The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-17

7 its unlimited coinage, not fearing tia
1t weuld become too plentiful, an
! that it be made a full legal tender
Second, they demanded the repeal uH
conditionslly of the specie resumu
T ton act of the fourteenth of Jan
usry, 1879. Third, they demandeS
: thGt the national banking system b
revoked and g circulating medium pro
vIded by government for the people
without taxing them for the privilegl
Of obtaining it, and they asked tina
the amount thus placed in circulation
should bear reasonable and judicioul
proportion to the business transaction:
aud TO the population of the United
States. Fourth, they demanded that
the currency authorized and circulated
on the authority of the government
shall be made legal tender in payment
OF all debts, public and private, includ-
ing all dues to the government. Fifth,
they demanded that hereafter the finan-
al policy of the country be framed
permanently in their interest, that they
shall not be disseminated against in
future legislation as In past, and that
their prosperity, and not the mere
| growth of income to the retired CAPT.
talist, shall be the primary duty of the
government.
In conclusion Mr.. Worries quoted
from articles he had noticed IN certain
Eastern newspapers in regard to the
rights of the bondholders, and the du-
ty of the labOring classes, and the pol
icy that should be pursued by capital
lists to counteract the effects of antici-
pated legislation on the LIVER questic n
and said: ''Sir have no word of men,
ace to utter on this floor, but in be-
BALI of the laborer, aud every owner
of the soil whom represent, warn all
such who value their Investments, that
when these doctrines of despotlsm are
| sought to be enforced, this fair
land will again be conYulsed in
agony and the ires of liberty will
blaze forth again as they did hun
dred years ago in defense OF the natur-
al rights of man. Applause in the
galleries. May the wisdom of our
fathers and the benignIty of our God
avert such an Issue. But if it shall
come, if infatustion has seized our
councils, the result will only add one
more instance to the long catalogue of
human crime and folly, where avarice,
like ambition, overleaps itself, and in
its unholy attempt to rob others OF
their possessions loses its all. TGreat
| applause in the galleries
HoUsE.-In the House the proceed
ings were brief and of 10 public inter
| est. A speech in favor of
the remonetizatioa of silver was
made by Price of Iowa, in which
be rIdiculed the pretensioRs of
the reverend Messrs. Beecber and
rockingham to set themselves up as
lights and teachers IN the path
scieuse and finance.
WILKEsBARKE, PA. January TO-
Two men named Walcott and Irwin
were arrested in this vicinity on Sum
day for passing five dollar counterfeit
notes on the National Bank of Han
over. Pennsylvsnia. They are old
residents, aud have hitherto been con-
sidered respectable. 1t has been dis
covered that the business of selling
counterfeit money has been carried on
quite extensively in this country of
late. IRWIN confesses that he paid $25
for 800 of the stuff. He bought it of
man travelling through the country.
The spurious money offered in this
| section Is mostly ives on the Hanover
and Talmaqush banks, although
there have been tweBties on the Third
National Bank of Buffalo put out.
United States detectives are here work
ing in conjunction with local officers.
Il Is announced that cave located in
the side OF high mountain just above
PItsston's inhabited by a queer gang,
whose movements are quite mysterious.
The locality is an exceedingly lonely
and desolate one, but easy of approach
by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, whose
track runs along the base of the
mountain. Local detectives are or
| ganized for descent on the cave and
capture of its inmates.
WILMINGTON, January Is. - The
standing committee of the diocese of
Delaware voted assent to the election
Of Rev. DR.. Eccleeton to the bishopric
of West Virginia, but refused to az
seat to the election of Rev. DR.. Sey-
mour to the bishopric Of Springfield,
Massachusetts,.
FRANKFORT, KY, January 15.-The
following is the ballot taken to-day:
Lindsay so, Williams so, McCreery Is,
Boyd, Republican, II. AdiourRed 20
caucus tonight.
ALBANY, January ia bill was
passed in the Senate to day relative to
the Antiet4m cemetery. 1t relinouishes
the right of the people Of this State
therein to the State Of Maryland, and
not to the United States, as at first
stated.
NEW YORK, January 15.-Downer & st.
John, drug brokers, haye failed. L.
abilities 5000, 900.
BosToN, January 15.-Davis Bros. &c
Co., leather dealers, have failed; liza
bflities $500, 00e, half of which is Sc
| cured.
ALBANY, N. Y, January 15.-Fanny
Davenport il very Ill at her hotel to-
day from nervous prostrstioD, caused
by the news OF the sudden death of
her sister, Miss Davenport, at Phila-
delphia.
SAVANNAH, Ga, January 15.-W. S.
Harley died, and the coroner's jury re-
turned the verdict that ''deceased came
to his death from gun shot wound
inflicted by some person unknown to
the jury
WASHINGTON, January IS. = The
Cabinet has directed Secretary Sher-
man to give the syndicate notice of
| discontinuance Of its contract. Secre-
tary Sherman is preparing an adYer-
tisement fer placing the popular loan
with the people.
LONDON, January ia Lloyd's
telegram from Ferrol, Spain, states that
the tug Anglia is towing Cleopatra's
obelisk. The calsson containing the
ebelisk left there at O'Clock this
morning.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 15.-In
the Senate to-day George Fl. Pendle-
ton was declared the choice for United
States Senator by 25 Democrats to 8
Republicans = blank. In the House
Pendleton received g.; Johnson 3,
and blank sc.
CoNsTANTIEoPLE,J January 15.-Ser-
yer Pasha and Nanik Pasha ap
pointed ENJOYS to negotiate with the
Russian Grand Duke Nicholas, left
to-day for Kezanlik, where they are ex-
pected Thursday. The Grand Duke has
informed the Porte that he 10 invested
with full powers on the question of
the conditions of peace.
DUBLIN, January 15.-Sergeant Chas.
Mccarthy, the recently released Fee
man who, with his companions, reached
Dublin Saturday night died suddenly