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GREENVILLE N, C- MAY 35th 1894:.
NUMBER 14r
Onr Law Makers.
fFrom our Regular Corresponds .t.
Washington, D. O, May 21st., 94.
Tne far ill' hill Lias been the basis
for two big sensations this week,
Tlie first, charging that the sugar
trust ot the protection given it iu
the proposed amendment to the su
gar schedule of the tariff bill in re
turn for a contribution of $500,000
to the democratic campaign fund of
189 2, and the second", that Maj. J. A
B itz, uviw of .North L)ako a, but once
h carpet-bug member of Congress
from South Carolina, had attempted
ro bribe Senators Hunton, of Va.,
and Kyle, of doutu Dakota, to "vote
against thtfcaritf bill, oderuig tiiem
5LJ,000 each.
(loxev's armv of the Commonweal
is apparently settled i?i iunew camp j
. J. . . " f . 1 1 . K !
at ISIadensourg, Jiaryiauu, jusu ot
,vo:id the hue of tue District of Co
lumbia, for an indeiiuite stay. The
con ributions received this week, in
cluding money and a car load of
Hour, make it certain that the army
will have plenty to eat for the next
twenty days, even if nothing else
were received. A oak' oven ha been
built and the flou will be bai ed in
camp. No ou wui snrprioeu when
a new trial was refused Ooxey, 13; own
and Jones ; tliey did not expect it
themselves.' Uoxey ias decide I rtiw
he will accept thvi nomination tor
Congress tendered to hini, if he is
allowed to run on a Uoxey platform.
It seems that every week must fur
nish a personal difficulty on the floor
X) 'either the Senate or the Hou e,
and the present was no exception.
One would not suppose that the Ag
ricultural appropriation bill con
tained anything upon which to pase
aa exciting episode but that is just
where one is mistaken. While that
bill was being considered Represen
tative Hopmns, of Ills., charged Rep
r-seutative Hatcu, of Mo., who is iu
charge of the bill, with attempting
to juggle an increase of salary for
an employe of the Agricultural de
partment lino the bill without the
knowledge of other members of the
House. Mr. Hatch jumped up quiv
ering vvith excitement, and. shaKiug
li s fists towards Mr. Hopkins, shout
ed : -'If the gen tleuiau from Illinois
means that word ll its ordinary Eug
ish.-8iguiiieatiaii, I want to tell him
that if lie should, use -it to me out
side of tnis chamber, I would ram it
down his throat." As soon as Mr.
Hopkins could nke himself heard
ubove the shouting and jeering, he
replied do not know whether I
will need a body guard, to escort me
from the Capitol or not, but I want
to say to the geutleman from Mis
souri that he can take my words in
any sense he pleases. I shall neither
witnaraw oimuiuy uu
cmiiot irighten anyone with his
lustering inauner hei-e.'f There was
a time .when Bucii (inngu4gej would
ha ; e been follo tfetb -by-arable ou t
ide, but it has long since passed
away. ,
The popujist Congressional com
mittee is just as besy sending out
documentS ttc:, as tbe committees ol
the old parties are, and its members
are figuring on electing enough mem
bers of the next -House to hold the
balance of power between the old
parties and to dictate the officers ot
the House.
There is again lots of talk about a
cloture rule in the Senate, to force
the tariff bill to a vote, but there is
no probability of its adoption, for the
verv go 'd reason luut it would take
as long or lunger to reach a vote tor
the adoption of a cloture rule as to
reach a vote on tne taritf bill itself,
even if a known majority of the Sen
ate favored cloture, which is by no
means certain. On the contrary,
there is every reason to believe that
a majority is opposed to cloture.
The Forty Amarican Immortals.
The Round Table at Harper's
Young Feoole, was recmtly asked
by ah eminent autnor to name the
forty greatest Americans whoce ca
reers nave oeen completed by death.
The Tabic Was left free to go into
literature, statecraft,, ar any other
held it saw h.
Here they are, with the number of
votes received by eaou :
George Washington
Abrauam Li coin
(Jiysses Grant
tienjatuiu FrauKllll
Daniel Vebsier
T ho m is Jeileison
ilciiry Clay
Henry V. Longfeliow
Win. T. ijCiinau
Robert Fulton
Samuel F. B. Morse
John G. vVnittier
VVa8..ington Irving
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
itaiph Waluo .Emerson
Horace Greelv
Henry Ward Heecher
Andrew Jackson
James A. Garfield
Naihaniel Hawthorne
vV llhain C. Bryant
.lonu Adams
Plnlip H. Sheridan
Cyrus V. Field
James R. Lowell
Robert E. Lee
John C Callionn
8,294
8,052
b,ul
7,b0b
?,o0
7,3lJ2
6,840
b,42
0,70
b,lbo
o,946
5,514
5,1 lJU
5,148
4,944
4,554
4.53(5
4,482
4,440
4,3ii8
4,2U0
4,-30
4,138
4,0oS
3,990
3,942
3,01
3,840
3,786
3,216
3,180
2,892
2,886
2,796
2,706
2,024
2,568
James G. 151aine
Eti Whitney
David G. Fairagut
W infield Scott
George Bancroft
Oliver Hazard Ferry
Jharles Sumner
Noah Webster
John Hancock
Edwin Booth
J. Fenimore Cooper
John Q. Adams
We observe
1 That ouly nine of these attain
ed their prominence by achievements
m war. "Peace hath her victories
as well as war,'" and more abundanj
ly. 2. That out of twenty four admin
istrations, ouly seven presidents and
six other atesmeu were placed in
the list. -Two-thirds of our immor
tals had not been statesmen. Good!
g That the list has only one mil
lionaire, and' he died poor.- "It is
easier for a camel to go through the
needle's eye than for a rich man to
win a place among the immortals V7
4. That three-fourths have bv
speech:, writing, inventions and in
stitution given to the world thoughts
that their countrymen vill not let
die. Thoughts in objective form
in eloquence, literature, discoveries
and politics, is the'Burest foundation
of fame.
5. That even when work fails, the
"Lost Cause' gave immortality to
Robert E. Lee.
. 6., That these men made substan
tial and lasting contributions to the
resources of the age aud the country
in which their lives centereu m wuac
"was greater than themselves. The
student of American history a hun
dred years iieuce, would know little
of io;r first century, unless he knew
well the conditions, aspirations ad
accomplishments of rhe lives of'vFor
ty American Immortals.'' Charity
and Children,
Mr. Caldwell, editor of Charlotte
Observer, has be n to Washington
and jiiven his observations from
whih we take the following: Seu
aior Rausom looks younger than he
did ten years ago. Senator Jarvisis
cordial aud appears quite at home.
Both aresaware that the Democratic
party in North Carolina has a serious
contest on its hands this year, and
each will bear his part iu winning a
victory for it. The members of the
House are all, it is understood, can
didates for eiiotnination. Mr. Heu
derson considers that he has no rrou
ble elsewhere tnan iu Iredell. It was
learned in Washington that Mrs.
Vauce had been very deeply touched
oy tne many manifestations of the
love of the people of the State of her
dead husband, of their sorrow on ac
court, ot his death and their sympa
thy for her. I am not authorized to
say that Mrs. Vance has iu contem
platiou the preparation of a history
of the life of the Senator, but I do
know that she would be pltased to
have copies of all the articles writ
ten and the published speeches made
since his deaih, concerning him.
A good deal of scandal has grown
out or the dallying of the Senate
with the Tariff bill. It is alleged
that there was never so powerful a
lobby in Washington as is there now,
seeking to influence tue votes on the
bill., it is alleged again that a Sen
ator whose election cost him $265,
000, has made $500,000 speculating
in sugar while the sugar schedule has
been the subject of manipulation. In
hotel lobbies and other public places
it is Openly talkeu, that this and
that Senator has been guilty of such
jobbery.
'General'' Kel ley's army has been
investigated. Out of 763 of his men
449 are American-born and 314 for
eign born. Politically 218 are Re
puohcans 240 Populists aud 196
Democrats. (No Prohibitionists.) Of
758 men 662 are single, 91 married
and 5 aie widowers. The average age
of the men is about 31. These facts
are significant. They show that mar
ried men are not largely represented
in these 4'armies that most oi tne
men are single. This gives strength
to the argument that marriage is con
ducive to'ood order and that the
home is pre-eminently a tower of
strength for good govern men t.-Rock-ford
Monitor.
The Charlotte Observer ; Mr. W.
N. Mullen is back from a ;rip to Mt.
Pleasant. That is the cheapest tos&m
to live in, he says, that he has ever
heard of. The poll tax is 30 cents :
the mayor's salary is $o a yerr , the.
fines for laat year were $1, and there
is in the treasury $92.
Herbert Edmunds.
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