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hmw 8|^kbmjjkmkeme for re
ry.
Including Some
nHH^MBDHWches?The Measure
Vote?Populists
WfflEESGBm .
BHHHnHfDec. 26.?By a
^ERHHHBEnRK^Hie house at r>:uO p. in.
^reported by Mr. Dingr- j
RBM^HflHH^Bcomrmttee on ways and j
^HBBHm^Hj^Kemporarily increase the!
ffimmnQV meet the expenses of Ihe j
B^BnBra^^Vt and to provide against a j
was presented to the house j
HmSfl^Mj^^Kely after the reading of the
then Mr.' Henderson re- j
SHnHHH resolution from the commit- j
j^BHflB88|^V rules, providing debate on the '
?'clock?a vote to be then j
on its passage.
9v anticipation of this programme, i
galleries were crowdel to the j
Brs, even the diplomatic gallery I
Knff occupied by a representation of .
pe foreign colonies residing in Wash- j
ngton. On the iloor were over 300 j
namUaw. nf tVio linncp nnrl inter-1
\jl vuv uvmwv, ? .
BnHf spersed among them several senators
who were interested in the proceed-1
WBK ings.
1HV The rule was opposed by Messrs.
Crisp, McMillan and Turnar of GeorDH
gia, on the ground that it afforded no
opportunity for amendment and not
sutEcient time for debate; and it was
advocated by Messrs. Dalzell and
On Henderson, who argued that the sitK
uation admitted of no delay. It was
^ finally passed?yeas 213; nays 85.
I Several Republicans were recorded as
R voting against its passage.
8 When this had been disposed of
there remained three and a half hours
P" for the discussion of the bill itself.
nnV?a AaUofwoe in "fnr t.hft
xuu ucuaiu uao ??- .
Republicans by Messrs. Dingley, Dalzell,
Hopkins, Grosvenor, Arnold,
Knox and Dolliver in support of the
bill, and by Messrs. Crisp, Wheeler,
McMillan and Turner (Deru.) and
Bell (Pop.) against the bill.
The opposition was based on the
theory that the remedy proposed?an
increase of revenues?was not what
was needed, and that there was money
enough in the treasury to meet all
1 claims for two or three years to come
even if the present rate of deficit was
maintained. It was also contended
that the bill was a general revision of ,
the tariff.
Republicans insisted that more rev- ,
enue was the key of he situation and (
denied that the bill was in any sense
a general tariff measure. It did not
represent Bepuolican ideas on that
suoject at all, was intended only as a
temporary revenue measure to meet a
pressing emergency, and its passage j
was advocated on the high ground of
patriotic duty in the hour of the republic's
peril. 1
This measure having been "disposed
of, a joint resolution was passed offer
ed by Cannon (Rep.) of Utah, provid- j
ing for the transfer of territorial prop- (
erty to the new State. _ ]
I At 5:40 the house adjourned until
tomorrow. 1
THE DEBATE ON THE BILL.
As soon as the journal was read,
Mr. Dingley, chairman of the com- 1
mittee on ways and means, rose and ;
reported from that committee the bill J
"to tempo. ?rily increase the revenue 1
to meet the expenses of government <
and provide against a deficiency."
Having been read by its title, the i
speaker declared that the bill was re- '
ferred to the committee of the whole. '
Mr. Crisp, representing the minori- i
?- ty of the committee, complained that 1
[the minority had had no opportunity
of preparing and submitting: their '>
views (''If they have any," a Repub- '
lican member interposed in a low ?
voice.) The minority had asked Mr. i
Crisp said, for time to obtain estimates *
from the treasury department as to 1
the effect of the proposed measure, and '
had been refused. They had asked the 1
gentlemen qf the majority if they had
ari-ir octi'nnatoc tVx?mcnl c??s nn wVllflh 1
Q0 UiJLJ I/UIUUIUH*.' II11L,UJUL,1 I UU
j^L they had based the bill, or whether
they had t^ie opinions of experts and
they admitted that they had not.
ffieM^^hen^her minority had asked for a
^R9HH|fe|^Bfctimet^^ttpare a minority
refused.
made this pro[^BnKgHHrc9H|Q9BjHf
Iowa rose and
nmUH^B^HRflHSDH^Bmittee on rules
^RMHflBflHSSflHHHll up for debate
to have the
IKgNHnBBnMGS&H, ^en the vote
stated- that the
hv tVip waw .
He would not be ;
rrow. The one ]
B was in no sense 1
W the tariff; but it (
provide, promptly j
icient revenue for <
d to the proposed i
he consideration of i
general tariff bill." (
opted, no amend- <
ywuuid be m oruer. ;
k of the whip of Repub- :
Riembers were not to
piticise the bill or to offtnent
to it. The house
fn not only to pass the j
;s it without any scrt of i
Members were to be
chariot. There was no
oi any source that there ;
ciency of revenue. And :
Kfe and spur, without '
Kent to the treasury
vite the judgment of
5 effect, it was to be 1
I a member of the com- <
b and means, supported i
hie.
Ki taunted the Republi- i
ftrted the proposed rule ]
lir birthright for a mess <
r^lso spoke of it as a ]
I er of dealing with ]
I \nical laughter from <
|"v4ide.) The pending <
it' juld tax the people 1
f\t the rate for the time 1
fcbate, $11,000,000 an ]
Busion, he exclaimed: 1
ltlemen, there was a ]
ted you once before. ]
?er that will check you I
lause from the Demo- <
sarcastic laughter from I
said that' it was idle, 1
l^nHHSRnHhis occasion to indulge i
ISBjHBfl^uffi^Hiid perhaps it would be
to make comparisons. ]
But it might not be amiss to
ask gentlemen to cousider ft he situation.
The President had last Friday n
a message informing Jcongress of t!
the gravity of the financial situation r
and had in his annual Vnessage sug- v
gested a remedy. The secretary of the a
-* - - -? Wor] ?n'TTDn T?
treasury, m nmc icpun,, uau^nvu j
assurance that tlie revenues of the fi
government were sufficient to meet a
all its ordinary expenditures. Not s<
only that, but the secr/etary said that b
there was a surplus in the treasury 1j
that would reach through two or three v
years. The great pq/rty to which he (,
(Mr. Turner) belonged believed that
though there might momentarily be a
deficit there was no question of a suf- a
ficiency of revenue. The President a
asked for financial legislation and the r
pending bill was offered as an answer, h
The President had asked for bread and t
they had given him a stone. They had c
presented as remedial legislation a pro- v
osition to further tax the American f>
people. g
Mr. Henderson again took the floor
and in reply to the speeches on the '
Democratic sid e declared that the ac- 9
tion of the house today would show 11
whether the Republican party was v
prepared to take the responsibility or s
not. (Republican applause.) Wh'eth- a
er the country was presided over by a
Republican or by a Democratic executive;
whether it was threatened with n
ballots or bullets; whether there was v
a treasury deficiency or a treasury &
surplus, the Republican party never v
shrank from its duty to the country. 0
(Applause.) Mr. Crisp declared that
the purport of the proposed rule was &
to rpevent the offering of amendments n
by Democrats, which some Republi- v
cans might feel incliued to vote for in D
the interests of their constituents. c
That was its sole object. 0
The discussion on the rule being P
closed, the vote was then taken, and *
the rule was agreed to?yeas zoi, nays
89. The vote was on strict party lines ?
except that Messrs. Connolly of Illi- v
nois; Heiner of Pennsylvania. Liuney c
of North Carolina aud Wilber of New a
York (Reps.) voted "no" with the
Democrats. a
The bill was then read in full and at
1:30 p. m. the debate upon it com- a
menced, with three and a half hours
to run, the time to be divided equally r
between the two sides of the house.
DISCUSSING THE BILL.
Mr. Dingley (JKep. ) 01 ALaine, cn airman
of the committee on ways and
means, opened the debate on the side c
of the majority. He said that when fc
the President's special message was j
read at the clerk's desk last Saturday,
informing congress that there existed ?
a serious condition of the finances of j
the country and the Federal treasury,
and appealing to the senate and house a
not to take a recess until relief was af- j(
orded, every member felt that there t]
was imposed upon the house not only ^
a special responsibility but an urgent ^
demand for immediate action; and s,
that it was the duty of the house to re- a
main in session until some measure of j
legislation was passed that would af ^
ford relief to the exigent state of the ^
treasury. The committee on ways ri
and means had taken the matter
up and proceeded to consider what ^
measures of relief should be proposed. a
The first thing that had attracted the e
attention of the committee on ways u
and means was that for two years and
a half there had been a constant defi- g
cieucy of revenue, until that want had ^
become chronic. He knew that gen- s,
tlemen on the other side claimed that tj
the revenue was sufficient, but the fact ,1
was that from the 1st of July, 1893, up
* .1 V 1 1 ^
to today mere naa oeeu msuuiuicuv.y 0
of revenue to cover the cnrrent ex- c
penses of the government, to the ,ag- _
?regate amount of $123,000,000. The tj
deficiency for the Gurrent year was .1
over $18,500,000 and for the current
month of December the deficit approx- j
imated $3,000,000. What, then, did
the gentlemen mean, and what did w
the secretary of the treasury mean, in
9aying that there was no need of additionai
revenue? They meant that n
with the proceeds of the sales of bonds ?
and the use of greenbacks received for *
them, the receipts exceedd the expen- ^
clitures It seemed to him and to the l(
majority of the committee on ways -r
--3 iL.k ?1~? C kn
ana means mai me urat wuuo iu uc e;
taken was to legislate so as to provide ^
sufficient revenue to meet the expen- a
iitures of the government. 1,
Mr. Dingiey went on to discuss and ^
to uphold the bill in detail. He said t|
that if it became a law it would not ^
:>nly increase the revenue by over f(
HO,000,000, but would also give to the ^
business interests of the country the ^
moral influences of a government r,
which was solvent, which paid its
iebts, and whose credit was second to v
that of no government on the face of S(
the earth. (Republican applause.) ^
CRISP IN OPPOSITION.
Mr. Crisp said that the bill, in order
to be responsive to the request of the f
President, ought to be in line with the ^
suggestions that came from that source.
He insisted, from Secretary Carlisle's s]
report, that the cash balance in the a,
treasury on Dec. 1,1895, was $170,000,- c!
J00, beiug $98,000,000 in excess of the 0'
^aI/1 YtflpAMTtQ on/i >t77 nnn nnn ?n ovnocc *
^v/iu iwux vv auu tpi y uuu, v/v/v iu
5f any sum neccsssary to build up the
2fold reserve. There was therefore |
[quoting from Mr. Carlisle) "no rea- n
jon to debate the ability of the gov- ^
jrnment to discharge all its cui*ent e]
obligations during the present liscal sc
jrear and have a large cash balance at ^
its close, without imposing additional y
taxation in any form on the people." ^
His friend from Maine (Mr. Dingley) c]
knew?no one better?that there was fj
in the treasury today over and beyond 0]
the gold reserve, more free money? ^
thiee times over?than any deficiency r(
which might occur during the fiscal
rro?* T* 1ttac> t\ /tnaefiArt *vP Kaw. i
J cai J.b nao uvi a avonvu * -x wvi- r^j
rowowirsg money to meet expt ">.ses. a]
rhe money was already borrowed and
was in the treasury; and the question n,
was whether it should be used now, Q]
3r whether the house should rush, K
post haste, to impose additional bur- ^
iens on the people in order to pile up n
money in the treasury. ^
Mr. Crisp went on to taunt the com- ^
mittee on ways and means with re- sj
porting a bill for a horizontal raise of tc
iuties, after all the ridicule which pj
:iad been cast on Morrison's bill for a
horizontal cut; and he said that the
effect of the pending measure was to tr
ieclare that the McKinley tariff act p
was 60 per cent, right and 40 per cent,
wrong. (Laughter.) lie quoted Mr. Q]
Mc. Kinley's criticism of the Morrison y(
Din as paicuworK ana a prooi or muoience
and said that on the issue of the
pending measure the parties would go jr
oefore the people in the next Presilential
campaign and he had no doubt V(
;hat the people would respond as they
aad always responded, in favor of
themselves?that is in favor of lower ir
;axes. (Democratic applause.) $.
Mr. Wheeler argued against Ihe u
pending measure. b<
I iS
from a protectionist.
Mr. Payne, a member of the committee
on ways and means, said that
lie Republicans in the house being
eady to meet the responsibility which
ras on them today, had presented a
bill to increase the revenue. Two
ears from now. however, they would
leet the responsibility of that hour
nd would present to the house and
enateand to a Republican President a
ill for the protection of American
ibor and American agriculture and
rould write it on the statute book.
A.pplause.)
reed's warning.
Mr. McMillan (Dem.) of Tennessee,
member of the committee on ways
nd means, argued against the bill and
eminded the Republican side of the
ouse of the wise warning given by
he present speaker in the Republican
aucus which nominated him in these
fords: "History will accord us praise
or what we did in the forty-first conress.
and it may accord us praise in
his congress for what we do not do.'
Vhat the house was doing today was
ne of the things to which that warn
og was applicable, and the country
rould give them more praise for ab
tinence than for continuance in sucli
course.
TOO THIN.
Mr. Dalzell, a member of the com
aittee on ways and means, repeated
i-hat he had said in the discussion a*
o the rules, that the pending measure
ras in no sense a protective tariff bill,
r a revision of tlie tariff, or an atempt
to correct tariff irregularities,
ut was simply an emergency revenue
neasure, matured in haste under the
rhip and spur of a pressing and cruel
tecessity. ~ When passed it would be a
onspicuous tribute to the patriotism
? Pav\nVvK/ion rvovfir VICITK* Q
JL LJJLC ivcpuuixvau f/CUWj x u?/v?v
arty prejudice at the summons of a
)emocratic President.
Mr. Bell (Pop.) of Colorado did nol
elieve that the remedy for the bill
eas in increasing taxation, but in the
oinage of silve bullion in the treasury
,nd paying it out.
Mr. Dockery of Missouri arguec!
gainst the bill.
Mr. Hopkins (Rep.) of Illinois
rgued in favor of its passage.
Mr. Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio said
hat he gave his support to the pendog
measure because it was a revenue
aeasure and because it was demanded
y the message of the President.
TURNER OF GEORGIA..
The dicussion was ended for the op
onents of the bill by Mr. Turner oi
J-eorgia. The administration of Presi
ent Harrison, he said, came intc
ower with a surplus in the treasury
ver the gold reserve of $243,000,000.
t turned over to the present adminisration,
four years later, a surplus oi
62,000,000, oi which $54,000,000 be:>nged
to the fund deposited in the
reasury for the redemption of greenacks.
The secretary of the treasury
ad proposed, as has been stated, to isue
bonds to protect the gold reserve
nd to meet deficiencies in revenue,
t was under these embarrassing con itions
that the Democrats returned
) power in 1893. The party said the
emedy for that situation was not to
aise taxes, but to lower them, and it
rent for ward courageously and passed
law putting that principle into opration.
Under that bill, wages went
p from New England to California
nd exportations from the United
tates had actually increased. The
efeat of the income tax, Mr. Turner
lid, caused a deficit in receipts, but
lere was no deficit, he contended, in
le treasury. By the report of the
icretary it was shown that there is
ver $170,000,000 in the treasury, inluding
gold reserve. "Why should
re, lie asKea, put more money or
le same kind into the treasury when
lere is more there than we need?"
A resolution of thanks, he said, was
ue to the Democratic party for furnihing
the plank upo l which the bill
ras framed?a tariff for revenue only,
he Republicans, he said, had gone
ack upon all their old leaders in their
ew movement. "Why didn't the
eatleman from Maine offer, on his
wn, or his official responsibility, the
ill he proposed in the last congress
) increase the tax on beer $1 a barrel ?
hat would have yielded all the revnue
that can, be hoped for from this
ill. W here is all the vaunted course
of that party now? (Laughter)
Qstead of hoisting up the old flag of
iriff fr.r* r???r?fpr'fir?ri in this fho Virtnr nf
ieir culmination, they seek cover uner
the popgun policy and cry "tariff
>r revenue only." (Laughter.) For
is part, in conclusion, he said, he
rould prefer to lower rather than to
lise taxes. (Applause.)
Messrs. Arnold (Rep.) of Pennsylania
and Knox (Rep.) of Massachujtts
spoke briefly in support of the
Mr. Doliver (Rep.) of Iowa in closlg
thedegate said: "My friend (Mr.
urner) asks the Republican majority
rhy we do not bring in a general
iriff law, and he refers to .the leaderlip
of the house as wanting in cour
; but the leadership of this house
in always be relied on not to 'fight as
ne that beateth the air.' Why, we
now and everybody knows, that a
eneral Republican tariff law cannot
e enacted by this congress. We do
ot know that the President of the
United States-would not sign the presat
bill. Does my friend speak by
)me commission when he says that
le administration declines this relief ?
7e have the best reason for knowing
lat this law will please the present
iief magistrate. We had a letter
om the President in the last session
F congress, which contains evidence
lat he will, sign this law, restoring a
sasonable duty upon wool.
"There is one tning that we ought
il be agreed upon, vmatever else we
?e divided about, and that is that the
i/\n /-* f + l-irt a/l Qfnf ap cVi /Mil rl
ca.aurjr liic iiiicu kjuxtco ouuuiu
o longer be left at the mercy of the
ranized avarice of the world without
toney to pay or power to borrow or
leans for increasing the public reveue;
and so, Mr. Speaker, closing the
jbate, I appeal to the patriotic sentiient
that may still be supposed to rede
in the Democratic breast, to come
> the level to which the [Republican
irty has come in offering upon revlue
principles a measure to relieve
le embarrassment and distress of the
;easury of the United States." (A.p
lause.)
The bill was read a third time, and
1 the questiion of its passage the
eas and nays were called?resiuling,
eas 205, nays 81. The vote was on
rictly party lines, the Populists vot
ig with the Democrats against the
ill. Mr. Newton (silver) of Nevada
oted aye.
The House of Representatives unannously
passed a bill appropriating
LOO,000 for the expenses of the com
lission to investigate the Venezuelan
Dundary.
rJ ~~
" <
A HARROWING OCCURRENCE.
W. C. Webb, of Yemasgee. Becomes I>emented
at T>oss of His Wife.
Beaufort, Dec. 22.?We are without
doubt undergoing the most strin- .
gent financial depression that has
been experienced in this section since
the war. The times are harder than
even during the period that followed
the August cyclone. There is more
real want of money to relieve embarrassments
than at any time resulting
from material disasters by earthquake
or by wind and storm. The great industries
that the phosphate mines created
1 are suspended and loss of circulation
from the employment of labor has
s caused such a scarcity of money that
all business and employments are par1
alyzed and there is suffering among a
' class of people that have everything
! to buy and nothing to buy with. The
agricultural population and the com
[ paratively poorer classes are oetier on
than those who have unremunerative
' properties and calling: and occupations
' and professions that can get no money
either as private creditors or as credi'
tors of the courts. A great many peo1
pie who have properties find it difficult
to raise money to pay their taxes.
The small taxpayers have been able
' to raise their pittances for the public
treasury, but the larger taxpayers can
only do so at great sacrifice. As a coa5
sequence the creditors of the courts
have to wait for their money and they
are a class also in great straits. The
Outlook for the resuscitation of the
5 phosphate industry is gloomy on ac|
count of the low price of rock. The
' works are closed down and the mills
1 are hardly working. The cotton crop
1 has been a good one but the prices are
5 low. Fortunately the provision crops
1 have been abundaht and the negro
farmers are the least sufferers.
' A very harrowing occurrence is re
1 ported from the Yemassee section, the
! details of which are most sad and distressing.
Mr. W. C. Webb, the tele,
graph operator at that station, quite a
1 fine, steady young man, had married
some years ago a Miss Hicks, to whom
' he was tenderly devoted. A short
time ago she died under distressing
circumstances. The disconsolate hus
band refused to be comforted and lost
' his reason from grief. Last Tuesday
' night he suddenly quit home and the
family, who had anxiously watched
his demented condition, became alarm
ed and went in search for him. After
: an ineffectual hunt with their worst
fears for his safety beiDg excited, they
> repaired to the cemetery, where the
' remains of his wife were interred.
There they were confronted, in the
early dawn, by a spectacle that was
: enough to curdle the blood of the
most insensible. Reaching the grave,
) they found the wretched, demented
husband down in the freshly filled
' grave, his body naked and begrimed
with mud and dirt, where he had been
! all liicht. dicem? out the loosened
earth with his hands until he had well
nigh reached the casket in which was
encased his beloved wife. It was with
difficulty th^r could tear him away
from the spot, while uttering the most
heart-rending screams that portrayed
the depth and measure of his woes.
He was taken to Charleston for treat;
ment.
Our fellow citizen, Senator W. J.
Verdier, had the' misfortune to have
> a serious accident befall one of his
younger children, Miss Ida, who day
before yesterday, fell from a hammock
where she and some companions were
playing and fractured her lower jaw
and dislocated it. Dr. Stuart was
promptly called in and administered
the proper relief. It is to be hoped
that it will not prove more serious ?
State.
The Cotton Acreage.
Memphis, Dec. 23.?The movement
looking to no increase of the cotton
acreage next year was inaugurated bv
the Memphis Cotton Exchange this afternoon
at a general meeting called for
the purpose. The preamble to the
resolutions adopted sets forth that a
| large crop of cotton grown at heavy
expenses brings but little if any larger
total value, contrasting the present
with past years to establish the fact,
and adds: ,
"Another matter for the farmers to
V?A?r in mind is that at the nresent
I time, when there is a remote possibil- ,
ity of a war, if such should occur, the
inevitable result thereof would be to ,
depreciate the value of cotton and ap- ,
predate the value of all food crops. ,
' Therefore, be it ,
"Resolved, That the Memphis Cotton
Exchange urgently recommends to the
producers that the production ot home
supplies be made tne first consideraton
in planting operations for the ,
coming year, and that the acreage of ,
cotton be not increased over that of
last year. ,
"Resolved, That we approve and in- (
dorse the American Cotton Growers'
Associations for bringing about the re- ,
duction in the acreage of the crop now .
being marketed and we respectfully
urge the Hon. Hector D. Lane, the (
president, and his coadjutors, the prest?C
4V./V iTAMiAiin fAn Qfofoo nf
1UCUU3 U1 tuu vaiiuuo wuuu Wi
said association to continue in the good
work, and to take up the matter at the
earliest practicable moment and urge
it again upon the attention of the cotton
producers of the South.
"Resolved, That the various cotton
exchanges throughout the South be,
and are hereby, requested to co-operate
with this exchange in this matter, and
that the Southern newspapers are also
requested to publish these resolutions."
Plunged Into the Ashley.
Charleston, Dec. 24.?Engine No.
36 of the South Carolina and Georgia
road pitched into the Ashley river this
morning through a West Shore Terminal
trestle about two miles from
the city. Engineer George Baxter
and Brakeman Clarence Turner were
buried under the wreck and met terrible
deaths, while Fireman William
Boyle was seriously and perhaps fatally
injured. Conductor M. P. Dounar
was also on the engine, but he escaped
unhurt. The engine had carried a i
x?- e t xl 1? TXT**.* ;
train 01 cara irom tue jartia tuo ncsi.
Shore wharves and was backing out to j
the yards again. Suddenly one side of \
the trestling sank and the engine ,
plunged into the river, about 12 feet
below. Baxter was buried under it- ,
and his body has not yet been recov- ?
ered. Turner's body was cut into pieces
against the timbers, and Boyle, ,
was fearfully bruised and crushed. ,
No explanation of the catastrophe can ,
be given. Engineer Baxter has been ,
with the road for years, and he is said
*~ l?.? 4-V?rv a*-* vxvam in flin Qiiita
IU UC LLIC Uiucat cu^iuuti All wuu kjvwivv
in point of service. His home was at
Riclgeville, where he leaves a wife
and a large family of children. Tur- <
ner was from Shelby, N. C. He was ]
27 years of age and unmarried. Boyle I
lives in this city, and has a wife.
/~vT*- '
r . ' ' r
> mSENSIBLE
OF THE SENATE.
pj
HILL'S BILL REMOVING CONFED- al
ERATE DISABILITIES PASSED.
tt
c?
Sot A Dissenting Voice?If the House jg
Does as Well the Country Will Conclude b<
h)
That the War Is Ended-?Tone of all the ^
Speeches 1'atrlotlc and Pacific, Y
S3
Washington Dec. 24.?The Senate ^
today presented a Christmas present
tr;11 nf "NToor xs
LU LllC UUU1/U ixa 1U1. UUi, ui iivn I '<
York, aptly characterized the bill re- P
pealing the prospective disabilities,
passed at the close of the war against ^
the service of ex-Confederates in the P
United States army or navy. The J
passage of such a repeal, -without a f,
dissenting vote, in a Senate having a :
Republican plurality and with Northern
Senators taking the initiative, ^
lent a gracefulness and signilcance
in the action in marked contrast with ai
former war controversies. The South- 7?
ern Senators, with the exception of
Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, took no part ai
in urging the repeal, and several of ,,
them, including Mr. Walthall and Mr.
Cockrell, who served in the Confedernte
ranks, voted for a postpone- w
men t by reference to committee. But
with such champions on the Republican
side of the chamber as Messrs. ' ,
Chandler, Hawley and Piatt, and on _
the Democratic side as Mr. Hill and ,
Mr. Yoorhees, the repeal was readily
accomplished. In the two hours given j,
to speeches on the measure there was .,
the fullest expression of a desire to tj.
HnrTr urnr flnimnsit.ips.
The Senate did little beyond debat- i
ing and passing this bill. Mr. Allen i
offered a resolution, which was referred,
urging a Latin-American ,
Union, in whicn all the republics of
t lie Western hemisphere would make
common cause against European en
croachments. L
Mr. Hill, in introducing the proscriptive
repeal bill, said it would be
a most fitting and generous Christmas
present to the men of the South.
Mr. Sherman, Hep. of Ohio), suggested
that there should be commit- T
tee consideration. ai
"I will vote for this bill," said Mr. is
Sherman; the time is past for such ti
discrimination, but the usual course tl
of committee action should be taken." ai
Mr. Chandler, Rnp. of New Hamp- n
shire), urged immediate action, inirty a1
years had elapsed since the war. a
There was no reason for keeping up tt
this proscription and there was abun- p<
dant /eason for repealing it. T
"The other day, added Mr. Chand- ai
ler, "we came to the support of a A
Democratic President on a question of fe
national affairs and I sincerely hope w
that the Senate will today without di
criticism and without a voice of op- tl
position, unanimously approve this re- V
peal." II
Mr. Gray (Dem. of Delaware), while er
favoring the legislation, believed that pj
committee consideration would secure p<
the most satisfactory action. a
Mr. Hawley (Rep.) responding to
some criticisms by Mr. Gray as to te
the course of former legislation in tr
this line said it was not "to be won- ec
dered at that there was some feeling tb
over Appromattox and Gettysburg. a
This law followed the close of the a^
war. It was not proscriptive. It
was regarded at the time as perfect- si
ly just. The Senator said he had the a<
greatest respect personally for some Si
of tbese Confederate soldiers. But a b1
country that had any respect for it- x
self was compelled at the close of a cc
great war to protect itself against tfc
abuses of that day, when ex-Con- di
federates frequently enlisted in the pi
Union armies immediately after leaving
the Southern lines. The Senator
without opposing the measure, felt
that committee action would give the
step greater force if it was to be taken. ^
Mr. Daniel (Dem. of Virgina) spoke C
of the wish of the South to have one y<
country and one people. When the af
war closed the South laid down its sc
arms. It was anxious now to obliter- ^
0*0 iV>a flntwio momnnaa nf t.ViM war an
Mr. Daniel presented the memorial of p?
the Virginia Legislature urging this ai
repeal and also commending the Presi- T]
dent's message on Venezuela. m
Mr. Voorheese (Dem. of Indiana; ex- so
pressed the hope that "this last process ed
of healing" should he put into effect, m
Already the Senate had confirmed the w
civil appointments of General Long- h<
street and that other great Southern
soldier, "second only to Lee"?Joe at
Johnson. Mr. Voorhees said the re- hf
peal would actually accomlish litt]e, th
but it would be an expression of good ta
will. . se
Mr. Piatt (Rep. of Connecticut spoke et,
of the attacks made on him by South- m
era newspapers because he suggested di;
the other day that this bill go lo the pc
committee. "From one end to the w<
Dther of the South," said Mr. Piatt, ai
"the press condemns me, applies to me ca
nil lrinrlo nf nni'tliota /loplarOQ fllftf T r\f
OllL axuuo VI V/pjLUilVIHJj UWXMA.VW WUMV * V1
am lacking in patriotism, and finally A1
sends me marked copies of their con- Sq
iemnation. But,"Jcontinued Mr. Piatt, up
"ihis country has forgiven much; it is tu
ready to forgive more. And I am so mi
full of forgiveness on this day before he
Christmas that I am ready to forgive er
ihese ex-Confederates and to join to- co
lay with the Senator from New York gi'
[Hill) in supporting this repeal-"
Mr. Allen, speaking as a former private
in the Northern ranks, urged the
repeal and condemned the ''bloody
Hag" politics of the past. The Senator .
:aused some amusement by referring r.lc
'- ? AI? j iii. fir
;o ine lime wnen me commauu wim ?
which he served captured that com- P?
nanded by the Senator from Missouri, be
Mr. Cockrell. ^1
Mr. Hill closed by pointing out the So
lelays and absurdities of committee ca
action. He created a laugh by pointing
out the inconsiderateness or Mr. *e]
Piatt in not sending him some of the ^
jomplimentary Southern press notes. s"(
For," said Mr. Hill good-naturedly,
'it is so seldom nowaday that the e<l
press says anything complimentary of r?]
lie." "li
Mr. Sherman moved to refer the bill .
,o the committee on Military Affairs, tic
rhe motion was defeated, 8 to 30. da
Messrs. Bacon, Cockrell, Elkins, Frye, m<
Grray, Sherman, Teller and Walthall a ]
iroted yea. Sts
The vole being short of the quorum, pa
i call of the Senate revealed forty- LJ
seven Senators present. ^
"It is evident," interposed Mr. Sher- W1
nan, "that a majority of the Senate ea
wish to give this bill as a Christmas of
present to the South and I therefore de
withdraw my motion for a reference."
Thereupon without division the bill
tvas passed. be
ha
Frederic R. Coudert says that, in us
jase of hostilities with England, all ce
Europe would side with the United Ui
States, and I at the maps of Europe lo
md Asia would be reconstructed. in
? v.;/
Gladstone's Message
London, Dec. 23.?This afternoon's
ipers continue commenting editorily
and at length upon the Venezu- DE"
an matter, but their remarks are on |fs
te financial, rather than the politiil,
aspect of the case. While there
no aDatement of the expressions of re
}lief that the ground taken on be- in
ilf of the United States is untenable, 0
ie tone is altogether more pacific.
et, there is a considerable display of 11
.tisfaction at the financial difficulties (
l the United States. ,
mu. J:?tec
? IIO UiapaiGli WillVU tuc xw^ut i ma.
J. E. Gladstone sent to Mr. Joseph tai
ulitzer. proprietor of the New York lyi
/"orld, in answer to the latter's re- All
lest for a message to the American gei
;ople on the Venezuelan question, cr^
is attracted wide attention here and tai]
sewhere. Mr. Pulitzer telegraphed I
lat American sentiment was at the tha
irning point, that one turned the for
ronR way no power on earth could Ke
3ld it back, and that a word of peace ry.
id fellowship from Mr. Gladstone jur
ould aid to check clamor, to soothe bla
ie passion, to encourage sober thought yoi
id may avert calamity. of'
In reply Mr. Gladstone cabled: ma
I can not interfere. Only common S
mse required. Cannot say more alo
ith advantage." lyi
The St. James Gazette this after- wo
oon commenring u^>on Mr. Glad- roa
uiio s 10 trie pruprictur ui
ie New York World, says: "Cora- Dei
ion sense would have avoided the tes1
lock which has been given to both talJ
)untries. It will find its way out. wh
; is the Americans who must supply des
ie Deedful pinch of sanity, which ins
lev are fully capable of doing." be
The Westminister Gazette advises St.
11 concerned to "take a holiday and a has
reathing space, and allow common out
inse to assert itself," adding,when in 3
Dth sides discover that there is ample tha
?m for consideration, concession and agt
ljustment, the common sense party bea
l the United States may be sure that wh
would be met half way by the com- ?
ion sense party here.1' by
ev<
Mississippi Flood n ha1
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22.?Since 9?'
hursday night the Mississippi River
; this point has risen 22 feet, which the
unprecedented in the same length of
me. The boatmen and dwellers on Th
ie river bank were taken unawares the
id the loss is already very great. A ^
umber of shantv boats were swept
way. In one of these, "Sandy Hook," wa
dance was in progress last night and on(
ie. revellers were not aware of their
iril until the boat stuck in a tree, the
he American bottoms are half under, Up<
id the loss of stock is considerable. on
t 6 o'clock the gauge read 24 1-2. ^
iet. whereas. Thursday morning it ioi,
as only 21-2 feet. Meagre reports, be
le to breaks in communication, show jn {
lat the flood covers the Mississippi 331,
alley from the Iowa line to Qairo, on]
1. At Warsaw, Mo., the Osage Riv- say
flooded the town, and the last disitch
was' sent out by an operator but
jrched 011 a desk four feet high, while w0
boat was moored to the door. laa
At Fairfield, on the Osage, the wa- j
r is waist high in the stores, the s]e,
acks are gone and no mail has arriv- 1^,
I since Tuesday. At Taborville the hei
le Osage was fourteen miles wide and he,
mill and all the bridges were carried efp(
*ay- the
In Union county Joseph Eckert, a C0I
irveyor, went down with a bridge we
sross the Bourbois and was drowned. thr
i. Louis mail reaches (Carthage, Mo., rut
j going 200 miles around through an(
ansas. All small streams have but inc
>mmenced to pour their flood into q
ie Mississippi and a repetition of the
sastrous floods of forftier years is gjd,
edicted. No
niz
Deficient State Laws. noj
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 24.?Chapter no
cond in the matter of the North dea
arolina bond coupons, which were
isterday paid by the State Treasurer ^
ter they had been cancelled, had its j
ene in the mayor's office today. A.
T. Lawrison, the man who picked up gn(
ime unburned coupons which had pra
issed through the Treasury chimney, ^
id who had two of them cashed at the he 1
reasury, was charged with embezzle- the
ent, but the charge would not stand, en
1 he was discharged. He was order- 0f t
I to leave the city immediately. The tha
ayor expressd great regret that there an(i
as no law under which he could be lib#
Jld. alo
Lawrison yesterday sent to relatives 1
Elmira, N. Y., $30 by express. He
id a card from the Y. M. C. A. at
at place, and he has been at Atlan- p0r
. There was evidence that he had 5
veral other coupons in his vest pock- a m
, He said that when the end of the
onth came the State Treasurer would 0f j
scover how much he had lost. The
dice say that several other tramps ^
sre with Lawrison, and that these con
I had coupons. It is believed they jaD
shed several hundred dollars wortn ?
these at Danks and other places. hjs
fter they picked them up in Capitol
[uare yesterday other persons picked ^rat
i a number of these coupons but re- wjj,
rned them to the Treasurer. The jjav
sitter has created a biff sensation this
re. The Treasurer says he will nev- our
again be caught in such a way, Of 0f ^
urse the loss falls on him. He has wjj]
yen notice to watch all coupons. ^
bro
Canadians Aroused. mei
Montreal, Que., Dec. 23.?Canada
beginning to look a little more se>usly
than at first at the war ques- ^
>n. The fifty-ninth batalion, com- ed
sed nearly entirely of Irish, with v0?
adquarters in Stermont, and on rou
10m the first defense on the frontier a.d?
uth of Mount Royal would fall, tive
bled to Lord Salisbury: dete
"Do not loose any sleep over the de- an.a
ase of our part of the frontier; we miD
11 triple our number of men if war a^l<
ould De declared." was
The Montreal Star to-day offers to ^bl
uip a regiment and look after the tw?
latives of its men during the war, if Brit
ere should be one. It says: n0*1
"There has been a natural disposi- suo.
in on the part of the people of Cana- n.ess
to regard President Cleveland's S1?D
3ssage to Congress as an incident of stin
political party strife in the United ^e'
ates, and devoid of a serious inter- h?ri
tional significance. To deliberate- war
and without provocation court for ter.
is country such a dire calamity as
ir with the most powerful empire on
rth appeared more like the outcome A
the drunken orgy of an imperial Fra
nnf fViCk Wftr
sput LIltt.Il Lilt? UCUUCiabU aob \jl kuu
osen leader of a free and enlighten- daypeople.
But whatever may have Son
en the motive for this action which ceiv
3 such stupendous significance for gree
or none at all, the manner of its re- Wi]
ption by the press and people of the bon
nited States, forbids Canadians any pra;
nger ignoring it or treating it with Arc
difference." kin,
*
WORSE THAN SAVAGE.
TECTIVE NEWBOLD TELLS THE
1HUMAN STORY OF A LYNCHING.
? \
ivlous Reports Pale Into InilplfloMM*
l View of the I-ater Faet*?A Blot on
nr Civilization Which Should > Speeds'
Wiped Out,
. " . v'.f .
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 24,?State DetiveNewbold,
who was recently deled
to investigate the Colleton
lchine, was in the city yesterday,
though the public has been given &
leral idea of the enormity of the
me, there are many harrowing dels
that have not been published.
n the first place, the detective says .'-H.j.
it he can find absolutely no motive
the outrage. The negro laom
arse had been charged with burglabut
had been acquitted by a white \
y. He says that Kearse was as
ck as black could be, and was a
mg negro about 19 years old, one
the finest specimens of physical
nhood he had ever seen.
k>me time ago a negro walking
ng the road near the scene of the
ichine cursed and insulted a white
man who was in a field beside the
id. It has been given out that
arse was the man who did it, bat
tective Newbold says the woman
hi An ViUmaaI f 4-1* #*4 ** AiVHA IVAfl O
tiuuo iaciocjll tuav laiu uogiv naa ?*
I, slim, gingercake colored man,
ich is almost directly opposite the
cription of Kearse. The negro who
ulted this woman was supposecj to
the one who stole the bible from
Nicholas Church. The detective
i other facts which will be brought
; on trial to show that Kearse was
10 way implicated in either offense;
,t there was absolutely no charge
dnst his mother, wno was also
iten to death, or against his wife,
o, though flayed alive, still lives.
According to the facts ascertained
the detectives the act was one that
m the most inhuman savage would
re hesitated to commit Tne party
isisted of eight men. They went to
> Kearse's house at nightj took the
n, his mother and his wife out to
i woods near by. They were armed
h. two brand new buggy traces,
ay built a fire and them, stripped
iir victims, each one of whom pleadmost
piteously for mercv, but they
a;ht as ,weil- have prayed to a stone
IL Before whipping the negroes
3 of the lynchers took some whiskey,
ired something in it and compelled
i nee-roes to drink. Thev then laid
in their naked bodies hundreds up*
hundreds of blows with the trace*
h one of which brought blood and
i the flesh bare. Some opiate had
in given the negroes in oraer that
a short while that they might fall
aep and their cries be nushecL The
ly survivor, the wife of Kearse,
s that they first beat her husband.
} piteous cries were 7oud at first
; soon the strong opiates got in their
rk and his yells ceased, but the
bes went on just the same..
text the old mother was given the
spine potion and the lashes were
i on her back, and in fast, all over
1 body. Not a sound spot was on
body, but the opiate did not take
set at once. After beating her to / ,
ir bloodthirsty and fiendish heart's
itent they let her run away. She
at into the swamp,running through
ee feet of water at times, until, still
rning, death came to her relief,
1 she fell dead in water but a few .
hes deep. ? 1
'he same savagery was displayed in I
iDDincr Kearse^s wife, who lay be
9 the 2re in front of Her, now (lead,
twithstanding the awful and agoing
lashing laid upon hert she aid
; die. But she fell unconscious and
doubt the devils thought she waa
d. They left her lying naked on
ground, but after a while, she
ma not how long, she revived and
naged to get back home.
)etective Newbold had the bodies
turned last week. They were in a. ?~
3 state of preservation, having been
ctically frozen before burial. He
I physicians to examine them and
says there was not a sound spot on
ii bodies. 'The flesh had been beatinto
a pulp, and so deep were some
he cuts made by the buggy traces
t some of the vitals were affected,
I the physicians gave it as their derate
opinion, that the whioping
ne was sufficient to cause death.
'heir stomachs were sent to Charon
for analysis to discover what
son was administered, but no ret
as to the result has been made.
learse's wife, who survived,as if by
liracle, is one mass of deep, bloody
hes from her head to her feet. One
1? ?- ? "J iiAnfssa.
ne men xiituiou juucia u<u
but it is understood that the others
I plead an alibi when the case
les to trial in the third week of
iuary.
'etective Newbold says that in all
experience he nerer has seen more
uman cruelty and savagery perpeed,
and he can find so reason
itever why these negro sa should
e been killed. His report makes
crime one of the foulest blots on
civilization, and all good citizens
hat section and of the whole State
I reioice to see the perpetrators,
ie of whom boasted of their acts,
Light to a richly merited punish
it.?Register.
Passed Without Dissent,
Washington, Dec. 20.?The UnitStates
Senate, by an unanimous
j and without the formality of a __
call, to-day passed the bill already ?
pted by the House of Representas,
empowering the President to
srmine the Venezuela Britiah-G-uiboundary.
This action was the culation
of a debate adding a memor
s page to Congressional History, n
a day of notable speeches by noe
men. The prospect of war been
the Unitea States and Great
;ian was the prevailing theme, and
withstanding the gravity of such a
ject it was discussed with a direct?of
statement which found expresi
in lofty patriotic sentiments, in
'ing appeals for preparation and
snse, in graphic portra /als of the
rors of war, and at times in defiant
nings to the people across the waBoth
Want Peace.
shevillk. N. C.. Dec., 26.?Miss
nces E. Willard, president of the
Id's W. C. T. U., is spending holi*
week here. A cable from Lady
lerset, dated today has been reed
by her as follows: "Christmas
itines. Pray for peace." Miss
[lard sent this reply: "White ribwomen
of the world over are
pin^ for peace. Let us help the
lenians and not harm our own