Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 2101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 1th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York Office, 88 Potter Building. Tue Evexreo STAR is served to subscribers tn the city by carriers, on thelr own account at 10 cents Ker Sccais scsch.” By mall~say whore is the Uoned 2 ere ig OF Cansda—postags propaid—30 cents ber Month ‘Sat RpaY QuixtTUPLe SMEET Stan, $1. ‘year; Center r. the Post Ofilc ae co wire oat Otlce E Ss tet ta cance inal tions must in advan | A advertising made known on ‘application. Che Lvening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,816. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 23, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. MR. HEWITT’S SPEECH It Excites the Ire of Southern Men In Congress, SOME EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS They Accuse Him of Misrepresent- ing the Real Facts. BAD FOR DEMOCRACY ‘The speech of Abraham S. Hewitt at the banquet of the Southern Society in New York last night has created intense indig- nation among the southern men in Con- gress. As soon as the attention of a few had been called to the matter, the papers publishing the fullest account of his speech were circulated freely through the House, and expressions of contempt and indigna tion were vented on every hand. A large majority of the southern men refused to give public expression of opinion on the matter beyond saying that it was contemp- Uble and unworthy of notice. Mr. Mc- Creary of Kentucky said that he found the best way of treating such things was to ignore them, and he should do so with this. Mr. Allen of Mississippi said that he would find occasion to give an extended public ex- Pe of his opinion after considering the matter. Will Injure the Democratic Party. Mr. Lester of Georgia said that he did not feel like using language in comment- ing upon this matter which would be suit- able to print, but he regarded such a speech as calculated to do great injury to the democratic party. Mr. Bankhead of Ala- bama said that the utterances were con- temptibie. He believed that it was premedi- tated, and a part of a plan of concerted action on the part of so-called democrats | cf New York, and elsewhere in the east, to destroy the democratic party. He said that he could see nothing else in it except this vicious object; that there could be no excuse for it except upon the assumption that it was malicious, and it was of kind with the action of some of the eastern men in the House today. As for himself, he said he could see no solution of the problem except to tell My. Hewitt and his kind to go to the devil and then to take Horace Greeley’s advice and go west. The future alliance must be between the south and west. To Insult the Southern People. Mr. Enloe of Tennessee said that it was a deliberate purpose to insult and traduce the southern peopie, because they would mot consent to be robbed and to take com- mands from a small section of the party around New York. As for Mr. Hewitt himself, there was a time when no one could dispute his intelligence, but that it might be that he was now in his dotage end suffering from disappointments, or it ‘might be that he had joined that gang ir. the east who are trying to put their hands into other people's pockets, and are in- dignant that there should be any resistance or protest. The applause which Mr. Hew- itt's speech received was evidence that, however feeble Mr. Hewitt's intellect might have become, there were those who pathized with his utterances. of Kentucky said simply that Hewitt was im his dotage. Mr. Dockery of Missouri said that the speech was unworthy of Mr. Hewitt and departed far from the truth. As to Men of Brains. SENATORS IN CAUCUS | | Itis Believed That a Democratic Caucus Will Be Held Monday. Attempts Made to Reduce the Opposi- tion to the Tariff Bill—The Sugar, Coal and Iron Advocates. The Senate is not in session today, but work on the tariff bill is in progress. The subcommittee of the finance committee, the official existence of which has been Genied on the floor of the Senate, is in session in the lgrge committee room, free from all interruptions by Senators or by the anxious outside world. The situation, however, is far from being calm. Though there is a lull in the surface in- dications of trouble and discontent among the democrats there are signs underneath to show that the situation is nearly daily growing more serious. Senator Gorman announced this afternoon that he thought the caucus would be held on Monday morning at 11 o'clock, as requested in the call which was circulated yesterday. It is the accepted belief at the Capitol that the call for caucus was originally intended | as a bluff by the seven Senators who met | yesterday morning in Senator Butler's | committee room and who represent the | chief malcontents on the subject of the | tariff bill. The call was intended, it is thought, to seare the subcommittee or the full demo- | cratic membership of the finance committee into favorable action on the articles most in dispute, such as sugar, coal, iron and lumber. Last evening, however, it became | apparent that the committee was not to be | biuffed and the call had to be abandoned or | pushed to a conclusion. .That the latter al- \ ternative was accepted is taken to indicate | the desperate character of the opposition to | the bill. What these Senators hoped to ac- ! complish in caucus cannot now be readily | foretold, but it is thought that they will endeavor to pursue a course that will avoid | definite action in the way of a vote binding the members of the caucus to the support of the bill. On such a vote the opposition | would undoubtedly be defeated, so there | would be nothing to gain from forcing the | fight to such a conclusion. | Independent of Party. | On the other hand, it was anticipated that | the program of the kickers is to make | speeches in the caucus of such a character | that will leave them free to vote against | the bill should certain commodities be left | on the free list. Their speeches would prob- | ably be made iri the nature of warnings | that if certain things are not done by the | committee they will feel free to oppose the bili on _final passage. Inasmuch as six | votes taxen from the democratic strength | and cast with the republicans against the | bill will certainly defeat it, the force of the | opposition and of the effect made upon the caucus will undoubtediy be very strong. | The democratic opponents to the bill, it |is said, claim that they are sure of ten | Votes if the bill should come to the Senate in the form that it came from the House. There were seven Senators in the confer. jence of yesterday: Senators Brice, Butler, Caffrey, Gorman, Hill, Murphy and Smith. _ In addition, they expect support from Sena- | tor Gibson, Senator White's successor, and | | Possibly one of the Alabama Senators, most likely Mr. Pugh. Fighting for Sugar. It was ascertained today that the sub- committee had made overtures to Senator Caffrey, in the hope of winning him from the opposition by promising him a tariff of a cent a pound on sugar. He, however, be- Neves that the interests of Louisiana will TO GET A QUORUM TheNecessity Now Confronting the House Democrais. NO ROPE FOR THE SEIGNIORAGE BILL Seeking a Way to Compel Mem bers to Vote. CALL FOR A CAUCUS The democrats of the House find them- selves in a position of the most extraordi- nary embarrassment with relation to the seigniorage Dill, now before them. The) feeling is very general that it will be im- possible to secure a quorum by any ordi-| |nary methods, and thany would be glad to |drop the matter if they could. But the lissue fs sharply drawn and there is no as-| | surance that if they should give this matter | |up they might not almost be in as bad a tangle over some other question. A Necessity Confronting the Demo- crats. This morning, while less demonstration was made on the start, the feeling of bitter- |ness which predominated yesterday was | {even more intense. Now the democrats appear to find themselves confronted by | the necessity of either following Mr. Reed's example of counting a quorum or abandon- ing the Bland seigniorage bill, which 130 men in caucus resolved should be kept be- |fore the House until voted on, or else to} | provide fines which will conmpel the attend- | ance of members. Mr. Bailey and others have prepared rules providing for fining |the members, who failed to vote on a roll) call. Mr, Bailey's resolution provides for | | a fine of $15 for a failure to vote, and he| |has also prepared a bill providing for the | enactment of a law requiring that the ser- geant-at-arms should deduct fines from the salaries of members. There is a decided disposition on the part of a number of dem- ocrats to abandon the bill for the coinage of the seigniorage. The fact is that the bill in the form reported has never been |held in any but indifferent favor by a num. | | ber of democrats, who belong to the silver | wing of the party. If the bill were aban- |doned, however, it would not necessarily help matters as far as the rules affecting @ quorum are concerned. The Republicans United. The republicans are united in a determi- | nation to force the counting of a quorum. | If they do not accomplish this in the (present fight they are not apt to change [their purpose, and the democrats will probably find themselves as much embar- | | rassed in their efforts for other legislation |ms they are in the present instance. A | rule for securing the presence of a quoruin, | it is believed, must be adopted, if the repe- tition of the scenes of yesterday is to ve avoided. It is believed that a rule will have to be adopted providing either that mem- bers shall be fined for not voting or for a supptemental roll call of those failing to! vote on the first call, for the purpose mere- | ly of ascertaining the presence of silent mempers for a quorum. This latter propo- sition is simply another way of counting @ quorum, by letting the members record themselves as present and not voting, in: stead of leaving it to the Speaker to count, as Mr. Reed did. Mr. Bland Hissed. In his speech before the House this morn- ELECTRICIANS’ CONVENTION A Large Gathering to Take Place in This City Next Week. Papers That Will Be Read and Sub- jects to Be Discussed by the Delegates. An electricians’ convention will convene at Grand Army Hall on Tuesday. The duration of the convention will be determined by circumstances. The attendance will be large and a number of inventions will be ex- hibited. It is not thought that many in- ventive geniuses will be present,but that the business and managerial element of the elec- trical world will be numerously represented. It is understood that several manufacturers will send exhibits. Of the inventions to be displayed it is not thought, said a local ex- pert to The Star man this afternoon, that there will be any world startlers. The de- vices will be mainly in the nature of modifi- cations and improvements, shades, fan ac- tions, switches and the like. These little de- tails are of vast import to the electrical fraternity, but are not caiculated to para- lyze the laity with awe. It is not easy, though, to overestimate their importance to the world, because they are forward steps in the great march of progress, and show how actively at work the inventive brain is on the details of the electrical business. The headquarters of the convention will be at the Ebbitt House, and the secretary, Mr. Porter, will arrive in Washington on Sun- day and will set to work at once to perfect the plans for the comfort of the visitors, To Be Received by the President. One of the things down on the bill is a re- ception to the delegates on Wednesday afternoon by the President. Mr. Samuel Bryan and Superintendent Clark of the Uni- ted States Electric Light Company had an interview with Private Secretary Thurber yesterday and that gentleman assured them that the President would meet the electri- fiers on Wednesday at 1:30. It is thought that Mr. Cleveland postponed his fishing and gunning outing for the express purpose of seeing the strangers. Most of the visitors will reach Washington on Monday and will spend the day in sightseeing. On Tuesday morning President E. A. Armstrong will call the convention to order. Program of the Convention, President Armstrong will make an address, in which he will tell of the mighty strides of progress in their profession; of the great steps yet to be made before the world can blow out the gas and turn the steam boiler inside out. After this Mr. B. E. Sunny will read the report of the com- mittee on the world's fair, appointed at the jast convention; Mr. F. Nichols will render the report of the committee on the relation of manufacturing to central station com- panies; Mr. M.-J. Francisco will read what the committee on underground conduits and conductors has to say; William J. Hammer will report on rules for safe wiring, and Mr. A. J. Leslie will read a paper on “The 1 pressions of a Central Station Man Abroad. There will be some other business trans- acted, The Second Day. On the morning of the second day out Mr. J. H. Vail will read a papér on “The Im- portance of Complete Metallic Circuits for Electrical Railways.” The questions of elec. trolytical effects of return currents and | toragebatterfes willbe, discussed. All the experts in those particuiar lines will be heard from. In the afternoon of the same day Mr. A. B. Herrick will address the con- vention on the “Development of Switch- Mr. Livingston of Georgia said that Mr. | not be sufficiently protected under such a | boards for Central Power Stations.” Djs- Hewitt uttered an absolute falsehood when | be said that the men of brains of the south | had gene north. “The southern men of brains who have gone north,” said he, “are | rate, and insists upon a cent and a half, which the committee are not inclined to give. None of the opposition Senators are more earnestly determined to secure the amendment to the bill than Mr. Caffrey, few and far between. I do not mean to say | who — ae wavered since the beginning that no brainy southerner has gone north, | of the fight. Det Edo ear that fae ne. Ti mckaean | Mr. Till, though saying Rothing, publicty, other false statement when he says that is telling his friends that the sentiments the industrious men of the south have re-| uttered by him in his Wheeling speech of maited home because they were too poor | 1500, are still entertained by him, and al- to go north. The southern people controlled | though he does not believe in “riding pro- this country from the beginning of its his- tection to death,” he thinks that American tery until the war, and now again they are labor ought to be protected by a tariff that ting control in every department of the will make it, in value, equivalent to errment and every path of industry. | European labor. or every intelligent southern man who goes north, fifty intelligent northern men come scuth. The southern people do not | waat to go north. They have Ro, business | 1¢ there, unless they go to gamble in stocks y and bonds and to join the robber band, and | Setesditecapealaietae do as Mr. Hewitt is doing—make money out | It is believed that the President will leave of the manipulation of the revenues of the the city tomorrow for a few days’ hur.ting government. As for the ignorance of the | in the sounds of North Carolina. southern men, being a southern Congress- | i man myself, I shall say nothing; but when | he speaks of our devotion to silver as the | touchstone of our ignorance, I must remind that in this we follow the Constitution Our government and in the footsteps of | houn, Clay, Webster and Lincoln.” | Mr. Hewitt’s Remarks. | The remarks of Mr. Hewitt were in re-| Herald at Waterbury, Conh., yesterday sponding to the toast. “The National Cred- | that he preferred to maintain the silence it." which had been assigned to Secretary | which he had observed on this subject trom ——————_-e-—____. THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP. Thought That He Will Leave the MRS. COMMODORE MAYO. Her Fatber Made Some Statements Relative to the Commodore. The father of Mrs. Commodore Mayo | said to a correspondent of the New York | Carlisie. The latter was unable to be pres- ent and ex-Mayor Hewitt was substituted. | “You gentlemen who are assembled hee,” | said Mr. Hewitt, “have proved your title to | be leaders in this community by achieving success in every walk of life you have en- tered. It has been to the great and lasting benefit of this metropolis that you have come among us. But it seems tnat what | has been our gain has been the loss of the south. Applying the gauge of history to the south of today, we find that a great change has come over the character of her public men. Where are her sons today to com- pare with the giants whom she was wont to send to the national Capitol? It must be that she has lost ker best men or that her best men no longer devote themselves to her | public interests. | “You see today the spectacle of your! southern representatives in Congress suc- | cumbing to the fallacy that a position on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United Siates ts a purely local question, to be settled according to the demand of some! local politician made on the President! Sup- | Mr. Hewitt went on without intending to | Pause, but for fully a minute his voice was drowned by cries of approbation from his Hear! Hear! Hear!” came from all parts of the banquet hall, while the hand-clap- ping and stamping of feet fairly shook the candelabra on the tables. When silence had been restored, Mr. Hewitt continued: “In other times, before 1860, your national representatives supposed that the Supreme bench of the United States was the con- | cerp of the whole country—that it should | be filled without regard to party politics. “Th supposed,” exclaimed the speaker, atepp up closer to the table before him, | and = mg the chair on which he had! Teaned, “they supposed that a seat on the bench of th world wa e highest judicial tribunal in the t to be made a footb: ward politic to kick about at wil “That's true!" shouted some one, high above the fresh tumult that brgre out in evidence of the fact that the audience was fm full accord with Mr. Hew! » gentlemen,” Mr. Hewitt said, dra- matically. “go and tell the men who are sent to Washington from the south today that Benton and Calhoun and Crawford and the other great men of the south of the olden time would have abandoned the high position of Senator and returned to their homes in sackcloth and ashes sooner than have been aded to the mere servi- tude of a man who is utterly without repu- tation, and without character, and without the right to speak for the great state of New York.” “You are young men, and come of a peo- ple who were not afraid to speak out, even when it Involved the greatest sacrific. you less br: now? Are you less rea: ‘ou ewe it to yourselves to express to | outhern Senators the convictions you am speaking a the substitute of Mr. Carlisle. T have known him long and tn- timately, and I know he would have said all that I have told you tonight. I can give you only a feeble intimation of what I know must be his convictions on the sub- ject” | who is at his home in G the beginning, but that there were some things which their friends who are not ac- quainted with the facts ought to know. Of the immediate causes of the nervous prostration which afflicted his daugater soon after her marriage he did not care to speak now. There are a good any things, he said, that might be said, and may yet be necessary to say, but at present he and his family would keep silent. But the statement that she left her hus- band’s home should be qualified to this tent: She left it not only with her hus- band’s consent, but at his request. He seemed to be irritated that her health was poor, that she was nervous and homesick, and apparently growing worse. She was taken away by her father and brought to Waterbury, where nervous prostraiion de- veloped into acute melancholia, necessi- tating treatment at a sanitarium, which resulted in what apears to be a complete cure. Mrs. Mayo is now in good health and spirits, Mr. Stevenson said they had had little or no communication with Commodore Mayo for @ year past. Mr. Stevens said he went to Washington for the purpose of asking for his daughter's clothing and person:l pos- sessions, wedding presents, &c., and the commodore replied that a husband was the Proper custodian of a wife's effects. There was no further communication between them until on the lth of this month Mrs. Mayo herself addressed her husband, ing him to send her things, saying that she was the proper custodian of her own per- sonal property. Mr. Stevens says that Commodore Mayo has not contributed one penny to his wife's support, and has not been asked to do so. Certificates of Discharge. The Treasury Deparment has directed that a certificate of discharge, signed by the commanding and executive officers of the vessel, shall be furnished each enlisted | man that may be hereafter discharged, for whatever cause, from the revenue marine service. Oo Fourth-Class Postmasters. Thirty-nine fourth-class postmasters were appointed today. Of th. 24 were to fill vacancies caused by by removals and two by death: Assistant Secretary Curtis has gone to New York for a few days. Hon. John Seymour, commissioner of patents, is in New York. next week. n _ Today's Cabinet Meeting. The cabinet meeting tox by all the members except + —— os ‘The will of the late Gen. Edward w. Hincks, the first volunteer of the civil war, has been filed, and, among other beques: contains one of $5,000 to Radcliffe Colle; the Harvard College annex. resignations, 13 | He will return | "| disability. ing Mr. Bland said that if some one from the galleries should throw a bomb on the floor of the House it would be no more anarchy than was the scene in the House yesterday. This statement was received in silence by most of the members, but was hissed from the republican side and from | the galleries. Mr. Bynum called Mr. Blani to order, stating that he was not speaking | to the question before the House, but Mr. | Bland was permitted to proceed with his speech. A Caucus to Be Called. Representative Holman, chairman of the democratic caucus of the House, will call a caucus for an early day to consider a change in the House ‘rules by which mem- bers may be compelled to vote to make a quorum. The call is in response to a written re- quest signed by 104 democratic members. ‘The request is the direct result of the up- roarious demonstration in the House yes- terday. The sentiment for a change in the rules has been gradually crystallizing, and it needed only the climax of disorder yes- terday to make members ready for any- tning to insure order and a proper dispatch } jof business. Representative Paynter of Kentucky circulated the call, and secured an even 100 names last night, and more this morning. | There was a rush to get on the paper. It contains the names of leading democrats of the House, among them being Outhwaite of Ohio, who is a member of thecommittee on rules. The namé of Mr. Bland is not on the call, for while he is severe in deprecat- ing the disorder of yesterday he says public opinion should rebuke those respousible for | it, and that a change of rules is not desir- able. The New Yorkers are also an excep- tion to the delegations which have signed the call. They are not anxious to strength- en the rules, and thus increase the chance of passage of a bill such as the one now pending. With these exception the call represents all shades of opinions in the Mouse, the anti-silver men as well as the silver men. The call had not been presented to M->. Holman up to noon, as signatures were still being received. He said, however, that the number of names secured insured the caucus and that he would call it for the earliest date practicable. The call particularly asks that the time be set after the pending bill | is disposed of, as there is no desire to com- plicate the present situation by a change in the rules in the midst of a debate. The call is also careful to avoid committing mem- bers to any specific plan for changing the rules. Most of those who have signed are ready to go to the extent of counting a quorum, and the only question among them | is as to how the quorum can be counted without subjecting the majority to the charge of adopting what has been termed | “Reed rules.” e+ Pension for the Widow of Gen, Corse. | The House committee on invalid pensions today authorized Representative McEttrick | lof Massachusetts to make a favorable re- port on the bill granting a penston to the widow of Gen, John M. Corse at $100 per | month. | Some opposition was shown to the Dill | because of the amount allowed. Mr. McEttrick overcame this opposition and secured a unanimous report, based upon the distin- | guished services whic! Gen, Corse ren- dered during the great “march to the sea.” |Mr. MeEttrick read the famous dispatch Corse signaled in réply to Sherman's re- | quest to “hold on”’—“I am short a cheek ‘bone and an ear, but I can whip all hell described the. severe wounds Corse received there and at | Ridge. The bill has already | the Senate, and much stress was » upon the fact that Gen, Corse sion or accepted one | and that he would have {drawn a large share of the money which is now asked for his widow if he desired. eee s terfeiters Arrested. The officers of the s et service arr John Haley at Palmer, Braxton county; W. Va., today for ing five counterfeit five- dollar gold _piec that are described as excellent imitations. : + es m the Retired List arles D. Galloway, ce Yewell were pla Pin Lieut. Chi Gunner H retired list on the today on account cf physical cussions of the following questions will en- sue: “What is the Most Economical Size for Arc Dynamos?" “Underground Cur- rents,” and “How to Rate Are Lamps.” ‘The gentlemen who have signified their in- tent to talk light upon these topics are Sood ta Huntley, George Redman, E. F. Peck, H, Baxter, H. H. Fairbanks, George W. Plympton, H. J. me Presented to the House Committee by the Metropolitan Railroad. THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY One Proposition is in the Nature of a Compromise. MR. WILSON’S ARGUMENT At a meeting of the House Jvictrict com- mittee today the Metropolitan Railway Company submitted three alternative prop- ositions for the settlement of the pending question of changing the motive power without affecting the suit of the District. The propositions were submitted by Mr. Nathaniel Wilson in writing as proposed amendments to the pending bili and are as follows: First. “Whereas, in the case of the District of Columbia against the Metropol- itan Railway Company, defendant at law, No, 22458 on the docket of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Su- preme Court of the United States reversed the judgment entered in said case by the said Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia and gave judgment in favor of the said Metropolitan Railway Company on the pleas of the statute of limitations, but did not pass upon or express any opinion as to the other pleas filed in said case. “The said Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and em- powered and is given jurisdiction to con- sider and determine all the pleas filed in said case by the said railroad company except the said pleas relating to and set- ting up the statute of limitations, and to consider, determine and adjudicate all the issues raised by said pleas, except the is- sues relating to the statute of limitations, as presented by and contained in the record \of the Supreme Court of the United States; |a copy of said record duly authenticated shall be certified by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the said Court of Appeals, which said court shall have jurisdiction thereof, as though the same came before the said Court of Appeals upon appeal duly taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding a special term.” Not an a Waiver. The second proposition is as follows: “Provided that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to invalidate or in any wise affect the suit now pending in any court of the District of Columbia against the said company for the forfeiture of its |charter for non-performance of its duty jin respect of having the spaces between its tracks and two feet beyond its exterior rails and the non-payment of the cost thereof, but the said proceeding may be prosecuted to final judgment as though this act had not been passed, and this act | Shall not be taken or held to be a waiver of any existing right or cause of forfeiture asserted in the said proceeding, and pro- viced further that if in said proceeding it shall be adjudged that the charter of said company be forfeited then such judg- ment tog A aes be fully cancelled and vacated by ment by said company jto the Distrite“of Columbia of the sum of $147,507.05 within ninety days from the rendition of said judgment, and thereupon the said company shall be vested with all the corporate rights, powers and subject to all the duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon it by its original charter and the amendments thereof.” Proposed Compromise, The third proposition is to pay to the District the entire amount of the alleged cost of the work done between 17th street Ms Smith, C. H. | and the Capitol, which was the only portion Wilmerding, M. J. Francisco, John A. Seely, | of the road constructed and in operation at James A. Ayer, C. F. Hesser, A. J. De ere E. W. Rollins, George R. Stetson and A. Beal. will be given tion of * The evening ot the second day up to a stereopticon presenta- one of the most famous mi tion and his name en in the collec- is identified with many of the improvements in electrical lighting. The Third Day's Papers. On Thursday morning there will be a pa- per on “Pholyphase Transmission, the subjects for discussion will be: “Are Lights on Incandescent Circuits,” “Meters Versus Flat Rates,” and “The Alternating Motor.” Those booked for the handling of these questions are C. L. Edgar, L. B. Marks, J. T. Ridgeway, W. S. Barstow, Thomas Spencer, John C. Knight, Freder- ick Nichols, Charles E. Scott, J. D. Barth, W. J. Greene, J. J. Burleigh, J. Gwynne, J. J. Moore and Nikola Tesla. Mr. Tesler is one of the greatest exponents of the al- ternating current and is a prominent man in the Westinghouse company. On Thurs- day afternoon there will be an executive session and reports will be received from the secretary, treasurer and executive com- mittee. The election of officers for the en- suing year will then be in order, and it is quite probable that the convention will then adjourn, but this is by no means certain, as It is very likely that several of the pa- pers will take more time than has been al- lotted to them and the time of the readers will be extended. But this is the program. —— TO SAVE THE HULL. A Supplementary Report on the Kea: ‘ze Called for. With a view of saving the hull of the valiant ship Kearsarge, if such a thing is ithin the range of possibility, Secretary Herbert today called on Admiral Stanton for a supplementary report showing the exact condition of the ship at the time of her final abandonment on Roncador reef and his best judgment as to the practi- cability of getting her into deep water so | that she may be towed to the United States. The Secretary desires this ih- formation for communication to Congress in support of his proposed appeal to that body for specific authority to contract for the salvage of the ship in case there is the slightest prospect of success. The Secre- tary’s action is due to the appeals of his- toric and patriotic societies, including the Kearsarge Veteran Association, to leave nothing undone for the preservation of the ship as a relic regardless of her condition. Admiral Stanton will submit his report this afternoon and will leave for New York this evening. The Merritt Wrecking Co., which raised the wrecked yacht Aguan from the rocks of Ronecador, is said to be willing to attempt to save the Kearsarge, leaving the question of compensation con- tingent on the success of the undertaking. At last reports the Kearsarge was fast in the rocks at the mercy of the breakers. It is feared that her back bone is broken and that she is fast going to pieces. a AFTER THE SLOT MACHE District Attorney Birney Thinks They Violate the Law. ‘This afternoon, at the instance of Mr. Birney, district attorney, the police were instructed by Maj. Moore to notify all par- ties having slot machines to remove them | by Monday morning. It is the intention of | the district attorney, on and after the 26th instant, to prosecute all having such ma- chines, but as those having the machines have expressed their willingness to comply with the law, there will likely be no ar- rests. Today, when one of the detectives was in conference with Mr. Birney, the | agent of a slot machine appeared and ex- | plained the workings of a machine. Mr. irney said, in his opinion, it both violated the lottery and gambling law, and the ent stated that If that was his opinion, e would remove all of his machines. the time of the board of work's existence. This proposition calls for the payment of $51,700, and excludes only the amounts | claimed for work on streets and avenues where the company had not constructed its road, and was not operating at the time. This propoSition is in the mature of a compromise of the case, and provides, as a basis for compromise, the wotk on that portion of the road in operation at the time the debt was contracted. “We are endeavoring, in good faith, to meet all the objections,” said Mr. Wilson, in presenting these offers, “‘and are willing to accept either one of them. Jere Wilson's Argument. Mr. Jere Wilson then addressed the com- mittee upon the question whether Congress can by an act recognize the existence of the corporation and yet at the same time prevent that recognition from operating a waiver of forfeiture of charter. Mr. Wil- son contended that Congress has that power, and made a short legal argument to sustain his position, promising to sub- mit his argument later, in writing, with the authorities quoted. Held Under Advisement. The United States attorney and District Attorney Thomas were detained at their offices in preparing briefs upon the com- pany's proposition of yesterday, and did not get to the hearing until a late hour. They thereupon submitted their brief: which are published in another column. The committee received the proposi of the railway company and the briefs of the government attorneys, and will take the matter under further consideration. ++ © + The Loss of the Kearsarge. Admiral Stanton was at the Navy De- pattment again this morning, and at the suggestion of Secretary Herbert, who is indisposed with a cold, he called on the latter at his residence. He submitted a written report of the loss of the Kearsarge, and it is understood that Secretary Her- Leg took it with him to the cabinet meet- Be + oe Maj. Brooke Retired. Major John Brooke, surgeon United States army, was placed on the retired list today by qperation of law. Until very recently it was thought that Brooke would not reach the .etiring age until 1898. Evidence hav- ing been submitted that he reached the age of sixty-four years yesterday, he was re- tired as of that date. His retirement will promote Capt. H. 8. Kilbourne to the grade of major. —_————_-e-_____ An Act Approved. The President has signed the act fixing the simit of indebtedness which may be in- curred by Salt Lake City. as Representative C Improving. Representative Crain, who has been at Providence Hospital for several days, 1s reported by the doctors as much improved today. They expect him to be about in a day or so. ———$ 9 Orders to the Ranger. The U.S.S. Ranger, which arrived at La Libertad, Salvador, yesterday, has been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to proceed at once to San Diego, Cal. The vessel is ordered north as a precautionary measure against the fevers that are now prevalent in the Central American states and because there is no special necessity | for her to remain in her present exposed position. San Diego is a convenient place for the vessel to be in case it is necessary for her to return to the west coast of Cen- tral America. eS Transformed Into a Training Ship. The U. 8. 8S. Essex, which has been trans- formed into a training ship, left the Nor- folk navy yard yesterday for Newport, where she will take on a lot of apprentice boys for a cruise in the West Indies. STREET RAILROAD SYSTEMS| Mr. Newlands Gives the House District Committee His Views. He Believes in a Railroad Clearing House—Suburban Roads Ought to Have a City Eutrance. The question of the proposed clearing house system for suburban and city street railways came before the House District committee this morning for a brief hearing. It was presented by Mr. Francis G. New- lands, who is a member of Congress from Nevada, and is president of the Rock Creek Railway Co. Mr. Newlands stated that as yet the Rock Creek road is a suburban one, but the clearing house system for railroads, if | adopted, will give this road access to the | jeity. He announced that he had no hostil- ity to the Metropolitan Railway Co., but on the contrary believes that the Metropolitan company has been harshly used and he will not vote to enforce the judgment against it. He also believes that the Metropolitan company is harshly used in the matter of requiring the company to change its mo- tive power. This would cause a complete reorganization of the road and necessitate the expenditure of $1,500,000 or more. Con- gress has compelled this company to change its motive power; the cable system is impracticable on account of the curves, the storage battery has proven a failure | and Congress prohibits the company using the overhead trolley. { Mr. Newlands recounted the experience of the Rock Creek Railway Company with its undergreund road within the city limits. It) has proven satisfactory so far, but whecher | it would do so on the rouds in the heart of | the city, where the traffic is heavy, has been | questioned; however, Mr. Newlands believes that it will be a success, The success of it depends solely upon insulaticn,and he thinks that insulation can be perfected. Needs of the People. Mr. Newlands then described to the com- mittee the suburban development of Wesh- ington and to what extent rapid transit af-) fects that. The question now is, be said, | how can the road get into the city. He has no right, he said, to ask the right of way for his road simply because he has invested in it, but because the people who live in the suburbs have a right to get access to the city. The question for Congress to scttle is whether we shall have a trunk line in the city to accommodate the suburban roads that wish to get into the city, and whether that trunk line shall be one of the roads already established or a new rosd As far as he is concerned, he ihought that it would be to the benefit of the estaolished roads to absorb the traffic of che suburban lines; he thought that a great busiaess is ahcad of “such a plan. In answer to a question Mr. Newlands said he would be willing to bring his cars down Connecticut avenue on the Metropol- | itan tracks, or down 9th street, if a uniform system of motor can be adopted. If rail-| roads are to be controlled at all, either by | Congress or the city government, something in the nature of a clearing house fem | should be adopted, that no road in the city | should be permitted to use a motor which | cuts off other roads from the joint use of its tracks. “The time has come when we must have a harmonious system of street railroads in Washington.” said Mr. Ni “The best method would be the consolidation of all the roads, but as that may be impossible, the next best thing is regulation by the Commissioners.” 2+ —____ POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS. A Cut of Three Millions in the Esti- mates Reported. The appropriation bill for the postal ser- vice will be reported to the House early next week. This morning the subcom- mittee on appropriations, Representatives Henderson of North Carolina, Dunphy of New York and Caldwell of Ohio, laid be- | fore the committee the first draft of their | work. The bill will recommend a total of | $87,000,000, which is $3,000,000 below the | estimates, but an advance of about 33,000,- 000 over the provision for the last year. | Cuts from the estimates were made princi- | pally in the flexible items, railroad service coming in for a large reduction. The com- | mittee did not indorse the project which has | been much discussed recently and advocated by the postmasters of large cities of au- thorizing Congress to make separate ap- Ppropriations for the ten cities which lead in receipts to be expended by the post- masters. Another plan was substituted for this af- ter discussion. The present laws do not An ex to advertises ments wilh be found om * Page 3. WARRING DAUGHTERS An Extremely Lively Session of the Congress Today. HISSES AND APPLAUSE MINGLED —_-—___— The Fight Over District Delegates and Mrs. Boynton. te THE END IS NOT YEP oe ‘The second day's sessions of the conti- nental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution were begun this morn- ing at 9:30 o'clock. The meeting was opened with prayer, and then the audience saag “Hail Columbia.” There was quite a large attendance cf delegates on the floor of the house and the galleries were weN filled with ladies who were interested im the proceedings of the congress. The meeting was called to onder by Mrs. Stranahan and the minutes of yes- terday were read by the recording secretary gencral, Miss Eugenia Washington, after which she read to the congress a number of telegrams of congratulation and good wishes from various organizations through- out the country. Then the fun began without a minute's delay. The trouble which was hinted at yesterday in a resolution to appoint a con- gressional committee to inquire into the rights of three delgates from the District of Columbia to occupy seats in the rose to the surface. Aguin it came in the form of a question of privilege from Mrs. T. H. Alexander, who asked that the reso- lution to appoint the committee be taken from the tabie, where it was laid yesterday. Righis of District Delegates. A numbr of ladies tried to get the floor to Ciscuss the matte:, but the regular order of the day as laid down in the program was called for. Mr. Alexander insisted that s question of privilege took precedence of the regular order of the day, and Miss Hayes insisted that it did not, and all -he other delegates, with a very few exceptions, in- sisted one way or the other, and there was every prospect of a row on, but the cooler spirits soon managed to calm things under the soothing words of Mrs. Lockwood. Am effort was made to discuss the question at issue, and this went on to some extent, when one delegate found that the question , had not been taken from the table yet, but the discussion went on just the same. The question was one that was evidently of more interest to the congress than any outsider could be expected to understand. It involved the legality of an election by the society at large of the District of Co-, lumbia, by which three delegates were sent to the congress, Mrs. Wysong, Mrs. Kreck- inridge and Mrs. Powe The resolution was finaily raised from the table and thereupon some more of the dele- gates entered all at once upon the discus-, sion, which had more than a little “ginger” in it. The resolution then came up for ac- tion. It was to the effect that the general should appoint a committee to ex- amine into the claims of the three delegates and settle this tempest in a teapot at the very earliest moment possible. Then the question came up as to the right of Mrs. Stranahan to appoint the « tee, inasmuch as the resolution sald that! this should be done by the president gen- eral, Mrs. Stevenson. Several sveakers took the ground that the lady filling the chair was the president general of the society for the time being. Mrs. Stranahan decided that the wo-ing of the resolutions, should be made by the presiding officer. Then one of the delegates rose to ask who would ap- point the committee. “Ladies,” said Mrs. Stranahan, “tt is pre- sumed that the chair is properly filled.” This was the signal of loud and continued applause, and then Mrs. Stranalian went om to compliment the society as an able body and one that represented the very best of the intelligence and social life of the country, and she urged upon them to follow parils- mentary usage and courtesy. The resolutios was then taken up and passed. Mrs. Stranahan then announced the com= mittee as follows: Mrs. Shepherd of Mli- nois and Mrs. Alexander and Mrs, Draper of the District of Columbia. “This, you see, is very fair,’ said Mra, Stranahan, “for two of the members sent the opposing faction. But it is fait, though it runs the risk of going too far.” “That depends,” said Mrs, Alexander; “we can be fair, for the two of us from the Dis« trict of Columbia are on opposite sides.” .D. Cabell of this city asked permit any expenditures to be made by postmusters for miscellaneous contingent expenses except on written authority from | the Postmaster General, and this system was most complained of by the postmasters. | To obviate the trouble incident to this plan, the committee will recommend a law giving authority to the Postmaster General to make such rules as he thinks advisable, giv- ing postmasters partial control of the funds after the apportionments for their offices have been made. He will be au! to include such offices of the first and secon class he may designate. It was evident from the discussions in committee when the rejected plan was proposed that to single out any particufar office for special privi- leges would awaken opposition from repre- sentatives of the smaller cities. —---- +2 TO SUCCEED THE KEARSARGE. Two Plans Proposed Light Ships for the Navy. In the wreck of the Kearsarge the Navy and State Departments have sustained a severe loss. It was one of the points of the old wooden cruisers that they could be put into condition for service in a very short time, as the materials for re- pairs could be found at any navy ya:d or any port even in a foreign couaury. This is not true of the more complivaced steel ships, with their extensive machinery, re- quiring a high grade of expert skill to re- pair. So even in late years whenever a vessel was wanted in great haste the wooden ships were called into service. Al- ready there is talk at the Navy Department about supplying the Kearsarge’s piace, and several projects have been broached’ that may find their way to Congress. One contemplates the construction of a magnificent battleship worthy to perpetuate the name of the Kearsarge on naval bsts. Another project is to build two or three light draught steel gunboats about the size of the Petrel, now doing valuable scrvice in Chinese waters. Two of these vessels could be built for about $500,000, and it they were stationed in the Gulf of Mexico, at Mobile or Galveston, they would be of inestimable value to United States commercial interests, as they could be sent to any Cen:ral Ameri- can port in a day or two, and trom their small size would be very economical to maintain. From their light draught they would also be able to reach many points that are inaccessible to our larger cruisers. Senator Gorman, chairman of the demo- cratic caucus committee, said this morn- ing that he thought a caucus would be in- sisted upon and that the call would be is- sued for a caucus Monday morning in ac- cordance with the terms of the request cir- culated yesterday. The call does not specify any particular subject for consideration, but there is no doubt in the minds of an Senators that the main, if not the onl purpose of it is to try to harmonize t party on the tariff bill) The subcommit on tariff was in session in Senator Vest’s room early today and continued its labors almost without cessation. e+ A District Applicant. Roswell A. Fish of this city has fled an application at the Treasury Department for appointment as chief of division. valuable | that before the regular order was taken up she be given an opportunity to make a few remarks. There were loud cries of “No, no.” Mrs. Stranahan started to put a mo- tion to grant the privilege to Mrs. Cabell. | Then there was a hubbub that the speaker's gavel could not subdue. ‘ibe yeas and nays | were called for, but no human being could ever have told which had tbe majority. Mrs. | Stranahan certainly could not, and she | called for a rising vote. | AN this time Mrs. Cabell was standing in | the aisle in front of the platform, wat | for a chance to speak, but no woman coul |have raised her voice above the commotion | that prevailed m Uhat usually quiet church. The vote was called for amid cries of r,” “regular order of the day,” “no, "yes, yes,” “give us jostice.” There were more who rose to their feet in favor of letting Mis. Cabell share in the courtesy of the house than there were who opposed it. This was all the courtesy Mra. Cabell received at the hands of the patriotie | Daughters of the Revolution. Amid confu- | sion that was made up in about equal parts of hisses and cheers Mrs, Cabell started to speak. Sometimes she could be heard and | sometimes she could not. Mrs. Cabell said that by sittiag idle and taking no action upon an importaat matter | they were countenancing a grievous wrong. They were casting an implied insult upon that noble body of women, the continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution of th i883. In front of |them on the platform was a handsome | picture of Mrs. Harcison, their first presi- |dent general, while hidden away in one corner of the church, where the convention evidently intended ‘to place her, sat @ | woman, Mrs. H. V. Boynion of the District of Columbia, who was a year ago elected | vice president general of the socie'y and |who had been iilegally ousted from that offic | “Why,” asked Mrs, Cabell, “wny, I asi |again, has that honored woman not been | given’ a seat of honor upon the slatform | where she should be? J ask that a commit- | tee be appointed from the congress to in- vestigate into this whole matter.” | ‘This was a part of what Mrs. Cabell said. The most of her remarks could not be heard |more than ten feet away, owing to the ef- forts of the delegates to drown her voice, | A Benutiful Fight. There were cries for the regular order of |the day, and for pretty much everything | else that is known in the calendar of par- amentary methods. The readers of The Star may be at a loss to learn frgm this report of the proceedings just what the | fight was all about. This is quite possible, |The Star reporter, who was present all through the session, had not the slightest idea. But it was certainly a beautiful fight whiie it lasted. The fact that the gathering is known as a congress may ec- coun It really seeemd as though the dele » trying to emulate the Congress at the other end of the aveaue in the way of making trouble. A number of other ladies were given @ chance to speak while Mrs, Cabell was till on her feet. Most of them discussed the . Cabell to speak, and urged society to proceed with the regular ram of the day, and motions to this were made and lost, not by a Vote, right ¢ the