Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1894, Page 13

“THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peuasylrania Avenus, Cor. 1th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 88 Potter Building. TweE Eves s Pser Paes ‘ STAR is servad to subscribers im the om their own acconnt, ver inoath. Cr pies By mul—aaywhere in the United States of Canula—pustase prepaid—0 cents ber mon hy , er | supseriy tions: nates 0. ud vertis: ) i ‘ust be paid in advance. = made known on application. ee THE TARIFF BILL The Sencte Finance Committee Not | Yet Agreed Upon It. | — WILL NOT YIELD 10 THE KICKERS’ But Will Show That They Are | Conciliatory to All. | hearings on the Hatch anti-option bill. ——__+——_- THING SETTLED — E som 8s The Senate finance committee and the kickers are still haggling over the price to be paid for votes for the tariff bill. The committee are still uncertain whether they Will be able to get the bill in tomorrow. Everything except sugar is practically set-/ tled, though subject to slight change. The Present intention is to put fifty cents on coal, a cent a pound on all lead ore and a small duty on iron ore, probably not more than thirty-five cents. It is understood that Mr. Gorman is not satisfied with the yield- ing of the committee on iron and coal, but is more interested in the sugar question, | and at the bottom 6f it Hill, Gorman and_ Brice are credited with desiring most of all | to defeat the bill. The sugar question was ussed today by the democrats of the committee, and as far as they are con- cerned, if they can do what they want to, | there can be no duty at all on sugar. The Sentiment Against 2 Sugar Duty. The sentiment in the committee is over- | wheimingly against a sugar duty, and they certainly will not levy any unless they find } it absolutely necessary to secure the pass- | age of the bill. Today’s discussion encour- | aged them in the hope that they would be | able to ignore the demands of the sugar | Senators. At all events, they are very pos- | itive in their declarations that they will not | give any benefit to the trusts. Their policy is to yield enough to impress the Senate and the country with the idea | that they are conciliatory and desire to | be fair, but not to yield anything like what the kickers demand. This being done, they | are willing to trust the bill to the Senate | id run the risk of the opposition of their | own party being couragecus enough to vote | against it. The republicans will not vote to | recommit the bill, and they will not vote | for any duty on sugar, nor will they -vote to amend the bill in line with a proposition coming from a democrat. Four Factions. The democrats appear to be divided into | four factions: One composed of three mem- | Lers of the Senate who want the bill | beaten; one who are opposed to any sugar tax, and favor an increased tax on whisky; one composed of those in favor of a dis- criminating tax on sugar in favor of the retineries, and another faction opposing both the whisky and the sugar tax. With this wide variance it is hard to secure harmony of action. What One Senator Says. The members of the finance committee have been: trying to adjust the bill. The changes made are said to be numerous and have involyed a great deal of work in ad- fusting details. One of the Senators who Was prominent in the caucus says that the bill which will be finally reported will be much more satisfactory to Senators of the north than the bill which was brought in- to the caucus. Members of the committee remain reticent about the cl es being made. Treasury Officials Present Today. Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the Treas- ury Department and Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller were before the com- mittee this morning. They were called to give advice and information concerning the administrative features of the internal rev- enue part of the bill. In this there have been many changes, several pages being entirely rewritten. Commissioner Miller also gave information concerning the prob- able amount of revenue to be derived from the bill as it now stands. The Outlook Not Good. The democratic members of the commit- Bee decline absolutely to discuss the situa- fion to a greater extent than to say that Bhe outlook for an early agreement is not good today as it was when the commit- jee dispersed Saturday afternoon. No meet- ‘§ of the full committee had been called » to noon, and when asked if a call would issued and the bill reported Chairman oorhees responded by saying merely that fi: bill would be given to the committee at he earliest practicable moment. The Dill vould have been sent to the printer on Saturday but for the desire of one or two S the members to look over some of its pro- isions, but it was then believed that an fhour or two today would be sufficient to Bomplete it. . While the democratic members of the committee have not all been collected in the finance committee room, they have all been at work on the bill, some in the reg- ular committee room and others in Senator Vest's room. An A rd Story. Senator Hill pronounces as absurd the Btory sent out from New York yesterday that ten democratic Senators had united in written agreement to oppose the tariff ill im the Senate, and says that neither of the Senators from New York have recently been in the empire state. ee Se IN INDIAN CAMPAIGNS, Officers Whe Distinguished Them- selves to Be Brevetted. A matter of considerable Interest to the army which will have the early attention of the President is the official recognicdon ef officers who have distinguished them- selves in campaigns against the Indians. ‘The law authorizes the conferring of brevet commissions for such service, but there has | been a marked tardiness on the part cf the “uthorities in making such acknowled,- ment. Last week Gen. Schofield approved @ list containing the names of 145 officers who had been slated for brevet commis- sions. He placed the list before the Secre- tary of War and recommended that it be submitted to the President for nomination te the Senate. This course will be followed and it is expected that the President will act soon after he returns to the city. The approved list gives brevets based cn the rank held at the time the service for which it is given was rendered. It was held by some that the brevets should be based on the existing rank of the benefl- ciary, and it @ controversy on this point that has delayed action in the matter. Several officers in the list are recom- mended for two brevets for meritorious conduct in Indian fights on more than one vccasion. A few officers been recommended for brevets have died without r doubt as to the best course to follow in such cases. lay. but it is not probable, as it has been Practically decided to act immediately in all cases where there Is no dispute. Officers clearly entitled to this distinction will shortly get it, probably this week. The brevets they will receive will be one grade higher than that they held at the time the service was rendered. nina lea Postmasters Appointed. The total masters : nur: fill vacancies caused tion and the remain- inia appoint- tateliffe, rkey Code, | nn Riddle, removed. | “2. | At San Francisco. | S. Yorktown has arrived at Where she will be fitted Out ior service im ering sea. ‘ | times, during which Represantative Hatch, | Mr. who have} eceiving them, and there is some | | This may cause a further de- | | and Chickasaw nations, is | few days. Vor 84, No. 20,824, DEALING IN FUTURES) Mr. Hatch and Cotton Exchange Officials | Talk Briskly. | Cetton as a Commodity—Very Seldom | Actually Delivered, but Offici: Say It is All Right. ‘The leading authorities on the cotton trade were before the House committee on s.griculture today for the first of a series of It brought out some shazp controversy at the author of the bill, joined issue with President J. O. Bloss of the New York cot- ton exchange ani President J. W. La- bouisse of the New Orleans cotton exchange | as to the general practice of selling cotton, | with the distinct understanding that it was | to be a speculstion with no actual delivery. Mr. Hatch sald tuat this practice was car- ricd on constantly in Chicago, and he had evidence of unquestionable character as to! the fact. Both of the heads of the cotton | exchanges ccntroverted the fact. In the course of the discussion with Mr. Bloss, | Mr. Hatch asked how many bales of cotton | ew York exchange had on hand from | to day? ‘About 275,00) bales,” said Mr. Bloss. ‘What are your average daily transac- | tions i ‘About 200,000 bales and sometimes much less." “Then,” said Mr. transactions are m: you have on hand? Mc. Pioss assented and then proceeded to shew that speculative markets had a ten- dency to help prices. ‘The higher the market the larger the busi- ness. Low prices meant an era of inactivi- ty and inaction. Mr. Bloss added that -3 Hatch had been misintormed or mislead to the alleged practice of making “future’ contracts not to deliver. F Mr. Hatch.—Do I understand you to say | that all the trades made on the board of trade of Chicago for any of the commodities named in the bil! are always terminated by an actual delivery of the properiy? Mr. Bloss.—I say the contract calls for it. Mr. Hatch—You misunderstand my state- ment. That is exactly what I say. But tkere is not one out of a thousand ever terminated in actual delivery and the gen- eral understanding is that they will be settled without that. If, according to your statement, the rules of ‘the board of trade require actual delivery on every contract of that kind which is made why is it not | enforced? j Mr. Bloss—Because it suits both parties to the transaction, either directly or in- directly, to make other disposition of it. Mr. Hatch, to the stenographer—“Take that dewn. It suits them to evade it be-| fore it is terminated.” Mr. Bloss—There is no evasion. If I} sell you 10,000 bales of cotton for future | delivery, next April, and for any reason whether an advance of price or inability to | | secure it for the purpose of delivery to you, I can get another gentleman to stand | in my shoes and make you a delivery, who | | Perchance is hunting around to get some one to take th@ obligation off his hands, | there is no evasion of the contract at all. The contemplation at the time of entering | into the contract was that I should de- |liver. There is no contract between you | |and I that I shall not deliver. Mr. Hatch—Except the custom. Bloss—An agreement is an agree-| ment. If I find a way of fulfilling the contract and others possessing the thing | have sold it for me that does not in any way, shape or form affect that fact. I have made the obligation and I am obliged to find somebody to fulfill it. President Labouisse of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange submitted a statement and many tables bearing on the cotton trade. He gave it as his opinion that the fall in the price. of commodities, including cotton, was not due to legitimate specula- | tion, but was the result of a fall in silver, which had been going on for many years. He denied, however, that there was any undue falling off in growth of cotton. Its periods of high price had been due to special causes and it had been affected by the general shrinkage of the last twenty years in all branches of human industry. Mr. Labouisse said he had never known of a refusal to deliver cotton if the trader esked for it. In answer to a question from | Representative Simpson Mr. Laboutsse said the Hatch bill, if enacted into law, would have the effect of driving out the small dealers and concentrating the cotton trading in the hands of a few large deal- ers. Hatch, “your daily than ali the cotton oe THE SEAL PATROL. A Large Number of Vessels Will Be Required to do the Work. It is a serious problem for the naval au- thorities to secure a sufficient number of vessels to carry out the agreement of the arbitrators respecting the patrol of the seal waters. The seal herds usually make thelr appearance off the California coast about May 1. They proceed northward along the coast, feeding as they go, and in course of | time arrive at the Pribylov Islands in Ber- | ing sea. As soon as the herds are sighted | off California the sealing vessels begin to | hunt them and there is no relaxation of the chase day and night until the weary ani-; mals reach the sixty miles closed zone around the islands. The slaughter is very heavy and particularly so when the seals are caught in the smooth water in the headlands on the upper coast, and though the take of seals is large, reaching a total of 100,000 last season, the slaughter is much greater, as one of every two or three seals killed at sea is recovered, the others siak- ing rapidly. What Must Be Done. So to protect the seals adequately It will be necessary for the naval and revenue marine vessels to follow the herds, keeping | the poachers at a safe distance, clear up to | | the seal islands. At present there is but | one naval vessel available for the revenue | service at San Francisco. That is the Alert, now under repairs at Mare Island. ‘The Yorktown arrived at San Francisco trom Callao tast night, and can be called upon, | | but owing to the delay in the arrival of the Marion, caused by the necessity of repair- ing the injury sustained in a typhoon on | | the Chinese coi these two vessels are | likely to be all of the naval force that can | be made ready for service by May 1. it is) the intention to bring some of the vessels | of the fleet now at Kio around Cape Horn for this duty as soon as they can be spared from their present disagreeable post, but it will take them so long a time to reach | the seai waters, unless start is made im- | mediately, that they will not be of service | at the opening of the season. And when they do get as far around as San Francisco it will be found that they will be in eed | of repairs after their long exposure in trop- | | teal waters, before the vessels can vent on the Bering sea service. This will sume valuabie time, and in addition, the | Navy Department is much embarrassed to find money to defray the cost of repairs in the present depleted condition of the lim- ited appropriations made for such purpo: Altogether, the scarcity of available is severely felt by the Navy Department. ————_+-e._ The Choctaw Railroad. { | Whether the Interior Department will approve a bill recently passed by the gen- eral council of the Choctaw nation, therizing the Choctaw National Company to construct and ope: read through the lands au- pending at the department. Acting Secre- tary Sims will dec: » matter within a Commissioner of Indian Affa Browning recently made a report recom- mending that the department withhold its approval on the ground that the nation had no right to p. the bill or the d partment to approve it without the author- | ity of Congres ————__+2+____ Treasury Cash Balance. | The available cash balance in the treas- ury today is $138,152,563; gold coin, $104 x Government _receipts—internal revenue, $1,000,081; customs, $610,602; mis- | cellaneous, 22,618, Che Evening Star. THE POLLARD SUIT Indications That There Will Be No Postponement, A CASE AGAINST MR. BRECKINRIDGE A Long Trial Looked for in Judge Bradley's Court. COL. TOTTEN’S ABSENCE oR Thursday next, before Judge Bradley, in Circuit Court, No. 1, what promises to be one of the most interesting, if not sensa- tional, cases ever tried in the courts of the District will be called, when the case of Miss Madeline ¥. Pollard agt. Congressman Wm. ©. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky is reached. The case was last month perempworily set by Judge Bradley for the “th of this month, | and, as far as can now be learned, it will then be taken up. There are, however, several cases on the calendar cf the court which have the right of way, and which possibly may not be disposed of between now and Thursday, but should these inter- | vening cases be disposed of by that time, and that they will be seems probable now, it is understood neither side will ask for a continuance, even though the eloquent Kentuckian will then be forced to proceed to trial during the abseace of Col. Enoch Totten, one of his counsel, and upon whom he greatly relies. Col. ‘Totten is now in Florida, where he was forced to go last month in search of health. It is under- stood that he will not return before the 15th, if at that time. Mr. Breckinridge may, of course, again ask the court to continue the case until the return of Col. Totten, as he did last month, but, as Judge Lradley at that time remarked, in setting the case for Thursday next, the defendant not only has other able counsel. but is himself, it 18 said, a lawyer of more than ordinary abili Hence it is believed that unless Mr. Breca- inridge should base his request for a con- tinuance on other grounds the court would hardly grant it. ‘The Case to Be Tried. It was on the 12th of August last when Miss Pollard startled the country by enter- ing a suit in the District Supreme Court on the law side of the court ugainst the Ken- tucky Congressman, claiming damages to the amount of $50,000, alleging that not cnly | had she been seduced by the silver-tongued orator and politican, but also alleging that he had broken his promise, solemnly made to her more than once, to make her his wife. It was alleged, by the fair plaintiff, that the seduction had occurred several years ago, when she was an inexperienced School girl, yet in her teens, at a time when the Congressman's first wife lived, and that the unlawful intimacy was continued up to the time of the defendant's second mar- riage, a few months ago, several children resulting from her alleged intimacy with him. On the 2ist of last September the defend- ant demurrea to the plaintiff's declaration, claiming that it was faulty, because it al- leged more than one promise. The matter was argued before Judge Cox, the court overruling the demurrer, and two days ijater issues were joined and the case was placed on the trial calendar of the court, the case being numbered 95. Expecting that at the commencement of the January term of the court the call of cases would be taken up not where call ceased during the previous term, but with the first:case on the ¢alen- dar, it was believed t the jd rot be reached within a year or more. t the court decided to take up the calendar where the call ceased at the close of the pre- ceding term. Hence, the early hearing of the case. A Long Trial Expected. Both sides have, during the past few weeks, been busily engaged in taking the depositions of parties in different parts cf the country, and it is expected that these depositions will form quite an important feature of the trial of the suit. It is thought, however, that many of them will be ruled out by the court on the ground that they are immaterial. The trial, it is believed, will be a long one, and both sides are represented as ready to make a des- perately bitter fight. The city hall officials expect that there will be a tremenious pressure for admittance to the court room, but it was stated today that, owing to the small accommodations of the room, Judge Bradley may decide to exclude every one not directly connected with the trial. — DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, The Commissioners’ Reply. ‘The Vice President this morning !aid be- fore the Senate the answer of the District Commissiorers to Senator Hale's resolution of inquiry concerning underground wires for the police telegraph and telephone sys- tem of the District. This reply has been printed at length in The Star. It will be printed as a document and lie on the table until action may be taken. The Case of Mr. Mack. Senator McMillan introduced a joint reso- lution exempting from the provisions of the act of March 3, 180%, limiting the amount of sick leave with pay that may be grant- ed by heads of departments, William G. Mack, a clerk in the record and pension, “a veteran of the late war, who lost both feet jin a ratiroad accident while returning from the anniversary ceremonies of the battle of Gettysburg on the Fourth of July last.” The Secretary of War is authorized to pay Mr. Mack such portion of his salary as has been withheld from September 11 to Oc- tober 14, 1885, thirty-four days, on account of his absence while suifering from his in- Juries. The resolution was referred to the committee on military affairs. Transfers on Street Car Lines. Senator McMillan also introduced a bill in relation to transfers on street car lines in the District. The bill deciares that the lawful rate of fare upon all street car jines in the District shall not exceed five cents for each passenger, and the companies op- erating or hereafter ope ing certain lines shall, by a proper system of transfer, trans- fer each passenger over such lines for the single fare paid by the passenger upon the initial line, provided the District Commis- sioners shall, from time to time, pr the places where and the method w such transfers shall be conducte bill went to the District committee. Women as School Trusiees. Senator Harris, by request of the District | Commissioners, presented a bill authorizing the Commissioners to appoint not ex ding three women as members of the board of trustees of the public schools of the District, in addition to the present mbership of the board. The bill was referred to the District committee, together with a letter trom the ‘S| Commissioners recommending its passage. INDIAN The Red Companies Growing Smaller and Smaller. It is said at the War Department, that if the present rate of depletion continues there will be no Indian companies in the army at the end of two years. These com- panies have been materially reduced within the past few months, and there is small promise of uiling the ranks with the “noble red man." They object to the re- straints and discipline of army life and take the first opportunity of getting discharged. At the height of the movement there were 8 cavairy and 17 infantry nies comy of Indians. They have died from various causes. until now there are but six cavalry and nine infantry com- panies, and these show unmistakable signs of further shrinkage. ‘Although the outlook is discouraging there is a strong dispos tion to give the experiment of making the Indian, useful as a soldier, a full and fair tial. j WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. MR. TRUESDELL CONFIRMED The Senate Acts Tavorab’ Upon His Nomination. — The New District Commi: Succeed Mr. Myron M. Parker. The nomination of Col. Geo. Truesdell to | be Commissioner of the District was con- firmed by the Senate this afternoon. Col. Truesdell will enter upon his duties as Commissioner as soon as he can qualify. rs GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE The New Law Explained and Defended by an Architect. The movement in the direction of improv- ing the architecture of public buildings is | centered largely in the bill which became a law about one year ago, and which author- | izes the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain from private architects designs and plans for public buildings. Since this measure was placed on the statute books the proper method for carrving the law into execution has been considered both by the architects of the country and the efficizls of the Treas- ury Department. So far no plan has been agreed upon and the authority ecnferred by | the law has not as yet been exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury. The bill has been more or less criticised, and a good many statements made in re- gard to its effect and to the motives which led to its pemg enacted into a law. An in- teresting opinion of both of these phases of the question was given today to a Star. re- porter by Mr. James G. Hill. Mr. Hilt is a member of the American Institute of Architects, an organization which has been prominent in advocating some measure of this character, and he war also for several years at the head of the office of the super- |vising architect of the Treasury Depart- ment. “It has been said,” remarked Mr. Hill, “that this bill is framed in a spirit of hostility to the supervising architect's of- fice. This ts,of course,untrue.The origiaal bill of which this is the outcome was prepared by Mr. James H. Windrim, who held the | office of supervising architect two or three | Years ago, and who in his annual report | favored the idea of competition. This plan of relieving the supervising architect's office of the work of designing the leading public buildings of the country is not a new one. Mr. Wiliam A. Potter, who is one of the leading architects in New York city, when he was supervising architect discussed this matter in his annual report for the year Radical Defects in Present Method. “He said then that the method in vogue for preparing designs of public buildings had many radical defects. He believed that the vital point of any system which might be adopted must be to remove the power from ee supervising architect and restrict his uties simply to those of a su ervisory na- ture. Among other reasons advanced for this change, Mr. Potter stated, was the immensé amount of routine work which oc- eupies the attention of the Supervising arch- itect. The very nature of the duties which devolve upon him, and the fact that he js at no time free from interruption, leaves him no opportunity for the proper study of the designs which he is required to make. In my report of the year 1876 I called attention to these recommendations of Ar. Potter, and expressed my hearty conew. rence in them. The change proposed in this law would simply relieve the supervis- ing architect of a duty which he absolutely has not the time to perform. “Suppose, for example, that the d. and plans for ail the large public but were prepared outsid supervising architect. left a large volume of work demanded hy the necessary repairs and alterations which are constantly being made in existing bulla- ings, in the supervision of the erection of the large buildings planned by private architects, and in addition the erection of a great many small bulldings. I imagine that it would be necessary to retain lesigns lidings le of the office of the There would be still . if this law should go into effect, a considerable percentage of those employed in the draughtman’s division. Perhaps the force would be decreased fifty per cent in the course of the next year or so, but it would hardly go below that limit. Entirely Unselfish, “There is another point which is some times made, and that is the architects who are urging this measure are doing so because they hope to gain some profit from it in the way of commissions, Their mo- tives, however, are entirely unselfish, and no one would doubt this for an instant who knows the men who are the most active in forwarding this measure. For example, there is Mr. Hunt, who was the architect of the administration building at the fair; Mr. McKim of McKim, Meade and White, who designed the agricultural building; Mr. Post, the liberal arts buiid- ing; Mr. Peabody of Peabody and Stearns, the machinery building, and Mr. Adler of Adler and Sullivan, the transportation building. These are leading men in the profession, and their business is of such a character that it is not necessary for them to lobby a bill through Congress in order to increase it. I have omitted to mention Mr. Burnham, the president of the institute, who was the architect in charge of the fair. “The only motive for favoring this law is the one which is advanced, and -hat 1s the improvement of the public architecture of this country. It is believed that public sentiment is on the side of this law. There is no hostility on the part of its advocares towards any one. There is a friendly re- gard felt for the supervising architect, and it is a mistake to suppose that those who are in favor of the law are arrayed either against the supervising architect or his office. As I have stated, the law will not abolish the office of the supervising archi- tect, nor do away with the custom of em- ploying a large force of draughtsmen.” ——e——_ GEORGETOWN'S COLLECTOR, Mr. Johnson Wants Information as to Charges. There are no new developments in the matter of the Georgetown collectorship. Capt. Johnson says he has not refused to resign, but is merely waitmg a reply from Secretary Carlisle to his inquiry if there are any charges against him. He say: his term wili not expire for ten months yet, but he does not expect to remain in office that long. The salary of the office, includ. ing fees, he does not exceed $2, year, and sometimes runs as low as It is said at the Treasury that Capt. Johnson will probabl void the neces- No action will be tak- the matter until the President re- sity of his removal. en in turns. o——____ In Behalf of Wage-Earning Women, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of the Woman Republican ociation of the United States is here to try and arrange for a hearing before the finance committee jof the Senate of a deiegation of wage- women, in | earning representing women em- | ployea manufacturing establishments. | Mrs. Foster brought such a delegation to 1 ashincton in the autumn of 1SS8, when the McKinley bill was under consideration. POSTSCRIPT” NG PENSIONS Debate in the House on the Appro- priation Bill. THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT CRITICISED The Bill to Admit New Mexico to Statehood. A POINT OF NO QUORUM — Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, who is conducting a series of revivals here with Mr. Sankey, delivered the prayer in the House this morning. Mr. Breckinridge (Ky.) reported the urgent deficiency bil!, with Senate amend- ments. The latter were non-concurred in, and the bill was sent to conferences Mr, Mallory (Fla.) asked unanimous con- sent to consider a bill to amend the act of March 3, 1887, fer the construction of a bridge across the East river between New York and Long Island City, so as to make the lowest part of the superstructure 135 instead of 150 feet above mean high water. Mr. Coombs explained that if the bill was passed it would make its he‘rht conform to that of the other East river bridge. There was no objection and the bill was passed. The Antwery Exposition. Mr. McCreary (Ky.) of the committee on foreign affairs asked unanimous consent for the passage of the Senate resolution for the appointment of a commission of five to rep- resent this government at the international exposition which opens at Antwerp May 5. He made a brief statement to the effect that the resolution carried no appropriation. Belgium had hospitably entertained the monetary conference and had been the first country to accept our invitation to the world’s fair. Mr. Cannon (Ill) contended that if a com- mission were to be appointed the United States should defray their expenses. Mr. Bailey (Tex.) objected. On motion of Mr. McRae (Ark.) a bill au- thorizing the Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Sulpaur river in Arkansas was passed. At the request of Mr. Sweet (Idaho) a bill to establish a port of entry at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, was taker up and passed. Mr. Hopkins (ill.) tried to secure unani- mous consent for the consideration of a bill to-reclassify the railway mail service so as to increase the number of classes from five to seven and fixing the maximum salary to be paid in each instance. Mr. Bynum (Ind.) demanded the regularw TWO CENTS. An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. IN THE SENATE Many Petitions in Regard to the Tariff Bill Presented. . After Transacting Some Rou: e¢ Busi- mess the Senate Goes Into Executive Sessi The morning hour of the Senate this morning was taken up with routine busi- ness of local interest to various sections of the country. The Bland silver seig- niorage bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Allen (Neb.) presented an amend- ment to the rules providing that it shall be the duty of a committee to which a | bill, resolution or other measure has been |referred to report it back within thirty | days, and if the committee shall fail to} report in that time the Senator presenting it shall have the right to call for a report under certain restrictions. The proposed amendment was referred to the committee on rules. Mr. Voorhees presented a compilation of the coinage laws from 1792 to 1804, prepared | under the direction of the finance commit- |tee, which, he said, was of inestimable value, and he asked to have them printed | asa public document, This was so ordered. | Against the Tariff Bill. Among a number of petitions presented by Mr. Cockrell were several letters from druggists in Missouri asking him to vote against the Wilson bili because it raised the duty on alcohol. Mr. Cockrell was astonished at receiving so many letters from the members of one profession and all couched in terms singularly uniform, until he received the “inspiration” of these letters, a ‘circular from the lowa State | Pharmaceutical Association of Dubuque | asking the druggists to write to the Sena- tors from Missouri directing them to vote against an increase of taxation on a neces- sity. “A necessity in prohibition communities,” exclaimed Mr. Cockrell melodramaticaily, “more necessary than tea or coffee.” He asked that this “cart load” of petitions be referred to the committee on finance, so the distinguished Senator from Iowa (Mr. Allison), who was a member of the commit- tee, might have ar. opportunity to consider the petitions and these piteous appeals from his constituents. Mr. Allison, replying in the same sarcas- tic tone, said that he supposed that at some time the finance committee as a whole might have an opportunity to look into these protests. So far he had not had a chance to look at such matters. The Bland Bill. The Vice President was referring the bills received from the House to their appro- priate committees and was about to refer | the Bland seigniorage bill when Mr. Stew- art of Nevada objected to its reference and order and Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) called up |#8Ked that it lie on the table so that it the privileged resolution for printing the eulogies on the late Representative Lilly of Pennsylvania, and it was agreed to.. The Diplomatic Bill. Mr. McCreary reported the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. To Admit New Mexico. The Speaker then recognized Mr. Joseph, the delegate from New Mexico, to move the passage of the bill for the admission of New Mexico under suspension of the rules. This bill had been the special order after the second morning hour for two months, but since the tariff fight began the House has never passed to the second morning hour, ge business having constantly interven ‘The Quoram Broken. Mr. Cannon (1ll.) demanded a second. The ‘Tepublicans, as a rule, declined to vote, and the quorum was broken, 117, Mr. Cannon making the point. When Mr. Cannon made the point of no quorum, the Speaker instructed the tellers to resume their places. After a few minutes, however, it being ap- parent that the democrats alone could not muster a quorum, Mr. Josephs withdrew the bill, and the House went into commit- tee of the whole on the pension appre a tion bill. rf atoriry The Pension Appropriation Bill. Mr. Dolliver (lowa) took the floor. He would not have obtruded himself in this debate, he said, were he not daily in re- celpt of letters complaining in terms that excited his sympathy of the present man- agement of the pension office. The debate on this bill had been marked by the regu- lar features of a pension debate. “We have had,” said he, “the annual altercation, reaching almost the dignity of one of those old-fashioned fisticuffs which character- ized those famous and splendid days of in- tellectual culture before the war; we have had the limitless solicitude of the represen- tatives of the southern states for the de~ serving Union veterans, and for the second time we have had the well-worn eulosy of the commissioner of pensions and his rec- ord of heroism and devotion exhibited in order to detract public attention from his official conduct as the head of the pension bureau.” He appealed to the other side to spare the old age of the men and women who haul poured out the treasury of their loyal he: that the Union might live. OE eee A Talk to Late Confederate: Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), who followed, de- clared -vith emphasis that the late confeder- ate states contributed not one dollar to the payment of pensions. Of the $150,000,000 internal revenue taxes the south paid less than $9,000,000, of the $17,000,000 custom receipts the south paid but $4,000,000, of the miscellaneous receipts, less than $2,000,000. “So that,” said"he, addressing the s ou contribute less than $ 000 to the revenue of government. How do you get that back? Nine million returns as sugar bounty, $5,000,000 in pension and $5, 000,000 as a deficit in postal receipts. You therefore receive back $3,000,000 more than you contribute. You contribute not a cent to northern pensions. What difference does it make to you what we do with our mon- ey? (Republican applause). “The first proof of hostility to pensioners by the administration is found in the fact that Grover Cleveland was President; the second that Hoke Smith was Secretary of the Interior. When Hoke Smith went into office,” he continued, ‘567,000 applicants were pending. The applicants were dying a the rate of 17,000 a year. Instead of adju- dicating these cases, the department went back and suspended 12,000 pensioners whose cases were in law res adjudicata.” How did this record compare with that of his predecessor, who in the previous six months allowed 110,000 claims. He denied that there were any great number of fraudulent pensions. Mr. Enloe Defends the Administration Mr. Enloe (Tenn.) said there was always one great difficulty in discussing the pen- sion question. A larger amount of money was involved, a large number of votes were involved, consequently there was a strong- er temptation for the demagogue to exer- cise his calling. Because the democratic administration sought to strike from the pension rolls those who were entitled neither to the government's gratitude nor its bounty, the republicans assailed the President, Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner Lochren, As an evidence of the existence of fraud, Mr. Enloe said, there had been 170 con. victions of pension claims agents for man- ufacturing testimony in pension cases, Referring to the recent opinion delivered by the Attorney General upon the act of December 21, requiring thirty days’ notice im cases of suspension of pension: even if absolute proof were obtained that the pension was fraudulent, Mr. Enloe said that this opinion would force the commis- sioner of pensions to pay out $500,000. to those who were not entitled to it. He gave notice that he should offer an amendment to the bill to correct this error, and de- clared that it would be a disgrace to not give an executive officer of this government the power to protect the treasury from perjury and fraud, | might be called up at any time. After con- siderable discussion this was agre@d to, with the undersianding that ‘t be laid be- fore the Senate tomorrow. The amendment to the rules proposed by Mr. Peffer for the discontinuance of secret sessions was laid before the Senate, and on Mr. Peffer’s motion was referred wo the committee on rules, Mr. Brice (Ohio) called up the House bill for the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas river at or near Van Buren, Ark. The bill was passed without amend- | ment. The McGarrahan Claim. The Senate took up from the calendar the famous McGarrahan claim. The old oppo- sition cropped out again and Mr. Morrill of Vermont, who has always been the chief obstacle to the passage of the bill, asked that it go over until tomorrow. It was agreed to. A number of private bills were taken from the calendar and passed. Then at 2:05, on motion of Mr. Gorman, the Senate went into executive session. chien melts THE CARNEGIE FINE. Charged That © iraters Were Richly Rewarded tor Crime. The published statement that the govern- ment paid 25 per cent of the r@ent assess- ment against the Carnegie Steel Co. to con- |spirators who had placed imperfect steel plates among those accepted by the gov- ernment for the construction of naval ves- sels was the subject of several conferences at the Navy Department today, Secretary Herbert, Assistant S Adoo, Chief Ordnance Officer Mr. Hunsecker, the agent of the Carnegie Steel Co., took part. Secretary Herbert de- clined to discuss the matter for publica- tion, saying that his recent statement con: tained all that he had to say on the subject. | The other officials took their cue from him | and were equally reticent. It is believed, | however, that Secretary Herbert desires to take cognizance of the publication, but that he wishes to confer with the President be- fore doing so. The Pittsburg Times is responsible for the statement that there was a conspiracy in the matter. According to that paper: “The Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, has permitted itself to be made the victim of a big conspiracy. This, in brief, is t true explanation of the assessing of $140,- 480.91 damages or fine laid by President Cleveland and Secretary of the Navy Her- | bert against the company for furnishing the government with armor plates, which, to quote Secretary Herbert, ‘was good, ail excelling the lowest limit of tolerance in the | Specifications, yet portions of which were |not up to the highest possible mark of ex- cellence, which, by their contract, the com- pany was bound to attain.’ “The conspirators were four in number, all well-known workmen hereabouts, who, until quite recently, were employed at the | Carnegie big Homestead plant. The price they received from the government as a re- ward for their conspiracy was about $35 or 25 per cent of the damages assessed President Cleveland against the Carnegie company. This quartet of scheming work- men were assisted in getting in touch with the government by a Pittsburg attorney, whose office is within the shadow of the court house, and by a prominent ex-federal | official, whose home is in this state. <> SHIPS’ STABILITY Topheaviness of Our New Navy Sul Under Discussio: | the remark that she THE QUEEN'S SPEECH Both Houses of the English Parlia- ment Prorogued. NEW LIBERAL HEAD IN THE COMMONS Lord Rosebery Preparing for His New Task, WHAT WILL THE IRISH DOP LONDON, March 5.—Queen Princess Beatrice and Empress Frererick of Germany arrived in London at about noon from Windsor, and proceeded to Bucking- ham Palace. Lord Rosebery visited the queen this afternoon and kissed her hand on his ap- pointment as premier. The new prime mine ister was cheered by large crowds of people uron his arrival and departure from Buck- ingham palace. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chancellor of the exchequer, today assumed the liberal leadership of the house of commons amid enthusiastic cheers from the liberal benches, When the speaker, the Right Honorable Arthur Wellesley Peel, and the members of the house of commons were summoned to the house of lords in order to hear the queen's speech, Mr. Henry Labouchere and a few radicals remained behind, Later the queen's speech was also read in the house of commons, and that body adjourned. The queen’s speech Proroguing parliament was purely formal, only fifteen lines in length, and began: “Upon this occasion, when your iabors have been unprecedented in amount and duration, I regret that your release from them will be little more than nominal.” The queen then thanked the commons for the supplies granted, and concluded with anticipates lasting advantages from the laws enacted. The house of lords met at 1:30 p. m There were many ladies present in the galleries, | The royal assent was given to the local government bill. The queen's speech was then read and the house adjourned, Conferring With Gindstone. Mr. Gladstone was busy with his secre- taries all the morning, and received many callers in addition. Among those who con- ferred with the great liberal leader this morning were Sir Henry Ponsonby, the queen's private secretary, and Mr. Justin McCart the leader of the Irish national- ist parts A large number of visitors called upon Mr. Gladst»ne this afternoon, and as the ex- premier drove throwh the park he was loudly cheered by all who recognized him, Lord Rosebery throughout the morning was conferring with the cabinet ministers, and as a result.many political rumors of an interesting nature were in circulation. One of these reports seemed to be found- ed on facts and was to the effect that the Right Hon. John Morley vould retain his position as chief secretary for Ireland. The cabinet situation was complicated by the death of Baron Tweedmouth, the father of the Right Hon. Edward Majoribanks, the Uberal whip, who may be made a cabinet | minister, his name being prominently men- | tioned in connection with the office of sec- certary of state for India. This would a4@ another peer to the cabinet and still fur- ther enrage the radicals, who have already declared their intention to upset the govern- ment if a peer ts n.ade premier. One of the sisters of the new Baron Tweedmouth is the Earl of it was said to be definitely settled that the Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state for India and lord president of the council, would become secretary of state for fe affaids, in succession to Lord Rosebery, Aw le of the Parne! om. Interest now seems to center in the at titude of the Parnellite party, as the posi- tion of the McCarthyites is said to be set- Ued, they to rely upon the goverament to sive proper attention to Irish legislation im due course of time. The St. James Gazette gives prominence to the report that a reunion is probable | between Lord Rosebery and the Nberal unionist leaders. It is understood that there is a possibility that the latter may come to some agreement with the new premier in regard to Ireland. Lord Rosebery is said to have already entered into communication with the Duke of Devonshire and with the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain in regard to the new understanding. The followers of Mr. Labouchere seem to have dwindled down to a very insignificant number. In fact, it is imed that the dis- tinguished radical now has only two fob lowers. The Parnellites, who, it is said, wii act with the ra but Mr. John Redmond, their leader, adroit- ly refuses to commit himself in any way and thus remains master of the situation, The McCarthyites, it is claimed, are not ia a position to enforce any demands. CURRENT TALK EIN LONDON, LONDON, March 5.—The Chronicle says: “One of the most significant events of Saturday may possibly have escaped pub- lic attention. On that day the great stew- ard of our empire placed his resignation, after sixty years of service, in his royal mistress’ hands. That resignation was re- coréed by the queen in the court circular in the formal phrase habitual to the res- ignation of a prime minister. It was ‘graciously accepted.’ There was not @ line, not a syllable of regret or thanks, and fur less of personal sorrow than was ex- pressed when Lord Salisbury, a statesman who, compared with Mr. Gladstone, is « mere youngling in the great business of ecvernment, relinquished office after vainly attempting to coerce Ireland. The queen nctilied the public of the fact of Lord Salis- bury’s resignation by stating that she ac- cepted that resignation with much regret. The phrase was an extraordinary one. We sre incline’ to think that it was unpre- cedented in the queen's reign, if not in ihe whole Guelph period. Her ‘majesty, The question of the stability of the new | ships of war is still exciting considerable | attention at the Navy Department. This is especially the case with the battle ship | Indiana, which will be the first of her class | to be tried at sea. Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn is of opinion that the ordnance weights above the water line greatly exceed | the proportionate allowance for the battle | ships. He has compared the weights of these ships with the ordnance weights of other ships at home and abroad and finds that the guns and carriages of the Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon far exceed the weights of any other ship afloat, and that the difference is remarkably so in the com- parison of displacement and di To correct this alleged topheavin nas recommended a reduction ‘dnance weight by the removal of fou h guns from each p. The ordnan has entered a vigorous protest against such change in the batteries. The stability board, of which Admiral Walker is dent, has the matter under consideration in connection with the coming trial of the! Indiana. 2 department Per Attorney General some days ago to attend the funeral of his | brother. : Lieut. J. Hood of the ill-fated Kearsarge is in this city on a short leave of absence, gather, does not view with regret the de- parture from her council of the mightiest ot living Englishmen, the heroic figure of his age, and the statesman of whom our children’s children will speak when we an in the dust. There would be, we suggest, reas ve all others why the nation cxpected some touch of personal feeling from the queen when she bade farewell to her illustrious servant. He alone of all others has been the safeguard of the Eng- monarchy and its preserver at once inst its unwise friends and open foes, Again and again has Mr. Gladstone held the bridge against the radicals when the smallest outwork of privilege or endowment tached to the house was attacked, d now he & , all fig- ures of the Vic unthanked and dismissed with the that covered the retreat of the f s this morning in a leader says that among ll those who understand that considerations of a nationa involved the convict stronger than among the liberals that Lord Rose- bery is the most fitting smccessor to Mr. Gladstone in the pi : “With Lora nUly expect a cer- thought and action. He ts a imp. in national aftairs, and has rec- ognized that there is no question anywhere | of oppressing Iretand, and that there is @ defined difference beiween the unionists an@ the party now that he leads. As to the