The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-28
STARTLED STATESMEN.
THE ALLIANCE BLIZZARD BLOWING
THROUGH THE HALLS.

oInny Members Hurrying Home to LooI
After their Ecnccs-Thc Sections Strucl
and the Men Thrcatcncd--The Hons,
DcmoraliZrd and Distcmpcrcd.
WASIEINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 20 -"
ward the end Of July full half thcmcm
bcrS OF the House Of Representative.
were absent from their duties. Storm
clouds had unexpectedly appeared ir
nearly every Congressional District il,
agricultural sections of the country
South and West. The political sky was
AhiaZr With suggestive prcmonilicns
FaUnrrs'S Alliance was at work. In 4
, few dist StrictS II haI roarcd like Il lorna.
tic, over Wh"lninG representatives, seek
lnG Il r"-C!cctiOn. Republicans and
Democrats h#i been served alike. In
other districts it rcScmbcu Il flood
%wrrpIn% over river bottoms and carry
n% everything bcl0r" II. There were
astounding reports from Kansas and
reports equally alarming from Mort h
Carolina, Alabama. Georgia. and the
En!f States. Senators as iStinguiShrd
as Ingalls, an;! NaHCr were Threatened
( ih"T" WrT" anxious faces in HE House.
experienced veterans heard the whist
ling of the storm and knew they were
III danGcr they paired with men of
opposite political falth in equal peril.
and sped TO ;hrir districts to look after
ihrlr political households. In some
cases they were too late to save them
selves. In others they are still strug.
Cling.
The rising OF tine farmers might aptly
hr compared to the rising in the de
paTtmrnts OF France at the time Of the
. French revolution. Honest lpgiSlat ors.
Wh0had never failed in devotion to the
agricultural interests of the country,
struggled for their political existence.
In Georgia there WAS violent gale.
|amrS ii. BlOunt. of Macon, serving his
eighteenth consecutive year in the
House, was forced to raise his umbrella.
Judge John ID. Stcwert was over
Whclnrd. Tom Grimes and Judge
iiarncS also went under. There were
alarming reports concerning the politi-
cal future OF that prince OF Confrdcr-
ate soldiers, Gov. John Il. Gordon.
The farmers were making the fight for
the Legislature with the intention Of
putting one Of their own number in the
! United States Senate in tho place of
Coy. Joe. brown. Governor Gordon
had thrown himself into their ranks in
Tn" hopes of securing the prize.
such were some OF the reports that
reached the House. In MissiSsippi such
tried Veterans rs General Hooker,
James bright Morgan, General Catch
2 inES and Thomas II. StOckdalc were en-.
} dangercd. brilliant John NJ. Allen re-
c"!Ncd his denomination before the
storm had fairly burst. III Alabama
Gen. William III. FOrncy was scriousl,
, threatened. Ills loss would have beer
i national loss. He well fills Samuc,
f. j. Randall'S place in the Committee on
Appropriations.
In Kansas. Iowa and Illinois every.
lhlng IS at sea. The political life of
the Rev. John n. Anderson, rOuph-and
ready Perkins, and Of pe:tinaciouS Fun.
Ston IS at stake. Anderson is born
lighter His assault upon tho Pacific
railroads alone ought to cndcar him to
the farmers. lie will bc in tho field
despite all opposition, and if he must
go. viii fall like hero.
Ihen there was alarming news from
south Carolina. The veteran George
-. ll!lnan alone was undiSmaycd. He
Is brother Of the Tilman who is Shalj
ing up the political arstocracy of the
Palmetto state, and whose obituary is
probably already in type in the com
posing rooms OF more than one daily
newspaper.
Wild :lmOrS came from the North
west. The sitting members were not
only exposed to the blasts of the Farm
"rS Alliance, hut were shaken by the
school question that had excited the
German l.uthcranS. This agitation
Threw IN" Republican Representatives
ol the l;adGcr State into Il fever. II
threatens their supremacy to such an
extent that it is claimed the state vii
&; go Democratic. The great CaSwcll is
sad TO have been knocked out Of Il re-
nomination. There were also cyclone.
III Congressional districts in Illinois
Indiana, Minnesota and Michigan.
All these rumOrS Withcrcd up tho
House like Il siroccO. 1t Shrunli to Tn,
smallest dimensions. The Speaker hat
difficulty in counting a quorum. Many
an empty seat tells of the dcSperatI
= struggle. Both sides find it difficult tt
keep their lines. rclrgrams are re
, crlNcd daily telling Of the fortunes O
Representatives hundreds and thOus
| andS OF miles away.
Il y quorum was found only when
Il VoI" WAS taken upon the most imDOr
i ,ant measures. There were tircsom
- debates IN committee Of the whole on
TIE original packakr, the bank ruptcy
- and other bills. Men spoke to empty
% seats. The Committee on Rules krn
J ITS grip on thC throat OF the House
IT not only directed what bills should
be taken up, but allotted the time fol
consideration and specified the h0uI
, Tor voting. Without this specification
/ IT. would have been almost impossible
, 10 nave obtained Il voting quorum AT
=, the critical moment.
There was no chance for the thOuS
andS OF little bills upon the calendars
hr"c are usually showed in to fill the
/ lht'rStlccS O. legislation by unanimous
consent. The list Of bills on the print
, rd calcndarS toward the end of the
= month filled 12O pages The calendar
, Oh the committee OF the whole on the
state Of tlc Union took up twenty
three; the House calendar carried nine,
and the private calrndar was spread
over lOrty-ScvCn pages. There was Il