Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1886, Page 1

o PSR &89 WHEN MADE IN C0OD FAITH, Benator Van Wyck's Excellent Measure to fecure the Honest Settler. A LAND LAW THAT IS NEEDED. Positively Requiring Confirmation of an Entry Made at Any Time Where No Evidence of Fraud or Dishonesty Appears. Senator Van Wyck' WasiiNGToN, Feb, 25.—[Special Tele- gam.|—Senator Van Wyek to-day reported 1o the senate, from the committee on public Iands, his bill to confirm entries of lands heretofore made under the land laws of the United States. *“The purpose of this meas- ure,” said Senator Van Wyck to the I correspondent to-day, *Yis to secure beyond question entrics of public lands made by honest settlers during the administration of the general land office by previous commis- sioners, Considerable apprehension exists among settlers that under the rulings of Commissioner Sparks they way be deprived of their holdings by reason of the fact that the formula they pursued may have the effect of cancelling claims which were taken in good faith under the law as interpreted by former commissioners, I do not believe any injustice would be done an honest settler by Commissioner Sparks, but 1 propose to cr: talize certain well recognized principles of practice into a law that will place beyond the possibility of non-confirmation an entry of Jand made in good faith.” “The report of the comriittee, as presented by Senator Van Wyck, is herewith given in full: Much anxiety is naturally produced among those Interested when congress changes, re- peals, or modities a law, lest proposed changes will disturb rights already secured or initiated under the law sought to be repealed or modified. In such cases congress by the changing or repealing act protects all rights recognized under the law changed or re- pealed, 50, too, in administration of the laws, Any change of construction or ruling by the exe- cutive departments should equally protect rights or claims initiated or begun under the rules and regulations in force at the time the claim or right originated. ‘This bill seeks to protect all entries ot pub- lic lands subject to entry under the land laws of the United States, when made n good faith and without fraud. The law, in fact, is what the executive department, for the time being, says and decides it to be, The citizen does not deal with congress, but the officer administering the law, and he is only responsible, and must be considered to have obeyed and conformed to its provi- sions, when he does what the officer in charge preseribes as being nec y. The govern- ment must be responsible when the agent or oflicer makes the requirements and the citi- zen obeys them; any other rule would be absolute injustice, Such, also, is the view of the land depart- ment as to the right of the citizen and duty of the government, as appears by the letter of the commissioner, made vart of the report. Department of the Interlor, General Land Office, Washington, D. C., Feb, 11, 185—Sir: 1 am in receipt, by 'your ncé, of a copy senate bill No, 1419, *'to confirm entries of heretotore made under the land laws of States,” andrequesting an ex- pression of my views thereon. Lo purposo of the billappears to b to pro- vide that where entries of 'land have been al- lowed under rulings and decisions ot the land department in force at the time, a subse- quent change of ruling shall not be deemed to affect the validity of such former entrics, but that the same ‘shall be adjudged in the same manner as if the rulings had not been changed. g have the honor to inform you that the p e of the bill is well recognized in the practice and decisions of this oftice and de- !vm'lnwnl. It has frequently lu\&ul(‘n(!\l in the \istory of the land department that rulings upon various points have from time to time been changed, and that entries which have been deemed permissible at one period have been deemed not permissible at another period, and in the same manner entries dis- allowed at one time have been considered al- lowable at another time. _In such cases, how- ever, the general rule of this oflice and de- partiuent has been that a change of ruling does not affect rights acquired or cases de- cided under previous rulings, This rule is subject to necessary exceptions and might not u\\])ly to a case where action should have been taken outside of the limitations of exec- utive authority or where wrongs have been done which it” may be within the power of executive aiscretion to remedy. The only rulings made by me, changing previous rulings made under a different con- struction of the law in respect to the admis- sibility of entries upon public lands, are the Iullnwlluf: 1 have held, with the concurrence of deci- sions by the secretary of the interior, that n section of land to bo subject to a timber cul- ture entry must be “*devoid of timby Pre- vious rulings had allowed such entries to be made upon sections not devoid of timber, I have held thata ver: who has made and perfected a pre-emption elaim is not en- titled under the law to afterwards commute a homestead entry, sinco the commutation of a homestead s equivalent toa pre-emp- tion, lJIVlII‘: in fact and in law the change of a homostead entry to a pre-emption, and the pre-emption law ict every person to one pre-emption entry. s rule Is now e he sceretary on appeal for final de Should my tuling be afiirmed by him it not_expected to afl cases in which such entries were previously allowed. There is, therefore,” no reason why any person who od faith made an entry in accordance with rules established and in force at the time of his entry, should haye (lnm\xplvlu'nnmll that his entr: turl if he has complied withthe law since the entry was made. * If he has not complied with tlie law, that, of course, is another matter, 1 do not suppose that it is intended l)f’lhe bill presented to confirm entries not made in good faith, nor those wherein the laws have not been complied \\'l(h.butshnfinv o declar valid such entries as may have been properly allowed under rulings and decisions as they existed at the time the entry” was madeé, leaving the adjudieation of all other ques tions 10 the usual course of procedure under the laws, 1see no objection to the proposition as above stated, but respeetfully suzgest that the Dill s drawn may perhaps be liable toa broader construction, f, therefore, the senate isof the opinion that the proposed measute of legislation is necessary, 1 recom- mend that the bill be amended as indicated in the inclosed copy, Wa A, J. SPARKS, Hon, €. H, V2 Vyek, Commissioner, United » s Senate. With the amendments indicated in the body of the bill the committee recommend that the same do pass. [ Words to be stricken out are enclosed in brackets; words to be in- serted are in italies.) A Dbill to confirm entries of lands her nade under the land lavs of the States, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of <meriea in Congress assembled, That any entry of public lund subject to eniry hereto- tofore uiade under the land laws of the United States, in conformity with the rules, regulations and decisions of the general land oo and the interior department at the time such entry was made, shall be adjud in the same inanner [is hereby confirmed to the extent and shall be ceted and proceed to vatent the same| as If said rules, regulations and decisions had not been reversed or modi- fied : Provided, ‘That sueh entry must have been made in good faith, and no chaiges of fraud have been made against the same; and in case any charges of fraud have been made, #uch charges [they) shall be investigated in Land Bill. fure nited the same manner and with the same effect as If the rules, regulations and decisions under which the entry was wade liad not been mod- ified or reversed. The bill was placed on the senate ealendar, Senator Van Wyck intends to give it earnest attention, and is confident of securing its early passage. FORTY-NIN Sena WasHINGTON, Feb, ~Among the bills reported favorably from the committees and placed on the calendar was one by Mr. Van Wyck, from the committee on public lands, toconfirm entries of public lands made under the public land laws of the United States, Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Mr. Edmunds to facilitate the administration of laws in Alaska. Mr. Edmunds explained that persons appointed to oftice could not give bond in the territory, and the bill was intended to aid such persons to give bonds in the states from which they ware appoiiited, Mr. Morgan offered a preamble and resolus tion, which, at his request, were ordered printed and Jaid on the table for the prese The purpose of the preamble and resolution is (o show that the senate judiciary comm tee lias not the authority toarraign the attor- ney gen s it did i its recent report and accompany olutions in reeard to the refusal of the attorney general to transmit to the conmittee eertain papers in regard to the i which ha ked tor by "Che | referting to the recent judiciary commitieo resolution: It said resoiutions o opted as being true upon the facts and as a matter of law, they will thereby announce the pr Judgment of the n of this body, with- out any iri v, that the attor, ney general ot the United guilty of and condemned for w conmit ting _an_ offense in _the conduct of his office, which is in violation ot his official duty, and is_subversive of the fundamental principles of the rovernment of the United St The attorney general, it he has in factwilfully committed any offense that is in violation of his official duty,and is subversive of the fundamental principles ot the govern- ment of the United States, is only amenable to the condemnation of thie senate when the e is sitting with the chief justice of the ed States as a court of impeachment to and decide upon articles of in 5 1t presented by the house of represen JONGRESS, Dolph, from the committee on public ported a resolution ealling on the s of the interior for full information concerning the selection, surveying and patenting b the land given in aid of the construction of the Northern Pacific railroad. 'he resolution was agreed to, . Hoar called up the bill appropriating 0,000 for the erection of a monument in Washington city to the memory of General Grant. Mr. Plumb thought the bill ought not to pass. He was sure’ that he voiced the wish of the great soldier whose fame the proposed monument_would commemorate, when he (Plumb) said_that no such monument w. neces No monument had been crected, or_thought necessary, to the memory of Lincoln.” General Grant's fame did not de- pend on'a monument. 5 Mr. Hoar was sure Mr. Plumb_was as_sin- cer nybody in his respect_for the gre memory which'it was proposed to _commen- orate, but, Mr, Hoar said, all ciyilized na- tions' honored their great leaders b erect tion of monuments, ~ Mr. Hoar brieily but yarmly eulocized the memory of Grant, bill, Mr. Hoar saia, had the support of our most distinguished ’ volunteer (alluding to General Logan). ‘Tlie bill was passed, Mr. Iloar saying that the commlttee on library would consider the matter of an appropriaie monument to the memory of Lincoln, On going to the calendar, among the Dbills postponed to a later day was the woman suf- frage constitutional anendment, Mr. Blair aying that aithough it was a very important measure, it could not be discussed under the iive minute rule, "The education bill was then placed before the senate, and Mr. Gray took the floor in opposition to the bill, After a short executive session the senate adjourned, soldier Hous ‘WASHINGTON, Feb, 23.—On motion of Mr. Forney, the resolution was adopted granting leave to thegappropriations commitiee to sit during the sessions of the house. Mr. Morrison, from the committee on ways and means, reported a joint resolution direct- ing the payment of the surplus in the treas- ury on the public debt. Referred to the com- mittee of the whole. Mr. Hewitt obtained leave to file the views of the minority. The report which accompanies the joint resolution says: On January 30, 1856, as shown by the official statement of the asscts and habilities of the treasury of the United States, there was in the freasury and in United States depositories, Including the amount held for reaemption of United States and not including minor f onal sil d as assets not available, the in_excess of all other liabilitie the redemption of said United States notes. It is believed that this sum is largely in excess of the sum required for the purpose for it is held. and that a considerable of should be applied to he ment of the interest bearing debt of the United States, now payable. to the end that public moneys shall be used to lighten public burdens and not unnecessarily held to ure the agents and representatives of the people into improvident and wasteful ex- penditures, Mr. Weber of New Yorlk, from the commit- teeon railways and canals, reported a bill foa the permanent improvenient of the Erio and Oswego eanals, and to secure freedom of the same tothe commerce of the United States, Reterred to the commitiee of the whol Mr. Tucker, from the committece on ju- diciary, reported a bill providing that no persons will be held to answer for any crime whereof the punishment may be loss of life or liberty, except on presentinent an an-in- dictment’ of a grand jury, exeept in cases arising in the land or na forces, or In the militia when in actual service in time of war or public dan, Placed on the house cal- endar, Mf, Ellsbury, from the committee on in- valid pension yorted u bill granting pen- sions to all invalid soldiers or their widow or their ehildren who are dependent on th daily labor for support, Leferred to the committee of the whole, Buchanan, from the commmittee on reported a bill for the relief of the Survivors of the exploring steamer Jeannette, and the widows and children those who perished in the expedition, ed on the private calendar, sum of § ATE BiLL The Measures Introduced by the Law Makers Yesterday. WasuixGron, Feb, 23,—Among the bills introduced in the senate to-duy were the following: By Senator Wilson of fowa—For a public building at Fort Dodge (lowa), It appr priates $100,000 for the purpose. By denator Cal g that in all cases of homestead entry where the home- steader or his widow orehildren resided upon and eultivated the land for five years patents therefor shall be granted although final proot was not made within the time required by law, and such preof may be made at any 1ime and a patent obtained for the same, By Senator Van Wyek—Authorizing the use of the proceeds of the sinking fund cre ated by the Thurman act in the construetion of braneh railroads and telegraph lines. It creates a board, to consist of the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of the interior and the president of the Union Pacilic and Kan- sas Pacific railroads, which shall convert into money the seeurities now on deposit in the treasury as a sinking fund to pay the maturity indebtedness of these companies, and use the ame to coustruct branch railroad and tele- graph lines to connect with the line of said companies. It provides In detail for ihe manuer of construction, rates to be charged, and for other matters ‘conuected with the construction and operation of such roads and lines. If you buy lnmber anywhere without flrse getting . Hoaglunds "prices you will lose mouey. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING 1836, PUSHING HIS PENSION BILL. Mr. Henderson of Towa Argues a Matter of Interest to Maimed Veterans, INCREASE FOR LOSS OF LIMBS. Citizens of fowa Want Judicial Boun« darvies Changed-—Sioux City Land Grant Forfeiture Reported Adversely—Notes. v Arguing for Pension Increase. WAsHINGTON, Feb. 23—[Speeial gram.|—Representative Henderson led an tmportant discussion before the house com- mittee on invalid pensions to-day. Hender- son’s bill to increase the pensions of those who have lost an arm or leg was under con- sideration. “There were also present repre- sentatives of the United States Maimed Vet- 15 assoelation. who argued for the sage of the bill, which provides that in cases where a hand or foot has been lost pen- sions shall be $35 a month; where a leg is amputated at the knee or the arm at the elbow joint, or so near thereto above or below the joint as to be equivalent to amputation at the knee or elbow joint, $40 a months where amputations have been made at the shoulder or hip joints, or near enough thereto to disqualify the soldier from wearing an artiticial limb, the pension shall be & month. Within the past month the members of congress have been flooded with letters from manued soldiers asking for the passage of this bill, and it was at this instance that Colonel Henderson a fortnight ago arranged for a hearing to<lay. All the bills that have been Introduced containing these provisions ask for mrrearaces from 1870 ata deereased rato, but upon consultation it was deemed best not to press that feature upon the com- mittee, although all recoghized the justice of it. Tele- arge number of petitions from citiz interested have been received by Represen tive Frederick, asking that there be a new division of the northern judicial district of the state of Towa. The petitioners ask that the boundaries of the judicial districts in Towa may be so changed that the counties of Cedar, Johnson and Tama may be attached to the Northern district, and that thereupon anew division may be created in the north- ern district, consisting of the counties of Jones, Cedar, Linn, Jolnson, Iowa, Benton, Tama, Grundy, Hardin, Butler, Brewer, Clin- ton and Blackhawk, and that the place for holding courts for said proposed divisions shall be Cedar Rapids, at such times as may De fixed by law, It is represented that ail of the counties mnamed have direct communleation by rail with Cedar Rapids, which enables the citizens of those counties to reach Cedar Rapids in from one to three hours time; that the establishment of the division proposed wonld greatly facili- tate the transaction of business in the United States courts for that division, and would greatly add to the convenience of ens aggregating 200,000. The proposed changes in boundarics between the northern and southern district, they say, would still leave the greater part of the population and busi- ness of the state in the southern district. The petitions have been referred to the house committee on judiciary, where action will be taken, A DISAPPOINTMENT TO TOWANS, Mr. Plumb, from the committee on public lands, to-day reported with an adverse recommendation the Dbill to resume to the United States certain lands granted to the state of Iowa to aid in the constrnction of a railroad in that state. The lands are those granted by act of congress approved May 12, 1864, and embraced In the alternate sections given to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City to the north line of the state of Towa, and now held by the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad company. The refusal of the committee to make a favorable report on this bill will be a great disappointment to many thousands of lowans who have repeat- edly petitioned for the forfeiture of these lands. A BLACK EYE FOR DES MOINES, EEA member of the house committee on pub- iic buildings and grounds said to-day that Mr Conger’s bill appropriating $150,000 for the improvement of the Des Moines governmen building would probably not be reported, since the advisory board of the committee had retused to act upon it. If there is no re- port. of course it willdie in the committee. There is a possibility, héwever, of the bill being staked out by its friends. The south- ern element on this committee is very strong, and while smali towns, some less than 10,000 people, are given money for buildings, the northerners ai fused it, no matter how good a case they present. THE CAMPBELL-WEA VER CASE Judge Harris, counsel for Governor Camp- bell in the Campbell-Weaver contested elee- tion from the sixth lowa district, informed yourvorrespondent to-day that by arrange- ments entered into some time ago the case should come up before the committee on elections for argwment on Thursday, but ghat Weaver had not yet filed I ef. The ase was thereby delayed, Weaver seems to be fighting for as long o stay in i possible by delaying by all sorts of subter- fuges consideration in the committee, PATENTS TO WESTERN INVENTORS, Patents were to-day issued to the follow- ing: Joshua G. Benster, Duncan (Neb), windmill; John G. W, Fleming, Ewmerson (lowa), stove hood or heat collector; Horae Garst, Council Bluifs, head sereen; George M. Weeles, Stuart (Neb) and E, G, Fisher, Atlantic (Iowa), plow; Marquis F. Seeley, Fremont (Neb), grain elevator; William A. Smith and J, 1. Hughes, Woodlawn (Neb), hame coupling :QUEST FOR RIVER IMPROVEMENT, Representative Lyman introduced into the house to-day resolutions of the city council ot Nebraska City, and the board of trade of that place, the commissioners of Otoe county. in fayor of the improvement of the Mi souri river in the vicinity of Nebras Another impetus seems to have been given to the woman suflragists in Iowa. To-day a large grist of petitions asking congress to submit the question to a vote of the people were presented in the senate by Mr, W from the citizens of Knoxville, Winterset, Senator Wilson introduced a bill to-day appropriating £100,000 for a government building at Fort Dodge (Iowa). Porter Frederick of Iowa and C. J, Brown of Nebraska have been appointed postofiice inspectors at a salary of 1,200 a year for six months and $1,600 a year thereafter, and $4 a day expenses. ——— Meeting of Whi: Peonia, Feb, 28.—A meeting of the whisky pool was held here to-day, ‘There was a large attendance but nothiug of importance was dane, the meeting having adjourned to await the wivival of Spellman of the Enterprise xli:lillel‘{ of Pekin, to whom wmuch of the recent trouble in the pool s attributed. Auother session will be held to-morrow, ¥ Men, What the Honse Committec Has De- cided Upon for Tts Rehabilitation. WasmiNoToN, Feb. 23—The members of the house committée on naval affairs held an informal meeting y@sterday, at which the question of rehabilitation of the navy was ussed andan intérchange of vieis on the subject was had. 8o far as can be learned it was the unanimens obinion of those present that the navy should be reconstructed. The committee will meot to-morrow and will probably agree upon a report which will be presented to the house without deiay. The recommendations will involve the expenditure of eight or ten million dollars. They will recommend the completion of the monitors already begun, and a liberal ap- propriation for naval ordhance: they will advise the construction of from fifteen to twenty torpedo boats, and a large expendi- ture for torpedoes, and will provide for the construction of six or seven steel belted cruigers of 5,000 to 6,000 tons, These crui to be the main reliance of the rfeatures are swiftness and the poy their ordnance z There is a difference of opinion as to whether this work should be done in the navy vards by the voyernment or by contract, and hoth plans will probably be given a trial. All ordnance work will be done in the yards, and most, if not all, will be done in Wash- ington. The construction of ordnance be almost the exelusive work of the Wasli- ington yard, and it will be the aim to have it thoroughly ‘equipped. The committee will recommend a_ very | perfect torpedo. systein. The boats used aré Not expensive, costing about 860,000 each, and are considered very effectual means of defense. The com- mittee do not favor the construction of heavy iron-clads, which are considered less sei an modern fast cruisers armed with rful ordnance. The Cabinet Considers Promotions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The cabinet meet- ing to day was mainly devoted to the consid- eration of the general question of promo- tions in the army and navy, particularly as to the wisdom of giving preference in such matters to oflicers soon to be retired, and who in fact fit_ at the time of promotion for active servic ‘The general sentiment was adverse to such promotions except in espe- cially meritorious The Suit Against the Telephone. WaAsHINGTON, Feb. 28, —Solicitor General Goode v that nothing had been settled with regard to the time and place of filing the suit against the Bell telephone com- pany. It is expected the procedings will be nstituted before the close of the present week, i THE CROP OUTLOOK. A Very Favorable Showing Presented by the Farmers' Review. CmicAGo, Feb, 23.—The following crop summary will appear in the Farmers' Re- view this wéek from the numerous returns made by its correspondents: Returns from the winter wheat fields are almost uniform- ally good. They present an outlook very nearly as favorable as those sent early in 1885 when the prospect was exceptionaliy good for a large field, The snow has entirely d appeared from the fields. enabling very cl understanding as _to the condition of the lant, and from nearly every county in Ohio, ndiann, Michiian, Tinots, Missourl, Ken: tucky and Kansas, it is rep strong and healthy. ' The utter ppearance of the snow covering, is the only serious menace now threaten ng growing grain, and fvith another generak fall of snow _the out- Took could hardly bebetter than is presented in the reports of ourcorrespondents. A pro- longed season of sovere cold weather, Wwith the fields still unprotected, would undoubt- edly cause damage which ‘wight completely chang the tenor of the reports, The latest re ports from California, Oregon and Washing- on territory are generally more fovorable than at the same time lastyear. rted looking Grain in Sight and Store. CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—The following figures taken from the official statement of the boar of trade, show in bushels the amount of grain in sight in the United States and Canada on February 20, and the amount of increase or decrease over the preceding week. ,002,222 Incredse. 691,809 Decreas Decrea date named Wheat. Weckly Dry Goods Review. New Yonk, Feb. 23,—Exports for domes- tie cottens for the past week have been 8,116 and since Junuary 1, 81,933 pack- ages, against 31585 for the same time last year, and 18, In all departments of commisgion {rade thiere has been more doing, and in receipts and shipments of goods there has been more activity. Cotton £00ds continue very strong, and agents are not disposed to make contracts more than thirty days anead. Acents have advanced Naumkeag and Androscoggin satteens gc ——— MEN OF OUR KIND. The National Editorial Convention and What It Is Doing. CixerNNATI, Feb, 23.—The editorial con- vention in session to-day. President Herbert made the annual address, urging the importance of giving the association a per- manent basis, and suggested the appointment of standing committees on adyertising and legi ion, and alsoadvocated the adoption of a professional code of ethies. This evening areception was given by the president and executive committee at the Buruet house, at which the Florida delegation carried off the honors of the evening, They had brought with them from Florida a large Lot of oranges, with sprays and ¢ and when the delegates entered the I ll? st six the 1ruit and branches wes ndsomely arranged on tables, with branches of Spanish moss, The Flor { had, they said, adopted this method untry that” the Y amage from cold w Florida orange groves w he constitution eomes up for debate to- morrow, the obitet being to yertect the or- ranization beguu last year at Now Orleans, 'he question of representation was decided by allowing none to vote who were not regu- lar representatives of = state association though visiting journalists were invited participate in the disegssion. As to voting, the question was whether a short delegation would permitted to east the entire vote of Tt alomang T iE was dacidad th ave s vote only to the aceredited delegates present. The arrivals to-night make the atténdance about 200, e ——— Our Minister & Gentleman, SAN Francisco, Feb. 23.—Associatea press Yokohoma private advices state all the reports ciarging Ex-Governor Hubbard. United States minister to Japan, with con- duct unbecoming an American minister, are untrue; that he always conducted bimself in tuch manner as to win the confidence of the Japanese government and the vespect of his Aiplomatic colleagues, and that his ablities and high eharacter are recognized by the en- tire foreign community A French’ flagship arrived at Yokohoma from ufiusnki, where the small-pox is epi demie, with a number of cases of that dis- ease on board, — Another Panorama Picture, Cui@aGo, Feb, 23.--The panorama paint- ing of Missionary Ridge, making the third large battle picture open to public view in diselosed this afternoon. A of time and expense have been in- in the pmduetion of the latter work, and it is provnouneed by critics as one of the J best of the war pletuges yet pre, MINORITY AGAINST MORRISON Their Report on His Measure for Disposing of the Treasury Surplus. THEY SAY THE BILL IS UNWISE Oppose 1t Because They Beliove it Will Not Be Economical for the Government Nor of Advan- tage to the Country. Payment of the Surplus. Wasuizaroy, Feb, Hewitt, repre- senting the minority of the committes on sand means, to-day submitted a report on the Morrison bill directing the payment of the surplus in the treasury exceeding $100,« 030,000 in liquidation of fhe public debt. “The effect of the resolution, says the re- port, if enacted into a law, would be to re- duce the balancein the treasury available for the payment of the current indebtedness and for the redemption of legal tender notes 10 $100,000,000, It makes no provision for re- plenishing the treasury when the available balance shall fall below $100,000,000. The question thus presented is whether, in view of the obligations and functions of the treasury as now defined by law, the proposed limitation on balances now held for meeting liabilities payable on demand Is prudent and safe in view of the pledge of the United States to redeem all its indebtedness in coin or its equivalent. ‘I'he undersigned believe that such limitation would be unwise, dangerous, and a ariance alike with the ex- perionce with solvent nations and of sound financial institutions, The ordinary disbursements of the treasury may be roughly ated to amount to $1,000,000 a day. Lo this disbursement it is necessary that a reasonable working balance should be kept on hand, be- cause at times the current expenditures large eed the daily receipts. Careful business firms usually carry a balanee equal to one month’s disbursements. Measured by this standard—and a lower one could not safely be adopted becatise ccretary of the treasury las no power to make teuiparary loans—the working balance in the treasury should "be about ' $30,000,000. That _this amount is not too large will be apparent from the fact that in the pension bureau alone fts for $10,000,000 will be made the first of Mareh, and the amount of probable payment under the arrears act cannot be fixed for any specific date. But besides the current expenditures pro- vided for by law, the United States has o totally distinet oblization 1o provide for a debt payable on demand in the shape of S$346,08L,016 ot lczal tender motes, These motes form wbout one-half of our paper currency. 'They ¢ the final means of payment Detwee viduals and of settlement in all tran: of business. It is absolutely ne therefore that the ability to redeem th notes in coin should beat all times assured beyond peradventure. The only question i as to the amount of coin whicli will consti- tute a i deter oxp gold and silver certificates, the treasury keeps dollar for dollar, but in the case of lega der notes it has ot been time In the treasury ing onchal of the whole fssuc of such hotes. Vhien speclo payments el resumod bonds| [l of the United States wereseld so as to pro- vide a fund amounting to £95,500,000 1n gold for the purpose of assuring the redemption of the notes, which, as the law tien provided, were to be reduced by eancellation to $300, 000,000, 1t was certainly not considered safe to bezin resumption with less than n one- third reserve, and as a matter of fact, the available balance in the treasury amounted to over 40 per cent, At the present time, under the practice of the treasury claimed to be In accordance with the bank act of 1882, £100,000,000 in_gold eoin is set apart for the redempfion of ‘legal tender ot ; being rather less than 20" per cent. This’ reserve would be rezarded by nkers as the minimum amount in an easy money market, but if the financial prospect Should be threatening prudence would require that it should be enlarged and strengthened. The practice of the treasury under Secrefary Sherman, who put the” resumption act i operation, was not to allow the reserve (o fall below 40 per cent, and all things considered this is probably ' the smallest amount con- sistent with absolute safety. If this ratio should be adopted the amount’ of reserve in oin - would be $133,000,000. Adding ;hls amount to the amount hereto: ore stated as a reasonable working balance, we have the sum of 108,000,000 as the minimum balance which” the treasury Ty in order to be in a condition of S foty. Any other conclusion is at variance with the lessons of experience and the well established rules for the safe conduct of business, ‘The main argument served for Infringing on this balance must be 4 saving of interest on $68,000,000, which, after allowing for the tax on bank circulation, is_2ig 81*1‘ cent por annum, amounting to $1,700,00 unnunhv. But it is to be remembered 'that the demand debt of the United States, represented by legal tender notes, bears o interest, and that the gain ' in interest Dbefween the total amount and the proper reserve i over $4,000,000 per annum. - So that {he gov- ernment could well afford the outiay required to keep its finanecs in the strongest vossible condition, and should certainly never ap- Jronch a point whoro under the Taw it way ecome neeessary to sell United es bonds in order to preseive speele payments, Such a contingency would not be an edifying spe tacle to the people whose proud boast 1s that within twenty years from the close of the war it has paid off more than one-half of the public debt and reduced the burden of intes st to one-third its original amount, C tainly, a policy so humiliatinz would be con- demnéd by the people when its effect should become apparent atest care must be taken not to in- terfere with the flexibility of the eurrency, only flexible agency rests in {ho in the cised by the secrotary to mak or redemption of the public debt. It is a gl question whether such powershouid ever be entrusted to the zovernment or the dise n - official. n all other conservative commercial coun- tries it has been conferred onan intermediate agency in direct communication with the businéss interests of the people. We have no sueh system, and hence the treasury has been forced to become a member of the New York clearing house, which is the financial center of the exchange of the country, The treasury is thus practically engaged” in the bankini business, not only in the issue of currency, but in' adopting its operations to the general requirements of trade, Dan- gerous as this system is, it was the outgrowth of necessity, and until 'some other seeurity esides the bonded debt of the United States is devised for the issue of bank currency, the power to come to the relief of the money market in times of stringency must rest with the treasurer. One other consideration may be presented as a fatal argunient against the reduetion of the treasury bals 10 £100,000,000 in ecoin as necessary at all times to be kept for the re- demption of legal tender notes. “Lhie ability of speculators to reduce this balance below $100,000,000 by presenting demand notes for payment 15 obvious, and unless the expediont 0 Teplacing the amount by the sale of bonds be resorted to, the money market can be so manipulated as to impair confidence and bring about general disaster, by which operators for a fall would p abundant profit at the expense of the legitimate business of the count; “Tee undersigned. being clearly of the opin- fon that the proposed reduction will neither be economical as faras the government is concerned, nor advantagous Lo the interests of the country, butin fact extremely dan ous in times of recurring stringeneies in money market, recominend that it be laid upon “the table. x ‘The report is signed by Mr. Hewitt. Messrs, Reed, Hiscock, Brown. and Me- Kinley, while azreeing with Mr. Hewitt that thie resolution should’ not pass, differas to some points of his argument, and attach the following to his reports Tlie undersigned deemn that $100,060,00 at least are weeded as @ suitable security for the redemption of lemal tender notes, ane thinks that securities ought not to be im- paired. They thiik that 4 sufieient workin reserve for the business of the governmen ought tobe retained in the treasury in n;lnllunu to the legal tender redemption fund. The bill I\l’op«wm by the committee, in our opinion, gnores these conditions, and inour judg: ment will shake publie conridence in the sta- bility of our currency in such a way that the saving of interest which the bill wiil cause will be but a trifle compared with the injury threatened. comsninilfiagines TAKEN FOR HOR HIEVES, Two Prominent Citizens of Neligh Ar- restedon the Charge. Nevtan, Neb., Feb. 95.—[Special Tele- ram.|—This place was greatly excited last might by the avrest of G A, Fekles and L. B, Warner on the charge of stealing a team of horses from near Plainview, Both men are among the most prominent in town. The case is a peculiar one. The eharge was pre- ferred by W. W. Quivey of Plainview, who formerly resided here. He owed the parties arrested a personal note unsecured, and also one secured on the team alloged to have been stolen. Quivey paidone of the notes and he claims it was the one secured by the mort- gage, while the other parties claim it was the unseeured one, and with this view of the case they took the team under the mortgage. They were taken to Plainview for trial, A Birth in a Car B h. GRAFTON, Neb., Feb, 2.—An lowa lady named Mis, Miller gave birth to a fine girl baby on the train on_her way to this city yes- terday, Conductor Tom Ryan distingnished himself in providing for the comiorts of the lady, and telosraphed greeting to her hus- band. 'The mother and child are improving at railrond speced. The youngster was appro- priately named Caroline. bt il WYOMING NO 3 A Bill to Grant a Big Railrond Bonus asses One House, CHEYENNE gram.]—The Tele- bond bill passed one house of the legislature to-day, and will undeubtedly pass the other and be signed by the governor in a few da It grants a sub- sidy equal to $400,000 in this county to a road 1ding 100 miles north and south, providing company maki pplication file a bond for 15 péreént of the full amount of the sub- sidy asked by it for the falthful completion of the work. After the application is made Dby the company the people yote on the gues- tion of granting it, The Union Pacific, Northwestern, and Burlington & Mis: roads are all supposed to be after the sub: The bill lengthening the time of residence in Wyoming to exercise suffrage to six months was signed by the governor to-day. The entral point of Interest in Wyoming now is ort Fetterman, on the Platte river, where it is expected the Northwestern extension will reach in six months, Six wholesale houses of this city are establishing branch store there. bl el THE FIRE RECORD. Serfous Destruction of Business Prop- erty in St. Paul. STt. PAvr, Feb, fire has just broke out in the large dry goods store opposite th Pioneer Press office, and threatens destru tion to the building. The smoke is so dense the firemen cannot loeato the fir Larer—The fire was @iscovered to be in Manheimer's marble block. The fire burned i consiuming enormous quantities of bries, which were also much damagzed y ines. The value of the stock 00,000, with an insur- ance of probably $160,000. A small amount of ;.'ijmls were saved, but itis notknown how much. Fire in the Mikado's Land. SAN Fraxcisco, Feb. 23.—A destructive fire broke out at Yokohama at 4 o’clock on the morning of February 8, and destroyed the Windsor hotel and several surrounding buildings anpd contents. The to loss is about £100,000; insurance, $60,000, ‘The hotel building was insured for 000, Many in- mates of the hotel Larely es d with their lives. United States Consul General Denny, who was stopping at Yokohama en route to Corea, was obliged to jump from the second story Window but sustained no injury. S ST LABOR TROUBLES. The Threatened Shoo Strike Com- menced at Milwaukee. MizwAUKEE, Feb. 23.— About 600 employ es in the six largest boot and shoe factories of this city went out ona_strike this afternoon beeause of the refusal of the manufacturers to sign the scale of wages as prepared by the Boot and Shoe Makers’ Union. The strikers will be assisted by the Knights of Labor, ich now has a iembership of 5,000 in thé Coal Miners Going to Work, ATTOON, 1L, Feb 25, —Thirty coal miners sumed work yesterday morning in the mines hereand were not molested. ‘The rest will o to work to-morrow, the strike being ended. The miners acknowledge themsely beaten and o to work under the same condi- tions prevailing before the strike was made. The Pennsylvania Gives In, PiiLAbELPILA, Feb, 25.—The Pennsyl- vania pany, in deference to the wishes of its employes, expressed through their grievance comimttee, has decided to abrogafe the compulsory féature in its pro- posed reliel fund seheiné, brakemen and switchmen on the southern division of the Hlinois Central railroad re- sumed work to-day upon an reement that their grievanees would be. considered by the wanagement. AT OCEAN DISASTERS. Three Vessels Completely Destroyed in Paciti SAN FRANCISCO, ¥ facts have been learned to-day of a number of disasters in the South Pacific occan, The schooner Navigator, which left this city several months ago for a eruise among the Simoan islands, was struck by a heayy sea, capsized and be- me & total foss, while bound from Apia to ortuilia, two cities in the Siuoan islanc he erew and seven passongors were saved, The vesset was recently built, and valued at $10,000 The schooner Dormatila, eruising amone the Sandwich islands, was discovered bottom upin the Hawaiian' channel. She had on Doard & crew of six and & passenger, all whow are believed to be lost. The' vesscl was valued at 56,5005 insured for 54,000, January 25 the steamer Planter, while bound 1rom Kaua Sandwich islands, struck a reef during'a h fog, and was comp wrecked. were lost. ‘T'he “ve was valus 000 and insured, - At the regular meeting of the Bap- tist ministers Monday, Kev. Philip 5. Maxom, of the First Baptist chureh, said that efforts are making to defeat by Roman Catholicinfluence the appointment of General Howard to suceeed General Hancock in com- wand of the Department of the East. A committee of three was appointed to con- sider the subjeet, and o vesolution adopted expressing the desire of the Baptist minis- ters of Boston that Howard be appointed. — . at Gets There, rom vari- A district reen Bay to A Dem MILWAUKEE, Foi ous parts of the Fif show J. It. Hudd (demoerat) of Lave béen, elected by a large essor 10 the late Congres: Raukin NUMBER 202 THE TORY LORD'S WILD TAUK: Churohill's Hydrophobio Howl Against Homé Rule Evokes Vsrious Comments, IT IS GENERALLY DENOUNCED: Parnell Speaks of Tt With Contoempl ~8exton Follows in Similar Strain —Chamberlain Will Not Talk Home Rule. Churchill's Orange Spocoh, W Youk, Feb, [Special Telegram.] ‘e Herald's London cable says: Th principal foature of this morning’s press is naturally Lord Randolph Churchill's bold Irish speech, which s reported at length in the tory organs and to some lesser oxtent in other The Telegraph strongly doubts whethee any responsible politician ouzht to utter anys thing hinting at the possible necessity of civil war, ‘The tory Post applauds the speech and claims that his reception in Ulster is a_sigs nificant evidence of the spirit with which English statesmen and Tvish separatists will have to reckon. The News bitterly a of the speech, The Standard bewails that the tone of ex= travazance and seetavian bitterness is detraets ing from the chances of success in the unions ist cause, LoNDON, Keb, 23.—In an interview Parnell said: 1 do notattach serious politieal ims portance to Lord Churchill's speech at Bels fast, He says his visit to Ulstor is likely to_ end in smok It Is not generally known the proportion of Catholies to Protestants in Ulster is forty-nine to fifty-one. Churchill he considered a most contemmtible politician, e would take either side just as suited his purposes at the woment. He was virtually on the national side and against the Orange- men just before taking oflice. e was ex tremely unpopular with the Orangemen then. His militant orations may be summed up in one word, “talk.” 'The Orangemen do not intend to ficht, The last Orange de- monstration in Ulster proved this. As soon as a few Oranzemon were pricked with bayonets: by a handful of policemen all the better, ~ Churehill isno niore violent then was tobe expected.” My xton in an interview said: ‘“The speech rendered Churehill impotent to affeet English opinion. Churchill's position on the Irish question is one of bad faith, Everybody knew that if the elections made Salisbury independent ot the Orange mem- bers, Cliurehill would now have been ens fis on the home rule bill, Churchill now 15 to the Orangemen under the delusion that they would put the tories in power by winning British® sympathy. His speech showed fgnorance of - Irish polities as well as human nature. Within living meniory men had been hanged for lanzuage not more traftorous than Churchill’s, Within Sextos own memory men have b nt to pri 7‘ for life for using sueh langoage. Churehill was a political outlaw. It was impossible for him to speak for the mature members of iix party. In an‘interview Chamberlain sald he felt it to be improper for him to diseuss home rule before Gladstone matured and propounded “My specelies on the subject,” he said, “‘are well known, I see no reason yet toabandon the views I exprossed in res zard to home rule, although possibly later ins rmation might cause a slight modification iews. * Attacks by the I twill be ignored. as they refer to me, I regard with perfect indifference.” The Dilk ique in the Cnelsea llberal council are charged with stealing a mareh on the members in adopting the resolution of contidence in Sir Charles Dilke, ‘T'he ma-" Jority of the council had no intimation of the resofution fo be brought up, The meeting convened ostensibly to hear a member read & paper on free trade, and only Dilke and his friends were present. Dilke appealed to the clings of the mecting, but gave no good reason why he did not go into the witness box during the recent trial. The liberals i tend to demand of Dilke n public statement if he did not H:u‘k the meeting. Parnell and Arthur O’Connor have been nominated to represent the Parnellites on the procedure committee of the house of coms mon Lord Rosebe ks the incendiarism ances, as far , foreign segretary, received from Sir Horace Rumbold, Bfitish minister at Athens, a telegram announcinz formal sub- mission by Greece, and stating Premier Dely- annis will prepare¢ a protest to the powers Greeee submits only to the forced meas~ The Polish Expulsion Bill, BrruiN, Feb, 23,—Discussion of the Polish bill continued in the lower house of the Prus- sian diet to-day, ‘The bill was opposed by the Polish deputies and the members of the naw German liberal and centre parties, while tha | conses iv nd national 1il 15 supported the measure, Dr, Lucius, minister of do- mains, pointed out that the thirty years Pols ish agitation culminated in a_dangerous and firmly organized menace, and that it might s to overcome this evil to- attain of the bill, I'he bill was finally ommittee of twenty-one, TFraudulent Officials Fly the Country, CixNer 1, Feb, Judge Goebel, of the probate eourt, to-day announced his decision in the impeachment procecdings against Martin - Brockman and Fred Hermand, di- reetors of the eity infirma chaiged with making fraudulent vouchers and various acts of malfeasanoce in oflice, He found them gnilty as charged and removed them from oflice. They sent their resignation to the mayor last week and then fled. It been ascertained thal Brockman went to Canada and Hevmann to Hava Mayor Smith re- fused to aceept their resignations, it el A Slap at Jake Sharp, ALBANY, N. Y., Feb, 23,—The house to- night passed a reésolution instructing the at- torney general of the state to take the nee- essary steps 1o sot aside and annul the fran- chise’of the Broadway surface rajlroad, ’ Carefor the Children Children feel the debility of the chi seasons, even more thau adults, aud th come cross, peevish, and uncontrollable, ‘The blood should be cleanscd and the system invigorated by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, “Last Spring my two ehildren were vacel ated. Soon after, they broke all out with runs ning sores, so dreadful I thought 1 should lose 1h Hgod's Sarsaparilla cured them coms pletely; and they have been healthy ever since. 1do feel that Hood's Sarsaparilly faved my children to me” Mus, C Ly ‘CuonrsoN, West Warren, Mass, 3 Purify the Blood Sursaparilla §s characterized by asitiess 1st, the coubination of ial ugents; 2d, the proportion; 3d, 1he process of sceuring the active medicinal qualities, o vestlt is a mediciue of unusuad 1res Litherto unknowi, Bend for book contalniug additional evidenee “Hlood's Barsapariila tones up my syster, purifies my Wlood, shiar g npetite ud Eceims 10 lake 1o over ” J. P, THOMFEGN, ster of Deeds, Lowell, Mass, % Hood's Barsapariiia beats all others, and is worth its weight 1 gold. " 1. BARRINGTONy 130 Bauk Street, New York City, Hood’'s Sarsaparilla Bold by al! drugglists. §1; six for §5. Made ouly by €. 1. HOOD & , Lowell, Masg, . | . i0G Doses One Dollary referred to