Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —_———-——— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few ‘York Office, 88 Potter Building. ‘THe Evextso Star is served to subscribers im carriers, on their city ‘own account, at 10 cen ‘om, their ov ts Be ances postage coun— b. SAT RDAY QUINTUPLESHEET STAR, $1.00 per year; with foreien postace added. $3.07 (Entered at the Fost Office at Washington, D. C., a second-class x -All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Weiss of advertising maae Enown on applicatl r | Vor 84, No. 20,796. | Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTs. Am index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. THE WHISKY TAX THE GIANTS STEP IN'UNFIT TO RULE It Occupies a Good Deal of Atten- tion in the House. VARIOUS AMENDMENTS PROPOSED That Offered by Mr. Dingley Fi- nally Adopted AMID MUCH CONFUSION. The chaplain in his prayer at the open- ing of the session of the House this morn- ing invoked divine guidance in the close of the great tariff debate. Before the con- sideration of the internal revenue amend- ment to the tariff bill was resumed Mr. Black (Ga.) secured unanimous consent and had passed a bill increasing the pension of Jane Thompson of Jefferson county, Ga. The report of the committee on elections in the Settle-Williams (S. C.) contested elec- tion case was presented. The House then went into committee of the whole. Today, according to the special order, was devoted to debate under the five- minute rule, the whole internal revenue amendment being open to amendment. Mr. BicMillin attempted to reach an agreement to vote upon such amendments as might be pending at 4 o'clock this afternoon, but Mr. Burrows objected temporarily, until he could confer with his colleagues. Agi it the Whisky Tax Increase. The first amendment offered was one by Mr. Tate (Ga.) to strike out sections 207 8 and 31, relating to the tax on whisky, the increase of the bonded period and man- mer of collecting the tax. Mr. Tate ex- plained that if this amendment were adopt- ed the law would remain as it is. He was opposed to the increase of the tax on whisky. He was opposed to the provision which postponed the imposition of the in- creased tax on whisky one month, which would give the big distillers an oppprtunity to get their whisky out of bond at Jv cents @ gallon, while the small distillers, urable to take their whisky out of bond imme- diately, would be forced to pay $1 a gallon. It would drive small dealers out of busi- mess. He also objected to the increase cf the bonded period, which permitted a loss of eleven gallons in forty. Instructions to the New York Delega- ton. Mr. Payne (N. Y.), who got the floor os- tensibly to oppose the amendment, took the opportunity to have read some resolutions passed by the New York legislature in- structing the New York congressional dele- wation to vote against the Wilson bill. He @id not suppose the resolutions would be heeded nor that the election of a republi- can in the congressional election in New York yesterday would be heeded, but he Wanted the democrats to know that the first fruits of tariff reform had been the jon of a republican in the Gibraitar of Mr. Outhwaite’s Amendment. Mr. Outhwaite offered an amendment to the amendment to increase the tax on whisky from W cents to $1 when in bond one year, $1.10 for two years and $1.30 for three years, the bonded period to cease at the end of that time. He had no intention, he said, of pressing the amendment. ‘rae provisions of the bill were wrong. in the interest of reform a few days ago the bounty on sugar had been abolished, now it was proposed to give a bounty to the whisky industry of this country. it was proposed to imcrease the bonded period from three to eight years at a cost of 10 cents a gallon. “Do I understand this bill increases the bonded period to eight years?” asked Mr. Dockery. “It does. ‘Then it should be voted down.” Mr. Outhwaite went on to hotly inveigh against the proposed extension. ‘here were, he said, 147,000,000 gallons in bond on June 1 last, 35,000,000 gallons of which ought to be taken out of bond in one year | are now to have an extension of five years. | die demanded to know why this extension | had been proposed and what influences were | behind it. |To Give the Final Blows in the Great Tariff Struggle. Not More Than Ten Democratic Votes, It is Predicted, Will Be C Against the Wilson BI . ‘The debate in the House today over the internal revenue bill opened lively at the start. In view of the fact that members were permitted under the rules to offer this bill and to debate them, more than ordinary interest was displayed on “he floor and in the galleries. The latter were crowded to suffocation before the comziit- tee of the whole had taken up the intemal revenue bill. As is well known, the tnter- nal revenue bili, including the income tax Proposition, will be disposed of today, and tomorrow the general debate on the Wilson | bill as it stands will be taken up. Both the republicans and the democrats will fire their biggest guns in winding up the dis- cussion on the Wilson bill. Three great speeches tontorrow will be delivered—by Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee, Speaker Crisp and ex-Speaker Reed. The Wilson tariff pill | will, of course, be defended in its entirety by Chairman ‘Wilson and Speaker Crisp. Ex-Speaker Reed will oppose the bill on the part of the republican side, and in what is anticipated by republicans to be one of the greatest efforts of his life as an orator. The prevailing opinion today is that the internal revenue bill under discussion to- day will be adopted with but few minor changes, if any at all are made, and, fur- thermore, that the income tax feature will be carried, and the whole bill will be :dded as an amendment to the general Wilson bill. When the final vote is taken on the Wil- son bill tomorrow it is asserted that there will not be more than ten democratic votes in opposition to the measure. Representa- tive Hall of Missouri, who has, according to his own claims, made a thorouga can- vass of the democratic side, declares that the votes in opposition to the general bill on the democratic side will not exceed ten. Mr. Hall ts also of the opinion that the number will be much smaller. Representa- tive Geary of California is one democrat who will vote against the Wilson bill, but it cannot be ascertained that any of the western Congressmen will support him. It is reported today, too, that Representa- tive Cockran of New York, notwithstand- ing the fact that the :ncome tax feature | will be added to the Wilson bill as an! amendment, will not vote against the gen- | eral bill on its final passage. The repub- lican program has not been materially | changed since yesterday. It is still claimed that under the leadership of ex-Speaker Reed the republicans will refrain from voting on the income tax proposition, and | when the Wilson bill is put upon its’ final | passage tomorrow the vote of the republi- | can side will be cast solidly against it. All| hope of the plan to recommit the Wilson | bill to the ways and means committee, it | is said, has been abandoned. Income Tax Program. The program of the income tax men is to permanently embody their measure on the tariff bill by a vote before the House takes a recess this afternoon. Efforts were made by Mr. MeMillin to have 4 o'clock ret as the time for a vote, but Mr. Burrows (Mich.) objected. It was then arranged that the two should confer, but they had not agreed on a time to vote up to 2 o'clock. The two principal | amendments to the income tax will be of-| fered by ar. Pence of Colorado, for a gradu- ated tax from one up to five per cent, and | by Mr. Maguire, democrat, of California, | embodying the Henry George theory of a direct tax on land. Pees ee ASK FOR HELP. THEY ‘The Weather Moderates, but the Need Continues to Be Great. The good weather today did not decrease the number of persons applying for assist- | ance, although there was not so much need | of fuel as during the colder days. The wagon loads of clothing and food being col- lected by the members of the relief commit- | | tees were taken to the headquarters of the | central relief on Louisiana avenue, and dur- | ing the day the police patrol wagons from the different precincts carried the dona- tions to the different stations for distribu- tion. There were many contributions to the Mr. Montgomery (Ky.), a member of the ways and means committee, in defending | the whisky provisions of the bill, said that | he must assume that the House was fair} enough and broad enough to deal with this manufacture on the same principle it dealt with others, that no proseriptive spirit should be shown. He knew that some, | perhaps, would be influenced by prejudice | Q@gainst the whisky trallic. But it ought to! be treated with common fairness. Why | Should the distiller. who pays the heaviest | tax on his product, be compelied to get | Money in such times as these for the priv-| ilege of selling .his product? In the manu-| facture of whisky the process of aging was @s3 much a process as running it through | the still. This bill goes further in the| burden it imposes on the whisky distillers | than any bill ever presented. 1t imposes an | additional tax of 10 cents on whisky in bond as well as that to be hereafter manu- factured. Ought to Have Fair Treatment. Whisky was taxed 500 per cent. It ought to have fair treatment. If a distiller had a capital of $25,000 he must have $125,000 to pay the tax upon his product. It was un- gust to compel him wo pay that tax before bis whisky had ripened and a purchaser | could be found. The extension of the bond- ed period was desired to enable distillers to age their property. Mr. Bowers (N.C.), Bynum and Holman (Ind.) supported the Tate amendment in brief speeches. The former declared that the pressure for the extension of the bonded period came en- tirely from the big distillers in whose inter- est it was framed. The small distillers did not want it. Mr. Ellis (Ky.), in defense of the provis- fons of the bill, said that, in his opinion, a misunderstanding existed as to its effect. There were two classes of whisky. One was Yeady for consumption a tured. This was the whisky of the trust, and the provision in the bill would be a se- vere blow at the trust, but it would give to the manufacturers of honest whisky an op- portunity to have thelr product perfected by age. Mr. McCreary (Ky.) also defended the committee proposition. Mr. Caruth of Kentucky made an eloquent — for the extension of the bonded period the interest of the blue grass distillers. Mr. Dingley’s Amendment. Mr. Dingley offered an amendment to Strike out all words providing for an exten- sion of the bonded period. The utmost con- fusion followed when the voting began. The Outh Mr. Bland providing for an extension of the bonded period beyond three years upon the payment by the owner to the Secretary ef the Treasury of the estimated cost of exportation and reimportation were suc- cessively los. After a great deal of cross-firing the com- mittee fir ally voted on the Dingley amend- ment to the Tate amendment to strike out the extension of the bonded period and it carried, 104 ‘The Kentucky members Sought to snateh victory from what looked like inevitable defeat. The vote was about e Tate amendment as amend- fs amendment (the Tate amendment being to strike out all provis- fons with reference to the increase of the illed spirits and for the ex- m of the bonded period), when various moifications of the pending propositions were suggested. y —e-____ Detailed as Professor. The Secretary of War has detailed Lieut. } as professor of military science and tactics at Clinton Liberal Institut ox Piaia, New York. oo bread fund today, and most of it will be dis- tributed this afternoon and tonight. Contributions are also being received at the room of the central relief committee. ‘Today a man entered the room and con- tributed 25 cents, saying: “I can’t con- tribute much, but I am going to give what ‘The money was put to the credit | ofthe meal ticket fund and will feed sev- eral hungry persons. Medicines for the Poor. Unless something is done to increase the amount of money allotted to the poor the physicians of the poor will be greatly em- barrassed, and the dependent sick will suf- fer for want of medical attention. Some days ago the health officer sent out a cir- cular letter to the physicians to the poor, stating that “owing to the numerous special prescriptions and the great number of patients treated, the appropriation for this service has been largely exceeded. Unless great care is taken and the instru tions complied with there will not be suf- ficient funds to keep up the service to the end of the fiscal year, without encroaching upon the appropriation for payment of phy- | sicians to the poor.’ see ge DELAYED CONFIRMATIONS. | | About Forty Nominations Yet Unacted on by the Senate. ‘That the Senate committees are now ex- the nominations sent to the Senate by the President is evidenced by the fact that | there are about forty of these which were sent to the Senate before the Christmas | holidays which remain unacted upon. Some| | of them are nominations which were made | during the extra session, and were again | made at the beginning of the present ses- | sion. Of these forty appointments upon | which the Senate has not acted fifteen are | Officers in the state of New York, two in Missouri, two in Tennessee, two in Penn- sylvania, two in Maine and one each in various other states. The New York appointments which have been held up are the most important. ‘Shey j include W. H. Bunn, appraiser of merchan- | dise at New York city, and two assi | the collectors of customs at Osw | plain and Buffaio Cr and thi | ters at such towns as Rome, Binghamton} | Salamonia, Medina, Hammondsport, enn Yan, Owego, Auburn, Lyons and Hancock, | and also the district attorney for the north | ern district, to which office Wm. A. Pe er was appointed as long ago as the 6th December last. | .The list aiso includes the name of A. J. | Arnold, who was appointed postmaster at | Topeka, Kan., to succeed F. S. Thomas, the | latter being removed, it was said at the time, against the st of Senator Mar- tin; that of F. H. a member of the Mex >undary com- | mission, and that of David G. Browne, as collector of internal revenue for the district of Montana and Idaho, and that of F. M. ch. of Simmons, to be collector in the fourth in- tez al revenue district of North Carolin. here are Known to be protests against confirmation growing out of local causes in some of these cases, but the impression is gaining ground that senatorial cpposition is responsible for the Reports on ns a at the rec and the sa: Senators s: is to be at- tributed to a re to exercise due precau- , ton in making reports. amendments to the pendin~ schedules in | amining with more deliberation than usual | of Louisiana, as | | What Mr. C, L. McArthur Says of the Deposed Queen. HOW HE CHANGED HIS OPINION Commissioner Blount’s Report Se- verely Criticised by Him. BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Cc. L. McArthur, ex-state senator of New York and editor of the Troy Budget, was ; before the Senate Hawaiian investigating committee today. He went to Honolulu in March for the purpose of investigating the situation for himself. He told the commit- | tee that he went there prepossessed in favor of the queen, but that he came away en- tirely convinced that the revolution was | justified, that the queen was unfit to rule | the islands and that the men who are at the head of the provisional government are | Capable of giving the people a far better | Sovernment than they have ever had. He | said the revolution was over when he ar- | Tived, and the Dole government fairly well established, but that the subject of the re- cent change and the proper government of the islands was the only one discussed, so that he did not want for opportunity to get | at the facts in the case. Explaining the reason why his sympathies had originally | been with the queen, he said he had gone there with the idea that she was being robbed of her crown lands, but he soon dis- covered his error and learned that instead of having any vested right in the lands she | simply held them in trust as sovereign and ‘Was not entitled to them or to the revenues from them after she left the throne. Finding he had been misled in this matter he began a thorough investigation, which ended in his becoming an ardent supporter | of the present government, as calculated in every way to conserve the best interests of the inhabitants of the islands and of human- ity at large. The Queen a Heathen at Heart. He said the queen was a woman of fair intelligence, but that she was at heart a heathen as were all the people of the native race, a race which, he said, was fast dying out and one to which it would be an act of folly to entrust the government of these fair islands, Furthermore, he called attention to the fact that Liliuokalani had not a trace of royal blood in her veins, being neither line- ally nor collaterally descended from King Kamehameha, and said that much sym- pathy was wasted upon her upon the ground og she was by divine right entitled to le. Mr. McArthur was on the islands at the | | time that Commissioner Blount was there | and stopped at the same hotel with him. | He declared that Blount’s report was a per- | Version of the facts as he had gathered |them. He also pronounced as absurd the Story of Stevens’ conspiracy. He then told of the excitement during the sitting of the legislature, when the Christian women had prayed from day to day with the queen not to sign nor sanction the lottery and optum bills, and of the queen’s effort to abrogate the constitution,which, he said, had brought about the revolution, “of which jtevens was as innocent as an unborn child.” “How could it,” he asked, “be otherwise? He was absent from the islands when the revolution began and was too seasick when he returned to give attention to the revo- lution. Neither Stevens nor the United States cruiser had arrived back in Honolu- lu until after the revolution had been under full head for fully forty-eight hours, and he and the officers of the vessel were in utter ignorance of what had happened until they landed. Then he and they acted promptly. That does not look much like a Stevens conspiracy. It was the fact that the queen’s party took advantage of his absence to establish a new constitutioa and to make a revolution of their own, and she lost her throne in the attempt. Critic! Blount’s Method of Getting Information. Mr. MacArthur criticised Mr. Blount’s method of getting information and declared that the most ordinary newspaper man would have gone into the subject far more thoroughly. “As I understand it,” he said, “Mr. Blount only visited the islands of Maui, outside of Oahu, and then only paid | a visit to see the great Spreckles sugar plantation, the largest in the world, where, ot course, he was handsomely entertained. What he should have done was to have visited the great island of Hawaii, the gar- den island of Kauai and the island of Mo- | lokal, and to have seen the conditions of these islands for himself, and have con- | versed with the leading men of all parties | throughout the group, instead of shutting himself up in Honolulu and getting most of | his information at second hand.” Mr. MacArthur took strong grounds in favor of the annexation of the islands. Mr. MacArthur was followed by Dr. N. B. Delameter, Dr. F. R. Day and Rev. R. R. Hoes, the testimony of all being favorable to the provisional government. —_——_+ e+ ____ OVERHEAD WIRES. The Right of the Commissioners to Erect Poles Along a Former Line. Referring to the necessity of reconstruct- ing the fire alarm and police telegraph line between the main office and engine house No. 4 by a line of overhead wires in Heu of the unsatisfactory and unreliable under- ground conduit, Superintendent Miles in charge of the service says, in a letter to the Commissioners today: “The cable having failed, and having no funds at your disposal to repair or renew the cables, and having funds sufficient to erect new poles, coupled with the absolute ne- cessity to do one or the other for the pro- tection of a large and important section of the city, makes it clear to my mind that there is no legal obstacie in the way.” The Commissioners, before taking final action on the recommendations, will get an | expression of views from the attorney for | the District respecting their legal authority in the premises. —-— A CAUSTIC COMMENT By Judge Morris on the Method of Making Special Assessments. Judge Martin F. Morris of the Court of Appeals gave the Commissioners a little law this morning right from the shoulder. it appears that a special assessment was | levied against property belonging to his sister some time ago, for which she receiv- | ed nd notice. Judge Morris say: “Now, while it is probable that I will conclude to pay this bill, as it is too small to waste Ume over it, I must notify you that you are assuming to act under legislation that will not stand the tests of the courts. Even | an act of Congress that assumes to take property without due process of law, and that means without notice, is no better than waste paper. If you construe that you have congressional warrant for such action as has been taken in this case you will tind the warrant worthless; and the sooner you seek a change of it, the better it will be for the welfare of the District.” i | ———<»—___ | A Fraitless Search. | | The revenue marine division of the Treasury Department is informed that the| cutter Wolcott returned to Port Townsend | yesterday, after a fruitless search for the | schooner Mary Brown, which left Unga, on | ngin Island, Octobe for San | and has never been ‘heard of since. The vessel was a fishing and supply | schooner, and had eleven men aboard, | | Francisco, ' FOUND DEATH IN THE RIVER Miss Bettie 0. Bailey Goes Over the Side of an Alexandria Boat. Supposed to Have Jumped Overboard With Suicidal Intent—Her Friends Think She Was Ill. Miss Bettie O. Bailey was a passenger on the steamer Columbia when the boat left here for Alexandria at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Although she pur- chased a round trip ticket she had no oc- casion to use the return coupon, for be- fore the boat landed on the other side of the river she had gone over the side of the boat and disappeared beneath the surface of the river. No one saw just how she left the beat, but those who had seen her just before were satisfied that she Jumped from the steamer. The splash was heard by some of the passengers, and an instant be- fore this the chambermaid in the cabin saw a body fall past the window and she was the first to give the alarm. Great ex- citement prevailed among the passengers. It was nearly dark, but some distance from the beat a floating object was seen, and while the boat waited a dark coat floated past. The attempt to catch the coat failed. There were many passengers on the boat, including employes of the Richmond and Danville railroad and a number of Alex- andrians who are employed in the navy yard, but they were powerless so far aS rescuing the woman or recovering her body was concerned. Before the steamer left the wharf Mr. Henry Sampson noticed in the boat house a very tall lady, darkly dressed, whose height seemed to be in- creased by a tall feather in her hat. After the boat started she took a seat near the forward door of the upper deck and re- mained there quietly. Several persons ob- served that her countenance bore traces of tears. A Splash and a Cry. The steamer was just a short distance below the government magazine when the sad affair happened. When the splash was heard by paesengers and boat hands and the cry “man overboard” was raised the engine was reversed and the boat backed to about the spot where the woman was supposed to have gone under. The life boats were lowered and some time was spent in the search for the body, but with- out success, and then the ferry boat con- tinued to Alexandria. There Capt. Forrest communicated with the authorities in this city and the police boat “Joe Blackburn” went down to where the searchers were at work, but the body was not found last night. When the cry was first raised and the boat stopped, the passengers and officers of the boat were anxious to learn the iden- tity of the person who it was thought had committed suicide. Two young men, who had noticed a woman standing on the port side of the upper deck, hastened to the spot where they had reen her, but she was not there. The men had noticed that the woman seemed to be suffering from some mental or physical trouble. She stood near the rail and had her eyes fixed upon the water. Her attention was not attracted to them when they walked near where she Was standing, and at cne time one of the young men thought of offering a helping hand, but not knowing how he would be received he refrained from doing so, and to- gether they walked to another part of the boat, one of them remarking: “She's got the blues.” Her Identity Discovered. On a chair neaz.where the woman had been seen shortly before she went over- board was found her pocketbook, which was picked up by Mr. Reed of Alexandria. In it was a card on which was engraved her name, Miss Bettie O. Bailey, and hast- ily written in pencil was her address, 411 6th street southwest. There was a small amount of money, some car tickets and trinkets in the pocket book ° When the boat returned here information of the sad tragedy was conveyed to her brother, Mr. Joseph Bailey, the dry goods merchant on 7th street southwest, and the news proved a terrible shock to the mem- bers of the family as well as to her many friends. She had left home in the after- noon to go to her brother’s house on M street, but instead of going there it is sup- posed she started for Alexandria, where she had many friends. Miss Bailey was about forty-two years old and was weil krown in South Washing- ton. For several years she had been a member of the Fifth Baptist Church. She suffered attacks of vertigo and it is thought by her brother and friends that she suffered an attack while on the boat and fell overboard. Her father, who was a re- spected citizen of South Washington, died about a year ago. He was very old and his mind was affected. Before his death he imagired that he was the democratic can- didate for the presidency and he was found soliciting votes among citizens. If Miss Bailey really jumped overboard it 1s thought that her mind was temporarily deranged. This morning the police boat returned down the river and renewed the search for the body. 4 oo JUDGE LONG’S PENSION CASE. Further Proceedings in the District Courts—A New Injunction Suit. The case of Judge Charles D. Long against Commissioner of Pensions Wm. Lochrensis now in the Equity Court in the form of a bill for an injunction to restrain further proceedings under the notice of January 4 to produce additional proofs as to his right to a pension of $72 per month and from in any way reducing or modify- ing the pension under certificate of August 16, 1889. Justice Cox this morning made a rule on defendant to show cause on Monday next. The bill of eighteen typewritten pages is filed by T. S. Hopkins of this city and F. A. Baker of Detroit, Mich., and has attach- ed to it the record in the mandamus case and the proceedings before Judge Bradley. It sets out the notice of January 4 to sub- mit additional proofs, and states he is fear- ful that the threat therein will be carried out thirty days from that date, and his pension be reduced to $50 per month. He submits that the proposed action will be wholly illegal and unconstitutional, and without warrant or authority for the rea- sens, first, that he is justly and legally en- titled to his present pension, and under the legislation as it stands it is a vested right of property under the Constitution. 2d. That the decision of defendant's predecessor (Tanner) ts conclusive and binding on de- fendant, and he has no power to vacate, set aside or modify it. 3. That the case stated in the notice is not within the act of December 21, 1893, for the reason that it is not based upon charge or allegation or fraud or newly discovered evidence of any change as to the injuries or disabilities as would author- ize ‘him to act under that or any other prior act. 4. That the notice is not within the act of December 21, 1893, for it contains no charges or allegations and has no other foundation than the defendant's assertion that the decision of his predecessor was erroneous. 5. That the act of 1893 was intended to secure to pensioners that due process of law required by the fifth amendment of the Constitution, and the defendant having be- fore and since the passage of the act pre- judged the case he is now disqualified from assing upon it, etc. ar That the decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia is con- clusive upon all the questions now sought to be raised by the defendant. Judge Lochren this morning filed an ap- peal from the order of Judge Bradley in the mandamus case. —— The Miantonomoh. The monitor Miantonomoh left Norfolk this morning for a short cruise up the York river for target practice. Her mail address is Norfolk. A BATTLE ROYAL The Hawaiian Debate is Scheduled for Friday. BOTH SIDES READY FOR THE FRAY The Administration is to Be Duly Defended. THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE —___-+—_—_ The Hawalian situation is to have three days’ discussion in the House, commencing next Friday. At the instance of the com- mittee on foreign affairs a rule will be brought in from the committee on rules set- ting apart three days for discussion of the resolution reported by the committee on foreign affairs. It is expected that a very lively time will ensue in the House as soon as this matter is brought up. It is known that a number of republicans are preparing to make vig- orous onslaughts upon the administration’s policy and its treatment of Hawaiian affairs. On the other hand, the democrats are preparing to defend the administration, and to attempt to make it unpleasant for the republicans by dwelling unfavorably upon Minister Stevens’ action. Views of the Democrats. The resolution of the majority of com- mittee, representing the position to be taken by the democrats, is as follows: “Resolved, first. That it is the sense of this House that the action of the United States minister in employing United States naval forces and illegally aiding in over- throwing the constitutional government of the Hawaiian Islands in January, 1893, in setting up in its place a provisional government not republican in form and in opposition to the will of a majority of the people, was contrary to the traditions of our republic and the spirit of our Consti- tution, and should be and is condemned. “Second. That we heartily approve the rinciple announced by the President of the Jnited States that interference with the domestic affairs of an independent nation is conti to the spirit of American in- stitutions. And it is further the sense of this House that the annexation of the Ha- walian Islands to our country, or the as- sumption of a protectorate over them by our government, is uncalled for and inex- pediént; that the people of that country should have absolute freedom and inde- pendence in pursuing their own line of Policy, and that foreign intervention in the political affairs of the islands will not be regarded with indifference by the govern- ment of the United States.” The Republicans’ Position. The minority of the committee on foreign affairs has presented a report embodying the views of the republicans as follows: “Whereas executive communications to Congress disclose “hat the Executive De- partment’ has instructed a minister pleni- potentiary of the United States to conspire with a deposed and discarded monarch for the overthrow of a friendly republican gov- ernment to which said minister was ac- credited, duly recognized by all the civil- ized nations, and to which his public in- structions pledged the good faith and sym- pathy of the President, the government and the people of the United States. <Resolved, That it is the sense of this House that any such intervention by the Executive of the United States, its civil or military representatives or officers, without authority of Congress, is a dangerous and unwarranted invasion of the rights and dignities of the Congress of the United States and a violation of the law of na- tions; and, further, that the manner of such attempted intervention by the Execu- tive and methods used are unworthy of the Executive Department of the United States, while the confessed intent of such inter- vention is contrary to the policy and tradi- tions of the ublic, and the spirit Constitution.” 2 = pine ch ener bole Fag the vod of the position en by ublicans the coming discussion. = zs More Hawatian Letters. |SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE For the Full Amount of the Proposed Bond Issue. A New York Syndicate Takes All That Was Wanting — Bids to Be Opened Tomorrow. That Secretary Carlisie’s plan for the is- sue of $50,000,000 five per cent bonds on a three per cent basis is an assured success is demonstrated by the action of the New York syndicate of bankers and capitalists in subscribing for $30,000,000 of the bonds at the upset price fixed by the Secretary of $117.223. It is said that the subscriptions to the loan were short to that amount up to the time Secretary Carlisle visited New York and asked the aid of the bankers in maintaining the credit of the government. What Failure W: Result in. The failure of the bond scheme would be a great blow to the national credit, and it is said that Secretary Carlisie appealed to the patriotism of the bankers to avert this calamity. That his appeals were not in vain is indicated by the receipt of a tele- gram from ex-Secretary Charles 8. Fair- child, representing a New York syndicate, saying that subscriptions for $30,000,000 bonds at $117.223 had been mailed to the de- partment. The amount was made up by | nearly twenty banks and trust companies of New York city. It represents all that is regarded as nec- essary to insure the entire amount of the joan. There are indications that the total subscriptions will exceed the limit of $50,000,000 by a few millions, and the action of the New York bankers will leave a small margin for discrimination in the bids. The Time Expires Tomorrow. The time for the reception of bids will | expire at noon tomorrow and the exact amount of the subscriptions will then be made known. The scheduling of the bids will be in charge of Mr. Huntington, chief of the division of loans and currency. It has been decided to withhold the names of the subscribers, and to give the press only the rate ard amount of the bids. It is said this decision was at the special re- quest of some of the heaviest subscribers, who have business reasons for not appear- ing in the transaction. Bond Issues Might Conti: It is said here that the New York bank- ers with whom Secretary Carlisle was in confererce Monday were more interested in securing the Secretary's opinion concern- ing the probable effect of the proposed tariff legislation than concerning the ad- verse report of the House judiciary commit- tee upon the bond issue. The bankers sug- gested that if the Wilson bill should ‘be- come a law it would so reduce the reve- nues of the government that the treasury deficit wil! not end with the present year, but that it is likely to continue one year after another, and they are said to have questioned Mr. Carlisle at some length upon the probabilities of the passage of the bill. The idea which appeared to con- trol the New York financiers was that if the revenues were to be so cut as to ren- der probable the continued issue of bonds, so many of ¢t would ultimately be thrown upon the market as to depreciate their value and render jt unwise to pay the high premium put upon the 5-10 bonds by che terms of Mr. Carlisle's proposition. Increase of the Deficit. A further loss of $400,000 in gold is report- ed at ‘the treasury today, leaving the gold balance stand at $65,500,000, or a loss dur- ing the month of January of $15,000,000, or at the rate of $500,000 a day. The official statement of the government receipts and expenditures to be issued to- morrow will show, in round figures, that the expenditures for the first seven months | of the current fiscal year exceeded the re- ceipts by $46,000,000, the 3 Receipts, $175,000,000; expenditures, sone: 000,000. These figures, if the ratio is carried through the entire fiscal year, -vould make) the deficit for the year, foot up $£50.000,000, | leaving the treasury with but $41,000,000 of ; the $121,000,000 with which it entered the: This showing Cs moe bove has abov been achieved by the most rigid roel and withholding payments not absolutely necessary to the smooth running of the The President, it is understood, will not send to Congress the latest batch of Ha- walian correspondence, which includes President Dole’s reply to Minister Willis, till Friday. President Dole’s reply has been in the possession of the State Department since Saturday last. Those who have been per- mitted to glance over it say it is an ex- ceedingly vigorous and pointed document, about ten thousand words in length. Min- ister Willis, in his letter of December 27, asked for seven specifications. President Dole gives him about thirty. Most of them, however, center round Mr. Willis’ first in- quiry. —__+ e+_______ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. government. Less than $750,000 of a of nine miliion dollars due for sugar bean. | ties have been paid. None of the premium meney on the new cruisers, amounting to two million dcllars or more, has been paid | and as little work on public buildings and river and harbor improvements as was consistent with preventing work already | lapsing into decay or destruc- tion from natural causes has done. —————__- e-___ STATE BANK TAX REPEAL. The House Banking and Currency Committee to Settle It Friday. The question of the repeal of the 10 per | cent tax on state banks, whchi has been | agitated throughout this Congress by a/ large contingent of southern and western | members, will be brought to a focus in| the House committee cn banking and cur-| rency Friday. Several bills involving this | Maryland Gets a Foreign Mission— Other Offices Filled. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: ‘Thomas B. Ferguson of Maryland to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo- tentiary of the United States to Sweden and Norway. To be collectors of customs: John J. King of Alabama, for the district of Mobile, Ala. George D. Bryan of South Carolina, for the district of Charleston, 8. C. W. B. Robinson of Virginia, for the dis- trict of Tappahanuock, Va. Justice—Julius A. Taylor of . Tennessee, to be attorney for the United States for the western district of Tennessee. Postmasters—John Welfley, Decatur, Ind.; Samuel Arnold, New Castle, Ind.; Chas. E. Chamblin, Mason City, Ill; J. W. Stucken- bruck, Coon Rapids, Iowa; J. C. Cottrell, Kingsley, lowa; Thomas Delaney, Marcus, Iowa; H. E. Nicholaus, Wilton Junction, Iowa; Edgar N. Nash, Newton Highlands, M John P. Egglestone, Imlay City, Mich.; Jay G. Green, Stromburg, Neb. Thomas B. Ferguson, who was today ap- pointed minister to Norway and Sweden, has for several years resided in Washing. ton, though Baltimore is his legal place of residence. He was at one time assistant fish commissioner of the national fish com- mission. He is a man of fortune and about fifty years of age. His wife, who was a daughter of the late ex-Governor Swann of Maryland, was killed in a recent street car accident in this city. MR. CHILDS BETTER. His Condition Somewhat Improved This Afternoon. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 31.—The phy- sicilans attending Mr. George W. Childs is- sued the following bulletin at 1 o'clock this afternoon: “Mr. Childs passed a good condition is somewhat improv —>_—__ SUSTAIN ST. GAUDENS. night and his ed.” The Nation: Sculpture Society on the World’s Fair Med: NEW YORK,Jan. 31.—The National Sculp- ture Society has passed the following reso- lutions: “Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Nationa! Sculpture Society that the objec- tions made by the Senate committee to the! nude figure on the medal designed by Au- gustus St. Gaudens for the world’s Colum-| bian exposition are unwarranted and tnat. the said figure, as presented on the medal, is in every way unobjectionable. “Resolved, That if changes in works of art are ordered, then such changes should be made under the immediate direction of the artist.” step are before the committee, but it has | been decided to take a vote on the bill drawn by Representative Cox of Tennessee, | whith is for an unconditional repeal. i This question was discussed in the com- mittee thoroughly last session and the various bills were explained by their au- thors. It developed in the discussions that the committee ts very evenly divided on the | banking question and on the votes of one or two members whose position ts in doubt | depends the fate of the bill in its first stage. | Judge Cox says that the bill will cer. tainly be reported, either for the uncondi- tonal repeal of the tax or for repeal with | some limitations. After it has been re- | ported, he says, it will be pushed in the House as soon as the right of way has been obtained for it. 1 This bill will be the first important meas- | ure emanating from the banking and cur- | rency committee in this Congress. Chair- | man Springer of the committee has em- bodied m the form of a bill his scheme for a uniform banking system, but has | done so rather to bring the whole matter | before the committee and effect an ex- | pression of views than with the expecta- | tion that his ideas will be crystallized in | legislatior —__-e-______ MUST BE SWORN Before the jee on the Gas Question The House District committee held a short meeting today, at which it was de- cided to hold a special meeting of the com- mittee next Friday at 10 o'clock to give a hearing upon the gas question. Such per- sons as may desire to impart information| to the committee upon the gas question will be afforded an opportunity to 40 so. The committee has decided, however, that all testimony hereafter shall be upon oth. ! Witnesses will be sworn before being al-| lowed to testify. Furthermore, the testi-| mony heretofore given at the hearings | upon this’ subject is to be reviewed to the | testifiers, and they will be called upon to swear and subscribe to it. Such portio of that testimony that cannot be subscrib- | ed to will be omitted from the report to ve | presented to the House. —————— Senator McPherson’ Senator McPherson of New has returned to Washington, says that he {has had no time to reply to idle rumors | regarding his movements. He says that net action of Senator Voorhees in haviag his place temporarily filled on the finance com- | mittee was at his requ and that he| offered no suggestions as to the person to be selected. He says this climate is as good for him now as any other he could find, unless he should spend several months in the altitudes of the far west. | NO CHANGE AT RIO Rumors. REPORTS ABOUT FIRING RIAGGERATED Admiral Benham’s Dispatches to the Navy Department. COMMENT ON HIS ACTION LONDON, Jan. 31.—In naval, military, Political and commercial circles here today, the splendid journalistic achievement of the Associated Press, in setting all conflict- ing rumors at Rio de Janeiro at rest, by ob taining an interview with the United States commander,Rear Admiral Benham, is hear- tily applauded. ‘The conflicting news received by the Rothschilds, the Brazilian minister here, and others, to the effect that Admiral, Da Gama had surrendered would, probably, have been current for several days te come had it not been for the Associated Press, which, by an admirable piece of en- terprise, cleared up all doubts, crushed out all the false and sensational rumors, and established beyond a doubt the exact situa- tion of affairs at Rio de Janeiro. At the admiralty, the foreign office, and in other government departments the interview with Admiral Benham at Rio was discussed, and the attitude assumed by the United States commander was warmly ap proved. iral Benham. The Brazilian minister today the belief that the end of the revolt was minent, and said that even if Admiral Gama had not actually surrendered to United States admiral, he had certainly nounced his intention of so doing, and moral effect of his action would be same upon the insurgents as if he handed over his sword to Rear Benham. Continuing, the Brazilian minister warmly raised the enterprise of the Associated in outstripping every kind of compe tition, and in being able to hold <> tion of being the only news agency to obtain authentic news from Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian minister also said that if Admiral Da Gama finally surrendered to Rear Admiral Benham, it ts likely that he will be handed over to President Peixoto. “In any case,” the Brazilian minister as- serted, “the combined Brazilian govern- ment squadron is now approaching Rio de Janelro and it is strong enough to compel the surrender of the rebels.” United States Ambassador Bayard also highly complimented the enterprise of the | Associated Press, and repeated that be thought that there was not much signifi- cance in Admirai Benham’s action, as the latter was merely protecting his own coun- trymen, “And,” added the United States ambassador, “if fo warships are not Rio de Janeiro for that purpose, of what use are they?” Mr. Bayard also remarked that a similar instance with an American warship oc- curred in =~ neg: during his term as Secretary of State. Strangers, according to Mr. Bayard, always suffer during strug- giles like that now going on in Brazil. “It ig 4 — the interior,” said Mr, Bayard, in conclusion, “they cannot be but if on the coast, a must and will be protected.” says this The Exchange T. that dispatches have ‘been received aa city today which appear to establish be- yond a doubt that Admiral Da Gama pro- to surrender to Admiral Benham, and that he would have done so had it not been for the fact that his officers refused to per- mit him to carry out his intention. It is de also again announced here that Admiral itibu and a large Mello has captured Curt quantity of specie. Confirmatory Advices. When the British admiralty officials were shown the interview with Admiral Benham they admitted that they had received to- day a dispatch from the British admiral confirming the Associated Press news. Commenting on the interview with Ad= miral Benham, a high official of the Brit- ish admiralty said that it confirmed the of- ficial information received by the admiralty in every way, except that the | from the British admiralty said that the Americans were the first to open fire. Dissatisfied With Gama. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 31.—Dispatches ree ceived here from Rio Janeiro say that the Brazilian insurgents are making prepara- tions for a vigorous attack upon Santos and Sao Paulo. The news that firing had taken place be tween the United States warships and the insurgent vessels seems to have been great- ly exaggerated. Dispatches received say that only signal shots were exchanged, and no shot was fired in real earnest. It is added that the insurgents feel very much discouraged at Admiral Da Gama’s practical surrender to the United States admiral, and it is reported that the younger oficers are m favor of heving Admiral Da Gama replaced by a younger and more en- ergetic commander. ENGLAND'S POLICY AT RIO. London Papers Criticise Lord Rose= bery fo Lack of Action. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Lord Rosebery, fore eign secretary, writing in reply to a cor respondent, says that he regrets the de" plorable state of affairs in Brazil. The gove ernment, however, he sets forth, cannot de part from its general policy of non-intere vention in the affairs of a foreign state, and adds that the British naval officer im | command of her majesty’s fleet at Rio Ja- neiro is giving the same protection to Brit- | ish subjects as other foreigners are receiv- ing from the naval officers of their respec tive governments. The Standard, commenting upon this re ply of Lord Rosebery, says that his remark is no longer true, since the remarkable change in the attitude of the admiral com- United States fleet. he blockade of Rio Janeiro has been broken up, so far as American | trading vessels are concerned, and we do not suppose that the American example will be lost upon merchants and naval of- ficers representing other nations in the port. The only question outstanding ts as to how far the Washington government will approve and support the action of Ad- miral Benham.” e Telegraph says: T “There is apparent- ly no issue to the complicated tangle of the Brazilian conflict. dently the action of Admiral Benham was the result of a desire to submit to a crucial test the question of whether commerce should or should not be brought to an entire standstill while the blockade was In the poiut