Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1895, Page 1

——SS——————— THH EVENING STAR. BLISHED D. EXCE| D. Pe Lvs a mu 1 Star Newspaper Sori ) H. KAUFEMANN Pres't. jew York Ofice, 40 Potter Building, Er ro! Star {s served to subscribers in tl rs, om their own account, at Lag Seats egen., By mattanywoere tn the tates S Goria bortaay erisaid 0 vents Quintuple Sheet Star, year, with Postage educa, $6.00. OF Pet (atered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., “SE Al fail subscriptions most be pald ta ad in . Riaceb of vavertisitg. made bacer ee pplication. — = | No. 18,098. Ghee £vening Star. WASHINGTON, D.O., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO’ OENTS. NOT IN A HURRY FORD’S THEATER DISASTER AT HIS OLD HOME THEY MAKE OUR BUTTER THE LINES DRAWN A SPECIAL SENATE SESSION STRIKEFORFREECUBA Senators Taking Their Time Over Pending Measures, THE GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL The Outlook for Legislation in This Congress. THE GORMAN AMENDMENT ‘The Senate proceeded today to the con- sideration of the sundry civil bill with the same deliberation which has marked its course from the beginning of the session. Matters of comparatively small importance excited protracted debate. Two Senators— Gorman and Berry of Arkansas—got_into @ contention over the appropriation for timber inspectors, and grew irritated and Personal in their remarks, each insinuating that what the other said was not true, and coming as near the direct accusation of direct falschood as is permitted in parlia- mentary language. This small question was discussed as if it was the only pro- vision in the bill worthy of consideration, and as if the saving of time were no ob- Ject. This, too, before the great questions of controversy in the measure have come up for discussion. A Spirit of Irritation. 'There is manifestly a spirit of irritation gr indifference affecting both houses of Congress, and it is hard to tell what this spirit may lead to. The Congress is dying as it has lived, only that in its closing hours the differences of opinion, irritation and contrariness are more pronounced. Without there being any concerted action, the individual display of this disposition is tending to the balling up of the appro- priations and confused and unconsidered actior in the closing hours of the session. In neither house is there much recognition of leadership nor devotion to a definite pol- iey. The party policy of the democrats in ie House is different from that of the jemocrats in the Senate, and in each house there is a disregard on the part of a large fhumber of the members of any plan or policy which those in authority may adopt. The General Deficiency Bill. The committee on appropriations of the House was defeated yesterday in the man- agement of its own bill, the general de- ficiency, last of the lot, and the measure ‘was so loaded down that the chairman of the committee was constrained to vote against the bill on its final passage. If the measure with all these loads upon it 1s ap- proved by the Senate there will be a dis- position among those responsible for ap- propriations to accomplish by some means the defeat of the bill. The fallure of this bill would not necessarily cause an extra wession. The excess to which the House went in voting gratuities to employes and to the members themselves is characterized as almost without example. The extra month’s pay to employes amounts to a very large item of the expenditures, but similar payments are frequently made at the close of Congresses. The House, however, has gone beyond this in appropriating stated sums as extra compensation, and in the provision for an extra month’s pay for members’ clerks they appropriate what amounts to a donation of $100 to each of themselves. There is no such roll on the books of the House as the clerks to mem- bers, but the appropriation not to exceed $100 each to be expended by members for assistance is made. They may employ a gifferent person each day and may expend ® dollar or a hundred dollars. This pro- vision for an extra month’s pay does not, therefore, go to any particular employe, Dut to the member himself, to be appro- iated as he pleases. Practically it simply ids_that much more to his salary. If the Senate should approve this provision here is some doubt whether the account- ig ollicers would pass the accounts. The Gorman Amendment. The administration men in the Senate scem to have become convinced that if the Gorman amendment providing that there shall be no more secret bond sales is earnestly pressed it wil be adopted. They way that the administration is very ear- nestly opposed to this, and confess that Mr. Cleveland may not be willing to sign the bill containing it, but they say that there is no help for it if the anti-adminis- tration people insist on the amendment. In anticipation of a hard fight over the Hawaiian cable, which might end in the defeat of the consular and diplomatic bill, the committee will have prepared a reso- Jution ready to offer at the last moment, 4f necessary, extending the old appropria- ticns. The members of the com<aittee, who ara recognized as the representatives of the administration, are prepared, it is said, to permit the failure of the bill rath- er than yield to the Senate amendment. It is not known how well the House will @tand by them. ‘What the Senate Has Before It. The calculation ig that the Senate will get through the various items that were thrown over in the sundry civil bill from yesterday to today by the hour of taking a recess this afternoon, with the exception of the bond issue provision, which occurs at the very end of the bill. The reaching of this amendment is sure to be the signal for an outburst of feeling and debate and the presentation of innumerable amend- ments ty the advocates of silver as well @s those of gold. Following the legislative bill will tome the naval bill, and it is not probable that it will be finished much before Saturday midnight. Then all that will be left of the regular bills 1s the general deficiency, for which all of Sunday will be available, pro- viding this program be followed. The President will not go to the Capitol on the last day to sign bills, unless he changes his present determination. The managers believe that they can close the debate and pass the bill by adjourn- ment tomorrow night. If they succeed in doing this they will have a comparatively comfortable margin for the consideration of the remaining bills on the docket. But their confidence is not shared by a major- ity’ of the Senators, and the belief is gen- eral that Thursday will come with the sun- dry civil bill still under consideration, and that it will take the greater part of that day. It may be that the committe on ap- Propriations will endeavor to hasten mat- ters by forcing the Senate to remain in ses- sion througheut tomorrow night, but no plan to this end has yet been made. Following the sundry civil will come the legislative, the largest of the regular an- nual budgets. This bill will surely take the most of two days at least, and is more apt to run over two days. It is now confidently expected that the Senate will remain in ses- sion continuously from Saturday morning until Monday noon. The veterans around the Senate declare that while there may have been tighter mqueezing in the mere matter of hours in the past, there has never before in their recollection been so delicate a situation as the present. There is altogether a brilliant rospect that Capt. Bassett may have to back the hands of the clock in the Senate several times next Monday. ———_+e.____ To Be Promoted. The following named officers, recently ex- amined, have been reported qualified for promotion: Lieut. J. R. Selfridge, Lieut. James B. Craven, Ensign Wm. L. Howard end Assistant Naval Constructor W. L. 3. Provisions Now Made for All Who Lost Their Lives in That Collapse. There is Also an Appropriation to Reimburse Col. Ainsworth for His Legal Expenses. ‘When the Senate reached the item in the sundry civil bill last evening relating to the Ford Theater disaster it was stated by Mr. Cockrell, in charge of the bill, that Mr. Manderson, a member of the joint commis- sion on the disaster, had a couple ci amend- ments that he desired to offer this morning. So the paragraph was held open for this purpose, but this morning the item was changed in several other particulars. Mr. Manderson’s amendments increased the to- tal appropriaticn to pay the death claims from $115,000 to $125,000, by adding to the list of victims the names of John T. Rey- nolds and George C. Bollinger, both of whom died many months after the disaster of lung troubles, that were alleged to have been greatly aggravated, if not caused, by the fall of the building and the consequent inhalation of plaster dust. When the amendment that wes put into the bill by the committee on arpropriations was drawn by the joint commission these names were purposely omitted in order that their cases might be further investigated. The action of Senator Manderson today in offering these amendments, which were adopted by the Senate without division, shows that the Senate members of the joint commission, at least, have agreed that the claims are meritorious. As the item now stands the Ust includes every one of the men who Jost their lives in the disaster, both at the time the buiiding collapsed and since that time. A Change of Phrase. Mr. Wolcott raised a question as to the phraseology of the proviso that follows the list of ndmes, which came from the com- mittee in the following form: “Provided, That where the deceased died leaving a widow but no children the $5,000 shall be paid her; where the deceased left a@ widow and children, the widow shall re- ceive one-half and the children shall share alike; and where the deceased was un- married, the sum shall be paid to the legal heirs.” He said that the words “legal heirs’ were the most remarkable that he had ever seen in a proposed law. They meant nothing. There could be no heir if he were not legal, and he suggested that the phrase be stricken out and the words “personal representatives” substituted. Mr. Faulkner said that it would be dan- gerous to use this phrase in this connec- tion, for it has never been the intention to place this donation of $5,000 to the credit of the deceased, subject to claims for jn- debtedness, and the words “personal repre- sentatives” would render the money liable to such drafts. He hoped the change would not be made. Mr. Hoar came forward with a suggestion to relleve the anxiety of Mr. Faulkner lest the money given by the government should be drawn upon by creditors. He said that the beneficiaries in such a case should be the “next of kin,” but the Senate ought not to put on the Treasury Department the onerous duty of determining who are the next of kin. He therefore moved to substi- te for the words ‘I‘egal heirs” the words ‘personal representatives for the benefit of the next of kin." This motion prevailed, and the paragraph was thus amended. Col. Ainsworth’s Legal Expenses. A new matter was injected into the bill this morning in this same connection. Mr. Cockrell presented an amendment, which was adopted without a division, providing for the payment of Col. F. C. Ainsworth’s expenses growing out of his indictment for the responsibility for the disaster. The paragraph appropriates $4,000, or so much of that sum as may be necessary, to pay these expenses for legal services, to be adjusted as the Secretary of War may de- termine proper. ————~o+____ OPPOSED TO THEIR REMOVAL. Patent Attorneys and Inventors Will Petition the Government. The action of the authorities in calling for the resignations of Messrs. Henry M. Bates and R. L. B. Clark, members of the board of examiners-in-chief of the patent office, as printed in The Star yesterday, has given rise to a considerable amount of feeling in this city, especially among the patent attorneys, and a movement is on foot seeking to have the request with- drawn. 2 As soon as it became noised abroad that the resignations of these two gentlemen were to be called for the.patent men of the city at once took up arms in the mat- ter and patent attorneys throughout the country were informed by wire, with the result that already petitions have been received from the patent bars of several of the large cities asking for their retention, Chicago and New York have been heard from unanimously in the matter, and a big petition is expected from Boston tomorrow morning. Mr. Bates has been in the serv- ice since 1877. and Mr. Clark since 1869. Both have been noted for their liberality in dealing with the subject of patents and have acted on the theory that it was best to encourage the “liberal arts’’ and to hold out all possible encouragement to inventors and all who were interested in the matter of patents. On the other hand it is said that the policy of the department has been to surround them with restrictions and any quantity of red tape. The patent attorneys of this city, acting on behalf of the inventors of the country, are unani- mous in seeking the retention of these two officials and are active in securing names to the petitions which are to be presented to the President. In conversation with a Star reporter this afternoon one of the leading patent attor- neys said that in his opinion the resigna- tion of these two gentlemen would be a positive detriment to the service. “In my opinion,” said he, “the position of an ex- aminer-in-chief should be a life. position, or at least during good service. Things have got to such a pass now that there are between 4,000 and 5,000 sub-classes in the matter of patents, and this gives some idea of the amount of detail that an ex- aminer must be familiar with. In this city judges are appointed to the bench for life on the theory that the longer they serve the better judges they make. The same rule would certainly apply to patent ex- aminers, for in a way their duties are ju- dicial. At any rate, the more they know about their business the better public ser- vants they make. These two gentlemen have done all in their power to encourage American inventors, and it seems unjust that their efforts in this line should be re- warded by dismissal. I am given to under- stand that one or two Congressmen who failed of re-election are to be given these positions, which pay $3,000 a year. They know nothing about the patent business, and their appointment would be a severe blow to the inventors of the country. It is said that Messrs. Bates and Clark have been too liberal. They have certainly not been so to an extent that amounts to any detriment to the public interests. They haye enccuraged the fine arts, it is true, and if it is any harm to aid American in- dustries instead of hampering them with needless restrictions I presume they are guilty of the charge. But I can say that there is scarcely an inventor cr an attor- ney in the country who has dealings with the patent office who does not regret this action of the authorities and hope that it may be reconsidered.” Today’s Cabinet Mecting. ‘The cabinet meeting today was devoted to the consideration of legislative matters almost entirely. All the members were in attendance except Secretary Carlisle, who is confined to his home with the grip. Services Over Frederick Douglass’ Remains at Rochester. LYING IN STATE AT THE CITY HALL Elaborate Decoration of the Building. THE CHURCH EXERCISES ROCHESTER, N. Y., February 26.—Roch- ester is in mourning today for Frederick Douglass. The entire city shows in every possible way the high respect in which her former distinguished resident is held, and pays fitting tribute to his memory. The train bearing the remains of Mr. Douglass reached the city a few minutes late, and it was 10 o'clock before the cortege start- ed from the depot. During the interval of waiting the sta- tion ard train house were crowded with sightseers, as well as with officials and those who had Leen selected to act as es- cort to the funeral party. Just before the train pulled into Rochester, there marched into the train house the funeral cortege, including the Douglass League of Rocn- ester, bearing the league banner draped in mourning. The mayor, members of the common council and other city officials came in carriages. The honorary bearers accompanied them. The party which came from Washington consisted of Mrs. Douglass, widow; Lewis and Charles Douglass, sons, and Mrs. Frederick A. Sprague, daughter; Miss Es- telle Sprague and Hattie Sprague, grand- daughters, and Joseph Douglass, grandson of the deceased; Gen. John A. Eaton, ex- ‘United States commissioner of education; Prof. G. W. Cook of Washington, who rep- resented Howard University, and J. 8S. Chelleutt, who represented the Asbury Methodist Church of Washington. The funeral party moved up North Clin- ton street to East Main, and thence down Main to the city hall, where the body of Rechester’s famous son lay in state for several hours. Handsome wreaths and other floral tributes sent by sympathetic friends from Washington lay on the coffin. The decorations at the city hall were very elaborate. Outside, the portico of the main entrance was draped with large flags and heavy black bunting. The sides And ceiling of the main corridor were hidden with flags, and bunting was artistically draped toward the center, where stood the catafalque. Tne west corridor, too, was heavily draped, and flags were pendant from the entrances of the mayor’s offices and the offices of the other departments. Upon either side of the catafalque were banked palms and tropical plants, relieved here and there with handsome floral pieces from Washington and from Rochester friends. Upon the casket rested several small floral pieces sent from Washington, above which perched @ white dove. The side of the catafaique was draped with smilax. The strong light from the large windows at the top of the staircase shone full upon the casket. The procession formed at the city hall at 1:3) o'clock and proceeded to the Centra: Church. Arriving at the church, the pro- cession proceeded down the main aisle to the pulpit, in front of which the casket was placed upon the bier. The organ meanwhile poured forth a funeral march. The invocation was by Rev. Dr. H. H. Stebbins; the eulogies were by Dr. Stebbins and Dr. W. R. Taylor. Miss Mary Anthony read a poetical trib- ute, which was followed with another, written and read by Sherman D. Richard- son. A male quartet sang ‘Hide Thou Me,” of which Mr. Douglass was especially fond, and which he sang the day before his death. The organist played an adaptation of the old*negro melody, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” As the cortege left the church Beethov- en’s “Marche Funebre” was played. es BROOKLYN'S CITY HALL AFIRE. Firemen Had to Fight Hard to Save Life. BROOKLYN, February 26.—Fire did $50,- 000 damage to the city hall today. The tower surmounting the building was de- stroyed. Although the entire bullding was flooded with waier, it is not believed that any of the records, either in the control- ler’s department or in the city clerk’s of- fice, have been destroyed. Some thoughtful person had piled the rugs over the books in the mayor's office. The mayor's private office, however, was flooded with water, and a steady stream was flowing downward from the center of the celling. There was little water in the outer office, and while many books and pa- pers were well dampened, it !s not believed that any records were destroyed. Keeper Dunn and his family lived on the top floor of the city hall building. Mrs. Dunn was too ill to be up. When the fire was discovered the halls were so filled with smoke that it was impossible for the fam- ily to escape by that way, and the only possibility of saving them was in the sub-- duing of the fire. This was accomplished by skillful and daring work on the part of the firemen. The cupola fell three-quarters of an hour after the fire was discovered. It was sur- mounted by a gilded figure of Justice, which was shattered by the fall. The bell in the tower was also broken. ———— HELD UP BY TWO MEN. Daring Feat of Train Robbers in Arizona. TUCSON, Ariz., February 26.—When the Westbound overland reached Siens Pass last night shortly after 6 o'clock, two masked men appeared on the station plat- form, armed with six-shooters. One of them got into the engine and covered the fireman and engineer with guns and told them to cut off the cur next to the tender and then the engineer was told to proceed. When they had gone about three miles they stopped. The bandits carried a sack full of what appeared to be dynamite. This they placed, beside the roadbed until the engine start- ed, and then they discovered that they had left the express car behind. The bandits indulged in considerable talk and then, mounting horses that were fast- ened to a tree near-by, they rode to the south. The engine and car returned for the rest of the train. The passengers were badly scared. Many crawled under the seats and remained there until assured that the danger was over. ——.__-. Peril of the Parthenon. ATHENS, Greece, February 26.—The architect who was commissioned to examine the ancient buildings declares that most of them, particularly the Parthenon and the Temple of Thesues, are in a dangerous con- dition owing to the recent éarthquake shocks and that it will cost a million drach- mas to repair them. The Archaeological Society has issued an appeal to the people of all countries for funds. _ ——__ Paymaster Chapman’s Death. Secretary Herbert received a telegram this morning announcing that Passed As- sistant Paymaster James H. Chapman, at- tached to the Marblehead, died suddenly from paralysis of the heart at the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, last night. Mr. Chap- man enlisted in the navy as captain’s clerk in 1876 and afterward served as paymas- ter’s clerk until March 22, 1881, when he was appointed assistant paymaster. He was promoted to his present grade Sep- tember 12, 1891. He was a native of Con- necticut. Congress of Dairymen Assembled to Discuss Their Work, Interesting Discussion of Various Topics Important in the Butter and Cheese Industry. ‘The second annual session of the Nation- al Dairyman’s Association opened at 10:30 o’clock this morning in the brary of the Agricultural Department. The number present was limited, as the session will ex- tend over several days, and many dele- gates will arrive to attend later meetings, when the practical routine work of the gathering is reached. There were present at the session today the following dele- gates: H. J. Wing, representing the agricultural experiment station at Experiment, Ga.; C, L. Gabrilson, New Hampton, Iowa; D. P. Ashburn, Gibbon, Neb.; H. M. Arms, Springfield, Vt.; George W. McGuire, Tren- ton, N. J.; E: Lee Goss, Somerset, Va.; R. B. Chaffin, Richmond, Va.; George M.Whit- taker, Boston, Mass.; Congressman E. J. Hainer of Nebraska, Congressman J. C. Sibley of Pennsylvania, W. B. Hawkins, Lexington, Ky.; Robert A. Potter, Bristol, Conn.; R. E. Bullard, Salem, Ohio; George E. Manchester, Winstead, Conn.; A. R. Eastman, Waterville, N. Y.; C. H. Water- house, Windsor, Vt.; J. R. Dodge, Wash- ington; D. Salmon, Washington; D. P. Bennett, Wisconsin. Mr. A. C. True, director of the Expert. ment Statioa Record, welcomed the asso- ciation to Washington and the department, on part of Secretary Morton, who was unable to be present. Mr. True said noth- ing promised more for the dairy industry than the organized attention of dairymen to their own interests, as was shown in the results of the dairy congress at the world’s fair in 1893. Master the Detalls. Mr. D. P. Ashburn of Nebraska, secre- tary of the association, responded in a speech in which he urged that the neces- sity upon the American farmer at this time was to master the details of dairying and then prevent by legislation the sale at home or abroad of the cheap, fraudulent imitations now sold in foreign markets as genuine butter products. We are now out- sold by many other countries; even Den- mark sells twenty-four times as much but- ter to England as we do. Mr. Ashburn stated that butter protuets of a high class are not today produced in the United States in excess of the legitimate demand and carnot be until the fraudulent kinds are driven out of market, when, he predicted, there will be a quick reaction and good butter may he had im sufficient quantity and at reasorable prices. The Dairy Kinacrgarten. He also urged that our dairymen should welcome jthe dairy kindergarten—should learn and adopt all the latest improved methods of production and-keep abreast of the times. This kindergatten work it should be the duty of the National Dairy Congress to promote. According to statistics, the an- nual average production of putter is 130 pounds per cow, which selis at an average cf 12% cents a pound. This revenis the startling fact that much-of the product is scld for less than actual cest, for, while the quality is poor and the quantity insuf- ficient per cow there cah be no profit. Yet there are thousands.of /dairymetall over tne United States who get 2 cents: for’ an average of 230 pounds @ ye@r per cow, and many dairies show 400 pounds per cow and 300-pound averages are common. ~The ob- ject should be, he sald, to make dairying a study, weed out the poor stock and then sell abroad after meeting the home de- mand. Making Cheese. President H. J. Arms of Vermont made a brief impromptu address emphasizing the importance of the work undertaken by the association, and assuring the delegates that their work would meet with co-opera- tion from the Department of Agriculture and all allied interests. He said we could make as good butter.as any people on earth, although the average mignt look low. But we need always to keep the whole line of effort up as high as possible. In cheese making we were behind. Canada far surpassed us. In Canada the workman took his bread and cheese to his daily task, and was as well fed as our laborer with his bread and meat. He urged that the cheese interest had need of fostering care and greater encouragement on every side. On motion of Mr. Gabrielson of Iowa, an erder of business was adopted, and com- mittees on credentials, resolutions and ac- counts were appointed as follows: Credentials—Robert A. Potter, Bristol, Conn.; D. P. Ashburn, Gibson, Neb.; E. Lee Goss, Somersat, Va. Resolutions—George M. Whitaker, Bos- ton, Mass.; George Ws McGuire, Trenton, N. J.; W. B. Hawkins, Lexington, Ky. Accounts—R. B. Chaffin, Richmond, Va.; George E. Manchester, Winsted, Conn.; R. E. Bullard, Salem, O. Ss Address by Prof. Dabney. Assistant Secretary Dabney was intro- duced, and speaking for the department, said the Secretary was.disposed to do all that lay in his power to promote the in- dustry they represented. He said there had been limitations, heretofore, in the ap- propriations available for the work in- volved, but that was remembered in the new appropriation bill. What policy would ecntrol in the work before the department in this line he could not say. It would be practical yet scientific and in full alliance with the dairymen of the country. There was a disposition in some sections to cavil at the work of the scientific farmer and only the other day a member of Con- gress had told him by no means did he want the department's bulletin on barn yard manure to be sent to his constituents, for they laughed at it and it did him no good. Yet in no branch of the farming had so much been accomplished for the farmer by scientific research as in this one of dairying. He predicted that the care- ful, methodical dairyman would have a constantly richer farm and safer bank ac- count and a more independent status in his community. The subject of the place for holding the next meeting was brought up by Mr. Wing of Georgia, who renewed tke invitation sent by Gov. Northen last year to have the dairy congress meet in Atlanta during the exposition, and he coupled with it the in- ducement’ of free transportation. Mr. Wing said dairying in the south was in its infancy, but he would like to show the pecple of the north what a favored region there is in the mountain country from Macon, Ga., northward. He had been able ‘to graze his stock on barley and rye all winter, except for three days, when there was a sleet storm, and he had cut green food for them all winter, except for about three weeks. Everywhere was an «bund- ance of pure water, one of the first condi- tions for good butter making. What Virginia Can Do. Mr. Chaffin of Richmond said he would take pleasure in demonstrating to the gen- tlemen present before the meetings were over that in the favored climate of Virginia with her rich soll it was possible to pro- duce 500 pounds of butter per cow and keep more than one animal per acre. This announcement was received with a cheer. Speeches were made briefly by Messrs. Patterson, Potter. Gabrilson and Ashburn upon the fraternal good feeling to flow from holding a meeting in the south, and the tide of choice seenjed to be turning to- ward Atlanta. a The meeting adjourned at 12:30 to meet at 3 p.m. in parlor 10'of Willard’s, where the association will have its’ headquarters and conduct further sessions, How the Two Parties Will Confront Each Other. INFORMATION ON MANY SUBJECTS What Position the President May Take. — MUOH SKILLFUL FENCING The talk of an extra session of Congress has not yet entirely subsided. But it is heard only in a minor key now. There ap- pears to have been some bluffing on the subject by both sides. The President dis- cussed the matter with inexperienced men certain to give the conversation the widest publicity, and the republican leaders met this with suggestions that the first work likely to be cut out by the next Congress would be the ordering of an investigation of the inside facts of the latest bond sale. Then there was silence, followed by a hur- rying up of tha work on the appropriation bills. The Lines Well Drawn. But whether the new Congress be called together in extra session, or be allowed to wait until the regular meeting day in De- cember, the lines on which the two old par- ties vill maneuver for advantage are thought to be very clearly outlined. Both sides want the advantage of the regular breathing time allowed by law. The repub- lcans sre not ready to take up their bur- den, which, they themselves concede, will tax their strength. Between March and December much may be done in the way of adjusting that burden to the party's back. But when this shall have been accomplish- ed, attention then will be directed to the task of. overhauling the record of the other side. This work, it is said, will be thoroughly done. The latest bond sale will not monopolize attention. Much stress may be laid upon that performance, but there are other things thought to be slated for a searching inquiry. The Hawatian incident is not closed. Several prominent republi- cans are of the opinion that the country is entitled to more information on that sub- ject than it has yet received, either from the White House or from the State Depart- ment. Curiosity on this point is likely to take official form, and a request be made for all of the papers. The reorganization of the Treasury Department and the ad- ministration of the pension bureau will also afford subjects for investigation, and first and last a strong white light will be made to beat on several high official places. Democrats Want Time. The democratic leaders are expecting this, and would rather see the work post- poned until December. The record, of course, whatever it is, cannot be changed. But the heat of the contentions will have somewhat cooled, and a program of reply and comparison can be made all the more effective—if it can be made effective at all —by careful preparation and repeated con- ferences. There seems to be little doubt, indeed, that if no extra session of the new Congress is called, both sides will spend the summer and fall in preparing for one of the breeziest regular sessions of recent years. The republicans will supplement their legisiation by a voluminous indict- ment of the democracy, drawn up to date, and the democratic leaders will meet this in the best way in their power. Not improbably, it is thought, there may be a renewal of the old controversy which sprang up between Congress and Mr. Cleve- land_during his first term over the right of Congress to inquire into the fullest particulars respecting the action of the executive in matters of public business, Mr. Cleveland, it will be remembered, made changes in certain offices, and upon being called upon by the Senate for all of the papers in the case, he declined to send them in. There was a spirited debate over the matter, and the republicans themselves at last divided on the question. Mr. Cleve- land won. He took the ground that the executive was not answerable to that ex- tent, and that it would be incompatible wit the public interests for him *to com- ply with the Senate’s request. The Senate could not force his hand, and this left him master of the situation. What the President May Do. These tactics, when possible, may be repeated. Such requests for information, preferred by either house of Congress, al- ways contain the qualifying clause, “if not incompatible with the public interests.”” When Mr. Carlisle was invited before the ways and means committee to explain fully the recent bond sale, he asked that the doors might be closed, on the score that much of the information was confi- dential. At that time, even, the terms of the contrhct were unknown to the public. The committee granted the request. The majority was friendly to the Secretary. ‘The republicaus opposed the proposition. Will Mr. Carlisle and his assistant, Mr. Curtis, be invited before the next ways and means ccmmittee to make known this information? And will the request for closed doors again be preferred by the Secretary? And if denied, will the Sec- retary and the President take their stand upon the old proposition that Congress may not go so far in demanding informa- tion from an executive? Likewise in the matter of all instructions, oral or written, given by the President or Secretary Her- bert to diplomats or naval officers concern- ing the Hawalian episode. Could any in- formation of this kind, as yet unknown to the public, be drawn out by an investigat- ing committee of Congress against the judgment of the President that such ui- vulgence would be “incompatible with the public interests?” What the Politicians Understand. The politicians are already turning these questions over in their minds. They all understand that there is to be some skillful fencing when the time for action rolls around. The presidency itself will be in- volved, and there will be presidential can- didates of either party in both houses of Congress. Neither side can afford to lose a point, The republicans must be aggres- sive, but must not go too far. Mr. Cleve- land might score heavily by appealing to the country on the question of maintain- ing the dignity of his office against the ercroachments of Congress. But the demo- crats cannot afford to be put in the atti- tude of trying to cover up material inside facts about transactions which have been censured by the country, simply on the p:ea that the republicans are only seeking to manufacture political capital. In that case the republicans would score heavily. Plenty of time, therefore, in which to get “good and ready” is the real and the earn- est desire of both sides. It is too big a game to be played in a hurry, or by players only half prepared. —————— SENATOR PETTIGREW’S STATEMENT What He Knew of Treasurer Taylor's Shortage in His Accounts. The attention of Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota! being called to reports that he had some knowledge of the recent de- falcation of Treasurer Taylor of his state, he said that all the information he possessed was that known by other South Dakota men. The day before Christmas Charles McCoy had told him that Taylor was short $100,000 and that it was to be made up; $50,000 to be paid by Taylor's relatives an $50,000 by his bondsmen. “Under these circumstances,” added Mr. Pettigrew, “I did not think it wise tomake the matter public. There is no truth in the report that I ever borrowed a dollar from Taylor. I never had any financial transac- tions with him.” Bills on the Calendar Unobjected To to Be Considered Tonight. Thirty-Seven Measures of Local In- terest May Be Included in Those Taken Up. Tonight the Senate will hold a special session devoted to the consideration of bills on the calendar to which there is no ‘Objection. It has been plainly stipulated that no other business shall be transacted, it being the plan of the republicans to al- low no political legislation to silp through at such a time. There is material enough on the calendar to keep the Senate busy for several hours, even at a brisk pace such as that which ex-Senator Ingalls acquired when he was president pro tem- pore of the Senate. There is an unusually large lst of bills and resolutions awaiting action at this time, owing to the extra session of 1893 and the very long session of 1894, both of which added great numbers of measures to the calendar. This morning’s issue of that interesting publication ‘contained no less than 819 bills on the lst of general orders, and 61 bills and resolutions on the table, making a total of 370 measures awaiting action by the upper house. Of course, some of these are duplicates, but it is fair to say that there are at least 300 bills on as many different subjects that might be passed tonight were they to meet with no opposition. But a small proportion of these bills can be expected to receive unanimous assent, however, and so the poe grist is considerably reduced. It ls not likely that there will be more than two score or fifty bills passed this even- ing, if that many. Local Mensures. Thirty-seven measures of local interest aro among those that may be called up tonight. Many of them are relics of the extra session, and have been objected to several times, so that their chances of passage tonight are very slender. These bills are as follows: To amend the act in- corporating the American University (H. R. 8696); to establish a home for infirm colored persons (H. R, 7095); to incorpor- ate the Capital Railway Company (H. R., $714); to extend the Columbia Raliway Company (S. 1); to simplify forms of deeds of conveyance, etc., in the District of Colurabia (S. 8%: to amend the act relating, to incorporations in the District (8S. 13u5); making a judgment a lien on all real estate (S., 1090); to amend the laws relating to taxes and tax sales (S. 1003); to establish labor regulations in the Dis- trict (S. 1503); to amend the act to pun- ish false swearing before police trial boards (8. 1774); to require street railway companies to pave and repair pavements between tracks with asphalt, etc. (S._ 1975); to increase the water supply (S. 1359); to authorize the sale of property in George- town (8. 1235); in relation to the separate property of women (8. 1037); to continue the system of trunk sewers—the bond is- sue bill—(S. 2066); to erect a municipal building (S, 2215); for thg care and dls- tribution of District statutes—now pro- vided for in District appropriation bill— (S. Res. 119); for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, etc.—a similar bill has already passed the Senate—S. 2621); to amend section 553 of the Revised Stat- utes relating to the District of Columbia G.R. 4950); to amend the act relating to conveyances of land in the District (LR. 6197); to amend the charters of certain street railroads (S. 2545); to provide for the striking of juries in the District—two bills— (8. 2688 and H.R, 8724); to amend the char- ter of the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company (HR. 6816); to incorpor- ate the East Washington Belt Line Rail- way Company, two bills (S. 2735. and H.R. 8057); to amend the charter of the Ecking- ton Railway Company (H.R. 8608); to pro- vide accommodations for the government printing office (S. 1462); to revise the scale of wages at the government printing office (S. 2422); to purchase an oll portrait of Dolly Madison to hang in the White House S. 1936); to amend the laws relating to marriages in the District (S. 2152); to amend the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company (H.R. 8638); to regulate the sale of milk (H.R. 8231); to establish the National University (S. 1708); to charge the name of 16th street to Ex- ecutive avenue (S. Res. 63); to regulaie Canal street (S. 2189); and the bill to au- thorize the Washington and ‘Iboro’ Electric Railway Company to extend its line into the District (H.R. 8698). It is barely possible that Mr. Cockrell may be so poorly satisfied with the pro- gress on the sundry civil bill today as to object to the night session for the consider- ation of unobjected bills, but there will al- most surely be such a session held before the adjournment. eee A MONETARY COMMISSION. The Wolcott Resolution Favorably Reported to the Senate. The Senate committee on finance, at its mecting today, ordered a favorable report on the amendment to the sundry civil ap- propriation bill to provide for-the appoint- ment of a commission of nine on behalf of the United States to attend an interna- tional conference upon the rehabilitation of silver in case one shall be decided upon. The amendments made by the committee strike out the provision fn the original reso- lution specifying the countries upon whose invitation the President shall determine that this country should be represented, and simply provide that he shall act when such conference is called. There is also a change in the wording of the provision in regard to the appointment of commission- ers on behalf of the United States, which is made to read as follows: “The United States shall be represented at such con- ference by nine delegates, to be selected as follows: The President of the United States shall select three of said delegates, the Senate shall select three members of the Senate as delegates, and the House of. Representatives shall select three members of the House as delegates. If at any time there shall be any vacancy such vacancy shall be filled by the President United States.” nes ————___-e MORE ENLISTED MEN. Naval Officials Interested in the Ap- propriation Bill's Provisions. Naval officials are specially interested in the success of the provision in the pending navai appropriation bill authorizing the en- listment of 2,000 additional seamen and fur- nishing appropriations for 1,000 of the num- ber during the present fiscal year. In or- der to show the necessity of immediate action for an increase in the enlisted strength of the navy, Secretary Herbert prepared a statement for the benefit of the congressional naval committees showing that the Amphitrite and Terror, requiring 149 men each, will probably be completed in March and July of this year; the Maine, 310, Puritan, 180, Katahdin, 89 and Hricsson, 24, also in July; the Texas, 326, and Monad- nock, 149, in August; the Boston, repaired, 229, in September; the Indiana, Massachu- setts and Oregon, 304 each, in September, November and December. These crews aggregate nearly 2,800 men needed during the present calendar year. Adding 130 men for each of the three new gunboats to be completed next spring, and the total is swelled to 3,177, with 374 prob- ably available from putting the Chicago out of commission in a few weeks and from other sources. It is said, however, that if 1,000 addition- al men are provided at once it will be suf- ficient for present needs, by making a ju- dicious selection of the ships to be kept in commission. Again Revolution Has Broken Out on the Island, MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED The Plot Was Laid and Directed From New York. , A FIERCE STRUGGLE COMING CHICAGO, February 26.—The Inter-Ocear has the following dispatch: HAVANA, Cuba, February 26.—It is re- ported that several revolutionary parties: have risen in arms in different parts of the island. The governor general has issued a proclamation suspending constitutional guarantees, ~ There is great excitement throughout the island, Many well-known separatists have been arrested. It is reported here that there has been an engagement between the government troops: and the insurgents. A rumor has also been circulated that. many persons who were expected to join the movement left Santiago last week for New York and San Domingo. Advices From Madrid. MADRID,Feoruary 26.—At the conclusion of the special meeting of the cabinet held’ last night the minister of the colonies, Senor Abargzuza, and the minister of war, Gen. Lopez Dominguez, announced that the government had authorized the is- suing of a proclamation by the governor general of Cuba, in order to suppress the armed bands cf’ brigands which have ap- peared in the provinces of Matanzas and Puerto Principe. The ministers mentioned said that if rigorous measures had been adopted in Cuba their sole object was to suppress brig- andage by giving full effect to the law. The ministers denied that any serious- disorders had occurred. They also said that there was no truth in- the report that troops from the Phillippine: Islands had been landed in Cuba. A Telegraphic Censorship. PARIS, February 26.—A dispatch to the Temps from Madrid says that strict cen- sorship is observed over telegraphic mes- sages to and from Cuba. But it is known that considerable forces of troops have been sent to the disturbed provinces and gunboats are cruising along the eastern coast of Cuba in order to prevent the land- ing of fillbusters. MARTIAL LAW IN CUBA. Advices Received by the State De- partment and the Spanish Minister. Secretary Gresham has received a cable frcm United States Consul General Will- jams, at Havana, announcing that martial law has been proclaimed in Cuba. The Spanish minister here, Senor Muruega, has also received similar advices from the Cuban officials. As nearly as can be gath- ered here, this measure is rather precau- tonary et this time, and while there have been @ few small disturbances on the is- land, the trouble has not yet attained any considerable proportions, and it is expected that the firm stand taken in suspending the operation of civil process will be regarded as a warning by malcontents and lead to the speedy restoration of peace and quiet. Minister Muruaga’s Advices. According to Minister Muruaga’s advices there have been two small emeutes in Cuba. The -first was in the province of Matanzas, in the south, where fifteen men armed themselves and undertook to start a rebellion. The other was in the province of Cuba, where twenty-seven rebels were routed by the government troops, and three of them taken prisoners. The min- ister has no apprehensions of a general up- rising: The government, he says, has about 30,000 troops in Cuba, a force sufficient to meet ary probable emergency. He fears, however, that as a result of these disturbances serious injury may be inflicted upon the trade of the island just at a time when it was hoped that it would be stimulated by the sacrifice the Spanish government has made in its interest by ac- cording to the United States the favored nation rates of duty on imports into Cuba. The Cuban government, therefore, has un- dertaken to deal vigorously with the dis- turbers of the peace,and by declaring mar- tial law give them to understand what they may expect if captured. Agitators at Work in This Country. It is known here that agitators are ai work in New York, Boston and Tampa collecting money ostensibly for the purpose of causing a rebellion in Cuba, but, owing to the laxity of our neutrality laws, it is extremely difficult for the Spanish govern- ment to secure the necessary evidence upon which to base an appeal to the government of the United States to do its duty-in the matter. The decision of our courts in the Itata case and the action of the treasury in the cases of the yachts Amadis and La- gonda have given serious coricern to many of the diplomatic corps in Washington, for they fear that the door has thus been open- ed to successful fiilibustering expeditions, — and that any protest they may make in cases where thelr own countries are con- cerned will be of no avail. ‘THE REVOLT EXPECTED. It is Led by Jern Marti and General Gomes. Advices received in cipher dispatches in New York yesterday, says the New York Herald today, show unmistakably that an- other revolution has broken out in Cuba. It has been known for several weeks that the revolutionary party was making prepa- rations for an outbreak to begin at a signal given from their headquarters in New York. Last Sunday was agreed upon as the date for beginning of hostilities, and from all accounts it appears that the revolution- ists, under command of Jose Marti and Gen. Maximo Gomez, have taken possession in different parts of the island. The governor gencral yesterday issued a proclamation suspending all constitutional guarantees. The Spanish cabinet held a meeting to consider the situation, and au- thorized the governor general of Cuba proclaim martial law. The most violent! outbreak occurs at Ybarra near Matanzas, where the largest number of insurgents are assembled. It is known that Marti and Gomez, the former of whom has been twice banished from Cuban soil and the latter of whom commanded the rebels in 1868, left New York two weeks ago for Vera Cruz, intending to make a landing where it was expected they would receive instant and Sufficient suppcrt to be able to hold their own until all of the island should be aroused and send reinforcements. This re- volt has been long expected, as there is a strong and rich combination of Cuban ex- flies in this country, who have long hated the domination of Spain, and pledged their lives to the cause of freedom in Cuba. Since the last revolution the quickening of good feeling between the various states of South America and the United States and the increasing prospect of the completion of the Panama canal cr the Nicaragua route between the Atlantic and the Pacific have given new courage to the friends of free Cuba. It is believed that this will be the