Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1894, Page 1

THE BVENING STAR HCP Pn SUNDAY, PUILDINGS, 1th Street Hem Anny AT THE STAR b “ The Brening ents per uw ‘ at the | ty fot postage prepaid 50 cents fat, Washington, D. C. per year; be att In advance. non appliention. MR. HILL'SPROSPECTS | His Course in the Senate Will Be | Watched With Interest. NO? INJURED BY HIS DETEAT He May Be Heard From on the Financial Question. STITY SIDE TIAL - QUAD A PRE ting talk in demo- snator Hill, his pre future prospects. His friends are very much ple: with his reception in Weshington since his defeat. His first week here has demonstrated to their satisfaction that he has lost nothing in pepular party estimation by leading the forlorn hope at home in the last cam- paign. His Course W There is some inter cratic circles about ent attitu and M1 Be Watched. Mr. Hill's course during the present ses- sion of Congress will be watched with in- terest. it is observed that he is starting in cautiously and conservatively. His friends approve of this attitude, and ex- plain it by saying that he can afford to wait and study the situation, As to Pat we. ady called attention to the co: The Star has al the acquiesence by tion, within the ber of nominatic postmasters in New tion ted 1s of ant York as indicating a m the explana- as they de- ary. Mr. Hill ne empnasis, was acce, truce. tion seribe stan at th zation in the state. point whomsocever he may cho any place where there mzy t but if mocratic federal empire state wents to exert himself in a 2 Ww the situation, is nece may ap- and to party way cannot hope to effect a th outside ef the regular organizat . Hill, therefore, is repr-sented ag be rfectly sefene on the subject of the New York He would rather the office: 1 with men of his own choosing, that ot be he gets satis ton oat of the tion th J men who ted m either becon Tis supporters, or remain powerless and in- aciive. The Financial Question. There is one pr of great im- nee upon wai Hill must de- some Way at this session ecersity his the ¢ the Se to with ati three-corne: Supports ponents and ais are the great Hill's own state. If t he will be certain and vice versa. ‘I s men are his constituents, and some them, though at one time opposed to Wn ap}reciation of him since his action in the fight for the repeal of the pares using clause of the Sherman a&t and 5 effort to defeat tae ome ta of him, have s The interesting suggestion is made that Mr. Hill n solve this difficulty by bring- ing forward a measure of his own, or by offering some amendment when the Car- lisle bili comes up in t uate which will define his po: Asi certain to be fix or eight the financial question © rate, Mr. Hill has plenty of time in ich to_ prey himself for any parts he may choose to take in the discussion. Still a President Quantity. All comment reiating to him shows that Mr. Hili’s friends still regard him as a presidential quantity, and as standing in the front line. They are expecting noth- ing sensational from him. ey simply point to his ord, and say that he ts right on the tariff, all right on the fir and that h nee of the nomir ef governor fall in the face o ch he himself had pre- | elf done nothing to | friends for him in mocracy in every ‘Che Hill men declare that New York will again present bis Lame to the ni mal democracy as her first choice for the Presidency, and fight for hiin earnestly in the convention, A Tammany Man's Opinion, A well known Tammany man the case characteristically. Thes won't understand David for awhile. They are alwa. pectin’ him to do some- Well, he won't hit ess somebody hits him. But Mr. Hill of Donnybrook | Ui at th Oniy, just now, he ain't lookin’ fur heads. But he still has his shil- Jaly in hand ready for when he sees a head and don't like it.” ranks of the r e in the Union. in town thin’—to hit somebody. anybody ur ain't aslee car Amending the Anarchists Bil The judiciary committee of the House agreed today on numerous amendments to the anachists bill as passed by the Sen- ate. The ment gives the for- eign inspec ants to United States consuls under the direction of the State Department, instead of treasury in- spectors as p! d by the Senate bill. nt requires every immi- rtificate from the United 2 port from which the Btates cor immigrant em! from the foreign rela- has reported a resolu- ent to take such Senator Dolph, tions committee, tion requesting the Pre: measures as he may deem necessary to tonsummate the agreement betwe Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Masimo Mora, a citizen of the United States. The matter of this claim was the subject of a message recently sent to the Senate by the President. Says Injustice is Beiag Done Him, Representative English of New Jersey says the House ts doing him an injustice in refusing to consider his public building bill, as the measure does not carry an ap- propriation. He says the committee at Bis instance struck cut the appropriation clause and the bill only authorizes the Becretary cf War to condemn a strip of und necessary to protect the butiding om fire. He thinks that if members would read the bill their objections would be removed. He says he only wants fair play in this matter, and he thinks he has not been overinsistent. Reported Favorably. The House military affairs committee has agreed to report favorably a bill extending indefinitely the time in which soldiers may apply to the War Depart- ment far the removal of the charge of de- sertion, also a bill giving enlisted men the wilege under certain conditions of re- Gee after thirty years and twenty-five service, tively. The commit- Ye'iaia on the table t the Senate bill giving certain operators a military status. | the where Che £Zvening Star. or 85, No. 21,068. V THE CITY POST OFFICE | A Letter Asking the Cause of the De‘ay in the Work. Chairman Sayers Says the Govern- meat is Losing $100,000 a Year Be- is Unfinished. cause the Buildin “It ts costing the government over $100,- 000 a year by reason of the delay in com- pleting the Washington city post office,” said Chairman Sayers of the House com- mittee on appropriations to a Star reporter today, “and I think the matter should be lecked into.” It might be observed at this point that the contractors have consumed nearly three years, an? have not finished the superstructure te the second story yet; that at this rate it will require nine more years to finish the superstructure, another year for the roof and another for the in- terlor, making fourteen years in all to put up this building, and causing the govern- ment a loss of $1,400,000, in addition to the cost of the structure. “The government is paying $185,000 a year rent for outlying offices in this city,” con- tinued Chairman Sayers. “When the com- mittee on appropriations made provision for the new city post office they intended to use a portion of it for the accommodation of the offices for which rent is now paid. We mate that we can save at least $160,000 a year in rent by using this butld- ing. Of course, therefore, every day's de- lay in getting into the building means just that much more unnecessary expense for the government.” A Letter of Inqatry. Chairman Sayers today addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury calling upon him to furnish the appropriation com- mittee full information concerning the con- struction of the city post office. The an- sv expected to throw some light upon the causes_of delay in the progress of the work. It Is to include a statement of the terms of the contract and the time of its expiration, Chairman Bankhead of the committee on public buildings and grounds. is also very much interested in this subject. “I think it is very remarkable, to say the least, that so much time should be consumed in the construction of this building. It 1s an impcsition upon the government that we should be compelled to continue to pay rent for ofilces when we have appropriated mcney to put up @ building to accommo- date our offices.” understood that the committee on appropriations will give the matter close attention with the object ef hastening work upen the building. ME A Conclusion Lenz is Dead. The of cers of the te Department in have made every effort to discover bouts of Mr. Frank Lenz, the g Pitisburg bicyclist, who undertos to Ko around the world on his wheel, but without success. They have reached the sad conclusion that he is dead. The latest intelligence in regard to the unfortunate traveler is furnished by Mr. R. W. Graves, the British consul at Erzeroum, Turkey, who says that Lenz passed through Dia- din, just west of the Pe border, about 150 miles from Tabreez, Persia, on the 7th of May last, and that no trace of him has since discovered. This information been corroborated by dispatches from United States consular officers who inves- tigated the case. The route taken by Lenz Sa very dangerous one, on account of the numerous brigands that infest it, and is never undertaken by natives without # mis rong guard. As the bicyclist started alone so many months ago, and never reached his destination, the conclusion is almost irresistible that he was foully dealt with and then concealed. The theory that he may be held in captivity for ransom finds no credence at the State Department. “ADMIRABLE CABLE SERVICE.” The Superiority of the Press Aga MONTREAL, December 14.—The admir- able cable service furnished by the Associ- ated Press on the death of Sir John Thompson at Windsor Castle caused much favorable comment here. The Herald, re- ferring to the subject, says editorially “The Associated Press, the great organt- zation which furnishes the Herald with its news, supplied a service on the death of Sir John Thompson which bore excellent testimony to Its unparalleled facilities for collecting news. The Canadian people are under deep obligations to this association, for it supplied the only complete and satis- fectory report of the sad occurrence. It might have contented itself with a mere formal record of the event, for the vast bulk of its business is done with American newspapers, to whom Sir John Thompson was but a name, but it considered itself obligated to supply its Canadian members with a service which would be absolutely satistactory, and it did so. In an incredibly short space of time after the death at Windsor a bulletin announcing it reached the Herald office, and an hour later a full report began to come in, The extent and cosuiness of this service can only be ap- preciated by those who are in the habit of using the cable. The United Press never had its weakness as a competitor to the Associated Press 60 clearly revealed to the Canadian newspapers. The two organiza- tions should not be mentioned in the same breath.” TORONTO, Ont., December 14.—Natural- ly, during the past few days there has been but one topic of interest to Canada—the death of Sir John Thompson, its premier. The eariiest and best news regarding this event of national Importance has been the one great alm of the larger Canadian jour- nals, and in this struggle those journals served by the Associated Press far out- stripped their competitors. Their reports have called forth praise from all quaste: rot only in Toronto, but in Montreal, St. John, N. B.; Halifax and from all points in Canada to which the service extends. An instance of how the Associated Press service was appreciated occurred in their Toronto office, where at midnight Wednag- day night the Toronto World (a United Press paper) applied for and secured the full and splendid report furnished regard- ing Sir John Thompson's death and pub- lished it with full credit to the Associated Press and to the exclusion of the meager and disconnected story furnished by the rival association. In speaking regarding this great beat cf the Associated Press, the Toronto Daily Empire says editorially: “The Canadian patrons of the Associated Press have un- doubtedly good reason to be satisfied with the service rendered in connection with the death of Sir John Thompson. Not only were the reports full and graphic, but the copy was furnished early in the evening, which is a great consideration.” The Datly Mail says: “The sorrowful story of the death of Sir John Thompson in Windsor Castle on Wednesday was for- warded to the Mail by the Associated Press over the wires of the See egraph Company. The accoun' ead affair was very compiete in all its details and was admirably handled.” Axsoclated n Shown, A BILL PREPARED For a Municipal Building on Judi- ciary Square. SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE'S ACTION There is a Good Chance of the Bill Passing. PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE There was a brief meeting of the District committee of the Senate today, but a most important action was taken, which may result in a speedy consideration of the bill for a new municipal building in this city. Senator Faulkner, on the subcommittee having charge of the bill, reported a meas- ure from the subcommittee which was the result of a meeting held late yesterday afternoon. The bill retains the Judiciary Square site and raises the cost of the bulld- ing from $1,500,000 to $2,500,000. There was a short discussion of the merits of the bill by the members of the full committee, and it was unanimously decided that Senator Faulkner should be elected to report the bill favorably to the Senate on Monday. Provisions of the Bill. The biil provides in the first section that there shall be constructed a fireproof build- ing for the accommodation of the municipal offices and courts of the District on the site of the present city hall and such addi- tional grounds as may be necessary. The building is to be erected according to plans to be approved by a commission con- sisting of General Thomas 1. Casey, chief of engineers of the a the Engineer Commissioner of the District and the su- pervising architect of the treasury. The building shall not cost more than 00, 000, one-half of which shall be charged t the District. The second section provides that the commission shall invite proposals for de- sign and estimates by advertising in Wash- ington, N York, Loston and Chicago, and the b design shall be accepted and the architect submitting it shall be paid $5,000 for the plan and employed to pre- pare such other drawings as shall be want- ed from time to time. The third section appropriates $100,000 for the commencement of the work, in- cluding the removal of the present build- ing. ‘The fourth secti shall be done 1 as the commission shall nm provides that all labor contract or day’s work, decide, and the construction of the building shall be under the control and supervision of the com- mission. ction, numbered 5, was inserted ubcommittee, providing that the appropriated shail be drawn from ry upon the warrant of the Com- $ of the istrict based upon the certificates. of the commission as the amount expended by it. Whre Con tee Members Say. speaking to a Star re- porter after the meeting, said that he has sted that Gen. Casey be made a mem- ihe commission and named person- that he might be employed person- fter his retirement from the a ve list of the army. He added that he would never consent to the erection of the build- ings in Washington in future without the or supervision of Gen. Casey being provided for as long as that officer might remain alive. Senator McMillan said that he belleved that there was more than a fair chance for the bill, as thus framed, tu be passed this session. He thinks it has so been amended that all objections that have been raised to it by economists and others have been met. “There is no row to be apprehended as to the selection of the site,” he said, “and the economists cannot complain that there isa job in the location of the building. ‘the bill has now been before Congress in one shape or another for so many years that it is high time that some action should be finally taken, I made a personal in- spection of Judiciary Square last evening and it certainly seems to me that a fine building, such as can be erected for the t'named in the bill, will be a mar- ous Improvement to Washington. Tne rent rofl of the District should convince anybody of the need of a new building. The municipal bureau and offices are scut- tered all over town in rented quarters and there is hardly any branch of the local government under a public roof. The an- nual rentals of these quarters makt a startling sum and aggregate more than the legal interest on aune an investment bill. as is proposed by th: DIs' ary Court of Appeals Bill. The House committee on judiciary today favorably reported the Senate bill provid- ing that nothing in the act establishing the Court of Appeals for the District shall be construed to affect in any manner the power and jurisdicticn conferred upon the District Supreme Court by the act to pro- tect the interests of the United States in the Potomac flats, and that the suit insti- tuted by the Attorney General in the court in accordance with terms of the last men- tioned act shall proceed to final hearing in the District and United States Supreme Courts. A Gas Company Henring. Chairman Heard has appointed a subcom- mittee, consisting of Messrs. Rusk, Cobb and Harmer, to give hearings upon the bill to incorporate the National Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company. The date of the hearing will be announced hereafter. Will Try for a District Day. As the next District day in the House falls upon December 24, when Congress will be in recess, Chairman Heard will cn- deavor to have another day set apart for his committce in leu of the one lost. Statue to Chief JInstice Chase. In the Senate Mr. Sherman has intro- duced @ bill providing for the purchase of a statue of the late Chief Justice Chase. a mee LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS. The Suppleme ‘Three Sentry Boxes Are Now Erected im the President's Grounds, Another sentry box was placed tn the President's grounds today, making three of such buildings for the accommodation of the policemen employed there for the pro- tection of the Executive Mansion and its inmates. The latest addition is located near the west entrance to the grounds just north of the conservatcry. It is the same size and architecture as the one on the lawn in front of the mansion and will ac- commodate twe persons. o-—_____— LABOR LEADERS EXCITED. Nearly a Kilkenny Fight tn the Den- ver Convention, DENVER, Col., December 14.—What bor- dered on a regular “Kilkenny” fight took place in the National Federation of Labor convention tcday. PURCHASE NOT ADVISABLE Reasons of Report Against Buying Some + School Property. The Minor School Building and the Needs in That Neighborhood— Against the Purchase. The board of trustees of the public schools have made an adverse report to the Commissioners upon the proposition recently submitted to it for the purchase of the property betomging to the corpora- tors of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth, to sell its property on 17th street to the District for $50,000. This action on the part of the trustees was based upon the following report of the committee on buildings: ‘The committee on buildings and repairs, to whom was referred the proposition of the corporators of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth to sell their property on Jith street to the District for $50,000, report that the property, by rea- gon of its location, will not be of perma- nent use to the District for school pur- poses, and its purchase is not recom- mended. The results of the investigation of the subject. by the committee are given in a memorandum accompanying this re- port.” Ina memorandum accompanying the re- port the committee says: Basis of Cost. “The building is worthless for residence, hotel or business purposes, and would bring nothing if placed on the market for other than school purposes. If offered for school purposes it could not be sold at all, probably, except to the District. It now nets the owners 41-2 per cent on the $50,000 asked for it, but the probability that the District will not continue to rent it threatens the owners with an entire loss of income from it, for it cannot be readily rented for private school purposes so as to earn @ good percentage of its cost. “As indicated In the second paragraph of this note, the building is worth (on the basis of cost) about $24,000. On the basis of the demand for such a building, or its general market value, it is practically worth nothing. The question is: Should the District, as the only user of such a build- ing, take advantage of the situation and offer only the value of the ground because no more can be obtained from any one, cr should it give the proper value of the build- ing to the District for school purposes? In the opinion of the committee on buildings and repairs the District should deal equit- ably in the matter and make the cost or intrinsic value of the building an element in determining the valve of the whole property. If this is Gone, the value of the preperty, 28 above Indicated, will be: F the ground, 1 square feet, at $2, $52,- ; for the building, $24,000; total, $56,250. offer of the corporators of the finor Institute is but $50,000, which, as- suming the District is te buy it, is not an unreasonable price. If the District needs such a building in that locality, or is likely to need it im the future, it would be wi to make the purchase. Minor Building Not Needed. “The building 's now eccupled by the Business High Scheol. It 1s entirely unfit for this purpose, being able to accommo- date but 250 pupils, whereas there are al- ready nearly 500 in attendence, and “the annual increase 1s large. It is also too re- mote from the hcmes of most of the pupils. A new building, centrally located anc adapted to the present and future needs of the Business High School, is urgently needed, and will probably be supplied before jong. It should be stated that the Minor building is incapable of en- largement or remodeling. Hence the prop- erty should not »e purchased for its pres- ent use. As to the need of it for grade schools, the first division is now adequate- ly supplied with school rooms. The Minor buildirg is three squares west of the Ber- ret, about one square northeast of the Force and one square southeast of the Adams. The vicinity is well built up, and its future as well as its present needs are amply provided for by the school just menticned. “When the first division needs a new school building it will be about one-half or three- fourths of a mile northwest of the site of the Minor School. At such a point the cost of the necessary land and the erection of an eight-room modern building will be less than the cost of the Minor School building. The same objection applies to the purchase of the Minor property for colored school purposes. The Sumner, Magruder and Gar- rison schools are sufficient for present needs, and the future incroase of colored school demands will be in other sections of the District. If the Minor building were lo- cated in a part of the District where there is a ne of additional school accommoda- tions and it were offered at an equally low price (location considered) the committee on buildings and repairs would recommend its purchase. We do not, ghowever, think it wise to pay so much fa lot for the sake of obtaining a building located where we have no present or prospective use for it.” ap OWNERS PROTEST. A Petition Against Extending Cham- plain Avenue and 18th Street. A long petition, signed by the property owners and residents in the subdivision of Lanier Heights, was received by the Com- missioners this morning, protesting against the extension of Champlain avenue and 18th street through Lanier Heights and the abandoning of Lanfer avenue, Kansas avenue and Adams Mill road. The peti- tioners state that it is their judgment that the proposed change would not only not be an improvement, but a positive detri- ment to the region, and will be a cause of great inconvenience and financial loss to many of the property owners in Lanier Heights. The petitioners sey they approve the project of the winding road crossing Ontario valley from Adams Mill road to the Quarry road, and hope that this will be established, and also that the proposed widening of Ontario avenue, Lanier ave- nue and Poplar avenue wi}l be made. Some of the signatures were those of Judge A. Cc, Bradley, G. Browne Goode, Chas. D. Walcott, A. M. McLachlen, R. W. Walker, Story B. Ladd, C. J. Beil, Fitch, Fox & Brown, Robt. H. Martin, tréasurer Colum- — University; B. P. Davis and Mary E. ann, PROPERT ————aee MILLINGTON LYNCHERS FREED. Two Acquitted, Cases. of the Others Droppeé. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 14.—The jury in the case of W. 8. Richardson and L. Smith, charged with being implicated in the lynching at Millington, Tenn., of six negro prisoners on the 3ist of August last, this morning brought in’a verdict of not guilty. The attorney general there- upon moved that the case against the eleven other men indicted for the same crime be nolle prossed, and this was done. The attorneys for the defense insisted upon a verdict of not guilty in all the cases, but to this Attorney General Pat- terson would not though he inti- mated that he would cor WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1894—SIXTEEN PAGES. RIGHTS OF STRIKERS Cases of Debs and His Associates Decided. aa THEY IGNORED THE COURT'S EJUNCTION Exhaustive Opinion Rendered by Judge Woods. FEDERAL REGULATIONS CHICAGO, December 14.—‘“Guilty as charged” was the finding announced today by Federal Judge William A. Woods against President Eugene V. Debs of the American Railway Union, charged with contempt of court in ignoring an injunc- tion of the court directed against the strike last summer. The same finding was reach- ed against the other American Railway Union leaders on trial with Debs. Debs was sentenced to six months in the county jail. The others on trial were given three months each, except McVane, who was re- leased because there was no evidence against him. The finding of the court is that the de- fendants are guilty of contempt, but any punishment inflicted would not be cumu- lative. In other words, there were two cases be- fore the court, one for contempt and the other for violation of the federal statute. The latter cause is merged into the former. Judge Woods, after announcing that the defendants were found guilty as c d, said it was not in accordance with pro- ceedure in such cases to permit the de- fendants to say why sentence should not be passed, but in this case the court would allow it. The cramped court room was crowded to overflowing when Judge Woods first en- tered the court room and took his seat upon the bench. President Debs and the other defendants were present and in various attitudes of anxious interest listened to the reading of the decision. With Judge Woods, Judge Jenkins occupied the bench, and many Prominent attorneys were present to hear the outcome of the proceedings against the leaders of the great railway strikes of lust summer, Points in the Decision. Judge Woods’ opinion was extremely long, and, owing to the importance of the sub- Ject, was exhaustively treated. As he remarked, there were Inquiries involved which in some respects go beyond the lines of established or unquestioned precedent. ‘The case of jurisdiction was first discussed, then the guilt of the defendants. Judge Woous se Without going into the de- tails of averment, the charge made a: the defendants was that they were engaged in a conspiracy to hinder and interrupt interstate commerce aud the carriage of the mails upon the railroads centering in Chicago, by ineans and in a manner to con- stitute, within the recognized definitions, a public nuisance.” ‘The act of March 2, 1889, is quoted as showing that national control had been extended over the channels of interstate commerce, including railways and naviga- bie waters. It is also held that the federal government has property right in the mails, and can, therefore, protect mail trains ag well as mail wagons. Judge Woods, referring to the position of the def2ndants in respect to the act of July 2, 1890, that it “is directed at dangers sup- posed to result from vast aggregations of capital, and not of force and violence wholly against trusts and uct at organi- zations of labor in any form,” sar “It is plain that a clear and more comprehensive purpose came to be entertained and was embodied in the final form of the enact- ment. Combinations are condemned not only when they e the form of trusts, but in whatever form found, if they be in restraint of trade. That is the effect of the werds ‘or otherwise.’ 1 have no doubt that this statement, in so far as it is directed against contracts or combinations in the form._of trusts, or in any form of a ‘con- tractural chiracter,” should be hmited to contracts and combinations such, in their general charac ics, as the courts have declared unlawful. But to put any such limitation upon the word conspiracy is aaa nece:sary for, as I think, permis- sible. 5 “To do so would deprive the word of all significance. Any proposed restraint of trade, though it be in ‘tself innocent, if it is to be acccmplished by conspiracy, is un- lawful. “That this case is one of equitable char- acter is clear, and as I understand, has not been questioned by counsel—their conten- tion being that neither by this statute nor upon general principles is the case within the jurisdi nm of a federal court.” Referenc made to the case of Phelan at Cincinnati, held by Judge Taft to be a conspirator. Judge Woods went on: “The facts of this case suggest illustra- tions of the impropriety as well as incon- sistency of putting upon the statute the restrictive construction proposed. If, for exemple, the manufacturers of other sleep- ing cars, in their own interest should en- ist the brakemen and switchmen or other employes of the railroads, either individual- ly or in associated bodies, in a conspiracy to prevent or restrain the use of Pullman sleepers, by refusing to move them, by se- cretly uncoupling them, or by other elusive mears, the monopolistic character of the conspiracy would be so evident that, even on tho theory that the statute Is almed at contracts or combinatiors intended to en- gross or monopolize the market, it would be agreed that the offense ought to he punishable. But, if in such case the officers or agents of the car companies, who might or might not be capitalists, would be in- dividually responsible for violating the statute, upon what principle could the fire- men or switchmen be exempt? Can work- ingmen, or, if you will, poor men, acting by themselves, upon their own motion and for their own purposes, whether avowed or secret, do things forbidden by the statute without criminal responsibility and yet be criminally responsible for the same things done at the instance and to promote the purposes of others? Or will it be said that under this statute one who is not a capital- ist may without criminality assist capital- ists in doing of things which on their part arescriminal? If that be so, then if a cap- italist and one who is not a capitalist join In doing things forbidden by this statute, reither can be punished, because one alone cannot be guilty of conspiracy.” Further on Judge Woods said: The right of men to strike peaceably, and the right to advise a peaceable strike, which the law does not presume to be impossible, is not questioned. But if men enter into a con- spiracy to do any unlawful thing, and in order to acccmplish their purpose advise workmen to go on strike, knowing tat violence and wrong will be the probable outcome, nelther in law nor in morals can they escape responsibility. Pullman cars in use on the roads are in- strumentalities of commerce, and it fol- lows that from the time of the announce- ment of the boycott the American Railway Union was committed to a conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce, in viola- tion of the act of July 2, 1890, and that the members of that association and all others who joined in the movement became crim- inally responsible each for the acts of oth- ers done in furtherance of the common whether intended by him or rot. The officers became responsible for the ‘men and officers. » —_—_——- b Cabinet Meeting. cabinet meeting today was attended se eee ee ones oe Seen. who is out of city. TWO CENTS. WALKER SOUNDS WARNING The Massachusetts Member Tries to Pre- vent Hasty Financial Legislation. The Banking and Currency Committee is Determined, However, to Form- ulate a Currency Bill at Once. There was a spirited incident before the banking and currency committee today when it resumed consideration of the cur- rency question. Representative Walker of Massachusetts said he understood a pro- gram had been quietly agreed on, by which the currency bill would be considered by the democrats of the committee tonight, by the full committee tomorrow night, and presented to the House Monday. Chair- man Springer said this program was mere surmise. All that the committee had actually done was to agree to a meeting Saturday night, it being understood that a final vote on the bill could then be taken. Mr. Walker thereupon moved that the committee reconsider such agreement. He protested against this undue haste. “We have been turning over this cur- rency question for the last ten months,” said Mr. Walker. “At the end of that time Secretary Carlisle comes in with a_ bill, which, he tells us, he dictated hurriedly to his stenographer before coming to the com- mittee room. No man living could prepare a measure affecting such vast interests in less than a week. Yet this is the bill that s to be reported off-hand. This haste is not becoming to us as legislators. There should be full consideration of the ques- tion, without limit of time.” A Party Vote in the Committee. Mr. Walker's motion to reconsider was voted down by a strict party division, viz., ayes, Walker, Brosius and Johnson of In- a, republicans; nays, Sperry, Cox, Cobb of Missouri, Warner, Black of Georgia and Springer, democrats. Mr. Johnson (Ind.) added his protest to that of Mr. Walker. He said he had at first agreed to the meeting tomorrow night because he knew the majority had virtual- ly agreed on a bill and were ready to push it through the committee, so that it was useless to resist the haste. “I hope,” said Mr. Cox, doubtfully, “that the gentleman ts right in saying we can get a bill through the committee.” Mr. Cox added that an understanding had been reached by the majority as to the character of the bill. More Criticism of the Carlisle BAIL. Representative A. J. Warner of Ohio, president of the Bimetallic League, ad- dressed the committee, going into the prinéiples of the entire currency question. He urged that an elastic currency such as Secretary Carlisle sought was an impos- ibility, as prices rose as fast as currency increased. Mr. Warner said that the his- tory of the world proved that the gold standard could not be maintained by giv ing to the banks the form of expanding the circulation. He was amazed that this preposition should be made in this enlight- ened age, in the face of the financial ex- perience of the world. Mr. Enoch Pratt, president of the Balti- more clearing house, was next heard. He said with regard to the Baltimore plan that it embodied his views. Speaking of the fifth section of the Carlisle bill providing for a guarantee fund, he said it would be safe if the strong banks could be gotten into it, which he considered doubtful, Chicago Atincks the Baltimore Plan, Among the letters and telegrams read by the chairman was a telegram from Jonn R. Walsh, president of the Chicago National Bank, saying it had been impossible for him to leave Chicago this week, but in- viting attention to a letter he had written to Controller Eckels. The letter to Mr. Eckels was also read. In this Mr.Walsh states his objections to the Baltimore pian, the first of which was that it does not pro- vide adequate security for the notes; sec- ond, because it throws on the treasury of the United States the burden of redeeming notes of failed banks; third, because the people would never accept the notes of any bank not properly secured. He adds that the Baltimore pian is nothing but a re- vival of the old New York state safety fund plan, a system which was abandoned long before the organization of any nation- al banks. In his opinion, the proper way to deal with the currency is for the gov- ernment to issue an irredeemable 2 1-2 per cent bond, which could be made the basis of circulation for national banks up to the amount of the capital. a AN IMPRESSION IN PLASTER, A Cust Taken of Sir John Thompson's Features. LONDON, December 14.—At the request of Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian high commissioner, Mr. William Reynolds Steph- ens and Mr. Joseph Whitehead today each took a plaster cast of the face of the late Sir John Thompson, fcr the purpose of making a bust of the deceased premier of Canada. The remains of Sir John were then placed in a lead coffin and removed :o the Roman Catholic Church on Spanish place. By desire of the queen Father Longinotto of St. Edward's Chapel, Windsor, cele- brated the requiem mags at 11 o'clock. ‘The outer coffin is of mahogany with gilt mountings. Both the outer coifin and the leaden coffin inside of it have plate-glass panels. The Inscription on the coffin plate reads: ‘The Right Hon. Sir John 8, D. Thompson, P. C., K. C. M, G. M. P., Q. C., Premier and Minister of Justice of Canada; died at Windsor Castle, December 12, 1804; aged fifty years. R. 1. P. A NEW PRINTING OFFICE, A Joint Meeting of Subcommittees on the Subject. The joint meeting of the subcommittees of the House and Senate committees on public buildings and grounds was held this morning to discuss the status of the bill for a new public printing office. The mat- ter was discussed and the various proposi- tions before Congress referred to, but the committee adjourned without action. If the selection of a site and reporting of a bill depended entirely upon the two com- mittees an agreement could be reached in five minutes, but the trouble lies in the fact that the friends of Gen. Mahone are determined that no other site except the Mahone site shall be selected, and this does not meet with the approval of either com- mittee. The House has absolutely refused also to even consider the Mahone site. Another meeting of the committee will be held next week, at which the matter will again be discussed. i - Secretary Langley Denies. Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian = The proof of fe pudding is in fhe eating. Yesterday's Sar contained 50 cofumns Of advertisements, made up of 715 separate announce: ments. These advertisers foug§t pubficite—not merefp Space. HEAVILY REDUCED Wages of Metropolitan Railroad Em- ployes Cut Seventeen Per Cent. REASONS GIVEN BY THE COMPANY Expenses Must Be Materially Les- sened, Says President Phillips. MUCH PUBLIC INDIGNATION ee The employes of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company were given the most undesirable Christmas gifts in their ex- perience yesterday, in the shape of a re- duction of wages amounting to 17 1-2 per cent. Heretofore the drivers and con- ductors on the various branches of the road bave been paid by the trips they mace, the men running on regular cars being enabled to make $2.03 per day for between 12 and 13 hours’ work. The crew of a car running from Boundary and 1th street to the east front of the Capitol, and from Boundary and 9th street to the river front received, so the men say, 20 cents a trip each man, and made ten trips a day. The price was reduced yesterday to 16 1-2 cents a trip. On the main line, running from Georgetown to Lincoln Park, the former wages wero 24 cents a trip. Under the new arrange- ment but 20 cents will be paid for this ser- vice, and the schedule of trips made ts such that the regular drivers and conductors can make but $1.65 for a full day's work cn all the branches, There are other employes of this char- acter who are employed on what is known as “side trips,” and run cars during the busy parts of the day only, and the redue- tion comes still harder on them, because of the smaller wages they were able to make. All Are Indignant. A Star reporter rode on many of the cara of the several branches of the road this morning, and conversed with drivers and conductors, All were indignant over their misfortune. One conductor was seen on ¥th street who has a wife and seven chil- dren. Under the new schedule of wages he can make but ninety-nine cents a day, as he is a “side trip” man, “Will there be a strike?” he repeated when the reporier interrogated him. “No, sir; We are not in @ position to make any substantial objection to this action of the company. Some of the single men are hot under the collar, like the rest of us, and say we ought to strike, but there is no crganization among us, and a strike would mean starvation to those who have fam- ilies to support. Many of the men will re- sign, because they can't make both ends ton their new wages, but men situated like 1 am will have to grin and bear it, be- cause a crust is betier than no bread at all. ‘Times are so hard and so many men are idle that the company will have no trovble in filling our places, even if we all went out.” Popular Feeling. Others talked with looked at the matter With the same philosophy, born of neces- sity, and the fact was uncovered that the indignation of the regular patrons of the Metropolitan lines was more intense, if, pcssible, than that of the sufferers from the reduction themselves. The number of © passengers had fallen off immensely on each line where persons could get parallel Ines of communication to their destination by walking a square or two. This was especially true on th street north of F street northwest and south of the mall, Where many regular passengers merely Jumped on cars to tell the conductors they would never ride on the Metropolitan again and then jumped off again to walk over to the 7th street cable in the southern, or to that line or 11th street in the northern section. The herdics that run down E: Capitol street were also crowded with for- mer patrons of the cars which run on that thoroughfare, and in Georgetown, where the majority of the Metropolitan ‘patrons live, the sentiment p va downright anger. In tores and at places where crowds congregate the de- termination was openly expressed not to patronize the Metropolitan line unless It Was absolutely necessary on account of the weather. This incipient idea of a boy- cott was not confined to the friends or ac- quaintances of tie employes, but prevailed among all classes. “I don’t care to be personally quoted,” said a well-known Georgetown resident, “but I can promise you that neither myselt nor any of the five members of my family will ever ride on the F Street cars again, even if they do pass ovr door, The company simply makes a preposterous proposition when it says it is compelled to make its employes suifer for an alleged necessity to cut expenses. On the wages of conductors and drivers it may suve $50 or $60 a day, and I venture the sertion that it will lose twice that much in Georgetown patronage alone. It has never been a popular line anyhow, because it has hever done anything for its patrons’ comfort and convenience unless Congress compelled it to. In this latest shortsighted action Mr, Phillips and his board of directors have given the company a financial black eye that will make it ugly looking for a long time to monied men and capitalists from whoin it will be compelled to ask favors In crtor to carry out the compulsory im- provenents ordered by Congress.” Shortsighted, Business men down town are also con- vinced that tc company has made a very serious mistake in exciting popular indig- nation at such a critical period in its af- fairs, especially at this time of the year, when the sympathies of the people are so exceedingly sensitive. The prejudice will be still further heightened hy the compart- sons being made between the new wages paid the Metropolitan employes and those in force in the other companies. The Washington and Georgetown Company pays its conductors and gripmen $2 each per day for about ten hours’ duty, and the Columbia pays the same rate for about twelve hours’ time. Discussed at the Capitol. The reduction of wages was quite gen- erally discussed at the Capitol and there ‘was no sympathy for the company to be noted. Most of the Senators and Repre- sentatives who rode to the Capitol by that line had heard the news of the reduction and many of them passed an encouraging word to the drivers and conductors as they entered and left the cars. The gen- eral feeling at the Capitol is that there has been no change in the revenues of the road such as to warrant such a heavy cut, and there is a disposition to claim that the company should pay for its betterment