MARS THE STRIPES.
R0SS M’KANE puts on the
B PRISON GARB.
Sl( Vf.irs in Sln( 81ns Mina* Good Tima
II,. < :in Make—The Transgressor Keep*
l (1 ms Serve to the Laat—Hi* Imperial
lipi riiiicd Prevlons to the Putting on
of prison Clothe*—The Vote In the
House <>n the Seigniorage 11UL ' -
Taken to Sing: Sine.
Sint. Sing, N. Y.,. March 3.—A large
fr,nvi! awaited the arrival qf the train
bea riii'-' John Y. McKane to prison. It
arrive 1 here at 3:13 p. m. Deputy
jjhvritl' Davidson, of Kings county, was
the iir-t to alight from the train. He
wa> followed by McKane. Sheriff
jiutlina and Stryker Williamson fol
lowoil Melvane. The crowd cried out:
‘•Here he is.” McKane . and his cus
todians walked to the prison gate,
followed by reporters.. The, gate,
which was open, was guarded by one
of the prison guards, stationed in a
toner on the prison walls. McKane
and his custodians were promptly ad
mitted. but the reporters were not al
lowed to enter, and were thus com
pelled to hasten to the front door of
the prison. _ -
Cn arrival at the prison the com
mitment was produced by the sheriff,
the indorsement “full term of six
years and ten months commutation”
was written by the warden, who
added underneath “four years and
three months,” incicating net limit of
his sentence.
The eiistomary questions were then
put to McKane, and the information
elicited that he was 51 years old, born
in Ireland, is a Protestant, married,
and neither uses liquor nor tobacco.
Afjer tiiis formality McKane was
conducted down stairs to the
prison barber shop. placed in
the barber's cliair and his mus
tache and imperial, which have
formed so distinctive a part of his per
sona! appearance, was quickly shaven
of!', lbs head was not shaved. He
was then given a convict suit, which
he put on himself. No cell was as
signed him. He will for the present
be in what is known as tfie idle ranks.
McKane went through all-this ordeal'
with tirmness, and showed no signs of
depression.
GLADSTONE’S RETIREMENT.
England's Premier Steps Down and
Out.
Loxnoif, March 3.—By command of
the queen Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone pro
ceeded to Windsor castle this after
noon and will remain as the guests of
her majesty until to-morrow.
At noon to-morrow a privy council
will lie held at Windsor castle and
upon this occasion Mr. Gladstone will
tender his resignation of the premier
ship.
The earl of Kimberly, lord president
of the council, Earl Spencer, first lord
of the admiralty, and the other min
isters. with the exception of Lord
Eosebery, will be present.
Mr. Gladstone is in excellent health
and spirits to-day and spent the fore
noon quietly at home.
Official announcement of Mr. Glad
stone's retirement will probably bo
made Monday and then Lord Rose
bery will be summoned to take up the
reins of government—unless all signs
fail. There is no present intentions
to dissolve parliament.
It is said that Mr. Gladstone's re
tirement was decided on two months
ago but the necessary arrangements
demanded much consideration. It is
understood that he will remain in
parliament.,
A deputation of extreme radicals
headed by Mr. Labouchere waited on
Edward Majoribanks, the liberal whip
yesterday, and protested against the
selection of Lord Rosebery as premier,
declaring that if the premier was not
chosen from among the commoners,
they would leave the liberal party.
They expressed their high regard for
the character, talents and services of
Lord Rosebery and the other peers
who have been mentioned for the
premiership, but said that their atti
tude was based upon political and not
personal grounds.
, home of the men in the deputation
incidentally mentioned Sir William
Harcourt as a man who commanded
their confidence, but added that they
had no desire to hamper the choice of
* premier or to advocate the claims
of any particular statesman.
PER ATE PISTOL DUEL.
A Man and Woman Fill Each Other With
Bullets on ■ Memphis Street.
Memphis, Tenn., March 3.—“Have
you seen my glove? I think I dropped
said Mrs. Bettie Wrench, a re
cently divorced woman, as she stopped
ln front of a saloon door on Main
street last night. Before the man she
"a.s addressing could reply she
whipped out a navy six-shooter and
shot him through the thigh. The man
sprang to his feet and, as he did so,
another bullet was sent through his
stomach, bringing him to the ground,
in this recumbent position he shot the
woman through the hip and she fell
within a few feet of him. In this posi
tion both parties shot at each other
nntil pistols were empty. The result
was that the woman received another
shot through the arm and is seriously
wounded; the man was dead. The
wan. .1, W. Deming, a saw filer from
West Virginia, had aleniated Mrs.
'*ranch's affections from her husband
*nd then deserted her.
Corbett Acquitted.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 3.—The
Wal of Corbett, charged with prize
nffhting, resulted in a prompt ac
quittal.
ri'BLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Increase During the Month of Feb
ruary of 940,004,9 IS.
“ asiiington, March 3.—The public
debt statement issued yesterday shows
flu- net increase of the public debt
during February was $40,064,215.
. Hie amount received on the new
issue of borfds to date is $57,427,906.
Baptist Minister Murdered.
Hot Springs, Miss., March 3.—News
has been received here of the murder
<lf >;cv. Stepheu A. Wells, a Baptist
"twister, by William Curley over an
°‘d vrudire.
PEFFER AND THE TARIFF. j
rh® *““• 8®n,tor ItN Wool
. *®r Bounty or Tax.
Washinoto-t, March 3. - Senator
hf, giv.*n out for Publication
his attitude with regard to the Wilson
"“*• He formally says: “I am per
lectly willing to announce my inten
tions as to the tariff bill. All I want
“jto .v® treated fairly. I ctm
thlehiiwat ? W°?ld bo unfair f°r
the bill to put wool on the free list
and jet to levy a tax upon manufac
tured articles. If this should be done
I must antagonize the bill. I want to
see the bounty on sugar retained and
that article placed on the free list. I
think that the bounty law ought to be
allowed to go to its completion and
the provisions of the McKinley act in
this respect to be carried to their con
clusion. We have promised a bounty
to the sugar growers and we should
pay it. To discontinue the bounty
now would seriously cripole our beet
sugar industry in the West and I do
not think that it will be fair to those
people. I was one of the original ad
vocates of a bounty on sugar with
the view of ultimately making abso
lutely free sugar. I think that is a
perfectly proper plan that can be car
ried into effect. Now I should have
to antagonize the bill if it places sifgar
on the free list and removes the boun
ty without placing manufactured arti
cles on the free list. I should fight it
because of its discrimination against
us and because it is unfair. I do not
pretend to be any more fair than any
one else, but I want my people to be
treated fairly. That is exactly my
position.”
JUDGE JENKINS DEFIED.
Attorney ttarper snakes His Fit
at the Federal Jurist.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 3.—Judge
Jenkins to-day listened to argument?
on the application of Chief Arthur ol
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kn
gineers, Chief Sargent of the Brother
hood of Firemen and other labor lead
ers for a modification of the ordei
issued by Judge Jenkins prohibiting
the employes of the Northern Pacific
road from entering upon a strike.
T. W. Harper of Terre Haute, Ind.,
opened in behalf of the petitioners.
During. the argument Judge Jenkins
broke in on Harper at one time and
asked him what he meant by the term
“striking.”
Harper replied: “Simply a quitting
of work.”
“No, sir,” said the judge.
“Then what is a strike?” retortei
Harper hotly.
“It is a quitting for the purpose of
enforcing certain conditions,” re
plied the judge.
Harper could not agree with the
judge, and shaking his fist at the
judge, retorted: “Before I am done
with you I will show you a special
act of congress which gives the men
the very rights which you enjoin them
from exercising.”
Attorney Quarles, who followed,
held that the judge’s order would not
even let the chiefs of the railroad
orders confer with the men.
“Will you please point out the clause
which prohibits them from conferring
with the men?” asked Judge Jenkins,
who exhibited an unusual amount of
feeling.
The judge said there never was any
intention to prevent the men from
quitting. That was their legal right
and if they wanted to, they could stop
work singly or -in a body and go to
Texas if they wished.
“That’s all we want,” shouted a
man from the rear of the court room.
LORD DUFFERIN BESMIRCHED.
President Carnot Demands the Recall of
the British Minister to France.
Paris, March - 3.—The newspaper
Cocarde says that President Carnot,
by an autograph letter sent to London
by special courier, has demanded that
Queen Victoria recall the British
ambassador, the Marquis of Duf
ferin, stating that otherwise the
British ambassador would receive
his passport. This ultimatum is
said to have been accompanied by
documents showing that Lord Duf
ferin had played a leading role in the
scandal disclosed by the Figaro, and
implicating the Princess Marie d’
Orleans, wife of Princess Waldemar of
Denmark, and the Count d’Aunav re
cently French ambassador at Copen
hagen. A sensational story also says
that the princess and Count d’Aunay
were merely the unconscious tools of
others, adding that President Carnot
knows the sum of money which the
British embassy paid in connection
with the scheme to obtain the Czar’s
views of the Franco-llitssian under
standing.
M’KANE AS A CONVICT.
Tbe Ex-Boss Lock Step* With a II or so
Thief—Set to Work Cutting; Trousers.
Sing Sing, N. Y., March .3 — Thin
morning1 when the convicts in Sing
Sing prison were marching from their
cells to the lower dock the last man
on the line was John Y. McKane, the
ex-boss of Gravesend. His hands
rested on the shoulders of a
horse thief from New York. With
his companions ne went into the
large breakfast room and sat down on
a rude wooden stool. In front of him
was a tin cup with a pint of black cof
fee, made out of burnt bread crusts,
and two slices of unbuttcred bread.
This was his first breakfast in prison.
Unlike “Biff” Ellison and Francis
Weeks, the society convicts, he ate his
breakfast.
As soon as breakfast was over Mc
Kane was marched to the clothing
shop where he was placed in the hands
of the instructor, who was to give him
his first lesson in cutting trousers. He
had spent a sleepless night in his cell
and was the first man up when the
gong was sounded in his gallery.
Saved by a Bung Jury.
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3.—The
Jury in the case of Kenneth F. Sunder
land, justice of the peace, henchman
• »f ex-Boss McKane, on trial in the
court of oyer and terminer before
Judge Cullen for the crime of “op
pression” in interfering with the Gay
nor copyists at Gravesend at the re
lent election, sent word to the judge
it 0 o’clock last evening that it was
Impossible for them to come to any
agreement. Judge Cullen then dis
charged them. The jury stood nine
for conviction and three for acauittal.
A QUORUM AT LAST.
BLAND SECURES IT AFTER MUCH
' EFFORT.
Soma New Movement! by the Sliver Men
—Mr. Kilgore Introduce* a Helolntton
Fining Member* a Day’* Fay When
They Refuse to Vote In Order to Break
a Quorum—Mr. Llvlngton Discovers an
. Old Buie—Fllllbusterers Surrender.
The Boose Deadlock Broken.
Washington, Feb. 28.—The vexa
tions and difficulties incident to the
silver fight are having a painful effect
on Mr. Bland. When prayer was
offered by the chaplain this morning,
he was the only member who did not
respectfully rise. He kept his seat,
persistently picked at his nose, as is
his familiar custom, and conspicuously
chewed tobacco.
Mr. Geissenheimer, Democrat, of
New Jersey first tried to secure unani
mous consent for the consideration of
the bill making an appropriation to
save the wreck of the Kearsarge, but
Mr. Bland demanded the regular
order.
After the calls of committees for re
ports, Mr. Kilgore of Texas presented
the following resolution as a question
of privilege:
Whereas, The laws of the United States,
section 40, chapter 4 of the revised statutes,
provide that when any member of the houso
of representatives shall be absent for any ex
cuse except that of slckne-a of himself or
family, It shall be the duty of the sergeant al
arms to deduct from the monthly salary the
amount due him each day he Is so absent from
such cause, and
Whereas, Durlnr the present session many
members have been absent, as appears from
the record, for causes other than those named
In the statute, therefore be It
Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms be re
quired to report to this house without delay
the names of such absentees, and whether or
not the law In such cases made and provided
has been by him compiled with, and that If It
has not been complied with, to report his rea
sons why he has been derelict In his duties In
that regard: and If In his Judcment the
law oannot be complied with, that
he be . required to give his rea
sons why It cannot be onforeed.
Mr. Reed made the point of order
that the resolution was not privileged
and the speaker decided that the reso
lution as drawn was not privileged,
but if it contained an allegation that
an officer of the house hadbeen dere
lict in his duty it would be clearly of
that character. Accordingly Mr.
Kilgore withdrew it to make the
change suggested.
Mr. Bland then moved that the
house go into committee of tho whole
for the consideration of the seignior
age bill and that general debate on
his bill close at 3 o'clock to-morrow,
and on the latter motion demanded
the previous question. The vote was
the signal for a break in the New
delegation, Messrs. Cummings, Clan
cey and Magner declining to give
countenance to the filibustering of
their colleagues by not voting.
During the progress of the roll call,
Mr. Johnson, Democrat of Ohio rose to
a point of order. He called attention
to the fact that the rules required
members to vote and that the mem
ber whose name the clerk had just
called (Mr. Bingham) had refused to
answer to his name. The speaker
said the roll call could not be inter
rupted. Mr. Johnson then reserved
the point of order and the roll call
proceeded.
At its conclusion Mr. Livingston of
Georgia renewed the point of order
made by Mr. Johnson and read rule
8, follows:
Every member shall bo present within the
hall of tho houso during Its sittings, unless ex
cused or necessarily prevented, and shall vote
on each question put, unless on motion made
by division or the commencement of roll call
he shall be excused, or unless he has a direct
personal or primary Interest In the event of
such question.
Under the rule, Mr. Livingston de
manded that Mr. Tracey, who had re
fused to vote, be held in contempt of
the house, and Mr. Johnson said he
had a list of twenty-five members who
had violated the rule.
After some further debate another
ballot was taken. This showed that
a quorum was secured and the silver
men went wild.
Mr. Tracey arose during a roll call
and declared* in a loud voice that a
mistake had been made in the pre
vious roll call. .
Speaker Crisp rejoined: “The gen
tleman from New York is not keeper
of the rules of this house.” (Great
applause among the silver men.)
Mr. Tracey protested and Mr. Reed
said that Mr. Tracey had asserted that
an error had occurred and was en
titled to respectful consideration from
the speaker. There was great con
fusion during which Mr. Meredith,
Democrat, of Virginia asserted that a
“Comedy of Errors" had been going
on for many days.
Mr. Tracey withdrew his statement
concern fng an error and order was
restored.
The special order for fixing a time
for voting on the bill was taken up
and the previous question sustained
by the speaker casting the vote nec
essary to make up a quorum. This
quorum was then lost on a motion to
adopt the special order and the house
adjourned till to-morrow when an
effort will be made to remove the last
barrier to vote._
FIGHT WITH BANDITS..
One of the Party Wounded nnd One
Makes His fiscape.
Coffeyvii,i.e, Kan., Feb. 28.—At 2
o'clock yesterday morning, as the four
Wheeler brothers were returning
from a dance from near Dearing, five
miles west of here, they were attacked
by two masked men heavily armed.
A desperate fight ensued, two of the
Wheeler boys were slightly wounded,
one of the bandits named Frank
Laughlin, was dangerously wounded
and was brought to this city, where
his wounds are now being dressed.
The other bandit- made good his es
cape.
A FORTUNE AT A THROW.
Miles Flnlen of Montana Wins Thirty-Five
Thousand Dollars With Dice.
Helena, Mont, Feb. 28.—Miles Fin
len won $35,000 in a game of dice yes
terday. Recently General C. S. War
ren secured an option on a mining
claim for S15.000. Finlen offered him
$10,000 for his bargain, or $25,000 for
the mine. Warren demanded $50,000.
Finlen proposed a game of dice to see
whether he take the option off War
ren's hands at $15,000 or pay Warren
$50,000. Warren agreed. He threw a
pair of fives. Finlen threw three
deuacs and won $35,000.
1 .
THE POPE’S BIRTHDAY.
Ub XIII ConintitollHi utd
■■•lies a Brief Address of Advise.
. Rome, March 3.—The pope to-day
celebrated hie 84th birthday and the
sixteenth anniversary of his corona
tion. Cardinal Raffaelo Monaco la
Valette, on behalf of the sacred col
lege offered congratulations and the
pope, who was in good health, ex
pressed his thanks and continued:
We are in the declino of life, but
shall continuo to the last day of our
life to devote ourself Unmaking the
benficeht action of the 'church uni
versally felt.
The need of this is great, for all
conceptions of history, justice, au
thority, liberty, social rights and
social duties, havo been overthrown,
the church must seek to recall the
nations to the principles of moral
faith, point out the causos of
the existing evils, denounce the
designs of Free Masonry, imbue
the different classes of society with a
feeling of equity and charity, inspire
rulers with rectitude and the governed
with submission and instill in all ardor
tor peace. It is for the church to re
vive study in accordance with thp dic
tates of .Christian wisdom, as advised
in the recent encyclical in the opera
tion of the scripture.
We pray the germs sown by the
action of the church may .bring forth
abundant harvest. In token wlxoreof
«ve give you our benediction.
Sir. urow Nworn In,
Washington', March 3.—When the
house met to-day Mr. Bankhead,
chairman of the committee on publio
buildings, offered a resolution for the
appointment of a sub-committee to
investigate the Chicago postofflce
building with a view to determining
the question of its safety, etc. He ex
plained the pressing necessity tor ex
amination. The resolution was passed.
Mr. Kilgore then presented his res
olution calling upon the sergeant-at
arms for his reasons for nol carrying
outthe provisions of the law, which
require that he deduct from the sal
aries of the members for such time as
they are absent. It was referred.
Mr. McRea called up from the com
mittee on public lands the bill which
has been before several p revious con
gresses to provide for the opening of
certain abandoned military reserva
tions. Mr. Sayers, chairman of the
appropriation committee, raised .the
question of consideration againBt, but
the house decided to go on with the
bill, after Mr. Grow had been sworn
in on motion of Mr. Holman.
Employer.' Liability Act.
INdianapolis, Ind., March 3.—The
first suit under the employers' liabil
ity act of 1803 was ended in Judge
Brown’s court yesterday. The law
seeks to make a co-employe liable as
a vice principal whose injury occurs
without negligence on the part of the
company. The jury found that Philip
Ebuugli, who lost an arm on the In
dianapolis and Vincennes road was
entitled to recover 85,000 damages
from the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany. .
Money for Pawnee Indians.
Topeka,Kan.,March 3.—J. B. Weeks,
special attorney for the Pawnee In
dians passed through here to-day on
his way home from Washington. . He
is a full blood and has been to the
national capital to secure a settlement
of the government's indebtedness to
his people. The secretary of the in
terior, he says, acknowledged an in
debtedness of S419,875.33, with 834,
543.73 interest, which will be paid in
April.
Four Appropriation mils Beady.
Washington, March 3 —The greater
appropriation bills will now engage
the attention of the house. There are
tour on the calendar, an unusual num
ber for this time in session. Chairman
Sayers of the appropriations commit
tee has arranged to begin with the for
tification bill qnd follow it with the
pension bill, District of Columbia bill
and sundry civil bill in the order
named. These measures have the
right of way without special rules and
their consideration will proceed from
day to day until all four are passed
Playwright Hoyt Wedded..
Nkw Yobk, March 3.—Charles H.
iloyt, the author of many well known
farce comedies, and Miss Caroline
scales, known on the stage as Caroline
Miskel, were married yesterd ay after
noon at the home of the bride’s moth
er, Mrs. Scales. Supreme Court Jus
tice Barrett performed the marriage
ceremony.
Populists and the Tariff.
Washington, March 3.—The Demo
cratic members of the senate com
mittee on finance resumed their sit
tings as a body. It developed that the
attitude of the Populist senators with
reference to the tariff bill was dis
cussed in caucus. The Democrats have
enough votes to pass the bill if the
solid Democratic vote can be retained.
But if there should be a break in the
ranks, the Populists have been count
ed upon to make good any defection.
Two Wichita Myiteriea.
Wichita, Kan., March 3.—The dame
of the man murdered here is found to
be James Dowd. His partner and
murderer's name is John Webber, and
it is thought he has fled to the Terri
tory.
Another mystery is the disappear
ance of a butcher named Franks, who
went down into Hell’s Half Acre with
a tough colored woman Saturday
night and has not been heard of since.
It is believed he was murdered.
A Missouri Couple United While Biding
Thirty Miles an Hour.
Maco.v, Mo., March 3.—James F.
Burch and Miss Sarah C. Bundren of
Callao yesterday secured a license to
marry and left on the 2:28 westbound
Burlington passenger train. They
found the Kev. A. C. Browning of
Callao among the passengers. They
were anxious to be married at once,
as delay might break up the match,
and requested Mr. Browning to per
form the ceremony on the train. This
he did while the train was moving be
tween Bevier and Callao at the rate of
thirty miles an hoar.
BEPUBLICAN MATTEHS.
THE REFERENDUM.
Position »f Ohio and Massnchusotts Ko
' publican* on the Subject.
Ill Massachusetts the referendum
has received the sanction of both
parties. The principle Is approved
in unqualified terms and although no
definite form of referendum has been
agreed upon it Is evidently the gen
eral purpose to carry the principle
into practice. The Republican state
convention of 1893 declared that
••under reasonable restrictions the
referendum may bo wisely adopted,
especially in such mutters ns refer
to local self-government.” The Dem
ocratic state convention favored “tho
adoption of some kind of referendum
by w.iloli important aots of tho legis
lature cun bo submitted to popular
vote."
Tho Bay Stato Republicans havo
taken the better ground on this sub
ject. A general referendum such as
tho Democrats advocate In their con
vention sooniB impracticable. In
the older and larger stutos tho popu
lation is too great and “important
acts" are too, numerous to admit of
the submission of general legislation
to the people. Moreover, this legis
lation does not ns a rule affect the
vital interest of the taxpayers as di
rectly or deeply as do tho acts of a
ivvm V/iuviauiui >
Gov. Greenhalge in his message to
the Massachusetts legislature,
touche upon the referendum and
drew the line strictly at local raoas
ures. He recommends the submis
sion to the voters of the several mu
nicipalities of all legislative acts of
a local nature, such as nets to in
crease municipal . indebtbdnoss for
special purposes, new city charters
or amendments to existing charters
and indeed all mattors of special im
portance alfocting seriously a city or
town. Although thiB restricts the
referendum to legis.atlve acts which
are purely local, it would call for
popular deolsions upon a good many
subjects aud perhaps provo burden
some to the larger municipalities.
Governor McKinley in his message
to the Ohio legislature expressed the
right idea in regard to this proposed
reform. He roduced the referendum
to the proper basis, recommending
that the creation of local indebted
ness of counties and municipalities
should not be authorized by the gen
eral assembly without submission to
the people, except for great emer
gency, and he held that “when a real
emergency arises the people are
themselves the first to appreciate It
and are prompt to make their will
known.” Governor McKinley took a
position that the Tiines-Star thinks
can not be successfully attacked in
Baying that "the citizens and tax
payers should be consulted when
debts are to bo created for which
they are to provide payment."
This form of the referendum is en
tirely feasible, and for the populous
communities of tho state it has be
come a necessity. Special legisla
tion for which communities have not
asked and with, which they havo had
nothing to do has increased the tax
burden enormously. The only sure
way to stop this abuse is to either
fix in the constitution or establish by
custom the referendum in the matter
of local acts Increasing taxation.
The FtT.ure of Wheat.
The Western farmer is confronted
by. a serious problem as to tho future
of bis wheat crop. It is he who can
best understand what the depression
in the market for the past year has
cost him. At present prices he can
see that tho loss by the decline in
that time amounts to about $175 on
every thousand bushels, and the
question that must rest on his mind
is, will he, or can ho, go on produc
ing the grain at that figure? If he
cannot, or will not, what will he
raise in its place?
He will be compelled to recognize
one fact that is beyond controversy,
and that is that there is no hope for
him in "the markets of the world,”
in which direction he has been told
that he must look for the betterment
of his condition. Those markets of
the world are now buying Argentine
wheat at a price that will almost
warrant its importation to tho Atlan
tic seaboard of America to compete
with the product of the Western
farmer. This is not owing to an ex
ceptional yield there, but to steadily
and rapidly increasing production.
The relief, if any is to be had, will
have to come from an increased
home consumption or a' decreased
home production. The one may be
gained by the protection of home
industries, and the other may be
accomplished by a greater diversity
of crops. The same evils that have
had a part in bringing the American
wheat grower to his present' con
dition may possibly put a check upon
the industry in competing fields, but
that is a dim and unsatisfactory
prospect The Western farmer will
hata to work out the problem wholly
on domestic lines.
I’atronait as a Persuader.
The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Kecord, Independent,
says: There has never - been such
unblushing use of patronage
for the purpose of influencing
the legislative branch of the
government as has occurred
under the present administration.
Mr. Cleveland believes in pure gov
ernment and is an honest man, but
when ho needs votes for any purpose
he does not hesitate to use patron
age to secure them.
Sectionalism of the Wilson 1)111.
The Wilson bill is the most sec
tional measure that ever passed the
house of representatives. That
charge was presented again and
again in the course of the debate,
and no answer was made to it. be
cause in almost every lino, and cer
tainly on every page the bill ltsell
proclaimed the truth of the accusa*
tlon. Unlike the .McKinley not,
which protected the industrial In
terest* of every state in the union
from Texas to Maine, tho Wilson
measure retains protection so far as •
tho produots of nearly every South
ern state are concerned, and strikes . '
a blow at almost ©very Northern In
dustry and product of the soil In a
word, It U a bill to glvo tho South
protection, an I, as far as tho party
that passed it durod to go, to glva
the North and tho Kast freo trade.
.DEMOCRACY JUBILANT.
Majah Randolph lion Hampton on tha
Hlepwtl of tlio Klortlon Law.
My old military throat hadn't
quite rocoverod from tho howlin that
I done whon tho tariff bill past when
long come tho death nell or tho in* *:
femous fodcral olootlon law. It’a
bocu many a day since we paid as
much attontion to that law as a
stump-tall bull would pay to a gad
fly on his horn down in our seoktlon,
but the thing had to go. Wo are in
tho business of wipln from the
statoots the ovil work of tho devltsh
Republican party, which has for tho
post thirty yours kopt tho South in
tho bonds of poverty and tho gaul of »
bittornoss. Not since the first Man*
nassas light have I gao-whoopod as
I did tho day that law wasi repeeled.
Just as soon as I heard that old Kan.
Tuckor had tho gold pen that old
Grover Cleveland signed the repeal
bill with I run and hunted him up.
I found him in Sohoomakor's saloon a
showln it to tho crowd of good South
ern boys. Randolph Tucker is one
of Virginia’s noblemen. Ills brother
Bovcrly used to keep the Confederate
refuge up in St. Catharines, Canada,
durin the war and many a pool*
Southern gentleman flooln from per
secution found a welcome with him.
When I found Kan ho had the sacred
pen rapt in cotton in a beautiful sil
ver box. I ast him to bo permitted .
to hold it in my hand. He obliged
mo with the true courtesy of a court
ly Southern gontleman and after I
had klst it I took out of my pockot a ,
relink which I have carried for ;«■
years, to-wit: a gold sleeve button
that I took from a Yankee colonel
that 1 found on the field of Gettys
burg. I’d of had the other one, but
a gentleman belonging to Hood's
Toxas forces had holt of that, besides
a watch, a ring and a nice pair
ofepaletts. With Mr. Tucker’s per
mission I rubbed tho pen and the
sleeve button together, thereby in
creasin' the value of the button one
hundred per cent as a relick. I told
Tucker that 1 Intended to pass this
seuvenir clown through my family (I
expect Oglethorpe, my youngest son,
to furnish me with a grandchild this
year). After we ha-1 all had a good
lot of tocjdy by way of colebration,
and a little speecfc-maljln’, I rujjnjd
over and telegraft to my sou Piam^
tagenet the news and told him to firo
a saloot of a hundred guns on. “old
Beauregard”—that's the name of tho
cannon that Wilson's mon left in our
parts in 1865. '4’hls morn in’ I got a
message from him sayin’: “Takes
money to buy powder. Send us live
dollars.” In an instant my joy was
dashed. Great God! said 1 to my
self, is it possible that our
circumstances is so madh’'
doooed in the South that
we can’t raise the paltry pence to
buy a little powder to celobrato tho'
greatest triumph that Democracy has
acheoved sence old Osserwattomy
John Brown was hung! I pawn you >
my word I was pained and dlstrest,
writes “Majah Randolph Gore 1
Hampton” in the New York Adver
tiser. I didn’t send the money be
cause I need it myself, and I wanted
to carry the fresh bitternoss of this
hewmiliation in my soul. If I hod
been at home you bot Briar Root
would have reverberated with tho
belching of “Beauregard” if I’d had
to levy an assessment of twenty-fivo . t
cents per head cn every nigger in /y
the neighborhood. Poverty is noth
in new in our place, but this episode
drove it home to me and the realiza
tion of the hardness of our upness
In oonsequenee of a quarter of a cen
tury of Republican class legislation
dam near drove me mad. But the
doom of the Robber Baren is pro
nounced. Wo are on his fowl trail
and he’ll be up a tree you can bet ,'-J
before the daisies peep in Vermont.
Hat It Won’t Shift.
Whnt Is It Grover's thlnktn? of?
What scheme Is In his head’
“To shift the blnme. to shift tho blame,”
The wlse-srown people said.
Roach on Grover.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, in an interview at
Washington: “He has ulways found
the president ‘personally a most sim
ple. unaffected and agreeable man,’
but ‘officially,’ adds Colonol Wattor
soii. ‘the president is suspicious and
unsympathetic to an extraordinary
j degree—more so than any occupant
[ of the W'hite house lean recall;more
I so than Mr. Buchanan, of whom it
| was said that, when he tried, he had
I the most winning way of making
! himself hateful of any man of his
| time.’”
They Prefer “Kale, Britannia."
In the celebration of the annlvor- N
sary of the overthrow of the mon
archy in Hawaii tho raising of the
American flag, to tho tune of ‘-The
Star Spangled Banner” played by
several bands, was a gross affront to
Cleveland and Gresham. Had Blount o
been there he would have Uaulod
down the flag and stoppod the music.
Free Trade and a Stuffed llnllot Bn.
It is a singular circumstance that
the most zealous “tariff ro.Wnicrs”
in congress are also tho most deter
mined enemies of a froe ballot. Trade
is the only thing those Bourbons
want free—and that to the ruin of
the American wago-carucrs.
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