Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 34, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 January 1896 — Page 7

REED'S STRANGE ACTION, d IMds BMk the Pmldfiit,i MctHg* to Ctu«k EstkatfaUm of lfemfcra. The expected sensational effect of the president’s message^ on the Venezuela affair in the house was neutral* Iced by delay. It lay for houA on Mr. Heed’s desk unopened and seemingly forgotten by the speaker. The house was very much alive to the arrival of the message, and when its importance was whispered about there a strong undercurrent of excitement noticeable throughout the chamber. A debate was going on as to whether there shall be three committees to try the cases I or contested seats or whether the old rule Of one committee to hear all sufeh cases should be followed. Speaker Reed refused to break off the debate and have the president’s message lead, and a Tumor that he was doing so to gain time to think out what the republican plan should be gained c irculation. Mr. Reed was also charged time to read thej message* which had come into the chamber in the form of a newspaper extra, before the president’s warm advocacy of the Monroe doctrine should be read aljpud by the clerk. In this way it was reasoned that the message would soon be an old story, or at least the edge would be taken off the interest in its contents and its rece-iy tion deadened. Whatever may have been the cause for delay, the message, although received soon after the house met at noon, tvas. not read until nearly f.vc -o’clock. llx-Speakor Crisp had in vain announced that there was a message from the president in defense of the Monroe doctrine. This was in answer to an in timation by Represents!ivedlulitk that the president was too busy duck shootfog to attend to business. Speaker Reed quieted the applause that brokeout after Mr. Crisp’s remarks and ul-. f. lowed the.dreary debate as to the dis1 position of .the contested-seat cases tc drag along.

Then the democrat^ began to uumis1 r by demanding rltl-oalls on all sorts of motion^ relative to the contested seats until it looked as?if they were determined to Lave the session end without the reading of the message, and,to thus put the republicans in the position of ufevifig set it aside for the day. Owing to this dreary delay, the crowds in the galleries despaired of hearing the it. >sa.se w-el and gradually thinned OUt. i'ltU^IJy, at about 4:30, the contestedseat eases debate came to an end and the sji'-titker announced a message from Vi“ president. Bv that time tnost ep.cryl>ody in the house had read! the message and the clerk proceeded wrtliotft interruption until he came to j the j t.ssage: ‘.‘Nothing remains but to accept the F;t\iation, to recognize its plain requirements and deal with it accordingly.” Tike democrats smiled at this and th • re;. ,!il uus started hand-clapping, which gradually grew until the whole Ionise was applauding. ■ The republicans again applauded and were joined by the democrats w hen the clcrlyread: “W hen such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion. i»e the' driftv of the United States to resist by fiery means in its power as a willful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by (ireat Britain of ur.y lands or the exercisd of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we haie determined of right belonged to Venezuela.” The1 republicans again applauded when the clerk finished the message, ai d. as he icad the signature, “C»w;>ver Cleit land,” the democrats joined in. Up jumped Mr. Crisp and Mr. McCreary. Mr. Cpsp had a bill :n his hand, and Mr. McCreary wanted to make a motion to refer the message to the committee on foreign affairs w hen it should be appointed. Speaker Heed made the reference to the committee himself. aiul Mr-^Cnnnon mada motion to adjourn. The sjieaker refused to see Mr. Crisp, w ho was waving bi«s bill in the air, and put the motion to adjourn. vth i <; h was^arrted. The house broke up with v« rySittle excitement, but the members lingered longer than usual to talk over the message and thi j ©utlobk.

The bill which Mr. Crisp tried-to introduce read as follows: '-C* "Be It enacted by the senate nr$t hou?e of rcpmentatlrt* In empress assembled, that the sum of tl(id,0W» be and the sangjje tsf hereby appropriated out of any money In 0 the treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the expenses of a comm: *xicn to beappointed t v the president to investigate and report what is the true divisional line between the republic of Venezuela and British Guiana." Mr. Rax Ironside*, of the Rritish embassy. sat in the diplemtic gullery throughout the retui.ng of theories-' sage.—.\. Y. World. , Out of Date. The calamity-hunting' McKinleyites who see in reviving trade and cod-! merce only occasion for lamentation j ought to r**ad and inwardlY digest I these words of Edward Atkinson, spoken recently in Boston; « >• “Certain men In tbe fibrhest posltlonsar.d 1 of great intellectual nower stin hold to the j medievsrl fallacy that in the corrunert- of j the nations what«one.pa • s another r.v -t f lc<e. b, \?,g aj ;-ar«.tly r..!-n'aHyvlrf*r;? «.r<e j of mastering the simple principles ^Tirade, { They therefore regard ail imports frwtn \ foreign countries as an evidence,of a rrai J upon our dcrnestlc industries, totally ovt rlookihs the fact that all commerce consists In mutual service, ar.d that it cannot be. au-«:a:: ‘ 9« b-*th jar*..- f =>* ro a benefit. The Chinese-vv*ll builders" ere out of date and out of place in this country,— N. Y. World. --It has ceased to be tfye fashion , for republican aspirants to’the prvsi- f denev to^j» merely in the hands cf their friend*1. Heed. McKinley and | even Allison now insist on having their I friends in tlieir own hands. (Jen. liar* j risen, of cotrse, as before, leaves the ■ affair to the Lord, a policy ^iich was successful once, when Matt Quay j joined with the Deity.—Chicago Chron- j icle. 1

BLOCKING BUSINESS. Tk« Bcpabllcu Coogre— I* Cxt » Inartlra. The members of the 54th congress ere acting* very much like the inhabitants of a kicked ant heap. They are running around wildly, trying to find out what struck them oat and who got hurt. Appeals to Reed hare so farbeen unheeded, for it appears that the king ant was buried in the shake up, and has not ypt dug his way out. Beyond the announcement of/the committees absolutely nothing was done toward acting otrthe suggestion node in the president’s message. The committee of wavs and means is understood to be trying to arrange some plan for raising revenues, but the attempt seems to be of a very perfunctory character. li the senate alone, or the house by itself, had to deal wit h this question it j would be solved in an hour, but to produce a piece of legislation which will receive the assent of both houses is a task beyond Speaker Reed and he has practically admitted it by his conduct. There have been a dozen suggestions as to what should be done in orderto provide revenues for the government, ranging all the way from Hitt’s suggestion to the coinage of all the silver in the treasury vaults. These two suggestions, opposite as they are, fairly illustrate the state of affairs in the two houses. The house ot representatives will have nothing to do with any bill that proposes the free coinage oj!f silver and ! the sennte will have nothing to do with i any bill which does not put the white ! metal in the foremost place. It appeared for a litt4e while as if the proposition to issue a {popular loan in the. shape of three percent. bonds of small cl 'nominations, tod>e sold to the people at large, would go through, but when ! this propositou peached £lie Senate it / was5'bitterly opposed. Senator after senator spoke against it.’ Stewart said | it. was a wrong policy and Dubois de- I dared that the senate wouH never pass any bill that proposed a bond issue. Ills statement passed unchal

ler.grd. Silver is the main point at issue in | the senates. Reed’s boom and the Platt- ; Quay combine are the controlling1 forces j at the other end of the corridor. Any j proposition to reenact any part of the j McKinley bill would be bitterly-opposed j by the combine because it would at once j put McKinley prominently before the j people and would' seriously interfere with the presidential plans of Reed. The republicans in the house attempt to clear their skirts bj' saying that any bill they might propose would he vetoed by the president. This is a wrong conclusion. Mr. Cleveland feels strongly on many subjects and under ordinary circumstances would undoubtedly veto 'a bill whi h conflicted with his per.^yial < ideas. In the present crisis, howtjgpr, it h* doubted if he w ould, veto any bill that came to him indorsed by" both sen- i ate mid house, always provided it was | a clear and practical method of raising j ’ money. Although both the president and Secretary Carlisle have recommfended the retirement of greenbacks as a method pf retrieving the treasury reserves they both knew that such a measure would stand no show either in the house or the senate. "Both houses have been pretty thoroughly polled and an overwhelming majority is against the proposition. Several bills intended by their author* to add to the revenues of the government have been lately introduced.* The one which lias attained the mqs} notice is that introduced by Representative Amos Cummings, providfng for an issue of three per centJcrcmds of small denominations as a popular loan. For the reasons given In the foregoing this bill has no chance of pass nig. Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, thinks an increase- in the duties on tobacco will bring severalrn ill ions into the treasury. Quigg, of !^w York, is down on imported precious stones, and has introduced a bill providing for an increase in the duties. B+ivers, of California, wants # high duty put upon the jimportations of fruits and nuts. There have been several other bills introduceddookiug to an increase in the tax on beer • and in other internal reveune matters. Some of these might pass the house, hist they will infallibly be blocked in the senate. , The house is willing to legislate for I Mr. Cleveland if it can keep clear of sil- | vet*. The senate will sit on every bill i that is not silver plate. That is the situation.—Chicago CtiroAicle. .

PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS. ——Plait, policy anti perquisites won the day for St. Louis.—X. Y. World. * —Speaker Reed wants cong do nothing' and to do it mighty —Indianaoolis News. to *r i; i&l l£eed d man in Vi lx to grind is A hand of ■ill reenacted. a Carte "commi mat he repub- i r. ! --1 he republican party >s an < tenist pure and simple. The issut which brought it its being long ago ar i ived to its logical conclusion, it 1 t lie last 20 years emu la te$l the resources and devices of the ballet dancer, spinning around first on one leg and then on t’other, and between the two contriving to make both ends meet. It kss no claim which ksif rot been overpaid. It has no convictions worth mentioning. —Louisville Courier-Journal. !

NEBVOUS PBOSTBATK&r. An Anaarioan Malady Caused by Our Maimer of Living. From (he Star, Washington^ D. G We Americans lmrry too much. We do not take time enough for our meals. We haste to get rich, and wear out our bodies by the strain on our nerves. The result is nervous prostration. Probably there is no remedy which will reach all cases. Pink Pills come nearer being a specific for it than anything wo know, however, and we have just interviewed iwo Washington people who have tried them for this malady in order to get some local testimony. The first is W. Hearich RobbyOf 809 New Jersey Arepue, N. W.; **For a long time,” said Mr. Robb, “I suffered horribly with nervous prostration, and tided many physicians and various highly recommended remedies without experiencing the slightest benefit. Last fall my business called me to. Pittsburgh, Pa., and while there my mother, who remained in Washington, wrote recommending that I should try Pink Pills. To please her I procured a box. At this time and for a long

for me past few weeks. I have been entirely cured of what was a severe and prolonged attack of nervous prostration.” Dr. Williams’ Fink Fills contain, in a condensed form, ail the elements necessary to give new life aud richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves** They are alio a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness* They build up the blood, and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men* they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental Worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Fink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for i&50, and may be bad of alldruggsts, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ edicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. , The Doctor—“Queer saying that, about truth lying at tb#bottom "of a well.” The LawyerYou wouldn't think so if you knew the amount of pumping we lawyers sometimes hare to do to get at it.”—Boston Traveler. ... Very Rich Indeed In the elements that supply the human system with bone, muscle aud brain substance is a circulation fertilized with the supreme tonic, Hostetler's Stomach Bitters, which begets thorough assimilation and digestion, and gives a healthful impulse to every function of the body. Dysj>eptie and weakly B?rsons give strong testimony in its behalf. o do those troubled with biliousness, malaria, rheumatism, constipation and inactivity of the kidneys.

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Xhe Jobs A. Bahter ISeed Co. ha*w recently purchased the 'catalogue seed business of the N.oi'tbrup, Braslan, Goodwin Co. of Minneapolis and Chi* cago and have added] this to their already large business. This gives to this wide-awak^jfirm the largest catalogue trade in America. The firm is in magnificent shape to take care of all seed orders as they are large growers of farm and vegetable seeds, own their own lands and have recently added a large and commodious seed store to their already inammoth building at La Crosse, Wis. If you are in want of choice seeds, this is the firm to write to. They mai^ their new catalogue upon receipt of but 5c postage. “Rewember that • politeness alwars j ays, my bay,” said the b< nevolent old gentleman to the bootblack. "Alebbe,” replied the practical boy, “but Pd rather have a nickel than/a 'thankye’for blacking shoes.”—fittsburdli Chroniele-Tel gram. State or Ohio, City or Toledo, ) / ' Lucas Coi sit. f /Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the fim of F. J. Cheney Co. , doing business in the City of Toledo, County ana State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of on* hundred^ dollars for each and every case of Catarrh thatcannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Chenet. ' Sworn to before n e and subscribed in my presence, this 6th c ay of December, A. D. Is86. < SEAL > A. W. Gleason, I —.— ) .Votary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the ilood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Chenet & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ' “Ah,” exclaimed the cannibal chief, smacking his lips, “what kind of a minister was that we had for dinner?”, “Your excellency.” replied his companion, “I should say he was a prime minister. Yonkers Statesman.

Ix the year 1S94, the De Kalb Fence Co., of De lyalb, 111., doubled the capacity for producing their lines over 1693 which gave them an output of 20 miles per day. The demand for their goods has been so ipreat the past season, that in order to be able to supply their trade, thev have been compelled this year to double the capacity of 185M, which now gives them au output of 40 miles per day. This in itself speaks well for their product and merits the attention and inspection of readers and all that are in need of smooth wire fencing of any kind. It will be to your interest to write for their catalogue, which describes lu detail their goods, coin prising the largest and most complete lines of smooth wire fencing now produced by any one plant in the country. See their ad. elsewhere in this paper. Alice (the friend)—UI don’t see how anyone can help loving Blanche.” Gerirwle (the rival)—“She can’t help it herself.”— Life. County Map of the South, Free. If you are interested in the South anc would like to have a county map showing the principal counties in detail in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and a portion of Mississippi and Florida, send your address to P* Sid Jones, Pass. Agent, Birmingham, Ala., or C. P. Atmore, Geu’l Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky. This cap Is made to fold up in convenient form, and contains letters written by several northern peoplecwho have settled at different points on the Louisville & Nashville K it. The despotism of custom is on the wane. We are not content to knofr that tilings are; we ask whether they ought to be.—J. 8. Mill.

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