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PLANT YOUR AD —IN THE— NEWS AND OBSERVER —AND SO— THE DOLLARS GROW. VOLUME XXXVII. WILL NOT GIVE IT UP DEMOCRATS WILL SIM, TRY TO SECURE SOME FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. NOW LOOKING TO THE SENATE. Democratic Lender* Have Been Con ferring With the President and Mr. j Carlisle—Several Compromise Hills Have Already Been In trod need—Sil ver M* n Stand in the Wav and " iih out Concessions to Them Nothing can be Done—That White House Dinner. Special to the News and Observer Washington, I>. C.. Jan. 11. The Republicans in the Senate have virtually notified the Democrats that no financial legislation shall pass this ses sion unless the Democrats agree to join them in a measure authorizing national banks to issue notes up to the par value of the bonds dep< sited. The I>< inner its will not agree to this unless there is some j provision for silver. But there are wise and thoughtful men ; here who do not agree with the general ; opinion that all efforts to secure financial , legislation at this session will be aban doned. The closeness of the vote en- 1 courages Mr. Carlisle to believe that j another measure, if not so good, cm pass the House. Mr. Springer Doesn’t Give it I p. Mr. Springer, who was in charge of j the Carlisle currency bill in the House, j spent some time yesterday with Presi dent Cleveland, and Mr Carl be, meet- j ing them separately. When Mr. Sprin- j ger reached the House later he would not go into the details of the private conversations with the President and Secretory, further than to say that there would be no abatement in the effort to secure currency legislation I? was ac cepted by members as not only voicing ; Mr. Springer's view, but as d-ti litely de-, termining that the administration will go ahead with the policy it lias under taken. Mr. Springer says he knows of no new bill, although the present bill will be shaped to meet objections and com mand support “But,” added Mr. Springer, “no con cession will go to the extent of stiver coinage of a ratio of 16 to 1 Silver Must Be C< nsidered. It is admitted that, no bill can pass the Senate if the silver m *n oppose it, an * the effort is be tg made to devise some measure which will command the sup port of this important faction. New plans have been proposed by S tutors j Gorman. Hill, Mills and ' esr It, is practically a project of free silver with out absolu f e free coinage. Coin N tes for Greenbacks. The plan contemplates the retirement of all tne greenbacks and the issuance in their stead of coin notes, redeemable in gold or silver whenever the.gold reserve is above the $100,000,000 point, hut re deemable only in silver when the reserve reaches that figure It is then proposed to coin silver witbou' limitation at the present ratio cf 16 to 1, but the govern ment is to retain as seigniorage on the co nage the difference between Deface value of the coin and the commercial value of the silver buil on. In this way, it is maintained, the government will re tain enough silver from each dollar o : make up any possible depreciation in the j value of the coin issued. Silver M«‘n Fear a Veto. A prominent silver Senator said to day if there was any assurance that the President would sign such a bill he would vote for it. The silver men have no desire to risk j a veto by the President, and, under standing that he will refuse to sanction j any measure which permits such an enormous increase in the silver currency of the country as this bill proposes, they are not inclined to commit themselves to its support. Low Interest-Bearing Bond'. The other propositions under discus sion contemplate the retirement of the gre. n-backs and treasury notes and the issuance of low inti rest bearing bonds in their stead, with liberal provisions for silver. The fact that a majority of the Senate finance committee arc favorable ; to silver makes it very probable whatever measure is reported will have silver c iu age as its basis. Members of the House say if such a bill should pass the senate it would fail in the lnwir body In the meantime the President is giving the most earnest and interested at tent i>n also to the subject, lie and Secretary Carlisle have talked it over, a* <1 views were also exchanged by him with Sena tor Palmer, of Illm-.is, and Mr. Springer, chairman of the House banking and cur rency committee. The President un doubtedly is exceedingly anxious to avoid an extra session of Congress, but if the necessity for it arises he will not flinch from his duty. Plans of the Republicans. Referring to the money question, Rep resentative Swanson, of Virginia, savs: “The failure to adopt the rule to day means that the first step towards action on th*‘ currency question is de eated and everything is blocked by some of our de seated southern men. I don't see any hope of doing anything during this Con gress. Mall stieet wants nothin.-, and it seems to have the power to get what it wants. It expects the Republicans to provide for a b nd issue during the next Congre s and $500,000,000 of green backs into an inter* st-bearing indebted nesß/df $500,000,000. This would give jA/ff/mw Yoik financiers an investment [ for the large sums of money which they at present, unable to loan. An ad i US* Kt that these bun’s are not liable to tax Even lb** income tax cannot be Rolhcted on i - <im« s<r .u E ed St u - Mbon-'s. Such a policy would b iuaccord [ with the Republican p sition. The Re I publican party, jou know, is desirous of 1 increasing tariff tax s. To do so, it l would he glad to put an additional charge of (15,000,000 in interest upon the treasury aunualiy to be met by an increase of custom duties. That White House Dinner. At last 1 have been able to get the straight of it. Lockwood'- letter in the Cincinnati Post says: Your correspondent is able for the first time to tell the facts which led uo to Cleveland's invitation to Hill to dine with him at the White House. Nearly three weeks ago Senator Ransom ot North Caro ina hat a lot,g and earnest conversation with the President a. out 'the state of the D mocratic party, Ant presidt nt told tie Senator that the dream of his life was to have the patty H News Mb Observer ! a' the end of his term in the same Healthy eonditi-m h • found it up >n entering upon Die duties of the office Mar h 4, 1893. Ransom said he believed tha* it was feasible enough if absolute harmony could prevail all along the line The President resjionded by saving he ; was going to do all in his power to tiling | labour harmony and he added: ‘Asan ; j evid-'nce that 1 am in earnest, I sh *ll in- j | vite Hill to rnv n* xt State dinner. I trust I |he will accept and show to this country j that he i* as willing as lam to biingj about party unity ” * * * After a fight about it for ten years, j the House Committee has accept'd the Senate's ultimatum and will r*c >mmend the ejection of a Public Printing ofli e on the Mahone site. There is pressing need for a suitable building. .The money | has b en appropriated but the quarrel j about a budding had prevented work. * * * Representative Henderson is receiving congratulations upon having put the Postoffice appropriation bill through in two hours without a single amendment. * ¥ * Mr. Alexander says that he hardly thinks any course will be pursued by the President other than calling an extra session of Congress unless t his body does j something to relieve the present state of affairs, if Japan makes an order on China for $200,000,000 of gold, there is no pi *oe but this country to go for it. The Bank of England protects England, i banks of France protect France, German j backs protect Germany, but. Am-rica I has been for past years a regular draw I I for the world. * * * A tramp by the name of Alexander I Williams was picked up last night in a d arcputable part of Washington charged with burglary. He gave his home as Raleigh, N. O , saying his family had met with hard luck. His face is that o r an educated man. To the question as to w iat work he had done iu Raleigh, he claimed to be an ex-laborer of the Caraleigh Mills. * * * B F. Willey, of Gatesviile has been given the fulfillment rs the contract of I_. O. Eure, (deceased) for carrying a star route from Gatesviile. * * * J B. Auglin, of Martinsville, Henry county, Virginia was to day awarded ; (he contract for carrying the mail from iJachoto Wilton, three times a week, a distance of five miles, till June 30, 1896, ■ for $64. * * * The Postmaster General to day ap i (minted J. F. Clark, postmaster at Pro gress, Randolph ceumy, vice G. G. Hen 1 drichs r«s gned. * ¥ * Miss Mary Steel, of Rockingham, who h is been visiting Mrs. Herbert Thompson, of Baltimore, pa-sed through here to day eu-route to Virginia where she will I visit friends. Arrivals: W. H. S. Burgwyn Henderson. E. O. Tunniiignm, Fayetteville. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. j Testimony to Be Tak i, n in a Suit to Annul Its Charter. Special to the News and Observer. Winston, N. C., Jan 11. It is learned that testimony will be j | taken in Winston on the 24th and 25th { | mst , in the suit brought by the State of , I New Jersey against the American To | ha co Company, where it is sought to i annul the charter of the company ou the : allegation that i- is a cigarette mauufac ; turns' trust. Several prominent attor ; neys will be here. Mr. FrauK Miller is Winston’s largest individual taxpayer His city taxes amount to nearly $6,000 The annual mid-winter concert will be given at the Salem Female Academy the latter part of January. The programme will be a specially attractive one The Salem Philharmonic Society and orchestra have been invited to go to ; Richmond, Va , and give several tnusi i cal entertainments during the month of March. They have the invitation under c nsideratiou. An SBO,OOO Ilesideuce. Dr. and Mrs. N. S. Siewers, of Salem, j are in New York purchasing the furnish ings for their new house, “Cedarhurst.” It is a model residence, built of stone, and will cost about SBO,OOO when com pleted. The Moravians are observing the week of prayer. Services are being held nightly. The stockholders of Winston’s three National banks held their annual meet | itigs this week. The old officers of each institution w-ere re-elected. The Winston Tobacco Board of Trade ; sent Christmas greetings to the Oxford . | Orphan Asylum andThomasville Orphau ! age. Each institution roc ived $25 .in ca-li. Mr.'R. J. Reynolds, President of tiie R. J. Reynolds’ Tobacco Company, i contributed $250 to the Oxford asylum. A Tax-Collector in Arrears. : i The Salem Coromissioneis have in i strutted Mayor Houser to notify the bondsmen that their ex tax-collector, Mr. George Ebert, is in arrears with his taxes and unless he makes a satisfactory set tlement by February 15 next the Mayor will take out proceedings agtinst Mr. I Ebert’s bondsmen. Judge Bryan, of Newbern, will preside > over the next term of the Forsyth Supe : rior Court, which opens on Monday, Feb ruary 25th. lie is one of the Democratic - Judges saved froo last November's ■! u reck. During a battle between Northern and | Southern armies at Fredericksburg. Va , lon Decemberlffilß62jCapLL__.E Gd„ ihe left leg, just above the knee. The wound, *h le ! quite painful, soon healed up and did 1 not give Oapt. Gilmer any trouble uutil I about six months ago. It continued to I give him pain until a few days ago when ! he had Dr. Bahnson to examine his leg j Strange to say, a loose bone wa* 011,1 j and removed. After a few days of com i tlnement, Capt. Gilmer is ab c | around on his crutches. Child Burned to Death. The Forsyth County Board of Dduca uo,n E«* ?»■ * ;rr“S. public school fund for 1895. The > tuna for the county aggregates which amount 111,414 is for the educa non of white children, and *4,.,>6 for th \ C Hule child of Mrs. Nancy Foster was burned to death in Wilkes county Monday. The mother left the house to S some wood and on returning found the chil i’s clothes in a blaze They were burned entirely off be ore the (lames could be extinguished. TOM REED METHODS AN ATTEMPT TO DEPOSIT ALL MEMORI \ LS OF CONTESTS WITII THE SPEAKER. ALLIANCE CHARTER AMENDMENTS The Act LetHns Public Printing out to Lowest Bidder Repealed hy llie Sen ate—All the Democratic Representa tives Vote lor Repealing Amendments to the Alliance Charter— Governor’s Mcss*ge Read in llie Senate and Five Thousand Copies Ordered Printed. The Senate convened at 10 o'clock, i Prayer was offered bv Rev. L. Branson jof Raleigh. The journal was read and approved. Senate bill number 1, to make six per cent the legal rate of inter est, was ordered referred to its appro priate committee. Mr. Mewborne, of offered a resolution that Mr Hamrick. Mr Rid and one other Senator be named to select the various committees of the Senate. Mr. Adams, of Moore, was named as I t he third member of the committee. Bills Introduced. Mr. Mcwborne, to make the legal rate of interest five per cent; Mr. Ainu; ns of Madison, to incorporate California Bap tist church iD Madison county; Mr. Mitch.-ll of Bertie, relative to convict ! farms in Bertie county. Mr. Mewborne, that Section 1 of chap ter 351, l aw s of 1893, governing the pub lic printing, be repealed. Senator Ad ams moved that the bill be referred to its appropriate committee. This motion was lost aud the bill was rushed through its second and third readings, and was sent to the House. • Mr. Franck, of Onslow, in regard to fire insurance companies; also a bill rel ative to evidences of debt Mr Hamrick, of Cleveland, to amend the election law of North Carolina. Mr. Cook, to amend section 616 of the Code, and at the same time a bill to amend section 60 of the Code of Tivil procedure. Appropriations tor Higher Education. Mr. White, of Alexander, a resolution requiring the State Treasurer to furnish to the General Assembly a full statement us ail disbursements to educational in stitutions in the State. Mr. Cook moved that the bill be referred to its proper committee. Senator white objected and insisted upon its immediate passage. Mr j Cook’s motion prevailed. Revolutionary Action. Mr. Rice, of New Hanover, stated that the Committee ou Rules was ready to re port. The rules were read and a motion was made by Mr. Cook that they be adopted. Mr. Adams, of the Committee, offered an amendment to leave the ap poiutment of the committees with the President of the Senate and to strike out so much as authorized the election of a President pro tern, of the Senate. Mr. j Adams offered another amendment, re j j quiring the appointment of not less; i tt an seven members on each committee, j Mr. Adams spoke briefly in support of; his amendments, opposing the radical | ■ changes proposed iu the new rules, and j stating that the iking of the appoint i ment of c mmittees out of the hands of ! the Lieut. G >vernor was, so far as he I knew, without precedent. lie cited the fact that the Democratic Senate of 1870 left the appointment of committees iu the hands of a Republican Lieut. Gov ernor, and had adopted a resolution similar to that offered by the Senator Abell, to adopt the rules of the last Sen a f e until uew w-ere adopted. lie be lieved the proposition to elect a Presi dent pro t* m of the Senate, except in the absence of the Lieut. Governor, to be un constitutional. Senator Rice of the committee stated j that a new condition of things was now ! presented which he felt justified the adoption of the rul* sas there was pre sented. He stated that there was no intention on the part of the committee to reflect upon the Lieut. G ivernor. Senator Cook stated that every Sena tor entertained the highest regard for the Lieutenant Governor, and that there was no intention to reflect upon him. j Mr. Sigmon, of Catawba, endorsed j Senator Cook’s statement. Senator Adams called for a aye and j no vote. The amendments were lost, and the rules were adopted as presented. On motion of Senator Cook three hun dred copies w-ere ord red printed. Governor’s Message Read. A message from the House was re ceived stating that the Governor's mes sage was therewith transmitted to the . Senate, with accompanying documents, I and proposition to print. The Govern . or's message was read by Clerk Black i burn, and on motion of Senator Cook p the proposition of the House was con curred in, and the message ordered printed. The President announced that deposi lions in the contested election case of Earle vs. Mitchell, from Bertie, bad been received. ' Senator Sharp, of Iredell, sent forward ’ notice of contest in the case of Harris „ vs. Green, from Halifax. It w as announced by the clerk that the comm ttee on appointment of commit tees would meet in the Senate Chamber at 3 p. ra. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Ildu-e was called to order at 11 o’cloek yesterday morning by the speaker, and the proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. J. W. Carter, of the Firm HaptUUllwmfc- - The journal was read and approved. Mr. Peebles, IX, Northampton, intro duced a resolution touching the currency, advocating the free coin age of silver and instructing our Sena tors to use all honorable efforts to secure the passage of an act for the free coinage of stiver at the ratio of 16 to 1 audio re p al the act of Congress imposing a tax of ten per cent upon the issue of State Banks. Referred to Committee on Fi nance. Introduction of Hill!,. Mr. Surth, D , Gates, (referred to Committee on Education): Act “tocarry out constitutional regulations in regard to public schools.” Mr. McKenzie, D , Rowan, (Comrait- I tee on Propositions and Grievance): Bill | “to prohibit manufacture and sale of i spirituous or intoxicating liquors.” Mr. Crurnel, R , Yadkin, (Com. on j Corporations): Bill “to incorporate ; Da\ id Lodge, No. 118, I. O. O. F.” Mr. Duncan, It., Carteret, (Com. on 1 Fish Interest): Bill “for the protectior RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY. JANUARY ’2. '895. I of fishermen of Carteret county against i Monopolies.” Mr. Rascoe, 1)., Bertie, (Com. on Peutl Institutions): Bill “relating to tne lab >r of convicts on the county farm us Bertie coun-y.” Mr. Hileman, P., Cabarrus, said "this amendment was one of the most diaboli cal pieces of legislation ever passed. Its evident intent w-as to destroy the onlv Farmer ’s Association ever in North Caro lina. Through the State agency marn ihousands of dollars have been save i to ihe farmers, the charter of the Alii ance was drawn by eminent men and a 1 ihat the Alliance ask is that the charier be allowed to remain Notwithstanding tne attempt to destroy this fund, moreover, only $3,000 have been with drawn up to date.” Saul Mr. Peebles. I) , Northampton, “I don’t know w-hether the gentleman from New Hanover included me in his references. 1 did uot wish to antagou lze, but will support the bill of the gen tlernan from Cabarrus ” Mr. McKenzie, 1) , Rowan: “I am prepared to vote for it.” Mr. Williams, P., Warren called for the ayes aud uoes. Mr' Smith, 1)., Gates; “From the re mit! ks of the gentleman from New Han over I took it for granted that bethought that thers was organized opposition to the bill. lam for it and I dou’t know a gentleman around me who wont support it.” Mr. Lawrence, D., Martin: “I was in the last legislature and voted to repeal that bill aud voted for the amendment because I was told the men wanted their money,” but said he was willing to vote for the repeal. Mr. Ray, D., Macon: “I was au hum ole member of the last legislature, the one that performed that “diabolical act. ” I want to say to this House aud to the country that if the motives a-cribed to those who voted for that measure were correct, it would de stroy the souls of the human race if penalties were properly distributed. Mr. Vance, of Buncombe, himselt an Alliance man, said about this amendment, that ibis was the tbiug to pass. Such prominent Alliancemeu told us that designing politicians had entered their order, and said that hundreds of those who had deposited their funds for the upbuilding ot North Carolina had seen them spent in forwarding their de signs. Where, mo eover, does that un derstanding come ftom that that turnl shail uot be withdrawn. It is not to be found iu the charter.” Mr. E wire, R., Hendersou : -Is the j gentleman explaining his vote?’ “Yes; tning to do so to the best of ; my ability, ’ replied the speaker, ironi cally. "If those humble men wanted to withdraw their foods and the organiza tion w-as not answering the ends for which it w-as created, I appeal to the eternal scuse of justice to know why they had uot a right to withdraw them.” Mr. Kay said he didn't vote for the meas ure two years ago and would now cot if aye. Mr. Young, (colored), R , Wake, made j a speech, explaining his affirmative vote Tne ayes aud noes were taken and the | bill was p *ss d without a dissenting vote, Messrs Baseman, Michael, Robenson, j and Smith, ot Jones having been the only i I members who did not answer to their names. Mr. Lineback, R , Forsyth, moved the suspension of the rules and that the bill be pur, upon its 3rd reading. Passed. It was order, d to be sent to the Senate without engrossment. Mr. Mayes, col. R., Granville, introdu ced a resolution that in the inemo'ial of W. H. Crew-S, contestant, the depositions, papers, etc., be immediately r< ferred to | the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions, which was -o ordered Mr. Winborne. D., Hertford: resnlu tiou that 60 copies of acts since 1883 be furnished to the members. After some talk, Mr. French's substi tute prevailed providing for a room iu j which 25 copies should be kept for the use of the members. Warm Debate on Contested Elections, j Mr. Peebles, D., Northampton, having; read from the News and Observer a list of cases set for hearing of the committee ou Privileges aud Elec ! tions desired to know whether me- j morials had been filed in the; I cases of Norment against Smith and; 1 Payne against Carlyle.” 1 desire, the Speaker “to state on this subject j that l wish to follow the example of the learned member from New Hanover. ; | We, whose seats are contested, ask only | a fair and impariial trial according to j forms. We have taken oaths t * support j the Constitution of the United States, I and of the State, which guarantee to us | life, liberty and the right of property.” | “I should like,” said Mr. Peebles, “to strike out the ease of Norment and j Smith agaiust Payne and Carlyle be-; cause they had not been constituted be ; fore the House. j “We should hesitate before setting the example bes re the people of this country of disregarding the law■* which we have made and sworn to kcip ” A message was here brought, in from the Governor by Private Secretary, Maj. S. F. Telfair. “What can be said of us,” continued the speaker, “who knowing the right . dare not porform that right? Every man has the right of property in his , offi e. If that right be denied us the rights guaranteed us by the Constitution are infringed upon, infringed upon hy men, who, in the sight of God and in tha sight of man have sworn to support those rights. What is the pro , cess of law? The process provided 1 by the laws of each State ? It is that no > contest shall lie entertained uuless a nm ttce is given 30 days sitting*)!' this legislature. Yet r tfo ), first on the • docket, is a case that is not properly s constituted before this general assem • bly. 1 take this as a sin of omission - and not of commission. I don’t believe i that the Chairman of the committee s would be guilty of injustice -in this or in any other matter t Mr. Mewborne, IX, of Green (Com. on 3 Corporations): Bid, with petition “to ex - tend corporate limits of the town of Snow Hill, in Green county.” Mr. McClammy, D., New Hanover o (Com. on Judiciary): Bill “for the re y jief of Clerk of the Superior Court of I New Hanover county ” Mr. McClammy, D., New Hanover (Com. on Corporations): Bill “to repeal II stock-law in New Hanover.” if Mr. Winborne, D , Hertford (Com on Judiciary): Bill “to amend chapter 359, n Laws 18 5.” e Mr. Winborne, D., Hertford (Com. on Corporations): Bill “to amend the char q [continued on fourth i*agk.] ft PENSION QUftRREL j SHARP CONTROVERSY IN TIIE HOUSE OVER A PRIVATE PENSION BILL. GENERAL JOHN A. M’CLERNAND. His Record is Pretty Freely Discussed and the bill toils to |»siss—R«'i»ro'en tative Jones Declares that he is still Proud ot the Confederate Cause- Defeated Northern Democrats Pc clare that Southern emigres.men are Responsible tor their Defeat. Washington, D. C., J *u. 11. A House bill authorizing the Laporte, Houston and Northern rai road company to build a bridge over Galveston Bay, was passed. Also the following: Au thorizing tho Little Rock and Pactfi* railroad company to bridge the rivers in Arkansas which its lines will cross; au thorizing the Tennessee Bridge aud Ferry company to bridge the Tennessee river at or near Sheffield Ala.; for the relief of 1. H. Hathaway & Co., of Philadel phia, contractors for the harbor work at St. Augustine, by Ihe issue of a dupli cate check for $10,115, the original hav ing been lost in the mails. The Senate Bills Passed. The Senate bill extending the time in which the Texarkana andLFort Mnith railway may bridge the Little River in j Arkat sas was also passed. The bill to repeal the law of 1390, re ; luting to shipping commissioners, which by agreement was postponed yesterday, j was called up by Mr. Fitbiau, chairman i of the committee on merchant marine and fisheries. Mr. Dingley proposed a substitute which retained the features of the law of 1890 that had been found , beneficial to the seamen eugaged in the ; coastwi e and nearby foreign trade she substitute had been accepted by members of the committee aud others interested in the matter It was agreed , to by the House and the bill passed. Private Calendar Taken Up. Under the rules of the House this whs < private bill day, and. on morion of Mr. Eiiloe, the House resolved itself into committee of the whole to consider bills on the private calendar for the first 1 time since July 18th last, and Mr. Tarsney, (Dem ) of Missouri, took the : chair. _ ! Three hours were spent in an unavail ing consideration of a bill that engaged 1 the attention of the body on the day last i devoted to the private calendar. It was i for ihe payment of $13,000 for stores and supplies taken from a l *yal Tenues- ; sean in the war, as adjudged by the Court of Claims. The bill elicited dis eussion of the general policy of Congress with respect of these bills, and Mr. Boat * uer said that if it was the intention to pav none of them, the sooner that, fact 1 was known the better it would be | for the peace of miud of the Represen tatives from the Southern States. Southern War Claims. Mr. Cockrell (Dem ), of Texas, said he ! had no request to make of the conquer j ! ors on account of claims advanced by ; men w-ho established their loyalty to the government thirty years after the war , ended. Mr. Dockery said that for himself, he would repeal the Bowman and Tuck* r ; acts, abolish the committee ou war claims and declare the war closed. No action 11 was had upon the bill Upou the recommendation of the com-1 mittee of the whole the House laid on ; ; the table the bill to remit to the contract ors for building the dynami e cruiser Vesuvius, the penalties imposed for de j lay in her construction, aud 4:05 o’clock j ; the House took a recess until 8 o’clock, j the evening session to be devoted to the j I consideration of private pension bills Evening Session. There was an unusually large attendance j upon the night sessiou of the House j | which was devoted to the consideration j ;of private pension bills. There was aso !an unusual debate even for a Friday ! night session, when the controversy over | the granting of pensions usually rages with more or less intensity and force. Mr. Springer, (Democrat) of Ills., ! asked favorable action upon the Senate j ffili to grant a pension of SIOO a mouth j |to Maj-General John A. McClernaud, ; I which he had unsuccessfully endeavored j | to have passed yesterday and to-day in ’ ; tho House. There’ was not a quorum pres j sent and upon the vote,Mr. Jones, (Dem.) |of Florida, made the point of no ! quorum. This aroused Mr. Springer’s ! indignation, and he criticized with se I verity the course of those of his South ern colleagues who persisted in main-; ; taining au attitude of hostility towards j ; the pensionit g of Union soldiers. He j I pointed out the fact that but 13 Demo-j | crats had beeu retained to the 54th Cou gress from the Northern States, and said j that if this course were not changed 1 , there would be no Northern Democrats; in the succeeding Congress. A Sharp Controversy. Mr. Pence, (Pop.) of Colorado, ap pealed to Mr. Jones to withdraw his point of no quorum, referring to the gal lant conduct and high reputation fori patriotism of the beneficiary of the bill. I as a sufficient reason for the request. An unexpected interjection occurred here, which created something of a sen sation. Mr. Waugh (Rep )of Ind. asked if 1 this General MeClernand was the same General John A. MeClernand who was removed from his command in front of ' Vicksburg by General G*•>«»“ Jor pusok l ' im—' 'n** I wrote to General Sherman in 1801, that j I it wo lid be murder to give him a com | maud. lien. McClernand’s Record. Mr. Marsh, (Rep '), of Illiuois, replied most vigorously 10 this question He declared with passionate earm stness that General McGlernand had never been guilty of unsoldierly conduct and that the history of the Vicksburg campaign would show that he had not been remov-! ed by Gen Grant for that reason. “What were the reasons?” asked Mr. Waugh. “I do not care to enter into a discus sion of them here,” replied Mr. Marsh, “but 1 assert without fear of successful contradiction that Gen. McGlernand was as far as any man in the union army from being guilty of unsoldierly con duct, and 1 know what 1 am talking about. And I say it of a man who has always been opposed to the political paity with which I have always atlili at d.” (Loud applause.) “Didn’t Gen. Grant, remove him for | causes which he deemed proper ?” con-1 | tinued Mr. Waugh. “I do not desire to reflect upon G u. I Grant,” s-vd Mr. March, “but I say that I while he acted for reasons that wer* l proper at that time, his action was a'l mist uko.” Jlr. Jones Sirongly Opposes. Mr Jones took the floor and attacked the policy of picking out a soldier here [ *nd therefor a big pension or the wid >w j if one who is able to gather influence enough to get a. bill throtgh ' ongress. He aroused a h : ss by alluding to tbi widow of General Logan, in receipt of a pension of $2,000, filing in luxury and spending lavishly for (lowers for h-r social fti ctions. I a regard to his own course of antag ou zing these p nsion bills, winch, he said, was for the reason that it had not h- en the policy of Congress to make a selection of soldiers <*r soldiers’ widows for especial pensi rts, he declared that many members had come to him and commended him for it, and excused their own action on the ground that tbey could not afford to antagonize the grant ing -jf pensions. I'rotul ot His Confederate Record. The matter of his own military record having been brought into the discussion, Mr. Jon*-s said that he was a boy when rtie war broke out, notwithstanding which he served more days and nights j in the trenches and in the line of duty j than thousands of the men now drawing j pensions from the government. “On which side?” several members asked. Drawing himself up, Mr. Jones -es ponded: “On the side of the Confeder ate -States of American, of whose cause, although it went down in defeat, I am as proud now as then, when I defended it, an enthusiactic boy.” Blame the South for Their Defeat. Mr. Clark, (Dem ) of Missouri, siid that having been defeated for Congress, he proposed now to express his opinion For the gentl- man from Virginia, per soually, he had much r-gard, but he wanted to say that in the late election there were fifteen, twenty-k e or liDy Democratic candidates in the North who went down to their political death be cause of the speeches he had made. Mr. Jones: “I hope the gentleman from Missouri was not one.” Mr Clarke: “Yes I did, and because of the pension speeches you made here We are tired and sick of having these ; Southern members come up here and j stab us in the back.” Continuing, Mr. Clark said that he ; believed that every old soldier who was , in need deserved and should receive a pension. “When B n Butler was here,’>f tie said, “he suggested pensioning the j soldiers of both armies. 1 don’t kuow i but what that was a wise and patriotic ; scheme. It certainly would meet witn j less opposition than tho present plan.” I (Laughter.) Having favorably acted upon four j bills, the com mil tee, :it 10;8D, ro-ie, a.ud t the House adjourned TIIE INCOME TAX AGAIN. Better Part of Five Hours Consumed in Discussing Hill’s Amendment. Washington, D. C., Jan 11 — The de bate in the Semite to-day ou the subject of the income tax occupied the better j part of five hours. Most of that time j was used by Mr. Hill iu advocacy of the j amendment offered by him yesterday,: giving courts of the U tiffed Siutes juris- j diction to hear aud determine suits to test the constitutionality and validity of J the tax. He assailed the tax as unequal, , ununiform, and unjust, aud expressed ; his conviction that the Senate would J agree with him that the provision as it now stood was unconstitutional, uuwildy ; unworkable, aud that it ought uot to be j inflicted on the tax payers, the executive officers or Congress. Mr. Sherman Agrees With Hill. Mr. Sherman said that in the main, he ! agreed with the New York Senator iu ; regard to the tax, but he held that a re- \ \ fusal of the S nate to appropriate money | to carry it out would tend to overthrow ; principles on which the government is i established and would be practically wrong in regird to a revenue measure which the Senate had no power to origi nate. Speeches were also made by Mr. Du j bois, (Rep.) of Idabo. Mr Quay, (Rep.) j of Pennsylvania and Mr. Mitchell,(Rep.) 1 of Oregon. A motion of Mr. Quay to postpone the further consideration of the bill and amendment till the fiist Monday in Fob ruary received one vote (his own) in its favor, and forty-three against it. A po nt of order was made against the Hill amendment (that it was general | legislation on a general appropriation j bill), and was sustained by the presiding officer, (Mr. Faulkner, (Dem.) of ! West Virginia). An appeal from | this ruliug was taken by Mr. Hill, j and at that stage of the proceeding. | the whole matter went over till to-mor j row. Two More Financial Bills. Two financial bills were introduced, one by Mr. Vest aud one by Mr. Mc- Pherson,(Democrat) of New Jersey, the | latter authorizing the issue and sale of ; bonds. The salient points of the bill of Mr Vest are these: It makes no reference to the refunding of the green backs; pro vides for the unlimited coinage of silver at the market price—the government taking the seigniorage; it calls iu all gold and silver certificates aud treasury notes and substitutes certificates that shall be redeemable in either gold or , silver, according to conditions —if the j surplus in the treasury is less than *IOO,- j 000,00<S to be redeemed in silver, if more than $100,000,000. to be redeemed in gold; provides for an issue of 0 per cent, bonds to maintain the reserve, but limits the amount to the $100,000,000 stipulated in this bill. The Senate at 5:20 adjourned till to morrow. X North Carolluian Killed. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 11.—J Chadwick, of Morehead City, N. C., whs crushed to death this morning in a peculiar manner. He had gone inside the bucket of a dredge to repair it when the engine wheel slightly reversing, threw the heavy bucket shells together, crushing him across the waist. For the Teachers’ Assembly. i The executive committee of tho State l Teachers’ Assembly will meet at the Paik - Hotel January 19th to fix the time oi meeting and program for the Assembly ' at Morehead City. DEVASTATING FLOODS OVERILOVUND Till l» !] RANKS AM) DOING GltKtT I) \ M ARE. ROANOKE. NEUSE, LITTLE RIVERS. iovcr 100 l. t t ot Dam Mashed mvm > lor ihe Willa <1 MHiiHtHCturiiig t'oin* puny—lt will take at Least two Months to Repair the Damage ami sal the Mills to Work—Hath the Roa noke ami 'ease Rivers are also very Much Swollen. Special to New .uni Observer. Di’RHam, N. 0 , Jan. 11. Mr A. Ci Cox. of Wilhtuisville, N. C., Iras in town to-day lie reports that ; yesterday the flood m Little River hurst 1 he dam wldeti supplies rho water p over lor the Willard Mamraetu: mgCunip.'.iiy. About 100 tiot ofdaiu Wits washed out j , lid it will be at least two months b lore the dimago can I*' repanrd and th* | r fills pot to wor k agarn. Mr. t says i: is probable that new bailors will Ire put. in, so that they \vi- 1 be independent j 1. 1 water supply. As it sno \ they ha ■ e steam power whicu is only used to sup j I lemeut the water power to day weather vheii the water is iow. At a meetingof thestockln 1 Urs of the I irst. National Bank, y esterday evening, t lo busint ss of the bank, wa - found to be a very satisfactory condition and the usual dividend was declared and a stlis f ictory addition made to the surplus f ind. The following dirocurrs xiv e acted: J S. < arr, T. J. Lambe, -I. T. Mallory, \V. U. Cooper, Leo I>. Uesrl.t aad J. VV Walker, of Durham, and .1. 0 Beers and employes wt re te elect•<: Vz:J. S. Carr, President; Leo I) 11 arts, , Cashier; J. M. Wonted, Teller, William j hollo way, Book-keeper; C. C Thomas, j Assistant Book keeper, and V.'. B. Ko v- U nd, Coketor. To night the three lo.lg- s of Knights o: Pythias of Knoxville, Tenu., will have a joint installation of odicers which will Ibo public aud attended with several vory interesting features. Among the lint of officers to be installed is Junius Parker, Esq., who recently moved from ti is place to th ;t city. Mr. Parker will bo installed as prelate of his lodge. Prof. Logan Howell,Superintend* tit of j tl: e Goldsboro, graded school is m i in town inspecting some features of our ej cellent graded school. Dr..J. M. Johnson and Messrs. W. T. M riant, C. B. Green, Chas. P. Howerton. IS< m Dixon and li I. Rigors were some j of the Durham folks who went down to !dty to take a peep at. the new law ; in ikers. Mr Jim Lyon, who is a most thorough gr ing Populist and should be in the cou ! tic enee of the leaders of that party and ; w] io ha< just returned form Raleigh,says 1 tn s srx per cent interest bdl w rit certain ly become a law, aud that any attempt : to prevent its enactment will be a waste of energv Rev. J. C. Kilgo will preach for the co igregaliou of the Tyron Street M E. ch iireh of Charlotte oa next Sunday mi truing The young son of Mr. A. C Weatherly, |of Dayton, died this morning. Though iou y one year old it is said the child | : w( ighed more than fifty pounds. Tne stockholders of the Educator Cmt pa ly hehl their annual meeting yvs'er-1 da f evening. The reports of its officers j wt re received, aud showed the business ' of the company to be in i mod gratify inj; condition. Iu fact it was shown i th it their business during the last six m tits had been more profitable than ! evi ir before. The same board of direc S tot s and officers were re-elected. Mr. I -Ja n:s H. Southgate is President of the I coi apany and Mr. H. E. Seeman is the Se retary-Treasurer and busim ss maua gei . The directors are Lei. D Heart , Ue). W. Watts, Jam*s H. Southgate, H. iE. Bee man, R. E. Morris and E. iV Ken nedy. At a regular meeting of the Durham ! Lodge of Knights of Pythias, held last I niiht, Mr. T. E. Cheek declined to ac ! ce] t the position ot C. 0., to which he jwa j recently elected, and Mr. J. J. Wi ird was elected to take his place I Th >n the new ollieei's were all duly in stalled into their respective places: J. J. i Ward, <J. 0 ; S. B Burch, V. C ; Dr J. 'A. Smith, P.; J. D. Pridgen, M E.; J. B. [Mason, Jr. M. F.; H B Chamberlain, IK. of R. aud S., and L. J. Kirk i laffld, M. A The Durham Cotton Manufacturing | Company held its stockholders meeting I yesterday. Their mill, which is located | at East Durham, is oi e of the very best managed mills ill State, and always pays bao*ls one dividends. Mr. Seymour, representing the Mari etta, Ga , marble quarries, was in town to-day. Col. J. S. Carr spent the day iu Kal uga. The passenger train on the N. & W. ; li.pt ran into a rock yesterday which had slided down close to the track. No damage except to the steps of the coacht s resulted. The water in Neuse river got over a small section of the O. & C. R R during ihJuight, but it was carefully watched bylthe section force, aud no damage was i dole and no trouble to travel was caused. Thl Roanoke river at Clarksville is re potted to bo very high. Mr. O. L McFarland, of Shelby, N. C. who has been a student at Trinity College, left this evening for bis home, will the purpose of going from thence tal)k«h.bom» WEATHER PREDICTION. For North Carolina: Fair; slightly cooler: westerly winds. For Raleigh and Its Vicinity: Saturday. Fair; cooler NUMBER ’47. i Boston; T. W. Harrington, Chicago. Dr J. S. Sturgeon, of Hil'shorn, who has tie* n in Oxfoid for M \etal dins, re j turned home to d <y. Miss Rose Nicholas, of Harrisburg. ; Va , who, with two friends has spent a 1 out ten days in town left to day. They were so well pleased with Durham that f hey will come here and go into business in the early spi ing. Mr C B. Green, chairman of the b >ard of county commissioners, has a card in the Da l Sun tins evening in which he states that his hoard only means to make the town pay boar! for prison ers who are e nimitted for vi<>l«tionof town ordinances and that the motion to that e'Tec.t was all that was dot e. A love feast was In Id at the Main Sir i t M» thotlist Episcop d ' lturch at 7 o'clock this evening presided over by j Rev. Jesse A Cun> inggim Mrs Lucy fimrdnggim, wife of our | presiding eider, earn-down fr< in Greens i boro to day to j >in her husband here. 1 )r. J. It DeMotte. of Boston, lectured j here to ibglit tinder the auspiees of the I Piinity College Lecture Bureau. The i lecture was a success in every way; the ! hall was comfortably filled, aud the speaker had (In' closest attention for two i hours. His subject was '’The Harp of j the Bettses, or the Science of Character i Building.” MOTT RETIRES FROM THE RACE tlott Passes From Candidate to l)icta> lor —l'rttehard First Miyi Notified. The senatorial pot came near boilh g | over yesterday. The Pritchard forces, j thinking that early action woul 1 be fa | vorable to Pritchard, began circulating j a call for a Republican caucus on th ; Senatorial qtn sfion for to-night. Settle and Holton jumped on the prop j osition with all four feet but they couldn't jluld it down and nearly two i thirds of the Republican members j signed t he call. So the caucus will be i held to nt»,hf. For a momeut this action ra'tled Holton, but Settle still showed tight, and uotwithstanding his streuu lous fight against the caucus, imme diately after it was called, he was claim ing a majority for Holton en the firsi ballot, and advising the Dockery-Mott- Boyd contingents that they had tauter get on the band wagon. The Mott-Dockery Boyd forces also rallied, and began a campaign for de fetring a vote for Senator until next week. S ttle’s bluster did’nt disturb Pritch ard, but the proposit. on to pos'pone a vote did, aud they do say that Proprte . | tor Brown is in pocket about 40u on Pi Rcbard's dinner tor be didn’t eat more than 10c worth. The kaleidoscope turned ag in, and the colors of the Madison man came out in full once more later in the day. Jim Boyd seems cool and collected. The others are wondering what in the denee he came down here for anyhow, and more than one of them think that the live votts—three from Guilford and two from Al&mance which Boyd has a cin h on, would be th* its if Boyd had remained in Greensboro. Pritchard thinks so. Dockery thinks so, aud Holton thinks he knows so. Late in the day John M. Brower put jou a pair of glasses and thought he saw ; in the gathering storm a small Brower boomlet. He nursed it until it swelled |up as big as a balloon. A few friends j helped him hold it while it filled with ! wind, ami by sun down they were de -1 daring i hat it was about ready to sail !iu a’d stampede the caucus. “Y«*s,” said one of t ie Brower nit n, I “John Br-vveT is going to be the Garfield |of tbe .s uasion. He will go in with only | one \olc, perhaps, bat he will come out with a majority, atal you’ll see it.’’ Mott was rejoicing because the sun had appealed, for the weather of the past few days, he confessed, had soinewnat dampened his ardor. Holton was complaining a little be cause the News ano Observer said that he said that Pritchard was no longer in it. 1 lockery appeared io be about half mad i and the other half madder. Boy d was laughing and chatting and taking care of his quintette from Guil ford and Alamance. Pritchard was about in the lobby talk ing the first time in a week—coming down to ordinary folks, so to speak S* ttie had put away his stove pipe hat and his creased pan s and in North Caro lina garb was still almost demanding that Holton should be naimd Senator. Carver from Cumberland has two votes thit he claims will be Carter votes till the Senatorial carving is over. The Republican caucus to night will tell the tale, Pritchard claims 25 certain out of the 211 necessary to get the Repub lican nomination. It looks more like his claim is well fouuded than that auy other claim, will pan out. The programme is for the Republicans | to nominate for the sho’t term, in their 1 caucus, and for the Populists to formal ily name Butler (all the Pops are for i him), and then later to hold a formal ! joint caucus to ratify both But to-night ! will tell the tale, Settle, Holton &Co , | will p stpone a vote if they can It the caucus decides to night, it will tie the soonest that a caucus ever determined the question of the election of a Senator. The real reason why the caucus w r as called so soon will be found iu the fact thar Ewart, Settle, Iloltou, & Co., were understood to b : ''urrying up the con tested election cases unduly. Pritch ard's backers claimed that. most of the contestants, being represented by Settle, were pledged against Pritchard, and that his opponents were trying to unseat
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