms Mib&tantlallj to Kupply tne want of
tbo situation, 1 expect to support the bill when it
comes before tbe house of representatives for con
sideration.
With sentiments of high regard for the members
of your body, Jam respectfully yours, etc.,
N. j. Hammond.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
The Mormon, of Arizona and NewHaxico
appear to hare become frightened at tho vlgoroui
prosecution of their fellows in Utah, and ihsgood
pro?pccl for further advent tegtaldion sgalnst
polygamy before congress adjourns A veritable
begirt Into Mexico la said to have Ml In. Over
200 families aro reported to havaoroased the bor
der within the hut month. They have generally
gone In until caravan., “the number of wagons la
one family frequently representing tho number of
wivts In thtt hoiuehold.”
The ssceulon movement in Nova Beotia Is a
matter of dollar! and cents and not of aentiment.
Premier Fielding In an addreaa Just Issued says
that when the province Joined tho union they
were told that th* dominion government oonid bo
carried on at an annual ecat of 112,000,000, bnt in
stead of that the figures were $33,000,ML
That beer 1, more dangerous than whiaky If
tho verdict ol the scientific American, which tot*
foith that tho use of boor Is found to produce a
species of degeneration of all tho organ.; profound
and fktly deposit., diminished circulation, condi
tion of congestion and pervenlon of functional
activities, local Inflammation of both tbo liver and
kldneya are constantly present. A alight Injury,
sovero cold, or a shock of tbe body or mind, will
commonly provoke tout* disease ending fatally In
a beer drinker.
The citizens of Stroudsburg tried a boycott
experiment the other day.. An Klmlra nawtpapor
bad written up tbo town In a sensational vein and
tbo police prohibited Ita sal* In tha borough limits.
A news agent thereupon crowed tbo bridge and got
just Inside tbe East Stroudsburg lino, where bo
sold six hundred copies, against on* hundred told
In both towns on former occasions.
Tbo ablo Springfield Republican, comment
ing on tbe action of tbo Presbyterian assembly in
Augusta, says; “Tha aaremblywtu find that they
cannot clear the field by on* resolution considered
wltb tuoh show of temper; they will find Uut
Woodrow will prove a long row to boo."
Onf. would naturally Imagine this now country
was bolter wooded than the old and thtokly-aatllad
nations of Kurope. But, according ton forestry
authority, such la not tho facta in Europe, It Is
claimed, 28 per cent of the land remains In tim
ber, while only lfi’4 percent thus remain* In the
United States.
A nLurging yonng woman entered tho
S lerk's olllce up In I-attar county, Fa., the other
ay and asked if a certain young man had takon
out a license to marry a certain young woman.
She looked much relieved wbon tho clerk said
"no.” -Well, don't give him ono,” tbo said. "Pro
got th* lint claim on him.”
John W. Young, tbo oldest ion of Hrlghun
Young, who has been tb* principal agent of the
Mormon lobby. In Washington daring tbe present
sasslon of congress. Is aid to potass manyoftho
remarkable qualities of bit lather, Including hla
wcnderrnl energy and eelf-relianc*. HI* mother
was the Ont of Ih* avanteen wives.
Tnr. Now York Timet. In apeaklnc of tbe
A BAWD OF ASSASSINS.
Seeking to Gain Control ot all the Labor
Organizations.
Seattle, W. T., Juno tb—United state*
grand Jury found indictment* against ten
leaden of the recent antl-Cblnue riot*, In
thla city. Tbe Jnry’a report submitted yester
day, 1s an extraordinary document. It alleges
that evidence had bean laid baton the Jury
sufficient to con vino# them that there exists
throughout the country a treasonable organi
zation known as the “Red American Interna
tional Worklngmen’a Association-” This or
ganization la described at great length. Among
otherthlngstbereportaya: “Thlaassociation,
with all ita branches, to essentially anarohteat
in theory and practice. The main artiotos of
it* creed are arson, robbery and murder. Its
proclaimed purpose Is the overthrow of onr
government, and tho erection upon Its ruin*
of a so-called socialistic commonwealth. Tho
policy punned by this association Is to scours
control of all the lalmr organisations,! and
K rtlcnlarlr the Knights of Labor, to see to tt
at the officers of all labor organisations are
chosen from scientific aoclallsts; to employ
everr means to produce discontent among the
phople, and to stir up on all occasions ana at
all times a* much (trlfo and agitation as pos
sible. f More than a year ago the Pacific const
was selected aa the moat favorable ground on
which to start the movement far the subver
sion of tho government. Lat fall branchea
of thl. organization were established at
Beattie, Tacoma. Olympia and other point* on
Puget sound. Tiro agitation of the Chluoao
question waa to bo made at once tho pretext
and cover for treasonable operation and
scientific toclallats. The labor organization!
were, although unknown to tbo malu body,
members systematically worked to promote
treasonable objecteand purposes of tho scien
tific socialists. AH tbe disturbances and out
rages on Puget sound tho last six mouths
arising nominally from tbo agitation
of tbo Chinese question were really fomented,
Incited, gnlded and produced by thla loft-
mona association, whoso real aims and doatgns
have been studiously kept from the knowl
edge of the teal workingmens’ organisations.
The scientific socialists of tho Red American
International workingmens' association, are
shown, by unmistakable documentary evi
dence before us, to be secretly instructing their
deluded, ignorant and brutalized followers
In the meant of practically applying dynamite,
bow to asizs armories and military stores, bow
to prevent the departure ot troope from con
centrating points, and how to Imprison and
destroy men of property and lnfinenoe. To
accomplish this end, thla association Instruct*
ita numbs re to bo particularly active in labor
organizations. This red handed band ofasaa-
sins ha settled upon onr'portion of the union
as the first point of attack. Thay ay In thslr
secret drentan: “Tho Pacific coast
particularly by reason of Its peculiar position,
Ita natural wealth, Ita position is auch that a
fewdetermined men could isolate it from the
balance of the world for months, and tho agi
tation already started over Ita whole area, :is
peculiarly fitted to bo the first to leiul off in
active work when tbe time for that work shall
havocomo.”
THB KNIGHTS’ LAST DAY,
Adjournment of tho Genera! Convention at
Clavelnnd.
Cleveland, O., June 3.—The Knight* of
Labor convention la over. Tbe general as
sembly at five o’clock this evening, after ten
days session, adlourned slnedie.
At twelve o'clock tho convention took Ita
noon recesa, rcassombling at 1:30 p. m. The
first business takon up was the report oftno
committee on tho state of tbo order and with
bnt little diactuslon the following addros was
adopted:
u»ivnn w kii untoznnvi nonorsuio soil,
welcoming them to a most fHsudly alliance In the
common work. This organisation embrace*
within Ita fold! all branohas
and In their rig!)
secure such IMS
just accumul
lions, In their fives andJimBs
aa citizona. Wo seek, also, to
as shall tend to prevent un-
th, to restrict the
.—l ■ corporations, ant
— ___ wise and
legislation a* shall promote equity a....
looking forward to tho day wbon cooperation
shall supersede tho waio system, and tbs classes
that now divide man shall forever be *heilshsd.
Wo recognize Iho service rendered to humanity
aid the cause of labor by tbe Trades Union organi
sation*, bnt bellere the ttmo bss como, or la last
approaching, when all who aaru their bread by
tho sweat of tbeir brow shall
bo enrolled under ono genera! bod.
as we are now controlled by one oosimo ‘—
lawof.our necessities—end wo will glad)
ofour ranks,or to tbo protection of onr t
organization requesting admission, am
organizations as baiters thelrcraftamcn
protected unttor their
of govornoant. wa n
aa members or
co-opsralo with I
achieve success,
to obtain, and I
members ortho several '
received n communication from a cot
national oncers of some of the national
.«■ igajr iTS?*
bitt we believe that the Object sought a
In tho preamble to the eommuntoatlni
reread lo can best be accomplished by
of tt -
r’s health, says:
og him through
e of than hardly
... -fearrrtag
the summer, bnt th* most awtuine
hope for more thin this.’’
Mask Twain when aked recently If ho
would contribute to any magulna Utto year, said:
"No, no. No earn of money, however flattering,
could Induce me to swerve fromarcsolutlon I have
made to enjoy a solid eld fashioned loaf tnt* sum
mer."
Wall brXXXT News: A Cbieago woman
entered th* ofltea cf a loan agency the other day
andaald: "I want to tala 11,10) aa 13.000 worth
of furniture. What to your lowest rate of Interest?”
“on such loans w* generally ask ten par cant.”
-Very well. Bend your examiner* up to the home,
ttba speculation with me.” 'Going Into bust-
nees,ma’am?” "Ye*, air. I’m going to ukemy three
daughters to the,seashore, and eilher marry torn
off or drown ’em.”
The latest attempt to exterminate tbe rab
bits In Australia to to wickedly cruel that it to lo
be hoped It will fkll. Anumbcrof rabbit* aolfer-
tag bom rabbit scab are being Imported bom
Europe wltb tba expectation that Urn loathceomo
disease will spread among tb* Australian rabbits
and kill them oil. Profeoor Watson, of Adelaide
university, soma Urn* ago went to Europe and
bought two dozen diseased rabbits ter Ibis purpose,
bnt they died on tha voyage. HO has; however,
ordered afresh snppjy, which
arrive in Adelaide, when they
The New York state capital coat $17,500,000
according lo figure* Jtsst mad* public.
HE—"And are yon gore, Sarah, yon don’t
love me? I have been panistent, I know, but I
wanted your love. Don't you think yen II miss
me?" Khe— ’I don't know. I me ao much of yon
that 1 don’t know whether I’d arias yon or not.
Give me aCalr trial and stay away a month, won’t
your’ He (Utterly)- ’A mouth: Might a* well
call It a year P She-"Well, let's call It a year,
then.” *
First Duti hm*n—“Jake, vat yon going to
gif your ton for a blrtday Present ?" nooood fio-
• I fion'd know: It’s puny bard timet, I guess I
baf some buddons sewed on his clothes. 1 ' tlot
Do—"Yes, Cat's to 1 guest I baf my boy s hair
.’’—Jndge, T
Together pearl* from Ocean's vota
Divers go down In divan places;’'*'
But at poor months of streams and bdjt
No pearls do Aslan swimmers raise
Ilk* tboae in beauty's month that shlac
Jttdebj the EOZODONT divine.
! dice between u commilteo of this assoc
a commutes of any other organisation, IBBi
propositions contained therein am lacatuletent
with oar duly to onr members, w# thmfrOamto^a
fiction on raid propositions until i
lor Ibo committees can to 1
baste upon which wo Mol
can he reached uecew
tome plan by which i
l.c pr’S’Ctcf from un
I ended under lino,
of union men ,,r Ki
« ‘I' 1 '’” 1
rouble, a uniform *
■■I member* «f »Irak:* liiiTonl
may uoi oemo ja oonuicl because of adiiEereuce lu
wsscsorbonnoflabor. We etao believe thtt tho
system of exchanging working cards shouM be
lo a aincrent organization oonid work in harmony
together, a card of any member ol this ordered*
milting him to work in any union shop and a card
ofanyuntaii man admitting hlmto worklnany
wl fanSt’*' bellev# that npon
a demand for increase of wage* or shorter hours of
labor, nraile by either organization, couferenc**
•hould be held with the organised laborers em
ployed In tho catabl Isbmenl. When * demand for
incieai e of tun or* reduction of hours to con
ic Dip] sted, action upon * redaction of wages,
or ottai difficulty lo he agreed npon jo Uks man
ner, and thtt in aottltmaut of dlSeulttee between
employee ahd employ era, organisations raproeeoi
ed in Uw establishment shell bo parties to a
noting ti
-I With yi—
wfll movo lorwi
cfifcct and of Ini
and onward In harmony In
Internal, wear* yours# fraternally.
LEMON ELIXIR.
FROM NORTH OEOROIA.
_ Mrs. N. A. McEntire writes from Spring Plact:
Indigestion, sick headaches and nervous nro»ira*
Uon canted from MUpasneasand constipation. I
in Utter health than ft
tt baa been subject to ~ --—
r. looaldgwi notatag^roreHawjh^tite
Ale., writes* 1 have
o» dyxpeprta.
me more good
r ever took, so coats aod
jutota Prepared by B. Matey, M.
LlEUTENAXT-tiOVtinNon Ann, of Mtl
foe him c
talk ter him on I
-Nlp't la tha Bad!”
Sad to say, many a good thing attaint to
nothing more than ■ fair baginning. Oaths
other band, it it a matter for congratulation
that the growth of some evil things msy bo
also promptly frustrated, A large proportion
of the cases of tbs most wide-spread and fetal
of diseases—eoosamptioD,have their inception
in nasal catarrh. Dr. Bane's Catarrh Remedy
Ig pfrawnt, eootkInK and effectual. Try it. It
ha*cured tbcussr.d*. All druggists.
OUR OWN COLUMN.
Short Talks Wfth Our Readers
on Matters of Interest.
A Handsome Colored Poster*
Wnhavo a largo handsome poater, printed in
red and biuo, for every ouo of our agents, tt
it tho banner of The Constitution hud every
agent ongbt-to have one or two pnt np in tbo
poatoOco or neighborhood store. It helps
wonderfully. Have yon ono J If not, send at
onco and we will maU yon ono. If yon Insve
one and could use another one woB, send for
it. IVe want every agent to h*vo one of onr
illuminated poitere.
PleMo Renew Your eubecrlptlon botaa your
time (sent. This prevents jour missing g single
number. The printed slip on your pxper tells
when the timels6ut. Renew at lean one week
ahead, and bring anew subscriber with you.
Men Who Know*
This paper may beaentyon u a ample copy.
You may lib* ita looks, hat wunttoknow more
about it before you Uks It. That It right
Now, who are tho bat men to toll you about
It? Clearly, tboae who havo been reading It,
and who know wbat it la ovary week and
every year. Here la the nnaolioitod opinion of
half a dozen eubocribore, Road what thay ay,
and ifit convinces yon, tend ni yonr subscrip
tion.
K McCary. Steulou. Ala.-Wo are oil
delighted with Tbo Constitution. The children
ganasuffee
Gr*f3, they will confer a groat flavor by lettiogms
- S Vi^T-^^^ow«ypiy
asWffMi* 1
L. JohiiMfl-I first wroto for a copy of Tho Con-
ftUtutkm ai Trinity College, And urged tho getting
•ndroeetelhowtnuot bUcliusos, conditions and
Tnasnccem ofTniOoinrrmrrtoN Walarbnrynatoh
to amazing. By tho hundreds they have gone Into
•very Male. Why notf A good walcb, accurate
timekeeper, for KM Is a miracle.
But docs it lastf That to tiro question often asked
Here is u aiuwer from one who ba* tried It:
Xoitou CoonronoN: Two yean ago It
Atlanta, G*., formerly Pennington, (la.
Hew to plain testimony. For over two joar* tala
llttlo Weterbnry bunotetoppodamluutc. Not a
otnt baboon spent on repairing It, though In lbs
sane time Mr. Ball spout 123 getting hi* wife's gold
watch repaired. At thaeodoftwo jeampfr. Ball
ays: ”1 wouldn't take 120 for my Watukury If I
couldn’t rcplaco it."
(tar Waterbary to the bat Investment yon lean
make. Yen aught to hare one. Your wife ought
to have one. Tour non ought to havo ouo. Ouly
8.25 for Iho watch, chain; charm and TH* Con-
’vution quo year. Where can yon beat that? Or
.50 for tho watch and chain and charm alone,
rndht onco and got one.
Our *iaaun,
Tbotwolvo dollar double-barreled breech-
loading shot gun that wo pnt on onr premium
list a few weeks ago hu caught tha pnbllc, and
Memo to bo getting almost ns popular a* The
CottfrrmmoN. Wo havo sold score* of thorn,'
and tbo unlvenal verdict is that it is tbo boat
gun ever offered for tho money. Hero Is ono
of tbe many letters which each day's mail
brings. Rend what Mr, Rivera ays, and thou
decldo for yonnolf:
If. 8. Elvers, Falrburn. Ga.: This certliles that I
purchared ono of your 812 guns a tew weeks ago. I
hare used It bcsldo alto gnu, and find It equally as
good. It gives satisfaction In every respect.
Tho Gnn and Wixxlt Constitution ono year
113; Gun alcno 112,
How to Suva Thirty Dollars.
The sawing mtcblno monopolist* are howl
ing and rubbing their sore spot* because Tub
Constitution I* sellingfor-Jils with tbo paper
thrown In, a hotter machine than tbe Bioger
which Is sold for $45.
Last year wo sold about 8,000 Constitution
machines. Each machlno was sent ont with
this guarantee: "Take onr machlno, pnt it
alongside of any machlno that coat $15; work
them for ten days, H ours la not bettor, In
looks and work than the $15 machine, wo will
refund yonr money.” Under this guarantee
only ono of tho 2,000 machinoa waa returned
and wo hear that ouo camt back from a eswiag
mtcblno agent. Wo aro selling more now
than ever.
If you wanttoi*vat30, tray onr msihlno-
If you bavo $30 to throwaway, pay $15 ter one.
not ao good a ours. £eo wbat those who havo
tried our machlno ay abont It:
C, A. Babbitt, Marietta.—Noma lima ago my wife
unrchsM'il tin uugli you a sowing mtchJuc. New yon
ask oilier a written ox prcxrion ofher opinion of lira
them, and In regard lo tu appearance J can my-
MlMuyjUjaMtijiU'Coinparo favorably with any
Mrs. UaUteBhell, Turin. Oa-1 am well pleased
with my machine. II la tiro be»i|I have ever mad.
Two of my lady friend? havo examined It and
war* so wall pleased with Ihccaec and iMUuemof
Ita work Ibatlhoy are tsyl“S resell iho ones they
IM. T. Jacob, Learned, Hinds county, Mlta-Your
Ihlgh-arm machine that I ordered atewwoekibtck
was received lu due tlmo and Id ptaB
1 MapdJ laLfenlip!
u forty or fifty dollars foe
teller. I would advise all
s&ra. 1
wanting ajoodpapet and sewing machine tosub-
scribe for th* Constitution and order one ofyour
Bom Werrick, a Walker county fermcr, after
a prolonged spree, wa* attack#®1 with delirium
tremens. He attacked bit wife and cat her
threat from ear to ear with a razor, and then
beat bit ten-year old eon almost to death. Ho
wa* arretted and Jaited.
Cartel's Little Liver Pilla will bo frmnd an
excellent remedy for sick headache. That-
•ends of letters from people who have nod
them prove thl* fact. Aik yonr druggist for
them.