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2 a1 as taken up, and Mr. Oates (Ala.) offered an amendment striking coal from the free list and putting a duty of 40 cents a ton it, and 20 cents per ton on slack. cents per ton. Mr. McKaig (Md.) submitted a substitute for the retention of the present 75 cents per ton on coal and 30 cents ber ton on 3 Mr. Hitt (IIL) offered the following amendment to the substitute: Insert at the end of paragraph 439: “Provided that if any article is imported, the product of any country which imposes a duty on said ar- ticle exported from the United States, then there shall be levied, collected and paid upon said imported article the rate of duty ex! prio> to the passage of this act.” Mr. Wilson (W. Va.) made the point of order against the amendment that it was order, but it was sustained. + litt then altered his amendment by that an article ‘on the free list” 1s imported, &c., but Mr. Burrows (Mich.) made the point of order it that it sus- asking for protection on coal on the ground that the occupation of coal mining was extra hazardous and that the men employed im it had to pay a tax on the tools they ‘was interrupted by Mr. Dalzell (Pa.), asked if he had not voted the other day free rails. did,” replied Mr. McKaig, “but I gave reasons for it.”” “I thought so,” said Mr. Dalzell, in a self- satisfied way. . ., Mr. McKaig further said that the mines in the north would come into direct compe- = with the mines of Nova Erotla. Mr. Rayner’s Plan for Free Coal. He was followed by Mr. Rayner (Md.), who delivered an earnest and eloquent plea for free coal. He said he held a position antagonistic to his state, which wanted a protective tariff on coal. But he was not a democrat in everything else and a republi- an on coal, and he would rot see « dutv put on coal and not on other articles in which he was not interested. Said hi Me have followed the members of the ways and means committee far beyond the outposts and I shall never desert them now when the poisoned arrows are flying from the very citadel of —- (Democratic )». Only gland and Germany, he said, were competing countries. A million tons of American ‘coal went to Canada last year, he said, and after paying = cost < a and Canadian as as ours—competed with Canadian coal. Canadian coal might Dossibly come into Maine and a few states along the Canadian border. A duty on coal was @ great injustice to the western states, which did not receive a ton of coal —_ Cy = : —_ ~ yet were compelled pay @ duty of 75 cents per ton. It ill became democrats to stand up in the House and demand protection on their own pro- ducts. They were reformers in other men’s districts, but not in their own. They ought to join hands with the other members of their party and present an unbroken front in favor of reform. If his constituents wanted a protection on coal they would have to send some other man th his place, for as long as he was in the House he would vote for his party and his country and not for protection. (Democratic ap- Plause., ) The democratic party was arrayed against the protected manufacturers with all their accumulated wealth. It was a struggle be- tween the high'y protected manufacturers | and the victims. (Demoératic applause.) He that an enlarged season of pros- perity would follow the passage of the Wil- son bill and that it would result in our com- merce going to all the marts of the world. He was greeted with loud applause and was followed by Mr. Brosius (Pa.). Mr. Wise Wants a Tax. Mr. Wise (Va.) spoke in favor of his amendment, putting a tax of 50 cents per ton on coal. The Secretary of the Treasury ‘was compelled to issue bonds for the sup- port of the government, when the commit- tee on ways and means was putting coal on the free list. This was to be compensated for by internal revenue taxation, to which he was opposed. +e ALL SUGAR ON THE FREE LIST. The Result of the Action of the House fim Committee of the Whole. ‘The bounty is taken off sugar, and all sugar is put on the free list. This is the summing up of the action of the commit- tee of the whole House on the sugar sched- ule. After an hour and a half of twisting and turning to get out of the tangle in which they were placed last night by the misfit amendments, the question of the Status of the Warner free sugar amend- ment was submitted by the chair to the committee of the whole to decide for them- selves. They decided by an overwhelming Yote that it should be regarded as a sub- stitute for the section in the bill. This puts all sugar on the free list. It will probably lead the members to vote against ‘the bill. --—_____ ++ @ + FOR THE RICH ONLY. Why It Will Not Pay Small Investors te Buy the Bonds. . A prominent financial writer in support of his prediction that the loan will not be taken up by small investors made the fol- lowing statement: “Supposing a man to pay the Secretary's upset price, $1,172.23, for one of his $1,000 bonds, he will get $50 per year in interest, but at the end of ten years, when the bond is paid off at par, he will lose $172.23. He must, therefore, allow himself as income out of the $50 only three per cent on the $1,172.23, or $85.17, and lay by the other $14.83 to make up the $172.23 at the end of ten years. Even then he will have, unless he reinvests the $14.83 year by year, which in the case of so small an amount is very troublesome if not impossible, only $148.30 to offset the $172.23 premium invested at first, and will be out of pocket $23.03. For this reason, and because of the dislike which most people have to keepi counts of the kind required, the bonds will Rot be favorites with the public at large.” ———_ +e - CAPITOL TOPICS. Sevate Finance Committee. ‘The finance committee of the Senate this morning held its regular meeting, but took no definite action on any of the matters be- fore it. An informal discussion was had on the question of heart on the tariff bill, and the subject of bonds was the topic for a desultory talk. Patents to Local Inventors. Patents were granted today to Washing- ton inventors as follows: W. W. Kimball, Pistol; R. Leding, design for spoon. Patents were granted to Marylanders as follows: Gregory M. Mullea, Baltimore, heating feed water; August Meyer, Baiti- more, bicycle tire; J. W. T. Gilliam, Balti- more, sash fastener and operator; Walter J. Phelps and E. Phelps, Baltimore, toy fence; Henry A. Rowland, Baltimore, cool- ing the iron of transformers, cooling trans- formers and means for cooling electrical conductors; Leopold Strouse, Baltimore, electric call bell for pneumatic tubes. John A. Richards of Capon Springs ‘Va., was granted a patent for a bicycle. + + ‘The International Boundary Commis- sion. ‘The Department of State is in receipt of a letter from Col. Anson Mills, commission- er on the part of the United States, in the international boundary commission, under the convention of March 1, 1889, between the United States and Mexico, in which he Feports the meeting and formal organiza- tion of the commission at El Paso, Texas, on the Sth instant. —e-—______ Representative Settle’s Double. Mr. Settle (N. C.) has learned that some imposter has been using his name while spending a week or more in New York. The fellow registered at the Gilsey House as Thomas Settle of North Carolina, and from what the Congressman can learn had a roystering time. As a matter of fact, Mr. Settle has not been in New York for months, and since the beginning of Con- gress has not gone out of Washington. He 3s at a loss to account for the use of his mame. —— Gone to the Paeifie. Ensign W. B. Hoggatt, who has been on duty at the Navy Department for several months, has been assigned to duty on the steamer Patterson, which ts under orders for a cruise to Alaska. He left for San Francisco today and was ac- com; ied by Mrs. Hoggatt, who will make her in that city. ing ac- | THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1894-~TWELVE PAGES. | LATE NEWS BY WIRE. | Joint Meeting of the New Jersey | Legislature Attempted. “ALL BOT TWO DEMOCRATS ABSENT, } Adjournment Taken Until Feb- ruary 6. —__+_— APPEALS TO THE GOVERNOR. TRENTON, N, J., Jan. 23.—The joint | meeting of the legislature was called to order shortly after noon. President Rogers presided. The roll call showed. no demo- cratic senators present, and only two dem- ocratic members of the assembly, viz.. | Harrigan and Byrne of Essex. There were | forty-five republicans present, who, with the two democrats, made six more than a quorum. Immediately after roll call Harrigan of- fered a resolution declaring the joint meet- ing Mlegal and void, because it was not called in pursuance of a concurrent reso- lution adopted by bth houses of the legis- lature, and because “the senate of New Jersey was not present.” Mr. Rogers declared the resolution cut of order on the ground that the statements contained therein were contrary to facts. The joint meeting then adjourned until Tuesday, February 6, at 12 o’clock noon. ‘The house then met and also adjourned until this afternoon without transacting any business. The democratic senate met this morning and at once adjourned until next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The republican senate went into executive session at 10:30 o'clock and, at noon, were still locked up in the house judiciary com- mittee room. The democratic members of the House did not put in an appearance at all at the state house this morning. Their attend- ance would involve recognition of the re- publican senators as in the senate, and any- thing like this they want to avoid. Gov. Werts was in his private office pre- sumably in writ his reply to the letter sent by the republican senators last night. For the first time this winter the doors of his office were locked, and he gave or- ders to the employes of the executive cham- ber to pass no cards in to him. Calli m the Governor. | A delegation of prominent Newark repub- Neans cailed upon Gov. Werts between 12 and 1 o'clock today, to urge on him such a course as would result in breaking the sen- atorial dead-lock. Among the callers were Cortlandt Parker, ex-Congressman Lhl- bach, George A. Halsey, Major Carl Lentz, Dantel Dodd, R. Wayne Parker, Joseph L. Munn, Thomas T. Kinney, Judge John A. Miller, Henry Doremus, Chandler Riker, | David H. Barnett, and about thirty others. Cortlandt Parker acted as spokesman. | He told the governor he could break the! deadlock by recognizing the legally elected | senate of the state, and that he ought to/ do so. The welfare of the people, Mr.| | Parker said, was above all other considera- | tions. The ‘governor should allow no im- | pedimen| | especially no technical impedi-| ment, to stand in the way of « prompt solu- | | tion of the trouble. | Mr. Parker, in conclusion, called the gov- | ernor’s attention to the statute which de- | | clares that members of the legislature bear- ing legal credentials and taking the oath of office are members of the legislature and cannot be debarred, except by regular pro- cess, through the action of the committee on elections, The resolutions adopted at the Newark republican mass meeting,a few 'S ago, were presented to the governor, who said that if he deemed a formal reply necessary he would communicate with the delegation in writing. —_——_—. RUSH TO SELL SUGAR STOCK. In the First Half of Business 66,890 Shares Changed Hands. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—During the first half hour of business this morning 66,890 shares of American Sugar stock changed | hands at the board. Good authorities claim | that the stock exchange reporters were un- | able to record one-half the sales, owing to | the tremendous crowd and intense excite- ment. Grant Brothers, Jones French and Maury & Cammack,brokers, were the heavi- est sellers, while the Havemeyer brokers! ; bought from 76 up. At one time the stock was 76, sales in the | center of the crowd, while on the outer edge brokers were bidding 77 and better. It is a long time since the room presented such a scene of animation. It was a reminder of the exciting days of last summer. After the first half hour the excitement subsided and the transactions in American Sugar dwindled to 3,137 shares. The gen-| eral market was not affected by the sensa- tional drop in Sugar, and, in fact, some stocks, after the opening, sold above yester- day’s finals. The grangers, New England) and Western Union were particularly strong at this time. The proposition to tax corpo-| rations 2 per cent on their income was ig- nored for the time being. Near 11 o'clock prices ran off somewhat. Se Se FIRST BLIZZARD OF THE SEASON. Hard Winds, Heavy Snow a: ! Cold in the West. | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 23,—Represent- Severe atives from all parts of Kansas say that | the first blizzard of the season is raging | today. In the northern part of the state it | was below zero all morning and a terrific | wind was blowing, with a cutting snow. In central Kansas a heavy snow with much drifting is reported. All railroad | Leong will be behind schedule time by to-/| night. 8ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 23.—It is snowing | hard, with the thermometer below zero. Wind northwest. EE aE SSR ee COULDN'T MOVE THE ANDES. The Atlas L! Steamer Remains Fast on the Shoals. ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 23.—The big iron steamer Andes of the Atlas line, which went ashore yesterday morning on Little Beach, still lies in the same position, with the chances for her safety considerably diminished. The tugs Juno, J. G. Merritt and another of the Merritt Company’ boats made an effort during last night’s high tide to float the Andes, but did not succeed in moving her. aS ees CHILDS BETTER. Passed a Comfortable Night. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—The condition of Mr. Geo. W. Childs was improved this morning. He passed a comfortable night. —_~—- --— C. H. Bubl of Detroit Dead. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 23—C. H. Buhl, one of Detroit's most prominent and wealthy citizens, died at his residence here early this morning after a long illness. Mr. Buhl was a leading merchant, manu- facturer and banker, being among the first | to move in the establishment of national | banks in Detroit. His official life was lim- ited to a term of service as alderman and a term as mayor of the city. He was one of | the wealthiest men in this city, his fortune | being estimated at over $5,000,000. | Mr. Buhl was nearly eighty-four years of age. —— Double Tragedy From Jealousy. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—John Shea, a street car conductor, early today murdered his wife, Margaret, at their residence, No. 163 | Reade street. Afterward the assassin shot | | himself and the surgeons at the Chambers | Street Hospital,where he was taken,say that he cannot recover from the wound. Jealousy was the cause of the double tragedy, and the grown-up children of Mrs. Shea declare that the susvicions of their pfather were groundless. are = EEN Appointed Permanent Receivers. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Judge Wallace ap- | pointed this morning in the United States circuit court Thomas C. Platt and Harsha J. Perey permanent joint receivers of the \?'ew York and New England road. | ond controller of the treasury, | final jurisdiction in the matter, has given a | decision to the effect that there is no legal | | authority for the per diem allowances of | tthe Secretary of State, as to what he had FHE PECKHAM NOMINATION. | Action Will Not Be Delayed as in the : Hornblower Case. Senator Hill Will Oppose Confirm: th but It 4s Not Possible te Predict the Result. The nomination of Mr. Peckham for as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court con- tinues to attract much attention in the Senate. The indications are that the ques- jon of confirmation will be promptly taken up by the judiciary committee, probably at its meeting on Monday of next week, | which will be the first meeting of the com- mittee, but it does not follow that it will be so speedily disposed of. A majority of the members of the committee are dis- posed to have the question settled as Promptly as possible consistent with the importance of the office and the difficulties in the way will permit. It will probably not be delayed as long as the Hornblower nomination was because the committee realize that there are many reasons why the Supreme Court should have a full ben: Mr. Peckham, Mr. Hill Will Oppose Him. Senator Hill, who ts a member of the committee, will antagonize the nomination in every possible legitimate way, but he, | too, realizes the importance of action in | the interest of public business, and will doubtless be willing to allow the nomina- tion to come to the voting test after he shall have opportunity to place the com- mittee in possession of all the facts and arguments in’ his possession against eon- firmation. ‘The committee wil! not, of course, dispose of the nomination as quick- ly as it would of a less important appoint- ment, or as it would in a case where there Was no opposition, and it is probable that if the question should be taken up on next | Monday it would be only for informal dis- cussion and possibly for the appointment of a subcommittee to make inquiry as to Mr. Peckham’s fitness. Impossible to Predict the Result. The nominaiion has had the apparent effect of intensifying the opposition of some Senators who were opposed to Mr. Horn- blower’s nomination and of modifying that of others in the same list, so that it is impossible to form any definite idea of what the result in the Senate will be, Some who question the wisdom of the ap- pointment will undoubtedly hesitate at the | expression of this opposition by their votes, | because they do not want to lay them- selves Mable to the charge of inviting or | encouraging antagonism between the Sen- ate and the exccutive. On the other hand it is claimed that there will be some votes | recard against Peckham which were given in Hornblower's favor. Members of the judiciary committee say that the report which has gone out that Mr. Hornblower’s defeat was due to senatorial courtesy is not true. They assert that thet question did not figure in the contest, but that the only question before the committee was that of fitness for the office. New York Senators May Defent It. The talk at the Capitol late today indi- cated a general belief that the New York Senators will be able to defeat the con- firmation of Peckham if they try. The in- | dications are that they will have the sup- port of as many, if not more, republicans than they had in the fight against Horn-/ blower, and it is claimed that a number of democrats, who voted for Hornblower, will vote against Peckham. The New York Senators are more earnest in this fight than they were in the other, and are more | confident of success. Some say that there will be at least twelve majority against the confirmation | of Peckham. A republican Senator said to-| day that, he thought the majority against | Peckham would be two or three tim larger than it was against Hornblower. He said that he knew of four republicans who would vote against Peckham, though they had supported Hornblower'’s nomina- tion, and he supposed there were several others of the same mind. . ioral CLAIMS NOT ALLOWED. ¥ Officials Hold Up. Accounts of the Bering Sea Conrt. The settlement of the accounts of the representatives of the United States in the! arbitration of the Bering sea controversies with Great Britain is a matter of: slow| process and many complications. The sec- who has ‘Trea: Senator Morgan, Justice Harlan and other | members and attaches of the late Bering sea commission. The per diem allowance | of the several members of the commission and staff, ranging from $16 to $20, were paid by Paymaster Halford as they required the money, and the acounts were closed two or three months ago and submitted to the Sec- retary of State, according to custom. They were then forwarded to the treasury, where they are now being examined by the accounting officers in the regular way. In the case of Mr. Francois Jones, a clerk | detailed from the State Department for duty with the ccmmission, the second con-| troller recently decided that he was entitled | to his actual expenses in the performance | of his duty and nothing more, and that} Secretary Foster had no right to give him) a lump allowance. Mr. Jones kept no item- ized account and received no vouchers for his expenees while he was in Paris;therefore it 1s impossible for him to render such a statement as the controller requires, This decision must govern the settlement of the accounts of Senator Morgan, Justice Harlan, Judge Blodgett, and all other mem- bers of the commission who are now upon Uncle Sam's payrolls. It does not apply to) M rter,Mz. Phelps and Mr. Foster. Un- less the controller reconsiders his decision | in the case of Mr. Jones, Senator Morgan, Justice Harlan, and the rest will have to submit itemized acounts for all their ex- penses, with subvouchers. Neither Mr. Mor; nor Justice Harlan | kept an acount of their expenses, and it was purely accidental if they obtained vouchers. They will be utterly unable to comply with the requirements of the con- troller, and unless he reverses his decision they will have to refund to the treasury all the money they received for which they cannot render an itemized account. e+ Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- Masters appointed today was 65. Of this number 42 were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointthents were as follows: Granite, Patrick MacGran- ighan, vice W. T. Vincent, resigned;, Mid dieburg, C. H. Downs, vice G. W.'Schu man, removed; Morris Church, 8. T. Joy, vice J. W. Armstead, removed. J. 0. Cole was appointed postmaster at Reckord, Md., vice Walter Reckord, removed, at Be + ss A Postal Conference. The division superintendent of the rail- way mail service held a conference with Second Assistant Postmaster General Bell today. Eight of the eleven superintendents | were present. General service matters were discussed. os To Correct the Top-Heavy Cruisers. Secretary Herbert today approved the re- port of the Walker stability board for alter- ing the gunboats Machias and Castine, so as to remove the topheaviness of those vessels by lengthening them fourteen feet and in- creasing their coal capacity. {A PATCHWORK POLICY | it affected the people, | heard, that the act of Minister Stevens in | Umidation, in the face of which the queen | his “special detective commissioner to its | visional government, was not that such an SIMPLY MRS. DOMINIS Senator Bs Analysis of the waiian Situation, THE QUEEN HAD LOST ALL RIGHTS His Severe Criticism of the Admin- istration’s Course. In the Senate today Mr. Cullom made a speech on the Hawaiian affair, severely criticising the administration. Mr. Cullom began with a synopsis of Hawaiian history down to the attempt of the queen to abrogate the constitution of 1897. He quoted the preamble of that doc- ument and said: “Thus, it will be seen, that for either estate, whether crown or people, to at- tempt, without full acquiescence by the other, to withdraw, revoke, abandon or abolish this most solemnly adopted su- preme constitution would be a clear act of rebellion, treasonable in its character, equivalent at the very least to abdication. By the act of Queen Lilluokalani, in pub- Nely announcing that she should abro- gate the constitution and issue one of her own, and by taking the necessary steps to complete the royal revolution, she be- came simply Mrs. Dominis, having stripped herse!f of ail regal authority. The people took her at her word, and in the most usual, decent and proper way proceeded to organize a temporary government of the people and by the people. Had the people attempted by revolution | to dethrone -her by armed power, where would have been the power of the United States to interfere In the matter? In Bra- zil today armed revolution exists, which if successful will overturn governments and possibly imprison or execute leaders. Where is the prerogative of the United States to interfere any further than has already been done for the protection of American interests? The Queen’s Crime. The queen’s act was as much a crime, and as certainly a revolution, in so far as as was the coup d'etat of Napoleon in declaring himself dictator or emperor of France. It was | effect a crime, and as really an abdication of all right to the throne as would be the act of an American President who should, on some fine morning, renounce his con- stitutional allegiance and create a revolu- tion by declaring himself the dictator para- mount of the United States. She had, by the withdrawal and at-/ tempted practical revocation of that con- stitution, which was the written limitation of her power and authority, and the estab- lished guarantee of the peoples privileges, become a public enemy, and was guilty of treason to the country whose throne she had disgraced. The moment her declared purpose was manifest, the people, in their own right, took upon themselves the sov- ereignty, and peacefully but manfully or- ganized a provisional or temporary govern- ment. Abundant testimony has been furnished upon every hand in controversion of the assumed theory of the President and the Secretary of State and the repeated declar- ations of Minister Willis that the revolution | was primarily incited and fostered by United States Minister Stevens and by Capt. Wiltse, who was in command of the Boston. | The assumption, which we have so often recognizing the provisional government was an act oi unjustifiable interference and in- was compelled, as by force, to retire, is un- true, But suppose the American forces had (which I deny) committed the act so al- leged, what difference would that make as/ regards Mr. Cleveland's act in attempting | to recrown Mrs. Dominis? Mr. Cleveland found there an established government. Mr. Cleveland knew this, for he accredited chief executive. A Special Spy. Passing by some of the intermediate steps taken by the United States government, | such as the withdrawal of the pending treaty from this Senate, the sending of a special commissioner as a detective, to act 8 a spy upon a foreign gove:nment, with- out the advice and consent of the Senate, | then in session, and other equally ridicu- lous blunders of Falstaffian diplomacy, we have found a government in Hawaii recog- nized by the world, in full control of affairs. | Acting under instructions, this American spy performed his duty by frequent reports found and as to what he did, which includ- ed the singular incident of pulling down the American flag. On anothe> occasion, in earlier history, a distinguished citizen of | New York state,in his capacity as a member of the cabinet of President Buchanan, issued an order something as follows: “If any man pull down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.” Ata later day, by the order, if I mistake not, of Gen. Butler, at New Orleans, one man was shot for the same act, for which another now receives the thanks of the executive of the United States. Whatever may be said of desecrating our flag in Honolulu, that was only a humilia- tion of Americans, and a self-inflicted dis- grace to this administration. By the steal- ing of an American spy into Hawaii, with credentials to the head of the recognized government, addressed: “My great und good friend,” for the simple and secret pur- pose of plotting and negotiating with Mrs. Dominis, then an enemy of that govern- ment, and secretly and stealthily endeavor- ing to arrange for her re-enthronement upon the ruins of the temporary or pro- offensive act that the provisional govern- ment would have been fully justified under the rules of war in declaring him to be a public enemy and treating him according- ly? In the United States, treason consists in levying war against the government, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. What was Blount in his re- lation to Hawaii? Neither more nor less than a public enemy. Personally, I am very glad to see the ex-paramount here in Washington, walking safely about the Capi- tol, but I must confess that there would have been a good deal of grim justice in the act, if the Hawaiian government had caused his trial either by the civil authori- ties or by court martial at Honolulu, as would have been done in any other govern- ment. Just look at it! Purporting to be an am- bassador and accredited to a recognized government, his secret instructions not even made known to this Senate, if obeyed by him, put him in the attitude in fact and effect, of the most despicable of offenders against international proprieties. True, his offense was that of his superiors merely, but the punishment is meted to the agent who is caught in the act. Maj. Andre suffer- ed death; Commissioner Blount receives compensation from the United Staids, but the world condemns both him and his em- ployers. Incomprehensible Errors, ‘The people of the United States, of all shades of party faith, have discussed with bated breath almost the series of events in our diplomatic service initiated since March 7 last, and have seriously questioned the mental equilibrium of an executive and cab- inet who could,either by accident or design, have stumbled into such unprecedented and incomprehensible errors. It has never been charged seriously that President Cleveland was especially gifted as a dipiomatist or that the study of inter- national jaw had been made a specialty in his academic curriculum. Consequently he has never been held immediately at fault for minor informalities in the direc- tion of our foreign affairs. It has always been assumed that the Secretary of State is the immediate director of such subjects and that in all important matters the ap- proval of the President is either or implied. But in the Hawaiian the history of nine months of | successive blunders is so full of the tragic, the ri diculous and the farcical, and the responsi- bility has become so diffuse and generally uncertain that the country has reached the conclusion that President, premier and cabinet, with all their new-fanglei para- mounts and mysterious cipher dispatches, are the mere tin-clad actors in a stupen- dous comedy of errors. Where is the man whose cheek has not blushed with bitter shame as day by day he has been forced to the humiliating story of our blundering walian policy? Where is the living man whose very heart has not swelled with indignation as he has witnessed the perpetration of inexcusa- ble and unprecedented outrages upon a weak and struggling people? But the God of nations has not permitted the unholy effort to succeed. A Patchwork Policy. The ridiculous mantle of secrecy which had h'dden for months the actions of the executive has been removed, and the patch- work policy is fully revealed, How now appears that sham and shoddy man- agement, which, according to the public press, marshaled the subordinate employes of the State Department en masse in the halls of the state building and administered to the charwomen, messengers, laborers and clerks, a monstrous oath, that they would never, never reveal to the outside world a single word or thing pertaining to the Hawaiian correspondence. Was the usual constitutional oath of office which every one had taken of so little value that Secretary Gresham could make the obli- gation stron by a new fangled, unlaw- ful and wholly nugatory imposition? Was all this necessary to impress the beautiful queen with the entire sincerity of an American prime minister? Or was he fearful that the touching supplication sent to her on tinted paper, and indorsed “By the politeness of Mr. Willis,” urging her not to cut off the head of his “great and gcod friend,” might finally reach the Amerti- can people? But, by the persistence of the represen- tatives of the people in Congress, the elec- trie light of public scrutiny has been turned upon a scene which, until now, was only occasionally brought into view. And what a scene! Personal hates and dislikes; = tisan prejudices; charges of ufifaithful conduct inst an honest minister; offers to restore & fallen monarchy upon the ruins of a crushed republic; disavowals of Amert- can manhood; treachery and unfair deal- ing—all these’ things piled up, each upon the other, give the lie to an honorable record of more than a hundred years of our national life. “Charge It to Stevens.” What answer to these things do hear from those Senators, who, timidly and with soft step and whispering voice, essay a weak defense for the administration which has two or three years longer in which to dispense its patronage? Up to this hour the only empted answer or de- fense has been: “Charge it to Stevens,” or “What about Stevens?” When Secre- tary Gresham revels in cipher dispatches, which take him days to translate, and Sen- ators and press and public grow weary of waiting and wondering why he does not take the United States into his confidence, | c. some piping cuckoo settles the whole mat- ter by bavi: “Well, Stevens is to blame.’ Minister Stevens can well afford to rest in quiet and peace, without replying to those petty attacks upon him, may be his personal peculiarities, he stands before the people of the United States as an honest and honorable public servant, competent in his profession, straightfor- ward in his methods, and whose official record on this matter is ‘n every way a hundred fold more creditable than that which seeks to st?ike a blow at Benjamin Harrison over the shoulders of John L. Stevens. There is still another word to be said upon the present situation of this anoma- lous and singular history. This administra- tion, pledged to reform everything in sight, from the tariff on peanuts to the pension of the wounded soldier, started upon the first week of its accession to power to reinstate a monarchy. Ignoring a Senate then in session, and assuming 2 pompous Gictatorship and supreme control. hitherto without precedent and wholly without ex- cuse, the President set himself in hot haste Whatever | vpon the task of carrying out the Chicago platform by offering to make Mrs. Domin- Is once more the queen of the Cannibal Islands. After various. sorts of negotia- tion, he told Mi Dominis, through Mes- |senger Willis: “Now, Lil, if I do this thing, you must be a good queen. You must not get me into trouble by cutting off the heads of ‘my great and good friend,’ Mr. Dole, and the other fellows.” The dusky madam stamped her foot, and swore she would kill every mother's son of them, and confiscate all their property besides. Imagine Messenger Willis, with tears in his eves, begging the angry wo- man not to throw away this chance to be- erme queen again. But the march of events continues stead- fly on. The effort to discredit the clear | and honest policy of a previous adminstra- tion has passed into the bundle labeled vindictive blunders. Everything which has | been attempted to be done in that regard has come to naught, but the President has finally gathered up the scattered shreds | and patches in disgust, has brought them over to the Capitol, relegating the whole | subject to Congress. An Offense Against His Country. Of course, I do not speak in a personal sense, In condemning the course of action taken by our government, but I do main- | tain that in so far as an executive may, in the premises and under the conditions, com- mit an illegal act, an offense against his country, the President and his admirers have done that thing. No other Pres- | ident of any party, during our his-| tory of nearly a bundred and twenty years, has ever put this people in an attitude of contempt and shame, subject , to a popular derision and made us a laugh- ing stock before an enlightened world.’ + e+ THE BOND POLICY. DISCUSSING Mr. Peffer and Mr. Allen Criticise Mr. Carlisle's Ac Senator Peffer yesterday entertained the | [ Senate for a couple of hours with his crit- icisms of Secretary Carlisle's bond policy. | Po He and Mr. Allen asked each other many | questions, all tending to the same end, | and, between them, they dissected their political enemy quite to their satisfaction. | Mr. Peffer read extracts from articles in New York and Chicago papers arguing | 00 against the assumption of power to issue! bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury, and he closed his argument thus: “A day of retribution is coming—a day of reckoning is nigh at hand. The people will smite their enemy. this great crime will be avenged. Stand- ing, 1 do, in the night of the nineteenth century, and looking toward the dawn of the twentieth, I see coming a wave of fire and blood. I pray God that it may spend its force on the sea. Behind me is Rome, and before me, God alone, in His infinite wisdom, knows.” Mr. Allison spoke of the $75,000,000 of gold and the $140,000,000 of silver mentioned by Mr. Peffer as being held in the treasury, and-expressed his surprise at learning that there was any considerable amount of sil- ver in the treasury, which was not in some way so covered by statute that it was im- possible for the Secretary of the Treasury to use it. Mr. Peffer said that the silver bullion purchased under the act of 1890, and which was now in the treasury, w all “uncovered” and might be used by the Secretary for the redemption of the notes issued to pay for the bullion. Mr. Allison understood that that bullion was to be coined at some time, and that meanwhile it was held as a fund for the re- demption of the outstanding treasury notes. If that was not true then there was 336,- 000,000 of silver in the treasury which could be used for current expenses. Mr. Teller intimated that Mr. Carlisle had had the opinion, until it was changed by the representatives of New York bank- ers, that he had the power to cuin the seign- jorage. He asserted that there was silver enough in the treasury to coin $55,000,000; that that was not held under any law for | ext. | Ohio, 82 asked. | Fa In their wrath | 35 any purpose, but was dead capital, and that if it were coined it would replenish the treasury to that extent. It was not gold that was wanted in the treasury, it was money, ana any money that would discharge the obligations of the government would answer its purpose just as much as gold. Mr. Gorman defended the position taken by Mr. Carlisle, and said that Mr. Carlisle had never had a right to coin the seignior- age without further action by Congress. In answer to Mr. Platt Mr. Teller said that the Secretary had general authority to coin bullion in the treasury. There was a provision in the act of 1800 that the seigniorage was to be turned into the treasury as an asset. It was to be used, of course, and how could it be used uniess it was coined. FINANCE AND TRADE. Speculators Were Mostly Interested in Sugar Trust. WASHINGTON NEWS DEPRESSED PRICES. Western Railway Earnings. Show Improvement. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Jan. %.—Speculative in- terest centered almost exclusively in Sugar this morning, and the transactions during the first thirty minutes aggregated more than ninety-six thousand shares. Yester- day’s radical additions to the tariff bill may i have been a surprise to many, but the action of the stock today indicated that inside in- terests were not wholly unprepared for the | early slump. After opening off 2 1-2 per cent at 79, the price declined without re-| sistance to 76, and immediately rallied to 78, around which price it was successfully manipulated, and showed the presence of Supporting orders. Owing to the severity of the proposed tariff schedule friends of the trust hope for some modification of the Measure before it receives the presidential | autograph. Uncertainty as to the ‘inal eut- come of congressional reconstruction pre- vented @ more decided movement in favor of lower prices, and Washington advices will again figure Prominently as ‘he gov- erning influence until the Senate's position ee by a vote of that body: ie general list opened dull below closing figures, but steno gen ing the first hour, and sold at slight gains over yesterday’s best. This fact clearly —- ree we pag ay od of the market, arnin, profitably be al ig to are that cannot Western roads are making no great strides toward improvement, but nearly all report a steady increase in traffic, and relative improvement earni The bears will S the seen: bill to further their doubtedly be an effective check to con- tinued improvement, but in the presence of such strong faith in the ultimate conserva- tism of Congress, even this obstacle will be overcome. nae ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the the lowest and the closing prices of the New York Stock market today, as ed by Corson & Macartney. members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore é& ‘Schley, No. "60 us on Renver'§ Ite Gree * nver & io : Dia & Catt ¢ Feeding. i 1 ate 268, ie Washington Stock Exchange. PEACE NEAR AT HAND, Admiral da Gama Making Overtures to Admiral Benham. Desires His Services as Arbiter—The Report Causes Great Rejoicing at Rio Janeice. ! | (Copyrighted 1804 by the Associated Press.) | Special cable to the Associated Press. | PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Jan. 23—A dis- | Patch from the Associated Press corespon- | dent at Rio de Janeiro says: ~ It is understood that feelers in the direc- and that the reply to these feelers was that the United States officials were not in a Position to arbitrate any dispute so long as | only one of the parties directly interested | intimated that it was open to conciliation | under the advice of a third party. | Admiral Benham Asked to Mediate. Today, however, the Associated Press cor- respondent is informed upon good authority , that Admiral Saldanha da Gama, the rebel admiral in command of the insurgent fleet here, has made a request to Admiral Ben- ham, the American admiral, astking the lat- ter to be kind enough to act as mediator between the insurgents and the government of President Peixoto,with the view of The Associated Press |been unable to see Admiral Benham ana | report, but, it may | seems little or no | Gama When the news that ‘was communicating with Admiral Ben! | Teached the shore, ‘the | was expressed in commercial | everybody seemed to breathe a Mef at the prospect an | i é | ex-King Milan has come to terms with the | Mberal progressionists and accepted the program of M. Nicolaievitch, who when re- cently called upon by King Alexander to | form a cabinet found it impossible to ob- | tain a working ministry. LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Inéia council issued a notification that tenders will received at the Bank of England on Jan- | uary 30 for £2,500,000 worth of six-mosths treasury bills. AMSTERDAM, Jan, 23.~The price of fine silver in the market her has dropped today 2 guilders kilo. The at the = Sales—regular call-12 o'clock m.—United Stat: iy Miecteic Ligue Got ase .- es | ing was guilders, fell of 33 Trost, e, wt titi: to at igyberican Security and | guilders was reached. Government Duited States 4s, rexistered. ere SEE 4, ane. Calted’ Bites 4, THE BERING SEA FLEET. District of Columbia’ Bowds. Shas 20-3 funding 105 Lid. Water stock currency Te, 10h 1s bee, So 3feat funding Ge, gold. 118 bid. 118 asked. Water stcok cu 1908, fs, currence, 100% Wa, Tit’ askea * Miscellaneous Be » ny Ist Ge, 10s Washington Market Company Washington “Market Compauy anked. Securit 102 bid, 110 1905, A. & ©., 100 bid, American F. & A. 100 bid A. & 0... ht Infantry “det Light “Infantry 2d Company Gs, series 6s, and Trust 5s, fececkey ood Trest Ss. 1905, erican rity and ‘Trus 206, 100"bid. Washington * patna bid. Washington Washington Gi Washington tuuse Tel Se, 101 asked. wmac Telephone fe, 10) 3 "Street Hatiroad Sa, SS thd, Polltas Railroad conv. 5, 2054 Jnited States Electric Li Nutional Bank Stocks, id, 369 asked. | Bank, of Hep § asked. Metropolitan, 266 bid, 206 asked, 236 bid. Second, 130 bid. Farmers’ a om 4a gt ities’ 140 id. 175 asked. nmbia, . Capital, 112 bid. West End. r ders’, 100 bid. ‘ hes Lincotm, 90 bid. 100 asked achtiiread Stocks.—Washington and G: . bid. 325 asked. Metropolitan, 83 bid, cd. Capitol and North O Street. 38 axked. ‘ton and Soldiers’ Home, 33 asked. Georgetown and Tenallytown, 33 asked. Insurance Stock: Pronk 6% bid, 7 ed. asked. Lincoln, 7 id, 8 asked, ved Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 112 bid, 125 asked. Col a Title, 6% bid, 7; asked. ‘shington Title, 7 Stocks. —Washit Gas and Electrie Light Gus, *47 bid. 48% anked. Georgetown Gas. 48 Blectric Light, 118 bi wanta, asked. United States asked, ‘Telephore Stocks. —Pennsy! Cocsepecke. and Potomen, ican Gray aneous Tee. 115 bid, 140 asked. Buil Ran Panorai 5 bid. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .50 asked. coln Hall, 100 asked. Inter-Ocean Building, 100 Ivy City Brick, 100 asked. and | asked. Washington Steamboat, "100 5 Safe. Depostt and ‘Trust ‘Companies.—National Safe it and Trust Company, 130 Md. 140 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 106 asked. Waxh- ington Loan and Trust, °115 bid. 125 anked. Ameri- can Security and Trost, 126 bid, 180 asked. *Ex. Dividend. Rene Seen Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md.. Jan. 28.—Flour dull, wn- changed—receipts,21.024 barrels; shipments.120,080 bai sales, 125 barrels. Wheat dull 4 <0. A os bushels. © st Janmary. 41nd]: k Si —; — ou 43% = steamer mitxed, 40 ; southern by sample. 30a42: do. on Frade, soMeasz recelpin, 44.737 tushels: stack, 304.215 4 sales, 150.000 bushels. Oats firm-No. 2 white westem, 35: No. 2 mixed do. ‘B8aR3i4—stock, 2.009.000 bushels. Rye quiet No. 2, 48—receipts. 600 bushels: stock, 57,828 h rm-—cood to choice timothy, $15%816. 8 Butter steady fair to choice, 2322: . faney, 18: do.. goad 14016; rolls.’ fine. 15; do.. fair to goo store wacked, 12813. Caffee quiet—Rio 12al8: cargoes, fair, 19%: Yo. 7. 18. Other articles unchanged BALTIMORE, Jan. 23.—Virginin 2a, @9\, bid: Northern Central stock. 68 asked: Consetidated Gas bonds, S6a56%. 112% asked: do. stocks, > Chicage Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. 1a94 Openine. Mirhest, Lowest. . a, OB SG Me —_ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- mometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a. m., 40: 2 p.m., 54; maximum, 51; minimum, 38 Eck. | the United States will have » revenue marine service own, | a Erk- vas Cotton | Vessels That Will Form Uncle Sam's Patrolling Force. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has & plan for the concentration of a of warships in Bering sea in the | the enforcement of |agreed upon by United States in |industry, All the | Service will rend jearly in the spring and there for cruising duty in In view of the large territory ‘quire constant patrol, it is calculated i least twelve vessels. |probably furnish the same and include the Corwin, Grant, Rush, | Albatross, and possibly these vessels are now on the Pacific coast, \excepting the Grant, which ts now in _zilian waters, about one-third the way be | tween New York and San Francisco. The navy will supply the remainder of selected for ams and Alert are now at The Yorktown ts at Callao and i continent in a few days. of the Charleston and the pend on the il ‘ |time she will undoubtedly lof the special fleet. with jcommand. Otherwise the Mohican will be the flagsh! chances in the order named. ‘year’s ? |held that position tn last All the vesgela now under Pacific will prrive there | Ing of the sealing season. | Good Progress has |lomatic negotiations with the British jernment for the strict enforcement of the )Teecujations agreed voon at Paris. which have since heen modified so as to prescribe a penalty for their violation. an important point ed when they were It is said that the State Department has | Tecelved assurances from the governments of Russia and Japan of their co-operation im the movement for the preservation of the seal species. If ‘the present wrotect corries, Rngeia, Japan. Greet Britetn and the United Stetex will rend out ships to Patrol the Northern Pect*- and Rering sea during the coming breedine sereon. Re- fardiess of the purpose of the other eov- ernments named in this matter, the Tintto® Stetee wil! have 9 lareer fleet of versela Detrolling these waters then ever before and will do Its best to keen the noachers away, those from the Unite? States as well as those from other countries. ——— j | é E 4 To Speak Tonigist. Rep-esentative Patterson of Tennessee ts to address the House on the tariff tonight. It is expected there will be @. larger gudi- jence than usual. | —_- > | feut. Davenport's Cane. | Secretary Herbert will this afternoon act lon the case of Lieut. Davenport, recently |Investigated by # court of honor for alleged cowardice at the time of the Samoan hur- ricane, It is understood that he has ap- proved the findings of the court and that |no further action will be taken in the ma*- 323; PP xn 9-9. Baz