Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-24
SENSATION.
II. Ge,mll's spsssl Dtn 9 81.
The Chlnbk.
COAL AND IRON ORE.


WASHINGTON. July Especial 1.-THE
Senate was again the gre4t attraction to-
day. In fact. the House practically was
deserted, as most OF tho. members went
over to the Senate chamber to hear the
great speech Of Senator otrman. He had.
II anything, q greater htion than was
rendered Senator Hnl % Monday.
Not only Senator Gorun, but Senators
Vest, Jones Of Arkansas and Harris
stated that when the conlpromise Senate
bill was agreed on II received the sanction
of both President Cleveland and Secre-
tary Carlisle. One by one the senators
got up and corroborated each other. This
same statement was repeatedly made In
the Dispatch correspondents. and It was
generally understood that the President
approved the bill, and wanted 1t passed,
and not until his letter to Mr.. Wilson
was made public vas there any doubt
Of the Executives position on the Ques-
ton.
Mr.. German discussed in every detail
the coal and iron-ore features OF the
pending bill, and proved by the records
of hundred years that the Democratic
party, when in power, had placed duty
on coal and iron-ore. In Andrew Jack
sons day there was a duty, and the
Walker tariff provided duty Of Is cents
a ton on coal. The Mills bin OF 1888 pro-
vided duty OF 70 cents a ton on both
iron-ore and coal.
MIR. German was very severe in his
criticism OF the President, and the effect
of the speech was that II Mr.. Cleveland
did not keep his hands of, no sort Of
tariff bill could be passed. The Mary
land statesman spoke for over two hours,
less the Interruptions aAd statements of
others. He was in splendid trim. and
some of his assertions were so bold and
emphatic as 10 cause sensations In the
chamber The galleries were packed and
all the space on the floor was occupied.
Nearly all of the Virginia and North
Carolina members now In the city were
present. In fact, the interest in the Sem
ate proceedings was so intense that the
House adjourned shortly after o'clock.
The prevailing sentiment Is that the
40-cent revenue-duty on coal and iron-ore
will remain In the tariff bill. The Vir-
ginia senator's will stand by the duty;
SO will most of the Democrats, and
all of the Republicans are for this duty.
NORTH CAROLINA COURTS.
Before adjourning, however, the lower
branch of Congress passed the following
bill, which was introduced by Mr.. Wood
ward, of North Carolina:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the United States of
America. in Congress assembled. That the
counties OF Person, Durham, Chatham, and
Moore, and Richmond. now constituting a
part of the Western Judicial District OF
North Carolina, shall be, and are hereby.
transferred to and made part OF the East
ern judicial District OF North Carolina
but all crimes and offences heretofore
committed in said Western District, In
| which the defendants have been hound
over. shall be prosecuted, tried, and de-
termlned in the same manner and with
| the same effect as II this act had not
been passed: Provided, That all actions
or proceedings now pending against
| parties residing in the counties OF
| Chatham, Moore. Person, and Durham, II
| the courts of said Western District, may
upon the application OF either party, bt
| transferred to the corrt To-. she Eastern
| District at Raleigh, aud In case df such
| transfer all papers ON file therein, with
copies of all record-entries. shall be
transferred to the office Of the clerk OF
| such court, and proceed in al respects as
| though originally commenced in said
| court at Raleigh.
Section g That the sessions CT the
| district courts of the United States fol
| the Eastern District OF North Carolina
shall begin and be held at the city oi
| Raleigh on the fourth Monday of May
and first Monday of Decemher of each
| year.
| Section 3. That the regular terms OF
| the Circuit Court shall be held at Raleigh
| on the fourth Monday in May and frs
| Monday in December In each year, anC
| at Wilmington on the first Monday after
the fourth Sunday In April and October o
| each year."
| The Judiciary Committee of the House
| In their report on the bill. say, among
| other things:
REPORT.
| 1.-THE Committee on the Judiciary, e
| whom was referred the bill Oh. X
6542) to change the lines between tht
| Eastern and Western Judicial districts o.
North Carolina and fixing times for hold
ing courts In said Eastern District, sub
NIT the following report:
| ''Under existing law (see Revised Sta
tutes of the United States. section 54s
the State OF North Carolina is divided
| into two judicial districts called tn,
Eastern and Western districts respective
| ly. The Western District embraces fifty
one counties named in said section, in
cluding those sought to be transferred II
this bill The Eastern District embrace!
the residue of the State.
| "Under the present law (see Revised
| Statutes OF the United States, section 6jS
! page l29 a regular term Of the Circui
Court Is held at Raleigh on the first Mon
day Of June and the last Monday In No
vember of each year. and at Wilmington
on the first Monday after the fourtl
Monday In April and October Of eacl
year. (See supplement to Revised Sta
tutes of the United States, page $3.50
There Is no law providing for tn
holding Of any sessions Of the Distric
Court at Raleigh.
THE object of this bill as amended b,
your committee is. first. to transfer tn
counties OF Person, Durham, Chatham
and Moore from the Western to the East
ern District, with the usual provision
or saving clauses relative to the prosecu
ton, etc., of civil causes and crimes an,
offences In those counties; second. TO pro
vide for the holding Of district courts a
Raleigh, and changing the time of hold
ing sessions Of the Circuit Court in sal,
city; and third. 10 provide the times o
holding sessions OF the Circuit courts a
Wilmington.
'The bill is approved by the Judges
district attorneys, and clerks of the State
and by the Department Of Justice"
RANsoMITES REJoICED.
The friends of Senator Ransom are YER
much retoiced over the action OF some O
the counties in North Carolina last Sat
urday as the results are favorable I
| his reelection.
S. r. Haynes was to-day appointe
postmaster at Port Norfolk, Norfol
county Va, vice ]. ID. Hanna, resigned.
Post-offices have been established 4
North Carolina as follows: Speed, Edge
combe county. John w. Satterthwaits
postmasteN Wardlaw. Union county, job
II. McManus, postmaster.
MINISTER SMYTHE.
| Mr.. II. NJ. Smythe. United States Minis
ter to Haiti who arrived here fe,
days ago. after making report to tn
State Department, will return 10 Virgins
Mr.. Julian A. Turner, OF High Point.
c., has secured. through civil-seryice e1
animation, a position as pension examiner
Virginia arrivals: John w. Chapman
Commemorative Attorney for Tazewe
county; w. W. Burgess, Orange.
Mr.. NJ Manly. Of New Berne, N. c..
here
BIRMINGHAM UNDER GUARD.