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o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER £8, 1895. of long and short bonds Dingley expressed the opirion that a 3 per cent bond ypuid he taken by the peovole of this c¥intry with great avidity. In conclusion he s the bill had nothing to do with the silver | question. It presented simply the propo- sition that it was better and wiser to issue 3 per cent bonds than those of a higher rate of interest and it contemplated a re- turn to the conditions obtaining from | 1879 to 1893, during which period the country enjoved a high degree of pros- yerity. (Applause.) Dingley was followed by Turner (D.) of | Geor , in opposition to the biill. Turner challenged the statement that the bill would require the Treasury Department | to open two accounts of the proceeds of | the sales of the oblizati ons provided for. Nothing of the kind was suggested, he said, and it contained nothing to prevent the T urer from using the proceeds of these sales for any lawful purpose to which he could devote them. The unfor- tunate division in both parties respecting the financial system of the country, Tur- ner said, had done much to postpone and prevent a settiement of the question ona 1d basis. The benefits of such a settle- ment, he declared, would not be confined to this country, but would extend to all , by the declaration of a sound doctrine as the policy of the United The discussion was continued by Gros- venor (R.) of Ohio, who said that his sup- port of the bill was influenced by the con- ditions that had preceded its introduction. Hesaid the action of Democratic officials had brought about the necessity for its rassage. Inthis connection he delivered | a philippic against Secretary Morton, who, he declared, bad dared to violate the law as viciously as any mob had ever dared to do. “The regular troops,’ he said, “were .d out to put down Debs and his a: ciates in Chicago, and yet they had vio- lated the law no more than had the Secre- f Agriculture wher he refused to rry into effect the appropriations made by Congress for his department.” He wou!d support the bill even if its effect was to rescue a Democratic adminis- tration from shame and disgrace, “for un- derneath it lies my country, the country ich the Republican party bas saved in war and saved in peace.” [Applause ““You can trace disaster from that hour | _ T sponse to their demands, and a deaf ear you can trace the track of a cyclone, the declaration of Patterson (D.) of Tennessee. in beginning his speech against | the bill. He w. alking of the passage of the silver-purchase act of 1890. In the fiscal year preceding that date, he said, . cent of the customs dues collected in New York were paid in gold. In the next year, 1891, the gold payments feil off per cent; in 1292 to 8.2 percent, and inn 1893 not a cent was paid in goid. After silver purchase act had beenm repealed by the third Congress, the 1 payments rose to 37.6 per cent, but since 1893 they had again entirely disap- 1 from customs collections. That | 1 the lack of gold in the treasury | of the United States. The duty of Congress, Patterson said was to restore confidence in the currenc of the country. The passage of a resolu- tion declaring to be the purpose and | policy of this great Republic to maintain fixedly its standard of value would be worth a great deal more to the American ,-and contribute largely more to | prosperity, than a bond issue. The isions of the pending bill, he declared, prov did not meet the requirements of the situation. There was nothing to prevent the pur- chaser of the proposed bonds from first putting his ting the gold w d in the treasury and get- th which to pay for them. It was a miseral makeshift; the Repub- | lican party had failed to meet public ex- | pect ; the Presideni had asked for bread for the suffering people, and it had given him a stone. o 4 125 s ] g L) g ) £ ® = s 5 5 L3 inst the methods of the in the consideration of the pend- he calculated, upon the basis | Carlisle’s figures, that there | $160,000,000 of surplus in the treasury three years hence, and that the proceeds of sales of bonds under the bill would be so much of an addition thereto. | He opposed zny such proposition, and Iso any proposition to retire the green- s, either directly or indirectly. Lacey (R.) of Iowa said the bill should be passed to obviate the possibility of another bond sale like that which scan- d the country a vear ago. The ne- y -for relieving the treasury lay in the fact, Lacey urged, that when it was ill the whole body politic suffers. There had been suggestions made, Lacey continued, that the country wanted a rest. That, however, was not the fact. What the people needed was not rest but work, of which they had been deprived since fhe Democratic administration came into power. A Democrat—Who suggested the idea of rest but the gentleman who introduced this till, the Speaker? Lacey—He was speaking of the inutility of a general revision of the tariff while there was an antagonistic President in the ‘White House and a doubtful Senate. Johnson (R.)of California created the sensation of the afternoon in his speech, in which he said he would give the reasons why as a Republican he could not vote for this “most iniquitous measure.” “This bill in my judgment,” he said “‘stamps the seal of approval by the Re. publican party upon®the acts of these offi- cers and upon the issuance of these bonds in the manner I have statea. Itcontinues 1 force the laws which now authorize the selling of bonds at 4 per cent and at 5 per cent, and in addition to that gives author- ity to the treasury to iesue the bonds at 3 per cent. “I am opposed to this bill because it con- tradicts all the Republican platformsin all the Republican conventions and all the Republican speeches that ever I heard or made or wrote upon the question of the finance. Yesterday, against my will, against my protest, I voted for a bill which in my judgment was unnecessary, which in my judgment was not a Republi- can measure, which in my judgment did not meet the case, which in my judgment was not what we were sent here to do, be- cause 1 believe that the verdict of the Nation in 1894 was that we should havea protective tariff and not a tariff for revenue only; that the election of 1894 stamped the seal of approval upon the McKinley bill, upon Bill McKinley himself. [Ap- plause.] I am one of that unfortunate class called new members. Iam simply kneeling at the feet of the political Gamaliels who run and control the Re- publican party here. [Laughter.] I am simply swallowing the drippings from the sanctuary. [Laughter.] I - admire the courage of those men, and yesterday I voted for that bill because they said it was right. I was in the condition of the Irish- man who had never seen any veaches id ba | the day’s proceedipgs. But it could te settled, in his | o- | | backs. | Republicans to face the other way. before, who was given some to eat. He ate ravenously and then he was asked how they tasted. Said he, ‘Sure, sir, they tasted-very good, but the seeds scratched my throat geing down.” And so. sir, my throat was scratched yesterday for a Democratic tariff bill, for revenue only. [Laughter.] *Let us be consistent with our record,” said Johnson. “Letus stand by the rule which we adopted many years ago that we will not issue bonds in time of peace, but that we will pile up revenue even if we have to re-enact the McKinley tariff bill until the receipts exceed the expendi- tures.” Representative Bowers made a strong speech. The members crowded around bim and applanded enthusiastically. Bowers’ speech was one of the features of He said: “In ten minutes one cannot stop to mince words. We excused ourselves for our votes yesterday on a tariff for revenue only by the claim, as stated here, that an emergency had arisen and we must act promptly. That emergency, we claimed vesterday, we had provided for. What emergency has arisen that requires this haste in authorizing the issue of more bonds, while the President now has un- limited power to issue bonds, and this bill in nowise restricts that power? Indeed, we are told by the papers this morning that he is now negotiating for the issue and sale of $200,000,000 of a few days, either with the syndicate that took the other bonds or with Russia, irre- spective of what this House may do. * “I ask what has arisen to justify the | passage of this bill? I know of nothing except that the other day two or three stock gamblers in the city of New York | failed, and we were iold yesterday that one of thesc woula probably get upon his feet | : | Missouri, was to coin into standard dollars before he was counted out. [Laughter.] “Mr. Speaker, stripped of its wrapping, | divested of all its disguise. this bill appears to me a proposition to destroy greenbacks —all of them. It either means that orit means nothing. Gentlemen of the Repub- ican side of the house, are youready to do that? Who has asked you to do it? The people? No; there never has come to one of you any demand from the people any- where in the United States that this thing be done. There has been no demand to do | even what you claim you are going to do The Democratic President in hislast frantic messag2 to this House asks for it. “That was the Alpha and Omega of that message— Destroy greenbacks and issue bonds.’ This demand is echoed by bank- ers and bond speculators of New York. It seems to me this bill comes in here in re- has been turned to the voice of the people. You know the people of the United States are opposed to the destruction of green- They remember that greenbacks enabled them to carry to a successful con- | clusion the war for the preservation of this Union. They know that for twenty-five years thereafter greenbacks continued to be the money of the people—of all the peo- | ple. And we had no other money during the most prosperous era of this Republic. Those greenbacks during all those years were sound money. They were honest dollars up to the day that Grover Cleve- | land was inaugurated President of the United States, and raised the cry destroy greenbacks and issue bonds. [Applause.] That is all there is against greenbacks now—the Cleveland cry. “Every one of you Republicans, when pon the stump addressing your constitu- ents, bas denounced the President for doing exactly what you propose to do in indorsing this bill. Yet in spite of that we Lave now the astounding spectacie of Republicans not only indorsing the Presi- dent for doing that which has heretofore | | condemned him in their estimation, but | proposing to give him greater power—the power to destroy greenbacks and contract the currency of this Nation to the extent of $350,000,000. That is what it means. | You know that' this bill cannot become a law. You know, every one of you, that it cannot pass the Senate of the United States. “‘But with tbe passage of this bill by the votes of the Republican majority here the | mischief is accomplished and you have become participants and sharers, not with the Democratic party, but with the Demo- cratic administration—tbere is a wide dif- ference between the two—in the issue of these bonds. And you have got to meet | that responsibility, every one of you. You have got to spend all your time in the next canvass expiaining why vou did this, why you have got under the Cleveland umbrella. I want to say to you Republi- cans that when this bill is passed, if such a calamity is to overtake this country or this party, I beg you will amend the title of the bill so that it shall show the purpose and effect of the measure. Make it read, A bill to retire Republican Congressmen and Republican Senators from Congress,’”’ [Applause and laugbter.] “I appeal to you, Republicans, in words of the gallant Sheridan, who, when in the Shenandoah Valley, found his men flying before the enemy, said: ‘Face the other way, boys, face the other way.” .I ask you Face the enemy. Stand with the people who sent you here. Stand with them in this fight made against them by the associated syndicates. [Applause.] I want you to say in the spint of Jackson: ‘By the eter- nzl, the greenbacks shall be preserved for the use ofall the people.’ |Loud applause.] Representative Barham of California also participated in the debate. He said: ““The first part of the bill is a legislative ratification of all the disgraceful manipu- lations of Mr. Cleveland and his Becretary with the foreign syndicate of bondholders, out of which the people lost more than eight millions of dollars. If it is intended to deal fairly with the people why in heaven’s name was not & plain, ordinary amendment adopted to the act of 1875, making it necessary to advertise for bids on a sale of bonds and reduce the rate of interest to 3 per cent? Then the Ameri- can people would be placed on equal terms with Wall Street, Rothschild & Co. Itis perfectly apparent that this section is in the interests of these institutions and peo- ple who can control large sums of money and who are sinking long-term bond!, “Why are the people required to take low-rate bonds and made to accept in pay- ment lawful money when bonds which Wall-street people and the Rothschilds are expected to take are made payable in coin (which means gold, as construed by Carlisie) and on long time? No repre- sentative convention ever indorsed such a measure. This bill is a creation ol Grover Cleveland. Iam not a cold, clammy Re- publican *“cuckoo’’ of Grover Cleveland. I have always been opposed to bond issues. 1f Grover Cleveland will approve the tariff bill passed yesterday no further emergency legislation will be necessary in this Con- gress. If he vetoes it, let him and his party, if he hasany left, account to the people.” The proceedings of the afternoon session were concluded by Wheeler (D.) of Ala- bama. He spoke for a few moments in opposition to the bill, and was interrupted by the fall of the gavel at5 o’clock, when the Speaker announced that under the rule the House would take a recess until 7:30 o'clock. e AT THE EVENING SESSION. Debate on the Bond Bill Carried On With Figor. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—There - ~oting | Were not more than a dozen Republicans bonds, ! and that the sale will be concluded within | in their seats when Speaker Reed called the House to order at 7 o’clock, but later in the evening the attendance increased to at least 100 members. The first speech of the evening in favor of the bill was made by Wellington (R.) of Maryland. Hesup- ported the revenue measure of yesle:rday and the pending bill, because he believed that the first duty Congress owed the peo- ple was the protection of the credit of the Nation and this these bills did. Wiison (R.) of Idaho, explaining his op- position to the bill, said that the gentleman from Maryland (Wellington) had given him an excellent reason, which was that President Cleveland was the father of the measure. The people of his State, Wilson said, were opposed to the legislation pre- posed in the bill, although willing to ac- cept and approvea tariff law raising all duties to a higher figure even than that touched by the bill passed yesterday. Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania advised Wilson before he undertook to again speak in behalf of the people of his native State (Pennsylvania) to better inform himself of the sentiment there than he was at present with regard to this bill. Gibson (R.) of Tennessee said the pend- ing measure was proposed in response to the appeal of the President who, while he was a Democrat, was the President of the United States of America. The question was not a political or a financial one, but an American one, ,acd the Republican party was supporting the President on that ground. The remedy for the situation which would occur to any one from the ordinary | ranks of life, said De Armond (D.) of the silver bullion in the treasury, with its fifty-tive millions of seigniorage, followed | by the coinage of silver as gold is coined. The debate was continued by Northway (R.) of Ohio, in support of the bill; Tarsney, (D.) of Missouri, in opposition; Hender- son (R.) of Towa, in support, and Shafroth (R.) of Colorado. At the conclusion of Shaforth’s speech the opposition to the bill had occupied | three hours and thirty-eight minutes and the affirmative two hours and forty-six minutes. Of the three hours’ debate to-morrow provided in the rule regulating it, the ad- | vocates of the bill have one hour and forty- | . six minutes to their credit and the oppo- nents one hour and forty minutes. At 10 o’clock the House adjourned until noon to-morrow. - CARLISLE'S BOND VIEWS. Embarrassment. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—Secre- tary Carlisle gave to a reporter of the United Press this evening his bond measure now pending in Congress. “I sm satisfied that there is but one | permanent remedy for our financial em- barrassments, and that is legislation pro- | viding for the retirement and cancellation of the legal-tender notes. *“The bill reported by the Committee on | < 5 Ways and Means falls very short of the re- | at once, it followed that the Government | quirements of the situation, and its passage will not beneficially affect the situation | : I | unhampered and unrestricted—if it could with which we now have to deal. “Qur difficulties were produced and have | D& £ aggravated by | dividual—the task would be materially all | lessened, but it was restricted by laws | been prolonged and the fear that, notwithstanding the efforts of the administration, we may be ultimately unable to procure the gold for the purpose of redeeming our | notes, and consequently be forced to a silver basis, and this fear cannot be wholly | removed until some action is taken by | Congress clearly indicating a purpose to | pay all our obligations in gold when de- manded by the holders. “‘About $16,000,000 in interest could have | been saved to the people on the last issue of bonds if Congress had consented to make them expressly payable in gold, instead of coin. This condition is not at all improved by the pending bill, which still requires all bonds to be payable ‘in coin’ as heretofore and confers no new authority except the power to issue and sell 3 per ceni bonds, also pay- able in coin, after five years, with interest payable in coin eemi-annually.” Speaking of the second section of the bill, which authorizes the issue of certifi- cates to meet deficiencies in the revenue, Secretary Carlisle said: “While there is no neccssity at the pres- ent time for resorting to the exercise of the power which that section confers, and may not be in the future, the Secretary of the Treasury ought always to have the authority to issue or seil or use in the payment of expenses short-time certifi- cates or bonds of the character described in the bill. Such authority ought to have been couferred upon him a long time ago, and it ought to be made permanent in- stead of being limited to $50,000,000, as it is by the bill. Except as to this limitation the second section of the billis a good one.” FOR THE RUSSIAN NAVY. Big Armor Contract Made With the Beth- lehem Iron Works. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 27.—The Rus- sian Government has made a contract with the Bethlehem Iron Works of Bethlehem, Pa., for 1200 tons of armor for the Russian navy. The armor is to be delivered within the next twelve months and is to be made by the Harvey process. The order was brought to this country vesterday by Lieu- tenant J. F. Meigs, U. 8. N,, retired, who is the gunnery and armory expert of the Bethlehem Iron Works. He was present at tests made by Russia, which resulted in a satisfactory way. The 1200 tons of Harveyized armor that have been ordered are intended for the new battle-ships which are being con- structed at the shipyards at Nicolaieff, in the Black Sea, and are now near comple- tion. The plates are to be of three thick- nesses, The majority will have a thick- ness of 1434 inches. The rest will. be 10 and 8 inches t hick. The order is the sec- ond given by the Russian Government to the Bethlehem Iron Works. Six hundred tons were delivered to the Russian Gov- ernment some time ago under contract. The plates were most satisiactory, both in quality and finish. Statesmen Grow Weary. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—Several Senators have been discussing the possi- bility of yet getting a short holiday recess. The proposition of passing a ten days’ re- cess resolution is being advanced. The committees of the Senate have not yet been reorganized, and as the bond and tariff bill will remain in committee for some time there appears no reason why recess should not be taken. The matter is being discussed at both ends of the Capitol. g Suicide With a Pocket-Knife. OTTAWA, Kanss., Dec. 27.—G.W. Cong- don of Springview, Nebr., committed sui- cide at 8 p. M. by cutting his throat with an ordinary pocket-knife. He went to his room about 3 o’clock, and between 4and 5 o’clock he was discovered lying on the tloor in the room on the opposite side of the hall with his throat cut almost from ear to ear. It is said he leaves a widow and children at Springview, Nebr., and telegrams of inquiry have beex} sent there. frisate LEXINGTON, K., Dec. 27.—On account of the recent order from England to tobacco agents here to cease buying the Kentucky product, together with the de- cline in prices caused by the warfare be- tween manufacturers, slie Combs, of this county, the largest tobacco planter in the world. made an assignment this after- noon. Liabilities are about $300,000. views on the | | cise the power and may safely do so. | the only feasible method left by which to SCORED BY TELLER, Utterances of Democratic Officials on National Finances. ALL TALKED T00 MUCH. Protest of the Colorado Senator Against Assertions That the Country Is Bankrupt, AMERICAN CREDIT WAS GOOD. Hill Demanded an Explanation of the Pointed Allusion to a “Tide Waiter.” ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—In the Senate to-day Burrows (R.)of Michigan presented and had referred to the Finance Committee a proposition to take certain articles from the free list and to have rates of duty imposed upon them in harmony with the bill just passed by the House. He had originally proposed it as a bill, but on being reminded by Sherman (R.) of Obio that the Senate had no fight to originate a revenue measure, he put it in the form of an amendment to the House bill. The House bill of yesterday to tempor- arily increase the revenue to meet the ex- penses of the Government and provide against a deficiency, was received from the House, read a first and second time and referred to the Finance Committee. Hale (R.) of Maine intreduced a joint ‘ecretary of the Navy to accept the ram Katahdin and make her a part of the| United States navy. Objection was made to the present con- | sideration of the joint resolution by Allen .| (Pop.) of Nebraska and it went over. Allen One Permanent Remedy for Financial | was afterward induced to withdraw his objection, and the joint resolution was | again laid before the Senate and passed. The question which now confounded the country was, Hill eaid, the manner in | which the gold reserve fund should be | restored. Its promnot restoration was the duty of the hour. It could not safely be postponed. It was the duty of the coming week, not two weeks hence. As gold must be borrowed and borrowed should be permitted to make the best terms possible for the people. If it were negotiate and borrow the sum asan in- passed years ago, which must be revered and respected. controlled and regulated the method of borrowing gold to supply the gold reserve | p ecident. was the redemption act of 1875. That statute, taken in connection with the act | | of July 14, 1870, regulated and prescribed bonds may be issued for such | what purposes. “I know,”” he said, “that it has been | claimed that this statute furnishes no authority for present redempuion; but that contention does not seem to be very seriously insisted upon. The power is alleged to exist and has been repeatedly exercised. No court has decided against its existence, nor is likely to. The Secre- tary of the Treasury will continue to exer- It is protect the credit of the treasury.” Hill declared that this joint resolution simply enlarged the discretion vested in the Secretary of the Treasury enabling him to 1ssue bonds payable either in gold or silver at the option of the holder, but reducing the rate of interest to be exacted on any bonds which might be issued con- taining such option. In conclusion he said: *“Why is it not the part of prudence and wisdom to createa bonded bill for the whole amount of these notes and then cancel and extingaish them? That sensi- ble course would stop the creation of any further bonded indebtedness. Otherwise, the process of borrowing and bonding must continue, to what extent no one can foretell.”” Hiil, at the close of his speech, moved to refer the joint resolution to the Finance Committee, but at the request of Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska he withdrew the mo- tion and aliowed the joint resolution to remain on the table. Teller (R.) of Colorado did not desire to enter into the discussion of the financial question now, but he wanted to enter his protest against the repeated assertions made by the executive department, and now in the Senate, that the Government is bankrupt. He made that protest because the securities of the United States were “gilt-edged’’ securities in every market of the world, and never had been discredited by any banker, or by anybody save by the executive department under this adminis- tration and by that member of it who now appeared as its champion in the Senate. Teller spoke of the contract under which bonds were issued last year as “a lasting disgrace, due either to the dishonesty or imbecility of the administration.” “We are told,’" he said, *‘by the public press that we are to have another bond issue, and that it will not be as favorable at this time as before because the Govern- ment of the United States is in greater distress than a year ago. Against all that I protest. “Idon’t intend,” Teller continued, “to discuss the financial question now, but I do want to enter my protest against this degradation of our credit. There is not a financier in the country who will not tell you that we can piace our bonds on the market at 3 per cent and sell all that we want to. I don’t say that it might not be well to amend exist- ing laws on the subject; but I say that we are not required o amend existing law because of our inability to get money on our securities. At the proper time I will express my opinion upon the department, from the President down to the ‘tide waiter,” who now assumed to speak on the financial matter.” The bitter and poinied manner in which this last sentence was uttered caused a slight sensation and some quiet laughter in the Senate chamber. Teller went on to speak of remarks at- tributed to officers of the treasury and particularly to what the Assistant Treas- urer at New York is supposed to have said owing to a hundred millions of American securities being likely to be thrown upon the market, “That was well calculated,” Teller ex- claimed in a tone of quiet sarcasm, “‘to quiet and maintain the market, was it not, olution autherizing and directing the | | the wilds of Colorado.” The law which especially | Mr. President? Every man connected with thjs administration (whether the Secre- tary of the Treasury or the Director of the Mint or the Assistant Treasurer at New York, or a subordinate in the Collector’s office) is talking for the last month or two in the papers about the lack of American credit. The only way we can know of the lack of American credit is through the markets of the world, and they don’t show that there is any lack of American credit. It is time that the American people should resent these repeated attacks upon the Na- tional credit by men whom they have in- trusted with power and office. “If the credit of the Government isin danger to-day it is because of the intem- perate, uncalled-for utterances of theex- ecutive Democrats. I propose to take up the question when the time comes and show that there is not the slightest reason why any man should be afraid of Ameri- can credit.” Allen addressed the Senate in opposition to the views expressed by Hill. Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina offered | as a substitute for Hill’s joint resolution his own propositien for the payment of treasury notes and greenbacks in either gold or silver comn (preferentially in the chezper coin). He 2lso introduced a con- stitutional amendment in favor of an in- come tax. Both propositions were laid on the table for the present. Hill (D.) of New ‘York commented on | the various protests made against the joint resolution which he had introduced | and against the remarks which he had made. There were three of these protests he said, and it was not a very good day for | protests either. [Laughter.] He declared (in opposition to Teller's statement) t' at his vroposition was in aid of the public credit and not against it, and no one knew that better than the distinguished Senater from Colorado. He did not know precisely what the distinguished Senator from Colorado meant (unless he intended to be offensive) by the remark that some- body was a “tide waiter.” He hardly thought that that Senator would in his calmer moments— A Here Teller broke in with a complete disclaimer. “In the remark that I made as to a ‘tide waiter,” ”” he said, ‘I certainly bad no ref- erence to the Senator from New York; but I meant to say that under this administra- tion there had grown up a system by which every fellow who stood at the door of the Treasury Department seemed to suppose that he was officially connected with the department and was competent to instruct the people in matters of finance. I had no reference whatever to the Senator from New York. Even the officer whose duty is purely mechanical—to fabricate coin—is telling us daily through the public press what ought to be the policy of the Umted States.” “Of course,” Hill resumed, “I am not responsible for the utterances of the Direc- tor of the Mint. I am one of those who doubted the policy of his appointment, but I suppose he has a right, officially, to discuss the finance question. “And he probably is as competent,’’ Hill added, with a bitterness of expression which showed that he did not really ac- cept Teller's disavowal in the matter of ‘tide waiter’ as gentlemen who kail from {Langhter.] “I am not authorized,” he continued, “to speak for the Secretary of the Treas- ury. Iam not authorized to speak fonthe I speak for no one except my- self. I utter my own sentiments, and be- cause the Secretary of the Treasury and the President have secen fit to make cer- tain recommendations in accordance with the view which I expressed a year ago, the Senator from Colorado eannot crowd me off my own platform.” At the close of the discussion the joint | resolution was allowed to remain on the Vice-President’s table, to be taken up here- after. The House bill for the transfer of offices from the Territory of Utah to the State of Utah was laid before the Senate aud passed. Quay (R.) of Fennsylvania offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for a report as to whetner it is not desirable at this time to contract for six battle-ships instead of for two, and asking | for its adoption. “Let it tie over,”” Gorman (D.) of Mary- land interposed, and it went over. Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts gave notice that he would on Monday next submit some remarks on the subject of the Mon- roe doctrine. The Senate proceeded to the considera- tion of the executive business, and at 2:40 o'clock adjourned until Monday next. DINGLEY GETS A LETTER, Secretary Carlisle Voluntarily Furnishes Some Private Information. President Cleveland and Advisers Strongly Oppose the House Bond Bill. WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 27.—Chair- man Dingley of the Waysand Means Com- mittee has received a letter from Secretary Carlisle, which is private, but which fur- nishes some information concerning the candition of the treasury. Dingley says the Secretary offers to furnish the House all the data that may be needed. The condition of the treasury is repre- sented as very serious, and Carlisle urges legislation for gold bonds. Dingley has informed the Secretary that gold bonds are out of the question, and could not be con- sidered. Secretary Carlisle did not say to Dingley that 8 per cent bonds cannot be floated, and did not discuss this feature of the case. This denial is made because a report to this effect concerning the Secre- tary’s letter was in circulation. President Cleveland and his advisers, it is learned, are strongly opposed to the House bill, and this feeling caused Secre- tary Carlisle to write to Chairman Ding- ley. 2 Aside from the very important objection that the bonds are to be redeemed in coin, instead of gold, as recommended by the President, it is understood the require- ment that the bonds are to be sold by sub- scription meets with disappraval. The ex- perience of the Government, it is said,with sales by advertisement, shows the in- effectual character of this means of pro- tecting the gold reserve. e SPOKE ON THE GALLOWS. Joseph Cadotte Told Why He Killed His Partner. HELENA, MoxT., Dec. 28.—At 1:15 this morning Joseph Cadotte was executed at Fort Benton for the murder of Richards, his trapping partner, about a year ago. Hedied gameand just before the black cap was pulled over his face he said: “Gentlemen it was said I killed Richards overa girl. I swear before God, Lolding up my right band, that it was not so. It ‘was through passion. I thought this man wanted to take everything from me."” JAPAN CALLED DOWN, Was Compelled to Promptly Apologize for Detaining a Steamer. ESCAPED HUMILIATION. At First Great Britain Demanded a Public Salute of the Flag. THE CABINET CRISIS AVERTED. Adhesion of the Liberal Party Secured by the Promise of Many Reforms. TOKIO, Jarax, Dec. 13 (via Victoria, B. C., Dec. 27).—A Japanese named Ito Chuzo has made an invention that prom- ises to be of immense value to sericulture. Itis an improved method of killing the worm in the cocoon so that the latter can be stored without fear of deterioration and silk reeled after any length of time. The system at present involves a loss of about 30 percentin cocoons. It is esti- mated that if 1to’s invention was adopted throughout Japan the silk industry of the country would be benefited to the extent of 10,000,000 yen annually. The adhesion of the great Liberal party of Japan to the Cabinet’s cause is now an accomplished fact. From documents pub- lished by the leaders of the party itap- pears that negotiations have been going on nearly six months, the Liberals stip- ulating certain long-contemplated reforms, full liberty of speech and public meetings, an extension of franchise, the chief states- men of the administration undertaking that should they be defeated at the ap- proaching session of the Diet they would appeal to the country, and in the event of an unfavorable verdict by their constitu- ents would resign and join the ranks of the confederates. A semi-official document published in Japan shows that Germany is willing to require from China an indemnity of 50,- 000,000 taels in consideration of the retro- cession of Lioatung by Japan, but Russia and France objected to a larger sum than 30,000,000. The idea of these last two powers was that if onerous terms were imposed upon China her failure to carry them out might afford Javan an excuse for remaining permanently in Lioatung. The northern part of Japan was visited by a heavy storm.on December 7. There was devastation on the sea coast. A num- ber of boats were smashed and houses de- stroyed. On October 26 the British steamer Thales leit Tai Wan for Amoy, carrying a number of Chinese passengers. It is sus- pected that the Black Flag leader, Lin Yung Fue, was on board. The Japanese man-of-war Yayeyama stopped the Thales on the high seas and searched her, and would have removed seven of her passen- gers bad not her master entered a very strong protest. The British Government immediately demanded an explanation of this manifest breach of international law. TheJapanese, with almost equal promnpti- tude, replied that the captain of the Yayeyama exceeded his instructions, fully admitted the impropriety of the act and tendered an expression of regret. Japan is prepared to make full compensation for the detention of the steamer. Lord Salisbury accepted the declaration, but intimated that another act of repara- tion was needed, namely, the public sa- Iuting of the British flag. After some dis- cussion, however, Japan was spared the humiliation after publishing in the official gazette her note of explanations. The Cabinet crisis that threatened to occur in Japan, owing to the contemplated resignation of Marquis Ito, Minister of State, has been averted, the marquis con- senting to remain. The Mohammedan rebellion is a rather peculiar affair. Intelligence sent by the United Press in the last mail was that the insurrection began to ‘‘peter out;’ that nothing new remained except the closing of the page ot all such chapters in Chinese domestic history — the slaughter of the insurgents and the confiscation of their progerty. That news was based on telegrams received at Peking about the middle of November, but it would seem fsom corres- pondence just received that a very differ- ent state of affairs existed at the beginning of November, the rebels up to that time having been virtually unopposed. There was also a report of large quanti- ties of arms and ammunition having fallen into the bhands of the insurgents, and it seems to have been considered certain that 2000 troops, by whom these munitions were escorted, had been annihilated. General Tung Fuhsiang was commissioned to make peace, but the Mohammedans were insisting upon the decapitation of a military graduate whom the Government resolved to protect. 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The prediction made through The United Press in the fall of 1894, that one result of the war between China and Japan would be the moral expansion of Japanese maritime enterprise, is already in course of fulfill- ment. The principals of the steamship company of Japan, Nippon and Yusen Kaisha have decided, with the unanimous approval of the sharebolders, to open a line to Europe. The company made a profit of 3,500,000 yen by chartering steam transports to the Government during the war. The directors say the money gained under such circumstances ought not to be treated s an ordinary income, but should be devoted, in part at least, to national purposes. They have accordingly set aside two and a half millions for the purpose of starting and maintaining a line to Europe. Five first-class ships of from 5000 to 6000 tons each are to be obtained from England, whither a commission has been sent for the purpose. The objective point in Eu- rope has not yet been announced. There will, of course, be a Government subsidy. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Data to Be Furnished on the Alaska * Zoundary Question. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—FPost- masters were appointed to-day as follows: J. F. Entler, at Butte Meadows, Butte County; Louis Autenrieth, at Castella, Shasta County: L. L. Morrison, at Iver- son, Mendocino County. A postoffice was established at Button Willow, Kern County, Cal. (special from Bakersfield), and Thomas E. Brown ap- pointed Postmaster. Pensions were granted as follows: California: Original—Reuben Heffel- finger, Hemet; Charles Wright, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; Peter Thompson, Ono; Thomas_O’'Grady, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; Joel J. Loveless, Escondido. Increase—Olive F. Ober, Santa Ana. 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