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Librjr Os Congress The News and Observer. VOLUME XXXVII. TTKIE ILMMEST (BBDBGQDIUfcTOKI ®F MTCT GWTffi] (BADMDUIKIA IMOOf. RANSOM AND JARVIS. TWO Gl ANTS l\ Til E SEN VTE TO BE SUCH EE»»EI> 111 TWO FIG MIES. THE IDEAL SOUTHERN SENATOR. Both Hart 1 Served Their Peoplel'al'h (■illy and Their Hetiri ment is » .Hat ter ol General Regret ia W n-.hins.Mon —Senator Random as a Statesman and a Soldier— New Faces in Con gress After .March I--Pritchard to he Sworn ia Next Thursday. Special to the News and Observer. W.SHIVGTON, D 0., Jan. Ift One hundred North Carolinians were in the Senate gsl'ery this afternoon to her memorial addresses in honor ot the Senator Z«bulon B. Vance. In the President’s seat sat Mrs. Vance, Harry Martin and wife and Miss Sallie Hoke. In the opposite gallery were Mr. and M s. Ohas. N Vance and friends. Mrs. Vance was greatly touched by the warm words of praise of her husband's col leagues. On the tloor were all the North Oaro lina delegation and Secretary Cox. Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska and other prominent representatives. Senator Rms m ojien ed the exetcises and Senator Jarvis c.losed- Both spoke at length and feelingly, and were highly complimented on their ef forts. Retirement ol Senator Jarvis. It is expected that Jeter Pritchard will reach here ou the 24th and be s*oru in as Senator Vance’s successor Senator Jarvis will then return to his horn* in North Carolina among the people he has so faithfully endeavored to serve Both he and Seuator Ransom have many friends here. In the Senate they have won the esteem of members on both sides of the house and many even of their political opponents will feel their retirement as a personal loss. They have both been faithful in their atten tion to the interests of North Carolina. Though Senator Jarvis’ stay here has been a short one, he has impressed all with whom he lnts come in contact as a man of great ability and tine pers mal character, and he will leave with the esteem and best wishes of all who know him. New Face* in the Senate. In referring to the retirement of Sen ators Ransom and Jarvis, the Washing ton correspondent of the Atlanta Jour nal says: “One by one the senatorial landmarks are disappearing. The first time Vice President Stevenson calls the Senate to gether after the 4th of March next, peo ple will lo >k in vain for faces that have been familiar there for years past. This is as true of the South as of any other section. Colquitt and Vance have al ready been gathered to the fathers, and with the assembling of another Congress the faces of Ransom, Jarvis, Butler and Walsh will be seen no more, at least for some time to come. Many of those were thought to be secure of their togas for a lifetime. “Who could have foretold that the aristocratic Butler’s chair would have bee a occupied by South Carolina’s one eyed Oincinnatus — Ben Tillman? That Marion Butler, a stripling Populist, would supplant the cavalier Matt Ran som, or that the place, not long since that of the r*dde*t hot Democrat that ever lived Zeb Vance, of North Caro lina, would be taken by an out and out Republican? Verily the tl ght of time is swift and puzzling. People will watch with iutertst and fairness the career of this “new blood,” as the northern Re publicans, who are always pleased at the downfall of southern decency, are prone to term it. To the southern idea these men, many of them at least, have been their notion of what a seuator ought to be. “They may not have been conspicuous orators or distingusue 1 for unduly hard committee work, but they have always been true and honest men. Unlike their Northern and Western confreres, they have been poor m *n. As Dr. Candler ex pressed it at the funeral of Senator Col quitt, “Though poor as church mice, they are as proud and honest as the noonday sun.” True to their States in war and peace, loyal to their people in their every fibre, men like Ransom and Butler will be missed. The Best Type «*l Southern Senator. “Senator Ransom is the best represen tative of the Southern Senators as a type. Brave, generous, proud and poor. He has been on the theatre of public life since he was a youngling. The breath of scandal has never touched his toga, the man dot's uot live who claims that he ever went back on his word, personal or political In bis manner he is a Ches terfieldian, in the true sense, as course ous to the poor an 1 lowly as to the rich and powerful. As a Senator he has long borne reputation for intelligence and faithfulness to convictions, which has won him high esteem and made him a power of good to his State. As a soldier he won high place, sur rendering at App unattox as mtj >r-geu eral. while entering the service of the South as a lieutenant colonel. As an orator he has many brilliant parts, but owing to a heart affection has spoken but seldom in the past few years. His retirement from the Senate is taken as a distinct bereavement by ev ery Senator, either on the Republican or Democratic side. The same might be said of all the Southerners in Washing ton. for with them all he is kiud and af fect i< nate, and occupies a waim place in their luarts. Ransom's Successor. “Himself less than any other man in Washington, seems to tie concerned about his retirement. His shoulde rs are a lit He straighter, his manner more polite and kindly than ever, if such a thing he possible, since the news came of the overthrow of the Democracy in the I at - Heel State. He could have borne a per 1 sonal defeat even better than that of his party, for he is game as a pebble, and must have the consciousness of having served his State well and faithfully since he first entered the Senate-—when the embers of the civil war were still glow ing. Os his successor little is known here. He was a lieutenant of the late President Polk, of the Farmers’ Alliance, which practically bad its birth in North Carolina. He is known to Ire a “hustler. ” This is proven by his election. In politics he claims to be a true Jeffersonian Demo crat,elected by Populistsandßepublicans Time will soon test his quality of Jeffer sonian Democracy, and while none aredis pos-d to criticise* without reason, he will have to hold to a very high personal and political standard to fill the place of Matt W. Ransom. “Senator Jarvis is to be succeeded by a Republican, Mr Pritchard, said to lie a man of fine personal character. None believe that he can possibly succeed him self two years hence, the time his com mission expires, and he will have small opportunity to show much force.” Arrivals. Charles Adams and wife, Charlotte. A. G Bauer, Raleigh. Dr. J. M. Templeton, Cary. John Hyatt, Waynesville. Miss Addie Williams, Charlotte. Gen. Roberts, North Carolina. BONl> FORGER tJUIGLEY. He Has Already Pleaded Guilty aud is Co be Sentenced Wednesday. New York, Jan. 19. Edwin (). Quig ley, the bond broker, who by meaus of bogus city bonds, defrauded the Mercan tile National Bank out of $144,000 on the first of the month, spent a restless night in bis cell in the Tombs. He arose this morning in a very nervous and un strung condition. The man is a com plete wreck, so sudden w r as the shock of exposure aud imprisonment. He was visited early by a friend, who took to him the morning papers giving the full details of his remarkable crime. Quigley denied himself to reporters this morning. His other visitor said when seen that the prisoner was in a most forlorn condition. He was natu rally a man of nervous temperament, and his misfortunes had wotked him up to a pitiable condition. Quigley’s lawyer, J. H. Caldwell, had a lengthy eorsultation with him this morning. The prisoner is to be sentenced on Wednesday by Recorder Goff, and as he has already plead guilty and made a full confession, there remains nothing further for him to do but to settle his affairs before his removal to the State prison. He has pleaded guilty to forgery iu the first degree, for which the maxi mum term is twenty years. IT WAS A DRAW AGAIN. Fine Exhibition of Scientific Boxing at Coney Inland. Coney Island, N. Y., Jan. 19.—The sporting fraternity from all sections of the country gathered here in large num bers to see the pugilist contest between the two greatest feather weights of the world—Albert Griffo, better known as Young Griffo, of Australia, aud George Dixou. of America, champion feather weight of the world. Both men have re markable records as pugilists aud a bitter feeliug of rivalry has existed between them ever since their twenty-round draw in Bostou Juue 27, 1894. Their contest to-night resulted iu an other draw aud is described by those | who witnessed it as one of the most sci entific fights which has ever taken place in this country. Dixon’s seconds were Tom O’Rourke', Jack Kavliu aud Maurice Kelly. Dixon weighed 126 and Griffo claimed to weigh 129 pounds, but he looked more as if it was 139 pounds. Toe sec -nds of Griffo were Mike Dunn and Paddy Gorman, of Australia, and Benny Murphy, of England. The men went promptly to work as soon as they faced each other. Both were full of tight but extremely scientific and their woik was quick and sharp. Dixon was over auxious and forced the fighting at a tremendous p ee. Griffo was cool aud depended almost entirely ou his clever ducking and straight left hand puuches. It was a beautiful exhibition of scientific b >xing by two of the cleverest exponents of the prize riug iu the coun try. With all their fierce fighting, neither man succeeded in drawing blood aud the only indication of a fight was Dixon’s puffed and swollen eyes from Gnffo's straight left hand punches. Tnere was uot a mark on Griffo to show the effects of his punishment, although Dixon hit fully five times to his once in the twenty-fourth round. Dixou’s cheeks were badly swollen and bruised. Iu the twenty-fifth aud last round Dixou Was desperate and he fought like a tiger, doiug nearly all the leading, but he could not knock the trium phant stale from off Griffo’s face. The Australian only hit a few left-handed blows iu this round, as he was on the defensive aud spent his time in avoiding puuishment. The crowd was wild with excitement when the rouua ended, calling for Griffo aud otaers for Dixon. When the re feree decided the contest a draw there was a general cheer of approval, as it was the only deoi>ion that could be given under the circumstances. Both pugilists shook hands very heartily aud all hauds left the building iu a good humor a> d perfectly satisfied with their night’s en tertainment. RALEIGH. N. C.. SUNDAY, JANUARY 20. 1895. iIN MEMORY OF VANCE THE SEN VTE »’VYS IIS TRI BIT E TO THE V IRTI KSOI THE GREAT COMMONER. MR. RANSOM'S GREAT SPEECH. His Heart at Every Moment With North Carolina and His Devotion to Ilis People Unhonndrd —The Great War Governor of ihe South--For Thirty Years he Stood for his People And His State-Senator Jarvis’Trib ule to the Memory of his Predecessor. Washington, D. Jan. 19.— The press reports of the suppressed msur rection or conspiracy in Hawaii brought the always exciting subject of affairs in those Islands prominently before the Senate to-day. Mr. Frye started out with a resolution expressing the “profound indiguatiou with which the Senate had learned of the attempt to restore a deposed Queen to power, and declaring that the Presi dent should at once order American ships of war to the Islands. The Hawaiian Situation. The latter part of the resolution was objected to by Mr. Gray and was with drawn, and the words “profound indig nation” in the first, part were tones down into “regret” at the suggestion of Mr. H 11. But, even after this mutilation, the consideration of the resolution was blocked by an objection from Mr. George and the resolution went over till Mon day causing Mr. Frye to explain that God might forgive a Senator who object ed to such a resolution, but that the j people of the United States would never j forgive him. This temporary suppression of Mr. Frye’s resolution did not keep out, how ever, the discussion of Hawaiian mat ters, which was again reuewed iu a res olution offered by Mr. Aldrich a couple of weeks since, declaring it to be the , sense of the Senate that one or more ves sels of the American navy sin uld always be kept iu Hawaiian waters. Eulogies on Senator Vance. The close of the morning hour put a stop to the debate, and the rest of the day, up to sp. ru., was passed in the de- , livery of eulogies on the life and char- j aeter of the late Senator Vance, of North Carolina. Resolutions expressive of the profound sorrow of the Senate were offered by- Ransom, and were adopted. Then Mr. j Ransom opened the series of eulogies on the dead Senator, lie recalled the scene in the Senate chamber on the 16th of April last when the Seuate “lighted its black torches around the lifeless form ot that most honored and most be loved son of North Carolina, and when his mortal figure, covered with the bright tlowers of spring, and hallowed by the sacred devotions of religion, passed amid tears, like a shadow, from this portal forever.” “To-day,” Mr. Ransom continued, “his colleagues on this floor are here to place on the ever living annals of the Senate the record of their admiration of his vir tues. ” Ilia Career in the Senate. After a sketch of Mr. Vance’s boyhood and manhood, including his service in the Confederate army and his three terms in the Governorship of his State, M Ransom spoke of his position in the Senate, where his record was, he said, part of national history. “He was,” Mr. Ransom said, “a dutiful and devo ted Senator, aspiring and laboring tor the welfare ana honor of the whole country. Ho was, at all times, on the most important committees in the Senate i aud took a prominent part iu the discus sion of every leading question. He was an unceasing advocate of revenue reform and the uncompromising opponent of civil service reform. He was the ardent friend of silver money and of free coin- i age. He desired all the world to know his opinion aud position, ami never hesi tated to avow them. His heart w-as, every moment, with North Carolina, and his devotion to that State aud her people was unbounded. An Uncommon Orator. “He was an uncommon orator. He spoke w’t,h great power. His style was brief, clear aud strong; his arguments compact. His illustrations were unsur passed. He always instructed, always interested, always entertaiued; never wearied or fatigued au audience. The Senate always heard him with pleasure. The galleries hung on his lips, with bended bodies and outstretched necks, to catch his every word as it fell. His wit was as exhaustless as it was ex quisite. His humor was overflowing, and his phrases sparkled like bubbling drops of wine, tie was master of irony and sarcasm, but there was no malice iu his words. His shafts were never poisoned, it was the strength of the bolt and the skill of the archer which sent the steel to the heart of his victims. He believed what he said. He knew that it was true, and he felt its force himself. His heart was iu his words. For thirty years he had stood by the people of his State. He was to them a brother, ade fender, a preserver, a deliverer.” The Great War Governor. Mr. Blackburn spoke of Mr. Vance as the great war governor of the South, ranking side by side with the great Cur tin, of Pennsylvania, who represented the loyalty ot the Uuiou at that dark hour. “This man's character,” said Mr. Blackburn, “is best illustrated by an in cident with which I became acquainted within the last week. Gen. Schofield told me less than a week ago that when the war ended he was left iu command of the distret of North Carolina. He received a peremptory order from the War Department here to ar rest Governor N ance, and to capture all of his papers and correspondence ami send th- mto Washington. The General said he knew very well that Vance was not seeking to flee the country or to avoid arrest, but that he sent an officer up to his mouutain home with instructions to capture every paper that belonged ro his official or his v< rsonal correspondence General Schofield sent Governor Va’ ce. with these papers at d recoids tothe Sec retary of War-Pennsylvania's great war officer Stanton. The people thought Stanton not kind, even savage, but in my judgment, he was, in point of effi ciency aud ability, the greatest war Min ister that the world has known since the days of the Elder Carnot in France. “The papers were sent here, the records and books, and every particle of corre spondend that Vance had ever held with the President of the dead confederacy. Stanton examined it all, and when he did and saw what this man had done, how* persistent his efforts had been to ameliorate the condition of the federal prisoners aud to assuage the horrors of war, this great Secretary said to him: “On your record you stand acquitted You are at liberty to go where you will ” Brief but eloquent eulogies were pro nounced by Seuators Morrill, Sherman, Bate, Gray, George, Call, Dubois and Chandler. Senator Jarvis’ Eulogy. The last speaker was Mr. Vance's suc cessor in the Senate, Mr. Jarvis. He , said that he regarded Mr. Vance more like a brother than a friend, and he told a characteristic anecdote of him. He had been returning from Washington. While here he had been vainly seeking for the removal of his political disabili ties and for his being sworn iu as Sena tor. In the railroad car he had Wen amused and interested in a theological discussion between two clergymen on the doctrine of “election.” Finally they appealed to him for his opinion. “My experience,” said he, “is that an elec tion is not worth much if your disabili ties are not removed.” Mr. Vance was, Mr. Jarvis said, an , intellectual giant, and could easily have reached the foremost rank in any depart- I ment of life. He gave his life to the public service and to the people. His j successes were their successes; his glory their glory. They shared in all his trials and in all his triumphs. No man iu public life ever stood so steadfastly by the people and for the people. The Mount Mitchell ol Men. Mr. Jarvis described the mountain tops of North Carolina, prominent among them for its magnificence and sublimity being Mount Mitchell, and said: “North Carolina has had many great men, but it is no disparagement to them to say that Zehulon B. Vance was the ‘Mount Mitch ell’ ot all our great ment, and that in the affection of the people he towered above them all.” Mr. Ransom stated that it had been the purpose and desire of Mr. Hawley and Mr. Daniels to speak in affectionate remembrance of Senator Vance, but that their absence to-day was unavoidable, j “As a further mark of respect to the | memory of Senator Vance,” said Mr. Harris, “1 move that the Senate do now adjourn.” The motion was agreed to and the Sen- j ate at 5 p. in. adjourned until Monday. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. The Next Encampment to be Held at Houston in May. New Orleans, Jan. 19—The follow ing orders announcing the date of the next encampment of Confederate Vete rans at Houston. “Headquarters Con. Veterans, New Orleans, Jan. 19. General Order No. 131: The General commanding announces that the resolution passed at the late re nuion held at Birmingham, Ala., leaving the date of the next annual meet ing and re-union, which is to be held in the city of Houston, Texas, j to the General commanding, and tiie two Department commanders, they have unanimously agreed upon Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, May 22, 23 and 24, 1895, which dates have been sub mitted to our host at Houston, Texas, and acquiesced in. By order of J. B Gordon, General Commanding. (Signed) George Morgan, Adjutant General aud Chief of Staff. MISS STEVENSON’S FUNERAL. Special Car Will Reach Bloomington To-Night--The Funeral so-Morrow. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 19.- There was a brief funeral service at Hie Battery Park Hotel at 2:80 this afternoon over the remains of Vice-President Steven son's daughter, Mary Stevenson. It was conducted by Rev. R F. Campbell, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. The funeral car left here at 3:56 this < afternoon attached to the west-bound < train. It will reach Bloomington late Sunday night, where the remaius will be taken to the residence of John C. Steven son, brother of the Vice-President. The funeral there will be fiom the < Second Presbyterian Church Monday at i 2 p. m. 1 Forming His Cabinet. < Paris, Jan. 19.—M. Bourgeois had au interview with President Faure at 9 I o’clock this evening. He accepted the i ta"k of forming a cabinet and expects to have his list ready the first of next week. : LEE S BIRTHDAY THE SOI Til DOFS HONOR TO THE GREAT SOI.DIFR OF THE CON FEDEK A4 \ . FITZHUGH LEE IN ATLANTA. Thoiighout the Southland th*' Heroes W ho Wore the Gray Celebrate the Anniversary ol the Birth «*f Th* ir Commander—Gen. Fitzhngh Lee’s Adddress in Atlanta—Confederate Veteran Associations “ol Southern t itiesObserve the Day. Washington, Jan. 19. The Confed erate Veteran Association of Washing ton honored the memory of General Robert E Lee to night by speech* s de liver* d by men who distinguished them selves in the cause of the S uth, Indore a vast audience assembled at the hall of the Confederate Society. Stirring speeches were made, which aroused great enthusiasm. Intersper * *1 with the addresses were musical selections. Miss Lavinia Milli ken, of Tennessee, sung “The Sweet* st Story Ever Told,” and in response to encores, favored the assemblage with other selections. 'I he Day In Richmond. Richmond, Va , Jan. 19. Lee’s birth day is a I*gal holiday in Virginia It was observed here by the closing of the State and municipal offices ami the banks and exchanges, aud a partial sus pension of business. At the Soldiers’ Home at noon a salute of seventeen guns was fired, and in the afternoon the Richmond Howitzers fired the same number of guns on the Lee circle. To night Lee and Pickett camps of Confederate veterans had a joint eamp | fire at the hall of the latter, when speeches were made, and songs sung by the old soldiers. This was the chief feature of the observance here. In Baltimore. Baltimore, Jan 19.—The 87th anni j versary of the birth of Robert E Lee was celebrated to-night by ex. Confe derates by a largely-attended meeting at the Academy of Music, and a banquet at the Carrollton lL>t*l The occasion | whs the 15th annual reunion of the Mary land division of the Bocietv of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States. The concert hall of Harris’ Academy j of Music was well filled when General Bradley T. Johnson called the assembly to order. After prayer by the Rev. William Dame, General Johnston intro duced the orator of the evening, General Thomas T. M unford, of Virginia. General Munford had for his theme “The unseen hand of Lee . in Jackson’s campaign of ’62,” and held his large audience for nearly two hours, i At the conclusion of the address the members of the society-and their guests, preceded by a brass band, marched to the Carrollton Hotel, and sat down loan elaborate banquet. Tables were laid for 250, and the festivitits continued until a late hour, Houored in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga , Jan. 19.—General Rob ert E D'e’s birthday was observed here by the Virginia Society and Confederate veterans The Virginia Society had as 1 its guest Gen. Fitz Hugh I.ee, who made an address at the Y M. C A. building this afternoon His subject was “Gen eral Robert E Lee.” The orator devoted the greater part of his address to a sketch of the great confederate's life. Iu concluding, General Lee said: Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Address. “Englishmen whose past battles against each other have been recorded on the pages of history as evidence of their valor and heroism, are everywhere proud of their country, whose morning drum beat follows the sun. and, keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with the continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.” “Americans everywhere, too, feel a just pride in the destiny of the greatest republic the world has ever looked upon ” “The future now is in the hands of her citizens whether their fathers wore the gray or the blue, and the greatest patriotism and loftiest conservatism will j have to he exercised by all to prevent the ship of State from being wrecked on the breakers of the future, Wearers ol the Blue and the Gray. “The area of our country is so great, the rapidly growing population is be- ! coming more and more mixed, the inter ests of sections are so divers", that great national questions if decided to the sat- : isfaction of one or two parts of a common country, give dissatisfaction to the re ! maining parts. Improved machinery is doing away with human lab >r more and more each year, and the ranks of the ; army of the discontented are being ! crammed with r*oruits. “The girdle which binds the States of the American union hasalr adydisplayed weak spots since the war between them as defective as the armor plate of a new national cruiser. May the descendants of the veterans of the blue and gray ex ercise such wisdom, conservatism and patriotism that, like a great rock from whose sides surging seas recoil, they will become a great reserve around which the lovers of republ can liberty, as taught by our fathers, can rally, and against which all elements of destruction will disap pear. “The same laws govern ami the same tlag flies over all to day, and the Atneri cauisrn and loyalty of the South must n<»t be attacked when we meet to cele brate the memory of our w-ar heroes aud recount the deeds of our soldiers.” To night the Virginia Society gave a banquet to their guest. NUMBER 154. THE II AW \ll A N REVOLUTION. The Qt»* st on Com*"* up In *!»«' 1 loose and Can**"* Vii E veil tug Scour. Washington, Jan. 19 By his own request Mr Burrows, Senator ol«vt from Michigan, was excused from further ser vice on the committee on rules ai d ways and m ans, and Mr. Gannon, (Rep..) I is., v*;ts »pp iuted to take his pin*eon the first named committee and Mr. Grosvon r (Rep.,l Ohio, on the commit "it wavs and means. The House non oon* tirrcd in the Sen ale's amendments to the army bill aud conferees were appointed. The same action was taken with reqnvt to the (tension appropriation bill. The Hawaiian Revolution. The Indian appropriation hill was then taken up in commit t* eof the whole Its consideration continued without inei deutuntil within a few minutes of the hour fixed for th*' eulogy of the late Representative LisP 2 p in Mr. Buitelle, of Ma ne, gained the floor, and in a ringing speech referred to th ■ outbreak in Honolulu, in which the annexation committee, Mr. T. L. Garter fell, dying in defense of his home and family. When the committee rose, he said be hoped the House would jx'st pone for five or ten minutes, sis the ease nrght tie, the special order, so that the House, w hich nev* r tvefore in the histo ry of the Congress had failed to express its sympathy with any movement in be half of liberty, might adoffc the resol u t ons which he sent to the clerk's desk. An Angry Colloquy. Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, objected; whereupon Mr Boutelleshouted: “Upon your head be their blood.” (Applause). An angry colloquy followed, both gen tleraen shouting at the top of their voices, hut they were inaudible more than a few feet from their desks, owing t > the vigorous tappings of the gavel by Speaker Crisp, who had, in the mean time, resumed the chair. He commanded l*>th gentlemen to take their seats, anti, they still refusing, | he called upon the sergeant-at-arms to see if he could not enforce the directions of the chair. That cfficial not respond ling promptly, the Speaker said: “Gen tlemen should remember that this is the House of Representatives of the United ; States and their self-respect should com pel them to conform to the usages of a parliamentary body.” (Applause.) i The resolutions were uot read, and the Lisle obsequies were begun without j further interruption. Eulogies were delivered bv Messrs. McCreary, Lucas (Rep.), of South Da ; kota; Berry.(Dem ), of Kentucky; Dra per (Rep.), of Massachusetts; Gareth, Becker (Dem.), of Kentucky; Breckin ridge and Pence, and as a further mark of respect the House adjourned until , Monday. Tennessee’s Gubernatorial Contest. Nashville, Tenn , Jan 19. —The Re publicans in the Seuate to-day abandoned their filibustering tactics of last nigl t and responded to their names at roll cal 2 A quorum being present, the guberna torial contest bill was taken up and the monung session was consumed in its • discussion. The Republicans are using their most pursuasive arguments against its pass ! age, claiming that it is a partisan meas ure, and that it was drafted wi'h a view of retaining Gov. Turney in office. It seems to be the impression today that the Republicans will d* sist now from further filibustering until the final vote is taken, in the meantime they are do ing all they can to defeat the bill. Down to Seventy Millions. Washington, I). 0., Jan. 19 The treasury gold reserve declined slightly again to day, $150,000 being taken out, and it stood at the close of business at $70,677,900.50. Outside of withdrawals for export, the treasury gains gold daily in small quan tities from mint sources aud from the exchange of United States notes and treasury notes in the West. Cotton Letter of E. 11. Cnthbert A Co. Special to the News and Observer. New York, Jar.. 19. The speculation in cotton to-day was moderately active at a slight decline in value. Liverpool cables reported spot cottou there as easier with sales of 10,- 000 bales at 1-32 decline while the mar ket for futures opened easy at 1-64 de cline which was subsequently increased to 1 2 point, the market closing quiet aud steady at the decline. Later private cables said the decline was due to dis eouraging advices, cables from this side together with some selliug ord* rs. Our market opened easy, 8 jKiints de cline iu sympathy with these advices aud vigorous efforts were made by the bears to further depre-s it. but prices became steadier under the influence of good sup port aud some fresh buying, clos ing steady at about the open ing quotations with total sales of 81,000 bales. The receipts at the ports aggregated 28,102 bales against 25,231 last week, and 26,446 last year, while the exports were 48 265 bait s Our New Orleans correspondents estimate the re ceip's there this week at 65,000 against 67,658 last week, 53,873 last year, and 52,000 iu 1892. and the total receipts at all ports 200,0 i 0 b lies, agaiust 207,805 last week, aud 156,854 last year, and 131,000 iu 1892. E. B. Cuthbirt «fc Go. Ordered to Honolulu. Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.—The United Mates cruiser Philadelphia has been ordered to Honolulu to protect American iuterests. She can reach there in six days.