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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1893.
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[OUSE IN KANSAS.
rWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
POPULISTS.
fm of Representative* Organized
\ Full Blast, Side bv Sid* In
saai? Room.? Unique
Situation.
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[A, Jan. 10. ? The predicted
|tween the Republicans and
>ulists of Kansas over the
tion of the House has come,
totally unexpected manner.
>u lists made a bold bluff to
from participation all those
against whom contests were
The Republicans would
sn to such a proposition, which
[mean the surrender of the House
enemy, and the result is that
>uses are organized and are in
3t, side by sde, in the same
It has settled down to a case
ze out, and the side with the
idurance will win.
1.20 o'clock Secretary ot State
rne appeared at the Speaker's
and announced that the law
ed that he should lay before the
a list of members as he found
the Secretary of State's office,
rge L. Douglass (Rep) inter
with the statement that the
tary should lay the list before
House and should not preside,
ie said that, for one, he would not
toaent for Osborne to preside, and
iher members agreed with him.
Mr Dunsmore, the Populist caadi
Plate tor Speaker, said that there was
|JMD precedent to be found in the State
i$0 settle the questions that will be
Isbaresented in thisorgaaizatioO. Some
IPody, *he ?aid, must pass on these
questions. Duusmore declared that,
Bbrthe' purp?>se of completing the roll
pi the House, Mr Osborne was the
chairman.
'?Gentlemen," said Osborne, "I am
only here to act in a ministerial ca
pacity. When this house informs me
that it has a presiding officer to re
ceive this roll, I will deliver it."
With that, Osborne abruptly left
the de*k and <iisapp?-ared from the
i hall.
Mr 6emper, of Franklin county, !
j (Pop.) walked to the desk and
I assumed the gavel, and Mr Cubbison
| (Rep.) quickly joined him aud both
l began beating the- gavel. The House
was in confusion, but the Republicans j
| nominated officers, who were declared
elected bv Cubbison.
Theu somebody moved that the
House proceed to call the roll. The
certified roll was missing, having been
carried- away by Osborne, but a roll
0iA soiy^lTm?T>was found, and Mr Rem
ington; the Republican secretary, held
it up, sjiyiug that he he had the roll
as certified by the Secretary of State.
Mi* Cubbison ordered Mr Reming
ton to call the roll. *
Shouts of objections were made, but
Remington proceeded. The Demo
crats responded as their names were
called, - while the P 'pulists" kept up a
roar of protest- Meanwhile Cubbison
cal lad for members to come forward
and be sworn. The Republicans held ud
their hands, and a Topeka lawyer
named Bain, administered the oath.
Then the Republican clers called
the roll again, and Douglass was de
clared elected Speaker. Judge Strong
swore Douglas in, and he assumed the
chair.
By this time the Populists had pro
gressed s?> far in the organization as
to elect Densmore Speaker, and he
soon had a full set of officers.
Secretary Brown of the Senate now j
appeared aud recognizing Speaker :
Densmore, anuounced that the Senate !
had organized.
As s*x>n as Brown had finished read- j
ing, Speaker s ouglass quickly said; !
A message to me from the Senate say i
that the Sebate is now organized." i
Everyfcxxly laughed.
It was now the Populists turn to i
adopt the rules of the last House, aud !
having done this the Populist, clerk
called the roll.
Through all the excitement Dens
more and Douglas? stood side by side
beating their gavels upon the samer
block and good naturedly crowding
each each other, the three Democrats
quietly watching the row and taking
no part in the proceedings.
The Popnlists had been provided
with a lar^r quantity of bologna sausage,
and made tJheni ioto sandwiches, and
these were served in lieu of supper.
They announced that thev are in the
hall to stay, and are confident they
will root the Republicans and finally
capture the organization.
The Popnlists at S 40 o clock paused
in the proceedings to eat lunch, which
was served to thera in their 9eats.
They ate voraciously, while the hungry
Republicans -looked on and laughed.
At this hour (Tp. in.) the situation
is unique and interesting- Both sides
are camping on the iield of battle, and
both say they will stay unti) theothers
tire out.
The PkODIGal RETURNS.
?x-Tri*i Jrntiee Kieraan Goe* Back to
"Work for th? Corpomtton.
The management of the Richmond
and Danville in this State shows that
it entertains no ill-will towards Mr
Kieruau 5>r his speeches denouncing
the railroad corporation that he was
working for. Ex-Trial Justice Kierman
has been reinstated at the Richmond
and Danville machine shops at his
old post. He no doubt recognizes his
errors and appreciates the magnanimity
on the part of the railroad people.
His political friends had no further
use for him when he had done their
\ work.? The State.
PRECAUTION AGAINST PLAGUE.
Tbe National ^narantin* Bill Passed by
the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 10. ? The quar
antine bill, which was passed by the
Senate to-day, makes it unlawful for
any merchant ship or other vessel
from any foreign port or place to
enter any port of the United States,
except in accordance * ith its pro
visions, and with luch rules and
regulations of the State and municipal
health authorities as may be made in
pursuance of, or consistent with it,
under a penalty not exceeding 85,000.
Any vessel at any foreign port
clearing for any port or place in the
United States shall be required to
obtain from the United States con
sular officer at the port of departure,
or from the medical officer where such
officer has been detailed by the Presi
dent for that purpose, bill of health,
in duplicate, in the form prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, set
ting forth the sanitary history and
condition of said vessel, and that it
has in all respects complied with the
rules prescribed for securing the best
sanitary condition of said vessel.
The Marine Hospital Service is to
co-operate with and aid State and
municipal boards of health in the ex
ecution and enforcement of the rules
and regulations made by the Secreta
ry of the Treasury to prevent the
introduction of contagious or infec
tious diseases.
The sixth and seventh sections of
tbe bill are as follows:
"Sec. 6. That on the arrival of an
Infected vessel at any port not pro
vided with proper facilities for treat
ment of same, the Secretary of the
Treasury may remand said vessel, at its
own expense, to the nearest national or
other quarantine station where accomo
dations and appliances are provided
for the necessary disinfection and
treatment of vessel, passengers and
cargo; and after such treatment, and
and after a certificate by the United
States quarantine officer that vessel,
cargo and passengers are each and all
free from infectious disease, or danger
of conveying same, said vessel shall
be admitted to enter any port of the
United States named in the certificate.
But at any ports where sufficient
quarantine provision has been made
by State or local authorities, the Sec
retarv of the Treasury may direct
vessels bound for said ports to under
go quarantine at said State or local
station.
"Sec. 7. That whenever it shall be
shown, to the satisfaction cf the Presi
dent that by reason of the existence of
cholera, or other infectious or contagi- j
ous diseases, in a foreigu country, there ;
is serious danger of the introduction
of the same into the United States,
and that notwithstanding quarantine
defense this danger is so increased by
the introduction of persons or property
from such country that suspes&ion of j
right to introduce the same is ? de
manded in the interest of the public
health, the President shall have power
to prohibit, in whole or in part, the
introduction of persons and property
from such countries or places as he
shall designate and for such period of
time as he may deem necessary."
An appropriation of S 1,000,000 is
made to enable the President to carry
the act into effect. Compensation is
to be made for quarantine buildings
and property received from States or I
municipalities. The act of March 3, j
1887, establishing the National Board
of Health, is repealed. ? The State.
KANSAS POLITICS.
The Populists and Republicans Fail to
Ajpree on a Plan of Organization.
Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 7. ? It is !
said in Populist circles that the reason !
they refused last night to accept the !
plan of joint conference composed of J
Populists and Republicans for a
peaceful organization of the House is
that it blocks their scheme of organi- j
zation. This, it has leaked out, is to :
exclude from the floor of the House !
every member on either side whose
seat is contested. The populists have
| eighteen contests in the House, Repub
i 1 icans seven.
To exclude these from the floor
j would give the Populists a majority of
i five over both Republicans and Dem
; ocrats, and thus the Populists would
! organize the House and shut out the
i contested members until they had
passed upon their cases. Of course
; the Republicans will not submit to a
scheme of this kind, as it would be a
practical surrender to the organization,
i The Populists, however, are said to be
, stubborn oo the point, and they cite
as a preceedent similar action by the
j Republicans jjf the Legislature of
| Indiana in 18^6. Unless there be a
compromise there is certain to be a
i row, which will result in a split, the
! house on one s&e or the other, going
j to the other part of the State House
i and setting up business for itself.
Such a condition of affairs has long
been feared and as the hour of battle
draws near and the excitement in
! creases there seems to be srood ground
j for it
i ^ _ ?
Terrible Trip 1? Tragedy.
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New York, Jan. 10. ? Walter
I Marshall, thirty-seven years old, a
j guard on the Third avenue elevated
road, this evening shot and probably
? iatally injured his divorced wife,
j Mar v. thirty years old, shot and
j killed Robert Dingfieider, thirty-seven
j years old, the woman's supposed iover,
i and then pet a bullet, in his own
j ftnio.;
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S VOTE.
I CAST FOR CLEVELAND AND STEV- i
ENSON,
An?l Will be Carried to Washington by a '
Georgia Man? T. Larry Gantt Chosen
Messenger
Columbia, Jan. 9. ? The Demo- i
cratic electors selected at the recent !
election met here to-day, cast their
ballots for Cleveland and Stevenson,
j and chose T. Larry Gantt, editor of I
; the Register, to convey the vote to
i Washington.
These are, indeed, strange times in
South Carolina, and once again fac
| tional prejudice has overruled judg
! ment The proceedings of. the Elec
| toral College of South Carolina, as
well as the body itself, will go down
i into history. Six months ago there
; was common talk that if the electoral
! vote were close it would not be safe to
: say that South Carolina's entire vote
: would be cast for the Democratic
standard-bearers. The unusual pro
ceeding of securing written pledges
from the electors was gone through
with, and every kind of precautionary
j measure was resorted to, but all to no
j purpose. The electoral vote of the
Palmetto State could not in any way
assume an important part in deciding
the fate of any political party. Public
attention was withdrawn from the
electors. They quietly came here and
cast their secret ballots for Cleveland
and Stevenson, and, after selecting the
notorious campaign editor as mes
senger, went home.
The electors met under the com
mission of the Secretary of State,
which showed the vote in the State to
have been: Cleveland electors, 54,6^2;
Harrison electors, 13,345; Weaver
electors, 2,407. The candidates on the
Democratic ticket were: Delegates at
large, Ernest Gary, J. Wm Stokes.
District delegates, (J. C. Tracy, T. S.
Williams, I. H. McCalla, J. Steele
Brice, L. P." Walker, L. W. Nettles
j and Jos S. Hart.
i As soon as the College was organized
i the members prepared their ballots
and the unanimous vote was cast for
Cleveland and Stevenson.
Then came the selection of a mes
senger to Washington, a $200 plum.
The reasonable question of the in
eligibility of T. L. Gantt, who was
put in nomination, was immediately
raised. J. M. Waddell, of Marion,
j was the only other regular candidate.
| It was finally decided to appoiut a
special committee to report on the
eligibility of Candidate Gantt. The j
committee consisted of Judge-elect !
Gary, C. C. Tracy and Joseph S.
Hart. To the utter surprise of the i
electors the majority of the committee |
(Tracy and Hart) reported that Mr i
Gantt was ineligible to till the position.
Mr Gary made a minority report and j
that was accepted.
The balloting then followed. The j
vote was: For Gantt: Gary, McCalla, j
Walker and Hart. For VVaddell:
Stokes and Nettles. Brice and Tracy
paired as a compliment to each other.
Realizing the importance of the
election as a precedent in this State,
I asked Mr Gary to prepare a synopsis :
of the grounds for his report, and Mr j
Tracy a synopsis of the majority re- :
port.
A DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT.
Here is Mr Gary's synopsis:
"My reasons for the minority report
are as follows: The Act of Congress ;
regulating elections for President and I
Vice President does not specify how
the vote of the Electoral College shall
be transmitted to Washington. The i
only authority, therefore, by which the |
college is governed is contained in the !
Act of the General Assembly of South !
Carolina of 1889, Section 157, which j
reads as follows:
"Such electors shall then, by writing
under their bonds, or under the bonds
of a majority of them, appoint a per
son to take charge of the lists so sealed
up, and to deliver the same to the
President of the Senate of the Congress
: of the United States, at the seat of
government, before the second Wednes
day in February then next ensuing/'
"From my construction of the Act
the only qualification is that the messen
ger must be a person and not neces
sarily a qualified elector."
THIS IS GOOD LAW.
The majority of the committee sup
ported their position on the following
grounds:
Mr Tnfccy said that under a decision
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, reported jn 6 Wallace, an office
was defined to be any position filled
by governmental appointment and
combining tenure, duration, emolument
and duty. All these are combined in
the messenger, the tenure though short
j being defined, his duty being clear, a
j punishment provided for non or
| misfeasance and the emoluments
: provided by statute: that the messenger
was a State officer, his creators being
State officers, as decided in Green vs
Fitzgerald. 10 Sup Ct Rep. and that
Section -4, of Article XIV of the
j Constitution of South Carolina
j prohibited one not possessing the
qualifications of a voter from being an
office-holder.
Elector Brice signed the dertificat6
of the result of the election, but re*
fused to sign Messenger Gantt's com"
mission, except on the condition that
i The Kevs and Courier s "Letter of
Introduction"' . be appended as "Ex
i hibit A."
A WORD IN TIME.
Doubtless some very (?) wise s$?es
will perhaps try and attribute 5lr
1 Gantt's election to the position taken
HURRAH FOR BRICE.
by The News and Courier . As a
matter of fact Gantt was practically
elected long before The News and
Courier thought of his selection. ".Gol"
Gantt was an early bird, secured"
pledges for a place no one seemed to
care for, and to day those pledges
were carried out. That is all there is
in the election.
It is curious to note that while
Elector Hart held that Mr Gantt was
ineligible, yet he voted for him. He
explains his course by saying that af
ter the electors decided thkt Mr Gantt
was eligible he could have w no further
objections to him.
Fortunately the qualification of Mr
Gantt makes no difference. A
duplicate of the vote will be forwarded
by mail, and authority is given, to
send another if neceasrry. ? Columbia
Cor. News and Courier.
ALL QUIET AT BAKERSVILLE.
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The People Indignant at the Lying Reports
Sent Ont About the Lynching of
Calvin Snipes.
Cincinnati, January 7. ? A special
from Asheville, N. C., to the Pod
says: "Calvin Snipes, the murderer,
smiled when he learned through your
correspondent, the first outsider to
reach the isolated Bakersville, how
much excitement his alleged lynching
had created all over this country and
Europe. Nothing whatever had been
heard in Bakersville of the reported
trouble untff your correspondent rode
thirty-five miles through the wildest
mountain country to find out the true
state of affairs.
v The region is almost impenetrable
from the railroad station on account ot
two weeks of the severest winter
weather known here in years. The
mountain roads are full of drifted
SD0W and much of the newspaper man's
trip was in the night time through a
fierce blizzard. The snow fell so
thick as absolutely to blind a person,
and the rider had really to rely on the
instinct of the horse to keep from los
ing himself Toe River up in the
mountain was frozen over strong
enough to bear up a fonr-horse team,
and hauling was being done over it
The thermometer was at zero.
The citizens of Bakersvilte^ and
Mitchell county are highly indignant
at the lying report sent out by the
man who started the story, and could
they get their hands on him it would
probably go hard with him. The sec
tion has never been more quiet than
during the past week, when the
trouble i? said to have taken place. |
Snipes will stand his trial in May and J
some think that he may be acquitted
of the crime charged against him.
Osborne, who was killed in August, is
said not to have enough friends to get
up a lynching party. Tom and Will
Whitsou, the two other prisoners who ?
were said to have been lynched at the
same time with Snipes, are ^not in
Bakersville jail at all. They are in
jail here at Asheville instead, and are
to be bi&iDged on February 25 for the j
murder* of Kit Burg, in Mitchell
couDty.
Grain and Provlnion Circular.
Chicago, Ills, January 7? By
Crawley & Cos private wire: The
first week of the new year has brought j
with it increased activity in all the
speculative markets, and a liberal
movement of all cash and spot delivery
product. The feature of the week was ]
an advance of about $2 50 per barrel |
in mess porkr-^yl'y J of a cent per j
pound in lard, and 1 cent per pound i
in May ribs. The packing in Chi- !
cago has been only about half, or one
million less than a year ago. Some
of the large speculators aod packers
who have held ou to their investments
until the last day or two have become
very liberal sellers and probably with
their sales to-day they have closed out
a greater portion of their holdings.
There is another class of speculators, I
among whom are some large packers, i
who are now talking very bullish and
whose purchases are very heavy. So j
long as the receipts of hog9 continue j
so light they may succeed in causing j
some radical changes in the market,
but we question their ability to 6ecure
very large profits on product bought j
around present prices.
The wheat trade remains the same
as about one week ago. Parties who
are supposed to be long have ap
parently increased their holdings. |
Foreign markets have advanced dur- ;
ing the week from f of a cent to
cents per bushel and . the general de
mand, both domestic and foreign,
continue good and everything promises
a liberal trade for cash sample lote
and in the speculative futures. 'Parties
who believe in lower prices look at
[the large visible supply now over
^t), 00, 000 bushels and then look at
the largest decrease we have had in j
! former years from the preseut until
. of 1st of July and are puzzled to know
what is going to became of the wheaL
Twenty-two million decrease heretofore
in the visible is one of the largest
Now thev say we may have forty-two
1 million decrease, and still have a large
visible supply. Thomas Bennett's St
Louis correspondents report that the
stocks of grain are so large along the
lin^s of the Western railroads that iu
: numerous places they refuse to receive
j more, owing to the lack of storage,
j Corn has been somewhat firmer and
j in better demand, and closed higher
I than a week ago. The market has
been rather neglected in a speculative
i waJ
.
; The orange crop of Florida, accord
| ing to Florida exchanges, will be the
i largest in the history of the state.
MAY BE LEGAL NOW
NEW ASSESSMENT LAW AND IN
STRUCTIONS TO AUDITORS,
Who are to Hake Betnrnt tor Corpora
t .
-Uoni and (Individual*, Who? Rotors*
f are not Satisfactory to the Adnata
UtraUon? ThePo-wer of the Goartt
to Interfere Taken Away?
A* are aUo the Bight* of
the Taxpayer*.
Columbia, January 7. ? Comptrol
ler General Ellerbe was busy to-day
preparing the circular instruction! to
county auditors by which he proposes
to carry out the ideas he attempted to
put into execution last year. . The
Courts objected to his ideas of raising
tax returns, land1 he now thinks that
["he has all of the necessary authority
by which to raise the returns to con
form to his original plan.
The work of preparing the circular
was finished by gas light The all
important instructions read as follows:
Executive Departmekt,
Office of Comptroller General !?
Columbia, 8. C.,7th January, 1893. )
Mr ? , Auditor :
Your attention is hereby directed to
the following Act:
"To ameqd and declare the law in
reference to the duties and powers of |
county auditors in reference to the
assessment of property for taxation,
wfcwr-a false, fraudulent or other im
proper return has been made."
After the enacting words this law
provides: '
That from and after the passage of
this Act the assessment oi property
for taxation shall be deemed and held
to be a step in the collection of taxes.
Section 2. That Sections 239, 240,
241, 242, 243 and 244 of Chapter XI
of the General Statues, relating to the
a&^ssment and taxation of property,
be, and the same are hereby, declared
to be in full force and effect, and shall
be construed to mean as giving full
and complete power to the county
auditors independent of any rights
conferred upon county boards of asses
sors or other officers as to securing a
full and complete return of property
for taxation in*all cases as expressed
in said section^ whether fraudulently
or otherwise improperly or incom
pletely made.
Section 3. That the action of the
county auditor set forth in the 2d
sectioo of this Act shall not be inter
fered with by any Court of this State
by mandamus, summary process, or
any other proceeding; but the tax
payer shall have the right, and no
other, to pay his tax on such retnrn
under protest as now provided by law.
Section 4. That, etc. Approved
by , December 25, 1892.
There can be no doubts under this
aw as to the duties and powers of
county auditors, and they will be ex
pected to observe carefully the sections
of the General Statutes construed by
this Act and will be held to a strict
performance of their duties as required
by these sections thus construed under
the instructions heretofore given by
this office in circular form.
Much of the success or failure to
ascertain the whereabouts and value
of all taxable property and have it
placed upon the tax books is due to
the inefficient order and inefficient i
management of the auditors of the j
respective counties.
All taxpayers required by law to
return all their taxable personal pro- !
perty between the 1st of January and
the 20th day of February, 189.3, .for I
taxation. Heal estate is not returned
this year.
All personal property not returned,
falsely returned, partially returned, or
returned at less than its true value in
money, is liable to a penalty of 50 per
cent.
It is the duty of the*a^ditor while
takiog returns to make su<k inquiries j
and investigations as he may deem
necessary to secure a full return of all
taxable property at is true value, and
any auditor accepting a return from
any taxpayer when he suspects or has j
reason to believe that such return is |
not correct or full is derelict in his
official duties.
Millions of dollars of taxable pro
perty annually escape taxation in this
State, such as cash, mortgages and
other credits, which snould be care
fully looked after and placed upon
your tax duplicates and made to bear
their just portion of taxation.
Auditors are urged to the exercise
of proper diligence in this matter of
taking returns; and if the law is wise
ly, judiciously and firmly enforced
much of the evils now suffered will be
remedied and the taxable propertv
greatly increased by getting upon the
; tax books every class of taxable pro
! perty.
Care should be taken in making the
j valuations made by the taxpayers of
personal propertv as nearly uniform
throughout the putfnty as possible.
| In the selection of assessors great
j care should be exercised, and the best,
? most impartial intelligent men
I should be taken. ( Assessors are ap
f point**! annually under fee law. <
j 0Qe of" the greatest hindrances to
, toe proper valuation of all properties
13 the gross irregularities of values as
i made by the dif&rent communities.
| far ^ may be possible let's have a
: full, lair, just and equitable return
and valuations.
"All executors, administrators, guar
dians, trustees, receivers, officers, fcus
j bands, fathers, mothers, agents or fac
j tor? shall be personally liable for taxes
' all personal propertv which was in
| their possession at the time when the
| returns thereof for taxation should
* have been made by themselves."
! i ' - . ' -? ' : J
According to the construction^ ot j
the law by the Attorney General all
clerks of Courts, Masters, or other j
public officers having funds in their:
custody are required to return such i
funds for taxation. Respectfully,
W. Hi Ellerbe,
Comptroller General. I
SETTLING UP WITH JERRY.
Stre?t?r Comet Orer from Illinois to
gqurc Acooaot* with the K?n?ai
Dem?fofic.
Topeka, Kan., Jkn. 7. ? A sen
sational interview tool place in the j
lobby of one of the hotels this evening |
between Jerry Simpsofc, Congressman
from the 7th district, teho wants to be
Senator, and A. J. Streater, the Third
Party leader from Illinois, who does j
not want him to be. At the Session
of the Legislature at which Senator
Palmer was elected and in which the J
Third Party members held the balance
of votes, Streater was a formidable can
didate for Senator. Jerry Simpson,
although a fellow Third Party man,
took sides against Streater and in i
fkvor of Palmer.0" He not only wrote
letters to the Third Party members
advising them to vote for Palmer,
but even went to Springfield and
labored industriously against Streater.
The latter naturally treasured up this
action against the Kansas statesman,
and now that Simpson is a candidate
for 8enator before the Third Party
Legislature of Kansas, he has come to
Tojeka to labor against^ Simpson's
chances. He arrived this afternoon
and at once made bis object known.
The news reached Jerry Simpson
after supper, and he immediately set j
out to call Streater down. He located
the gentleman from Illinois at bis
hotel, and a lively spat ensued.
Simpson asked Streater if it were true
that he had come to Topeka to work
agains^ his (Simpson's) election to the
Senate, Streater admitted frankly
that sifch was the object of?; his visit.
Simpson asked why he was taking
such action. Streater explained.
Simpson said that it was untrue that
he advised Third Party men to vote
for Palmer, and defied Streater to
prove it Streater drew from his
pocket a telegram signed "Jerry
Simpson," stating that, in his opinion,
the election of Palmer would best
subserve the interests of the Third
Party. Simpson declared that the
telegram was a forgery, whereupon
Streater declared that the statement
was not true, and that Simpson knew
it Simpson grew white with rage
and s" personal encounter between the
two men seemed imminent when pre
vented by friends.
Streater is not' working for any
particular candidate, but announces
that the election of some of the Popu
lists will best subserve the interests
of the Third Party. Simpson, he
says, is a Democrat
WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADIVCE.
The Farmers Ad\l?ed to Reduce the
Acreage Planted in Cotton.
Memphis, Tenn., January 7. ? B.
G. West, secretary of the cotton
bureau of the National Farmers' Alli
ance, has issued an address to the
Order, advising a reduction of acreage
of cotton planting. He says that the
Southern States produce 55 per cent,
of the cotton grown and 82 . per cent,
of the staple available for use in this
country. He holds that cotton mill?
in the South are desirable, but unat
tainable, this not being a manufac i
turing country. The salvation of the j
Southern farmer is a diversification of j
cro^ and living at home instead of !
depending upon the pork packers' of !
the North for food.
He points out in support of this j
argument that the reduction of the !
crop this season resulted in a marked ;
increase in the price and insists that
cottou planters can .secure fair prices
every season by keeping the produc- i
tion within reasonable bounds.
P> lmary Teach Ins
It is in the experience of every
teacher, that to embrace a truth one's '
sell and to !>e able to present it un- j
der the simplest form to another, are
essentially different things. It i3 j
necessary that teaching as an art should
be made the subject of study. Mere
practice of this art (ffces not give
proficiency. It has principles and
rules which must be the subjects of
rational investigation. There must be
the habitual study of the best methods,
and of the principles on which they
are based. The work of the primary
teacher is one of noordinary difficulty.
The children who come to him have
never been taught to think, v have no
knowledge which may form the subject
of thought, and are without the means
of acquiring that knowledge. He has
to act on untiUored minds, to give
them the arts of learning, to teach
them to think and understand, and to
store their minds with material f<> r
s thought. This i- impossible to those
who are not acquainted with teaching
as science as well as practiced in it as
an art ? Selected.
v Tb e Electoral Vote.
The complete-result of the election
for president and vice-president can
now be given, all the contests in
' which electoral votes were involved
having been determined.
j Whole number of votes 444
Necessary to a choice 'SS->
For Cleveland 27^
" Harrison 144
" Weaver 24
| Cleveland's majority over all 108
I Great is Democracy! ^
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UNITED STAVES SENATE, ;i
WILL BE DEMOCRATIC AFTER THE j'?
FOURTH OF MARCH.
The Krpabllcana Ohre up UM Fight la '
the Doubtful Content* Ma4# la tbt
LvsinlatoKi in the W?4*n
Mate*, Cor vV. 8.
HinitoH.'
Washington, Jan. 3.? Chairman;
Carter, of the' Republican National
Committee, concedes tho oootrol of
the Senate to <h. Democrat ih. -
4th of March. Id jan interview with
a reporter today he b quoted flb not
only giving uptbecqnteHinWvomiif
and California, but also iniis own
State of Montana, where be isetippoaet .
to have personal interest in the out*
come of the struggle. He said, bow* j
ever; that he never had any intention j
of becoming a candid ate for tkeBenate,
and had refused permission to hj?^
friends to use his name in the caucufc
? I | : \ C I? k:
CONCERNING "fHE CURRfcWCY.
Party Lines Obllt?nM(An DiiennKt lathi
Senate Cemmlttee.
Washington, Jan. 10. ? The
friends of the Andrew-Cate banking
and silver repeal bill ; are confident
they can get it up in the Home for
consideration, but ere in doubt M to .
their ability to j bring it to
They expact a special order {ram the
rules committee giving the bill a day
in the House, and so ardent a silver
man as.J&LEi&rce, of Tennessee, says
he thinks' this expectation ;! is fall
founded. The 'iree coinage men be- '
lieve that in the House an attepnpf >
will be made to amend the special *
order bo as to fix 4 day for a vote; on
the bill and all simendments. ?/ This
would be closure by vote ot the Honee,!
and not closure by means of a report; --
from the rules committee. The free t
silver men believe that? they;' are
strong enough to prevent such a j
thing.
After the Senat^ finance committee
had completed the work relttifgMto
the. South Carolina direct tax* wBch
it met to perform this morning, the .
memi)ers began an informal discus
sion <tf the silver question tbat indi
cated thoroughly the bent of tbe com
mittee and the outcome of tbe pro*
posed repeal of the silver^ purchase
lav, commonly known as tbe Sbefc ,
man act of 1S90. The membefv
present were: Mcpherson, flams and
Vance of the Democrats, and Sher
man, Morrill and Allison of the Re
publicans. A regular meeting of the.
committee will be called for a $?r\
later in the week, when the Mo- !
Pherson resolutions will bei called up ;
for serious consideration.
It developed that there was no per
fect unanimity among the Revtiblicanf
regarding the stragetic movpof ytstaq^
uay on the part of Mr Judricb.
Sherman, who is older in poiqt of
service than Aldrich $ a member of j
the finance committee, fit is understood
was'opposed to such ajrgiessive action I
on the part of youngef members, and M
the rather sensationai move did not
meet with his most hearty approval* !
Mr Sherman is, however, in fkvor of
the repeal of the law which bears hit
name, and has so expressed himself
on the floor of the Senate. His col- i ;
league, Mr Morrill, chairman of tbe_^
finance committee, is also in earnest
in supporting any proposition that
j will tend to remove the danger of free
| coinage, and will also favor the repeal,
while the standing of Mr Allison on
the money question is too well known
to need explanation.
Party lines have been obliterated
in the discussion of this matter, and
the talk indulged in by Senators who
were at this meeting showed that the
proposition was being considered upon
the broad basis of statesmanship,
rather than the narrow plane of party
policy or political expediency. It was .
freely asserted in the committee room
that the Sherman act was what the
Democratic party in its platformjg
called it, a makeshift; b jt the Heparan
licans pointed to the fact that such a ;
measure or something akin to it vil ! i
absolutely nccesaary to prevent the
passage of free coinage legislation
at the time the Sherman aet was '
passed ? or, at least, to prevent legis
lation that would have been far mow
pernicious in its effect upon the coun
try than that which became a part of ?
t the law of the land.
Mr Teller's declaration that this
Congress would never pass the bill,
and that it coul4 not by any possibil
ity work its way through the Senate, -
! is construed by the friends of the
i measure to be a threat on the part at
the Teller that be will hamper tbe:
measure and uae all of hig powers to '
consume the remaining forty days of
this seseioh in opposing the consumer*
ti?>n of the bill, and to /esort, if need'
be, to filibustering. /
SThe PoitvnlWlDi to Sfrwul.
Washington, /.January 4. ? Sena
I tor Warren, from! the select commit
tee on woman suift&ge, to-day reported
to the Senate on jLfcte joint resolution
amend the Constitution, extending
the right of suffrage to women. It
i provides that the rWht of citizenship
shall not be denied Xr abridged by the
United States or by \p(y State on a6^
havfc power, by appropriate legislation,
t?j enlorce this prov.sion.
r<euator Vance submitted the mi
nority report, which is very much the
same as that submitted by Senator
. George on J uup 5, 1&92, aad seta forth
that the inaitef in question involves
the right* of the State* and uHould be
, left tor them to determine. C