Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR @UBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, aS a corner 1ith St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, S. H. KAUFFMANN, es ———_>———— ‘New York Offce, 88 Potter Building. + Tre Evextxe Stan is served to subseribers in the city by _carrt on their own account, at 10 cents T woek. or $4. per month. Copies af the counter cents each. By meil—anywhere in the United ‘ates of Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents Month. SaTURpay QuINTUPLE SHEET STAR 81.00 per year; with poe bomen added, 83.00, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., - coaken cheer mail matter.) S@- All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Kates of alvertising made known on application Che Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,788. INCOME TAX BILL Laid Before the Ways and Means ALL INCOMES OVER $4,000 TAXABLE. How Returns Are to be Made and the Exemptions. OTHER FEATURES OF THE BILL The income tax bill as approved by the democratic members of the ways and | means committee was laid before the full committee at this morning’s meeting. It was read in part, but the committee ad- journed before the reading was finished. The bill provides a tax of 2 per cent upon | all incomes of citizens of the United States, | either at home or abroad, from any kind of property, rents, interest, dividends or | salaries on all amounts over and above $4,000. The bili goes into effect January 1, 1595. In estimating incomes there shall be in- cluded notes, bonds and other securities except such United States bonds as are exempt from federal taxation. The tax is laid on profits realized within the year from sales of real estate purchased within the year or within two years previous to | the year for which the income is esti- | mated; also on sales of live stock and of) farm products generally where grown upon one’s own estate; all other incomes derived from any source whatever and the share of any person of the profits of companies, whether incorporated or partnership, who would be entitled to the same if divided, whether divided or otherwise, except the incomes received from corporations whose officers, as required by law, withhold a per centum of the dividends and pay the same to the officer authorized to receive it. Exemptions Made. In addition to the $4,000 exemption, ail na- tional, state and county taxes paid within the year shall be deducted from the profits of the person who has actually paid them; also losses sustained during the year from fires, shipwreck and other causes not cover- ed by imsurance and compensated for, and worthless debts, but excluding estimated depreciation of value and losses on sales of real estate. No deduction shall be made for improvements which may increase the value of the property or estate. Only one deduction of $4,000 shall be made from the aggregate Income of the members of any family. Every person having an income of more than $3,500 shall make a return to the depu- ty collector of the district in which he re- sides of the amount of his income, but per- sons having less than $3,500 a year shall not make such report. These returns shall be made on oath, and the deputy collector may increase the amount of any list or return it if he has reason to believe that it has been understated. As a penalty for refusing to make a list, the deputy collector may make up such list according to the best in- formation obtainable and add fifty per cent to the amount. In cases where a fraudu- lent list has been rendered a penalty of 100 ber cent shall be added. How an Appeal May Be Made. The bill provides at some length the manner in which persons dissatigfied with the decision of the collector may submit their case to the commissioner of internal revenue. The tax shall be coilected on or before the first day of each July, and an additional tax of 5 per cent shall be laid en payment after that date, and interest at the rate of 1 per cent a month upon the amount of the tax. All persons in the civil, military, naval or other service of the United States, in- cluding Senators, Representatives and dele- gates in Congress, shall pay a 2 per cent tax upon incomes above $4,000 a year. This amount shall be deducted from their in- comes by the disbursing officers making the payment. The bill provides that when any revenue officer divulges the operations of a manu- factuter or producer or the amount or source of his income he shall be subject to fine and imprisonment. That the dep- uty collector shall make lists of persons owning property subject to tax. That it shall be the duty of persons, firms and corporations made liable to any duty, spe- clal or other tax and not otherwise pro- vided for, in case of a special tax on or before July 31, annually; in case of income tax on or before March 1, annually, and in | other cases before the tax accrues, to fur- [mish the deputy collector complete lists of taxable property. In case such person fails, but permits the deputy to make up the return such list may be received upon oath. As to Coruorations, - Section 11 of the bill relates to corpord- tions. It requires them to make return be- fore the tenth day of the month following the declaration of dividends, under oath by the principal officer. Section 12 requires the corporation to fur- | Tish, beginning 1895, on or before the first | Monday of blank, each year, a statement showing the gross profits, expenses, exclu- sive of interests, annuities and dividends, | net profits without allowance for the same, amount paid on account of interest, an- nuities and dividends,amount paid for sala- Ties, employes, above and below $4,000. Section 14 levies taxes upon corporation Gividends, interest coupons ‘and annuities wherever and whenever payable, to all par- ties whatsoever, and the corporation may deduct or retain all payments made on ac- | count of such dividends, &c., a proportion- ate share of the tax so paid. Section 15 provides for the issue of re- @eipts by collect for tases paid, and Whenever the payment is made otherwise | i by a corporation, the collector may | ive a separate receipt foreach tax paid by | Bo on account of payments to sepa- | creditors in such form that the debtor present them to his creditors in satis- | ection of their respective demands to the amount specified in such receipts. | ction 16 requires the regulations to be ‘approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, | and to be conspicuously posted before tak- ing effect. ‘Tax om Playing Cards. Section 19 pravides that after a blank/ date in 184 there shall be a tax of 2 cents/ @ pack on playing cards, payable by ad-| hesive stamps. } Section 20 provides for the cancellation | of these stamps and punishment for their misuse, Section 21 requires makers of playing cards to register. section 22 relates to the preparation and fgsue of the stamps. Section 2% provides for the punishment of courterfeiters of the same. etion 24 provides a punishment for the| Preparation and sale of unstamped cards, With a provision that they may be ex-| ported without tax. Sections 25 s 25 and 26 are penalty clauses! Telative to the misuse of wrappers for cards. Section 27 requires the tax on cards to be paid by the manufacturer, and declares | the ‘person who offers them for sale, | Whether foreign or domestic, to be a man- turer. } Section 28 provides for the collection of the tax on cards illegaliy issued. Tax on Disti¥ed Spirts. Section 20 fixes the tax, on and after the second calendar month after the passage of the act, on all distilled spirits produced im the United States on which the tux is Paid before that day at $1 per proof to be paid by the possessor on or before re- moval from warehouse, within eight years| WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. from the date of original entry for deposit in any distillery or bonded warehouse, ex- cept in cases of withdrawal without pay- ment of tax as now authorized by law. Section 30 continues existing warehouse bonds on distilled spirits in full force for the time named in the bonds. When the tax is paid, on or after that date, there shall be added to the present tax of & cents a suffi- cient tax to make the total equal to #1. Bonds may be required for the additional tax. Section 31 provides for regauging of spir- its upon withdrawal, limiting the allowance for loss to one gation for two months and eleven and one-half gallons for iwelve months. Section 32, the last, repeals ali inconsistent acts. ——__ ++ —______ NAVY AT HONOLULU, Admiral Irwin’s Comments on Late Events in Hawa The criticisms provoked by the failure to make public the reports of naval operations in the Hawalian Islands made by Admiral Irwin and forwarded to this country by the revenue steamer Corwin, do not apply to reports received from Admiral Irwin of @ later date and received aere on Friday last. These reports were given to the press Saturday evening. They show conclusively that Admiral Irwin is following the course adopted by Capt. Wiltse of the Boston at the time of the revolution a year ago, in observing a strict neutrality with no pur- pose of landing troops unless it became necessary for the protection of American lives and property. Admiral Irwin's first report is dated Hono- lulu, January 3, and, in part, says: “The military preparations for defense continue to be made by the provisional government, and the excitement is unabat- ed. The newspapers assume that 1, as mili- tary representative of the United States government, intend to use force to restore the queen. Since my arrival 1 have care- fully avoided all expression of opinion, ex- cept in conference with the United States minister, and have ordered all my command to pursue a similar course. I may further add that Mr. Willis has never given me the slightest hint that there was ever any intention on the’ part of the United States government to use force in order to restore the queen. My orders to preserve strict neutrality have been implicitly obeyed. “It has been asserted quite often that we were prepared to land, which is true, but our motives were intentionally mis- construed, as Mr. Willis stated openly, and his statement was published, that we would land solely for the purpose of sup- pressing riot and to protect the lives and Property of the defenseless. “Were it not for the course of the news- Papers in their endeavor to influence pub- lic opinion in the United States, no un- easiness would be felt and business would go on as usual. “The commanding officers of the Japa- nese cruiser Naniwa Kan and the British cruiser Champion calied on me to arrange for landing a force to protect the lives and property of their countrymen in case there should be any serious riot. They offered to co-operate with me and to place their landing parties where, in my opin- jon, they would do the most good. “Now, as the general public in Honolulu is fully aware of the above fact and have no longer any apprehension of any riot, and, as the perusal of the President's message has convinced every one that no force would be used to change the gov- ernment, it is criminal for any one to make the misstatement referred to. “Foreign influence, inimical to the in- terests of the United States, is secretly at work here, as it is wherever we have any trade interests, and that influence will account for many of the misstate- ments in the papers.” In a separate report, bearing the same date, and like the other written apparently in reply to charges made in the Hawalian press, Admiral Irwin says: “I have the honor to call the attention of the department to the admirable dis- cretion exercised by the officers and men of this squadron, under the most trying circumstances. Notwithstanding the great parade of preparations for war, not one case of misconduct on shore has occurred, and this evidence of perfect discipline has been very favorably commented upon by disinterested parties ashore and afloat.” + e+ — THE WORLD'S FAIR MEDAL. St. Gaudens Indignant Over Criticisms of the Design. It 1s sald at the Treasury Department that the action of Secretary Carlisle in directing @ modification of the world’s fair medal, as Stated in Saturday's Star, was based on a personal inspection of the models prepared by St. Gaudens, the artist who designed them, and was not influenced in the least by an inspection of a copy or imitation of them, as some of the artist's friends have contended must have been the case. The original models are now at the Treasury Department, but are not open for public in- spection. They were approved and accepted by the world’s fair committee on awards, and Mr. St. Gaudens was paid $5,000 for his work. He is reported as being very indig- nant over the affair. He seems to think a mistake has been made and that the depart- ment has been imposed upon. He was interviewed in New York and spoke freely concerning the criticisms of his work, “I have been abominably treated in this matter,” said he, “and I grow very angry every time I think of it. This whole uproar could have been avoided but for the fact that a New Hampshire firm got a repre- sentative into the mint by some means and secured a drawing of the design. At any rate this fellow was allowed to see the model and carried away enough of it in his mind to make an outrageously tad copy, which was published and freely circulated. “The drawing was « caricature of my model, and was indecent in the extreme. Some publications containing this libel upon my design fell into the hands of the Sena- tors, and the result was a great hue and cry about its immodesty. “J suppose the Senators received letters from reform societies und Young Men's Christian Associations protesiing against the use of anything so indecent, and thus the objection to the design came about. “I do not criticise the Senato- ‘They are certainly entitled to their opinions, and if they object to the nude in art, as some per- sons do, I presume they have a right to ex- ress those objections. But I do criticise th freely and harshly the management which permitted my design to be copied in the way it was. There was no other design in existence than that In the Philadelphia mint. “I have none myself. It should have been carefully guarded from prying eyes. I say again that there is nothing immodest about my model. it is a nude figure, but a nude figure is not necessarily immode “This discussion, too, is rather tardy. figure has been accepted and paid fo: the transaction is therefore closed. I said before, I have no co! moral convictions of Senators. As has been stated alreaiy, the depart- ment was guided in its action by the orig- inal designs and the models made there- fi . and not, as Mr. St. Gaudens seems to think, by the copy made by another artist for a New Hampshire business house. The work of preparing the dies ,from which the medals were to have been struck, is nearly finished. It has now been suspended in order that the design of the emblematic figure of “Amer- ica” ts altered to accord with modern ideas of the proprieties in public works. A loin cloth will be draped on the figure, and the work of preparing the medals will then be pushed as rapidly as possible. The necessity of changing the dies will naturally delay the delivery of the medals beyond the time originally fixed by the committee of awards. es The and . But, as ‘al. over the e Alert. an has been or- dered to hold himself in readiness to com- mand the Alert April 1 next. ‘The Alert is at San Francisco, and is destined to service in Bering sea. Commander John J. Brice has been ordered to prepare for sea service March 1. See ee are alae a The Patton, P oal mines at Johns- town. P: which have been idle for sev eval months, will resume this week. Sev- «wil hundred men will be put to work. MORE FROM HAWAII. The President Transmits Some Addi- tional Correspondence Today. NOT OF A SENSATIONAL CHARACTER. A Memorial of Royalists Addressed to the President. THEY WANT RESTORATION. The Presiden€ today sent another mes- sage to Congress transmitting Hawaiian correspondence, which was laid before the House at 1:15 p.m., and on motion of Mr. Dingley (Me.) was read at once with the inclosures. The President’s message was as 7 (x crane pepe re eed To the Congress: I transmit herewith copies of dispatches received from our minister to Hawaii after the arrival of those copies of which accom- panied my message of the 20th instant. I also inclose, for the information of the Congress, copies of reports and a copy of an order just received by the Secretary of the Navy from Rear Admiral Irwin, com- manding our naval forces at Honolulu. (Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, January 22. Minister Willis, under date of Janu- ary 6, reports the resignation of Vice President Hatch, “under the necessity of going beyond the limits of the country,” and the election of W. C. Wilder to the vacancy, and the separation of the office of minister of foreign affairs from the pres- idency, as previously reported in United Press dispatches, ¥ Under the same date he says: “I send herewith the petition of the ‘Hul Aloha Aina’ (Hawaiian Patriotic League), an association which claims to represent over 8,000 legal voters. The petition was brought here last night by Mr. J. A. Cum- mins, the honorary president of the asso- ciation, and Mr, A. Marques, a member of its ‘executive council, who state that they were a committee for that purpose. The memorial, which is addressed to the President, starts out by saying: The Memorial. “The Hawalian people are moved with the deepest concern in view of the delayed and uncertain condition of affairs in Hawail,and also of the active hostility that seems to have suddenly developed in the United States against the policy of your excellency and the American administration regarding our unhappy little country, and the just restoration of our national monarchy It then reproaches the newspapers of America for their unchivalrous and un- truthful abuse of our queen. It asserts— 1. That through Minister Stevens’ con- spiracy the Hawaiian people have been de- prived of thelr political rights. 2. That the inhabitants of Hawaii are now living under an arbitrary rule. 3. That the people have lost all confidence in the administration of justice, as the Su- preme Court is now filled with adventurers. 4. That the public funds have been squan- deed for the maintenance of an unneces- sarily large army, composed entirely of aliens. 5. That all the native and foreign royalists have been disarmed. 6. That foreign clubs and leagués*'com- posed mostly of Germans, Portuguese and Scandinavians have been called into ex- istence for the support of the revolution- ary government. 7. That these clubs have threatened mur- der, violence and deportation against those not in sympathy with them, The memorialists say that though the principle of monarchical government may be distasteful to the radical democracy of America, it is the chosen and preferred form of the Hawaiian people. Therefore, they say in conclusion: “We now pray the God of a common faith that, right, justice and honor prevail- ing, Hawati,our home and country, be again allowed to enjoy the blessings of an inde- pendent autonomy and constitutional re- gime, which was so infamously subverted on the 17th day of January last.” This is signed by J. A. Cummins, honor- ary president; Josef Nawahi, president, and seventeen others, including John E. Bush. No New Instructions, The Hawaiian correspondence submitted to Congress by the President Saturday and today contains no additional instruc- tions to Minister Willis, and therefore tends to discredit the report that the Australia, which left San Francisco Fri- day last, carried such instructions. There are no developments today in regard to the diplomatic relations between the United States and Hawaii, and, so far as known, Minister Willis a ndMinister Thurston will continue to serve their respective govern- mgnts at the capital of the other. ————__+e+ She Was a Present. Intelligence has reached the Navy De- partment of the end of an old ship of doubtful nationality which has recently been an elephant on the hands of the Bov- ernment, After the war between Paraguay and the combined forces of Brazil and the Argentine Republic the government of Par- aguay presented to the United States a wooden war ship as a tribute of respect, Congress never authorized the Navy De- partment to accept the present, and ques- tion of ownership was left in doubt. The Navy Department did not feel authorized to use the vessel nor to send her back to Paraguay, so the old ship has been Jying for years at the Mare Island navy yard. Some time ago she sank, and recently the Navy Department found it necessary to destroy the hulk to open the channel. The official report of the commandant of the navy yard, just received at the department, tellg that the destruction has taken place. ———_-e-—____ Cash to Be Used. Secretary Carlisle made an order Satur- day afternoon of great importance to im- porters. It is, in substance, that all customs duties shall be paid in cash. The system | which has been in existence for many year* is that all banks doing business with custom house brokers deposit each day with the sub-treasury a large sum of mon- ey, to be drawn on by the collector of du- ties. When brokers wish to make a with- drawal they put the goods on a duty memo- andum blank, with the amount of duties figured out by the collector's own clerks, and draw a check for the entire amount. This is sent to the collector, who examines it and sees if the bank which issues the check has a sufficient amount on deposit with the sub-treasury. The money is, in fact, deposited to the collector's order be- fore the goods are withdrawn. Before the system was adopted, duties were paid in | coin. The discontinuance of the system is the outcome of the conference at the treas- ury Saturday of Collector Kilbreth with Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Secretary Hamlin. —— = Representative Sibley’s Independence Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, one of the democrats who oppose the Wil- son bill, has received a letter from the democratic county committees of his dis-| trict, taking him to task for his defection | from the party ranks, and urging him to vote with the party. Mr. Sibley has replied, declining to ac- cept the suggestion, and has stated to the | committees that if they are not satisfied with his course, he will tender his resigna- tion to the gov His letter is a strong defense of the ive theory, and an arraignment of Wilson Dill.’ He represents the Erie district, which is partly agricultural and partly industrial. or as a member of Con- | THE SUGAR QUESTION. It is Being Fought Out in the House Today. What Will Probably Be the Result—A Caucus Likely on the In- come Tax Bill. The sugar question is being fought out in the Hcuse today. There is a great deal of excitement over the matter, especially since the income tax is incidentally in- volved. The plan of the republicans, gen- erally adhered to, will be to vote for the re- tention of the present bounty of two cents; to vote against the gradual reduction of bounty in the Wilson bill and to vote against any tax on sugar. The friends of the majority of the committee, who have been following the policy of sustaining it in all things, will vote against a tax on sugar. The opposition to the bounty clause {in the bill is so strong in the democratic |Party, however, that it is expected that it will be stricken from the bill. This is cer- tain to happen if the republicans adhere to their proposition to vote against every- thing except the retention of the du as in the present law. The outcome its, {Bee fore, expected to be that all bounty will be stricken off and that sugar will be placed on the free list, both as to refined and raw. A Caucus Proposed. It is the purpose of the advocates of the income tax to have a caucus after this sugar question is disposed of for the pur- pose of getting an order from the caucus to overrule the ways and means committee and have the income tax measure added as an amendment to the Wilson bill. Those democrats of the committee who voted against a separate measure propose to carry the fight into the House, and believe that they will have the income tax added to the customs bill. The republicans of the ways and means committee announced at the meeting of that committee this morn- ing that it was their intention to vote to make the income tax a part of the general bill, and it is ‘understood that that will be the general policy of the republicans, their idea being that this will endanger the pas- sage of the whole measure. They believe that there are thirty-five or forty, possibly fifty, democrats who will vote against the whole tariff bill if the income tax is made a feature of it. + @ + CAPT, STILES EXONERATED. AC atic War Department Order on the Case. Maj. Gen. Schofield today issued a general order to the army in regard to the case of Capt. Daniel F. Stiles (retired), recentiy | acquitted by court-martial of charges of | conduct to the prejudice of good order und | military discipline, and of conduct unbe- | coming an officer and a gentleman. ‘The action of the War Department is embodied in the following caustic order of Assistant Secretary Doe: “In the forgoing case of Capt. D. F, Stiles (retired), late tenth infantry, the findings of the court are, by direction of the Presi- dent, approved. This case presents some very peculiar features. A careful examina- | ton of the charges, specifications and testi- mony clearly indicates that the complaints against Capt. Stiles, in reference to the matters under investigation, which origi- nated in Oklahoma, were inspired by some animus of feeling not disclosed on the trial other than an honest desire to bring the guilty to justice. The testimony for the prosecution convicted the accused of noth- ing more than a slight degree of careless- ness in his business methods, for which he should have been censured. “Unquestionably Capt. Stiles ought to have listed all the buildings upon the res- ervation which could be called buildings, and which belonged to the government, and if he claimed the stable or other build- ing to be private property he should have obtained permission to remove the same. The fact that he listed eight buildings only while thirteen existed upon the reserva- tion—two of the extra five being claimed to be private property and the other three simply adjuncts to other buildings, or of too little importance to be called buildings— and that the entire proceeds of the sale of all the buildings supposed by the ac- cused to belong to the government were reported and turned in by him, would seem to negative any claim of fraud on the part of Capt. Stiles so far as the first charge is concerned. So, too, Capt. Stiles undoubtedly should not have returned an account of the sale of twenty-four cords of wood to Mr. Lee before he had actually made the sale to Mr. Lee and received the pay. But inasmuch as the evidence does not prove Capt. Stiles guilty of any at- tempt or intent to defraud the government in any part of that transaction, it would be entirely unjustitiable to have convicted him under the second charge. It is un- fortunate that the government should have been involved in a direct expense approx- imating $2,000, beside the time of fourteen otficers—one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, three majors and nine captains—for at least twelve days (some $1,300 more) upon so trivial a charge and upon testimony so utterly insufficient to convict. The pro- ceedings also were almost inexcusably pro- longed by the court in listening to trivial, irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial tes- timony, which, of course, added greatly to the unnecessary expense of the trial. The trial of this officer should never have taken place on these charges, and the examination imade by the inspector should have shown a trial to be unneces- sary. It appears in that examination that very little attention was paid to any de- fense, and Capt. Stiles was not present. “In' view of the fact that this officer had served twenty-six years in the army of the United States, and was within a short time of his retirement, was in command of a battalion of troops, and charged with a most delicate, unusual, and important duty in connection with the opening of the new territory to settlement, it would seem that more care should have been taken and more definite and satisfactory evidence dis- covered, if possible, and a better opportuni- ty afforded the accused to meet the charges when first made before a trial by court- martial was recommended. “The judge advocate states that ‘through- out the, trial a constant effort on the part | of the defense to belittle the case-is ap- | parent.’ It {s difficult to see how any ef- | fort could be necessary or effectual to ac- complish this result, as the evidence for the prosecution is sufficiently efficacious in that direction. As a proposition of law,the judge advocate was undoubtedly correct in claiming, upon the trial, that the building erected by Capt. Stiles at his own expense for a stable, being attached to the realty, had become a part thereof, and therefore was the property of the United States gov- ernment as a part of the real estate. But it is strange that an officer should be charged with conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline because, not being a lawyer, he assumed that what a man has bought and paid for must be his own.” a Chairman Manley and Mr. Reed. Chairman Manley of the republican na- tional executive committee, having been quoted as favoring ex-Speaker Reed for the presidential nomination, @ reporter asked hin Mr. Manley,” said the reporter, “it has been rumored that you favor the nomina- tion of Thomas B. Reed for President.” “My candidate for President,” replied Mr. | Manley, “is the candidate of the republican party * A newspaper man asked me if Maine had a candidate for the nomina- tion. [ answered him that Maine always | had’a candidate, and asked him why Maine should not favor Mr. Reed.” — life-saving station at Little Beach, on the New Jersey coast. is | likely to be washed away if the present high tides and winds continue in that lo- cality. The water has already washed away the sand up to within sixty feet of the house. _ |_ ‘The government | IN CONGRESS TODAY. |! The Civil Service Law Discussed in the Senate. SUGAR SCHEDULE UP IN THE HOUSE Several Amendments Offered by Ditferent Members. THE LOUISIANA INTEREST. Mr. Aldrich (R. 1) presented petitions from woolen manufacturers, clothing deal- ers and others interested in the woolen bus- iness remonstrating against the proposed reduction of duties on woolen manufac- tures, together with a copy of resolutions on the same subject adopted at a mass meet- ing held in New York city on the 10th in- stant. He said that those industries gave employment to 500,000 people and to $500,- 000,000 of capital. A like remonstrance was presented by Mr. Hoar (Mass.) from the Home Market Club of Boston, with a protest from work- ing men expressing indignation at the sug- gestion that their signatures to such peti- tions were influenced by their employers. A remonstrance from the Knights of Labor against the issue of government bonds was also presented by Mr. Hoar. The Flag on the Capitol. Mr. Sherman (Ohio) presented several petitions from posts of the Grand Army of the Republic on the subject of the flag over the Capitol at Washington. He said that there appeared to be a misapprehension on the subject which he wished to correct. It seemed to be supposed that there was some unreasonable discrimination made against the flag; but he was informed ae was now floating over the Capitol as hed floated over it. since the formation of our government. There was one over the House, one over the Senate and one over the Supreme Court when these bodies were in session. A bill had been introduced in the last Congress to have the flag floating every day over the east and west fronts of the Capitol, but that bill had failed to and no appro- priaticn had been le for the puropse. As it seemed to be a matter of sentiment, and as the flag was kept floating over all the other public buildings of Washington from morning till night, he hoped that an appropriation would be made at the pres- ent session to carry out the same general lan. oe Hale (Me.)—A member of the com- mittee on apropriations promised: that that committee would see that this thing was provided for at the present session. Government Printing Office Site. Mr. Vest (Mo.) reported from the com- mittee on public buildirgs and grounds a bill to purchase a site for a government printing office, and to provide for the erec- tion of a building, and gave nctice that on account of the exigency which existed he would endeavor to call it up for action whenever he could do so, in the morning hour. A bill to codify and arrange the laws re- lating to pensions was introduced by Mr. Palmer (lll.) and referred to the committee on pensions. A resolution calling on the civil service commission for a statement as to cases in which it is alleged that the civil service jaw or regulations have been violated by any of the heads of executive departments or of bureaus since March 4, 1889, was of- fered by Mr. Lodge (Mass.), and on objec- tion by Mr. Berry (Ark.) went over till to- morrow. A resolution was offered by Mr. Hoar (Mass.) and agreed to, calling on the Secre- tary of the Treasury for information as to the need of a light ship and of additional safeguards for the approach of vessels to Boston harbor. The Civil Service Law. ‘The resolution offered last Thursday by Mr. Call (Fla.), instructing the committee on civil service to examine into the condi- tion of the civil service law and the ex- pediency of its retrenchment or increase was laid before the Senate; and an amend- ment was offered to it by Mr. Berry (Ark.) directing the committee to report also the4 number of persons employed in the classi- fied service from each state and territory, and (as far as possible) the political party to which they belong. Mr. Berry remarked that the law had been called non-partisan; but he believed that it was a regular party machine, which was used to keep republicans in office. It was alleged, he said, that five out of every six persons employed in the classified ser- vice belonged to the republican party, and that was unfair and unjust. He did not know whether the law could be repealed or not; but he believed that it should be modi- fled and its operation restricted. Mr. Cockrell (Mo.) asked whether the responsibility for the retention of republi. cans in office was in the law or in executive. Mr. Berry said that he did not know where the responsibility lay, but he did know that the civil service law and rules were not carried out in a non-partisan way, and that some of the most extreme republi- cans were holding office under a demo- cratic administration. He believed that a democratic President ought to be surround- ed by political friends and not by those who were continually doing what they could to make his administration a failure. A Case of Politics. Mr. Wolcott (Col.) moved to strike out of Mr. Berry’s amendement the part that requires the politics of employes to be re- ported. Who, he asked, could tell the' politics, There were men who, six months go, entertained certain political views and who had since changed those views radi- cally. The best test of the fitness of the civil service commission was that the mem- bers of each political party found the most fault with it when their own party was in power. He agreed with Mr. Berry that the President should be surrounded by his po- tical friends, but it was not always the fault of his political friends that he was not so surrounded. (Laughter.) Mr. Cockrell (Mo.) suggested that the dates of appointment should be reported, as such dates would indicate very clearly the political party to which the appointees belonged, and Mr. Wolcott adopted the suggestion. After further discussion, Mr. Wolcott’ amerdment was to, Mr. Berry’ amendment so amended was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted. The credentials of Senator Martin (Va.) for the term beginning March, 185, were presented and placed on file. Mr. Teller (Col.) gave notice that he would ask the Senate on Wednesday next to take up the McGarrahan bill. Mr. Peffer on the Bond Issue. The resolution offered last Thursday by Mr. Peffer (Kan.) on the subject of the no- tice for the issue of bonds, declaring that the Secretary of the Treasury had no law- ful authority for issuing or selling such bonds, was laid before the Senate, and Mr. Peffer spoke upon it. He proposed, he said, to call attention to a few fundamen- tal propositions, and to review the state of the law. If it were true that the Secre- tary of the Treasury, acting as the agent of the President, was making a new law, there could be no question but that that was in violation of the fundamental doctrine of the Constitution itself, and it was to that point that he wished to call attention. THE HOUSE. The desk in the House of Congressman and Senator-elect Gear of Iowa was hidden under a huge basket of flowers, sent by his admirers this morning, and Mr. Gear himself was the recipient of continuous congratulations all the morning. There wag @ very slim attendance of members on the floor and of visitors in the galleries when the third and last week of the tariff de- bate in the House opened. It took but eight minutes to dispose of the routine business and at 11:08 the House went into committee of the whole to consider the tariff bill Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) took the chair, and then, pursuant to the special order adopted last Friday,the sugar schedule was taken up. The Sugar Schedule. Mr. Blanchard (La.) and Mr. Robertson (La.) tried to come to some arrangement concerning the distribution of the three hours to be given to the consideracion of the sugar schedule. Pending this, Mr. Hitt dlls.) inquired as to what had become of the amendment relative to reciprocity with Canada, offered by him late on Saturday, and which was still pending when the House took a recess. He suggested that it be taken up with the general coal schedule tomorrow, but subsequently withdrew bis amendment altogether. Mr. Blanchard then asked unanimous consent that the Louisiana delegation be allowed one hour out of the three, and that the chair should control the other two; and it was so ordered. Amendments Offered. Mr. McRae (Ark.) presented the amend- ment outlined Saturday,’ abolishing the bounty on sugar and putting sugar on the free list. He delivered an earnest plea against continuing the bounty in view of the de- pleted condition of the treasury. He de- clared himself an advocate of free silver and no bounty. Mr. Meiklejohn (Neb.) offered an amend- ment to the pending amendment,which pro- poses a bounty of from 13-4 to 2 cents per pound on sugar, according to its character and quality. This amendment provides for the substitution of the existing law for the sugar clause of the Wilson bill. He op- Posed any change in the existing sugar policy of the government on account of large amount of capital invested in the in- dustry. Mr. Dockery (3fo.) offered a substitute for the opening amendments, striking out a of the sugar clause of the bounty the Wilson Mr. Dingley (Me.) made the point of or- der that Mr. Dockery’s substitute was es- same as the amendment pro- McRea, and Mr. thereupon withdrew his substitute. Mr. Dockery, in speaking of the bounty, characterized the sorghum, beet and ma- ple sugar industries as petty larceny, hav- ing received a bounty of $600,000 while the cane sugar industry rose to the dignity of grand larceny, as it took out of the treas- ury the sum of $5,584,000. In answer to a question from Mr. Boat- ner (La.), as to whether there was any- thing he would put on the dutiable list, Mr. Dockery said he would put luxuries on the dutiable list, but not the necessaries of Ute. Democratic applause.) Ge le the bounty paragraph in 0 measured terms, and seid he would cheerfully vote to strike the bounty feature from the statute books. He opposed the granting of a bounty to the farmers of Louisiana -which was refused to farmers in other states. Mr. Cannon (ills.) made a vigorous attack upon what he called the cowardice of the democratic party in retaining a bounty which they had denounced as unconstitu- tional. Es Mr. Breckinridge (Ark.) defended the bill as it stood and explained the provision® and language of the bill. Sugar is to be freeer under the Wilson bill than under the Mc- Kinley law. Protest Against the Destraction of the Industry. Mr. Price (La.) was then recognized. He gave an historical review of sugar planting in Louisiana and of the imposition of a tariff upon the product. He protested against the threatened destruction of the sugar industry in Louisiana, which, he said, ramified every vital principle of the state. The ways and means committee, said Mr. Price, had been more harsh with the Loui- siana industry than with many others. The most ardent democrat in the House, he thought, should not hesitate to put a duty on sugar. He read from the minority report on the McKinley bill, signed by Represent- atives Carlisie, McMillin and Breckinridge (Ark.), showing that nine-tenths of the rev- enue derived from sugar went directly into the treasury. In his peroration he appealed to the democratic party, if it could not con- scientiously vote for a bounty, to vote to put a tariff on sugar. The close of his re- marks was greeted with applause. —_—_—___-e ‘The New York Bridge bill. Tt is not expected that the House will at- tempt to pass the New York and New Jer- sey bridge bill over President Cleveland's veto. Mr. Covert of New York, who was actively identified with the passage of the bill, said this morning that thus far no plan of action had been ontlined by its friends. He regards the veto as wholly un- necessary, inasmuch as the genius and spirit of the bill requires that before it becomes a law it shall receive the approval or the Secretary of War. Without the Secretary's approval its provisions would be rendered nugatory, no matter what action Congress had taken upon it. The vote by which the bill passed the House encourages Mr. Covert to believe that it might be passed over the President's veto. The bill and veto go to the commit- tee on commerce. The committee may amend the former in certain particulars, but it is feared that any amendment which would be agreeable to the President's wishes would so emasculate the bill as to destroy its utility. ————————-—2-—_____ Presiden Pardons. The President took action in a number of pardon cases today. The application of John IL. Nichols, convicted in Alabama of Violating internal revenue laws, was granted, on condition that the convict pay the costs of prosecution. Whitefield Rose, convicted in Kentucky of selling liquor without a license, was par- doned on the ground that he has but a short time to live. A pardon was granted in the case of Lewis, alias Pleas Davis, convicted in Ala- bama of retailing liquor without a license, on condition that the prisoner pay the costs of prosecution. Pardons were denied in the case of John C. Hicks, convicted in the District of Co- lumbia of carrying concealed weapons, and in the case of H. T. Uncill, convicted in Texas of selling liquor in the Indian terri- tory. The Tarif! Debate. Mr. Hitt of Illinois made a strong appeal to the House Saturday afternoon not to throw away the opportunity to secure reci- procity with Canada. He said there was no reason why we should not receive from Canada some privileges in return for the benefits given them by the reductions in our customs duties. At the session: Saturday night there was the usual small attendance on the part of members, though there were a good many visitors in the galleries. The speakers were Mr. Talbert of South Carolina, Mr. Stone ot Pennsylvania, Mr. Boatner of Louisiana, Mr. Strong of Ohio and Mr. W Iiinots. Mr. Wheeler of ——-o+_____. Miss Cleveland Comin; Miss Rose Cleveland, the President's sister, will arrive here tomorrow on a visit to the President and Mrs. Cleveland. She is now in New York. She did the honors at the White House during a portion of President Cleveland's last administration, but has not visited Washington for several years, —+ e+ Cold Wave Coming. A cold wave will strike this city by to- morrow afternoon or night, and the weath- er bureau predicts a fall of from fifteen to twenty degrees in the temperature. eles Orders have been issued to light the fires this evening in the mills at the Pennsyi- vania Steel Works. The resumption of these departments will give employment to about 2,300 men. ON JERSEY’S SHOALS The Atlas Line Steamer Andes Ashore. ——_— AGROUND NEAR LITTLE BEACH STA ON Signals Contagious Sickness on Board.” EFFORTS AT RESOUE. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 22—Capt. James Ridder of the Little Beach life sav- ing station reports the grounding near there this morning of a large steamer. In answer to her “H. K.” signal (boat in dis- tress), he and his crew went to her assist- ance. The steamer is reported to be the Atlas line steamer Andes, Capt. Williams, Port- au-Prince, for New York. The Andes went ashore during a fog and lost her rudder post. She ts 1,869 tons reg- ister, and her agents in New York are Pim, Forwood & Company. ‘The vessel lies about one and a quarter miles north of Little Beach, and about mile and a quarter off shore, being closer to Little Beach station than to Little gg harbor. She came ashore last night or early this sr nese et mag A 3 which exist- an es on, ving apparently. been driven further up by the flood tude. In addition to the distress signal this morning, she flew the “H. V. G.” flag, sig- nifying that contagious sickness was on | Sat cathe toe eS 8 at it by the | tide, that station has no means of com- munica’ with the vessel by way of NEW YORK, Jan. 22—The Seareiet Wrecking Company have sent down two tugs to assist in pulling the Andes off the beach. It is stated that the coast is not rocky at the point where the Andes {s aground, and there is no danger of her hull being broken or rij Little Egg Harbor is but short distance moh Barnegat, on the New Jersey coast, an e wreck'ng tugs are expected to ar- rive there late today. ALLEN’S STATEMENT. What He Will Do in Regard to the Proposed Bond Injunction. “The dispatch from Des Moines, Jowa, that I will appear before the courts in this district as the representative of Grand Master Workman Sovereign to enjoin the issue of bonds contemplated by Mr. Car lisle, is partly correct and partly wrong,” said Senator Allen this morning. “I have telegraphed that I would join with the counsel of the order in presenting the case, but I) cannot undertake to do it alone, as I have not the time. I imagine Judge Cole will come on here for that purpose if any one does. He is the ex-chief justice of the lowa supreme court, the best lawyer in the state, and one of the best in the west. I believe an injunction would Me against the Secretary, for I am convinced he has not the shadow of authority to issue bonds, but whether we could get an injunction is another question. My own impression is that the best way to test the subject would be to — an action against the holders of the js to enjoin them from either the interest or the principal.” SENATOR VISITING STATESMEN. Members of Congress Inspect a Market and an Engine House. With « view of better understanding sev- eral important estimates in the District ap- propriation bill, Representatives Cogswell and Thompron of the sub-committee on ap- { propriations of the District of Columbia. made a tour of the city this morning in company with Building Inspector Entwisle and Commissioner Ross. The first place visited was the Georgetown market house. It will be recalled that an appropriation of $6,500 was asked to tear down the front building and rebuild one story higher to correspond with the back building. The committee found that the condition of affairs bore out the statement of the Com- missioners. The next place visited was reservation No. 31, which is directly in front of the National Theater. An appro- priation of $5,000 was asked for the purpose of replacing the sidewalk and curb about this reservation. The committee then visit- ed No. 2 engine house. An item in the es timate of the Commissioners for $12,000 con- templated the removal of this company to the reservation at the intersection of Ohio avenue, 13th and C streets northwest. The necessity of this was urged in view of the unsanitary condition of the present engine house. The committee examined the sani- tary arangements very carefully, and the men were put through an exhibition 4 The new engine house on 14th street | also inspected, and the committee then drove to the James Creek canal to learn the needs of an appropriation of $2,000 for fencing the same. It was apparent from their observations and remarks that they were thoroughly satisfied that the improve- ments asked for were necessary. The com- mittee also desired to visit several other places, but owing to an engagement at the Capitol they had to forego the trip. ramen ane The Efficiency R. The committee appointed by Secretary Smith to revise and simplify the efficiency record as applied to clerks within the clas- sified service of the Department of the In- terior met today In the room of the chief clerk of that department and adjourned. + 2+ Commander-in-Chief Adams Coming. After the Lafayette Post reception im New York city, on February 16, Com- mander-in-chief Adams will come to Wash- ington, where the commander and national Staff will attend the department of the Po- tomac’s annual encampment, to be held on Monday, February 19. On the following evening, February 20, they will be received at a rousing camp fire, given in thelr honor by the posts of Baltimore, in that city, The Maryland Department encampment will be convenea at Hagerstown on February 22 and 23, but the commander-in-chief and his staff will not be able to attend, as they have accepted the invitation of Department Commander Cleary to join the comrades of New York state at their department en- campment at Rochester on the same days. On February 27 the commander-in-chief and staff will be at Providence, R. 1, where & public reception in their honor will take Place in the parlors of the Narragansett | Hotel from 4 to 5 p.m. oe Agricultural Colleges. In answer to a recent inquiry made of the Secretary of the Interior by the com- missioner of education in regard to a ai- vision of the fund to agricultural colleges im the south, the Secretary has decided | that the division of the fund as already or hereafter to be made by the various state legislatures shall be approved by the de partment, unless it Is apparent that suck suggested division is grossly inequitable and that in cases where the state legisla- tures have not yet proposed an equitable apportionment that the basis of division now in force shall remain till the legisla- tive intent regarding the matter is made known. In the case of South Carolina the | act of Congress of July 26, 182, applies | not only to the sum due the state at the time, but to all sums becoming due under eae act of August 30, 1a,