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o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1896. the recent action of the executive and of Congress in connection with the Monroe doctrine. He said: “The extraordinary message of the Pres- ident of the United States, having refer- ence to a dispute exciusively between Great Britain and Venezuela, both friendly powers, was practically indorsed by both houses of Congress. The responsibilities, therefore, which his action may have en- tailed rest as well upon the legislative as the executive departments of the Govern- ment, and are equally shared by volitical varties, The recommendations of the President that a commission be appointed to inquire into the points of difference be- tween the two governments concerned and to enlighten this country as to the true divisional line separating Venezuela and British Guiana were followed by Con- gress, and that commission, eminent in ability and lacking only the joint sanc- tion of the parties in interest, which sanc- tion alone can give it vitality or useful- ness, has duly qualified. “‘Under the circumstances it would ordi- narily seem to be the partof wisdom to refrain from further public comment on a subject of so sensitive and delicate a char- acter until some decisive step had been taken or some obstacle had been encoun- tered calling for legislative influence. And neither the fact that illness prevented my presence in this body, while the mes- sage was laid before the Senate, nor the sporadic utterances on the subject which have recently been heard here would serve to induce me to embarrass the existing situation by further discussion. “The resolutions, however, which the Commitree on Foreign Relations has re- ported to this body, the effect of which may be, in my opinion, most far-reaching as affecting our policy and relations toward other and friendly governments, require some discussion and careful inves- tigation before we commit ourselves to their declarations; and led me to partici- pate in this debate. Continuing, Wolcott contended that the so-called Monroe doctrine has been misap- plied in the pending controvery; that so much of President Monroe's message as referred to the colonization of portions of America by European powers could have ro applicability to any boundary dispute now existing in South America; that the hostility to the extension by European powers of their systems to any portion of this hemisphere, as expressed in that message, had especial reference to the systems of government which were based on the divine rights of kings and which were directed to the overthrow of all re- publics wherever existing; that the Mon- roe doctrine was in no wise intended as insisting upon republican forms of gov- ernment in this hemisphere, or as com- mitting this Government to maintain the doctrine outside its own borders or except as its own integrity might be affected; that this country is embarking upon a new and different policy from the one laid down by our fathers, and that from 1821 until now Congress has uniformly de- clined to confine the so-called Monroe doctrine or to adopt it as a rule of action. He said existing conditions made it diffi- | cult to dispassionately discuss the Monroe doctrine at this time. It was not an easy or a gracious task to take a position which apparently involved in the slightest degree the abandonment of that patriotic fervor which animated the breast of every citizen when our Nation’s pride or our country’s honor was in question. There had been much tension for the past few weeks. The letter of the Secretary of State to Mr. Bayard was, from a diplomatic point of view, almost incendiary. The President’s message glowed with the possibilities of war. Members of both houses of Con- gress, not to be outdone, followed the President’s suggestion 2s tq the appoint- ment of a commission with feverish haste. Just what the commission was to do or how it was to do it, Mr. Wolcott added, nobody knew, but it had been created and it now stood more a menace than a guar- anty of peace. The efforts of the Government to fire the National heart uad not been unavailing nor was the work difficult. This country, he said, had but two wars except our own civil, and a war conquest with the weak Government of Mexico. Both of them were with Great Britain and while the past eighty vears had seen an entire re- adjustment which ought to make future war with her out of the question, there was still Jurking some traces of the tradi- tioral resentment. There is discontent, too, with existing conditions in many sec- tions of the country, and men felt tbatany change, eyen war with a foreign country, could not make matters worse and might bring improvement. Wolcott then referred to the discontent prevailing over the West and South, where men who work on farms find the grain they raise little more valuable for food than as fuel, who know that the railroads which charge them for the transportation of their produce are largely owned in Great Britain and are either prosperous or, if insolvent, ace fostered and protected and managed by Federal courts. They also view with distrust the close financial relatious existing between the bankers of the East and those of London, and they would welcome any event, even war, that would result, as they believe a war would result, in destroying those relations and Jeading us to rely upon our own resources and to embrace economic politics, which would not be dependent upon those of foreign countries. Thoughtless and weak and ignorant though these views might be they existed. It was easier, he said, to driit with such a condition than to antagonize it, but he proceeded to condemn the whole contro- versy so far as it was based on the Monroe doctrine. He said there never had been a doctrine more misunderstocd or mis- applied than the so-called Monroe doctrine. “1t is,”” he said, “and has ever been without recognition by other countries and has always been refused the approval of Congress.” Wolcott entered into an exhaustive review of the origin and meaning of the Monroe doctrine and of its application by the United States. He added: “Not only was the Monroe doctrine in- tended simply as a declaration of limited scope and purpose, as I think I have shown, but the circumstances under which it was given to the world were far different irom those which now exist, and under present conditions its assertion and main- tenance to the extent claimed by the President have largely ceased to be of paramount importance. Itwasessentially a doctrine of self-defense, promulgated for our own preservation and for no other purpose.” He closed by saying: The concern of President Monroe, said Wolcott, was not lest monarchies be estab- lished in this hemisphere. He expressly recognized existing governments, and wel- comed the empire of Dom Pedro in Brazil and Iturbide in Mexico as freely as the Government of Bolivar; he protested not against despotic government, but azainst their forcible extension by the dreaded Holy Alliance in this western world, of which he stood in well-grounded fear. The fear was then real and the danger threatening. To-day how different the picture, We bave belped ourselves to ! what land we need; our own borders are defined ; our Government eternally planted on the solid rock; our institutions free; our people intelligent and lovers of.lxherty and devoted to free institutions. No dan- ger threatens us from without. We are menaced by no foreign foe. And vast as are our resources, intelligent as are our people, we possess an element of strength even greater than those advan- tages afford us; and that is that nobody wants us, We are not desirable subjects for other countries. There is not a nation in the whole world that would take one of our sovereign States as a gift with its people. Itisidle to talk seriously of ourinteg- rity or perpetuity being threatened by an adjustment of boundary between Great Britain and Venezuela, That which once seemed a danger and evoked the utterance of the Monroe doc- trine has passed forever away, and has left nothing to vex us but the pride of ex- pression to which we still cling. Then ‘Wolcott spoke of the South American re- publics in the severest terms. He said: “Instead of developing into self-respect- ing republics based upon law, adyancing in morals and civilization, the people of South America have shown themselves, almost without exception, utterly unfitted for self-government. ‘“I'heir so-called republics are largely and usually military despotisms based op force and relying on blood-skedding and assassination for their establishment and for their brief continuances, extending only until the ruler should have amassed from the oppression of the people a for- tune sufficient to enable him to live in luxury in Europe, when he escapes or ab- dlcates, or until some other revolutionist shall be able by violence to seize the reins of governtent. “The rulers are despots and suffragea farce. Mexico, under the able and wise rule of Diaz, has enjoyed exceptional and long continued immunity from revolution; but from the date of the independence of Mexico in 1821 down to 1860-—a period of thirty-nine years—the country had thirty- six different forms of government, and seventy- two individuals figured as its chief executive. They were regents, Presidents, President substitutes, Em- perors, commanders-in-chief, generals and dictators, but the people had no more voice in the Government than they have in Russia to-day. “The description which I have given of the South American republics generally applies with added force 1o Venezuela,”’ e BOND BILL DEBATE. Silver Advocates Assail the Financial Policy. WASHINGTQN, D. C., Jan. 22,—At the conclusion of Wolcott’s speech on the Monroe doctrine Pugh’s resolution being still before the Senate Hill (D.) of New York offered an amendment to 1it, pro- viding that if for any reason silver coin shall not be at a parity with gold coin the United States bonds now payable in coin shall be paid in standard gold coin when- ever demanded. Hill started to speak on the measure, but he was interrupted at 2 ». M. by the { presiding officer with the statement that the morning hour had expired and that the House bond bill, with the free coinage substitute, was now before the Senate as the unfinished business. Teller (R.) of Colorado addressed the Senate. He expressed the general dissat- isfaction of the people at the present con- dition of the country. The finances, he said, were represented by the President and the Secretary of the Treasury to be in a very deplorable condition. He did not suppose there bad ever been s0 many men out of employment or ever a time wher the productive interests of the country were less profitable thau now. He denied, however, that there was anything in those conditions that indicated any dis- trust of the money in circulation on the part of the people of the United States. In the course of his speech Teller was asked by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska whether he attributed the depressed condition of business to the tariff. The answer was in the negative. Then Allen asked him whether there was any difference between the Demo- cratic and Republican parties on the sub- ject of finance, and the reply was that if there was any difference between them it was hardly appreciable. Teller com- mented upen the fact that no system of finance had been offered by the four gold standard Senators on the Finance Com- mittee. Platt (R.) of Connecticut, 8 member of the Finance Committez, said he would sug- gest a system, and that was the payment of customs duties in gold. Teller's com- ment upon that remark was, that it showed the complete absence of any philosophical monetary system. It would destroy the parity of the metals, and it indicated that & place on the Finance Committee did not necessarily imply a knowledge of finance. There was no reason, Teller declared, for the present financial troubles, but a wicked financial policy, which had been adhered to to theextentof running the country into debt indefinitely. “A national debt,” Teller continued, *‘is a national curse, and when incurred in time of peace isa national disgrace. And yet it is inevitable if you maintain the gold standard. Ido not care if you pass the House revenue bill, which you know you will not, and I do not care if your revenue exceeds your expenditure by $500,000,000 a year, you will sell bonds in order to obtain gold. And this selling of bonds will not cease until every available gold dollar that can be put into bonds has been so used.”’ At the close of Teller’s speech a response to it was made by Sherman (R.) of Ohio, who declared that the whole trouble in the Senate grew outof the desire of de- bating an old, worn issue—the iree coinage of silver—instead of applying the remedy which the President asked for, which a Republican House of Representatives had cheerfully granted, and which the Repub- lican side of the chamber was ready at any moment to grant. He had no doubt, he said, that there was a majority of the Senate in favor of the free coinage of silver, and he did not believe that there was any desire on the Republican side of the chamber to discuss that question. What he and the Repub- lican Senators complained of was that this free-coinage substitute, which everybody knew could mot pass this Congress, was thrust in the way of measures deemed by the executive department absolutely necessary to carry on the Government, That, he said, was obstructing legislation, Teller—Does the Senator regard this bond bill as a measure of relief? Sherman—I think that it is a great measure of relief. Teller—How long are we to continue the sale of bonds to maintain this gold re. serve? Sherman—Long enough ito cover defi- ciences in the revenue as they ozcur. In the meantime the Republican party stands here ready to do its duty in maintaining the credit of the Government. The disggssion continued and was fur- ther pa ted in by Gorman (D.) of Maryland lg.ur (R.) of Massachusetts, Aldrich él‘{.)oi Rhode Island and Lindsay (D.) of Kentucky until 5:30 p. a.. when it was suddenly brought to a close by a mo- l tion to adjourn, and the Senate adjourned Present until to-morrow. TRAINING STATION ON GOAT ISLAND, Senator Perkins’ Bill Will Probably Pass the Senate. FAVORED IN THE HOUSE. Indications Are That Neither Branch Will Oppose the . Measure. NAVAL APPRENTICES NEEDED. Increased Efforts to Educate Boys of the Country to Become Seamen. g WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22—The prospectsare very favorable for the passage of Senator Perkins’ bill establishing a naval training-school on Goat Island, The bill was to-day reported favorably by Sena- tor Chandler from the Committee on Naval Affairs. Representative Hilborn, being an influential member of the House Naval Committee, will doubtless be able to se- cure a favorable report also, which would insure its passage in that body. The Senate committee, in making its favorable recommendation, says: “There is need at the present time of in- creased efforts to educate the boys of the country to become seamen of the navy. They can be enlisted between the ages of 16 to 18 to serve until they arrived at the age of 21 years, not, however, without the consent of their parents or guardians. They can be trained partly on shore and partly in practice-ships, and the good ef- fects of the system have been made ap- parent by many years of experience. Much real benefit is derived by boys while they are undergoing their apprenticeship, and later, when they enlist, as most of them do, as seamen, they make the best possible recruits for the navy. “The establishment at Coaster Harbor Island, in Narragansett Bay, of a training station has been fruitful of good results. A similar establishment is needed upon the Pacific Coast, and unless it is pro- vided no apprentices can be enlisted on that coast. This impossibility works an injustice to boys there who desire to enlist and 1s injurious to the Government, which needs to train and utilize them as it does boys upon other coasts of the country. There is umple room for a Pacific home station upon Goat Island, near San Fran- cisco, and the Navy Department will have no difficulty in providing a suitable train- ing-ship, so that the education and dis- cipline of boys will not be carried on too much on land, but may be conducted mainly upon the water. No possible ob- jection can be conceived to the passage of the bill authorizing a part of Goat Island to be taken for buildings for a shore sta- tion and the transferring of so much of the island as may be necessary to the control of the Navy Department for the purposes of a station. “The bill contamns the provision that boys constituting the naval apprentices shall be in addition to the total number of searuen in the navy allowed by law and not be counted as a part thereof. The vessels of the new navy are requiring all the seamen now by law allowed, and, in- deed, the number ought to be consider- ably increased in accordance with bills now pending in Congress with that end in view. “To the present bill, thereiore, 1s added the provision that all boys who may be enlisted as naval-apprentices to serve until they are 21 shall be additional to the num- berof enlisted persons allowed by law for the navy. This provision, unless previ- ously made a law in some other bill, ought to remain and be adopted as part of the vresent bill, as clearly appears from the letter of the Secretary of the Navy and hereto annexed, as follows: NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, Jan. 23. Sik: I herewith return to you the bill viding for a naval treining station on the Island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor ot S8an Francisco, California, and for other purposes, together with my opinion as requested. The establishment of a training station for naval gpprentices at 8an Francisco would un- doubtedly benefit the naval service, and would greatly assist the department in its efforts to have the enlisted force of the United States navy composed entirely of American citizens, The proviso in Senate bill 744, ““that all ap- prentices of the navy while at training station or on board of an apprentice training-ship shall be additional to the number of enlisted persons ellowed by law for the navy,” is abso- lutely necessary for the success of the appren- tice system, There being now no United States merchant marine the navy is obliged to de. pend upon its apprentice system to supply it with seamen, especially officers, and it is therefore necessary that there shall be enlisted annually the full number of apprentices per- mitted by law. The laws now in force regarding enlistment of apprentices authorize 750 to be enlisted annually, provided the total number of enlistea persons, including epprentices, does no exceed 10,000. The demeand for enlisted men for crews on new vessels recently commissioned has forced the department during the past two years to re- duce the number of enlistments of apprentices, 80 that during the fisoal year ending June 30, 1894, only 561 apprentices were enlisted, and during the last fiscal vear ending June 30, 1895, only 884 could be enlisted. Since November 16, 1895, it has been necessary to stop all en- listiments for apprentices. Very respectfully, H. A. HERBERT, Secretary. HoN. J. DoNALD CAMERON, Chairman Com- mittee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate, SPENT YEARS IN SOLITUDE. A Defeated Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Ends a kong Career as a Hermit. WASHINGTON, N. J., Jan. 22.—After having been absent from home unearly thirty years, during which time he lived the life of a hermit in the woods, David Hammell of Hardwick Township returned to his home yesterday. For the past thirty years he has led the life of a hermit, and has spoken little, if at all, to any one, and especially to his wife and hie~three children—two sons and one daughter. Marcus L. Ward was a candidate for Governor in 1866. Hammell *‘Juid himself out” in behalf of the Republican ticket. Mrs. Hammell in spirit was a follower of the Democracy. Mrs. Hammell and her husband had many differences over his po- litical faith, and finally the family quar- reled. Mrs, Hammell being supported by her two sons and daughter. Hammelllert home and told his wife it would be a long time before he returned, and further topy a neighbor that he intended to work for the next Republican candidate for Gov- ernor, and if he was not elected he would never go home until a Republican suc- ceeded Ward. Hammell went into the woods and se- cured timber, with which he built himself a hut. He lived alone in this all the vears until the elsction of John W.Griggs as Governor, Efforts were made by his fam- ily in the meantime to effect a reconcilia- tion, but he would not go home, saying he intended to live alone until a Republican Wwas elected Governor. His wife and fam- ily talked with him, but he never replied. Hammell took his supplies from the -| house and barn and never said a word to any one until the news was received that John W. Griggs had'been elected Governor last fall, Hammell immediately became a changed man. He talked to a neighborand said hs would go home the day Governor Griggs was Inaugurated. Preparations were made to receive him,and when he entered the house yesterday he was greeted beartily, Hammeil kissed his wife and children and children’s children, whom he had never talked to before, and it seemed as though he had returned from the dead. . —_——— COSTLY BLACKLISTING. Damages Seoured by a Man Persecuted by a Railroad Company. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan, 22.—In the United States Circuit Court yes- terday a verdict for §1750 was rendered against the Florida East Coast Railway (the Flagler system) for blacklisting W. E. Willets. Willets was a conducter on the East Coast road, and being offered a better posi- tion on the South ¥lorida Railway, he left the Bast Coast road on two days’ notice, but in three days was discharged from his new position, no causz being assigned. He learned, however, that he was dis- charged because Superintendent Goff 6f the East Coast road had senta circular letter to the officials of the other Florida rgilw::lys asking that Willets be not em- loyed. Vfie afterward vainly applied for work to every railway in Florida. In conse- uence he brought suit against the East Joast Railway for §$10,000. On the trial the attorneys for the road urged that the writing of the blacklisting letter was Superintendent’s Goff's act, and that the corporation should not be held responsi- ble. The court, however, said Goff was the corporation’s agent, and thet it was responsible for his acts. FROM TRANIP TO PASTR, Henry Hammond Paused in His ‘Wanderings to Accept a Pulpit. Now He Is Missing and Four Women Who Call Him Husband Are in Mourning. NASHUA, N, H., Jan. 22.—From tramp printer to Methodist pastor, with a con- fiding flock, seems a long jump to most people, and it has remained for Henry Hammond to show how easy it is accom- plished. He chose New Hampshire for his stamping ground and several years ago located in the little town of Bath, near Lake Winipiscogee. He was glib of tongue, and although without funds or even decent clothes managed to get into the good graces of Eider G. W. Norris, who looks after the Methodist interest in that conference. He inspired the elder with so much confidence that he selected him for the vacant pulpit in the Bath church. 2 At that time Hammond claimed to be a converted Unitarian, and he was warmly received by the church people. His reve- nues from this church failed to satisfy his desires, and he resigned to take a ‘“‘case’’ in a printing office in Haverill. Here he remained two years, supplying temporary pulpit vacancies in various places under the direction of Rev. 8. C. Keeler. « The next year he preached in the pulpit of the Swiftwater Church, and here, as in Bath, he was a great favorite. South Tam- worth was where he was next sent, and there he remained until a few days ago, when he disappeared, leaving his_wife to explain that he bad gone West. The fact that he had been waiting on a local un- married woman gave rise to considerable gossip, and his departure brought matters to a climax. Investigations were begun and the result justified the prediction of some of the gossips, who said there was something wrong. Up to date four women bave been discovered who called the Rev. Henry husband. A sworn statement from a County Clerk in the State of Obio located wife No, 1. She had, however, learned of his evil ways, and about a year ago procured a " di- vorce and married a_Mr. Boyden. She now lives in Reading, Mich. At the time of his first marriage Hammond was known as Harry Freeman. Wife No. 2 was Miss Offa Turner of Bloomington, N. Y., and Mrs. Hammond third was a Wisconsin woman. His fourth wife he left at South Tamworth when he left that town a few weeks ago. Since leaving New Hampshire Hammond has wriiten letters to newspapers from several Massachusetts cities denying all charges made against him by the Methodist eld- ers. Hesays he will return and confront his accusers, and Rev. 8. C. Keeler hopes he will. Mr. Keeler says Hammond will be speedily brought to justice. NI Bave 1 my possession documents that will conclusively prove him guilty,” said Mr. Keeler. e KILLED AT HIS POST. Horrible Death of a Motorman on a Philadelphia Streetcar. PHILADKLPHIA, Pa., Jan. 22.—Clay- ton C. Collins, & motorman, met with a horrible ueath yesterday afternoon as the result of a sinwular accident, and his car, losing its guiding hand, ran for hali a mile without control, endangering the lives of a score of passengers, ‘While Collins’ car was descending a steep grade, one of the gates in the front platform became loosened, and he leaned over to fasten it. The trolley and feed wires on this part of the line are carried on poles planted between the tracks with aclearance of hardly twelve inches be- tween the poles and passing cars, Collins leaned out toward the other track, and al- most instantly crashed against one of the poles. Stunned by the blow he fell upon the gate, and his head received a crashing blow as each post was_ passed, spattering his blood along the sides of the car and leaving a horrible trail in its path. The car was filled with woman and the conductor's view of the front platform was obstructed. He did not know of the accident to his motorman until the shriek- ing women made a rush for the door. With great difficulty he restrained them from jumping from the rapidly moving car. e then made a rush for the front door, but the doors were fastened from the outside, and when the car slackened its speed in ascending a hill he jumped on the platform and shut off the current. Collins was dead when the car was stopped, and his head was mangled al- most beyond recognition, NG Boy Patrons of a ¢ Fence.” CHICAGO, Irn., Jan. 22.—The police of Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, yesterday un- earthed what they charge has been a fence for stolen property in Harlem, and ar- rested the proprietor, ¥red Schulz, a junk- dealer. He admitted that fnlly 100 boys bad been selling the suspected goods to him. On his premises were foun copper wire, brass, lead pipe, bicycies, new rab- ber boots and footwear of ail kinds, shovels, spades, saws, crowbars, lawnmowers, tools of ail description and numerous other articles of value, A MENACE TO OUR INDUSTRIES. Startling Inroads Are Made by the Dealers of Japan. FLOODING THE MARTS. Americans Undersold Because of the Cheaper Labor in the Em‘pire. MANUFACTURERS TAKE ACTION Both Branches of Congress Will Be Asked to Institute an Inquiry. CHICAGO, ILr., Jan. 22.—The National Association of American Manufacturers to-day decided to ask both branches of Congress to institute an immediate in- vestigation into the largely increasing im- ports of articles of Oriental manufacture which are gravely menacing the industries of this country. An important report bearing upon the subject was received and adopted. It said: *Japan does not contine herself to spin- ning cotton, Her people are introducing & great variety of manufacturing indus- tries, all using improved machinery, and they are imitating the patterns and inven- tlons of the Western nations with im- punity, because there isno protection for either the patents or trademarks of for- eigners in Japan. A “Articles of Japanese manufacture have appeared. in our Eastern cities, rivaling and underselling American articles suit- able for similar purposes. Japanese mat- ting is now crowding out cheaper kinds of Philadelphia carpets. Japanese rugs, made in imitation of American patterns, are sold in great quantities in preference to American rugsof higher value. Brushes are sold at retail in Eastern cities for about the American value of the manu- factured bristles. American watchcase makers are selling to Japan cases for ex- cellent movements made there for this market. “There can be no concealment of the fact that some of our manufacturing in- dustries are grayely menaced by this rivalry of acountry where skilled labor may be had at a cost of 10 or 15 cents a dav, or less than one-tenth of the cost of such labor in our own country. Your commit- tee does not care to discuss the causes of this menace or the methods by which the peril may be averted. We believe that the National Association should, however, take cognizance of the matter and should ask that Congress shall investigate the subject in a thorough and comprehensive manner, so that the people may fully understand it.”” From the committee on resolutions came a partial report recommending a judicious system of subsidies for the de- velopment of the American merchant marine; favoring the construction ana operation of the Nicaragua canal by the Federal Government and the development of interior waterways; urging the enact- ment of a National bankruptcy law for uniform operation in all the States. This portion of the report was adopted unanimously. There was a spirited dis- cussion, however, on a resolution re- ported without recommendation, setting forth that ‘‘inasmuch as many of the States of the Union have passed cer- tain laws to the eifect that all foreign cor- porations shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation and paf into the treasury of said States certain fees, and imposing certain objectionable {features, therefore the executive committee shall be empowered to take such action, as in their judgment might seem wise, to secure uniformity and remcve the objec- tionable features.” The resolution was sent back to the committee to be remodeleu. There was a long debate upon ‘majority and minority reports from the committee on revision of the constitution, The ma- jority report presented by F. 8. Fish of Indiana fayored depriving manufacturers’ clubs or State clubs of representation, thus allowing only the iudividual manufac- turers, firms or corporations to bave a voice or vote in the organization. It was contended by the majority of the commit- tee that its plan wounld make a greater suc- cess of the organization, while a continu- ance of the present method of member- ship would make the organization simply a ““howling society.” s The minority report, presented by Thomas McDougall of Cincinnati, favored a continuation of the present system of club and society representation with a few unimportant modifications. . The conven- tion, however, agreed with Mr, Fish and the minority report was then submitted to a vote, i This afternoon Professor S. Waterhouse of Washington University, St. Louis, de- livered an address upon the Nicaragua canal. This evening the delegates of the Manufacturers’ Club of Cincinnati gave a dinner at the Auditorium to President Thomas Dolan, Hon. Warner Miller, Peter Studebaker of South Bend, Ind., and a few other of the leading spirits of the organiza- tion. The delegates to the convention of textile manufacturers held no business sessions to-day. SENATORS ELECTED. Allison Formally Chosen in Jowa and Wel~ lington in the Marylamd Legislature. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan, 22.—The Sen- ate and House of the Legislature met in jomnt convention at noon to-day for the last formality in the election of United States Senator. The journals of the separate proseedings of the House yesterday, when they bal- loted separately for Senator, were read and jointly approved, and the Lieutenant- Governor, who presided, announced that Allison was elected. It is for his fifth term . which will begin March 4, 1897. The certificates of the election were read and approved by the joint assemblage and signed by the proper officersin its pres. ence, FRANKFORT, Kv., Jan. 22.—The first joint ballot for United States Senator was taken at noon to-day. Hunter received 68, Flackburn 58 and scattering 10. Hunter came within one of election. ANNAPOLIS, Mp,, Jan.22.—Wellington lwu formally elected United States Sena- tor in joint convention to-day, receiving 63 of the 64 Republican votes. Several re- fused to vote. JACKSON, Miss,, Jan. 22.—The Demo- cratic cadeus took three ballots to-night for United States Senator, on the last of which Money received 74 votes, lacking only 7 of the pomination, e THAWED OUT DYNAMITE. 4 Workman’s Carelessness Results in a Fatal Explosion. LEWISTON, Pa., Jan. 22.—By the pre- matnure exnlosion of & quantity of dyna- mite at Bixlers, near Newport, Perry County, this morning, one man was in- stantly killed, one fatally injured and eight others more or less seriously in- jured. The men, were employed by the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, and were at work on the road at that point, One man had some dynamite at a fire thawing itount when, it is supposed, the heat ignited it and caused the explosion. The exact cause, however, will never be known, as the man who was handling the explosive, Lawrence Moist of McVeyton, had his limbs biown from his body and died almost instantly. The other work- men who were injured, mostly Italians, were taken on trains to Altoona, where they were placed in hospitals in that city. $ i e CLAIM AGAINST UNCLE SAM. Heirs of FEx-Governor Durkee of Utah Secking to Recover Millions. CHAMPAIGN, Irn., Jan. 22. — A, J. Kuykendall of Springfield, Captain T. J. Abel and John J. Ferguson of Decatur, and L. C. Blaisdell of this city have gone to Washington as the representatives of a combination of twenty-five men who are pushing an old and extensive claim against the Government. Blaisdell is the trustee for the heirs of Charles Durkee, who was Governor of Utah about thirty years ago. The claim is based uvon the fact that oyer $60,000,000 of bonds of the Union Pa- cific Railroad were assigned to Durkee, and that he died with these bonds nomi- nally in his possession. The accumulation of interest swells the total to greatly more than $100,000,000, which the heirs claim is now their due. FOR A SILVER TICKET, Candidates Will Be Nominated if the Old Parties Ignore Free Coinage. National Convention to Be Held Simul- taneously With That of the Populists. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 22.—Nearly a hundred of the most prominent silver men in the country met in Washington to-day to arrange for holding the National silver convention to put a ticket in the field for the coming Presidential.campaign, the action being contingent on a failure of both the old political parties to recognize the white metal by the nomination of can- didates unequivocally pledged to rebabili- tation at 16 to 1. General Warner was promptly made chairman. He said before the meeting that a provisional committee representing all the States would be appointed and some date in the latter part of July set for the convention. Everything depends upon the action of the Republican and Demo- cratic conventions. The secret meeting to-day resplted in the appointment of committees oif resolu- tions and on organization, the members of which were appointed by the chairman. The committees are as follows: On resolutions—Senator John P, Jonmes of Nevada, chairman; H. F. Bartine of Nevada, Mr. Laurimer Pennsylvenia, Joseph Sheldon of Connecticnt, J. I. McLaurin of South Caro- lina and Geueral Warner of Ohio. On organization—Mr. Stevens of Colorado, J. N.Johnson of Virginia, C.J. Hillyer ot the District of Columbia and P. McIntosh of Utah. The committee on resolutions has about completed its report, and will fur- nish it to the convention to-morrow. It will define a platform and indicate a policy for the silver men of the country to adopt. 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To-night’s session of the conference was public and devoted to addresses on the silver question by General Weaverof Iowa, Senator Marion Butler, ex-Congressman Bartine of Nevada and others. General Weaver won applanse when he predicted that tie silver question would make the West and South a unit. ————— Ish Gets Of Lightly. OMAHA, Ngsr., Jan. 2 Jam.es Ish, who last June murdered W. H. L'hflpy}e], acensed of intimacy with Ish’s wife, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday evening and was this morning sentenced to fifteen months in prison. At his former trial the jury disagreed. . There are several towns in England where they still ring the curfew bell. The Doctor’s Examination. Your tongue is coated heavily; it is yel- low white. Do you have dull headaches? Yes, doc- tor. Do you feel drowsy? Yes, doclor. Do you feel exhausted after the least ex- ertion? Yes, doctor. Can you eat your food with relish? No, doctor. Do you sleep soundly and awake re- freshed? No, doctor. 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