Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. 1101 Peaarylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Stret, by The Evening Star Wi : Sal open Company, New York Office, 88 Potter Building, - The Evening Star is served to subscribe: city by carriers, on thelr own account, et 10 nena f week, or 44°. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United tes or Canada—postage prepaid—30 vents per Month. Saturiay Quintuple Sheet Star. 3 with forelen postage added, $200, *500 POF Tears (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, &s second-class mail matter.) ma. E> All mail subseriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of ng made known op fon, Che £vening Star. —— | = } Vor 84. No. 20,856. CLEARED THE COURT! Judge Bradley Will Allow No Ap- plause by Spectators, EFFECT OF A LAWYER'S ELOQUENCE Mr. Thompson Closes and Mr. Butterworth Takes the Floor. SCENES IN COURT TODAY ‘The lawyers for the defense had full swing fm the Pollard-Breckinridge case today, and trom the opening of court to the adjourn- ment this afternoon they put before the gury, in strong. eloquent words, their ar- #uments in behalf of Mr. Breckinridge. Notwithstanding the fact that the day was Biven up to oratory entirely, the morning | session was not without its remarkable! features. During the course of Mr. Butter-| “Was That the Way You Courted.” worth’s argument Judge Bradley put into! effect a threat which he has frequently made during the trial. He cleared the court Foom of all the spectators with the excep- tion of the members of the bar and the Rewspaper men. On every occasion throughout this long trial when there has been seen the slightest tendency toward any demonstration it has been promptly stopped by the officers of the court. This morning, however, it got be- yond them, and the audience broke out into actual applause, in the form of hand clap- ping. It was at a particularly eloquent Point in Mr. Butterworth’s speech. He was speaking of the defendant and of the long friendship that had existed between Mr. Breckinridge and himself. “Never,” said the lawyer, rising to a cli- max, “should it be said that Ben Butter- worth had turned his back upon a friend in his time of adversit A number of men in the court room, who had been getting more and more worked up by the eloquence of the speaker, could stand it no longer, and they gave vent to their feelings without regard to the time or the place. It was the only actual applause arkel the trial at any point. It} admitted that no man has a \ “Ww Mr. Thompson Reads. higher opinion of the respect and dignity that appertains to the court and the court room than has Judge Andrew C. Bradley and he at once ordered the court room to be cleared. It is the rule that only mem- bers of the bar should be admitted to the court room, but this order of the judge de- yeloped the fact that about one-half of those in the room had got in on some other Dretext, for about that many people were fompelled to leave. On one occasion Judge Bradley was com- ied to interrupt Mr. Butterworth’s argu- ent to call him to order and to warn him to confine himself more closely to the mat- fers that were in evidence in the case. These were the only two incidents that marked the morning. Mr. Phil Thompson concluded his ad- @ress to the jury within an hour after the Opening of the court, and then Mr. Butter- ‘worth began his speech. It had been gen- erally looked forward to as likely to be a markable effort of oratory, and the spec- tors were not disappointed, for they had Clearing the Room. the pleasure of listening to one of the Bblest speeches made in the old court Yoom in many a dzy. It abounded in clever Points and oratorical flights, and when he Spoke of the virtue and probity of country Birls he fairly outdid himseif. Miss Pollard was not present today. It Was as well, perhaps, for her comfort of tuind, for while Mr. Butterworth handled character and record in words that ther less rough than those of Mr. treatment of her on the ardiy be said to be much less tting » Hesumes His Argument was resumed this morn- yson continued y, which was begun ed that they where, after the point Ceath of the defendant's wife, the plaintiff hal shown her true character and pur- There were marked discrepancies, he admitted, between the statements made | by the two parties as to the alleged prom- ise of marriage. It was agreed that in the Mr. Thompson Pretty Coartship, ‘That. preceding summer they decided that she ould drop out of his life altogether, and she spent part of the summer at Breadloaf Inn in Vermont. The plaintiff had made one statement that had been flatly contradicted. She said that here in Washington she met him at the station and they took a drive, in the course of which he said he had something to say that he thought would be flattering to her and please her. He asked her to marry him, in the most formal manner. This, Mr. Thompson thought. was a most remarkable way for a man to court a girl with whom he had been living for nine years. It was not at all consistent for a man to ask on bended knee when it was claimed that during all these years the defendant had premised that if ever he were free he would make her his wife. This ride took place in August, she said, while he denied that he saw her until they met in New York in September. She testi- fied that she wanted to go abroad and com- plete her education, and that she only stayed in answer to his earnest appeals that she should not go. stand that he wanted her (o go to Europe, and that she would not go unless he would agree to tell people that she was going as nis affianced wife. Everything pointed to the truth of his claim that he was the one who was trying to get rid of the woman |and that her threat to commit sutcide was the act of a bawd, who, knowing that she could not marry her paramour, thought that she could at least cover him with disgrace. Her actions from then forward were incon- sistent with her theory that there was ex- isting between them a contract of marriage made in good faith. Her story was all writ- ten out, which would disclose all her post life and make public the relations which had existed between them for years. Was \\ Mr. Butterworth Impressive. this the act of a living woman? Or was it the act of a bad woman seeking re- venge? The Visit to Defendant's House. ‘The visit of the plaintiff to the house of the defendant, where he was with his wife at the time, was an act done for the pur- pose of disgracing him, and for that pur- pose alone. It was the act of one of the vilest women who ever sought to enter the sacred precincts of a home, and when she d, upon the stand, that she said to him, ‘Willie, come,” and Willie came, she said it as one who had succeeded in her efforts to humiliate a man. The incidents at Maj. Moore's office and the makeshift Mes he told to Mrs. Blackburn all go to prove that he was struggling to free himself from this woman, while she was followifig him about endeavoring to fasten her toils upon him. “Is that the way,” said Mr. Thompson, earnestly, “that peopie get married? Is that the way courtships are conducted? Gentle- men of the jury, did your wives take you by the ear and stand you up bidding you to rame the day of your marriage in the pres- ence of witnesses? No, gentlemen, not that way. Wkat this woman did was in the way of building up a case against 4 man “She Said She Was an Innocent Coun- try Girl.” who she knew had never made a contract to marry her. Later, the relations grew somewhat more pleasant, but soon they got worse again. She drew a pistol on him and threatened to shoot him. Is that the way a woman acts toward the man she be- lieves in good faith is going to marry her? No; it is the way a woman acts toward the man she knows Is not going to marry her. “Chasing him about with a pistol. Why, she was a walking arsenal. As to Kentucky Colonels. “Talk about Kentucky colonels with pistols under their coat tails! Why there Was one ccat tall that was not examined where I expect one would have been found. Did you see the vicious look on her face when she came into this court room. Why, half the time I was most afraid to sit down by the colonel for fear a stray bullet might come my way. “Oh, sweet nature! Oh, geatle woman! The idea of a woman going about a pistol in her bosom. I don’t blame Col. Breckinridge for what he did. I would have turned away from the bosom of such a@ woman as the asp turned away from the bony bosem of Mrs. James Brown Potter when she played Cleopatra.” Continuing, Mr. Thompson arraigned Miss Pollard for her actions about this time, attempting to tighten her hold upon his life. He told how the colonel had fol- lowed her out from his home, “led out triumphantly and in disgrace,” for fear this infuriated woman might blow out the brains of his innocent wife. Then he took her down to Maj. Moore to give her into the hands of the police. Oh, what a court- ship! Gentlemen, does this remind you of your own court No ring, no. book, nothing but pistols and coffee for two every morning! And that trip to Maj. Moore’s and that promise to marry her the He was already married, but that made no difference if his promise could help her, he said, “Yes, I'l marry i the last of this mon it, even if he had ne yuld a man ever that. Why, I tell y history of this’ country whole no more complete history of violence and furnishes (Continued on Second Page.) He claimed on the | WASHINGTON, D.C. RAIN, SNOW, SLEET. One of the Worst Storms of the Season. —_ TELEGRAPH AND TROLLEYS SUFFER ——— A Severe Storm on the Atlantic Coast. REPORTS FROM MANY PLACES ie NEW YORK, April 11.—One of the worst storms of the season struck this sity last night. Rain commenced falling during the afternoon, finally turning into snow, sieet and hail, and accompanied by a territic wind, which has continued ever since. Along the coast the gale still continues with unabated fury and fears are ex- pressed that many disasters to shippin; will follow. ‘The schooner reported ashore on Squan Beach ts the Albert W. Smith, from Ph. delphia for Providence, with coal. She was ing the, storm. All of her crew of cight men were drowned, The vessel has zone to pieces. Six men went down with the bowsprit, one swam ashore and stood up in the under- tow, but was knocked down and carried back into the sea and lost. One man went down with the mast and held on to a rope for nearly half an hour, when he let go and sank. There is terrible damage done by the from a mile no! of bridge to bright. At the Normandie Hail there building in the sea going to piec: . The whole beach from Seabright for four miies |morth is under water. Winds have been blowing a gale from the east, and it is thick and snowing. ‘Teie- | staph poles are down. | The observer at the Highlands says that | this is the worst storm he ever saw. An unknown schooner is reported to have been driven ashore at 9 a. m. at Highlands. Twelve men are said to have been drowned, despite the efforts of the Highlands iife- saving crew. The vessel is breaking up, |, Telegraph and telephone wires are down jin every direction and the city is almost completely cut off from all communication with the rest of the world. A few reports have come in from the New Englaad states ard the interior of New Ycrk and all tell of the violence of the storm, which has raged for the Iast thirty-eight hours and shows no signs of abatement. ‘he railroads 2re also sufferers mails are badly delaved. In the city very few pedestrians are seen and the street car lines are taxed to their utmost and a1e more or less delayed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 11.—The snow storm which began at 11 o'clock yes- terday in this city and vicinity still rages furiously. Telegraph and telephone wires are pros- trated in all directions. Two horses attached to a Diamond street omnibus were instantly killed at 6 o'clock this morning by coming in contact with a telephone wire which was crossed with an electric ight wire. Trains on all roads are delayed from one to three hours by the storm. Reports from the mountain regions state that snow has fallen to a depth $¢ from twelve to eighteen inches and all trains are delayed. LANCASTER, Pa., April 11.—Yesterday’s and today’s snow storm is the worst of the Season, about eighteen inches of snow hav- ing fallen. Electric light, trolley, fire alarm, telephone and telegraph wires are all down and in an inextricable tarigle, and reports of horses being shocked by tramping on the prostrate wires are numerous. A man who attempted to assist a horse this morn- ing received a shock which rendered him unconscious. The electric railways to Millersville and and |Columbia are blocked with trees broken dowa by the weight of the snow, and the trolley wires are down at a number of Points. Repcerts from the ccuntry state that the roeds are impassable, being literally litter- ed with limbs and trurks of trees. Traffic on the railroads has not been broken, though all trains are late. The principal damage is to fruit trees, few of which es- caped more or less injury. The trolleys of the electric railways in the city are now rearly all repaired, but the city officials have ordered the com- parties not to run the dynamos until the tangle of wires is removed, on account of the great danger to life. WILMINGTON, Del., April 11.—The few peach buds that’ lived’ through the severe freeze of the last week of March have been finished by the present severe storm of snow and sleet. The storm extended all over the peninsula, and trees were covered with {ce all right. Reports from all sec- tions this morning are uniform in express- ing the opinion that all crop prospects have been completely ruined by the storm, and that there is little chance of any considera- ble crop of berries. ASHLAND, Pa., April 11.—The heaviest April snow storm recorded for thirty years commenced at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and still prevails. The snow is eighteen anches deep, causing a complete suspension of mining throughout the Schuylkill region. Trains are seriously delayed. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 11.—Snow has been falling without cessation for nearly twenty-four hours. It is wet and heavy and now about ten inches deep, loading trees and wires as heavy as they will hold. All communication by wire is difficult. Telegraph, telephone, electric light and po- lice signal wires above ground are more or less broken, clogged and crossed. It is im- possible to learn how great is the extent of the storm in this territory, but from scat- tering services at hand, the snowfall seems to be general at this end of the state and to extend beyond Rochester. There is no in- | dication of a let up yet. The storm has brought employment to hundreds of men at clearing the streets and railroads, —————— TO GET A QUORUM, Democrats Could Not Muster One and the House Adjourned. The House adjourned before 2 o'clock to- day for the reason that there was nothing else they could do. The republicans, under the direction of Mr. Reed, filibustered, re- fraining from voting and demanding a quo- rum, and there was not a quorum of dem- ocrats present. ‘There was no question at issue, and noth- ing in the situation, except the purpose on the part of Mr. Reed to force the democrats to count a quorum. The question which blocks the way 1s a proposition to revoke the order for the ar- rest of members to make a quorum, which was adopted during the consideration of the election contests. The order is no jlonger desired by any one, but the motion to revoke it must be disposed of in some way before business can be done. The democrats told Mr. Reed this morn- ing that they did not care what was done with the motion. They would, they said, let him do as he pleased with ‘t; they would vote it up or down or withdraw it, as he desired, only they wanted it out of the way so as to go on with the appro- priation bills. He refused to do anything, however, and there was nothing to be done but to adjourn. As soon as a quorum of democrats is secured there will, doubtless, be a rule reported for the fining of mem- bers for absence except on account of sick- ness. + A Prominent Figure. Ex-Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, cne of the prominent figures in the im- peachment trial of President Johnson, is on a visit to Washington. He was among the throng of callers at the White House today, and was one of the few admitted to the President's private office. WEDNE driven ashore at 4 o'clock this morning dur- | DAY, APRIL 11, CLEVELAND AND HILL Regarded as Two Millstones Grinding the Democratic Party. Both Are Struggling to Control the State of New York, but on Different Lines. ‘The democrats in Congress speak of Cleve- land and Hill as two millstones, between which the party is being ground to powder. Each is, they say, striving to please a dif- ferent element in New York; each is tryi to strike down the other, but both are con- sidering New York, and New York only. Mr. Hill's speech is regarded as giving un- | mistakable evidence that he has abandoned [his once fond hope of holding populsrity among the southern democrats and figuring jas a national character, and that he has | turned back to New York with the idea of i being the great political power there. He | may feel that if he can regain absolute con- trol in that state for a few years he mi after awhile compel the democrats of the rest of the country to turn to him in an hour of need, but his eyes are now fixed on New Ye he is defying the national | nay be some sentimental satis- him in the dismay his action to the det rats in Congress, for he is da with ling of resentment against the party, especially in the south, as well as jasainst Mr. Cleveland, for their failure to recognize his claims io the presidency. ills Heid on New York. fon of the New York legislature atulation and approval of the nior New York Senator's action is accept- ed as showing that he has the proper measurement of the sentiments of the peo- ple in that state. It is believed that, aban- doning national policies (or 1 | cies abandoning him) for awhile, he may take the nomination for governor of New York now, at « time v democrats fore- see nothing b | the machin "SSO to manipula y which once more place him on the political emi- |nence. This is believed to be his present purpose, and nothing could contribute more to his strength in New York than his be- ing able to defeat ali tariff legislation at this time. | of a reorganization of the democratic party jon Hill principles—the making of a new party. leveland’s Selfish Course. Turning to Cleveland, the democrats think they see in his course a purpose aot less | selfish, not less local in its circumscribed jlimits and not less threatening to the demo- cratic national party. On lines diametri- cally opposed to those laid down by Hill, he too, they believe, is inspired by a pur- pose to please New York, to subsecve New York interests, to trim sail to New York prejudices and to build up a Cleveland party in New York with which to do bat- |e to Hillism in that state, with the same purpose of dominating the democratic na- tional party by being the party control- ling the pivotal empire state. There are difference of opinion as to what visions of the future disturb or brighten Mr. Cleve- land’s hours of contemplation. Mr. Cleveland’s Future. Naturally it might be assumed that, hav- | ing been three times nominated and twice | elected to the presidency of the United States, he will not again aspire to that of- fice. At the same time many democrats in Congress believe that Cleveland cherishes the idea that he may again be President, or, if not that, at least the founder of a | great party built upon his principles and Policies. If th?s is in his mind, he, like Hill, relies upon its accomplishment through the establishment of his power in New York, But whether he has further political ambitions or not, his interests lie in that state, and his associations must be there. If on retiring from the White House he goes into private life he will be established in business in New York city, among those whose opinions he now so highly regards, and his natural instinct is to retain their respect and friendship, and even to be among them a prophet and apostie of their faith. The Democratic Party Being Crushed. Altogether, as the southern and western democrats see it, both ends of the party are being played against the middle; the two rival factions are serving the same section, and the party is being crushed and ground between them, THE FORD'S THEATER DISASTER. Meeting of the Senate Select Com- mittee to Investigate Sufferers’ Claims The Senate select committee on the Ford's Theater disaster met this morning for the purpose of determining on a course of ac- tion In the investigation of claims arising from the accident. The meeting was at- tended by Senators Harris, Manderson and McMillan. Both of the other members of the committee, Senators Faulkner and White, are out of the city. The commit- tee decided to take up the cases of claims | for death at once and settle them before the disability claims are adjudicated. Sena- tor Manderson was appointed a subcommit- tee to formulate a proposition concerning these cases, which were turned over to him for investigation. There are twenty-two of |them, and he will examine each carefully and report to the committee as soon as he has reached a conclusion. There is some question as to whether or not there should be a fixed rate for death claims. It has been suggested that there is a wide differ- ence between the conditions of the cases, some of the victims being young men with- out families, while others left several de- pendents. In view of this fact it is possible that the committee may decide to arrange a scale of payments suitable to the condi- tions of the families left by the deceased victims. This, however, is an open ques- tion, and the chances are that the com- mittee will finally agree upon a fixed sum to be paid in all cases, The Injured Survivors. Meanwhile, however, the work of exam- ining the injured survivors of the accident will be started by the bourd of surgeons. The committee will be divided into sub- committees of one Senator each for the purpese of administering oaths to the claimants. The latter will be notified to report at the Capitol, where they will be sworn by some member of the committee and perhaps examined casually and briefly upon some material points connected with the disaster. All matters relating to their physical condition, however, will be left to the surgeons, to whom they will be sent by the committee as fast as possible. The committee will probacly ask the chairman of the citizens’ relief committee, organized last summer, to provide the funds for the use of the victims for burial of those who were killed and for the main- tenance of the injured to meet them at the Capitol at an early day for the purpose of going into the matter of the relief that has already been extended to the sufferers. It is not likely that this fact that relief has been given by the citizens will operate to lessen in any way the congressional relief, but the committee are anxious to find out from the chairman of this commit- tee of citizer:s all that is possible about the financial conditions of the families of the claiman’ is thought that he will know than any one else nae better, perhaps, just where the relief is most needed now and which cases are the most deserving. Congratulating Commodore Ramsay. chief of the numerous Commodcre F. M. Ramsay, bureau of navigation, received congratulations and floral tribut promotion to the of read following the ret ham. He has already passed the necess: is expected that his ex: ination, and it nomination ‘will be made in a few days. Commodore Ramsay hes held his px assignment for about five years, and has made @ most creditable record. would | Through this opens the vista | 1894—TWELVE PAGES Senator Hale’s Speech Upon the Wilson Tariff Bill. BENEFITS 10 ACCRUE TO THE DOMINION All the Industries of His Own State Affected. RESULTS OF CHEAP LABOR Senator Hale of Maine today spoke against the tariff bill, directing his attack |largely to the benefits conferred on Can- jada, He said: | “I think I am entirely safe in making the | Statement that at no time during the twenty-five vears of my service in Congress |hes any tariff bill, or, indeed, I may say, all | tariff bills, aroused so deep a feeling among | the American people and so strong and ear- nest and determined opposition as the tariff bill now before the Senate, known the world over as the Wilson bill. “Before this debate shall come to an end, | Mr. President, I desire, and in this I may | express a general wish, or, perhaps, what I may call curiosity, that some Senator who | stands in the relation of sponsor to this bill shall state to the Senate and to the country the general theory or doctrine or proposition or party dogma upon which the bill is framed and presented to the Senate. Going {more into @ 1, I ask that some Senator who undertakes this task shall tell us upon what ground the Senate committee has jadopted certain changes which have been made in the Wilson tariff bill as it passed the House. Can't Reconcile the Bill and Platform. “For myself, Mr. President, I am free to say that while I am familiar with, and be- lieve that 1 can fairly construe, the tariff plank of the last platform of the democratic |party, as propounded by the Chicago con- vention of 1892, and the letter of acceptance of President Cleveland, which followed said convention, I find myself hopelessly con- fused and lost in the attempt which I have made to reconcile either or both of these [with the provisiofis “OF the bill, either as passed by the House of Representatives or jas tinkered and manipulated by the Senate committee, which has upon its becky the burden of the bill which is now before us. “Before, Mr. President, going into details touching the remarkable provisions of this bill, let me say that I, in common with other Senators and with thousands of the American people, have studied the bill with painful attention in order to find out any compelled to say that from this study three things become to me apparent. Three Things Apparen First, it is a bill to protect the south and to punish the north. . Second, it is a bill for the benefit of the European manufacturer and producer at the expense of our own manufacturer and producer. Third, and this touches my own state, it is in every paragraph that deals with the products of the Dominion of Canada, as brought in competition with the products of our own people along the Canadian bor- der, a simon-pure almost unadulterated bill for the benefit of Canada and to our cor- responding hurt. Senator Hale criticised the make-up of the finance committee, charging that the Wilson bill was committed to the hands of three or four Senators from the south- ern states. He then went on to compare the pro- tected products of the south and to show that the bill protected rice and sugar and compared the protection given these ar- ticles to that given to hay and lumber. He continued: “The provisions of the bill, which strike down the whole scheme of reciprocity, un- | der which ‘additional trade has been grow- | ing up with foreign countries, strike most severely at the northern wheat grower and the northern miller, and will at one! blow destroy the trade which has grown | up with Cuba, and will besides shut out | from the German market the already es- | tablished and increasing exportation from the northern packing establishments of pork for that country. Reciprocity Scheme Touched Upon. “The whole scheme of reciprocity and the | marked success attending it since it was first adopted during President Harrison’s administration, and under the guiding hand of Secretary Blaine in the State Depart- ment, will be fully aired later in the de- bate. “The merits of the reciprocity scheme which has already increased our trade with | Cuba from $11,000,000 to $24,000,000, and | with Brazil from $7,000,000 to $16,000,000, without going into the figures in other) countries, will be fully considered and thor- Se eraueet tad that the sugar schedule had been framed to catch two votes in the south, and that, although other reciprocity treaties had been stricken down, the Hawaiian treaty had been saved in order that the vote of the democratic Senatgrs of the Pacific coast might be saved. Discussing the bill, as it affects his own constituency, Senator Hale said: “I come now, Mr. President, to the con- sideration of that portion of the bill which more nearly affects my own constituency, and which falls with destructive force the farmers and manufacturers and 1: ers of that entire portion | States which stretches across the continent from Maine to Oregon and Washington, ard which finds sharp competition and a dan; ous rival in the Dominion of Canada, which lies along its entire border. A Charge of Favoring Canada. do nc: hesitate to charge, that, “] as this bill is made up after a fashion that dians had a committee of their own taken this subject in charge and fixed cur own schedules and duties. I am not un- aware that in making this statement T am assuming a grave responsibility, and I cer- tainly should not make it if I did not be- eve that a study of the bill bears me out in this strong a ion.” He discussed the probability of future amalgamation of the two countries, and said Canada must come to us, as we would not go to her, and asserted that the McKinley law was hastening the union. He conti iu “The Wilson bill and the amendments re- ported by the Senate committee throw over | all this advantage and indefinitely postpone political union of the two countries, and, in fact, establish a policy so favoradle to the Canadians that I should look to see the growing sentiment for annexa*ion die cut, and that in the generation to come we should find ourselves with a growing and IN CANADA'S FAVOR. reason or cause for its provisions, and I am | | oughly discussed when that part of the bill | of the United) affecting this region of our own country, could not have better satisfied the Cana-| TWO CENTS } possibly hostile rival along cur entire north- | ern border. This consideration alone, in the broad domain of statesmanship, oug! in itself the deathblow of the bill. Senator Hale asserted Jhit Canada had advantages over this country ‘n labor and its transportation facilities, adding: “But beyond all this the conditions of life throughout Canada, the different man- ner of living, the different scale of advan- tage enjoyed, result in different rates of labor paid upon the two sides of the border, varying from 25 to 40 per cent. Nowhere, perhaps, in the world, is the considerati of cheaper labor entering int® manu- factured products so clearly presented to the eye as In the comparison of wages be- | tween the United States and Canada. “In some parts of the Dominion the wages paid in corresponding branches of | labor will not vary much from one-half of those paid on this side. Industries of Maine Affected. “Now, Mr. President, I desire to make some further comment upon some or all of these articles. They embrace, to begin with, almost the totality of the industries |of my own state, and, in set form, they pitilessly legislate against all the interests | of the state of Maine and in favor of her | Canadian rival. I do not think that such | an instance of oppression of the industries | of a siate, by legislative enactment, can be found in any tariff bill that has ever been | adopted in the United States. The House and the Senate committee have hewn to the line and nothing is left. Lumber, in all its divers forms, pulp, gran- ite, fish, starch, potatoes, horses, lime, sheep and horned cattle, wool, buckwheat and oats. These. Mr. President, when to | them are added woolen, cotton ‘and plush | manufactures, cover almost all the occupa- | tions of the people whom my colleague and |1 represent upon this floor. Mr. Hale discussed these industries at jconsiderable length, dwelling with great emphasis upon the importance of the jum- ber industry, reading many letters and statements, together with a large array of | figures bearing upon them. He declared | that four-fifths of the export products of | Canada entering into competition with | American products were the results of cheap labor. -o-—. COXEYITES IN LOW SPIRITS. Cottee ond Hard Tack Poor Food on Which to Face Such Weather. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. | CAMP McCORMICK, UNIONTOWN, Pa., | April 11.—With the snow coming down in | regular blizzard fashion, and with a bitterly cold wind blowing, the army of the com- | monweal prepared for an eight-mile tramp over the mountains this morning. The men growled and grumbled at the prospect. The |army has lost a good many men since yes- terday. The miserable weather, together with the prospect of rations of hardtack and coffee, has scared them out. Only the leaders seem hopeful, and even they. ap- pear to have lost their acustomed good spirits in a degree. The march today is over the National pike, and four miles of the eight to be traveled is up hill. Camp Brownfield will be pitched at Chark Hill on the arrival of the army at that place. The leaders expect to make up the day lost yes- terday between here and Cumberland, sixty miles away. The men are in a miserable condition, notwithstanding the rest of yesterday. Cof- fee dnd bread, with a microscopic piece of pork, are all that was served for breakfast, and the same was had for supper last night. The men say that they can never cross the blue Ridge on such a scanty fare. In fact, the army is in a bad way. The cheerful spirits which have heretofore character- ized the men have entirely disappeared, and discord and dissension hold full sway. The army left here with nearly two hun- cred men. The commissary wagons are patrolling the town for provisions, and every kind of food is being taken, regardless of orders that nothing but hardtack and coffee would be carried. |, The threatened mutiny has been by the coolness of the “Unknown, promptly ejected the camp, | Departure of the Boston Contingent. | BOSTON, April 11—It is officially an- | rounced that the New England contingent of Coxey’s army will start from Faneuii Hall April 17, and the officers will be Major General M. D. Fitzgerald, a professional agitator, and Brigadier General McCoy, an unemployed boiler maker. Moreys N. Swift. the leader of the unem- ployed, is to be superintendent. It has been | Suggested that @ coal schooner be chartered to take the army to Washington, | committee is at present investigatin, | cost of such an excursion. This wing army will be called the New England In- dustrial Army. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 11.—Capt. | Jack Primrose and his company of forty | men, belonging to the army of unemployed, | Who have reached Washington in advance: | of Coxey this city a month ago. They spent the win- ter here and lived upon the charity of the soup kitchen and relief society. Ind rials Cheer Gov. Waite. OGDEN, Utah, April 11.—Gov. Waite of Colorado wired the industrial army that it could stop and pass through Cclorado, but Gov. White of Utah notified them that they will be for-ed to return west if they refused to go of their own motion. Kelly submitted the matter to his men, who refused, with but one dissenting vote. Kelly’s mon said they knew what !t would be to tramp through the mountains and suffer hardships, if they could not ride. They cheered Gov, Waite and Kelly, who appears naturally conservative, and is a good speaker. A number of men are sick and suffering, and one man died. ‘The lat- ter was identified by Marshal Brigham as a recently discharged convict. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 11.—If the-west wing of the Coxey army comes here it will verted who leaders from the e and a} ~ thes of the | 's forces, started on their trip from | be taken to the stock yards, a mile east of the town, and fed by the city. An effort will be made to have the army move on within an hour after reaching here. —— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Pay of Police Van Drivers. Senator Harris today, for the District committee, reported back to the Senate letters from the District Commissioners and Col. Moore, superintendent of police, urging the passage of an ameniment, re- cently proposed by Senator Martin, to the District appropriation bill increasing the pay of van, ambulance and patrol wagon | drivers to $50 a month, Soldiers’ Home Bill. Senator Manderson today introduced a | bill amending the act regulating the Na- | tional Soldiers’ Home near the city, similar in its provisions to that presented by Mr. Outhwaite in the House on the 12th of | January. It was referred to the commit- | tee on military affairs, | New Business High School Building. Senator Harris handed in to the Senate today a letter from the District Commis- | sioners to the District committee in ref- | erence to Senator Sherman's amendment to the District appropriation bill providing | $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the | erection of a building for the Business High | Schocl. The Commissioners say that they have urged upon Mr. Gorman, chairman of the subcommittee on District appropria- tions, the advisability of inserting an ap- propriation for $95,000 for this purpose. —_—_-e-— | A Political Conference. | There was a political conference at the White House today, in which the principal participants were the President, Mr. Don Dickinson and Mr. Smaliey of Vermont. | Mr. Dickinson called about 11 o'clock, just |as Mr. Smalley was leaving, and the latter ‘had gone only a short distance when he | Was summoned back. The object of the | conference was not disclosed. - te. Nominations by the President. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: To be members of the board of resi | tion and election in the territory of 17 Hoyt Sherman, jr., Albert G. Norr rold R. Letcher, Geo. W. Thacher aud mus W. Tatlock, all of Utah. ic | the act is promulgated. It is fully under. | stood that these vessels may be seized if las soon A POINTER. The circulation of The Star ts greater than that of all the other Washington dailies combined, and is believed to be five times that of its afternoon contemporary. A sworn detailed statement of circu- lation is printed each Saturday. TIME FOR DEBATE The Present Agreement Governing the Senate Discussion. THE LEADERS SPARRING FOR POSITION The Prospect for Lengthened Ses- sions Next Week. THE REPUBLICAN PLANS The truce entered into by the opposing forces in the Serate, whereby it was agreed that for the present week the de- bate on the tariff bill should be confined to the hours betwe2a 1 and 5 o'clock each day, end that during that time there should be no interruption by roll calls or for any other cause, was the result of an under- Standing, first among the democratic lead@- ers and secondly between the republicans and democrats. Senctor Harris, who has heretofore been acting upon his individual responsibility in the efforts he has made to expedite bus- iness, has called the members of the dem- ccratic steering committee together an@ told them that he desired henceforth to have their constant co-operation and ad- vice in the management of the bill. The result of this conference, due largely to the advice of Senator Harris himself, was that the democrats decided that if the republi- cans would agree to any definite ment devoting a reasonable time to the uninterrupted discussion of the bill they would come to terms. This discussion was based upen the belief general among that it was yet early in the debate to very hard for prolonged hours. Consequently, when Senators Aldrich Hale, on behalf of the republicans, Senator Harris, he was empowered to en- ter into negotiations with them, and the Umit of time fixed in the Senate was the result of thts confererce. enator Harris said in discussi agreement that the democrats po] the importance of the tariff bill and the necessity for a thorough discussion of §ts provisions. They realized. he said, time must be consumed in general debete, and the desire of the democratic managers was to Provide a definite time for the dis- cussion, which should not be interrupted. This they had not succeeded in obtaining, and Senator Harris said they were en- Urely satisfied with the arrangement. ri for the Future. The general impression about the Senate is that the agreement entered into will probably continue for a fortnight, but Senator Harris said he had not agreed to extend the time beyond the present week, for the reason that he did not wish to be bound when it should become a; it that legitimate debate is extaustel “We may,” he sald, “wish to extend the hours at any time. first to 6, then prob- ably to 7, 8, 9 and 12 o'clock and after that all night, and to provide for sitting contin- uously. I can’t say,” he added, “when we shall undertake to make this change. We have to exhaust the speeches before we can pass the bill, but when it is evident that the legitimate debate is concluded, we shall press the consideration with all the means at our command, under the rules of the Senate. We expect to have to keep &@ quorum and be prepared for a severe physical test before the end, but the im- portance of the bill is such and, as I re- gard it, the importance of early action is such that we shall be justified in press- ing the subject as rapidly as we possibly on s The republican steering committee of @H@ Senate held a meeting in Senator Hale's committee room today for conference con- cerning the program to be pursued by republican side of the Senate on the bill. There was a general exchange of opin- jons among the Senators present, but po decision was reached, except to allow the debate to go on under the present arrange- ment as long as the speeches hold out and the democratic managers are acquiescent The members of the committee were in- clined to congratulate themselves over the present agreement, which calls for but four hours a day of speechmaking, and the feel- ing was weneral that they had succeeded in securing a very liberal concession. The opinion also seemed quite general that the present truce would continue for at least another week. This belief they base upon private conversations with the |democratic managers, and if this further concession is made the republicans will probably be satisfied. Hence they con- cluded that it would not be wise even in accordance with their wishes to attempt to delay the consideration of the bill as long as the democrats should show a dispo- sition not to crowd the bill too much, and the opinion was expressed by some of the Senators present at the conference that | two weeks more of uninterrupted debate would be sufficient to exhaust the speeches. in general debate. They will, therefore, probably say to the democrats that if the agreement can be allowed to continue in effect for another week after the present they will make an effort to conclude the general speech making so as to take up the schedules at the beginning of the week, commencing on the 23d Instant. If the democrats agree to this = tion the present order of speech will run along smoothly for ten days unt the bill shall be taken up paragraph paragraph, when the real contest will be gin. ae —_——_—_—__—-e. THE SEALING PROCLAMATION, Copies of the President's proclamation relative to the seal fisheries have been sent to the naval commanders of the seal patrol, to collectors at Pacific ports and to other officers who may be able to give them publicity, The sailing orders of the fleet and the instructions to the commanders to govern them in making seizures are almost complete, but they will not be made public. The recent debates in parliament upon the seal bill have attracted much atten- tion here and the officials are by no means prepared to admit the correctness of the English statement that they have misunder- od the provision of the bill relative to adian sealing vessels that clear before found sealing, but it is contended that such seizures would be of little avail when the masters knew in advance that they would be released by the Canadian courts as they returned to port. The chances of picking up one of these ves- sels, deliberately trying to evade the law, the assumption that nearly all of them will succeed in taking valuable cargoes of sealskins and in greatly depleting the herds before they can be seized and re leased, What is desired by our govern- ment is a provision in the English lew that will deter these poachers by the threat of the loss of their vessels and cargoes if they violated the law with deliberate intent. The prospect of getting a free tow to @ | home port after capturing all the seals de- sired is not believed to carry dread to the poachers. Local Pem Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbla—Criginal, Edward Archambau!t, Washington; restoration and reissue,Hermann Shausten, Washington; re- issue, Jacob Trautman, Washington; orig- inal widow's, &c., Margaret E. Morgenthal, Washington; Amanda ylor, Washing- ton. Maryland—Eéward J. Redica, Baltimore; John Freyer, Baltimore; renewal and in- ease, Elijah Bishop, Hapden; original 's, &c., Lavinia S. Roszell, Baltimore.