Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. llth Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York Office, 88 Potter Building. ee served to subseribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents T week. or 44c. Br month. Copies at the coun- 2 cents each. tmail—aay where in the United Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per Sat eparQr LE SHEET ST, 1.00 year, with foreien postacs added, 63.00 6 © -OOPervears at the Post Office at Washington, D. ass mnail matter.) = bscritions must be paid in advance ites 02 advertising mace known on application. Che Lvening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,814. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1894-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS NEW MOTIVE POWER What the Metropolitan Railroad Co. Wants to Do, AN INTERESTING HEARING TODAY The Status of the Company Brought in Question. SEVERAL ARGUMENTS MADE The House District committee gave a hearing this morning to the Metropolitan Railway Company on its proposition to thange its motive power and adopt the underground trolley system. Judge Jere Wilson, Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, Mr. A. B. Brown, United States District Attorney Birney, Col. A. T. Britton and President Stevenson of the Metropolitan Company were present. The change of motive power was the Proposition before the committee, but the discession hinged entirely upon the claims of the District against the company, and whether the District has a right in equity against the company for requiring the pay- ment of existing debt. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson said that the reasons why the Metropolitan Railway Company wants this ¢hange have been stated heretofore, and it is proposed today to meet the objections of the United States district attorney. Proceedings Pending Against Company. Mr. Birney thereupon said he was present to state to the committee the present con- dition of certain proceedings pending before the courts to forfeit the charter of the com- pany. If this bill passes it will destroy these proceedings. “Has this road obtained anything which it should have paid for and has not?’ asked leard. Mr. Hi Mr. Birney said he would state the case. The committee could judge for itself. The railroad was compelled, under its charter, to keep its tracks in order. This has not been done. Congress directed that if the com- pany did not do the work the District should do it and charge it to the company, which been done, and the company charged with $161,000. Suit was brought, and a jury returned a verdict of $147,000. The case Went to the Supreme Court of the District and the court gave a judgment for the com- pany upon the sole ground that the statute of limitations prevailed in the case. Con- §ress subsequently provided that the judg- ment previously imposed should be paid within eighteen months or the charter for- feited. The company failed to comply with that requirement and the Attorney General bezan forfeiture proceedings. The case was tried, and Judge Bradley dismissed the information. An appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals, and is now pending. Mr. Birney has since filed a sec- end information for forfeiture of charter tron the ground that tie company has not compiied with the act of Congress re- quiring the company to change its motive bower within a certain time. A Waiver of Forfeiture. In answer to a question, Mr. Birney said he admitted the claim that if the bill now proposed is passed it can be urged as a | waiver of forfeiture of charter. , Mr. Babcock asked if the courts Fave passed upon the questions of fact, to which Mr. Birney replied that they have, end found judgment in accordance. In re- sponse to a question from Mr. Cobb, Mr. Birney said that it is true that the court | has decided that the District has no stand- ing in court, by reason of the operation of the statute of limitations to recover the money, but that Congress undoubtedly has the right to control the charter of the com- pany and to require compliance with its act. It is true that the statute of limita- tion appiles only to the remedy; the debt Still exists. said Mr. Birney, “My position is this, “the charter creates a moral and legal ob- ligation upon the company to pay the sum which has beer. expended in its behalf, and which should have been paid years ago. ‘The company has taken advantage of va- Fious acts of Congress to claim a waiver when in fact no waiver was intended.” Mr. Richardson suggested that Congress should settle this case upon its merits, to which Mr. Birney agreed. Col. Thomas, attorney for the District of Columbia, entered the room about this time and gave a review of the history of the litigation, corroborating Mr. Birney. Col. Britton’s Plea. Col. Britton, in behalf of the company, sald that there were only two acts of Con- gress requiring the railroad company to pave its tracks, the law of 1964 requiring the railroad company to pave its tracks at its own cost, which was complied with absolutely, and the law of iS73 providing that the District should do the work and charge it to the railroad company. In 1s7l, while the company had performed its previous obligations, the District legislature passed an appropriation of $4,000,000 to Pave streets. Assessments were levied upon abutting property. It was then de- cided that no assessment could be made against the railroad company. In Js73 Congress passed an act bearing upon this subject, providing that parties who had not paid the assessment on grounds of_exorbitancy could file a complaint. In 1879 one step further was taken, and the foregoing provision extended to those who had paid assessments, but who felt ag- grieved. The District tried io assess tne railroad company and claimed that an obli- fation rests upon the railroad company y the act of 1871. Mr. Britton gave the statement of the company’s claims of fact in the suits which ‘were brought in the courts. “Upon that statement of fact what kind of a court was it that lost you your case?” asked Mr. Cogsweil. “Well, you can judge for yourself,” an- Swered Mr. Britton, “when a higher tribunal ‘Was organized 143 cases of appeal came up and eighty-eight cases were reversed. Mr. Nat'l Wilsou Reviews the Case. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson said he ‘had been attorney for the corporation since it was bern, in 1864. In so far as the judgment is | concerned there is none now existing. The | court has decided that the monetary con-| sideration is out of the way and cannot be enforced. t that the obligation is out of the suggested Mr. Cobb. No; not that the obligation is out of the way, but the judgment ts.” Mr. Wilson reviewed the history of the eompany up to IST2, and the performance of the duties required by the charter. The board of public works was created in 1871, and up to that time the company had com- plied with every regulation as to paving. That fact was admitted by all. In 1872 the first charge against the company was made, being a charge for concrete pavement on 1ith street. The board of public works re- fused to let the company have any voice in the choice of pavements. The board took up the pavements and substituted what it chose to put down. “Does rter give the District that right i Mr. Cogswell. Mr. Wilson said the charter did not au- thorize the beard of public works to take 1878 no claim against the company was made, except one small claim of $5,000. * The court in its decision against the com- pany went upon the theory that the board of public works had absolute power to put in new pavements without consulting the company. Since 1878 every foot of pave- ment which has been put in hos been Paid for and there is no charge against the company. What the Company Claims. “Do you claim that the District had no right to take charge of the matter and in order to secure a uniform pavement take up yours and put down their own?” asked Mr. Abbott. “We claim that prior to the act of 1878 the District authorities had no right to take up our pavements. Under our charter we had exclusive right to do so. The board of public works might as well have sub- stituted marble tiles, if they chose to, and make the company pay for that if the assumption is granted that the board had exclusive right to do it,” answered Mr. Wilson. Mr. Jere Wilson asked to make a brief statement. He said it is perfectly manifest that whatever claim there ts,if there is any, it is of a dim and shadowy character. Such | being the character of it, there is an ad- ditional fact. Congress is trying to get a | change of motive power on this road. Here jis an offer by the company to put better | means of transportation on the road. Now | the question is, will this committee say to the company that it will not allow the com- pany to furnish this modern system of transportation unless it pays this dim, shad- owy and inequitable claim? The commit- tee cannot say to the House that the claim is of such an equitable character that the community should be deprived of this new and modern transportation. It was decided to continue the hearing to- morrow at 10 o'clock. NOT ALONG I7TH STREET The Commissioners Report on the Rock Oreek Railroad Bill. Im Place ofthe 17th Street Route a Connectio: Aven is Recommended. ‘The Commissioners have returned House bill 2871, amending the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company, with the following report: It does not appear to the Commissioners that there is a public necessity for a street railway on 17th street from U street to I street, as proposed in the bill, and it has been shown to their satisfaction that a large |; number of owners of property abutting thereon are earnestly opposed to such rail- way. The roadway on 17th street is paved and is not wide. The property fronting it is improved. The street is lined almost wholly | by dwellings; it has established curbs, side- walks and parkings, and has trees and street lamps along the curbs. It is believed that instead of laying new tracks in the direction of gridironing the residence streets of the national capital, the suburban rail- ways should be accommodated in entering the city, where they can be, by the use of present tracks, the charters and franchises for which were granted free, with the res- ervation by Congress of alteration, amend- ment or repeal. It does not seem either lawful or just that one company should have exclusive rights (in streets against the public interests | and against provision for equitable compen- | sation for a division of part of the granted | Tights. The Rock Creek railway along Boundary and U streets meets present car lines on | Connecticut avenue and 14th, 11th, 9th and 7th streets, all going to the heart of the city. After careful examination, the Com- missioners judge that Connecticut avenue is the natural and least objectionable route | for securing the main object of the bill, and {t is therefore recommended that the bill be amended as follows: Connecticut Avenue Instead. Strike out the route given in the proposed amendment and insert: Beginning at the in- tersection of Florida and Connecticut ave- nues and running thence southeast along |Connecticut avenue to 17th street; thence |south on 17th street to H street; thence east on H street to 13th street west; thence south on 13th street west to E street north; thence east on E street north to Sth street west; thence north on 5th street west to H street; thence west on H street to 13tn street. East of Connecticut avenue the proposed amended route is the same as the route in the bill except that from Sth to 13th, H street is inserted in lieu of F. It is further recommended that the Rock Creek railway be authorized to extend a branch from 18th street east and north through Mount Pleasant for needed accom- modation for that suburb and travel to and from the Zoological Park, this amendment being by adding to the above amendment the words: “Also from the intersection of 18th street and Superior street prolonged, eastward on line of Superior street to Cen- tral avenue, thence north on line of 17th street in Washington to Howard avenue.” Such a branch would meet present demands and could, by authority of subsequent leg- islation, be extended as future opening of approaches to the Park might permit and the public accommodation require. The Commissioners also recommend the addition to the bill of certain stipulations and conditions which are deemed by them proper and desirable, and which have been | adopted for insertion in a general form of | Street railway bili prepared by them. For | convenience a new draft of the House of | Representatives bill, embodying amend- | ments herein proposed, has been prepared and is respectfully submitted herewith for favorable action. THE KEARSARGE CREW. Their Arrival at New York—A Court of Inquiry Will Be Held. A telegram was received at the Navy De- partment this morning announcing the ar- rival at quarantine in New York harbor of the steamer City of Para, having aboard the officers and crew of the wrecked cruiser Kearsarge. Preparations were immediate- ly made at the department for a rigid in- quiry into the facts connected with the wreck, and an order will be issued this af- jternoon for a court of inquiry. ‘This will | be composed of three members, and will sit at the Brooklyn navy yard, where the |erew of .the Kearsarge will be located abcard one of the receiving ships. The | Purpose of the court is to fix the probable | Fesponsibility for the wreck upon some one | or more of the officers, if the facts Justify | It, and to make out a prima facie case for the court-martial which will follow if it shall be shown that the casting away of the Kearsarge could have been avoided by the | exercise of proper precautions. To this end every one of the officers, beginning with Admiral Stanton, will be called upon to tell everything that may have any bearing on | the case, and they will be invited to men- tion any complaint they may have to make against the management of the ship. The crew will also be examined, and this work will begin as soon as the court can be got- ten together. pL Sener seen eet Naval Orders. Commander McGowan’s time on th up and put do pav s . without Tespect to cost Or Bthom, been [school ship St. Mary has been extended The board went ahead, however, and did | till March 10 next. Lieut. J. W. H this. suit w: entered upon until 1880, r the delay was that the 1 that they did not have | of audit, subsequent- | called attention to this non- | i mission of that lack | wuthorities. was the first f the railroad, and t authorities pro- f it had been cifteal- should apply to iter to be laid. UD to! This nd the u his ceeded ava: i » Distri mst the company as i: Ithough the act | bas been granted two months’ lea’ permission to go abroad. ADEA A Sick Lenve Order. ‘The following important circular was to- day issued by the Secretary of the Interior: “Hereafter leave with pay on account of sickness will not be allowed for absence In excess of one day, unless, within twenty- fcur hours from the beginning of such ab- | sence, the department be notified of the illness of the employe, so that it may have opportunity investigate ‘he circum- stances of MAJORITY GROWING Pennsylvania’s Republican Success Greater Than Expected. THE FIGURES MAY REACH 176,000 What the Leaders on Both Sides Say. WHERE THE GAINS WERE eo Be ER PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 21.—The election held in this state yesterday to choose a successor to Congressman-at- Large Lilly resulted in a victory for the republican ticket greater than any in the history of the party in this state. When the returns were all in it is be- lieved the plurality of Galusha A. Grow will reach nearly 160,000, When the re- publicans elected Jackson state treasurer last fall with the plurality of 135,146 it was believed that this would serve as the high water mark for years to come. Be- fore election republican leaders said they would be satisfied if they could show up 100,000 votes “to the good,” while the dem- ocratic leaders, who made an active cam- paign, were confident that the republican plurality could be kept below 80,000, and State Chairman Wright was even rash enough to say on Monday that the re- =o would be lucky if they had 65,- ‘Therefore the enormous plurality of ex- Speaker Grow is a surprise to both par- tes. In this city 177,753 ballots were cast, the republican ticket receiving the unprece- dented plurality of 58,940, a gain of 6,694 over last fall's vote. All returns so far re- ceived indicate that a very heavy vote was cast, considering the fact that spring elec- tions in this state are usually light. The democratic gains were all in the rural dis- tricts. ‘The larger cities and the manufacturing and mining communities show republican gains. The disaffection in the democratic ranks, which resulted in the nomination of Arthur D. Markley as the candidate of the “Pennsylvania democracy,” did not appear to fect the vote of that party in this city, as the ticket received only 1,212 votes. Perhaps the withdrawal of Mr. Markley some days ago affected his vote, aithough his name appeared on the ticket. Throughout the state the “Pennsylvania democracy” vote was light. Republican State Chairman Gilkeson said today that he believes the party plurality will reach 175,000. Mr. Gilkeson was nat- urally in a joyous mood over the result, but he declined to be interviewed. In the cities the local republican ticket was victorious in almost every instance. Such democratic strongholds as Reading, York, Allentown, Altoona, Sunbury and Eastcn were swept into the republican column. Carlisle {s the only city that shows sub- stantial democratic victories. An interesting feature of the day was the re-election of A. J. Cassatt, the well-known railroad man and turf patron, as super- visor of roads in lower Merion township, Montgomery county, a suburb of Philadel phia. Mr. Cassatt, who is a democrat, liv- ing in a strong republican district, has held this office for ten years. much time, money and attention to the good roads question, and it is believed thes his district contains the best blica: the United States. Notwithstanding this fact, some of Mr. Cassatt’s neighbors made a desperate effort to defeat him yesterday, but were unsuccessful, he being triumphant- ly re-elected by a gain of 162 votes over last year. —_——__ MISS POLLARD DEFENDED. A Young Kentuckian Who Says He Held Her in High Esteem. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 21.—The people of this city and county are all agog over the testimony taken at Lexington in the Pollard-Breckinridge scandal case. ‘The tes- timony of Catesby Hawkins, who lives near the Woodford county line, it will be remem- bered, was very sensational, and detailed an alleged mock marriage said to have taken place between Alex. Julian, brother of Mayor Ira Julian of this city, and Miss Pollard at the residence of ‘Squire Tins- ley, at Hardinsville, that after the marriage the pair, both in a maudlin condition, re- tired together. : Frankfort people are very severe in their denunciations of Col. Breckinridge’s attor- neys and of Witness Hawkins on account of this testimony, which people in a posi- tion to know say is a tissue of falsehoods manufactured out of whole cloth. “Squire Tinsley is said by those who know him to be one of the most sober and highly respected residents of Shelby county, and the talk of a drunken debauch being al- lowed at his house is flatly contradicted by all who know him. Mr. Tinsley’s apparent desire to tell the simple truth and the whole tenor of the testimony given made him rather a good witness for Miss Pollard. Early in his testimony he denounced unqualifiedly false every word Catesby Hawkins said in a deposition in this case. He declafed that Hawkins was not at th Tinsley house at the time of the mock mai riage, nor was any one else save Mr. Tir ley’s family and 'Squire Tinsley, who drop. ped in to visit his brother's family. marriage was performed about 11 o'clock in the morning, and that he went to his own home before night. Under pressure he admitted that he had kissed her, and was finally induced to relate the circumstance They had taken a walk one afternoon duw to a bridge, and seated themselves on an abutment. In some way the kiss came about. “Did you place your hands upon her person?” | was asked, and the listeners became ex-' ctant. Mr. Julian hesitated before reply- | ing, as he ran his hand through his hair. | “Yes, sir, I did.” There was a pause, and just as the at-| torney was about to propound another ques- | | tion, Mr. Julian manfully blurted out, “I }- | just’ threw my arm around her and kissed | ‘her right, just like a girl ought to be/ kissed.” ‘There was an explosion of laughter which was not done for some seconds. Under further pressure Mr. Julian admitted that he had kissed her on other occasions, #8 he “had kissed other girls,” and the su stance of his remarks is really given in one | of his replies, which was “I mean no dis- |respect to the people of my community |when I say that I thought her to be as | pure and chaste as other girls living in my neighborhood.” — JERSEY’S TWO SENATES. Quo Warranto Proceedings Shortly to Be Brought. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 21.—The governor came to the capitol early this morning, and has since been in conference with the at- torney general and Lawyers Lindabury and Stevens, trying to get the papers ready to bring the quo warranto proceedings be- fore the supreme court ir. order to settle | Which senate ts che legal body. | Before going into the conterence the gov- ernor stated that he had to go before the | full session of the supreme court as soon as the papers were ready. All the lawyers are agreed that the court will have juris- diction in the cases of Presidents Adrain and Rogers, and the writs will be issued against them. They are still in confer- ence. oe A Prominent Indianian Dead. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 21.—Charles |M. Hatch, president of the Colfax Manu- | |facturing Company, died today after a protracted illness. He was widely known, especially in eastern insurance circles, He has devoted | Mr. Julian further stated that the mock { | and strong again as ever. |A COMPLICATED SITUATION Troubles of the Senate Finance Oommit- tee Over the Tariff The Tremendous Outside Pressure for Protection—Legislation May Be Blocked Altogether. The framers of the tariff bill in the Sen- ate firance committee have a nest of hor- nets about their heads, and the stings are being applied with a peculiar viciousness. The troubles which beset the House com- mittee in forming the bill are nothing com- pared with what the Senate committee is encountering now. Their work was fin- ished. Thirty-six hours ago they had their bill ready to report, comparatively few changes being made from the Wilson bill, and their hope of speedy action by the | Senate was high. Now they are being assailed on all sides and in all conceivable ways, and they are simply standing in their tracks to wait for the storm to blow over before getting the bill into the Senate. The Outside Influence. The outside influence that is being brought to overthrow the action of the com- mittee is astounding. Party loyalty and party interest appear to count for nothing in competition with the personal and busi- ress interests involved, and prominent democrats from the sections of the country where the demand for protection of certain interests is strongest are threatening the overthrow of the tariff bill, and there is danger that the democrats may be torn all to pieces as a party, and things be left to go Es the bow-wows. Appeals to party feeling appear to have no effect whatever. Those men who ha} put in their demands for concessions boldly | threaten to kill the bill ‘and spilt the party | if denied what they want. The lobby about the Senate is the biggest and most persist- ent that has appeared in the halls of Con- gress for maby years. The outside infiu- |ence to secure concessions is said to be backed with unlimited money as well as | political pull, and every conceivable means of influencing action 1s being resorted to. May Defeat the Bill. Their purpose appears to be as much to | defeat the bill as to change it, and long de- lay of action ts a secondary object if the bill cannot be defeated. It is far from {m- | possible that tariff legislation may be block- ed altogether. It is authoritatively stated that the finance committee has made but | few changes in the Wilson bill, and these few are of a character not objected to by | the House committee. Yet, to add to the | confusion of the situation, Mr. Cleveland has taken a hand in the matter, and insists that there shall be no amendments, but that the bill shall be passed as it passed the | House, so as to obviate the necessity of go- jing to conference. The whole situation is the most complicated that can be imagined, The New York Senatorw’ Position. There is a great deal of speculation among those at the Capitol as to the position which Senator Hill and his colleagues will ultimately assume on the tariff bill. For the present Mr. Hill is maintaining an ab- solute and impenetrable silence, which 1s being echoed’ successfully by Mr. Murphy. There is a great deal of pressure being brought to bear daily upon these two Sena- tors, increasing as the time for debate on the tariff bill approaches. Scarce a day passes without Mr. Hill presenting volumi- hous petitions against the passage of the Wilson bill, sent to him by the citizens of New York. be eee Economist of the current week goes, ynto the ques- tion of Mr. Hill's Pe ee mattersand Quotes from the speech made by him at Wheeling, W. Va., on the 25th of October, 1890, when governor of New York. In this speech he outlined his position as being based upon the platform of the democratic party in 1884 and 1888 and said: “The plain and simple interpretation is this: We believe in the recognition of a demand of labor and propose to shield our workmen from such competition as can justly be conSidered as unfair. For instance, if it costs two dollars for labor to produce a certain manufactured article in foreign countries while it costs four dollars to produce the same article in this country then we favor a tariff of two dol- lars on that article in order to equalize the difference in wages. The imposition of that amount amply protects the American workman and prevents his being placed at a disadvantage by reason of the com- Petition of the alleged pauper labor of Europe. This is all the tariff that any in- telligent American workman every desired or asked for.” The Economist then goes on to say that these sentiments comiritted Mr. Hill fully to the protective policy as if he had distinctly approved the McKinley bill, and in accordance with these sentiments he is expected by some to vigorously oppose the Wilson bill. ———_—_—_-o——____ TO LEAVE THE CITY. face Indications That the Presi- dent Will Take Another Trip. There are surfa indications that the President is about to leave the city for a few days’ recreation in hunting. All sorts of rumors are current in regard to the matter. One is that he is going away on the President's yacht Dolphin for a cruit along the coast of North Carolina. The basis for this story is that the Dolphin, a few days ago, was ordered here from the New York navy yard and arrived last even- ra No one at the Navy Department will say why she was brought here, but no cre- dence was given the report that the Pres- ident wanted to use her. Another report is that the President wiil leave here Saturday for a ten day cruise in the sounds of North Carolina and that the light house tender Violet, row cruising in Chesapeake bay, will be | used for the purpose. Officials of the light hcuse board say that no orders have been issued to that effect. Officials of the White House maintain their usual reticence in regard to the President’s plans and it is difficult to say positively whether the chief | magistrate is or is not going away. a DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. New Western High School Building. Senator Wolcott today gave notice of an amendment to be proposed by him to the District appropriation bill adding $100,000 for the erection of a building and the pur- chase of a site for the use of the Western High School. To Lease Ford’s Theater. Senator Voorhees today presented, by re- quest, a bill directing the Secretary of War to lease to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hall Association the Ford's’ Thea- ter building, where President Lincoln re- ceived his death wound. The building is to be devoted exclusively to the uses of the association as a public library and museum, in which shall be collected and preserved historical relics relating to the late war and used for the purposes of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., for the benefit of soldiers and sailors of the United States serving during the rebellion. The building is to be leased for a period not to exceed twenty years and an annual rental of not more than $100. The bill was referred to the select committee on the Ford’s Theater dis- aster. Against Interments at Graceland. Mr. Post of Illinois has introduced a bill in the House prohibiting the interment of bedies in Graceland cemetery, and provid- ing a penalty of $500 fine for violation of the act. + e+ ______—. Commissioner Parker's Health, Commissioner Parker has been out driv- ing every day this week and looks as well He expects to go to Atlantic City for a week or to take a short sea trip to round out his rest cure and to assure his full and permanent r covery. WOMAN SUFFRAGE Its Advocates Appear Before Con- gressional Committees. HEARINGS AT THE CAPITOL TODAY Miss Anthony and Other Ladies Make Arguments, THE BALLOT WANTED Twenty-five ladies, the remainder of the national woman's suffrage convention, which has been in session in Washington for a’ week past, appeared before the House judiciary committee this morning to advo- cate a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Such a’ resolution had recently been rejected by the committee, but was reconsidered at the request of the ladies. | Among those in the party were Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Rev. ida Hultin of Llinois, Mrs. Greenleaf of New York, Mrs. Howard of Georgia, Mrs. Har- riet Taylor Upton of Ohio, Miss Jennie Gifford of Ohio, Mrs. Ketcham, Mrs. Stans- bury of Colorado and Mrs. Pickler of South Dakota. But four members of the commit- tee received the delegation, Representatives Goodnight of Kentucky, Broderick of Kan- sa3, Boatner of Louisiana and Wolverton of Pennsylvania. Miss Anthony Begins the Speechmak- ing. The speechmaking was begun by Susan B. Anthony, who told how the women had come before congressional committees thir- teen times, once before the committee on privileges and elections, once before a se- lect committee and other times before the judiciary committee; how they had once obtained a favorable majority report upon their appeal when Judge Taylor of Ohio was chairman of the committee, and fa- vorable minority reporte at other times. After half a century of speaking she did not intend to reiterate her appeal, but ush- ered before the committee the Kev. Anna H. Shaw,a minister of the Protestant Epis- copal Church. Mrs. Shaw took eloquent exception to the system which confers suffrage upon all men not idiots. She averred that the male half of creation had resorted to every de- vice of demagoguery to bar the female half from her righ’ The Rey. lda C. Hultin of Illinois de- clared that men should dignify women by conferring upon them their political rights. Coercion and oppression, she said, did not conduce to real piety or freedom, and in the interests of greater self-respect for the sex she asked equal suffrage. Miss Anthony remarked that southern Congressmen had always replied to the pe- tition of the suffragists that women of the south did not want the ballot, and to con- fute that statement presented Mrs. Vir- ginia C. Young of South Carolina, who de- scribed the trials of women under the pres- ent system. Mrs. Ketcham’s Appeal. The president of the Michigan state as- sociation, Mrs. Ketcham,declared that there were women in the state washed by the un- salted seas, who would gladly die for the cause. With emotion she asserted that in this time of transition of thought men had come to realize that government was not safe with half fts citizens the political in- feriors of recently enfranchised chattels and slaves; that men were beginning to de- mand the mother element in the govern- ment. Miss Lavinia Hatch of Massachusetts spoke of the injustice of taxation without representation, and Mr. Henry B. Black- well, a Massachusetts pioneer of the move- ment, stated that woman's suffrage was of as much interest to men as women, telling the committee members that if they were the statesmen he wished they were they would grant the right from motives of justice. Ignorant male suffrage was the great threat to government. Not to make women like men, but because they were unlike men, presenting a different class of interests and motives, he would have them take part in the government. Prof. Jennie Gifford of Butchel College, Akron, Ohio, urged that all property owners should have a voice in government. The wife of Representative Waugh of Indiana was introduced by Miss Anthony with the remark that since man and wife were one, afd that one might be the wife in this instance, it could be considered that Mr. Waugh was speaking. Mrs. Waugh regretted that the liquor traffic had both political parties by the throat, and thought women could emanci- pate them. Mrs. Pickler’s Tilt With Mr. Boatn. Mrs. Pickler, wife of Congressman Pick- ler, who spoke next, in the course of her remarks indulged in a brief tilt with Rep- resentative Boatner over the public land question, which afforded amusement. God would never forgive the territorial governor of Dakota for his veto of a suf- frage bill, Mrs. Pickler said. Woman's only opposition in the northwest came from foreign born citizens. Miss Anthony corroborated this last state- ment with statistics, warmly questioning the right of foreigners to come to this coun- try and debar American women from their rights, A Senate Hearing. Senstors Hoar, Wolcott, Blackburn and Hill of the Senate committee on woman suffrage gave a hearing in the Senate mar- ble room today to a delegation of women of the late national convention in advo- cacy of the rights of suffrage without re- gard to sex. The speakers were Rev. Ida Hultin of Illinois, Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Massachusetts, Mrs. S. B. Mitchell of Penn- sylvania, Mrs. Anna 8, Diggs €nd Repre- sentative Davis of Kansas. Mrs. Sallie Clay Bennett of Kentucky, Phoebe W. Wright of New Jersey, Mrs. Alice Smith of Vermont, Mrs. Clara B. Colby of Nebraska, | Mrs, Jeanette 8. French of Rhode Island, Mrs. Abbey Peaslee of Maine, Rev. Anna Shaw, vice president at large of the Na- tional Woman’s Suffrage Association. Mrs. Hultin’s argument was based on the hu- manity of the proposition to confer suffrage on woman. She pleaded for a chance for the perfect development of the race and said that if suffrage was a good thing for half the race it must be good for all. Miss Augusta Howard of Georgia, who wore a reform costume overshadowed by a cowboy’s sombrero, made a humorous speech. The Victory “Colorado. “Fellow citizens,” began Mrs. Stanbury of Colorado to the committee, a sally which provoked laughter, and then she de- scribed the recent Colorado campaign for suffrage, which resulted in a victory for women. The president of the New York state as- sociation, Mrs. Jane Brooks Greenleaf of Rochester, wife of a former member of Congress, spoke of the degradation of disfranchisement. Before adjournment Miss Anthony spoke. Representative Good- night, in the absence of Chairman Culber- son, promised the delegation that the matter would be considered. Frequent applause from the ladies inter- rupted the speeches. Before the session ended other members |of the committee dropped in, finding seats |on the desks or window sills, as the room was crowded so that the scene was an in- formal and rather picturesque one for a | congressional hearing, brightened by the |gowns-and bonnets of the delegates. The only interruption to the occasion was the | intermittent wailing of an infant carried by lone of the delegates. Women Want the Ballot. Miss Blackwell dwelt upon the question An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. whether women want the ballot and she contended that they did. The fact that some did not, she went on, is not against the cause, as all great social changes which have taken place have been made against the opposition of many of those who were to be benefited. Mrs. Lucretia D. Mitchell of Pennsylva- nia spoke briefly and gave way t6 Mrs. Annie L. Diggs of Kansas. Representative Davis of Kansas aiso spoke in favor of equal suffrage, being the first member of Congress who had ever ap- peared before a committee of Congress in advocacy of the cause. Mrs. Sarah Clay Bennett of Kentucky, daughter of Cassius M. Clay, argued the cause from a constitutional standpoint. Mrs. Phoebe C. Wright, an elderly Quaker from New Jersey, said she thought the prospect was good for an early return in her state to the suffrage conditions which existed prior to 1807, when women enjoyed the right of suffrage. Mrs. Smith said that while a large pro- portion of the male population of Vermont had emigrated to the west, leaving two women to one man, there were still enough men left to hold all the offices. Mrs. Colby followed. She spoke at some length con- cerning the condition of affairs in Wyoming and declared that while the population of | that state had increased 127 per cent in the | last decade, and the population of the en-! tire country only 24 per cent, there had been no greater increase of crime in Wyom- ing than in the country at large. She elso showed that the ratio of divorce in Wyom- ing was one to three, whereas in other western states it was one to four. She told the committee they would have to grant suffrage in order to save the home. Mrs. Peaslee spoke of the favorable action | of the Maine legislature, and Mrs. Shaw spoke of the universal good effects of suffrage. PENN SYLVANIA’S ELECTION What is Said About It by Members of the House. Republicans Are Naturally Very Jubi- lant—Some Expressions From the State Delegates. The result of the election of Congress- man-at-large in Pennsylvania, which gives Grow, the republican, so tremendous a ma- jority, is received with great satisfaction by republicans in Congress, coming as it does in regular order following the municipal elections last fall. It is regarded as an un- mistakable evidence that public sentiment is strongly antagonistic to the administra- tion at this time. The election of Grow by a large majority was expected, but it was not believed that it would be as great as it is. The democrats account for the result by saying that there was no hope for the election of a democrat anyhow, and that the size of the majority is due to the fact of divisions in the party in the state and not to any national issues. Republican Expressions. Ex-Speaker Reed, in speaking of the elec- tion, said: “When we get at these fel- lows (the democrats) next November, there won't be separate burials; they will be buried in trenches.” Representative Bur- rows said: “The result is simply indicative of the wrath to come. It is the forerun- ner of an overwhelming victory this fall throughout the country, to be followed by the complete triumph of the republican party in 1896." White House 1 ganization of the democratic party in Penn- sylvania, if permitted to have followed their own judgment, would have made no nomination against Grow, but would have allowed the election to go by default. The rational administration was indignant when the organization of the party made no nomination against Adams, who was recently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. O'Neill, and gave the Pennsylvania leaders orders that discipline and organization must be maintained and a nomination made against Grow. Accord- ind to the White House instructions they made every effort to bring out the vote. The result was that when the voters went to the polls they voted for Grow. Therefore the great majority.” Representative-at-Large McDowell said that he expected Grow to have about 200,000 majority, and suggested that there ought to be a contest in the House if it Ridn’t run above 150,000. Representative Kribbs (democrat) said that the pension policy of the administra- tion was largely responsible for the result. He said also that the delay in passing the tariff bill in the Senate kept the demo- crats from supporting the ticket as earn- estly they otherwise would have done. He said that he did not fear the result next fall. Beltzhoover'n Satisfaction. Representative Beltzhoover (democrat) is gratified at one feature of the result. That is, that his county, which went republican last November, gave a democratic maj ority at this election. He expressed the opinion that the tariff question in Congress was re- sponsible for the overwhelming majority of Grow. “Pennsylvania,” he said, “is a pro- tection state, and when a fight is made on the issue of protection or free trade no other result can be expected.” Representative Riley (democrat) attrib. uted the result almost entirely to the de- pression of business and the bad times which have prevailed during the past ycar; also to discontent engendered towards the democrats, which have been augmented by the agitation of the tariff. - ——+ 2. FRIVOLOUS CHARGE A Portion of the Fairchild House Report. A portion of the Fairchild custom house report has been given to the press. One of the charges against the New York custom house was of extensive undervaluation against J. R. Simon & Co., importers of Japanese silks, in 1801. The commission says that while it does not find that the goods of Simon & Co. were in any instance in- voiced at less than actual cost, or that there was any intent on their part to defraud the government by means of undervaluati>: it does find that their Japanese silks we in many instances purchased, invoiced and | entered at somewhat lower price than the | other. j The report says that General Appraiser | | Custom Tichenor does not sit as judge in cases where his son appears as counsel, as was charged; that there is no evidence that special agents pervert their powers; that many other charges are frivolous. jai —+-$.___ Personal Mention. Dr. C. A. Harper, who for the past three years has been a clerk in the record and pension office of the War Department, left last night for his home at Madison, Wis., where he intends to locate permanently. Lieut. C. K. Curtis, U. S. navy, is in the city for a few days, the guest of Dr. Alice W. Harvey. Mr. Alfred W. Kenaston, for several years connected with the “Soo Line” railway of | Minneapolis, Minn., has been appointed draughtsman for the Washington and Chesapeake Beach Railway Company of this city. * Gen. Doe, assistant secretary of war, has gone to his home in Janesville, Wis., for a two weeks’ visit. Ex-Solicitor General Jenks of Pennsylva- | nia is in the city on a short visit. | Judge John M. Reynolds, assistant secre- tary of the Department of the Interior, has | returned from Bedford, Pa., and resumed | his duties. j Chief Clerk Daniels of the Department of the Interior has returned to work after @ serious illness. | ee | Yesterday in the Police Court Judge Miller heard testimony in the case 1 and Shackelford, the employment agent, aj whom a charge of false pretenses was brought some days ago, and acquitted the defendant iten years in the A QUORUM OBTAINED The Long Struggle Over the Bland SOME LIVELY TITS IN THE HOUSE The Sergeant-at-Arms Makes His Report of Arrests. MANY ROLL CALLS Only seven of the 254 members of the House were unaccounted for when that body met at high noon today, and the indica- tions were that the prolonged deatlock would be broken before sundown. After the reading of the journal Sergeant-at-arms Snow came forward with a supplementary report on the order instructing him to ar- rest absentees. He reported all but seven members here or on their way, except such as had been excused on account of sickness, and that deputies had been sent for the other seven, . “I would like to know,” re Re “whether a deputy ayy ter Mr. Johnson of Cleveland. He appears to_be recalcitrant.” desired to know why, inasmuch as there had appeared to be no trouble yesterday about arresting republicans. Must Arrest Members. ter.) Air. Bland then moved that the House go into committee of the whole on the seign- iorage bill, and pending that all debate be limited to ten minutes, and on the latter motion he demanded the previous Mr. Bland failed to secure @ quorum by narrow margin, although eleven democr: opponents of the bill refused longer to in the filibuster, but voted against Stood 150—11, nine short of a quorum. =. Bland moved a call of the House. e call developed the presence of 271 members, and the vote then recurred on Mr. Bland’s demand for the previous ques- tion on his motion to close debate. that they wanted to show the country that the Gemocratic party was incapable of traas- acting business. On the second r™ -all the supporters of the Bland bill wer ly relieved to find that the popul. time, however, except Waugh, Marsh an@ Murray, with the prospect of a quorum im sight on this vote, yielded to the of their eastern colleagues so that the great effort to secure a quorum it fell short this time 10 votes; 150-10. the announcement was made,Mr. Reed sug- gested that the time epent in trying to se- cure @ quorum coi be more profitably spent in debate. A Lively Colloguy. “Will the gentleman on the other side agree upon a time for voting if the debate is allowed to proceed?” asked Mr. McMillin, “Certainly,” replied Mr. Reed, “we will vote when we get through.” “When will you get through?” “When we finish.” (Laughter). “It surd,” continued Mr. Reed, “tha! men should insist on having the situation in their hands before Amid cries for regular order, moved a call of the House declared the McMillin-Reed of arder and instructed the rapher to exclude it from the yes and nays were demanded on the mo- tion for the call. A Quorum Obtained. The previous question was ordered—I6l- 35. When the quorum again reappeared Mr. Bland moved to dispense with further pro- ceedings under the call, and Mr. Reed, in order to complicate matters, forced a rol call upon this motion. ae OR xe nen, THE HAWAIIAN REPORT. It is Signed by Republicans, but Not by Democrats. Senator Morgan submitted the report he has been preparing on Hawali.to the full membership of the committee on foreign relations today, and it was adopted by @ majority vote. The four republican znem: bers of the committee voted for Senator Morgan's report, and the four democratic members voted against the report drawn by the Alabama Senator. These four demo- crats will prepare a minority report next Monday morning. The republican members of the committee do not fully concur m the report prepared by Mr. Morgan, though §t does not criticise Minister Stevens, leans toward annexation, and generally favors the policy of the Inte administration. It, however, does not criticise in as vigorous terms as the republicans wish the policy of the present administratic although it is drawn in such language that the re- publicans feel that they chn subscribe to ft even if it does not go quite as far as de- sired. It is much more in Mine with the policy advocated by the republicans than was at first anticipated. It was thought at first that perhaps the report would not satisfy either the democrats on the com- mittee or the republicans, apd that, per- haps, three reports would be ted. This is true, to a certain extent, yet it Is the democrats who feel compelled to sub- mit the minority report. It is possible that some individual opinions will be submitted by republican members of the committee stating that while they concur in the re- port in the main some features will be ob- jected to. All the testimony will be submitted with the report next Monday. —__+o CADETS-AT-LARGE. * Sons of Army a: Nasy Officers Given the Preference. The President has informed members of Congress who have approactied him on the subject that he proposed, so far as possible, to appoint the sons of army and naval officers as cadets-at-large to the Military and Naval Academies. This is in accord- ance with his policy of eight years ago. There are two such vacancies now at the Naval Academy, which it is believed will be filled before the first of May. $9 The Jennings Assault Case. This afternoon in Criminal Court, No. 2, Daniel Toumey, indicted for assault with intent to kill W. B. Jennings, the well-known horseman, on the 24th of Jast November, withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. In suspending sentence Judge Cole told Toumey that if he ever was charged with another offense of any kind he would be sentenced on the plea n.ade today to the full extent of the law— penitentiary.