Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1896, Page 11

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennaylvania Avenue, Cor. za by The Evening Star Ne SH KAUFFMANW, Freee ‘New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per or 44 cents ‘month. ‘at the fcunter 2 cents each. By matl—anywi in the United States or Cunada—postage cents Der month. ‘Saturday Quintuple Sheet Stary $1 per year, with foreign postage adiled, 00. c We pD.c. aq Entered af the Fost second-class mail matter. TF All mail subscriptions tast be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. ‘Che Fy ew ce < WY SEVP reves ne WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1896—-FOURTEEN PAGES. Qrinfers’ Inf (Be fittfe schoo” master of advertising), saps: Jt isefaimed for the Washington Star, and proBabfp fruf$tuffp cfoim:d, (Bat no offer newspaper in f§e counfrp goes info so farge a percentage of aff fhe Souses tiffin a radius of {twenty mifes from t§e office of pufification. rEeSERREEES XEeREREEEERY E = => =e) =) WORK To buy Christmas presents—when you have to stop and count your money every time you make a purchase. Don't start out on stch a plan this year; make up your mind—first of all—to give gifts that are USEFUL; make up your mind to get them HERE—where you are always welcome to ALL While GAeEDI YOU WANT! We promise you that our credit prices are lower than the LOWEST cash prices fu any other store—and we will hold up our price tags to PROVE It. Reception Chairs, Parlor and Banquet Lampe, Onyx-top Tables, Dressing Tables, * Sideboards—Rockers, Book Cases, Sliver Ware, &e. All on easy weekly or Carpets made and latd free—no charge for te in matching figures. Presents stored and delivered. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT. HOUSE, $19-821-823 Seventh street a.w., Bet. H and I sts. xeMRERER EERE MERE EE Soeveveee le le ie le monthls pay- i. ° . 2 17. Get The Best, ‘The Concord Harness.’ Beware of imitations. Every genuine Con- cord Hartess is stamped with maker's name aul trade mark. We are sole D. C. agents. LUTZ & Co., 497 Pa. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in large variety and at lowest prices. se26-20¢. x ‘Absolute ‘Painlessness Is a feature of our Tooth Extracting. It fs an instance of the progress made in the dental art. We apply a simple aration to the gums, which tem- E Weadens to all pain. No ga Extracting... ++ Boe. £8.00 (Evans’ Dentai Parlors, 1309 F ST. N.W. de5-244 < eS er. For Fine Decorations, Plants, Cut Flowers or Designs, Etc., Go te J. R. Freeman, 612 13th St. N.W. @etween F and G sts.) "Phone 1540. n0d-3m,23 Beautiful Velvet > Carpets—the kind that (are so popular this $ al patterns. Grand oT ae $1.23 yd. We will make, lay ani line | (The Houghton $ a <> DY ‘inter—in new desir- <4 hall. $1.50 i these Carpets FREE. Co., 1214 F St. OES Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder An Elegant Toilet Luxury. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. ap6-mllt.w39t Give your WIFE —a Fur Garment for a Xinas gift. it here —from headquarters. o€ that rare and han Lamb—in Capes and Ja This is to be Buy me fur—Persian for $200 and Fur of the the” oe lers and Hs PRESCRIPTION 4387, FOR Rheumatism. ‘The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most eminent physicians. It instant ard permanently cures RHEUMATISM, RAL- GLA, GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches and pairs due to URIC ACID poison. It purifes the blood. stimulates and restores the kidneys, im- proves the health and gives tone and vigor to the entire system. Price, $ per bottle; triat size, SOc. KOLB PHARMACY, 488 7th st. u.w., cor. E. 020-174 We have Dr. Ruddock’s Homeopathic remedies. 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Why not call and let us explain how Uttle It will cost to Hight your home by electricity? U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 14th st. n.w. "Phone 77. 'n028-20d. POPS HOH ARE THE MOST USEFUL AND PLEASING XMAS GIFTS. Here is a chance to buy them at a reason- able pric $5.0 Pur Collaretten, $3.00. 20 Fur Capes, $12.50. 5 Genuine Mink Boas, $3.50. : % Russian Marten and Electric Seal Neck Boas, $2.75. 4.50 Electric Seal Muffs, $2.50. 4 ust received a shipment of Children’s Sets. All Ladies’ Jackets at reduced prices. We alter Furs at a moderate price and guarantee satisfaction. x e 4] PESEADSOSS CAAA OF OO84600% | 9996004 F4* 10 9OOCOEODESOSIONE de8-25d. POETII IESE TEG GOES IOSHDESES 3 CARD. Encouraged by the generous patronage bestowed upon us last Christmas, we have opened again in this ith a magnificent dis GEXUINE_Bo- HEMIAN GLASSWARE, OLD VIENNA AND ROYAL DUX IVORY PORC LAINS, imported direct. from our own factories in Carlsbad, Haida and Dux ‘These beautiful wares make the richesi ~ Christmas, New Year and Wedding Gifts possible to ain. Our former patrons and the public generally are respectfully, invited to inspect our stock. The Austrian Store (Manufacturers’ Sale), Next to wen dtd F St., mis tmueater. Seo! 7 Open evenings until Christmas. Grand Gift! Case containing { Wat better Xmas 4 Clarets, 4 White Wines, 2 Sweet Wines, 1 Sherry, 1 Port, For $3.98 gift could you send the old folks at home than a case of the above! Noth- ing would be more appreciated, we are sure! Packed ready for shipment if de- sired. Jo Halon Wine 6/4 (42! ST=PHONE 998. About ‘“Ogram’s”’ Orris. There are two kinds of Orris—the which has no lasting walities (we do not sell it), and the. lorentine,”* which ts ground from ind is everlasting. Our * Orris is the finest in the world and is flavored with genu- ine Violet Extracts, yet we sell it for the same price you pay others for the poorer Verona. Only 25c. Yelb. package. As a special we offer, 1,000 Genu- ine Cut Glass Pungents. Lowest price heretofore, 2IC 35e. For a few days only ° We make a specialty of Roger & Gallet’s Exquisite French Extracts in ail odors, the Crown Perfumery Co.'s “London” Extracts~and others of equal strength aud purity. Mod- erate prices. OGRAM’S, 13th & Pa. Ave. & 17th & H Sts. Ge8-3in-40 Great Reduction In Hair. 1,000 Switcnes, $3.50, formerly $7.00. Switches, 2.50, formerly Bo Switches, 600, formerly 10.50. Gray Switches, 8.00, formerly 5.00. Gray Switches, 450, formerly, 6.50. First-class attendants in Hairdressing, Shampoo- ete. ins ‘Try our “Curlette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. my7-208 Removed without Pain, Corns “"2.2" Established in Washington 35 ycai Mor 33. GRoncES ‘$03 Foot Speciziists. 1115 Fa. ave. | a a a eee 41-84 Mezzo Tint : Photos make Dresents—$3 dozen; Glace-tnish dozen. Sit ‘now and My Dortraits in water color are artistic and css. ART 805 Pa. ave, FREIGHT BY MAIL Uncle Sam Loses Eight Millions Oar- tying the Mails. SERGEANT CARRIERS SUGGESTED Eighteen Cents a Pound for Car- rying Mail Matter. WILSON’S REPORT ee MR. The annual report of Postmaster General Wilson shows that the department was run at a loss of $8,127,088 last year. This is better by $1,679,569 than for the year pre- vious. Mr. Wilson says: “There is no necessity for this annual deficit. The department is powerless tu prevent it, but a few lines of amendment by Congress to the postal laws will wipe it out and give in its place a steady surplus. It has its chief source in the trarsmission at second-class rates of a large and rapidly increasing volume of matter never in the contemplation of the law, which gives the nominal rate of 1 cent a pound on such matter, and assuredly outside of the policy of the law as to news- papers and periodicals. Free Freight Business. “The increase in the weight of second- class matter for the year was 37,000,000 pounds, as against 13,000,000 pounds last year. The mere cost of transportation of this matter is estimated at 8 cents a pound. The postage revenue received from it was 6g mills a pound. Thus 349,000,000 pounds, in round numbers, at 6 cents a pound for transportation, cost 20,000; postal rey- enue received, at 6% mills per pound, % 966,403, a loss on transportation alone of nearly’ $25,000,000. “But this does not cover the full loss to the government on second-class matter. Setting off the cost of mail service on pub- lic and official matter, as above stated, by the use and rental of public buildings pro- vided for the Post Office Department, we have as the gross weight of all non-gov- ernmental matter handled by the mails during the last fiscal year an aggregate of 512,997,323 pounds. The gross money ex- penditures of the department were, as al- Teady stated, $00, 206.84, and including the earnings of the Pacific railroads, to wit, $1, an expenditure of $92,186,- 186, to handle this matter. It thus appears that from two-thirds of the matter handled the last fiscal year the revenue was less than one-thirtieth of the cost of the mall service. Eighteen Cents a Pound. “The average cost of receiving, trans- porting and delivering each pound of mail matter of all classes was about 18 cents. Matter of the third and fourth class prob- ably paid for its handling, with possibly a slight profit on fourth-class matter. It is clear that at the average postage revenue of 18 cents a pound a great profit accrues to the government on first-class matter, and granting likewise that the cost of re- ceiving, transporting and delivering second- class matter is considerably less than this average of 18 cents a pound, it is equally clear that at the postage revenue of st mills a pound there fs a still greater loss on second-class matter, which not only swallows up all this profit, but throws a heavy deficit on the general treasury. Mr. Wilson intimates that he would have taken the responsibility to modify and re- verse the successive rulings throagh which this inroad on the service has been eifected, and to exclude from the benefit of second: class rates the serial libraries and other publications not in the policy of the law. This would have imposed upon those who profit at the public expense by exis:ing practices the necessity of seeking through the courts or otherwise the restoration of their special privileges. He says up to this time the combination that Cerives profit from this unfair use of the mails has thwarted every effort to protect the service from this waste of public money. Penny Letter Postage. Postmaster General Wilson discusses the Proposed l-cent letter rate, the cheapest postage in the world. He says it would yield a great profit, but it is idle to talk of such reduction while two-thirds cf our mail matter is handled at a small fraction of its cost, and the deficits of the ment in consequence have aggrega eleven years since the act of March 3, 1805 (cent a pound rate), the enormous sum of $71,377,480. This is made up from the avails of general taxations, and ‘here is the further sum of $15,610,062, earned by the Pacific railroads for transporting the mails, which were certified to the Secre- tary of the Treasury for credit upon their indebtedness to the government—an ascer- tained deficit of $86,988,412. ‘This, in fact, should be further increased by ihe unas- certained overtime letter carrier cleims, and the unliquidated indebtedness of the department for telegraph service left cver from the last administration. ‘These would make the actual deficit over $00,000,000. He characterizes the loss sustained by the franking privilege in transmitting se- rial libraries, &c., as indefensible; shows that of 342,938,648 pounds of second-class matter handled during the year, over 52,- 348,000 pounds were “county free” matter, and urges the adoption of the Loud bill as the remedy. He says the vassage of this bill will not only wipe out the postal deficit and insure in ordinary years a sur- plus which may be used to cheapen pest- age on letters or to increase the mail fa- cilities of the people, but will really carry out the 1-cent-a-pound law of 1: Estimates for Next Year. The estimates for the current fiscal year and 1898 follow: Estimated revenue for 1897, $80,009,145.07; expenditures, estimated, 14! 302,571,564.22; deficiency for 1807, $5,472, 419.15. 1809S: Estimated total revenue for 1897, $89,009,145.07; add 8 per cent (as es- timated increase over 1807), $7,127,931.61; total estimated revenue for 1898, $06,227,- 076.68; expenditures, estimated, for 18ux, 411.15; deficiency for 1898, estimated, $1,283,334.4 Discussing the merits of the postal sys- tem, the Postmaster General says the peo- ple of the United States may congratulate themselves that in nc important are they behind any other count-y in ‘heir postal facilities, and in many things are’ in the van. Touching the consolidation of small offic$s with the nearest money order offices, the hope is expressed that the limi- tation Imposed by the last Congress on the authority of the Postmaster General to consolidate post offices will be repealed, and that the appropriation bill ror the coum- ing fiscal year will permit this -eform to be carried forward as rapidly as public in- terests will allow, as once fairly started, its demonstrated success will finally place its berfefit beyond controversy. The Post- master General thinks it the most feasible method for bringing post offices into the classified service. “Sergeant” Carriers. The inspector or so-called “spy” system is Indorsed, and money asked for its con- tinuance. The carrier system is to be im- proved by giving it a semi-military charac- ter in the large cities. Mr. Wilson goes. so far as to suggest that a certain number of carriers be designated as “sergeants,” and that. they have supervision over a certain number of subordinates. The results of the rural free delivery ex- periments are yet incompete. Time is re- quired to familiarize the People with the in- novation and develop its benefits or fail- respect’ ures. The thorough working of such a system involves some redistribution of post offices and some discontinuances which can- not now be safely attempted. ‘The rules in imposing fines and deductions on railroad companies have been: madified so as to avold the temptation to. m@ke slow sched- ules for escaping fines, for unavoidable -de- lays, and relieving the department from peying for a service nat rendered. During the weighing ef the railroad mails recently, several offietals: of the roads sought to pad the matis; and detatied and damaging evidence against one of the more important lines is now béfare the Attorney General with a request: forccriminal prose- cution. Changes in the eriminal law are imperatively. necessary ‘to insure conviction for such frauds. —- Twelve thousand apd ninety appoint- ments of postmasters were: made during the year, of which 1,341 were due to removal. There were 193 fraud orders issued during the year. The headquarters:of all or nearly all of the avowed lottery ccncerns have heen removed to foreign’ shores, but it is thought much matter gent ty them reaches addresses in this country threugh the mails, which the department practically has no power to prevent, and that express com- Panies carry large sums of money from our Teople to them. Civil Service Questions, ‘The Postmaster General concluded his re- port with two significant recommendations. ‘The first is to secure fixity of tenure during efficiency and good bekavier to the three assistant postmaster generals whose work is entirely non-political, whose capacity to deal with the large machinery and great expenditures of their respective bureau: must come in great measure from experi- ence, and who preserve the continuity of the department not in mere desk or division work, but in general administration. The second ‘To cover into the servicé as many a8 possible of the p masters themselves. The 70,00 or mor. postmasters are now the chief spoils of an ircoming administration. Under the pres- ent system these officials are too apt to vil think that their obligations to party ts! higher than their duty to the pubiie, anc that the zeaé and activity with which the; meet that obligation {s a surer guaranty ecntinuance in office than any like zeal activity for the public service. Hef, I am «sure;: i able the exc and occasionally reprehensib!e partisan a tivity exhibited by many postmasters'dur- irg the late and during preceding pre dential campaigns.” CONTROLLER ECKEL: Some Suggestions Made in His An- nunl Report, In. his, annual, report-to Congress, Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency, suggests the following amendments to the national bank act: That the loans and discounts of benks to their executive officers and em- ployes be restricted in amount and secured by -proper collateral; that no loan be made to.a.dirg bank, except upon collateral security, or a satisfactorily indorsed note; that directors be required to make an examination of their bank once each year, upon a day to be designated by the controller; that as taat cashiers under certain conditions be author- ized to sign clreulating notes und reports of tion; that. provision be made for a ring general oaths taken under the national bank’ act?” ; ‘ ‘That in places having A population of jess than 2,0 inhabitants, national banks sha!l be permitted, under regulations to be made by the controller of the currency and ap- proved by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, io be organized with a capital stock of not less than $25,000), and with a corresponding: reduction in the amount ®f bonds required to be deposited with the treasurer of the United States. That national banks be permitted under such regulations and restrictions as shall be made by the controilér of tne eurrency and approved by the Secretary of the Treas- ury to ¢stablish branch Hanks in towns and villages: where no national bank: is-estab- lished and where the population does not exceed 1,000 inhabitants: such branch banks to nave the right to receive deposits, make loans and discounts, and buy and sell ex- change, but in no case to be permitted to ector, Not an executive officer-of the}: * issuc circulating notes other than of the parent bank. It shall in all respects be considered as a part of the parent bank, and in each case where such branches are maintained the controller shall receive in ; the -reperte- ofthe central bank -a- state-. ment, preperly sworn to. attested ff the cbwlattion Bt Hs branchen He shail ater haye the right of separate and independent examinations, and he may, whenever he acems It necessary, require, before grant- ing the right to any bank to maintain branches, that the paid-up capital stock of such bankc be Increased to an amount to be xed, with the aj v3 a retary of the Treasury, Renee ees: at the semi-annual tax be reduced to one-fourth of 1 per cent ‘That the issue of circulating notes to thc par value of the bonds e - parse nds deposited be per. —r e+ BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE, Senator Quay Opposed to the Pro- posed Organization. Senator Quay does not believe in making the possession of a million dollars or so a necessary: requisite for entrance to the Senate. When Mr. Quay’s attention vas called to the interview of Thomas Dolan, published in Philadelphia, he said: “My views upon the connection between business and politics were mentioned in a speech at a republican meeting in Pitts- burg a few days previous to the presidential election. “I am opposed to the entire scheme of the National Business Men’s League as disclosed by Mr. Dolan. Its basiz theory is that organized wealth shall dictate high office and so take possession of the gov- ernment. It will be met as stubbornly and overthrown as disastrously as was Bryan- ism. Bryan invoked the masses against the classes. The promoters of :his league invoke a class against the masses and all other classes. No league of business men or other men, based upon wealth or other foundation, can erect a governing cless in this country. In the United State: Senate we have millionaires and business men enough to serve all timate pur- poses. Senators are needed who have no specialties, but who will act for the in- terests of the country! in gross hout special affinities. The people most écserv- ing of representation and most tm teed of legislative protection are the farmers, the small storekeepers, the artisans ard the laborers, and I stand by them and against this so-called league. I 50 into the barricades with the bourgesise and the men in blouses. In conclusion, I do not be- eve that 10 per cent of the business men gf the country sympathize with this league. There must be less business and more principle in our politics else the re- publican party end the country will go to wreck. The busincss issues are making our politics sordid and corrupt. The tre- mendous sums of money furnished by bust- ness men, reluctantly in most instances, are polluting the’ well-springs of our na- tional being.” A Banana Firm Fafis. Unit:d States Consul O'Hara at Bluefields reports to the State Department that the Bluefields Banana Corgpany, a big Texas corporation, engaged in. the steamship bus- ness between New Orleans and Bluefields, and@ owning twenty-two. basana plantations on the Bluefields river, Bas fafled and pass- ed into the hands of a receiver. Efforts are being. made to induce the Nicaraguan go: ernment to advance funds to help the com- pany out. -It is belfeved afl creditors will be paid in full. : +e Has ¥et Resigned. Mr. Payne says thatthe: report that he had resigned the ice ptesidency of the Mil- waukee Electric Railway and tht Com- pary was entirely erroncops, and that it could be said authoritatively. that he had not resigned. OPPOSED TO SALOONS Commissioner Truesdell Makes Some Interesting Remarks. LIQUOR SELLING IN THE DISTRICT Last Night's Mass Meeting Under Auspices of National League. COUNTING THE COST At the mass meeting last evening at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, under the auspices of the American Anti-Saloon League, District Commissioner Truesdell in an address of welcome took very advanced ground in favor of the abolishment of liquor saloons in the District of Columbia. The exercises began shortly after 7:80 o’clogk, with President Hiram Price of the Anti-Saloon League convention presiding, and Mr. James L, Ewin secretary. Rev. Dr. L. B. Wilson, first vice president otf the organization, occupied a seat within the chancel rail. President Price introduced Mr. ‘Tries- dell, who welcomed the visiting delegat to Washington. He referred to the con- vention as truly national in its chasacter and purposes, representing the prominent temperance organizations of the several states of the Union, and pledged to the suppression of the saloon in cvery state and territory within the confines of th. epubli “It was fitting,” he said, “tha in so great an undertaking they take counsel together in this fe: which belongs to t hole peop! ‘This is the only city in the count he said, “where there is taxation without representation. The taxes are paid the public treasury and your r-pres tives in Congr: acting a commo: council for t appropriate the mone; raised by taxution, together with an equa! amount contributed by the United State in lew of paying taxes on its rex! ciate om: for all municipal purpose stoners, two of them of the tri appointed the President and confirmed by th senate of the Un States,.and one a_ major of the Corps 0: Engineers in the United States army, ere cute the laws passed by Congress. The License System, ‘A license board, composed of the thre: ssess for taxation all the ate here, grant all liquor licens under authority of a law enacted by Con- gress. Whatever laws, good or bad, are in force in the District of Columbia, werc enacted directly or indirectly by the repre- seniatives of the people of this country, in the election of which the inhabitants of this District had no voice. Surely no one can question your right to assemble in convention here to amine the laws vhich the represematives of the people e enacted for the government of thi federal territory, and te be heard by Con- gress in favor of whatever changes you helieve-to he*demandog in the interest o the welfare atd prosperity of tne whcle people. “The saloon is an established : here; it exists under author:cy of eral statute which confers upon i sideration of the payment of a of $400, the privilege of sei fiquer under ceriain cond believe that that law is a and Tesults injuriously to have a right to use ail | to have it improved by am en rogated. Congress has an u ndoubted to say that the saloon in this Diszrict m go, and no one can question your to exert your influence to make it go. present license law is a great impro ment on the old law, ani the licen ig “Werking conscientiou: 1 believe, reduce as rapidly as a duc regard for the tution Loved in con- letter and spirit of the law will perm:t, the number of saloons in this city. “The law, however, contemplates that ny person having an established place of business, and who has fully complied with all the requirements of the law, shall be ertitled to a renewal of his license. The rvmber of saloons, however, has been re- duced forty-three during the last year, and seventy-five in the last two years, while but one new place has been establishe] in two years, and that had formerly been a saloch. Of those which have been cio: large number were for violation of the law and were the most objectionable in char: ter known to the police. A noticeable de crease in crime has follo’ these places, and it goes without saying that a further decrease may be expected with the closing of every additional esiben the: These places serve no useful purpose are not demanded by any public nec ard as an abstract proposition they are generally adm‘tted to be a source of a great deal of the crime and misery in the world, and that the country would be better off without them. “They are justified by most of those who defend them only upon the theory that it would be a violation of personal liberty to say that a person skall not drink intoxi- cants if he chooses to do so, and that as Icng as men choose to drink the saloon meets a legitimate demand which it would infringe upon the personal rights of every citizen to say shall not be supplied. our law a saloon cannot be establishe within 400 feet of a school or church, n« without the consent first obtained of a cer- tain number of property holders in the square where it is to be located. Similar laws exist in most of the large cities in the Union. A Menace to Society. “Here is a public recognition in thes laws, of what few persons will honestly deny, that the saloon in the vicinity of a school cr church is a danger and menace to sceiety, and that it gencrally detracts from the value of contiguous property. This be- 18 a recognized fact, and not a inere theory, it may be classed with other of- fensive things injurious to health that the law forbids, as constituting a nuisance, which it is not regarded as a violation of the personal liberty of the citizen to abol- ish, “The amount of crime, poverty and mis- ery flowing directly from the saloon is so generally recognized and acknowledged in this enlightened age. that the problem is no lenger how to show that fact, but now that it is not seriously disputed anywhere, how to get rid of the evil. “It is strongly organized and intrenched behind enormous capital in every city and town in most of the states of the Union, and cannot, in my judgment, be overthrown through the instrumentality of polities. I am thankful to see that this league has avoided the rock which has hitherto wreck- ed most of the temperance movements in this country, by uniting all sects «nd races upon the simple proposition that ‘the saloon must go,” and pledging itself not to affiliate with any political party. On this platform all enemies of the saloon, and their name is legion, can stand without jeopardizing their political principles, or creating doubt as to their party fealty. This movement will grow in strength, and although the battle will be a long, and at times a discouraging one, no one who has faith in an overrnling providence can doubt its ultimate triumph. “The cause is worthy of the assistance of every citizen who loves his country, whether he be a total abstainer or not; It is an effort to check the growing power of evil; to aboiish crime and poverty; to elevate the moras and improve the physi- cal condition of the people. Any cause which deserves to succeed, and has behind it so earnest and devoted a band of men, cannot fail-in-the end.. All over the civil- ized world today there is great unrest and a struggle is going on amorg the masses of the people to emancipate themselves from the bondage of adverse conditions. Among all these, the saloon has been the most potent fector in holding them in bon- dage, and its fetters must be broken be- fore there can be any permanent improve- ment. That ‘the saloon must go’ ‘s ap- parent to every cbserving man, and that it ovght to go must be apparent to every thoughtful man. “Gentlemen of the Anti-Saloon League, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to your own capital, and to express my sincere and earnest hope that your efforts may be crowned with complete success.” President Price made a brief address, in the course of which he commended Mr. Truesdell for the strong language used by him in speaking about the temperance cause. Rev. Mr. Russell's Addrens, Rev. Howard Russell of Columbus, Ohio, general sup2rintendent of the work of the American Anti-Suloon League throughout the United States, spoke on “The Church ve.sus the Saloon.” Mr. Russell claimed that prohibition was taught in the Bibie, and said that St. Paul was an advocate of total abstinence. He urged that no Chris- tisn ovght to have arything to do with the “barrel house or the bar,” and further said the church ought rot to have any complic- ity with the drink traffic. “There could,” he said, “be no better business for church members to be en- gaged in than trying to destroy the liquor business. “In ssking the church to join with those opposed to the saloon in wiping them out we do not ask the establishment of any more machinery. The church of Christ is the best organized power in the land to carry cn the moral suasion reform, which must be conducted before people will con- sent to have the traffic dealt with by law. “The church is responsible for all the good that has becn done toward abolishing the liquor traffic, but there is need for more systematic ‘effort. There is a most powerful need for the teaching of more temperance lessons in the Sunday school, if we vculd save from ruin the rising gez eration.” Mr. Russell created a sensation among the audience by reading what he said was a copy of a part of a speech delivered by a liguor dealer in Oblo, in which the ls urged that his fellow saloon keepers dis- tribute nickels among the boys with a view to having them to spend money at the sz loon, thus creating in them an appetite for drink. In concluding Mr, Russell urged that the members of the churches should work year for the abolishment the saloon, with the same de; of ergy that the saloon men sing their busin every day in th ot The concluding address of th was by Dr. D. i. Mann of New York, right orthy grand templar of the world. The ker indorsed all that Mr. F MN had in reference to the eviis of the liquor contended that lodges of tem- ple ought to be maintained to he infizence of the saloon. He i, bitterly opposed to the entire system, and thought the cught to he abolished. - MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION pe National and State Polities Cat 2 Small Figure. National and state politics cut but little figure in the municipal elections held yes- terday in sixteen cilies of Massachusetts The A. P. A. was scarcely a factor in any of the contests, and even in Somerville, where the order ‘is supposed to be strong, and where it has opposed the election of Mayor Perry, its opposition to s of gative acter, over a and blank ballots being cast. With ception 6f Haverhill and Fall River there was little change in the license vote over last year. At Fail River the vote for license was increased over Haverhill, through the strong efforts of the clergy, was changed to a no license cit » vote, however, was a very clos ore, 2, and may be changed on a recour ayor Benjamin F. Brickett, democrat, Ss re-elected over E. G. Froth- ingham, publican, by a vote of 10 Carey, the socialist candidate, re- GM votes. The council stands 11 re- 3 democrats. At Somerville Mayor A. A. Perry was re- There was no opposition candi- ster A. B. R. Sprague, citizens’ Col. republican, by a vote e liquor license yoie Four women rr, cool committee. chosen were elected to the At Everett John Cate was mayor over John B. Henderson by 1 208. The liquor license vote was: no, 1,484. v@xe Dr. G. H. Smith, republic was elected mayor by 105 plurality n, Ten citi- re-clecte defeating A. Jordan, republican, by a vote of 8. The liquor license vote was: At chosen mayor ov yote 1,178 to vote was: Yes, At Fall River William 5 lican, was elected mayor over Wi Quirk, democrat, by 6,791 to vote on liquor license was: ¥ 2. t Lawrence George S. can, was elected mayer over James F. Leonard, democrat, by a vote of 4,244 to 4,221. The vote on liquor Hcense was: Yes, 4,516; no, At Taunton W. Fish, elected mayor withou voters decided 1,952 to 1,76) that the city should own its own electric light plant. The vote on liquor license stood: Yes, 2.475; no, 1,745. At Beverly Freeborn W. Cress: s elected mayor over Perry Collier by a vote of 1,180 to 860, The liquor license vote was: Yes, 649; no, 1.254. At Springfield the republicans won. choos- ing Henry S. Dickinson mayor, a full poard of aldermen and sixteen out of eight- een councilmen, and the members of the school board. The city to continue license. The vote fi republican, 4,48: E The license vote was: Yes, 4,727; no, plurality, 1,068. The A. P. A. voted heavily for Rice and no license. At Gloucester Col. B. F. Cook was chosen mayor, defeating Davis I. Robins present incumbent, by a vote of 1 . ‘The liquor license vote was. M; no, 189. overing “ushing by a iquor license Junkins, ‘republi- republican, was opposition. The voted tes Army Orders. Lieut. L. P. Davison, 11th Infantry, has been relieved from duty under the orders of the commanding general of the Depart- ment of the Colorado and ordered to join his company. Pcst Chaplain L. R. Groves has been re- Meved from Auty at Piattsburg, N. ¥ ordered to duty at Vancouver bar Washinston. Lieut. F. H. Webber, 20th infantry, hav- ing been reported incapacitated for active service has been placed on the retired lis Lieut. J. D. L. Hartman, Ist Cavalry, has been relieved from duty at Evansville, Ind., and ordered to take charge of the re- cruiting station at Albany, N. ¥. The following transfers in the Sth C: alry have been made: First Lieut. John M. Jenkins, from Troop I to Troop M; First Lieut. Richmend McA. Schofield, from Trceop M to Troop 1. © = -____ A Flag Report Denied. The Turkish minister authorizes the pub- lication of the following statement: “The reports published recently in some of the American papers that the Amcrican fiag has been torn down and trampled upon in Flaskeny and in another Armenian vi!- lage are entirely without foundation. "The Turkish legation is authorized to contradict categorically all such statements ard reports as false and perfidious.” ARTISTIC STANDS Architects Protest Against Inaugural Defacement of the Avenue, STRUCTURES ACROSS SIDE STREETS Local Experts Interested in the Proposed Plan. -—_.—___ PARKS HAVE BEEN —— ee HIDDEN The architects of Washington have al- ready taken under consideration the matter of the decoraticn of the avenue and the other streets along which the proce will pass on inanguradon day. At’a recent meeting of the local chapter of the American Inst tute of A. the matter was formally taken up _ rangements made to bring it to the atten- tion of the committee which will have charge of parks and reservations on the 4th of March.” Among the mea who have taken an advanced position in the are Mr. W. J. Marsn and Mess blower and Marshail. Four years idea of erecting public stands that be an ornament to the city :nsu: sion and matter eyesore occurred to Mr. idornish nothing was done at th the architects have s that the subject may have p: eration before the commuitee on parks reservations is defiaitely committe | t riicuiar plan. m augurations it na: to allow builders and spe stands in front of all the p vations along the ne of mar slands, instead of b ture of the street rough pin» structures, occasionally with the cheapest and flimsi>st of flags bunting which, in case of rain, look gied and shabby. "Phey a way and in such view al! the parks such a feature of Was‘ington. ago, for instance, a long stand \ the scuth side of Lafay-tie Park th tically saut off that beautiful sq the view of all the "rewds on Pe The pec cal chap'« that custous Lee to « und rest for ene fi Was hiy Visitors te for a sew days never saw one of th. beautiful reservations i the slightest idea statue was located. Th. considerably damaged oy th. which was built up around it true of the one park was many others, irue of Their PI This time the local architesis change all that and to usher system to govern the arrangem: to accommodate the crowds who ar ing to pay a tidy sum in o big parade under more or conditions, Their Idea in brief is to abolish she privi- lege of erecting stands in front seek to in.a new mate w ler to view 1 SS comfortavie and reservations. In leu of these’ would have stands erected in the ue Streets that intersect the line of -aas Thes. Stands are to run either from build- ing Ine to building line in the site str or from curb io curb, as may seem the mor, desirable. They would extend to che build- ing line on the sir ade passes, but offer no obstruc the pavements. above the street so that ordinar: can pass under them without hi Parks to Be Visible. One of the leading architects of the city, Speaking of the matter to a Star -eporter, said: “There are thousands of people from all parts of the country whose impressions of the capital are based upon what they can see wher they are here for an inangu- ration. These must carry away with them the idea that the avenue is a very cheap and tawdry affair. They have heard of the pretty little parks scattered all over town, but all they have seen is a line of ugly stands, open to the elements end Wrapped around with streaky strings of colored bunting. The time will come, 1 believe, when 2 committee on decorations will look upon the avenue some to be treated artistically and consis along which the pxr- beyond it, so to to the crowds alsug not ion The stands are to be rained trattic arance, ntly from one end to the other, but that time, I am afraid, is still a long way off. In the meantime if the committee which has charge of the matter would only do the best they could in the premises it would help tremendously. In my opinion it is an act of folly to let out all the desirable points of view to speculators who are un- der no restrictions except that the siands they put up must comply with the regula- tions of the building inspector. They ure not compelled to decorate their stands and when they do it of their own accord * is no attempt at uniform a series of s' ds erected at eve: secting street and all built on t general plan they would constitut tractive feature, and would | peded the perks and reservations. every one knows, the stands tha been built in other years were allo encroach upon in front of the greatest the sidewalks and it them ti, congestion of people. L.le- such as the local chapier ef architects would be above the heads of pedestrians and would not in any way interefere with the crowds that would be making their way to or from desirable points of view along the line of the par- ade. was t there was always Some Fentures. “The fact that there would be a larger number ef stands would make it possible for more builders to contract -for the work of patting them up, and I believe that the rivalry that would ensue would result in more artistic and more satisfactory stands. There is n> reason why they should not be inclosed in glass as well as roofed over, so that persons who bought tickets would be sure of a dry and sheltered seat from which to v the parade. A man hesi- tates to invest a lot of money in seats in an cpen stand until he knows what sort of Weather we are going to have on the day of the parade. I remember that in the stand in which I sat four years ago not more than half the seats were sold. If the stands were inclosed and roofed over the builder would be reasonably sure of selling ail kis space “Stands such as we suggest would lend themselves admirably to decorative pur- poses. It would be possible to use staff, as was used in the worid’s fair buildings, with good effect, and the fact that so many stands would be built on practic the same lines would greatly lessen the cost of building and decorating them. “It has been suggested that people who heve windows along the side streets from which a view of the avenue can be had would object to the erection of these stands on the ground that they would cut off their view. I think this objection coukl be re- moved by giving to these householders a certain amount of space or a reasonable Lumber of seats in the stands to compen- sate them for what they would lose. “The architects are very much in earnest in this matter and hope that the commit- tee will give it serious consideration. If it should meet with their approval the local architects would agree to make the designs for the stands free of all cherge and would assist them in every way possible in mak- ing the avenue what it ought to be, the mest beautiful and imposing street in the United States at a time when it ought to look its very bes!