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QUBSTION.
By Te'esrapL to the News ; nd Observer.
Washington, Jan. 20 —Be‘-ate. —
Afier the rc u foe business cf the
morning Mr. addressed the
Senate on a paragraph m the Presi,
dent’s meerege relating to Fedeial
oontrol of eiect'ons. He sketched
the political condition of things at
the close of the war and the adoption
by the ic?»n party o i the recon
struction d, es cf that period by
which the work was turned over io
the army oflioerc, agents of tie Freed
men’s Bureau, camp folkw=ra and
stragglers- The effort, ho ta *,
was to build up the Southern
annex to the Republicaa party,
and thus to prolong its lease of
power. This southern movement
was simply an antu x, and in no sense
a party. But it had turned to baa
rope of sand, and the Repubiic&n
party, with all the tricks and frauds
that depravity could devise, lost its
power in the South. For this result
it might biame its own oonduot and
policy, and now an attempt was to be
made to seize the electoral machinery
of the States. The power of the
general government over the State
elections had been sparingly exercised
in the past. No politioal party would
ha'e dared before the war to enter on
a politioal campaign with a plank in
its platform claiming the right to
exercise oontrol over elections ia the
States. It was only being inaugu
rated now. Io had been the faot that
ernce toe war the Republican leaders
had treated the Southern States as
inferior to the* North. The message
of the President, be said, had con
tained no sylable in favor of a free
and honest election exoept as to the
suppression of the votes of the col
ored people in the South. There was
no evidenoe before the country of any
such suppression; none had been
communicated to Congress. It was
simply a matter of inference. He
prestated seme election statistics
from the Eastern,Western and South
ern States to prove that “the silent
voter is increasing in every section of
the country.” In conclusion he said
that his voice and vole would ba
given in favor of standing by the
methods of-election which had come
down from the days of Washington
and Jefferson.
Mr. Chandler followed Mr. Pasco.
That Senator, he said, had oomplained
of the character of some citizens of
the South who had oome North as
witnesses concerning the politioal
outrages of that section, *nd had n’t o
had something to say about the silent
voter. There was one citizen of
Fiorids, said Mr. Chandler, who will
not oome North to testify concerning
political outrages and who might be
ttrmed “silent voter.” That man
was John Burr, a colored oitizen of
Madison county, Florida, who in
(Motor last, having been to Jack
sonville as a witness covering
politioal outrages, was killed on
inis return to Madison county by
the Democrats of that county, on ao
oount of the testimony he had given.
Mr. Chandler sent to the Clerk’s
effioe and had read the statements
published in the New York Tribune
and in the Jacksonville Republican,
showing a bad slate of affairs in
Florida. The aerations given in
these extraots, he said, were ooDfirmed
by documents and reports on file in
<he Department of justice, whioh
showed that it was substantially true
that throughout nearly half the State
of Florida the United States’ laws
were defied, and that in Madison
oounty it was impossible for a Mar
shal of the United States to seive the
processes of the United States courts.
Mr. Chandler also referred to the
driving by masked Democrats
from his home in Jefferson oounty,
Florida, of J. G. Cole because he was
a prominent Republican and he resd
extraots on the sutj-ot of that out
rage from ait isles in the New York
Tribune; M«ntioellc, Florida, Consti
tution; the Gainesville Florida Advo
cate and the Milwaukee Sentinel. He
hoped Senator Pasco would inform
the Senate whether he did not con
sider euoh a transaction as these rea
sons why it would be wise and judi
cious for the Congress of the United
States to pass some law for the pro
tection of the Republican voters, and
for fair elections in the South for
the Representatives in Congress. He
also reminded Mr. Pasco of other
politioal murders and outrages
in Fiorids, going as far
back as 1881 If there was auy one
State that needed the benefit of a
federal law in oonceotion with Con
gressional elections it was the State
cf Florida He submitted to Senator
Pasco whether he had not better, un
dor the ciioumsoanaea, weivo his ob
jection to national interference in
elections and to the passage of a
national election law that would at
least secure elections in Florida that
would be both honest and peaceful.
Mr Pasco said he would not fol
low the Senator from New Hamp
shire through his r*mblfogs from
his scap bock, bat he ex
pressed the belief that eLc
t ons iu Florida ever since the me
morable ona of 1876 were as fair
as peaceful and as grt&t as they were
RALEIGH. N. C.. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21. 1890.
in New England. It was not sur
{irisfog that there were some irregu
erities there, because the Senator
(Chandler) had been one of the prin
cipal agents in the F.orids election
fraud of 1876, and the demoralizatioi
resulting from that had not entirelj
disappeared.
The allusion to his course in Flor
ida in 1876 was taken up by Mr
Chandler, who denied the charge tba‘
he had then approached the ebairma
of the State Canvassing Committee
and had promised that if the State
was canvassed for Haves the minority
of the Returning w uid b
taken care of. He daub i that state
ment absolutely, and declared ihas
the friends of Hayes cad reported tc
no extraordinary means ou that ooaa
sion.
Mr. Pasco said that the charge had
been often made,and printed, and that
this was the first time that it had been
denied.
Executive session. Adj nirned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker appointed the World’s
Fair committee as follows: Messrs.
Candler, of Massachusetts; Hitt, of
Illinois; Bowden, of Virginia; Belden,
of New York; Frank, of Missouri;
Springer, of Illinois; Hateh, of Mis
souri; Wilson, of West Virginia, and
Flower, of New York.
Mr- Oates, of Alabama, off are d a
resolution instructing the Sergeant
at-Arms to ascertain from the books
of the late Sergeant-at-Arms the
amounts due the members of the
House for salaries for the months
prior to November, 1889, and draw
from the 883,000 now in the custody
of the treasurer of the United States
a sufficient amount to pay euoh un
drawn salaries, and requesting the
treasurer to allow the withdrawal of
such sum.
He asked unanimous consent
*for the immediate consideration of
the resolution contending that the
only money embezzled consisted of
the November salaries.
Mr Payson, of Illinois, objected,
and the resolution was referred to
the special Siloott committee-
Mr. Stone, of Kentucky, offered a
resolution for the payment Os special
deposits in the Ssrgeant-at-Arms’
office. Referred.
The following bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred :
By Mr. Butterworib, of Ohio, de
fining “options” and “futures” and
imposing special taxes on dealers.
The bill provides that the word
“options” shall be understood to
mean any contract or agreement made
by a party or in whose behalf euoh
oontraot or agreement is made to de
liver to another party at a future
time any artioles of the nature of
farm products, such as wheat, oorn,
pork, lard, etc. The word “futures”
is interpreted to mean any contract
or agreement whereby the party
agrees to sell and deliver at a future
time any of the artioles mentioned.
A special tax of SI,OOO is imposed
upon dealers in options and futures
together with a tax of 5o per pound for
each pout d of cotton, pork, laid or
other hog products; also a tax of 20
cents per bushel is levied upon oorn,
wheat and other cereals. The bill
further provides that every such
party shall make weekly reports of all
contracts entered into with a state
ment of the articles embraced in the
contract, and at the same time shall
pay the oolleotor a tax on the articles
oovered by the agreement. Pen
alties are provided transacting
business without a oertfov *e of au
thority from the collector.
By Mr. Blount, to define and regu
late the jurisdiction of U. 8- courts.
By Mr. Cowles, of North Carolina,
instructing the ways and means com
mittee to report a bill to repeal the
tobacco tax.
By Mr Conger, of lows, authoriz
ing the issue of treasury notes on
deposits of silver bullion (Secretary
ftindoin’s bill.)
By Mr Houk, of Tennessee, to en
large the L*ke Borgne outlet.
By Mr. Springer, of Illinois, a reso
lution providing that on Thursday
the 23 :d the clerk shall call the roll
of members and each member shall
indicate his ohoioe for the looation of
the World’s Fair- If no place shall
receive a majority of all the votes oast
the roll call shall be repeated nntil
one place shall receive a majority of
the votes cast The place haying
been selected a spto al oommittee
shall report a bill locating the fa r at
tbe place selected whioh bill shall be
privileged and ihall be considered
from day to day until disposed of.
Referred to a special committee.
By Mr. Fnnston, of Kansas, to di
vide the State of Kansas into North
ern and Southern judicial districts.
By Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia,
the Washington Worlds Fair bill.
By Mr. Kelly, of Kansas, (by re
quest) appropriating 8100,000 for the
erection of a monument to the negro
soldiers and sailors of the late war.
Mr. Boatne**, of Louisiana, offered
a resolution abolishing the (fines of
bookkeeper, cashier and teller in the
office of the Sergeant at Armv, on the
ground that the House has by a vote
dec dad that SUcott was the private
agent of the membfrv Referred.
Mr. K<irr, of laws, < fined a resolu
tion providing for the disposal of the
funds found in the cffice of the late
Sergeant at A-ms aa follows:
First. To pay special depositors.
Second To pay the salaries due
prior to November.
Taird. To prorate the balance
among the members to whom tbe No
vetr bir salary is duo. Referred.
The Uoutie then went into a oom
mittee of the whole on the Oklahoma
town site bill. Without finally dis-
| posing of the bill the oommittee rose
The oommittee on the eleventh
census reported back the Senate bill
increasing the minimum compensa
tion of the supervisors of the oensus
from SSOO to SI,OOO. Passed—los
to 88.
Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, frem the oom
mittee on foreign affaire, reported
back various World’s Fair bills, and
they ware referred to a special com
mittee.
The House thee, at 6 t>Vc,ck, ad
journed.
Washington Ntwi.
By Telegraph to tne News and Observer.
VVA*Hi.*GroN, Js»n 20 Bond tffer
fogs today a?g» egaU $2,167,760; ac
cepted $907 760 at 1-26 for fourß and
for four and a halfe. One ronnd
lot of a million and a quarter of fours
at 1 26£ was rejected.
The President today nominated
John Vineaux United States Marshall
for the Westerd District of Louisiana,
and withdrew the nomination of Wm.
P. Roller postmaster.
Wvphinoton, Jan. 20 —In a secret
session this afternoon the Senate con
firmed the following nominations:
Collector of Customs. Robert Bmalle,
Beauford, SO; TF. Johnson, Savan
nah, Ga U S. District Attorney,
Henry O- Niles, Northern District of
Mississippi. U. S. Marshal, Carter
B. Harrison, Middle District cf Ten
nessee-
Heavy purchases of bonds daring
the past week amounting to nearly
$9,000,000, baa resulted in a reduc
tion of the available Treasury sur
plus to about $20,000,000. The Sec
retary of the Treasury has therefore
decided to suspend the purchase of
four par cent bonds until further no
tice* The purchase of four and a
halfs will, however, be continued as
heretofore. The purchase of fours
will be resumed shortly es it is esti
mated that the surplus will be in
creased to $4,000,000 by April 1-
The Secretary has under consider
ation the further purchases of this
class of bonds in the reduction of the
amount cf the publio funds held by
the national banks, and the issuance
of another eall on bonds for an addi
tional surrender is delayed accord
ingly. The matter will ba settled,
however, in a few days, probably this
week.
A private telegram was received in
this city this afternoon from New
York saying that advices had been
reoeived there from London that the
Bank of England is about to exeroise
its right never hitherto exercised to
use silver to the extent of one third
of its reserve, and to issue one pound
notes in silver against it. The bank
is said to have purchased 3,000,000
pounds sterling silver bullion already
in anticipation of this action. No
credence is given to the report at the
treasury.
Ewlim Notes.
Oor. of tbe News and Observer.
Rocky Mount, N. O , Jan. 23.
Yesterday the depot here was
crowded with negro men, some want
ing to go Wes*, and others to say
good bye and give assaranoe to the
departing ones that they would be
along later or whenever they re
oeived assurances that milk and honey
flowed as freely there as had been
painted.
Mr. Ambers, engineer on the A. 0
L, is quite ill. Mr. Ambers is the
gentleman who was pressed into ser
viee and made—at the gnn’s month—
to run the “phantom train” to Wil
liamston on the occasion of the very
just lynching of Ben. Hart, colored.
Mr. Woodward, of the A. O. L, re
oeived a message yesterday calling
him home on aooount of Mrs. W’s
sudden and serious illness.
Messrs. Bennett Bunn, of Nash
ville, and David Barlow, of Kdge
oombs, have formed a general mer
obandise copartnership and will con
duct a large furnishing and farmers’
supply business in one of tbe
Battle stores. The handsome
residence of Mayer Thos. H. Battle
will soon be completed. James H.
Hines is preparing to build a large
briek store near the poatoffioe.
Very large, fine, white shad from
New Berne were on the market here
Saturday.
The fire in Hargrave’s drag store
was fortunately seen in time to pre
vent decided damage to the building,
though his stock of drugs was almost
ruined by water and smoke. Insurance
on stook $750 whioh will only par
tially cover the loss.
J. R Underwood, Secretary of the
Rooky Mount Fair Company, who
was recently appointed U. S. Store
keeper and gauger, has not yet been
assigned to any special work.
If Mr. Underwood’s success as sec
retary follows him it will be immense.
When made secretary two years ago
the o amp any carried a large debt
whioh has sinoe been paid and there
is a good amount in the treasury.
Until the bridge of the Norfolk and
Caroline railroad ia. completed across
the Roanoke the engines of that road
will be used on the A, O. L- trunk
line. H.
Death of a Pramlmant Cltlun.
Sps' lkl te th* Newi and Obaerrtr.
MußFasisßaao, N. 0., Jao. 20
Uriah Vaughan, a wealthy and promi
nent oitizen of this place died Satur
day night.
Veuliu,
whether on pleeeure bent or business,
should take on every trip a bottle of
Syrup of Figs, as it sots most pleas
antly and eff actually on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sick
ness. For sale in 60e and $1 00 bot
tles by all leading drnggiati.
FELLED BY THE BOLTS
A TERRIBLE AFFAIR AT NEW
BURGH, NEW YORK.
A HORSE KNOCKED TO THE OBCUND BY THI
FATAL BLIOTRIO CDBBENT— —A MAN WHO
GOES TO ASSIST HIM FALLS DEAD BY
BIS SIDB.
By Telecraph te lb* News And Observer.
Nbwbubgh, N- Y , Jan. 20 —This
morning at 9 o’clock a man stopped
his horse in front of P. W. Parson’s
shoe store on Water street, tied the
animal to the awning post and went
away. A few minutes later his horse
touched his nose to the iron post and
fell into the gutter like a log. Thos
Dawson ran to help the horse np but
no sooner did he place his hands on
the animal than be (Dawson) fell
dead. Thomas Sake, who saw Daw
son fall, hastened to his Bss : stsnce
and took hold of him to lift him up,
but reoeived a terrible shook, and he,
too, dropped to the ground as if
dead. An electric light wire, half
sagged, lay upon an iron rod extend
ing from the awning post to the
building, and a full force of the elec
tric current was passing down the
iron post into the ground
The insulation material of the wire
had become thoroughly saturated by
ram. The body of Dawson was car
ried into a store and laid upon the
floor, where it still lies awaiting the
action of the coroner. Mr. Saltz was
only stunned. He got np, brushed
his olothes and walked away. Neither
was the horse killed. It was cut
loose from the post, lifted to its feet
and drivan off Dawson was a laborer
and for a number of years a grave
digger in St. George’s cemetery. He
waa a large and powerful man, weigh
ing over 200 pounds. He was well
and favorably known, and leaves a
wife and ohildren. There is great ex
oitement and indignation in this city.
The eleotrio light wires, even when
intact, are only a few inohei above the
iron awning frames in front of the
building.
It seems that Dawson, in assisting
the horse, took hold of the bead gear
and at once fell forward, hiß head
striking gainst the iron awning post.
An examination of the body disclosed
the fact that the deadly current was
reoeived on the side of the head
whioh had rested against the owning
post. The neck was blistered, the
hair singe ! and the ear badly burned.
Drs. W’ggins and Howell subse
quently made a thorough txuaina
tion of the whole body. The eyes
were open. His face bore no evidenoe
that he had suffered any pain.
The Verdict to Stand.
By Telegraph to the News and! Observer.
New YesK, January 20 Judge In
gram today denied the motion to set
aside the verdiot giving $12,000 to
Miss Caroline Oamerer, of Philadel
phia, in her suit for SIO,OOO against
Clemens Muller aa damages for
breach of promise of marriage. The
motion was made by the oounsel for
Muller on the ground that the amount
of damages given was excessive, and
that the verdiot was against the
weight of evidenoe. The defendant
was allowed sixty days - within whioh
to prepare papers on appeal, and the
plaintiffs’ oounsel were sllowed five
per cent, of the $12,000 for ther ser
vices.
(Mailer, whose wife was insane,
made love to Miss Oamerer, who
promised to . marry him. Muller got
a divorce, but there waa some trou
ble, and she brought suit. Muller
swore that he wanted her for his
housekeeper, and one of the points
was whether a promise of marriage,
made when both parties knew that
the marriage could not be lawfnll;
contracted because the man had a
living wife, would eustain a suit.)
Prisoner* Escaped.
By Telegraph to tbe News sad Observer.
Quincy, 111 , January 20.—Thir
teen prisoners broke jail here last
night by sawing through heavy bars.
The work was done by Daniels and
Walpoll, two safe crackers. One of
the men who escaped was being held
for attempted murder, the others
were pickpockets, burglars and confi
dence men. Henry Fleer, who was
being held for assault to do bodily
injury to a woman, escaped with tbe
crowd, but tbe weather being oold
decided to return and give himself np
to the sheriff. The others are all at
large.
DhIE es Judge Easier.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 20 —Judge G.
W. Easley, of Giles oounty, State
Senator from the fifth district, died
aere today of Bright’s disease.
A general meeting of tbe stock
holders of tbe Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company was held here to
day. The sot of the legislature au
thori sing the consolidation of the
Richmond and Alleghany Railroad
was formally aocepted.
Leofc Oat for Oxford 1
Oxford Day. ' ,
The meeting at the Opera House
la9t night in reference to locating the
Baptist Female University at Oxford
attracted a large orowd, and the pro
ceedings were marked by enthusiasm.
Our people have been awakened to
the full importance of seoaring this
institution for our oity.
The speeoh of the evening was
made by Rev. O. A. Jenkins- Re
marks were made by Rev. J. S Hard
away, R. W. Winston, Erq, Rev. Dr.
Marsh and others. A considerable
amount of money was subscribed.
Another meeting was oalled for next
Monday night.
Heavy Snow Storm.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
&r. Paul, January 20 —A heavy
snow storm, accompanied by a gale,
set in about 10 o’clock last night,
and a regular buzzard is now raging
throughout the Northwest. As yet
there baa been no interruption of
railroad traffic or telegraphic commu
nioation, but the storm is very severe
Between five and six inches of snow
have fallen on a level, and prevailing
high winds has drifted it todiy,
especially in the southwestern por
tion of the State.
Chicago, January 20 —The snow
blockade in the west and northwest
is one of the most complete on
record. Not only has travel become
impossible on s,he western d.vision of
the Central and Northern Pacific, but
the telegraph companies are equal
sufferers, and every through wire is
down on both of those routes. The
only means of telegraphic communi
cation with the Pacific coast now is
by the indirect route of ihe Pacific,
and the volume of business trans
ferred is necessarily limited.
Washington and Oregon are shut
off from communication with the en
tire world, with the exception of one
little wire that still ticks feebly be
tween San Francisco and Portland.
When this wire goes down these two
Northwestern States will be further
from New York than China, so far as
the telegraphio communication is
concerned, as the trains are not run
ning, and the snow blcokade renders
it impossible for the telegraph force
to reaoh the soene of the break. The
Western Union repairers are snowed
np at half a dozen points in the weS’,
and there is little prospect of the re
newed communication nntil the rail
roads have mastered the blockade.
The snow blockade on the Central Pa
cific Road is at Emigrant Gap, near
the summit of Birrs. Last night
eight westbound grains were snowed
in and the prospeot of the road bang
opened in the next 48 hours is poor,
as the snow plows oannot work
through freesing ioe and the force
of the shovels is inadequate. There
are 1 500 men at work but as the
scow is 7 feet deep on a level and
fathomless in outs, the work of clear
ing the track while the snow falls is
tremendous labor. On tbe Northern
Pacific there is a complete snow
blookade at Sissons near Monnt
Shasta. Col. Fred Crooker of the
Southern Paoifio who was going
north has been snowed in there for
three days in a special train bat he
hopes to get out tomorrow. The
Southern Paoifio Road has been badly
injured in the Tehaohe Mountains by
washouts and beyond Los Angelos
the floods have done muoh damage.
The only unobstructed road now is the
Atlantic and Paoifio, but as this de
pends on the Southern Paoifio, con
nections between the Mohave Desert
and San Francisco and on the washed
oat Southern Pacific line between
Los Angelos and San Francisco, the
travel of that may also be delayed at
any moment, as it has been raining
heavily in southern California for
days past, while it ia snowing in the
northern portion. Western Union
advices this morning are that snow
is still falling throughout the West,
so that the prospect is by no means
enoouraging.
MRS. FOSTER NOT INVITED,
EXCLUDED FROM LADY STANLEY’S BEOIF
TION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
Ottawa, Jan. 17 A sensation was
caused in the lobbies of the House
of Commons tonight by the definite
announcement of the Free Press that
the cold shoulder had been given
Mrs. George Foster, wife of the Min
ister of Finance, by Lady [Stanley st
the Government House, and that in
the future as in the past Mrs. Foster
will he exoluded from select society
at the Dominion Capital. Under the
heading, “Mrs. Foster Boycotted,”
the Free Press makes the following
statement:
The name of Mrs. George E- Fos
ter, wife of the Minister of Finance,
was omitted from the list of ladies in
vited to the reception which Lady
Stanley intended holding last night
for the wives and daughters of
the gentlemen who attended
the state dinner. When the list of in
vitations was published and Mrs.
Foster’s name was not there, though
her hnsband’s was, it was supposed
that an error had been made. Today
when asked whither it waa true that
Mrs. Foster Jiad been ignored by
L»dy Stanley, Capt. Colville, Lord
Stanley's military secretary, said:
“It is quite eorreot.”
“Can you assign any reason for it?”
“No. She was not invited, that is
all.”
And so the matter stands. AU the
other members of tbe cabinet and
privy counsellors were invited, but
Mr. Foster was invited alone. Thi*
is said to be the outcome of a system
atic social boycott to whioh Mrs. Fos
ter has been subjected. It is said
that the wives of two Cabinet Minis
ters called upon Mrs. Foster shortly
after marriage, and that they were
severely reprimanded for so doing.
“If Mr. Foster stands that he is no
man,” was tha general comment on
the boyootting business. “If his
wife was not fit to be invited, he
should have been left out also,” one
gentleman remarked; “for surely they
are equally to blame, if there ia any
blame in toe matter.”
“An ex-cabinet minister who at
tended the State dinner, speaking on
the subject, said:
“There waa nothing else to be
done. As I understand the matter,
the wivea of tha other cabinet minis*
ters have been subjecting Mri. Fos-
ter to a social boyoott. Now, how
{ eould Lady Stanley, or the anthori
-1 ties at Rideau Hall, ask these ladies
| to a reception where they would meet
, Mrs. Foster, when they have been
trying to ostracize her, and how
would Lady McDonald, and the oth
ers be able to justify their oourse to
ward Mrs. Foster if she was received
and entertained at Rideau Hall ? The
parties whom Mi*. Foster must blame,
if he is to blame any one, are not the
Rideau Hall people, but bis col
leagues and their wives. When he
found that bis wife was ignored he
should have resented it. A gentle
man may sometimes with propriety
overlook an affront eff red to himself,
but no man worthy to be olassed as a
member of his sex will calmly submit
to an attempt to at taoh a social stigma
to the lady whom he has made hia
wife. However, I don’t know what
Mr. Foster may do. Probably he
will make a strike for a lucrative of
fi id is away out of the trouble, and
no doubt his colleagues would be
glad to mako a sacrifice to get rid of
him. I feel inclined to sympathize
with Mrs Foster under the circum
stances.”
“A Conservative member from New
Brunswick, the province from whioh
Foster ouk», talked quite freely
about the boyootting of Mrs. Foster.
‘“I am not at all surprised, ’ tt he
said. ‘lt is an unfortunate business
all through. The best of our lawyers
hold that the marriage is illegal, and
there are decisions of our provincial
courts which support that view.
Then, you see, whatever the legal of
fset of Ihe marriage may be, it is
possible that the whole of tbe ar
rangements were made while the lady
was the wife of another man. That
from any point of view is a serious
matter. Nobody oould reasonably
fi \d fault with a gentleman for mar
rying a lady who had been divoroed
from her hur-band under ordinary
circumstances, but this is not an ordi
nary c%se. I understand that Lady
il;ioDon&id desires to follow the rules
winch have bean established by her
-.Kjeßty bearing upon such matters,
icd tbe other Uairß of the Oebinet
*ro inclined to follow her example.’ ”
It :s said ton-ght that Foster has
nUmated bis intention to resign from
tbe Cabinet at the close of the ses
sion. Several of the leading members
of Parliament who support the Gov
ernment say that, it will be impossible
for Sir John MacDonald to retain
him.
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