Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1894, Page 1

————— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED Dat Y excerpt SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Penraylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star N Dare KACPPMANN. hog ae New York Office, 88 Potter Building, The Evening Star ts served to subscribers im the eity by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter ‘h. By wail—anywhere in the United Canada—postage prepald—S0 vents per Quintuple Sheet Star, $1. ttn foreign postaxe added. $3.00. a fered at the Post Office at Wasbii Lc, &s second-class mail matter.) aay © Al: mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance Fr Avert de known on applieation < o ~— Che Evening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,859. WASHINGTON,"D. ©., SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1894-TWENTY PAGES sa TWO CENTS THE LAST DAY Closing the Famous Pollard-Breck- inridge Trial. A SENSATIONAL SCENE IN COURT Mr. Stoll Hints at a Resort to the Code of Honor. MR. WILSON’S ARGUMENT This was the closing day of the famous breach of promise case which has occupied the attention of Judge Bradley’s court since the Sth of March. Though nearly the whole day was given up to Judge Wil- son's closing argument for the plaintiff, the day was not without its sensational Incident. On two or three occasions during the trial there have been apprehensions of @ personal collision between counsel. On one occasion blows were actually ex- changed just after the court had adjourned for the dar, and such stories were then circulated as led the judge to admonish the lawyers that they should not carry weapons in court. Today some words were passed out of which the spectators got suggestion of pistols and coffee. If the words uttered do have such a serious sequel it will probably not be until after the case is ended, for there was seemingly a purpose on both sides to aveid an ordinary street fight. The provocation was given by Mr. Jere Wilson in his argument. He de- clared flatly that the letter produced by the defense as having been written by the plaintiff to Mr. Breckinridge at the Wes- leyan College, inviting him to come there to see her, was a forgery. He asserted that the defense had had opportunity to manu- facture such testimony, because the Wessle | Brown letter had been in their possession. This letter, he said, had been, as the testi- jmony showed, in Mr. Stoll’s possession, and he had kept it in his pocket. Mr. Stoll de- manded to know whether Mr. Wilson meant ! to insinuate that he had committed the forgery, or had been a party to a forgery. Mr. Stoll was pale,and his face showed that he was greatly incensed by Mr. Wil- | gon’s words. Mr. Wilson gave Mr. | Stoll no satisfaction further than Fepeat that the letter had been in Mr. Stoll’s porsession; the jury, he said, had the facts before them. For a time Mr. Wilson proceeded with his argument without inter- ruption, but during a pause in his speech Mr. Stoll declared that this matter between | them would have to be tried by @nother court. Mr. Wilson asked what court he meant, but Mr. Stoll, Who evidently did not catch the ques- tion, did not give a response to it. He, however, declared that Mr. Wilson had made a vile and infamous insinuation against Here the court interrupted the colloquy, and left the hearers with the impression that Mr. Stoll’s intention was to appeal to the code of honor prevailing in indication was given by their faces as to what impressions were fixed in their minds regarding the case. Some of them looked decidedly weary, and one of them had his eyes closed most of the time, and seemed to be napping. Mr. Wilson Resumes His Argument. At the opening of court this morning Mr. Wilson resumed his closing argument to the jury. He began with a reference to the fact that the last day of the trial had come, and to his and their gratification taat end was so nearly reached. He would be as brief as the gravity of the case and the duties he owed to his client would permit. Yesterday he had demonstrated that all the claims of the defense had fallen unsup- ported to the ground. He would now prove, on the showing made by the defense and the instructions given by the court, that the only verdict they could render was one for the plaintiff. They only claimed that she had had Illicit relations with Rodes, now dead, and the defendant. He would now meet the defense on their own ground and with their own arguments, and would show why it was that Mr. Butterworth had only once touched upon the case and had amoled away from it for all the rest of his speech. The court would charge them that if the defendant knew the plaintiff to be unchaste prior to making his promise to her it would not free him from the responsibility of the Promise subsequently made. Further, if they found that the plaintiff did tell the defendant that she had had 1l- lictt_ relations with Rodes, and that he himself thereafter had illicit relations with her, as he had admitted, the fact that she did tell him, if such be the fact, does not offer any justification for violating a promise subsequently made. The plaintiff had said, and they had proved, that she never was impure prior to meeting the defendant, but here they were meeting thd defense on their own ground, and granting all that the defense claimed the verdict must still be for the plaintiff. Neither would the defendant's claim of a secret marriage set up any defense for him, as it was admitted that the plaintiff had no knowledge of this marriage at the time de- fendant’s promises were made to her. The Rodes matter was entirely wiped out so far as the verdict in this case was con- cerned. If the jury ignored what was the law as laid down to them with reference to this, they might as well close the doors of all the court houses in the land. Justice could no longer be expected in trials at law. The Court's Instructto: This was why the lawyers for the defense had not toucned upon the case, but had filled the alr with verbal skyrockets. Mr. Wilson said he would like to have seen Mr. Butterworth take up these instructions and read them to the jury as he had done. This would have cllminated several hours of talking from his speech. The jury must follow out these instructions as surely as they would the dictates of conscience, ond Kentucky. The incident did not seeem to disturb Mr. Wilson's equanimity in the least, for he proceeded with his argument with a steady voice and in an im- pressive manner. The plaintiff was ab- sent from the court in the morn- fng, as she has been ever since Mr. Carlisle made the opening argument on her | eid> Mr. Breckinridge was present, seated | fm his usuai place, and during most of the | Morning was attended by only one of his! Bounsel, Mr. Stoll. Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Wilson Emphatic. fr. Thompson were out of court most all of the morning and Mr. Shelby did not put in an appearance at ail. Mr. Breckinridge acted as his own counsel during the morn- ing in one instance when he thought Mr. Wilson was making an unfair statement of the testimony. He interrupted the speaker to call his attention to the testimony and to claim that Mr. Wilson was making an unfair inference. Mr. Desha Breckinridge, who has been’ with him during the entire trial, was also present. It was expected this morning that Mr. Wilson would finish his argument by the time the usual noon le Tecess was taken, but he was not ab to get through. When the noon Fecess came many of the specta- tors waited to see if there was not some sequel to the scene in court between Mr. Stoll and Mr. Wilson, and which was inter- preted as meaning that hostilities of some kind were to occur between those two gen- Uemen. Mr. Stoll, however, remained in the court room with Mr. Breckinridge and Mr. Butterworth for some minutes after the court adjourned: meanwhile Mr. Wilson had quietly gathered up his papers and accom- 2 by Mr. Carlisle, left the court Louse » lunch. So there was no meet- pant f two men outside court The war cloud that trial | Passed away in the afte Mr Wilson made an explana’ marks, which seemed to be > Mr. Wilson continued his argument after Yecess at a gait which indicated that 1 Would probably be late in the day befor: the judge had finished his charge {o the gury, znd the twelve men who are to de ide the case retired. There was much tn- terest today in watching the jury, but no render a verdict for the plaintift without any hesitation, unless it be that they r ‘arded the third line of defense, as set to be true. This was the defense that was based upun what took place between the two parties to the suit when no one else Was present. the understanding alleged by the defense to have existed between them as to this contract. As to the testimeny given by the plaintiff and the defendant in this temple of justice, they were equal be- fore the law, and as much credence should be given to one as to the other. But the plaintiit has been sustained in every one of the material statements she made, in support of which other evidence could be brought. If, on the other hand, it could be shown that the defendant had given testimony on material points that had been controverted and utterly overthrown by other witnesses, the value of his testi- mony would then be impaired to just that extent. This was good law, and the de- fendant himself, as a lawyer, would vot gainsay it. Before taking up the third line of defense, he would show that the defendant could not claim for a moment that his testimony was superior to hers. Has she not been sustain- ed in all her material statements by Maj. Moore, Mrs. Blackburn and many other: Has he been sustained by anybody? On the ether hand, has he not been contradicted by many witnesses—by Sarah Guest, Mary Yancy and scores of others? Sarah Guest's itimony itself was infinitely superior to that of the defendant. The defense had told them of the consid- eration they should give to the evidence of Molly Shindlebauer, who had abandoned a bad life five years ago. Every word that applied to her applied equally well to Saran Guest, for it is a poor rule that doesn't work both ways. There was every reason why the defendant should do just as he did, namely, try his best to suppress the testi- mony of Sarah Guest. The defendant had been contradicted on his direct statements by Miss Lowell, who had testified that in the spring of 1886 she wrote love letters for him to Miss Pollard | at a time when he denied having kept up mmit himse! any man had jo: lost by a th tted down tn a note book the ad- (Continued on Second Page.) _ GEN.SLOCUM’S DEATH Passing Away of the Well-Known Soldier. END OF AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA An Active Career in the Late Re- bellion. BROOKLYN IS IN MOURNING NEW YORK, April 14.—Gen. Henry W. Slocum died at his home, 465 Clinton |avenue, Brooklyn, this morning, of pneu- | monia. At the bedside when he died were his wife, his two sons, H. W. Slocum, jr., and Clarence R. Slocum, and their wives, his | dsughter, Mrs. H. H. Kingsbury; his sister- \in-law, Miss Rice, and Dr. Bellows, who {had been in constant attendance on him ever since he was taken ill. The flags on the city hall and other pub- lic buildings in Brooklyn are flying half- mast high, out of respect for the dead gen- eral’s memory. There is a striking coincidence between the death of Gen. Slocum and that of | David Dudley Field, both having been be- loved by their fellow citizens, and both suc- Gen. H. W. Slocum. cumbing within a day of each other to an attack of pneumonia, contracted just after returning from travel. Gen. Slocum had been on an extended tour in the west, and like the distinguished jurist who passed away yesterday, he came home just in time to die. Gen. Slocum’s Life and Career. Gen. Henry Warner Slocum was born at Delphi, Onondaga county, N. Y., September 24, 1827. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1852, appointed second leutenant in the first artillery and ordered to Florida the same year. He was Promoted first Heutenant in 1855, but re- signed in October, 1856, and, returning to New York, engaged in the practice of law at Syracuse, and was a member of the leg- islature in 1850. At the opening of the civil war he tendered his services, and on May 21, 1861, was appointed colonel of the twen- ty-seventh New York volunteers. He com- manded this tegiment at the battle cf Bull Run on July 21, where hé was .severely wounded, On August 9, he was commis- sioned brigadier general of yolynteers, and Was assigned to the command of the bri- gade of Gen. William B. Franklin's division of the Army of the Potomac. In the Virginia peninsula campaign o¢ 1862 he was engaged in the siege of York- town and the action at West Point, Va., and succeeded to the command of the di- vision on May 15, on Franklin's assign- ment to the sixth corps. At the battle of Gaines’ Mill, June 27, he was sent with his division to reinforce Gen. Fitz-John Porter, who was then se- verely pressed by the enemy, and rendered important service, as he did also at the battles of Glendale and Malvern Hill, his division occupying the right of the main line at both engagements. He was pro- moted to the rank of major general of vol- unteers July 4, 1862, and engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, and in October was assigned to the command of the twelfth army corps. In the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellc~sville he took an active part. At Gettysburg he commanded the right wing of the army, and contributed largely to the national victory. Having been transferred with his corps to the west, he served in the department of the Cumberland until April, 1564, when, his corps being consolidated with the elev- enth, he was assigned to a division and the command of the district of Vicksburg. In August, 1864, he succeeded Gen. Joseph Hooker in the command of the twentieth corps, which was the first bedy of troops to oceupy Atlanta, Ga., on September 2. In Sherman's march to the sea und inva- sion of the Carolinas he held command of the left wing of the army, and participated in all Its engagements, from the depar-ure from Atlanta to the surrender of Gen, Jos. | E. Johnston at Durham Station, N. C. In | September, 1865, Gen. Slocum resigned from the army and resumed the practice of law |at Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1866 he declined the appointment of a colonel of infantry in the regular army. In 1865 he was the unsuc- cessful candidate of the democrats for sec- retary of state for New York, and in 1868 he was chosen a presidential elector, and he was elected to Congress the same year, and re-elected in 1870. In 1876 he was elect- ed president of the board of city works, Brooklyn, which post he afterwaris re- signed, and in 1852 he was again elected to Congress. He was one of the commis- sioners of the Brooklyn bridge and was in favor of making it free to the public. Honors to His Memory. foremost heroes of the civil war he has |had no connection with the military estab- |lishment since that time. Notwithstanding [this he will be accorded the full military |honors appertaining to a major general. on the occasion of his funeral, provided it is lagreeable to the wishes of his family. Gen. ncum Was a4 major general of volunteers und commanded the army of the Tennessee, but was mustered out of the service at the [close of the war. Secretary Lamont wa nformed of his death by his son-in-law and instructed Adjt. Gen. Ruggles to confer jWith his family regarding the funeral ar- rangements, He told a Star reporter to- day that the department would pay him every possible honor commensurate with |nis distinguished military services to bis country. _ Relies of the Kearsarge. Thanks to the efforts of a couple of pa- triotic American yachtsmen, the Navy De- partment will secure po: the most valuable relics ees The Navy Department this morning was informed through a cablegram | |from our consul general at Havana, that | Messrs. Lloyd Phoenix and Jno. Schuyler | Crosby, while cruising In the Caribbean sea on Mr. Phoenix's yacht Intrepid, called at the Cayman Islands. There they found in the possession of the islanders the Kear- sa "s bell, parts of the memorial tablet commemorating gement between bama, and the S 30 much de- in the hous of commons ton bill, which embodies clauses providing for a three-month’s residence as “ualification for all electors; balf-yearly registration; one man, one vote, and simultaneous pollings i throughout the country. Although Gen, Slocum was one of the | ession of three of | cf the wrecked | THE APPROACHING ARMY Public Attention Aroused Over the Ooxey Movement. Police Making Arrangements— Knights of Labor Condemn the Action of the Authorities. “What will the police do when Coxey and his army reach here?” is a question that is agitating the minds of the Coxeyites and their sympathizers, but upon this question the police are mute. They will do their duty, so they say, but just what will be considered their duty they are not now saying. Maj. Moore has received informa- tion concerning the character of Coxey’s followers, and this information he impart- ed to an official at the Capitol. He received it from Supt. Muth of the Allegheny, Pa., police force, who arrested a number of the Coxeyites. The Coxey movement furnishes a subject for the many persons who like to indulge in letter writing, and almost every mail brings such epistles to Maj. Moore. Judge Kimball has also received a letter. Yester- day Maj. Moore received a letter from Howard, Wis., the writer signing his name as John Plutten. “I ask In the name of my Heavenly Fath- er, who directs me,” reads a portion of the letter, “will Coxey be arrested in Washing- ton? Let us hope not.” Then the writer asks if the Coxeyites are to be given a stone or snake if they ask for bread, fish or eggs. Knights of Labor Protest. District Assembly, No. 66, of the Knights of Labor, has also taken action upon the recent arrest of Capt. Primrose and his forty companions. At its last meeting res- olutions were adopted, which, after reciting that the police had allowed their zeal to lead them beyond the boundaries of pro- priety, and that a judge had permitted his anxiety for the public welfare to overrule the fact that the Coxey commonweal was not before him for trial when he an- nounced his intention of sending it to the work house as soon as it came, declared the police are Hable to indictment for con- spiracy to commit vagrancy by forcibly bringing within the limits of the District men who, it is alleged, have no visible means of support and are likely to become @ burden on the community? Can a change of venue be taken from a judge who de- cides a case and passes sentence when the defendants are far distant? Can a visit to Washington be excluded from life, lib- {erty and the pursuit of happiness, which have been declared inallerable rights, guar- anteed to Coxey or any other man? In a@ Sarcastic Vein, It was also resolved to inquire of the Builders’ Exchange whether the filling of |the jail with Mr. Coxey’s contingent and |the erection of new prisons to accommo- | date the unemployed would not be a proper | step toward the revival of building so earn- estly desired; and finally, that the unem- ployed workmen of this city respectfully request information whether, being out of work, and consequently worthy of im- prisonment, the court would prefer that | all should get off the earth, or only enough to insure a low rate of wages by a lively ecmpetition among these remaining. Another Mad Money Scheme. Coming events cast their shadows before. As the army of the commonweal ap- proaches Washington the congressional calendars begin to show the signs of the money madness that has seized certain classes of the people. Senator Peffer to- day introduced another bill of that peculiar and unique class known as crank legisla- tion. He distinctly disavowed it parentage, however, and stated that it was introduced at the request of a workingmen's organiza- tion of this city. It Is entitled an act to enable public authorities to establish &: tems of public co-operation, It provides | literally that the Secretary of the Treasury |‘4s authorized to prepare a sufficiency of the declaratory, not promissory, full, rot partial, legal tender money of this republic on sheets of aluminum or silk-threaded yp per, as the people may prefer, and to cov the same into the treasury to enable the treasurer to pay drafts of the treasurer of each public authority; such as munieipalit- tes, counties, states, including territories and districts of this republic, annually, for any amount of money not in excess of the sum of $1,000 per capita, according to the next preceding federal census; in order that the said public authorities may not only pay their debts forthwith, but immediately seize, condemn, appraise and purchase, or construct, as well as operate a Vast amount of what is now known as private property for public uses, free of rent, interest and profit." The bill was referred to the com- mittee on finance. Recruits From the Telegraphers. Not to be outdone by other professions and trades, the telegraph fraternity of Washington has sent a delegation to Cum- berland, Md., to join Coxey’s on-coming army. The party left this morning and will take up the line of march tomorrow. The little command before leaving the city elect- ed officers, as follows: General, Dennis Brown; colonel, Joe Little; lieutenant col- onel, William Kimball; major, Charies bur- lingame, and captain, Clarence borgartus. on Deiat War Department Changes. Promotions have recently been ni the record and pension office, War De ment, as follows pm class 2 to class Albert Thomson of Florida. From class 1 to class de in Charles Katzen- stein, Michigan; Lawrence Morisey, Dis- trict of Columbia. From class $1,000 to class 1: Benj. J. Wrightsman, Kansas; Geo. Speidel, jr, Pennsylvania; Philip H. Cass, Nebraska; ‘'s. Emina Leckie, District of Columbia; }isdwin H. Smith, Pennsylvania; Wm. 1: Symons, Ohio; Russell, Mary- |land; Dan’! Oliver D. Wil- | Kerson, Kan.; Kime, New York; obt. Li. yivania; Aug. W. Crittende: : nes FL Ok Ohio; Da Utah; Bern Harrison, Texas;Harry V. King,Georgia F. Kirby, Missouri; Alfred S. Dalton, North Millard w Yor! xon, Mi an; ‘amp, New | Wines, Jas. § BS vm. F. Ragan, Tennessee; Wim. H. Bogan, Kentucky y B. Gram, Ohio; Robe | A. Smith, Connecticut; Alien | Tennessee; Chas. S. Easterling, | Wm. A. Joiner, Illinois; Dan’l D. | California; Hy. C. Workman, Michigan; | man N. Graves, New York, and Albert |G. Knapp, New York. From copyists, $40, to class $1,000: Wm G. Crabbe, Utah; Clifford C. Marsh, Lowa; |C. M. Fantenney, Indiana; Myron D. Feil jers, New York; Chas. G. Harris, Kentucky Henry I. Brown, Alabama; Homer E. Now- lin, Tennessee; I. Edgar Hiatt, Indian: Edwin C, Ford, Iowa; C. M. Agnew, Pen! sylvania; Fred’k 1. D Arkans 3. Parks, Georgia; D. | Texas; James W. Poe, North Carolina; Ha’ lry N. “Price, Ohio; C. C. Parker, Arkansa: Peter H. Allen, Alabama; Jno. A. Lachman, Mlinois, S. Walker Houston, Texas, and Isaiah A. Boyd, Alabama. None of the vacancies in this office will be filled because of the reduction of force to be made at the beginning of the next fiscal | year. ee The Petersburg Legation. The Secretary of State has received the that the assembly should ask instruction | from competent authorities whether or not | RUIN TO INDUSTRIES. ! What Will Happen if the Wilson Bill Becomes a Law. SENATCR QUAY AGAINST THE MEASURE He Says It is of Mingled Malice, Compromise and Sectionalism. A TARIFF OF REVENGE ee Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, in his speech against the Wilson tariff bill today, | said: The Senate of the United States is con- fronted with a disappointment. It is griev- ed by the failure of one of its most digni- fied, important and responsible committees to rise to the opportunity intrusted to the distinguished ability of its members when | | the pending tariff bill was referred to their | | judicial scrutiny and expert revision. It was hoped, and with apparent reason for the hope, that when this bill entered the | Senate it would be rectified as to its absur- | dities, softened as to its asperities, broad- was an experimental application of a theory. The exact result of its operation: could not safely be predicted, because no one could understand with absolute pre- cision the exact measure of protection which it would extend to each article cata- logued in its hundreds of paragraphs. The McKinley bill designed as an exemplification of the republican idea of what fostering encouragement was due to American capital and labor. It was not perfect, nor considered by its authors to be perfect. Nothing can be more certain than that.” Even had not the democratic party succeeded in 1892 a revision of the Mc- Kinley law at the hands of the party which enacted it, would nevertheless, in time be necessary. I am prepared to make this ad- mission freely, and even to carry it so far as to state, speaking for myseif, that if the present Congress could devise a reasonable measure, which would permit the continued employment of American labor and capital at living wages end fair profits, even though involving reductions, in some in- stances perhaps large reductions, from present rates of duties, with the under- Standing that it was a determination of our dispute for a term of years, I would not oppose it. A Program of Destruction. But no such bill is before us. Instead of being stripped of the absurdities with which it came from the branch of congress: in which it necessarily originated, it has been made more grotesque than ever. The majority offer a program of destruction instead of a policy of preservation; under the guise of a tariff for revenue they give us a tariff of revenge. In this measure of mingled malice, com- promise and sectionalism now presented to the Senate, the misrepresentation and per- version of public opinion as expressed at ened as to its sectionalism, divorcea irom its narrow partisanship, harmonized as to its inconsistencies, made straight instead of devious; and that, from the mysterious re- cesses of the retort of the so-called subcom- mittee, from the super-heated furnace of a party caucus and from the seething cal- dron of the full responsible majority cf the commi‘tee on finance, it would at last emerge purified of its dross, annealed and | nickel-hardened upon its seamed and scar- red surface, and so freed from all defects | and dangers as to stand before us as a measure whieh could be adopted with prac- tieal unanimity because it would give the Pusiness interests of this country tranquili- ty by taking for at least an appreciable | period the tariff out’ of politic: Result of Tarif Changes. That would be an ideal solution of this great question, which would inaugurate an | efa of peace and herald the return of pro- | longed prosperity. But instead of thus put- | ting an end to these internecine raids upon domestic industries, which, at intervals closely associated with political changes, have cost this country more than all the | military wars for which every generation since the revolution has paid so dearly, we | now see the party which is.in full control | of the legislative and executive branches of- | the government threaten the country with a measure which has been described as sec- | tional, partisan, blundering, discriminating jand unjust. The inevitable result is the paralysis of business, the halting of trade, | the suspension of purchases, the stoppage of production, the deprivation to thousands | 0f their usual means of livellhood and an incredible shrinkage of value. Mr. President, it is this recurring uncer- | tainty as to the rates of customs duties which works most serious damage to busi- |ness throughcut the United States. The burden falls upon capttal. Money must lie idle, or, if invested, the venture is in the nature of a speculation. The burden falls also upon labor, because the idleness of the speculative use of capital has a reflex in | cautious and restricted production, the ces- | sation or partial suspension of manufactur- |ing operations and the decrease and irreg-| | ularity in the incomes of every rank of the| | army of wage earners, The consumer also contributes his share toward the cost of these periodic disturb- | ances of the tariff, because throughout | every series of years of prosperity every | branch of industry is compelled to prepare , for a threatened period of uncertainty and | consequent depression. These statements, | moreover, are true of every threatened | change in any system of tariff schedules. | There never has been a tariff law enacted | | that was not preceded by more or less con- | fusion in the delicate and complicated ma- | chinery of domestic production, internal trade and foreign exchange. If this be true when the tariff is revised by friends of American industry, when the customs schedules are adjusted ‘in accord- ance with an established principle and in | harmony with a well-detined system of col- lecting revenue, so as to protect Ameri- can enterprise and labor from foreign | pauper competition, how much more enor- | mous do these evil results become when | the tariff is to be disturbed, not in the/ rest of domestic but of foreign indus Y, not with the welfare of the whole com- non country in view, but the benefit of a section; not with the purpose of providing revenue in accordance with an intelligent plan, perfected by years of experience and familiar in its general principles to all the people, but in a fashion which at one stage of the proposed legislation offers an in- creased deficiency to an already depleted treasury, and at another stage involves a surplus derived in part from a@ tax on the| breakfast table, and in greater part from the offensive inquisition into the private fortunes of individuals and an inequitable dscouragement to that thrift which lies at the basis of both national character and national wealth? Policies Contrasted. It is one fault, perhaps, rather of our Constitution than of a republican form of | government, that the people of the United | States, owing to their frequently recurring | elections, have not been able to follow for | any considerable term with a concentrative purpose a fixed financial policy. We con- | trast a method of dealing with a great pub- | | lic question governed here by popular opin- |ion and prejudice, which may take a new impression in each four years, with other methods of foreign nations, pursued through many decades, or through the centuries. Their policy, generally antagonistic to ours, is fixed and enduring through all its | | varlations and In generations there may be | traced a consistent and persistent purpose. | Ours, in contrast, is fickle and inconstant. | But more serious than these changes | | wrought with regularity of time, but un- certainty of extent, is the danger that the | true meaning of popular feeling as expressed at the polls may be misinterpreted by stat» men or perverted by demagogues. Let me | illustrate this proposition. At one presi- | dential election the candidates of a parti-u- | lar party have been successfully before the | people upon a platform of principle ass2rt- ing the doctrine of protection. Relying upon this popular verdict, and up-| on the pledges which have placed the ruling | | party in control of the goverament, =apital, encouraged by a guaranty of profits, is leased from its reservoirs and forthwith seeks investment. ery year sees the! tide of prosperity rise higher and higher. Then another election supervenes. resignation of Mr. rge C. Webb a8 first | “Tt may be that the candidates of another | cretary of the United States legation at | party are successful upon a declaration of | St. Petersburg, to take effe n the ap- | principles antagonistic to protection. Lus- | point nd qualification of his successor. | {ness falters, hesitates, halts; mills nd | Mr. Webb's action is said, at the State De- | factories are closed; capital withdraws to | Partment, to have been entirely voluntary, | cautious Inactivity; workmen are discharged | — - John T. Davis, rated the richzst man in Missouri, died at St. Louis yesterday of | kidney disease. He was fifty-two years old land worth $25,000,000. or work at reduced wages, and the country strips for an approaching struggle with | penury and distress. As to the McKinley BIL. “The McKinley bill was not a principle, it | exigency which would confront the count the polls, to which I referred as an inci- dental but serious corollary to our recur- ring elections, found fullest play. The leaders of the party whose candi- dates have been successful at the polls may point to the platform and say, “Upon these principles we were intrusted by the people with power; those who elected our candi- dates expect us to write our platform on the statute books.” It is true that the ma- jority of this Congress have signally re- pudiated nearly every plank of the Chicago platform, with the single exception cf re- moving every safeguard against fraud at the polls; and it is in the case of the pend- ing bill notable that the leaders of this az- tack upon American industries have openly abandoned the doctrine of the confederate constitution, that protective duties are un- constitutional. But I say again the result of any presi- dential campaign may be determined by causes entirely foreign to party platforms. An administration controlied by an over- mastering cons may determine to prvlong its lease of power from the party which conferred its tenure. With pledges of place and honor for the ambitious; with weapons less worthy of its noble aspirations for the venal; with im- perial authority over federal office holders, such an administration might accomplis! nominations not in accord with the feeling and judgment of the mass of the party. It is the men whose votes were cast in error of judgment whose welfare is most threatened by the pending bill. The Gravest Question Involved. The gravest question involved in the Pro- posed reckless reduction of customs duties is the effect upon the reward of labor. The problem which the majority of this body have failed to meet is so to legislate that thousands of unemployed workmen shall not tramp our highways, that their wives may not come to beggary and their sons and daughters to crime and shame. Such a result I reluctantly but solemnly believe will follow the passage of this bill, and it is impossible that it shall be ac- cepted in docile submissicn. The American workingman will not relingiish even the comforts to which he has been accustomed under the protective system, nor will he oe . privation without a protest and a No one in this chamber can be deceived by this mongrel measure. In its original form the bill came from the inner shrine of the democratic party. It was the emanation of its deity and too sacred to be defiled by earnest opposition. In the other branch of ‘ongress, therefore, it received the votes of| many who, during its discussion, had pro- tested most vociferously against its destruc- tive effect upon their constituencies. The same superstitious devotion may ulti- mately be witnessed in this body. The fetich comes before us from the committee on finance in strange form, bearing amend- ments the insertion of which defies reason- able explanation and which cannot be twisted into symmetry with the original. They will probably disappear in the com- mittee of conference, if a conference is reached, as mysteriously as they appeared in the committee on finance. Should the Measure Become a Law. Should the pending measure become a law @ grave monetary problem will immediately confront the American people. We may, with occasional distress, accept the foreign money standard. But a foreign commercial policy cannot be appended to a foreign financial policy without practical | sacrifice of our autonomy and a return to a colonial dependence upon Great Britain. The contemplation of such a policy leads to the suggestion of bimetallism. But bi- metallism would not meet the moneta upon an abolition of the customs tariff. Bimetallism can be sustained by no one nation. It is only possibile by an agreement between the leading governments of the world in armed convention. If protection by customs must fall, I ap- Prehend that silver m wmetallism: in the new world is necessar! metallism in the old world. Mr. Quay continued at length, reviewing the histo legislation in th country a mg the effects of high ta: iffs and low tari¥s on the industries of the country. He ‘poke with emphasis and ep- Parent earnestness of the ruin which the passage of the Wilson bill would bring to the industries of his state. THE TARIFF DEBATE. Several Interest: Scheduled for So far as is now scheduled there will be four tariff speeches next week, although more are certain to be announced within two or three days. Senator Smith of New Jersey will speak on Monday, according to a notice given by his collzague, Mr. McPherson, some days ago. Mr. Smith's speech will watched with nearly as much interest as was that of Mr. Hill on Monday last, for while he is generally understood to be against the tariff bill the exact nature and extent of his opposition is as yet a matter of some doubt. He has been away for some time attending to mat- ters in New Jersey of both political and personal character. It is said that while away complaints reached his ears that the workingmen in a large linen mill at Paterson were about to strike because their employers had given notice of a 10 per cent reduction in wages. Mr. Smith hastened to the establishment nd urged the firm not to persist in making the reduction, as he would see that th Senate would give protection to the flax irdustry in the pending tariff bill. With this assurance the firm is said to have ; Notified the men to resume work at their old wages. In view of this notice Mr. Smith's position becomes intensely interest- ing, for there are many who think that his vote may cast the balance for or against the bill On Wednesday Senators Morrill and Tur- pie will talk. The announcement of th latter Senator, made this morning, cause some surprise, as, since a few days ag | 1t has been generally understood that there would be no other democratic speeches made than that of Mr. Smith. Mr. Mc- Pherson intended to make a formal speech on ihe bill, but he announced during the week that his physician had ordered him to desist from the attempt on account of the condition of his throat. Mr. McLaurin will speak on Tuesday. ie -—-+e- was The birthday of Thomas Jefferson a by the celebrated et New York gle-tax reformers. The ers in- cluded three Congressmen, a en’s coun- sel from Canada, Henry George, Thomas G, Shearman and Father Edward McGlynn. Precedent to bi-| A POINTER. The circulation of The Star is 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, eo IN CONGRESS TODAY Both Branches of the National Leg- islature in Session. THE SENATE TRANSACTS BUSINESS But the House Finds Itself With- out a Quorum. AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT Senator Walsh of Georgia today offered his first bill in the Senate. It was a bill to effect a minor reform in the judiciary. A resolution by Mr. Shoup was adopted calling on the Attorney General for infor- mation of all Indian depredation claims in the court of claims since July 1, 1892. Senator Mgrgan reported a substitute for the Nicaragua canal bill and announced that his report would be submitted on Mon- day. Senator Morrill announced that he would address the Senate on the tariff on rext Wednesday. Senator Turpie later announced that he would speak on the tariff bill on that day after the Senator from Vermont had con- cluded. Senator Quay for Workingmen. The resolution of Senator Quay for the hearing on April 21 of a delegation of workingmen was taken up. Mr. Quay said the petitioners seemed to be in earnest. He had expostulated with them and pointed out, he said, that they might as well try to whistle off a pack of hounds in full cry af- ter a deer as to call off the majority of the democrats from their onslaught upon the protected industries. He asked that a com- mittee of 109 of the delegation be heard in the Senate chamber. Senator Harris pointed out that it was open to these men to put in written peti- tions and memorials. He knew of no prece- dent for opening the Senate chamber to « mass meeting. He moved to lay the resolu- tion on the table. Senator Butler asked him to withdraw the motion, but Senator Harris pointed out that this would open the floodgates of 5 Sengtor Peffer said he should have a few remarks to offer on the question and Sena- tor Harris therefore withdrew his request. The motion to table was again renewed and the resolution was laid upon the table by 34 yeas to 9 nays, many republicans voting for the motion. The negative votes were: Davis, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, ger, Hansbrough, Peffer, Power and Quay. A Pension Resolution of Inquiry. A resolution introduced by Senator Allen was taken up, calling for information as to suspensions, restorations, cancellations, ete., of pensions since March 4, 1898. Senator Palmer offered a letter from the commissioner of pensions in reply to a ver- bal query from him touching the questions asked. The resolution was then agreed to. On motion of Senator Cockrell the urgent deficiercy bill was taken up. The amendment suggested yesterday Senator Manderson criticizing the with- holding of certain matter from the census reports was withdrawn by him. wey Hawley started sion of the bill and resented an interrup- tion by Senator Chandler, he was not striving to delay the sion of the tariff bill and he hoped the Senator from New would talk, |if he wished, in his own ttme, Mr. Quay’s Tariff Speech. At 1 o'clock the tariff bili was laid before the Senate. Senator Quay of Pennsylvania | was recognized. He read his speech in |a high-pitched voice. The democratic side of the chamber was inattentive. Quite a number of republican Senators were in their seats and paid close attention. The number in the galleries was smail. THE HOUSE. The fact that the democratic caucus yes- | terday decided to have formulated a rule providing for the counting of members present, but not voting, did not have: the | effect of inducing the republicans to desist from the filibustering attitude they have assumed throughout the week. As soon as | the chaplain had completed his prayer, Mr. Reed raised the point of order that the pending question was the approval cf the | Journal of yesterday, on which the House |was dividing when an adjournment was had. The Speaker held, however, in accordance with the rule that the journal must first | be read to officially disclose to the Mouse the parliamentary status. Mr. Reed did not contest the matter further, but when the journal of yesterday's proceedings had been read, Mr. Boutelle objected to its ap- |proval. Mr. Dockery moved its approval, whereupon Mr. Bouteile forced the yeas and nays. "The republicans declined to vote and the announcement, 142-0, showing that the democrats were 37 short of a quorum, and that it was manifestly impossible to supply the deficiency today. Mr. Outhwaite moved to adjourn. The motion was carried aid the House at 12:30 adjourned. —— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. As to Stone Flagging Sidewalks. Senator McMillan introduced a bill today, which, if it becomes a law, will certainly cure the wibbley-wobbley brick pavements of this city. The bill provides that all sidewalks hereafter laid, constructed or re paired in the city of Washington shall be of stone flagging or with such imitation as may be approved by the Commissioners, and with no other material. It is provided also that while heavy teaming is necessary ever and across sidewalks into the stables, mills, warehouses, menvfactories, depots or other places, the owners or occupants may, with the authority of the Commis- sioners, lay there smooth block pavements or sidewalks, such as may be approved by the Commissioners. District Deficiencies. : The House committee on appropriations has received from the Commissioners the following estimates of deficiencies in 35 741.21; jospital, $2,670; relief of the poor, $1,200; judgments against the District, $887. Police Court, witness fees, $1,511.25. 2 AMENDING “CLAUSE 7.” LONDON, April 14.—The Earl of Kimber- ly has prepared a number of amendments to the Bering sea bill, which he will move in the house of lords when the bill is con- sidered in committee. The amendments have reference to clause 7. The clause as amended will read: “Whereupon any proceeding in any court ‘against a person and ship in respect of any office against the act it is proved that the ship sailed from its port of departure before the provisions of the award were known, and that such @ person or master of a ship did not, after sailing and before the alleged offense, become aware of those proviscions, such a person shall be acquitted and the ship shall be released and not for- feited.” — | Will Name a Presidential Candidate. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 14.—The Times will print today an interview with Grand Judge Samuel T. Scott of the Knights of Reciprocity that the organization will nom- inate a candidate for the presidency of the United States. A meeting of the order has \ been calied for May 15.