Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1885, Page 1

B “'me_u’LN. The Tweaty-Ninth D.y of the Nebraska Legi.la ne. A Bill In the Sena‘e on Railroad Affairs. The Railroads Barring the Pre- gress of Legislation, The Lion and the Lamb Lie Down Together, The Fourth Installment of Linooln Legislative Literatura. A1l Recently Uulinted Fresh the Press, Fron Adapted to Sun- day Reading. THIE SENATE, 8pecial Correspondence to the Bre. Lixoors, February 13, Almost immedi ately after assembling this morning the special order for the day was taken up in committee of the whole, Senator Burr presidine, According to the resolution of or Mei- Klejohn yestarday aftera. on, Senate Fila 171 ~—the freight biil - was to ba the special order, The chair ruled that the committee should be- gin where it left off yesterday, considering Mr. Day’s amendment to add the commission bill to the freight bill and the second amend ment of Dr, Sowers to substitute the commis- sion bill for the freight Vill. Church Howe offered another that 187 be substituted entirely for 1 This was accepted by Dr. Sowers but ruled out af- terwards, Some time was spent in arulng parliamentary points, many members volun- teering valuable information to Mr. Burr as to how he should rule, Numerous points of order were taken, some custainad, others over- ruled, but finally the committee 'got down to busintas, and till 12:30 vigorously discassed the respective merits of the commission bill and freight bi 1. Senator Brown led off with the remark that & commission was « mero whitewashiog committes with big falaries, with sccrotaries at big salaries, They call this regulating freight. Sanator Howe of cours3 followed Senator Brown, aud being pretty well primed on the workings of railroad commissions, argued earnestly, Senator Paul said it was for the sonate to determioe which was the bat law. If tho amendment FOURTEENTH YEAR. commiesion was the best he favored it, but as it waa not shown to be the he opposed it and favored the freight bi L. Dr, Sowers did not balieve in experiment ing with freight rates for two years, but be- lisved in a commission who ‘could regulate matters at all timos Senator Meikeljohn said the voC! the commission bill ask for a law which ries nu powers with it. 1€ they would ia troduce & bill of some value as o’ substituta— abill which carrie1 with it some power, he would support it. Mr. McAllister quoted some instances of discrimination which did not seemn to argue in favor of either bill. Senator Suell said it would take the rest of the sersion to get that schedule of freight amended #0 a8 £ make it acceptablo as o law, He also answered some of the insinuatious that had been made against Lim as not _teing the author of the commission bill, He did w0t any who compiled the bill, but it is gen orally b-lioved that it emonated from some disquirted member of the railroad committee. Senator McSh ane said it was becoming ap- parent that th) commission bill was a repnbli can measure, and he was not there for repub- lican legislation but in the interests of the people, Sevator Durland said there had been shown a vast amount of ignorance regarding freight charges, and the senators were sttempting to regulate scmething of which they knew noth- ing. Healso denied for the bowefit of the seators and reporsers that he was a raileoad attoruey, but he admitted that his law firm had donc business for the Sioux City & Pa aifio and the Omaha roads. The question was then put to vots on the Sowers amen :mendment to substitute the commisrion bill for the freight bill and was 1ost by & voto of 11 to 17. The Day amendment to insert in the commission bill was lost by 4 vote of 9 to 14, The committes thea rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again, Afternoon Session, Special telegram to the Bk, LiNcoL, Vebiuary 13,—Thers is a bill in the senate on railroad affairs, When that body went into committes of the whole on the freight bill, Senator McAllister moved to insert & large part of the commision bill, This rather start'ed the railroad following and the lobby. “The bill provided that the secretary of atat attorney-general and auditor ehall constitute «hia commission. Some of the obnoxious por- tioos of the schodule wera stricken out and MeAlliater, Howe, and Dolan were appointed a special committee to reconstruct the rest by s vote of 15 to 13, . the substitution was made and after that the lion and tha lamb seemed to lie dywa togetner Several bills we'e put upon their passage, among them was the McShane viaduct bill sud the house census bill, Both of which were passed , A resolution was introduced by Senator McShane requesting the house to crowd for- ward the approriation bill, _Au effort was then mado to adjourn till Tuesday morniag but it war not suscessful, This is the senates t venty-niath day and it is queatiun how they will get throughin eleven more diys, THE HUUSE, Special Correspondence of the Brx, Lixcouy, February 12,—The twonty-ninth bas, up to now, legisl The railr cen travsacted in the way of n, ds bave an unwholesome control overa number of members and theso are ad opting every means in their power to obstruct the passage of Dills of any significancs, The mode of astion has beea formulated and is to talk unceasingly on all subjects, no matter how trivial, knowicg that fthe tims is limited, this schema will prevent any measure of im: portance beeoming a law, A great aid tothe railroads was the ruling of the preme court in which it decided that o for forty days only. The tirst business this morning was the reading of reporta from the claims committea, House rolls 855 an1 2.5 wers reported by a majority and a minority of the committes, The former recommending their rejection and the Iatter their passage, After a word or two from Dampster and Olimstesd loth bills were placed on the gen eral file, The enmmittee on railroads reported on four bills 51, 202 and 288, all of which they condemped Les, of Furnas, moved that the billa relat- ing to the establishment of an insane asylom and a state normal echool be made a special order for next Tuesday, Tr up and Varner objected and Holimes was of contrary opinion. Riley bad spoken on the queation and Dempster was pr: ceeding to addiess the house when the spe.ial order of the day was called end the matter collapsed. ho speeial order way to consider House Rol & sub-committee Dill t) regulate pa-songer rates and freight charge rcads, The house went into committee ot the whole, o bill, consisting of thirty-#ix pages, was ead, and it was resolved to tal the bill sec fon by section, Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 were adopted ns read, without com ment. Section 6, which d-als wiih the load- g of grain cars and sgainst discrimination, brought about consi ‘erable discassion, Wright and Baily wishing the section stricken ou This was talked on until 12 o'clock, and wit out arriving at any decision the committec ror When the speaker had taken the chalr, Mr Nettletoa propored that the bill (House Roll 321) should be proceeded with without inter mission from day to day unul it was disposed ot. This was sdopted, and the house took a recess until 2:30, & fternoon Session, Special telegram to Tur Bre. LiNcoLy, February 12.—Several bills were reported by the standing committees this af ternoen and the houze immediately wect into committae of the whole to consider the rail- road question, H. R. , about which g0 much had been talked in the morning, mow went through without & werd of comment, about five per- sons voting in responss to the call from the chair. Section eight was the next Zthat was debated. It geeks by the billto prevent raile Wright objected and movedto strike out the He was supported in_this wish by Holmee. Several members made romarks more or less forcible against Wright's motion, and afier two hows’ diccussion the section was adopted as rend, Attention was next drawn to the bulk of the bill, and to the fact that 1t would take until Christmas next to pass it through the committee, ent rate of progress it was moved to 1eport the bill asit stood, and recommended that the house do paes it, This caused considearble confusion and a good deal of talk of a personal nature. At longth the motion was edopted and the bill so reported to the houte, with the speaker ia the chair, Nettlcton attempted to upset the action of the committee but seeing that it wes against the wishes of the house, wirhdrew his motion and the house adjourned. at the prea- SLAT 7T LITERATURE. FRESH FROM THE PRESS, Special Correspondence to Tik BEE. Liscors, Neb., February 13.—Tho follow- ing bills, in addition to those already pub- lished, have been introduced in the house and printed: House, 274 Russell, Forbidding attorneys, justices or judges from occupymg office to- gother; penalty not less than § Hou: 7—Kaley, Regulating government f cities of tho second-clase, House, ¢ Holt, Reguluting of police a snd county fairs, House, 280 —~White, providing for publica- tion of annual statements of treusurers of c ies and villages. House, 22§~ Newmeyer, Giving authorities of cities and villages power to suppress houses of prostitution within five miles of corporation liaes, House, 208—Callahan, Muking pereonal taxes dus January lst, real cstate May lst; penalty 10 per cant annual interest. House, 164—Crook, Authorizing _county teeasuers m eclling property for delinquent taxes, in casa the full um unt of tax is not of fored at public sale, to sell at private eale at fifty per cont of taxes, House, 130 - Howard, Providing for the sale of s hool lands at public auction t the bigh est bidder, and at uot less than $10 per acre in addition to improvements thereon, Houee, 119 -Wright, Qualification for the practice of medicine, surgery or obstetrics in the state, Hou e, 116 ~Lee, Providiog for proseention of crimicals by information as well as icdict- ment. Heuse, levied for u &) separate fu House, 2 House, »pointment —William, Previding that taxes ecific debt is shall be kept Staver, Same ay 225, 16 —Johuston, Declaring it a mis demeannor for any officer to ratmin fees over the amonnt allowed by law for office services; ) penalty $5 to 850, House, 185~ Taylor, Creating tha office of voterinary surzeon, who shall hold down a chair in tho Agricultural colleze and defining his duties; aalary 1,500, House, 302 Soovill, cases in istrict courta, Proceedure in civil H use, -Stevenson, Establishing an institution for feeble minded youths snd appropriating ,000 for nesessary build location not stated. House, 535 — Builey, Governing cancellation of mortgages House, 305 —Heimrich, Establishing an insane asylum at Fremont and appro, nating ,000 for neceasary buildings. CAPITAL CHAT, A THOMAS SOAT, Special Correspondence of the B LiscoLy, Febraary 13.—There has bosn out of the forty days of the legislative s #ion, was commenced this morning st 9:30 with the usual formaties, Except & few appropristion bills, in which that for the reliof of contractor Stout stands out in bold relief, nothing of great importance considerable fecling sroused among the senate members of the finance, ways ad means committee over the actions of Thomas, of Cass, chairman of the house finance commit- tee. It hasalways been customary for the bouse committee to invite the senats commit tee into consultation on the bill, in order that it might be appropriation satisiactory to both branches, 1t ia also the custom to have the bill introduced not later than the twen tisth day of the session. Yesterday, the twenty-seventh day, the bill was in duced into the house withont any the senate committes having reen it There remains but twelve more days in which thie, the most important bill of the session can’ be_discuseed by both houses, It is not only a discourteous act, but it jeapordiz s the treasury The amount of the appropriation will by eithor to emall or too great, probably the later. Thomas gives as his roason for such action that the senate enubbad them by OMAHA, NEB., SATURDAY MORNING WASHINGTON NEWS. The Wiseaeres Weskening 0n th3 Ex- tea-£ossios Op nion, It is Clearly in the Power of the Minority gutting. down tha. 1egllitive RpDROBFAUON one hialf, from 200 000 to 43,000, Thomuy reasons for introducing the bill so late are th lin was personally interested in a county seat bill aad he has offered indncements to vote for the county seas bill, by ta liog ths fellows who want asylume, normal schools and sue that he would appropriate nothing unle s they supported his bill, COUNTY TREASURER'S TERVIS, A bill passed the senate yester which the house should, by all means, kill It looked very harmless in itself No 145, and was very short, It was introduce tor Burr and wo amends the elcction lawa that county treasurers can be elected to as many wncoessive terms s the people may wish. Tt was introduced merely for the sake of Lan: caster county, which hay a treasurer of whom they are very proud snd waot to re-elect as often as positle, The law now limits tho term o two years and is a grod ona. A tow senators waked up to the fast that it was a bad bill yesterany and voted against it. A dozen voted “age,” who Ikaow uothing of it visions, by §ena { THE SCH00L LAND INVESTIGATION Senator Buckworth, chairman of the land fraud investigation ' commicteo was sick several days, and ralroad mattera have so ab- 80 d the members that no mesting of that committeo has been held sincs Tuae-day. Sen- ator Metz went home sic noon. It is probable that committee from the senate will visit the asylum for the feeble minded at G ‘enwood, lowa, next Sunday. A day spent there is well calculated to show the needs of Nebrasks for such an institution, Tha McShane bill of two years ago, men- tioned editorially by the Bk Thursduy as having Leen introducad intothe house by Mr. Troup i3 to bs introduced into thy swate ty Mr, McShane, Sevator Smith, of 1'illmore, introduced a bill Thursday making the choice of United States eenator elective by the people. ‘I he seaate committee on school lands and funds claim to bave an excellent bill almost ready for introduction. e — Arthur and Civil Service Iteform Special Telegram to THE Bre, ‘WasHiNGToN, February 13, —President Ar- thur has emphasized his former action in the case of postmusters by refusing to accept the resignation of a collector in Florida who de- sired to vacats his office and secure the ap- pointment of a friend before the close of the presont administration. Although some pres- sure was brought to bear upon the president by Florida republicans, and he was sssured that the collector desired to resign in order to pt o business offer, he said he would not ace In the matter, but leave the office to be filled Ly Cleveland. o¥ip. g The president does not think it would inure to the benefis of the republican party, or aid the causo of civil service reworm to tak advantage in this way of the incoming pre dent Offices which become vacant between now and the 4th of March bg commissions expir- ing President Arthur has the unquestioned right to fill, but in all other s be considers the 1ight bélongs to his successor. e e President The Towa Commission of the New O:leans Exposition, Cenar Raris, February 13, — Commis- sioner Farrall, of Towa, arrived from New Orleans to confer with the executive commit- tee of the Towa commission hera to-day, in the matter of the adiditional loan asked of congress for the exposition, He favored con- gressional aid, provided congress appomnted a special committee to distribute it, He in. tended no reflection upon the New Orleans board of management, in thus fayorig an advisory commiltee but £aid the magnitude and national character of t o exposition, and the great financial in terests that the government and states had now acquired in it, demanded mere than local supervision of the finauce. 7 The Towa commi:sion endoreed thess views, and requested the Towa congressmaa to favor such action “as will save the credit of 'l United States and make the fin: ncial part s great & succees as is the exhibit part of the exhibition,” em—— Dikota Railroad Le on, Bismagrck, Dak., February 13 —The legis- latwie perfected the railroad and warehouse bill to-day and recommended it to pass, The bill contains the essentinl features of the Towa law and provides thut roads shall receive and transport freight without di persons, wination as to mpanies, elevators or warchouses, Inust receive fr m wagons or <leighs in a car conveniently placed, must sllow awiteh and vide track conrections for elevators or mils without regd to ize or ownership, Dam- ogen for viola ion or neglect of tuoact o be decided by the civil conrt —— Olno State Convention of Y, M. U, A, CoLoyius, Ohio, February 13,—At t sec ond days’ session of the state convention of the Youog Men's Christian Association there were a large number 1 attendance, A number of interesting papers were read, after which ths following officers were elected: Preident, Col. H. P. 1'oyd, Cincinnati; first vice president, Prof ¥, L. ‘Schuey, Wester- vills, second vies premdent, G. MeMillen, Columbus; third vic) presldent, JJ, 1. Cham- Vers, Toledo; secretary, F. S. (iodman, Toledo, e The Weather, To¥, February 14,—Upper Misss fusippi; Fair weather, except extreme north- era portion; local smow; partly cloudy weather; slightly warmer; southerly winds, becoming; variable, Missourl valle Wasn Slightly warmer; partly To Forca an Extra Sessior, and They'l Do It President Arthur Fiim on Civil Bervice Reform, And Opans Up the Niobrara Lands For Bettlement, Mr, Van Wyck Tries to Infuse Some Scnge lato the American Mouse of Loras, SENATE, Wasnintox, Fetruwy 13, —Beck said that he bad much xpericace in approprintion committees in huth house and thought that the work on tha appoprin: tion bills m the house were better up than u for a short session, Dawee, from the committe on appropria tions, reported the Indian appropriation bill with amendments, Calendar. Tngal's suid be observad in certain quarters statements that the repub’icins in the Senate were endeavoring to €0 direct lagilation as to compel an extea feseion. He asked Allison, chairman of fhe appropriation committer, as to the condition of the appropriation bills, Al'ison said the work of the Senate com- mittee is well in hand, if the Nouse would take care of he bills there will be no difficul ty in the senate, The Des Momes river land bill was then taken up, ond Lapham addressed the senate, At1oclock the matter went over one day, L.pham retaining the floor. Hosr, from the conference committec on tho clectoral count bill, reported that the House and Senate conferences were unablo to ogree. The dissgreement, Hoar eaid, had taken place the firet week of the ression., Texas Pacifio Jand forfeiture bill, and pend- ing epecial order, was placed before the Serate. Blair asked unanimous consent to take up the anti_forcign contract labor bill, Van Wyck declined to yield. Van Wyck said the senate and the conntry understocd the nature of the bill. He. did not wish to put it in further peril, Tt had been in peril already. It had been displaced by taking up another bill whose principal feature made it impossible to get the concurrence of the other houte. The principal features of this for- feitare bill were so plain that, if Van Wyck might be allowed, he would say that thay had been pused by the house of representatives alpost ynanimouely. Tho charr said that it was not In order to make referonce to the proceedicgs of the Honso of representativee. Van Wyck sald he merely wanted to get the idea in some way boforo the senate Some thinge, d, were very remarkable, Toe very mo! the land grant forfeiture bill lootaed up=a this body, terror seizel in some directions, The bill was demacded by the unsnimous consent of the American peo- pla, Thew was at least unanimity there, Whether there had or had not been uvanimity in other places, he (Van Wyck) had not been pormitted to refer to. ‘Lhe people hed demanded, and the platforms of both political parties biad demanded that there should e action in the direction of this bill —prompt and gpeedy action, Every days delay im- periled the bill. Soon the till would be met by the appropriation bills, and thea ingenious gentlemen would by loog speeehes, be able to prevent its coosideration. Ouly cne of the forfeiture bills had been able to get through ress, nd that was the bill that the rail- ‘ompany itself had been very anxions to get passed Had the senators forgotten the celebrated letters written by the celebrated bistorian, Huntington, of the Cen- tral Pacific, as to what was done about the Texas Vaciie, when he was lobbying here, We ehould be admon ished by that history to furnish no ather op- portunity for any other historian like Hunt- ington, or possibly Huntington himself, to du pliate 'or reproduce similar historical cb; Van Wyck wishyd to ray this much now cause ho did not know that whether, owirg to the *“rules” and the processca of obstruction ho would havo 8 chance to sy anything more on the subject, Llair then maved that the senate proceed to the consideration of the labor bill, Carried by a vote of 30 to 19. Considerabie debate ensued, and the senate without action sdjourncd, HOUS &, ‘W.sHINGTON, February 13, —The house met at 10 this moruing in continuance of Tuoureday's scssion, On motion of Payson the sepate amendments wera concurred in to the hous bill to prevent the unlawful vecupa- tion of tae publio land, The howe went into committee of thoe whole on the river and harbor bill, all debate on the pendiog section to be closed inan hour and a half, Reed raised the polot that this notion was not in order, a8 it was not compstent for the house to close_debate on paragraphs of the bill not yet read in the commitiee, The chair did not sustain the point of order and it was appealed, Willis moved to lay the appeal on the table, Agreed to, 121 o 10, ‘The bouse then aojourned and was immed: ately called to order again on Friday’s session, On motion of Willis, it was ordured that at 10 to-night the bouse shall take a recess until 10 to-morrow, The house then went into committeo of the whole, Springer in the chair, on ths postoflice appropristion kill, "This action was taken only after & long and spirited debate, The feature of the discussion was the epeach by Holman denouncing the proposition as ‘“‘a maked tubsidy.” He re- called the scenes attending the passige of the grant to the Pacific Mail r.-ampnur a8 to the principle of giving subsid His piotest cloudy weather; light local nows in northera portions; light variable winds, =National Protection Tanfr League, New Yonk, February 13 —The committees ropresenting the National Protection Tariff league and the American Tariff association, decided to-day to merge the organizations into one, Would be entered now and forever ugainstit. Money and others on both eides of the house defended the measure vigorously, de- clariug the subsidy cry was misicading and unwarranted, During the proaress of the debate various speakers referred frequently to the question whether it was advisable for the democrats at the outset of their coming adwiuistrst oo, to + FEBRUARY “departure from the democratic *doctrine that subsidy should never be voted.” The an: nouncement of a parsgraph having been stricken ont was greeted with loud applause on the democratic side, Horr gave notice yea aud nay vote in the house, The cominittee rose and the previous tion on the Lill was ordered, tths eve seaslon & number of private bills_ were passed and tha house took & recess until to-morrow, OUR WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Special talecram o ths WasHINGTON, February 1. confident tc assert a month would be no extra session weakin in thelr opinicn, Sixteen more leg Id demand the Lven the most 1g> that ars beginning to there lative days remain and as vet not an approprintion bill of avy import nnce has becomeln law. Tt is cleatly in the powerof the minority to force an extra ses sion now; and will they do it? 1t goee without waying that Prestdent Clove land does not want an extra session, It would be very embarcaesing to him, It would bring the threngs of office seekers here and multi ply immensely his duties and cares on onter- ing upon his new office, in which he will so much need experience, Of course, it is the provioee and dusy of the opposition to do all that is possible to embarass their oppouents in their return to The slightest ob. strution or sty mad race of the next aixteen da the ne extra session The republican leaders do not want to as- sume rhe attitude of FORCISG AN KXTRA SESSION. with its increase of expense, but if they eco ny way in which they may triumph, the aders on the democratic eide, in their 10 be in on ths 4th ot March, with their work finished, they will d» so, and it w1 1 be really a wonder now if they do not get that oppor. tunity, The senate is al:o showing its teeth, and de- claring thero shall be no more general legi la- tion on the appropriation bills, which means possibly still further delays, In this connection is is not more intercsting to say somethicg about whet congress has 10 and has not done. It has passed the conch spoliation claims bill, a really good work that ought to have been done more than half acentury ago. It has not passed the tankraptey bill, nor the educationsl bill, nor any of the land grant forfeiture bills that it started in on so bravely, I¢ has made mo tions in the way of passing two inter-state commerca bills, but has not passed either, and will not, The senate bill will die in the senate, and the hoase bill in the house., THE HOUSE CALENDAR SHOWS a will canso oa failure to pass y billa and . positive need of the | ing | 14, 1885, whisky in hond extension order has antay iz¢d wany northern democrats, who wowd otherwive bave been friendly to him, [here ia 8 wida d e of opinin smong de ¢ this order, and Se on enzendered n very ratond that Randail ‘oompsin’s appointment o the commitsionership, and that he expects to e t being done, GTON NEWS, February 13, ~The Indisn appropriation bill, as reported to the senate, increason the liouee bill §1:2,00, The mittee has struck out all provisons for the payment of private elaiws growing out of In. dian depredations, but has substituted a gen eral provision requiting the sccretary of the interior to report at ths roxt session all claims f this nature, tog:ther with such information regardiog thein as may have boen gatherexl by WAsHI WasniNa1o agents of the department, The tenure of the house bill is th ing, under heavy penalties, the arms to Indiax the etat utes in relation ¢ ug spitituus liquors to Indians; that of authorizivg the presifout to open negotiationg with the Crecks, Sominoles aud Cherokess for the purposa of | opening to scttlement the OVlahoma ¢ untry, snd that which subjects Indians charged with the com- mission of ciimes sgainst person or property to thelaws «f the territory whero the nct i MI;"L:nI to have been committed, are stricken out, prohibit- o of Bre. DISBARTED FROM FRACTICE, The secretary «f the interior disbarred from practice a3 attorney John McLean, of Crookston, Til, NIODRARA LANDS OFENKD UP FOR SETILE MENT, Tho president has, by exccutive order, ed to public settlement after May 1, all lands within the Niobrara, on the untee Sioux reservation in Nebraska renain: ing unallotted and unselectod by the Indians, except such as are ceoupied for the agency school and for missionary purposes. ———— THIE MORMON QUESTION, WHAT IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSK 13 SAUCE FOR THE GANDER, CntoaGo, Fobruary 18.—An elder of tho Mormon chureh, in business ia Salt Lake City, and a4 presont in thiscity, in an inter- view to day, in speakiog of the Edmuads law *“The prosecution of the Mormons for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds law continues. The Mormone, however, complain Litterly of the partiality of the district attor- ney for not prosecuting the Gentiles for the same offense, although it is notorious that something of what has not been done. It issues on Monday and Friday. That of to-day i3 *“a sight,” eighty pages of a bill considerad Dy the committee and reported to the house, and not one of them likclly to get action, for itis now generally conceded that the only work left for congress to do, is only the work it can poesibly do, is the patkage of the ap- propriation bills, A bill passed the house this afternoon of a go-d deal of interest It amends the Union Pacific act 8o as to sllow the construction of the road from Sioux City westerly via the Niobrara valley to a point on the main Pacitic west of the 100th meridian. The object of this is to cut off a bend made in the eastern portion of the Union Pacific and will, itis said, shorten the distance from Chrergo to San Francisco 230 miles. The bill has not yet passed the senate but probably will. It does mot erant any lsnds to the company to build the road but does make the ronJ when built a section of the Union Pa- cific, 8o far as it relates to pro rating, ex- change of freight. curs, ete, It is underatood tha: the company stands 1eady to begin the bwlding of the ro Renewed talk of Daniel Mauning and Mec. Donald in connection with the cabinet is re- ceiviog much attention here to day, from prominent senators and representatives, 1t is lear that TILDEN FAVORS MANNING STRONGLY but that Manning himself holds back on ths ground that his var ff views are not in accord- anca with Clevelaud’s, and he is not familiar with executive duties. To this his friend re. spounded that if he becomes secretary of the treasury he will have nothing to say in tariff mattere, and the dut of hin place will soon become familiar. Wm. C_ Whitney is con. sidered a8 dead as Jnlius Ciesar, killed by the blighted f ost of Tilden’s displeasure, The o ore McDonsld’s qualifications sre exumined the stronger his chunces seem to grow. He is oneof the few western men of eiflier party who have a good record on fivucial questions, and Hendricks is working vieorously for him to save himself from the wrath of McDonald’s friends in Indiana, Half of the republican members of the New York state legislature left Albany thls afternoon to attend the reception to United States Senator Wm, M, F given by the n Lesgue club to: Tt is expected at the republi an congrestionsl delegation from the state will attend tn a body, Ma: distivguished for their services to the ty, accepted invitations ' Judge Noah will preside, and presect the guests to Evarts, A NUMBER OF THE SILVEL MEN in congress, probably one hundred in all, will soon send fo President-elect Claveland a joint letter, arking him to suspend his judgment in on with the silver question until he iven the matter more consideration It i3 likely that & committee of one sepator and two members will be appointed to deliver the letter to Cleveland in person, The letter was propated in conserueace of VAFIONs newspaper statements that have appeared of late in which it was stated that Cleveland is in favor of the suspersion of silvir coinace and that ne will take that p.opoition in his oaugural address, Later, thut three fourths of the democratio party well as three- fourths of the pecple of this country sre in favor of the cuinage of rilver, It is under. stood that tbe letter has been written by Rep resentative Bland, of Missour, The demo- crats who are opposed to the further coinage of 1he eilver dollar say that Cleveland is ko strongly of their way of thinking that no in- fluence of the silver men can bring to bear will avail them in the slighte:t. There is & strong desire on the part the domocrats not knowingly to put themselves in opposition to their presideat, Ooe of these gentlemen said to-day to your correspondent: *Cleveland, it ho onlyknew it has more power grer the party than he will have on the lst of April next, aud_he will have more power over the party on April 1 thn on Decomber 1y next iverybody waots to start out we'l with the vow ndministeation, If the present session were to last two months instead of only about threo weeks longer, it would do whatever ho wanted if he would ~take the trouble to make his wishes known, The friends of Representative Phil Thompsun, of Kentucky, give 1t out that he is certiln to be appointed commisaloner of internal reyeoue by Cleveland early in the cop ing sprirg, Mr, Thompson's_connection inaugurate what Warner, of Ohto, called 8 with the procuring of Beerctary McCulloch's SEAL NORTH CAROUNA | By, i s3een teverywhere, Because every- where recognized as indispensibfe fo Deafer a\oz Gonsdumer, many are guilty. Even the anti-Mormen press declare that the raid is prostrating busi- nes, “Many Mormons against whom District Attorney Dickson is moving are leaving be- cause they claim they caunot recure justice in court, that the juries are packed by opon venires, und that bail is refused the Mormons, pending n appeal ““The Gentiles are beginning to think that they, too, will have to leave or starve, owing 1o the injurious effect upon business, which would leave Utah in completo possession of the Mormoas e — Pensions in the LateCampaign. WasHiNGTON, February 13.—At & meeting of the committee on payment of peneion bounty and back pay, Comstock, chief of the western division, stated he was instructed during the recent canipaign by Commissioner Dudley to extend to Grubbs, of Indiana, the same privileges accorded congressmen in pre- senting pensions, Grubbs was a republicen candidate for congressman from the Iifth district of that state and was the opponent of Reoresentative Matson, democratic candidate. Such wn order, Comstock snid, was considered strauge, both Dby him elf and by th rks in the office. Tt has been th practice o extend these privileges to ex-m: bera of congress, but never before had they been extended to any person who had not been in congress and who, like Grubbs, was a congression 1 cavdidate, = A number of clerks were examined who coroborated the testi- mony wiven yesterday that orders were given to huld rejeied casts until aftec the election. — 1inois Senatorial Contest, Cuteaco, February 135, The Daily News Springfield{'special says: In the senate this morning Senator Whitney placed Gen. Logan in nomination for senator. The motion to procead to ballot was d:feated owing to the refusal of Senator Ruger to vote, The repub- Iicans were surprised at this action and claim- ed that on Ruger's promise to vote with them they decided to bring up the moticn for bal lot” At noon the senate decided to join the house 10 joint session and shortly afterwards fifty eenators joined the 144 represcotatives, Representative arker nominated Logan and Mr. Linegar spoke for Col. Morrison Ha enlogized them both as soldiers, but endorsed, Morri<on's taniff views, 7 When it came to vote with one alsentee on each side, bo h parties refused to vote, and ag adjournment was taken till noon to-morreow, NO.153. ON 'GHANGE. Deprossion and Inactivity Again Cher- aot vize the Prodnce Market, The Cattlo Reoripts Were Greater Than Anticipated, The Hog Receipts Were Scar More Than Needed. =2 ely Wheat Ruled About Firm Fluctuated Slightly. and Corn Showed Its Usual Doarth of Features. Oats Continue Steady and Quiet— Rye laactive—1Pcovisions Were £lightly Improved, OHICAGO MARKETS, Special telegrai to the e, CmicAao, Febroary inactivity agein cha \d the day’s pro- duce markets. The receipts + little larger, but orders wers as scarce a8 ever, and thus the trading was le‘t wholly to tha local crowd. The close of the moining session was about steady in grains, but asy in provisions, WHEAT ruled about firm and fluctuated but slightly. The enrly market was » triflc heavy on mo- count of rumora of bank trouble, wpread by New York bears, bus not sufliciont credence was placed in it to materially affeot values, Tocal coverings brought about a subsequent advance of £¢, When this demand became satisfied the leading fuhure lost #¢ of the ad- vance, elosi g alout steady at 81%c and fon- tureless at 1 o clock. No, 2 spring was quoted at T8H@T8ge. —Depression and wore com Showed its usual dearth of foatures, the ma- ket dragging aloug slow and steady, with only a moderato attendance of operators The close of the morning scssion was about steady, but very quiet. onms Continued steady and gpict, but fairly firm for May at quotations, Nothing was done in any otkes future, . Ao Was inaotive aud lightly traded in by reason of no fresh receipts Cash No 2 was quoted, 622630 bid for regular and fresh; /4o for March; 8¢'for April and 67c for May. Two cars sold on the track c. PHOVISIONS were slightly improved over yesterday under little better conditisus at the yards, but sfter o fractional advance eacly in the session, the interost sagged, and there was a reaction to the lowest point touched. Quits free selling by both local scalpers and packers helped to heavy the conditions named, The close &t 1. o'clock was about steady at the decline. the afternoon call everything was quiet wi out important changes. CATTLE receipts were gretor than' anticipated. Buyers acted under thebeliof that there would be at least 7 00, and under this belief they held off until a late in the forenoon, ull the time hammeriog away for lnu\rJ;rics.\, Sales- men genecally, howaver, took a diff. rent view and thote who had good salable as would suit c shippers and ' dressed boof deslers held theie property as high a3 om st'aduy. Lrains were late and irregular iu arriving, Alongtowsrd noon buyers hegan to see that there wonld not be a “‘flood,” and in turn began to buy more freely, so that from abowt noon on to the finish_the/e wi fairly activo market. Prices ruled irregular. Some fair to geod thippg and dresecd beof bteors sold fully as high ay at any time; then aguin_otaers of equally good quality sold 10@loe lower than yesterday, Tho mwrket was very fitful and uneyen. Tho least incrense in raceipts would cad down prices 20008 per 101 pounds; Salex: Shippiog, 1:400 to 1,600 ponnc 590 1 N‘u ‘;.«, 1,326 pounds, £5 10@b 603 1,000 to 1,700 pounde, 34,405 60 com- mon, $260@30 ; mediuw, $3.30. 3 25; good, 38 70@4 Bu; atockere, &3.26@4 10; feeders, $4 15@4 60;. Texans &4 Ao6s, Reoelpts continudilight there being only & fow more than what it needed for suipment, “Thero were only three packing firms on the market and they hovght sparingly. ‘The gon- eral markeb as compared with yosterdny may be quoted as uochanged on packers and Jight and 6@10c_highor; on elppers and choice heavy packing aad shipping 260 to 400 lbe., $500@s5 25; light, 180 to 210 Ibs., 51 0@ 85 00, e RAILROAD nwACKET. S1. Louts, February 13 — Theopolous Masac, generul rgent of the Missouri Pacific railway for the republic of Mexico pussed through here to-day trom the esst enroute to the City of Mexico, where bhis headquasters sre situated. Whilebere he stated that he had been offered the position of secretary, Prevident Diaz will accept and wllkenter on his dutie a short time, This is eaid to be the cnly office in the Mexican government to which foreigners can be appointed, Matac is the gentloman who was aenc out from Juy Gould’s New York office as director of the Dinz excursion two years 3go, and had charge of the party duripg his stay in this countiy, o Fatal Accident WiLkE<uaRRE, Pa., February 183 —The rope attached t a timber truck upon which wers five men, broke a8 it was being lowered into the tlopo this moming. The men wese thrown « ff when half way down, one of whom way nstantly killed and two others o seri- ously injured that theiy recovery 1s doubtiul, R Big Mills Close, February 13.—Oliver Bzow. & nill at Wood's Rup, shut doww all PITT3BUERS Philligs’ dopartuicata lust night on account of lack of orders, Business Fallures, Nrw Youk, February 12.—Failuses the last soven days were 270 s compared, with 316 Just. wook, WA\ the tichness [ and nellowe. Bswars “f Scrofurin Sorofula 8 wrad .77 mory generalthan any. other diseas, 1 b1 nsidous in characte and manifoste itgoll in rauning sores, pustulae uptions, bails, swellings, enlarged foints, seesses, soro ayes, ate. Hood's Sarsapariila expels all trace. of serofula from the blood, lenving iv pure, enriched, and healsy. “I was severely afflicted with serofula, and for over a year had two runping sores on my neck, Teok five bottles of Hood's asaparidla, and consider myself, gured.’” E. Lovsyox, Lowell, Mass. €. A. Axnold, Arnold, Me., had: serofulous sores for seven years, spring aud fall, Hood's Barsaparilla oured him. Salt Rheum Willlam Spigs, Elyrin, 0., saffered greatly: trom erysipelas and saly rhaum, eaused by haudling tcbacco, At times his hands would, crack open and bleed, e tried varlous prep- azations without aid ; finally took Hood's Sar- saparilla, and now * Lam entirely well” My son had salb theuos on his hunds and on the calves of bis legs, Ho tock Hood's illa and is entirely cured” J. Ba BTANTGHN, M. Vernon, Ohio, ‘ ' Hood’s : Sarsaparilla Seld by all druggista, $1; six lor §5. Made ety by €. 1. TIOOD & CO., Lawell, Masa. . 100 Doses One Mnllar. atlains < nelss w/w.'r,/p age alone ine. fi,wbt». .