Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, cents month. jes at the each. By mail—anywhere in the or Canada—| pi cents th, yo KP Po tis Pine Post Ofte’ at Washington, D. ©. matter.) iptions must be paid in advance. mage known on application, | Vor 85, No. 21,062. ~— Che Zvening Shar. WASHINGTON, D. O., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. Te proof of fe pudding is tn f6e eafing. Yesferday’t Star contained 45 cofumne of advertisements, made uy of 746 separate annou: ments. Bese adverfisere fought pulificite—not merefy space, BALLOT REFORM|THE ANTIANARCHIST BILL North Carolina to Take the First Step in the Matter. ANEW ELECTION LAW 10 BE PASSED One That Shall Prevent the Per- version of the Negro Vote. THE TWO SENATORSHIPS News has been recefved here that the re- publicans of North Carolina have decided to make the initial move in the program for ballot reform in the South. The newly elected legislature in that state will meet in January, and one of the first questions taken up will be the necessity for a new election law. No measure has as yet been e@greed upon, but the republican leaders have been in correspondence with Senator Saxton of New York, the author of the bal- Jot law in that state, and it is thought to be altogether likely that the new measure will be drafted on the lines of the Saxton law. Aim for a Model Bill. ‘Those republican leaders who are advo- cating the* policy insist that ic is of the highest importance and that the work must be thoroughly done. Their aim 1s not only to affect the suffrage in that state, but to complete and pass a bill which may serve 4s a model for a new order of. things in the other southern states. They firmly believe that a reconstruction on suffrage lines is certain to come at an early day and that the next Congress, indeed, will propose co- operative legisiation which the whole coun- try will be likely to approve. ‘This policy was referred to several weeks ago in The Star, on the authority of a republican of national reputation, and dis- cussion of it has since become general. ‘The chief complairt 4s in the south, where, as the republicans charge, the negro vote, which they claim would be thrown for them solidly. if undeterred, is either fright- ened away from the polls or changed after the ballots have been put into the boxes. ‘The democratic supremacy in_ several southern states 1s now maintained, the republicans assert, by this perversion of the negro vote. Alabama, Georgia, Louisi- na, South Carolina and Virginia are specl- fied, and the charge is made that but for the fact that the result was so overwhelim- ing, North Carolina would this year, by a fraudulent counting, hava again been placed in the democratic column. The re- publicans declare their ability to show that in the white portion of the state they had 50,000 majority, while in that portion of the state where the colored vote is largest the returns were made highly favorable to the democrats. ‘The Two Senatorships. ° A wecond point of interest from North Carolina just developed relates to the two senatorships, both of which will be filled by the new legislature. Mr. Jarvis is serv- ing by appointment in the term of the late Mr. Vance, and Mr. Ransom’s term expires on March 4 next. A Senator to fill the Vance term, which will expire March 4, 1897, and @ successor to Mr. Ransom, for a full term, beginning in March, will therefore be chosen in January. The legis- lature is overwhelmingly in the control of the republicans and the populists. It was @ fusion ticket that swept the state. The democrats have hardly @ corporal’s guard of members in either the senate or house. The two senatorships, it is said, was the subject of an agreement between the fu- sionists before the race was won, the w: derstanding being that the republicans should have the short term and the popu- lists the full term. An Improbable Suggestion. But within the past few weeks sugges- tions have been thrown out that it might be possible to recast this program, by throwing over the populists and taking the democrats into account, so that the republicans shall take the full term and give the democrats the short term. The purpose of this would seem to be to keep Mr. Ransom tn the Senate for a full quar- ter of @ century. It it not thought to be at all probable, however, that any such thing will take place. The republicans are expecting help from the populists on the election law line, and this they consider of more importance even than both the senatorships. pi ES | “Garp tpownaiy sammie oat ENLISTMENTS IN THE NAVY. This City eruiting Station. One effect of the transfer of the old sloop-of-war Dale from the Washington navy yard to Baltimore for the: use of the Maryland naval militia is the abandon- ment of this city as a naval recruiting station. The vessel will be put out of commission next week, and no further enlistments will be made at the Washing- ton navy yard. Enlistments for the navy will hereafter be confined to the ports of Norfolk, Philadelphia, Boston and New York, each of which is provided with a receiving ship for that especial purpose. Washington has always been a favorite place for enlistment, many men coming here when it would have been more con- venient and less expensive to have ap- plied at one of the other places named. The Navy Department desires to have it known that no more enlistments will be made at Washington, in order that appli- cants may be spared the useless trouble and expense. of coming here for that pur- pose. se a Re- ————————— Minneapolis Accepted. The Secretary of the Navy has accepted the cruiser Minneapolis and has authorized the payment of $414,400 to Mr. Cramp, the builder, being the amount of the premium earned by-the vessel. There is a corre- sponding sum of money due on account of reserved payments, which will be made as soon as the accounts are apfroved by the bureau chiefs. The Minneapolis will be put in commission next week and will be at- tached to the North Atlantic station. + o-—__— Retiring Boards. ‘The President has convened two army retiting boards, one at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., with Col. H. S. Hawkins, twentieth infantry, as president, and the other at Fort Meade, 8. D., with Col. Caleb H. Carl- ton, elghth cavalry, as president. Capt. John Guest, eighth cavalry, 1s ord2red, be- fore the first named board for examina- tion for retirement and Capt. Edmund Luff, eighth cary, will appear before the board at Fort Meade for a similar purpose. erick emesis entail Claims for Compensation. ‘The claims of a number of attorneys for compensation for their services in the set- tlement of the claims of the old settler Cherokee Indians against the United States were given before Secretary Smith and As- sistant Attorney General Hall yesterday. As a result of the prosecution of their claims the Indians received $800,380, while the attorneys’ fee claims aggregate over $558,000. ————— Armor Plate Test. A great seventeen-inch steel armor plate, representing the barbettes of the battle- ship Oregon, has been received at the Washington navy yard and will be tried at the proving ground next week. Representative Boatner Proposes to Re- vive It Next Week. . It Has Passed the Senate and tfe Wopes to Make It a Law Before the Holidays. , ‘The effort to prevent anarchists from coming to the United States will be resum- ed ip the House of Representatives next week, if Mr. Boatner of Louisiana, in charge of the measure, secures from Speaker Crisp the time he expects. ‘This measure provoked an exciting con- test at the close of the last session, but its final passage was cut cff by adjournment. At that time the government had received official notification from France that a large number of anarchists, driven out of Europ3, were en route to this country. Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle were specially anxicus to secure legislation in order to cut cff the influx of dangerous characters. Senator Hill pushed the anti- anarchist bill through the Senate, but it met opposition from Messrs. Warner of New York, Goldzier of Illinois and others in the House, and had to be abandoned for the time being. Mr. Boatner will now take up the con- test where it was left off, and is hopeful of securing the passage of the exclusion bill before the holidays. As it has already passed the Senate, favorable action by the House will conclude the levislation. What Mr. Warner Thinks. Representative Warner of New York, re- ferring to the measure, says the necessity for it has evidently gone by. “There wus no suggestion in Secretary Carlisle's re- port,” said Mr. Warner, “‘as to the nced of such a bill. There was much ado at the last session over anarchists about to land, and it was declared the country was in peril But what has become of these an- archists? They must have been drowned en route. No one has heard of them. It is a singular fact that the men who urge this measure,live in the interior, far from ports where anarchists might be feared. The New York newspapers, located at the place where anarchists would be most like- ly to arrive, do not believe in the bill.” Mr. Warner’s objection to the bill last sessior was that it did not define anarch- ists, but gave government officials a dan- gerous authority to call any one an an- archist and then deport him. ee ‘What the Bill Provides. The anti-anarchist bill as now before the House provides that no alien anarchist shall hereafter be permitted to land at any port of the United States, or be admitted into the United States, but this shall not be so construed as to apply to political refugees or political offenders. At the hearing of aliens charged with being an- archists the board of special inquiry shall inquire of the accused as to his ante- cedents, political opinions, whether he be- longs to any society or association of known anarchistic tendencies, and he may examine the person for marks indicative of such membership; he may accept evidence of the immigrant’s common reputation as an anarchist. On the fact being determin- ed that an immigrant is an anarchist, thé Secretary of the Treasury is empowered to deport him back to the country from whence he came. It is also provided that the Secretary is to appoint inspectors, to be stationed abroad, to apprehend anarch- ists embarking for this country. ———— EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. Several Men Convicted in the District the Beneficiaries. The President has granted the applica- tion for clemency in the case of William Frazier, John Crain and Henry Kelly, con- victed in the District of Columbia of ob- tailing goods under false pretenses, and sentenced January 27, 1834, to three years’ imprisonment in tha Albany penitentiary. The President indorsed the application as follow: “Sentence in each case commuted to im- priscnment for one year and three months, with all allowances for good cdnduct. It appears that thesg young men maintained good character prior to the offense of which they were convicted. Their offense was not @ very grave one, the property ob- tained by their false pretenses being valued at less than $20, and at least two of them contributed to the support of widowed mothers. Thé district attorney who pros- ecuted these criminals recommends a com- mutation of their sentence.” The sentence of eleven months and twen- ty-nine days in the case of Frank Hauber, convicted June 25 in the District of Cotum- bia of essault, with intent to kill, has been commuted to six months’ actual imprison- ment. This commutation is granted solely upon the representations of the physician to the jail that the convict’s health is in a failing condition, and that there is no hope of improvement during confinement. The President has also pardoned Solomon Haag, convicted ir Maine of violation of the revenue laws, whose sentence was sus- pended in order to allow an application for pardon. A pardon has been granted to Isaac Langston, sentenced in Georgia to three months’ imprisonment and $100 fine for ilicit distilling. —+-oe+__ Soldiers Not Exempt. The Atforney General has rendered a de- cision in answer to a query from the War Department that Is at once interesting and important, if broadly construed. The ques- tion was whether a soldier may be arrest- ed, even on a military reservation, for vio- lation of a local ordinance and be tried and punished by civil tribunal. The At- torney General holds the affirmative, and that the expression “laws of the land” in the fifty-ninth article of war includes such ordinances and by-laws. In support of this position ne cites a recent Vermont de- cision where a local ordinance was sus- tained as superior to the general state law to which it was repugnant. An army ofll- cer of high rank says, that the Attorney General's construction of the fifty-ninth article of war may prove embarrassing in case a local legislature shall pass an ordi- nancé prohibiting the entry of federal troops under arms within its jurisdiction, but he admitted that such action was the remotest sort of a possibility and that troops will be utilized as usual for the pro- tection of the mails and the enforcement of federal statutes. ee Medals of Honor. Medals of honor have been awarded to Capt. F. D. Baldwin, fifth cavalry; Maj. Myles Moylan, retired, and Capt. Eli 8. Huggins, second cavalry, for distinguished bravery and gallantry’ in Indian cam- paigns; to Evan M. Woodward, lieutenant, second Pennsylvania reserve volunteers, in capturing, at Fredericksburg, Va., Decem- ber 15, 1862, the flag of a Georgia regi- ment, and to Private John W. Mosteller, company B, fifty-fourth Pennsylvania vol- unteers, for leading a charge and captur- ing a confederate battery in the absence of the officers of his company. 2 Naval Orders, Chief Engineer W. 8. Smith has been or- dered to duty as a member of the engineer examining board at Philadelphia, relieving Chief Engineer W. H. Buehler, who is or- dered to the Portsmouth (N. H.} navy yard in “place of Chief Engineer A. J. Kiersted, who will be placed on the retired list on the 24th. Lieut. J. A. Rodgers to examin: tion for promotion. assed Assistant En- gineer W. H. Chambers to duty at the Iowa iron works. SILVER MEN DIVIDED One Thing Accomplished by the Administration Financial Plan. HOW. SOUTHERN MEN ARE CAPTORED The State Bank Feature Do’s the Business. A BILL TO BE REPORTED ——__+-—__ If nothing else comes of the administra- tion financial plan it has already accom- plished one of Mr. Cleveland's purposes— that which the silver men believe to be the chfef one. It has divided the silver forces. The indications now are strong that very few democrats of the south will reject it. Only the most radical silver men —those who believe in silver for silver's sake—are expected to stand out against it. If the wishes of the advocates of the plan are complied with, and a caucus held on the House side, it is believed that the plan will be indorsed by a good majority, and will be pressed for consideration. Men who have been hesitating about expressing an opinion on the subject are falling over one after another to the administration side. The plea that they must do this in order to get ahead of the republicans, who would adopt something similar at the next Congress, is evidently effective. Men from the south, who have been strong advocates of silver throughout their congressional career, and who still make the same pro- fession, are in favor of passing this meas- ure at once, The State Bank Feature. The state bank feature of it is what captures them, and the feeling thet some- thing must be done impels them to action. Seme of the extremely radical silver men, who foresee that the adoption of any finan- cial measure which will give an abundance of currancy, whether actually gvod or not, will indefinitely postpone the -estoration of silver as a money metal, if it does not eliminate the question entirely from the next campaign, are resisting the movement as well as they can, and some of them threaten to filibuster in the House until the end of the session if the matter is pressed. Such a filibuster, however, would not be effective if the committee on rules should yield so far to wishes of the ad- ministration as to bring in a special order closing debate. At least one member of the committee on rules is earnestly in favor of the administration plan, and insists that there should be immediate action. This is Gen. Catchings. What the position of the speaker ang Mr. Outhwaite is has not yet been disclosed, and it is also uncertain what position the republican members of the committee will take. Though it did not seem possible until now, it is beginning to leok as if this plan or one similar to it might be passed through the House. If the committee on rules gives the right of Way, so as to destroy the power of the filibusters, the chances are in favor of a majority following the administration, The Senate May Determine. It would then ile with the Senate to de- termine the question. There the situation is different. A filibuster in the Senate can be successfully managed, since there Is to be no change of rules. The radical silver men of that body, of whom the leaders are on the republican side, have made up their minds that there shall be no financial leg- islation which does not include the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 4. Their policy is to make a straight fight for silver at this ratio, not with any idea of se- curing legislation during either this Con- gress or the next, but with a design to make free coinage of silver the issue in the next presidential campaign and in the contest for the control of the Congress elected, at the same time with the next President. . . Gold Again Going Oat. Indications of a beginning of the with- drawal of the gold from the treasury re- serve recently sanctioned have caused an apprehension that this reserve may be again reduced below the $100,000,000 mark, and that it will not be long before the treasury will be as badly off tor gold as it was before the bond issue. The danger of this condition and the apprehension that if nothing is done by this Congress there will be another bond issue, possibly followed by call of the next Congress to meet early nd legislate on the question, is driving a number of democrats to favor the adoption of the Carlisle plan now, who, under dif- ee circumstances, would be opposed to it Appropriated the Populist Plan. Those, who do oppose the plan are very earnest in their opposition and savage in their criticism, but these critics are un- expectedly few. One quaint criticism is that Mr. Carlisle has appropriated ihe populists’ subtreasury plan, giving it a Mmited application. Senator Peffer says that there is no criticism which the bank- ers made to the subtreasury plan of the populists which is not applicable a hundred fold to this. ‘The populists in their plan propose to issue money on a certain per- centage of the value of actual products. They propose for the government to issue money on wheat actually in the warehouse. ‘This plan proposes for the government to issue money on the capital stock—the pos- sessions of the bankers. It is an applica- tion of the idea to @ certain class and a certain sort of possessions only.” To Report a Bill. A disposition was manifested at the meeting of the House committee on bank- ing and currency this morning to get a financial measure before the House as speedily ag possible. So pronounced was this feeling that the proposition to give hearing to certain parties met with’ con- siderable antagonism until a definite un- derstanding was reached that these hear- ings would not be permitted to occasion great delay, but should close at the end of next week. There was a very general expression of opinion among the demv- erats that a bill should be reported be- fore the holidays and some of the’ republi- cans concurred in this opinion. Resolu- tions were adopted providing for a hearing of Secretary Carlisle, Controller Eckels and some other experts on banking not named. The chairman of the committee was directed to get the permission of the House for the committee to sit during the session of the House. What Chairman Springer Says. Speaking of the action of the committee and prospects for legislation on the ad- ministration financial plan, Chairman Springer of the committee said today: “I am not authorized to speak for the com- mittee, but for myself I am of the opinion that a bill will be prepared by the commit- tee on banking and currency and submit- ted to the House before the adjournment for the Christmas holidays. There is a general feeling in the committee in favor of this action, ard the earnest desire ex- Fressed on the part of the members of the House, so far as I know, is that some- thing should be done. It is my opinion that we will be able to ask the House to consider the measure as soon as Congress reassembles. The measure will be formu- lated and reported before the holidays, tw order that members and the press of the .| country and all concerned may have an opportunity to consider the provisions in detail during the recess.” “Do you think there will be a measure conforming closely to recommendations?” “It is impossiblé -for:me to state now what agreement we reached, but I find that among the members a very com- the Secretary's promising spirit prevails. They seem to be willing to lay, aside their individual preferences and favor that measure which is obtainable if it be sound and safe.” “Do you think that a bill conforming to the Secretary's recommendations could pass the House?” “I could not say as to that now. But with the recommendation of the committee behind it I believe 4t could. That, how- ever, is only my opinion. The President in his message end the Secretary person- ally have stated that they are not so fixed in their views that thcy cannot co-operate In anything fm this line that Congress may deem just and prope: Mr. Cox of Tennessee, a member of the banking and currency committee, and a great advocate of the repeal of the state bank tax, sald that he believed that the committee would rey a mesure, basefl upon the report of Secretary. Carlisle,which would be adopted by the House. He was not prepared to say if it would conform in every particular to the Secretary's rec- ommendations, nor that tt would not. He did feel certain, however, that some such measure as the Secretary recommends, if not exactly the sume, Would be adopted by the House. ee ——EE BRECKINRIDGE’S NEXT FIGHT. Secking to Nomfmate the Legislators From His District. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. LEXINGTON, Ky., December 7.—Col. Breckinridge has kindled a fire hete which @ generation may not extinguish. He has been defeated, but he has not been con- quered. The nomination of Owens and his ele tion have put a great gulf between the two democratic factions, The first object of attack is Senator Blackburn. “Breckinridge,’’ said an astute politician to The Evening Staf correspondent, “will be tho next Senater from Kentucky or he will name him.” Unless Breckinridge men are named as democratic candidates for the legislature in Fayette, Woodford, Franklin, Bourbon, and, indeed, in all the counties cf the dis- trict except, possibly, Owen and Henry, the republicans will elect the delegation. If Breckinridge men are elected they will be able in the democratic caucus to control the nomination for Senator. On the other hand, if republicans are chosen from Blackburn's own district he cannot hope to secure the nomination for Senator. ‘That at least is the wayt appears to the Breck- inridge men here, they will take the utmost delight in defeating the aspirations of Mr. Blackburn. It is not by any means certain that Col. Breckinridge may not himself formally enter the race for Sen- ator. His friends here expect brilliant things of him during the:short session, and if the expectations are fulfilled he may himself make an effort to reach the upper house. That is for’ the future to deter- mine. With this spirit prevailing on one side it is natural emdugh that the opposi- tion should share in it, Owens men made.a namber of advances -toward the Breckinridge men in the in- terest of party harmony, but they were so openly repulsed that> they, too, have on their war paint, and.are threatening the defeat of any democrat.who is a member of the Breckinridge ‘faction. ie —— MARYLAND .G@@D TEMPLARS. More Officers Blee: and a Public Meeting, Meld. Special Dispatch to Zhe Iifesing Star. GAITHERSHURG, Md., December 7.— At the afternoop session 6f Dual Grand Lodge of G Templara. yesterday the election of otti¢ers was resumed, with the following result: Grand deputy marshal, Ida J. Jones; Srand, assistant secretary, John J. itelfeld; grand guard, J. P. L. Storm; grand sentinel, Charles’ D. Duval grand messenger; G. Maurice Wolfe; al- ternate delegates named for the Inter- national Supreme Lodge at Boston i June were Mima R, Hobbs and James H. Gaither, James HJ,.Gaither was recom- mended for deputy,.right worthy grand templar. international Supreme Templar D. H. Mann instafled these officers and those elected at the morning session. The Templars’ Guide and Temperance Sentinel, published at Gaithersburg, was adopted as the lodge's official organ. Lodges in west- ern Maryland were constituted District Ledge, No. 5. Last night a rousing public meeting was held, at which addresses were made by Kev. George H. Nock, Rev. T. F. Dixon, Grand Vice ‘Templar Waters, Grand Assistant Secretary Blelfeld, Past Grand Chief ‘Templar Owen, Kev. Wm. C. Brian and others. —>——_ MEXICAN TROOPS ATTACKED. Reports of 0: ughts by Guatemala: Guerrillas. CITY OF MEXICO, December 7.—The latest reports from Guatemala are of a more serious character than any which have as yet reached the capital. It is claimed an assassination has been made by the Guatemalans of a Mexican colonel, a’member of the staff of Gen. Lullane, and from unofficial sources it is reported that a company of the nineteenth battalion of the Mexican forces have had two skir- mishes with a force of 400 Guatemalan guerrillas. ‘The first assault on the Mex- ican troops was a harmless skirmish, but the second resulted in two Mexican soldiers being Killed. The Guatemalans retreated hastily, and it is not known that they suf fered any material damage. The parti ular body of mounted Guatemalans is r; ported as still hovering about the vicinity of the Mexican troops, but it is believed that after making the attack they retired to the Guatemalan ‘ide of the interna- tional line. Should official information confirm these reports it is highly probable that tHe Mex- ican government will at once demand rep- aration in a satisfactory manner for the outrage. r ae PRESIDENT DURLAND CONVICTED. A Philadelphia Berd and Investment Company Declerea Fraudulent. PHILADELPHIA, Devember 7.—Dr. John H. Durland, president of the Provident Bond and Investment Company, was today found guilty on the ckarge of using the mails to further a seheme to defraud. The case was given to the jury late yesterday afternoon, and a seal¢d werdict was handed in by the jury at 5:30 this morning. Dur- land’s counsel moved fer a new trial, and Judge Butler will hear argument on the motion on Monday, December 17. —_—_—-s—— DISASTERS: CAUSED BY FOG. Pittsburg Was @hreuded in Semi- Darkness This Morning. PITTSBURG, Pa. December 7.+This city was enveloped in a dense fog up until 10 o'clock this morning, causing a number of small railroad and street car wrecks, with one fatality, Robert Campbell of Alle- gheny, who attempted to board an electric car, and in the dim light missed his footing and fell under the trailer. —_——.—_—_ Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were: District of Columbta—Andrew Cederwall, United States Soldiers’ Home; Miriam Un- ger, Mary J. Kirwan. Virginia—Willam;H. Beal, Elizabeth Cit, Frank H. Roberts, Elizabeth City; John Riley, Hayes’ store, Gloucester count Henry McFaul. Elizabeth City; Venus Morrisey, Norfolk. Maryland—Annis Matilda Barnett, Cam- bridge, Dorchester eounty, ONLY THE HOUSE|!PHTHERIA PREVENTION! QCAL LEGISLATION But One Branch of Congress in Ses- sion Today. THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE DISCUSSED It is Taken Out of the Committee of the Whole. TALK OF TIMBER LANDS —_— At the opening of the session of the House today, on motion of Mr. Martin (dem.), Indiana, the order for a night ses- sion this evening to consider private pen- sion bills was vaeated. The committee on banking and currency was given leave to sit during the sessions of the House. On motion of Mr. Haugen (rep.), Wiscon- sin, the second Saturday in January was set aside for the delivery of eulogies on the life and tharacter of the late Representa- tive George B Shaw of Wisconsin. The House then went into committee of the whole to consider the President's mes- sage and Mr. Wilson (dem.), West Virginia, moved that the committee ef the whole be discharged from the cousideratton of the message and that its various parts be re- ferred to the standing committees having jurisdiction. Mr. Grow (rep.), Pennsylvania, in bax ap ance with notice previously given, took the floor and addressed himself to the banking scheme promulgated in the President's .| message, Mr. Grow on National Banks. For thirty years, he said, the present national banking system had been in opera- tion, and no holder of any national bank bill had ever lost a dollar nor would such loss occur as long as it continued. The system furnished a sound circulating me- dium and had met all the requirements of the people with the exceptfon, perhaps, of elasticity. He described at length the operation of the present system. He be- lieved the present law should remain ex- actly as it was except that the banks ould be allowed to Geposit money as well as bonds for circulation and take out $110 on every $100 in money deposited and cir- culation up to the par value of the bonds. State banks, he believed, should have the seme rights of issue with the same llia- bility to the government, together with personal liability of the stockholders. To prevent undue contraction no bank should be allowed to redeem its circulation at a higher rate than 10 per cent each month, and no bank should be allowed to reduce its circulation below 25 per cent except to go into liquidation. “If a bank can take out $110 in circula- tion on $100 of money, where is the elastic- of your system?” asked Mr. Hall (Mo.). ‘ertainly nowhere except in allowing the reduction of bank reserves from 25 per cert to 10 per cent during the months of Qctober, November and December—the period when the crops are moved. I do not see’ how an elastic currency can be based on a non-elastic substrata, like a bond or a legal tender dollar. An elastic currency must be based on an elastic credit.” Mr. Grow replied that no sound currency could based -on credit. In the final ad- justment a dollar must be behind every dollar of circulation. The motion of Mr. Wilson was then agreed to. In the morning hour Mr. Mc- Rae, from the committee on public lands, called up the bill to protect forest reserva- tions. To Protect Forest Reservation: Mr. Hermann (Ore.) explained the pro- visions of the bill. As originally drawn, he said, the bill was exceedingly objec- tionable to the people of the west. It pro- vided, first, for the sale at auction of 50 per cent of all the timber on forest reser- vations, and,, secondly, of 50 per cent of all other timber on the public domain. The western members desired to prote¢t in- stead of d2nuding the public forests, and they had agreed on an amendment giving to the Secretary of the Interior the power to reserve such an amount of timber as might be necessary to preserve the forests, Mr. Wells Against It. Mr. Wells (Wis.) opposed the bill in every feature. The attempt to drive this bill through under whip and «pur smelled, he would say savored if he did not have such high respect for the chairman of the public land committee, of boodle. It was said that the forestry association was be- hind this bill. There was amotner association behind it, which had its origin in Maine fifty years ago and had now extended to the Pacific pe. It was an association of timber thieves and land sharks that was behind this bill. If these timber thieves were allowed to go into the public forests they would bribe the agents of the In- terior Department and destroy them, «The pine land thieves of Michigan and Wisconsin, he declared excitedly, had grown rich on their plunder and had then bought seats, both in this Hous2 and the other. He would not permit the people of this country to be plundered of mil- lions of dollars worth of timber. He ap- pealed to the members of the House not to permit these thieves to go into the forests with the disguised purpose of cutting only dead and matured timber. He challenged any advocate of the bill to show a line in it designed to protect and preserve the public forests, Mr. McRae'’s Denials. When Mr. Wells took his seat, Chair- man McRae arose and indignantly denied that there was any land ring or associa- tion behind this bill. He had essumed the responsibility for the bill, and if the gentle- man from Wisconsin knew of any hidden power behind it he would yield time to him to make known Its nature. “I said before,” replied Mr. Wells, hotly, “that I believe in your honesty, but the gentleman is green in the lumber business and I believe the gentleman {s being de- ceived and is being made a tool of-—” “I may be green in the lumber business,” returned Mr. Mckae, “but I take pride in the fact that I represent one of the largest timber sections of this country. My state, however, is not affected by this bill, There is no interest behind this bill save such as ought to inspire every patriotic American— the protection of the forests from devas- tating fires and land thieves.” Pass this bill, he said impressively, and in 100 years your children will rise ‘up and call you blessed. The history of the old world fur- nishes a lesson which this country ought to learn, and the record of millions of acres of timber destroyed by fire this year at- tests the urgent necessity of immediate action. In concluding, Mr. McRae said he realized that the bill could not be passed today and appealed to the committee on rules for a special order for its consid- eration. * The Railroad Pooling Bill. After some further debate by Mr. Wil- son (Wash.), Pickler (N. D.), and Coftech (Wyo.), the morning hour expired, and in accordance with the terms of the special order the House proceeded with the dis- cussion of the railroad pooling bill, un- der an agreement to take up the bill un- der the five-minute rule tomorrow. Mr. Bartlett (N. Y.) addressed the House in favor of the measure, arguing in sup- port of legitimate and legal pooling. Judge Abbett's Remains Interred. . JERSEY CITY, N. J., December 7.—The remains of the late Judge Leon Abbett were removed this morning from the fam- ily residence to Greenwood cemetery. ‘The funeral service was held last night at the house, Report of Dr. Kinyoun on the Results of ‘The Manner of Producing Immunity and the Efficacy of the Serum Set Forth. Of particular interest at this time ts a report made to Surgeon General Wyman by Dr. J. J. Kinyoun, the marine hospital surgeon who, at the invitation of Prof. Roux, investigating the methods employed at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, in the preparation of the new cure for diphtheria. Dr. Kinyoun says that after spending a month at the institution he had seen suffl- cient to enable him to form an intelligent estimate of the value of the discovery. There is, he says, still more to be said in its favor than was claimed for it by Prof. Roux in his paper on the subject before the international congress of hygiene and demography, held at Budapest in Septem- ber. The report gives in detail the steps necessary in the preparation of the serum anti-toxine, which include, first, the prep- aration of the toxines of diptheria sec- ond, the immunization of animals; third, preservation of and conservation of the serum. How to Produce Immunity. The manner of producing tmmunity in an animal may, the report says, be per- formed in one or two ways—by injestions of the toxines or by inoculations of the bacilli. The former method has been found to be the best; and at present is the only one in use. In the experiments of Prof. Roux and Dr. Martin animals of all kinds were used, but now they use the horse, as it has been found to be the most satisfactory. It stands the process of im- munization better, and gives a serum stronger than any other larger animal— that is, in the same length of time—besides furnishing a larger amount of serum. Of the whole number of cases which came vnder Dr. Kinyoun’s observation (elghty- -two) three died, about 4 per cent. The statistics show that there has been a orga diminution of mortality since last ay. The Efficacy of the Serum. The report, continuing, says: “The effi- cacy of the serum is better shown in the tracheotomies than in all the others. The mortality under the usual conditions has been, from 188¥ to 1834, something fright- ful to contemplate; fully 85 per cent of the little patients have succumbed. Since the commencement of the serum treatment the death rate has been lowered to less than 47 per cent, and the cases upon which tracheotomy must be performed are fewer and fewer. Another fact worthy of note is that there are seldom any of the com- plications in diphtheria that were formerly present. Diphtheretic paralysis is rare, pneumonias are less frequent, and, al- though albuminuria exists in nearly every case of several days’ duration, fatal cases of nephritis are gradually becoming less frequent. It 1s now possible to immunize the reagents to the disease. Unfortunately, the immunity is not of long duration. The longest time in which it is thought to be protective is six weeks, one injection from ten to twen' c. ¢. being sufficient. The future possibilities in this direction cannot be overestimated, as we have in the serum the almost absolute preventive of epidem- ics of diphtheria.” GERMANY’S REASONS. What is Behind Her Program of Dis- crimination. The recent decrees and contemplated rais- ing of duties on American’ food and other agricultural products by the German gov- ernment appear to be based on a broader foundation than the mere desire to compel the United States to come to terms and re- mit the discriminating duties against Ger- man bounty-paid sugar. In fact, from the reports received at the State Department, it would seem that sugar has very little to do with the imposition of these restrictive measures, and that the real explanation is to be found in internal pelitics. For in- stance, United States Consul General De- Kay, in @ report from Berlin upon the pro- enormous increase of the duty on cotton seed oil, an increase that makes the duty prohibitive, says: “This appears to be only one ‘of a number of efforts made by the-land-owning party (agrarier) and the protectionist manufacturers to strike at any article of importation that can be used as food. Cotton seed oil, in its refined stage as table oil, as well as an ingredient of manufactured butter, is to be dealt a blow.” The consul general is borne out in his conclusion as to the animating force by re- ports from other American consular officers in Germany, which indicate that the gov- ernment has, at least in the matter of ag- ricultural products, so far yielded to the farmers and certain classes of manufac- turers as to adopt a genuine Chinese wall protective system, and just as soon as an American product begins to be exported to Germany in quantities that threaten serious competition to native products an exclusive decree is issued against it, based on almost any pretext, or a prohibitive duty is im- posed, —_—_—_-e-—______ TODAY'S CABINET MEETING. Foreign Affairs and the Financial Situation Discussed. A regular meeting of the cabinet was held at the White House today and was attended by all the members. Foreign af- fairs and the financial situation are un- derstood to have been the principal topics of discussion. CAPITOL TOPICS. Republicans and the Democratic Program. Senator Hale said today that in his opin- jon the action of the democratic caucus would not render a republican conference necessary. He expressed the opinion that the democrats had acted wisely in decid- ing against attempting any further tariff legislation and said that the program de- cided upon was one which he thought would, in the main, insure republican co- operation, Baltimore Harbor. The Secretary of War has sent to the House a report, made September 19 last by Col. Craighill, corps of engineers, of a sur- vey of Baltimore harbor, with an estimate of the cost of widening the ship channel to 1,000 feet. To execute the proposed widening of the channel, Col. Craighill re- ports, will require the removal of fifteen and a half million of cubic yards of ma- terial and its redeposit. The cost of the work, including superintendence, is esti- mated at $2,500,000. a DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. A Memortal Bridge Hearing. ‘The House committee on commerce to- day authorized a hearing to be given next Wednesday at 10 o'clock to the advocates of the proposed Memorial bridge across the Potomac river from the Naval Observatory grounds to Arlington. ————— Government Factory. The Secretary of Agriculture has decided to sell the experimental sugar factory at Medicine Lodge, Kan., including all ma- chinery and apparatus, and will receive proposals for their purchase up to 2 o'clock Thursday, January 3. Bills to Be Pressed by the Senate District Committee, AN INFORMAL CONFERENCE TODAY Commissioner Ross Urges the Municipal Building Bill. OTHER IMPORTANT MEASURES There was to have been a meeting of the District committee of the Senate today, but only four Senators responded to the call, and so a quorum’ was not obtained. These were Messrs. Harris, Hunton, Mce Millan and Hansbrough. They had an infor- mal conference, however, as to the state of the local calendar, and it was agreed that some legislation might be secured in the Senate if sufficient energy was expended by, the members of the committee. For a Municipal Building. Before the meeting hour, Commissioner Ross, accompanied by Mr. John B. Wight, secretary of the board of trade, called at the committee room and had a consultation with Senators Harris and Hunton in re gard to'the bill providing for a new munici« pal building. It is probable that more at« tention will be paid to this bill this session than to any other local measure, and Com= missioner Ross urged that the subcommits tee in charge of the bill should grant a+ hearing at an early day to interested citi« zens. Accordingly, at 2 o'clock on Mon<= day, there will be a meeting of the sub- committee, which consists of Senators Faulkner, Hunton and McMillan, for the purpose of hearing such persons as may, appear before them. It is probable that the District Commissioners “and the board of trade will be represented, and a delega~ tion from the East Washington Citizens’ Association will also attend, consisting cf Messrs. Evan H. Tucker, Frizzell and W. C. Dodge. At the informal consultation of the committee, later, it was the general opinion that the bill presented to the louse at the last session from the commit- tee on public buildings and grounds, pro- viding for the erection of the municipal building, and on the site of the present court house, would be the easiest to pass at this time. There will be no site to purchase and in this way the objections of the economists of the House a ago This x = avoids the possibility of a real estate scramble. Should the bill be pressed in the Senate it is probable that it will be carefully drawn to insure the competition of leadirg architects. The favorite plan is for a group of buildings to be erected on three sii of a rectangle, giving accom~ modations not only to the municipal offices, but to the police department and all the local courts. An argument that is being urged in favor of this site is that any, change to a down-town location of the courts and court offices would necessitate a great loss in values from the abandon- ment of the many law office buildings that pare grown up arcund the City Hall ware. e 0. Tracks. A delegation representing the citizens of Northeast W@shington, consisting of Dr, EB. M. Gallaudet, president of the Deaf Mute College, and Messrs. Tucker and Frizzell, called on the committee this morn- ing to urge early action upon the bill now, pending in committee requiring the Balti- more and Ohio Company to combine its tracks outside of the city limits and to enter the city on a masonry viadyet. This is known as the Sherman ill, and would doubtless have been pressed at the last session had not the Baltimore and Ohio company pleaded for a delay on ac- count of the hard times. This is Senate 656, and is in charge of Senators Faulkner, McMillan and Harris as_ a subcommittee, Senator Harris told Mr. Tucker this morn- ing thet he believed something could be done with the bill this session and that it would be taken up for consideration at an early meeting. Dr. Gallaudet said to a Star reporter that as far as he has been able to ascertain the company is not averse this time to making the change, and that the plans outlined in Senator Sherman's bill have been demonstrated to be entirely feasible. What the Plans Contemplate. These plans contemplate a deflection of the Baltimore tracks from the present line at Ivy City in crder to run to the north of Kendall Green to Join the Metro- politan track a little north of the old city, line. It was urged at one time by the com- pany that there were engineering difficul- tes in the way of such a junction, owing to the grades of the two tracks, but com- petent engineers, Dr. Gallaudet says, have gone over the plans with care and declare that it fs entirely possible to make this improvement. ‘ je added that the necessity for the change from the present grade crossings; which are entirely unprotected, is growing every year, owing to the rapid increase of population in the northeast section. Sev- eral of the students of the institution over which he presides have lost their lives at the 7th street crossing, and he has himself on a number of occasions barely escaped death. He thinks that the danger will be greatly increased when the cable road shall begin to be used on H street, and he is in hopes that Congress will take definite action this winter to abolish the two men- acing crossings at Delaware avenueand Ist street, which are within a few yards of each other. The Dollar Gas Bill, Another bill that is to be urged for pass- age, and with considerable prospect of suc- is House bill 4279, relatipg to the sale of gas in the District, bette” known as “The Dollar Gas Bill.” This bill having al- ready passed the House is now on the calender of the Senate committee, in eharge of Senators Hunton, Faulkner and McMillan, and a very little effort will probably result in a passage of the bill through the Senate. ‘The bill provides that after its passage the price of illuminating gas furnished to all consumers in the District shall not excee@ a dollar per 1,000 feet, it being provided that if consumers other than the govern- ment shall not pay their gas bills within ten days upon presentation the company collect at the rate of $1.25. The act of June 23, 1874, 1s amended to require the gaslight company to.maintain its product at the equivalent of twenty-two candles and pro- vides a penalty of $100 for each day on which there may be proved violation of this provision. The bill also makes provision for an extra clerk at $1,000 in the office the Commissioners and an extra inspector of lamps at $900 to carry out the provisions of the act. Street Railways. ‘There is a strong disposition on the part of the members of the committee to criti- cise the Metropolitan Railroad Company for its delay in the work on constructing the 9th street rapid transit line, for which one year was granted from the Ist of August, 184. At the informal meeting this morning this matter was brought up in connection with other street railway questions, and the case of the Columbia road was cited as an instance of unusual activity without the spur of congressional interference. The Danger Point. It may be that the bill introduce] at the last session by Senator McMillan intended to reduce the danger to street traffic and pedestrians at the corner of 15th street an@ New York avenue from the cable cars will be taken up again this session and pressed