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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA, TUESDAY JULY 6 1886
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Houses
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad;
vlsers—General News.
Tho senate has confirm od the foliating
nominations: A. B. Keller, marshal for the
northern district of Alebeme; W. H. Denison,
United Beates attorney of the northern and
aaldfite districts .of Alabama; J. B. Harris,
United Stales attorney for the southern dis
trict of Hlssiislppl; Evan hong, chief tnatlce
of New Mexico.
Senate resumed consideration of the prod-
dent's veto of the bill to quiet titles of sottlcra
on DesUoinee lands, and Hr. Erarti proceeded
to signs In upportef the veto, replying to the
argument made by Mr. Allison yesterday, in
favor of the bill. After further arguments in
fhvor of the bill by Moors. Allison and Wilson
of Iowa, tho question was taken and the bill
waa named over the president's veto by tba
requisite two-thirds majority—yeas51, nays 15.
The vote In detail Is aa follows;
The House,
Washington, Jnno 28.—[Special.]—A pros
pect of a personal difficulty agitated the house
today for a few minutes. Mr. Cobb, of Indl
ana, chairman of the committco on public
lands; retd tome reports from the land office,'
which reflected rather severely on Mr. Laird
of Nebraska, In connection with oertalnland
bands. Mr. Laird, roea white,with rage, and
in the moat excited manner 'denounced the
statement as abeolutel;
Mr. Cobb calmly repl
ing of the fketa except what tho records of the
land office (bowed.
While Mr. Cobb was speaking, Mr. Laird,
who had come over on tho democratic side
and taken a seat within a few feet of the tall
IndIonian, leaped to hie feet and exclaimed;
“Don’t you threaten me, sir.’’
Mr. Cobb said, “Be cental, sir, hosr yon
speakto me.”
Then both gentlemen Indulged In excited
warnings to eaoh other to “be careful, etr.’’
A doren members of both eidee gathered
aiennd the excited disputants and at oue time
si collision seemed Inevitable, but peace waa
finally restored, and after glaring as each other
ta a few moments the excited eongreesmon
relapsed into their normal serenity.
Colonel Hammond today introduced a bill to
S nalon James Bceland, of Henry county, who
ught In the Creek war.
Mr.Hqiburn, of Iowa, criticised the Items
appropriating an aggregate of about $29,0 '
for new fhrnlturc for the executive mansi.
for the care of green houees at the whi
house and for general locldental expens a.
What, ho aaked, could the pr, t-
cut head of administration, wedded
as ho was to Jeffersonian simplicity,
want with $20,000 for furniture and flowers?
The president would not tolerate inch a uso-
leaa expenditure. It waa known that when he
nerved himself to the thankless duty of veto
ing pension bills of sixty destitute soldiers or
wiaowshe waa constrained by hla official oath
—constrained by his official duty and forced
by Jtffenonian simplicity, yet those pension
tails aggregated less than $7 000—one-fourth
of tho sum which this committee was try log
to feroo upon him to expend for furniture and
flowers.
Mr. Bandall remarked that the bill appro
priated $16,000 for repairs and furniture for
the executive mahalon, whUo'ln 1885, $20,000
and in 1864, $25,000 had been appropriated for
a like purpose, so that tho committee was In
the lino or Jeffersonian elmplicity. N<
perhaps it would do bettor. Tho CM
should remember that there was a very ablo
housekeeper at tho white houso now. • [Laugh
ter and applanse.l
Washington, June 28.—ItUhe house, under
the call of states, the following bills, etc., were
istrodnood and referred:
By Mr. Gallinger, of Now Hampshire—A
resolution citing that it is a matter of current
newspaper rumor that officer! of democratic
campaign committee, through a person not an
employe of the government, are engaged In
collecting oontribnUons from democratic con
gressmen and others In the employ of tho gov
ernment, and directing the committeo on civil
aerrico reform to investigate the fasts, with a
view of aioertainlng whether section 11, of
tho civil seivloe law, has been violated.
By Mr. King, of Louisiana, tho fbllowlog
preamble and reaolntloa: , -
' Whereas the French government gave its assur
ance to the government of the United iStatei .that
the project ef If. dilemma was a private enter
prise for which the French government was In no
^WhmaetlieMBXtraordtntrr expenditures of th*
Panama Canal company ham censed It to jppeal
wherest, it la reported that tbo French Igovern-
mm has recently recommended to tbo chamber of
deputies to grant the ntoetsary authorization; .
Whereas, Each authorization will identify the
’^Mra^SSTSS'vt.wwuh
neat eolicbnde and disfavor this contemplated ac-
Bon of the French govenimaai or any other meas
ure calculated to identify 11 with tho Panama
canal, as such action Is opposed to the policy ortho
Ameitoan people, expressed by the chief execu
tive of thiTlnlted guusat ttoinocpUonoftbta
canal and which policy ta now moat emphatically
repeated and reiterated by the United States.
— -—* — ‘nee and
_ I relief of
■offerers Korn the recent violent, unprece
dented and desolating storms in certain dis
tricts of northern Louisiana
Washington, Juno 30.-In the house, Mr.
Boyle, of Pennsylvania, from tbo Pan -Electric
committeo, submitted a report signed by four
members of the committee upon tht subject of
its Investigation. It is accompanied by the
following resolution:
Resolved, That a full, fair and exhaustive love*-
“—’ton hoi filled to adduce enyevidenco which
■ to show that AUonsey-Gensrel aarlond. So
BBtotto Uon-Eiectrfc' patUcallohaof the
sssrsss eks&js
icd wills tbo matter inreatlgaled which was dta-
hor.ist, dishonorable, or censurable.
I Washington, July 1—Tho epesker laid bo-
■re the bouse a message ftom the iM
Doancing that that body hod passed, over the
president's veto, the bill to qutetth* title of
settlers on the Detmotoee rirer lands. The
president's message having been road, Mr.
Fa jeon, of IDInoie, presented reeeone why
the MU should to pasted over tho president's
veto, which to sali tints tori on a total mto-
apptehenaion of tha facteof the case and of tho
ends sought to to accomplished by the mess-
BI Mr. Ostcs said that he had voted for tho
bUl and that hla lympaUsteo were atill with bo
na Ida settlers. But he desired to aoetho presi
dent treated fairly and bo thought that the
menage should to referred to a committee
for tho purpose of enabling lnvasUgatlon to
to made or Use grounds upon which tha veto
was baaed. Al the veto wai baaed upon legal
ground* he moved lo refer the MU and mes
sage to the committee on Judiciary.
The motion to retar loss—yeas 103, nays HO,
and the speaker announced that the question
recurred on tha passage of the MIL notwlth-
riandiug tho objections of tbo president
Tho house resolved this question in tha neg
ative—yeas 101, nays 91—not a conititutloml
two-thirds vote la tbo affirmative.
Tba tallowing democrats voted la tha affirm-
WdSKSSSSSteT*"’ **
The republicans voting in the negative worm
and lawyer*’ j0bn ‘ 0a ' Ketc htm, MUltnl, Banner,
The boon went Into committee of tho whole
on the sundry civil appropriation MU.
Mr. Btndsfi acting under instrnctlon from
tho committee on appropriations offered an
amendment appropriating $17,000 to
mett the expenses of the inauguration
World* "**“* °* LU, “* ,r Knll « ht «” Ul *
Mr. Hewitt, of Now York, offered a substi
tute appropriating $100,100 tor that pur-
pcie.
Mr. Bland raised a point of ordor against
both prepositions.
Hr. Hewitt argued again it the point, and
coming down to the merits of tho proposition
he sold that the time had oomo when tho un>
paralleled evidence of sympathy and good will
of a sister republic waa to to inaugurated by
the president of the United States in presence
of the donors, and tha dvUlrcd globe which
would look on monnment ts'ono of tho grand
est achievements of art, and aa a proof that
tin people retained for each other a feeling
of regard and sympathy higher than all mer
cenary considerations of trade and commerce.
It was a tribute from tha heart of the French
people to tho heart of tho American poo-
pie.
Ur. Belmont seconded Mr. Hewitt’s amend
ment.
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, spoke against the
point of order and in favor of appropriating a
Bull ablo enm to inaugurate the asatoo In a
proper manner. Should this government go
In s niggarly way and, taking off Ite hat to tho
French people, say: “Wo arc much obliged;"
or, should it, in a dignified manner.nuko over
memorable tho day on which the Inaugura
tion occurred ? It woe tho dnty of the govern
ment to do tho latter.
The point of order woe overruled.
FloaUy Mr. Hewltt’e substitute, slightly
modified, was agreed to—110-40.
It appropriates $103,600 for the installation
of the statue of Liberty Enlightening tho
World on Bedloe’a island. In the harbor
of New York, to to expended under
direction of tho president for the objects speci
fied in the estimates, submitted by the en
gineer of the American committee in charge of
the work, so tar as the preaidont eball deem
said expenditures, or any part of thorn, to to
necetsasy and proper.
The committeo then roes and reported tha
bill to the tonic.
Tho amendments were “greed to In bulk,
except those relating to the Issue of (mill
greenbacks and small silver certificates, which
were agreed to without division, and the Bar
tholdi statue amendment, which wu rejected
—yeas 103. nays 106,
The bill wo* then pissed, and the home, at
5:45, adjourned.
Washhioton, July 2.—In the home Mr.
Parson, oflllinoie, from the committee on
public lands, reported back tho bill forfeiting
lands granted to certain southern states to aid
In the construction of railroads with the sen-
ate. amendment, oxoeptlog tho Gulf and Ship
Island railroad ftom tho terms of forfeiture.
Mr. I’ayson said the committee recommen
ded concurrence in tbo amendment. Ho was
In favor of tho forfoltnro of the Golf and Ship
Island lands, but tha waste had taken a stand
against this forfeiture, and ho feared that if
the amendment waa not concurred In, the
whole hill, which involved eoveu million acres
of land, might fail. Tho bill, as amended,
would forfeit tho landa of six railroads, and ho
thought slx-teventha of a loaf better than no
bread.
Tbo amendment finally agreed to—134
to 27.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment making an appropriation for tho pay-
ment of claims of the Faeiflemail steamship
company tar tho transportation of troops to
Panama in Jane, 1886. He maintained that
it was the dnty of congress to pay this claim,
which hsd accrued by reason of the order of
President Cleveland under tha statute eonding
troops to Panama to protect tho property of
American cltlsens. Not to prorldo the appro
priation would to to cast censure upon tho
president.
The amendment wai agreed to—76 to 42,
Most of the members of the ways and means
committee an still vary reticent aa to their
intentions concerning tho tariff MU of Mr.
Bandall. Mr. Morrison has toon free In his
comments on the measure. He never tires of
calling it tha mongrel MU because it reduces
both customs and internal revenue. Mr,
Hewitt expresses a willingness to hare this
MU rather than no revision of tha tariff, but
wants his MU for reform in the oollection
of any measure
that may pass tho house on ihla
subject. It il lafo to say that asaoon as the
appropriation bills are finished, congress will
not wait to discuss anybody's tariff oUL Mr.
Bandall's Mil will probably to reported ad
versely by tho ways ana means committeo
before the end of tho present aonlon, and
that will to tho last of thotariffbaunas until
next winter. .
Karel Appropriation BUI.
Washington, July 3.—The naval appro
priation bill reported by the tenets committeo this
morning appropriates lUSSl.SH, being a net re
duction w compared with the houso MU ot
tro.tca In round numbers this amount ta
tl ,4(0,000 Urn than ths appropriations ot tastysar
(not Including tho appropriations for tho new
cinders), and ta 13.164,000 tarn than the estimates.
The tenata committee hoe added Itema appropetat.
Ins IIlS.ttl for the completion of the Chicago.
~»ton and Atlanta, and 191,137 tor ordnaooa out-
is for these vends.
Following are principal Items of redaction: Hie-
crltanecoi pay, MS,SCO; ordnance supplies, 116,700:
equlimentana recruiting, 17.600; yams and docks,
twin); provisions and clothing, cat,000; construc
tion and repairs, {'Al,OX; steam engineering. 017,-
000. The provision or 100,000 fir a
new navel observatory, end 111,300 tot a
naval asylum at Philadelphia, are etruok out.
mated roet of hawwtmden veeeels of the same else, I
and similar provision ta attached to the appropria
tion forthe repair of the taritmtotatotaNMMi
modern vctrcla.
te boilers and machinery of
Tho Fan-Blaetsio Committee.
WaamxGTOx, June 29.—Throe documents
In the nature of reports will to presented to
the house by the Pan-Electric telephone com
mittee, hot as neither wlU to elgned by a ma
jority of tho committee, tachnlcaUy speaking,
than will to no report before tho house for
action. The report drawn up by tha chair
man will to signed by himself and Messrs
Oates, Eden and Hall—all democrats. Mr.
Harney hta secured tho ilgueturei of Matin.
Millard, II an back and Moffett—all republi
cans—to bis report, while Mr. Halo, demo
crat, has presented hie views In an Individual
report. Chairmen Boyles's report wUl not to
made public before Thursday.
Georgia Appropriations.
Washington, July 3.—[Special]—Senator
Brown teday succeeded In getting the eenate
to increase tbo appropriation tar tho Savannah
harbor to two hundred thousand dollars, she
houso placed tha appropriation at one hundred
and seventy-fire thousand dollars. Sons tor
Brown Induced the senate committee to in
crease this by fifty thousand, and today, after
makings strong showing for Savannah, and
&5S3& SnS. w h»tCSSS3:
which ta the engineer's eetlmala. Theamonnt
ta especially needed now became the tel tore of
the Uat rim end harbor MU left the work at
Bevanaah in inch a condition that further ene-
pension of the work on tha engines'! plena
would prove dlmslroue.
Tba secretory of war his written a letter
stating that twenty-two ttonwnd dollars is
actnally necessary to pay for the work done at
Bemney nurtb, under tha direction of tho de
partment, hot tho eenate committee has not
lncrtteed tho fourteen thoeaand dollar item
fixed by the home for this purpose.
J, M. DOB
WUl moll •ample* of an cleaned Dry Goods, and
lit muter on sU orders above;nano. Ton
wUlteve money and get better variety toeelsct
jrom by writing us shoot what joawnn* «=* I*
ting our samples. The largest node hr Atlanta snd
Brown will instaln the secretary of war and
endeavor to get tho additional eight thousand.
Tho appropriation for Cnmtorlaod sound
has been cut By tbo senate from one handled
end fifty thousand to one hundred thousand
dollars. The redaction of the appropriations
for the FUnt and Chattahoochee rivers from
twenty thousand each to ten thousand each,
waa made in tho senate in acoordnnee with the
recommendation of Lieutenant Hoxie, of the
engineer corps, whose estimates were unpre
cedentedly low. It has been tha custom hith
erto for cooma to give half of the engineer a
estimate. Mr. Hoxlo has pnt hts figure* at
tbo amount actually needed at once to protect
the work already under way and by catting
this estimate in half, according te tho regular
role, the work on tho FUnt, Chattahoochee
end other riven dependent on Mr. Hoxlt’*
estimate, is seriously lmperrilled.
Washington Gossip.
Washington, Juno 28.—From computations
made at tho treasury department on last year’s
receipts, It Is estimated that the BandaU tariff
hill, Introduced today hi the house, wUl effect
a reduction In government revenue of $11,
977,665, Including $7,014,432 on account of re
auctions of tariff on dutiable articles, $1,526.
124 on account of additions to tha ftee ltat,and
$26,407,088 on account of removal of ioternal
revenue tax on tobacco, etc. Tho principal
Items of reduction are aa follows:
In the free list on sawed boards $963,768; on
clapboards (391J53. In dutiable articles, steel
railing ban from $112,955 to $86,400; tin plates
from $5,060,500 to $1,000,000; Iron and steel
rivets and wire rods lighter than No. 5, from
(644,915 to $250,000; ootton ties from $152,744
to $62,600; pig load from $29,158 to $21,869; rico
flour ftom $134,418 to $75,000; lemons
In boxes ftom $561,006 to $108 231, castor
beans ftom $131,252 to $105,009; clothing
(cotton) reedy made from $435,423, to $200,-
605; toga and baggiog from $160,515. to $KW,
200, jute ftom $167,105, to $200,000; wools
(clast 3) from $1,412,272, to $1,100,000; worsted
cloths from $1,067,340 to $400,000; ready mads
clothing (woolen) from $1,220,609, to (600,000,
marble (ronah) from $244,127, to $127,700; sai l
from $421,632, to $351,270.
•Washisgton. Jnno 28.—The tallowing dis
patch waa received ,by Senator Butler on the
26th Inst:
New Took. June 55.-1 thank yon heartily, as I
do all who have aided in my vtadtoatlon. Sly
thanks are especially doe to the southern senators
snd members of the house, whose sense of Juattos
Impelled them to eld one who once did all he
could to Injure a canto they deemed right.
Ftrtionn Porraa.
Washington. June 29.—Wm. E. Smith, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, hat tendered
hie resignation to the president to take offset
Joly lint next, in ordor to aceept tha position
of solicitor for the St. Psol, Minncaoolls and
Manitoba railroad company with headquarter*
at St. FanL Minn. The president has eelocted
as his successor Hon. Hugh 8. Thompson,
governor of South Csrollna, and eriU sand Me
nomination to the senate tomorrow. Mr.
Thompson la said to to a man of ability and
to to In entire aooord with the president's
poUey on aU publlo questions. Ho has toon
prominently Identified with the educational
interests or his state and la now serving out
his second term as Its goromor. Ha hss re
signed that office and expects to to ablo to
aeanma the dotieo of hie new office aa aoon aa
he Shall hare bean confirmed.
Washington. Joly 1.—Tho president hat
signed tho Fits John Porter hill.
The president today use nominated John
G. Shields, of Michigan, chief jostles of the
raprrme court of Arisons. Postmasters—S.
Mortimer Ward. Georgetown, 8. 0., U. M,
Sapp, Thomisvllle, Go.
Washington, July 2.—[8peclal.]-Congreas
Is working with beautiful energy toward an
early adjournment. It ie the almoetnnlvereal
opinion that two weeka more will finish the
sen loo. The house passed the enndry civil
bill today, and began tho deficiency bill with
llr. Hammond In tho chair,
Mr. Hammond succeeded in Inserting In the
sundry civil bill a clause appropriating fifteen
thoumnd dollars for tba purchase of ninety-
six acres additional land for tho Atlanta bar
racks.
Washington, Jnna 30.—fSpeclsLj—The
democratic congressional committee has taken
dining the honor. Congressman Tom Eobert-
•on,of Ken tacky,Is secretary with ex-Oongrese-
man FhU Thompson, of Kentucky, ashlssmte-
taut. Several clarka are at work on the prep
aration of campaign circulars and statistic!.
Everything stoat tha rooms has a business
look. The committee from chairman down la
comnoted of active, intelligent men whowUl
devote their timo daring toe coming vacation
ofoongresatotha management of tbo demo
cratic campaign. Letters are already being
received ftom every doubtful district convoy
ing Information as to tho condition and pros
pects of the party. Early in the present
session great apprehension was fait by the
democrats in congress concerning the
faU elections. Not a taw of them wore ready
to oonoedo tha next house to tbo republicans
and nearly all of thorn oonTeased that the re
sult wu involved In grave doabl Eecently
tbo democratic outlook hu brightened very
muob. A totter fooling prevails among tho
rcpieuntetlvu of tho party In congress. They
are more tolerant of each others’ differences
on matters of party poUoy, and display a dis
position to co-operato heartily la too coming
campaign.
It ta often raid that the loss of an Interme
diate dectlon may put a party la totter shape
for tho great quadrennial straggle forthe
presidency. If this to tree under any circum
stances, it can hardly to tiua in such a state
of aflklre as the democratic party bu at present.
The administration la already hampered by
a senate within obstinate republican majority.
To take away from It the support of the nouto
would necessarily canto serious embarrassment
to tho executive department.
It appears on a fair consideration of tho
situation that the noxt hooto can bo lost to
tho democrats only by
WOITULLY BAD MANAOEHgXT
In tho Impending campaign. Tho democratic
capacity tar blundering ta admitted to to great,
hot the loee of tbo next hotun would rank
among ta most remarkable achievements. In
the present home the democrats bare a ma
jority of forty-five. They most eoffor a net
Iota of twenty-three seats to f*U Into a
minority In the next house. It ta
difficult to figore ont each
a remit, of course supposing that tha demo
crats are going to ooodaetaa active and Judi
cious campaign.
Eight steua are now represented In the
house by solid democratic delegations. They
are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware; Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Teas*.
The only chance of loes in any of there la In one
of tha Now Orleans districts which wu repre
sented during the first four months Of this ses
sion by Michsel Hahn, n republican, deceased.
The republicans have solid delegations ftom
ten states, u follows;
Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Oregon, Minnesota, Shod#
Island and Vermont, though their total vote
ta only 28 against a total of 50 la tbo eight
solid democratic states. Tho dsmowata have
a good chance of carrying Nevada at the next
election, u Senator Fair’s term will expire
next March, and ha WlU famish some of the
•Inews of wu."
Mlisonri hsd a solid democratic delegation
In tho last hours, bat two repohllesns now
hold teats from that state. One, and possibly
both of then will to defeated next fell. In
Virginia the republicsni are In dan
ger of losing one of tbo two dis
tricts they now hold. The retirement
of Mr. Gaff, of West Virginia may torn over to
tto democrats tho district ho reprewnts u be
ta stronger than hie party there. It ta thought
that os* of the three repnbll-an districts io
Tennessee mey to eaptorod by the democrats
with energetic effort. Kentucky dem ierati
hope to eaptare Mr. Wadsworth's district next
fall. Thereto only oae democrat from fill-
fornla now, a state which bad six democrats to
tto loit houso. A gain of one or two in that
state la thought very nrobiMe. la Connsetl-
cat tbo dflegotina will probably remain two
and two. The Maryland democrats era hope
ful of defeating Mr. MoComaa, tba looo re-
~Hm that state. There are only two
from Massachusetts and there WlU to
at least two in tho next bouse. Tha three
democratic districts in New Jersey are tsfo.
Tho ontlook In Wisconsin item* to giarouwe
the return of two democrats, tho number In
the present house, with a good chance for one
mote.
But there are states in which the democrats
are rare to lose. The repubUcsn gerrymander
In Ohio will reduce the number of democratic
congressmen from that stats ftom eleven to
fivo. Ouo ortho eight Pennsylvania demo
cratic districts may tolort, hut not more. In
New York it is admitted that great uncer
tainty exists. The delegation now standi
seventeen republicans to seventeen democrats.
The loss of two democrats Id
that state ta feared. One or two of tho Michi
gan districts may also slln ftom democratic
control. There ta little ctiamoe of losing any
one of tho four wo now have In Iowa, bat II
wUl take close watching to hold them. Illinois
hu a delegation of twenty equally divided
between the two parties. Tha republicans
may gain one there, though Illinois democrats
resent the suggestion that they do not mtan te
hold their own. A tod state of things exists
In Indiana. Tho democrats now bavo ton of
the thirteen numbers from that state. They
could hold at least nine of thou die-
tricts if they bad any sonso, bat
it appears that they have not. In three dem
ocratic districts the party la apUt Into two
factions, each with a candidate in tbs Said,
who swears he wlU fight it out, A lou of three
democratic congreeamen will to tto probable
remit of this foollehoesc. Sappose wo figore
up
THX NEXT HOUSE
according to the mast hopeful view that any
republican who Is not determined
te "claim tho urth” can en
tertain. It wonld to about os
foUows:
Deniocnti—Alabama, % Arkanau, 5; Cal-
fornla, 1; Connecticut, 2; Delaware. 1; Florida,
2; IUinois, 0; Indiana, 7; loirs, 3; Georgl-s, 10;
Kentucky, 9; Louisiana. 5; Mary
land, 5; Massachusetts, 2; Michigan, 5; Mimics-
Ippi, 10; Mlsoourl, 12; Now Jersey. 3; Now
York, 15: Ohio, 6; Pennsylvania, 7; South Car
olina, 6: Tennessee, 8; Texas 11; Virginia, 8;
West Virginia, 3; Wisconsin, 2. Hero we have
165 democrats, or a majority of five after ad
mitting ovary reason ablo republican claim and
without according to tbo democrats a single
gain In a aingle state. This Is about as boa a
•bowing u can to mado for the domocrats,aud
about as hopeful a allowing u can be clalmsd
for the republicans. The figures given seem
to prove conclusively that the nut house will
to democratic unlcu there la stupidity and
negUgence to an almost unparalleled degree in
the party mfinij^nniBt,
Secretary Manning, accompanied by his wlfo
and daughter, hta private secretary, sir. Bran
non, and Mr. Miller, commissioner Internal
rovenno, arrived in this olty on the late train
last night from Hot Springs, Va. The secre
tary itood tho long carriage drive of twenty
mBcs over thomoontalna and the anbaaqnont
railroad trlpwlthontfoUgueor inconvenience.
Tho train bearing tha secretary and hla party
waa hoarded near Culpepper by United States
Trcssurer Jordon, who hrongbt with him the
latest department noire, and a basket of choice
flowers for tho secretary, Tho train waa about
on hour behind tima in arriving hare. Tho
president, tbo post-master gensral and Mrs.
Vitas, Assistant-Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild,
Private Secretary Lamont and a number of
officials of the treasury department ware
awaiting Its arrival, and as it samo to a stand
still, boarded tho secretary’s special car.
Qnlte a reception followed, the secretary (bak
ing hands with and receiving congratulations
of visitors for about ten minutes, after which
ha retired with the president to ono of tho
•taterooms, whore the two had a long talk.
When the preoldent left the car It waa at
tached to tho Now York train. Treasurer
Jordon acconroaulod tho aocretary to Now
York, where Mr. Manning and hta famUy will
remain for two or three days before going to
the secretary’s home at Albany. Tho presi
dent's valot carried to tho train a magnificent
basket of flowers for the secretary. Mr. Man
ning seems to have almost entirely recovered
ftom hta recent severe Illness, and last night
appeared in excellent spirits.
THE MAJOR.
AH IRISH PATRIARCH.
James Collins, Axed tit,
Flpo end Drinks Hie AJs.
Lawnsnce, - Maas, July 2.—A man 112
yean old ta a personage In this city whom It Is
interesting to vista. Hlsnamols James Col
lins, and ho Uvea at 14 Borden atreob In Booth
Lawrence, with Florence K. McCarthy, hta
daughter’s husband. A newspaper cor
respondent won* le aoa him today,-and, al
though somewhat feeble, this venerable man
•hook hands sad welcomed him warmly. As
tho old man la unable te oonverse, except In
the Irish language, hta daughter and others
present famished tho following particulars
concerning his life t
Mr. Collins was bom In Kllmscsvla, County
five brothers and ono sister, tho latter Uvlog
to to 88 years of age, and tho oldest brother,
Thomas, died whenTH. Previous to 1807 Mr.
Oolites worked on a farm In hta native place,
and for several years was engaged In trading
In produce and cattlo, but on account of hu
•dtanetd ago and tho determination of hta
ronrlvlog children to emigrate to America ha
decided to aooompany them. Although ho was
an of ago at th* Urns ho landed, ha cams
wrenoo and wu employed In laboring
work untu about 1876, when, at tho request of
hta relatives, ha gave op active laborious work,
jet assisting in gardening and performing
* ‘ relatives and neighbors until
and bu been a constant smoker during tho
part forty years, and occasionally indulges In
a glass of ale, which, ho claims, U beneficial to
his health, and every Banday morning shaves
himself without using a mirror. Ho hu had
nine children, five of whom are now Bring, to-
aides several grandchildren and on* great
K indcbUd, the latter being 13 years old.
troisindlspntahlosvtdsnoothat hta ago It
that which ta stated by his relatives, It totag
‘ " ‘ ‘ hta native
MU P wu known
to have bun present at the wedding of the
grandparents of ai-CoueUmio John Duly,
which occurred ninety years ago, wbUo other
old perrons Uvlog in this dty remember him
as a business man when they were but chil
dren. .
The Flag of tho “Southern nlfies."
From the Telbotton, Oe, Bra.
Captain J. J. Bull hu reoalvodfromTalta-
data, Ala., tha beautiful flag of tha Southern
Blfies, Jut completed. It ta certainly a bus
ty and greatly admired by all who see It.
It ta made of royal porplaand bine silk,
mounted on a magnificent staff. On ona aids
appears the insignia, ‘‘Southsrq Bides," or
ganised, July 4th. 1859." These words sur
round a targe bust petotlng of Captain B. Cur
ley, tho first captain of tbo company. It la
from a photograph taken when Captain Cur
ley first entered military Ufa and Isa fine pict
ure. On tbs reverse tide of bins silk, an first
the names of the captains of tha company, “B.
Corley, J. P. Strickland, J. H. Woekee, W, E.
Ragland and J, J. Ball.” In tho contra tha
Insignia, “Co, A., 4th Beg. Go, Volunteers,
Army of Northern Virginia, 0.8. A, Appomat
tox, April 0th. 1806." On each side of this
centre Inscription, are ranged the namee of all
the battles In which the gallant old company
took a brave putt during tbo dasperate civil
war from ’61 to ’04, In the following order:
"Seven Fitter, Malvern Hill, Sharps burg Win
chester. Pish era" Hill, Kings’ School House,
South Mountsln, Fredericksburg, Coder Ban,
Manures, Spotsylvania, Gettysburg, Chicks-
hCBlnloana Farmers rilta."
Thosemuoftho captains InelndaaU who
were commissioned u such. Tho first throe
served ta tto war. Captain W. E. Bagtand
oined the company In I860, and It ta dno to
, oined tho company in ibou, ana »is a ire to
hta efforts entirely that tho company wun-
a Telbotton young lady, who now holds tho
position afirashu *“tha Southmru F»- 1 wfr , decidedly mixed, i >sld to mjrell
Do yon know my friend, tho Major ? He 1s
a rare bird. Bo la an optimist on principle, ends
Usr becaotehe can’t help It. TO know tho Major
Is a litoral eduoatlon, at lent so far as the lino art
of prevarication Is oouoorued.
The Major first attracted my attention during tto
war. lie wu exempted ftom tho setrioe on ac
conntof some Might disability, bat as soon u hos
tilities opened to announced bis Intention of
Joining the army. He mads noseorctof his deter
mination oven to strangers. Wherever ho saw a
croud of able bodied young men he would Intro-
dues lilmteU, congratulate them upon their mani
fest ability to »rre their country In the field, and
wind up with the statement that, although a crip
pis himself, he did not propose to to cheated out
or hit share of the glory, and wu than making
hta arrangements to go to the front.
The street of this kind or talk msy to Imagined.
In Iboco days everybody wu patriotic or nothing.
Meny a timid man wu mads so ashamed of himself
by the Major's devotion to the confederacy that ht
precipitately volunteered and marched off with a
nurket on hit shoulder. All through slxty-one and
rixty-two this gallant patriot gave hlunlfup to
hta work. Finally It began to dawn upon us that
he wu taring • good deal of tluq and missing all
tbo fiihtteg right straight along. Bomcthtog of
the sort wu hinted to him, but he promptly si-
lencsdaU criticism. He bid been delayed by*(t
many things, he raid. First, ho hod Intended
to Join Colonel lllank • regiment, tot the colooel
wu killed, and that caused him to change hta
plans. He had fouud it difficult to decide betwoen
Us infantry, cavalry aid artillery branohsi of tbs
reivlcc. ns had also thought of tto nary, and at
that Tiryttmowu watting to hear from a certain
admiral, who wu an old trieod.
Alter hearing them voluble explanation!, men
would wink algnldoantly at each other, but they
ktpt theta suspicions to themselves. It wu useless
to make war on the Major. He wu baud te glove
with the authorttlu, and tbs women wars all ou
btatlde. The lacrtloe which he proposed te mtko
in going Into tto army te spite of hta exemption
stirred the feminine heart, audio much wu uld
about It that scores of men leu fit for duty than
the Major found themselves unable te stead the
pressure. They rushed off to tho army, but tbo
MsJcrsUU fingered at homo. *
Dating the selgo of Atlanta my old friend mads
himself, ycry useful, and I think hur
tied tp matters not a Bute. Ite
attached hlmeetr to a flag of truoe
potty one day, and, altbocgh preseat as a cltl-
ten, ha won an oOoar'sooat. lie strollsd about,
got left by hta party>nd was ploksd up by tho fed
erate u a spy. He was so defiant, so volubto and
•o bright that ha was carried before General fiber-
man. In tba presence of this terrible oommaudor
the Major did not state one Jot of hie natural dig
nity. Ite explained hta posUtoo satisfactorily,
and te response te tho questions put to him said
that Alltanta wu defended by sixty thousand
; that General Hood hod 300 big
intis, unlimited ammunition and all tho
•uppllta ho needed. Tho gailrison, he said, would
be reinforced by 40,000 militia from Uni south At*
Untie states Inside often days. To make him slop
htacTsriuUitg Jsw, Sherman ordered him to bo
srcorUd lo the confederate Boss.
As soon or the Major got hack lo tee olty, ho wai
Interviewed by everybody ftom Oereral Hood
down to the newsboys. To aU there searchers
after truth the Major wugraolona and commual-
ccllve. He said that Sherman's taros, at a moder
ate estimate, amounted to 110,000 msn, and 50,000
mors were on tho way. He had soanSW heavy
stage rma plaotd te position aad had teamed that
It wu tbs programme te open fin on tho city with
all ofthem In- lorty slght hours. Us hod alio
a bran band with Instruments
costing 140,000. This band had Just arrived from
Wsshlnglon and had been rent tar to femtah tba
music when Sherman mads hta grand entry Into
the city.
looking took to thoso days, I can easily are that
the Major's ftarfolyero*, must have driven both
Sherman and Hood nearly cruy. Doth generals
mads some very occentrio movements soon altar-
wards, aad my old frlsad wu doubtless responsi
ble tar th* whole business.
After losing sight of this amiable personage Tor
nearly a score of years, I found him sometime ago
comfortably established te a small Iowa, not a
hundred mllos from hors. Time hsd dealt gently
with him. Ho wu rotund sod rosy, and bis fees
won a perpetual smite. I seoepted an
InvtlaUon to ' ride with Mm Into
tto country, and on our trip
I learned still mors stout the man. We pasted
a farm nearly all Mltalde, hut with a narrow strip
of bottom land. Tto coca on tto htllstd* wu
stunted sad worth tarn, but In tho bottom It wu
vtry fins. Slopping suddenly te tea road, the
Major halted tto termer, a blue, hopstau looking
man.
“Say, Jones,” ho shouted, "that's mighty fi«a
eon in tto bottom."
"Yes, It's tolerable,” wu lbs desponding reply.
"Tolerable ain't no name for U," said my com
panion. “There ain't no Oner corn In tto country.
I always did toll thou town tallows that what you
didn't know abont terming wasn’t worth know-
teg. 1 ’
Tho gloomy Jones smiled sylte evident pleasure.
"It's my opinion,'' conltensd tho Major thought
fully, "test you wilt soon have tho best paying
term of Ite sire In tho country. Just keep up tes
lick, yon know.”
And with • chatty smile and a wave of tee hand
he drort off.
Turn to | to no ,bo Mid:
"Now, I talk that way ou principle. Why ecu
loose's attention te hta blltalds corn? Poor fellow,
to looks al that too much anyhow. J mado Mm
teak on ten bright rids of things, and whooped
Mm op. That's tto way to do It."
Throughout our rids this rosy, smiling old man
atopyed every man, woman and child, and gave
teem Jiut such a racket os ho had glran Jones,
raltteg hta talk to the varying circumstances ot
•aehcas*.
On our return lo town I could not help noticing
that tto Major’s encouraging words hsd already
produced an effect Al many of the farm houses
tes woman folks had tosn told by teslr husbands
of what had occurred. They looked upon us
•nfilteg ftom teals doorways, sad at sonral ptaeu
little children were sent to waylay ns with fruit
and buckets of cold opting water. Even al tee
cottage of lbs despondent Jones wo uw that
gloomy Individual laughing te high gtao aad
chucking bis wife radar tes ohln.
"Jones will coma out all right,” said tto Major
with a grin, ‘ If not this year, then soma other
year."
Naturally I asked tes Major how to wu (suing
’ was tto ensirarfT’re mado about
ome hcic, and I’ll clear 15,009 Ibis
't'plendldly,
|40,UO since 11
, *Hs said much more, tat teme figures wlUdo.
Before lesvteg tto vlltagtr had aa boor to myself,
and I improved u by making a tew Inquiries snout
tea Major. I found test all to had te ten world'
was a place worth a ftwteoauaddsllaissad
heavily mortgaged. I found, loo, teat be mode
only a hue Using. Ha most have know* test I
would learn tha otter Utility of bis statements, tot
hta old habit of lying rss Imltatlbts. One thing
struck me. Every man te the town Itood up for
the Major.
He'll never pa? out ot debt." said one, “but
that makes no difference. Nobody's gotnf u> prase
him."
You llbeblmr’ aaldl.
'We tore Mm,” wu tee answer, "tto Lorddoo't
give asm say such men."
AU the MKlmooy waste the same effect As tba
train whirled me hnek to. tha oily my thougbte
file for him, and, most Incredible of nil, they
crgdlt Mm. Wbnt ta tho rccrct of It alir’
Then I thought of the talk with Jones, and tee
other Armen and their wires. It all flashed upon
me tea moment With all hla faults, the Major’s
(Chutes lovo for hta hltowmen mads Itself felt It
wu Invincible, end It won tee devoted friendship
of tec very men who hated hta besetting tins Hu
man sympathy ta a wonderful thing. It wUl win
• spontaneous return whan everything site ftUa.
ns cannot well spare inch men u ths Mater. We
need them lo whoop up tho Joneses.
CONSTITUTIONALS.
Five remarkable men sat together la Masonic
ball -today. Breve men with hoary balsa sod
men ol masterly minds Four ora staid old eiU-
sens whose eyes have witnessed the rising glory of
this proud commonwealth during tes text half cen
tury. Tho filth Is a youth wbou sigto eyo be
speaks.a genius where the fires of ambition are
kept te abeyance by the oooJnem of a well-
balanced Judgment. Of lbs hut I wUl speek fieri.
Hta name Is Emory 8peer, and hta tame ta not non-
fined lo hta native stale, but tee briliant young
commoner’s voice bu resounded within tee halls
of tho national capital, end tee palriotlo heart of
Gejrsls will yst throb with pleasure u she gases
on hta ascendant liar. In a manly snd dlgnlljsd
way he Is overcoming ten bitter prejudices of po
litics! opinion, snd tes tauiel is budding now
which shall at lut form hta crown of honor. I
admire Emoiy Spur, and I am not atone In my
admiration, for be It every tech a man.
Nest In point ol sge Is Judge Thomu a. Lawton,
from tho telr, mid country of Putman. He, loo, is
making history uamau above Ms follows. His
commanding form and geolsl restores, with tee
open, honest blue ryes and noble brow, mark Mm
as tee typical middle Georglto. Honest of pur
pose, generous ofhtsrt end noble te spirit, M fills
hta responsible position with an mm anil dignity
teat makes friends snd sllencss criticism. Like
Emory Speer, be Is too young to bear much praise,
(I Judge he Is possibly forty) snd I will uy no
more, hut 1 have formed a strong liking for this big
raw-toned fellow Iran old rtuman county.
But I now retch the point where there Is no dan
ger In speaklngmy humble opinion. Clifford An
derson stands next, and-any ono who hu onoe
land on teat knlfibtly form will unction what I
•ay when I tell you teat to Is tee beau Ideal te
form sod feature or tee southern statesman. Tto
crUplitegoofgraybcsrd hides a month wtoro
dignity strives with tendar hoartadnem,
never wins more than half
victory, But hta bright gray
Is fixed on tee welfare
of Georgia snd tto prosperity of Georgians. Were
tes comparison not unjust to Mmrslf, 1 would say
that to is the TtUeyrand of oar governors. But ho
to a totter msn than Talleyrand. I bellcvotbat
wera I to catch Cllfihrd Andonou In a dirty deed I
should lou a big chunk of my faith In human na
ture. But to pau on,
Th* next picture I shall show you ta a Httlo old
man, with a bold head and teaturea lhat are u
•oft u a woman's A man that rcsomhlu tea old
pictures of James Madison. I believe htaeyu are
black, hut it is hard lo tell, for hta brows are so In-
tensely blaok that they oast their shadow over Bis
eyes. Ho looks a little gray, and must to sixty
ysarx old. I don't think tto oldest inhabitant can
recall tee time when hta name wu net • synonym
of brilliancy of mind, and of extraordinary at
tainments. Judge John T. ctsrko ho hu tong tosn
known, but to wonld now change hla tills, provl-
did he won to accept tee unanimous offer of tho
Iruttcct of Mercer unlrertliy to that of Protestor
Clarks, of teo chair of Latin and ancient Ian-
sutler, u one of the grandest educational
Insulations 1a tes land. Bat to it loth lo luvo
tto telr rsdlsndsot Uio southwest, andCathbert
msy still claim him u ono of hormost honored
cltttcns, for to hu declined the honor so worthily
conferred. 11s wUl return to the tceno of Ms many
battles and pleasant triumphs. Law must bo, In
this lime, second nature to him, and it 1s too late
for him now to reverw the decision mado so long
ago, that to should devote the years or hta life so
teo profession. Ha stands by hta first love. Tho
board of trustees did teemiehres credit when they
ebon him out ofso much good material. But
whatever station ho may fill, ho will contlnuoto
fill It manfully. Ills eyo Is not dimmed,ncllbcr;is
hta natural tlrcugth abated, and he will always bo
tee distinguished scholar, ths ablo lawyer and tho
courteous gentleman.
Here la one, however, who stands apart from his
fellows. 1 have placed him lutbocauso lio Is so
dtatlotatahcd from hta compeers over alnco ho rsn
dcred test diotalon, "In tes Matter ot But—
Bleckley, J.," I bavo foil that ho
wu of no common order of beings; sad
today, u he stood before that sudloneo, I fell tho
mattery of an overpowering Intollocl. Tall anil
straight u tho cedars or bis nstlvo mountains,
with hta flowing heard u while u tho snows that
(loriiy teo wlulry summits of the Blue ltldgc. ha
Is a rcmsrksblo looking man. Ills dark lialr Is
growing thin, and It hongs down to his shoulders;
hut th I you ought to btholil tho gltuco of Mo
pint tag aye, block u midnight snd ut away bass
under teo shaggy brows that are u grand u tha
betUtefcngs test environ hla log houso on tea
told Nsuatt 04 Isnsmcr mount, and wln-n bo
rpsaks there ta tes rylhm of prophetic melody In
tho deep tone* of hta voice, and gems of poetry,
philosophy snd lore that mtku men wire, poor
fourth te agUtteriug torrent from hli axed Ups.
Unfathomable are the depths of bis soul,snd yet ho
ta gcnlsl, simple and artless uis child. NstursBy
poraosed ofa wonderful Intellect, ho hu delved
te te* mines ot teaming until teo ooffors of his
cool are filled loom Cowing. Logon Ji. Bleckley
wUl go down to future isnerelloos u ono ol teo
greatcri of Georgia's mountain sons.
There they are, four Judguaadte* attorney gen
eral of Georgia Till me, now^f my portrait gallery
ta not a wonderful on*? Toll me Ifyou can prodoeo
olfinsroos of coutemporenaoni figures te any
stela os territory te tea United State*.’ From
Judga Bpccr lo Judge Bleckley. From tho golden
glory ofa promising manhood to tho grsdour ot a
ripe old age. No, yoo cannot dupUcatoit. Any
one ot teem ta suffleteot to mtko a country grest,
te* whole combined tie rufllclcntlarender Upeer
Use . M.M.F.
PROHIBITION l’OINTH.
GBIFFIN, On., July 3^-[Speclal.l—Tho pro-
bibUlonists yesterday filed with Judge Boyn
ton tbclr petition asking for tho sppolntaunt
of tbies Justices of tbo peoco to recount tha
ballots In the lots prohibition election. Judgo
Boynton (ppolnted Justices Leach, Deck and
Fotral and named Tuesday, tha 13th instant 06
lha dty far them to begin recounting ths vato.
They are to report to tho August term of tht «u-
mils Instltvts, at Talledegt, Al*., and tha . . ...
work of tor fair hands In thislorely fltf eon-
not to excelled, and thaws torfcto tolly
‘ ‘ H-wnsrformanra of such duties. I ttowor. HI
Item tat cheerful old band who I—III! tto
hta Bis. He played double during
equipped for tbs performance of such dotteo. ttowor. Be Urea by false prateOOM.11S ta taiy.
Wo mnmtalsto the noble old company an so- I sslraregant and an old to* ot wted. Y*tsU
ccriof tor services. I ten* people ten Mm. Theywould fight for hha.
Uonlzlf are confident that Ihojr will be able to
throw ont enongh illegal voU« to girt thorn «
decided mgjorltj.
Pobtiand, Oregon, Jnno 29.—'Yestonbp
lb* quMiion of local oj*ilou wm voted on by tbo
tit in i.4 ot Washington territory ami each pro*
duct wm to dccldo whether Intoxlcztlng
fthould bo sold within the boundory of Mid pro
does. In all the dtlea tho measure wm 66
feeted by 6 vote or AboutJi to 2. end iu smell towel
the DU8»urc wm carried by the Mme proportion.
Ufa believed that local opilou liu ■ majuriiy in
the territory. The women did not tako m much
*~ irmtJnibo election as wm e*i*rt4*d, end in
o«t piece* those who voted were divided m to
ifaifNsUflcnti.
Jackson, Mis*., Juno 29.—Reports received
from tee local option elections Ut Mmosen and
ggArragK K “•
On oar 12Us pa go today wUl to found a strlk-
Ing and taatroctlvo illustration of the com-
rotative worth of tho various kinds of baking
powders now In tha markst.
Tbo peach crop is telr and terns very fins
(run Is cu tbs a—*“*
Yen hardly realize that It Is medicine, who
tahing Cartert Little Liver Pills, they stri
very small; no had effects; all troubles from
torpid Bier ar* relieved by their uao.
Ullkshokslt the drink tha old hosr drink-
all I
Ask for "Maud Harris Maaoo” every Uma.
INDISTINCT PRUT