Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1898, Page 11

TH E EVENING STAR. | dno PUBLISHED DAILY BACH SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1161 Peass‘iveais Aven, ior t The Eveninz Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. = = Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star te served tc subcribers te the ity by carriers, op their own account, at 10 cents . 0 44 certs per monts. Coplen at the counter 2 cents each. “By tuall_ anywhere in the ¥ es or Canada—pestage prepaid—50 cents a 3h. te per menth, Saturday Qrictanle ®heet Star. $1 per rear. with foreten postage added. $8.08. Part2. Che Foening Star. Pages 11-14, ry (Entered at the Post Office at Washington. D. 0 as second-cla ¢ matl matter.) | 7 All mail sun Raton of adve riptiona must be patt fn a ine made Known on annie nee Monday, November 28, 1898. “Looking Backward.” Looking backward 24 years, t day, what 3 J . styles and prices with the ideal all suits, tailored with faultless nicet venience, as made by us for just backed by This counts, 4 oring. time if you will look in at So ee a eS eee 5; Kx x a ANACOSTIAHAPPENINGS | Rev. Davenport, Emmanuel Church Rector, Removes to New Home. Donated by Wealthy Persons, Whose Identity is Not Known — Other Pians—General News. Rev. W. G. Davenport, the rector of the Emm 1 Protestant Episcopal Church of Anacos' has removed, with his famtly, | ance away from the other. It hus just } been acquired by Emmanuel parish, through the generosity of 1 The fact such it is ide pe | into the new rectory, on Maple avenue, some | said action s be- nt mat- the parish were be- vons. ing contemplated and other {mport ters i ton w! conn was reported in The Star weeks ago. As was stated, some benevolent persons whose identity purpe kept a secret, but ide of w rector mimanuel ¢ ne old rectory is now of debt and ready by ttention of th with the intention of lifting the de the old ry, purchasmg a newer and } more suit e, and t turning the! former tnto a home for a limtied | r er of po ren. Matters have pro- | » be free ally owne the new onc the parish. of their idea of building a children's home by the suce that Mrs. W. G. Davenport has Beli Home at Co- lontal Bi to be an who {s suppos- e of what ts going atter said: man who are doing = of “The lady and gent i his work are quite wealthy; possibly their f ites them to be ranked in the y list. Their names we are nol ut, but they are known ng, however, | | actical In their chai In regard to the o!d rectory wrong impression has gone forth. intended to do an ng more an ent! wi than home for running !t another site temporary Ti ¢ re tendered a ning on the oc- = family int Davenport = the other ev removal of } rectory. was new Old Glory Over Station House. floated from the the first time ind a new staff ant Anderson by the station, and |} erected on the r ng at $ o'clock Phe stars and stripes tien f flag A large sent to Se are t Nace > Mi Gas lamps a | | Minnesota Avenue Lighted. | that con- nion a N d Campfire. v.12 a Housewarming. w hom Idiers, of 1 street 1 saliors 4 ae lorthwest, 4 pened at 38 Donations nd money al in much, a¢ after- Knox furniture John Kennedy for etary Long has also are is " by Ast- has been brought to this r the past three pal ctiies of claimed, been lions of vis- resented d before power, which ait The ex- nasylvania ing, E(G > iy) ae : ou paid for your stylish “15. This suit and its price are made possible by abundant facilities, years of uninterrupt nd with our gua must fit o. k., or we keep it—assures satisfaction. MERTZ and MERTZ, Tailoring Headquarters, 906 F Street N. W. Ce ALAM EEE EEE EEE OLE IEEE | at the Cas:le Hall, No. 513 | state in the Unton was represented. n there this | Seetetnegeteeatee ell us, ye well-dressed men of that tits. And then compare stuffs, wool, fitted-to-personal-measure y, and full of comfort and con- Fa ee a ee ae a a ee ef eokonenLonleasenseeseeteafeogeoseot -d experience in Merchant 1 ntee that every garment Our time our KNIGHTS MAKE MERRY Grand Visitation to Rathbone Lodge, K. P., Attracts Large Crowd. Reports of Officers Show Gratifying Progress—Unique Mena Card as a Souvenir. Grand Chancellor John Knigh C. Yost of the s of Pythias of the District of Co- . accompanied by rand Lodge s, paid his first official visit Friday night to Justus H. Rathbone Lodge, No. 9th street nortn- bers of the f1 and nearly every Every the west. ternity Many hundred m were present, local lodge sent a large delegation. The lodge hall was elaborately decorat~ With flags and bunting of various color and potted plants evergreens wert placed about the hall tn the greatest pro- fusion. The work was exemplified by the grand urer. Lemuel Pugitt, after which the committee appointed by the grand chancellor to examine the property of the lodge mae tensive r h showed that th ane is In pec the very best of thing in t aphernalia and requisites. The and | chequer to be on a solid financ with ampl« funds in the grand keeper of records and seal, Geo. W. ort of the Bauman. shows the lodge to be above average in numerical strength. Flowers for Grand Officers. Just before the retiring of the Grand Lodge officers they were cach by Chancellor Commander cock with a handsome bouquet of flowers, tied with the tri-colored ribbons of the erd: the all of whom are members of Rath- bone Lodge. Past Chancellor R. C. Glascock served as orator of the evening, and in his remarks reviewed the history 9f Pythianism tn th District of Columbia. After the lodge clos the knights formed tn line and were escort- ed to the banquet hall of Knight Freund, where an elaborate coliation was served. prior to which a flash-light photograph was taken by Page Faher, rauch to the surprise and amusement of all. ‘The menu card was uniau being prepared with the view of rendering a number of the jolly knichts conspicuous. The front cover bears this s tion: “Brother Knight: This elabor- ate Wiliam O'Fare is given you as a souv- & the items were: Game, old mata, peol, policy t bird’s nest, spider's toes, broc e frogs: dessert, raft, door floating In fas arwoVe rubber pis, nin the me- hnuts y were th names of many of and the finale Siceers, } s and noise, by the carriages at 1 a.m. if you have the dough. In eases of emergenc the hurry Wagon wi 1 r you to the bosom of yo Brief Ada en all had finishe d the 1, Chancellor Comma . acting as tcastmaster, tn- sellor Commander Philips of Harry Standifora 27: Frank Harrison, mbia Lodge st, W. TR V nk HW. Hosford, all of n witty terms, Rathbone Lode being the ba- ne Distric 1 this being its the affair will long be cher- of all who were pres- — Apraise Damages. b officer having certifled that opening of an alley through lot 14, | block 11, Bioomingda necessary in the Interest of public health, the District Com- | misstoners have requested the marshal of the District to summon a jury to ascertain and appraise the damages. —— Preaches Farewell Discourse. A farewell sermon was delivered yester- | day morning by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, the pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church, who has resigned to accept a call to the Bedford Avenue Reformed Church, Brooklyn. There was a large congregation present, who listened to the parting words of the man who has ministered as pastor for the past five years. Mr. Ennis expects to preach to the Brooklyn congregation next Sunday - If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. >_-— Ordered to Pay Alimony. In the proceedings for divorce instituted | by Rebecca Liverpool against William H. Liverpool, Judge Hagner, in Equity Court No. 2, today ordered the defendant to pay his wife, for her separate support and maintenance, $20 month. The court further directed that Mr. Liverpool pay the cost of the proceedi: g, the sum of $50 as counsel fee, and arrears of alimony for September, October end November, 1898. 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES, THE NATIONAL GUARD | High Military Standard to Be Main- tained Hereafter. OFFICERS ORDERED UNDER ARREST Instructions Covering Ordnance and Other Property Accounts. MUST REPORT FOR DUTY ee A military standard, more than ever sim- ilar to that of the regular service, is to be maintained nereafter throughout the Dis- of Columbia National Guard. Practices of a nature even slightly non-military will not be tolerated. From all indications it would seem wise for officers as well as enlisied men to bear this very much in mind. For instance, as stated in The Star Saturday, the placing under nominal arrest of several oificers, all well known, and, one at least, of rather high rank, for failure to appear at an ordered informal inspection a few evenings ago, an evidence that hereafter crders must be obeyed to the letter, “i’nder nominal arr uspension from all military duties and authority until released thi trom. Captain Dapray made several visits for the purpose of inspection and instruction last week, but little was accomplished. owing to the slim attendance of officers He has nged to visit the headquarters next Wednesday The prospects are that a sore sani: ion of the bri n as : its him sire ts will be ° etuai servi quirements is nut the at present. nual Returns of Property. in duplicate, for annual returns of quartermaster and ordnance property, to be rendered by company commanders and other officers responsible for property, have just been sent out from headauarters. These returns, it is stipulated, must be forwarded direct to the quartermaster gen- eral and chicf of ordnance District of Co- lumbia militia, direct, on or before Decem- ber % In this ccnnection Adjutant Gen- ral Allaire has been directed to call at- tention to the following requirements: All transfers of public property. between officers must first be approved and au- thorized by the heads of the proper staff departments. Pr: rs of public property of any kind tsoever, based on memorandum re- pts, must regularly closed by the exchang and receipts, each In duplies’ est possible moment after the ¢ nsfer is ef In all transfers of property between offi- cers the Invoicing officers must forward direct to these headquarters one copy of the receipt furnished him by the receiving officer, and the receiving officer must, like- forward one copy of the invoice fur- hed him by the invoicing officer at the earliest possible moment after the transfer is concluded. who spert th be are accountable for public National Guard and who commanded and equipped companies in the Ist Regiment District of Columbia Volun- teer Infantry must at once invoice to the quartermaster general and the chief of respective the quartermaster and ordnance property taken by them from the stores of the National Guard for the use of their companies in the volunteer regiment, as of the date of the muster in of the same. They must also receipt to the National Guard officers, on regular transfer papers, for all property received from them. Must Report for Duty. General Harries, through Adjutant Gen- eral Ataire, during the weck issued the following order: “All commisisoned officers who availed themselves of the leave of absence author- ized by paragraph Il, G. O., No. 9, current series, these headquarters, to enter the Ist District of Columbla Volunteers, will, if it is their intention to remain in the National Guard, report for duty at once to these headquarters through proper military chan- 1 ‘Commanding officers of separate integral organizations will forward through mili- tary charnels a list of the names of those enlisted men of their commands who ob- ained furlough under above general order and who intend remaining in the National Guard Regimental and battalion com- manders wiil make a like report of their non-comm} : The ment fantry ve tional Guard: Maj. M. Emmet Urell, as colone iment; Lieut. C. } a Cook, tain and aid-de-camp, District af ¢ ja; Fir ut adjutant, as namissione ywing offic of the Ist Regi- District of Columbia Volunteer In- reported for dvty in the Na- 2d Re as canta pany D, Fred Hodgson, attalion: Capt. James TL. tain and and ins ment; F captain Lieut. py idjutant, 1st rd Grifith y A: N and R How < J as captain, t. George C. r of rifle pra 2d Regiment. Hoard of Survey. In order that the property accounts of Company A, 5th Battalion, may be imme- diately adjusted and that the property ac- countabilty of William H. Mellach, late captain of the company, may be deter- mined, the commanding officer of the bat- talion has received instructions from head- quarters to at once appoint a board of survey to ascertain the amount of quarter- master and ordnance property now charged against. Captain Mellach, the amount of property now on hand in the company and the amount of property unaccounted for at the present time. i€ any shortage in property exists the board will be instructed to investigate the cause or causes for the same, will fix re- sponsibility therefor and wili make rec- ommendations as, in its judgment, may be deemed right and just. The board will be empowered to summon before it such witnesses from the National Guard as may be necessary for the fullest Investigation of the matters before it. Light Battery in the War. In a communication to the adjutant gen- eral, District of Columbia Militia, Charles De Lano Hine, eaptain, Light Arttllery, com- manding Battery A, District of Columbia National Guard, states that the battery fur- nished two officers and forty-eight enlisted men for service in the Ist District of Colum- bia Volunteer Infantry In the war with Spain. The cfficers and men were mustered into service last May, in the compantes of the regiment as indicated in the following: Officers—Captain Charles De L. Hine, as major; First ‘Lieut. J. Howard Griffiths, a3 first lieutenant, Company E. Non-commissioned officers—First Sergeant Edward J. Anderson, as regimental ser- geant major; Quartermaster Sergeant Sam- uel H. Jacobson, Company E. Sergeants— Richard B. Clayton, Company E: Daniel L. Morgan, Company E. Corporals—Richard Espey, Cempany A; Samuel L. Dicks Company D; Henry V. V. Pierce, Companys F; John W._D. Maupin, Company G. Privates—Company A, Henry Anderson, Samuel T. Carpenter, Carl V. Eckdall, D: vid H. Kohr, John A. Mahoney, Warren C. O’Harra; Company B, Albert Demontfort, Allan C. Harmon; Company €, Isadore B. Belmont, Wm. Edward Nash, Wm. O'Brien, Howard O. Pusey, Harry Siebert; Company D, John N. Trumbo; Company £, Alvin E. Bowen, Wiliam A. Cline, Augu: tus DeGrummond, Charles Tf. Humphries, Lemuel K. Mangum, Charles D. Lazelie, Charles L. Platz, John?P. Rice, Joseph D. Ruppert, Frank H. Smith; Company F. Charles Anderson, Walter Cornelius, Louis T. Frech, J. Eayre Hendrickson, George C. Meigs, Harry A. Moran, Rudolph Schietli Theo. A. R. Taff, Percy M. Whitney; Com- pany G, Joseph M. Bird, Socrates Maupin, Hezekiah W. McCauley, Elbert B. Rich- trond, Eugens F. Smith, George F. Thurs- ten; Company L, George C, Nailey. Discharges and a Transfer. ‘The following have been honorably dis- charged on their own applications: Privates Richard H. Booker and Wiillam H. Towles, both of Company A, ist Separate Battalion Landsmen Herbert Bryson, W. G. Gall Wm. G. Turn George B. Phelps, Stanley M. Clarke, William D. Deane and Ernest D. Smith, Ist Division, Naval Tattalion; Private W. P. M. Pixley, Company A, Ist Battalion. Because of removal from the District of Columbia, the following have becn honor- ably discharged gt James BE. Frazier, Company D, Ist ate Battalion; Cor- poral Henry E. Hal ompany A Battalion, and Landsman Emanuel Ist division, Naval Battalion, In the interest of the ing have been dicharged: P Cauffman, Compan st Battalion: Pri- vates Joseph R. Harry T. Knight, George WV . M. Taylor, Com? pany B, Private Frank Forrest Company B, h Battalion, 123 been tran: rre@ to Company A, 2d Battalion. The brigade band held a meeting and armory, yesterday afternoon. Una o Reeser: GHAND JURY'S REPORT. Presentation to the Cirealt Court at Rockville, Md. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, November 28, 1898. After two weeks’ service the grand jury in the circuit court was discharged Sat day evening. ‘The report of that body state: it has examined 240 witnesses and found seventy-five presentments. A committee visited the alms house and found the farm and buildings and the inmates, twenty-nine in number, in such condition’ as to reflect credit upon the superitttendent, Mr. Lee Ricketts. The jury visited te county Jail and found there confined thirty-nine pris- oners-ten white and twentysnine colored. The inside of the building was clean and well-kept and the prisoners well cared for. ‘The sewer system of the jail building is strongly condemned by the jury, and the statement made that 311 the: Tefuse is car- ried to a portion of the yard, and there overflows into the grounds of the public school, thus endangering the hea‘th of sev- eral hundred children. The county com- missioners are ealled upon to promptly remedy the evil, wnich bas been pronounced by the court a “public nuisance.” A recommendation ts made that steam stead of hot alr be used tn. heating’ the court house, and thar elecirte lights be used in the building. <» Tho sheriff his deputies are ed for the prompt and effictent manner in which their-duties have heen performed. Attention is-called by the jury to the al- leged growing spirit of lawlessness and vio- lence Which seems to pervade the turbulent classes in the communit 5 hinted that race differeacos have much to do in bringing about th te of affairs. At the conclusioa of the reading of the report Judge Henderson took occasion to highly commend the jury for the manner in which its labors had been accomplished, and also to warn the county commissioners that the recommendations of the jury should be promptly carried out. e criminal dock. taken up Friday, and up to Saturday evening the following es had been tried: State agt. Emanuel commend- Everson, larceny; guilty: not sentenced. Frederick Brown, sixty days in county jail, Erne: larceny: ty days in jail. Warren Johnsor not yet sentenced. Thomas Wi E ceny; penitentiary six years. Wm. Dixie, larceny; penitentiary five years. Alex. Fe tune, larceny; penitentlary twelve years. Albert Matthews, larceny; penitentiary two years. Harry Green, larceny, house of cor- rection eighteen montis; John B. Richa- son and Hugh P. Hill, larceny; not guilty. Same parties, larce nolle pros. entered. —_-+—— BLANCO SAILS FOR SPAIN. Compliments Members of the Ameri- can Commission Before Leaving. The New Yerk Heraid’s correspondent at Hav ends the foliowing under date of 3esterday: General Blanco and his aids, General Solano and the siaf® general: Havana for Spain ionight on the transport Villaverde. Quarters in keeping with his dignity have been fitted up on the Viliaverd: for General Blanco. He left Havana in a quiet manner, and assured® his friends he would accept no demonstration upon his arrival in Spain. General Wade, Admiral Sampson and Gen- tral Greene. with their aids, made an offi- cial call on General Blanco at the palace this morning, it being a valedictory. visit to present their compliments before his de- leave parture. TH ng was purely formal, the Amer! mush ¢ un Hart, ter, expressing their. Ut m general for thi extended to them since their General Blanco, replying, thanked his visitors for their kindly expressions and commented on the cordial relabons which nad existed between the rep the United States and the tion. Filling a delicate tion, they hi acted, he said » negotiations ima manner which gave no offense io na- tional susceptibilities, and he trusted that future relations, until their work closed, would be as pleasant as in the past. Just before leaving, to the commissioners was handed official notifigation of General Castellanos” appointment succeeding -Gen- al Blanco. They will probably make a formal call upon the new captain igeneral tomorrow. ———__+e+-___—_ Juvenile Temple Workers. The little people of Undine Temple, un- der the direction of their superintendent, Mrs. Emma F. Bishop, gave an entertath- ment In Northeast Temple last Friday even- ing. The program included numbers as fol- lows: Piano solos by Ida Doyle and Nettie Cole; recitations by Winfleld Sands, Lewis Tooly, Blanche Moore, Nellie Bishop, Mattie Anthony, Emmett Brennan and Ida Tooly; lullaby by Pearl Shaw, Virginia Bishop, Lizzie Terry, Jessie Terry and Lucy Eagle- ston; comic songs by Dolph Bishop; coon songs by Isabella Shelton; piano duet by Lillian Schneider and Nellie Bishop; violin trio by Prof. Carlin and Delph and How- ard Bishop, and a dialogue by Eva Light- cap, Mattie Anthony, Blanche Moore and Gertie Eagleston. At the regular session of Undine ‘Temple Saturday afternoon one new member was initiated, and awards of merit made by the superintendent “as follows: Gold medal to Mary Kieny, ang gift books to Ida and Bessie Doyle, Gertie, icy and Geneva Eagleston, Pearl and Elia Shaw, Willie Monroe, Nettie Cole and Mattie Anthony. Mrs. L. J. Allen, grand. superintendent, presented a gold pin to Blanche Moore for meritorious work. i = At the regular session of Minnehaha Temple Saturday evening Miss Nannie Daniel, superintendent, In eharge, one can- didate was initiated. Miss Annie Grigg led the temple in a march, a reading was given by Fred Harris, chief templar, and ad- dresses made by Mrs. Allen, grand superin- tendent, and by S. W. Russell. sentativ local admin property or nt a situation or it will pay yo ounce the fact t the advertising cot ef The Star. They closely studied by m three times as many People as read any other paper. Se Legislation Suggested to the Presi- dent by Samuel Gompers. —— EIGHT HOURS FOR GOVERNMENT DAY An Effective Measure Pending in Congress. DISCUSSION OF INJUNCTIONS Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- fean Federation of Labor, has sent to Pre: ident McKinley, by his request, a letter con- taining suggestions as to legislation fn the interest of labor. The letter is as follows: Mr. Gompers’ Letter. “In the interview you kindly accor Morrison and myself and discussing the leg- islation in the interests of labor, which we urged should be incorporated in y coming annual me understood that I should furnish you with a copy of the letter I had the honor of 2d- dressing you upon the subject. The thought a tred to me since that another jet- rporating the main f res of which I have written you, would be those more to the point Of course, I realize that it would be su- pertlous for me even to entertain the b recommend submit to you, ief that you can in one message, all the hopes as well as the demands of therefore confine myself to a few tions which I believe you can in- te in your message and will con- tribute toward the desired end, the aim be- ing the general good. In is68 Congress passed a resolution de- claring in favor of the eight-hour work day for all government employe The same year President Grant issued a proclamation tor the enforcement of the resolution of Congress. Later President Grani issued « proclamation providing that there shall i and aspirations labor. no reduction in wages by reason of the re- duction in the hours of labor from ten to eight per day. That resolution has since been enacted and so amended as to cover ail of the federal government, 15 well as applying to those who perform work or services directly for or on behalf of the general government. By reason of numerous decisions and defi- nitions given to this law, much of the Is benefit to labor has been vitiated, today in a large number of instan practical a dead letter; more espe is this the fact when the work ts done by contract. I respectfully suggest that you recom- mend to Congress the passage of a law providing for the establishment of the éight-hour work-day on all work done by or for the government, whether that work be done by contractors « beontractors. Lest ther hension as to the too far-reaching provisions of such a hieasure, your attention is called to a letter addfess€d by the authorized representative of the American Federation of Labor to the committee on laber ofthe House of Representatives, United States Pifty-fourth Congress, and which the committee re- ported verbatim to the Hou: An Effective Measure. 1 beg to say that at the first sess the Fifty-fifth Congress, a bill was drafted (H.-R. 7389) on new lines, and upon which the committee reported favorably. We be- lieve this bill to be an effective measure, more particularly with the Senate amend- ment, providing for cases of extraordinary emergency. It is not my desire to enter into an argu- ment here in favor of the proposition for the reduction in the hours o1 labor of the wage earnc or the estrblishment of a norma’ work day of eight hours. But, it suimitted that the wonderfu.ly improved methods of production, the great product ivity of the workers and the large numbe: of ‘unemployed toilers of today, should prompt the governm of the United States to take the initiative for the intro- duction of the eight-hour work day, whi will tend te the protection of the wage earners and th dition. The government States, if not a model emp! least be a fairiy generous one. I should add that history has demenstrated, too, that the government could with profit a advantage become a direct employer labor in the many instances where it i practicable, instead of the intervention of the contractor and subcontractor, the gov- ernment suffering the loss which such terveation im I beg to irclose herein a copy of the 1 port of the committee on labor of the Ho of Representati accompanying the eigat-heur bill (GE 3). Improvement of Seamen's Condition. The bill for the improvement of the con- sition of the seamen (S. 95) provides in sub- stance as follo 1. That a seaman shall not be subject to st or imprisonment for leaving any ves sel while such vessel is lying in harbor, nor shall he be subject to be brought on rd of any merchant vessel, there to perform jor against his will. 2. Seamen shall not be subject to corporal improvement of their con- of the Untted er, should at ar punishment for on, but m im- prisened on b while sea for to perform their 1 minimum seale of scale shall not be suh- Any contract. be a minimum spxee in the S$ quarters on board ship, such be not less that 108 cubic feet per m ‘That the seamen, through the majori of the crew, while lying in harbor may de- mand that thelr vessel shall be examined as to her seaworthiness. 6. That seamen's wages signable before it is earned x, wife or other near relatives. That seamen shali not be compelled while in harbor to perform any but neces- sary work on Sundays or legal holidays. Competition of Convict Labor. All admit the evil effect of the product of convict labor coming in competition with fee labor. Legislation by the several states upon this subject has in a large measure proven ineffective, by reason of the facts that the courts have decided that a state cannot prohibit the importation within its borders the products of xny other state. The courts have alco decided that a state cannot exclude the product of any other state for the failure of that pro- duct to bear a designating mark that it was manufactured by convicts, or under apy other conditions. It thus would seem that the power of Congress can be effer ually invoked undey the constitutional power to regulate commerce between the states. That such legislation is necessary requires no argument. We have no objec- tion to the employment of convicts, and some states bave solved this problem by providing that the convicts within their borders shall be employed at such purstits as will be not only self-supporting, but to supply the necessities for the eleemosynary institutions of the state. A bill covering this subject is now before Congress, known as H. R., 6002. Restriction of Immigration. The workers of our country have in no mistaken manner recorded their opinion that the immigration to the United States should be restricted upon the following lines: 1, The laws of the United States should n. shall not be as- except to moth- Gredi We offer a sete Srefehontostenloaseesorseaseesonroaseecere as you're able—a each month. without signing a Neste terest. sGondeaivesontoatente sr taeasaeeeteniondeeseadeedeedetoatendeseetpaletecieteatesdeetesteadesdesteateses ites IN LABOR’S INTEREST |?* mammoth housefurnishings at the lowest prices of cash stores and allow you to pay Credit is free here, We sell on credit to give you help. stock of eadeteatesateedetendetestesentesites o lerms to | little each week or note or paying in- 4 Carpets--Stoves. $ Come here for Carpets, Stoves, $ Parlor Suites, Draperies or anything : . needed to make home comfortable = for the winter. We'll show you the $ largest lines in the city at prices no house can undersell. All Carpets 3 made, lined and laid free. Z $ Mammoth be amended to restrict immigra than it is now restricted. There should be e@ provision in guarding against criminal and pauper ele- ments entering Into the United States. 3. The foreign consular service anc immigration department should be trusted with greater powers to enforce migration laws. 4. The violation of the alien con* bor law by employers should be punish by imprisonment. 5. The steamship mor our tne im- companies should be held responsible for a term of years for the | character of their passengers. . A stricter civil and educational test should be enforced as to qualification for naturalization. ; 7. Every immigrant should be compelicd clare his intention of becominz a cit- of the United States. Injunctions Against Labor. in the past few years a new weapon has been brought into play in the disput between employer and the employed hereo- fore unknown to the law, so far as it 1 becn applied to either the criminal, the political or the police nowers of the state~ the now well-known weapon cf the judicial inj on restraining workmen from doinz certain things recognized by the codes as perfectly within the lawful limit of their rights. As a layman, it ‘a not within my province to discuss the legal righ a nd the 1 restrictions of the workma of the neverthele weil- en: but the thought is, uppermost in my mind that it is established principle in law that junction should never lie when the: omplete remedy at la the people be deprivéd of the, their rights by the Issuance of a writ n contemplated by our system of ju dence. It is sometimes urged that whe an junction may be issued that, if the » enjoined ere lawful, the writ will be di missed and no injury accrue to the par enjoined. Ordinarily this may be true, but in the case of labor dispites the very re- verse is the fact. Quite recently in a labor dispute writs of injuncti vere i made returnable fully se > their issuance. In other werds, the men were enjoined from doing those ordinary and lawful things that they e required to do during the pendency of trade disputes and with the positive knowledge that to comply with the conditions of the tnjune- tion in the meantime woul? destroy y ef- fort at res sanece of wrong in the move- ment for the improvement of the condition of labor. = Nor is the court injunction {n Its modern application alone injurious and wrongful in the disputes which arise in relations be- tween the workers and their employers. but is equally a menace to republican in- stitutions. Recently a citizen of one of our great cities secured an Injunction from a judge enjoining the municipal legislature from passing a law, or ordinance. It is al- leged and generally admitted that the ordi- nance which this municipal legislature n- templated passing was conceived in vicious- ness and corruption, but it is simply re- ferred to here to call attention to the fact that if the ordinance was contrary to law, wi violative of rights, it could, even if passed, be annulled by the duly constituted ecurts. It is further submitted that if a court can issue an Injunction r raining @ municipal legislature from pase! law, it may also exercise tha after right under a misapprehension that the contemplated legislation is vicious and corrupt; that if it | is within the province of a court to | enjoin a municipal legislature, it is within the power of a state court to Is- injunction enjoining legislation by ure and within the power of the federal court to enjoin the United States from islation which may be de terest of the people. It may seem of the imagination and fearful to con plate, but if the exe of this function of the courts !s not seon curbed, we m: me day witness not only Congré joined, but the President of the Uni States d with an injunction prohibit- ing him from placing his signature to a law passed’ by Congre: and perhaps brought to the bar for contempt. Who knows but we may some time see the presi- dency of the United States decided upon a writ issued by a federal judge? The genius of our institutions contem- plates the separation of the functions of government into the legislative, executive and judicial. Unless the people of out country take warning from the imminent dangers which menace them, we may soon witness that Instead of three co-ordinate branches of the government we shill hav the judicial, to which all =ise will be subor- dinate. Judicial Views. It may not be amiss to here quoi? a few opinions of eminent jurists who realize the Ganger involved in the use of the writ of injunction. In a decision of the court of appeals of the state of Colorado, the court said: “We cannot approve a practice nor sub- scribe to a doctrine which permits the exer- cise by the court of the extraordinary power of injunctive relief for every wrong or infring>ment upon the rights cf another. Such a course of procedure, :f corried to its ultimate natural conclusion, would tend to entirely subvert the fundamental principle upon which our system of law is founde: In a recent paper, the Hoa. Judge Hargis, | ex-chi=f justice of the supreme court of the state of Kentucky, speaking of the imudern use of injunction, says: “Sinee the dawn of judicial history, no government, save the United States, under the last administration, is recorded as hay ing resort2d to an injunction to ke peace, prevent crime, quell domes! lence, stop tavasion, suppress insurrection: and rebellion, or to enable the governm: to perform its political .nd poliz2 functions “The earliest cases in England, © act. Grogan’s Credit House, 817-819-821-823 7th St. N.W. Between H and I Streets. PELE SNELL PRDEBABDPLPELPELLEL EEL EL EERE law | | Mr. Patterson and Mr. Stuart for the ° suit you. < : : j ae of federal judictul p dztermincd tie | law to be ‘that the chancery weaid not grant an injunction in a crimin ter’ (G Modern, 1%). Only so much % jelvily in question can the chancellor deal with by injunction, and only w the law | furnishes no adequate and cow rem dy | t protect the civil matter involved.” | “Two rules in equity are universally re | ognized: 1. Courts of equity can deal by | Injunction with civil matters only. 2. They | never grant injunctions, even in a civil mat- | ter. unless there is no adequate and com plete remedy at law. * * * The law con- | fers upon judges and conservators of the power to prevent crime and criminal violence by arrest, by binding to keep thy peace or by imprisonment In his great work on “Equity” Judge: Story lays down the following principles ‘Courts of equity wil not exercise juris- etion b way of inj ion to stay pro- dings in any criminal matters or in any cases not strictly of a civil nature.” More opintons might be quoted fh regard to this question, but it is deemed that the above expressions from widely different standpoints are in themselves sufficient 1 conv all of the awful danger which confronts us, During the Fifty-fourth Congress numer- ous bills were introduced with the object of curbing the powers of judges sting as courts of equity in issuing injunctions. One bill passed the Senate providing that when an injunction has been issued the party enjoined, Who may violate the ord: court, should have the privilege of trial. This bill, should it become a law would prevent incarceration without a triai by jury: but such a provision, though re- moving a great wrong complained of, retains intact with the issuance of the junction the deprivation of the exercise lawful rights in the meantime. All these inflict injury upon the workers, they interfere with the ex ercise of those rights and function Nh may prevent wrongs being inflicted upon them or interfere with their effort to ob tain better conditions of labor. For thes: reasons th? bill referred to as having caus- ed the Senate is deemed absolutely insurf- cier id inadeg Having every regard for the courts, we submit that, While they hav2 the power to interpret the laws and to enforce them, they should be curbed in the issuan’ of a writ so viviative of the rights of the cit zens, so menacing to the liberty of our | People and so destructive of our f in- sututions. In a previous communication, which we had the privilege of submitting your consideration, reference was mad2 vo the financial question and other subjc to which your attention is again ully invited. Realizing the important bearing a recom- mendation from you to Congress would have upon b2teticent legigaation of the character outimed and earnesuy hoping that the foregoing suggesuons may me with your approval and special mention be made of them in your forthcomming age, 1 ha e honor to subscribe my - y respectfully yours, (Signed) SAMUEL GOMPERS Presiient American Federation of 1 a THE COST OF CARELESSNESs. A Woman Lost Fine Legacy Through Use of a Revenue Stamp. Office Department does its ut- to pr deliver all letters prop- erly addre Lax methods on the part of the public result in i trouble for the de ut, Which is cor st ly reminding the ple that lette will not be forwarded uniess th amount of 2 cents is affixed. It has just been Gevesped th lessness of fine i a a uselts tov a a friend to his once rt ce. The friend did foolishly put a 2 » Stamp or in place stamp. as p stamps a ordinary r a and the departme: epted has said so repeatediy in bulletins vertiseme: The jetter held a post office and the niece notified by mail of the Jetter which would be a the receipt of proper postage. There was nothing, on the letter to indicate where it was from, and by the time the proper post- age arrived the old man had died and cut off the niece without a dollar.’ Now the officials say if the sender had simply writ- ten her address on the envelope the letter would have been promptly returned to her, and the legacy would have gone to the niece, who would have received notification in time to arrive at the bedside of her dy- ing uncle. The department permits such addresses to be written on the envelope, and would prefer that writers take ad- vantage of ft, Many letters which now find their way to the dead letter office could be promptly returned, and much unnecessary trouble avoided. ——_— Alllrmative Side Wi After an interseting contest over question, declaring “that the Amey policy of expansion is unwise.”” which was participated in by representatives of the Students of the Columbian University Law Schoo] at the university building Saturday evening, the judges rendered a verdict In favor of the affirmative. The judges were Justice Harlan W. Needham and William A. Maury. On the affirmative side were Albert RP. Swart, South Carolina; Edward N. Pagel- sen, Michigan, and Lemuel R. Via, Vir- ginia, and on the negative were F. (has. Hume, Tennessee; Alvah W. Paiterson, Oregon, and Wiliam S. Stamper, Virginia. The decision was announced by Judge Maury, who accorded nonorabie menticn to 1 upon the Charles we derlyed our system of brw and © expressed in the Constitution as the by ble mnanner in which tbeir respective aigu- monty were presented.