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" * % I VOL. LII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1898. NO. 37. i _ __ J THE PROHIBITIONISTS. A FULL STATE TICKET PUT IN THE FiELD. Jo?l ?, Branson tor Governor XIe Balance Z?l til* Ticket Compoted of Qood Men? Full Account or tie Proceedings of the Stmts Convention. The State Prohibition Convention n^ttn Columbia on Wednesday night arVnominated a full State ticket from Qffvpmnr to Railroad CJommissioners The convention was called to order a few minutes after 8 o'clock, and was called to order by acting chairman F. H. Hyatt, of the State Central Com mittee. Rev. Gk T. Gresham opened the proceedings with prayer. Secretary T. J. LaMotte read the official call, and a temporary organ! zation was effected by the election of Col. Jaa H. Hoy t as temporary chair man and Messrs. T. N. Berry and J. L. Bristow as secretaries. A call of the roll showed the following delegates present: Aiken County?J L Quinby, Rev. J W Neely. Anderson County?B F Crajton, J ' A Hall and WE Lee. Charleston Countv?John B White, E S Burnbsm and E S Moorer. Chester County?Rev. J S Mcffatt, F M Hough, J T Marion, J S McKeown. Rev J E Mahaffey, T N Berry, and T B McKeowru Cherokee County?J L Strain. "? /s i Tk T A n uiarenaon uouniy?isev. j u uougn Joseph Sprott Colleton County?J D Ackerman, 5 B Ackerman and E K Moore. Darlington County?J J Ward, B O Bristow and J S White. Dorchester County?W S Wimber]y, R W Minus and J A Patrick. Edgefield?Rev. John Lake, Rev. L R Gwaltney and Jake L Smith Fairfield?Cb as R Wray, J A White and R H Jennings. Florence County?Rev. H R Mose ley and Rev. W I Herbert Lancaster?D A Williams, J A 1 Weaver and Waddy C Thomson. Greenville?J M Whitmire, J A IMcCulIouarh, Jno C Win 20, Jas A Hoyt, A S Beden, Rev. J W Shell 0 TGilreath. L Greenwood?P L Stuckey, Rev. G k W Gardiner, J D Focshe, Rev. C 0 R S Curtis. Horry?8 F Parrott T C Bamhill. Hampton?Rev W H rolling. B Kershaw?GH Pooser. Laurens A C Fuller, R?v J L Har ? ley, Rev. J D Pitts, Rav. R H Jones, I CC Feather s tone. Lexington?Prof L B Haynes, Hent ry A Meetze, Marlboro?J F Breed an. Marion?W S Fox worth. Newberry?Arthur Kibler, Rev. W K Slieh, A C Jones, C H Cannon, J W While. R C Williams, J M Taylor, Rev. J W Speake. Oconee?E E Veraer, J Sieck, W j^CTiaaggbuyg?Rev J L SifLey, A K kftTTft>rJT B McLaughlin, Jno Owei s, J C Shecut, Phillip fickens?JuliusE Boggs, J SPor ^Richland?CD Stanley, A M Booz: ; |r, Jno L Berg, Thos J LaMotte, S J jHoffman, Howell Morrell, F H Hy att, Dr. E. 8. Abnej, J W Pooser. k- . Saluda?J M Paget, J A Attaway. r Spartanburg?Prof S C Sturgis, R M Adam, B W Getsinger. Burnt-r?Rev. G T Gresham, Rev A, 8. "Williford E D Smith. Union?P P Hamilton, S M Rice, Jr. Rev E H Reckbam, I) N WiJburn. Williamsburg?Joel E Brue sob, W M Eel Is, AMcC Pitman, L J Bristow, E E Haller. York?A N Branson. J A Thacker, A A Youngblood, J B Harris. At the conclusion of the roll call Mr. Joel E Branson was elected chairman,- Colonel Hoyt declining to serve as permanent chairman. Mr. L. J. Bristow was elected permanent secretary, with Mr. A. K. Smoak as assistant. Colonel Hoyt then relinquished the chair to Mr. Branson, who was re _ _ 3 . 1 TT _ * _ ceivea wim applause. ne maae a capital speech of acceptance which was frequently applauded. He said: "The State is filled with barrooms. In order to get rid of the barrooms, we must control the State.7 They tell us that it s better to have the State in ' a barrconi than barrooms in the State. He referred to the certificate on each bottle of dispensary liquor, testifying to its "chemical purity," and spoke feelingly of the palmetto tree on that label, saying that the sight of the palmetto recalled to him the when Carolinians from four to 80 years of age were wearing palmetto cockades in honor of the fag of the State oril which was the legend "State's Rights Forever" and, underneath, the palmetto tree. The palmetto tree on that fiagr was drenched in blood. It is now used as the trademark of the traffic of hell." He concluded his speech by saying that the members of the con vfvntifvn had come from thftir homes to save Carolina 4tthe brightest star in the galaxy of States." A letter was here read from Mr. L?. D. Childs regretting that on account of siekness ne could . not be present and wishing the convention a harmonious session. The motion to appoint a committee to suggest candidates to the conven t:on for the various offices brought on s/ a discussion. Mr. W. K. Sligh opposed the mo^*tion and thought nominations should } be mad6 in cpen convention. He thought that the Governor, LieutenI ant Governor and Attorney General were the only officers which should be nominated. Prof. Shecut opposed the plan of nominating by committee. Whatever io In K? nnra ckmil/4 Ka in nnrn iw fcV wv vivuv auvuuu fcSW uvuv *** convention, so that there would not hereafter be any suspicion of cliques or clans. Mr. Padgett sounded a discordant note. He came from a prohibition county, which thought that nominations should not be made by commit tee, nor by convention, but by the people. Mr E D. 8mith, as author of the resolution under discussion, made an explanation of his views. The candidates should be scattered over the State, Another matter was that the candidates should if possible be taken from as many different churches as possible. Further, a committee could investigate the character of the proposed candidates. These three quail rications could not be discussed in open convention. He showed the danger of delay in selecting candidates for but a part of the offices. He thought it -ime to leave aside rules of expediency. Ine resolutions were almcst unani mously adopted. Mr. Featherstoiie moved that the roll of delegates ba called, and that the chairman of each delegation suggest the name of the member of the "sujgestirjg committee." Following is the committee thus appointed : Aiken?James L Quinby. Anderson?B F Crayton. Cherokee?J L 8lram. Charleston?Edward S Vernoi. Chester?T N Bury. Clarendon?Joe Spratt. Colleton?E E Moore. Darlington?J J Ward. Dorchester?J S Wimberly. Edgefield?J L Smith. Fairfield?C P Tray. Greenville?J M Whitmire. Greenwood? P L Sturkey. Horry?S F Parrott Kershaw?G H Pooser. Lancaster?Waddy C Tompson. Laurens?A L Fuller. Lexington?L B Heynes. Marlboro?J F Breed en. Marion?W 8 Fox worth. Newberry?A C Jones. Oconee?E E Verner. Orangeburg?Rev John Owen. Jficfcens?ouiius iur>oggs. Richland?T J LaMotte. Spartanburg?'R M Adam. Union?P P Hamilton. Sumter?E D Smith. Williamsburg-?L J Bristow. York?J H Macker. Mr. Kibler moved that the committee retire to report as soon as possible. Carried. Mr- Mcffatt suggested the advisa bility of appointing a committee on platform, one from each county, this was carried. The following committee was appointed. Aiken?W E Lever. Darlington?B O Bristow. Richland?S J Huffman. Chester?J S Maffett. Charleston?E S Moorer. Lancaster?D A William*. Anderson?W E Lies. Laurens? C C Featherstone, York?J B Harris Greenwood?G W Gardner. Sumter?A S Wilieford. L*xinffton?H A Meetze. Newberry?Arthur Kibler. Fairfield?G A White. Marlboro?J F Breeden. Union?D A Wilburn. Colleton?H B Ackerman. Greenville?J A Hoyt Pickens?J S Porter. Spartan our??S C Sturgis. Edgefield?L R Gwaltney. Orangeburg?J B McLaughlin. Dorchester?R W Minus. Horry?T C Barn MIL Oconee?J A Siec&. At twenty minutes to 12 the cem mittee on platform was ready to report There was some discussion as to whether or not the report be read un til the committee on nominations be present Messrs. MofFatt and Curtis were sent to communicate with the committee on nominations, and Col James A. Hoyt, chairman, read the following platform prepared by the committee; - THE PLATFORM. The prohibitionists of the Stat* of South Carolina in convention assembled on the 14th day of April, 1898, hereby adopt the following platform: First. We declare oar allegiance to the regular Democratic party and our suggested nominees stand pledged to abide the result of the Democratic pri mary election. Second. We declare that we are un alterably opposed to the manufacture and sale of alcoholic or malt liquors except for mecanical, medicinal, scien tific or sacramental purposes. After some discussion the platform was adopted. THE 'I'mK'tfrlV At 12 20 the coir mittee on nomination reported the following ticket: For Governor?Joel E. Brunson, of w mi msoorg. I For Lieutenant Governor?L. D.l Childs. of R'cbland. For Attorney General?Geo. 8. Mower, of Newberry. For Secretary of State?D. H. Tompkins, of Greenwood. For State Treasurer?W. H. Timmerman, of Edgefield. For Comptroller General?L. P. Epton, of Spartanburg. For Superintendent of Education? E. D. Smith. For Adjutant and Inspector General ?Henry T. Thomson, of Darlington. For Railroad Commissioner?T. N. Berry, of Chester, Mr. E D. Smith stated that these were simply suggestions, and that the convention could adopt or refuse the report as it saw fit. There was no break in adopting the J report seriatim until the question of | nomination for State Superintendent of Education came up, Mr. Shecut, of Orangeburg, suggested that the teachers of the State should be recognized, and he wanted to know if Mr. E. D. Smith was a teacher. Mr. Smith, in justice to himself, stated his position on the educational question. He had bsen charged with being opposed to State institutions of higher education. He was n t, but his position was that there ought to be a more equitable adjustment of State funds between the colleges and com mon schools. In reference to his fit ness, he had been a teacher but two years, and his only qualification was a ilaan wvitdil Hocii-a tn fitrht fni" Tim *vw?v%* ^*vwu.v trw C"" hibition and for the education of those who might never be able to S9e a college. His speech was received with applause, and he received the nomina tion unanimously. The other candidates suggested were also approved by the convention. Mr. Julius E. Bogga moved that, in case of the deaiih, declination or re signation of any of the nominees, the executive committee be instructed to hii the vacancy. This was carried. A committee then escorted the nominees present upon tHe stand where they made short but appropriate speeches. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Mr. Bugas moved tuat tne conven tion elect a State executive committee consisting of ore from each couaty. The following were chosen: Aiken?J. L. Quinby. Anderson?J. a. Hall, Cherokee?T. M. Littlejohn. Charleston?H. T. Williams. Chester?J. S. Moffatt. Clarendon?J. 0. Gough. Colleton?J. D. Acierman. Darlington?J. 8. White. Dorchester?R. W. Minus. Edgefield?T. W. Car wile. Fairfield?C. E. McDonald. Gieeaville?J. M. Whitmire. Florence?F. J.\ Covington. Greenwood??T. R. Lsavell. Horrj?B. L. Beafcy. Kershaw?J. N Jones. Lancaster?Waddy C. Thompson. Laurens?C. C. Feathers tone. Lexington?L. B. Haynee. Marlboro?Melton McLaurin. Marion?W. 8 Fox worth. Newberry?A. 0. Jones. Oconee?J. Steck. Orangeburg?J. L Silly. Pickene?Julius E. Boggs. Richland?T. J. LiiMotte. Soartanburg?J. H. Carlisle, Jr. Union?S. M. Bice, Jr. Samtar?H. L. Scarborough. Williamsburg?R R. Roper. The convention then, on metionof Mr. Kibler, at 115 adjourned sine die. All the members seemed satisfied with tae results. FLED FOR THEIR LIVES. Gonial Brlee and Staff in Peril from Hob Wlille In K&'aozaa The Norwegian steamer Herman Weael Jarisberg arrived at New York last week from Matanzas' bringing 13 passengers who fled from that port to evade the Spanist mob. The pas sengers were United States Consul Brice and staff and their families. Consul Brice said that for three days before leaving Matanzas the people threatened his life, and at all times bis property was m uaujgor* julib ccticw 17 was obliged to flee for his life, as the mob threatened to drag him through the streets. Daring this three dajs the consul stuck manfully to his post, distributing supplies to the starving reconcentrados and relieving their necessities. At 7 p. m. of the 8th inst. he received notice from Habana to withdraw from his post The Jaris berg was the only steamer in port and Capt Kjerland agreed to take the consul and his party to New York At j 10 p. m. the party embarked on board I and the steame? immediately sailedj The consul left all of his baggage, and | the members or the party were unable to bring away any of their effects. The consul says that the condition of tee people is terrible and that the au thorities are making no effort to supply their wants. The party is as follows: Alexander C Brice, United States consul; George C. Brinkerhcff, vice consul; Mrs. Brinkerhoff, Fred | Delgado, secretary; Mrs. Delgado, Mr, and Mrs Presas and two children, TT flhnmhill vol 1VA3 ACJVfcA/A) VW15W and Clotilde and Etnile Tejdor. TO INVADE CUBA. Pa tSaMitiWlll ba Repaired for Use on the Island. I The United States army is getting | ready to invade the Island of Cuba. ; This fact has been made evident by an 'order issued at headquarters in this city today directing that all of the aparejos or pack saddles in the department of the gulf be sent at once to St. Louis. . This order is believed to have great significance by the officers at head quarters, as indicating that the saddles will be needed very soon. There is a large supply a t St Louis, and it is believed the saddles are seat thereto be repaired and placed in condition for use in the- Cuban hills and mountains. The pack-saddle employed the army is capable of holding 300 pounds, and this weight is easily carried bv the pack mules. There are frequently as m&ay as 100 mules in a train, and the amount of ammunition or supplies they cm cany is very large. They go through portions of a country where wagons could not oe taken, and are now employed by the Spanish very largely in Cuba. The number of aparejos in the department is not known here, but an order has bsen sent to all of the posts to forward all they havj to St. Louis. If during the progress of the war with Spain it becomes necessary to enter Uuba else wnere man ax Havana xne mule trains will be relied on.?Atlanta Journal. MILLIONS FOR NEW SHIPS. A Liberal Appropriation for Port Boyal Naval Station. The Senate committee on appropriations Wednesday completed considera tion of the naval appropriation bill and Senator Hale afterward reported it to the Senate. The amendments recommended by the committee increase the aggregate appropriation made by the bill as it passed tbe House to tiie extent of $8,263,500, making the total $46 277,558, as compared witb $33,003,234. rarriBd bv the smiroDriatian bill of 1897. The principal items of increase are the following: For the construction and the machinery ol new war and defense vessels, $6,000, 000; for armor and armament, $1,500,000. The addition of $6,000,000 for construction is for the purpose of building four harbor defense vessels of the monitor type, to cost $1,250,000 each. The tnree battleship provided by the House bill are left in the bill. The number of torpedo boat destroy era is increased from twelve to sixteen and the appropriation for the construc tion of this class of vessels $4,680,000 to $6,900,000. They are to b8 of 400 instead of 350 tons displacement as in thn PiAIIQO K? 1 I fin. \JLKJ V lU^U JikX WAV W44M AMW propriation for improvements at tiie naval station at Port Royal, S. C., is increased from $35,000 to $330,000. LEE DlcUNiS RECEPTION. Plain Statement of a ilodejt Ge a tie man oi lact and r?et% A dispatch from Washington sajs Gren. Fitzhugh Lee declined the nonor of the reception tendered him. When the committee waited upon him to re ceive his final decision he started his Btwrh ?f ri^Hinatinn in a r.haracteris tic manner. "Look here, boys," he said in a manner of fact tone, "I havt not done a thing mat either one ol you, or anj American citizan would not have done, and I don't she why there should be any fuss made about it. Now, I don't want you to think 1 am ungrateful, for I am not, but i have studied over the matter and I feel satisfied that it would be better not to have the reception. I don't for an in stant want an> body to think that I wish to put myself forward, and I must decline your most kind offer." One of Gen. Lee's most intimate friends said that one reason for his not wanting the reception was that he recognized the fact that he occupied an official position and felt a heaitantcy onoiinMnff onxr fnnmal Horn nnStrH. AAA AWA.AAAM*. -W? _ tion on this account. Ge;tlng Oat of ute Way. Advices from the city of Santiago, Cuba, Bays tnat many families combined 10 charter a British steamei for the purpose of transporting them to Jamaica until the end of hostilities between the United States and Cuba. TEE SENATE FOR WAR. RESOLUTIONS REPORTED ON THE CUBAN QUESTION. Tb ey Dtclare for In'erreatlon but No Recognition--.!. Terrific Arraignment mt Ppala and Her Xtfarleiu PolieJe:?The Maine ai aa Issue. War between the United States and Snain -was the sole toDic of discussion in the United States Senate Wednesday. A full quarter of an hour before the Senate was to convene. Mr. Davis, chairman of the foreign relations committee,entered the chamber and quietly went to his seat in the centre of the Republican side. He carefully placed on his desk a package, which all intuitively knew to be the fateful resolution and report from his committee upon which peace or war might hinge. The chamber filled rapidly, and when the Vice President's gavel fell nearly every Senator was at his desk. Scarcely five minutes had elapsed after the session convened before the Vice President recognized Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis presented to the Senate the resolution and report from his committee and requested that they be read. The report was a terrific arraignment of Spain and her policies, yet so eager were all to hear every word that not the slightest demonstration occurred throughout the reading. The resolutions and report are as follows: THE RESOLUTIONS. "Whereas the abhorent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so | near our own borders, have shocked | the moral secsa of the people of the j United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battlesnip, with two hundred and sixty six ?f its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in tne naroor or navana, ana cannoi longer be endured, as has been said by the President of the United States in his message to Congress of April 11, J898, upon which the action of Congress was invited, therefore, "Resolved, First, That the people of the Island ol Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent "Second, That it is the dutv of the United States to demand and the government of the United States doe hereby demand that the government of Spain at once relinquish its author ity and the government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban "Third. That the President of the United Stotes be, and he hereby is, and emtjowered to use the en tirr land and naval forces of the United States and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several states to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect-" The report of the Senate committee on foreign relations on the Cuban situation was made by Senator Davis, chairman of that committee, and was | a very thorough review of the entire situation and a strong presentation of tne facts which have led the commit tee to its conclusions. The report takes up the Maine disaster as the leading topic for consideration and plunges into that question in its first sentence which is as follows: THK matte DISASTER. "The destruction of the United States battleship Maine, of two of ner officers and 264 of her crew in the harbor of Havana on the night of February 15, 1898, excited to an unprecedented degree the compassion and resentment of the American people." "Manifestations of that resentment were suspended, although the feeling was cot allayed by the self-restraint of our people, who determined to hold their judgment in suspension concerning their ultimate action until an official investigation should disclose the cause of that great disaster and enable them by direct or circumstantial testimony to impute the responsibility therefor. "That investigation had been made. It was conducted with judicial thoroughness and deliberation. The difficulty of demonstration by conclusive proof the efficient personal cause of that sinister event was the usual one of exposing plotted and mysterious crimes, ino sucn cumcuiiy, nowever, obEcures its official and responsible cause." The committee say that the explosion of the Maine was linked with a series of precedent transaction,"which cannot in reason be disconnected from it." "Witn animus bj Spain so plainly apparent that no one can even plauaioly deny its existence, it is merely one reason for the conclusion to which the investigating mind must come in considering the entire subject of the resolutions of the United States with that government." Concluding this portion of its presentation, the committee says: ' The duplicity, pertidy, and cruelty of the Spanish character, as they always have been,are demonstrated still to continue by tneir maaifestions dur- 1 ing the present war in Cuba. All these circumstances, considered CJmu latively, warrant the conclusion that the destruction of the Maine was com passed either by the official act of the Spanish authorities (and the ascsr tainment of the particular parson is not materia]) or was made possible by a. negligence on their pari so willing and gross as to bs equivalent in cul pability to positive c immal action." ACTION DEFERRED. Mr. Hoar demanded ma: the reso lutious lie over under the rules until Friday. The'Vice President sustained ihe point. Senator Turpie then presented the report of the minority of the committee, as follows: "The Uudersjgned, members of the committee on foreign relations, cor U1A1XJT iU lAyvs-u me Cuban resolutions, bus we favor tiie immediate recognition of the Republic oi Cuba as orgauized in that island, as a free, independent and sovereign power among the nations of tne world " It was signed by Senators Turpie, Mills, Daniel and Foraker. Mr Hale offered a substitute for the pending resolution, authorizing the President to intervene at once and to use tne army and navy to this end. Ine substitute carries no recognition of independence. i Tne Male substitute also went over. It is in accord with the President's message. Following this came two of the most remarkable speeches yet made [on the ?ubaa question. Mr. Ftraker and Mr. Lodge both present different phases of the Cuban question. Mr. Foraker advocated the direct recognition of the independence of the Cuban Republic and vith an eloquence and vehemence seldom heard in the Senate, splendidly maintained his position. A sharp colloquy between him and Mr. Elkins (W. Va.,) caused excitement. Mr. Lodsre followed with an appeal for action in preservation of the nation's honor and in wiping out the stain of the "atrocious murder" in Havana haibor. His words so reach ed the heart that the galleries were swept with a tremendous wave of ap plause. Mr. Lindsay concluded the discussion for the day with a powerful speech, in whi<h he advocated the recognition of tbs Cubans and a concert of action between the insurgent army and the United 8tates' troops in driving the Spanish forces from the Island of Cuba. Senator Pettigrrew in trod uced a bill declaring war against the kingdom of Spain. BRYAN'S VOICE FOR WAR. The Great Democratic Leader's Patriotic Speech. riTL A A ft v? ^ AW _ ijuo UJUU UULUICU auu uibj mm anniversary of tbs birth of Thomas Jefferson was cefcbrated at Washington Wednesday nijht by a dinner given at the National Rifles' armory, under the auspices of the National Association of Democratic clubs. About 400 representative Democrats from all sec tions of the cointry wera present, in eluding many Senators and Representatives. The piest of honor was- Hon. W. J. Br^an, ?f Nebraska. Mr. Bryan^ who responded to the toast of "Itomas Jefferson," was greeted with eithusiastic cheers, and throughout hs speech there were many demonsrations. In ibe course of his remark he spoke feelingly of the Cuban situation, declaring that if the United Sties assumed the respon- J rtf iKflf tha >.vnalti'ac ' CUUUJlbJ Vi WVIWAJH^ VJULW vi uuiviug and bar bar id?; of the warfare on that island should cease, no nation in Europe could prcest without defending the things whch we condemned. He said that any aan had a right to prevent the erectm of a slaughter-house in his own ytd, and that we, who Jive'side by de with these who suf fer, could noirefuse, in the name of humanity, to insist that those who had manfully resisted the tyranny of Spain had eared their right to selfgovernment. In addition o our right to stop the war on hum&narian grounds, he de clared that we had a right to insist j that any govenment at our doors j should be of suh a character ihat one j of our ships wuld not be blown up i while under its trottction. He congratuited the Democratic j party also upo; the fact that recent j events had vmdeated it from a charge j nersisteatlv brcyrht in the Nortn that i it was not# natiotic party. He paid a globing 2ribi/:e to General Fiizhugh Lee, wbicl sec his hearers wild with enthusiasQ, *nd in concluding declared tha the enemies of the Democratic parr could no longer revive the issues of te civil war, but must meet the Democacy upon the issues which arose in tiie of peace. FLYl 3 SQUADRON MOV?S. Whether b\Zlnz In PotiRion or on Pracce Crnlae Unknown. The fljig squadron, which is composed of te fLtgsfctip Brooklyn, first class battl?hip Massachusetts, second class batteship Texas, and cruisers Columbia nd Minneapolis put to sea from Nenort News, at 120 o'clock Wednesda aft. rnoon under sealed a orders. ; was learned at Old Point a 10 o'clock Vednesday morning that c Commodo) Schley Had received or- ] ders to tak his fleet to sea. The news e spread rap ly and hundreds of people f haelAn(Ml t,th? Hn/?lro tn c?o rlio War? < ships depa, At 11:30 o'clock Commodore Stley and the other officers s of the shij came ashore to bid fare- l well to thir wives and families, who r were guesiat the hotels. It was an h affecting ene. Tne ladies followed v their husbnds to the dock, clinging t to their aris with tsars streaming r down their leeks for who knew bat that it waste last farewell tnat would a be spoken in this world. A few b minutes laV the all aboard gun was ij fired from ts Brooklyn and the offi- a cers steppl aboard the .launches. From the scks of the vessels smoke f< curled an there was great ac- a tivitv on ti decks. The Masjsachu setts move<away first, followed by E the Columa. Then the Brooklyn s] began slow: to steam off, tbe Texas ic following. A few seconds later tbe Minneapoli started, but she move a only a sfcoriistance from her anchorage before ? siopped. la tbe mean- c< time the Boklyn was leading the c< flset and iading straight for the fid opsn sea ofFirginia beacn. GAMJNG IN COTTON. J OoBK?ejem*i??K?s Gets a HeiriDg la the ^ Boace. In the Hoe Tuesday Congressman at Stjkes got C floor and utiliz -d it to discuss at sae length the bill intro ft ductd by hi some time ago against gambling icotton futures. He de- si monstratedom tne testimony or tiie it Cotton Excnge experts befa;?e coai ta mittees of ingress several years ago that these paoling operations con- p, tribated a lge measure of tiie dis- It turbances ithe price of cotton. He m particularismphasized the point that w exchanges,/ their own admissions, ai have the poar to coatrol prices absolutely. Thquestion is, having the ri, power, wi. they exercise it? The pi mere posssod of snch pawtr over u prices is a overshadowing menac- fr that of itse. would be sufficient to demoralizs'ices. He cited the laws j, of Gcrm^mnd Russia for the pro fr tection of tir agricultural classes and Ac co mmendehese to t l e co a side ratio a an of the Hou along with several bills n^nHinof irtimmittees. or r~ a rOslDg Ground. Politicaiirties at Madrid are unit- je ing sgaioshe Spanisti government g and mere jin3f.er reference to "the Austrian sch. means that the Q ieen , Regent, & was never popular in ac Madrid, ispidly falling into iacreas ed disfavo Tne feeling againsi her majesty iscasperated by quotations R from Eogii and French papers of suggestioiof Emperor Francis Joseph respeng the Cuban question. j D ar Big Crais era. al Secretaiong has contracted for ra the St. Pa dt- Louis, Ne^ York and sa Paris of > American line to be re- an turned af the war and tne o wners Ti paid for t damage sustained. jro THE TOCSIN OF WAR. ACTION WHICH WILL PRECIPITATE A CONFLICT WITH SPAIN. The House Adopt Beiolutlona Severable touaD?-uDjy itixcEeenuui?misg rcsaa ?Personal CoMbIods on tie Floor of the Honsf--'&lct?ag geenes. The National House of Representatives Wednesday after one of the most exciting and memorable days in its history, by a vote of 322 to 19, adopted a resolution which nine tenths of its members believe makes war with Spain inevitable. The resolutions adopted direct the President to intervene at once in Cuba, to restore peace and secure to the people of this island "a stable and independent" govern ment of their own, and authorize him to use the army and navy to execute the purpose of the resolutions. Although only 19 members?fifteen Democrats, thiea Republicans and one P pulist?dissented upon the final vote, the proceedings were marred by a bitter and acrimonious display of partisan feeling. During the height of the excitement the lie was passed between Mr Brumm (Rep., Pa.,) and Mr. Bartlett (Dem., G-a.,) and a dis graceful scene followed that almost descended to the level of a free fight. Later tbe two members found that the 1 altercation had arisen out of a misun derstanding, whereupon there were 1 mutual apologies. Only forty minutes were given for debate, and a special rule was requir ed to get the resolution before the House. Some stirring and patriotic sentiments were voiced during the debate, which lifted the galleries and the members to a high pitch of enthu siasm. In the early part of the day, Mr. Crum Packer (Bep , Ind.,) from the cimmittee on elections No. 3, made a report in the case of Brown vs. 8 Sanson, from the Fifth Virginia district, in favor of the contestant. Shortly before 3 o'clock i?r. Adams of Pennsylvania, the acting chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, entered the hall with the report. The presentation of the resolution was the occasion for a wild outburst of applause from the galleries and the Aoor. The resolution is as follows: THE RESOLUTION SEPOBTED. "Wnertas the government of Spain for three years past has been wagiag i war on the Islaad of Cuba against a revolution bv the inhabitants ih#?rpr?f without making aay substantial pro f gress toward the suppression of said c revolution,and has conducted the war fare in a manner contrary to the laws <3 of nations by methods inhuman and ? uncivilized, causing the death by star- 11 vation of more than t*o hundred * thousand innocent non-combatants, ( the victims being for the most part helpless women and children, inflict 8 ing intolerable injury to the commercial interest of the Unitsd States, in 7 solving the destruction of the lives s ind property of maoy of our citizens, * entailing the expenditure of millions 3f money in patrolling our coasts and s policing the high seas in orcier to maintain our neutrality; and "Wheieas this long series of losses, 0 u juries and burdens for which Spain a responsible has culminated in the * iestructioa of the United States battle K ihip Maine in the haroor of Havana " uid in the death of 260 of our seiunen. therefore. 'Resolved, etc., That the President s uereuy aumonzsa ana aireciea 10 ntervene at once to stop the war in & Uuba, to the end and with the purpose " >f securing permanent peace and orler there and establishing by the free ? ictionof the people thereof a stable 11 ind independent government of their 91 iwn in tne Island of Cuba; and the 01 President is hereby authorized and ^ impowered to use the land and naval ^ orces of the United States to execute ? he purpose of this resolution." Mr. Mams asked unanimous conent for the consideration of the reso- s' ution, and Mr. Bailey reserved the tc ight to object, saying that whether r ie objected or not would depend , whether a fair understanding as to " he length of the debate could be f) cached. JJ' Mr. Bailey sought to interpose with request that the minority resolutions e read, but the Speakar insisted thai ~ ' objection was to be made it must be ^ lade then. 'The chair is determined to try to cr Dree the minority,'' cried Mr. Bailey, mid much compassion and cries of m regular order. ' whereupon Mr. ai aiiey turned, and facing the other J36 de, entered his objection in emphat- i0 : tones. Tne whole Democratic side rose en , lasse. "They are simply playing forpoliti- ai il advantage, and the peoDle of the juntry ougnt to know it," shouted 10 [r. Richardson (3em. Tenn.) , 'There is a perfect understanding io ich the D;mocratic members of the R >rejga affairs committee on this . aint," replied Mr. Henderson (Rep., ^ ^ ) ' pi That is not true, if we are to under ~ and that <?ny such arrangement as J*' us was agreed to," retorted Mr. p ichardson. At this juncture occurred the senilional cinnas of the day and one of ie most exciting incidents in the his- iS: >ry of the Souse. Mem'oars all about ; ere 111 a stats of frenzied excitement, artisan passion was running high, required only the application of a atcn to explode tne magazine, and th Uen the explosion came pandemoni ii rcignad. Mr Bar tie tt (Dim., Ga.,) off to the < ght of the chair, was supporting the gpj otesc of the Democrats against the m(. untiDg words whicti were coming 3ai jm tne other side. str Suddenly in his rear, in the next 0f jr of seals, camd stentorian tones jm Mr. Bruaam (Sap,, Pa) a tauut p0! Idresid generally 10 tne Democratic \ " sid "You got just what you did not ^ ant," ne shouted. j)d "Tnat is not true cried Mr. Bart tt, who it was explained subsequent u~ was addressing nis remarks to a ^ ;puoiican on the oiher side. for say it is," retorted Mr. Brumm, qu tly. mi. "It: s not," fhred back Mr. Bartlett, ?a ram? and Mr. Brumm. "You are a liar!" responded Mr. erI ntnm. an A DISGRACEFUL SCENE. q.q Instantly Mr. tfariiett reacaed for a rge bound copy of the CongressionRacord, in tae desk before Mm, and ising it aloft, huried it at his adver- ? ty. It fell snort and then the two the .tagonists rushed for each other, hil ie House immediately was in an up- Bei ar. Some of the ladies in the g&l- to i leries screamed hysterically. Members crowded toward the combatants from all quarters. They ran across the area in front of the Speaker's desk arid crowded up the adjoining aisles, clinchinsr, tugging, hauling at each other like mad men. It was like a free fight in the street Shouts of anger and indignation were heard on every hand. Members in the crush espoused the cause of the two original combatants and there were several exciting collisions but no blows were struck. Meantime Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Brumm were trying to get at each other over the benches, but they were borne back by friends. Mr. Bartlett, who is a slight man, was carried off his feet, and Mr. Miers, of Indiana, a stalwart, broad shouldered Hoosier, blocked the path of Mr. Brumm, who is himself evidently a man of great physical vigor. In his efforts to stop Mr. Brumm, Mr, Miers became involved with Mr. Pierce, of Missouri, and they almost came to blows. All this time the gavel of the Speaker was heard above the awful din and his voice was commanding the sergeant-at arms to restore order. ArmBd with the great silver mace, the emblem of the authority of the House, Colonel Kussell, the sergeant-alarms, repeatedly charged the thic$c mass of struggling members, but was as often swept aside. One of the other employes, Griffin Halstead, a son of Murat Halstead, while attempting to pacify Mr. Brumm, was felled by a blow on the jaw. At last, by the efforts of a dozen muscular members, the belligerents were separated, the angry legislators retired to their seats, and asemblerce Df order, was restored. It was one of :he most disgraceful scenes witnessed n the house in many years. Th? eflfVivf to erat fha iuen]?K/ni lia. 'ore the House having failed, the com nittee on rules retired and formulated i special rule. It provided for the mmediate consideration of the resoluions presented by the foreign relations committee The House was at this ime still laboring under great stress >f suppressed excitement. Partisan eeling was still rampant. Mr. Henderson explained that the lid rule not propose to. close debate. 4'The sentiment on this side of the louse," said he, *'is almost over rhelminglyin favor of action, not alk." Mr- Bailey replied that he and his colleagues heartily agreed to the rule rhi?h provided for theimmediate conider ation of this imnortant resolution 3e made an impassioned speech in fa ror of the minority report. He had requent tills with Repuiicans. In , onclusion, he said: "But, sir, we are ready to meet the \ [uestion; we are as ready to decide it, re are as reaay to take oar resposibil* , ty with gentlemen on .the other side, , nd we invite you to call the roll, j Applause and cries of "Vote! .Vote!") 1 Mr. McMilliil (Dem., Term.,) also poke for "Free Cuba." Mr. Henderson asked for a roll call, , thereupon Mr. Johnson (Iod.) became j o violent in his denunciation of this " fforfr to stifle debate aad not allow a 'remonstrance against thid unneces j ary war into which the country was ' 5 ba nluTurftd-*' that th? tiaH j 3 appeal to Utxo sergeant-at-arms to < ompel him to take his seat j The rule was then adopted and the solutions were again presented;to ether .with those of the minority, ] rhich were to be cffared as a substiite. THE MINORITY REPORT. The minority report is as follows: "Rssohed, That the United States ] overnment hereby recognizss the in- j ependence of the Republic of Cuba, j "Section 2. That, moved thereto by j lany considerations of humanity, of ( iterestand of provocation, among < rhich are the deliberated mooring of ] iir battleship, the Maine, over a sub- } tarine mine and its destruction in the t arbor of Havana, the President of s le United Slates be, andhe is hereby, ] irected to employ immediately the c ,nd and naval forces of the United tates in aiding the republic of Cuba i maintain the Independence hereby cognized. "Section 3. That the President of I ie United States is hereby authorized id directed to extend immediate re- t it to the starving people of Cuoa." The vote was then taken on substi- c Lte resolutions, and it was defeated 147 to 190. Messrs. Beach (Sep., c .,) Door (Bep. W. Va.,) and Mann lep., Ills.,) voted with the Demo- t ats and Populists for the substitute. Mr. Dinsmore then movfld to recom- t it, with instructions to report back i amendment recognizing the inde ti sadence of Cuba. The motion was st?146 to 190 8 THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED. xne voce was tJ&en taken on the c [option of the majority resolution, id it was adopted?322 to 19. The a lines of the Democrats as they voted r the resolutions were cheered. ? Tne negative votes w6re cast as fol* WSJ N r Damocrats ? Adamson, Georgia; td mkhead, Alabama; Brantley, Geora; Brewer, Alabama; Clayton, Ala- ? ma; Cox, Tennessee; Elliott, South *> irolina; Griggs, Georgia; Howard, 2orgia; filaddox, Georgia; Strait, tl uth Carolina; Tate, Georgia; Tay b r, Alabama; Lissler, (ieorgia; Liawis, . lorgia. is Bspublicaas?Johnson, Indiana; ? tutel, Maine; Loud, California. ti Populist?Simpson, Kaasas. Hie Housa then, at 6:30, adj jurned. 01 h the Plan of campaign. ii o Army and Navy ta Act Jointly A gal nit u Havana. 8* cl Che New York Times Washington icial says the fleet will at once tt >ve to Havana, invest it and at the ? ne time hold open the Florida o] aights for the free transportation troops into the island. A part of the w st will ba employed for this pur p< se, as well as to keep open the gulf, to ^.s soon as the army is ready a conS? ?: t 1 I cramc ukjuj ui bruupa will uc own into tne province of Pinar . 1 Rio, in the neighborhood proba rl rof Bahia Honda and aa advance ^ on Havana will be begun at once. 2 e flett will cj-operate with the land tQ ces from the moment they land in eE ba and Doth will attack Havana si- 11 iltaneously. Even if the resolution ally passed by congress does not :ogniz j the present republican gov lment in me island the plan of the & ny is to unite with the armies of P11 unez and Garcia, as allies against ^ i Spaniards. pi One More Cab. Added* }pain has not whipped a fight on I seas since Francis Dra&e anni- I* ated her fleet for "Good Queen ss" She is preparing to add more p? ler long list of naval defeats. - INDICATIVE OF WAR. THE ARMY TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTH. Mobilization .'Order*?Six Retinatnta ot Cwalry, Twenty-two of Infantry tad Tin Light Artillery Batttriu to nova at Once, v Decidedly the most warlike itep taken by the war department in pre* paring for the possibility of an encounter with Spain was inaugurated Friaav when nrrtar* iwriAd far tlw concentration at four points in the South of six regiments of cavalry, twenty two regiments of infantry and the light batteries of five regiments of artillery. At Chickamauga there will be six regiments of cavalry and the light batteries of five regiments of artillery; at New Orleans, eight regiments of infantry; at Tampa, seven regiments of infantry, and at Mobile seven regiments of infantry. Since the civil war no sucn proportion of the army has been n?obilized, and the movement itself is the best evidence of of the gravity of the situation as looked upon by the President and his advisers. The following is Major General Miles's order, giving in detail the directions for the movements, decided upon: Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 15,1998. Commanding General, Department of tbe East, Governor's Island, N. T. With the approval of the secretary of war the following regiments of cavalry and light batteries of artillery are relieved from duty at their present stations and will be ordered to proceed to Chickamauga Park, Ga.: All the light batteries of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth regiments of artillery and the First, Seeond, Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth regiments of cavalry. : : - _i z. xuq luiiuwiug rtfjjiiiiBiita 01 miaai* ry are relieved from duty at their present stations and will bs ordered to the following points: To New Orleans, La.: First, Serenth, Eighth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth. To Mobile, Ala.: Second, Third, Tenth, Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second. ToTamna, Fia.: The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Twenty-first. The commanding general, department of the Colorado, will detul a company of the Fifteenth infantry to proceed to Fort Wingate and tain station at that post The poets from which the whole srarrison is with drawn one officer and a detail of two man from each company will be left in charge of the post All transportation win accompany the troops. The necessities of the post from rhich all public transportation is withirawn will be provided with hired transportation through the quaHermister's department Troops will be provided with thirty days1 field rations and necessary camp equippage. Sou will give the necessary orders tor the execution of the movements dI the troops in your department as indicated above. Acknowledge. By command of Major General Miles. (Signed.) H C. Corbin, Adjutant General. The command of the army will devolve upon Major General Nelson A. tfilea, who is now at the head of the nilitary branch of the government lis temporary headquarters, it is said, irobabiy will be at Atlanta, where General Graham, who has command >f the Department of the Golf, is now ocated. General Miles'* permanent lead quarters will depend entirely ipon the exigencies of the situation tnd the developments of tne campaign, le will leave the city soon for his new luties. QUA PordlcU. " Every housekeeper should know: That salt should be kept in a dry dace. That melted butter will not make a ;ood cake. That veal should be white, dry, and losegrained. That mutton should be deep red and losegrained. That the colder eggs are the quicker hey will froth. That good management is better ban a good income. That nutmegs should be grated at he blossom end first That to make good pastry the in* redients must be very cold. That lemons will keep for weeks if overed with cold water. That the best beef is moderately fat nd the flesh of a bright red color. That pork should be fine, close* rained, anaine rmasmootnand tftin. That soap and chalk mixed and abbed on mildewed spots will rtmore iem. That a brash dipped in salt water bould be used in cleaning bambo* uniture. That a spoonful of vinegar added to 10 water in which meats or fowls art oiled makes them tender. That food macaroni is of a yellowih tint, does not break readily in do king, and swells to three or four mes its bulk. That warm bread and cake should be it with a knife, the blade of which as been heated by standing it in boilig water. mi 1 : 1 J try ? ' xuaii a suupie ana very emciem aisifeetant to pour down a sink is a nail quantity of charcoal mixed with [ear water. That a little vinegar kept boiling on ie stove while onions or cabbage^ure joking will prevent the disagreeable rdor going through the house. That oil stains may be removed from all paper by applying, for four hours, jwdered pipe-clay mixed with water i she thickness of cream. Spain will fitiOM, Accroding to a dispatch from Madd, a Spanish cabinet minister has sciartd that "should President Mcmley notify Spain to evacuate Cuba, is government will immediately and aphatically refuse, and will add that is fully .prepared to take the conse* lences. It does not regret the acrding of the armistice, thereby imoving its position from an interna)nal point of view and making it ore difficult for the United States to ttrvene without putting itseif com* etely in the wrong." E?riy on ifce rfieui. War correspondent McHugh, of the mdon Telegraph, arrived Friday at aw York on ttie Majestic. He excts to accompany the American, et. V