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. " y.-^*7' f': """ v~ ' W< ' " 'r' ' :{Mjj1* y T'"i"" rrr** *"" """ 'VHf' '" T'^v" W's own! ' ''**"'' 'u" ' Sblikding All $jife%mcer. Established august 24,1852. wheeling, w. ya., Wednesday, august 9,1893. volume xli-number 301. FOR REPEAL |l o Unconditional and Without Com- v promitfOi saya tho Provident. j message on the silver question i r Recommends what tha People Ex- ' poet of Oongress, t il riit h lack of mtfral courage ? uu J .. ? - - b Q J, Shown ill KalliiiiC to Treat tlia a 1 .trill' Question wtili tliu Saint! Unuiltb of View?Tho ltopoul of jj itut Sherman I.uw u Non-l'urtlsnii I ui'tttioii* but tlio Uuoortuinty fttu- j K.inline 1'utuin TarKf Iiciflululloii j lnnt Placed Above tlio I'lllllO or 0 Party Politics Although It In Lurgo- ^ ly Itebpouslblo I'or tlio Uuuliioiw Do* 0 presblim?The Mott*U|;o All Kljttlt no u Far u? It tioos?liow It ivim Itouolvod 1; In L'oiigrcMi, o J t Washington, D. 0., August 8.?Early w In tho day it became apparent that tho n timo ol tho house would bo consumed " in roadini; tho i'rosidont'a message, or {j deciding parliamentary questions of a organization uud that no substantial a protons could bo to-dny rnadoin ontor- j1 ini! upon tho financial discassiou. a Wlion tiie houeo met the opening n prayer ol tho new chaplain was brief, t "Thy servants, Oh, Lord," said ho, " "have rouio togothor in session extra- c ordinary, a session that will Involve ex- o traordiniiry ilutios and the assumption o of extraordinary responsibilities aud F llie necossity of extraordinary blessings Jj from (joJ. It may pleaao Tliuo to fj vouchsufu tlieso unto us, aud may thu <] results of this legislative body bo felt far fc und wido among ull eoetions of our t country und anion); nil classes of our t: |mjo|i1o, nud may tlio annals of this ? iifty-tliird sussion of Congress go down i to thorns to come fall of assurance 0 Unit Rhus contributed vory largely to o the police, to tlio plonty and prosperity ii( tlio nation; we tisk for'Clirist's sake. Amen." Tho roadlng of tlio journal of yegtor- c iluy was u monotonous proooodiiig and o coieminsd over half an hour. j Immediately after tlio rending of tbo t journal, tbo President's message not [ vet haviug arrived, Mr. O'Ferrull, of ^ Virginia, wlio lias chnrjjo of tho Uolk- t nup-ltichurdson contested election ? stated that be bolieved tbore wits a (ton- a mil ilesiro to boar tho l'roaldont's mo?- v Biifo boforo entering upon the discusilon of tbo election ease and lie/would . tlierefiiro movo a rocoss until 12:43. [ The motion was unanimously coacurrod t '? I c Whon tho hous^ reconvened at 12:45 c tlio President's message was cominuni- c ealed to Congress and read by tho c clerk of tho house. , THE MK8SAOU, Wasiiinuton. D. 0., Aug. 8. ' Id IU Cangrcu of Iht United Statu' c Tlio exlstenco of an alarming and ex- J trnordlnnry businoss situation involv , inir tho welfare and prospority of ull our t people has constrained lno to call to- t liether in oxtrn session tbo peoplo's c ri'liruduiiiniivos m vungruas, w mm ouu u that through u wise ami patriotic uxor- ? else of tho legislative duty with which o thoy eolely are charged, proaoiit evils may bo mitigated and dangorous threatening of tho futuro may bo averted. Our unfortunate financial plight is not the result of untowarda ovonts, nor of conditions related to our natural resources, nor la it traconblo to any of tho atllictious which frequently check national growth and prosperity. With plontvous crops, with abundant promiao of remunerative production and manufacture, with unusual invitation to snfo iuvestuiont, and with sutinfuctory ussurunco to husinosa enterprise, suddenly flnuuclal distrust and four huvo sprung up on every side. Numerous naonoyod institutiona huvo auapendod because abundant naaota wore not Immediately available to lftoct the domands of frightened depositors. Surviving corporations ami individuals are content to keep in hand tho money thoy are usually anxious to loan and thos'o ongagod in legitimate buainoaa are surpriaod to And that tho aecurities thoy odor for leans, though heretoforo satisfactory, aro no longer accoptod. Vuluoa supposed to be fixed aro fast becoming conjectural and losses and failurot havo invaded ovory branch of business. 1 believe tlicflo things aro principally churgouble to a congrossionitl legiala* tion touching the purchaso and coinage of silver by tho general government. This legislation in embodied In a statuto parsed on tlio 14th day of July, 181H), which was tho culmination of much auitntioQ on tho bubjoct, involved in which may bo considerod a trttoo nftor < a lonjr strugglo, between tho advocates ?f freo silver coinage and those intending to ho moro conservative. 1'ndoubtedly monthly purchases by Jim govormnont of four million fltid five hundred thousand ouncos of silver onforced under that statuto wore regarded by those interested in silver production a certain guaranty of its increase In Pf't:o. The result, however, has boon ntlroly dilloront. for Immediately followiujf a spusmodlo and slight riiotlio price of sllvor began to fali after tho paitngoof thefact and has since reached the lowest nolnt ever known, This 'hyppolntlng roiult has lod to ronowod stifl persistant oflort in tho dlrootlou of Irec silver colnago. TllK MfSULTS or TUB KVII* Meanwhile not only are tho evil of* toots of tho operation of tho prosont law constantly accumulating, but the r Milt to whiah tho execution tnust In* ? J'it ably lend Is becoming palpablo to all who give tlio loait hood to financial tab] ccts. tins law provides that in payment <>r the four million ami five hundred [ loiunnd ounces of sliver bullion which Hie secretary of tho treasury is com* rounded t?? purchaso monthly there 'all l?? Issued treasury notes redeemable on douiand in gold or silver coin ft the discretion of tho secretary of tho '"unify, mid that suld notes may not J10 reissued, it Is, however, declared jn the act to bo "tho established policy 01 the United btatoa to maintain tho wo inetaW on a parity with oaoli other ipon tha prosont legal ratio or such utio us may bo provided'by law." This declaration to controls the action f the secretary of treasury as to proout bit uxorcitiiii; tho discretion noinimlly vested in him, if by such action he parity between gold ami sliver may ni disturbed. Manifestly u refusal by he secretary to pay those treasury notes 11 (fold, if demanded, would necessarily esuit in tholr discredit and depreclaion and as obligations payable only in liver, und would destroy the parity beweon tha two inetuls by estublisbiuir a llscrimination in favor of gold Up to the 15thday of July, 1803, these lotes had been issued on payment of ilvor bullion purchases, to the amount f more tliau ono hundred und fortyoven mlllioua of dollars. While ull mt a very small quantity of this bulion remains uncoined and without isefuluess in the treasnry, many of he notes iiiven in its purchaso have >aen paid in cold. This is illustrated 1 iy the statement that betwaan the Urst i lay of May, 1SU3, and tha llfteonth day f July, lSUli, the notes of this kind ? ssuod in paymunt for silver bullion i moiiutod to a littlo more than$34,000,- | 00, and that during tho same porlod ? bout $40,000,000 were paid by the , reasury in ^old for the redemption of J otos, The policy nocussarlly adopted c I paying tho notes in cold has not spared t he tfold reserve of one hundrod mil- v Ions of dollars lonir a<a sot aslUe by tho 9 nunrninnnf. fnr Hia rmlflmnHnn nfitlhur iotas, ior this (und has already boon ul)|actu(l to tho payment of now obliatlons amounting to about $150,(MX),000 n account of silver purchases auil hag s a conaoquonco (or tho first time inco its creation boon oncroached ipon. Wo linvo thui mads tho deploion of our gold easy and have tempted thor and more appreciative nations to dd it to thoir stock. That the oponrunity wo havo offered has not heon icglected, is shown by tha largo mounts of gold which have been roently drawn from our treasury and xported to increase financial strength f foreign nations. Tho oxcess of oxlorts of gold over its imports for the oar ending June 30, 1803, amounted to uoro than $87,500,000. Botween tho irst day of July. 1800, and tho 15th ay of July, 1603, tho gold coin und >ullion in our treasury docroasod more han one hundrod and thirty-two uillions of dollars, whllo during tho umo period tho silver coin and bullion u tho treasury increased more than ne hundred and forty-seven miUtous f dollars. THE KEYNOTE. Unless government bonds aro to bo onstantly issued and sold to replenish ur exhausted gold only to bo again ox- { laustcd, it is apparont that tho operaion of tho allvor purchase law now in > orco loads in tho direction of tho en- J ire substitution of silvor for the gold in c ho government treasury, and that this t oust bo followed by payment of all gov- c lninont obligations In doprociatoa ill- t or. ( At this stago cold and silver must < mrt company and tlio government must nil in its ostablishodpollcy to mnintuln . be two metals on a purity with ouch ithor. Qivon ovor to tlio oxclasive uso if a currency greatly doproclatod aclordlng to tho standard of tho commor- 1 :ial world, wo could no longer claim n I iluce among the nations of tho tlrst ( lam, nor could our government aim at j l performance of its obligation, so far . is such an obligation hni beon imposed , ipon it, to provide for tho uso of poo- , >lo tho bast and safost monoy. If, as j nany of its friends claim, silver ought , 0 occupy a larger pluco In our currency , ind currency of tho world through gou- , iral international co-operation und | igrooment, itiaobvieus that tho United | itatos will not ho in a position to gain , 1 hearing in favor of such an arrungo- j nent so long as we are willing to con- , inuo our attempt to accomplish tho reiult single handed. Tho kuowlodgo in buslnoas clrcloa imoug our own peoplo that our governnont cannot make its flat equlvnlont to 1 ntrlnslc value nor keep inferior monoy i >n a parity nitli aunorior monoy by it> >wn Independent eflorta, has rosulted I u cuch a lack of conlldonco at homo in ho stability of currency values that capital rofusos itaalii to new ontorprlsos, i vliile million* aro actually withdrawn ' rom the channols of trade and com- | norcoto bocotno idle nnd unproductive n tho Imnda of timid ownora. Fortiign ' nvostors, equally alort, not only dodine to purcliaao American eocuritios, i >ut make hualo to aacriUco tboaa which .hoy nlroady have. It duea not moot tho situation to say ihut approlioualon in regard to tho fu- i turo of our flnancoa la groundless, and < that thoro 19 no rsason for lack of confl- ; Jonco in the purpoaoi or powor of tho jovorninent In tho promlsoa. Tliovory jxistonco of this apprehension and lack jf conlldonco, however caused, is a monncu which oii|(ht not for a inomont to bo disregarded. Possibly if tho undertaking wo liuvo In haud woro tho luniutenanco of a spociflc kuown quantity of silvor at a parity with gold, our illiillty to do so might bo estimated and irnuued, and perhaps, in vlow of our unparallolod growth and resources, might bo favorably passod upon. But when onr avowed ondoavor in to maintain such narity in regard to nn amount of silvor Increasing at tho rato of fifty millions of dollars yoarly, with no Uxoil tortnlnalion to such Increase, It can hardly ba said that a problem is presonled whoso solution Is froo from doubt. Tin: pkoplb Miisr nr. piiotkctkd. The pooplo of the Unltod btatos aro entitled to it sound and stablo eurroncy and to money rofognliod as such on ovory oxchango and In ovory morkot of the world. Tholr government has no right to Injure tlinin by financial experiments opposed to tho policy nnd praotlcoof otlior olvlllr.iid statos, nor Is it juitlllod in permitting an exaggerated ami unreasonable rollanco on our untlonal strongth and ability to Joopardlso tho soumlnoss of the poopla's money. This matter rises almvo tho piano of party politics. It vitally concerns ovory biislnass and calling ami outers ovory household In tlio land. There is 0110 Important aspect of tho subject which especially should never ho overlooked. At tlmos like tho proacnt, whnti tho evils of unsound llnanco throaton us, tho peculator may anticipate a harvest unthered from tho misfortune of oilier*; the capitalist may protect himself li? hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuation of values, hut the wiiue-enriier?tho first to be liijurod by a depreciated currency and the last to receive the bouelltof Its correction? Is practically dofeilteleei. Un relies for work upon tho ventures of confldoat and contented capital This fall .. im-'aU-JIjm..Dim ni; hiin hla condition li without illeviation, for hu cun neither proy in the misfortunes of others uor liouM lis labor. One o( the greatest amiesnon our country boa known, speaking uore than fifty yeara ago, when n do ansomunl of the currency had causoJ lomniordal diatrea*, auid: "The very mm ot uli others who lias the deepest utereat in mound currency, and who luU'ors most by iniaciiievous legislation n raonsy muttora, ia thu man who urna bia dally breud by hla daily toil." Those words aro aa pertinent now im in thu day they were uttered nndouulit o luiproisively remind ud that a failire in the discharge of our duty at this hue muat especially Injure our counrvinen who labor, and wno, bocatiau of heir nuuibor aud condition, aro unitiod to thu most watchful euro of the ,'overnaiont. UNCONDITIONAL QRPEAL. It ia of utinoat importunes that audi oliof as congress can nlTord lu tho ixistini; situation be afforded at once. The maxim, "lie givea twice who livei uulckly," li directly npplicuble. t may bo true that the oinbarrnesuituils rum which busincsn of the country ia iiflering arise as much /roru evils ap irended an from tliauu actually existug. Wo may hope, too, thnt culm ounsels will provall and that neither he capitalists nor tho wage earners vill (rive way to unreasoning panic and aoriilce their property or their interests tuder the inlluence of exaggerated oara. Nevertheless, ovory day's delay D removing ano of the plain and principal onuses of the present state of hinifi enlarge* the mischief already lono and Increnoos tho responsibility of ho government for its existence. Whatever else the peoplo have a right o expect from Congress, they may corainly demand that legislation conlemned by the ordonl of threo years llsastrout oxporionce shall be removed roin the statute books us soon as their eprosoutttives can legitimately deal with it. It was tay purposo to summon Contress in special session early In the lomlnjf September thnt we might enter iroiuptly upon the work of tarlll reorm, which tho truo interests of tho country clearly domand, which so arge n majority of tho people as shown >y tiieir suffrages dosiro and oxpoot, md to the accomplishment of which ivory oQott of the present admlnistraion is pledged. But whilo tarltl reorm has lost nothing of its immediate md permanent importance, and must n tho near future engage tho attention >f Congross it has seemed to mo that ho financial condition of tho country ihould at onae and boforo all other sub ecu bo couaidorou by your Honorable jody. I onrnoitly recommond the prompt opoalof tlio provisions of tlio act passed luly 14, 181)0, authorizing tlio purchaso >f silver bullion, and that other leglslaive action may put beyond all doubt >r mistnko tho intontion and ability of lie government to fulilll its pecuniary ibllgations in monoy rocognizad by all iivllized couutrios. Ghoveb Cleveland. Exccutice Jtaruion, Wathingtm, D.C. Aug. 7. L18TKXED TO WITH INTEREST. The message was listened to with interest during its entiro reading and here was a doad siloncu In the house. 3en. James D. Weavor, of Iowa, the ate People's party candidate for tho jresidency, was on the iloor by virtue >f his right as an ox-inomber, and occupied a soat beside Mr. Ilaycs, of Iowa. Soneral Weaver is an ardent free coinige man and Mr. llayos, a Democrat, is mo of tho most vigorous antl-silvor men in the houso. Thoro woro a number of broad smiles on the Bopublioan side at the Prosidont's allusion to tariff reform ts a secondary isnue just at tills time, t>ut at the conclusion of tlio message it ivas loudly applauded by the Democrats. THE UICH10AN CASE. When order had been rostored, Mr. D'Farroll called up the case of Bicliardson ind Belknap, both claiming to have a "prima fncia" titlo to a seat in the bouse from the Fifth Michigan district. Mr. Burrows presented tho ?aie of Mr. Belknap and contoudod that the :ortillcalo which Mr. liolknnp lioia was ono of the boat over [irosuntud to ' ttio home. Mr. Woadock proflontod tho elulniB o( Mr. Rlchardaon. stating tint tho notion of tho saproao court of Mlchlgian was ilenrly without Jurisdiction. After some dlBCuaaion Kichardson was doclarod ontitlud to bo sworn in. After somo routino buaineas, at a mark of respoct lo tho momory of tho Into Donstrossnnm Mutchlor, tho iiouso ?dlourned. ? In tho Hauutu. * Wabuinoton, D. 0., August 8.?Tho Iiov. Mr. Milburn, tho now chaplain of tbo> aonnto, opened tho proceedings with prnyor. Tho' journal of poatorJar was road by tho now aocretary, Mr. Cox. Tho credential of Mr. Gooruo 0. 1'orkina, under the appointment of tho coventor of California in place o( tho latu Sonator .Stanford, worn proioutod nnd road and tho oath of ofllce was administorod to the now senator. Tho souato thou took a rocoas until 12:43. Tho rocosi flavins explrod Mr. Harris, of the couiinittoo lo wait upon tho President, reported that tUo cointnltteo had performed that duty, nud hud boon lnformod Hint the President would communicate with Congress irauiodlatoly, Thereupon Mr. I'rudon, ono of tho lVosldont's privalo secretaries, dollvorod tho melange which was Immediately ead to tho aenato by Mr, Johnaon, Iti chief clork. Not oftan Ims an exocutivo communication been listenod to In tho lonnto with sucb profound attention and intureit as this message was. Kvory senator was sonted and appearod to ho on n nervous strnfn not la loso a word. Tlio flood galea of legislation wore thrown wide open and u curront of bills on financial ami other iublocta was admitted. Mr. Hill, of Now York, was the ilrst sonator to irot in a bill fur tho repeal of tlie purchaslni clause of the Sherman act. Mr. Stewart, of Jiovnda, followed with two other bills (and t speech) on tlio same subjoct. In tho spooch he ileclnrod himself against tho repeal of tlio Hhorroau act. and such repeal would, ho slid, destroy sllvor coin* agefornvor. A resolution wnsnlloroil by Mr. Loiteo, of MassacliUieits, directing tlio cominltlou on lliiaiii'o lo report n bill for tho rvpeul of the purchase clause of the tlhcrumn act, mid providing for a veto oil the passive of such a bill hy the of August, If uot sooner reached, In tlio coarse of the discission that folluwttit Mr, Uboriuitn duclurod bluiialf In fuvor of a fall mid liiir debate, with out limitation or closure, ?ud Mr. Tello 8a.it that trio dobate would not oorao t< an und in thirty daya or ovon in sixty Mr. tShertnau said that the out wbiot was now nought to be revorsod had beet caused by the imminent danger of tin the two house* aureuiuu to u Dili for tbi froe coinage of bilver. On tliU lubjsc Mr. Shurtuaii went into some detaili which havo boon frequently published and said that his friends or the other side of the chambei were riuponai ble for thu bhornmu act lie added, however, that evory pro vision of it was wise, conservative and just, except the purchasing clauses, foi the repeal of which ho would now vol with the groatost pleasuro. I wilb t( sou the broadest discussion, aud wil vote for no measure of extromo urgenci to proas a decision of tho quostion. Mr. Vest, of Missouri, said that i partisan discussion at this time was tc be deplorod, but tho senator from Ohlc had made an extraordinary statement which in justice to all Deuiocratiu ten atom ought to be now considered. The senator had stated tbut the Sherraai: net had been enacted in erdor to pre vont thu patnajjo of a free silver bill. Mr. tjlioriuan?To pravout a greatei evil. i Mr. Vest? Id that a correct atatomont 1 Mr. Shormau?Tho hottso provided (or tho montly purchaie of [our ami a half million dollars worth of silver, which would now buy fl J million ounces. To dofoat that tnoasuro and also to pro vent tho passage of a frca colnugo bil as pnsied by the senate, tbia ooin promise measure was agreed upon. Mr. Vest?That extraordinary state mont Implies that President Harrison would havo signed a free coinage bill, for nothing is better known thau thai it was impossible lor aitch u bill to pan over tho President's veto. To this Mr. Sherman retorted thai ho trusted the time would never come when Congress would either compol 01 induce tho President to save it from thi consooueuoo of its own action. Mr. Teller, of Colorado, cloaed the dls cusaion. Ho said tho clamor (or the re fieal of the Sherman act did not comi rom the productive agencies, but froir tho monoy contors. Thero would hi time enough, Mr. Toller added, [or thi discussion ol the subject. After a set speech on the flnancla question by Mr. Dolph tho sonate ad journod. ________ UOW IT W AS RECEIVED. Gront Attention Given to the Ilondlng Uuuiuionta ot Slumbers. Washington, D. C? August 8.?Tin message o( tho Prosldont was recelvet by Congress with a dogreo of attontioi and oarneatnesa that haa seldom boot accorded to a stato paper. A notablo (act was tho general nb eonco o( advorso crlticiam from a part; point ol vlow, and amon^ those wh havo rdsorvod an oxproanon of thoi judginont tho Democrats wore quite a (tumorous aa tbe Republicans. Fo instance Mr. Voorhoos, chairman ol thi flntinco coinmitteo, doclined positive!; to bo interviewed on the message, am Mr. Uill, of Now York, did tho aanio. collator Allison, ouu oi inu iunuinj financial lights of tUis country, wai vory conservative in his expressions o opinion. Ma remarked "It is u ver; fair message. Ilo states truly tha tlio Sherman act wua a compromise be twoen the tree sivor men and those win opposed tholr vlowi." Senator Allison thought that the tariff references of the Prosidant won calculated to disturb business iurtho at a very critical tlmo. Mr. Bourko Cockran, of New York who is expoctod to lead the anti-illvo forcoa on tho floor of tho liouso, said "Admirable, most admirable. Evei tho silver meu must admit that it 1 the most porfoct presentation of th question that could bo made." Representative Bland, ol Missouri, th Mosos of tho free coinago mon, said "As nearly as I could make out, it wa a plea for a single gold etaudard bocaus England maintains it. If Englam would coin silver prpbnbly this couutr; woud do so. Wo tooin to liavo lost th> spirit of 1770." hoprosontatlve Simpson (Populist) Kansas, said: "It Is the weakost mes sage over presented to tho country Weuk as dishwater doos not express it 'Iho 1'residont'a roferonce to tho luboi quostion Is tho veriest rot." ilon. Thomas B. Itood, of Mains, says "One can hardly fail to be impro*so< by tho roiombianco botwoon tho met sage of the President to-day nnd that c tho last Democratic President who ad droasod a Congress of his party in 185! "Whilo tho disaster la not the same tho oxprossion of sorrow is vory aim! Inr. While this mossago is iroproaiivc it is far from being adequate to the oi caelon." OPINIONS OF THR t'BESS. How tho Frotldant'a Momuijo Is Itocolvo by Various Militia. San Fhancisco, Oau, August 6.?Thi Evening Pott, Indopondont Democrat ii politics, says editorially: "Tho words In whloh Mr. Clovolam trnnsuiittod his mossago to Cougros aro those of a prudent pollticlau, wlios intellectuality is under tho atrlct re prosslon of a myriad of conflicting in torosts. Ills document la tliorofnro Boriousdisappointment, Mr. Clovolan haa diacoverod that this ia a broad am lengthy land, that, legialation bent flicial to tho oast ia utterly dli uatrmiB to tho wost, that bl twoen the gold kings of Wall strea nnd tho silver minora of Colorado ther Is no bond. Having mndo this dli covory, he soeka by tho old ol his po to say to all what is loast dliagrcimols On tho taril) the l'roaldont la practi cally silonL Ilo payi It tbo tribute c a courtly how, nnd than, linking hi arm with that of tho gold bug, stalk stately by to wltnon tho oxocullon c the wblto motalllst*. Mr. Cleveland I no longer a statosmna, ho baa bucoino diplomat." Dimvr.it, Cot.., Auguit 8.?Tho Timi says editorially this afternoon: "Ther ia no liopu for illvor If tho message c President Cleveland to Congrou Is t be the ultimatum and to be accepts by that bodv. "The President has tliui Ignored th platform of'lili party and planted hi foot Urnily on tha ulntform of I.ondoi and Wall straet. Utterly coodomntn tho Hhorman law, holding It rolnonilbl for tlie ills that have overtaken th country, ho will nut nduilt that alive haa n rightful constitutional place I tlio monetary lystetn of tho couutr) lie tlirown tlio while initial to tho dog mid deniiiiida that tliu finance* of tli country bo couducloJ on a purely gul baila. "ihero Ii only ouo thing tor th (rlenda of alitor to do, and that ia to keep up the fight (or (roe and unlimited coinage o( silver; tu continue to champion the juat cause o( bimetallism and the poople." New Youk, August 8.?The Earning World say a: "The 1'residoiit'a message points out the danger In which the country is nlacod by uuwise laws. It urgej their immediate ropeal. That la what the natioual legislature la called together to do. Tnat is what tliu puoplo ask. That is what Is not only good, but the vury ?a(otv of tho nation domands. Woe to statesmen who stand in the way ol this necessary patriotic work. Woo to tho small politician who seekd cunningly to delay action on ropeal by thu petty trick o( exciting diacusaion on side Itumatorial issues. "Let the people's representatives follow tho rocommendations uf the people's President aud satisfy what thoy know to bo tUo people's wishes and expectations, and then adjourn and loavo tho couutry in peace," mo .Mm?" wo c9ngr:i[iiiaio mo Democracy oil tho fact that tha Pruslilsnt roco^nisea squarely aad honorably the validity of his pledges. Thero la no sign of repudiation. Tho Timet?'"there is not a trace ol partisanship or of that mncii more subtlo temptation for men In high plucus? tho prldo of opinion. There is no harsh criticism of conflicting thoorios or thebrists, whilo there Is tho most moving appeal to the seme, thu patriotism, and the fairness of all." PiTTsnuiiaii, Pa.. August 8.?The Dispatch, (Independent Hepubllcan) will say: "Phe mossazo is clear, impregnablo and indisputable In insisting on tbo Ural step. That is, to stop silver purchases at once, and tlion settle the other questions in accordance Wil li sound and conservative principles." The Commercial-Gattl'e, (Republican) will say: "In tho main President Cleveland's mosssgo to Congress is clear, sound and praiseworthy. Ho tells tho story of financial trouble in a simple, straightforward manner and his recomniondation for the unconditional repeal of tho purchase clause of tho tihertuan act will meet the approval of the bost poople, and u majority of all the people, north, oast, south and west." . Tiio I'ott (Domocrat) will any: "Prosl' dent Cleveland's message is briof, cloar, ' and decidedly to tho point. lie lavs tho presont disturbed financial condition of the country to the Sherman law, and advises its prompt repeal. Congress should act at once." Chicago, August 8.?Tho Inter Ocean ? (Republican) fays: ' 1 "Tho mesaago of Presidont Cloveland i to tho Fifty-third Congros?, explaining the call for a apodal session, is a clear ' and fqrciblo presentation of tho subject now most prominent boforo tho . country." v Louisville, Ky., August 8.?Under a the caption "a groat document," Sir. r Watterson will nay in to-morrow's 9 Courier-Journal: "I.ike everything r emanating from the pon of tho 0 President, tho moaango boars tho y impross of a strong and oarnj eat mind. Tho . purchauo clause must go, it must go unconditionally, It ? must go promptly. Tlioaa senators ? who undortako to impode its going will f dig their own graves. ,, "Touching tho tariff tho Pro8ldont_ t speaks in no uncertain tono. His mossage is all that tho moat ardent friends 0 of rovonuo reform could deiirqjor ask." Cincinnati, 0., August 8.?The En1 ijuirer Bays of tho President's message: 3 "It is a forceful state paper and several r questions which woro in doubt are settled by it. Ho bolluvoa tho Sherman act the main, if not the solo r cause of our financial uphoaval. Yield; ing nothing of his demand lor tariff roj form, he believes that its consideration . should await tho disposition of tho ; i n g Uiuiu piUIOIli)} IIUUUi Loxdom, August 8.?Tho Pol, com0 monting on President Cleveland's mos: sago, says: "America cannot wolUtop a at tho more ropoal of tho Shorman act. s It li probable that tho problem which 1 tho United States baa to aolvo in ay y lead, not to bi-motnllism, but to moro o inaturo and unbiased conildoration of the poiilble usoi of silver. As a part of tho world's curroncy tho metal cannot he demonetised with safety." Tho Timet says: "No pormanont Improvomont can bo looked for until Congress abandon* tho hIbvpliomi task of attempting to maintain an artificial ratio between silver and gold." Ilopenl riootu* Certulu. New Yoiuc, August 8,?The Wurld't Washington oorrospondont has pollod Congress upon tho proposed silvor ) legislation and says that ropoal sooms sure. Ono hunilrod and forty-throo roprosontatives favor roooaij oighty-flvo ' doclare for n subutituto and nine will not talk. Twunty-olght senators aro for unconditional ropoal twonty-two are for a substitute and twou>1 ty-two will not tall;. Xliroo senators declare against the ropoal of tho Sherman o act. Many of tho membora of both ? houios who would not talk will undoubtedly voto for ropoal. A largo number of thoso who want substitutes 'I are for free coinage or aro against tho s demonetisation of silvor. ,. ' IIEATHKN WOMEN Visit Tliotr Wrangling (Jlvlllseil Alston at tho World's Pair, j Chicago, August 8.?While tboboard ) of lady inauagora of the World's Fair i- was in the midst of a spirited wrsnglo i- this afternoon a dologatlon of womon it from) tho Midway l'lalsanoe walked fn. 0 Tho visiting hoathon wero l'orslaus, i' Arabians, Turks and Qrooks, and as n tboy entered tho room whoro tho ' board of lady managers was In session I' tho din and confusion that prevailed >' was startling In the extroiuo. 1 Mrs. I'rosl'lont 1'alinor callod for thorn to cotno upon tho rostrum and tbore ? presented thorn in a body to tho aiiom> bind women of civilised socloty. a Scarcely had they gone when tho wrangling was ronowod. The rumpus -i still hinged on the dispute between tho o Ball mid Moroilllli tactions. The wholo if matter was finally ordered oxpungod o from the records. Woutlmr Furoonat lor Tn.Uaf, 0 Fof Wmi Virginia, (sir, wsrmcri soulhsrly S Wft|r'btilu, warmer. soullierljr winds: (sir Wadn nwluyi light local Ihuoilor storini WoiHisndsy t " Pn'r Woatorn I'runiylYsiiln, warmer, variable 9 winds; fair. t rns rsKrsntiusi Ynrraoiv, r a> >nltl|aho<l bf 0. w?w. Urojunt, oorasr Market nn<t K.iurwuiin irool* la. IU W I 0p. la SI ' t' ii. Ill OH 7 j.. m SJ IS SI | N tialhor~-U< ur. ll d Uki'AIi.iku In effects, always tollable, imrn and harmless Is Simmons Ltvur i? usgulator. \ BLOOD MAY FLOW. Armed Man Guarriiue tha Court House at Pnraons. THE TUCKER COUNTY SEAT WAR Growlna Serious and the Situation la Grave. RUMORS THAT A FINAL ATTEMPT WU1 1)0 Made by St, Goorgo to Kucupturo the County ltemirds Which woro ftvinnvod by a Umly u( PanaoiilteaLatt Wock?A History of tlio Trouble?Tlio Pooplo Overwhelmingly Voted l'or Koiuovul. Tlio St. George f'eoplo Attempt to l'ruvont It by Ijogul Means?Bloodshed may yet ftosult. Sprclal ViiDalcU hi tha JiiUUtgvtOir. JJkbtz, W. Va., August 8.?Another chapter has keen added to tha Tuckor county court house episode. List night about niuo o'clock word was recoivod from St, Georgu that a largo crowd waa being mustered to forcibly remove tha courtrecordsfrora Parsons to St. George. The court house bell waa rung {or twenty minutos, ringing out the ularin that an uttoinpt ahould bo mndo to break Into tho temporary court houso aod remove the coutents. In lusi than live minutes fully fifty armed men were on the soene ready for action. Work waa commenced at once erecting breast works in trout of tho building acroaa the street and atrict orders were given by tho captain to uae their guns freely it'uecessary to prevent tho destruction of the court houso, county pnpora and urivato property, as Parsons is now legally the comity-seat, tho bid having been awarded for tho rolnovai of the records by the seventh. Many wore armed with rifles, repeaters, old r.riuy muskets, liatcheU and A U?... 1. num. nuuuv uiiu u uiuuk muouuDBgivu shots were fired opposite tho Parson Uity hotel, which is a iinlf squaro from tho court house, and almost instantly every armod individual was at his post in the trench back of the breastworks. It proved to bo n (also alarm. Up to 8 o'clock a. m., tho Bt. George continuant had not put in thoir appoaranco. All this lima sotno were dninu picket duty while others were sloopinir. At 5 nothing serious had occurred, and the guards went to breakfast. Court is in eossion to-duv at St. Qoorge, but nothing can bo iiuard. Judge iloku oi the circuit court hits appointed .Kunrds at tho court liouso at l'ariona to protort records and public property, with the priviloge of addiug recruits. If tho St. Goorvu people put in thoir appcur.inco suraly blood will bo shad and many will bo killed. At nrosont everything is quiet, but troublo is expected to-nignt after the action of tho court is known. . HISTORY OP THK TKOUMJE. <* How PamouN Wiu Clumun it* the Cuniity Htmt?Cloitrly the l'ttojilu's Clioleu. To the Editor of the InUUlQciictr. Sik:?in reply to u disputch from ttrotz, W. Vn, that appeared in tho Intklliobncer of August 3, relative to tho county scat xvur going on in Tucker county, your correspondent dosiros to' inttko tliis mutter plain to your rumlwd. Wo with to bo understood as tukuig no aidoa in thia controversy other tlum tlintof tlio pooplo, and hero it will Ibo nccceeary to review brielly the hiatary of tlio olfort ft! chnngo tlio county Beat from St. Uooriio to i'nraoni. It is understood tlmt l'arsoiia is tho cetitjral town of tlio county and oil tho \Vust Virginia Central A Pittsburgh railrond, convoniant to all, while Si. Goorgo ia nearer tho border ol tho county, ^i|;ht rniloa Iroin any railroad and iilcamveniont to four-tilth* of tlio pooploi of tlio countv. Theeo being facta, it was decided four voara ago to bold an olactlon relative to making tlio propoaod change. This was done, and Paraona ouiy lucjied sixty votes of receiving throe-flftlitj of ? tho wliolo numbor cant in tho county. Tho roinovat under this oiection could not bo mado, and another elootion waa hold two years aftor, thia resulting in thirty votoi losa than tho nvcaaiary throe-fifths in favor of l'araona. Obeurod by this approximate victory, anotfhor election was ordorod to bo bold last fall, and l'araona was only throe votes abort of tlio necoasary tbree-fittha. It was argued by tlio friends of removal tbnt tho prnpoaltion to chango the court houao to l'araona had not boon fully undoratood by tho pooplo at tho prevloua olectiona. So it waa arranged early Inst spring to bold a apodal oiection and on tbo 28th day ol lait April tho mattor waa aettled, Parsons revolving a large majority ovor the nocosanry threo-fifths. Notsatisflod with the rosulta of this olootlon a movs was mado to tako tho honora away from l'araona'and boitow tbom upon Hendricks. Anotbor oloctlon waa ordered and bold tho 15th of July and Pareoni win transcondently victorious again, bor majority boing larger than evor boforo. Surely thoro can bo no mistaking v bow the will of tho pooplo atanda in regard to thia matter. Five elections having boen held, l'araona boa received a largo majority at the flrat throo and a good majority ovor the neooaiary throefifths at tho last two. In viow of thia fact tho county oourt at its lant aoaaion ordered that oaths 7th of August tho records and appertonances lioretofore belonging to Uio oourt houao at St. Qeorgo should be movod to tho now court house at Parsons, and such would have boon dona had not the opponenta of removal taken another stop to still thwart the will of tho people In regard to the inattor. They appllod to Judge lioke to grant an intonation, a park, forbidding it* removal, but Judgo Iloko would not do it They thon went directly to the an* prntnn court and asked Juugo Dent for it writ of etrtiorarl and wero about to obtain the tamo when the pooplo who liiivo ao oflim etpreaaed thoinsulvos in' rmioril to this cbiwgci roso up in their might and aaidi "tVo proposo to liuvo no minority rulo In i'uoker county. You proposo to carry this thing Into the courts and wait yoara for a decision,