Show hill practicing III THE SOUTH I 1 he advises unity for the democratic party THE mckinley BILL DENOUNCED he promises that if the democrats win the presidential election the republican party will disintegrate MERIDIAN miss march 15 several thou thousand band people were assembled at the depot this rooming morning when the train n bearing hearing senator I 1 hill fill and arid party roll rolled ed into the city A salute of musketry from the mississippi southern announced his arrival was introduced by baw W if hardy chairman of the citizens citizen it I 1 committee as the great democratic leader w ho never leads but to victory and who ii never ever won victory victorr but for the good of or the people senator hill ifill spoke briefly and forcibly on 0 n national n a ti otia 1 political 0 li t f c a 1 issues i ss ue q and in d was loudly c cli i ie er e d lie 1 ip 0 d denounced e i i 0 u n e d t the he f force orce bill and the bullion dollar congress and arid said the people peo gewo would d pronounce against the lie ite publican pu ican party part a in the coming election JACKSON nl miss am march larch I 1 15 governor hill ifill was met at meridian by a committee re representing presenting the state capital and conducted net to jackson where an immense crowd was ft as assembled governor stone met the senator at the depot and arid welcomed him to the state amid the cheers of mississippians benator senator hill became ir the t e guest of governor stone during his is stay in jackson and a public rec reception e eption was held at the executive e mansion a at t noon JACKSO march 15 the legislature met in joint session this afternoon and hill Ifill was introduced by governor stone senator hill ifill spoke of the social adaptations of men which lie said must var vary with their location on earth a surface faa were ere ithone island situated in honolulu her present w would not do at all the constitution of the united states would not nt tit a new republic in the island of madagascar to please the pacific coast we have made laws re restricting the chinese immigration alteration thus far fur made in our governmental structure is caused by the tile governmental south auth in her propinquity with the AM cans of whose type civilization awaits an aits a historic record the senator then spoke of the of the government of the united states citing Glad stones remark that our constitution was vas among the most wonderful works of civilized e ivill z ed man and ill the tile group of statesmen who framed it are unmatched in any other group of human history the late republican congress at trier put manacles maracles man acles on southern limbs the democratic party answered shall northern limbs then wear the same or a are e we all freemen now nevera beneath en t orl I 1 this h is canopy no te y of our surviving constitution n of an in indestructible 8 truc tible union of indestructible states a constitution color blind and equal laws will the democracy of the great north and and the greater west W eaf confound and confuse your present social problem with past and gone political problems it shocks the ane historic sense to witness the recent forging of the force bill chains fhe the actions of the republicans in the last at 1 congress C lin grest next ne I 1 t received attention when republicans had control of both branches ot of congress and hie the executive department did they better the condition of the country did they repeal re 1 e a I 1 one of the unconstitutional laws for i v 1 ilch they had been pleading the falie falge fali e excuse of war its burdens its necessities let than war tariff reply let tho the disorders of our currency answer they alra clr t cheated more power into their own hands then doubled its prostitution by their speaker of the house by violent lia proceed ures distended an actual small to a fraudulently larga large majority avor all of whom followed J him 11 i in wi with i dog og like delity di lity laughter 1 in the benabe six ne new republican ican senators w were ere seated to represent a smaller population than the Ite republican publican census left uncounted in in the city of new york and one state was wa 4 defrauded of its democratic choice their r object was not only to enact more and borbe unconstitutional legislation but also to put that legislation beyond the peo pies amendments or repeal after a violent attack on the mckinley law ho lie charged that Sher mans silver law ii ib draining olf off our gold to turn into a steady stream and drive us headlong into the exclusive silver basis fhe the unity in ranks again received attention hill rill urging the members of the party to stand by the faiths and traditions of he the party saying that unity will enable the part party to force ion e relief rell effrom from unjust tariff taxes unity will enable it to call a halt in fit the growth groWth of grinding monopolies will enable le it to restore the sound safe sufficient money of our fathers when every dollar was as good as a gold dollar cheers to separate and split sp is now madness once more to the breech the peoples victory requires but union then ti benit it stands complete C OT division is defeat d division vision even in mississippi 1 is i nothing nothing else but a vote to Ite republican publican domination orni nation and renew that bartys life applause j the defeat of J f the republican II 11 can party next november orem means its death it will disintegrate dissolve and arid perish the reign of autocrats and plutocrats will be over and gone the conspiracy of the 1 republican publican te revolutionists of tho the billion dollar congress to wreck this great experiment of democratic justice and arid liberty will bo be crushed we e shall aw ake from this long darkness 8 and its foul dreams to sunrise morning a and a new e w 1 life i I 1 ici Chee 1 i e en rafter a ft e are cheer c h re sounded through tho the capital ca pital at the conclusion of hills speech andellon and ion it 11 henry editor of the jack son state ledger immediately immediate y presented resolutions of thanks for hla his pre grebence bence in fix the city and an cam earnest appeal for unity it is true the legislature vv was as in session and mr henry was not a member of either branch but in the wild enthusiasm that followed the reading of the resolutions this little parliamentary disc discrepancy was forgotten one wild affirmative yei greeted the resolutions and they we w ere declared adopted without the formality ile of calling for a negative e vote V ote general hooker was called for he lie made a abort short speech senator hill 1111 and party returned to the executive mansion late in the afternoon a large crowd assembled in front of the mansion and hill rill was wits introduced by governor stone and again win raude made a speech h he lie reviewed aview the principles of ife democracy en racy about as in the former speeches and once more counselled counseller coun selled the party to unity the remarks were received ed with enthusiasm and at the conclusion a brief reception rc was held at the mansion congressional TUB THE SENATE washington NOTON I 1 march IS in the senate today to day alay berry in introduced trod a bill for the adjustments Just lust ments of the rights of the indians iti in indian territory w with ith a view of having the territory admitted as a state morgan introduced a bill to increase the facilities of the postoffice post office department for obtaining ane ue ure of buildings for post oft offices ices it proposed to interest private capital in the construction of postoffice post office buildings on long lo 10 term terru leases hale presented tf the conference report on the urgency deficiency bill agreed reed to the senate then proceeded to the consideration of the in military tary academy appropriation pria tion bill the senate passed the military academy bill and went into executive session ses peffer introduced a bill to regulate the value alue of coins coin sand and pieces of money of a 0 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 11 jaja aa ia J 1 A certain kind and to give all sorts of current money a legal tender quality and prohibit and prevent the discrimination in favor of gold coin or bullion as money the conference report on the ur urgent deficiency fici ency bill as agreed to anil and zent the om military ill academy appropriation bill w was as passed rn e d anjou after te r ned an executive session s e aslon the banate e n t e adjourned r HOUSE the tariff discussion is beginning to tire the he I 1 house and there Is a lack of interest in the proceedings elins however the interest today to day revived somewhat when walker massachusetts took the floor A malker number be r of democrats stirred him up with a continuous cross fire of questions during his speech he lie alluded to the decline in tho the price P ce of watches taking his own time piece out of his pocket and arid pla placing ciniK it on the desk until read ready v to make a point it was a appropriated ro I 1 abed b by a fan loving member was ILP nd d w when en te be looked for it it wag was suggested he be tW walker alker waa was fortunate to keep the chain the conference report on the urgent deficiency ric fici iea ency n e it 1 was presented and agreed to A As s cassed a s t the he bill appropriates the house then went into committee committee of the whole on the free wool bill coombs of new york concluded ills fits speech iu favor of the bill after sir coombs had finished speaking walker W alker massachusetts said that most of 01 the statements made by the democratic orators on the subject of protective tariff were not technically true the manufacturers of this country e ou t haa has not the slightest slig hest interest direct directly ly fin in tae the tariff it was not of the slightest interest to the manufacturers whether we have free trade or protection they were satisfied with one or the other were not inthe in the interest of the and wage workers then he lie would vote to repeal it and adopt free trade dockery missouri asked whether the 9 gentleman ent leman meant to way gay that frers would be as prosperous under free trade as protection and walker replied in the affirmative mr dockery then under the theory of protection the manufacturers rs merely become disbursing agents a n t 1 av v 1 alker I k er that were fiction dockery that seems to be the logic of your i our position walker IN arker replied that the manufacturers of the country what were ft ere left of them would be more prosperous under free trade than kl protection 0 tec tiong but congress is not legislating for manufacturers it waa was legislating for the far farmers and rag wage workers this was the lowest taxed country on the face of the earth ohio asserted that in canada there was a taxation of 25 percent per cent less than in the united states walker replied that canada was a country w which had failed to collect its taxes for its ex ture tures and was burdened with debts we have hav e collected our taxes and paid paid out 0 oar r debts talker walker was proceeding to cite authorities in support of bia his position when advised him to consult blame maine walker you may consult ion suHas lis much as you like I 1 choose the man mail I 1 wish to consult laughter on business question I 1 consult business men not politicians walker W alker then entered into a general defence of the mckinley McKin lev law declaring declaring de clarin that in the past year our foreign trade hl had in crease 11 27 per cent on account of the lawa laws provisions scott illinois attacked attack etl the law holding li up its injustice and inequalities ai as bearing hearing on oil the consumer and laving living special stress on the e unconstitutionality of the sugar bounty provision I 1 1 chipman Ilic michigan higan said that pot mith L standing the supreme court decision lie P wassail the that the counting af of a quorum under he lie rulea of the fifty liny first congress was unconstitutional he ile then denounced the system of protection as building up the few at the expense of the many docker dockery missouri said the mckinley bill only increased the farmers burdens and arid the reciprocity scheme would prove fallacious the committee roso rose aua the house adjourned |