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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1896—28 PAGES. TO CONSUMPTIVES. To che Fultor of The Evening Stat: In vlew of the fact that there are many con- sumptives in this city, and, acconiing to physicians’ reporta, tuberculosis. is on the increase, vst that the victims of this malady form some 1 would kind of an organization, whereby they can receive mutual beceftt by communteating to each other any formation that may be of value in treating this affection. out the ineffictent ing stead remedies and Much benefit may be derived from cull: remedies and hygtente of benefit to a majority of the disearding 1 whose climate f# not beneficial; and adopt- the measures HR. 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As usual, solemn high m © celebrated at 5 o'clock in the i. whic! has heretofore been so atte ly that standing room was a premium, so to speak. This is about | t only time during the year that the | chureh is fully Mluminated, the side border his showing off to advantage the beau. rior finish of the edifice, while the | | candles at the altar add greatly the gene ypearance. There will be masses at 7, 8 and 8:2) o'clock, while lock there will be a special mass children. Solemn pontifical mass prated at 10:30 o'clock, and will sion of great pomp. The cele- be Mgr. Martinelli, the papal ate. Rev. Father Hector Papt, 8. J.. verly Secretary to Cardinal Satoill, will the sermon. Benediction of the -d sacrament will immediately follow mass. The music for the occasion will fine. and the choir will be augmented with an orchestral accom- low for will be et the be considerably paniment 2 At Georgetown University the custom will » observed, as heretofore, and a midnight ass will be held in the Dahigren Me- ortal Chapel. The general public will not have admission to these services, being in- tended for the students, faculty and others connected with the university. Many of the Jesuits attached to the institution will be present at pontifical mass at Trinity nurch and assist in the same. TERRALINE. specific for throat and all lung troubles. Ss ss i SELECT ESL ESE CE » I agree to pay » ut the rate of $1.50 monthly for one Christmas morning there will be a meeting and praise services held at o'clock tn the morning at the Dum- barton Avenue M. E. Church, Rev. J. B. Stitt officiating. Election of Officers. The annual election of officers of Union Star. OF ALL DRUGGISTS—ONE DOLLAR. i ( SA AE ‘The It you tel phone ment, oO. «+ 1896. set in. Light Lodge, No. 1965, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was held last evening, and the following elected to serve for the en- suing year: N.G., Benjamin Holme: Harry Pope; P.N.G., James A. Wad 4 William Henson; P.R., Henry N. Bowles; W.T., Alfred Pope: W.G., Charles W. Stew- art; advocate, George T. Beason; three de- gree master, James L. Turner. The com- mittee on reunion consists of Simon C Burnett, Fenton Harris, Robert Wiggams and James A. Wade. Crusade Against MI Dealers. There has been a crusade inaugurated against the milk dealers in this section of the city within the past few days, owing to Violations of the new dairy law of the health department. Several arrests have been made, mostly on account of not hav- ing the name and address of the owner on the dairy wagon. William H. Shreeve was arrested a few days ago on the charge, and paid $5 in the Police Court. John Edgar Pearson, Harry Smith, David A. Wetzel id Engleourg Endrees were arrestea yes- terday on similar charges, and each left $ collateral for appearance in the Police Court this morning. Notes. Laura Henry, the cook for Mr. Thomas =. Waggaman, at 3300 O street, while cut- tng a steak last evening nearly severed a finger from her hand. Her wound was ssed at the Emergency Hospital. The regular midweek prayer meeting services at the West Street Presbyterian Church will be held on Thursday evening, as usual, next week, in addition to the Christmas day services at the church. ——— Leaves the Pulpit for the Stage. Rev. Benjamin Trago of St. John’s Epis- ecpal Church, Saginaw, Mich., has resign- ed. January 1, it is said, he will leave the active ministry and take up the stage, of which he has long been an ardent student, having written several meritorious plaxs. Mr. Trago was for several years rector of St. George's Episcopal Church, Detroit. 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On motion of Dele- gate John McBride, the secretary was dl- rected to cast the entire vote of the con- vention (2,447) for Mr. Gompers. ‘The pres- ident, upon being re-elected, made an im- pressive speech. P. J. McGuire of Philadelphia was unani- mously re-elected vice president, but de- clined, after ten years’ continuous service, saying he wanted to devote all his time to the Brotherhood of Carpenters. His decli- nation was not accepted. James Duncan of Baltimore was re- elected second vice president without oppo- sition. James O'Connell of Chicago was re-elected third vice president. M. M. Gar- land of Pittsburg, for fourth vice president, was chosen unanimously. Delegate Edward Hirsh of Baltimore pre- sented the name of Frank Morrison of Chi- cago for secretary, to succeed August Mc- Graita. Mr. Morrison received the unani- mous vote of the convention, and responded with @ speech. He is a member of the Chicago Typographical Union. John B. Lennon of Bloomington, Tl, re-elected treasurer. Sone Tae The names of Harry Lloyd of Boston, President of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; Martin Fox of Cincinnati President of the Iron Molders’ Union. and George E. McNeill, president of the Federal Union of Boston, were Presented for the Position of delegates to British trades cure gress. Mesers. Mi eee cNeill and Fox were Nashvillé, Tenn., was selected a: place of meeting’ over St. Louis, hancxt City and Balt Lake City. ———<oo__ To Christen the A ApOlis, The mayor of Annapolis has notified the Secretary of the Navy that he has selected ree pea Be eeanehtee of the late Admirat D. D. which is to be launched at El N. J., next Wednesday. ee eteport, ——_———-e-___. Died at Portsmouth. The Navy Department is informed that Carpenter J. G. Nash, retired, died at Portsmouth, Va., Thursday. . - American O'FERRALL OPPOSED Leading Virginians Express ‘Theri- selves on Retrocession. THE STATE UNLIKELY 70° YIELD LAND Sa Attorney General Scott Regards the Proposition as a Joke. D. WISE’S — GEORGE VIEW Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 18, 1896. The proposition to retrocede Alexandria county to the United States meets with little encouragement from the leading citi- zcns of Virginia. Gov. O’Ferrall today, when interviewed on the question, said: “‘As governor of Vir- ginia I would, of course, be opposed to giv- ing up any of the territory of the state. ‘This question would be brought before the state legislature before any movement could be inade, and I do not believe the legislature would favor this. Indeed, I be- lieve they would oppose it. The object of this movement, | take it, is to have Alex- andria county supplied with police from the other side, and thereby break up the crime, gambling and other violations of the law, which have made that part of the state notorious for years, The people in the District should remember, however, that nearly all the crooks and criminals én Alexandria county who carry on their ne- farious business there came from the Wastirgton side. “There is equaily as much devilment go- ing on on the Maryland side. If they want to stop the violations of law going’ on there, they should stop sending their law- less people over to the Virginia side. I have given a great deal of my time and labor to the breaking up of the lawlessness, in Alexandria ccunty, and I think the con- dition of things up there |s greatly im- proved, though, of course, there is some little lawlessness being carried on in a, cleuGestine way. I am opposed to any ter= ritory from Virginia being given awa: The Attorney General's Opinion. Attorney General Scott stated that he wus not familiar with the movement to retroecede any portidn of Virginia to the United States, but he had heard and read about so many propositions of this kind, which always turned eut to be*mere talk, wita no reasonable possibility of, being. passed, that the thifig was getting to be a huge joke. He was sure the legislature of Virginia wovlG not seriously entertain any such propcsition, and he was of the opinion that intelligent Virginians would oppose the movement from the start. He said am oppesed to any, proposition to surrender any Virginia territory to any government. We have ro imore territory than we can take care of, and when the proposition ccmes up, if it ever does, there will be a general fight agairst it. It will be a colder day than this, and I will be a much older man, when Virginia gives any of her ter- ritory away i Geo. D. Wises Portion. Geo, D. Wise wken seen by a Star cor- respondent said: “I am opposed to the proposition. It would never be carried through the Virginia legislature, I am sure Virginia has alreaG¥ lost too much of her territory. She was one of the original thir- teen states, and did more toward organiz ing the Union thapl any other three states. She let go Wiscobgin, Minnesota, and all that northwestern territory, ‘and the Pierrepont legislature at Alexandria di membered Virginia by making West V ginia a Separate this was uncon- te. stitutional. If Sega was dismembered légaly then why W&s the Pierrepont goy- ernment set up in this state during the war? If the dismembering of Virginia had been unconstitutional the Pierrepont gov- ernment was unccnstiiutional. Virginia was robbed of West Virginia. “I am unalterably’ epposed to this state losing any of her territory, and I am sure this propositicn will never go through. We want all the territory we have.” Morten Maryc, auditor of public accounts; Geo. K. Tay] clerk of the supreme court of appeals, and others said they were op- posed to the proposition: Mr. Clements Enthusiastic. Mr. James E. Clements of Alexandria county is quite enthusiastic over the Mc- Millan resolution. Mr. Clements said to a Star reporter this morning: “It is a good thing, and if carried out will prove a great benefit to Alexandria city and county. I hope it will end in re- trocession. The navy yard would, in all probabilities, be moved to Alexandria, where there is an excellent water front and much deeper water than at Washing- ton.” Mr. Clements thinks that Alexan- dria county would be benetited by having the necessary bridges across the Potomac connecting it with Washington, as the property at Arlington would be much im- proved and the surrounding country much enhanced in value. He is of the opinion that Alexandria city would be the manufacturing portion of the national capital, and its business largely increased. BY RIGHT OF POSSESSION. The Supreme Court's Decision in the hillips-Payne Case. In the case of Phillips vs. Payne, referred to in the discussions of retrocession, the Supreme Court avoided the question of whether the retrocession was in violation of the Constitution, expressly deciding the case upon the fact’that Virginia being de facto possessed of the territory, neither that state nor the United States ever hav- ing objected, a taxpayer in Alexandria county carnot question the validity of the retrocession. ‘The syllabus of the opinion was as fol- lows: Syllabus: “Since 1847, pursuant to the act of Congress of the preceding year, the state of Virginia has been in de facto pos- session of the county of Alexandria, which, prior thereto, formed a part of the District of Columbia. The political department of her government has, since that date, uni- formly asserted, andthe head of her judicial department expressly affirmed, her title thereto. Congress has, by more than one act, recognized the transfer as a set- tled fact. A resident ‘of that county, In a suit to recover the amount paid by him, under protest, for taxes upon ‘his property there situate, 1s, therefore, estopped from raising the question’ as to the validity of the retrocession. This case was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1875, Mr. Justice Swayne deliverin; the opinion of the court. The plaintiff i error, the plaintiff in the court below,: Sought to recover the amount of taxes -paid by him to the de- fendant, on the Ovi that the act of 1546, rt e and the law of Virginia reannexing the county to the state and extending Vir- ginia’s jurisdiction ver it, are contrary to the Constitution of:¢he United States, and iMegal and void. We defendant demurred and-the court below Sustained the demurrer and gave judgment ‘for the defendant. In speaking for’the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Swayne saif'the question presented was whether there’ error in that ruling of the lower court!# Then he goes on to say that the Supréfpe Court, in affirming the judgment beldw,'based its decision not on the question pr. ited by the plaintiff in error, but upon thefact that Virginia was de facto in possession of the territory in question. Neither~Virginia nor the United States has ever objected to the retrocession ofthe territory. Therefore, he says, “the plaintiff in error ig estopped from raising the point he seckg to have decided. He cannot, under the circumstances, vicarious- jy raise a. question, nor force upon the parties to the compact an. jsue ‘which neither of them desire. to.make.. In this Mitigation we are constrained to. recognize the de. facto conditien of. things which exists with reference to the county of Alexandria as conclusive of the rights of the parties before us.” A REVIEW OF THE LAW. An Argument Prepared in Favor of. the Hestoratt .The act of retrocession of Alexandria county was under ¢onsideration in 1889 and 1890. There was at the time considerable agitation among brsiness men, both of Alexandria county and Washington, in fa- vor of some legislation which would re- unite the retroceded territory to the Dis- trict_of Columbia. A bill was prepared by Mr. R..S. Lacey, who filed it in Congress, together with a petition signed by many citizens of Alexandria city and county. The text of the bill then prepared is as foliows: - “That the act entitled an act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the state of Virginia, and approved July 9, 1846, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, however, That all rights and privileges, duties and obli- gations heretofore received and incurred under <aid act of retrocession shall be fully preserved, and shall in no wise be affected hereby.” Mr. Lacey, as the representative of those who were agitating for the return of the retroceded territory to the United States, prepared an argument in favor of the bill. which 1s quoted above, and which was used in support of the bill, but the matter was at that time soon dropped. Mr. La- cey’s argument is interesting at this tim as it reviews the laws and decisions bear- ing upon the question of retrocession, and especially upon the alleged unconstitution- ality of any act to divest Congress of its exclusive jurisdiction over the whole or any part of the District of Columbia. After quoting the section of the Constitution em- powering Congress to exercise exclusive legislation ever the District to be ceded by the states to become the seat of govern- ment of the United States, the Maryland and Virginia acts of cession, and the act of Congress, July 16, 1790, accepting the terri- tory ceded, Mr. Lacey’s argument goes on to say: On the 2d of March, 1791, and before the survey provided for by the preceding act was completed, an act of Congress was passed providing that so much of the pre- ceding act as required that the whole of the territory, ten miles square, be located above the mouth of the East branch, be repealed, and “that it-shall be lawful for the President to make any part of the ter- ritory below the said limit, and above the mouth of Hunting creek, a part of said Dis- trict,” * * * and the territory so to be included shall form part of the District, not exceeding ten miles square, for the per- manent seat of government of the United Statés On the 80th of March, 1791, George Wash- ington, President, by his proclamation de- clared that the whole of said territory should be included between four lines, as follows: (describing them, including Alex- andria county, Va.) He also declared and proclaimed “that the said territory, when surveyed, should be the whole territory accepted by the said act of Congress as the District for the per- manent seat of government of the United States.” By an act of Congress passed July 19, ee. “it is provided that with the assent of ie people of Alexandria and Alexandria county, all that portion of the District of Colurnbla ceded to the United States by the state of Virginia be, and the same are her=- by, ceded and forever relinquished to the state of Virginia, in full and absolute right and jurisdiction, as well of soil as of per- son8 residing ur to reside thereon.” This grant of exclusive power of legis- lation over the district thus selected, chosen and dedicated, when once exercised, became forever thereafter obligatory and as much duty as the discharge of any other obligation imposed upon Congress by said article, among which are the power to regulate commerce with foreign rations, ard among states, and no part of which can be exercised by a state: the power to establish post offices; the power to establish judicial tribunals’ inferior to the Supreme Court, which power the Su- preme Court has held cannot be con- ferred by Congress except upon courts created by Congre: The power to define and puntsh piracies 2nd felonies committed on the high seas, to declare ar, grant letters of ma: to rtise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy and to provide for call- ing forth the militia, are powers which are conferred in the same section, and by the am= words, as the power to exercise ex- clusive jurisdiction over the or Columbia. The Supreme Court has frequently de cided that whenever the terms in which a power is granted to Congress requir that it should be exercised by Congress, the subject is as cely taken from the state legislatures as if they had been expressly forbidden to act upon it. Tae act of retrocession (July 19, 1846), undertook to relinquish or retrocede to Virginia only about one-third of the whole territory of the District; but the extent of the territory undertaken to be divested can make no difference. The power to retrocede or relinquish jurisdiction over a part, carries with it the power to retro- cede or relinquish the whole, and it is no ‘nore unconstitutional to retrocede the who than a part. Ard if it was lawful to relinquish Alexandria county to Vir- ginia in 1846, it is lawful to cede Wash- ington county to Maryland in 1890. But neither was lawful then, or is lawful now. Congress, having accepted the cession, cannot divest itself of exclusive jurisdic- tion and its seat of government. By ac- cepting the grart, and exercising exclusive jurisdiction, a contract was entered into between the government, the ceding states, and the people of the whole District, which could not be dissolved without the con- sent of all the parties. It is believed that no sound, conserv: tive or setisfactory argument has ever been made establishing or sustaining the constitutionality of the cession, relinquish- ment or surrender of the whole or any part of the territory of the District of Columbia, or the relinquishment or trans- fer of the whole or any part of the exclu- sive legislative jurisdiction of - Congress over the same. There is but one ground upon which the pretension of the legality of the attempt- ed retrocession of Alexandria county can be rested, to wit: Long acquiescence in the jurisdiction which the state of Virginia has, in fact, exercised over the territory In question—though that is confessedly an unsatisfactory foundation to stand on, but it is the best there is, and it must be con- sidered, If Congress had no power, and was therefore forbidden to divest itself of ex- clusive jurisdiction over any part of the District of Columbia, could it, by an un- constitutioral act, transfer the territory and jurisdiction to the state of Virginia, so that the state, by accepting the @rant and exercising the jurisdiction, could ren- der the unlawful act constitutional and lawful? Manifestly not. The state claimed title or jurisdiction by acquies- cence, lapse of time, or long occupation, but has always claimed under the act of 1848, and as a grantee thereunder. In the case of Phillips vs. Payne, United States, 130, it was attempted to bring the constitutionality of the retro- cession of Alexandria county to a final de- cision, but the attempt practically failed for the reason that the plaintiff was, as the court said, “estopped from raising the | point which he seeks to have decided.” But the court does say, “The state of Vir- ginia is in de facto possession. * * * She (Virginia) does rot complain of the re- trocession. * * * The United States have not objected. * * * Both parties to the transaction have been, and still are, en- tirely sutisfied.” A government de facto in firm possession of any country, is clothed, while it exists, with the same rights, powers and duties, both at home and abroad, as a government de jure. The estopped referred to arose because of the fact that the act of July 9, 1846, was on the statute book unchallenged. It was, however, ouly an enabling act. Noth- ing was thereafter done by Congress, but the legislature thereupon passed an act declaring that the county was reannexed, and formed a part of the state. The vaiidity of that state statute de- pertds, of course, upon the constitutionality of the act of Congress of July 9, 1846. So this is not the case of a de facto gov- ernment, which, finding itself in possession of territory, continues to possess and oc- cupy, and to levy taxes therein; but it is the case of a de jure state government which passes an act to annex to its terri- tory, and thereunder assume jurisdiction over a portion of the District of Columbia. Such a claim rests exclusively upon the validity of its own legislative act; anda that, in turn, rests for its authority solely upen an unconstitutional act of Congress. The pt of Congress referred to was the occasion but not a justification for the act of Virginia. The plain and manifest rem- edy is the repeal of the act of retroces- siop, with proper provision in the repeal- ing }tatute preserving all rights of ‘per. sons and property acquired in Alexandria county, while it remained under the juris- diction of .Virginia, and .appropriate di- rections to the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia to resume full and ab- solute possession and control thereof. THE “APENTA” HUNGARIAN BITTER WATER, from the UJ HUNY ADI Springs; under the abso- lute control ot the Royal Hungarian Chemical In- — Yale of Agriculture), Buda-Pest. ae ; Ope $350 Rogers Upright. . . $yoo Baumeister Upright $600 Bradbury Upright... . ‘Swiss Music Boxes. We had desided to return th sic Boxes, because they errived s¢ the manufacturer wired befcre Christmas at would stand the loss, for you gift givers. Rox Gair S-alr air 1 10-nir Box, with zither. 10-air Box, with zither never could and never has | W. P. 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Effort to Preserve Harmony Among Members of Parties Favoring the White Metal. ‘The zearest thing to a formal caucus of silver men yet held was at the house of Senator Teller the other night, numerous leaders being present. Representatives Hartman and Towne were among the num- ber. Gen. A. J. Warner, president of the Pimetallic League, was also present. Gen. Warner outlined the proposed plans of the executive committee of the Bimetallic Union for a continuance of the campaign for silver, and these plans received the hearty indorsement of the gathering. ‘Those present agreed that a campaign of education should be kept up. One of the matters discussed was the resumption of the publication of the Bimetallist, the or- gan of the union. It is expected that the paper will resume publication. It will be heartily supported by leading silver men. ‘There was no formal discussion of the of the silver men in Congress. There ts @ general understanding that events will be left to care for themselv As it is not probable that thy will be any tariff or financial legislation at this ses- sion, it was considered unnecessary to talk over a question which had not been reach- ed. The announced intention of the silver men to hold a formal caucus was based on the supposition that the Dingley bill would ke its appearance. mt is generally agreed among silver men that when the extra session is called, they will meet in caucus and shape their policy. It is proposed that this caucus shall be gen- eral and that there will be no discrimina- tien. If there is a strong division of senti- ment in the caucus, the chances are that to prevent ill feeling, or a split, each man will agree to act as he thinks best. Above everything else, it 1s understood, the sil- ver men of all parties hope to prevent bickering, so as not to disrupt the union that existed in the last campaign. This, of course, sounds pretty, and is a sentiment which all forces can freely express now. Whether it will turn out in the desired way is another question. Fears are occa- sionally expressed that the rivairy between the -democratic and populist parties may produce an outbreak at an unexpected mo- ment, which may last through years. a - Contract Awarded. General Craighill, chief of engineers, has awarded the contract for the construction of gun emplacements at Fort Constitution, near Portsmouth, N. H., to the Hartford Paving and Construction Company of Hart- ford, Conn., at its bid of $55,872, CALVARY ENDEAVORERS, Reports Rend at the A the C. E. Society, Last Surday evening the Christian En- deavor Scciety of Calvary Baptist Church celebrated {ts sixth anniversary, the regu lar church service being given over to ihe Endeavorers. The program consisted mainly of reports from the three Christian Endeavor societies of the church, and ad- dresses by Dr. S. H. Greene, pastor of the church, and Mr. Miles M. Shand, presi- dent of the District Christian Endeavor Union, After singing and the “advise: Ivah Rich, Meet devotional exercisé of the Junior Society, Miss rds, read the report of the Junior Society for the year, which showed that during that time the society had grown fcur-fold, the present membership being seventy. The report showed greag growth spiritually, as well as numerically, and detaiied the lines of work that the society is now following, especial mention being made of the missionary work being done at the Children’s Hospital. Miss E. Pauline Wise, adviser of the Intermediate Society, presented the report for that society. These boys and girlse the church of future—are most enthu- slastic in their work and their prospects re certainly “as bright as the promises of | | For the Senior Society, Miss M. M. Bart- lett, the retiring president, read a very en- couraging report, showing growth along all lines, The year has been one of the most blessed of the seven, particularly because it brought the great international convention, and because of the opportuni- ties which that afforded the members for work and the influence which it left. Besides the work of the convention and the entertaining of the Pennsylvania dele- gation, the society has inaugurated sev- eral new movements, among them being the holding cf evangelistic meetings at Washington barracks. In this work they have been joined by other societies of the clty. Meetings are also being held at Chevy Chase, under the direction of the missicnary committee. Fellowig this report an able address was delivered by Mr. M. M. Shand, presi- dent of the District union, on the topic, “Loyalty to the Church,” in which Mr. Shand based loyalty to the church upon individual responsibility. The closing address by the pastor, Rev. Samuel H, Greene, D.D., was congratula- tory and at the same time a salute to the “Church of tomorrow” on behalf of the “Church of today.” Dr. Greene urged to renewed effort on the part of all the n- Ceavorers, and expressed the bellef that the twentieth century would see such progress along the lines of Christian work as the world has never seen. After singing “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” the Mizpah benediction was repeated and the meeting closed. Holders, Cotton Animals, Soow, Gold, Sepiaee Tope. a. sak Gori 421 oth ot.