Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1895, Page 1

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These advertisers fought pubficitp—nof merefp Space, ~ They May Join Against Non-Parti- sanship in New York. - EFFECT OF MAYOR STRONG'S COURSE Influence on the Politics of the State Next Year. THE FIGHT THUS FAR Witl Senator Hill join forces with Thomas C. Platt against non-partisanship in New York city? Politicians of both parties are watching with intense interest the contest now in progress betWeen Thomas C. Platt and Mayor Strong in New York over the ques- tion of local political control there. A very great deal is thought to depend upon the issue. The case at this distance is not accepted according to the presentation of either side. Mr. Piatt avers that his only object is to help put his party into the rightful control of the fruits of last No- yember’s municipal victory. He contends that the victory was a republican victory, and that any line of policy on the mayor’s part calculated to deny or obscure this fact must in a large measure defeat the will and the aim of the people. He dis- claims all selfish purposes ascribed to him, and asserts that his .enly desire is to see good local government established in New York. Mayor Strong on his part simply points to the moveraent which resulted in his nomination, to the platform upon which as a candidate he stood, and to the public interpretation of it he gave prior to the election. He regards his elevation to the mayor's office as a triumph of non- partisanship, and as Instruction to him to eliminate as far as possible all partisan- ship from the business affairs of the muni- cipality. He is proceeding on that line. Democrats, republicans and mugwumps are ull receiving recognition, and the town will soon be officered in a way that will set all precedent at defiance. Mayor Strong refuses to treat with Mr. Platt as @ republican leatier with rights to be con- sidered, but will hear him as a resident cf the town desirous of seeing its business interests promoted. * What Old Campaigners Say: Old campaigners go behind these “re- turns,” and construe’ matters for them- selves. As a rule, they agree with Mr. Platt, and sympathize with him in the fight. A fellow feeling possesses them. He is a politician and they are politicians, and they know how they should act in like cir- cumstances. They have no quarrel with him because, as they believe, he does not show his full hand. ‘The extent of his dis- closures of his plans at any given time is a@ matter of individual judgment. They fancy they see what the real play is. Mr. Platt not only wants republicans put in office, but the local party organization strengthened. He is looking to next year, and his desire is to make the voice of New York more potent than ever in national convention, He wants, if possible, to name his party’s presidential candidate. Upon whom his favor at present rests is not so much to the point. The first thing to be considered is the state delegation, and how that may be controlled. When that is set- tled will be time enough to work up the Reed or the Merton boom, as the support New York may be calculated to affect it. ‘The difficulty is thought to Ne in the great power exercised by New York city over the affairs of the whole state. The city has time and again spoken for New. York. Party organization there has been the most complete in the country. The de- sire is on the part of the poiiticlans to keep this up. They can see only disaster in the Strong program of eliminating parti- n politics from the affairs of the tow: They are confident, indeed, that this c: not be done without serious injury to party feeling and party prestige respecting state affairs. The new plan of conducting the municipal affairs of New York on non- pertigan, business principles, if successful, will, they think, extend itself, and present- ly, instead of effective party organization and coherent party purpose, party demor- alization must appear: It would not be possible, it is thought, once this sort of thing was established, ‘to stop its growth. It might not last long. But while fit did last it would be certain, the politicians think, to create confusion and bring about disaster in the party organization. And what Mr. Platt is so alarmed at is the fact that the experiment should be thrust upon mmemilic state on the very eve of a presidential paign. The loosening of party lines in N : city now will mean, Mr. Platt ccntends, a world of trouble for the party teaders in getting ready for the national contest. R The Fight So Far. So far in the fight Mr. Platt, though re- garded as a good general, has appeared to get the worst of it. Mayor Strong has held on his course with stubborn resolution, and has scored heavily against the regular re- publican organization. Some of the mo: important of his appointments have gone to democrats, and even when republicans have been remembered they have not been tt republicans. Things part! re at sixes and sevens, and no old-timer Harlem to the attery is in the confidence of anybody near the seat of power only a new tem, but a new leaders is springing up, and old tactics avail noth- ing. ns n Senator Hill assist Mr. Platt in any way? The question seems strange, but it is thought to*possess a certain relevancy. The fight between the mayor and Mr. Platt is regarded by tne politicians as at bottom involving the welfare of both the old par- ties in New York. Non-partisanship in the effairs of the town means as much, or even more, to the democratic us to the republi can managers. A democrat accepting of- fice from Mayor Strong, and in that way connecting himself with the Strong move- ment, will become as independent of regu- lar party iniluences as a Strong republican, it is feared. In this way the seeds of parti- san rebellion. may be widely sown. This is of moment to Senator Hill. He is looking to the democratic organization in New York city for valuable support within the next twelve months, and he wants it to’ be in the very pink of condition when he calls upon it He fights in the regular way and always discourages side Once a democrat, always a democrat, and a democrat about everything, Is his shibboleth. He is going into the next campatgn with this ery, and he Will benefit greatly if he can manage to make it heard loud and clear at home. This puts him for the time, and on this ona issue, in the same boat with Mr. Platt. Whatever is designed and Iil to weaken party organization and discourage partisan activity in the metropolis will affect both men alike. Mr. Platt is the recognized re- publican leader, and Mr. Hill the recog- nized democratic leader in New York, and h are interested in preserving party in its most serviceable form. HIM Within Easy Reach. Senator Hill, it is pointed out, is at Al- bany, in easy reach of all these who may desire to ccnsult him. He is rich in expe- rience in handling difficult legislative prob- lems. A suggestion from him now and then might help along the Platt program in the effort to check the march of the Strong forces. He doesn't want Strong to win any more than Mr. Platt does, and by helping Platf he would be helping himseif. On per- sonal grounds there is good feeling exi: ing between the two men, and this adds interest and a certain persuasiveness to the speculation indulged in. The Recent Contest in Idaho Leads to Much Bitterness. ‘he Successful Candidate May Not Be on Future Good Terms With His Colleague, Senxtor Dubois. The relations between the two Senators from Idaho next Congress may not be as cordial as formerly. Mr. Shoup, who has just been re-elected, after a long contest, entered the Senate at the same time with Mr. Dubois, he being elected for four years and Dubois for six when Idaho was admit- ted to statehood. Their relations during the four years they have served together have been very frendly; in fact, intimate. Just before Shoup’s term expired he made up his mind that he did not desire re-elec- tion. Without consulting any one, he wrote a letter declining to be a candidate. He anreunced himself also in favor of the etection of Mr. Sweet ‘as his successor. Dubois, on hearing of the letter, disap- proved of it, and told his colleague that there was no reason fn the world why he should not accept another term, and tried to get him to reconsider his determination before it was too late. Shoup persisted that he would not be a candidate. There- upon Dubois, following his example, espoused the candidacy of Sweet. It was not until very late in the campaign that Mr. Shoup, thinking over his retirement from the Senate, with more and more re- luctance decided that after all he would seek re-election. Delicate Position of Mr. Dubois. Dubois and his friends and a great many others who had always been friendly to Mr. Shoup had already become . so theroughly committed before the Senator re-entered the race that they could not change their attitude to meet changed corditions, and so it turned out that the colleagues were fighting each other, much against their wiil, at the start. The contest over the election in the legis- lature was so much protracted and con- ducted with such earnestness on both sides that ultimately much bitterness was engen- dered. Dubois remained away from the scene of action, attending to his duties in the Senate, but through his friends be- came so associated with the contest, stand- ing on the side of Sweet, that it is believed so much bad blood has been engendered as to render the two Senators decidedly cool to each other during the time they will serve together in the Seaate. Already the dispatches from Idaho announce that Mr. Shoup’s friends will try to revenge them- selves upon Dubois for the support of Sweet by trying to defeat his re-election two years hence. Thus a very pleasant friendship is broken up by a curious com- bination of circumstances. Dubois has been @ more conspicuous man in the Sen- ate than his colleague, being young and energetic, and having already a great many friends in that body before he entered it. But Shoup, in his peculiar quict way, is a man of much force of character, and possesses a very interesting personality. His history would read like a wild romance. He has been a scout in the wild west in its wildest part at the wildest time; has had hand-to-hand conflicts with savages, and has wrestled with the grizzly bear. He has fought the Indians with troops and by himself, and has had even more daring adventures with the outlaws who infested the region of the Arkansas. He became a scout in the region along the base of the Rocky mountains In 'G!, and from then un- til "6t he saw some of the hardest service, with thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes, that falls to the lot of any man, even during a war, in a wild country. Shoup's Remarkable Record. During a period when civilization was almost lost sight of amid the scenes of savagery, and thirst of blood and reprisal were the controlling motives, he had a reputation for daring coolness and cun- ning which made him the terror of the out- laws and Indians. He became lieutenant and later colonel in the army, and it was he, and not Chevington, who commanded the small body ef troops who revenged themselves upon a band of murderous In- dians with such terrible slaughter at what is knowa as the “Chevington massacre.” Shoup’s story of this so-called massacre is very different from that which startled the entire east and made good people hold up their hands in holy horror and sympa- thy for the poor Indian at the time. It is seldom that the Senator can be got to speak of these events, but when he does a spark of fire in his eye grows brighter and brighter as one event after another is recalled. ‘There is nothing about hin ex- cept that spark in his eye to suggest a daring spirit, and he has almost a woman- ly gentleness in manner and a smiling cor- diality of address which gives the impres- sion that he might be imposed on and yet would not say or do a harsh thing. His history is entirely at variance with his ap- pearance and manner, but no man who has had experience with those who have been inured to hardship and passed through scenes of danger would want him for an enemy. : —.__ HENDERSON AND CANNON. Rivalry Begun Between Them Over the Appropriations Chairmanship. A curious contest has already broken out over the chairmanshjp of the committee on appropriations in the next House. It has manifested itself in an intense rivalry be- tween Gen. Henderson of Iowa and Mr. Cannon of Illinois. It is customary at the close of each Congress for the chairman of the committee and the man first on the list of the minority each to make a statement from his point of view, alw: intended for political capital, of the condition of the appropriations, what has and what has not been done, and to make a comparison of the work of this committee under one par- ty with that under a different party con- trol. As the leading man of the minority it naturally fell to Gen. Henderson to make this statement, and as soon as all the ap- propriation bilis were passed he began the preparation ‘of the republican side of the But during the it republican Con- Cannon was chairman of the committee on appropriations and Gen. Henderson was second. It was through Cannon's being left out one term that Gen. son passed him in number and rank. raises a delicate point of procedure— " a man who has been chairman, t who has missed a term of Congress, shall or shall not take the lead over one who has had unbroken service without the opportunity cf a chairmanship. Precedent is in favor of the unbroken term of service, but Mr. Cannon is not disposed to relin- quish his claim so easily, and the day be- fore Gen. Hen ‘3 statement was ready the ade a similar state- ment half of the minority of the committee, and it was sent abroad over the country by the press associations. The next day, when Gen. Henderson came out with his statement, it was already dis- ccunted, and {ts news value destroyed, so that only a brief summary of it was sent out, and that as a courtesy to him. The episode has provoked considerable feeling and caused a flurry among the wise men of he appropriations committee. —_—__—_—__-e+ A New Superintendent. Secretary Carlisle today appointed Henry L. Godsey of Kentucky superintendent of the stamp vault, internal revenne bere, at $2,000 per annum, vice Henry C. Boyd, Promoted to be chief of division, There uas been a great fight for this office. ————E— The Columbin Taking on Coal. The Navy Department is informed that the cruiser Columbia is taking on coul at New York, prior to her departure for the West Indies,to join Advairal Meade’s squad- ron of evolution. Secretury Gresham Believes Consul General Williams Did So. DIPLOMATIC DUTIES DEFINED Very Plain Comment From the Head of the State Department. NOTHING HEARD FROM SPAIN —_+. Secretary Gresham has been confined to his rooms at the Arlington for several days with an attack of neuralgia of the stomach, to which he is subject at long intervals. He was much improved today and was able to receive several visitors, including a representative: of The Star. The Secretary was reclining on a lounge. He said he was feeling much better, al- though still a little weak, and expected to be able to resume his duties at the de- partment next week. In respénse to an inquiry about the re- ported request of the Spanish government for the recall of Mr. Williams, our consul general at Havana, Mr. Gresham, said: “Nothing whatever. on that subject has been received at the department. The only information I have in regard to it is what has been contained in the press dispatch- es.” Crigical Comments on the Consul. Although he preferred not to be fully quoted on that point, Secretary Gresham showed plainly by his comments on the re- cent public utterances of Consul General Williams that he was very much dis- pleased at the apparent freedom with which that official is quoted in the news- papers in regard to the course pursued by the Spanish authorities: The Secretary's feeling on the subject was shown by his unreserved remark that “a diplomatic or consular representative cannot with pro- priety publish in the newspapers his criti- cisms of the actions of the officers of the government to which he is accredited. His observations on that line could with much more propriety be transmitted confiden- tially to the State Department.”? It is understood that complaints have been made to the State Department that Mr. Williams has publicly asserted that his alleged troubles with the Spanish au- thorities arose out of his course in the cases of the prisoners of war—Sanquily, Aquire, Capillo and Perazo. The point is made that he virtually accuses the authori- ties of being dissatisfied with him because he bespoke a feir trial of these men by civil process.. Nis Especialiy Dixapproved Utter- ances. “He is quoted as having sald: “These four priscners were captured in pursuit of their ordinary avocations. They (the authori- ties) cannot bully me. These men got their citizenship papers in New York and they cannot be questioned. I am ready to leave at any time, but I will protect American citizens as far as I possibly can while I am here. If I had not been defending these men I would have resigned a week ago.” He is also quoted as having said: “There has been much trouble in the past with the government on various matters. I would have resigned long ago but for my family.” Secretary Gresham is said to consider theze utterances dis¢ourteous and uncalled for and as having a tendency to affect the entente cordiale existing between Spain and the United States. MORE ARMY REORGANIZATION. Changes in the Duties of Inspectors Contemplated, It 1s said that Secretary Lamont con- templates making further changes In the organization of the military establishment at an early day. Although the details of the new plan have not been disclosed enough is known to admit of an outline of the general scheme. Under the proposed plan department commanders are assigned the duty of inspecting the corps under their command. These inspections wiil be made at least once a year, and as much oftener as appears necessary to the de- partment commander. These inspections have hitherto been made by officers of the inspector general's department, who, it is said, will hereafter have nothing to do with the trcops. Their work will embrace more especial- ly the inspection of store houses, depots and accounts. They will also be’ subject to any special service assigned them by the Secretary of War. The work of the inspectors will be divided into five depart- ments, thus giving the inspector general one assistant and each department an in- spector. The departments will be organ- ized for the convenience of this inspec- tlon. The proposed assignment of this inspection duty to regular inspectors will enable the department to return line offi- cers now on that duty to their regular stations. —_____-e-_____— GOLD AND SILVER. Secretary Morton Tells of the Senti- | ment in the West. “I believe there is a growing feeling in favor of the gold standard among business men of the west,” said Secretary Morton, in conversation with a Star reporter today. “While I have not been west for several weeks, that wag the impression I got then and which comes to me from different sources. “Sometimes I think that the sentiment favorable to the gold standard is increasing among other classes of people in the west, but it will not do to be too confident about this.. You sce, the people who are most actively concerned in fostering the silver sentiment have a direct pecuniary interest in the free coinage of silver. They put in their money, time and intellectual effort to the working up of free silver sentiment. “On the other hand, the people who de- sire the establishment of the gold standard, with the use of silver as subsidiary coin, are only interested in a general way. No particular individual has a pecuniary inter- est in the matter, and, therefore, does not feel called upon to devote nis time or money in efforts to bring it about. “In this way, then, it happens that the people at large hear more in favor of free silver than they do against it. There is no organization to do for the gold standard what the league of interested persons is doing for silver. For this reason I am not oversanguine of immediate education of opinion among the people against free coin- age.”” —_—_-o+—_____ DOCKERY’S EXPERT DISSATISFIED. J. W. Reinhart Wants Twice as Much Sninry as He Was Allowed. The government has made a settlement with the experts of the Dockery commiis- sion, which investigated and reorganized the business methods of the several ex- ecutive departments. Mr. J. W. Reinhart, the chief of the commission, has received $9,500, but he was dissatisfied with this amount, and filed a receipt under protest. He claims to be entitled to $10,000 addi- tional. Mr. E. W. Haskins received $15,668, Mr. E. W. Sells $10,555, and two clerks to the House committee on appropriations $2,500 jointly. These sums do not include traveling and other expenses incurred by the commission. Some Things That Were Written About the Patent Office Gazette, Mr. Quincy’s Connection With It—A Criticism of the Commissioner of Patents. The Star published some time ago an out- line of the report that had been agreed upon by the majority of the Senate com- mittee on printing in the matter of the in- vestigation into the affairs of the National Lithographic Company of this city, and, particularly, as to the relations of Josiah Quincy, ex-assistant secretary of state, to that enterprise. For some reasons the re- port, which was signed by Senators Gor- man and Manderson, the majority of that committee, was suppressed, and the testi- mony taken by the ccmmittee was submit- ted to the Senate, with a statement which was characterized as @ “report.” This statement, it is said, was signed by only one of the three members of the commit- tee. The following are the conclusions of the committee, in exact words, as set forth in that so-called “suppressed report:” Coxnection of Government Offictals. “In regard to that clause of the resolu- tion which directs this committee to in- quire into the connection with this con- tract of any official or officials of the United States, the committee find that no other - official than the commissioner of patents and the Secretary of the Interior (whose duty it is, under the law, respect- ively, to execute and approve the contract) were concerned therein, excepting Hon. Josiah Quincy, who was at that time as- sistant secretary of state. Mr. Quincy, in his testimony, explains in some detail his connection with the matter. “The committee have no conclusions to present in regard thereto, except to say that, while they have discovered no evi- dence to show any direct petuniary inter- est on the part of Mr. Quincy in the Na- tional Lithographic Company, or its profits, yet he admits to have advanced consider- able sums of money to the president of the company, prior te and after the company obtained’ the patent office contract; and, while he disclaims any pecuniary interest in the company, and avers that his only motive in aiding the company was personal friendship for Kenney, it‘is evident that by frequent intercessions in his behalf he was advancing and bettering his position as the creditor of an impecunious débtor. Conclusien. “The committee concludes,) from all the circumstances of the case, tlat the duties of an important branch ef the public ser- vice have been performed: in a dilatory, and, to some extent, inefficient manner, by reason of granting an impertant public contract to a concern not properly equipped for the execution thereof. The committee is unable to wholly acquit the commissioner of patents of blame, in not having made more aliligent and thorouwghb® inquiry into the capacity of this newly-organized com- pany to perform the very extensive and im- portant work ‘which it umdertook, and in trusting entirely to the unsupported state- -ments in that regard of the contracting parties themselves and@ M¥, Quincy, which he admits ‘to have done @ committee think that the former failure of.the Bell plant to do the work, of/which' he was awyre, should have pyt the comtnissioner upon his guard, and prompted him to more careful investigation. “The fact of his naving executed the con- tract with the new company, and trans- mitted it to the Secretary of the Interior with a request of his approval on July 21, when the new company had done no work whatever, and had already, by several weeks’ delay, demonstrated its incapacity to do the work promptly, appears to the committee to evince a persistence and de- termination on the part of the commis- sioner to sustain the new company, ap- parently not warranted by the small sav- ing to the government involved in its pro- posal. {he committee-are aware that the commissioner justifies bis action on the ground that he expected ultimately to ef- fect a benefit to the government by creat- ing competition for patent office work; but, without questioning the integrity of his mo- tives, they cre unable to commend. his ac- tion on business principles. - “The provisions of the then existing law regulating this contract, in giving to the commissioner of patents an unlimited dis- cretion in awarding the same, were, in the judgment of your committee, essentially faulty. The commissioner was, therefore, subjected to importunity, which he appears to have been unable to resist. The dis- missal of Mr. Joseph B. Marvin, the chief clerk of the draughtsman’s division of the office, was, in the judgment of your com- mittee, an unjustifiable action on the part of the commissioner of patents. A faithful public officer scems to have thereby been made to suffer for a conscientious discharge of his official duty in rejécting the ineffi- cient work of the National -Lithographic Company.”” Et ee ge ADMIRAL MEADE’S FLEET. It My Visit Countries Where Dis- turbances Have Beef Reported. Unless there is a change‘in the program, Admiral Meade's fieet will‘in the course of a few weeks visit several of the ports and countries in the Gulf of Mexico and Carib- bean sea where disturbances have been re; ported These movements are not connected with any recent events, for the itinerary was arranged before the fleet left Hampton Roads. In a few days the ships of the squadron will leave Trinidad for Puerto Cabello. Thence they will go to Curacoa, and later to San Domingo and Port-au- Prince, Hayti. Leaving Hayti, the ships will touch at Santiago de Cuba, and about the middle of April they are due at Colon. A Senator’s Acknowledgment. The scholars of, Congress Heights school have received a pretty little note from Serator Gorman, to whom«in the closing days of the recent session of Congress they sent a handsome bouquet of flowers to testify to their appreciation of his efforts to sectire a larger school building in Con- gress Heights. Senator Gorman wrote to them as follows: .March 6, 1895. My Young Friends: I received your note with the very beautiful et of flowers, for which I thank you. “I regard this tribute as an expression of yeur good will because of my part in the passage of the bill giving you better school facilities. The interest the children take in the public schools is very gratifying to’me and bids well for the country. I hope you will ap- preciate the opportunities you have and take advantage of them to improve yourselves. Yours, very truly, A. P. GORMAN, Master J. M. Simpson, Master M. Joyce, Master Arthur Burgess, committee Con- gress Heights, care of A. E. Randle. 2+ Mr. Carlisle Getting Stronger. Secretary Carlisle was in his office at the Treasury Department for several hours to- day. Although not fully recovered from his recent attack of the grip, he is feeling much stronger and is encouraged to belleve that he will soon be injhis usual good health. See pressure of public business, combined with his iHness, prevented his accompanying the President on his duck- ing expedition. : Again at Their-Desks. Assistant Secretary. McAdoo has recov- ered from his recent indisposition, and was on duty at the Navy Department today. Capt. Sampson, chief of tite naval bureau of ordnance, although still suffering from the effects of the grip, was able to spend a few hours in his office today. An International Combination to Lay One. NEGOTIATIONS SAID 10 BE IN PROGRESS What is Said at the Hawaiian and Japanese Legations. THE INTEREST OF FRANCE Negotiations are said to be in progress to secure the construction of a cable between the United States and Hawali by the com- bined enterprise of Russia, France, Japan, Hawaii and the United States. 2 According to a story sent out from Wash- ington a number of conferences have been held with the officials of the Japanese lega- tion here, and several phases of the subject are now under negotiation between Tokio and Washington. Minister Kurino is rep- resented as much interested in the project, and it is said that five or six of the most influential and wealthy Japanese merchants will be named among the incorporators. Europenn Governments Intcrested. France has also been interested, and in the course of the negotiations she has made a significant suggestion to Hawaii to the ‘effect that French interests will be better subserved by having the cable go via the United States, instead of the Vancouver route, which would be controlled by Great Britain. The chief interest of France is in securing cable connections with Tahiti and her other Pacific possessions and with her naval rendezvous, -which is now cut off from communication. Russia’s interests in the project are re- garded as even more important than those of Japan or France. Russia’s cable com- munication with the western hemisphere is now westward through London or Paris, and this filtering of all her news and offi- cial messages through London in particu- lar has long been a source of irritation. The Russian imperial family already have a cable from Vladivostock, the easterly point of Siberia, to Japan, so that the new line would give Russia through cable communi- cation eastward, instead of through London or Paris. The military and strategic im- portance of this is very great, for, should Russia be arrayed against the triple al- liance, she could not communicate west- ward to the outer world, but could always maintain communication eastward to the United States and to France. The American Branch. The foregoing gives the international scope ef the enterprise. The American branch is described as being on similarly broad lines. Admiral John Irwin, United States navy, who wrote the notable report when in command of our ficet in Hawail, and Gen. Roy Stone are said to be prin- cipalty interested in the enterprise in Wash- ington. With them are associated, it is stated, President Alvord of the Bunk of California and the vice president of the bank, also the president and vice president of the San Francisco. chamber of com- merce; John D. Spreckles, son of Claus Spreckles; Herman Oelrichs, son-in-law of the late Senator Fair, and other millionaire capitalists. The principal work of organization is be- ing consummated here in Washington. What Minister Thurston Says, The Hawatian minister to the United States, Mr. Thurston, said he was cog- uizant in a general way only of efforts on the part of private individuals to establish a cable between the United States and Hawaii. “The Hawaiian government will look with favor upon this or any other proposi- tion for cable communication with the world,” said Mr. Thurston to a Star re- porter today. “What we want first -is a cable, preferably in connection with the United States, because our business inter- ests lie that way, but, at any rate, a cable. Any proposition looking to this end will receive the aid of the Hawaiian govern- ment to the extent of its ability, meaning by that, its financial ability and the receg- nition of treaty obligations.” It is understood that there is still another possibility of a cable to Hawaii. It is stat- ed in diplomatic circles that the French government has intimated to the Hawaiian government a desire that the Hawaiians should not be too quick to close negotia- tions for an English cable. It was hinted in this connection, it is said, that there is. a@ possibility of France extending her New Caledonia cable to Honolulu. The French government now aids, by subsidy, a cable between Australia and the Island of New Caledonia. From this point it is but a distance of about 3,000 miles to Honolulu. Whichever government gets its cable to Honolulu first will have a practical monop- oly for several years, because there will not be enough business for two lines, and, moreover, it will have the start toward the extension of the cable from Hawaii to the west or south. At the Japanese Legation. Mr. K. Matsui, the first secretary of the Japanese legation, smiled skeptically when his attention was called to the advanced state of the negotiations locking toward a Pacific cable. “Such an idea has been considered for the past five or six years,” he said, “but noth- ing definite has ever been formulated. I do not believe the statements that wealthy Japanese capitalists are interested at pres- ent in the incerperation of such a company. Neither do I believe that Minister Kurino has had any communication with the Sec- retary of State on the subject.” “Have there been any conferences with officials of this legation upon the matter?” inquired The Star reporter. Mr. Matsui smiled again. ‘‘None, I as- sure you,” he replied amiably. “All the statements published regarding the ap- proaching completion of preliminaries in this regard are something new to me, and I cannot beHeve there is much in them.’ ——_—_—_-o—___. THE MONETARY COMMISSION. Sepatcrs Jones and Teller Preparing to Leave for Their Homes. Senators Jones and Teller of the pro- posed international monetary commission are preparing to leave for their homes. ‘They met at the Capitol today and held a brief conference, at which they concluded that there was nq probability of the com- mission having occasion to come together until some time in the Bummer, if it be called at all, and that any meeting now would be premature and unnecessary. They expected to be notified by the Sec- retary of State in case any formal action is taken, and in that event, and when the commission shall be completed by the ap- pointment of the three remaining members, there will probably be a formal meeting in Washington early in the summer months. Serator Jones leaves for Arkansas tonight and Senator Teller for Colorado Monday. —_—_—_—-e- The First American Merchant Ship. The American consul at Bergen, Norway, reports that for the first time in fifteen years an American vessel, the ship Hamil- ton Fish, built in 1856, of 1,625 tons, was entered and cleared from that port. During the last ten years the trade under the American flag with the Baltic nations, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia on the Baltic, has consisted of this voyage of the Hamilton Fish, one bark in 180, one bark and one ship in 1886, one bark in 1885 and three barks in 1884, all of which made single vcyages. Why the Government Nesitates to Re- taliate. The President Said to Wish to Avoid the Loss o Would Entail, of Revenue It It is sald that the reason for the hesita- ticn on the part of the State Department to follow a vigorous policy in dealing with Germany, France, Belgium, the Nether- lands and Denmark, is that President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle fear that we cannot afford the loss of revenue which would be involved in retaliation. It is said that both Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle believe that on account of the loss of revenue, this government would be @ greater sufferer from any prohibition of imports from foreign countries than those ecuntries upon whom we were retaliating. It is said that Mr. Cleveland even believes that these European countries would like to have us retaliate, and thus open the way for non-intercourse. This conviction is so strong with him, it is said, and he is so desirous of preventing a further falling off in the revenue, that it is doubtful if he could be brought to issue a proclamation under the exclusion law of ’90, no matter hew flagrant the discrimination against us by foreign countries might be. Reaching a Crisis. - The controversy has reached a critical stage, however, and it is likely that a point will be arrived at where the attitude of this government will have to be declared one way or the other, and the flag law may go into operation in spite of Mr. Cleve- lend’s disinclination to have foreign im- portations checked in any way. Instruc- tions have been sent to Minister Eustis by the State Department to represent to the French government that we will not assent to the proposition that the exclusion of our meat and live stock is due to the discovery of disease either in the cattle or the meat. He is instructed to state that it is im- possible for.the same piece of meat to be both diseased and not diseased, and that knowing from three inspections, one of them made at the same time with that of the French government, that there is no disease as a valid excuse for the exclusion of our meat. An Awkward Situation. The instructions are very emphatic, and if adhered to must lead to a declaration on the part of this government that there ex- ists an unwarranted discrimination. Hav- ing made this presentation of the case through our minister, it is claimed that it would be extremely embarrassing and awkward for this government to refuse to execute the law requiring an additional ten per cent duty, even if the act of 1890 is not availed of by proclamation. It looks as if either the flag law or the retaliation act would have to be resorted to in spite of Mr. Cleveland’s reluctance, unless the for- eign discriminations are revoked. A failure to retaliate would be regarded as an ac- know]edgment on the part of our govern- ment that we must depend upon the reports of the foreign inspectors rather than upon those of our own, and that a diplomatic contention is not to be overthrown by mere facts as discovered scientifically. See NOT ONE WITH OUR FLAG. No American Mercantile Ship Went Through the Suez Canal. “Not one mercantile ship flying the United States flag entered the canal last year, although many cargoes destined for America passed through in British ships,” says United States Consul General Pen- field at Cairo, Egypt, in a report to the State Department upon the Suez canal traffic. During the year 1894 the number of vessels passing through the canal was 8,352, being ten in excess of the preceding year, and the receipts from tolls amounted almost to $15,000,000. The number of ships using the canal in 1874, twenty years ago, was only 1,264. These figures compared with those of the present day show how completely the canal has revolutionized the traffic between the far east and Europe. The largest business year the canal ever had was in 1891, when 4,206 steamers passed through. The appli- cation of the electric light to marine pur- poses is now so general that nearly 95- per cent of the vessels using the canal last year were enabled to steam at night. Of the 3,352 ships passing through last year, 2,394 were British. 3 ———__+ e+_____ Changes in the Treasury Department. The following promotions have been made in the classified service in the Treasury De- partment: Office of the auditor for the Interior De- partment—C. C. Lindsay, Ala., from $1,200 to $1,400; S. M. Chase, Minn., from $1,000 to $1,200; P. E. Northup, IL, from $340 to $1,000, Office of internal reyenue—Victor E. Wat- kins, N. J., from $900 to $1,200. Office of the United States coast and geo- detic survey—E. H. Sipe, D. C., from $1,600 to $1,800; H. L. Thompson, from $1,200 to $1,600; R. A. Harris, N. from $1,200 to $1,400; H. F. Flynn, Ohio, from $1,000 to $1,200; W. A. Van Doren, Va., from $1,000 to $1,200; A. H. Sefton, D. C., from $900 to $1,000. ’ SS Personul Mention. Mr. Edgar Allen, special assistant attor- ney general, is confined to his bed with nervous prostration, resulting from an at- tack of’the grip contracted during ex- Fesure to a snow storm in Texas. Mr. John P. Buckley left last evening for New Orleans. Lieut. Commander C. C. Todd has been ordered to examination, for promotion. Capt. M. W. Day, ninth cavalry, is in the city on leave. He is at the EbLitt. Maj. M. P. Caldwell, 1435 S street north- west, has just returned from a business trip of several weeks to Los Angeles, southern California. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell is in New York. Lieutenant A. E. Williams, third cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. - Captain Albert Barnitz is at the Arno. Secretary Gresham is suffering from a slight neuralgic attack, which confines him to his rooms at his hotel. oo Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the follawing: District of Columbia—Fred- erick Zinckgraf, John J. Burk, Christian J. Ash, Josephine P. Kelton and Asa C. Hin. -Maryland—Jethro T. McCullough, Rising Sun. Virginia—Samuel English, Alexandria; Mary A. Hall, Alexandria; Julia E. Lock, Sterling. —————— Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $360,306. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $346,970; customs, $475,958; miscellaneous, $20,604. ——_—__-e— Serious Accident. ‘This morning about 10 o'clock a ten-year- old boy named J. S. Larcombe, who lives at No. 1818 5th street ngrthwest, met with a serious and perhaps fatal accident near the Long bridge. He was riding horse- back, and was thrown to the ground and Kicked by the animal. Medical aid was rendered, and the suffering boy was after- werd sent to the Emergency Hospital. It is feared he will die. many of the men, but, after a running fight, in which s¢cveral shots were fired, the officers succeeded in capturing eleven CAPTURED BY TRAMPS Fifty Desperate “‘Hoboes” Overpower a Train’s Crew. ROUTED BY THE WILMINGTON POLICE Eleven Taken After a Running Fight. SENTENCES IMPOSED WILMINGTON, Del, March 9.—Last night a gang cf about fifty tramps cap- tured the Philadelphia, Wilnitngton and Baltimore freight train from Baltimore, which was due in this city about 11:30 o'clock. The tramps got on the train just outside of Baitimore, and at once begam to abuse the trainmen. Conductor Riley and his crew were pows erless. A few of the gang had revolvers, and all were armed with knives and clubs. One brakeman was caught on top of a can and beaten. In the fight his lamp was broken, and the tramps then attempted to force him from the car. He managed to escape and took refuge on the engine. At Chase station the trainmen were all @riven from the tops of the cars, and it was expected that an attack would be made on the engine. But after the tramps had secured possession of the train began quarreling among themselves, during one of their fights a man was thrown from the train, and it is supposed fatally injured, if not killed outright. Conductor Riley telegraphed to this city for assistance, and when the trajn reached the west yard in this city there were about fifty policemen in waiting. As soon as the train was brought to @ stop the tramps jumped from the cars and sterted to run across the fields. The heavy, fog prevented the officers from captufing vf the gang. When the tramps were core nered they showed fight, and only sure rendered at the point of a revolver. Nearly half of the gang left the train at Newport, Delaware, the first station below, Those arrested gave the follows ing names: John Wilson, Martin Kilday, Jchn Kelly, James Clear, John Conner, Ed« ward Johnson, George Wilson, Harry Cine tia, William Roach, George Foos and L. EB. Spelling. They were brought to the city, in a freight car and placed in jail. This morning the prisoners were given hearing before Justice Sasse. George Wile son was held for court for carrying a cons cealed deadly weapon. Clear, Cintia and Spellisg were discharged, and the others fined $5 each and sent to jail for thirty, days. this city. TO KEEP OUT OF THE FIGHT. Senator Gorman Will Stay in Europ@ During the Summer. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, March 9.—“Senator. Gore man and his family will sail from New York early in May and*will spend the sum+ mer abroad, returning to America’ in Sep« tember. They will spend the time traveling leisurely on the continent, visiting Carlse bad and other German springs for the benefit of the Senator's health.” One of the Senator's closest personal and political friends made the above ane nourcement today. He continued: “He has come to the conclusion that it will be ims possible for him to obtain any rest if he remains in this country—no matter what part of it he might select. When he goes to Saratoga or Atlantic City the politicians: immediately follow him. Very few of themt can follow him to Europe. “He has been importuned to take charge of the state committee this year and he may consent to do it if his health is good on his return, but he apes not want to be in the state the when held, because he will be primary conventions if he should be here held responsible by! his enemies for all that may be done Several of the candidates are per sonal friends of his, and it would be eme barrassing for him to make a_ choi hence he will go so far away that it be absurd to accuse him of interference in current affairs. The Senator realizes that the party is in a critical position in Mary land and that unwise interference on the part of himself or any other leader might do great harm. He has decided to be out of reach while the preliminary contests are going on. He will return after the nomina- tions are made and exert all his skill to elect the party ticket and keep Maryland in the democratic ranks. The whole plan has been definitely settled and there is no dcubt whatever about it. Mr. Gorman will be out of the state and out of the country all summer, and as far as he is personally concerned there will be no interference with the course of politics here.” ae , SIX LIVES WERE LOST. The Casualties of the Longfellow@ Sinking. CINCINNATI, Chio, March 9.—Although a morning paper places the death list of the Longfellow disaster at 12, there is only, a certainty of 6, namely: Clerk J. L. Care ter, Passengers David Aldridge, Rome, Ny Y.; Mr, and Mrs. Aul, Dayton, Ohio; Bars tender Augustus Chauvett, Porter James Miller. As to two given in the list of 12, Mra, Dr. Mary Anderson and her patient, Mis» Warrington of Jamestown, N, Y., they are not only alive, but expect to resume their jcurney to New Orleans on the Buckeye State, which leaves for New Orleans this evening. Two others of the list of 12 are deck hands who were yesterday reported drowned and afterward heard from as alive, but as they have no settled home it is difficult to definitely locate them. ‘The other is a colored barber, Jones, who has not yet app d at his usual stopping places and 1 be lost. : Sull another is a colored servant in the offic: quarters named Walker. The only evidence that he is dead fs that he has not reported at the company’s office. But both as to him and the barber reports kave been received from the officers of the. Longfel- | low that they escaped. i company this morning sent the Carrel with a str crew to examine the portions of wreck for the purpose of finding ihe bedies that are missing. ‘Three trunks have been recovered, upon one of which is painted the name of E. J, Em- mett. No such passenger is remembered by the clerk, and it is thought the trunk was a piece of freight. Se Decth of n Retired Officer. BELMONT, N. Y., March 9.—Col, Ane drew J. McNett of the United States army, retired, died «t his home here at the age of sevyenty-four years. He was made brigadier general by brevet for meritorious corduct in Sherman's Georgia campaign. EES A Lacomotive’s Fatal Explosion, HARRISBURG, Pa., March 9.—The ene gine of the Pacific express, which left Union station, on the Pennsylvania raile road at 3:10 this morning, was blown up at Cove station, eleven miles west of Har- risburg. Fireman John H. Piessley of Marysville, Pa., was killed, and Eng John A. Funk of Harrisburg was probably fatally injured.