Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. peeubbtmerss: oath eh PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. un AT THF STAR On teat y Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. Street, The Evening Star Newspapsr Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York Office, 88 Potter Building. 1G STAR is served to subseribers in the Tre Evesrs ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents month. Copies at the coun- aingie bate ne a Brates or Canada—postage cents per Sar RDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET Stax, $).00 per year; with f added. $3.00 Patera i ie Fa Gator a wantoaton, D.C. as second-class mail matter. {ii‘mpall subscrt tions inust be paid in advance. ‘ates o: advertising maae known on application. She is Believed to Have Started for No Complaint About Him Has Yet Been Received Here. AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT ‘There was a slight delay iri the departure of the U. S. S. Kearsarge from Port au) river sta‘ Prince, Hayti, to Bluefields, Nicaragua, to Protect American interests along the Nic- a@ragua canal, because of the failure of the Officers on the Kearsarge to decipher the orders to, that effect first telegraphed to Admiral Stanton. send another telegram, and as nothing bas since been heard from the Kearsarge, it is Supposed that she is now well on her way across the Caribbean. Nothing has been heard from Nicaragua since Saturday,when 4t was reported that the Honduran army was invading Nicaraguan territory ard threatening American interests along the canal. = As to Mr. Smythe. The departure of the Kearsarge from Hayti may mean something to Mr. Smythe, the U. S. minister there, in view of the re- Ports that he has made himself decidedly persona non grata to President Hyppolite and his advisers by his alleged attacks on the character of the government of the black republic as administered by them. In case they gave him his passports he could not take refuge in a U. S. warship for the reason that there is none in the Vicinity, and it would therefore be necessary to make the journey to the United States at the convenience of a merchant steamer pins between Port au Prince and a nited States port. Could Remain at Hayti if Necessary. It is sald at the Navy Department that the orders for Admiral Stanton to go to Nicaragua would not have precluded his remaining at Hayti in case the situation there seer ed to demand the presence of an American warship. The ‘act that he has not informed the department of the ex- istence of any serious trouble in Hayti or Domingo is accepted to mean that af- fairs are compazatively quiet in that viein- ity. No complaint against Minister Smythe has been received at the State Department. —_——_-o—____ DESTROYED FROM SPITE. The State Department's View of the Rome Burglary and Fire. Another dispatch concerning the vandal- ism at the American legation in Rome was received at the State Department today from Minister Potter, and Secretary Gres- ham took it to the cabinet meeting. The minister reports that everything about the affair points to robbery as the motive of the vandals. It is believed, he says, that entered the legation vstiees ond, Zeta to find any iybles. became enraged and took set This view is accepted by the State De- partment, where it is stated that no person of intelligence-couht to-attain an end by records of matter in which bP ane earned, posmues duplicates of cial papers ai tion file at the department. i pa cbeadess ——_——_+-2+______ THE EFFICENCY RECORD. Present Interior Department Rules to Be Overhauled. The commission appointed by the Secre- tary of the Interior to revise the rules of the department and improve and simplify the efficiency record met today in the room of the chief clerk, Mr. Josephus Daniels. Those present were Judge Browning, com- missioner of Indian affairs; Judge Lamo- Teux, commissioner of the general land of- fice; Maj. Cooper, chief of the miscellaneous division; Mr. Seymour, commissioner of pat- ents: Judge Lochren, commissioner of pen- sions, and Col. Wright, superintendent of the census. At another meeting they will submit their views to the chief clerk, who ‘The will, in turn, submit them for*the approval | Secretary. It is thought that the of the rules wil! not be materially changed. Some minor changes in the manner of granting leaves will probably be recommended. What will be done, it is asserted, is that the exist- ing rules, many of which are sleeping under the mildew of innocuous desuetude, will have the breath of life breathed into them end will be rigorously enforced. ———+o+_____ DISTRICT CONGRESs. Fire Escapes. Mr. Heard has introduced the bill pre- Pared at the District buildings and printed in The Star, amending section 3 of the act for the protection of property from fire and safety of lives, by adding certain regula- tions regarding fire escapes. The Physicians for the Poor. The physicians for the poor*of the Dis- trict, who now receive $40 per month for the services they render, are making an ef- fort to have that sum increased to $50. A| Gelegation visited the Capitol today with that object in view, and called upon: Ri resentative Compton. The fact that the District appropriation bill has been. report- | ed to the House will necessitate thelr going | before the Senate appropriation committee, oe will probably prefer their claim ————_- e —__ Personal Mention. Mr. Sol Smith Russell will be the guest of his manager, Mr. Fred. G. Berger, 2123 | 13th street northwest, during his stay in this city this week. ~ M. J. Carter of Tennessee, D. 3. Willard of New York and George Spencer of Michi- gan are at the Varnum. Mr. Fred Rose will arrive home from Germany January 3ist instant to be pres- | ent at the celebration of his youngest son’s birthday. Admiral Geo: E. Belknap, U. 8. A. at the Epi contr E. P. Ricker, owner and proprietor of th Poland Springs House, Poland od Me., is registered at the Ebbitt. Attorney General Olney has returned to| Washington from his visit to Milton, Mass., where he went to attend the funeral of his son-in-law. Maj. Pollock, chief of the Indian affairs | division of the Interior Department,has been galled to his home at Mt. Vernon, Ill, by a Gispatch announcing the very serious illness of his father, Judge Pollock, one of the most prominent democrats in that section of the ——_—.4.___. Real Estate Matters. |, ¥: W. McCullough has bought of Charles Abert for $12,000 parts 17 and 18, square 127—25 feet 8 inches front on I between 17th and 18th streets northwest. E. E. Elmore has purchased for $7,150 of EB. B. Myers sub lot C, square 402—20 by 73) fect on 9th between K and L streets north-| H. F. Taylor has bought for $9,000 subs’ E ce 64, square 140, alley property—131 1-2| feet between L, M, 18th 1 streets northwest. mai —<—____ At Nashville, Tenn., United States Cir- eult Judge Lurton has revoked an order by Which suits against the receivers of the t Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-| yoad were enjoined. The revocation is like- ay to lead to some important Litigation. It became necessary to} THE KEARSARSE. i | | | | Vor 84, No. 20,795. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Z Am index te advertise. ments will be found on Page 3. | SWEPT BY THE STORM Wind and Snow in the East and Middle States. Running of Trai: Teleg Interfered With— h Wires Blown Down —Great Cold. NEW YORK, Jan. storm along the Jersey coast is severe, no disasters have yet been reported. Superin- tendent Havens of the life saving service telegraphs this morning that the coast is clear from Cape May to Sandy Hook. The 30.—Although the | Wind has shifted to west northwest, and at Sandy Hook it is blowing at the rate of forty-nine miles an hour. The three-mast- ed schooner reported yesterday off Shark m is still anchored there. It was fe: last night that she might be driven ashore by the strong northeast gale, but the change of wind this morning is fa- vorable to her getting off. BOSTON, Jan. 30.—The storm today is Yery severe and widespread. It is snowing all over New England, and the wind is blowing hard in most sections. Telegraph service is serfously interrupted. At Augusta, Me., a heavy snow storm has prevailed since 9 o'clock last night. There was a partial cessation early this morning, but at 9 a. m. snow began falling again faster than ever. It is very thick, and a furious northwest gale is blowing. The snow is drifting badly. Bangor, Lewiston and Portland tell the same story. At New Haven a heavy snow fall is in progress, but the weather is not cold. Similar reports come from intermediate Points and from southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. No communication was established with New Hampshire or Ver- mont cities until 10 a. m. In Concord and Manchester the snow fall is heavy and the wind northwest. PROVIDENCE, R. L., Jan. 30.—There was a gale of wind here all night, with some rain and snow. This morning early it rain- ed, turning to snow about 8 o’clock and fall- ing with considerable severity. About the same time the wind came out from the northwest and is blowing stiffly from that quarter, with the snow still coming down fast. LOCKPORT, N. Y., Jan. 30.—Six inches of snow fell in this section in six hours yester- day and eight inches more during last night. Eastern and local trains were from half to one hour late this merning. This morning it ia drifting badty, but the weather is mild. AUBURN, N. Y., Jan. 30.—A foot of snow here and the flakes still thickly falling. *OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Jan. 30.—A heavy snow storm has been in progress in this city since half-past 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Three feet of snow have already fallen and the storm continues without’ any sign of cessation. There have been no trains in or out on any of the railroads leading to the city today WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 30.—The worst snow storm of the season has been prevail- ing here since last evening. The white mantle covers the ground to the depth of about ‘eighteen inches, and ts still falling slowly. In the wcods, especially, it will be welcome, been unable to do any logging. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 30.—A_ heavy snow storm prevailed here yesterday and last night, and for the first time this win- ter the city can be said to be clothed: in winter’s garb. The snow is about a foot deep on the level. SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 30.—A_ fierce “norther” swept over the counties of north- eastern Pennsylvania after midnight last4tfoops Were brought ‘on shore “hey were night, accompanied by sleet and snow. The snow drifted badly in deep railroad cuts, and all trains are running behind time. In _some instances they are abandoned al- together or stalled in drifts. This is the case mostly on the Delaware and Hudson gravity railroad to Honesdale and on the Jefferson branch of the Erie north of Carbondale. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western north is open, but south is biockaded by — in Lehigh cut on the Pocono moun- is. Crews were sent out this morning to cut away the drifts. Telegraph and telephone wi are down. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 30.—James Doyle, section boss of the Lehigh Valley railroad at Delano, and one of his Hunga- rian laborers were killed by 2 coal engine this morning. Doyle had a large force of men cleaning the snow off the tracks at Delaro. A fierce wind was blowing, and the drifting snow prevented the men’ from seeing the engine, which had just backed —< of the round house. severe storm is raging this morning. ~~ wires are down all over the coal re- ——_—.___ PROPOSED INCREASED WHISKY TAX Distillers Ready to Take Any Law Congress Shall Enact. Representative Post of Illinois, who rep- resents the Peoria district, where distilled spirits are produced more extensively than in any other portion of the wortd, was asked today concerning the attitude of his corstituents on the proposed increase of 10 cents per gallon on whisky and other dis- tilled spirits. “The distillers are perfectly willing and ready,” said he, “to take any law which Congress sees fit to enact on this subject. They feel that if others can stand it they can. They have made no appeal to Con- gress, have sent no agents here to urge their interests one way or the other, and are remaining entirely passive on the mat- ter. of playirg cards concerning revenue changes than I have from the distillers, although the latter's interests are vast as compared with the former.” Mr. Post was asked how the particular features of the changed revenue law would be accepted by the distillers. “The increase of tax is about offset,” said he, “by the extension of the bonding period from three to eight years. The pres- ent three-year period has proved very se- vere on the distillers during the recent financial stringency, and it not only pinch- ed the small producers, but it put a heavy strain on the trust. With an eight-year period the distillers can consult their own time as to paying the tax and taking the goods out of bond, and they can easily make arrangements to adjust their taxes within this wide range.” “In one respect,” continued Mr. Post, “the increase In the tax may be injurious to distillers Mm encouraging moonshining. The extra 10 cents tax will make moonshin- ing more profitable. Moonshiners are heavy competitors of the legitimate dis- tillers. There are about 1,400 of these moon- shine stills, and the government ts power- less to suppress them. They are located in the mountains of West Virginia and Ten- nessee and their operators make up a band of outlaws who kill officers and defy sup- Pression. If the 10 cent increase of tax gould be made to bring in the moonshiners, I think the distillers would more than wei- come it, but instead of that it gives added encouragement to them.” Mr. Post does not think that feature of the law which puts the added tax on spirits already in bond will prove very acceptable to the distillers, although they have not as yet indicated any oppositicn. ——__- e-_ The Fairchild Report. Secretary Ca: ie has had prepared, to be sent to the collector of customs at New Yors a letter containing a review of the recommendations of the Fairchild commis- sion, which recently conducted a very thor- ough investigation of the manner of con- ducting business at the port of New York. | The letter ts practically an abstract of the report of the commi lector will be expect effect such of the be possible. The le the signature of § contents will pot on itself, and the c to put into pra mmendation 20) d y Carlisie and its made public at this | time by the department as so far the lumbermen have | I have heard more from the makers | Zealously Defends the Administra- tion and Commissioner Blount TESTIMONY GIVEN TODAY IN Before the Senate Hawaiian Inves- tigation Committee. yaar aan A Fa |MR. STEVENS CRITICISED sate ice The administration and Commissioner Blount had a zealous defender and cham- [pion in P. W. Reader, who was a witness | before the Senate Hawaiian investigation committee today. Mr. Reader is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was in Honolulu t the time of the revolution and had been | there several weeks before, making a study of the island’ and the institutions. After he controversy arose as to the position taken by Minister Stevens at the time of ithe revolution he published a long news- paper article relating to the occurrence of last January, plainly intimating that the dethronement of the queen and the estab- | lishment of the provisional government was the result of a conspiracy in which Mr. Stevens was a leading factor. ‘This article |Was brought to the attention of the com- mittee and as a consequence Mr. Header Was summoned before the committee. An Outrage on Human Rights. He stood staunchly by his printed state- ment, and while he admitted in response to questions that some of the statements he had made were the result of hearsay testi- mony he declared that the evidence of his own senses had been suflicient to convince him of the correctness of his position, which, summed up, was that the revoh tion was “an outrage on human right: and that it was made possiMe by the con- nivance and willing assistance of the representative of the government of the United Stites. Replying to a question as to whether American lives and property were not in jeopardy when the marines were landed from the Boston he declared that no such condition existed. He said that the Sunday after the queen had made on Saturday her ur.successful attempt to change the consti- tution was as quiet as any other Sabbath on the islands. The children played in the streets, and people went about their busi- ness as if nothing unusual had happened or Was expected to happen. There were occa- |Sional squads of men discussing the situa- | tion, but there did not appear to be any ex- citement. There were no armed men on the streets until the troops from the’ Boston landed. There were sevent ho had on alt | former occasions shown themselves capable |of preserving the peace. There were also | Teserve police and a military company available. Citizens walked the streets un- armed until martial law was deciared. He said there were more Japanese than Amer- | ican residents on the islands, and that it was to have been p-esumed that if there had been real peril the troops from. the Japanese man-of-war, then in the harbor, would have been landed. The Stationing of American Troops. He also asserted that when the, American tion house, where to his. mid they were evidently placed because it was a stra- tegical point. There were certainly no American interests there to protect. Commenting upon the fact that some | witnesses favorable to the provisional gov- ernment had called attention to the ab- sence of the Boston from the harbor, to- gether with Minister Stevens, for ten days before the queen's attempted ‘coup de main | as indicative that the minister and the | commander of the @oston were not advised of approaching events, Mr. Realer re- torted that the Boston’ steamed into port when needed. He also asserted, us he said upon the authority of ex-Minister Peterson of the queen’@ government, that Minister Stevens had given assurance to Thurston | that he would recognize a pygvisional cov- e*nment when it should be frmed und he jhad declined, when called upon by the | queen’s counsellors for aid, saying he could | give no counsel to the queen's party while Marshal Wilson was at the head of the police. As confirmatory of this statement he had actually recognized the provisional government when it had been proclaimed | by only a handful of men and when but an | hour old. The provisional government was without men and without money to procare their services. Stevens kindly stepped in and proffered the valuable help of the | United States navy. He spoke of Minister | Thurston as a radi disturber of the peace | and said that he and Stevens were in fer- | fect accord and they could poiat to the | marines with their gatling guns. Tt wis under these conditions that the queen sur- rendered under protest. No Excuse for a Protecto: Mr. Reader also failed to see any excuse for the declaration of the American pro- j|tectorate over the islands except for the {purpose of preserving the Dole govern- ment. He declared that the natives pre- ferred a native government, and as the vot- ers among them numbered about 12 to 1) white, he was of opinion that they should control. He did not think, however, that after her effort to subvert the constitu- jtion the queen should have been permittéd | |to continue her reign, but that she should | [have been arrested and punished and her |niece raised to the throne. Instead, how- lever, of laying the ills of the queen and of | preceding monarchs at their doors he | charged them to the Americans, who were their advisers and who were substantially the same class of men—Americans—who |now have charge of the government. They lwere a grasping, money-getiing, unscrupu- jlous set, and they would continue to run the {government for their own interest in the jfuture as they had run it in the past. Mr. Reader referred to the fact that only jone side of the story of the revolution had been published, and that, he said, was due to the fact that the provisional govern- |ment had made it a crime to criticise its acts cr officers. “No star chamber of the fifteenth century was?’ he said, “more in- dustrious in suppressing than were these men.” When the | te. Hawatian Will Close. Members of the committee express the opinion that the investigation will be con- cluded within the next ten days or two weeks. The investigation bas already con- sumed more time and taken a wider ranze | | than was at first thought necessary, but the delay has been due more to the difficulty of getting witnesses on time than to any other cause It has als> been found desirable to examine some of the witnesses at greater length than at first contemplated. ‘The examinations have gone more into the history of the islands prior to the time of the revolution, and have also been extended into more of a review of our commercial re- lations with the islands, than was expe+ted. While the resolution under which the com- mittee was appointed will doubtless Mmit the scope of any finding which may be re- | ported as such, the test!mony will be found, | when published, to throw a great deal of light upon the character of the institutions, the inhabitants and the industries of the little Kingdom. The report will, therefore, be a valuable contribution to Hawaiian literature, though somewhat bulky in form. The remaining witnesses to be examined Investigation are mostly persons who have visited the islands at different times. To Be Retired. Lreut. F. \ = nm ordered to appear before the naval retiring board Feb- ruary % stationed between the palace and the we ap each The Process of the District Court Served on Him Toda: His Conference With New York Bank- ers—He Will Not Issue More ‘Than $50,000,000 Bonds. Secretary Carlisle returned to Washing- ton last night from New York, where he had an important conference with bankers and financiers in regard to the new 5 per cent loan. He was at the Treasury Depart- ment bright and early this morning and re- ceived a number of visitors in the short in- terval before the assembling of the cabi- net at the White House. One of the most important of these was U. S, Marshal Wil- son, who called in his official capacity to serve a subpoena obtained on behalf of the Knights of Labor, from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, late yesterday afternoon, citing Secretary Carlisle to ap- pear before the court to answer the bill previously filed asking that he be enjoined from issuing U. S. bonds as proposed by him in his recent circular. The service of this process, it is said, is necessary in order to properly acquire juris- diction of the case, and is also necessary, as it gives notice to all inteading purchas- ers of the bonds of the existénce of the suit, and,if purchased by them they cannot, in case the bonds are declared to be illegally issued, claim to be innocent purchasers, Mr. Carlisle is required to put in an ap- pearance in the case on the first Tuesday in March next, and to plead or answer before the first Tuesday in April. This process is not affected by the action of the court this morning in dismissing the application for an injunction, as the petitioners do not regard that action as final and will appeal the case the United States Supreme Court. The Secretary accepted the legal service and promised compliance with che sum- mons, but made no comment on the action of the court. Marshal Wilson’s visit was short and businesslike. The New York Conference. Although "Secretary Carlisle declines to talk about his conference with the bankers, it is understcod that he is satisfied that there will be no difficulty whatever in float- ing the five per cent loan to the full amount. The published statement to the effect that he told the New York bankers that he would issue $75,000,000 five per cent bonds, if that amount was subscribed for, is incorrect. The Secretary proposes to stand by the terms of his circular, and will limit the bonds issued thereunder to $50,- 000,000, In the event of subsc-iptions in excess of the limit the bonds will be scaled in proportion to the bids. Took It to the White Hi ‘. Secretary Carlisle took the subpoena served on him by the District marshal to the White House and showed it to the Pres- ident and his associates. The financial sit- uation was discussed at the cabinet meet- ing and it ts understood that it was agreed that the policy of the Treasury Depart- ment for the issue of $50,000, five per cent bonds on Thursday next should be put into force and effect unless legislation to the contrary should be enacted In the mean- im of which there is scarcely a probabil- é WORKING THE RACKET, The Republic: nd the Democratic Senators Watch Each Other. republica”Benators are improving busy hol of ‘thé tegislative morning by presenting bushels of petitions from: thelr constituents protesting against the passage of the Wilson bill. Senator Sher-! man has, according to a statement made by him on the flogr of the Senate yesterday, presented so far upward of 300 of such pe- titions. The New Engiand Senators, es- pecially those from Massachusetts, have, been very active in presenting memorials from operatives and mill employes, and the files of the finance committee are rapidly filling up with these documents. There was} an interesting spat yesterday between Sen- ator Dolph and Senator Vest, which shows the tendency of the republicans not only | to present these petitions, but to get as, much of them in the Record as Dossibie, | and a counter-tendency on the part of the| democrats to exclude this matter from pub- | lication. | Mr. Dolph had a petition from some! workers in a rope walk in Oregon, who. protested against the removal of duty upon, hemp and binder twine, and he proposed to! }in that they would be unjustly discrimi- nothing to 'do,being a matter clearly within | | paying them in gold had been shown, nor Judge Cox Denies the Injunction Prayed for by the Knights, THE REASONS FOR HIS RULING The Petitioners Did Not Make Out a Special Grievance. NOT A MATTER FOR COURTS Judge Cox this morning denied the injunc- tion prayed for yesterday by the Knights of Labor to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing the $50,000,000 of bonds proposed by him, and, of course, re- fused to grant the rule against the Secre- tary to show cause why the injunction should not be granted. There were not more than a dozen spectators in the court at the time the decision was rendered, as it was not expected so early. Representative Pence of Colorado was present, as were Messrs. Mills and Ralston of counsel for the complainants. Judge Cox delivered an oral opinion, ex- Pplaining that he had carefully examined the bill and fully consideref the arguments of counsel for the complainants, and, after stating the nature and object of the bill, said that the first question suggested was what standing the complainants had in court? On general principles, he said, it was known that no citizen tax payer had the right to enjoin the action of an officer of the government unless property rights were about to be endangered or some other wrong consummated. Hence, the first claim of the complainants was that they had as taxpayers the right to the Injunc- tion. such a case? The bill, he explained, set out that the issuance of the bonds would create a pro rata tax of $1, and that there being 800,000 members of the Knights of Labor, a total tax of $300,000 would have to be paid by them. That, however, remarked the court, would happen only in case of poll or per capita tax. There had been but two direct taxes in the history of the country, but none sincé 1861, and there would prob- ably never be a per capita tax. Hence, the fear of the complainants on that score was groundless. So, as taxpayers, it seemed to him that they had no standing in court. Their Interest in Mines. . The next contention of the complainants was that they were miners, explained the court, and that they would particularly suf- fer by the issuance of the proposed bonds, nated against by the use of gold, called for by the bonds. But did that, asked Judge Cox, entitle them to the relief prayed for, or entitle them to interfere? That none of such parties had such right was, said Judge Cox, clearly evident; for, | if they had, operatives in the milis of the country could come into court and say that certain tariff regulations injurious to them | should not be enforced. « The question of whether the United States should pay their bonds in gold or in sil was a matter of public policy, with ~ the courts, under the present laws, had! the fg seo ge of the Secretary of the Treas- ury; and, it being optional with the Secre-! tary to pay them in either metal, no ground | upon which he could be restrained from could it be so shown, Errors of Law. Judge Cox explained that he might well stop right there, having. as he understood it, discovered that the parties had no stand- ing in court, and that the Secretary of the ‘Treasury had, in deciding to make the pro- posed issue of bonds payable in gold, exer- cised that option which he was lawfully authorized to exercise. But the court stated that the bill filed by the complain- ants contained some errors of law, which it would not be amiss for him to point out. Judge Cox then went on to say that the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem outstanding notes was not coniined to the excess of the $00,000,000, and that when notes were presented for redemption there was authority for continuing them. The real grievance, remarked Judge Cox, read the petition, which was not long, as’ Seemed to him to be not the issuance of showing more clearly than his own words, the bonds, but their payment in gold, and might the nature of the memorial. He had he imagined that if the Secretary of the| read about helf through, when Senator. Treasury had stated that they should be Vest arose indignantly and objected to the paid in silver the injunction would never Process. Mr, Dolph insisted that he was have been asked for, although he’ did not, | within the rules, and claimed that the pe- of course, profess to know definitely as to MR: P. W. READER MR. CARLISLE’S RETURN NO RIGHT TO ASK | FIGURING ON THE MAJORITY Now Little Doubt That the Wilson Bill e Will Pass, Even With the come Tax Attach- ment — Ex-Speaker Reed’s Plan for the Republicans. The supporters of the internal revenue bill now being debated in the House seem to grow more confident every hour that they will be successful and express tittle doubt that the income tax feature will be adopted. After the debate closes today the set speeches being delivered will be disposed of and tomorrow under the five-miaute rule @ pretty lively time is looked forward to by everybody interested in the outcome. Not- withstanding the opposition of ihe New York Congressmen and those from other eastern states, it does not appear possible to defeat the income tex proposition, Figuring on the Majority. Numerous congressional prophets are to- day endeavoring to figure upon the major- ity that the Wilson bill will have, with the income tax feature incorporated in it, when the final vote is taken on Thursday. Some place the majority in its favor as high as thirty. Others believe that the ma- jority will be considerably smaller, and others that it will be even above thirty. A great deal depends, of course, upon the action of the republican side when the in- come tax feature is voted on and when the general bill is put upon its final passage. Ex-Speaker Reed’s Plan. It 1s understood today that ex-Speaker Reed’s plan is to have the republican mem- bers refrain from voting on the income tax. It is believed, however, that there will be several republicans who will vote in favor of it, even though Mr. Reed favors the plan of not voting. It is said that at least three republicans of Wisconsin will vote in favor of an income tax, and there will be scatter- ing income tax votes from other states. ————__—+ 2+ __ __ NOT THE INCOME TAX, jut the Single Tax, Proposed in a Bill Offered by Representative Maguire. Representative Maguire of California has introduced in the House a bill embodying the Henry George theory. The bill provides for the collection of $02,022,250 in direct tax upon the land values of the United States, apportioned among the several states, in proportion to population, and providing for the assessment coliection of the tax by the methods and machinery which were provided for’ the collection of the direct tax in 1361, The bill follows the general principles of the direct tax laid in 1798, and as amend- ed in 1904, and again amended in 1813. It provides for the assessment of the value of land exclusive of improvements, and re- quires that all lands be assessed at their tull market value. Upon completion of as- sessment, the rate of taxation for the time stated shail be tixed with reference to the assessed value of land in that state, and the amount of direct tax apportioned to that state. Each state is authorized to as- sess and collect the tax by its own methods and through its own officers, provided they to assess and direct tax, is to be, allowed 15 per cent of the gross amount of direct tax collected and paid into the treasury of the United States. This bill, aithough intro- duced as @ separate measure, will be of- fered as a substitute for the income tax and that portion of the internal revenue tax which is to be levied under the bill of the committee of ways and means to meet the expected deficiency in revenues, which will amount to $60,000,000 per an- num. The Author of the Bill Talks. Representative Maguire, speaking of his bill, said: “I have presented this bill and asked for its reference to the committee: on ways and means, with a view of secur- ing more complete hearing before that body than can be had in the House during the present debate, but I intend to offer sub- stantially the same measure as a substi- tute for the committee's proposed income tax and increase of internal revenue tax for the purpose of meeting the expected de- ficiency in the public revenues. I prefer the income tax to the tariff tay as a means of raising public revenue. It is a system of public taxation for public purposes, while the tariff tax ‘s laid only in part for the support of fhe government, while it cre- ates opportunities for infinitely greater taxation for the benefit of individuals and classes, but the income tax, while theoret- ically bearing upon the fortunes of the rich, has always proved in practice to be one of the highest premiums on fraud and evasion, tition itself was quite as brief as any state- ment that he could make of it. Mr. Vest, | however, insisted upon a ruling from the chair, who decided that Mr. Dolph was not! strictiy within the rules that the petitions | shall be presented with merely a brief, statement of their contents and appropri- ately referred without debate. This of course choke off Mr. Dolph, who, starting all over again, made the “brief” statement under the rules. Senator Vest took the floor at once when Mr. Dolph sat down, and set a shining example for the republiz can offenders by presenting a number of petitions, “appropriately indorsed,” in the briefest possible manner. Notwithstanding these efforts on the part | of the democrats, the republicans daily manage to ge: in the Record considerabie portions of the petitions sent to them. As many of their constituents are supplied with copies of the Record, these themoranla do much more effective work than individ- ual correspondence. +e PECKHAM NOMINATION, THE It is Not Likely to Be Disposed of in a Hurry. The opinion expressed by some members| of the judiciary committee that at the next meeting of the committee the Peckham nomination would be finally disposed of is not shared by all the members. On the contrary, some of them assert that there will be no haste whatever in reaching a! conclusion on this nomination, but that the | committee will take all the time necessary in examining into the merits of the «p-! pointment. They declare that the office is one of such importance that it becomes th duty of the committee to go into the ques- tion of confirmation very thoroughly. If| this can be done at one more session of the committee they will be willing to report, | but iféit cannot they will take further tim and all that may be necessary to satisfy | themselves upon the points at issue. Sen-/ ator Hill takes a passive attitude upon the! question of time. He assures Senators, whether of the committee or not, that he is/ willing to have the committee act forth- with or delay action as long as may seem proper. The discussion in committee yesterday was of the most general character and quite non-committal. The points of Judge Peckham’s alleged unjudicial temperament | was touched upon, and some reference to/| his age was made, but very little impor- tance was apparently attached to the latter objection. There was some talk during the meeting of a report by the committee without any recommendation whatever, and a prominent democratic member of the committee ox- pressed the opinion that unanimous con- sent could be obtained to make a report of that character. Detailed Professor. The Secretary of War has detailed First Lieut. M. F. Waltz, twelfth infantry, as professor of military science and tactics | Treasury were of the opinion, it seemed, | ture tomorrow. ‘ury, clting him to appear before the Su- at the Memphis Institute, Memphis, Tenn. that. Their Lawfeal Option. and has always resulted in the grossest in. equalities, even greater than the notorious ‘The complainants had éontended that the, bonds of the United States could be paid in| either gold or silver, but Judge Cox remark-| ed that ‘Congress had merely decided that} the use of the metal was optional with the, government, and their payment in silver | might have been all very well in 1878, when | there wes a parity between gold and silver, but since then, explained Judge Cox, there has been a great revolution in such Value: and the President and Secretary of the that to pay the bonds in silver would not be best. They having exercised their law- ful option in the matter, the courts could not interfere; for it seemed clear to the! court that the power of the United States! to issue bonds was the power to issue bonis payable in gold. The Secretary of the/ Treasury was the one to say whether such} a step was necessary, remarked Judge Cox, | and it was not for the courts to say other-| wise. . In conclusion Judge Cox said that the bill | filed by the compliinants only asked for | an injunction against the issuance and sdle ; of the bonds, and not against their pay- ment in silver, but, Inasmuch as the «om- plainants failed to show a legal interest or right in the premises, the injunction would have to be denied. An Appeal to Be Made. Mr. J. H. Ralston of counsel for the complainants explained that he would pre-; pare an order embodying the court's ruling prepuratory to asking the Court,of Appeals to allow them an appeal, and stated that he would present {t for the court’s signa- Yesterday afternoon the complaiaants cb- tained a subpoena addressed to the mar- shal of the District directing him to serve the-same ‘upon the Secretary of the Treas- preme Court and make answer to the Dill asking for an !njunction that was ‘led | there today. The service of this process, | it is said, is necessary in order to properly acquire jurisdiction of the case, una ts uiso | necessary as it gives notice to all intend- ing purchasers of the bonds of the existence of this suit, and if purchased by them they cannot, in case the bonds are declared to | be illegally issued, claim to be innocent purchasers. Mr. Carlisle is required to put in an ap- pearance in the case on the first Tuesday in March next, and to plead or answer be- fore the first Tuesday in April. Indepen- dent of Judge Cox’s action today pro- ceedings under this subpoena will go forward, and an appeal will eventually be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, if possible. Bonds Will Issue. | The Court of Appeals, to which tribunal | the appeal will first be taken, will not meet until Monday next, and hence the issue of the bonds on the Ist of February cannot be prevented, but it is understood that the bill will be so amended as to ‘prevent the payment of interest on the bonds in the event of the position of the complainants being eventually sustained. - inequalities of personal property taxation. Besides it does not reach the unearned in- crement flowing to monopolists through the monopoly of natural resources, which is he most oppressive and destructive of ail| monopolies. The system of taxation which I propose transfers the burden of taxation from production and makes it rest entirely upon the margin of production.” ————~-o-_____ THE PENNSYLVANIANS’ DILEMMA. Two Congressmen Who Seem to Have Misjudged Their Constituents. Apparently it is hard to please the demo- crats of Pennsylvania, thinks Mr. Beltz- hoover of the nineteenth district, and also Mr. Sibley of the twenty-sixth. There was Mr. Sibley, who resigned his seat in Con- gress because he could not support the Wil- son bill, and his constituents came to him upon bended knee and begged him to re- main in Congress, as he represented their sentiments, they Then Mr. Beltz- hoover, also a dem t, came out flat- footed in opposition to the ‘Wilsgn bill, and made an earnest plea for his downtrodden constituents. But instead of Praising Mr. Beltzhoover, the downtrodden constituents have taken another course. At a meeting of democrats of Mechanicsburg, Pa., to nominate a borough ticket, resolutions were adopted, declaring “That we, the democra- cy of Mechanicsburg, in municipal conven- tion assembled, do hereby express our con- demnation of Mr, Beltzhoover’s traitorous conduct, and demand his resignation, and that Mr. Beltzhoover, in quoting the sacri- legious remarks of that notorious infidel, who sald: ‘I would rather be right in hell than wrong in heaven,’ and thereby in- corporating that doctrine as a part of his religious belief, offended all sense and con- dition of Christianity, for which he de- served, the contempt of all who revere God and love their homes and country.” So “Mr. Beltzhoover and Mr. Sibley are both confronted by a different situation growing out of the same theory, and they are now wrestling with it. It is understood that Mr. Sibley will solve his question by withdrawing nis resignation and yielding to the earnest prayers of his constituents to remain in Congress. Mr. Beltzhoover’s de- cision is to be announced. In the mean- time, they both think that the life of the Pennsylvania democratic Congressman is not an easy one. Tonight's Tariff Speakers. The speakers at the evening session of the House tonight will be Messrs. Tucker (Va.), Terry (Ark.), Davis (Kan.), Enloe (Tenn.), Maddox (Ga.), Wheeler (Ala.), Wil- son (Wash.) and Coombs (Ky.). ——__ + «+ —___ The Cash Ba! ce. The available cash balance in the treas- ury today is $8,955,537; national bank notes received for redemption, $391,248. Govern- ment receipts: Internal revenae, $159,563; customs, $223,556; miscellaneous, $181,114 FRED ON THE FLAG Admiral da Gama tacks a United Slates Warship, SHORT FIGHT IN THE HARBOR OF R10 TheInsurgentCommander’ Surrenders. Tt is Believed That the Revolt is® Nearly Over. FEESH NEWS RECEIVED IN 10! The Brazilian Minister There Ex- presses No Doubts. LONDON, Jan. ¥%0.—The banking house has received from Rio de Janiero saying that Da Gama has surrendered. The Brazilian minster here, upon informed of the contents of the received by the Rothschilds banking and of the contents of il Hie aF i and that the final collapse of only a question of a few days. Coatinuing, the Brazilian minister that the dispatch received by the Roths- childs was beyond doubt the the dispatches received later, dispatch received by the house only said that mo reason to doubt its accuracy. Dispatches received today from Rio ée Janeiro, dated January 30, state that at 10 o'clock this morning Admiral Da Gama having opened fire upon one of the Ameri- can warships, @ sharp engagement followed with the result that Admiral Da Gama eur- rendered. RIO JANEIRO, Jan, 30.—The American bark Julia Rollins, Capt. Kethne, from Bal- timore, and the American schooner Mille 3. H., Capt. Suttle, from New York, were On Saturday the American bark Amy, Capt. Blackford, from Baltimore; the American bark Good News, Capt. Myrick, also frcm Baltimore, and the Julia Hollins gave notice that they were going to the Saudre Piers. Admiral Da Gama learned of this yester- day and he notified Admiral Benham that if the three vessels attempted to go to the piers referred to he would fire on them. Admiral Benham at once replied that the vessels would go to the piers if they wanted to and that he would send the Detroit to protect them. If the Detroit could not fur- nish sufficient protection every vessel of the American squadron would be employed in the work of protection. Early yesterday morning five insurgent tugs and armed merchantmen proceeded to the place where the American vessels were lying at anchor and hovered about them, apparently waiting for them to get under way, when they would fire upon them. There was great activity displayed on board the American warships, and soon thé sharp tones of the boatswain’s whistle could be heard piping the crews to clear the ships for action. At 5 o'clock the Detroit hoisted her an- chors, and with shotted guns steamed in beside the insurgent warships Trajar and Guanabara, both of which were lying close to the Good News. As whe Detroit took up her position @ shot from the Guanabara was fired at the Good News. The Detroit at once fired a six-pound Shot across the bows of the whereupon the latter vessel replied with what is supposed to have been a blank cartridge. The Detroit then turned one of her guns upon the Guanabara and sent a small shcll into her stern post, and was on the poing of delivering a broadside at the insurgent ship, when the Guanabara signalled that she would stop firing. * In the meantime an American citizen, G. M. Rollins, who has acted as the agent of Admiral Da Gama in the arbitration ne- gotiations, had visited all three of the American merchantmen and offered to have them towed at the expense of the insur- gents if they would not go to the piers, This the captains of the merchantmes agreed to do. This arrangement was reported to Ad- miral Da Gama on board his flagship, the Liberdade. He then said: “It is too late. The glass ts broken. 5 must yield to this foreign fleet of superior force. I will resign and give my sword to the American admiral.” Later in the day Admiral Da Gama called a council of his officers, expecting that all of them would seek an asylum on board