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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
Heads Coming on.

WASHINGTON, March 24-Secretary Car
Isle has accepted the resignation of A. NJ.
Hughes of Tennessee, chief of the loan
division Of the registers Office, treasury
department. He has requested the resig-
nation OF J. N. Patterson, second auditor
Of the treasury department, who has so far
declined To resign
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
England at the Naval Parade.

WASHINGTON, March 24-The navy de-
partment has received communication
from the British government stating that
1t will be represented In the naval parade
April "a by the following vessels: The
Blake, Magicienne, Tartar, Partridge and
Australia
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
Mrs. MilIer's Offer.

GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, March "a
Mrs 4. j. Miller, owner of the Miller
house, has offered to give the town lot
free for library building If she will be al
lowed to occupy a part Of the building
during life, or she will sell it for one-half
i.s sanraisad valna
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
Got the Measles.

PALMER, Mass, March A.-The village
of Thorndike has an epiemic of measles.
This usually mild disease has assumed a
serious asp CT. Three children lie dead at
present, and many more are very sick.
The village doctor is busy night and day,
but IL unable to answer his calls. Five
deaths have occurred
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
PeiYer's Dauohter Gets a lob.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator PETER
has broken the record and appointed a
woman clerk Of his commission ito ex-
anime the several branches of the civil
service" The woman is his daughter The
place Is worth S14O0 wear
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24

Secured by mortgage substantially all the mortgage
bonds the Union Railroad Company Of Providence which
the entire capital stock Of the Providence Cable Tramway
Company and by mortgage substantially all the
stock Of the PawtuOket Street Railway Company
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Pawtucket for Providence es', 8 At,
s S So is.i ie ifi' Isl. u 81 . nj; ii. I ~ E
Q So. p. m.
Providence for fawtucketi s est, Q ss'.
9 ny, 30 e 40 10 @t o a; m; . ,oI u Is ! St.
p' y. m.
tod Colony. stops atIweodiawn. IN. Y. n.
II. a n. and n. Y. and y. 4.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
$5,000,o00
Providence 4 PaWtuCket Street
Railway Issue
United Traction and Electric Company.
First Mortgage Forty Years
FIVE PER CENT. GOLD BONDS
DUE MARCH LIST, 1893.
Coupons Payable March M and September M the ooe of the
Central Trust Company New York.
Coupons Payable March st and September s the office
Central Trust Company New York.

limited
100000 for actual ncudg within
Hall Of Providence additional
after mentioned but at exceeding
ne track.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-24
FOR SALE At AUCTION,

by Carlos l.. Rogers, at hls office I'm Paw
tucket, on Tuesday, March 18th, at II O'CLOCK
noon, i00 shares stock of Pawtucket Ice cS.,
70 close the estate OF the late J. n. Dispeau.
ALBERT X. SHERMAN,
ml7W Administrator.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

wnEELING, Arm 10, 1898.
our leiag Hauled Down.

Commissioner Blount has got 80 far
with his Hawaiian mission as to haul
down the American flag, bugle mean
while sounding the retreat. 1t does
not necessarily follow that he will re-
port against annexation, or that the
President would approve such a report.
Nevertheless it is turning back the
hands, gives new hope to the monarch
zeal party and to any and all other par
ties intriguing against annexation.
This act, however, is to be taken in
connection with the remark Of the
commissioner that any interference
by any other foreign power would be
regarded as an act Of hostility against
tho United States. Ii this means any,
thing it means that this country is
ready to go to war with any power that
undertakes to lay hands on Hawaii.
This we believe to be true, and it
makes all the more strange the with
drawal OF the protectorate. So long as
the American flag was flying over Ha.
wall no other power would have dared
to interfere. Tho presence Of our flag
was notice to all the world that the
United States was there to stand be.
tween the little country and any and all
Corners.
The assurance given by the commits
aIoner brings US back to primary ques-
tlon which has never been answered
satisfactorily: II the people continue
to acquiesce in the provisional govern
ment, and if that government continues
to insist tbatif the United States willnot
take the islands some other country
shall have them, and if We determine
that we will not accept them as u gilt,
what right have we to object to Hawaii
making q bargain with any other coun.
try?
Between incorporating with ourselves
country that wants to come in and
denying to that independent country
the right to hitch on to some other
country there is wide difference. In
the one case we could sustain ourselves
easily on moral as well as political
grounds; in tho other We should be
forced to pettlfogGing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

Little Dot-"I guess Dick ia goin' to
marry Lucy Locket when he grows up"
Mamma-"You do? Why% Little
Dot-"Why, when Dick gets into any
mischief he always tells me, cause he
don't care what think, but he tiDs like
everything to Lucy."-Go0d NeWs.
"You got youah clothes in deah old
Lunnon TOO, seo," said Gosin to Cod.
ling. III you pwomise not to tell, old
fellah, IN tell you q secwet." "1'll
pwomise" "Iget them in Dwooklin.
know place there which gives you as
bad a tit as you can get in Lunnon."-
Harpsr'S Basar.
St. Peter-"Enter. Why do you hesi-
tate% New spirlt-"I didn't sec any
usher" eve have no ushers here. Sit
down where you please" Dear me!
how different heaven is from our
church. "-7eras Sytinga
Lady-"Is Mrs. Binks at homer" Ser
vant-"No'm." Lady-"Can you tell
me when she will be at homer" Ser
vant-"As soon as she geth the parlor
busted, mum. an she's most through
now."-Ncw York Weekly.
Mrs. Newwife-"Did you 90 to the
intelligence Office about that new girl
Jack?" Jack-"Yes." Mrs. N.-"Dld
they say she was capabls?" jack
Eyes, capable OF anything. "-BoSor
Budget
"Why do you ask me for my auto
graph2" asked the poet, who liked tc
hear words of praise. Because YOU
are the only ono who can write it" said
the applicant, meekly.-Vo0tte.
A Model Advertisement: "a widow
with three married daughters wishes tc
hear OF u suitable husband for hel
youngest. References: Her three sons
w."-Ftiegende Bldetter,
"If l should propose to you, Maud
what would your answer be2" II am
sure do not know, Mr.. Remsen
Women are very foolish at times."-
Brooklyn Life.
widow-"Dear mo! My husband lei
me all his property by will. Now, how
shall get possession Of it2" Knowing
One-"Marry his lawyer."-Montreal
Herald.
"Was the Charity Ball success p
ooh, my, yes. Our deficit was only
forty dollars, and the Charity Society
will have to pay it."-Brooktyn Life.
A man calls his wife by the beautiful
title, Virtue" because she is her own
reward. She does oil the houseworR
and gets no wages Yankee Blade.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Old Ties suudered.

A very circumstantial story ia pub
lished in New York to show that Mr..
Whitney and the President no longer
do the political brother act. In tact,
as the story goes, they do not meet in
these days and all the eloquence OF the
persuasive Lamont has failed to induce
Mr., Whitney to show himself at the
white house.
The explanation is that Mr.. Cleveland
authorized Mr., Whitnsw to make GER
tain promises to Tammany which Pres
dent Cleveland now finds it convenient
to ignore, This compromises Mr.. Whit
ney and he resents the treatment by
closing up navigation between himself
and the President
Iithis be a truo story time will verify
it. 1t is true that Mr., Whitney made
promises to bring TammanY in line, it
ia true that Tammany went to work,
and it is true that the laborer has not
been paid his hire
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
PERSONAL POINTS.

Edward Eggleston has gone west and,
with his wife, will live at Madison,
Ind. DR.. Eggleston goes there for the
purpose OF rewriting "The Hoosier
Schoolmaater," and will remain near
the scene until the work is in satisfac-
tory shape,
Frank B. Mayer, the we'll known ar,
tist whose studio is in his residence, at
Annapolis, has just finished u fine
painting OF the coat OF arms OF Mary
land in tho main hall OF the chamber OF
commerce building, in Baltimore.
Among tho visitors to the hunting
fields OF Ireland is Count Gizycki, OF the
Austrian Uhlan force, who was one OF
the successful long distance riders be.
tween Vienna and Berlin.
The Duke and Duchess OF Newcastle
have left England for q tour OF the
world. They will pass several months
in the United States and Canada before
proceeding to Honolulu by way OF San
Francisco.
Tho engagement is announced OF
James Arnold Chard, OF Brooklyn, a
grduate OF Amherst college, and Miss
Louise Cable, eldest daughter Of George
W. Cable, tho author,
saint-saens has put the finishing
touches on his new opera, "Phryne,"
which Is Immediately to be placed in
rehearsal OF the Paris Opera.C omique.
The citizens OF Galena, Ill, where
General Grant lived for time, will be-
oin tnia vear (o7th inRknntl the celebra.
ton OF the generals birthday.
Minister Robert Lincoln says no is
anxious to leave politics and diplomacy
and resume his law practice at home.
sarasate has had thirty-two watches
given to him at various times, several
in the shape of vlolins.
Fred Taral, the famous jockey, is said
to have got $4,000 for his six months
work last year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
A BLkCKSMIHH'S STORY.
Reminiscent Of LongfsllOH's Beautiful
POsm,
This Interesting Story is Not a Ro'
nance, However,
But is a Statement of Positive and
and IadIsputable Fact

Since Longtellow wrote 1.-THE Village Black
smith" tho story OF which beautiful poem
everybody knows, sort OF romance has been
associated with the village smlthy,
Hero Is another story OF tho village blacksmith
which Is equally iateEestIRgi For mauy yeaFi
the hammer aud anvil OF A. s. Gould had runS
In the li:tle town OF Garland, Maine Suddenly
they became silent,
II broke down" said Mr.. Gould. "Thrce
months ago was almost helpless was very
weak aud debIlltated and could do no work
my hands were SO transparent that one could
actually look right through them, my blood was
SO poor, lost flesh rapidly. Ny kidneys and
llyor were In very bad state.
"Iused that remarkable medIclue, pr. GTeeno'i
Nevurs blood and nerve remedy, and now am
vol and strong and attend to my work agpln III
my blacksmith shop, have gained 10 pounds
OF healthy flesh,
every man in Garland knows me, for have
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

DO, III business here for l3yearS.
"My friends and family arc much surprise to
SEQ me we'll again"
This Is especially tho tlmo OF year when q
wonderful euro like this should DO published
far and wide, for now Is the time when more
peopleGrc ailing and complaining OF poor blood,
neryou 'ness, weak aud tired feelings, stomach,
kidney and liver complaints, etc, than at
at any other season, In fact now Is tho time
that everybody is thinking OF taxing spring
medicine, aud deciding what Is best to take.
The cure OF MIR. Gould should DECIDE tho
question US N what TO take for tho great rem,
edy which restored him to health aud strength
will cure others lisa fact beyond doubt that
DR.. Grcenes Norvura blood aud nerve remedy Is
the greatest OF all health rcstorers and Is, above
oil others, tho best spring medicine to vitalizC
the blood, strengthen tho nerves and start up a
natural and healthy action OF oil tho organs
Druggists keep it for ST. and It is purely yegc'
table aud harmless. 1t Is tho discovery and pre-
scriptlon OF DR.. Greene OF IS W. l4th Street,
New York, the successful specialist In carins
nervous and chronic diseases, who can BIO con-
suited free. personally or by letter
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

said to be perfectly developed in every
particular except its tail, which is Con
spicuous by its absence"
According to the Aoniteur industrial,
aluminium Can be hardened by rapid
cooling in water, more especially II it
be alloyed with a small percentage Of
titanium or tungsten,
TIE Vermont legislature has passed a
law TO permit fishing with hook and
line in Lake Champlain at all seasons.
To counterbalance this the use OF seines
is forbidden.
A Chicago man was discharged on
Thursday after having been imprison-
ed Ave months awaiting trial on the
charge OF stealing ten cents worth OF
tobacco.
What is called the "Keeley ticket
was elected at Madison, Kansas, last
week. Every candidate, from the may
or down, was bi-chloride OF gold grad
ate.
Twelve and eight years are the respec-
tive ages Of two boys who have been
arrested in Newark, N, j., on a charge
of larceny OF box OF iewelry
An estimate OF the population Of St.
Louis, based on the now city directory,
gives that city 574,569 inhabitants, an
increase in year OF Slp647.
The days are swiftly drawing nigh
When you may dotf your derby
To wear the chape9u made OF straw,
Atlanta Constitution,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

A qpaint.looking locomotive, drawing
two queerer-looking cars, pulled out Of
the Pennsylvania railroad shops at Jor-
sey City on Tuesday for the Worlds
Fair. The locomotive was the John
Bull, the first traction engine ever used
in America. II was built in 1881, and
ran until 1852, doing its duty in every
conceivable way until II was superseded
by more modern style OF machine.
Thore Aro relatives and close friends
OF Mr.. Blaine still in the public service.
Colonel stanwood, q nephew, holds o
position In tho custom house in this
city. Elo has boon auditor for four
years, but was recently transferred to
the classified service, Another nephew,
Walter Sunson, Is postmaster ut Au.
gusta. Hc hnsfnoro than two years TO
serve. .--NttB York. AdprtBer
In the Yosemite Valley California;
thoro is fallen troo 800 feet long and
several centuries old, that, II Ia said, has
been followed ont 80 that for q die.
TANGO OF aiNty yards q person can walk
upright inside Of II,
A now kind Of wire for telephone use,
having an aluminium.bronz core with
coppor.bronze envelope, is being OK
pOrlmentod with In Germany. II IL
said TO have low resistance and great
tensile strength.
A man Weighing 400 pounds fell
down n stairway at MunCie, Ind, last
week, and his enormous weight is said
10 hnve shook tho building, causing a
panic In tho restaurant and drug store
below
A two.year.old colt owned BY William
Campbell Of Indiana county, Pa, Ia
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
EXPERIENCE.

Atlanta Constitution.
Jim Jones. he was candidate for office, SO ho
was;
He'd been workln' clean from daylight in tho
Democratic cause;
He'd heard about the salary an oGlceholdcr
draws;
So he went In for an Office in the mornin'l
lie brushed his old black beaver, an he polished
up his boots;
Hc got him twenty packages OF Georgia'madc
cheroots.
An they missed him from the village and polio.
ical disputes;
But the Office wasn't comm, an they told him
for 10 wait
The road was kinder crooked when he thought
II kinder straighti
But Jones, hekept a.swIngln' on the Democratic
"FoP,' said he, an ketch the ONCE III the
Inornin'"
Soon the congressman had smoked up every one
Of his cheroots.
An the mud had worn the polish from tho leg.
gins OF his boots,
An the office ies' got mixed up in political dis
An Jones, no kinder weakened in the morn.
in'l
So he boarded Of freight train that was ruuniu'
by the rule,
For he didn't have dollar, au was feOln' like a
fool;
An then he went to plowin with mortgage on
An he cusScd out every Office in the mornln'l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Wool and Moolcn Duties.

The American Wool and Cotton Reporter,
OF Boston, favors free wool, but says
that "25 per cent upon goods would not
DO enough ovon with FREQ raw mate.
rails" Enough for what--protection
or revonuo7 The proposition is to i'm.
pose ratio Of duty that will yiOld tho
most rovonuo. Protection is to DO
knocked in the head.
Those Now England manufacturers
who havo favored FREQ wool or winkcd
at tho FREQ wool proposition may yot
have to turn to the wSol.growors for
aid. That will DO about tho time Of tho
next election, inter tho Democratic
tarlfl measure shall havO begun to
pinch them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Southern Immigration.

The first thing tho convention Of
southern governors did was to mako a
bad selection for its presiding officer.
Governor Fishback, Of Arkansas, on
whom this honor was conferred abused
the opportunity to work off bitter
partisan harangue under the guise oil
an appeal to the President to up
point moro southern mon to for.
elgn posts. He declared that for years
the south has been slandered by the
Republican party, and he wished it I'M
derstood that I'VE uso tho word slandor
adpisedly."
His paper, bombastic, blatant, dema-
gogiC, is just tho kind Of thing to warn
off southern soil anybody who docs not
vote tho Democratic ticket. Worst Of
all his ill-advised harange went I'm.
challenged in the convention. When
this gathering was talked Of first the
INrnMeEScER expressed doubt
whether West Virginia has anything to
gain by being part OF distinctly south
ern immigration movement. This
doubt is strengthened by the assinine
utterance OF the president of tho con
vonion OF southern goverors. West
Virginia will do best to 90 it alone.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Mo.c. rrIco carod Of RhcumalI.ln.

Tho many cases Of rheumatism cured
by Chamborlain's Pain Balm during
tho past fcw months have given the
people great confidence In us curative
properties, and have shown that there
is one preparation that can be depend.
cd upon for that painful and aggravnt.
ing disease. Honakor Bros, LorAin,
Ohio, say: "Mr. Moses Price, OF this
place, was troubled with rheumatism
Tor long timc. Chamborlain's Pain
Balm has cured him. lie says that tho
Balm has no equal"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

Cincinnati Tnles'Sar (RG,l
Twelve thousand barrels OF choice
Kentucky whisky were burned at Lou.
isville Wednesday night and $4,000 bar.
rels mora at Owensboro last night.
There hasn't been such a consumption
OF whisky in the old Bourbon state
since the invasion OF Braxton Bragg
and his thirsty graybackS.
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strongly Endorsed.

4 The advertising OF Hoods sarsnpa-
rilla appeals to tho sober, common sense
Of thinking people, because 1t is true;
and It Is always fully substantiated BY
endorsements which In tho financial
world would be accepted without n
momenta hesitation. Thoy toll the
story-HooD's CuREs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Salary Large Enough.

Chicago 7ribun: (Repl
Thomas +. Bayard has private for
tn 10 estimated at from $1,000 to ST.
90 1000. He will DO able to put on all
tn necessary friits q, ambassador TO
Great Britain without any increase in
salary. The country is spending enough
for its purely ornamental diplomatic
seryice.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

Mr.. WArrERsoN says in the Louisville
Courisr-Journal that Mr.. Clevela nd
"stands where his party placed him, on
a free trade platform" This is what
we have been saying about the plat
form and this Is what many West Vir-
ginia Democrats have been denying.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Still Drawing ON the Republican Party
NsD York advertiser lRspl

Mr., ]. @. Smith, of Ohio, who, it is
said, is slated for the office of commits
sioner OF internal revenue, was q red-hot
Republican so long as that party kept
him, in Office. He was representative
in Congress. commissioner OF Indian
affairs and consul at Montreal under
Garfield, When the party got tired Of
him he turned reiormer. He ardentlv
supported Cleveland and has, in the
opinion OF the Dedicated One, earned a
reward. He is therefore to be summon
cd. He is man Of picayune ability,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

If the cigarettes made in this coun-
try were placed end to end they would
girdle the earth three times. II all the
victims of the deadly cigarette in the
same time were piled on top OF each
other there would be stack of them
as high as Trinity church spire. We
arc a great cigarette people.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

are not feeding fat on pie. Possibly he
has failed to show a proper apprecia-
ton of the real greatness OF the lucky
man. There may DO human nature
oven in the white house.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

IL Mr.. Cleveland and Mr., Whitney
had fallen out before the election how
different it might all have been. Whit
ney was power in the campaign time.
Is it go easy to forget2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

The tragic death OF Major J. H. Bris-
tor, of Martinsburg, will be heard OF
with sorrow by the large circle OF friends
no had in this state. Major Bristor was
ono OF tho best men in West Virginia.
This is tho second fatal accident OF the
same kind in this state within less than
a week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

SENATOR FAULKNER was spoken OF for
District OF Columbia iudgeship which
got away yesterday. 1t might DO we'll
for some West virginian to send the
President another map OF this state
and this time lot 1t DO big one in high
colors.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Still Demonstrated.
A Netgs and Courier (DeuLl

CNdrltSl0n Nelp5 and LouTeT IIt1LI
The best thing Tor the southern
states would have been the establish
ment OF their independence as nation.
Their connection with the northern
states costs them many millions Of dol.
lars annually, and brings them no COM
pensatory benefit whatever, They
sought to establish their independence
for that reason, and desired to with
draw from the old Union peaceably,
No one on their side forced conflict
between the sections" or desired a con-
tiict. The war was waged on the part
Of the northern section to retain rich
taxing district under the same general
government,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

FATAL neglect is little short OF sui
eide. The consequences OF a neglected
cough arc too well known to need re-
peating, DR., Woods Norway Pine
Syrup cures cough promptly. Sold by
all dealers on q guarantee OF satisfac-
ton.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15

CANADIANS arc annexing Themselves
to the United States at tho remarkable
rate OF 100000 a year. This is decidedly
interesting. 1t may DO better for us to
take tho Canadians in aud leave Canada
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Joyful Campaign song,

Nsw York Press (Repl
"GroyeE, Grover,
-Four years more OF GroVeri
Out they go,
In we go,
And then we'll DO In cloyeEw
A DIFFERENT TUNE,
Grover, Grover,
Four years more OF Grover;
We made It so,
And now would know,
Where's III" expected clover2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-15
Not Built That Way.

KanSuS City Journal tRpl
If Cleveland cabinet had any French
snap about it the members would have
resigned in body weeks ago.