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IN OUR SOUTHERN PULPITS
Our -•’’rtrnn this morning. which Is one
of unusual beauty and power. Is furnish*
ed by ILv. R. Q. Mallard. D.D.. pastor
of the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian
church. of New Orleans. who bases it upon
the test of scripture found in John v.
xxxix: "Search the Scripture.** The ser
mon in full is as follows:
Rooks were once written Instead of
printed, heme the term scriptures, which
literally means writings. But as
ail literary productions were once pre
served In the same way. we note the
•pscriniinating phrase. "The Scriptures.**
There was for centuries among God’s
chosen people a volume called by this
and »th» r distinguishing titles, which
was accepted by them as the supreme
stand.in! of creed and practice. Krom
the catalogue of Josephus we perceive
It w:.s almost Identical with what Is
known to us as "the scriptures of the
«»••! T* - im« nt.” This book preserved in
roll f- *m ami kept In the synagogues was
as -ne’i quoted by our ls>r<l and the apos
ti-s. This disposes of the mistake of one
who said to the preacher: "The old Bible
t th.* J« w Bible, the New Testament Is
th Christian Bible.** According to the
M ister’s promise of the gift of the Holy
Spirit after h's ascension, "to guide the
.-.-•.•-ties into all truth." thus admitting
t! >mplct<*ne<s «>r the Old TrWtament
i th* • xpr -<<-n of God’s will fr> nu n,
w. ■-1 th. m claiming inspiration.wctting
tl.* m-.-lvcs -:<!•• l>v side with the prophets
ard a ithoritatlvely completing the sacred
. N. w. as t’hrist spake through in
fividts Is and limited audience* to the
r . in all t me. the admonition of the
t« st i> rightly constnusl as having ref-
to the Book as a whole. Search
th- M-ripturrs is a divine command to
study tl.e entire Bible.
Th.- evtry one who can read or learn
t ■ re *■• should s**arvh the scriptures let
th.-• fat ts .It mt nstrate:
■ ..rec. pt was delivered without lim
it a promts, nous audience of
fn. at..l f.n h arm d rabbis and illit
,s pie. men. worn, n and childr- n;
L. r. Ln. intend. .I f..r everybody.
.u n. w. find substantially the same
■ : .s. ...d given to . lasses which include
. g . raters f**r m»t like our chi. f
• v live, who it his inauguration kisses
'• • It. I.r. w klt.g up.-n his a< -
• it to tin* tnrone was r,quir<*d to
■ -V . 1 the 1-iW, pr-.ba >,y the
UMI "II id Ih. r*-:a at t lie
~ i - * • It - | 1.-." soldiers-Joshua, a war
: ■ . -•rm-fed "to read in the
I k >f th law day ami night;" th.* peo
w ■;i■.g w.- t•. t'- .tented
1 them according to •‘the law ami the
t< in *iy.” parents—the words of the
law were to be "in their hears" and they
v • ~ || th.-m diliventlv un:.. th. ir
« n,” children Timothy is .-oiiini.ind-
• I y I’aul for his »aviug knowledge of
th- m. from a child.**
.1: ' but <!••. s m.t Pet r pronounce the
It i ■ tne* rons l«".k for Indiscriminate
r- _ > wh ■ ii are some things hard
t- .- s. 7-1--.1. which 111 v t:..
t arm*! and unstable wrest as they do
• ••h. r ript ir a . unto th* ir
own .!• -tni. lion.” II Peter tit. Ml But
he - • m.t this of the
w. Bible, or of all “unlearned" read
er. I.„t ..f "beloved brother Paul’s cp s
t*-' oidv in whuh .iccur th.na* tuvs
t. • • - ..f .... tiop and predestination which
:■ . ii.t explanation. Tho-**
wl ■-rv« rt tlo-m are “unstable sou's.*’
. .- ui by every wind of doctrine.
■ .two tr.-ating even th.- "other” piain-
• ip:nr. s tn the sam.* way In-tray
th- r tint. a. habk m ss. The statement
t t at ;,|| e..n*ern humble, docile
of word An.l. mark, pe
t-r’s r. m. iv is not. as on.- may see from
la x- locking up th- 1t.t.1-* In a
ngUUge «W chaining it to the pul
t out "growth in grace and in the
k s. • *!g»- of our le>rd and Savior J.-sus
k*."W iede. ..f whom is unat
t.: . le rive through th. pages of the
I k Its. If It is. therefore, the duty of
a.. without exception, to search the
If the i.lbli'al usus lopuendl of the
t m may guide u.- land th-re is no bet
ter rule! then two passage* will aid OU
ir. .-rtaining the exact force of the
w I. sear, hmg Nl.-.si. mus in protesting
t th.- h i-ly Jndgm. nt of th.* Banti<-
cr.'n on Christ— c.atms. Is sent the
« • il s:miy of th- prophe ics. "S-ar.lt
v -• <•■«, for out of Ga.ilee arlseth no
J i'.phv:.” And the Old T« stunt, nt seers
cr- r. pr. -• nted as studying their own
v. r.’in .-. "searching what or what man
». r : time th.- -I ii; of t’hrist which was
In tl • rn did signify, when it testllied i*«-
t ■ hand h.* sufferings of Christ and the
I hat «h -u.d to.low ’■
t.. r.ar.-h the scriptures, then, is not to
i th> in as a busy m.-refaant his morn-
• I •p*r. r.-adiug by titi.s or only prices
i< it. or to n.irry through psalm «>r
• • r as through unwelcome task; but
. ... to take time and bend upon Its pages
...u • ntr.it.-.l potmen of thought,
fctriviiu.- to und.-rstai.d .v-ry word and
and drift .'I thought, and r.p> at-
ii f th- eo.ir.— of continuous study while
: : t- S-n.cuim it will Is- found prof-
: • to treat a single v., r-e a r one dm s
a did truit tearing branch, gently
. ik into th.* basket all its ripened
f. again ft will lie useful to read a
~ . ..r • . . ... at a adngte Bitting,
.nd a ht!«r from his wife. Ne«-u
tni- suoiii.i b* devoutly.
itment even «.f the book
i f It was no "bltdlolatrv" which h-d a
I .t ti k.:>-. to np - ein its dost
< 1 -r lh- big Bib.** which obOcquious
• . is wo r d 1. ive had him use as
reuching book* on a idch.-r
»• f! |t s . . | le- t .. I in humble de|n n
c> ■u• >n praj «-r for divine iliumi
r "l* thou my «-v< s that I may
I • . . - thim-v out of liiy law.
1- . i ...j pr-:V«r to t.. us.-d ev.-ry time
i p - ar- dbplayed for study. It
.. r.a.l pra. thally. always with
, ry. what would it. or rather
t. .kiiut by It. have me now to lie-
I - r do. We should not despise the
: grammars, lexicons ami .-.•niin.-n
--t . ; ;t for pron:able study in the
» ■ '.mm. nd me to our admirable
i : . . .i. from ..or Lord's plain com-
r . -houhi search the scriptures
k r. -» .f easy answer.
I .. i such .-.arching Is the
< i - nst < <ir. of infidelity and le st
r ..nt «.f doubt. There are honest doubt-
• . . bon ’■ s - They are
• to full cr< dl: f«.r sincerity, when
1 -iv with -vid. nt .-motion, “we
w. give Worlds to Is-lieve as you
« Bei| I *vn tie h
> . : doubt H.lwar.l Payton. nim
. .. mwt -ics-ful of New
I . I - tor of a past generation, was
i ■ .-.iv, "that h< was .—un. im<-s tor
r -; . I with doubts that he would not
I .- : r-..ti:.. into another mortaia
« N. w Io al! sir- h and " the far
1 g r • la-s. who do not Ix-ileve. Ih-muic
t I. a. never t ik.-n time or trouble to
r - . wo • mm. nd this se arching th
»>r. r. as th. antidote of. both spec
x V. ..nd practical infidelity. I»r. < hal
n when fixating of t’hris’ian evl
<l adds 4 th««»logie:»l student*, not
to with ’ll- 11. ..rev or Greek
>'r ,-i. r.s, i,nt with our English version
o-. h- ground "that the brightest and
c - .thifytng credentials of scripture
ar- to t.. gathered from its page's.”
A bra itif ii instance ..f the s«-1.-wldenc
-In. : ing ..u.l quickening power of tn.-
I ■. . .. a.I. came ' ■ ■
k owfe-dee shortly nft.-r the < Ivll w - ,r ;
when a par-tor In Atlanta. As I r»c»rd«-d
it at -■ .rm- ht.rai reproduction Is i««s-
M .E- . who had l*"-n on Mor
ro. - staff, a m- inler of my congr.-s-a
--t .. his wife a communi. ant. n-lat.-d this
■ ■.r.ti’ir—l while serving on Mo 2*‘*£, M
at -ff. I with a number of other omcers.
v for a jiirnkr months in
th.- «rtilo penitentiary. We were allowed t«»
1-|> a. h I—ks as our limited means per
»ri i . .. ami friends outside sent In boxes
«.f novel- Some of us oegan the study of
• . the -• i* m - One day. com
ing -it ..f my cell Into the common hal..
wh r- Often or twenty offleera w«re
gathered around the stove, I was
-t.d bv of them: Maior. have
•o, a I.M.k you ciuld loan me. 1
Mid. I have kKtned out all I had. and i
I ;.i.- m. l-.-.k now In my cell but the Bible
nr. I have quit reading everything but
• hat ’ Thereupon a conversation ensued.
In which the same view was express.d.
rom< onf*s*ed to having read it through
ten times, and the universal verdi. t was
that while all oth.-r books palled upon the
fast.- th- Bible never wearied them, but
w-i- fonnd on everv fresh perusal a new
1--. k From that time its doctrines aim
duties furnished an Inexhaustible fund
f conv. r-w.li *i and discussion. Although
v» had no ministerial counsel, alt were
better for the study some of The wild
he* .me pious, and fifteen or twenty
-—ls toined thw church. And con-
cluding his deeply interesting narrative
he went on to say: ’One of these men I
have seen sine,* the war. and he is an
ornament to the t’hristfan profession.”
What was this but a repetition of the
experien -e of ••the nobler Bereaivs.” “They
searched the scriptures dailv whether
these things were so." Result: "There
fore many of them believed.”
Wo should search the scriptures if we
wish to lie saved. Several things are es
sential to p-Tsonal salvation knowledge
of disease and of remedy, of patient an.l
physician. None can know either save
by Bible study. By the law is the know!-
WKvW
RF.V. R. Q. MALLARD, D. D.
Pastor of the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian Church, of New Orleans
•**lg'o of sin. bv the gospel the knowledge
, of salvation from sin.
ft ,- should :*• an h the scriptures If wo
des.ro to !■• sanctified, to be lit nnet for
l|,e Master's use. and m«*et for the saints’
It-heritan.-e in light. Christ s intercessory
irayer for His ov n, "Sanetlfy them by
thy truth, tl y word is truth.’’ shows
there is b*»t e*tt* way. a.- -initiation to his
~ ter by th ?* ■' ■ tmint i - tu*iy of
His w**rd. It is as our : piri s com** in
. ontaet with holji scripture pr.-ach* 1.
r<-..-I. exhibited ir sa.r-anient anil < *»-
.*;*« rating pr >vldeiie* s. Unit grow up
t*. the nicas-ire of the stature of the full
i*«ss of Chris’, and when our I.**ri s wh He
ineJ.atorl.il w*«rk 5:..i.l h.*ve t*-* n
• d III* will conns ”’o Im- gl*>rill,»l In HI-4
saints and Jo te admire,, in them that
Mav 1 venture to tell :n> own exp* rl
ence In searching tl*« scriptures in a
ootlble e,.pa My?
Sometimes when I am digging as a
miner for mvs-if, 1 fiml si’et. rich deposits
that 1 etn har.il>- lay d..wn pick und
i shovel. Again wn**n digging f<»r others
t strike often >=.* large a vein of gol'i-
I*. aring quartz that 1 .un t« tiipt,-*i to <-,.rr>
lO*, much ore t«> m> I I' 1 ’' - ’>“lls. Or to
ci iGice th** figure. Whether as Christian
or pastor, I all. stud} ug the sa -r.-i page.
1 •...(*, .in*'- like one Blanding on
the short* **f the s .undipg m tin, its billows
far ns eye can reach. cUpping. to us,* the
p: a!mist's vivid mvtapor. tiuir white
hands lit praise of .he maker ol sea us
well as of the dry land, and I h< ar tlie
voice of th* l*,r*i God upon Ute waters,
"tlie God of glory thund. ifth. Again, 1
am standing in thought upon tne edge *>t
a vast pl tin st re . lung to creation s ut
most bound, iiiwl all is s'ill as the silent
*t; rs vet lite stillness is full ot God.
“ Again as 1 retd I utn transi t' . •*! to the
burial place >f my fathers in oltl Midway
cliur. h vat'd. and lying full length upon
tl.e 1,-tt* red marble of a i*ri* k tutnl» til cd
l.y the embracing roots el u mossy uvo
oak old when ~ur country was discover
ed. and as 1 gage through th. ir leafy
loughs, ihem»eives b'M as orJln tr> tre. *•
up and up to th- blue skit s fieckt-d with
It, clouds, i scent to b*- peering itt.o
it lin.te abysses of space. On, the magni
tudes and expat.s* *. the altitudes und
t« t.tits of III*- Bible!
Tell me this is mere Hebrew literature,
■ .curding na.oral evolutions of reitg.ous
history of a r.t * I The i reduction **t an
. liseur.' |«*«*»l*- now s* altered, a mere
human manutaeture or compilation of
e irlier an,mt inous productions b> un
known editors! , . .
les it is human, the hunianeat book tn
the world, lor holy men wrote “ ““* l
wrought into it varied human
:h< v uerc <ivd-breut» <i >«>♦ ’»•
gS b.yjy rs in
c. r- to uhe-eu: sire. <>r as merchant dtc
lat*. s to st. nographt-r. n**r yet with i’aui's
UI John’s pens and minds, but With .h«h
wnoh* selv. *. as f**rm.d l ’> ‘
in.tl.led by present « Xpert, n* s 1 t <-
in the
world, i' throbs jstlpably wth a dio *■
*ll' v through .ut. un<i t>*< I'-'-*, *
hides God as JH** Smd4
.11.1 from reverent w aistup*-rm t a•« n tub
or temple. It is not Gods t r-.tioii
U**n nut to a race; not to one g* n. ration,
but’*'to all genera It £ the Vh*. >
message of God to »n n-tlte woi-i of
a ’ rntL'ist'.. s home
took lire and burned down at midnight,
x
o> t1... bursting name -is t
•n d t7.n'se ,h of r i l“V<’i
Ar’van’ awailing h morar.l* burial on the
morrow, w is with difficulty lr J’ ‘
the lire. As the “,’ t
lath.-r was iM-armg th * wasted form < I
}“s only d-u«hter wh*. had fauns
month . r u^r e 7ie!{
UHs was’ltol ">’• » l iH risli. d with the
jl t 1., i l.t trv Ml brethren! now we
nmist.rij l.biarj. of
W M t red i ntiiv !'• with tears of
lom*w *r d j " d the beyond. The
I n .squaw places by the side of the
d. ad warrior in his grave, pqu. *om •
hawk, b-w and quiver, "'j* 1
r . ..lilv at hand in »he happy nutunik
Mr.»un*H Surxivir.K friends do thus
t.ul our Itb.les with our cold J« r '"s >««>••
b*‘an
Jiibtes iffih oti.: ? books Shall liertsh tn the
in il conflagration uh« n “the earth and
a l'its work.- biirn.*d up. H so.
Hieu I love io iwlieVe that am.bg the
"\v a. H. v m.nts **t petieet.-d in.-ir .rv
Mi'i »M* th.* r.-pr.Hlu* tion tt|H.n its tablet of
~.t v "crittui** hook, svitt.-n.*** and word,
f .,d that one "f «•><' sweetest employments
*.t the heavenly world will lie the com-
■ a-rlson of the exc.*e<l'ng great and pre-
;*'..* .r..n is-, with *-. le-tlal fulfillment,
and to find that with all the illuminatio.i
j.;,..,! upon eternal bb-ssedness ’»>'
spirit illumined book —that Not half has
ever been told."
SOME PHOSPHATE STATISTICS
Which Show Whnt FlorHa Deposits
Yield.
Tallahassee. Fla . January 12.—(Spe
cial.)—The magnitude of the phosphate
mining industry in Florida is strikingly
get forth ty the statistics regarding ’he
exports of phosphate rwk from this
state for the year 1899. which were pub
lished last week «»y The Engineering and
Mining J. urnal of New York in its an
nual statistical numlicr, and which are
confirmed by reports received by the,
commitsioner of agriculture of Florida,
TTTE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION! ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1900.
who has charge of all statistics bearing
upon this state’s products.
For Florida, phosphate operators the
year 1899 was an exceedingly good one,
production having been enlarged by the
opening of new deposits, consumption
Increased by superphosphate works end
prices having advanced materially. A
very large pro|M>rtlon—about 70 per cent—
of the Florida phosphate rock is exported
to foreign countries, notably to the Unit
ed Kingdom and Germany.
According to The Engineering and Min
ing Journal, of all phosphates produced
in this country Florida high-grade rock
(78 to Mt per cent) was in most demand
for export. In January quotations were
pi.Pl to $9 per long ton, f. o. b. Fernan
dina. and $13.13 to $13.53 c. 1. f. United
Kingdom or north sea ports. Prices held
remarkably strong and firm throughout
the year, and In December produ-ors
w* re asking $!•• f. <>. b. Fernandina,
. and abroad SIX6S to sll was quoted. The
miners are well til.,**! with orders for
tlie year 19'“) and it t~ expected that some
op* raters will seek higher prices this
year, though $lO f. <>. It. Fernandina is
it*.w considered a good market price. In
th.* lain! p,*bl*l.- and Peace river rock
regions op.-rations have b,***n well con
trolled. as th*' large miners have taken
hold *>f many of the smaller propt-r
--! ties.
Th,* total production of all phosphates
, in Florida In 1899 was 796,591 long tons,
or 249,710 tons greater than last year.
FLORIDA FINANCIALLY.
STATE TREASURER FILES RE
PORT WITH GOVERNOR
Showing Total Receipts and from
Whence They Came—Disburse
ments and Amount on Hand.
Tallahassee, Fla., January 12.—(Special.)
Hon. James B. Whitfield, state treasurer,
i has just complete,l and tiled with the
■ governor his annual statement, showing
I th** financial condition of Florida at the
close of business on December 31. 1899,
t and giving an abstract of the business
done in th*- treasury department during
I the year 1899.
This report shows that the to*al **e
| ceipts in the general revenue fund dur
ing the year were $.861,256.66, which in
, eludes the balance on hand January 1.
1899, of $.’14.83:..55. Th,- disbursements front
! th,* saute fund aiiuninteil to $613,878.55,-
having a ba'anee on hand January 1,
19*“>. **f $217,378.27. Os the receipts in the
g* neral r, v* tiu,* fund, $262,638.97 was de
i rived from direct taxes; $151,958.48 fr*>tn
the general license tax; $6,036 from the
corporation chart, r tax; and $21,000 from
i the hire of state convicts. The sum of
$3,522.65 was derived from Interest on
! state deposits kept In banks during the
¥• ar 1899 and s* cured by the bonds in th,*
han,ls of the state treasurer, as provided
■ by law. Insurance companies doing busl
l ness in this state paid Into tho treasury
i for tho year 1899 f* r company licenses
; $19,650; for agents’ 11* ,-itses $9,745, ami for
1 ].rem.tints on th,* gross receipts In the
state $19,163.08, making a total of $18,558.08
' paid by Insurance companies. The re
ceipts front the department of agricul
ture for the sale of fertilizer Inspection
tags amountc,! to $6,004.01. There was
| also paid Into the general revenue fund
l>y tho bondsmen of the defaulting ex
* state treasurer, B. Collins, $2*1,225.38
1 on the amount due the state by the ex-
I treasurer.
Os the disbursements from the general
' revenue fund, the maj>? portion consists
largely in the payments of salaries ami
' expenses of the several departments of
th*- state government, but $65,044 was paid
ot»t as interest on the coupon bonds of
th,* state of Florida Issued in 1871 and
1873. bearing 7 |»*r cent nnd 6 per cent
Interest, resjicctively. Os this $65,b*4,
$28,490 was paid to th,* common school
fund, $8.1*7 t*» the agricultural college
fund. $5,937 to the seminary fund, and
$22,430 to individuals.
On outstanding notes of the state of
Florida, issued und* r an act of the legis
lature of 1891. bearing 5 per cent interest
and all held by the common school fund,
inter,-st to the amount of $6,902.78 w.is
paid to the common school fun,l. This
makes a total of $71,916.78 paid as interest
on th,* public debt of the state during
: the year 1899. of which $49,616.78 was paid
to state funds and $22,430 to individuals.
Th,* general revenue fund, amounting
j to $217,378.27, is the only fund' from which
, is paid the general expenses of the state
i government, including the assessm, nt
j and collection of revenue, the 1 t’.erest
on the state debt, ami the apprapriati ms
made by the legislature for the main
tenaiici- of the several state colleges,
the insane asylum, the Deaf Mute in
stitute ami for jurors and witnesses i*t.d
other expenses authorized by law.
The payments due for the preceding
qtarter to l'«' made during the month
of January, 1900, from the general reve
nue fund alone will amount to over $115,-
OUU which will greatly reduce the amount
to the credit of that fund at die close
of binii.tss December 31, 1899.
During the year 1899 the receipts in
tl <■ tax certificate fund, arising from
; sales by the state of certificates to lands
I bought in by the state ut tax sales,
I'tiioutied to $12t),252.2t>. <»f this uiaount
' $53,753.90 was remitted 'to the counties
1 as their share of the tax tnonev due
from the lands involved, and the *. e
m.'.ird, r. $66,498.36. was distributed to the
several state funds, as directed by law.
■ * ■—•
WATER FOR ORANGE GROVE.
Tampa, Fla.. January 14.—Colonel Camp,
a large orange grower of the Manatee
section, has given a contract to the Tam
pa Supply Company for the biggest irri
gating plant yet erected in this state. It
i will have a capacity of 2.<hm>.<«“» gallons an
hour, and will cost $60,000. The pipes will
cover SW acres of orange grove.
CAROLINA LIQUOR
LAWSJJNDER FIRE
Governor McSweeney De
fends Dispensary, but
Wants Amendments.
HE SUGGESTS CHANGES
In His Message the Chief Executive
Reviews the History of His
State and Also Makes
a Very Fine
Showing.
Columbia, S. C., January 9.—(Special.)—
The legislature met in annual session at
noon today and within eighteen minutes
after the body was called to order it was
involved in a hot light over the folk wing
resol tut ions, simultaneously introduced in
botli houses:
First-That a joint committee consist
ing of two senators and throe rep.esen'a
tlvcs be eppointed by the presiding olll
cers of the respective houses to investi
gate th ft affairs of the state dispensary.
Seeond-That said committee be and is
her. by empowered to send for papers and
persons, tj swear witnesses, to require
the attendance of all parties whose pres
ence shall be deemed necessary, to iip
jH-int an expert accountant and stenog
rapher, to tnvestigUe freely all transae
ti< ns cone Thing said dispensary and its
management and to take testimony with
in and without the site and shall have
access at all limes dviii.g its service to
all Ikm ks and vouchers and other papers
cf said Institution.
Seetli ns 3 and -1 give the committee au
thority to sit during the Sessions of the
liouse, to appty for any additional au
-,h< rity needed and reqt est a rep >r» if
possible during tile present session.
Tlte resolution was bitterly opposed.
Its advocates declared that former Inves
tigating committees lacked power and
were but wliitewashing concerns. Tho
resolution wus amended in the house,
giving tile commute,, power to punish for
contempt as in circuit coutrs and pro
viding that statements made by wit
nesses should not be used against them.
Tlie committee is to also have a marshal
and i's sessions are to be epen to the
public. As amend--1 it was adopted in
the house. It will be considered in the
, senate tomorrow. The expenses will bo
! paid < ut of tlte dispensary funds.
Governor's Message Is Read.
Governor Allies B. McSweeney sent in
his first message to the general assem
bly. It was a paper of nnout 10.VMI \fords;
moderate in tone, and being for the most
part a record of public conditions.
The governor first refers to the death
of ills predecessor and then to the “very
marked material progress in almost every
line of industry.” Os cotton mills he
Bays:
During tho past year elt.-veit new mills have
b.-ii organized and are In progress ut eonstruc
' til'll, representing a total capital of $3,273,UU0.
Sixteen old mills have been enlarged, repre
senting an increase ot the r capital stock of
i ji.a's.iwo.
In railroad building, 237 mites have been
' eonipleted and tn actual j rix-ess of construc
tion. 'lllis represents an outlay of ut least
a mile, or Heart) and when
i cum I' ted and r< turned tor taxation evn at a
tuluauon ol a mile, will add $2,37u,VW
to tile taxable property of tile state.
In cotton S' 1 oil mills, the lumber busl
tv s.< anti oilier branches of industry, there has
' been very marked nct'vily.
i Tlie state treasurer lias bi-en alite to meet all
1 of tin- obligations of the state promptly, and
' also the interest on tin- public debt, without
tin- n a-essity of having to borrow any moii'-y
i or overdraw his accounts, and still has a bal
ance in tlie treasury.
A short time ago 1 received a communication
fi "ill the secretary ut' tlie tr< asurj ut Wash
ington, calling my attention to a claim of the
t i.ited States government against tlie state
i of South Carolina, and an act ot cungresss
passed March 3, IMt'J, requiring him to Institute
such pro, ceding* as lie might deem i>ro[ M -r to
coll.ct any bunds or st.s ks, principal and in
t<r<*t. wliieh the geti-ral government holds
against this state, before any claims on the
part of tlie state against tlie general gov
ernment should tie paid. This communication
was brought forth on a. count of the claims put
in by this state for reiinburs.-m-nt ot expenses
Inetrred in organizing )oluntecr troups tor ser
i vice in th" war with Spain.
Ancient History Recounted.
A statement from tho state treasurer
is submitted showing the s'ate does owe,
principal and Interest, about $250,000 to
tho national government, but stating that
tho governmeii't is due the state sjsd,o»io
for money advanced during the revolu
tionary war ami tin- war of ISI2.
Tho message here recounts the history
of a claim made by South Carolina
against the national government for
money advanced in our early wars. Ref
erence is made to a report on the matter
submitted to the South Carolina legisla
ture in but which has been lost.
Governor McSweeney suggests that tlie
archives of the state stored away in tlie
capltol building be searched with a hope
of finding that report. That report would
throw light on tlie situa'ion. There is
a well defined belief in official circles
that the national government in IS3I
admitted owing South Carolina $78,W0.
This, with the accumulated interest for
fifty-nine years, would now amount to
$35t1,000. The claim of the national gov
ernment against the state is $125,0dQ.
Touching 'the claim of the government
the governor in his message says:
As 1 understand It, the claim of the United
States govi rnnieiit tor settlement of $125,000
of South Carolina bonds belonging to the Indian
trust fund, and tlie accumulated interest, is a
Just and honest claim which we ought to pay,
and which weVould pay with our claim agatnst
th- United States government, an.l have a bal
ance to the credit of the state, if we can find
the testimony to substantiate the claim of the
state.
For a statement of tlie bonded debt of tlie
state, your attention Is directed to tin- annual
r-port of the state treasurer. Our bonds find
a ready sale tn the markets ot the world at a
premium, and the credit of the state is 1.
Tlie governor recommends continued
pensions <>f civil war heroes and their
widows.
As you will see front the report >k the eonip
tioller general, then- w re on the pension roll
the past year 7,158 pensioners. Os this number
2.'.d0 are widows of soldiers Th" total amount
disbursed in pensions was s9*>,67.’>.Mi. The wid
ows were paid $38,412 and the soldi rs *5U,3G3.89.
Dispensary Can Be Bettered.
There is no question that will engage your
attention at this session that will demand morn
careful thought and In which there is more
Interest manifest than that of th- control of
liquor. Under the constitution of the state
there are only three modes allowed fur deal
ing with this question. “The general assembly
may license persons or corporations to manu
facture and sell and reta'l alcoholic liquors or
beverages within the state;” "or the general
assembly may prohibit 'ha manufacture and
sale and retail of alcoholic liquors and bever
ages within the state;" or it "may authorize
and empower state, county and municipal of
ficers, all or either, under the authority and
In tlie name of the state, to buy in any market
and retail within the state liquors and bever
ages in such packages and quantities, under
such rules and regulations as It deems expe
dient.” And in no ease shall it bo sold in less
quantities than one-half pint oy between sun
down and sunrise, and it shall not be drunk
on the premises. Neither can the general as
sembly “del -gate to any municipal eorpoiation
tile power to issue licenses to sell tlie same."
Under the last alternative the dispensary law
is in force. ..
Much of the prejudice that lias heretofore
existed against the ilispenntry law ha. been
broken down and many of its most bitter op
ponents have come to realize Its good feat
ures and are ready and willing and anxious
to see it improved and enforced. With certain
amendments which seem necessary, and which
will commend themselves to our good Judgment,
and which should be made at the present ses-
sion, and with the proper enforcement of the
law. It Is the best solution of the liquor ques
tion yet devised. Whisky has been put under
rhe ban and /whether you prohibit it, license
it, or take entire charge of it. the principle is
the same. Prohibition is very nice In theory,
but In existing circumstances and conditions I
do not believe It would be practicable. Local
option would be even worse than prohibition.
To have prohibition In one county, a license
system in an adjoining county, and the dispen
sary in another would create no end of con
fusion and trouble throughout the state.
I would recommend for your consideration
tho abolition of the state and county boards
of control. You should elect a stat" commis
sioner. As an advisory board to the state com
missioner, I would suggest the comptroller
general, the state treasurer and the state
superintendent of education. 1 do not d.-em
It wise to put the governor or the attorney
general on this advisory lioard. You might
add to this board the chairman of the flnan<-e
committee of the senate and the chairman of
the ways and means committee of th*- house,
it would not be necessary for this board to
meet more than four times a year, ami at each
me* ting competitive sealed blds could be sub
mitted and opened in the presence of th*- com
missioner and suuh purchases made as would
I**- needed to supply the demand.
in place of th*- county boards I would sug
gest that the county supervisor, the county
auditor and the mayor of the county seat town
cor stltute the county hoard, and that they
servo without extra compensation. I would
also siigg.-st that tin* county dispensers be
elected by the people as other county officers
are elected, and for a t*-rm of two years.
I have received from th*- comptroller general
the following statement of receipts nnd dis
bursements on lu-coint of the special state dis
pensary school fund for IW-9'.t
Received from state dispensary. 1X95-99, $1..0.-
Od; disbursed to the several count!, s under
act I'9B $67,204.3'*; disbursed deficiency several
counties under act 1899. $13,338.02; disbursed sur
plus several counties under act 1891*, $13,137.63.
Total. $130,000.
■I 11, r*' is no subject of greater Importance and
that wilt affect more people than that of g'*od
r< ads The tendency has been for the country
population to move to tho cities and towns
la order to secure tho advantages of church
and school If this continues, dis-
tricts will become d.populat*-d and th** popula
tion will t>e congest"! tn th.' clti s and towns.
The cor.dltlon of the public roads in certain
sons* r.s of tii.- year makes it almost necessary
that th*- country people should 1»- d'-nl.'d school,
church and social privileges. Unless something
I-* ilono to arrest nis flow of population to tho
cities ami towns, the conditions of tin- country
districts will iM-conm alarming and It Is already
receiving the attention of the thoughtful.
The r.-P'-al of the 10 per c-nt tax on state
banks will go far toward solving the money
i question. Tills Is a .natt.r entirely within the
J pi-' vim-'- of th.- national congress at VVash
i .nct'.n, tni’ a resolution from th*- several state
1 glsla'tures requesting congress to repeal this
tax would hive Its influence.
The governor cautions >the legislature
about trusts -and urges that such wise
safeguards bo thrown around corpora
tions, tho creatures of the state, that
the weak will be protected in competition
and the strong will 'be kept from check
ing develojiment and growth by cons di
■lation. He says:
It Is a subject that should command your
most earnest an 1 thoughtful attention.
There has been no mob violence during th**
past year and g-n-*r.il good order has prevail -d
. throughout the state. Tlie county of Darling
ton Is to b*> congratulated on giving a legal
trial and execution for a crime that usually
results in summary justice.
SOUTH CAROLINA IN CIVIL V7AR
Colonel Thomas Gives Interesting
Statistics.
Columbia, S. C., January 12.—(Special.)
The report of Colonel John I*. Thomas,
who for several years, as confederate
war historian for this state, lias been
collecting confederate rolls and other
data, will be made to the general assem
bly in a few days. The records and
rolls are to be published in book form
three volumes of 800 pages each.
Tlie records show that South Carolina
put Into the confederate army thirty-four
regiments and four battalions of ip
fantry; seven regiments, one squadron
and one company of cavalry, and three
regiments, two battalions and nineteen
unattached batteries of artillery—in ail
4;6t companies.
There were 44,328 enrolled Infantry. 38,314
being effective; H.tMi'j enrolled cavalry,
8.014 being effective; 8,213 enrolled artil
lery, 7,4.37 being eiTectlvi -a total of 61,608
enrolled and 53,!«>5 <-ffe-.*tive.
In addition to these there were eighty
companies of state troops or reserves
with an enrollment of 4,944. The his
torian says there were besides twelve
regiments of reserves ir, addition to those
carried on tlie roll, and adds: “Making
■ tl.e moderate estimate that the truth of
history warrants, that 5 per cent of con
federate and 25 per cent of state troops
an* not carried on tin* rolls, it further
appears that South Carolina gave to the
soutli.-rn confederacy a total of 71,083
officers and men enrolled, or 62,838 effec-
Tho historian remarks that the man
ner in which th<* state holding the “era
d e of secession” stood by her pledges
ot 18t» is exemplified when the fact Is
known that in 1860 tile voting population
was 60,000.
Tlie state's contributions to the signal
corps, the blockade runners ami the navy
are not included in the figures given.
South Carolinians furnished live lieu
tenant generals and six major generals
to the confederate service.
Deaths in battle, from wounds and dis
i e!i*.e and in prison, so far as the records
Show, wet*- M f"l!ows; Tntantry, 17.918;
! cavalry, 1.467; artillery, 716; total, 20.101.
; But the historian finds that twenty-six
infantry companies make no report of
1 “died in battle Or from wounds:" forty
-1 three no report of “died from disease."
■ 167 no report of “died in prson," ami
• forty-five no report of "wounded.” The
same incompleteness appears in tlie ar-
j tiilery reports. Applying the averages
I to those commands from which there ate
! no reports, ho finds the Infan ry 10-s
. was 21.146; cavalry, 1.739; artillery. 1.363.
lie adds: "Making th** total effective
artillery In each arm of the service the
| basis of pereeiitag**. the result would
i be: infantry loss. 51.7 per cent: c*v-
I airy, 2U.7 per cent; artillery, 17 per
• cent. That Is, tlie casualties in war
I were more than one-half of the total
effective infantry: of the cavalry more
| than one-fifth, and of the artillery more
I than one-sixth.”
TRAGEDY IN TENNESSEE.
Two Officers of the Law Shot to
Death by Negroes.
Ripley. Tern.. January 9.—Marvin Dur
ham and W. D. Turner, officers of the
p* ace. were this morning shat to death,
wliile tn the discharge of their duty, by
tvo nfgtoes.
Tuner was constable in tho district In
which the killing took place, and had dep
utized Durham to assist him in making
th** arrest of a negro named Gingerly, who
was wt nted for failure to obey tlie vacci
nation laws, which have been ens ».•*•*"< 1
with coisidcrable rigor hereabout of late
on account of the prevalence of spondio
cases of smallpox in this vicinity.
They had the negro under way, bring
ing him to this city, when they were over
taken by two negr«*es, brothers of the
prisoner, who. without warning, fired
from the rear, shvoting both the officers
in the back of the head and producing In
stant death In both eases. Gingerly then
escaped with his brothers .
As soon as the news of the tragedy
reached this town intense excitement
aiose and many business people closed up
their shops in order to Join in the chase t-f
tiie murderers. Hounds were brought
forth and ail th.* people who had left for
tin- sc* lie of the killing cai-leil arms and
were evidently bent on taking summary
v< 1 g< snee* on the slay -rs if they should I e
cr.vght.
Report Says They Were Lynched.
Memphis, January 9. —A special to The
Commercial-Appeal, from Ripley, received
at midnight, says:
The latest reports from the large posse
which went in pursuit of th** Gingerly ne
groes are tha't two of the miscreants ha* e
beer caught and lynched. The two ne
groes were swung to trees on the rea l
s'de at 9:30 o’clock tonight. One of th*- I
dead men is the prisoner who was being
escorted to jail when the officers wer?
shot by his brothers. The searching par
ties are still out hunting for other partic
ipants in the
Hon. W. T. Durbin, member of the re
publican national committee from In
diana, is out in an interview strongly
urging Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York,
<*x-s»**-re*tary of the interior, for the re
publican nomination for vice president.
BEVERIDGE SAYS WE
MUST KEEP MOS
Senator Sustains the Plans
and Policy of the
Administration.
SAYS WE CANNOT RECEDE
——
Hoosier Senator Asserts That the
United States Can Expand
Without Violating the
Constitution of the
Land.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington. January 9.—(Special.)—The
senate was treated to a genuine bit of
expansion debate today. An able argu
ment sotting forth the advantages of the
retention of the Philippines from the
standpoint of ‘-he expansionists was made
bv the young senator from Indiana. Mr.
Beveridge, and it brought out a lively
rejoinder from the patriarch **f the r**-
l»i:blican side. Senator Hoar, of Massa
chusetts. It was reallv Senator Bever-
I jjlge's day and Senator Hoar was driven
into it .qjmply b* cause some of the state
ments of his young colleague seemed to
pierce his cuticle. Senator B**vvridge had
been announced for his maiden effort
In the way of a senate, speech and for
several r» asons that announe- m -nt had
attracted more attention than is ordinari
ly given similar announcements. The
attention of Washington hail been at
tracted to the boy senator first by his
election, which tlie republican politicians
of Indiana had said was impossible; next
l>y his action in going out to the Philip
pines to study the conditions there him
self; then again by newspaper notices of
j a hardly complimentary nature which
I had a tendency to misrepresent the young
, man. and lastly, by his announe* m< nt
of a set speech upon a live topic in the
' first session of his service as a senator.
His Argument Unlike His Speeches,
j Almost of the oratory which has been
; heard on this subject heretofore has come
' from the men opposed to the administra
' tion policy. Those who favor th*- expan
sion side have had little to say and none
! of those who have talked have taken
I the frank, open ground of the senator
from Indiana, who argued that this gov
ernment should not only refute to hold
out any promises ot independence of how
soever equivocal nature, but that we
should declare it our purpose to hold
me Uhiiippine arciiip -lagu us a perma
nent possession ami sliould give ns ;n
--nup.tanis a colonial government.
'tlie tact that tile senator naU made ttie
investigations lor nuuseil; that lie bruugtit
testimony truiu the lute most men ot ,m
--isiunus to bear out h;s cuitlentloa tnal it
Would be a good ousim proposition lot
Us to hold tnese islands; tnal ttie peop.e
' are incapable ot sell-government, ami
tiial rui-n .i governniei, v. uulu oe a:* m-
* jury to them rather than a blessing, gave
peculiar value to his speech in the opinion
. of ills hearers. At t.ines he was quite
• dramatic in his utterances, particuiany
i.wiieli lie charged liiui tile blood ol Anier
' lean soldiers must be upon those here
; a: home who had been instrumental in
' keeping alive the insurrection by then
opposition to tlie policy ot tlie adminis
tration.
Senator Beveridge began by saying iic
! had l*een asked by in*mbers of congress
to give his observations in the Philip
pines. I •eclating that the archipelago
commands the I'acific and asserting the
I value of China’s trade, he said:
I have cruised more than 2,000 miles
through the aretil|*>*lago, every moment a
sari-rise at its loveliness and wealth. 1 have
ridden hundreds of miles on the islands, every
t.iut of tin- way a revelation of vegetable and
mineral rieht-s. No land in America surpasses
■ in fertility the plains and valleys of I.uzon.
■ Rfee and coffee, sugar and cocoanuts, hemp and
t'lbaci-o, and many products ot the temis rate,
as well as the tropic zone, grow in various
sections of the archipelago I have seen hun
dreds of bushels ot Indian corn lying in a
road fringed with banana trees. The forests
of Negros, Mimlanaix Mindora, I’aluan and
■ parts of I.uzon ar*- Invaluable and Intact. The
wood of the Philippines can supply the fur-
, niture of th** world for a century to com**. At
Cebu, Rev. Father Julio Segrera told tne that
forty miles of Cebu’s mountain chain are prac
| tically mountains of coal. Pablo Majia. one of
the most reliable men on the islands, confirmed
. th** statement. Some declare that the coal is
, only lignite, but ship captains, who have used
■ It, told me that it is better steamer fuel than
tho best coal ot Japan. I have a nugget of
' pure gold picked up in its present form on
■ the bunks of a Philippine creek. 1 have gold
i dust washed out by crude processes of care
less natives from the sunls of a P ilippine
| stream. Both Indicate gr* at deposits at the
source from which they come, in one of th**
i islands gn at deposits of copi*er exist untouch
ed. The mineral wealth of this empire of th**
ocean will one day surprise the worbl. I
I base this statement partly on person *t obser
' vatlon, but chiefly on the testimony of foreign
merchants in the Philippines, who have prac
-1 tically investigated the subject and uisin the
unanimous opinions of natives and priests.
, An*l the mineral wealth Is but a small frac
' tion of the agricultural wealth of the.-**
islands.
j The senator deals with the cereals and
! other products and the export and irn
. port trade of the island and says:
Manila, as a port of call an*i exchange, will.
In the time of ni* n now living, far .surpass
i Liverpool. If we ar** willing to go to war
j rather than let England have a few feet of
frozen Alaska, which affords no market and
commands none, what should we not do rather
than let England, Germany, Russia or Japan
have all the Philippines? And no man on the
spot can fail to see that this would be their
, fate if we retired.
j The speaker then dealt with the cli
mate, civilization and character of the
natives. Ho said:
| The Filipino is the South Sea Malay, put
i through a process of 300 years of supersti
| tion in religion, dishonesty In dealing, disorder
l in habits of industry and cruelty, caprice and
; corruption in government, it is barely possible
that (.000 men *n all the arcblp :
capable of self-government in the Anglo-Saxon
i sense. My own belief is that there are not
! 100 men ani* ng them wh** comprehend what
Anglo-Saxon self-government means; and there
are over 5.000.000 people to be gover* ed. I
know many clever and highly educated men
among them, but there ar** only three com
manding intellects an.l characters—Arellano, I
Mabini and Aguinaldo. Arellano, the chief
Justice of our supreme court, is a profound
lawyer and a brave and Incorruptible man.
Mabini is th" highest type of subtlety and
most constructive mind that race has j-et pro
duced. Aguinaldo is a clever. i*opular leader,
able, brave, resourceful, cunning, ambitious,
unscrupulous and masterful.
Senator Beveridge here read to the sen
ate extracts from a great number of in
terviews with natives and merchants in ,
each of the islands. After reading the !
interviews. Senator Beveridge contfnned j
as follows:
Here, then, senators, is the situation. Two j
years ago there was no land in all the world
which we could occupy for any purpose. Our
commerce was daily turning toward the orient,
atid geography and trade developments made
necessary our commercial empire over the Pa
cific. And in that ocean we had no conimer- i
cial, naval or military base. Today we have '
one of the three great oeean possessions of i
the globe, located at the most commanding
commercial, naval and military- points in the
eastern seas, within hail of India, shoulder '
to shoulder with China, richer in its own re
sources than any equal body of land on the
entire globe, and peopled by a race which
civilization den*an*ls shall tie Improved. Shall
we abandon it? That man little knows the
common people of the republic, little under
stands the instincts of our race, whs thinks
we will not hold it fast, and hold it forever,
administering just government by simplest
methods. We may trick up devices to shift
our burden and lessen our opportunity; they
will avail us nothing but delay. We may
tangle conditions by applying academic arrange
ments of self-government to a crude situation;
their failure will drive us to our duty in the
end.
Senator Beveridge declared that the
military situation, past, present and pros
pective, is no reason for abandonment
and defended without qualification the
work of General Otis and said:
This war is like all other wars. It needs
to be finished before it is stopped. I am
prepared to vote either to make our work
thorough or even now to abandon it. A lasting
peace can be secured only by overwhelming
forces in ceaseless action until universal and
absolutely final defeat is inflicted on the ene
my.
Efforts To Keep Peace.
The Indianian then -ecounts the- work
of the commission appointed to arrange
peace terms and the negotiations up to
the time whan the American sentinel
fired that now world-renowned first shot,
which the senator declared was the most
fortunate shot of the war. He then as
serted that—
Th** friendly methods of [M*ace have been thor
oughly tried only to make peace more diffi
cult.
There is not now and never was any possible
before it entirely crystallized.
witnessed the weak, corrupt, cruel and caprl-
Therels not now an*ln ever was any possible
course but ceaseless operations in the field and
loyal support of the war at home. Had Agui
naldo not understood that In America, even in
the American congress, even here in the sen
ate, he and Ais cause were supported; had
he not known*that it was proclaimed on the
stump and In the press of a faction in th*
United States that every shot his misguided
followers fired into the breasts of American
soldiers was like th*- volleys fir***! by Wash
ington's men against the soldiers of King
George, his insurrection would have dissolved
before it entirely crystalize*L
It is believed and stated in Luzon, Panay
ami Cebu that the Filipinos have only to fight,
harrass. retreat, break up Into small parties,
if necessary, as they are doing now. but by
any means hold out until the next presidential
election and our forces will be withdrawn. All
this has aided the enemy more than climate,
arms and battle.
I say to those whose voices in America have
cheered those misguide*! natives on to shoot
our sol tiers down, that the blood of those
dead ami wounded boys of ours is on their
hands, and th- fl""! of all the years can never
wash that stain away.
Th*- Filipinos are children utterly incapable
of self-government. How could they be? They
are not of a self-governing race. They are
Ori**ntals. Malays, instruct"! by Spaniards in
the latter’s worst estate. They know nothing
of practical government except as they have
wtnessed tl*** weak, corrupt, cruel and capre
cious rub* of Spain.
The senator declare*) the people indo
lent and in n** way able to compete with
Americans and asserted that fortunes
awaited the enterprising, industrious
American who would go to the archi
pelago. He then described the natives
as he found them in their various sec
tions. In outlining a government for the
islands he said *he plan should be simple,
but strong. Said he:
We must never forget that in dealing with
the l ilii'.U' (*l*-al with children. And so
: our government must !>e simple and strong.
1 Simple an*! strong, th* meaning of those two
1 words must b** written in every fine of Philip
pine legislation; r-allzed in every act of Phil
ippine admlnlatratlon. A I’hilippin* office in
our department *'f state: an American govern
or general in Manila, with power to meet daily
emergencies; p'-ssildy an advisory council with
no power except that of liiscussing measures
with th** gov* mor general, which council would
! bo the germ for future legislatures, a school
■ in pra*-tieal government; American lieutenant
! g-*v»*rn**rs in each province, with a like coun
i Oil about him; if I- ssible an American resident
i in each district, and a like council grouped
I about him; fr»-quent and unannounced visits of
. provincial governors to the districts of their
! province; p**ri**dical reports to the governor gen
i eral; an American board of visitation to make
i semi-annual trips to the ar* hip* lago without
power of suggestion or int<*rf**ren*-e to officials
I or people, but only to report ami recommend
' to th** I’liilippino office of our state department;
' a Philippine civil service with pronioti n for
! efficiency: the abolition of duties on exports
I from the Philippines; the establishment of im
. port duties i n a revenue basis, with such dis-
I crimination in favor of American imports aa
will prevent the cheaper g»!s of oth.-r nations
; from destroying American trad**: a complete
reform of I**< al taxation on a just an I s- i-n
--‘ title basis, beginning with the establishment
of a tax on land according to its assessed val
ue; the minting of abundant mon* y for i’hilip-
I pine and oriental use; the granting of fran
| chtoeu and *•■ .n*-*-ssi ms upon tbe tlieory of de-
■ v* loping the resources of th*- arehipelago. an t.
therefore, not by sale, but upon participation in
the profits of the enterprise; the formation
j of a system of public schools everywhere with
' compulsory attendance rigidly enforce*!: th*
I establishment of the English language througb
’ out th- islands, teaching it ex* iustvely in tl *
J schools and uslng.it, through interpreters, ex
! eliislvely in the courts; a simple civil code, and
a still simpkr criminal code, and t***th com
; mon to all the islands except Sulu. Mindanao
and P.iimin; American ju*lg*-s for all bdt
j smallest offenses; gradual, stow and careful In
' troduetion of the best Filipinos into the work-
■ ing machinery of tl.e government; no promise
I whatever of .th*- frnni-h.se until the people
i' have been prepared for it; all this backed by
th- necssary f.-ree to execute it; this outline
' of gov*rnm.*nt the situation demands as s.s.n
... tr.n.j i:l!i-■ i • sa'disV d. Until then null
tarv la a ivis.ibl**.
Even th * 1.-m-T.t ,1 plan I have outlined will
fall in the hands of any but i t.-at administra
tors. Spain di I n t utterly fail tn d* vising
many of her plans were excellent; she tailed in
administering. ,
Better abandon this priceless p*.ss**ssVm-
mit ours* !vt s incemp* tt nt to do our part in tne
werid-r.**!-eming w *rk of -u • imperial
better now haul down th*- flag of reaction a>vl
decay than to apply academic notions •** s-tl
gov. rnm* nt to th* *• .-hildi -* or :;tt« mpt their
. government by any but th* most perfect ai
mlnistrators our i-ountry can pr***luc •
Th* declaration of indep* id* n- do -s not for
bid us to d*. our part in the reg* novation or
tit. wotM. If it d ‘ t' • ’■ ■
I be wrong. Just r.s the articles of confedera
tion. drafted by th* very same m n who sign
ed the *l-.-’.vaiion. was found to 1..- wrong, fh
‘ dielarati .n lias no .;**n!i -atioti to the pr. s* ’it
situation. It was .viltt-n by s.-!f-gov*-rning
men for self gorern.ng ni* n. It was v.rit. n
by men who for a *•* ntury and a half have been
experimenting n s.-If-g ■* •■rn.n-nt * n this * 0.*..
tii ent and who*- ancestors tor hundr*-<w **t
y-.- r before had b-* n gradually developing to
ward that high and holy .stat-.
Th* declaration 1*• - not .onteintlat* that
all government must have the consent of -**
govi-rn**’ Th- worl “consent” its-ls r*co*t
nizes other forms. *r n- nt” m ins th
understanding of the things to which the
•consent" is given; ami th-re are jieople in
the world who do not un.d* rstand any form
Mr. Beveridge then declared that we
had the constitutional right and pow-r
1 to govern as we please and under any
i form w<- please. The senator closed,
i Mr. IT* sill, nt and Senators Adopt th- r’s
olution oft* re«l ihat i> *a**e may quickly com**
anti that we my n* uin our saving,
latinur and upUftinK work. Adopt it ard this
bi»>.wished will r. isc when these d duded chil
dren o our islands barn that this is the final
a tion of the r**pres ntativ.-s of th* Am**r; in
■people in <*»mrr*bs assembl'd. Reject it an i
I the world, history and the American jieuple w.H
know where to lorever fix the awful respon.-i
--j bility f«»r the conse*>uences that will sui*’>’.
follow such failur- to do our manifest duty.
How dare we delay when our soldiers’ bload
‘ is flowing?
Hoar Makes Reply.
j Senator Hoar, after Senator Beveridge
' had concluded, took up some points of
Senator Beveridge's speech, dwelling par
ticularly on the claim that the people of
the islands were incapable of self-govern
ment. Much of the testimony cited to
show this incapacity was based upon the
fact that th** masses would follow the
leaders and Senator Hoar raised a hearty
laugh at the expense of Senator Plat', of
New York, and Senator Hanna, of Ohio,
by wondering whether these gentlemen
regarded it a sign of incapacity for self
government when tlte masses show, *! a
‘tendency to follow political leaders.
Though his speech was short. Senator
Hoar found a lot of weak spots in his
colleague's argument and his statement
of facts. I!** declared that not the Ameri
can opposition to the war, but the presi
dent's proclamation to th*- Filipinos was
r, sponsible for the hostilities. He ridi
cule*! Mr. Beveridge’ statement that
the Filipinos wen- not capable of self
government and quoted General Olis’s
reports to show that they were. Mr. Hoar
said the beauty and eloquence of the
speech had recalled that incident in
which Satan had taken Christ up into
an exceeding high mountain and showed
him all the kingdoms of the world and
the glory thereul, and promised that all
should be his if he would but fall down
and worship him; and he had replied:
"Get thee behind me, Satan.”
MALLORY WILL NOT RESIGN.
Pensacola. January 11.—A Tampa dis
patch to The Atlanta Journal announcing
that Senator Mallory would resign and
that Congressman Sparkman would be
appointed as his successor created a stir
among Senator Mallory's friends here to
day. Kate this afternoon their uneasiness
was dlspelleii by a telegram to John B.
Jones, Mr. Mallory's law partner, from
Dr. T. S. Kennedy, of New Orleans, the
senator’s brother-in-law and physician.
Dr. Kennedy positively stated that Sen
ator Mallory is steadily improving in
health, and would soon be able to attend
to his duties in Washington. The rumor
that he will resign Is, Dr. Kennedy avers,
absolutely untrue.
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