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V]I O d u TsuoDJOI^ J1 s,on of the Legislature. The
JI Lo6'wl^° * a *> ^ REGISTER’S daily telegraph *
PEH’S i i1 . teU ;n>: xt T/T isports from the Capital will
„'Ca; nni will ( ^ ^ ~ ^ be complete in all particulars.
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wmtMI.TNH, W VA. THURSDAY MORNING JANUARi 30, 18H0 O. I
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(ontinues tli*‘ Argument
for tin* Minority.
\\ fiij IBB ASSBIB'J SPATIRHCB
' • • • a Adv’
thing Sew.
iHt WORDY WAR SOUK TO BHD.
-i. ±*hM Committee on Rules
V. ; D isioa—Tke Devita
■ ,t Win the Find Argu
Bietii—Members Allowed
Tec Mmum.
0, wf ihe
* was turned on
*- *■
• r*W • not o-o.dly either «■ »l»'
,-n. ker Wnen m
i .-tu ie *»n tiioke ti e ,
, er tued i>»<H
inocienv, an 1 be was sensually eocctieiol
la an,. . a
„ , ; ro» tiled tUtmeclves
! ‘ ; - 7- sad wntiog ma
.W‘.U .. . 'i o pas* a war the time,
; vu .r *««
. \RATt\IU.Y i’KW
, ta: ...,r t.en, G tJ. h^wcv. r. who did
» .itt.ug nnderGcU Sprigg's ad
dress yee -rr1;.y alurnaoc t ime up smiting
Ui.« morning to hear his most zsalons chata
trao-se ed without m 'dent, 1
, lew minute ' alter 1" o clock lodge Max
well began to ia'nraate.
radge Maxwell h.n :ly re 'erred Is the
■•kward po-:tion in which he stool
. mum -g t > srgae the cise, bows*
,t ‘i- :letn.i--a rror sitting to dtcioe
u„< -peak r c'viog h’s rea-cns l.r tbe
r , . , » n tiiu>, and, it. as a plead
h, », .i -ev > i the bounds to which a
• 'it uti'.aelf. he would make
n l;i
. CM M MC t
,.ha. !-e * ’.b «•«.-« General Gill
vu ■ than
a.a> O i ,r * 1 : • t!C<6*- f"*t
4,^ ; (•! - * r- tunch t
D(( t . . c . Wo- i ow this to be
t , 1 SdS there
mn
- c W Vir< i i ere were
s„ ' !t,nr «•>-•
. '>■•* 1 ■< ded _ tlie-e
, r . . the ciniiida ee
. ,r i m,o ct high nwpeet
. ■: e» . I tbe Tote
*.• 1! 't • reeot’icte.
.iitiYemor in
nr. • . l"-. thi total vote
, d total •
lot A'. r I :l risero was very lit
t.« Ji:’-:.-.-. e To? candidates tor Gover
a r ct u.ic as popular as the c»o
.t.-r.i’e .• r i ’tor ana they fell off 11*»
.oi«, : Duffy rece.Ytd 251 more
.otu tun Jt: tg« blaming. Follow it h
. •> St real or, ihe labor candt
Dir • -n' received 224 roles more
laso t he tabjr candidate lor Gov
f b biilta ciadiiate
:>i rr^*idrio’ mai • '0 ni »re than
Car*k u) he 1'iohibitioo candidate tor
iive.-i r W lit do a'l these Totes amount
It they weal sway treui Fleming they
I t hsy w.-n
a»*v , lV ».el>n ar. 1 I’ursun 'bey
inn-. .. -1. n where. Add up
o to G.n- M ■
i > i1 I . teta’. which General G tl
. ca, i - ..I as a stiongcatdt
A.t • . .. c a we»k candida’t
»e r ic » .- : more than his total
vote. jt . - Goff should have
hid~atJ more voces than he really got at
.iaspc- - D c.- • ehow tbst there
vas
N KNO'IKSAL
.a (•3.’! * li:* vo>.
<<m h>l y-iterliy refer e l 1*>
lie net la* Wl been
imanmr on ip * t.kir.’ fm t l ituiipy
vote* un i ajamu.ua* ia strikum r>»l votes j
linu G He puf one ouTnctoa on
that tact, aod the sp*ak>r pot another
The miner 'y report showed taa: .'■(
owe* ul c •: • e :.a. k 1/ouJ Fleming
than a*. -;ru k fro u Uo*l la oth r
<*onl«, we star! on' wth a plurality of 1U3
:cr i oil *ad 11 j-wr with a plurality of 140
That »'• h.a ciaatrortioa of tha fact
- i »• n Spuei; baii .riti: i>ed. G jn.
'Pr ■< h*! *t« td ip hi* adore** that the
cam cm tee
HAl' XU Rtiittr
to c) ."Side of I he record* ia thect*e. J
i- .r: ii«d to t!r* if '.ply in order to
- 'ho1 t. o w,** >.lm wt slwty
• rht wbrtt he * «-ed the law, hut almost
< «j'- wrotik ei.iu he orae to apply the
taw.
N»w. WL« W :* the evidence ill this
V.'.m their any charge that aij
•r»n l w - • ,'iii'tri hy any voter o"
" -on U li w w chorus i that aoroe
ni*u »>: i„ „| who were piupers and
. d akt had no: bten
. crue l:ed voted cat
!>u* tbm was no
**' ' - ■ , Bv turn hjj kuowioo'v
• . • Hi liel board
■' 1 <■" • ..in wir-n m the Ruher
i. d no man had ever
• ' rrn pi or iRuurnnt acuon
" ; "uuiHpioner* of eleeiioa;
Hate that it tb* com
'• i ■- v d re “U vote* in
which the Assembly
V" Ni>W Aoat."
! - • e Member*of tbs par y
* t 'Duwta.it ii (united.
u1 McDowell, in the pre
M r-i k aid SEotuune creek
* ■’ *; <■: thi-ee illekul vateo art
ip,t ..<• r -i Ki|i, two Democrats
' ' ■ . •> >ne. If they made a
' - w.i i wh’cb Ihe Ko
* r. tL,v c idesteo conld t*e
I not inland to^M m-x the
111 rt *; aov lrnitth. bat both
i minority bod been criti
>wa the law that a ruan
• • iie somewhere. Since
1 km made by ‘.Du-ra!
‘ • i ' xamioed the opioiua o*
Jo tke Siyder ia the
* Si. i meut, and the law as
wus exactly a* the commit
•i it. A tuuii iun»t have a
■ .*• -omewhere.
■ » '* <i I tuen entered iau»
MM MMUI
- 4 of pauperism, bat is very few
* v i.,t .»ted ou this around, the
" v 4 LlA - ..-i calarlfpettiae.it
a i.uk 'hi* argnmen'
’'ss np district ipura’-ionc which
ea • ? the coumittee. Toe nrat
it* < ict i e op in lbs coanty of
r there was co dispnte aboat
■ ' * luoa ip any wonatiea bnt
’S ■ a.,.j Era* ton, and as to Ohio
- t - w,* -duoletely no evidence
.-b lore 'be committee that
*' •’ '»hio ciuLty wa* ever divided
1 r . So t e couteat in Ohio
, "y i ' I tallea to I.,* "ronnd.
, t4 •' e- -s„ t ijaosti.n ue»t arose, la
v‘e »'d t'raA'nu countieaahunt 4v votes
we • cm »#*»«* be rase cast onleide of th
YKRY FLIMSY
Tteevtler.cs stows that theie wen1
aiwoship iifter in Braxton. lh® i^nmtirD
jiuie no before the coramiUei as to what
s i- old bo done wi*h these rote".
It was after the Brooke coonty c-.se had
been psssed and be confidently txpoc*ed
t-at General Sprigg wonid vo'e to cast oaf
ttit-c votes. He was snrpri»-d to find him
opposing the rejection, hot Brother Kee
said thete was gome doubt aboct these
I lad that t!-ty should he
:ossified by striking them cat until proper
time for considerstton bad b- en given.
Oo ihij ground hs end Mr. Morris had
voted to "trike off the e votes, althongb
they did no: believe it ought to be done
The speaker bad also another reason. Hs
thought it was the Brookecorutyc-.se
over ag'.in, and it TO g.iod votes could gt
out in Brooke, 31 or 40 good votes could
go out in Braxton to keep them company
Siccc thatt me he bad
CHANGED HIS MIND
however. He did not Iwliave that two
w.onpg roolu make a right, aod he would
now to e eg-iast throwing out o&eui those
votes.
U I’otB not appear al any place on the !
coanty records tbat the change in the 1
Braxt u district lines was «v.r r«ccgn:z d.
The order on which the change was made
was nnll acd void. Yet these people bad
voted houes'.ly, and he would cot now
cast out o is i f the-r b .l'ols. Much bait
been **: 1 ab:ut the ciuatt of Brooke, but
not much on tbat tl tor, except what Gen.
Sprigghtd ad yesterday. ^
The law of tbe S-.ste provide i that every
mau shgu d vote in !:;e district of which
,e w; s a bona fide resident. The came
law i d-h.' other restrictions to the lran
chue, ua.l tbe speaker
WAS OK THK OPINION
that it was .-learlv naconstitntional. It
had bees practically declared uncon
stitutional by the emt.-st committee when
it refused to reject tbe vote of u number of
employe of tbe State in the Weston In
sane Asylum and the penitentiary at
Moundsviiie.
But 11 return to the Brooke county case.
There never was any evidence before tbe
sma'ttee to show that the county had
ti ,i divided into districts. Hs held that
-n.b pro* t was nece*-sarv before tb-1 vot.s
could Ik* thrown out. N'or, was this all
l'lie very witness who b-l been called to
-.:,-ve th*i*. Fleet street was the hiandary
ice b.-twern W 1-Vonrg and Cross Creek
<-.triel" had testified that it w.s uoder
.t mxI wb n the limits of Wellebnrg were
extended that
TilK fKOl'LE LIVING
it. the ndd-! territory should vote iu j
Wtllsburg district Bat taero was “till
more. C« W. McCord,# redd-nt of thu* >
added territory, had been appoint- j
ed a Justice cf tie Peace 1
lor Wellsburg district, and had afterwards
beeo elected to that cilice. Moreovtr a
petition had been piesented by the voters
i:f Cross Creek ’distric, not added to
WelUbarg, for a change in thtir voting
place, dne to the change in the district
lines, aod this petition, with all its signa
tures. was granted by the County Ccuit,
and a new election place was established
a; Deviotey’s «v.srehouse. That was the
evidence before the committee.
It showed that the district lines ol
Brooke ccnnty had been change.!,
AN t> THAT CHANGE
had been ncoiti/. :d. Tne voter j weie ^
legal, just aod honin', voters, and they |
coo'd nut be deluded, deceived or dislrsr.
chisnl Toeir votes should be ennoted.
this p nnt in Judge M ix * li’H address
a recess taken nntil 2:30 p. tu.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Jutlge 'I ixw <11 Again nils the Air With
Worda.
When the court reassembled in the after
noon, TnJge Maxwell pa*a«d a discussion
of the i-ues arisieg from the Kanawh*
coanty contest. He reviewed the action
o: the committee in regard to Lewi-ton
and Cjalbnrg precinct®, and described the
conditions ouder which the original count
was conducted in Charlesto i. There was
no uii-uke in this connt. Bat a recount
was held When that recount was finish
el it found that there wne fourteen less
1, a voles than hat been counted by the
elec ion commissioners, and lcurt®en more
Fleming votes than they had been able to
had.
K ght at this point the coanty court
slopped aod pioceeded to do what it should
have done a*, ticot. That was to inquire
of these ballots had bten canfalljl kept
There was nothing
IN THIS ( ASK
to show (bat the conuty clerk or any ooe
»!se was guilty of tampering with the hal
lo'-; there was nothing to fix crime many
one, bat there was testimony that the onl
!ot* were tampered w th. T*o men ot re
epn‘ability and irtdi: testified that thtr
wasacratk ia the bottom ol the box.
which wft'i cot there when the ba Io.h
aere put in I*. A piece of the bottom
hid been pried out and it was calledngiin
with a new nail.
O.her witnesses *e-tifi?d th it the box
had not been tampered wiib, bat with
them it was a matter of opinion; the two
witnesses testified as to facte. John M.
Canning! a i, President of the County
(' ltlrt, testified that he had examined into
ail the facts and was convinced that th
ballots hvl not been preserved; not only
this, but what were the circumstances of
'his change The contestant g-iaed 11;
the conteate ■ lost 14. Was there not
something remarkable ia that fact. 11 wae
utterly impossible on a calculation ol cbaure
that such a thing could occur.
whew!
‘t^nd the proposition oat to all the uni
versities of the country and they would
tell them it conld cot occur in ten thou
sand million years. As the minority said
in their report, this fact alone was suffi
cient to prove thst the reconiit was fraud
ulent, and the original count in Charles
ton prreint sht uid b? taken. With this
very unsatisfactory argument on a qnes
lion, which has proven too knotty for srv
of the Rspnbl'Cia pleaders to handle. The
learned Judge ’ed his auditors np the
Kanawha Valley, to Mercer and Me Dow
ell, the counties over which, he said, the
dark clonde of Irand were alleged to hover.
The poll lisle for several districts in
these counties wire ducoseed, snd th
Judge claimed that these lists bad not
b»en pot in evidence properly and ought
not to be considertd by tbs a.-sembly.
Without tLe-e lists, there w«s no proof
that any mao bad vot 'd ia these counties
at all and co vote could 1c attacked on
the
II ROC HI* Oh Mt .U 1>.
This technical argument, bi*eJ on the
flimsiest of pleas sreaie-1 to s’rike the
members ol the assembly as highly comi
cal iu view of the fact that tier. Goff, who
had so loudly declaimed that no vote
ought to be cast out on a technicality,
was sitting within a lew tett of the elo
quent Jndge hiciselt
Senator Flournoy stated that it appear
ed in the minority report that all these
list- were accepted as testimony.
Squalor Price—If th»se lie's were not
bt tore yon. what evidence did yon bavt?
Judge M vw-ll— 1 can only say that if
tb»y were .'eforens I did not see them, I
, ie-Utu my and did COt
read sll thedepNotions. I on'v refer to
this to show the irregn'aiity cl' the pro
cedure. After thus patting his judicial
1 \X»T IN A HOUC,
the speaker backed out as gracefully as pos
siule, and turned his attention to another
phase of the can.
The boary chestnuts concerning the
identification of the negroes, were again
dished np to suit the Republican taste A
larc; number of the members got np and
.•-ntuo about the cloak rooms while this
iaterts-iBg d tod ol otatory was at its height,
tier G-'ff put * cigar io h,a nj0Qth\
■ueaadervd back to tbs rear part ol
•he ball and lotk-d disconsolate. Sena
tor Maxwsll showed eigen ot quitting, bm
Mr. Mortis, who d'dn’t feel like tackling
the gigantic task ot' proving Gaff elected
a‘ that time, vociferously sought the dic
tmgui bed oritur to go ou.
And on be went.
Ho quoted troni tha case of Ceeney
Bg-inst Meyers, to the effect that the em
ployes of a corporation, coining into a dis
trict tor a*; indefinite i»eriod, and announc
ing their iaton'iou to become citiz2B8 may
vote, aod these votes shall be counted.
How did this mle apply to Mercer and
McDowell conntiei? These men employed
by the colliers in Mercer and McDowell
voted, and by the rule of the case of Css
ney agaioet Myers these votes ought not
to be rejected.
Some one in this cans had heard about
colonizers. Who were the colonizin'? What
evidence was there to show that men had
come into the State for the purpose of vot
ing illegally? He had gone carefully
THROUGH THE EVIDENCE
in relation to Ihtae cases in Mercer and
McDowell, and be had no hesitancy in de
claring that there were 160 cases of this
kind iu which the majority of the com
mittee bad voted to r.ject ballots which
should b8 cou »t*d.
Tnere was no evidence against there
voters, beyond the fact that they did or del
not work during certain months in certain
rninee. That was no proof of non-residenc-.
No vote could be cast out on each tlimsy
testimony, and he took it that thesa votes
would not lie cast out.
In summing up, Jadge Maxwell sail
that he had ebowa that the 70 voter iD
Brooke conuty ought Dot to be rejected
Ho did not believe that tho assembly
would cast them out. He did not believe
that they would give Judge Fleming the
2h votes c!«imtd in Kauawbaor reject the
160 Goff votes in Mercer and McDowell.
Add these up, compute the result and they
would find, even granting the figures ot
the msjoriiy of tbs committee on all other
p lints, that Gen. Gaff had a plurality ot
21. I,’S3 than that the bs erab’y con'd
not give him, in jns'.ice to him and in jns- j
tics to the people who elected him
In conclusi n Judge Maxwell sail: Now
gentlemen, I am about to close. I appeal
to yon all if
ANY OK YOU
have any feelings ia this case besides a de
sire to do right, to binish each feelings J
fiom year breasts. Many of you here are i
ou the threshold of life. Many are about
to leave it. I am probably as near the
c ose as any of yea, but I desire for myself
and for yon that no act of ours shall
bring shame cu a*. I desire to leave to .
my children no tanet that I have stepped 1
aside to do an urjnst thing. I say again
to yon, do as your conscience teaches, and
whatever the remit, yon will have dons
justice. _ _____
NO MORE WORDS.
.AIt*r the Kiual Argum»ut—Report «*f H>e
Commutes on Rules Adopted.
Special Telegram to the Register,
Cuaki.ks.ton, W. Va., Jauaary 29.—At i
the conclusion it Mr. Maxwell’s address,
Senator Pries presented tbe report cf
the Joint Committee on Kalis Tbe re
port was signed by all Ibe Democrati.
members, and was to tho effret that a ref
lation declaring either of the candidate!
elected will he in order. Immediately
aft^r tbe close of tho final argument by
members ol tbe committee, it would tie
enbject to amendment, striking out the
n«m« of the candidate in the resolution
and substituting the other.
Mo debate will be allowed, bat each
member will be given ten minutes, if de
sired, in which to explain his vote. Tbe
minorily of the committee presented r.o
report, and the rnlts were adopted without
a division. There wr.s a general eeling ot
rtliif when this was accomplished. Gen
eral debate i“ cat off and a decisive vole on
the contest may be reasonably expected by
Friday or Saturday. The assembly tb»u
adj nrned.
How ih« Addresn Was Received.
Spinal Telegram to me Hegis’er.
Charleston, W. V., January 29 —The
address which Judge Maxwell deliveied
to-.!ay, hirdly created a ripple on the po
litical sea. everything is at the dead
level of prede-ination. It was baldly
posstb’e that tbs vote of any member
would bo influenced by the address, aud
jodgt M-xwell’s opinions and peculiar
forms of expression wire too well known
to the members to ex ;i*e any cariosity. If
the speech had b?ea delivered earlier in the
argument it weald have attracted sharp
crit c sm its points of weakness are so
numerous auud glaring that they in\ ite it.
I ader the circumstances the legislators
are not inclined to carp, and accept the
Judge's argameats aithe last poidible de
fense of a very poor case.
BIRDIE S FICTION.
Hu Wild ltouvmce About Ibe Inaugural
Ball.
Special Telegram to tM Register.
Charleston, W. Va., Jannary 29.—
Tbe Birdlipg who is corresponding for the
Intelligencer is daily growing into fame ea
a stupendous and magnificent romancer.
He romances wilhiijual freedom and facil
ity abont the greatest and smallest things.
Hia elegant work of fiction alwut an im
aginary Democratic split has been followed
by an infantile effoit concerning the in
nugaral ball, which a number of society
gentlemen are planning. The Colonel
h-n discovered that this is to b*
Democratic strictly. The committee
in charge ot the ball is composed of three
Democrats and two Kepablicans. One of
the latter is a near relative of Gen. Gotl
The Colonel’s prevarications have stirred
no three gentlemen. General Ned Woods,
who is chairman ot tbe committee, said to
the Kkoistkb correspondent this eveniog:
“Hart knew that there was no partisan
ship in the ball I told him nil about it,
and he agreed that it was a good idea, yet
he has published a pack of lies about tut
whole thing ”
General Woods’ remark is sufhcieut to
show tbs depth of prevaucation to which
ihe Colonel has descended.
VKItY RELIGIOUS.
Tl.o .SunOS) Tr«mc Bill toiler DUeui.lou,
Work In the Senate.
Special ItUgram to (Ac JttgttUr.
Charleston, W. Va., January
The Ssrate was treated to several eloquent
religious homilies to-day, and aa ordinaiy
stranger might have mistaken the session
lor an experience meeting, in which the
good brothers were more anxioas about
the sins of their fellows than about thetr
own. Senator Flournoy’s bill pro
hibiting local railiOld and steamboat trai
tlc on Saoday was up on its
second reading. Mr. Flournoy hirueell
offered an amendment which seemed to
lave the effect of making the bill apply
to all traffic. The amendment wao vigor
ously discussed. Mr. Flournoy declared
it was'he purpose of the bill to prohibit
all traffic except as works of ntcessity or
avrcv. Mr. Scott pointed out that great
„ pry would result to manufacturing es
tablishments. Mr. Campbell also op
posed the amendment and it was defeated.
The bill then went to its third aeading.
Mr. VanFelt introduced a bill to con
ti’-m titles to waste and unappropriated
lands held by (cbool commissioners.
The joint resolution providing for the
appointment of an engineer to devise a
system of sewerage for the Weston Insane
Asylum, so as to prevent pollution of the
West Fork river, was adopted, and thus
became a law.
After the Joint Assembly had adjourned
in the atternoon, several bills were read, j
bat no important business transacted.
SCHOOL BOhK QUESTION.
The L-gltlntare of To liny Given Up
Almost Kntlrelr to the Question.
Sj/fcni Trlfgr&n to ite XivMer.
Charleston, W. Va , January 29.—It
is becoming evident that before the echini
book fight is settled for the seeeiou some
body will get hurt. Governor Wilson and
his friends are pressing the attack on tbe
present school hook system, but in tbe
courts of this eseaolt have succeeded iD
stirring up formidable opposition in the
short legislative reunion of the Honse.
To-day was given up almost entirely to
this question. Chairman Shaw, of the
Committee on Education, introduced tbe
bill which he has besn preparing. Altiz
er’s bill, repialing the present law, was
taken up out of its order in spite of strong
efforts to adjourn, and read
FOB THE FIRST TIME.
It i3 tbe plan of Gov. Wileotfand his friends
to hav-* Hhaw's bills submitted for this
one. Oa tbe second reading tho at sail
ants ot the t.listing law ecored another
point by ordering 2,000 copies ot Gov
WiUon’s message on the subject to be
printed for general distribution. None ot
these moves were successful without hard
fights.
With theee successes the assailing forces
rested. They were, however, treated to
little surprise after the Honse adjourned
Gov. Wilson appeared on the lloor and be
gun to explain how much
WOULD UK 8AVBD
to tbe State by tbe repeal of the present
low and adoption of the Indiana system.
A knot of legislators gathered, and Gor
don, of Ohio, and Merrill, of Wirt, took
np the cudgels against tbe Governor.
Gordon pointed ont that the Indiana law
required* cash payments for hooks; as it
was now the poorest farmer could send
bis children to the store with bntter and
eggs, and school books could be secured in
re'nrn.
If payments had to be made in hard
cash, ra3ny a child would go without
hooks He also inked the Governor whst
wcnld be done with the quarter ot a mil
lion dollatH worth cl books now on band,
and H:s Excellency
DID NOT REPLY
very sati-fsctorily. Merrill look np the
debate a*, this point, and showed tha* the
retail dealers in the State made a prt tit o'
20 per cent on school books, anil at the
most the re was not more than live p«r cent
dillerence in the wholesale price of oor
books aad the Indiana series. The hand
ling of school books was a legitimate busi
ness, and the State, he claimed, had no
right to go into it. Toe discnsiion clostd
before the Governor was able to reply.
The bill which Sba«v intioduced,
creates a commission which shall adver
tise and contract for hooks. The con
tractor will sell them directly to the
State, which will deliver them to the
county superintendents and secretaries of
the boards of education to the pnpils.
These secretaries will be paid 10 per cent,
of the value of the books they sell for
their services. Uoder the most libersl
estimates the scheme would not reduce
the pGce cl' hooks more than 15 p;r cant
It is very doubtial if it wonld do that.
“GREAT GOD, GENERAL! ’
• U Till* too? You Didn't Aniwer My
Letters. hu<I I Thought You Were
Dead."
Special Telegram to tbe Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., January 2tt. — It
hw often been whispered over the State
that Gen. G. fTs brokae promises wtie
g ving tbs distinguished gentleman a great
deal ot trouble. There was a startling ex
ample famished of that fact in the Capitol
to day. Some time last summer, when
Mr. Goff was protecting “American labor
under the broul shield of American luw.”
he got down into the Kanawha valley, Bird
addressed a Uepnbliean meeting atC>aI
burg.
There were thousands there.
Krd fire burned and the enthusiasm was
great. Tbe success of ihe meeting was
largely due to the efforts of Secretary
Kantz, of the Kanawha Executive Com
mittee. Mr. Knntz, by the way, stands
very high among tbe taitbfal. After tfce
meeting was over Gee. Golf t,ook Mr
Knntz to one sid-*, patted him on the
shoulder and told him that when
Harrison was elected he could have
anything that Gen. Gjft could
give him. Mr Kantz treasured up tbe
promise and ajp red to be pension exami
ner. He wrote a letter to bis dear friend
(ion Goff, bat received no reply. He
wrote auother letter and enclosed a stamp,
but even the stamp didn’t come back
Mr. Knuiz wrote three or foor times end
then quit.
Later in the summer be bad occasion to
write to Gem. Goff concerning a matter in
which Gcff was deeply interested and s
reply came beck the usx’day. A’l these
things rankled in Mr. Kuntz’s patriotic
breast.
To-day Mr. Knntz was sea'.el in the
Capitol when Gen. Goff' came up to him
and extended hie hand in a patronizing
way. Tbe Kanawha statesman rose to his
: feet, looked tbe General over from head to
i foot, and remarked:
“Yon have the advantage of me, sir.”
“Why, Mr. Kantz, dou’t you kuo<v
me? This is Gsneral GalY.”
“Great God! General,” was the reply,
“is this yon? Yon didn't answer my let
ters and I thought yon were dead ”
The gentle zephyrs played about the
Capitol, but there was sadness oa their
deep murmurs. Tbe statesman from the
hounds ol the West Fork and tbe states
man from the quiet flowing waters of the
Kanawha separated and they know each
other not. __
Legislative Notes.
fytcuil 7exjram to the K'Cteter.
CHARLESTON, w. Va., January 2!) —
Tae House Committee on Finance held a
meeting this evening and determined to
appropriate $17,(HtO to the Weston Insane
Asvlniu. Twelve thousand is for general
purposes, five thousand is for the service e
of an engineer and the improvement ol the
tewage system, and two thousand is for a
pnmp house.
President Turner, of the State Uoivcr
sity, laid the plans for a new Commence
ment Hall before the committee and asked
an appropriation of fit 000 in order to com
plete the building. The request wos favor
ably received by the members. It will
probably be granted.
From the Slate Capital,
Special Telegram to the Register.
Charleston, January 29.—A call for a
meeting for the formation of a West V.t
glnia Historical Society is in circulation
hire. It is signed by a large number of
prominent men- The meeting will ba held
to-morrow night.
The petition of Hon. J. W. St. Clair
and Gibson and Micbie, couusel for the
State of West Virginia in the Hatfield
CUe in the Kentucky court, was present
ed in the Houre to day. It aake lor re
muneration for services.
Hon. James E. Haggerty and M. J.
Devinney, of Fairmont, arrived to-day.
Steuben vtle.
Special Telegram to the Register.
STEl'BRKVILI.K, January 29.—It was
Hob io9tead of Jim Barr that tvaseriested
along with the Daffys for the robbery of
the Italian, Mike Dogamino, at Steuben
ville, Snnday night.
Never give np the ship. Dr. Bolt’s
Cough Syrnp will cure yon, as it has done
others. Price 25 cents.
A Baltimore Butcher’s Experieoce.—I
have suffered with bad headaches (or years,
and have tried many remedies without ob
tainiug relief. I was aJviped to give Sal
vation 0.1 a trial, and it has entirely
cured ms. ED. BALTZ,
La Fayette Market, Baltimore, Md.
ACTORS SNOW BOUND.
SEVERAL THEATRICAL COMPANIES IN THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC BLOCKADE
A Long Time Between the AcU—Footlight Fav
orites Cold and Hungry—Some of
the Companies aid What
They are Doing.
New York, January 29.—Tbe main
subject of interest among tbe theatrical
people now is ths great snow blockade on
tbe Central Pacific railroad.
Tbe companies are snow bound in tbe
Sierra Nevada mountains and several thea
tres are closed ou acconnt of the failure ol
these companies to meet their dates.
Tbe loss to managers will amount to
thousands of dollars, while to tbe players,
who are losing then salaries while locked
np in tbe annw on the monntaine, tbe
money damage, though smaller in amount,
is likeiv to prove even raore serious, be
cause they are not so wbll able to staid it
as tbe managers.
The Howard Specialty Company has
been tbe longest soflsrer by the blockade,
baviog already been snowbound in one
cir at Shady Ran, Cal,, for 14 days
Oaring this time the company has lived
principally npon what is known as "pack
ed food”—Fait moat and fish prepared for
winter consumption a! the smaller towns
along the railroad.
The ‘Shenandoah” company is still
snowed in about nine miles trom Wads
worth, Nev. A1 Hayrnan telegraphed to j
Charles Frohman yesterday that pos-ibly
the company may be “dog out” in time to
reach San Francuco Friday. The track
for 27 miles is covered with ica and snow,
which is very difficult to lemove. Tbe
Baldwin Thiater has been cloved all week,
and will continue so until Monday, when
“Shenandoah” will bs produced, if tbe
company is fortunate enough to get there.
Roland lived and bis company are also
lost in tbe enow somewhere on the Cen
tral Pacific, bnt nobody seems to krow
wbe'e. Tne California Theater, in SjO i
Francisco, where they were to have ap-1
pearod last Monday, is closed.
Toe opening of ths new Markham Opera
Hone?, in Portland, Ore , baa been post
pmed for a week, because tbe Emma Jucb
company lias been unable to get to Port
land.
Toe “Pearl of Prkin” company escaped |
tbe perils of the scow, bnt it is blockaded t
bstwteu Fiesro aad Lph Angeles by a wash
out. Takea nil together, tbe players’ pil
grimage to the Pacific coast this season can
hardly be regarded as an overwhelming
success.
WILL 800Ji LB KKLK'k8KlL
The Snow l*iow'* Work In tbv Hltrrii
I)Amn|;e by f lood*
Han Francisco, January 20. — I: low
seems probable that the great blockade oo
the Hierras will soon ha over.
The big rotary plow has been deg from
the snow in Cascade county and has dont
splendid work since. Tne trace is row
ckar as lir »s the plow can clear it. The
snow it has been passiug tbrongh was
nearly as hard as ice and averaged twenty
fee!.
The railroad official.' state that the only
cb-trnctiou cow i-j abintafuot of burd
crampkd snow arid ice which covers the
rails for a considerable distance. This mu t
be remov-d by picks aud shovels. The of
ficials think tbattfc 1 lockadtd trains will
reach here by this evening. The trains
have two weeks’ mail.
Thu high water has gone down all over
the State, and washouts and landslides are
generally rtptired. Great damage lias
I o n done to the roads and bridges
The blockade on tbo California and O -
egon continues, and there is Jitt'e prospect
ot breaking it lor a wetk yet. There is no
communication north except by steamer.
The United Stake revenue cutter Knch
took a large aaionat cf mail to Portland,
Ogn , last evening, the regular line of
steamers refusing the compensation offered
by the Gjverurnent.
AGED COUPLE SHOT.
Au Old Grudge! ‘-et:l«td With 4’old
Lead.
London, O , Jaunaiy 29.—A terrible
I
shooting affray occurred about one mile
south ol the city on the Mt. Sterling pike,
| last night. Kinney Graham, a farmer
living in that neighborhood, King slightly
intoxicated knocked at the front door of
the farm house of William Wood inure,
i g d 60, a highly respected and well-to-do
farmer, aod demanded his rppearauce
The eon came to the door, hut Graham in
sisted on seeing Mr. Woodhcust.
The oid man finally responded, attired
in his night clothes, when Graham pulled
his revolver and fired four shuts two of
which took i If ct, and be fell to the tl >or.
Mrs. Woodhouse rushed to the scene, and
the intoxicated man discharged the fifth
bail at her, which took tff ct in the light
thigh. An old grudge had existed be
tween the parties lor some time. Graham
was arrestt d.
Sn.ate In a Ilsadlurt.
COLUMBUS, O , January 29.—TceS mate
[ is in a deadlock to-day in the Marquib*
Lampoon contest tor the Iveut. Governos
sbip, aid the Democrats are holding the
Senate in stesion to await the arrival of
Senator Howell, who is away on indefinite
leave. There are seventeen Republicans
and seventeen Democrats present and the
Senate is under a call. The Republicans
insist on proceeding with the contest and
the Democrats ask a postponement, to
which the Republicans will not agree,
hence the Democrats insist on remaining
nnder a call until they can bring in the
absentees.
Two Kiiinli H Act Ido t«.
Special Telegram to the B'VitUr.
Pakkkrhui'BO, January 29 —Charles
Lagan, an emplojeat the Camden re
finery, was badly burned this morning by
some bet /.ins on his hands becoming
ign ted. He whs burned ahont the hands,
arms and body in a serions manner.
Mrs. John Gray, of llarmar, died tes
terdsy from the t fleets of a fearfnl born
Sunday. Her clothes caught fire and
literally burred off of her.
A Freight Wreck,
Special Telegram to the HegUler.
Eli.KNBOBO, January 29.—A freight
wreck occurred two miles west of here,
yesterday. Train No. 690 failed for steam,
bat failed to scad h;:ck a flagman, and the
train following was not warned. It ran
into the rear of the first train, demolishing
the caboose and disarming the engine aod
saveral cars. No oue was hurt.
Wholesale Poisoning.
Pt Pleasant, W. Va., Janaary 29 —
News is received of the poisoning of a fam
ily of eigh’ persons named Hargrove south
of here by a negro woman. Four
of the family are repotted dead.
Skating.
Nkwbtbu, Janaarv 29 —The skating
race at Washington lake, this morning,—
quarter mile—Moshier, of Fisbkill, first;
Joe Donoghne, second; James Donoghne,
third; time, 37 1-3 i-econds. Five mile
race, was won by Joe Donoghne; time 1/
mine tee and 50 seconds.
A Feal-Mualhtd Woman
is even worse than a foul-mouthed man
Bat no one nfei b» feni-mouthed if they
will only use SOZODONT and rub it in
weil. Don’t spare the brush and spoil the
month, as some parents do witn their child
ren when they withhold the rod.
DOUBLE FATALITY.
A Terrible Holler Kxplowleu on U e Klk
River.
Special Telegram to the Hegiele*.
Charleston, W.Va.,January 29.—Toe
boiler of Ibe steam saw mill of A. B. Leach
& Co., situated at Palling Rock, twenty
eieht milts up Elk river, exploded last
nigh4.. Joseph Wright ami Mordtcai
Hoover, were instantly killed, their bodies !
being horribly mangled, and Bad MalleDB
was 60 badly irjured that he died
in a few minutes, Ail three of tbe men
were employed ahont the mill, handling
logs and lumber. The engineer and fire
man, who were near tbe boiler at the
time, bad miracnloas escapes.
The foreman claims that there wert:
three gauges of water io the boiler when
tbe accident occurred,and the affair is unex
plicable. L*acb, the owner, lives at
Wellslon, Oaio.
TWO RAILROADS WITHDRAW.
The Ilenth Blow to tlie luter-Htate 11*11
ro*d AMucUllon,
Chicago, January 2‘J.—The later State
Commerce Railway Association, better
known as the “Gentlemen’s Association,”
has at Inst reached tbe end of its rope.
It received its death blow yesterday,
formal notice being given by the Union
Pacific and tbe Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway companies of their with
drawal from the Association.
The action of these roads was not
officially promulgated by Chairman j
Walker, last night, sad consaijnently was
known only io tbe Pieiidentfl of the roads
immediately inlereited, who were pn- (
vately informed by Chairman Walker.
Tnat tbe announcement of tbe action of |
those companies caused intense excitement -
is patting it rniidly. All day tbe p-esi
dents of tbe various roads in tbe Associa
tion were conferring together os to tbe
course to be pnrsntd by them under tbe
circumstances. Thoee who were eeked
their opinion as to wbat steps wonid now
be taken laid they wonid go on with the
Association, notwithstanding the mtonrf
the Northwestern and Union Pacific R isds.
Without the Northwestern end Union Pa
cific, however, it would simply be impos
sible to continue lbs Association’s exist
ence, as more than half the roads in the
territory of the Association are now cn the
ether side.
INSURANCE"ANOMALY.
Toe Company Ke fuses to t'ay *.‘>00 to a
Divorced Woman.
Cincinnati, January 29.—A singular
case in connection with life insurance has
been developed io Covington, Ky.
Io November last a Mis Kriegler, ol
that city, cube to the Cincinnati morgne
to look at description.! of unidentified
dead, saving that her hnsband had disap
peared early in Angnet and 6be feared he
had committed snicide or had been killed.
She found a description which she said
united her bnshaud. It was that of n man
who had bten carried horn 8!. Lonis here,
shut up in a box car, and who died from
tbe expaanre. Sie exhumed the body,
identified it, Bed had witnesses to do the
same.;
Toe insurance compmy, one of t ’*
small kind that fora weekly payment pays
a few hnndred dollars a4, death, instituted
an txaminstion. They found that in Sep
tember IfBt Mrs. Kriegler had been grant
ed a divorce from her husband, and that
on liie tri ll a.i atib-vtr made by Kriegler,
in Cincinnati, September 22, had been
presented. The metiranco company has
refu-ed payment of (1)00, the amonnt of
the policy.
HIM HEAD BLOWN OFF.
A hliuck’bg Dynamic* Kiplotlon at Lan
caster,
Lancaster, Pa., January 29.—A
frightful accident occurred at the stone
<|oariy at Chickiea this morning A charge
of dynamite failed to explode, and when
William Wrutenlieffer, the foreman, went
to investigate the charge, it exploded rh he
was linking at it, tearing off his bead end
mangling bin body in a frightful manner.
IN'IO 1'OLITICU.
Action of llio Niw York l.sglalature on
llis World's Fair 1:121.
Ai.uany, N. Y„ January 29.—In the
Senate to-day Mr. Erwin, from the special
World’s Fair committee, reported Mr.
Stewart’s fair bill, amended by adding 22
new exhibition commissioners, of whom
18 are Republicans and l Democrats. Mr.
Cantor moved that the Stnate bill be
'abled so that the hill which had already
been pa»«od by the assembly conld be
taken up, bot the motiou was lost by a
vote of 11 to 11. Tne report i f the com
mittee vrss ttea taken op, the Democratic
minority reporting against tbe amend
ments
The bill was then taken np on third
reading, nuJ Mr. Jacobs moved to strike
out tbs amendment lidding 22 incorpo
rators.
Mr. Can or made a lengthy speech
claiming that the addiiion to the list wus
a scheme to throw the Worbi’i Fair project
into politics and pussitly throw it away to
Chicago.
A rote from Eras* os Corning wan read
by Mr. Cbaao declinirg to teive as one of
tbe proposed new iDiorpmators on tbe |
ground that the addition proposed would
imperil the bill ami was wrong in prin
ciple.
Mr. Erwin though that Mr. Corning j
should be retained.
Mr. McCarrea read a statement from
Chaoncey M Dcpaw to the eff-ct that the
amendment would seriously effect the bill.
Mr. Ives moved that the r.ameof Mr.
Samuel Sloan he strickea from the pro
posed list on the gront.d that be iSloau)
w..8 a inetnVr of the Fair Ccueral Com- i
mil tee. Lust by a party vote.
NKTWOKK OF CKIM B.
.\u Ex Convict l'im(rM«i ami Implicate*
II * St'p-Miither,
Topeka, Kar., January 29.—Oao of
the most sensational cases that lias been
before the public for many years is now on
trial here. Fanny Brown, a young girl,
married Robert Bnrnside, who was old
enocgh to be her grandfather. They
lived together in Highland Park, happily,
it is said, until Charles, the old man’s
son by a former wife, was pardoned and
came home from the penitentiary. He wss
about Fanny's age and an attachment fol
lowed
Charles confessed that they tried to get
the old man ont of the way, atid gave him
"rough on rata ” The body was bnried,
and months later Charles and Fanny
qusrre'el. Fanny had Charles arrested
tor some trivial affair and be became in
furiated at her and told the story. Bath
were arrester). She claims to be innocent,
bat he confesses to everything.
Wn Firm ill His Belief.
Nicholasville, Kv., January 29.—
There lies dead in this place a man then
whom there is nme better known in Ken
tucky—the Rev. Stephen Noland, who died
suddenly yesterday. He was an evangelist
and claimed that he had divine visitations
from Jesns Christ, who app^red to him in
bodily form three tiraas. He gave a fall
account over his signature in his paper, the
Central of the stranse meetings
Aud t'eecribed the conversations in foil.
Many members of his c'nnrch—the Metho
dist Son'h—»o rever-d him thattodoobt his
story was considered impiety.
OH, if I only had ner complexion! Why
it is easily obtained. Use Pozz.ini’s Com
nlexion Powder.
SHOCKING INCIDENTS RECORDED
| The F.rat Annual K>port of New York *
Inanun.
Albany, N. Y., January 20.—Tm Ural
aonatl report of the State Commission in
Lunacy was made public to day.
A considerable amount of specs ie de
voted to a comparison tf s'ate care and
i county care of tbs insane, and the report
| takes a strong y round in favor ol the
j former,
A large number of shocking incidents
observed in the county institutions are re
lated. Oae aged woman, etthcted with
tmlmlent dementia, wrsconfinrd in a cell
' like room. Her bed was indt-scnbibly
I filthy. Her only attendants were two pan
( per girls who brought her food in a basin,
which they set on her filthy bed. She bad
do companions except five filthy male pa
tients in the eame hnilding. The beds of
the latter patients were also in a horrible
condition.
In another part of the hnilding a young
woman was fonud attired in nothing hot a
bine cotton skirt and a mud's coa*. Her
j room was cold and cheerless and its tloor
was wet and foul. In another place the
attendant excused the practice of bathing
Severn'. patients in the same water by say
ing that “the patiente with skin diseases
were bathed last.” la another two filthy
i patients were pnt in the same bed.
Toe Comminsion c includes that how
ever feasible may be the t tory of county
care, it has fallen far short in practice ot
the hopes entertained for it. Its difficul
ties and defect* seem to be ineradicable,
and the system should be abolished by the
Legislature. A system which has heen a
failure for 20 years can hardly be expected
ever to become a success. State cate, on
the other hand, while not perfect, repre
sents all that is best in the present state of
knowledge.
Tbs absence of nniform and reliable
statistics covering many years makes it
impossible to determine whether the pro
portion of insane to the population in in
creasing, bat while it is certain that there
is a steady numerical increase, the frequent
admission, discharge and readmissten of
patients to asylums result in making sta
tistics unreliable.
:
8WHZKKLAN1) HKlOMK.x ALA KM Kit AT THE
PROSPECT OP WAR.
Qermans Control the LitiU Rapablic’s Railways —
How Th«y Advanced Money Ahead
of English Capi
talists.
London, January 29 —Tbe large unro
ber ol cipher telegrams parsing recently
bitween M. Drez. Swiss Minister of For
eign Affairs, and the Swiss Minister in
London, has aronsed curiosity and cor jec
tnre.
The solution which gains moit credence
is that negotiations are to be opened in
England for n loan of onnsual magnitude
to tbe Swiss gov* ruinent. The Helvetian
Hepnbltc has grown alarmtd by a consid
eration ot its financial situation, which
shows it to be rt tli*’ raeicy of i's greatest
creditor and moat dreaded neighbor, the
German Empire.
The Swiss railways are virtually owutd
by German bankers, who, probably hr the
iusligtlion cf those at tbe bead ot stfiirs,
advanced the money lor their construction
j at suspiciously low ra'es, underbidding
English capitalists who expected to obtain
the contracts. In case of a war with
France tbe. e is no doubt that Germany
wcuId seizt upon tied make nee 11 the
roadbeds and tunnels, with or without
going though the farce of demanding the
reimbursement of tbe sum expended npon
; them, in an incredibly short time,
j The Swiss Government has become
•wore that it is a matter of vital import
ance to rediem its railways from German
control, even at a considerable outlay for
snob necessary indepr ndence, but it may
be expected tbnt Germany will throw
every obsticle in the way cfacontomma
tion so desirable for tbe republic.
tie !• Salltbiirj’* Hrotli«r-ln-I.»w.
Lon don, January 29.—Tbe Manjuis ol
Hilisbury is natnrally terrihly annoyed by
the notoriety which bis brother in law, the
Earl of Galloway, bas attained by bis trial
ror annoying gitls of tender age, and, de
spite his amiable nature, most sigh for the
good old times when he ronld immnre
his disreputable relative uD'il tbe ar
rival of dealh or d*cenry. Tee Earl is
one of 20 North British peers who consti
tute the ancient order of The Thistle, and
some cnriocity is telt as to whether bis
brethren of the honorable fraterni'y have
spirit tnoob'h to lint to him that bis cou
| tiuned membership is oil :nsive to them
J ned a disgrace to tbe ordir. The odds are
I that they hr.ve rot, though same slight
hope it felt that there is manhood enough
left in Scotland, though they be peers, to
ostracbe a blackguard, even tl is a brother
j in-law to tbe Premier of Esgland.
Ur. Pet era All Itight,
Zanziiiak, January 28 —A number ol
Fre»ch priests have arrived at Malmpi.
They stale that they reu-ntly met Dr. Pe
ters, the German explorer, concerrirg
whose death many conllicting reporls have
been received, at Koki. He was in good
health.
Three I'nrioo Murdered liy Iturglar*.
St. Petersburg, January 29.—At
Van's, near Warsaw, in Poland, a gang ol
horglars murdered a man, bia wife aud
mother.
The Strike spread*.
London, .Unnary 29.—The sltike ol
tho doc* labotetH at L.veipiol ml Bir
kenhead is spreading
III nixing the Suev a’s I’raei tigers.
London, January 29.—The steamer
Oania, from Hanilmrg, suibd from Havre
lor Ne* York to-day. She has on board
the p»rsemers and cargo of the Hatubnrg
Americaw Line steamer Haevia, from Ham
bnrg, January 22, for New York, which
pat back to Hontnampton, .Unnary 27,
with her shalf cracked.
l)Hith of « rronilurut ICcpu</>l< *o.
Louisville, Kv, January 29.—Cil.
John Mason Brown died at 10 o’clock this
mornirg of bc-art trouble, brought abont
by pnenmonia. He had been nncoRscicns
for nearly a day. He was one of the rnoei
prominent Kepnblcm* in K-ntccky, a
leading lawyer at the Louisville bar, and
was a brotberef B Gratz B'own, who ran
for Vice President on the Greeley ticket
in 1872.
A W Vit. Ull—Penglon#
Special Telegram to the R( (fitter.
Washington, Janmry 2!».—Repr«.sen
tative Wilson introduced a bill to pay Ibt
Catholic C'aorch of Msrtinsbn'g 9*hi ior
damages inflicted by troops daring the
war.
Pension*—Original Iovalid—J. H Dav
idson, of Olive; J. Nickelforlb, of Ovede;
W. Douglas, ofSeith; H. R Kexrood. of
French Creek; Geo. W. Taylor, cf Glen
ville; D. Hint*, of Barnet; Wni Scott, of
Motville; D. Hammer, of Yankee Dam.
K>Usne—Tho®. Miller, of Glenelk. In
crease—Jacob W. Fostner, of Davis; Janie#
Graham, of Albrgbt; Nathaniel Batcher,
of Troy; Augustus Walker, of Charleston.
Original, widow*, etc.—Amelia D., widow j
of Peter D. Grcve, of Wheeling; Catharine,
mother cf Pnilip Rhode*, of Kulomers.
( ongbann<l Hoaraeuasa. -The irritation
Lieii induces coughing Immediate, y relieved
by rue of “Brown s Bronchia. Troche* " Bold
only In boxe*.
Reed's High-Handed Taeties
Openly Assailed.
A SCENE OP GREAT CONFUSION.
Mewebera of Both Parties Opposed to the
Speakers Despotic Sway.
THE DEMOCRATS OPEN FIRE.
First Battle of the Smith-Jackson Case.
Reed's Peculiar Methods of Calling the
Roll—His Explanation Falla Flat.
The People Brought Face to
Face With the Glar
ing Fraud.
SlxrUti TYUgrnm to lh' Hi gum.
Washington, D. C., January 29 —The
political battle over the contested election
cases began to-day, and it was an exceed
ingly lively skirmishing. Kven this lore
noon neither party knew exactly what was
coming nor what it woold or might do.
Heed had ptepaied himself for the arbi
trary and despotic step? of coaming Dem
ocrats present und not voting, bat mem
bers of bis own piriy earnestly urged him
to go slow. His elevation to the Speaker
ship seems to have made him diiink with
exaltation and vanity. He appears actu
ally blinded to the danger ol bis conr-e.
As nrgent commands bad been sent to
\ Kepobiican absentees, iheconsei vatu e men
of that parly hoped they would have a
j quorum. They were really
AN\tot a TO AVOID
the assumption ol power which Heed was
so ambitions t > take upon himself. When
the House met the Republican leaders
were uncertain as to whether they bad a
quorum or not, and there was some inde
cision among the Democrats.
A tew Democrats were dts|»oscd to take
the ground that if the R-pnblicana had a
quorum it would not do to filibuster io tfce
j Jackson ca*e. Several earnest conferences
of the Democratic leaders were held during
the morning, Miami, O'FerrslI and othrr
Democrats insisted on fighting, saving
they would nut yield a point, that the He
pnhlican determination to take possession
ot Demvcratic seals wxs plaio’y manifest,
and that it was n:< time to think of shiink
ing It having bseu agreed that Bland
should start the fight should the Republi
cans pn»h it, the House met with doubt on
both sides as to what wnald iOCt
minor bill for uow Inn I (dices in Colorado
was olil a-d to dtvelop the Republican
strength, ami it
DKVKI.OPKD NO ql'OBl'M.
Af’er cocsomieg some time on the Colo
rado bill it went through, Bad the Jackson
Cifcj was called up. Following the coorse
of Congress since its first organ)/ition ar.d
all precedents, the question of ronsidera
lion whs raised and on the vote the Demo
crats exercised their right and refused to
vote. Heed was observed keeping a list of
some Hurt. At the coinIn-inn of the roll
call Ried lost no time in showing his hand.
His calling ot the nnmes ot Democrats pro
| vuked a perfect storm of indignant pro
tests. Brrckentidge, of Kintacky, Crisp,
O'Ferrell, Compton, f’oop-r, of ludiana,
and otliers, compelled >he Speaker to listen
to their protests. Heed attempted to
ignore all t-nch demands und proceeded
with his rending. Mat he bad uot the
nerve. He vis bly weakened.
Ne each scene of wild confusion and in
\ dign.ition has • eon seen in Congress for
yens, uot since
Til K IIAYBH TII.DRN TIGHT.
! The Republican policy was to have ig
nored the Democrats and retest<1 all hear
ing or debate, bat th.it could not be car
ried ont. Heed obtained oniet by prom
ising ua explanation, lie lead a long
document citing acts of State Icgislatmc-s,
bat not one in Congress, ar.il when Crisp
arose to a reply he was rslaied rccogut
tiou. Tnis occasioned excitement nod
confusion. Democrats shouted und Re
publicans jit red. l’rohably the plan of
choking down the miuonty might have
been mlhertd to had not Heu. Mutter
worth, with determined rniep, demanded
a bearing for Crisp, saying this was a
question in which tbe whole cruutry was
interes’ed. This timely demand showrd
the reckless Rspoblicvii leaders tint they
could not command their own members
Matterworlb maintained hisgrourd and
it was apparent that any farther deiiinre
of Democratic rights would produce a Re
publican disruption. Hawaii
WITHDRAW HIS MOTION
to table Crisp’s spp.-al and Crisp and Car
lisle aisilutely and liteiaily demolished
Heed’s pretence of juslili-ation instead ot
foic'iog the fight us the Republicans bad
threatened to do. Oo motion of McKinley
tbev adjourned about live o'clock.
This etrh the first day ol the battle, nud
though the Republicans have the advan
tage of members ami hiuie force, the ple
dge is with the Democrats. There are
numerous R-pnblicins who like Batter
worth believe K'ld is leading their party
into trouble. There will be no w*ak> a
ing in the Democratic lines.
A WAR OF WORDS.
\ Stormy Seen® In ill® llcmif * t lt»|»rr
ifeOUtlv«i«
Wahhikotun, January 2!». —The Hooae
ia in an uproar over the attempt of the
Speaker to count a quorum, an attempt
which w*“ denounced hy Mr. Breckinridge,
of K entniky, a* revolutionary. <>a con
aidering the H.nith-Jackbon context the
L)rm rralx generally relaxed to vote and
made the point of no qnorom. The
Speaker, however, count* d a* preeent the
meiiihere retming to vote and declared »
qnorum preeent. The Monet' wax immtd;
ately ia a great turmoil, hut *l preaent
quiet baa been restored and the Speak*r in
mskirg a long aUtement in joxtitiraticn ol
bix conree.
Mr. Payroll, cf Iil-noi-, from the to.ii
>uittt« of Public Lind*, repot ted lb** -ill
for the rrea'nn ol tbree additional and
diatricte in Colorado Toe hill wax j>*xaed
—ayea, l<l-;nayx, ini,
Mr iJdzall, of lVnn*y!v*nu. calbd op
the election case of Smith v. Jackaon,
front the Fior’h Wtat Virginia district.
Mr. C'riap, of Virginia, raided the qutxtion
ot condderalion.
OH THIS VOTI
the Democrats, with three <x ■ep'.iooe
! Messrs. Iiackalsw, Cov. rt and Cowls*—
rtfreinsd from voting "rule t:ie Clerk
wm railing the roll Ite Hpe-ker was care
i lollv nol.og the nt.mta of those Demc
rra'e who were present and not votirg
Before the anconacemeat of the vote, Mr.
Rogers, of Arkansas, who had inadvert
ently voted tn the affirmative, decided to
withdraw hie vote, hot it met with a etorm
cf objection* from the K-pnblican side.
Mr. Roger* endeavored to secare a ruling
from the Speaker, bat he declined to rol •
Mr. Covert, of New York, changed hi*
vote from the negative to the sffirmative;
Mr K< gers wa* then given psrunscon to
withdraw his vote as wan also Mr. Cowles,
of Nirth Caroline. Tbs vote sa< ancom
ced ae standing—yeas 161, Dave i
Mr Crisp raised the point ol do t^norum.
Tne Speaker—The Cbair direct* the
clerk to record the following n»me* of
member* preseut and refusing to vo'e.
This we* tha signal for a borst of
appanee from the Republican side and t
of jsers from tin* Democrat* T ie clerk
! the namta of IK m
ocrats whom the Speaker hail jolted down
as being present and Dot voting. When
the name of Mr. Breckenridge, of Ken
tucky, was called hi stepped into t
and in a resounding voice aaid
“I deny the power ol the Speaker to do
'b.s and deuonnce it aa revoluhonary.
Cheer after cheer -character!/ d hv the
Republicans aa the rebel yeti -wir.t n
from the Democratic aide, and it wa* m *•
j eral minntee before eofficient order was
. restored to enable the clerk to
• •OHTIHCE THE KKAIHXU
of the list of names, hnt the order was
only comparative, for while the , lerk was
i proceeding with the reading hall a dozen
Democrat! were on their feet den.uucmg
I the act .ia of the Speaker.
I Mr. !..aud, of Mi»aouri, roared oat that
! he was reejnnsible for bis actions only to
his constuneot* and not to the Speaker
and Mr. O Ferrell, of Virginia, protested
in the name ol his State against this nc
tion.
Mr. McCreary, ol Kentucky, denied the
right of the Speaker to count him aa pres
ent.
The Speaker—The Chair is making a
statement of fact that the gentleman i*
pre-tol. Doe* the* Kmtleman ieo? th^t
I " .U «"•?* f W ,Q"* »"<• lighter
I on the Republican side
j The name o’ Mr. OatbwaiU, ol Ohi-.
| having been called, that gent'emao’
omul a great uproar, declared that he bad
not hern present when bis name was
called oa the roll call, and that what the
.’speaker w:t* stating was not trne.
Mr.O’Ferrell inquired by what perlia
ni» clary rule the Speaker had the right to
| declare a person present if he did n..t
j vote.
! The Speaker replied that he waitm*
making a statement of fact.
Mr. lireckenridge. of Kentn ky
dared the action ol the
-I’HAi-KK WAS IVIsoEliKttI V,
I and that the Speaker had no bun
make the statement from the chan tt
be would have were he on the il »or
Mr. Crisp desired to app. i] from
ciaion ot the Chair.
The Speaker replied that in due lime h>
would allow the gentleman every pr i|*, i
appeal to the Hon e til an orderly fashion,
as the ctiair would damonatrate to tb< •
iafsetion of the House.
In the meantime, Mr (v
itna, was on hi* feet demanding rr.,ni
tion and denooncieg then ton of t!
Chair.
Ibe Speaker Bully (kid
man must not mistake the litoatwn li
ft not to compel the Chair to do a cerUi
I thing. TM Chair tun-' pn ,. I .
and the gentleman, as a raenh-rof 1
body, will ondonbtedly allow the Ch
to proceed. The Speaker tbi n pi
to make a atateiueni. The cletk, he -
hml anuontcad, of member* voting 1
yea*, 2 nay*. The Cbair I hereupon, bavin.
ItKAUil THKIK NAMI I
' railed in their presence, bad <l<:e« ted a r,,
I ord to be made of tbi
j that qBMtiM wm uwbt
J tad the Cbatr propued to gift
i nccompinitd by * ruling, from whirb an
| appeal ronld be taken ifauy -rulleiuati t.
; dissatisfied,
Mr. ('. ,
Ur an appeal, | Lmghter |
The Speaker Contioning, naid that for
some considerable time a .ph.tua „f tbia
nature hod been raced in many |>aili*
UH-ntary NMUlgl*, *|
been a great drat of donbt, tape tally m
tbia l>ody on thia nilj-ct. The ihair
well rn ilectad a pn ,
made by Mr Kindolph Tucker, of Vir
i g»U>», an able loaatlUltiio d lawyer, n*
' well e* au hb'e member el tbia Hon.
The matter had li-en somewhat riiecnaerd,
I and the pioponiliou was made with r«
gard to putting it in the rubs j he g.,,
i ernl opinion which ptevailed at th.it tin *
, w.ae, that it wan expidirot to d . .. , ,
| men
HAH IIUAV K IN>|-M|
whether it waa proper to make Mich
ameudwent to the rule* a* would .. »t
j lute the persons pr* nl part
one. The evil* which had resulted :r n,
the ccume had not been more apparent tl . r.
| a* now, and no in ...
'been then given to tie enl.e,, w»*
given at the present tuns j |... .. ,d tse.su
j place in 1880. Sim • the n
i various argnioenla and vr.r ..ria d.
| eisiooa by very eminent geutlenim
ou the .soljtct aod tho-e drcMion*
' ha<l Very moth clean I up the .,n*-i inn
and re ndered it lunch more apparent what
the t roe rule was. n,r of the lira' place*
where the .|nedlos bed I -n raise I wa- in
the Senate of the State of New 'iork Tn
present Governor of New Vork bad Is m
the presiding officer, aid upon bun id
d< v el red a duly sniilar to that wli b n. w
iltvolvrd npnu the Sjwaktl. He li I not
that do' v inpiec"-»ly tb* same rosnoer
There had alci bee.i a dot -m i .u lh«
j State of T-nne»*se, where a provision of
law ri.jniri 1 two thit.la of the i embers t.
c institute a ijuornm.
lit the Legitlatm. of 1*0 a regietraln.fi
bill lud been peuding, which waaol . ted
toby the K-pnl.li.sri members of lb
, Honse. On tlu third reading the Kspoh
lie ma bad refused to vole,
VVHKUICfMK TilK s.-gaK KK,
a member of the r t-cr parly, had du> <.(
jtbeclerk to cunt M prmil tboei lot
voting, and had dedal- I the bill •- . 1
ou that reading.
Again, lime wa- a p.jvisii ii li the con
•dilation which declared that the II . ...
ought establish rale* for lompeliiog 0..
attendance of niemhei*
TheSp aker then rn. I at length •. .e
ernor Mill's de< won when preeidmg < III
e«r of the New fork S-rnte, and laughter
and applause by the Kepnblf, to* greeted
the reading of aenlen.rs when the a'ltri
id the nnoority waa ,ieooon< «d a* r<'wd
Ilona and revolution.rv
The Speaker ignored Mr. I'luwei’a
ree-olntion that lb* IC-pnblo .. . p.ot* t
again**. that dee -in n ai**i read The read
mg laving b en roup'et, 1, tie speaker
said “file Cbair, tbe.-emre, rol«* to*i •
a quorum present within the mianioy ol
constitution.
Mr. Crisp of Georg a appeal 1 fm . the
drciaion and drxanded rt.-gnii "i., tint
the Speak, r resogn a d Mr. I’ayaon of II
cnoia, for a motion to lay the a; |>e il op-jn
the table. This note n a not op, n to do
rum ion an-l Mr Cr p pro! iti i
Mr. I*oyoo’» rcC'.geiuou, eayirg that d
Wa*
T"N KA I It AND NM AN I. V
to prtveot him from pleadioe hi* r-a»<l»
bn fellow members Me apte.i'rd to the
Coair 03 bis fairness as a man and »
Speaker to give the />..m<‘crnl« an ■ ,
tnni»y to reply to the ar^nmeot who n 1 ■
Speaker had eex n prop* r to mi r.
[I'onliitunl on Fuurt\ /'<»./<■ j
stnrglaa' NmntnaMou I at trale'y K*p nlrS.
■nsrpu TfJj-jtnm to tV K’fUUr.
WAtiltiNOTUlf, Juacary 2tt -‘i e n. ■
ication of Stnr*;*.* bits lieen favo/sMy ie
ported from tbe Ssnate Judiciary Commit
tee, bnf that of Wbit* lot Marshal iesM
held back, not, as he ilaicis, !•* m* he
spoke disreeptctfal.'y cf J»f!*r- I’** -
hot bicinaa aeiiooi cbargaa aflrrlm<
White's condo't a.nca sppoiotrd 1 isrsl *
bate been filed. Tneete 1 barges are ;
Republicans of a t bwaetar tba
ignored. They allege irreaaiarity • ' a
doct and will be tx»mined btlora Whita
Kfis oat of the committee’s b*cd«.
Senator Faolko.r to day intrude *d a
bill to prevent frand on tbe part of com
mission merchants in V^asbioaioB.
Weal Virgin!* Poaliuaalart,
Special Te.'MTra.tn 10 Ifae Keglatrr
Wabhikgtov, J*an*ry I (u*
lowing were to <1*7 *ppoinir<1 F<nluiaet«r«
I for West Virginia W. I’. V»U», And/,
tfdnj. u«t f i • Wa Kogen • . .
J. i!. Gifcaon, Blair, Hancock oont/, tut
J H. IVtcreon, rreigned, J. S. UarklrT
Krtl/o, Wirt couotf, fice M-e. t -t l.w
ri-igo^', T M Qmtm, Uw,n
l ooniy, »»•« N. B ►/•gar, rt* ga*!