Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1885, Page 1

FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1885, NO. 192 ALLIED FARMERS. Defailed Procecdiogs ¢f the Annual Mecting at Livcoln. The Attendance Small But Inter- est Intense, Exposition of the Tariff by Hon, J. Sterling Morton. Addresses by Prof. Bussey and Prosident Burrow, Capt, Stiokel Denounces the Or- ganization of the Legislature, Other Lively §peeches — The Regan Bill and Senator Van Wyck's {Course Endorsed. ALLIANOE MEETIN Spocial Corrrespondence of Tr Brr, anuary 20.—The Nebraska State last evening after a tw da. ion waa very poorly attended, Only a dozen counties we e represented, and those chiefly located in the immediate neighborhood, This lack of atten- dance was in many respects significent, It is hy no means to he taken as proof that the alli- ance has gone to pieces, The twenty-nine thousand votes which were polled two r:onths ago for J. Sterling Morton, the fusion candi- data for governor, in excess of the vote polled two years sgo for Morton, shows there is con- siderable vitality in the organization. It is rather a proof of hard times, and A LACK OF CONFDENCE. in the preseat legislature, The farmers who constitute the alliance feel tue hard times this winter more than any other class, They can- not afford to pay railroad fares snd hotel bills fora tnp to Lincoln merely to air their grievances when they know that their pray und remonstrances call upon deaf ¢ars, And the cause of the marked absence of the rauk and file is doubtless due tothe want of energy and ability displayed by Mr. P. B, Reynolds ‘who has been for two years president of the alliance, Mr, Reynolds is an honest and well meaning man but he has no qualification forsuch a responsible position, which requires active, wide-awake organizer. The even. ing mes »f Wednesday was monopoli by long-winded essays which had no bearing whatever on the issues with which the alli- ance is trying to grapple. J. Sterling Mor- ton d livered himself of a carefully prepa address which he read from printed slips, It was in the main a clear and forcible argument IN FAVOR OF FREE TRADE devoted chiefly to a contradiction of Sam Randall's speech in the south. The followiog aro the principal points made by Morton: A taniff laid upon imports for the purpose of raiciog a revenue is a tax, If such a tax, Dy a tanf, be justly Jevied and collected, and results only in the revenue reauired for an economical administration of the government. T oan toe no objection to it, because all taxes wmust be taken from the exchanges of the peo. ple, or the property of the people; and it mat- ters not whether upon exchanges from other countries, commoaities from other nations, or from_internal exchanies and hcme pro- ducts if they only be equal and ju- tariff for revenue affor i cti and a tariff_for protect'on affords very i revenue. Where the ic'dent of protection begins the incident of ravenne diminishes, If a litt'e protection—imperfect protectic good thing for all the 54,000,000 Americans, then much protection—pertest prote:tion— will be a better thing for all these millions of human beings, - The tatiff for raising revenue by collectivg duties on imports everybady ad- mits to be a tax. ‘therefore a tariif for pro- tection which kesps out imports and thereby enhances the prices of those home products which are thus given a monopoly of the Amer- ican markets, must bs and 1s, & far greater tax, aud all the more unjust, 1T 18 UNJUST, because it makes an artificial price for the things we have to buy by shutting o -t compe- titicn from abroad, and “because while it thus takes all ths people it brings little, if any, revenue to the natiousl treasury. It compels ns by law to contribute of our earnings not solely to the support of the government, but to the direct maintenance of a favored class of citizens engaged in certain manufactur which e thus in etatute spawned monopy lies. The distinction between tariff for rev. enunand a tariff for protection is plain, A tariff for revenue takes money from all of us, and places it where it belonge in the treasury of the people. A tariff for protection takes of us, and gives it to a few of ainst this mi:use of the sov ercignty in taxiog the whole for the benent im(_i enriclunent of the few that we protest, tis CLASS LEGISLATION, It is an avoldance of the constitutional imitation of the taxiog power. It is not for the psyment of the public debt. 1t is not for the common defense. It is not to promots the general welfare of the United States, It pravents revenue with which to pay the public deb%, It weakens the means of com- mon defeace, Lt is antagonistic to the general welfare of the Umted Stites. Anything which srtificial y enhances the price of the Decessary aiticles incommon use in the homes of the multitnde—though it may make mil- lionaires of & few men—is ag.iost the general welfare of the United States. The groatest good to the greatest number can never be se- cured ton people whose government levies the @reatest taxes on the greatest number for the benefit of the smallest number. The old maxim is thus reversed, aud the greas effort is, by the protective system, to give the groatest good—by un unrighteous uss of the power to tax—to the minimum monopolies and ut the expense of the maximum public, Morton denied that FREE TRADE WAS OF BRITISH ORIGIN, though ho contended that if that were true it would be no objection to it, He quoted at Jength from the report of Kobs, J. Walker, tary of tue ury, made Dec. 8, 1n frioe to the adoption of free trade by Eog land, after which were considered further objections to protaction, v the business of government to ot the redistribation of the rewards of It is not the duty of law-makers in congre s or 1n states to see that any class of en are waking money, When an industry is depressed in the vicissitudes of affairs 1t i3 not legitimate for those engaged in it to ask cougress to tax thelr neighbors for their re- MNef. Congress caunot be made justly to en- force contributions from: all the people to waintain & few of them in any branch of busine:s. IT Protection is a struggle of selfishness, “Ea h inte trom Prof. Perry, of Williaws' s acknowledged as the yetaran head of political economis's in Americ,), ‘eadi avors to get itself protected that the rest shall not be protected, THE WOOLEN MEN for example, are anxious for high duties on foreign woolens, but are much lest snxious for high duties on foreign woole. The wool howaver, do nut see why they are not lod to protecticn, that is to say, It the woolen. manufactur- ald be difficult fer anybody to see they are not entitled to it. Which then 1 get the r of the wa) 12 8 gaeailon of lulhbi-. or - Protec'ion isa wasteful way to reach $ho end propoed by it, It is is claimed to be need(ul to encourage weak branches businew, Let us suppore for the argument's A | illustratiog isce sk, what would be folly in reality to con cede, that it is desirable tor the publict~ en- courage a presently unprofitable business, How can it most cheaply and certanly do Clearly by offering a_direct bounty on that s peoduced, thus letting the public w what it gets for what it gi Morton was followed by Prof. Bussey in a long €s.sy on the “‘grasses” of Nebraska, WEDNESDAY'S SESSION was devoted to business aad the discussion of needed railway legislation, The greater part of the eeasion was taken up in the discussion of mathods of work and miore thorough organization, after which the hody preceeded to the election of cfficers, with the following resul OFFICERS, President, J. Burrows, Mel:ov, Vice-Presidenta— Firat district, Allen Root of Douglas ocunty; cond _distriet, L. D. Willard of Thayer county; Third distiict, A A. Steadwell of Buffalo county, L. Darling of Juniata, Tha following commictes was appointed to confer on raiiroad and tax legislation, and to appesr betore the railrond committes of the legislature: Root, Burrows, Poynter, Han- een and Darling, & After a debase of Caspar's railroad bill by Bratt, Burrows, Poynter, t. Stickel and others the naw president, Mr, Burrows, read a paper on the DISCRIMINATION 1N RAILROAD FREIGHT, Tha first division of the subject as treated by Mr. Burrows, was discrimipation in rai road frejghts as related to free government, He proceed:d to +how the power which was laced in the hands of the railtoad ¢ mpanies by “the abi ty to give ona dealer ever 8o slight an advantage over an o her in shipping, The gains they make by this he enumerated as follows: 1. Influential friends for the roads. 3 meens of perpetuating their political th all ki power, 8, A method of making reprisils. They are enabled by these means to hold almost abroluts control of the business of the country, and thus hold a preponderating advantage in political contests, The second division of the subject was the difference made in the rates for Jong and short hauls The speaker stated that the rates on this side of the Miisouri river were seven times higher than on the other side, Mr. Burrows gave THE RESULT OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM of high local rates and low rates for long hauls; 3 1. The building up of grea* centers of pop- ulation at the expense of the country gen- erally. 2. The prevension of the diversification of industries, 3. The building up of an aris‘ccracy of wealth., Mannfacturing and consumption ousht to go on side by side. Even when the raw ma- terial is produced at a distance it can be ship- ped into the vicinity of the consumer more cheaply than the manufactured prodacts, This can be done under a system of low local rates. High local rates force business into unnatural channels. The products of the eoil ' | Ro now to the retail buyer, then to the jobber, then to the wholesater, then to the manufac. turer, then back again through the hands of wholesaler, jobber and retailer until it gets d | back to the point where it started, with from 200 to 2,000 per cent added to the coet, Under this eystem GREAT CITIES ARE BUILT UP, which are a standing menace to our free in- stitutions, Operatives are crowded together inatiea where it 15 impossible f'r them to breathe healthy air, and where the cost of property is such as to make it impossible for them to securehomes «f their own, If all vashn'ed—if low local rates were_iostituted” and mannfactured articles could be cheaply ‘@isributed, there would be more msnu'acturers, more labor, more sctivi- ty, more population, more business for the m:fu, n‘mru a.lm’:!mg: vess, A t the close ‘of his address a gentle- man in the-“audience gave lumnos the short “and long haul nation, He has sent a car from to Unadilla, Neb, From n, 1,60) miles, the charge was $200, and from Lincoln to Unadilla,about twenty-five miles, was $25. Allan Root then spoke on why RAILROADS SHOULD BE CONTROLLED by law. The points he made were as follows: 1. The railroads get their charters and right of way from the legisiatures and the body that brought them into existence should have the right of controlling them. 2, Pooling should be prohibited by law, be- cause the railroads have been aided by bonds and otherwise with the expectation that there woull be free cumrefitlon between them, 3. Rebates should be prohibited, becauee the system is mmply a process of taking m ey out of the pocket of the less favorea individual to put it into that of the one to whom the rebate goe The speaker believed that the railroads could cut down their rates one-batf and still make a good profit. If they would do this the farmers would have more capital which they would put into their faims, They would raise more and there wounld be more to transport. By not doing this they were standing in their own light. H. H. Wood of Greenwood, f-llowed Mr, Root in a brief epeech in which he urged the necessity of A POLITIOAL AWA ] Among the farmers. They ought to find on' how many Church Howes ‘were coming to the senate, Church Hows controlled the senate as easy as ony of them controlled their fam- ilies. “He was the worst cuss in the senate, Mr, Poynter gave an illustaation of dis crimination that occurred in his county. Sev- eral merchants resolved to go up on the mar- ket and buy grain, believing that they conld do better for \he farmers than the elevator men were deing and at therame time adver. tiee themeelves, The ¢levator men tried to run them ont by putting up the price, but failed, Then they got the railroad to refuse to furnich cavs for loading except at the eleva- tor, ‘Phe merchants then proposed to build an elevator. The compavy refused to give them track room for their elovator, refused to build atide track to an elevator which they proposed to build on their own ground, and refused finally to let them have cars if they would build an elevator on their own ground and build their own side-tracks They had todrop the project aud the farmers did not get the result of 1he competition, CAPT. STICKEL, ery stirring sy by tue dominan ina v 7 1ty in organizing ction of ~ Church ot of the senate and Allen Field sne aker of the house was in defiance of the popular will and an unconditiodal surren- der to the monopolists and jubhers, A letter from Hon. R S. Malooey,of Hum- boldt, who had been invited to be preseut, but could not come, was read. RESOLUTIONS, The following reso'utions, presented by Mr, Burrows, were adupte Resolved, That the passage of the Rsagan bill througn the United States house of rep- resentatives on the 8 h of January, 1885, by & vote of more than two to one, was & signal triumph of the people over railrond monopo- lies, that gives an earnest of better days coming, Resolved, That if eaid Re: should be defeated by railrond attorueys and monied f the United States senate, and he regulation of our inter-state commerce, for which the people o the Unitea States have been #o long aud anxiously ug, an indiguant people will know where to place the responsibility. Resolved, That this state alllance hesrtily and unreservedly spproves the course of Hon, C. H. Van Wyck, sevior senator from Ne- braska, and regards him as an sble and fear less chumpion of the rights of the people. Re olved, That the creation of & commis- sion by law for the regulation of ratlrsads in Nel , if not in violation of the constitu tion of our state, would not remedy the evils complained of by our citizens., e — Before buyi 1 call on G::i. lflu‘hn;.mw spnhone, LEGISLATIVE CRIST. An Abstract of the Compiled Wisdom of Nebraskas’ Solons. Considerable Chaff With but Few Grains of Sense, The First Installment of the Legislative Proceedinge, Evolved at Lincoln Daring ths Present Session, Mora Will Follow as Soon as this is Digested, So That] the Country May, Know That Our Legislature is Not Idle, LEGISLATIVE GRIST, Spacial Correspondence to the BEk, LiNcouN, January 20.-The delay in the printing of bills which was the principal for the precent adjournment of the legislature has provented anything like a searching inquiry into the contents of the vast number of bills that have been introduced and referred to committees, I have taken pains to dijest the conteats of about 150 bills that have been referred to the two houses by the public printer and are now able to present a classified abstract of proposed legislation. TAXES AND REVFNUR, There are about twenty-five bills pendiog in both houses repealing or amending the present reyenue snd tax laws of these Church Howes sonate No. 1 and 24 repealing the present tax laws 8o far as they make taxes delinquent January 1st and impose a penalty of 5 per cout is duplicated by halt a dozen_other bills in both houses, Of theso a nate file No, 15 is a slight variation, and 44 Miekeljohn’s bill is ideatical with No. 1, House, No. 3—Introduced by Olmstead, makes the tax on personal property delinquent January 16t each year with 5_per cent pen- Wlty; on real estate, except in cities of the first class, delinquent May 1st with 10 per cent interest House, No, 16—By Cox, ‘makes all taxes excepting in cities of the first-class delicquent January 1st each year, whils unpaid taxes are to draw 10 per cent interest per annum, House, No, _2)—By Martin s similar ~ to No. 16, 8o also the same_is true of house, No. 35 by Carr, House, No. 40 by Buffington makes ail taxes delinquent on the first of May, all unp: d to draw 10 per cant. mterest. House No. 63 by Aiken aud No. 64 by Taggatt are 1dentical with No. 40, ; - House, No. 66 by Smith, regulates noticss of sale by land for delinquent taxes. House, No, 69 by Kouny, regulates the duties of collectors of taxes im counties under township organization. ‘Houre, No. 70 by Kouny, makes par:onal taxes delinquent May 1st, and contaios jro- virions for collection of delinquent taxes, House, No. 71 by Newcomer, extends the time for' payment of taxes for 1884 to May 1st, 1885, and remita the penalty. Tlouse, 75, Creok, provides fer asseesment of railroad snd telegraph property by counties, House, No. £9, Emerson, regulates the assessment of taxable property at one-third of its cash valus, : House, 96, by Cole, makes taxes, excepting city taxes in cities of the first class, deli quent January 1st, penalty b per cent., inter- eat 7 per cont. House, No, 105, King, limits taxation for county purposes to one and one-third per cent., unless authorized by a vote of the people, House, 114, Neligh, is similar to 105. House, 122, prercrives the duties of asses- nd provides for the taking of state 51, Bailey, regulating procedure of county boards of equalization, House, 125—Johnson, Regulates the sale of real estate for dehinquent taxes. House, 111— Kailey, Makes one-half of annual taxes delin- quent Jan, 1; remainder May 1. House, 14— Holt, Authorizes a general tax levy hy towns and cities, to provi water supply. Senate, Howe, Requiring claims against counties i Senate, 8—McAllistor, a similar bill. Senate, 16—Sowers, Provides for payment of fee to county officers aud to secure pay- nt therefor, 3 Senate, 17—Hastiogs, Provides for elestion of registrar of deeds in each county having over 16 000 inhabitaute, pay of registrar to be the fees prescribed by the bi L Senate, 19—Day, To provide for depositing county fuvds by county treasurer. This bill requires o treasurer to advertise for bids from banks, the best bidderto be designaled county depository. Senate, 26—Dolan, Provides for establish- ment of public roads, Senate 30 ~Hachal, Repeal of township organization, Serae, 35—Howell, Similar_to Senate 2-8, Houre vill.'Regulating payment of claims by counties and prescribing mode of appeal by claimant, House, 104~ Robertson, Duties of over of roads and colleclion of road tax, House, 1010—Nettleton, Similar to 104, House, 131—Lse of Merrick, Prohibit ob- staucting of roads and highways. A House, 132—0sgood, Definuug boundaries of Logan county, ouse, 134 road superviso House, 7—Rice, Fixing compsnsation of officers of villages as follows: clerk, treasurer aud attomey $150 each anmualy; marshal 400, ¢ House, 12—Conger, Regulating allowance of claims by counties and method of appeal. House, 16—Cox, Permitting tax payers to appeal from allowance of claims by o unties. House, 18 -King, Regulating expenditure Henry, Method of voting for —Holsworth, Regulating establish- meut and vacation of roads, 120—Poynter, Method of determin- g per nt location of connty seats. House, 143 Emere Directing publica- tion semi-anpually of statement of busineas of 38—White, Providing penalty of not $26 nor more than $100 for failure ot treasurers to publish reportof flaancial condition unty, Houss, ‘White, Providing for location of county seats, where location of same has never been submitted to electors, House, 45—Johnsten, Fixing fees of county treasurers as follows:’ under $3000, ten per cent; $3000 to 85000, four per cent; all above this sum, two per cent; sale of lands for delin- quent tax, five per cent; mileage ten cents per House, 60—Cornelins, Regulating allowance of claims against counties. House, 102—Thomas, of Cas#, Authorizing counties to psy bounties for killing wolves, Id cats and ‘coyotes, and draw on state treasury fer same, HAILEOADS AND CORPORATIONS, Senate, No, 11—Spencer, usumng sum. mons upon certain officers and corporation L 12—Spencer, Requiring rallroads. or ‘chartared 1 Other states to incorporate in Nebraska bafore it can acquire real estate by purchase or lease, Regulating passengor Senate, 14—Spell, rates and charves for baggage, Seaate, 20 Prohibiting higher charge on freight between points in Nebraska and Chicago than is charged from points east of Missouri river, House, 49-Brunner, Creatiog bsard of rallroad and warehouse commissioners, con: sisting of secrotary of state, auditor asd treasurer, This bill is & copy of Illinois' warchouse and railroad commissioner law, —Henry, Fixing passénger fares three cents per mile; £5.0 pon- violation, House, 8— Kailey, Fixing passenger rates on railiosds at three cents a mile; aleo providing that railroads ehall furnish accommodations for passengera on fieight trains, Penalty for xiolation $200, to go to school fund, House, 9—Casper, Establishitg uuiform freight and paesenger rates on_railronds; pro- hibiting diecrimination and fixing freight rates at £8,50 per car load first twenty-fi #2 50 for each additicnal twen Rates ou h mules or aeses, $7.50, Way freight in 1 n car 1.ts, five cents per 100 pounds for each twenty-five miles. Passan- ger rates, threo cents per mila Pepalty for h violation not less than ), swith im- ~Harlan, Fixing passenger rates cants per mile, Penalty, ot less 200 and imprisonment, - House, 25 —Emerson, pioviding that rail- road corporations shall make annual reports of business to the auditor of public accounts. Detailed scheaules are included 1n th 1. House, 118—Casper, concerning liability of railroad ccmpanles for personal injuries, House, 115—Kehoe, regulating style and construction of cars for transportation of live wtook, providing double deck cars forhogs and sheep, & nouse, 284 —Railroad committes, paesenger fures at three cents per mil cents additionsl when fare is paid on cars; ba:gage 150 pounds; penalty not less than House, 51—Brunner_to provent extortion and unjust discrimination by senger and treight toll. Thisis a very ex- haustive railioad regulation Lill with complete schedule of maximum rates for freight and passenger traffic, —— FOREIGN NEWS, BRADLAUGH'S NOVRL MEASURE, Lownox, January 29.—At the conference of industries, upon the subject of wages, Charles Bradlaugh pro, posed a novel measure of relief for existing commercial and wage depression. He advo- cated compuleory cultivation under the pen: alty of forfeiture of all tillable lands at pres ent uncultivated, AFTER BLOCKADE RUNNERS, Pauts, January 29. —The government has ordered Admiral Courbet to vigorously enforce the right of search against every vesssl flying aneutral flag, and attempting to run the 8lndckmle of Formoea, All powers are noti- ed . fixiog MR JOHN BRIGHT'S REMARKS, BirMINGHAM, January 20.—John Bright addressed a crowded meeting this evening. He ¢aid that the guestion of the cisestablis ment of the English State shurch would not be an opportune one in the present centus and assertad that the next parliament would ¥robably geant free trade in the land, ———— The Coal war Begun, Special Telegram to THE BEE, New Yorr, Janua vania railroad has notified its customers to make no contracts for coal with the coal com- bination, as tha company propose to supply coal at a lower price than the combination can possibly make, There is g¢ for the statement that secret the prices of broken sud egg tolls on pea and buckwheat o b:tween Mauch Chunk and The coal war hns, therefore, actually Legun, although the fight is nut yet warm. PRESIDENT ELECT CLEVELAND will come to New York pext Manday and re- main uatil the following Saturday. After his return to Albany he will ¢ himself up in his Willet strset residence, gud receive no callers, He will devote his whole time to pre- panng his inaugnral address and the forming of his cabinet, - 1t ia said that ths visit of ex- Goyernor Glick of Kansas, and Jas, E, Boyd of Nebraska, to the ent-elect was in the interest of Dr. Miller of Omahs, a mem- ber of the national committee, for postmaster general, Tt is also hinted that Chairman William H. Baroum would Jike to see Senator McDonald of Indiana in the cabinet, ———— London Bankers on American Secu tles, Special telegram to the Ber, New Yok, January 20.—A. cablegram to the Telegram to-day gives interviews with leading London bankers on American invest- ments, Baring Bros, eaid: ‘“There is no doubt thatall the restoration of confidence must originate on tne Amarican aide.” J. S. Morgan & Co. agreed thata revival in investmentsin American securities must origivate in America, when it would be rmmptly taken up here. *‘We see trade 1ook- ng better and peopla are beginning to make money agaiv, who in six months will have money & invest. Improvements in trade mu tforerun the same in securities, The first advice we would Rive Americans is t arouss a stimulus and to cease colning silver.” Alfred De Rothschild said: *‘Tmprovement can only come from America, sll changes in Europe must originate in New York, don’t suggest any remedy hecause the pres- ent bad market 1s more owing to bad trade, which time alone can cure, Poor manage- ment in some cases has produced the bad effect unive really seen here oa American in- vestments,” Opening of Towa's New Capitol, Des MoiNgs, January 29,—The formal opening of the executive chambers of the new capltol occurred this evening, and was the oceasdon of @ reception by Gov, Shermas sisted by ex Governors Merrill and Stone, The capitol was brilliantly lighted, and from dome to basement it was thronged with » thousand visitors till alate hour, The nes executiveoffices, four in number, are elegant- ly finished, and furnished in & beautifol and costly manner. In peint of elegance, beauty and convenience they are said to be unsur- passed in the United Stetes, | A state convention of jobbers and manu- fecturers was held in this city to-day and & state organization perfected for the pury of mutual protection and advantage, George, of Cedar Raplds, presided over d James V:lfi. of Des mansen sident, Resolutioes were -dogzd depounciog the present ubjust discrimioations i freight rates, and the mavifest wtention of railroads to build up Chicago at the expense of the cial interests of the Iowa cities, Dyvamiter Cunningham' 81, Louis, January 20,—The Post-Despatch printed an article this evening based on a statement by a person whom it calls & well known local dynamiter, to the effect that Cunningham, who was ly arrested in London, lived hare two years azo under tha pame of Michacl Burne, and was written up ot that time sy being fu'l of @ echemd to blow upall the public bullcioge fn the English capital, ——e— A Monument o Correspondents, DusLiy, January 20.—The Jrith Times pro- poses that members of the London press raise s ?unuuent én ameron an war oorrespondents, killed in the battle on ih initent st T | doctrine put forth by Monroe ‘honu of Jobhn Alexander | dem WASHINGTON NEWS. Shermans’ Amendment to the Clavtor- Bulwer Treaty Adopted, The Ratificacion of the Nicarau- gua Treaty a Failure, The Attitude of the United States in the Congo Oonference, The Steamship “‘Wachusett Or- dered to Ecuador for The Protection of Julius R. Santos a Naturalized Amerioan, Who is Charged With Promoting a Revolutien Against that Government, WASHINGTON NOTES, THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE, ‘WASHINGTON, January 20,—This atternoon the membera of the national board of trade called in a body upon the president, Fred- erick A. Conkling introduced Mr. Fraley to the president. Mr, Fraley, addeessing the president, spoke highly of Arthur's adminis- tration and said that it had commended it:elf to the national board, WASHINGTON STAR OFFICE BURNED, NGTON, January 20, ~The Evenine Star building waa partially burned this morn- The paper is, however, being published a8 usual, s about 25,000, Fully in- [ The senate went into executive sestion at 12:30 to-day_nnd _the suspended vote of last night upon Senator Vance's motion to post- pene the action upon the Nicaragua treaty wastconsidered, resulting in a defeat of tho motion, 22 to 25, Senator Sherman’s amend- ment looking to the abregation on the moditi- cation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was then discuss d some hours, and comivg to & vote in the committes the whole, ion, The treaty was then reported to the sen- ate and the vote upon the Sherman amend- mout elating o the Clayton Bulwer treaty was again taken up, resulting in its adoption, 30 to 19, A vote was then taken upon the treaty iteelf, and thir-two senators voted for its ratification, while twenty-three voted ogainst it. The affimative vute being less 1l two-thirds at the whole number voting, the treaty was not ratified, Secretary Chandler to-day_telegraphed in- structions for the United States steamship Wachueett, of the Pacific squadron. to pro- ceed to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for the protec- tion of Julius R. Santos a naturalized Awmer. ican citizen, imprisoned there for alleged com plicity in_ the rebellion, and whoss speedy execution is apprehended. y Tllla cl\;lmnervine:";mmiuhz:.uemcnugd— eration of the proposition in ol ion ithin the < . chiefs and a number of speci ‘who are not subject to confirmatiotf the senate, EAThe committee for selecting a erand ma shal for the inauguration ceremonies will probably select General Don Carlos Buell, in the event that General McClellan declin General Buell livad in this city for many years prior to 1861, and is well known to ail old citizens, THE CONGO OONFERENCE, S ‘WASHINGTON, January 29,—In response to the house resolution calling for the informa- respecting the_participation of the United States in the Congo conference, the president to-day sent the house the preliminary repott submitted by the state secretary, leaving the transmission of pagers to follow. Frelinghuy- sen intimates that no special credentials were given Kasson to attend the conference as a delegate of the government and that none were needed. Knseon being already accred- ited minister to Giermany. The iustructions sent to Wasson were, *‘Brief but precise as_to exclusion on questions of territorial jurisdic- sion.” ford, associate delegate, accred- ited by a letter from Frelinghuysen, to the minister of foreign affairs in Germany. Stauley was not accredited o herwise than by Kasson’s personal introduction, neither San- ford or Stavley have had a vote in proceed- 1nge. The report says: *“The d epai tment of state has no reason tofeel otherwise than satisfien with the discretion, prudence and ability with which Kasson bas carried out the instructions given him besides limiting the position of -the United States to one of commercis] interest disassociated from the questions of territorial control. He basbeen attentive that no act on our part shall deviate from the consistent na- tional policy. It has been said that the prin- cipls on which the conference is discussing with respect to Africa are at varlance with which the United States have ever maintained in respect to American continental cases and dismetrically converse to the venerated s simply that the time had passed for obtaining fresh foot- holds on the American continent, since the whole of it was subject to the recognized soverelgnty whose right of postession must be nmlnufnul and respected. In 1829 not a foot of land remained subjeck to alienation at will by the aboriginal tribesin America. In 1884 the whole heart of Africa should be opened up to the occupation and control of civilization, Extracts are given from a dis- pateh dated January 7, in which Kasson says that not one of the "declarations agreed upon by the conference is binding on the United States until the government at Washiogton shall formally accept 1t. 1t was upon my in- vitation that every phrase in any propoaition which implied & jolnt guarantée, or a joint undertakiog, was stricken out. So uniform in these respects was_my action that I found occasion to meet inquiries for a reason by ex plicit statement that_the pclicy «f my gov- ernment did not admit of any jowmnt || ties agement, nor the United States admit that any power could by their action bind obhers not agreeing to i, * Tn cvery uaao the confereaca yielded to this vi BOUBK WasHINGTON, January 20.—Kelly from the committee of ways and means re- ported the joint resolutiou, providing for the admiesion” free of duty, of articles from foreign countries to be placed on exhibition at the world's exposition of arts for the colored ce, to be held at Chi The house then went into committee of the whole, Wills moved that the house go into com- mittee of the whole for the purpose of con— siderirg the river snd harbor appropriation bill, Agreed to, yeas 150, nays 102, Variovs provisions of the bill were di cussed, pending a further debate, the com mittee ro.c and the house adjourned, ——— The Illinols Legislatare Oomfortable Bpecial telegrai to the Bxe, SPRINGFIELD, Janusry 20, —This afternoon the second ballot was taken, resulting in the ¢lection of Haines, Haines again voted for Cronkrite, Fuller, Linegar, O'Donnell snd Bittig, did not vote until the absentees were called, when Fuller voted for Bittig, and O'Donvell broke and voted for Haines amid ocratic spplause, Linegar then arose snd after an claborate n, ree) 04 varty lash s v for Haiod~ Ho was cheered by the demecrats, This gave ponded | mine Haines only 7 od one more which o got from Fuller, who «aid it was apparent that the majority on the other side waa at laat united and s he Wae unwilliog that the man (referring to Sitiig, who was recreant to his party, should have the easting vote, he won'd change his vote and cast it in for his distinguished colloague from Lake county. Fuller's vote waa loudly cheered on both sides. The wind was taken out of Sittig's eails, At thalut moment Sittig rose and cast Vo for Haines, but did it too lats to save his (w.con, Haines got 78 votes, Fuller 74, Cronkiite 1. Haines wes declared elected and was escor ed to the chair by a com mittee, while the democrats sang “The = Ster ngled Baoner” on taking the cba'r Haines was cheered by the democrata, briefly thanked the house for again electing him and the democrats offered a cancus resolution, electing clerk, eto. The republicans called for a division on the ques- tion, and Haines began to revel in parlisment- ary wisdom, The democrats moved to table the motion for a division, The motion was lust, O'Donnell, of Kane, voting with the re- publicans, The motion to divide wasadopted by O'Donnell’s vote, 0'Donnell is for Dongherty of the Elgin Courier, republican nomicee for clerk of the house, and will vote agnioet u justly unseating the republicans, if the re- publicans shall elect Doughtery. ' The demo- ta have been trvirg to get Sittig, who is smarting under Fuller's excoriation, but will hardy vote against O'Donnell's man, being afraid that O'Donnell might vote to uns-at him, The democrats moved to adjourn till 10 o'clock to-morrow and carried it by aid of McMillan, who voted with them, and resisted the appeals of republicans to changa his vote, Au effort will bs mads to canvass the vote for state officers to-morrow forenoon, and_install the new officials in the afternoon. The democrats have called a house caucus for to-night. o — RANDALL AND CARLISLE, THEY ARK INVITED TO MEET PRESIDENT-RLECT CLEVELAND IN NEW YORK, Bpecial telegram to THE Ber, ‘WABHINGTON, January 20 t is stated hera to- day, received lotters from President-elect Cleveland askiog them to meet him in New York next week, and talk over matters twning to the incoming administration, course they’ll go, though it is not probable that the interview will be held joiutly. e —— Urging a Bankrupt Law, WASHINGTON, January 20,—At the second da; ssion of the National Board of Trade the committe to which wa3 referred the vari- ous propositions touching upon the national bankrupt legielations presented a repor favor of enactment of the already passed by the senate, was adopted.] It was agreed to submit to congress the draft of the bill, defining the liability of com- mon carriers on bills of lacing, prepared by the executive council, instead of the bill fa- vored by the New York board of trade. The regulstion of the inter-state commerco was referred to a special committee and authorized to report at this session of the board 1f possi ble, a bill embodying the necessary legisiation, The question of promot'ng an "increase of American thipping was then taken up, and after a discussion lasticg eeveral houra the board adopted as a substitute for the resolu- on of the New York board the following: Resolved, that the national board of trade recognizes the necessity of quick and frequent communication with the foreign markets, and that the board earnestly commends the resolu- tion adopted, earnestly commending 1o con- Rress the en: it house bill 4987, whioh authorizes thé postmaster general to with the Am.d“o‘i a:umhlp com- bankrupt bill The report n | Texus cattle $4 v0@b (0, THE MARKETS. Cattle Receip's Ooly Moderate and the Demand Fair, In a General Way There Was no Change in Prioes, Hog Markes Slow and Prices 5 Osnts Lower, There Was an Entire Dearth of Features in Wheat, Corn Eagier avd Developed No Now Featuros, s Oats Continue Quiet and Flat—Rye Held Up Fair — Provisions Firm and Steady, CHICAGU MARKETS, CATTLE, Special Telegram to the Bre. Ciicaco, January 20, ~ Receipts wero only moderate and the demand fair, Tnere was & small export order on the market that was fille ed at 85 00@5 15, Fairly well finished steers of 1,400 pounds and thereabouts may be quo- ted at £ 90@5 90, but few steers sold a8 high a8 86 00 this week, Inn general way there was littlo or no change, there was a «'ight ad- vance to yesterday on beet steers, but the m: ket generally has soarcely regained the loss of Monday, Butchers stock continues to sell o | fairly well, There is a sharp and steady de- mand for fat cows and heifers at $8 50@4 60, while common sell around about $3 003 25, and canners $2 6022 75; stockers and feoders continue scarce, though the supply to'day was groater than for some days past. Go d te cholce 1400 to 1700 1bw., $5 20@b b 1800 1h-.,3|75%: ; $ @390; coxs RI60@@ 140, mainly $3 0(@3 stockers 83 50@4 10; feeders $1 20(ad HOG! The market was rather slow and prices war 5@10c Jower all around, clostog. weak. The receipts were not heavy, but several packing firmg hav droppod out, s0” that the himber on sale, although moderate, more than equals the demand, The provisicn trade i rather slow and ' priges lower. henco packers wero buying only from “hand to mouth,” Coramon and rough packing sold around about §4 40@ 450 and fair to good, $1 60@4 65, Choico heavy sold at 84 7u@d 756 and tancy he vy, }4_55@ o u:’ht,h 160 and 220 1bs, $4 30@ 70; packing and shipping, 250 and 400 Ibs, $475@4 95, The leading suarkets ou. *Change to-day were again easicr and weak, arly i the o large quantities of | long WHEAT at the | The the Uni ng was referrea to the executive council with a request to examine ths methed adopted by the Frenchgoveinment forthelencouragementof its mercantile marine, Theresolutionofthe New York board recommendivg the abolishment of the certification of invoices by the United States consuls at the port of shipment was de- feated, 9 to 18, Adjourned until' to-mcrrow. e Oleveland's Conference with Randall, ALBANY, January 29,—What appears to be a sensational paragraph was printed in the Journal this evening. It was to the effect that President-elect Cloveland was visited late last night by ex-Speaker Randall In’ response to & letter of mvitation sent him at Washing- ton, Tmmediately after his arrival here Ran- dall was driven to Cloveland’s temporary abode, where the two held a conferance lust- ing several hours. This morning it was re sumed, and at_its close ~Randall re- tumed to New York, Speaker Carhsle alzo it ia intimated, has beon invited by the president, and is expected to arrive on Satur- day morning, Col. Lamont, secretary of the president-elect, corroborates the statement that Rendall was here, and that Carliele expected. but beyond that is extremely re- ticent. Rumor ha it that the president-elect s not satistied with tho way things ar) going on in congress, and waints Handall and Carlisle to adopt some fresh ard vigorous policy. Nobody has the smallest particle of information aa to what occurred between the president and Randall, but 1t is the genoral belief that notbirg in the line of the cabinet Wwas mentioned o —— The Ilinois sSquabble SPRINGFIELD, Janusry 29, —The house met at 10 o'clock this morning and after a delay of one hour, Representative Choicer arrived, which made the full quorum. A motion to proceed to permanent organization was ca ried, The result of the first vote was Fuller E i '4; Conkrite O'Dogell the demoorats voticg for him and Represen ative Fuller also voting for him, stating that a8 the democrats were In the msjority, they deserved the speakership. ———— Pitched on the Banks of tho Nile, LoNnoN, January 28, en. Wolseley tele- erapbed from Korti this mumin;k that {m e ceived reports from surgecns at Kubbat stat ing that Stewart was doing well, No attempt was made to extract the bullet, which entered his thigh and is now in the region of the groin, The hospital for the wounded and disabjed of Stewart's command was pitched on the banks of the Nile, ————— The Weather, ‘WasHINGTON, January 80,—Indications: Upper Mississippi, falr, warmer weather, southerly winds, southern portion westerly winds, northern winds, Missouri: Fair, warmer weather, winds generally southerly, followed' in north- ern portion by local snow e — The Hock Valley, Covomuus, Ohio, Jaousry 20.—The jolnt legislative commtttee to investigate the causes of thestrike in the Hocking Valley left for a trip to the mines this morniog. It'is thought that firing the mine last night will have ten- dency to prejudice the case of the miners, e — Disappesrance of B, 8, Conant, Niw Youk, Jancary 20,—The aesistant edi- tor of Harper's Weekly sald to-day that no light has been thrown on the mysterious dis- sppearance of 8. 8, Cousut, managlng editor of that periodical, Detectives believe he has gone south, ——— Firing & Mine. SerateursviLLe, Ohio, January 29.—The mine at Plummer Hill was fired this morniog, There is no hope of extingulshing it. was valued at $200,000, Additional guards were_ brought bere yesterday. Tt is suppoeed to bave been caused by incendiaries, d from the ocean pfia BStates, The American ip-| V! iable | | eakness being conthuéd from y. For an hour values were heavy, but later firmed up more on #hort covers €han from any other ouive, and by 10 o'dloels hbad touched ths highest points of ‘the s ssion, and felt firmer than at apy provious time during the day., Values wera infl od wholly by the local feeling and throngh a strong stock list, cables being depresscd and heavy, thcuzh not quotably lower. £ 0. 2 spring sold from 774e down to 77dc, whilo No, 2red winter was called nominaliy at 79¢. CORN developed Bno particular features, easier tor all new deliveries, and ater about the sane as wheat, y's trade was done. No, 2 cach (winter), 1cceipts were 37 with only one car sold, Au the close of the morning session it was firm and stendy at a slight falliwg off from the highest pownts, 0ATS continuo qulet and flat, with little or no de- mand for cash, which are not quotable, snd best seller for May, which only moved 4c on the morning session. Practicully thera wore no traders in attendance dwivg the bulk of the session, opening W ovi RYE held up fairly under light offerings, which made quotations biddiug prices, Fresh ceipts of No. 2 cash were in good call at 6dc, with 614c bid for regular; March was called at 623c, April 63c and Muy (74c, Track stuff ravged from 60c to 6.3c., PROVISIONS All opened easier, through sympathetic weak- nees with the other markets and a general desire to sell, much of the offerings being lox stuff, There was a fractional recovery, but was followed later and up to the close of the morning session by a pretty steady decline while the general tone of the market was but little better than easy, Cash quotations were subktantially thesame as February quotations with but little doirg, Scalpers were the principal traders. The close of the morniog session was firm and steady, e ——— 8t. Louis wiscovers a Mare's Nest, Special telegram to Tk Bre, ‘WasHINGTON, January 29,— St, Louis peos plo are a good deal stirod up over a bridge bill that passed the stnate a few days ago, authorizing the construction of a bridge at Chain of Rocks, just above 8t, Louis, They huve_dixcovv(e\:l what they think 1s evidence that it is & big job by which Jay Gould s to control the bridge business at St. Louis, the dircctors being it is alloged, bogus and the whole matter a job. nator Vest, who intro- duced the bill, denies that it is in any way & job, and that it is o carefully drawn that it cannot be for the ex e use of anybody, ———— The Fenian Brotherhood, CH1CAGO, Jan, 20,—~A prominent member of the Fenian brotherhood is authority fop the statement that at the meetivg of Irlshe Americans here this afternoon, that the resos lution introduced in the United States senate by Senator Bayard was_denounced, and that the Irish supporters of Cogressman Cobb, of ndiana, requested o show their appr clation of his conduct upon his return home, It was declared that at the meeting $7,000 was subscribed, to be employed us & skiruish- ing fund against Eogland, e —— Wrecked Off Newfoundland, BostoN, January 20.—A dispateh from §t, Johos, N, B, eays: An American throe- ted schooner went ashore on Queen’s recf at 2 p. 1. to-day, and became a total Your of the crow reachod Tand three i soon after from cold and exposure, The survivor is In a bad conditiou and it is foared {.’ll:;zdl:o, oannotlive. Yestorday wasa. terris —— The Eagle to the Front, CuicaGo, Japuary 29.—The Journals pringtield correspondent telegraphs that Cars ter Harrison arrived there this morning and has again entered the senatorlal fight, F stated to the correspondent that he K.“ n]n.. ing into » scramble for & caucus nomination ut would allow his name to be presented so that no member could ¢ ey wy he stayed ocut of