Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, ———-____ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDIN 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pree't. Kew Yc k Office, 49 Potter Building, potieen Bel ‘The Ev ‘Star Is served to subecribers im the ‘eity by carriers, om their own account, at 10 cents er month. ies at the Bh maten ery pS United States or Canada—postage prepald—5o Pearerday Cat Sheet Star, $1 with intupls t, year, ‘ded, "$5.00 ve Phot ates rostage (Entered at the Tost Office at Washington, D. c.. J posses mafl matter.) | Soy mail subscriptions mnst be paid {n advance. tes of advertising made kncwn on application. The far. STAMPEDE TRIED|PEACEFUL ADJUSTMENTIERIENDS OF SILVER|HOUSE TARIFF BILL|CAMPOS’ DEPARTURE|>STRICT IN ConanesslwR Call ann GR? TRIED Speaker Mudd Speaks and Votes for Wellington. SENSATION GAUSED AT ANNAPOLIS Two Ballots for U. S. Senator Taken. ——— CHANGE IN THE OUTLOOK =e es Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 21.—Two bal- lots were taken for the election of a United States Senator today, with the following re- sult: Republicans. Ist = 2a ballot. George L. Wellington...... ES P. L. Goldsborough. 5 ot 23 Cc. T._ Westestt. - = J. C. Mulliken. . 3 R. B. Dixon. 3 : S. E. Mudd . 1 1 Democrats. — W. Smith. 21 21 J. R. Patterso: 9 9 c. CESS 1 1 When S; ame was called on the second ballot he called Delegate Bank- ard to the chair and addressed the joint as- sembly in an impassioned speech, advocat- ing the election of George L. Wellington. This speech, coming from one who hereto- fore has voted for an eastern shore man, Was expected to stampede the delegates to Wellington, but the two ballots differed on- ly by four votes, the Westcott and Golds- berough men generally sticking. by their leaders. Speaker Mudd’s speech, however, created a@ tremendous sensation. The tide now seems to be running strongly in Wellington's favor, and bets are freely offered that he will be nominated in caucus tonight. The Goldsborough men are beginning to despair of electing their candidate, as it seems impossible for the eastern shore to vrite on him, and a final effort to bring the Gelegates from that section into agree ment is now being made. Scnator Scott of Washington, who ha: heretofore voted for Goldsborough, told George R. Gaither, one of the managers of the Dorchester leader’s boom, at the con- cee of the second ballot today, that un- less the eastern shore’s final effort to com- bine should prove successful Wellington would sweep the assembly on the next Joint ballot. The members are growing tire] of the struggle, and legislation is practicaliy at a standstill. A month is nearly gone, and yet not a bill hes passed, an unprecedented siate of affairs, and it appears to be the intention of the assembly to settle the métter at once. Many Vigorous Speeches. The taking of the second ballot today Was marked by numerous vigorous ad- dresses in behalf of and in denunciation of the eastern shore law, and boundless en- thusiasm followed all the speeches. The eastern shore men affect to ridicule Speaker Mudd’s appeal for Wellington, which they deride as a weak effort to stampede the assembly, but they are ex- tremely agitated over the situation and are making heroic efforts to unite. The Wellirgton men are, of course, jubilant and regard his election as a fore- gcne conclusion. Wire-pulling and electioneering are being Sarl on now more vigorously than ever ‘ore. HUNTER FELL TWO SHORT. Voting for United States Senator in the Kentucky Legislature. CINCINNATI, Onio, January 21.—The Times-Star special from Frankfort, Ky., Says: Notwithstanding the compromise to pestpone the senatorial election till next month both branches of the legislature balloted today separately, as follows: Senate—Hunter, 15; Blackburn, 18; scat- tering, 3. House—Hunter, 52; Blackburn, 40; scat- tering, 8. Total—Hunter, 67: Blackburn, 58; scat- tering, 11. Blackburn did not hold tne democratic vote. Poor, the populist, voted for Clar- ence F. Bates, the populist candidate. If he had voted for Hunter, as expected, the latter would still have been one-short, as 69 votes are necessary to a choice. GEN. Fatally Injured by a New York Cable Car. NEW YORK, January 21—Gen. Thomas Ewing, ex-member of Congress from Ohio, is dead. Gen. Ewing’s death was the result of in- Series received accidentally yesterday. He had left his home intending to go down town by the @levated road. As he reached $d avenue a cable car passed and he step- xed directly behind it, not noticing that cne from the opposite direction was right upon him. The corner of the car struck Pim and threw him back several yards. He landed on his head. The general was carried to his home. Gen. Ewing, who was a member of the law firm of Ewing, Whitman & Ewing of New York city, was born at Lancaster,Ohio, in 1829. He was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1856, and went to Kansas during the free soil struggles. When the State of Kansas was admitted to the Union he was appointed chief justice, but re- signed to enter the Union army in the civil War as colonel of the eleventh regiment of Kansas. He rose to the rank of brigadier general, and afterward was brevetted major general, and had command of the Department of the Missouri. He came to Washington in 1866 as the as- sistant cf ex-Secretary of the Interior Browning. He went back to Ohio in 1870 and entered politics. He was a coesaneavor of Congress from 1877 to 1881, and in 1879 ran for governor on the democratic ticket, but Was defeated. In 1851 he went to New York to practice law. For many years he Was president of the Ohlo Society there. He was at one time counsel to the building department, which position he resigned on ae 1 last. n. Ewing has five children, all grown. Mrs. Ewing is still living. —— MUIRA NOT GUILTY. Aecquitted of Complicity in the Mur- der of the Corean Quee: YOKOHAMA, January 21.— Viscount Muira,formerly Japanese minister to Corea, and the others charged with complicity in the Corean coup d'etat, have been acquit- ted. Muira, upon the allegation that he was in some degree responsible for the out- break at Seoul which resulted in the mur- der of the Queen of Corea, was reczlled with the entire Japanese legation, and was indicted for the murder of the queen. He is a noted scholar and a lieutenant general im the Japanese army. See Sr SE MAJORITY FOR ALLISON. Vote Taken Separately in the Two Houses of the Iowa Legislature. DES MOINES, Iowa, January 21.—The Senate proceeded today to the election of the United States Senator. Mr. Junkin nominated Allison in a short speech. Mr. Harper nominated Babb and spoke briefly in his support. A vote was immediate’ taken. It resulted: ve house Allison received 78 votes, Babb, 19, and Stuare Mr. Porter of Ap- Panoose bolted from tHe democrats and Yoted for Stuart. WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 1896—-TWELVE PAGES. TWO sD CENTS TS. PEACEFUL ADJUSTMENT FRIENDS OF SILVER HOUSE TARIFF BILL CAMPOS’ DEPARTURE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Tho Administration's View of the Ven- ezuclin Que ton. Plans Under Consideration by Which Arbitration May Be Satisfac- torily Arranged. ‘There is every indication that the ad- ministration now expects a peaceable ad- justment of the Venezuelan boundary dis- |: pute, one that shall not follow directly as the result of the appointment of the Amer- ican commission, and yet shall be entirely satisfactory to all parties to the contro- yersy, the United States, Great Britain and Venezuela. There is reason to believe that Ambassador Bayard has communicated to Secretary Olney some assurances on the subject, based on communications he has had with Lord Salisbury. At any rate, the Secretary himself has conveyed this im- pression of a satisfactory outcome of the important problem to at least one leading member of Congress. The details of the plan of settlement he did not divulge, but there is reason for the belief that it will be closely patterned upon the Bering sea arbitration, and will really amount to a double arbitration. Details of the Plan. According to this project, an arbitration commission to be appointed by Great Britain and Venezuela directly will be charged to pass upon the title to the lands lying westward of the Schomburgk line. Great Britain has always been willing to do this, as is shown in Lord Salisbury’s last note, and the preceding correspond- €nce on the subject, but Venezuela has per- sistently refused to limit the arbitration to the lands to the westward, and has in- sisted upon taking into account the title to the land east of the line as well, and in this she has been supported by President Cleve- land. But the treaty providing for the ar- bitration will probably contain a clause to the effect that if in the course of the in- quiries of the commission it shall be found that there is reason to question the British title to the lands lying to the eastward of the Schomburgk line, the commission shall report that fact to the two governments concerned, ard either the same commis- sion, or another following, shall proceed immediately to adjust that question. “All Parties Can Be Suited. This project is said to meet the objections that have been raised to other plans, that they involve the backdown of one of the parties to the dispute. Now Great Britain can accept an arbitration on these terms arranged directly with Venezuela, without going on record as accepting the Monroe doctrine, or the Olney doctrine, for it ig what she has all along professed her will- ingness to do. On the other hand Venezu- ela can accept the project, for while the —_ arbitration will be ostensibly .im- ited, as a matter of fact it will open the way to an adjudication of the title of all the lands that have been claimed by Ven- ezuela from the beginning, supposing as a primary requisite that she ts able to show that the British title to the western lands .is not good. And the United States. may ‘accept the plan even though it involves the abandonment of the commission plan of settlement, and ignores the United States itself as a party to the controversy, for the President has distinctly stated in his message to Congress that our govern- ment would be satisfied with any arrange- = that would be satisfactory to Venezu- e Pending the conclusion of negotiations for the proposed plan of arbitration, the administration deprecates any public act or ugterances that might have a tendency to strain the relaticns between the coun- tries concerned. -——-© SEVERE ON THE COMMISSION. London Comments en Its Invitation to Submit Evidence. LONDON, January 21.—The Globe this afternoon publishes a severe article on the invitation of the United States Venezuelan commission to the governments of Great Britain and Venezuela to submit to the commission all of the evidence in their pos- session which is likely to further the work of the investigation and also imviting these two governmerts to be represented before it by attorneys,without prejudice to either’s claims, and says: “Great Britain will never allow this monstrous claim to determine the territory of a British colony within its jurisdiction. No power could admit it except at the close of a 1ong and disastrous war. Were such a demand made by’ any other power our only reply would be to hand its ambassador his passports and mobilize the fleet. Will these pernicious commissioners undertake to an- swer for the effect upon their own country- men of forcing the premier to snub the American Secretary of State?’ The St. James Gazette this afternoon gives prominence to the views of J. W. Longley, attorney general for Nova Scotia, on the dispute between the United States and Great Britain regarding ~Venezuela. The St. James Gazette says it regards his views as being specially striking testimony of loyalty to Canada, since it comes from a member of the literal party, which has al- ways been supposed to desire closer rela- tions with the United States. The Westminster Gazette, commenting this afternoon on the dispatch from Buenos Ayres which announced that a cable mes- sage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had been received there, saying that Senor Carlos Carvalho, Brazilian minister for foreign. affairs, is preparing a note demanding the immediate restitution of the island of Trinidad, occupied by Great Britain, to Brazil, says: “There is nothing improbable in this news. It is, indeed, rather to be welcome because it affords a useful test of the si: cerity with which the government of the United States intends to discharge its du- ties as self-elected lord chief justice of the American continent. For in the present dispute England is pressing for arbitration ard Brazil refuses it unconditionally and fr What will the United States It Is semi-officially stated this afternoon that the negotiations between Great Britain and Brazil are perfectly friendly, and that there is no threat whatever of a diplomatic rupture. Brazil, it is explained, merely requested Great Britain to recon- sider the proposal to have the Trinidad matter settled by arbitration, Brazil con- sidering that there is no ground for arbi- tration, as she thinks there is no doubt whatever that the island of Trinidad he- =— to her. ——__ Army Orders. The following transfers in the first in- fantry are made: Capt. William E. Dougherty, from com- pany B to company C. Capt. Leopold O. Parker, from company C to company B. First Lieut. Thomas er from com- pany H to company B. First Lieut. vipoae H. Noble, from com- pany B to company H. The following transfers in the fourth cay- alry are made: First Lieut. George H. Cameron, from troop L to troop A. Faget: ee Floyd W. Harris, from troop to t Lieut. J J. i eres eighth infantry, has granted leave of absence for one month. Capt. Ira MacNutt, ordnance department, has been ordered to visit the ‘Waterviiet to it 12-inch breech-loading rifles in process of re. i minghy 1 “department, Gathering in Force for the Confer- ence Here Tomorrow. SOME WHO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED ‘Belief That a New Party Will Be the Result. PRELIMINARY GOSSIP The free silver men are gathering in force for their conference in this city tomor- row. The conference-is to be held in Willani's Hall, and will be called to order at 11 o'clock by Gen. A. J. Warner of Ohio, who will probably be elected the presiding offi- cer of the gathering. The meeting will be private, and none will be present except those who have been invited. It is ex- pected that there will be at least one hun- dred prominent free silyer men in attend- ance, and probably half of that number are now in the city. The conference was brought about by a meeting in Chicago about three weeks ago of the presidents of the three leading silver organizations of the country—the American Bimetallic League, the National Bimetallic Union and the National Silver Committed. It was agreed at that meeting to consoll- date all the silver organizations under the name of the American Bimetallic Unloa, with headquarters in Washington, Chicago, San Francisco and a pvint yet to be de- cided on in the south. Gen, J. Warner was elected president of the consolidated organization. It was also agreed to call a conference of the silver leaders, to be held here on the 22d, for the purpose of ratify- ing the consolidation and for mapping out a@ program for the course to be purs:ied by the silver men in the coming national fight. Since that time the opinions of the independent silver men have crystallized into the belief that the only salvation is in the launching of a new party, with silver as the only issue So the conference tomor- row will really have for its nain object the establishment of a brand new political or- ganization. Picturesque Characters. Tne preliminary caucuses und confabs of the bimetallic men are in progress today at the Sun building, on F street. Some pic- turesque characters can be seen in close and ernest conversation. Gen. J. B. Weaver of Iowa is one of these characters; Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina is another. Then there are Gen. Warner and Judge Starke of Ohio. Gen. Weaver and Senator Butler declare they have nothing to do with the confer- ence, but are simply here to confer with the silver men as to all the silver organiza- tions and parties holding their national conventions at the-same time and place. When the populist national committee met in St. Louis last week it was aware of the probability of a new party being sprung here this week and decided to leave open the date for holding the populist national convention until it conferred with the new party leaders in Washington. The following special committee was ap- pointed to meet the silver men tomorro General J. B. Weaver, lowe; J. G. Field, Virginia; Senator Marion Butler, North Carolin: M. Patterson, Colorado; Cc. Eell, Colorado; Cc. M. Wardall, California; J. H, Turner, Georgia; E. G. Brown, Massa- chusetts. All the members of this committee are in town. They say that their only busi- ness here is to carry out the instructions of the national committee. They will take no part in the conference. Should the new party and the populists agree to hold their national conventions at the same time and place it will probably mean a consolidation ot both into one party, and the “silver love feast,"" which a silver man told a Star reporter some tine ago would take place, would be carried out to perfection. General Weaver said today that the pop- ulist national convention would meet at St. Louis at some date between the 7th and “2d of July, after the old parties have held their conventions. The date will be fixed by the executive committee. Some of Those Here. The following are some of the free silver men who are in the city to attend the con- ference: R. C. Chambers of Utah, ex-Con- gressman H. L. Bartine of Nevada, editor of the Bimetallist; E. B. Light of Colorado, J. R. Toole of Montana, Gen. A. J. Warner of Ohio, George McIntosh of Utah, Judge Stark of Ohio, J. L. Johnson and Gen. Rob- ert Beverly of. Virginia, Dr. J. J. Mott of North Carolina, Wharton Barker and John H. Lorimer of Pennsylvania, Joseph Bat- telle of Vermont, Geo. P. Keeney of Califor- nia, secretary of the Bimetallic Union; EB. C. Warner of Washington, Geo. S. Nixon of Nevaua, ex-Congressman T. J. Clunie and Geo. W. Baker cf California, Jos. C. Sibley of Pennsylvania, G. P. Merrill of Montana, Dr. Taylor of Chicago, Judge Miller of Vir- g-nia, Judge Cole of Iowa, A. C. Shinn of Kansas. Besides the foregoing it is hinted that a large sprinkling of silver Congressmen and Senators will be on hand. They do not de- sire so much publicity to their presence right now, as they may or may not fall into the new party with open arms. They may want to hang on where they are until they ree which way the political cat is going to jump. —————2____ Personal Mention. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, U. 8. -A., re- tired, is on a visit to the city. He was et the War Department this afternoon, and spent some time inspecting the models of the Sherman monument. Mrs. Craigie, who is better known pub- licly as “Sohn Oliver Hobbes,” is at the Arlington from London. J. W. Bryant, secretary of the deep wat- erways convention, is at the Arlington. G. W. Smalley, the London correspon- dent of the New York Tribune, and Os- wald Garrison Villard, a son of the rail- way magnate, are at the Arlington. G. Clinton Gardner, the New York law- yer and political reformer, is at the Shore- Henry A. Castle of St. Paul and Edwin J. Ryan of Boston are at the Raleigh. ‘The gentlemen are the postmasters of their respective cities, and are here on official business, President Palma of the Cuban delega- tion returned to the Raleigh this morning, after a visit_to the revolutionary commit- tee in New York, Dr. J, T, Williams, editor of the Dun- kirk (N. Y.) Observer, accompanied by his wife and daughter, is at Willard’s. Commander G. A. Converse, cemmand- ing the torpedo station at Newport, has reported at the Navy Department for spe- cial duty in the bureau of ordnance, Col, J. C. Clarke of Mobile, Ala., presi- dent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Com- pany, is stoppirg at Page’s. Mr. EB. L. Russell, the attorney of the same road, is also tered at the same house. e Miss thryn Kidder, the actress, is at Col. 0. corps gineers, su- H. in the city on leave of absence. He is treet. 17201 s' Civil Engineer 8. G. White has been or- Gerad touts at the New Voce waren. It Will Finally Peas the Senate Without Any Amendment. — Opposition Developed to the Davis Monroe Doct¥ine Resolution—As to meegepition of Cuba. A careful consideration of the situation and conferences Letween the leaders of the various elements In the Senate leads the republicans to believe that the adoption of the House tariff bill without amendment Is practically a certainty. They do not expect immediate action, but they are satisfied that eventually the bill will be reported and pass the Senate. The present expectation is that the bijl, will not be reported until after the bond bill is out of the way. After that the silver men intend to let the tariff come up. There will be a long discussion and the amendments which the factions want adopted will be voted on. None of the amendments seem. to have any chance of adoption and their advocates do not ex- pect them to be’adopted. The silver men, who form the mogt serious opposition, do not believe that they can succeed in adopt- ing the free coinage amendment, and prob- ably all—even Teller—will vote for the un- 4 amended bill on its final passage. It is ex- pected to be several weeks, however, before a final vote is had. The Davis Resolution. The Davis Monrog doctrine resolution is meeting with much strorger opposition than the fore'gn relations committee had any idea existed. The cpponents to the resolution express the cpinion that they have strergth eflough to prevent its adop- tion. It is not /probuble that they have vetes enough to: beat it on a direct vote, but they are figuring on preventing its con- sideration. One ‘serious difficulty in the way of this catculation on their part is that there will probably be few Senators who will care to appear as filibustering against a matter of this sort. If placed in that attitude they would he subjected to such severe attack as to make them extremely wfcomfortable, and they would probably become the objects of pop- ular indignation, without their reasons be- ing listened to. le they may sustain themselves in opposimg the resolution in debate, and by thuir votes, it would be quite a different thing for them to set themselves up as obstructionists to prevent the Senate from haying an opportunity to carry out ihe will of the majority. It will be sometime before the resolution is called up formally, but the debate will go on, with speeche& from time to time, as it has been started... Should it develop by the time the committee are ready to call it up for action that there is not a majority in favor of the resolution, it will be allow- ed to slumber on she calendar, as a formal rejection would sei erjoumly injure the position of this country. ease ot believed, how- ever, that this situatiof will arrive. Aw to Citin, Recognition. In spite of the strong sentiment in both houses of Congress in favor of recognizing the Cuban belligerents, which is clamorous for an opportunity for expression, it does not now seem prohable that those who control the policy of Congress will permit anything to be done in the matter before the insurgents ‘have sectired a permanent headquarters and established some sort of a government. ay ‘caPiton. OL -FOPEOS:: A Military Pack ai ‘at Vickaburg. In the House yesterday Mr.:Catchings of Mississippi. introduced a bill 30 make the battleflelds of Vicksburg a national mili- tary park. The bjll:limits the amount of land to be purchased to 1,200 acres, for which the cost is pot to exceed $50,000. Another Appropriation Bill Passed. The House passed the Military Academy appropriation bill « yesterday afternoon. The total amcunt &ppropriated was $i40,- 547, which was $171,422 less than the est!- mates, and $14,714 less than the sum ap- propriated for the current fiscal year. Inland Water Ways. Mr. Skinner of North Carolina has intro- duced a bill in the House to continue the inland water ways fram Duluth to Florija and the Mississippi Hver. Mr. Skinner said that the object of the blil. was to ald the inland coast defense, and to give an inland route for xzualoats, torpedo boats, rams and motor byats, throu which they could pass from New .York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Norfolk, Wilmington, Charlcston, Savannah, Jacksdhville, Mobile and New Orleans, without “gging one mile on the ocean. The Nicaragua Canal, .The House committee on commerce today voted to report tb #he House the resolu- tion introduced yésterday by Mr. Doolittle of Washingtcn, teqvestit.g the President to transmit ‘to Cofgress the report of the commission which inyestigated the Nicara- gua canal route jast summer. A clause was inserted “if not incompatible with the public interests.” A subcommittee’ on the canal was ap- pointed by Chairman Hepburn and is anx- ious to begin its werk, but wants the report as a basis. The nembers of the House who have talked with Presfdent Cleveland upon the canal within a week are of the opinion that he favors the general project, but nae an arrangement by which the government's risk of financial loss will be minimized. Mr. Bowlers Authority, The House committee on judiciary has teken action upon ithe refusal of Controller Bowler to pay the sugar bounty claims authorized by Congress. A reeolution was reported to the Howse today directing the committee on judiciary te inquire as to the condition of. the lew on the subject of the right of the executive afficers of the gov- ernment, in the sevéral @epartments there- of, to refuse to ecutive orders or comply with the previ: of any act of the Congress of UI States on the ground of its al “uneonstitutionality or for other ‘purposés, and. to report to the House by bill or otherwi -If this resolutioti.as r mmended by the committee is acon committee will proceed at once tt — upon Mr. Bowler’s act. ee A PREMANURE - REPORT. No Indications! Phat. the President ‘Will Recognize Guban Belligerency. Although it is impossible to obtain an official declaration am 'the subject, there is reason te believe that the report that -the President has decided to recognize ‘ne belligerency of the Cuban insurgents is at least premature,if not entirely unfounded under existing conditions. There has been ne very radical change in the situation sizce the President @ecided that it did not call for any action on the part of this goy- errment. While jt is*possible that he may ecnsider..that ihdurgents are now en- titled ta ‘the it of recognition by the United States, are no surface indica- tions at the House or the State De- Significance of the Demonstration of the People of Havana. HIS POLICY EVIDENTLY APPROVED Neither Conciliation or Slaughter Can Now Be Effective. FREEDOM ONLY LEFT The description of the departure of Gen- eral Campos from Havana throws addition- al light on the Cuban situation. The dem- onstration was one of great warmth and sincerity. All classes, soldiers and civil- fans; men in office and men out of office, joined in testifying to the unqualified respect in which the famous commander is held on the island. In its size and cordiality, indeed, the demonstra- tion was in the nature of a flat repudiation of the action of the home government in ordering General Campos back to Spain. His Policy Approved. Something may be allowed for the fer- vor of the Spanish nature. A eertain sym- pathy, of course, would go out to any man of eminence so suddenly stripped of office. But this would never take on the aspect of enthusiasm, even in a Spanish country, where the man so humiliated had deserved his fate. The people of Havana, natives and Spanish born alike, have been on the scene and have observed the daily walk of General Campos, and when, as happened yesterday, they follow him to the very wa- terside and deafen him with cheers as he boards his ship for home, there can be no doubt of their approval of all that he has don>. And it likewise makes good what General Campos himself stoutly asserts, that the Madrid authorities refuse to take the view of the situation which any observ- er ov the island is forced t» take Concili- ation and not slaughter was his own first recommeadation after looking over the scene, and for adhering to that he has been displaced from command. Spain’s Difficulty Now. Spain’s difficulty ncw is that neither the one.pclicy nor the other can be success- fully applied. Even if the Madrid authori- ties reluctantly conrede the point made by Gen. Campos, and instruct his successor ac- cordingly, conciliaticn cannot now win. it might have won ten months ago. But the revolution 1s now almost an accom- plished fact. The friends of Cuba have passed the poirt of pleading for reform. They feel themselves able to set up a gov- ernment of their own and to institute all the reform recessary in their own name. As tor mere blood—the revolting and in- discriminate slaughter of men for the pur- pose of striking terror to the hearts of the insurgents—that is a game at which two may play if one is permitted to begin it.. But it is not thought Spain will be fool ly enough to inaug- urate that policy. The first crimson stroke would not only cost her the sympathy of the few who now support her in this coun- try, but at the same time would intensify the impatience of the great majority of the people clamoring, es matters now stand, for the authorization: of open assistance to Cuba. Nothing Left but Freedom. ‘What Is ther2 left, the friends of Cuba are asking, but freedom? Gen. Campos comes and investigates, and declares, even at the loss of his sword, against brutal subjugation. The people of Havana, al- though many of them are grappled to the home country by hooks of gold and busi- ness, sustain .. Campos. Outside of Havana and one or. two other cities the people, who are really the representative people of the island, demand independent government. The Madrid politicians have no support. except at home. They remain deaf alike to the autoncmists and to the friends of freedom. The autonomists are mere advisers, and powerless-at that. The cor-test, therefore, is now between the men who would have Cuba free and the men who would reduce her to subjection to Spain by the emplicyment of the most in- human agencies. Can such a contest long remain in doubt? Will the United States permit it to proceed to any length? Will not the first head struck off by a butcher’s stroke plead so eloquently for the islaad that freedom will date virtually from that day? . ———— JUSTICE FIELD'S RETIREMENT. probable. that, even He Will Not Think of It as Long as His Health Remains Good. Associate Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court was seen by a Star reporter today and asked about a rumor that he would shortly retire from the bench end give President Cleveland an op- portunity to appoint his successor. “No such statement has been authorized by me,” said Justice Field. “Of course, a man at my time of life might retire from the bench at any time. If. my health sheuld not permit me to attend to my duties easily I should not hesitate to leave the bench, but so long as I can attend to these duties with ease I have no intention of retiring. At present my health is very gccd. Should I again be as ill as I was last year I should not hesitate to retire. “These stories in regard to my intention of retiring have been circulated repeatedly, but without any authority. Only a few days ago I received a clipping from a paper published in the state of Washington, say- ing that I would retire and that probably a eireult judge of that state would be ap- pointed to the vacancy. Now another story comes to the same effect and that probably a circuit judge of California will be appointed. I have no special desire to remain on the bench, and, as I have said, I may retire at any time, and would do so immediately if my health interfered with the performance of my duties.” Justice Field, if he remains on the bench until next Muy, will have served as a mem- ber of the Supreme Court of the United States for thirty-three years, previous to which he served five years and seven mcnths as a circuit judge in California. There are but two instances in which an te justice has served a longer time than Judge Field. Chief Justice Marshall served for thirty-four years and five mcnths, and Justice Storey for thirty-three years and five months. Justice McLean served thirty-two years and twenty-nine days. Oo A PACIFIC CABLE. Bill to Be Prepared by the House Commerce Committee, From the action of the House committee on commerce today there seems to be some doubt that a bill authorizing the Pacific Cable Company to lay a cable from the Pacific coast of the United States to the Hawaiian Islands and Japan, be favor- ably reported within a short time. ‘The principal points of difference between the cable company and the committee are the amount of the government subsidy to be granted and the time to be allowed for the cable. It is propostd by the com- pahy to have the cable wcrking to the Hawaiian Islands ir eighteen months and completed to Japan in three years. The bill to be drefted will reduce this time. ‘The subsidy asked is $180,000 a year for a term of twenty years, the government to Ge ni roster) cable in that time. Bs ete be framed will probably reduce Bill to Put Mail Rap Shop Employes on Salary. Increase of Appropriation Wanted by ‘the Board of Children’s Guardians —Other Interesting Matters. A resolution introduced in the Senate to- day provides that employes of the govern- ment mail repair workshop be placed on day's work and be paid wages monthly and semi-monthly on a temporary roll. They are now paid by the piece. For the Widow of Ca; Bassett. A resolution to pay Adaline W. Bassett, widow of Isaxc Bassett, deceased, late as- sistant doorkceper of the Senate, a sum equal to Capt. Bassett’s salary for one year was introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Gorman. Claims to Be Adjusted. A bill to provide for the adjustment and peyment of certain claims against the Dis- trict of Columbia by drawback certificates Was today intrcduced in the Senate by Mr. McMillan, and referred to the committee ou the District of Columbia. Legisiation Wanted for Women. In the Senate today Mr. McMillan pre- sented a memorial of the women’s associa- ticns of the District of Columbia relating te proposed legislation to make parents the natural guardians of their children. The memorial concludes by asking that a bill be favorably acted on for the purpose of giving married woman the right to dc brsiness without legal restrictions, and make her a responsible factor in business; to widow and widower the equal rights in each other’s property; relieve husbands of Mability for the wife’s ante-nuptial debts, and give the father or mother surviving the same rights tn their children. A Petition for Extension. Mr. Faulkner presented to the Senate teday a voluminously signed petition of residents and property owners asking for the extension of the Eckington and Sol- ders’ Home railwa,- to afford @ dircct line to Hyattsville. Board of Children’s Guardians. The subcommittee of the House appro- priations committee gave a hearing today te Mrs. Macfarland, Mr. Mann and Mr. Lewis of the board of children’s guardians. They asked an increase of $4,000 in the annual appropriation, rendered necessary, they said, by the increase in the demauds upcn the institution. Dr. Gallaudet and Dr. Purvis, representing the Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Colored Women’s Home, were also heard in respect to their institutions. General Ordway of the District National Guard, explained the estimates for the support of the militia and asked for $10,000 to hold the biennial camp of instruction. Some House Bills. District bills were introduced in the House today as follows: By Mr. Henderson of Iowa: The bill of- fered in the Senate by Mr. McMillan, and he.etofore published in The Star, to pre- vent cruelty to animals. By Mr. De Armond of Missouri: To re- peal the law by which the United States pays one-half of the appropriations for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Babcock: For the disposal of property failing into the hands of the po- lice. By Mr. Coffin of Maryland: Appropriating $10,000 for the purchase of the south half of lot 6, square 686, to be used for a hos- pital and dispensary. Sunday Observance Bill. Mr. Theo. Sonneburg of the Bakers’ As- sembly has requested a hearing by the House District committee of a committee from the Bakers’ Assembly, for an amend- ment to the Sunday observance bill that will meena bakers from working on the Sabbat The Aqueduct Bridge. The Secretary of War today transmitted to the House an estimate of an appropria- tion of $65,000 to repair pier No. 4 of the: Aqueduct bridge across the Potomac river. The report of Maj. Davis, engineer officer, accompanying the estimate shows the pier to be in a dangerous condition requiring speedy repair. It is asked that the appro- priation be not confined to one fiscal year. oo *DENOUNCES IT AS FALSE. Warner Miller on the Nicaragua Canal Commission Report. CHICAGO, January 21.—Ex-United States Senator Warner Miller arrived in this city last night to attend the meeting of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers of the United States, of which organization he Is vice president. In an interview he said: “The object of the association which meets today is to get the manufacturers of the country in touch with each other and the industrial life of the nation, and to create a public sentiment that will influence Con- gress to establish the policy of reciprocity and to foster the creation of fast mail and direct communication with South American nations, Japan, China and other points whose trade ought to be ours. “We must have mail »nd rapid communi- cation with these countries or we can never have their business. “The manufacturers’ association is also interested in great intergational waterways and communications and in the building of the Nicaragua canal, which is a necessity for modern commercial intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as between China, Japan, South America and the Sandwich Islands. It is also a neces- sity for our national defense. When the canal is built it will practically obviate the necessity for a double navy to guard our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, for it will not only connect both, but decrease the space between them ten thousand miles. “The association will take the ground that the Nicaragua canal should be owned and operated by the United States. As to the completion of that enterprise there can be no doubt. I know that the canal will be built, and if the United States does not build it Europe will, and then there will be another pregnant cause of war when na- tional troubles and jealousies arise. The present Venezuelan question emphasizes the necessity for this country to control the canal. Money for its construction could long ago have been secured from Europe if our national legislature had not been talk- ing and passing resolutions about its own- ership. If Congrees does not do anything this session, we will feel perfectly free to look elsewhere for the means to complete the link between the ocean. If the report of the commission sent to examine is such as has een given out in the papers, we are prepared to prove beyond any denial its falsity. We can prove by the best en- gineers in this country and abroad that our work is feasible.” —_—_ ‘Today’s Cabinet Meeting. - The cabinet meeting today was short and uneventful, so far as public developments are concerned. Two of the-members were absent. Secretary Carlisle is suffering frcm a bad cold, and went home after spending <. few minutes at the Treasury it this morning. Secretary Her- bert is busy revising the report of his testi- a tee before Sea naval — plate frregulat ting the —- remained im his office Ne MR. CALL AND CUBA Another Resolution on the Subject From the Florida Senator. AMERICANS: SEIZED BY SPANIARDS The Urgent Deficiency Bill Dis- cussed in the House. POINTS OF THE DEBATE lain eee Mr. Call (Fla.) presented a new phase of the Cuban question in the Senate today. ” He read a telegram from Key West, as fol- lows: ‘Marquis Rodriguez has been taken from steamer Olivette last Wednesda: Louts Samallien and son also taken at Havana. All American citizens. Get them out of grasp of Spanish authurities.” Mr. Call offered a resolution reciting the arrests and directing the cxecutive au- thorities to ascertain if any just cause for the arrest“ existed, and, if not, to demand their immediate release. Mr. Hoar suggested that the tone of the resolution was too imperative. There se-m- to be an idea, Mr. Hoar said, that the Senate of the United States is u constantly Jcaded cannon, which can be touched oif at any time by a Senator. The Senator ursed en inquiry of the State Department before a demand. Does the American Flag Protect? Mr. Call answered that he wished to know whether the American flag affor led any protection to its citizens. He referred to the arrests of Americans in Cuba while citizens of other countries were not dis- turbed. Mr. Sherman pointed out that such a resolution might give the Senate trouble in other cases. It should go to the committee on foreign relations for appropriate consid- eration, Mr. Call said it was the duty of the Sen- ate to act on such information as this tcle- gram gave. He desired the people to know he was ready to act promptly, although he did rot object to committee consideration. Mr. Cullom Ill), a member of the com- mittee on foreign relations, stated that he understood there would be a communica- tion from the Secretary of State, perhaps tcday, as to the arrest of United States cit- izens in Cuba, “and as to the general sul- = ” He urged, therefore, that there be no ste. Mr. Hoar suggested that if this dispatch was shown to the tary of State he would immediately take appropriate action. Mr. Call answered that he had already called the attention of the Secretary to the subject, but the Senator regarded it as a duty of the Senate to act independently of the executive branch. It was finally agreed that the arp gg go to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Call again returned to the Cuban sub- ject by asking Mr. Sherman what was to bee done as to another pending resolution ask- ing the State Department for the informa- etl ties by United States consuls in ul Mr. Sherman replied that he regarded the resolution inexpedient. It might endanger the consuls and thcusands of lives if confi- dential communications were made public. The Senate should not attempt to draw mysteries—if there were mysteries—from the State Department at a time of war. Such action was needless, unless the Secre- tary of State was not doing his duty, which was not apparent. Mr. Call did not further press his resolu- tion. Mr. Pugh's resolution concerning silver payments of government obligations was allowed to go over, as Mr. Hill (N. Y.) said he desired to speak on the subject. A “service pension bill” was reported without recommendation and placed on the calendar. Bills Passed. The bill was passed for the selection of lands within Fort Pembina military reser- vation, North Dakota, by that state; also the bil! granting a pension of $0 per month to the widow of Rear Admiral Eng- lish; also granting a pension of $30 per month to Charles E. Jones, a photographer, who was not enlisted, but who aided by photographing and incidental military serv- ice during the war; also the bili for the establishment of rules and regulations for the navigation of United States canals and similar works of navigation. Silver Bond Bill Laid Aside. At 2 o'clock the silver bond bill was en- titled to right of way as the unfinished business, but at the suggestion of Mr. Hoar, concurred in by Mr. Jones of Ar- kansas, it was laid aside to permit bills on the calendar to be passed. THE HOUSE. Chaplain Couden, in the House today, in- voked the divine guidance for Clara Bar- ton of the Red Cross in the efforts of that organization for the relief of the suffering Armenians. A resolution for additional printing pre- cipitated a debate of almost an hour on the merits of the general printing bill passed by the last Congress. A bill was passed approving various acts of the territorial legislature of New Mexico authorizing several issues of bonds ag- gregating $155,000. By the terms of the Harrison act the territory cannot create indebtedness exceeding 1 per cent of its taxable value without the sanction of Congress. Safety im Ocean Travel. A resolution reported by Mr. Bennett (N. ¥.), from the committee on interstate commerce, was adopted, which, after re- citing some allegations of the Buffalo Evening News to the effect that ocean- going steamships frequently put to sea without adequate life boat equipment and the detaching apparatus required by law, called on the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House whether there was ade- quate provision of law for the safety of the public in ocean-going travel and whether the provisions of law were being oul oeEret ouon of Mr. Hilborn (Cal) a resola- tion was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the cause of the delay in the prosecution of the work on the San Francisco public building. An Inquiry to the Rules. Mr. Crisp, at this point, arose to inquire what had become of the report from the committee on rules which was under con- sideration a week ago, and which had not yet been disposed of. He called attention” to the fact that certain amendments agreed enforced before the report = Siwhole nad been agreed to. At the proper time he gave notice of his inten- Hare to offer a substitute for the entire re- “8 Dalzell explained that the matter would be brought up later, sent a further eeting of the committee on rules. ™The House then, at 1:20 o'clock, went into committee of the whole and took up the consideration of the urgent deficiency bill Urgent Deficiency Bill. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropria- tions committee in charge of the bill, nade @ statement as to the deficiencies provided for in the bill, which aggregated $4,415,922 He called especial attention to the enom