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THE G STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 1101 Pessylraia Aeaum Cor 110 Bovey by The Fa pee Lape me or Company, New York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘served to #0 Ye Week, or 44c. per month. cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United — or postage vents per * “Saturday Quintuple Sheet Sins, $1.00 per year: With foreign posta: ,. (Entered at the Ofce at Washington, D. C.. ph pee Call mall sul Rates of ad: Vor 84, No. 20,881. Che Zvening Star. WASHINGTON, D. O.. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1894-TWELVE PAGE TWO OENTS MARY WASHINGTON Dedication of the Fredericksburg Morument. ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK ‘The President and Vice President Present. SENATOR DANIEL’S ORATION FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 10.—The special train with the presidential party for the ceremonies of the unvelling of the Mary Washington monument left Washington at ¥ o'clock. President Cleveland was in a Pullman car in the rear with Secretaries Gresham,Carlisle, Lamont, Bissell and Mor- ton and Private Secretary Thurber, Mrs, Gresham, Mrs. Carlisle and other ladies. Another car carried Mrs. Waite, widow of the late chief justice of the Supreme Court, who is president of the National Mary Washington Memorial Association; Chief Justice Fuller and most of the Virginia del- egation in Congress. The Daughters of the Revolution of Washington had two cars,the national Marine Band another. The Alex- andria Light Infantry boarded the train at that city. The run to Fredericksburg was unevent- ful. An immense crowd surrounded the station as the train pulled in. A presidential salute boomed forth from the guns of the Richmond howitzers and a scarlet-coated band pealed ‘Hail Columbia.” President Cleveland and his cabinet came to the rear platform of their car, where they were greeted by members of the re- ception committee, of whom one was Jus- tce Haflan of the United States Supreme Court. The Richmond Light Infantry, in dazzling uniforms of blue and silver, kept back the crowds with their bayonets. Aligned along the adjoining streets were various marching organizations, conspicu- ous among them the Confederate Veterans, with the battle flags of the confederacy fluttering over them. ‘The procession was cheered by thousands of countrymen as it wourd its way through the little town from the station to the green knoll, topped with wooden stands, hidden in patriotic bunting, where the Son: and Daughters of the Revolution and dis- tinguished guests were assembled. One feature of the procession was the ladies on horseback, who led the way. Then came the grand marshal, Adjutant Gen. Charles J. Anderson of Richmond, ard his staff, followed by Mr. Wm. J. Crawford, the architect of the monument. Then followed President Cleveland, Vice President Stevefison and members of the cabinet In carriages, followed by the gov- error and staft, and military organizations and secret societies, conspicuous among them being the members of the Fredericks- burg and Alexandria lodges of Masons, in which Washington had taken his degrees. The Exercises. The program for the dedicatory exercises was as follows: Prayer by Rev. James P. Smith, D. D.; address of welcome on the Part of the city, by A. P. Rowe, mayor; adcress of welcome on the part of the state of Virginia, by Gov. Charles T. O’Ferrall; Masonic ceremonies; address by Mr. Law- rence Washington, a descendant of Maury Washington, and an oration by Senator John W. Daniel, the orator of the day. President Cleveland’: Address. | In response address of welcome President Cleveland spoke. ag, fol- lows: Governor O’Ferrall, Mr. Mayor and Fel- low Citizens.—I speak for those who are today greeted as the official guests of Vir- ginia and Fredericksburg, when I return sincere thanks for the hearty welcome that has been extended to us in behalf of both the state and the city. Our appreciation of the warmth of your reception is not dimin- ished by the thought that, in the light of the highest meaning belonging to this occa- sion, there are no guests here. We have assembled on equal terms to worship at a sacred national shrine. Nothing can be more important to those who have assumed the responsibility of self-government than the cultivation and stimulation among themselves of sentiments which ennoble and elevate and strengthen Bumanity. As a clear and wholesome stream must have its flow from a pure fountainhead, so must a clean and benefi- cent popular government have its source pure and morally healthy men. This purity and this moral health are in nothing better exemplefied than in a love and rev- erence for motherhood. The man who said he cared not who made a people's laws if be could write their songs, might have said The Monument. With more truth that he could gauge the strength and honor of a people and their fitness for self-government if he knew the @epth and steadfastness of their love for their mothers. I believe that he who thinks it brave and manly to outgrow his care &nd devotion for his mother is, more than he who has no music in himself, fit for treason, strategems and spoils, and should not be trusted. Let us recall today as conclusive proof of the close relations between American great- ness and a lasting love and reverence for our mothers the proud declaration of George Washington, “All I am I owe to my moth- er;” and let us not forget that when his Slory was greatest and when the plaudits of his countrymen were loudest, he valued more than these the blessing and approval bf his aged mother. While these exercises cannot fall to in- ppire us anew with reverence for American motherhood, we will remember that we are here to do honor to the woman who gave to our nation its greatest and best citizen, and that we have the privilege of partict- ating in the dedication of a monument erected by the women of our land in loving and enduring testimony to the virtues of the mother of Washington. Let us be proud today that the nobility of this woman exacted from a distinguished | foreigner the admission, “If such are the matrons of America, she may well boast of | illustrious sons;* and that Lafayette, who had fought with her son for American in- dependence, declared after he had received | her blessing, “I have seen the only Roman Matron living at this day.”” | di Remembering these things, let us leave this place with our love of country strength- @med. with a higher estimate of the value of American ship. and with a prayer! to God that o ple may hold fast to the sentiment that grows out of a love and rev- @rence for American motherhood. Senator Danie Senator Daniel, the orator of the day, spoke as fellpws: George Washington was the noblest figure that ever stood in the forefront of a na- tion’s life. We are gathered today mother’s grave “All that I am,” said he, “I owe to my around his mother.” All that we are as a nation we owe to him. His debt is ours. It is many times multiplied. It is ever-growing, as the ever-growing republic illustrates in its virtues and in its faults alike the merit of his example and the wisdom of his teach- ing®. Beholding this monument, we rejoice that this debt is acknowledged, and realize that no limitation of time can bar rendi- tion of justice to a noble fame. Our gratitude goes forth to our country- women, who have so worthily achieved this work. Men attempted it and left it half accomplished. The state and the federal governments alike contemplated, discussed and postponed it. Our noble women under- took it, and it is done. We thank you, madam, you, Mrs. Presi- dent, and your companions of the Mary Washington Monument Association. Your success is your reward, and you will be henceforth blended in our veneration with her whose name {s carved upon this sacred stone. It was fitting, indeed, that your Mary Washington’s House. pious hands should rear the first monument on the earth erected by women to a woman, and fitting, too, that it should bear the mame of Mary, the mother of Washington. This stone represents two ideals—womanly excellence and patriotic duty. They are imseparable. Love for the mother is first, as it is the most constant and sa emo®on of our being. Affection spreads to the family, clan, tribe, or people to which we belong, and then twines around in- animate objects, attracted to them by the magnetism of association. It fastens to birthplace, living place, to home, to mother- land, to fatherland, country. This is the genesis and evolution of patriotism. But leve of country is only a figure of speech. We cannot love the insensate earth, which can give back no responsive ipeech or glance of sympathy. Love must go from and to the living. Our country- men are our country. The nation is the aggregate, the homes are the units. Man is the builder, woman is the inspiration. Discuss constitutions, administrations, and policies as we may, the outcome must de- pend upon th» subsoil they spring from. A Home-Secking Race. Make the home all right and the rest will follow. This is woman's mission. Our race, the youngest that has framed a language, molded a constitution and made @ name, has recognized that mission and held it sacred. Other races roam the earth for pelf and adventure, and condescend to inferior connections. Our race roams the earth only to find the spot on which to build its homes. You have reared this beautiful obelisk to one who was “the light of the dwelling” in a@ plain rural colonial home. Her his- tory hovers around it. She was wife, mother and widow. She nursed a hero at her breast. At her knee she trained to the love and fear of God and to the kingly virtues, honor, truth and valor, the lion of the tribe that gave to America liberty and independence. This is her title to re- nown. It is enough. Eternal dignity and heavenly grace dwell upon the brow of this blessed mother; nor burnished gold nor sculptured stone nor rhythmic praise could add one jot or tittle to her chaste glory. She was simply a pri- vate citizen. No sovereign’s crown rested on her brow. She did not lead an army, ike Joan of Arc, or slay a tyrant, lke Charlotte Corday. She wes not versed in letters or in arts. She not an angel of mercy, like Florente tingale, nor the consort of a pero, Hike the mother of Na- poleon. “ Bui the light that streamed from the deeds of him she bore we would doubtless have never heard the name of Mary Washington, and the grass that grew | upon this grave had not been disturbed by curious footsteps or reverential hands. A Type of Her Sex. But it does not follow that she shines only in the reflection of her offspring’ fame. Her virtues were not created; they were only discovered by the marvelous ca- reer of her illustrious son. This memorial might, indeed, be due to her because of who she was, but it is far more due to her because of what she was. It is in her own right and ag the type of her sex, her people and her race that she deserves this tribute stone. There were ten thousand Mary Washing- tons among the mothers of the revolution, and honoring her we honor the motherhood of heroic days and heroic men. It was in his character, all sufficient in every emer- gency, that was displayed the overtower- ing tness of George Washington, and it is not doubted that this character was toned and shaped by his mother’s hand. The principles which he applied to a na- tion were those simple and elementary truths which she first imprinted upon his mind in the discipline of home. Mary Washington in History. Senator Daniel reviewed eloquently the facts of history concerning the mother of Washington which are known, and discuss- ed the spirit of the times in which George Washington was reared. Then he said: “For many years this grave remained unmarked. But that this monument has been slow to rise is no proof that Mary Washington was unappreciated or forgot- ten. A hundred years after the death of Dante the people of Florence, where he born, his body from Revenna, where he died. Eighteen hundred years after Ar- menius, in the Black forest, beat back the legions of Varus the people of a great em- pire reared a monument to him. That this monument is reared now is better proof of appreciation than if it had been under the momentary impulse of some transient feel- ing. Time is the great test, and the hoary years today set their seal on her glory, while the teeming generations of which she did not dream rise up to call her blessed. One circumstance and another has led to the delay. The Monument Movement. “In 1833 the Hon. Silas E. Burroughs of Buffalo, N. Y., an opulent citizen, offered to erect a monument at his private expense. The cornerstone thereof was laid with im- Posing ceremonies by the President of the United States, Gen. Andrew Jackson, on the 7th day of May, 1833, in the presence of a mighty concourse of people and many distinguished guests. Reverses cut short Mr. Burrough’s plan, and going to a dis- tant land to repair his fortunes, he ever bore in mind the desire to complete the work, of which, alas! his death forbade the consummation by his hands. Generous patriot, let him not be forgotten! The haif- finished monument fell into decay. Mean- time more than three score years have roll- ed by. Vast changes have taken place, and in the convulsions of civil strife armies found their battlefields among these old- time graves and in the blood of the living were soaked the ceremonies of the dead. “But ideas never die. Holy thoughts struggle ever for fruition. Peace ever lifts her face up through the smoke of conflict. Patriotic hands essay again in the broken tasks which have fallen from those of pas- sion and loving hearts bind up the wounds of hate. “Once again the May time breaks, with its sunshine, its verdure and its blossoms, over the land whose hills and plains were shaken and whose homes were shattered by the thunders of war; but no more do the long lines come gleaming on to the leadly fray; no more is heard the noise of the captains and the shouting; no more are seen the garments rolled in blood. Yet nistory repeats itself and a mighty host again is marshaled upon these plains. Man- hood and womanhood and childhood are here, the people have come from far and wide—the old Masonic lodge of which Wash- ington was a member and the volunteer soldiery are gathered here, and our noble Chiet Magistrate and commander-in-chief, who fills the seat of Washington and Jack- son—they ere all here to ft up the pure idea's of the republic and to imbibe and im- press the lessons of this consecrated da: ‘T prophesy,” said Thomas (Continued on Third Page.) Carlyle, ‘that Americans at Bluefields Are to Be Thoroughly Protected. NAVAL DEMONSTRATION PLANNED Ample Powers Given Our Officials at That Point. VESSELS ON THEIR WAY Telegraphic advices have been received at the Navy Department from Capt. Wat- son of the U.8.8. San Francisco, now at Bluefields, gt the result of his investi- gation of the case of Wm. Wilson, the American citisen killed at Bluefields at the time of the assumption of control by the Nicaraguan authorities. From these dispatches it appears that Capt. Watson has taken a bold and patriotic stand in the matter. He has insisted that Arguello, who is charged with killing the American, shall be promptly tried. He has also notified the Nicaraguan au- thorities that, In his opinion, American cit- izens are not being adequately protected, and that, therefore, he proposes to give them the necessary protection. He is act- ing with that end in view and has been clothed by the authorities here with ample discretionary power. The administration officials are said to be dissatisfied with the course pursued by the Nicaraguan government toward American citizens resident at Bluefields. Orders have been issued with a view, it is sald, of show- ing that government t the United States to stand any further trt- fitng in the matter. Its rights in Nicaragua must be respected and action has been taken that leaves no room for doubt on that point. Capt. Watson's notice to the Nicaraguan government that the naval forces ox the United States will be employ- ed for the protection of American interests was given after full correspondence with the authorities at Washington. It indicates unmistakably that the admin- istration has decided on. a firm, vigorous and patriotic policy with respect’ to its in- terests in the present Bluefield: complica- tion. The powerful cruiser San Francisco is at Bluefields ready for immediate action for the enforcement of American claims, and u still more powerful cruiser New York will be at Aspinwall, only a short distance away, in a few days, to render any service that may be required of her. The presence of these two vessels on the east coast of Central America, with the Atlanta Norfolk in reserve, and the fact that the cruiser Charleston and the gun- |boat Benningtcn are now on their way to the west coast of Central America, are ac- cepted in diplomatic circles as indications of the purpose of the administration to make a formidable naval demonstration in. the waters of the isthmian countries. This line of action is said to be inspired by the success which attended a sfmilar display of force in the harbor of Rio during the late revolution. ———+o+_____ LAYING A CORNER STONE. The laying of the corner stone of the new Cerecran Gallery’ of Art this afte in will mark an epoch of great 1 the history of art not but in 79 this institution,...which has ever since been such @ success and such a source of pride to the citizens of Waghing- ten. It is @ matter of gratification and speaks well for the artistic sense of the People that after a quarter of a century of development the gallery must build for itself a larger structure to adequately dis- play its art treasures, and at the same time allow for future growth. The new gallery at the corner of lith and New York avenue is up as far thy top course of the foundation wal and from these one may gain a satisfactory idea of the dimensions of the great build- in; When completed it will be of white marble, on a basemeat of granite, of which several courses have already been latd in two or three places. The corner stone is Svst above the level of the ground on 17th street, about forty feet south of the north- east corner of the building. It is at the _ecrner of a slight abutment, in a prominent pesition in the granite section of the wall. ‘fhis stone is what is known as Milford pink granite, and comes from Milford, Mass. The corner stone will be laid at 5 o’clozk this afternoon, and while the services are expected to be very Impressive, they will be equally brief and simple. At half-past 4 o'clock the trustees of the gallery will assemble at the present gallery and proceed to the scene of the laying in a bedy. The board of trustees consists of the following gentlemen: Dr. James Welling, president; Edward Clark, S. H. ffmann, Frederick B. McGuire, Judge Walter 8. Cox, Charles C.Glover, Calderon Carlisle, Mathew M. Galt and Mr. William Corcoran Eustis. All of these gentlemen, with the exception of Mr. Kauffmann, who is now in Japan, are in the city and will participate in the ceremony. Handsome invitations have been sent out for the occasion, and a@ platform has been erected that will seat about 400 people. The program exercises will consist of an ad- dress by president of the board of Pie elling; religious offices by the Highton Willem Paret, DD. Le, De bishop of Maryland, and the laying of the corner stone by Mr. William Corcoran Eustis, who is the eldest grandson of the founder of the institution. The exercises will close with the benediction. It is thought that the new building may be finished and ready for occupancy by the beginning of the year 1896. i] eh Ae aia FENDERS ARE NECESSARY. What Senator Gallinger Says of the Gladys Gilmore 2 The killing of lttle Gladys Gilmore by a Brightwood trolley car yesterday has di- rected the attention of Congress anew to the necessity of the railroad companies fur- tishing their cars with adequate fenders, Some time ago the Senate passed a resolu- tion, introduced by Senator Gallinger, di- récting the District committee to investi- gate the subject of street car fenders, but when the resolution reached the District committee it was sent to the Commissioners for a report, contrary to the usual course in such matters. No report has yet been made, and so the matter rests for the pre: jent. ‘A Star reporter today called the at- ention of Senator Gallinger to the present lance, “It seems to me, from what I have read," replied the Senator, “that that was a most unnecessary death. The car was running at such a speed that it could have easily been slowed after the child was struck, so that she would not have been hit by ‘the |wheels had there been a fender on ,the |front. Almost any kind of fender would |have been sufficient to prevent the accl- dent. I do not think there should be a single car on a rapid transit road ever run on the streets unprotected by a guard, From experience and investigation I am |satisfied that there are several devices now cn the market that are available for this | purpose and entirely practicable, and it is aimost crimfal that the roads do not adopt some of them without being compelled to do {so by Congress. My resolution is still in the hands of the Commissioners, but I hope to bring up the matter at the meeting of the District committee tomorrow.” HS Takes ce ry Appointments. Frank Van View has been appointed in- spector of boilers of steam vessels at Port Huron, Mich., and Anthony O. Kruger in spector of hulls of steam vessels at Mar- quette, Mich, TO STOP TRIFLING|TE NEW PRINTING OFFICE/|N CONGRESS TODAY) Talk of Putting It Where the B, and P. Station Now Stands, Am Appropriation to Make Tests for Foundations—The House Committee te Go to Week at Once, Chairman Bankhead is going ahead mptly with the efforts to secure a site for the new government printing office in accordance with the instructions from the House. In the House this morning he se- cured the passage of a resolution appropri- ating $1,000 with which to make borings to ascertain the character of the soll and its’ fitness for a foundation at the various places on government réservations in the city. As the appropriation is to come out of the contingent fund of the House it is immedi- ately available and the subcommittee will go to work at once. A movement is on foot in the House com. mittee on public buildings and grounds to recommend the use of the ground now oc- cupled by the Baltimore'and Potomac de- pot and tracks as a site for the government printing office. Talks with several mem- bers of the committee today by a Star re- porter showed that there is a strong senti- ment in the committee in wor of this plan. It was proposed by a member of the committee this morning and seemed to meet with general favor. It is proposed by the advocates of the plan to require the Balti- more and Potomac compfny to remove its buildings and tracks from the government reservation which they now occupy and to place them somewhere else; the committee doesn’t care where, so that it is not on a wovernment reservation. The members who @ advocating this plan urge in favor of it that the BalNmore and Potomac has no right on that reserv tion, that ft 1s simply @ squatter and ts occupying land which belongs to the gov- ernment. Inasmuch as the House has stipulated that the new public printing office must be located on a public reservation, and as the: seems to be a strong sentiment in the Hou: in favor of using some portion of the mall, it 1s claimed that this location would be the most feasible one for the purpose. Moreover it would rid the city, they say, of — which has long been complained about. The proposition advanced this morning has met with so much favor already that the full committee will start out tomorrow morning, accompanied by Col. Wilson, super. intendent of public bulidings and grounds to make an investigation of this site a: of others. Chairman Bankhead has the $1,000 appropriated this morning to h credit, and is ready to begin operations to- ward testing the ground whenever the com- mittee desires to do so. It is the purpose of the committee, it is said, to prosecute the work of selecting a site with the utmost dispatch, so that the matter may be brought up in the House at the earliest date possible. SAMOAN AFFAIRS, What Senator Mo: m Says About Mr. Gresham's Letter. Remarking upon Secretary Gresham's rec- ommendation that the United States with- draw, from the tripartite agreement for the control of the Samoan Islands, Senator Morgan, chairman of the Senate foreign re- lations committee, sald today that he had never considered the Berlin arrangement a wise one and that he thought the islands should be relieved from the divided control Provided for under that convention and should not object to this government's with- drawal frag theagreament, iin doing so, it could perpetuate its rights to SIO per eR Ane Be Eee A said,“ our right to pane is terminable at the will of the native rulers. . “Secretary Evarts felt when he secured that concession for the United States he had accomplished an important result. I agreed with him and willingly assigted a few years ago in obtaining an appropriation from*Con- gress for the protection of our interests. Fortunately the occasion did not arise for the expenditure of the appropriation. 1 still think we should hold the harbor and I be- leve the next move made should be toward having the concession made perpetual, and that we should not surrender our part in the management of affairs in the islands ex- cept upon this condition.”’ The Senator added that with this right permanently secured he saw no reason why the United States should continue its inter- ference with the government of Samoa and that he saw plainly how the present ar- rangement might lead to entanglements which would prove very embarrassing. —+-2+—_____ MAJ. \NICHOLSON’S RETIREMENT. Expressions of Appreciation of a Long a Faithful Service. The recent order placing Maj. Augustus 8. Nicholson, adjutant and inspector, United States marine corps, on the retired list, de- prjves the service of not only @ popular offi- cer, but one of marked efficiency. His mil- itary record began at the early age of six- teen, when he was commissioned in the ser- vice, He served with Gen. Scott in Mex- ico, and was an aid to Gen. Quitman at the battle of Chepultepec in September, 1847. He was appointed to the position from which he has just retired on the 6th day of May, 1861, on the recommendation of Gen. Scott and others. In forwarding the letter from the War Department announcing that Maj. Nichol- son's application to be fetired had been approved, Col. Heywood, the commandant of the mafine corps, made the following in- dorsement: “During Maj. Nicholson's long and hon- orable service of over forty-seven years he has fulfilled every duty imposed upon him ina geal manly <a wa and his corps, and with ability an tion he has many times acted as command- ant. “In severing the close ahd pleasant réle- tions which have existed between Nicholson and the colonel com: t since the latter's appointment the under- signed desires to place on record the high esteem he has for the former, and his sin- cere regret, both personai and official, that their association in the active lst is about to be severed. —___+-2-+____ THE WORK BEGUN. Investigating Individual Claima: for the Ford’s Theater Disaster. The actual work of investigating the in- dividual cases of claimants for damages re- sulting from the Ford's Theater disaster has at last been begun by the select com- ; mittee of the Senate appointed for that pur- pose. The claimants have been divided into squads of five or six, and each Senator as- sumes the duty of examining one squad at a time. Yesterday Senator White of Call- fornia heard the first six and today Sena- tor Harris, chairman of the committee, took the testimony of six More. As fast as they are examined {nm relation to the ordi- nary circumstances of their individual cases they are sent to be éxamined by the board of surgeons in relation to their physical condition. The oath is administered at the Capitol by the Senator taking the testimony and this oath covers their examination by the board of surgeons. Meanwhile Senator Manderson is continuing his investigation of the death claims, twenty-two in number, which may occupy him for several weeks. The committee will not make a formal re- port in the matter until all the cases, both for injuries and for death, have been ad- Judicated. —_—_—__-e+__+—_— Have Been Recognise The President has recognized Julian 0. Ellingér as consular agent of France at Baltimore, Md.; Benjamin Adams, French consular agent at Charleston, S.C., and Eggers Forum, Danish vice consul at Pen- sacola, Fle The Allen Resolution Further Dis- cussed in the Senate. VIEWS AS 70 THE COXEY MOVEMENT Debate Stopped to Bring Up the Tariff Again. SHORT HOUSE SESSION When the Senate met a bunch of La France roses graced the desk to be occupied by Mr. Patton, the new Senator from Mich- igan, appointed to succeed the late Senator | Stcckbridge. Some routine business was transacted. The hearings given by the joint committees on naval affairs on the person- nel of the navy were ordered printed. Mr. Allen (Neb.) introduced a bill to repeal the act regulating the use of the Capitol grounds under which Coxey and his leuten- ants were prosecuted. Mr. Frye (Me.) presented the resolutions of the National Statistical Association in favor of a thorough reform of the consular service. Mr. Peffer introduced a resolution for the appointment of a special committee of three Senators to investigate the present condi- tion with especial reference to the prevail- ing business depression, and to report what legislation, if any, will afford relief. The Allen Resolution. The Allen resolution, to investigate the al- leged police clubbing on May 1, then <ame up, and Mr. Gordon (Ga.) took the floor. He probed the philosophy of the Coxey movement—looking at it, he said, from the southern standpoint, it would teach a wise lesson. Its inspiration was paternalism, that theory of government which, if indulged in, would increase the large brood of similar movements in the future and intensify their demands. It had had its origin in a great central, populous, wealthy state, justly noted for its intellygence and its de- votion to law and order. The divisions of the movement were moving upon Washing- ton from all section of the country save one. Every section of the country save one was turning a listening ear to Coxey’s ap- peal. That section was the south; the fact was marvelous for its isolation, monu- mental in the lesson it aught. This was not due to an absence of poverty in the south. The south was still poor; it had not yet wholly recovered from the condition in which it was left at the close of the war. It was not the abundance of currency in the south that accounted for its freedom | from Coxey movements; there was a great dearth of money there. It was not the presence of great national! projects for inter- nal improvements. It was not that the south was supplied with pensions and boun- | 'ties. The gputhern people, impoverished by war, were rightfully denied pensions. Their loyalty was not purchased by’ bounties, They had grown up to look upon the gov- ernment as the child of the people, not their master; their paid agent rather than their | employer. They would give it their full quota of support, as they would give their blood for its defense. The south also had negro labor, happy, contented, with few wants. The war and its lessons had taught the south through the bitterest of task- masters the necessity. of relying on man- hood, not government. That was the.les- son the country should learn and heed. Mr. Gordon then branched off into a dis- cussion of the for present con- ditions, which remedy he found in the de- x centralization of ‘power. © Favors the Resolution. Mr. Tell Mr. Teller (Col,), who followed Mr. Gor- e ution. “He aia not Gon, supported the resol care to discuss the propriety of the Coxey invasion, but it was of the highest impor- tance that every citizen of the United States should be entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He differed with Mr. Allen concerning the right of petition. Coxey had not been denied the right to ex- ercise it in the proper way. Coxey was a law-abiding citizen. He and his followers had trudged here through the rain and mud and were entitled to respectful con- sideration. He did not indorse the statute under which they had been arrested. The polige had treated them shamefully, and while he did not care to criticise the au- thorities, he thought they should have over- looked what was only a technical violation of the'statute at best. If the police had acted with the decency of the commonwealers there would have been no trouble. He did not think the Senate could refuse to investigate the po- ice elubbing. He himself would furnish the names of witnesses. Whether Coxey was a crank or not did not matter. His scheme was absurd, as were a great many others put forward in the hour of distress. But it Was not a wicked scheme; it only asked Congress to provide work for the unemployed. He had heard the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) advocate meas- ures not as sensible as Coxey’s and infinite- ly_more objectionable and indefensible. Everywhere in the country the opinién prevailed that Coxey and his men had been treated with unnecessary severity. If the alleged outrages were investigated the people would be satisfied. If pigeon-holed, on the other hand, it would inflame the peo- ple, increase the danger and risk from the Present condition of affairs and multiply the number of people who were marching on to this city. At the conclusion of Mr. Teller’s re- marks Mr, Stewart of Nevada got the floor. He maintained strenuously that Coxey had committed no offense, and drifted gradual- ly into a discussion of the general condition of the country, which he attributed entire- ly to the monetary policy of the govern- ment. Mr. Hoar’s Remarks. Mr. Hoar said he did not want to enter intd\ this debate. He thought it very un- He thought the people out of it understood this movement, vattempt to appeal to public preju- ld fall flat. Coxey knew that the law \ which he was convicted was on the statute books. He came here with the deliberate intention of violating it. He wanted to test the power of Congress in the court, and when he found both court and jury against him he set up a howl. When John Hampden refused to pay his ship money in England, the law, and was convicted, he did not whine, Congress must have the power to protect itself from disorderly ard tumultuous as- scmblies. Within four years after the adop- tion of the Constitution Congress fled in soldiery. There is danger, sald Mr. Hoar, in any such assemblages. They afford cover for one or two fanatics. It does not do to scoff. Within ten years an attempt has been made to bl w up the houses of parliament; within two years another at- tempt to blow up the French assembly, Two Presidents of the United States have been murdered; one in a crowd at a depot; the other in a crowd at a theater, by mis- guided and fanatical persons to whom the peaceable assemblages afforded an oppor- tunity to escape. This is why, in the pro- visions of the riot law of every state, when | the magistrate reads the act all the peo- ple must go home. A man may be there with peaceable intentions, but, if when the riot act Is read he refuses to go, he is liable | to punishment. Those who are peaceable | shield those. who are rot. “It is needless |for me,” said Mr. Hoar, drawing himself | up and looking about the chamber, his eyes pevsing when they reached Mr. Allen and Mr. Stewart, “to declare that I sympathize | with all of my fellows in distress. I sym- | pathize with them a great deal more than | seme of those who always prate of sym- pathy for the down-trodden in order to ad- var ce their disgraceful political ambitions.” The galleries bérst into ringing applause at this utterance, and in order to quell the | demonstration Mr. Faulkner, who was in! | United States. in order to page | haste from Philadelphia because of the | presence of a mob demanding pay for the | ration that the Senate would stand on its constitutional ‘rights, and that it would not be frightened into doing what was not best for the country by any mob demon- stration or by declarations, whether they came from the camp of Coxey or the Sena- tor from Nebraska. Mr. Harrie debate for the day with a few vigorous words. He had had ro sympathy, he de- clared, with the absurdities of Coxey move- mert; it was unworthy of serious con- sideration. The Tariff Bill Again. Mr. Gray (Del.) got the floor one minute before 1 o'clock, and was proceeding to say that he had never seen anything in connection with the Coxey movement that warranted Congress in taking the slightest notice of it, when the morning hour ex- pired, and Mr. Harris insisted upon going ahead with the tariff bill. When the bill was laid before the Sen- ate, Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) offered the amendment, of which he had heretofore given notice, concerning the tariff opera- ticns between this country and Canada. ‘He spoke briefly in support of this amend- ment, explaining that it simply provided for retaliation agatrist ‘Canada for high duties Imposed by. that country. Other Senators expressing a desire to speak upon the amendment, Mr. Gallinger withdrew it, with the intention of reintroducing it. The first h in the tariff schedules viz, that of acetic or pyroligenous acid, in the chemical sched was then taken up and Senator Allison, taking the floor, an amendment substituting the provision in the McKinley law on this article for ine provision in the pendihg bill of 20 per cent valorem. ad Mr. Allison spoke at some length against the change made from the present law, and he especially criticleed the change from specific to ad valorem duties. He called attention to the fact that the acetic acid duty in the Mills bill was in accordance with the specific system, and intimated that Mr. Mills had not, in that instance, been unfriendly to specific rates. Rising at this juncture, Mr. -Mills said the Iowa Sena- tor was doing him entirely too much honor. “I was not,” he sald, “responsible for the specific rates in the Mills’ bill. The Sena- tor knows very well that no one man makes @ tariff bill.” Mr. Mills Expresses His Views. Mr. Mills thought the acid should go on the'free list. The duty afforded no revenue. He drifted into a general discussion of the chemical schedule and the changes pro- posed in the amendments submitted last Monday. These changes were all from ad valorem to specific duties. Under specific duties the people had no knowledge of the tax burdens they were bearing. If there were forty-four Senators on his side of the chamber who thought as he did, the peo- ple would be having employment instead of walking the streets begging for bread. Lost by a Strict Party Vote. Mr. Allison's amerdment was lost by @ strict party wote, 27-82. Mr. Allison im- mediately modified his améhdment so as to make the duty on acetic or pyroligneous acid specific at rates from 1 to 3 cents per pound. A® the Senate was now on the chemical schedule, Mr. Lodge suggested that the feplies on this subject received by the finance committe to {ts circular in- quiries sMould be placed at the disposal of the Senate. Mr. Vest eaid that the printing of these replies had been stopped, because it was found that many of them were of- fersive. Mr. Chandler said he did not see how the replies from bu: men concern- ing tue bar could be ise than of- fensive. TRE HOUSE. The somber emblems of mourning cov- ered the desk ,of Representative Robert F. Brattan of Maryland, 6h which lay a ‘bunch of roses, When the Mouse met today. The chaplain to the loss of the Maryland member in suitable words and 5 , duord, let Thy light Test on the fam- they have Thy peace, the peace of God, which passeth: all understanding.” ting Hawaiian correspondence received yes- terday was laid before the House. Some routine morning business was trans- acted, and Mr. Kem (Neb,) called up the House bill for the .resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties, Neb.and asked unant- mous consent for its consideration. "The bill was passed. On motion of Mr. Pendleton of Texas the House passed the House bill granting the railroad companies’ in Indian territory ad- ditional powers to obtain right of way for depot grounds. Mr. Bankhead of Alubama, chairman of the committee on public butidings and grounds, introduced a resolution for the appropriation of $1,000 out of the contingent expenses of the House for the purpose of making Surveys in. the public parks of the city preliminary -to selecting a site for a government printing office. The resolution w to. r. Talbott of Maryland briefly announc- ed the death of his colleague, Mr. Brattan, and offered the customary resolutions, re- citing that the House had heard with sor- row of the death of Mr. Brattan, providing that a committee of seven members of the House should be appointed to act with a similar committee of the Senate, to attend the funeral at the late home of the de- ceased, and that the House, as a further mark of respect, should adjourn. The resolutions were adopted and Speaker appointed the following commit- tee: Messrs. Talbott of Mafyiand, Jones of Virginia, Causey of Delaware, Berry of Kentucky, Meyer of Louitiana; Hepburn of Iowa &nd Hudson of Kansas, and the House then, at 12:80, adjourned. Bra OEE CO-OPERATION DISCUSSED the At the Executive Committee Meeting of the Farmers’ Alli ce. The executive committee of the National Farmers’ Alliance. and Industrial Union met in this city today. Chairman Marion C. | Butler of Ncrth Carolina -presided. There was a kng discussion over the proposed formation of a Natioral Farmers’ Ex- change, to try co-operation on a vast scale. operation between 5,000,000 and 8,000,000 farmers for the purchase and sale of com medities used by agricultural interests, A part of the scheme has in view the fixing of the — of cereals in this country, in- stead of at Liverpool. It is asserted that this can be brought about by the co-operation of all the farmers’ organizations in the During the day a represen- tative of the Chilean government appeared before the committee and spoke of the de- sirability of trade reciprocity between | farmers of this country and Chile, in order | to obtain nitrates directly from that | country. Representatives of several roads also held a conference with the com- mittee, at which their co-operation with the farmers’ organizations for better rates | for agricultural freight and for summer encampments of the alliance was discussed. i asm THE TAYLOR NOMINATION. It Will Probably Be Disposed of This Afternoon. The Taylor nomination was again taken up by the Senate in executive session yes- ternoon afternoon, but as the case prom- ised to develop considerable debate it was allowed to go over until today, in order that the Senate might clear the calendar of unobjected nominations. It will be again brought before the Senate this afternoon, and it is the general expectation that it will be finally disposed of. ——— T Veneauelan Eart' Mr. Bartleman, United States charge at Caracas, Venezuela, has cabled the State Department as follows: “Earthquake April 27 destroyed cities of Edigo and Merida and several villages. Loss of life sald to be heavy. Assistance would be appreciated.” ———__+ e+ —— Costa Rica's President. The State Department is informed that the chair, was forced to use his gavel vigor- ously and threaten to clear the galleries. Mr. Hoar closed with an impressive decla- Rafael Inglesias has been inaugurated president of Costa Rica. closed the | 0, after “a lingering. {po P ethos ‘ilinesshas been called to his reward. May | ous germs, but at night it ts differens#” The The proposition discussed contemplates co- rail- | ‘EXTENSION GRANTED Commonwealers Have Until Tomor- row to Move Their Camp. DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY Mr. Coxey Talks About Health to the Authorities. THE CAMP A MENACE —_—o———— The army of the commonweal wants time to remove its camp. As stated in yester- | day's Star, Health Officer Hammett iasued | @ notice directing Gen. Coxey to vacate the | Premises and Owner Bensinger to abate the | Ruisance existing there within forty-eight hours. The notice reads as follows: | of square 595, cccupied by your men as @ | camp, it becomes my duty under the health | regulations to inform you that the place is | unfit for human habitation, the occupation of which is a menace to public health and Mable to disseminate disease in the com- | munity. You are therefore notified to va- cate said premises within forty-eight hours | from the receipt of this notice.” The receipt of this notice threw conster- nation in the camp of the commonwealers. Gen. Coxey, altho surprimed, n at all worried. He rte tt was otr > | means of dloposing of the arty titer it han means of of the arm: done 80 much to improve the conditions ex- isting at the camp when the army first oc cupied it. At any rate, he determined to | confer with the Commissioners and get an extension of time if possible. Armed with the notice to quit, he called upon the health (officer this morning to discuss the situation. Mr. Hammett Well Informed. “Well, doctor, I received your notice to vacate the camp, and have come to ask you the reason such notice was issued,” said Gen. Coxey, opening the conversation. “Briefly speaking, the camp is unhealthy, unsanitary and a menace to health,” re plied the health officer. “But, are you aware of the improvements | in the shape of sanitary arrangements that | have been made there since we have oc- cupied it?” questioned the chief of the com- | monwealers. |. “Yes. I know all about that, but they |have not been in accordance with regulations. You are ying eighty and the law requires that every lot so | cupied shall be provided with a privy ections.”” ab bake. » “that in the case of a cupying an entire square of eighty or one hundred lots that you would require eighty c= hundred privies and sewer connec- ns?” | “But that is not @ parallel case,” said Dr. Hammett. “The owner of that property has subdivided it into eighty lots, and these | ots are occupied separately.” Continuing, Dr. Hammett said: “There can be no doubt as to tary condition of your camp. I have been | familiar with the place for twenty-three years and know it well. The emanations from the ground, which is filled ground, are deleterious to health. Why, the owner of the lot told me yesterday that he would not think of corralling his horses here. If houses were erected there the situation would be different. The floors then would be a barrier to the foul odors from ground. Now it is well sun and é é noxious odors from the canal enly serve to | Increase the liability to disease. Why, Mr, | Coxey, the continuation of that camp is | likely to breed typhus fever. Then there is |@ likelihood of dysentery, which is almost | ‘Mr, Health Officer,” rejoined Gen. Coxey, | “there was cause enough there before the army arrived to make the whole neighbor- hood unhealthy. We have removed the cause, and have increased the sanitary con- | dition 10 per cent. Drain pipes have been laid, sewer and water connections nave been np is, in my opinion, jm as good sanitary condition as any house im the neighborhood. An Interruption. While the conversation was golag on, Mr. | George W. White called to enter a protest against members of the army depositing ma- jnure and other filth on Riley's whert It was becoming a serious nuisauee, and ex dangering the health of the citizens in that | vicinity. | Dr. Hammett ordered an inspector to ge at once to the locality and stop further dumping there. Resuming, Dr. Hammett said: “According to the reports made to me by | the physicians sent to investigate the mat- ter, it would take at least six months to | put the camp in a sanitary condi-ioa. I can’t understand how human beings can want to | ive in that place.” | Ca Jrant Extension. | “There is where you misunderstand us, doctor, We have no desire to remain there. We have traveled hundreds of miles to better our condition, not to make it worse. |And we have been exerting ourselves to | make cur camp sanitary. Why, we occupy the same position that thousands of peo- ple do who live in tenement houses all over the country. They are anxious to get away | from their surroundings and better their |ccnditions, and so ate we. But let's to business. What I want is an extension of time in which to move. We have some equities, and don’t enjoy being evicted without a chance.” “The power to grant an extension does rot rest with me,” replied Dr. Hammett. “I am simply an executive officer and am | carrying out the orders of my superiors. You will have to get an extension from the Commissioners or stand the consequences.” + The chief of the commonwealers then tarted for the District building and ob- | tained a hearing before the board of Com- | m‘ssioners. An Exteni Granted. “I am before you, gentlemen, to ask for |an extension of time in which to move the ccmmorweal camp. We have complied with all regulations, but there seems a Gisposi- tion to get us out. And we want to go, but certainly time should be given in which to find another camp. We don’t want to be thrown into the streets and become a pub- ie charge.” Comnmussioncr Ross stated that there was apprehension among a large number of citizens lest a pestilence should break out in the camp, and the Commissioners were simply acting in behalf of the citizens in ordering the army to move its camp to some more sanitary location. The report of the heaith officer made that imperative. “The health officer should direct his at- tention to the pools of stagnant water om the outside of the camp,” interjected Gen. Coxey. “That shows the surroundings are bad and is another argument to move,” naively rejoined Commissioner Ross. “Gentlemen, we want to move and have been doing our utmost to get another camp. My arrest has been responsible for the de- lay. Even now an effort is being made to | get another place.” Finally Commissioner Ross said he had no objection to granting an extension, provided due diligence was employed to find another camp, and,with the consent of Capt. Powell, Gen. Coxey was given until tomorrow after- noon to find another camp and report im person to the Commissioners | To Hear Coxey’s Requests. | Representative Ikirt of Ohio has intro- duced the following resolution in the House: Whereas, in view of the fact that Ameri- can citizens, however misguided they may be in the methods they employ, are report- ed as coming to Washington in the belief that by so doing they and others may be benefited thereby; and Whereas the right of petition is = = ot

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