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Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. Sew Series-Vol. XV. No 22. Publis&e? Every Wednesday, JM". Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per anoam-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced raies. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. ' Cleveland's Commission. The House Promptly Makes Prevision Vor it. Immediate Consideration Given to the Bill Appropriating $100,000 Washington, Dec. 18.-Immediately after the reading of the jouroa! in the house this morning Mr. Hitt (Rep ) of Illinois asked unanimous consent for the present consideration of a bill which be sent to the desk and had read. It ap? propriated $100.000 for the payment of the expenses of the commission suggest? ed by Presideot Cleveland in his mes? sage yesterday for the purpose of deter? mining the true divisional line between Venezuela aod British-Guiana. The reading of the bill was followed by ap? plause. Mr. Bontelle (Rep.) of Maine asked if it were the intention to pass the bill without debate. Mr. Hitt stated that, taht was his de? sire. BO?TELLE "BACKS WATER." Mr. Bontelle said he hoped that io view of the vast importance and seri?os gravity of the consequences that might grow oat of the passage of the bill, the house would proceed in a decor?os and deliberate manner in the consideration of this matter. The message of the President opon the subject was read to the hoose yesterday and he did not be? lieve that the members of the boose were so fully advised of the matter as they should be when called opon to act definitely opon the proposition. Num eroos voices : "We are ready." Gentlemen aroond bim, Mr. Bon? telle said, declared their readiness to proceed, "but,r he contiooed, '*I do no ill service to the honor and dignity of my coontry when I asked the 'ready' gentlemen on this side of the house, and on that to proceed with the deco rom doe a matter of such great respon? sibility, affecting the welfare probably of the two great English-speaking na? tions of the world." (Slight applause.) Mr. Bontelle said that he had been charged with being a jingo, whatever that might be, and he did not think it was necessary for him to state wherever he was known that should congress and the President Sod themselves in a posi? tion where they felt it necessary to call the country to arms, that he woold not be found lagging behind. The press this morning, he said, brought to tba boase notice that in the consideration of this affair the members should take counsel with calmness and deliberation. The eyes of ali the people, he said, were upon the house and senate this day, and to this matter the members ought to give as much consideration as would be devoted to an appropriation of a few thoosand dollars. He hoped that the bill would be sent to a commit? tee in the regular way to be thoroughly digested there, and then reported to the house. Speaker Reed-Does the gentleman object ? Mr. Boatelle-I have not objected. I simply soggested the hope that the bill might be sent to a committee. The Speaker-Is there objection to the immediate consideration of the bill? (A pause ) The chair hears none. IIITT'8 PATRIOTIC SPEECH. Mr. Hitt-Mr. Speaker, appreciating all that was said by the gentleman whos has just taken his seat, and the patriotic impulse that led him to make his re? marks, I desire to say o?ly a word in explanation of the bil! and its purpose, which I trust will satisfy everyone in this house-and I say it without men? tioning this side of the house or that side. I hope we have not two sides of thc house when it comes to a question of this kind. (Loud applause.) The President of the United States on yesterday sent a message to this house, at the conclu sion of tao reading uf which the house adjourned and there was no time for action ; and it might have been deemed precipitate to have taken at that time ; but we have examined it after^having heaid it read from thc desk. After a general discussion io that mes? sage of doctrines, politics, and national interests, there is a request made direct? ly by the executive of this house for ac? tion to aid in the exercise of his execu? tive functions. It is purely an execu tive fuDctioo and to ascertain all facts relating to any question of nogo tion with a foreign country. 1 gravity of the cage is such that I President suggests the mode of det mining a ?cardinal question in the cc troversy aod he asks us to co-open with him by enabliog him to appo three men to examine the records a evidence of the facts involved. In t contention between the two great g( ernments the first fact for us to reme ber as patriotic Americans is that I success of our country in its contend depends above all upon our present? a united front, so that all America shall be as one, and that our govei ment shall speak for all the people the United States, (applause) and t prompt response of the people's rc resentative8 in according this small si of money to pay the expenses cf an vestigation, which the President sa shall bc carefully and judicially ma and with the leastdelay possible-a su gestion which I am sure was made good faith and will be so carried Out an American President-we anewerii in thatspirit which becomes America and promptly granting the approprati -the spectacle will be presented of republic that is as one man. MUST SHOW OUR UNITY. Ic negotiations of this character, ai officer charged with the duty of presei ing this government is hampered ai his opponeut is encouraged by eve word of dissent that comes from I home. Every criticism behind the < facer's back puts him at disadvantag and hesitation by this congress, t! postponing of this simple question an appropriation to aid the President performing an executive function, wou be construed by the British press ai the British government aa evidence th the people of the United States we j not behind the President ; that h action in the matter bad some relatic to party tactics, and that he did o speak the voice of the American pe pie. .Let us answer and do our dat; all of us, now I We shall have lon days in which to discuss the Moori doctrine, and the exact words in whic it should be formulated if we do n< agree with the precise terms in whic Mr. Olney or the President has put i But on this matter, discussion on ly coi fuses and gives aid and comfort to th O? across tbe seas. Any disclosure < dissent here-and at bottom ther really is -noneany appeamces of dif sent, would not aid but would hampe those who are clothed by the Constiti tion with this great duty. I hope therefore, that the house will proceed t pass the bill without delay. I bav made these few remarks, not from an desire for debate, but merely as a su? gestion by way of guidance to the ac tion which I believe we ought to make and in which I hope all will con?ut And, now, Mr. Speaker, unless ther fe some considerable body of gentleme here who desire discussion, I will mov the previous question. THE SOUTH SPEAKS. Mr. Crisp (Dem.) of Georgia: Mr Speaker, together with all on this sid of the bouse, I rejoice that the gentle man from Illinois (Mr. Hilt) bas beet recognized to ask consideration of tb bill which bas just been read at tb clerk's desk. It does seem to me tba there can be no divison in this house ai to the propriety of the immediate pas sage of that bill. For a great mani years there bas been a controversy ai to the divisional Hoe between the re public of Venezuela and British Gui ana. We respectfully invited Grea j Britain to submit the controversy be tween that government and the repub lie of Venezuela to arbitration. Grea Britain has declined arbitration. Now what are we to do. If the Americac people have a fixed opinion upoo anj question, it is the opinion that no Euro pean country shall be permitted to ac? quire territory on their continent by force. (Applause.) Now, the questioc is whether we-inasmuch as Great Britain, bas declined arbitration of thie controversy-we are bound to ascertain and to ascertain speedily on which side lies the right, and that is the object ol the President's message and of this bill. If wc are not to have the assist? ance of Great Britain in ascertaining the facts by means of arbitration, rheo we must ascertain them for ourselves, and we ought to do it at once. The suggestion of my friend from Maine (Mr. Boutelle) to wait until a commit ee is appointed, means to wait three weeks while we should at once author? ize the appointment of this commission and the payment of its expenses, so that it may proceed as I have just said, tc ascertain where the right is ; and every one may rest assured that when we ascertain where thc right is, we have the courage aud thc mnuhood to main taiu it. ( Loud applause. ) UN ITKU WE STAND ! j The previous question was then or I dered without a dissenting vote, and the bill was rc a third time and pass? ed unanimously. Mr. bingley (Rep.; of Maine, of? fered a concurrent resolution providing for a holiday recess extending from Friday, December 20, to Friday, Jan ary o, 1896. Mr. Meredith (Dem.) of Virginia Before that resolution is passed, I would 0 like to have some gentleman on the other side to introduce a bid to repeal the law forbidding old Confederates from serving in the army or oavy. I think this would be a good time. The resolution was passed, and then at 12 40, on motion of Mr Dingley, the house adjourned until Friday. Touch One, Fight All. American Republics Form a Defensive Alliance. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The excite? ment over Venezuelau affairs subsided greatly to-day, the resuk being at? tributable very largely to the fact thar, thc House was not in session and that j the Senate was disposed to avoid pre- ! cipitate action, as was evidenced by its coarse wheo the House Venezuelan | Commission bili was received. Among Secretary OlneyV callers to? day were Ministers Aodradc of Vene? zuela, Mandonca of Brazil ind Romero of Mexico, representing three of the first republics cf South and Central America. Though this was diplomatic reception day at the State Department, their call at this particular time wheu the Monroe Doctrine, as applicable to their countries bas received so forcible a construction by the United States, occasioned much comment Although Done of the diplomats wili consent to be quoted regarding their call on the Secretary, it is understood that they have cabled their govern? ment that the present seems an op? portune time for invoking the Monroe Doctrine as a means of support against European pressure, several of them being involved in disputes with Euro? pean nations at this time. The state? ment is made by one of them that several important results will follow from the vigorous construction of the Monroe Doctrine. First, it is said, wdl be the official adherence of the Southern republics, making the de? claration practically unanimous from the countries of the Wesl:ern Hemis? phere. It is pointed out that Lord Salisbury insisted that the Monroe Doctrine was not recognized as inter? national law, but this, it is said, will be answered by a showing that all the republics of North and Sooth America accept it as the law governing them. The project of another conference of American republics, in line with the pan-Americao Congress, but with a view to political alliance rather than commercial reciprocity, is being dis? cussed also. There have been a num? ber of these conferences, largeiy de? voted to academic discussion, but the strong assertiou of the Monroe Doc? trine would give a practical aspect to such a meeeting. How far these hopes and purposes of the Southern countries were communi? cated to Mr. Olney to-day, is not known, but he was doubtless made aware of the strong prevailing feeling and the intention to give it official ex? pression as soon as word could be re? ceived from the several governments represented. Among the South and Central Ameri? can diplomats themselves, the feeling is almost unanimous that there should be a speedy cementing of all the re? publics of the Western world. Snake Their Holdings NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The Evening Post's financial cablegrame says: "In London the stock markets opeDed flat on the American news in the morning papers. American rails were sold heavily by bears aod real holders alike. A telegram received midday saying that the senate had expressed more moderate sentiments in the direction of the appointment of a commission on the Venezuelan boundary induced a rally, mainly in the form of bear re? purchases bul not by the pudlic The closing prices were at the very lowest and with a panicky feeling sn the Amer? ican market. Even the best gold bonds were persistently offered by English investors. Indignation a1: President Cleveland's tactics by all those here interested in the financial welfare of America grows. . Whatever the out? come may be, public confidence herc has received a shock from which the recovery will be painfully slow. I learn definitely that ?5,000,000 in gold has been eogaged for shipment on Saturday to this country, in addition to any sent to Germany. Well informed quarters anticipate thc engagement of auother j ?5,000,000 shortly. A premium ou ?zold io America is looked for carly next year, while the hopes of President I Cleveland restoring the American cur- I roney to a sound gold basis arc regarded herc as crushed. Th-; other markets were flat, but nothing like Americans It is believed that presently there will be a rush for nome securities. Any person who will obuin ?i s nev; subscri? bers to Watchman and Southron at $2.00 ? per year, will ot; given H leather bound Web- j ster's Unabridged Dictionary. For ten n^w j subscribers the Dictionary and a yur's sub- I scriptioo to the Watchman and Southron will I j be giveD. j Solid Senate. The House Venezuelan Com? mission Bill Unanimously Adopted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The pro? ceedings- in the senate to-day were open? ed with prayer by its blind chaplain, invoking the Christmas influence of "peace on earth and good will to men," and asking that the two greatest nations of the earth of one language, one faith, one baptism,one Lord should not be em? broiled in war It was delivered with such feeling, earnestness and eloquence that it was ordered to be printed in the Record-a very unusal privilege to be accorded to a chaplain's opening prayer. The day, however, did not respond to that peaceful opening, and when the hour of adjournment oame the senate had passed, without amendment, and without a single negative vote, the house bill appropriating ^lOO.OOO for a commission to report to the President on the true divisional line between the re? public of Venezuela and British Guiana. Mr. Sherman's (Rsp of Ohio) amend? ment fixing the number of commis? sioners at three and requiring the ap? pointment to "be by and with the ad? vice of the senate1' was reported from thc committee on foreign relations, but it had very little support in the senate, aud was at the close of debate laid oe the table without a division, and with only two or three negative votes, the vote being viva voce. The debate took a more excited turn than that of the preceding day. It was opened by Mr. Platt (Rep.) of Connecti? cut, who said there was no reason to ! suppose that war was to be precipitated, but that the American people would not j shun war, aod that they were never more in earnest since the Revolution than they were now. Mr. Sherman made a plea against ex citment and eagerness to arouse the pa > triotism of the American people, and declared his firm belief that the matter would be settled by arrangement be? tween Great britain and Venezuela without a drop of American blood being shed. Mr. Mills deprecated war and in? quired how the revenues to carry on war were to be obtaiued. He suggested that before going into a war the Con? stitution should be amended so as to eoable congress to levy personal taxes, particularly the income tax. Mr. Lodge (Rep.) of Massachusetts derided the attempt of English capi? talists to create a panic in Wall street, and notified them that the call of loans and the withdrawal of gold were not the roads to an honorable [and peaceful set? tlement Mr. Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada ascribed the aroused feeling of the American people to English arrogance, and declared that England could put ac end to the excitement by being honest and reasonable. Mr. White (Dem.) of California be? lieved that when the facts became known there would be an honorable solution of the difficulty. Mr. Caffery (Dem.) of Louisiana looked upon the appointment of the proposed commission as a warlike step and a very extreme application of the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Chandler gave a touch of humor and sprightliness to the debate by laud iog the President (with more or less sincerity) for showing himself to be patriotic and American and for being inspired by the genius of Massachsetts io the state department. Mr Turpie spoke of the bill as "the crossing of the Rubicon." And so the discussion went on to the close, when the bill was passed just as it came from the house. After the passage of the Venezuelan bill, the senate went into executive session, and there among other things, agreed to the house con? current resolution for a holiday recess, with an amendmeut fixing its beginning for tomorrow aud its close for the 6th of January. Before the Venezuelan matter came before the senate, the resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Allen (Pop.) of Ne? braska, directing the finance committee to inquire into the advisability of open? ing our mints to the free coinage o.1 silver and the issue of treasury notes to provide for the contingency of war be? tween the British empire and the United States of America v\as taken up; and Mr. Allen proceeded to deliver some very caustic remarks at the ex? pense of thc Presider and his sup? porters on both sides of the chamber. Ile said that he could conceive ipf no sufficient cause for the delivery of thc President's message. There did not seem to be any demand for it. It oc? curred to him, that thc President, hav? ing lost thc confidence of the people to j seme extent during the administration ? of thc last two years and nine months j was seeking to restore himself and his party to their confidence and thus in ducc thc people to forget the business condition of thc country. Mr. Allen referred to thc bill offered by Mr. Hill, to ! nable cx-Confedcrate officers to bc commissioned as officers in the army or navy of the United States, the one introduced by Mr. Chandler for an ap propriatioo of $100,000,000 for rifles and cannon and the two introduced by Mr. Hale for an increase of the navy and for a reconstruction of tbe United States ship Constitution, as so mnay proofs of the war spirit in the senate. He suggested that, on the Democratic side, there was an attempt to sustain the President for the splendid services of himself and his secretary of the treasury in the late political campaigns io New York, Maryland aod Kentucky. It was necessary, Mr. Allen thought, for the Populist Darty to take a stand in the matter. It would not do, he said, to permit the President of the United States and his distinguished associates in the senate to carry off all the glory and honor. It would not do to permit the Democratic party and the Republi? can party in the Senate to take off & ll the glory and honor incident to the Monroe doctrine It was necessary that the Populist party should have a stand in '.he matter, they realizing the fact that the resolution had be^n pre? pared as money was essential to war. Mr. Platt moved to refer the resolu? tion to the committee on finance and the motion was defeated, yeas 24, nays 36. The resolution was then agreed to, Mr. Allen having withdrawn the pre? amble. lt now reads : Resolved, That the committee on nuance, be and they are hereby directed and instructed, to inquire and report by bill or otherwise, whether it would not be espedient, and proper for the govern? ment of the United States of America, at this time to open its mints to the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 1 to l6, and in addition thereto, issue an adequate volume of full legal tender treasury notes in the same manner such notes have heretofore been issued, and in the interest of national safety withdraw the issue power of na? tional banks and retire all bank cur? rency. The next business laid before the sen? ate was the Venezuelan commission bill, and that was not disposed of until 3:45 p. m. At that hour the senate proceded to executive business, and when the doors were opened at 4:30 the President's message asking that no recess be taken until after the financial legislation necessary to preserve the credit of the government had been enacted. "I move that the senate do now adjourn," said Mr. Cockrell, as j soon as the reading of the message was concluded with. "Why," said Mr Hawley with real or affected surprise, "I expected that some serious consideration would be given to this most important message of the President by our Democratic friends." ,4We want time to consider it," Mr. Cockrell bluntly rejoined. And then, at 4:45, the senate ad? journed until to-morrow. Struck By a Tidal wave. New York, December 16.-The steamer La Champagne, of the Fre.ich Line, which usually arrives on Sunday morning with the promptness of a ferry boat, came into port at 2.34 this morn? ing after a hard fight with the elements. The steamer left Havre twenty-four hours behind her regular sailiog time, being detained by a severe hurricane, which was raging. Almost from the start strong northwest winds prevailed and a high bead sea made most of the passengers uncomfortable,.but nothing out of the ordinary occurred until 4 o'clock on the morning of the 13th inst, when a tidal wave struck the ship on the side just abaft the bridge. So great was the force of the sea that it swept everything movable before it. Three large life boats, each capable of holding thirty people, were picked up i from chocks and hurled against j the steel deck house with such force as to ? badly .strain them. Settees and ventil?t- i ors were wrenched from their fasten- j ?ogs and swept away. All skylights and companion way doors were broken i in, and the water poured in a veritable j torrent down into the saloon and state ! rooms. To add to the terror of the ! moment all the electric dghis were sud- j denly extinguished, leaving the ship ; io total darkness until candles and j lamps could be procured. The saloon ! passengers were all in their buoks j when the smashing of the ventilators on : the promenade neck let a flood of warer dowe upon them. There was no panic, ? however, and cs no more water came in ; the passengers were soon reassured. ! All their baggage and effects were | soaked with salt water, however, ':nd ; there was mucli discomfort. The dam? age to the upper deck was repaired ; temporarily and the skylight? and ven? tilators boarded up. No further acci- ' dent occurred and nobody was injured. \ Highest of all in Leavening Pow Chic ago Cotton Exposition? Augusta, Ga., December 18.-At a meeting of the Southern Manufactur? ers' Association representing all the cotton mills with headquarters at Au? gusta the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Manufacturers' Association believes that ic will be of great advantage to the South to com? pletely finish its cotton mill products, instead of sending them elsewhere to be finished, and that it cordially approves of all proper efforts to secure bleacheries print works, starch works and similar industries in the South. Resolved, That the establishment in the South of such ;ndustrics will open many new outlets :'jr Southern products by enabling Southern mil's to offer finished products in many markets; whereas they are now confined to prac? tically one outlet, namely, the "con? verters," who buy the partially finished product to which Southern mills are now restricted because they have no present means of performing the final processes of manufacture. Resolved, That numerous outlets to a great body of consumers and a diver? sity of products adopted to all classes of consumers, are the mos: effective means for preventing undue competi? tion. We, therefore, cordially approve of efforts to diversify Southern cotton mill products, recognizing that they tend to benfit our present investments by creat? ing new demands and new outlets for our present products. Resolved, That the proposed Chicago and Sothern States Cotton Exposition will serve the purposes set forth by proving to the whole people of America that the South can nanufacture cotton goods of all classes of perfect quality, and at far less cost than is elsewhere possible, whereby it will be made clear that the South presents a very inviting field for the profitable investment of capital. Resolved, That we therefore heart? ily approve tbe Chicago and Southern States Cotton Exposition and commend it to the support of the Southern mill interests. The Bridegroom Tarried. There is a big sensation in York ville colored high life. There was to have been a marriage in the Wes? leyan Church last Thursday night. Ben Foster was to have been the groom, and the bride to be was Janie Clark. Preparations for the affair had been in progress for several weeks, and uppertendom among the colored people was looking forward to it as the event of the season. Bridesmaids and groomsmen had been selected, new white dresses had been purchased, and swaliow-ta?ed coats provided for For several nights, the choir had practiced the wedding march, and all who were to participate or officiate in any capa? city were well prepared fer their re* spective ports. The appointed night rolled around, and the invited guests, groomsmen and bridesmaids were assembled, the bride was also there After awhile the assembled congre? gation began to grow impatient, and presently it was whispered that the bridegroom was not coming. This soon after developed into a fact, and where all was merry only a short time before, there was exceeding great wrath. Instead of congratula? tions for the bride, there were at temps at consolation ; but she would not be comforted. She bewailed not only the loss of her intended, but charged that lie had cruelly carried off $10 that she had paid over to him for the pu reliase of a stove on which she was to do his cooking. The whereabouts of the bridegroom are still unknown. - Yorhville Enquirer. How To Prevent Croup Some read i P tr that will prove interesting to young mothers. How to guard ?gaicst the disease. Croup is a Terror to young mo'hers ara to post them coucerning tt e cnusr, 5rs< symp? toms and treatment is the object of this it?tn ? The origin of croup is a con.mon cold. Children who are subject to it take cold very easily and croup is n!r:;o?t ?ure to fd:ovr. 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