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CAPITAL OF THE NATION
NEWS OF CONGRESS FOR THE PAST
WEEK HRIEFLY TOLD.
THE WATSON BLACK CONTEST CASE.
China Retaliate* and American Trade is In
jured—An Enormous Saving in Pen
sions— Tate and the Revenue taws.
Washington, .Tune 18.—(Special.)—In the
general deficiency bill, reported to the house
today, an appropriation of $1,700 is made to
Thomas J 3. Wai .son to pay the expenses of
his contest for Major Black’s seat. A simi
lar amount is appropriated to Major Black.
Both gentlemen put in an itemized account
of their expenditures in obtaining evidence
and in lawyers’ tees to the committee on
elections and that committee recommended
that the appropriations committee allow
them $1,700 each. The dcdiciency bill also
contains an appropriation for fees and ex
penses of the federal courts. There is also
Eri appropriation in it of $15,000 for an ele
vator and to improve the approaches to the
fcirmi igiiam public building.
Eneouraging for the Exposition.
Mr. Jack Spalding, of Atlanta, is here,
(working up the Atlanta exposition bill. Mr.
Bpaiding had a conference with Senators
Gordon and Walsh today and he finds the
bill in good shape. He feels very cormdent
or its passage. It has been referred to the
appropriations committee of the senate with
the recommendation of the committee on
education that it be attached to the sunciy
civil bill. , .
Senators Gordon and Walsh have received
assurances from Senator Cockrell, chairman
of the committee, trzit this wil’ bo done.
Mr. Moses Feels Gonfident.
Mr. Moses returned from Georgia tonight.
Fie j 3 greatly encouraged at the action of
Chattahoochee county and feels very confi
dent of being renominatec.
The president is still absent on the Chesa
peake bay somewhere, recuperating from
his recent illness. He will, however, te
turn this week. .
(3iitin K.ein Hate*.
American manufacturers are beginning to
realize that their trade with China has been
materially iniured because of the anti-Chi
nese laws nassed by com ess. Because of
the lav.- prohibiting Chinese immigration
China is retaliating by cutting off trade
With us.
Gur consul at Tien-tsin calls attention to
the fact that “the last of the dozen great
representatives of American commer< e and
t isiness” disappeared in China, with the
ri sing of the house of Russell & Co. The
extensive and profitable trade which Amer
icans formerly carried on with China and in
China has fallen as a welcome legacy to
Great Britain. France and Germany.
It is a high price we have paid for the
blessings of the Chinese exclusion law.
Our southern cotton factories in recent
years have built up a large trade in coarse
cotton goods witli China. There are no
figures obtainable here to show whether
this has been interfered with, but it. doubt
less has. as China, is retaliating in every
possible way against us for our unfiiendly
legislation.
Might Be Improved Upon.
Washington. I>. C., June 19.—[Special.]—
Congressman Tom Johnson, the free trad
er from Cleveland. < >., tells of an interview
he recently had with Mr. Cleveland about
the tariff bill. “The president,” said he,
"talked very freely and vigorously, but
not radically enough to suit me. He has
Always been in favor of some tariff on su
gar on a. revenue basis. He said that the
tariff Question is worrying him very much.
“The president, no doubt, is anxious to
have a bill passed,” was suggested.
“Well.” said Mr. Johnson, with a signifi
cant smile, “he said there are some bills
too mean to pass.”
Aa Eixirinons Savins;.
The surprising statement is made by the
pension department that on the Ist of July
it will return to the treasury of the United
States $25,6t0,0<K). This represents an enor
mous saving in the conduct of the pension
bureau during Commissioner Goehren's in
cumbency of his office.
Mr. Lochren has been purging the pen
sion list and stopping the wholesale and
Indiscriminate issue of pensions. How well
he has done this work is shown by Isis
leaving the sum of $2-j«H),o‘jO out of the ap
propriation of JlOa.gJ'.'.OiiO. He has reduced
Ids estimate for next year to $140,050,060.
Commissioner Lochren expects a gradual
decrease each year in the number of ap
plicants for pensions, the number granted
and the expenditures. He thinks by the
close of Mr. Cleveland’s administration, in
1897, he will have reduced the annual
amount paid in pensions to about $120,000,-
(h “i. and that the decrease will continue at
an even m< re rapid rate from year to year.
He states that the death rate of veterans is
increasing very rapidly.
Carter Tate is Worrying; Them.
The Kentucky whisky tru«t papers are
roasting Carter Tate on account of his op
position to the internal revenue laws, the
extension of the bonded period and the
increase of the tax on whisky. Mr. Tate
made quite a fight on this during the con
sideration of the tariff bill in the house,
and he expects to continue to fight when
the till comes back.
The Louisville Post has this to say about
him:
“The moonshine element in the house is I
organizing to fight the extension of the I
bonded period and the increase tax.
“Carter Tale, of Georgia, who has a large
moonshine constituency, is trying to corral
sufficient strength to defeat the amend
ment. He is the head and front of the
fight, and Swanson, of Virginia, is his
lieutenant.
“Tate is a man of some strength, but
he will be unable to vitiate legislation
to the protection of the illicit distillers
of his state.
“The stand he has taken is admirable
enough in its way, but the house is not
to be hoodwinked by his claims of tem
perance, as he showed his hand too plain
ly before when the fight was In the house,
and clearly demonstrated that it was for
lawlessness he was really trying to legis
late.” I
Silver Shows Fight.
Washington, June 21.—(Special.)—The de
bate over the anti-option hill in the house
has been decidedly interesting today.
"Young Mr. Pence, of Colorado, the populist,
gave notice that he would offer the Bland
free coinage bill as an amendment to the
anti-option bill tomorrow and that he
hoped and believed it would not be ruled
out by the chairman. Colonel Livingston is
firesiding in committee of the whole, and it
Is he who will have to rule on the question
•tomorrow. Colonel Livingston is an enthus
iastic free coinage man, and he may rule
the amendment in order, though under the
rules of the house it is not in order. But
then you know Colonel Livingston does not
pose as a stickler for rules, lie believes
An accomplishing ends. Such a ruling might
outrage the house, being contrary to all
the rules, but then the house could over
rule his decision on an appeal.
Mr. Bailey, of Toxas, is still acting as
speaker. Judge Crisp being- yet confined to
his room, though sitting up and much im
proved today. Mr. Bailey called Colonel
Livingston to the chair in committee of the
■whole at the request of Mr. Hatch, who has
Charge of the bill.
Senator Walsh a Candidate.
Senator Walsh is a candidate to succeed
himself. He has so notified his friends,
though for the present he will make no for
mal announcement. He is very much en
couraged over the many favorable letters
he has received from all sections of the
state, and he said tonight that he did not
want any of his friends to form the irn- I
pression that he would not be a candidate I
for the long term. He - believes the people ■
of Georgia want the man in the senate who ,
can lie of the most service to the party and ’
the state, and he is working to make him- ■
eels that man.
Colonel James 11. Blount, of Macon, is ;
here.
•Jarvis Makes a Hit. J
Washington, June 22.—1 n the morning half j
hour the senate passed a bill to incorporate |
the supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias; i
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. JUNE 25 1894.
also a senate bill making the first Monday
in September every year (Labor Bay) a
legal holiday.
Jarvis, the successor of the late Senator
Vance, made his first speech in the senate
today, and it was in advocacy of the in
come tax. Tall, of commanding I resence,
with a fine voice and splendid delivery, his
debut was quite triumphant.
The question, said he, was purely a
question of taxation. There was a certain
amount of money to be realized lor the
support of the national government, and
the question was, where and how tnat
money was to be raised. The senator from
Ohio,' Sherman, said “put the burden on
sugar;” the senators from New England
said “put it on manufactured goods,” and
the senators from New York said “put it
on the collars and cuffs that the people
wear.” (Laughter.) His idea was that, in
imposing the burdens or taxation, the
heaviest portions should be put upon those
best able to bear them, and the lightest on
those least able to bear them.
Referring to Mr. Hill’s prediction that
the passage of an income tax would sound
the death knell of the democratic party,
Jarvis Stiid.- "If the democratic party has
no higher mission than to bow at the foot
stool and worship at the shrine of the
accumulated wealth of the country, the
sooner it dies, the better. (Applause in the
galleries.) As I understand democracy, it
means sympathy .with the struggling peo
ple of the country. It means, while it pro
tects property, to go into *he highways
and by-ways to take in its great arms the
laboring people, and to lift them up IntiFli
higher and better life. I, for one. thank
God that the democratic party is today in
the hands of those who have the courage
to take some of the burdens from the peo
ple and put them on the accumulated
wealth of the country. Instead of this bill
sounding the death knell, I believe that it
is the first step onward to a. higher pros
perity and a. more glorious career for the
democratic party.”
The Senatorial Contest.
By the way, Judge Maddox and Colonel
Livingston are in favor of the state conven
tion, which meets on the 2d of August, tak
ing some action in regard to the senatorial
contest. These two distinguished Georgians
believe that senators should be elected by
the people. That not being possible, the
constitution declaring to the contrary, they
believe the next best thing is for the state
convention to formulate a platform and
nominate a senator to the legislature.
Some other members of the delegation,
notably Colonel Lester and Mr. Tate, are
opposed to this, and they oppose it for good
and substantial reasons. They argue that
there are four or mere candidates for the
senate and th.o.t these men are working in
almost every county to elect democratic
members to the legislature. Should the
convention, on the 2 1 of August, nominate
a senator, that would take all the other
candidates out of the race and might cause
a number of counties that would otherwise
go democratic, in the October election, to
go for the third party. They also think that
the legislature is more apt to select the
best man than would a state convention
which has been called only for the nomina
tion Os a governor and state officers.
KiSCI SSIN(FI? Tl RES . ”
Representative Sibley Entertains the
House for Three Honrs.
Washington, June "■—tn the absence of
Speaker Crisp, Representative Bailey was
appointed speaker pro tern.
The house proceeded, in committee of the
whole, to the further consideration of the
anti-option bill.
Mr. Coombs, of New York, was the first
speaker in opposition to the bill. He said
the depressed condition of things, especially
in the agricultural interests which the hill
was intended to cure, was not peculiar to
the United States. The whole world was
suffering from the same trouble, and it is
believed the United States was the most
prosperous country on the globe. In an
experience of forty years, he had never
known foreign markets to be so depressed
as they are now. The bill would not bring
prosperity to the farmer, but was fraught
with danger to the interests of the country.
Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, advocated
the bill. He convinced the committee by
relating the visit of the Lord to the coast
of Gadarene, where the legion of devils
which he drove out of the unfortunate
young man whom they had afflicted, en
tered into a herd of swine, which ran down
the steeps into the sea. Whereupon, the
board of trade of Gadarene came cut end
petitioned Him to leave their coasts. “And
He did,” said Mr. Sibley, “never more to
return. And that’s what the Chicago board
of trade would ask if He were to visit them,
tearing a falling pork market with no line
of shorts out.”
Mr. Sibley drifted into a discussion of
financial relief, and called attention to the
fact that the same elements which de
manded and supported the repeal of the
Sherman law opposed the passage of this
bill.
“How about Coxey?” some one asked.
“Rather than choose between the finan
cial vagaries which various Ohio people
have indulged in,” answered Mr. Sibley, "I
would take to the woods. As between the
arctic contracting policies of Sherman and
Harter and the tropical richness of Coxey’s
schemes, I prefer the common sense aver
age temperate zone of finance. The differ
ence between Harter ar.jl Coxey seems to
be.” continued Air. Sibley, "that Coxey
came to Washington from Ohio and was
elected to serve twenty days in jail, while
Harter was elected to come to Washington
and serve two years in congress. Which
one serves his country best, God knows;
I don't know.” (Laughter.)
Mr. Sibley pictured the country under the
demoneiizatton'ot silver as a dismal swamp,
and the brush was wielded with artistic
eixect. He was interrupted by his col
league. Mr. Hatch’s recent suggestion that
the populist candidates for president and
vice president in ISSO would be Teller and
Sibley was recalled by the close of Mr.
Sibley’s speech. He said that if his party
abandoned the principles for which he
stood, and that were inscribed on the ban
ner of any other party, whatever its name,
he should follow that bapner. And if no
party championed them, "Why, then,” said
Mr. Sibley, "1 shall return to the farm
and be a party to myself.”
Mr. Sibley spoke nearly three hours,
time being granted him by Messrs. Alex
ander, of North Carolina, and Pence, of
t olorado.
Mr. Aldrich, republican, of Illinois, in
whose district the Chicago board of trade
is located, was the next speaker. He had
for years been a member of the board,
and spoke from the standpoint of ex
perience. He defined trading in futures, j
which the bid sought to restrict, if not to !
annihilate entirely, and asserted that it I
inured to the benefit of the producer. ;
Whether or not the farmer needed protec- j
t.on from his friends, as Secretary Morton |
declared, Mr. Aldrich said he knew that I
he did not need the restriction of mar
kets for his products which this bill would
inevitably bring about.
Mr. Fletcher, of Minnesota, had read at
the desk communications from dealers in
and handlers of wheat in the northwest
protesting against the passage of the bill.
These writers gave statistics to show that
farmers and producers were largely bene
fited by the practice of dealing in futures.
It was also asserted that wheat in North
Dakota today was worth as much to the 1
producer as it was ten years ago.
The committee rose at 4:55 o’clock, and
the house then adjourned.
SPEAKER CRISP CHEERED
As He Resumed the Chair After His
1 linens.
Washington, June 23.—Speaker Crisp re
sumed his duties today and its he rapped
the Louse to order a ripple of applause
swept over the floor at his reappearance.
He showed tracer, of the effects of his re
cent indisposition in both his appearance
and manner. The report of the committee
on elections in the case of the contest of
Watson versus Black, in favor of Black,
wa« made to the house by Representative
Lester, of Georgia, and placed on the cal
endar.
The remainder of the day’s session was
devoted to the consideration of the general
deficiency bill for the current year. No
amendments of importance were made.
The senate amendments to the house bill
incorporating the grand lodge of Knights c.f
Pythias were agreed to and the measure
now goes to the president tor his signature.
His Resignation Requested.
■Washington, June 21.—1 n consequence of
bitter differences of opinion between Mr.
Walker, of Massachusetts, and other mem
bers of the house committee on acoustics
and ventilation, and Edward Clark, who
has been the architect of tiie capitol for
nearly thirty years, on the subject of the
defective ventilation of the house, jyir.
Clark's resignation has been asked for by
Mr. Shell, of South Carolina, the chairman,
and Mr. Durburrow, of Illinois, a member
of the committee, and refused. Tito matter
will be brought up in the house, with a
probability of charges being preferred
against Architect Clark In connection, with
the administration of his oificc.
IN THK SENATE.
A. Duty for Coal.
Washington, D. C., June 20.—(Special.)—
The senate refused today by an almost
unanimous vote to put coal on the free
list. The amendment was offered by Sena
tor Hill. He and Senator irny of South
Carolina, were the only democrats who
voted for it. The three populists, however,
voted with them. Thus coal remains in
the bill with a duty of 40 cents a ton on it.
The senate made good progress on the bill,
and the managers predict that a final vote
will be reached this week. With the wool,
coal, iron and sugar schedules passed over,
the income tax is the only feature remain
ing in the bill which is expected to excite
a conflict. Senator Hill will, of course,
fight it with all his strength, but, as a
number of western republican senators
favor this feature of the bill, it is certain
to pass, and the debate on it should not
last more than two days. A final vote
should be taken on the bill on Friday or
Saturday.
Voting; on Free Lumber.
After some further personalities between
Mr. Allen and Mr. Chandler, Air. Alien’s
amendment was adopted—yeas. 28; nuys’ 21
It made paragraph t»iß of the tree list read'
"Sawed boards, plank, deals, and other
lumber, rough or dressed.”
The vote in detail was:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Caifery, Call, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulk
ner, Gray, Harris, Hunton, Irby, Jarvis,
Jcnes of Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsay, Mc-
Lauiin, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer,
Pugh, Roach, Vest, Voorhees, Walsh and
White—2B.
Nays—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Chandler,
Cullom, Dubois, Frye, Hale, Hawley,
Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill, Perkin's, Platt’
Power, Proctor. Quay, Sherman, Shoup,
Squire, Teller, Washburn—2l.
Paragraph 685, placing raw wool on the
free list, was amended so as to read: “All
wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, al
paca, and other like animals, and all wool
and hair on the skin, on the noils, yarn
waste, bur waste, slabbing waste, roving
v aste, ring waste, and all waste or rags i
composed wholly or in part of wool.” The I
proviso at the end of the paragraph, as
to when it would take effect, was struck
out.
The paragraph in section 53 for an inter
nal revenue tax of $1 a thousand on cigar
ettes was, on motion of Mr. Jones, struck
out of the bill.
AO DOC JUT A POLITICAL TRICK.
A Grand Army Post Sends a Letter to
A Confederate Post.
Richmond, Va., June 23.—(Special.)—Last •
night at the meeting of Lee camp, con
federate veterans, a. letter from a Grand
Army of the Republic post of Chicago, ask
ing if the camp endorsed the sentiments
uttered by Rev. R. C. Cave in his speech
here on May 30th was read and plunged
the body into the most exciting discussion
with reference to what disposition should
be made of the communication. Some of
the members, and they appeared to be in
the majority, are in favor of replying that
the camp did approve of all Cave had said.
A faction led by Colonel John Murphy, a
former commander of the carnp. opposed
hasty action, contending that the camp
could not afford to become involved in
what might turn out to be. an extended
controversy with the post. The letter,
they said, might have been sent here with
a. view of securing political capital. Those
who wanted to send an answer became
somewhat angry with those who did not
agree with their view, and intimations of
not having the courage to stand by Dr.
Cave were thrown out and the debate be
came a little personal and heated. It de
veloped that a number of similar letters
had been received by individuals from, busi
ness men in the north, and that respect
ful replies had generally been sent. Borne
of the conservative men present persuaded
the camp not to net hastily and action
was postponed for one week. The members
were enjoined to secrecy as to what took
place, but the proceedings leaked out to
day. Commander Spence refused to show
the letter from the post when applied to
by the local press for a copy for publica
tion. He declined also to give the name
of the post.
LINCOLN MAY LEAD.
Republican Sestimeut in Turning to the Ex-
Prcsident’s Son.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 18.—(Special Cor
respondence.)—What is regarded as a large
sized tip on the presidential race of 1896
has been given out here in the last few
days. Ex-Postmaster General James has
been here looking after the affairs of the
East Tennessee Land Company, owners of
the boom prohibition town of Harriman and
of its environs and enterprises. General
James is one of the receivers of the com
pany and represents also a large number of
capitalists, who are interested in reviving
the activity and prosperity of these proper
ties.
Ho Names Hob Lincoln.
He has talked very freely concerning polit
ical prospects and on the presidential ques
tion does not hesitate to say that Hon.
Robert Todd Lincoln, ex-Secretary of war
and ex-minister to England, will be the
probable and the strongest candidate for
the republican party in 1896.
McKinley Is a. Jonah.
McKinley will not do. His name is in
separable from that most odious of high
protection acts that bears his name and
which lias been freely admitted by republi
cans in the house and senate during tin*
present tariff debate to have gone away
beyond the desires and long-sufferance of
the American people. It is becoming plain
to the shrewdest leaders of tne party that
McKinley’s name and act would seriously,
if not fatally, embarrass their campign in
1896. Besides which considerations there is
John Sherman to be considered. Having
failed to reach the presidency himself, he
seems very loth to see any other Ohian in
his lifetime given a chance to reach that
exalted station.
BUTT P.N of the president.
His Trip Down the Huy Has Benefited
Him .
Washington, June 19.-The lighthouse
tender Maple, with President Cleveland on
i board, returned from her cruise down the
lower’ Chesapeake bay and outside capes
i at 6-30 o’clock this morning. The president
remained on board until the white house
! carriage and Private Secretary Thuroer
! arrived, and was then driven to the execu
tive mansion, arriving there at 8:10 o’clock.
He has been much benefited by the trip.
IVhen the carriage reached the white house
the president alighted as lightly and nrmiy
as after any of his fishing excursions, ana
seemed to be quite strong again. His race
is bronzed and he is evidently in excellent
condition. He has had no recurrence oi
his aliment and Dr. O’Reilly tmnks no
will have none. The party di 1 no fishing,
the Maple being kept under way all tne
time.
Secretary Dan Lamont joined the presi-
I dent soon after he entered his oilice ana
business affairs of the nation were resumea
I before the president had oeen in the execu
i tive mansion an hour.
ONE BKEUKINIiIDGE DEFEATED.
lie Was an Unconditional Repealer
and Stays at Home.
Memphis, Tenn., June 17.—Democratic pri
maries were held yesterday in the majority
of the counties composing the second dis
trict of Arkansas, which is represented in
congress by Clifton R. Breckinridge. Col
onel Breckinridge is opposed by Judge John
S. Little, who has made a vigorous can
vass. Returns received tonight show that
Little has more than enough votes in
structed to nominate him. Clifton R.
Breckinridge is a cousin of Colonel W. C.
P. Breckinridge.
ON THE INCOME TAX.
SENATORS SPEND A WHILE IN LIVE
LY DISCUSSION OF THE MEASURE.
HHI Fights It to the Last-Vest Gets in a
G ood Rap on the New Yorker Which
the Latter Enjoys.
Washington, June 23.—A resolution here
tofore offered by Senator Call for the ap
pointment of a special committee of five
senators to investigate the subject of or
ganized efforts of corporations to control
the election of members of state legislatures
and members of congress and to influence
the legislation of congress, was taken up
immediately after the meeting of the sen
ate, and after remarks by Senator Call, it
was suggested by Mr. Sherman that the
scope of the proposed investigation was
too broad, covering as it did the whole
United States, and that no sufficient founda
tion seemed to have been laid for it. If it
were confined to the state of Florida he
would not make any objection. 3 he resolu
tion was not so modified ami it went over
without action. 'The tariff bill was then tak
en up, the question being on the various
amendments to the income tax provision,
and Mr. Hill became again the central
figure of the proceedings. He started out
at once and talked for an hour a.nd three
quarters, worrying alike the senators of his
own party and those of the populist party.
He spoke of tile latter as "coming to the
front like the rubbish and dirt in a boiling
pot of water,” and he said that "barbed
wire,” the only thing that it had obtained
by its coalition with the democrats —was its
fit emblem. Talking upon the income tax
feature of the bill, Mr. Hill commented on
the fact that the word "cotton” appeared
in italics in the bill, showing at first the
profits on cotton were not to be accounted
for; and be intimated that the intention had
been at first to exempt the profits made
from cotton and that that was one indica
tion of sectionalism in the bill.
Mr. Hill was followed by Gallinger, repub
lican. of New Hampshire, in a speech
against the tariff bill in general and against
the income tax feature of it in particular.
Mr., Hoar gave notice of an amendment to
the inheritance clause to the income tax
provision. The amendment proposes to ex
empt from liability to the tax inheritances
from ancestors or lineal descendants and
inheritances and gifts between husband
and wife.
After some remarks by Mr. Alien, the
committee amendments to section 54 —the
first of the income tax sections —were agreed
i to without a division.
An inquiry was made by Mr. Allison, as
! to the amendment offered yesterday by Mr.
Vest to reduce the exemption from $4,000 to
$3,000.
Mr. Vest said that he withdrew it. He had
offered it under a misapprehension, suppos
ing that bis colleagues on the finance com
mittee favored it. He had learned this morn
ing, how. ver, that they did not all favor
it. His action had not been influenced by
any argument, made in the senate. He took
the fjiill responsibility of withdrawing the
amendment.
Hill Is Persistent.
Mr. Hill then offered an amendment re
ducing the exemption to SI,OOO. Rejected
yeas, IS: nays, 42.
Mr. Hill then moved to amend by making
the exemption $2,000. Rejected— 'yeas, 26;
nays, 38.
He then moved to make it $2,500.
Mr. Kyle suggested that if Mr. Hill would
graduate his amendment it would get more
votes.
The reply of Mr. Hill was that he pre
pared his amendments and that a gradua
ted proposition had been voted down yes
terday by a pretty large vote. This, he
said, was the only practical v/ay of reach
ing the point.
The amendment was rejected—yeas, 25;
nays, 38.
Then Mr. Hill reached the amendment
offered by Mr. Vest to make the exemption
$3,000, and said that it seemed yesterday to
be universally approved. He suggested
that the amendment should be determined
by its merits, and not by the fact of its
being offered by one senator or by another.
This amendment was rejected—yeas, 30;
nays, 38, as follows:
Y'eas —Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Frye,
Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrough, Higgins, Hill,
Hoar, Irby, Lodge, Manderson, Mitchell of
Oregon, Morrill, Patton, Peffer, Perkins,
Platt, Power, Proctor, Quay, Sherman,
Shoup, Teller and Washburn —30.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn. Caffery, Cail, Cockrell, Coke, Dolph,
Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman, Gray,
Harris, Hawley, Hunton, Jarvis, Jones of
Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsay, McPherson, Mar
tin, Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morgan,
Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Roach,
Smith, Turpie, Vest, Vilas, Voorhees, Walsh
and White—3B.
It Stands at S?4,00O.
The exemption, therefore, remains fixed
at SI,OOO.
Mr. Hill then moved to postpone for one
year the time for the income tax to begin
and to end—lß96 and 1901. Rejected—yeas,
26; nays, 41.
This finished the amendments to section
54, and 55 was then taken up. The com
mittee amendments, mostly of a formal
character, were agreed to.
Mr. Hoar offered the amendment of which
he had given notice a couple of hours be
fore, to exempt from the tax inheritances
from lineal ancestors or descendants and
between husband and wife.
Mr. Hoar's amendment was rejected
yeas, 22; nays, 33.
Mr. Hoar then moved the same amend- |
ment, only restricting it to inheritances be- ■
low $5,000.
This amendment was rejected—yeas, 21; j
nays, 29.
On motion of Mr. Hoar, and without*op
position, on exemption from the income tax
was made in favor of judges 'of United
States courts.
Mr. Platt moved to strike out the proviso
that only one deduction of $4,000 shall be
made from the aggregate income of all the
members of a family. The vote on this
amendment was—yeas, 30; nays, 31, as fol
lows:
Yeas —Messrs. Aldrich, Carey, Chandler,
CulPom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Frye,
Gallinger, Gray, Hale, Hansbrough, Haw
ley, Higgins, Hill, Hoar, Lodge, Mitchell of
Oregon, Morgan, Patton, Perkins, Platt,
Proctor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire,
Teller and Washburn—3o.
Nays—Messrs. Alien, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gib
son, Gordon, Gorman, Harris, Hunton, Irby,
Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay, Mc-
Laurin, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Wiscon
son, Murphy, Pasco, Pugh, Roach, Smith,
Turpie, Vest, Vilas, Walsh and White—3l.
Au Enoi’nious Revenue.
An inquiry was made by Mr. Sherman as
to the estimated annual yield of the in
come tax. It was stated, in answer, by
Mr. Vest that it had been estimated at $30,-
000,000, but that he could find no reliable
data for such an estimate.
Mr. Hill inquired as to the principle on
which the salaries of United States judges
were to be exempted.
i Mr. Vest confessed that that amendment
did not commend itself to his judgment.
There was much plausibility, however, in
the contention of Chief Justice Taney
that, as the constitution provided that the
compensation of United States judges
should not be diminished during their term
of office the exaction of an income tax
from that compensation would be an in- ■
fringement ‘of the constitution.
Mr. Hill then moved an amendment to
apply the same principle to the president of
the United States. The president, he said,
did not ask it. He (Mr. Hill) was not au
thorized to speak for him in this or in any
other matter—(laughter)—but he thought
that if the salaries of judges were exempt
at the personal request of the senator from
Missouri the same exception should be
given t'o the citizen of New York who now
ON THE INCOME TAX.
occupied the place of president of the Uni
ted States.
Vest Lands Heavily.
"Mr. President,” said Mr. Vest, with
good-humored satire, “as this is probably
the last president that we shall have from
the state of New York, the appeal is al
most irresistible.” (General laughter, in
which Mr. Hill himself took part.)
“I am afraid, Mr. President,” Mr. Hill
promptly replied, "that if we keep on with
this kind of taxation this will be the last
democratic president from any state m the
union.” (Applause in the galleries.)
Mr. Hill’s amendment was agreed to,
without opposition, and so the salary of the
president is also exempted from the income
tag.
Mr. Hill’s next amendment was to strike
out the exemption of such United States
bonds as are, by the law of their issuance,
exempt from all federal taxation.
This amendment was not disposed of.
In conse<|hende of the stifling heat in the
chamber and of the assurance held out by
Mr. Hale that the remaining provisions ot
the income tax could be disposed of on Mon
day, Mr. Harris, at 4:30 o’clock, consented
to an adjournment.
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Kolbitcs Call on the Country to Send
Them Money.
Montgomery, -Aia., June 23. —(Special.)
The campaign committee of the Jefferson
ian democracy has issued an appeal to the
countrv for funds with which to fight the
democrats in Wits state. The appeal, which
is signed by W. H. Skoggs, says among
other things:
“Birmingham, Ala., June 21.—the folio »-
jng is an appeal issued to the northern peo
ple by the Jeffersonian democracy or ivol i
democracy cf Alabama, in which iney set
forth the basis of their attack upon tm.
democratic party of this state. Am e <•
republicans did not take part m - ie eo ‘‘
vention by which Kolb was nomina.ed, th‘j
are urged to consider that this fight, for a
free ballot and a fair count, womu enu m
a benefit for them. The appeal is as 101-
“The pending political campaign in the
state of Alabama involves issues of a para
mount interest not only to the citizens of
this state but to every liberty-loving citi
zen of the United States. An oligarchy (h
office holders and office seekers has, for a
quarter of a century, dominated the wiL of
the people. In addition to the many un
warranted and un-American measures in
augurated to suppress the voice ot the peo
ple an infamous election law was passe l
by the last general assembly, when, ;is a
mitted by the author of said ,' s 'lc.-.ign
ed for the purpose of •dirtranchisiag (
tain class of our fellow citizens.’ Under the
operation of this law there 1S no P'miLy
provided for registrars failing to cdsenxiaC
their duty, and the right of suffrage oi eve
ry voter in the state is practically c<mtin
gent upon the pleasure of the registiars ap
pointed in the interest of the dominating
class. The registration period just closed
presents a disgraceful record of lawless
ness, corruption and fraud. A large num
ber of negro voters, at .east bO.GuO in t e ..,
gregate, residing in what is known as the
•black belt’ district, have voluntarily dis
franchised themselves temporarily by refus
ing to register. The issue with us is the
same as that which confronted the people
of all political parties in the state cf New
York in the late election, and sent McLane
and others to Sing Sing. I'erjury, suborna
nation of perjury, false legistiation am!
false returns, intimidation and violence at
the polls. The criminal features a.e Hie
The difference is one of magmtum
only. Gravesend is a district, A m
a state. Our people are poor and wc m ]
funds to distribute literature, to v.-.u) tn
registration authorized by the elo . ct m n J-iv
and place on tiie registration fists only
those actually registered and to use; all
such other means as circumstances nmy
to prevent frauu in '~ny event, w
need no financial assistance excent to pay
the legitimate expenses of a campi'gn io.
honest elections? With the overthvow ot
the privileged class ot b;*.llot-nox sti.iffm.
there will come to Alabama a r.ew era of
thrift, and awMtened energies will dav.-i
uy On us. To the American people we appeal
for help.
Kolb 'IYiIKs Confidently-
Captain Kolb, who is now in Naw York,
in an interview the other uiiy .
there was any doubt at all about my
election, the atlministr ition cf G.o. .
Cleveland has made it an absolute ceem.m
ty. The democrats of Alabama are
isfied with Cleveland and ■ (Jieveiav.dism.
The nomination of Gates, who is recognized
as the administration candidate, was oic
tated by the party machine, and a great
proportion of the rank and me ot the
will not support him, My party now has tne
prebate judges, sheriffs and county orb.oinF,
who appoint the election boards, in tnirty
elght of the sixty-six counties in the state.
If my opponent 'could get the 69,000 black
votes of the county to register, they would
fraudulently count their baiiots for Oates,
but, an it is, only 5,000 negro votes are r<
istered. It was by fraud in the black coun
ties that they defeated me before. You
can see the impossibility of the:;’ b. in.g able
to repeat that fraud. My party will con
trol the net state legislature, which will
elect Senator Morgan's successor. 1 tn
not be a candidate against Morgan. Our
policy is to keep the congressional elec
tion but of the state canvass, and we shall
make no nominations for congress until af
ter the August election. Then we will go
In and make a clean sweep of congress
men, and every man elected will be a pro
tectionist.”
Captain Kolb is accompanied by ex-
Governor V. . H. Smith and Joseph rt.
Parsons, two of the leading republicans
of the state of Alabama. They are here
to appeal for northern help against the
fraud, corruption and lawlessness which
has characterized the democratic machine
in Alabama.
THE ALABAMA CAMPAIGN.
There Will He SpenKimr All Over 'he
Stale by Leading Democrats.
Montgomery, Ala., June 20.—(Special.)—The
following announcements have been made
by the democratic state executive com
; nrittee:
! Colonel William C. Oates will address
: his fellow citizens at Raleigh, Pickens
| county, Thursday, June 21st.
Carrollton, Pickens county, Friday, June
Lamar county, Saturday after
noon, June 23d.
Fayette Court House, Fayette county,
Mondav, June 25th.
Vernon, Lamar county, Tuesday, June
26th.
Hamilton, Marion county, Wednesday,
June 27th.
Gravely Springs, Lauderdale county, Fri
day, June 29th.
Leighton, Colbert county, Saturaay, June
30th.
Birmingham, Jefferson county, Monday,
July 2d, at night.
Warrior Station, Jefferson county, Tues
day. June 3d.
Butler Springs, Butler county, Wednes
day, July 4th. r
BILIOUSNESS AND DA'SPEPSIA.
What the Mcdieal Colleges Say of
Tbe?ie Diseases.
Biliousness Is caused by catarrh of the
liver and bile ducts. These ducts become
stopped by the catarrhal secretions and pre
vent the flow of bile through them. The
bile is then absorbed into the blood, pro
ducing jaundice, sallowness, liver spots,
and depression. Dyspepsia is catarrh of
the stomach, which causes indigestion, sour
stomach, and many other disagreeame
symptoms.
The only systemic medicine which has
been found to be successful in these forms
of internal catarh is Pe-ru-na. Pe-ru-na is
a systemic medicine, and therefore reaches
the catarrh wherever located. It is the
only remedy able to cope with this disease
in all of its phases and stages.
Every patient should have a copy of The
Family Physician No. 2, which is a 32-
page pamphlet, giving a complete descrip
tion of the cause, symptoms, and cure ot
chronic catarrh. Sent free to any address
by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
pany, of Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Halliday Convicted.
Monticello, N. Y., June 21.—Mrs. Halliday,
on trial for the murder of her husband and
two women named Quinlan, was today con
victed of murder in the first degree. No
plea has been put forward in her behalf
except insanity. Dr. E. C. Mann, the in
sanity expert, testified at some length to
day to demonstrate that Mrs. Halliday has
been shamming insanity ever since her ar
rest. He gave reasons that were conclu
sive with the jury. The woman will be
sentenced tomorrow.
occupied the place of president of the Uni
ted States.
A PMWS MY.
D.C. H. PORTER. OF KENTUCKY, BUF-
FERRS FOB OVER 25 YEARS BE-
FORE HE FINDS RELIEF.
How He Was Affected, How He Suffer
ed, «ii<l How He Was Cured—An In
teresting Case.
From The Mt. Sterling, Ky., Gazette.
In the mountains of eastern Kentucky,
several miles from the line cf the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad, lives a retired
physician and farmer, .surrounded by a
happy and interesting family.
His name is Dr. C. H. Porter, and for
forty-seven years he has ministered to the
sick in the counties of Rowan and Morgan,
and for years he suffered more than many
of the patients on whom he called. He
•was at last cured, and his cure was so
startling and miraculous that it was soon
the talk of tiie mountains, and finally reach
ed the Bluegrass. A reporter of The Gazette
hearing of the remarkable case, concluded
to investigate the matter in the interest
of suffering humanity.
The reporter reached the home of Dr.
Porter, and after introducing himself, said:
“Dr. Porter, I learn that for years you
have been a great sufferer, and that you
have at last been cured and by a new dis
covery in medicine. Will you oblige me by
relating your experience?”
In reply, Dr. Porter related the follow
ing: “Twenty years ago, while living in
Morgan county and practicing mj' profes
sion, I had a terrible nervous shock that
completely prostrated me, and from that
time until a few months ago I suffered un
told agony, and in fact never knew a well
day. I tried everything in the way of med
icine that I could hear of, arid consulted
physicians for miles around, but 1 found
no relief, and I resigned niyself to the inev
i liable, as I thought, and awaited the end.
: A few months ago my son saw an account
I in your paper of it new medicine called Dr.
| Wiliiaims’s Pink Piils and wanted me to try
I it. I told him it was no use, that they would
do me no goou; but finally he persuaded me
to get Mr. B. L. Tabor, our merchant, to
order some for me. After taking a few
doses I felt better, and again hope revived
in my breast. 1 continued taxing tiie pills,
and continued to improve, and now i be
lieve i have finally recovered. That is
about all of the story. J believe Pink Pills
saved my life, and I never fail to recom
mend them to any one who is suffering.
In fact, I can tell you of a. man that you
will pass on your road home who has been
almost completely cured of rheumatism af
ter years of suffering, .Mr. S. G. Bailey, is
his name, and you can stop and see him.”
After thanking Dr. Porter, and bidding
him farewell, The Gazette man started for
Mr. Bailey’s residence. He was found on
his farm cutting some trees down. In reply
to our inquiry, Mr. Bailey said: "Yes, i>r.
Porter has told you the truth. I suffered
for years with rheumatism, and was oniy
able to leave my room in good weather,
and then was not able to do any work. I
saw Pink Pilis advertised, and was urged
by Dr. Porter and other friends to try
them, but I had no faith in patent medi
cines, and for several weeks positively re
fused to try them. They finally overcame
my prejudices, however, and I am glad of
it, for you can see yourself what Pink Pills
have done for me. Come to the house a: d
I will show you my crutch and cane which
Pink Fills have enabled me to lay aside. I
have also been giving these pills to a neigh-
I bor’s child, which has scrofula, and it is
improving right along.”
The reporter next visited the store of B.
L. Tabor, who corroborated the testimony
of Dr. Porter and Mr. Bailey. Mr. Tabor
further said that he had never handled a
medicine that had given such universal sat
isfaction as Pink Pilis, and it was almost
impossible to supply the demand. The ad
dress of all the gentlemen referred to is,
Eiliottsville, Rowan county, Kentucky, and
any ene can have these statements verified
by writing to them.
! Dr. Williams’s Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements necessa
ry to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailing specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.
Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma
t I- nervous headache, the after effects
of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow complexions and all forms of
weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, (50 cents a box
or six iioxes for $2.50 —they are never sold
in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr.
Williams’s Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. I'., or Brookville, Ontario.
A DP.
A si! known Dfllioniuii Makes a
Haul from tka
HONDURAS NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWING
Sir. A. H, Prndezi, of Dalton, Buys a
T.iel-.et foi- ilis Wife and MisKes u
Draiviay.
Daiton, Ga., nine 18.—Special.)— In a plain,
unpretentious one-story brick building on
one of the side streets of Dalton, Ga., i'ru
den & x.yle, insurance agents, have their
. otnee. Mr. Pruden, of the firm , is a re
markable man. He is perhaps fifty years
olu, with gray mustache and beard, and
looks at you with a pair of eyes almost
keen enough to read one’s soul. He has
tne reputation of bemg the best financier
n Lalton, and has, lor a number of years,
been ttlderm.m and chairman of the finance
committee, both of which offices he now
hoa..s ; I-ljj is held in high esteem by all
who knovv nisi and has never been beaten
tor an office within the gilt of Dalton's
citizens. Among other honors conferr-' 1
upon mm, he vras, lor quite awhile, mayor,
lie is a man oi teW words, attends sinct-y
to business ana keeps his own counsel
<1 di.lii v'no iiu.iL I.K-jt'ii Ici'S successful
jii life, if suddeniy thrown into possession
duias national Lottery would have infcria
cd the-whole town cf r.L; good Lick before
night, but not so with .dr. W. H. Pruden.
outside oj the cashier of Daiton’s oank,
not a man in town knows that he is sls,yid
riciier today than he was a month ago.
inc local papers tried to run down tne
t un.ot of a capita! prize having been drawn
by some one m the town, but failed srnnal
iy. J lie < ’onstitution's correspondent, tm
fore, had small Lopes of getting much in
formation when he asked Mr Pruden if ha
really had gotten ;,:is.i:!)o. He renLed:
"No, sir; 1 did not get it. I wfsh 1 had.”
“But we have absolute proof that you
cioj) the money from the New Orleans
N ttional bank.”
“I do not deny that, but I got it for some
one e.se, and not myself. I simply acted
as agent in the matter.”
"V. ho really drew the money then 9 ”
“1 do not care to ; .ay.”
“Dees the party reside in Dalton?”
* lhat, sir, does not concern you. I wrote
lottery people and told them
1 clid not want my name used
at all. The lottery ‘ peoule know
I got the money and that was sufficient.
1 do not mind telling you personally about
it-, I bought for $1 one-fifth of ticket No.
which drew tiie first capital prize
of $75,000 in th" May drawing, for my wife.
I collected ’t for her, and she Iras it. now.’’
“What will your wife do' with it?”
"1 do not know. I suppose she will invest
it in some way. but it is hers and I shall
leave that matter entirely to her.”
buying. tlckeTs long?”
‘Off and on. for perhaps two or three
years. 1 always secured them for her, send
ing the monet’ direct to the company.”
"How did she receive the news of her good
luck?”
“She was delighted, of course; who
wouldn t he?”
Mr. Pruden said he did not. consider buy
ing lottery tickets worse than dealing in
futures._ and concluded by saying that the
oniy thing he regretted about the matter
was the probable publicity, which, being a
very retiring man, he did not relish.
Free to Afflicted Ladies.
First treatment sent free and a valuable
treatise, containing full particulars of my
special treatment for diseases of women.
Write, stating case, to Mrs. Dr. M:'-y A.
Brannon, 98 North Pryor street, Atlanta, Ga.