Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1894, Page 21

““\ RUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMAN) ree ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the efty by carriers, on their own aecount. st 10 cent ‘Week, or 44e. per month. Copies at the eeunt+ cents each. FP matl—anywhere iu the Unit- on or Conada—pestage Prepaid—SO0 ents {| Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, 31.00 re ho at tl Office at W: b a8 second-class mail matter.) bay iss Gall mail subseriptions must he paid in a Rates of ad ertising made known on appl THE LAST DA: Glosing the Famous Pollard-Breck- inridge Trial. A SENSATIONAL SCENE IN COUR 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 day, and such stories were then circulated 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 avoid an ordinary street fight. The provocation was given by Mr. Jere Wilson in his argument. He de- elared 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 Wessie Brown letter had been in their possession. ‘This letter, he said, had been, as the testi- mony 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 ince'sed by Mr. Wil- son’s words. Mr. Wilson gave Mr. Stoll no satisfaction further than repeat that the letter had been in Mr. Stoll’s possession; 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 another 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 him. Here the court interrupted the colloquy, and left the he@rers with the impression that Mr. Stoil’s intention was to appeal to the code of honor prevailing in | | ¢ Fp ¢ ening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,859. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS tieation was given by their faces as to hat impressions were fixed in their minds garding the case. Some of them looked cidedly weary, and one of them had his yes closed most of the time, and seemed » 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 act that the last day of the trial had ome, and to his and their gratification taat “nd 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- Me ik\. a) Lif te ahokech Oe : 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, row 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 | would not free him from the responsibility of the Promise subsequently made. . if they found that the plaintifr Cid tell the defendant that she had had il- licit 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 the 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 Instructions. This was wny the lawyers for the defense had not toucned upon the case, but had filled the air 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 climinated several hours of talking from his The jury must follow out these instructions as surely as they would the dictates of conscience, and 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- | ing, as she hae been ever since Mr. | Carlisle made the opening argument on her | side. Mr. Breckinridge was present, seated in his usuai place, and during most of the morning was attended by only one of his counsel, Mr. i. Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Emphatic. | Mr. Thompson were out of court most all of the morning and Mr. Shelby did not put in M an appearance at all reckinridge acted as his own counsel during the morn- fng 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 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 fintsh | his argument by the time the usual noon Tecess was taken, but he was not able 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 ren tlemen. Mr. Stoll, however, remained tn the court room with Mr kinridge and Mr Butterworth for some minutes after ~ court Lajourned; meanwh fr, Wilson ha up his papers and quietly gathered Danted by Mr. and went to tng Room The Cartist lunch. So th tw to } eration they should ¢! M render a verdict for the plaintift without any hesitation, unless it be that they re- garded the third line of defense, as set up, be true. This was the defense that was based upon what took place between the two pz arties to the suit when no one else ent, the understanding alleged by fense to have existed between them as to this contract. As to the testimony 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 plaintiff 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 testt- mony would then be impaired to just that extent. This was good law, and the de- fendant himself, as a lawyer, would not galnsay it. Before taking up the third line of defense, he would show that the defendant could not claim ment that his testimony was Superior to hers. Has she not been sustal erlal statements by Maj. I.burn and many others? ained 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 testimony ftself was Infinitely superior to that of the defendant. The defense had told them of the consid- ve to the evidence of who had abandoned a very word that equally well to Sarah Molly bad Shindlebaues ite five yes 4 applied to her applied Guest, for it 1s a poor rule that doesn't go. work » why name mony The th ways. There was every reason he defendant should do just as he did, try his best to suppress the testi- rah Guest, endant had been contradicted on ct statements by Miss Lowell, who estitied that in the spring of ISS6 she ove letters for him to Miss Pollard ata time when he denied having kept up Me 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 doughter, 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- Uc 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. Slocam’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 lieutenant 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 regiment at the battle cf Bull Run on July 21, where he was severely wounded. On August 9, he was commis- sioned brigadier general of volunteers, 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 of 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 Chanceilorsville 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, 1864, 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 body of troops to occupy Atlanta, Ga., on September 2. In Sherman’s march to the sea and !nva- sion of the Carolinas he held command of the left wing of the army, and participated in all its engagements, from the departure | 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, jand r ted In 1870. In 1876 he was elect- ed dent of the board of city works, | Brooklyn, which it he afterwards re- | and in 1582 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. ‘sto Hin Memory. | Although Gen, Slocum was one of the | foremost heroes of the cetvil 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 {t 1s agreeable to the wishes of his family. Gen, Slocum was a major general of volunteers and commanded the army o® the Tennessee, but was mustered out of the service at the Jelose of the Se ary Lamont was | death by his |informed of his son-in-law and Instructed Adjt. Gen, Ruggles to confer with his family regarding the funeral ar- rangements. Hie told Star rep day that the department would him | every possible honor commensu with | [nis distinguished military servi ss to his | country. Relles of t ‘Thanks to the eff _— he Kearsnege. | rts of a couple of pa- | | triotle American yachtsmen, the Navy De. partment wll » possession of three of jthe most valuable relies of the wrecked warge. The Navy Department this morning was informed through a cablegram | from our consul generai at Havana, thot | Mesare. Lloyd Phoenix and Jno. Sehuyter | Crosby, while crating In the Cartbhe ‘ n Mr. Phoenix wht Intrepid, eatled at the Cayman Islands There they found in the pow voof the MMiander the Kear warke'® bell, parte of th rial tablet the Kear 1 the Alaba and he k wish of the ey that they will be .e- Mr John Mor haw introduced int ' + bill w) eribordie ' ' for «@ “ t ' Hanes polling EXTRA! A VERDICT. Miss Pollard Wins Her lit TWELVE MEN GOOD AND TRUE Believe Her Story Teld on te Witness Stand. DAMAGES AWARDED Jury in at 4:35. ‘fhe jury returned at the above hour and rendered a verdict for the plaintiff, award- ing her damages to the amount of $15,000. -—— THE APPROACHING ARMY. Public Attention Aroused Over th: Coxey Movement. * “What will the police do when Coxey and his army reach here?” is a questior 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 trapart- 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 that the assembly should ask instruction from competent authorities whether or not the police are Hable te indictment for con- spiracy to commit vaxrancy 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 a 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, lb- erty and the pursuit of happiness, which have been declared inalierable 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 jall 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 Yequest information w % out of work, and cor of im- prisonment, the court would prefer that 4ll should get off the earth, or only enough to insure a low rate of wages by a lively ecmpetition among these remaining. Ano © Mad Me Coming events cast th As the army of the proaches Washington calendars begin commonweal ap- the congressional 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 kn prank 1 tion, He distinetly di however, and stated t at the request of a workingmen’s « tion of this city. It is entitled enable puble authorities to. esi tems of public tion, literally that the of the “is authdriged to pre} a sullt the declaratory, not partial, legal te on sheets per a blish rys- rovides may pre treasury t drafts of the tr nity; such as mua s counties, states, inchiding 1 districts of thin republic, annually Mun of Money Hot In exces um of $1,000 por capita st preceding federal public authorit in debie forthwith according to the In order that may i ny prals Heornton & RUIN TO INDUSTRIES: What Will Happen if the Wilson : Bill Becomes a Law. SENATOR QUAY AGAINST THE MEASURE He Says It is of Mingled Malice, Compromise and Sectionalism. A TARIFF OF REVENGE speech against the Wilson tariff bill today, said: | sation or partial suspension of manufactur- 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- ened as to its sectionalisin, divorced 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 of the committee on finance, it would at last emerge purified of its dross, annealed and nickel-hardened upon its seamed and scar- red suriace, and so freed from all defects and dangers as to stand before us as a measure which could be adopted with prac- tical unanimtty because it would give the business interests of this country tranquili- ty by taking for at least an appreciable period the tariff out of politics. Result of Tariff Changes. That would be an ideal solution of this great question, which would inaugurate an era of peace and herald the return of pro- longed prosperity. But instead of this put- ting an end to these internecine raids upon domestic industries, which, at intervals closely associated with poiitical changes, have cost this country more than all the | military wars for which every generation 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 and 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 of their usual means of livelihood 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 bu: ness throughcut the United States. e burden falls upon capital. Money must lie idle, or, if invested, the venture is in the nature of a speculation. Tho burden falls also upon labor, because the idleness of the speculative use of capital has a reflex in cautious and restricted production, the ces- | 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- chinéry 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-defined 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 interest of domestic but of foreign indus- try, not with the welfare of the whole com- puntry In view, but the benefit of a ; not with the purpose of providing in accordance with an intelligent plan, perfected by years of experience and familar in its general principles to all the people, but in a fashion which at one stage of the proposed legislation offers an in- sed deficiency to an already depleted | sury, and at another stage Involves a surplus derived in part from a tax on the fast table, and in greater part fi the offensive Inquisition Into the private fortunes ividuals and an inequitable dscouragement to that thrift which Hes at the basis of both national character and national wealth? ew Contrasted, | It is one uit, perha rather of our Constitution than of a republican gcovernment, that the people of th States, owing to their frequently recurring elections, have not been able any considerable term with a purpose # fixed financtal policy con- trast a method of dealing with a great pub- He question governed here by popular opin- Jon and prejudice, whieh n take impression in each four years, methods of foreign nations, pur many de through the ues, 01 Their polley, erally antag ours, is fixed and enduring through variations and tn ¢ erations there may ed a consistent and persistent purns Ours, In contrast, is flekle and Inconstant tut more serious than th changes Wrought: with re arity of time, but un certainty of extent, is the danger chat true meaning of popular feelin a pola may be miainterpr rdiet, and uy ed the rating aes, and UO wiry fan a hing #traeele with penury and distrens Sete (he Meteietes min mi wa wor note tiple, it Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, in his | our dispute for a term of years, I would not since the revolution has paid so dearly, we | | the industries of hy was an experimental application of a theory. The exact result of its operations 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 bili was 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 Me- Kinley law at the hands of the party which @nacted 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 myself, that if the present Congress could devise a reasonable measure, which would permit the continued employment of American labor and capital at living wages and 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 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 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 of 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 a’ 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 consciousness of its own destiny may detérmine to prolong 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 accomplish | 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 volved. | 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 legisiate 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 relinquish even the comforts to which he has been accustomed ace entire system, nor will he 0 privation withou ee jout @ protest and a No one in this chamber can be deceived b: this mongrel measure. In its original form the bill came from the inner shrine of the earnest opposition. In the other branch of | Congress, 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 explenation 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 al 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 monetary exigency which would confront the country upon an abolition of the customs tariff Bimetallism can be sustained by no one | nation. It is only possible by an agreement between the leading governments of the | world in armed convention If protection by customs must fall, I ap- prehend that silver monometallism in the new world is necessarily precedent to bi- metallism in the old world. Mr. Quay continued at length, reviewing the history of tari le islation in this country and showing the effects of high tar- iffs and low tariffs on the industries of the country. He spoke with emphasis and uf parent earnestness of the ruin which the passage of the Wils bill would bring to slat -< IFF DEDATE. THE TAR Several 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. IN CONGRESS TODAY Both Branches of the National Leg- islature in Session. THE SENATE TRENSACTS BUSINES 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 Morgan 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 — Senator from Vermont had con- a 3 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 ery ef- 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 100 of the delegation be heard in the Senate chamber. Senator Harris pointed out that it was open to these men to put in writven 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 oratory. Senator 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, Gallin- ger, Hansbrough, Peffer, Power and Quay. A resolution introduced by Senator Allen was taken up, calling for information as to suspensions, restorations, cancellations, ete., of pensions since March 4, 1893. 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 by Senator Manderson criticizing the with- holding of certain matter from the census reports was withdrawn by him. Senator Hawley started upon a discus- sion of the bill and resented an interrup- tion by Senator Chandler, remarking that he was not striving to delay the discus- sion of the tariff bill and he hoped the Senator from New Hampshire would talk, if he wished, in his own time. Mr. Quays Tariff Speech. At 1 o'clock the tariff bill 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 small. 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 thrqughout 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 of 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 House 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, Boutelle 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 avd the House at 22.0 adjourned - DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. As to Stone Fingging 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 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, accordir to a notice given by his colleague, Mr. McPherson, some days ago. Mr. Smith's h will be watched with nearly as h interest as was that of Mr. Hill on | Monday last, for while he is generally | understood to be against the tariff bill the | pt 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 J th political and rsonal It is said that while y reached his ears that workingmen in a large linen mill at terson w about to strike because their empl per cent reduct had give nin w notice of a Ww Mr. Smith hastened to the establishm and urged the firm not to persist in mak the reduction, as he would se the | Senate would’ gt the flax industry in. the rift bill With this assurance t said to have notified the " work at their Wages, In view of this notice Mr bosition becomes intensely interest there are many who think that may cast the balance for or against On Wednesday Senators Morrill and Tur ple will talk. 7 Mota ta ' " snd Pather seaward Mott Hheerman | mills, lor other places, of stone flagging or with such imitation as may be appro by the Commissioners, and with no other material, It is provided filso that while heavy teaming is necessary over and across sidewalks into the stables, warehouses, manufactories, depots 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, mittee on appropriations has received from the Commissioners the following estimates of deficiencies in District appropriations: Advertising, $150. militia, 4 Freeimen’s Hospital, relief of the poor, $1,200; Judgments it the District, $587.26; Police Court, ag wit o- CLAUSE ” LONDOD ly has prep to the Bert in the he April 14. red rt of amendments g sea bill, which he will move of lords when the bill ts con a numb ended will read Any pr ding in 1 in whiy sl be acquitted cleared and not for- Vi Name a Pee KANSAS CITY, Mo, Apr Pines will print today an int w with Grand Judue ” ' the Knights of ' 4 candidate for ' United mt wr “ been cattnt far May 1b