THE house turmoil.
thE WILDEST KINDS OF SCENES
ENACTED.
Jin IlPsa1’*1 Whatever p»*‘l *« the Balm
„f the speaker—Representative Bland
Denounce, the New York Democrats
„ Anarchists and Criminals—Such
Disorder In the House Not Within the
Id collection of the Oldest Mtmbers—
Ollier Washington News
Another House Uproar.
We-iiivtiTON, Feb. 24.—Clerk Kerr
calle d the house to order to-day and
r..:ui ;i communication from Speaker
Crir.p. who tvas suffering1 from a severe
M,rr throat and was confined to his
appointing Mr. Richardson of
Tennessee speaker pro tem. The
peculiar eireumstances under which
the house adjourned yesterday, and
the anticipation of a repetition of the
il scdt i ly scenes, attracted great
crc.viir to the galleries.
soon as the journal was read Mr.
A lum-. Hepubliean of Pennsylvania,
teh- was speaking before the close
y, >i tanv. was recognized on the
il'icft ion" of privilege. He yielded,
however, to Mr. Wells of Wisconsin,
wlm stated that he was er
roneously reported as voting “no”
,m tlie motion to adjourn. He
had no part whatever in the unseem
ly doings in the house on Washing
urn's iilrthday. “Had I voted at all,”
said he. “I should have voted for the
adjournment in order to put astop to
the disgraceful performance.”
Mr. Maud-denounced the New York
delegation in heated words. He was
wn : nl times called to order by Rep
resentative Coombs of New York. The
house, in consequence, was soon in
ane.tht r uproar.
.m . v uiuiuiuga uoivcu umt Ills COl
Ii'3'jiu'. Mr. Sickles, be excused on ac
cn'iiil of sickness. He was so excused,,
whereupon the speaker pro tem or
dered the pending question to be the
met ion to discharge. Mr. Adams from
the custody of the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. Adams demanded to be heard
on the question of privilege he de
sired to raise. The speaker said that
one question of privilege was already
ponding, but agreed to hear Mr. Ad
ams. The latter wanted to know yes
terday. while he \yas under arrest at
the liar of the house, explaining his
ease, in a parliamentary fashion, the
mare of the house should have been
employed to force him to his seat.
“Why.’’ he asked, “should this in
dignity have been put upon me while
1 wa-endeavoring to carry out the
mandate of the house?”
Mr. Springer attempted to interpose
an amendment which had for its pur
V"• the discharge of all members
under arrest, as the most expeditious
way out of the tangle, but Mr. Reed
demanded the previous question and
lie was cut off.
i'll Democrats then decided to vote
down the previous question in order
to open the way for Mr. Springer’s
amendment. Some of them, however,
mouldy the Eastern Democrats, voted
with the Republicans. The previous
question was voted down, 95 to 159.
M r. Bland offered as a substitute for
Mr. Heed’s motion a motion to dis
charge all members arrested by au
tli irt'y of the resolution passed by
the house Monday. Mr. Reed made
the point of order that Mr. Bland’s
amendment was not germane and this
was argued at some length.
Mr. Bland denounced the Now York
delegation in heated words.- Ho was
several times called to order by Rep
resentative Coombs of New York. The
house, in consequence, was soon in an
other uproar.
Mr. Bland’s speech was sensational
in its criticism of the disorder which
reigned in the house yesterday. He
deeiared that the men obstructing
leg!- :ation and defying the house were
Anarchists and revolutionists—worse
i inn the criminal who would throw
iiynamite bombs from the galleries,
tiii re were hisses at this statement
won-h grew louder and culminated in
fries of “shame.”
Mr. Bland proceeded in his impas
sn n ■ ! utterance. He said mobocracy
imi taken nossession of the house—
|hr moblsm of anarchy which was be
"t given an object lesson. He pro
«iMed with frequent characterization
n: those members who had obstructed
jvwlation as “Anarchists.” “revo
lutionists.” As he spoko there
"'re alternate scenes of ex
ti.-’.iie confusion and silent
Mnmshment. Seldom or never in the
memory of veteran members had such
Jeuent characterization of the mem*
li'rs of the house been heard. He
!'a' f-'er|uently called to order and he
"its anally compelled to take his seat
it's: then allowed to proceed in order.
•'■'tv i- some more heated language,
"/ | ‘“ fore Messrs. Cummings and
eould secure opportunities tc
m' 'v,.’° ■'*r- Blqpd, on the motion oJ
'lr iiiaticl, the order of arrest of Fcb
lci”v "> was vacated and all arrested
"|“;rossmen were discharged.
* Hen the fight on the silver bill
proper was resumed and amid as great
jwvitcnient as at any time during tho
two days, Mr. Bland moved to
C °v ‘!':bate at 5 p. m. to-morrow.
i*. Tracey filibustered and secured
, calls which again protracted the
niggle with little prospect that a
' “lu would be secured.
1 he vote on Mr. Bland’s motion to
'|h> the debate at 5 to-morrow re
"Med 17Q to 7, no quorum.
"r- liland moved a call of the house
• I Mr. Tracy moved to adjourn and
tj!v‘' "as. again confusion for some
oi'1]’’ b”t it vyas not so bad as provi
I,,'] ^ cry good resolution was carried out
'ou,d be a howling wilderness.
he Senate’s Temperance Commit
ire Decides on a Moderate Bill.
^ b!s Moines, Iowa, Feb. 24.—The
nal° suppression of intemperance
'tminittec last night decided to
^"'tnmend the Carpenter bill. This
. ;'"v,sii‘s for a permit system in coun
fiV "*’ere a majority of the voters
‘ !‘r ’he.sale, fixes a licenses of 8500
r ' Provides regulations for carrying
s'1 e business, the permits to be is
L . b>' the courts. The question of
fir Permits will be submitted each
livV'ia-rs anc* annually if requested
v ,b'rd of the voters of the county,
i , Permits will be issued outside of
1 " ns and cities.
A SHOCKING CRIME.
TH* Dud Body of Mrt> Knnau
Found.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Feb. 84.—The
frozen corpse of Mrs. Johanna Peter
sen kensmann, wife of Diedrich Kens
mann, who disappeared Tuesday
afternoon with 8075 in her possession,
was found yesterday afternoon at 3:15
o clock in an unoccupied house at 1425
Balt,more avenue. A brutal murder,
ertlier by strangulation or chloroform,
perhaps by both, had been done. The
body had been robbed.
The manner in which the awful
crime was accomplished is not defi
nitely known. It is believed that she
was cleverly decoyed into the house,
choked into insensibility and chloro
formed—then robbed and left dead
upon the floor.
It seems certain that whoever robbed
Mrs. Kensmann knew that she carried
most of her money in a pocket-book
hidden in her bosom. That anyone
besides kensmann knew his wife’s
habit in respect to the concealment of
her money is not known.
How long the woman was dead,
when she entered the house where her
corpse was found, and who secured
her money are among the questions
that are unsettled. The detectives
have practically no clue of value to
work on. At present they are work
ing to solve the robbery, knowing
that thereby they will reach the mur
derer, if the woman was killed at all.
tariff questions.
Inquiries That the Senate Has Sent tu
Farmers to Answer.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The senate
committee on finance will hardly have
time to tabulate the replies to the cir
culars sent out by it inviting informa
tion of value in legislating upon
the subject of customs duties.
Nearly a million such circulars
were issued to manufactures, im
porters, merchants, commercial bodies,
labor organizations and farmers.
The committee is especially desirous
that the questions be given the fullest
publicity and Chairman Voorhees in
vites parties interested to make re
plies thereto directly to the commit
tee. Here is a copy of the circular
addressed to farmers throughout the
country, and Missourians and Kan
sans are not barred from telling the
finance committee of the senate pre
cisely what they think of it.
1. What is the character of your
product?
2. Do similar foreign products com
pete with yours?
3. What would be the effect upon
your product of a reduction of duty
on imports of all kinds?
4. Have the wages which you pay
for labor increased or decreased with
in the past two years?
5. To what extent does your state
export agricultural products?
6. What competition do such ex
ports moat abroad?
7. To what extent, in your opinion,
are the prices and character of your
products affected by the manufactur
ing industries of your state?
8. Have your living expenses in
creased or decreased during the past
four years?
9. Please give your views on the
proposition to restore sugar to the
dutiable list. ,
10. Do the present duties benefit, in
any respect, people engaged in grow
ing agricultural products and staples;
and, if not, how can they be so modi
fied as to produce this result?
11. State, generally, anything
which j'ou believe would be useful to
the comtnitt-'e in preparing tariff leg- .
islation.
A STORMY SESSION.
Turbulent and Disorderly Scenes in the
House of Representatives.
Washington, Feb. 24.—-The Wash
ington birthday session of the house
yesterday was marked by the most
turbulent and disorderly scenes.
Mrl Hland, clinging to the idea he
could obtain a quorum for his motion
to close debate on the seigniorage
bill, and nettled at his continued fail
ure for the past week, refused to al
low the house to adjourn over the
national holiday. When the house
met, however, although he still de
clined to entertain any propositions
to compromise with the opponents of
the measure, upon the representations
of certain Western representatives
that they would cease filibustering
and support the measure if he would
give more additional time for debate,
he moved that the debate continue
until .Saturday. Hut he did not get a
vote on his amended proposition.
Exciting events growing out of the
wholesale arrest of members in com
pliance with the resolution adopted
on Monday led to disorder and tumult
which, continuing for hours, was sud
denly terminated in an adjournment.
Mr. Cummings precipitated it by de
clining an attempt to arrest him on
the floor. He characterized this ses
sion on Washington's birthday as a
farce and moved an adjournment.
The appeal to patriotism, however,
eouid not move the supporters of Mr.
island’s measure, and liis motion was
voted down.
A serious scene followed when Gen
oral Sickles denounced his arrest.
This culminated Anally in the discov
ery that the warrant under which
members had been arrested was
faulty, in that the names of those ar
rested had not been included in the
warrant. By this time the house was
in such a tangle that Mr. Bland
moved to adjourn. Despite the ef
forts of the Republicans to hold the
Democrats in session in order to force
them to lind a way out of their pre
dicament, the motion was carried.
| MR. CROW’S PLURALITY.
With All But Nine Counties Heard From
It Reaches 180,133.
| Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—Official re
; turns from all but nine of the sixty
seven counties in this state send
Grow's plurality' up until the .un
precedented figures of 180.133 is reach
ed. All of the official returns show Ke
publicans gains over the election
night estimates: therefore, it is fair
I to assume that the official figures
from the nine missing counties will
! produce increases that will give Grow
not less than 185,000 plurality.
A MW ENGLAND MIRACLE.
A RAILROAD ENGINEER RELATE!*
HIE EXPERIENCE.
The Wonderful Story Told by Frod C.
V«u* ud Blu Mother-In-Law too Re
porter of tbo Boiton Herald—Both
are Bettered After Yea re of Agony.
From t he Boston Herald.
The vast health-giving results already
attributed by the newspapers through
out this country and Canada to Ur.
Williams’ “Pink Pills for Pale People”
have been recently supplemented by
the cases of two confirmed invalids in
one household in a New England town.
The names of these people ore Fred U
\ose, his wife and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Oliver C. llolt, of Peterboro, mem
bers of the same household.
To the Herald reporter who was sent
to investigate his remarkable cure Mr.
Vose said: “I am 37 years old, and
have been railroading for the Fitchburg
for 15 years. Since boyhood I have
been troubled with a weak stomach.
For the past 7 years I . have suffered
terribly and constantly. My stomach
would not retain food; my head ached
constantly and was so dizzy I could
scarcely stand; my eyes were blurred; I
had a bad heartburn, and my breath
was offensive. I had physicians, but
they failed to help me. My appetite
gave out, and four years ago I devel
oped palpitation of the heart, which
seriously uffected my breathing. Had
terrible pains in ray back and had to
make water many times a day. 1 finally
■ --w j-v... • utuuviv wo nim i/wuiuii Vi
sleep nights. If I lay down ray heart
would go pit-a-pat at a great rate, and
many nights 1 did not close my eyes at
all. I was broken down in body and
discouraged in spirit, when some time
in February last, I got a couple of box
es of Ur. Williams’ I’ink Fills. Before
I had finished the first box I noticed
that the palpitation of ray heart, which
had bothered me so that I couldn’t
breathe at times, began to improve. I
saw that in going to my home on the
hill from the depot, which was previ
ously an awful task, my heart did not
beat so violently and I had more breath
when I reached the house. After the
second and third boxes I grew better in
every other respect My stomach be
came stronger, the gas belching was
not so bad, my appetite and digestion
improved, and my sleep became nearly
natural and undisturbed. I have con
tinued taking the pills thre,e times a
day ever since last March, and today I
am feeling better than at any time dur
ing the last eight years. I can confi
dently and conscientiously say that
they have done mo more good, and,
their good elleets are more permanent,'
than any medicine I have ever taken.;
My rheumatic pains in legs and hands
are all gone. The pains in the small
of my back, which were so bad at times
that I couldn't stand up straight, have
nearly all vanished, and I find my kid
neys are well regulated by them. This
is an effect not claimed for the pills in
the circular, but in my case they
brought it about. I am feeling 100 per
cent, better in every shape and man
ner.”
The reporter next saw Mrs. Holt,
who said: “I am 57 years old, and for
14 years past 1 have had an intermit
tent heart trouble. Three years ago
I had nervous prostration, by which my
heart trouble was increased so badly
that I had to lie down most of the time.
My stomach also gave out, and I had
continual and intense pain from the
hack of my neck to the end of my back
bone. In 14 weeks 1 spent $300 for doc
tor bills and medicines, but my health
continued so miserable that I gave up
doctoring in despair. I began to take
Ur. Williams’ Pink Pills last winter,
and the first box made me feel ever so
much better. 1 have taken the pills
since February, with the result of stop
ping entirely the pain in the spine and
in the regiou of the liver. My stomach
is again normal, and the palpitation of
the heart has troubled me but three
' times since I commenced the pills.”
An analysis of l)r. Williams’ Pink
Pills shows that they contain, in a con
densed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailing specific for such
diseases as locomotor alaxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head
ache, tlie after effect of la grippe, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions, all forms of weakness,
either in male or female, and all dis
eases resulting from vitiated humors in
the blood. I’ink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on re
ceipt of price, (50 cents a box, or six
boxes for $2.50—they are never sold in
bulk or by the ICO) by addressing Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady,
hi. Y., or Brookville, Ont.
rsaiumore ponce magistrate lias
decided that eating peanuts in church
disturbed religious worship. He fined
Morris Whittington and Janies Ilrow.
both colored, each 310 and costs for
insisting on munching peanuts after
having been requested to stop.
Tramps in Florida on being arrested
are given the option of going to the
Indian river section and working for
the East Coast line or going to the
municipal jail for ninety days. The
railroad company was in need of la
borers, and by an arrangement with
tlie courts is securing them in this way.
1(10 World's Fair Photon for SI.
These beautiful pictures are now ready
for delivery in ten complote parts—:6 pic
tures comprising each part—and the whole
set can be secured by the payment of One
Hollar, sent to Geo. H. Heaffouo, General
Passenger Agent. Chicago, Milwaukee &
St, 1 uul Railway. Chicago, 111., and the
portfolios of pictures will be sent, free of
expense, by mail to subscribers.
Remittances should be made by draft,
j money order, or registered letter.
The descendants of a single female
wasp will often number 115,000 in one
season.
Jules Simon thinks the surest recipe
for attaining a hale old age is intel
lectual work.
Go Sonth Via the Wabash.
Tourists' tickets now on sale to all points.
Homeseekers' tickets at half fare on ex
cursion dates, Dec. 12th, Jan. Oth, Feb. i3th,
March tilth, April 10th and May 8th. For
rates or folders giving full description of
lands, climate, &e., call at Wabash Tickat
office, No. 1502 Farnam Street, or write
Gxo. N. Clattox, N. W. P. Agt.,
Omaha, NeU
THE GRANGERS PROTEST.
Thajr Want the Agrlcnltnrat EipiriBMl
Station Continued.
Washington.Feb. S3.—The granjon
of the country have become alarmed
at the suggestion that congress will
not make rpproprlations for continu
ing the work of the agricultural ex
perimental stations because In the an
nual report of the secretary of agri
culture mention of these institutes
was omitted and because when the
matter was called to the attention of
the secretary he explained that as tho
department was not given supervision
over tho stations he did not think
their expenses should be charged to it
in the appropriation estimates.
To urge a continuation of govern
ment support for the stations and to
combat the proposal to place them un
der the management of the depart
ment, J. II. Brigham of Delta, Ohio,
addressed tho house committee on ag
riculture yesterday. lie said an ex
periment station was essentially an
educational institution and its best
service to the farmer was to be looked
for, not In single brilliant discoveries,
but in such an increase of attested
and accurate knowledge as should en
able the farmer to conduct his busi
ness more intelligently* and with
greater profit. Other notions did more
than the United States In this line.
To leave the stations to the
care of the states would deprive the
newer and poorer states of
their advantages. Under the present
system states were required to fur
nish buildings and other aid given by
them in the year ending June 30, 1802,
amounting to $307,702. Government
supervision should he so managed as
to leave the station free to take the
initiative in their work, adapting it to
the natural conditions and needs of
their localities. When tho Hatch bill
was enacted much thought had been
given to the aspect of matters and it
seemed that a system giving practical
autonomy to the stations, leaving
them free from detailed dictation by
central authority, would produce the
best results. Original investigations
could not with the best results be
made according to a program laid
down in advance.
Mr. Brigham concluded:“It is feared
that extension of government super
vision, which has resulted in prescrib
ing the work to be undertaken by the
stations, would result in making them
simply branches of the supervising
department and their officers sub
stantially subordinates, the depart
ment under such conditions of desira
bility as would seem to be attracted
to or retained in station work." -
SENATOR MORGAN'S REPORT.
It Will Re Submitted Next Monday and
Satisfies the Republicans.
Washington, Feb. S3,—Senator
Morgan submitted the report he has
been preparing on Hawaii to the full
membership of the committee on
foreign relations yesterday, and it was
adopted by a majority vote. The four
Republican members of the committee
voted for Senator Morgan's report,
and the four Democrats voted against
the report drawn by the Alabama
senator. These four Democrats
will prepare minority report
next Monday morning. The Repub
lican members of the committee do
not fully concur in the report pre
pared by Mr. Morgan. Though it
does not criticise Minister Stevens,
it leans toward the annexation and
generally favors the policy of the late
administration.
It, however, docs not criticise in as
vigorous terms as the Republicans
wish the policy of the present admin
istration, although it is drawn in such
language that the Republicans feel
they can subscribe to it even if it does
not go quite so far as desired.
GULF AND INTER-STATE LINE.
Eastern Capitalists Ready ta Furnish
Funds to Construct Sixty Miles.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 23.—Eastern
capitalists met representatives of the
Gulf and Inter-State road l.cre yester
day and made a proposition to furnish
funds to put in the first sixty miles of
road and take in return transportation
certificates five twenty income bonds
at actual cost, provided they can have
one-fourth interest in town sites
along the route. The executive com
mittee meet here to-day to take action
in tlie matter and to submit a proposi
tion to the Wichita Hoard of Trade.
ERASTUS tVIMAN IN JAIL.
Arrested on Two Indictments Charged
With Forgery.
New YoniCjFeb. 23.—Erastus Wiman,
the well-known capitalist and rail
road man, ex-manager of R. O. Dun
and company, was arrested on a bench
warrant yesterday on two charges of
forgery. He was brought into Judge
Martine's court, and in default of $25,
000 bail, was committed to the Tombs.
Two indictments were found against
Mr. Wiman by the grand jury. They
were for forging and uttering checks,
Each indictment cent tins two counts.
The complainant against him is R. G.
Dun president of the Dun Mercan
tile agency association. One of the
charges is for forging an indorsement
of E. W. Ilullinger to a cheek for
$5,000 which was drawn to Bullinger's
order by R. G. Dun & Co.
The other is for forging the endorse
ment of Ogden llrower to achcck.also
drawn by R. G. Dun & Co., for $5,580.
The checks are said to have been
forged respectively on Japuary 20,
1893, and February 0, 1893.
It is charged in the indictment that
Wiman has swindled the R. G. Dun
company out of $229,018.90 during the
past four years. The affair has caused
a tremendous sensation in business
circles.
A Peculiar Pistol Accident.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 23.—Early
yesterday morning John M. Bradley,
ex-city bookkeeper, who was sleeping
with his wife, woke up to find the
back of his night shirt on fire When
the fire was extinguished, he felt a
burning sensation in his side, and, on
examination, discovered that a pistol
bullet had cut a furrow through his
flesh, where it lies embedded. The
pistol which he had placed u nder his
pillow, had been accidentally die
charged, and the strange part la that
neither Mr. Bradley, his wife, nor any
of the neighbors heard the noise.
Bradley will di«.
REPUBLICAN MATTERS.
DEMOCRACY ANU SUICIDE.
After Taking Poison It Wow* Oat Ite
Brain* to Mak* a Bar* gob.
A story is told of a Boston man
who a few years ago, bent on suicide,
determined to make no mistake
about it. What was worth doing at
all he hollered was worth doing
well, and so to mako his through
ticket to tho great beyond a first
class one he purchased a few grains
of strychnia, a revolver and a rope,
lie hired a boat, rode out Into tho
Boston harbor to a point whore a
pole had been erooted as a sort of
substitute for a spit-buoy, built a
little platform on this post, climbed
upon it, hitched one end of tho rope
around the post, the other around
his neck, swallowed the dose of
strychnia, and whilo kicking over
the platform attompted at the same
time to blow out his brains. The
effort, however, at kicking over tho
platform interfered with the accu
racy of his aim, so that the bullet
instead of crashing through his
skull cut tho rope, the platform was
klcicod over and the would-be suicide
found himself floundering in the
water, in this involuntary bath ho
swallowed so much salt water that
it nauseated him, he threw up tho
strychnia, climbed into the boat and
rode to shore, concluding that his
time had not yet coma
i ne Democratic) party at the be
ginning of the present administra
tion seemed to be as much uctuatod
with the determination to commit a
feio de se and make no mistake about
it, as this Boston man the Tiraes
Star has just referred to. It pos
sessed Itself of a rope In the way of a
proposed cuckoo policy, It swallowod
a dose of strychnia in the Hawaiian
fiasco and then It attempted to blow
out its brains with the lncomo tax
bill. Its platform was kicked over
by a lot of disagreeing Democrats.
The rope was cut by the Income
tax proposition and protection
Democrats, and the party, when
the time comes for the quadriennlal
indorsement, will find itself floun
dering in the water, but it will not
be hung, it will not have Its brains
blown out, it will not be poisoned, nor
will tt be drowned, but it will have
swallowed enough water in the shape
of adverse public opihlon to make
it throw oil the poison. It will
probably be able to get into the bout
and row to Bhore, but will be in such
dilapidated condition as to be of lit
tle service to Itself or anybody else
for years to come. It will bo bruised
by its tumble through its own plat
form and from getting water soaked
may become ringboned and spavined
and foundered. At any rate it will
be phthisicky and have the gout.
There will be few ills that horse or
man Is heir to that it will not sufTor
from for years as a result of those
desperate attempts to commit sui
cide, but it will survive Its multitude
of injuries as it survived In 18-10,
again in 1861 to 1865 and in 1888.
Like the conventional cat with nine
lives it will continue to live, but
with such a low temperature and
feeble pulse that its aggressiveness
is not likely to concern the Repub
lican party for the next half century.
It will require that time to recuper
ate.
Maine as a Prophet.
••1 love my country and my
countrymen. I am an Ameri
can and rejoico every day of
life that I am. I enjoy the general
prosperity of my country, and Know
that tho workingmen of this land
are the best fed and the best clothed
of any laborers on the face of the
earth. Many of them have homes of
their own. lhoy are surrounded by
all the comforts, anil many of the
luxuries of life. I shudder, however,
at the thought that tho time must
come when all this will bo changed.
When the general prosperity of the
country will be destroyed. When
the great body of workingmen'in this
land, who are now so prosperous,
will hear their wives and children
cry for broad; that the day must
come when tho great factories and
manufactories of this land will shut
down, and there will be the silence
of the tomb. And the reason why
this must be is this:
“iho great {southern wing of the
Democratic party are determined to
establish the doctrine of freo trade
in thin land. They will be assisted
by their Northern allios. The fight
is now on. There is a great body of
visionary but educated men who are
employed day by day in writing free
trade essays and arguments in favor
of that doctrine, which find their
way into every Democratic news
paper in this land.
“The great body of our people
have never experienced, themselves,
the sufferings which always result
when the protective principles are
laid aside. Poisoned and excited by
the wild statements of these writers
and the demagogic appeals of Demo
cratic speakers, the result will bo
that in the very near future these
forces which are now working will
be strong enough to defeat at the
polls the party advocating the doc
trine of protection. It must inevit
ably follow that uncertainty and
doubt will ensue.
“The business men of the country,
feailng the destruction, will decline
to engage in business, consequently
mills will be shut down and the
workingmen will bo thrown out of
employment. The people will then
see, as we have never seen before,
that they cannot be prosperous and
have work while this principle is
threatened. In the midst of this
suffering they will learn that the
only way that they can be prosper
ous and happy is to vote for the
party that has built up the industries
by which they have gained a liveli
hood; because they will then see
clearly that when a manufactory it
shut down there is no demand fot
the thing: which they havo to m]1«
and that is their labor.”
HOKE SMITH’S DINNER.
Thor* Are no Hard Time* at the Tablet
of the Cabinet Arlstonraejr.
Its kind o' oheerln to see how our ,
Georjnh statesman, tho Hon. Hoke
Smith, is koopin his end up hera.
writes “Majah Hundolph Gore Hamp
ton” to the New York Advertiser
from Washington. When it comes
to puttln on style there aint nobody
who oon hold a candle to a real
Southern gentleman. Before the
war wo didn't have any stylish peo
ple or horses in the country except [
what come from the r>outh. When'
the Yankees got rich flghtln and '
robbin us and then got up their in
fernal protection schome to keep us
pore they begun to put on airs, but
they never had the aristocratic'
Southern swing. I was readtn In the
Star paper the other day about
Hoke's reception to tho Clevelands, j
1 see that tho house was. flllod with
cainelias, and cheese straw brought
from Goorjah, also the fruits and the
smilax. They had Ullles-of-tho-val
ley,asparagus butterflies and all the
china was helplooms belonging to the *
great Southern Hoke family. They
had harp music and fine decorations
which you can hire hero at a cost of
about $100. But the dinner they
served the Clevelands was the great
feature of the ontertalnmont. Hoke
brought his old nigger cook up;
from home with him. She used j
to belong to tho Cobb family. 1
She give em Georjah beat biscuit1
and roast pig with apple sauce and
before dinner Hoke gave the presl
ueni a urinK or nomo-maao whisky
out of a (rood old brown jug with a
rale corn-cob stopper. The president
was delighted, lie said that If there
was anything he liked it was a meal
cooked by an old (Southern nigger.
He said there was no real hospitality
but Southern hospitality, und ho told
how when ha first come to Washing*
ton ho found Arthur’s French cook
in the White house. Ho discharged
him after a week or two and sent up
to Albany for his old Irish cook who
could give him corn beef, and cab
bage and fry his stakes for him. ]
That delighted Hoke, who never will'
eat, they say, Northern cookim of
any kind. Tho place, however, to,
get fried chicken, is Mrs. Toombs
boardln-housc. That's what we
hold our Southern boarders on—that
and whole-grain hominy. While I
feel proud of Hoke’s big blow out,
which must have cost him over
•1,000, I couldn't help thlnkln1 of the
thousands of poor, hungry devils
down our way who would like about
now to get a smell of his slop-barL
But it's necossary to cut these capers
hero and I'm glad to see that the
South has took tho cake, as it were.
But I notis tho Cleveland family isn’t
givlu away much food tills winter.
They treated the cabinot to dinner
not long ago and now they are goln
around eatln it out of em, so, us the
gamblers say, I think they’ll break
even on hash.
A l'rotty 8|Mwtat;|« .
The present congress affords a
striking oxaraplo of party spirit
dethroning judgment and smothering
patriotism. A majority of the mem
bers of tho house wero opposed to
the Wilson tariff bill in the shape in
which it was put- upon its passage.'
Yet to gain a party victory they
voted for the bilL The consequoncos
to their constituents and to the
wholo country wore ignored when
the question of a Democratic triumph
or defeat in tho house came up for
decision. With reference to Ha
waii tho strength of party spirit on
tho Democratic side is oven more
notable than in tho caso of tho tariff
bill. Without the slightest investiga
tion, the Democrats condemned
Ministor Stevens and indorsed the
course of President Cleveland, basing
their action altogether on Commis
sioner Blount's report, which has
been riddled by the testimony of a
score of witnesses. Without making
any independent inquiry, but accept
ing tho discredited story of a special
agent irregularly appointed, and in
face of the fact that this agent dis
graced tho American flag by trailing
it in the dust in pursuance of tho
infamous policy of overthrowing free
government and restoring tho
monarchy in Hawaii, tho Democrats
of the house, bocauso these things
were done by a Democratic ad
ministration, obediently and shame
lessly sanctioned them.
I.oululana'R Medicine Ih Hitter.
In no state of the union, not even
in Pennsylvania, is public opinion
set more bitterly against the Wilson
bill than in Louisiana. The Demo
crats of that state, who have fought
for years the men who were making
possible tho existence cf their great
industry, now find that their chosen
allies have doomed them to the sac
rifice for the sake of a theory. The
McKinley bill had taken the tax off
of sugar, tho Democrats dared not.
put it back again. The house could
not stultify itself by retaining the
bounty feature, as the ways and
means committee had proposed, for a.
term of years. There was nothing
for it. therefore, but free sugar, re
gardless of the violent protests of
every newspaper and every organ
ized form of public opinion in the
state of Louisiana. New York and
Louisiana contributed most of the
Democratic votes cast against the
Wilson bill.—Pioneerl’ress .
Dime Museum Freaks.
While it may be true, as the Bos
ton Globe asserts, that there is a
great scarcity of freaks for the dime
museums, some of the monstrosities
now before the country are of a de
cidedly unique character; Governor
Waite, for instance, and Governor
Fenooyer, and the Democratic par (7.