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APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT eee The reply of the United States civil service commission to the Senate resolution of January 23, 1894, calling for a statement of investigations made by the commission March 4, 1889, of various alleged violations of the civil service law and rules by the head of any one of the executive depart- ments or bureaus or by any officer of the United States whose appointment ts subject to confirmation by the Senate, was trans- mitted to the Senate today. The cases covered include most of those of importance undertaken by the commis- sion. A number of cases of investigations were begun and abandoned because of the evident worthlessness of the evidence pre- ferred or because of a failure of all evi- dence. A number of cases of violations of the civil service law have been investigated during the period indicated which do vot come within the scope of the resolution. These cases deal for ihe most part in refer- ence to efforts to collect political assess- ments by persons not in the government service. “There are certain cases,” says the re- port, “which the commission is in doubt whether it should or should not submit. Many of the cases of political assessments are of this kind. In most of these cases only persons not in the government service are implicated, but in some of them govern- ment employes were concerned. In cases of this latter kind the commission feels that whether the courts act or not the head of the department should himself remove the offending subordinate.” Under the head of political assessmeuts the report states that during the period from March 4, 1889, to the present there has been only one case of political assessment coming clearly with- in the scope of the resolution. “This occurred among the employes of the internal revenue service in the second and fifth districts of Kentucky. The charges were against Collectors Scott and Feland and certain of their subordinates. It was charged that they had syst2natically black- mailed government employes for political purposes on @ most extensive scale, and kad also used their offices in contesting the ccn- trol of the primaries and nominating con- ventions of their districts. The cases were turned over to Geo. W. Jolly, United States district attorney for Kentucky, who prose- cuted them with such zeal as to entitle him to the respect of all believers in decent government, five convictions resulting; but it is understood that a new trial has been granted in two of the cases.” Collecting Political Assessments. The cases presented in the report where subordinates In the departments were im- plicated in an effort to collect political as- sessments, where the attention of the head of the department was called to the fact, but where no action was taken so far as the commission has been informed, were as follows. The first case presented is that of Mr. Daniel A. Grosvenor of the Treasury Department. It arose in connection with an investigation made by Commissioners Roosevelt and Thompson in the fall of 1290 concerning charges of violations of the civil service law in making political es- sessments, especially in the Treasury De- partment. The facts disclosed in the inves- tigation are presented in the report. Mr. Grosvenor appeared before Assistant Sec- retary Nettleton and Commissioner Roose- velt and stated that there was a political and social club entitled the Ohio Republican Association, composed of between 200 and 300 members, all but twenty or thirty of whom are in the departmental service; that the club had been in active existence for a number of years, with the excep.ion that its activity had been suspended durin the greater portion of President Cleveland . ad- ministration, but that in 1883, when the civil service law went into effect, the club’s constitution was carefully revised so as to be, in the opinion of what the club deemed competent legal authority, in accordance j with the provisions of the law. |. Mr. Grosvenor stated that this association | had done what it could to procure the send- ing of members and other employes home to vote, and qualified the statement by adding that the club never did this as an associa- tion, but as individuals merely doing the work in their private capacity. Mr. Gros- venor stated that he was a lawyer, fifty- two years old, and he was confident that there was no violation of the civil service law, and, furthermore, that he was confi- |dent that some sections of that law were | uncorstitutional. In his report on the case | Commissioner Roosevelt says: “It might or might not be possible to establish Mr. Grosvenor’s guilt in a court of law. The question of his legal guilt hinges entirely on the actions of others. He advised and inaugurated a plan which if consummated by others would have rendered him guilty before the law, and it was only the failure of others to consummate it which saves him, if he has been saved, from the guilt of law breaking. As far as his own actions go the infraction of the law was complete. He did all he could to bring about a breach of law and to render himself liable as a law breaker. He advised the commission of an illegal act and took the initiatory steps to- ward its commission. “As a result of this a letter was written to the Secretary of the Treasury transmit- ting a copy of the report of Commissioners ; Roosevelt and Thompson. A copy of the same was sent to the President, with the recommendation that he prohibit the or- ganization of the employes of the depart- {ments at Washington into political clubs. No action was taken on either of these let- ters.” Another Club. A second case of this kind referred to in the report is that of J. J. Verser, an em- ploye of the government printing office, and W. C. Elam and D. J. Godwin, em- Ployes of the Interior Department. These gentlemen, with several outsiders, organ- ized a campaign club in the Interests of the republican party in Virginia, and solicited various employes in the public service from Virginia for money for political purposes. Indictments were found against Verser and Newton, the latter of whom was not an offi- cer of the United States. They were pros- ecuted by the Department of Justice, and the defendants were acquitted, and on this | ground the Secretary of the Interior and the public printer declined to dismiss Elam, | Godwin and Verser, though the acquittal appears to have been purely on technical grounds. The report of the commission on the inves- j gation made in January, 186, by Com- | missioner Roosevelt of certain charg2s of | Political assessment at the New York cus- tom house is incorporated in tne present report to the Senate. The report on the in- vestigation of charges of political assess- ments had been made at the post office at Baltimore, and is also transmitted to the | Senate. Other investigations of similar arges are reviewed. The report states: olitical assessments, under any guise, | are prohibited by law. It is the duty of the | commission to see that the provisions of the law are enforced, and it will employ every ailable means to secure prosecution and {punishment of whoever may violate. The commission requests any person having knowledge of any violation of this law to lay the facts before it, and it will at once take action upon them." In the Washington Post Office. In May, 1891, some irregularities were committed by the postmaster at Washing- ton, D.C. An investication showed that there were about twenty men illegally in ———— “DRUM OUT THE FALSB, RING IN THE TRUE.” ‘There 1s as much difference between the real Carlsbad Sprudel Salt and the Carlsbad water and manufactured articles as there 1s between the gazogene and the fountain of nature, light and darkness, or any other combination of opposites that can be formulated. The genuine Carlsbad | Sprudel Salt is evaporated as it flows hot from the earth, and embodies tn a concentrated form the active mineral constituents of the Carlsbad Sprudel Spring. For more than four centuries this Spring bas done its glorious work, and in the im- ported waters it offers you at home all the bene- | fits to be obtained through a Journey to Carlsbad; while the counterfeit products of the laboratory, instead of giving relief and a fair prospect of near convalescence, ouly set up symptoms previ- ously unknown, and do more harm than good. Each bottle bears the signature of the Elsner & Mendeison Co., Sole Agents, New York, on every bottle. VENIN' AR, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1894 THE E G ST —TWELVE PAGES. ” “* ‘ the classified service. Thirteen of these were afterward regularly examined and appointed through competitive examina- | tions, three were appointed to places in the unclassified service and four were re- moved. Much difficulty was experienced with the postmaster In connection with some of these employes illegally appointed,to whom he had allowed salaries in excess of those given to other clerks who had enter- ed the office under an examination of high- er grade, the result being practically to de- fraud the persons who had come in upon the higher competitive examinations of portions of the salary to which they were entitled, which were given to the men re- | ferred to who had been filegally appointed. The commission at last succeeded in hav- ing this rectified, but only after it had noti- fied the postmaster that it would ask that all the surplus.salary be stopped out of bis own allowance if matters were not righted. Evading the Law. In November, 1893, charges were made of illegal appointments from the Interior De- partment in the Indian school at Chilocco. It appeared that under the peculiar con- ditions of employment of teachers, assistant teachers and other employes of the Indian schools the Department of the Interior could practically nullify the order of the President classifying the Indian educational service, if the Secretary's action in refer- ence to the positions at Chilocco of teach- ers had been allowed to stand. The posi- tion of teacher is classified, but the pos! tion of assistant teacher is unclassitied. The commission consented to its being so regarded, with the purpose of allowing the employment of Indians in this capacity whenever practicable, and upon an_under- standing with the Secretary of the Interior that the assistant teacher was not to be employed to perform the duties of teacher, as this would be an admission to the place of teacher, and thus a violation of the rules governing the appointment of teach- |ers. It appears that at the end of the last fiscal year there were two positions of teacher in the Chilocco school, these posi- tions being vacant, and no teacher ever having held them. With the new year these positions were abolished, and in their places were created, so far as it appears, having the same salaries, two positions of assistant teacher, which were unclassified, and which were filled by appointments from the outside. One of the people ap- pointed to one of these offices was the niece of the commissioner of Indian affairs. In the opinion of the commission there was no reason why the change of teacher to assistant teacher should have been made. By simply changing the designation teach- er to assistant teacher it would be possible |for the Department of the Interior to re- move practically the whole of the Indian service now classified into the unclassified service. On the 16th of February a letter was received by the Indian bureau from Secretary Smith stating that after a care- ful consideration of the subject he had come to the conclusion that there was no sufficient reason for a distinction between teachers and assistant teachers of Indian schools, and that hereafter the commis- sioner of Indian affairs would please re- quest from the civil service commission certifications for persons to fill positions as | assistant teachers, except always in cases where Indians might be found qualified for \ that position. The Gaddis Case. The dismissal of Eugene R. Gaddis from the Treasury Department is discussed at some length. The report of Mr. Roose- velt on this case says: “To sum up, then, so far as this particu- lar case is concerned, it seems that, first, the Secretary of the Treasury takes the position of declining to hold that it is a violation of civil service law to remove a man for political reasons; second, the Sec- retay further takes the position that if there is such a violation of the law the head of the department will not provide any remedy, but will leave the matter to the courts, and, third, the charges upon which it is now alleged that Gaddis was removed, whether true or false, were ad- van some weeks or months after the removal in order to justify it. In view of the attitude of the Secretary of the Treas- ury I recommend that the commission earnestly request the President to amend general rule 1 to bring it into accord with general rule 3. section 7, making it pro- vide for the dismissal from office of any appointing or nominating officer who dis- criminates in favor of or against any sub- ordinate because of his political or relig- fous opinions or affiliations. In connection with what has been shown in this case as to the numerous promotions and reduc- tions in the Treasury Department, alleged with offer of proof to be for political rea- sons, I further recommend that the Presi- dent be asked to adopt a rule authorizing the commission to exercise supervision over promotions and reductions, and at least to provide that no discrimination for political reasons enters into them.” In closing, Mr. Roosevelt says: “In my opinion, the history of the Gaddis case shows very clearly the need of adopting a rule which shall provide for the filing of de- tailed charges whenever a clerk is removed, the clerk to be allowed to see these charges, and have them published, if he so desires, while the commission should be given am- | ple authority to investigate and report, if, in its opinion, the removal is made for po- Utleal reasons, whether or not it purports on its face to be for a different cause.” +o ___. DONJAN SENTENCED. The Letter-Writing Crank Gets Eigh- teen Months. Joseph Donjan, the crank who was arrested in this city some weeks ago be- cause he wrote threatening letters and postals to Vice President Stevenson, Sena- tors Mills, Sherman, Gray and others, as heretofore published in The Star, was given a hearing in Baltimore yesterday. He was tried in the case involving the sending to the Vice President of a postal, on which was written: “Doomsday: If you do not send me my expenses—$25—then you will be one of the first to be kicked out, but if you do, then I will see you first before I do anything else. Send quick.” The postal was mailed in Baltimore, and for that reason the case was tried there. Donjan said he did not want counsel, and the case was heard without his having a legal adviser. Inspector Hollinberger and Detective Weedon were witnesses in the case, as were Inspector Maxwell of the Post Office De- partment and Mr. Daniels, the Vice Presi- dent's private secretary. * The prisoner's statement to the court showed that he had made a study of the political situation, and he made it apparent that he fs a democrat. He told the court that he had written a letter to President Cleveland. His first letter written about John Sherman, he said, was to show that the Senator knew in 1890 that the democratic party would soon be in power, and for that reason he had passed the silver bill, as he knew it would empty the treasury to such an extent that the democrats could not afford to lower the tariff. “But you knew the law concerning the sending of such matter through the mails?” queried the judge. The prisoner sald he understood the law about sending scurrilous matter through the mail, but said he thought he had not violated the law in any of his letters, as he could prove the truth of what he had stated in them. It took the jury but a few minutes to find a verdict of guilty, and the court im- posed a sentence of eighteen months in the penitentiary. ——— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: W. H. Brooker to A. B. Gant, pt. 14, sq. 1083; $500. W. R. Hensey to T. G. Hensey, pt. Dry Meadows; $-. T. G. Hensey to W. R. Hensey, do. A. Burgdorf to S. C. Raub, 1-2 int. lot 4, bik. 11; 6 and 14, bik. 12; 1 and 8,bik. 13; 1, 3 and 6, blk. 14; 7 and 11, bik. 15, and 4, 5, 11 and 18, T. & B.'s sub, Mt. Pleasant. M. I. Weller to Rosa P. Suit, lot 3, Good Hope Park; $-. Mary J. Davis to A. L. Richardson, pt. Barry Farm, &c.; $. C. W. Howard tc Clara K. Mc- Cormick, lot 6, sq. 770; $3,750. John Allen to Alethea V. H. McCormick et al., land in county; “ . V. H. Allen to same, d $—. Matilda Brightwell to same, do.; $— M. P. McCormick to same, do.; $. May S. Brooks to same, do.; $—. J. H. Clark to A. D. Addison, pts. I and G, sq. 170; $. J. F. Manning to T. F. Schnetder, subs 3 to 8, sq. 179; $-. R. Goldschmid to W. R. Stans- bury, sub 88, sq. 152; $. J. H. Mills to John H. Adrians, lot 80, sec. 8, Barry Farm; $401. S. C. Raub to A. Burgdorf, sub lots 1 to 3, 11 to 20, sq. 1074; 1 to 8, 10, 15 and sq. 1075; $-. Part 8, sq. e. of 642; $—. F. Wainwright to Maggie Burgdorf, pt. 8, sq. e. of 642; $-. W. E. Edmonston to U. S. L. I. and T. Co., sub 44, sq. 812; H. 16, R. — Visiting Baltimore. One hundred and twenty-five members of Almas Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrie, headed by Potentate Dingman, went ovr to Baltimore last evening under charge of Mr. S. B. Hege of the B. and 0. to attend the stated session of Boum! Temple. Imperial Potentate Thos. J. Hudson of Pittsburg was also present. The degree was conferred upon twenty-five candidates. A banquet fol- lowed the session. TOLD IN THE COKRIDOR: “Millionaires on an outing differ from each other quite as much as folks who don’t require six ciphers strung along be- hind a numeral to denote their wealth,” said Col. William St. John, general agent of the Pintsch Gas Light Company, at the Arlington last night. “And,” he continued, “when these millionaires happen to be brothers, the kinship only seems to ac- centuate the difference. There’s Cornelius Vanderbilt, for instance, who was here in his magnificent private car last week. When he goes off on a recreation tour he carries his business cares with him. The first question he asks in the morning is whether any telegrams have come for him while he slept. If there have been none he asks the porter of his car to get him some newspapers, those of New York pre- ferred, but if they are not to be had, then any papers. ‘1 want,’ he will explain, ‘to know what is going on in the world.’ He appears to be burdened with the fear that his affairs will not go right unless he keeps in touch with them constantly, no matter where he may be. ‘Now, with his brother, William K. Van- derbilt, it is exactly the opposite. He at- tends to business assiduously when he is where the business is, but when he goes off on a tour of pleasure or recreation he leaves his business behind. He never both- ers about telegrams or reads the news- papers. He appears to believe that busi- hess should not interfere with pleasure any more than pleasure should be per- mitted to interfere with business. In driv- ing parlance, he drives them tandem, while Cornelius drives them abreast, at least while on pleasure bent. “Every rich man who is not engaged in active business should have some fad,” said Col. St. John. “It doesn’t make any difference what it is so long as it interests the one who takes it up. There is young John Jacob Astor, for instance. He has taken up electric launches and is spending @ great deal of time and a lot of money on them. Of course he’s got plenty of both. He puts in as much time at this sort of thing as though he were a hired hand. His kinsman, William Waldorf Astor, started in for a public career, but his race for Congress with Gov. Flower as his opponent, disgusted him with politics, He didn't mind what it cost him to make the race, but he did object to being deliberately sold out by the ward bosses. Then he tried diplomacy, wrote a couple of novels, and is now put- ting in time running an English magazine and an English datiy newspaper. “There is J. Pierpont Morgan, the active manager of the great banking house of Drexel, Morgan & Co., and the greatest railroad reorganizer of the day. When he goes off on a tour of recreation, and he runs up to the Adirondacks every year for @ week or two, he leaves his business in the big banking house at the corner of Wall and Broad streets. No telegrams are sent to him and he shuns the papers. When he has been off in the woods for a week or two, out of sight or sound of civilization or business or ‘news,’ and has got back to his car he finds his man has all the newspapers for the days he has been gone ready for his inspection. But he never looks at them. ‘Bother the newspapers,’ he says; ‘I’m out here for fun.’ “George Vanderbilt? He’s the youngest of the Vanderbilt men. He is very wealthy, of course, though nothing near what Cor- nelilus and William are. George does not attend to business at all. He is the student of the family, having a strongly developed taste for literature. He may yet rival Wil- liam Waldorf Astor as a millionaire author. He is erecting a veritable fairyland palace betas in the mountains of North Caro- ina. “Yes, the ways of millionaires are inter- esting, because they are so fixed that, so far as money is concerned, they can do ex- actly as they please, while the rest of us have to hustle to keep in sight of the pe- cunlary procession.’’ Last evening after the courts had ad- journed and the government departments had closed a little knot of lawyers were gathered about a round table—no matter where—and fell to talking shop. They told of big fees which they or some other limb ef the law had received for professional services. As the big figures rolled out their voices would take on a metallic sound and the alr would take on a flavor of green ink. Among the party was John J. Blunt, a lawyer from the Hoosier state, who is here on strictly legal business. He said: “The biggest fee I ever heard of was $200 a word for legal advice.” “What!” exclaimed the rest of the party in chorus, fi “Yes, $200 a word for legal advice. It was paid to Judge John M. Butler of In- dianapolis,” said’ Mr. Blunt. “It was this way: One night about 1 o'clock a carriage drove up to Judge Butier’s residence and a young man got out, mounted the steps and rang the bell vigorously. It was answered by the judge’s son. The caller entered and asked: ‘ “What states can cousins legally marry in. “Young Butler replied that he did not know, but that he would go up stairs and ask his father, who had been asleep for two or three hours. He went up, woke his father and repeated the question to ‘Kansas,’ was the single word anJ sleepy reply. “The son went back down stairs and told the visitor that the judge said ‘Kansas.’ With a word of thanks the caller was gone. Nothing more was thought of the visit, for lawyers, you know, are accus- tomed to queer callers and queerer ques- tions. But it was remembered when the next day's matl brought Judge Butler a certified check for $200 for ‘legal advice’ ae his hitherto unknown early morning client.” Mr. Blunt's listeners looked thoughtful and then said “A-h-h” in @ very appre- ciative manner. “One reason why Judge Holman was not made chairman of the committee on ap- prcpriations this Congress,” said a gentle- man who frequently has business before that committee, “is that he has played the part of watch dog of the treasury so long that he seemed actually to be- lieve that the public money some way be- longed to him individually. In talking of appropriations most of the members of the committee use the first person plural— ‘we will do this’ or ‘we can’t do that’ or ‘we haven't the money for that." Not so with Judge Holman. He always used the first person singular. I remember speak- ing to him during the last Congress about the appropriation for printing the index catalogue to the library of the surgeon general of the army. The judge admitted it ought to be printed, ‘but,’ said he, ‘the trouble is I haven't got the money.’ While I was talking Chairman Outhwaite came in to get a little item added to the same bill. Judge Holman listened patiently to Outhwaite’s explanation, which concluded with the appeal: “‘Holman, you ought to let me have $250 any way.’ “‘T'd like to_ oblige you, Outhwaite,’ said Holman, ‘but I can’t; I really haven't got the money to spare. “It sounded for all the world as though Outhwaite had tried to get a small per- sonal loan from Holman and had been refused. The truth Is," concluded the gen- tleman, “Holman had been playing watch dog so long that he degenerated iyto a sort of a dog in the manger about appro- priations.”” Walter Wellman, who proposes to dis- cover the north pole, had better keep a sharp lookout lest the theory of concen- tric spheres turns out true and he and his party become engulfed in Symmes’ Hole. The singular theory that the earth is a hollow sphere, open at the poles, habitable within and lighted by the refracted rays of the sun, was first promulgated by John Cleves Symmes, maternal grandfather of Benjamin Harrison. Cleves was a captain in the war of '12, after which he lived in Kentucky and Ohfo till his death in 1823. According to his theory in the interior of the earth there are miles of unclaimed domains, the land being inhabited by deer and other animals, while the streams swarm with fish. The scene is beautified by plants and flowers of unknown species and of unusual splendor. It seems hard to realize that a practical man and hard- headed lawyer like Benjamin Harrison should be the grandson of the author of this fantastic theory. Yet it is true. William Henry Harrison, grandfather of Benjamin, marricd Anna Symmes Novem- ber 22, 1795, and their son, John Scott Harrison, was the father of Benjamin. She lived until 1864, surviving her hus- @ATARRH IN CHILDREN For over two years my little girl’s life was made miserable by a case of Catarrh. The disch; from the nose was large, constant and very offensive. Her eyes became inflamed, the lids swollen and very painful. After trying various reme- dies, I gave her fy The first bot- tle seemed to SS S aggravate the disease, but the symptoms soon abated, and in a short time she was cured. Dr. L. B. RitcHey, Mackey, Ind. Onur book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swirt SPeciric Co., Atlanta, Ga. @ o o° Po band 23 years, and being in her 89th year at the time of her death. John Cleves Symmes jis buried at Hamilton, Ohio, where a mon- ument surmounted by a globe, hollowed at the poles to illustrate his theory, marks his grave. NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Late News of the Lodges in This City. Union Division, No. 8 U. R. K. of P., met last Monday night for inspection and installation. The inspection officer was Major B. W. Beebe of the second battalion, assisted by Cc. E. Swigart, lieutenant and adjutant, and Col. Coggins and Adjutant Mangum were also present. The officers installed were: Sir knight captain, W. T. Galliher; first lieutenant, Lewis Hartig; herald, W. W. Kimmell; sir knight recorder, Walter Godwin; sir knight treasurer, John T. Clarke; sir knight guard, Chas. T. Roderick; sir knight sen- tinel, Ed. C. Gill. The inspecting officers commented upon the sir kaight recorder, also for the effi- ciency in drill of the sir knights of the di- vision, and ended in congratulating W. T. Galliher upon his division, which was in @ prosperous condition. Mr. G. Don Harris, proprietor of Harris’ Theater, received the knight’s rank in Union Lodge, No. 22, of the Knights of Pythias, on Wednesday night last. Next Wednesday night Union Lodcge will have with them Grand Chancellor Wag- enor and Past Grand Chancellor Connors, who will present to the lodge the splendid bannerette which they so nobly fought for through the year of ’93 and which resulted in bringing in some forty-five new members. The description of the banner- ette is as follows: First, it is suspended from the bill of an eagie, which has out- spread wings and which surmounts a rod of solid nickel-silver three-quarters of an inch in thickness, having for its base a stand of the same material about 10 inches in diameter and about 2 inches thick, all very highly polished. The banner itself is com] of a red silk background, with gold raised ictters, with blue insertions. which all go to make up one of the hand- somest banners ever made in Washington. The emblem of the order, which is very neatly worked in red, blue and gold, being the three colors of the order, surmounts the wording, which is as follows: “From the Grand Lodge for greatest progress to Union Lodge, No. 22, for term ending February 19, '#4.” The banner, too, has a three-inch gold tassel fringe along the bottom and is hung by a nickle chain. In fact it all goes to make up a very ap- propriate banner, noted for neatness and ornamentation. —_——>—_—_ SHE WAS DRUNK. Lieut. Young Te! Stories on the Ex- Queen of Hawa: One of the chapters in the Hawalian tes- timony 1s the description, by Lieut. Lucien Young, of the last days of the monarchy. Lieut. Young was an officer of the Boston, and attended the closing ceremonies of the Hawaiian parliament in full uniform and in an official capacity at the request of Capt. Wiltse. He was accompanied by Consul General Severance. Lieut Young, in de- scribing the scene, said: “When I got there there was quite a crowd around the rear end of the building, and two or three leading Americans, and Judge Hartwell, who was one of the lead- ing lawyers of the place, and minister un- der Kalakaua, informed me that the queen contemplated the promulgation of a new constitution immediately after the adjourn- ment of the legislature, and asked me if I would not go on board ship and inform Capt. Wiltse. I went in to speak of it to Consul General Severance, and he laughed and said: ‘I do not believe a word of it.’ I went in, and was shown the seat assign- ed me in the legislative hall, a little to the left and in front of the rostrum, where the speaker used to sit, and which the queen used when she read her proclamation. Af- ter waiting some little time they commenc- ed, and I believe it was about the funniest affair I ever saw in my life—a circus. “The procession was headed by two or three lackeys, and then followed the gov- ernor of Oahu, father to the heiress ap- parent, dressed in a gaudy uniform covered with gold and orders; the chamberlain, with attendants all dressed up in uniform, and then came her majesty, with a long train and four lackeys in knee breeches carrying the train, and then the two royal prin- cesses, ladies in waiting, a staff, the four ministers, and other attendants. It was very amusing scene. Afterward, the procla. mation was handed to her in a portfolio, when she stepped to the front of the ros- trum and began reading, first in English and then in Kanaka. I do not believe there were more than one or two white members of the legislature present at the time. The Kanakas and every one were decorated with the various orders of Kamehameha I and Kalakaua, consisting of great big stars stretched out on the breast. After the leg- islature was prorogued the queen passed into her reception room.” “Did you follow her asked the chair- “I passed man. “Yes,” replied Lieut. Young. on through the door. The consul told me he was going back to the office. I told him I was there in an official capacity, and I felt it by duty to go through with it.” Senator Gray—You wanted to see the hts of the side circus? Mr. Young—Yes; the governor of Oahu. Mr. Cleghorn, stopped me at the door and talked to me in a nervous strain as though to retain me. I passed in and bowed to the queen and her ministers standing on the right and her aids, and passed on through savagely, and did not return my salutation with any cordiality at all. she acted in a peculiar wa; she had a little stage fright, but in the re- ception room I saw that she was under the influence of a stimulant; in fact, she was drunk. There is no question in'my mind about It at all. Then I passed out into the yard and started to go over into the palace, and I was advised not to go. Then I was | told again on the outside that as soon as the queen came over to the palace she was going to promulgate the new constitution. I was also informed that at the palace, the night before, there had been placed four or five pieces of artillery, enfilading the ap- proaches to the palace, and that the queen’s household was said to be under arms. 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