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WASHINGTON NEWS.
THIS PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE
FOR THE PAST WEEK.
MR. HATCH’S ANTI-OPTION BILL
Before the House Committee —Mr. Smith’*
Record Discugted—Senators Speculat
ing on Sugar —Other Matters.
Washington. March s.—(Special )—The
bearing before the house committee
on agriculture on the Hatch anti-option
bill have been going on for two days. The
n-esidents of the cotton exchanges have
been heard. Ail advocates of the measure
will l.kewise be heard.
Mr. Hatch, who is chairman of the com
mittee, says he will give all sides a hearing.
Then he says the committee will report the
bill and rush it through. He thinks the
report from the committee will be almost
unanimous.
New Mexico Knocks.
Yesterday Mr. Joseph, the delegate from
New Mexico to the house of representa
tives attempted to call up and pass the bill
admitting New Mexico under suspension
of the rules. The republicans fought it by
declining to vote. No quorum without them
was present and Mr. Joseph was forced to
withdraw it.
The New Mexico bill, by the republic- -.
is looked upon as a party P ieas y, 1 e 'it will
a democratic territory and because it wiU
be certain to send two , den ? ot s at *2nnblicans
wnen admitted to statehood the I ■■ •
I? is^i^l"' y£v£
will device better method of p .tting
ari enl'to suei t.ict.cs as the republicans
have been persisting in of late.
Discussing Hr. Smith's Record.
Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, republican, in a
speech upon the pension bill
vesterdav devoted much Oi his time io
Secretary Hoke Smith, whose pension pol.cy
be ridiculed. There was not^’ llg h . ab “®
“f Secretary Smith in the speech, but mucn
that created laughter on s * u - t 0
Much of the speech was dcv ot<d .o . 1..
Smith s account of ms own life as printed
’n the .'oncression.il director}. Hv made
much fun of Mr. Smith’s statement that he
was admitted to the bar at the age ot
seven.'oi. but “after being admitted to the ;
bar devoted himself to the ’ t '
Then he took up Mr. Smith » sta.emcnt
th it he."did not wait tor a case to study
applicable to it. but stud.ed law
to be readv f. r any ease in which he might
be emp’ove.l,’’ and commented upon it at
length to the amusement of the house,
lastly Mr Hepburn read that line of Mi.
Sm‘ • h says, “And never
held a nn’.irical office until appointed secre
... ■ -by President C le ye-
land ” and turning to the democratic side
tne w.lv and sir ■ istically said : “The people
in Georgia svielv knew him.
Colord Livingston was not in the house
at the t me or he would have defended the
secretary of the interior. Colonel Eon has
down that very thing, ever since the Con
yers postoffice fight. He is the recognized
champion of the s.-eret .ry of the interior.
Smooth Seaships.
Ti new «h : ps of the naw are giving the
department'm..‘-h trouble. It seems to be
n c , rt ’e. : ithe new battleships.
' ■ ' and Oregon, are
... j ■. their pres-
]p to keel over
. ..•••. blow. To correct this
‘ . i >■ .or h is recommend-
of the department war, designed the vessels
are ~ .. v ; rous p’ Oti sts and deciare
th v> 'ls are not top-heavy.
'Ur the new naw. this congress
, b- i .-iinst increasing it just now.
S it-’re H ’"b' rt has recommend d the
several new’ vessels, but
ti "c rv-'-si.mal loaders have spoken
auair<t :l ::r: the naval bill will be re
no, to house without any provisions
f,,.- v-s'-'is. To make payments on
t > j .w under construction this bill will
tnvi- to arry an appropriation of more
than C- 1 '0,090.
yr-nators Play the Sugar Market.
Vv’m-hinr on. D. C.. March 7.—[Special.]—
Perhaps the one thing that more than i
any other forced the finance committee I
to report the tarn! bill at once, was the I
publication this morning that senators on ;
the committee were speculating and were .
bedding it back for that purpose.
'rhe puolicat on in The Now York World
nie.it-oned Senators McPherson, Vest and
Brice as speculating largely on sugar stock. ■
Th- publication created a scene on the .
floor of the senate this morning.
Senator -vie! herson declared that he had |
not bought sugar for many wicks. About '
five weeks ago he had bought a thousand |
shares, but sold it at a loss as he fell j
. ■ iould not. in just ce to himself, I
bold a stock that would be affected by leg
islation.
Senator Vest denounced the story as a
malicious falsehood, and declared that he
had neither bought nor sold sugar.
Senator Brice had the good sense to say
noth’ng. Cif 'I urse, everybody knows that
al' Wash?, gton has been speculating in
sug ■ r re 1; A well-defined rumor has
It that the number of senators is not limited
to one or a half dozen, or even a dozen.
You He Strive Di I Not I,use.
Some have made money and much of it. I
but thus" who went “short" have dropped
small fortunes The senators have per- i
haps been on both sides. Some have made
and . Jme have lost But, of course, all
would deny having been into it if forced
to make a statement, and they could do
go ea~.lv for no senator would buy openly
for himself.
The State Bank Bill.
While all interest is now in the senate,
weeks, 1 muse is
confit rr g app, q . iation lulls. At the end
of ' lt the .muse vid share the al
ter. ;oa c; the C"iin’ry. After appropriation
b.d •.!«• h..nkm;' ;.id cm rency committee
he bill re
lietir..'. • iearmg h rise certificates, issued
dui.ug the uani.'. from taxation is to be
call, d up. And the b.ll repealing the 10
per cent tax on th ■ issm- •,( state banks is
to be iffvr-d as an iinendment to it. This
has been agreed upon.
Os course rhe ngnt over this measure is to
be a het one. The division on it is on the
line of the division on silver, except all the
republi -an- and the populists are against
the state bank bill. Th • republicans as a
pai . • . t it. The populists are
against it becau • its passage would rob
them i f the.r si ■■ k m irn :■. There would
be plenty of money in the country with
this l ilt a law. With plenty of money the
populists could no longer keep up their
h"-
The southern and western democrats are
unanimous for it. The eastern democrats
as a rule are against it. The cuckoos as
a whole are against it. Still the bill is
gaining in strength among the eastern
demoer.ts and its leading advocates hope
to draw party lines so close on it that it
will go through. Indeed right now its
chances of passage are growing more rosy
e< I ■
Fined Carnegie 5115.000.
’Washington. D. ' .. March B. (Special,
Relative to the Pittsburg report charging
collusion of inspectors in the matter of
the C: rnegie armor plates, Representative
Cumm ng . chairman of the committee on
naval ass .r. . t< day said the reports
from Pittsb..rg about collision of govern
nu nt olii'-'-rs in Hie menus teture of armor
o . tion develi>ped
nothing of th" kind. There were certain ir- ‘
regularity 5 t'at were seen by workmen I
In tw ■ sits ar Hom.wtind. ’i'lmse
vv. rkmen informed the secretary of the |
navy of the fact and an investigation prov- i
ed that regularities had existed. The
Carnegie company denied all knowledge of
.r r .x. 1 . .<’» a. .. , f
Weak
Kidneys
/ r J Sharp, shooting pains,
/ ‘Cj back ache, side ache,
pF 2. /- -Zl chest pains and palpi*
■sd |T~ \ 7| tali <n relieved in One
y \ II Minute by the Cuti-
\ J jl cu.ia Anti-Pain Plas-
iVi / 4 li TEi; * {^e first an<l on ty
I'/ I / ll pain-killing plater. It
I V A I rcsAor<a,z'zlalelectri<:ify,
I "y<_3 z 'I and hence cures ner
vous p a j ns an d mus
cular weakness.
P-ice ’ 25c.; five, SI.OO. At all druggists or by
Poster Drug and Chem. Corr., Boston.
them, but were afterwards convinced that
such was the case. They were fined about
$145,000.
Twenty-five per cent of this went to the
workmen who gave the information and
the remainder was withheld in payments
due the Carnegft: company for armor under
tne contract. . .
The investigation reflects the greatest
credit on tne navy department.
iiiurnoay ill i v iiuuhv.
Washington, March 9.—The house agreed
today to the request of the’senate for a
conference upon the joint resolution author
izing the printing of 8,000 copies of the
Hawaiian correspondence. ’lne senate wants
the indexing of the volume done by its
committee on foreign relations and the
house wants it done by the secretary of
state.
Messrs. Richardson, McKaig and Broder
ick were appointed conferrees on the part of
the house.
Mr. Hager, republican, of lowa, endeavor
ed to get through by unanimous coifsent,
a bill for an increase of a pension for a
constituent, but Mr. Kilgore objected.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the District of Columbia appro
priation bill, the general debate to close at 3
o’clock.
The argument of Mr. DeArmond. demo
crat. of Missouri, that the general govern
ment should no longer divide with the peo
ple of the district the exepenses of the dis
trict. was antagonized by Messrs. Gros
venor, Henderson and Goldzier. Mr. Kilgore
attacked the newspaper press of Wash
ington. saving he had r»vrr known the
papers here to fail “to advocate any scheme.
I do not care how infamous it was, that
looked to the expenditure of the public
money in the interest of speculators in and
around the city.’’
Blair Rebukes Buck.
the gentleman from New Hampshire. “I
asked if the gentleman from Texas made
that as an indiscriminate remark? If so. he
protested against it. The press of the capita!
was no more subject to charges of that
kind than the respectable press of the coun
try at large. The press, he said, was as
honest in the advocacy cf measures as the
professions of the country.
| Mr. Kilgore said he did not agree with
the gentleman from New Hamshire. “I
make the charge distinctly that they are
corrupt, and that they have advocated every
corrupt scheme that has been introduced in
congress to plunder the treasury in the in
terest of private interests*”
Mr. Blair said a charge of this nature
should be accompanied by specifications
and should be either sustained or with
drawn. The press of the country was the
■ chief source of information upon which
i congress and the public act.
Mr. Kilgore—As. long as the great metro
politan papers are the subservient tools of
the aggrogMo wealth of the country, they
are not unfitted to the confidence of the
country, and that is the condition now.
Mr Blair—Well, an affirmation, when it
amounts to a charge of general crime, ought
to sustained by proof.
V’Ph that the matter was dropned and Mr.
Kilgore proceeded with his remarks on --no
b ! ll. When the general debate olr-sod Air.
I Do\rmond’ c amendment repealing a.l laws
which recm’re the T’nttod «*•>' to ’’ 2 / L.
the exnendttnros of the District of Colum
bia. was defeaten-yeas. 23: nnvs. 67.
Amendsnerts Voted Down.
Mr DeArmond then offered an amend
„ « vin g the government’s proportion of
111 . nno third instead of one-half
the expenses at ono-tniru in •' *
ah now reqwred by law. This amendment
4Vit h but
« o’oloc - the evening soss-on to bo
'for the consideration of private pension
bin T.w Orders to White
five dmy’on'sigari' v.diile he h..d a conunis
on as ii sHce of the supreme court in his
pocket, the president sent for the Louisian
ian and ordered him to gne n o . )H
Louisiana man to wire his resignation.
A hilvei- Vole
By the way, the silver cause makes an-
♦Ho <.*ll'lte in ilit* appointment
I * BiLn hard aJ Senator
| Whiles successor. Mr. Blanchard, wao will
’ “into the senate on Mondtiy.
i wX S has ee acted‘ til akmg with the gold
I men and has been classed among the
i "cuckoos” of the senate. His_ qiialh.es “
the latter character, perhaps, nc.giii.a
now it Ln his. abnity when lie was chosen
: for the supreme bench. Like Mr. Brawley,
of South Carolina, he was rewarded
: Ln Senator Blanchard there is no trace of
' the “cuckoo.’ He is a silver maq straight
out and nothing can sway him from his
’ ''Blanchard's retirement from the
I ’..oLs'e will make General Catchings of
; \iis<s=lpp . chairman of the river and har
bor committee. and will elevate Colonel Les
ter> o f Georgia, to the second place on the
“’TpLointn.entH by the President.
Wasmugton, March B.—The president to
day sent to the senate the following nomi
nations: . »
postmasters—South Carolina— A. A. Gandy,
Darlington. Missis-.ppi -Frank H. Foote,
Port Gibson; Alabama —G. W. Dugger.
I Greenesboro; Gecrgia-Sylvester B. Price,
i Macon.
1 M 1-hington. March 9.—The president to-
1 dav nominated I-rancis M. Gardenhare sur
veyor of customs for the port of Chatta-
Hp’ostmasters— Florida, Mason S. Moreno,
Key' West; Alabama, Albert Steinhart,
G Cantain ’ Eamurd O. Matthews, to be
chi'-f of the bureau of yards and docks,
with rank of commodore.
Walter L. Wilson, ot West Virginia;
I ouis Green Stevenson, of Illinois; Henry
A. Dent, of Alabama, and Samuel Mc
(j-owan, of South C arolina, assistant pay
m'”=ters in the navy.
Mr Wilson is a son of Representative
William L. Wilson, chairman of the house
committee on ways and means, whose
name the present house tariff bill bears.
Louis Green Stevenson, of Illinois, is the
son of the vice president and is private sec
retary to his father.
Slate I’.anlm Next.
Washington, March 10.—(Special.)—The
house passed the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill today and immediately took
up the sundry civil bill. This and perhaps
two other appropriation bills will be passed
next week. The house is, indeed, rushing
things now and making up lor the time
lost on the long fight over tin- silver seign
iorage bill. But another long fight is to
be had when the state bank tax bill comes
up. Though this was declared for in the
democratic platform, quite a number of
democrats will fight it. Notable among
these is Mr. Springer, chairman of the
banking committee.
“Illinois.” said he today, “can derive
no benefit from this bill, as her state con
stitution prohibits her state banks from
issuing currency. There are twelve other
states in a similar condition. Among these
is ihe state of Texas. Senator Mills looks
with supreme disfavor upon such a bill, as
you southern people propose, and he tells
me he will fight it. I will fight it in the
house.
‘ i. > you know.” the Illinois man went on,
“that there are nine thousand banking in
stitutions in this country? How in the
world can you keen track of the values of
nine thousand different notes? The truth
1 ot the matter is I have proposed a plan in
. the bill I have drawn up that is the thing.
I It provides for the government to issue the
■ notes to state banks on deposits of securi
! ties with the treasury department.”
A Straight Out Fisht.
Mr. Springer’s bill is nothing more than
an extension of the national banking law.
There is also a provision in it for another
issue of bonds, but there is no chance of
its being accepted. In the house the fight
is going to be a square one for the uncondi
tional repeal of the tax on the issue of state
banks. The southern men are growing
decidedly hopeful, though the fate of the
bill is exceedingly doubtful.
CiK’koos on W New I.ine.
The seigniorage bill also came in for
its share of gossip about the senate today.
Although the administration is against it
and in face of the fact that Mr. Vilas an
nounced yesterday’ that Secretary Carlisle
was against the measure, there will be a
grand rush on the part of the democratic
cuckoos who voted for the repeal of the
Sherman law to get on the seigniorage bill
band wagon. Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky,
who voted for unconditional repeal of the
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY, MAE CH 13,1894.
Sherman law, announced today that he
would speak in favor of the seigniorage bill
on Monday, and would urge the presidept
to sign it when it reaches him. Senator
Gordon will also vote for the
seigniorage bill. Even Senator Mills,
of Texas, is said to be in line on it.
Indeed, there will not be a half dozen bolt
ing democrats when the bill comes up for
final passage next Thursday. The presi
dent whipped the democrats in line on the
repeal bill, but he cannot do it again. The
patronage is nearly all gone, and there is
nothing for the average “cuckoo” senator
to make now by’ Hying in the face of the
people to do a favor for the president.
Thus Mr. Cleveland cannot throw the re
sponsibility upon congress this time. He
will have the bill to pay him a visit at the
white house, and he must sign it or veto it
or dodge it by allowing it to become a law
without his signature.
The Outlook for Tariff.
The senate will probably begin considera
tion of the tariff bill within less than three
weeks. It is presumed the debate will last
from four to six weeks.
The democratic senators seem to have set
tled down to an acceptance of the bill as
reported from the committee. While no
senator is satisfied with every schedule of
the bill, and while many’ are protesting
against the features giving protection to
ail the trusts, they realize the protection
wing of the party was strong enough to
force this from the committee and are will
ing to accept the bill and pass it through
the senate in its present shape.
To pass the bill as it is, is thought to be
the best course for the democrats of the
senate to pursue. The majority of them,
of course, are very much dissatisfied with
the bill in its present shape, but they’ know
it can pass the senate as it is, and they
feel certain the conference committee will
strike out all the radical protection features
and make a good bill when it finally’ re
ceives the sanction of the two houses of
congre B and goes to the president.
It is probable that the house conferees
will insist on striking off the duties on iron,
coi/1 and sugar. E. W. B.
MR. WHITE RESIGNS.
He Finally Gives up anil Hon. Newton Blan
chard succeeds Him.
New Orleans, La., March 7.—(Special.)—
Governor Foster received today the resigna
tion of Hon. E. D. White, as United States
senator from Louisiana, to take effect Mon
day, March 12th. The governor at once
accepted the resignation and appointed Hon.
Newton (.’, Blanchard, representative from
the fourth district, as senator.
There has been a great deal of fencing
over the senatorship for the past few
week. . since Mr. <'leveland appointed Sena
tor White an associate justice of the United
States supreme court. Mr. White showed a
great unwillingness to resign his senator
ship until he could get assurance that his
successor would be a man who would sup
port the cause of a sugar duty. Mr. Blan
chard seemed particularly objectionable to
him personally, as the representative voted
for the Wilson bill in the house and dif
fered with him on the silver question. Mr.
Blanchard was also an anti-administration
man, whereas Mr. White is a strong sup
porter of President Cleveland.
White Was Reluctant to Reniflin.
Mr. Blanchard, who came from IVashing-
A
N. C. BLANCHARD.
ton to plead h.s ow.i .-.quared himself
on the sugar question, declaring that he
would fight as earnestly in the interest of
sugar as Mr. White himself had done, and
that as senator he would vote against the
Wilson bill unless it provided for sugar,
although he had voted for it in the house
of rei>’’< J sent:H’Vi'S. In spite of this pledge
Mr. White withheld his resignation to the
last moment and seemed most unwill.ng to
give way to a silver and anti-Cleveland
senator, and it is rumored resigned only
after consultation with lhe president. The
app iintment of Mr. Blanchard is for less
than two months, as the Louisiana legisla
ture meets in May, when it will elect two
senators, Caffery and Blanchard being both
appointees or the governor. They are both
c". - ' : ■'■■ tos election to the senate.
Newton Crain Blanchard was born in
Rapides Parish. La., where he still owns
property, and where many of his relatives
reside. He first saw the light of day on
June 19. 1849. and he is now, therefore, for
ty-five years of age. Before he was forty
four Mr. Blanchard had been elected seven
tunes to congress, a flestinction enjoyed by
few of the members of the national assem
bly.
DICTATED BY TRUSTS.
Havemeyer Has f ix« d thu Tariff I to
Suit Ultns.'lf,
Washington, March B.—(Special.)—The
tariff bill was reported today. As has been
predicted in these dispatches for several
days, the bill is a surrender to the trusts.
It is due to the members of the senate
finance committee, however, to state that
they were in the condition of passengers in
a stage coach held up by road agents at
the point of a pistol. The brigands of lhe
democratic part? in the senate had their as
sociates in their power. It was either in
definite delay, witii the chances against any
bill passing, or a surrender to the demo
cratic bandits who are representing special
interests.
For the benefit of the party and hoping
to have the bill entirely changed when it
readies a conference, the senate committee
drafted the bill to suit the bandits who
stood over them with drawn pistols in the
•shape of threats.
The main fight of the kickers was for pro
tection for the sugar trust. Havemeyer,
the head of the fattened and protected mo
nopoly, has been here for a week manipu
lating things. His methods can only be
surmised, but it is certain that his hand
has done much of the directing, and his
lobby has been bold to claim that the
trust had six democratic senators who
would stand firm and force the committee
and the senate to give it what it demanded.
The trust gets what it wanted.
By the way, one senator is said to have
made $60,000 on Tuesday speculating In
sugar.
A Greefly Crew.
The duty on sugar runs from 1 to 1 4-10
cents a pound. The actual discrimination
between raw sugars and the products of the
tru.it is 4-10 of a cent. But the trust, by
this duty, is given K of a cent a pound ad
vantage over ail imported sugars. Still,
with all this, Havemeyer and his lobby
arc s<Hing up a howl this evening that they
have been treated badly. 'Chat is to create
sympathy in order that they may be sure
to get the schedule through the senate as
reported.
'j he lead trust and the whisky trust also
get all they demanded. Tne wiiisky tax is
raised to Ji.lo a gallon and the bonded pe
riod extended to eight years.
Tiie south', i n senators, as a rule, are very
mucii dissatisfied with the bill. The kick
ers are a’lso expressing dissatisfaction, but
agree that the bill will pass in tune. “In
time," however, may mean three months or
more.
Went Too Far.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who did the
principal work in the committee in prepar
ing the bill, said this afternoon: “The. bill
is not as I would like, but we found it nec
ess .ry to make concessions to the dissat
isfied element. We went just as far in these
concessions as it was wise for us to go. In
deed, I think we went too far, but we found
it necessary in order to unite the party in
the senate on the bill. Some senators, I un
d'-r taud. are not satisfied, 'they claim
there is not yet enough protection in it for
some industries. The sugar trust people, I
understand, are dissatisfied. I do not think
any senators would make an open light on
the floor for this trust, but they may fight
other features of the bill and throw stumb
ling blocks in the way. Yet, when they do,
I think we can find away to force them out
from cove - .”
“How long will the republicans want the
bill in committee?” I asked.
“We shall give them until next week.
Then, when we report it to the senate, it
will lie over for a week in order that sena
tors) may have an opportunity to examine
it. We hope to pass it through the senate
not later than the middle of May, and I
hope earlier.”
HAWAII'S NEW PARTY
i .
OF THE ISLANDS ORGAN
. *IZE FOR ANNEXATION. ’
/
Only i’viyal Citizens to be Employed by
the Government and Home Indus
tries to be Given Preference.
V'
San yranclsco, March 7.—(Copyright 1894
by theft'nited Press.)—The schooner Transit
arrivtfrom Honolulu at - o’clock this
mornW bringing advices up to February
20th. vices sent by the Oceanic on the
15th . IC ‘ l .nt, reported important action hav
ing ift’ 1 taken by the provisional govern
ment ’J- the matter of preparing for a con
stitutional convention to organize a repre
tati , n government. This was followed on
the lltn, after an evening meeting of the
Annexation Club, by action on the part
of tit« leading members of the club, as cit
izens, in organizing formally as a political
party in support of the government. Reso
lutions were passed deprecating the divis
ion of the annexationists into leagues or
clubs and advising the whole body, us loyal
annexationists, to form one broad party.
A preliminary committee of thirteen was ap
pointed to take charge of the formation of
the new party. The committee met on the
18th and organized plans for the appoint
ment of national, district and island com
mittees.
Their work was continued on the 19th.
Their movement embraced all classes and
divisions hitherto arising among the sup
porters of the provisional government. If
is fully expected to supersede and displace
all separate political action in the Ameri
can league or German and Portuguese or
ganizations. This party organization is
Independent of annexation clubs. While the
aforesaid leagues have served to stimulate
political activity, the new party organi
zation is expected to absorb their political
functions in tne future. A platform of
principles has been substantially agreed
upon as follows:
1. To support the provisional govern
ment.
2. Resist the restoration of the monarchy.
3. Establish a practicable form of repre
sentative government.
4. The government to be united as soon
as possible with that of the United States.
5. A liberal policy in disposing of public
lands in small tracts to actual settlers and
discouraging large speculative holdings.
6. Revision of the taxation system, large
estates to bear their proper share of the
public burdens.
7-- Favor the immigration of Portuguese
aro I’ther whites to replace Asiatics.
Ull’t c^ass legislation discriminating
liberal system of productive public
w.t (i.
t’roj Needed labor and material for publia
Sj. oe not to be imported from abroad if
proXirable here.
11/No prison labor to be employed in me
chanical work.
12. No persons to be employed by the gov
ernment unless loyal to it.
The organization of the new party is emi
nently satisfactory to the government and
its active supporters.
More Correspondence Sent to the Senate.
Washington, March 7.—The president sent
to the senate tonight a further statement
of Hawaiian matters, accompanied by a
brief message ot transmittal.
The correspondence included three dis
patches from Minister Willis, one dated
February 19th, acknowledging communica
tions from the stale department, and oth
ers dated February 14th and 15th, respective
ly.
The dispatch of February 14th gives a his
twj or events in the islands as already
covered by press dispatches via San r ran
ci'n j, and states tnat while the past month
, beer, an unusually quiet one, the ac
t ii of c-ons Te- is av.T.ited with great inter
as i'.uli<.almg th future policy of the
ten Slates towards this country. The
1‘ iitly th Skimmed upon increase in the
r of members ol tiie advisory council
I G mrteen to twenty, new members to
s vorito.ted by the suffrages of loyal citi
i » a manner hereaiter to be provided,
i referred to without comment, except such
La is contained in numerous newspaper
clippings enclosed by Mr. Willis. He refers
to tne fact that a number of government
soldiers were “affected in a peculiar way,
which gave rise to a rumor of poisoning,
but adds that “there seems to have been
little cause for such suspicion.” He also
speaks of a rumored Chinese uprising,
which also, in his opinion, was “utterly
without loundation,” being based upon a
public meeting called by the Chinese to
protest against certain legislative changes
affecting their rights. Mr. Willis says
tne: e is a "s;>iriteii contest m progress looa
ing to the introduction of the representative
system into the council of the provisional
government.” , r
1 laler the date of February 15th Mr. M fi
lls records* the adoption of the judiciary
committee report, recommending that there
be chosen delegates to sit with the coun
cils and prepare a constitution for a perma
nent form of government and mentions the
appointment of a committee by the presi
dent to prepare an act for the holding of
a constitutional convention and also the
election of Mr. Hatch as minister of for
eign aaffirs, as stated in the press dis
patches. He says the mass meeting of the
Chinese, held the previous night, was very
largely attended, about 3.000 persons being
present and vigorous resolutions were
passed. He encloses press clippings of the
proceedings, which mention that the tenor
of the meeting was such that the use of
a man-of-war was more than hinted at.
Statements were made that the Chinese
paid more taxes than any other class, and
that but for them, Honolulu trade would
die. The resolutions adopted set forth that
there is an act pending before the legis
lature of the provisional government, oblig
ing Chinese residents to obtain a special
license as a prerequisite to conducting busi
ness in this country. They protest against
this threatened “injustice, degradation and
fnsult.” and respectfully assert their rights,
“under the principles of enlightened justice
and the provisions of the Hawaiian consti
tution, to dwell in Hawaii and be accorded
the protection, of the law upon terms of
equality with those of other nationalities
here sojourning.”
These are all the matters of Interest con
tained in the correspondence.
REFORMERS ARE BUSY.
They Are Selecting Delegates to tlhe
Col uni bia Coil veil t ion.
Columbia, S. C., March 7.—(Special.)—The
reform campaign is now on and April 4th
has been practically decided upon as the
day for the big conference of representa
tives from all the counties to be held in
this city. Every day additional counties are
falling into line. Already about ten coun
ties have called meetings at which these
representatives are to be selected. It is
now apparent that this will bring on the
real campaign at once, and the candidates
may be relied upon to do the scuffling
around between now and April 4th. The al
liance reformers are making the biggest
kind of fight to see that this conference
calls a convention to place before the
people a candidate of the reform party.
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Mention The Constitution.
It is said here that, some of the present
candidates who are opposed to a nominating
convention will not acquiesce in the choice
thereof, but that they will carry the war
into Africa by going 'into the primary
against the convention nominee.
JOHNSTON’S POSITION.
He Declares that Every J’lidge Should be
Redeemed.
Birmingham, Ala., March 4.—(Special.)—
The friends of Colonel Oates and Mr. Rich
are making political capital out of the
charge that Joseph F. Johnston, Birming
ham’s candidate tor the democratic nomina
tion for governor, is assaulting the federal
administration. The fact that Captain
Johnston is not in accord witii the views
. of Mr. Cleveland on some of the important
: issues has furnished what foundation the
i charges have had in fact.
' Captain Joniiston in a speech at Roanoke,
Ala., last Friday stated his position in this
j matter as follows:
i “The charge that I am attacking the ad-
I ministration is without excuse or justifica
; tion.
I “It is well known that Mr. Cleveland’s
' position on the money question was a great
, disappointment to me. 1 had hoped that
he would carry out the platform as inter
preteii by our speakers and papers before
the election, and recommend legislation
: that would give us the coinage of silver on
i equal terms with gold and the repeal of the
19 per cent tax.
“When he sent his message to congress,
‘ and before any legislation was had, 1 ex
' pressed my views on this question, as I
had a right to do. The democratic party
believes in free speech. Every measure
recommended by the president and gov
ernor is not necessarily to be adopted and
made an article of faith. Every democrat
has the right to discuss it freely. I exer
cised that right. I have had no occasion to
change my views.
“The president has done many things that
i all of us approve, and I believe he >ls an
honest, conscientious and able man. He
is influenced by his environments. His sec
tion of the country has not had the finan-
■ cial dagger in its heart and felt the need
for a larger circulation. I do not believe
any democrat should make war on the
president or any other faithful official of
the partv. We should do everything in our
; power to sustain every department of our
! government in every effort to carry out
the pledges we made the people. The party
in Alabama should commend every sten al
' ready taken to carry out the pledges of the
1 platform and urge congress and the presi
dent to go on with the good work until
; every pledge shall have been honestly and
i fully redeemed.”
A ti Sc.h/m*.
I Birmingham, Ala.. March 7.—(Special.)—
The Peoples’ Advocate claims to have un
earthed a great political scheme, its prime
object being to defeat Senators Morgan and
Pugh and bill their places with Secretary
! Herbert ami Congressman Oates, both
: strong administration men. Money was to
’ be freely used and the administration was
to lend its helping hand. The combination,
i as The Advocate claimed to have it, was
to work as follows: Judge Richardson, of
, Huntsville, was to withdraw from the race
for governor and throw his strength to
Oates, who was to be nominated by fair
means or foul and counted in if necessary.
A majority of the legislature was to be
| counted in, who could be controlled by the
administration. These should elect Herbert
in the place of Morgan. After serving one
term as governor Oates was to withdraw
and throw his influence to Richardson, who
in turn was to help Oates defeat Pugh,
Alabama's junior senator.
The Advocate claims that a prominent
organized democrat explained the scheme.
Commenting on it The Advocate says:
“The withdrawal of Judge Richardson and
the flop of The Huntsville Mercury to
Oates in the last few days, looks as if a
part of it were true at least. It now re
mains for the voters of Alabama to say
whether or not these schemes will be al-
I lowed to relegate such men as Johnston,
i Morgan, Pugh, Denson and others to the
rear in Alabama politics for no other sin
than that of standing by the pledges they
made the people."
The Advocate’s sensation is given for
what it is worth.
Ministers, lawyers, teachers and others,
whose occupation gives but little exercise,
’ should use Carter's Little Liver Pills for
torpid liver and biliousness. One is a dose.
: Try them.
CHARGE AGAINST THE KOLBITES.
That They Aureeil lo lust Their Elec
toral Vote for llurrisou.
Birmingham, Ala., March 9.—The biggest
sensation of the Alabama campaign has
just been sprung. Some time ago The Al
liance Herald, the official organ of the
Koibites, began a warfare upon Ben Dele
mos, secretary of the state republican cam
paign committee.
In reply Delemos published a card in
several democratic papers, threatening to
make public the vouchers which would show
that money was paid through him from the
! national republican committee, two years
ago, to certain Koibite and populist leaders,
; whereby the Weaver electoral ticket, which
i was supported by these parties, if elected,
I was to vote tor Harrison if Alabama's vote
was needed to insure Harrison’s election.
The Alliance Herald bitterly denied this
! charge. Now The Greenville Living Truth,
| a straightout populist paper, edited by J.
; M. Whitehead, probate judge of Butler
' county, who was on the Weaver electoral
> ticket, but who has since given Kolb the
: shake, the result cf a break between him
and the Koibites, comes out with a lengthy
i publication exposing the deals. Among
; other things, it says:
“Now, it happens that the editor of this
paper was one of the electors of the state
; at large, and he desires nothing but the
truth. Ben Delemos has told the truth, and
s The Alliance Herald is singularly ignorant
if it does not know it. After the Lakeview
i convention the Koibite electors were sum
j moned to Birmingham by Colonel P. C.
’ Bowman, chairman of the Kolb committee.
; Most of them responded, and at Birming
ham, in Colonel Bowman’s office, in the
. presence of Captain Kolb, the electors did
! sign an agreement that had been written
I out by Colonel Bowman, or under his di
rection, and presented to them by him, by
i which they obligated themselves in writing
j to vote for Harrison in the electoral col
' lege if it should be apparent at the time
I that Weaver could not be elected.
“The editor of the paper signed it volun-
I tarily as one of the electors.”
( igarmakers Pass Resolutions.
Ocala, Fla., March 10.—The cigar manu
facturers of this place met tonight and
I passed resolutions against the changes
1 made by the senate committee in the to
i bacco schedules of the Wilson bill. They
i particularly object to the duty on Cuban
I tobacco, and say if the senate amendment
! obtains that every 1,000 cigars would net
the manufacturer a loss of sll. and not only
! close every factory but annihilate the in
dustry.in Florida. Senators Call and Pasco
j are requested to work to have the senate
amendment defeated so that the original
i schedule of the Wilson bill may obtain,
j •
Distributing the Seed.
Washington, D. C., March 4.—[Special.—
A report from the agricultural department
I shows that during the last three months
nine million packages of seed have been
distributed. Each member ot' congress was
■ given 16,091) packages of ordinary seed, and
1,501) of clover seed.
' Secretary Morton says they are not like
i the seed that was formerly sent out by the
department. He guarantees that all of
them will come up. and would like to hear
directly from all farmers who have le
ceivcd seed that have not come up.
$1,0009
WILL BE
Given Awau
Tiii pniivTiTiinftM
HL builljllluliyp
l n A^ e f!® s °f Prizes Based
On the Best Estimates of
This Tear’s Cattoe Crop
This SI,OOO will be in addition to our
numerous other premiums and prizes, and
every new subscriber, or every renewal, has
the privilege of contending for every prize
in this or any other of the several prize
contests instituted for our subscribers.
THE PLAN.
The prospective size of this year’s supply
ii the determining factor of this year’s
prices. Hence, everybody is interested in
the probable size of the cotton crop ot
1893-94—the crop which is already harvest
ed and which is now being marketed. The
official announcement of the size of this
crop will be made about September 1, 1894,
and the figures accepted in determining this
contest will be those of the New Orleans
cotton exchange.
The prizes will be awarded and
THE SI,OOO DIVIDED
among the successful guessers just as soon
as the official announcement of the New;
Orleans cotton exchange is made.
THE PRIZES.
There will be SI,OOO in prizes, to ba
divided and distributed as follows;
First Prize.
S4OO IN GOLD to the person making ths
nearest estimate of the official announce
ment of the size of the crop.
Second Prize,
S2OO IN GOLD to the next closest
guess.
Third Prize.
A S2OO SCHOLARSHIP and board in a
leading university for one year, transferable
if the winner desires, and available for
male or female. This prize for the third
nearest guess.
Fourth Prize.
A SIOO TRIP TO HAVANA, Cuba, and
return, this amount including railroad
and steamship fare from the home of the
winner to Havana and return, and allowing
enough for expenses for a delightful week
or ten days’ trip for the fourth nearest
guesser.
Fifth Prize.
A SIOO TRIP TO THE CITY OF
MEXICO, traveling expenses to be borna
by The Constitution, including all railroad
transportation to the above amount. This
prize for the fifth nearest guesser.
THE CONTEST.
The conditions governing this contest are
very simple, indeed. Every person who
sends his own name or any other name,
or a renewal, for one year’s subscription to
The Weekly Constitution will be entitled
to make an estimate in this contest.
He can make a guess for every sub
scriber sent, and the names so sent will
also be entitled to a subscriber’s guess.
Thus, if a person sends us the names of
six subscribers, he can make six guesses,
and each of the names he sends will be
entitled to a guess. He can send a guess
with every additional subscriber.
All clubbing subscriptions are entitled to
participate in this contest.
Every guesser is required to write his
name and address on a separate p.ece of
paper, on which should be written his
guess in legible figures.
No guess will be entered that is not
accompanied by cash fur the subscriptions
sent.
Other Crops.
In order that the guessers may have a
fair insight into the statistics concerning
past cotton crops, we present herewith the
total crops from the year 1877 to 1891,
inclusive, as follows:
Year f liales Year | Bales
-- - - . J 21.5
.. . .1 lftS - . .1 6,513,024
1880 .. . -I . JBSS .. . .] 7.011,10 l
GSI .. . -i 6,55.1.' isqi .. . 6, , .i;F>,U'’2
~..> I . r >, !.:•■> 1" isuo ... .i 7,313,720
" r> ' . . ,| 8 ts. r.m
1884. .'-’.-I 6.714,052j| 1892 | 6,700,365 *
THE CONTEST NOW OPEN
A special clerk has been assigned to the
work of compiling the thousands of guesses
that will be received in this contest be
tween now and next September. Special
books have been prepared, by which careful
record will be kept for every guess, so that
there will be no possible contusion in the
award of the one thousand dollars which
The Constitution offers, and which will be
distributed in settlement of this contest.
The contest is now open, and every new
subscriber or renewal of a subscription is
entitled to a guess in accordance with the
conditions above stated. It is not every
day that a paper gives away one thousand
dollars in one contest; but The Constitution
does this to interest its readers. This is
but one of several contests that The Con
stitution will run during the coming year.
The contest above announced is the most
interesting that The Constitution has offer
ed in a long time, and it is a splendid op
portunity for its subscribers to make a test
of their guessinr ability.
BE SURE TO ITT YOUR GUESS ON
A SEPERATE PIECE 'OF PAPER AND
SIGN FIT L NAME AND POSTOFFICE
ADDRESf