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[ABIFF DEBATE OYER „„re WITH A CHEAT BURST tL°sC OF ORATORY. front to Hear *5*®*®*** Anythin* In ■** pecollectlon of the Capitol Police ^Ur't »nd Wom*“ 8trn*Ble and Fight Good Position—The Closing ,“rffhrS of Keed, Crl«p and Wlleon— Sl>,,l eulogizes the American Market *"the nest in the World—Sconce and Inctdl'E*#* En,l of the Tariff Discussion. m?msr.TOT, Feb 2.—The tariff de te pn the Wilson bill, which has oc w ifj the attention in the house for !”Pr ,,-efk!, closed to-day with a burst [eratery, Speaker Crisp, ex-Speaker jpoilaiiii Chairman Wilson of the .„ an(] means committee appearing n j|1P dosing' hours to prosecute and defend the great issue—the inaugura , m of a new economic system in the ' atest republic of the world. At by anticipation of the speeches [ ,ho leaders and the final vote, long ire ;0 o’clock the public galleries BVre black with people. Behind the jcji, banked against the doors and ,3iis were others straining to get lijht of the arena below. The re ared galleries also were thronged ,nl even in the president’s gallery (jp.ye was not a vacant seat. The crash exceeded anything in the r, ilieefion of the capitol police. Men ,„,i v.c men struggled and fought for jnoo.l positions. Women were fright and cried to get out of the tangled mass of humanity. The ele ,3m> carried up loads only to find an impassable barrier at the upper doors, g,,|l,at the loads had to be carried down again. One woman in the eleva tor. finding that she could not get out md that, the elevator hung at the tot ,sable 1c discharge its burden, sobbed hv-tcric ally and fainted. A large man fi i.'ht de sperately at the upper mid ill? dorr of the gallery for admission ini failing to make headway, jumped on the t acks of the crowd and scram bled over heads, crushing hats, until be landed within the walls of the chamber. The officers were power leo to keep the crowd ih subjection. Tire sergeant at arms of the house tel enhomd to the city police headquar ter. for a detail of men and a lieu tenant and a squad of policemen were tent to the galleries to assist the reg ular capitol police in preventing a riot. After an unsuccessful attempt it filibustering by Mr. Lock wood cf New York Mr. Richard snn took the chair and announced that the pending question was to disc the debate on the amendments to the barley schedule. Mr. Wilson md Mr. Warner, the tellers, took their places and the members came forward to be counted. The motion was car ried 179 to 0. Mr. Lockwood was again on his feet fighting for time and amendment and motion followed in quick succession, ta li foil by the wayside hut the pur pose fur which the filibustering had Ven inaugurated was .successful and the two hands of the clock opposite the speaker’s chair were pointing to noon as the tellers took their places on a motion. , Then the speaker reascended the rostrum and the gavel was passed to hint. Mr. Richardson moved around to the area in front of the .speaker’s chair and, according to parliamentary formula, reported that the committee of the whole had had under consid eration house bill 4804, tariff bill, and reported it to the house with sundry amonciments. Tbc speaker then announced that three hours would be allowed for closing debate, and said: “The chair recognizes the gentleman from Maine.'1 Mr. Reed rose from the center of the republican side amid cheering and hand dapping from the galleries and hnzzas of his party friends about him. He frowned and shook his head as though the demonstration was dis tastef ul to him. Standing in the isle ma long Prince Albert coat with head erect and defiant he began to s?cak slowly and deliberately. In open, r>g he said: ■a ,r.:a debate, which has extended over one remarkable result has al ; 1. ''n reached—a result of the deepest tv;,T 10 the country That result is M.r.obill before us is odious to both sides " >b- bouse. It tivr.v V UCJiOVC lllttb WUiiD 11 1UUK.S hlVF0 trade it does not accomplish it. wili vote gainst this bill will do so r>Vr U °Pf.“ns our markets to the destruc liiasPJ11,011 of foreigners, and those who ti’ -rr. , 11 with a reservation that they c-iNu'i1-‘anvv devote themselves to a new vjuaiwmst whatever barriers are left. Ik!rf *?r sPeet’hes have been made in de me bill on the other side, whether by OKh JiTrf?-. 0 'Vere responsible only to their W vStlt.u®ncios, or by the gentleman from 1vK1Dia» wh>> ought to have been *hJw2. .k*8 sense of responsibility to the eicrii4n« ntry; have one and all, with but rare ' 1,laced their authors uncompro * exeept for temporary purposes, oa ‘ae °f unrestricted free trade. iwicuTiON AND WAGES. g r '. Reed quoted at jength from nf i$h authorities as showing the r,ngth of their confidence - --v*™-in the P^pcrity 0f this country and contin M?w^.!lotatlon8 also ore reminders for you, toat tL a r’ and a11 who boar me, to know j,c American who has been long enough hi8 opportunities has found the eVn^CLror- wa*©* in the world. Is there totior ln tbe bistory of the world of any hke ours who has taken the *ten * #«;I,,?hic'11 we ore invited? Some gentle liuj afi,2PSi are hastening to say that Eng h,v«'/,r, us the needed example that we that *,, V;° ,'urn to her history and find all ,!>e stat,™<!<5 by way of examples, just as in ■tall fin,in1? of taer political econpmlsts wo Wanm „ i , at la necessary for advice, for ,‘nce an<l Instruction. rvatCr- flno.t‘n? statistics to show the K- - nse *n wages since 1800, Mr. ^“continued: tafeViv ls tllat this very question of rising trad,,, makes a good mony men free 'tat anp.^Ple with fixed incomes think '°themanj'Lwhich raises wages is inimical manufacturers who havo foreign anxious to have wages ,BI8 Quoatir** °/4*UUttr‘t I confess to you that l!«u ivY011 of was?os is to me the vital ques *e*!th »i,n?ure our growth in civilization and J«thPvft»Ymu'tnot only have wa es us hivh ^Cr^8lnD-C nmv; but constantly anl steadily Jyincrpviin 1bisdoslreof mine for constant »ve for ti!!^ *a*cs does not have its orlgn in bon. ne mdividual but in love for the na ei»logized the American o*i„ 1 as being the best in the world ftabne tlle ‘'Ufb wages paid here, w°rkingmen to purchase * J of the cqmforts. of life. In iacreMJn,? this market, ha «aid by leaving it to the steady in-■ "f*®®’ wh,ch th« figures of ^dr,c5 rel?°'t » conclusively showed and which had not only re ceived the sanction of the members from New York, the secretary of the treasury and the Democratic bureau of statistics, this congress proposed to J°y'r®r tho ,'vap» and so lessen the market and then divide the market with some one else and all on the chance of getting the markets of the world. He continued: -.T’® *um. it up. if this protection slves ns J®°?ey*n<l ®en and our vast country needs both. It may show why we haveio wonder? Jylly Prospered If it does I am inclined to one'man'il t»hV'*y t0 have two Jobs hunting 1 1 k“p on m!lWn* new mills and provent tbe committee on ways and means from pulling down old ones. y* aSS1 **??* ,do you say about the farmer' •noii’ ??tlla^ subject i do not profess any nwnt r »i^hn.in*’ b,ut the£0ls on* simple state? ment I wish to make and leave the auestion ibore if, wim cities growing up like mselo manufacturing villages dotting every eligible ail swarmlng with mouths to ‘be producers of food are worse off y’beu half this country was a desert, X b<w n’Jhn n?i\ “ *,av£r 0( Poetical economy. 1 imt«® wi? thins 1 have noticed In this d« £?*? When the ventleman from Kansas (Mr Simpson) vets a little money ahead he does 5.°atn,Sut.lt lnt0*bese immensely, prolltabl® SeaJ“f?lti“r?s _He has ,0° much sense He isdHcierhlhan™ecSptnia t0,d “ 80 E““ple 8 *h® w“*es of artisans have In i*5ft£» ™ England say »MJ per week elnce Wop the wages of agricultural laborers have only increased U cents and whiie the Lan cashire operatives In the factories live as well exc®Pt Americans, the agrlcul ttinil laborers are hardly better off than the Peasantry. England’s example will not do for agriculture. v Nobody knows so well as I do how nuch 1 fai!ed t0 Presont even of my own com* i* ?*the 6reat argument which should control this vote. I have said not a word of the great fall of prices which has al ways come from the competition of the whole JXT2JL rendered possible by protection and substituted for the competition of a single island. I have said not a word of the great difference between the attitude of employers who find their own workmen their best cus tomers in their own land, and who are, there fore, moved by their own best intereus to give their workmen fair wages, and those who sell abroad and are therefore anxious for low wages at home, and on whom works unre strictedly that pernicious doctrine—as wages fall profits rise These and much more have I omitted, for there is a limit to all speaking. We know, my friends, that before this tri bunal we all of us plead in vain. Why we fail let those answer who read the touching words of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural and re member that he pleaded in vain with these men and their predecessors. Where he failed we cannot expect to succeed. But though we fail here to-day, like our great leader of other days in the larger field before the mightier tribunal which will finally and forever decide this question, we shall be more than conquer ors: lor this great nation, shaking off, as it has once before the influence of a lower civiliza tion, will go on to fill its hLh destiny until over the South, as well as over the North, shall be spread the full measure of that amaz ing prosperity which is the wonder of the world. Throughout Mr. Reed’s speech h was frequently interrupted with aj plause and at times the Democrat joined in the general laughter. Speaker Crisp relinquished ih chair to Mr. Hatch of Missouri and re Burned the old seat which he had oc cupied in the days before he was ele vated to speakership. When he arosi in his place he received an ovation. MB. CBISP'S ARGUMENT. Until he warmed up Mr. Crisp spoke with the hesitation of a man weighing each word and with a perceptible tremor of the lip. As he became aroused, however, he displayed more freedom and ease until the words came in a perfect torrent. As he proceeded he was given generous applause by his Democratic associates on the floor, but his points were of an argu mentative character which appealed to the students of the question rather than to the galleries. He referred to the minority report and criticised that feature which declared that the foreigner paid the tax. In particular he addressed himself to the ex speaker, although the latter was still held in the cloak room by the con gratulatory hand shakes. He said: “1 assume that the cause of protection has no more able advocate, I assume that the arguments for pro tection can be put in no more forcible form than that to which you have listened to-day and I shall ask you dispassionately to examine with me that argument and then ask the judg ment of the house as to whether the cause attempted to be sustained can be established consistently with right and justice to the people of the United States.” Mr. Crisp declared that an examina tion of the protective system would show that while it was built up for the ostensible benefit Of labor it was in truth constructed for the benefit of the manufacturing classes. He pointed out that the wages of laborers in pro tected industries went down and those in unprotected industries went up as a result of the McKinley act. Mr. Crisp was greeted with ap plause when he said that the thirty years of protection was a period of unrest during which the masses t of the people had constantly rebelled against the heavy burdens of taxation. The people had always been stilled at the polls by promises to reduce the tariff, but once success ful at the polls, the Republican legis lators surrendered themselves, body and soul to the manufacturing classes. He pointed to the Chinese as an ex ample of what had resulted from a protective policy of hundreds of years, which had sought to make China rich by trading with itself. MB. WILSON CLOSES THE DEBATE* Mr. Wilson arose after Mr. Crisp and was greeted with great cheers. He said Mr. Reed has forsaken his usual course of congressional procedure and had recited a set oration with the old set praises of protection “sickled o’er with the pale.liue of philosophy.” Turning to the subject in hand, he eloquently portrayed the advance of freedom. This bill, he said was but one of these advances. No McKinley bill could stem the advance of human progress. Great causes could not be laughed or ridiculed awav and the gentleman from Maine could not draw from his armory of sarcasm and wit in order to stop the advance of this cause of lightening the burdens of taxation. Referring to the income tax scheme, Mr. Wilson said he had not wanted it attached to this bill, but once attached he supported it with all the loyalty at his command. , , * Mr. Wilson then related the story of the English herring merchant who wrote to Sir Robert Peel that he did not want free trade as to herring as it would let in Norwegian herring, but 'that on other goods he was a thorough free trader. He appealed to his fel low Democrats not to allow any her ring arguments to impede the move ment toward the overthrow of the protective system. There was continued applause aa , Mr. 'Wilson denied the charges of seo tionalism in the bill. lie said that the animating feeling of those who had framed this bill was to make this country one in which one man would not be taxed for another—one in which religion, scienee, culture and education would go hand in hand as the common untaxed heritage of every citizen. CARRIED AROtTND THE BALI. Mr. Wilson closed with an eloquent appeal to his fellow Democrats. He told them that the record of the house would permanently record no passing event, but a great epoch in American history. He wanted every Democratic name recorded on that historic roll. In that case, the day would be a proud and happy ono for him. His closing words were: “In the name of honor, in the name of freedom, I summon every Democrat to vote for this bill." When Mr. Wilson closed there came a remarkable scene. Wave after wave of applause echoed through the cham ber. Messrs. Tucker, McMillin and Bryan sprang forward and lifted Mr. Wilson from his feet to their shoul ders. He was borne up the aisle above the heads of his enthusiastic associ ates. After this demonstration, Mr. Wil son was allowed to return to liis seat, where .the aisle was choked.W’th mem bers who sought to shake his hand. It was a demonstration seldom exceeded in congress in enthusiasm and dram atic climax. , For twenty minutes after the Wilson speech the house was in such disorder that business came to a standstill. The voting was next in .order, but it was not until about 3:30 o'clock that the floors could be cleared, order re stored and preparations made for the voting. HRS. CLEVELAND HEARS THE CLOSE. While Speaker Crisp was speaking Mrs. Cleveland, with a party of ladles from the White house, escorted by Private Secretary Thurber, arrived at the capitol. They made their way through the crowds with difficulty to the president’s gallery and Mrs. Cleve land listened to the remainder of the debate from a seat near the rear of the gallery. The first vote was taken on the bar ley amendment. On the first call the amendment was defeated by a vote of 170 against te 108 for. It was signfl cant as the first test vote sustaining the bill. The amendment making barley twenty-two cents and barley malt thirty-two cents per bushel was lost—120 to 197. The committee amendment to raise the duty on malt from 30 to 35 per cent and on barley malt from 35 to 35 per cent was carried, 304-114. INTERESTING STATISTICS, The Report of the Renta* Department of Agriculture. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 2.—The report of the Kansas department of agricul ture for the quarter ending December 31, ■ just issued, is largely occupied with the statistics of 1893, showing the state’s acreage and yield of field, orchard and garden crops, with their values, and the numbers and values of live stock, their pro ducts, etc. In an introductory summary of these Secretary Coburn says: “They show—what scarcely needs to be stated—that Kansas, in common with all other states of the Union, has suffered from the general depression prevailing in values, not only in the business channels of this country, but those of the civilized world; further, that on the whole the season has not been so faithful as others that have preceded it, and yet, as compared with the season and its results agriculturally in some others to the east of us, regarded as infalli ble in the matter of regular and large crop production, Kansans have occas ion to regard themselves and their state as among the favored of all the earth. “The statistics indicate that in spite of adverse crop conditions and prices so widely prevalent, Kansas, in the year 1893, raised field crops worth nearly 810,000,000, and marketed live stock, agricultural and horticultural products worth 853,000,000 more, or together amounting to $122,565,798.98, besides undoubtedly having as much live stock yet on hand as in March, when the count was made by town ship assessors, the valuation of which is upward of 898,000,000.” The yield of. winter and spring wheat was 24,827,523 bushels, value, 810,954,110; corn, 118,624,639 bushels, value, 832,621,762; oats, 28,194,717 bushels, value, 86,488,342; animals slaughtered or sold for slanghter, value, 842,774,761. The number of live stock are: Horses, 860.186 value, $44, 729,072; mules, 88,585, value, $5,492,270; milch cows, 567,353, value, $11,347,060; other cattle, 1,505,273, value, $25,589, 641; sheep, 224,952, value, $562,380; swine, 1,406,086. value, $10,545,645. In addition to the foregoing the re port contains much other important and interesting matter, including the address of Professor Milton Whitney, delivered at the recent annual meet ing of the board, on “The Circulation of Water in Soils,” the annual report of the state sugar inspector and “The Cornstalk Disease,” by Professor N. S. Mayo, veterinary surgeon of the state agricultural college. BOND BIDS OVER THE LIMIT. At Least Fifty-Nine Millions Could Very Easily Be Disposed of. Washington, Feb. 2.—The subscrip tions to the new five per cent loan offers received amount to 954,508,100, at prices ranging from 3117.233 to $120,819. There was also an offer of 3200 for one bond of 350. There are known to be on the way ad ditional subscriptions amounting to more than 85,000,000 which owing to delay in the arrival of the mails will be entitled to consideration when re ceived. _ Fort Scott Sugar Voiki to Stop. Fort Scorr, Kan., Feb. 2.—The stockholders of the Parkinson sugar works of this city, the largest sorghum sugar factory in the country, have de cided to take no action toward pre paring for next season’s work until it was settled whether or not congress would remove the bounty and tariff on sugar, as has been proposed. They say they will not operate the works if such legislation is enacted. The other sorghum sugar factories of Kansas will be just as unprofitable in such case. THE INCOME TAX TOO. PASSAGE OP THE TARIFF BILL IN THE HOUSE. Th* Mraanr* Ooei Thrntk With 44 Xt‘ Jorltjr—The Victory for tho Bill M Overwhelming Surprise—Only Boron* toon Democrat, stick Ont to tho End Against It—A Great Outburst of En* thnslnsm Manifested on Pnssnso of the Bill—Tbs Vote In Detail. The Tariff Bill Passed. Washington, Feb. 3.—At 0 o'clcok last night, at tho conclusion of one of the grandest, most imposing and most impressive scenes ever witnessed in the American capitol, the Wilson tariff bill passed the house of representa tives by a vote of 204 to 140. When it came to voting, the victory of the measure was overwhelming. The vote upon the income tax propo sition (taken in*connection with the internal revenue amendment) stood 183 to 50. Only twelve Republicans voted upon this proposition,seven for, five against. The Democratic oppo sition amounted to forty-five. The last effort was made by those Demo crats, who are opposed to tlife measure in whole or part, led by Mr. Covert of New York, to recommit the bill, but the Republicans refused to join in this attempt to scotch the measure, and it ended in a dismal failure. But thirty six Democrats voted for it, not enough to secure the yeas and nays, a re cord-making vote. The vote upon the final passage of the bill was a surprise. Amid the most intense enthusiasm, Democrat after Democrat, who had been counted upon to vote against the measure, like Biauchard, Beltzhoover, Boatner, Cockran, Coombs, Dunn, English, Ueis senhainer, McAleer, Rayn and others, recorded their votes in the affirmative. Only seventeen Democrats of all the boasted opposition to the measure stood out to the end and voted against As each one cast his vote it was greeted by applause and cheers from the Republican side. Those who voted against it were: Bartlett,Camp bell, Covert, Cummings, Haines, Hen drix, Scliermerhorn and Sickles of New York; Cadmus of New Jersey, Sperry and Page of Connecticut,Geary of California, Sibley of Pennsylvania and^ Meyer, Price and Robertson of Louisiana. The majority for the bill •—64—exceeded the most sanguine ex pectations of the Democratic members of the ways and means committee. When the speaker announced the vote, cheer followed cheer upon the Democratic side. Papers, hats, con gressional records and, in fact, any thing which Democrats could lay their hands upon were flung high in tne air, and amid a perfect pandemonium the house adjourned. The following is a detailed vote on the final passage of the bill. Speaker Crisp’s vote made the yeas 204; the nays were lfO. Yeas. Abbott, Aldcrson, Alexander, Allen. Arnold, Bailey, Baker of Kansas. Baldwin, Bankhead, Barnes. Barwig. Bell of Colorado, Bell of Texas, Beltzhoover, Berry. Black of Georgia, Black of Illinois. Blanchard Bland, Boatner, Boen, Bower of North Carolina, Branch, Brawley, Brecklnrld re of Arkansas. Breckin rld.*l of Kentucky, Bretz, Brlckner, Brook shire. Brown, Bryan, Bunn, Burnos, Bynum, Cabannls, Camlnetti, Cannon of California, Capeheart, Caruth. Catching*, Cau3ey, Ctark of Missouri, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb of Alabama, Cobb of Missouri, Cockran. Cock rell, Coffeen, Compton of Connecticut, Coombs, Cooper of Florida, Cooper of Indi ana, Cooper of Texas. Cornish. Cox, Crain, Crawford, Culberson, Davis, De Armond, De Forest, Denson, Dinmore, Dockerv, Donovan, Dunn, Dunphy, Durborow. Edmunds, Ellis of Kentucky, English. Enloe, Epes, Erdman, Everett, Fielder, Fithian, Forman, Fyan, Geissenhainor, Goldizer, Goodnight. Gorman Grady. Gresham, Griffin, Hall of Minnesota, Hall of Missouri, Ham mond, Hare. Harris. Harter, Hatch, Hayes, Heard, Henderson of North Carolina, Hines, Holman, Hooker of Mississippi, Houk of Ohio, Hudson, Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt. Johnson of Ohio. Jones. Kern, Kil.ore, Kribbs, Kyle, Labe. Lay ham. Litimer, Lawson, Layton, Lester, Lisle. Livin ston, Lockwood. Lynch, Maddox, Manner, Maguire. Mallory; Marshall, Martin of Indiana, McAleer, McCreary of Kentucky, McCulloch, McDonald. Me Dear mon, McEterrich. McGann, McGalg, Mo Kelghan. McLaurln, McMillin, McNa.ny, Me Kae. Meredith, Money. Montgomery, Morgan, Moses, Muichler. Neill, Oats, O’Neill, Outhwaito. Patterson, Paynter, Pear son, Pence, Pendleton of Texas, Pendleton of West Virginia, Pi.ott, Raynor. Reilly, Rich ards of Ohio. Richardson of Michigan, Rich ardson of Tennessee, Ritchie, Robbing, Rusk, Russell of Georgia, - Ryan, Sayers, Shell, Simpson, Snodgrass, Somers, Springer. Stall ings, Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Strait, Swanson. Talbot of South Carolina, Talbot of Maryland. Tarsney, Tate, Taylor of Indiana, Terry, Tracey, Turner, Turpin. Tyler, War ner of Washington, Weadock, Wells, Wheeler of Alabama, Whiting, Williams of Illinois, Williams of Mississippi, Wilson of West Vir ginia, Wise, Wolverton, Woodward, Speaker Crisp. Total yeas, 204. Nays. Adams of Kentucky. Adams of Pennsylva nia, Aitkin. Aldrich, Apsley, Avery. Babcock. Baker of New Hampshire. Barthoidt, Bartlott (Democrat), Belden. Bingham, Blair, Bou telle, Bowers of California. Broderick, Bro sius. Bundv, Burrows. Cadmus (Democrat), Caldwell. Campbell (Demo.’rat), Cannon of Illinois, Chickering, Childs, Cogswell, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cousins. Covert (Democrat), Cummings (Democrat). Curtis of Kansas, Cur tis of New Yorlc.Dalzell, Dauiels, Davcy < bem ccrat) Dingley. Dolliver, Doolittle, Draper, El lis of Oregon, Fletcher. Funk, Funston, Gardner. Gear, Geary (Democrat). Gillet of Nevada, Giilett of Massachusetts. Grosvenor, Grout. Hager, Hainer. Haines < Democrat), Harmer. Hartman, Hau en, Heiner Hender son of Illinois. Henderson of Iowa. Hendrix (Democrat), Hepburn. Hermann. Hicks, Hil born. Hitt. Hooker of New York, Hopkins of Illinois Hulick, Hull, Johnson of Indiana, Johnson of North Dtokota. Joy. Kelfer. Lacey, LcFever. Linton. Loud, Loudenstager, Lucas, Mahon, Marsh. Marvin ol New York. McCall, McCleary of Minnesota. McDowell. Meikle john, Mercer, Mayer (Democrat) Moen. Morse, Murray, Newlands (Populist), North way, Page (Democrat), Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Pickier, Post, Powers, Price, (Democrat), Randall, Ray. Reed. Reyburn, Robertson of Iowa (Demo crat). Robertson of Pennsylvania, Russell of Connecticut. Schermerhorn (Democrat), Scranton, Settle, Shaw, Sherman, Sioley (Democrat),Sickles (Democrat). Smith. Sperry (Democrat). Stephenson, Charles W Stone, Stone of West Virginia, Storer, Strong, Tawney, Taylor of Tennessee. Thomas, Upde graff, Van Voorhees of Ohio. Van Voorhees of New York, Wadsworth. Walker. Wa ner, Waugh, Weever, Wheeler of Illinois. White, Wilson of Ohio, Wils n of Washington. Woomer. Wright of Massachusetts and Wright of Pennsylvania Total nays, 140. Dynamited a Reservoir. Sprinqfiei.d, Mo., Feb. 3.—An at tempt was made here yesterday to blow up the reservoir of the Spring field Supply company, on the Sac river. Dynamite was the explosive used and the perpetrators of the dastardly deed succeeded in loosening a large lot of earth, but no damage was done to the masonry. » A Reward Offered. ’’V Pittsburg, Feb. -3.—Mayor Holmes has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the murder ers of William Chapman. REPUBLICAN MaTTEKS. JERRY SIMPSON'S COAT. OmmaT flroavenor Tail* Why American Farm*™ Don't Wear Thai Kind. Mr. Simpson is a queer man—oh, ■o queer! But then ho lias queer people to deal with. The Demo cratic party is in a bad way at pres ent and is sorely In need ot encour agement, and yet more in need of something to cause it to smllo. The queer Mr. Simpson <may we drop into famtllarlty and speak of him as Jerry, after the manner of his con stituents P) undertook tho task of consoling and cheering the moribund Democrats In congress. Jerry ob tained a ragged coat, most likely from a colored huckster of chickens, aud with proper comic action pro duced it in the dazzling halls of con gress as tho kind of garment worn by the average American farmer. I^j Jorry was—well,ho was talking as lie used to talk when ho told.his friends In Kansas that ho was too poor to buy socks, though he had money to spend for traveling and for faring sumptuously at first-class ho tels. But the Democrats in congress affected to believe Jerry’s clownlBh assertions, and cheered in sympathy with "the poor, ragged farmer" of Jerry’s imagination. if we mistake not tho American farmer will resent Jerry’s insult. The American farmer is a self-re specting person. He does not clothe himself in rags, nor do his children suffer for want of food or clothing. The American farmer has wrongs that he desires to have redressed, but he is quite able to redress them as other free and Independent men redross them. Ho is not about to appear as a ragged beggar before congress. iuo iuuowing aay in tne course oi a brilliant speech In favor of protec tion, General Grosvenor of Ohio, fur nished an objoet lesson in reply to Mi'. Simpson’s oration. He called attention to a suit of clothes which he woro which ho said ho had purchased the previous after noon for <10 SO. It was guaranteed, ho said, to bo all wool. He exhibited in contrast a suit he had purchased in England for <10.50, which in ma terial and workmanship was inferior to the American suit. The exhibi tion caused great amusement. Con tinuing he said: “In time of profound peaco the Democratic party found itself unable to carry on the government. It was not possible, as appears from tho re ports, to Improve the rivors and har bors of the country; to build any ad ditional ships; to promote or improve tho postal service; to build any pub lic buildings for the accommodation of the people or the public at large or to in any way support and main tain tho dignity of the country. Pen sions are to bj suspended and re duced for lack of the financial ability of the government. The expenses of tho courts and jury were to bo cur tailed and in every way tho United States was to be disgraced, and de graded in tho estimation of its own people and the people of foreign countries. The secretary of the treasury ad mitted that under existing laws there is a treasury balance on the wrong side of the ledger at least <5,00b, 000 per month, and now tho Democratic party brought in a reve nue bill proposing to pile tho Ossa of a reduction of revenues of <75,000,000 upon the Pelion of a treasury deficit of <60,000,000 and ultimately to pile Pelion and Ossa on the Olympus of party fealty, but how to raise this <135,000,000 no man intimates, no two agree. He could understand how a man might be a free-trader, an absolute free-trader, like the unique and ver satile gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Johnson, and how a man might be strictly in favor of a tariff for reve nue only, but how any sane man could be in favor of a bill to decrease the revenue <75,000,000 was beyond his comprehension. Democrats de fended the bill in two ways. First they said it was voted for in 1892, for getting that tho same people in 1893, by an overwhelming majority, repu diated tho whole argument and voted by larger majorities upon the same issues against the Democratic party. He pointed cut that in the state of Ohio the issue of tariff for revenue on the one hand and the McKinley bill on the other were tho sole issues of importance in that great battle, and the author of tho McKinley bill was triumphantly elected governor of Ohio over the author of the Demo cratic platform at Chicago by a ma jority of 81,000. The second defense of the Democratic party was that these hard times are not caused by the threat of tho Democratic party. In reply he gave a vivid descrip tion of the distress of tho country, claiming that never in all the history of the country were there so many failures as during the last year. If these calamities were caused by Re publican legislation, why did they not happen before 1893? He closed his speech by a strong eulogy of the McKinley law. He declared that it was the wisest law that the wit of man had ever devised for tho collec tion of revenue; that the namo and fame of the author, and the great party that enacted it into law, would survive when tariff tinkering by per sonal doctrinaires should cease to be a profitable political employment. The U< cllne of Hoke. When Hoke Smith of Gawjah first went to Washington he made him self offensively conspicuous by prancing around town on the out side of a clumsy horse known as ’Pos sumphat. Everybody asked who this fat man on a fat steed was, and in this way the vanity t>f the superfi cial secretary was gratified. But a shrinkage has occurred in fioke. He now rides about in a little open ve hlclo with yellow wheels, which ao* cords with his pumpkin complexion, and 'Possumphat Is forced to draw it. In another year Mr. Smith will prob* ably be found walking and riding la street cars like other good citizen* He is slowly collapsing. PRAYBR AND SOUP* That Muoli Um IlMn Lalt the Country' '■% by Unmoornoy. < Prayer and soup are a eurloua combination. Hut they go together^ at present. Congress Is crowded with petitions,' wlillo the country is consoled, with’ soup. ' Pago after page of the Congressional al Reoprd is occupied ifrlth petitions,,1 prayers and protests. - Column after column of the dally i papers in every industrial city is Ullod with stories of soup. • The right of petition Is freo. Any bo.ly can pray to congress without chargo. Soup is also being made flee throughout the country. Free prayers, free soup and free loaves are already with us, even before we get free wool and Iron and the other freo things vouchsafed to us by Wilson's bill. This always was a land of freedom,' and just now it is lull of free things that woro nevor so froe before. Kspeclally soup! This administration will be reJ forred to in history as the Free Prayer and Soup administration. I Congress never had so many prayers poured into its ears and onto its tiles as at this presont season. Free raw material and free soup are probably predestined to go hand' in bund under this administration— at any rate until tho control of con-! gross Is taken away from it. There has been nothing, In fact,' but soup on tho bill of fare since Mr.j Cleveland bocamo the national ca-, terer. Soup In Hawaii—sablo soup. , / Soup llnanelally — yollow (gold standard) soup. Soup in the silver states—mine! closed. j Soup in the treasury—Carlisle ory-, r* ing for “relief.” Soup In the railroad world—ladled out by receivers. Soup in tho bankruptcy courts—; failures unprecedented. Soup In the mills and factories— less work, less wages, or none at all. Soup funds in all the cities, and sweet charity the only business in the land (bar the sheriff’s) that is not depressed. The people will have to wait until next November. If they vote then - as they are praying now, Willie Wil son’s tariff tureen will be removed and the Democratic deluge of soup" will be over. .* Blount Wm Ultooked. f When Blount arrived In Honolulu' he found American Influence every* where dominant. The American flag was flying from the government building; Americans were in control of the provisional regime; Americans were at the front in sustaining the new order or things and glorying over the downfall of the' queen.t Thus runs Blount's story, told before the senate committee. If he had lookod further he would have found that Americans wore managing the commerce and industries and the general business of Hawaii; that the 1 American school system was in vogue; that Americans were in charge of the churches and Sunday schools; that tho language every where heard was American; that the manners everywhere seen, were American; that, in short, the new civilization in Hawaii was American. Perhaps Blount did sea all this. At any rate he was offend ed to tho soul and proceeded to haul dowu the flag and do his level bept for the restoration of the pagan throne. In Blount's opinion, as in Cleveland’s, popular government, under the direction of the intelligent class, and American civilization were a bad thing for Hawaii and must be wiped out and Asiatic influences again made supreme, under the rule of a dissolute queen and a licentious court. This is the kind of American ism that pulsates in the veins of the present administration—Cincinnati Tiraes-Star. On With the (iuud Work. ^ Professor Wilson’s tariff speech seems to be regarded by the .Demo cratic managers as a good campaign document, and it is said that 1,000, 000 copies will bo circulated. The Republicans have no objection; in fact,if money wero not rather scarce at headquarters, the Republican na tional committee would be strongly^ tempted to contribute something toward paying for the distribution of this kind of literature. It will help to pile up a Republican majority of 1,000,000 or moro in the congres sional elections next November. Superfluous suicide. Our esteemed Democratic contem-' porary, the Chicago Herald, remarks that “protection as established in the Wilson bill is bad enough, but the Wilson bill protection plus an in come tax is intolerable. The Wilson bill plus an income tax will be suicide for the Democratic party." The suicide will be complete without using the income tax. The income tax is superfluous even for the pur pose of killing the Democracy. It is not necessary for a suicide to take poison after hanging himself.—X. I. Sun [Dem.] A Desperate Mtiwtluu. The Memphis Commercial says "the prospects now are that the pres ent administration will end without having redeemed a single promise made by the Democratic party to the people," and gloomily nominates Adlai for next president. The situa tion must be desperate. ■ y;? 4 ,