The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1895. — - the public councils; to lower the tone of National tepresentation, biunt public con- science; create false standards in the popular mind; to familierize it with reliance upon state aid and guardianshipin private affairs; divoree ethics from politics and place politics upon the low level of a mercenary scramble than any other single cause. Step by and lergely owing to the con- fusion of civic strife, it has succeeded in ob- taining control of the sovereign power of taxa- tion, never hesitating at any 'alliance or to e: mbination that promised to 3 the public tax- true jurisdiction and fune- tion of creating revenue for the support of the ole people into an engine for a selfish pri- vate profit of & crowd of benefictaries and com- binations called trusts. Under its dictation individual enterprise and independence have been oppressed and the energy of discovery and invention debilitated and discouraged. It has unhesitatingly allied itself with every policy which tended to ~ommercial isolation, dangerously depleted the treasury and sapped the popular conscience by schemes of corrupt- ing favor rgesse to special classes whose support was thereby attracted. Thus it has done much to throw legislation into the po- litical market, where jobbers and choppers took the place of statesmen. It was incorrect to speak of protection asa r that it could never be, be- d be other than the foster- ial interests expense of the rest, and thus overthrow the great principle of cquslity before the law and that resultant sense of justice and equity in the administra sovereign powers which was the sense : tranquillity and human content- ecblement of individual ener- entof many seli-reliances s olved, and the belief in us power of the state and a reliance 1 took the place of individual exer- tered the growth of state socialism, and personal liberty ceased to be the great end oi the Government, and WiEREAS, Such reflection on the people of the United States in & foreign country and be- audience is manifestly in serious ties and obligations served by an official repre- | ited States abroad and cal- | to injure our National reputation ; be it vy the House of Representatives, nittee on Foreign Affairs be ai- u whether such statements d made, and if so to report to | the House such action by impeachment or oth- erwise as shall be proper in the premises. For the purpose of inquiry the committee is au- rsons and papers. ece 1y Crisp (D.) of Georgia madea point of or- der ag t the resolution that it did not present a question of privilege. Speaker Reed overruied the point of or- der, and Barrett explained his resolution and severely arraigned Mr. Bayard for his | criticism of the system of protection. | Crisp defended Bayard and reviewed the | history of the McKinley and Wilson tariff | upholding the latter and condemn- | the former. He did not think the | e from Massachusetts was serious poS ,but thought that he hed to air his views on protec- | the speech of Bayard he d no doubt it was a clear and able argu- ment against the doctrine of protection and he acquitted him of any charge of im- | propriety. Ii they (the Republicans) ed 10 impeach Bayard they must also can peo- | | -] of Massachusetts thought | y was the place for Bayard to | te bis views on such subjects. | ley (R.) of Maine thought that | ad entirely avoided the question | nd had endeavored to befog it | p the question of protection | he McKinley bill or the | He asked Crisp if he would approve the language of Bayard if he to- | morrow should attack in public the advo- i cates of free silver and denounce them in unmeasured terms as being destructive of the busin i s or the country. Dingley alsoas! gentleman whether he believed that an Embassador of all the people of the United States had the right to go on a foreign platform and denounce | a half or more of the people of the United | States. “Well,” Crisp began to answer in a hesi- | “I—" [A pause filled with | the Republicans.] “I” . “I am not a diplomatist know anything about inter- national law, but it seems to me that any citizen of United States, no matter in what capacity, has the right to give his honest conviction on any economic ques- tion.” [Applause on the Democratic side.] | Dingley—Has an Embassador of the| whole people of the United States that | right on a foreign platform? ~He should always speak the | -1 must say that I am surprised gentleman irom Georgia would | approve the conduct of a United States Embassador going on a public platform in London and making such a speech. If a ister had gone on a platform | there and denounced the people who favor the free coinage of silver at the ratio of | en to one, the indignation of the gen- | tleman from Georgia, I am sure, would | have been at once aroused and he would have seen the impropriety of such con- duc Crisp—I ask the gentleman from Maine whether he believes that the language cited in the resolution furnished good | ground for the impeachment of Bayard. Dingley—I am not arguing that ques- tion. [Derisive laughter from the Demo- cratic side.] But I may say that, in my personal judgment of this matter, it is a case in which, perbaps, impeachment may not be the proper remedy. But this House, representing the American people, should condemn the action on the part of its Em- bassador to England. [Republican ap- plause.] Cummings (D.) of New York said he could not say whether the resolution had been offered under false pretenses or not, but he congratulated himself on knowing that it was based on the newspaper report of a speech; that it was brought before the House by the editor of a newspaper, was backed by the editor of another news- paper printed in Boston, and that it was backed up a second time by the editor of the Lewiston Journal. Tttherefore seemed manifestly fitting that a newspaper writer on the Democratic side of the House (meaning himself) ought to have some- thing to say on the subject. He congratu- lated the correspondentsin the gallery that the press was at last speaking for itself on the floor of the House. |Laughter.] He bad no particular liking for the United States Embassador to England. He had not forgotten that Bayard had not done what he should have done toward the re- lease of Irish prisoners, citizens of the United States who were unjustly incarcer- ated in English prisons. He had not for- gotten that Bayard wasa welcome guest in the house of the English aristocracy, and was but rarely invited to a Liberal ban- quet, but at the same time he should be treated with justice by even the Republi- can members of the House. What had been read from Bayard’s remarks resem- bled very much what had been read from executive documents, and Bayard had only been reiterating that which the Presi- dent of the United States had repeatedly declared in his messages and in his letters to Congress. 1f the United States Embas- sador at London ought to Le impeached - for expressing such sentiments, then the President of the United States ought to be impeached. If the resolution was not offered under false pretenses, why did not | the gentleman from Massachusetts bring in a resolution impeaching the President? “Go to the fountainhead, gentlemen,” Cummings exclaimed. “You have.been taking it here for nearly eight years from the President and not a whisper have we heard of impeachment. But the instant that a United States Embassador in a for- eign country repeats the same sentiments there is a hue and cry for impeachment. There is nothing in it, gentlemen. Itis only opening the tariff debate a§ the pres- ent session of Congress.” McCreary (D.) of Kentucky, the chair- man of the last Committee on Foreign Affairs, said that when Congress assembled it was confronted with grave responsibili- ties and the people had Hoped that there would be legislation to ameliorate existing difficulties, but now, even when the com- mittees had not been completed, the first step taken by the Republicans was to bring in a resolution for the im- peachment of an American Embassador simply_ in order that a few gentlemen might air their rhetoric and present to the country their views on the protective tariff. The resolution is a miserable ex- cuse for a debate on a subject which Rep- resentatives seem to be afraid to bring up in the regular style. Bayard has spoken nothing but the simple truth, and there is nothing in what he said that will justify impeachment, Barrett called on Hitt (R.) of Illinois, formerly identified with the State Depart- ment, to sey what the instructions to diplomatic and consular officers were. Hits stated substantially that diplomatic officers abroad were especiaily cautioned to use the greatest reserve in all their pub- lic utterances; not to allude in their public speeches to any dispute between the United States and any other Government, and, better still, to avoid public speeches whenever that could be done. Cannon (R.) of Illincis thought that the resolution should be referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs. He doubted that Bayard oughu to be impeached—as a matter of policy. If Bayard made the re- marks attributed to him and if the Presi- dent of the United States did not recall him promptly, it was the duty of the American House of Representatives, in an orderly manner, to express its disap- proval of such action by words of censure. Johnson (R.) of Indiana commented sar- castically on Cummings challenging the veracity of his chosen profession. The moment, he added, that an American Minister placed his feet on a trans-At- lantic steamer he should see things with an American eye and should stand as the representative of the great overwhelming sentiment of the American people. For an Embassador to open his mouth in dis- paragement of the institutions of his country was a gross umpropriety; not only a breach of official etiquette, but a wrong vhich would call upon him the condemna- tion of his whole country. Grow (R.) of Pennsylyania recalled the incident when, during the Civil War, an English gentleman, talking with Charles Francis Adams, the American Minister to London, made a remark as to the Confed- erates fighting well, to which Adams made the felicitous reply, “They are my coun- trymen.”” Barrett closed the debate in a speech in which he declared it to be his purpose to secure if possible “the recall of the man who has put himself on record in a way to humiliate and disgrace the proudest peo- ple in the world.” [Applause.] He criti- cized the President for being absent when an important communication was re- eived from the British Government on the subject of Venezuela. That commun- ication, he szid, was now lying on some table—he knew not where—waiting until the season of duck-shooting on the North Carolina coast was over, On motion of Cannon (R.) of Illinois the words ‘‘by impeachment or otherwise” were struck out of the resolution. Crisp’s motion to refer the resolution to the Committee on Judiciary was rejected —ayes 80, noes 206. Crisp asked a vote by ayes and noes and it was taken, resulting—ayes 90, noes 207. The question recurred to the following amendment to the resolution proposed by Barrett and it was adopted : And whereas, in a public speech delivered at Bosten, England, on the 2d day of August, 1895, the said Bayard is reported by the press of this country to have said, “The President stands in the midst of a strong, self-confident and oftentime violent people—men wha desire | to have their own way and who need to have that way frequently obstructed; and I tell you plainly that it takes a real man to govern the people of the United States.” Cannon’s amendment to strike out the words “by impeachment or otherwise’’ was agreed to, and the resolution as thus amended was adopted without a division. A number of Democrats were observed to vote aye and but few noes were heard. The Speaker stated that by consent the preamble to the resolution would be con- sidered witbdrawn. At 3:35 o’clock the House adjourned until Thursday. FEDERATION OF LABOR, Secretary Carlisle Denounced for Violating the Eight-Hour Law. President Cleveland Requested to Pre- fer Charges Against the Head of the Treasury Department. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 10.—The sec- ond day’s session of of the American Fed- eration of Labor began at 9:30 oclock this morning. President John McBride pre- sided. Mrs. Eva McDonald-Valosh of Minne- apolis addressed the meeting. Numerous netices of resolutions were read and re- ferred to the committees. The session was enlivened soon after the proceedings began by the introduction of a resolution, which was adopted, denounc- ing Secretary Carlisle for alleged viola- tions of the eight-hour law in the Treas- ury Department and requesting President Cleveland to prefer charges against him. A number of resolutions were handed in at the afternoon session, being one offered by Omabha, viz.: Resolved, That we favor the immediate free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, without the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. A resolution having for its object the indorsement by the Federation of the effort of the International Union of Horse- shoers to secure a nime-hour workday was approved. —_—— To Promote Church Schools. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 10.—At the call of the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman, rector of All Angels Parish, about fifty of the Protestant Episcopal clergy and edun- cators met at Dr. Hoffman’s residence, in West Seventy -second street, yesterday and formed an organization whose obiecl. 1s in- dicated by its name—"The association for promoting church schools, colleges and seminaries in the Unit States.”” Dr. Hoffman was elected president. The asso- ciation’s work will be devoted to the ‘’uni- fication and promotion of the interssts of the educational institutions of the church.” among them F. A. Kennedy of DOCTRINE OF MONROE. Senator Cullom Declares That It Is Time to Maintain It. REQUESTS NOT]|ENOUGH, This Country Should Take a Stronger Stand in Preventing Encroachments. POLICY OF THE AMERICANS. \ If Let Alone Great Britain Will Fnally Dominate the Venezuelan Republic. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10.—The Senate was in session for nearly two hours to-day, balf of that time being occupied by Cullom (R.) of Illinois in a speech in advocacy of the clearest assertion and most strenuous maintenance of the Mon- roe doctrine. The resolution on which he spoke was then referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Petitions and resolutions were presented and referred: For the settlement by arbi- tration of controversies between railroad companies and their employes; for pro- tection for the American wool-growing in- terests; for the vprevention of ‘“‘colored lynchings” in the South; for the suspen- sion of the removal of “intruders’ irom the-Cherokee Strip; for abolition of tribal occupation of lands by Indians: and for the suppression of cruelties upon and massacre of Armeanian subjects in Turkey. A resolution of the Minnesota Legis] | ture in favor of the Olney arbitration bill | for the prompt settlement of all contro- versies between railroad companies and their employes was presented by Nelson (R.) of Minnesota and referred to the Ju- diciary Committee. A memorial from the wool-growers of the United States asking protective legisla~ tion for the sheep industry was presented by Sherman (R.) of Ohio and referred to the Committee on Finance. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts presented a memorial of six clubs of colored men in Massachusetts for legislation to prevent lynching of colored people in the South. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Sherman (R.) of Ohio introduced (by re- quest) a bill to aid in regulating the cur; rency and it was referred to the Finance Committee. 1t provides for long term 3 per cent bonds for the retirement of all de- mand notes of the United States. Jones (D.) of Arkansas introduced 3 joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to suspend the removal of “intruaers” from the Cherokee country (not strip) until furtheraction of Congress. After objection the joint resolution was passed. Platt (R.)of Connecticut offered a reso- lution declaring that the United States is no longer legally or morally obliged to guarantee or permit Indian tribal govern- ment in the Inalan Territory. It was laid on the table. Call (D.) of Florida offered an Armenian resolution and it was laid on the table. Cullom (R.) of Illinois then proceeded to address the Senate on the Monroe doc- trine. The Government, he said, could not afford to permit any uncertain or equivo- cal construction to be possible on so im- portant a subject. The Monroe doctrine is the motto which should be indelibly en- graved upon the portals of the Depart- ment of State. : Instead ot remaining as an edict of the executive, it should bear the definite ap- proval of Congress and become a fixed permanent ordinance, giving notice to all the world that the United States will not view with favor the erection of any more European colonies on these continents nor any extension of the European political system upon this hemisphere, nor any European interposition in the affairs of the Spanish-American republics. Cullom continued : “In my judgment the time has come ‘when the Nation should put th e question beyond cavil; the time hascome when the Nation, by its Congress, should declare the doctrine which has been so often declared by its chief executive and other represen- tative men; the time has come when more positive language should be used than the old and oft-repeated declaration that *this Government cannot view with inaifference attempts of European Governments to colonize either in North, South or Central America.’ “The Nation has dallied with diplomacy long enough and without much effect. Great Britain has been disregarding polite requests, protests, arguments and sugges- tions that we cannot ‘look with indiffer- ence’ upon her policy to rgach out farther until she, if let alone, will'finally dominate Venezuela. The time has come for a plain, positive declaration of the Monroe doctrine by Congress, and then, if necgs- sary, plain, vositive enforcement of it against all comers. “What authority entities European na- tions to such a colonial foothold on our borders? They have planted their flags on all the scattering lands and in nearly every spot on earth where they could monopolize trade or control the strategic advances of location for their own interests. “But 1t is our duty to be aiways ready to meet any and all attempts they may make to approach unpleasantly near the estab- lished danger line. Our policy is the American policy. our doctrine is the pro- tection of American interests and our mottois America for Americans.”’ The delivery of Cullom’s speech occu- pied an hour and at its conclusion his resolution heretofore offered and reported was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Squire introduced a bill relating to the personnel of the navy and made a few re- marks explanatory thereof. At 1:50 on motion of Cockrell the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. e ULSTER’S EARLY HISTORY. Intevesting Historical Pageant Held by Seven Hundred Descendants. KINGSTON, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Nearly 700 descendants of those who were conspicu- ous in the early history of Ulster County and the State are taking part in a histori- cal pageant being held this week at the Kingston Opera-house. The first of the series was given last night. The scenes to be presented are the signing of the treaty between Governor Stuyvesant and the Indiwns, the installation of the first m‘%m— trates, the surrender of Wiltwyck to the ‘English, a wedding in 1676, the inaugura- tion of Governor Clinton, the burning of Kingston by the British, General Wash- ington’s reception at Hurley and several others. The entertainment is unaer the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The proceeds of the pageant will be donated to the founding of a public library. ———— TAKING A LONG SLEEP. Doctors Fail to Arouse a Young Pennsyl- vania Woman. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 10.—Miss Barton, a 20-year-old girl of Center More- land, Wyoming County, went to sleep at 9 o’clock on the evening of November 27 and she has remained asleep ever since. A number of doctors have tried without suc- cess to arouse her. The girl sleeps as sweetly and calmty to-day as when she was first called on the morning of Novem- ber 28. The physicians say that except for the attack of insomnia she is in the best of health. Her pulse is below the normal, but stem?y and strong. Her color remains good, and she shows no sign of ill health. The nourishment, taken twice a day, is poured into her mouth a spoonful ata tirse. 1tis brandy and milk, beef tea and other liquid foods. She has-become some- what thinner, and this is causing her par- ents considerable alarm, as they fear she will waste away and die. el T POISONED A WHOLE FAMILY. Rough on Rats Put in Food by a Young Negro Girl. INDIANAPOQLIS, Ixp., Dec. 10.—Mattie Goatley, a colored girl only 12 years old, tried to poison the family where she made her home. This morning she put a big dose of Rough on Rats in the coffee. Elias Robinson, Kddie Teetus and Mrs. Miranda Teetus, all colored, drank the coffee, and were at once seized with vio- lent cramps and became extremely ill. A doctor was sent for, and be administered the necessary remedies. Robinson and Mrs, Teetus had taken but little of the coffee before they had been made sick, and they responded promptly to treatment. Eddie Teetus had, how- ever, partaken very freely of the poisoned drink, and his case was more serious than the others. It was several hours be- fore the doctor pronounced him out of danger. ey MASSACHUSETTS ELECTIONS. Democrats Elect Their Candidates for Mayor in Boston. BOSTON, Mass,, Dec. 10.—Eleven muni- cipal elections occurred in various parts of the State to-day. In nearly all instances a heavy vote was cast. In Boston a hot contest had been waged between partisans of Josiah Quincy, the Democratic nominee for Mayor, and Edwin U. Curtis, the Republican incum- bent, and the result is that Boston again falls pack into the line of Democratic cities by a plurality of about 4500 for Quincy, against a plurality of 2057 for Curtis in 1894. The following towns voted no license: Cambridge, Salem, Lynn, Medford, Bev- erly and Everett. ATTACKED THE BUDGET, Herr -Richter Created Quite a Furor in the German Reichstag. Afraid That America Will Retaliate if the Bounty on Sugar Is Increased. BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 10.—Herr Richter, Radical, made a violent attack on the budget in the Reichstag to-day, and was especially severzin his criticisms of the dezymnds of the Government for colo- nial plrposes and the frequency with which expeditions for colonial aggrandize- ment, costing large sums of money, were organized. He then called attention to the new sugar law, which,-he said, meant 50,000,000 marks increased burden to the German na- tion. He felt convinced that the Govern- ment sugar measures were not directed against America, and expressed his ap- proval of the statement made by Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday, concerning the tariff situation between Germany and the United States. “But,” he said, “if Germany should in- crease the bounty on sugar America may increase the surtax. Therefore abolish the bounty, avoid the surtax and give the nation cheaper sugar.” Enneccerus, National Liberal, who sits for Oldenburg, demanded that care be taken that the friendly relations with the Unrited States be maintained.' oo gn AT THE LEPER SETTLEMENT. Kate Field Had a Rough Experience During the Foyage. HONOLULU, Hawarr, Dec. 2 (via Vie- toria, B. C., Dec. 10).—Miss Kate Field had a severe experience in visiting the leper settlement on the 30th, in company with the Board of Health and guests. The steamer Kinau landed them early, but in the afternoon was unable to take them on account of an unusual sea breaking in. The sea continued the next morning. The party crossed the island twelve mules, t he steamer going around fifty miles to meet them. Through anxiety at their prolonged absence the steamer Mikahala was sent in search of them. The two boats reached Honolulu in company Sunday evening. On Thanksgiving day the Government released seven political prisoners, five na- tives and two whites—Walker and Rick- ard. Those remaining in prison are: Gu- lick, Beward, Bowler, Bob Wilcox, Bipi- kane and John Wise. Public sentiment appears to favor an early release of all. 'hanksgiving morning witnessed the largest and best-drilled military display ever seen in Honolulu, over five hundred volunteers parading. e THE VENEZUELAN DISPUTE, President What He Crespo Outlines Intends to Do. LONDON, Exg., Dec. 10.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Caracas saying that in an interview Presi- dent Crespo declined to discuss the note sent to the Venezuelan Government by Lord Salisbury. The President did say, however, that he understood that the demand made by Grea t Britain in connection with the at- tack made upon the British police was dis- tinct from the boundary question. The Venezuelan officer who was responsi- ble for the attack would be punished for exceeding his duty, and the Englishmen would be compensated. He could see no reason that Great Britain should intervene in a matter that concerned Venezuela and British Guiana alone. —_—— THE SULTAN YIELDS. Extra Guardships May Proceed to Con- stantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Dec. 10.— The Sultan has issued an irade permit- ting the extra guardships demanded b; the powers to come to Constantinople an thus after many delays and much dip- lomacy the vexatious question is, it is hoped, finally settled. paabe 92 SRR ZLord Dunraven Coming. LONDON, Exq., Dec. 10.—Lord Dun- raven will sall from Liverpool for New York to-morrow on the Germanis. ladistisyeer e sis The Bimetallio Conférence, P'ARIS. Francz, Deo. wflha Mntfllfi:h conference opened hers 8y, eX-. 1] Winistes Loupat prostaing, FOR SIKTY MILLIONS Sale at Auction of the Vast System of the Santa Fe Road. ONLY ONE BID RECEIVED. Edward King, Charles C. Beaman and Victor Morawetz the : Purchasers. PLANS OF THE REORGANIZERS. AnIntervening Petition, However, Filed on Behalf of the Minority Interest. TOPEKA, Kaxs, Dec. 10.— Probably 1000 people were assembled in front of the Topeka passenger station of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at 2 o’clock this afternoon,when J. B. Johnson, special master in chancery, appeared to sell at auction the company’s vast system of rail- ‘roads, pursuant to the decree of the United States Circuit Court of August 27 last. The notice of sale began with a state- ment of the incidents leading up to it and the various decrees of the court and the amount now due, $140,727,549 07. Johnson then read in detail the proper- ties listed for sale, the total sum of 470 8-11 miles of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe property, extending from the Missouri River at Atchison to the Colorado line, and all the appurienances thereto belong- ing necessary to operate it; shares of capi- tal stock of other companies held by the Santa Fe, bonds of other companies held by it, in all covering every mile of railroad or vestige of stock, bonds or other prop- erty held by the Santa Fe Company, the whole making up the entire Santa Fe sys- tem of 9343 miles. He then, still reading this notice of sale, announced that no bid woula be en- tertained without a previous deposit as an evidence of good faith of the bidder of $100,000 in money or certified check, or a quarter million dollars of the general mortgage bonds of the company; that no bid for less than $10,000,000 would be ac- cepted, and that after the sale the suc- cessful bidder would be required to deposit subject to the order of the special master half a million dollars in money or certified check as part payment on the purchase and as a pledge that the buyer would make good his bid. Then followed other con- ditions of sale and confirmation of sale. Then the special master quietly and without any more flourish than if he were about to selt b town lot to satisfy a “boom mortgage’ asked for the millionaires or their representatives who stood before him 1o make an offer. Johnson was not equal to the task of reading the notice of sale throughout. In twelve minutes his voice failed and he turned the paper over to W. H. Rossington, who read eight min- utes and then was relieved by another, and so on until the reading was con- cluded. At 2:30 o’clock the reading of the notice was concluded, and attorneys represent- ing the minority of the bondholders of the St. Louis and San Francisco system and of $503,000 of the Chicago, Santa Fe and California bonds read a protest against the sale of the property. This done, Jchnson said that in pursu- ance of the notice of sale just read he offered the property to the highest bid der. “What am I offered?”’ the auctioneer asked. «] offer $60,000,000,” said Edward King in a low voice. “Do I hear any more bids?" cried John- son. “Qnce, twice—the last call. The prop- erty is sold to Edward King, Charles C. Beaman and Victor Morawetz."” This ended the greatest auction sale ever known, and the crowd dispersed to the Federal building, where Judge Caldwell held a session of court to confirm the sale. An intervening petition was filed to-day on behalf of the minority interest of the St. Louis and San Francisco system in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe re- ceivership case, praying for an account- in'g between the Santa Fe and the St. Louis and San Francisco companies. In the language of a Santa Fe official, “it is the same old fight in a new form,” and it will not interfere with the proposed re- organization of the Santa Fe system. It is filed now presumably before the .re- ceivers let go of the Santa Fe, so as to save the litigants any fights which the courts may later on decree that they possess. The articles of incorporation author- izing the reorganized company to do busi- ness have not been filed yet, and Aldace F. Walker, who is to be chairman of the executive committee of the new company, says they will not be till Thursday fore- noon. The charter will be taken out under the laws of the State of Kansas, a special enactment relative to preferred stock having been passed by the Legis- lature last winter to meet the necessities of the Santa Fe reorganization. ‘While official information is withheld, it is stated upon the authority of a Santa Fe man who is in a position to know, that the old name of the company will be retained. There will be a couple of changes, but none that will affect the popular name “Santa Fe,” by which the system is known in the West, or “‘Atchison,” by which it is known in the East. The pres- ent title is ‘‘Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company.” The new title will be “The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.” The word “The” and the date of the assembling of the next National Convention. At a meeting of the executive committee which ‘followed the meeting of the National Committee it was decided to as- sume the present indebtedness of the National League of Clubs. At this meet- ing of the executive committee; which in- cluded also the members added, the duty of making all the arrangements for the convention was devolved upon a sub-com- mittee, consisting of Manley of Maine, chairman; Hahn of Ohio, secretary; Car- ter of Montana, Clarkson of Towa, Clay- ton of Arkansas, Kerens of Missouri and Campbell of Illinois. The committee then adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. is'put in the new title because since the original charter was granted the Legisla- ture has made an enactment requiring that word to be a prefix in the titles of all corporations, It is not given out either officially or unofficially what amonnt the capital stock will be fixed at. Before the owners of the property couid agree on the title of the new organization thére was a heated discussion. Some wanted to drop any semblance of the old name and accept something new, but this was opposed for business reasons. They could not afford to drop the word ““Atchi- son,” for by that name the company's stocks and bonds were known in the mar- ket. To drop the words ‘‘Santa Fe'’ was equally objectionable, as that had become the company’s trade-nfark the world over. To drop “Topeka’” would have been offen- sive to the people of the Kansas capital and might have caused political trouble for the company, so it was decided to ac- cept George Peck’s suggestion, and the name, “The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company,’’ was adopted. CONVENTION STORY. [Continued from First Page.] PACIFIC CABLE COMPANY. Incorporated at Albany With One Hun- dred Million Dollars Capital. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 10.—The Pacific Cable Company was incorporated this afternoon, with a capital of $100,000,000, to run its own or leased wires from New Yo to California, thence under the Pacific Ocean to Japan, touching Hawaii and other islands on the way; thence to the continent of Asia and islands adjacent thereto, including the islands of Austral- asia. The directors are Edmund L. Ba less, H. L. Leroy, C. D. Wetmore, G. A, Mills, Montelair, N. J.: J. M. Robertson and W. H. T. Hughes of New York, and F. H. Allen, Pelham Manor. i The Campbell May Be Safe. L DULUTH, Mixx., Dec. 10.—There s still a possibility that the tug Pearl B. Camp- bell, reported lost off Huron Island, may be safe. This aiternoon Captain B. B. In- man received a letter from Captain Rat- tray of the tug Castle. Itshows that the men on the Castle did not see the Camp- bell go down, but they think she must have gone down because they had sucha hard time in saving themselves. ————— Governor of Kentucky. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 10.—Colonel 'W.D. Bradley, the first Republican elected Governor of Kentucky, was inaugurated with great ceremony at noon to-day. audience, which was entirely Republican, was delighted. Mr. Warner next announced that the California delegation had come to pay their respects. George A. Knight of San Francisco was at once hurried to the front and called upon fora few remarks. He made a good-natured, jocular speech and assured his St. Louis friends that it was good policy to locate the convention in Missouri. California, he said, was big enough for an _empire and fair enough for an Eden. “We have shared,” said he, “inthe bene- fits of protection. We have been protected from your vices and incidentally from your virtues.” Short speeches were also made by Mr. Kerens of Missouri, Messrs. Osborne, Rader and Freidrich of California; ex- Senator Clayton of Arkansas, Senator Elkins of West Virginia and Congressmen Jones and Bartholdt of Missouri, in the order named. In addition to the balloting for the loca- tion of the convention the committee also transacted in executive session some un- finished and some new business, which is herewith briefly summarized : The first matter disposed of was the resolution of Mr. Payne to change the basis of representation in the convention, seconded by Mr. Habn of Ohio. Mr. Ewing, wino held Mr. Payne’s proxy, that gentleman being now in Europe, stated that he was authorized by his principal to withdraw the proposition, and by unani- mous consent ‘it was agreed that this should be done. On motion of Mr. Lamb of Virginia the date of the National Convention was fixed for Tuesday, June 16, . Then came the balloting for the locatio: of the convention, which was conducted amid considerable excitement. Theroll of States and Territories was called and the member from each announced his prefer- ence. Before the result of the final ballot was announced Mr. de Young of Celifornia moved to make the selection of St. Louis nnanimous. The motion was seconded by Mr. Campbell of Illinois and Mr. Martin of Pennsylvania and was of course adopted. The usual committee empowered to make all arrangements for the. convention was then appointed, consisting of the executive committee and the following additional members: Evans of Minnesota, Lamb of Virginia, Brayton of South Caro- lina, Clayton of Arkansas, Scott of West Virginia, Huston of Indiana, Long of Florida and Leland of Kansas. Several matters in connection with the preliminaries of the convention and the election of delegates were suggested and discussed without action, further than to come to a general understanding as to the meaning of the convention rules regarding them. It was the understanding that delegates must be chosen in the same manner as candidates for Congress; also that no restriction would be placed upon districts as to the time when delegates may be chosen between the date of issuing the call and thirty days prior to the meeting of the convention. The question of increasing the represen- tation in the convention of the Territories was presented in line with the action which gave New Mexico and South Dakota six delegates for the last convention. The followiag resolution offered by Mr. Carey of Wyoming was adopted as a substitute for several susgestions: Resolved, That in addition to the representa- tion now ‘authorized by the rules of the Na- tional Convention for the Territories of Utah, New Mexico, Oklashoma and Arizona the com- mittee advises each ot said Territories to elect four delegates, and the admission of such addi- tional delegates to the convention is hereby recommended. Mrs, J. Ellen Foster was invited, on motion of General Clarkson, who spoke of her as “the best Republican in the United States,”” to address the committee. She urged upon the members the necessity of encouraging and extending among women the work in behalf of Republican prin- ciples. Asan evidence of its importance she mentioned that had it not been for the votes of the women in Colorado Wolcott would not have been returned to his seat in the Senate. The only protection document circulated under Congressional frank since the present administration came into power, Mrs. Foster said, was the report of the hearing of sixteen working women which she had brought to this city before the Senate Committee on Finance. Woman suffrage, she said, was a coming fact, and the Re- publicans would be wise if they made love to them before their political affections were engaged elsewhere. George Crist, financial agent of the NO TRUTH IN THE STORTY. Gorman Will Be a Candidate for Re- election to the Senate. 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