Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR eae onend PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, pina bh Some mite ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscrihe:s in the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week, or 44c. per month. Coples at the counter cents ‘each. By ma{l—anywhere in the United States or Canadi—postage prepald-—50 cents per Menth. Saturday quintupl> Sheet fe ald “a — post: tered at the Fmt Oihes at Washiagton, D. C., €s second-class mail matter.) mic E7-Ali mail su'mertptions rust be paid in advarce. Rates of advertising made known on application. ar, $1.00 per year; Che Hen ny Star. Vor. 85, No. 20,942. FREE RAW MATERIAL ———+ That isa Fundamental Principle of the Democratic Party. WR. HILL'S SPEECH IN THE SENATE Spi He Urges the Senate to Retract Without Delay. AGREES WITH THE PRESIDENT Semaine peemanciin Senator Hill's speech in the Senate was remarkable from the fact that he agreed almost entirely with the views of the Pres- ident, as expressed in his letter to Con- gressman Wilson, although he did not de- fend either the propriety of writing that letter or of making it public. Several times he was interrupted by applause in the gal- lertes to such an extent that the presiding @fficer was obliged to warn spectators against a repetition. Mr. Hill said: A theory as well as a condition now con- fronts us. The theory of the democratic irty is that in the enactment of tartff leg- lation free raw materials should always be an essential and conspicuous element. it ts our creed that the materials which enter into our manufactures should be freed from the burden of tariff taxation. The best interests of the manufacturers as well as the consumers of the land demand the Tecognition of this wise discrimination. We are committed to this side of the question and cannot retreat and we cannot retract. We are honorably bound to redeem our professions and our promises. Justice, good faith and a decent regard for public sentiment all require this course. Until recently I had supposed that there spute upon this question of prin- that every democrat worthy of name was willing to concede that it there was one thing more than another to Which the democratic party was committed it was in favor of the doctrine of absolutely free raw materials. Committed to Free Raw Materinis. ‘The true and honest construction of every @emocratic national platform for twelve years past irrevocably commits us to this just and reasonable principle. Mr. Hill read the democratic national plat- form of 1892 and continued: To repeal the McKinley law in form stm- Ply, to re-enact it in effect, is keeping this Promise to the letter, but breaking it in spirit. The platform pointed with pride and deliberately approved the measures for free fron ore, free lead ore, free coal and fiee weol, which were pending in Congress at the time Of the convention. If any democratic orator in any part of the country, forgetting the interests of the whole land and subserving the supposed in- tezests of a locality, promised the people of a@ny state or section that there would be any exception made to the enforcement of the general principie of free raw materials when the democrats should obiain power, he exceeded his authority and misinterpret- ed our position Clevel: ‘s Letter of Acceptance. It is said by some, in justification of or @xcuse for their present action, that the President's letter of acceptance in 1802 modiiled the extreme demands of our plat- form. It is true that some portions of his letter may tend to bear that construction. It was not that bold, ringing and explicit declaration in favor of the platform which Bis party had a right to expect, but was tegarded by many as timid, cautious and conservative; but whether this criticism is or is not well founded, the fact remains that he had no power or authority to or alter one line or sentence or pro- Pm of the national [pacer which had deliberately vention duly assembied. No President can be above his party; no Presiient can dic- tate to his party; ro President can change his party's platform. But nc matter what idea it may be claim- ed was intended to be conveyed in his let- ter of acceptance in mitigation or modificu- tion of the platform, there can be no doubt a@s to the President’s position at this time upon this essential principle of free raw Wateriais. Let me read from that remarkable letter of the President's, which was yesterday eubmitted to the House of Representatives. It expresses better than I can hope to do the true, sound and logical position of the democratic party upon this question. Approves the President's Position. After reading extracts from this letter Mr. Hill went on as follows: Mr. President, I approve every word that I have quoted. It is an honest and manly statement of the true attitude which the Party should assume in this crisis. I am not required to defend the propricty or wisdom of the promulgation of this let- ter at this peculiar time. It may have been irdiscreet, it may operate as a firebrand to spread the flames of discord already Kindled among perty friends, honestly di fering, 2s I am disposed to concede, upon questions of public and party policy. It ray widen the breach already existing fm this Senate, and in that view it may be regarde unfortunate and ill-advised. It was a time for diplomacy, statesmanship and conciliation, rather than reerimination, enunciation and arraignment. But aside from the question of its mere expediency, L am here to defend the President's letter in so far as it demands that the party shall mot be led astray into the violation of demo- cratic pledges and principles. Upon the question of free raw materials the President is right, and you know it. You cannot answer his arguments. You cennot successfully dispute his propost- tions. You cannot deubt his sincerity and atriotism. You must yield In the end to is views. You cannot stand up against the sentiment of the great democratic Inasses of the country, which will rally around the President in his contset with you upon this particular branch of the sub- Ject. Now fs the Time to Yield. — The time to yield is now, before there is further humiliation, embarrassment and discord. Mr. President, having demenstrated that the true democratic theory of revenue re- form requires that free raw materials should be its distinguished feature, let us | next inquire what is the condition waich now confronts us? The Senate bill which has been vielates this democtatic theory, and while it reduces the duty on iron, coal, lead and some other raw materials, from those {m- pesed under the McKinley law, and in that Fespect Is commendable, it nevertheiess imposes tome duties thereon and thereby fails to redeem our pledzes. It is not a question of the amount of duties which may be imposed, a question of principle is in- volved, and a single penny’s duty violates cur promises and piaces us in a false posi- tion. As the President weil says, there ean be no corpromise on a matter of t character, where a stake. The House of Representatives, fresh from nh ich represents mor2 dis- tinetly and peculiarly than we do the tax- ing power of the psople, repidiates our Dill, and a democratic President has em- phasized that repudiation which confronts us in one of extreme embarrassment M we retreat or advance? Shall we surrender to the House while we can do so Xonorably, or shall we wait unul we are driven to it? The House Caunot Retreat. In the lght of the letter of the President the House cannot honorably retreat. It has no other alternative except to Insist Upon its bill, wherein it previces for free vital principle is a WASHINGTON. D. 0., FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1894—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. raw materials. The President cannot ap- prove the Senate bill after what he has said in this remarkable letter. He arraigns the Senate and intimates that the enactment of the Senate bill means “party pe: idy and party dishonor.” These are strong words, which the President of the United States would not use towards a measure which he ever expected afterwards to approve. A Veto Foreshadowed. This letter, unusual and unprecedented in its character and method of promulgation though it may be, nevertheless clearly fore- shadows a veto of the Senate bill, even if the House should finally concur in our amendments. What person would expect the President to approve the Senate bill after its vigorous and scathing denuncia- tion contained in his letter. You would thirk less of him for his glaring incon- sistency. . No, this letter is significant. It is bold, vigorous, even if imprudent; it means war to the knife against the Senate bill; it jus- tifles much that has been said against the Senate bill during all the last three months; it means that it can never receive executive approval; it means that the Senate cannot be permitted to abandon or surrender the great underlying principles for which we struggled and lost in 188%, and fought and won in 1892. The President is right; there is no mid- dle ground which we can occupy. No bill which does not provide for free raw mate- rials can be permitted to become a law. it is unnecessary to enter.into any argu- ment to define or designate what articles constitute raw materials. Every democrat knows what they are. Any article may be considered raw material when it is in the lowest or crudest form in which it enters into commerce. That definition ts ample and sufficient, and will redeem our pledges if it is honestly applied. The party plat- form was for free, not freer, raw materials, as is now ingentously contended. If the President in his wiséom had seen fit, while the debate was progressing in the Senate, to have aided my efforts to secure adhesion to this principle, by expressing his views In favor thereof in some proper and legitimate way, I should have been gratified, and it unquestiorably would have been of practical benefit to the cause. I rejoice that he has expressed them even now, although I am not required to defend the manner end form of their presentation, even if,they require defense, which I do not assume. As to Sugar. I respectfully differ from the President in his assumption that a tax upon sugar is necessary at this time, conceding that an income tax is to be retained. Clearly both are not needed for any legitimate pur- poses of the treasury. The President speaks of the “democratic principle and policy which lead to the taxation of sugar.” He asserts that in the taxation of sugar ‘we are in no danger of running’ counter to democratic principles.”” 1 desire only to suggest that if it was de- sirable that sugar should be taxed “as a legitimate and Jogical article of revenue taxation,” as he now says, it seems strange that the President did not, in his last an- nual message, make some intimation, sug- gestion or recommendation to that effect. He indorsed the Wilson bill explicitly in his message, although it provided substan- tially for free raw sugar. He permitted the House to pass that measure without a word of protest, suggestion or advice that there should be a tax on sugar, which has come to be largely regarded as one of the neces- saries of life. Secretary Carlisle, the trusted financial officer of his cabinet, speaking unquestion- ably ex cathreda, outlined with great care the essential provisions of the proposed tariff reform bill,but made no recommenda- tion whatever for a tax upon sugar. While free sugar was being carried through the House the administration remained quiet and passive, but now, after the House has acted and the country has been led to ex- pect free sugar, the administration shows its hand and declares for a duty upon it. I am not now antagonizing its suggestion, I am simply stating the facts of recent his- tory. Under the existing circumstances— with an Income tax retained in this bill— I voted for free sugar before, and I shall do so again. In my judgment the House cannot now honorably retreat from its position In favor of free sugar. The President's suggestion came too late. The Senate must recede from its amendments. ean cp ee READY TO SAIL. ‘The Columbia Of ‘The Navy Department was advised to- day that the Columbia would complete her coaling before night, and would sail imme- diately from Staten Island for Norfolk. She will take aboard some engineering and other supplios there, and leave not later than Sunday, ft Is expected, for Blueflelds. Though she fs a triple-screw vessel, she will not use more than two engines on the run, in order to save coal, but even with these she should make about fifteen knots an hour, or over 20 miles a day, which would place her off Bluefields, lowing a day for coaling at Port Royal, W. L, Sunday week. Capt. Sumner’s orders are to protect the interests of Americans resident fn Blue- fields who have not been involved in the present troubles. Such Americans as have taken up arms against the Nicaraguan government and become parties to the revolution have thereby placed themselves j beyond the paie of protection which the United States can accord, under the terms of international law, and it is likely to fare badly with them if the Nicaraguaas regain control of the Mosquito reservation. Little doubt fs entertained here that this will be the result of the upricing, and that in the end the Mosquitos will be allowed to con- trol their local affairs, while Nicaragua will exercise sovereignty over the reserva- tion and police the country. As this is entirely consonant with the terms of the treaty of Managua, by which Great Britain relinquished her assertion of a protectorate over the Mosquito coast, according to advices received here the British government is not expected to offer any objection, and in fact there its good ground for the statement that that gov- ernment is entirely willing to accept any arrangement looking to the establishment of a stable and strong government at Blue- flelds that will command the support of the United States. Inasmuch as there has been some doubt expressed as to the wisdom of sending so fine a craft as the Columbia into tropical waters at this season it may be stated that this order was made because the Columbia is the only ship on the North Atlantic sta- tion ready to go to sea at short notice for a long cruise. -—_——_—+>-e-+__. SUGAR TRUST INVESTI Broker Derickson Says He Never Placed an Order for Senator Camden. The Senate sugar trust investigating com- mittee, with Senators Gray, Lindsay and Davis present, reopened the investigation today to the extent of examining S. B. Deriekson of the New York brokerage firm of W. B. Wheeler & Co. Mr. Derickson testified that his firm never had ced any order for sugar stock or for any other stock for either Senator Camden or any other United Siates Senator. He also stated that he had volunteered to come before the committee, because of a publication in a New York paper cf a few days ago, which, while his name had not been given, had so described him as to make ft appear that he had received orders for the purchase of sugar certiticates by Senators, and implied that Senator Ca: was one of the Senators who had isinal order In his possession. He suppos- ed that he was the man meant. A repre- sentative of the paper in question, Mr. Der- tckson testified, had called on him for the A MOB AGAIN BUSY Freight Train Attacked and Cars Set on Fire. SOON DISPERSED BY THE MILITIA = aee Troops to Be Kept at Hammond for Some Time. REGULARS FOR BUTTE i HAMMOND, Ind., July 20.—A mob of 500 men attacked a freight train on the Lake Shore read at Whiting last night and suc- ceeded in stopping 11. Coupling pins were drawn and air-brake hose cut, and the torch was ,applied to many of the cars. The alarm was given, and two companies of militia were hurried to the scene. The crowd showed a disposition to fight, and two volleys were fired by the troops. It is not thcught that ary one was seriously hurt. < After dispersing the rioters the troops turned their attention to saving the train. The flames were extinguished and the cars coupled and the train sent on its way with a heavy guard. All trains are now being run under military protection. Troops Needed at Hammond. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 20.—Gov. Matthews says that notwithstanding that the strike has been declared off at Ham- mond, he will not recall the state militia from that place for several days. He thinks it will be necessary for 200 soldiers to re- main there for some time. The Regulars Bound for Butte. BUTTE, Mont:, July 20.—General Agent Mazee of the Union Pacific stated last even- ing that the train bearing the Omaha bat- talion of regulars would arrive in Pocatello at 4 o'clock this morning, which would put them in Butte about fifteen hours later. To Prevent Strikes. CHICAGO, July 20.—The civic federation of Chicago has started a movement, which, it is thought, will tend toward a solution of the labor question and will prevent strikes and other troubles of the kind. The plan is to hold a congress of representatives of em- ployers and employes, similar to the parli ment of religions held in this city last year. The representatives of these bodies will confer and give the results of their expert ences and adopt some measures of concilia- tion which wilf avert strikes in the future. A date for the proposed conference has not yet been set. ‘To Put the Strikers Back. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 20.—President Scan- lon of the local A. R. U. has evolved a scheme by which he thinks he will be able to secure the reinstatement of all the strik- ers in their old positions, He will depend upon the shippers to help him out. He be- Neves that if they petition the local railway managers to take back the old men they will do so. The strikers, however, have lit- Ue faith in the scheme. Badly Beaten by Strikers. BRAZIL. Ind., July 20.—Conductor Bur- nett, a non-unionist on the Chicago and Eastern Iilinots road, was attacked by a crowd of strikers here and badly beaten. He escaped, closely pursued, to a furniture store, where he secreted himself until offi- cers arrived. ypement of a Mother and Daughters. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 20.—An elope- ment from Knoxville, Tenn., has culminated in the sensational arrest here of all the Principals in the affair. Mrs. Mattle Lan- des, a fine-looking woman, aged fifty; Wil- lam H. Lovell, a well-dressed man of for- ty-three, and C. 8. Jennings, a fashionable- looking young man, are all in jail here. The three were arrested by detectives at No. 1702 West Walnut street, on a warrant sworn out by G. W. Landes of Knoxville. Landes, who ts said to be in comfortable circumstances financially, came to Louis- ville from Knoxville a few days ago, and at once called on Chief of Detectives Owens and told him his troubles. According to his statement, his daughter Nellie, a beautiful young woman, aged nineteen, had been re- ceiving attentions from C. 8. Jennings against his wishes. He also stated that he had suspected his wife of being on much too friendly terms with William H. Lovell. On July 6, he sald, the whole party eloped, taking with them two smaller children. The older daughter was accompanied by Jen- nings. The house at No. 1702 West Walnut Street was rented, and they had been liv- ing there since. ndes spent nearly two weeks searching for them before he came to this city. He secured the assistance of the detectives, who succeeded in locating the guiity parties. The older daughter was not locked up, be- ing left to take care of the younger chil- dren. —<$<— NO SIGNAL LIGHTS BURNING. Ditching of Train at mn Express Summit, Ill. CHICAGO,July 20.—The Chicago and Alton express which left here at 9 o'clock last night was derailed at the Belt Line crossing near Summit. The engine and first four cars left the track, the mail and baggage car being overturned. One mail clerk was probably fatally hurt, and two others re- ceived painful injuries. Several passengers were badly shaken up and bruised, but none of them were seriously hurt. The engineer of the wrecked train says there were no signal lights displayed. The deraifling switch was set to ditch approaching trains, as a Belt Line train was then switching on the crossing. —_s——;, STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. A Small Kentucky Town Badly Dam- aged. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 20.—Wilmore, a small town in Jessamine county, was badly damaged by a cyclone last night, and at least a dozen people were injured, one of them fatally. The Holiness camp meeting was struck and every tent and cottage de- stroyed. In the country about Wilmore at least twenty-five farm houses were greatly damaged, and some of them were wrecked entirely. Trees were mowed down by hun- dreds, crops just harvested destroyed, and the damage from wind and rain is very great. > MANY PROSTRATIONS, Much Suffering Caused by the Heat. PITTSBURCm Pa., July 20.—The torrid weather of the bast three days has cause; many prostrations and much suffering among mill workers. Yesterday was the hottest day_in seven years, the mercury climbing to 97 degrees. At 10 o'clock today the temperature was 91 degrees, and rising, with no prospects of immediate relief. information, and he had refused to say any-| So far no de>+h= ‘som heat here been re- thing to hip ported. MANY ARMY CHANGES Dotaile and ‘Transfers of Officers at Many Posts. Lieutenants Sent for Instruction to the Schools and With Light Bat- tertes—The Full Lisi The following transfers to and from the instruction batteries at the Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., and to and from light batteries and details of lieutenants for in- struction at the schcol and with light bat- teries are ordered, to take effect September 1 and October 1, respectively: First artillery—First Lieut. T. Bentley Mott, from light battery K to battery F; First Lieut. Harry L. Hawthorne, from bat- tery F to battey A; First Lieut. Joseph 8. Oyster, from battery A to light battery K; Second Lieut. Frank W. Coe, from battery A to battery F, vice Second Lieut. Eugene T. Wilson, from battery F to battery A. Second Lieuts. Sawyer Blanchard and Wm. Chamberlaine are detailed for instruction at the schoo:. Second Lieut. Wm. Lassiter will be relieved from duty at the school and will join his proper battery. Second artillery—First Lieut. Isaac N. Lewis, from battery K to battery I, vice First Lieut. Cornelius DeW. Wilcox, from battery I to battery K; First Lieut. Chas. F. Parker, from battery B to battery I, vice First Lieut. Ernest Hinds, from bat- tery I to battery B. Lieut. Parker will be relieved from duty with the first artillery at such time as will enable him to join at the proper date the battery to which he is transferred. Second Lieut. Maurice G. Krayenbuhl, from light battery F to bat- tery I, vice Second Lieut. Moses G. linksi, from battery I to light battery F; First Lieut. Edward FE. Gayle, from light battery F to battery E; First Lieut. Edwin 8. Curtis, from battery I. to light battery A; First Lieut. Herman C, Schumm, from light battery A to light battery B. Second Lieut. George Blakely is detailed for in- struction at the school. Second _Lieuts. Clint C. Hearn and Daniel W. Ketcham will be relieved from duty at the school and will join their proper batteries. Third artillery.—Firet Lieut. Elmer W. Hubbard, from battery L to battery B, vice First Lieut. Charles C. Gallup, from’ bat- tery B to battery L; First Lieut. George O. Squier, from battery D to battery M, vice First Lieut. John R. Williams, from battery M to battery D; Second Lieut. Jay B. Hoffer, from battery D to battery M, vice Second Lieut. George LeR. Irwin, from battery M to battery D; Second Lieut. Jas. Hamilton, from battery A to light battery C, vice Second Lieut. Peyton C. March,from light battery C to battery A; Second Lieut. William 8. MeNair.is detailed for instruc- tion at the school. The following named officers will be re- Neved from duty at the school: First Lieut. Charles T. Menoher, Second Lteut. Archi- bald Campbell, Third Lieut. John P. Hains. Lieutenants Menoher and Hains will join their proper batteries. » Lieut. Campbell Will report ‘to the commanding officer Fort Bar- rancas, Florida, fot duty with battery G, third artillery, as attached thereto. Fourth artillery,—First Lieut, Alfred M. Hunter, from battery L to battery H, vice First Lieut. Alexander B. Dyer, from bat- tery H to battery L; Second Lieut. John T. Martin, from ight battery B to battery H, vice Second Lieut. Thomas B. Lamoreux, from battery H to light battery B; Second Lieut. Andrew Hero, jr., from battery A to battery E; Second Lieut. David M. King, from battery K to battery A. Second Lieut. Samue! A. Kephart is detailed for instruc- tion at the school. Second Lieut. Morris K. Barroll will be relieved from duty at the school and will be relieved from duty with light battery F, as attached thereto. First Lieut. John C. W. Brooks, from battery M to light battery B; First Lieut. Harry R. Anderson, from light battery B to battery I; First Lieut. Wirt Robinson, from battery I'to battery M. First Lieut. Wm. Everett will be relieved from duty with light bat- tery F, and will report for duty with bat- tery D, as attached thereto. First Lieut. James L. Wilson will be relieved from duty with battery D, and will report for duty with battery L, as attached thereto. Fifth artillery.—First Lieut. William R. Hamilton will be relieved from duty at the school and will join his proper battery. The following named officers are detailed for in- struction at the school: First Lieut. Harvey c. Carbaugh, Second Lieut. Sidney 8. Jor- dan, Second Lieut. Delamere Skerrett, Sec- ond Lieut. Edward F. McGlachin, jr. Sec- ond Lieut. Willlam C. Davis will be relfeved from his present duties and will join his proper battery (G) for instruction at the school. First Lieut. Edward T. Brown will be relieved from duty with light battery D and will report for duty with battery M. First Lieut. John D. Miley will be relieved from duty with light battery F and will re- port for duty with battery F. Second Lieut. Louis R. Burgess will be relieved from duty with battery A and will report for duty with light battery F. ‘The officers of the new detail for the Ar- tillery School will report for duty at Fort Monroe, Va., September 1. Those trans- ferred or relieved from duty with batteries serving at that station who ere not on de- tached service or under orders for such se: vice will join their new batteries or th to which they are assigned within thirty days. Such officers, except Mirst Lieut. Edwin 8. Curtis, second artill’ —_will report for duty with the light batteri_s on October 1, when those relieved will proceed to join the bat- teres to which they are transferred or as- signed. Leave of absence for three months, to take effect about August 1, is granted Sec- ond Lieut. Robert W. Rose, fifth infentry. The following transfers in the nin ‘eenth Fienk RE; infantry are crdered: First J ‘cut. McIntyre, from company H t> cvnnen First Lieut. Thomas G. Hanson, { on pary E to company H; Second L’cut. ter L. Taylor, twentieth infantry, now at Birmingham, Ala., will report in person to the governor of Alabama for temporary duty with the Alabama state troops. CAPT. EVANS’ ASSIGNMENT. It Settles the Detail for the Chief of the Navigation Bureau. The assignment of Gapt. Robley D. Evans to the command of the cruisér New York is an indication that the friendly contro- versy between Capt. Evans and other naval officers for the detail of chief of the bureau of navigation has been settled in favor of the incumbent, Admiral Ramsay, who, now that his chief competitor is out of the way, will undoubtedly be. lowed to serve out his entire four years’ term. Capt. Evans was given the command of the New York— undoubtedly the finest fighting machine in the navy—as a solace to his disappointment in not getting the brueau chiefship. His failure in that respect is a matter of gen- eral surprise in the navy, as his well-known favor with the President inspired the gen- eral belief that he could get almost anything he wanted in the way,of an assignment. He is now in New York city, undergoing an operation on his wounded leg. It is gen- erally understood that the New York will succeed the Chicago as the flagship of the European station in the fall. os A Steady Sprend of Cholera. Reports recetved at the marine hospital bureau show a steady spread of the cholera in Europe. Surgeon Irwin reports by cable the first case in Berlin. A cablegram from Commander Robertson says that the cook of the steamship Helix, just arrived in Hamburg from St. Petersburg, died on the 1sth of Asiatic cholera, and Consul Savage, writing July 7, announces several cases in Nantes, France, —-e-—____—_ Left for New York. ‘The practice ship Bancroft left the League Island navy yard yester6ay for New York. AN INVESTIGATION Charges Against Board of Children’s Guardians to Be Examined. THE BOUND BILL APPROVED, Senate District Committee Upholds National Obligations. OTHER BILLS REPORT=ID Bae ee nee on The District committee of the Senate held today one of its most important meetings of the present session of Congress, and dis- posed of eighteen bills of local importance. Shortly after the meeting was called to- gether at 10:30, Senator McMillan called the attention of the chair to the debate which took place last Monday in the Senate when the District appropriation bill was under consideration. He spoke particularly of the speech of Senator Blackburn, in which the board of children’s guardians was severely arraigned. Mr. McMillan said that Mr. Blackburn, while uot making charges himself against the board, hed al- luded to charges made by others, and had intimated great irregularities and inef- ficiences in the conduct of the business of the board. In view of this fact, the Sen- ator said, a special meeting of the board was called last evening and it was then voted unanimously to request an investiga- tion by Congress of the charges spoken of by Mr. Blackburn, He, therefore, in his capacity as spokesman for the board when the bill was under consideration in the Senate, presented this request to the com- mittee as the proper body to consider it, and he formally asked that an in qu into the methods of the board might be insti- tuted by the committee. This statement caused quite a sens in the committee, and there was a brief de bate, at the conclusion of which aa tor Harris put the question to the committee and {t Was unanimously decided thet an inquiry should be ordered, Inasmuch as the board had made the request. The chairman thereupon appointed Senators MeMillan, Gallinger and Martin a subcommit to in- vestigate any charges that have been or that may be brought forward ag: the board of children’s guardians. Senator Me- ion Millan said to a Star reporcer after the | meeting that it was evident, from Mr. Blackburn's remarks, that somebody had been talking about the board in a disparag- ing way, and whether justly or unjustly he thought the matter should be thoroughly inquired into. He said he did not beli that the committee would have a chance to get together and begin its investigation at this session of Congress, but the adjourn- ment, he added, would vy uo means pre- vent action by the committee at the earliest possible moment. Sewer Extension Favored. The important subject discusse] during the meeting was the bill known in the Senate as the trun\ cower extcasion bill, and in the House as tie bond Issue bill. This measure has been in charge of Senator Proctor during the past few days, for the purpose of consultation with the District Commissioners, and he submitted a repert today favoring the passage of the bill, and uphoding the principle contained in the or- ganic act creating the District government, which provides for the assumption of one- half the District expenditures by the general government. The House committee ignored this principle in its action upon the bill, but the position of the Senate committee, as outlined in the report drawn up by Senator Proctor, and adopted at this morning's meeting as the sense of the committee,recog- nizes the obiigations of the national govern- ment in the premises. The report of the committee follows: ‘The District's Share. “The general principles of the bill have been discussed so fully in the report on the duplicate bill submitted in the House that this committee adopts as Its own the House report, except so much of it as charges the whole cost against the revenues of the District. This committee holds that the ynited States in ‘organic act’ assumed to vear one-half of the expenses of the Dis- trict, and that this stipulation was intended to be and should be a tinal settlement of the financial relations between the government and the District; that the settlement was a just one to the United States; that it hes stood for sixteen years, and the faith of the government is, in the opinion of the com- mittee, pledged to its continuance. 1t would not be in keeping with the dignity and honor of the government to break away now from this contract with the taxpayers of the national capital. It is true ‘highway act’ does contain a provision re- lieving the United States of any part of the expense incurred thereunder, but that pro- visto was not in the bill’ when it first passed the Senate, and was not considered by the Senate committee on the District as a permanent departure from the pjan of the organic act. That it is a departure at all is the strongest possible reason for its im- mediate abrogation.” Some Amendments. A rumber of amendments were adopted by the committee and reported with the bill. The following new paragraph stituted for the corresponding prov the seccnd section: “And the said Com- missioners are also hereby authorized to expend the additional sum of $2,009,000, or so much as may be required, in grading and curbing all existing streets and avenues in the sircets of Washirgton and Georgetown which are not so improved, and to expend the balance of said sum which may remain after providing for the above mentioned work ir improving any of the streets and avenues and in grading reservations here- tofore or hereafter laid out and opened un- der the act of March 2, 180%, or any of the existing ‘streets, roads or avenues in the District, including the necessary bridges and culverts.” The committee also inserts a provision that the bonds to be issued si be in denominations of $10,000 and $1,000, d strikes out the provision that they ‘shal be engraved and print- ed at the expense of the District.” Anew provision is made to cover this point, as follows: “The Commis- stoners of the District are hereby authorized and directed to provide for the payment of all expense connected with the engraving, issuing, advertising and redemption of the aforesaid bonds upon vouchers to be ap- roved by the treasurer of the United tates.” A new paragraph ts added after the third section, th “Any of the bonds hereby authorizad r-ay be called In for pay- ment, in numerical order, after the expira- tion of twenty-five years from July 1, 18, by the treasurer of the United States or by a chicular notice mailed to the recorded ad- dress of the holders of the bonds so to be called, cr their representatives, describing said bonds by their numbers; and interest on the bonds so selected for payment shail cease at the expiration of thirty days from the dete of mailing such notice.” Under the provision for advertising for the work the committee strikes out the line “except for improving streets, avenues and reservations,” and this is explained in the report as follows: “The committee oppose this an-endment for the reason that in their view it + the safer and better way to adhere b> the general system adopted in government work of all kinds that pro- posals should be invited and the work should be done by centract where it is of any considerable amount.” This report, including the House report and letters from Commissioners and the board of trade, was presented to the Senate later in the day, and ordered to be printed. Eckington Bill Reported. The bill to amend the charter of the Eck- irgton and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Com- pany was onlered to be favorably reported by Mr. McMillan. Certain amendments were adopted, the nature of which may be best shown by the report of Senator Mc- Millan, as follo’ “The Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company now has a franchise which enables the company to extend its lines to 7th street and Louisiana avenue. A terminal on any street involv- ing the switching of cars on that street for the return trip is highly objectionable, and the object of this bill is to allow the com- pary to make a loop which will avoid such switching. By the terms of the bill the company is to occupy Louisiana avenue j between Sth and (th streets by a single track, then to go on 6th street across Penn- sylvania avenue to the Baltimore and Po- tomac station; thence west on the tracks of the Anacostia railway to 9th street; thence north on the tracks of the Metro- politan Company to D street; thence east on D street to 5th, where the tracks join the rout: of the company, as already pro- vided for. By means of such a loop the passengers on this road will be brought to the Baltimere and Potomac station and the city market. The new tracks necessarily, would occupy seven blocks on strecis which may, in the judgment of the committee, properly be used for street roads for the convenience of the public. Should this bill become a law, passengers in West Was! ington as far as lth street would be a commodated with facilities for reaching the market and railroad station. When this company shall have completed the exten- sions already provided for, the people liv- ing as far north as the Soldiers’ Home will also be able to gain access to the center of the city.” Other Bills Considered. The bill introduced some time ago by Mr. Harris to provide for the making of re- turns to the clerk's office of marriage serv- ices in the District of Columbis was re- jected by the committee, and a favorabie report was ordered upon the bill subse- quently introduced by Mr. Harris on the 22d of June, amending the laws. This bill was in the nature of a substivute for the other bill, and prescribes the form pt license, and requires the officiating clergyman to make a return to the clerk within thirt: days upon a coupon attache This bill was rv ed favor- ced upon the calendar. Washing- to authorize the and Mount Vernon Rai in, was fa con- committee, aud Senator directed to make a favoral srt with amendments that have been Uined already in The Star, regarding the | lcop at 15th street. Favorable reports were also authorized as follows: By Mr. Faulkner, on Senate | bill 1037, in relation to the separate prop- erty of married womea in the District; House bill 5711, to authorize the adoption of children in the District; Senate bill 20, i administrator; by Mr, Hunton, Senate bill 2118, authorizing the sale of the title of the United States to a tract of land in Montgomery county, Md., to William H. and George Bobinger; by Mr, Proctor, Senate bill 1980, to authorize the Great Falls Power Company to sell electricity for lights and power purposes in the Dis- trict, with amendments Adverse reports were ordered by the com- ittee upon the following bills: By Mr. McMillan, Senate bill 2059, to authorize and require the Washington and George- town Rallroad Company to make certain alterations in its lines; Senate bill 1574, providing for the reconstruction of the Aqueduct bridge, and Senate bill 2210, to provide for the re of piers of the Aque- duct bridge and its use by street rail- ways; by Mr. M incorporate the National Light and . Fuel | Company, and Senate bill 329, for the re- lief of the estate of Wi'llam B. Todd; by Mr. Faulkner, Senate bill 1157, a general act for the incorporation of street railway companies in the District; by Mr. Hunton, Senate bili 1702, to provide for the improve- ment of the public bathing beach in the District, carrying an appropriation of $20,- 600, and by Mr. Proctor, Senate bill 2014, to incorporate the National Gas, Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, and also Senate bill 2146, for the same purpose. The nomination of Mr. Church to be jus- tice of the peace for the District was con- sidered, and a favorable report was ordered to be made. —_———+-2+____ A SUGAR COMPROMISE. What. Representative Robertson Wanted to Offer, but Could Not. Representative Robertson of Louisiane was prepared to move instructions to the House tariff conferees on the sugar sched- ule when the bill was again sent to confer- ence, but the special rule left no opportun- ity for instructions. Mr. Robertson's in- structions would have been in the nature of a compromise, which, he says, would be satisfactory to the Louisiana delegation. The full text of the Robertson instruc- tions, which were in the form of a sugar schedule, Is as follows: “There shall be levied, collected and paid on all sugars, and on all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and con- c ‘ated molasses, a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem, and all sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, con- crote or concentrated molasses, which are imported from er are the product of any country which at the time the same are exported therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a bounty on the export thereof, shall pay a duty of one-tenth of one cent per pound in addition to the fore- going rates; there shall be levied, collected and paid on molasses testing above forty degrees and not above fifty-six degrees polariscope a duty of two cents per gullon, if testing above fifty-six degrees polaris. cope, a duty of four cents per gallon. “That the treaty of commercial reciprocity j concluded between the United States and | the King of the Hawaiian Islands on the | 30th day of January, 1875, and the provis- | | ions of any act of Congress heretofore pass- ed for tne execution of the same be and the same is hereby abrogated, and the proper authority of said islands shall be notified of said abrogation upon the passage of this act. That there shall be paid to the pro- ducers of sugar in the United States, un- der the provision of the act of 18%, a boun- ty of 910 of one per cent per pound on | Sugars testing not less than # degrees by the polariscope, and upoa such sugars testing less than 0 and not less than 80 degrees a bounty of 8-10 of one cent per pound, pro- vided that this bounty shall cease and de- termine on the 80th day of June, 1805." —————_~-2+ Perso Mention. Mr. Samuel Morss, the United States consul general at Paris, was at the State Department this morning. He is home on leave of absence and will go to Indiana to- morrow. Mr. Charles Denby, the United States minister to China, who has been tn this city for several days, will leave here to- morrow for his home in Indiana. Secretary Gresham has recovered from This recent indisposition and he resumed his official duties at the State Department this morning. He also attended the meet- ing of the cabinet. Dr. W. Smith Roose of 1782 15th street is convalescent of a bad case of inflam- mation of the cellular tissue of the right arm. He has gone to Johns Hopkins f pital, Baltimore, to remain until recovery is complete. ap Ml perenne Pensions Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Renewal and in- crease, John Wilson; increase, Washington Mims; reissue, William H. Livermore, origi- nal widows, etc., minor of Emil Goerner. Maryland—Additional, Albert C. Evans, Havre de Grace, Harford county; addition- al, James D. Shockley, Greensborough, Car- oline county; original widows, ete., Masda- lena Gephardt, Baltimore county. Virginia—Reissue, Robert Conner Ports- mouth. Norfolk county. to provide for the appointment of a public | TBe proof of the pudding is in fhe eafins. Yesterday's A LIVELY DAY Senators Express Their Opinions of the President's Letter. MR. VESTS SCATHING DENUNCIATION Interesting Colloquy Between Sen- ators Hill and Gray. MATTERS IN THE a HOUSE Crowds such as had not thronged the Senate in months packed the galleries to- day. The House and the President had yesterday thrown down the gauntlet to the Senate on the tariff question and a pitched battle was expected. An ominous hush was upon the chamber when the president pro tem., Mr. Harris of Tennessee, rapped the Senate to order. Senator Joe Biackburn of Kentucky, in a pink negilige shirt, stood Watch in hand while the chaplain delivered his invocation, iooking Ike a judge at @ Kentucky derby. The “conservative” democrats, Mr. Brice, in an immaculate suit of white flannci; Mr, Gorman in a sedate suit of blue, and Mr, Smith in a long black frock coat, sat grouped together on the democratic side. Mr. Hill, sitting far back, chatted merrily with Gen. Dan Sickles; the one-legged vet- eran of Gettysburg. Senators Sherman, Aldrich, Allison, Hale and Chandler, the appeared the storm which ‘threatened across the political aisle. The preliminary routine business was transacted in a pere functory way. The Tariff Report. At 12:17 Senator Voorhees, } more of the Wabash,” chai e Tall Sycae mn of the e | finance committee, arose in his place and called up the conference report on the tariff bill. Without a word of explanation he yielded the floor to Senator Smith cf New Jersey, who arose and read a carefully pres pared speech. He had hoped, he said, when the bill passed the Senate two w: that it had been perfected. But the of the last twenty-four hours had confrent- ed the democratic party with the possibility of the failure of all tariff legislation at this session. If so, the responsibility must be placed where it belonged. Mr. Smith Criticixes the President. He criticised the Presi lent for “violating” the principles of his party in attempting to interfere with the prerogatives of the legis- lative branch of the government, but de- clared that he should never be intimidated by threats from the President or by the utterances of his party associates at the other end of the Capitol, which had been ®0 uproariously applauded. He called ate | tention to the difference between the situa- tion in the House and the Senate. He re- viewed the events in the House which cul- minated in the passage of the bill with the lors of seventeen democratic votes in that body. In the Senate all was changed. Every democratic vote was needed to pass a bill if it was to be as @ party measure, and the members of the finance committee went heroically to work to har- monize the differences in the demo- cratic side. They had accomplished that — to their everlasting credit, be it sal The Senate Bill Eulogisca. He had been one of those who had swo§ out for concessions in the interests of his constituents. He made no concealment of his position then, he made none now. He then proceeded to deliver a glowing eulogy of the tariff Dill as It passed the Senate, whith, unlike the House bill, he contained no menace to the industries the country, and had not been framed by men from sparsely settled districts, who knew nothing of the great commercial in- terests of the United States. He asserted that the framers of House bill and a large proportion of the democratic party were net tariff refi they were free traders. Personally, he said, he believed in the theory of free raw materials, but at a time when miners were hardly able to keep the wolf from the decor on the heels of the greatest mining strike in history, he did not believe that the democratic party could afford to run the risk of striking down this vast in- dustry. A broad smile ran around the Senate as the New Jersey Senator gave utterance to this seniment. He Touches on Sagar. The President in his letter accepting the nomination had favored not free, but freer raw materials. He proceeded to point out the reductions that the Senate biil made on coal, iron and lead ore, and detailed at length the reduction on other schedules. Then the speaker touched on sugar. A ma- jority of 88 in the House had encble? that body, he sald, to ride rough shod over the wishes of the representatives of the sugar producing states, and in the face of the | President's protest the chairman of the ways and means committee pr to place sugar, raw and refined, on the free te Dill ed some time to an expost- tion of the situation with reierence to sugar, raw and refined, contending that the pro- | posed reduction in the Seaate bill was one i of the biggest made In any schedule. From statistics obtained at the Treasury De- partment he maintained that the enact- ment of the Senate would red: iff taxation $174,00),000. He had the bill with the income tax incorporated with great reluctance, and with the dis- tinct understanding that he was not willing to vote for a bili by which @ single indus- try should be stricken down or the re- sumption of a single industry prevented. He had asked for far greater concessions from his constituents than he had from the finance com:niitee. ‘ist om the Senate Amend- ments. It had been said the “conservatives” were not sincere in their advocacy of the Sen- ate tariff bill; thet it had been made for trading” purposes. If this was the im- pression those who ro believed would find they had mistaken their men; they would not yield under fire. He declared that he should vote for the resolution to further Insist on the Senate amendments. So far as he was concerned, he should never mak. another concession. He had reached lirait, he was done. If he were a member of the conference committee he should say to the House, “This is our bill, prepared | with infinite labor and pains, tt ts our ulti- jmatum. We will not recede a hair's j breadth. There is th® bill, You can take it jor leave it, It must be this bill or noth- ing.” “This,” sala the New Jersey Senator, in conclusion, “is all I heave to say, and £ trust it will be considered enough.” When Mr. Smith concluded, Mr. Hill &. Y.) jumped to his feet, and, being recognized, launched his speech. Some Interruptions. When Mr. Hill, in the course cf his speech, which appears in another column, declared that it was a principle cf the @emocratic party to have free raw mate- rials, Mr. Sherman of Ohio arose and asked when that doctrine was enunciated. Mir, Hill replied thet ff the Senator from Ohio would content himself patiently that he (Hil) would call a distinguished witness in the democratic pariy. Mr. Hill's opening sentence, “Tt is a thee ory that now co! 3 ce—not a condi- tion,” was greeted with hearty laughter,