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2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE. 'N. THE Gdvice From Honolulu Received Up, to February 8. | PRESIDENT DOLE'S REPLY 70 MR. WILLIS He Answers the Latter’s Reqnest| ‘ for Specifications. | @IsTtT OF THE LETTER ——_—___ SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.—Advices re- ceived today from Honolulu to February 5, by the steamer Alameda, give the full text ef President Dole’s letter to Minister Wii-| lis in reply to the latter’s request for spect- | fications of the statements made in the, :revious letter from Dole in regard to the ‘@ttitude of the United States government. Dole’s letter is very lengthy. He says: . “In compliance with your request for cer- | ‘Gain specifications concerning my letter of | Tiecember 25, I reply thereto as follows: i 'st. You inquire as to the meaning of! fhe word ‘attitude’ as used in my letter. I reply that word was used by me in its} ordinarily accepted sense, meaning bear- Ing, posture, as Indicating the purpose of | those referred to. “You further say ‘will you point out where! ‘and when and how the Representative of the United States assumed any attitude ‘toward the supporters of the provisional government or that government itself other than essentially and designedly expressive of peace.” “In reply I would say that the attitude of @ person is to be ascertained only by in- ferences drawn from the known words and @cts of such a person and the conditions and circumstances under which they take place.” ee eee CORRESPONDEN MUST TELL. Summoned to Testify Regarding Charges Against Shechan. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Prior to the session of the senate this morning sub- poenas were served upon correspondents of the New York Tribune,New York World, New York Times, Buffalo Express and Assemblyman Seibert of Erie county. The papers were signed by Senator O'Conner, as chairman of the judiciary committee, and ordered the persons to appear before the committee at % o'clock this afternoon to prove or disapprove the charges of brib- ery alleged in the papers in connection with the Buffalo bill. it. Gov. Sheehan will be present at the meeting, and will cross-examine the witnesses. SS eee MRS. LEASE PUGILISTIC. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 15.—J.A. Smith, the well-known populist leader, was again | arrested in Kansas City, Kan., on a war- rant issued on he complaint of Policeman Quarles, who charges him with criminal litel im saying that he had visited Excel- sior Springs and paid Gov. Lewelling money to be used for corrupt purposes, for the tection of the gambling interests in is city. Smith gave bond. Mrs. Lease} said that Gov. Lewelling’s attack on Smith ‘was a bluff. “Smith is not the person Lewelling should attack,” said she. “I am the responsible | party. But then Lewelling has been knock- ed down, and under the Marquis of Queens- bery rules a maa who is down cannot be hit. If he will get up we will try it again.” > SUSTAINED. MAYOR HOPKINS jeago Gas Bill Over His Veto. CHICAGO, Feb. 15—Mayor Hopkins’ veto of the Watson Metropolitan gas ordinance wi ustained by the city council last night. | ‘The vote on a motion to pass the measure over the veto of the mayor was 22 nays and 42 yeas, lacking five yeas of the num- ber necessary to pass the measure. Mayor Hopkins in returning the ordinance without his approval holds in substance that the granting of perpetual franchises is bad policy; that the o-dinance gives no re- lief to the sparsely settled districts; the — is fixed too high; that the city would ave no real share in the profits on a “net earnings” basis, the bond offered-is insuf- ficient, and, finally, that the franchise was) Rot sought in good faith. i pe BURROWING THROUGH DEBRIS. Digging Toward the Victims of the) Plymouth Mine Disaste: WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 15.—The men | at work in the caved-in Gaylord mine at Plymouth continue to make headway in clearing up the debris. There was another slight squeeze about 11 o'clock, but it did Rot cause a suspension of work. It is now believed that the bodies will be ultimately reached. This hope was given up yester- —_s-——_—. A BOTTLE’S SAD TALE. The Mystery of the Disappearan an Atlantic Steamer. LONDON, Feb. 15.—A small bottle has | been picked up on the beach of Gigha, one of the Hebrides Islands, containing a piece of paper, on which, written with a pencil, ‘Was the following: “September, 1893.—Sinking mid-Atlantic, | Horn Head. Collision iceberg. (Stgned) MATE.” ‘The steamship Horn Head was a British Yessel of 2,368 tons, owned by the Ulster | Steamship Company, limited, of Belfast. | She was commanded by Capt. Scott. She! sailed from Baltimore on August 19, and Hampton Roads on August 20, for Dublin, | and until today nothing was afterward | heard of her. The Horn Head was built at Belfast py | Harlan & Wolff, in 1884. She was 321 feet 6 inches long, 37 feet 3 inches beam and 25 feet depth of hold. istry. | KNOXVILLE, Iowa, Feb. 15.—Complica-! tions that have $0 long existed between | Rey. George W. Baxter and the First Pres-| byterian Chureh here are finally over. A| dear axo the presbytery found charges | against Mr. Baxter of immorality, and this | @ction was confirmed by the synod. He was given a year to repent. Last | night he was called upon to say whether he had experienced any change of heart, | but denied that he had any sins such as| he had been charged to repent of. After a spirited exchange between Baxter and his examiners, he was formally and lastingly deposed from the church. The congrega- | tion is divided, half having decided to cast | their lot with Baxter, and will form an in- Gependent organization. aa ee mmary Treatment of Bomb Throw- ers. LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Standard cor- rerpondent at Paris says: The nee sion is general that a special system 1s Recessary to punish bomb throwers, and that when caught red-handed they should | be tried by drum-head court-martial and | executed immediately, without the chance | to pdse as herces. ees Teetotalers to Honor Neal Dow. LONDON, Feb. 15.—The teetotalers of Lon- | don are organizing a great demonstration, | te be held in Exeter Hall, on the anniver- sary of the birthday of Neal Dow, the dis- | tinguished American advocate of prohibi- | tion. | | —s Injured at a Norfolk Fire. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 15.—The Norfolk Cereal Company's mill, on Water street, Was destroyed by fire early this morning. Loss, about $20,000; Insurance slight. J. A. Bryant and Fireman Richard Eastwood were injured, the former seriously. | | —_ —— Maj. Kelly Dies at Fredericksbu: J. Harrison Kelly. one of the California forty-niners, and for many yeu ‘ a Herald, and a leading ian of Vi ring Feconstruction period, died he! eeveuty-three yeara. gE the re toda: y aged ‘ i | | The Oklahoma Railroad Bill Still Being | | George presented the credentiais of Senator- | when they were opposed to interfering they | Jet black. The doctor ‘sa: | weeks past to communicate with the main- | land, end who were believed to have been THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TODAY| SENATE Discussed. Senator Peffer Offers a Woman Suf- frage Amendment That is Defeated. When the Senate met today Senator elect McLaurin of Mississippi, and the oath of office was administered to the new Sen- ator. A bill was presented by Senator Hoar “to Prevent lottery practices” through the na- tional and foreign mail service. Senator Harris (Vern.) presented a Dill to | prevent contlict between the federal and State courts in all cases affecting private rights. ‘The House bill to compel the Kock isiand Rallroad Company to stop its trains at Enid and Round Pond, Uklahoma, came up at 1 as the unfinished business, and Senator Piatt (Conn.) took the floor in op- position to the measure. Mr. Platt said his principal reason for | cpposition was that Congress should not enact legislation of this kind. When the territorial act was passed, full power to control these matters was vested in the ter- | ritorial legislature. Home rule was a very | elastic argument; and he had observed that | when Senators wanted to interfere in do- mestic affairs they cried “Home rule,” and cried “Home rule.” (Laughter.) The matter should be left entirely to the territorial legislature. Criticising Secretary Smith’s Action. Senator Platt sharply commented upon the action of the Secretary of the Interior in the town site matters and charged that official with having left his department | and come to the Senate in company with the commissioner of the general land office to lobby this bill through the committee and through the Senate. “Don't talk about oe lobbies after that,” said the Sen- or. H Senator Berry maintained that the Secre- tary of the Interior had been invited by members of the committee to appear before that committee and give his views in re- gard to the bill. “But the represeniatives of that railroad,” said he, “have intested the Capitol from every direction for weeks.”” Continuing, Senator Platt said thet a register or receiver of the land office at Enid had been here for a week or ten days lobbying for this bill. “How did he get here?" said he, “except with the permission of the Secretary of the Interior? If there were no other things which would induce me to vote against this bill it would be the record of it as affecting the Secretary of the Interior and the general land office.” At the conclusion of Senator Platt's argu- ment Senator Blackburn moved to lay the bill on the table. The yeas and nays being demanded the roll call resulted: yeas, 25; | nays, 31, and the motion to table the bili was deteated. A Woman Suffrage Amendment. Senator Peffer then presented an amen4- | ment to provide that in any election for | the location of county seats, “all citizens of the United States” irrespective of sex shall be entitled to vote. It was opposed by Senator Blackburn, but Senator Peffer made a strong speech in support of his amendment. “I inten said he in conclusion, “to avail myself of every opportunity to give to woman—God bless her—every advantage, every right and every privilege that I have got.” (Applause.) The amendment was defeated, the vote being yeas, 15; nays, 42. Those voting for | woman's suffrage were Senators Allison, Carey, Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gallinger, Hans- brough, Kyle, Manderson, Mitchell of Ore- [ — — irae Perkins, Stewart, Teller and Wilson. An amendment providing that a special election shall be held for the purpose of lo- cating county seats in the counties of “L” and “O” and that all male citizens of the} United States who have resided in such counties for thirty days previous to such election shall be entitled to vote was car- ried by a vote of 34 yeas to 21 nays. The Bili Passed. The Oklahoma town-site bill passed—yeas, 27; nays, 27, Vice President Stevenson vot- ing yea. At 2:15 Senator Pugh, chairman of the judiciary committee, said it was a quarier of an hour after the agreed time for the executive session, but discussion on the townsite bill was continued, In Executive Session. At 2:50 Mr. Pugh made the motion for an executive session and it was agreed to. —_———_+ e+ COUGHED UP A WRIGGLER. An Indiana Woman Thought She Had Tonsilitis. ELKHART, Ind., Feb. 15.—A peculiar | story comes from East Elkhart, and the waning health of Mrs. John Ulrich, aged | thirty years, is explained. It appears that the lady has been in declining health for nearly a year, and was supposed to be a victim of consumption. The remedies usual | to alleviate the ravages of the disease, | however, proved of little avail, and the, patient continued to grow worse. Physicians were frequently changed, and while most of them admitted that her} trouble might be consumption, others | thought it tonsilitis and bronchitis. Re- cently Mrs. Ulrich has experienced frequent fits of violent coughing, and/ two weeks ago had a smothering spell | that was regarded as critical at the time. | Last night after an unusually hard spasm | she was horrified to see that she had) coughed up a strange looking wiggling object. It was quite lively and made a great stir. It was sent to the doctor’ office, where it has been preserved in al- cohol. It is about an inch long and has six | legs, and a beak very similar in size and shape to a common pin. Its color is almost } he never met anything like it in actual experience, nor in his reference books, but thinks it must | have been taken into Mrs. Ulrich’s stomach i} with a drink of water. Since ridding her- self of the peculiar animal she has noticed a change for the better In her condition, and now suffers only from a rawness the throat, which, she thinks, was caused by the beak of the animal while struggling in her throat. > AN OLD-FASHIONED SNOW FALL. It Was Followed at Bost by Rain and the Streets Are a Sight. BOSTON, Feb. 15.—Not for years have the streets of Boston been in such a miserable condition as they are today. In all the main thoroughfares there is at least a foot of snow left from the great storm of Tuesday. Last night about four inches of solid damp snow fell on top of that, and this morning the storm has changed to rain. Heavy teams have cut the streets all up so that the result ts a terrible thick, damp heavy slush. As yet the railroads have not suffered from the effects of this storm, but the street cars are blocked all over the city, and suburban cars can scarce- ly make any headway. The telephone and telegraph companies are getting the worst of it. Their wires are badly broken. she schools are closed for the day. —— eine STARVING TO DEATH. The Deplorable State of I North of Ireland. DUBLIN, Feb. 15.—Advices received here from the north of Ireland announce that a life boat, after a petilous voyage. has succeeded in reaching the Island of In- nistrahull, nine miles north of Malin Head, at the extreme north of Ireland, whose nifty inhabitants have been unable for nders in danger of dying of starvation. The life boat on ite way to Innistrahull was buffeted by enormous seas, which filled the boat and necessitated lashing the oars- men to their seats. The life boat's crew focnd the people of Innistrahull in sore straits. They had been compelled to use the furniture and woodwork of their houses for fuel. So far as provisions were con- cerned, there was only a handful of puta- toes left on the Island. Happily, the inhabitants, with one ex- ception, had managed to sustain life until the arrival of the life boat, which brought a small supply of food for the suffering people. As it w one man died of starvation, and a number of others were found to be suffering severely from lack of food. ‘The crew of the life boat did thelr utmost lieve the sufferings of the unfortunate nts of Innistrahull; left all pro- they had with them, and succeeded returning safe to the mainland. An ‘onal supply of food will be sent to Irnistrahull immediately. THE SUFFRAGE FLAG Peace Wein 8 Two Stars Now Gleam in Its Field of Blue. KANSAS AND NEW 02 STAND NEXT Opening Sessic. of se National Woman's Sutira e Association, ———— TODAY’S PROC DINGS For the twenty-sixth year in succession the Naticnal-American Woman Suffrage Association is holding its convention in Washington. The sessions are at Metzerott Hall and began this morning,to last through for a week. The attendance was flattering- ly large and augured well for the success of the meeting, at least in a business, finan- cial and oratorical way. As for the actual success of the asso- elation in securing equal rights for women at the ballot box the members feel more sanguine this year than they have ever been before. Last year when the conyen- tion was held in this city there was hang- ing back of the platform a flag that is called the “suffrage flag.” In the place of the galuxy of stars in the upper corner that one usually sees, there was but one star, of gold, representing Wyoming, the first state to give the right of suffrage to women and consequently the state that will always have a warm place in the hearts of the women of the country. This year there was another star placed in the corner of the flag beside that of Wyoming . Susan B. Anthony. It was the star of Colorado. Then there were two stars in addition, though only. in outline, and not filled in with gold. They represented New York and Kansas, two states that the association hopes to win over to its side and its views before the present year is over. Among the flags with which the walis of the platform were decorated were the flags of Turkey, Australia, Spain and Italy, as women from all these countries are in attendance upon the convention. Minx Autheny Steps ard, It was with the very least of ceremony that the business sessions of the conven- tion were opened today. Ten o'clock was the hour for the general session to com- mence, but prior to that time there was an executive session of the officers of the association to transact certain necessary business that should get the wheels of the convention into good running order. Stepping forward to the front of the platform, with a step as light and springy as it might have been when the first con- vention was heid, Miss Susan B. Anthony, for years the leader of the “cause called the meeting to order, in a plain but handsome gown of. black silk with a front of green under black lace. A gold watch chain crossed ihe front in rather a mannish way. Her hair is gray, but apparently no nearer snow white than it was last year. Her voice is strong and pleasant, and she moved about in a sprightly manner that would have done credit to any girl of twenty. And yet today is Miss Anthony's seventy- fourth birthday, and she has not the slightest objection to any one KnaWwin, In opening the convention, Miss Anthony said that it should be done suitably and in order. The proper order, from her point of view as a Quaker, would be a few moments of silent prayer, but as she was in a minority in this, she would call upon Rev. Anna H. Shaw to open the conven- tion with prayer. Miss Shaw's invocation was an eloquent appeal to the God of jus- tice for aid in the battle for equal rights, and to Him she intrusted their cause. Mrs. Lauran M. Johna. Miss Anthony made a few informal re- marks, calling to the attention of the deie- gates the objects for which they had come together. She said they were here to work. If they succeeded in getting a hearing be- fore Congress this year it would be the thirteenth hearing of the sort in*the effort to secure a simple and evident right. It really seemed too apparent to need mention that one-half of the community should have equal rights with the other half. All they asked of Cong-ess was that there should be submitted to each state a resolution grant ing to women the same rights as were en joyed by the men. The time would come, and that soon, Miss Anthony said, when the people would find it difficult to believe that woman had ever been deprived of the right that in reason belonged to he. List of Committees. The first business of the morning was the | appointment of committees, and upon mo- tion of Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake of New York it wi decided that the committees should be named by the chairman, Miss An thony. As so selected they were as follows: Credentials—Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, chairman; Augusta Howard and Mariana Chapman. Finance—Mrs. Dietrich, Mary G. Hay, Martha Davis and Isabel Howland and Miss Bennett. Courtesies—Mrs. Spofford, chairman; Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Lockwood and Sarah Miller and Julia Wilbur, Resolutions—A delegate from each state, to be elected from each state delegation to be reported tomorrow morning. This practically concluded the work of or- ganizing the convention, as the election of officers does not come off until next week. It took less than an hour for the convention to get down fairly to work. A rather lively discussion was started before 11 o'clock. Upon the suggestion of Mrs. Kachel Foster Avery, it was decided to read the minutes of the preliminary meeting of the executive committee this morning, and to take up the recommendations of that report. The most important of these was that the special efforts of the National American Woman Suff-age Association should be concentrated in New York and Kansas, the two states in which a@ test vote to be made this year on the question of granting the right of voting to women. It was the opinion of the delegates that these two states should be heard from in order that they might have some under- standing of the work that must be done and know with some definiteness which presented the better field for battle. Mrs. Blake insisted that as New York was an older state than Kanses and as she was an older woman than Mrs. Johns, she ought to be heard from first. Her admission on the point of personal age carried her right up to the platform to speak for the empire state. Bright Prospects in New York. Mrs. Blake said that she was surprised to hear, since her arrival In Washinzton, that the association had but little hope of success In New York this year. She wanted to say that just the reverse was the case. There was good reason to be hopeful of suc- of | She itt cess. A constitutional convention would be held in Albany in May and it was the in- tention of the women to have the word “male” eliminated from the clause which contains the qualifications to the right of suffrage. Mrs. Blake told of the work that is being done all over the state of New York to rouse interest in the proposed change, the lectures that are now being delivered and the meetings that are being held. The moral force of a victory in New York, Mrs. Blake said, would be far greater than would be success in the western state. One of the delegates asked of Miss An- thony; who is of course the hardest of all the workers in New York, whether they were trying to secure an actual amendment this year granting suffrage to women, or simply to get an opportunity to obtain’ the amendment at some future date. This question opened the flood gates of Miss Anthony's fervid eloquence. An amendment direct, the right, not the bless- ing, of suffrage, she said, was what was wanted, and thai direct!y. Then she went on to talk about what had been done in the years gone by. Before she knew it she was making a speech. “But I want you boys to understand,” said Miss Anthony to the little group of reporters seated at a table in front of the platform, “that I am doing this in proper order. I have surrendered the chair to Miss Shaw Mrs. Johns followed Miss Anthony, and Spoke for several minutes on the claims leeding Kansas.” She took the ground that the moral effect. of victory in Kansas would be greater than it would be in New York, just as the effect of defeat would be more discouraging. In that state for some time past the women had had the right of Mmited suffrage, and if they fatled in their effort to secure an enlargement of their rights it would seem as though their ex- ercise of such rights as they did possess had been unsatisfactory. Others took part in this discusston, cluding Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, s. man, the president of the Woman's Suf- frage Association of Brooklyn; Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman, Mrs. Keyser of New York and Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery. The gen- eral consensus of opinion seemed to be that the work ought to be prosecuted with all zeal in both states, and not in one j alone, although | Peed of fi cial aid in New York as there is in Kansas. ‘fne resolution, to the effect that it was the sense of the meeting that the efforts of the association should be focussed in these two states, was carried without a dissenting voice. After the delivery of a number of notices of interest to the delegates and a few more words from the president, the convention, at 12:15 o'clock, adjourned. The Delegates Present. Among the delegates to the convention in addition to Miss Anthony, the president, are Mrs. L. M. Stansbury, Colorado; Mrs. Har- riet Taylor Upton, Mrs. Diggs, Kansas; Miss Lucy Anthony, Miriam Howard du Bose, Miss Augusta Howard, Mrs. Claudia Max- , in- | Diebrick, Massachusetts; Laura M. Johns, Kansas; Miss Isabel Howland, Mrs. Henrietta M. Banker, » | B. Blackwell, Massachusetts; | well, Massachusetts; Lillie Devereux Blake, | Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Pennsylvania; Rachel | Foster Avery, Pennsyivani: Carrie Lane Chapman, New York; Mollie Hay, Indiana; Mrs. Marietta Chapman, New Y. :. Miss Clay, Kentucky; Mrs. Bennett, Kentucky. There was no regular session of the con- vention this afternoon, but a number of | state delegations held meetings to formu- late their plans for the week. he program at 8 o'clock is as follows: Address of wel- come, John W. Ross; president of the board of Commisioners of the District of Colum | bia. President's address, Susan B. An- thony. ’ . Alice Stone Blackwell. Colorado—Our New Star, Carrie Lane | Chapman of New York, L. M. Stansbury, vice president of the Colorado Suffrage As- sociation; Henry B. Blackwell of Mase: chusetts, Rev. Anna H. Shaw of Pennsyl- vania, Senator Joseph M. Carey of Wyo- ming. Our Stars of 1801: Kansas and New York, Laura M. Johns, Jean Brooks Green- | leaf. Said by the Way. | The different rows of seats in the hall are marked out by little yellow flags with the name of the states represented in the con- vention. ro call this morning, and it is thought likely that a number of delegations are | storm-bound on their way to Washington, and will arrive here later in the week. i iss Anthony's seventy-fourth birthday, but those who have known her ) Say that she looks not a day older than she | did fifteen or twenty years ago. She seems ) to have learned art ol growing old | gracefully, for there are few women who | are as active and energetic as she is, or as of doing a large amount of work day without a vacation. is a great believer in the In her remarks this ever Miss Anthony | value of advertising. morning she said that she considered the press of the country the greatest of all edu- | cational agents in disseminating informa- tion as to the doings of women. Editors, she said, are naturally averse to printing long homilies on any subject, but it was | her experience that no crisp, pithy item of real news About women's suffrage was ever “turned down.” Personally, she owed a debt of gratitude to the newspaper re- porters, for she noticed that whenever she made a speech the newspapers always con- tained a better speech than she was able to ‘write. Miss Anthony is always on the best of terms with newspaper men and women, who always find her not only courteous and easily approached, but interesting and en- tertaining as well. Mr. Vrooraun, a young man with ideas that he wishes to propagate, was on the latform of the convention this morning. ie was given an opportunity to address | the convention for a few minutes with ref- | erence to a movement that is on foot look- ing to a general union of all the different reforms for the sake of getting concerted | action. On the speaker's desk beside Miss An- | thony was a big bunch of yellow roses which | jooked rather out of place in a convention | | hall, though less incongruous here than | they would have have been, perhaps, in a | gathering of men | "Either Miss Anthony is growing younger jor else she looks down from a more ex- H | alted standpoint; she addr. workers this year as “girl: It is true that an unusual number of those in attend- ance this year are young women, but the average is probably somewhat removed from the state of girihood. Named Though Married. Another fad of Miss Anthony’s is to call married women by their own names instead of by the names of their husbands. One of the delegates this morning was referred to as Mrs. John So and So. Miss Anthony she found that the woman's first name was Laura Miss An- | thony insisted that she should gc down on the records of the convention as such. who are married, but who retain their maiden surname and have not tacked on that of their inferior half. | One of the most active delegates to the convention trudged through the slush to | the hall this morning clad in a pair of un- | mentionables and a dress reform waist. | Where a skirt usually goes this enfran- | chised woman had a pair of Turkish trou- sers that were drawn in about the portion of her anatomy where the top of her shoes would reach. They were so voluminous that at first sight one would not notice that they were divided, and there was no danger of their getting baggy at the knees. They were baggy already. ee “Love and Life” for the United States. The celebrated English painter, G. F. Watts, of the Royal Academy, has offered to present to the United States government the painting “Love and Life,” which was on exhibition at the world’s London expo- sition. For its acceptance an act cf Con- gress will be necessary and Secretary Gres- ham has written to the committee on for- eign affairs requesting action. Today the committee voted to report a resolution. The painting wiil be hung in the reception room of the White House, as there is no nationai gallery in which to place it. there was not so much | ‘well, Georgi: Ona Lanahorne, Virgin! | Emily B. Ketchum, Michigan; Sarah Win- | jthrop Smith, Connecticut; Ellen Battille for the evening session of the convention | Seventeen states responded to the | esses her fellow | wanted to know if she didn’t have a name | ; There are several women in the convention | STILL ON SILVER Disoussed in the House. DEBATE 10 CLOSE TOMORROW Speeches For and Against the Measure Today. Ss 3 OPPOSITION OF DEMOCRATS a this morning Mr. Wise (Va.), from the com- mittee on interstate and foreign commerce, reported back the New York and New Jer- of the President, with the recommendation that the bill do not pass over the veto. Bills for the erection of pubiic buildings at Newport, Ky., and Brockton, Mass., were favorably reported> Mr. Cummings, rising to a personal explanation, stated that sone time ago he introduced a popular loan bill. Since then members had received copies of peared to think came from him. He denied all responsibility for it, and moreover, ex- pressed his unalterable opposition to it. The Seigniorage Bill. Mr. Bland then moved to go into commit- tee of the whole for the further considera- tion of the seigniorage bill. Pending that motion, he again made a fruitless effort to fix the limit of the debate. Will Close the Debate Tomorrow. He suggested that it close tonight, then tomorrow at 4 o’clock and finally agreed | to let the debate run until Saturday at 4 o'clock. But to each proposition Mr. Bur- | ows objected, stating that it was in the | power of the majority to close debate. | “It is very evident,” said Mr. Bland, “that unanimous consent will not be given to that tomorrow morning 1 will move that | debate be closed.” | After the House had gone into committee of the whole Mr. Bland asked the privilege |‘of making a personal explanation concern- ing the incident connected with the spsech of Mr. Walker yesterday. Mr. Walker, he said, had quoted from one of his speeches in which he was represented as admitting the possibility of the depreciation of the silver dollars to the price of bullion. He did not dispute the accuracy of the report of his speech, but the words had been spoken in the heat of debate and did not represent his views. |. There was, he said, an active, universal demand for silver money, while there was only a limited demand for silver for use in the arts. Under these circumstances it would be strange, he said, if bullion silver and coined silver had the sume value. He urged, however, that once there was free and unlimited coinage of si'ver the demand for the bullion for coinase purposes would | bring both coins and bullion silver to par. “Then you withdraw what Mr. Walker quoted, uggested Mr. Reed. “1 ithdraw nothing. I care nothing bout it.” ie “You appear to care chough about it, | retorted Mr. Reed, sarcastically, “to make | this explanation. | Mr. Rawlins (Utah) was then recognized to complete his speech, begun yesterday. He was followed by Mr. Latimer (8. C.), who supported the bill with a free silver ar- | gument. Democratic Opposition. Mr. Hendricks (N. Y.) opposed the bill in a vigcrous speech. It was the impression in the markets of the world, he began, that the United States had gone out of the busi- | ness of attempting to give a fictitious value to a depreciated money metal. At the close of the extra session it was thought that our financial system for the first time since 1873 had settled down to a solid basis. The silver demon which had demoralized our | markets, precipitated a panic and forced an | extra session of Congress had passed away like an evil genius and was now hovering about the houses of parliament. | England was now walking the floor. He | then sketched the events following the de- | monetization of silver in India. That was | an important meeting, said he, last year mints of India. Speculators began to buy |up the bullion under the impression that the mints would be reopened or an import duty be levied on silver. This accounts for the India mints would not be reopened and that an import duty will not be impoyed on iver. So, he continued, this silver problem is awaiting some sort of settlement some- { where. | Kicked About Like a Foot Ball. | It has been,kicked about like a foot wall; in Belgium, then in Germany, France, the | United States and India. Now the whole world has zone cut of the silver business | and is waiting to se+ what country will t the temerity to make the first move. | land,it was admitied at the Brusseis confer- ence, must take the first step. Jur pus’tcn, | made strong hy cho repeal of the Sherman | law, was assailed. by chis wil. What was | new in it was not goo!, and wnat was g00d | Was not new. | The first section juts the guvernment m_tme business :f «re. § fiat money. | Since 18; hen sii colaage was sus- | pended, $508,000,000 worth of silver has been purchased with gold. He proceeded to argue that if the government needled money, it shonld borrow municipality would. pretending when he sold bonds that it was for the spurpose of keeping up the ‘eserve, when,ein fact, it was to secure means to | pay the expenses of the government?” “Oh!" replied Mr. Hendrix. “We ail know that the government needs money and that | the proceeds of the sale of the bonds will be used to defray the running expenses of the treasury.” The Banks Defe He went on to defend the } ed. ew York banks | against the charge brought against them | | that they had hoarded gold and yold obliga- | tions in order to compel the Treasury De. | partment to sell bonds. Since October, 1891, | to September, 1893, said he, $112,000,000 was | |taken out of the treasury by means of | United States notes and treasury notes. | But this gold did not go to New York to be hoarded. It all went abroad. During the | SAme period $154,000,000 i gold was export- Jed. “We did not get it or hoard it in New | York; it went abroad to pay debts.” | If the silver bullion in the treasury were coined, he continued, and it were made re- | deemable only in itself it was as sure to | drive gold out of this country as that wa- | ter would drive ofl or a magnet would pick |up iron filings. That law was a natural law before Mr. Bland began his free-silver crusade. A Series of Question: “Is not the purpose of this bill,” asked Mr. Blair (N. H.), “to place this country on a silver basis?" “I can not believe that is the purpose,” replied Mr. Hendrix. “1 do not think such a purpose could animate the democratic party. At this point Mr. Hendrix was besieged with questions from all sides. He crossed swords with Mr. Livingston, McCreary, Boatner, Cox and others. At last he de- | clared that there nothing sadder than ; to See a farmer sitting oa a fence rail with ‘a gesticulating politician trying to convince him that the low price of wheat was due to the “crime of 1573. “When the act of was passed,” said Mr. Hudson (Kan.), “was there any men- tion in either house of Congress that it an act to demonetize silver?” “Does this act,” replied Mr. Hendrix, ask- ing him a question in turn, “mention the fact that it is an act to drive gold out of the treasury?” Later @ question arose as to the position held by S. Dana Horton under the Harrison administration and Mr. Hendrix stated that he was paid $12,000 a year out of the secret service fund of the government to canvass the European countries and keep the United States posted upon the sentiment regarding bimetallism. Mr. Cannon (1) declared that Mr. Hor- ton held the same position Manton Marbie had held under the first Cleveland adminis- tration. Mr. Simpson Favors the Bil At the conclusion of Mr. Hendrix's speech Mr. Simpson (Kan.) took the floor in advo- cacy of the bill. He began with a humorous reference to the fact that the bankers only seemed to think themselves competent to discuss the currency quesiion. Yet Mr. Walker of Mas- sachusetts had been brave enough to enter the arena and according to the Congression- The Bland Seigniorage Bill Further | During the call of committees for reports — sey bridge bill and the accOmpanying veto - ; an amendment to the bill, which they ap-| close debate and I therefore give notice | at Simla, when it was decided to close the | the enormous exportation of silver to India. | But a few days ago the English chancellor | of the exchequer announced positively that | it as a corporation or a! “Do you mean to say,” inquired Mr. Bry- | an, “that the Secretary of the Treasury was | al Directory, he was a shoemaker. If a. shoemaker can discuss finance, why can't a farmer? (Laughter.) Outside of the interests of the bankers were the interests of the public, and they were diametrically opposed to those of the | | bankers. The one wes interested in a low | Pate of interest, the other in a nigher. | Mr. Simpson announced himself es in favor of this bill, because it was a step in ; the right direction. He said he was one of | | those flat lunatics who believed that 2 cur- rency based on the general wealth of the country and the stability of the government was more secure than a currency based on either gold or silver. A Money Oligarchy. He maintained that a money oligarchy | had the country by the throat and all this legislation which sought to strike down a Portion of the money of the country de- creased the debt paying capacity and broke , the contracts under which the debts were | made. | The lobbies of Congress, he said, were | surrounded by piratical gangs demanding corstant legislation in the interest of gold | changers and bondholders. | The only thing that he regretted in con- nection with this bill was that it would give a lot of democratic and republican Congressman a chance to square them- | Selves with their constituents. They will vote for this bill and claim to be bimeta’ Usts Ike the gentleman from North Da- kota, Mr. Johnson. ——— | | THE PECKHAM FIGHT. | Both The Peckham nomination is the question | of absorbing interest at the Capitol today. Both sides are claiming to be confident of success and apparently there is no move | which promises to be serviceable in the fight, one side or the other, which is not | availed of. The result is not expected to | be known until late in the afternoon, and, | of course, it is greatly in doubt. The pre- | vailing opinion appears to be, however, that | Peckham will be defeated. The claims of the opposition range all the way from four | to eleven majority, while the administration men, without going into the question of a majority, claim that they will be able to | secure confirmation by a close margin. The contest has increased in bitterness each | day that it has been on, and there has been | Some pretty violent talk Indulged in today, , the alleged methods of the administration being | in the effort to secure a confirmation | Severely criticised. |, Barly this morning the two parties were busily engaged in preparing their forces tor | the contest in executive session set tor tnis \afternoon. ‘There were several reported changes from both sides during the fore- noon, but the event which created the most general interest was the arrival of Senator- elect McLaurin of Mississippi, who having jcome in on an early train arrived at the Capitol before 11 o'clock. He was accom- panied by his colleague, Senator George, and the two Senators repaired to the oince of the secretary of the Senate. where they remained in conversation until the Senate convened. Consequently no other Senators met their new colleague prior to the open ing of the session, and none of the oppo- nents of the confirmation found opportu- nity to speak with him concerning the jus- | tleeship contest. ! The Executive Session, | ‘The Senate went into executive session — afternoon for the express purpose of considering the appointment of Mr. Peck- ham to the Supreme Bench and it is prob- able that several hours will be occupied in the battle between Senator Hill and the friends of the administration. It was as- | Gertained this afternoon that both of the | Massachusetts Senators, Hoar and Lodge, | will probably vote against Peckham in re- | turn for services rendered by Mr. Hill in | ald of the defeat of Josiah Quincy's nomi- nee for a Canadian consulship, which | was accomplished on Tuesday. The detate | May be long enough to prevent aciion today, ! though this is not regarded as likely. « + —————_~+ e+, THE NEW SENATOR | Takes the Oath Posted on the! Peckham Case. Anselum J. McLaurin, the new Senator from lississippi, appeared today in the Senate and took the oath of office. The ceremony was brief and simple. Escorted by Senator George and Representatives | Kyle and Catchings, the new Senator entered the chamber promptly at noon, and immediately after the reading of the journal Mr. George made a brief speech in his usually eloquent style, and presented the, , credentials of the new Senator, which were | handed to the desk and read. They were very gorgeous and were startlingly like a certifi-; cate in a mining company or a diploma of a newly graduated physician. They cer- tified to the usual facts of Mr. McLaurin’s age, place of residence, and other senatorial | Qualifications, and were sufficient to cause the Vice President to call Mr. McLaurin | to the bar of the Senate. The new Senator is a rather slight man of ; medium height, with a smooth face and a \ quiet manner. He has a curious resem- blance to Secretary Carlisle, especially from the line of the eyes upward, his forehead being remarkably like that of the financial | minister of the government. He took the | oath of office without any embarrassment, and signed the official book with the aid Be of a pair of steel-bowed spectacles. | Then Capt. Bassett led the new Senator, '! | still walking arm in arm with Mr. George, jto the seat that has been assigned to him on the north end of the third row of the democratic side, formerly occupied by Mr. Martin of Kansas, who has moved to the back, row to the seat vacated by Mr. Allen. Then began a prolonged reception, Sena- tors coming eagerly but politely forward to meet their new colleague. Mr. Hill was early on the ground, and bowed and shook hands in an exceptionally pleasant styie. | Mr. Faulkner, who is doing his best to off- set the votes that Mr. Hill has obtained against Peckham by votes for that gentle- man, followed soon after, but as Senator/ | George was busy furnishing himself with a_ | bew supply of tobacco Mr. Faulkner was) obliged to introduce himself. | | House just then and took general charge | jof the new statesman, Mr. Catchings and | Mr. Kyle having disappeared. Private John | was ebout to lead his fellow Mississippian ‘Into a conversation that should demonstrate the unfitness of Mr. Peckham for the Su-| |preme bench when Senator Stewart saw | his friend of the white metal party and | hastened across the chamber to shake his hand, pat his shoulder and tell him of the great distress that has come upon the coun-| try in the form of a plague of gold } Then Private John got in his fine work and for a few minutes did some very excellent | missionary service for Mr. Hill. —_—+- 2+ Mr. Carlisle Expected Tomorrow. | i ! | Secretary Carlisle and party are expected to reach here on the light-house steamer Maple tomorrow morning in time for Secretary to attend the meeting cabinet at 11 o'clock. ai ——————--o-—_____ Army Orders, Capt. Willlam B. Gordon, ordnance de- partment, will proceed from Cold Spring, N. Y., to the works of the Morgan Engineer- ing Company, Alliance, Ohio, on official business pertaining to the manufacture of | * sarat Beet SPecy neg rst Lieut. Percy E. Ti = v= alry, will be relieved from cooing deny | at Jefferson barracks, Mo. his regiment. a tis) | — Chicago Grain aad Provis' Markets, | Reported by. Silsb: . basters Metropolitan Bauk building: =e tole) CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 1804. | Open. High. \a BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. 15.Fiour duit, chi receipts, 9,215 barrels: suipwent barrels; saies. 150 barrels. Wheat dull spot, G0:ga60%; February. ‘ bid; May, 633,063 receipts, 6.755 bv stock, 1,176,543 milling wheat mized and 2 mixed . Rye quiet byasB; Ns 179.073 busheis, 3 bushels. Grain freights firm, unchanged. Sugar strone—granalated, $4 ver 100 powns. Butter firm—faucy a2: do. imitat ry. good ladle, hal: Kien fresh. 1; cold » Cheese firm Fancy > creame) 20022: do. jadie. lials: packed. 120%. Rews xteady we York, 10a12; Imed, toatz, 12\,a13%. competition. , Stock, however, beiongs “Private” John Allen dropped in from the! 5 Hay steady—good to cholce timothy, | ™ FINANCE. AND TRADE. — Question of a Sugar Tax the Topic in Wall Street. VARYING VIEWS ABOUT TRE TRUST Rise in Gas Caused by Mayor Hopkins’ Veto. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. —_-___. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. Sugar became conspicuous immediately after the opening by reason of its sudden weakness, and sold off 31-4 per cent to 7. ‘The decline was attributed to the liquida- tion of long stock, and many thousand shares were unloaded before bottom prices were touched. The meager amends that the Senate may make for the radical action of the in putting sugar on the free list are satisfactory to inside in that the company will be duction of the present di the exercise of the strictest economy operating expenses. This interpretation the new schedule, however, does not form to the views of certain operators miliar with the figures presented on the company’s balance and assurances are most emphatically given that with its HH 8 present well-organised monopoly the com- pany has nothing to fear, ether from legis- lation or ition. The bulk of the if iy i ly express dissatisfaction for the sugar industry, that liquidation may hope of getting the res. Chicago Gas opened vance of 13-4 per cen’ “2 per cent to open! immediately attacked 4 a reaction of 11-2 The defeat of the chise to a rival company for the early few hundred shares brought the price down tn of recent quotations. This free from the various devices fessional manipulator, and rumors similar threatening wi in order to further the interests of contingent. The doubt concerning dividend will probably be di morrow’s meeting of the company. Opinion and author! to the result, many being con! company can at least pay dend at the old rate. equally sure that 1 per holders can expect out extremely dull season. Louisvilie and Nashville cent on small transactions gd York Central gained a to The dullness in the railroad majority of stocks practically Price. Traders a © interested industrials and the public from speculation until the is disposed of and the in_a determined effort to try ‘The market for sterling on a limited volume of @ency toward higher prices. ‘The strength ts due more ing scarcity of bills rather than creased di . Money rates changed without noticeable Gemand. ‘he clearing house shows exchanges, $71,845,428; balances, $5,- no t i i i i ui 4 ; eg8 i} 8 £ i* is 5 : i ' iy ve g if Ht 5 Eek : i i F fi i 43 i : i i ; & (1 fy f i t g3 i i | i 3 i i i i 36,022, and the subtreasury’s debit balance, The last hour's trading developed features and the market closed dull fractional declines for the day. ae FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The fotlowt the ope the lowest and re cloming prices of the Mee Tone . Coreen & stock market today, as reported tis i 7 % & | i é i i : Sa, see & 117 bid, 125 asked. ‘Gee couv. Gs, 130 bid, 135 Gs, 100 asked. Chesapeake and =. Ss, 103 asked. Cupitel and North O Jiroed a 7 i Cates Rar road cons. ‘asked. wtates Hectic Light come. ba. 136 138 Wheat—Feb = Sex | aa SSM5 | 308 bid. july ot bid. Fekingtoo and Stocks. Inserance . a Gas, 47 hid ee Blect i, 124% id, 130 maker Stocks — oa 47 asked chesnpeake and Potowmec, ‘bid, 50 waked. American Graptop vane, 24 td. 3 ested. Miscellaneous ks. Washineton Market, 33 lid. Great Palls Ice. 120 tid. 145 asked Bull Kon Panorama. 18 Wid. Preamatic Gop . 30 bid. LAncoln Mali, 100 seked. Imter-Ovsam Building, 100 naked. Safe Deposit nod Trust — at Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of tme thermometer at the weather bureau to@ay