The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, January 15, 1900, Page 11, Image 11
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. 11