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ee THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvapia Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by ing Star Ni C ae Fe RAUrrMaNN prose Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. The Erening Star fs served to subscribers In the eity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 ecnts per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mafl—answhere in the United States or Censda—postage prepaid—S0 cents per month. j Saterday ——— Cs $1 per year, with foreign post: a (Entered a the Post Ofties at Washington, D. O, as_xeecnd-class mail matter.) T7 All wail sutecriptions must be patd in advatice. Rates of advertiaing made known on application. No. 13,999. WASHINGTON, D. 0, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12%, 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want to buy, sell’ ~ or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation on want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people ag read any other paper. A STABLE CURRENCY Menetary Commission Before a House Committee, JUDGE EDMUNDS SPEAKS AT LENGTH A Double Standard, He Says, Never Existed Naturally. INTEREST IN THE HEARING The moretcry commission was given a hearing today by the House commitiee on banking and currency on the commission's bill proposing a comprehen revision of ! | | Edmunds of Vermont, chair- ccmmission, he the delega- and with him » Treasury Fairc > prese: of the i tr ye 21 much interest, a rs of the How § present. Commission's Aim. Mr. ds w said that the fun 2 the commission had felt was to be cot red in estzblishing a stable first, to know what the in this cou currency wes, ndard of va to be. On t & and he ble to I ue. If this be what is the b of the world. 3 that the best stand » one subject to least orld through n double t never in n—es' could be referred to the tions of the v then S meant isa’ n this universal experience. i and his associates fon that the fi © a currency W t gold is the best most stable of subject to the least te year and from cen- If silver er copper or had proved to be most n that would be hey Were not, and one standard was the best of brought to the their first) pr fon. t did not exclude the idea of bime lism, for it did not exclude the use of silver or other metal to the y could be maintain- = one fixed and ard of gold. sion was reac! Mr. Ed- “with no prejudices, with no al iderations, but solely p of the com- ssion representing the various sections of © country.” Retiring the Greenbacks. Mr. Edmunds then took up the proposi- n of the commission's bill proposing a retirement of United States notes, expiain- ing and urging this on the lines of the commission's report. He closed vith a strong appeal for early action. “The best time to rectify financial ev time of peace and prosperity. 1 be no great reform at a time of prepare for the storm is far off, so that when will be stanch, to be engaged in e irt_ tomorrow, he asked committee prop 4 questions to- ade the di n general, rat, 1a series of q ing out th > effe of Ten- in- the 2 to conv bts—public into gold obligations. Private Debts Not Affected. Mr. Edmunds answered that it would ‘ fovernment obligation, ex- minor form, into gold obliga- tated broadly, the effect would all United States obligations wate obliga- ive, say- fon's bill ntained to effect the e silver or imtnor coins or United Stat r, that the log- ilver to be kept Was to convert ail private, into gold pelling Kol lic and m| Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Cox ely and were not able to recon- 1 the commission repre- tion of communities wide- ad presented its ma- ss in an effort with the duty of but with no purpose or embarrass this committee or 1 the committee fully ap- i the efforts of the commission and ary Gage in seeking to remedy conditions. He asked if the bill to ¢ the legal tender lard silver dollar. is answered that it would not. » was to give the siiver dol- nee to one fixed stand- t naming a ratio. Existing con- # were not changed, but doubts were removed. The present law was open to dif- ferent constructions, and the commission had felt it to be a duty to make it so clear as to be beyond doubt or differing construc- tions. Walker suggested the question of ex- ng so large a question be- Representatives, w! members ready for months of debate. it desirable, he asked Mr. Edmunds, to invite such a conflict on many provisions are a re-enactment of the present law. Mr. Edmunds replied that it depended on the degree of doubt which the bill cleared up. But on the general question of prac- Ucal expediency, he said, the commission had reported what it deemed to be essential and right to a proper adjustment of the currency, and it desired to stick to that right thing despite questions of expediency. his brought @ round of applause, the first of the day, tn which some of the mem- bers of the committee joined. Contracting the Currency. Representative Newlands (Nev.) discuss- | me! | to the ed with Mr. Edmunds the effect of the bill in contracting the currency, Mr. Edmunds did not believe contraction would occur, or that bank reserves would be injuriously affected by having the supply of green- backs limited and in part displaced by the demand fer gold. Mr. Newlands specified the limited quan- tity of gold in this country, to which Mr. Edmunds replied that the metal flowed to pint where it was most needed and followed a law like that of gravitation. Pursuing his questions, Mr. Newlands asked if the world had a sufficiency of gold. ‘Not a sufficiency of gold or of virtue,” arswered Mr. Edmunds, “and that !s why we are struggling for both.” I: was this that led to the rush to the Klendike. Speaking tn droll fashion, Mr. munds said that he thought if Mr. New- =nds and himseif looked after themselves and lived ten rs more they might see such great stores of gold discovered that it would be necessary to make silver the standard of value because of its becoming the more precious of the two metals. Ex-Seerctary Fairchild’s Views. Secretary Fairchild next spoke on the benking features of the bill. He prefaced this, however, by saying that monetary s jards were no more su’ et to govern- tal control than the tides and winds. It was a ‘al and economic operation between individuals, in which each sought the best. Governments had adopted stand- ards elready in existence and thus serving the convenience of the people, bui they had never created a standard. When a govern- Ment sought to mike a standard it merely pted the natural law and embar- natural exchanges. The question but one of fact, the eam or electricity. ble for a law to ignore 1 standard than to ig- hore the existence oi electricity. Making a thing a legal tender gave it no inherent value. As to banking, Mr. Fairchild said it was seful to coasider how intelligent private naividuals would conduct banking without the uid of law, and from that judge what ean do. As to the bank no essential need of the note, sovernment being a factor. Th inain ground for government inter- nce in bank note circulation was to fa- ate the rapid by giving regularity to ral opera~ tion between s. the gov- ernment stamp on coin. The value was in the metal, and the government entered the transaction by assaying and estaulishing lue was. Mr. drew the con- nment should aid in of exchange by aid- ney transaction and people should be left to ized the fact that as not s0 much at body of the The bankers the natural oper: ing the rapidity ¢ themsei this gove ban: people who used th couid piace the:r cap whe the stockholders were net so dependent on gov- ernment regulation. But the great body of the people u: banks as a great Der civilization, and it the ficent instrument of the pegple, not the bankers, who were helped by wise govern- ment action. This view, he said, removed harrow prejudice nd placed Ui ubject a broader public plane. The the banking feature of the bill was to facilitate the natur: ions of banking and exchange, by the government's toward rapidity, certainty and safety of these exchanges. At this point the hearing was adjourned for an hour. After the r and before continuing Mr. Fairchild'’s hearing, Mr. wlands made a motion that the committee on ways ign of on's and m and the committee be invited to participate in the He said the pending financial measur involved bonds, which were within the jurisdiction of the ways and means com- mittee, and cof which was before the coinnge committee, as well ag currency, to which this committee was confined. Mr. Johnson of Indiana opposed the mo- tion, saying it would embarrass and delay the supject, leading off too many inquiries i bringing about the confusion of a town meeting. This committee should not ab- dicate its authority and invite confusion. Mr. Fowler of New Jersey said self-re- spect should inspire the committee to pro- ceed with the subject without outside help. The motion was then defeated, Mr. N lands casting the only vote for it. Mr. Fairchild then went on with his statement. —_—_—__-e-_______ ANYBODY’S FIGHT YET. The Maryland Senatorial Situation Very Much Mixed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan- uary 12.—The situation here as far as the senatorial fight 1s concerned is very much mixed. The struggle dominates all other considerations, and unt{l it is disposed of little or no legislation will be attempted. The eleven city members are vehement in their anti-caucus declarations, and the pos; sibility of such a gathering appears to be remote. The McComas advocates are manifestly uneasy, and great fear fs felt lest the judge's strength be largely disintegrated before the balloting begins Major Shaw's friends claim that the bulk of the eastern shore and southern Mary- land vote is with them, and will manifest itself after the first two or three ballots, which, they contend, will have no bearing. Colonel Mulliken and Congressman Bar- ber are on hand contending for the “shore” support, and the morning trains brought a number of city and state leaders down, ho are busy trying to keep thelr respect- factions straight. The effect of Schaef- election as speaker is very evident, d the titude of the county violently denounced the “re- eleven last week is now rather ealcitra: conciliatory. The senate and house met today and transacted routine busines: Delegate W: kinson of Worcester county created som thing of a breeze in the house by attacking the Baltimore eleven, and declaring that its imputations that’ the co-operation of the democratic minority with the Malster members from Baltimore, resulting in the election of Speaker Schaeffer, was the out- ceme of a deal was false and groundless. —s AID FOR CvBA. Contributions to the State Department and The Star's Fand. The Secretary of State has received a contribution of $25 to the Cuban relief fund from George A. Woodbury of Portland, Me. The Evening Star Fund. Evening Star Co. G. $100.00 1.00 30.00 1.00 100.00 5.00 2 100.00 enue Baptist Church, Weodward & Lothrop. Cash 2.00 plore Se 3: Sessesesseesesese Ciara O. Bland. . . A friend. . Maxwell Woodhull... Sop 8S LAST OF AUTONOMY |HER WoRD Was HER BOND|WASTE OF WATER A Shadowy Government Without Practical Force. AFRAID TO HAVE ELECTIONS NOW No Power to Bring the Insurgents From the Field. LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN ‘ight, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, January 8, 1898. Could political institutions be furbished tp as easily as some other things, Spain might hope for the success of autonomy in Cuba. The new cabinet is housed in freshly varnished surroundings. The exterior of the palace has not yet been repainted. The creamy tint it once bore 1s streaked with the rist of time and weather. The interior of the palace has not been completely ren- ovated. There is still an air of the shabby genteel of decayed splendor and magnifi- cence. The quarters of Captain General Blaneo and the general staff retain their soldierly qualities of indifference to out- ward show, but the civil government is al- lowed the luxury of new furniture, which denied to the military arm. The rooms e freshly painted and papered. The coun- cil room, where the autonomist cabinet meets, is radiant with newness, even to the point of gaudiness. The desks are good, the chairs of state are comfortable, the inkstands justify the pride Secretary Gen- eral Congosto took in them; the letter- heads of the government stationery are unexceptionable. The visible representa- tion of Spain's reformed coloniai system 13 complete. Is anything more needed to in- sure its sai Something else, perhaps. The functions which the cabinet have thus far exercised have not been extensive. The capiain general has blandly assured President Galvez and his associates that the civil power is now in their hands; but it is a civil authority which must be ex- ecuted under martial law. The cabinet 1s a convenience to the captain general. It enables him to get rid of many trouble- some subjects by referring them to the “secretarios del despacho,” or cabinet offi- cers. They, in their turn, pass the subject. on to the governors of the provinces, and the endless chain works smoothly. The cabinet has not yet reached the point where its individual members are able to do much in administering their respective departments, They are acting as a kind of Joint executive, and the mutters which come before them are such as have hercto- fore been acted on by the governor general. Notwithstanding Gen. Blanco's disclaimer of authority beyond the functions of vice representing Spain's sover- eignt hand 1s felt in administra- tion. The difference is that where form- erly Spanish government in Cuba consisted in the “bandos” or decrees fssued by the governor these are now supple- mented of the cabinet. are harmless documents of lim- The decrees of the governor ontinue to be the real € ise of authorit The cretaries are yet busied making and receiving calls of congratula- tion and exchanging telegrams of felictta- tion. Possibly the arrival of Mr. Govin, who is the head of the department of the interior und justice, will cause more pro- ss to be made in the direction of practi- 1 administration. He is a man o} force and influence. He has lived long enough in the United States to know that the best way to gain support for a government pol- icy is to show results. Montaro, Rodriguez and Zayas are apparently men of theortes. Mr. Dolz, the other member of the cabinet, has not returned from Madrid. Why Elections Are Postponed. Probably not much can be written of autonomy in operation until the council of administration is named and the Cuban congress 1s chosen. But both events are so far off that they do not come within the range of present topics. Possibly the elec- tions will be held in February. Weeks ago I was told this was the plan. More recent- ly I again made inquiry. ‘You don't ex- pect us to hold the elections when we may be beaten?” was the reproachful question with which my inquiry was answered. “When the government is strong enough the congress will be elected.” This reply showed an insight into politics that was Unexpected. The government is not sure it could carry a majority now. Though the conservatives decided to withdraw into they shell and take no part in public af- fairs, they might come out suddenly. If they should, they are strong enough in numbers and influence to control the nomi- nations. Therefore, the government does wisely not to be too hasty. Before choos- ing the members, it must be sure of a ma- jorit However, the census of electors, which is to be the basis of the election, is gcing forward in some towns. It does not seem to show that a large vote will be polled, though universal suffrage was es- tablished by one of the decrees which pre- ed the decrees of autonomy. The members of this first Cuban cabinet appear to recognize that theirs is a transi- tery teaure of power. The provision under which they act was that the cabinet should be formed by the nomination of the go ernor general, and with him should conduct the interior affairs of the island until the insular parliament or congress is chosen. When the two branches of that body are organized the present cabinet ceases and the governor general names a new one, which represents, ‘in his judgment,” in the most complete manner, the majorities of the chamber of representatives and the ccuncil of administration respectively. But this is a nominal Imitation. Galvez, Mon- taro and Govin especially were made mem- bers of the transitory cabinet, with the known understanding that they would be chosen as permanent secretaries when that stage is reached. They are too cautious to exercise extended authority until the Span- ish cortes has met and affirmed the decrees of autonomy which the Sagasta ministry has promulgated. Retrospective legislation may be certain, since the ministry in power in Spain is always able to elect its own ccrtes, but the Cuban autonomtists prefer to see that done before they commit them- selves too extensively. For the present they will go on conducting the interior af- fairs of the island jointly with the gov ernor general, under a system which lodges with him most of the joint responsibility. Powers of the Council of Administra- tion. With the application of autonomy that is now in effect it might be supposed that early progress could be looked for in the complete constitution of the colonial gov- ernment. All that, however, is indefinite. Until the elections are held much must re- main unsettled, and the uncertain pros- pect regarding them has already been in- dicated. The council of administration can- not be formed at present because eighteen of its thirty-five members are to be elect- ed. Doubtless the seventeen who are to be selected by the governor general in the name of the king could be found, though more difficulty would be experienced than is imagined. The selection of six members of the autonomist cabinet was a severe labor, and the choice of seventeen coun- cilors of state, who would be willing to take official position as the special repre- sentatives of Spanish sovereignty would be more severe. If this council of adminis- tration is ever constituted the exercise of its functions will be the real test whether Spain is capable of conceding genuine home (Continued on Ninth Page.) weneral Mrs, Acklan Makes Good Her Promise to Delaware, She Has Returned to Wilmington to Live in Accordance With Her Divorce Pledge. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. WILMINGTON, Del., January 12.—The gossip of legislative as well as social cir- cles in Delaware are wagging their tongues and riveting their attention again on Laura Crocker Acklan, daughter of ex-Judge and Millionaire T. D. Crocker of Cleveland, Ohio. Everybody in Delaware will remember Mrs. Acklan’s case as long as divorces are asked, and everybody in Delaware knows Mrs. Acklan, either personally or through the records of the last session of the legis- lature. When Mrs. Acklan went before the di- vorce committee of the legislature she was asked this customary question put to all applicants for divorce: “Do you intend to make Delaware your permanent home?’ She replied yes. Had she not given an af- firmative answer it would have been absu- lutely impossible for her to get her Dill passed, technicality or no technicality,tears or no tears. In other words, when Mrs. Acklan replied yes, the divorce committ considered that she had made a promis She did, too, but it seemed that, like man: others from the ouside world, she skipped the state very soon after her bill was passed. Delaware people supposed she had flown the coop forever, but they were mis. taken. Mrs. Acklan means to fulfill her promise to the legislature, at least in part, if not in whole. She has remembered that promise and is deeply grateful for what she considered a great favor—a divorce—and she is on her way here to show the legisla- tors and the people of Delaware that she means to act in good faith. Mrs. Acklan will spend the balance of the winter in Wilmington. She has been in communication with her lawyers, and they have arranged to have her locate here. Mrs. Acklan is perhaps the only person among the hundreds of strangers divorced by the legislature of Delaware wHo has made the slightest attempt to fulfill her sacred promise to the divorce committee. In that respect her return to Delaware, af- ter six months’ absence, furnishes a unique spectacle of a woman’s appreciation of a much needed divorce. Mrs. Acklan spent several months in New York before return- ing to Delaware. —__ HINRICHSEN LEFT OUT. Hunter to Represent Mlinois on the Congressional. Committee. Andrew J. Hunter of the ninth district of Il'inois, was today clected the Illinois mem- ber of the democratic congressional com- mittee. The election ends a-vigorous fight that has been waged wishin the ranks of the democratic members Of the Illinois dele- gation. Before the meeting Representative Jett had a long parley with Representative Baker, populist, urging him to join the meeting. The latter, however, refused to take part. Mr. Hinrichsen, who had here- tofore been a candidate for the member- skip and had been confident of the chair- ménship of the congressional committee, made a speech asking for support. Two ballots were taken, At the first Mr. Hinrichsen voted for Mr. Jett, Mr, Jett for Hinrichsen, Campbell for Hunter and Hunter cast no vote. In the second ballot, Messrs. Campbell and Jett voted for Hunter, Hinrichsen for Jett und Hunter cast no vote. Judge Hunter, hav- ing received the majority of the quorum, was then announced elected. All the mem_ bers of the democratic congressional com- mittee have now been elected except the Tennessee member, That delegation will make its choice next week, Mr, Hinrichsen said afterward to a Star reporter, regarding the action of his col- leagues: “I understand that these gentlemen claim to be carrying out the wishes of certain prominent democrats in Ilnois. I know this to be untrue as to the great mass of the democracy of the state, including the leaders. I received a telegram yesterday from the secretary of the state commit- tee, saying that every member of the com- mittee was for me. I have received letters and telegrams from hundreds of the promi- nent democrats of our state expressing the wish that I succeed. Nearly all the demo- cratic newspapers in our state, if not all, have commented favorably upon my can- didacy for chairman. In the House fully four-fifths of the members were for me, and twenty-one members of the commit- tee, being a clear majority, were pledged to my support. In: fact, it was conceded that I would be elected, and there would probably have been no other candidate for the chairmanship before the committee. “All these facts were laid before the Il- linois delegation, and were fully verified by proofs, yet Mr. Hunter and Mr. Campbell have chosen to antagonize the wishes not only of the democracy in our state, but the democracy in Congress. They were ap- parently for me so long as the question of chairmanship was in doubt, but as soon as it became evident that I would be se- lected for that position they, by their action, took the chairmanship away from the state of Ilinois. I can stand it if they can, The democracy will judge between vs.” Senator Faulkner of West Virginia stated positively today that he would not be a candidate for re-election to the chairman- ship of the democratic congressional cam- paign committee, which post he now holds. it was against his wish, he sald, that he Was re-elected to that position in 1896, and his duties as chairman had prevented his giving the attention needed to the interests of his party in his own state. For the first time in twenty-three years West Virginia was last season lost to the democratic party, and he felt it the duty of every dem- ocrat In the state to devote his entire ener- gies to reforming the broken ranks of the party organization. Cencerning his prob- able successor as chairman Senator Faulk- ner refused to make any prediction. e—____—___— RECALLING THE CERTIFICATES. Correcting Misapprehension Caused by the Secretary's; Order. Inquiries are reaching the Treasury De- partment in large numbers ds to whether the Secretary’s order ealling-in $100 silver certificates in consequelice of the discovery of a new and dangerous counterfeit of this note, is compulsory on all hélders. A reply in each cage has*been sent to the effect that the order was issued in the interest of the people who otherwise might suffer serious logses. There is, how- ever, no obligation on the paft of any one to surrender any notes of this character which he may have. But, in view of the fact that a suspicicn has been cast upon the entire issue of these notes which oper- ates to impede their usefulness as a cir- culating medium, tt was thought to be to the material advantage of all’concerned to stop their further issue and to ask all holders to send them in for redemption in other denominations. z ‘other misapprehension which geems to be more or less general is that in conse- quence of the Secretary’s action the cur- rency is being contracted. The treasury officials state that the fact is that not only is the circulation not ‘contracted by. the Report of Captain Burr, Assistant to Engineer Commissioner. REMEDIAL LEGISLATION SUGGESTED Result of the Experiments Made With Water Meters. MR. M’FARLAND’S —— .___. REPORT The District Commissioners today trans- mitted to the subcommittee of the House appropriations committee, having charge ot the District appropriation bill, copies of reports recently received from Capt. Burr, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, in charge of the water department of the District, in connection with the estimates of the water department for the fiscal year of 1898. The reports relate to the waste of water ard the means for its pre- vention. In their letter the Commissioners say: “Should the water be sold by the ac- tual amount corsumed it is proposed to make a minimum charge of $3 per annum, which would allow the use of 100,000 gal- lons, the amount used in excess of this to be charged for at the rate of three cents per thousand gallons. In the re- ports the waste is determined by the flow between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. when there fs little or no legitimate use.’ Capt. Burr, In his report, says: “I have the horor to submit the follow- ing report with regard to the proposed extension of the use of water meters to all classes of consumers, with request that it be considered in connection with so much of my annual report for the fis cal year ended June 30, 1897, as relates to the same subject. “Since the date of the annual report ad- ditional data bearing upon the use and Waste of water in the residence section of the city has become available. These data bear out the deductions made in my annual report as to the excessive waste in residence sections. They also show that in the smaller class of dwellines, where undue economy in the use of water is to be feared, the proposed minimum rate will furnish ail the water necessary for use and will not be exceeded except by reason of leaking fixtures or deliber- ate waste. They bear out strongly the In- equality of the existing system of selling water by the so-called schedule rates and exhibit the waste due to leaking fixtures, even in cases where the leak seems in- consequential, Report of Examinations. “The accompanying table shows in detail the results of examination and inspections and the meter measurement of water used and wasted in the following premises, the numbers referring to the items in the table above mentioned, “1, Eight small two-story frame dwell- irgs in Rosedale gireet, occupied by good class of white teflants, six occupants per house. Water fixtures, one yard hydrant and one yard water closet for each house. Condition of fixtures good. Total supply per day per capita, 27 gallons—w: 8 gallons; use, 21 gallons. Schedule charge per house per annum, $3.50, Value of water supplied per annum, $1.77. “2. Forty-one two-story brick dwellings in Chester court, occupied by negro tenants, 5.5 occupants per house. Water fixtur one yard hydrant and one yard water close per house. Many fixtures leaking and much trouble experienced in having leaks cor- rected, several houses being finally cut off for failure to repair leaks after repeated notice to do 40. Total supply per day per capita before inspection, 167 (2) gallons or more; after inspection, supply 71 gallo: was 8 gallons (ef which 2.4 gallons was in mains and service), and use 13 gallons. hedule charge per house per annum, 33.50. Value of water supplied per annum, $10, “3. Twenty-three small two-story brick modern dwellings in alley, square 860, occu- pied by good class of white tenants, four occupants per house. Water fixtures, from three to six taps per house, in good condi- tion. Total supply per day per capita, 41 gallons; waste, ¥ gallons; use, 31 gallons. Schedule charge per house per annum, $5.50. Value of water supplied per annum, $1.91. “4. Three-story modern brick dwelling in R street. Number of occupants, 9. Num- ber of taps, 11. Condition of fixtures good, with the exception of one tap leaking slightly from defective washer. Amount supplied before: repair of leak, 81 gallons per capita per diem; after repair, 38 gal- lons. Waste, 48 gallons per capita. Sche ule charge per annum, $8.33. Value of wa- it supplied per annum before repairs, after repairs, $8.7: Dwelling in I street. Size of house and number and condition of fixtures u known. Number of occupants, 7. Total supply per capita per diem, 44 j;allons. Schedule charge per annum, $22: Value of water supplied per annum, $3 “6. Dwelling in Mount Pleasant. Size of house and number and condition of fixtures urknown. Number of occupants, 1. To- tal supply per capita per diem, 52 gallons. No schedule rate. Value of water supplied per_annum, $6.30. Dwelling in Brown street; 8 occu- pants. Seven taps in good condition. Per Capita Consumption. “Cases 4 to 8, inclusive, are the only other dwellings in this city for which meter statistics are available. These statistics are for only short periods and indicate little but the varying per capita consump- tion in individual cases, with no leaking fixtures, excepting in case 4. In case 4, when the meter was applied, one hot water faucet was leaking slightly, but to no greater extent than is common with such fixtures and without attracting much at- tention. This small leak was found to waste more water than was used by a family of nine people. “The data above are more or less in- complete, but sre correct in the main points. The general inequalities of the schedule system and waste of the charac- ter shown in cases 2 and 4 can only be fully and permanently corrected by fur- nishing water by measure through meters. In case 2 much time was devoted to re- quiring correction or leaking fixtures, but with only indifferent success and by’ cut- ting off the supply of water from several houses. To effectively control waste of water it must be made to the interest of the consumer to promptly repair leaking fixtures. “It should be noted that the examina- tions, the results of which are noted above, were made during the fall months when water is not used for irrigation and when the waste due to permitting fixtures to Tun continuously to prevent freezing in cold weather has not begun. The moder- ate cold weather of the last week in De- cember produced the usual increased waste from this cause. This waste is felt most severely in the territory on Capitol Hill and the northwest supplied by the 48-inch main. This territory has not experienced the effect of the recent increase in the number of meters under the present law. The 48-inch main supplied almost entirely residential section, in which there are few business premises to be metered, and the waste can only be reached by applying meters to all classes of consumers. Water Free of Charge. “Cases 9 and 10 represent two instances out of many of promises supplied with water free of charge. In case 9 the total supply of water per capita per diem was found to be 858 gallons and by repeated inspections it could not be brought below 178 gallons, of which a large percentage 1s undoubtedly waste. This institution was and probably still is drawing water to the amount of over $500 per annum. Case 10 is similar in many respects to case { the per capita use and waste being 1% gal- lons, and the annual value being nearly $300. In contrast to these cases, attention is Invited to the data in case 11, an jnsti- tution that pays for water, the per capita rate being only 54 gallons per diem, “Under the act of the corporation of Washington of October 10, 186%, the use of water free of charge is authorized to churches, orphan asylums and charity schools. In all institutions entitled to free water examinations have shown to exist the conditions noted in cases 9 and 10 above, and the water department finds it- self unable to correct the evil under exist- ing law. After much attention an hourly rate. nightly, of 1,067 gallons was reduc to 300 gallons, but within only three days after supervision was relaxed, there was an increase to S00 gallons per hour. Prob- ably all waste was due to preventible causes, mainly the negligence of employes. Correction of waste in these institutions cannot bé enforced as in ordinary cases by cutting off the supply of water. By legi lative enactment, they should be allowed the use free of charge of such an amount of water, not exceeding 100 gallons per capita, as the Commissioners may deem necessary and desirable for all proper pur- poses. Any excess above such allowance should be paid for at the rate charged to all other consumers, under the same pen- alties as to non-payment. “Attention is inv d to the accompany- ing report of the superintendent of the wa- ter department: Superintendent McFarland’s Report. After reciting more in detail the cases re- ferred to by Capt. Burr, Mr. McFarland says: “As an example of the excessive waste of water furnished free to charitable institutions, attention is invited to the fol- lowing results obtained by metering the supply to the Washington City Orphan Asylum: ‘Readings taken from midnight to 3 a.m., October 15, 1897, showed an hourly rate of flow at that time of 1,967 gallons, amount used and wasted in hours was 51,163 galions. “As the total number of inmates at this time was 143, the daily per vita flow reached the amazing amount of 358 galions, The rate at midnight per cent of the rate for the whole twenty-four hours. ‘The attention of the authorities having been called to this enormous waste, a num- ber of repairs were made to defective wa- ter fixtures, and on November 6 a second midnight inspection was made, showing an hourly rate of waste of only 300 gallons, a reduction of about 5 per cent. By Novem- ber 9 this waste had again gone up to 865 gallons per hour, without doubt due to carelessness or indifference on the part of the employes 0 the institution. An Instance Cited. “An inspection of the Children’s Hospital on October § showed an hourly rate at mid- night of 1,000 gallons, and subsequent read- a mean daily consumption and waste 172 gallons. In this case the night rate was 83 per cent of rate for whole day, and the per capita per diem 194 gallons. ‘Subsequent modifications in the plumb- ing at this institution no doubt greatly re- duced the waste, but the meter was re- moved before these changes were made. “It is respectfully submitted that the only practicable way to check this useless waste of avater is to permanently meter all institutions entitled to free supply, and es- tablish in each case a liberal maximum amount which must not be exceed) “In every case investigated the wa been found to result from wholly pre able causes. If, therefore, it can be m to the interest of the consumer to these defect In contrast with the above, at the Cath- olic_ Univers : id for by meter measurement, the daily per capita consumption and waste from January 2 to April 5, 1807, was fifty- four galions. Accompanying the report, in tabulated form, was a summary of the cases pre- sented, which are typical of a large num- ber of others investigated during the past few months, while the twenty-four " = ACCOUNTS OF POSTMASTERS, Auditor Castle Has Been Pushing His Investigations, Since the discovery of the frauds in the money order system by Auditor Castle, the latter has been pushing an investigation into all postmasters’ accounts since the first of last July. There are in round num- bers 15,000,000 money orders to examine, involving an expenditure of $200,000,000.. Up to the present time over 500 mistakes have been discovered, but whether they are fraudulent can be determined only after further investigation. Even upon the as- sumption that the mistakes discovered are errors, the government has suffered con- side! therefrom, for in a majority of the cases it has been found the mistak were against the government. All of the post office officials who are familiar with the money order em de- clare it is not perfect, and mist. 'S under it are the rule rather than the exception, and that it should be changed. And they are satisfied the old system of audit was improper. It has been charged that there was no warrant of law for the system of audit which made the frauds possible. In the report of the Dockery commission upon this feature of the work the following occurs: “The distinctive feature of the form called a margin check not unlike devices now in use for similar and other pur- poses, and which in this connection will ccomplish a very important result; that is, it will enable the auditor to make a definite check of the postmaster’s mon order accounts immediately upon their re- ceipt. The present stem involves delay until the orders issued have been paid, re- ceived at the department and checked against the report of the office issuing b fore the debit of that office is fully de- mined. It will be noticed under such a plan, even if all orders were presented for payment, that it would be several months before the debt of the issuing office could be determined; but the facts are that many orders never have been and probably never will be presented for payment.” The former auditor for the Post Office Department evidently thought the law man- y and incorporated the direct check- em a3 recommended above. pllowing letter from Secretary Gage to Representative Dockery explains itselt: “Referring to the subject matter of our conversation today, I have to say that the act of January 27, 1894, enacted upon the repert of the ‘Dockery commission,’ do: not limit the auditor for the Post Office Department to the money order coupon in auditing post office accounts, but, while re- taining ali the safeguards of the old sys- tem of accounting in that office, simply fur- niskes the auditor this additional safeguard, to be used if he so desires. “The detail methods of auditing postmas- ters’ accounts of necessity must be left largely to acministrative discretion, and are not and cannot be arbitrarily prescribed by legislation. “With reference to the coupon form of money order, I observe that the joint com- mission, in its report on the bill (act of January 27, 1894), stated: ‘It is proposed that these orders shall be prepared in such a small and neat form as to give them an attractive appearance and make them easy to handle, and not more cumbersome to the files, the coupon check included, than is the case with the present money order form.’ “It is, of course, impossible entirely to avoid errors under any system, but the audit under the Coupon system,’ properly made, would be amply safe and expeditious. “To make the safeguards relating to post office auditing more effective the commu- nication between the issuing office and the auditing office should be more frequent, but this would involve increased expense and an additional clerical force. “I may add that the eccounting system of the ury, authorized by the act of July 31, 1894, commonly known as the “Dockery act,’ has been found to be expedi- tions, economical and hedged about with good safeguards.” HANNA IS ELECTED Is Now United States Senator Frouy Ohio for Both Terms, VOTE WAS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY} McKisson Was the Nominee Agairy of the Opposition. HANNA’S RANK UNSHAKEN lp cianclancie, Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta - COLUMBUS 12.—Marcug A. Hanna was elected United States ene ator from Ohio this morning for both thy long and short terms by a vote of 73 to! 70 on joint ballot of the two hous The short term alluded to fs, of the Ohio, January cou unexpired part of Senator Sherman's term, which he left vacant when he s®el signed to accept a place tn President Moy! Ss cabil and to fill which Goyy! Hl apy i Mr. Hanna last March After the two houses met in joint ses-! sion in the ho: amber the roll gf the senate was celled first, and there were | no changes from the votes of yesterda 19 for McK: and 17 for Hanna, as fole lews: For Hanna for the short term—Alexane | der, Blake, rpenter, Crandall, May, Plummer,/ n, Voight, Wighte Wilitams, V total, 17. ol en, Burke, Cohen, Doty, non et, Long, Nichols, Pu lentine; total, Robertson, he only dissenting rey} pr the name of E. Mey Kisson, the republican mayor of Cle veland, j in a very forcible and inflammable «peechtt that commanded el t attention, Ia one of his climaxes he said: ‘James A. G would have voted for, MecKisson if 1 alive and a senator‘ here today.” The Vote of House Members, | The vote of the house was the same ag that of yesterday, with the exception that! Hazlet, who vote| cen for Wiley, nd) Hess, who voted for Warner, today; voted with the o. jemocrats for Mes| Kisson. Gen Aquilla Wiley was the only| rt alition, ang} an Lente, | result of! Mckisson, ; Lentz, 1 nd declared Marcug! Hanna ‘¢ ator for the unexe] pired term, e h 4, Ls Owing to the ing and noise, the chair allowed t ers to re Defora the less « for the long term was bezu Not for the long term | much interest being | berts of Cleveland seced ‘Uon of Hanna, and Reps} y of Cleveland that of presented no peeches, atives rose ¥ Gast their respect Was taken, witt onded t resentadive Br nT Although the joint balloting for se did not begin till noon today, the legislas tive halls were crowded early in the morng4 ing, with an ove! the state house. ng headquarte ous and busy sc »w crowd in and abou§, At the hotels the oppos¢ sented the anxle} Thi s on both | same sides showed mo: Seis | than on r mornings. The Hanng lers wer up a nt on the watch: r opponents s entire night 1 ng some members out of bed and in; near others here were several | s in the hotels between opposing nd watchmen before daybrealy fecling had not abated any whe they met again in the state house. There tain members ¢ night, but none were lost in an. ed escapes. There seemed curlosity over | the result of the jomt ballot for senator | tkan over the well-advertised dramuiic pera formance in connection with charges of | bribery, — cons’ y and other wrongs charged by both sides against each othe And in the midst of all the cheering thera | were sighs of relief from the wearing suse | pense over the action of doubtful statese men. It will be two weeks next Friday | since Senator Hanna arrived here, but most of his workers had been here over two j weeks, and some of his opponents had been j on the sleepless vigil for months. on these who had everything to gain and| nothing more to lo ead the further tension a deadlock. ready for the curtain to drop. Burke Demands Investigation, Soon after the senate assembled this merning Senato Burke of Cleveland effered. a resolution ding an investigation into the charges that $1,750 had been offer- ed by alleged agents in the ints Senator Hanna for the vote of Rep: T resolution provided for @ consisting of Senators nk, Garfield and Long. ward requested to have nator was subs' The committe tituted « of thre ccrats and two cans, A long bitter discussion followed, led by Senator Burke for immediate consideration, and by | ator Sullivan for deliberation and full | consideration, During the discussion it was charged that consideration of this resolution hadj been postponed by a vcte of 36 to that it was a matter that con: heuse and not the senate, been precipitate senate, was thought it m! ne adopted t of 19 to 17 and interfere with the ei a United 8 senator at the hour fixed | for that action. Senator Sullivan and| prned ti but that it ha where it raised the point of or- der that the house having passed upop a similar resolution and defeated it, the‘ senate had no right to take up the matter. | The president refused to entertain the! point, and held the senate had the right to pass upon the resolution. Before the vote upcn the’ resolution could be taken a message was received from the he.se of representatives, stating that that body was ready to vote upon the question of electing a United States senator. The president held that further discussion was cut of order, and the matter was laid over. Proceedings in the House. When the house convened, at 10 a.M., | Representative Otis was promptly recog</ nized on a question of privilege. He made a long statement regarding the Boyce brib« ery charges. He said it was due the house and himself to have an investigation before proceeding farther in the election of @ United States senator, and offered a reso- jon accordingly. - Zon a ee to suspend the rules for immediate consideration of the resolution the vote stood—i2 ayes, 56 nays. On the motion being declared lcpt there were cheers on the republican side and in the’ galleries. The vote was precisely the samé as all the votes yesterday, and the two ballots for the short and long terms for’ senator. There are 109 members of the house. The 56 Hanna men always voted { solidly. Representative Cramer was absent, and lican representati voted together for / ves investigation before electing a senator,’

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