Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 1

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STANDS ON THELONDCN TREATY OF "71 How the British Embassy Was Protected. ———_-_—_ RETURN OF oF (Copyrighted, 1895, by the Assoctated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, December 9, via Sofia, Bulgaria, December 10.—The prom- ised surprise in the eastern situation, the flight of Said Pasha to the British em- bassy, which was followed by the landing of British blue jackets from the British guardship Cockatrice and the ambassa- dor’s yacht Imogene, which*caused much complication and delayed considerably the settlement of the dispute between the pow- ers and the sultan as to the admittante of extra guard ships into the Bosphorus, has about worn itself out, and matters are now resuming their usual aspect. The cunning of,the Turk, it seems, is stiQ a match for all the strengih of Europe, although it is said that at the interview which the Rus- sian ambassador, M. de Nelidoff, had with the sultan yesterday a message from the ezar was delivered, insisting upon the prompt granting of the firmans for the passage of the extra guard ships through the Straits of the Dardanelles. But such statements have frequently been made be- fore, and people here are beginning to he- Meve that the powers have about exhausted their stock of threats, and that the time for action has arrived. Turks Congratulating Themselves. However, this also has previously been a conclusion arrived at, and yet the sultan and his advisers are congratulating them- selves in the Yildiz kiosk upon the success of thelr policy of delay, and implicitly trust In the eventual disruption of the re- ported accord of Europe. But one little fact whiclf has leaked out, although not cf great importance, has cer- tainly been scmewtkat of a surprise to the uninitiated, and that is that after all said and done, Great Britain actually has two guardships in the Bosphorus. One, the Ccekatrice, {s not a very imposing vessel, it Is true, as she ts only a (o0-ton vessel, carrying two guns, and the other, the Imo- gene, termed the British ambassador's “yacht,” is only of 460 tons, and her arma- ment is unimportant. But it is undersiond that the sultan has been making this a strong point in his argument against the ad- mission of.an extra guardship for Great Britain, and itis alleged that the Imogene is to be sent away, when the firmans are granted, and that the Dryad or some other effective gunboat will take her place. If reports are to be believed the message deliveref to the sultan by M. de Nelidoff was the final effort of the embassies to ir duce the sultan to yield to the powers in the matter of the extra guardships, and it is once more said that ff he does not -lo so the guardships will be ordered to the Dar- dunelles, supported ‘vy the foreign squad- rons. Another point raised by the sultan !s that Sir Philip Currie, the British ambassador, erred in ordering the ianding of blue- jackets for the protection of the British embassy. It Is also reported that the sul- tan insists upon the re-emourkation of the blue-jackets before he will continue nego- tiations with the British embassy for the issuance of the firmans. There may be some truth in this, espe- clally as it is understood that the blue- jackets are to be sent back to the guard- ships now that Said Pas has returned to his home and’the danger of an attack upon the British embassy, if it ever existed, has passed away. The Turkish officials claim that there naver was any danger of such an attack, and that the complaint made that the embassy and the guardships were sur- rounded by Turkish spies was based on a misunderstanding of the facts In the case. Trey assert that the so-called “spies” were really Turkish police agents, who were sent te give additional protection to the embassy at the first rumor that the mem- bers of the embassy weré in a siate of alarm, Force Was Contemplnted. ‘This is denied by the embassy people, who claim that at a certain stage of the negotia- tions for the surrender or return to his home of Said Pasha it was really contem- Plated to take him by force, and for this reason the commanders of the Cockatrice and Imogene were asked to send blue- jackets ashore. The latter patrolled the grounds of the embassy, which is surround- ed by high, thick walls, and has a couple of guns to defend its entrance. lip addition, the road leading to the em- bassy is commanded by the guns of the British gunboat Cock: >, Which lies in the Bosphorus oppcsite embassy. Be- tides, the servants and personnel of the emh number about fifty men all toid, and they are known to be well armed and to have plenty of ammunition, Under these eircustances, it s further pomted out, there can have been no real reason for the landing of the rs. ‘These appar trivial s upon what little groinds the sultan fights Buc fully for delay. In fact, there is not a movement at any of the embassie: which is not closely watched and reported to the sultan, and, if ¢ stances are lievel to warrant it, each move is the basis for some s which causes further ¢ The Sultan's Rights. The only real ground which the sultan has for refusing the firmans is said to be contained In article If of the London con- yention of ISTl, by which the sultan alone has the authority to open the straits of the Dardanelles in time of peace to the war- ships of friendly powers, and then only “provided the sublime porte considers such @ measure necessary for the protection or execution of the stipulactens of the treaty of Paris," in other words, for the mainte- nance of the integrity, territorial and other- wise, of the Turkish empire. The sultan holds that there is nothing to warrant the assumption that the indeper tegrity of the Turkish F t as quiet pre- {s_no reasun why the sulta id be lowe by the Irtimation he is unable maintain order in his own domirions. matters show WILLING TO FI iT ENGLAND. General Churchill Offers His Serv! to the Country, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., December 10.—Ex- Gov. J. T. Churchill, a eneral i confederate army, telegraphed James H. Berry at Washington as follows “In case of war with England offer my services to the President. Senator Berry replied: “All right,Thomas. 1. Churchill said regarding the matter: I did this to show that the south and all the old ¢ derates are loyal to the Union and are willing and ready to defend the gov ernment from foreign fu The cri has come when we must either uphold th Monroe doctrine or abandon it altogether. -I for one am in favor of enforcing it, and I fully believe the whole American people are @ unit on this point.” il Gen, Churehill from 1880 to 1S! governor of Arkansas FORD'S THEATER DISASTER There Will Be No Larce Sums Paid to Claimants for Injuries. . The Amounts for Total Disability Will Not Exceed $5,000—-A Re- port to Be Ma ‘There is likely to be great disappointment among those who were in the Ford’s Thea- ter disaster, “and who now have claims be- fore Congress for injuries received on that occasion. There proved to be about a hun- dred of these claimants. all of whom, with two exceptions, have appeared before the commission on the Ford's Theater disaster, which commission is composed of Senators and Representatives of the last Congres All but about a dozen of the claimants have been examined by the medical board ap- proved for that purpose, data needed to make a report on the claims being nearly complete. Many of these claimants have believed they would receive a round sum of money from the government because of \their ex- perience in the building which fell while they were at work. It is likely, however, that the totai appropriation for those who claim disabilities will not be great. The medical board has found, with rare excep: tions, that the victims of the disaster suf- fered no permanent injuries, and it is for permanent injuries that any considerable scm of money would be appropriated. Yor Total Disnbility. No maximum amount has been decided on by the commission for total disability, an1 this question has not even been discussed in any formal way by the commission. The only guide as to the amount to be allowed for total disability is by comparison with the amount that has been allowed in cases of death. This amount is $5,000, which was adopted by the commission by ‘a bare ma- jority of one, the minority being in favor of $4,000, ~ ‘There is no likelihood that the maximum alicwance for jermanenc Injuries will be greater than $5,000, and it will probably be less than that sum. The medical board has rated the permanent disability of claimants coming before tt by a system of percentage, and, as has been stated, cases of any per- manent disability, according to the board's reports, are exceedingly rare. For a large number of cases, where the clatmant was injured, the injury has disappeared, and in a number of other cases the medical board has reported that the injury will probably disappear in a given time. In very many cases, according to the present feeling of the commission, claimants will receive compen- sation only for medical attendance, injury to clothing, loss of property, etc., in the disaster. To Make a Report. Senator Harris, chairman of the commit- tee on the Ford’s Theater disaster, will shortly announce a committee of two to make a report of the claimants’ cases. Sen- ator Faulkner of West Virginia will be chairman of this committee and a member of the House of Representatives now on the commission will he the other member. They will make a full report of each claim for damages, and will recommend some method for grading such allowances in cases requiring them. But any claimant who may have formed air castles regarding the expenditure of the money he has ex- pected to receive for his claim will be dis appointed if he nas anticipated a large amount of money allowance. BLUE GRASS POLITI Hardin to Enter the Race for Congress Next Year. The interesting report comes from Ken- tucky that Gen. P, Wat Hardin will emerge from gloom next year and try for the nom- ination for Congress from the eighth dis- trict. Mr. McCreary is now the representa- tive from that district, but as he is serving his fifth term in the House, a spirit of im- Fatience is showing itself among the aspir- ing politicians so Jong kept back. Ge Hardin, as the story goes, is only one of se eral ambitious gentlemen anxious to put on the harness that Mr. McCreary is wearing. His Recent Defeat. How the defeat that Gen. Hardin met witn this year may be expected to affect him as a candidate for office next year is a problem. The Kentucky democrats are row very sore over their recent disaster, and a great deal of bickering is being in- dulged in. The sound money men charge it up to the recklessly-mistaken leddership ef Mr. Blackburn and Gen. Hardin, whi the silver men hold the President and M Carlisle responsible. Gen. Hardin himself declares that all he knows about the silver question ae learned while sitting at the feet of Mr. Carlisle, at that time a repr sentative from the state in Congress. He reported to be bearing up very well under the blow he received last month, and his friends belleve that by next year feeling in his district will have greatly softened to- ward him. The district, which once had a ubstantial democratic ‘majority, has been wcebbling of late years, and last month it was carried by the republicans, so that even if Gen. Hardin should secure the nomination he will still nave a stiff fight on his hands for election, Blackburn’s Determination. Gen. This report, covpled with one that in the event of his failure to come back to the Senate Mr. Blackburn will stand for the House next year in the seventh district, gives to blue grass pclitics a renewed meas- ure of national conc — RAILWAY MAIL LOBBYING. The Order Forbidding Clerks to Try It to Be Enforced. The presence in the city of a number of railway postal clerks bent upon securing legislation from Congress to regulate the hours of service and establish new grade: and salaries makes it likely that the Post- master Generai will be called upon before long to make a number of remoyais from the service. Last month an order was is- sued with a view to forestall the attempt of the railway mail service to influence legis- lation in Congr In this order Postmas- ter General Wilson reminded the clerks that they were enipluyes of the general goyern- ment and that it was their duty to give their time uninterruptedly and intelligent to the duties with which they were charged, and that any interference with the system and present workings of the service on their part would be regarded as a violation of duty to be followed by summary dise:pline, There was a meeting postal clerks in Wash:n, ve Linton of Michi ent, to discuss with them h as pre! bill for a r ztion of the ice, ile techni- ot perhaps a violation of Pos al Wilson’ er, neverthele: n evasion and an ind:rect a sh What the cler been told not to doe When the m: called to the attention to stmaster Genera order advising s that any lobby leg'siation on their part for the reorgan| ton of the service would Le regarded as a violation of the:r duty, and that it would be followed by removal from office, will be car ried out, to the letter.” a Jones he : the railway ma % or solicitation of ————— The Flagship Philadelphia, The flagsh¥p Philadelphia arrived at coma this morning. Ta- ed. AMBASSADOR BAYARD A Resolution for His Impeachment Offered. A SENSATION IN THE HOUSE Representative Barrett's Speech Advocating the Proposition. A LIVELY DEBATE The proceedings of the House developed a sensation today when Mr. Barreit, a new member from Massachusetts, arose in his place and offered articles of impeachment zgainst Thomas F. Bayard, ambassador of the United States at the-court of Great Britain. Mr. Barrett's motion for impeach- ment was preferred in the following form: The impeachment Resolution. “I do impeach Thomas F. Bayard, United States minister to Great Britain, of high crimes and misdeameanors on the following grounds: “Whereas, the following report of a speech delivered before the Kdinbargh Philosophie Institution by Thomas F. Bayard, minister of the United States of America at the court of Great Br.t S pabi:shed in the London News under date of November 8, 1895. “The opening address cf the Kdinburgh Phiiosophic Institution was delivered last night by Mr. Bayard, minister of the Unit- ed States of America, who selected for the subject “Iulividual Freedom the Germ of Nativnal Progiess and Pormanenes.” In hs own conntry, he said, he had wit el the insatiable growth of that 1orm socialism styled protection, which he be- Heved had done more to foster class leg: lation and breed inequality of factions to ccrrupt public lite and banish men of inde- Pendent mind and character from the pub- lic counciis to lower the tone of national representation; blunt public conscience create iaise standards in the popular mind; to familiarize it with reliance upon sta’ aid, and guardianship in private affairs, divorce ethics from politics, and piace poli- fics upon the low level of a mercenary serambie, than any other single cause. Diep by step, and largeiy owing to indi- vidual enterprise and independence had been oppressed and the energy of discov- «ries and inventions debilitated and d couraged. It had unhesitatingly allied Itself with every policy which tended to com- mercial supremacy; thi it had done much to throw legislation into the political mar- ket, where jobber and chaffer took the place of statesmen. It was Incorrect to speak of protection as a national policy, for that it could never be, because it could never be cther than the fostering of special interests at the expense of the rest, and thus over- rule the great plea of equality before the law, and that sense of justice and equity in the administration of sovereign power, which was a true cause of domestic tranquility aud human contentment. Individual energies and manly self-reliance were necessarily in- of state volved, and the belief in the mysterious powers of state, and a reliance upon them, took the place of Individual exertion, fos- 1 the grewth of state socialism, and ‘onal liberty ceased to be the great end ment. whereas “And such reflections on the government's policy and people of the United States by an ambassador of the United States to a foreign country and be- fore a foreign audience is manifestly in serious disregard of the proprieties and ob- ligations which should be observed by an official representative of the United States abroad, and calculated to injure our na- tional reputatio: “Be it resoived by the House of Repre- sentatives that the committee on foreign relations be directed to ascertain whether such statements have been publicly made. and if so, to report to the House such ac- tien by impeachment or otherwise as shall be proper in the premises. For the purpose of this inquiry the committee is authorized to send for persons and papers.” A Tilt With Mr. Crisp. A parliamentary tilt developed between Mr. Barrett and ex-Speaker Crisp over a point of order made by the latter against Mr. Bagrett’s motion as not being of a privileged character, but was terminated by Speaker Reed overruling the point of order and holding that the motion was privileg- Mr. Barrett's motion was then taken up for consideration, and Mr. Barrett pro- ceeded to address the House upon its merits. He is the successor in Congress of Dr. Everett of Boston. Years ago he was Washington newspaper, was sul was for many y chusetts legislature. He is a fluent and ready talker, and held the attention of the House from the outset. There was an un- usually large attendance of members, the gravity of the proceedings holding them in their seats on both sides of the House un- til the close. correspondent of a Boston equently an editor, and aurretts Remarks. “It is not my purpose,” said Mr. Barrett, “to detain this House many moments in the consideration of the resolution which I have presented. In common, I think I may say, with every right-minded ci of the United States, I have read wi feelings of dismay and humiliation the re- pested insults and excesses in language committed toward this government and this people by the present umbassador of the United at the court of Great Britain. jon offered by my colleague, ecites in epitome not only the ich I have had read, but also a’ atement made hy the gml a fers to the American people nd turbulent peopl» needling of a certain man, to wit, veland, to keep them in sub- trong how “1 tor see, that Mr.’ Cieveland himself does with that view of his du’ Having left this Congress and the people of the United States during the past four days without the restraint of that over: sling hand, he does not, [ assume, be- that the statement made by his am- dor is in any way correct. (Laugh- Speaker, this statement of dor which I have had read is ion of diplomatic usage, is in vio- letion of the printed instructions given to him by the Department of State when he left these shores, and is in violation of every patriotic impulse which a man who takes the commission of this country in his ands is in honor bound to respect. I have no donbt that the question will be raised on the other side as to a precedent for this proposed action, and I reply, Mr. Speacer, that in all the history of this country there is no precedent. Exact Precedent. ere Is no precedent because no minis- ter of this country in a foreign land, up to the current political year, has ever felt called upon, before a foreign audience and under a foreizn flag, to insult the nation whose commission he bore. (Applause on the republican side.) ‘There is, however, one precedent wh.ch, while not exactly applying to this case, do »ply_ in priuciple so ef- that I shall refer to it on this oc- Mr. a prulons ion of the cab vious S: State, Mr.Mariin by the president of th r to England, When me up in nate a long and bi it, and it 1 so s Ameri and American principle that, some time sub- sequent thereto, the det curred in executive s. lic. The charze alle against Mr. Van Buren was that, as Secretary of State, in rs speaker of the Massa-} dispatching Mr, McLane as minister to Great Britain, he had given him certain ob- jectionable private instructions to be used in his negotiations with the British foreign office. “The gist of the instructions to which objecticn was made was that the minister should call the attention of ihe British foreign office to the fact that by the presi- dential election of 1828 the administration of this government had passed from one pelitical party to another, and there having been discussicn and controversy during the previous administration of Mr. Adams in regard to certain matters relating to our trade with the West India Islands, Mr. McLane was authorized by the secret in- structions given Mr. Van Buren as Secre- tary of State, to call the attention of the British foreign office to the fact of the change of administration, and to suggest that negotiations theretofore interrupted might with propriety be resumed, as the administration ef Mr. Jackson, which the minister represented, did not indorse the position taken by the previous administra- tion of Mr. Adams. You will bear in mind, Mr. Speaker, that in that case the instruc tions were private and confidential. Thi were given by the Seerctary of State of the United States to a minister just leav- ing fer Great Britain. They directed him to call attention to an undisputed fact. They merely recited something that was as well known 2s the rising an] the setting of the sun. But, imasmuch as cur minister was thereby authorized to make to the British foreign office some reference to the internal affairs of this country, and to the changes by which one politic: had been raised in the public and another political party lowered objection was taken to those instr ard, in the Senate of the United States, in ex- ecutive session, a debate which is printed in Gales and Seaton’s History of the De- bates in Congress. Daniel Webster Quoted. In that debate Daniel Webster, than whom no more patriotc ond joyal man ever lived, or one better qualified to discuss such mat‘ers, made @ speech, the essence of which is here recorded, and I will ask the clerk tc read the passages which I have marked, beginning on the third line of page 1533." The clerk read as follows: Mr. Webster—Sir, 1 would forgive mis- takes; 1 would pardon the want of infor- mation; I would pardon almost anything where I saw true patriotism and sound American feeling; but I cannot forgive the sacrifice of this feeling to mere party. I cannot concur in sending abroad a public agent who has rot conceptions so large and liberal as to feel that, in the presence of foreign courts, amidst the monarchies of Europe, he is to stand up for his coun- try, and h.s whole country; that no jot nor utle of her honor Is to come to harm in his hands; that he is rot to suffer others to reproach either his government or his courtry, and far less Is he himeelf to re- proach elther; that he fe to have no ob- jects in his eye but Americar. objects, and ro heart in his bosom but an American heart; and that he ts te forget self, to for- get party, to forget every sinister and nar- row feeling, in his proud and lofty attach- meat to the republic whese commission he bears. Mr.President, I have discharged an exceed- ingly unpleasant duty—the most unpleasant of my public life. But I have looked up- on it as a duty, and {t was not to be shun- ned. And, sir, however unimportant may be the opinion of so humble an individual as myself, 1 now only wish that 1 might be heard by every independent freeman in the Untted the British King, and py every and every crowned head in Europe, standing here in my place, 1 pr rebuke, as solemnly aud as decisiv can, upon this first instence in which an American minister has Been sent abroad as the representative of his party, and not as the representative of his ccuntry. (Ap- plause.) “Mr. President: I have discharged an ex- ceedingly unpleasant duty, the most un- pleasant in my public life; but 1 have look- ed upon it as a duty which was not to le shunned. And, sir, my be the opinion of so humble an in vidual as myself, 1 now only wish that 1 might be heard by every independent free- man in the United States—by the British er, and tie British king, and by y minister and every crowned head in Europe, while standing here in my place I pronounce my rebuke as solemnly and as decisively as I can upon this first instance in which an American minister has been sent abroad as the representative of his party and net as the representative of his country.” (Applause on the republican side.) After concluding this quotation from Mr. Webster, Mr. Barrett soon closed his re- mir I have already said, there occurred ates, by the British minister, and minister while Mr. Crisp's Reply. When Mr. Barrett concluded, Mr. Crisp tcok the floor and said fhe introduction of Mr. Barrett's resolution of impeachment would serve to open the tariff discussion carlier than was anticipated. “Do you gentlemen remember what took place, or haye you in your rejoicing al your great majority today forgotten that crly a few years ago you, having a ma- | jcrity here of from twenty to thirty—I do nol remember exactly the majority—passed the McKinley bill?” said Mr. Crisp. “We ent to the country on the Mcitiniey bill, ard in the next Congress ihis side had a majority of nearly 150. Therefore, I say that if you should impeach men who en- tertain the views expressed by Mr. Bay- ard, you must impeach the majority of the people of the United States. Now, taut side of tne House have got @ very jarge majority,” continued Mr. Crisp. “You can pass any legislauion you please by a two-Uheds yote, If you believe that the people of this country approve of the McKinley bill or anything like it, you owe it to yourselves, you ow country, to frame a bill and pass it. (Ap- plause on the democratic side.) That side has twitted ihis side with the Wilson Dill. When we were considering the biil you had nothing but criticisms of it.. Now you can make a bill. You say the revenues are short. You say they should be increased on protective lines. Have the manhood to present your bill and pass it. (Applause cn th2 democratic side.) Do not say s new and then you hear some republican leader saying, ‘It is no use for us to pass a bill, beeause possibly it will not pass the Senate, or if it ses the Senate, pos- silly it will meet with an executive veto.’ “My friends, take charge of your own re- spousipilty. Prepare your tariff bill, bring it in here and pass it, and go to the country upon it. There is no other way in which you can justify your own pos.tion, or in which you can assail the pos:tion of this side in the enforcement or passage of the existing law, except by that course of ac- tion. Now from time to tame during this sess:on of Congress we shall hear all kinds of speeches assailing the’ Wélson tariff bill, assailing this side for passmg such a law; and yet I question now whether this Con- gress does not adjourn without the passage of any general tariff bill through it or through this House. It is an old plan of the republicans to evade that sert of responsi- bility. Instead of coming up and preparing your bill, showing the coumtry what you would do if you could in the event it should be demonstrated that you could not act you will go to the country saying, when you have more power then you will pass a bill. Nothing int Impeachment. “The geatleman frda Massachusetts (Mr. Barrett) precipitates Yiis discvssion in an unusual way by preferring, as he says, ar- ticles of impeachment. Of course he knows there is nothing in that. Of course ne has only expected to have an opportunity to make his remarks and heve them go to the country; but it shows that so far as that gentler concerned, at least, he thoroughly wedded-to the idea of protec- tion. Now we coun®upon him, as we count upon every man who shall vote for this resolution, to insist ghat his party frame a h, in his judgment, carries out the protection. Het-the country see be- fore the elgction what ycu propose to do. The republican party has rever done that as to the tariff. The majority it acquired in the Fifty-first Congress it acquired on the idea of revising the tariff, correcting its inequalities and reducing the tariff by its friends, but when entrusted with power it elevated the hedules almcst on every item, and when the people came to pass (Continued on Second Page.) however unimportant | it to the | LOOKING FOR WATER The Board of Experts to Inspect the Tunnel. REV.EW OF THE WHOLE WATER QUESTION ——_+ Washington's Supply is Certainly Inadequate. SS RELIEF DISCUSSED ee The board of expert engineers consider- ing the general question of the best method of increasing the water supply of the Dis- trict of Columbia, is wasting no time in the dis @ ch of the business on hand. The vers were in close conference at the War Department all day yesterday, with a skort intermission at noon for luncheon, and they resumed their deliberations promptly at 9 o'clock this morning. They have been provided with a mass of official literature in regerd to the local water sup- ply system, and also with copies of the voluminous reports relating to the Lydeck- er tunnel, including the proceedings of the varicus bodies which investigated the con- struction of that structure, as well as the leport of the first board of engineering ex- perts which condemned it as unfit for use, many yeers ago, and the report of Major Knight and Gen. Casey, showing the re- sults of their investigation of the condi- tion of the tunnel during the past summer. It woul. therefore appear that the board is amply supplied with documentary informa- tion on the subject. It has, in addi- tion, a complete set of maps and specifica- tions of the tunnel project. The principal portion ef today’s session of the board was devoted to the oral ex- amination of Major Powell, Engineer C. missioner of the District, and his three eng.neer assistants, Capts. Fiebeger, Beach and Burr, with special reference ‘to the needs of the District in the matter of wa- ter for drinking and other purposes. Al- though the proceedings of the board are private, it is known that each of the olfi- cers examined laid special emphasis on the great and growing demands of the District for an increased water supply. Each one of them, it is said, gave it as his opinion that the present’ supply was totally inadequate for the ordinary de- mands of the dents in the higher por- tions of the city, and stated emphatically that the necessity for an increased sup- ply is becoming more and more urgent every day. Another gentleman who ap- peared before the board by invitation to- day was Col. G. H. Elliot, who was in charge of the Washington aqueduct for many years. He is thoroughly impressed with the necessity of increasing the sup- ply in order to meet the growing needs of the city. Although there is no room for doubt on this point, the board deemed it advisable to verify their documentary evi- dence in regard thereto, by the direct tes- tmony of the officials, whose duties make them competent witnesses as 1o the actual needs of the District in the matter of wa- ter. Through the Tunnel. In order to determine for themselves the €Xact condition of the tunnel and its availa~ bility for increasing the water supply, the members of the board have decided to :ke a, personal inspection of the tunnel \omorrow. For several days past a force of workmen has been engaged in pumping the water out of the tunnel, in order to have it ready for this official inspection. It was reported to the board today that the tunnel will be pumped out as thoroughly as existing conditions will permit, by the close of work this afternoon. The board decided to take advantage of the opportunity with- out delay, and it was arranged that they should go down into the tunnel tomorrow morning and inspect as much of its ¢ struction as may be necessary to predicate a judgment as to the advisability of its re- pair and completion for use in conveying an additional supply of water from the dis- tributing reservoir above Georgetown to the Howard University reservoir. A com: plete rubber outfit is one of the essenti: accessories to the proposed tour through this long unused conduit deep down in the bowels of the earth. . What It May Cost. According to the general understanding, Gen. Casey and Maj. Knight, who made the last inspection of the tunnel, are satis- fied that it can be put into condition for use for an increased water supply at an estimated expense of $0,QU0, but are rather inclined to favor an entirely new system of conduit, such as a gravity tun- nel, because of the inaccessibility of the existing tunnel and the great difliculty and expense of keeping it in good condi- tion. Other engineer authorities, of whom Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, is said to be one, are credited with favoring the completion of the Lydecker tunnel over all other plans in case it is found that it can be put in proper condition at less expense than would attend the construction of an entirely pew tem of conduit. ‘Tomorrow's inspection will have a most important hearing on the final settlement of this question. Gen. Craighii has an- nounced that he will be governed in his recommendation to Congress by the report of the board appointed to pass expert jud, ment on the question, and consequently it is for that body to say whether Congress skall be asked to provide for the repair of the tunnel, or whether it shall be asked to provide for an increased water supply by some other system of conduit. Gen. Craig- hill has great faith in the ability of the beard to make a satisfactory settlement of this important and most vexatious question. ‘T HE-HEARD OF FIR Senator Gorman Denies the Rumor That He Will Retire. The attention of Senator Gorman was called to a paragraph in a Baltimore paper tcday, which stated that the Senator docs not propose to be a candidate for re-ele tion to the United States Senate. Mr. Gor- man smiled as this statement was repeated te him by a Star reporter today, and re- marked: “Ig that so? That is the first I have heard of it.” “Then there is no truth in the state- ment?” the reporter asked. “No,” said Mr. Gorman, world. ——___-e THE HAZING, INQUIRY. “nore in the Seaman Lamont and His Witnesses Heard by the Court. The court of inquiry to investigate the charge of hazing against nine members of the gunners’ class continued its sessions to- day at the navy yard. At the morning session Seaman A. J. L: mont was arraigned. Lamont is charged with assaulting and in other ways maltreat- ing William Johnson, one of the colored men in the class, all of whichpie denied. The evi- dence of Seamen McDermott, Legg and Briggs was heard in his behalf, and at the close of the testimony of the latter the court tock a recess until 1 p.m. After adjournment Lamont informed Judge Advocate Terhune that he still had some testimony to offer in his own defense, and he was directed to produce his witnesses before the court this afternoon. As soon as the evidence in Lamont’s case is all in the case of Seaman Fox will be taken up and the hearing will, it is expected, occupy the attention of the court until the hour of ad- journment. IN. SENATE AND HOUSE The Routine Proceedings in Both Branches of Congress. Representative McCall’s Resolution in Regard to Ambassador Bayard’s Speeches on Protection. In the Senate today Mr. Call (Fla.) pre- sented several memorials from citizers of Florida for the recognition of the belliger- ency of the Cuban insurgents, Mr. Sherman (Ohio) the memorial of the National Wool Growers’ Association, and Mr. Peffer (Kun.), from the committee to examine the branches of the civil service, favorably re- ported the bill introduced by him to pre- scribe the method of conducting congres- sional funerals. Mr. Jones (Ark.) introduced a joint reso- lution, which was adopted, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to suspend the re- moval of intruders in the Cherokee coun- try until ther€ shall be an appraisal of the value of improvements made by them. Mr. Cullom (ll) then took the floor and addressed the Senate on his resolution for the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. His speech will be found elsewhere in The Star. At the conclusion of Mr. Cullom’s speech, Mr. Squire addressed the Serate in suppor! of a bill intreduced by him concerning the personnel of the navy. He advocated the appointment of naval cadets by Senators, and made a plea for the thorough education of naval engineers. At 1:50 the Senate adjourned. THE HOUSE. When the Hovse met today Mr. Fisher (N.Y.) offered for immediate consideration a resolution to instruct the committee on naval affairs, when appointed, to investi- gate the reports that the battle ship Texas was faulty In construction, and also to re- port upon the plans, construction, cost and seaworthiness of the ship. Mr. Crisp (Ga.) objected. Mr. McCall (Mass.) created a slight stir by asking for the immediate consideration of a resolution, which, after reciting ex- trects frem two speeches delivered by United States Ambassador Bayard, one at Eoston,Engiand, and one at Edinburgh,Scot- land, in which Mr. Bayard was declared to have reflected on the domestic policy of the United States, called on tne President to re- port to the House whether he had taken any steps to ascertain if the reports of those speeches were true, and if true, what steps, if any, bad been taken to recall! eee 1 or censure Mr. McCall’s Resolution. The resolution was as follows: Whereas Thomas F. Bayard, the am- bassador of the United States to Great Britain, ig reported by the London Times newspaper to have said in a public speech, delivered in Boston, England, on the 2 day of August, 188: “The President stood in the midst of a strong, self-confident and ottentimes sitens —— who sought a real man to govern t United States;”" aa n eLeaaier he Whereas said Bayard is further reported by the press of this country to have said in a public speech, delivered in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 7th day of November, 1805: “In my country I have witnessed the insatiable growth of a form of socialism styled protection, which has done more to corrupt public life, to banishment of inde- pendent mind from public councils and to lower the tone of national representation than any other single cause. Protection now controlling the sovereign power of taxation has been perverted from its proper function of creating revenue to sup- port the government into an engine of sel- fish profit, allied with combination, calied trusts. “It thus has sapped the popular conscience by giving corrupting larg: to special classes and it throws legislation into the po- kt.cal market, where jobbers and chafferers take the place of statesmen,” and Whereas, it is not ore of the functions of an ambassador to insult in the country to whch he is accredited the people he is sup- posed to Tepresent, and it is consistent neither with the character of the office nor wth the dignity and independence of the people of the United States that their am- bassadors abroad should make violent par- tisan speeches on questions relating to our Somesee policy upon foreign soil. Therefore Resolved, That the President be, and he hereby is, requested to inform the House of Representat.ves, if not incompatible with the pubLc inierests, what steps, if any, he has taken to ascertain whether said Bayard made s; speeches, and if he has ascer- tained that he did make said speeches, what steps, if any, he has taken to recall’ or to censure said Bayard. As the reading concluded Mr.Allen (Miss.) called out “Yours truly,” and the House laughed. Mr. McCreary (Ky.) immediately objected, and the br.ef sensation was about to sub- side when Mr. McCall's colleague, Mr. Bar- rett (Mass.) exploded a ver:iable bomb by rising to a question of privilege and send- ing to the clerk’s desk a resolution for the ‘mpeachment of Mr. Bayard. ‘The proceed- ings following this will be found elsewhere in The Star. ———— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The Commissioners’ Farmers’ Order. Representative Linton of Michigan has introduced a resolution in the House direct- ing the committee on the District of Co- lumbia to inquire and report by bill or ctherwise as to the order recently made by the Commissioners requiring the small farmers and gardeners, who have been al- lowed spaces en the sidewalk around Cen- ter Market, with awnings erected thereon by the Washington Market Company for their accommodation in exposing their mar- ket products for sale, to remove their prod- ucts further west on the same street and sidewalk. The resolution {s to be referred to the committee on District of Columbia. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIO: Quite a Long List of Army and Navy Promotio! The President today sent the following neminations to the Senate: War—Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, to be major general; Col. Zeras Randall Bliss, twenty-fourth infantry, to be brigadier gen- eral; Col. John Coppinger, twenty-third in- fantry, to be brigadier general. Also a long list of army and navy promotions, &c. Se A Medal of Honor. A medal of honor has been awarded to Richard H. Wood, late captain company “A,” ninety-seventh Illinois volunteers, for most distinguished gallantry in action at Vicksturg, Miss., May 22, 1863, in voluntz fly leading a storming party, which w de a most gallant assault upon the enemy's werks, e+ Sale of the Santa Fe. TOPEKA, Kan., December 10.—The of the Santa Fe road has been postponed from 10 to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Millers Meet in Conference. CHICAGO, December 10.—The quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the Millers’ National Association Is In session at the Auditorium today. The principal busi- ness before the committee is the memorial- izing of Congress to amend the tariff laws for reciprocity treaties. é LOTS OF ORATORY Claims of the Different Cities Elo- quently Set Forth. NATICNAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE Hours Are Spent in Listening to Speeches. THE DISTRICT DELEGATES ——— It was easy to tell a warrior in the strug- gle for the next republican convention city at the Arlingtcn this morning by the general appearance of utter weariness he presented. Eyes that were bright and sparkling yester- day peered expressionless from between leaden lids, limbs that moved with athletic agility twenty-four hours ago stuck out straight from limp bodies, that sought tbe surcease that easy chairs afford, and the visitor to the bar made wry faces over the concoctions that they had erstwhile ap- proached with every evidence of satis{ied anticipation. ‘The cause of all this remark- able transformation was that the delega- tions from each battling city had stayed up all night working lke Trojans for their respective sides, and bolstering up hopes with a vigor worthy of a better cause. The members of the national committee were only a little better off in this physical re- gard. Some of the wiser ones who had sought quiet and retired stopping places where they could not be found were com- paratively fresh, but the big guns who were doing a good geal of shooting on their own account in the hot campaign had been un- able to gt more than a cat nap at best, and lcoked sour and lugubrious in consequence. Advance Gossip. The hour set for the all important meet- ing of the committee was 10 o'clock, and before that hour the hosts began to gather. While the general impression seemed to pre- vail that Chicago and St. Louis would enter the ring to fight the decisive engagement of the battle royal, the San Franciscoans, with Spartan courage, denied that their chances were entireiy gone, and the Pitts- burg contingent gave out the same impres- sion. -The gossip early began that ex-Sena- tor Platt had succeeded in winning Joe Manley over to the side of Chicago, and that even Senator Quay was considering the advisability of hoisting the white flag over the Pittsburg camp and surrendering to the hosts of Swift, Allerton & Company. The latter part of this gossip was vehe- mently denied by Mr. Quay’s loyal friends, but the first part of it was taken as being well founded. The Speakers Selected. ‘The facet that Chicago had selected but one speaker, Col. Sam W. Allerton, to pre- sent her claims before the committee was taken to mean that her other and more powerful arguments made on the quiet were regarded as be.ng of sufficient potency to swing the convention to the shores of Lake Michigan, but the St. Louis people would not admit this at all, and were strong in their faith of success. It was heid out by the St. Louis deiegnies that in ihe matter of expenses of transportation of delegates to the next convention, the selection of that city would be highiy important to the south- ern delegates, who wouid be largely men of small means, to reach the convention by the cheap mode of river passage, and this seemed to meet the approval of the far southern members of the committee. St. Louis had selected Mayor Walbridge, Na- than Frank and Samuel M. Kennard to rep- resent her. For San Francisco the orators selected were George A. Knight, Gen. N. P. Chipman and M. H. De Young. For Pitts- burg, John Daizell, C. L. Magee and W. A. Stone. Senator Ms. Quay may also speak efly, an for New York, \. Butterfield. posse bese Arrival of Committeemen. The banqueting hall presented a very pretty appearance when the committee was cxlled together. The walls were hung in flags and bunting, and the chandeliers and ceilings bore reminders of the Shepherd banquet in the smilax which clung to them in festoons. Chairman Carter and the secretaries sat at a low, long sreen-covered table, and the committee occupied the center of the large apartment, while the spelibinders of the varicus cities sat on the sides. The news- paper men were accommodated at large tables to the right and left of the chair- man, and in front of his table gnd among he scribes were artists of various papers that had sent them to make sketches of the great gathering of representative republi- cans. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster came into the hall shortly before the committee was call- ed to order, and was warmly greeted by many of those present. The redoubtable Joc Manley, with a green-covered book un- der his arm, came in shortly after and shook hanas a hundred times and intro- duced a score of people to each other be- tween the door and the table. He was fol- Jcwed by Chairman Carter, who ¢ half-smokead_ cigar in his fingers, held on to it while he divested him his blue overcoat. Then he and held a shert conversation, and gave body a chance to compare them. Gen. J. S. Clarkson wes the next prominent mem- ber to enter, and he received much atten- tion. He also made for Joe Maniey, and they were whispering together when Chair- man Carter rapped the meeting to order. The Roll Called. ‘As the call of the committee proceeds,” said Chairman Carter, “the members of the commiltce will please teke their seats in front of the audience. The roll will be colled.” Secretary Manley then called the states and territories, and the following were answered to by members or their al- ternates: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illincis, Indiana, Indian territo: Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana; M 1, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon- tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Meaico, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla- homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isiand, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wis- censin. Congratalations to Gov. Bradley. Chairman Carter then called for the report of the special committee appointed yesterday to convey the committee’s con- gratulations to Go ct Bradley of Ken- tucky and Committecman Hahn read the telegram sent, which was greeted with ap- plause and aprroved by a rising vote of Mevofmitice ‘Tne message was. grace- fully worded and expressed the belef that home of the great Henry Ciay would vs hereafter be on the side of pro- jon, ofw hich he was the apostl Chairman announced that at the informal m held yeste it was ecided to liste morning to the rep- resentations of the gentlemen here in be- half of the various cities competing for the honor of holding the next natonal convention. He said it had been decided to limit each city to one hour, but suggested that Ume could be 1 if the cities would be satisfied with half en hour each. He called on representatives of the cities to express their views on the sub- from Californi. said: Mr. Allerton of Chicago said hour will be amp! Gen. Daniel Butterfield created a laugh by saying New York desires only the