The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-27
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| THE ALLIANCE BLIZZARD BLOWING
THROUGH THE HALLS.
Many Members Hurrying Home to Lool
After their Fences-The Sections StrucI
and the Men Threatened--Thc Hous'
! DemoraliZed and Distcmpcred.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Aug. 2o.-'ro
ward the end of July full half the mem
bers of the House Of Representative:
were absent from their duties. Sto:n
clouds had Unexpectedly appeared II
nearly every Congressional District in
agricultural sections Of the country
South and West. The political sky WAS
ablaze with suggestive premonitiors
Farmers's Alliance was at work. In a
few districts it had roared like a lorna
do, overwhelming representatives seek
ing a reelection. Republicans and
Democrats had been served alike. In
other districts it resembled a flood
sweeping over river bottoms and carry
ing everything before it. There were
astounding reports from Kansas and
reports equally alarming from North
Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and the
Gulf States. Senators as distinguished
as ingalls, and Vance were threatened.
There were anxious faces in the House.
veterans heard the whist
ling of the storm and knew they were
in danger. They paired with men of
opposite political faith in equal peril,
and sped to their districts to look after
their political households. In some
cases they were too late to save them
selves. In others they are still strug-
Cling.
The rising of the farmers might aptly
be compared to the rising in the de-
partments of France at the time of the
French revolution. Honest legislators,
who had never failed in devotion to the
agricultural interests of the country,
struggled for their political existence.
In Georgia there WAS a violent gale.
James II. Blount, of Macon, serving his
consecutive year in the
House, was forced to raise his umbrella.
Judge John D. Stewert was over
whelmed. Tom Grimes and Judge
Barnes also went under. There were |
alarming reports concerning the politi-
,al future of that prince of Confeder-
ate soldiers, Gov. John B. Gordon.
The farmers were making the fight for
;he Legislature with the intention of
putting one of their own number in the
United States Senate in the place of
Gov. Joe. Brown. Governor Gordon
lad thrown himself into their ranks in
he hopes of securing the prize.
Such were some of the reports that
cached the House. In Mississippi such
ried veterans as General Hooker,
James Bright Morgan, General Catch
ngs and Thomas R. Stockdale were en-
Brilliant John NJ. Allen re-
'eived his denomination before the
torn had fairly burst. In Alabama
len. William II. Forney was seriously
threatened. His loss would have been
national loss. He well fills Samuel
:. Randall's place in the Committee on
appropriations.
In Kansas, Iowa and Illinois every
hing is at sea. The political life of
he Rev. John a. Anderson, rough-and
eady Perkins, and of pe:tinaciouS Fun.
ton is at stake. Anderson is born
ghter. His assault upon the Pacific
alone ought to endear him to
he farmers. He will be in the field
espite all opposition, and if he must
o. will fall like hero.
Then there was alarming news from
outh Carolina. The veteran George ,
J. Tillman alone was undismayed. He
) brother of the Tillman who is shak-
1g up the political aristocracy of the
'almetto State, and whose obituary is
robably already in type in the com
osing rooms OF more than one daily :
eWSpaper.
Wild rumorS came from the North .
'est. The sitting members were not :
My exposed to the blasts of the Farm !
rs Alliance, but were shaken by the :
,hool question that had excited the =
erman Lutherans. This agitation ,
lrew the Republican Representatives 8
the Badger State into fever. It !
lreatenS their supremacy to such an :
stent that it is claimed the State will +
o Democratic. The great Caswell is
aid to have been knocked out of a re- .
omination. There were also cyclones :
l Congressional districts in Illinois, !;
ldiana. Minnesota and Michigan. !;
All these rumors wlthered up the !
.ouse like a Sirocco. 1t shrunk to the 9
nallest dimensions. The Speaker had +
ficulty in counting quorum. Many +
! empty seat tells of the desperate !;
ruggie. Both sides find it difficult to !,
eep their lines. kilograms are re- +
lived daily telling of the fortunes of y
representatives. hundreds and thouS- ', "
IDS of miles away. i,
A quorum was found only when a :,
)te was taken upon the most impor-
mt measures. There were tircsome
:bateS in committee Of the whole on
e original packake, the bankruptcy, y
I'd other bills. Men spoke to empty o.
ats. The Committee on Rules kept :
5 grip on the throat Of the House. \
not only directed what bills should II
!; taken up, bnt allotted the time for +
and specified the hour e.
T voting. Without this specification @,
would have been almost impossible Il
have obtained q voting quorum at "
e critical moment. \
There was no chance for the thous- r;
IDS of little bills upon the calendars; il
hese are usually showed in to fill the !,
terstices of legislation by unanimous D
nSent. The list of bills on the print Il
calendars toward the end Of the a
onth filled l20 pages The calendar a
the committee OF the whole or the
ate of the Union took up twenty
ree; the House calendar carried nine.
I'd the private calendar was spread l.
;er forty-seven pages. There was Il /
age of special orders, five pages Of un- 6
lished business, and 4 page Of privil- S
.ed reports. Over leo bills remained l
pom the calendar. only 231 OF which 0
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