Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1894, Page 1

EIN : 4 italy de, Beal THE EVENING STAR Prk Serrse-rents ll PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, BU eer The Evening Star is served to subscribers im the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Bee week, or 446. per month. Copics at the counter cents cach. By mail—anywhere in the United States of Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1. c “= feeb rate ogi tar, $1.00 per year; tered at the at Washi D.C. €8 second-class mail m4 sahigs §7,All wall subseriptions must be paid in advance ites of advertising made kuowa plicat! Yor. 85, No. 20,966. “WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1894-TEN PAGES. WHAT WAS SHOWN By the Opposition Developed in the Senate. Waiting Only for the River and Harbor Bill's Fate. 2 PROSPECT OP ADJOURNMENT If any further demonstration was needed it was shown clearly enough in the Senate teday that there was abundant opposition to prevent action on the popgun bills at this late stage of the session. The selection of Senator White of California to fill the va- cancy on the finance committee so as to en- able the majority party to have a majority on the committee was one entirely satis- factory to the tariff reformers and silver men and on personal grounds White would have opposition frum no quarter. The fight against his selection is therefore solely with the aim of holding the committee out of the hands’ of the income tax tariff re- formers and the silver men. The motion ot Mr. Harris to appoint White went over until tomorrow because under .he rules one objection Was enough to acomplish this. The Significant Opposition. The opposition shown, however, was suf- ficiently significant. There are a number of amendments which could unuuestionabiy be added to the popgun bills should they ever get before the Senate in the regular way, and without that difficulty to encoun- ter it would take a change of rules to se- cure a vote on them at this session, even if a qucrum were to be held. The day guined by having the filling of the vacancy & over until tomorrow brings the Senate that much closer to the point where the republicans and conservative democrats can safely break a quorum. It is a matter of good policy, if not of necessity, fur them to remain until the lust appropriation bill is entirciy crsposed of and the fate of the river and harbo> bill is known. This will all be accomplishet after tomorrow, and on Monday there will probably not be a quorum. That the resident mtewls te sisn the tariff bill is indicated by the fact. that @ copy of it is being prepared for print in the form of a statute. Prospects of Adjournment. The belief is very general that an adjourn- ment of Congress will be réathed about the close of next week or the beginning of the week following. No ‘Decision on Free Sugar. The Senate finance committee met at 10 o'clock today to further consider the free sugar and other separate tariff bills re- ferred to it yesterday. The republican mem- bers of the committee said they could not take the responsibility of reporting these bills and if the democrats desired to have them reported they must do it with their wn majority; that the republicans had four members of the finance committee here, and as the democrats had but the same number the former did not propose to have the democratic four counted as five. The com- mittee immediat adjourned and then a meeting of the democratic leaders was held im the room of the committée on appropria- tions to the Billing of the vacancy on the finance committee. ‘The Steering Committee. The democratic: steering eommittee met im Senator Cockrell's committee room im- mediately after the adjournment of the finance committee. They were not long in deciding upon Senator White of California, and Senator Harris was instructed to pre- sent his name to the Senate. While there ‘was some opposition in the steering com- mittee to the selection of Mr. White on the part of members who are opposed to the supplemental tariff bills a large majority was favorable to big selection. The conservative democrats who oppose the selection base their objection largely upon the time that is taken to make it, and say that ft should be allowed to go over until the choice can be made with delibera- tion, and not to meet a temproary emer- gency. The other members of the commit- tee insist, however, that the emergency is such that the vacancy must be filled now, and that, in view of the demand of the country for the passage of these bills and the attitude of the republican members of the finance committee, it is essential that immediate action should be taken. They were not prepared for this demand on the part of the republicans, and are inclined to complain somewhat of it and of the threat of the republicans to join with conservative democrats to oppose the selection of a com- mitteeman by a majority of the democratic party in the Serate. Republican § Senatorial Caucus. Republican Senators held a caucus after the adjournment of the Senate today to consider the question of party action with eference to the appointment of a member of the finance committee and of the policy to be pursued generally with reference to the free sugar bill and other supplemental bills. Before going into caucus there was a great deal of discussion as to what course the re- publicans should pursue. Among a number of them there was a disposition to enter the fight and place some other democrat in place of White upon the finance committee. t was understood that Senator Murphy of few York was to be pushed by some of the ¢onservative Senators. Most of the free silver republicans expressed themselves as against interfering with the democrats in = up committees, and also said they yuld not want to see an anti-silver man felected for the place and would, no doubt, @ppose Murphy for this reason. ‘The House Quorum Melting Away. There is hardy a quorum of the House of Representatives left in town, as mem- bers are anxious to get away, and are leav- ing on every train. Mr. Reed will see the session through. Messrs. Payne of New York, Cogswell of Massachusetts and Can- non of Iilinots will al*zo remain to submit gome republican figures on appropriations &nd some observations on the tariff. Most of the democratic leaders are remaining, in order to make a quorum in case of unex- pected emergency ¢n the tariff. It is diffi- gult to hold members, however. The dem- ocratic leaders recognize that it will be im- possible to do any business on which a party division might occur, Probable Outcome. ‘The republican Senators in the city at- tended the caucus almost without excep- ticn. It appears probable that the caucus will agree to allow the resolution for the appointment of Senator White to a place on the finance committee to pass tomorrow. It is also prebable that they will indorse the Murphy resolution, with an amendment discharging the firance committee from the further consideration of the four supple- mental bills and postponing action on them until next December. It is believed that the Loutsiana and ccnservative democratic Sen- @tors, as well as the populists, would unite With them in this course. A izment Suit. John H. Schlueter et al, defendants in the suit for a judgment creditors’ bill, filed ‘ebruary 1 last, by Frank Hume, trading s Frank Hume & Co., today le @ mo~ tion to set aside a decree pro confeseo, or- by the court July 6, Two Very Important Errors in the Tariff Bill. : The Courts Will Probably Be Calicd Upen te Construe the Law in These Cases. The discovery of errors in the new tariff bill, which may result in suits to be set- tled in the courts, brings out the importance of punctuation in legisiation. It will be re- membered that there was an error in the confectionery schedule of the McKinley law, which made a great deal of difference in the amount of duty to be paid on candies. This was due to the misplacing of a parenthesis. In the bill now before the President the fact that a semicolon appcars where {t was In- | tended that a colon should be placed has already caused quite a controversy as to whether diamonds shall be admitted free or will have to pay a duty of 25 per cent for cut and 10 per cent for uncut stones. In the same bill, and in the free list, there is a semicolon after the word “seeds’’ where there should be a colon, and if the dla- monds are admitted free under this error then everything that could come under the head of seeds will aiso be admitted free, when it is intended that only a very few varieties named in the bill shall be in- cluded. The Courts Will Construe: The assertion is made that the construc- tion placed upon the law by the treasury officials will not govern the admission of these articles, and that the intent of the law will govern, but the courts probably will be called upon to construe the law, and the construction of the courts will stand after a test case has been made and decid- ed. It is also said that corrections can easily be made, but it was found to be quite a difficult case to get punctuation errors corrected when the McKinley law was to be changed in this particular, and it is quite probable that there will be consid- erable difficulty encountered in this case. The propositions to make these changes are very likely to be loaded down by other tariff amendments. There are Senators who will make an effort to put a free sugar Dill on every proposition that comes up to amend the tariff bill, and even to correct these punctuation errors, and also upon the proposition to correct that mistake which will allow ail alcohol to be used in the arts free admission. It will be found to be a very difficult matter to correct any of the errors in the bill. o-____— JUNKETING TOURS, ‘The Seuate Takes a Stand Against Them. The Senate has taken a decided stand against junketing committees during the approaching recess. The committee on con- tingent expenses has made adverse reports upon the resolutions to permit the commit- tee on commerce to visit the Pacific coast and the committee on patents to invésti- gate irregularities in the patent system by visiting various parts of the country and inviting complaints. Senator Call, chair- man of the latter committee, is not dis- posed to accept the action of the committee as final, but the disposition of the Senate is evidently such that his resolution will not be acted upon with favor. The com- mittee on commerce had planned a trip to Los Angeles, Cal., for the purpose of pass- ing upon the relative merits of Santa Mon- ica and San Pedro as places for a deep water harbor. There has been a spirited contest between the two piaces, and the committee finding itself unable to decide between them when the river and harbor bill was under consideration, postponed de- cision until an inspection could be made. It will probably not take place this year. The committees on Pacific railroads and rules will sit during the recess and the former committee is authorized to inspect the Pacific railroad system. IMMIGRATION IVESTIGATION,. What the Assistant Commissioner at Ellis Island Says. E. F. McSweeney, assistant commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island, New York, was at the Treasury Department today. Mr. McSweeney 1s also a member of the commission appointed by Secretary Carlisle on June 13 last to investigate and report upcn the general subject of immigration and improvements in immigration laws and regulations. In speaking of the matter to- dey, Mr. McSweeney said that about 10,000 letters of inquiry, covering all of the ques- tions involved in the investigation, were sent to the governors of states, heads of labor organizations and others interested in immigration matters. So far the replies have been quite satisfactory as to number, but the views expressed are extremely di- verse. A governor of one state may strong- ly favor restricting immigration on the ground that wages in his state are con- stantly declining by reason of the great numbers of foreigners constantly arriving within its borders. The governor of an ad- joining state may take an opposite view of the question, and this is also true of lead- ers of labor organizations. Mr. McSweeney will scon start on a tour of investigation, and at the same time he will try and cor- rect many popular errors which he says exist as to the present alien contract labor laws. The commission hopes to have its report ready to send to the Secretary early in the coming December. GETS A CROW. The President Receives a Black Specimen by Express. Senator Hoar is not the only distinguish- ed recipient of grewsome reminders of re- cent unpleasant events. In apparent re- taliation of the action of the triumphant democrats of Alabama in sending the Mas- sachusetts Senator a coffin filled with corn- cobs, a Pennsylvania protectionist, eviden ly a republican, aroused to “ghoulish glee” by the defeat of the propositions for free coal and free iron ore, has sent President Cleveland a large crow. The bird arrived at the White House this morning. It came by express and was delivered to Private Secretary Thurber, who is the ranking ofti- cial there in the absence of the President. It is a fine specimen of the corvidae fam- ily and was stuffed and mounted in good style. It was packed in a box with open- ings on four sides, and was plainiy ad- dressed: “Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Veto or eat crow.” The President would prob- ably never have known of this incident but for its publication, as ft is not likely that it would be reported to him by the em- ployes of the Executive Mansion. ‘Adjutant General Ruggles has gone on a month’s vacation, and Gen, Vincent Is act- ing as adjutant general. Dr. L. D. Wilson returned yesterday from his vacation at Asbury Park, and ts en- tirely recovered from the effects of his re- So eeommestee General Bissell has gone to New York to remain a few days. Changed the Title. Under the provisions of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill ap- proved July 31 last the title of the division of revenue marine of the Treasury Depart- ment has been changed to the “division of revenué cutter service.” WRONG PUNCTUATION PLOT AGAINST DUPUY 4?PROPRIATION Cotispiracy Against the French Premier’s Life. A BOMB WAS T0 BE THROWN AT HIM Anarchists When Discovered Fled to Spain. Shoe PLANNED AT BARCELONA —_>—_—. PARIS, August 17.—According to Le Journal a plot to assassinate Premier Du- | puy has been discovered. The premier is at | Vernet-Les-Bains, not far from the Spanish border. He is accompanied by three Paris detectives, who are supposed to have dis- covered the plot through the presence of several militant anarchists in the neighbor- hood of Vernet. The anarchists, says the Journal, had been warned of their danger the night before the police expected to arrest them, and fled to | Spain, The main plot, it is alleged, was hatched in Barcelona by Spanish and French an- archists. Three men were designated by lot to execute it. They were to cross the border about the middle of August and were to assassinate Premier Dupuy during his absence from Paris. The bomb which was to be used was made in Spain, although it is not known that the Barcelona anarchists did the work. The police in Barcelona deny that there is an anarchist laboratory in that city, and say that the bomb must have been secured else- where. The plot was discovered after the three anarchist agents had started for France. —— GRAY GABLES, i AT The President Arrived in Time for Breakfast. * BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., August 17—Prest- dent Cleveland arrived at Gray Gables to- day and was greeted affectionately by Mrs. Cleveland and the children. He appeared to be in good health and delighted to see his family, The lighthouse tender John Rogers steamed into the bay past Hog Is- land a few minutes after 9 o'clock. Dur- ing the night a coal schooner had appro- pridted the Gray Gables mooring, and the Rogers drifted idly down toward Monu- ment Beach. Then there was a slight delay when she steamed back to a point opposite the Gables and anchored. A few minutes later President Cleveland, aceompanied by Dr. O'Reilly, put off in a boat and was set ashore at the Gray Gables landing at 9:35. Mrs. Cleveland and the children had been signaling from the veranda of the cottage from the time the tender first appeared around the island, and as the President stepped ashore they haster: to meet him. To Mrs. Cleveland's inquiries for his health, the President assured her that he had recovered completely from the indispo- sition of the day before. The party then entered Gray Gables, where breakfast was waiting. This noon Mrs. Cleveland courteously re- ceived a representative of the Associated Press. She said that the President had im- proved in heath and was feeling quite well. He was, however, rather tired, and as he wanted rest and absolute quiet he had lain down for a time. He could see no one and would not be in- terviewed. Mrs. Cleveland said that she had talked to the President but little, and could not tell what his plans were. He would remain at home but a few days, however, as im- portant business would compel his return to Washington. —— EFFECT ON THE IRON INDUSTRY. [eos Reduced Duties of the Tariff Bill Will Not Depress Values Much. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 17.—The Iron Trade Review says: A tariff bill has been passed and the contingency that it will fail of becoming a law is exceedingly small, The iron industry has been close to a free trade basis for many months and the put- ting into effect of the methods of the metal schedule with {ts reductions from 30 to 50 per cent from the McKinley bill will not depress values sensibly, What it will do with the volume of business will be discov- ered in due time. Since there has been a general pregiction of revival based on the settling of the tariff uncertainty, there will be a general disposition to assist in fulfill- ing the prediction. ‘To know the basis on which they are to operate is certainly a distinct point of gain to manufacturers. ‘The past week has brought few departures from the conditions that have ruled of late. Several additions to the country’s active furnace list have been made since August 1, On that date there were forty-seven more furnaces in blast than on June 1, two months previous, and the production’ was at the rate of nearly 50,000 tons a week, cr about 2,500,000 tons a year more than on the first of June. This indicates a pro- nounced recovery in the second half of the year from the feeble production shown in the statistics for the first six months. The activity of mills, east and west, is an encouraging feature of the situation. Current demand dees not include much large work, and the desire to keep going in the belief that the fall will reinforce the buying movement Lad led to some close work on prices of late. ———— REVIVAL OF BUSINESS, Mills That Have Been Idle Will Re- sume Operations, LANCASTER, Pa., August 17.—Schroed- er’s cotton mill, employing over 300 hands, has given notice that it will commence run- ning on full time on Monday. For the past several months It has been elther closed or running only four days a week. - The Farnum mills, employing over 2,000 hands, will continue running two-thirds time at least until the end of this month, when it Is expected that they will run full. SALISBURY, Md., August 17.—The Jack- son Brothers’ lumber mill, one of the larg- est in the south, employing hundreds of men, started up yesterday. WITHDRAWING WHISKY FROM BOND Twenty Cents a Gallon to Be Saved by Paying the Taxes, READING, Pa., August 17.—Distillers in this revenue district report that during the pest few days they have received orders for the withdrawal of thousands of barrels of whisky from bond. These orders are from wholesale and saloon keepers, who withdraw the whisky in order to save the extra tax of 20 cents a gallon imposed by the new tariff bill, The distillers claim that more money can be made on their holdings by allowing the whisky to remain in bond, notwithstanding the increased tax, —_—_—> Hanged for Wife Murder. PULASKI, Va., August 17.—William @. Taylor was hanged at Newbern at 11 o'clock this morning for the murder of his wife. An effort was made to get Governor O’Ferrall to commute the sentence, the plea of insanity being urged, but the governor refused BILL? Nearly All in Shape for Presidential Signature, Adjournment. Draws Near So Far as Routine Kusiness in Concerned— ‘Time of Signing. The sundry civil bill was today ed by the Vice President, and, having been rigned by the Speaker last evering, it now gves to the White Hcuse. In the absence of the President immediate action cannot, of course, be taken upon it, and it will pro>- ably not become a law until some time next week. This will make two appropriation bilis in the hands of the President—the river and harbor and the sundry civil, ‘The In- dian bill was signed on Wednesday. The time on the river an@ harbor bill expires tomorrow, having reached the President on the and one Sunday intervening. ‘There are rumors that the President left a veto message to be sent to Congress on this b' but this is not credited, because there is now no oppertunity for such a message to be delivered to the House, where the bill originated, before the ten days are gone. The House yesterday adjourned untii Mon- day, and thus the belief is gaining ground that the President hag determined to let this bill become a law without his signature. The fact, however, is generally overiooked that the President is not compelled to an- nounce his signature within the ten days of constitutional limitation, fe may sign a bill at the last moment of the tenth day and announce his signature on the eleventh day, aud, some authorities hold, this would constitute a legal signa- ture. But with Congress in session the re- sult would be the same, in either view uf the case. The Constitution reads thus on this point: “If any bill shall not be return- ed by the President within ten days (Sun- days excepted) after tt shall have been pre- sented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manrer as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by thelr adjournment, pre- vent its return, in which case it shall not a law.” In view of this language there would seem to be some doubt as to the exact rights of the executive on the pending river and harbor bill. The adjournment of the House to Monday does not constitute an adjourn- ment of “the Congress” in the sense of the Constitution. Should the President het return to the | city by Morday in time to sign the sundry civil bill on that day it 1s possible that there may be another difficulty over the appropriation to pay those who are pro- vided for in this measure annually. The third extension resolution; runs up to and ora we Monday, the 20tm. This date was set at the suggestion of the republicans, who oppored long extensions, and were de- sirovs of making a final adjournment more probable. This difficulty, however, may be avoided by the use of the, mails, and it is probable that the bill will be sent to the President at Gray Gables for his signa- ture, in which case there would be plenty of time, as, again, the date of the signa- ture, rather than the date.of its announce- ment, governs. The conference report on the general de- ficiency bill having béen;agreed to In both houses, that measure wil, fn all probability, be ready for signatege on Monday. the Congress will have finishe@=ail of its routine work, and the hour of final ad- journment seems to be comparatively close at hand. —————- 2+ RIVERS AND HARBORS, y Become a Law Without Signature. Notwithstanding the great secrecy that is maintained in regard to the location of the river and harbor appropriation, it was learned today that the bill was returned to the President several days ago by the Secretary of War, with the statement that there were no especial objections to its be- coming a law. It has been at the White House ever since, and was not taken to Buzzard’s Bay by the President, as has been reported. The ten days allowed for executive action upon it will expire tomor- row afternoon, and as it will be impossible for the President to sign it before that time, the conclusion is naturally drawn that it will be allowed to become a law without his approval. The same physical reason that will prevent his signing it will also prevent his sending it back to Con- gress without his approval, that is, unless he prepared a veto mesgage before he left the city for transmission today or tomor- row, and there is the authority for saying that he did not of the Kind. It is a singular fact that i neither of his two terms has President Cfeveland approved a river and harbor bill though he has vetoed one. z. A AMERICANS AT fBLUEFIELDS, Capt. O'Neil Would Kot Protect Those Who Fought With Chief rence. Reports transmitted fo the State Depart- ment from Captain O'Neil of the Marble- head, now at Bluefields, fully confirm the press reports to the effect that the captain refused to protect such American residents there as had taken up arms in behalf of Chief Clarence against the Nicaraguan gov- ernment. The captain gave these men am- ple warning that they must not violate the laws of Nicaragua if they expected protection, and in so doing he acted, it is sald, in strict accord with international law. A FREE LBAD BILL. House Ways and Means Committee Will Report One, The ways and means committee voted to- day to present’a fifth special tariff bill making silver-lead ore free of duty. The Wilson bill made th ores free, but the Senate put a duty of fourths of a cent a pound on them. At the meeting today the democrats voted for the free silver-lead cre bill, and the repubifcans against it. The motion to report was carried, and Mr. Tarsney of Missouri will make the report en Monday. During ‘the meeting Mr. Payne (N. Y.) facetioysly asked the chair- man if it would be in order to move that the President be reqyested to return the general tariff bit! to Congress for repairs. The chairman ruled ‘the motion out of order. + e+ —_____ MURRAY THE NOMINEE, Decision in Regard to the First South Carolina District. The republican congressional executive committee hag rendered a decision in the matter of the contest between Robert Smalls and Geo. W. Murray, both of whom claimed to be the regular nominee for Con- gress in the first distriet of South Carolina. After full and careful investigation the committee find that no question was raised by either candidate as. to the regularity of the call for the convention which nominated Mr. Murray, and holds him to be the reg- ular nominee of the republican party in his district. To Count the Stamps. The Secretary of the Treasury has ap- pointed John Irwin of the internal revenue bureau, Chas. H. Brown of the sixth audi- tor’s office and V. N. Stiles of the fifth auditor's office a committee to superintend the counting of the tax paid stamps for distilled spirits in the vault of the office of the commissioner of internal revenue, and to report the increase of value of such stamps chargeable to that office ONLY SILVER MEN Bimetallic cae and the Coming Political Campaign. FREE COINAGE CANDIDATES They Are the Only Ones to Get the League Votes. RESOLUTIONS ae eesso on THE The morning session of the conference of the executive committee of the Bimetallic League was largely attended and fruitful in results. Gen. A. J. Warner, president of the meeting, presided, and Secretary De- vine read the minutes of the preceding ses- sions. A strong silver paper was read by Congressman Bryan and Congressman Bland discussed the si'ver question in its relation to politics, At the session this af- ternoon Senator Jones made an argument in favor of the adoption of a bimetallic standard for the United States alone. The committee appointed to recommend a pian of action, submitted the following declaration and pian of action, which, after considerable discussion, was adopted: Declaration—"A year has passed since Con- gress was called together in extra session to repeal the sliver-purehase law and com- plete the establishment of the single gold standard. On the Ist of November last, after a memorable struggle, this deed was accomplished, The results of this policy are before the country. Every prediction and every promise made by the udvocates of the gold standard, that prosperity would immediately follow the repeal of the so- called Sherman iaw, have utterly failed. ‘Things have gone from bad to worse, w! out cessation, from the day the act was repealed. Qa che other hand every pre- | diction made by those who declared it im- possible that times could be made better by ertirely shutting off money supply have been fully verified. “Gold has steadily increased in Value, iners ing the money standard by not less than 15 per cent in a single year, and prices have fallen in a corresponding degree. No such change in the value of the money standard ever \ook place re in so short a period in the history of tHe world.” Stagnat of Trade. “The necessary consequence of such a violent change has been unprecedented stag- nation of trade. Industries are everywhere paralyzed; the employment of labor is made unsteady and precarious; business enter- prise is imperiled, end debtors are made bankrupt. Leacing articles of consumption are lower than for three hundred years. Wheat is lower in England than at any period since Charles the First or the landing of the pilgrims; merchant bar iron is lower in price than ever ‘ore since its first use by man; cotton was never so low before. The great agriculturab-elasses are brought to the verge of ruin, This has been brought about by the change if the money standard and by nothing else. Nor is there any hope of relief so long as this pelicy is pursued. We must throw off the yoke of the single gold standard and restore to the country the constitutional standard of gold and sii- ver, or hopelessly suffer on. There is no other remedy. “The money question, therefore, is the su- Ppreme issue befere the country. There is no other, and there can be no other of suffi- cient importance to displace this, until this is settled and settled rightly. Fortunately the field nas been at last cleared for thi: battle. The tariff is now out of the way. There will be no further contest between protection and free trade, for both alike in the end lead to the same goal. Protection under the goid standard is impossible for a debtor nation. To the extent the low ring of the tariff tends to increase imporis, to that extent it no doubt would tend to draw away gold, unless offset by increased ex- perts. But besides offsetting imports with exports we must also pay as tribute to other countries, mostly to England, from $200,- 009,009 to $250,000,000 per annum as interest on loans and other dues. This must be paid in gold or in commodities. It cannot be paid for a single year in gold without over- throwing the gold standard. On the other hand, if by protection or otherwise, prices of commodities in the United States are raised above the internaticnal level of prices, then creditor nations wili cease to buy of us and demand gold. The Way Out. “This is indeed a grave situation, but it is the condition to which the gold-standard pilots have conducted us. We must get out of it, and we must get out of it ourselves, without waiting for other countries to help ui To sell more bonds would simply be giving new notes for interest and piling up still higher the mountain of debt that al- ready exists, and make the fall so much the worse when it comes, as sooner or later it must come. The only way out is to restore the bimetallic standard of money, and until this is done there can be no return of pros- perity to the country. It needs, therefore, only a statement of the question’ to show at once its paramount importance. Hence the sliver question, by virtue of its overshadow- ing importance, is now the supreme issue before the country. It is at the forefront and will stay there until it is settled. At bottom it is a question of ethics, of right against wrong, of justice against injustice, and will not down. Plan of Action. “Therefore, this conference of the Bi- metallic League, in session at Washington this, the 16th day of August, 184, believ- ing that the time has come for action, recommends that the silver question in all congressional elections, and in all state elec- tions where members of state legislatures are to be elected, who will elect United States Senators, be made paramount over everything else, and that all other ques- tions be subordinated to this. It is success for the country—not mere success for any party—that is now wanted. The first battle is for the Fifty-fourth Congress. It is im- portant that a sufficlent majority be elected to that Congress to enable it to pass a free- coinage bill, even over @ presidential veto, if necessary. “This conference, therefore, urges upon voters everywhere, without regard to party affiliations, to vote only for free. candidates to represent them in Congress; not half-hearted advocates of silver, but those who will pledge themselves, as ‘here- tofore recommended by the league, to sub- ordinate everything else in Congress to this overshadowing issue. Trust no candidate for the Fifty-fourth Congress who has been unfaithful in the Fifty-third. “The conference further recommends that the mining states and the agricultural states combine to make the silver question the supreme issve in all elections, and agree to stand together, and to send no representa- tives to the House or to the Senate who cannot be relied upon to subordinate every party consideration to the cause of bimetai- lism, and to send none but free coinage del- egates to national conventions, and to vote for no candidate for President who would veto a free coinage bill. To this end the ecnference recommends that a convention be held at some central point in the mining states, end at central points in the agricul. tcral states,with the view of perfecting such organization as will secure this result, and prevent the will of the people from being thwarted, as in 1892, by the manipulation of party machinery. “Resolved, That a committee of five be arpointed .o arrange for the conventions herein proposed and to provide ways and means to carry out the plan here recom- mended.” -coinage THREE MORE AWARDS Geological Survey Appreciated at the World’s Ea'r. Medals Awarded and What They Were Given for—Gratifying Suc- cess of the Survey. The United States geological survey comes to the front again with three more awards by the executive committee on awards of the world’s Columbian exposit\n. The well-known reports called “Mineral Resources of the United States,” which are aritten by such experts as Jos. D. Weeks, John Birkinbine, W. C. Day, C. Kirchhoff, James M. Swank, Jefferson Middleton, E. W. Parker, W, A. Raborg and many others, and edited by David T. Day and published by the division of mining statistics and technology, received an award for the masterly manner in which the subject mat- ter is treated, for the “completeness and fairness with which all subjects contained therein are bandied,” and as being “one of the best authoritative works upon the subjects discussed.” The survey also received an award on its collection of transparent photographs on glass, made by the official photographer, J. K. Hillers, which consisted of 120 photo- graphs fllustrating certain geological fea- tures, among which was a series showing the geology of the Grand Canon of the Colorado, One of these was a monster tif- ty inches wide and sixty inches high and colored in transparent colors by hand. The whole series was characterized by the judge as being worthy of an award by reason of the progress shown in the use of photogra- phy in the illustration of geological phe- nomena. The third award received by the survey is on its publications, its geological and topographical maps. its publications are characterized as de- serving the “highest commendation,” and the officials of the survey are credited with having organized one of the best geological institutions in the werld, and its personnel is spoken of as containing “some of the authorities on the science of The geological maps are described as: ovel and ingenicus in methods of con- struction; arrangement of color system, which can be developed without change in its fundamer tal principles; excellent typog- raphy; althcugh constructed on urely scientific principles, they are eminently val- vable for practical purposes and are, there- fore, important aids to the utilization of the ratural resources of the country. Its topo- graphic maps, published under the direction of Chief Geographer Gannett, are given an award as being “distinguished for most re- markable clearness, due to the excellent typography and the general construction of the contour intervals and signs being judi- ciously selected according to the scale; ex- cellent foundation for the construction of other maps and forming an especially good basis for scientific work; inesumable value of these maps in development of the coun- try; remarkable in the fact that such maps, covering nearly one-sixth of the total area of the United States, have been prepa the short period of eight years. teresting to note tha’ NO MORE LEGISLATION, District Will Get No Farther Bil Through. There was no meeting of the Senate Dis- trict committee today, owing to the lack of a quorum. There isa general understand- ing among the of the committee that further loca? tion this session is practically and that it will be useless for any additional local bills to be reported to the Senate. The calendar there is already crowded with District measures, and it is not even hoped that any of these will receive favorable attention. The de- cision of Speaker Crisp not to assign an- other District day in the House practically closes the session for the local interests. Today Sehator Harris referred the resolu- tion which was introduced by Mr. Hoar to provide for an investigation into the ques- tions of property, management, &c., of the local charities ‘supported in or in part by the government to the subcommit- tee already appointed to conduct an inquiry into the office of superintendent of charities, the board of children’s waardians, &c. This subcommittee, composed of Senators Mc- Millan, Gallinger, Faulkner, Martin and Hunton, will thus be enabled to conduct a sweeping inquiry into the entire system of local charities. —-o+_____ PRINTING THE BILL, Treasury Department Evidently Don't Look for Tariff Bill Veto. By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury 3,000 copies of the new tariff bill are now printing at the treasury branch of the government printing office for im- mediate distribution among customs officials. In the printed parchment original, signed by the Vice President and Speaker Crisp, many of the errors in paragraph and numbering left in the bill as it acct} both houses have been corrected, and with the erasures eliminated the bill presents a very creditable appearance. Careful com- parisons with the original bill are now making, and the copy is sent to the printer 2s fast as possible. It is hoped to have the 3,000 copies ready for mailing by tomorrow evening. In case this is accomplished, it is expected copies will reach San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, the farthest points, by the time the bill becomes a law. in that event all complications will be avoided, and collectors will be enabled to assess duties as accurately as though they had the cer- lified copies which will be furnished later, ————~38©- ARMY DEPOTs, New Order Issued on the Subject » the Department. By an order issued by the Secretary of War today the three great army recruiting depots at David's Island, New York harbor; Columbus, Ohio, and Jefferson barracks, Missouri, are wiped out, and in their places will stand three large military posts. The department has had this change under consideration for some time past, the scheme originating with Adjutant Gen, Ruggles. Heretofore the men picked up at the small recruiting stations scattered about the country have been sent in small squads, in charge cf a sergeant, to these three central recruiting depots, where they were quartered and drilled until they were ready for assignmert to some régiment in active service. The department has con. cluded that these green recruits will much sooner beccme proficient soldiers if sent immediately to join and train with the vet- erans at the different posts, and that why the change is made. The transforma- tion of the recruiting depots into army posts will also be in line with the accepted policy of concentrating a good force of regulars at points near the great cities, In place of about 150 recruits, each of the new posts will have a permanent garrison of about CO men, and in the case of two of them at least the rank of the command- ing officer will be raised from Neutenant colonel to full colonel. Little expense is involved in the change, as the depots are already well supplied with quarters for in- fantry. The assignment of troops to the new posts hes not yet been made, STILL A VACANCY The Effort to Fill the Senate Finance Committee. OPPOSIRON 10 MR. HARRI’ MOTION The Tennessee Senator Shows Considerable Feeling. THE RESOLUTION GOES OVER At the opening of the session of the Sen- ate today a breeze occurred over the at- tempt of the demccratic majority to fill che vacancy on the finance committee, neces- sary to act on the free coal, iron ore, barb- ed wire and sugar bills. As soon as the reading of the journal was completed Mr, Harris (Tenn.), on bebaif of the democratic steering committee, moved that the Senatoy frem California (Mr. White) be appeoinved to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Vance of North Carolina. Mr. Ob ler Objects. Mr. Chandler (N. H.) jumped to his feet and interposed an objection. The objection, if custained, would carry the motion over until tomorrow. Mr. Harris made the point of order that his motion was privileged, be- cavse it looked to the organization of the Se.ate. A long and lively debate followed on the point of order. Mr. Chandler con- tested the question with Mr. Harris. He remurked sarcastically that it was a little late to begin the organization of the Sen- ate. The rule, he maintained, was plain. He called attention to the fact that the vacancy on the finance committee had ex- isted for months and that it posed to fill it at the very clo: sion. Only last Tuesday when he had ask- ed Mr. Gorman if the vacancy (Chendier) was only exercising his privilege under the rule in asking the motion (which Was perliamentarily speaking to be con- sidered a resolution) to go over until to- morrow. Mr. Aldrich Cites a Precedent. Mr. Aldrich agreed with Mr.Chandler that the point of order would not hold. He point- ed out that the same question had been raised when an attempt was made early in ihe session to fil the vacancy on this same comn,!ttee. When Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee, had moved that Mr. Mills be appointed to the vacancy caus- ed by the resignatio: of Mr. McPherson, Mr. Hoar had objected to ihe resolution and it had gone over under the rules, The pro- posed action he characterized as a revolu- onary proceeding. Mr. Mills here mterposed to say that the motion to place him on the committee had been made without his consent and against his protest, Mr. Harris is Hot. Mr. Harris stil] insisted that as the mo- tion looked to the organization of the Sen- ate it was not subject to the ordinary rules, ‘Be that as it may,” he declared hotly, “I ‘ant to say that it is with profound aston- ishment that I heard an objection from the other side. During the eighteen years I have been a member of this body, no mat- ter what party was in power the majority Las named at wili the members of the sev- eral committees of the Senate and no voice was ever heard in ob; The course of Mr. Chandler, he condemned as the most revolutionary of revol ; Suggestions, and it wes received by him with such astonishment that he confessed he could hardly restrain . Mr. Manderson (Neb.) remarked good- naturedly that the Senator from Tennessee did not ir to have restrained himself successfully. His amazement had been excelled by his excitement. Mr. Chandler imputation as uncalled for and he would have to be than he was now before he could success- fully override the rules he had helped to frame. HUIS Criticism. Then Mr. Hill (N. ¥.) got the floor and plunged immediately into a criticism of the legislation which the filling of the vacancy was designed to expedite. So far as the bills placing coal, iron ore and sugar on the free list were concerned, he had voted, he said, for them when they were legitimately before the Senate and he was not t to escape from his record now. He st ready to vote again to place them on the free list. He conceded that many of his democratic associates had voted against placing these articles cn the free list when the tariff bill before the Senate against their better judgment, because they had been bound by a caucus agreement. amendments which he desired to offer. wanted the income tax provision of tariff bill repealed. If the finance commit! had been governed by liberty of judgm and cons ce before it would have ported adversely the income tax, he And now, he charged, here was an attempt the country had accepted it as ex cathedra, had recognized in his voice the voice of the administration. “Democratic conventions,” said Mr. Hill, “all over the country are adopting resolu. tions in favor of free sugar, and upon the heels of the almost unanimous vote of the democrats of the douse came the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury sayi that to sugar on the free list woul: be euicidal.” If it was necessary to have the duty on sugar retained there ought to have been consultation before an attemy was made to place it on the free list. In the spirit of harmony he would suggest conference, and that this matter be allowed to go over, £0 that a democratic confers ence might be held, to determine what was best to do, It Goes Over, Mr. Harris then put his motion in the form of a resolution, and asked that it go over. Mr. Quay objected to its introduction une til other morning business was disposed of, With a look of disgust upon his face, Mr, Harris was compelled to wait. His resolution was finally read, and went over under the rules. No More Tariff Legistation, Senator Murphy (N. Y.) offered a resolue tion to ihe effect that there should be no further legislation on the tariff at this ses- sion, in view of the Carlisle letter. He ask- ed unanimous consent for its immediate consideration, but it went over on an ob- Jection by Senator Cockrell. Deficiency Conference Report. The conference report on the deficiency bill was submitted by Mr. Cockrell and agreed to. At 140 p.m, the Senate adjourned untiy tomorrow.