Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1892, Page 1

"THE OMAHA BERING SEA CONTROVERSY Oorrespondence Between American and | English Authorities. jncluding Letters in the Dipl © tle—~The Mattor is > Mands of tho for 1ts A Sennle Wasmixatox, D, C., March 9.—The prosi- dent today sent to the seaata tho correspond- ence between the United states and Great Brivain which preceded and led up to the Zoature of the Beriug sea treaty of arbi- ration transmitted to the senate yesterday. The correspondence begius on April 20, 1891, but inasmush as the department of state has Leretofore made public that part of it which is included between the dates of Jan- uary 6 and June 13 last, it was necessary to review the corrospondence which relates in great part to questions to be suomitted to ar- bitration and which resulted in an agresmont that there should be seven aruvitrators, each country to be ropresentod by two and the other tiree to b pointed by France. Italy and Sweden, and that the troaty as agroed upon was signed February 29. .4 The following letters conclude the corres- 5 udence up to this date: Sir Jullan Pauncefote to Mr. Blalne oN, D. C., Feb, 19, 1802, —Sir: +On the occasion of our interview on the 2nd nst., when you nanded me tho draft of the ering sea arbitration convention, which [ **forwarded to London for the consideration of " ker majesty’s governmeut, you asked mo whether they were prepared to agree to a modus vivendi for tho next fishery season of the Beving sea, in transmitting the draft of the arbitration convention to the marquis of Salisbury, I did not fail to inform bim of your inquiry and I have now received areply from his iordship to the effect that her majesty’'s government cannot express any opinion on the subject until they know what “modus vivendi” you desire to propose. I have, etc., JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. Mr. Blaine to sir Jullan Pauncefote. WasHiNGTox, Feb, 24, 1802 Iam in receipt of your favor of the 19th. You therein inform me that Lord Salisbury can- not express any any opinion on the subject of the modus vivendi until he knows what we desire to propose. 1 am glad to hear that Eord Salisbury con- templates a modus vivendi, for it is obvious that it is imposeible to conclude the arbitra- tion within the time originally set. Indecd, ¥ ,Yn shall hardly be able to enter upoun it. #Tho delays have been much greater on the ot of Great Britain tha on the part of the Jnited States. In reply to your inquiry, the grelmum suggests that the modus should 6 much the same as last year in terms, but that ic should be better executed. 1t was very ineffective last year for thero was @ larger number ot seals in Bering sea taken then than ever before. The vessels had set out before the modvs was agreed upou, and it wus impossible to give them notice in time to prevent thom from taking seals, Her majesty’s govern 5 ent did not take suficient measures, which an earlior date this year will render practicable, 1f her majesty’s government would miake her efforts more effcotive, the sealing in the northern Pacitic should be forbidden, for there the slaughter of mothers, heavy with young, is the great- est. This would requira a notice to the large number of sealers who are preparing to go forth from British Columbia, e numbver is 88id to be greater than ever before and without any law to regulate the killing of [ the distruction will be immense. All this suggests the great noed of an effectivo mod: Holdiug an arbitration as to the mghtful mode of taking seals while their de- struction goes forward would be as if while an arbitration to the title of timber land were in progress, one party should remove all the rrees. I shall have to ask you to transmit the contents of this note to Lord Salisbury oy telegraph. Every day that 1s /lost_now entails great trouble upon both governments. I Lave, ote. JaMes G. BraiNe. Mr, Blalue to Sir Jullan P Wasmixaroy, D, C., Feb. 28, 1802, —Sir: Mr. Myers, our consul at Victoria, telographs me that there are **forty-six suiling schosners cleared today. Six or seven more to go. At the same date lust year thirty-one cleared.'” I think from this you will seo that if we do not come to an understanding soon there will bo no need of an agreoment relating to seals an the north Pacific or in the Bering sea. 1 shall be giad if you will let Lord Salisbury know this fact.” Vory truly yours, Janmes G, BLaise. Sir Jullan Paunceforte to Mr. Blaine, WASHING' , D. C., Feb, 29, 1802, (Re- ceived March 1): Sir—Immediately upon the receipt of your note of the 24th instat, respecting a renewal of the modus vivendi 1n Bering sca, and 1 accordance with the wish therein expressed, 1 telegraphed its contents to the marquis of Salisbury. In that note, after observing that it is impossi- blo to conclude the arbitration within the time originally set, and that the delays have peerr niuch greater on the part of Great Bri- tain than on the part of the United States, vou proceed to inform him that in view ot ho president the new modus vivendi should be much the same as last year in terms; that owing to the earlier dates this year it should be more effectively execatéd; but that *‘if her majesty’s government wobld make their efforts more effective the sealing in the north Pacitic ocean should be forbid- den. After polntivg out the great nced of an effective modus you state thut ‘“‘holding an arbitration in rognrd to the rightful mode of taking seals while their destruction goes forward, would be as if while an arbitration to the title of timber lands wore iv progress, one party would remove all the trees.”” I have the honor to inform you that I have re- ceived a reply from Lord Salisbury to the following effect : Lord Salisbury's Reply, In the nrst place his lordship states that o cannot o any pegree admit that the de- lays have been more on the partof Great Britain than the United States. As regards the necessity for another modus vivendi her majesty consentod Lo that measure last year solely on the grounds tl it was supposed that there would be ger to the presery. tion of specios In Beriug soa unless some interval in the slaughtor of seals were prescrived both on sea and on land. But her ma. 's goverament have received no in- formation Lo show that so drastic & remedy 18 necessary for two consecutive seasons, On the contrary, the British commission on the Bering soa has informed her majesty’s gov- ernment thatso fac as pelagic sealing is concerned there is no danger of auy serious alminution of the great spevios as a conse- gusuce of the year's huuung, Nevertheless, ~ord Salisbury would not object as a tem- porary messure of precaution for this season to the probibition of all killing at s within a zone extending to not more than nautical miles around the Pribyloy islands, such l)rohllnufln being couditional on the re- suriction of the number of seals to be killea 10F Bny purposo. . Lord Salisbary, referring to the passage i your note in which you compare the case of an arbitration about timver iand while the trees are beiug removed by one of the par- ties, suggests that the case is more like one of arbijration respecting ihe title to a meadow. While the arbitration 1s going forward, he adds, we cut the grass, and quite rlihuy, for the grass will be produced in an- other year and 50 will the s. 1have, eto., JULINAN PAUNCEFOTE, Sir Jullan Pauncefote to Mr, Blaine. Wasaixaroy, D, C., March 7.—Sir: With reference to m{ note of the 20th uit. in whioh 1 had the bonor to inform you that the warquis of Salisbury has received information to show the necessity for renew- ing duriug the approaching fishery season the modus vivendi of last year in Bering sea msmqm 1u YOur note to we of the th ult. Wik it opportune to rewiud you of the following fact in connection with the modus vivendi which may have escapad your atton tion, as you were absent from Washiagton ot ‘the time of its negotiation. In the course of the correspondence which then took place it was distinctly notified to your government that the mod vendi would not be renewed for the following sea son. You will find that at the close of our memorandum, inclosed in iy note to Mr. Wharton of June i, 1501, 1 statea under in. structions from my government that the sus pension of sealing was not a measure which they could ropeat another vear. Her majos- ¥'8 government consented to that measure in consequonce of the rumors widely circu- 1ated of impending danger to the seul specios. But sluco then the conditions of the fur seal fishery have boen investigated on the spot by experta appointed for that purpose by her majosty’s government. Those experts have advised that there is no danger of any serious diminution of the fur seal specis from pelnagic sealing during tho present year, ad that to reaow the prolibition of pelagic sealing for auother season would be going far beyond the necessities of the case, Thirty Mile L] . Lora Salisbury’s proposal of a thirty mile radius around th: Pribylov islands, in which no sealing should be allowed, is & judicious temporary measure of precaution pending the establishmentof permanent regulations for the fishery as a whole, It is a somewhat larger proposal than that which you origin- ally made to me on March 16, 1891, and which ‘was for a similar radius of twenty-five miles ouly. The reason why you subsequently abandoned the ‘‘radius’’ proposal is stated in your note of May 4, 1801." That reason was not that such a radi would be ineffectual, but that “it might possibly provoke contilct in the Bering sea.”” At that time no act of parliament bad been passed in England to enforce such a measure on British vessels and no doubt there was some danger on that account in giving rise to diMculties. But it s othurwise now. By the seal fisheries (Bering sea, act I801), Vie. C. 19, her inajesty’ Is empowerad by order in council ~ to prohibit under severe penalty the catching of seals by British ships in any part of Boriug sea defined by the order and tuoreforo the eunforcemesnt of the new modus vivendi unow proposed by Lord Salisbury would prevent wuch less difficulty than was experienced last season in putiing the existing one into operation. 1 trust that the above observations which I veature to offer in further elucidation of the proposal containoed in my pote of the 20th ult. will satisfy your government that it under the circumstances, a reasonable oposal and one which, if acceded to, will sufliciently safeguard the interests of both nations during the few months comprised 1n fishery season, and pending the decision of the arbitrators, I have, etc., JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. Acting Secretary Wharton to Sir Julinn Pauncefote. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D. D., March 8, 1802, —Sir: 1 am directed by the president to say in response to your two notes of ebruary 29 and March 2, that he notices with the deopest regret the indis- position of her majesty’s government o agree upon an effective modus for the preservation of the seals in the Bering sea pending the settlement. of respective rights of that gov- ernment aud of the governmentof the United States in those waters and in the fur seal fisheries therein. The United States claims an exclusive right to tako senls in a portion of the Bering sea, while her majesty’s gov- ernment claims a common right to pursue and take the seals in those waters outside of a three-mile limit. This serious controversy, it has now been happily agreed, shall be submitted to the deteamination of a tribunal of arbitration and the treaty only awaits the action of the American senate. The judgment of the ar- bitration cannot, however, be reached and stated in time to control the conduct of the respective governments anu of their citizens during the sealing season of 1802 and the urgent question is now, whal does good faith, to say nothing of internatiou comity, reguire of the partics to the arbitration? An Injury to the United States, If the convention of this government 1s sus- tained by arbitrators, theu the killing of seals by the Canadian seslors during this season in these waters is an injury to this govern- ment in its jurisdiction aud property. The injury is _nor measured by the skins takon, but affects the main value of our property. Was it ever heard of before that one party tosucb a controversy whether a nation or an individual, could ap- propriate the whole or any purt of the income and profits, much the less the body of the countested proporty, »pendhlf the litigation, without an accountability! Usually a court of chancery would place a veceiver or trustee iu charge and hold the income of the property for the benefit of the prevailing party. You say that Lord Sailshury, rejecting the illus- tration used by Mr. Blaine, ‘“suggest that the case is more like ouve of arvitration re- specting the title to a meadow. While the arbitration is going on we cut the grass, and quite rightly, for the grass would reproduce next year, and so will the seals.” He cun hardly mean by this illustration thav being in coutention with ® neighbor regard- g the title to & meadow he could by any precedent in_ the equity courts or by any standard of common hon- esty, be justified in pocketing the whole or any part of the gains of & harvest without accountability to the adverse claimant whose exclusive title was afterward established. It is no answer for the usurper to say thut the owner will have an unlimited harvest next year. Last year's harvest was his own also, 1f by the plural pronoun his lordship means that the harvest of the contested meadow is to be divided between the litigants 1 beg to remind him that the title of tho United States tothe Pribylov islands has not been con- tested and that our flag does not float over any sealing vessel. Tho illustration is inapt in the further particular that the seals not taken by this yoar may be by next, while tho grass must be harvested or lost. Repudiates Clatms for Indemnity, This government bas already been adyised in the course of this correspondence that Great Britain repudiates all obligations to indemnify the United States forany invasion of its jurisdiction or any ivjury done to its sealing property by the Canadiun sealers, The attempt to make a damage clause 1o the articles of arbitration agreement failed ve- cause her majesty’s government would not conscnt that the question of its liability to indemnify this sortof injury done by the Canadan sealors. Two extracts from the correspondence will sufifciently recall the attitude of the respective governments, Mr. Wharton reviews the correspond- ence of the summer reflecting liabilities for damages and says: “The president canuot beliove that while holding this view of its accountabilivy, the government of Greau Britain will, pending the arvitration, count- enance, much less )uslll{ or defend tha con- tinuance of pelagic sealing by its subjects. It should either ussume respousibility for the acts of these sealers or restrain them from u pursuit, the lawfuluess of which is to be determined ' by arbitration.” Salisbury Takes u One-Sided View, In note of February 20 you state her wujesty's government has been informed by the British commissioners ‘‘that so far as polagic sealing is coucerned, there is no aan- gor of serious duninution of the fur seal spe- cles as a consequence of this year's bunting,” sud upon this ground Lord Salisbury places bis refusal to renew the modus of last year. His lordship seems to assume o deterinina. tion of the arbitration against the United States and in favor of Great Britaio,and that it is wiready ouly & question of so regulating common right 1o take seals as to preserve species. By what right does he do this! Upou what prineiple does he assume tnat if our claims are established any diminution of the s whether serious or not, during this season, or indeed, auy taking of seals is to be without recompénse ! In the opinion of the president it is not consistent with good faith that either party 10 au arbitration should, peuding 8 decision, diminish the value of the subject of the arbi- tration or take any profit from the use of it without an agrooment to before an agre ment for arbitration had been reached the probibition of pelagic sealing was a matter of comity from the moment of signing the agreewent it became in his (the president's) opinion & matter of obligation. 0 letter then goes on to show from the statistics of the last season the dangers of the utter anibilation of seals. 1u the early part of the discussion the sub- OMAHA, " ject of a modus of last year this method was tentatively suggested among others in con- on between yourself ana Mr. Blaine. t was afterward in offect agreed to by both governments as being inadequatd, and was not again referred to in the correspond once. In the memorandum furnished by you with your note of June 6 vou say Lord Salis- bury points out that “if such bunting be prohibited on one side of a purely imoginary line drawn in the ocean whilo it is permitted on the other side of the lineit will be im- possible in many cases to prove unlawful sealing or to infer it from the possession of skins or fishing tackle.” Wil Insist on a Modus Vivendi, ‘This was said with referenco to_the latter boundary of our purchase from Russia, but it is quite as applicabio to the thirty-mile zono which he now suggests. The prevalence of fogs in these waters gives increased force and conclusiveness to the point made by his lordship Against an imagiuary water line, The president cannot agreo, now that tho terms of arbitration have becn settlnd that the restrictions imposed sbhall be less thun those which both governments deemad to be appropriate when it was still uncertain whether an early adjustmer.t of the contro- versy was attainable, He therefore hopes that her majesty’s government will conseut to renew the arrangement of last year with the promptuess which the exigency demands and to agres to enforce it by refusing all clearances to sailing vessels for the prohib- ited waters and recalling from these watoers all such vessels as have already cleared. This government will honorably abide the judeemeont of the high tribunal whbich has been agreed upon should that judgment be favorable or unfavorable, and will not seck to avoid a just responsibility for any of its acts which by that judgment are found to be unlawtul, but certainly the United States cannot be expected to suspond_the defense, by such means as are within its power, of the property and jurisaictionnl rights ctaimed by it, penaing the arbitration and to consent 10 receive them from the tribunal, if awarded, shorn of much of their value by the acts of irresponsible persons. 1 have the honor to be, etc., WitLiam F. Wiartoy, Acting Secretary. It is learned that the illness of Secrotary Blaine prevented any consultation with him as to Lord Salisbury’s notes opposing the modus vivendi of last year and the reply thereto, dated the 8th inst., and transmitted by Mr. Wharton, was in fact written by the president. o BISMARCK DEFENDS HUNGARY. Nothing to the Charge That e Used the Guelph Fond Personally. Beruty, March 9.—The HAmburger Nachrichten in an article wspired by Princo Bismarck, replies to the statement which has appeared in several papers that much uneasiness is felt at Fredrichsruhe (Prince Bismarck’s home) owing to the impending publication by the government of the re- ceipts of the Guelph fund and the expendit- ures made from that fund in connection with the German secrot servico. Prince Bismarck it will be remenmbered, had practical control of this fund, and it is charged in some quar- ters that he administered it to carry his own poiats. The Hamburger Nachrichten acnies that Prince Bismarck feels any vneasiness concerning the matter, and adds that if he publishes the manner in whioh the fund has been upplied, it would be very unpleasaut for those persons who are at present at- tacking him, The Kreuz Zeitung says that at the last moment the duke of Cumberland has agreed 10 the sotuiement of the Guelph funa, The agreement, the paper says, includes a pro- vision that bis eldest son, Prince George William, will be recognized s heir to the duchy of Brunswick. Prince George Wil- liam was born at Gounden, October 28, 1880, and is thorefore not yet 12 years oid. He will be recognized as the duke of Brunswick on attaining his majorit; More Terrl Tales fre Russla, Loxvoy, March 9.—The Chronicle's St. Petersburg correspondent says: Hunger and typhus is causing mortality in all the famine districts. A serious lack of doctors, nurses and medicines is complained §f. Th duughter of General Badelski, the defender of Shipka Pass,has died of typhus fever con- tracted whilo nursing patients, Tho czar is mcensed at the incompeteuce of the minis- ters to deal with the famine. The greatest aisorder provails throughout the empire, in- creasing daily. This fact 15 regarded as ovi- dence of the impossibility of governing from St. Petersburg. Brigands are plundering the Inhabitants of the towns and villages fn Asiatic Russin, and highway robberies and deeds of violence are of frequent occurrence. The thioves have beon made bold by their successes, and do not hesitate to pillago the houses of the Rus- sian officials. Deacon Released on Ball, Grasse, France, March 9.—Mr. Edward Parker Deacon was taken from prison at & o'clock yesterday aftornoon and releasod under bonds of 10,000 francs. He complained that his cell was o damp ho contracted rheu- matism. His cheoks uro pale and hollow and he has & slight cough. His eyes aro sunken ana ho speaks listlessly. —_———— FOOLISH MRS, HETHEKINGTON, She Attends a Banquet While Her Husband Stays in Jall for Killing Robiuson, New York, March 9.—San Francisco ad- vices referring to the Robiuson tragedy in Japan state that on the evening of the.day the shooting ocourred, Mrs, Hetherington went to tho wife of Admiral Belknap and sad: . “Mrs, Belknap, what shall I do about this dinner! You know Judge (she always called her husband by that name) and 1 have been invited to the Russian consul’s, and of course he canuot go because he is in prison, but I don’t see how [ can ket out of going myself. Dou’t you think I'a better gof" “Most certainly not,” exciaimed Mrs, Bel- knap, horrified at the appeal. *It would be perfectly indecent.” “Idon’tsee why,” replied Mrs. Hothering- ton, tossing her head, “'Dhen I will expiain to you,” sald Mrs, Belknap. I want you to~ understand that while you and your husband are resticg under the cloud of this terrible tragedy 1t is better that you should keep yourself ia the utmost privacy.’ "V\:'h)‘ should 1t He killed Robinson; I did not. At which Mrs, Belknap says she could not stand such nonsense any longer, and then made the foolish woman sit down and write # note of regret. Mres. Belknap departed for the dinner thinking everything was all right, Imagine her horror, when half through din- ner, to see the fickie, golden haired beauty, Mrs, Hotherington, cowe tripping i, clad in white tulle and diamonas, smiling and greet- ing everyone with pretly speeches. She even remarked to oue guest: “You know Judge has shot George,"" The guests were shocked, and it was as if a wet blanket had fallen over the banquet board. The lady remained there till late und departed as happy as if nothing had hap- pened to mar her self-satistied trauquility. - Will Begin Grading on Monday, Rockport, Mo., March 9.—Engineer Vane dosen has completed the location survey of tho Missouri, Kansas & Eastern railway, by which the Missouri, Kansas & Texas pro- poses to galn au Independent entrance to St. Louis, from t'ranklin to Rockport, The con- tract for grading has been letto Colonel Jobn L. Elfieu of Booneville, and work will be begun next Monda; The Missouri Pacific recently surveyed a route along the blufts here, over which the Missouri, Kansas & Eastern proposes o build, and it is ex- pected that Gould will attempt to harrass and retard the building of the new road. i Arranglug for the Keunlon. GRaND IsLAND, Neb., March 9.—|Special to Tue Ber.]—The reunion committee will have & meeting next Saturday night to take the initiatory steps in preparing for the Grand Army” of the Republic reunion of 1842, Several vacancies will probably be filled. An effort will be made w0 make the coming reunion eveu & better success than Was Lhat of last year, e HURSDAY MORNING OPENED WAR 0N THE TARIFF Democrats Led by MoMillin Make a Vigor- ous Attack in the House, MR. DINGLEY OF MAINE RETURNS THE FIRE Both Champlons Favored With Large Audl. ence and Close Attentfon—Some of the Sallent Features of the Debate— Senate Proceedings. Wasminaroy, D. C.,, March 9.-~The tariff discussion of the Fifty-second congress openod ln the house of representative today with Representative McMillin of Tennessoe us tho leader of the tariff reform forces and Representacive Dingloy the detender of the McKinley law. Despite tae well known fact that & discussion of tae tariff is mainly a matter of comparison of statistics and fig- ures, and its essential fexturas are but a pre- sentation of apparentiy irrefutable, yet, totally irreconciliable views, tho galleries were crowded long befgre the hour of the opening and the public interest manifested in the debate was greater than ou any pre- vious day of tho session. Blount Leads the Democratic Attack. To Representative Bloygt of Georgis, a clear-headed parliamen! n of twenty years of congressional Elnsrlence, was awarded the honor by the"speaker and the committee on ways and meaus of presiding over the deliberations of the committeo of the whole, and whon he wearied now and then of his arduous labors Representa- tive Kilgore, the giant statesman of Texas, was called on to assume the gavel. In the days of long political wrangling that are to follow in the comhittee of the whole Speaker Crisp will find the -respite that ho has £0 much desired. Today he occupied a seat in the galleries and was as interested an auditor as any of the 2,000 visitors who bent eagorly forward to catch every word of the partisan orations ot the day. The well crowded newspaper galieries attested the public interest that -is being felt in the dis- cussion of the issues now before the house, and the little group that gathered in the diplomatic gallery showed that this intorest n the revenue question and tne attempted moditication of existing (ariff laws 1s shared by some of the nations acrosy the waters, But the crowning indicution Of the import- ance of the discussion was in the deep atten- tion which the membars thewselves pave to the two spoakers who represented tho two great parties on the question forsolution. Everyone Takes un Intepest. During the opening speoch of Reprosenta- tive McMillin, Mr. Burrows of Michigan and a few of bis leading republican col- leagues vacated their seats and gatbered on the democratic side to be near the Tennosseo gentloman as he urraignod Fheir: party from a democratic standpoint and: defended tho justico of thg Springer wool. bill and the various measures reported ‘from the ways and means committee to redugg the dutios on imports, 4 When Representative Dingloy of Maine, although not a member of the ways and means -committee, opened the’discussion on behalf of the republican side, o less was the flattering attention paig :to*him and bis arguments by his umnuarg{r..%ppnnuum Mr. McMililn, as might haye been ex- pected, aevoted his attentjonsto.a roview. of the M¢Kinley law and its effact. ypon com- merce, the ndustries and the. wageworkers of the country, and Mr. - Dingley naturally sought to defond and justify the law and in- sisted that the highest commercial wisdom justified its perpetuity. . Senator Carlisie, under whose leadership as spoaker of past democratic houses the tariff debate in this latter half of the century was revivod, found the occasion one of such charm that he left the seat in the upper body to which he had veeh called by the Blue Grass Stato and was an attentive listener to the eloquent arguments of [Representative MeMillin, No less vigilanp was the atten- tion with which ex-Speaker Reed noted every argument, aot only of his triend but of his political opponents as weil, ‘The spoakers wers gencrously applauded by their party colleagues, and us. éach man resumed his seat he was the recipient of warm congratulations and @ boguet of mam- moth size, Mr. Blount Opens tife Debato, The wmorning hour navipg expired the house went into committesof the whole on vevenue bills, Blount of Georgle presiding. McMillin then adaressed the house in behalf of the committee on ways and means, and referred in his opening remarks Lo, the work of the last congress. He déclaved it 1mposed the highest tariff taxes ever levied in this country, aud made the niosy extravagant ap- propriations ever made hers in a time of peace. This congress, he said, was sent here 1o correct both evils by {mposing less tax and by sponding loss money. Continuing, ho said: *“The tariff law has now bean in oper- ation for a year and five months. Where are the beneficial effects that; were to follow from it! Where is that magnificent price the farmer and wool growar was- to realize from it? Where are the incréased wages the lavoring men were to get! .1 say the farmer realized from 2 to 3 per cent less on the pound froin his wool than he did vefors, ana 1 challenge any representafive hsre to ' point to asingle line of manufacturers in which ilhorur»‘ wages have be#n Increased by that aw. j McMillin said tho bill was passed under the pretense of a desire Lo banefit the lubor- ing man, but what benefit s it been to him, How it Affected Wool, He then took up wool, and said: *The whole matter may be summed up fact, that after twenty-five years of experiment with high rates of duty on wool the result has been a reduction of one-half in the num- ber of sheep in tho states east of the Missis- s1ppl and Missouri rivers and a reduction of about one-half in the priee of wool; nor have the results been encouragingito wool manu- facturers, they have been restricted to the use of a quality they could d 10 buy, By reason of the tariff they have been restricted fo markets substantially 1 thewr own coun- try. They have been forced! 1o use shoddy a8 a substitute for woolea and sheep busbandmen derived no nu%flthl benefit. The speaker declared now | more than two-thirds of the expenses: wrred during the late war have been paid, every legitimate excuse for its increuse rates bas disappeared, but not only has there beens no. reduction in the tariff ratee, vut they hamerbeen vastly 1n- creased,” Touching on sugar McMfllin sald: ‘The authors of the bill take mueh oredit to them- selves for+ having placed |sugar on the free list. They did, 1t 1§ true, place some and most grades of sugar om Lheufeee list, but the finer grades are still taxed heavily for the benefit of the manufacturer aud he is left with more protection by that bill than by the rates imposed in the Milis Bill. True, Afty odd millions of dollars has bees taken off the sugar tax, but this is no fwee will offeriug, for the same measure provided for the pay- ment, I believe, of millioas to the producers of sugar on bounties again, While fifty odd million doliurs of a tax "was takeu off sugar there was an increase of iduties amounting to about #45,000 put on other things and gen erally on the necessaries of life. They re moved tke sugar tax, which yielded eight- ninths of the beuefit to the treasury and but one-niuth to the manufacturers, only to place mauy willious more than the sugar tax on other things. Whére but ocne-fourth of the law's exaction wemt 1nto the treasury, three-fourths went into private coffers of favored manufactu v Still & Burdensome Tax, 1t will be seen thagthetax 1s still & burden of $48,000,000 inuireetly to the people, and in- stead of their gettung $60,000,000 relief by this chunge of taxes, tl hardly obtained #10, 000,000 net benefit, "T'he whole bill he char- acterized as conscignceless fayoritism for Lhe fow and merciless oppression for the many. lu the cousideration of tbe bili the manufac- MARCH 10, 1892. | DalLy BEE turer alone was favored, but had never been considered. The exigencies of the preceding campaign had required a vast amount of money to carry the eloctions, and it was Paised by rousing the apprehensions of some and prom ising benefits to others, and the promises of that campaign were put into statutory form. Every class oxcent those who needed 1t the worst had been benofitted by the various Iaws passed by our opponents on the subjeot of taxation since 1865, In regard to reciprocity the spoaker ssid: “I am astounded that in a free republio, where the right taxation through chosen represenatives —bought with blood that sach a thing was possible as the surrender of this right to oue man. The most sacrod right & freo man has is to determine the extent and manner of his taxation.” Tho speaker denounced the rebate featuroe of the McKinley bill. y this means he de- clared, very manv agricultural implements and products of American manufactories waore sold at a much lower rate to foreigners out of the United States than to citizens in it. Another Serlous Objection, Continuing, MecMillin declared another serious objection to tho high rates of duty 1n the destructive influenco it has on commerce, and added: ‘‘Many friends of high pro- tection believe and have busied themselves to show that the duties collected are not a tax upon the people, They claim this pre- mium or tax paid by foreigners whose manu- factures sold in this country for the privilege of solling them hore. Those holding to this view insist that the tariff is not a tax. When an American citizen buys a foreign articls, manufactured avroad, he pays for not only the original cost abroad but the costof trans- rtation to this country and the duty coi- acted at the port of entry, and when he uses and consumos the article he pays & tax im- posed by the government on it, no matter whether he or some dealer handed the money 10 the customs officer collected for tha duty And not only this. When an American citi- z6n buys goods manufactured here which are sold in daily competition with goods of like character that have a similar use, 1mported from abroad, he has to pay cost production the! on, in many instances an amount equal to or nearly equal to the rate of duty fixed on the foreign goods s0 competing. 1f the foreigner and not our citizens pay duty, why did we relieve him from paying millions of tax tor us on sugar; why not let him continue to pay this fifty odd millions. 1f no other good resulted from the McKinley bill it taught the American people that the tarift is a tax and a tax upon poople who consumo articies upon which it is levied. Thbe day taxes were removed from sugar prices vent down in ®il American markets to an amount about equal to the duty removed. On the other hand, whon an additional tax of 2 cents apound was im- posed on tin piato tin plato went up in price all over the country. It was so on pearl but- tons, upon which duty was vastly increased, and 80 on linen goods. Whatever may have been the situation before, the American peo- ple have coms to know that the tariff is a tax and have dealt with those who increased the tax in the last congress accordingly, by ad- ministering to the authors of the high rates Wo now havo to pay the greatest reouke that was over administered to any party in this country, turning the republican majority into ® dJemocratic majority of almost three- fourths. Another Seotion that Would Bo Repealed, “There is another provision of the present law that should be awmended, on allowin those who are opulent enough and have leis: uro 10'go abroad to bring in iree of duty the consumer quantities of clothes as wearing apparel.”” In closing the speaker said: have resolved, resolution “Tho people and they will make that good, that they will have a reduction in the rates of taxation, or a still further reduction of those in congress who favor a higher taxa- tion. This battie is on and 18 to theé finish, Onone side is arrayed the democratic party in favor of a just taxation; on the other side its opponents, clamoriag for excessive and unjust taxation.” Some Little By-Play. In the course of his speech Mr. McMillin whas interrupted by Mr. Raines of New York with the suggestion that the state elections in New York had not been of a character to encourage vhe democratic party. Mr. McMillin retorted that the ex-speaker had on Mouday last referred to the triumph- ant march of truth, That march was em- hasized by the fact thatthe gentleman from Maine (Mr. Reed) no longer occupied the chair, but was relegated to the floor where ho could do nothing but curse and cry. [Laughter.] Tho city of the gentleman from Maine had goue democratic the otner day. [Applause. ] Mr. Roed, who was in the cloak room when his name was mentioned, strolled down one of the aisles, and us be did so made an apol- ogy that ho had not been present because he knew that the gontleman from Teanessee was speaking. [Laughter. | Mr. McMillin replied that he cared not what the gentleman's reason for being ab- sent was. At the olose v Mr. McMillin's speech he was the recipient of a maguificent cluster of red roses, and his democrutic colleagues hon- ored him with generous applause. Mr., Dingley Makes Reply, Mr. Dingley openod the debate on bebalt of the republican side in oppositiou Lo the democratic tariff bills. “1f the gentloman from Tennessee,” sald he, *‘represents in his speech and his recent North American Review article the views and purposes of the democratic party as to tariff Jegislation, and I have no doubt that he does, then the threo sporadic bills reported by the domocratic majority from the ways and means committee and now betore the senate, to enact a tariff reform before the democratic house containing 140 democratic majority, afford the most striking exhibition of letting ‘I dare not’ before a presidential election wait on ‘I would’ after the election, that it has ever been my fortune to observe in the political history of this country, Tho gontleman trom Tennessee oondemns the McKiunley tariff euacted by the republican party and presenting & complete plan of pro- tection, and condemns all protective duties as class legislation, ‘robbery,’ a ‘wall of fire' to destroy foreign trade and a measure which 1s bringing ruln on the country, And he announces—just @s he and his democratic assoclates did before the election of 1800, at the time the new tariff was framed--that the wission of the democratic paruy is tn swoep every line and word of the unholy tariff from the statute books and substitute @ measure of ‘tariff reform,’ from which shall be elim- inated all ‘class legislation,’ ail ‘robbery,’ all ‘protection,’ . Awalting the Redemption of Pledges, *“Phe voters who were doceived and por- suaded to accept democratic promises in New England that the democratic scheme of tariff reform looked to the reliof of macufacturers suffering for want of free coul, iron ore ana free pig irou, with a sly iotimation that the manufactured artioles would be undisturbed, are anxiously awaiting the redemption of these pledgos by this democratic bouse. “The voters in West Virgini, Virginia and other coal snd irou producing states, who were told that tho democratic plan of tariff reform would leave iron ore and pig iron undisturbed and severely cut the dutios on eastern manufactured . products, are be- giuning o ask for the redemption of pledges made to them, and those western sud south- orn farmers whose votes were captured by the assurance that the democratic plan of taviff contemplated & goneral overwurn of the McKinley tariff are bocoming uneasy at the nonfultiliment of the pledges made to them, “In this situation, with the republican policy fully and clearly set forth in the exis ing law, with the reprasentative of the great democratic majority in this bouse ra- peating bis old denuuciatiors of the enorm- ities of +the McKiuley tariff, what do the democratlc majority of the ways and means committee propose as the demooratic plan of tariff reform{ Scheme of Dew ratio Reform, “First, 10 place binding twine on the free list. “Socond, to place on the free List baling for cotton hoop iron when manufactured into cotton ties and all machivery for the wmanu- ture of cotlon baggiug. ‘Third, to place on the free list the farm- ers’ wool and abolish some of the duty on cloth, which is for the beuefit of the farer, and to leave 8u average ad valorem duty of 39 per cent o protect the manufacturer.” Mr. Diagley dofeuded tue Metluley wot | oloquently and at length and argued that these bills proposed by the demooratio mem- bers of the ways and means committee could result in nothing but injury to the farmer. Contffiuing, Mr. Dingloy said: “Every evil_prediotion relating to the McKinley tarift has beon disproved by the march of evonts, Kvery prediction of its bonefits has been mdde good. Protection is more th justified. The polioy which b much to make this country the largest manu- facturing, the largest mining and the most Drosperous country on the face of the earth is here to stuy.” [Great applause, | Bofore the conclusion of Mr. Dingley’s speech the committee rose and tha house ad- Journed. The dobate will bs resumed tomorrow and continued for five or six weoks with ocoa- sional interruptions of two or three days for the silver bill and appropriation ill. N THESE TE. Bill to Farther ense the Navy—A Spe eform. ing Wasnixaroy, 1. C,, March 9.—Mr. from the naval committee, reported back his bill to further increase the naval department. It was, he said, for the construction of battle Hale, ships, coast defenses, gunboats and eight first-class torpedo bouts. He roported 1t back with an amendment appro priating $300,000 for experimonts in the development of torpedaes and in the procurement of standard torpodoes, Mr, Squire moved to reconsider the vote by which the senate yosterday passed tho bill in relation to the "collection district of Puget Sound. The motion was entered. Wants Spelling Schoois Established. Amoug the bills intcoduced and referred was one with the following curious title, pre- sonted by Mr. Cullom (by request): ‘‘To test and try tho sclence of spelling and to provide for establishing 100 schools for that purpose; and to estaolish a spelling school in the World’s Columbian exposition to be held 1n Chicago in 1893, Senato bill appropriating $187.80 to com- peusate tho Indians of the Urow Croek reservation (to be added to their permanent fund) for loss sustained by them 1 receiving less land per capita in their diminished roservation than was received by other In- dians, was passed. The sennte joint resolution for the pay- ment to tho state of West Virginia of her share of the direct tax refund was takon up and Mr. Daniel offered as an amendment an additional section, 1ustructing the secretary of the treasury to accept the terms agreed upon by the committee of the Virginia bond holders as to the bonded debt of Virgiuia. After debate the joint resolution was made & special order for next Monday. The pure food bill was then aken up, and aftor tho adoption of severai slight amend- ments, it was passed without a division. After an executivo session of nearly three hours, the senate adjourned. Congressman Springer Kests Well, WasmixaToy, D. C., March 9.—Represent- ative Springer rested well after midnight and his condition this morning was reported about the same as yesterday. Wheel HasTiNGs, Neb. Bee.]—The Hastings League of American Wheelmen have taken the next state bicycle tournament in charge and have had it located in this city. The boys have been agituting this matter for somo time and now that the tournament is assured will sparo neither time nor money to make this the most suc- cessful meen ever held in Nebraska. The Hastings branch ot League of American Wheelmen has nearly 100 members and as this city has the best half mile track in the state it is probable that thoir brightest an- ticipations will be fulfilled. The time set is July 4. During the month of February farm mortgages on Adams county pm‘rsrtz' filed aggrogated §50,715 and those satisted §32,502. On_ city property. the. filings amounted to $4,630 and the releases $12,815, Interest in the treasury defalcation ocases has been in a stato of eclinse since the shoot- ing of Myron Van Ileet by Captain A. D. Yocum on Washington’s birthday. The case of Emanuel Fist, which was to come up this term of court, has been continued, and it is in the defendant’s afidavit for a continuance that the first insight into the plan of the de- fonse is gained. The defendant claims that H. Bostwick aund Frank Pearl of Secattle, Wash., respectively ex-president and payiug toller of the defunot City National bank, cannot appear at this term of court. By them the defenso expectsto prove that ail money drawn from the City National, amounting to over $60,000, was checked out Ly ex-Treasurer Charles H. Paul, Under the indictments prosented there is not much doubt in the minds of careful observers that both Treasurer Paul and Deputy Fist wili be acquitted. A citizens’ causus was held last night in the opera house to nominate a city ticket. The nominations made were: For mayor, C. C. Rittenhouse: for city treasurer, J. J. Evans,; for city clerk, W. W. Miles, and for mombers of the Board of Education, Jacob Bailey and J. N. Kerguson. Conncilmen from the various wards were also nominated, ‘I'he Yocum murder trial will probably ve- come one of the most celebrated criminal cases ip this country. The fact of the killing will not be denied, and the course parsued by the defense can only be conjectured, Emotional insavity, provoked by brooding over the scandal said to have been propa- gatod by Vun Fleet, the victim, may be urged, or exonerating circumstances. The best legal talent hus been engaged on both sides, and the battle promises to be keanly fought. It is somewhat doubtful if a jury can be ob- tained in this county, as nearly every com- petent juror has expressed or formed an opinion Wrecked by i Fly 0x Onr, Daxkora Ciry, Neb., March 9.—|Special ‘Polegram to Tur Bre.|—A freight train, pulled by engine No. 105, last night at 11:35 collided” with a flving Dox car, which the wind blew from Coburn Junction, five miles west of this place, The fireman and engineer jumped and escaped. The train of fifteen cars was all derailed and damaged except the caboose. The engine was totally demol- ished. The cars were loaded with household goods, merchandise and lumber. The wreck- ing train is no clearing away the debris. It will take three days to do the work. Itis the worst wreck on the St. Paul & Omaha road for years. Iho estimated damage is $120,000, “All trains use the sidetrack and communication is not cut off. oo tio: " Ginnoy, Neb, March 9.--|Special to Tur nuz.l ‘The indications are that the wheat crop in this county will be the largest that has ever been putout. Thereare calls from every quarter for farms to rent and to buy. Gibbon is the oldest town in Buffalo county, and in proportion to its size Is the most prosperous. 1t was settled somo time betore the eanstruction of the Uuion Pacific railroad. There is not a house in town that is not occupied or rented, v e of n Farmer Burned, en., March 9.—[Special Telo- ce.|-~The dwelling house of ix miles (rom this place, was burned late this afternoon. The furni: ture was destroyed and also 500 galions of wine which was stored in the cellar, The origin of the fire is unknown. The fumily ‘Was away at the tume. Reslden FAIRBURY, ol SN The Fira Rec Cmicaco, Til, March 'he six story building occupied priveinally by the Chicago Puste company, the American Fruit compa- ny, Costello & Co., chocolate manufacturers, and George Oborne, dealer in bides and wool, burned earis this morning. L.oss, §125,000, s Gone Iuto a Recelve ands, KxoxviiLe, Tenn., March e Choro kee Land company has gone into the hands of & receiver, with assets of $0,000 and habilities of less than $40,000. The assets aro much 10 excess of liabilities. The re- celversmp will be ouly temporary. e The Death Roll. DusLiy, March 9,—Sir Edwara Hudson Kenahan, head of the great firm of distillors in this ity sud high sheriff of Quosn's county, is dead. e rrer— NUMBER 265. SHOT IN COURT AT LINCOLN Police Judge Borget Punctured with Two Bullets from an Assassin's Revolver, DANGFPOYSLY HURT BUT MAY RECOVER o H 2 ned His Assallant & Dollar and % for Stealing n Shirt—Arrest He ¥ Ly gram [Special Tete- A dastardly attempt to assad = Acting Police Judgo Borget was made & ut 10 this morning by an old msa name +2 ier, a carpenter by trade, who has b ing at Greenwood until recently. Last Saturday Borgot fined Warner §1 and costa for the theft of a sbirt from pawn- broker. Warner took the maiter considera- bly to heart and has been talking in & throat- ening manuer over since. Today, while police court was in session, Warner entered the room and walking di- reotly up to Judge Borget's desk fired two shots in rapid succession before the by- standers could interfere. The first bullet struck the juage in the breast, just above the heart, but was turned aside by his watoh or some other hard substance. The second bul- let struck him in the forehead, just above the left oye aud glanced upward. Up to the present writing the bullet has not boen found and the exact ocondition of the judge caunot be determined. It is not believed, however, that his injuries will result fatally. ) l\\'ll"nnl‘ has been arrested and is now in ail. An examination of the bullet wound in the forehiead was made this afternoon. The bul- lot entered an inch above tne eye and frao- tured the skull. The coursc of the bullet was upward and it was extracted about three inches above the point of contect. The eye ball itself was also considerably injured by the shot, and tho services of an oculist wera necessary to pick out the grains of powder to saqe tho sight. Judge Borgelt's condition Is considered serious and he has been uncon scious most of the wfternoon. It is feal e(i that concussion of the brain will result from the injuries. Warner, the would-be murderer, is a well known character about the city. He has oeen arrested for minor offenses several times ana has long been in the havit of hang- ing around tho polico station and threatening diro vengeance upon the officers for the fan- ciea wrongs he has sutfered at their hands. After the shooting todav he was arrested with difficulty, and was rather roughly han- dlud.d 1t is belioved that his mind is unbal- anced. News Notes from Beatrloe, Nov., Marcn 9.—[Special to |—Senior Vice Commander N. W. Van Osdol of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic district, consisting of Gage, Pawues, Johnson, Jefferson and Richardson counties and known as the Southeastern district of Nebraska, has called the fourth nual re- union to meet at Pawnee City at 2 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, March 16. kach post in the district is eutitlad to three delogates. It is the intention to make the reunion one of the most interesting ever held in tho district. After many days of waiting the big pump for tho new water works plant has arrived and is now being placed in position.- It is & Smeadley compound duplex pump aud weighs over 12,000 pounds, and the maunufacturers clmim that it is one of the best ovor turned out by the company, It will be placed beside a Gaskill pumping engine, both of which are to be used in tho new building. and an ample opportunity will bo afforded to test the rela- tivo merits of the two pumps. It is thought that the machinery will be ready for tho capacity test of the wells about the 19th inst. Mrs. Haines’ restaurant on Court street, between Fourth and Third streets, was dam- aged by firo Lo the extent of §300 early this morning. An exploding lamp in the kitchen was the cause. Loss fuily covered by insur- ance. ‘The city council at a special meeting last night. appomnted Fravk Barday, sr.,an ex- Ym plumber, to measuro the capacizy of the >addock pasture wolls when the ofiicial test of the city water supply from that source shall be made. A committee of twenty citi- zens and faxpayers will ulso be apvointed to superintend and witness the test in behalf of the city. Clerk £hillips was last evening au- 1to udvertise for proposals for fur- & 82,000 candle power electriclights for lighting the streets of the city and for light- ing the city building and two water works plants, Nebraska Physicians Meet. Aunora, Neb., March 9.—(Special 1o T Bee)—-The Central Nobraska Modical soctety held a session in the Masonic Ll in tals city, beginning Tuesday evening as and was called to order by Dr. G. W. Shidler, president. The following namea mombers responded to roll call: Drs, G, W Shidler, D. Boswell, W. F. Reynolds. D. B Sedgwick, R. McConaughy and B. F. Fy of York: J. H. Dowaing, Waco; Brown, Bromfiel W, F w. Williamson, E. O, Line and H, A. Collins of Aurora, Mayor Shean being introduced to the asso clation by Dr. Gooden welcomed the visi- tors to the city in his usual happy vein, at the conclusion of which an adjournment was taken to the adjoinwg banquet hull for the urpose of doing justice to the roval repast urnished by the local medicos. At tho con- clusion of the banquet able papors wers read Brown, Reynolds, Gooden and , the subjects treated being dis- cussed generally by the sociely. The ses- sion was one Of the most interesting ever held by the assoclation. A vote of thanks was tendored the mayor, citizns, owners of the hall and the resident doctors for their recention and entertainment, The society at a late hour adjourned to meet at Y June 11, Dutour Disc Vernioke, Neb, March Tue Bre ‘The trial of A, was arrested in Omaha on Febraary 25 by the First Nationat bank of Creighton, charged with obtaining monoy under false pretenses,took place Monday night at Creigh- ton, before District Judge William V. Allen, Dufour was represented by Judgo Listelle of Omana and Charles Kamanskl of Verdigro. Nuinerous witnesses appeared for the prose- cution, but the case was submitted by the de- feuse without argument, aud without s sin. gle wituess being examined 1n its benalf. In his decision Judge Allen stated as follows: £0n cousideration it is found by tue court 1hat no erime has been committed as charged, or any otber crime for which the dofondant can be held, and heis aischarged without delay ana costs taxed to the »tate.” 9.—Special to H. Dufour, who Result of a Deal in B Hastixas, Neb., Maroh 9, gram to Tig Bes, |—The jury in the case of M. A. Hartigan against H. Bostwick, presls dent of the defunct City National bank after being out one-half hour returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff $1,565 damages. Bome time ago Hartigan bought stock of the City Natlonal bank of Bostwick to the amount 50 on the ropresentation that the bank n & highly prosperous condition, Not long after the bank failed. 'I'no receive by the government levied un all ASSCSS Hartigan sued Bostwick individually for the cnt of 100 per cent on stook value of the stock and the interest. The case was tried io the last terw of court aud the jury brought in compromise vordice. A new trial was granted sud this time full damages were awarded, AdJudged Insane, Guaxp IsLaxn, Neb., March 9. - Special to Tur Bee.)—Willlam Weston, jr., residiog near Doniphan, this county, was adjudecd iusane yesterday aud will be sent to the asy- luw for the lusaue at Linco'u v & fow days