The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 02, 1893, Image 1
> VOL. VII.
FINE FINANCIERING. THIS
HOW Til K STAT IS I > I: I IT IS T( >
1112
A N?vcl Way ol" Paying lliy
Commissions -A Haiti more
Trust Company to Handle
tin* llomls A Cont
rnct I'or a $2,000,
OOO Hatch.
*4 ? The State.
' I I tnnl/u u ^ i f f lio A ,l..noiwL?F!,vo
V *\?v/^ao II | IIU /VMIIIIIlMlKlLlUli
is going to refund the State debt at i
par, and pay indirectly in comtnis !
sioms about ?130,000 for the handling
of the bonds. The contract
has not been duly signed, but the!
outlook is that in a few day the pa* i
pers arranging for the disposition of J
at least $2,000,000 of iho bonds will
l>o ratified. The prospective pur
ohasers, known as the Baltimore!
Trust and Guarantee Company, will
M *
'Aery probably handle the entire issue j
on the terms that are now being ur- }
rangeu. Hero is how the bonds are
to be handled:
The Baltimore Trust and Guaran
tee Company is to take two million
dollars worth of the bonds as a star
tor, and the inducement offered to
handle the State's bonds is the|
amount of a semi-annual interest on
the stock. The bonds are not issued
until July I, 1803, and as a consider* j
ation for the trust company it is to
be allowed' the interest on the
bonds from January 1, 181)3, to July
1, 1803. The original intention was
to start the intorost from the 1st of
duly, but Governor Tillman found
that some sort of com mission had to
he paid for handling the bonds, if
thev were to he purchased at par.
?n: ? * I
uuvri iiui i iiiiu.kll I III U h S lllill
tho Hubimore syndicate will take
the entire issue of the new 4-5 per
cent., bonds on the terms of the pending
contract, The main features:
of the con true': have been fully
agreed to, anil as soon as a fe\* other
details are settled the final papers
will be signed. At present the contract
is not rtbsolute.
There seemed to be some doubt as ,
to the construction of cert tin parts (
of the law, and especially whether:
tho Governor and State Treasurer |
had the right to agree to pay the
six months interest between January
I, 1893 and July 1, 1893. as bonus for
handling the State bonds, A ease
was made up between the State and
the Baltimore syndicate, to test the
right to allow this interest, and the
Supreme Court has decided that it
could l>e done,
The action was brought in tho
shape of an injunction to restrain
the Governor and State Treasurer
from entering into such a contract 1
In the application for the injunction,
Mr. John Gary Evans, as tho
counsel against the State officers, nl
leges:
Static ok South Carolina.
lliciii.axd County, l'1' t'u,,
' j preme Court.
Ex parte
John Gary Evans.
v8.
II. It. Tillman, as Governor, and W.
0. T. Bates, as Treasurer, of said
Stuto, Defendants.
'' The petition of John Gary ICvans '
respectfully showeth unto the court.*!
1. That he is a citizen and taxpayer
of the State of South Carolina,
and that B. It. Tillman is Governor,
and \V. T. C. Hates is Treasurer of
State, respectively.
2. That at the last session of the |
General Assembly of said State, an
act was passed entitled an uAct to
provide for the redemption of that
part of the State debt know n as j
Brown consol bonds and stock by
the issue of other bonds and stocks.', ;
That among other and various pro
visions Section G of said act reads as
follows, to wit: "Section G. The
Governor and State Treasurer are.
hereby authorized and instructed to '
*?ell the issue of bonds herein provi
(led for, at not less than par or face i
value, and the proceeds thereof shall
be applied to the payment of the1
consolidated bonds and certificates
of stock commonly called Brown
Consols, and to no other purpose."
Reference to said section and the
entire act being prayed herein as
often as may be necessary,
3. That your petitioner has been
informed by the Governor and Trea- j
surer aforesrid (and believe the
same to he true) they have entered or
are about to enter into partnership
- ? - * "
v?IUll I'nniCS UUKIIOWH 10 11)0 pOtl" '
. tioner, which contains among other
,V>stipulations the following, to wit:
>u?' said bonds and stocks so purchased
shall bear date 1 January,
1893, and shall carry interest from
lannary 1, 1893, payable semi annually;
they shall be sold by the parties
of the lirst part and purchased
by the party of the second part at
par Hat, that is to say nothing additional
shall be paid for any interest
which may have accrued at the time
of delivery," etc. Reference to said
contract, a copy of which is hereto
attached, being prated as often as
may be necessary.
4. That the deponent is informed
((?
that said contract is without authority
of law as provided i ? tin? act !
heretofore mentioned, in that the i
Governor and treasurer are not authorized
under the terms of the said j <
aot permitting said bonds to be sold I
at par on face value, to sell the same i
for l? as tha i principal and accrued i
interest. I
Wherefore petitioner prays that
the writ of the court do i*sue reqitir
ing the said B, It. Tillman, (lover- i
nor, and \V. T. tBates, treasurer ,
as aforesaid to appeal and show .
cause why they should not be 1 ?cr
petually enjoined from making anil ,
entering into the con tract herein sot i
forth. And your petitioner will ever ?
pray, etc. I
Tli? Contract for the l>enl.
The following is u copy of the 1
agreement as far as made up:
This memorandum of agreoment,!
1
made and concluded at Columbia, in i
the State aforesaid, this?day of
January, A. I).,. 181)3, by ami between
lienj. It. Tillman, as Governor,
and W. T. 'Bates, as Tresnrer,
of the said State of South Carolina, '
of the first part, and the Baltimore '
Trust and Guarantee Company of (
Baltimore, a bo ly corporate! by and 1
under the laws of the State of Maryland,
and having its principal place 1
of business at Baltimore, in the said
State of Maryland, on behalf of ?
itself and as agent for the others 1
whose subs.Tipton,s are hereto up- I
pemled, of the second part; witness '
etli:? ]
That under and by virtue of the J
aotof the General Assembly ot the
State of S?>uth Carolina here'naftor '
mentioned, the parties of tho first
part hereby covenant and agree to 1
sell and deliver to ttie party of the !
second part, its successors or assigns, 1
and the party of the second part in
its own behalf to the extent of its 1
subscription and as gent as herein- '
before set forth, hereby covenants i
and agrees to purchase from the par j
ties of the first, part, for itself and its j
associates, two million dollars of the
bonds and stock bearing I! percent. 1
interest, payable semi annually and 1
issued pursuant to the terms of an
act of the (lencral Assembly of the 1
said State of South Carolina and ontitled
'-an act to provide for the re !
demption of that part of the State 1
debt known as the Brown Consul
bonds and stock by an issue of other i
bonds and stock. Approved thc22d 1
December, 1802,''upon the follow- 1
ing terms and conditions, that, is to
say: (
The said bonds and stock so pur- 1
chased shall bear date 1st January 1
1893, and shall carry interest from
January 1 1893, payable semi annually,
they shall be sold by the 1
parties of the lirst part and purchas- I
ed by the party of the second part 1
at par flat, that is to say, nothing I
addit ionai shall he paid for interest i
which may have accrued at the time 1
of the delivery; the purchase money
of said bonds and stock shall he duo
and payable, $100,000 thereof upon
the execution of this contract, and
the remainder on or before the 30th
day of June, 1893, in such sums and
at such times t.s to the second part '
maybe most convenient, and the't
said bonds and stock shall be do-!J
livered i>y t he parties of the lirst J '
part to the parties of the second part
in such amounts and at such times
as may be called for by the party '
of the second part upon the pay* (
nient of the balance of 95 per cent. '
ilno thereof, the said sum of $100, '
000 being bold and taken to be 5 5
per cent, upon the whole purchase ?
*2,000,000.
And in consideration of the pur '
chase aforesaid by the party of the I
second part, the parties of the first ^
part hereby covenant and agree to ?
sell and deliver to the party of the
second party, its successors or assigns,
so much of the remainder of the
bonds and stock issued, or to be is
sued, bv virtue of tlie said act rs is !
saleable by the Governor and Treasurer
under the said act or any part J
thereof, said honds and stock to hear
date January 1st, 1893, to carry in* 1
terest from January 1st, 1893, and to !
be paid for at par flat; said remain* 1
der of such honds and stock being (
understood to be $3,800,000.
Provided, however, that the offer
of sale hereby made shall be acoep- j
ted in due form on or before the 1st (
day of April, 1893, and it is agieed
that 5 per cent upon all purchases
made under this option shall he paid
on account thereof at the time such (
purchases are made, and that the re- j
mainderdue upon the honds and (
stock so purchased may ho paid for j
tit any time or in anv amounts at
* "J "V V"V |
pleasure of the party of the second j
part on or before the 80 th day of
June, 189J, and said bonds and |
stock shall be delivered by the parties
of the first part to the party of
the second part, its successors or as- |
signs, in such sums and at such times (
as they may bo called for by the (
party of the second part upon the i
payment of the 1)5 per cent remain (
der due thereon. It being expressly |
understood that tho said Trust Company
inmrs no individual liability
hereunder save to the extent of its 1
own subscriptions. t
In witness whereof, the said Benj i
II. Tillman as Governor and the said ]
'Be True to Y
[WAY. S. C., TI
NV. T. 0. Hates Treasurer <>f the*
State of SonOi Carolina, havo sub- i
scribed these presents, ami the said
Haiti more Trust and (Juarantee
Company of Haiti more, has caused'
the same to be subscribed by its ? 1
and its corporate seal to be hereto!
affirmed on the day of the year above | '
written.
Tile Courts <)|?liiion.
The Supreme Court today deci led
th.it the contract was not iu excess
of the power given the defendants,
and dismissed the application for an
injunction. Judges Met to wan and
and Pope signed the majority opin
ion and Chief Justice Mclvor d.s- j r
seated. The formal opinions will <
bo 11 loci later. I '
There is about $100,000 worth of | >
now l percent, bonds bold, which , S
ire exchangeable for the 41 per t
jo.its'' to be issued, which are not' I
included in the negotiations with the 11
Baltimore syndicate.
Why, Oeveruor. j(
Governor Tillman has not answer- 1
id the questions propounded to him '
by The State Monday. He does not '
j a re to say anything on the subject (
>f the refunding of the debt. jc
The principal question The State |6
isked him was this: I I
"Is it true that Blair & Co., No. H
33 Wall St., Now York, bankers i1
ated at over $40,000,000, offered i11
liar for the issue without cost to the '
State, on condition that the princi s
pal and interest should be payable in '
^old. c
Governor Tillman does not deny .
that such an offer was made, and in 1
new of assurances to us that it was!)
nade, we have to conclude that v
inch was the case. Why, then, did | '
the (governor refuse an odor wliich '
would have saved the State $130,000 N
in commissions to the brokers, and 1
the fees of \ r. Colvin Bhind of An- "
Ljusta, Ga., besides? Why?
wus it because tlie Karmers' Al
liaucc miglit call him a "gold bug" if '
he accepted it? \\ as it beeuuso there D
is a prejudice in ?hat organization 8
ngaiust recognizing gold as superior j
lo silver or governmental promises '
to pay? < >r was it because there ]
would have been no money in such a J
sale, without commissions, for the '
Governor's friends? i'
Does the Governor expect, gold to 1
go above par within twenty years, 1
find to he therefore unavailable? Il';v
so, why? (
Does ho think that South t'aiolina 1
cannot pay hor bonds in gold as well *
us the great corporations which have '
issued gold bonds? If so, whv? (
(iive us reasons, 0 Governor! You ; *
leave us to believe that you have *
done this thing at a cost to the tax '
payers <>f from $1 111),000 to ? I .">0,000, !
iind yon do not tell us why. The 6
people are entitled to the facts. If *
you have rejected such an offer, tell K
them why. y
Why, (.Jovernor, why?? '/'//< A7ute. 8
Specimen ('uses. t
S. II. Clifford, Xew Cassel, Wis., c
was troubled witn Neuralgia and *
Uheumatism, his stomach was dis 11
?rded, Ins Liver was affected to, an c
ilartiiinir rliKrro* iiiumiilo f..ll ......... i(
-- r> ft-?? "ri,u"*v"* i
in 1 ho vu s terribly red need in
flesh and stregth. Three bottles of c
Kleotrio Hitters cured him*
Kdwurd Shepherd, Harisburg, III.
Iiad a running sore on his leg of 0
fight years standing. Used three c
initios of Klectric Hitters and seven K
uoxes of Bueklen's Arnica Salve, 1
uul his leg is sound and well. John
Speaker, Catawba, <>., had five large 1
h'ever sores on his leg, doctors said
10 was incurable. One bottle Klec,ric
Hitters and one box Bueklen's 1
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. {
Sold at Dr. K. Norton's Drug store.
Satan slew the ten children of Job, a
jut purposely spared his wife; and a
for a good reason. lie thoroughly c
tnew her disposition, and wanted her e
foran ally in Ins malignant work, t
\fter she turned against her litis-Jc
jand, advising him to "curse God |
md die,''Satan left the field. At,t
my rato, nothing more is said of his I
presence. He did not think it ne- ^
jessary to bother himself further I
.vith that particular ease. A good j v
vife is tho best blessing that any j
nan ever got from God; but a bad or ; 1
foolish one is the woist curse.? M
f>/wistinn A<!vacate.
Hticklcii's Arnica Salve. c
The Best Salve in the world for ( v
Juts, Bruises Ulcers, Salt Rheum, 1
h'ever Sores, Totter. Channed I lands 111
Jhilblains Corns, and all skin Krnp- I
Jons and postively cures Piles, or
10 pay required. It is guaranteed j
.ogive perfect satisfaction, or money 1
efunded. Price 25 cents per box.!1
[ 'or sale by Dr. K. Norton.
(
With a bottle of Ayer's Cherry n
Pectoral in the house, you have an f
jffeotivo remedy for all sudden at- }
,acks of throat and lung troubles, o
Vn hour's delay may lead to serious c
jonsequences. No household should J"
:>o without this wonderful medicine, t
Kuchingham's Dye for the whis- q
<ers is the best, handiest, safest, ^
uirest, cleanest, most enonomical i
ind satisfactory dye ever invented. 1
It is the gentlemen's favorit". t
our Word, Your Work, and
IUK8DAY PE
PLACING THE STATE DEBT.
;. ll A ULKSTON AN 1 A1 !*<> 1C
1 AN I" FACTO It IN TII1C NIC
(JOl l ITIONK.
I wo i 11 ion Dollars of Homls
Subscribed lor Here Why
Most ol" the Subseiibers Willi
drew I'rom their A^iTniirni
The Haltiiuore Symlieute I'uts
up Ono Hundred Thousand
Dollars Io Hind I hair ('out raid.
News and (Courier.
rlie News and Courier has done
ill tluit it possibly could do to assist
lovernor Tillman and Treasurer
lutes in their efforts to refund tlie
4?ute debt. It has not approved of
tome of the methods they have adopcd
to accomplish this purpose. It
jelieves that the bonds should have
>ecn offered to the highest bidder;
hut it was not necessary, to place
he bonds, that a syndicate of outside
capitalists should have been formed;
hat the debt could have been and
.vonld have been taken by (Jharleson
bankers and investors had the
ipportunitv been afforded them
equally with outside dealers and
peculators. It has expressel sur>rise
that the State should pay a
commission of 2\ percent for placng
the bonds where there was an
igreemeut between representatives
if the Haiti more and Charleston sub
icribcrs to do the work for throo"ourths
of I per cent; that the pro
seeding* before the State Supreme
Jourt touching tho construction of
tie Kefunding Act was extraordinary;
hat the hearing before the Supreme
'ourt was entirely ex parte and that
lie decision of the Supreme Court in
he alleged te>?t ease was (if doubtful
,'tilidtcy. Hut The News and ('on
ier has refrained from publishing
my statement in regard to tho negoiations
which have been in progress
n this city for the past three weeks
jeoause it did not. care to place any
ibstaclc in the way of the certain
iet t lenient of t he State deot.
Three or four weeks ago Mr. John
v W illiams, of liiehniond, Mr* U. A.
Lancaster, of New York, and Mr. T\
(I. Colston, of Baltimore, came to
Charleston t?> interest the capitalists
if this city in tho work of placing
he State deht. They said in effect
hut the Stale debt would he placed
vithout doubt, and that they had
'oiue hero to admit the Charleston
leople to the ground lloor. After
requent and earnest consultation
,vith tlic Charleston people and much
communication by wire and mail be
.ween Charleston and Columbia,
Jbnrlest.on and Bichmond, Cbnrles.011
and Baltimore and Charleston
ind New York they secured a sub
icription in Charleston of $2,()()(),000
.owards the State debt. The underitftnding
between Messrs Williams
ind Lancaster and the Charleston
inbscribcrs was that they, or thesynlicate
which they represented, were
>nly to receive three-quarters of 1 per
lent commission, and that they conI'rtl
Irwl I It r> oil I i iuuiii><i
V..V..W IU.MIV wwaiKD,
imounting to $<5,800,01)0* that tlm
ixpcnso connected with the placing
>f the bonds would const,mo almost
he entire three quarters ?>f 1 per
:ent. and that the syndicate expected
o make their money by selling the
>onds tit a per cent over par, and
ivery subscriber in Charleston signid
an agreement that he would not
ell the bonds before the 1st of .Inly
text at less than 1013.
In the meantime a question was
aised as to the construction of the
Refunding Act and a test caso was
nade up by the Administration and
> resented to the State Supreme
'ourt. The question involved in
his case was whether under the terms
>f the Act permitting the Governor
ltd State Treasurer to sell the bonds
,t not le>s than par or face value they
on Id be sold at "par flat," which was
xplained in the contract between
he State and the Baltimore syndicate
to mean that nothing should be
aid for accrued interest. I'nder
he decision of the Court the con.
ract as made by the Governor and
itate Treasurer was sustained, as
icing authorized by the Act, and by
irtuo of this decision the Governor
nd State Treasurer have authority
o pay 21 percent for placing the
lebt.
When this decision was made the
diaries ton subscribers to the syndiafu
held a meetincr tn iloinrmiiwi
O w "w
rhat course hejr should pursue. At
heir meeting on Mondav last the
ction indicated in the following
>aper was taken:
0If Mti.r.STON, S. Jan. 23 1803.
To the Chairman and other mem*
icrs of tho conference of subscribers
o the new issue of 4 J per cent bonds
if tho State of South Carolina?
ientlemen: The undersigned cornnit
tee, appointed by your conference
or the purpose of recommending the
>ropcr courso to be pursued in view
if recent developments in the matter
?f subscriptions to said issue of now
State bonds, respectfully beg leave
o report:
That at a meeting of your
lommittce was held on
Saturday, 21st instant, at 1 o'clock
\ M., at tho (rormania Savings
tank, at which all the members of
he committee were present, it was
Your Country."
1?1 { U A RY2, IS
| resolved to send tlie following telegram,
prepaid, to Mr. John S. Wil
, liains, Richmond, Ya:
sRofore making recommendations
to Monday's meeting wo will bo
pleased to liuvo your syndicato and
rc|?ro8ontati>o of tho llaltinioro
Trust Company appear before onr
committee at 11 o'clock, Monday, at
(leriuania Savings Hank; wo wish to
soil all original contracts. Wo expect
you to notify other parties."
Signed by tho committee.
That said telegram was duly sent i
over the Western I Dion wires at
half past 1 o'clock l\ M. on said Sat !
unlay, '.Mst instant, all charges prepaid.
That your committee met at;
the (letmania Savings Hank this day,
at 1 I o'clock A. M. and no member
of the committee having received
any communication from Mr. Wil
liams, and neither he nor any re pro
sentativo being present, your comniittee
continued the further cons'deration
of tho matter, and as a
result lag to submit to yon for consideration
the propriety of passing
the folio a ing preamble and resolution:
Whereas, the subscriptions of the
undersigned were procured front us
upon the representation to us respectively
of the existence at the
time of our respective subscriptions
of certain alleged facts, especially
the representation then made to us
that the entire issue had been then i
taken by the parties represented by
hose soliciting our subscriptions,
| which we have since become reason a
' bly satisfied did not then exist: and
Whereas, such subscriptions would
not have hem made had it not been i
then represented to us that the entire
issue had been then taken by
1 the partivs represented by those * so
1 liciting our subscriptions, ami had
i not such then conditions also been
then represented tons as existing;
licit therefore resolved. That in
view of these developments we do
hereby withdraw our several subscriptions.
A majority of the Charleston snb
:i .'i i - ..ii
Muiut-is u? i ill* synuicaio wn iKircw
their subscriptions and a formal
statement of their action, <>f indicated
in the roreg> ing paper, was mailed
to the Baltimore syndicate yesterday, j
The amount represented by the
('hai lesion subscriber^ withdrawing j
I from their agreement with thesyndi- 1
cate is about 81.200,000 out of the j
$2,000,000 of bonds original I v sub
scribed for in thD city, leaving suii
scriptions to the syndicate of about i
$800,0(H 'in ' /'harleston.
What elTect this action of the
('harleston subscribers will have
upoll the bonds and what course
i the syndicate will pursue remains to
, be seen. The withdrawing subscribers
represent banks and other institutions
and trust estates* Whether
i it will be possible to make up to the
syndicate in Charleston what has
j lost by the withdrawal of a majority i
of the subscribers lu-re it is not pos-J
i si hie to say * Dispatches were received !
here yesterday saying that the Haiti.1
more syndicate would probably take I
the whole available issue. It is certainly
known that the syndicate has
deposited $1000,000 in the Hank of j
Charleston, the agont of the State,
this amount being 5 per cent on the
purchase of $2,000,000 of the bonds.
It is notkhown whether or not the
syndicate has actually placed any of
the bonds bought by it?probably i
it has not tried to place any of them !
hut it is known that the sydicate has
i put up the margin on $2,000,000 of
the bonds, and that Charleston has
invested $800,000 in them. So far
as known the only bonds that have
been actually placed are the $800,000
of bonds placed in Charleston, ( liar
I lesion could and would have taken],
j tlie entire issue, it is believed, had
I Charleston been placed on an even ,
! footing with the rest of the financial
world.
Whether by word, intimation or I
i inference t lie impression has obtained '
with the Charleston subscribers that
the whole issue was placed as is shown
however, and when from the proceed
ingsin the test case before thcSnprente
Court it appeared that it
would not be placed before the 1st
of April, most of the subscribers
withdrew their subscriptions. If
the syndicate would now assure the
subscribers that the whole issue will
I be taken on or before April I it is
! believed that two millions or more
j would be immediately taken be e.
It is a long story, however, and
this chapter is long enough ami interesting
enough for the first day.
When you're languid and dull in .
the spring of the year,
When Stomach and liver are all
out of gear,
When Nou're stupid at morn and
feverish at night,
And nothing gives relish and
nothing goes righr,
Don't try any nostrum, elixir, or'
! pill.?
"Golden Medical Discovery" jn*t j
tills the hill.
The sorest ami host of all minedies
-for all disorders of the liver,
stomach and hlood, is Dr, Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
$1.50 will pay for 52 copies of
Tim Hkkai.o.
A GREAT AND GOOD MAN GONE.
.11 stin-: ija>i v irs i?i: vim
AN N()( N < I.IHN CONdltliHH. ,
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4 liaim<*(?*r ol ilic l>4'inl
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Tli.- Stat." J ?
Washington, Jan. I Win n tho ('
tl
Senate met today, tho credentials ^
of Senators Cruv and l?ate worn (]
presented ami placed on file. v
Mr. Sawyer of Wisconsin, from 1
the committee on pensions, reported
a hill authorizing tho Commissioner
of Pens oiks t<> accept as proof tho j
citizenship of an applicant for a }
pension, under the act of July 27I n
1890, the fact at the date of his ap- L
plication ho was an actual and bona
lido resident of the I nited States,
and it was passed.
N ice President Morton laid he- L1
fore the Senate a Communication j
from tho Chief Justice of the Su j
premo Court of the Cnited States, I
iionouncinir the death of Associate j v
! ]t
J ustico I ,amar.
Mr. Walthall rose and said:
".Mr. President: That the death 1
of the great man just announced .
great in every sense?is a public
calamity will he agreed to by all!"
men, of all shades of opinion, .
throughout the country which L
served so well* Put, Mr* President,
it is in Mississippi that this ullliction "
will he most Ucenly and sorely felt.
I!e was tho pride of that State, to '
whose name he brought so inurh of 1
credit dni'iiifr liw iMininr nu..fi.l
'' " ,,ov'"'. I n
ness and honor in public positions of '
1 lie greatest responsibility and trust' v
lie was tho idol of the people of his v
Stale. I hey admired liitn for his'
mauv 'gifts and for his conceded
power. They were grateful to him '
for services winch, they believe and ( !
I believe, no other man could have
rendered as lie did and when ho
did; '?nd they loved him and trusted
him for that, high >ense of honor,
that sublime courage, that fidelity
which signalized his private and his |
public life* < >11 tins occasion, Mr,
President, I may not speak tit, length j
of his public services, but I may
be permitted, <>n behalf of Mississip- 1,1
pi and of all her people, to thank
li e Semite, in advance, for tlio action
which I know is soon to be taken I I
by adjourning in respect to iiis mem-i
!
M. (iordon said.' '.Mr. President: I,
This is not tho occasion for any :
extended remarks in reference to the '
distinguished dead, but I do feel '
impelled to say that (Jeorgia sym
pathi/.es (Specially with her sister I1
State, Mississippi, in the deep sense ;
of the loss which we have sustained.
Judge Lamar's life began in (Jeor
gin, and his distinguished ancestry
make a part of her history . Around 1
his name in early manhood were '
clustered the hopes of her people. s
They have naturally followed his I
career with'the deep interest which
would attach to a career so illus* j
trious, so brilliant, so exceptionally 1
beneficial to this country. As a \
mother weeps, so Georgia weeps at j t
the death of this great man. It was .
mu fdrl n no to b imin l>i?? .....1 " V
.11 J tvi ?? uv. l\UV/?Y II I 111 U II VI I1' I 1
love him. It, was tlio fortune of j
Georgia to have given to this I'uion (
the man who has just passed away, j
wi?h an immortal glory around his I
name, ami with the blessings of all
his countrymen, from every section* *
forever to follow him."
Mr. Wilson of Iowa; "Mr. IVcsi- |
dent, in view of the announcement
just made to the Senate, ami out of
proper respect to tho memory of the I(.
deceased .)udge, I move that the I
Senate do now adjourn*"
The motion was agreed to, and I
the Senate at 12:35 adjourned. t
IIoiimc ol' It cpresen t at Ives
Washington, -Jan. 24 ? In hi.s,|
prayer this morning the chaplain of
the House of Kepesentatives said;
"Oli, eternal God, we como before
Thee with bowed head and hearts!
fi led with sadness, mourning the t
death of tin eminent .Justice of the i
Supremo Court, more than once a
member of tho House, and likewise |
of the most illustrious Christian
preacher of the time. W hilst we
commemorate the virtues and rare '
grace and charm of the Justice, the
wonderful talents and dedication of
himself on the part of tho llishop t < > ,
the service of his fellow men, we H
pray that their sudden deaths may
come as an admonishment to our
own hearts." j1
The special order of tho day was
ino imiiKi wpicy oin, to the consideration
of which today and tomorrow
had been assigned, subject, however, s
to the general appropriation bills. (
Mr. Ilolinan moved that the House 'J
go into committee of tho whole for '
the further consideration of tKm sun- (
dry civil bill. ' J.
Mr. Gates said that l.o did not I
wish to antagonize tl is motion, and f
would not do so if Thursday were'*
substituted for today for the COnsid ?
eration ef tho bankruptcy hill. l>ut t
to this substitution Mr. Diekerson 1
objected, and the friends of the bank- s t
ruptcv h ll rallied in opposition to I
NO. 29.
ifr. Holm in'? motion, which wasdooh
ted?years 10?, nays. 137.
The Speaker laid before the i Jouse
k column meat ion from 'ho Chief
Insti'e of tlie I'm od States Supreme
<>urt, announcing the death of
\saocinto .) ustice I .iimar,
Mr. Allen, < I' 'is-is.sint>i rose and
aid; ''We have heard with great
egret the announcement of tho
loath of one of the most distinct
ished men this country has proiuced
in this generation a citizen of
ay own State, a distinguished incnt
ier of this house from that State, a
listinguished cahinet officer, and
t hen lie died, a member of the Suiroinc
Court, of tho t nitod Statos.
Ls a mark of respect to him, whom
II who know him loved so well and
dmired so much, ' move that the
louse do adjourn."
The motion was unanimously
greed t}. and House accordingly
djourned at 12
1?i o^ rupli tea I
Lucius Quintus (Jincimmtus Lunar
was born in l utnam County,
ieorgia, September I. 182,r>t 11 is fa
her, Lueius Quintus Cincinatus Laiiar,
was of 1 luguenot descent and
fas celebrated in Ceorgia as a jurist
ml eloquent speaker. He was comuissioned
by tlio State Legislature
i? compile and revise the laws of the
'oinuionwoalth. The elder Lamar
tad been suffering with dyspepsia
ml in nil iusme moment committed
uieido on duly 1,1831. After his
uther's death young l.amar went to
)\ford, Mis*., where lie received part
f his education. I le graduated from
Cmory College, (Joorgia, in 183"),
tudied law in Macon and was adniiled
to the bar in 1817. In 181'.)
in returned to Mississippi and was
ppointcd ad junct professor of I' ni ersity.
lie held this position for a
ear. when ln> rcsM'iied and r.?siim...l
ho practice of law in ('ovington, (la.
Ic was elected '?> t lio I .cgishituro of
hat State in 1 ST>:i, hut in the followng
vear lie again retuivd to MisMssppi
ulid settled on his plantation in
-iifayotte.
Mr. rjnmar w.iS shortly afterward
looted n.s:i Democrat to Congress
in<I served from I 8")7 to the out
>renk of the war, when lie resigned,
i ok his seat in the Secession Condition
of his State and subsequenty
entered the Confederate Army as
i Lieutenant Colonel of the Nine
eelii Mississippi .{ogiment* tie
ervcd in the \rmyof Northern Virginia
until 18G8, when ill health
breed hitil to ask for a furlough,
le went to Kusssia undrcnuiined
here until the end of the war, when
io returned to Mississippi and was
looted professor of political ccono
ny in the Mississippi University,
.ater he was sent back to Congress
,nd in 18? i he ft as elected to the
nited States Senate. He resigned
tig seat in tluit body on March 5,
885 to become Secretary of the I lienor
in President Cleveland's Cabilet.
Ho was appointed to the Suircmc
bench in December, 1887, and
viis confirmed in me imiowing !an?
mry.
? -fr
Stilt is|ies (>r St sit I'M II (Ml.
WhSllillKtOH Pu-t.
hi the House of Itepresentatives
lie man with the longest name is
\rciiibald Henderson Arlington
A illiams, of North Carolina.
The heaviest man is John W. Uife,
f 1 'eu.sylvania. A special chair is
irovkied for his use.
The handsomest nian is Alton
'at lu-iu t Din-borrow, Jr., of Illnois.
The homeliest man is \\ illiain P.
'arret t, of I ndiana.
The oldest man i?> Kdwurd Scull,
if Pennsylvania. Ho was horn in
818.
'I he )oungest man is Joseph \V.
hiiley, of Texas, lie was horn Ocober
0. 1803.
The best dressed ma i is Henry If.
iingr am, of Pennsylvania,
Tho wittiest man is I'homas
Irackett Heed, of Maine.
Tho tallest m m is Newton Marin
Curtis, of Xew N ork. Hi> height
s t> feet 0 inches
The shortest man is .John IL 1V1ows,
of New ^ ork.
Tim thinnest man is James l>.
ticl urd-on, oF Tennessee.
The richest man is John I.. Mitch'II,
of Wisconsin. His wealth is esimated
at from $'J.">,000,000 t > ?Jo,100,001).
Tlie best story teller ir John M.
Mien, of Mississippi.
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