IHC PRESIDENT S MESSAGE.
UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL
Of th Pllver r-urchaa Cltuit Aekd for
and Tariff Itsvision Afterward.
President Cleveland's mcsag in pre
nll to botli branches of Congress ou
Tuesday. It it as lo lows :
To the Cuwjrr uf tht I'nitM Stilt rt :
Tli existence l mi a arming and extra
ordinary li.iiiiirH situation, involving the
welfare and i-tr'-scnty f all uur people,
baa const ramml me to c t I together in riirt
easion III l-enplt s representatives in Con
K rests, to llii' end Hint through a wise and
patriotic iereis l the legislative duty
witli which they solely are barged, present
tii may l m 11 iitea mid dangers threat
ening tn tutor limy In- averted.
Our unfortunate liuaticial plight M not
the result uf untoward events nor of condi
tion! M'l.itrd to our natural resources, nor is
it traceable lo any ol the iillliitions which
frequently check iistinnai growth aud
prosperity. Willi ileiniiiiii crops, witli
abundant promise ot remunerative proiuc
lion Hiid mnulacturc, with unusual invita
tion to sute iiivc-tuieiituml with saiis:actory
assurance to bii-iuess circrprise, nuddeiily
financial distrust and tear have nui tip
ou every side. Numerous mom-ye-l lostitu
tloli liae suspended because abundant
Mia were nut immediately available ti
meet the demands ol frightened depositors.
Nurvivnig Corporations mid individna s ury
content In keep in hand Hie money luev lire
usually mix ions to loan, mid limse vigngcd
in legitimate business aresurpriec-t to bud
that the set unties they oiler lor loans,
though licrctoloie satisf. iclory.nrv no long
accepted. Values supposed tj be lixed arc
fast becoming conjectural and lour uud
failures have inaied every branch ot
business. 1 heueve these thing arc pntlci
pally chargeable to congressional legislation
loiic'ilug the purchase mid coinage vt Silver
by Hie general government.
The legislation If ciuliodied in n statute
panned ou the 1 lih duv o. Ju.y, Is'.t i, wlm.li
was the ciiliiiiuatioii of niiicli ugitaiioii on
the lilhject llivo.ved. and whicu may be
consi.leiid a liuctf after a long mnigge
between the udvm at.-s ire silver coinage
and those intruding to be more conservative.
I'lidoiibledly monthly purchases by I he.
Govern men t of 4. . '!, is m ounces ol silver en
forced under Unit r-tuiute were rtyai ltd by
tho iutereated in silver p'oouciiun m a
certain guurauty of its increase in price.
Tbe result, hitwever. bus iieen entirely tin
ferrut, lor immediately follow mg a mmsiiio
die and slight rise tlie 'price ol M.ver' begun
to full alter the passage of the act and lias
nice readied the lowest point ever known.
Tun disapp..inlin.! result mis led in renewed)
lid persistent effort ill the direction of free
liver coinage.
.Meanwhile mil only are the evil efTectii of
the operation of the present law constantly
accumulating, but t..e result to wlncii us
execution must inevitably lead is becoming
palpable to all who give least beed to uiiuii
ciai autijects.
'lilts law provides ti.nt In payment lot
the 4,.Vm.iH) onnies ol silver I. u.iii.n w hich
the Stcrciary of the Tieusurv u toiniuaiid
ed to purchase niontiily, ibero sluili be is
sued I reuMiry iiotes reueeiuable on ileiiiand
ill Kold or Miv. r coin, at the discretion of
the .Stretury of tne i reasury, and that sh:J
notes may not be reissued, 'it is, however,
d'Caied ml tie at t to be "the established
t o icy of llio I' tilted States lo u.niutaiu the
two metals on a parity witb eacu other upon
the present leai ra'.io or such rations may
be provided by law."
I his declaration so conirolt the action ol
the .Secretary ilthe Treasury us lo prevent
bia nercisiim the tliscretiou nominally
tested in him, If by such action the parity
I Hfreeu.Uo'' Mild sjj',,er uiajr be 'isMiriw
Mirevireaaury notes in aoni, 11 demanded,
would neceuarily result in itieir discredit
and ilepr elation ns obnaliuns payable
only In silver, aud would destroy the parity
between the two meials by establishing u
clivcriiuiiiaiion in lavor of Kld.
I' p to the lMn day of July, WX, these
Holes hud bien issued i ll payment of silver
bullion purchUM-s lo the uinount of 1 17.
ti.im. xVhueall but very small ipiantitv
of :1ns b illion reuiuiiis uncoined and with
out iifdii iies in ttie I reasury, many of the
no:es ,vi ii to Us purchase have been paid
in cold, i his n illustrated by tne t.iieni'nt
that betm-eii My I, ISIJ. no. I July 1 ISiJ,
Ihesilier biillnin anionuted to a little in iro
than t 'll.mio ooo ami that dunnc the Name
fieruxl J r.i.ii i0 we'e paid to the
1 reasury in pild lor the rcdeiu lion of s.ku
notes.
The policy neivs-arily u.lopted of paying
the notes in fold has not spared the pu'd re
aervu ol lisi,isio,o M hilit ao set aside by
the (ioveruiiient lor the rem-inptum of ntln r
Dotes, fi r tins lund has alreauy been sub
jected to the payment i f new- obligation
aim uniting to nixnit 1 1 i,o iii,h.i i on m count
of silver purchases and has as a consiipience
lor the first lime sine e its cieation been en
croai lied Uliou. We have thus insde the
depletion ol ourijiild easy ami have tempted
Other und more ap lee aiive nutiotiy t add
It to their stock. I li a the opportunity we
liave nflercd hm not teen neijlectel n
allow II by the lartte u i.oiintH of no) 1 w hich
liave been recently draw n iroui nurtreasiiry
and exirted lo increase liuaui ial strenntii
of foreign tuitions. The exce?s ol t s ortsol
It'iM over its imports lor the year ending
Juneau, lsiii, aiiiouutel t-i more tiian s7,
ftUU.tMl. Iletwecii the iirstday of July.Js iu,
aud the 1 jth day of J a:y, lsjj, tlie sold com
and bullion in our Treasury decreased more
than I -t". t i.ikii, while durinif the sanio
leriiH the silver rum ami bullion in the
t reasury increase I more tiiau tl l7.oisi,iio.j.
I'll less ioverunu-ut oonds ate lo be con
llantlv issued and so'd to rcp euis'i our ex
hailsied ttold. only to be niram ex liausted. it
in ttpfiari-nt that the operation id the i,vi-r
purchase l.iw nmv in i irce lea Is in the di
rectum ol the i nine substitution of siliet
for the co o in the liovi rninent Treasury,
and thin this inns! be followed by p -ivmeiit
Id nil Iiovei uiucht oblicatlohs in dciilcciated
liver.
At llns stae told mid silver must part
tomi anv, uu i the liuvurnmeut must fail in
Ita established policy to ma'ntaiii the two
melnls on u imnty with each other, liiven
over t-i the exc usive use nf u currency
creally depreciated, in conl.n to s andiird
of the cumiiierciiil world, we could lu Ion-.
r claim a place i.l.,n the nations of ll7e
lirst rlas, nor coul.l our i.over.iiuent claim
a peilormaiice ot its onliiiiions. solar as
Mich an oioiaii.iii has le.-o imposed tll-m
It. lo provide (or the iw of the people the
besi and safest money. It, us many of its
friemis c.iiim.s iver oiuht to occupy a lurcer
piac-o in our cunency mi l th- currency of
ttie wi.rl-l ilirouiili wueral in li-r intioual co
.ieratioii i and lusr.-euieiit. mid it is obvious
thai the 1 intid Mates n iil not he in a iiosi
tion to cam a lieiiriii' ill favoi of such
rran;eiiieiii so lonn ns we are willMiif t0
coutiiiueour attempt toaccompiisli the restill
mKle lian.lcd. The knoinedp- III business
circles anions ourowti people that ourliov
eminent cannot male its liat eouivalent lo
luirins c value, lu r keep inlerior u oney on
parity with supeiior money bv its own imle
pendent eUoits, has nsulied lii such u lack
tr conndeniss at honiA m the stubility of
currency value that capital refuses us aid to
new enterpriM-s w hl!e millions are actuullv
withdrawn from the chuimcls of trmte a ii
Commerce to become idle and unproductive
in the ha-d of t mid owners, i-oreinn in
isiorseipi illy alert, not only decline to
purchase American seruMies. but Inuks
lissie lo sscntice llio-e wlrch ihev aliea ly
bave. It does not meet the ituaiion to ay
tfaal apprelieiisiun in rekrd lo tbe future ol
our finai ces is Kroiind nud that there ii
no reason lor lack o f onli. iei.ee in the ur
s or Kwer of ibe lioveruiiieiil iu 'the
premises.
TJ r ;xilnr of this apprehmslon
nil lark of confidence, however caused, is a
Bienace which ounhi not for a moment to be
i,kdcd. 1 OMibly it tbe uuUerukiiiK w
bat In hand were the maintenance or
specific known quantity of silver at a rarity
with :old, our ability to do so might be
estimated and s:aiifrd, and perhaps in view
of onr unparalleled (trowtliand resotpcea,
mliiht be favorably passed npon. Hut when
our avowed endeavor Is to maintain such
parity In renard loan amount of silver in
creasinrtittheratenf I O.IPOO.fXiO yearly, with
no Hied termination to such Increase, it can
hardly be said that a problem la presented
wnose solution is free from doubt.
Tne people oft he Vnitsd States are entitl
ed to a sound' and stable currency and to
money recognized ai inch on every exchange
and In every market of the world. Their
tiovernment haa no right to Injure them by
financial experiments opposed to the policy
and practice of other civilized States, nor Is
it justified in i-ermittlng an exaggerated and
unreasonable reliance on our national
trench and aointy to jeopitrdlxa thi
annndnet of th people'! money.
'Hits matter ries above the plane of party
politics. It vitally concerns every business
and calllili! nn-l enters every household of
the land. There is one imtiortiiiit aspect of
llipsntijert which especi ll sliouid never
be ovenoolcod. At tons like the present,
when the evils of unso ind liunnce threaten
us. the speciilntnr may anticipate a harvest
gathered from the misfortune of others, the
capitalist mnr protect himtelf by hoarding
orinnv even t'tid proiitl n t'.ie lluctnation
of values: but the wnie-e-irnr the first .to
be injured by .1 depreciated currency and the
last to receive tri hoi-lit of its correotiott
Is practically defe isls
lie relies for wore upon the ventnrea of
j mntident and rontonie.1 capita'. This fail-
lug him his condition i without alleviation
i fur he cm wither tipv on the misfortunes
of others nor hoard hl labor, tine ol tne
, greatest statesmen our country lins) known.
shaking nvi'f than ."') years a.'O when a
derangement of the currency had caused
I rotnmercial distress, said: "The very man
. of all others who has the deepest Interest in
a .-mind currency and who suffera most bv
' mischievous legislation in inotiy matters is
the man who earns his daily bread by his
j daily toil."
I The words are as pertinent now as on tli
ilny they were uttered, and nunht to im
. jiressively remind us that a failure in ills
I charge of our duty nt th s timo PMial
i especially injure our countrymen who luboi
: and who, because of tinir number and
condition. nr entitled tothe most watchful
caee of their tiovernment.
It is of utmost importance that anch rel;el
mm t .ft i, f-.its r.rT.tp.1 if. the nfiatiri-t lilns.
i lion be afforded at once. I he msxiiii, "tie
gives twice w ho gives quickly." is directly
j applicable It may be true that the
' embarrassment froni which business nf tlie
country is sultermg arises as much from
evils apprehended ns from those aciipill v ex
isting. We mav hope.t-si, that calm counsel
will w ill prevail a'i'l that neither the capi
talist nor tlie w;ige earners it'S- give wnv to
unreasoning panic mid sacritlre their prop
erly or their Interests und-r tlie Infl-ienceof
exaggerated fears. Nevertheless every dav'a
delay in removing trie of the plain an I
principal causes of the present state of
things enlarges t,p mischief alrea.lv done
ami Increases the responsibility of tho gov
rriroent for its existence.
Whatever else t he 'op!e have n right to
expect from Congress, thev mav certainly
demand that legislation condemned by the
ordeal of three years' disastrous experience
shall be removed from the statute books ns
soon ns their representatives can legitimate
ly ileal with it. It w as my purpo e to sum
noli I'npirress In sjeclil session early in tlie
coming Septe t tier.- that we might enter
promptly upon the work of tariff reform,
which the true interests of the country
clearly demand which so large a lu itorily
of the people a shown by their u II rages
desire and expect, uud to the accomplish
ment of winch every cflurt of tho pre
sent Administration ia pledged.
Hut while tariff reform has lost nothing
of its imo ediale and permanent importance
and must I", the near future engnge the
attention of Congress, it has seemed to me
that tiinilnancia! conilitiorvnf ilia eniinrt
lv iriwP"C?.a"d beiore . iJ olliet tubjecu,
i be consul, v .. . . JlC 1:1
i earnesiiy recoinnien i in prompt re
peal of tbe provisions of the act I assed July
II. is:), authorizing the purchase of silver
bullion ami that other legislative action
mar put beyond all doubt or mistake the
intention an I the ability ot the tiovern
ment to lullill lis pecuniary obligations In
money universally recognized by all civiliz
ed countries. (iivkk Ci sviei.and.
9-m-9
A 1,000.000 Fill E.
Two Incendiary V res Leave Taths of
Ulsckencd Kuins in Minneapolis.
Two tires, presumably incendiary, des
troyed ovcrtl.tiii.iK' worthy of property at
MiiitieaiKilis. Mmn., on Sunday, tine f,re
broke out in a stable in the rear of the Cedar
Lake Ice Company's house, and soon spread
to the ice house proper. 1'mui thee, fan
ned ly ii .pi ck bnee. the Humes spread to
Clark's box factory; mid then de-troyed the
boilerworksofl.int7.es. Council .V. Co.. in
cluding a .:.'. n riveting machine the only
o:iu West of Chicago. Indian's l'nion
Wagon Works were to'iillv consumed, also
a quantity of lumber belonging to various
tirms. The Cedar Lake Ice Company lose
VJ""; Clara's lb, Company, f 'Uj.i'Ki; ,jnt
zes, Counell Co., M i.'mi; Cnioii Wagon
Works. tlMm tin this tlieie is o total in
surance of about half.
While the lire was at its lu-ight an n'urm
was turned in from (he lumber district at
the other end ot the island. I to. on Island
as the place is called, was u mass of wood
and lumber piles belonging p, .wis iii.Tenny
o. ami liackus.V lii., ami limned bv
brisk wind the tlmnes hoon spumied the
narrow stretch of water aud liean eating
their way among the big saw mills and
residences in tlie vicinity of the river bank.
ne after another the planing mills of tbe
Wilcog Company, the Chalterton Hill
liackns mill, the Hove mill. Smith ami
l orrigan. ami Nelson, Tcimv A, Co., lelt th
blast ol the lire an I were either totully de
stroyed or badly damaged. The ll.unes left
path oT blackness through Marshall
street, but was principally stopped by the
big brick structures) of "tho Minneapolis
Hrewing Company, ultlioiiijli their loss is
put at (llo.isN).
In ull 1IJ houses were destroyed.
Jhe Northern I'.icilic bridge 'ami the I'lv
mouth avenuu bridge were rendered unless
by the lire.
TWO 1WOHE uilOLKUA CASES.
There Have Ileen in Ail Twenty Pationtf
Hent to the Hospital. lint the Disoasa
is Mild in Form
At (titurintinc, S. 1., lr. Jenkins Sunday
evening isim-d the foliowinu bulletin:
Two mspec s were isolated at Iloirman
Islund early this morning. They are Maria
Keno. nged t years, uud 1'asquule Uepadro
ajied I - years.
"l he iiucterioiogicil examination shows
that tiuisjppe A I uno. w ho was removed
yesterday is Miflerinu ''oiu cholera, and
that rrmiciM-o Caioi Aaola ami -Mariunu
eorquis have nut i.VHopei the disease.
The census of the hospital to night shows
(holerapalients.il; patients not having
cholera. Ii: convalescent, I; .uspecbj on
llotlman .'sluiid, ; tota1, 'J".
"All of the patients urn improving. The
death is mild in chumcter. Two mere nurses
were sent to Swinebiirne island to-duy,"
At midnight Saturday there were two
more deaths from cholera ot the hospital.
The vitim were Francisco Molu, aged Tt
and Moriuuo Koberats. oged 'Si. Their re'
mains were inciiieraied.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
Llcbtoing Killed Two.
At Brooklyn. N. Y.. while Fred Zelgllng,
Liixie Tope), Eruest Topel and John Maher
were returning from Ym. New York tbey
were atruck by lightning. Zulgllng and the
girl were lustantly killed and Maber wai
severely (hocked. The father of the glil
trneat Topel MceiveU thock on the Ug.
eii. The resolution went wlthi fsfis-n
Will he laid before tbesenati4 1 1 lo1
n. of '-wLrfa-J;.-' -fs
orttsn-io op Twr. fi
Tht Fifty-third Congrow oftlnVniled
States was nenel at noon Tueslar. In ex
traordinary session. Tht President' mee
tiiee was not presenteil but will be read at
to-morrow' session.
Just before the atrok of noon' Mr. Col
quitt was wheeled into the chamber, but
before he could lie sot ten to the chair the
Vice President' gavel fell, a hush came
in Idenly on lhe taik and confusion, and
the chaplain nf the Senate, Key. Mr.
Duller opened the session with Prayer.
The Vice President then directed lhe
secretary lo read tho proclamation of th
President convening t ingress In extraor
dinary session, and the document was read
by Mr. McCook. tlie ouffoing secretary.
On the suggestion of Mr. ionium the onl h
nf nlllce was administered to lhe new Secre
tary of the Senate. Mr. Cox who was escort
ed to the desk by the r tiring secretary, Mr.
McCook.
liesolutinns were then offered and agreed
lo. to inform the Mouse of Representatives
that a iiiorum of the Senate had assembled
and was readv to proceed lo business: lo no
tify the House and the President of the elec
tion of Mr. Cox as secretary of th Snate;
fixing the daily In-tir of meeting at noon,
and for the appointment of a romitrttee of
two Senators to Join a Ii c committee on
the part of the house, to wait upon the
President an I Inform him that botn houses
are In sesion nnd ready to receive any
communication he may be pleased to mate,
Senators Harris an I Sherman were ap
tsiiii'ed as sui h coinmiitee on the part of
the Semite.
Mr. While, of Caiifornia, then rose and
raid it was his paiuf ul duty toanimuiice
the dentil of Irs late rollesgiie, Mr. Stan
ford, lie s.iid. at a d ue to ny fixed hereaf
ter, b won d request the Senote to set apart
n day for such remarks in regard to Mr.
Stanford's memory ns might be deemed
projr. and would content lor the present
with moving, as a marl; of respect, that the
S'en.iti; adjourn. The motion was agree I to
and the Senate, at l'J .'l') adjourned.
tirpxixn t,y Tin: norsr.
The otieiiitig of the extraordinary session
nf the I'Hly third Congress, as tar as the
lloiie was concerned, was unmarked by
anything of a sensational character and was
inereiv formal S-e ker Crisp wss re elect
ed quietly ami without more than the usual
isilincal opposition.
A cniniiiitii'U was appointed to wait upon
the Piesident to Inform him that Congress
was organized and ready to rec lv any
communication he might see lit to transmit.
1 he biennis1 drawing for seals was then
proceeded with, after which the House
adjourned out of reserl to the emorv of
the late Representative, William H. Enochs,
ol Ohio.
SKCONP PA V.
S'fnati:. The proceedings in the Senate
to day were ol great public interest. Alter
the President's -t r-i.it- was read it was re
lerred to the Committee on l-'inaiic nnd its
immediate printing ordered. Thru the
lloo-lu-ates of legislation were thrown wide
open and a curienl of hills on linanciiil nml
other subjects was admitted. Mr. Hill, ol
New York, was the lirst Senator tn get in a
bill for the resal of the purchasing c!n'" I
ol the Sberuisn act. Mr. Stewart. of Nevada,
followed w mi two o'her bills and a s-eech.
l he bills are lor lhe free coinage of silver.
In the speech he declared himself against
the n peal ol the Sherman act. as such re-p-al
would, he laid, destroy silver coinage
forever.
A resolution was ottered by Mr. Lolge. ol
Massachusetts, directing the Committee on
Finance to report a bill for the repeat
of the purchase clause of the Sliernun act
and providing for a vote on th r go ol
such lnl by August '."i if not soo reach
ed. The resolution went wlthi es-isin und
ow.
the
Secretary ol the Treasury to Issue silver cer
ti neat es equal to tne amount or ilver bul
lion in the I reasury purchased under the
uct of July II. 10, in excess of the amount
necessary at its coining value, to redeem
the treasury notes issued under that act. and
to use the same to provide for any delicien
cy in the revenues ol the I ioveruiiient, the
surplus of such certillcies to be used in the
purchase of 4 er out bonds at their mar
ket price, not exceeding 12 per cent,
premium.
In the discussion that folloxod Mr. Hale,
of Maine, said the President had made a
reference to the tarill. hut there, was not n
Senator present w ho :' J not know that tin
l'emi cralic party would no more dare i.l
tuck the tariff question than a sane man
would dare to grasp a w i-e charged with
electricity. Congress was in session lor tin
sole pur(M-e of considering the tinuncia
question.
Mi. Sherman, of Olco, said "l believe thai
the time wiil come, utter we have considered
Uic situation with moderation and patience,
when we will come lo sou e cjiiiiiioii ngne
incut that will relieve the public mind,
which will free the miiiiufncturing estali
listiuiepts from the fear which they now
bave of a change in the tariff laws, and
which will free the People of tho country
who have their liuiiiiiie hoardings in sav
ings banks Irom the appieheusiuus which
now cau-e them to w ithdraw their money
ami hoard it. 1 will vote for no measure ol
extreme urgency to press a decision."
Alter a set i,peecli ou the financial ques
tinn by Mr liolpli I he senate adjourned.
lloi si: W'lien the renting i.f the Presi
dent's message was conclude I in the House,
tbe election case from ttie Fifth distric ol
Michigan was taken up and afferlwo In an'
debate Kichardson, the llcmocmt was seat
I'd on his o-iiinr fucie title At 4:35 tne
House adjourned until Thursday.
Illlltll PAY.
Skvatf The Sena'-t w.n in session just
long enough to adjourn. transacting no bus
iness ol importance.
lloi si: 1 here was no session of the House
to-.lsy. but iuMe.i l.t silver caucic was held,
nt which Mr. Itl.iud pre-cnicd tho terms of
the proposition made to him by Mr. Hurkd
Cochran, on behalf of the I'.iiti-silverites.for
an immediate discussion of the whole silver
question. Tins proposition, t is understood,
included a limitation if the time within
which a vute should b" lii'-en. the number
of amendments to lie offered to the measure
in. reduced lor discussion, and tho man
lier nf disposing of them, etc. The
proposition of the anti-silver men
was not acceptable to the advocates of Iree
coinage and lor the present there will he no
'general consent ' ariaugeuients lor decid
ing the discus-ion ol tliu bill to reul the
Sherman law. I he only lteptihlirau P'rs
sent at the caucus was Representative low
ers, of California, The Populists were
represented by "Jerry" Simpson and Mr.
Ki'iti, ot Nubruska. The attendance upon
the caucus c in hardly be regarded as a lest
of the silver lorces in the House, lor the
reason given by Mr. Knloe, of Tennessee,
that the Democratic party was charged by
the people with the duty of legislation lo as
to remedy the present depression in all
brunches of business. A Democratic caucus
aud not a mixed conference, sbou'd bays
been called to talk ov-r the situation and
formulute a plan of relief. On motion ot
Mr. iilund a "(leering committee" wo
appointed, which, be said, would probably
meet the conimilteeof antl-tilver men to
morrow and discuss the details of th
discussion to be had ilium th bill outlined
in the resolution adopted. Horn of th free
liver men are satisfied that th present
ratio of id to 1 should be changed. "We
hall probably vote," said Mr. liland. "upon
the present ratio of 10 to 1. and if that Is
defeated, then 17 to 1, and to oil up to 'JO to
1 if necessary."
fOl FTII DAT.
Fr SATr The work of the senate to-day
consisted of a motion to adjourn until Mon
day which was curried. The whole session
occupied less than W minutes.
Hurst Th House waa in session only
long enough to carry motion to adjourn
for th day.
f rirrn dat.
SrjiATK. Not in session to day.
Horse Tn lhe silver battle in lhe lions
to-day th" first gun was tired by Mr. Wilson,
of West Virginia. Th missil was in th
ahsfe of a bill for th repeal of th pur
chasing clause nf the Sherman act. Then
ram forward Mr. Hland of Missouri. with a
tn of tror. under which. aftr a little
objection from the l!rptihlicn.an arrange
ment was ellert il whereby n debate for 1 1
day, with nigh eessiona If desired, was
provided for. votes to be taken On ratios
varying from ID to 1 9) to 1 and on an
amendment reviving the Hland act of 17H
j lie dally sessions of the House to t nd
from It n. in. until 8 n. m.
Th illver men opened their bnfterie In
th shsp of a bill, offered as a substitute
for the free coinage of silver at tlie present
jntio. Thisstsrted the battle. Mr, Unynor.
Democrat, of Maryland, wna lhe first
champion aent out bv thennti si Iver rob -via
aud he fought vigorously and well. He wai
reinforced by Mr. Iliown. Democrat, ol
Indiana, who In a brief ai-recli adwciter.
thereeal nf the Sherman act, conditionally
or unconditionally. .
Mr. Hland, I)emneral. of Missouri, was
put forward to return the fu-ilade of argil
ment and eloquence, nnd lie performed lib
part without detracting from his reptitatiop
a the leader of the silver forces on tin
floor. He wis loHowed bv the Populist
member from Colorado, Mr. Pence. wh
constitu'ed himself as a bulwark for tlx
protection of silver: and bv Mr. Wheeler, m
Alabama, who demanded a greater volume
of currency.
The ti.(ht was still on when at S o'clock
the House adjourned until 11 o'clock to
morrow. aixTit tuv.
Vre.TT ot In session today.
Hoi sr The debate on tbe silver question
was continued in the House which after
short session udjourned for tlie day.
A LAND IN MINIM.
BRITISH GUIANA'S EXHIBITS
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
OHIO lJEMOCRATICCONVENTION
Lawrenc T. Nesl Nominated for Oov-ernor-
Th Platform In Full.
The Ohio Democrats met m Stale conven
tion at Cincinnati on Thursday and after a
r-hort session put in nomination the follow
ing ticket:
tiovernor I.awiik.m k T. Nkau of Chilli
rot he.
Lieut. Coy Cot., W, A. Taylor, of Co
lumbus. Treasurer II. ('. Hi.ai kiu'rn, of Coshoc
ton. Ally. (Jen John P. r.Mi.v.v, of Putnam
county.
Member Hoord of Public M otkt Lorn
D. WiMiri.M, of Akron.
Food and Dairy Commissi oner P. II.
McKkown, of Cincinnati.
The platform adopted Is as follows:
TH n.ATFOItM.
We hereby approve tho platform of th
Democratic party adopted bv the national
convention at Chicago, and scially those
portions of it referring to tli inritr nnd to
currency legislation. We congrnlulute the
country iipnii the early prosH-ct of mess,
tires of relief as outlined bvthe President's
late message to Congress ami we have confi
dence that the Democratic Congress will
devise laws to furnish such relief.
Second The liiiucrinl situation I tbe
unfortunate legacy of Republican adminis
tration. It is the natural result ol the
McKinley tariff, th Sherman silver law,
the extravagance of the parly lulelv in
power and the creations and fostering of
trusts and combinations by that party, all
combining to shake credit! lo create distrust
in the money of the country and paralyze
its business.
Third W recent mend that national
banks may be permitted to issue their cur
rency to an amount equal to the par vain
of th United .States bonds thev may deposit
with the treasurer nf lhe United States, to
the end that the volutin oliuv ncy may b
t!RWUsjtRlT iK.fr.vtL.r.. . ,
Fourth 1 he Inu-resls of every true soldier
and pensioner demand that the pension roll
should be made aud preserved as a ro.l of
honor. We believe in Just and liberal recog
nition of the claims of vmerans. and favor
granting them ail that p itriotism could usk,
all that gratitude eoufd demand, lint lhe
granting of pensions on fraudulent clnims
for p.irtiiuti pur on. or on department dc
(Uioii in contravention of iuw, us practiced
under the List ii ltHitiisiriiiion. needs to be
investigated and corncledso ihat the unsel
fish vuior of the Amcriciin sold. er may re
main untarnished. The Democratic party
r ledger itself I bat the righCul claim of no
ti ion soldier to a pension shall be denied,
ami the alljwunce of utiy worly pensioner
shall not be disturbed.
Fifth We condemn lhe unbusinesslike
administration of Suite iiftuirs under Oov
ernor McKin ey. deplore th otlicisl scandals
und detalcuuons under il and denounce the
condoning of ollicial crimes whic h have
brought humiliation upon our people. We
ileiionnce the reckless extravagance of the
large majority in the Seventieth (ieticnil
Assembly, which appropriate I for current
expenses about III m.isM in excess ofthe cur
rent revenues and added almost :io.iioO,Otj
to the local bonded indebtedness of the
State bv laws in the main unconstitutional.
We demand that an end be put to such rob
bery of the taxpayers,
Sirlh The Democratic party expresses its
cor .deuce in the ubibty ol lion. Calvin S.
Jtrice. of the I'niied Slates Senate, to mate
rially assist the Democratic majority in the
Congress of lhe United Stales lo extricate
the great commercial Interests of the coun
try from their ileprerse I condition.
After indorsing ttie national administra
tion the platform closes without referring
to silver - 'lhe report was unanimously
reported.
WEEKLY CHOP It IS FORT.
Th Ooneral Drouth Hard on Vegeta
tion. f he weekly crop report issued at Washing
ton, says: Drouth -conditions aro now
general in the central valleys, northwestern
tates and in portions of the middle Atlantic
states and lake region, and its vtfrcts are
reported asmoreor le-s damaging in Illinois,
Wisconsin. Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan und
the Diikotus, There bus been too much
rain fur cotton in portions of Alabama and
Mississippi, but in South Carolina and Texas,
except in southwest portion, the crop is
greatly improved. Cotton picking is now
progressing in (ieorgia and Florida. Spring
wheat harvest is now progressing in Wiscon.
sin, Minnesota and th Dukoius.
Upon th w hole it may be stated that the
weather conditions have been benelicuil to
crops in New F.pglaud, portions of the Mid
dle Atlantic states und generally throughout
the Southern slates, while throughout the
central valleys. Northwest and lake regions
the week has been unfavorable owing lo
lac ( ol nioisture. Tbe week wan geuerullv
iuvorable on the Pncitlc coast, although in
t aliforniu tbe warm weather over the in
lerior of th state caused fruit to ricn too
rapidly.
Jn Pennsylvania In most places drouth
remains unbroken; all crops will be short
ened, especially tobacco and potatoes
In West Virginia Corn improved con
siderably; plowing for full wheat progress
ing: weather lavorable; tobacco, buckwheat
aud stock doing well.
In Ohio Corn, potatoes tobacco and past
ures suffering from drouth; wheat ami oats
threshing continues; Rood yield; grouud too
Lard to plow.
Th Products of Her Plantations,
Cold Fields, Tangled Jungles nml
Rich Forest-llest of All Tree
Triumph of the Taxidermist'
Art Beaut iful Kent her Work.
If I had th privilege of seeing only on
World's Fair department, mld A gentleman,
I would chooaM the agricultur.il. In no other
building can one come so nonr the people of
other land. In th Agrleultur-i Dulldlntf
you are close to the soil, trt that which Rive
sustenane. A a matter of eoursi, the life,
habits nnd custom ofthe people are shown
In n more direct way. The Agriculture
llulldlng is the place to study the world as
tbe world Is.
The speaker must have been In the British
Guiana sesilon of Chief fluchanan's building
liefore he spoke, la its tlml-cr-fenee, nreni,
the products and prolinMlltle of that land
which Columbus saw In 141W wlien heenterwl
the tlulf of Parn, are plnend In ueh shap.i
that an hour gives onoan Intimate knowledge
cf the Inten-stlng eountrv. One of the
prodm-ts Is Adolphus Daulei, the Indian pilot
of the gold riven, Kssequitso, Mnxarum and
liuyuwlnt. With an active brain, an Intelli
gent comprehension of what a visitor wants
to know and a thorough knowledge of his
subject, the little rtvennan, true to his rail
ing, pilots hia gunst nil over llritlshOulan-.,
through sugar plantations and gold fields,
tangled jungle aud grand forests, giving no
object lenson nt every step.
Triumphs of the taxidermist's nrt nre the
stuffed fauna of ltrltlsh Ouinna. which urn
mounted under the roof of th Agriculture
Building. The most conspicuous group Is a
tapir with a Jaguar's claws and teeth in its
thick skin. Three varieties of ant-eater nn
shown. One, a trre-cllmher, la no larger
than n, foxtail squirrel, another Is about tho
size of a dog nnd the nut bear, or great ant
eater, twice as large, with bushy tall, coarse
long hair and n long snout. Then there are
oeelots, wiekeil-looklng wildcats, graceful,
allm-llmbed wood doer, cougars, huge tor
toise and snake oh natural as life, placed in
attitudes of arrested motion whlen tell of
tho Jungle nnd trackless forests that extend
back from the towns nnd clenrlngs near tbe
const.
They are Interesting, but apparently do
not attract ns much attention as the nine
gilded pyramids which repri-eent the output
of gold since 114. people gnr.e upon the
pyramids with renewed Interest when they
learn t hat even Sir Walter lUleigh lieltcved
the reports of the Spaniards, sailed up the
Orinoco lliver in lSUS. and the next year
ent Captain Keynua to hunt for the "rich
est country in the world." It was not until
18M0, however, that placer washing really
amounted to nnyt hlng in Jtrltlsh Oulnun. It
begnu in the Puruul Klver, n brunch ol the
Musiiruul. Four years later the tiovernment
took oftlcinl cognizance of the gold washing
and Imposed a royalty on the gold obtained.
ing rnln-water M a nerresi-y ,
Ontann, tte wall.iba I indispr-nsnu
fame as a water-rnrrler extends to il
Indies, for In 1891 nearly tl.ftno.o- -shtiglr
were shipped to the tslstiV
To the Indians the cassava rloia.
tree and shrub. From Its pof,,.
the bread of the family I prepare.) j-.J
Is grated, and the pulp, hsTi.I
rvjueewfl dry in what railed n,T.
pee," Is placed on th "hnrtwetie,'
over the fireplace, until all the j
Juloo la evaporated. It la then
flat Iron dish to form a kind of ifln
flap-jack. The cassava bread is
envious hands In a showcase hi p,,,.
With several rnsee of rnssnva star h ,
Juice la prepared in another
poison having first been expei .'. I
..lnn V.A l..M 1 I . . , . i
..i-'ii, in jni,-n in luiii'Tii iiiiij S'ls-r
molasses like extract called 'y.u.1
wmcn, witn iresn peppers, inrmsii,
a most uencious soup, i n c.-ihs-i...
Tnifsi cy ins iii'iinus wun lime trn;i
Is raise. I In Ileitis and grows a!
high. After the roots are rut out it.
rut into pieces from twelve to .
Inches long and stuck into th fr.-:,,.
land. In three or four davs IS.
sprout nnd In seven or nine month.,,..
io o rooieii om attain, i n CiisMV,
generally some distance from tli
n - I I 1 I . .. t 1. .....
J i-:ni-vv"isi uui VI IUW native, ,
ugui ion loresi.
Naturally sugar, which is the i.r,5.
fiort of the colony, forma an Imp.iR...
n th exhibits. In 1-Stll over lo.Vi
were shipped out of the routitrr,
half coming to this country. 'u;,
product ninlawies and rutn--iht-the
products ot the sii.'r t..,.'
n'liounted to over .000,fHIO lu j,
ilantatlona always I runt thi .-.'
bank of a river, and are cut up I y r.
enunls and protected Irom high'',",
flooils by dikes. Otis phllil.itm-, '.
itT.'l'i H-opl. and all th- -ery
nnd methods are used of the r .
em eharwter. Demernrn rryst, ,.
known In tho sugar markets' uf ..
an I It Is claimed that they are tlf
perior quality nnd rich flavor, a;,
of sugar nre shown, with phut'..--mills
nud plantations. '1 he i.r-.
exnililt ta closely connected with r
Large glass Jars containing t-i
plea of jams, preserves and mar1
arranged in tiers, showing pri-M-r-
iseyiini orange, pineapples. ;u
lime, causa r.icp nud Deiiieram (.
ltlllll'llOH.
sniiiiiers an I young women si
wearing plumage on their hats en
the cnsi-a containing the birds oft
try. 1 ho king hummingbird, pur;
ed cotiuga, pompadour eottnga.
nud other tropical songlcss lor
rainbow on their feathers, nre y
the gorgeously tinted flyers tht -s
ill lieorgetowa for tlie Worlds .,.t
Woman's work is seen In the u-v.
purses made from the seeds oi a .-r,
"Jobs tears, which look like :
robin's eggs, and from the flat, k..,
and brown muuosa seeds, lu f (
with them nre beautiful luiso-n
made from corn husks and the "
Spanish needle plant. Jt.-nu: i'-
work is shown and many won.i-i,.
disappointment when they are t
carved cahibasas nre not lor nil.-,
iir.iTivn niuxA. sucnosj, .oaicti.rfnR nriLniN.i.
Base Ball Record.
Th following Ubls shows th standing of
lb different bas ball club up to dat :
w. u r'ct. w. i.. r'ct
Boston.... 64 28 .tillflCincln'tl.. 42 47 472
f'hiladel'a M 115 .tm7 St. Umia. 41 4i .4rifc
I'ituburg. 6 87 .U02 Haiti mora 3U 61 .4:0
s-level'ml. 63 S4 m Chicago... U7 54 .4(1)
Sew York 45 44 .Mm Ixmisy'la. 81 61 ,3W
Brooklyn. 44 4U ,48U Wash'n... S2 M ,35ti
whb'h auioiiuted in that year to 250 ounces.
This is represented by the smallest pyramid.
The next yentgave Mit ounces. Ju INMi the
output Jumped up to tuSlK ounces, nud every
year thereafter the gold product almost
doubled, until ill 1HU2 It amounted to 1211.
C15 ounces. Nuggets und dust urn exhibited
from the Puruul woHhings, droote Creek,
the districts of Demerara, F.ssequebo and
other gold liearerx. So rapidly is the gold
Industry developing that u railroad connect
ing the l-'.-we(ip-ho an ) Demer.ira llivers Is to
be built lor transporting the product.
British (luitiun has but one railroad, n
short eoust line connecting Georgetown, the
metropolis of the country, with Mahaica,
twenty miles distant. Lines of Heutners,
however, us.i the rivers, mid ferry steamers
are numerous. Logs and large timla-rs are
transported in a manner peculiar to the
country. Instead of being raited down tho
livers the logs are slung in the water on
either side of a punt, much after the manner
of Ion ling a pack mule. A model of one of
these log-unieu punts is one of the proml
Ueiit exhibits. Thi) punt is shaped some
what like un Ohio Itiver coal barge, only
narrower. It Is a house bout in which ham
mocks nre slung, for whole Indian families
often live ou these punts. The craft is steered
by a long sweep and carries n surprising
amount of timber. The logs lie ou outrig
gers of Wood, which extend ou either side
twice the width of the punt.
British Guiana is rich in woods. The fact
is proved beyond peradvcntiire by tho variety
of forest products which an shown. Hugo
timbers form a giguntio fence around thu sec
tion, nnd hundreds of polished S'piares nro
arranged In a separate exhibit. Pilot Daniels
tapped the round trunk of the eta pulm ul
Oioht with ufleetiou, as hu r-eited the virtues
ofthe "best ol nil trees," I'ho eta palm gavo
food, shelter, clothing and drink to the na
tive Indians, mid theartsof civilisation mado
It n great commercial product, lu nuts are
edible, and the tender shoots or palmettos
which grow from the crown urn esteemed its
delicacies und preserved lu sirup aud ns
pickles. Its HU-r, origiually woven into
ropes mid cloth, makes mats aud hammocks,
its oil 1 used for medicine nud cooking uud
its sap or milk, which flows readily when tho
tree is gashed, is caught in calabashes, uud,
after ferment at ion, ilniuk as n wine.
The woods exhibited embrace some of the
hardest und heaviest in the. world. They
vary in color from nearly black through the
t-rowus to almost pure white, l'eriiiips the
most singular is tho mottled "letter wood,"
which reeemhlcs closely the simkewood of
East India. lis dark markings across the
frrain look like Irregularly formed letters. It
s the heart of a tree, rurely exceeding six
Inches in diameter, ulthougb tho tree U some
times two feet across. Taking a very high
polish, it Is largely used for walking canes
and for inlaid work. Tho greenlieart. from
which tbe quinine of British Gulann ia taken,
I a denne, heavy timber of a greenish yollow
color, almost entirely free from knot aud
even grained. It ruuks with oak und teak
for ship building, aud la used all through th
country for building the home of tho peo
ple. Mora is a reddleh-hrowu wood, not so
heavy as greenhiwrt, but like grwmbeart Is
procurable In toga of sixty I o eighty feet long
and up to two let in diameter. Wullab la
dark crimson In color, and make th shin
gle of th country. It is eaaily split, and I
aiko used 'or baling and vut stave. A ator-
Ihi.wii or Jamaica's i:ii;::
The principal products o? fa-.
shown lu the Manufactures I'm.!:
tractive arrangement, some ol th-':
tiHtlu desigus tut 1 nil of them son-:
their value to the Island ill its r-'.s:
the commercial world. Toiia i.
important crops, is shown Infest-.-:
of natural leaf mi l in fancy
manufactured article.
When it counts to coffee, says tl
New, the commissioner grows elc-i
pointing to n great array of sax;'
Coili-e-farinlng in Jamaica is lit-t
one of our principal industres. V
peuliurly linn brand of coffee,:
ally llxes the price of the com-ucr
little. If any. of our coffee lln-ls it
the American market. It is scut t.
lish warehouses, where it .oniiii in:
Price than the product of nuv "t :'(
Here," indicating a large case
tire history of Jamaica coffee,
mens In the case show the pro"s
which coffee must be put before
lor the market, from the oriciua
husk, in which the coffee bean is
tlie tree, to the green coffee of cor.
largo proportion of the country in
coiTm is raised 1m praeticully uu
every attraction is l-oing offer .-!
Immigration and the land is ru)1
taken up. Boloro a great while
liuve it completely settled."
Those who visit the Jamaican'
ever, linger longest over the w 'C
lection of dried plants loamM iy
eminent. Tho collection is mi: I '
valuable. It contains every v.in-i
no-ni.t plant iudi (i-uous to tli i .'"!
ranged with regard to color aiw
exhibit forms one of tho ni":
fuutures of the pavilion.
Arouu 1 the southeast end of t-"
arranged the sugar exhibit. It n
vacuum pan, or pure white (
muscovado, or the dark bro-.va. -Irom
which cornea molars -s -:.
are U2.4SJ ucrm of sugar can" '':
: tion iu Jamni.ta, aud the r j lu
givi-s employment to gru.it uu '-:
. islanders.
i Ginger in all its forms is on '
the southwest corner of the '
' only preserved ginger, but tu" '
ger root rrom wtiieti the :in
made. Starch und tapio i uu'
cassava root, graded nud arrau-.-eretiCH
to quality, may be tn-eii m
cud section.
In fruits tho bau.tui uud co mi-pbii.-e
of honor. In the coeo uw1
shown whut may bo done
There Is oocounut oil mud.) If -uud
incut, a huge flower pot m1
root of the tree, brushes of all J' '
ropisi, hiiininocks und even u
looking eout tnnd4 from the lllier
Banaiin Hour Is shown uud i-l ,r
to snmplii little cukes made uf
or biscuib taste very much liku '
ure said to uu very uourlablug.
Jamaioa produces pimento, or -large
quantities. A liquor is i;
ripe pimento berry. It la a fvor
the native. Another driuk is
mad from tho kola nut. Thl
ha wonderful nutritive qualm
small enough to be flurried in H"''
will, it is snid. sustuln life for v'1'
V
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