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ShE iSe.Rs rut3BurL VOL. XX- PICKENS, S. C., THU IRSDAY, D)ECEM BR 18, I 890. NO 3 THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE. THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE ORDER ALLOVER THE COUNTRY. C Partial Proceedings of the Body-Dr. Mc Cunein Hot Water-The Force 11111 Con demned-A Most larnonious and Plea ant seslon. OALA, FLA., Dea. 2.-The National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union met in the Opera Ilouse at noon to-day. Nearly every delegate has ar rived and the house is crowded with Alliance men and women. Immediate ly after the house was called to order President Polk delivered his annual address. The address will be found in an6thercolumn. Of course nothing of importance was done to-day except securing organization. In the way of explanation of the rapid growth of the Alliance, which the officials say is still extending in all directions, an official organ of the Order in high stand g says : "We have now thrOb million members, and they are men who represent almost every variety of political opinion. It would be worse than folly to try to enlist these men in the support of either of the exist ing parties or of a new party. Our methods of developing the Order so far have been solely educational, and to be successful they must continue so to be. Therein lies the secret of the growth and power of the Alliance. It has been distinctly a business organization so far, and it is in polities only in so far as the business interests of the members make it necessary. If the Alliance leaders should be so fool ish as to attempt to create such a party they would fall ignominiously and the whole Order would Auffer disintegration as the penalty for the folly. Our whole ex perience thus far has proved the truth of what I say. In South Carolina and Kan sas, for instance, the situation made a third party necessary and it was spon tancously forthcoming. In Georgia, where we are equally strong, a man who advo cated the formation of a third party would be hooted out of the State. We must stick to this policy of education and political neutralIty, or we shall lose all we have gained.' All the memnibers do not talk in like vein. Some are in for vigorous and persistent political work. 'They say that it is folly to say that they can ac complish the ends and purposes of their Order unless they make a strong fight for the law-making machinery of the country. This is the view taken .by President Polk, who, in a recent interview, said : "If the Democratic party is wise it may 'reap substantial benefits from this election; lbut if it remains content % ith present suc -ces, without applying it for the benefit of the people the next election will doubtless reveal a still greater surprise than the one just passed. Nor will it be safe to consi(er ,these Rains as a triumph for the doctrine of Iree trade, or an attempt to involve the 'country in another tariff war, as was done two years ago. The people will not sub nit to it, and will certainly emphasize their disapproval in a manner that will be both seen and felt. This election may be considered as a protest against New Eng. land dictation; against the deception and trickery of the silver bill and the sectional hatred contained in the force bill. both of which can be clearly tr. ced to Now Eng land domination." Nearly all the delegates are loud in expressing their opinion that the result of the recent elections was not aii en dorsement of the Democratic platform, but that it was a triumph for the Alli ance. They say that this change of front can be attributed more to Repub lican arrogance and assumption, and the better education of the people, than to any other cause, and should be con sidered more in the light of a rebuke to that party than a viotory for 1)emo cracy. The defeat of the oarty in power is as crushing as it was unnexpected by them, and should carry with it a lesson long to be remembered. it is a revolt of labor in production against present conditions, and a trumpet call f or a change in the economic policy of the . nation, The claim Is freely made here that the A liance is solving the race prob lem, a~ that, too, at a more rapidl rate than ~ny philanthropist or negro .phillsa ever direamed possible. TIhey say t at the members of the Colored .Allia -ce, which h as nearly a million membrsi n the South, and is in close sympathy and co-operation with them, 'votedf lmost unanImously for the Alli ancece ndidates where there were such -in the recent election, it is asserted that the secret of the small number of votes east by negroes in South Carolina -at the recent election is that the Alli ance gave possitive ordhers to its mem bers to keep away from the polls. The National Alliance opened its first session to-night, and from now on .all sessions will be secret, only mem bers of the Order being allowed in tihe ball. Report of the committee shows eighty-eight actual delegates present from the following States, each State having a futll accredited delegation in attendance : Alabama 5, Arkansas 5. Colorado 1, Florida 8, Georgia 7, Illimois 2, indiana 2, Indian Territory 2, Kansas 8, Keni tucky ti, Louisiana 4, Maryland 2, Michigan 13,.Mississippi 4, Missouri 6, North Carolina 5, Sotuth D)akota 2, Pennsylvania 2,Soumath Carolina 4, North Dakota 2, Tennessee 4, Texas 4, Vi irgi nia 4, West Virginia 2. Other States and Terrntories having organ izationis and entitled to delegates are California, Ne w Mexico and Oklahoma, biut as yet no delegates have arrived from those States. in addition to the delegates there are ten or twelve persons entitled to vote, which brings the actual numerical strength of the body up to one hun dred. Besides these one hundredh the local committee on entertainments re port one hundred andseIxty-flye visit ing Alliance men from outsidle of the State, and all of these can attend the -deliberations of the council. A mong .the delegates are five women. At the conclusion of President Polk's .address the Alliance resolved itself ini .to a sort of "love feast," (during which. -C. A. Power, an old Union soldier f rom .Indiana, moved that all Ex-Unmion sol '(iers in the hail who endorsed thme sen timents expressed in the speech of President Polk, of South Dakota, with reference to the burial of sectional ism, rise up and be counted. The nmo tion prevailed, and1 between forty and efty stood up amid the wiliest en thnsiasm. Under the inspiration of this good feeling an Ex-Uniona soldier, from Wisconsin stood up in his seat and called upon all Union soldiers p resent to give three chfeers for the old Confederates in the Alliance. They were given with a will. Then it was the Oonfederates' turn, and they cheer ed the old soldiers of the Union witli volume and heartiness that left doubt as to the genuineness of th feeling. The cheers ended with a wi old-fashioned "IRebel yell," and as echoes died away one aged veteran the Confederacy shouted in a voice tL rang out clearly through the hi "That's the genuine article. I've het it btfore." The Alliance then adjou ed for the day. SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS. OcArLA, December 3.-Several sen tional features are being developed the Alliance council. The lobbies full of rumors, but it is difficult to delegates to talk. Livingston is af Polk and Macune with a sharp sti and threatens to bring charges agalh them. Livingston talks freely antd cuses Polk and Mactine of starting I report that he was In the pay of .] Glould and wanted to betray the A] ance. The ieport was published si eral days ago and it has been traced Col. Polk's ollice. Col. Polk refi to talk. The Alliance is with Po and Livingston is trying to run Clov of Kansas, against Polk for preside but his efforts meet with but poor 4 couragemen t. A resolution was introduced to-d denouncing the force bill, and it wc through with a rush. the members fr< the Northwest giving it cordial st port. The members are enthusias save a few old line Republicans. I anti-force bill resolutions were int (uced by Delegate W. S. McAllister, Mississippi, and are as follows: Whereas, the President of the UI States in his annual message to Congr recomniends and urges the iunmed inte p sage of the measure known as the Lo< election bill; and whereas, said bill volves a radical revolution In the elect machinery of the Union, both State and tional, and its passage will be fatal to autonomy of the States and the cherisl liberties of the citizen; and whereas, s bill Is partisan in spirit and will be pa san In Its application, thus revitalizing gory ghost of sectional estrangement; 1 whereas, In the holy war which we l, declared against sectionalism the firesi of the farmers of the North, East, South i West are the citadels around which heaviest battles are being fought, and the end that victory may crown our crust let fraternity and unity reIgn: Theref, be It Resolved, by the National Farmers' liance and Industrial Union of America, national council assembled, That we most solemnly protest agaltist the pass, of the said Lodgeelection bill, and we ca estly p(etition our Senators to employ fair and legal means to defeat this un triotic measure. which can result in noth but evil to our coinon and beloved co try. Resolved, further, That a copy of th preambles and resolutions be forwarded each Senator in Congress. Mr. IlcAllister took th- floor in 1 port of the resolutions, and at the ( of a strong speech moved their ad tion. As lie sat down there was a st ness and hush in the Convention wh foreboded a storm, ind everyb< expected it to burst from the Westi or Northwest delegations, but nosto came. After a few moments of suspei Delegate Deming, of Pennsylvar arose and said that he regarded the troduction of the resolutions as i timely; that there was largely pre lent at the North a feelitig that I Farmers' Alliance was a Southern ganization, its members being satu ted with Southern sentiments, a that the passage of these resolutit would strength(en this opinion, a check the growth of the A lliance Noi and East. ills language was very te perate and conciliatory, and a ripple applause greeted the close of his spee President 'McGrath, of the Kan State Alliance and a delegate from I nois expressed practically the sen tments as Mr. D)eming. of Pennsylvan The question then recurredi on Z McAlister's motion to adopt the re; blions and it was carriedl unanimous amid the wi ldest enthusIasm. The sensation of the morning sessi wa t when President Livingston, of t Georgia Alliance, arose to a qutesti of privilege, and said that in con quence of certain rumors and repo growing out of "specIal letters publi: ed in certain unewspapers" before t assembling of this Cotnvention, insin tionts had ieen made that corrupt a Iim proper methods had been employ in the recent Senatoriai contest in Ge, gia. TIhtese ir sinuations had be aimted at Macunie andi himself, and P'r ident Polk's name had been con nect wvith them also, le made a speech hour long, in which lhe denounced thi rumors and insinuiiutionts as inifamoit: false, and he demanded the aippoi. ment of a fair and impartial comm tee to thoroutghly investigate the m ter. Assertions, he said, h ad been nit in these specials that the Natioi Economist andI some other State A ance organs had been or tire being c< ducted by WVall street capital, wi assertions Livings'.on also deniled i emlphaitically. President Polk then Look Lthe ih andl, addressing himself to the sal subject, saidt that, as far as lie was c< cerned personally, lie cared littlej slanders of that kind, but there w4 certain reasons why the National Al ance should make thorough In vesti1 tion of the subject, and lhe thereft urged the appointment of a commiti for this purpose. lie was followed by D)r. C. W. cutne, of t.he Nattionatl Econiom ist, w joined Li vinugstomne andI Polk in th, dlemands for sifting tlh slatnder to bottom in the interest of the futt hatrmnony of the Alliance. I110 char, teriz/edl the ru miors anid insinuations false in every patrtlcular. A dlelegate', who was suipposedl to friendly to the three ment connecd with the charges, then moved thai committee of investigation, to c< sist of seven members, lhe appoint but a loud murmur of dissatisfacti froni the body of delegate's shion plaily hatthis was disapproved ben o mall. It was Inally dckI that a committee of investigati shoutld be appointed, and that it shot consist of one member from each St; dlelegation .In the Convention, to selected by the delegation itselr.' All the speakers demanded thati investigation should be thorough a searching, anrd that It shall make atteiipt to sutppress facts or to presi a "whitewashed report." Before the discussion had ended opportLunity was had for pt'esenting formal charge covering the in sini tions contained in the newspaper ticle referred to, bitt no delegate tc advantage of it. It Is said, howev that this action asked for by Livii stone. Palk and Mammn will Do. a vent the filing of charges against no cune. ir This investigating con mittee Id, consist of twenty-seven or twe its eight members, and as soon as the of egations select their men it will he iat meeting, probably within a very ill: hours. rd An effort is being made to have rn- investigation conducted In rublic sions of the committee. Delegate Hind, of Florida, offer resolution denouncing the recent r ia- in freight rates on Fl~orida orange. m Eastern points, both by railroad ani re steamship ' lines. The resolution e leges that this advance will take .' er 000 IFrom the pockets of Florida orai growers, and that it is a fresh evid( c- of the greed and selishnss of cap he ists and corporations. IL closes v he an appeal for the reiteration of a National Alliance denand, "I means of communication and tr portation shall be owned by, and o o ated in the interest of the people, es the United States postal system." TillIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGs. er, OCALA, Fla., Dec. 4.-The Nati< 1t, Alliance met at 10:30 this morn ,n- The early part of the session was . voted chiefly to discussion of in: t topics, and at 11:30 A. Gallagher, a ternal delegate from the Workin4m Reform League of New York City, Wp- . A. A. Carsey of New York, fi Ac the American Anti-Monopoly Leal he were invited to address the -oi, r tion. Each spoke for half an hou of more, their remarks being princip directed in favor of a closer bond tween all national organizations of same character, but against consol e tions. Both advised the Natiunal in- liance to stand by its St. Louis i ion form and to take the lead in ua- national political movement wl ho might grow out of it, and said ied other organizations would follow. Ild J. II. Hice and John Davis of Kar ti- in connection with one or two ot LIe in sympathy with recent polit nd movements in that State, among V t delegate Vincent, are at work upi nd call for a national convention to f, Ahe a new party, tihe date being (ixe. to February 12, 1891, and the place I de cinnati. )ro The call will invite delegates f the National Farmers' Alliance an< l- other national organizations in s in pathy with it or which endorse tho do Louis platform, as well as the edi i of the "reform press" throughout country, to take part in the convent p The new party to be formed w< n doubtless work on the same line m. the People's Party in Kansas; thu renounce all afliliation with other ese litical parties and place a nati to ticket of its own in the field. call, when completed. will probabl IP- presented to the National Alliance nd its enduorsemnent, although some ol )P- men in the movement are not ill- vinced that this course will be wi: ich politic. , $;J111ol dy ^Jno. J. i'A4 M-Jack.sonville, rn is here. When Powderly arrives rm will make four members of the tional Executive Board of theSupi isa Council of the Knights of Labor ] ii, ent in the city, being all of that 4 in- mittee except7one (Devlin of Michij in- and this fact is thought to be frai a- with a deep significance, apropos of ,he third party movement. >r- There is said to be strong fet ra- among the National Alliance men nd in favor of a general consolidatioi ins all similar national bodies. It if nd leged that they have offered in e -th of such consolidation to move all m- tional political nominations to or of izations outside of their own. TI !h. is, however, a conservative elen as which may hold the more radical il tIi- bers in check. ti- FOlURTH DAY S )P1OEEDNf1s. ia. Oh'.u A, Fia., D)ec. 5.-- Clover, or 1 r. tIme Kansas delegates, introduced so. had passed at yesterday's National - iy, anice meeting a resolution reciting the United States census returns on respect to farm mortgages was gr< lie incorrect and calling upon all tIhe c< on ty and sub-alliances in all the Statt se.. the Union to take immediate steps rts wvard eImring accurate statistics f i- the C:ounty records and make pro lie reports thereon. ma- TV. 11. Carksadeon of West Virg nd offered the follawving resolution: ' edl we, the National Farmers' Allianc >r- America, believing that obedienci en and veiieration for the laws of God es. comserving and( saving force of thme ed man governmient, we (10 hereby resi an fully re<iuest that the directors of se~ great national fair of 1892 (10 iiot c ;hy crate the American Sabbath by keel it. opatn the gates of the same oni tIme L< it- (lay. Th'le resolution provoked no( ser it- oppositioii and was p)assedl unanim de ly. mal National Secretary Tlu rner su bmi Ihi- his annual repiort last night, bmt iti >ni- complete, owing to the constan t payr ch of sub-alliance (dues (luring this ses: >st D)uring the past year 1,06i9 new chal were issued to sub-alliances, as foll >or West Virginia 252, C'olorado 1 52, 1 no amia 132, Michigan 106l, Virginia 95, ~n- nois 87%South Carolina 83, Ohio 11,1' or sylvamia 59, Newv Jersey 20, Mlinnest re Iowa 5, Oregon 1, OkIlhoma 1. y li- charters have beeni issued to the fol ra- ing States: Indiana, Illinois, C.olor re Michigan West Virginia, Oklah mee and North D)okota. Th'le feeling over thme passage of Ia anti-election bill resolution o f Wet ho day was high and there Is a strong] air sure being made for the introducti< lie a resolution to expunage it from thm te cordls of the Alliance. re- A t the afternoon session of time as tional Alliance Chairman McD)c presented the report of the comm lie appointed to investigate thme charges ed insinuations affecting the oflicial a (duct of Mlessrs. Polk. Livingston mn- Macuine. Th'le commiittee findls. ed, "First. That we have been utnab on ascertain a single fact imflplicatini ed any shape or form the high charm as and stand(ing and( personal andii oil *ed reputation of our worthy presiden on L. Polk, but we regiret thme writtii' 11(1 the Norwood letter. ite "Second1. As to Blrother Livingi be president of the Georgia State Allib we (1o not find anythmmg (derogatol he his personal or oflicial i gh stant nid biut your committee is not (finite pre( no ed to end(orse his course in the Gec ant Senatorial contest. "Third. TIhat in thiecase of D)r. ( an Macuine nothing hmas beeni found to r a sen our confidence in his personal bx ia- rity and loyalty to thme Order; how ar- we regret his oflicial connection' ok the Georgia Senatorial contest." er, The report Is si gned by Chairman ig- Doweli, Thomas IIlnd, of Florida, Ma- not give entire satisfaction, although adopted without debate. will FIFTHI DAYS 'ROCEM)INUS. [ity- Tuesday morning next the Alliance dcl- visitors will start on a tour of the Statc, Id i under the guidenco of lion. 11. A. Mann few of Florida. the After a short time devoted to rou M. time business at the evening session yes. terday. President McGrath, of tho Kas a sa8 Alliance, moved that the annual aise election of oflicerv be proceeded with to and placed the name of L. L. 'olk in I by nomination for president. al- The whole body of delegates sconded 50,- the nomination, and 1'olk was unani 1ge- mously re-elected by acclamation. neo P>resident l'age, of the Virginia Alliance ,t- nominated It. F. Clover, otKansas, for' 'th vice-president and his re-election was hat also unanimous. ,J. P. Oliver, of Ala.. mns- bama, nominated.J. II. Turner, of Geor per- Wia, for Secretary,-and his election was s s unainimous. For national lecturer two nominations were made: .1. S. Willets, of Kansas. and lenjamin Terrell. of Inal Texas. Willets was elected by a ing. vote of 10 against 3 1. Terrell is the de- imcumbent. Tillman was elected on the nide committee on legislation for a term of r three years, and Dbelegate Cole, of Mich 3 igini, was elected a nwmber of' the judi Mn ciary committee. The New committee on traterial relations is composed of Fen Talbert. of South Carolaia. Loucks of r or South Dakota. laivin.,stoii of Georgia, lly lRogers of Florida and Terrell of Tex be- as. the ida- A DISASTROUS FIRE IN PI I TS3URG. mlt- F'our Permotws l'rs--AInbn )'lVV0 anly tionl to It vfe. ich uir'rsm,uim. Pa., Dec. -I.-B)etween hat 12:30 and i o'clock this morning a fire broke out from some unknown cause I iers the flat owned by Dr. John Dickson on ical the corner of Ninth street and l'ennsyl Iem vania avenue. It was nearly three mn a o'.lock this morning before the firemen >rm succeeded in subduing the fire. It was t as several hours more before they gave up 'in- the search for budies. It is pretty cer tain that Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, the jani rom tor and his wife. were the only viciims. I all When the tire broke out there were lor yn' ty sleei;mn in the flat, but they were St. mostly men and all have been accounted Lors t6r. e It was a horrible iiight for a fire. ild When the firemen arrived the smoke s as was issuinur from all the windows, while t is, tongies of tlames shot occasionally from po- the crevices on the roof. IHalf dressed mal lorms of men shouting for help were l'his seen at all the windows. but the siuhit, r be that tilled the spectators with horror was for a woman and two babes at a third story the window.. con- It was Mrs. 'Moore, the wife of the ;e or stewarI at the Hotel Anderson. In Fl stantly latdders were run up and she w'as thi' among the fir,t rescued. The top floor Na was occupied by sixteen persons, Mr. -eme and Mrs. Irwin. and Fourteen men em Ires- plIo(Yed by the lotel Anderson. At :om - first Irwin ran down through t,ho halls ,an,) to alarm the occupants of the rooms. ight Ile went as far as the second floor and the then rushed back to assist his wite. oWhen ie returned to his room she was line not there. Filled With anXiey flor her fer welftre, he be,an a search of the build al- int. Ile dashed to his room on the fent fourh floor, and n It finding her started na- for the third. It was there lie died. pn- Overcome by e smoke he sank exhaus icre ted near the rear wall of the floor, id ient at the odher end of the hall his wif'e, For em- whom he died, had perished. She had started down the stairs but was silloca tedl before reaching thie thiirdl floor. tier e of body was found on the third handing and dlead. 11er body was covered with plats 'l-ter and ini fthe dark ness had beeni trampl vit led ovem' by thie fIremen lonr b)elore dis sstl covre.he building was a four' story s of .ihe fire is supposed to have started1 to- i nthe basemen t from thie h eat ig boilher. rom ;rThere was no0 watchman and tIhe flames mpt had spireadi to tihe fourth story bebore they were discoveredl. Th'Ie loss is $4*0 inia 000, fully covered by inisuranlce. Th~Iere 'hat; were iio lire eseniles on the building. 3 of to Time Alia nmce arteli i'imitie. is a Oh'AhA, FL1A. D ecembier 7.-Th'le hni- opiniioni is gainling ground hiere th a t thme ect- national leaders of the D)en.i era tic par the ty h ave mnany lolbbyi.sts liere in flheir ini eCse- terest and1( that the( po:icy of thie A lIiianoce "n, in mnany respcts will be iinflueiinced by rid's theim , iiotably in thie case ofthe subf--t reas tOl ury bill. Tht measure is niow under consideration by the National Alliance tiied ha beufrs eral dsa paR. It a i predicted that whien it finially conies t~ rom the comitiii tee it will have been metiodilied andit ch anged ini manyimnportanit, 'ters lfmi tictilairs w ith a vi:ew to) muakini' it ac 1nys: cord with the. Demiocra tic dloctrinie to ni..i such cx teiit that it, will lie ciiilorsed by hIli- the National D)emocratiic Convenitioni ini enn- 1892, or perhiaps lie passedl by Conigress ft a , prior to that, evenit. tate With sonic slighlt, changes aiid modl(ili low- c'ationis thme A llianice Oicala platform, it adot, is predict ed. (could( securiie aibsolutte adlot on tioni by the National D)emoucratic Con venitioii, and( thius, w itli the endorsemnent, tIhe of' a modified sub-treasury bill, woul neCS- plaice the D)emocra tic party aquarely uip on t,he Farmners' Alliamc latform.i In e re- . ay it would gaii the suppiloit oIf the enieAllbance amid i)emiocratie votes Na- t,hroughout the country. wvell Th'le third party mioveiment, it is whlis ittee pered ini some quartem's, is a slow trick and of (lie NatJonasl Deimiocr'acy toI destroy eon- the lbel,uiblican votO ini (the West, and andl Noirthwest andit also the Rlipublican vote mi the South, thuscnaublinug (lie Nat,ional Ie to D)emiocratie ticket to -seciu'e suiccess in g ini neam ly aill thlie doubtful St.ates in I1892. icAal trom; ellort will be mad" to aillow t, L. all representatives oIf (the press to tIe gfpr'esenit during the debates to-morrow on (lie report of' thie committee oni the sub-treasury bill, as its result wvill be t)y far (lie most important action of (lie Al yohance on any public measure which has ing, any bearing (in national plolitics. par- A Itorse Tief in time I'nipiit. rgia DA LLas, Tex., D)ec. 6.-Wim. Miller. Wa noted hforse thief, wanted in (lie In V.niani territ.ory, has been arrested in teg- Lallurn county, where lie had establish - ever edh himself' as a pre~acher' of (lie gospel. v~i iIe had just closed a sermon when tie oficers placed hin' uinder arrest. IIts Me- congregation was ttounded. iIe pass and ed through here 'i'raday on rout,e 'or does the terrItory. VIIA'T 1IlEY WANT. Itt. THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE OR DER DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED. to tic A boi tion of National lanki--Nu >-Tr-at turies in the uveral Statet--AgIinst an tic Futures and Ali-n L-tnd Owuers--te peul of the Tarii. 1r toCMA. F"LA., Dec. 8.- --Eil V in the 11 forenoon session ol Lie Alliance lie lin- a ancial policy of the order came i fllor dicsinunder the report, br the com.l mittee onl legislation. This report.a; to ti( the finaical policy contaitined the lollow- s ing amended demands: iti 'irst. We( demand (lie abolition ofna- .'" tionalbaiikq. We demand the -overn- i( ment shall establish sub-treastries or, t hi depositories in the several States, which hi shall loan money diiect, to the )people at 1i a low rate of interest, not, to exceed 2 til per cent. per annum, on ion-iperishable s,t thrim proulticts, and also uponl real estate. vi with proper limitations upon the qualiti- w: ty of !and and tle aiount, of lloley. vi We demand thaRt the amnount, of the cir- it i culatin'g miIlediil he speedily increased Ia to not less thaln *50 per capita. go Second. We demlanid that Colnlre.4ss d sl11 pass such a... as sliall (.f'fectually Si prevlient dealnw, il futures oil all anri ctlt'urIl anid meaicc4.11 eal lpro 1dIUcts. andii pretervin.. a strinlnt systemi o* proed- sp fire ill irials such as shutll secure prompt conlvictionl and thet imposition oI )Iukch penalties as shall secure the most per- W feet compliance with tle law. Third. We condemn the silver bill re- wI celntly passcl by Col'-lress. antd demand a I in, lieu teireof tle free andi unilinite sai coinage of' silver. e F'ourth. We demand the passage of l laws prohilibiltinlg alien ownership of land, andt that Congress take prompt 11 tioin to devise some plan to ubtain all land'k now owned by alielns and fTrei1n S\nldicates and that ap landis now hld i bY111 "oairas Unld )thler coprt illi ret excess (of pucl as is actually used anild (It needed by them he reclaimellid by tle t 1i governmiieit. and held ,hr actual settlers tol only. 'x F-'ifth. Aelievin-, in the doctrine of SI equal rights to all, spcilal privileges lI1 to ionle, we demand that our iationial h legislation shall he )so fI'lamed in ihe! fl. ture as not to bulid tip one industry at. the expense of another. We fu'Rther i demand the removal of the existinl.r heavey tariff tax Irom tie ilecessaries of* it life that the poor ol our lan<I must have. r( We further demand a just and quitublte pi system of graduated tax oil incomies. p: We believe that the money of the coin try should be kept as much as possible ao in the hands of' the people andi lience we tl demand that, all national antI State rev- 0 enues shall be limited to tle necessars ' expelses ) tle ,overnment. econii ti cally and Ionestl( adIministered. Sixth. We deniilnid thle im.-4 ri,id, honest, and just State and national gov- fi crnmenital control :and(] supervision of ti imeans of public communiention and of transporation, and iI this control and n. supervision does not remove the abuses 0 ii llowV existiiiw% we denmand the goen- I Ilent owNierslhip of Such mileanls of coim- st mulicationl and transportation . A spirited debate followed tle intro- le duction of this report. at the beinning lit of which Presidei t, P4)lk reminded the h menibers (if' tite restriction of live min- t1 fties placed uLon all speechmakinig by a resoltitioli previously adopted. of A IRenm aable case.i LEiX INGToN, Ky., D ec. t9. Th''Iis rit mioi'nin*' a fiw 11iitites bofore iio)i,t whlile si tt ing ini heri rtioim talkiun4, Mris. J1. Ilarry Jrenit of' Paris, Ky., felt the us musncles of' tier righ t, les sthlenilyi 'oni- w.'I tract with such ihree as to brieiak thle li dreni were b)adly frigh teneid by the ic ise the hone madek ini breakin11, aiii ran for a i dloctor, whot quickly arriveid. IIetire lie coul tdt anlyting' t)I'r the suffteriing wo mian,~ ho wever. the musets of tier Ilil, i leg cont(raected se i(ivrly, andt inl au f-w miiiuttes it hiad broken'i exatty bke tiii other. 9.t IIecr suffe'iuris are~ in!tense, a'iiil it isi. tearedl that she wiltl die. Mrs. lirti is about.tIn years obil, and lhas bieeninix cellenit hetalh unitin wvith in the pad I -w tb' daiys, wh'len shei has compiilainedi o, a. 5iiilht stitlness ini lier joinits like rhieumiia-i tixim. Shle is the wiitl' 4)1 .Jldge lireiint' who was it proinenlii(t t'aidllte latst suml mier for' Jhiilh;et of (lie Sniwirior (:oenrf of - ti s dlistrict.. She b.elonig.s to a wea':lthy re andi' aristocratic fainily', andi is one of Kenitucky's miost liOPtilar 'ociety hlits. il Leadlinig phlysicianis hiert' say tis is u one (iofli the ost r'emiarkalte cast'' oiin i r'cordt ; Utat while l imbhs have beeni I briokeni before by mnuscubt'lartrhumait sism (here hias never been a ease r'ecoi'detd in(i whlichi a personi cimiparat,ively we'l, as was Mi's. Brenit, was a v'ictim 4)1 (his r mnisfortine.if I1alu andt Spry ati 14o. Vi WASI IN(I'roN, D ecembier. 7.I'niiile is! Jaike DJesh art, iitw 108S years ii, a w well-known veteran Deinocr'at, was ta keii to Ev'anailtle a tewi days agi io 14he yc Cathiol ic I nsti tutioii ot' the little Sisrs wI ot the P ooir, but not Ibe in areorde Iiihtis ii: usual friee'domi lie esca peid i'oii thle iu stituntioni aniIuv alked b ack h onic, sixyi live nmies. lie is tulec atntt hiart.y, and tb' oc'casitona:lly takekts a .!hiss of1 whiiskey'. I lIeI was horn ini Virginia in 1782, aiid in t his young4 days was a mieiime of several N exItoinig expetditioiis to the North lwest. TIeritIory, now)I compr jnising 1thei Statesin h tthe tipper Mfissipii) Vatlhey, anid is th namie is found r'ectrd ed ini severalI his- t toical works. Ile remiemb ers dtisticttly sh when George Washington was iinguir- A a tedl President the secondt terimn, antd tells ini graphiically of' the scenes wh'len George su WVashington tdied. iIe still works some of anid walks two mIles tdaily to andit from wl hisi labor. I Ie bidls fair to lIve many 'We years.yect. ~ (1 The Election i)tdt.ii I)o It. ME A ni)1,r,E, PA., D ec. 5.- -D Ielamiater & Co., bankers, assignied this morning. (. W. lelamuater the recently defeated Wi 1lepublican candidate for governor, is ~ head of the firm. TPhe assigneo's have gr not yet completed a statement, and ex act tigures of the liahilitioq arni not yet T' obtainable. FIrmi was rated at hlf a he~ million. THE LAST OF THE FORCE BILL. i Death Knell Sounded at i Caucus Tuesday Night. WAsIINWrTON, Dec. 10.--In tleSenate day Senator I'lumb offered a resolit ,It for the ineeting of the Senate daily 1W A. M., with recess from 5:30 to 8, d asked for Its immediate conaldera 'Il. enator Cockreli moved that it be inted alldt lie over. So ordered. Aln m ionou of Senator Aldrich the uItsv bill to atithorize the payment of irawback III rehate on tobacco(to cor .1 the oillssion in the tariff bill) was ll 11 . - eiuator , Sh wriimi explained how it s I hat Ie (ad stated whenl the lles a nis eie b(eftore t ie p4e(l)Ie)-anI(d it( very. positively and honestly it, tlie oiissiol of t lie drawback pro ion f ron tle en1rolled bill was intenl- . iial. lie had opposed in conference i allowancv of a drawback because experieiice was that (Irawbacks were vays at tended wit h fraud, and had (7 -er'red t) give dealers in tobacco un thle I1 of .Jtily to get rid of their old ek. A ('on1 feence' hieldl agreedl to that w aII( it, was subsequently (whenl lie Is not preseit) t hat. the dIrawback pro ion had been agreed to. lie thought, ight now, however,that tho billshould ss. h'lie bill was passed and it now t,s to the 'rejNijnt for his approval. Ile Senate at. 1:15 resullied the con crationl of the elections bill. eiiator (v-orge, of Alississippi, took 4)floor against tile bill. Ile occupied t foutr hours inl the delivery of his -elh, all of' which lie read from iman -ripl. I' iloor was then taken by Senator isonl, of Iowa. 4eiat m' 1 Ioar, referring to the notice icll he gave yesterday of a motion for ight session to continuet the debate (1 that on conslitation wvith several lat ors I( woldll not Inake that motion wi. \ ii 111her of ailuellIlinents by the mlise t -i Senate bills for pIblic bnild 's were taken upl). Soie were agreed aind ot hers rojected, and It these lat -1a conferenco was asked. MInal 4' 1)olph oftred a resolution, di ling ie connittee oi priviliges and etiotis to itinilire and report. whether A right to vote for 'residential elec s, 4epresent:at ives in Congress, and i-etitive aid judicial oillcers of the Ite or Imlinbers of the Legislatur'e Lr'ot is (leniel to any of the male in bitants inl any State (being 21 years age a nd a citizen of the 'lite(l States) in aly way abridged except for par pat 1n i the rebellion or other Ine. n- qator Allisonl relnewved the suigges. m 11 1ma(e by Iiiin solne (lays ago) for a priit 4f 1-lection hill with the 11011se ,IVision aI14 the Senate 11 provisions ill traliI colimms. The stiggest 1i4n gave rise to discussicn t o what the Senate bill really vas, ere having iven two varying editions Sit, print ed. Fiiially t he dilficultv was vero(li1P, aLIi(I t le order was m ade, ;11d it seni:ate at 5..1u) :(djoulrie(l. Farmittrs Inviic a Filard IIme. f,'R-:EN VILL..E., -S. C., DVVee 5.---WMitIhItIhe ('torics ou. of t he cot loln iarket and te bi:tks no longer making a(dvances I co m)t, t he faniers are indeed hav g a:1Ad tie. All tlie banks in thuis y, l ori miniher , have (ecided to ike 1t4) Inlore advances o ccotton until I V 11o11ly inarkot is relieved of its 'ingency. This will be severe o m11an111y rtiers, as a large iminber of' them have ii depositing their cotton in ware uses atI recvi Ving adV:nces from the Ilks, initendling" to hold 1until the (.ot I inarket becomnes better. A Nvws reporter yesterd(ay in1uired one 1 the bank presuients wIly the 11ks hall shut dfown) 4n ad4vanci4es. le 41 1114' act ion4 was c'aus'ed by3 the scar y ofi ii4I-y. Thel b4anks wer'ie forced I holi I heir ensh to, pay off (checks and1 I inee5t. of her de'ln(ld. Thle dleposit.s ( the' baniks, lie said, are smaller thani I .1uil h1:tus1e1('I t'er is less ('ash tradihng ii are' not mlakinig their n(elustomied. los4it5. The14 farmers have been ho4ld SI hiri ('ottoni andI this has caused a ('r'4ase ini thei ainountt of1 moneIiy inl '0n11at 1ion. Tlhie l'elzer mianufne;ltiniIg inpany11 1411s gone( out of1 the muai'rkt tilt lhe bill pendIinug in the Legislatoure 'I rA anI1-:sTi'4N. S. C.. l)ec. 3. (Ire's a i"owii 1 i' 4olle ('ire(lCs cause54d ani iniieilen'lbeindiu the scenes at tihe1 u'ra haet niight. It seerns1 that two of8 .ilento4ss lor'e of I le city, the upp)jer 1st4of the upiper' s wellIdom, manluagedl >ruls girls were 44n. Thea' stage enpeni on ther'4 e refusisit to go kunockedl one0 Themii downii whien thle ot,ber came to the cue atnd a fighit ensued. The police nie upl and14 al th ough1 Nester ex plaiied it IhI was 4h)1 in~jg orders1' in ejecting ' 1(1 i" m 4nr41 thle hlose. they arres e<4i 11 and1 allowedc~ theic gobl4en1 youlths to go e. When'1 the ('asej c'ame for a hieair :todaay th14el cil of 1police re<iuested ii Ne(st er he dIi.schiarged, whuih was a'. 'Thle po)iClce who made41 the ar it will be hauled over' the coals, and is tnot impr4iobabLle thalt the0 goldenI uths will lbe hianiled up befbo a miag-I ra;te', ttotil which time thieir' namelIs 1I lhe suppressed'(.55 lt is said that. the same tw)> golen ithis werie fired oult, ofa hotel recently lie the Spidecr 1and4 the Fly wvere play 11111 A r'p's Pilosophay.] r'ckon we1 wV ill all1 standl asidei and li th ll iarers have'( their own way. thllitig the di'ii(on't seem41 to (10 any] 1)4. I L is~ like Colonel Patterson, of >rth A laba ma, w~ho, at his 11irst bat wi th the yankees was ordered to <e his regimient, and charge a battery it was away over on a hill and was rowling an occasIonal shell dlown in C Valley. "lo.vs," said he, "you must aot a chargin,' aind we'll get em." ul they did, but when they got with about atlquarter of a mile the batt,ery ildenly turned loose a terrific volley grape shot and canister upon them dchi demtoralized the colonel and ho Lvedl his sword and shouted: "Boys It shootin, at 'em--quit shootln I y, for it lust makes eiirnadder." Love Laugh~s at Age. LPA1RK ERt8in(, W. Va., Dcc. 6.-A iddingi took lace at Petnnsboro, Lchie county, recently, Ia which the e oom was 90 years old, and the brido. E rs. Willamn Dixon, a widhow, 81 years. t 1e brldo and groom are both Ihale, y arty and, to all ap)pearances, good f'or c rmarter of a contuy. WILL RESIST IT. THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS IN CAU CUS ARE DETERMINED. Piht nepublicans Will be Cheekinated at ivery Turn -The iolilttoa oeine Hae Soluewhat Toned Down noss need-The Iudlnu 4jueation. WASHiNOTON, Dec. 8.-The Deme ratie senators held a caucus late in the )fternoon to discuss the order of busi less. .'he chances of the passage of he election bill, if it should reach a fin i vote, were canvassed, and individual enators expressed divers opinions as to he ability of the Itepublican party saders to keep their forces in line. The onclusion reached was to maintain an nalterable opposition to the passage f the bill. The minority will seize every oppor. iiitty to discuss the bill exhaustively nd fairly and strive to amend every bjectionable feature as reached in the etailed consideration of the measure, s was the case with the tariff bill. Ihe opinion was expressed that as the 1jority had not yet signifled any inten ion to unduly restrict reasonable do ate, it would be premature for the aucits to undertake the arrangement if a programme to meet the presenta ion of a cAsure resolution. To secure larmony of action, the Democratic nenibers of the committee on privileges nd elections(which reported the bill) vill take charge of the debate and ar anlgo the order of speaking. As to the iurt her order of business, it was decided .hat as the Itepublican senators had not ,et completed the order, the caucus ,vould not now undertake to formulate t programme. lhe lilibustering tendencies in the louse are strong on both sides when 'ver a bill conies up that a considerable amber of members do not like. About wo hours has already been wasted >ver some trivial measures. Boss ]teed sticks to his devilish rules vith tenacity, but lie is not half as fero :ious as he was before the recent great )vmocratic cyclone. Besides, there is iot a Ilepuiblican quorum on hand, the >arty discipline has suffered, and many of the defeated Republicans look upon teed as the one man responsible more han any other, except McKinley, for he party's defeat. Senator Gil Pierce, of North Dakota, vas badly used up In an argunent by ;enator Voorhees. The Indian ques ion was before the senate and Mr. Plierce was endeavoring to teil why the Indians were ready to go to war. Mr. \oorhees read from statements in the )apers to show that the Indians were restless because they were starving, and because. Senator Pierce's white consti tuents in Dakota were hoping that there would be war so that the Sioux reservations could be gobbled up. A MILLIONAIRE MISER. One of Chicago's Celebritien sont be Jail for Street llegging. U1 CAGO, Dec. 5.-Peter Mueller, an ol mian reputed to be wortli $750,000, was yesterday sent to the Bridewell for sixty days for beging on the streets. For nanybears Mueller and his wife lived in a miserable hovel on the banks f the Ilinois and Michigan canal, in the -ownship of Cicero. They lived in a nost miserable manner, denying them ielves every tliilg except what was abso utely necessary to keep them alive. Ilany stories were told by the neighbors >f theil reputed wealth, and one night lbout Four years nao four men on cred the hovel and demanded the "pot if gold" the couple were believed to :eep therein. Mueller andl( his wife pro-. ested that they hadl no money. Then hec robbers, by the most horrible tor tires, sought to dhraw from thoem the se ret of the hiding p)lace of the treasure, mut ini vain. ThIe next day the Muellers b'ere fou,nd almost dead by the neigh >ors. I heir feet wore terribly burnd nd( their bothes covered with bruises and uts ilicted by the miscreants. Muellerfor several years past has made practice of begging on the streets and bout a year ago was locked up one ihit. Next morning Lhe justice, moved y compassion by the old man's pitiftil de, discharged him from custody. Vhien Mueller returnedl to his miserable onue lie found the deadl body of his wife angimg to a rafter. I8 wvas supposed hie hadl worried so over her hiusbanid's bsence-thie first (durinig their married hr-that mi a momnenit of great despon ency she had taken her own life. Since lien Mueller has lhved all alone in the himity, making iio changes in hits mode i living. Sunday hie, made such a nuisance of mniself. begging in front of .St. Francis ~hurch, that an officer arreetted him, esterday in the justice court be refused > answer qjuestions or to pay the fine iposed andl was sent to the RLridewell, lucller owns 520 acres of land in sec >ns 31 and 36, and is possessed of tocks and bondls worth several hun red thousands of dollars. IndIans on tihe WVar Path , ,CumcIc0, D)ec.6.-A special from the 'ine Rtidge Agency says: "Vhe situation Is not materially chiang d. T'he hostile IRosebud Indians sleep Llpon their arms, prepared constantly or attack. They have three lines of inals between their agency and the amp, and any movement of troops viii be0 known in a few moments. They nave taken all they wish of the Govern nent beef herd, and have )urned the )luildings and corrals. They are living ugh and are happy. They have moved o the edge of Bad Lands. Military )reporations proceed rapidly. Unless ~ho Indiians come In within a very fewr lays the troops wvili 1)e equipped and in positin, whon an advance may be or :iered." Three Men Crushed to Death. Pun fLPAIIrina, IDec. 4.--Ihortly be fore noon to- day, a gang of men employ. Lad by the Reading Railroad Company ut their Port Rtichimond coal wharves, went to the othice at pier No. 'I for the purpose of being paid off. The office is rlose to the tracks, and, as the men toodh at the window of the paymaster's >lce, they were within a few inohes of he car tracks. A crowd of men Were taning In line, waiting their turn to each the window, when there suddenly hot around the corner a train of coa ars, which were being backed toward lie wharf. The three men nearest the ay window were ctushed between th,e ars and building and killed. The othere seaj,ed.