The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 13, 1895, Image 6
The Blizzard's Breath.
The Worst Weather on Re?
cord-All Early Vege?
tables Killed.
LAST FRIDAY'S RECORD.
New York, Feb. 8-The great
snow storm that raged in this vicinity
to-day was worse than the memora?
ble blizzard of March 12-15, 1888, in
three ways-in wind, temperature
and area affected. Only in snow fall
was the storm of 1888 greater than
to-day's. The wind to-day averaged
sixty miles an hour, against fifty
miles in the blizzard of'88, the tem
. perature to day hovering about zero,
while io '88 it was 5 above, five and
a half inches of snow fell to-day,
against two feet then. In the area of
the storm, however, is the greatest
difference noted. The blizzard to-day
swept almost the entire country,
instead of the mere radius of 100
miles around New York then covered.
The storm swept down on the city
early last night and by this morning
was in full possession. It did not
settle down softly aod quietly in nice
big flakes. On the contrary, it waa
driven along with blinding force by a
furious gale of bitter coldness in min?
ute particles that seemed to be cover?
ed with sharp points, like the end of:
a needle and stung the faces of belat
ed pedestrians as they toiled on !
t?congtihe driffts. It was so dry j
ancM?ght that it was piled up in j
gr-M heaps and riding in every I
sheltered point, for wherever the gale j
had full play, it swept streets and j
s sidewalks clean.
Under these conditions, it was no ?
wonder that this city was at sixes j
and sevens to-day. Snow was drifted
high in the streets, traffic on surface
and elevated lines was impeded, tanks j
and pipes were frozen, persons were j
overcome by the cold and frost-bitten
noses, ears and hands were plentiful
In Brooklyn but few surface cars
were running and the elevated roads
could not work as well as usual. Out?
lying wards and neighboring Long
Uland towns were completely cut off
in many instances from communica?
tion with the outer world. There
were large fields of ice in the bay
and several ships were caught in
them. Other vessels were frozen
fast at their docks. The narrows
were gorged with ice and it was im?
possible for any craft, big or little,
to navigate there without taking big
risks.
Traffic on thc different ferries were
seriously impeded. Both the North
and East rivers were filled with huge
masses of drifting ice and the utmost
care had to be exercised in taking the
boats across.
Late in the afternoon, the Hamil?
ton, South Wall Street and Thirty
ninth Street ferries stopped running
on account o? the ice. The only
serious accident this far reported, and j
which was attended with probable j
- loss of life, occurred last night in the I
lower bay, where the fishing]
schooner, the Emmo capsized. Four
of ber crew took to a boat, and j
attempted to reach shore, but have J
not si nee been heard |fr"m. Three j
others remained in the rigging four !
or five hours and then reached shore
nearly frozen iii a small boat.
Philadelphia, Pa.-The travel
throughout the State is seriously
' crippled because of deep snow drifts
In some places the snow has drifted
as high as the car tops on the rail?
road tracks Fortunately the tele?
graph wires are in fairly good con?
dition and the danger of accidents is
lessened. Thc conditions are equally
as bad as during the blizzard of 188$.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The mercury stood j
at four degrees below zero, and in
exposed places was several degrees
lower. The river is frozen over and
teams are crossing on the ice. The
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers are
ice locked throughout their entire
length.
New Orleans, La -The thermome?
ter recorded 16 degrees above zero, |
within one degree of the lowest tem- !
perature recorded for that place. !
The cold is intense and there is much
suffering in the city.
Galveston Tex -The bay is frozen i
over, for the second time in the his- i
tory of the place. It was fiozen in !
1886. Millions of fish were frozen, j
and are being gathered on the jetties :
by the poor.
Montgomery, Ala.-The thermome?
ter registered 6 degrees above zero
In 1886 the lowest recorded was 5
degrees above.
Knoxville, Tenn.-The tempera?
ture fell to seven degrees below zero.,
the lowest record, with one excep?
tion within 25 years.
Charlotte, N. 0.-The ground is
covered with snow and ice, and buei
ness was practically suspended yes- j
terday. The thermometer stood at
9 above at midnight last night.
Jacksonville, Fla.-The blizzard
has wrought havoc in Florida. Thou- j
sands of acres of young vegetables
aie killed. Orange trees are worse
hurt than in the freeze of December, j
on account of being filled with spring
sap. Many were just budding. Even
strawberries were killed. The mer-1
cury touched 14 this morning at
jacksonville, or same as recorded in
mLe freeze of December 19. At other
fcjits in the State it was relatively :
HBfcld. At Jupiter, 300 miles south
?ksonviile, the mercury was 28, i
M?e> l?fJ miles south, 18, and |
miles south, 22. At Tam- j
pa, Clear Water and vicinity it snow?
ed from 6 a m , to noon, and the in?
habitants marvelled at the unpre?
cedented freak of "King Winter.''
Atlanta, Ga.-The lowest tempera?
ture was one degree below zero.
Great suffering was reported from all
over the State.
The War in China.
Details of The Wei-Hai-Wei
Fight -War Ships at a Dis?
advantage.
LONDON, Feb 10.-The Central
News correspondent in Peking tele?
graphs that the Chinese government
is consulting with the diplomats con?
cerning the new powers to be exercis?
ed by the peace envoys to Japan
The Central News correspondent in
Tokio has these details of the recent
fighting at Wei-Hai-Wei.
"On the night of January 30, the
Japauese torpedo fleet entered the
bay at Wei-Hai-Wei, but the Japa?
nese in the western forts, supposing
that the boats were from the Chinese
squadron, opened a heavy fire and
compelled them to withdraw Janu?
ary 31, was raw and blustering
Towards evening it snowed heavily.
The warships, their guns and the
torpedo boats were coated with ice
five inches thick arid were at too
great a disadvantage to venture an
attack. The second attempt upon
the Chinese was deferred until the
night of February 2, when an advance
of the torpedo boats was ordered.
The Chinese were on the watch, how?
ever, and scouts discovered the
Japanese in time to give general
warning. The torpedo fleet was
forced to withdraw without even ap
ptoaching the Chinese squadron
February 3 was passed in prepara?
tions for another attack. On the j
night of February 4, the Chinese were
less vigilant than formerly. The
Japanese torpedo boat Ming Ling
stole in upon the Chinese fleet and
while entirely unobserved, launched
two torpedoes at the Ting Yuen.
The l :g ironclad begau to go down
almost immediately after being struck.
The M i ug Ling lost eight men in get?
ting away. Fifteen other torpedo
boats took part in the attack and two
of them broke their propellers on
rocks or floating obstructions. On
the night of thc 5th, one Japanese
torpedo boat approached the Chinese
fleet and lauched seven torpedoes,
sinking two warships and a gun?
boat.
The correspondent in Tokio says
that the Chinese still hold forts on the
Ialajid of Liu Kung Tao. On the 6th,
the Japanese made an unsuccessful
attack upon the uncaptured forts, j
On the 7th, the cruisers and gun
boats aided the attacking Japanese !
troops with a hot cannonade, but the j
main forts remained iu the enemy's ;
hands
Of the forts captured by the J a pa- ?
nose at Wei-Hai-Wei, the western |
group is useless, but the eastern j
group is in tine condition and is arm- [
ed throughout with exceilert guus, :
which are of great use to the Japa?
nese marines
Deceptive Legislation.
?ti the suit that was brought \
against the sugar trust in the United
States Supreme Court, for the en- j
forcetneut of the anti-trust law, the I
trust came out victorious, as there
were defects in the law which com- I
pelled the Court to declare it an in- !
effective enactment.
A remarkable coincidence iu this !
case was that Republican Ex-Senator j
Edmunds, who was the author of the I
auti trust law, appeared before the i
Court as the attorney for the sugar j
trust, and made the argument which
convinced that tribunal that the stat- i
ute, which he himself had drawn up, j
was a worthless measure so far as its j
intended purpose was concerned.
In this case we have a good exhibit ?
of the manner in which Republican
statesmen act in regard to those j
monopolies known as trusts. Ed- :
munds, to whom was delegated the !
duty of getting up a law that would
suppress such monopolistic, combina j
tious, drew it in a way that rendered I
it untenable before a judicial j
tribunal, and then, as the attorney
of the sugar trust, he appeared be
fore the Supreme Court and con-1
vinced it that his anti-trnst law was I
of no account. Xo person knew |
better than he that it was a fraud, for j
when he lramed it his evident pur- ;
pose was to make it an ineffective j
law.-Belief unte Pa., Watchman.
It is generally understood iu Colum?
bia that Gov. John Gary Evans, of
South Carolina, will be married about
February 23th. The governor, when \
the subject is mentioned, smiles and j
neither admits nor denies the truth of i
the rumor. His Sauce is said to be a I
a Baltimore lady, prominent tn social ,
circles. !
Republican editors in every state and j
territory have been asked by the Cin- !
cinnati Commercial Gazette as to their j
preferences for presidential nominees
and the great majority name the Big ,
Four from whom a candidate should be
selected in the fol'owing order; McKin- j
ley, Harrison, Reed and Allison. The j
man from Maine takes third place and
he will have to be wary and wise dur?
ing the next session of congress to hold
it. His state has but few votes in a
convention.-Nashville American.
i \
Gen. Farley Talks Again.
How He Views the Situation
Since the Events of the
Past Week.
Ex-Adjutant General Farley, who re?
mained over in Columbia to see what
the results of the committee meeting
and Republican convention were, was
on Saturday asked what more he had
to 6ay. The general thereupon gave
the following statement to the press :
"Yes, I would like to say that I
am somewhat surprised at some of
the comments on my suggestions as
published a few days ago. I thought
1 had given sufficient evidence of
independence of thought and action
to put myself above the suspicion of
being controlled by anyone, and I
hardly need say that ap I have dared
to criticise other administrations
the Haskells', and Hampton s and
Tillman's-so I should this, if proper
occasion arose. Criticism, however,
does, or should, not consist of mere
fault finding, and encouragement
given to a new administration is very
different from commending all the
act6 of an old one.
"The views expressed in the inter?
view were my own, uninfluenced or
suggested by any one, just as these
are, and are perfectly consistent with
my record on this matter. After
hearing that the executive committee
would propose some plan, 1 conclu?
ded that they could suggest no other
than a primary, and reasoning it out
as the only means of settling the
difficulties between the white people
in counties where they could net
agree, I thougnt it best, and now
think it best, to adopt it ? have
always been an advocate of the p.i
mary as a court of last resort and I
condemned the Colleton plan last
year bec . use \c not only anticipated,
but ruined the primary which follow?
ed, as a fair test of public sentiment.
If anyone supposed, however, be?
cause I did this or anything else that
I have ever contemplated going out
side of the Democratic party or the !
Democratic primary, they are badly j
mistaken. I feel safe in saying as
much for "the Forty," who did rae
the honor to confer with me as to
their action. As I understand it
their work is of a mediatory and
conciliatory character. They are uot
trying to dictate to anyone, but are
only encouraging our people to come
together in a fraternal way in each
couoty and to agree upon a ticket of
their best. men for the convention,
and in this they ought to be encour?
aged and seconded by every patriotic
citizen.
"We see now the result of misman?
agement of the primary and the evil
effects in a want of confidence among
our people, and the only remedy lies
in demanding and having a perfectly
fair primary, wherever our people
cannot otherwise agree upon their i
delegations. After we have exhaust- '
ed the methods advised by "the
Forty/' what can we do but submit
our differences to a white primary ? j
If we cannot agree upon this, then we !
cannot agree upon anything, for its j
rejection means an appeal to the ne- \
gro vote-nothing more nor less. I
have hoped and believed that the
great majority of our executive com- j
minees were disposed to be fair and
would give us fair roles, and I feel j
sure that the time has passed when
our people can be trifled with in so j
important a matter. On the other
side, however, I am sorry to say that
the developments of the last week
have shown that there is already a
settled purpose on the part of certain j
parties to ignore and reject all effoitR !
at compromise and to go or appeal j
straight to the negro. Here lies our I
great danger.
"lt will be remembered by all who j
read the papers that I have labored j
on this line of reconciliation for;
years, and that I took the position in
my Christmas article of 1892 that the ;
hope o? the State lay in the conserva-,
tive men of both factions, or as it
was then put in "the real Reformers |
and the real Conservatives ' They
are more largely in the majority in I
the State now, b}r far, than they were j
then, and if they can only manage to j
get together and make their nomina?
tion either by conventions, by mass ;
meetings or primaries, they can save '
the State from impending danger.
' The real conservative citizens of
a State are always its greatest re- !
liance in time of trouble and danger,
and this is our only hope no iv of
saving the State from the contending
factions of extremists on both sides,
who are careless of what they say or ?
do, or who suffer so that they
gratify their malice or ambition,
while the negro stands waiting to
profit, il" he can, by our foolish and J
suicidal contentions, knowing that if
he can once get in, it will be difficult ;
or impossible to get him out The i
non partisan call of 'the Forty.'1
which ought to be responded to by
all real Conservatives and real Re?
formers, furnishes the opportunity for !
them to get together to confer and
to adopt such methods and to sug?
gest such rules and regulations for
the primaries as will silence the con?
tentions of the extremists and bring
our people into friendly conference
in the various counties If they fai
to agiee in conference, then try the
primary, and if that fails by any un .
fairness, the only way in which it
can fail, then God save the State,
for like the 'poor Paradise bird she j
will be lost in the storm/ For i
Heaven's sake and for the sake of all I
that we hold ?lear and sacred, let us
j exhaust all mean*, methods and uego
? tiations for peace before we appeal
to the negro or declare war, for that
is what it means.
"In ray opinion there has never
been a time in the history nf the
State which demands more patriotic
action and sacrifice of more personal
prejudices, feelings or ambitions
among the white people than the
present No matter what our perso
j nal wrongs or animosities may be,
[ it will do no good to harp on the past
; or to 'look ior eggs in last year's
j bird's nest.' Our way and duty lie
! in the present and the future. There
j are many people who believe that
i everything is at sea and that there
' are no principles or parties left in the
j State. For my pari I know that the
I principle of white supremacy and the
true principles of Democracy are still
alive in the hearts of our people, and
I propose to stick to the old ship as
long as there is a plank left. I know
that there are wrongs-personal and
! political-to be righted, but these
? should be left for time and 'a more
convenient season' to settle.
I "There are no questions invoked
in the Constitutional convention, if
handled wisely, which our people
should not be able to agree upon;
and nothing keeps them apart now
but feelings, bitterness, prejudice and
distrust engendered by the struggles
of the last four years, in which I am
willing to acknowedge there have
been some serious wrongs and mis?
takes and mismanagements
"Knowing, as I believe I do, the
greatest dangers to the State and my
highest duty to her in this emerg?
ency, I do not hesitate to say that I
8hail not be persuaded by irreconcil?
ables on one side or driven by ex?
tremists on the other, from standing
by our white people-the Democrat?
ic party-in their conferences, con?
ventions and primaries, for therein
alone do I see any hope for white
supremacy and civilization, good
government and real peace and pros?
perity."
Flames in Florence.
The City Suffers 'a Serious
Misfortune.
~~~~
FLORENCE, Feb. ll.-Florence suf?
fered a serious loss to-night The
electric light power house and ice
faciory were burned to the ground.
The estimated value is about ?25,000 ;
insurance about ?6,000.
The fire started about half-past 8 j
o'clock in the stable to the north of the <
factory ; its origin in unknown. Three \
horses and a quantity of forage were
lost io this building. From there the
flames spread to the ice factory. About
fi?e minutes later they reached the :
ammonia pipe and after that the build- i
iug was doomed, together with the ;
electric light works adjoining A lew |
movable articles were saved, but the j
loss was practically total. Nothing
could be done by the firemen. Possibly
on account of the severity of the
weather -snow being on the ground ;
aud falling, and pipes and wells frozen
--they did not succeed in preventing
the flames extending from the stables.
As soou as the factory caught, they
could do nothing beyond protecting ,
dwel lings iu the neighborhood.
Many a time has the whistle of these ,
works given waruing of tires. It did '
so to night, but for the last time aud
wheo the roof bad fallen in and its
pipes were twisted and bent by the ?
heat, its shrill notes souuded a mourn- j
ful cry, as if it knew that it was dying.
This strange sound lasted about five or
teu minutes From time to time would
be beard the explosions of thc arausouia .
tanks
The entire property, building and |
apparatus, were heavily mortgaged, and
the iusurauce will probably gu t - 'be !
mortgagees. It is feared that it will be
a loug time before we will again have
the bright lights shining on our streets
They bad become well-nigh a necessity.
The name of the company wbicb ope?
rated these works was the Florence Im?
provement and Manufacturing Com?
pany, Jerome P. Chase, President.
They were leased and operated by W.
E. Ludlow &, Son.-Columbia State.
--Mfr- .<>?**. -
Priests Must Not Ride Bicy?
cles.
WiLMlNGION', Feb 8.-Kev. Friar
Sylvester Jeorg, of the Catholic Church
of the Sacred Heart, had a controversy
VP i : h some of the Wilmington clergy
about riding bicycles, and he wrote to
Rome for a decision. Cardinal Isidorus
sent, him a deeisien rendered last Sep?
tember by the boly see A bishop in
Hungary, forbibdiog one of his priests
to ride ? bicycle, a controversy resulted
and the bishop ap caled to Rome. The
holy see gave this decision :
"We embrace your action and your
decision in the above matter, because '
the decision will save priests from being j
injured and prohibit them fron? setting
a bad example and keep them from be?
ing joked by fellow priests."
The letter is signed by Cardioal Isi?
dorus. The receipt of the tetter has
caused a sensation in this city, as near?
ly every priest rides a machine Bishop
Curtis, although he is 0*4 years of age,
being one of the mo.-c enthusiastic rid?
ers here
O. VY-. O. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co ,
W. Va , appreciated ? good thing arni docs
nut hesitate to say so. He WHS al mos I pros?
trated with a cold when he procured a bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says :
'.It gave me prompt, relief. 1 lind it to he
an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds."' I
For sui* by Dr. A. J. China. :
Comes up This Week.
The Dispensary Law Before
the U. S. Supreme Court.
State, February 1.2.
It will now be only a lew days be?
fore the State dispensary law will be
before the Supreme Court of the
United States and that highest of all
legal tribunals will be asked to pass
directly on the constitutionality of
that feature relating to the taking
away of the right ol a citizen of this
State to purchase liquor outside of
the State and have it shipped in to
him for his own use. It is a vitally
important question, |nd if it be
decided that this feature of the law
is unconstitutional, then the dispen
sary law must of a necessity become
a dead letter as a money making
measure.
! The State has already mentioned
that this test case was to be brought
in the United States Supreme Court,
I coming up from the Aiken case, and
! that Messrs. Croft & Chafee and
Obear & Douglass were to be the
; legal motors It was further stated
j that they were busy preparing the
papers.
Information came from Wash ig ton
: yesterday that these attorneys had
already filed their application for a
; writ of error to be issued, and that
the argument of the case has been
, set for the latter part of this week.
It is thus seen that the case is for the
? first time presented to the highest
I court in the land on a direct question
I of its constitutionality. If the writ
I is granted, The State will give in full1
i all of the papers in the case. The
counsel are very confident of win
: ning on this matter, which has never
! yet been touched on, and which
? many of the leading attorneys of the
! country consider the weakest point
j in the entire law. j
The Railroad Blockade.
- j
It is Being Slowly Raised-Condi?
tion of Several Eoads.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-Communica?
tion between Washiogton aod the i
South, which has been suspended for
three days because of big snow drifts
between this city and Alexandria' Va., ;
was opened up this morning, and trains j
are now running with some degree of
regularity. Trains from the East are
also arriving with slight delay, and the
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
papers reached Washington at thc us?
ual hour this morning for the first time
since last Thursday. Beyond tena?
cious blockades on the Frederick branch
of the Baltimore aod Ohio railroad, ,
that system was in better sbapc this
morning than it bas been since the
storm begao. The road is open to j
Philadelphia and New York, and trains
are arriving and departing several hours
late. Traios from Pittsburg, Cincia
nati and the West are arriving irregu?
larly. The Pennsylvania aod the
Southern railroads claim to have over?
e?me the embargo, and the Norfolk and ;
Western is hopeful of getting its trains '
out and in within twenty-four hours.
Pennsylvania and Southern trains are
arriving and departing at from three to
four hours behind the regular schedule. |
Fourteen New York pilot boats,
with two hundred men on board, are
missing, lt is thought that they
stood out to sea to keep from being
blown ashore.
Judge Charles Gayarree, the emi- ?
neut Louisiana jurist and historian
died at his home in New Orleans on
Sunday night, aged 90 years.
Wm W. Fuller, of Durham, N. C .
has been employed as Chief Attor- .
ney of the American Tobacco Com?
pany at a salary of $50, OOO a year.
Mrs. William Seibert and two
chrildren broke through the ice in
the Ohio river and were drowned.
The Bank of Leesburg. Fla , has
made an assignment. It will be able
io pay all obligations.
Will Jones, of Putnam County,
Ga., broke through the ice on a pond
while out skating and was drowned
in sight of a party of friends.
Nashville, Tenn., has decided to '
hold an exposition next year, and has
asked lor a government appropriation
and exhibit.
The New York pilot boat America
rescued eight men from a schooner
fifteem minutes before it went down.
Work on the Economy Mill of
Greenville will begin at once. One
hundred thousand dollars will be ex?
pended on this mill
The customs receipts at New York
were more than $2,000,000 less for
the first ten days of February than
the last ten days of January.
The Italians are raising riots in
resistence to the attempt of the
government to collect a grain tax
The Belmont Morgan Syndicate
will not take any active steps to tioat
the United States -1 per cent, bonds
until it is settled whether Congress
will authorize a .'> per cent, gold
bond.
The Belmont Bond Syndicat?' has
commenced to deposit gold for the
new bonds, a million and a half has
bec:: paid into the Treasury already
The Birmingham Age-Herald was
seid out at auction and bought by
Frank P. O'Brien for $20,010.
Washington Letter.
WSHIXGTOX, February ll, 1894.
Senator H iii stated the financial
situation in a nutshell when he said
ol" the Presidents's last special mes?
sage: "It unloads the responsibility
oil Congress". President Cleveland
after weeks of negotiation could d<?
no better than to get an offer of gold
to be paid for in thirty-year 4 per
cent coin bonds, at a price which
makes the bonds carry interest at the
rate of 3 and 3-4 per cent, althoug h
the same men expiessed a willing?
ness to furnish gold for an unlimited
amount of 3 per cent gold bonds.
The President had this offer mo;e
than a week ago, but lie held it
in abeyance until the House defeated
the bill providing for 3 percent gold
bonds. Then he accepted the off^r
to the amount of 3,500,000 ounces of
standard gold coin, which will re?
quire the issuing of within a fraction
of $62,400,000 in bonds, with a pro
I viso that the gold should be paid for
at the same price with 3 per cent
gold bonds, it Congress wouid with
in ten days authorize their issue.
The President then in a special mes?
sage laid the facts before Congress,
laying particular stress upon the $10
000,000 which represents the differ
! ence in the interest that would hare
! to be paid on 3 per cent gold bonds
and tiiat which will have to be paid
: on the 3 and 3-4 per cent coin bonds,
: and leaving it for Congress to decide
j which it shall be.
j Chairman Wilson, of the House
j Ways and Means committee, who is
j in charge of the bill providing for the
! issue of 3 per cent gold bonds, is
; working with his usual energy to
I get the bill before the Homse,
j although he knows as well as any
I man that it will not have one chance
out ol a possible hundred to pass the
House, even if favorably reported
from the eommitte, but he fully agrees
with the President in desiring to put
the House on record on this matter of
saving $16,000,000. He holds with
the President that the question of
whether a man favors or oppones
bonds does not enter into the ques?
tion now. That has been settled and
the bonds are to be issued under
a law for which this Congress is not
responsible. The only question at
issue, according to the Presider t's
opinion, is whether $16,000,000
shall be saved or not. The silver
men claim that the authorization of
a gold bond by Congress will be
equivalent to an official endorsement
of the single gold standard, and that
claim is what will prevent immy
democrats voting for the bill, ii it
gets before the House.
Whether Congress acta or refaces
to act it is generally believed that the
present bond issue will have 1 he
effect of greatly lessening the pro
bability of an extra session of Con?
gress. The President and Secretary
Carlisle believe that getting the gold
for these bonds from abroad will be
highly beneficial to the Treasury and
that no further bond issues will be
necessary, unless there shall be some
unexpected turn of affairs.
The Senate adopted the amend?
ment to the consular and diplomatic
bill appropriating ?500,000 to start
the work of laying a cable to Hawaii
and authorizing the President to con?
tract for the entire work. With the
exception of Senators Butler, Cali.
Gorman, Hill and Morgan all of the
democrats present voted against the
amendment.
Senator Gorman's inquiry as to
what authority the Senate had for
going into a State and investigating
the election of a Governor and a
legislature was prompted by Senator
Call's resolution for an investigation
of the part that the Louisiana and
Honduras Lottery Co. played in the
last Florida State election, but it is
equally applicable to other resolutions
proposing investigations of State
elections. And Senator Gorman's
statement that the people of Mary?
land had a way, when crookedness
existed or was suspected, of righting
the matter for themselves without
appealing to Congress, was sugges?
tive. It is not at all probable that
any resolution providing for the in?
vestigation of a State election by a
Senate committee will be adopted,
and it is a matter for regret that anv
democrat should vole for such a
resolution under any circumstances.
The democratic party has always
maintained that State authority was
supreme in State elections, and the
party has invariably suffered when
attempts have been made to abandon
principies as old as the party iself.
It was the old undying principles
which kept the party alive through
years of defeat, and it is upon them
tli3t the party must depend for future
success.
Senator Vilas succeeded in getting
an amendment to the Sundry Civii
Appropriation bill, authorizing the
President to appoint a commission to
confer with a like body representing
Great Britain and Canada as to the
feasibility of a series of canals be?
tween the great lakes and the
Atlantic Ocean with a deplh suf?
ficient t<> accommodate ocean going
Mr?. Emily Thorne, who resilles st Toledo,
Was opton, says she has never been ro
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relieve? the pain PO quickly an.l effectually P.?
Chamberlain's Fain Balm, and that, she bas
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