Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 93, 1896—-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 DELEGATES NOTINSTRUCTED|BIRTHDAY OF GRANT Re-ult of the Maryland Republican Con- vention. Growing Interest in the Observance of This Anniversary. Towa Populists, Alabama Demecrats, | Statues to Be Dedicated This Month ' in Brooklyn and Philade!phia— messee Republicans, Nebraska Democrats and Other Gatherings. Movements in Other Cities. There will be more celebrations of April the birthday of Gen. Grant, this year than ever before, but in all the land there will be no more interesting memorial ser- vices on that date than those to be heid at Galena, Il, his home at the breaking out of the civil war. It is not that the program will be more elaborate or imposing than elsewhere—indeed, simplicity is always a notable feature of the exercises at Galena on the 27th—nor will the interest bé stim- ulated by any special novelty. In point of fact, it is the people who at- tend the exercises rather than the exer- cises themselves that always contribute After The Star's report of the Maryland repvblicam convention at Baltimore closed day Harry M. Clabaugh was chosen manent chairman, and the following at-large to the St. Louis couven- wel elected: Messrs. Wellington, Malder and Graham. Messrs. Bry- Fletcher, Rittenhouse and Sinclair rtes. King and J. Cookman tion Gray Adam E. were chosen electors-at-large. dec red for a protective y in international trade, platform ff and recipr d standard, and opposed instructing the legates for any candidates. Mudd moved the adoption of rm and resolutions as read. most interest to the Galena Grant memorial The vote resulted—15 in favor of services. For among those who every year lution Instructing the delegates, listen to the orator of the day on the great 97 1-8 opposed to instruction. Frederick | Soldier's birthday there are many who knew county split on the question. him intimately whea he was one of the platform was then adopted. most unassuming of Galena’s citizens and when their Kindly regard for him was chiefly based upon the facts that he was a soud neighbor and a fast friend. Year by year the number of those who knew best before the war is being dimin- hed by death, but there are yet many who were mueh younger than he who used often to see him on the streets and in the business places of the ‘own. ¢ Galena exercies are held in Grant Park, a tree-shaded, grass-carpeted square iddle of the pleasant little city’s q ter. In the center of this ds a sculptured memorial of the Appomattox, so that those who the set address may behold his terfelt presentment before them. This ial was erected largely thro: y of H. H. Kohlsaat of the ago Herald, who was a Galena boy and action in the matter was preimpted alty 3 well as venera- 2 nory. > addres 3 year be delivered John C. Blac in Leavenworth, Statue was erected he next to Iowa's Populists. st state convention met Moines, with Gen. James as temporary chairman. He de- n hour and a half's address, cios- 2s follows: » are masters of the situation, and business uare sta of at to the n hes were made labama Democrats. democratic s Montgomery 9 to vote questio: asa Presi on everyth ministration of roved Oates nor ansas, that? the in| memory of set up was at St. one at Galena and tue by Rebisso at then ni 2 of Birm ition Rificent s! h is one of the finest, most of sculpture in the country, les being one equest the worl nor New York has one in no In > hero, mo i on the who modeled the figure ward C. r =4 the figure of now being cast, shed before June 1, t the pedestal will me in July or per- ; of what passes ef General Grant, in this re- many an erican city to ar wever, pro- f joston ington } fn state conventic and there is no and elected the fi considerable citi and many of Gran Smy D. Oldham. i to ae Ww. urs York has no Gra the dignified ant costly ine 3 Name go now in the course of erection over his temb ion. ov: ng the Hudson in the upper part in Virginia Districts. elty will by alll be the most . ce vent Grant meworial. Gen, Hora was a split ird Virginia | Porter, who has charge of the work, says will be mond resulted. and J. L. tically completed by Janu- 1 that there is no reason to nal dedication, some time set for April 27 of next year, will be elayed beyend that date. Its total cost will be under rather than over $600,000. lected Col. J: L. FIC = elected Col. James L. A DEFICIEN. < r. en. h Bolling delegates to ads ghee an convention. No resolutions epublican convention at R: y. and two conventions 4d John Mit elegates Paymaster General of the Navy Says Eunds Are Nearly Exhausted. aster General Stewart has informed eretary of the > that in conse- of inadeq ® appropriations the fend Is nearly exhausied. He says hat the service will expend all of the fund known as “pay misceilaneous" by the end of the present month, and that he will be without funds d ng May and June to vry on certain items unless Congress immediate provision for the de- pal items affected are ng eXpenses, rents on of t 2 fifth dis- Me. The committee on McKinley. After ¢ the propriety adop h district. ican congressional nd nominated conve Jacob Yost at for Iniorsed McK . xpenses of purchasing pay the ion to. am making them ibly the salaries of employes for ey instead of indor: | i Ment was lost. In addition, the department desires funds Political Notes. with which to close the accounts of certain ‘ ° to: | RAV¥ Officers whose claims for pay have Th We: republi- assed by the Treasury Department dan ion met at Huntington yester- counting officers. Some of these claims day. was a big fight for instr | cover the fiscal year which ended in June, for but the Elkins f [eee oe Targel, Sa ie NOT CONCERNED ABOUT REFORMS. Cubans Have Set Out to Win Inde- pendence. T. Estrada Palma, president of the Cuban revelutioaary junta, Tuesday night, in New York, gave out the following address to the people of the United States: eman B. Dick- J convention. “sae ‘Prue Civil Service Reform. To (he Bilitor of The Evening Star: “The persistency with which the Ameri- Much satisfaction Is expressed by t can press has during the last few days Vocates of reform in the civil service at been treating of supposed administrative reforms to be introduced in Cuba by the government of Spain, compels me to re- quest the publication of the following declarations which I make in behalf of my government, of the army of liberation of Cuba and of the Cuban revolutionary par- the gradual extension of the classes which Shall be entered alone thrcugh a competi- tive examination. I share in this satisfac- tion to some degree. Not that I deem the nod now im vogue altogether satisfac- in determining the fitness of appiicants the duties of the piaces to ich they aspire, but because it is such a i rovement over the former method in the departmenis. Not that—but the impossibility of giving 3 held by competent clerks to the ites of politicians, has removed the incentive to wholesale dismissals in order to “make room.” To that extent it insures a more permanent tenure of offi and the retention of experienced clerks evitably secures to the government better to perfor: = ““The question of the supposed reforms Is ot a matter which at all concerns those who have already established an independ- ent government in Cuba and have resolved to shrink from no sacrifice of property or life in order to emaneipate the whole island from the Spanish yoke. If the Spaniards resident in the island who are favored by the Spanish government with all sorts of ivileges and monopolies, and if the hand- main in ful of Cubans too pusiilanimous or too oer roud to acknowledge their error, or a few I am personally an advocate of civil sery- gners, guided only by selfish’ interests, ice reform chiefly becaus3 of the protection, tisfled that Cuba should remain un- much or little, which it gives to the wort panish abomination, we, who militate it, | under the flag of the solitary star, we, who Which I can see in the law as it stands, | Siready constitute the republic of Cuba and is that it does not give more. The faith- | helong to a free people, with its own gov- ful clerk, for whom there is work to do,| ernment and its own lawe; are firmly re- need no longer fear that because Senator | solved to listen to no compromise and to A. or Representative B. has a person on | treat with Spain only on the basis*of ab- ‘his hands for whom he must provide, he | «, ute independence for-Cuba. will be removed in order to make room If Spain has power tosexterminate us, for him. That danger has been removed. | then let her convert the ialand into a vast But if the commissioner of patents, or the metery; if she:-has not; and wishes to ¥iriual commissioner of pensions has a | terminate the war before the whole country favorite of the class three for whom he | jg reduced to ashes, then let her adopt the desires to obtain an extra $200 a year at enly measure that will put an end to it, the expense of the g vernment, he has only | and recognize our independence. Spain to -ecommend the dismissal of some clerk | must know by this time that while there Is oft uer classand he can promote his|a single living Cuban with dignity—and . in spite of the civil service com-| there are many thousands of them—there and all the laws bearing on the | will not be peace in Cuba nor even hope of that have so far been enacted. | it. the great defect in the law de-| “All good cause$ must finally triumph, fo Tremove the public service from | and ours is a good cause. It is the cause uence of politics’ It is a defect | of justice treated with contempt, of tight nscly overlooked by many of the prom- | suppressed by force, and of the dignity of Advocates of reform. And this de-| a people offended to the last degree. sey Ay ems to me, could easily be reme-| “We have thrown ourselves into the died by congressional enactment. Let it be | struggle advisedly and deliberately; we provided that no employe shall be removed | knew what wa would have to face, and we pi f ‘That cause to be clearly | decided unflinchingly to persevere until we ate the accused to be given full and | should emancipate ourselves from the Span- fair opportunity to defend, and the bur-| ish government. And we know that we are den of proof to be on his accuser. Then | able to do it, as we know that we ate com- We will have no arbitrary dismissals. Then | petent to govern ourselves. Experience has the worthy clerk can hold his head up | taught us that as a people we have nothing and speak his mind, decently and in order, | to envy the Spaniards; in fact, we feel our- on all proper occasions. Then the tempor- | selyes superior to them, and from them we ary official, clothed with a Mttle brief au-| can expect no improvement, no better edu- thority, will be shorn of a. power which | cation. is too often abused. Then civil service} “With regard to the knowledge of modern reform, in substance, as well as in name, | institutions and to democratic sentiments, will control in the executive departments. | we are far more advanced than the Span- And then will the servants of the govern- | fards. In that respect and in many others ment at Washington be justified In buying | we have nothing in common with the Span- homes for their old age. ish people. We are Americans, we breathe AUGUST DONATH. | the pure air of free institutions, and we ————__ contemplate with envy the government of Court of Claims Judgment. Se Pe Be Re reese San Sor ai geo Senator Burrows, from the committee on | ®. ¢laims, has reported an amen:iment to the sundry clvil appropriation bill introduced By Mr. Harris providing for the allow- | Beco of several hundred claims reported By the Court of Claims under the Bow- claims 2 employe. The only fault, or the chief fai — +0 —____ His Exelusiveness, From the Chicago Record. “You don’t read novels as much as you used to, Mr. Beverly.” “No, there are so few women in fiction nowadays that are fit to associate with.” act. Sggregate about $500,- THE RETIREMENT BILL Two Views of the Proposition and Some Strong Language. interesting History of the Measure and Forcible Arguments in Its Favor. Discussion of the clerks’ retirement Dill still engages the attention of those most interested in it. An “oid clerl who probably has made abundant provision for the “rainy day,” writes The Star as follows: “Just a few words more from another of those ‘poor government clerks,’ who are so unfortun- ate as to be in the departmental or cus- toms service, and unlike our very fortunate fellow creatures, who have to work from eight to twelve hours a day for 312 days in a year, often at the ‘large salary’ of from $5 to $6 a week, helping to produce the wealth of this country; again I say, how very fortunate they are, for there is not a word said about appointing a guardian for them, to deduct two per cent of their sala- ries and deposit it as a retirement fund af- ter they are incapacitated for work. But us ‘poor government clerks’ (‘Oh! my country! how we do suffer for thee’), qraw- ing the largest salaries paid any class of clerks in the world, working six and one- half hours a day for eleven months in the year; given all holidays, besides thirty days’ sick leave, which is often spent at Atlantic City or some other health-giving summer resort to recuperate exhausted nature caused by long hours and hard labor, still receiving a full year’s pay with no deduc- tions, Buy a House. “Now, fellow-clerks, one word of advice, be men and stop this silly talk of a pension, placing yourselves before the world as mendicants,asking your fellow-clerks to pay you a princely salary after having received one for thirty years, simply because you have seen fit to squander yours. If you do not wish to pay rent, there are plenty of goed houses in this city, or in the near-by suburbs, to Le bought on easy terms, and y practicing a little economy you can save your own competency for old age. Above sh try and improve yourselves through all, even though it may be called a “make- scme of the many mediums given in Wash- ington, so that should you lose your gov- ernment position, you can step out without being either a beggar or a pauper. Constitutionality, Mr. Joseph Trainor, also an opponent of the measure, sends The Star a communi- cation which he says is his la He says ed, Mr. Broadus, said: ‘It should be di tinetly understood that, the clerk is buying an annuity fcr himself, ete.’ Gut sup- pose ‘the clerk’ don't’ want to ‘buy an for himself.’ Should he be Or, Task agai constitutional ul Ned ‘to do it? the prerogaiive clerk buy an annuity {or himselt? to He the matter, I think it i if Congress passes the Ti y Gerk that goes to work the day sa! ‘As to the constitutionality of dle to discuss it; wney bill every goes into effect acquiesces in a new contract fer his servic is bound by # Here, 1 think, Mr. Broadus ms outside his hosts y clerk who ‘goes to work the day after it goes into effect “will not” acquiesce in it.’ On the contrary, I think its constitutionality will be tested in the courts. But I have no fear that Congress will pass such a bill. I have contidence that there are enough good, sound constitutional lawyers on the committee on the civil service for it not to report a bill containing an un- constitutional feature, and if it should be reported then the best thing for Congress to do would be to refer it to the judiciary committee to report on its constitutionality before essaying to pass it. There are many other specious argu- ments used by Mr. Broadus, and the other advocates of tne bill. One of their first be i itions was that a dedu t would maintain the ‘oension’ or ‘re- tirement’ fund. But a very little figuring showed them that it would not do it, and now they say that if two per cent won't maintain the fund 21% or perhaps 3 per cent will do it! Can such persons ag thi trusted to formulate 2 measure to | betual And to affect thousands of their fellow-clerks to the extent of millions of dollars—fer there are ‘millions in it’ for somebody—when they don't know their own is in even so small a matter, so easy of lation as this—what per cent yearly of the clerks’ salaries would be required to sustain such a fund? They seem to be groping in the dark, the only thing scem- ingly visible to their eyes being the benelits to accrue to themselves from the coveted ‘pension fund.” here is talk about the government be- ing the ‘custodian of the fund.’ The gov- ernment does not propose to guarantee any- thing connected with it—neither intere: nor principal. If the fund becomes «de- pleted or exhausted, as it surely will on any basis yet presented for its sustenance, the government does net undertake to pay back the money paid in by the clerks, and so it Is not the ‘safest custodian in the world’ for this fund, so far as seeing that the money paid in is paid b: to the oo” if they do not become pen- ‘The argument ebout its paving the way for ‘promotions af the junior clerks’ by re- tiring the older ones is one of the specious ones, but I co not think it would influence any young clerks—of whom I am not one to indorse the measure. The number of old clerks retired would be fully enough to exhaust the fund quickly, but hardly eroush to make an appreciable difference in the number of promotions, especially af- ter the first year, when the first batch of veterans has been retired. As to the meas- ure being a ‘completing of the principle of civil service reform,’ if the civil service re® form is as dishonest in its other features as this proposition appears to be, the best thing that could be done with it in the in- terest of public morality would be to wipe civil service reform out of existence. Some Refutations, “It has been intimated that the clerks who oppcse the measure are ‘standing in their own light’ and ‘oppose everything ‘on of two per that is for the benefft of themselves and their fellow-employes,’ as a writer said in The Star of the 5th instant. I deny that the proposed measure is for ‘the benefit’ of any large per cent, even of the govern- ment employes, as every reasonable per- son must krow, that is, that any large per cent of them will ever be benefited by it. “I also deny that a ‘majority’ of the clerks {n the departments are in favor of the proposition, if the departments were fully canvassed as to it. “Also, it has been heralded with some- what of a flourish that the members of the civil service commission and the higher officials of the departments favor the scheme, as if that should have any weight in determining whether it should become a law and be enforced. Has this commission or these higher officials any interest in the matter? Do they contribute any of the money to create or sustain the fund? “In reply to Mr. Campbell of the War Department, I will say that the figures given in my communication to The Star of the 5th instant were not my figures, but those cf Mr. Mortimer of the Post Office Department, an advocate of the measure. Therefore, there is nothing ‘unfair’ about them, so far as I am concerned; only I do not think they have been accepted, if I understand the scope of the Tawney bill.” - History of It. An interesting contribution to this gen- eral subject is the followirg communication on the history of the retiremgnt idea, which comes from an old clerk: “Feeling diffident about troubling you on a much-worn subject, but knowing that it may be interesting to many of your readers, the writer ventures to give you the genesis of the plan to retire civil service employes. Mr. Collamer of Vermont, years ago, whilst he was the Postmaster General, partially prepared a plan; but it was never thorough- ly formulated. In 1877, at the request of Mr. Cox of New York—‘Sunset’—the writer drew a bill to legalize such a measure. Mr. Cox was heartily in favor of it and devoted Much time to its development; but the bill was never introduced nor printed. He gath- ered many statistics, and, after he died, a number of elaborate documents bearing upon the subject were found in his effects. In 1891 the writer had a long correspon ence with the late George William Curtis cn the subject. He was as- enthusiastic about it as a man could well be, but his death put an end to his efforts. The latest statistics, brought together in 1891, showed that that fiscal year $9,679,260 were. appro; to pay 7,893 government clerks in Washington city. Their pey, therefore, averaged $1,228 and a fraction per annum. A 2 per centym deduction from this gross amount, $9,672, would amount to $193,585.20. It would;seem that that yearly income would be # than sufficient to support the measu! It was proposed to make retirement opifgnal after thirty years’ service, but no one,should be forced to re- tire unless he weré,upable to perform his duties. 3 “The plan is anal tially supports the and a half cents us to that which par- diers’ Home. Twelve {Af deducted from the pay of every goldier.in the regular army every morth. That; Money is turned into the treasury. Therg being about 25,000 en- listed men, this gross sum amounts to about $37,500 per apnum. “It was well knowy, that the sense of our pecple, as expressed by the legislators, was crposed to their retirement of civil service employes, but if the plan could be made self-supporting that objection would be eliminated. Hans Strong Support. “It would be indelicate to mention them all, but there have been many pitiful cases among clerks. An old gentleman who had served the government as a clerk for forty- eight years, when he became eighty-four years old was palsied, removed and went to the almshouse. There have been scores of similar cases. Under the plan proposed @ modest support would be Insured to such for the few years they might live. A Sec- retary with manly feelings would dislike to remove an old servant thus, but if he could retire such he would open up a series of promotions and appointments, which would tend to dignify the service and stim- ulate the younger men. Take an $1,800 clerk; were he retired it would make four Promotions and an appointment. If there were no retirement system he and his friends would resist the removal, and thus congest the service to that extent. “The writer can assure the government employes that every member of the cabinet, with one exception, and he has not as yet been interviewed, is in fayor of the plan; the whole civil service commission approves it, and every legislator who has been ap- proached thus far will indorse it, provided it can be shown that it can be made self- supporting, that it fs not intended as an ‘enterivg wedge’ to take money from the treasury.” Another View. | One clerk writes The Star, drawing en ar- gument from the way farmers sometimes keep aged horses long after they have ceased to be useful, and also from the cus- tom of shtve owners in the suuth who took care of their old ana worn-out servants. He exe! mals and sla aplary treatment of dumb ani- as {ts counterpart in the Kindness shown to servanis and emploses in all civilized countries. Mercantile com- panies of long the Brit- ish East Int Company, frequently iave a retired list of old employes. Universitics colleges in this country are following tions in retiring their profe: lanks do likewise, and ts Company continues to. pi older help after they are no longer able to mn perfo that the'r f erever Uh mer duties. The fact is position of the person modera civili- ment as a re- n the re- employed is permanent, o' pen gation brings forth sult. This is espec tirement of the civil and mili employes 1 the countries of Europe, includir ssia, Turkey, in China, Japan and Bra- but i been ex- hereto- fere, civil positions hay n held 10 be- long to that partieutar political party in power. We have beep since 1837 under the ‘To-the-victor-belong-the-s| We are now returnineto ¢ and so sure as of retirement wil fokow. Permanency of Pcsition and retirement of cove ployes are mutually bennd toxether. ever retards one crifiples the other, a: the advocacy of the oie, which we are now doing, insures the pe: anency of the other. Aside from the bene#f# to the government and to those immediatety concerned, the re- tirement of clerks would incidentally be of great help to the city of Washington. Clerks would then énter the servi with the intention of remd!ning. ‘They would bny homes here; and after being here so long, would probably ‘temain afte retiring, and thus materially“increase the popula: tion and wealth of the city. “What we want nowsis not a particular system of retirement, ‘but’ any system of retirement. We should not bicker about t but have the-thinz started. No- body but a fool will expect it to be perfect rting, but time will show the faults of the system, and when the faults are dis- covered, they can be remedieds" > CONVENED. courT Canes Before the Fnirfax Jade and Jury. Correspondence of The Evening Star. < COURT HOUSE, Va., April 22. aty court convened Monday, Judge D. M. Chichester on the bench. Special grand jury of inquest w sworn, with John H. Hurst, foreman, and returned true bills of insictment against Joseph Upshur for an attempt to commit a e; Geo. Turner for stealing a horse from James W. Roberts; Harry P. and Thomas Henry for break- ing jail, after conviction of felony. Turner being arraigned and pleading ‘guilty’ was iteneed to the penitentiary for éight years, Upsher was arraigned and pleaded ‘not guilty,” and the trial set for Satur- day. Carroll Pulland, a white boy, whose mother gave his age as sixteen years (and he does not look to be that old), pleaded guilty to the charge of horse stealing, and Was sentenced to the peritentiary for three years. Efforts are being made, however, to get him into a reformatory institution in- stead of confining him in the penitentiar: The wills of Charles W. Dulaney and Cy- rus Turner were approved and ordered to be recorded. An autherticated copy of the last will of Richard H, Summers of Lou- doun county was probated. Administration on the estate of Bertha E. Lynn was granted to Jne. W. Lynn. A. L. Bayley of Washington, D. C.,- was admitted and sworn as counsel in this court. Wm. F. Thomas applied for a retail liquor dealer's license at Riverside Park, but objection be- ing made the case was continued to the second day of next term. Liquor dealers’ licenses were granted H. V. Utterback at Cenzreville, F. G. Mayhugh at Clifton, F. Cc. Davis at Cecoquan, T. F. Burrows at The Village. County ——_—. Tracing a Daughier. Correspondence of The Evening Star. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, April 23, 1996. George Lively, the father of the two girls who were abducted in Alexandria Monday afternoon, was here today in an- swer to a telegram stating that Lilly, the daughter still missing, was in the custody of the Fairfax officers. The telegram had been sent only upon a rumor, which after- ward proved to be incorrect. ‘That the ab- ductors and the girl had been in the town yesterday afternoon is quite certain, as several after the desoription given by’ Mr. Lively, testified. They, were traced as far as Germantown, a little village about two miles west of here. at, this piace they in- quired of a colored man the way to Aldie. Mr. Lively at once huyried on toward Al- die, which is about twenty miles west of here, in hopes that ne might overtake his missing daughter. Church Troubles. The Macedonia Baptist Church troubles at Hillsdale have reatted the Police Court, but there was no trial'of the case, for the reason that no law ha@ been violated, and the prosecuting attorney thought the case should be settled in the civil courts. Warner Waddy and. Richard Wright were complained against by Peter Singleton for alleged destruction va ‘ivate preperty—re- moving the lock from ire door. The trouble in the, ¢hurch has been in- vestigated by a coun of ministers, but the minority did not accept this action as final, and the Rev. Mason is still occupying the pulpit. It is said that the case will be taken into the civil courts. ———_ Denied in Vain. Fa Eli Jackson, @ colored man who believes in having light, was a prisoner in Judge Miller’s court this morning because he stole a lighted lamp from a pile of building ma- terial on Vermont avenue. “I didn’t steal the lamp,” sald Jackson. “When I start out to steal I’m going to steal something better than an old lam He was fined $10 or thirty days in jal, ——.__. He Does. - From Truth. Westerner—"A man can’t travel on his face in this part of the country.” Easterner—“Oh, yes he can, if he has enough whiskers on it. Look at Peffer,’ PEACE TO PREVAIL (Cortinued from First Page.) think that the United States people should be glad that the sister English-speaking na- tion had possessed herself ‘of the Dutch colonies in the South sea and the Dutch possessions in South Africa; that she had an impregnable fortress on the southern point of Spain and an island fortress in the Mediterranean, with no territory of her own in the vicinity. These instances, said Mr. Smalley, seem to be regarded as legitimate objects of applause, while the crowding of boundary lines on the Ameri- can continent are allowed without protes' Yet, to suggest that the United States should establish itself as a naval power was immediately declared to be “jingoism.”” Mr. Smalley said he was from a state whose rivers mingle with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of St. Law- rence and the Hudson bay, and he did not believe that the sentiment of the Ameri- can people was in favor of the United States’ confining its mission on the globe strictly within its own limits. . A point of order was made against Mr. Smalley’s remarks as not being germane to the subject under consideration by the conference, but it was overruled. Should Become a Sea Power. Continuing, Mr. Smalley sald the Union wanted arbitraticn not because it was weak, but because it was a young and strong and combative nation. It wanted to contest for the commercial supremacy of the world, It could not do this without becoming a sea power, and the United States was bound to build itself a strong There were cries of “Yes,” “No,” “No,” at this assertion. Mr. Smalley described how England com- manded the entrance to Puget sound and how the great lakes were at the mercy of her gunboats in case of trouble between the countries. In conclusion, he warmly favored the establishment of an interna- tional court of arbitration. ce Carl Schurz Replies. Mr. Schurz replied to Mr. Smalley. He said that when it was said that the Union should be a great sea power, one should first consider what such a thing meant. It meant that the United States must have a naval armament equal to that of Great Britain and France combined. Are we ready for such a thing he inquired, and there was a chorus of noes. Modern navies, said Mr. Schurz, are ex- periments. No one knows what a modern battle ship will do in action. It is a great and President Angell. mass of delicate machinery, in which, If one piece gets out of order, the whole is useless. The only thing proven about them is that if two of them touch each other, one must go down. It would be wise to with- hold the untold millions necessary to make the Union a sea power until the gigantic experiments in the naval line are com- pleted. “I want to show the United States flag in all parts ef the werld, too, ejaculated Mr. Schurz, in conclusion, “but I want to see it floating over our commercial navy. I want to see it carrying our products, our ideas, our civilization, and then I ‘don’t care whether it carries our guns or not.” Gen. Howard Loves Manliness, There was great applause when Mr. Schurz ceased and Gen. O. O. Howard was introduced by Senator Edmunds as a man of peace, who knew something about war as well. Gen, Howard said he loved manliness. We could never lose anything by a manly assertion of our national dignity. So far as the navy was concerned, how. ever, there was no necessity for any large navy than there was for a larger army. The army and navy were the national po- lice forces, and the police force of New York city might as well be abolished and that communi@ expected to be law-abiding and quiet and peaceful. He was heart and soul in favor of arbitration, and had given his whole mind to the work of the confer- ence, and he felt sure that it would be ac- ecmplished. One or two other delegates made brief re- murks, and Dr. Chamberlain announced that the order of business at the afternoon session would be the consideration of the report of the committee on resolutions, and that the part.each delegate would take in the debate would be limited according to the number who expressed their intention of speaiing on the subject. He also an- nounced that the mass meeting tonight at Allen’s Grand Opera House Would be ad- dressed,among others,by J. Randolph Tuck- er of Virginia, Bishop Keane of the Cath- clic University, President Elliott of Har- vard College, President Patten of Prince- ton and J. O. Broadhead of Missouri. The Committee of Twenty-Five. Judge Charies P. Daly of New York re- ported from the committee on permanent organization the names of twenty-five gen- tlemen who had been selected as members of a committee to follow up the work of the conference and provide for the prose- cution of the object desired. They were as follows: Charles G. Harrison, Herbert Welsh and J. H. Converse of Pennsylvania, Henry Hitchcock of Missouri, J. Randolph Tucker of Virginia, D. M. Key of Tennes- see, ex-Gov. Pillsbury of Michigan, Horace Davis of California, Alexander P. Hum- phrey of Kentucky, Charles E. Turner of Louisiana, Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecti- cut, Oscar R. Hundley of Alabama, W. H. Taft of Ohio, Wm. E. Dodge, L. T. Cham- berlain, John B. Moore, George L. Rives and Carl Schurz of New York, Lyman J. Gage, Wm. C. Gray and W. A. Fuller of Illinois, Chas. Francis Adams, President Elliott and Edward Atkinson of Massachu- setts, Josiah Crcsby of Maine, Fleming Du Bignon of Georgia and Chancellor McGill of New Jersey. eThe conference then took a recess until 3 o'clock this afternoon. ELOQUENT ON THE THEME. Addresses by Carl Schurz, Edward At- *kihson and President Angell. An auditorium probably never held so in- telligent and thoughtful a gathering as that which assembled in Metzerott's Hall last night in attendance upon the session of the international arbitration conference. The representative men from all parts of the Union who are actively participating in the deliberations of the body were rein- fcrced by hundreds of men and women who were not less earnest than the delegates in their desire for such an ameliorating in- fluence on the future relations of nations to each other as the attainment of the object under consideration would exert. The floor and gallery seats were fully oc- cupied when ex-Senator Edmunds called the body to order and proceeded to intro- duce President Angell of the University of Michigan in complimentary terms. When the presiding officer learned that the order of speaking had been changed, and that Mr. Carl Schurz would make the first ad- dress, he declared that everything he had said about President Angell held good about Mr. Schurz. The Humanity of Arbitration. The latter’s address was a thoughtful and scholarly dissertation upon the principle of arbitration, which, history taught, was the mest humane and economical method of settling international differences. While admitting that many great and beneficent things had resulted from war, the existing conditions between the civilized nations of today and the intercourse established be- tween them largely precluded war as an agency to be exerted in behalf of salutary objects. A war between civilized nations "Afler describing the object of the presen! 5 e 01 t movement, which was to make arbitration more easy, more regular, more normal and more habitual, and thus render recourse to war more difficult than heretofore, Mr. Schurz said that in this movement the United States was a natural leader, stronger than any nation of Europe in the number, intelligence, vigor and patriotism of its peo- Fle, and standing aloof from the feuds of the old world. In the minds of some men rival powers were watching every chance to humiliate us, yet there was really no power or combination of powers that could wish or afford a serious quarrel with the United States, for in resources and endur- ance the United States was strongest of all. Foreign Respect for the Union. He continued: “The alarmists about the hostility’to us of foreign powers usually have Great Britain in their minds. I am very sure President Cleveland, when he wrote his Venezuela message did not mean to provoke a war with Great Britain. But the language of that message might have been construed as such a provocation by anybody inclined to do so. Had Great Bri- tain wished a quarrel with us, here was a tempting opportunity. Everybody knew that we had but a small navy, an insignifi- cant standing army, and no coast defenses; that, in fact, we were entirely unprepared for a conflict. The public opinion of Burope, too, was against us. What did the British government do? It did not avail it- self of that opportunity. On the contrary, the queen's speech from the throne grace- fully turned that message into an ‘expres- sion of willingness’ on the part of the United States to co-operate with Great Britain in the adjustment of the Venezuela boundary dispute. All Questions Could Be Settled. “It has been said that the conciliatory mildness of this turn was owing to the im- pression produced in England by the Ger- man emperor's congratulatory dispatch to the president of the South African repub- lic. If the two things were so connected it would prove what I have said, that even the strongest European government will be deterred from a quarrel with the United States by the opportunities which such a quarrel would open to its rivals.” Arguing rgainst a large navy, Mr. Schurz quoted statistics te show that when the commerce of the United States was gre: est its navy was comparatively -small. He denied that there were disputes which in their nature could not be submitted to arb!- tration, and said that it would be found, when the habit of submission vgs estab- Kshed, mcst questions could be settled by arbitration. Mr. Atkinson on the Jingocs. Mr. Edward Atkinson followed Schurz. Mr. Atkinson's speech was largely a plea for the abolition of privateering. Cities should be Ceclared free from bombardment and spoliaticn, making such reserv. 8 for the defense of the harbors as would forbid the ships of any petty state from entering by force. Why, he asked, should it be the duty of officers of the navy to do what would disgrace officers Then he sa‘d: “How absurd has the po tion of the jingoes in Congress becom! and how superfluous any threat of war o the Venezuelan boundary que the comm in of most em! appointed, only on cur part, to whom ac cess has been so readily given by the goy- ernment cf the United Kingdom to all the evidence en which they rest their case.” He believed the decree had been uttered by the people of Great Britain that all dis- putes about the title of lend and questions between states, which between individe would be submitted to arbitration, shoul be submitted to an international cou Turning tc the economic phase of the qu tion, Mr. Atkinson arged that the nations of Europe are impoverished by maintaining standing armies by what he called “pas- ive war,” attacked the policy of building commerce destroyers,” showed that the United States, on the besis of European armements, would maintain an army of 900,000 men, and held that only by interna- tional agrecments to maintain peace could prosperity be restored to the world. President Angel's Addres: President Angell was the last speaker. He created enthusiasm by his declaration that the United States should stand ready to fight for her honor and her territory The practical difficulties, he said, in tablishing a general court of arbitratio’ were very serious, and there is no evi- dence that the great nations are ready for it, but it was not extravagant to hc that Great Britain and the United St might set up such a t President Angell said “Possibly we are more in danger of drift- ing into war on slight occasion than we were forty years ago. We have out of our civil war a new consciousn, military strength, which hs tions and its dangers. A hurled at us by the British premier in the heat of discussion, like a ringing challenge, flushed our cheeks and loosed our tongues. Would it have been hard for indiscreet men at the head of the two governments to have involved us in a war in the first week after the message on Venezuela? One of the great advantages of a compulsory re- sort to arbitration is that time must be geined for reflection. Mr. “Some oppose a stipulation to resort to arbitration because there rt sub- jects on which a nation cannot ate. Such, by common ce its inde- pendence. Such is, der the guise of a boundary question, any serious inroad on the integrity of its territory. Such are deliberate national insults.” In conclusion, he said: Army and Navy § “Our army is now hardly large enough for the police power which it fs liable to be called upon to exercise, and our navy is none too large to protect our interests In the lands where our countrymen are found. They should not be reduced in strength. Let us stand before the world prepared to defend ourselves, if need be, with our good right arms, as becomes those who believe that there are ralamities more dreadful to a nation than war. Eut let us make no claims on other nations which are nut just claims. Let us show our confidence in the justice of them by our willingness to submit to a properly constituted tribunal all questions between us and other powers which do not involve our honor or our independence.” Conference Officers and Committees. ‘The vice presidents of the conference are: Oscar R. Hundley of Alabama, U. M. Rose of Arkansas, Charles Dudley Warner of Connecticut, N. P. Hill of Colorado, John T. Valentine of California, W. J. Boardman of the District of Columbia, Ignatius C. Grubb of Delaware, V. B. Lamar of Florida, N. J. Hammond of Georgia, Cyrus H. Mc- Cormick of Illinois, Goy. Claude Matthews of Indiana, Right Rev. William Stevens Perry of lowa, Gov. E. W. Morrili of Kan- ses, James P. Helm of Kentucky, Charics E. Fenner of Louisiana, Ferdinand C. La- trobe of Maryland, Charles L. Eliot of Mes- sachusetts, Gov. John J. Rich of Michigan, Charles A. Pillsbury of Minnesota, Josiah Crosby of Maine, R. B. Fulton of Missis- sippi, Henry Hitehcock of Missouri, Guy William H. De Witt of Montana, Abram 8. Hewitt of New York, Charles Green of New Jersey, Julian 8. Carr of North Caro- lina, B. A. Kimball of New Hampshire, Alvin Saunders 6f Nebraska, J. W. Adams of Nevada, H. C. Simmons of North Da- kota, Daniel P. Felis of Ohio, D. S. K. Buick of Oregon, H. W. Scott of Oklahoma, c. C. Harrison of Pennsylvania, Rowland Bazard of Rhode Island, W. H. Brawley of South Carolina, Right Rev. W. H. Hare of South Dakota, Richard B. Hubbard of Texas, D. M. Key of Tennessee, George Q. Cannon of Utah, U. A. Woodbury of Vermont, William M. Thornten of Virginia, Gov. John H. McGraw of Washington, Gov. W. A. McCorkie of West Virginia, Samuel D. Hastings of Wisconsin and Gov. W. A. Richard of Wyoming. The secretaries are John Joy Edson of this city, Dr. Josiah Strong of New York and W. R. Thompson of Pittsburg. ‘The committees of the conference are as follows: Resolutions—James B. Angell of Michigan, J. B. Moore of New York, Horace White of New York, Henry Hitchcock of Missouri, J. L. M. Curry of Washington, E. W. Blatch- ferd of Tilinols, Charles E. Green of New Jersey, G. S. Hale of Massachusetts, N. J. Hammond of Georgia, Henry H. Ingersoli of Tennessee, John A. Kasson of Iowa, William Lawrence of Ohio, Joseph Packard of Maryland, John J. Valentine of Califor- nia and J. M. Woolworth of Nebraska. Order of business—Rev. L. T. Chamber- lain of New_York, Cyrus McCormick of Connecticut, J. L. Billings of Pennsylvania, W. B. Payne of Boston and J. C. Norris of New Orleans. Notes of the Conference. Mr. Andrew Carnegie accompanied his re- grets at his inability to attend the con- ference with a check for $1,000 toward pay- irg its expenses. A resolution, offered by John Doliphen of Missouri, to decline the contribution because the donor was en- aall Enough, gaged in manufacturing “munitions of War” was promptly laid on the table. George Q. Cannon, father of the present Senator from Utah, and formerly delegate * in Congress himself, was warmly greeted by the many friends he made in Washing- ton years ago. Mr. Canron has long been recognized as the brainiest man that Utah has ever had, Brigham Young not ex- cepted. Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard's activity and enthusiasm in behalf of the success of the conference are inspiring to many who are years his junior. There was great applause yesterday af- ternoon when Mr. Hubbard introduced Mr. John W. Foster “the arbitrator between China and Japan.’ Gen. O. O. Howard is one of the most eager members of the conference in behalf of its object. Carl Schurz was a prominent figure on the platform yesterday, and he seems to retain all his old-time vigor and snap. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, who has just returned from a trip to California, was on the platform yesterday, and was very Warmly welcomed. — A DELIGHTFUL OUTING. Arrangements for the Board of Trade Shad Bake Next Month. The committee of arrangements for the coming excursion and shad bake of the board of trade, te be held Saturday, May 9, is now engaged in mapping out the pro- gram for the occasion, which is expected to be fully equal to the similar outiz.gs which have been so much enjoyed in the past. The principal features of the arrangeme nis, as propesed at present, that the party, con- sisting of the members of the board of trade and their gues‘s, including the mem- bers of the cabinet and of tne two hovses of Congress, will leave the y on the steamer Macalester at 1:30 o'clock, proceed- ing at once to Indian Head. Lunch will be served immediately on the steamer le: ving the wharf. A a ad tui will withont z. he party d to Marshall Ha ter op- ty for strolling around th that resort, and in producing Spo affords, @ Returning, the sonanle hour. vos be pig ion ees may be made the day will orn ts of ——_ For Divorce. Anna Cannon, through Attorney ton Williamson, to filed divorce from Jokn E. Ca — Wills Fitea, The will of the late Patrick A. : lagan, dated April 6, 1896, and filed today, ap- points Anna Flanagan, the widow of the tes tor, executrix and makes cficiary. Mrs. Flanagan is provide a home for her husband The will of the son, dated September today. The entire widow of the t 2 80 long as er death the ed among the children Ii n remarries, she is to have of the estate, and the child der, Oliver H. Reed, a s ed exe er sol to roperty he estate, including ; equally amorg a brother, e of the t Arrested on Suspicion. Ward Hamilton was arr by Policeman Owens on suspic connected with the murder of Jot Hall, the shoemaker. investigated, but find any ted yesterday of being Wesley His statem were officer was unable to ence to connect him with the muré Today he was committed to the work house by Judge Kimball. The police will make a further investigation of the case. Hamilton, the px about the time the m and he say: jail in Ri ice claim, left here nurder Was committed, he has served thirty days in hmond during his absence Robberies Reported. A Fairmount bicycle,*the property of H. F. Pollock of the Mount Vernon H stolen last night at 13th s northwest. les Kellog, 1829 4th street, the theft of a coat fr ay. A rubber plant wa: irem the front yard of west. . RS streets and has his yard stolen last night {th street north- CW. fex asked the police to fnd an overcoat which was stolen from the tase ball_groun rday G. W. Boyt ns that a suit of clothes and pairs’ of trousers were Stolen from 12th and Water streets T: day night. —— No Address. Carl Wet a letter carrier, ile ma ing his ccllections yesterday, found a s' bex on the letter box at 3d and C rortheast. There was no address up< = n it, and so when he reached the Capitol Hill pest office the bex was opened. It was found to contain the dead body of a white male infant. The police took charge of the bedy, and removed it to the police sta- tion. There was no clue to the person who left the bcx there. Coroner Hammett gave a certificate of death, and the body was sent to potter's field esses ae Parliament Clerks and Civil Service. From Chambers’ Journal. Popular situations and desirable ones are clerkships in eitler house of parliament. In 1857 the clerk of the house of commons, Sir Reginald Palgrave, ‘atroduced the sys- tem of limited competition. ‘There are usually one or two vacancies annually, and the obligatory part ef th sides the usual subjects, embraces -consti- tutional history and Latin, while the amin: be- tior op- tioral subjects include Greck, Freach, Ger- man and mathema’ f which subj the candidate n attempt two orly. examination fee is £6, and the limits age are ninefeen and twenty Clerks betw: 5 of rin Ee twenty nts do not n Lor + Must be with such a place of res noe as shall meet with the approval of tbe clerk of the house of commons. The whole clerical staff in this house numbers thirty-four, and the salaries run from £100, the figure at which a junior be- gins, to £1,000, at which the remuneration of the principal clerk culminates. The staff of clerks in the house of lords smaller, but is recruited in a similar way. —_+e-+—_____ Finnish Matrimony. From Vignettes of Finland, by Clive Bayley. All the way our driver had been very chatty. He told us how he had chosen his wife. He said: “There wes some talk of her in the village. My aunt’s nephew spoke to me of her, but I never saw her till the day before we were engaged. When I heard of her I went to the puhumies (man of speeca), who slways arranges these things. I gave him five marks her. She liked what she heard of me, and she gave him, as she was bound, a white shirt. Then I thought I would see her, so we arranged to meet at church at Unni- kiemi, end we went there and it was all right. We get on together.” The Repetition of the Joke Annoying. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. When a prominent Wiscasset man, one evening not long ago, told an admiring crowd how, when a boy, he gathered a big pile of brush for a fire so as to ring the bell and “fool ‘em” on the morning of April 1, but the wind changed and they didn’t dare to set the fire, but they did ring the bell “just the same,” he felt quite proud of his youthful exploit. But when, the next night, which happened to be the an- niversary of his performance, somebody rang a false alarm and got him out of bed by it, he was so indignant that he has of- fered a reward of $10 for the detection of the culprits.