Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1895, Page 1

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These advertisers IN CONGRESS TODAY Interest Taken in Both Houses in the President’s Message. REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Reed Makes Some Sugges- tions in the House. THE SUGAR REPEAL BILL There was but a small attendance fn the Senate today when that body was called to order by Vice President Stevenson, who has returned to the city after attending the burial of his daughter at Bloomington, IN. Soon after the Senate chamber beg: to fill and before some preliminary business on the Vice President's desk was disposed of there was the largest attendance of Senators since the session began. The President's secretary was announced very soon and all knew he had the special mes- sage on the financial question. There was the utmost quiet In the Senate chamoer while the message was being read, ard Senators on both sides gave it the closest of attentien. At the close of the reading of the mes- sage Mr. Sherman (Ohio) suggesterd that the message be referred to the finance committee. There was some objection on the part of several Senators, including Messrs. Stewart and Harris, who desired that the messege should He on the ‘ple, so that if Senators desired they might sub- mit some remarks upon it. Mr. Sherman's motion prevailed, however, on a viva voce vote. Unanimous consent was given to a sug- gestion by Mr. Harris extending the privi- leges of the floor of the Senate to the late secretary of the Senate (Gen. Anson G. Mc- Cook), who is now in the city. A Deficiency Inquiry. The Senate agreed to a resolution offered by Mr. Stewart (New, calling on the Sec- retary of the Treasury for a statement of the estimated deficiency In revenues of the government to pay current expenses be- tween December Sil, 1804, and December 3 0G, and if the $15,337,570 cash balance in the treasury on December 331, 1804, will be sufficient to meet such deficiency; also to a motion calling on the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to ascertain the claims of the several states now on file in the Treasury Department under the act of July 27, Is the amounts due them for expenses in curred in raising troops as provided by or- der of the Secretary of the Treasury of February 8, 180 i The Vics President laid before the Sen- ate the credentials of Hon. Richard F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, re-elected to the Senate for six years from March 4, 180. The credentials were placed on file. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement cf the kinds and amounts of money received in exchange for bonds issued and sold under the refunding act of 187. Objection was made to it and it went over. At 2 o'clock the bankruptcy bill came up, but by a vote of 2) to 24 it was lisvlaced, and the consideration of the Ute bill was continued. THE HOUSE. ‘There was a good attendance on the floor when the House met today, in anticipation of the President’s message, and members stood around in littie knots speculating on its contents and discussing generally the treasury situation. Postmaster General Bissell was on the floor conferring with some of the democratic leaders. The House was not kept long in suspense. While Mr. Lynch (Wis.) was trying to get unanimous consent to consider a bill to quiet the title to certain lands in Wisconsin, Mr. Pruden, President Cleveland's executive clerk, ap- pettred and announced a message in writ- ing from the President. . Mr. Lynch's request was immediately ob- Jected to, and Speaker pro tem. Richard- son laid the message before the House. As the clerk begun reading the members took their seats and listened with intense eagerress to every word. Mr. Reed, Mr. Dingley and other republican leaders fol- lowed the Fresident’s argument as closely as (idl the democrats, When the reading was concluded there was a round of applause from the demo- eratic in which quite a number of 3 joined. Mr. Springer'’s Bill. Springer, chairman of the committee te Mr. on banking and currency, fo with sent to the clerk's desi@®the administration bill, stating that he would move the reference of the bill and message to his committee. Mr. Livingston (Ga.) moved as a substitute for t mot that the message be re- ferred th re of the whole on the state of the Union for immediate con- sideration Mr. Springer said he was willing that the bill should go to the committee of the whole, but if it was referred to his com- mitt he promised to call the cqmmittee tegether and secure early action. Mr. Reed's Sugeestion. der the rules,” interrupted Mr. Reed, “this m should go to the ways and ns commit Do I wnderstand that nan of the w: nd m walves jurisdiction over “Part of the message,” replie Mr. Wil- son, “would properly go to the ways and reans commit but the important por- tion relates to banking and curt and | i have no objection to that committee tak- It ts not us to insist, s: Mr. 1s he turned to take his seat, “if the tee on ways and me: desires to ways means committee,” re- Mr. W not to abdic that the me: mittee." ‘al points of and the messa n to the barking « ¢ e. M a obje: ¥ Mir. Springer asked una t the bill go with the 2 an ttee, an ed that it rule. rule to rst skirmish ov ord curre with its rif Repeal Lit. isposed of the House set for the consideration plumbia business, and c » of the whole with ation of the bill to repeal the ed by the tariff bil r untries. er the ad- and the business. routine -e- —— oxxip About Capt. Mahan. nt gossip at the Navy Depart- at Capt. A. T. Mahan, command- Chicago, will, on t the to THE HAWAIIAN VOTE The Democrats Realize That They Are Losing Their Majority. Angry Feeling Among Republican Senators Over Mr. Pettigrew’s Course—Policy Outlined. It is expected “that the intervention of the President's message on the financial situation will have the effect of detracting somewhat fro. the interest in the Ha- walian question that was last week so fruitful a topic of discussion in the Sen- ate. It is conceded on all sides that the republicans were surprised and chagrined at.the turn of things on Saturday when Mr. Vest's resolution ef confidence in the ad- ministretion as to its Hawaiian policy was adopted by the narrow margin of two votes. They had not counted cn the de- fection of Mr. Pettigrew, who voted for the Vest amendment and so prevented a tie. Under the parliamentary rule a-tie vote would have negatived the Vest proposi- tion, which was then before the Senate. By such a vote, likewise, any affirmative prop- osition would have followed. So that in a measure Mr. Pettigrew’s vote in the affirm- ative on Saturday carried the confidence resolution through, but his vote with the republicans on their own proposition under similar circumstances would not have pro- duced an affirmative result, the Senate still being a tie. Therefore, the withdrawal by Mr. Power, which was first cast in the affirmative with the democrats, merely strengthened the aid given by Mr. “Petti- grew to the democrats. Had Mr. Petti- grew voted with the republicans and had Mr. Power followed suit, the Vest amend- ment would have been rejected by one vote, and consequently the republican proposition would have been adopted. A Dwindling Majority. This close margin is bringing home to the democrats the fact that they are losing their majority in the Senate. The replacing of Mr. Jarvis by Mr. Pritchard last week has brought the democrats down to a bare majority of one. As the Senate now stands today there are eighty-five members. Of these forty-three are democrats, thirty- seven are republicans and five are popu- lists. These five populists are Allen, Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Peffer and Stewart. Senators Mantle of Montana and Clark of Wyoming will be here in a few days, and their arrival will deprive the democrats of the majority which they now hold. Mr. Mantle is expected tomorrow, and it is not certain when Mr. Clark will reach Wash- ington. The republicans, meanwhile, are not pressing the Hawaiian resolution to a vote, but are rather holding off until these two newcomers will give them thirty-nine voices in a total of e.ghty-seven. Of that total a majority is forty-four, so that the democratic forty-three will be just one short of an actual majority over all, while still being a plurality. b.) and Mr. Biand (Mo.) at | Were it not for the fact that the popu- lists are voting with the republicaus on the Hawaiian business, the democratic po- sition would rot be so insecure. Senator Kyle is deeply interested in the islands, and Mr. Allen has announced himseif as a radical annexationist. Mr. Peffer is fol- lowing the lead of these men, and Mr. Stewart is voting against the administra- tion on the Hawatian question, largely be- cause of his intense hatred of the finan- cial policy of Mr. Cleveland. It is held to be a significant fact that Senator Jones of Nevada, notwithstand- ing his letter of last summer, joining the populist party, 1s still being paired by the republicans as one of their party. This is thought to be a foreshadowing of an ar- rangement to be promulgated later where- by Mr. Jones will continue to act with the republican party. Opinion of Mr. Pettigrew. With Clark and Mantle present and the vote standing generally as it did on Sat- urday, the Vest resolution would be nega- tived by a tie vote. But there is a general fecling that Senator Power will be pur- suaded to vote with the republicans, and efforts are being made to induce Mr. Petti- grew to change his position. There ig a great deal of angry feeling to be noticed among the republican Sena- tors whenever the vote of Saturday is men- tioned. There is the greatest surprise ex- pressed on all sides that a republican should have gone so far contrary to the policy of the party in the Senate as to have voted confidence in the present ad- ministration as to its course toward Ha- vail. It is peinted out that he could, per- haps, have consistently refrained ‘from voting to commend the policy of the late administration or from voting to condemn the present one, but it is thought to be quite extraordinary that he should have gone to the other extreme to vote for the democratic policy toward the Hawaiian Islands. The republicans ar sense, that the Vest amendment was tem- porarily adopted. sy think that that action will more than any other tend to keep the subject alive, and this is precisely what they are aiming to accomplish. They feel that continted discussion is the surest way to lead to a iegitimate consideration of the annexation question. They still hope to defeat the Vest amendment by the re- jection of the amended resolution upon its final passage and the adoption of a res- olution to the contrary effect, and they count on the gradual disintegration of the democratic majority that is now going on. glad, in a certain ———___+ e+ —__ IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Schofield Favors the Detail of Regalar Army Instructors. The proposition for the introduction of military training in the public schools of the country, under the auspices of the War Department, finds general favor among officers of the army. Gen. Scho- | field has given his indorsement to the prop- osition. He said, in reference to this sub- ject: “We could not do the country a greater service than to detail army officers to duty as military Instructors to its youth. | As the policy of this government is not to maintain a large standing army, the best | course to pursue would be to’ give the youths a thorough knowledse of military | duties. Thep, in case of war, the recruits ald have some knowledge of their duties practice would be suflicient for all purposes.” Gen. + 4 Income Tax Cases Advanced. The Supreme Court of the United States tcday granted the motion to advance the | inceme tax cases on the docket, and set the argument for the first Monday in March, The s are those of Charles Pollock v: the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company |and Lewis H. Hyde vs. the Continental Trust Co. of New York, and the question constitutionality of the income H. Bristow and W. D. Gutrie for the appellants, J. H. Choate nt on account of illness; E. B. Brewn fer the trust companies and Solic- itor kwell for the government. The appellants urged t the admini tion airs of the internal revenue of- fice will be served by having the question of constitutionality promptly and authori- tatively decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, and the government con- curred in this view. ae Persenal Mention. Mr. Walter Fearing has resigned his posi- tion with Woodward & Lothrop, after a service of some twelve years as cas boy, clerk and then cashier, to accept a re- sponsible and more lucrative one with a firm of Norfolk, Va. A SPECIAL MESSAGE The President Writes Congress on the Financial Situation. HE URGES NON-PARTISAN ACTION Some Obligations That Must Be Paid in Gold. WORDS TO SILVER MEN aang ae The President today sent to Congress the following special message on the financial question: To the Senate and House of Representa- tives: In my last annual message I commended to the serious consideration of the Congress the condition of our national finances, and m connection with the subject indorsed the plan of currency legislation which at that time seemed to furnish protection against impending danger. This plan has not been approved by the Congress. In the meantime the situation has so changed and the emergency now appears so threat- ening that I deem it my duty to ask at the hards of the legislative branch of the gov- ernment such prompt and effective action as will restcre confidence in our financial soundness and avert business disaster and universal distress among our people. Whatever may be the merits of the plan outlined in my anrual message as a remedy for ills then .xisting and as a safeguard against the depletion of the gold reserve then in the treasury I am now convinced that its reception by Congress and our present advanced stage of financial per- plexity necessitates additional or different leg:slation. With natural resources unlimited in va- riety and productive strength, and with a pecple whose activity and enterprise seek cnly a fair opportunity to achieve national success and greatness, our progress shoul not be checked by a false financial policy and a heedless disregard of sound mone- tary laws, ner should the timidity and fear which they engender stand in the way of our prosperity. It is hardly disputed that this predica- ment cenfronts us today. Therefore, no one in any degree responsible for the mak- ing and execution of our laws should fail to see a patrictic duty in honestly and sin- cerely attempting to rel: e the situat Manifestly this effort will noz succeed un- less it is made untrammeled by the preju- dice of partisanship and with a stead- fast determination to resist the temptation to accomplish party advantage. We may well remember that if we are threatened with financial difficulties all our people in every station of life are con- cerned; and surely those who suffer will not receive the promotion of party inte: ests as an excuse for permitting our pre: ent troubles to advance to a disastrous conclusion. It ts also of the utmost im- portance that we approach the study of the problems presented as free as possible from the tyranny of preconceived opinion: to the end that in a common danger we may be able to seek with unclouded vision a safe and reasonable protection. The Real Trouble. The real trouble which confronts us con- sists in a lack of confidence, widespread and constantly increasing in the continuing ability or disposition of the government to Pay its obligations, grows to some extent out of the palpable and apparent embar- rassment attending the efforts of the gov- ernment under existing laws to procure gold, and to a greater extent out of the impossibility of either keeping it in the treasury or canceling obligations by its ex- penditure after it is obtained. The only way left open to the govern- ment for procuring gold ts by the issue and sale of its bonds. The only bonds that can be so issued were authorized nearly five years ago, and are not well calculated to meet our present needs. Among other disadvantages, they are made payable in coin, instead of specifically in gold, which in existing conditions detracts largely and in an increasing ratio from their desira- bility as investments. It is by no means certain that bonds of this description can much longer be disposed of at a price cred- itable to the financial character of our gov- ernment. The most dangerous and irri- tating feature ef the situation, however, remains to be mentioned. It is found in the means by which the treasury is despoiled of the gold thus ob- tained without canceling a single govern- ment obligation and solely for the benefit of those who find profit in shipping it abroad or whose fears induce them to hoard it at home. We have outstanding about 300,000,000 of currency notes of the government for which gold may be de- manded; and curtously enough the law re- quires that when presented, and in fact, re- deemed and paid in gold, they shall be re- issued. Thus the same notes may do duty many times in drawing gold from the treasury; nor can the process be arrested as long as private parties, for profit or otherwise, see an advantage in repeating the operation. More than 3300,000,000_ in these notes haye already been redeemed in gold, and notwithstanding such redemption they are still outstanding. Since the 17th day of January, 1894, our bonded interest beating debt has been incraased $100,000,- 000 Yor the purpose of obtaining gold to replenish our coin reserve. Two issue3 were made amounting to {50,000,000 each— one in January, and the other in Novem- ber. As a result of the first issue there was realized something more than $58,000,- 000 in gold. Between that issue and the succeeding one in November, comprising a period of about ten months, nearly $103,- 000,000 in gold were drawn from the treas- ury. This made the second issue necessary, and upon that more than $58,000,000 in gold was again realized. Between the date of this second issue and the present time, covering a period of only about two months, more than $60,600,000 in gold have been drawn from the treasury. These large sums of gold were expended without any cancellation of government obligations or in any permanent way benefiting our peo- ple or improving our pecuniary situation, Conditions That Should Arrest Atten- tion. - The financial events of the past year sug- gest facts and conditions which should cer- tainly arrest attention. More than one hundred and seventy-two million of dollars in gold have been drawn out of the treasury during the year for the purpose of shipment abroad or hoard- ipg at home. While nearly one hundred and three miil- jons of this amount were drawn out dur- ing the first ten months of the year, a sum aggregating more than two-thirds of that amount, being about sixty-nine mill- ions, was drawn out during the following two months, thus indicating a marked ac- celeration of the depleting process with the lapse of time. The obligations upon which this golé has been drawn from the treasury are still outstanding, and are available for use in repeating the ¢ ng operation h shorter intervals as our perplexities ac- cumulate. Conditions ere certainly _supervening tending to make the bonds which may be issued to-replenish cur gold less useful for that purpose. ‘An adequate gold reserve is in all cir- cumstances absolutely essential to txe up- holding of our public credit and to the maintenance of our high national char- acter. Our gold reserve has again reached such a state of diminution as to require its speedy reinforcement. ‘The aggravation that must inevitably follow present ccnditions and methods wiil certainly lead'to misfortune end loss not only to our national credit and prosperity and to financiat enterprise, but to those of our people w! seek employment as a means of livelihood and to those whose only capital is their daily labor. It will hardly do to say that a simple increase of revenue will cure our troubles. The apprehension now existing and con- stantly increasing as to our financial abil- ity does not rest upon a calculation of our revenue. The time has passed when the eyes of investors abroad and our peo- ple at home were fixed upon the revenues of the government. Changed conditions have attracted their attention to the gold of the government. There need be no fear that we cannot pay our current ex- penses with such money as we have. There is now in the treazury a comfortable sur- plus of more than sixty-three millions of dollars, but it is not in gold, and there- fore does not meet our difficulty. A Word to the Silver Men. I cannot see that differences of opinion concerning the extent to which silyer ought to be coined or used in our currency should interfere with the counsels of those whose duty it is to rectify evils now apparent in our financial situation. They have to con- sider the question of national credit and the consequences that will follow from its collapse. Whatever ideas may be insisted upon as to silver or bimetallism, a proper solution of the question now pressing upon us only requires a recognition of gold, as well a3 silver, and a concession of its im- portance,rightfully or wrongfully acquired, as a basis of national credit, a necessity in the honorable discharge of our obliga- tions payable in gold and a badge of sol- vency. I do not understand that the real friends of silver desire a condition that might fol- lcw inaction or neglect to appreciate the meaning of the present exigency if it shculd result in the entire banishment of gcld from our financial and currency ar- rangements, Besides the treasury notes which certain- ly should be paid in gold, amounting to nearly $500,000,000, there will fall due in 1904 §100,000,000 of bonds, issued during the last year, for which we have received gold, and in 1907 nearly $60,000,000 of four per cent bonds issued in 1877. Shall the pay- ment of these obligations in gold be repu- diated? If they are to be paid in such a ménner as the preservation of our national hcnor and national solvency demands, we should not destroy or even imperil’ our ability to supply ourselves with gold for that purpose. While I am not unfriendly to silver, and while I desire to see it recognized to such an extent as is consistent with financial safety, and the preserwation of national honer and credit, I am not willing to see gold entirely Lanished from our currency and finances. To avert such a consequence 1 believe thorvugh and radical remedial legislation should be promptly passed. 1 therefore beg Congress to give the subject immediate attention. What Should Be Pone. In my opinion the Secretary of the ury should be authorized to issue bonds of the government for the purpose of precur- ing and maintaining a sutlicient gold re- se and the redemption and cancellation of the United States legal tender notes, and the treasury netes issued for the purchase of silver, under the law of July 14, 18v0. We should be relieved from the humiliat- ing precess of issumg bonds to procure gold, to be immediately and repeatedly drawn out on these obligations for pur- poses not related to'the benefit of our gov- ernment or our people. Tre principal und interest of these bonds should be payable On their oface in gold, because they should be sold only for gold or its representutive, and because there would now probably be difficulty in favorably disposing of bonds not containing this stipulation. 1 suggest that the bonds be issued in denominations of twenty and fifty delars and their mul- tples, and that they bear interest at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent per annum. 1 do not see why they should not be pay- able fifty years from their date. We of the present generation have large amounts to pay if we meet our obligations, and long bonds are more salable. The Secretary of the Treasury might well he permitted at his discretion to receive on the sale of bonds the legal tender and treasury notes to be retired, and, of course, when they are thus retired or redeemd in gold they should be canceled. These bonds, under existing laws, could be deposited by national banks as security for circulation, and such banks should be allowed to issue circulation up to the face value of these or any other bonds so le- posited, except bonds outstanding bearing only 2 per cent interest, and which sell in the market at less than par. National banks should not be allowed to take our circulating notes of a less de- nomiration tian $10, and when such as are now outstanding reach the treasury, except for redemption and retirement, they should be canceled and notes of the denomination ef $10 and upward issued jn their stead. Silver certificates of the denominations of $10 and upward should be replaced by cer- tlficates of denominations under $10. Duties to Be Paid in Gold. As a constant means for the maintenance of a reasonable supply of gold in the treas- ury our duties on imports should be paid in gold, allowing all other dues to the gov- ernment to be paid in any other form of money. I believe all the prqvisions I have sug- gested should be embddied in our laws if we are to enjoy a complete reinstatement of a sound financial condition. They need not interfere with any currency scheme providing for the increase of the circulat- ing medium through the agency of nation- al or state banks, since they can easily be adjusted to such a scheme. Objection has been made to the issuance of interest-bear- ing obligations for the purpose of retiring the non-interest-bearing legal tender notes. In point of fact, however, these notes have burdened us with a large load of in- terest, and it is stillyaccumulating. The aggregate interest org the original issue of bonds, the proceeds of which in gold constituted the reservg for the payment of these notes, amountdd to $70,326,250 on January 1, 1895, and the annual charge for interest on these bon§s and those issued for the same purpose fluring the last year will be $9,145,000, datihg from January 1, 1895. While the cancellat would not relieve us already incurred on figures are given by that their existence hap not been free from Interest charges and that the longer they are outstanding, judging from the expe- rience of thc last*year; the’ more expensive they will become. In conclusion, I desire to frankly confess my reluctance to issuing more bonds in present circumstances.and with no better results than have lately followed that course. I cannot, however, refrain from adding to an assurange of my anxiety to co-operate with the gresent Congress in any reasonable measuge of relief, an ex- pression of my detegmination to leave nothing undone which furnishes a hope for improving the situatfon or checking a suspicion of our disincfmation or disability to meet with the strictest Ronor every na~ ional obligation. eae eee GROVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansio January 28, 1 ion of these notes rom the obligation ir account, these way of suggestion Metal Ra ad Tie! A protest against fhe denudation of forests in order to secure material for rafiroad ties is made fn a report issued by the Agricultural Department on the use of metal railroad ties and preservative processes and metal tie plates of wooden ties. It shows that about 20 per cent of the railroad mileage of the world, outside the United States and Canada, is laid on metal, Although progress in this direction in our country has been slow, the report says-by the waning of forest supplies, and as the railroad companies begin more and more to assume a permanent and less speculative character, it can be a question of only a short time when this saving of forest supplies will be forced upon them, insuring greater efficlency and final econ- omy. READY AND WILLING|4 CR!S'S REACHEO/THE HOWGATE CASE Mexicans Would Pay a Special Tax for a War. GOVERNMENT RECEIVES MANY OFFERS Fourth Battalion of Infantry Going to Acapulco. —_.+—___ TO BE READY FOR INVASION MEXICO CITY, Mex., January 28.—The fourth battalion of infantry is making preparations to move from this city, its objective point being Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, where it will be held with the other forces now there for the trans- pertation by sea for the Guatemalan in- vasion if thus ordered. Francois Varona Muras, the Cuban jour- nalist who made such a vicious attack upcn Mexico in connection with the recep- ticn of the Guatemalan minister by Gen- eral Diaz, is supposed to have left Vera Cruz yesterday by steamer for Havana. Several influential newspaper men of this capital made a petition to Don Romero Rubie, secretary of state, asking official action against Muras. Getting wind of the matter he quietly left town without fight- ing any of the numerous duels which he had returned to participate in. Appearances are that the pending Guate- malan war will not be as expensive to Mex- ico as was at first thought. The govern- ment has received many proffers of aid frcm wealthy citizens of the republic, and the mass of the people are so enthusiastic in their promises that these items, with the numerous individual appropriations, will very nearly relieve the treasury de- partment from material expenditure of an extraordinary nature. The country is ready and willing also for a@ special war tax, if the government finds that necessary. No Response Received. It is said at the State Department that neither Mexico nor Guatemala has yet re- sponded to the overtures of the United States government to use its good offices to secure a peaceful solution of the boun ary dispute. One report is that the Mexi- can government has formaily rejected the President's offer to mediate, but it lacks official confirmation. Hopeful of a Pexceful Solution. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, s: in regard to the pending controversy Le- tween Mexico and Guatemala that he is and has always been a friend of peace. He says he has done everything in his power to have this question settled in a peaceful manner, and he favors peace, not because of any personal motives, but Le- cause he considers it a calamity, a war between two nations of the same race and civilization, having the same interesis aud the same destinies In this hemisphere, ond because for general principles he is against the use of force to seitle internaiional disputes. Senor Romero said that noi- withstanding that the news received seems to have a serious aspect, he still hopes that this unpleasant question wiil be settled in a peaceful and friendly way - BEING FOUGHT AT D: ENVER. The Andover Theological Controversy in Revived. DENVER, Colo., dever theological controversy is being fought over in Denver. Rev. Dr. John P. Coyle, who came from North Adams, Mass., to accept the pastorate of the First Con- gregational Church, Is the cause of the commotion. Dr. Coyle’s answers to ques- tions asked him at his examination pre- paratory to his installation plainly show-d that he did not accept the doctrine of the divinity of Christ and the full inspiration of the Scriptures, but nevertheless the coun- cil_voted in favor of his installation. ‘ow, Rev. Addison Blanchard, who stout- ly fought against a vote favorable to the new pastor, proposes to present the matter to his chureh, with a suggestion it withdraw from fellowship with the First Congregational Society. Rev. Myron Reed, whom Dr. Coyle was called to succeed, resigned his pastorate on account of a storm raised by his speaking of Christ as an anarchist. The fact that Dr. Coyle at his examination said Christ was the “supreme anarchist” .ha: ted much comment, both in and outside the church of which he is pastor. ——— SNOW AND COLD. January 28.—The An- Railway Trains Blocked and Drifts Forming Fast. WATERTOWN, N. ¥., January 28—A terrific snow storm which has been raging here for thirty-six hours has blocked high- ways and railroad trains. A snow plow and two engines have been stuck in the drifts near Three-Mile Bay for thirty-six hours, the snow drifting in faster than it could be shoveled out. Passenger trains on that branch will commence running again to- morrow. Trains on the main line of the road are between two and three hours late. HENNESSY, O. T., January 28.—A bliz- zard has struck Hennessy, continuing with great fury. The thermometer registers two degrees below zero. Much suffering pr yails among settlers in the Cherokee Out- let, many of whom are unable to procure sufficient protection. Snow has fallen to the depth of three inches and has drifted several feet. —— ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. It is Said the Vacancy Will Shorty Be Fille The reorganization of the office of super- vising architect of the treasury on the Ii laid Gown by Secretary Carlisle is now complete, with the single important ex- ception of filling the vacancy at its head, which has existed since the enforced re- tirement of Mr. O'Rourke of New Jersey, several weeks ago. There are strong in- dications that this appointment will be made very soon. Secretary Carlisle has of late given some consideration to the mat- ter, and has personally consulted several gentlemen with regard to the merits of a few of the leading candidates. There are over twenty-five applications for this office on file in the department, and the Secre- tary will have no difficulty whatever in filling it. Mr. John M. Carrere of the firm of Carrere & Hastings of New York is being strongly pushed for the appointment by THE the architects of that state. | Carlisle showed an interest in t sentations, and accorded Mr. Carrere a personal interview one day last week. He has extended the same cdurtesy to several other applicants, so that the visit in its: has no special significance. Se Indians at the White House. Representative Pickler of South Dakota escorted to the White House today a dele- gation of Yankton Sioux Indians, in paint and feathers, who talked over with the President the agency affairs, and com- plained of the arbitrary conduct of their agent, J. A, Smith. Immediate Action or a Suspension of Gold Payments, Conservatives in Both Houses Active, but Radical Silver Men Not Alarm- ed at the Situation. It Is recognized now in all official circles that.a crisis has been reached and that ac- tion must be had at once, or there will be a suspension of gold payments. A decision of Mr. Cleveland to send a message to Con- gress today was reached only after he was convinced that even though this might be useless he could not afford to neglect the effort to secure legislation. It is felt in administration circles that nothing should be omitted to place the full responsibility on Congress. One of the first things that greeted Sec- retary Carlisle on his arrival at the treas- ury today was the announcement that $3,- 000,000 more of gold had been drawn from the treasury this morning. The belief is that the run on the gold will increase steadily in activity and the fear 1s ex- pressed in some quarters that there will be scarcely any gold left in the treasury at the end of the week. The outlook is for the suspension of gold payments unless the Secretary can negotiate another loan with- in a few days. Some time before Congress met this morn- ing leading men in both houses were in- formed that a message asking authority for a low-interest bond issue and giving warning of a crisis in the affairs of the treasury would be sent in as soon as Con- gress should assemble. It was known, too, that an “administration bill” to carry out the recommendations cf the message would be introduced by Mr. Springer as soon as the message was read. The matter at once excited intense interest and every one dis- cussed what could be done. Evidences of activity were manifest among the con- servative men in both houses of Congress, who insist that something will be done by Congress, “because it must.” Radical Silver Men’s Attitade. The attitude of the radical silver men still discourages the hope ef action. They do not seem to join in the general alarm over the situation and show gratification at the prospect of a suspension of gold pay- ments. Publicly they speak rather by in- nuendo, but a number with whom a Star repcrier talked this morning have declared that it would be impossible to frighten them into permitting action. One very prominent member of the silver circle in the Senate said dogmatically that the mes- sage would net accomplish anything. “We,” he said, speaking for a considerable frac- tion of the democrats in the Senate, “do not want any legislation. Let the Secre- tary use the silver.” In other words, the suspension of gold payments on treasury notes is what they want, and the appeals of the President fall on deaf ears as far as they are concerned. How large this class is cangot be determined deiinitely now, but the outlook for action, even under the influence of an actual crisis, does not appear bright. Mr. Springer’s Bill. The following bill, having the indorse- ment of the administration, was introduced by Mr. Springer: An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds to maintain a sufficient gold reserve and to redeem and retire United States notes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembied, That in order to enable the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to procure and maintain a sufli- cient geld reserve and to redeem and re- tire United States legal tender notes and trecsury notes issued under the act of July 14, 1sv, entitled “An act directing the purchase of siiver bullion and the issue of weasury notes thereon, and for other purposes,” he is hereby authorized to issue and sell, at not less than par, in gold, except a8 provided in section two of this act, United States registered or coupon bords, in denomuations of $20 and $0, and multiples of said sums respectively, paya- ble fifty years after date in gold coin of the United States of the present weight and finen and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 3 per centum per an- num, payable quarterly in like coin, an such bonds and the interest thereon’ sh have like qualities, privileges and ex- emptions 2s the bonds issued under the act approved July 14, 1870, entitled “An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt.” Such bends may be sold and deliv- ered in the United States, or elsewhere, as may be deemed most advantageous to ‘the interests of the government. 8 that whenever any United States legal tender notes or treasury notes shail be redeem: in gold they shail be canccied and not reissued; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his dis- cretion, to reccive United States legal tender notes and treasury notes issued under the aforesaid act of July Lith, 18,0, in payment for any of the bonds issued under tne preceding section of tiis act, and the notes as received shall be canceled and not reissved. Sec. 3. That hereafter national banking associations may take out circulating notes in the manner now provided by law, to an amount equal to the par*yalue of the bonds deposited to secure the same. But this provision shall not apply to any bonds now anding bearing interest at the rate of yer centum only. Sec. 4. That hereafter no national bank notes of a less denomination than ten dol- lars shall be issued, and as rapidly as such notes ef denominations less than ten dol- lars shall be received into the trea otherwise than for redemption and ret ment, they shall be canceled, and an equ amount of notes of like character, but i denominations of ten dollars and mualip! ou! thereof, shall be issued in their n silver certificates now outstanding, in de- nominations less than ten dollars, shall, when received into the treasury of United States, be retired and canceled. silver certiiicates in denominations than ten dollars shall be issued stea less in their See. 5. That from and after the first day of July, 1895, all duties on imports shall be paid in gold only, and all taxes, Jebts and demands, other than duties on im- ports, accruing or becoming due to the United States, sha!l be paid in gold and silver coin, treasury notes, United States noie: Iver certificates or notes of na- a t all laws and parts, of laws s with the provisions of the preceding sections be, and they are here- and a stm sufficient to carry the prévisions of this act mto effect be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not other- wise appropriated. = ose The Chicago to Return. The San Francisco has arrived at Al- giers, where the Chicago awaits her. The former ts to relieve the latter vessel as the flagship of the European station, and the ceremony will take place in thé port of Algiers. It 1s a rather simple aff: miral Kirkland, who commands tion, will formally transfer his and his flag from one ve to t It is expected that the Chicago will in a few days for New York, wh he ii to receive and machi Ge- signed to materially increase her specd power. The cruiser Marblehead, now at New York, is under oi to report to Admiral Kirkland for duty on the Euro- pean station, Sd 1 Constructor’s Death. Secretary Herbert today received a tele- gram saying that Naval Constructor W. Armistead died at San Francis terday from injuries received the day be- A Na until i marked, “We _ understa | against’ the defendant and - fore by the breaking of a hawser on the cruiser Olympia. Jury Obtained and Taking Testi- mony Commenced. WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION Defendant Appears Calm and Con- fident of Acquittal. RELATING TO TELEGRAMS ——_+—___ After a lapse of more than fifteen years from the time of the committing of his alleged wrong-doing, Capt. Henry W. How- gate was today called upon to answer two of the ten indictments growing out of his alleged offenses. One of these indictments charges the ex-disbursing officer of the sig- nal service office with having in October, 1878, embezzled the sum of $11,800. The other indictment alleged that “at the same time Capt. Howgate forged the name of Treasurer Roswell H. Rochester of the Western Union Telegraph Company to an alleged bill for telegraphic tolls amounting to $11,800." The two indictments are what are known as the new ones, having been returned since the apprehension of the de- fendant, last September. As they both grew out of the same transaction, they were consolidated on the motion of Dis- trict Attorney Birney, and the trial di- rected to proceed on hoth. The trial was called before Judge Mc- Comas in Criminal Court No. 1, and when the court was opened shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, the court room was greatly crowded. The defendant was at- tired in a, business suit of dark stuff, a turn-down collar, beneath which a small, black tie was neatly tucked, giving him the appearance of a modest, unassuming business man. His nearly white beard was closely cropped, his hair, abundanuy streaked with gray, being carefully brush- ed. He looked to be in the best of health, ana as he sat comfortably back in his chair beside Messrs. A. S. Worthington and Jere M. Wilson, his counsel, his hands clasped together in an easy manner, the defendant’s bearing was chat of a man having the fullest confidence in a result wholly favorable to himself. After a short time Miss Ida Howgate, the defendant’ daughter, entered, and, after tenderly kiss- ing her father, seated herself beside him, Getting a Jary. The government was represented by Dis- trict Attorney Birney and his special as- sistant, Mr..W. M. Lewin, and shortly after 10 o'clock Mr. Birney announced his readiness to proceed. The other side stat- ed that they wero ready and the impanel- ing of a jury was commenced. The first twelve men called into the box were: Wm. H. H. Cissel, Alex. D. Tucker, Joseph Smothers, F. A. Beuchler, John H. Eubank, W. S. Tappan, Joseph Jennings, Norman Simpson, Wm. H. Cranston, Robt. F. Wright, Joseph Richardson and Wm. B. Turpin. Upon an examination as to thei qualifications Mr. Turpin was excused Bs the court, he having formed an opinion. John G. Fidler filled the box, and the twelve men being apparently qualified to serve, the question of peremptory chal- lenges arose. Question of Challenges. Referring to the fact that the defense had the right to ten peremptory cnalienges and the prosecution to three, Mr. Wor- thington asked the court to rule that the defendant should have the last chaiienge. Mr. Birney objected, stating the rule to be that the defendant should first challenge. Mr. Worthington dented that such was the rule, and Mr. Wilson remarked that the common law rule was that the prosecution shouid tender the defendant a complete jury, when the defendant for the first ume might challenge. Judge McComas held that the defendant should first challenge. Thereupon, after noting an exception, the defense challenged Mr. Tappan. John Caspari was callea, but having an opinion was ex court. T. Fisher Latimer was acce when the defense excused Mr. Jenni John G. Burchfield was found compeient to serve, but was challenged by the defen- dant. Thomas Kinslow took his place. The defense declined to further challenge, when after a long consultation with his associ- ate, Mr. Birney expressed himself as satis- fied with the jury. The Jury Sworn. Counsel for the defendant consu!ted long tegether, and finally announced themselves satisfied with the jury. Judge McComas then directed the jury to be sworn, as ‘ol- lows: Wm. H. H. Cissel, Alex. D. Te Joseph T. Smothers, F. A. Beuchler,J fubank, Norman Simpson, Wm. H. ¢ nS- tcn, Robt. F. Wright, Joseph Richardson, jchn G. Fidler, Fisher Lat d Thot Kinslow. Mr. Smothers is the only colored man on the jury, and Mr. Kinsiow, the tweifth juror, is the well-known base 1 player. ‘he jury having been sworn, all v on both sides but the defendant's ter were directed.to retire from the court room. Opening Address. District Attorney Birney then addressed the jury. In opening the case to the jury on behalf of the government, District Attorney Bir- ney explained that he would exp to prove that in 1876 the defendant was as- signed to duty in the signal service office, and subsequently became the disbursing officer of the bureau. The bureau grew rapidly in proportions, said Mr. Birney, un- til at length the her bureau wa. ganized. Large amounts of mon. approy ted, which was disbursed defendant. He performed those duties un- til September 188), when he was reiieved. Mr. Birney detailed the manner of sending in the monthly accounts of the We: Union Telegraph ( any, the vou for their payment being in printed form, cach being chargeable to a particular ap- ation. The vouchers came to the defendant, stated Mr. Birney, for payment, at prosecution would endeavor to sho’ the particular voucher referred to indictments was one for fictitious services, that Mr. Rochester's signature h been forged and that the defendant had — nt- mitted the forgery and thereby fraudulc ly obtained the said amount of 311,51. Testimony Commenced. Mr. Birney referred to what he c! re similar unlawful transact defendant, despite defense, and call ness for counsel the presecution C for the defendant re! s Mr. Worthin: pon to de- Ned uv, is ¢ ceive just what t fen’ Before irney cop! Howgate’s appointment for d nal office and weather bureau an ter of resignation from the army cember, 1580. Capt. Craig testified that he was a cap- tain of the United States army, attached to the signal service, and that he succeeded Capt. Howgate as property and disbursing officer September 1, 1580. His testimony tended to define the duties of the office occupied by him and the defendant, and upon the conclusion of his examination-in- Capt. Craig was examined, } introdu t d his let- in De-