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VOL. VIII. SILVER IN THE SENATE. STUAIiiXU A MAIU'Ii ON T1IK OP-j POS1TION. Republicans Helping to I'uss the I lllaiul Hill?lOvrn its Friends art1 | Surprised that t ha l<!iul is lleaclit'd So iMislly. WASUINUTON, March".?In the Senate to-day Mr. Morgun, from the coinmittoo on foreign relations, reported a resolution, requesting the I'resident to inform the Senate if not inconsistent with public interest, whether the 4 ' ' 1 h..? < i iniiciii hi vjroai. licit inn hud ever occupied Bluctields or any other place on the Mosquito reservation iu Nicarn gua, with a military force : tostutetho character and strength of such force, and the claim of authority on the part of the British government to so occupy that country. Lie supposed lie said, although he did not know, that the Kearsai'go had been dispatched to Bluefiolds on account of that occupation. It was a very delicate and grave question for the people of the United States particularly if the military occupation had taken place on the idea that Great Britain had reserved to herself, in any treaty with Nicaragua, the right to make an intervention of thisj kind, which, in the estimate of the American government, violated the spirit and purpose of the Claytonliulwhr treaty of 1S5U. The resolution was agreed to. Harris called for a veto on his mo Hon lor a second reading of the seigniorage bill. Ho stated that his obf ject yesterday was to bridge the day over in order that he might consult with some of his friends on the Democratic side of the chamber. He had had such consultation: and now, in view of what seemed to be the unanimous views of both sides, and in view of the fact that after the tariff bill should be reported, it would have to remain on the calendar for a number of days, so as to allow it to be printed and to allow every Senator an opportunity to examine itcarefully, he knew of no better method of occupying the intermediate time than to take up and dispose of the seigniorago bill. After its second reading he would ask unanimous consent to have it taken up, considered and disposed of. The bill had its second reading, and then the Vice President asked whether there was any objection to Harris's request to take it up for consideration. Sherman said that he would move, if no one else did, to refer the bill to the finance committee. He regarded the bill as one of the most important ones that had been before the Senate for years. It proposed the issue of United States notes to the amount of $00,000,000 for the current expenses of the government. He regarded it as a grave revolutionary proceeding. This issue of $of>,o00,000 would be followed by the. issue of other millions of paper money, without any provision behind thorn for their redemption. Mr. l'almer (Dem.) of Illinois argued in favor of its reference to the finance committee, lie regarded a revenue tariff, ho said, us essential to the country ; hut the seigniorage bill was one that could await the .settlement of that more important one. The discussion continued until 2 p. 111., when the Vice President laid before the Senate the unfinished business, being a bill for the purchase of a site for the government printing otlice. Call moved to lay that bill aside and to take up the bill to change the boundaries of the judicial districts of Florida. This motion was defeated?yeas 122. nays 21. Harris then moved to proceed to the consideration of the seigniorage bill. The motion was agreed to without a division. The bill was therefore before the Senate as in committee of the whole. Yoorhees, chairman of the finance committee, said that if ho had supposed that the taking up of the seigniorage bill would result in any delay of the tariff bill he would be opposed to it, but the bill could be taken up and disposed of before the discussion of the tariff question was reached. The question wus taken on Sherman's motion to refer to the seigniorage bill /o the linanco committee, and the 1110 tion was defeated ? yeas 6, nays 50. Tho affirmative votes were given by Davis (lien.) of Minnesota, Gallingor (Rep.) of Now Hampshire, Morrill, (Dom.)of Vermont, 1'aimer (Dein.) of Illinois, Sherman (liop.) of Ohio, and Vilas (Dein.)of Wisconsin. The bill was read in full, and tho presiding officor (Faulkner) said the hill was in committee of the whole and open to amendment. Then no amendment being oilered, ho followed with the announcement that the question was on tho engrossment and third reading of tho bill; and, that stage being rapidly passed, he said tho question now was, ''Shall the bill pass'/" All this had been accomplished so deftly and speedily that tho opponents of the bill did not seem to realize that their opportunities had slipped away. Finally, Hoar inquired what had become of an amendment which Stewart had offered oi proposed to offer. lie was informed that Stewart hud abandoned the purpose. And, as tho presiding officer put the question, " Shall tho bill now pass'/" Hoar interposed a mot ion to adiourn. lirwl oftllod for tho yeas and nays. At first it looked as if the necessary one-fifth to second a call for the yeas and nays was not forthcoming, but finally enough Senators were counted, and the motion to adjourn was taken by the yeas and nays. It was defeated yeas 12, nays GO. Morrill protested against such an important bill boing passed in what looked like a freak of a Senate. There had been no consideration as to what the clfoet of its passage would be on the credit of the country, both at home ^ and abroad. It was but recently that \fp fifty million of bonds hud been sold in order to reinforce the Treasury with gold, and to keep gold and silver coin and United States notes on a parity. And it was well understood that no further amount of bonds could bo issued with the hopo of finding a market. Palmer inquired whether the bill was still subject to atnendmont; and was informed by the presiding olfloer that it was not. Allison : lias the bill passed to a third reading? The presiding officer: Yes ; and the Juestion now before the Senate is ou he passage of the bill. Allison : Then I move to reconsider the vote, whereby the bill was engrossed and read a third time. Cock re 11 (Dotn.) of Missouri: On that motion I ask tl>o yeas and nays. Sherman made a final appeal to the Senate against hasty action. The course adopted with this bill was, he said, in violation of the old established rules of the Senate. Never sinee the body was organized had such an important measure been rushed pell-mell through it. Tho Senate bad refused to refer 51. and now it was to be passed with scarcely any debate. That seem *.?il .extraordinary. 1 lo begged tho Senate?the greatest deliberative body in the world?to pause before hurrying to its passage a bill which, in his judgment, contained within it things as indefensible us ho hud ever known in a bill, lie intimated that he would like more time to present his objections to it. No Senator, he said, had dreamed that the bill wrs to pass to-day. "No matter," said Harris, "what people .may have dreamed or not dreamed ; if tho Senator desires further time, he shall have it." Allison said that he had in his mind two amendments which he thought were necessary and he hoped that in some way the bill might not bo plaeed beyond the power of amendment. "That has already been done," said Vouchees. " I hope the third reading will be reconsidered " Allison pleaded. "1 prefer boingf,frank to being agreeable,"said Ilaris, "and I shall not consent to its going back to tho amendment stage." After some further colloquy tho bill was allowed to go over till to-morrow, principally for the accomodation of Sherman but with no indication that there would h(5, to-morrow, any abandonment or yielding of tho parliamentary advantages which it occupies. After action on Allison's motion to reconsider, tho next vote is to be on the passage of tho hill. Special to Atlanta Journal. Washington, 1). C., March 8.? What looked yesterday morning to be foolish and dangerous, turned outto bo one of the wisest political moves of the present session. When it was first known that, by Democratic aid, the Bland bill was to bo considered prior to tho tariff bill, Tho Journal correspondent, in common with all tho afternoon men, believed that it was a dangerous step, calculated to delay, if not destroy, tho hopes of tarill reform. It transpires, however, that, instead of the Democrats falling into a Republican trap, the latter were the victims of their own machinations. rhe Bland hill was taken up by practically a solid vote. It is now ready for passage and will be passed in a very few days. There will be few Democrats voting against it. Tho discussion on the Bland hill was commenced immediately after the morning hour in tho Senate. Mr. i^herman is speaking against it to crowded galleries. He is making the ablest argument thatcould be made in opposition to tho coinage of tho seigniorage, but it will do no good. The bill is sure to pass. TIIB I'OWKit OF TUB PRESS. A Strong Protest Against a Newspaper Crilicisni?Democratic Senators Define their Position. YVasiiioton, March (>.?While the chief clerk was reading tho journal of yesterday's Senate there was a good deal of quiot consultation going on botwoon Senators on both sides of the chamber, presumably over a supposed combination between the protectionist Senators and the Senators from the silver States, to precipitate a light this morning over the second reading and reference of the seigniorage bill. Aldrich (Kcp.) of lihode Island was noticed as being remarkably activo in negotiation with the Senators from the silver States. HillotTered the following resolution, and asked that it be laid on tho table for tho present: Whereas, Tho Secretary of the Treasury has announced a deficit el $7<>,000,000 for the current fiscal year, and Whereas, The House bill, known a* the Wilson bill, proposes to discard 70,000,000 revenue from tho present taxes and to meet the double deficiency by new internal and direct taxes. Resolved, That tho Senate finance committee frame amendments to the said bill, omitting the said internal and direct taxes newly proposed, and, instead thereof, make provisions foi sufficient revenue by taxing other foreign imports and otherwise revising tho tariff, without creating a deficiency. Harris thereupon moved tho second reading of the seigniorage bill, which had had its first reading yesterday, and said that there was no more earnest advocate of silver coinage than himself, but believing, as he did, thai there was at least one question thai should take precedence of itsconsidora tion, without breach of confidence. lu was able to nt.ato t hai t.h/i on flnanco was on tho very eve of re porting the tarilT bill. Ilo thoreforc objected to further proceedings on tlu seigniorage bill. Under that objectior lie claimed that the bill would go t< the calendar. Tho chair held Harris' motion to b( debatable, and Stewart t<x)k the floor but in a few momenta Horry (I)oin. of Arkansas rose to a question of per sonal privilege, lie read the headlinoi of an article in to-day's Now Yorl Herald: "Obstructing Commorcia Prosperity. Some of the Senators Do mand the Protection of Local Intor csts. Delay in Reporting tho Tarif Bill in tho Senate.' lie complainec that among other names, his nam< was mentioned. Ho spoke of tho arti cle as so infamous, so utterly withou foundation, and so thoroughly unjust that he could not allow it to pass b; without notico. He had been to over; member of tho flnanco committee am had urged tho roporting of tho Wilsoi bill jih it had come from tho House Ho had urged thorn to "dofythemei who were delaying tho reporting of th ijill in order to protect local interests. He had said to every member of th' committee that he would submit t the demundx of these men, but woul report the bill and let thorn takothoi stand before the face of the country lie believed in absolute free trado an that commercial transactions shoul be unfottered by any tariff laws. N on* wa? more anxious than he to hav CONWAY, S. C., Tl the Wilson bill paseod. Democrats who undertook to defeat it, for any purpose (ho cared not what), "ought to have, and will have, no place inside the Democratic ranks." Voorhees and Harris corroborated Berry's statement of his position on the bill. Mr. McLaurin, the new Senator from Mississippi, whoso name had been mentioned among the obstructionists, said that ho hail nnvni> h?,.i...l ..f ...... v> number of Sonators joining hands for delaying tho report!lift of the turiff bill until ho had road something of tho kind in tho Washington Post. Ho was conscientiously opposed to the doctrine of protection, ile was in favor of a tariff for nothing in the world except revenue. And he wanted to pronuneo tho newspaper statement, so far as ho was concerned, absolutely untrue. Tho next Senator to rise in the round of personal explanation was Faulkner (l)um.) of West Virginia, and his appearance in that role caused considerable merriment, particularly on tho Republican side of the chamber. His name had been mentioned among tho obstructionists. Ho had no hesitation in saying that in relation to some of the provisions of the Wilson tariff bill, that bill, as it came from the House, did not suit his views. He had gone beforo the finance committee as a Horn- j ocratic Senator and had suggested cwr- ! tain changes, which he believed to he ' for tho interest of his people aud also In accordance with the Chicago platform of his party. Ho believed in a revenue tariff, and if he had the formulation of a tariff bill he would not have any free list at all. hut would put everything on the dutiable list at a revenue rate. Ho would not do so for the sake of protection, but for tho sake of revenue, and of revenue only. Hut nt: wuihcu u> say, emphatically, that at | tho saroo time, that ho had ho expross od hiniHolf to tho oommittooon finance, ho had also said: "1 am a Democrat, and if that bill is brought in as a Democratic bill, whether an it catno from tho House or in any form, it will rocoivo my earnest and cordial support." Mr. Morgan was tho noxt Senator to sock tho floor. Ho said: "Mr. President, it is very clear, clear beyond reasonable doubt, that the Senator from West Virginia is not guilty as charged. (Laughter.) I have to say for myself, that I have not boon nearly ho abused as he, and that, therefore, 1 am not guilty." (And the Senator resumed his seut amid continued laughter.) Mr. Call, another of those Senators referred to as obstructionists, declared that the statement, so far as he was concerned, was absolutely false, and that he believed it to be false in regard to every other Senator mentioned. Allison (Kep.) of Iowa, a member of the finance committee, said, humorously, that ho desired to vindicate the Senator from Arkansas. That Senator had never approached him as a member of the finance committee. (Laughter.) Becoming more serious, he said: "Has it come to this, in tho history of tariff legislation, that the Senate is obliged to take a bill as it comes from the co-ordinate branch, without the dotting of an "I" or the crossing of a "t?" Have wo lost, in this chamber, our power of consideration, or of amendment, on a tariff bill. A general tariff bill is the most important subject that can engage tho attention of Congress, if it only affects tho revenue, but it effects every interest and industry in the United Slnte* Tim II,,,,..-, of Representatives hafl this bill under consideration for more than six months before it sent it to this body, lias it come to this, that because the finance committee of the Senate, that is the Democratic members of it, has considered it for live weeks, wo, (meaning the committee,) are to ho gibbeted on the cross roads of public opinion bemuse wo do not hurry this bill, pell moll to tho Senate, without consideration and without deliberation? Speaking as Senator and a member of the finance committee, I intend that I shall i have due opportunity to consider this hill in every paragraph and every item, i I would not discharge my sworn duty ' if I neglected doing so. 1 have waited, with putienco and with some satisfaction, for the Senators on tho other side , of the chamber, who politically have j tho responsibility for this bill, and who , are considering it in order to discover i . whatever defects may be in tho House , bill, to finish their work, and when they do, 1 huvo no doubt that the mini ority on this sido of tho chamber will t have an opportunity to examine the t bill and to propose in committee such amendments as we believe ought to he adopted. And 1 desire to say that thoso . who believe that this important bill is r to bo railroaded through tho Senate may as well lay that idea aside. It will bo debated. It will be considor1 ed, and aftor consideration, tho best i judgment of tho Senate will bo rofloct, ed in whatever is done." t 1 PIlOUllHSS IN TUB SOUTH. t " Bneouruging Reports fVoin all 8cotlons of the South?Much Capital . Being Invested. Baltimore, March 8.?In its issue > this week, the Manufacturers' Record > summarises Southern conditions as foli lows: The week has been notable for . tho 1 i -- i 1 i_ , ?/ <.. uumuvi ui |imj)u8uu imuiici |ilVl 1HIprovements and real estate transfers, > aside from the list of industrial enter, prises. Many projects for water works, ) electric light plants, etc., show that - there is a desire on tho part of the 4 Southern towns to take advantage of c the low rato of money and mako need1 ed improvements. Tho re-adjustment - of tho Atlanta Consolidated Railway's - tinances indicates the faith New bnT gland's creditors have in tho South. 1 The modified plan of tho Richmond 5 Terminal reorganization has boon ap proved by most of tho security holders, t Large land sales in Texas and in tho ,, suburbs of Georgia and South Carolina y towns indicate much groater activity Y in tho real cstato market. J Among the important projects fieri veloped during the week are the (30i. mile extension of tho Savannah. Amerin cus and Montgomery Railroad, to bo o built at a cost of $00,000; a 41,000,000 " company to build an electric railroad e between Baltimore and Washington; a o company to build a telephone lino 1(37 d miles long in Arkansas ; a $100,000 coal r mining company ; $100,000 factory and r. a large combination building in Went d Virginia; a water works plant and u d zinc furnace in Virginia; a phosphate o plant, cigar factory and $100,000 rail e road depot in Florida. IURSDAY, MARCH 1 PENSIONS TOR THE FEDERALSA U1TTKH DISCUSSION KNDKI). One Hundred anil Fltty Millions ul Dollars Appropriated for Pensions. Washington, 1). C., March 7.?Mr. O'Neill (Do.u.) of Massachusetts, roportod from tho Committee 011 Appropriation!) Mr. Bingham's resolution asking tho Secretary of tho Treasury to inform tho House under what authority tho Bureau of Engraving and Printing submitted a bid for printing postage stamps, with a favorable recommendation ; and it was pas?cd. Mr. Henderson (Dem.)of NorthCaro Una, reported from the Committee on Cost O dices and Cost Heads Mr. Bingham's resolution asking the Costmaster General to give the House all the information in his department respecting the bids for printing postage stamps the award of the contract; and it was also passed. At the beginning of the discussion of pension bills Mr. Waugh (Dem.)of Indiana, stated that Deputy Commissioner Bell had wrttien him a letter denying the truth of the interview printed in the Indianapolis Sentinel ahd quoted by him (Waugh) in his speech, in which Mr. Boll was made to say that the expenditures for pensions in the year 1894 would be $2."?,u()0,000 loss than for the current year and that before the Cleveland administration closed the unnual expenditures on account of the pensions would be reduced to $100,000,000 a year. Mr. Hudson (Cop.) of Kansas, said the real reason why the House indulged in this annual debate was the old soldier had a vote. The pension question, he said, should be taken out of politics. Mr. Kussoll (Dem.)of Georgia, said he had received notice that the colored brother was to be relegated to the rear and that the Republican party would tire the Northern heart with their appeals on this pension question. Referring to tie- statements that the Southern States did not pay anything for pensions, Mr. Russell said the States should take the nenuinn in own hands. Tho answer tho country made to tho charges against President Cleveland's pension vetoes was to give him tho largest inujority in 1892 over given to any eandiduto for tho Presidency in tho history of tho country. All that tho Democratic party'dosirod, he said, was that tho pension laws be equitably administered. In tho further course of his remarks Mr. Kussoll was interrupted by Mr. Wilson (Hop.) of Ohio, who asked if Secretary Smith's father served in the Confederate army. " I believe not," said Mr. Russell. " Well, did he have any relations in tho army V" asked Mr. Wilson. "One relative ho had," answered Mr. Kussoll, "whose name stands as high, probably, as that of any man who gave his energies and his fortune to the Confederacy?Gen. lloko, of North Carolina, whose illustrious name the Secretary hears." Mr. Wilson?-"Was the Socrotary in sympathy with tho Confederacy V" Mr. Kussoll?" Well, the Secretary was seven years old at tho time the war broke out, and in common with every seven your old child in tho South, was entirely in sympathy with tho Confederacy." Mr. Springer charged that the pension bureau had heon used by the Republican party to clTect tho vote in Ohio and Indiana which were doubtful States. Mr. O'Neill (Dom.)of Massachusetts, in charge of the hill, closed the general debate. He reviewed the previous speeches by Republicans and i replied to their several criticisms of and charges against the bureau. The cause of the groat sudden decrease of the issue of pension certificates, he said, was a decision made by Assistant Secretary of Internal Revenue Bussoy, of the present administration, which reduced the allowance of a certain eluss of certificates five percent. On the question of the value of allowances made by tho bureau Mr. O'Neill said that the average monthly payment of certificates issued in the last years of Kaum's administration was $9.1)1, while of those issued in the first ten months of Rochron's administration was $10.08. The close of M r. O'NoiU's speech was an eloquent eulogy upon the character and sorvices of Gen. Black, tlio ex-Commissioner; Commissioner Lochren, Secretary Smith, and President Clovoland, a presentation of the hill as a generous expression of tho Democratic party on tho subject of pensions. Tho bill then came up for consideration under the five minute rule and for amendment. Three amendments were rulod out on points of order. The fourth gave rise to debate. It was offered by Mr. Grosvonor (Rep.) of Ohio, to increase the amount of the bill from $150,000,000 to $l(i.r>,000,000. Mr. Henderson (Rep.) of Iowa, caused something of a sensation by referring to the speech of Mr. Black (Dem.) of Illinois. He said that the gentleman had stood hero with a Ixxjuet of rhetoric in one hand to attract the votes of soldiers, whilo in his other, his withored ono, ho hold a dagger to drive nt. t.heir hmu<t.u 44 What a cantrast ho bore," said Mr. Hondorson, 44 to that othor distinguished veteran, (Jen. Sickles, of New York, who apoko for the old soldier and who, ho doubted not, stood discredited with the Democratic party for tho speech. Honorablo sears should not be used, said Mr. Henderson as a cover under which to attack men as honorablo as ho who bears them. 441 was determined," said Mr. Henderson, 44 that this debate should not closo without at least one voico to cry 4shamo' upon him who led a eolumr in attack upon tho soldiors on the pen sion roll." Mr. Hendorson said not a sclntllh of evidonco had been produced t< provo tho chargo of fraud against th< nenMinrt Hat. unrl unf if Ko.i f ..uv mmm juv v iiou mm11 often und so loudly mado by the Domo i orats that many poonlo really bollovoc it to bo a rotton roll. Mr. Hondcrsoi , appeared to the Democrats to unit" with tho Republicans in support o pension appropriations which ou^h [ not to be considered or treated as i , partisan question. k Mr. Enloe (Dom.) of Tennessee, t > whom Mr. Henderson had referred ii his roraarlcs, said the gen?.leqa?n fror Illinois (Blaolc) had been strccbafcful ii 5, 1894. i ! drawing tho tiro of all tho gentlowen | on tho other Hide who had not done military service for tho country and lust of all ho had boon charged of using a dagger, if ho had used any such i weapon it was tho dagger of truth. | Against that dagger had been raised on tho other side the shield ?ho would not say of untruthfulness?but of as- j ; sertion ; and it was painted rod with . : Biaiiucr. i no gentleman irom lowu I has admitted a (ire brand into tlio | j debute. The brund bud evidently not l)oon lighted at the funeral pyro of [ truth, for bo brought nothing of truth j i into the evidence that bad been pro! dueed to prove tiie allegation respecting thu pension roll, mid Sir. En loo said lie would not hco?who shut his eyos and kept them closed, but he had shown to the House the proof of fraud from the records of the bureau itself. An amendment making the reports of the local examining boards open to j claimants and their attorney, offered by Mr. Pick lor, was udopted. Mr. Groow (Hep.) of Pennsylvania, ! offered an amendment making the lowest monthly pension rate four dollars, to be abolished. If the Government were to do anything for the old soldier, he said, it should do something substantial. Dollars and cents should not bo weighed in the National j | scales against the heroic deeds and I services of defenders of their conn- i try. The magnitude of the struggle of IHtil (>,") and the magnanimity of the ' victors to the vanquished were the subject of an eloquent live-minute outburst by tho ex-Speaker. It was his lirstspeech since re-entering the House and he was listened to with close attention. His voice was full, round I and impressive, and his stirring senti i meets cvokou a round of applause. The amendment, howovor, was obnoxious to the point of order that changed the existing law. Th* 'Committoo then rose and the bill ..as reported to the llouso. The Plckler amondinent was agroed to and the hill passed without tho division, substantially as it was reported from tho eommittoo. 1 11 r. S ION A no A M ION l?M 10NTS. Important Changes in the Wilson Turitl llill. Washington, 1). (0., March 8.?Tho Wilson taritT hill, which passed the House of Representatives February 1st, was laid before tho full membership of the Senate eommittoo on linance this morning at 11 o'elook. in tho amended form upon which tho Democratic majority of that committee had finally agreed, after one whole month of consideration and numerous changes of front upon all the more important objects of taxation. Simultaneously with the presentation of the hill to the full committee it was given out for publication through the press. The chief features upon which public interest centered were tho provisions in regard to the taritTon sugar, iron ore, lead, wool and and its manufactures, cotton manufactures and the internal revenue taxes on whiskey and tobacco. The sugar provision is as follows : All sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or of beet juice, inelada, concentrated include, concrete and concentrated molasses testing by poiuriscone not above eighty degrees, shall pay a duty of one cent per pound and for every additional degree or fraction of a degree above eighty and not above ninety degrees shown by the polariseope test, shall pay one one-hundredth of a cent pur pound additional and above ninety and not above ninety-six degrees, for every additional degree or fraction of a degree shown by the polariscopo test, shall pay a duty of two ono-hundredths of a cent per pound additional, and above ninety-six degrees by polariscopo test shall pay a duty of one ami four-tenths cents per pound ; molasses testing not above fiftysix degrees by polariscopo shall nay a duty of two cents per gallon ; ma!asses testing above fifty-six degrees shall pay a duty of four cents per gallon. Iron ore, including mnnguniforous iron oro, also dross or rusidium from burnt pyrites, forty cents per ton. Coal is taken from the free list and made dutiable also at forty cents a ton ' and coke at fifteen cents. Lead ore, which in the Wilson bill was fifteen per cent, ad valorem lead ore and lead dross three-fourth of one cent, per pound, provided that silver ore and all other ores containing lead shall pay a duty of three-fourths of one cent, per pound on the lead contained therein, according to sample and assay at the reports of entry. Uaw wool is left on the free list exactly as in the Wilson bill, the provision to go into etToet August '2, 1804. The whiskey tax is raised to one dollar und ten cents and the bonded periods extended five years, that is, from throe to eight years. Cigars $5 a thousand; cigarettes in papers $1 a thousand ; cigarettees in tobacco 50 cents, a thousand. Lumber remains on the free list. The income tax provision of two per cent, remains in the bill, but the tax on non-residents iH stricken out. The Woolen schedule shows few changes, and where it is changed there is about a fivo per cent, reduction. There aro no changes in the cotton schedule. Collars and cufTs aro increased from ,'15 to 45 per cent, ad valorem. The date for the going into effect of of tho bill is changed from .June 1 to June .'10, and duty iH levied on articles imported or withdrawn from consump, tion. In fit A infnrnol * ? ? *< iiivui iii?i lutunuo oo\/uiwu in cv now provision directing the President to immediately notify the Hawaiian ' government that the United States will terminate in twelve months the treaty with Hawaii made in 1875. No change is made in the rates fixod by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco. ) j Special to Atlanta Journal. > Washington, March 8.?Tho tariff - bill has boon reported to tho full com1 mitto of tho Senate. It took tho subi committee tlvo weeks to prepare it but a their labors do not seem to have boon f in vain. t The bill as reported will not give as a much general satisfaction to tho Democrats as the original Wilson bill, but o what is moro to tho point, it is sure of n passage in its present shape. In a a measure, the concessions wliich were a demanded by the protection Democrat! in the Sonato aro in ado, but only those concessions wore mado which woro necessary to soeuro sutliciont votes to pass tin* bill. There will doubtless bo little* opposition in tlio House) and it is quite probablo tbo bill as reported will bo dually agreed upon in eonforoneo and become a law. Nono of the protection Democrats get all tliey asked for or as much as they wanted, but they received enough to prevent their having a valid exouso for voting against the bill. Mr. Gorman and Mr. Hill woro unable to kill the income tax feature. II, reilWll MS llll! MIllllO US III Hill IIOUHO hill. Tho coal and iron men succoodod in getting a 10 per cent, duty on their ores, the sugar men one cent, on raw sugar with tho polariscopic test upplied to refined. Lend ores were taken olT the free list and taxed throe-fourths of one per cent. Mr. Murphy secured an increase of 10 per cent, in the tax on collars und cuffs. Lumber and diamonds wore put on the free list. These are tho most important changes, with the exception of cotton machinery, which was put on the free list. Tho hill as presented will greatly increase tho revenues, and while some of its increases are to he deprecated it is a much hotter and braver bill than was expected, und should and will he supported by all Domocrata. TO TIIK COTTON UKOW1CKS. A Soulliorner on 'CIiuiiko Appeals to l lie Soul li lo Tliink unci lteusou. The following article is from Mr. John T. Roddy, of New York, formerly a citizen of Rock Hill, S. C. He is in the cotton business, and his knowledge of the situation comes from a constant study of the cotton problem. To tho Editor of the State : 'PI. * ' i mi conon hii>uation should at present cause more thought and agitation than anything else with the thinking people of the South, ami it does seem that with ho many shrewd and progressive Southerners that they couid control the price of cotton, winch can only he raised in ten Southern States of the Union. The Southern States should he able to dictate, instead of having the price dictated to thorn. Why will the South not organize, and study more closely the law of supply and demand V They should command the situation and control their most protitahle staple, which atTeets their welfare more tlian all political questions, to the discussion of which so much time is given. Which is more protitahle, to raise (>,000,000 Dales at 12 cents, or 0,000,000 at .r> cents V Some argue that the price of cotton must equal the cost of production. This is a misleading argument, because even some of the Southern State possess special advantages, so that while at a certain price Homo communities would get a fair or small profit, the same price would mean ruin to others. Some farmers will Hay : " Well, I make enough of everything to do me and can ulTord to plant the balance of my land in cotton." This extra planting is the cause of the low price. The worst trouble in some sections, it seems, (in my opinion,) is the merchant, because if a laborer can borrow, buy, beg or rent a mule, ho can easily rent his land. ?ml t.lw> >? ....... in its his lion to ho in proportion to tho amount of land ho has in cotton. Many farmers promise to pay hi# prices for corn, provisions and other necessities, expecting' an enormous crop of cotton to pay for everything. The hig crop comes and the prices must necessarily ho low. Then the debts cannot he paid, and, of course, general demoralization is the result. Why cannot farmers organize some plan which would permit only so many acres to he planted in cotton for each horse and then adhere to tho rule. Diversify tho crop. Let every family raise everything at home except what it weal's. There is no sense in tho South buying everything it uses, when | it can be raised in that section, which I naturally should he the most prosperous part of the Union ; hut it seems to send North or West for everything, because, in my opinion, it simply desires to plant cotton. Many farmers seem to know nothing elso, and care to learn nothing else. If an organization could bo formed among Southern farmers to control tho planting of cotton, instead of discussing the silver hill and other political questions, 12 to 15 cents per pound could easilv ho obtained for cotton. Cotton is very different from wheat, in that the latter can he itrown all over the world. Supply and demand must control prices. When it is known how many acres the South has planted in cotton, spinners immediately liegin to liguro how low they can buy your cotton next year. No, doubt, Manchester spinners have representatives in the South now, figuring on how many acres you will plant, and for how little they can buy your cotton. There is one point I wish especially to emphasize, and that is tho tendency of the South to send out false reports in regard to the probable amount of cotton they will raise. This works great injury to prices. Why? Experts go South, look up tho crop, estimate tho acreage and the amount you will make. These farmers will say live balos tho to horso. Tho exports, having taken in tho situation, know positively that seven hales of cotton will be mudo to the horse, or at least a difference of easily 20 per cent. Tho reports of the farmers, who estimate tho crop at only tivo bales to the horso. are irlvon /, I?- - - r> - - - ? ' * ?x' hWTV,i ? mont and many large houses, who send them out. Then, tho South, with this false idea, will imagine that tho crop is exceedingly small, and will buy cotton. Tho exports give their opinion, which is usually correct, to many influential pooplo, who thon soli you tho cotton at high prices, based on tho estimate of llvo bales to tho horse. When tho time comos around for you to sell your cotton, it is apparent that tho crop will bo seven bales to tho horso, and you will got tho low prico on this basis. So you can readily seo that hundreds of speculators, cotton traders and merchants 1 llvo?and comfortably too?on your , false estimates of the crop. ? I am a nativo Southerner, with i Southern interests and Southern 7av/ //; o5 ^Fs$&> $ V ^ >f ? p . Vj V NO 35. ,c 8 v in path lea, and it 1h my deareat wish that tho South may wuko up, study closer and bo tho once proud and prosperous section as in ante-bolluin days. Hilt uiiIchh they pull together in harmony, and all work for the individual, ax well an tho general prosperity, such will not be tho case. JNO. T. Roddsy. 9 CAROLINA AT T1IK CAPITOL. Month Carolina Members arc HolUI for t lie TarifY Kill?The (turllngton Post < Mlioe Seti I?*?I. Special to tlir News and Courier. Wasiiinutos, March 8. ?All of tho members of tho South Carolina delegation, except G. Washington Murray, approve the remodelled tariff hill as framed by tho Democratic members of the IInance committee. Why Senator Sutler should have fought for modifications to the hill in company with I trice, Hill, Gorman, White, CulTory, Smith and Faulkner it is difficult to comprohotul, as tho revised hill docs not show any changes in the South Carolina items. Rico, cotton, cotton tics and jute are the same as in the Wilson bill. There is still somo talk about certain Democratic Senators voting against the hill in its present shape. Senator Hill may vote against it on account of the income tax. Several other Fas tern Senators say they are not fully satisfied with tho hill, but they cannot ho induced to state that they propose to vote against iho hill. As a matter of fact the sugar, coal and iron men are secretly pleased with the concessions made to them in the committee's hill. They will have to keep up their light whilothe hill is pending in tho Senate, otherwise they might lose their advantage when tho bill is thrown into a committee of conference. There has been considerable " bluffing "on the oart of the vr?.e?l l?<l kl f?n. sorvativo" Senators, and th?*y have gained numerous concession* that they hardly expected. Ah before stated In those dispatches tho Democrats of the Senate are pledged to pass a taritT reform measure through the present Congress and they propose to redeem that pledge in spite of the contaminating iniluenee of the Sugar Trust and all other trusts. Some of the Senators from semi-protection States huve been obliged to make a tight for duties on em-tain articles, but after all they will walk up and vote with the majority of their party for taritT reform, all predictions to tho contrary notwithstanding. To-day the Senato struck an industrious gait and rushed through a number of bills on tho Calendar. While Senators Butler and Irby were absent from the chamber the lull to transfer tho Morris Island live-saving station to Sullivan's Island was taken up and passed without objection. Senator Irby has requested Senator l'ugh to report favorably tho notninationofMr. Hunter, who was recently appointed United States Marshal for South Carolina. Senator 1'ugh is chairman of tho judiciary committee, to which Mr. Hunter's nomination was referred. There will be no opposition to Mr. Hunter from any source. Tho President to day nominated A. A. Grundy to be post master at Darlington, S. C. This is supposed to end one of tho hardest fights over a Federal appointment that has ever occurred in South Carolina. Tho appointment ?... !*..? ? .. muuv ??o kiiu i nn utuutJ Ul lAUprUSeiltativo McLaurin an a compromise betwoon Mr. Waddill and those who successfully opposed the hitter's unexpected appointment. Mr. McLaurin had a long consultation with Postmaster General Bissell this morning in behalf of Mr. Gandy, and ho was afterwards referred to the President. To the White House Mr. McLaurin went, and before ho left the President signed tho appointment. It will bo romombored that Mrs. Law and Mr. J. 1'. Kirven wore the original applicants. Mrs. Law's friends attacked the character of Mr. Kirven, and Mrs. Law was about to receive tho appointment when Mr. McLaurin withdrew Mr. Kirven's name and rocommended Mr. J. M. Waddill. There was a meeting called by Messrs. Thompson. Wilcox, Woods "and those of the town who filed u protest against the appointmont of Mr. Waddill. The Law side of tho controversy was hacked by Bx-Governor Hugh S. Thompson and Bx-Senator Hampton. Mr. Waddill by Senator Butler and Mr. McLaurin. Mr. Waddill's appointment was Confirmed by the Senate, but tho commission was held back by tho Postmaster General. Charges of all kinds were made pro and con, but as it was plainly evident that IX) per cent, of the the people of tha town opposed Waddill. at the Postmaster General's request finally Mr. McLaurin recommended Gandy, and immediately the same fight was begun against him, with Henry Thompson, the son of Ex-Govornor Thompson, as their candidate. Senator Irby says there will bo no opposition to Gaudy's confirmation. Hack to His Old Love.?Three years ago at Man ice, Indiana, Mrs. Will inn Fash found a letter in her husband's pocket, which was a message of love to a young woman at Hod Key. Mrs. Fash secured a divorce as a result. Soon afterwards Fash married the woman that caused his wife's actions. Mrs. Fash brought suit asking $10,000 damages from wife No. 2 for alienating her husband's affections, but the suit was squelched in a manner that was a mystery until recently. Wife No. 2 brought suit for divorce on identically the same charge as that made by wifo No. 1. Wife No. 2 had found a love letter of recont date in her husband's pocket addressed to his first wifo. The divorce was granted, and a few days ago William and his first lovo locked arms and took the train for Hellofontaine, Ohio, where tnoy are to t>o reunited as one in the town of their childhood, and where they courted over a quarter of a eontury ago. ?Mr. Robert E. Loo, son of the Confederate General, who is a planter residing near Washington, was married to his distant cousin, Miss Juliette Garter, on the 8th inst. The house wedding was very quiet, only the immediate members of both famllioa being invitod. Miss Mildred Lee, the sister of the groom, has been spending the winter in Washington for the first time la many years and attended the weddiag'.