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2 LODGE PROTESTS AGAINST DE LOME, Spain’s Minister Said to Have Talked Rather Freely. SHOULD BE SENT HOME Precedents to Show That Other Diplomats Were Called Down for Less Cause. DEFENDED BY SENATOR GRAY Hoar Has Sherman Over His Resolution. Lively Tilt With Cuban a action of the Spanish Minister in correct- fying through the public press ade in the Senate on the sub- on the subject of General Weyler’s pur- pose and character, was to-day made the groundwork of a question of personal priv- ilege by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. it up immediately after the e journal, and occupied most re which is usually given to the ss of the morning hour. inst any diplomatic ng the newspapers of Lodge protested presentative u Te spoken in debate, end intimated that in any other country a foreign Minis- ter who shouid be guilty of such a viola- tion of propriety would be sent home. Minister de Lome’s action was rather palliatea by Gray of Delaware, although be admitted it was a technical violation of diplomatic usage. Teller of Colorado was less benignantly inclined. Heavowed the delight he would feel 1f he learned to-day that Havana were in the hands of the insurgents and that the Spanish forces had been driven into the sea. The discussion was continued for over an hour and a half, and when it terminated another phase of the Cuban question pre- sented itself in the shape of a resolution which had been offered yesterday by Hoar f sachusetts to postpone the further ideration of the conference report till the 6th of April,and to direct the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations to report in the meantime the facts on which the reso- ion was jusiified. A rather acrimoni- ue took place between Hoar and which seemed to amuse Sena- lience. of Alabama was drawn into it on to his remarks some weeks ing the sword on the table wing Spain to take it up if she ose. Hoar’s resolution went over until to- morrow, when he is to speak upon it at some length. The rest of the day’s session was given to the Delaware election case, Turpie of Indiana continuing but not finishing his speech against Dupont’s right to the seat. As soon as the journal of yesterday was read Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts rose to a question of personal privilege in rela- tion to tne statement of the Spanish Min- ister through the newspaper press. That statement accused him (Lodge) of baving read to the Senate a report which had been imposed upon him and which he said was a malicious and fraudulent mis- representation. He held in his hand a copy of El Liberal of Madrid, in which the interview with General Weyler was published, and he would have the article printed in the Record in Spanish, so ihat it might be seen that the translation which he had made of it was correct. He (Lodge) could understand the sensitive- ness of the Spanish people—a people who had in 300 years dissipated a great empire. But he not think there was any excuse for the diplomatic representative of Spain taking the course which he had taken. It was a very well established custom and fact that debate in the Senate and House were domestic matters with which no for- eign nation had any concern. The vroper channel for a diplomatic Tepresentative to make représentations on any subject was through the State Depart- ment, not through the newspapers. If an American diplomatist were to criticize in a European country the debates of the representative body of that country in the newspapers he would be sent home. He proteste inst having a diplomatic rep- resentative using as a channel for com- munication the newspapers of the United States to criticize language used in debate in the Senate of the United States. He protested against any criticism on the part of a foreign Minister. He knew very well what any other country in the worla would do under similar circumstances. Gray (D.) of Delaware regretted that the Senate did not pursue the even tenor of its ways, undisturbed by emeutes in Madrid orin other Spanish cities. Why, he asked, should the Senate lay aside its business to discuss the interpretation or translation of a newspaper article in Spanish between the Senator from Massachusetts and the Min- ister from Spain? Telier (R.) of Colorado said that twice in the history of the United States Ministers of great countries -had been sent home— once to France and once to Great Britain— for a much less offense than the Spanish Minister had been guilty of. He would not say that if he were President he would send the Spanish Minister home. Under the circumstances, and considering the friction which bad arisen in Spain, he should have not sent him home; but he should have suggested very kindly to him ZpoZ/zhaifz,} “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” Received the HIGHEST AWARD at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the ANTWERP EXHIBITION. JOHN CAFFREY, First street, San Francisco, REPRESENTING 47 in Cuba, and particulariy | 1 States to criticize Senators for | titfon of 1t would necessitate his leaving the country. Teller complained that not only had the statement of the Spanish Minister been read in the Senate yesterday but also a statement from the Prime Minister of Spain, which was in utter defiance of every rule which had hitherto governed the body. Teller went on to say that he was an ardent sympathizer with the Cubans in their fight. He should be delighted to hear to-day that Havana was in the hands of the insurgents; he should be delighted to know that the Cubans had run the Spanish forces into the sea. But he had not the slightest feeling against the Span- ish Government. He had not the slightest feeling of impatience because of the ac- tions of irresponsible Spanish students. But if he were President and if the Spanish Minister repeated his offense he would give him his waiking-papersand send him home. Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire said tbe matter complained of by Lodge was entirely unbecoming in a Minister from Spain to the United States. The commu- nication ought not to have been written. He askea Gray whether, if Minister Bay- ard had addressed a communication tcthe London Times criticizing the remarks of Lord Salisbury, Mr. Chamberlain or others in the British Parliament, he would not think that a very improper proceeding? Gray explained his view to be that the Spapish Minister had been guilty ofa tech- nical violation of diplomatic usages, but that great allowance should be made for him. He (Gray)felt that magnanimity and forbearance on the part of the Ameri- can citizens and the people of the Ameri- can Government toward Spain would be becoming and would strengthen the atti- tude of those who really felt that Cuba ought to be free and hoped that she would be free. After some further remarks on the ques- tion by Frye, Hale, Gray and Teller, Lodge stated by what motive he was influenced in bringing the matter to the attention of the Senate, and re- ferred to the dismissal of Genet, the French Minister, by President Wash- ington, who, he said, was not a jingo, and would not be taken to task to-day for his intemperate action. He also referred to the dismissal of the British Minister, Sack- ville-West, during President Cleveland’s first administration, far writing a private _letter which had got into the newspapers. At the close of Lodge's remarks, the dis- cussion was closed; but a new branch of the Cuban question was brought up by the Vice-President laying before the Senate the resolution offered yesierday by Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts, postponing the con- ference report on the Cuban resolutions until April 6, and directing the Committee on Foreign Relations to report to the Sen- ate before that time, the facts, which, in its opinion, justify the passage of the reso- lutions as evidence thereof. As Mitchell (R.) of Oregon manifested some anxilety to proceed with the consid- eration of the Dupont election case, Hoar expressed his williugness 10 let the resolu- tion go over until to-morrow; but objec- tion to that was made by Sherman, who wished the resolution disposed of at once, and who remarked that it had only been offered with the object of getting up moot debate. This opposition nettled Hoar, who, standing close to Sherman, the aisle only separating the two Senators, addressed some rather sarcastic remarks to the Ohio Senator. That Senator, Hoar said, was a man of marvelous penetration and of great scientific attainments; but he doubted whether he had yet sufficiently mastered the new discovery of the X rays as to penetrate into his (Hoar’s) brain and to find out his motive in offering the reso- lation. “I think I can,” Sherman said, with an air of confiderce in his own opinion, which caused some laughter. Hoar declared that he had no such mo- tive. The whole subject of the concur- rent resolutions was nothing but a matter for a moot debate. The Senateand House were asked to declare something which would have no effect after it was declared. The American people were not bound, Congress was not bound, the President was not bound, no individual American vas bound by the concurrent resolutions now before the Senate. The smallest private claim for $100 when a bill was re- vorted by a committee for it had the facts and evidence presented to the Senatein an accompanying report. “I have listened to the Senator from Massachusetts,” Sherman broke in, appa- rently unable to restrain his impatience. “Let me make my point,” Hoar re- monstrated. **Whnen I begin to state my point the Senator from Ohio gets up and demands that he shall be allowed to make a statement.” The two aged Senators glowered angrily at each other as they stood on each side of the intervening aisle and a ripple of laugh- ter went through the chambver and the crowded galleries at the spectacle of their hostile attitude. Sherman took his seat with an air of injured resignation, remark- ing as he did so that he would let the Sen- ator from Massachusetts go on as he was going. Hoar went on. He had not, he said, in- itiated the debate. He had asked that his resolution should go over until to-morrow and the Senator from Ohio had objected. He repeated the remark about all small private bill being accompanied by reports; but here, in this grave foreign complication, there was no report made, although the former chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Morgan) had said that he brought to the Senate a sword which Spain was at liberty to take up if she chose and with the full understanding that the resolution would not unlikely lead to war. This allusion brought Morgan to his feet. He denied having made the state- ment which Hoar attributed to him. He had said to the Committee on Foreign Re- lations when the subject first came up and | when the committee had before it the issu- | ance of petitions for the recognition of Cuban belligerency or independence, that the committee would have to do one of two things—either report back the resolu- tion adversely and ask to be discharged from its further eonsideration, or turn its face in the other direction; but that what- ever it did,-he was confident that the folly and overstrained pride of Spain would force her into improper and wrong pro- ceedings toward the people of the United States and would lead her to engage in war; and thatin such a case he drew his sword and laid it on the table, and Spain might take it up if she chose. Hoar said, with a shrug of indifference, that he accepted Morgan's statement, but was unable to see any great distinction be- tween 1t and his own statement. Afrer some further colloquy, Hoar’s reso- lution was allowed to go over till to-mor row instead of being sent to the calendar in accordance with the rule—Hoar stating that he would address the Senate, and, aiming a parting shaft at Sherman, saying that that Senator had imputed to him a very improper motive, “and in a very im- proper way.” The Senate then proceeded to the con- | sideration of the question whether Dupont has or has not been duly elected a Senator Charles Graef & Co., N. Y., for Mineral Waters )of the United States from the State of THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1896. Delaware—Turpie (D.) of Indiana continu- ing his argument of yesterday against Dupont’s right to the seat. ‘Without & conciusion of the question, the Senate at 4:40 adjourned until to-mor- TOW. e SECRETARY OLNEY RETURNS. 2here Was Mystery Connected With His Visit to Bqston. WASHINGTON, D. €., March 10.— Secretary Olney returned to Washington this morning from Boston, where he spent Sunday and part of yesterday. Con- siderable mystery surrounded this trip of the Secretary’s and gave rise to rumors that Mr. Olney left Washington on account of a disagreement with President Cleve- land over the latter’s repudiation of the alleged statement of the administration views with regard to Cuban recognition attributed to the Secrctary of State. Mr. Olney’s visit to Boston was of a personal nature.. The State Department officials told inquirers that he was “athome.” This was assumed to be his residence on Massa- chusetts avenue, in this city, whereas, in fact, he was in the State of Massachusetts proper. e Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—Rep- resentative Grove L. Johnson to-day made an argument before the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, advo- cating a new Postoffice building at Stock- ton. Mrs, Maggie Hill was to-day appointed postmisstress at Rosena, San Bernardino County, Cal., vice Catherine Showalter, resigned. A postoffice was to-day established at Quatal, Santa Barbara County, and Miss May Dunn was appointed posimistress. NAVAL - APPROPRITIONS, Some of the Provisions in the Bill That Will Be Reported to the House. It Is Certain That New Battle-Ships and Torpedo-Boats Are to Be Authorized. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—1he House Committee on Naval Affairs still has under consideration the naval appropria- tion bill. While the measure has not been completed enough of its provisions are known to give an abstract of it approxi- mating the shape in which it will be pre- sented to the House. The important question of increasing the navy has not yet been agreed upon, but it is quite certain that a number of battle-ships and torpedo-boats will be authorized. Members of the committee differ as to what this increase shall be. Some favor six battle-ships and fifteen torpedo-boats, while others want four battle-ships and from twenty to thirty torpedo-boats. The bill will carry an appropriation out- side of any authorized increase in the navy of about §28,500,000. As the bill now stands its principal vrovisions are as follows: For prizes for excellence in gunnery ex- ercises, $6000; for ocean and lake surveys, §14,000; bounties of naval apprentices, ,750; expenses of recruiting, $45,000; ordnance and ordnance stores, $180,000; re- serve supply guns for ships of the navy, $25,000; reserve supply of projectiles for ships of the navy, $200,000; reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers, $250,000; for im- roving the gun plant of the Washington Navy-yard, §50,000; for new brick maga- zine at Fort Mifflin, Pa., $50,000; for water supply naval magazine, Dover, N. J., $15,- 000; arming and equipping naval militia, ,000; contingent expenses Bureau of Ord- nance,$29,324; equipment of vessels, $1,1: 147; contingent expenses Bureau of Equlp- ment, $12,000; maintenance of yards and docks, $265,000; repair and preservation of yards and stations, $400,000; naval home at Philadelphia, $59,700; maintenance of naval hospitals, $20,000; provisions and commuted rations for seamen and ma- rines, $1,205,000; preservation and com- pletion of vessels on siocks and in ordinary condition, $1,492,000; additional supply of torpedoes, $142,000; completion, re- pair and preservation of machinery of vessels, $425,000; for replacing machinery and repair of engines of the cruiser Chicago, $150,000; re- placing boilers of the cruiser Atianta and repair of her machinery, $100,000; re- placing boilers of the Dolphin, $60,000° re- placing machinery of the Hartford, $75,000; repairs and improvements at the Naval Academy, $56,000; repair and improve- ment of marine barracks at the various posts, $10,000, and for the erection of offi- cers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, 0. On account of hulisand outfits of vessels here- tofore authorized and steam machinery for them $5,395,679 1s allowed. Toward the armament of these vessels $3,800,204 is allowed and toward complet- ing their eqnipment an appropriation of $237,000 is made. The bill contemplates placing the old frigate; Frartiord it /condition Sior aotive service and under the appropriation for preservation and completion a provision 1s added that nothing in that section shall be construed to deprive the Secretary of the Navy of authority to make the neces- sary repairs on this vessel. The repairs outside of machinery, for which $75,000 is allowed, are estimated at about $100,000. st T0 ADMIT NEW MEXICO. A Favorable Report on the Bill Ordered by the Committes. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—The sub-committee of the Commiittee on Terri- tories this morning by a vote ordered a favorable report on the bill to admit New Mexico to statehood. A nnmber of minor amendments were made to the pending measure, among others one to make the census of 1890 the basis of representation in the constitutional convention. It1s be- lieved that the full committee will order a favorable report on the bill. There will undoubtedly be a fight against the admis- sion of this Territory when the bill comes into the Senate. First, because the Terri- tory is not, as some Senators claim, suffi- ciently settled to justify its people in assuming statehood, and for the further reason that the Spanish language is the tongue “commonly spoken within i borders, and, second, becanse by the admi: sion of this Territory the strength of the free-silver men in the Senate would be in- creased two votes by the admission of the Senators from that Territory when it be- came a State. . The bill may perhaps pass the Senste, but the indications are that it cannot pass the House of Representatives. EATE TG LA ALLOTMENT OF SALARIES, An Old Custom of the Navy to Be Con- . tinwed. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—Some weeks ago Comptroller Bowler made a ruling that prohibited officers of the navy from making allotments of their pay, thus setting aside a custom of the navy co-ex- istent with the navy itself, the legality of which was never questioned by any offi- cial of the Government. It was through such aliotment that navAl officials pro- vided for the retention of such portion of their pay as was necessary for the support of their family while on cruises, The rul- ing threatened to work serious inconven- ience in innumerable cases and the naval committee of the two houses at once took the question under consideration. This morning the Senate commuttee authorized Mr. Tillman to reporta bill that will authorize the allotment of pay in accordance with the long establishea cus- tom of the navy, 7 l PRUNING THE APPROPRIATIONS, Expenses of Conducting the Postal Service Before the House. ENGINEERED BY LOUD. Charges of Bulldozing on the Part of the Committee Chairman. RIVALRY OF THE RAILWAYS. Obnoxious Sections in the Bill to Restrict Competition Are Thrown Out. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—In the House to-day the following bills were passed: Making one year’s continuous residence in a Territory a prerequisite toobtaining a divorce there. To relieve Captain W. J. Kountz of $22,- 845 liability as freight contractor for the United States army on the Yellowstone River in 187 Authorizing the auditing and payment of quartermasters’ vouchers for $6363 held by John Finn of St. Louis. The House then went into the commit- tee of the whole to further consider the postoffice appropriation bill. A little breeze occurred in the course of the discussion of an amendment offered by Bromwell (R.) of Ohio, a member of the Postoffice Committee, to increase the appropriation . for streetcar service from $150,000 to $200,000. It was antagonized by Pickler (R.) of South Dakota, who had previously made a futile point of order against the paragraph on the ground that 1t was new legislation. He criticized the amendment named 1n the bill as totally insutficient, in view of the fact that it was proposed to double the service, which for the present year, he said he had been in- formed, cost $163,000. In this matter, asin others, Pickler said he had been informed that the chairman of the committee, Loud, had overborne the members of the com- mittee and had brought in, as Bromwell had said, a premature and ill-digested bill that should have been preceded by other measures. Loud assured the gentleman from South Dakota that he had been wholly misin- formed and that his informant had stated that which was totally false. Ogden (D.) of Louisiana, a member of the committee, stated that the gentleman from South Dakota traveled outside the record in making his assertion, no sueh action as he has described having ever taken place in the committee. Pickler (excitedly)—I tan prove it by more than one of the members. Ogden—No, sir; I repudiate and deny that the chairman has been guilty as charged. He has peen fair throughout. Bromwell's amendment was rejected. On a point of order raised by Pickler that it changed existing law, the chair ruled out of the bill two pages of the text regu- lating the method of adjusting the ac- counts for carrying mail on streetcars. ‘When the paragraph was reached appro- priating $195,000 for special mail facilities on trank lines from Boston via New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Or- leans, Loud, in charge of the bill, made a point of order against it. Crisp (D.) of Georgia, speaking on the point of order, called attention to the nov- elty in legislation presented by Loud in making the point of order. Bills of this character, Crisp said, were usually 1n charge of some one whowas in favor of its provisions, but here was seen a man in charge of a bill raising the point of order against that bill. Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania sustained Crisp’s contention. Dingley (R.) of Maine adverted to the report of Postmaster-General Wanamaker to show that the appropriation not only did not secure the object for which it was made, but absolutely prevented its accom- plishment—instead of expediting mail it retarded it. Chairman Payne, following the precedents, overruled the point of or- der on the ground that the appropriation was not in continuation of an object al- ready in progress. Cousins (R.) of Iowa asked Loud who was responsible for the item 1n the bill to appropriate $100,000 for special facilities on the line from Chicago to Omaha, via Burlington? Was it recommended or re- quested by the Postoffice Department ? Loud replied that all Postmasters:Gen- eral for years had denounced the system. Even the present official, who might have voted for the Southern railway subsidy when a member of the House, condemned it in unmeasured terms. It was not a cer- titied item before the committee and not contained in the estimates, But as to who was responsible for the item if he knew he would not say. Lorimer (R.) of Illinois acknowledged that the item was inserted upon his mo- tion, but that he had intended to move to strike out the words, *'via Burlington,” leaving the service open to the competi- tion of all roads between Chicago and Omaha. On a point of order being made against it the item was ruled out of the bill. 5 Loud moved to strike out the appropria- tion of $196,000 for special facilities from Boston to New York, his point of order having been overruled. He said that the New York Central and Pennsylvania Rail- road Company ran entire mail trains from New York to Chicago and St. Louis with- out a cent of additional revenue above the recular rates for carrying postal matter. The train which the appropriation paid for, Loud said, was two hours slower than an- other train run over the same route, also carrying the mail. The hour of departure from New York was not one that tended to expedite or benefit the mails, and the hour of arrival at New Orleans was one which made the train of no value to the country beyond. Orisp called attention to Loud’s state- ment that every Postmaster-General in the vast seventeen years had denounced the appropriation of this sum of money, and asked if the House was ready to believe, 1n view of the provision in the bill, *‘that no part of the appropriation shall ve expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service,” that these officials had been spending the mouey not to promote the interests of the | has come under his obse: postal service, but for the benefit of the railroad corporations. He thought not. The motion to strike out the appro- priation was advocated by Kyle (D.) of Mississippi and antagonized by Welling- ton (R.) of Maryland and Ogden (D.) of Louisiana. The motion to strike out the appropria- tion on a division of the committee received 100 affirmative votes and 95 negative, the announcement of which was received with applause. A vote by tellers was demanded, resulting: Ayes, 93; noes, 114. The ap- plause was repeated, this time by the other side. An amendment offered by Tawney (R.) of Minnesota was agreed to, providing that railways carrying mail may furnish free transportation to the clerks engaged in the railway mail service. THe paragraph approoriating $81,700 for special facilities from Kansas City to New- ton, Kans., went out on a point of order; also the one appropriating $100,000 for the same on lines from Chicago to Omaha, via Burlington. ‘Without concluding consideration of the bill, the committee rose and at 5:10 o’clock the House adjourned until to-morrow. I\ CANGER OF FLAMES Hundreds of Men, Women, Boys and Girls Flee for Their Lives. Fire Starts in a Paper Factory and Occupants of the Building Barely Save Themselves. CHICAGO, Irn., March 10.— A fire which was a source of danger to hundreds of men and women, boys ana girls, started this afternoon in the stock of the Lartz Wall Paper Company on the second floor of tke stone-front building which the com- pany leases from the Martin Ryerson es- tate, located at 47 and 49 Randolph street. Only an alley separates the six - story structure from the towering Masonic Tem- ple on State street. The total loss on building and contents will not excecd $10,000, principally to the high-grade stock of the Lartz Company and wore from water than fire. The concertisa branch of the National Wall Paper Company. On the fourth floor were 350 young men and girls, pupils of the Chicago Business College. Although they were told guietly to leave the building, and there was no danger, none of them waited to get all their clothing or belongings, and rushed pell-mell down the narrow stairs to the street. In like manner over 100 employes of Lord & Thomas, the advertising firm, and 125 girls and others employed on the fifth floor by the E. L. Mausure Company, fringe-makers, made a hasty exit. —_— Liquor-Store Destroyed. CINCINNATI, Onro, March 10.—The wholesale liquor establishment of Mihalo- viteh, Fletcher & Co., 164-168 East Pearl street, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $75,000; fully insured. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., March 10.—Ffire this morning, which started in the paint- room of the Atkins saw works, destroyed several buildings owned by the company. Loss $100,000; covered by insurance. In- cendiarism is suspected. PRODUCED BY IVARMERS, An Interesting Crop Keport by the Agri- cultural Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—The Agricultural Department this afternoon issued the following: Report on distribution and %unmy of the corn and wheat crops of 1895: Returns from the township, county and State correspondents of the department indicate as the amount of corn yet held by farmers 48.8 per cent of the total crop, or 1,072,000,000 bushels. Propor- tion and total farm reserves are both unpre- cedented. A vear ago the stock so held was but 476,000,000 bushels. The amount to be sold outside the county is estimated at 21.9 er cent, last year's percentage having been f(i.-i. The merchantable proportion is 88.1 Per cent, against 82.4 lastvear. Average value of merchantable corn 25.6 cents, and of un- merchantable 15.4 cents. The wheat reserves in farmers’ handsamount t0 26.3 per cent of the crop, or 123,000,000 bushels. Of this amount 4.9 per cent is re- rted as coming over from 1894 or before. he proportion of wheat sold beyond county lines is 58.5 per cent. The tobacco crop of 1895 is found after a special investigation to have been 491,544,000 pounds, an_average yield of 775 poonds’ per acre, on 633,950 acres. Value of crop, $35,574,900. The report on the cotton crop of 1895, based on railway and steamship movements, mill consumption and farm stocks, February 1, will be made at noon the 16th inst. ety SEEKING INFORMATION. Bills Relating to Reciprocity and Com- mercial Treaties to Be Considered. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—The sub-committee of the Committee on Ways and Means having under consideration several bills relating to reciprocity and commercial treaties will have a series of public hearings, commencing Monday, March 16, and closing March 21. The committee desires practical information concerning the operations of the reci- procity treaties that were negotiated by the last ad ministration and the effect of their repeal; also the obstacles that retard the extension of our export trade in the tariff or customs regulations of foreign countries. The inquiry will be confined to those two points. The committee has mailed about 5000 circulars of inquiry to merchants and manufacturers actually engaged in the export trade, and also circulars to com- mercial and industrial organizations ask- ing questions on these points. 45 i HUNTINGTON IS ON RAND, 9| With His Lobbyists He Is Busy at the Capital. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—Hun- tington and his gang of lobbyists are back again. Huntington will testify before the House Pacific Roads Committee to-mor- row. The lobbyists are infesting the hotel corridors to-night as busy as bees. John Boyd had a talk with Chairman Powers, while other railroad agents met Boatner, Faris, Sulzer and Johnson. Opinion is divided as to whether any bill will be re- ported at this session. A prominent member said to T CaLy correspondent to-night that he believed it was the policy of the leaders of the House to defeat this as well as other important measures, until the short session, when the elections have been held. But whether a bill is reported or not, it is regarded as plain that no funding bill will pass at this session. R I el i CUNSIDERING HITI’S BILL. It Relates to Suits for Injury Sustained by Residents. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—The House Judiciary Committee to-day con- sidered without action a bill introduced by Hitt of Illnois, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, which permits any citizen or subject of a foreign power claim- ing of the United States or under treaty or upon the principles of international law indemnity for injury to person or property to bring suit upon such claim in any United States Circuit Court, The bill has the approval of Secretary Olney, who regards it as simplerin charac- terand more limited in scope than an previous bill on the same subject whi rvation. ALL OLD PARTIES ROUNDLY SCORED, Opening of a Convention of United Reformers at at Pittsburg. VERY FEW ARE PRESENT Mrs. Maria Freeman Gray Speaks Vigorously in the Cause of Temperance. JOHN FLANNIGAN'S ATDRESS. Says the Venerable John Sherman Has Done More Harm Than Jeff Davis. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 10.—The for- mation of a new political party, in which will be found the new reformers—Popu- lists, free silver advocates, Prohibitionists, Woman Suffragists, Greenbackers and others—will be attempted by a three-days’ conference, which began at the old City Hall to-day. The call for this conference was signed by 16,000 men and women, and’ the meeting is technically designated as a “‘general conference for the abolition of the drink traffit in the United States and for such other moral, economic, financial and industrial reforms as are needed in this country.” At 10:25 o’clock, wherr the conference opened, the audience consisted of twelve people. Carl Stewart, the National chair- man, explained that the conference was merely a conference and not a gathering of “delegates. The principal parties, he said, were corrupt. The Republican had been his choice, but when it bowed down to the liquor traffic he became disgusted. The Democratic party, one of the negative principles, was opposed to progress. If the Populists, Prohibitionists, Silverites and others could get together they could ac- complish everything. National Secretary Daniel Swoger read the report of the committee of 100. The financial report shows receipts to date from inception of the movement, $3190 87; expenditures, $3190 75; leaving a balance of 12 cents. Secretary Swoger and Mrs. Gray read a number of letters from sympathizers with the movement. John Flannigan, in- his enthusiastic talk indorsing the movement, character- ized John Sherman with having ac- complished more harm than Jefferson Davis. Flannigan concluded by reciting a poem illustrating the times as he sees them. The conference adjourned for dinner. When the afternoon session opened twenty-seven people occupied seats in the hall. After a few preliminaries Mrs. Maria Freeman Gray of California spoke on the question, ‘Can we reasonably hope that either of the existing parties— Republican, Democratic, Populist or Pro- nibition—will in the near future beable to abolish the drink trafficand secure the general reforms needed in the Govern- ment?”’ Mrs. Gray said that under the Repub- lican and Democratic administrations cor- ruption, dishonesty and trickery have entered the hails of justice; therefore re- | form could not be expected from those parties, Of the Prohibitionists, Populists and other minor parties the speaker de- clared that they have flung their banner to the breeze with the express purpose of bringing about a better condition of the affairs of the Government, but as yet have not succeeded. Mrs. Gray, a strong advocate of prohibi- tion, dwelt upon that subject at length. She declared, however, that she favored a new party—one that would succeed where the others have failed. ' At the close of Mrs. Grav’s address it was discovered that the meeung was with- out a secretary. After some confusion at the oversight Mrs. Gray acted in that ca- pacity. Other speakers discussed the question introduced by the California lady. H. E. Cole of Pittsburg thought a union of the Prohibitionists, Populists and 8il- verites could overthrow the two main parties. Rev. William Frost Cryspin spoke against intemperance, saying that the extinction of this evil would suppress polygamy, gambling and prize-fighting. Several letters were then read, among them those of Dr. John Stoltz of Reading, Pa., and D. M. Grandon of the Michigan Messenger. Mr. Grandon suggested ex- Congressman Joseph Sibley of Frankln, John P. 8t. John of Kansas and Mayor H. E, Pingree of Detroit, as candidates for President or Vice-President. Another session will be held to-morrow. Killed His Wife and Himaself. 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