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the NEW TAnirr bill.
Expected to lie Ready at mn EARLY
nnte.

EApecteu uO He READY at mn EARLY
Date.
Washinston March o.--Chairnan ningley
of tho ways and means committee said
today he expected the new tariff bill to bs
ready 10 introduce In tho house very soon
after congress assembled. Speaking OF the
report that the law might provide that the
duties assessed should 10 into effect Inn
mediately on tho introduction OF the bill,
MIR Ding.oy said that 1t would be impos-
siblc under our constitution to make a law
retroactive. Duties, no said. must be as
sessod according to the law on the statute
books at the time goods were imported. The
law could provide that goods stu In bond
should my the new duty If they had not
been withdraw from the bond at the time
the law went into effect
The committee today had under consid-
Grafton the SUGAR schedule, but reached no
definite conclusion regarding IL.
Free list schedule was completed. Near-
w all the remaining articles which had not
been diHposcd Of and which were dutiabio
under the Mckinley law have bsen restored
10 the dutiable list at n rate somewhat less
than the Mckinley rates. These additions
TO the dutiable Hat include some chemlcsls
used In the manufacture OF soaps. and Il
may be necessary to increase the duty
which had been placed on soap to make up
for this change as to raw materials
The pottery schedule has not yet been
complotcd and there IL now considerable
question whether tho nd vaiorem rates Of
tho Mckinley law shall be restored or
specific duties imposed.
sugRr Schedule.
Washington. March a.--The Republican
members OF the ways and means COMMITTEES
discussed today tho sugar schedule. They
agreed unanimously to Impose specific du-
ties on sugar. They made the duty on
sugar OF 80 degrees polarization. gu test,
1925 cents n pound. or about l 5-s cents,
Above and below 90 degrees the duty Will
correspond being s-100 OF n cent. more or
less. for ouch degree above or below 90.
This VIII make the duty about ! cent for
sugar rs degrees or l,es. II was agreed
that the discriminating duty against sugar
from export bounty paying countries should
be 10 net OF export bounty IL VIII vary
with each country as the export bounty
varies.
For purposes OF reciprocity the president
was authorized TO reduce the duty is Of
cent pound, or ~ 1-2 cents 100 pounds,
when coming from countries which in hiu
opinion give reciprocal advantages. Tho
dneroDtinl between raw and refined sugar
was not fixed today. but 1t will be- about
l-S Of cent pound
Tho committee was unanimously opposed
to Federal bounty.
Tho increased duty probably will bring
tho revenue from sugar up to sJO. 900, Don
year. Under the Wilson law II Is O,0Q0,-
600. - ~ q
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e,ss on The International and Great
~ and the Galveston, Houston and
sCImon arrive at and depart from the
rstio,si depot. foot of Congress ave
vsso,lri. Kansas and Texas trains
~ KATY depot. at the foot of Mont
Nm ayenie north side of the bayou
sr.tcn, Ia Porte and Houston ana an
Y ctand Central depot.
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eral friends by appointment for moro leis.
urnlv talks than tho hurry Of office hours
would nertntt
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woIeott Waits ths Psesident.

Washington. March 4.--Eenstor wolcott
of Colorado last evening called at the whits
House and remained nearly the evening.
The time was devoted entirely TO tho sub
ject Of bImetailism. and Genakor Woicoet
told tho president the main features cf ~
trip abroad. and Informed him Of the cou-
dillon which be found. 1t u undBfst0e6
that President Mckinley was IN eAsaooo
listener. and he Yves much encouragrA ~
the report Senator Wolcctt beoaght hesks n
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Il iEplpley, Minneso,a; G. l.. Linn.
NORTH; j. j. Farley Denison: q.
TTr smlihyille; Il. i. Marin. Lnf-
~, 4. Primrose, New York: l..
M s.aEigTsll; W. n. Hartley. Simon
~ HH M, Ea II, Hanke, Sinithviilc; John
~ u Mt i; II. Brown, Chicago: c.
4: cry; n. C. Nicholson, New
s,s, \. S,een. New YORK.: II. u.
e.nsss -lIao1Ysdoehes' l.. J. E.llsman.
Nj 4, 1, IL T. Foster. Velasco G. S.
II York. ppuiS, No; George Prescott.
eAs Hous,o,, bt1Wfl' Jr., city; G. NJ.
lan a, Primrose, New York: Rob"rt
L Vrsie j. ". Holland. city:
Isnss ~ 81, Louis; J. Hill. Calves
hin T s., Louis; y. NJ. NorGeet. city;
y. +, n "a X. l.. Smith. San An
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CAPITOL
HOTEL
ARRIVALS.

~ 4 ~
ARRIVALS.
Rates. $3.50 10
$500 p c + day.
S ! X I y elegant
7 o o III $ with
bath. l. a r & q
sample rooms.
Centrally locat-
ed. Best accom-
modation Tor
commercial men
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300 p. m; arrive Ncosho $50 q. M; ar
rive iiittsburg 4.26 a. M: arrive Kansas
Wy lV;l5 a. IN.
southbound--Lcave Kansas City AIS D.
w. ieave fittsburg e:45 p. M; leave Me-
osho IL 80 y. m; leave Salllsaw APO a. M:
leave foteau b:47 a. M. leave Tcxarkana i
y NJ arrive Shreveport | p. M; arriye
houston 5'lO a. M; arrive Galveston $50
q. m
me bunet cars TO no put In this service
are Just from the Pullman shops and we
suafantee them to be among the best In
the Pullman service. OF --latest designs, hav-
Ing all modern improvements
resides the buffet service meals Will be
served at Shreveport, TeXarkana and Kan
sas CITY. and in dining car between Tex
afksna and Mem.
All trains enter Union dcpot. Galveston:
1rand Central depot. Huston: New
Union depot. Shreveport, and Grand Cen
tral depot, Kansas City. No transfer cou-
pons will be necessary
The mileage on our through car line
between Houston and Kansas City Is 1872
miles. and is the shortest between South
IeNss and Kansas City and the North
west
Rates that apply via any other line be-
tween the above points arc applicable via
ours. Yours truly. II. w. Downey.
General Passenger Agent.
Decision in Long and short Haul,
Washington. March s. - Tho interstate
commerce commission committee today
through Chairman Prouty, announced its
decision In the matter of alleged violation
OF tho fourth act. or long and short maui
section. of the act to regulate commerce
by the Atchison. Topeka and Santa lie
Railway company and the receivers there
for and Others This Investigation was
caused by 4 rate war OF short duration be
tween various competing carriers from Chi
cago TO Colorado common points without
any corresponding reduction to interme-
date points. Tho hearing attracted some
attention for the time for the relson that
Mr.. Aldace Walker, a former member OF
the commission and general receiver Of the
Atchison road. undertook to Justify his ac-
tion on the ground that the law was being
violated by competing lines, and that for
that reason he was at liberty to meet the
rate at competitive points without regard
to the rule OF the long or short-ha clause.
Mr.. Walker testified upon the trial that
the law was not and could not be enforced
and that for this reason he was at liberty
TO disregard 1t. He also testified that ono
OF the principal causes why it could not bo
enforced WIS the unwillingness of the rail-
road companies to cooperate In Its en-
forccment. The commission says In Its
opinion that Mr.. Walkers opinion ul,l-
mately comes to this: That he refuses TO
obey the law because he does not like IT.
II Is held that no disturbance of rates, Sc
cret or open, creates such dssimilarity of
circumstances and conditions under section
4 as will justify the violation OF the long
and short-h haul clause without an order of
the commission.
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THE NEW
HUTCHINS : !:
( . (: : nOUSE.

". T. ana j. Il.
Boyle, proprietors.
Rates, $500 and
S2.1Q per day.
7. i. A. head
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IN fAwLoR-RATES $3.50 AND $500
VII DAY. JAMES LAWLOk. PRO-
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RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE AND
THE NATION.

The lethargy Of congress in &C.
eepting the life size statue Of Pere
Marquette, offered the government by
the state Of Wisconsin, is monotonods
and past the patience OF broad
minded and patriotic people. Our
readers will remember the attack the
matter brought forth about d year
ago by that justly infamous organ--
zatlon labeled under the guise and
name OF the American Protective
Association, that influenced into
a state Of indefinite action the leeIs-
latiye branches OF the nation by re-
llgious prejudice and perverted OBJ
jects. The effort could not be mere
perspicuous to Catholic hate--the
central tarse ct Of the A. p. A.
Because Pere Marquette was a
Catholic by religious faith does not
detract one Iota the greatness Of bis
achievements and no sane reason can
exist contrary to that which merits
honor and lasslng oommemoration ;
because Pere Marquette was Cath
Ollie is no cause why future genera
tions should be deprived OF this bit
OF historical color and enthusiasm
of which in marble representation is
due q niche in the capitol with the
galaxy of other men that history has
made notable.
The Boston Herald thus comments :
Pere Marquette was an heroic, a de-
voted and thoroughly self-sacriflcinp
missionary of the gospel. lie was
the pioneer Of the Christian religion
IN tie region where it is now pro-
posed to- commemorate him. II
Catholicism Is not Christianity il ls
easier to appreciate the opposition
to his statue in the capitol; but we
dc no. understand Protestants to take
this ground when they congratulate
the world on the spread OF Christiani-
ty. To, reject the statue OF man
because he supported form Of chris.
tianity different from their own is an
exhibition OF narrowness that would
be incredible did we not see unfort..
nate evidence of it. .re
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Spain owes this country moth
ing but the utmost courtesy, and
if found derelict in this event the
delianl should be swift, and il
the stories of the Strengthening
of so many innocent Americans by
the Spanish in Cuba be true, then
that demand for justice should be
more swift. On with the nations 3
gunsl its heroes are legion. The
United States has permitted itself
to enough of foreign impositions,
and the profusion of apologies
which invariably follow il a
course too frequently resorted to
in order to soil the dignity and
gain advantage of a proud and
wealthy nation.
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49, re FREE SEEL

.<s.-.--- LII NHEL OEEL
- z -DISTRLBUTTON.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
Agricultural appropriation bill, which
has just passed both houses of con.
gress, says the New York Mail and
Express, will be the last to contain
an appropriation for the free dlstri.
button of seeds. The spending of
sl50,000 Of the peoples money for
any such purpose Is a mistaken and
extravagant policy. The custom OF
supplying congressman with vast
quantities of garden and flower seeds
at government expense for gratui-
tous distribution among their constt-
tuents has developed into an abuse
of the most indefenslble character,
and the sooner it is abolished the
better for all reputable interests.
Theoretically, the plan TO provide
free seeds for those who cannot af-
ford to buy them, or whose crops
have been destroyed by frost, fire or
other causes, may be all right, but
practically il is all wrong. The dis
tribution is inefficient and frequently
unjust. The seed too often goes TO
those who neither need nor deserve
it, while those to whom it would be
OF real assistance get none. A con-
gressman's allowance Of seed is CEN
orally regarded by him as part Of
his working campaign material, and
he rarely fails TO put il where it
will do the most good for his own
political interests without considering
the rest needs of his constituents. In
this way the seed allowance virtual
ly becomes portion Of the party
machinery, and the appropriation
which supports it isa little more than
a campaign f'nd under congression-
al direction.
This sort Of thing should be stop
ped. The free seed custom is a-spe
cies of petty paternalisrn of the worst
kind. Its entire abolition would be
Indorsed by an overwhelming ma
iority Of the farmers and other peo-
pie who buy seeds from year to year,
md would be opposed by nobody |
out few persons here and there who |
lave proftted by Its fayoritism.
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subscripton-$1 90. per Annum, in Advance

And when hehad built his foun-
dation and proceed TO erect a
structure of law and logic upon it.,
he was powerful, insistent and
convincing.
He watched his antagonist most
carefully, and especially delight
ed in so concluding his argument
that no weak spot, no open ere
vice was left through which he
could be successfully attacked.
This was Il most noble character
istic of his political controversy
with Douglas. The slave question
had come to dominate all other
issues, and tho slave holders
whip was the power which intim-
ridated its opponents and degrad-
ed its friends. Who could have
foreseen that this kind, quiet gem
ial Lincoln was to be clothed
with tho wisdom which would set
tie and determine the struggle?
lie was not man Of war. He
was rather an advocate Of peace.
Whom he bore away with him
from Springfield to Washington
the love and tho hope, the ardent,
patriotic desires Of a war-sadden-
ed people he became clothed with
a new life. His eyes were touched
as by tho Master and he saw and
felt the magnitude Of the work
laid upon him.
Historians delight to give us
and student delight to read and
study the striking sentences OF
Napoleon, Of Fredrick, Of Ajax
ander or Caesar, made during theil
warlike careers But if any Am
erican or any man, will devote
himself to brief study of the
eloquent and significant words oi
Lincoln, spoken on those occa-
sions during his official term wher
the world was waiting and watch.
ing our course, it seems to nc he
cannot escape the conviction
that Abraham Lincoln was 1ee
greatest man Of any &C, fss1SllS.'tl
country in s5ratass'g'zal @s1Ee in n.
1t mayIHSne world.
readay.l1 1bnot have occurred to Il
i. sfsFs of the Journal that near
n the entire public career of Lii
d coin, as far rs it relates to Il
! people at large, was comprised
Il period of less than ten year
> But what ten year period tht
/, was! Lincoln was a man abol
: whose memory clings the grei
h story of love, Of simplicity,
wonderful humanity; a man who's
=, public history is wreathed with
! chaplet of beauty undimmed
It the passing days; Il man who stoo
II above all and greater than any {
T the names which have come to /
! as examples from the Christia
era. And if we shall leave OF
those whose works we're conten
n poraneous with the light whic
k shone from the star of Bethlehem
q where in the long history of th
world shall we find divinity an
humanity more perfectly comblr
C ed and exemplifed than in hir
a whom we knew as Abraham Liz
r coin. SHELBY NJ. CULLoM.
U. .. Senator from Illinois.
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Growers Attitude to Cuba as Seen
Through Brann's SpectacIes.

From the Iconoclast we reproduce
the following editorial. There is nc
room for misunderstanding Brann's
position IN the matter. He says:
"At this writing the pluionion revel
of rapine, murder and outrage, mis-.
called war, continues in Cuba; and
the same American president who
strove TO reinstate saddIe-colored
harlot as sovereign Of white people
in Hawaii twiddlcs his thumbs and
vaguely hints that when Spanish hire
lings can find no more women to de-
bauch, no more wounded men Ia
butcher and no more homes 10 burn,
Uncle Sam will hold an inquest on
ihe ghastly hecatomb, administer up
on the smouldering supuIchre. Al
though the Cuban patriots have Sc
long withstood the petty power oil
the House OF Bourbon. he decli inc:
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l. legislative bodies meet time
and again, enact laws without
number for the suppression Of
crime, and, conflicting as it may
appear, the rate Of blood-curling
and Understanding deeds continue
at an increasing rate and accounts
continue to flood the columns Of
the press. Less laws, more on
forcements and a liberal sprink-
ling of education and civilization
at home than in the jungles or in
Chinee land would go farther
towards meeting the desired OBJ
ject than any other agency Deem
ed for the purpose.
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The Am erican Express compa
Ly has notified all its agents to ac.
cept and transport free for the
benefit of the north Louisiana
,drouth sufferers all contributions
of money or clothing that may be
donated to this worthy purpose.
The company .supposes that the
railroads will transport all the pro.
visions, ETC., without charge, and
50 states to its agents, but from
the reading of instructions to its
agents, it seems if they do not,
then the company will undertake
to carry all such contributions as
express matter
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The fiappIest Life.

Tho editor of the Canton Times
who is u farmer and lives in the
country says every day our life
and experience tends to more
firmly convince that n life in
the country and farming is the
mode which the most content,
freedom from care and worry,
which wears out ones existence
before the natural time, is to be
derived. The man who has 90
acres-of land free from debt, we'll
improved, and with n family who
realize that fashion and wealth
are not happiness and that moral
worth and intellectual achieve
ments are the real foundations of
the highest and best aims Of hui
man endeavor, and that from them
come tho purest, best and most
enduring feelings Of happiness
and ease Of conscience, has in such
u home all that earth can give in
the way Of enjoyment. Land is
going up, get you Il home. Cease
striving after wealth or tho unat-
tainable. Settle down and learn
to live at home happily, especially
If you are getting old. All one car
enjoy is n competency, moro than
this brings care and worry.
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The oli Man,

Here is a short letter which
young men may read with profit:
Ichabod, my boy, methought
heard you speak Of your sire as
the old man this morning. You
are eighteen years of age, are you
not? That is the age when cal
low youth has his first attack Of
the big head. You imagine ut
this moment that you know it all ..
! observe by the cut of het3tsE,,SSd~s
the flavor OF your asgg"ot' anc
the style of yousa aSs'6reath, and
and tho ~, u -. t0othpiok shoes,
thcss-t t....sssNagger of your walk
I ssis~EC You are badly gone on your
self. This is an error of youth
which your uncle can overlook,
but it pains him sorely to heal
you speak in terms Of disrespect
of one you should never mention
except by the sacred name of
, father. lie may not be up to
your style in the modern art OF
making fool of himself, but ten
to one he forgets more in week
than you will ever know. He
may not enjoy gutter snipes chop
: ped fine and enclosed in delicate
tissue paper, but he has borne a
good many hard knocks for your
sake and is entitled to all the rev.
erence your shallow brain can
muster.
And when the old man grows
tired, and you fold his hands
across his bosom and take u last
look at the face that has grown
beautiful IN death, you feel a
sting of regret that you spoke to
him in so grossly disrespectfuI
manner, and when you hear
other sprouts of imbecility using
! the language that SO deligted you
in the germinal period of man
hood, you feel like chasing them
with stick and crushing their
souls to see if there is any brain
tissue on the inside.
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There can be no gainsay that
nothing more advantageous to the
advancement of Mississippi can
overshddow the making known
its resources and wealth and
of the room that awaits to
welcome newcomers than !. - u.
work of advertising, ~ Z ~ .h'
tr,or o,saaid to the cause ne
- nsss,ssshampion could he founc
9r'flan the true and prolific pen o
Hon. Edgar S. Wilson, The editor
of the New Orleans Picayune'
Mississippi Department. II is il
these columns we find much read
| ing that is conducive to the pro
gressiyeness and development OF
the state. and the work in sucE
hands is more than ORDINARILY
safe.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-02-27

The senate couferees on the bill ap-
propriating s250,00o for the stop
page Of the crevasse at Passe a
P0utre, Mississippi river, Monday
agreed to the house substitute with a
minor amendment, AS agreed to,
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Shelby M. culIum on Lincoln,
Editor Now YORK donrnal.

Editor New York Journai:
] can truthfully say, what |
deem to be high privilege, a glo-
rlous remembrance, that i knew
Abraham Lincoln. He was INV
neighbor--more than that, he was
my friend. He and belonged to
the same bar and practiced our
profession before the same courts
~ central Illinois. In conversa-
tiol ne was the equal of any IN
his day. In legal controversy he
was apt, cautious and plausible.
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Considerable agitation by both
the people and press Of the state
exists as to the question of'a state
reformatory, to be located at
Jackson, and as with all issues
that arise for public dissemina-
tion, many and varied are tho
views expressed thereon. We have
given the subject only that consld.
Grafton beyond study, and from
a moral view we conscientiously
opine that such institution should
be established by reason that in
generation Of tho young with har
dened criminals, CRAFTS and pro-
pagates crime, and . reformatory
would not only do that service
but would rescue mankind and
the government from much dan
ger and future alarm.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-02-27

The adverse decision by the
supreme court regarding the right
OF the levee as site for the Stuy-
vesant docks, has caused the peo-
pie of New Orleans much uneasi-
ness as to the progress of their
commercial interests.
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1t is not surprising to us to hear
that Gen. Fitz Lee is tired of his
job in Cuba. His recommends
tions faye been ignored by the
administration, because they did
agree with a policy adopted be-
fore he was made consul general.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-02-27

Mr.. Cleveland, in bidding fare
well to the White House next
Thursday, can we'll say GooD-bye.
There is no room for any au te-
yoirs.
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GASTUN 6. GARDEBLED,
,;o,, builder and contractor. Special atten-
fca ~ glysn tol particular orders. Office
zy'nes Main and TouIme streets.
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THE SEA COAST ECHO,

Entered at the Bay ct. Louis postolflce az
second class mail matter.
ciiAs. G, MonEAu, EDITOR PROPRIETOR.
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the bill approrriates the moneysbut
does not destroy any rights the Unit
ed States may have under It's cor
tract with the Eads people, nor does
it release the Eads estaie from any
obligations IN connection with that
work. The question Of the liability
OF the Eads estate to close this Gre
vase is referred to iae attorney gen.
eral for decision, after be shall have
heard both sides. II that official de-
cides that the responsibility for clos. I.
Ing this break in the river rests upon
the Eads estate under Us contract to
maintain clear chaphel, it is slip-
nlated that upon theycompletion Of
their contract tie secretary OF war
shall withhold so much Of the money
as may be due the estate as shall have
been expended under the authority
OF this act until these shall have been
iudlciously or otherwise legally de-
tcrmined In favor Of the Eads estate.