Daily Republican., 1888-07-23
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WAsHIHe-oE, July 22.-The Mills
Tar II Bill passed the House on Saturday
BY vote Of 1862 yeas 10 149 nays. Mr.
Randall went on record against the bill
being paired with Hogg, of West Vir.
ginia, The result was hailed with cheers
by the Democrats. an outbuIst OF laugh.
ter from Mr. Cleveland, who sat in the
gallery. and with absolute silence ty the
Republicans. Mr.. Mills made an hours
speech in defense of the measure, deal
Ing however, In commonplace aud de-
voting much of the time In an effort 10
prove that he ia not Free-tra der.
AT last the yeas and nays were ordered
on the final passage of the bill, when Mr.
SoWden, OF Pennsylyania, obtained
recognition and said that his distinguish
ed colleague, Mr.. Randall, who was alb
sent from ths House by reason of severe
Illness, had ssnt him letter which he
wish to have read at this time. The
letter was read as follows;
July 10, 1888.
Hon. w, II. sowdeD, House Of Rep
resentatiyes.
MY DEAR Sniff vote on Mr.. Mills
Tariff Bill is to be taken on Saturday,
the 2lst inst fear my strength, by
reason of recent illness, will not permit
my presence In the House on that day,
and II absent want you TO secure me a
pair with someore who favors that bill,
as ! would, II present, record my vote
in Spposit.on TO IL. Give this Immediate
care, as l do not want to be mlsunder
stood. l want 1t announced and dis
tinctly known that am opposed to the
passage of the bill in question.
Yo2rs truly
SAMUEL ]. RANDALL.
The letter was londly applanded by the
Repub lean members of the House. The
roll call was thin proceeded with and
the bill passed-yeas, 1852; nays, l49.
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Trouble Between Whites ana Blacks.
ST. LOUIS, July % Information has
been received from Crlttenden County,
Arkansas, to the effect that the Grand
Jury, which has been investigating the
banishment of IS neg oes by an armed
organization, has made It's report. The
result is the return of nearly 40 indlct-
ments. The Grand Jury found that
anonymous notes had been sent to a mum
Der Of white men by negroes, giving the
whites five days to leave the county.
Upon receiving the threatening epls.
ties tho whites met, armed, and escorted
out of the county the negroes implicated.
Among those who received orders to
quit the county within five days were
Colonel j. +. Smith, the leading mer
chant Of Marion; Sheriff W. + Warner,
of Crittenden County; j. Il. Stevens, a
blacksmith; L. P. Berry, lawyer, and
8 o, M shy, a former magistrate of
Merton
The Grand Jury succeeded In tracing
the anonymous threats TO the office of the
County Clerk, David Ferguson, one of
the IS negroes banished His office was
opened and fragments Of anonymous notes
which evidently had not seemed tO be
satisfactory, were found on the 1o)r.
Experts pronounce the handwriting to
be that OF j. W. Ramsey, young south
Carolina negro, in the employ Of Fergu.
son as a clerk The immediate motive
Ior the sending of the warnings was
fould in the fact that Ferguson and d.
w. Lewis, the negro County Judge, had
been indicted by a former grand Jury for
hab tual drunkenness, the penalty for
which was removal from office.
The intention wss to create reign of
terror and break the force of the prose-
cution. Ferguson was one Of the Arkan-
sas alternatee to the Republican Conven-
tion at Chicago He was serving his
third term as clerk of Crittenden County,
an office worth $4,000 per year. The tes'
tlmony before tho grand Jury WAS highly
sensational.