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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A SEVERE sand storm ragged over
Southern Kansas, Oklahoma and per-
tions of Texas on the 18th. Consider
able damage was done to crops.
The much-dreaded army worm has
made its appearance in the vicinity OF
Russellyille, Ky. There are millions
of them, and they are making clean
sweep of everything green that lies in
their way.
REV. j. NJ. JEssuP, an aged Primitive
Baptist preacher, met death ina horrible
manner at Sandy Ridge, Ala, on the
l4th. While delivering his sermon he
suddenly fell to the floor in spasms and
died with his awe-stricken congrega-
ton about him.
l. A. MrNTER and NJ r, Dudley, two
prominent planters, engaged in fatal
duel at Tyler's, Ala, on the 18th
Minter fired three shots and Dudley
fired twice.
CRAWFORD GoLDsRY, alias Cherokee
Rill. was sentenced in the United States
Court at Fort Smith, Ark, on the 18th
to he hanged Tuesday, June 25th, Tor
the murder of Ernest Mellon at Lenapah'
TT.
Dn. SALMON, chief of the bureau OF
animal industry, is preparing inSruc-
tions to agents to investigate the cause
of tho high price of beef products and
what influence the "trust" has on the
prices.
DrsuA BREcKrNRlpGE, deputy col
,octor Of internal revenue of tho Lex
inrton (Ky.) district, who has charge
of the collection Of the income tax' has
decided that all winnings from gaming
of any sort, including money won Oh
borso racing, come within the pro-
visions of the income tax law.
An unusually heavy snow preceded
NV rain and heavy hail, passed over
winchester, Ohio, on the l4th ana is
ronorted to have done great damage to
vounr vegetables and fruit buds
v CupRIE and Il. W. Randall,
representing Chicago Syndicate are
ot savannah, Ga, negotiating for 1oo,'
ooo acres Of land in Montgomery County
~ which colonists from the west are
to be settled.
TIM supreme Lodge, knights Of
pvthias, has instituted suit against the
c;tv National Bank of Fort Worth
Teyas for si5OOOo, deposits and in.
,oroot due tho order. The bank failed
April s.h and Is now In the hands Of
receivers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
DROVE HER CRAZY.


DuestrOw's Servant Girl Loses Her Mind.
Sr. LOUIS, April l6.-Rose Fatelle,
Duestrows hired girl, has gone crazy
She will be sent to the insane asylum
to-day. An insanity inquest was held
over her yesterday morning, and she
was declared to be of unsound mind
The girl was employed as a domes-
tic at the home of DR.. Arthur Dues
trow, the millionaire murderer, on
South Compton avenue, on the night
that he killed his wife and his child
She saw part of the tragedy, and was
one of the witnesses in The case.
She has been sick for some time, and
was sent to the city hospital. Her i'll
ness became serious, and her strength
gradually failed her, until her mind
gave way. Signs of INSANITY ,[,.on,, [
first noticed in the patient ~ ~, ,han
a week ago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
SARCASTIC AlTGElD
Talks In Regard to President Cleveland's
l.etter--Nothing hut the Presidents
Name Signed to the Document Saves 1t
from the Charge of Iieiny Ridiculous
MIR. Cleveland the Slave OF Wall Street.

Talks In Regard to President CIeyeIand'a
Ietter-Nothing But the Presidents
s name signed to the Document Saves it
Mr.. CIey.I,nI 81. neS ,, yv'.' ne",ou'- s,"',
Spp,xov,r,n m At, 80 Co.
AltreIa r.,,.nJo .;i =. - a.
sident Clo,oIa1d,s Ia,,'n. w
ar III had hoan an,, a,hen,. ,1..
that of tbe nro,;d.nt s;anod ,a :, na
body worId rive !, - at,a,,;or
in fact II Rad s;n,aJ snat, = ana,
mept itwopld ho ,i5;avIad a11 o,,o. a.,
countrv for ito ,yo,knass ,Iros, NV.
cites pitv. but tbo let,or ;S ,on.,.l,-
BILE in this that II ;s tho drs, in
stance in the history of ,ha va
public in which os;d,. - a.
United States after rs;n, OH tho
powers of the government has in ad.
dition condescended to write for tho
newspapers in order to serva bis m,s.
tcrs: for this latter was not orl,, ,,r;,
ten for publication. Int was intendcd
to start n boom. and has beon advnr.
tised for n week in advance otbor
presidents have been used ne n con.
yepience bv class interests but this is
the first time in which i. nre.;don,,s
name has been dracced 5oo milos ont.
side of WASHINGTON citv for that nm.
pose.
"After nominating CIoroIa,J ,h.oo
times, and electinr him twica to tha
presidency, the Standard Oil and Wall.
street people rot him 10 use ALI tbe
powers of Government to f,rtber tbo;r
schemes The country has been
astounded to see post offices and nat.
ronapc used to coerce CONGRESS into do.
ing the bidding of the east, from strik.
ing down silver to packing the su.
preme court,
SIN the meantime. the country has
been going from bad to worse With
abundant crops. and with the most in.
dustrious. intellirent and enternrisipr
people to be found on earth ye are
in a paralvzed condition brourht IN inv
no natural cause, but by the arbitrary
acts of the heads of the governments
of the world, controlled by the intlu-
ences of the salaried classes and of
the bondholding classes of Europe
and America. These wanted to make
all property and commodities cheap
and money dear, and they have sue
ceeded.
"Thc reason is that the purchasing
power of the producing classes has
been DESTROYED. while all the debts
taxes and other fixed charges are the
same. 1t takes all the people can get
together to meet the fixed charges.
Consequently labor is idle and the
great producing classes are in distress,
and they are finding out the cause.
They have learned that the so.called
honest dollar is the most dishonest
dollar ever in demand, for il compels
the debtor to give twice as much prop
erty to pay his debts as would have
been necessary at the time that the
debt was created.
''Now. does the presidents lettcr
offer n remedv.for ,hasa neonleo Mona
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
uANT TWO WIVES.


bAVINNIrEG, Man, April l6-This
Icity is greatly stirred up over the at
tempt of Engineer William Farr to
cremate his wife and children in order
that he might clope with dressmaker
named Robertson, with whom he was
keeping company, and whom he led to
believe he was single. 1t now trans
pires that he recently increased the
amount of insurance on his house.
About o'clock yesterday morning
Farr escaped from his cell in the Cen
tral police station, where he was taken
Sunday night, and although the police
have been securing the city and sur
rounding country he has not been
caught.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
DIED IN HIS PULPIT.
Horrible Death Of Preacher In the Pres
ence OF His Congregation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April l6.-Rev. j.
II. Jessup, an aged primitive Baptist
preacher, met death in a horrible
manner at Sandy Ridge, Ala.
While delivering his sermon Sunday
he suddenly fell to the floor in
spasms. and died with his awe-stricken
congregation about him. 1t afterward
developed he had taken q lot OF stryph'
nine, which he carried In his pocket on
bread crumbs to poison English spar.
reWa that infested bis yard,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
ODD FELLOWS BLOCK
At Townviile, Ia, Destroyed by Fire-The
Losers.

Losers.
TITUsvILLE, Pa, April l6-The Odd
Fellows block at Townville was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. The principal
losers were c. C. Hopkins, boots and
shoes; +. b. Hoyt, clothing and furni-
ture; George L. Marsh, drugs and hard
ware; j. Il. Barlow, general store
and the printing office of the Town
Vile Breeze and Guy Mills Echo. The
second floor was occupied by various
lodges, all of which lose. their
paraphernalia and books of record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

IuTFg.GENERAL WILSON stated,
huh, that the sales of stamps
|lod quarter of 1894 amounted
|MS7l, which was the largest in
Ecy Of the government for a
fioi. He considered this a ba-
Indicating the revival of busi-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

1t has always been understood that
Gen. Jackson won the battle of New
Orleans by throwing up a breastwork
of cotton bales and thus gaining a de-
clslye advantage over the British;
but the later historians are telling
us that this is simply a fairy
tale. McMaster says in his volume
recently published that there were
two or three cotton bales used in
one place, but they were either set on
fire or quickly knocked out, and that
Jacksons line of breastworls was of
earth irregularly constructed and
varying in height at different places.
Furthermore, he states that the Amer
lean loss in killed and wounded was
seventy, instead of thirteen, as hereto
fore given.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

well.Inown Spanish officials
hua, il was said on the llth,
n put in Jail on suspicion Of
biliug with the Cuban revolu-
| Rillesand cartridges belong
the Spanish government had
Eretly removed and turned over
Insurgents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
JEALOUSY AND REPENTANCE
Cut His Mistress Throat and Carried Her
Two Miles to u Hospital.

Cut His Mistress Throat and Carried Her
Two Miles to II Hospital.
NEW ORLEANS, April l6.-Barrett
Williams, IA negro, in fit of jealousy.
cut the throat of his mistress, Eliza
Thompson, at an early hour yesterday
morning, just outside the city. lie
then carried the woman in his arms to
the Canal-strect ear station, two miles
distant, to be conveyed to the hospital
for surgical treatment. Williams was
arrested. The woman's condition is
critical, and it is probable Williams
will have to answer for murder
Police Inspector Mclaughlin On Trial In
New York city.
New YORK, April l6-The trial OF
Inspector VIM. w. Mclaughlin. against
whom five indictments were found by
the extraordinary grand jury, charg
ing him with bribery and extortina
money from builders while in command
Of the Old Slip station, began befor,
Judge Barrett in the court of oyel
and terminer. The chief counsel fo
the defense is Col. L. James. Col. Eel
lows appears for the people, assisted
by Austin &. Fox, Daniel q. Rollin
and Aesissans District Attorney LIND.
! sAy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

understood from unquestioned
that the treaty between Great
and the United States under
| settlement may be had OF the
N the Canadian sealers against
Intw, will not be formulated
heyt autumn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

III oso', ~ The late Gen. John @.
NJ. Turred Taa at Albany, N. Y,
NJ vas a"e , adjutant generals
! Aorr,%a., ~ closed for the day,
M os' Sa and nearly oil the
saleess ' sI Of the state wer.
: private espaqity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

F0NT from Hiroshima, dated the
fS That ii Hung Chang, the
/ peace envoy, frankly admits
fSAeSs displayed by China and
fss regret for it for her sake;
|'Ae same time he thinks that
[sa' OF China will advance the
| clVlIl2a'ion in the east, and
E'VFc' not altogether to be re-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

sthc $500 operatives of the At.
pills at 0lncyville, Il, l., went
!, on the nth, intending, ac-
|tOprogranme, to labor fifteen
band then 20 out on strike,
nnd signs posted on the gates
bg them that the mills would
ID until further notice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

|s,yiaa% '%' OF the United States
1 lo@o se Se'1ed a package con-
ktaeav svu counterfeit pink two.
ID ss ,siS ie'alnps in Chicago on the
|Iprns '''a u that vast quantities of
kip d,i,.' iS,.amps have been sold,
MAN, !, Use all over the coun-
NJ ot 'ae nc, entire issue of genu-
Iap.n,. v' this denomination will,
'''' nave to be withdrawn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

|,vr, in the United States dur.
rcek ended the 12th, as re-
Lv r. e. Dun & Co., were 207,
|sls for the corresponding week
I,r For Canada the failures
[.ao 81 against "a last year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

Dominion government has for
70 Great Britain a strong pro-
(alnst the proposition of the
Mates to prohibit sealing in
Esea, and to extend the Paris
[OaS as to the close season and
FlearmS over the entire waters
\ The thirty-tifth parallel of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

l,,v in the Anna Dickinson dam
4, at Scranton, Pa, was dis
\ an the 10th, being unblc tc
IN was reported that they stood
favor of giving Miss Diclsin,
[,,rps and four against.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

|ryDHED employees of the Cleve-
[ Ship luilding Co, went ont
b on the 5th. The company
i topay the old hands 81. 81
men S?.95 per day. The strike
q $50 per day rate. The
Ewerc employed in the boiler
| department
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

Ed; i aSa, rerry, Okla, on the
n ,o0s.' serious trouble prevails
kton NY =: IN the extreme west.
kds, Sa ed.,I Of Oklahoma, between
k,r hs settlers and cattlemen.
FARM s'e fenced in the home.
orts !, and ,!,,, every day brings
the W. =. killings and battles
,Marring factions. Many
%,ios' NV gone to the secretary
Bssaan and special agents have
I aver City to make investi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

|, tbc ruling of the supreme
no income tax case, one New
Pai,,list, who enjoys an income
|, ,o0 novs the tax on but 81, 900,
I,indcr being exempt. This is
m,lc of many cases.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
A Bad Fire.

Fire at Luling, Tex, destroyed the
plant of the Luling Oil and Milling
Co.. consisting of machinery for cot
ton seed oil and grist mill and gin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

Organizing.

An enthusiastitl
Summit last weel mee''ne was neiu "s
organizing Yox 'or ,ne p'rpose "
o,ected for the oman Blowing officers were
PRESIDENT Z. q, ,Hng year: Il. Lotheras,
nresident. IA MoLAtkinson, first vice.
president; R. II. mar seconu vice
secretary, ]. 1. NWloch, corresponding
vlsory hoard. i n opoyse. treasurer; sd'
j 4, AllIs llegssll, j. u ayss'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Robbed u Church.

Several days ago the church at Mud
River valley, southern Kentucky, was
pluudcred. Constable Proctor visited
the home of Jesse Kirkland, and there
found the carpets, table covers, church
literature, etc, concealed in their
house, and the arrest of Mrs. Kirk
land and Misses Matte and Lizzie
kirkland followed Jesse Kirkland
escaped. The crime was acknowledged,
and ali were jailed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

pANoh was visited, on the
III tue worst dust storm in its
4. ine y wind began blowing
N The day, and increased in
4 until noon, when the dust
lns AZ such a rate that the sun
sa'ea' although it was a clear
Es believed that much of the
IVn'ly Sown was blown out OF
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Dying fesaion

Jim Webb, member Of the Lee-Har.
ris gang, who was shot at Birming-
ham, Ala, while resisting arrest, has
made confession.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

s.,rrsCoNsuL-GENERAL VIII
,,araua has been granted an
p" ',arc Of absence and ordered
\ IN WaShingt0n.,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

,,,,,,u CouRr GULLY, liberal,
',aJ ' sneaker of the British
: !, Commons, on the 10th, TO sue
Ilon. Arthur Wellesley Peel,
! ! Nv a vote of 9S5 to PA for Sir
r Ridley.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
NUMBER y.
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.
A Railway Man,a Views.

Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway Co., who recently
made trip through the south, said in
an interview on returning to New
York:
Conditions are improving in the
south, although the earnings of the
Southern railway are little less this
spring than last. This decrease in
earnings may be attributed largely, if
not entirely, to the fact that the spring
business is dependent on the circula-
tion of money which comes from the
crops, and the low price of cotton and
the destruction of fruit and vegetable
crops by cold have diminished the
relative amount of this money. The
fertilizing business is also much smaller
more than 60 to IS per cent. of a
normal year.
"The south is turning it's attentio
more and more to manufacturing and
to agricultural products other than
cotton. The result is more inde-
pendence and less debt for the south
ern farmer, and larger investment of
capital at home, as well as greater
influx of foreign capital. The great
drawback to the southern farmer here
tofore has been the almost universal
pledging of his cotton crop before the
seeds were fairly sprouted He is lessin
debt than in former years, and, there
fore, in better shape to carry on opera
tions. The south ought to be and, l
think, will be the first section of the
country to recover from the long de-
preston. The fact that the southern
farmer raised more corn, bacon and
provisions last year than ever before,
has placed him this season, notwith.
standing the price of cotton, in bet
ter position, financially, than the
farmer of any other section of the
country. Not only does he owe less
money now than heretofore, but he
will owe less and less each year under
this new policy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

,,i1cut has appointed the fol-
'ls' 'anhcrs of the Dawes Indian
'i 'ism. Alex. b. Montgomery, OF
s'V"' Tbomas B. Cabannis, of
>" ".a Frank c. Armstrong, vice
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Taking Up Good Texas Farms.

In southern Texas over 400 farms
have been sold to northern people
within the past fifteen months, gener-
ally the best farms in the vicinity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

Statement of the associated
h New York city for the week
fatbe 18th shows the following
\ Reserve, increase, S9o2, $50;
Increase, S5sl,soO; specie, de-
%lj,sOO; legal tenders, in
|&s9' 100; deposits, increase. So
circulation, increase, $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

Says the st. Louis Globe Democrat:
There seems to be no reason to doubt
that tide of northern immigration to
the south is rising. A real estate firm
in Atlanta reports the sale of 2,74O
acres of farm land for $50, 700 in the
last ninety days, and an order for 50,-
900 to 100, 900 acres for colonies from Ne
braska, Ohio and Pennsylvania; a firm
in Memphis has sold 2l,625 acres since
September for 1896, $50 to settlers from
Iowa, Illinois and the Dakotas; a firm
in Chattanooga has recently sold 'thir-
ty farms to northerners, and has re-
ceived l,500 inquiries; and similar
statements come from dealers in Vir.
glnia, Maryland and Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Rice Mills Burned.

The Savannah (Ga.) rice mills on the
river front, at the foot of Habersham
street, large four-story brick build
ing, was destroyed by fire the other
night, with the stock of probably So
900 bushels of rice. The rice loss is
estimated at about s1e5,000 On the
buildings and plant there is an insur-
ance of $4,000, and the loss by the de-
struction of the rice is about covered
| by insurance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Want Immigrants.

The parishes in northwestern Louis
lana are endeavoring to induce immi'
grafton from northern stsses inss mai
| sectlon,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

The commissioner of emigration for
Arkansas states that not less than l0O,-
900 emigrants have settled in the state
within the past year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

!, 'ne NJ trialof Il breach of prom.
|a.,' ,r'ar1kersburg, W. Va, on the
\ ~. T",Uy Uy Mary corbin against
M. Vau' The latter offered to
En- Oy marrying the plaintiff,
ih' ,o NC noI being of age, walked
I'm ~, ao'cano and back, a dis
M. Di',eS' N, to get the consent of
kspi,.9 9nereturned at daylight
4 and the couple were
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

st. Louis Christian church ministers
voted to boycott all grocers who
handle liquor, and appointed a COM
mittee to put the boycott into effect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Convicted the Wrong Man.

Gov. Oates of Alabama has pardoned
Henry Wimberly, who was convicted
at the last term of the criminal court
at Birmingham on charge of high
way robbery, and was sentenced to
nine years in the penitentiary. Abe
Mitchell, who is Wimberlys double in
every detail, and who was recently ar
rested in a gang of murderers, is
charged with the robbery for which
Wimberly was convicted, and the evil
dence against him is conclusive.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
A Girls Curiosity.

Four members of the family of L. ].
Crawford, Hickory Flat, Miss, were
poisoned by negro girl putting Rough
on Rats in food to see if it would kill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20
Georgia I'm porting Japanese RIC

Heavy importations of rice through
the port of Savannah, Ga, from Japan
are causing sensation and feeling of
uneaslness among the rice planters of
that section. In the last two months
nearly 5000 pounds of rice raised at
Bassoin, Japan, have been brought in
through Savannah customhouse, and
sold at price, exclusive of duty, of
about two cents per pound The rice
was first sent to Germany to be milled,
and was then sent to this country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

sorviccs have been Off
F1lVN Fd nv masonic authority
christian burial.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

meeting of the new common
u ,n''cago, on the 10th, the
|. 'VCu'c c ordinances, the Ogden
,s,,, cosmopolitan 81 Electric and
,,s", ,"' neat Light and Power,
|ss.s ra'Su by a vote of As to ls.
n A., ,e,'' s',e ordinances the passage
a,.' ao'ne weeks ago, so stirred
|ss,i0 saa''on of the citizens that
No.u aV meetings were held for
DV VI demanding their repeal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-15
NOT HARRISON'S AFFAIR.
with the Mckinley Tariff
Political History.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 15.-The Com.
mercial Gazette, a strong Mckinley paper
says:
"a great deal has recently appeared re.
specting the attitude Of ex-President Har-
rison toward the Mckinley tariff at the
time of it's adoption. 1t is contended
that in the capacity of president General
Harrison opposed the adoption of sched-
ules as high as those in the Mckinley law,
and that he entered protest against
them to those who hsa the measure in
charge. One prominent Republican news
paper has stated recently that the Nc
Kinley tariff defeated Harrison's re-elec-
tion and that this fact is the cause of
'Harrison's feeling toward Mckinley
Another influential Republican newspaper
in the west announced that during the
consideration of the Mckinley bill Pres
ident Harrison summoned its author and
Speaker Reed, and possibly other party
leaders, and warned them against the
adoption Of such high figures.
"The Commercial Gazette is in posi-
tion to say that all such statements are
untrue and misleading. ExPresident
Harrison deserves neither censure nor
praise on account of the Mckinley tariff
law. He took no part in the drafting or
the consideration of the measure. No
feature of the law, 30 far as those who
compiled it are aware, represented his
particular views or met with his specific
disapproval. Repeatedly President Har-
rison, when asked by those drafting the
bill what he thought of it, stated that the
details should be left to those in charge
of the measure, that they we're responsible
to the people, and we're most familiar to
the sub bjects in hand. He offered no ad-
vice. When the bill went to the White
house for signiture the president did not,
so far as is known, show any displeasure
or offer criticism. Nor did he express
displeasure with the law. If the law was
held responsible for the defeat of 1892
President Harrison should stand blame
less"