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@all VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 71. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1896—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. DEBTS OF THE NN PACIFE Reorganizers Give Their Views to the Senate Committee. MR. ANDERSON’S OFFER. The Receiver Recommends That the Government Accept $35,000,000. HUNTINGTON ALSO APPEARS, Says He Used Gold to Build the Central Line, but Then It Was Cheaper Than Silver. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—The Benate Committee on Pacific Railroads gave another hearing to-day to those in- terested in the settiement of the debts of the Pacific railroads. Among those pres- ent were Collis P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific, W. J. Coombs and E. Ellery Anderson, Government directors of the Union Pacific, David H. Littler, representing the Sioux City and Pacific, and General Counsel Pierceof the reor- ganization committee of the Union Pacific. Senator Wolcott, who had not been present at the hearing last Saturday when Mr. Pierce explained the plan of reorgani- zation, closely questioned the latter on the details and purposes of the reorganization. The Government in subordinating its lien to the first mortgage bonds was re- garded as being in the same position as any other creditor. If it desired to pro- tect its 1 it must come forward and do somethis Otherwise the first mortgage bondholders might, if they wished, fore- close. The rTeorganization had several plans of settlement with the Government, any of which would be acceptable to them, y would probably agree to any fair t business-like proposition that 1ade by the Government. Replying to a question relative to the plan of dealing with the sinking fund, Mr. Pierce said that fund was treated as being an amount applicable to the reduc- tion of the debt. The statement of the debt has been excessive; it amounted, he thougit, to no more than $52,000,000. %4 he friends of both the Vanderbilt and tii» @ould interests were represented on the committee of reorganization. Mr. Pierce was rot able to say, of his own krowledge, whether if the receivers of the Union Pacific had not diverted the receipts and earnings they would be able to meet the interest on the bonds. Receivers were at times opposed to reorganization schemes, but in this case he thought the receivers were favorable to reorganization. No assistance in the way of legislation, he ssserted, was necessary to foreclose the lien of the Government. When asked by Senator Morgan what, if the road were sold, would become. of the four Government directors, Mr. Pierce eaid he thought they woula go out of of- fice, despite the law requiring their ap- pointment. Senator Brice remarked jocularly that the Government directors would, no doubt, be sold with the road. Subsequently Mr. Pierce said, in reply to Senator Morgan, that he could not reach the conclusion that further legislation was indispensable, although further legisla- tion might be desirable. Pierceccntended that as the case now stood he believed they could foreclose the first mortgage lien without further legislation, but there was no need of foreclosure. The matter should be settled by an agreement between the road and the Government. E. Ellery Anderson, one of the receivers of the Union Pacific and formerly a Goy- ernment director, favored an adjustment, but was not prepared, as one of the receiv- ers, to adopt any of the plans proposed until he had thoroughly investigated the subject and knew what the best interests of the Government demanded. The sale of both roads would, he was confident, bring less than the principal and interest of the Government debt and all prior claims. The Government held a lien on the Union Pacific, representing a certain amount of the principal advanced and unimborsed interest, approximating $33,000,000, after deducting about fifteen millions now held as a sinking fund. The question to be answered was, what was the Government lien fairly worth? He did not regard the claims of stockholders as to any alleged misapplication of funds as en- tering into it, for the reason that such claims did not constitute a tangible asset. Regarding the property of the Union Pacific itself as the only source from which anything was to be expected, there were two things to be considered—the available value of the property and the amount to be taken out before the Government could realize anything. The available value of the property, Mr. Anderson said, could not easity be estimated. Much depepded upon ¢ommercial and other condmo_nu, all of which mifitated against the earning power of the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific property, considered in- various ways, was worth about $70,000,000. B.nue@ 1 the value of its stocks and securities it was worth about $67,000,000, to which. if the preferred stock 1s added (the common stock having no market value) the total uid be about $92.000,000. " After paying all expenses the earnings for 1594 amounted to $4,300,000, which was the average earning capacity of the road. This represented the interest on an investment amounting to about $80,000,000. By any process of valuation of the road the conclusion was reached that the fair | market value of the Union Pacific was be- tween $75,000,000 and $80,000,000. Continuing, Mr. Anderson said that taking everything out in the shape of a lien in order to get at the basis of value of the Government's claim he fixed it as be- ing worth between $30,000,000 and $40,- 000,000. He would recommend that the Government accept $35,000,000 in cash for its claim, The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific if sold together would, he believed, bring more than if they were sold separately. An offer of say $65,000,000 for the two systems was better, he believed, than any proposition that had been submitted. The two properties together would make a splendid system. In respounse to a question by Senator Brice whether the Union Pacific system was able to earn one year with another4 ver cent on $120,000,000, Mr. Anderson said that it could just about do it. “Suppose,” said Mr. Brice, “‘the claim of the Government s taken up by some person or corporation and properly secured as a first-mortgage lien driawing 3 per cent interest, would it be a good proposition for the Government to accept? Would it be better than $35,000,000 cash ?” “Yes, I believe it would be the better arrangement,” said Mr. Anderson. “Suppose;’”” Mr. Brice again asked, ‘“‘we make the interest 2 per cent with a fair sinking fund, the bonds to run 50 or 100 vears, how would that compare with the others?” Such a hond as that would not be worth more than two-thirds as much as a 3 per cent bond. Mr. Anderson was inclined to think the acceptance of $35,000,000 would be better than the acceptance of the 2 per cent bond. Collis P. Huntington, representing the Central Pacific, said he expected some figures from New York that had not ar- rived. He desired to be heard by the com- mittee at some latter date, which request was granted. Mr. Huntington said that when he did appear he desired to correct some statements that misrepresented the conditions, because they were made by persons who did not understand the sitna- tion. The bonds of the Central Pacific were sold, he said, for gold, and geld was used in building the road. The road had been successfully operated, and Mr. Huntington insisted that, if given a chance, it would ultimatelv pay its Government debt, dol- lar for dollar. “Why did you not use silver, Mr. Hunt- ington, in the comstruction of your road?”" asked Senator Morgan, jokingly. Before Mr. Huntington had an oppor- tunity to reply Senator Stewart said: **Sil- ver at that time was worth 3 %cents more than gold, and they used the cheaper metal.” The hearing then adjourned. The next hearing will take place on Friday next. BANQUET OF THE OHIO SOCIETY. Governor Bushnell Says There Should Be More Preparation and Less Talk of War. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8.—The tenth annual banquet of the Ohio Society was held to-night at Delmonico’s. In point of number and distinguished guests it was one of the most successful dinners ever held by the society. Governor Bushnell of Ohio and a num- ber of the members of his staff were pres- ent in full uniform. General Burnell, president of the society, presided. Governor Bushnell was the speaker of the evening. subscription to the popular loan, and con- tinuing he said he deeply regretted thata member of one of the most august bodies in the world should have spoken disre- spectfully of the highest officer in the Na- tion. If he had no respect for the Chief Mag- istrate of the Nation, he should have some fox the office. The way to make a Government re- spected was to stand by it.. There had been recently some talk of war. There should be more preparation and less talk about it, Money and ships, not talk, were the re- quisites for war, declared the Governor. e Death of R. P. Pepper Jr. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8.—R. P. Pep- per, aged 25, died this morning from spinal meningitis.. Mr. Pepper was probably the best known young sportsman in Kentucky, if not in the United States. fuss S e Receiver of a Coal mpany. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Feb. 8.—J. H, Lee of Baltimore has been appointed re- ceiver of the Newburg Arril Coal and Coke Company. The liabilities amount to $190,- THRE MERLEOT BN Robbers Make a Successful Raid in a Small Town in Mis- souri. One Stands Over the Watchman While the Other Two Secure the Con- tents of the Safe. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 8.—The most successful and daring bank robbery that has occurred in Western Missouri for a quarter of a century took place last pight at Savannab,a small town fifteen miles northeast of this city. Three experienced cracksmen wrecked the safe of the State Bank of Savannah, securing $25,000 in money, Government bonds and postage stamps. About 1 o'clock this morning Night ‘Watchman Jake Garling saw three men working at the front door of the bank. He asked them what they were doing. One of the robbers, without replying, knocked Garling down, carried him into the lobby of the bank and bound and lindfolded him. He then stood guard over Garling with a cocked pistol while the remaining two robbers drilled a hole in the safe, which was an old-fashioned affair, and succeeded in unlocking it from the inside. i At9o'clock this morning Bank Presi- dent William R. Wells found Garling in the condition described. In the meantime the robbers, to whom there is no clew, had had plenty of time to make good their escape. Mrs. Mary Breckenridge lost $14,000 in Government bonds, of which the coupons for January had not been clipped. The Postmaster lost $275 in stamps and $250 in money. Other local depositors lost $10,000. For twenty-five years Mrs. Breckenridge had kept the bonds in her house. They had been deposited in the bank less than a week. o ol Insurance Paid to Lenz’s Mother. PITTSBURG, PA., Feb. 8.—The $3000 insurance on the life of Frank Lenz, the Pittsburg cyclist, who was murdered in Turkey in May, 1894, was paid to his mother Ig the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of New York to-day. & gk i He referred to the liberal| S| PRICE FIVE CENTS. Columbia—“Come, gentlemen; Massachusetts and South Carolina must not disturb the Union.” 10 BRING OFF ALL THE FIGHTS, Assurances Are Given by the Managers of the Fistic Carnival. MEXICO NOW THE SCENE. Governor Ahuamada Away and Arrangements Made With His Successor. SELLING OF TICKETS RESUMED. There Is a Promise That the Pro- gramme Will Be Carried Out on Schedule Time. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 8.—Indications to-night are that Dan Stuart will fulfill his promises and bring oft the fights as billed. Late this evening the platform on which the ring is to be staked was taken by teams to a point a mile below the city, where the river makes a big bend. Itisnow thought it will be moved acrossinto Mexico and set up at once and that the Mexican authorities will not interfere with the pro- gramme being carried out. In addition to this significant act, a ‘paper, which was drawn up and signed on the 5th inst., was made public thi§ even- ing. It reads: The undersigned, backers and managers of the pugilists who are billed to appear during the carnival to be held near the city of El Paso from February 14 to 18, after a thorough sur- vey of the ground and information from those most vitally interested, desire to make the following statement to the press and public: We are satisfied first there is no possible dan- ger of interference in any of the glove con- sts booked. The arrangements are perfect §|d the pattles will be fought tofinishes and nder conditions which preclude all dauger of faolestation from any source.. Disquicting re- ports from various sections, we are satisfied, emanated from captious and , unreliable sources. Surely, if we, who have everything at stake, have been satisfied, there can be little room for doubt with the general public. * The fights will take place, and those who contemplate a journey here to witnessthem can come on without the least remote misgiv- ing or fears. Martin Julian, for Bob Fitzsim- mons; J.J. Quinn. for Peter Maher; Thomas F. O’'Rourke, for Dixon and Wolcott; J. Kin- ney, for “Bright Eyes”; Charles E. Davies, per T.F.Orr, for Jimmy Barry; J. J. Quinn, for Jerry Marshall; J. J. Quinn, for Johnny, Mur- phy; Hugh P. Kane, for Jack Everhart. The circular has had tne effect since it was circulated of satisfying the majority of the people here that the fight will be pulled off on time. It is reported that Governor Ahuamada has taken a fifteen days’ layoff, and a great many surmise that arraugements have been made with the party who is succeeding him tempora- rily to take no notice of the fight, and that it will be upon Mexican territory. Others offer the suggestion that a part of the old Fort Bliff reservation, having been pur- chased by a sporting man at a recent sale, might be ground over which there will be a mooted question. The platform which was built so hur- riedly the other day was carted away this afternoon to a spot one' mile below town. This gave rise to reports that the fight would take place to-morrow, but as no preparations are being made to-night, so far as can be learned, it looks as though the management is not intending any fight before the days announced. Some have suggested that the island below tke city, where Captain Jones of the Texas Rangers was killed a few years ago, being claimed by both the Mexican and United States Governments, would be a sate place to have the fight, but Sheriff Silmons says tiat it cannov be pulled off there. The Herald publishes this evening in its sporting column a statement from Dan Stuart that he will pay the expenses of any mean who comes to see the fights and who has the money to pay for the privi- lege if he does not get that which his money calls for. Since the circulation of the circular re- ferring to the fights ticket-selling has been resumed at a rapid rate, and parties who kad purchased tickets and were cifering to sell them for $5 are now confident that the fights will come off and have withdrawn their tickets from sale. Dan Stuart has been in earnest conver- sation with some of the leading lawyers of El Paso this afternoon, and while he does not seem in as good humor to-night as usual, his friends claim that it is simply for annoyance of minor details. He states there is' no contingency that can arise which can prevent the fights from coming off as scheduled. The only thing which Stuart fears now is that the crowd will not be as large as expected owing to conflict- ing reports. - GRIEF OF A BANK-WRECKER. Colean Cries Piteously While Being Sen- tenced to Five Years' Impris- onment, FORT SCOTT, Kaxs., Feb. 8.—J. R. Colean, who wrecked the State. Bank of this city by stealing $50,000, this even- ing stood trembling and crying before Judge Simons and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, the maxi- mum penalty for embezzlement. His wife and her sister, Mrs. McArthur of Jackson- ville, 11., supported his weak body through the ordeal. After being sentenced Colean submitted a written statenient, the only one made since his arrest. It was this: “Judge, I wish to tell you the truth. I understand some people believe me to have | means. I state to you such is not the case, My family and I are absolutely penniless in the money sense. I have wronged my friends and family, but I assure you my intentions were never to wrong any man. I trust I have done some good in this world in the past, and should my life be spared I shall try to improve the future.” He cried piteously throughout his ar- raignment, . | . ool o o BEATEN BY FORAKERITES McKinley Men Defeated at a Meeting of the County Committee, Now There Are Charges That Bribes Were Offered and' Loud Talk of Indictments. SPRINGFIELD, Omnio, Feb, 8.—The Foraker and McKinley factions came to- gether here this afternoon at the meeting of the County Republican Central Com- | mittee in a sensational manner and the Forakerites came out victorious. To-night the McKinley men were red- hot' and Judge Young openly charges'a man who is very close to Governor Bush- nell with trying to buy up committeemen. The fight was over the'election of a chair- man, the two candidates being Sam Wil- kerson, a Forakerite, and Horace Keifer, a McKinleyite. ot Ok The latter is the son of General Keifer, Governor Bushnell’s old political enemy, and was defeated on the second ballot by a vote of 20 to 16. McKinleyites angrily assert that they will try to secure the indictment by the Grand Jury of the bribegiver. The real fight is over the Congressional fight in this, the Seventh District, and election of delegates to the St. Louis convention. S PERISAED IN THE FLAMES. The Foreman of a Printing Office Failed to Tscape. McKEESPORT, Pa., Feb. 8.—The Alt- meyer Theater building was destroyed by fire this morning. The Herald Publishing Company occupied the top floor. All the employes except George Barto, the fore- man, escaped. .He attempted to escape by sliding down the elevator rope from the sixth floor and has not since been heard from.. The resi-- dence of Peter Strohm, in the rear of Becker’s Hotel, and Deitrich’s . stables were crushed by falling walls, The fire is supposed to have been caused by electric-: light wires. Loss, $130,000, - . WILL VIRTUALLY CONTROL KRUGER, Cecil Rhodes Entered Into an Agreement With Chamberlain, PROVINCE OF THE RAND. Plan to Give the Invading Uit- landers a Freer Scheme of Home Rule. TO COMMAND THE TRANSVAAL. The Ex-Premier of Cape Colony Will Represent England as Well at a Financial Syndicate. [Copyright, 1896, by the New York Times.] LONDON, ExG., Feb. 8.—Something ab- solutely unexpected by any one has hap- pened. Cecil Rhodes, instead’ of remain- ing and making sport in the gladiatorial arena with Chamberlain, as all England took for granted he would do, has merely bad a long talk at the Colonial Office, and is forthwith hurrying back to South Africa. A more unlooked-for and puz- zling surprise hardly could be imagined. At one stroke it throws all the imagined forecasts out of gear. The chartered com- pany must hold its annual meeting within a fortnight, and the public has been wait- ing for the great speech that Rhodes was to make as the grand opening move in the campaign between him and Chamberlain, which was to eclipse everything since the time of Warren Hastings. It entered into nobody’s head that the battle could be avoided. Now.we are calmly told that the fight is off, and. in men’s minas there is room for only one question, “What does it mean?”’ The coincidence of Mr. Chamberlain’s Jong and elaborate official statement ap- pearing at the same hour as the news of Rhodes’ swift return has to answer the question. Means have been found to strike a balance between the exigencies of Cham- verlain’s political career and the colossal political, financial and social influences that the chartered company is able to command in . its defense. A compromise has been arranged and apparently the scheme adopted; is big enough to afford ample : elbow-room for both Rhodes’ and Chamberlain’s ambitions. When two -such predatory genii combine to work to- gether it may be assumed that some third party is to pay the bill. In this instance it scarcely needs a prophetic eye to discern the probability that Kruger and his Boers are marked for the sacrifice, In other words, it is plainly open to be feared that England, having behaved with scrupulous correctness up to the present point of the Transvaal business, is now about to do an unlovely thing. Perhaps it is manifest destiny, but it will wear an ugly aspect none the less. Chamberlain’s lengthy recital of events from the starting point of Mafeking tells little that is new. It throws the perfidy of Jameson’s behavior into rather a stronger light than before and coldly hints that Sir Hercules Robinson’s innocent ignorance of what was going on needs some further investigation. But the really strong parts of the document are not reached till he begins to disclose the policy of the British Cabinet. England’s rights of entire con- trol of the Transvaal’s external relations and its intention to maintain them in their integrity are affirmed in the plainest possible langnage that has been done be- fore; but now, in addition, comes the statement that England, by zeographical and other considerations, is justified in tendering its friendly counsels on inter- nal matters also. Then, after a long narration of the grievances of the Uit. landers, comes what Chamberlain de- scribes as merely a suggestion of one way of meeting the difficulty, but which will be read alike in Pretoria and Berlin asa British ultimatum. The entire Rand, embracing the whole mining district, is to be erected into a semi-autonomous province, with a Legis- lature, Supreme Court, police, educational system, mining management and so on of its own. Plenty of safeguards of the Transvaal's supremacy in large matters are suggested, such as the power to veto aud the like, but, in substance, Chamber- lain proposes to give to the invading Uit- landers on the Rand a rather freer scheme of home rule than what he broke up the Liberal party for attempting to secure for the Irish in théir own island. The announcement that Rhodes on his return will live in Rhodesia, instead of Cape Town, may be taken as signifying that he is to stand on the frontier 4f the Transvaal as the representative not merely as the head of a huge private financial syndicate, but as the more or less official representative of England’s will that the Uitlanders be allowed to manage the Rand in their own way. That Kruger will accept this solution without a violent protest, or that his Boers will not encourage him to resist by force of arms and appeals for European aid, is entirely unlikely. One may look with con- fidence, too, to see Germany foam over again with exuberance at the vague notion of blocking England’s felinous progress, but when it comes to reality what can either Kruger or the Kaiser do? Enzland is on the ground and holds little Transvaal as in a thumbscrew. Onetwist of i%s giant hand and the Boers pass into Listory, while with its other hand the German navy and mercantile marine could be mauled beyond recognition, and so the British empire goes on being made. As a rule the week preceding the session of Parhamentis made vocal with specula- tions and rumars about the Queen’s speech. This year nobody displays the faintest curiosity on the subject. It is supposed that there will be a request for a large naval grant, which will not be seri- ously resisted, and a clause devoted to ed- ucation. It issaid that this latter is the subject that the Tory leaders have most at heart, and that it will be put through at all hazards. Tt is their measure for strengthening the church’s grip on the schools. Some Irish land legislation must be introduced, and there will be the usunal gags about agriculture. But, save in the matters of schools, no one cares much, and even there the majority is too huge to be hopefully opposed. Much more fighting interest attaches to foreign questions, and to Armenia in particular. There will be a direct and immediate assault on this point by Rosebery in the House of Lords, and a battle between him and Balisbury is ex- pected to claim first place in the public at- tention. It is being whispered to-night among Tories that Salisbury, whose case seems so naked to attack in this whele Armen- ian business, had something up his sleeve, which will show England really swrong where to gutward view it seems weakest; but I hear this is rather in the spirit of whistling past a graveyard. There can be no doubt, however, that the Turkish question and various Continental prob- lems entered with it look much more in the Parliamentary mind ' than all the phases of domestic politics combined. Sexton’s selection to succeed Justin Mc- Carthy has been a foregone conclusion all the week. Up to the last advices he was pretending not to want iz, but that is only pretty Fanny’s way. In reality his was the most utter egotism in the whole vain boiling, and he has been thrust into the post by Healy merely to keep Dillon out. It is not risking miuch to predict that his reign will be both a brief and stormy one. The French Government is hurrying forward plans for representation at the Czar's coronation at Moscow in May, which will eclipse anything on record in such matters. It happensthatthe present French Embassador in Russia is by seniority of service the dean of the diplo- matic eorps at St. Petersburg, so he is to enjoy the right of receiving the young Czar and Czarina in the name of his col- leagues when they enter Moscow. He will do this on a scale of extraordinary mag- nificence, two of the largest noblemen’s palaces in Moscow, rented for the occasion, being all refitted in the costliest manner from France. A mile and a quarter of the costliest carpeting that France can pro- duce is merely one item in the bewildering outfit. The supper alone, when their Majesties attend the first ball under the French roof, is to cost $50,000. LouisXV’s ornate state chariot which so many Americans have seen at the Musee Cluny, 18 to be sent out for the use of the Embas- sador in the procession, with trappings for horses and liveries for postilions and footmen of the same highly monarchial period; and orders are already placed in Morocco, Algiers and along the Riviera for the choicest fruits, vegetables and flowers that the season will permit, all to be shipped to Moscow. This wild ostentation may not improb- ably prove in the nature of a funeral dem- onstration over the corpse of the Franco- Russian entente. Many signs point to the conclusion that the Russians are already tired of the thing. Fewer of their princes and millionaires are spending their win- ter in France than for years before and France is hardly mentionea nowadays in the Russian papers. Meanwhile 'Verestschagin’s new collec- tion of paintings, recently moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg, is attracting ex- ceptional attention at the latter capital. Their principal feature is a dozen huge canvases devoted to the Napoleonic inva- sion and retreat of 812-13 and they lay almost malicious stress on the French bru- tality to the Russian peasants and prisor- ers, the French cowardice when brayely opposed, and above all the French sacri- lege in desecrating the Russian churches and shrines. When it is remember®d that the Russian official censorship 1s peculiarly sensitive and severe on the question of permitting picture exhibitions, it is not strange that the Krench are surprised to find this show being allowed at this particular time. Un- less omens fail, they will get much more direct hints presently when the Cronstadt- Toulon honeymoon is over. All Germany agrees in attaching deep importance to the attempt by the Saxon Ministry to alter the suffrage laws of the kingdom. At present the suffrage is pretty nearly universal, the limit’ being a fairly new tax-paying qualification. The meas- ure now 'proposed by the Government sweeps away direct voting altogether, and by statutes instead a sort of electoral col- Continued on Third Page. HUNTINGTON 1S HGHTING SHY, Employs Resident Attorneys to Combat the Re- peal Bill. GOEBEL ON THE ALERT. Other Railroads Take an Active Part in Opposition to the Measure. WILL LIKELY PASS THE SENATE, Southern Pacific Men Sparring for Time to Fix Matters in the House. FRANKFORT, Kv., Feb. 8.—The Southe ern Pacific repeal bill was not called up to-day in the Senate on account of the slim attendance, but will be brought up during the early part of next week. Itde- velops that the Lowsville and Nashville and Cnesapeake and Ohio and Southwest- ern railroads are taking an active part against the bill. Huntington is fighting shy and making his fight through resi- dent attorneys on the ground. Thers | seems little doubt of the passage of the bill in the Senate. The repeal bill rested quietiy to-day in the ‘‘orders for the day” on the desk of Clerk Cromwell, from which it may be called at any time, unless there is ob- jection on the part of some one, and even if that one be in New York or Washing- ton, looking after other skillets of fish, it is well assured that he wiil not be without some one on the floor to respond to the slightest wish that he may ex- press in regard to considering the bill at an inopportune time and enter a vehement objection to its consider- ation before Mr. Huntington’s managers are ready for it. It will remain on the clerk’s desk until they are ready or it comes up in its regular course. Gobel recognizes the situation and knows that ever-watchful eyes are on that bill and that any motion to call it up ahead of its time or before his opponents are ready would bring an “I object” from Mr. Weissinger, who would go on with his talk or his work as if objecting to calling | np bills repealing rascally railroad char- | ters was as much a part of his daily life | as interposing the same remark in regard | to a question put toa witness in a magise trate's court, where justice was just the thing he did not want, though supposed to be pleading for it. Should he happen to be out or otherwise engaged Mr. Goebel will see the portly and stately form of Major Thomas H. 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