Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1896, Page 1

THE EV PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 Peansylvazis Avzaze, Cor, 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspapsr Oompaay, 8. H. KAUFFMANA, Pres't. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents w mouth. Copies at the eeenrer 2 cents each. By mail—enywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—S0 cents ber month. Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, §1 per year, with forvign postage ndded, $3.00. Entered at the Dost Odice at Washington, D. C., as secend-ciass mall matter.) can uh CLOSING SCENES oe ae Both Branches of Congress Simply Killing Time. WallING FCR THE ADJOURNMENT HOUR Light Attendance at Both Ends of the Capitol. INCIDENTS OF THE SESSION Congress has been In a comatose state all day. It met at 11 o'clock in both branches, and lingered in an unconscious condition, 80 to speak, all through the afternoon,with- out any Interruption of vitality. The hou of adjournment at 4 o'clock was awaited at both ends of the Capitol with an tm- patience that was hardly eager, because nobody took any Interest in the proceed- ings. It was simply a case where there were no possibilities In the situation. All the work had been done, all the struggles ended, ything had been accomplished but the merely clerical routine Incidental to the closing hours of a session. The two houses were in practically a state of recess from the time they convened until The Star went to press, and it is presumed that they will continue in that condition until 4 o'clock, when at each end of the great cor- ridor that traverses the Capitol from north to south the gavels will fall simultaneous with the declaration that the session ended. eve! is A Tume Adjournment. It is one of the tamest adjuurnments ever known. The absence of most of the prom- irent members of both houses, who have gene to St. Louls cortributes largely to this effect. Another reason is that yesterday was vir- tually the last day of the session, so far as exeitement and work were concerned. As a matter of fact. Congress might have ad- journed last ight had the President fol- lowed the old-time custom of going to the Capitol on the last day to sign bills pre- sented to him for approval. Today's session, therefore, was merely a ccurtesy to the Presider.t, the two houses treading water, as it were, to keep afloat. There was far less than a quorum present each house. A roll call at either end of Capitol would have caused trouble. the Senate met there were not a en Senators on the floor, and at no time s the day were there more than twenty-five within reach of the se-geant- ai-arma. a@ pérfun Those who attended dic so out of tory sense of duty rather than anticipation that anything could be accomplished. They were occupied main- ly in cleaning out their des bandling their documents ard books together ard sending them aw-y to be packed in com- eparatory to the summer ng of the Senate. Discussing the Polit i Occasionally two or three Senators would gather together and tell stortes, while in the cloak rooms and the lobbies there was a general discussion of the political situation. Senators of rival political parties shook hands and renewed sona! friendships, weakened perhups by the emergencies of the past session. The spirit of forgiveness and peace was in the air like a white Winged dove and everybody seemed happ ‘The only incident of the day that marred the serenity of the occasion was the an- nouncement by the Vice President of the District charities commissien, which of- fended several members of the Senate and caused an unpleasant feeling to spring up. Flowers were In evidence to note the al- most gala occasion. of Senator Walthali, having been sent by the citizens of Congress Heights, in order to exptess their gratitude for kis services in aiding in the passage of the Dill incor- porating the Capitai railway, which is to Connect that suburb with the city. Doll in the House. The indications in the House this morn- ing were for a dry and uninteresting clos- ing, devoid of many of the enthusiastic and eventful incidents characterizing the closings of former Congresses. The galleries were sparsely occupied when Speaker Reed rapped the gavel, and the vacant seats on the fioor of the House Letckened that numerous members had taken leave of absence this morning. Later the ga ‘gan to fill, and the esome House seats took on a slightly e animated appearance. In the galleries were faces as familiar as that of the old brass clock which limits the time of speeches. These feces haunt the galleries month in and month out, and their owners would rather lose a mother- in-law than miss the winding-up scenes of the House. The fat man found It quite a pleasant day, so far as the weather was concerned, and shared the Interest of the eccasion with his lean brother without having to be perpetually mopping his brow. There were all kinds of men look- ing down on the lawmakers below, and each of them wore an interested look. A Colored Bride and Groom. Leaning back on one of the gallery seats was a coiored couple, bride and groom. She wore an intensely red hat, profusely dec- orated with flowers and plumes of the same id hue. Her dress was of a gaudy yel- » and her waist was encircled by a belt of a bright color. Her head rested on the back of the seat in the most indifferent style, but she would occasionally rouse her- self and diligently ply a cream-colored fan. A few seats below this couple was a bevy of ladies, attired in dresses of a-variety of colors and materials. A cooing baby was the center of interest in one of the gal- leries. The fond mother smiled every time any one looked at the infant. and she told all who inquired how bright the little thing was. Fifteen or twenty newspaper men lolled around in the press galiery, apparently as listless as the members of the House below. The newspaper ranks had been thinned by the ceparture of a large num- ber of correspondents for St. Louis. Speaker Reed sat in his chair and talked with a few members who walked up to see him. For an hour the monotonous voice of the reading clerk ploughed through the journal of yesterday. On the Floor. On the floor the nervous but brainy lit- tle leader of the House majority, Mr. Dingley, talked with various members who sat down by him; Judge Culberson of Tex- as sat with his feet elevated on the seat in front of him, listening to Ike Hill com- mwvnicate some impertant political secret; Hertman, the Montana silver leader, went througn his desk and cleared it of an ac- cumulation of old papers; Hunter of Ken- tucky, who came near being United States Sezator from his state, vigorously chewed gum and talked with Populist Bell of Col- orado; Delegate Dennis Flynn of Okla- homa looked as talkative as ever as he com¥ersed with mseny of his friends; Fin- ney, the North Carolina orator, perambu- lated through the aisles and patted his friends on the back in true southern style; Shafroth, Colorado's silver republican, earrestly talked to a colloague and gesticu- lated as freely as if he were making a speech; Richardson, the tall democratic leader of Tennessee, nonchalantly picked his teeth, as if he had just left the breal fast table; active little Wheeler of Ala- bama actually sat fifteen minutes in his seat without moving; Catchings, the popu- lar pian, sat behind a beautiful @asket of flowers, presented by an ad- They were on the deek j dete in his mouth, while preparing a letter to mail; the genial Cannon was not in his seat for more than hour, but greeted re- publicans and democrats in the cloak room; Patterson, the gold standard demo- crat, applied himself to letter writing, and paié little attention to his deskmate, Cobb of St. Louis, who talked politics with Lester of Georgia. A Sim Attendance. So it was on all sides. At 12:30 o'clock there were exactly sixty-two members in their seats, and twenty-eight of them were democrats. It was at this hour that Gen. Wheeler found an opening to make a speech, speaking of the terrible expenses of this government compared to other govern- ments. When he had finished the effort Gen. Wheeler went to writing again. In little knots, here and there, members got together and chatted ever some matter. In one of those knots was Boutelle, Sulzer, Cummings and ex-Congressman Tim Camp- haplain Couden spent an hour visiting friends on the floor to“hid them good- Many to Their Venneln. Commander R. B. Bradford has been de- tached from the board of inspection and survey and ordered to command the Mont- gomery, relieving Commander C. H. Davis, who takes his place on the inspection board. Lieut. Lucien Young has been detached from the naval war records office and or- dered to the Detroit; Ensign W. J. Ter- hune from the office of the judge advocate general and ordered to the Yantic, in Ura- guay. The Navy Department has been informed of the death of Lieut. B. E. Thurston, at- tached to the Detroit. He was a‘native of Indiana, and entered the navy in Septem- ber, 1894. Ensign H. A. ns, who has been abroad studying naval architecture, has resigned his commission in the line of the navy to accept an appointment as assist- ant naval constructor with the relative rank of lieutenant. Lieut. J. J. Knapp will leave here in a few days for San Francisco, where he will report for duty on the coast survey steam- er Patterson, stationed on the Pacific coast. All of the vessels of the North Atlantic quadron will be docked and cleaned pre- paratory to the summer drills, and orders bave been given to have this done as svon as possible. At the Brooklyn navy yard the ships will be docked as follows: Mont- gomery, June 11; Columbia, June 13; Cin- June 17; New York, June 20, and n, June 30. The Maine, the the Amphitrite will be docked at the Norfolk navy yard at dates yet to be fixed. The Cincinnati has returned to Tomp- kinsville, N. Y., from a visit to Bridgeport, Conn. — —2—______ DIED AMONG FRIENDS. Consul General Mills’ Account of the Death of Mixn Kate Fields. onsul General Mills at Honolulu has made a repert to the State Department in regard to the death of Miss Kate Field, at Honolulu May 19 last. He says that early in the afternoon of that day he received a message from the Inter-Island Steam Nav- igation Company that Miss Field was ving at their wharf. He reached there in a few minutes and found Miss Field on board the steamer W. G. Hall, which had just arrived from the other islands of the Hawaiian greup. She was unconscious and had been in that condition since morning. Mr. Mills communicated with the U. S. § Jams and a detail of men with a stretcher prompily responded and the dying woman was carried to the house of Dr. John S. McGrew, where she ex- pired in about half an hour. The cause of death was pneumonia. he body of Miss Field was embalmed and the follow- ing day was placed in a vault. Mr. Mills says he has communicated by mail with Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat of the Chi- cago Times-Herald and requested advice from him as to the disposition to be made of the remains and effects of the de ceased. He took this action because he understood that Dr. Kohlsaat is her near- est friend or relative. He says he has taken charge of what effects she had at Honolulu, and that he will send an invea- tory of the same when he can get them together. It is said she left some bag- gage at Hilo, Hawati. The consul general incloses a letter from Dr. Vanderpool Adriance of the yackt Cornet, who was a passenger on the W. G. Hall with Miss Field. Dr. Adriance says that the lady came aboard the steamer at Kealakeakua bay. “She was very sick,” he says, “and was accom- panied by Miss Paris of Keilua. I was called to see her and found her very sick with pneumonia. Miss Parts left us at Kailua, and I stayed with Miss Field during the night, administering medicin: which I fortunately had brought with me, but she did not respond to stimulation ex- cept temporarily. At 2 a.m. of April 1: she changed so rapidly for the worse that I saw there was no hope for her recovery. From that time I only administered stimu- lation with the hope of reaching Hono- lulu before the end. Captain Siemerson very xindly pushed the steamer and we were at our wharf at Honolulu by 1 p.m. Her pulse was flickering and had it not been for your (Mr. Mills’) prompt response to the telephone and rapid work in secur- ing the stretcher she would have died on the ship. I wish to congratulate you on the “expedition with which you managed her removal, for she died only a short time later. Your action allowed her to die among friends at the home of Dr. Mc- Grew.” ——_____-e+____ HAMMOND IS RELEASED. With the Other Reform Leaders Fined a Large Sum. PRETORIA, June 11.—At a special meet- ing of the execttivs council today it was decided to release Mr. John Hays Ham- mond, Colonel Rhodes, George Farrar and J. W. Leonard, the leaders of the Johan- nesburg reform committee, upon the pay- ment of a fine of £25,000 ($125,000) each, or, in default, fifteen years’ banishment. LONDON, June 11.—The “secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, has received a private telegram, saying that the leaders of the Johannesburg rxe- form committee have already been released, subject to a fine. The dispatch adds that the conditions of their release were the stme as imposed upon the other reformers. Dr. J. 8. Jameson and his fellow-con- spirators, who took part in the raid on the Transvaal, were again arraigned, on re- mand at the Bow street police court today, fresh witnesses having arrived from South Africa to testify. Interest *in the case, however, has fallen off almost entirely. ‘The evidence presented was upon the same lines as previously. United States Vice Consul Knight, at Cape Town, South Africa, reported by cable today to the State Department that the imprisoned reform leaders had been re- leased. ‘The cablegram was as follows: “Reform leaders released. Fined £25,000. No banishment.” This finally closes the Hammond inci- dent. ——_ __ The Committee on Subways. Last night Speaker Reed appointed Messrs. Babcock, Odell and Richardson as a commission to sit during the recess of Congress to investigate the question of a general subway system for this city. The members of the commission are members of the District of Columbia committee and are fully conversant with the work put in their charge. c j Tepublicans were enthusiastic D. ©. TELLER AT ST. LOUIS -- | Interest Will Be Felt in His Pos tion and Purposes. CHICAGO NOMINATION TALK WANING Precedents Against a Party Taking Up New Converts, TWO INCIDENTS CITED The arrival of Mr. Teller in St. Louis is expected to add materially to the interest felt in his position and purposes. He is the recognized leader of the silver wing of the republican party. If he Gecides to accept the work of the convention, ail of his as- sociates will accept it. But if he decides to bolt, will all of his silver friends follow him? This is doubted by some very well in- formed men. His influence, strong as it 1s conceded to be, is yet not that strong. Mr. Teller and the Chiengo Conven- tion, For a time, the suggestion of Mr. Teller for the Chicago nomination went unchal- lenged. The more extreme of the silver about it. Many leading democrats thought well of it, and the populists, with him as the leader of the combined silver forces, could see Success at the polls. But mary objections are heard now. Some of the mest promi nent of the democratic leaders, after a more careful cor ideration of the subj are of opinfon that, even If Mr. Teller be- comes evailable, his nomination by their party for President would be a mistake. The Greeley Movement Quoted. The Greeley movement is quoted. The general agreement now is that that was a grave political blunder. But it appeared to those who urged it as a wise step at the time. The south was easily influenced. She was fighting then to shake off local repub- lican rule, which, she charged, was incom- petent and corrupt, and to re-establish the rule of property and education. Mr. Greeley was recommended as the means whereby she was to attain that end. She was as- sured that, if elected President, he would help drive out the men who were called car- pet-baggers. Hoping for that, and with but small thought of national affairs, the south indorsed Mr. Greeley. But, as events plait ly showed, the combination was hopelessly defective. The candidate proved to be a burden to the party, a den to the candidate. The failure at polls was complete and humillating. republicans, with a straightout repa at their head—everything homogene: standing distinctly for what it c Swept the country. Also That of Gresham. Another case cited is that of the late Judge Gresham. He had many of the cle- ments of strength that Mr. Teller poss ses. He was able and courageous and very nuch respected. But he never was ac- cepted by the democratte party as a dem- ocrat. When he became premier of Mr. Cleveland’s administration ne parted com- pany completely with his old associates, but he never became a leader among the new. He, himself, it is very well known, lived long enough to realize the great em- the party a bur- the The barrassments attending the acceptance of high office immediately upon a change of political affillation. That appointment was made by Mr. Cleveland without consulta- tion with the party leaders, many of whom uld strenuously have oposed it. Mr. Eustis of Louisiana, who afterward was sent as ambassador to France, was re- garded in democratic circles as pre-emi- nently the man for the State Department, and the hope was that he would get It. There are those, too, who today believe that had Mr. Eustis been selected the ad- ministration would have escaped the blin- ders which have characterized its foreign policy. His success in his present pust, and the sturdy tone of his Americanism, as shown in his London speech of last year, are quoted to prove that with him as ad- viser the record would have been a source of pride, rather than of regret, to the coun- try. History Against Change. History, therefore, as many democrats new believe, discourages these lightning changes from one party to another. Suc- cess devs not atterd them, either for the iu- dividual making the change or for the perty ucauiring the new recruit. Mr. Teller 1s ap ardent snd sincere silver man, but is he a democrat? If elected President he would be four years in office. Other ques- ticns besides the money question would have to be deait with in that time. Would }he be in agreement with the democracy on anything but silver? And does not party's present difficulty arise from havin, & President not in egreement with it? Services Under the Auspices of the Woman's Relief Corps. Arrangements have been completed for an elaborate celebration of Flag day to- morrow, under the auspices of the Wo- man’s Relief Corps. The exercises are to he held in the Church of Our Father, cor- ner 18 and L gireets northwest, with the Marine Band in atendance, through the courtesy of the Secretary of the Navy, Who Kindly cunsented to order out the mu sicians at the request of the committee in charge of the celebration, Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, chairman; Mrs. Eliza Nailor and Mrs. Mary 8. Gist. Rev. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, will preside, and emong the features of the evening will be a novel and striking flag drill by little children from the Franklin school, unde: the direction of Miss Wise, and a Balch flag salute by girls in charge of Miss Young of the Anacostle schools. Rey. A. G. Rog- ers, pastor of the Church of Our Father, is to deliver the address of the evening, and Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball will give a short talk on what has heen accomplished by the Woman's Relief Corps in the way of patriotic teaching throughout the United States. Among the eelections to be rendered by the Marine Band are the “Grand Army Patrol” and “America.” It is the desire of the Woman's Relief Corps that every one make an effort to display the national colors in some form tomorrow and thus fittirgly observe the 19th anniversary of the adoption of the national flag. ——— Fort Myer Court-Martial. A general court-martial has been ap- pointed to meet at Fort Myer, » #8 soon as practicable, for the trial of such per- scns as may be brought before it. The de- tall for the court is Capts. Henry M. Ken- dall, Henry P. Kingsbury, Frank West, Louls A. Craig, Benjamin H. Cheever and Augustus P. Blocksom, and Licuts. Hugn J. Gallagher, John A. Harman, Harry H. Stout, Herbert A. White, August C. Nissen, Walter C. Short, judge advocate. Private Hammett’s Sentence." Privat> John J. Hammett, light battery C, 3d Artillery, having been convicted by court-martial of violating the 20th article cf war, has ban seatenced to three months’ confinement at hard labor at the Washington barracks and to forfeit $15 of his pay. THURSDAY, JUNE 11 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES THE CHARITIES COMMISSION 'Phe Vice President Appoints Mr. Harris i as Chairman. Although It Was Generally Under- stood That Mr. McMillan Should hat Office, Have At 1 o'clock today Vice President Steven- son, then occupying the chair, announced that under the authority of the District appropriation bill he had designated Sena- ters Harris, Faulkner and McMillan to represent the Senate on the-joint commis- sion to investigate the charities and re- formatory institutions of the District; the first named under the custom indicated as chairman. As {t was generally understood that Mr. McMillen, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, was the chairman of the commission, this announcement caused considerable surprise. It was said that It had been arranged by the steering com- tittee of the Senate, as well as the appro- priations coramittee, that Mr. McMillan should be the chairman of the joint com- mission by virtue of being the senior mem- ber of the Senate committee. Senator Faulkner, as 4 member of the ap- plopriations committee, as well as of the District committee, was a party to the un- derstanding that the jomt commission, so far as the Senate was concerned, sho-ld consist of eSnators McMillan, Proctor and Faulkner. Personally he did not care to serve on the commission, but conseuted to do so 12 order to give the two commaitices on the District and appropriations a jeint representative on the sommission. Senator Allison had been consulted In re- gard to the matter by the members of the siecring commi of both parties, anc had informed ther: that when the confer- ence committee on the District bill agreed to provide for a commission to_ investigate the charities 1t was the particular under- standing of all six of those conferees that Mr. McMillan should be chosen as chatr- ran by virtue not only of his position as chairman of the District committee, but algo because of his acquaintance with the subject. This understanding carried with it an agreement that Mr. McMillan should choose the clerk of the joint commission, j 2nd that this selection should fall upon Mr. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate District ccmmittee. It now turns cut, howeyer ,that Mr. Har- ris went to the Vice President and secured from him a promise to appoint him (Warris) as chairman of the joint c naming him first among the three Senator The Vice President, it is said, did not con- sult with any members of the steering committee or of the appropriations commit- tee, or, beyond Mr. Harris, ef the District committee, bu texercised the Literal author- ity contained ni the District appropriation vill giving him the power to make the ap- pointments. He slezed the first opportunity after the bill had become a lew to make the announcement of hig choite, which so surprised the Senate. It seemed likely today that the misunder- standing will seriously embarrass the com- mission. It is extremely doubtful whether Mr. Mc- Millan will take any part whatever in the proceedings of the cofimission under the circumstances, and {t ig saf@ that Mr. Faulkner's interest has been greatiy chill- ed by the action of the Vice President. It is not known who will ‘he selected to eserve as clerk of the commission. It was the plan that Mr. Moore should utilize the summer in collecting information to be considered by the commission when that body should meet in this city next Novem- ber. Senator Allison said this afternoon to a Star reporter that he had not been con- sulted in the least in regard to the appoint- ment of the Senate members of the joint commission, and it was his understanding that no one on the appropriations commit- tee had been consulted by the Vice Presi- dent. Although indicating his surprise at the unusual action, he would say nothing further. This afternoon the Speaker appointed Representatives Pitney, Blue and Lockery to be the House members of the joint com- mission. —— THE TOBACCO EMBARGO, An Appeal to the Seoretary of Stnte for Proteetion. The Secretary of State has received a letter from the National Assoctaticn of Cigar Manufacturers with reference to the. tobacco embargo, laid upon Cuba by Gen. Weyler. It says that if the ex- isting contracts for the delivery of leaf hacco purchased on the Island of Cuba cannot be enforced great pecuniary loss will result and great hardships be entailed upon many tnousand employes in the United States. An appeal is made to the Secretary of State for protection, and he is requested to take such action for the conservation of the important American in- terests involved in ihis tolacco order as may deemed best under the circumstances. ———— A Bank Clpses Its Boors. Mr. Coffin, acting controller of the cur- rency, has received word that the First National Bank of Larned, Kean., closed Its doors this morning as a result of arun. He instructed Examiner Stainsby to proceed to Larned at once and take charge of the affairs of the bank. The capital of this bank is $50,000 and its deposits are not very large. ———— A Boundary Line Difficalty. Through the annual message of Presi- Gent Uriburu to the Argentine congress, May 7 last, a copy of which has been trans- mitted to the State Department by United States Minister Buchanan, the news has reached here that England has been mutu- ally agreed upon as an arbitrator to settle any points of difference as to the boundary line between Argentine end Chile which can- not be adjusted by negotiations. This was arranged in a protocol, signed April last. Although the press in instances in- dulges in some bitter criticism of the gov- ernment for settling the difficulty in this fashion and without reference in the shape of a formal treaty to the legislative branch, it is conceded that as a renult:all appre- hension of war between: the ‘twe neighbor- ing countries has been dissipated. 2 To Prevent Collisions at Sen. ‘The Prestdent having approved the act passed by Congress at the instance of the American delegates to the international maritime conference relative to the pre- venting of collisions at sea, the State De- partment has taken steps to promptly ac- quaint the British government with the fact that the amendments in the rules sug- gested by it have been made; and it is hoped that there will be no delay in putting the new rules into operation by’ proclama- tion. The acceptance of the changes by a third maritime power js necestary to the inauguration of the rules; but as Germany, as far back as April, 1894, brought forward the very same propositions as those re- cently ratified, there is no doubt entertained that that country will note her adherence. —_—_-_-.-_. Evacuation of North Point. The centennial anniversarysof the evacu- ation of the Northwest Tefritory by the British in 1796 will be celebrated at Detroit July 11. The President hs approved a joint resolution authorizing+the Secretary of the Treasury to plaec a bronze tablet or inscription on the *governfnent building being erected at Detroit. a A Militia Detatl. Capt. Christian C. Hewitt, 1th Infantry, has been detailed tc attend the encamp- ment of the West Virginia National Guard at Huntington, commencing Augrst 4. THE MON That and the Vice Presidential Nominee to Bo Settled. EY PLANK HANNA'S WISH THE LAW AT ST. LOUIS Southern Men Com'ng Out for Gold. fe TALKS WITH THE DELEGATES a Spectal From a Staff Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, June 11.-The anti-McKinley people have not put up even a moderate show of fight. The wish of Hanna is the law cf the convention in most things. vice presidency and the financial plank of the platform are all that have to be ar- ranged. The preference of the McKinley managers for Hobart on the ticket makes the New Jerscy man the leading candidate. Many other candidates are named, but un- less McKinley finds reason to turn to some other, Hobart will be chosen. The McKin- ley managers give this tip. McKinley is wavering on the platform. In the selection of the financial plank is the only thing where there is any idea that his advice will not be followed. This chiefly because he Is not dogmatic on that question. It ts known by all the republi- can managers, those who have opposed him as well as those who support him, that the Ohio man fs in favor of the gold standard. It is only his disposition to be concillatory, to offend no one, to have har- mouy and to hold the republican party to- gether, that leads lim to advise a cou of moderation. Since everybody agrees as to what the platform will mean, no matter how worded, it is difficult to take a stand for some par- ticular form of phrases and to resis strong demand that the convention should be plain spoken. McKinley cannot well take a firm stand and unyieldingly demand that the platform shall not, in so many words, declare for the gold standard. He and his managers can only advise und argue, but they are very insistent that the words “gold standard” shall not be made use of. For them to be too dogmatic in the matter would cause their being put in the faixe position of opposing “sound moncy.” Since Mr. McKinley has informed his friends from the silver states that the plat- form wlll mean gold, no matter what !t says, it is difficult to answer, except with a plea of expediency, the demand of the radical gold men, “Say what you mean. If Mr. McKinley were situated so that he could take a firm position against a gold j platform, he would probably carry his point through at once, as he has every other. As it is, his managers are trying to gain time and to accomplish what they can by persuasion. “Don’t offend any one if you can help it, be tolerant and accom- modating,"’ is the motto. Gold Standard Plank Probable. The impression now is that the radical gold men are strong enough to write a gold standard plenk in the platform. The question fs can they be prevailed upon not to do so. A great number of financial planks have been written and submitted to the radicals on both sides. Four or five different forms of phraseciogy emanated from Mr. Hanna's headquarters last night. They were submitted to the gold standard men and to the extreme silverites, and none cf them got approval from either side. Many suggestions as to this plan have come from the outside. Nearly every politician here ts trying his hand at and many suggestions have been ceived by telegraph from various parts of the country. But with all the twisting and turning of phrases it comes down to the one proposition of whether the financt: issue shall be sharply drawn or whether It shall be avoided. The ast proposition which Mr. Hanna has been struggling with is one which dove-tails a “soun money” plank and a prot on plank to- gether, declaring for the aighest standard of money and the highest standard of pro- tection. Nothing yet is as satisfactory to McKin- ley as the Indiana plank, proof slips of which the McKinley workers carry around in their pockets and circulate when op- portunity is offered. The thing that has increased the pros- pects of the gold standard faction is that the southern delegates are bobbing up for gold. If the percentage holds the gold } men will be able to write the plank. One j of the most active and influential compro- j mise advocates said to me this morning that the gold men would nave :he power | to write the financial plank, with the aid of the southern delegates and nine free silver delegates, on whom they could| count. He was in hopes, however, that | they would stop to consider how greatly a gold standard plank would embarrass the republicans In the middle wesiern states and would rot go io extremes. So few delegates are here, however, that all speculation is based on the opinion of ; a few leaders? What the Stiver Mr. Hanna, after submitting several sug- gestions, asked one of the silver delegates- at-large last night what his folks would agree to. The delegate wrote down: “The restoration of silver to its position prior to 1873. Hanna waved his hand and turned away. Ex-Senator Carey of Wyoming, who was rated in the Senate as a silver man, is very earnestly advocating the adoption of a single gold standard plank. He does not do this as some of the silver men do, sim- ply because he wants one extreme or the other. He says that if the issue is sharp- ly drawn, if the republicans declare for the gold standard and the democrats de- clare for silver, sixteen to one, the repub- licans\will carry all the so-called silver states. \He says that the silver sentiment is artificial and exaggerated, and that if the quéstion is once squarely presented there will be an end of silver talk. “With a single gold standard plank,” he said, ‘the republicans can carry Colorado. Teller cannot hold the people. His power will be gone if we but take a bold stand and make the fight. These silver leaders keep the people in a state of agitation and play upon them for political capital. We can carry every one of the so-called silver states on a gold platform.” Representative Hilborne, who stopped over to the convention on his way to Caii- fornia, took a different view of the situa- tion. He said to me that if the democrat: put up a strong silver man on a straight sixteen-to-one platform and the republi- THE STAR BY MAIL. —_ Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering !t et this office, in person or by letter, or postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably tn ad- vance. Subscribers changing their addrcss from one Post-oflice te another shovid give the last address 8s well as the new one. cans adopted the gold standard, or a strad- gle that meant gold, the result in Call- fornia would be very uncertain. He said that it was foolish to try to disguise the fact that the silver sentiment in all that section of the country was overwhelming. He said that he and other republicans in California would have a very slippery time of 1t trying to stand on a gold platform. There stems to be no trouble about any other part of the platform. The McKinley people indicate that they do not want the McKinley bill to stand as the personification of protection. to They do not be embarrassed by schedules, They waat the issue to be protection, high and sufficient protection and reciprocity in the abstract, “honest money” in the ab- st and an appeal to patriotism in ev- ery sentiment and every line of the plat- form. They expect to declare for the Mon- roe doctrine, for free Cuba, for the pro- tection of American citizens at home and abroad, and for internal improvements, and to “spread the canvas broad enough to let in all republicans.” Particular relish will be had in denouncing the sale of bonds in time of peace, and in condemning the Cleveland administration in its entirety. J.P. M. ANTE-CONVENTION NOTES. want Observations on Men and Things at St. Louis, Special From a Staff Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 11.—One of the most remarkable features attending this gathering of the repubiican leaders is the Pesition accorded a compzratively unknown politician as the absclute contrsiler of the politica’ affairs, Mark Hanna, Maj. Me- Kinley’s manager. When it is remembererd (hat in three or four months he nas sprung from ciscurity in aational politics to dic- ta displacing as by a wave of the hand, republicans who have been at the head of the party for twenty-five years, it secms hardly credible. Distinguished names, names recognizable to every onc as of men who have molded sentiment for the party for years, grace the cards that are sent to Mark Hanaa’s room by those desir- ing audience with him. As the haute noblesse of France had to bow the knee to Napoleon, the parvenu, 50 do the aristocracy of the republican party bend tcday before this court favorite of the great Napoleon of politics. This is not said in an offensive way, but to draw an an2lcgy that represents the correct state of affairs, Who is this Mark Hanna, who has thus brushed away in a moment the presiige of every great man in his party and made them subordinate tc himself? He is a Cleveland business man, street railway owner of iron mines. From lence I can get, Mr. McKinky chose him because of his executive ability aud power to handie men, As Mr. Hanna stands in the center of a group of great national politicians at the McKinley headquarters you see 2 stout thick-set genticman_ of rather commanding phycique. At first there seems to be some- thing pompous in his manner, but you soon come to know that it is not pompos- ity, but positiveness. It ie the air of a man who makes up his mind quickty, ex- presses it vigorously and to the point, and expects to have his directions carried out With prompiness and withcut argument. If iis will is oppcsed his manner becomes impericus. He is a man who would bend a weaker character to his will in a way Which might be called bulldozing. He is Fositive in his speech and rivets his ex- pressions once in awhile with a robust, whole-souled “damn.” He 1s described by those who have known him for years as a good friend and a mighty bad enemy. He never forgets an injury and keeps after his enemy with a hot stick. He is not vindictive, however, for if his enemy will cease from his wicked- bess and do what Hanna wants done, all is forgiven. He is methodical, a great worker at home and takes that enjoyment in great business contests that a man with & powerful physique and keen intellect feels. He has a small army of employes in Cleveland, and he keeps In touch with the smallest details of his great business, It is said that the tie existing between Mr. Hanna and Maj. McKinley had its origin in the iron ore schedule of the Me- Kinley bill. Mr. Hanna needed Maj. Me- Kinley then, but the te thus formed, which was at first a business one, has ex- panded until now it is strenginened by mutual personal admiration and regard. The general opinion of politicians here is that if Maj. McKinley is President Mr. Hanna wiil be Secretary of the Treasury or Postmaster General. Perry Carson feels more contented now that the discrimination against his fellow cclored delegates has been removed by the hotels. A former Washington newspaper man is responsible for bringing the hotels to terms. It was J. B. Reynolds, former cerrespondent of a Boston newspaper, anil ome of the Massaciusetts delegation, who did it. Two of the Massachusetts delegates are colored men. One of them is a graduate of Harvard, the other a member of the Boston city gov- ernment. The Massachusetts delegation bad engaged a section of the Southern Ho- tel, for which they will pay something like $5,000 during the convention. When the two colored delegates presented themselves they were “turned down.” The manager said his white waiters in the dining room would strike, and his guests would leave him. Mr. Reynolds called attention to that $5,000 the hotel stood to lose if the Massa- chusetts delegation left the house, and then flashed the written contract which he had made with the hotel weeks ago. In his gentle manner Mr. Reynolds hinted at civil prosecution, and the manager weak=nod. The two colored men were admitted, and last night every large hotel in St. Louis threw open its doors to the colored deic- gates. Mr. McAlpin of New York, who has come to the front as a vice presidential! candi- date, tried to preside last summer at the convention of the League of Republican Clubs, of which he is president, and in five minutes ticd the convention up in a hard knot, which it took John M. Thurston half an hour to untie. Mr. McAlpin is a iittle man with a bustling manner and a ponder- ous as_umption of dignity at times. There are 400 delegates who are members of the League of Republican Clubs, and supposed+ ly partial to Mr. McAlpin in an ex-officio way. They form a good nucleus for a boom. Do you remember having seen near the corner of 15th and F streets irequently a tall man with white goatee and mus- tache, bearing the air of a field marshal ef France? That was Captain “Ham” Young of the Western Union, who was the press censor at Washington during the war and for many years in charge of the Western Union service at the Capitol. He is hendling the matter of the press correspondents here, and is a conspicu- ous figure at the Southern, where ail of the older politicians come to greet him. A morning paper says: “It is probable ihat Perry H. Carson 8f the District of Columbia will be placed in nomination for the presidency at the ensuing convention. Of course, Carson does not expect the nom- ination. He is himeelf an advocate of the nomination of Ailison. But he had encouraged his friends to give him a place in history as the recipient of votes in the "(Continued on Ninth Page.) MR. DEVLIN'S STORY --— He Undergoes a Strict Cross-Exam- ination Today. —___ SEVERAL NEWSPAPER MEN TESTIFY —>—__. The Trial Apparently Not Nearly Finished. THOSE ON THE STAND es When the trial of the Holt will case*was resumed in Circuit Court No. 1 this morn- ing there was the usual large crowd in at- tendance, at least half of the spectators be- ing ladies. The desire to see and hear Mr. Luke Devlin, who was named as executor in the will which is in controversy, and who has played such a prominent part in this trial, was probably uppermost in the minds of ell, though a great deal of inter- est is always centered in Miss Hynes and Miss Throckmorton, the two benetic under the will. Mr. Deviin’s Denia’ Yesterday afterncon after The Star's re- port closed Mr. Luke Devlin was recalled to the stand and given an opportunity to deny the statemests which were by witnesses for the caveators refiecting upon him. He was first asked by Mr. Darling- ton as to statements which he was alleged to have made to a Post reporter. Shrader testified tnat you told him Maj. Throckmorton was on very friendly terms with you, and visited you every time he came to town. “I did not say that; he asked me when Maj. Throckmorton would be in town, and wrere he would stop. I said he would prob- ably stop with me, as 1 visited at his heuse. “It was also stated during the procee ings that you were very fond of signatures of prominent- people, and would tar them off papers in the office.” “Jt 1s urdoubtedly false; absolutely.” “It was further stated that when Judge Holt inadvertently cmitied signing us 1eme to offictal papers you wrote his name ; to them.” “That 1s absolutely false. 1 never sign Judge Holt’s name to a document in my life; not one.” “Mr. Shrader stated that you said you believed that Hynes would be well vided for in the will.” ‘That is correct. From 1st checks quarterly from Judge to INGY TE sent Holt to Miss Hynes. 1 knew she was supported by Judge Holt, as she was his war Al Unis point the court adjourned. When it opened thix morning the general un slanding was that Mr. Devlin would again ke called upon to vestify. There was a brief delay owing to the fact that Mr. Wilsen and Mr. Worthington were culled upon to appear in the Court of Appeals in the Slack case. The reeult was thet it was 10:30 o'clock before Mr. Deviia was put upon the siand. fie Was first questioned as to the meeiing he had with Mr. Wash. Holt and Col. fterett when he broached the proposition to rent the Holt mansion. He coniradigted their testimony tm that he claimed that Mr. Holt said that if the other heirs-at-lax agreed he would accede to the proposition. A Lieutenancy Recommendat The witness id-ntifled a letter that was handed to him as in Judge Holts hand writing. Mr. Darlington offered a certified copy of the paper in evidence. The letter is in the possession of the War Depart- ment, the officials objecting to its guing out of their hands. Mr. Lee explained that the original, which was in court, could not be kept, but Mr. Wilson objected to receiving a copy when the original was at hand. He insisted that the paper should remain for the purposes of this case as the best evi- dence obtainable. The court decided that the paper might remain at least during the day. Mr. Darlington read the original to the jury. It was a letter to the Secretary of War recommending the appointment of Mr. Devlin to a second lieutenancy in the army and speaking of him in the hichest terms Knew Nothing of the Will. “Mr. Devlin,” asked Mr. Darlington, “what did you have to do with the writing of this will or sending it to the register of wills? “I knew absolutely nothing of it until I saw it at the register's office.” On cross-examination, Mr. Devlin said that his acquaintanceship with Throek- mortons extended back into the i's, had known Miss Josephine intimatels the time her father was stattoned at 5 Mr. Worthington questic fitness closely as to the extent of his acquaintanceship with Miss Throckmorton, deveioping the fact that from ISNT io INtS he did not see her or her father, and aid Pot communicate with her until the winter of 1894-05, when he received a letter from her asking him if he knew whether there Was a will in existence. Her letter, he said, had been destroyed, but he remembered it Was on blue note paper, and covered three pages. He had had other letters from her since the turning up of the wiil. “When did you destroy that first leiter?” “The latter part of J of August, 18.5.” Mr. Devlin again related the contents of the letter as far as he could remember it. He said that after his letter in re; did not communicate with the Throci tens again until he telegraphed to that a will had been found. What He Said. Questioned as to what he said when he called at The Star office on the day the will appeared, the witness said that hix conver- sation was addressed to Dr. Ho’ put that Mr. Godwin and Mr. Miller were standing by, and may have taken some part in it. Mr. Devlin said that he had in his on a third letter of recommendation signed by Judge Holt on the occasion of his discharge from the army in ING. It Was offered in evidence and read to the Jury. So also was the original of the tele- gram he sent to Miss Throckmorton. ‘Tho telegram was as follows: ill found. You and Miss Hy: Share alike. “LUKE DEVLIN, Executor. The telegram was dated Aneust 26, 1S! at 2:12 p.m., and was sent “collect at oih end. Asked how {t was that he knew so much about what had been going on at the Holt mansion after the jucge’s death, as shown by the newspaper interviews ‘that were published at the time of the finding of the will, Mr. Devlin said that he had heard of it from a Mr. Olds, who lives out on the Metropolitan branch. Mr. Worthingion read from The Star's report of the finding of the will, as publish- ed August 26 last, and asked him whetier he made any such statements as were credited to him to any one connected with The Star. He denied them in whole and in Part. “Did you tell any one connected with ‘The Star that in your belief the will had been hidden by some one of the servants, who, as a result of some revulsion of feeling. changed his or her mind and sent it to the register?” did not.” Now, will you tell us again what you did yourself on the day the will turned up? From the court house I went to the avenue. I took a green car to Thompson's drug store. I went to the War Department and got Maj. Throckmorton’s address. ‘Then I went to the telegraph office, at 15th and F streets, and sent the telegram. Then I went to The Star office. “Whom were you to meet at Thompson's drug store?” “A very pretty young lady.” y or the first part them os all -