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VOL. XXVIL—NO. 28.
k PLANTATION COMEDY
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
Copyright, 1894, by the Author.
VIII.
General Herndon and his daughter saw
Burrell and Susy, but it is safe to say that
These young people saw no one hut them
selves. They wore in great trouble. Susy
was looking serious, and Burrell was ex
cited.
It is a. blessing that Cupid is blind and
lacking in wit, otherwise the fat rascal
would have discovered long ago what a
comic creature he is. He would have dis
appeared . from the public eye, and the
world would have been deprived of more
than half its amusement.
“What could ’a' put it in your head that
I didn't want to speak to you awhile ago?”
asked Burrell Winslett. The magnitude
and serious import of the puzzle had
laused his honest face to pucker.
“Os course, it makes no difference to
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replied Miss Susy Beaslev, “but it
doesn’t look right. If I had been sitting
at the spring with a young man, why that
would have been different; but I was sit
ting there alone, reading, and you came
right by. 1 could have put my hand on
y u. but. mot a word did you say—not a
word.’’
‘ I wish I may die if I saw you, Susy.”
“Why, of course not.” said the young
Jady. "I know I’m small, but I’m no£ half
mall -v- ’ fc i. ' der Ve-jiee why Ethel
1 rfty was deafening, here tl> be
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Burrell look'd at his sweetheart with
amazement. Then a dark suspicion crossed
his mine. and his. face gr w long.
“Well, I tell you right new. I didn’t see
you. If you was at the spring, you was
on t’other side of the big poplar from me.
1 know what’s the matter: that yankee
chap’s on hand, an’ now—spin!—out goes
Burrell Winslett’s light. I may be a right
smart of a fool, but I ain’t a big enough
one to shet my eyes an’ hold ’em sb.et.
No, sir! Not much!”
Susy looked at Burrell and thought she
saw that he was in earnest.
“The idea!” she cried. “Burrell Wins
l»tt, are you crazy? I’ll never speak to you
again.”
“You won’t have the chance,” exclaimed
Burrell. He turned away without another
word. li“ was angry and miserable. When
he had gone a little way he heard Susy
calling him, but he walked stra.ght on.
“Burrell! Oh. Burrell!” called Susy
“What a big goose he is,” she said under
her breath. Then she tripped lightly after
him. “Burrell! there’s a horrid caterpil
lar on your shoulder.” He brushed bo.h
shoulders with his hands, i>.i, kept straight
ahead. “It is there yet; I’ll knock it off,”
said Susy sweetly. Site caught Burrell by
his coat, made a pretense of brushing
something off his collar, pulled him around
facing her, and then broke into a peal of
the merriest laghier imieinanie.
Burrell could see notit.i g to laugh at,
ami so he looked as solemn as possible.
“Did yon find the letters you were hunt
ing for this morning?” ark d Susy as
soon as she could control her laughter.
Burrell’s countenance underwent a re
markable change. He forgot all about his
quarrel with Susy.
•Now, ain’t that too much?’ ’he exclaimed.
“I wonder what in the world I could a done
wi’ them letters. I got ’em cut ot the post
office yesterday, an’ I started to take ’em
right straight to Cousin Bushrod, but a nig
ger met me at the big gate an told me the
old dun cow was in the quagmire, an’! put
right out to where she was. 1 ain’t got as
much sense as a marsh rabbit. 1 can’t lind
the letters nowheres. They was great big
yaller letters; they looked like they come
out of tha statehouse or the asylum, or
some other four-story house.
“What is this in the lining or your coal ;
asked Susy, who had been thumping his
pockets experimentally.
“Shucks!” exclaimed Burrell, running ms
hand through a hole in his inside pocket.
“That’s them!”
. He carried the letters at once to C neral
* Herndon. Mirs Beasley’s curiosity j>.emot
ing her to go with him. The general uoh
the letters, examined the Supersc’iptions,
turned them over twice or thrice, and hand
ed them to Ethel.
“Read them, daughter, my spectacles ate
in the library.”
Ethel opened one of the letters, glanced
rapidlv over it, and the* ran to her father.
■•Oh. father!” she exclaimed, ‘surely this
s providential.
“Wh it is it, my dear?” the general inquir
ed serenely.
“Whv ” cried Ethel, joyously, “the Inter
national Assurance Association of Bunion
and New York offers you a salary of «)0J
a year for the use of your name as say>mi
tendent of their southern agencies. ’laihA
of that, father! Ten thousand evuars a je«
cimnlv for the use of your name!
“Humph!” The general took the letter
and held it at arm’s length in ms effort m
re Ethel opened the other letter and read it
it never rains but it poyrs!” she
exclaimed. “The great 'Transcontinental Ex
press Company offers to pay you ?L>,
L a r if vou will accept the position of vice
Resident for the south. ’Wo assure you
General that the duties of the position will
be merely nominal.’ Why, that is glorious
took the letter, looked at
u car-lessly and then stood wiUi his hands
behind him and with just the shadow of a
frown on his face. (>
:‘ OU [ ti S n g l k h rarmraround him.’ “We shad
be comfortable and happy. Oh, how delight-
ful it will be! Why do you smile and shake
your head?”
Gene al Herndon turned toward his daugh
ter with a. shade of concern on bis face, and
there was a taint tone of reproof in his
voice that Ethel knew weN.
“Why is this, my little girl? Why, m.V
daughter! Would yon have your old father
farm out his reputation in this way? Would
you have him transfer to these gentlemen
here the confidence the people have in him,
and for a. money consideration? No, no, my
little girl would consent to nothing of the
kind. 1 know her too well. She wants her
father to retain such reputation as he has
won, nr I to deserve the confidence of those
who' respect him. We do not know these
gentlemen, For your sake, my child, 1 am
sorry, but we shad have to send them about
their business. We shall have to tell them
that while Bushrod Herndon would glaoly
work his hands off for the salaries they o._-
fer, he wiil never farm out his name rr.d his
inheritance. 1 shall answer these letters at
once, it is a matter of business!”
General Herndon went into the house and
Ethel sunk into a seat with a sigh.
“’Taint no use,” said Burrell Winslett,
shaking his head. “When Cousin Bushrod
gits on his !. ; -h boss you can’t pull him off,
air’ you can’t stop the hoss. I wish some
body’s banter me that way. I’d give ’em
leave to take my name an’ hang it up in a
jimson weed patch.”
Burrell turned away and went hito the
house. Susy looked at Ethel a moment and
then sat down and slipped both arms around
}»< r. Nothing was sa'd by eith ir <n :, but
there seemed to be some secret undei stunn
ing between them. Simultaneously both of
the young ladies began to fumble in their
pockets for theii handkerchiefs, and they
didn’t find ’em any too soon, either, for both
had begun to cry, and if any body really
needs pocket handkerchiefs at such a mo
ment it is a woman.
“Don’t cry, chickadee,” said Ethel, be
tween her sobs. She was the older of the
two. '
“How can I stop until yoh stop? asxed
Susy. ~
“V, by, you have nothing to cry for, dear,
said Ethel, wiping her eyes.
“Oh, haven’t t.” exclaimed Susy, almost
indignantly. “Oil, just haven tl. then h>.i
ears broke forth afresh.
“There! don't cry, chickadee! You rr.usn’t
cry every'time you see tears in my eyes.”
Ethel caressed h r in a motherly way.
■it isn’t that,” sobbed Susy. “Oh, it isn’t
that!”
“Then, what’s the matter? Did Burrell
propose at the spring yesterday?”
“ua, it’s worse than that," said Susy, cry
ing more than ever. “It’s —just—terrible!
“Then tel! me all about it, dear. Maybe
you'll feel better.”
y ■ , but how will you feel?” asked Susy,
in j at Ethel with red and swollen eyes.
••;.1e? Now, just try me and see,” replied
El'i 1.
" .',11,” said Susy, picking nervously at a
corner of her handkerchief, “don't get mad
wi'.n poor me. But I just know you will.”
“Wny, it must be something terrible, in
deed,’’ remarked Ethel, raising her eye
brows.
“V. •!’, darling, when I was getting ready
to come here, papa said—” Susy hesitated
mid sudd••nly hid her face in Ethel’s bosom.
“Well, chickudte?"
“I’.ipa said lie was very much In love with
vou. and ask’d me to tell yon so. H ■ sai l I
in wl be diplomatic, but—eh. I don’t know
how to be diplomatic with you! He said he
hoped to marry you some day.
Ethel pushed Susy away and rose to her
“Me? Wants to marry me? In love with
me.”’ Her face was red with auger and her
cy- s flashed. She turned upon Susy. “Oh,
how can you in.-ult me with such a message
as that? What have 1. done*?*’ •
Susy had a little spirit herself; in fact the
climate »• ems to produce and r«-pro lu -e that
sort of tning in both men and women. She
rai;- 1 ■ “i h ad and dri< d her tears at
“I don’t see what harm theic is m the
message.” she said defiantly. "I don’t see
how if hurts you. Papa is just as good as
he can be. I don’t care who says he isn’t.
He’s a heap better than I am and you
pretend to love me.
Ethel looked at Susie and laughed hys
terically.
“Oh. it is too ridiculous!” she cried. “The
brazen old wretch!”
“I don’t see how it is brazen,” said Susy
coolly. “Burrell asked me to marry him
right to my face, and I told him right to
his face that 1 would. I .didn’t think lie
was brazen.’’
“That is because you love him,” remark
ed Ethel.
“I don’t know whether I do or not,” re
sponded Susy bluntly, “ami 1 don’t care.”
Her eyes Idled with tears again.
“Don’t be silly,” said Ethel.
“He took hold of my hand and said he'd
be a miserable man if I didn’t, marry him,
and I told him that rather than make any
body miserable I’d marry him some day
when we both get old and settled.”
' “That was surely a wise conclusion,"
Ethel declared; “you are in love wltii Bur
rell and he with you; but I—heigho!”
“Oh, did I show it, Ethel? Do I show it
now? ' Susy hid her blushing fij.ee in her
hands. “Did Burrell know it? Oh, I tried
to hide it- I flouted him—so”—she turned
herself away with a contemptuous air that
was very prettily mimicked—“and I turned
up my nose at him—so.”
“Show it!” cried Ethel. “Why, of course
not, child. Whoever heard of such a thing’.'
Nobody could see it except those who have
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 9, 1894.
eyes, and Burrell is as blind as a bat.”
Ethel leaned against one of the columns ,
and looked, across the iields far to the j
right, where a blue haze was rising from.;
the smouldering brush in a new-made cleat- j
Ing.- Near at hand the pigeons were
whirling and wheeling in swift and wide |
circles, and the air was tingling with the j
potent vitality of early summer. - j
"Oh, -I am nervous!” she exclaimed,
stretching a hand above her head. “Come,
let’s go into the woods— anywhere.”
The two girls, their arms twined around
each other, walked up the avenue, where
they were joined by' Otis Maxwell. As they
walked Susy' fell behind, and finally came
slowly' back alone, leaving Ethel and the
young Bostonian to wander on under the
thick .shade of the trees.
IX.
One morning, not many day's after
wards, as Ethel and Susy were sitting on
the avenue, they saw a buggy coming down
the avenue. '
"That is papa,” said Susy. ‘‘l can’t im
agine what he is coming here for unless „t
to cany me home.” I
Ethel rose. Iler face was a little flushecUd.
and her eyes shone. r
"Go in, dear,” Susy continued. “Yotf ]
don’t have to see- him unless you want to
If he has come for me I’ll run in am
tell you goodby.” th
As Ethel disappeared Mr. Beniah Beasley t j
■alighted from his buggy in a dignified man- ()l
nor, hitched his horse to a convenient post a .
and then paused and deliberately
the premises. The view must have pleased llt
him, for he rubbed his beard contentedly nl
and came forward with a self-satlied air. ,
On a little wooden bench Blind Shack was •
sitting, making a horse collar, lie took j
"Howdy, Marse Beasley.” ♦. i
“Hwiiy, Marse Beasiey.” - t
"How did you know me?” asked Mr. i
Beasley bluntly.
"By de rattle er de buggy.” replied |
Shack. "By de snort er de boss an’ the 7
rattle er de buggy. Yes, sah!”
“I'll bet a dollar your eyes are as good
as mine,” said Mr. Beasley.
“Gi* mo de dollar an’ I’ll bet wid you,” !,
responded Shack.
There was the shadow of a shade of fa- t
mili'arity in this, but whether it was in 1
the attitude, the tone of voice, or the
words of the negro, it would be impossible
to say, but whichever it was, Mr. Beas- i
ley got a whiff of it, and it ruffled him
somewhat. fl? went forward to the veran
da. and greeted his daughter affectionately.
“You are looking lovely this morning.”
ho said gallantly. “How is my friend, the
general, this morning? And how is his
charming daughter?”
“We are all quite well, papa. Bid you
come for me?”
“No; oh, n >! Not unless you want to go
back with me. _ Are you alone?”
Blind Shack came through the rose gar
den, and passed out. of sight around the
house. Out of sight, hijt not out of hear
ing. He seated himself near the end of
the veranda and leaned his head against ■
the wail. A passer-by would have thought a
he was' sound asleep. And indeed, a
passer-by would have had great trouble in
arousing him.
"Yes, papa, we are alone. I heard Bur
rell talking to Uncle Cato out there just
now, but lie is gone.”
“Well, his room is great sight better Kn
his company—a great sight. He’s the worst
kind of a. lackey. His great grandmammy i
was twenty-fourth cousin to your cousin, I
Rachel Herndon’s great grandmainmy, and
here he is hanging around, the fag-end of
the family, and actually getting fat on the
general’s poverty.”
"I'm sure he's very good and kind, papa,”
said Susy, demurely. “He’s very, very nice
to mo.”
“Humph! I reckon so!” growled Mr. Beas
ley. He paused, looked around, and low
e-ed his voice. “Well-er, what did the
charming Ethel say to my message?”
“She laughed, papa. ’
“Laughed! That’s a bad sign—very bad.”
“She was very angry at first. Oh, she
was furious!”
“Ah!" said Mr. Beasley, twisting his
beard. “Angry at first—furious? That's
better! Very good! Excellent! A woman’s
laughter is close to contempt. Her anger
lives next door to love.”
General Herndon came out on the veran
da at this moment. Seeing Mr. Beasley he
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GENERAL HERNDON TURNED AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE.
bowed very stiffly, but uttered no word of
salutation.
“Here is our good friend, the general,”
said Mr. Beasley, effusively. “My dear,
you may go now. Run along.
“I hope you received my message, gen
eral.” „ ,
“I did. sir,” replied General Herndon.
‘"You wrote me you would call on business.
I have been trying to imagine what sort
of business you could possibly have with
me. Pray be seated."
“Thanks, I am more comfortable on my
legs,” said Mr. Beasley. Yes, sir, I have
called on business, and yet in our climate
a certain amount of sentiment goes along
with business.”
“You may omit the sentiment, sir, re
marked the general.
“Oh, I’ll try to strain it off,” replied Mr.
Beasley dryly. "My business is this: Dur
ing the past year I have pi-ked up here and
there a great many accounts of yours. Not
so very long ago a factor’s agent from
Macon* went roaring about oui little town
threatening suit on an account long over
due. I closed the mouth of his complaint
and sent him off satisfied.’
“Well, sir,” said Genera! Herndon, “have
you come to tell me that you have added
the thrift of a note shaver to your other
accomplishments? 1 had heard it before;
I did not need to be told.”
“Since you have plucked the sentiment
out, general, my business with you is
mighty simple. I have accounts of yours
| amounting to $6,000. Most of them I have
I bought and paid for; some have been put
■ in my hajjds for collection. How are these
■ accounts to be satisfied?”
“You took the risks of a speculator, sir,”
I responded the general. “You are trying to
i feed your animosity and your greed out of
i the same spoon. You should knCW, sir,
j since jour interest in mj’ affairs is so keen,
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>u£ ioun’ here. I done ferget the way ter de
t awatermillion patch.” (
Herndon Wood is covered by a deed
eV e the hands of a. friend ’in Boston.”
[r>a“A mortgage, general.” said Mr. Beasley.
“No, sir; a deed —it deed of trust.”
I “Anyhow, general,” Mr. Beasley remark
d with emphasis, “1 have been retained by
e jie successors to the business of Eustace
’’ Taxwell to look into the claim and press
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P n “Eustace Maxwell’s successor!” exclaim
i* Ll General Hei ndon.
I''’ 1 “Eustace Maxwell is dead, general,” said
/’Beasley, bluntly.
"“Dead! My old friend dead? Why, when—
|l>ut never mind. Mr. Beasiej', I must bid
. '’on good morning.”
( .General Herndon turned and went into
i?ie house. In the library was a portrait
of. Eustace Maxwell. General Herndon
,*used before the heavy gilt frame and
>d at the face that smiled at him from
jjo canvas. Somehow the artist had caught
id fixed the gentleness, curiously allied
. firmness, that had been one of Eustace
' axwell’s characteristics. There was an
.•pression of alertness in the features
» cartlingly lifelike. “Well, old fellow,”
tfs’d General Herndon, waving his hand at
portrait, “you are with Dorothy and
are happy—and Dorethy is happy too.”
1 p •—s nothing for Mr. Beasley to do
i-J 1 •«> P I -his«han * L>t his pockets and
\Herndtm walk
through the house, and she went with her
stenfathep to where he had left his buggy.
“You are not in a good humor, papa,”
said this young lady. “I can see that.
You know how Uncle Bush is. He just
says what he thinks.”
“Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Beasley, “but I
I think I out a flea in his ear. Never mind,
• Susy; never mind. Hernd-m Wood will be
I ours—yours and mine—long . before these
leaves begin to fall.”
“Ours?” cried Susy. "But, papa, would
that be right? What would become of
Uncle Bush and Ethel? Now, I know you
! are angry when you talk that way. If you
are angry enough to do them any harm
I’m not going to stay here. I’ll go home
with you. Oh, I couldn’t eat another meal
In this house and have Uncle Bush patting
me on the head and Ethel putting her
arms around me if you are going to do
anything like that.”
Blind Shack had come noiselessly up be
hind them, and now passed along, feeling
his way with the end of his cane, the
unfinished horse collar hanging on his arm.
“That nigger,” remarked Mr. Beasley,
with some irritation, “slides along like a
ghost.”
"I wish everybody was as harmless as
Shack,” said Susy. "I’ll go tell the folks
goodby and go with you.”
“Oh, no!” protested Mr. Beasley. “Noth
ing of the sort. Stay your visit out. Drop
a hint to Ethel about the sale of Herndon
Wood. Give her to understand that I am
the only one that can prevent the place
from going io the block.”
Mr. Beasley got in his buggy and drove
off. Susy watched him turn out of the
av‘enue, and then, with a sigh, went back
into the house. Blind Shack leaned against
a tree and listened to the rattle of the
buggy wheels until they were out of hear
ing. Then he shook his head slowly.
“Es dey ain’t some devilment gwine on
roun’ here, I done fergot the way ter de
watermillion patch.”
(To be Continued.)
A Sonnet.
My mind a kingdom is, and thou art queen.
So pure thou art in council and so wise
My humbler intellect before thee lies
Prostrate, adoring with a vassal's mien.
But thou, when that thy little realm hadst
Being not content, didst conquer with
thine eyes
My heart, and quelled its tumult and up
rise.
Then, like an Alexander, ever keen
For conquest, next around my soul didst
lay . , ,
A siege so strong and constant in the end
My last stronghold surrendered and gave
And what hath made my spirit ever bend
Ask of the night why it gives place to day.
To thee the heavens such wondrous power
did lend!
—Rudolph Steinhagen.
Hopkinsville, Ky«
PASSED AT LAST.
By 3() to 34 the Tariff Bill
Goes Through.
IEBY VOTES WITH THE DEMOCRATS
The New Yorker Is the Only Dem
ocrat Who Opposes It-
TWO POPULISTS SUPPORT IT
Hansom Makes a Speech and Saves Mica.
Wool Is on tho Free List—Harris
and. Hoar Have a Scrap.
Washington, July 3.—(Special.)—The tariff
bill was finally passed by the senate at
10;30 o’clock tonight.
It has been in the hands of the senate
since the first daj' of February. I'or more
than two months the senate has devoted
eight hours a day to spc 'ph-making and
voting upon it. The work has been a hard
strain on many senators and it is a great
relief to them as well as to <l'.e country
that the senate has finally voted upon and
passed it.
The vote stood 39 to 34.
Every democrat except Hill voted for it.
Allen a id Kyle, two of the three populists,
voted for it. I’effer voted with the republi
cans against it. Before the vote, and af
ter Hill lytd been turned down on nearly
all of the amendments he offered and de
feated in every flunk movement he made
against the hili, he arose unci in a vigorous
and vicious fifteen-minute speech denounc
ed the bill as undemocratic and populistic.
As between the two he would prefer the
McKinley bill to this Gorman compromise
bill which was nothing. Hill despises Gor
man and he could not help making a side
swipe at the Marylander.
When he sat down not a sound was heard.
Neither the republicans nor the galleries
applauded him. The silence was indeed
dense. Hill were a smile. Everybody else
wore a sort of disgusted air. But there v is
no uneasiness. It was known that l;i>/
and two of the populists would vote for
the bill nnd the democratic leaders wore
an air of supreme satisfaction. When the
roll call commenced there was some excite
ment in the galleries and pm ocularly so
when Caffery, of Louisiana, vvi-.i no. He,
however, changed his vote before the result
was announced, saying he had cast it first
that way because he was not satisfied with
the repeal of the sugar bounty, but as it
was the best bill that could be gotten and
was a democratic measure, he would vote
for it.
Blanchard wanted to explain his vote,
but there was objection, and he contented
himself by voting “yeti.”
Applause in the Galleries.
When the vote was announced the
vice president said "The bill is itassed,"
the galleries sent up a hearty cheer and
the democratic senators, with one excep
tion, applauded.
Then the senate, after the Conferees were
announced, adjourned until Friday for a
much needed rest.
There were but few interesting events
during the day. It was all nard work.
Everybody was anxious to finish the'work
and rest tomorrow. Therefore, senators Cf
both parties got down to honest, hard work.
Senator Hill was turned down in every
amendment lie offered and the amendment
adopted on his motion in committee of the
whole exempting the salaries of the presT*
dent and judges of the supreme court; from
taxation under the income tax, was strick
en out! So the salary of t‘r. president v/ili
be subject to the income tax just as any
other salary or income. Vv'hen the motion
was made by Mr. McLaurin to strike this
amendment out. Senator Hill spoke briefly
against it. The senate, he said, had . done
many strange things, but he was not pre
pared to believe it v ould reverse i.self in
<» dav. But it did by a vote of 36 to 34
and Senator ll’.ll was again turned down.
Jlnnwom ji fpet-c’i.
Senators Hoar and I?Tris had their us
ual spat when Mr. Hoar referred to Mr.
Harris’s remarks as the harks of a saiths ul
watch dog. An amusing incident of the
day was when Senator Ransom, of North
Carolina, moved to take mica from the
free list and put a duty of 25 per cent, upon
it. Senator Hill twitted him about it and
asked why he asked for a duty. This ne
cessitated a speech, from Senator Hansom,
the first he has made in many years, and
the senators voted for his amendment be
cause of their friendship for him. It was
carried and Senator Chandler, attired in
His immaculate white duck suit, came
around and congratulated him to the great
amusement of the senate.
81-JTAILS OF THE DAY.
The Senators At 'A ell Into the
Nijyht on. the Bill.
Washington, July 3.—The senate met at
10 o'clock a. m., in continuation of yester
day's legislative session by virtue of the
recess taken list night. That obviated all
the delays incident to the formalities of a
regular opening of a new day.
The tariff bill was taken up at once, and
action on the amendments of the committee
of the whole occupied the whole of today’s
session. First came the motion made by
Mr. Mills Monday evening to place burlaps
and grain bags made therefrom on the
free list. It was carried by a vote of 28
to 17. Next came the famous “collars and
cuffs” amendment fixing the duty on those
articles at 30 cents per’dozen and 30 per
cent ad valorem, and on shirts at 50 per
cent, equivalent, according to a statement
made by Mr. Chandler, to an ad valorem
rate of from SO to 125 per cent.
That amendment wa>» agreed to, after a
| couple of satirical speeches directed against
the junior senator from New York, Mr.
Murphy, by a vote of 43 to 5.
Then the great wool schedule came up
for action. Mr. Sherman offering an amend
ment to place wool on the dutiable list at
30 per cent-ad valorem.
The longest discussion of the day took
place on this proposition, appeals being
made by republican senators to democratic
senators from the wool-producing states
to supply even two votes for the amend-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ment, whi-«h would be enough, with th.o
populist votes, to carry it.
Free Wool it Is.
But these appeals fell on deaf ears. Thera
was not a single desertion from the demo
cratic ranks on the question of wool. Tho
two populist senators wh > usually act with
the democrats—Messrs. Allen and Kyle—did
not vote, and the amendment was defeated -
yeas, 32; nays, 37. And so wool remains on
the free list.
Hill’s Amendment Defeated.
The «ommittee amendment which had
been originally offered by Mr. Hill, ex
emoting the salaries of the president of
the United States and of the judges of United
States courts from the income tax, was re
jected, after a brief struggle, by a vote of,
yeas, 34; nays. 36—ten democrats having
voted for it and six republicans and three
populist against it.
To Go in Effect Angust Ist.
The date when the bill is to go into
eff ft was, on motion of Mr. Jones, fixed
at. August 1, ISM, with the understanding
tlint, if necessary, a later date can be fixed
hereafter.
Barbed wire was a subject of some dis
pu; . An amendment had been agreed to
in the committee of the v. hole, that barbed
wire for fencing shcuMJl be admitted free
of duty. This amendment was rejected;
and one offered by Mr. Allen, populist, of
Nebraska, to place “wire for fencing” <,i
the free list, was also rejected—yeas, 32;
nays, 38. Anil so wire remains on the
dutiable list, at rates according to gau
Mica was taken off the free list and put
on the dutiable list at 20 per c ir ad va
lorem, upon motion of Mr. Ransom.
Hansom «nd His Mica.
Mr. Ransom’s amendment prevailed by
a vote of W yens to 28 nays. Home amuse
iTicnt-w.-s had on the fluor by the personal
appeal of Mr. Ransom to senators to sim
s rt his amendment. His thr -m nut s’
speech, in favor of his proposition, was the
only one he has made on the tariff ques
tion, and, after he had concluded, senators
gathered about him and promised him sup
pert.
After the vote, Mr. Ransom interrupted
Mr. Morgan for the purpose of, as he said,
of “completing his amendment;” which he
proceeded to do by moving to strike mica
from the free list, where it had been placed
by the committee.
This was agreed to amid much laughter,
which was only increased when Mr. Chand
ler crossed the aisle, invaded the ranks of
his poli '■ ul enemies and grasped Mr. Ran
som by the hand and congratulated him
upon his victory for tho mica industry of
North Cartoiina and Nev.' Hampshire.
Morgtsn’s Anii-Timst Amend iiieist.
Mr. Morgan offered an amendmem. to
come in as five additional sections at tha
end of the bill, aimed at the trust;- , comb -
nations and conspiracies in restraint of
trade and commerce, or to increase the
market price of imported art" .?s. He
made a speech in explanation ami defense
of the amendment, wliich would have the
eife ’. h said, of r>-pressing "those trusts
ij all their hi< ousness. (
The amendment was agreed to .witnout
division. The first section of it is aS
follows:
“Section 75. That every combination, con-
■ . trust, agri . ■ nt or ■ ontra ct is
harebj’ declared to be contrary to public
policy, illegal and void, when the saint is
made by or between two or more persons
or corporations, either of whe-m " engaged
in importing any article from a.i.y loreign
country into the United States; and when
such combination, conspiracy, trust, asp'te
or contract i* intended to ; ■ ■ a
restraint of law ful tra * or fr >m >eti
tion in lawful trade or commerce, or to
increase the market price in any part of
the United States o' any article or articles
imported or intend a to be miported into
the United States, or of any manufacture
into which such imported article is intended
to enter, every pjerson who is or eiiad heie
atter be engaged in the importation of goods
' commodity from any 1 coun-
try in violation of this section of this m ..
or who shall combine or conspire with
another to violate the same, is guilty of
a misremeio-- r, ana on conviction thereof
in any court of the United States, such
person shall be fined in a sum not less
thai SIOO and and
shall be further pu ;
in the discretion o! tl ‘ court, ur a terra
not less than three months, nor exceeding
twelve months.”
Allen’* Sngfnr Amendment.
Mr. Allen then eff d the
to it'.e smy." sehe-liile <" vhb Jones give
notice jesterday, Imt which he o'd no * u
sue time tiah;.- oifei' in th wnnt«-. Ina
amendmeni in full is as follows:
ovi 1, ; ■■- ■ ■ ..." ’
pi’ovitled ioi' in ii< 'Ct shu;.' sum . .2
pt-aled to the ext nt iliac there shad oe
pall to th'-- produci-r ol sugar . rum ,oec-ts,
sorghum or sugar cane grown in the I mica
States m the '-ear 18H. or from maple sap
produced in the Un't'-l States <'.’.:ri the
'.-. nr 1894, UP.dar li'.-e-is- Ct 183’, an ■ sm.qect
to lie limitations now imposed by law on
all sugars i-sting net !<>.-" than 90 degrees
larisi >pe, nii i-tenths 1 p< t
phr i-iinii. and upon such sugar testing
]■-.«« than 90 degrees by the polariscope, and
. than '-'i degrees eight-tenths of 1
per c ent per pound.”
M’ Jones as’'ed Mr. Allen to withdraw,
but he declined. It was then laid on the
table, on motion of Mr. Harris —yeas, 50;
r ‘ At S S o'clock a motion was made by Mr.
.■; that tl senate sh ild either ■ -
pose of the bill quickly. < ■ let it go ov ■?
till Thursday, lie should "hate to see cha
nati.mnl clav desecrated by the passage
of su.-h a. i’i’l.”
An amendment, was adopted to on<’ of ths
income tax sections, on n ' iof Mr Hill.
red by Air. Vest, providing that all
stiit.e, county, muniipn’ and town taxes
paid by corporations shall be included in
their operating and business expenses.
At 10 o’clock p. m. the bill was read tha
third time and then Air. Smith, democrat,
of New Jersey, rose and addressed the sen
ate in a set speech against tho “socialistic
income tax,” as he characterized it, but
he stud he should vote for the p.ending bill,
because he is a democrat.
Passed. I.»y Five Mnjority.
Air. Hill declared his continued antago
nism to the bill, characterizing it
as a ragbag production, a crazy
quilt production, a splendid nothing.
The close of his speech was applauded.
The calling of the roll on the final pas
sage of the tariff bill began at 10:25 o’clock
and the vote resulted—yeas, 39; nays, 34.
Air. Caffery voted no, and after the veto
had been completed made a brief explana
tion as to why he had done so, and then
changed his vote to one in favor of the
bill
Air. Irby voted for the bill, and Mr.
Blanchard, who was denied the privilege
of explaining his vote, on an objection, con
tented himself with a simple “yea.”
Mr. Hill was the only democrat to vot®
against the bill.
The populists-Messrs. Allen and Kyle—•
both voted for it. and Air. Peffer against it.
The following is the vote:
Yeas Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, ' Blanch.ua, Caffery, Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Daniel. Faulx
ru'r George Gibson. Gorman, Gray, Harris,
Hunton. Irby, Jarvis. Jones of Arkansas.
Kyle. Lindsay. McLaurin. Alartm Mb’s,
Mitchell of Wisconsin. Morgan. Murp.iy.
Balmer, Pasco. Ransom, Roach, Smitn. Tur
vest Vilas, Voorhees, Walsn, White—J9.
1 vs—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey,
Chandler. Cullom. Davis, Dixon. Dolph,
Dubois, Frye. Hale,
Hawley, Higgins, Hill, Jones of
Lodge, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell o<