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NO. 4.
VOL. IX.
RALEIGH; N. 0.. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1897-
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;c?n (he eat portico of this noblo ediflco President
fffiflllf TAKES THE OATH.
He
Declares In Favor of Interna
tional Bimetalism.
40,000 PEOPLE IN THE PARADE.
Tho Inaugural Address--The Finan
cial System Needs Revision and the
Country Must Have Speedy Relief.
Washington, (Special.) "William Mc
Kinley, of Ohio, was Thursday installed
as President of the United States for
the term of four years, continuing un
til March 4th, 1001, and Grover Cleve
land, for the second time, passed from
the exercise ot the high office of Presi
dent and re entered private life. In his
capacity as ex-President he has but one
living contemporary, his inmediate
predecessor, Benjamin Harrison. All
the others, who w ithin the last thirty
if vtti J vivvi iv ii ' i. t-.w Vyooi..ij aim v
presided over the destinies of the great
American Bepublic Lincoln, Johnson,
Grant. Haves, darheld and Arthur
have joined the silent majority. Inci
dental to the actual asssuming of the
oiuoe of i'ref ultra, nuif. liullj' 'pw
ceding it in point of time, Garret A. Ho
bart, of New Jersey (a gentleman not
heretofore prominent in national poli
. tics), took the oath of office a3 Vice
President of the United States and was
installed as ex-officio presiding officer
of the Senate.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Win. McKin
ley was met by the committee, and
leaning on the arm of Senator Sherman
walked to the carriage that was to bear
him to the capitol. When he appeared
there was great cheering.
Troop A., National Guard, of Ohio,
Cleveland's Crack Cavalry, about a
hundred strong mounted on black
chargers opened the way through the
mass of people.
, The division escorting the President
(and Fresident-elect to the capitol
'was composed of United States troops,
being a District of Columbia National
Guard.
WM. M K IK LEY
(The Newly Installed President.)
The
zations
civic and military organ i
were in line to the number of
50,000.
I The parade unde7 the marshalship of
Gen. Horace Porter, formerly of the
staff of Gen. Grant, was formed and
moved without a jar. It was perhaps
the most brilliant spectacle ever wit
nessed in Washington.
AKBIVAL IN THE SEX ATE CHAMBER r-VICE-
I president stevenson'st address.
I When, promptly at noon, ex-Presi-ident
Cleveland and President McKin
ley entered the chamber the whole as
semblage rose to receive them as they
took the seats of honor set apart for
their respective reception. Vice Presi
dent Stevenson, to whom the Senate
accorded a unanimous vote of thanks
for his courtesy and ability in the chair,
returned his thanks in graceful terms.
" He said he ranked as chief among the
favors political fortune had bestowed
upon him that of having been the asso
ciate and of having known something
of the friendship of the men with
whom he had so long held official rela
tion in this chamber. Then he entered
upon a defense of the rules of the Sen
ate as follows:
I. "It must not be forgotten that the
rules governing this body are founded
lAon in human mi ripnfP!
human exi erience: that thev
are the results of centuries of tirless
effort in legislative hall, to conserve, to
render stable and secure the rights and
liberties which have been achieved by
conflict. By its rules the Senate wisely
fixed the limits of its own rower. Of
those who clamor against the Senate
and its methods of procedure it may
truly be said: 'They know not what
they do.' In this chamber alone are
preserved, without restraint, two es
sentials of wise legislation and of good
.government-the right of amendment
and debate, ureat evils oiten result
from hasty legislation rarely from the
delay which follows full discussion and
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.
McKinley was sworn in by Chief Justice
deliberation. In my humble judgment
the historic Senate preserving the un
restricted rights of amendment and of
debate maintaining intact the time
honored parliamentary methods and
amenities which infallibly secure ac
tion after deliberation possesses in our
scheme of government a value which,
cannot be measured by words."
He closed by saying: "For the able
and distinguishrd gentleman who suc-
j ceeds me as your presiding officer, I
earnestly invoke the same co-operation
and courtesy you have generously ac
corded me.
The extra session of the Senate of the
Fifty-fifth Congress, called by Presi
dent Cleveland to meet at 12, noon,
March 4th, then commenced. The late
Vice-President made way for his suc
cessor, Mr. Hobart, to whom the oath
GBOVER CLIVELA5D.
(The Retiring President.)
of office was administered, after which
he made a brief address. He then pro
ceeded to swear in his turn such as
were present of the thirty senators
whose terms of election or re-election
began contemporaneously with that of
the President. This ceremony com
pleted, both houses of Congress and
many of the more privileged spectators
adjourned to the east portico. There in
the presence of an immense throng.
Chief Justice Fuller administered to
President McKinley the brief obligation
prescribed, to main tain the Constitution
and enforce the laws of the United
States, aud President McKinley deliv
ered his inaugural address.
The Inaugural Address.
Fellow Citizens: In obadience to the wil;
of the xpJa..aQ.dan their, presence, bytht
authority vested in me by ttis oatb, I assume
the arduous and responsible duties ot Presi
dent of the United States, relying on the
support of my countrymen and invoking the
guidance of Almighty .God. Our faith
teaches that there la no safer rel ancethan
npon the God of our fathers, who has so
singularly favore 1 the American people In
every national trial, and who will not for
sake us so long as we obey His command
ments and walk humbly in His footsteps.
The tesponsibilities of the high tra3t to
which I have been called always of grava
importance are augmented by the preval!
ing bustnes conditions, entailing id'ene33
upon willing labor and loss to useful enter
prise. The country is suffering from Industrial
disturbances from which speedy relief must
bo had. Oar financial system needs some
revision; our money is all good now, but its
value must not further be threatened. It
should all be put uoon aa ffnlurlng. basis,
not Hiibject to easy attack, aorlte stability to
doubt or dispute.
; For Better Paper Money.
Our?currenoy should continue under the
supervision of the Government. The sev
eral forms of our paper money offer, in my
judgment, a constant embarrassment to the
Government and to a safe balance in the
Treasury. Therefore, I believe it necessary
to devise a system which, without diminish
ing the circulating medium or offering a pre
mium for its contraction, will present a
remedy for these arrangements, which, tem
porary in their nature, might well in the
years of our prospertty have been displaced
by wtser provisions.
With adequate revenue secured, but not
until then, we can enter upoD such changes
in cur finance laws as will, while insuring
saffty and volunn to our money, no longer
impose upon the Government the necessity
of maintaining bo larga a gold reserve, with
its attendant and inevitable temptations to
speculation. Most of our financial laws are
the outgrowth of experience and trial and
should not be amended without investiga
tion and demonstration of the wisdom of the
proposed changes.
We must be both "sure we are right" and
"make haste slowiy." If, therefore, Con
gwas in it wisdom shall deem it expedient
to create n commission to take under early
consideration the revision of oar coinage,
uaniclng and currency laws, and give them
I ,nRt "shuustive, careful and dlsDassionate
examination that their importance demands,
1 shall cordially concur in such action.
lr such power is vested in the President It
Is my purpose to appoint a commission of
prominent, well-informed citizens of differ
ent parties, who will command public con
flduDce bothen account of their ability and
special fitness for the work. Jiusiness experi
ence and public traln'ng may thus be com
bined, and the patriotic zeal of the friends of
the country be so directed that such a report
will be made as to receive the support ot all
parties, and our finances cease to be the sub
ject of mere partisan contention. The ex
periment is, at all events, worth a trial, and
intfy 'nion it can but prove beneficial to
lineal country.
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roller,
and then delivered his Inaugural.)
Favors Bimetallism.
The question oi International bimetallism
will have early and earnest attention.
ii win ue my constant endeavor to secure
it by co-operation witn the other great com
mercial powers of the world. Until that con
dition is realized when the parity between
our gOid and silver money springs from and
is supported by tho relative value of the two
metals, tne valuo of the silver already
coined, and of that which may hereafter be
coined, must be kept constantly at par with
gold by evry resource at our command.
The credit of the Government, the integ
rity of its currency and the inviolability of
lis obligations must be preserved. This was
the commanding verdict of the people, and
It will not be unheeded.
Economy is demanded in every branch of
the Government at all times, but especially
in penoas use tne present ot depression in
Dusiness and distress among the people.
The "severest economy must bo observed in
all public expenditures and extravagance
stopped wherever it is found, and prevented
wnerever in tne future it may be developed.
If the revenues are to remain as now, the
only relief that caa come must be from de
creased expenditures.
But the present must not become the per
manent condition oi tbe Government, it
has been our uniform practice to retire, not
increase, our outstanding obligations, and
this policy must again bo resumed and
vigorously enforced. Our revenues should
always be largo enough to meet with ose
ruu promptness hot only our eurrent needs,
and the principal and interest of the Dublic
debt, but to mate proper and liberal pro
visions for that most deserving body ot pub-
jic ereanors, tne soiaiers nna tne sailors and
ine wiaows nna .orphans wbo are tne pen
sioners oi tne united states.
.Mora Revenue.. Not Loans.
The Government should not.ba parmittsd-
to ruu-cenina or increase its dec: i- i.ioa
like the present.
Suitably to provide against this is -the
manaate or auty; tne cert an and easy
remeay ior most oi our unaaciai dimeulties.
A defl.dency is inevitable so lonj, as tho ex
penditures of the Government exceed it3 re
ceipts. It can only be met by loans or an Increased
revenue.
While a large annual surplus of revenue
may invite waste and extravagance. Inade
quate revenue creates distrust and under
mines public and private credit.
Neither shonld be encouraged. Between
more loans and more revenue there ought to
be but one opinion. We should have more
revenue, and that without delay, hindrance
or postponement.
The beet way for the Government to main
tain its credit is to pay as it goe3 not by
resorting to loans, but by keeping out ot
debt through au adequate income secured
byi system of taxation, external or internal.
or Docn.
For lie venae Legislation.
It is the settled pslicy ot tho government,
pursued from the beginning and practiced
by all parties and administrations, to raise
the bulk of our revenue from t.axs upon
foreign productions entering the United
state ior sue or consumption; and avoldincr
muai prtn every iorm oi direct taxa
tion, except in time of war.
Tbe country is clearly opposed to any need
le s additions to the subiect of internal tux.
atioii, and is committed by Its latest popular
unoiauuo i ma system ot tariff taxation.
There can be no misunderstanding, either,
aoout tne principle npon which this tariff
taxation shall be levied. Nothing has ever
been made plainer at a genera! election than
mat tne controlling principle In the raising
oi rjvt-nuB irom curies on imports is zea'ous
care for American interests and American
labor. The people have declared that armh
legislation should be had as will give ample
iiiuiecuoii .-tnu encouragement to tne indus
tries and tne development of our country.
It is therefore, earnestly hoped and ex
pected that Congress will, at tne earliest
practicable moment, enact revenue leirisla
tion that shall be fair, reasonable, conserva
tive ana jus, and wblcb, while supplying,
sufficient revenue for public purposes, will
still be generally beneficial and helpful" to
every section, and every enterprise of the
people. To this policy we are all, of what
ever party, firmly bound by the voice of th6
rjeople a power vastly more potential than
tne expression or any political platform.
The paramount duly of Congress is to stop
cenciencies Dy tne restoration oi tnat pro
tective legislation which has always been the
firmest prop of the Treasury. The passage
of such a law or laws would strengthen the
credit of the Government, both at home and
abroad, and go far towards stopping the
drain upon the gold reserve held for the re
demption of our currency, which has been
heavy and well nigh constant for several
years.
In the revision of the tariff especial atten
tion should be given to the re-enactment and
extension of the reciprocity principle of the
law of 1899, under which so great a stimulus
was given to our foreign trade in new and
advantageous markets for our surplus agri
cultural and. manufactured products. The
Brief trial given this legislation amply Insti
lies a further experiment and additional dis
cretionary power in the making ot commer
cial treaties, tne end in view always to be
the opening up ot new markets for the prod
ucts of our country by granting concessions
to the products of other lands that we need
and cannot produce ourselves, and which do
not involve any loss. of labor to our own
people, but tend to increase their employ
ment.
The depression of the past four years has
fallen with especial severity -npon the great
body of tollers of the country.and upon none
more than the holders ot small rarms. Agn
culture has languished and labor suffered.
The revival ot manufacturing-will be a re
lief to both. No portion ot our population
is more devoted to the institutions ot free
jrovernment. nor more loyal in their support,
while none bears more cheerfully or fully its
proper share in the maintenance of the gov
ernment, or is better entitled to its wise and
liberal care and protection! Legislation
helpful to producers is beneficial to all.
The depressed condition of industry on the
farm and in the mine and factory, has
lessened the ability of thu people to meet tho
demands noon them, and thev right tuny ex
pect that not only a system of revenue shall
be established that will secure the largest in
come with the. least burden, but that every
meant- will be taken to decrease, rather than
1 Increase O-ur publia expenditures.
Courts Mast Tiule.
The great essential to cue happiness ana
prosperity is that we adhere to vhe principles
upon which the Government Was established
and insist upon their faithful observance.
Equality of rights must prevail and our laws
be always ana everywhere respected ana
obeyed. We may have fulled in the discharge
of our full duty as cltir -ns of the great Re
public, but it is consoling and encouraging to
realize that iree epeeca, a iree press, iree
thought, free schoote, the free and un
molested ngnt or rugious iiDeny ana
worship and free and flr elections are
deaier and more universally enjoyed to-day
than ever be Tore.
These guarantees must be sacredly pre
serve.! and wisely BtfeogtheneJ. The con
stituted authorities must be cheertully and
vigorously upheld. Lynohlngs must not be
tolerated in a great aal civilized country
like the United Stales i courts not mobs-
must execute the pen alties of the law. The
preservation ot public order, tne right oi ais-
cusslon, the integrity of our courts and the
orderly administration of justice must con
tinue forever the roik of safety . ujjOA,yhtch
our Govarnmant securely yesta... ,..-.-
Against Trusts. .
The declaration ot the party now" restored
to power has been in the past that of "oppo
sition to all combinations of capital organ
ized in trusts, or otherwise, to control arbi
trarily the condition of trade among our
citizens," and it has supported "such legisla-
tion as will prevent tue execution ot aii
scuomes to oppress tne people oy uuuuv
charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates
for the transportation or tnexr products to
market."
This purpose will be steadily pursued, both
by the enforcement of tho laws now in exist
ence, and the recommendation and support
of such new statutes as may be necessary to
carry it into eflect.
Better Standard of Citizenship.
Our naturalization and Immigration laws
should be further improved to the constant
promotion ot a safer, a better and a higher
citizenship. A grave peril to the Republic
would be a citizenship too ignorant to under
stand, or too vicious to appreciate the great
value and beneficence or our institutions and
laws, and against all who come here to make
war upon them our gates must be promptly
and tightly closed. Nor must we be unmind
ful of the need of improvement among our
own citizens, but with the zealot our fore
fathers encourage the spread of knowledge
and free education. Illiteracy must be ban
ished from the land, if we shall attain that
high destiny as the foremost or the eniifcnt
ened nations of the world which, under
Providence, we ought to achieve.
Civil Service Kefann.
Reforms In the civil 6orvice must go ont
But the changes should be real and genuine-
not parfunotory or prompted by a zeal In be-
baitot any party, simply Decause it happens
to be in power.
As a member oi congress I voted and
spoke in favor ot the present law, and 1
shall attempt us eniorcement in tne spirit in
which it was enacted. The purpose in view
was to secure the most efficient service of
the best men who would accept appointment
under tho Government, retaining faithful
and devoted public servants in office, but
shielding none, under the authority ot any
rule or custom, who are Inefficient, incom
petent or unworthy. The best interests of
the country demand this, and the people
heartily approve the law wherever and
whenever it has been thus administered.
Revive Merchant Marine.
Congress should give prompt attention to
the restoration ot our American merchant
marine, onca i the pride of the seas In all the
great ocean highways of commerce. To my
mind, few more important subjects so im
peratively demand its intelligent considera
tion. The United States has progressed with
marvelous rapidity In every field of enter
prise and endeavor until we have become
foremost in nearly all the great linos of In
land trade, commerce and industry.
Yet. while this is true, our American
merchant marine has been steadily declining
until it is now lower both in the percentage
of tonnage and the number ot vessels em-
proved, than it was prior to the Civil war.
Commendable progress has been made ot
rate years In the npbuil Jlng ot the American
Navy, but we m3t supplement these efforts
by providing as a proper consort for It a
merchant marine amply sufficient for our
own carrying- trade to foreign countries.
The question is one that appeals both to our
business necessities and the patriotlo aspira
tions of a great people.
Urges Arbitration Treaty.
It will be our aim to pursue a firm and
dignified foreign policy, which shall be just,
impartial, ever watchful of our National
honor and always insisting upon the enforce
ment ot the lawful rights of American citi
zens everywhere. Our diplomacy should
seek nothing more and accept nothing less
than is due us.
We want no wars of conquest; we must
avoid the temptation ot territorial aggres
sion. War should never be entered npon un
til every agency of peace has failed; peace is
preferable to war in almost every contin
gency.
Arbitration is the true metnoa or settle
ment of international as well ai local or in
dividual differences. It was recognized as
the best means of adjustment of differences
between employers and employes by the
Forty-ninth Congress In 1888, and Its appli
cation was extended to our diplomatic rela
tions by the unanimous concurrence ot tne
Senate and House of the Fifty-first Congress
in 1800. The latter resolution was aocepted
as the basis of negotiations with us by the
British House of Commons in 1893, and uponf
our invitation a treaty of arbitration oe
tween the United States and Great Britain
was signed at Washington and transmitted.
to the Senate Tor Its ratification In January
last.
Since this treaty is clearly the result of our
own initiative; since it has been recognized
as the leading feature of our foreign policy
throughout our entire national history the
adjustment of difficulties by judicial methods
rather than by force of arms and since it;
presents to the world the glorious example o
reason and peace, not passion and war, con
trolling the relations between two of.
the greatest nations of the world, an
examj 'e certain to be followed by others,
I respectfully urge the early action of
the Senate thereon, not merely as a matter,
of policy, but as a duty to mankind. The
importance and moral Influence of the ratifi-J
cation of such a treaty can hardly be over-,
estimated in the cause of advancing clviliza-'
tion. It may well engage thebest thought
of the statesman and people of every coua-
try, and I cannot but consider it fortunate'
that it was reserved to the United States to
have the leadership In so grand a work.
Convene Congress at Once. ' '
I do not sympathize with the sentiment j
that Congress n session Is dangerous to onr.
FusI n 5s3 TfiT5resr8. ItamemVftjirs ard Trra
agents of the people, and their presence at
the seat of government in the execution of
sovereign will should not operate as an in
jury but a benefit.
There could be no better time to put the
Government upon a sound financial and
economic basis than now. The people have
only recently voted that this should be done
and nothing is more binding upon the
agents of their will than the obligation ot
imneriiate action. - -
It has always seemed to me that the post
ponement of the meetings ot Congress until
more than a year after it has been chosen
deprived Congress too often ot the inspira
tion of the popular will and the country ot
the corresponding benefits. It la evident,
therefore, that to postpone action In the
presence ot so great a necessity would be
unwise on the part of the Executive beoause
unjust to the interests of the people. .
Our actions now will be freer from mere
partisan consideration than It the question
ot tariff revision was postponed until the
regular session of Congress. We are nearly
tWji ?!aI trosxa CoPgreionatelectiooLand
polltlcs cannot so greatly distract us as tx
such contest was Imme liately pending. We
can approach th problem calmly and pa
triotically without fearing lta effect upon an
early election.
In view of these eons! derations I shall
deem It my duty as President, to convene
Congress in extraordinary session on Mon
day, the 15th day of March. 1897.
Sectionalism Disappear.
In conclusion, I congratulate the country
upon the fraternal spirit of the people and
the manifestation of good will everywhere so
apparent. The recent election not only most
fortunately demonstrated the obliteration of
sectional or geographical lines, but to some
extent also the prejudices which for years
have distracted our councils and marred our
true greatness as a nation.
The triumph of the people, whose verdict
Is carried into effect to-day, is not the tri
umph of one seotlon, nor wholly ot one
party, but ot all sections and all the people.
The North and the South no longer divide
onthe old lines, but upon principles and
policies, and in this fact surely every lover
of the country can find causa for true felici
tation. Let us rejoice In and cultivate this spirit.
It Is ennobling, and will ba both again and
blessing to our beloved country. It will be
my constant aim to do nothing, and permit
nothing to bo done, tht will arrest or dis
turb this growing sentiment of unity and co
operation, this revival ot esteem and affilia
tion which now animates so many thousands
in both the old antagonistic sections, but I
shall cheerfully do everything possible to
promote and inert a3e it.
Let mo a?ain repeat the words of the oath
admlnlstere I by the Chief Justice, which,
in their respective spheres, eo far as appli
cable, 1 would have all my countrymen ob
serve: "I will faithfully execute the office of
President of the Unttei States, and will, to
the best of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States.
This is the obligation I have reverently
taken before the Lord most high. To keep
if will be my single purpose, my constant
prayer an 1 I shall confidently rely upon
the forbearanoe and assistanca of all the peo-
Ele In the discharge of my solemn responsl-ilities.
CAROL1NA.
By Miss S. Jessie Wilbur, Manson, N. C,
who can supply copies of this song, with
music, on application.
Talk of Italy's sunny skies, Of Norway's
midnight sun,
Of Switzerland's grandest scenery, England's
fame by Shakespeare won.
But grander far than these I know, Is Caro
lina's strand,
Her dancing streams, her wave-washed
shore, And snow-capped mountains
yrand.
CHOBUa.
Carolina, Carolina, tbe beautiful Land
of the true,
Carolina, the dutiful land for you.
What was anclont Borne or Greece With
Carolina com pared 1
No martyrs neeis this land of peace, Here
sorrow by all is shared.
Our gallant men surpass the world, Our girls
are peerless too,
Our women pure as the starry Eky, And
good, serene and true.
CHORUS.
every other land on earth, Confined
If
their treasures rare,
And old N. C. withheld hei own, There'd be
no treasures thre:
And all their boasted beauties With one fair
land were shared,
Naught would our Carolina loose, Were she
with it compared.
CBOBCS.
ItlJ
Brown I wonder who originated
Idea that It Is unlucky to begin anything
on Friday? Robinson Probably It was
some lazy individual who preferred to
wait until Saturday. Puck.
If Ananias look up upon the affair
of the world he will wonder why It
went so hard with him and so many
Cuban war correspondents escape.
MRS. McKlNLEY IN HER
New Hydraulic Tool.
Among the latest novelties in the ma
chine shop 13 a hydraulic tool for re
moving the heads of steel aud Iron
rivets, and intended to supersede the
present system of cutting them off by
hammer and chisel. The new tool la
of the portable type, eighteen Inches
long and Is operated by means of hy
draulic power. Tho hydraulic pump
is controlled by a small baud lever and
drives a chisel-shaped cutter of dillled
steel against the ilrct head, shear'ng
It oil flush with the surface of the plate.
'he cutter can be readily removed lor
sharpening.
This is a euphemistic age. A thief
nowadays Is called a "kleptomaniac,"
a murderer Is called a "psychic epilep
tic" and In Chicago an Alderman It
called "one of our best cnizens."
DURRANT MUST HANC.
Ippeal Denied to Monster Who Lured
Girls to Cliarch and Murdered Tlni.
The California Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision of the lower courts In the ease
of Theodore Darrant, found guilty of the"
murder of Blanche Lamont In Emanuex
Church, San Franolso, Cal. ne ap
pealed from the verdict ot guilty, alleg
ing errors In the rulings ot the trial
Jadge.tind filling a voluminous bill of excep
tions. The Trial Jadge, however, was af-
W7
THKODOBK PUBRATCT.
firmed in all his disputed lu'ines and the
verdict approved Vy the Supreme Court.
Tho Emanuel Church murders horri
fied the whole country. Tbe bodies ot
two girls were found quite nude, one In
the belfry of the church and tbe other
In a room. Durrant was a medical itudent
and a member of the church, and the test
inony showed that he was In the habit of
luring girls of the church to tho belfry of
the church, for which he had a key. Tbe
evidence was chiefly circumstantial.
END OF FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Three Appropriation I1I1U, Including the
Snudry Civil 11111, Not Eigne.
At 12 o'clock noon on Thursday the Fifty'
fourth Congress adjourned. Speaker Reed's
address, prior to adjournment, follows:
"Gentlemen ot the House of Representa
tives: Two years ago you were summoned
to your share of a legislative work which
could not be otherwise th in disagreeable,
disappointing and unsatisfactory, for it in
volved a dismal struggle to adapt a narrow-
in? income to the growing wants ot a great
Nutlon, growing to be etill greater.
"You were, most of you, untried In your
new vocation. How others have performed
their share ot the task it U not Tor us to say,
But it is proper for me to fcay that your share
of the divided duty has been performed with
so much readiness and good seno that
even among the asperities ot a hotted
campaign there was no room for any. attack
upon the House 01 ifprcsentatiyca.
i ii i)'4gin ii .r.".j rrfpart of every mem
ber on both sides of I he House.
"To all of you then, gentlemen of all
Enrties, I offer the sincere expression of the
iehest personal regard."
Four of tbe great appropriation bills have
failed the Indian bill, the Agricultural bill
and the Sundry Civil bill by reason of the
President's refusal to sign them, acd the
Oeneral Deficiency bill by the failure of the
conference to agree.
INAUGURATION GOW1?
Augusta Chronicle: Georgia can
raise better hogs and cattle than the
West; better turnips than Nova Scotia,
and at least equals Maryland In terra
pin and oysters. Her fish supply is
superb along tho coast and In tho wa
ter courses of tho inland. Experts
say that she has a gold belt superior
to that of tho Paciflc States. Her pos
sum and 'taters cannot bo surpassed.
Iler peaches do not challenge those ol
California' or Delaware, but easily
tako first rank, and If her Indian peach
were revived there would bo no kind
of comparison. Texas raises more cot
ton, but Texas Is nowhere in manu
facture of the fabric la rivalry with
Georgia. Wo regret to say that Geor
gia Is delinquent In one thing she ap
pareatly prefers to patronize product?
away from home, when her own home
Industries are Just aa good and can be
Lad at better rates.
McKINLKY'S CAImNET.
Secretary of Stati, V
JOHN M1KHMAN, v
of Ohio. '
Secretary of the Treasury,
LYMAN .!. ti AO IS,
of Illinois.
Hecretary of War,
RL'SSKL A. ALCilllt,
of Mich' an.
Secretary of llio Navy,
JOHN D.-LONti
of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Interior,'
COKNKMWS N. 1IL1SS,
of 2ew York.
Postrrfaster General,
JA3II?S A. CJAUY,
of Maryland.
Attorney-Ocneral, ' 1, .
JOS. JPKKNNA,
of California.
Secretary of Agriculture,
JAMKS W1LMJX,
of Iowa.
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED
Southern Pencil Pointer.
California Supreme Court tlenica
Theodore Durant a new trial.
The Spartanburg (S. C.) Iron Works
has been burned. Not one dollar's
worth of machinery was paved. Loss
$30,000; insurance 10,000.
Wm. C. Hale, the aii8inr president
of the Southern Mutual Uuilding and
Loan Association, at Atlanta, Oa., has
been indicted by the grand jury for em
bezzling &5,217 of the funds of the as
sociation. Bains throughout Kentucky has
caused numerous railroad washout,
and is said to have been tho heaviest in
j ears.
A cyclone struck Nashville, Tcnn.,
injuring several buildings, including
the Mclvendree Methodist church.
At Savannah, Go., W. 11. Bennet, of
Jesup, tax receiver of Wayne, county,
was tiirown from a buggy by a runaway
horse and killed.
Tennessee will vote on a Constitu
tional Convention on April 5.
At Charleston, S. C, Tuesday, tho
brig Finnwood arrived with fi.OOU nacks
of coffee, consigned .to tho Charleston
Coffee Importing Company. This is
the first cargo received by the com
pany. Ex-Judge W. M. Krnmp, the most
distinguished lawyer in Kichmond, Va.,
is dean. Aged 78.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, has
commuted the death sentence of Sara
Grant to life imprisonment. Grant is a
JXf.-.'xn ja,:j5.3Uw,:t; Amfericus jail.-
Hunt, whose Ixxl v he threw in a river.
Starling B. Edmunds, of Louisville,
Ky., has been arrested in St. Louis,
Mo. on an indictment charging him
witn conspiring to misappropriate tho
funds of the German National Bank, of
that city.
All About the North,
The electric power house of tho Union
Traction company, at Philadelphia, op
erating a half dozen lines of trolley
cars, has been destroyed by fire.
At Boston an explosion of gas, which
leaked from two great six-inch mains
which cross the tmbway at the corner
of Tremont and Boyleston streets, kill
ed six, injured two, probably fatally,,
and nearly fifty other persons.
Near Zanesvillo, O.. three men wero
killed and two fatally injured by a
wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. At Oshkosh, Wis., fire destroyed the
extensive wagon factory of Strcight &
Co. Loss $100,000; covered by insur
ance. At New York, Tommy West, of Chi
cago, defeated Joe Woleott, of Boston,
the hitherto invincible welterweight, in
their 20 round bout at tho Broadway
Athletic Club.
An active volcano has appeared in
Great Halt Lake, Utah, near Promonto
ry Station.
W J. Kocrner was sentenced in
New York to be electrocuted on
April 19 for the murder of Boso Bed
gate. At New Bedford, Mass.. tho boiler
house, harness shop and cloth room of
Acushnet mills were wrecked by a
boiler explosion, killing two men.
Lobj estimated at $40,000.
Miscellaneous.
Consul General Leo in a cablegram
to Secretary Olney from Havana, Cuba,
says: "All quiet. No excitement here
now. I hope to .secure the promise of
trial of all Americans imprisoned.
Those found innocent to be released,
and those guilty to bo sent out of the
island."
Hazen 8. Bingree is still mayor of
Detroit and Governor of the State of
Michigan according to an opinion ren
dered by the full bench of tho Wayne
circuit court.
Senator Woleott, of Colorado, who
sailed for Europe January 2d, has re
turned. He went abroad with the hopo
of promoting an international Congress
of bimetallism. Ho Raid his visit had,
been a very satisfactory and interesting
one.
Washington Notes.
In the United States Senate Friday
Marcus Alonzo II anna was sworn in as
Senator to succeed John Sherman, of
Ohio, appointed Secretarv of State
in President McKiuley's cabinet.
Ex-President Cleveland did not go
to Princeton, N. J., with his family,
but is taking recreation shooting ducks
in North Carolina waters.
Secretary Olney has definitely con
eluded not to accept the professor phi p
of international law at Harvard, ten
dered him by President Elliott, but
will resume his law practice in Boston.
Secretary Herbert will locate in Wash
ington as a lawyer.
At noon Thursday Hon. G. Atkinson,
(Itep.) took the onth of office on tin
front steps of the State capitol as Gov
ernor of West Virginia.