Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ge PUBLISHED DAIEY- EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, shot e a Cor, 11th pate by e Evening Star Newspap2r any, Sa KAUFFMANW, Prost New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their owfi account, at 10 cents bet werk oF 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the ccenter 2 cents each. iy mail—anyw Uuited States or Canada—postage prepa! re in the cents TAN Rates of advertising made known on application. ing Star. No. 13,384. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. BIMETALLIC LEADERS |8ERING Sea COMMISSION | DEMOCRATS EXCITED They Claim to Have Received As- surance of Sympathy. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS Will Help the New Movement in Good Time. A SERIOUS WARNING The bimetallic leaders claim that the tri- umph of their meeting this week was the assurance of sympathy they received by cenfidential letter or word of mouth from both democrats and republicans of the high- est standing and influence in their respec- tive parties. They decline to give names or go into particulars for the present. In good time, they assert, everything will come out, and the real strength be revealed of the movement to make silver the one over- shadowing issue of the national campaign. Democratic Party on Probation. ‘The attitude of these men thus commun!i- cating with the projectors of the new party is similar to that publicly taken by ex-Con- gressman Hatch of Missouri. Mr. Hatch, laboring under no restraint of office, came out frankly and put his party—the demo- cratic party—on probation. He has given it six months in which to take the right stand on the silver question. If, at the end of that time, to wit, the day of the adoption of the party's national platform, the record {s not satisfactory to him; if, in other words, the party in national convention refuses to com- mit itself to free coinage at 16 to 1, Mr. Hatch will call fer his letter and go over to the new organization. Meanwhile he will remain a democrat, cherishing hope, and putting in some stanch licks for silver among his long-time friends. And so with the men who, because of being in office, are not now in position to come out into the open, but who are represented as pledging themselves to do so and join the new party in case the stands taken by the old parties should show a derial of silver’s demand: A Warning to Silver Leaders. If this assurance of sympathy is not ex- e@ggerated for campaign purposes, it carries with it a \ arning to the silver leaders that they cannot ignore. Their national tickat will have to be national in every sense. Complimentary references to this locai leader or that may continue for mere com- pliment’s sake. If a little “‘follying” here and there can be made to put greater life into favorite sons, well and good. Bui when the time comes for final action, when it must ke made plain to the people what the movement means by pointing to the men whe are to express it in case of suc- cess in the highest offi under the go’ ernment, those men, it is held, must be of uational reputation and of national in- fluence. Politicizns themselves well known, are not to be expected to come out of old organizations and join a new one under the leadership of obscure, however worthy. men. The demand will be for leaders of experience and well-established _reputa- tions, and unless the ticket Is made up of such, the result, even with other conditions Promising, must be fatlure. Its Resources as to Leadership. Granting conditions favorable to the form- ing of a new party on this silver issue next July, what will be the extent of its re- sources In the line of leadership? The south, where so many able silver men re- side, is thought to be barred. Silver may become very strong these next six months, but not strong enough to make possible the election of a southern man to the presi dency this year. The west, or the north- West, or what is called the east, will, there- fore, have to supply the candidate. Will Mr. Teller consent to rua? He :s regarded as the strongest silver man in all the west. Mr. Jones of Nevada has lost his strength by parting with his locks to the populists. The northwest has oniy Gen. Weaver, and he, as an oft-beaten man, would Jack pres- tige. The far east presents nobody, and the middle east has Wy Mr. Cameron. Will Mr. Cameron be available? Appar- ently, therefore, unless the new party can recruit so largely from the republicans as to be able to comman 1 either Mr. Teller or Mr. Cameron for presidential candidate, its chances of suceess next fall are slim. HIS HEAD WAS PUNCHED. Representative Brumm Got the Worst of a Difficulty at the Capitol. Representative Brumm of Pennsylvania got into trouble in the Capitol building last evening, which resulted, it is said, in his head being punched through one of the glass book cases. His son has been ap- pointed carpenter of the House, and, as the story is told, Mr. Brumm was complaining that certain work involving protit did not go to the carpenter, who, in his judgment, should have it. He appealed to an ex-em- Ploye of the House to sustain him in the as- sertion that this particular work had hereto- fore gone to the carpenter. The ex-em- ploye, who had not been following the con- troversy, replied that Mr. Brura;m was mis- taken. Thereupon, it is said, the incensed member from Pennsylvania applied to the ex-employe an insulting term. ‘The resent- ment of this was sudden and effective, and Mr. Brumm was saved from being more severely chastised only through the inter- ference of bystanders. The thing was over in a minute, and both parties were extremely careful in trying to prevent the facts becoming known. —————-e+__ Treasury Department Promotions. The following promotions have been made im the classified service in the Treasury Department: Secretary’s office--Geo. H. Slayvavgh, Pennsylvania, $1,400 to $1,600. Treasurer's office—H. H. Seltzer, Pennsyl- vania, $000 to $1,000. Officg of auditor for the War Department —wW. B. Holder, Illinois, $1,400 to $1,000; R. It. Black, South Carolina, $1,200 to $1,400; W. S. Dewhirst, Illinois, $1,000 to $1,200; C. B. Smith, Vermont, $900 to $1,200. Office of auditor for Post Office Depart- ment—J. A. Pierre, District of Columbia, $1,200 to $1,400; U. S. Catlett, Tennessee, $1,000 to $1,200; J. L. Wilmeth, Arkansas, $840 to 51,00 + A. Walsh, North Dakota, $720 to 0. o—-—______ Army Orders. Capt. H. F. Hodges, corps of engineers, has been ordered to New York for duty as @ member and disbursing officer of the board of engineers. Capt. O. M. Carter, corps of engineers, has been ordered to resume his former du- ties at Savannah, Ga. Lieut. J. D. L. Lafitte, eighth infantry, has been ordered to Baton Rouge for duty with the National Guard of Louisiana. Capt. ‘Louis Brechemin, assistant sur- geon, has been granted fifty days’ leave of absence. —————— Chinese Consul Recognized. The President has recognized Fung Yung ‘Chen as consul general of the Chinese em- pire at San Francisco. This is probably the most important office In the Chinese con- gular service, and requires an able man to fill it. Li Yung Yew, the retiring in- curred the ill will of the powerful Six Com- panies, and they instituted a yas cam- to secure hig removal, with the result hae at last been superseded. Accep‘ance of the Plan Submitted by the British Ambassador, Expectation That the President of Switzerland Will Be Asked to Act as Umpire. Secretary Olney was called on today hy Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassa- dor, who submitted the final acceptance of the British government of the plan of a Bering sea commission, to pass upon the claims of Canadian sealers seized prior ‘to the Paris award. It remains only for the President to submit the plan to Congress, and as the legislative branch has refused to pay a lump sum for the seizures, it is considered certain that the commission ar- rangement will be approved. It is quite likeiy that the President in submitting the plan to Congress may suggest once more the desirability of a lump payment as the most expeditious means of settlement, for the commission of arbitration, if agreed to, will bind the United States to any pay- ment awarded, which may far exceed the lump sum proposed. ‘The commission is to be composed of one American commissioner, one British com- missioner and an umpire, to ke chosen by the two. The personnel of the commission has nct been suggested, but there is a belief that the President of Switzerland will be asked to act as umpire, or some one designated by the Swiss president, if the sessions of the commission necessitate the presence of the umpire in this country. The Venezuelan Matter. In view of the pending request of the Venezuelan commission to the British gov- ernment, Sir Julian’s cali at the State De- partment on the Bering sea matter led to some comment as to Great Britain's prob- able answer to the letter of Justice Brewer, transmitted through Secretary Olney; it is understood that the ambassador had no information to impart on this subject, and that the British foreign office has not given any intimation as yet as to its pur- pese. There is reason to believe, however, that there will be no action on the Brewer letter within a month or more, as the re- quest will go through the usual slow chan- nels of diplomacy. The answer to Venezu- ela is expected to be delayed until about February 14, as the mail transmission of the request and answer will take until then. How He ts Trying to Ambush His Presidential Aspirations. Senator Allison has just returned from his home, where he has succeeded, without difficulty, in bagging the senatorsh!p again. He is he-e now to devote the rest of the winter in trying to ambush the presiden- tial nomination. He has a well-defined sys- tem for the capture of this larger game. Silence is the chief thing. His friends say that he has decided not to permit himself to be drawn into the discussion of any gen- eral questions in the newspapers, and that he will have no more to say on the fioor of the Senate than is absolutely necessary to the handling of the routine business of his committee. His silence is sezsoned with a smile, that it may not seem sullen. Such a smile! It seems to creep over his face on tip-toe. It is as amiable and conciliatory as possible, but it seems to say: “Hush, just between us, not fer publication, I am very friendly dis- posed toward you.” It comes and goes as gently as the smile that passes over a babe’s face in its sleep. It is compensatory to the listener, who waits and hears noth- ing frem his lps. A few months ago Mr. Allison did not think it would be worth while for aim to be a presidential candidate. He toid his friends it would be useless. Now he thinks differently about the matter. He thinks he has nothing to do but to keep silent and to wait. His friends and many who are ‘lisin- terested are encouraging him. Probably two-thirds of the politicians who are habit- ues of the Capitol will say that they would rather take his chances than thoze of any one in a long fight. A long fight between the other candidates is what he is waiting for. ——_____-e-_____—_. THE ENDIAN TERRITORY. Hearing Postponed at the Request of Mr. Dawes and Secretary Smith. There was to have been a hearing yester- day in the Senate committee on Indian af- fairs (of which Mr. Pettigrew is chair- man) on the general subject of the reor- ganization of Indian territory. The Indian commission, the Secretary of Interior and representatives of the five civilized tribes were to have been heard. The matter was postponed, however, at the request of ex- Senator Dawes and Secretary Smith. The disposition of the committee appears to be in favor of placing this territory on a foot- ing with other territories of the country and to bring it within the operation of the jaws of the United States. Senator Petti- grew says that the situation of affairs in indian territory is such as to demand ac- tion of Congress. It is represented that the Indians have themselves violated the trea- ties with the United States; that, instead ot holding the lands equally, a few In- dians own mest of the land and ninety- nine out of a hundred of them have but a poor existence. The Indians have invited white men into the territory and leased their lands to them, and it is represented that 300,000 whites are there outside the jurisdiction and protection of the United States laws. The suggestion to be considered by the committee is to divide the land among all the residents of the territory, white and Indian alike; to open it up to settlement, to abolish the Indian legislature and courts, and to establish the usual ter-itorial government. THE FISH COMMISSION. No Confirmation of the Rumor as to Maj. Fergusu: It is said that Maj. T. B. Ferguson, United States minister to Norway and Sweden, has been tendered the office of fish commissioner, which has been vacant several months, and that he will resign his present diplomatic position to accept. ‘The report lacks official confirmation, and itis said in official quarters that the Presl- dent has not yet taken up the question of this appointment. Maj. Ferguson was as- sistant fish commissioner under Prof. Baird, and is a candidate for the com- missionership. The office can be filled only by nomination by the President and con- firmation by the Senate. ————————+o____ . Personal Mention. H. H. Kohlsaat, rroprietor of the Times- Herald and the Evening Post of Chicagg, and Secretary Rice, of the famous Fellow- ship Club, cf that city, are in the city for a short stay. They will attend the Gridiron Club dinner, this evening, as guests of Mr. Frank G. Carpenter. Rev. Dr. Biliott of the Church of che As- cension has accepted an invitation to speak at the annual dinner of the Episcopalian Club of Maszachusetts, which will be given at the Hotel Brunswick next Monday. Col. H. M. Robert, corps of engineers, formerly Engineer C er of the District, {s in the city, en route from Pen- sacola, Fla., to bis new station at New York city. Lieutenant Commander F. M. ‘Wise of the training ship Essex is visiti frien 2116 O street. io BS agen James G. Blaine, jr., is at Page's. Some Misapprehension Over Local Representation at Chicago. THE REAL FACTS IN THE CASE Interesting Story of the Long Strug- gle for Recognition. HOW VICTORY CAME Local democratic circles were consider- ably agitated this morning over the call to the national democratic convention ts- sued by Chairman Harrity of the demo- cratic national committee, in which it is stated that each territory and the District of Columbia shall have two delegates. The impression had been that the District was to have six delegates in the Chicago con- vention, the demecratic national committee, at its recent meeting here, having passed a resolution recommending that suca a num- ber be admitted from each of the territories and the District of Columbia. It will be re- membered that Mr. Nesbit of Oklahoma in- troduced a resolution asking that lils ter- ritory be accorded six votes in the national ccnvention, and that Mr. Jam2s L. Norris, the member of the national committee from the District of Columbia, secured the adop- tion of an amendment to this, procuring the same privilege for the District. It was a mistaken idea, however, that the adoption of such a resolution finally fixed the repre- sentation of the District in the convention. Mr. Norris is Confident. Mr. James L. Norris, the Dis‘rict mem- ber of the natioral committee, when his attention was called to the statement in Chairman Harrity’s call that the District of Columbia would be entitled to two delegates in the convention, said to a Star reporter: “That is in accordance with the rule and practice. At present unler the rule made by the national convention itself the Dis- trict of Columbia is entitled to but two delegates. The resolution adopted by the national committee just at the close of the session recommended to the convention that six delegates be admitted from the District. So we will elect six and they will go to tl convention apply for admission. When the ma comes up b: on © dentials the resovuiions of naticnal committee will be presented toxether with the credentials of the PDistrict delezates, and there is no doubt whatever that the recommendation of the national committee will prevail. ‘here was no opposition 7 tically to the proposal in the commnittge and there will be nene in the committee en credentials or the convention. I wish you were as sure of gettiny to heaven as I am that the six delegates who will go from the Disiriet will ve admitte:l to the national convention.” A Long, Hard Struggle. In view of the interest occas:oned by the forthcoming renewal of activity in the democratic circles of the District and the campaign which is about to open for the selection of delegates to the national con- vention, it may not be uninteresting to note the history of the persistent and h roic efforts which the District democracy made for actual representation in the na- tional conventions of the party before it succeeded in securing From 1844 the D’ always represented at the national conven- tion, but was never accorded the right to vote, as it was held that the District having no electoral votes to deliver was rot entitled to have a voice in selecting the nominees. In the call for the republi- can convention in 1856, which nominated Mr. Fremont, the territories were included in the representation, and on that ground the District of Columbia was accorded two votes in the convention. The democratic national gathering, however, steadily de- clined to permit the District to have a voice in the deliberations. The delegates who Were sent to democratic conventions from the District were for a long number of years appointed or elected by the Jackson Democratic Association. In 1872, however, a determined move was made in the direction of securing for the democratic party of the District of Colum- bia some proper recognition of its rights. The delegates to the convention in Bat. timore, which nominated Horace Greeley, from this Digtrict were Richard T. Merrick and William® Dickson. Mr. Merrick made a strong argument in favor of the District and the territories, but the committee on credentials, by a large vote, refused to admit them. At the next convention, held at St. Louis, in 1876, which nominated Sam- uel J. Tilden, the delegates from the Dis- trict were Robert Ball and Columbus Al- exander. They presented their case to the committee and were politely accorded seats on the platform, but the convention refused to give them the right to vote. A Conference Compels a Change. The next move was made in 1880. A number of gentlemen who were interested in the matter examined the arguments made in the previous conventions, to tind out the cause of the difficulty and try, if possible, to secure recognition. The gen- tlemer in the original conference were Messrs. William Dickson, Jchn E. Norris, Cc. P. Culver, Duncan S. Walker, Thomas B. Kalbfus, Lawrence Gardner and A. A. Wilson. They saw that the main trouble in the past had resulted from the fact that the delegates from the District had been elected by the old Jackson Democratic Association, and with no intention of being antagonistic to that old association, but from the fact that all the delegates in the national convention were elected at pri- mary meetings, the conference held that delegates coming from the District of Co- lumbia should be elected in the same way, and not appointed from a club or assocla- tion. The plan of a central democratic com- mittee was devised, and a call issued under the authority of the Jackson Association for the election of three delegates from each of the twenty-two legislative districts in the city to meet in convention and to elect two delegates and two alternates. ‘The convention was heid in the old Cos- mopolitan Hall, at the curner of 8th and D streets, with Mr. John F. Ennis of the Dis- trict bar as chairman and Mr, Lawrence Gardner as secretary. This convention elected as delegates A. A, Wilson, now marshal, and William Dickson, and, as alternates, Robert Ball and Lawrence Gardner. The convention also adopted a resolution asking each of the twenty-two districts to name one member of a central democratic committee, this committee to have charge of all political matters pertain- ing to the democracy in the District of Columbia. = Recognition Almost Assured. The delegates elected attended the Cin- cinnati convention, and there Delegate Martin McGinniss of Montana. presented their case to the committee on credentials, and received a favorable report, the prin- cipal argument used belng that as each of the territories were some day to become states, it would be a good pian to encour- age democratic organization in the terri- tories and the District of Columbia by granting them two votes each in the na- tional convention, one member on the na- tional committee and membership on all committees. As, the report from the com- mittee was being presented to the conven- tion, Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, now of the New ‘York World, but then a delegate from St. at the instigation of some men with selfish interests to serve, objected to the delegaies and wre the committee the consideration of that part of the report, and the convention, being in no condition or frame of mind for discussion, passed the matter by, which, of course, settled it for that time. How Success Was Reached. Four years later another effort was made in the convention held in Chicago. The delegation from the District of Columbia was composed of Mr. E, D. Wright and Mr. William Dickson, as delegates, and Mr. Lawrence Gardner and Mr. Thos. J. Lut- trell, as alternates. They, with the assist- ance of Mr. A. A. Wilson, treasurer of the congressional committee, and Mr. Watson Boyle, its secretary, made a very strong fight. They were assisted in this fight by a better organization of the representatives from the territories. But even after their case had been presented, there were grave doubts as to their admission. Just at this time Mr. Manning of New York discovered that he was considerably short of the dele- gates necessary to make a two-thirds vote to secure the nomination of Mr. Cleveland. An arrangement was, therefore, made with him that the territories and the District of Columbia would cast two-thirds of their votes, or twelve out of the eighteen, for Mr. Cleveland. With this understanding he agreed to the admission of the territo- ries and the District: The opposition, which was led by Mr. John Kelly, under- standing, or being under the impression that the other six votes would be cast for Mr. Hendricks, withdrew its objection. The delegation was agsisted very material- ly in this fight by Mr. Randall of Pennsyl- vania. The Last Two Conventions. In the next convention, that of 1888, at St. Louis, the delegates from the District of Columbia were Messrs. William Dick- son and Lawrence Gardner, with William H. Claggett and Charles Thompson as al- ternates. In this convention there was a very determined sentiment toward depriv- ing the territories and the District of Co- lumbia of their votes, especially the Dis- trict; but by the united fight made by the territories, and their concerted action with the District of Columbia, nothing was done. The convention was unanimous in its choice, and as there was no fight of any significance, the matter was passed. The local convention of 1892 resulted in the etection of Mr. James L. Norris and Mr. Harry E. Davis as delegates, and Mr. Wm. H. Manogue and Mr. J. Fred. Kelly as aiternates. Out of this convention grew the first troubles of the democratic organ- ization in the District of Columbia by the formation of two central committees, one headed by Mr. Michael I. Weller and the other by Mr. William H. Manogue. After months of wrangling the matter was coni- promised by the election of the present chairman, Mr. Will:'am Hoimead. THE TRANSVAAL SITUATION All American Prisonere Have Been Paroled Except Hammond, The State Department Directs Active Measures in Hehalf of United States Ottizens. The State Department today gave out the following statement: ‘ “Manion, consular. agemt at Johannes- berg. cables Secretary Olney that all Amer- ican prisoners aré out on parole except Hammond, whose case aiffers from that of others in that Hammond signed conditional invitation to Jameson to come to Johannes- berg in case of extreme peril. Jameson marched toward Johannesherg, however, before trouble arose. When this was dis- covered American and other leaders issued proclamation calling on people to refrain from h6stilities. Instead of inciting rebel- lion, Hammond in tho beginning raised ‘Transvani flag, and all in movement swore allegiance. Clement and other Americans took arms from many and sent men home. Not a shot was fired by the Johannesberg party, there was no disturbance, nor a sin- gle act of hostility, arms were peacefully surrendered and every effert made to main- tain the republic a3 against British en- croachment. The cases #gainst the Amerl- can prisoners arrested will be tried in court, though the government has not yet indicated time of prosecution. Manion adds that the Transvaal government has acted magnanimously.” In view of the foregoing it is believed here that neither Hammond nor any other Americans are in serious peril. The State Department has cabled Manion to use the most active and vigorous measures for the relief of the Americans and to that end to make to the Transvaal government di- rect reprasentationg on behalf of the United States, which im this case acts independently, of course, in its own inter- est and In behalf of its own citizens, and not as the sympathizer or ally of any other power. THE GRIDIRON CLUB. Its Eleventh Anniversary Celebration to Take Place Tonight. The eleventh anniversary celebration of the famous Gridiron ,Club will be held this evening at the Arlington. Preparations have been made for the banquet on a scale probably surpassing anything of the sort ever attempted by this unique and always entertaining organization. The list of guests is very long, including the names of 160 of the most prominent men in political, literary and in social life of the capital, as well as a number of others from out of town. The scenic effects will be superb, and a particularly interesting feature of the evening, but one on which the mem- bers of the committee in charge are natur- ally reticent, will be an ingenious and novel method of referring to the important topics: of the day. Among the; guests who have accepted invitations are the following, who were invited by the club as a body: The Vice President, Attorney General Harmon, Senator Gorman, Mr. Justice Brown of the Supreme Court, Speaker Reed, Mr. W. H. Baldwin, jr.. Mr. Richmond Pearson of North Carolina, the Secretary of the In- terior and Mr. Colin Studds. Among the guests invited by the individ- ual members are ex-Goy. Shepherd, Pay- master General Stanten, Senator Shoup, Senator Thurston, Representatives Can- non and Sayers, Controljler Eckels, Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times-Herald, Dr. Edward Bedloe, Representative Dal- zell, Rear Admiral Benham, Senator Petti- grew, Postmaster Gemeral Wilson, Gen. Felix Agnus of the: Baltimore Herald, Mr. Charles Emory Si of the Philadel- phia Press, Mr. Chauneey M. Depew, Sen- ator Elkins, Representative Charles F. Crisp, Representative Morrison, Mr. George Alfred Townsend, Representative William A. Smith, Mr. Henry T. Thurber, the Pres- ident’s private secretary; Senator Wilson of Washington, Commissioner William Loch- ren, Secretary Morton, Mr. Beale R. How- ard, Mr. James F. Barbour, Rev. D. J. Staf- ford, D.D.; Mr. Joseph H. Manley of Maine and Mr. John W: MacCartney. = PATSY HARRIS RESPITED. His Execution Postponed Until the 14th of February. The President has ned the execu- tiention of the sentence jn the case of John, alias Patsy, Hi until February 14 next. Harris was com @f murder and sen- terced to be the ‘District jail on the 3ist instant. ‘Thé President respited him -at the of United States Dis- trict Attorney y, in order to await the determination of the appeal from the judgment and conviction in his case, which ls now pending ‘elare’ the Court of Ase VISIT TO GEN. GOMEZ| TARIFF BILL'S ~ FATE) ST. PAUL ON THE BAR The Star's Cuban Correspondent in the Insurgents’ Camp. HIS PERILOUS TRIP FROM HAVANA High Estimate of Campos Expressed by His Former Opponent. QUESTION OF BELLIGERENCY From The Star’s Special Correspondent. IN THE FIELD, NEAR CAIMITO, PROVINCE OF HAVANA, Jan. 20, 1896, It is not mere than sixty miles, as the crow flies, from Cuba’s capital to this point —the camping place of Gen. Gomez's di- vision of the rebel army, for the past four hours. In another four hours the army will again be on the move, and by this time tomorrow night (11 o'clock), will have ad- vanced forty miles eastward. Under ordinary circumstances, and pro- vided with the proper papers, the reaching of the rebel lines from Havana is not very difficult. Immediately upon leaving the city you are halted by the Spanish outpos‘s and your military passport examined. A little further un and you are for the second time halted. And thus it is until perhaps you imagine you are to be shot, for the sentry appears thoroughly frightened as he raises his riece to the shoulder and cries out, after you have answered “Vive Es- pana,” for you to advance singly. Even thoigh vou are upon an open road and with open fields about he commands you to come up to him alone, and you wonder how under the circumstances you could do any- thing else. Sometimes the sentry cannot read, and, although he thinks frem the looks of your papers you are all right, he marches you to the nearest officer in command of that district (he may be either a corporal or a general), and turns you over for cross-ex- amination. Then, if you are thirty miles from Havana, they become suspicious and demand your reasons for desiring to go further. It is always well in such an emer- gency to know the name of some higher Officer still beyond and inform your ques- tioner that you are to join his command. Should th> man who endeavors to bar your progress then assert that you are going in the wrong direction to meet the general ramed (he must always be a general in this case), you on the other hand insist that you are possessed of inside information as to the whereabouts of that certain officer that cannot be questioned, The Murderous Plateados. This clash of opinion and assumed in- formation is not very pleasant, especially to the soldier, but the little bluff works, and you are allowed to proceed. Sometimes, by way of encouragement, you are informed that the terror of Cuban peasantry and lonely travelers through the country, “pla- teados,” are numerous In the section just ahead. Yes, and it is these same plateados who make the golng from one army to another a difficult and dangerous proceeding. They are murderers and cut-throats of the worst order, and are especially numerous in Ha- vana province at the present time. A great many of them accompanied the army from the far eastern end of the island, and reach- ing Matanzas or Havana deserted. They respect neither side, but kill and riot at every opportunity. Beyond Bejucal your correspondent was warned by a man who came out of a house that a party of plateados were up the road about a mile away. He said he expected they would come and attack his house and Kill his wife and five daughters, who were in hiding in the cellar. Later on the pla- teados appeared In the thin cane about two hundred yards away. A victim had fallen into their hands, and, in plain sight of the house, they felled him to the ground with stones, finished his life with machetes, and, rcbbing him of his clothes, departed. It was not a sight such as would tend to increase the desire to proceed further in that direction, but with the information that they had gone back into the cane fields, and the further knowledge of the fact that plateados carry no firearms, while The Star correspondent was well provided with the latter, and rode a good horse, the journey was continued. For the next two leagues to the eastward good time was made. Not a man, woman or child was seen in the six miles, although there were in that vicinity three or four large Spanish col- umns. Bejucal itself was attacked by the rebels a few days before, and the hand- some church was almost totally ruined. But the rebels had gone again like the wind, and no one knew whither. At the Rebel Outpost. About thirteen miles eest from Bejucal the sudden cry of “Quien V: rang out. ‘fhe rebel outposts, or rather the rear line of skirmishers, was being neared. This is readily known by the difference in the cries, the Spaniards asking ‘Who lives?” and the rebels “Who goes?” To answer “Espana!” at this time would mean death, providing you were unlucky and the rebel picket a better marksman than the majority of his comrades. The opportunity is provided for, end after being certain that you are not in Spanish hands, you dig down into your riding boots and produce the rebel passport that entitles you to ride from one end of the island £ most to the other, and guaranttes you an escort the entire distance, You at once appreciate the difference in value between the two military papers you earry. One, given by the government of Spain, says you may go with the “forces in cperation,” but you are hindered and watched in every movement you make. The other, issued in the name of the republic of Cuba, wins for you friends at every turn and valuable assistance in reaching any particular destination. Shortly after passing the first rebel picket @ rebel party of perhr ps between three and four hundred men was met. It was a de- tachment of the forces under Gen. Quintin Banderas, whose main body was one league to the south. Here it was learned that Gomez was moving toward the Cienaga Zapata, or great Cuban everglades, in southern Matanzas. He was only twelve miles away, but as his entfre force was cavalry, there was no chance to delay if he was to be caught up with. Several small detachments of Banderas’ force were encountered in the next three or four miles. A majority of the soldiers were negroes; strong, hardy fellows, who ap- parently were enjoying life even though they marched barefooted through the stub- (Continued on Eighth Page.) Will Probab'y Pass the Senate Without Amendment Next Week. The President May Allow It to Be- come a Law and Not Veto It. There is a doubt ir. the minds of even the most earnest anti-protection democrats in Congress as to the fate of the tariff bill which is now in the Senate finance com- mittee if it gets to the President. The first impressior is, naturally, that the writer of the famous tariff message which unequiv- ocally committed the democratic party to a purély revenue tariff would veto this bill, especially as he contends now that what is needed for the relief of the treasury is not more revenue. It appears, however, that there are considerations which cast a doubt upon the correctness of this first im- pression. Will Pass the Senate. It is reasonably certa!n that the tariff Dill as it passed the House will be put through the Senate and be sent to the President. The s‘lver men whose opposi- tion is regarded as the chief danger in front of the bill, express the opinion pri- vately that it will pass the Senate without amendment. ‘They should know, if any- body; for if it is killed it will be by them. The amended bond bill is expected to come to a vote im the Senate next week some time. The Utah Senators will probably be sworn in on Monday or Tuesday, leaving no further excuse for delay. The expecta- tion of the silver men is that as soon as this bond-silver proposition is disposed of the tariff bill will be reported from the finance committee, and that it will ulti- mately pass the Senate in the form in which it came over from the House. Will Rest With the President. This would, of course, send the matter to the President, and its fate would then depend upon his action. The President wovld then have to consider two things before deciding upon his action. In the first place, he would know that, however unsatisfactory this form of relief for the treasury might be to him, it would be the only sort he could get from Congress. In the second place, the question is raised, and admitted by earnest tariff reformers of Mr. Cleveland’s own class of thinkers to be very doubtful, whether the special provision of the Constitution that revenue legislation must originate in the House does not place such legislation on an en- tirely different footing from other legisla- tion, as regards the veto power. The view is presented that with this discrimina- tion by the Constitution as regards revenue legislation it is extremely doubtful whether the President would feel at liberty to veto a revenue bill on any but constitutional grounds. While the last democratic plat- form declared that protection by means of tariff revenues is unconstitutional, it is not understood that Mr. Cleveland has ever been willing to go quite that far. It is not thought for a minute that he would veto the present bill on the grounds that it violated the Constitution. May Let It Become a Law. & It is thought, therefore, to be not at all certain that he would not let the bill become a law if confronted with the prop- osition;” He was qtlte as much oposed to the Gorman bill, and let it become a law, not because it was a party measure, for that he denied in his letter to Catch- ings, but because Congress had passed it. lie did not then indicate any constitutional reasons for not exercising the veto, but some of those men in Congress who agree with him best as to all policy are so much in doubt as to the course he would follow as to the bill now under discussion that they are extremely apprehensive about its going to him. —_—_____+-e.______ DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Wants of the Northeast. The Northeast Citizens’ Suburban Asso- ciation has submitted a letter to the appro- priations committee in support of the fol- lowing estimates of eppropriation for the coming fiscal year: For grading and im- proving 221 and 2ith streets northeast, $4,000. For site and building for school purposes, $12,000. For fifty naphtha street lamps—Winthrop Heights, 15; Langdon, 20; Avalon Heights, 15. ‘The letter says: The territory for which this legisiation is asked by the Northeastern Suburban Citizens’ Association and the Dis- trict Commissioners extends from 18th and W streets on the south to 20th and Frank- fort streets on the north and east, and em- braces the several subdivisions of Avalon Heights, East Langdon, Langdon Park and Winthrop Heights, all of which are laid out in exact conformity with the streets of the city. The small amount estimated for grading will suffice to put in condition a thoroughfare for delivery wagons, coal, etc., to scores of families now, in bad weather, almost destitute of hauling facili- ties. Street lamps are especially desired. In the area mentioned are four stores, two churches — Methodist and Episcopal — with night services, Langdon Lodge of Odd Fel- Jows, Langdon Lodge of Good Templars, a Christian Endzavor Society, a dancing school, constant choir practice by thirty or forty ladi2s and gentlemen, to say nothing of patrons of night trains hourly. The lack of proper educational facilities have long been deplored. Dozens of families are forced to send their children to the city school at no inconsiderable item of expense for car fare. The quarters now occupied are store rooms rented from the Langdon Hall Association, confessedly inadequate, and located a few feet from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks—a dangerous playground. In this connection it may be stated that the Dis- trict government is the owner of a hand- some plateau, an acre in extent, near the intersection of Frankfort and 20th streets, on the line dividing Winthrop Heights and Langdon Park,an ideal location for a school building. District Appropriations, The subcommittee of the House appro- priations committee on the District appro- priation bill will hold a meeting Monday morning at 10 o'clock to conclude hearings on the bill. At that time there will be heard the Potomac Power and Light Com- pany on a proposition to furnish light and heat, and the Citizens’ Association of Eck- ington and North Capitol. No one will be admitted to the committee except those having arguments to present. Increased Police Service. There is a disposition on the part of the Senate District committee to give heed to the appeal of the. Brightwood Citizens’ As- sociation for increased police and fire ser- vice, and to this end will do all that can be done in the committee's jurisdiction. It is probable the Commissioners will be called upon to furnish official communica- tions upon the subject, after wiich the committee will investigate the matter, and their conclusions may be used as a basis for appeal to the appropriations committee. —_——_-+-e2—__ Executive Clemency. ‘The President has granted a pardon in the case of George McNabney, convicted in Missouri of counterfeiting and sentenced May 4, 1895, to eighteen months’ im- prisonment. This convict pleaded guilty, and gave information which led to the. conviction and punishment of a more guilty party. His pardon was by the judge and district at- torney who officiated at his trial. A pardon has been granted James Steven- son, convicted in Utah of adultery. The sentence of eighteen months imposed on Eli Blackwell, convicted in Arkansas of counterfeiting, has been commuted to one year’s imprisonment, The American Liner Runs Aground Off Long Branch, 1S TMBEDDED IN SIX FEET OF SAND Nine Tugs Go Down to the Dis- abled Vessel. SOME ALARM AT FIRST ———— SANDY. HOOK, N. J., January 25.—The American liner St. Paul, from Southampton for New York, struck the outer bar off Ho- tel Brighton, Long Branch, N. J., during the dense fog, between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. She was shortly after discovered by the patrol from Long Branch life-saving sta- tion, and preparations made to open com- municetion with her. The apparatus was dragged to the place and brought inio use, a shot fired across the vessel, ihe hawser hauled on board and the breeches buoy sent off. The people on board desired to remain by the vessel, as there was no dan- ger. Messages were sent ashore notifying agents, maritime exchange and wrecking ccmpanies of the accident. The crews from Seabright, Monmouth Beach and Long Branch life-saving sta- tions are all in attendance on the steamer. Among the passengers on the St. Paul are ex-Congiessman W. i ourke Cock Serge Wolkonsky, Dixon C. Walke A. Knorpf, Harvey W. Brown, I. lows, Miss Minrie Sachs, Louis R. Worth ard W. Whitehous>. The St. Paul also has on board $1,300,000 in specie. The tug Hustler passed out at 9:30 am., evidently on the way to render assistance to the steamer. ‘The vessel struck head-on on a sand bar about a quarter of a mile from the iron pier. Her nose ran about 100 feet in the sand be- fore her engines could be stopped. She is pointing southwest. The wind is blowing rorthwest, but only at the rate of eight miles an hour now. The vessel lies off Sea- view avenue, about 100 feet from the shore. She sailed from Southampton January 18 and was in charge of Capt Jamison. At the time she ran ashore it is said that there was only four feet of water over the bar. The vessel has on board two hundred bags of mail for the New York post office. Some of the old seamen along the shore say that the vessel may not be floated for @ week or more. The St. Paul is imbedded in about six feet of sand. At 10 a.m. none of the passengers had been removed from the steamer. An- other tug has arrived beside the steamer and one is or. her way from New York city. These three will be used in removing the passengers from the steamer. A stern line is out to hold the vessel in the position in which she struck. The vessel appears to be leaking. Dirty waier is coming from the ship's pumps. Capt. Mulligan of the life-saving crew at Long Branch boarded the steamer and had a talk with Capt. Jamison, and he will as- sist In removing the passengers. Besides the Long Branch life-saving crew, there are the crews from Seabright and Monmouth Beacn beside the vessel. From the fact that the St. Paul ran aground at high water it is thought that she will not easily be floated. The next high water will be a little before 2 o'clock, and an effort will be made to pull her off. In the meantime anything that can be saved will be taken from the vessel In order to lighten her. Some passengers in the steerage became greatly alarmed when they learned the steamer was ashore. When they went on deck, however, and saw the shore they became quiet. A dispatch received from Atlantic High- lands says that there are nine tugs now near the St. Paul. The agent of the International Navigation Company says that if the St. Paul is not ready to sail on Wednesday next the com- pany will substitute the St. Louis, which is now at Cramp’s yard, Philadelphia. Life lines were thrown to the ship from neighboring Mfe-saving stations, and the steamer’s boats were made ready. The pas- engers were awakened by the ground- ing of the ship. There is still some fog, but the water fs smocth, and there is no immediate danger. A telegram to the Hife-saving bureau announcing the stranding of the St. Paul said the Merritt and Chapman wrecking crews had reached the vessel, and that the Lorg Branch, Seabright and Monmouth life-saving crews had placed their breeches buoy in order ready to land passengers and mail if found necessary. The telegram said there is no immediate danger. The news of the stranding was read with special interest at the Treasury Department, as the officials had received advices that the ship had aboard over a million gold, which was to be used for the purpose of mak- ing bids for bonds. The St. Paul was launched from Cramp's rd, Philadelphia, on April 10, 1895. She is 535.56 feet long, 63 feet beam and 50.4 feet deep. Her registered tonnage is 5,874 tons net, and 11,629 tons gross. She has five decks, and is one of the most mag- nificently appointed vessels in the trans- atlantic service. —_—-—__ ANOTHER CLEVELAND DRAW OPEN. Mishap to a Fire Engine on the Way te a Fire. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 25.—A fire engine while being drawn at a rapid rate to a fire in the lumber district on the flats, at 2:30 o'clock this morning, plunged through an open drawbridge spanning the river at Seneca street. Four firemen were on the engine, two of whom jumped in time to avoid going down. The other two men were precipitated with the engine and horses into the river, a distance of about twenty-five or thirty feet. The men, while being partly stunned by the fall, manazed to reach some piling and were then res- cued by their comrades who had jumped in time to save themselves. The two firemen, Driver Wm. Burgess and Assistant En- gineer Charles Coolidge, who went down with the engine, were more or less injured, but not fatally, it is believed. The horses were drowned and the engine lies a wreck at the bottom of the river. The approaches to the bridge are not pro- vided with safety gates. A steep hill leads down to the bridge on the north side and the engine had gained such a momentum in making the descent that it was impos- sible to stop when the driver discovered that the drawbridge was open. The night was so dark that the red lights located on each end of the open draw which had been swung out in midstream could not be seen. The draw had been opened to per- mit a fire boat to pass through on its way to the fire in the lumber district. ———— EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. Pallman Porter Killed, but No Pas- sengers Injured. ROANOKE, Va., January 25.—A special from Riverton, Va., says: A section of the Raymond & Whitcomb’s excursion train coming south over the Shenandoah valley branch of the Norfolk and Western rail- road was wrecked near Riverton about 10 o'clock last night. A Pullman car porter(col- ored), named Phillips, was killed, and En- gineer and Fireman Propper se verely injured. None of the passengers were hurt. The engine struck a rock, which derailed it and three cars, which caught fire and were consumed. Riverton is 180 miles north of Roancke.