Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1892, Page 1

CTWENTY-FIRS R Ay PRSene Brm g | AIRING THE CENSUS BUREAU | | * Obarges of Extravagant Management and | Oostly Favoritism, DEBATE ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Democrats Assert T Goods Are Sold Che Abr at 1 Want T The Free List, n o Made ad Than on Amerl Wasnixarox, D, €, Fep. 5.—The censne ®uroay, its management and the extent to which it has been subordinated to political ends was the subject for two hours’ spirited discussion in the houso today. While the aiscussion in a general way was upon party lines, the superintendent of the census was not without supporters on the democratic side, Ropresontative Stone of Kentucky being among the warmest champions of Mr. Porter's cfficiency and oficial 1. The house then went into committee of the whole on the census deficiency bill. Mr. Say®rs of Texas, who was in chargo of the bill, made an explanation as to its pro- visions and brought a charge of extravagance agajust the administration of the census bureau. He said that hundreds of mea and women who never ought to have been om- ployed were cmployed in that office at the fnstance of members of congress. Had the superintendent of the census been left to bperato hie bureau without pressure from the outside to put in office & large number of Incompetent persons, the expenditures would have boen very much less, Mr. Henderson of lowa—Do you the number vr the quality ! Mr. Sayers—To both. Mr. Henderson inquired whether the gen- tleman had any evidence to justify his state ment. Mr. Sayors insisted that he had, that evidence had come to him from outside sourco.. It had been stated to him that the alaries of incompetent persons had been argely increased. There had been a useloess expenditure of public money., Ir. Henderson coutended that the ofice had been economically administered and asked Mr. Sayers to bear bim out in this contention, An Investigation Suggested, This Mr. Savers declined todo, stating that from the information he had recoived he could not endorse the declaration. Many of the employes who were drawing a suiary of $100 a month were unabie to discharge their duties. Ho believed that a committee shouid bo appointed to investigate the administra- tion of the office. Such an investigation would justify him in his statoment as to tho extravagance of the bureau. Mr. Dingley of Maine rogretted that the gentleman from Texas had made charges against the superintendent of the census that had never been made before tho committee on appropriations, It seemed to him that such charges made by the gentleman, from an avonymous sourco, should have beon brought "to the attention of the committee, Ho was sure that had this been done the minority of tho committee would have in- sistod that an investigation be made, 1t was unfair to the superintendent that such charges should be made against lim or the floor of the bouse. If there had been any mismanagement of the census office, if any employes wore unfit to perform their duties, these allegations were matters which should have been brought to the attention of the committee aud not launched on the house wken the members of the committee could not have au opportunity of inquiring whether there was any foundation for the charges. He beheved that thesuperintendent had faithfully performed the duty that had been entrusted to him. If the expenditure of the census bureau had been incrensed this was due to tho fact that congress had imn- posed npon it the new and unheard of dut of inquiring iuto the private business of ci zens and compelling them to disclose the smounts of their farm mortgages, Favoring a Relative. Mr. Dungen of Ohio opposed an appropria- ton for the census bureau until the charges made against it had been answered satisfac- torily. It had been said that tons and tons of statistics had been destroyed after com pilation, and that a lot of punching machines (the invention of a relative) which could bhave been purchased for €10, had been em- ployad ut a royalty of §3. Mr. Cooper of Indiana criticised the consus office on the ground that it had discriminated against cercain limestone industries of In- diana and in favor of others. In the taking of the census preat inacouracy if not dishon- esty had been comiitted as far as the limo »one working was concerued. Mr. Stone of Kentucky paid a high tribute to the ability and efticiency of the superin tendent of tho census. Mr, Sayors of Texas offored an amendmont l}:prnprln'lng!llb,.’x“ for the subsistence of the Sioux Inaians and calling upon the sec- retary of the interior to rovort to the house the names of all employes under the dircction and suporvision of the Indian bureau. “The latter clause of tho amendment was the first general legisiation to bo incorpo- rated upon an appropriation bill, but no ob- jection being made the amondment was adopted, The committee having arisen, tho bill was assed, The private cilendar was then ken up for consideration, but no progress was wade, and the house adjourned till o'clock tomorrow, when eulogies will bo do- Q'vemd upon tho 'late Representativo Leo of irgima, refer to Democratic Free Trad The fivst attompt to enlarge the scope of the democratic policy of the ways and means committee camo today in the form of a reso- lution, introduced by Congressman Fithian of lllinois, directing the ways ard meaus committeo to report a bill placing all kinds of agricultural implements upoa the free list, Mr. Fitnian thinks bis proposition should have the support of overy democratic repre- sentativo from an agricultural distriet, ana ho has already received assurance of support from Congressman Watson and his colleagues of the people’s party in the house. Mr. Fithian’s vesoiution is somowhat yoluminous and opens by asserting that it has been established by satisfactory evideace that manufacturers of farm impiements in 0 United States are selling farm implements 1n lgrel n \i:mn:{‘luu and to phers for export for less than the sume im- omeata Ard m %o the farmers of this eougtry. The fact, it says, has been conc alvely establishea by the Toi.” ving answer of A. B, Farqubar, an agricultural implement fllgfll‘ of York, Pa., to the Home Murket ub: “‘We do sell goods cheaper to customers in forelgn countries directly and to jobbers for gEport than we do to the domustlo trado. his I could not truthfully or candidly con- ceal. You will like to learn the process by which the manufactuver can afford to sell the foreign buyer for less than he can the home pustomers. The roply is sumplicity itself ‘Va recuive the prices current on the market in which we sell. \Wo cannot got woro aud canuot be expected Lo 1ake less.” “The resolytion concludes : Whereas Under this system of plunderlng tho furmers of our country, thuy are com- elled to pay wore for thelr fiplements than Bie “aame Hnpienents wro xold for to the farmers abroad, whose products are mar- Kketea In competition with the products of our E b aLe e dutios upon farm Tuplements are an unjust diserimination agalnst Amerl- san farmers for tho benefit of manufacturers who do not need it and 18 therefore legalized tobbory; therofore, be it Resolvod, Thut the committeo on ways and wouns be wnd are hereby instructed o report DLl to this house at an early day placing Inds of ugricuitural lwpiements on the fro lise Cheap American Machinery in Cauada, “My reason for the intreduction of the | resolutic said Mr, Fithian, “is indicated | by the resolution iwself. It has often been | sasertod, and uever successfully denied, that | the implements manufactured in the United Btatos wore sold to the foreigu trade for loss Juan tho same were sold to our own farwmers, | ove, York state of St. Law During the last campaign in Ne: 1 was informed by many farmer: rence county in that state t implements manufactured in the United States, such as were used by the farmers of the whole coun- v, could purchased much cheaper in 1a, just across the St. Lawrence river, than the sume implements cost on the Ameri- can side. ‘There is no class of peonle of our country that has felt the unjust burdens of our present tariff systom more than the farmors. They are compelled to ecll their products in the free marke of the world and buy all their necassaries in & pro- tected market. I do not believe in attackirg the McKinley bill by piecemeal, but if that is to be the policy I know of no better way to attack it than by placing farm implements on the free list. Mr. A, B. Fahrquar, anim plement manufacturer of York, Pa., has ad- mitted, what has often been asserted by the democratic party, that American made im- vlements ave soid 1o foreigners cheaper than thoy are sold to our own farme =s, it is true, as Mr. Fahrquar asserts, Goes it not demonstrate that our manufacturers of implements are ot in need of protection! 1 believe that all raw material should also be on the free list. If our manufacturers of implements uro now competing with foreign made implements under our present tariff laws, if they had free raw material they conla supply ourown people with implements much cheaper and capture the markets of the world 1n the implement trade, Mr. Watson of the people’s party said: T think that it is a proposition that will have the support of tho people’s party repre- sentatives if it is reported from the com- mittee, 1t seems oue way within the roach of congress to afford the farmer partial relief, and we would naturally be in favor of the frec list being as far as possible extended to all articies except luxuries. For that reason we would favor this proposition.” A Difficulty Chalrman Springer of the ways and means committee was not prepared to say that the committeo would receive favorably Mr. Pithian’s resolution as an independent proposition, “The revision of the metal and lumber schedules,” said ho, “is involved in dealing with the rates on farm implements, as_iron and lumber are the materials from which tarm implements ave manufactured. If lum- ver and the raw material from which iron and steel are made are puton the free lst, there ought to be a large reduction in the Guties on farm implements. It would not do, however, to put finished products on the free list and leave the raw material still subject toatax. This wouldsimply drive the manu- facturers of such products out of the coun- try. nd, FAVORED TH A Well Known Weste: ttee. WASHINGTC John Whitta- ker, the large pork packer of St. Louts and Wichita, Kan,, today addressed tho honse committee on agriculturas in advocacy of the anti-option bill. Whittaker saidjthe tendency of “'short! sell- ing was to depress pricos and interfere with legitimate trade. The farmers, he said, were not compelled to mavket their grain instead of storing 1t, but the experience of the past eight years tought thom that with fhis untimited short selling the best time for them to sell grain Was us 80on as it was harvested. Whittaker said tho wheat exported this year probably averaged in price 95 cents u bushel, and if this proposed law had vbeen in force he be- lieved it would huve brought considerably more than §1 & bushel. He did not think the law would hurt the owners of grain or pro- visions, because if fictitious offerings wero done away with the market would be supplied with actual gram or provisions, and there belng a smaller quantity offored prices would be better. In his judgment fictitious selling produced an abnormal condition of the mai ket which aefeated tho law of supply and de- mand. He frequently received letters from Kurope saying the writers could pay better prices for meats if the American market would only be kept steady. NEWS FOR THE ARMY, Complete List of Chianges inths Regalar ervice Yeaterday, Wasmixaroy, D. O, Fob. 5.—|Speclal Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The following army orders were 1ssued today: Captain Prank K. Upliem, First cavairy, having been found, by an army vetiring board, Incapaci- tated for active service on uccount of disa- bility incident to the service, is retired from active service this date. Colonel Joh:i M. Wilson, corps of engineors, superiatendent tates military academy, will repair 1o this city and thence to Annapolis, Md., on official business, and upon the completion of the same will roturn to his proper station. The extension of leave of absence on sur- geon’s certificate of disability granted Cap tain James H. Balawin, Eighteenth infautry, December 8, 1801, is still turther extended six mouths on account of disability, Western Ponsions, .—[Specal Tele gram to Tu s followinz list of pensions granted 13 reportea by Tue Bie and Examiner Buveau of Claims: Nebras Original—Jesso Ingalls, Fred- erick A. Siverl, Seth M. Baker, Bear, william_H. Morrison, James . Baker, Ernest Franz, Charles G. Lewy, Anna Harms, Willinm A. Hunt, Alexander Sample, Georgo W. Wood, Joun K. Nunley, Robert S, Rob- erts, John 1. W, Stecce, Lewss C. Judson, Robert B, Fulton, Jobn Greenbalg, William J. Creech, Inos H, Kirk, Thowas C. Cun- ningham, Samucl Miller, Auton Dostal, Wil- liam Daily, James McDancan, C. G. Pago. Original widows, ete.—Mary I, Lambert, Towa: Original—-Myron {nderwood, John L. Thompson, Frauk Eshbaugh, Benedict Roland, Jacob Smith, John (. Baily, Ocroties Maloney, Mathew P.'Ryan, William B, Price, John I Palmer, Dayid® . Nuttine. Austin Wardock, Joromo M, Wylcox, Charles Ady, Viuton Lord, James Norman, William ) Morthart, leababod Dow, David J, Leech, James P. Locker, John Hill. Thowas . Pulmer, John Davis, W, J. Fisher, Jackson Beede, Mclauco Bristol, Jeremiah S. Alexan- der, Alonzo I King, Bennett Gayferl, B. Hoeflinger, Thomas Saisbury, William Winter- stine, John Al Peterman, Charles S. Holt, Henry H. Linsloy,decensed ; Charies Chandler, James Young, Stephen V. Percivil, James Gill, James L. Thompson, Robert O. John- ston, Levi P. Wilson, Addison Dowey, Jamos loy, William Wall. Oviginal widows, -Anna Olson, Mary Hoffbauer, Elizaboth . Bartlott, John M. Vaugn (father), Cather- ine McGuire, Auna S, Linsloy, - Crisp d to Leave the Chair, Wasuixarox, D. C, Fevo. b.—Speaker Crisp called the house to order today, He was very hoarse and his voice was hard) audiple. Finally he left tho chair aud yielded the gavel to Mr, McMillin. Mr. Fithian of Tlliuois sent the speaker a bill 1or roference, placing farm imploments on the free list. To Unseat a Republican, Wasuineros, D. €., Feb. 5.--The house committee on eicctions today decided the contested election case from the Twenty- fourth congressional district of Pennsyl- vania m favor of the contestant, (') dewocratic. - - NN'S abgned i Sewnrd County s Month, Torexa, Kan,, Fev, 5.—It has been decidod between the attorney general and James I Beauohamp, county attorney of Seward county, that the six men under arvest for the wurder of Sheriff Duuu shall be brought to trinl at the adjourued term of district court at Spriugfield February 15, Mr. Beauchamp says he is confident a " jury will be obtained which will give the men a fair triai. Thare aro, he says, over two bundred meu iu the souuty available for jury duty. As yet a Lun,m has not been sgreed upon Lo préside, ut it will be some atlorney who is able to both sides. Judge Botklo, bavicg & personal intarest in the case, will uot be per- mitted Lo ocoupy the bench, 10 TEY DU SLAVERS, They Will Be A cept, | OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1892, TENTATIVE TARIEF REFORM Another Political Shibboleth Manufactured for the Democracy. STORY OF JOHN BULL'S TARIFF WEANING Elaborate Y Outlise of the Dem to Tear Down the Protective Tarir by PieceNa. tional Political Gossip. atle Proce Wasiisaroy, D. C., Feb. 5. —The Springoer policy of attacking the ropublican high tarift by separate bills has founa endorsement from the great political oconomist and father of tariff reform, Hon. David A. Weils of Uon necticut. At the next conference of the dem ocratic members of the ways and means committee a latter will be read, not only en- dorsing the Springer policy as the wisest party course at this time, but intimating that, even if the democrats controlled both houses of congress and the executive, the soparate bill plan, rather than a measuro for geueral rovision, would be the wiser course, That the gentleman whose works and essays for years served as the chiof democratic lit- erature in the agitation for tariff reduction should approve the plan now adopted by the democrats of the ways and means committeo is naturally a sourco of great gratification to Mr. Springer and the other mombers of the houso who havo stood as advocates of the separate bill policy as opposed to the demand for at- tempt at general rovision. ‘The letter of Mr. Wells is addressed to the chairman of the ways and means comwittee and is as follows: The Democratic Scheme, “Nonrwier, Conn., Fob, 1.—My dear Mr. Springer: I have given considerable thought to your question as to the best method of procuring taviff veform by legislation, and find myself more and more inclined to the obinion that, even if the democratic party was 1n full control of both branches of con- iress and of the executive, the wisest and most practical plan would be what might bo termed ‘tentative’ rather than radical. To ame a new tariff bill wisely embodying re- form ideas—oven if tho plan of the Walker tarif of 1846 is adopted as & structural model—will require much time. groat labor and almost superhuman wisdom. The best experts can raroly tell where, in our complicated industrial and commercial organizations, the tinal incidence of any tax will fall. No bill can be framed that will not contain incongruities, inex- pediencies. orrors and, perhaps, absurdities, which only time and experience will roveal. In that hot, partisan, political discussion that will follow sucha vill, all these weak points will be picked out, exaggerated and used to obsoure more important issues and confuse the public. Those Mean Republicans, “Suppose, for example, the proposed bill puts works of art, paintings and statuary, nolordinary merchandise, on the frea list, as would be desirable. The argument in favor of such legislation 1s, that such products do not need the protection of any tariff, that all civiiizea countries make a poiat of encouraging such importations and of not restricting them, and their presence in the country develops artisuc tastes among our people, which in turn creates a demand for artistic prodncts and so calls into existence new domestio indus- tries, employing highly skilled labor at high ~ wages, both- of men and women. But how much would this plea avail beforo the great muss of voters in the agricultural districts with a political opponent's counter assertions that pictures and statuary were bought ouly by the rich as pure objects of luxury, und are thereforo cminently fit subjects for taxation? Can we afford to give the enemy advantages in dis- cussion or opportunities for befogging tho real issuest 5 ‘“Again, with a completo tarift oill the friends of reform would have to meet the entire force of the protectwuists, active and compact, through the attraction of furthor opportunity for public plunder. Oa the other hand under the ‘tentative’ plan, that is0f o comparatively fow issues, the tendency of those interests not immediately affectea woula be to sluggishness and indifference. The old maxim, **Divide and conquer,’’ secoms to mo to be therefora most pertinent under existing circumstauces. Class in History, Stand Up, “T would also ask your attention to a mat- ter of historical experienco full of sugges- tion, which thus far seems to have been en- tirely overlooked, and that 1s, that Sir Rob- ert Peel, in dealing with exactly the same Eroulam as now confronts tarif legisiators, ut from a British standpoint, adopted the ‘tentative’ method and owed all of his great success to the fact that he did adopt it. At the time Mr. Peel took ofce in 1841 tho Briush tariff was in every feature extremely protective or, better,extromely restrictive on British foreign commerce, as it had been for centuries, It was more complicated and taxed a greater number of articles than the McKiuley bill, “The first measure or bill for tariff reform introduced by him in 1842 was very couserva- tive, and proposed little more than the re- moval of duties from crude materials and es- sentials to manufacture with a view of cheapening the cost of manufacturiog to British manufacturers, and it has been since characterized in history as an elaborate attempt to fos- ter trade by reducing 1mport duties and at the same time coutinuing protection. The measure encountered the most violent oppo- sition. The present arguments put forward in favor of the contivuance of the McKinley tarif are the same as were advanced in sup. port of the then existing British tariff. Tae samo predictions of impending disaster to domestic industries as are now made wero showered upon parliament and the public, Tho bill proposed by Sir Robert Peel bocame a law, John Bull Was Weaned, “No further important tariff legislation was proposed until 1845, but in the throe praceding yeoars the beneficial influences of the tariff reductions of 1842 had become so mantfest in reviving ndustry and commerco that Mr. Peel's chief opponents in the latter year became his chief supporters in the former and voiced a genersl public sentiment in_demanding further and greater reforms. A bill was accordingly introduced and passed in 1845 rewmoving or reducing the duties on & large additional number of articles, but sull maintaining protective Juties both upon panufactured articles and agricultural products, and it was not until 1846 that Sir KRobert Peel diroctly attacked the protectionist sys- tem by introducing and passiug the bill which repealed the corn laws and greatly reduced or entirely removed the duties on manufactured products, After this, although »ir Robert Peel did not remain in oftice, bis policy was continued, but it was not until 1852, when tho last relic of the British navi- gation laws were swept from the scalbook, that the policy of Great Britain became wholly antagonistic w the maintenance and enactiment of any laws restrictive to freedom of exchange or the imposition of taxes for aby otber purpose thaa revenue. “lrom this brief review of British ex- perience it is clear that if Sir Robert Peel in 1542 had attempted to reform the British tarifl as & whole and adopted any course in dealing with his problom othér than the ‘tentative' one he would not have been suc- cessful. And I venture to predict that if we now adopt the sawe policy, history on @ gravder scale will vepeat itself. Every re- laxution of the existing restrictions on trade will increass trado, aud the blessing of freedom and of exemption trom all unneces- sary taxation will be so understood and ap- preciated by the masses of our people, “m;i retrogressive action will not be toler. ated, Handy for Campaign Thunder, “A brief word further. By adopting the “tentative’ methiod and sending to the senate a few simple bills passed by the house—bills removing duties on wool, salt, coal, lumber, tin plute snd the like--the detwocratio party | on which tariff debate in the 'eoming presi | dential coutest shall bo conducted. Goneral debate will, to & groat extent, be dispensed with l\nl(l discussion will be eoncentrated on tials. “Every senator who votes in_opposition to the removal of taxation from such articles as above speoified puts himseif at once on the defensive and in a position sure to be politi- cally uncomfortable, The masses have been and probably always will be low to compre- hend the tariff goestion when discussed gen- erally, but they will not be slow to recognize and appreciato the effect of the taxation on commodities that enter diroctly and largely into their consumption and incroase the cost of their living ana products, ‘It is assumed that none of the reforms in the tariff which 1t is proposed to embody in separate bills wiil receive the sanction of the senate and executive and boecome enactments. This 1 do not regard as altogether certain. But suppose the assumption 1s o be fully warranted by exporience, and that in tho coming presidential contest the peoplo an- dorse by their votes the action of the house. Then Try, Try Again, “‘Then in the next congress, or the next session of the. Fifty-second congro: it would be wise to renew the present detailed measures in quostion rather than a general bill, forin the face of decided ratification of them by the people it would be difficult to see how they could be rejected. And if nc- cepted even in part, the future work of re- forming the tariff, either by a gonoral bill or in detall, would be comparatively easy, for every intorest deprived of futther oppor- tunity to plunder the fllb\lc would follow tho example of the quinine manufacturecs, when this commodity was put on the free list, and becomo tariff roformors, suggesting the fable of the old fox, who, when he lost his tail in & trap, was most anxious for gen- eral considerations that all the other foxes should have thelr tails cut off. “Such are some of the reasons which in- duce me to prefor and recommena the at- tacking of our oxisting tariff system 1n aotail or by what I have termed the ‘tentative’ method, rather than by a genera' bill which involves a contest all along the line, and in respect to evory particular both of tax and administration, [ am very respactfully, “Davip A, Wer A Judge Under Fire. The nomination of Judge Woods was under consideration again today before the senate judiciary comimittee, Among the witnesses was ex-District Attornoy E. B. Sellors, who gave a detailed statement of Juage Woods' conduct during the Coy-Dudlsy prosecution. 1t is learned that Sellets, although politically opposed to Woods, did ndt attempt to censuro him, and in fact his statoment tended to acquit Judge Woods of any im- propriety. Nathen Morris, ex-United States commissioner, also testitied. He admitted that he had consulted Attorney General Garland with respect to tho process issued by him agamnst Mr. Dudley and had been informed that the pro- cess was worthless and would not hold goed against any person. Thereunou further pro- ceedings under the process were abandoned, and it did not appear from thewitness’ state- ment that Judge Woods had been instru- mental in securing this abandonmeat, Representative Bunn of North Carolina proposes to apply the patent system, which has resulted in the stimulation of invention, to the domain of agriculture with tho hope of bringing about equally b;nsflounl. offacts, A bill introduced by him today provides that any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful plant, fruitor flower may patent tho 1avention or discovery. Congressman Buuting of New York today introduced two tariff bills. One places a duty of 1 cent a pound on tin plate or tag- ger’s plate, and 1 2-10 cents & pound on terne plates with a drawbaci, léss 5 per ceat, of the duty paid on exported, cats, boxes and peckagzes made from imported tin plate. After October 1, 1890, the articles named are to be placed on the free list. . /T'he second bill repeals, after July 1, 1893, the duty of 4 cents a pound on pig tin, The Pennsylvania border raids claims bili was reported to the house today by Chair- man Beltzhoover witn the favorable recom- mendé tion of the house war claims commit- teo. Itappropriates £3,447,945. The Baltimore's Orders, Captain Schley will leave Washington to- morrow for San’ Francisco to resumo com mand of the criser Baltimore, which vessel will be continued on the Pacific station for some timo to come. Thero i$.no truth in the report that she is to go to the Asiatic station. A bill extending the miuing laws of Mis- souri over Indian Torritory was reported to the house toaay. Thnis action was pre- cipitated by the recent accident at Krebs. The senate committoe on agriculture today decided to report favorably Senator Toiler's bill providing for stocking Alaska with rein- deer from Siberia. The president has fssued a prociamation promulgating a reciprocity treaty with the British West India colonies, Trinidad, Wind ward and Leeward 1slands, oto. The house committee on rivers and harbors gave a hearing this mornlng to & delegation from tho western waterways convention, held n Evansville, Ind., last October, to urge upon congress large avpropriations for the improvement of western rivers. Colonel Sbe rkiin, tho first speaker, said the result of The convention was & unanimous declaration for a goneral policy of wat rivays improve- ment and that congress bo urged to formu- late a practical plan, to be enforced by such Apfroprinuons as may be necessary, The proposition to cede the arid lands to the states, to be reclaimed by them, was, car- rioa by an almost unanimous vote nt tho meeting of the house commitee on irrigation today. The method by which the transfer of the lands is to bo mado, and the proper safeguards and restriciions to be thrown around thom to provent their diversion into uses of the settler, aro mattors that have not vet been determined upon. They will form the topic of discussion at a future meetiug. st Sl S, D RES HIMSELF. o MIL, He Outlines His Pollcy at a Din the Reform Club, New York, Feb, 5,—A dinner was eiven tonight at the Reform eclub to Roger Q. Mills by President Emory Anderson and Thomas G, Shearman, F ecretary Charles & Fairchild, Francis L. Stetson, Congressman A. P. Fitch, Everett B, Wheeler, Louis B, Windmiller and otber well known Cleveland democrats were presont. Mr. Mills was the speaker of the evening, and for the first time indicated in a public speech the line of action to be followed by himself and friends in the present congress regarding tho tariff, Mis first words were in reference the check whish tariff had received in the house of its friends @t a. time when to waver was dangerous, He declared his intention to oppose the proposed hide-away and stand-still measures thét somo demo- cratic leaders advocated. . He scouted tho idea of going back to the tariff of 1873 and e spung hEt Bs a final settlement. He said the democrats had been fighting that tarif for vear and he was for carrying on war, eternal, u compromising W&r. At the close of his speech Mr. Mills said; L ywill follow wh ever the flag points to falr trade; [ will fol- low wherever the flag goes, no matter who carries it, ana I will fight wherever the battle 1s pitched.” or Given by to r——— IN THE HANDS OF APACHES, They Hold & White Girl Captive—A Pursuit Orginize Purescorr, A. T., Feb, 5, ~A sensational re- rort reached bere today from the valley to the effect that two Indians bad passed there yestarday, going in the direction of San Car- los, having in captivity a white girl 16 yea of age, whom they bad stolen from near Flagstaff. Captain Jackson, who brought word to Prescott, is an old and reliable citi- zen of this county. He states thau the girl and her cuptors stopped at & ranch, and tue girl was permitted to go into the house and get sometbing 0 cat, when she told her story, mploring them to rescue her. As there was 1o one in the house excepta boy, he nould render her uo assistance, but as s00n &s they left he gave thealarm to the nelghbors, who organized a posse for the pur- @ of pursuing the Iudians. Oficers from agstafl reached there soou alterwards and 't ls thougkt her rescue will soou be efected, will define and formulate the plan und sccp> | FOUR LONESOME STEAMERS | Role Representatives of America's Marohant Marine Leaving New York, GRAIN SHIPPED FROM THE PORT IN '91 Annunl Exhibit of Statistl the ¥ Forguson of ing Figu Ship- port of ¢ on the Yong, Feb. b, pocial Telegram : Bee, | ~William E. Perguson, secre- tary of the New York Produce exchange, Wio is a recognized authority on the statis- tics of tho grain export trade of this port, has just mado his anoual report. The tablo compiled by Mr. Forguson shows the onor- mous increase of the grain export trado of New York and the dwinaling away of the American marine. The American merchant flag is being driven off the seas by Great Britain, The comploteness with which steam has superseded sail in the ocean carrying trade may be seen from the fact that of 1,238 ves- sels which carriod cargoes of grain from this port during the year 1801, ouly fifteen were sailing vessels, There were shipped from New York during 1591 08 bushels of American grain to foed the hungry mouths of Kuropo. Not included in this were 260,3 bushels of buckwheat which appears in the statistics for the first time, buckwheat nover having been exported before in any quantity. Kind and Quantity, 'There were 47,706,285 busheis of wheat, 572 bushels of corn, 4,401,513 of rye, of oats, 1,943,010 of varley and ax seed, 83,005 bushels of grain was carried in 1,223 steamers and fifteen sailing ships— five Britisn, five [talian, four Australian ana one Norwegian—which, among them, loaded 600,904 bushels. Of the 1,238 ship loads only twenty-five were carried under the Awerican flag. ‘There are only fonr American steamers left in the grain carrying tradge. They are the old passenger steamers of the late’ American line which used to rup from Philadelphia under control of the Pennsylvania railroad. These four lonesome steamers—about all that is left of the American transatlantic mer- chant marine—made tweuty-five voyages during the year. England Gets the Most, Groat Britaln has the lion’s sharo of the world’s carrying trade. aud no less than 7t ship loads left this port under the British flag last year. This was nearly two-thirds of the entire number. Next came Germany, with 143 ships; Holland, with 74; Belgium, with 613 France, with 34; Norway, with 20} Denmark, with 25; Ttaly, with 24; Portugal, with 1 pain, with 10, and Austrig, with 5. Of the grand total of 65,483,905 bushels of grain, America carried only 1,273,724 oushels. “The British lion’s share 48,550,305 bushels. Germany carried Belgium, 3,570,088 bushels; Holland, busbels: France, 1,711,705 bushel 1.667,020 bushels; Italy, 1,410,009 bushel: Denmark, 952,770 bushels; Portug: bushels; ' Spain, 617,484 ' bushols; 120,262 bushels, Largest In Ten Years, Tho shipments of American grain to Europe during the year 1801 were larger than they have been for any year for ten years past as the following comparative table, pre- pared by Mr. Ferguson, will show: Year. Norway, Austria, OYMENT AG oose Chase—Ilard- red, WicmiTa, Kan., . —Twenty-five labor ing men passed through here on foot today on their way from Oklahoma to Kansas City. They tell a pitiful tale of deception by an employment agent and sub- sequent hardship and suffering. When the announcement was made in tho news- papers that the Rock Island was extending its line through Oklahoma to Texas, Bmploy ment Agent Payne of Kansas City advertised for men to work on the line. Twenty-five men answered the advertisement and on pay- ment of $I15 were promised transporla- tion to the place of work and om ployment when they should reach there, The meu say that when they arrived iu Oklaboma they found that the contractor had all the men he wanted and that he had not authorized the employment agent to secure workmen for him, Tho v-five newcomers could find no means of subsistence in Oklahoma, so they pooled What little money they had" to buy 008 with andstarted to tramp 1t back to Kansas City, 600 weary miles. ‘They passed through here today, all of them in a ierribly destitute con dition, and some barely able to drag them selves along, They expect to be on the road for twonty days more. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, I'eb. 5.—Inquiry in this city located the employment agent 1o which the Wichita dispatch referred, but tho pro- prietor declined to give any iuformation to reporters. — ACCID, ADVILLE, Killed und Injured in a § for a Day. Leapvirie, Colo., Fob, 5,—A run of acei- denis and tragedy has struck this place and vicinity., Hans Sorrenson, a miuer in the Evening Star mine, was instantly killed today. He was at the bottom of the shaft waiting for a piece of timber which was beinz lowered lato the mine. The rope broke, latting the timber fall, striking Sorrenson on the head. Later in the day another accident occurred in this mwine. Joseph Alllson ana Charles Johnson were working in a stope when the walls caved in, completely burying them, They were taken out alive but were badly injured. They will probably recover. A cutting affray occurred hore this morn- iog which wilt ult fatally. Owen Lane ana James Doyle quarreled, and the former stabbed Doyle three times. lLane was re- leased from the penitentiary but“a short time age Yesterday afternoon the east Ivanboe-Bulk tunnel, on the Mialand, caved in. Foreman John Roach was caught in the crash and instantly killed. e R MEAPHIS' MURDERESS, ex of Accldents end of the Alice Mitchell Will e Sunit Mewmruis, Tenn,, Feb, Miss Alice Miteh ell, the slayer of F'reda Ward, when informed by the lawyers that she would escape the gallows, became frantic and said that she looked forward to the day when she should be banged as the havpiest of all, as beyond the gallows ste would once more meet Freda Ward, She became terrivly despoudent and 1ears ure entertained that she will commit suicide. Last night she was watched in her cell by one of ter relative Iu the eriminal court this morning the plea of “present insauity’’ was made in the case of Alice Mitchell, "An nquisition of lunacy ducted in open court, but if all reports us 1o the nature of the evidence to be produced bave will follow. The lunacy trial will be con any foundation iu fact the newspapers will scarcely publish it in full. xamined as to Her ¥ rTsBUkG, Pa. Hastings, the tirst of the Alleghany City offivials iudioted for embesement to be | trfod, has been found guilty and remanded to jail for sentence, The verdict was wholly noxpected by Hastings, and almost stunned v, His bail was incroased to 10,000, which was furnished by relatives, aud he was released pend: ohico. In an _interview he said he was careloss, but not intentionaily criminal. The penalty is twenty years' im vrisonment and a fino equal to the aniount of money embezzled The case against Mayor Wyman for embez zlement and extortion has boen postvoned until next Monday. Ex-Mayor Pearson's case will be tried last. FIRE HAD A LUNCH, Story Residence nue Licked Up T This morning an alarm from box 24 called a part of the fire department to Twenty-eighth and Woolworta streots. \Wnen the firemen arrived thore thoy discovered a threestory framo dwelling, ovined by}E. B. Leavenworth, & mass of flames. Tt was almost a waste of energy on the part of the firomen to endeavor to do any- thing more than keop the five from sproading to adjoining buildings, and as it was Mr Leavenworth’'s house was complotely de- stroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000. The house has been vacant for three months,and it is supposed tho fire was started by tramps who havo used the place os a lodging house. Bad roads delayed the tiremen from mak 1njz & prompt response to the alarm, n Woolworth Ave. is Morning, Cle Them Out. Av2:20 firo was discovored in a row of frame houses at North Thirtieth and Gar- field avenue, owned by Mrs. Bechel. Throo one-story cottages, occupied by laborers, and a two-story frame, occupied by Ed Wilkes as a general store, were totally destroyed. Loss will reach about §,500 to 4,000, A Day's Re Kxoxviuie, Tenn.,, Feb. [5.—Hamilton Gray, the oldest vostmaster in the United States, is doad near Kingston. He had sorved as postmaster at Gray's Hill siteo his appointment by Presidont Polk Dupriy, Feb., 5.-—Captain Sarsflold, who contested Cork City 1 the unionist interest at the parliamentary election of November 6 last, is dead, Citicaco, 111, Feb, 5. died at bis residence in Morgan park yestor- day afternoon. He was 60 yoars of nze. For the past fifteen years ho had been president of the Chicago medical college, ST, Pavi, Minn,, Feb, ~Denny Killen, well known in sporting cireles and a brothor of Pat Killen, who died in Chicago in Octo bor, died at the city hospital yestorday. Den ny had engazed 10 at least twenty pugilistic events, although but 28 years old. Lexixeroy, Ky, Feb. 5. —General James F. Robinson, the well known turfman,jdied here this morning, Moxraomeny, Ali, Feb. David Clap- ton, associate justice of the supreme courtof Alubama, died of pueuinonia this morning. Bram, Neb., Feb. b.—[Special to Tug —John Power, jr., son of Rev. Dr. pastor of the Congregational church at this place, died this morning of pueu- monia. He had been sick about twelve days. He was a bright, promising voung 0 and was head clerk in the State bank of place, Joseph Glidden, father of Mrs. L. L. Lan- try, was buried at 3 p. m. today, His doath was the result of oid age. Ho was 82 years old. Cnesroy, Ta, Feb. 5 to Tut Bre,] ~Grandma ) of Afton, mother of Represeutativ aied at ber homo today after a lingering nes St. Louis, Mo., Feb. Mr, John Hogan died at noon today at the family residenco in this city from the effect of a paralytic stroke, sw men in tho west were better or orably known than “Honest Jolin the decenscd was famliil; —Dr. Gilbert Thayer aged ¢ Morrow, ill- an, died, Hé s country. In 18 of the Tllinc and while m the bod 0 and the it while he ceupying that posit Takd out tho site of the city of Ch first railroads in Ilinois were bu hield that position ST. Lovis, Mo, I James Ery, D.D., oditor of the Central Chivis- tian Advocate, ofgan of the Mothodist [2pis- copal church in the west, and ono of the leading ministers of that denomination, died toduy of erysipelas, following an attack of la grippe, after an iliness of five days. —— Business New Yonk, Feb. 5.—J. Leonoid & Sons, importers of toys, china and glassware of this city, who assigued to Moses J. Stemeck, have filed schedulos stating their linbilities ), and their nominal assets av £54,806, LFrY, N, S, Feb. 5—J. B. Wilson & Co. have assigned. Assets, $20,000; liabilities unestimated. New Ricuyosn, Wis., Fob. 5.—The Alli- ance Mercantile_company of ths placo has failed. Assets, $10,000; liabilitics unknown. St. Lovts, Mo, Feb. 5—F. Goddard & Sons, millers, huve assigned for tho benofit of ther creditors. The liabilities are estimated at $130,000; assets, $97,000. Tho manipula- tion of the wheat mackot of lato, proventing profit making, 15 given as the cause. PriapeLris, Pa., fob. 5. —The trusteo of Broker, Jamieson, who failed about a yoar ago, states thatthe estate will pay a dividend of 80 per cent, Hosays tho labilitios amount to £600,000, and t| s Lo §140,000, oubles. ArLaxtic Crry, The steamer ashore at Brigantine shoals is tha Venezuela of tho Red Line, from La Guayra, bound for New York, with a crew of forty-ive and eleven passengers, Hor carco consists of coffee and hides. She is under commend of Captain J. Zahumers. At the time the steamer went on tho shoals sho was under full steam, and during the heavy snow storin the captaili was unablo to sight” land. 1t is doubtful 1f she can be foated, und 1f not, the passengers will bo landed ' on Brigantino beach tonight by the crows of the life saving station, The Vonezuola is owned by Bolton, Bliss & Dallott of New York City, R Stesnmer Arrivals, At London —Sighted — Bostonian, fron Boston; Wheeling, Lydian Monarch, from Now York; Peruvian, from Boston. At New York—Albers, from Itlo Janeiro. At London ghted —F and, from New York. S WEATHER FORE AST, OFricE oF WEATHER BUneay, Owmana, Feb, b, } The high barometer was central over the lower lake region lust evening, accompanied by fair and woderately cold weather. Cloudy wenther prevails in the lower Missouri val- ley and southwest to New Mexico, Light snows were reported from North Platte, Denver and Sauta e. The temperature has remained nearly stationary duriug the past twenty-four hours throughout the western portion of the couuntry, with a prospect of warmer weather in eastern Novraska. For Eastern Nebraska—Fair weather; stightly warmer during Saturday. For Omabe and Vicinity—Fair weather during Sawurday, with slowly rising tempera- ture. Wasuizarox, D, C. Feb. 5.—For Missouri and lowa—South winds and generally fair weather Saturday; slightly warmer sug probably fair Sunday, For Indian Territor) s e Ior Minnesota an: kota—Geunerally fair colder west, For Colorado — Slightly warmer; winds; generally fair. For Nebraska—Warmer, south winds and fair weuther; probauly fair Sunduy, pos . Oklahioma and Kan- Winds becoming slightly warmer aud raily fair woather 1 North and South Da windsshifting; slightly south NUMBER 2 WINCHESTERS 1N ELECTIONS 33 | Louisiana Domocrats Heeling Themselves for the Coming Oontest. THEY ARE BOUND TO HAVE A FAIR COUNT e Contingencies— v MUSE of n Bl Rowe aring for tlons in t g to NEw ORieAxs, La, Fob. 5 —Tho El Paso arrived from Now York. Her cargo included forty cases of Winchester vifies and thirteon boxes of cartridges, addressed to “A. W, Crandali, Chairman Campaign Com= mittee, Now Orloans, La." In an interview, concerning these arms Colonel Crandall says: *Yos, it is afact that these arins have come to New Orleans addressed to mo as the chairman of the dem- ocratic executive committes, There has been absolutely no attempt made to conceal their shipment, and there is likowlse no effort being made by us to di guise why tho arms have been sccured. We are providing ourselves with them sim- ply to protect ourselves against any scheme, armed or otherwise, to deny us & free baliot and a fair count in tue comng election. Sineo the nominating convention at Baton Rouge wo have been mot on al sides with statoments from the friends and supportors of Mr. Foster that it was war to the knife and kuife to the hilt, and that the machinery in the hands of the existing stawe administration s to be used in counting in the Foster and in counting out tho MckEnery ticket. ~Helieving therefore that the state and election machinery under the control of tho present stato administration are to be employed in frustrating, if necessal a free expression of the publio will, we determined on tho principle that an ounce of prevention is worth a pounda of cure, to take such means as would proteot us from au illegal and unwarranted interference with our rights under the law. As I sad beforo, we are not endeavoring to conceal anything whatever, The arms have been openly shipped, and thera will ve another consignment shoftly, of which our friends may take notice if they desire. T'hero is no 1ntention on the part of the resular demos crats to procipitate trouble. Thero is no desire to provoke the shedding of blood. It has been our aim to soours a perfectly peaces able election and to abido by the result. steamer All we have asked for and all we mean to secure is the privilege ot every voter to vote as ko chonses in tho com- ing election and the assurance that lis vote will be counted as it is cast. We have never intendod to bulldoza or blnft, but we are firm in our determination not to be bulldozed or bluffed. Our preparations are simply with a viow to insuring an honest election, and we lhave merely accepted in earaest the threat mado at Baton Rouge by the state house and Ioster ring, that the administration will clect the Foster ticket, even if a resort to un- fair ballot and an unfair count are nocessary, a contingency we are determined shall not arwe; and which will not arise unloss we are disappointed in the manhood of this state.” ACCORDIN 0 LA, Judge of Crimes Foster's Sy Chilian Rioters—S |Copyrighted 1892 by James Gordon Bex Varranaiso, Chili (via Galveston, Tex.), Feb. 5. ~[By Mexican Cavle to the New York Herald—Special to Tnr: Bee.|—Judge of Crimes TFoster assured m2 today that his entire review of the Baltimore case occu- ped ten days. “I have rendered sentence upon Arans, Ahumada and Rodriguez" he sald, *in striot accordance with the Chilian law. The only ret 1 feel is that there was no direct evi- dence showing the immediate cause of Charles W, Riggin’s death. I nave done the utmost 1 my power 1o fix the responsibility for his killing upon some one.” The court of appeals, which will review tho action of Judge Foster, will convene next month. On all sides there are rene of hope that thera will be @ speedy tion of friendly intercourse botween and the United States. Want Better Transportation Fucilitles, Since the loss of the steamer John Eider there has been a groat deal of talk among the residents of this city against the Pacifio Steum Navigation company. Many peopls here, in view of the approach of the World’s fair, are dosirous to sce a line of American steamers botweon Valparaiso and Panama or direct to San Francisco, Somoe are cven in favor of trafiic with New York by way of Argentine RRepublic and Uruguayan ports, There seems to be no doubt that the vpening of an American line along the Chilian coast in conjunction with the Chilian Steamship company would provo a paying investment, Prying to Agree on Something, Buexos Avies, Argentino (via Galveston, Tex.), ifeb. [By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tur Big.)— Discord still provails among the political partics in this province, A conference has been held by the various government officials with President Pellgrini and General Roca in an endeavor to reconcilo the political fac- tions, Judying by the various reports recently recelyed hore, Saenz Pena is now leading in the fight for the presidency. A large ver of the prineipal chiefs of the army have given him their aahorence. General Roca is about to visit the provinces on o vigorous campaign in behalf of the natioual party, od expressions mp Chilis Avgentinlan Nuggets. ‘Phere were no bidders at the sale of the T allapoosa, There is no diminution of the fever scourge st Guyaquil, The American $quadron Montevideo, A number of commercial firws at Mendoza have petitioned the governmeut to admit ar- ticles from Chili to relieve the distress in that district caused by locusts. ‘Pho ministor of finance has resigned, as- siguing s & reason his disgust at the numer. ous political feuds, Presidont Pellegrini visited the military camp at Palermo today to inquiro into the cause of 50 many desertions from \he army, Great alarm is felt and troublo oxpected at the aprroaching election. A Gerwan paper gayocates the substitution of lyuch law owing 10 the impowence of the authorities au‘d their uttor inability to maintuin order, Thoentire British squaaron of four snips is stationed at tuis port. - Mother Caroll riously Ml MiLwavkee, Wis, Mother Caro- line, commissary genoral of the Sehool Sis ters of Notre Dame in the United States, is seriously i1l at the counvert iu this eity from a comptication of uiseases. She went to New Orleans on business conuected with tne order early in the winter, Janua she roturced nouio %0 much exbausted frow hor (rp Lhal suo had 1o take Lo her bed. is coaling at . B, e Iy . e L\ »