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IN AND OUT OF NEW YORK.
ITEMS PICKED UP BY OUR SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT.
STATE ANO NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Causes Some Discussion Among Politicians.
Compulsory Daws in New York —A Drove
of Locusts Invade a Train, Etc.
New York, June 11.—(Special Correspond
ence.) —Danger threatens the proposition to
Separate local from state and national elec
tions. Although the seventeen members of
the commit tee on cities od- the constitutional
conv.-ntion are in favor of the plan, some
delegates front rural districts are,making
Seri >us objections.
They argue that what will be of direct
benefit to cities will be of direct detriment
to count s where there are no cities. The
rural ele, tors, they contend, will not be
sufficiently interested in county elections
t<> go to the polls for such contests alone.
The issues of a state or a national cam
paign have to be depended upon to rouse
the rural vote.
ft will be necessary for the city men in
the convention to pay attention to this
objection and to do so at once.
There are many politicians whe do not
jwish local contests to be separated from
El ite ;i.n l federal contests. Their opportu
nity for making combinations and
Votes would thus be taken away from them.
These men may not join openly with the
fl. legates who from honest convictions “pro
test against the divorce, but they will final
ly vote with them. Meanwhile these poli
ticians will do all they can to foment trouble
and impede the settlement of the problem ,
against their selfish interests.
It is ry -eted that much will be done, to- i
morrow upon tiie general city question. I
Matth* w Hale, chairman of the t ity < lub ,
conft fence committee of twenty-one, said I
that I ork w ill be entirely preliminary, j
but important. The Hale committee will I
meet the committee on cities during the ■
week and present some of the principles [
vrged for introduction into the proposed 1
<?iinstitution. It is not likely that the Hale j
c< mmittee will waste much time upon the !
phras of thes< principles. The pre- ;
cise wording of the ideas will have to be :
select -1 by the .'.invention committee itself. '
Mr. Hoi-committee is composed of men i
fl s. So is the con- i
vention mmittee on cities. It is a pity i
tiiat on . ill b >dy there is not at least one ;
I an from the rural dis- i
ti ' If i i. re were the protest of the ■
c untry agn : t independent local elections ;
v lid b li. iff set . forth and better studied \
ami better met.
om state and national '
e. lion.- m- . first, the holding of local I
el- ti' -'is in t : • odd-iiunibercd years; sec- I
O' ’. a ■ ui th, term of the governor, •
so tha; it si aii be two or four years, and, •
tin - .. ti.. m.ik of an assemblyman’s ;
term two je;.- instead of one year.
Ti.i fe will bi- i'pponeiits of each of these I
c . iige,. ami -.u h such opponent becomes i
th' reb\ an <•[■;■ m-r.t of the policy of sep- '
arating local from state elections.
Ju tn <•i t i i:ty of this peril arising it ’
that the Hale aml the
J- l.n-on committee will have to consider
• citj interests and city
a ..s. It is a compound, ’not a simple I
pr ihlcm.
-v it.'s of a separation of elections ;
m-i t -om mi siiinary work. To satisfy j
t! • <1 I.eiii S and their constituents I
t'n < xx .1 l.avc to be a delicate adjustment
p r. ;• compromise. The sooner city
b-' ' ■ ire ix-i’orm see this the- larger ■
will !• their chance of getting for c.ties :
What cities need.
'lore Kussian Methods.
ite oi w Yoik
ha x • cori;puisory educat on and compulsory
va million. ami now it is proposed to adit
to li.i-se Itussi.m ojipressions compulsory
Eufirage. The proposition to enslave citi
z wiio have the privilege ot suffrage and
d not ■x. icise finds favor in the const!- I
t -! onvt ntion. It is argued by its ad- '
x- th< exercise of suffrage is us ■
Hu- ii .t i it; a. tie jiayment of real taxes, i
a: d .'.t' .- .-ioul-i be cited t • appear before I
t l , -iij'l'i ■•mri of stat ami shoxv
<■ • si mid not b< penally dealt '
v i ; v aen ticx fail to come to the [tolls ami
<l. posit their ballots. The nee■ ssary se- ;
qie i • ■ of such a law is gross violation of
p i ..nal .ghts. Officials must not only act I
u- -1-• -t ■ .. but visit domiciles to discover I
tl.< - >:i xvl.y delinquents should not be
y.i id parties to a state prosecution. The ’
registration ofiices and jiolling [daces must .
be converted into detective resorts. Citi
zens absent from t'ae state must have a ,
witness that they could not annihilate space
tiiat they might exercise suffrage, or if :
sick, a doctor’s certificate of inability would i
be necessary. Such are some of the ab- !
Eurditi. s attending compulsory suffrage. I
AVhen sudi an amendment to the state con- ’
Etitution is '.;:d before the people it will be .
overvx lielmingly repudiated, for it strikes I
nt th< very root of persot.al volition, which ,
is personal liberty, freemen wi.i not con- i
sent to be driven to th. polls, as the white i
missionaries drove the people of Otaheite i
to church on Sundays. The compulsory ed
u ation law will work its own repeal, be
cause it auth irizes domiciliary visits of 1
Cllic-als; the compulsory vaccination law is
assuring i‘ own repeal for the same rea
son, that force in a free country, save to
pi‘ vi nt febmy, is at war with tiie princi
ples upon which gov- rnment is based in
tliis state, where the spirit of opposition to I
tyranny has been t insmitted from the
Clintons. Mor. - - and Livingstons to this
g.-r. ration without .--mini impairment.
That the ballot is the <-tire for political ■
evils is granted. All men should use it if I
thr v h ive ti." ehance to do so. An educa
tional ballot qualification is not compul- j
Fion. it is proposed in t • convention to '
prohibit .any man from v-.iting who does not i
understand the E: g’.ish language after a
y. ar sj ■ ■■ally named, and also to natives
w-ho i neither read nor write. Other
Stat-■■ ■ f tiie union have such legislative
ena -tmi ats. Guarding suffrage from inno
v. t '>n and outrage is not an element of
f : It should be strictly protected. But
when it. i proj•<>d to arraign a citizen lie- ;
fore a court because he does not choose to
vote til- v *ry g nius of Americantsm is in- j
suited. Suffrage is not a right, nut a privi- '
lege, wh i h can be taken away on einvic- ;
tion < l felony, or modified at will by tiie i
people. It is gross ignorance to call it a.
right, for a right is a sacred possession, i
Being a privilege, then it is surpassingly i
r Jiculous t • Ivar it spoken of as being a I
basis of . t.ite inquisition and prosecution.
Locusls Hoard a Train.
Ijcoming j>a.--augers report that a swarm
Os sevent'‘-n-vi ir locusts took possession
Os a i. u Bieiii-h train this morning, and
for a time there was eviry prospect of the
p-issenc• ts having to abandon the train and i
]i ax ■ it to the locusts.
The train which experienced this unusual I
trouble was No. !i-S7, of the T J ennsylvania ‘
ra. lroad. It I* ft Jersey <’ity at 10 o’clock. ;
Tee warm w other t-mpted hundreds to ,
t‘ii ci ast t ixvr.s an 1 the train xvas heavily I
la;-n. Everything went well until near
here.
The station is in a wood. The vicinity
has been a favorite stamping ground for
t o j. t- since tlvy began to make their
»;>[»• arame above ground this year. The
ground is honey-combed where they have
for'-ed their way through, and driving over
the r •;•■!- is dangerous as the earth is apt
to sink beneath the weight of a horse.
Th*' locusts have attacked the trees and
for acres tln're is hardly a green leaf ex
cept on certain trees which tiie locusts do
not s*---m to favor.
I-'ottr Deep on the Trees.
They have at times been seen four deep
on the bark. On the grounds are thousands
oi the wing d pests, and old residents aver
Feme of them know enough to get out of
the way when a train approaches, so as to
avoid being crushed.
The locusts up to yesterday stuck pretty
close to the trees and to the ground be
neath them. Either because the available
green stuff had been used up or that it xvas
t me for them to do so. the locusts on Sat
urday began to migrate.
They followed no general direction, but
the railroad track seemed to become the
general meeting place for them. The little
station was soon covered with them. The
trains crushed hundreds and every engineer
opened his sand box when he struck the
locust zone. To have made the driving
wheels catch without sand would have been
impossible.
When the train in question drew up at
Avenel station this, morning there were a
few locusts aboard. They had been com
ing into the train for five minutes, but not
in such numbers as to cause any inconven
ience, except to the more timid. Those who
had no fear of them enjoyed catching them
and exam ng their wings and wondering
at the glaring, red eyes.
The heat had caused almost every window
in the train to be opened. When the train
came to a stop the passengers leaned ou
to look at the hundreds of thousands of the
locusts on the ground.
Swarmed Into tiie Train.
They would have been satisfied with this,
but the locusts were not. Before the pas
sengers were aware what was happening
the pests had swarmed up the sides of the
cars over the platforms and through the
xwndows and doors into the cars. They
flew about in tiie cars, rested on the seats
which were resigned to them, and crawled
along the floor. An invasion of mice into
a female seminary would be nothing to the
scene which followed.
Women screamed and stood on the seats
with their skirts drawn up so as to avoid
immediate contact with the ctaxxling ob
jects. They soon had to let go their skirts
and pay attention to keeping the locusts
from their hats and faces. The more timid
passengers started for the doors, but at tiiis
moment the car started. The-rush of wind
seemed to disconcert the pests. Those on
the outside of the cars dropped off, and
those inside clung closely to the seats or
floors, and were soon thrown out of the
xvindoxvs by the train hands, who started
through the cars.
All the way to Point Pleasant the locusts
were being dropped along the track as the
cars sped on. An old railroader on the train
said he had been in half a dozen wrecks,
had been held up twice in the west and
thought he had had about every other exjie
rience a railroader xvas exposed to, but this
event was a nexv one to him.
TIX D AL’S CAN DI DAC Y
For the Governorship of South Cnro
olina Bns Upset Calculations.
Columbia, S. C„ June 10.—(Special.)—The
' entrance of Secretary of State Tindal into j
the gubernatorial contest has turned topsy- |
turvy the calculations and predictions of alt j
our political seers. It will be remembered
i that early in the spring Mr. Tindal xxas
i generally spoken of as a candidate and
that he attended several meetings and de
livered speeches of a mild nnd inoffensive
character compared to the somewhat parti
j san ones of young Mr. Gary Evans.
Later on Mr. Tindal published a letter
. in which he gave out the impress!.)"> that
i he xvould not be a candidate, ind for two
months urged peace and unity and a mu
> tual forgiveness of sins betxveen the politi
j cal factions. His utterances were regarded
i as remarkably liberal, and assuaging to
j the existing strife and bitterness between
I South Carolinians, considering that they
i emanated from a man who nad been origi
j nally and persistently identified xvith the
i Tillman agitation. Suddenly txvo weeks
i ago Mr. Tlndal’s name appeared In the
1 way of a suggestion in a number of re
i form county weeklies, and The Manning
J Times', a leading reform paper of the east
: ern part o<f the state, published in Claren
; don, Mr. Tindai’s county, printed a strong
! editorial urging Mr. Tindal to take the
’ field.
It almost seemed that there had been a
preconcerted arrangement among Tiilman
ite papers of a less violent tendency to
' boost him and the belief is that lie will
i command the support of peace-loving Tlll
- manitc-s throughout the state as well as
attract encouragement from many conserv
atives.
Mr. Tindal is a scholarly man xvith a Eu
ropean education, suave in nis manners
and a good speaker. It is claimed by many
persons, however, that he is imbued with
advanced socialistic notions and the proba
: bility is that he will prove an intense advo
' cate of the dispensary scheme and other of
the Tillman ideas regarded by the opposing I
i faction as most radical.
Notwithstanding Mr. Tindai’s entry, pres- I
ent indications are that John Gary Exjurs
i still has a good lead and Ellerbe s chances
will be more impaired by Tindai’s candidacy
' than his. Evans has had nothing to say
since the supreme court nullified the dis
pensary. Tiie opinion still prevails to st me
extent that the dispensaries will be re
opened the moment the composition of the
' .-t.j-reine court is changed by Justice-elect
Gnry taking his seat in July, to which the
fact that county dispensers are merely re
tired on half pay, as it were, lends color,
and if this surm'se should prove true it will
have the effect of a tremendous boost for
; Evans, who, after Tillman, is the recognized
dispensary exponent.
MAIS I'Tiofi < litoLIXA.
Moorman <o Make the Bare for Con
gress—Political Xotes.
Columbia, S. June 12.—(Special.)—The
A oice of the People is authority for the
; statement tiiat Hobert Moorman, ex-post
master, has been called upon by a com
mittee from the republican party and urged
to make the race for congress in the third
district, and that he has consented. Moor
man is a. xvhite man, and belongs to a. prom
inent family. j,t is said that Moorman xvas
[aesent on the last registration day and
took deep interest in the registration of
ii'gr*' s, many oi whom secured tickets.
Ihe Voice of the People is the Tillman or
gan recently established at Newberry.
The same paper says: “It has reached us
mighty straight that Newberry county will
have a candidate in the race for the United
Sta.ts senate.’’ It is surmised that ex-State
Senator Joseph L. Keitt is the person re
ferred to. Keitt has heretofore been an al
liance democrat with strong populistic
j leanings. In the campaign of ISU2 he re
fused to ii.irl ieipate in tile democratic pri
maries. His father, Colonel Ellison S. Keitt,
was a candidate for the senate against
►Senator Irby and ex-Senator Hamptor in
the camjiaign of 1890. ’The Keitts are pian
. ters of considerable wealth and influence
at*'i their family has geen a distinguished
one ’ 4 AdAiAS
\ Quarrel Between I'anners.
The Orangeburg Times and Democrat re
lates that It. E. Fanning ami \\ . A. Pear
son. two well-to-do farmers of the Fork
■ section of Orangeburg county, quarreled
i over the dividing line betxveen their farms.
i Last Friday while Pearson and a friend
named C. H. Willis xvere gathering oats on
the disputed territory Fanning fired upon
them xvith a shotgun, but without, effect,
i Fanning was arrested and gave bond. Last
; February Fanning and Pearson haa a row
i over the same question and Pearson shot
I Fanning in the shoulder.
.mot her I'Bliuan for Governor.
The Hampton County Guardian publishes
i a number or replies to letters sent to every
I section of Hampton county inquiring the
preference of the people as to a successor
to governor Tillman. A surprising number of
these suggest the name of ex-Congressman
George D. Tillman, the elder brother of
the governor, who was defeated for con
gress gy W. J. Talbert two years ago.
Colonel Tillman has not expressed an in
tention to enter the gubernatorial contest
and the demand from Hampton appears
to be an entirely spontaneous one. Were
he to become a candidate the race would
take on a totally new aspect. “Uncle
George” is known as a fighter, and is re
i ganled as one of the very best stump
j speakers in the state.
tVhen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried fqr Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JUNE 18. 1830.
SOUTHERN COTTON.
Ti
SENATOR C j. lER’S PLEA FOR
MAN UFA , ftS DOWN HERE.
ibtid <*t in
He Points < ' ? ilre'.igCl** ‘'’owth-Georgia
and Her J? 1 - Outstrip the
North— Ni'CSS.t'-fW '' ''l at on> lProtection.
~ lo'.-tif i.
OtllQ ,v j IV(
. ji: tinioniai
V*. co.. Ci> : . u *- Senator
Chandlr tll( & 'tec< iS
featur. , ... ators
Harr- ist 1 at
the .*(1 ( o o
M v ,,. 'VC- plowed x -
dler •-ViU or an 1 ”-,
He is 1 back-
ma t only ’
in !■ aj -’ flat {
ties so ' l ' tw h
tecti- ln - 10 P
made ’ moJ
enough
cotton i v ,tllo sol
question, ict-
urers of lUt / s ’ will
ing but art . ’ !riuties
on wool to , "Seep in
the United Stii. .uxin- n pro
tection to the far?., , lLl '.'e man
ufacturer, and are d*.--,. any a t-
tempt to induce them t . . -a. hand in
th e tearing down of the system of
protection. c
Senator Chandler’s Speech.
Tn that part of his speech de -oted to the
schedule of cotton manufacturers, Senator
Chandler said:
“If the bill becomes a law time will tell
whether or not the manufacture of the
highest grade of-cotton goods can survive
the reductions of duties made by the pend
ing bill. I shall wait the result hopefully,
but xvith many apprehensions. Any re
duction in existing rates is unnecessary and
uncalled for by any sound public considera
tion.
“There are many reasons of wise public
policy for the protection and development
of the manufacture of cotton cloths in the
southern states. The south needs diversified
industries to promote that, growth to
which her natural resources entitle her to
attain. The contrition of that section at the
close of the war was indeed lamentable.
All values had been destroyed and nearly
all the property itself had been destroyed.
■ The agricultural lands indeed necessarily
; remained but they xvere unfenced, unfer
tilized, uncultivated, and of little or no
money value. Fexv buildings were in ex,
istence except dxvelling houses, and those
were dilapidated. Horses anti cattle xvere
scarce and tangible personal property had
almost disappeared. The railroads were
nearly worthless, with bridges gone, rails
xvorn out and rotting stock shabby and
insufficient. Four million of slaves xvho
had been rated and valued as property had
become free. Whatever value there may
been in these slaves —and it was nomi
nally a vast amount —had been lost by their
owners. The banks and corporations had
become insolvent. The value of all the
credits or choses in action which survive
the war was insignificant. The paper
money of the whole south was good for
nothing and of gold and silver they had
none
“Surely never xvas a brave race, after
a devastating and unsuccessful war, which
brought myriads of the strongest and most
stalwart men to bloody death and forced
grief and despondency into every house
hold- left in a more pitiable condition than
xvere the people of the south at the close
of the war of the rebellion in 1865.
Quick to Hecuperate.
“But the recuperation of the southern
states during the twenty-nine years since
they found themselves in such sorrowful
case has, on the whole, been rapid. The
growth of cotton on its sale at the north
and in Europe has brought much money to
that section. The former slaves have la
bored intelligently and xvith assiduity and
have accumulated property for themselves
and their employers. In addition to pros
perous agriculture the vast mineral re
sources are being developed. Above all
i manufacturing, xvhich before 1861 was in
! considerable, has become an industry of
I vast importance. The “Nexv South, ’ so
’ graphically described by the accomplished
scholar and veteran editor, the junior sena
tor from Georgia (Mr. Walsh) has become
a hopeful reality. Newer, higher and bet
ter prosperity has come to the land once
depressed by the existence of, slavery ami
all the concomitant evils which surround it
and follow in its course.
“In this new south the development of
the coal and iron industries is perhaps the
most marvelous. But the erection of cot
ton mills, giving profitable manufactures of
cotton, is a striking evidence of the change
xvhich the new order of things has brought
to the southern country. During a recent
trip to Asheville, N. C., I passed through
one section of that state xvhich was fairly
filled with cotton mills and in busy mo
tion.”
Growth of Cotton Manufacturing.
Mr. Chandler quoted from the bulletin
of the eleventh census relating to cotton
manufactures to show the wonderful
growth of the south, particularly in Geor
gia, North and South Carolina, in the
manufacture of cotton in the decade from
1880 to 18S0. Relatively the growth in the
south xvas much greater than in any other
section of the country. In capital the total
increase for the country was 70 per cent,.
New England, which had much the largest
part of the capital, only increased 55 per
cent. The middle states, which stood next
in capital, increased 66 per cent. The west
ern states advanced 71 per cent, but the
southern states advanced 209 per cent. New
Hampshire increased its capital only .11
per cent, while Georgia increased hers 175,
North Carolina 277 and South Carolina 301
per cent. In the number of operatives the
increase in New Hompshire was 18.20, in
Georgia 66.4, in North Carolina 161.50 and
in South Carolina 299 per cent.
The ratio of increase xvas even greater
in the south than elsexvhere, in the items of
amount of cotton used, amount paid for
cotton, value of total product, value of pro
duct per capita ami total amount paid in
wages, in the item of average xvages per
capita the increase in the south xxas less
than in any other section, comparing the
statistics of cotton manufacturing in Man
chester, N. H., —his own city and Augusta,
Ga Mr. Chandler showed that the percen
tage of profits was much greater in Augus
ta than in Manchester. He then proceeded:
“In this connection, I xvill read a short
extract from The Washington Post, of June
11, 1894, eedited to The Atlanta Constitution.
It is as follows:
Quoting Good Author list*
“ ‘All through the 'lull seaso \ ' pres-
ent financial depression, the s. V "j >tton
mills have been running on plac' “ and
yielding bigger dividends th n up leir
northern competitors. Th ie es ins
Company’s mill, at the it ccihxs
mentioned as a notable exworkingn '.u n inel
umns a few days ago, is ;. Sargent, • jT
ders for its i.ne number ‘ '=n
night and day. The on
to be the most ■ tory r; n
prosperity in the f iiti.reFWrxaJr calvs ,- u "
facture our leading stapto the d’ ,r °-
duet of our mills to horn*"" . We ha mar
kets, this xviil be the ricl.eluients m ,i the
globe.’ Diniciii tb'
“The senators who repi’a it' ii p-states In
which these prosperous maided Tories are
situated, should remember tl.C 1 ' there are
other sections where the are silent,
the workmen idle, their families distitute
and gloom and sadness prevail.”
Lodge ou Free Wool.
Mr. Lodge made an argument against
placing wool on the free list. He wel
comed the appearance of the cotton textile
schedule as the forerunner in legislation
of that which xvould overspread the whole
south, and he believed that ten years hence
there would be no more chance of getting
a free trade vote in Georgia than in Penn
sylvania or Massachusetts.
Mr. Teller also opposed the placing of
wool on the free list.
Mr. Hoar described the offer of free
wool to the woolen manufacturers of New
England as the apple of Sodom to their lips,
but which they resented and scorned.
Mr. Power, republican, of Montana, ar
gued against putting wool on the free list.
Mr. Higgins, of Delaware, took the floor
to oppose free wool. He had been speak
ing for over txvo hours, and had entirely
lost sight of the tariff and of free wool,
but had discoursed upon the Canadian ques
tion, the Hawaiian question, the steamship
line between Vancouver and China, the
smuggling of Chinamen over the Canadian
border into the Uuited States, and vari
ous other matters, xvhen he incidentally
referred to the United States civil war.
Just then Mr. Harris, who had evidently
been an unwilling listener, broke out with
this question: "And what ansxver did the
senator from Delaware give when that is
sue of war was presented, a good many
years ago?”
“I gave the same answer that I gix’e
noxv,” was the reply.
Mr. Hoar, xvho had been listening, broke
in xvith an inquniry as to what the question
was.
Some War Talk.
“The senator from Delaware,” Mr. Har
ris said, “xvas suggesting that this bill xvas
an issue of war between the sections. He
had departed from the xvool schedule and
from the tariff bill and was discussing the
issues of 1861; and I was a little curious
to know' what he did then.”
“I did not go to Mexico,” Mr. Higgins
interjected.
“A great many northern men at that
time,” Mr. Harris went on, ignoring the
remark, “shouldered their muskets and
went into the army. What did the senator
do?”
“Shouldered my musket for a little time,”
said Mr. Higgins.
“I suppose it xvas for a very little time.”
Mr. Harris remarked in a bitter tone, “and
I hope that he will shoulder it for a still
shorter time in the senate hereafter in ref
erence to this tariff question.”
“That ansxver,” Mr. Higgins retorted,
"may or may not be worthy of the sen
ator from Tennessee. I was presenting, in
a serious argument on a serious question,
matters absolutely germane to the bill. I
xvas shoxving that the ultimate issue and
outcome of this conflict was, as in 1861,
whether xve should have txvo flags and txvo
countries; and I say now that we should
not adopt a policy that would create tn
the north the same conflict that xve had
then in the south.”
Mr. Higgins then xvent on with his speech
and finished it.
Mr. Dolph, of Oregon, declared that xvith
xvool on the free list the sheep industry of
Oregon would be doomed.
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OFF OX ANOTHER TRIP.
The President Bns Gone to the Capes
of the Chesapeake.
Washington, June 14.—The president has
gone to the capes of the Chesapeake to try
the efficiency of salt air as a recuperative
agent. He intends to cruise for several
days on the lighthouse tender Maple, in
company with Dr. R. M. O’Reilly, his reg
ular physician, and Captain Robley D.
Evans, nax’al secretary of the lighthouse
board, and if his health is benefited as
much is expected, he may return to the
white house next Monday or Tuesday. He
drove to the boat this evening at half past
7 o’clock and a little later started down the
river. The Maple, on xvhich the president
is cruising, is a new vessel delivered to
the government, only a year ago. She is a
stanch craft 164 feet long and thirty feet
cvain, and her twin’:
V-apid rate of speed. She also has a. v 1
'schooner rig and is capable of making a
quick voyage. If the conditions are favor
able there is nothing to prevent her from
going to Buzzard’s bay, although the pres
' ident on leaving Washington expressed no
I intention of going farther than the en
trance to tiie Chesapeake.
WASBIXGTOX GOSSIP.
Coxey mid Hrmviic at the Capitol.
Gold Exportations.
'Washington, June 11.—Coxey and Browne
came to the capitol today, using the as
phalted walk instead of the grass in ap
proaching the building, and spent some
time in the senate gallery. Browne did not
xvear his theatrical leather coat and conse
quently the two commonweal leaders at
tracted little attenion.
The engagement today of $1,000,060 in gold
for export from New York tomorrow re
duces the gold reserve in the treasury to
$68,400,000. When Secretary Carlisle ou Jan
uary 17th last issued his circular letter in
viting bids for $50,000,000 of bonds, the gold
reserve stood at $68,971,000. The "ten days ’
treasury statement issued today shows
that the receipts from customs at New
York so far this month have aggregated
only $1,605,035, an amount less than for any
ten days since 1892, or prior years for ten
years back, it is believed, and less by
$1,000,000 for tiie corresponding period of
June, 1893. Os tliis amount only 0.1 per
cent xvas paid in gold and 86.8 per cent
in silver certificates.
So far this month the expenditures have
exceeded the receipts by $2,200,000 and for
the fiscal year, $73,200,000.
President Cleveland has been somewhat
affected by the debilitated warm weather,
and was indisposed today. The regular
Monday public reception was abandoned
and a physician was called on for a pre
scription, xvhich is expected to restore tiie
president to his usual health by tomorrow.
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SEIZED A TH AIN.
Com mon xven lees Take Charge of n
Freight Train in Illinois.
- Springfield, 111., June 13.—Official informa-
t tion was received here at 4:30 o'clock this |
- afternoon that a fast train on the Louis- |
ville. Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated
- railway had been forcibly seized at Fair
field by a band of fifty men, calling them-
: selves Coxeyites. The train xvas en route
t from St. Louis to Louisville, and the men
* demanded passage to the latter place.
Blueford Wilson, solicitor of the road, xvent
before Judge Allen, in the federal court,
reciting the above facts and swearing that j
the mayor of Fairfield had been applied to I
for aid to rescue the train, but had re- I
1 fused, and that the sheriff of the county |
1 xvas absent from Fairfield. As the road j
r is under the receivership of James H. ■
5 Wilson and E. O. Hopkins, Judge Allen at !
5 once issued an order directing United States |
Marshal Brinton to proceed to Fairfield
and take such measures as are necessary I
i to rescue the train from the eommonweai
i ers. Deputy Marshal Westfall has gone to j
i Fairfield and should he require assistance I
will swear in deputies there.
Three Hollies Found.
, Denver, Colo., June 11.—Three bodies of
Coxeyites drowned in the Platte by the
t wrecking of their boats have been found
, up to date. By the overturning of a boat
j yesterday betxveen Brighton and Platteville
Dr. Purcell, of this city lost his life. He
; had joined the party as surgeon for the
fleet. The army has now dwindled to
450 and will stop at La Salle tonight, only
ten boats surviving to that distance. Oth
ers are walking and breaking up into
small bands to steal rides on freight
trains.
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IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
ALLANTA>S EXPOSITION BILL RE
PORTED FAVORABLY.
Senators Walsh and Gordon Speak For It.
Georgia’s Junior Senator Puts in Good
Work for the Measure—Endorsements.
Washington, June 15.—(Special.)—The ex
position bill xvas shoved up a peg in the
senate today, and now there appears to be
but fexv obstacles in the way of its final
adoption into law. Senators Gordon and
Walsh xvent before the senate committee
on education at 9 o’clock this morning and
made brief but clear cut arguments for the
exposition bill. The members of the com
mittee were so much impressed xvith the
importance qf the exposition that by a
unanimous vote they decided to report the |
bill favorably to the senate, and to recom
mend that it be attached to the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
The obstacles in the way of the bill are
in the house, where so many members niadd
records on the xvorld’s fair bill. But Cui
onel Livingston, and, indeed, all the Geor
gians, have been and are now dong mis
sionary work xvhich will tell in results xvhen
the vote is reached. They feel very confi
dent it will pass the house-4n the sundry
civil bill notwithstanding the minority re
port against it signed by four members of
the house appropriations committee.
Endorsed in Chicago.
Chicago, 111., June 13. —(Special.)—Chicago
with her million and three quarters popu
lation does well by the exposition. Her
many papers advocate it in their vast cir
culation, her minor trade bodies support it,
while the executive committee of her great
leading commercial organization reports in
its favor, to be acted on by the general body
at the regular meeting next week. Ihe
big railroad presidents express deep inter
est and promise to attend it.
Colonel Avery stayed over to bring it be
fore the Illinois Grocers’ Association, rep
resenting every city, inclusive of Chi
cago, xvith her eighty millions of grocery
trade, whose members wish to distribute in
the west the large coffee imports from
South American countries.
That body adopted the following resolu
tions:
“Resolved, by the Illinois Grocers’ Asso
ciation, That, realizing that the enlarge
ment of American foreign trade will bene- '
fit every part of the country, it fully com
mends the Cotton States and International
exposition projected at Atlanta, Ga., for
1895, to secure the commerce of the coun
tries soutii of and nearer to the I nited
States, xx’hich chiefly goes to Europe, more
distant.
"Resolved, That at such an exposition the
products of the two should be conjointly j
displayed and Illinois, xvith her vast re
sources, and Chicago, the greatest interior
mart of tliis continent, should have a
worthy exhibit to get its share of in
creased business.
"Resolved, That as the stamp of the gov
ernment xvould strengthen the enterprise
with the countries whose trade is sought, we
urge Illinois’s senators and representatives
in congress to support the measure for a
national exhibit favorably reported by the
appropriation committee of the house, and
that acopy of these resolutions be sent
to each.’
MISSOI RI IS WITH IS.
Lnrscst Trade Organization West of
Gbix-nuo Iltivors the Exposition.
St. Louis, Mo., June 14.—(Special.) An
other endorsement victory xvas obtained fur
the exposition by Colonel Avery today in
the earnest resolutions adopted by the
strongest, commercial body west of Chicago.
St. Louis has nearly 600,000 population; it is
the fifth city in people and manufactures;
the chief exporting grain market; tie larg
est shoe center outside of Boston, and to
bacco-making city, and the third dry goods
market in the union. The endorsement is
as follows:
“Resolved, by the board of directors or
the merchants’ exchange, of St. Louis, Mo.,
That it regards xvith especial favor the at
tempt of the Cotton States and Internation
al exposition, in 1895, at Atlanta, Ga., to
grasp for the United States the vast trade
of the Soutii American continent ami its
neighbors, and recognizes it as a national
benefactor and of vital interest to the im
mense Mississippi valley, forming -15 per
cent of our country’s area.
"Resolved, That St. Louis, as the most
important city of the Mississippi valley and
center of the great water commerce of the
valley, must be a leading beneficiary ot tiie
business coming from those countries
through the gulf, and that its advantages
and the resources ot Missouri should be
shoxvn on such occasion.
"Resolved, That we respectfully urge our
national senators and representatives to
vote for the bill favorably reported by the
appropriations committee of the house in
congress for a national exhibit, to give the
government stamp to the enterprise as an
encouragement to those southern countries
to co-operate in this movement for the good
of both and that a copy of these resolutions
be sent to each.”
TENNESSEE PROHIBITIONISTS
Practically Endorse tlic Populist
Candidate lor Governor.
Nashville, Tenn., June 13.—(Special.)—The
prohibition party of Tennessee met in mass
convention here today and practically decid
ed to endorse the populist candidate tor gov
ernor. This will be followed by an attempt
by the populists to secure like action by the
republicans, but the success of this endeav
or is in doubt. The populists, however, and
the republicans will probably combine on
candidates for the supreme judges and tiie
prohibition executive committee may in
dorse these candidates. Colonel R. S.
Cheves, of Union County, was tiie perma
nent chairman of today’s convention.
Tiie platform demands absolute prohibi
tion by state and national laws; that na
tional currency be issued direct to the peo
ple through government banks; that the
tariff question be referred to a non-pa.’tisan
commission and reductions be made plac
ing home manufacturers on a basis of equal
ity xvith foreigners; that only the English
language be taught in public schools; that
convicts be worked on public roads; opposes .
oppressing those xvho observe any other day i
I than the Sabbath as a day of rest; favors
' restriction of immigration; abolishii g the
fee system; limiting the ownersliiji of land;
electing the president, vice president and
senators by the people; local option in
towns; a constitutional convention; com
pulsory education and the free anti unlim
ited coinage of silver.
The executive committee was instructed
to nominate or recommend such candidates
as they think xvill best promote the cause of
prohibition. It xvas decided to light for the
j petition feature of the Mississippi law be
| lore the next legislature.
Ku nsiiM I’rohibit ionists.
' Emporia, Kan., June 13.—The following
! ticket was nominated today by the Kansas
I prohibitionists in convention neve: Hover- ;
! nor 1 O. Pickering, of Olathe; iic-utenant )
i governor H. G. Doughart, ot Hiawatha; I
secretary of state, J. M. Howard, of Wien- j
I ita- associate justice, Judge Silver, of to- |
I pek'a; auditor, J. P. Perkius, of Columbus; ;
i treasurer, James Murray, oi Bal lwin; at- i
! torney general. M. - x anbennett, or |
Cherokee; superintendent of public mstrue- ,
tion, Mrs. A. Allison, of Cupa; congress- i
man-at-large, Major Holsinger, ot Rose- i
dale.
Sonlli Dakota Populists.
Mitchell. S. D-, June 14.- The South Da
kota. populists had a very busy day of it.
The convention adjourned this evening, af
ter having placed a full ticket in the field.
Wisconsin Prohibition Ticket.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 14.—The prohibi
tion state convention today nominated Cap
tain J. Cleghorn, of Clinton, for governor.
The convention adopted without discus
sion a platform of decidedly radical char
acte-. It demands a suppression of the
liquor traffic and deciares in favor of fiat
money, xvoman suffrage and tiie restriction
of immigration. The remainder of the tick
et is as follows:
Lieutenant governor, Oleo E. Oloeson,
Eau Calaire; secretary of state, T. J. Van
Matre Fayette; treasurer, William Johnson,
New Richmond; attorney general, E. W.
Chafin. Waukesha; stpte superintendent,
Rev. E. L. Eaton, Milwaukee: insurance
commissioner, Thomas Edwards, Ashland; ■
raSlroad John EL Ev'ans,
Waupola.
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In a Series of Prizes Based
On the Best Estimates 01
Tfc Year’s Cotton Crop
This SI,OOO will be in addition to our
numerous other premiums ami 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
is the determining factor of this year’s
prices. Hence, everybody is interested in
the probable size of the cotton crop of
1893-I)4—ihe crop xvhich 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 figuresjtccepted in determining thir
contest xvill be those of the New OrieaiF
cotton exchange.
The prizes xvill 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 foiloxvs:
First Prize.
S4OO IN GOLD to the person making the
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
mule or female. This prize for the third
nearest guess.
Fourth Prize.
A SIOO Tltll* 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 xveek
or tea days trip for the fourth nearesi
guessei’.
Fifth Prize.
A SIOO TRIP TO THE CITY OP
MEXICO, traveling expenses to bo borne
by The Constitution, including all railroad
transportation to the above amount. Tins
prize for the fifth nearest guesser.
THE CONTEST.
The conditions governing this contest are
very simple, indeed. Every person xvho
sends his own name or any oilier name,
or a renewal, for one year’s subscription to
The Weekly Constitution xvill be entitled
to make an estimate in tnis contest.
lie can make a guess for every sub
scriber sent, and the names so sent xviil
also be entitled to a subscriber’s guess.
Thus, if a person sends us the names of
six subscribers, he eau make six guesses,
and each of the names he sends xviil be
entitled to a guess. He can send a guess
with every additional subscriber.
All clubbing subscriptions are entitled to
participate in tliis contest.
Every guesser is required to write his
name and address on a separate piece of
paper, on xvhich should be written his
guess in legible figures.
No guess xvill lie entered that is not
accompanied by cash for the subscriptions
sent.
Other Crops.
In order that the guessers may have a
fair insight into the statistics concerning
past cotton crops, xve present herexvith the
total crops from the year 1877 to 1891,
inclusive, as follows:
Year 1 Bales Year | Bales
1877 ... .| 4,455,4231 l 1884 .... 5,714,0.72
187 S.. . .| 4,811,265 1 '* s ’! •• • • •'■tid'd,”2l
lts7'J .. . .1 5,073.531 !• . b.y./' 21.-»
. . 5 757,39. i V sß 6.515.624
Lsbl 18-9 .... 6,!i;u, oxj
1882 .. . ,| •’•■’■"’•.U’.’ is;k) .... 7.313.7’215
I'-s.x .. . ,| «. tr.*-.--’♦ | VI 1 ... ,| s *’,s-...-,is
1884 | 5,<14,0 a 2j| igyo j (>,7t)0,3(i»
THE CON TEST NOW OPEN
A special clerk has been assigned to tha
work ul compiling me muusanus ot guesses
that xvill be received in tins contest be
txveeu noxx’ and next September. Special
books have been prepared, by which careful
record will be kept lor every guess, so that
there will be no possible confusion in the
axvard of Hie one thousand dollars xvhich
Tin- Constitution offers, and which xvill bo
distributed in settlement of this contest.
The contest is noxv open, and every new
subscriber or renewal of a subscription is
entitled to a guess in accordance with th«
conditions above stated. It is not every
day that a paper gives axvay one thousand
dollars in one contest; but The Constitution
does Hus to interest its readers. This is
but one of several contests that The Con
sul ntion xvill run during the coming year.
The contest above announced is the most
interesting tiiat 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 guessing ability.
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