Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1895, Page 1

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OPTIMISTIC VIEWS The Philosophy Now Being Preached by Democrats, WILL TIRE OF FIGHTING IN A YEAR Everything Will Be Subservient to Party Success. _THE ADMINISTRATION IDEA The democrats are now affecting an opti- mistic philosophy, declaring that ‘‘what- ever happens, happens for the best.” As- sailed on all sides with all sorts of dis- cords, the theory is being advanced that this is just the best thing to bring the party together for the struggle of "06. They say that they will get tired of fighting in @ year, and will be hanging on each other's necks lovingly in "$6, with no fight left in them, except for the cther party. Some of the administration democrats talk now as if the situation could not have been better if they had planned it to work off their surplus steam the year before the campaign. They are inclined to insinuate that the republicans are unfortunate in not having a little scrap within their own ranks this year. Whut Sound- Money Democrats Claim. Most of the “sound money” democrats, while claiming with great confidence that they will control the national conyention, express the opinion that if there had not heen a fight in the party all along the line over the silver question this year the sil- ver men would have been in complete con- trol. They profess no fear of the silver men bolting the convention, because that sentiment is strongest in a section where democrats are forced by the instincts of self preservation to adhere to the party. As one of their reasons for confidence that they will control the convention they point out that the silver democrats as a class are those who can least afford to resist the “sound money” Influences. An instance of this is given in the mat- ter of money~ accommodations. In the south, it is argued, the people cry for sil- ver because they want more money,, and they want it because they haven't any. All the bankers have to do is to declare that ey will not make loans to people who “want to pay their debts in fifty-cent dollars and who are trying to establish a debased currency,” and this operates as a notice that if they want to borrow money they must stop shouting for silver. A Convincing Argument. It is said that a short time ago a Philade!- phia syndicate placed twelve million dol- lars in the agricultural districts, with the small banks, principally in the south, and that one of the conditions exacted was that the borrower should “pipe very low on silver.” To men who have to borrow money to harvest and move their crops and to handle them in commerce this makes a very convincing “sound money’ argument. Moreover it is far reaching, bi eaifse it affects all classes from the plant- ers and smail dealers all the way up to the banks in the section of the country where the ready cash is necessary for the marketing and transportation of the crops. They are confrouted with the cold fact that the eloquence of the silver orators does not move crops. The “sound money” faction say that sen- timent always exhausts itself soon, after it has reached -the emotional stage, and that therefore everything will quiet down by the time the national convention meets. This sort of philosophy is the most com- forting they can apply to a situation full of confusion, with the party divided in nearly every state. Will Attack Cleveland in Congress. It is anticipated that during the com- ing session of Congress the anti-adminis- tration democrats, especially in the Senate, will lose no opportunity to get Mr. Cleve- land at a disadvantage, and to discredit him if possible. It is believed that there will be a deliberate plan among democrats to repudiate the administration openly. But the administration people profess to feel no uneasiness on that score, holding as they do that those who take part in it will thereby destroy their own influence in the democratic national convention. They argue that the party organization, composed at the convention that nomi- nated Cleveland, and which conducted the campaign resulting in his election, will be controlled by the adminisjration faction, and that attacking the administration will only discredit the party loyalty of the lead- ers who attempt it, while the people will stand by the recognized organization. They expect, therefore, that the opposing lead- ers will so demonstrate their own weak- ness during the next few months that they will forced to yield to “party disci- pline,” and accept. the conditions laid down for them. The President's Views. It is said that Mr. Cleveland thinks that the absence of any one marked conspicu- ously as a candidate for the nomination is advantageous to the administration. For this reason the men naturally regard- ed as the best representatives of the ad- ministration in this connection refuse to permit vooms to be launched fer them and profess not to desire the nomination. When the time comes, it is believed, the administration forces will be thrown solidly for one man, and i will probably be either Whitney or Carlisle, with Morrison in the background as a “possivle compromise if the silver people should prove stronger in the national convention thaa Mr. Cleve- land anticipates tney will. It is well un- derstood that the silver men would much more readily accept Morrison than either of the other two. 5 Will Be No Bolt. The friends of the administration will not admit for a minute that there is any pos- sibility of a bolt in the national conven- tion. Nor do they desire that there should be any in the republican convention. They calculate upon having the silver men in such a position that they will have no one but the populists to combine with Sf they break from the convention, and they be- Meve that this will restrain them. Under ordinary circumstances a row between the republicans of the east and those from the gilver states would afford the administra- tion great satisfaction, but now the situa- tion is peculiar. If the silver republicans should bolt it would open the way for a combination for the silver democrats, and give them some encouragement to bolt if @issatisfied with the convention. Party Loyalty Preached. Therefore, party loyalty, in both partics, ig the doctrine they preach, end President Cleveland is calculating on a campaign in "06, practically without issues, and, conse- quently, without argument or motive for a change in the complexion of the administra- ticn. He re izes that, with the tariff and the silver questions out of the way, as nts them to be, notwithstanding his opposition to the present tariff the republicans will probably desire to the most of the past weakness of his foreign policy, and let the cry of Amer- feanism ring through the campaign. With the aid of Mr. Olney, he hopes to forestall this |: e by making the next year of his administration conspicuous for vigor and firmness in dealing with foreign questions. This is Mr. Olney’s favorite idea, and if op- Portunity offers, it is expected to be availed ef. If occasion of sufficient importance develops to attract the eyes of the whole and Mr. Olney can handle it so as to put himself in the line of presiaential cand:dates, Mr, Cleveland, it is said, will not be displeased. LIBRARIANS OF CONGRESS There Have Been Only Six Sinoe the Library Was Established. James S. Meehan Served for Thirty- Two Years—Mr. Spofford’s Term of Service. ‘There have been but six Itbrarians of the Congressional Library, although the first Incumbent of that place was appointed in 1802. The term of service of two of these librarians aggregates nearly sixty-five years, the present librarian, Mr. A. R. Spofford, and John S. Meehan being the long-term incumbents. Mr. Meehan held office longer than any one up to the present time, having been librarian for thirty-two years. On the 3ist of next December Mr. Spofford will have been in charge of the great collection of books for thirty-one years. hi The growth of the Congressional Library has been accompanied with many difficul- ties, and the history of its librarians is as interesting as is the record of the col- lection itself. The first commission of li- brarian on record in the State Department is that of John Beckley of Virginia, dated January 29, 1802. Mr. Beckley at that time held the office of clerk of the House of Representatives. A room opposite the Sen- ate chamber in the north wing of the early Capitol was used for storing the few books then in the possession of Congress. The library was given in charge of the clerk of the House of Representatives, and its care was a matter of little trouble, for few private libraries worthy of the name at the present day would contain fewer books = did the Congressional Library at that time. Outcome of a Necessity. The library was the outcome of a neces- sity. Washington at the time the national capital was moved here contained no pub- lic or private libraries. Members of Con- gress were at a great loss to secure data which was urgently needed in legislative matters, and the making of speeches to be delivered in the Senate and House was a very difficult matter. Members could not jot down headlines of what they wanted to incorporate in their speeches and send to the librarian to have them furnished without a thought. A good book was a jewel, and the long-felt want of Congress was a library. In 1807 Patrick Magruder of Maryland was elected clerk of the House of Repre- sentatives and shortly thereafter was ap- pointed Hbrarian. He served during the two terms of Jefferson's administration, as well as the greater part of Mr. Monyoe’s presidency. He employed a clerk to look after the little collection of books. From 1807 to 1816 items were inserted in the ap- propriation bills of $800 for contingent e: penses of the library, including the libr rian's salary. In fourteen years of the life of the library there were accumulated but 3,000 books. Jefferson’s Collection Purchased. The Mbrary became more pretentious when Congress purchased Jefferson’s col- lection of 6,700 books for $23,950 and moved them. They were moved into the building lecated on the site of the present Post Office Department, amd George Watterson was shortly thereafter appointed librarian by President’ Madison, with a salary of $1,000 per annum, this appointment dating from March 21, 1815. Mr. Watterson was a native of Scotland, ha¥ing been brought to this country by his parents when a very little child. He had been carefully edu- cated and was fond of books, it is related, and was a newspaper editor, both before and after his appointment as librarian. He was also the author of several books, ene of which was a guide to Washington. But it was Watterson's ability as a muse that resulted in securing for him the place of congressional librarian. He wrote verses complimentary to Mrs. Madison and that powerful lady, being pleased by the attention, smoothed the way for Mr. Wat- terson to secure the place he coveted. But his habit of commenting on the wives of Presidents got him into trouble. President Jackson heard that Watterson had made some unpleasant remarks about his be- loved wife, Rachael, and in 1829 he was re- moved. This charge was denied by both Mr. Watterson and his friends, but it did not assist him to retain the place. Mr. Meehan Appointed. In 1818 the salary of librarian was in- creased to $1,500 per annum, and in the same year the library was removed to the Capitol, which ft had been driven out of because of the burning of the structure by the British. General Jackson appointed John S. Meehan, a printer of Washington, to be librarian on May 23, 1829. Meehan was“the first editor and publisher of the Celumbia Star and the United States Tele- graph, and had performed efficient political services for General Jackson. Mr. Mee- ban_continued in office until the election of President Lincoln, a period of thirty- two years. Mr. Meehan’s tastes were lit- erary, and he wielded a vigorous though graceful pen. Mr. Meehan died at his residence on Capitol Hill April 24, 1863, aged seventy-three years. John G. Stephenson of Terre Haute, Ind., served a short term as librarian, serving in thut position from 1861 to 15 Mr. Spofford’s Term. President Lincoln appointed Mr.A.R.Spof- ford to be librarian of Congress December 31, 1864. Mr. Spofford had entered the li- brary as an assistant during the administra- tion of Mr. Stephenson, his predecessor, so that while not having seryed as librarian longer than any other man, his connection with the great collection of books exceeds in years that of any one else. Mr. Spof- ford is without doubt the most widely known librarian in this country, and when he moves into the handsome building now nearly ready for the reception of the Con- gressional Library he will preside over the finest library in this country, and one of the most complete collections of books in the world. s GEN. NEILSON’S RETURN. Points on European Postal Service and Facilities. Second Assistant Postmaster Y eae Neilson has returned from his flying’ vaca- tion to England and France. He says he tried to improve the transatlantic mail service by getting the English to put clerks on the steamers to sort and tle up the mail on the voyage. This they would not do, as they have a large force in the London office, who make quick work of ocean mails. France may join in this feature of enter- prise. Gen. Neilson thinks our mail service superior to the European methods and systems, except, possibly, in the pneumatic service, for which high rates are charged, so that it is on a par with the telegraph. The trolley service they do not have at all, doing the work with slow-going wagons and horses. The British do not like our present system of giving transatlantic mails to our own vessels. They are all very curious about our postal system in this country, and regard it as first-class In every way. o——______ Private Smith’s Sentence. Private Charles W. Smith, battery I, fourth artillery, having been convicted by court-martial at the Washington barracks of violation of the 47th Article of War, has been sentenced to eighteen months’ con- finement at Fort Columbus, N. Y., at hard labor, and to be dishonorably discharged from the service. A ROW IN THE G.A. R. Charges Made Against a Com- mander of a Colored Post. SAID 10 HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTFUL A Scene That*Occurred With the Department Commander. COURT MARTIAL ORDERED There is a lively time going on in Grand Army circlgs, which has resulted in the court-martial of Geo. H. Boston, comman- der of Oliver P. Morton Post, No. 4. Oliver P. Morton Post, No. 4, is composed of coel- ored members to the number of 557, and is the largest post of the Department of the Potomac of the Grand Army. Department Commander Marion T. An- derson last evening issued the following: HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON, September 5, 1895. General orders No. 8. 1. A general court-martial is hereby ap- pointed, to meet at these headquarters on Thursday, September 26, 1895, at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of George H. Boston, commander of Oliver P. Morton Post, No. 4, and of such other comrades as may lawfully be ordered before it. Detail for the court: William Gibson, past M. R es department commander, president; N Brooks, past department commander; T. A. Senior, past commander post No. Gunning, past commander post Ni H. Day, past commander post No. 8; H. H. Martin, past commander post No. 3; Calvin Farnsworth, past commander post No. 5; J. P. Lothrop, post No. 2, judge advocate. The Charges Against Boston. Last evening charges and specifications on which the court-martial was ordered were mailed to Post Commander Boston, .who received them this morning. These charges state that the said post commander has violated the laws governing the Grand Arm: when Department Commander Marion T. Anderson and Assistant Inspec- tor General Wm. P. Saville visited Post Commander Boston’s post, and that when the former remonstrated with the post commander for his conduct they were told to “Go and do your worst.’ The charges specify that orders were issued to investi- gate the finances of Oliver P. Morton Post, for which the visit in question was made. These charges were made by Assistant In- spector General Wm. P. Saville, and on them Department Commander Anderson ordered the court-martial, and relieved Pest Commander Boston from command of his pest, ordering him to turn it pver to Vice Department Commander James A. Wells, The charges name as witnesses Marion T. Anderson, James F. Benjamin, assistant adjutant general, and James E. McCabe, assistant quartermaster general. Boston’s Statement. Mr. Boston was seen by a Star re- porter today shortly after he had received notice of his court-martial. Mr. Boston said that Department Commander Ander- son was extremely unpopular in the de- partment, not only in the colored posts, but in three-fourths of the white posts. He said that Mr. Anderson had evidently thought that as the Oliver P. Morton Post was composed of colored members, he could do as he’ wished with them, and that it appeared to make no difference whether he (Anderson) violated law or not. He said that Department Commander Anderson had failed to secure an inspection of Oliver P. Morton Post in a lawful way. An Inspection Without Notice. “A couple of weeks ago,” sald Post Com- mander Boston, “I met Comrade Anderson on the street and he introduced a gentle- man to me, saying he was the assistant inspector general and would make a visit to my post for the purpose of inspection. I told him I had received no notice of the inspection, and he replied that it would be sent to me. “The regulations of the Grand Army re- quire that notice of an inspection shall be given at least one meeting nigat in ad- vance in the form of a general order. I re- ceived no such order. Last Monday night as our post was adjourning, Department Commander Anderson came to the door and demanded admittance. The guard told him that the post was about to adjourn. The rules of the Grand Army provide that no one shall be admitted to the post while it is being opened, is being mustered or is being adjourned. Comrade Anderson sure- ly understood-the rvles. Yet upon being re- fused admittance he forced his way into the hall, shoving the man on guard at the door back against the wall. He was ac- companied by a gentleman, whom I now presume must have been Assistant In- spector General Wm. P. Saville. He came to me and said he had come to inspect the post. I told him that I had received no notice of his visit and that the post had adjourned. He became angry and shook his cane over my head in a threatening manner. I thought he was going to strike me, and if I had given the word he would have been pitched out of the window. He said he would disband the post. I told him to do nothing to the post, but to hold me responsible. The Post's Finances. “Some time ago,” continued Mr. Boston, in explaining the causes that led up to the difficulty, ““‘the department commander somplained that our post had not paid its per capita tax. Now, I have nothing to do with rendering the accounts of the post. That is in the hands of Quarter- master Walter Middleton, and on July 8 I appointed a committee, consisting of John W. Hunter, James Wells and H. C. San- ders, to investigate the financial affairs of the post. I have not yet been able to get a report from this committee. Some time ago Mr. Anderson told me that the Grand Army people of Washington who would visit Louisville would travel by the Cc. and O. railroad. He said he wanted members of my post to go by the same road. I told him that I did not propose to go by that road, but that I would go either by the Baltimore and Potomac or Baltimor> and Ohio road. He said that the order had been given and that I would have to obey it, and I told him I could not help what order he had given, I was not going by the road he designated. Mr. Anderson has proven very arbitrary and dictatorial in his command of the Depart- ment of the Potomac, and appeared to think that he could boss me because I was a colored man. But I happen to know that the Grand Army is governed by law and that I have rights under the law. Why, since Mr. Anderson visited our post, August 26, I have been told that when asked by some one else about the order notifying me of his proposed visit, he had replied that he had not issued the order, but would inspect the post and issue the order afterward. Another example of the way he does business is shown by a letter he wrote to Vice Post Commander James A. Wells, instructing him to take com- mand of my post. This letter was written days before the notification was sent to me that I was to turn the command over to Comrade Wells. “Of ccurse, at our next meeting Monday night I will turn the post over to Comrade Wells, according to orders. My post is with me on this fight, and heartily against the course that Department Commander Ardeison has taken. Only last night Post No.9, the other colored post, passed reso- lutions condemning the course that the de- partment commander is pursuing toward me. “The thoroughly unfair way ihat Mr. Anderson is treating me is shown by the detail of the court for my trial. There are fifteen past post commanders of colored posts in this city, and yet the, detail of the court for my trial does not include one of them. Every member of that court is a white man. If a white man was to be tried by court-martial, I wonder if all the members of the court would be colored men? “I expect to go to Louisville,” concluded Mr. Boston, “and I may go at the kead of my post. Mr. Anderson’s threats do not worry me, as I have rights which I shall see are maintained.” Department Commander Marion T: An- derson was seen by a Star reporter today, but declined to enter into an extensive dis- cussion of Post Commander Boston's case. He said that discipline must be maintained in the Grand Army, and that he would see that it was maintained. —__.—__ A CALL FOR CARLISLE He Must Enter the Kentucky Oampaign Without Any Delay. Mr. Blackburn’s Great Strength 1s Developed by the Withdrawal of Ex-Gov. Buekner, The withdrawal of ex-Gov. Buckner from the senatorial campaign in Kentucky em- phasizes the strength that Mr. Blackburn has developed in the race, and, it is thought, shows conclusively that if sound money is to win in the senatorial fight Mr. -Carlisle must enter the field actively, and at once. It may be that the situation is now beyond the power of even Mr. Carlisle to control. Mr. Blackburn, despite the sound money platform adopted by the state convention, has kept up his advocacy of free silver, has won at the county prima- ries in the nominations for the legislature in a number of casés, and proclaims him- self to be already assured of re-election. He is probably not out of the woods, but, when a man of his energy and tempera- ment thinks he sees the clearing it takes the hardest kind of work to head him off. Sound Money’s Disadvantage. The sound money men have been at a dis- advantage in this department of their con- test from the outset. Mr. Carlisle was the only man to send after Mr. Blackburn, and, as is now seen, he ought to have been sent at once. Neither of the two men that were sent has proved to possess any mate- rial strength as against so experienced and attractive a campaigner as Mr. Blackburn. General Buckner has many elements of per- sonal popularity, but he is a very old man, and deficient both in capacity as a speaker and as an organizer. Mr. McCreary, the other sound money candidate, labors under the disadvantage of having been twice de- feated for the Senate—first by Mr. Carlisle and then by Judge Lindsay. Tis handi- caps him in a state where so much goes with success in the popular head. A beaten man soon fades away. The result of it all is that General Buckner, upon retiring from the race, has little strength to trans- fer, and if Mr. McCreary should inherit it all—something by no means certain—he still would lack a gocd deal necessary to make him formidable against Mr. Black- burn. 5 Such is a Kentucky view of the matter taken at this distance. Can Mr. Carlisle save thé day? And will he try? Mr. Carlisle's Position. Mr. Carlisle is in a very embarrassing po- sition. He does not want to return to the Senate, and has said so. This would nandi- cap Lim as an active candidate. It would deprive him of that ardent personal sym- pathy that, when aroused, plays so power- ful a part in a campaign. To a large de- gree Mr. Caflisle himself would not be in the race. He would appear as a drafted man. Mr. Blackburn, on the other hand, does want to return to the Senate. His whole heart is set on another term, and he is frankly confessing it in country court houses ard town halls throughout the state in language and manner that move the voters to a high pitch of rural enthusi- asm. Farmers are riding miles, and start- ing the day, before, to hear him speak, and ambitious young lawyers are introducing him to audiences in terms that would have made Cicero grateful. This sort of thing counts in every race, from constable to President, and even as strong a man as Mr. Carlisle, by putting himself beyond the pale of its benificent operation, might easily be beaten by it. The State Committce’s Action. There is likewise to be considered the recent action of the democratic state com- mittee, in which a number of Mr. Car- lisle’s friends joined, recommending that the financial question be dropped so far as the state ticket was concerned. This was a very surprising performance, but it is of record and must be considered. What would be the effect of Mr. Carlisle's ap- pearance on the stump in the state now? A disregard of the committee's request? Necessa: , it is pointed out. Mr. Car- lisle stands for but one thing in the whole campaign, and that fs the financial ques- tion. He is opposed to both Gen. Har- din and to Mr. Blackburn, and could not open his mouth to speak his real convic- tions without antagonizing both. Would this help or hurt the party in the race? Sull, there are sound money democrats who would be glad to see Mr. Carlisle take the stump at home, and who believe it possible for Mr. Blackburn by that means to be beaten for the Senate. Bafiled by the Complications. Mr. Carlisle is reticent on the whole sub- ject. Its complications appear to baffle him. Naturally, he wants his party to win. He would be willing to exert himself to the utmost to help it to win. Had Gen. Hardin supported the platform upon which he was nominated, Mr. Carlisle would prob- ably huve made a dozen or a score of speeches in the state in support of the ticket. But he has almost been formally barred from the canvass. ‘The little chap that got permission to go swimming, but was warned not to go near the water, was not involved in a greater contradiction than is Mr. Carlisle at present. He is in- vited to come to Kentucky and take part in the campaign, but is earnestly request- ed not to say a word on the-only topic with which his name is influentially as- sociated. Mr. Carlisle on the stump muz- zled as to money would present an astound- ing spectacle. ——_—___+e+____. BROOKLYN DRY DOCK. Report of the Naval Board on Driving Piles Approved. Secretary Herbert has just acted upon the report of a naval board composed of Commander Chester, Civil Engineer Prin- dle and Constructor Feaster, upon certain questions that have arisen concerning the methods of driving the foundation piling for the new dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard that have been adopted by the contractors. Civil Engineer Menocal, who is representing the government in supervis- ing the construction, objected to the prac- tice of driving the piles under water Ly means of followers placed upon the piles, but after careful examinaticn the board decided that this might be permited, pro- vided the contract is modified so as to give the civil engineer discretionary authority to require the length of the piles to be in- creased or diminished, according to the nature of the bottom, the compensation for the work to be adjusted accordingly. The report of the board has been approved by Secretary Herbert. BOWLER’S DECISION|TROOPS TO ATTENDIBROKERS ASSIGN The Controller Renders His Verdict Today. HE DECIDES AGAINST THE SUGAR MEN Under the Law the Bounties Can- not Be Paid. : VARIOUS CASES CITED Judge Bowler, controller of the treasury, rendered his decision in the sugar bounty cases this afternoon. It was purposely withaeld until too late for use in the after- noon papers of today, and the controller steadfastly declined to give even the slightest intimation of its character in ad- vance of its formal promulgation. He said he would like to accommodate the news- paper men in this respect, but that he did not care to tell its nature until the entire decision came from the hands of the printer, which would not be the case be- fore 4 o'clock this afterncon, at the earli- est. . Notwithstanding the controller’s reti- cence on the subject it is pretty generally understood among those interested that the decision is adverse to the sugar planters, and that as a consequence the government will decline to pay out the sum of $5,260,000 appropriated by the last Congress for sugar Lounties under the McKinley tariff act. The decision is based on the claim of the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company of Nebraska for several thousand dollars under the sugar bounty appropriation. This claim had been examined and approved by the internal revenue bureau and the auditor for the Treasury Department, but was held up by Controller Bowler in the latter part of July, because of his serious doubt as to the constitutionality of the sugar bounty clause of the McKinley act. Arguments Heard. He consented to hear arguments on this point, and several days in the early part of August were consumed by leading law- yers of the south and west representing the sugar interests, in their efforts to con- vince the controller that he had no legal right to withhold payment of the claim in question simply because of his belief in the unconstitutionality of the law. They argued generally that it was his duty to regard all acts of Congress as in full com- pliance with the Consiitution until they are declared otherwise by a proper judicial tribunal. Since then the controller has made a careful study of the question in all its bearings, and he said today that he would announce the result this afternoon. His decision @ontairs about ten thdusand words, and is a most exhaustive review of the several important constitutional and legal questions involved. It is made under feur separate heads, and it is said that the controller argues from each that he is not authorized to pay the claim under existing civeumstances. Authorities Cited. It is said that Judge Bowler feels justi- fied in disallowing the claim because of the action of the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia, in the case of the Miles Sugar Planting Company, which brought mandamus proceedings against Secretary Carlisle, to compel him to pay the bounty earned by it. That ccurt in rendering its decision went outside of the record to ex- press the opinion that the bounty law itseif Was unconstitutjonal. In the decision of the controller numer- ous state laws are quoted showing that the whole spirit of American government is against the taxing of the many for the benefit of the few. Mr. Bowler cites vari- ous Cecisions by the state courts in sup- port of his position. One is the decision in the Charleston (S. C.) case, where the legislature appropriated money to pay for seeds and to otherwise help the farmers whose crops had been ruined by the floods. The court held that the legislature had no right or power to make such an appropria- tion. Various similar decisions by the Urited States Supreme Court are referred to by the controller to the same effect. Discretion Claimed. According to one authority the argument in which Mr. Bowler seems to place the greatest confidence is that Congress, in the Revised Statutes, has relegated to the discretion of the treasury the payment of all claims which may be made under any appropriation which Congress may make. He points out fhat Congress has not re- nioved the obligation of the treasury to exercise this discretion in this case. He argues that if Congress really intended that the sugar bounties should be paid, whether they were constitutional or not, Congress would have suspended the opera- tion of the Revised Statutes in this par- ticular instance or repsaled the discretion- ary section, so that the controller would have been obliged to pay the bounties with- out exercising his judgment as to their legality. he controller says that the bounty law, as passed, does not make it at all clear that Congress intended to relieve the controiler from the re: Posed upon him by the Rev Ss of passing upon the constitutionality and legality of ali claims presented to him. It is said he holds the payment of the sugar bounties would be the payment of public money for private gain, and decides that the sugar bounty appropriation is un- constitutional and that he cannot approve of its payment. ——_—_-2+—_____ PERILS SURROUND THE CZAR. It Has Been Necessary to Guard Every Step. BERLIN, September 5.—The Lokal An- zeiger's correspondent at St. Petersburg corfirms the statement recently published that in consequence of the activity of the nihilists it has been found necessary to guard the czar’s every step as completely as the movements of his father, Alexander Til, were guarded by the police at the most perilous period of his reign. The czarina, whose accouchement is expected in Oc- tober, is suffering from extreme nervous- ness in consequence of the danger threat- ening the czar. > LONDON, September 5.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Berlin says that the secial democrats are resolved to hold meet- ings throughout the country to consider the emperor’s attitude, and there is no doubt that evil days are in store for them. The Post has a dispatch from Berlin which says that the inscription in the Em- peror William Memorial Church upon a re- lief representing Isaac and Rebecca water- ing camels which was alleged by the Vor- waertz really exists. It will be remem- bered that a dispatch to the Associated Press on September 3 reported that the Vorwaertz alleged that the relief bore the inscription in small characters, ‘What camels the fathers of our greatest city have been. May 2, 1895.” This is the end of a poem which appeared in Kladderadatsch, when the Berlin town council refused to congratulate Prince Bis- marck on his eightieth birthday. It was also alleged that the relief bore in a corner the words, “No three thousand marks? How shabby,” being a reference to a re- fusal of the council to contribute to the church fund. The Post correspondent says ‘hat these are attributed to the poor wit and worse taste of some of those concerned in the execution of the building. Gen. Miles’ Order in Regard to the Chick- amauga Oelebration. The Oldest Organization in the United States Army—In Continuous Ex- istence Over a Century. Major General Miles, commanding the department of the east, has issued special orders in regard to the coming celebration at the Chickamauga battlefield as follows: “In accordance with instructions of the lieutenant general commanding the army, given by direction of the Secretary of War, three battalions of United States troops will be encamped on the Chickamauga battlefield as soon after September 1, 1895, as practicable, and will remain there until after the dedication of the National Mili- tary Park on September 19 and 20, 1895. “The entire camp will be under the com- mand of Colonel J. S. Poland, seventeenth infantry, who is ordered to proceed with his regimental adjutant and quartermas- ter to Chattanooga. Tenn., to select a site for the camp, conferring on arrival with General J. S. Fullerton, president of the park commission. Troops Designated. “The troops designated for this service are as follows: * “The regimental adjutant, band and fou companies of the sixth infantry, from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, under command of the major of the regiment. Captain R. J. Gibson, assistant surgeon, one acting hespital steward and four hospital corps privates will be sent with these troops. “The band and four companies of the seventeenth infantry from Columbus bar- racks, Ohio, under command of a senior captain. One acting hospital steward and three hospital corps privates will be sent from Columbus barracks with these troops. “The regimental adjutant and band of the third artillery from Saint Francis bar- racks, Florida. “The two batteries of the third artillery now in camp at Fort McPherson, Georgia. One acting hospital steward and three Kcepital corps privates will be sent from Fort McPherson with these troops; also one hespital corps private from Fort Barran- cas, now at Fort McPherson. “The two batteries of the third artillery at Jackson barracks, Louisiana, under eommand of Major J. G. Ramsay, third ar- tillery. Two hospital corps privates will be sent with these troops from Jackson barracks. - “The troops from each post will take with them the necessary tentage, camp equipage, full and undress uniforms, forty rcunds per man blank ammunition for rifles, a small supply of ball cartridges and sufficient rations to Include three days beyond the expected close of the camp. Ample signal equipments and stores will be taken by the troops from each post. The chief quartermaster of the depart: ment will arrange for the_ necessary transportation, tentage and camp equip- age for the command. ‘ “Major J. V. R. Hoff, surgeon, will pro- ceed from Governor's Island, N. Y., and Capt. R. R. Ball, assistant surgeon, from Fort Adams, R. L., to Chickamauga, Tenn., for duty.”” The Oldest Organization. The Secretary of War has issued a spe- cial order for light battery F, fourth artil- lery, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., to at- tend the Chickamauga celebration. This battery is the oldest organization in the army. It has a distinguished record, dat- ing back to January 6, 1776, when it was organized as the New York provincial company of artillery, in command of Alex- ander Hamilton, who was commissioned its first captain March 14, 1776. It was sub- sequently transferred to and served to the end of the revolutionary war m Col. Lamb's second regiment, continental corps of artillery. This company participated in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Princeton, Yorktown, Brandywine, Mon- mouth and in other engagements of the revolutionary war and th several Indian battles in Ohio in 1790, 91 and "94. It has remained constantly in the service of the United States in one organization or an- other since it was organized in 1776. It was incorporated in the present fourth regiment of artillery when that regiment was organized, under the act of March 2, 1821, and is now in command of Capt. S. W. Taylor. During the War of the Rebellion. At the outbreak of the late war the bat- tery was commanded by Capt. J. C. Pem- berton, who resigned to join the confed- eracy and surrendered the confederate forces at Vicksburg. The subsequent com- manders during the war were Lieut. W. P. Terrill, afterward brigadier general of volunteers, who was killed at Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862; Capt. L. Best, who commanded from August 4, 1861, to August 6, 1852, when appointed chief of artillery, twelfth corps; Lieut. E. D. Muh- lenberg, who commanded until September 24," 1862, from which date Lieut. F. B. Crosby commanded until killed at Chan- cellorsville, May 16, 1863, when Lieut. Muh- lenberg again assumed command and re- mained in command until the close of the war, except from June 30, 1864, to Februar 1865, when the battery was in command of Capt. Best. The battery served in the Army of the Potomac until October, 1863, when it was transferred to the Army of the Cumber- land, and served in the artillery reserve of that army to November, 1864, when its strength became reduced below the mini- mum, and it was sent to New York-to be recruited. it parttcipated in the engagements at Strasburg and Winchester, May, 1862; Ce- dar mountain, August, 1832; ‘Antietam, September, 1862, and Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, Va., May, 1863, and in other minor engagements. —_—__+-e LOTTERY IN PICTURES. A Postmaster Hexing Again Complains Against the Chicago Times-Herald. Assistant Attcrney General Thomas has taken under advisement a complaint made by Washington Hesing, Chicago's post- master, against the Times-Herald of that city. Mr. Hesing says the newspaper is violating “the lottery law in giving prizes for making combination pictures out of printed portions of pictures. Inspectors have been at work on the case and a re- port has been made. What its nature is has not yet been made public. Mr. Hesing made a similar complaint some weeks ago, and the department ruled against him. His complaint this time is not much different from the first. es a Personal Mention, Secretary Lamont went to New York last night, but is expected to be back here to- morrow morning. Mr. James M. Baldwin will leave Satur- day for Ashtabula, Ohio, to visit his broth- er, who is very ill. Mr. Herbert Waltz, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Watson, and friends of Washington, D. C., will leave for Michigan today for a ten days’ trip, and will then re- turn to his home in Pennville, Ind. Mr. H. C. Snyder, Secretary Herbert's stenographer, has returned from a visit to New England. Passed Assistant Engineer John R. Ea- wards has resumed his duties at the Navy Department after deliveting a course of Jectures at the Naval War College, at New- port. Lieut. H. T. Cavenaugh, ninth cavalry, is on a visit to this city on leave of absence. Lieut. F. A. Wilner, Lieut. Harry Kim- mell, Lieut. M. L. Wood and Lieut. John Gibson are among the latest naval arrivals in the city. The Firm of Silsby & Co. Make an Assigninent. A REMITTANCE THAT DID NOP COME Statement of Assets and Liabilities Made Today. MR. SILSBY OUT OF TOWN The stockbroking firm of Silsby & Co. made an assignment today to J. A. Burk- hart and W. R. Mitchell. The iiabilities were said today by the manager to be $20,000, and the assets about $26,000. It is claimed that the firm will pay dollar for doilar and resume business by the end of this week. Silsby & Co. have three offices in this city, on 15th street between F and ‘G streets, corner of 7th and F streets, and corner of 7th and Pennsylvania avenue. “We are suffering only a temporary sus- pension of business,” said Mr. George D. Hopkins, the general manager of Silsby & Co., to a Star reporter today. “The assign- ment was caused by the failure to receive a remfttance from New York which should have been here. We could not do business without it, and the only way to stop doing bysiness until things are straightened out was to make an arsignment. Mr. Silsby is now in New York. We expect he will re- turn immediately and we will resume busi- ness, probably before Saturday. Our lia- bilities are about $20,000, while our sheets show assets to the extent of $26,000. No one will lose a dollar, everything will be paid pp promptly and we will go ahead as be- A Former Trouble. “This same trouble occurred to us about two years ago, and we came out all right in a few days. Everything was cleared off, and the firm started in and did more busi- ness than before. Instead of hurting our trade, it seemed to bring more to us. The necessity for making this assignment today came very unexpectedly. I knew nothing of it until 11 o’clock last night, when I re- en a from Mr. Silsby in New ork to take ihe protective precautions today which I did.” 2 At the 15th street office of Silsby & Co. this afternoon quotations were being re- ceived for the beneiit of the customers pres- ent, but no business was being transacted. The rooms were weil filled with the regular customers of the firm, but there was no ex- citement of any kind, and a casual visitor weuld think nothing unusual had aappened. The sume mdition existed at the down- town offi the telegraph instruments ticking away merrily as ever, and groups of customers mak:ng themselves comfort- able in the easy chairs watching the quota- tions on the board, but not placing any or- ders. iby & Co. have been operat ng in Wash. ington for several y » and have done a lerge business. They began on 15th street, and afterward opened branch offizes down tewn. Mr. H. C. Ward is the manager of. the office corner 7th and F streets, and Mr. W. C. Duke manager of the Pennsylvania avenue branch. There are also offices at Baltimore, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Deny That It Was a Becket Shop. Among the regular brokers In Washing- ton the collapse of Slsby & Company seems to have occasioned little surprise. Indeed, 6n the other hand, many of them were expecting it. They based their opin- ion on jhe result of long experience, which had taught them that a steadily” rising or “bull” mzrket continued with any stead- ipess proved invariably fatal to business conducted on the lines of Silsby & Com- pany. Such firms must of necessity be “bears” when their customers are ‘‘bulls,” and vice versa. It has been generally supposed that Silsby & Co. conducted what is known as a bucket shop business, but this the representatives of the firm deny. They say that while this was formerly true, since December 7 last their business has been a legitimate brokerage business— that of executing bona fide orders on the exchanges. The Assignment Recorded. The record of the assignment was placed on file this afternoon by Geo. W. Silsby. It sets forth that he has been engaged in business here, Baltimore, Md., Philadel- Phia, Pa., Wd Atlantic City, N. J., as a dealer in stécks under the name of Silsby & Co. The assignees named are Joseph A. Burkart and William R. Mitchell. To them is assigned the effects of the local offices of the assignor here, viz.: G13 1sth street, 7th and F streets and 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue, as well as those in the three Philadelphia offices and the one in Baltimore and Atlantic City. The assets, consisting prinsipally of debts due the essignor, amount to about 00, while the liabilities amount to $25, $20,000 of which amount, the as- signor states, are due from him to persons unknown to him. - ———o MUST PAY TRE DUTY. Dr. Webb's Moose t Entitled to Free Entry. Dr. W. Seward Webb of New York recent- ly imported five live female moose from Manitoba for liberation in his private park, “Ne-He-Sa-Ne,” in the Adirondacks. They are valued at $500, and he was compelled to pay $100 duty upon them. He has applied tc the Treasury Department for a refund of this duty, on the ground that the moose were entitled to free entry, inasmuch as they were imperted for breeding purposes, and the propagation of moose in the United States. He e2iso claimed that they were also exempt from duty as specimens of nat- ural history. The Treasury Department has decided against his claim. It is held that as there is no book of record estab- lished for breeds of moose, they are not en- titled to free entry under the provision for animals imported for breeding purposes. He was also informed that live animals are not considered specimens of natural history un- der paragraph 625 of che tariff act, inas- much as such provision is coupled with the ccndition that such specimens are free only when employed for cabinets, or as objects of science, which is not the case in the present instance. e+ —- —___ DOCKING THE INDIANA, It Will Have to Be Done at Halifax, Not in the United States. The idea of attempting to dock the battle ship Indiana in the United States prelimi- nary to her speed trial has been abandoned and Mr. Cramp is now abcut to arrange for docking the ship at Halifax. He will first assure himself that the dock is of sufficient depth and width to receive the Indiara easily,.and will send a corps of his own expert workmen with the ship to place the blocks properly beneath her keel and insure the vessel against improper treatment in the dock. It is a matter of regret to the Navy Department that this, the first of our big battle ships, must be sent away from the United States to be put jato’skape fer service, but in view of the condition of our own docks there is no help for it Fourth-Class Postmasters. Fifty fourth-class postmasters were ap- pointed today, thirty-nine of whom were tc fill vacancies caused by deaths or resigna tions.