Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. no agieal oa Can, Lith Street, by Pennsylvania Avenue, The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ‘New York Office, 88 Potter Building. THe city by carriers, on wa week. tte month. Coy ay 4 or ; Ex Sesnie sack” By mail saswhere 1a the Voted States" or’ Canada—postage cents ber Sat RDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET ST. le year; with forewrn postawe See ag af Se Tost Oden at ‘Washington, D. C., class 2 Le intions must be paid in advance. 0 adverti<ing made known on application NEARING THE END. The Great Tariff Debate Will Close on Thursday. PROGRAM FOR THE REMAINING TIME. Republicans Will Not Help to Re- commit the Bill. IT WILL PROBABLY PASS. Today witnessed the beginning of the end of the tariff debate in the House. The Present program is to close debate next Whursday at 3 o'clock, when, according to the amended special order under which the House is operating, the vote will be taken on the pending amendments and the tinal passage of the bill. The debate during this week will relate entirely to the internal revenue bill, which the democratic caucus decided to place upon the tariff bill as a rider. Today and Tuesday will be devoted to general debate and Wednesday to de bate under the five-minute rule, when the internal revenue features will be open to amendment. Of course the principal oppo- sition will be directed against the income tax, which is very bitterly opposed by the eastern democrats. The republicans, how- ever, will not vote with the democratic cp- ponents of the income tax, it is said, but will either refrain from voting or else, if) necessary to make a quorum, vote for it in order to incorporate it in the bill. The at- tempt to defeat it, therefore, is thought to be hopeless. When the bill is reported to the House on Thursday three hours will be | allowed for closing the debate, one and a half hours on a side. Mr. Reed will close for the republicans, and Mr. Wilson and Speaker Crisp for the democrats. The in- dications are that when the bill ts placed} upon its final passage it will have a fair} margin to carry it. During last week the/ movement to recommit the bill looked for- midable, as at least fifty democrats (count- ing the anti-income taxers), including all those dissatisfied with any portion of the measure, were counted upon to take this| indirect method of compelling changes in their interest. A Plan That Has Been Abandoned. With the republican support this plan might have succeeded. But on Saturday some of the republican leaders talked the situation over and came to the conclusion that it would not be politic to join a fac- tion Im the democratic ranks in order to give the bill a backset, which might result in its ultimate defeat. They have informal- ly decided, therefore, either to refrain from voting or else to vote against the motion to recommit, but they will vote with the oppo- sition against the passage of the bill or for & motion to strike out the enacting clause, motions which will place the opponents cf the bill fairly and squarely on record against the entire measure. This decision, if it is adhered to, in the opinion of the democratic leaders, removes all doubt as to the final passage of the bill, as they be- lieve that not more than thirty -lemocrats at the outside will carry their opposition to the extent of voting directly against the bill. If the repubiicans should poll their whole strength (124) this would oniy raise the vote against the bill to 154, as, with the income tax included, it is believed that the bill will command the entire populist vote @ine). The full vote for the bill therefore could be 200, a majority of 46. It ts fair to assume that the absentees will be drawn proportionately from each side, so that, from present indications, the democratic leaders claim a majority for the billl of from thirty upward. If by any chanye of the republicans should decide to Vote in favor of the motion to recommit the additional strength gained from the demo- cratic side (about twenty) might seriously endanger, if not defeat, the measure. : Changes in the Bill. The bill has been considerably changed during its consideration in the House, the most important of course being the placing of all sugars on the free list and abolish- ment of the bounty. The committee on Saturday last succeeded in restoring its original provision as to the time when the Wool schedule shall go into effect, which was changed by a vote in committee of the whole some time ago. The free wool sched-}| ule goes into effect August 1, 1894, and manufactured wool December 1, 1894. Among the more important changes af- fected in the text of the bill as reported were the following: Increasing the duty on all diamonds from 10 per cent to 15 per cent in the rough, 30 per cent cut and 35 per cent set. Reducing the duty on pig iron and manufactures of iron in sixteen Paragraphs 5 per cent generally, and tn- creasing the duty on nails and screws 5 ber cent. Changing the duty on sweet chocolate from 25 per cent ad valorem to 2 cents @ pound. Making the duty on con- densed milk 2 cents a pound, including the weight of the package. Putting plows, Fakes, disc and tooth harrows, threshers, gotton gins and harvesters on the free list fever the committee’s objection). Taking crude opium, containing 9 per cent and over of morphine, from the free list and fixing | the duty at $1 a pound. Increasing the duty on morphine and morphia salts from | Se cents to 75 cents. Striking out the re-| ciprocal clause from the petroleum para- graph. Transferring currants from the free | list to the dutiable list at 10 per cent ad valorem. ————_-o—______ AN IMPORTANT PENSION BILL. ‘Affecting the Suspending or Discon- tinuing of Pensions. Senator Hoar today introduced a brief} ‘ut important bill, which was referred to! the committee on pensions. It reads as/| follow: “Whenever any person whose name is | borne on the pension rolls of the United States shall be dropped or suspended from said rolls, or whenever the payment of any pension shall be discontinued in whole or! in part or the grade of the pension reduced, said pensioner may apply forthwith by pe- tition to the judge of the United States court for the district wherein he resides, who, after due notice to the commissioner of pensions and upon hearing, may erder the pensioner to be restored to the rolls or the pension before paid him to be continued. Upon such hearing all evidence existing in the pension office applicable to the case and any further competent evidence pre- sented by either party may be considered. - os DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE & Lively Fight Going on for the. Chairmanship. It 1s understood today that there Is a Pretty lively fight ever the chairmanship and secretaryship of the democratic con- gressional campaign committee. One fac-| tion favors Representative Forman of Illt-| noig for chairman and James Kerr, clerk | of the House of Representatives, for sec-| retary. Another faction favors Stevens of| Massachusetts for chairman, and the mem- bers probably are interested in the selec-| tion of Lawrence Gardner of this city for | is considerable opposi- © of his opposition but the indications sen, not-| this feeling against him. It vhether Kerr or Gardner | Will be made secretary of the com and some on that t! of the st e » that some man will be selected for the secretaryship. | It w eral days yet befure the dent and secretary and other officers of the ittee are ch je Che Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,794. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS HAWAIIAN INVESTIGATION. Dr. William Shaw Bowen, a Newspaper Correspondent, a Witness, He Pays Attention to Some Statemen: Made by Mr. Blount and Denies Them. The Senate committee investigating the Hawaiian affair had before it this morning as its principal witness Dr. William Shaw Bowen, the correspondent of the New York World, who went to Honolulu shortly after the revolution. Mr. P. S. Reader of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a witness on the administra- tion side of the question, was expected to- day, but failed to appear, as did also Ad- miral Belknap. Mr. Bowen was present for the purpose of denying some statements made by Mr. Blount. He said that he went to Honolulu on the Alameda, arriving there April 7 last. Dr. Bowen was accompanied by Dr. Harold M. Sewall, and in his report to Mr. Gresham, under the date of April 26, Mr. Blount pays some attention to these gentlemen, and it was for the purpose of refuting such statements and others, which the witness understood were made before the committee, that Dr. Bowen appeared as witness. Denies Mr. Blount’s Statements. Mr. Blount, before the committee, it is understood, gave out the impression that Bowen had, for a time, represented himself as a representative of this government. Bowen and Sewall had refused in San Francisco, he said, to say they were not joint commissioners with Blount to Hono- Julu. Blount said Dr. Bowen represented him- self to him as a correspondent of the New York World, and said he would be glad to give Blount any information he could get there. Tne Sunday before the revolution, Mr. Blount says, Bowen told him that he and Paul Neumann were arranging a meet- ing between President Dole and the queen, the object being to pay her a sum of money in consideration of her formal ab- | dication of the throne and lending her in- fluence to the provisional government with a view to annexation to the United States. Further aiong in his report Mr. Blount says he informed President Dole that he had understood there were two gentlemen claiming to be representatives of the United States. and that Mr. Dole replied that he was informed they did so represent the United States government. Mr. Blount stated that after his interview with Dole, Bowen was asked in an interview in one of the papers if he represented the Presi- dent, but declined to answer, saying that all would be revealed, and Mr. Blount fur- ther stated in his own behalf that Bowen represented himself as the personal friend of the President, and he believed that Dr. Bowen and Mr. Sewall pretended they knew the opinions of Mr. Cleveland and assured the queen that annexation would take place, and that she had better come to terms at once. Why He Went to Honolulu. Dr. Bowen denied the intimatioas con- tained in Blount’s report and asserted that they grew out of newspaper statements. The relations Harold Sewall held toward Mr. Cleveland were, he said, well under-| stood at Honolulu, as he had been the United States consul at Samoa under Mr. Cleveland. So far as he was concerned, Dr. Bowen said, he never did a thing from which Mr. Blount could reasonably draw the conclusions he had reached. He _ in- formed the committee why he went to Hon- olulu, saying that it was for the sole pur- pose of getting the bottom facts for the paper he represented. Dr. Stalker of Des Moines, lowa, was recalled, briefly. TEMPERATE HABITS In Government Officinis to Re Re- auired by Law. Senator Kyle today at the request of some unknown genius introduced a bill | which states in the preamble that “whereas the United States demand and require of | every officer in the army, navy or civil service that he be at all times free from voluntary intoxication or mental unsound- ness,” therefore, section 1 of the bill states “that for the purposes of this act a person of temperate habits 1s one who has not been intoxicated within twelve months.” Section 2 provides “that it shall be unlaw- ful for the President or any other officer or appointing power to appoint to any of- fice in the army, navy or civil service any | person of intemperate habits as defined by this act.” Section 3 is to the effect “that any person holding any office in the army, ravy or civil service who becomes intoxi- cated shall forfeit his office and the proper appointing power may fill the vacancy at once upon proof of such intoxicatior cording to the fourth section the Pres is to have power to make rules and regula: tions for the enforcement of this remark- able act. It was referred to the committee on military affairs. —_-o-___—_ WHALEBACK SHIPS. It is Proposed to Use Them for Naval Purposes. ‘The question of utilizing whaleback ships for naval purposes has been presented to Secretary Herbert by a western shipbuilder who has constructed fully fifty such ves- sels for commercial purposes on the great lakes ‘and the Atlantic coast. He has had. several conferences with Secretary Hervert | and other officials with reference to the! conversion of several whalebacks into ships | of war. The whaleback is more on the! ordey of a monitor than other merchant | ships, and,on account of its deflecting sides, | with heavy armor would present a most formidable front for heavy fire. This west-| ern builder wishes the department to con-| vert a few of his vessels into this class of | naval ships as an experiment and if they promise to be successful others might easily | be turned into auxiliary cruisers with the | same readiness as the merchant ships re- cently fitted out at New York for the Bra- zilian navy. ——-e+___—_. Patents to Union Pacific Lands. At the instance of Senator Carey of Wy- oming the commissiorer of the general RIPE FOR A REVOLT. General Discontent Prevails in the Black Republic. FEARS OF REBELLION IN HAYTL Only Hyppolite’s Sternness Pre- vents an Outbreak. CASES OF INCENDIARISM. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Jan. 29.—Con- siderable excitement was caused in Port au Prince on Tuesday last by the news that a big fire was raging at the town of Jer- emie. It was thought, at first, that the conflagration was started by enemies cf the government and that it was the in- auguration of a revolutionary movement. President Hyppolite therefore, with his accustomed promptitude, took immediate steps to meet and suppress a revolution. But before action could be taken, a second report came to hand stating that the fire was the result of an accident and that the disturbance caused by it was over. The fire was a very extensive one, over 100 houses, including many large business houses, being burned to the ground. It commenced at night and was caused by the overturning of a lamp in a private dwelling house. The water supply at Jer- emie is very limited, and once the fire was fairly started all the inhabitants could at- tempt to save was their household effects. To add to the excitement the people iiving up in the hills along the coast thereabout and who look upon a fire or a-shipwreck #8 an especial blessing from the Almighty, came down in numbers, armed and pre- pared for looting. All efforts by the police to prevent looting | Were unavailing. Those who were on the spot describe the scene toward midnight as of the wildest character. Hordes of country people, half crazed with excitement and lquor, ran up and down the streets, assault- ing whom they met and stealing what they found. Some who were under the impres- sion that a revolution had broken out com- menced firing upon the police. By daylight quiet was restored, but such excitement con- tinued for quite two days afcerward that steamers calling at the port were unable to secure sufficient labor to land cargo. Disturbances Elnewhere. Though it is now known that the fire was | the result of accident, and not design, it was | at first, as before intimated,thought to have been the signal for a revolution, and had it not been for the promptness of President Hyppolite in doubling his guards and ar- resting offenders, an uprising might have occurred throughout the south. As it was, on the night following the conflagration at Jeremie similar disturbances took place at Leograne and Petit Goave. b: The spirit of incendiarism also manifested | itself at Port au Prince. Night before last a house was set on fire in the lower portion of the city,but before any damage was done | the flames were put out. The president | next morning sent out squads of soldiers to | capture the incendiary, but he had fled to the hills. That the country is ripe for another revo- lution is a fact of which President Hyppo- lite himself, judging from the strict regu- lations which he is enforcing, seems fully aware. The people are discontented and restless. The coffee crop has not been a good one, trade is dull, times are hard ana want and misery,particularly in the towns, prevail in an unusual degree. Still Hyppo- lite is so watchful and is so stern with of- fenders when they we: caught plotting that no one appears to haye the courage to | make an open move. | Searchin, All Arrivals. One precautionary measure that the pres- ident is now having enforced is the search- | ing of all parties landing in Hayti. There may be some necessity for making this search with respect to Haytiens com- |ing here from Kingstcn, Jamaica, but in the case of foreigners it enly results in | annoyance and inconvenience. When a | steamer arrives at Pert-au-Prince, say at 6 o'clock in the evening, no one is allowed | to go ashore until 9 o'clock the next morn- | ing, and even then you are never certain | Whether you will be allowed to land at all. | A full list of passengers by any steamer | is always sent up to the president, who ex- amines the list and sends a permit to land. Port-au-Prince has no wharf for landing |and passengers go ashore in boats. When you land you show your passports to the general of the port. That officer hands you over to another, who goes through all your | pockets. After being searched at the port | you go to the customs and see your bag- | Sage searched. | It is the rule to open all trunks in the | streets instead of inside the custom house | and a crowd always gathers around to in- | Spect whatever the trunks may contain. | The customs officer makes a most thor- | ough search. Every article in the trunk is taken out, shaken out and then thrown down in a heap on the pavement, in the dustiest possible spot. Linen, silk ties and handkerchiefs go down in the dirt together, to the evident amusement of the crowd. When the examination is finished you are left to fold and repack your clothes while the customs officers stand and scowl at you because they failed to find anything of a suspicious nature. About four months ago (according to information received) Mr. Durham, the late minister general for the United States, represented this matter of searching Ameri- can citizens strongly to President Hyppo- lite with the result that the obnoxious cus- tom was discontinued until Mr. Durham was relieved from office. —_—__ TO PERPETUATE THE G, A. R. A Movement to Make Sons of Veter- ans Eligible. > BUCYRUS, Ohio, Jan. 2v.—'There natur- ally presents itself to every old soldier the jand office has ordered to be examined all the sts of applications for patents tor | jands on the part of the Union Pacific Kail- road Company which have been sold in Wyoming in order that patents may be is-/ sued. These lands have in some instances question of who will preserve the history and records of the past when the Grand Army men have answered their last roll call. To provide for this and with a view to perpetuating the patriotic spirit among the young men the members of Keller been transferred several times, and the post, No, 12%, G. A. H., of this city have final payments have been made to the | sopoirted a committee to determine on a Union Pacitic. The company have com- Plied with all requirements of the law, in- Course. cluding payment of tees and surveying ob- ligations. It appears that there have been Ro patents issued to the company on lands in Wyoming since 1 There are to ex- ceed a million acres of land involved, all in the hands of settlers. Senator Carey feels very confident that the issuance of Patents will soon follow the promised ex-| amination. ——————_-e—____ Examinations for the Signal Corps. | Gen. Greely, chief of the signal corps, | has sent to the Secretary of War the result | of the recent examination of candidates for | transfer from other branches of the ser-| vice to the signal corps, to fill the vacan-| cy existing in the list of first Heutenants, | Lieut. Samuel Re | dw fer nal . George O. llery, was commended for to the ‘sis Squier, third arti the high character of ‘his work. | _ +e. Will Conduct the Examinations. Mr. Wm. R. Bushby has been selected by | th rvice commission to conduct the examinations on route 1, beginning at | Richmond, Va., January 30, and ending at | Middlesborough, Ky., on March 19, 1894 | will go a plan ) night. | no ‘This committee decided to present a reso- lution to the Ohio Grand Army encamp- ment next May asking to memorialize the national encampmeat with a view to hav- ing all members of the Sons of Veterans when in good standing admitted to the Grand Army tn full membership. The resolution outlined by this commit- tee was passed unanimously by the mem- bers of Keller Post, and thus from Bucyrus to perpetuate the Grand Army and its principles. Se ee a CHILDS’ CONDITION. His Physicians Report That There Has Been No Change. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.—Mr. Childs’ condition at 9 o'clock this morning was practically unchanged from that of last He rested well during the night. The bulletin issued by Mr. Childs’ pl sicians at 12 o’clock stated that there was change whatever in Mr. Childs’ con- dition. d the following bul- o'clock afternoon: “The pulse and temperature of Mr. Childs show some improvement, but otherwise his con- dition remains the same as at midnight,” A TIMIDITY DEVELOPED On the Part of Those Expected to Subscribe for the New Bonds, This is Attributed to the Action of the House Committee—Secretary Car- lisle’s Reassuring Visit. But three more days remain in which bid~ ders may make proposals to the Treasury Department to take the 5 per cent bonds to be issued by Secretary Carlisle, bearing date of the 1st of February. Offers to take the bonds have been coming in every day since the circular on the subject was is- sued, and have been properly tabulated in the division of loans and currency. Offi- cial detailed information of the conditions of the offers and the amounts proposed to be subscribed for have been withheld from the public, but if the offers that were re- Ported to have been made during the first few days after the circular was issued have kept up in proportion all of the issue Of $50,000,000 will be easily floated. Little, if any, delay in the delivery of the bonds 1s expected after the offers have been for- mally acted upon by the Secretary, as the bureau of engraving and printing has been at work on the bonds since it was deter- mined to issue them. Secretary Carlisle Curtin, who. went to New ean Secretary with leading bankers in regard to the Issue of the loan, are expected to return to Wash. ington this evening. It is understood that they became alarmed over the inaction of the bankers in this matter, due to the posi- tion of the House committee and the legal steps taken by the Knights of Labor, and that they went to New York to assure brokers that in case they subscribed for the e' bvery peapeights would be fully protected in Subscribers Made Timid. Although notices of subscriptions to the full amount of the loan have already been received at the Treasury Department, there 4s said to be some doubt as to the ability of the writers to deliver the goods. It is said further that several of the most liber- al offers have been withdrawn since the House committee has announced its belief that the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority to apply the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to the current requirements of oe screrument. is asserted mn l- though the Secretary ts sincere ie hi sia ment that the bonds are issued for the sole purpose of replenishing the gold reserve his present policy of using that reserve in current disbursements indicates that he — Seat eon do so in the future in the Soo sof tts asain getting below the $100,- None of the New York firms who deal extensively in government bonds has yet made any offer for the new loan, but it is expected that one or more of them will be heard from before the day set for the open- ing of bids. Most of the offers on hand are for small lot: —————+@.___ TARIFF IN THE SENATE. What the Finance Committee Has Been Dot for Weeks, When the Senate committee on finance meets tomorrow morning Mr. Voorhees, its chairman, will be able to make a satisfac- tory report relative to the work being done Preparatory to the active consideration of the tariff bill when it reaches the Senate. Several weeks ago the committee decided to send throughout the country circular let- ters of inquiry, it being hoped that by this means much valuable information would be received and the need for prolonged verbal hearings lessened. Letters were addressed to manufacturers, importers, merchants, labor organizations of workingmen, agri- culturists, to newspapers, collectors of cus- toms, mayors of cities, and the secretaries of various boards of trade and chambers of commerce, propounding a series of ques- tions with the end in view of gathering all the conflicting views on the tariff subject and from the standpoint of the men inter- ested in various industries. A force of about twenty clerks has been busy for some weeks preparing these cir- culars for distribution, and it is thought at least 1,000,000 will be sent out. Up to to- day the malls have carried 160,000 cir- culars, and by the time the Wilson bill reaches the Senate not less than 400,000 will have gone out. Answers are beginning to come back already. The committee is also preparing a com- parative statement showing the changes made by the Wilson bill in the McKinley | to collect revenue act, both In regard to the text of the bill and the rates of duty. It will also indicate the changes made in the paragraphs and in the text of the administrative feature of | class who say that it will the law. The intent of the committee will! perjury I say that I have a greater con- not even stop at this point, for as soon as the bill passes the House it will be printed in pamphlet form, with each paragraph having annotated under it the amount im- ported of the articles contained in the paragraph, their value, amount of duty col- lected and the equivalent of the ad valorem rate for the specific duty—all this informa- tion, including statistics covering the last four years. It will be thus seen that the committee purposes giving the widest pos- sible publicity to the whole tariff questicn, and will by virtue of that act secure tn re- turn the views of those interested in all parts of the country. en oo A NICKEL-STEEL GUN. The Assembling of the First One Nearly Completed. The force at the Washington ordnance shops has nearly completed the assembling of the first nickel-steel gun for the navy and the result is awaited with interest. The ordnance officers have been engaged some time in the construction of a furnace for heating the tube of this gun, which is of eight-inch caliber. The furnace will apply the heat to the gun in a@ horizontal instead of in a perpendicular position. The jacket, the piece of metal which fits over the base of the tube and gives it greater strength, will be forced over the tube, while the latter is kept beyond the expanding influences of the heat by the constant application of a stream of water. The delay in assembling the gun, the forg- ings of which have been ready for some time, has been caused by the difficulty in securing a pyrometer, a delicate instrument for registering the fearful heat of the fur- nace. This instrument has been received and everything is ready for the assembling of the gun. There is naturally much inter- est, among ordnance experts over the re- sult of the new system of putting great guns together, for, if the proposed method is a success, it will take the place of the ola way, which required a good deal of shifting of heavy weights and the use of a shrinking pit. There is also much interest in the trial of the nickel-steel gun. It is expected that it will prove stronger and of longer life than the simple steel gun. = SaaS ES The Cruiser Vesuvius, ‘The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, on her way south from New York, was compelled by stress of weather to put into Hampton Roads Saturday. When the weather mod- erates she will continue her cruise along the southern coast and blow up all wrecks feund endangering the regular path of navi- gation. ———_—_—__+o.—____— Delay in Preparing the Hartford. The work of preparing the historic flag- ship Hartford for sea service will be very much delayed. The funds at the disposal of the department are limited, and it will be necessary, it ts said, to delay the gon- structicn work from time to time, as the condition of funds demands economy. Con- gtess, while permitting the work to be done, allotted no money for the purpose. { INTERNAL REVENUE. Mr. McMillin Opens the General Debate on the Bill. MOST PAY [5 SHARE WEALTH Object of the Committee in Fram- ing the Measure. ITS GOOD EFFECT PREDICTED dads natal Representative McMillin of Tennessee, who opened the general debate on the in- ternal revenue bill, began by saying that the republican party started out for high protection, then clamored for higher protec- tion,and at last,under the act of 1890, reach- ed the highest protection ever known here. They pretended first that it was for the purpose of protecting infant industries. But finally they candidly proclaimed that they wanted to legislate for capital also, and they did it. Why is it that in the midst of plenty we are starving? Why is it that when we should be all prosperity we are all advers- ity? Why is it that Americans under a system that was promised to yleld 1o them such plenty are doomed to suffer in such penury and want? Why is it that nearly a million of the people of the United States are unemployed, without wages, and more people are begging for alms at this hour on this continent than pion Pap before since America was discov- e Will Reduce Tariff to a Reveune Basis Mr. Chairman, we will not discharge our duty to the people who suffer; we will not keep the pledges that we have made to them; we will not deserve that continued support that theAmerican people have given the democratic party from time to time, if we do not, like men, come resolutely to the discharge of these duties and deter- mine, whatever else occurs, robbery shall = longer be carried on by operation of we Sir, let come what will, we will reduce this tariff to a revenue basis; we will im- pose taxes for public purposes, and not for private gains or to enable some individuals to accumulate private fortunes at the ex- pense of others. The government of the United States requires a vast amount of revenue to carry on its various operations. A less favored people could not meet the excessive drain that is made for the pur- pose of maintaining it. It requires nearly $8 federal taxes imposed upon every man, woman and child in the United States for this purpose. This is raised almost exclu- sively from consumption. If a man owns fifty or one hundred mil- Hons’ worth of property in the United States, as some do, he pays only what he eats, what he drinks, what he wears and the other things he uses. The time has come when this should be changed. I ask of any reasonable person whether it is un- just to expect that a small per cent of this enormous revenue shall be placed upon the accumulated wealth of the country instead of placing it upon the consumption of the country. Is it not time that great estates which are protected by the army, which are defended by the navy, which are benefited by the various operations of government, should contribute in some greater degree to carry on that government through which alone they could have been accumulated or by which they are protected? The Peo- ple of the United States do not ask that Ce shall be placed on accumulated we Wealth Must Pay Its Part. But they do insist that it is not unrea- sonable or unjust to require that a very small proportion of it shall be, And yet, when it is proposed to shift this burden from those who cannot bear it to those who can; to divide it between consump- tion and wealth; to shift it from the laborer who has nothing but his power to toll and sweat; to the man who has a fortune made or inherited, we hear a hue and cry raised by some individuals that it is unjust and inquisitorial in its mature and should not be adopted. Others .say that it cannot be collected, while still others claim that it will tend to perjury and corruption among the people. In answer to those who say it cannot be collected we give the naked facts of his- tory. We point back to the time when there was less chance to enforce law in this country than there is now; when by reason of the unsettled condition that suc- ceeded the late war it wi more difficult than now; we point back to that day and show where we col- lected from forty to seventy million dollars @ year from this source. In reply to that be fruitful of fidence in the American people than they have. I am willing to trust the American people. I do not believe that the masses of the rich or the poor of our country are capable of committing perjury to escape @ very small portion of just taxation. The Effort of the Committee. Mr. Chairman, it has been the effort of the ways and means committee to so con- struct the bill as to leave it as free as possi- ble from this criticism. Unlike the old law it dces not require a schedule from every citizen. Only those who have $4,000 income have to make a return. There is nothing in this against which any man can complain. There is nothing to arouse fear that any ill can come from it. It is no tax on bread. It is no embargo placed upon prosperity. It is no effort to prevent presperity. It is not a death blow aimed at commerce; but it is an effort to in some way require each citi- zen to contribute to the government in pro- portion to what he has. Now let us see some of the advantages that will flow from it. Today there are great contentions and strife among our people, some feeling that the others do not con- tribute their proportional part to the sup- port of the government. Who would be discontented with a system of government which taxed only in propor- tion to the wealth that was possessed? But we see around us such fortunes as were never accumulated in one generation or two before in the history of the whole world. Dukedoms dwindle into insignificance when comp: to the great estates that are ac- cumulated by one or two generations under the institutions of free America. I believe one of the best methods that can be adopted to do away with class jealousies and class prejudices and class distinctions will be to let it be known that in the matter of the payment of taxes there Is absolute equality between all citizens of the whole country. ‘The Good Effect of the Law. Mr. Chairman, he concluded, here we have the most wonderful government that ever arose, flourished, or fell, “A govern- ment of the people, by the people, and for the people.” We have at last discovered how to govern man and still leave him free. This is best done by protecting him in his life, Iberty and pursuit of happiness, and leaving him to work out his own salva- tion. Any laws that discriminate against one class of citiens and in favor of anoth- er cannot long stand. The spirit of justice which animates our people will forbid this. It should be the duty and pleasure of every American citizen to see that each other citizen has equal and exact justice admin- | istered to him under the law, and that Wealth, not poverty, should be taxed. We MR. PECKHAM'S NOMINATION: What Was Developed at the Judiciary Committee Meeting Today. There Will Be a Bitter Fight on Both Sides, With the Probabilities in Favor of Its Defeat. The action of the Senate judiciary com- mittee at its meeting today, to consider the nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham for an associate justice of the Supreme bench, in- dicates that the contest will be bitterly fought on both sides, and that there wil: not be early action in the matter. About all the members did in: today’s session was to discuss the fitness of President Cleve- Jand’s nominee for this important position. There seemed to be a general feeling in the committee that whatever action might be taken in future it would not be creditable to the committee nor to the Senate to hasten action. It is understood that Sena- tor Hill was willing that the committee should act on the nomination at today's session, but in ro way did he urge his view of the case. The friends of the administration in the Senate and those on the outside also are probably going to make the fight of their lives to secure Peckham’s confirmation. Senator Hill and those who wiil follow him in opposition to Peckham's confirmation are just as determined that the President's last nominee be defeated for confirmation. The outiook is not considered bright for Peckham, notwithstanding the fact that @ tremendous effort is being made by Mr. Cleveland's friends, not only in the Senate, but outside of the chamber, to have his nomination ratified by the Senate. The concensus of opinion seems to be that the Senate will reject him by even a larger vote than that polled when W. H. Hornblower was defeated. It is understood that an agreement has been reached by members of the judiciary committee that a vote shall be taken Mon- day next on the Peckham nomination. Interest Felt in the Coming Decision of Controller Mansur. The decision in the case of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, whose right to draw pay at the same time as a major general on the retired list of the army and member of Con- gress from New York is questioned,is looked forward to with considerable interest by the general's many friends in this city as well as those interested in the legal outcome of the question. Gen. Sickles’ pay as a major- general on the retired lst of the army is $4,500 and as a member of Congress $5,000, making in all the snug sum of $9,500 per annum while he retains his seat in Congress. There have been cases where persons were allowed to draw pay from two positions, one of the most notable being that of Gen. Rosecrans, who in addition to his army pay also drew a salary as register of the treasury. There has, however, never been @ case where a member of Congress has at the same time held another office under the government. Such a condition is pro- hibited by the Constitution and one of the principal questions involved in this case is as to whether an officer on the retired Mst of the army holds an office within the meaning of the Constitution. The friends of Gen. Sickles are hopeful that Second Controller Mansur, before whom the pa- ; tor in the case have come, will render a lecision in his fav: The controller has no less than four briefs on the subject now before him and is giving the matter close attention, although he does not expect to be able to arrive at a decision for some lit- tle time. It is stated that should the con- troller’s decision be unfavorable to him and It should be necessary for Gen. Sickles to relinquish one of the two offices his prefer- ence would be to*keep his place on the re- tired list of the army. —<———- 2 THE ST. GAUDENS’ MEDAL. Secretary Carlisle to Leave It to the Senate Committee. Secretary Carlisle has left the settlement of the controversy over the world’s fair medal design tu the Senate quadro-centen- nial committee. This committee consists of Senators Vilas, Vest, Gray, Daniel, Gibson, Voorhees, Lindsay, Pettigrew, Hawley, Sherman, Cameron and Cullom. The Secre- tary of the Treasury will be governed en- urely by their judgment in this matter. He has sent them the original models designed by Mr. St. Gaudens, and if they see nothing improper in them, the work on the medal, based thereon, will be completed. Mr. St. Gaudens feels confident that, with the orig- inal before them, the committee will with- draw all objections. Should they not, how- ever, he states in his letter to Secretary Carlisie, that if any alterations be decided upon to make the medal acceptable he pre- fers to make the change himself rather than have it intrusted to another person. —_____~e- saa THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. Regret at the Enormous Cut Made in the Bill Reported. The enormous cut made by the subcom- mittee on appropriations for the District of Columbia has spread consternation in many quarters. The Commissioners were dis heartened at the great cut made, and will redouble their efforts before the Senate committee. They appreciate the situation keenly, but will not discuss the matter. The preparation of the annual estimates was only completed after weeks of careful study. The Commissioners themselves realized that it would be a hard year to get appropriations, and scaled their esti- mates to the lowest possible amounts. As @ prominent citizen and taxpayer put it to- da: ‘It seems hard that we cannot expend | the money we will collect on needed im- provements,” —————+-o+_____ THE FOUR TERRITORIES, The President Said to Be Opposed to Their Admission as States. The bills providing for the admission of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Oklahoma are again in danger of being defeated in An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. WITHOUT AUTHORITY The Knights of Labor and the Bond Issue. THEY ASK THAT CARLISLE BE ENJOINED Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the District Today. GROUNDS FOR THE ACTION. ' Ralston, Judge C. C. Cole of Iowa and Mr. J. W. Miller of Colorado, proceeded to state the reasons why the injunction should issue. Mr. Jere M. Wilson explained that the ob- now; and, as only in the Supreme the District of Columbia could a citizen the United States question by legal ‘ings the legality of the acts of an officer of the government, the bill filed here. Grounds of Complaint. At Mr. Wilson's request Mr. J. W. Mille of Denver, Col, of counsel for the com- plainants, then read the bill. At the outset the bill declares that: “James Richard Sovereign, general master workman, and Thomas B. McGuire, mem- ber of the executive board of the Knights ofLabor of the United States of America, who ere citizens and tax payers of United States of America and who sue themselves and also in hehalf of the mem- bers of the Knights of Labor (@ voluntary association), who are similarly situated and who have @ common and general interest in the questions involved herein, and who number about 300,000 and are too numerous to be named, bring this, their bill against john Griffin Carlisie, Secretary of the: Treasury of the United States of America,” “And thereupon your orators show unto your honors that they have an interest in from the interests of the general for that of their number, very sands are engaged and interested mining of silver in many of territories of the United Californta. “Wyoming maak fornia, Wyoming, South Dak ae. and New Menten 3 tat thelr ests, engagements and employments industry embrace substantially the of said industry within the United States America. “And that the prejudice their said va ployment within the United States. Said interests are especially aM cause the product of their labor Hi and in great become the basis material the majority of coin is discrimination against that is the necessary effect of the and sale of bonds, cause your jury and damage other and diff that which is suffered by the Gustries of the country.” The Pro Rata Cost. ‘The bill further states that “the issue of bonds as proposed involves an indebtedness approximately of $74,000,000, including prin- cipal and interest to be paid on said ponds, making an excess of one dollar per capita of the entire population of the United States, on which, upon the basis of pro rata, your orators bemg citizens and tax payers of the United States of America, would be compelied to pay more than thres hundred thousand doliars.”” That the act approved January 14, 1sim which the defendant gives as authority tor the issue, “does not, nor does the act ap- proved July 14, 1870, entitled ‘An act to aue thorize the refunding of the national debt’ which last named act is referred to m the act approved January 14, 1875, give or con- firm any authority whatever for the issue or sale by subscription or otherwise -of the bouds proposed and offered by the defend- ant, as stated and shown in his said offer icr subscriptions to said bonds.” The bill further avers that the action by the defendant is iliegai and with- out any authority in and contrary to the. | Statutes of the United States? and that the | Said bonds are not proposed to be issued | er sold to redeem the legal tender in United | States notes, which was the sole and only | Purpose for the issue as contemplaved and | Provided for in the said act approved Jan-| uary 14, i875. And, further, that by the } Act of July 14, 1870, there was an express | inhibition upon the igpue of any bonds so as to increase in an} way whatever the bonded debt of the United States; that the act of July 4, 1870, only contemplated und authorized the issue of said bonds for rhe purpose of refunding the then existing | debt of the United States, and it only pro- vided for the issue of one bond for the pur- pose of taking up another bond of equal amount; that the proposed action of the defendant is without any necessity or sare- tion therefor, in the condition of the treasury of the United States, for that aow there is in the United States treasury the sum of about 10.00) of United States gold coin. which may rightfully and prop- erly be applied and used for the purpose oF | purposes for which the bonds as offered | for subscription are proposed to be sold. i i and our i aye wtf | this Congress. There have been recent | Me. Wilson's Argument. developments which strongly indicate that| The reading of the bill occupied about President Cleveland has decided to use ail|@n hour’s time, and upon its completion his power to prevent the admission of all) Mr. Wilson again addressed the court, stat- four of these territories. The plan, which, | Ing there was no doubt of the court's juris- it is claimed, he is going to follow is urged | diction, although he was perfectly aware as being beneficial for the country at large.| that the court would not prohibit an ex- ecutive offiecer from exercising a purely ‘It is claimed on the part of his friends that his opposition to these biils is due | ministerial duty wholly within his discre- think that the enactment of this law will insure that justice which has so long been denied. We believe that by it many who have, heretofore, not contributed their pro- portionate part of taxes to the support of the government will be required to do so. Sir, if I believed that this law did not tend in that direction, I would have “my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth and my right hand forget its cunning” before I would give my voice and vote to this meas- ure, But, believing as I do, that its adop- tion will result in a public benefaction, my whole heart goes forth in its advocacy, ana | I am ready to stand or fall with the prin- | ciple of equity which it carries, largely to the fact that if all four terri- tories were admitted there would come to the Senate eight Senators, who would sup-| port any measure that might be brought | forward in favor of the free and unlimited | coinage of silver. So far as his position on this matter is concerned, there is little! 5 doubt, it is said, that his conclusions are right. In the event that these four territories were brought in, the Senators elected from any and all of the new states would be | for free coinage, and this would mean that any free coinage measure brought forward in the Senate would pass. The admission of these territories also would, without doubt, add to the strength of the silver men in the House. Those favoring the ad- mission bills are considerably wrought up over the reports of the administration's op- position, and this resentment is said to be shared by nearly every Senator and Representative of states west of the Missis- sippi. | SS ee Ordered Before a Medical Board. | Capt. H. B. Robeson of the navy, who! has been in bad health for some time, has! been ordered to appear before a medicai board of survey, in order to determine nis| fitness for further sea service. tion, but the present case, said Mr. Wilson, presented a case ‘where such an officer Sought to do that of which the complainants contended he had no lawful authority. Hence the complainants, citizens and tax- ly authorized in seeking d unlawful act of the ry of the Treasury by the suit today by them. In support of this contention, Mr. Wilson read several author- ities which he claimed left no doubt in the matter. Bul the most important question in the case at issue was, said Mr. Wilson, the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue the bonds. T! sould be not the slightest doubt that bond was : yvernment and the ontract be of the Revised Wilson, prohibited the ntract involving the «x- by officers of the ,ov- expressly authorize? ary of the Treasury, . based his authority bonds on the act of the resumption act. A Little Pleasantry, But, continued Mr. Wilson, the purpose of the bonds authorized by that act and of the act of July 14, 1870, was only to re- deem issued legal tender notes Indeed, be January 14, 187