ESTABLISHED 1867.
WILjviINGTON, C. Wr.DNiSDAY. DECEMBER 11), 1891.
PRICE 5 GENTS.
TEL GEAPHIC SUMMARY.
The South Carolina Legislature adopts
a concurrent resolution, invitini; Presi
dent Cleveland to visit that body There
was some opposition from a lit Cormtr,
who wanted to table the resolul ion
Debs and hia associates decide I to go to
jail and will not appeal from Judge
"Woods' sentences The Southern Rail
way company notifies the represe: itatives
of employes in conference in Washing
ton that it will submit in sixty days a
new schedule of wage3 and rulus, and
the employes agree to await his
George A. Minetree, druggist, of Peters
burg, makes an assignment- Will
Myers, the essassin of Forest Crowley is
sentenced to be hanged February 8th
The receivers of the Richmo id and
Danville Railroad company jai e dis
charged Argument is heard in the
Federal court in the caso of Carnegie's
suit for $125,000.: against that company
-The State board of education ex
tends the option on swamplands, held by
the Real Estate Investment comi any, of
Wilmington -Revenue officer seize
three blockade distilleries On arrival
of the steamer Nachez a- wocpan on
board is arrested, charge! with
to burn the boat- A negro in
ittempt
f!.e sta
tion house at Danmark, S. C, altempts
to burn his way out and pertehea j in the
flames The Norfolk and Southern
railroad declares a quarterly dividend of
1 per cent Maj Sprigg Hitrwood,
clerk of the court at Annapolis since
1857 and hid great nephew J. H&rwood
Iglehart die almost simultaneously
The cashier of the Central National
bank, of Home, N. Y., is a defaulter to
i the sum of 27,000. The teller hjas dis
. appeared i but the cashier 6avs he is in no
Way connected with his stmrtage'j The
pteanJer Oakfield, cotton ladsn, "ilGalves
ton for- Liverpool, puts in at Johns
with her cargo on fire Tho pushing
has to put. in at Lewes, Del., on Recount
of roug:i weather No one is pillowed
to; visit the President on the "Vf istaria
-and he decline's all invitations. Jlle vr ill
hold a reception at Gf orgt townf Satur-
day Bahen the injured fdbt I all
player is no better. His casejpuzz'es
the doctors The coroner's jiijry find
that Bowen came to his death through
npglect of the club's not having the floor
of the ring padded
the Seaboard Air
It is rumored that
Line becomes the
property of the Southern Railroad com
pany The Su'.h Carolina Senate
passes the Metropolitan Police jaw
X negro is lynched near Oeala, Fa., for
assaulting a whitJ girl The body of
Capt. Overguard, captain of the steamer
Don Juan, wrecked ia December 1803
has been washed ashore, well preserved ;
OPTIONS O.N bWAM? LANDS
Hid by trirjtlal Ksfate Investment
Compmy of Wilmington Extended j
I litockade Distilleries Captured. '
tncrresponaence of tie Messenger. ji
Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 18 Th State
board of education renewed for twelve
months tlw oDtion on. all swamo lands
held by Ch.irles M. Steadnian, president
of the Real Estate Investment company,
of Wilmington.
Collector Simmons is notified of the
seisure of three illicit dL?tillerifs, one
by Depute Collector Mofhtt on ad
island
in the Pee Dee river in
count y, owned and operated
McRae and two by Deputy A.
in Caswell county.
Riehmond
by
J. R.
F.
Rhodes
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The Receivers Discharged nCarne-
trie's Snit Argued
RiciniOND, Va.. Dec. 18. Jude Goff
Tifr.d orders in the United StaUs
Circuit court to day, discharging Slessrf.
poraml TTui,ltkooar a3 rceivert of
the Richmond and Danville j railroad I
and confirming the sates of Ridhaiond
an I Danville property recently
made
Messrs. Foster and Huidekoper t
ndered
their re?ignations. .J
Arguments were heard this af
:ernoon
in the case of Carnegie against the Riih
mond and D inville company for f 125,000
f.r Htfi-1 tmU furnished. The icburt re
gerved its decision.
A steaniT S Carso of Cotton o?n rire.
ST. Joiix'3, N, F., Dec. 18. Tile Btit
Ish tteamship Oaktield, which! sailed
. ! 1 . .
from Galveston, November 2Gth. ;yia
TCewnort News. December 8th. fejr Liver
pool, with a cargo of cotton, has jarrivWd
at this pert with her csrgo on fire. Last
stnrdav. when o!f Caue Ricel smoke
fis seen issuina: from the forward ven
eilator. The pumps were at once set
m work and the hold of the feteamer
tioo.b'd with water. The ve-fstl was
headed for this port. Sunday tporning
the officer of the stx-amer, thinking that
the tire had been gotttn under control,
r continued on the voyage to LiVerputu,
but duriug Ue. afternoon the hre aaio
gained lu-sdway and the steamer once
more turne i towards this port. The ex
tent of tiie fire is thought o b consid
prahlp. owin? to the difficulty expe.-
j.jieuctd in keeping it within bounds
Anothf.r Ba.'it.Einbezzlo'afient.
Rome, N. Y., iec, 18 An elimina
tion of the books of ike Central National
bank of Rome by National E$ik Exr
aminer VanVranken to-day disclosed the
fk't that the cashier of the bank, John
Ej. Bielbv. is a defaulter to the amount
sf $ .'T.tViO, of which sum he has SS.OOO to
'vw-Toiit in Ww York, which he will
return to the bank, leaving a net short
as? i of S19.010. It is the oft told story
rUhhlirw in stocks and catting
deeper to makejnp losses, ine u
not suffer, since it is protected
ishipr fond to the amount of
The bank will
by the
20,0O0.
ti.k tllpr the bank. Sam'll
Gillet.
r.nt i?i an annparance to-day and
is not to be found. The cashier Isays the
teller is not implicated with hiy. uj any
war.
firowiner out of this defalcai
ion.
an
a-amination of the accounts
of
the
. . . I l. i :
Oneida uouniy oavinga ua.ua, UUDir
ness of which is handled by the
Central
National banfe, is in progress
by State
f5iuk Examiner Backup, of Albapy.
Death at Vnc le iind Nep
ew
n'.T.Ta MdV. Dec; 18. Ma
. Spri
HarVocKi. wfco" has been clerk o!
the Cir-
cpunty
cuit court of Anne
.!, cinn lSfi7. died l!
t night
tt nld. Almostfeimulta
ne m.ly with t!fe death of M3- Hardwood
l. (rrlml npr.hew. J. Harwood Jngle-
hart, died of congestion of the brain.
Ficbanice to Close
KFwTrc: D-c. 18. The New -York
Will
be closed on
Dtcember 24th, 25Ui aii
on January 1st.
31st. and also
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
IT MEETS TO MAKE SALE OF
i
MO
E SWAMP LANDS.
More Propositions for New Counties
Propostjd Redaction of Cotton
Acreage Christmas Week Ga- j
let fesj Improvements of Telc-
phone System Complaints
fluqui uaa pireets ana
PavemenJs Sadden:'
Peat h at Warrenton. S
- I:
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh. Dec. 18.
The State board of education meet to
day; at Governor Cart's officel 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 retnain about 330,000 acres of
these. lands. Some of them are good
lands. Tl e term swamp lands ia in not
a few case i a misnomer. j .
Some tine ago it was intimated that
the State c esired to secure a large tract
of these svamp lands for use as a con
vict j farm, instead of occupying1 leased
lands. It was theii found that the 30,
000 acres which werfi1 wanted could not
be bad in one tract and so the idea was
abandonee . At that time the Wilming
ton, Newbern and Norfolk railway had
an option on what was considered the
most desirable land for farming pur
poses, thijs being tne 'White Uak
swamp," Embracing 84.UU0 acres. The
railway hai not paiil for this land, bo the
latter reyejrts to the State board.M j
A map ii now beinar prepartd ihere to
be subnjittjed to the Legislature jin con-
nection
witn a petition for the erection
of a new
co'inty to be formed lout of
tuiliord, Forsyth, etc. f This is
?1
the third project lor a new coun'y thus
far heard of as to come before the Legis
lature. It! is extremely difficult to secure
the creatiojn of new counties. j
Some! farmers with whom your ; corre
spondent talked say they will next year
plant only four acrts of cotton, instead
of twelve, to the horse. This is a big cut
down, if they stick to it. M i
The increase in local receipts of cotton
by wagbns here is now over G.C0J bales,
as com par ?d with last season's Receipts.
Sales of eaf tobacco here this season
show a decided increase over these a
year ago Yet the market is by no tneins
propt rly uevtlfiped, and only one ware
house out f three is open, Not much
tobacco is planted in this county.; Years
ago the f aimers lost heavily and since
that time have touched this crop lightly.
Chustmis week gaieties will be nu
merousL ! At every Sunday school tl ere
is to be a Christmas tree. The i Capital
club and the Carolina Cotillion club will
both gitre palls. 1
A large addition to the power house of
the Streets Car company was begun to
day. This will be for the engines, boilers
and dynamos.
Ihe Telephone company here (the
Southern Bell) is beginning 13,000 worth
of work, including a new multiple board,
cab.ing!, etc. Ihe new teltphoue com
pany has not a yet got any further
along than organization. j !,
Thereisfa great deal of complaint
about
aad
streets and sidewalks here.
The chairman of the strett committee
asserts that the aldermen do not do that
committee iustice, but handicap it, and
that no further improvements I can be
made unites there is an issue of bonds.
It is contended that the city a income
barely meets: its expenditures. I DurlDg
tLvee or four months of the year,; ia the
summer ana autumn, when work can
best I be' dene, there are no funds in
hand
Dri I. McK. Pittinger, rector of
the church of the Good Shepherd, is to
be married in that church January 9:h
t Mis
Lucy Garrett, of Ringwocd,
oounty. Miss Garrett, who
Ualifai
lives in
this city with her sister, 13 well
known
in ihe Halifax section and greatly
eiteemea mere ana nere,
Mr. Johh White, one of Warrenton 3
oldest andj best known merchants, died
very suddenly last night. He had just
reached home and as be entered his ctoor
he fell tleaid. He was widely known and
has an extensive family connection
Revenue Collector Simmons appoints
James M. Hines, of Newbern. a store
keerer ar.l gauger. I
The joirjfc Legislative committee to
day compltted its examination of the
ofiice of the btate treasurer ana cegan
work in the Auditor's office. Senator
Joaea. I chairman of the comrrittee.
thinks it will Unifh its work by ; Thurs
day afternoon. The inspection i of the
bo ks. vouchers, etc., is very tedious.
All the books and papers examined have
been found in admirable order
The Neis and Observer tday makes
so the inquiries abv.;ut Mr. Juhn E; Wood
ard's letter, declining to accept the cer
tificate of lelection in the Third district
sollcitorship matter. Mr. Wcodard last!
Siturday inorcing, ip the reading room)
of the Yarboro. very kindly lead to yeur
corrtstiondent his very manly letter ar&
termitted kome extracts from it to be
madp. i So much for thij matter.
Hiej Sua' 6 Cotton Keview.
New York, Dec. 18 The hun? cot-
t.nn Tpviev eavs: Cotton declined ' l to a
points,
but got this back and then ad-
yancedtt
1 t o Q points, closing quiet
and
teady
with sales of 69 000 baltS. New,
Orleans advanced 2 points on March, but
Inst it. Sbot cotton here was duu ana
weak, at unchanged prices with no sales,
LiverpoolitOrday decline l-32d son the.
pot, itn sales of ,uou taie, with a,-
000 added: to th sales of yesterday, mak
ing thera 10,000. Futures declined lr
po:nt and closed quiet and steady. In
Manche3tr yarns were in buyer's favor;
and in; mc derate demand. Ihere is said
to be a! lafge short interest in New York ;
Ne' Qrlins to morrow exptotij 12,0 Q
to 14.100 Ple, gainst 1.833 oa the snrx!
day list veek and 17.W07 last year. Port:
receipts to-day were 62,614 bales, against;
57,0ti khi.4 day last week, and 64,4 i0 last;
year; thUf t&r this wtpK, iyv,oz, agaiuss
166.S94 thus far lBt weekv The big re
ceipts ha4 little effect here in Nav York
Neither haa tne aeoune m L4verpooi nor
the weakness of Manchester ana tne
Southern markets, nor the fear among
ome operators mac me aucuon ais oi.
! . .. i it.- - 1
2fjjOP pajekages ot cotton gooas 10-mor-
jrne aipoiiou yvu tuyvu iti.vj
of the auction, in the meantime , tu
price s low, and, if the bulls are not
aore?sive. the bears ;are no less cau-
tious
Charged
With Attempt:
Steamer.
to t Barn
New Orleans, Dec. 13. A negro
woman named Emma McMillan wai ar
rested and locked up at the Harbor pre
cinct station this morning on the arrival
of th fiteamer Natchez from up thej
river, j Se is charged by Capt. j Leathers!
with attepipting to burn the boat on thei
way dowh. About 2 o'clock in the more-)
ing the night watchman discovered some;
smoke and coon found there was fire in!
the cottoti stored in the deck room. The
promptly set to work and
g
thA fire nut out. after burning and dam-f
aging several bales of cotton. The woman
ctotM that she had lost half -a dollar
among the cotton bale3 and struck a
,oh in I search for it. Whether she
the fire or not, she does not
A SIXTY DATS' TRTJC3.
ine southern Railway to Submit a
New Schedule of Wages and Kales
to Employes in Sixty Pay?. I
Washington, Dc. 18. An effort baade
to-day to adjust the differences between
the Southern Railway and its employes
over thei cut in salaries made by the re-
i - . . - . . . . i
ceivers ot the road when it was known
as the Richmond and Danville his re
sulted in a two months' truce, arranged
at a conference between the representa
tives of the employes and W. II. jpald-
win, Jr,, third vice president o the
company. Hie conference was held at
Harris hall and was attended by phief
Arthur, iof the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers; Assistant Chief Wilson,
of the Brotherhood of Locomotives ire-
men; Chief Clarke, of the Order of 'Rail
way Conductors; Chief BrowD, ojf the
Brotherhood of Railway Tram men J and
.1 ... ... ?
bdoui iony representatives or tnefmen
wnose eaiarus were reduced. lhe prc
ceediogsj were informal and of pleasant
cnaracter, and nuuag the course cf the
hour that Baldwin was there hef sub
mitted and die u-ed what the combany
wottld-4e Mr- B lid1 iu BdluwtrIaT"tiCU'mu
the next;sixty days the company would
submit new schedules of salaries ofj em
ployes, together with new rules andj; reg
ulaiions which it believed would b fat
isfactory to all concerned. This was all
that the company could ssy atj the
present time, as it was necefssrV to
make careful inquiry and study in the
preparation of these matters. The pele
gates rt0eived Mr. Baldwins statement
courteously and there was the belt of
feeling displayed. f
After llr. Baldwin s departure the del
egates hfeld a long session, durir g whi.h
the proposition of the company WBSCon-
sidert d. j The result was that an airee
men t was rearh-d to meet the repre
sentative's of the company on February
Jo di, or sooner if the company jiwere
redy, to receive the new schedules! and
rules and to consider what action should
be taken with reference to themt It
was agree-a tnat during tins interim no
effort should be made by the employes
to obtain a quicker settlement.
COMMiiKCi AL NEWS.
Stocks and Bonds in New York The
Grain aud Provision Markets
I of C hica;;o
New York, Dec. 18. During I the
early session of the Stock Exchange the
market was quiet almost to stagnation.
Chicago juras was the only stock onf the
list that ;showed any signs of life. I Re
cently it has been depressed on reports
that the; company had an unwieldy
floating debt, was unable to pay its pivl-
dend in cash and would ask holders to
.accept scrip instead. These rumors led
to Eelling for both accounts and! the
price was forced down to 691. Some
official denials of thtse stories lesultfcd in
tne covering or snort contracts tor to
day and ja recovtry of over points to
. , I - - I . L . . - (
714. there Was little or nothing doing
in the general list until the last hohr or
so of business, when trading becime
more active. Ihe mcrease m thefvol
ume of business, however, was at
the expense of values. The i h-
dravrals of gold from the sub-treapury
gave the beirs an opportunity to create
uneasiness, because it was impof siblle to
obtain from the sub-treasury officials the
actual amount tastn. Ihe fctforfs to
surround the matter with the greatest
cr secrecy is not approved of mthehoan
ciai circles, it s.-rves no gooa purpose
and plays directly into the bands of
those operating in the stock market.
Washington reports that ua sugar tariff
will be revived m the Senate hurt that
stock The decline in prices ranged from
J to 1$ per cent. Sugar, the Grangeis,
aouinern ttaiiway, common ana ipre
ferred, Reading, Louisviila and NasbHjile
and iS e w x or k Central scoring the great
est losses, the last named was raided
down to 9Si in the last ten minutes,! but
recovered quiekly to99r. The transactor s
in tLe stock were only 1,41 0 shares. Eirly
in the day the 6to k was quoted at 100
to lUUf. lne matktt closed ttesqy at
declines ranging from to 1 per dent
Sugar leading. Chicdgo Gas rose 1 and
Bay State Gas f. United Staes Cordage,
guaranteed, fe 1 2 to 22$ and Panhabdle,
preferred, li to 4o. 'Ihe bond mitket
was weak. bale3 of listed str cks aggre-
gited fey,lty shares; ynlisted, 0,000
Chicago, Dae. 18. Ia th strength of
the .Northwestern markets, where an
advance off to from yesterday ijuled
most of the day and in the gradually
diminishing primary receipts, wheat in
Chicago touuvi important relief to-jday.
W ithin a half hour or the close rleam
became a notable seller, presumaVly of
loae wheat, prices showing the maxi
mum of the I session s weakness whilst
that pressura was oa the market. I,e-
vious to that time . a steaay ieeung was
apparent in the undertone. Cash wheat
was weak ana ic tower. t
Corn had none of the elements of firm
ness in the trade to-day. Basinesdwaa
ouiet. biit the tendency was lower. 1
The receipts of oats were thutylfive
cars less than estimated. &nd pricesi! for
that grain displayed some indepanileat
firmness around the opening on that
fact The weakness of wheat and (corn
afftc'.ed the market liter -and a frac
tional recession took place. business
was dull and unattractive. Ca6h j oats
declined o to-day. ' " j
e f ttr oper ing with a decline corre
sponding to the loss in prices of livejhogs
at the varai, proauci setuea into a i con
dition of inactivity to-day, comparative
8tfadinee8 rulug at tne aeclAnc, 4ier?
was nothing to the trade worthy of es
pecial noi ice, 'in-C!? oc
vesttrday for January pork, 21 to 5c
lower for January lard and 2JC lower for
Janary ribs.
Debs and His Associates to go to
I ; Prison. I
ChicaIso, Dec. 18. President Debs
and his associates, at a long conference
held this morning, decided to go tdj jail
and serve the terms imposed upon them
by Judge Woods, without making j any
effort to secure a habeas corpus or a a ap
peal. ! i
This action was taken directly against
the advice of their lawyers, who Seven
now insist that they will try to ge the
appeal. Debs gives as his reason for this
sudden change of front that he and the
other directors have no confidence in the
courts and believe they would not get a
fair snow there.''" "We thought itj was
better," he 'said, f 'to serve out the terms
at once.! We will get through quicker
aud we think we would certainly have
them to serve in any case." f
I All the prisoners will go to the Cook
rfr.,T-. V. 1411.: UlfLniUiOUUlUWK
that Judge Woods ruled that they could
have their choice 01 jaus.
The Sea Giyes IJp Its Dead,1
London. Dec. 18. The body of jCapt
Overguard, of the ship Don Juan, which
was wrecked on Liomvig, uenmajK, on
December 6, 1893, was washed ashore
on Saturday last near the spot wfcefe the
vessel was wrecked. The body, which
evidently had been buried deep in the
sand and had been uncovered by the
recent storm, was well preserved. Among
the papers found in the clothing (were
$180,000 in bank notes and American
securities, which the authorities are
holding for the proper claimants. f The
Don Juan was on a voyage from New
York to Gothenburg when she. was
recked,
CLOTURE IN THE SENATE
FURTHER AEGUMENT ON THE
HILL RESOLUTION.
The Necaragnan Canal Bil Opposed
by Senator Tarple Mr. Springer
Opens the Debate on the Car
lisle Bill Notice of Amend- '
menu The Bill a Com
promise ;Mea6nrc Mr.
Walker'a Opposition.
SENATE.
Washington, Uec. la. 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 had been unanimously
agreed to, as, unless it were passed to
day,the work at the printing office would
bave to stop tbjs evening. - .
Senator Lodga offered a resolution
calling on the President for the record of
the extradition proceedings in the case
of Gen. Ezeta, and it went over till to
morrow.
Senator Hill called up his resolution
for a cloture rule arid addressed the
Senate in advocacy of it. He said that
the sentiment of the country seemed to
desire the adoption of some such rule-
ihe demand for a Uiinge : waa not
limited by any party environments. It
was not sought merely to secure p irti an
advantages; but it reflected the depp
conviction that time was unnecessarily
wasted ; that useful legislation was.
at times, unreasonably obstructed, and
that the conclusions of a i majority
did not find adequate and prompt ex
pression. These views wtre widespread
and could no longer well be ignored He
assorted that the privilege t,f unlimited
dtbate in a legislative body was incon
sistent with, and) destructive of, the
right and power of legislation. An ina
bility to stop debate was an inability to
legislate at ail. It was a significant fact
that some method of closing debate
existed in the principal legislative bodies
of every civihzedj Government in the
world, except in the English HouBe of
Lords and the United States S nate.
But the House cf 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 legis
lation in the interest of the misses.
Senator Hoar expressed his full agree
ment with Senator Hills" view of the
necessity of a change Of the rules ot
the - ornate, it,, wai one of the
gravest public j questions likely to
arise, and ought to be dealt wi h with a
care and circumspection equal to what
should be bestosvel oo an important
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. j
After further discussion, Senator Hill's
resolution went over untill to-morrow.
The consideration of the Nicaraguan
canal bill whs resumed.
Senator Turpie continued his argument
(begun yesterday ) against the bill.
iiuch of his epf e;m was devoted to the
engineering difficulties in the way of the
enterprise, particularly as to the imprac
ticability of mvntilin ng earthen embank
ments iu tropical pr Scb-tropical regions,
and to the unreliability, as hecontended,
of the estimate of j cost.
Without concluding his speech, Senar
tor Turpie yielded to a motion ta pro.
ceed to executive business and at 4:o
o ( lock the Senate; adjourned until to
morrow.
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The debate upon the currency and
plan proposed in the Carlisle bill reported
from tho Committee on Backing and
Currency, was begun in the House to
day, according to the notice given yes
terday by Chairman Springer. Obiec
tion was made to Mr. Springer s request
for unanimous consent that, general de
bate should be closed with the adiourn
ment of the House for the ho'iday re
cest", and it began with no agreement of
limitation in sight. The first speakers
to-day were Mr. ! Springer, ia favor of
the bill, and Mr. Walker, Republican, of
Massachusetts, who advocated the adop
tion of his bill, which, he said, he would
otter as a substitute for the Cirlisle bill
These gentlemen, recognized a the
leaders of the forces for and against the
bill, spoke without limit, and were
listened to attentively throughout by
large proportion of the memoers of the
House.
The last hour of the session was Q3cu
piei by Mr. Hall, Democrat, of Missouri,
a memDer qi tug on;mrwtee on uanKirg
and currency, who reviewed at length
tke objections to the Carlisle bill made
in the report of the minority of the com
mittee, lie declared them to 03 absurd
and eaid that thp condition which con
fronted the House was that if any relief
were cesuea from tae unequality an
oppression of the present National Bank
ing aw. tne tJarnsie cm mu3t be pa?ed.
The debate, in1 accordance with the
present understanding, will continue the
remainder of the week.
Mr. Springer, in opening the debate
analyzed and explained the bill. He
sa:$ t did not repivsnt the views of any
einaier or we-committee, or 01 tne
House in its entirety. It was a compro
mise measure, and submitted as the best
that can be hob?d for at the preseit
time. It is believed to be a etp in the
right direction, u the direction of giving
greater stability an4 confidence
United States and to the whole world.
The financial world, Mr. Springer said.
had come to the conclusion that a bond
ecurity was no longer necessary to the
establishment of a circulation. The bill
before the House does not require it.
Mr. Smith asked what provision, if
any,- haa Deen maae in tne diu tor tne
protection of depositors,
Mt Springer responded that it was a
cur re icy measure, and was not intended
to interfere with nor change the regula
tions for the security of National bank
depositors found in other parts 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. . I
Mr. Simpson asked if the chairman of
the committee had made any calculation
of the amount of additional currency
that would be issued under the bill.
a: d did he bear in mind that by the ce
re sit of greenbacks as security, they
would be taken but of circulation so
that the amount of the circulation would
be reduced $200,000 00 or $300,000,000.
Mr. Sprmger replied that it would be
impossible to make any definitely ap
proximate estimate of the amount of
currency tnat wouia do issueq. unaex we
operations 01 tne pui; put ne would call
tbe attention of I th gentlemen from
Kansas (Simpson) to the fact that for
every $30 of greenbacks deposited as
security there would be issued $100 of
notes, he stated that at the proper
time he would move to amend section 7
of the bill so as j to give the National
banks a year after the passage of the bill
within which to comply with the terms
of the law. -. , - - i .,
Referring to the provision . regarding
Btate bank issues,' Mr. Springer said that
It might be assumed that States which
wished the circulation of their banks to
go beyond the borders of the State would
make provisions for the redemption of
thjftir bank no$ee, - which would make
them safe. The State bank notes, how
ever, would not be a legal tender.
The proposition regarding State banks
was different from the one discussed
by the House at its last session
the repeal of the 10 per cent taxr. He
did not favor the repeal of the 10 per
cent. tax. He bad not changed his
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
this, but in his opinion it would give the
United States the best financial system
ofany civilized country ia the world.
"If we passed it," said he, "w would
rec ive the commendation of our con
stituents, which we did not receive at
the last election."
Mr. Walker, Republican of Massa
chusetts, followed. He said that if there
ever was a case in which tread was
aked and a stone given, a fish as feed
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
f ranchue granted them, to maintain at
their own expense the parity of their
notes with gold
In conclusion Mr. Walker said his bill
provided for the appointment of a com
mission consisting of five leading bankers
in the five principal redemption cities,
who fhall 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. "ManniDg
has died ; Windom has died ; and any
Secretary who remains at the head of
the Treasury Department for four years
and does not die. hasn't done his duty.
Laughter and applause
Mr. Hail said the milk in the cocoanut
of opposition to the Carlisle bill was con
tained in the statement in the minority
report: "Whatever legislation is 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 Mr. Hall, "these banks
arp not to be disturbed in their present
monopoly of the issue of notes, and that
w0 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 comtnit'.ee rose and at 5:15
o'clock the House adiourned until, to
morrow. -
Just before adjournment Mr. Hender
son, of North Carolina, reported the.
Fostofnce Appropriation bill for the year
ending June 30, 1890.
PBESIDENET CLEVELAND .
Declines to Receive Any One on the
Wistaria or to Accept Any Invi
tations. To Hold a Recep
tion at Georgetown,
Charleston j S. C, Dec. 18. 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 ATeu.-s and Courier
steamed up in his special tu? to the. buoy
tender W istaria in Muddy bay, this after
noon at d-An o clock, he was lust in time
to see the President returniog from the
day's hunt in one of the Wistaria's nap-
tha JauDChes. In the launch with the
President were Dr. O'Reily, Capt Evans,
U. o. N,, and Mr. Jefferson. As the
launch reached the float at the bottom
of the steps up the side cf the Wistaria,
the President rose laboriously from his
seat and 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 step3 uni
aided, however, and djl not seem very
lame, aimcugn it is learned trora mem
bers ot the crew and others who have
seen him, that his foot and ankle are
troubling him badly, the ailment being
rheumatic gout.
After the President and other gentle-
men of the party went up the side the
hands took out the guns aud the result
of the day's shoot, viz.: A large raccoon
and forty-nine ducks, chiefly Ecglish
mallards.
As soon as the launch got out of the
way the Neics and Courier tug went
al-mg sid4 and the reporter was cordially
rtceiyed by the genial captain of the
Wistatia, who said that although glad to
see him, he could not a low him to come
on board, as his orders were strictly not
allow one not connected jvith the vessel
to come on board. The reporter then
asked the captain of te Wistaria to as
certain $f the Preside! t would receive
him, as he had come wirh an invitation
for him to visit the city of Charleston,
Ia a few moments a jstriking looking
gentleman limped to the side of the ves
sel, and, with great (courtesy, introduced
himself, proving I to be the famous
: Fjchtiag -Bob Evans," now commander
o'f the New York. "The President
directed me to say" he sid, "that he is
fatigued bvthadav.s hunting and is una
ble, to receive "ybu and while appreciat
ing highly the courtesy of the invitat'on
you bring to visit Charleston, that he is
here only for sporting purposes, and for
rest and cannot accept any invitations."
The reporter thi-n asked the r.ra-ideat
t grant h-irn &a I interview. This the
Pxtsident declined on the ground of fa
tigue. :
To the question by the reporter a3 to
who killed the copn, there was no an
swer, except a burst of siniles. After
this there was noihing to. do except to
leave, especially as Uommnder HiVans.
although exceedingly courteous, looked
as though he wished tha iVeics n(j CoU.
Tier tug n sheob
it pushed off a steam launch bring
ing a delegation from th Palmetto club
to tender th Resident a reception ar
rived and came alongside. The Q-lega-
tion, which was headed by the Hon.'Mr.
Morgan, mayor of the city, was received
by Cant. Evans, but not allowed to board
the vessel. The committee handed over
the gunwale a large horee shoe of exqui
site white camelias, wishing the Presi
dent good luck iri his shooting. - - -'
Capt. Evans politely declined for the
President the tender of a reception, say
ing that the citizens could see him at
the depot on Saturday es he was about
to leave, and the j committee left with
very crestfallen ; countenances. In a
few minutes, however, they were beck
ened back to the side of the vessel and
told by the captain that the President
had consented to hold a reception in
Georgetown on Saturday at ? o'clock,
before leaving for' Washington, but
begged that it would be short, asjtiis lame
foot made standing very painful to him
The reception is to be held in th uiBtoric
hall of the Winyah Indigo' society.
wnere naouiUftton held a reception in
1792, since which time no President has
yiBiterJ Qergetoni
Highest of ali in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. WS Report
TO SNUB THE PRESIDENT
r ! , ' i It
r- ! UN!
LIVELY TIMES IN THE SOUTH
CAROLINA; LEGISLATURE.
A
jppo6ttion of a Member to a Reso
Jut ion Inviting Mr. Cleveland t-O
Columbia His Protest Against
the Passage of the Resolu
tion and Denunciatory
of the President The j
Resolntion Adopted. !i
Columbia-.S. C ,Dec.l8. In the House
of Representatives to day Mr. McGill, of
Abbeville, introduced a concurrent : reso
lution as follows: I 1 I
Whereas, The President of the United
Statesiand party are now visiting in 'this
State, land r' ; ! !
Whereas. The General Assembly
now in session and desires to extend
the President and gentlemen accompany
ing him that courtesy due his exalted of
ficial position. I V ; I II
Resolved, By the House, the Senate
concurring, that;! an invitation be ex-
nded to the President and party!
to
visit the General Assembly and accept
the
privileges of the floor of the two Houses.
Assbonasthe -e8olutions were read,
Dr. Wjch, of Newberry, moved
to tre
ceived it as information.
Mr. JJuncan, of Newberry, a strong
reformer, then said: "I hope this mat
ter will not be disposed of in this way.
1 am opposed to extending such courtesy
to a President for whom we iuatlv enter
tain so little respect. I, therefore, move
to table the resolution." I ji
The Speaker seemed to hesitate about
putting the motion. He said that.!! as
the presiding officer, he doubted the pro
priety of such a motion. ! 1 i!
Mr. Manning, a Conservative, said; the
matterj had corny brfore the House.
Any action looking to receiving it as in
formation would have a bad appear
ance. He suggested that the resolution
be withdrawn f . . ! 1
Mr. Patton, Conservative from1 Rich-
laud; said that such action would I be
very strange, that it would be worse than
to consider it and vote it down. I Thev
fhouldj remember that Mr. Cleveland was
president, that this was an honor they
should accord any President, no matter
of what political faith, and no ma ter
how much opposed to his policv and
politics they were: Thev should do Mr.
Cleveland this honor, not because it was
Jlr. Cleveland, but they should pay their
respects to the office. ij
Mr. W atson, the Reform leader, then
took the floor. He said he hoped the
resolution would hot be withdrawn. The
matter if withdrawn had gone so far
that it; would be given full publicitv.
While they might differ in policy from
President Cleveland, he was neverthe
less .President of the United State.
"I hope we wont so down on record lias
takiog such action as this," he said. I
Mr. latum of t Orangtburg, another
leading Reformer, icck the floor' and
trk-d to help Mr. Watson control the
House, He said they could not afford
to vote this resolution down. Nobodv
was more opposed to Mr. Cleveland's
policy than himself, but it was time to
Btop. ' ! j; i ..!
Mr, Williamson endorsed Mr. Watson's
remarks. He said this was a duty they
owed themselves and their Stateu L .
ine ppeaKer tneu took a band, .saying
tney were assuming an opposition to the
resolution which did not exist, Bcfar i as
ne had seen. He said he had noticed no
opposition. He suggested that the vote
be taken on the adoption of the resolu
tion. tuicaiy he put the motion on; a
viva voce vote. No nays were heard and
he declared the resolution "Unani
niou?ly'' adopted. I j !
In the Senate D. Byrd and one other
Senator voted against the resolution tut
there was no discussion nor any incident.
At the night session of the House Mr.
Duncan brought the matter up again.
He introiuced the following sensational
n aalution, which was signed by himself
and Mr. J. H. Blackwell, of Williams
burg. It was sent up to the Speaker,
who asked Mr. Duncan what he proposed
to d 3 with the resolution j to have it
passed and retarded in his own behalf,
or something elseJSf j - j
, Mr. Duncan said he wanted it spread
qu n& minutes.
; The resolution reads as follows:
7 7 7 mi . ... . .
nesuivta, ia&z with ail due respect for
the (ffi.e of President of the United
States, and with due deference to the
policies and principles of parties, we
wish to be recorded as ever ready to do
honor to him to whom honor is due,
but, in our opinion, Grover Cleveland,
having prostituted the high office Iof
President of the United States, ! in using
his opportunity s in the betrayal of the
Democratic party and the repudiation of
Democratic principles, we record our-,
selves a3 oppo6ed to the resolution pasPCu
by thia Hqitse, doing honor to the ge at-
pst pariy wrecKer in me
. American politiosj
history of
Alter the mattar had hearl
read, Mr.
Pollock and several members jumped up
nrl oAAwa.A l O J I i . . I
ine pea.ger the matter is not debat
able, i - - . i i
Mr. Winkler I move to lay the reso
lution on the table. i 3
I he Speaker put the question and it
was laid on .the table three no votes
being distinguished. ; . j
The House then got back to. its work,
but Mr, Duncan was not yet done. In
about ten minutes he arose again with a
copy of the State Constitution in his
hand, j He said he rose to a question I jot
personal privilege. He quotedja section
irum iim oousubimon giving any mem-
uer mo riut iu ODject to
adopted by the body, -and to
anj thing.
nave Mi
reasons for hia protest recorded la
journal. It was a home-strike
;the
He
taid after reading the section, that he
asked accordingly that his resolution be
recorded. s !
The Speaker ignored the request and
star ted to continue the regular work.
Mr. Duncan Mr. Speaker, I want
your ruling on my point. I want to
know if this House can openly violate
the Constitution? ; ' I
Speaker I am only the mouth-piece
"of this body. This body has acted.'!
Mr. Duncan persisted in the matter,
insisting that the constitution gave him
rights I in the matter which the body
could not take from him. i
The Speaker That is your opinion on
the subject of the Constitution, and all I
can say to you is that the Hoq nae
libtened to you with pleas;et " j ,j
And! that endeH Cleveland sensa
tion.
I The Bicycle Kacr.
Philadelphia, Dec 18. At midnight
to night kthe score in the six day's bi-
cycle race was:
495, Gannon 435.
Ashinger 579, Forster
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