The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 10, 1894, Image 4
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REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTERS ASSISTED
3Y DEMOCRATS.
CatchSogrj" Keholutioa Providing for Immediate
Consideration of the
Bill I\sls for Lick of a Qaoruui~A
l{!us Ou'.liok.
Washington, Jan. 5.?The filibustering
of the last two days had the effect
or bringing a large attendance to
the House today. In spite of the rainy
weather, there whs a crowd m the galleries,
and there appeared to be a pretty
full representation on the iioor. The
Democratic side of ths chamber was
far from ovenbwing, although Col.
Ike Hill, the assistant sergeant-atyrrr.;
xhn is ireuerailv known as the
Democratic "whip," had succeeded, as
he thought, in securing the attendance
of twenty-eight Democrats who had
been absent yesterday.
Immediately alter the reading of
yesterday's journal, Boutelle tried to
resume his tactics of yesterday and the
day before, iiy his efforts to obtain
consideration l'or his Hawaiian resolution.
he precipitated a sharp contest
with the Speaker.
Catchings was trying to obtain recognition
at the same time, and though
the Speaker had recognized hi in. Boutelle
continued to demand consideration
of his resolution. He stated tbat
his resolution was still pending, as it
was unacted upon when the House adjourned
yesterday; and that as it was
m crivileeed resolution it should have
preference over all other business.
The Speaker replied that he had recognized
the gentleman from Mississippi,
who wished to make a report
from the committee on rules, and that
such resolutions were cf the highest
privilege and took precedence over all
other privileged resolutions.
Mr. Boutelie insisted that his resolution
was bf-i'ore the House and bad
not yet been disposed of, and asked
the Speaker where it had gone. The
Speaker replied that on the question of
its consideration, no quorum had voted.
Boutelie: Yesterday the House
failed to decide what would be done
with it. Where has that resolution
gone, Mr. Speaker?
The Speaker (with slight sho* of ir
ritation): It is exactly where it was.
The Speaker wss meanwhile violently
pounding with h:s gavel in a vain
effort to restore order, but Boutelie
was not to be satislied with such a disposition
of his question and continued
to / Jonounri rp^OPTlitiOD.
Burrows of Siichigan, then j.ined in
the melee, anc! he and Boutelle took a
position at the foot of the first aisle
afcd endeavored to get the Speaker's
eye. The Speaker refused to recognize
any one, however, and continued to
appeal for order, which was 15nally secured.
Immediately afterwards. Burrows
was recognized and stated that he
wished to reserve all objections against
the resolution about to be offered.
Boutelle, however, was not so easily
disposed of, and s.-ud defiantly that he
thought he was entitled to an answer
from the Chair. The Speaker announced
(irmly that he had recognized
the gentleman fruin Mississippi and directed
the clerk to read the resolution
which he had offered. The resolution
was then read, at first amid a great up-1
roar in the House, which gradually |
subsided. It is as follows:
Resolved, That after the passage of
this resolution tne House shall meet at
11 o'clock a. m; that beginning today
without intervening motion, except
conference reports and reports from
the committee on rules, the journal
shall be read, business under Clause I,
Rale 21. shall be disposed of, the Speaker
sha.il call the committees for reports
and then the House shall resolve itself
into the committee of the whole House
on the state of the UDion for the consideration
of House bill 4,814; that general
debate on said bill shall be limited
to the hour of adjournment, on Wednesday,
the tenth of January; that on
Thursday, the 11th day of January
present, said bili shall be read through
and shall from day to day be open to
amendment in any part thereof; that
tVio 9r?th rtar of .Tarmarv
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at the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, said
bill, with all amendments recommended
by, or that may be pending in the
committee of the whole, shall be rew
ported to the House; that the previous
question shall then be considered, ordered
upon pending amendments, and
the bill to its.passage; that without
other motions 'the vole shall then be
taken on pending amendments on the
engrossment and third reading, on motion
to recommit, with or without instructions,
should such motion be
made, on the linal passing of the bill,
and on a motion to reconsider and lay
gll the table. That beginning with
Monday next at the hour of 5:30 e tch
day the House shall take a recess until
8 o'clock, the evening session to be devoted
to general debate on such bill
s, only. General leave to print remarks
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\ The order having been read, Barrows
raised the question of consideration,
but the Speaker announced that
under former rulings the qiestion of
consideration could not be raised upon
_ a report from the committee on rules.
~~w? . ISouteiie appealed from the decision
cf the chair, but the Speaker refused
to entertain the appeal. Burrows then
stated in a quiet "way that he wished
to ask Catchings whether the rule just
read tad had its inception on the door
of the Ilouse, or in the committee on
rules. Catchings replied that it had
originated intne committee on rules.
Burrows stated that he was aware
that the committee on rules had the
power to originate rules, and that such
^ had been the ruling of the chair some
Fdaysago. Continuing he said that under
Kule 11, prevision is made for the
disposition of all propositions introduced
in the House, directing to what
committees they should be referred'
t and that clause 51 provided speciiically
that all propositions touching the rules
and joint rules and order ot business
should b~ referred to the committee on
rules. This was a proposition which
^ not only related to the order of business
but involved a change in the rules of
the House. In particular, it allected
^ the rule which provided for the daily
||& meeting of the House at 12 o'clock, and
the practice, whicn had grown into a
pL rule", that no speech could be printed
in the llecord unless delivered in the
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eratioa changed the ruies unci went be|
yond the question of order of business;
ana he contended that all such propositions
should have their inception in
the House and be referred to the committee
on rules. That not being done,
Burrows submitted that the committee
on rules had no jurisdiction and could
not bring in any such rule as the one
offered by Catchings, He asserted that
> that committee had no more jurisdick
tion or right to do such a thing than
any other committee of the House.
The rule providing that all such propositions
should be referred to the committee
on rules presupposed that they
originated in the Ilouse. He was
aware, he stated, that the chair had
mlpri fn *hf> r>nnrr?rv but hp was s?.t
isiied in his own mind that such propositions
should tirst have their inception
in the House.
The Speaker read the ruling made
by him in the Fifty-second Congress
sustaining his present ruling, but he
did not know whether an appeal had
been entered against it or not. Burrows
said that ruling provided for the
order of business and not for a change
ef rules.
The Speaker: The gentleman will
understand that almost any order Gxing
the order of business is a change oi
rules. Houtelie again rose and was
asked by the Speaker for what purpose
he desired recognition.
.or a parliamentary inquiry. J\ir.
Speaker, replied iioutelle.
The gernleineii will state it,said the]
i
(Speaker?evidently somewhat dubious
i as to the outcome.'
j "I desire to know," said Boutelle,
j "under what rule of th? H juse did the
! Chair decline to entertaiD my appeal ?"
The Speaker answered somewhat
j tartly that it was not the duty of the
; (Jhair, en demand or request 01 tae
i gentleman from Maine, to furnish him
I with any information. (Laughter
I among the Democrats).
The question was then put on Cachings'
motion for the previous question,
which was ordered by a viva voce vote
the House dividing cn party lines., Boutelle
called for a division and as he
took his seat, shouted to his Republican
colleagues- "Dont vote, don't
vote." The result was that the Republicans
strictly abstained from voting,
and the Democrats cast only l&s votes
?41 short of a quorum.
Catchings asked for the yeas an 3
nays, and after the call had been comI
pieted, Springer asked that the names
of these voting should be read. This
was done, showing that 1G9 had voted
in the aflirmative?ail Democrats?and
one in the negative (Bell, Populist of
Colorado).
Before the vote was announced,
Campbell, Democrat of New York, said
that he was paired with Belden, Republican,
of 2sew York, on political
questions; out fie wouia vote now 10
make a quorum. He made the statement
because some of the newspapers
had commented upon his not voting
yesterday. Sperry, Democrat, of Connecticut,
did not vote; neither did
Haynes, Democrat, of New York. Cadmus.
of New Jersey, Cocbran, New
York and Bianchard and Price of Louisiana,
all voted with their party associates.
No quorum having voted,
Caterings moved a call of the House,
which showed the presence of 273 members?
94 more than a quorum. Catchings
then moved to dispense with further
proceedings under the call; and
although no quorum is necessary on
this question, ic afforded an opportunity
for a small lilibuster, and Reed demanded
a division. This resulted:
\ eas 144; nays 49; but Reed thought
that the question should be determiuea
by teliers and accordingly he and
Catchings went through the form of
counting the vote and announced that
there was 135 in the aiHirmativeand 10
in the negarive. Accordingly it was
ordered that further proceedings under
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k,ue uaii bauuiu ue ui-psuscu WHU, auu
the question recurred on Catehicgs motion
for the previous question. The
ayes and nays were ordered and again
the Republicans remained dumb while
169 Democrats voted to order the previous
question, the names being read.
As the majority still lacked 10 of a
quorum, Caterings again moved a call
o? the Ilouse, and on this question
Reed again called for a division, stating,
sotto vooe, that, "all we need is
mathematics."
The motion of Catchlngs was agreed
to by a vote of 104 yeas to 31 nays, and
this, the second call, showed thepresenc9
of 257 members.
Catchinizs again moved to dispense
with further proceedings under the
call, and this was ordered after a short
skirmish, led by Burrows. The motion
to order the previous question then re4-k
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Before this was completed, the clerk,
becoming weary of the monotonous
round of roll calls, began to slur over
the titles, and iiQally came down to
calling the members by their surnames.
The Democrats seemed further off
than ever from a quorum, for on the
third call of yeas and nays, but 168
members voted, as against 169 on the
second and first. Catchiogs, however,
did not lose heart and again moved a
call of the House, which showed the
presence of 271 members. It being
then ordered that further proceedings
under the call be dispensed with, the
question recurred on Catchijgs' motion
to order the previous question.
The fourth roll call resulted: Yeas
166; nays none. McMillan, Democrat,
of Tennessee, asked that the names of
those voting should be read, which was
done?his purpose doubtless being to
call attention to those who refrained
from voting.
Caterings then inrew up the sponge,
and at 3:50, at his instance, the House
adjourned until tomorrow.
Spanish Aaarchiste.
Barcelona, -Jan. 3.?The anarchists
Fogas, Codina, llipoli, Ceruzuela,
Bernard, Salvat, Archs, Fontanals.
(J irbonell and Fruit03 were at noon today
handed over to a military judge by
the magistrate who has been conducting
the examination into the Lyceum Theatre
explosion. This transfer was made
upon the demand of the millitary authoities
and it is held to mean thitt the prisoners
will be tried by court mattial and
they will get more justice than law.
The anarchists were greartly surprised
and alarmed when they learned that instead
of being tried Dy the civil courts
they would have to stand trial by a court
martiai. Hitherto they have believed
that a long term of penal servitude
would be the worst punishment meted
out to them, but now they fear what is
extremely probable that they will be
condemned to be shot. The residents
of the city are certain now that strict
military jutice will be expeditiously
meted out to those men who have gioried
ia their crimes when they thought
the civil authorities would deal with
them. It is the seneral bslief that the
prisoners, some of whom have confessed
that they singly were responsible for
crimes which it is almost certain they
did not commit, the confessions havinz
undoubtedly been made lor the purpose
of confusing the the authorities and deiay:ng
their trials, will now deny the
truth of their confessions and seek by
every means in their power to show
that they had nothing to do with the
crimes with which they are charged.
Much satisfaction is expressed at the
action of the military authorities in demanding
the prisoners, and cqaal satisfaction
is expressed that the civil authorities
so readily gave them up.
Chained to the Floor.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 5.?Carpenter,
tbe famous Edgefield murderer, who
has so long been a fugitive from justice,
seems doomed to die at the rope's
end in the summer, or perhaps the early
spring. A gentleman from Edgeiieidv
who was in the city yesterday,
gave some very interesting facts about
his case which have not yet been published.
This gentleman says that Carpenter
was brought back to Edgeiield
as no other man has ever been brought
back. In the first pi3cs he was brought
to the railroad station by one of the
most determined and courageous men
in the county. When the train arrived
it was met by the people from the
entire Yonce community of the county.
It will be remembered that he
murdered Preston Yonce. They had
guns and pistols, and accompanied the
party which had Carpenter, all along
the road back to Edgeiield, determined
thai he snould not escape: Sheriff
Outz placed the mar in a secure cell
and put a careful wa:cu upon tim. He
had not been there long ere he declared
that he would escape before they could
hang him, and he would never die at
the end of a rope. This declaration
made the sheriff very determined and
recently he has placed Carpenter in the
top ceil in the jail, which is the most
secure, and has double chained him to
the iron ring in the centre of the floor.
He will notTallow any one to see the
prisoner. The sheriff is prepared to
meet and repel any attempt at a rescue,
and intends to give the man no earthly
chance to escape as long as he is the
custodian. Carpenter is to be resentenced
at the coming term of court.
J udge Fraser will preside and pass the
death sentence upon him. It Is thought
that he will fix a very early date for the
execution.?State.
MUST BE ENFORCED.
Thas I* Wh?t Governor Tillmin Says
Aboat lhe Dinpscsary Law.
Columbia, S. C., January 2.?Trial
Justices of South Carolina begin t-o
shake. If they do not comply exactly
with what they are told to do tbey
will soon be discharged. It cannot be
very pleasant to stand in imminent
clanger of losing one's place on account
of some bodj's notion that one
is not doing ail he can to crush out
"blind tigers."
The mandate has gone forth and today
Governor Tillman, who in thi3
case has a right to be a prophet, said
that some of the worthy justices would
ha riismisspd within thft next sixtv
days. Governor Till mail said he would
remove the lirst trial justice ia whom
he found the slightest inclination to deviate
from the law. If he heard of any
of them patronizing "olma tigers" that
would because for immediate and unceremonious
removal.
Yesterday Governor Tillman devoted
most of his time to the municipalities
and providing for the pay of the State
constables. Today was "trial justice
I day." They were provided with full
and exact instructions. First of all
they got copies of the new law, and as
a kind of New Year's supplement the
following instructions:
Under the Act approved December 2,
a copy which is herewith sent yon, the
dutv will lareelv devolve on trial jus
! tices of enforcing the law. The statutes,
as construed by the Supreme
Court, require that criminal casts coming
within the jurisdiction of trial justices
shall be tried by a jury on the
demand of the defendant, otherwise by
the trial j ustice himself. Jurors are to
be summoned by the constables after
six names have been drawn from a hat
in which eighteen names have been
placed by the constable. It will be the
duty of trial justices to see that no
names are put in the hat except those
of men who will find a verdict according
to the evidence and not perjure
themselves through prejudice against
the law. Trial Justices who do not act
with promptness and vigor and endeavor
to enforce the law may as well
seed in their resignations, as no negligence
or favoritism will be tolerated.
Eaclosed will be found a search warrant,
as well as a form for beginning
nuisance proceedings under Section 22
of the Act.
A3 it is impossible for State constables
to cover the entire territory, trial
justices are expected to see that their
constables seize ail contraband liquor
and make arrests of parties breaking
tbe law as provided by the Act. Every
seizure en us maae must/ oe rtpurceu lu
the State Commissioner, who will s??nd
a certificate for the shipment to him of
the contraband liquor. For such work
constables will be paid a reasonable
fee upon reporting the facts tc the
Governor.
Special attention is directed to Sec
tion 20, giving the right to examine
suspicious packages.
Trial justices will in every case arrest
and proceed against express agents
and railroad agents or other railroad
employees, who lay themselves liable
under the provisions of the law. The
right to search without a warrant applies
only to places of business or public
places. In all cases where liquor is
believed to be in a private residence
and is being sold search warrants must
be issued. Persons are not allowed to
buy in other States and bring into this
State any quantity greater than one
gallon.
The searches must be coniiaed to depots,
and no car will be entered to
make search, unless by express orders
of the Governor.
Attorney General Buchanan has pr?pared
the warrant. There is likely to
be trouble behind this document. It
reads as follows:
South Carolina County?Affidavit
for Search Warrant.
Personally appeared , who, being
duly sworned, deposes and says
that he is informed by and verily
believes from such information, and
his own observation, that in (describe
place, premises or house) there
is now deposited, stored and kept contraband
liquors in violation of law, to
wit: (particularly describing the same)
and that said intoxicating and contraband
liquors are there k ept, stored and
deposited by his aiders and abetors,
without a permit, in violation of
the laws of the State.
Wherefore deponent prays that a
search warrant may issue, commanding
the search of said premises and
their appurtenances and that such contraband
liquors may be brought before
this Court, and such action taken con
cerning the same as is authorized by
law.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this day of 189?
, Trial Justice.
South Carolina, County ? Search
Warrant.
To the Sheriff of the abore County or
any Constable: Whereas, it appears to
me , a trial justice in and for the
county and State above named, by the
information of , that the following
contraband intoxicating liquors
are now unlawfully in the possession,
storage, and keeping of, and on the
premises occupied by , in the
State and county above named, the said
place being (here describe it) in
or near the town or city of and
that the said?-?hath probable cause
to believe, and is informed and doth believe,
that the said contraband liquors
so illegally kept are in the house (or
other place appurtenant thereto) of
the said
These are therefore to authoriza and
require you, with necessary and proper
assistants, to enter into the said house
(or other place appurtenant thereto) of
the said aforesaid, and there diligently
by day or by night search for
the said contraband liquors, and if the
same or any part thereof shall be found
upon such search, that yotf bring the
said liquors so found, and also seize
and hrincr all vessels, har fixtures.
screens, bottles, glasses, and appurtenances,
apparently used or suitable for
use, in or abont'such liquors, take a
complete inventory of the same, and
deposit the same with the sheriff,
which said articles are there to remain
to be disposed of as required by the
provisions of the dispensary laws.
Given under my hand and seal this
day of , 189?
Strange and Terrible.
Colembia, S. C., Jan. 4.?The State
.1..
caa turctiuy uuruuicieu iue swau^c ucatu?
of the late Mesers. S. C. and Jerry Cartledge,
brothers, in Edgefieid, of the
same disease. Now in less than a week's
time comes ths intelligence that the third
and last of the brothers died on Saturday
of the same trouble in the same
manner, and the further intelligence that
Mr. S. C. Cartledge's wife is at the
point of death with the same disease and
two of her children are very ill also.
All these deaths in the same same family,
occurring alter such short illnesses,
has given rise to the belie! that the supposed
malady is not the grip, fcul ?ome
contagious disease which id as bad as
the Asiatic cholera. Certainly it looks
very strange for each of the three brothers
tn atipnr? the ho/laido r\f the fine first
taken ill, and so soon died in a similar
manner.
Pianos and Organs.
Now is the time to buy summer plan
S25 cash balance November 15th 1893.
Will buy a Piano at spot cash price S10
cash, balance November 15th 1893
Will buy a organ at spot cash price.
See the list to choose from. Steiaway,
Mason & Hamlin, Mathushek and Stirling
Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and
Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test
trial and freight both ways if nst satisfactory.
A larsje lot of nearly new and
second hand Pianos and Organs at bargains.
Good as new. Write for prices
W.N. Trump, Columbia, S. C.
LTHESHIP WILL BESAVED.
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Oar Captain has Said It, and .he la a Very
Good CaptalD, Too.
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Washington, Jan. 2.?air. wnson,
the leader of the Democratic forces ia
the House of Representatives has made
one .New Year's resolution, which he
proposes to live up to in spite of the
calamity howlers in the House and
Senate. He has resolved to pass the
tariff bill prepared by the ways and
means commlLtee through the House
during the present month. In that effort
he will have the support of every
true Democrat in Congress. He says
the bill in its present shape may require
certain amendments, but he has
not the slightest doubt of the iinal passage
of the bill substantially as it was
IC^ULLCU J.1ULU L1IO Lv Hi LLL i L?LCC
It is expected that the Republicans
and some of the Democratic i'rotectionists
will vigorously oppose any
change in the present tariff that might
be suggested, but Mr. Wilson and those
who stand ready to help him carry out
the policy of the Democratic party, do
not intend to be frightened by the
threats of the opposition. There were
many Republicans in the House and
Senate who voted for the passage of
the McKinlev bill when they knew and
openly declared that it was not what a
majority of the people of the country
wanted. It was made a party measure
by the Republican leaders, the party
whip was applied and every Republican
stepped up to the rack and cast his
vote m accordance witn tne dictates or
the Republican bosses.
Ttiere are a number of good Democrats
who do not favor all the provisions
of the Wilson bill, but they do not
propose to repudiate their party to
gratify their political opponents. The
Republicans have contended from the
very day that Mr. Cleveland was reelected
that the Democrats did not
possess the required amount of nerve
to revise the tariff. If they have invested
their money in support of their
judgement in that direction they will
probably have occasion to regret that
they had so little faith in the declarations
of the Democrats.
During the present week, it is understood,
the Democratic members of the
House will hold a caucus and indulge
in a general family talk. Some of the
Republicans who profess to have the
gift of anticipating what will happen
in caucus predict that the majority of
the Democrats will either decide to defeat
the Wilson bill outright or vote to
recommit the bili to the ways and
means committe for further revision.
I have discussed the subject with
many of the ablest Democrats in the
House during the past two or three
days and they pronounce such statements
too siliy for serious consideration.
One of the men, who exercises
more irfluence with Democratic members
than anyone else in the House, except
Speaker Crisp told me that the action
of the coming caucus will not be
binding upon thoso who participate in
it. It is thought to be. desirable to
come together and talk over the political
situation in the House and make
such suggestions as will result in a
better understanding of the duty devolving
upon the Democratic majority.
If the .Republicans fancy for one moment
that Speaker Crisp, Messrs. Wilson,
Catchmgs, Turner of Georgia,
Culberson, Breckinbridge of Arkansas,
McMillin, Hatch and the other Democratic
members are going to let the
minority rule in the present Congress,
they might as well resolve early in the
new year to change their plans.
A distinguished Democratic Senator,
who is generally supposed to be hostile
to some of the views entertained by
the President on certain questions,
voices the sentiment of all of the Democratic
Congress men who are willing
to be quoted when he says: "Ihis is a
Democratic Administration, backed
up by Democratic majorities in the
Senate and House of Representatives,
and we propose to go right ahead and
conduct the government in accordance
with Democratic principles as we understand
them." Some of the Republicans
are endeavoring to Dromote discord
in the Democratic ranks bv confusing
the issues involved. President
rMatrolonri nr?f nn trial oq QrtmP nf
ViW I WiHUU AkJ AAW? v** ?**?- ) W.W v*
them would have it appear. He is the
leader of the Democratic party and before
the present Congres3 adjourns it
will be demonstrated that tne Democracy
is able to shape its own policies
without any Republican interference."
?News and Courier.
The Testimony of Graduates.
The quiet testimony of graduates of
the Keeley Treatment by their life of
sobriety among neighbors and companions
who knew them formerly as helpless
habitues of inebriety, is a factor
which we may not always appreciate,
but which operates constantly never UftlAfin
Thin ij fKa omAnrr fho
ULLCIC03. JLUXd id tug v/uioi aLuvug vuv
quiet forc&3 which have been at work
gradually but surely to transform the
popular skepticism into a practical
faith in the Keely Treatment snd full
acceptance of it as an established institution
in medical practice.
It has been a great source of satisfaction
to notice this progress here in the
metropolis of the country. Only a
year or two ago New York was convulsed
by the very thought of a cure
for drunkenness. But the spectacle of
well-known "men about town," formerly
marked for their convivial habits,
but now abstaining altogether and unable
to be tempted, has been working a
remarkable change of conviction on
this subject in this city.?Golden
News, Nov. 20,1893.
The same may be said of Columbia,
a number of our brightest and gayest
citizens who were cured a year or two
since have given proof of the efficacy
of theKeeley treatment to entirely eradicate
the old habit. They have the
nrafnund resDect and best wishes of
many sincere triends.
A Fight to tiie Flnisb,
A unique feature of the Keeley
Treatment is the fairness with which
it treats the enemy. "Do your worst,"
it seems to say to the whiskey bottle,
"and we are ready for you!" If the patient
crayes the intoxicant to which he
has so long been accustomed, he is not
put off with a substitute, but given the
very stuff itself, and the best of its
kind. There is not even any attempt
made to taper him off after the oldtime
fashion with the poor wretch
who "had been - mortgaging
miserable morrows for nights of
madness." There is no restriction
when stimulant is demanded,
neither is there that overdosing
which has often been suggested, and
perhaps tried a tfme or two, by enterprising
reformers?putting whiskey in
the patient's soup, coSee, beef gravy,
etc. On the contrary his dram is not
only readily furnished, but made as
palatable as he is used to having it
leaving first-rate whiskey and the
Double Chloride oi Gold to fight it out
between them for the possession of the
inebeiate's body. Which 13 the stronger
is being every day proved by the
usual result of the battle at the now
famous Keeley -Institute, Columbia
S. C,
Sin. Lade a Lunatic.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.?Mrs.
Luc'e, the woman who called at the
white house yesterday to take possession
until the president paid money
she claimed he owed her, was examined
by physicians today aDd pronounced demented
but harmless. She will probably
be sent to her son who lives in
Camden, New Jersey. Mrs. Lncie says
she did not go to the white house to see
the president. She scorns the idea of
having any communication with him and
says she would walk blocks out of her
way to avoid meeting him. This was
not her first visit to Washington, Mrs.
Lucie came here last May. The people
in her boarding house regarded her as
an eccentric person of no dangerous
propensity. She paid her bill regularly
and explained that the money war. furnished
by her son.
w??a?w??MB?n??
crisp pleads for unity.
ioopsrtnnt Cuocos ob the Tariff Bill I.as:
NlRbr,
Washington,.Tan. 5 ?-Unusual precautions
were taken to preserve the
secrecy of the proceedings of tho cau
cus of the Democratic members of tho
House on the tariff bill tonlghf. The
correspondent's rooms attached to Um
press gallery, which have been open to
reporters on similar occasions ever
since the Fiftieth Congress, were
opened as usual by the ofilciaU In
charge, but immediately after the can
cus had been called to order, Deputy
Sergeant at-Arms Ike Hill, with one of
th j assistant door-keepers, closed thein
under orders, it was said, of Chairman
Ilolman, and the representative of the
press were compelled to place the corridors
in a state of unrest while the proceedings
were in progress.
It was live minutes after 8 when
Chairman Ilolman rapped the caucus
tA AfHor nnH Po'i/liurf / ^Io??lr TJAiirrhf ^1 .
ing begau to call the order. One hundred
and 1'orty-seven members answered
to their name3, an unusually large
attendance, and greater thin had been
anticipated on this occasion. One hundred
and nine members are a majority
of the Democratic membership. It was
determined to limit the speeches to five
minutes, and Speaker Crisp was accorded
the floor to open the proceedings.
He declared that it was the duty of the
members of the Democratic party to
stand together in support of the tariff
measure reported by the committee on
ways ind means,and recalled promises
and pledges of the past to the puolic in
regard to this matter. He said Presi
dent Cleveland and the Democratic
majority in Congress had been elected
for the purpose of carrying out the will
of the people, expressed at the polls in
1892, and upon the Chicago platform
and he urged united action by the majority.
"If any man objects to the
promises of the* bill," he said, "let him
state his objections on the floor in open
debate, and then if he cannot support
the bill, he can vote against it." He
protested against the policy of tearing
the measure to pieces in caucus, and
closed by offering a resolution pledging
the majority to a support of the bill, j
The Speaker was loudly applauded as i
hf> took his seat.
Mr. Sperry of Connecticut next rose, I
He outlined his objections to the bill
in accordance with his well known
views. Bourke Cockran then pointed
out what he deemed to be the undesirable
features of the proposed legislation.
Cockran spoke in his accustomed
impassioned manner, and at the close
of his remarks he was given a round
of applause. Outhwaite of Ohio, a
member of the committee on rules, war
the next speaker. He followed in the
same line as Speaker Crisp, and urged
the members to lay aside their differerences
and personal prejudices and
rally to the support of the committee
on ways and means in their effert to
meet the just expectations of the peonlo
rinrh rooifo pvirJontlir a
popular chord, for he was also greeted
with applause.
At this point it was said that there
were 162 Representatives present,
leaving 51 Democrats to be accounted
for.
Speaker Crisp offered the following
resolutions which were adopted by acclamation.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
caucus that it is the duty of every Democratic
member of the House to vote
for the pending resolution providing
for the consideration of the tariff bill,
in order that the House may have an
opportunity to redeem the pledges of
the party respecting tariff reform.
Resolved, further. That it is the duty
of every Democratic member of the
House to attend its daily sessions, and
V? AvwvAcin f V? a Anininn f hof
YVC ii-CLCUJ IUC U?/1LL1\JJUL lUWu
those members who are absent, owe it
to the party and to those of us who are
here to immediately return In order
that pressing public business may be
attended to.
An Important Bill,
Hon. A. C. Latimer, has introducad
into the House of Representatives the
following bill to aid in the collection of
taxes lrom railroad property in the hands
of receivers:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
ot America in Congress assembled, That
after the passage of this"act, whenever
the property and franchises of any railAAw?Ai.rttiA?
oVinll -V*o rmf intn fha
iuau ^I'iALivu ouan v\j puv iukw uuw
hands of a receiyer by order of court,
the final order in the case and sale of
such property shall occur or a settlement
of tbe a flairs of such road be made
within three years from the date of the
appointment of such receiver, and every
such receivership shall terminate absolutely
at the expiration of three years
from the date of the appointment of the
receiver.
Sec. 2. That taxes assessed by any
State, county, or municipal authority
against any railroad property shall not
be classed as debts to be in the hands of
a receiver or not,but such taxes shall be
collectible by the proper authority of
such State, county, or municipality according
to the assessment, whether
such railroad ba in the hands of a receiver
or not, and no judge or court shall
have any authority to restrain, eDjoln,
or h any way to interfere with the collection
of such taxes in the first instance:
Provided, That such receiver or such
railroad corporation shall have the right
after payment of such taxes to apply for
an abatement or to use for an alledged
over-assessment or improper assessin
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Sec. 3. That the word "citizen" or
the word "citizens," as occurring in the
Act known as the Judiciary Act, shall
not be constructed to mean or to include
any railroad company or corporation, or
any other artificial person, but said
words shall be held to apply to and
mean natural persons who are citizens.
Ktfaae to Help.
Washington, Jan. 5.?Speaker
Crisp and a member of the Democratic
leaders determined during the fight in
the House, when it became evident that
the Populist votes would be sufficient
to make a quorum, to give the Third
party recognition as a party during the
progress of the debate, if its members
would agree to vote. A proposition
was formally submitted to Representative
Jerry Simpson of Kansas, that the
Populists should have three hours dur*
ing the evening lor debate as long as me
general tariff discussion lasted. Simp*
son conferred with his associates and
they were greatly pleased that for the
first time in the history of their organization,
they had received a tender of actual
recognition as a party on the floor
of Congress. It was decided, however,
not to accept the proposition as the
Populials believed that the live days allowed
for general debate, was entirely
insufficient for a full presentation of the
tariff question.
Perished l!keRats.
Buffalo, Jan. 2.?Burning of the
cheap lodging house this morning has
occasioned a larger loss of life than at
first reported. The amended list is as
follows: Dead: Edna Farley, cook;
Isaac Bradley, printer; Louis Anderson,
car repairer. Dying. Davis E, Ward,
negro cook, frightfully burned about the
face, throat and internally; Charles
Van Ever, negro detective, death hourly
expected; Edward Cross of Calilornla,
: aame condition as Ward. Eight more
injured ones are lying at the hospital,
but all thought to have fair chances oi
re^o-.ery except possibly John F. Russell
jf Olcott, N. Y., who was badly
hnrned about the bodv and arms. His
I chances of recovery are small.
a light that frilled.
Topeka, kaks,.Taa. 4.?Ten days
a^o an old man, dressed in rass, appeared
at the city prison in the Coffey
vibe, Kan, and asked the jailer to allow
him to sleep in o"e of the empty cells
overnight. lie declined to tell his name
but i-.auJ lie bad arrived on a freight train
from Tex<w. Jf ih request waA granted.
Next morning fie wm found ill, aod,
though properly taken care of, died four
day?, Iat*r.
A few hours before death he called
the jailer to bin nide and told him his
name was Jvlward J Mannar and that he
wan the author of that beautiful hymn,
"There'* a J.'fjht uj Window for
Thee, Urolher." He wa?. buried in the
(Jofievillo cemetery.
INIR man nauarmwry HB
a?, it in romantic. Hi* name became a
bywml in the place* where he waa
known, ar.d trorn a prison ceil he went
forth a tramp and & vagabond upon the
face of the, earth. In 1BG7 J.Junb&r wa*
arrested in Leavenworth, while engaged
in holding a series of revival meetings,
and taken to Minneapolis, where he was
tried for bigamy, convictcd and 3ent to
the penitentiary !or three year3 and eight
months.
When Dunbar was a small boy he
lived in New Bedford, Mass, and worked
in a factor}: His mother lived at the
foot of the street 03 which the factory
was located, as tbe lad's work kept him
away till after dark, she always placed
a light in the window to guide his footsteps
homeward. Oue day he took a
notion to go to sea. and off he went on
a three years, cruise.
DuriD2 his absence his mother fell ill
and was at death's door. She talked incessantly
about her bjy, and every
night she asked those around her to
place a light in the window in anticipation
of his return. When she realized
taat her end had come she said: "Tell
Edward that I will set a light in the
window of Heavea for him." These
were her last words.
The lad had grown to manhood ere
he returned home, and his mother's dying
message so affected him that he reformed
and became a preacher. In the
course of his reformation he wrote the
sone, "There's a Light in the Window
for Thee, Brother." The song became
widely known.
The Rev. Edward Dunbar married a
young woman in New Bedford during
his work in a great revival ia 1858, and
several children were the result pf this
union. The young divine soon made a
reputation as a brilliant pulpit orator,
and the public was therefore greatly
surprised when one bright Sunday morning
;he skipped the country, leaving his
wife and children behiad. He camj to
Kansas, and after snatching brands Irom
the burning in different parts of fie
State he went to Minneaplis, and began
tc show the people the error of their
way8. A great revival followed, and
hundreds were converted.
Miss Eunice Belle Lewis, a handsome
young heiress of Indianapolis, was one
of the converts. She fell in love with
the evangelist and married him against
the wishes of her friends. Shortly after
the wedding Dunbar rerurned to Kansas
to fill an engagement at Leavenworth.
While he was away the friends of the
bride, who had mistrusted the evangelist
all along laid their suspicions before
W. D. Webb, now Judge of the 2d judicial
di3trict of Kansas, and Jud?e Austin
Young, who were law partners in
\f atrw^tr iViA
The result was that they soon found
evidece sufficient to warrant an arrest,
and Dunbar's ministerial career tfas
brought to a sundden close.
Judge Webb and Judge Ycucg assi3ted
in the prosecuuon of Dunbar. After
Dunbar's incarceration Judg? Young
secured a dtvoce foi Mrs. L unbar ana
married her himself. They now live
happily together in Minneapolis. Judga
Lochren, the present commissioner of
pensions, defended Dunbar m the case.
Dunbar's first wife died in Taunton,
Mass, about two years ago.
Some New Law*.
The Legislature at its last session
passed a bill abolishing the office of
jury commissioner and" imposing the
duties heretofore performed by that
office upon the Treasurer and the Clerk
of Court. They shall constitute a
Board of Jury Commissioners, and will
not bs paii any salary for their services.
The Clerk is to be the custodian
of the jury box. The bili goes into effect
at once and the officers named will
have to fill the jury boxes this month,
as has been customary witn the J ury
Commissioners.
Another bill passed was one establishing
a State Board of Medical Examiners.
It is to be composed of seven
reputable physicians or surgeons, one
from each Congressional District of
the State. They are to be appointed by
the Governor, and are to hold office for
the term of two years each. The Governor
will take some time before making
the appointments, as he is anxious
that the Board shall be composed, as
sought after in the bill, of the best
physicians or surgeons to be found.
The Board is to meet in the city of Co
iliniDia on me iourui xueauay ill ^vpin
of every year, and will then elect a
chairman and secretary, who is also to
act as treasurer. Extra meetings can
be held when it is considered necessary.
The Board will examine all applicants
who desire to practice their profession
in South Carolina, and give to those
considered competent a certificate.
This certificate will co3t the applicant
So. The certificate, of course, entitles
the bearer to practice anywhere in the
State. Persons not so licensed are sub
ject to arrest and to a punishment of
three months in the Penitentiary or to
a fine of S300 or both.
Traitors to Tarlft Reform.
Washington, Jan. 5.?There were
four altempts by roll call in the House
this ^afternoon to secure a second for
me uemauu lut luc pieviuua ^ucswu
on the order reported by the committee
on rules, fixing the limit of debate
on the tariff bill. On the lourth attempt,
the vete was announced yeas 166, nays
0. No Republican member voted and
the following Democrats who were
shown by a previous call of the House
to have then been present were not recorded:
Bankhead, Cadmus, Caminetti,
Coombs. Covert, Eaglish. Haines,
Hayes, Heard, Hines, Hudson, Latimer,
Baynor, Sibley, Sickles and Sperry. One
member of the '.majority of the committee
of ways and means is quoted as taking
a gloomy view of the situation.
ter the House adjourned, he said that
the dissatisfaction among Democrats
seemed to be spreading and rather bitterly
remarked that there were a score
or two of members credited to the Democrats
who ought really to ally themselves
with the Republicans. This view
of the situation, nowever, is not snarea
by other members of the committee,
who express the firm conviction that by
Monday at the furthest, the Democrats
will have a quorum of members present,
who will vote to pas3 the pending order
and proceed with the bill.
Homicide
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 30.?A special
to the Morning News from Baxley,
Ga., .says: Last night David M. Crosby
shot and instantly killed Mack MacCarthy.
The shooting occurred at the
residence of Berry W. Crosby, father cf
David M., about six miles south of this j
fVfiflhv Mme in this mornm? fo I
^? ~
give himself up to the sherlft. Crosby
cldims that at the time ef tin shooting
MacCarthy had his gun drawn on him
and said that he intended killing him,
whereupon he drew his pistol and shot
MacCarlby. All the parties are white. >
Will Step The Fight,
Jacksonville, Fia,Jan. 3.?Tha '
sensation of the day in sporting circles
was the action of Solicitor Christie,
representing the State, in refusing to
proceed this morning in the cases
against Cor'oett and Mitchell. It Is
well understood that Christie was
forced to this action by Governor Mitchell,
at whose will he holds office.
The Governor charge "collusion" on
the part of Duval County authorities,
when the cases were brought and it is
said that Christie had received an intimation
from the executive that if the
eases were not droDoed. he (Christie)
would lose his official head. Christie
<Ji(J not have enough of sporting blood
to stand the gubernatorial gaff, and so
he dropped the case.
Christie'.-* announcement in court
that no information had be-en filed
against Ccrbett and Mitchell meant
practically that the case had been nol
pressed. It knocked the pins from under
the club so far as testing the law in
relation to prize fights is concerned.
The club had depended upon this
test ca.-.e to put the lighters beyond arrest.
As it i3 now the fighters can be
arrested at the last moment and of
course everybody knows that an arrest
at that time means that the Gght
shall not tase place unless the club ties
the hands of the sheriff so that he can
not touch them.
The members of the club, however,
in spite of the falling through of the
test case, are showing no signs of
weakening and say that if the Englishman
can bs induced to sign the amended
articles they will yet pull off the
contest In Florida. Just what the
course of the club will be no one seems
to know. Some say their next step is
to secure the arrest of the principals
by some justice of the peace, in order
to have the habeas corpus proceedings
gotten before the Circuit Court. Those
proceedings, which were to come off
tomorrow, are done with inasmuch as
tue principals are out of custody,* but
che question is whether a justice of the
peace will be found to go where the
county solicitor fears to tread. Manager
Bowden of the Duval Athletic
Club, was found shortly after the opening
of the court, and informed by the
Southern Associated Press correspondent
of what had been done. When
asked what the club's next action
ronnlrl hp \fr Rnwderi answered that
ne was not at all prepared to say, save
that it looked very much as if the officials
were atraid to give the case a fair
test and allow the club to find out
whether or not the contest was within
the law. Continuing, Mr. Bowden
said:
"The action of the solicitor is a practical
victory for the club. Is snows
that the Governor is afraid to let the
courts to pass on the law in regard to
prize tights. He knows that the decision
of the courts would be favorable
to us and he wants to keep the question
open so he can interfere witnout
running counter to a court decision.
You may say," added Bowden, "that if
the Englishman sticks we will have
this fight in Florida. We know that
there is no law against it and we intend
to go right ahead arranging for
the contest, always provided Mitchell
signs the amended articles."
A Daaervad Rsbake
* We clip the following from the St.
Matthews Herald of last week. It is
certainly a most deserved rebuke to a
sneak and coward, and does credit to
the sense of justice of the one who
Denned it. If everv newspaper in the
atate would take such high ground as
our contemporary does, anonymous
sneaks and assassins would be a thing
of the past: "There is an article written
at Orangeburg and published in
the Sunday issue of the Register,
signed "6traightout" and ends by asking
the St. Matthews Herald to publish
the same. The writer of the piece
scores very severely The Times and
Democrat and Tbe Enterprise, our
county contemporaries published at
Orangeburg. We refuse to publish the
piece because we do not know its author
and because we do not endorse the
accusations brought against said papers.
We have no grievances against
our contemporaries, we have nothing
but the kindest feeling for their success.
As a whole they have treated us
kindly and fairly and we have no desire
to give publication to any article
the object of which is their injury.
The St. Matthews HeralJ is an independent
newspaper whose object is to
giye the news to its readers and not
the personal grievances of any man.
Wehave always recognized the Enterprise
as an honest and earnest criticiser
of the present administration, condemning
wrong and upholding right
as it saw it. The Times and Democrat
has been known and recognized as an
advocate of the principles of this administration
for which we cannot condemn
it for we know nothing of its ob
ject and nothing against its sincerity.
So far as The Herald is concerned it is
the tool of no party or organization,
speaking its conscientious cpnvictions
on ail questions of public interest: We
are aware of the fact that some of our
our best friends condemn very many of
utterances be3ause tbey do not coincide
with their views. We ask no one
more than we are willing to grant think
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as you. {.'lease <auu no wui uu i,u5,oamc.
Goes 3Ia<l.
New 1'ork, Dec. 26.?The Rev. Dr.
Samuel Lewis, a young Jewish rabbi
from Charleston, S. C, was transferred
yesterday morning from Believue hospital
to the Uloomingdale insane asylum.
He had suddenly shown signs of
dementia while on his wedding trip
and his pretty bride had hurried trim
back to this city to have him treated
by competent specialists. Mrs. Lewis
herself was nearly wild with excitement
when her honeymoon came to an
abrupt end, Dr. Lswis was not all vi
olent bat he naa tne aeiusion mat ne
was being: persecuted and that a conspiracy
bad been formed to kill him.
He had jumped to his feet while passing
through Virginia on a train and
said; "You only married me for .my
money; I will not stay with you anoth
er hour." Mrs. Lewis tearfully listened
to his ravings unable to understand at
first the change in his manner. When
told by physlciau? that his mind had
given way she immediately notified her
relatives that she was coming pack to
them. Dr.Liwis's marriage occurred
just one week ago today. The bride
was Miss Clara Ury, and the ceremony
was performed at the residence of.
Louis Shasu No. 163 Ea3t 94th street
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis spent las: Tuesday
night at the Hotel Savoy at 29ih street
an/i "Fifth Avennp arid started for the
South the following morning, intending
to take a brief trip before Dr. Lewis
returned to his labors in Charleston,
S. C.
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