1 /ERTISERS, ? .< ,| I MK COLOBBD O Suet* <"*' ! jjj I :0PLE'S RECORDER. g 4 00**B& Publisher?. WE ADVISE. COUNSEL AND ADMONISH FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR PEOPLE . .i. ni. NO.20. PEOPLE'S RECORDER PUBLISHED FOR THE ELK VATIOS OF OUR RACE, AND IS AN EXPONENT OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES. COLUMBIA, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY ?7* 1900. ??o*o?>*o?o*o*c*o*o*o*o*o* I BRANCH OFFICES f * AT O ? INION, ORANGEBURfi, ? I LAURENS, GREENVILLE, * I GREENWOOD. g Founded ia 1898. Price $1.50 Per Vear. I LEGISLATURE. M g ge?j Done By Our Lawmak ers Day by foy. 0!? LICENSE BILL PASSED. _- . n> Tax Measure Killed-Round iva Iklwt Law Po>poncd.-New SENATE. , "?? Dav - he Senate met at r, . r c rss since Saturday, were opened with chaplain, Kev. G. H. :' Senator Grubcr moved non the House amendments . .. court bill. The motion Senator Henderson mov in the house amend z wi) to provide for the am % .? r-narters. with certain ex ? i.? as railroads and munie nj ?ns. The UH was passed ... Sedate. C fol?'?'vlns: new bills were intro . -s] all. allowing street raii ftting companies to con Marshall, to direct the super pas? Sist c tor os ? : a t: p Ie .in<| board of directors to j (< notes discounted in the F il bank for the peni- j h ?es are two Neal note?, j e: \V. Ragsdale note for $2.- b ther the W. W. Russell j d .?)(?: all third reading bills ; B o?cr and the second read- j n up; the committee sub- | tl Senator Graydon's r?solu- I [gate the Virginia Caro- le al company was adopted on p, lydon's morion, and the res.- si i passed to the third read- ! ir ?ion of Senator Henderson j S ..-ii was added to the com- ? t< ;: niions, in place of .C. Scarborough; the president : ti he had appointed Sen ?W. A. Brown and Livingston s< committee on arranging ... ia! . Gov. Ellerbe. Also Sena : : and Manning, on the joint .. . .; -a the drainage of swamp tts &:ry request), to prevent tho badges of secret organiza - . persons not members of the Sheppard, proposing an amend .' constitution providing for mia] .. ?sions of the legislature; | u ill to regulate the gathering, ! V? and export of oysters, clams terrapins and abolishing the office . '; inspector: Surratt. chanj inty government bill in ref ' th< drainage of public roads; j Sheppard submitted a report i :> ommittee on privileges and iions -i the shape o? a resolution - ra joint asembly on Feb . to elect three directors of th . wtiary. two for two years, one rear, Cunningham's unexpired tru.-tees of the South Oaro )Hfp for .-ix years, seven tras o? Winthrop for six years, four - f the board cf visitors of thc ina military academy, who - . luates of the academy, two se in w bi bl : cr. i re j pr i bi ! se : fin I elsi m; th ! ki, ?of j re-. im ! ch ' ce] State colored collegs?; ? ^ . of the State board of con years, to succeed J. Dudley and tour trustees of C'lem : four years and one to fill ;?-?'r t'ae passage of second At the morning session .z new bills were inrro ro: th? Xe th< op Th rai m>3 bu Ro lav ta> wi^ pre mil wit am kin est but ? sei an? Mr coi Ve 6 -KA*. 3o*in? tie . ?te*; thc to the tor to bill Chi org lati for wai ace per T o' N tO 2 ves I Car Efij ?arv fTO:relative to new school dis ifield; Manning, to regu ^osures on mortgages of Marshall, to require alt Pay taxes to the State 5Unty auditors to return .;S f? townships in each p: o\ hiing a capita ti:;bland; Mower, a * tloz ' examination o! the . s'ate treasurer, comp j?^jj,,.*a? and the commissionei-s Sac^tii ^ tund; Connor, to amend -.'ll or the second volume i -SV. re^ting to the State j fanning relating to the j T ' (;: ' ' v marriages and! ^ Qdments to the Sen- M^S ^e the salary of the \ g ate co|p Tug mur ley. Wh? i ers ban sup( and prie trea bon< ing Rici of b pro^ Sou auti ance prot phof Beai cons clau were agreed to i Oisserl as amended. This I '.' the inspector at I iw ,; by Senator Mc / :' * amend the coan .> far as it relates i supervisor was ter and Senator :? v V' '! l.? strike out the en .;-v-?S he thought the ". ;,> all means lo be 1 ?!>ie- The bill fixed a: four years ?E j. ^ fib . ^?;-T7h'-Sf'ssi0n of tne Sen . T ; , ::^PaiIy to the con- , -.: :;;r/ ^'^nd reading bills i :% tv Tl?st of whic^ were nn^ >eading- Th? Sen '^bl;^1 donday night, and ^ be ?evera! night ses .^'?:^r in 0i'Uer tO dispose ' ^?ers before the assem nie following new Dins were intro duced : Livingston, to give preferences to counties in hiring convicts. This is the bill which has passed the House; Stanland. to amend the act relating to the incorporation of towns of less than 1.000 inhabitants: Archer, to repeal an act requiring cotton buyers to accept bales of cotton weighing less than 300 pound's. The committee on education reported Senator (haydon's dispensary bill without recommendation. Senator Henderson announced that he had received a telegram from Char leston giving the sad news of the death of Mrs. Barnwell. Ile offered r?solu lions of sympathy, which were adopted On motion, the Senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory of Gov ernor Ellerbe, adjourned. HOUSE. Seventh Day.-The House or Repre sentatives reassembled at noon and vas in session an hour, during which ime little was accomplished. The in come tax law was the subject for a lil lie discussion, but the bill to repeal hat statute passed its third and last -eading in the house: Senator Gray Ion's bill to reduce the salary of the Phosphate inspector was taken up; deans' bill to regulate the ownership nd hunting of game and provide for he violation thereof was indefinitely ostponed; W. H. Thomas' bill to am- j nd the charter of the Fourth brigade of Charleston) passed second reading; i H. Weston introduced a joint reso- j ition to authorize and direct the sup- j rintendent of the. penitentiary and the ! I oard of directors to take up two notes \ I iscounteM by the Carolina National i i lank of Columbia for the penitentiary, j Among the new bills introduced were ? ! ie following: j ( McDow, to complete Winthrop col- < ?ge: Wharton, to provide pension fer j aralyzed Confederate soldiers and i lilors; Ashley, to regulate the grant- t ig of bail by magistrates; Young ami ' j inkier, to amend the law in regard t :> the foreclosure of mortgages: Mc- j i ullough presented a memorial from ; f ie trustees of S0uth Carolina College i ( sking for an appropriation of $10,000 ! ( )r a new mess hall: there was a fa- ? orable report on the bill to reduce the j j umber of supervisore of registration; ? new bill by Mr. H. E. Johnson to y. mend concealed weapon law; Mr. j ukes. to provide for the bonding of t mool districts for school purposes; j ie House at 1.20 p. m. adjourned. Eighth Day.-The house of repre .n'tatives spent the morning discuss g two timely maitters-good roads. ^ ith the use of convect labor, and v ennial sessions of the general assem y. Mr. Laban Mauidin's bill to pre- v mt the hiring of convicts for work j r i private farms' c?me up for second '] ading. and a sofo?titu?e was adopted oviding that oouities have the first b d at convicts for uie on the public ' ads. Mr. Efird's resolution to make . * ssions of the general assembly a , tl lestion to be voted upon in the next I o ?ction passed by exactly two-thrids tl ijority. but his ether bill to mak? ; 13 e terms four years in length was p lied. / I ii The proposition/ to reduce the salary j S the phospha.tr/commis-Joner to $800 ti suited in a compromise at $1.200. f< The fellowing were among the more-; b portant ney bills introduced: Henry t( Richardsc?, a bili to regulate the ir arges on Jfef tobacco, making 7 per ti at. the mmimum toll: a petition rm the ?ate Grange for bette: st ads: a reAntion by Mr. Wharton b. at Prof. A. Holmes, geologist of m >r;h Canfina, be invited to address ec 3 joinr^fcembly cn good road's. Ad ted: ^^P?s- a petition from H. R. . omasJiSr an investigation of the j Iroa Jpommission s affairs; Caugh- I o< in. a?ill to allow Saluda county rc y p'tM of Carolina Midland railway: | ger?a bill to amend the free school gr v; AjDses. to fix the time for paying :es. flowing discounts on taxes paid tMnycertatn months; Wi m berley, tc ?vent the sale of goods within one le o> a religious camp ground unless j lsl min an incorporate town; Eppe, tc ? W eno the law as to trespass: Hop-1 co is, " te the sale or lease of the South I lar? oflna and Georgia by the Southern; j Chi xi, a joint resolution proposing an I gol ?n<*nent to the constitutionaffecting j era irethod of paying school funds: ! qui retiSon. to authorize the hiring of | Lai viet* to counties for work on the lie reads; Dendy, to authorize com sione^ of 0( onee county to co-oper with aut Mrities of Habersham atv. OL i.i building bridge across aloo riten Fairey, to validate th ticipal elation at Fort Motte; As to regulite the sale of whiske arton, to authorize county treai to pay certain scho Mauldin. todejrtffve the uSdeso! ?rvisors of registration upon city county officials; Magill, to protect nary elections: Cram, to require 1 _ surers of State institutions to be j ' ?ed officers and to regulate draw- ? ten1 of money from State treasury: lards, to regulate the appointment eneficiary scholarships: Prince, to .ide for the further codification pf th Carolina statutes: Prince, to torize registers of mesne convey ! to record options, etc.; Patton, to ect game; Lockwood, to reqire sphate commissioner to live ia af ort county; Estridge, proposing t?tutional amendment repealing se relating to lynching; Mehrtens, J S1"0 or bl th mi wr hou firs cab! He wh( poii drei plis oui! hon to prevent sale of merchandise in de fraud of creidtors. Mr. Mauldin want ed to recommit the bill relating to the hiring of convicts to counties. The bill as it passed Tuesday was pr?f?rable to *he original bill, but it was. still net such a measure as the people desire. The bill was recommitted by a vote of 43 to 35. Mr. Moss' bill to increase the number of judicial circuits was made special order for Thursday of nest week. Mr. Blythe thought Mr. Ashe ly's bill to reduce the tax on fertili zers to 25 cents a ton a menace to the educational institutions of the State, and he wanted it taken up and acted on at once. But it was decided to wait until the report of Clemson College should be sent to the general assem bly, as that institution receives the in come from the fertilizer tax. Mr. Wharton's bill to provide for the elec tion of county dispensers was next discussed. Mr. C E. Robinson moved that the enacting words of the bill be stricken out. Mr. Wharton claimed that tlie present method of selecting dispensers is favoritism, and not Dem ocratic. Let the people elect compe- j tent officials. Mr. Crum opposed the j bill. Mr. Yarn spoke in favor of the bil] as a means of stopping tho vices I attendant upon favoritism. Mr. Mob ley said that the desire of the people is j to take the dispensary out of politics, j The House killed thc bill..Mr. VernerVs bill to limit the extent of liens and ; i mortgages for agricultural supplies . was taken up. The bill provides that ill liens and mortgages given for agri- i cultural supplies shall be a lien upon i ind cover only the crop or crops of cot- I ton grown on the land upon which said j lien or mortgage is given, and upon no : :>ther crop or crops whatsoever. j Tenth Day.-The House of Repre sentatives adjourned until noon Mon- ! lay. Little was accomplished at to day's session. Eleven bills passed ? third reading, there being no question ? :o any except Mr. Patton's to confirm ;o the city of Columbia the title to thvi j ot whereon stood the city hall, but af :er a short debate it also passed third : .eadingr. The bill regulating railroad ares was killed. This practically con cluded the work of the day. The hour j )f noon having arrived, the join me- : norial exercise.; to the late Governor SUerbe were held. Toe State officers ! ind supreme cour: attended in a ! >oriy. It was three years before, at the j lour of noon, that he first subscribed ! o the oath of o?fiv-e as governor, in the j j lall where these exercises were to be j ( leid, and just a year previous he had j lelivered in this hall his second inau- j jura! address. A few days later he j j pas confined to his bed by the disease j, ?rhich wrought his dpa:h. The Senate !. j * ride tire bill was read first time and j ( eferred to the committee on roads, nidges and ferries. ! < The fellowing were among the new i ills introduced: j I Whisonant. to amend the relating to ; t o barbed wire: Jackson, to prohibit j I hr hiring of children in payment of j < bligaticns for deb:: Jones, to amend M tie law relating to tax sales: Wimber- j1 ,\ to amend the law relating to incor- ? ? oration of towns of less than 1.000 I f ^habitants:7 Wilson, to require thc j ? tate to pay to counties and school dis- ' ? rifts taxes on land forfeited to State ; c >r non-payment of taxes: Nettles, to j ond magistrates at $200: Caughman, j ? ) include towns of not le=s than 140 ! <1 lhabitants under act relating to re- ? c irn and assessment of taxes. i f The building of the State capitol, j opped by the civil war. will probably ? completed at a cost of $250.000. A onument to cost $10,000 will be erect- [ } on Chicamauea battlefield. _|P ' t FENS WITH HISTORIES. I . il a< -cur rec res Which Have Made Them I t i L Famous and Valuable. ! a Many of the pens which have signed eat treaties, documents giving life ? dealing death, or which have put in ack and white books which live rough the centuries, are still in ex- j p tence, said one of the greatest amti- j tl [arian authorities in England to a n ntributor of Tit-Bits. Even taking | 11 odern examples, one i the treasures ; ? t remaining to the terribly bereaved t( -Empress Eugenie is a pen made ^ t of a golden eagle's feather, and ^ mnted with gold and diamonds, lich was used by the fourteen pleni- I ^ tentiaries who signed the treaty of | f.? ris. Sir Walter Scott was constant j n: one pen for long periods, and the j tl ich-cut-down quill with which he ; v< ote "Waverley" is still in existence, j h< ,t I might say that there are scores j important collections of historic j is, such as the pen with which h: een Elizabeth signed the death war- j rh it of Mary Queen of Scots. This was ; be ?en away by a nobleman high in j th ce, and handed down to his succ?s- ? *2 's, who disposed of it many years >. There is in existence, too, the pen :h which Lord Nelson made his last ries in the 1 ogJ^toe Victory, and is used by N^fl ^^?Leat 0D ious historh memory ge prices, irles d one, 1 y ll B] tr le ca ir. COL. BRYAN SPEAKS. Enthusiastic Audience Greets Him in Baltimore. ' DISCUSSES TBE MONEY QUESTION. Also Elucidates His Position on fhe Problem of Expansion-A Large Audience Hears Him, --. j j Baltimore, Md.. Special.-Hon. W. |J. Bryan -delivered an address here Saturday night upon the political j questions cf the day to an audience ' which filled the music hall, the big I gest auditorium in the city to its full I est capacity, and which greeted him ! and his remarks with the greatest en thusiasm. The meeting was held un der the auspices of the Maryland Dim- \ oeratic Association, one of the free silver wings of the Democratic party | of the State, and was not encouraged j in any manner by the regular Demo cratic organization. In fact, the latter i held strictly aloof from any partici- ! patton in the affair. They made no j effort to discourage it in ..any manner, \ but not one of the Democratic leaders ! appeared on the platform, anti an of- i fer of stage tickets was politely de- ! dined by the principal members of the i Democratic State Central Committee. With the party who came from Washington with Mr. Bryan were Sen ator Tillman, of South Oarolina. Con gressman Sulzer. of New York; Rich- j ardson, of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir- , ginia, and DeArmond, cf Missouri. It was nearly eight o'clock when the party reached the music hall when the i crowd greeted him uproariously. Mr. Bryan said in part: "I want to assure you in the begin- ? ning that my happiness does not de- j pend upon any honor which the peo ple of this nation can confer, neither do I believe that this nation's happi- | ness or welfare depends upon any one person. As in politics, as in the army, j the generals get -glory and the privates io the work. And therefore I feel that I owe it to those who for nearly four years have been bearing the burden in the heat of the day; I owe it to them 1 co siay that what I have done is but an < atom compared with what they have 1 Jone. "In 1896 the voters proved that they ! xrold control the policy of the party md during the last three years they iave proven that they could hold what ; :hey gained in 189C in spite of news- j >apers, in spite of railroads, in spite >f banks, and in spite cf every in luence supposed to obtain, the plain I )eople cf the Democratic party have : md now stand for ehe Chicago plat- ; orm, in all that it says. I want to be n'n with an accepted proposition, that )roposition which 1 consider most fun iament3l in government. "I find it in the Declaration cf Ind*%- j >endence-if you will pardon me for ! [noting anything from that old and ?utworn document as our Republican riends seem to think it. _ Look Up Old Cotton Cleim. At Washington Southern Senators ; xpress themselves as hopeful over the rospects of securing legislation during j he present session of Congress, look- j ng to the refunding of money paid into ! he treasury of the United States soon ? fter the civil war, as the result of the j ale of the cotton captured by the Fed- j ral troops. There was originally j bout $30,000,000 of this money, but a ortion of it was paid to the owners of ! ae cotton soon after the war. The re minder was left in the treasury and , as remained there ever since. Sena- j ar Money, who is giving special at- | mtion looking to the reopening of the j ibje?t, says that the sum left amount- j d to about $11,000,000. A bill intro- j need by Senator Davis gives one year j iditional time fer proof of such claims j efore the court of claims. It has been j ivorably reported by the Senate com- j littee on claims and Senator Money J links the outlook very good for fa- j arable action. Most of the claims are eld in the Southern States. , Jov in Ladysmith. Ladysmith, By Cable.-The enemy ive placed in position new guns: rowing eight-inch shells and lia ve ; ;en bombarding more vigorously for e last few days, though little dam- ? ;e has been done. Three of the j ri tish force ha ve been -wounded. The | oops are jubilant over General Bul r's successful advance. His guns j .n be heard distinctly, and the burst- : g of shells can be plainly seen. To Oust a Democrat. *n. D. C., Special.-The I tee on elections. No. 1, j v lines and by a vote of to recommend the i *rich, Republi- I ANNUAL REPORT OF COMPTROLLER. The State's Finances and Government Expense Estimate. The long expected, but necessarily delayed annual report of the comptrol ler general, upon which financial legis lation has been based, has been issued. The report presents a cash balance showing the amount actually available for expenses of the State government for 1900 to be $129,574.96. The visible collectable revenues are: Uncollected i taxes for 1899, $625,000; insurance li cense fees,' $12,000; additional licenses, $13,000; fees secretary of state's office, $5,000, making a total of $784,574.96. The estimated expenses of the State government for 1900 are put down at $906,518.90, leaving $121,943.94 which must be paid from the taxes of 1900. In regard to two matters of general interest the report says: On the death of Mr. F. A. Free, county ?treasurer, and the appointment of his successor, Mr. E. D. Free, it was discovered that the cash in bank to the ' credit of Mr. F. A. vFree was $8,151,S1 less than the amount should have been in hand according to the settlements made at that time. This shortage was a surprise to all concerned. At the time of settlement of taxes for 1897, in October, 1898, Mr. A. F. Free produced the certificate of the cashier of the Bank of Barnwell, that he had sufilcient funds deposited in bank, with a small amount of cash in hand to cover the balance shown to be due by him. If Mr. Free was short at that time there was nothing in the records to in dicate it. Had this department the services of an expert auditing clerk, who could make a thorough examina tion in each instance, and at any time ; during the year, mistakes and short ages, such as above mentioned would, in my judgment, be avoided. ( I am impressed that it would be the < part of economy for your body to pro- i vide for an auditing clerk, charged ( with this special work, and who, in ad- 1 dition, could keep the insurance and , t phosphate records in this office. My j observation is that shortages and ir- t regulaiutites occur for the most part i by reason of the fact that untried and r inexperienced men are sometimes se- a lected to take charge of the auditor's and treasurer's offices and undertake t his important work. With an inspector JV auditing clerk to witness the trans- ? fer and settlement between outgoing s md incoming officials as to their duties ? ind the manner of keeping the ac- j T counts and records of their office, I am n .ure would prevent many errors and fi ipparent shortages. a DISPENSARY SCHOOL FUND. C An examination of this report shows v :he disbursement of the dispensary t< )rofits. On the 18th day of April, 1899, war- T ants amounting to $67,204.35 were is- ci med to the county treasurers of 27 bi ounties. This was on account of de- v< iciency, as provided in the State con- C titution of 1895, and joint resolution P: lassed. at session 1898. j? In attempting to comply with the act D( sTo. 85, passed at session 1899, I ex- P1 erienced difficulty in securing inform tion on which to make the deficiency tr pportionment. This act provides that te ach school district in the State, where ? h( he sum realized from the 3-mill school nd poll taxes is not sufficient to make 75 for each school in the district, the omptroller general shall make up ! ?( uch deficiency from the dispensary j UJ moats. Under this head, warrants ej mounting in the aggregate to $19,- ; st 38.03 were sent to the treasurers of 30 I pa ounties. For the support of summer n, chools $5,000 was paid to the State or iperintendent of education. a The remainder, $43.457.63, was sent j f0 > all the counties in the State pro ^ ita., according to students enrolled in Gf ie public schools. Tl The $130.000 expended as above, if ei] aid to each county in proportion to th Lipils enrolled in the free schools, 0f ould give 47 1-7 cents for each pupil. | ne If this show of force is continued, \ cu m should limit the number of schools nc ? a given section to the school popu tion, say-one school for each 45 or 50 j ?ildren. _ a I Tl General Wood Pleased. ge, Havana. Special.-Gen. Wood return- Rc I from an inspection of the institu- : ty 3ns of Pinar del Rio. The residents vo ere highly pleased with his visit. ? ?neral Wood has congratulated Gen- tj? al Lee on the condition of his prov- ha ce. He found the plantations in ex- itj lient condition and all who desired j ?re at work. e(1 _ . of News Notes. to The Supreme Court of the District of f0] vu m bia has issued an order that th2 tri ivy Department sm'bmix a survey, th< praismer.t and inwentory of the an aniiGi vessel Lnt'anta Maria Teresa, lis is a part of the proceedings 1 ' TBE NATIONAL LAW MAKWS. What Congress ls Doing From Day td The Senat**. Twenty-fifth Day.-Senator Hoar's resolution asking for a detailed report of the conduct of the war in the Phil ippines passed the Senate without di vision. The Senate is discussing Hale's res olution regarding the seizure of Ameri can flour. Senator Davis says negoti ations are proceeding satisfactorily. Senator Aldrich made a paulie agree ment to take a vdte on the currency bill the loth of February. He wished to make the date the 8th, but Allen ob jected. Twenty-Sixth Day-The day's pro ceedings were confined to speechmak ing. Senator Wellington, of Mary land led off with a long argument on the Philippine question, maintaining that the Philippines should have the right to govern themselves, this gov ernment affording them such protec tion as they might need. Senator Mc Ennery, of Lousiana gave notice that he will have something to say about the proposed amendment to the con stitution of North Carolina. Teller of fered another installment of his speech on the financial bill. Mr. Teller had not concluded his remarks when he suspended for the day. The Senate then adjourned. Twenty-seventh Day.-A speech, sen sational in interest and international in its importance, was delivered in the Senate by Mr. Hale, Republican, oC Maine. The occasion of the utterances was the simple question whether a resolution introduced by Mr. Allen, Populist as to the recognition by this country of diplomatic representatives of the Transvaal republic, should be directed to the President, or to the Secretary of State. Mr. Hale made the question the text of an impassioned speech in which he leclared that nine! Lenths of the American people sympa-J thized with the Boers in their Kalla nt struggle for liberty against one ol the greatest powers of the world. He spoke ivith unusual force, decisiveness and earnestness, even for him, and his pas donate e!oquence claimed the closest Utention of every auditor. At the j )pening. the Allen resolution, calling ; jpon the Secretary of State for infor nation as to whether any representa- i ive of the Transvaal had applied to the 'nited States government for recogni iou. and if such application had been nade, if it. had been accepted; and if mt. why not. was laid before the Sen te. Pending the further discussion of hese measures the Senate adjourned. Twenty-eighth Day.-Little new in anmation was devele ped in the Clark enatorial investigation by the Senat? ommittee on privileges and elections. F. Xormoile, c?! Butte. Mont., a lember of the last Legislature, testi ed that he 'had-been approached with ? n offer of $12.500 to vote for Mr. lark, but had not accepted it, and had oted for Conrad throughout the con- ; ?&t. Mr. Cason. who was on the stand I uesda.y. was recalled for additional ? -o?s-examina?ion. He said he had j ?en urged by Mr. Clark tu secure the j ate cf Representative Marcy. Mr. lark indicating to him that he would ? ?y $10,000 for it. but as he found that j arcy would vote for Clark anyhow, j ? did not approach him with the j .oposition. As neither side was prepared to in oduce other witnesses, the commit- j e. after a hearing of less than two . )urs. adjourned until Monday. The House. Twenty-fourth Day-The urgent de cency appropriation bill was taken I ) in the House. It was the general :pectation that it would open up a ftrmy debate upon the question of ex tnsion. in view of the large army and ivy items it contains, but members lly became very much engrossed in discussion of an item of $150,000,000 r rural free delivery, in which all are j Tsonally- interested, and the subject j expansion was barely touched upon. ie last hour of the debate was enliv ed with an attack by Mr. Richardson e minority leader upon the Secretary the Treasury for his course in con ction with the sale of the New York stom house. Mr. Hopkins, of Uli tis, championed the Secretary. Twenty-fifth Day.-The Roberts com tttee concluded its work and came to unanimous finding of the facts. ie majority report will be signed by von members. It favors exclusion of )berts from the House. The minori report, signed by two members, fa rs the seating of Roberts, then ex iling him. Those who sign the lat * are DeArmond, Democrat, and Lit field, Republican. Democrats Lan ni and Miere voted with the major Twenty-sixth Day-The Hou?e pass the Senate bill to extend the powers the director of the census, after iking out the committee amendment authorize the director to contract p extra printing with private con ictors. After some further debate ? committed rose, the bill was passed d the House adjourned. rwenty-seveJith Day-The pension . propriation bill, carrying $145.245.- j ),was passed by the House. It was : ide the vehicle c?: attack upon the j mmiss".cner of Pensions by Mr. Cur of Kansas, wiho was seconded by ; Len.iz and Mr. Noreen, of Gfaio; ? Robinson, of Indiana, and other j rthern Democrats. AH inveighed; ainst the lack ofl liberty in the ad-1 ' n of the. pension laws. The u3 aiiy defended by a from both sides of as put upon the ?semt. empower spent an hour Tuesday in disposing oi thills favorably reported and among > those passed were the measures tc build the League Island and Marc Island Dry Docks of stone instead oJ timber. The reports on the Roberts' case were also received. An hour was given to pronouncing eulogies on th< .late Representative Banford, of Ohio Mr. White (N. C., colored) presented a petition signed by 2,413 persons foi j national legislation against lynohiu? and mob violence, and asked that it Ix read at the clerk's desk. Mr. Richard son (Tenn.) objected, saying thal : there was no reason why this petitior - ? should not take the usual course. RACE GLEANINGS. The Genteel Negro. I There are thousands of Negroes ?n j Virginia and all over the South who ! ire as refined in their ways and as pure j in their lives as are the blue Jslood ar I istocracy of the South. An indecent, j uncleanly, boisterous Negro is as re I pugnant to them as he is to the most j refined white man or woman. With ; this element, the respectable Negro holds no communication, save as he comes in contact with him in his daily, work. To this no well-bred white , man or woman will dissent, especially those who employ first class Negro house servants. And what is true about this class of house servants, i3 equally true about a large number of others who are engaged in mercantile pursuits, or as teachers, dentists, drug gists, doctors, lawyers, etc. We are a part and parcel of the South; this is our home, and we are as much interested in her welfare as are our more favored white brother, and we are opposed to lawlessness and dis order. This being the fact, we think it injustice for the dominant race to make us suffer for the disorder, bad manners and offensiveness of the lower classes. Thus far Virginia, to a great extent, has not sought by law to humiliate the Negro, regardless of his worth or education, but the proposed "Jim Crow Car" m?*asure seeks that end. Now, it does seem to u- an act of injustice for those who have the power so to do, to humiliate the "genteel" Ne gro because of the short comings of a few. These "genteel*' Negroes have made men and women of themselves, and are striving through their schools, Y. M. C. A., churches, literary societies and journals to raise their less thoughtful and more ignorant brother to higher planes of thinking and living. For the legislature to enact a meas ure that would compel refined Negro men and women to ride in cars with the lower and baser classes would for ?ver destroy and block the noble work hat they are doing. The prosperity of mr Southland is to a great extent de pendent upon the elevation of the Ne Sro. and the "genteel" Negro's influ ?nce over the ill-mannered members )f tho race will be lessened when they ire humiliated by law to the same lev >1 as the unmannered. We feel certain that the breed of no de Virginians is not extinct, and when he facts are presented to them in their rue light, no separate car legislation viii be enacted that will humiliate re ipectable, well-behaved Negroes. Race Items. With the advent of the New Year ame a train of good resolutions and he turning over of new leaves. Many f these resolutions have already been roken and on many of the new leaves iave been re-written our short com ngs of previous years. But the fact hat one resolves to do good and even Teaks the good intention, shows his esire to do good. It is said that the oad to perdition is paved with good itentions and those who walk therein re constantly stumbling over them, letter is it to intend good and attempt a do it, than to make no attempt whatever. One of the first thing3 which Con ress will put its condemnation upon ; the ex-slave pension fraud. We favor a law which will give to all lilroad conductors full constabulary owers to eject or arrest all disorder r characters who take passage oa ?eir trains. Notes. Cardinal Gibbons performed the iremony at the wedding at Utica, N. ., of Miss Issabella M. Kernan and lifTord Lewis, jr. Why Changes Are Reeded. Change of scene, change of occupa on and frequent changes in furnish igs and diet are all important at this >ason. and the time of rest may be ?cured from these changes even when a expensive outing, or the usual sum ter vacation, has not been afforded, o woman who has ever tried it can meei ve of the rest and pleasure re nting from a change of some sort, ake such changes as are possible by ?arranging rooms in the matter of irniture, pictures, ornaments, etc. Do jmething, anything, to rest the eye ad brain from dead-level monotony. is said that marked cases of in )mnia have been cured by changing om one sleeping-room to another, he wise woman will also change her imily dietary as completely as pos ole as the seasons change.-Pittsburgh * ispatcn *