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ESTABLISHED 1867 WIL1M.LN (xTON, N. C. THUJRSDAY, DECKMBEIi 20, 1894- S1.00 PER YEAR. OPTIONS ON SWALIB-LANDS Il.-ltl by thJfteal Cstate Investment Company of Wilmington Extended. BIockde Distilleries Captured.. Curwpon.lence of tne Messenger. J i: a Leigh, N. Q. Dec. 18 The State I , ir- 1 of education renewed for twelve mirths the option on all swamp lands t 1 1 by Charles M. Steadman, president the Real Estate Investment company, , f Wilmington. V. lector Simmons is notified of the j. i n re of three illicit distilleries, one l v D pute Collector Moflltt on an island in t'H IVe Dee river in Richmond c ) jnty, owned and operated by J. K. !,!:,' and two by Deputy A. F. Rhodes n Caswell county. TH3 SOUIHERN RAILWAY. The Receivers Discharged Carne gie's Big Salt Argued. v iimond, Va., Dec. 18. Judge Goff (r,vrd orders in the United Statts Circuit court to-day, discharging Messrp. t and Hutd-koper as receivers of Iiichraond and -Danville railroad, confirming the sales of Richmond Danville property recently made. v.-i. Foster and Iluidekoper tendered i-v a'i'l aril Me tir, resignations. Arguments were heard this afternoon in th case of Carnegie against the Rfch-la-n-i and Danville company for $125,000 f r s:ii rails furnished. The court re- M rved its decision. A SIXTY DAYS' TRUCE. Tito Southern Railway to Submit a New Schedule, of Wages and Itules to Fmployea in Sixty Dajs. Washington, Dec. 18. AnefTortmade to-day to adjust the differences between ti e Southern Railway and its employes over the cut in salaries made by the re celvcrs. of the-road when it was known the Richmond and Danville has re sult d in a two months truce, arranged at a ccrftrence between the representa tives of the employes and W. H. Bald win, Jr., thiid vice president of the company. The conference was held at II irris hall and ws attended by Chief Arthur, of th Brotherhood of Locomo tive Knn, erp; A-hiatant Chief Wilon, of th - Itroihiibr "of Locomotive Fire nun; Chit f Carke. f the Order of Rail way Conductor-: Chief Brown, of the lirotherhooJ of Railway Trainmen, and alx'Ut forty n presentatiyes of the rnen who-e f atari s were reduced. The pro cet dings wi re informal and of pleasant character, and during the course of the hour that Baldwin "was there he sub mitted and dis ued what the company vxui'd do Mr Odd win said tLat wiicln the m-xt sixty days the company would submit.i.ew hchvou'es of salaries of em plot es, tog th r with new rules and reg ul.riocs, which it believed would be sat ifactory to all concerned. This was all that the company could say at the present time, as it was necessary to make careful inquiry and study in the preparati n of the.e matters. The dele gates received Mr. Baldwin's statement courteously and there was the best of ftelin dii?ayed. After :.:r - w . . Baldwin s departure the aei- elates held a long session, during which the proposition of the company was con- sidertd. The result was that an agree ment was reach' d to meet the repre sentatives of the company on February 13th, or sooner if the company were ready, to receive the new schedule and rules and to consider what action should be , taken with reference to them. It was agreed that during this interim no elTort should lv made by the employes to obtain a quicker settlement, 1 A. Creat Ualtle Is continually going on in the human system. The demon of "impure blood strives to gain victory over the constitu tion, to ruin health, to drag victims to the grave. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to defend one's self, drive the desperate enemy from the field, and restore bodily health for many 3'ears. Hood's Piils cure nausea, sickness, in dication and biliousness. Mr. Airy Dots. Correspondence of the Messenger. Mt. Airy, Dec. 14. Evidences of the -approach cf the Christmas holidays are seen on every hand. Even the tobacco raisers are rushing in their tobacco to sell on. Mt. Airy's most excellent market. Mt. Airy is looking up, notwithstand ing the stringency in finances. Several business houses and resiliences are now going up. Among others we will men tion the large plug tobacco factory of L. W. Ashlev Sons- 3. P. Graves, Esq., eon of the late Judge J. F. Graves, who has been indu- ixid sinrn th oVath of hiafatmr. is well again and attending to his legal af- ana l f c iiaic- v young lawvers in the State. Tii trsuit nmnn? our mercnants is hvelv. This is verv trratifjing. It i no ctrancft thincr to see leaf to bacco selling this f a5 on our warehouse doors all the way ftfkn $15 to fo0 per 100 pounds. Times are improving we firmly believe. J The Doctors Puzzled. Washinotox, Dec. 18. The condition of young Bahen, the Georgetown foot ball player, was unchanged this evening. The physicians are greatly puzzled over the case. It is believed that an opera tion, if successful, would eventually re lieve hirn, but in his present weak con dition ii is feared that he could not stand the ordeal. There is much sentiment against further foot ball playing, and it is paid that an effort will be made to stop the game arranged for Christmas BOARD OF EDUCATION, - . IT MEETS TO MAKE SALE OP MORE SWAMP LANDS. More Propositions for New Con n tie -Proposed Redaction of Cotton Acreage Christmas Week Ga ieties Improvements of Tele phono System Complaints About Had btrrets and Pavements ' Sudden Death at Warrenton. Messenger Bureau ) Raleigh, X. C, Dec. 17. ) ODvernor and Mrs. Carr left this morning for Washington. D. C. Governor Carr will remain there until Thursday. It is said by friends of Mr. NV A. Mclan the Democratic nominee for Solicitor in the Seventh district, to whom the certificate of election is given, that he, like Mr. John E. Woodard in the Third district, will decline to receive it. The Republicans seem to be disposed to make something of a stir because the Popu' lists are putting forward their claims for all the offices in the Legislature, save the Speak ership of the House. The Populist papers all contain cards from Populist candidates for these positions.- The Republicans say that the Populists want the long term Sena torship. all the offices in the Legislature, save one. and also a railway commissioner's place. They, therefore, make bold to say that the Populists are greedy. There will be many office seekers here after December 31st. Some of the straight-out Republicans hint that H. G. Ewart leans too much toward Populism. His friends claim he is a straight-out and has not made any deal with the Populists. It is now denied that Dr. Mott is a stock holder in the Caucasian Publishing com pany. It is alleged by a prominent lie pub lican here that the Republicans are failing to take st'-ck In the paper, though not only Dr Mott but several others of them were at the organization of the company. Of course anybody can tike stock. The holiday trade here appears to be quite up to the average. The country people, low as is the price of cotton, all appear to have money. They have plenty of corn and meat and the sales of pork are quite large this season. The unseasonable warm weather makes it hard to handle pork well. Raleigh's amateur minstrels, sixteen strong, are arranging to giye a performance about. January 15th. Among to-dsy's arrivals here is Hon. Charles M. Stedman, of Asheville. Mr. A. J Joyner, of Halifax county, this State, was here to-day on his way home. He is the trainer of the well known Belmont racing stables. New YorK, and will spend the holidays with his North Carolina.rela tives. Editor Ramsey, of the Progressive Farmer, says that their is no truth in the rumor that that paper is to be merged into the Cauca sian. He says no proposition to that effect has been made, The Supreme court will in a day or two close up its work for the fall term. The seats for the new Legislators have all been assigned by CapU Koberts, keeper of the Capitol and are on printed diagrams. There are intimations of some other changes in the personnel of the officials of the Seaboard Air Line, changes which will by no means please people in this State. State Treasurer-elect V. H. Worth in forms me that Mr. J. V. Denmark, of the Progressive Fanner, will be chief clerk of the Trt-asury Department. Mr. Worth expects to go into office January 23rd. That is the date hxed by law. Messenger Bureau, ) Raleigh, Dec. 18. The State board of education meet to day at Governor Can's office. Hon. Charles M. Stedman and Gen. W. G. Lewis were present. The purpose of the meeting was to make a sale of some of the swamp lands held by the board. There now remain about 330,000 acres of these lands. Some of them are good lands. The term swamp lands is in not a few cases a misnomer. Some time ago it was intimated that the State desired to secure a large tract of these swamp lands for use as a con vict - farm, instead of occupying leased lands. It was then found that the 30, 003 acres which were wanted could not be had in one tract and so the idea was abandoned. At that time the Wilming ton, Newbern and Norfolk railway had an option on what was considered the most desirable ?and for farming pur poses, this being the White Oak swamp embracing 84,000 acres. The railway has not paid for this land, soth latter reverts to 'the State board.- A map is now being prepared here to be submitted to the Legislature in con nection with a petition for the erection of a new county to be formed out of Darts of Guilford. Fortyth. etc. This is the third project for a new county thus far heard of as to come before tke Legis lature. It is extremely difficult to secure the creation of new counties. Some farmers witn whom yor corre spondent talked say they will next year plant only four acres of cottoat, instead of twelve, to the horse. This is a big cut doTCi. if they stack tocfr. The mciease in local receiptsof cotton by wagons here is now over 6,000 bales, as compared with last season's receipts. Sales of leaf tobacco here this season show a decidec. increase over those a year ago. Yet the market is by no means oromrJv developed, and only one ware house out of three is open. Not much tobacco is planted in this county. Years aero the farmers lost heavily and since that time have touched this crop lightly. . Chitstmas week gaieties will be nu merous. At every Sunday school there is to be a Christmas tree. The Capital club and the Carolina Cotillion -dub will both fri ve balls. A large addition to the power bouse of the fetreeet Car company was begun to day. This will be for theeogines, boilers and dynamos. The Telephone company hero (the Southern Bell) is beginning $3,000 worth of work, including a new multiple board, cabling, etc. The new telephone com pany has not as yet got any further along than organization. There is a great deal of complaint about bad streets and sidewalks here. The chairman of the street committee asserts that the aldermen do not do that committee iustice. but handicap it, and tha.t no further improvements can ; be made unless there is an issue of bonds. It is contended that the city's income -barely meets its expenditures. During three or four months of the year, in the summer and autumn, when work can best be? done, there are no funds in hand. Rev. Dr. I. BIcK. Pittinger, rector of the church of the Good Shepherd, is to be married in that church January 9th to Miss Lucy Garrett, of Ring wood, Halifax county. Miss Garrett, who lives in thi3 citv with her sister, is well known in the Halifax section and greatly esteemed there and here. Mr. John White, one of Warrenton's oldest and best known merchants, died very suddenly last night. He had just reached home and as he entered his door he fell dead. He was widely known and has an extensive family connection. Revenue Collector Simmons appoints James M. Hines. of Newbern. a store keeper and ganger. V " ' The joint Legislative committee to day completed its examination of the office of the State Treasurer and began work in the Auditor's office. Senator Jones, chairman of the committee. thinks it will finish its work by Thurs day afternoon. Thft inspection of ther bo ks, vouchers, etc, is very, tedious. All the books and papers examined hare been found in admirable order. The Neics and Observer to-day makes some inquiries about Mr.. John E. "Wood- ard 8 letter, declining to accept the cer tificate of election in the Third district solicitorship matter. Mr, AVcodard last Saturday morning, in the reading room of the Yarboro. very kindly read to your correspondent his very manly letter and permitted some extract from it to be made. So much for this matter. PJSESIDENET CLEVELAND Declines to ITeeivo Any One on the Wistaria or to Accept Any Invi tations. To Hold a Recep I tion at peorgetown, Charleston, S. C, Dec. I8.r-The News and Courier dispatched a special reporter to Georgetown last night to see the President and received the following account of the President's "first day's sport: ' . Georgetown, S, C. Dec. 18. As the reporter for the News and Courier steamed up in hi special tug to the buoy tender Wistaria in Muddy bay, this after'! noon at 3:45 o'clock, he was just in time to see the President returning from the day's hunt in one of the Wistaria's nap tha launches. In the launch with the President were Dr. O'Reily, Capt. Evans, TJ, S. N.and Mr. Jefferson. As the launch reached the float at the bottom of the steps up the side of the Wistaria, the President rose laboriously from his seat ard pulled off his overcoat while the boat was being made fast, after which, with the assistance of two of the party, he stepped from the launch to the float. He climbed" the steps un aided, however, and did not seem very lame, although it ia, learned from mem bers of the crew and others who have i seen him, that his foot and ankls are troubling him badly, the ailment being rh&umatic gout, t At ter tb.9 President and other gentle men of the party went up the side the hands took out the guns . and the result ot the day's 6hoot, viz.: A large raccoon and forty-nine ducks, chiefly English mallards. As soon as the launch got out of the way the News and Courier tug went along side and the reporter was cordially, received by the genial captain of the Wistaria, who said that although glad to see him, he could not allow him to come on board, as his orders were strictly not allow one not connected with the vessel to come on board. The reporter then asked the captain of the Wistaria to as- . A " T . " 3 A 1 certain if the President would receive him, as he had come with an invitation for him to visit the city of Charleston. In a few moments a striking looking gentleman limped to the side of the ves sel, and, with great courtesy, introduced himself, proving to be the famous i Fighting Bob Evans," now commander of the New York. The President directed me to say" he said, "that he is fatigued by the day's hunting and is una ble to receive you, and while appreciat ing highly the courtesy of the invitation you bring to visit Charleston, that he is here only for sporting purposes and for rest and cannot accept any invitations." The reporter then asked the : President to grant him an interview. This the President declined on the ground of fa tigue. To the question by the reporter as to who killed the coon, there was no an swer, except a burst of smiles. After this there was nothing to do except to leave, especially as Commander Evans, although exceedingly courteous, looked as though be wished the Neve and Cou riers tug in sheol. As it pushed off a steam launch bring ing a delegation from the Palmetto club to tender the President a reception ar rived and came alongside. The delega tion, which was headed by the Hon. Mr. Morgan, mayor of the city, was received by Capt. Evans, but not allowed to board the vessel. The committee handed over (the gunwale a large horse shoe of exqui site white camelias, wishing the Presi dent good luck in his shooting. Capt. Evans politely declined for the President the tender of a reception, say- inr that tne citizens could see him at the depot on Saturday as he was about to leave, and the committee left with very, crestfallen countenances. In a few minutes, however, they were beck en ed back to thecide of the vessel and told by the captain that the President had consented Xn bold a reception in Georgetown on Saturday at 2 o'clock. before leaving for Washington, but begged that it would be short, aefhis lame foot made standing very painful to him. The reception is to be held in the historic hall of the Winyah Indigo society, where Washington held a - reception in 1702. since which time no President hzs risited Gergetown. ' CLOTURE IN THE SENATE FDBTHEB ARGUMENT ON THE . HILL -RESOLUTION. The Necaracnan Canal BUI Opposed by Senator Tnrple Mr. Springer Opens the Debate on the Car lisle Bill Notice of Amend- menu The Bill a Com - promise Measure Mr. " Walker's Opposition. SENATE. . Washington, vec is. The bill ap: propriating $100,000 to supply an urgent deficiency for public printing and bind ing was received from the House and was passed without reference , to the Committee on Appropriations, Senator Cockrell, chairman of that committee. stating that the bill had been considered informally and bad been unanimously agreed to, as, unless it were passed to day, the work at the printing office would have to stop this evening. I Senator Lodge offered a resolution calling on the President for the record of the extradition proceedings in tho case of Gen. Ezeta. and it went over till to morrow. Senator Hill called up his resolution for a cloture rule and addressed the Senate in advocacy of it. He said that the sentiment of the country seemed to desire the adoption of tome such rule The demand for a change was no limited by any party environments. I was not sought merely to secure partisan advantages; but it reflected .the deep conviction that time was unnecessarily wasted; that useful legislation was. at times, unreasonably obstructed, and that the conclusions of a majority did not find adequate and prompt ex pression. These views were widespread and could no longer well be ignored. He asserted that the privilege cf unlimited debate m a legislative body was incon sistent with, and destructive of, the right and rkwer of legislation. An ina bility to stop debate was an inability to legislate at, all. It was a significant fact that some method "of closing debate existed in the principal legislative bodies of every, civilized Government in the world, except in the English Houee of Lords and the United States Senate. But the House of Lords was surely not a body after which the United States Senate should pattern, especially in view of its loss of public confidence, its de fiance of public sentiment, and its well- known antipathies to progressive letris- lation in the interest of the masses. Senator Hoar expressed his full agree ment with Senator. Hill's view of the necessity of a change of the rules of the Senate, lit was one of the gravest public questions likely to arise, and ought to be dealt with with a kre and circumspection equal, to what should be bestowed . on an important amendment to the Constitution of the United Scates. , After further discussion, Senator Hill's resolution went over untill to-morrow. The consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill was resumed, . Senator Turpi continued his argument (begun yesterday) against the bill. Much of his speech was devoted to the engineering difficulties in the way of the enterprise, particularly as to the imprac ticability of maintain ng earthen embank ments in tropical or sub-tropical regions, and to the unreliability, as hecontended, of the estimate of cost. Without concluding his speech,' Sena tor Turpie yielded to a motion to pro ceed to executive business and at 4:25 o'clock the Senate adjourned until to morrow. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The debate upon the currency plan proposed in the Carlisle bill reported from the Committee on Banking and Currency, was begun in the House to day, according to the notice given yes terday by Chairman 8pringer. Objec tion was made to Mr. Springer's request for unanimous consent that general de bate1 should be closed with the adjourn ment of the House for the holiday re cess, and it began with no agreement of limitation in sight. The first speakers to-day were Mr. Springer, in favor of the bill, and Mr. Walker, Republican, of Massachusetts, who advocated the adop tion of his bill, which, he said, be would offer as a eubstitute for the Carlisle bill. These gentlemen, recognized a the leaders of the forces for and against the bill, spoke without limit, and were nstenea to attentively throughout by a large proportion of the members of the House. The last hour of the session was occu pied by Mr. Hall, Democrat, of Missouri, a member of the Committee on Banking and Currency, who reviewed at length tke objections to the Carlisle bill made in the report of the minority of the com mittee. He declared them to be absurd and said that the condition which con fronted the House was that if any relief were desired from the unequality and oppression of the present National Bank ing law, the Carlisle bill must be passed. The debate, in accordance with the present understanding, will continue the remainder of the week. Mr. upringer, in opening the debate, analyzed and explained the bill. He said it did not represent the views of any member of - the committee, or of the House in its entirety. It was a compro mise measure, and submitted as the best that can be hoped for at the present time. It is believed to be a step in the right direction, in the direction of giving greater stability and confidence to the United States and to the whole world. The finanrial world, Mr. Springer said, had come to the conclusion that a bond security was no longer necessary to the establishment of a circulation. The bill before the House does not require it. ilr. Smith asked what provision, if any. had been made in the bill for the protection of depositors. Mr. Springer responded that it was a currency xseasnxe, &nd was cot intended to interfere with nor change the regula tions for the security of National bank depositors found in other part of the National Bank act. He declared that this bill provided for that elasticity of the currency, the lack of which had been the greatest drawback of the sys tem.. ;.. Mr. Simpson asked if the chairman of tne committee had mad any caJcuUtkm or tne amount of additional currency that would be issued under, the bill And did he bear in mind that by the de posit or greenbacks as fecunty, they wouia oe taxen out or circulation o that the amount of the circulation would be reduced f.00,000,00 or fC00,OX,a0 Mr. bpringer replied that it wr.ul i b impossible to make any detmiuiy sp proximate etimato of the amount of currency that would be issued under the operations of the til': but h would cull the attention of the gentleman from Kansas (Simpson) to the fact that for every f 3i of greenbacks deposited ai security there would be issued f 100 f notes, lie stated that at the proper time he would move to amend faction 7 of the bill so as to cive the National banks a year after the passage of the bill within which to comply witn the terms of the law. Referrifg to the provision regarding State bank issues, Mr. Springer said that it might be assumed that States which wished the circulation of their banks to go beyond the borders of the State would make provisions for the redemption of. UiCir I1UUS9, HUUIU JlliaiT U n. . . L . t . U ,1.1 . 1. them safe. The State bank noted, how ever, would not be a iezal tender. The proposition reirardinc: State bank was different from the one dicupsed by the House atits lat session the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax.- He did not favor the repeal of the 10 pr r cent. tax. He had not changed bis mind regarding the State banks; but this did not prevent him from agreeing to a compromise. If this bill was enacted into law it would improve our financial system. It would not only do thLs, but in his opinion it would give the United States the best financial :systm ofany civilized country iu the world IC we passed it, said he, we would receive the commendation or our con stituents, which we did not- receive at tie last election." Mr. Walker, Republican, of Massa chusetts, followed. He said that if there ever was a case in which 1 rpad wan aked and a stone given, a fbh asfced and a scorpion given, it was in this in stance. He wanted to go back to the Jackson-Benton Democratic platform of compelling the banks, in return for the franchise granted them, to maintain at their own expense the parity of their notes with gold. In conclusion Mr. Walker paid his bill provided for the appointment of a com mission consisting of five leading bankers in the five principal redemption citte. who shall give the Secretary of the Treasury advice and counsel in all mat ters relating to the financial matters of the Government. This was a measure of relief to the Secretary that was worth a whole session of legislation. "Manning has died; r-Windom-has-'-died: -ami -any Secretary who remains at the head of the Treasury Department for four years and does rot die. ha?n t done bis duty. Laughter and applause. Mr, Hall said the milk in the cocoanut of opposition to the Carlisle bdl wa con tained in the statement in the minority report: M Whatever legislation i-i had with reference to the finances of the country or banking, in its effects upon National banks, should be permissive and not mandatory as to National banks while their present charters continue." That is,'' said ilr. Hall, "these banks are not to be disturbed in their present monopoly of the issue of notes, and that we must wait upon their convenience and desire in the matter of banking changes in the law. At the conclusion of Mr. Hall's re marks the committee rose and at 5:15 o'clock the House adjourned until to morrow. Just before adjournment Mr. Hender son, ot isortn Carolina, reported toe Poatoffice Appropriation bill for the year ending June 3", &jG. The Run's Cotton Itevlew. New York, Dec. 18 The Sun' cot ton review says: Cotton declined 1 to 2 points, but got this back and then ad vanced 1 to 2 points, closing quiet and steady with sales of C9, 000 bales. New Orleans advanced 2 points on March, but lost it. Spot cotton hre was dull and weak, at unchanged prices with no sal-s; Liverpool to-day decltn-d l-32d on the spot, with sales of 8,000 bales. 000 added to the sales of yesterday, mak1- ing them 10,000. Futures declined 1 point and closed quirt and steady. In Manchester yarns were in buyer's favor and in moderate demand. 1h-re i sid to be a large short interest in New York New Orleans to-morrow exp-cU 12,0 0 to 14.100 bale,igainFt l.82i on the Mice day last week and l7.tJ7 lant year. Prt receipts to-day were 62,614 b ties, againt 57,0t0 this day last week, and 64,4 0 last yean thus far this, week, 190,527, agint 163,894 thus far l.st week. The big re ceipts had little effect here in Nw York. Neither had the decline in Liverpool nor the, weakness or .Manchester and the Southern markets, nor the fear anion some operators that the auction sale of 27,000 packages of cotton goods to-morrow may result in lower prices. The disposition was to await the result of the auction. In the meantime the price is low, ana, li the bulls are not aggressive, the bears are no less cau tious. Corned to Death in a Station IJonae. Denmark, & C Dec 18. John Wil liams, colored, who was incarcerated in the station house last week for fighting, and who was suspected of being an escaped convict, set fire to his prison this morning about 4 o'clock and per ished in the flumes. Mr. L Rich, alarmed by Williams cries, went to the scene and used strenuous efforts to break down the door but without success. The the ory u tnat William' motive ma to TO SNUB THE PRESIDENT LIVELY TUXES 111 TJIE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE Opposition of a Member to m rtra Imiort Intltlns Mr. ClmltM) to Columbia III Irotm Akalasa th Paage of the !tco!n tlon and Drnu octal or jr or the Irrtdent Th lluIat!on Adcptrtt. GHMi:uC.,Dec.l$. J& the Hocs of Representative to day Mr. He Gill, cf Abbeville, introduced a cotcurrtnt rtat lution as follows: Wiicnr AS( xhc IWJf nt of th Unite Statej ani prty an now tUitlng In thl State, and t -Whereas. Tho General '.! A mbly is now in 8ion anl drains to extend U the President and gent!emrn acoomrnny ing him that ccurtcty due his exalted ci flciil position. 1 Resolved, By the IIou-, the Senate concurring, that an invitation-extended to the President and party to viit the General AwroMy and accept the privileges of the Hour of the two Ilotura. As soon an th retduttona wrrv irwd. Dr. Wich. of Newberry, moved to re ceived it a information. Mr. Duncan, of Newberry, a trong refomu-r, then said: "I ))oo thU mat ter will but he dij'd of in thU wsy. Lam opposed to extendicguch courirry to a President for whom ju,tly enter tain ho little nfprct. I. therefore, move to tall the nnolution." The Speaker seamed tn h'itat about putting ti e n otion. He said that, aa t tho pr aiding ulllccr, he doubted the pro priety ot men a motion. Mr. Manning, a Cvrjsrf-rvative, i"ld tho matter had coin ( lvfore! tb llouno Any action looking to rt diving it as In formation would have a bd appear ance, lie Uftgrted teat the revolution ' be witl df.iwu Mr. WaUon, the Reform; leader, then took tho floor. II stid lie hoped tho resolution would not be withdrawn. Tho matter if withdrawn had gone so far that it would br given full publicity. While they might differ In tolicy from President Cleveland, he was neverthe less President . of the United Bate. I hope we wont go down on record aa taking uch action aa this,0 he siid. Mr. Tatum cf Orangeburg, another leading R former. cck the floor and tried to hlp Mr. Watson control tho House, lie said they couid not a fiord. tj vote this riolutioa down. Nobody was more opposed to Mr. CloveUnd policy than himself, but it was time to stop. - M Air. Williamson endorsed Mr. Wataon n remaiks. He said this was a duty thejr owed themselves and their I State. 4 The Speaker then took a hand, Mjinr they wereHs.umng anj opposition to thi it Solution wEIcTi drtTKot eiLt,ao far as he had Been. He raid he had noticed no oppo-ition. He uggi sted that the vote be taken on the adoption of tho n solu tion. Quickly he put the motion on a. viva voce vote. No nays wrre beird and he d-clared the resolution Unani mou3lv" adopted. i . In the Senate D. Brrd and on ciYtr Senator voted against tho resolution but there wnsnodbjcu'fion nor anv incident. At the night fresxion of the Houne Mr. Duncan brought the matter up train. He introluced the following Hn at local r. solution, which was signed by hlmm lf and Mr. J. U. Black well, of Williams burg. It was a-nt up to I the Speaker. who asked Mr. Djncan what he proposed to d with the resolution, to have li paired and recorded in hUj own behalf. or something else? 1 Mr. Duncan said ho wsntod it spread. on the minutes. v The resolution read as follows:, Resolved. That with all due rtgnect fcr the office of President of the Uniti d States, and with du deferrsce to thm policies and principles of parties. wish to be recorded as ever ready to do honor to him to whom honor la duo. but, in our opinion, G rover Cleve laud, having prostituted the high office cZ President of the United States, in uaintr his opportunities in the betrayal 4 Ibmr Democratic party and the repudiation cX Democratic principles, we record our selves as opposed to the resolution patted by this liou-, doing honor to fh great est party wrcxer in the history cf American oil ica. Aftr the uttter had been read. Mr- Pollock and several members jumped trp anad?rrtl thl!7' The Speaker The matter is not tic Lot- able. Mr. Winkler I move to lay the- reso lution on the table. j The Speaker put the question and it. was laid on the table three no vote being ditinguihed. j The llnuw then got back to its work. but Mr. Duncan was cot yet done. In- about ten minutes he arose again with m . copy of th State Constitution in hi- hand. He taid h ro to a ou ntlcn of personal privilege. He quoted a aectksu from the Corstit ition giving any mem ber the ritht to object ;to anTthinrr adopted by the body, and to have Lia reasons for his protest recorded in the journal. It was a hom-trike. : Ilo raid alter reading the section, that ho aked accordingly that his resolution tm recorded. .;. i . The Speaker Ignored the reouet antf started t continue the regular wot k. Mr. Duncan Mr. Speaker, I wax. your ruling on my point. I wast to know if this House can cpenly viUiis- the Constitution? Speaker I am only the meatier Ices- of this body. This body baa acted. Ilr. Duncan persisted in the mtllrr. insisting that the constitution gave hisx rights in the matter which the bode. could not take from hltn. " The Speaker That is your opialca cry the subject of the Constitution, aid all I can say to you is that the House listened to you with pleasure. And tzzz csded tho Ckvclasd tioa.