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HE BUCKSHEAR TIMES.
VOL Ml.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
DAILY PROCEEDINGS CF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
GEORGIA’S LAW MAKERS AND WHAT THEY
ARE DOING TO ADVANCE TIIE GRAND
OLD STATE'S INTERESTS.
THE HOUSE.
12th Day. —When the house was first
called to order Tuesday morning quite motion a
lively little discussion arose ov df va the day
to reconsider the resolution
before fixing the hour of 12 o'clock for
the election of a United States Senator.
The motion was voted down overwhelm
ingly, and the house went on with its
routine work. Meantime, the galleries
and lobbies were fast filling up with great
throngs of visitor*. Speaker Howell was
kept constantly hammering lor silence,
and it was with much difficulty that the
clerks managed to pull through their
arduous task of reading bill* and submit
ting them to the house for consideration.
But when the hour of 12arrived a solemn
spell of quietude settled over the great
crowds. 4 he hour of battle was at hand.
Speaker Howell stated that the time was
come for the house to take up the elec
lion of a United States senator. Clerk
Mark Ilardin read the resolution calling
the election at 12 o’clock, and then read
the law governing the theuannnounccd manner of ballot- that
ting. The speaker
nominations were in order. Mr. Reid,
of Putnam, in a brief speech, nominated
General John B. Gordon. The nomina
tion was received with tumultuous ap
plause. It was seconded by Messrs. Clay,
Calvin, Smith, of Greene; Swain,
Leslie, Oattis, Ilynls, Lark. Craw
ford, Goodwin, Martin, Seay and
Pavne. Mr. Berner, of Monroe,
also seconded the nomination with an
eloquent appeal in Gen. Gordon’s behalf.
Several members rose to a point of order,
claiming that Mr. Berner transgressed the
law in his laudatory speech. Mr. Kemp,
of Emanuel, nominated lion. T. M. Nor
wood, aud Mr. Chapman, of Hancock:
Mr. Strickland, of Bryan, and other
quickly seconded the nomination fol
lowed by great cheering. Then Mr. Sib
ley. of Cobb, gained the floor and said:
•‘Mr. Speaker: principles As a representative South, of the 1
living of the new
nominate for United States senator from
Georgia, Hon. Patrick Calhoun.” | Ap
plause, with some evidences received of disappro
val.] The nomination many
seconds. Mr. Cpa ppell, he of said Law in
rens, nominated, IS laudatory
the outset, without, any
words, Ifon. .7. K. Hines, which was sec
onded by Mr. Hogan, of Lincoln, and
otheis.
Hon. N. J. Hammond’s name was
placed in nomination by Mr. Huff, of
Bibb, and it was seconded by Mr. Eth
eridge and Mr, Phillips. called and the
The roll w s then vot
ing commenced. The first ballot showed:
Gordon, 83; Norwood, 4ti: Calhoun. 20;
Hammond, 10; Hines, 12; Wornack, 1.
The result came within two votes of giv
ing General Gordon a majority. Mr.
Kimbrough, of Greene, arose and begged
to change his vote from Hammond to
Gordon. 4 hen Mr. Norman, of Liberty,
changed to Gordon, giving him the ma
jority. The result caused a pandemo
nium. The noise and confusion that
prevailed were overwhelming. The gal
leries rocked with thundering applause
and there waved to and fro tt perfect sea
of human forms, handkerchiefs aiul lmts
On the floor of the house the scene was
equally demoralizing 1 . Senators and rep
resentatives stood upon their desks and
threw their bats high in the air, shout
ing like triumphant Indians in their war
dance.
At this juncture, Governor Gordon’s
election having been assured by the
changes which had been announced,
Speaker Howell arose, and in a brief
speech, explaining his position, changed Gordon.
his vote from Hammond to
This announcement was greeted with
great applause in the house and from the
galleries. When order was partially re
stored, Speaker Howell resumed his sent
and the following members changed their
votes to Gordon. Matthews,
of Jefferson, from Hammond. Coffey
from Norwood, Brodnax from Calhoun.
Barrett from Norwood, Graves from
Womack. Mason from Norwood, Parker
of Wilkinson, from Norwood. Cleave
from Norwood. This made Gordon’s
vote 95. The other candidates have:
Norwood, 38; Calhoun, 19; Hines, 10,
and Hammond, 7. For a quarter of an
hour the din of applause was deafening.
Cannons were fired with rapid outside and and thun
dering succession on the the
whole city seemed to gather all at ouce
around the statehouse. The house then
adjourned. the bills intro-
13tii Day.—A mong
duced in the house on Wednesday were
the following: A bill to incorporate the
town of Unadilla. To prohibit within the sale five
of spirituous or malt liquors the sale
iniies of any county where of
liquors is prohibited. To incorporate
the town of Acree. To prohibit the within sale
of spirituous and malt liquors church iu
three miles of Mt. Carmel
Crawford county. To extend the limits
of the city of Macon. An act to author
)ze the building of court bouses in the
several militia districts of the counties of
this state, and to authorize the levying of
a tax for such purposes. An act to
amend an act to amend, revise and con
solidate the common school laws of the
state of Georgia and f>ir other
purposes. Approved October 27th, 1889.
The following bills were pas sc -d by the
bouse Wednesday: To relieve L. y
Stubbs. of the Dublin Light Infantry, of I
liability on account of certain arms bav
deen destroyed by fire. To authorize the
increase of the number of companies
the in the Empire second Mutual battalion. Accident To Association. incorporate
BLACKS! I BAR GA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBEI -21. 1890.
To prohibit any person who holds fed
era 1 ., state or county office, from being
mayor of Augusta. To make the mayor
aud councihnen of Augusta ineligible for
more than one term in succession.
A bill entitled an act to make
the mayor and councilmcu of
Augusta ineligible to re-election for one
term of said offices. A bill to create a
new judicial circuit to be known as the
Tallapoosa circuit. A message fri>m the
senate was received stating that, the sen
ate bad passed the house hill granting
certain lands for I lie establishment of a
military park on the Chicaumuga battle
field. Also, that a resolution had heeVi
passed providing committee for the five appointment arrive of
a liability joint for of the bills to granting at a
clause
charters t > banks, etc. The house then
suspended business for the joint session.
14tu Day.—T he biggest bill yet
handleddiv the Georgia Thursday. legislature cam.
up in the house It was the
Pope bill, establishing a negro universite
as a branch of the Georgia State Uny
vrrsity, and. by arrangement, its discus
sion was made the special order cf the
day. After a few minor amendments the
hill was passed, and now goes to the sen
ate. Mr. Norman, of Liberty, introduced
a hill for purifying the ballot. This is
the first hill of its kind that lias been
brought before the legi i»Tire doubly for sonic in
time, and for that reason it s
teresting. Among the new bil s put on
first reading were the following: A bill
amending the charter of LaGrange.
To amend the charter of Elherton.
To incorporate the Atlanta. Amerieus
and Florida Railway Company, To
confer upon the mayor and council of
LaGrange the power to issue bonds to the
extent of $50,000. A resolution for the
relief of the Wad ley and Mt. Vernon
Railway.Company. An act to amend the
charter of Lithouia. An act to incorpo
rate tlie town of Turin, in Coweta
county. An act to incorporate the Dal
ton, .Spring Place and Eastern Railway
Company. A bill to inllict penalties on all
railroads that have failed to pay their taxes.
The following bills were passed: To
appropriate $750 to pay expert examiners
of the. Western and Atlantic railroad last
tear. A Inli regulating the sale resolution of spir
ituous liquors in Georgia. A
urging the Georgia congressmen to work
fertile abolishment of the tax on Geor
gia bunks. Also one urging the congress
men to work for the amendment of the
present banking I nvs. A bid amending
the net incorporating Harmony Grove. bill
15th Day.—T he mo.-t important
introducid in the house Friday was by
ing Mr. Moitzrlaw, of Houston, appropriat
$25,000 to provide for the better or
ganizing, training, arming, equipping
and maintaining the volunteer forces of
Georgia, and a bill by Air. Baldwin, of
Randolph, to prohibit physicians establishment or pre
scription from clerks in a drug
pursuing their profession or calling
who may become intoxicated from the
use of intoxicating liquor or opiates and
to lowing provide a penalty therefor. introduced: The fol- bill
new bills were A
to compensate the tax receivers of this
State for taking mechanical and agricul
tural statistics. To amend the charter of
Emory college. To incorporate the Macon
and Indian Springs Railway Company,
An act to require the registrations of nil
veterans in the city of Macon in munici
pal elections. An act to make the tax col
lectors in all counties of this State which
contain cx-ofiicio a sheriffs population in of 75,000 or more
certain cases, and to
allow them to appoint deputies, and for
other purposes. To appropriate $550 Lr
providing county maps for the secretary
of state's office To prohibit the run
ning of excursion trains on Sunday. To
increase the number of fertilizer inspec
tors from six to ten . To require all cot
ton seed meal offered for sale to be sub
ject to ana vsis. To provide for accept
ing the Confederate Veterans’ Ifome of
Georgia. To amend the constitution SO
that tiie sessions of the legislature
shall be annually in-tead bien
nially, and that the members
shall be paid a salary of $200 instead of
so much a day. To amend the charter
of the Contractors' Association. The
following bills were read the third time
and passed: To establish a system of
public schools for the city of Albany. To
amend the net incorporating' the Katon
ton and Machea Railroad Company. A
resolution to relieve from penalty of
failure to pay tax on time of the Saii
devsville and renuillc Railroad Company.
To require the registration of the voters
of Alaeon. Also to require the registra
tion of voters of Bibb county, To
prevent peisins in Effingham county
from trespassing on the lands of another.
A message from the senate stated that
the resolution for joint committee to adopt
speei ii methods had lor granting charters for
corporations been agreed adjourn to. Sev
oral motions were made to the
house until Monday morning, but the ef
fort was voted down three tines. The
house adjourned until 0 o'clock Saturday.
UtTU Day. - The biggest bill of the
session^va- introduced in the house. Sat
urday. by Air. Jackson, of Heard, ft ■*
a the bill to provide a nernianent fund for
state public provisions schools. The fund,
according to the $1,122,351). of th<- bill,
will amount to Mr. Good
win, of Fuitm, secured the passage of
his bill amending the charter of Atlanta,
granting the issuance of $350,005 bonds
for additional water snppMes and increas
ing the numlx-r of following members of the board
of health. The bills, under
the regular order of business, were read
the third time and pa-sed: To amend
the charter of the Savannah, Americas
and AJoutgomery railroad so as to allow
it to increase its To i ir
porate the South Atlantic Trade
Navigation Company. To ai n ' ,
act inc «rporating the city of At San! To
incorporate the town of Cecil, in B'-rrieo.
To amend the act establishing of a system
of public schools for the town Spaita.
Senate bills for the first and second read
ing were taken up. Mr Craig,i. of Gil
hut. introduced a bill to incorporate the
Ellijay Loan and Banking Company, and
then the house adjourned until Monday
XIIK SENATE.
1 wklth Day.—T he senate was t ailed
to order at 10 o’clock Tuesday. At the
hour of opening the gallery was already
tilled, many ladies occupying sent-s. All
was expectancy and nnct rtainty and im
patience: crowds pass iig in and out the
door with little regard for the sanctity
and dignity of that honorable body, the
senate; everybody discussing the senato
rial race —watching the clock creep "round
towards 11. Nobody thought of tjje
bills being read. About a quarter of a
minute before 11 o’clock, President
Mitchell's gavel fell and the stage
tary read the resolution of Monday
under which the semre ballot was to be
held Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Then the
law was read prescribing the method fm
holding the election. “Nominations are
in order," said President. Mitchell. Its
stautly lion. Torn Cabaniss, from the
twenty-second, in a lew brief remarks,
nominated Hon. John I!. Gordon. The
nomination of General Gordon was sec
ondedbv Senator Smith, of the twenty
eighth, the galleries applauding heartily.
Senator Ellington, of the twenty-ninth,
nominated Air. Pat Calhoun. Senator
Walker, of the sixteenth, put in nomina
t ion Hon. T. AI. Norwood. Senator
Harp, of the twenty-fourth, nominated
Judge .1. K. Hine-. The roll was called,
and the result, stood. Gordon — Beck,
Bennett, Brown, Cabaniss, Callaway,
Candler, Culpepper. Culver, Gill. Glenn,
Golden. Harlan, Johnson, Johnston,
Lamb, McRae, AluHis. O’Neal. Smith,
E. Ii. Terrell, Todd. Vincent. AVTUinms,
Witcher, Mr. President—25.
Calhoun Beard, Ellington, Hodges,
Lanier, Nttnnally, Zachary-—<».
Norwood—Boyd, Eason, Hill, Lane,
Smith, J. 1).. Tatum. Warren—7.
Hines—Flint. Hart, Patton—3.
Hammond —Irvine Strict.land—3.
Hawkins—W, iker— 1.
The cheering that greeted the an
nouncement of this result was tremen
dous. All in a lump the galleries wete
emptied and there was a rush for the
representative ball. As soon as order
could be restored, the senate adjourned
13xii Day.—O nly a few new bills were
introduced in the senate Wednesday;
most of the time being taken up in read
ing house bills. One new bill by senator
Lane, of the sixteenth, to provide and for a
board of equalization of teal pei
sonal property subject to taxation in this
State. Another bill by Senator Lamb, of
the fourth, incorporates the Southern
Nation-1 Railroad Company, the Georgia
part of a line from Chattanooga to the
proposed Chickatnaugit park, (filler
new bills were: To prohibit the run
ning of excursion trains on Sunday, and
sion describing what shall be known and make as excur
trains. To prescribe more
certain the fees of clerks and sheriffs of
the superior courts in the matter of di
vorce suits. Amending the act that
designated the officers of the county
court of Terrell county, and to provide
for their compensation.
The joint session of the house and sen
ate, held for the purpose of consolidating
the ballots of the two bodies for senator,
was characterized by no new or interest
ing fcatme. Then the journals of the
senate and of the house were read setting
forth the results of the elections in tlicsi
two bodies the day la fore. . The aggre
gate count in the senate showed
the following result: Gordon. 25:
Norwood, 7: Calhoun, H: Ilin-s,
3; Hammond, 2; Hawkins, 1: The
journal of the house relating to the
election was then read by the clerk . '1 Ir
that body was as follows: Gor
don, !)7; Norwood, 30; Calhoun. 19;
Ilines, JO; Hammond. 7. President
Mitchell then said; ‘Tt appears that
John B. Gordon has received a majority
of the votes of both houses, I hereby de
clare him senator to represent the state
of Georgia in the United States senate
for the full term begining January 1,
1891, and ending March, 4, 1897.” The
joint session then dissolved.
J4rir Day.—N othing of interest was
done in the senate Thursday and the body
adjourned after a session of one hour.
Most of that time was taken up in the
coming" reading of house bills, no new matter
up In executive session three
appointments w<re confirmed: Howell
Cobb, judge of Sumter county court. F.
A. Hooker, solicitor of same court. R F.
Simmons, judge of Terrell county court.
15th Day.—T he senate broke its record
Friday by remaining in session two
hours—and then adjourned until Mon
dav morning. The routine proceedings
were as follows: Resolution to relieve
Rome Street Railroad company. Penalty
$209. Delay in paying taxes. Passed.
To amend act of December 29. 1889,
amending section 3854, code, as to com
petency of witnesses. Passed. Changing
the name of tire Chatham Dime Savings
tank. Passed. Transfer the county of
Laurens from the Oconee judicial circuit
to the Ocmulgee judicial circuit. Passed.
To incorporate the Hanking and Trti-t
Company of Thomasville. Passed, Sen
ator Todd’s temperance bill was, at hi*
request, recommitted to the committee
on temperance. 7 o incorporate the Bank
of Albany Qa tari, Vo incorporate
the Bank of Valdosta. Passed. To in
corporate the fidelity Life and Accident
Insorance company of Atlanta, for fifty
year* lassed To noncorporate
town of White Plains Passed. Jo in
corporate the Bank of Calhoun. Pa«*ed.
Only one new bill was introduced. I hat
was by Senator Callaway, of the 1 Tib. It
make* several amendments to the consol
idated common school law of '87. Most
of the time was taken up in the reading
of house bills ft third time.
ISth Day .-The Senate stood „i.
journed until Monday.
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TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY OK OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
t rom unci.E sam’s domain and what
THE CABLE BRINGS.
I'he Belgian government denies the
statement that the Baptist mission
steamer, Pca'e, hits been seized bv the
Congo State authorities.
A Coucoril, N. 11., dispatch says: The
governor ami council Saturday morning
voted to call a special session of the leg
islature oil Tuesday, December 2d.
Patrick The president on Saturday appointed
Walsh, of Augusta, Ga, a mem
ber of the Warm Springs Indian commis
sion. vice William II. Dill, of Pennsyl
vania, declined.
A dispatch of Saturday, from Boston,
says: Mr. B. P. Shillnhcr, the humorist
and poet, who is better known to the
world as “.Mrs. Partington." is dying at
his home in Chelsea.
A cablegram of Friday, from Dublin,
■says; The government has issued a ttroela
mution forbidding demonstrations in any
part of Ireland on the anniversary of the
execution of the “Manchester Martyrs.
Charles Jacobs A Co., pork >md beef
pnikers at Cincinnati, assigned 7 hur-day
morning to George C. Jacobs. Liabili
ties $(il),000; assets $40,000, with prefer
ences given in favor of George Wuest for
$17,500.
Throe A dispatch from Alton, buildings III., says:
flint glass factory of the
Illinois Glassworks, were burned Satur
day morning. Loss, $100,000. Five
hundred hands are thrown out of em
ployment as a result of it.
W. L. Prott vnmn, a private banker at
■330 Davison street, Chicago, closed his
doors Saturday morning, ami posted on
them an announcement that lie luul de
cided to close up his affairs that It s
bank is solvent, and will pay depositor
in lull.
Colonel J. B. Clarke, of Chicago,
representing a Chicago syndicate, oil
Saturday closed an agreement with cap:
talists at G dveston, Texas, which tueiuiK
the establishment and maintenance .of a
new line of steamers between Galveston
and South American ports.
77ie failure of Barker Brothers A Co.,
barkers and brokers, was announced in
the stock exchange at Philadelphia
Thursday afternoon. Members of the
firm refused to make any explanation of
their troubles. Toe failure has been
caused largely by various unprofitable
railroad investments.
An extensive bank failure was reported
at Kansas City Friday, involving no less
than six financial concerns iu the south
west as follows: The Newton National
bank, at Newton, Oklahoma; the Com
mercial National bank, at Guthrie, with
branches at Norman, Klreuo, Stillwater
an 1 Whitewater.
At a conference of the national liberal
federation held at London, Friday, the
platform education, was adopted in favor of free
reform in land laws, disestab
lishment aid ilisen lowmcnt of the church
of Scotland, local option, formation of
district and parish councils t.nd the
mending or ending of the house of lord
A cablegram of Thursday, from ( Join
mol, Ireland, says: The trial of Messrs.
Dillon, O’Brien and others charged with
conspiracy Smith-Barry in inciting the tanaiits on the
estate to refuse payment of
rent, lias been concluded. The couit
sentenced Dillon and O’Brien to two
tciins of six mouths imprisonment.
commissioner,from A dispatch of Thursday to the Indian
Pine Special Agent, Cooper,
at Ridge Agency, N. D.,says: “The
Indians arc very much excited. They
still continue to dance. Gen. Brook,
with five companies of infantry, three
troops of cavalry, one Hotchkiss and one
Gatling gun, ha* just arrived at the
figency.”
A special that of Friday from Lincoln,
Neb., says papers have been pre
pared for a contest by the independent*
of the legality of the election of the entire
state government, all of whom are repub
lican, except Governor Boyd. The con
test will be tried by the legislature, aud
the speaker will preside.
A dispatch mines of Thursday, says: Drivers
in the coal at, Brazil, Inil., have
demanded an advance in wages to $2 per
day. The operators are determined to
refuse the demand. A general suspen
sion imminent. throughout The the yearly block coal district i
rate been
fixed, but some operators are paying $2,
hence all are asked to.
A dispatch salts: of Friday from Rio Ja
luiro, 7 he constitutional assembly
of Brazil, bv a vote of 175 to 47. has
" 8 r 11
..
ib functions untd'a'vote Ha- been'taken
upon the question of a federal constitu
tion.
i he supreme / court of Min. sofa ha*
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nVk ,. t u ^ (l , v fh(; puri .| 1!IH , r ^ifaerl g to
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titles li, tJJ )o a return passage , J subject to
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c an< j actual damages may b,.-co! ■
A _« or< , dupatch-ay*. Tie- run
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lb ‘: Savln F H*** h, ' r ’- ‘' w '
Saturday morning with »- much
Vi «v. " or w*a ** Mused , T - j by :l *- the fact 1 ;ifl that ? !*;opie they
< !o-< at noon Work began before K)
odoek. but the long line of depositors
ueno-d to increase ail the whde. instead
of diminishing. The payments already
made figure up nearly $300,000,
A London cablegram of Friday, says.
An agreement between the Bristol chan,
m l committee of the Shipping Fedotn
lion and the Seamen's Tniou seems to be
impossible. Both sides are busv per
feetiug their arrangements for the im
pending struggle The union declares
that it had not advanced any exorbitant
or unfair claim, and that the shipo wnevx
are hlamahlc for provoking the strike.
About 8:25 o’clock Saturday morning
fire started in the extensive silk mill <>|
Bninford Brothers, at Patterson, N. J..
uni the mill was soon totally destroyed.
I'he lire commuuicnted to the re-ideiict -
of Joseph and Walter Bamford, which which
adjoined the mill, both Tho of were
burned to the ground. loss is placed
it $400,000; insurance, $200,000. Titc
t()0 hands employed in the mill, among
whom were a number of women anti girls,
were for a time panic-stricken, but all <>.
them, it is believed, escaped uninjured.
A HEAVY FAILURE.
A llECEIV Ell AI’I’OINTKD FOR THE NIT El)
STATES HOI,LINO STOCK m
States A Chicago Rolling dispatch says: The United
Stock Company, having a
large plant at llegcwieh, was on Friday
night placed in the hands of a receiver.
The liabilities arc given at $3,8it!,000
and assets at $(1,000,000. The failure
depression was precipitated by slow collections and
in the money market. This
company is ore of the largest, if not larg
est, builders of railway cars in
the world and Inis plants at
llegcwieh, HI., Decatur, Ala. An
niston, Ala., and Urbann, Ohio. 4')ie
capital stock of the company in’ is $4,000,
000, 1)1 which $3,500,000 paid up in
cash, and there is $500,000 of the stock
not yet issued. Tiie assets of the com
puny consist of shops, yards, real estate
and machinery at llegcwieh, which
originally cost $1,400,000, and which
are now claimed, by reason of the ad
vunoe in real estate vain to be
worth at least $2,000,000; its shops
and works at Anniston, whi< li cost
$700,000; its plant at Decatur,
costiug $500.000; its shop and works at
Urbuini, $180,000, and timber lands in
Alulmiuu, $40,000. “The company Inis
iu its employ at various works 2,200
men. It Ims been obliged to pay cash to
the employes and for miiteiini to the ex
tent of $000,000 monthly. The prcgpyt
stringency in the money market has com
pci led the railroad companies that h ivo
bought ears of bills the tolling long stock company
to pay their in time paper, in
stead of cash, mid it Inis been extreme
ly difficult, to discount t ie paper.
Judge Blodgett president appointed A. Hege
wicli ns at present, and lie has
been for nineteen years. The judge, also
ordered the receiver to continue the
works and not let any of the plants be
shut down. Mr. llegcw ieh gave bond in
$500,000.
STILL DANCING.
TIIE SIOUX INDIANS UKKI’AltlNO TO TAKE
1 HE W A11 DATIi.
Dispatches of Friday from Pine Ridge
Agency, H. I)., sny: The dancing In
diaiis have the agency and the surround
ing country in a state of te/ror. Ghost
dances, under the lead of Little Wound,
Six Feathers mid other chiefs arc still
going on, and the Indians have I licit
guns strapped to their backs a* they
dance. It is within the bounds of possi
bility that the dancing Indians may con
solidatc their forces at Wounded
Knee creek, and in that case a light may
be expected at any moment. Gen. Brooke,
in command of the troops which arrived
Thursday, day with held a long consultation Fri
Indian Agent Roger and Spe
cial Indian Agent Cooper. It is proba
ble that with the force at hand no at
tempt will be made to stop the. dancing
at present.
Advices from Eureka state that the
settlers of Ktnmous aud Campbell coun
ties are flocking to that place i.n account
of a well defined rumor that thr Sioux
will take to the war-path at once. Five
hundred people from the country ure now
in Eureka.
8TUPENDOU8FRAUD3
UNEARTHED BV THE NEW MANAGEMENT
OK A TEXAS BAII.HOAD.
A Houston, Tex., dispatch of Wednes
day says. A very baJ State of affairs
has been in existence on the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santo Fe railway for some time,
and since the recent changes of officials
all the discrepancies have coine to light. the
It appears that, through some means,
road has been defrauded out of $180,000
w ” rth of 'f tou “ U, " J t,,Kt du ri “£
I™t cotton season some eighty-fie .
<»i-lo«hol compessed cotton have gone
whst evidence thev collected against trusted sus
I’"' 1 '* 1 lio are in the main
employes. The shrinkage lias been sys
tematiealiy going on, and the company
is iu which possession will of tie all the when necessary the
facts, sprung
time comes.
WILL BE ON HAND.
MIHNE*SOT.4 AIJJA5' ICNfLN PREPARING
FOR THK POL ITU \I, “Till GGI.K IN 1892.
A dispatch from bt. Paul, *ayj Minnesata, The
State Fanner*' Alliance, of
p ro i>o*e8 to have a hand in the national
polities of 1892. A call ha* ' i lecn sent
j 0 t he county alliance* of the state for a
r oovr otion of the ftlliatice to be held i
Fnol December 8'Jth. The object of
lhe convention, it is understood, i* to
Kt , towards the organization of a
natiolja | il „ ian , ; ,. ^Utical mrtT.
NO 2 8.
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS.
Wn.AT IS BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS KOI! THE ADVANCEMENT ON
THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.-—ECHOLS
KKOM THE REFORM PRESS.
The grand exposition opens at Ocala,
Fla., on December 1st. The National
Alliance meets at that place on December
2nd. Thousands of vis tors from nil
part* of the country will be present. The
exposition will continue for sixty days,
aud the displays of southern crops and
fruits will lie finer than ever seen. The
sub tropical fruits will bo displayed in
profusion, and alt the best interests of
Florida’s sunny clime will bo shown to
advantage.
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Oaksdale (Wash.) Weekly Sun says;
"The Washington Farmers’ Alliance
should run a paper of its own. In other
States where the Alliance is as prosper
ous as it is here, it has heroine necessary
to have a State organ. The Washington
Alliance membership is spread all over
eastern Washington and Idaho, and it is
impossible to show the progress made or
liance the present without growing condition of the Al
a Stato paper. If tho
work of every local Alliance was pub
lished weekly, and tho great gooa the
Alliance is doing for the farmers was
set forth from time to time in editorial
work, it would not be long until our or
ganization would bo 20,000 strong iu
tho State. Tho Alliance cannot afford to
patronize or in any way support a parti -
san puper, and if we are not able to rua
an Alliance organ, we should as least use
the columns of an independent paper.”
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The following resolution was passed by
Franklin County (Ohio) Alliance at a re
cent “Resolved, meeting; That the Farmers’ Alliance
of Franklin county, Ohio, congratulate
our worthy president of the National
Farmers.’ Alliance of the United States,
for his very able and patriotic address
just delivered, and the cheerful news ho
brings us from tho great West and Houtli,
ami the nmtehlos energy and momentum
of the movement throughout tho coun
try. LIc conies through our enpitid city
from Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana, to inform us of
how tho work is progressing and to cn
courago us iu the noble cause in which
tho fanners are engaged for tho better
ment of their own condition, and not
only their own welfare, but to culurgu
the sphete of justice and humanity among
all classes of industrial workers through
this broad land. Ami we hereby delegate
him to curry our greeting to brother far
mers in other States, and assure them
that the tillers of the soil in the “Buck
eye” State are coming “Undo Hum” with
a hundred thousand strong.
4’hu Farmer Ailroeute, the official paper
of the Farmers’ Alliance or people’s party
of Kansas, in a recent issue lias the fol
lowing to say of the future of the party:
“We shall at once commence to marshal
the hosts of the people for the conflict,
and in this great work there are many
prejudices lines must be to abolished, bo overcome. interests Sectional which
are identical must be brought together
and the combined fore, s of the
agricultural and laboring classes
must be consolidated against the
forces of corporations, aristocrats, monopolies, trusts
and monied who have for
years feasted upon the substance of the
people. The coming contest will not
take place between northern and southern
people of the country. Tim interests of
the people, of the west and south are
identical and their political forces must
be consolidated again-1 the power of cor
porate greed. It has been and Alliance is tlm
holy mission of the Farmers’ to
subdue sectional prejudice, which has
been kept by the profes-ioal politicians full
in the interest of monopoly. become united.” It is
time for this nation to
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The Farmer*' and M'lin’ LujIU
(Princtcm, Ind.) says: “If there is a
single reason why our merchants should
not join the furineis in their efforts to
secure the reforms demanded, we have
failed to discover it. All over the broad
West the success of the merchant depends
upon the prosperity of the farmer. When
the farmer prospers all other business is
active. Intelligent farmers make no
tight u|Km merchants and town people.
•f hey realize that business men buy goods
as low a* possible ami sell at a very small
profit. 4'hey abo realize that the mer
chant is in no way responsible for trusts
ami combinations, yet he suffers from
their effects us well a* the farmer. The.
f irmer knows that by legislation alone
can these evils be eradicated. The mer
chant is aware of tin- same fact.- Then
whv not join together in securing
thi: needed legislation. To advocate this
legislation through the old purtiist that
are in the clutches of these trust* »nd
combinations, is folly. They have hod
the opportunity and refused. In view
of this fact there remains but one
chance and that is through a new party.
If merchants ami lalmrers are wise they
will join heartily with the farmers for
the bettering of the condition of nil.
Statistics prove tint agriculture is on the
decline and that farmers as a class are
not prosperous. The very nature of
things teaches that when such a condi
tion confronts the farmer, the merchant
a id laborer will not prosper, When the
ship of the farmer perishes, the boat of
the merchant must go down with her. To
avert thi* stranding of both, the mer
chant must cast aside his fo -lish preju
dices, as the farmer has already done,
and stand shoulder to shoulder ngaiuat
the common enemy—the money power.