Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY; AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 ene a Cor, Lith ae by ti 2 1m pan) The Tn KAUrPMaNN Prese Py New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the y carriers, on their own account, at 10 conts © mouth. Copies at the BS" mait—agswhere ta the postage prepald—50 cents montin. Saturday Quinteple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign yostage added, $3.00. 2 (Entered at the Post Ottice at Washington, D. C., or 44 cents a Star. #s second-class mail matter.) EF All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,391. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. THE HOTTEST HUNT|'VE CAPITOL TOPICS| HEARING HIS APPEAL |¥: &:INSURANGE comPANIES|THE VOTE ON SILVER| 'EFREESLVERSUSSTTUTE| DISTRICT CHARITIES Campaign in the South for Repub- lican Delegates. FRIENDS OF THREE CANDIDATES All Working in the Interest of Their Favorites. A NEW CONDITION OF THINGS The south is to cut an important figure Louis convention. Her suppor vlicited by the friends of an aspirants to the nley people were fii in the St. fs be thre: presidency. on the scene, but they were speedily fol lowed by the Reed people, and -now the Morten people have arriv It is the hot- test hunt for delegates ever known in that section, and it will continue so for some to Claims are abundant, but the hardly warrants a defi- nite statement as to the result. Mr. Me- Kinley and Mr. Reed are both strong, and Mr. Morton, whose case seems to be in very 1 hands, may pick up votes here and ere. The impression, however, is that the real object of the Morton people relates More to securing second choice pledges than votes for the first ballot. They are forced to concede the advantages possessed by the Ohio candidate and the Maine can- didate over their favorite, but if they can sure of good support in case of a ck between the two leaders, they will feel themselves amply rewarded for their lahor and their outla: Effect of Southern Support. The south’s support has always been sought In these contests, but {t has more than once proved to be a source of weak. negs to the winner. Mr. Sherman's di: pointment, first in ISSO and again in 1SSs, ributed to the instability of his south- ern Iine. On both occasions his camp was raided by the opposition, and his southern stampeded. ‘He complains of If openly in his book, and says ing of a very pointed nature about duet of the Alger people at Chicago time come. th b- the co in 1SS8$. In Mr. Sherman's opinion, had he b able to hold his line intact until the h of the arrival of the crisis, he, and not Gen. Harrison, would have been the nominee of that convention. New Conditions Now. But, as the politicians are assured, there fs now a new south. The republican party hout the whol t section has very few years become strength- y many accessions from the other side iven to the organ- L.will be cons here, a par olely on pe of hi a d of t d repre ¥ and bent wili be found men responsibil with of the first order. gainst all raiding in it is declared, and will vity by holding out to the hope of indorsement of its in the th if the sou into ace a, the co unt. on and the two © to ask such { at the ha: e. They will de- ith a respect equal to it, or to any portion are likely to be treat- heard that shown to the w of th , and the ed with gratifying consideration, The Present Campaign Explained. the present campaign ed, old All of this explai eas a warn- ‘ily on south- Gut with the assurance that Louis will be under influ- and that going there with a measure of i portance she h: not heretofore been au- aim to in a republican na- f the k fully justi! activity they are manifesting down © Morton Canvass. of the ex-President are ing upon what they esti great ond choice people to bring about his nomi They consider that his chances of they think will be shi the inability,which of either of the two lsading candi o win. This is to call for a ccmpromise man, and General Harrison is to be that man. But they are © no canvass to insure such a result. be umption their favorite Merton peo- specifically seeking They And whatever 1 be so much to on calculations, of Thomas C. Platt, prosecuting it with keen,rel- y¥ be taken for gran y not be at heart an_enthus orton man, as against r. Reed, hat he would greatly enjo: Harrison with his fellow rtain. ————+e+____ IN THE HOUSE ToDAY. beating tizen is The Time Given to the District Ap- propriation Bi A bunch of La France roses lay on the desk of Mr. Wellington (Md.), who appear- ed in the House today for the first time since his election to the Senate. Mr. Hull (lowa), chairman of the com- mittee on military affairs, reported the army appropriation Dill, and it was placed on the calendar. Free Coinage Substitate Announced. At 12:30 the clerk of the Senate an- nounced the passage of the Senate free coinage substitute to the House bond bill, and it was referred under the rule to the ways and means committee. A motion to concur was not entertainable under the rules. A bill was passed, on motion of Mr. Mc- Rae (Ark.), to grant the Arkansas and Choctaw Railroad Company right of way through the Choctaw nation in the Indian territory. The House then went into com- mittee of the whole (Mr. Payne in the chair) and resumed consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. —————-2+___ Case qf the “Commodore.” The collecter of customs at Wilmington, N. C., has been directed by Secretary Car- lisie to eonsult with the United States at- torney in regard to the case now pending against the ship Commodore, recently de- tained on suspicion of her being about to sail for Cuba with arms and supplies for the insurgents. As the United States attorney has been advised by the Department of Justice that, on the showing made, the gov- ernment has dectded not to proceed in its case against the Commodore, she undoubt- edly will be released at once. ’ Estimates on the Vote in the House on the Senate Silver Substitute Appropriations Increased by the Sen- ate Commitiee—Brief Mention of Other Action, Chairman Dingley of the ways and raeans committee says that no decision has been reached as to the time when the silver sub- stitute for the bond bil! will be brought up in the House, but that ampie time for de- bate will be allowed, so that ail who care to may speak on it. There is informal taik that the debate wiil be for two days and iwo nights. Free Silver in the House. The fate of the Senate's silver substitute for the House bond bill is so well assured that the House program excites almost no interest except for the fact that it will furnish the first direct test of the free sil- ver strength in this House. Various estimates made by the free sil- ver men place the silver vote at from 100 to 125, the latter figures being the lm‘ prophesied by the most sanguine silver democrats. Mr. Hartman of Montana pre- dicts that the republican vote for the sik ver substitute will be 35 or 40, and Mr. Bailey of Texas says that about 70 of the 105 democrats in this House can be counted upon to support any free silver proposition. These estimates are based on the supposi- tion of a full attendance, which may not materialize, for there are many absentees this week. There are s@veral southern re- publicans, new members, who are an un- certain factor upon the financtal question. Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee will call a meeting for tomorrow, when the bill will be considered in com- mittee. The members who voted to report the bond bill will also vote to recommend that the House do not concur in the sliver substitute, white a minority report for the ver bill li be made. It has not yet been decided when the reports will be made to the House, but it can be safely predicted that the bill will be acted upon this week. Silver men are preparing speecHes upon It, many of them being anxious to talk. Want a Continuous Improvement. W. D. Morgan, Walter Hazard and L, S. Ehrich of the board of trade of George- town, S. C., are in Washington for the pur- of a hearing before the House com- tee on rivers and harbors in favor of a provision fer a continuous contract for the improvement of Winyah Bay, S. C. Alcohol in the Arts, A delegation representing the wholesale @rug interests of the country appeared be- fore the House committee on ways and means today to oppose Mr. McMillan's biil Secretary of the Trexsury has trans- 4 to Congress a communication from Secretary of the Navy asking for an ional appropriation of $350,000 for con- on and repair of naval vessels for rrent fiscal year. To Restrict Immigration. The House committee on immigration was addressed today by Representatives Ma- haney of New York, Corliss of Michigan and Johnson of California, who spoke in favor of the passage of various bills to restrict immigration now before Congress. For Teaching Children. The House committee on education has reported favorably Mr. Grow’s bill to aid in establishing homes for teaching artlcu- speech and vocal language to deaf children before they are of school age. To Be Reported Favorably. The Senate con:mittee on judiciary to- day authorized a favorable report upon the nomination of Patrick S. Nagle to be mar- shal of Oxlahoma; also favorably reported upon the following Utah offices: John A. Marshall, district judge; John W. Judd, United States attorney; Nat. M. Brigham, United States marshal. Mr. Hansbrough’s Flag Bill. The Senate committee on $ud’ today authorized a favorable report on Senator Hansbrough’s bill to prevent ihe use of the American flag for advertising purposes. Increased Appropriation The Senate committee on appropriations today agreed to report the pension appro- priation bill, As it came from the’House this bill carried $i4 20. The Senate committee added $52,750, of which $50,000 was for fees and expenses of examjuing surgeons. The committee also reported the Military Academy bill, with un increase of $2,400 in total appropriations. Gen. Coppiager Contirmed. ~~ After a two hours’ contest im_exeeutive session late Saturday afternoon the Senate confirmed the nomination of Gen: J. J. Coppinger, a colonel in the army, to be brigadier general by the decisive vote of 44 to 17. The opposition to confirmation was led by Senators Burrows, Gear, Per- kirs, Teller, Pettigrew, Squire and Wilson, 1 of whom made speeches during the of the session. Senators Hawley, Bate and Palmer, all members of the com- mittee, championed the general's course, Gelailing the results of the investigation of tke committee, which, they said, were en- tirely favorable to Gen. Coppinger. The vote favorable to confirmation includ- ed all the members of the committee on military affairs, who were supported by the more conservative Senators, who generally follow committee recommendations. It was aiso noticed that all the ex-confederate sol- s in the Senate voted for confirmation, as did all but one or two of the ex-Union soldiers, er the Coppinger case was disposed of there was an effort to take up the nomina- tion of J. C. Keenan of Indiana to be In- dian agent at Neah Bay, Washington, and Gecrge H. Newman of Tennessee, to be agent at the Colville agency, Washington, who are opposed by the northwestern Se: ators on the charge that the nominations are a vislation of the home rule principle. A call of the Senate at this juncture de- veloped the absence of a quorum, and the Senate then proceeded with the confirma- sion of nominations to which there was no objection. : Welcome to Mr. Wellington. Representative Wellington of Maryland, who has been elected United Senator from his state, was in the House of Represen- tatives today. He found a handsome bo- quet on his desk. Shortly after his appear- ance in the Housé Senator Gibson, whom he succeeds, came in and congratulated him upon his election, and the two had a pleasant conversation of some minutes. 2 New Niearnguan Minister, Word comes from Nicaragua that Jose Madriz, formerly minister of foreisn rela- ticns and commissjoner of Mosquito, is to be sent to the United States as envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenivotentiary, an office that has been vacant since the re- call of Dr. Guzman. Senor Madriz kas re- cently been accredited to Guatemala, and at present ha;. an important temporary mis- sion to Salvadce. He is regarded as one of the ablest statesmen in Central America, oo Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $379,715. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $752,056; customs, $438,955; miscellaneous, $148,838, Another Page in the History of the Holmes Case. BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT Argument Regarding the Evidence on the Trial. ° REVIEWING THE AFFAIR PHILADELPHIA, Pa., February 3.—An- other page was turned today in the mani- fold misadventures of H. H. Holmes, mur- derer. The supreme court of the state lis- tened to a long and tedious argument on the appeal taken by the defense from the verdict of murder in the first degree, ren- dered last November. : Since that time the lower court refused a motion for a nev trial, the sentence of death was passed upon Holmes and arrangements were set on foot to expeditiously remeve the extra- ordinary criminal from the face of crea- tion. Even zondemned, murderers iave rigbts, however, and Holmes’ lawyers fcught at every step. Today is next to the last. Should the court affirm the decision of the jury Governor Hastings may be ap- pealed to for executive clemency, and, should he decline to interpose, then Holmes must hang. For some time prior to the opening of the court at 11 o'clock this morning, a big gathering filled the room. Promptly upon the stroke of the hour the court, clad in its sable gowns, entere: All the judges were present, headed by ef Justice Ster- rett. The others are Justices Williams, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Dean and Fill. The commonwealth was represented by District Attorney Graham and Assistant District Attorney Barlow. Samuel P. Rotan conducted the cpening argument for the appeal, and associated with him was R. 0. Moon. William A. Shoemaker, originally the senior counsel for Holmes, who became involved in a charge of procuring the production ¢f false testimony in the case, did not appear. _ Mr. Rotan began the proceedings. First he recited to the court the @etails of the charges against Holmes, and the conduct of the recent trial. In support of the appeal it was urged that the verdict was et the law and the evidence. Upoa the find- ing of the bodes of the Pitezel chil ls counsel declared, the commonwealth had jumped to the conclusion that Holmes had murdered Pitezel, although there was no testimony to support such an accusation. He referred to the unsuccessful applicatior. by counsel for a continuance of the tr! and the'r withdrawal as a consequence of the court’s refusal. They had wanted the case postponed because they sufferei from a lack of funds and could not get oll their witnesses. Eventually they had been oblig- ed to go to trial practically without a je- fense. The most f ortant fact dwelt upen by counsel, howeVer, was the introduction of irrelevant evidence, regarding the other crimes charged against Holmes, icd hav. ing no connection with the death of B. Pitezel, for whose murder Holmes was on trial. At the very outset, Mr. Rotan d this tremendous -error had been District Attorney Graham, in his openiag dress to the jury, when, because of their temporary withdrawal, the prisoner was without counsel. In that speech Graham went over all the outside crim a went so far as to intimate that Holme: had seduced litle Alice Piteze! in the hous of Mrs. Alcorn, 105 North 1ith stre where he afterward had his alleged wife, Miss Yoke, or Mrs. Howard. All this testimony was ruled out by the court when offered. The next point taken up was the testi- mcny of this Miss Yoke. ~The defense ob- jected to this on the ground that she was the lezal wife of Holmes, and cou!d not, therefore, testify against him. The ci monwealth, however, had gained its po’ by claiming to prove that she was only one of several ‘‘wives'’ and therefore com- petent to testify. In conclusion, the lawyer took up the charge of Judge Arnold to the jury, and pointed cut in it errors in express cal- culated to influence the jury ayainst the prisoner. District Attorney Graham replied to Rotan’s argument. He took up the o| tion to his opening speech to the ju said that after the fullest review an sideration, he had been convinced that every particle of the testimony concerning the other. crimes should have been admitted. In overruling the motion for a new trial, the court had sald that it should have been ad- mitted. They were not separate affair. argued Mr. Graham, but all were part an parcel of a singie crime committed upon a number of vietims. No man could take the story in detail without fecling that every act if this marvelous drama was linked to- gether by a single purpose, and to dismem- ber it would be to destroy it. Mr. Graham next dwelt apon the com- petency of Miss Yoke's testimony, con- tending that it had been proved beyond question that she was not Holmes’ wife. He then took up every other question in- volved and argued them at much length. Mr. Moon made the clesing address in favor of the appeal. The entire argament was upon the law ions involved. The court reserved its ee BR. FRENCH'S SUICIDE, STEPHEN Former Police Commissioner of New York Shoots Himself. NEW YORK, February 3.—Former Police Commissioner Stephen B. French commit- ted suicide today by shooting himself through the heart. Mr. French was sixty-seven years old. He was a member of the police board from May, 1887, to May, 1999, the Jast part of his term as president. In 18i9 Mr. French went to California, where he worked at gold mining and engaged in the hotel business, subse- quently sailing between San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands. Having returned east, Mr. French was elected treasurer of Suffolk county in 1869. In 1876 he was ap- ee an appraiser at the port of New ork. For some time Mr. Frencir had been moody. and despondent, and recently told his wife that he was worried over business matters. At another time he said to Mrs. French, “You would be better off if I were not here.” His friends have observed that both in*ap- pearance and in conversation Mr. French was not quite himself. So far as is known there was no adequate cause for his suicide. See Rev. Joseph Cook Nearly Blind. ROCHESTER, N. Y., February 3.—Reyv. Joseph Cock of Boston, who recenily re- turned from Australia and Japan, is at the saniiarium, Clifton Springs, suffering from an acute form of nervors prostra- ticn. He is nearly blind, owing to a weakness of the optic nerve. He will be taken to his cottage at Lake George early in the spring, where it is hoped, he will recover. — Associated Press Preferred. BRADFORD, Pa., February 3.—The Era today will say: “Commencing today the Era will use the news dispatches of the As- sociated Press. Heretofore the United Press has served telegraphic news for this paper, but of late the service has not been satisfactory, and hence the change. The Associated Press is recognized as the fore- most news gathering agency in the world.” Representative Southwick Speaks About His Resolution for Correspondence. Three American Companies Frozen Out by Onerous Regulations of the German Minister. The Southwick resolution calling on the President for all correspondence between the United States and German govern- ments on the subject of the exclusion of American insurance companies from trans- acting business in Germany, which passed the House Saturday, Is explained as fol- lows by the author, Representative South- wick of New York: sage of December last called attention to the exclusion from Germany of American life insurance companies, as well as Ameri- can cattle and food Stuffs, and suggested retaliation on the part of the United States. As the insurance companies of this coun- try are state corporations and not, there- fore, directly under federal supervision, a policy of retaliation on the part of the gen- eral government in their interest did not suggest itself to the President, But the state governments, to whom the regulation of insurance matters is intrusted, have it in their power directly to deny German in- surance companies doing business in the United States any privileges which are not extended to American, companies doing business in Germany. > “The state of New York has instituted a movement in that direction, and a bill has been introduced in both the senate and as- sembly of the New York legislature which carries out that retaliatory purpose. “The exclusion of American life insurance ecmpanies from Germany has thus far been coniined to the state of Prussia. Four big American companies had been doing busi- ness in that German state, but one only re- mains. The trouble undoubtedly arose from the selfishness and jealousy of German in- surance Interests, which viewed with alarm the increasing popularity of American methods of insurance. A newspaper crusade was organized against the American com- panies. When that failed the Prussian min- ister of insurance, Koeller by name, entered into the crusade and imposed one condition after another of an onerous nature until he succeeded in freezing out three com- panies, “Governor Morton and Insurance Super- intendent Pierce of New York wrote Ser- retary Olney in reference to the Prussian minister's acts, and the New York Insurance department sent Mr. Poultney Bigelow to Berlin to conduct negotiations fora settle- ment of the difficulty “Koeller has recently heen deposed from hig position as minisier, but whether on account of his insurance policy does not appear. Nevertheless, the more assuring outlook in the Girection of Prussia ought not t ‘slation in this country su 1 New York, for protec- tion Is needed by the American !nsurance against the Koellers of other Ger- ates and states of Europe outside of °- ‘crsoual Mention. Commander George C. Reiler of the navy is at the Lieutenant w. navy is at the Ebbitt. McCarty Little of the Mrs. Humphreys of North Carolina ar- rived at Page's this moruing. : John F. Gaynor, the well-known Syracuze contractor and democratic politician, is at the Shoreham.” A party of well-known southerners at the Riggs House gomprists L. S. Ehrich, W. D. Morgan dnd- Walter Hazard of setown, S. C., and J. D. Lacey of New Orleans. Wm. H. attorney of ‘The leadip pton, United States district Louis, is at the Normundie. tists of the Bostonians are at the Arlington, and among them are Henry Clay Barnabee and wife, W. H. Me- Denald and fe, Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis, Miss Al Neilson, Samuel L. Stud- ley, Miss Li Cleary and Bugene Cowle: Mr. Charles Duff Scott of To- ronto are © Arlington. Collector James F. Kitbreth of the port of New Y¥ is at the Arlington. A distinguished party from New Orleans arrived at the Arlington this morning, sisting of Edgar H. Farrar, J. W. La- boulsse, Victor J. Bolto, E. Allgeyer and Charles E. Levy nd Sirs. Valentine Morris of Phita- are at the Raleigh. C. A. Stedman, ninth cavalry; st Hinds, second artillery; Lieut. Capt. Lieut. Ern Brooke Payne. fourth artillery, and Lieut. R. Schofield, fourth cavalry, are regis. at the War Department. Lieut. W. H. Gordon, eighteenth infantry, has heen granted leave of absence for two months. S Naval Constructor J. C. Woodward {s in the eity on temporary duty. He 1s stopping N street. Commander W, H. Everett of the Cincinnati is in the city on leave of ab- sence. He is at the Army and Navy Club. 6 Willing to Sell Washington Relies. Virginia S. Washington and Mary L. Washington of Portsmouth, Ohio, repre- senting themselves as immediate descend- ants of George Washington, have written to the Secretary ct the Interior offering to sell to the government a number of relics of Washington. Among these is a snuff 1 to Jefferson by Washington, returned to the latter's heirs, The heirs, call attention to their presenta- tion cf a sword and cane to Congress about iss , tor which the latter body sent a let- of thanks, a copy of which is now ‘ount of the loss of the orig- +o. ___ Bids for Gun Forgings. Bids were opened at the Navy Depart- ment today for forgings for 8-inch and 13- inch guns for the battle ships Kearsarge and Kentucky. There were but two bids received. The Bethlehem Iron Works pro- posed to furnish the &inch gun forgings at 28 1-2 cents a pound, to be delivered in 830 days, and the 13-inch gun forgings at 27_4-10 cents a pound, to be delivered in 365 days. The Midvale Steel Co. offered to supply the 8-inch gun forgings at 28 cents a pound, within 270 days; and the 13-inch gun forgings at 27 1-2 cents per pound, to be delivered within 480 days. The awards will be made in a few weeks. ———— To Command the Marblehead. Commander T. F. Jewell has been ordered to the command of the, crutser Marblehead of the European squadron, relieving Com- mander Charles O'Neill, whose term is up. Commander Jewell will sail from New York on the 12th instant for Southampton, en route to Smyrna, Asia, Minor, where the Marblehead is now Tying. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any irregularity in the de- livery of The Star and-also any fall- ure on the part of the carrier to ring the door tell. A Proper service can only be main- tained threugh:the courtesy of sub- scribers in repotting shortcomings. 2 é ‘President Cleveland in his annual mes- | Another Tie Binding Men of the Two Great Parties Together, LCOKING 70 THE PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT Conservative Democratic Leaders ° Anxious for a Compromise. : . MORRISON’S FOLLOWING The chief significance attached@to the vote on the silver substitute in the Sen- ate is that it is another tie to bind the silver men of the two great purlies to- gether. Aside from this there was nothing to the struggle that has occupied tiie Sen- ate and no reason for the interest and ex- citement attending the closing scenes of the contest Saturday. Nothing can come of the bill. Every Senator knew this as well as it is known to the public. But ey- ery vote of this scrt accustoms men more and more to the violation of party rule and to the forming of new associations. Men who have been for years opposing each other on all other questions are naturally suspicious of each other when it comes to a matter in which they are thrown together and are expected to co-operate. Ly this means they test each other's sincerity, and each t:me they vote together they become more accustomed to it and have :ore con- fidence in cach other. Their purty tles become less binding. The independence of the silver faction in each party has be- come more apparent on each occasion that this question has come up. it is, too, with the anti-sil men. Each struggle for und mone: finds the democratic mncrity more ready to follow the lead of Mr. Sherman and Mr. Morrili. The disre- gard of party obligations was particularly apparent in this latest battle, and the pur- pose isto force the issue in’ the House so as to break the party lines there as they are broken in the Senate. The Effort in the House. Party discipline has been stronger in the House and the efforts of the silver men have Leen stifled: They have not had the same chance to count noses, test each other and combine. For this reason they are deter- mined to get the Senate substitute before the Houre. Some of the leaders of the House think it desirable to hold this bill in the committze and there let it die; but the indications are that this course will not be followed. The anti-silver men feel strong enough in that body to think that the con- sideration of the question will serve only to show the weakness of the silver fac the braneh ef Congress supposed to be near- €st the people. Vor this reason the amended Lond bill will probably be reported to the House fer nen-concurrence and a defeat will be administered to the substitute. ‘he purpose of all this agitation by the silver men is to get the men in the repub- Mean party and in the democraticeparty of their faith closer together. They do not seek the association of the populists, but count upon their being compelled not to cppose anything done for silver, Looking to the Presidential Fight. The present battle relates fo the presi- dential fight, not to contemplated legisla- tion at this time. They are working to- ward the point of combination on a pres'- dential ticket. ‘The s‘lver republicans have abandoned their visionary idea of captur- ing the republican national convention and nominating Don Cameron. They are now figuring on the situation as they find it and getting themselves accustomed to the as- st jon they expect to have during the president mpaign. Tne move toward 2n independent silver party is merely throwing an anchor to windward. he silver men still have hopes of capturing the democratic convention. If the silver demecrats can do this, they can ely upon the support of the republicans i iated with them in the Senate men generally who are not ats. This is what they understand and what insp!res them to greater efforts. But there fs an alternative proposition, and if the democratic convention is anti-silver, the radical silver men of both parties ex. Dect still to come together. Anxtety of Conservative Democrat It is an understanding of what the sit- uation is tending to and the motives for pressing the silver question in Congress now that lev.ds to the anxiety of the con- servative democrats and induces Mr. Gor- man and Mr. Faulkner to ‘talk of a con- ference compromise. How’ serious Mr. Gorman regards the situation of his party may be judged when he even in a tenta- tive way makes the suggestion -of permit- ting free coinage in return for gold bonds. This suggestion is evidently jooking to the national convention, not to I ion. The silver democrats are not free from anxiety as to the consequence to taem of a split in the democratic convention. They know that all who would favor a free silver platform will not be willing to leave their party if such a platform ts not adopt- ed. When the silver meeting was held here a short time ago a canvass was made of the democratic leaders in the House known as silver men, and it was found that some of the strongest of these would not go so far as to bolt the convention. Will Try Diplomacy. This disposes them to try diplomacy on the convention. Morrison, who has de- clared his opposition to the free coinage of silver, they id has considerable support among anti-silver democrats. At the same time he has long held the position that the veto power is restricted to constitutional questions. Some of the silver men are, therefore, discussing a scheme to agree to the nomination of Morrison, if they can get a free-coinage platform, and nominate a silver man for Vice President. There is talk even of nominating a free silver re- publican for Vice President if they will ac- cept the place and support the ticket, with the agreement that Morrison would not veto a bill put through Congress as a party measure except on constitutional grounds. It has been suggested that if the Silver men got control of the democratic conven- tion to this extent some of the sound money men would bolt, and they would have to secure the support of all silver men in the campaign. The suggestion is made that Teller or Dubois, probably the latter, might be offered the vice presidential nom- ination, thovgh it is not understood that either has been consulted on the subject. Of course, on both sides this is all the speculation of men who feel that they are confronted with a desperate situation, ——_—_+-e+____ Boundary Lines in Sierra Leone. In a report to the State Department from Sierra Leone, United States Consul Pooiey says the vexed question of the delimitation of the British and French boundary fron- tiers is now receiving the active attention of a special Anglo-French boundary com- mission, which began work last Novem- ber. The projected railway from Freetown to the Hinterland is now destined to be an accomplished fact, and the engineers are already on the field. The importation of American flour, kerosene, lumber, leaf to- bacco and meat products shows an in> creased tendency, and the consul expects a greater demand when the railroad is com- pleted and the country Is opened up to commerce. 2 It Cannot Injare the Presidential «Aspirc- "tions of Sp2aker Reed. The Question a Simple One and Not Relating to What Should Be Done as to Silver. Some of the anti-Reed men are persuad- ing themsetves that the Speaker has been put in a hole by the Senate’s free silver substitute for the House bond bill. Has he Leen? Why should he have been? Why should the republican leaders of the House shrink from passing upon a measure that seemed to carry no special terrors to the republican leaders of the Senate? The presidential aspirants in the Senate came to the scratch without hesitation. Mr. Allison and Mr. Davis recorded themselves against it. Mr. Cullom, who was absent, was pair- ed against it. Is there anything in Mr. Reed's career indicating that in the matter of nerve he is inferior to his presidential rivals? Will Not Harm the Speaker. So far from being embarrassing, the situ- ation would appear to be harmless so far as M Reed is concerned’ The question is a simple one—as simple as it was in the Sen- ate. What the House is called upon to do is to pass upon the proposition, pure and simple, of the free coinage of silver. The attitude of the members is already known. ‘he attitude of Mr. Reed is already known. The bill cannot pass. A large majority is ageinst it, the Speaker among the number, and when this fact is formally recorded the ecntest is at an end. Nothing new will have been developed in anybody's case. The Simple Question. The matter would be entirely different ff the republicans of the House were called upon to define themselves at this time on the whole question of silver. But they are not. They are called upon only to declare whether or not at this time, without regard to the attitude of other nations, the United tes shall inaugurate the polic co‘nage. Upon that point they are ready to answer. In fact, they already have an- red. And they will content themselv wth that answer, following the lead ot their brethren in the Senate and leaving to the St. Lou's convengion the formulation of the bill of particulars upon which the party must Stand in the presidential race. No sound money Senator undertook th= task of cutlining how far he thought the party ought to go in the interest of s:lver. The vote recorded in the Senate was for or against free coinage. The House need go no further—will go no further. Merely a Dress Parade. Mr. Stewart's characterization of the pro- ceedings as a dr near the truth. The President had asked Congress for what he could hardiy have expected Congress to grant, and the Senate Was on the eve of responding with some- thing it knew that neither the House nor the President would approve. Nothing would come of the measure. The Senate's whole work, indeed, was calculated for ef- fect at St. Louis and Chicago next sum- mer, and not here. The whole questiyn, therefore, goes to the two national conven- tions, and by those bodies will be referred to the people for decisicn in November. Not Injurious to Presidential A ants. How, then, the question is asked, can votes now cast, as the matter is now sub- mitted, be injurious to presidential aspir- ants? Because Mr. Allison, Mr. Davis and Mr. Cullom in the Senate and Mr. Reed in the House record themselves against the fice coinage of silver, the assumption is not warranted that they are unwilling to do arything at all for silver. Precisely how much they are willing to do for that metai Will appear later. They will be bound by the deliverance of their party in its na- ticnal platform. They stand today, and will stand the day the St. Louis conven- tien assembles, as opposed to the free 1 nlimited coinage of silver, but from the that convention adjourns they will stand, whether in the ranks or whether one or another of them shall have been chosen to head the party's ticket, upon whatever the party may have adopted on the subject. No Hole About This. Is there any hole about this? If there is, the Speaker's friends fail to discover it. If he hud ever pretended to be a free coinag man, and was now seeking to run his flight would be pitiable. It wo an easy matter to expose him, attitude toward free silver has never bee in doubt, and is not in doubt today. ———___-e-- —-_ _ THE .SUPREME COURT. pir- Motion to Advance the Telephone Case on the Docket. L In the Supreme Court of the United States today the solicitor general moved for the advancement on the dccket of the telephone vases, involving the validity of the Berliner patent, asking to have the hearing set for en early day in the next term. He said, in making the motion, that it was a cese involving large interests, and it was, therefore, important to secure as early disposition 7s practicable, The solicitor general ccntends that the Bell telephone receiver having become pub- lic property, the Berliner and Edison pat- ents 2re the cnly obstacles which stand in the way of the free use of the microphone transmitter in practical form, and that with these patents out of the way the tele- phone would become so much cheaper that its use would be widely extended. The Edison pitent, while not directly involved in the suit, was issued urder circumstances so exactly iGentical with those which at- tended the issue of the Berliner patent that the government believes the decision of the pending suit will settle the question of its validity as to all the questions raised by the government. The ground upon” which it is sought to cancel the Berliner patent is that of a fraudulent conspiracy in the patent office with the Bell company. The chief justice announced a new allot- ment of justices to circuits, made necessary by the accession of Justice Peckham to the bench, assigning Mr. Peckham to the sec- ond circuit, Justice Brewn, who has re- cently presided in the second circuit, to the seventh, and Justice Harlan to the sixth. ‘The South Caroiina dispensary cases, the Ohio tax cases and the New York Indian case were all advanced on the cocket and set for hearing on the second Monday of the next term. ‘The court also advanced the hearing of the sugar bounty cases, fixing it for the tirst Monday in March. Justice Gray delivered the opinion of the court in the case of Commodore George E. Belknap and othér officers of the navy agt. Geo. Schild. The case involved the right of the government officials to use patented articles for the benefit of the government. The article used in this case was a caisson gate invented by Schild and used at the Mare Island navy yard. The circnit court for the northern district of California granted a perpetual injunction. Justice Gray delivered the opinion of the Supreme Ccurt, dissolving the injunction, on the giound that an officer of the zovernment could: not be estopped by an injunction. Justices Fieldand Harlan dissented, hold- ing that the goverrment has no more right to interfere with a man’s control of a pat- ented article than has a private individual without the consent of the patentee. S parade was annoyingly,} They Are Discussed at Length in tle House of Representatives, ITEMS IN THE APPROPRIATION BILL St. John’s Church Orphanage the Exciting Cause. REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT When the House resumed consideration of the District appropriation bill this morning Mr, Hainer of Nebraska moved to strike o1 the paragraph appropriating $1,800 for the support of St. John’s Church Orphanage (Episeopai). He said he desired there should be no con- fusion of ideas in regard to this item, and it would be necessary to refer to the remarks made Saturday by the gentleman from Ala- bama, which, according to that gentleman’ custom, have been very profusely “edi In those edited remarks some comparison had been made between small institutions and great hospitals. Mr. Hainer then read a letter he had received from Mrs. Mary L. D. Macfarland, vice president of the board of children’s guardians, expressing her gratification at what Mr. Hainer said about the necessity for public control of pul appropriations for public wards, and ccr- recting the statement made by Mr. Wheeler on Saturday that if the dependent childres of the District properly coming under the control of the board of children’s guardians should all be committed to its care the ex- pense of maintaining them would be greatly increased.- Mrs. Macfarland pointed out that the statement confused classes of ch’ dren properly belonging to the reform tories, which could never come under tt board of children’s guardians, with children who could properly become wards of ih board, and showed by statistics that the expe ng wards of the board had stead: d, and that, through the board's system of getting free homes for th larger proportion of its wards, the expense of additional wards would be less, rather than more, than at present. A General Amendment. Mr. Hainer then offered an amendment Cesigned to place the money for chiritable purpeses under the 4 6f pudlic officers, and’not to be private institutions. Mr. Hainer said this amendment would not take the br. of the mouth of any Gependent child, but would simply provide that every dollar of the public moueyshould be spent under gevernment control. Mr. Hainer said that Col. Tracy, ter.dent of charities, and the diffe ita ual admiration compliiacniing them ng hin, buc that th lic Cannot yet anything out of tbe s y the actual condition of the char ad that St. John’s Church has ample funds with whiea to take of its orphanage, but nevertheless some of the moi io be appropriated by his pending amendments coull Le allotted ly the board cf children’s guardians. Mr. Henderson of Iowa said he did nc want to take any risks that would deprive orphan children of the support which in its wisdom, provide for em, and he feared that Mr. Ha nendment, by its wording, would some of those who were not in the iy tions prior to 1s92 Mr. Hain: nied. Mr. Ha said that St. John’s O: phanage has $10,000 from p: butions, and had diverted $5,000 of it to antecedent debts. He said he would cede there is absolutely nothing wr this or any other imstitution, that the are doing the good work which the amiable superintendent of charities says they are ceing, but he merely wants to provid- every dollar of public money given hy C gress should be igidly accounted Zor, st Rurveiliance and nm: ©or Spent under stric fer sectarian purposes. Mr. Cannon's Question. My. Cannon asked how Mr. Haine reconcile his argument with the fact unde. his proposed amendment the mon appropriated for the board of children's guardians could still be expended by that board for the remitting of children to those very sectarian institutions? Mr. Hainer replied that the money would still be uncer Ue absolute control of the board of children’s guardians, and every cent would have to be accounte2 for, while the children would also be controlled by the board just as completely uy father would have control ef his own child at a boarding sehool. Mr. Cannon held that the money as at present expended is accounted for through the District and United States officials. Mr. Cannon's Review. Mr. Cannon then gave a review of the metheds practiced by the government in dealing with charities relating to children up to the year 1892, when the board of children’s guardians was organized by Cor gress. Mr. Cannon's remarks conveyed the implication that the children coming under the jurisdiction of the board of children's guardians are in a measure attainted 1 the act. This implication was stoutly cor troverted by Mr. Hainer, who said that in- rrigible children are sent to the Reform School, and that the mere fact of the courts committing children to the board dces not attaint them. Mr. Cennon said he heartily indorsed ef- ficient work by the board of children's guardians under the law. He said it is growing and he welcomes its growth. The true friend of charities ic the man who en- ables the government to extend its aid as the institution by its own effort becomes worthy of it. Mr. Cannon had read a statement from Mr. Simon Wolf, made before the appro- priations committee, president of the board of children’s guardians, who is also one of the directors of the German Orp lum. Mr. Wolf's testimony was that to de- prive the various institutions of their aid would be a calamity to them, without con- ferring adequate authority upon the boar of children’s guardians without further jeg: islation. Effect of Mr. Haimer’s Amendment. Mr. Cannon said it is well known the ap- rropriations committee cannot report gen- cra] legixlation in a bill, and that Mr.Wolf’ statement showed that Mr. Hai s amendment would cut off the various in- stitutions without conferring compensating jcrisdiction upon the board of children’s ians. He would like to see the ideal aritable institution in operation here, jut until that can be done, he wants to give the best provisions that he can to enaable charity to be dispensed. Mr. Cannon ob- jected to requiring all poor children de- sirous of the haven of an asylum to be committeed by a criminal court-He would shield the children and parents by aid! cme private institutions that will take in the unfortunates without publicity. Mr. Cannon then referred to St, John's Church Orphanage, the institution in ques- tion. He was glad It is supported by a rich church. If he were conducting a church charity he would drag in every millicnaire he could. He was glad the institution had been endowed by Mr. Warder, new deceased, but would not there- fore take away the aid of the government. Mr. Cannon explained the method of Cisbursing the money in this institution. He said the church has a treasurer, who bonds himself as a disbursing agent of the government before he can draw a dollar,