Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR meer pe pee hes a? THE ‘Ti01 Pe Avenue, corner llth St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. EAUFFMANN, Pres’t. eS THE PVENING STAR is served to subseribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents wrork. or $4". perc month. Copies af the counter sre cet Fehere in the United ‘ates or Cauada—postage jrepaid—30 cents per ~% Dostage prepa’ per SATERDAY Quintvrte Sarr Star 81. 00 per year: with ‘orei a pomawe edded. 82008 OP {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as seconc-class mail matter. ) S241 nail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Kates of a'vertisine made known on appiicstion. Che Evening Star. Vor. 83, Na 20,739. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1893-TWENTY PAGES. TWO C An index te advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. THE TARIFF BILL. It is Still Far From Being a Com- pleted Measure. to them to the full amount of the added duty. This would put many millions of dollars into the pockets of the trust and would not be immediately productive of revenue to the government. It can be Stated, therefore, with positiveness that there will not be an increase of the whisky tax if the committee can avoid it. New Items in the Free List. The additions to the free list are the oc- casion of the loss of considerable revenue. This increase is very great, including near- SECRECY OF THE COMMITTEE ABOUT I? Its General Character, However, Can Be Outlined. SOME PRINCIPAL FEATURES. The ways and means committee are still hard at work on the tariff bill today, and it/ 1s a long way from completion. In order for them to have the bill ready to place in the hands of the republicans by Monday they will have to work steadily and expe- ditiously from now until the time set for the full meeting on Monday. They have been remarkably successful in preserving the secrecy of the committee, every mem- ber being as watchful over his tongue it his honor and reputation were at stake. Neither newspaper men nor members of Congress have been able to break through the armor and the very small bits of in- formation concerning the bill, beyond the very general description of its character, which have got out have been assembled from many scources and put together from an expression dropped here one day and there the next and carefully stored away. Such information as has got out has been acquired largely through deduction or the together of points from widely re- mote quarters. There is probably hardly in the history of Congress a more successful | effort at secrecy. The executive secrets of| the Senate are more easily obtained on thi ay of their birth than to get any informa. | tion from this committee during all the time they have been in session. The Work of Six Members. Yet there are some features of the bill which are as well known now as if they hhad actually been obtained by a perusal of} the bill, and the general character of the measure—the policy pursued in its construc- tion—is well known. As is known, the first draft of the measure was made after sev-| eral weeks of hard work by a subcommittee of five, consisting of Messrs. Wilson, Breck- inridge, Bynum, Stevens and Tarsney. The other six democrats of the committee took mo part in the construction of this first | draft except that first one and then the| other would go into the committee room to see how the subcommittee was getting) along or perhaps to make some suggestion on a particular point. The practical exclu- | sion of a majority of the democrats from | this work facilitated the preparation of the rough draft of the bill, but has occa-| sioned some delay since the matter was brought to the attention of | all the democrats of the committee. ‘The members who did not take part in the preliminary work, as it turned out, were not willing to take the work of the sub- committee on faith in any important par-| ticular, and the whole measure had to be gone over again by the eleven democrats with great care. Some Radical Changes. The changes from the work of the sub- ‘committee have, comparatively speaking, mot been numerous, but considerable time has been consumed considering the several schedules, and there have been some radical | changes made by the whole committee. All the schedules in the customs part of the bill have not yet been completed and a number of those which have been acted on are still Mable to be returned for further revision, so that the bill, if had today, would not be Tellable as to details, and if the committee were dis) to make it public the condi- tion of the Dill is such as to preclude their doing so. The internal revenue features and the question of raising revenue to make j up for the deficiencies caused by the heavy cuts In the customs duties are still unset-| tied and as far as any actual progress be- yond discussion is concerned almost un- touched. Practically No Protection. The bill, as it stands today, contains no Protection except such as is incidental, and mo more of even incidental protection than could not be avolded in providing for rev-| @nues. The duty on such articles as are in the old law barely in the protective sched- | ules is reduced a little, but in every case where the McKinley law gives high protec- tion the cuts have been heroic. In some cases the duties left on are not more than one-third of those provided in the McKinley law. Taking all the cuts, great and small, | to cast the average, the average reduction | of duties in the bill will approximate 40} ber cent. The bill has in it, therefore, prac- tically no protection and will occasion a very heavy loss of revenue, which must be} made up by some means not yet decided on. | How to Increase Revenue. | The question of increasing the revenue has been but indifferently treated as yet, and there is a very strong probability that | that will be left as an after consideration. | The sugar, the income and the whisky taxes have not been settled. Tne sugar question will have to be settled in this| bill, but it is the expectation now that the other two will go over and be cared for in a supplemental bill cr an amend- ment to the bill reported, to come in later. ‘The most troublesome of these questions | is that of the sugar tax, though there is @ strong minority opposition to the income tax. Unquestionably a majority of the com- mittee are in favor of abolishing the sugar bounty and letting the raw sugar remain on the free list. They believe that sugar 4s properly a revenue item and should be taxed, but since raw sugar has been placed on the free list they doubt the policy of restoring a duty to it. The Sugar Question. However, they seem to be compelled to hoose between a small duty and a bounty, and there is probably not a democrat on the committee, or not more than one cer- tainly, who will hear of the continuance | of the bounty. A failure therefore to put | &@ duty of some sort on sugar, it is believed, | ‘would prevent its going through the sen- ate, and ff a duty is not imposed in the; present bitl the omission will be with the expectation that it will be added in the Senate. The probabilities are that there will be a duty of not exceeding a cent on refined sugar and a quarter of a cent iess on the raw article. It will probably either | be 8-4 of a cent on raw sugar and a cent on refined sugar, or a half a cent on raw sugar and 3-4 on refined. i ‘The Fight on the Income Tax. | The income tax ts still being fought | by Messrs. Cockran, Wilson and Stevens, the other members of the committee fa-| voring it, and it ts understood that Mr. Cleveland is shy of this tax. The probabili- ties are that the question will be dealt with later and that the committee report will be in favor of an income tax on cor- porations. This is the present drift. A great deal has been said about a large inerease in the whisky tax, all the way from $1 to $1.50 a galion. The present indi cations are, however, that there will be no increase whatever in the whisky tax. It is certainly not the present intention of the committee to do anything with this tax and they will not do so if they can/ get enough revenue to run the government by any other means. Opposition to Increased Whisky Tax. The reason for the antagonism which has develomed to the increase of the whisky | tax Is thg# every penny of increase would accrue r che benefit of the whisky trust, | whitey which they now hold in bond being “ teased in value without expense | ly all of the crude and raw materials used in manufacturing and a great number of the chemicals. The following are new items in this free list, which have been discovered from time to time, and most of them have been heretofore publish- ed in The Star: Wool, iron ore, coal, pig tin,, hemp, flax, jute, silver, lead ore, cop- per, salt, crude borax, binding twine and cotton ties and lumber not advanced in Preparation beyond sawing. The woolen schedule is substantially the Springer bill, though it is changed in some particulars, the duties in this bill being somewhat high- er on some of the finer grades of woolen fabrics and clothing than in the Springer | bill and lower on common carpets and some of the coarser fabrics. The Woolen Schedule. The schedule is substantially as follows: All wools, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca and other like animals, and all wool and hair on the skin, all noils, top waste, slub- bing waste, roving waste, ring waste,. yarn waste, card waste, bur waste, rags and flocks, including all waste or rags com- posed wholly or in part of wool, are on the free list. Woolen and worsted yarns made wholly or in .part of wool, worsted or hair of the camel, goat, &c., valued at not more than 30 cents per pound are rated at 35 per cent, which is the ad valorem rate of the McKinley bill without the specific duty which that bill provides. On all woolen and worsted cloths, shawls and knit fabrics and all fabrics made on knitting | machines or frames, and all manufactures of every description made wholly or in part of wool, worsted or hair of the camel, goat, &c., valued at not more than 30 cents Per pound, the duty is 40 per cent. On blankets, hats of wool, flannels for under- Wear, composed wholly or in part of wool or hair of the camel, &c., valued at not more than 30 cents per pound, the duty is 25 per cent; valued at more than 30 cents and not more than 50 cents per pound the duty is 30 per cent. On blankets and hats of wool, &c., valued at not more than 5 cents per pound the duty is 35 per cent. Women's and Children’s Dress Goods, On women’s and children’s dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloths and goods of similar character, the warp of which is cotton or other vegetable material, the value not exceeding 15 cents per square yard, a duty of 35 cents is placed. On women's and children’s dress goods, &c., wholly or in part of wool, worsted, &c., described in section 3%, the duty is fixed at 40 per cent. On clothing ready made and articles of wearing apparel a duty of 45 per cent is Placed. On cloaks, dolmans, jackets, &c., for ladies and children, a duty of 45 per | cent; on webbing, suspenders, belting, bind- ing, braids, galloons, fringes, &c., described in section 398, 40 per cent: on common cer- pets, which were taxed 30 per cent in the Springer bill, the duty in this tariff bill will be about per cent, and on some of the finer grades of carpets, all of which were taxed 40 per cent in the Springer bill, the duty in this bill is somewhat less. The cut in the linen schedule is quite heavy; that in silk is comparatively light, and the cut in the cotton schedule is nothing like as great as that in wool. On the higher grades of glass, such as plate glass, the duty is cut about one-third por on cheaper glass the cut is about one- Heaviest Cut in the Iron Schedule. The heaviest cut’ in any important sche- dule in the bill is in the iron schedule, which suffers all the way through, the free iron ore and steel rails at 25 per cent giv- | ing an example of the general character of the reduction of duty in this schedule. There is an average cut of about 40 per cent on gloves. The duty on lead penctis is ‘cut about in half, and there is a cut of about 50 per cent in the duty on leat tobacco. The duty on cutlery is reduced to 35 and 45 per cent, without any specitic duty. Pearl buttons are kept at the present ad volorem duty of 25 per cent, and the Specitic duty is cut off. These items, which have filtered out dur- ing the course of the preparation of the bill, are fair examples to show thi = acter of the measure. gar —_—<+-@-¢—__ MR. PAUL BOWEN APPOINTED. He Will Serve Out Mr. Wood’ the School Board. At a late hour yesterday afternoon, after the excise board had completed its work, Commissioner Ross called the Commission- ers in special board session. He presented the resignation of Mr. Leonard C. Wood as a member of the board of trustees of the public schools. This was in the nature of @ great surprise to the Commissioners, as they had no intimation that such a thing was about to happen. The resignation, nowever, was accepted. and then the ques- tion ef a successor came up. There were any number of applicants for the Place. After some consideration the Commission: ers decided to appoint Paul T. Bowen. Mr. Bowen is a clerk in the fourth auditor's office and prominently associated with the Knights of Labor of this city. Mr. Bowen was highly recommended by a large num- 's Term on ber of prominent citizens and by Senators | Gorman, Pasco, Call and Cockrell. Mr. Bowen has been appointed to fill the un- expired term of Mr. Wood. which will con- tinue until September 13, 1895. é During the agitation before Congress on the subject of free books for the public schools Mr. Bowen was active and ener- getic. His speech before the Senate sub- committee on the question was a masterly exposition and is believed to have been one of the main elements in securing the books for the lower grades. At the close of his speech the Senators present paid Mr. Bow- en a remarkable compliment for the able and concise manner in which he had han- died his subject. Mr. Bowen Surprised. ‘The new trustee for the second division was considerably surprised by the action of the District Commissioners. He has had an application on file for a place on the board for some time, but did not expect that @ vacancy would occur so soon. He said to a Star reporter this morning: “‘No, I have no theories about school management be- yond this, that I believe in developing the lower grades. I shall devote my energies to an effort to build up the first eight grades. 1 think that that is where the system breaks down. The great majority of pupils who fail to finish the course drop out be- fore they reach the seventh grade, and I hope to see the whole course made so effi- cient and popular that all will want to go clear through. Then as to manual training. Manual Training. “I am heartily in favor of an extension of the syitem so it will go from top to bottom and be complete and thorough. I think that great good can be done in this line by perfecting the plant that hds been secured. Children may get a vague notion of the meaning of mathematics, the value of lines and angies and solids from pure text-book work, but they cannot obtain such @ grasp on the subject in that way as they can with objects and tools. sympathy th this worl makes br brains. we should I am heartily in k, for I think it Yet, I do not believe » teach trades or to at does not pay. theory that the S school tends to popularize will arize trade but © comfort. Trade is ed us a last resort. most favorable and poorly paid, ular. he is regar uninviting aspects, and uncomfo! and nothing ¢; manual training school can be of value to a community by turning out brighter and more intelligent men.” yy a few hours of actual association | GOTHAM CELEBRATES The 110th Anniversary of the British Evacuation. HALE’S STATUE 10 BE UNVEILED. Honors to the Patriot Spy of the Revolution. SPEECHES AND GUN SALUTES. —+. NEW YORK, Noy. 25.—The 110th annt- versary of the evacuation day will be cele- brated today with more than usual cere- mony. As the sunrise gun pealed forth at Fort William Old Giory was run up to the truck of the city flag staff at Battery Park, on the site where stood the staif to which the British nailed their flag before sailing down the harbor. This British tlag was torn down and replaced by the Ameri- can colors by Van Arsdale, the sailor boy, and today the flag was run up by one of his lineal descendants, Christopher k. Forbeq, who was assisted by officers of the Anderson zouaves. The flag was saluted by the guns at Fort William. Interest centers about the statue of Capt. Nathan Hale, now in position on the spot, as nearly as can be determined, where the hero was executed. This is at the Broadway and Mail street corner of City Hall Park, the figure facing toward Broad- | Way. It stands on a small drum-shaped pedestal at the southwest corner of City Hall Park. Hale was a six-footer, of su- perb physical development. The sculptor | has chosen the moment when Hale is ready, Save the noose. He wears a coat, with | Pretty full skirts, a frilled shirt opened at the chest, and his arms are pinioned be- hind him with ropes, while his ankles are | also bound together. It is the moment he jexclaimed, “You are shedding the blood of the innocent. If I had 10,000 lives 1 |would lay them down in defense of my injured, bleeding country.” His last words |are also given thus: “I only regret that 1 | have but one life to lose for my country Prior to the unveiling of the statue there were five memorial tablets unveiled simul- taneously, all under the auspices of the! |New York Society of Sons of the Revolu- | tion. The celebrations began at 10 o'clock | this morning with the unveiling of five me- |morial tablets placed by the Sons of the Revolution at Broadway, at the corner of | West and Laight streets, at the corner of John and William streets,at Broadway near | 43d street and 7th avenue. |_ The feature of the afternoon will be the, parade of the troops under Col. Loomis L. Langdon, first artillery. United States army, 1 to City Hall Park, where the unveiling of the Nathan Hale statue will take place. addresses will be made by Gen. O. 0. Howard and the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the distinguished author, who is a great grandnephew of Nathan Hale. Fraunces Tavern as well as the subtreas- ury building, the soldiers’ monument in Trinity churchyard and the Gen. Mont- gomery memorial in St. Paul's churchyard are appropriately decorated. At Fraunces Ta’ it that George Washington and rs of the American LS by George Clinton in th lebrat! evacuation of the city that same day by the British troops. That historic banquet the Society of the Sons of the Revolution will commem- orate, as it has done annually since 1883, this evening by a corresponding banquet at Delmontco’s. « > SALES OVER TEN MILLIONS. Unprecedented Protits by Exhibitors at the Chicago Fair. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—A special from Chicago says: ‘The profits of exhibitors at the world’s fair have exceeded all previous international expositions. The final accounting has been made by concesstonaries with the depart- ment of collections this week. Over $i0,- 000,000 worth of goods has been sold by | exhibitors of the eight nations best repre- | sented at the fair. Italy leads the van of the prosperous. | During the six months of the exposition | the concessionaries in the Italian sections jot the various departments took in $z,500,- 00 fer carvings, porcelains, marbles and bronzes. Germany is second in the a of her sales, which is placed at $i, France, England, Austria and Jap: rated alike in the aggregate of their sales at $1,000,000 each, but the French and En- glish sales are likely to exceed this amount considerably. The Russian and Spanish exhibits were not in so great a measure commercial those of Italy, France, England and Japan, but nevertheless their sales reached jand unexpected figures. Poth Ru: Spain are set down as having transac | business that reached the amount of 000. oo DICK EDWARDS’ Testimony Showing That He is De- void of Feeling. DENISON, Tex., Nov. 25.—The testi- mony in the case against Dick Edwards, on |trial at Sherman for the murder of Mrs. | Hattie G. Haynes, and who ts supposed |to have killed two other women in this jelty the same night, is of a most damaging jeharacter. He has been identified by a |scar on his foot as Edward Spears, a farm |hand, despite the fact that he has de- |nied ever living in this state. Mrs, Annie Edwards testified that Ed- |wards was at her house several times in |the week of the murder and wanted her to go to Kansas City with him and witness lconsented. Edwards returned the next day | and broke the engagement, saying he had jmot succeeded in getting enough money |from the safe of the Haynes house. She |said: “You killed Mrs. Haynes.” Defendant replied: “Yes, I did. 1 don’t care any more about killing a woman than a dog.” => POLISH THE FIXTURES. TRIAL, Ambassador Van Alen ix Coming to Receive His Instructions, Ambassador Van Alen has at last emerged |from his diplomatic seclusion and has con- | descended to intimate to the S ‘y of | |State that he will come to Washington | Shortly for the purpose of taking the oath of office and receiving instructions for the jadministration of his oifice at the capital jof Italy. It is said that he has engaged sumptuous apartments at Rome and i |Prepared to entertain on a iavish scale, | regardless of his campaign expenditure of $50,000. | — > | GO PosT orrice. — | Frank Lawler Turned Down and! Washington Hesing Appointed. The President today the contro- versy over the postmastership at Chicago | by the appointment of Washington Hesinz, | the editor of the Chicago s {and one of the democratic nomin | mayor of Chicago. This is bad news 'Mr. Frank Lawler, who, it is su would have a sure thing on the THE CHIC. ayoralty | if he can get the 60,000 signatures on his | petition for the post office transformed into votes. | | Gen. Henry E. Williamson of Fort Smith, | | Ark. is in the city and is stopping at the Normandie. DEPARTMENTAL REPCRTS. They Will Be Given Out as Usual by Cabinet Officers. In the Next Ten Days Much Interest- ing Information to Come —The President's Message. The question of the publication of the an- nval reports of the heads of the executive departments has been decided in favor of tke newspapers. The only point involved was whether they should be made public before or after the President sends his message to Congress. The matter was dis- cussed at yesterday’s cabinet meeting and resulted in a declaration by the President that the members should suit their own convenience entirely in the matter. As the only object in withholding these reports: until after the submission of the President's message was to meet his supposed wishes in the matter, it no longer holds good after this declaration. The release of the reports applies to all the departments, except the State, Treasury and the Department of Justice. The Secretary of State makes no annual report. The Secretary of the Treas- ury and the Attorney General are by spe- clal enactment required to report direct to Congress. In the case of these two re- ports, therefore, it would be manifestly improper to give them to the public in ad- vance of their submission to Congress. The case of all the other reports, how- ever, is different. They are made direct to the President and their publication is en- trely within his control. Now that he has relegated their publication of the discretion of the cabinet officers, it is practically set- tled that the original plan will be carried cut, in accordance with a custom that has obtained for more than a score of years with marked success. Following this plan, the reports of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Postmaster General and the Secretary of Agriculture will be published on different days between now and the as- sembling of Congress, December 4. Secretary Lamont’s report will be pub- lished Monday morning next, Postmaster General Bissell’s on Tuesday and the re- port of Secretary Herbert will appear in the newspapers of Friday morning. The re- ports of Secretary Smith and Secretary Morton will be published on other days in the interval betore the assembling of Con- gress. By their release in this way they will each receive a good publication and the public will get a clear insight into the work of each department, past and prospective, a result which could not be accomplished if all the reports were given to the press on the same day that the President sends his message to Congress. The reports of all the departments except the State form ap- pendices to the President's annual report to Congress on the state of the Union, and it would be almost impossible for any news- paper in the country to do justice to them all on the same day. According to the present program the press will receive the reports of the Secre- taries of War, Navy, Interior and Agric ture and of the Postmaster General on di ferent days of next week. The President's message will appear in The Star on Mop- day, December 4. The important repoft of the Secretary of the Treasury may also be ready for publication in The Star of that date, but if not then, certainly on the fol- lowing day. The Attorney General's re- port will appear either on Tuesday, Decem- ber 5, or the next day. It appears, there- fore, that within the ensuing ten days the public will be in possession of much valua- ble literature concerning the business of the seven great departments of the execu- | tive branch of the government. The work of the Department of State will receive conspicuous consideration in the President's message. Although he makes no formal report like the rest of his colleagues, the Secretary of State is required to furnish the President with complete data for an intelli- gent consideration of our foreign relations, a subject of unusual importance just at present, especially with regard to Hawail and Brazil. + 24 CHINESE WATERS. Our Government Will Shortly Be Stronger There Than Ever Before. Within three weeks the United States will be represented in Chinese waters by a naval force stronger than this government ever had in that part of the world. One of the largest and fleetest vessels of the new navy, the cruiser Baltimore, arrived at Coiombo, Ceylon, yesterday, and she will proceed without delay to Hong Kong, stopping a few days en route to coal at Penang and Singapore. On her arrival the United States vessels in Asiatic waters will number five, exclu of the Baltimore, viz., the flagship Lancaster, the old men- 3 |0-War Monocacy and Marion, and the new gunboats Concord and Petrel. The Balti- more will take the p e of the Lancaster as flagship, the latter starting for home immediately after the transfer of Ad- mirai Skerrett’s flag. She is expected to arrive in this country in March next. ‘The increase in the force attached to the Uc station is due principally to the settled state of the diplomatic relations ef the governments of China and the states over the Chinese exclusion . The extension of the period for regis- tion has in some degree iessened the ap- prehensions of this government of trouble over the presence of American mission. ari id other Americans in China, but is will be kept in the vicinity of places Where there is a large American contingent. ‘The gunboat Machias and at least one of the three new guiboats for which bids were recently opened at the Navy Depart. ment will be rent to China. These gunboats are tobe constructed on plans especially adapted for their service in Chinese river: and harbors. oo ——+ e+ COMMODORE STANTON'S CASE, His Friends Working Hard to Prove Him a Martyr. The statement of officials at the Navy Department tends to discredit the report that Commodore Stanton. on his return to the United States. is to be honored with an important command. According to present advices he is in disgrace and is more in danger of a trial by court martial than of complimentary honors. He was detached from command of the South Atlantic sta- tion almost immediately after his arrival at Rio de Janeiro, because he went out of his way to pay unusual honors to the lead- er of a rebellion against the Brazilian re- public, an act too extreme even for any of the naval representatives of governments known to be in favor of the restoration of the monarchy in Brazil. Admiral Mello, the Brazilian insurgent, had repeatedly been de- nied recognition as a belligerent by this government. 1et when Commodore Stanton arrived at Rio almost’ his first act was to recognize the insurgent leader with an of- ficial salute. For this palpable breach of our national policy of strict neutrality he was detached and ordered home, since wh.ch time his case has received searcely ny consideration by the administration at nington. He is now en route to Wash- contemplat- is true that Ww is ington and no further action ed in advance of his arrival, his friends have been active in his behalf ever since he was detached and they have even gone so far as to undertake to show that he should be commended rather than condemned for his action at Rio, but so far without avail. So far as can be learned the President is of opinion that Commodore Stanton made a serious mistake at Rio and is not likely to recede from that position until he has better information than 1s now in his possession. Commodore Stan- ton may have been right and the President wrong, but it will require strong evidence to prove it. 1 TO RULE CONGRESS. A Plan Said to Have Been Made to Control Elections. GIVING THE PRESIDENT POWER The National Committee and the Congressional Campaign. WHAT IS SAID ABOUT IT. There is a prospect of considerable trou- ble in the organization of the democratic campaign committee in charge of the work for the congressional campaign next fall. It has already been announced that it is the intention to establish a headquarters here within a short time with the purpose of getting to work early. There is a great deal of talk in inside circles about a purpose on the part of members of the national executive committee to interfere with and try to get control of the work of the con- gressional committee, and some feeling has been excited. It is said that if the plans attributed to the President and Messrs. Dickinson, Quincy and Harrity are carried out the mastery which the administration will have over the democrats in Congress will make appear insignificant the power with which the President controlled them in the silver fight. That fight, it is said, was but a test of his power and but an iniual move. Up to this point the influence of the administration over Congress has been exercised in but two ways—in the use Sanship of Congressmen to stand by the administration, Members of the party who are not in administration councils now believe they have discovered a purpose on the part of the administration, or at all events on he part of men who are the controlling forces in the national executive committee, |Supported, it is said, by Mr. Cleveland, to |set down to the root of the thing, and in- (Stead of trusting to the power of the ad- minisuation to change the sentiments of |Congressmen after their election, to see that as far as possible none are elected |who are not of the right faith. | Congressional Campaign Committee. At each session of Congress each of the | two parties is in the habit of selecting | |each a congressional campaign committee composed of a representative from each | state. This committee, or rather a part of | this committee, designated for the purpose, | takes charge of the congressional elections, | Sending out documents and furnishing such | munitions of war as they have on hand. | Usually the principal work is done by a | comparatively small subcommittee and the | chairman and secretary. During president- | ial campaigns this committee usually Keeps jin touch with the national committee as a matter of convenience, but their work is independent of the national com- | mittee, and the aim of all their efforts is | to elect as many Congressmen of their po- | litical faith as possible, regardless of how any individual may feel on some paerticul question of legislation. The idea | Work for all the nominees and get ganization of the House if possible, leaving the question of policies and disposition to- ward certain measures to be settled within the party afterward. The democrats and | republicans alike have followed this line, | and in both parties the congressional com- mittees have always been very jealous of | their® powers and quick to resent interfer- ;ence from without. As a continuous or- |Banization the league of democratic clubs has of late years worked constantly, giv- ing the benefit of their labors to both the national and the congressional committees, but in the off years, when there has been |no presidential election, the national com- | mittee is not expected to figure. What has aroused many democrats is a plan said to have been made by certain men who are said to have had the counsel of the Presi- dent on the subject to give the national ex- ecutive committee control of the organiza- tion, so as to make them powerful in in- fluencing the fate of aspirants to sit in the fiouse of Representatives as democrats. It is not claimed, of course, that this proposi- tion is openly made or that its accomplish- ment is expected through a direct move. The Conference. This question is said to have been the most important one discussed at the con- ference between the President, Mr. Dick- inson, Mr. Quincy and Mr. Harrity several days ago. Conflicting stories of this con- ference were given out, and an oflicial de- nial was made that this conference had occurred, One statement, which was pre- pared in typewriter by Mr. Harrity, re- jlated entirely to the question of estab- lishing permanent headquarters in Wash- ington, and was vague and general in its character. According to those who believe they see in the movement a plan to control the congressional eiections, a denial that a conference had occurred with the Presi- dent was given out because the President did not desire it to be known that he took part in the discussion of the “permanent proposition, lest there should picion and oflishness on the part embers of the national committee when anized. The statement written by Mr. Harrity did not mention the President as a party to the conference. As the story comes out today from anti-administration sources, the President cautioned them at the very threshold of their conference that “those fellows at the Capitol were very sus- picious and sensitive of any interference with the congressional elections, and that therefore, whatever they did must be done with great caution.” Under the Surface. The proposition presented and unanimous- ly agreed in by these four gentlemen, as a Star reporter was informed, was that the executive committee make a proposition to the congressional committee, that in order to secure united action in the congressional campaign next fall and to lay the founda- tion for future success of the party, the congressional committee, the executive com- mittee, or whatever its title is, of the league of the democratic clubs and the national executive committee unite their forces in one headquarters here for the purpose of conducting the campaign. This was the surface proposition. The underlying plan, as suspected by those who think they see something more in it than appears on the surface, is for the executive committee as a national body uniting with two lesser bodies to assume executive management of the campaign, to nirol the organization, hold the purse strings, shape the policies, decide questions betw opposing candidates of the same party claiming the nomination through any independent movement, such as might oc- cur in some districts in the south, and to give or withhold the aid and support of the committee to candidates, at their dis- cretion, the idea being to place all the demo- cratic candidates for Congress, more or less under obligations and at the mercy of the executive committee. In other words, the plan is, so far as possibie, to secure the election of democrats who will be in perfect accord with the administration, and to keep out men who insist upon main- taining an independence. Such a plan, it is said, if successfully carried out, would vastly increase the power of the executive over Congress, since the same influences which worked to control elections would also to a considerable extent influence nomi- nations, would be compelled to render themselves could secure such assistance from the or- ganization as would be necessary for their election. ‘To Control Nominations. The election of members under such a sys- tem would be, to @ considerable extent, of patronage and by appealing to the parti- | ¢ and aspirants in close districts | controlled by a previous agreement to abide by the policies of the supreme authority. It is not assumed that Messrs. Dickin- son, Quincy and Harrity believe that they can actually prevent the election of all democratic members who will not be ac- ceptable to the administration, but they are credited with a belief that they can so increase the administration forces in Congress as to place them in control of the party organization and of all legisla- tion, provided the party is continued in power. The plan which is outlined above | is credited by those who suspect the admin- istration of a move upon Congress to the brilliant and successful campaign manager of Massachusetts. The proposition, they say, is to have the league of clubs head- quarters opened first and then to have the congressional campaign committee join with it and to have the executive commit- tee come in last as a sort of a postscript, which is the most important part. It is not considered likely that such a plan could be carried out successfully, and it is said if any effort in that direction is made there will be a very considerable fight with- in the party as to how the organization — be constituted and who shall con- trol BALTIMORE’S POLITICAL MACHINE. Are Rolled Up in the mental City. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.—The managers | of the democratic machine in Maryiand are |mot by any means as happy as would be | Supposed considering the fact that their tickets In the city and state were counted in by large majorities. There is discord in the machine ranks. In addition to the soreness rankling in |the hearts of Col. Baughman of Frederick and Col. Schley of Hagerstown at the un- Umely collapse of growing honors, Revenue Collector Vandiver also got a decided set |back on election day, and although his) county of Harford usually goes democratic | | by a thousand majority, on the 7th of this jmonth, it elected a republican state sena- | tor and a republican board of county com- missioners, and the reason given for the | defeat of the democratic candidate for those places is that they were considered the es- |pecial representatives of Mr. Vandiver on | the ticket, in addition to their own personal griev- ances, the leaders have other and deeper |woubles. They realize that the victory just won cost them deariy, not only in the very large amount of cash expended, but in the extraordinary falling off in the demo- cratic vote, which falling off had to be made up by the use of repeaters and the |Open and shameless bribery of floaters in | blocks of various size. Repeating in this town has been reduced to a science. It is carried on with a skill jand perfection haraiy equaled anywhere else in the country. Une ward heeier was boasting in the presence of your correspon- jdent of the numper of voters he had se- cured for the ucket in his ward. He said: “You see, I got the names of a lot of niggers from tne registers of every pre- jcmet in the ward eariy im the day. 1 then | Sol a Wagon and took three niggers that promised to vote as I toid them, and in turn drove to every polling place and voted ll three at each. 1 thus Voted the three nine tmes, making twenty-seven votes in |4u, and then turned them over to a man |trom another ward, who aid the same act, and thus they were kept going all day | from one precinct to anotner.” | “How did you know the men voted as How Majorities M | you wanted them?” was uskea by one of | the people standing by. “Ikasy enough,” was the reply. “1 made them ask the democratic ballot clerk to mang tickets and he gave me the sail was right. 1 suppose those @arkies @ach voted at least fifty times ai that election. “How much did you pay them?’ was) ask | ed. “Two dollars each, They got that much | = oo ward, and made a good day's work | of it" “Was that kind of work only carried on | with colored voters?” was asked. “No. While there were a large number of gangs of colored repeaters going around all day, there were more white men doing | | the same kind of work, although it is easier | to vote darkey repeaters than whites. You see, if a darkey comes to the polls and finds his name already voted he knows better | n to make a fuss, for he would be hus-| tied off in a hurry. A white man who finds jthat some one has voted for him might make trouble, and therefore we never vote repeaters on the names of white men unless we know that those whose names are voted are out of town or are sick, or are of a low class of people. We don’t care for niggers, | for we know they can’t give us any trouble, but with whites it is different. I prefer to work niggers on election day every time. If they do kick after we get through with them because we don’t pay them what they Want we tell them to get out and shut up. | White voters come higher, anyway, and are | harder to handle.” | The “statesman” then invited the crowd | up to take a drink at his expense, and re- | ceived the congratulations of his friends at |his skill and ability as a politician. and all hoped that his zeal in behalf of his party would be rewarded by a good place in the |custom house when Billy Marine and the | jother republicans are fired out. ' As the above described methods were | necessary to carry the machine through with success on election day, and as they are not done under cover, the leaders are afraid the people—the respectable element of the community—will at the next election Voice their protest at the polls, as was done in Brooklyn on the 7th instant. A majority made up in such a way and by such fi srant violations of the law cannot alwa: had, although the same tactics have jbeen gone through with for many years. |The strain, however, is becoming greater | and greater. and the expense heavier and | heavier with each succeeding year, and | sooner or later the whole organization will | collapse and be buried under the weight of | an aroused and indignant public opinion Many democrats of high standing open denounce the whole system and declare they will repudiate it at the next election. alan HAWAIIAN NEWS. It May Come hy Packet Before Con- mresn Meets, There is a possibility, almost a proba- bility, the naval officers say, that news later than that brought from Hawaii by the Alameda will reach the United States be- fore Congress meets, and if the queen was restored by Monday last the fact may be-| come known here before any steamer from) Hawaii arrives here or in China or Aus- tralia. Plying between San Francisco and Honolulu are a number of sailing vessels, largely engaged in transporting sugar. Some of these vessels, such as the Dimond, the Planter and the Irwin, are fleet packet ships| and they have been known to make records approaching the steamers on the passage. The present is not a favorable time for the western passage, owing to the prevail- | ing northeasterly winds at this season, but the vessels named have made the run from Honolulu to San Francisco repeatedly at this season within two weeks, and a tw al | day run ts not unknown. During the Mexi- can war the frigate United States made a trip from the Mexican coast to Honolulu loaded with fresh beef for the supply of the ope and was back again in twenty-eight ys. | “Phe packet ships are frequently used as mail boats between these points, and as | they sail with considerable frequency it is | entirely possible for one of them to bring _ important news before the next steamer. — ns To Preserve Order. United States troops have been sent to Cheyenne City, I. T., to prevent the lynch- | ing of a Texas ranger who killed an Indian in cold blood. The affair was reported to | the War Department in a telegram received | this morning from Gen. Miles at Chicago. acceptable to the administration before they-| Gen. Miles says the killing was a cold- blooded murder, and that Indian friends of the dead man became very much excited and threatened to break into the jail where the murderer is confined and lynch him. Col. Parker has been sent with troops from | Fort Supply, I. T., to preserve order at Cheyenne City, by order of Gen. Miles. M’KINLEY AND REED. Enthusiastic Greeting of the Re- publican Leaders, CHEERING AT A BOSTON BANQUET, Greatest Political Gathering Seen There in Years. THE HOME MARKET CLUB. ———_>—__—_ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Nov. 25.—Gov. McKinley and ex-Speaker Reed met here last night in their first brush for the presidential nom- ination of 1896, and the 6,000 republicans who gathered at Mechanics’ Hall to wit- ness the contest were forced to admit that it seemed to be @ neck-and-neck race for popular favor. It was at the annual banquet of the Home Market Club, where 1,500 guests sat down to dinner and there were as many more watching the feast from floor, platforms and galleries. It was the greatest politi- cal gathering that has been seen in Boston for years, if indeed it has ever been equal- Senator Hoar, Gov.-elect Greenhalge, Con- sressman Cousins of lowa and Editor Mah- lon Chaunce of the New York Tribune were with the ex-Speaker and the valiant cham- pion of protection, the special guests of the evening and made the speeches, The dinner was preceded by a reception, at which Gov. McKinley received such a welcome as could not have been surpassed in his own state of Ohio. It was a demon- stration such as is permitted few men in public life to enjoy and be a part of away from the immediate section of country in which they are best known. When Gov. McKinley's heavy-set, statesmanlike figure and great head set upon broad shoulders appeared at the entrance and looked through the length of Mechanics’ Hallupon the arm of President Bent, followed by the other notables, the crowd made the rafters overhead echo with plaudits as they had never done before. His personality re- minded the silver grays present of the Statesman. . big, brainy and alwi popular Reet’ was tore popes ibe halt an hour. He wild cheer, and hi \c eering, with “Well, well, old tellow, new are you And following it with “Hello, McKinley! Well!” and then all three joined hands all but executed a may dance the midst of the crowd, which was greatly tickled at the scene and went fairly wild again with applause and cheering. The greatest demonstration came when the two great speakers were introduced to the after-dinner audience. It reminded one of the most enthusiastic moments of @ na- tional convention, x. In the course of his address these sentiments ‘were most bh — applauded: “Remove the apprehension of threatened tariff legislation, remove the scare of promised free trade bill, remove the which has settled upon every terest, and confidence will return.” “Many such gave their votes this the party which upheld protection, and will continue to do so, so long as the threatened.” surance that this Congress would eee meddling with our industrial legis- tion ?”" “The friends of protection should falter. The fight is only begun. rarily lost, it is not to be given up. Cour- age Was never more needed and never more expected by the people from their representatives than now.” “The tinkers of the tariff be thwarted, they should be rere Step in their program of destruction.” Speaker Reed adopted a severely serious role... = even attempted to outdo the se- rene and somewhat ponderous dignity of Mr. McKinley. He made a great pom Mg but the crowd were somewhat disappoint- ed. They had looked forward to his ap- pearance for some relief from the staid and Severe nature of the other addresses, but Tom Reed refused to even seem to don the cap and bells for their amusement. He was there to show that he could be as serious and solemn as anybody if he tried. He ‘suc- ceeded, but it is only fair to say at the ex- pense of the disappointed hundreds who had come far and waited to hear his “Reedisms.” ° and Governor-elect Green- Senator Hoar halge made t speeches, but the two the great- presidential possibilities absorbed est share of attention. — Treasury Department Changes. The following changes have been made in the classified service: Appointed under civil service rules—Miss A. M. Brazebridge, Michigan, $840, first controller's office; W. W. Ricketts, Tennes- see, and C. J. Gates, Arkansas, $900, treas- urer’s office; W. R. Doores, New York and F. W. Clay, Kentucky, $900, coast and geo- detic survey; S. F. Thomas, Nebraska, $1,000, second auditor's office; Chas. Boyd, Illinots, $900, life saving service; Geo. C. Sutton, Arkansas, $1,000, office of commis- sioner of customs; E. B. McSwyny, Mis- souri, $900, mint bureau; Mrs. L. M. Brough, District of Columbia, $720, sixth auditor's office. Promotions—R. T. Strickland, New York, from $900 to $1,200; Miss M. M. Fellows, Missouri, from $900 to $1,000, register’s office. 0. M. Judd, Ohio, from $1,600 to $1,800; R. G. Barnwell, Pennsylvania, from $1,200 to $1,800; R. M. Geddings, South Carolina, from $1,200 to $1,800; Wm. Brown of R.. Marviand, from $1,200 to $1,400, second auditor's office. Miss Anna Hemstreet, New York, from $720 to $840, sixth auditor's fice. gE J. Cummings, Nevada, Chi- tor. — ae ina Gen. Carlin. In a genera! order to the army announcing the retirement of Brig. Gen. Wm. P. Carlin, the Secretary of War eulogized his military record in the following words: “In all grades and in all positions, Gen. Carlin has gallantly, modestly, ably and conscientiously performed the duties which have been devolved upon him by his country He has honored his profession, as in that profession he has himself been honored and distinguished. On his retirement he leaves to the young men of the service an example well worthy of their emulation.” —————— +e. No Armed Force Crossed to Mexteo. Acting Secretary Grant today received a telegram from Gen. Wheaton, commanding the department of Texas, saying that a long and careful investigation has satisfied him that there is no foundation for the repo>t that a body of armed men crossed from Texas into Mexico recently for the purpose of aiding the alleged rv Wheaton says that a simila conducted by the Mexican military author- ities resulted in precisely the same con- clusion, that no armed men have recently entered Mexico from American territory. Fire yesterday morning destroyed five business houses at Appleton, Minn. Loss, $40,