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Volume LVL1.
Southern Heoordeh
rConsolidated 1872,
Milledgeville, Cja., January 25. 1887.
Number 2.9.
THE UNION & RECORDER,
published Weekly In MllleilgevIlle.Gu.
BY BARNES & MOORE.
TR ,1 MS _oA dollar a»il fifty cents a year Hi
uitvatiee HU month* for seventy-live cents.—
Two dollars a year If not paid In advance.
r, The service* of Col. JamR8 If. HRYTBZ,are uu-
e *fho “PERKRAL UNION” and the“SOUTHERN
HKCORDER” were consolidated, August 1st, 1*72,
the Union being In It* Forty.Third Vulume and
lit Record*rin It* Fifty-Third Volume.
baldwTn county.
Petition fob
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, January Term 1887.
W HEREAS, O. L. Brown 1ms (lied
his petition in said Court for let
ters of administration upon the estate
of his wife, Mrs. L. L. Browu, decM.
These are therefore, to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
February Term next of said Court to
he held on the first Monday in Febru
ary, 1887, why letters of Administra
tion upon the estate of said deceased,
should not be granted to said peti
tioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this Jarmar^the 8d, 1887.
[37 lui.]
B. SANFORD,
Ordinary.
W'
Petition
For Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary at Chambers,)
January lOtlv, 1887. >
rHEREAS, Walter Paine, clerk of
Superior Court of said County,
has filed his petition in said Court for
letters of administration upon the es
tate of Mrs. Amelia Turner, deceased
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested to show
cause on or by the February Term
next of said Court to be held on the first
Monday in February 1887, why let
ters of Administration upon the es
tate of said deceased should not be
granted to said petitioner as prayed
for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this January the lOtli, 1887.
DANIEL B. SANFORD.
271m.] Ordinary.
WOMEN
Mmjtu resawed or who oafor fnm
UlraMloo rooolUr to their MX, ohexM try
THB
BE5T TONIC
Thlx modicins conliinto bon with para ragoubls
tonlot, And 1* Involaoblo for DImmm peculiar to
Women, and all who laad aodantary Htm. It Kn-
rlchea and Pnrlflea the Blood, MUmnlateo
the Appetite, Htrengtheaa the Hnclct and
Nerve# -in fact, thoroughly 1 nvignratea.
Claara the oomplrxion. and makaatho akin xmooth.
It dooo not blaokon the tooth, oanaa headaeba, ur
produce oonatipatlon—all othtr /run mtdicinu do.
Mu. Euuhtb BantD, 74 Harwell Are., Milwto-
Uu. Euuutb BantD, 74 Harwell Are., Milt
kw. WU.. aura, under date of Doe. tSIh. istM:
I have uho Brown’* bon Bitten, and it haat
non than a. doctor to me, haring cored me of
BltOWh CNXM1CAL IB, BAXTUMWC, JtBb
April 61888] 39 cw. ly
Petition for Guardianship,
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court ot Ordinary, January Term, 1887.
W HEREAS, T. F. Smith, has filed
his petition in said Court for let
ters of Guardianship of the person
and property of Milner, Lester, Cowan
and Mildred Shivers, minors of said
county.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
February Term next of said court to
be held on the first Monday in Febru
ary, 1887, why letters of Guardianship
for said minors should not be granted
to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this January the 8rd, 1987.
Daniel B. Sanford,
28 lm.] Ordinary.
Petition for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, January Term
1887.
W HEREAS, J. T. Wood, Guardian
of his minor son, Ben Wood, has
filed his petition in said Court for
leave to sell the real estate belonging
to said minor.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
February term next, of said court, to
bo held on the first Monday in Febru
ary 1887, why leave to sell said real
property should not be granted to
said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this January the 3rd, 1887.
26 lm.] D. B. SANFORD, Ordinary
L’very Stable For Sale.
A N EXCELLENT opportunity for
Pi an active young man. I will sell
on easy terms my stable, stock and
vehicles, or 1 will sell stock and vehi
cles and lease the stable for a nuiube#
of years. G. T. WIIILDEN
Milledgeville, Ga,
Nov. 30, ’80. [21 9t.]
EDITORIAL GLIMPSES.
Middle Georgia Progreu.
A circular received by mail Informs
tvs that a weekly paper of eight pages
and forty-eight columns, to be called
“The Middle Georgia Progress,” is to
be published in SandersvilTe, the first
number to be issued about the 1st of
February. This new journal is the
property of a stock company with a
capital of $6,000,and among its mem
bers, we note the names of some of
the leading citizens of Washington
county as regards both personal char
acter and financial strength. Dr. A.
Mathis is president of the company
and Messrs. Stephen G. Jordan and
C. Henry Mitchell, are the editors
and business managers, all of whom
as wo are advised, are calculated to
secure the confidence of their people
and prove efficient in the performance
of their respective duties.
We have the most friendly relations
with oiir esteemed contemporaries,
the “Herald” and the "Mercury,”
which have for years past dispensed
the general and county news to the
citizens of Washington county and we
cannot but wish them success and
rosperity in the future as we have
one in the past. But at the same
time we shall be rejoiced to see that
there 1b enough of that intelligence
and county pride, which characterize
the good citizens of that large
county, to sustain the new candidate
for public favor and thus bIiow to the
world that it is possible for one county,
without a city with considerable pop
ulation, within its bounds, to sustain
three good weekly papers. We are
not without what we conceive to be a
well founded hope that the natural
emulation of the friends of the three
papers will work out this desirable re
sult. The new paper has a staunch
motto—-“Hew to the line, let the
chips fall where they may,” which in
dicates that its conductors mean, like
Paddy with his shillala at Donny-
brooke Fair, to “hit a head wherever
one pops up and gives a fellow a fair
chance.
Death of Col. John T. Grant.
time in the future, remain a magnifi
cent memorial of the donor’s love for
and generous benefleense towards the
city In which he has spent the greater
part of his life and the growth of
which be has watched from its early
location in the woods to its present
g ru ^.proportions.
The Above hasty and Imperfect
sketch of the life of a good and use
ful oitfren has been written almost
immediately on the receipt of the
news of his death, the writer depend
ing on his imperfect memory for the
facts embraced in it, and
Administrator’s Saie.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
B Y virtue of an order grafted by
the Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty, at the January Term, 1887, of said
court, will be sold before the Court
House door, in the city of Milledgeville
ohthe first Tuesday in February, 1887,
between the legal hours of sale, the
following property belonging to the
estate of Mrs. Lizzie C. Sanford, de
ceased, to-wit:
One-third undivided interest in and
to all that land and property, situate,
ying and being in the city of Mil
ledgeville, and said State and county,
known and distinguished in the plan
of said city, as part of lot No. 3, in
square No. 40, known as the Stetson
storehouse and lot, bounded nortli
by store of Perry & Denton, east by
G. T. Whilden’s livery stable lot,
sou th by store owned by W. T. Conn
and others, and west by Wayne
street. Also parts of lots, Nos. 3 and
y 111 square No. 3!), bounded north by
Jolm Bayne’s lot, east by lots of W.
J. Owens and H. E. Hendrix, south
oy H. E. Hendrix’ lot and Hancock
street and west by Wilkinson, street,
embracing the following lots, to-wit:
The dwelling house and store rooms
1 f°^ v J'cutf.d to F. Schiedemnnn. The
dwelling house now occupied by D. B.
• anford and the house and lot now
occupied by Mrs. F. C. Bethune,
“nowu as the “dining room lot,” the
, ! ter ^ s , t 8 °ld in said property being
undivided as aforesaid. Bold
t the purpose of paying debts and
' wrTV Temis of sale cash.
WALTER PAINE, Clerk, &c.,
r °f Mrs. E. C. Banford, dec’d.
January the 3d, 1887. 20 tds
G. T. WIEDENMAN,
merchandise broker,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
. in Ba
,a ». 11. 188'
'iffice in Bank Building,
27 tf
Beef* Cattle.
r ')0f)CATTLE wanted at
r reS* tlle highest market price. Ail-
Mil . , P. SWEANEY.
^Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 27, ’86. 27 8m
Legal,blanks for sale at this offlee.
The Milledgeville Banking Co.
Of Milledoeville, Ga.
A General Hanking Husiness Transacted.
G. T. Wiedenman, President.
15. f. Bethune, Cashier.
Directors.—W. T. Conn, D. B. Hanford,
ri. E. Hendrix, G. T. Wiedenman, L. N.
Callaway, T. L. McComb.C. M. Wright.
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 21st, ’86. 15 ly
DR. W. H. HALL
H AS removed hli office »o the room
formerly occupied by M
Paine, Clerk of Superior Court.
18 tf
Dentistry.
DR. H mTcLARKE-
riTORK of any kind performed in ac-
vv cordanco with the latest and most Im
proved methods. _ ...
*a_OKloeln Callaway’p New Building
Milledgeville. Ga., May 15th, 1888. 44
KUFUB W. BOBERTS,
Attoruoy-at-Xjaw
Milledgeville, Ga.
P rompt attention given to all business in
trusted to 111* care. Offlee in room formerly
occupied hv Judge 1). B. Sauford.
Nov. 10, isso. 1 ,J th
Miss M. G. LAMPLEY,
CRAYON ARTIST!
Studio in the M. G. M & A. College.
I,[Fit SIZE CRAYON PORTRAITS
from photographs.
•WLessons given in Crayon, Oil
painting, Kensington painting on
velvet and satin.
W'Orders and pupils solicited, jzji
Milledgeville, Jan. 4, ’87. 26 3m
For Sale.
A
at this office.
[26 tf.
Notice.
A LL persons are notified, that in
thirty days from date, the pri
vate way, through my place will be
eiosed.
JA8. L. SIBLEY.
Jan. 3rd, 1887. 27 4t.
New Advertisements.
TO ADVERTISERS!
Vor a check for $'J» wo will print u teii-llm- ad
vertisement in one Million is»ues of leadin'
American Newspapers. This Is ut dm rate m
only one-llfllt of a cent a line, for l,""" iivmn-
tloul The advertisement will no pheed “Oloiv
One Million different newspaper purchasers:—ur
FiveMii.i.ion readers. Ten lines will accom
modate about V> words. Address with copy of
Adv. and check or send :p cents for Book oi
pages. CEO. 1*. ROWELL A CO., 10 Struck Ht„
New York.
January 4th, 1887
memory
it has been
27 Ins.
By an extract from the Constitu
tion, published In another column,
we are informed of the sudden death,
on Tuesday night last., at liis resi
dence in Atlanta, Ga., of Colonel
John T. Grant, for many years
past one of the most useful and lion
ored citizens of that city. From
early association and subsequent
friendly acquaintance, the death of
this good man is a matter of sincere
regret to the writer, the local editor
of this paper. Nearly a half century
ago, when Col. Grant was a young
engineer on the location and con
struction of the Georgia railroad, the
writer held a similar position on the
railroad leading from Macon to the
point of junction of the above two
roads with the State railroad; a place
then covered chiefly with the prime
val forest, Jbut now the site of the
great railroad and commercial centre,
the city of Atlanta. John T. Grant
and his eider brother, James A.
Grant, were young men, the latter
scarcely grown, from the distant
of State of Maine. Without, we sup
pose, any special personal influence
exerted in their favor, by the posses
sion of excellent good sense, and a
faithful performance of duty, and the
persevering study of the practicul de
tails of the r profession, while labori
ously engaged in the performance of
their daily work, they both steadily
advanced from one position of respon
sibility to another, acquiring and. re
taining the confidence of their supe
riors throughout their career, Mr.
James A. Grant, after the completion
of the Georgia railroad was called by
professional engagements to Tennes
see and there died, after some years,
in tiie prime of life. His younger
brother, John T., engaged if we mis
take not in the construction of the
Atlanta & West Point railroad and
perhaps others, but soon became con
nected officially with the operation of
the Atlanta and West Point, after its
completion, and in no great length
of time became its Superintendent
and afterwards its President. In this
office tie lias for many years exhibited
tiie fine business capacity and profes
sional skill, which made him one of
tiie most successful and useful rail
road men in the South, and while at
the age of “three scoreyearsand ten,”
he was still engaged in its arduous
duties, he was suddenly “called up
higher,” to enjoy the fruition of tiie
Christian’s hope in another state of
existence. He had for many years
before his death, been a faithful and
leading member of the Presbyterian
denomination in Atlanta.
Col. Grant in early life was blessed
in hi9 marriage to a Miss Williams of
Decatur, who if we mistake not, died
years ago, leaving several children.
One of them, Mr. John A. Grant, fol
lowing his father’s example, became a
civil engineer and has achieved a
most enviable position in his profes
sion. While still quite young, Col.
Grant became possessed of a consider
able body of land, embraced within
tiie present limits of Atlanta, and lie
held on to a large portion of it
through a number of years. Several
years since lie made a donation of a
considerable body of it to the city of
Atlanta for the purpose of making a
park of it, and it was gratefully ac
cepted by the city. It has been hand
somely laid out and partly improved
and when it shall have received its
final finish and adornment, it will
prove to be a great blessing to At
lanta, and will, for an indefinite
written In part as a tribute justly due
to tile subject of it and partly to pre
sent to the rising generation such an
example for their emulation and imi
tation, as the obituary columns of
our State press rarely furnish to us.
Tiie family of the deceased have the
sincere sympathy of the writer.
Republican Criminality.
On the 12th the Republicans expell
ed Mr, Meagher, democrat, from his
seat in the House. The testimony
Bhowed that he was fairly elected
and without the use of money or any
unfair means. A United States Sena
tor wax to he elected to succeed Sena
tor Logon end the contest was so close
that a tingle vote might decide one
way or the other. The Republ leans
saw that the chanoet were against
them and without any complaint
from t!u>.peop le of Vigo county, that
in which Mr .{Meagher, lives a|plan was
hatched opto have a contested elec
ion case in which it was charged that
Mr. Meager lacked a vote or two of
heating his competitor and wit hout any
investigation the Republicans having
a majority of one or two votes'passed
a resolution declaring that Mr. Mea
gher was not elected and that his com
petitor was entitled to the seat. Dr.
Dickinson, MeagherVopponent was
then escorted to the bur of the House
and took the oath of office that was
administered. As he retired from the
bar he was hissed from the floor and
s.
aterson arose and said: “Mr.
, er, After this outrageous rape
e constitution and the liberty of
‘ ;en I move the House adjoarn.”
otion was defeated, but as it
was then 0 o’clock, another motion to
adjourned quickly prevailed.
Mr. Cornelius Meagher is a popular
Irishman and had filled the office of
Justice of the peace in his county,
He made a very sensible speech in op
position to the injustice about to be
done him, but to no avail. The Re
publicakfj wanted another vote or two
avd the plan of displacing him
to get it. Senator Voorhees, ex-8ona-
tor McDonald, and Judge Turpie were
present and participated actively in
the contest. A Democratic Represen
tative thought the proper plan to pur
sue would be for all tiie Democrats to
resign and break up the scheme of the
Republicans to steal a vote to elect^a
Senator.
The Supreme Court Deoidsa in Favor
of the Prohibitionists.
Walkbr et al va Sanford, ordinary,
and vice versa. Ooutsatwi Ejection,
from Baldwin. EtMticlna Costs.
Practice in Supretnfe Court. (Be
fore Judge Lawson])
Biandford, J.—1. Where hn eleetion
was held in a county to determine
the question submitted to the voters
for or against the sale) of spirituous
liquors, under the act of 1888, and at
one preoinot one of the three superin
tendents who managed the election
was neither an ordinary, justice of the
peace nor freeholder, the election at
sucli precinct was Illegal, and the
ordinary acted properly in refusing
to count the vote thereof. Code §1283.
2. Where an election was held at a
lace three miles from that which had
sen established as an elsotion pre
cinct, it was illegal, and there was no
error on the part of the ordinary In
refusing to count the vote so oast.
8. There is no provision made in the
aot ot 1880, in oases of contest, for any
oosts, nor for requiring the payment
thereof; nor is there any general law
on the subject. There Mdag no pro
vision for awarding oosts, it was error
to award them against the county.
44 Ga., 801; 3 Id., 340.
Judgment affirmed in first case, re-
versedin second. ' ;
4. Before the docket ot tbo circuit
to which these cases bel
reached, it being brought 1
tentlon of the court that 10 the case
of Sanford, ord’y, vs. Walker et al.,
the clerk of the superior court had
failed to mark the bill of exceptions
filed In offlee or to certify-the same, on
motion, it was ordered that the bill of
exceptions be returned to such clerk,
with directions to endorse on the bill
of exceptions the true date on whloh
it was filed In his offioe, or, if it never
was filed, to send his certificate to
that effect in answer to the order of
oourt, and if the bill of exceptions was
filed in his office and was the true
original, so to certify the same, or, in
default thereof, to snow cause, or the
call of the case, for his failure to do
The clerk returned the hill of
filing
iohea
so.
exceptions with au entry of
thereon and a certificate attach
thereto. (Rep.)
Jos. 8. Turner, W. B. Wingfield,
W. L. Jackson, for plaintiffs.
O. P. Crawford, for defendant.
TO GOVERNOR TAYLOR.
Within the next few days Governor
Taylor will appoint the State officers,
who will for the next two years assist
him in administering the State Gov
ernment. The three leading State
officers to bo appointed are the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
the Commissioner of Agriculture and
the Superintendent of Prisons. We
presume that the Governor will fol
low the precedents and appoint one
of these officers from East Tennessee,
one from Middle Tennessee and one
from West Tennessee. East Tennes
see has several applicants for each
position, and the places could all be
filled with capable and worthy men
selected from among Governor Tay
lor’s own neighbors and friends.
The position of Superintendent of
Public Instruction is considered the
most honorable offlee and we would
naturally like to see it fall to East
Tennessee. There is a gentleman in
Knoxville who is an applicant for the
position whose appointment would
reilect honor upon the entire State,
and would be a high compliment to
Knoxville as well as a deserved recog
nition of a distinguished scholar.
We refer to Professor Win. G. Mc-
Ailoo, one of the best known educa
tors in the South, an accomplished
writer and a man of high literary at
tainments. He is a native of East
Tennessee, a graduate of tiie Univer
sity of Tennessee, and for many years
a professor in the University. There
is no man in the State moro thor
oughly qualified and equipped for
tiie important position of Superin
tendent of the Public School system
of Tennessee. Professor McAdoo has
not persisteutly urged upon tiie Gov
ernor liis claims for the position like
many applicants for other positions,
but doubtless Governor Taylor, know
ing his worth, will carefully consider
tbe request which Prof. McAdoo’s
friends have made in his behalf.—
Knoiville Daily Tribune.
The friends of Col. McAdoo In this
city would be gratified at his appoint
ment to the office mentioned. He is
well qualified for the position.
A Clean Confession.
By removing the tariff on one form
of scrap iron, a great American indus
try was destroyed and now every
bale of cotton produced In'America
is put up in English ties! The Birm
ingham Age says: “No matter what
natural advantages we in Alabama
have for making iron, we are not able
to make it in competition with for
eign countries. The only trial thus
far made is in the case of the cotton
ties, and the result is before us.”
This is a candid confession. It is
an acknowledgment by the Birming
ham Age that a tariff on cotton ties
would make the price higher. What
tbe ootton tie makers at Birmingham
want is a tariff tax, to enable them to
sell their ties at a higher price. In
other words they want the eotton
f growers taxed for their benefit. This
s very candid to want the cotton
growers taxed for their benefit. This
Is a fine illustration of the whole high
tariff policy. Are the farmers willing
to submit to it?
THE FORESTRY CONGRESS
The Governor Appoints the Delegates
From This State.
The Sari Francisco Daily Examiner,
having decided to inaugurate the
largest and most complete Fraternal
Society Department ever published,
have tendered Win. H. Barnes the
position of Editor of said department,
and lie lias resigned liis former posi
tion on the Morning and Weekly Call
and accepted the same.
C. B. Far well was elected to the Senate
from Illinois to succeed Gen. Logan. He
was chosen on the first ballot.
The following letter which explains
itself, was yesterday sent to tiie presi
dent of the Southern Forestry con
gress by the governor:
Executive Devartment, Atlanta, Ga..
January 16.—Hon. C. B. Pringle, president
Soul hern Forestry congress. Saudersvllle,
Ga.—Sir: In compliance with your requost,
I have the honor to enclose the names of
delegates to attend the Southern Forestry
congress to assemble In Florida ou tbs 22d
of February next.
In futher compliance with your request,
I designate Alexaader H. Stephens as the
Georgian whose name shall do associated
with the tree, which Is to be planted with
appropriate ceremonies on that Interesting
occasion; and suggest the words append
ed below us the legend to be associated
with the tree so planted In Ills honor. [
•tn very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant,
J. B. Gordon,
Governor of Georgia.
THK LEGEND.
“This tree is planted in honor of
Alexander Hamilton Stephens, of
Georgia, a name suggestive of all that,
is beautiful in private benevolence
and of all that is wise and conserva
tive in statemanship—tiie synonym
I and striking example of the blended
elements of a true and noble man
hood.”
The following delegates have been
appointed by the governor to the
Southern Forestry congress to be
lield at DeFuniak springs, Florida:
E. W. Lane, Scarborough; W. H.
Atwood, Darien; It. B. Reppard, Sa
vannah; A. H. Smith, Valdosta; J. A.
Butts, Baiubridge; J. H. Martin,
Hawkinsviile; J. B. Lattimer, Lump
kin; J. B. Gorman, Talbotton; R. J.
Moses, Columbus; M. A. Candler, De
catur; Sidney Root, Atlanta; Robert
N. Hardeman, Clinton; C. P. Craw
ford, Milledgeville; M. M. Folsom,
Macon; William L. Phillips, Marietta;
D. B. Hamilton, Rome; J03hua
I Knowles, Greenesboro; Lewis Jones,
] Athens; H. P. Bell, Camming; James
| Nichols, Nacoochee; J. J. Jones,
j Waynesboro; P. J. Berckmans, Au-
1 gusta.
Washington Letter,
From. Our Regular GorresponcUtnt.
Washington, Jan. 18,1887.
Editor Union-Recorder:
The passage of the great Inter Stato-
Commerce bill, whloh is the result af
a popular movement beginning tw«*
ty years ago, marks the past week ka
Congress. There was a good deal of
important legislation besides thW l
however, such as that giving tj*e Ag
rleultural Department Executive im
portance and its ohief a seat in tht-
Cablnet; that extirpating the hierar
chy at Salt Lake City, and that doub
ling the militia appropriation for the
year. This last aot will, doubtless, be
well received everywhere; for tbe
time haB come when it is acknowledg
ed that the citizen soldiery of tho
land ought to receive more attentiem
than has yet been showed thorn.
It was expected that the Senate
would settle the vexed question eg
Commerce by railroads as it did,
about the hour of midnighton Friday,
hat no one knew how many moat
Senators would be found support!^
It came tri
by a vote of
f, although a
number of Senators who voted for the
measure were dissatisfied with it.
These decided to set aside their ow»
views and follow the dictates offr
their constituents, saying in this in-
stanoe, where legislation is necessari
ly experimental, it Is safe to give Mm
people the benefit of the doubt.
Tbe Inter-State Commerce bill
framed and pressed forward by
who were mostly honest In theireffoak.
to relieve the people, bat there are-a
good many legislators who doubt its
efficacy. Some say the railroads will
put up their through freights, instead
Of reduoing their way freights, and
thus insure the equality which the
law demands.
Now that the Anti-Mormon bill has
been passed by the House, one bean
a good many comments which kidL
cate an appreciation of tiie sevoriW
of the measure. It not only makea
polygamy a felony, but dissolves th*
financial corporations known as tbe
Latter Day Saints, and the Perpetual
Emigration Fund Company, and
practically abolishes all the machin
ery, religious or political, that is now
employed direoHy or indirectly in the
maintenance of tiie Mormon Church
system. There .are differences ol
opinion as toT+w wisdom and jnetio**
of policy’, but the friends of tbe
measure just passed assume that the
malady is of such a terrible nature as
to require heroic treatment. Its cqp-
ponents sav it would be better to wait
upon tiie slow attritions of time and
tiie pressure of public opinion to wear
the evil out.
The Republicans pledged them
selves to eradicate polygamy in 1856,
more than thirty years ago. They
held power for nearly a quarter of a
century and as Morinonlsm still floun
ishes it is left for the Democrats to
perform a duty which the Republi
cans’ neglected or else could not da '
Of course everybody desires that the
twin relic of barbarism” shall be de
stroved, if it can be done without,
straining the ^Constitution. Hou.
Randolph Tucker of Va., who report
ed the Anti-Mormon bill, field that
there was nothing in ,lt that cookR
hurt the conscience even of a Mor
mon. If he thought there was, Aw
said lie would vote against it.
The State reception at the White
House on Thursdav evening was
gorgeous in the gold face of the guests
of honor, the Diplomatic corps, with',
music, gaslight, flowers and palms on .
every side, a crush of richly costumed:
women and a crowd of famous men,
many of them in brilliant uniforms.
Beside the official world of tiie Capi
tal, about sixty persons in private life
were invited to the reception.
Among these was noticed Mrs. Frank
Leslie, land it was difficult to decide-
whether she or Mrs. Stanford, the
wife of the Senator from California,
wore the largest or the finest or the
greatest number of diamonds.
The Marine band which furnislies
music at White House receptions, is
enthusiastic in praise of the present
Administration. Mr. Cleveland feeds
them well and is social and kind to
them and Secretary Whitney is a
•nan just after their own hearts.
When they got through at the Presi
dent’s on New Year’s day, the Secre
tary of the Navy took them over to
liis house to play at the reception
there. He paid them $5 apiece for
their services and the leader $10.
This was the first time they ever re
ceived any remuneration from a Cabi
net officer or any other Govt, official.
They say tiie worst treatment they
ever had was under President Arthur,
when they were sent home at two or
three o’clock in tiie morning with
their stoaiacln full of oyster soup
and beer. Blame was not fixed upon
Mr. Arthur himself, but upon liis
steward.
The far-famed Marine Baud is com
posed of thirty-eight men, and the
salaries paid them are $38 per month
for first class talent, $24 for second
class, and $21 for third class. The
leader gets about $1,600 a year.
This and the West Point band are the
only two bands, as such, that the
Government supports. Although the
Marine band enjoys some perquisites,
and a good many privileges and hon
ors, it complains that its salaries ore
too small, and that first rate men can
not be kept at the wages paid by the
1 Government.