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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897, debtors of the Government in the settle- ment of the debt he would advocate fore- closure and the purchase of the road by the United Stat-s. This outpurst, his col- league, Grosvenor, said came from those who believed in the doctrines of the Ocala platform. He protested against Reput- lican association with Government owner- ship of railroads and also against referring the question for settlement to the incom- ing administration. Early in the day’s session the action of the House last night in postponing until Tuesday rext the return of the Sergeant- at-Arms upon the execution of the war- rants for the arrestof members absent from that session was reconsidered on motion by General Henderson (R.) of Iows after a vigorous effort to prevent it by Thomas (R.) of Michigan, who ha declared bis intention to protest against | any member named in the warrant from voting on_any bproposition until excused by the House. Proceedings under the call were formaily dispensed with, and thus the danger to many members that they would not be permitted to vote on the Pacific railroad bill was averted. ST e e PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. Interesting but Drief Speeches on the Eefunding Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 9.—A bill was passed confirming the erection of a bridge of th Red River, at Fulton, Ark., by the Texarkana and Northern Railroad Company, and now operated by the Tex- arkana and For: Smith Company. Henderson (R.) of lowa moved to recon- sider the vote of last night by which the return of the Sergeant-at-Arms upon the execution of the warrants issued for the arrest of the absent members from the session was postponed until Tuesday. After some debate it was agreed to—180 to 19—and only 18 members seconded Thomas (R.) of Michigan’s demand fora yes and no v The resolution carrying over the order of arrest until Tuesday was disagreed to— 166 to 165. Farther proceedings under the call of the house last night were then formally dispensed with in order that there might be no doubt of the status of any of the members. The House then, in committee of the whole, Payne (R.) of New York in the chair, resumed consideration of the Pacific raiiroads funding bill, the day to be spent under the five-minute rule. Johnson (B.) of North Dakota said: “Let no man deceive himself with the de- lusion that these roads were built by the private fortunes of any persons. The roads have been built out of the proceeds of sub- sidy and mortgage bonds and sales of the land grant, netting a profit,of over $100,- 000,000.” To say nothingof what had been done for these corporations Johnson asked what excuse members could make to their constituents by now adding to that magnificent gift the sum of $128,000,- 000 more, which was what the bill prac- | tically propesed to do. | Daniels (R.) of New York urged the pas- | sage of the bill as a reasonable and fai measure. When the roads were being con- | structed the country thought it had in | them a fair equivalent for the expend:ture. Daniels did not conclude within five min-| utes, and cons-nt was asked that he might extend his remarks three minutes. | Maguire (D.) of California—I bave no | objeetion to the gentleman continuing his | remarks; but want to say thatevery mem- ber from the Facific Coast opposed to_the | bul was shut out of the general debate | yesterday, and 1 shall consent only on condition that at least some of us on this side have our time extended. Hepburn (R.) of lowa—There will be no consent given Lo that. 1f you siaved out of the debate yesterday it 'was because of your own election, and tirue to-day is not to be consumed in that way. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, without at- tempting, he said, to ada anything to the argument on the affirmative side of the testion, briefly gave the reasons why he should support the bitl. The guestion should be seitied in the interests of the Government and of tne roa and the present propoaition he believed to e the best thai could be obtained, alibough it might not be all that equity demanded. Dockery (D.) of Missouri said he should vote against the bill for the reason that adequate information respecting the con- dition of the corporations had not been furnished. Congress was entitled, he said, to a full financial siatement, and that had not been given. Arnold (R.) ot Pennsylvania, discussing some figures circulated by Hubbard (R.) of Missouri relating to the several propo- sitions purporting to have been made in the past by the railroad companies, warned the committee that the defeat of the bill meant the issue by the next administra- tion of $60,000,000 of bonds to pay first liens upon the property or the abandon- meut of the claim of the Government. Hilborn (R.) of Cahiornis, opposing the “wicked bill,’’ called attention to the fact that the Central Pacific Company would not be required by the bill to give the Government & morigage upon the present overland road from Sacramento to Oak- 1and, but the Government would get a mortgage upon the old Western Pacific line, abandoned long ago except for purely local purposes. The ferry privileges and property, of which the majority re- port made so much, had, since the raiiroad officials appeared beiore the committee, been lransFerred to another corporation, and of course the railroad vompany could not now mortgage them. In support of this he read a_telecram from the .City Assessor of San Francisco. Powers (R.) of Vermont, chairman of the Pacific Railroads Committee, denied the truthfulness of the statement just made, and said it was a sample of the manner in which the opposition to the bill had been carried. He undertook to | say that the railroad company had not for two years at least disposed of any of 1ts property, but that it Lad all been con- solidated into the possession of the com- pany, and the Government would get a mortgage on it in its entireiy. Hilvorn flaunted the Assessor' s telegram, but Powers, waving it aside, smid: 1 don’t care for your telegram. It comes from an interested party—as interested as the gentleman himself.” Hilborn—It comes from a city ofhcial and an honorable man. Powers (scorniully)—A aity official? So is Mayor Adoiph Sutro a city official, and they are all engaged in a conspiracy to force the Government to take the road and operate it in the interest of the State of California and at the expense of all the other States. The man who sent the telegram, I undertake to say, does not tell the truth. Maguire (D.) of California eaid the pend- ing bill was the worst ever offered to Gon- gress for the settlement of the Pacific rail- road debts. Two years ago the House voted down an infinitely better proposi- tion, the Reilly bill, for the reason that it did not sufficiently protect the interests of the Government. Judge Maguire said: “Mr. Cbairman: The bill under consider- ation is decidedly the worst bill for the s-tuléement of the Pacific railroad debt ever offered to Congress—the worst proposition that has ever come from these comparies. Two years ago, in the Fifty-third Con- gress, the Reilly bill, an infinitely better bill than this, was voted down because of its viciousness, yet it was far more fayor- able to the Government than this bill. Here are the differences between the two: The Reilly bill extended the perioa for the payment of these debts for fifty years at 3 per cent interest per annum, while tuis bill extends the debts for eighty-six Faeuiiet 3 per cent interest per annum. he Reilly bill provided for a first mort- gage on each of the roadsto secure the Government lien; this bill provides for a second morteage to secure the Govern- ment. The Reilly bill put no mortgage ahead of the hen of the Government ex- cept those now superior to it; this bill puss other mortgages, amounting, in the case of the Central Pacific Railroad, to at least $14,000,000 above the value of the so- called additional security now offered, upon which they rest, ahead of the Government claim. B “The majority of the committee has not stated what the properties constituting | those additional securities are—has not stated what titie the companies have to any of them—has not stated what are the incumbrances now upon them, and has not stated whether any of these incum- brances overlap the aided portions of the road and are now subordinate to the Government lien. The only excuse for this is that the committse has no knowl- edge of the uub!ect sufficient to give the information. The tact is, that there is now a $16.000,000 blanket mortgage resting | on the Central Pacific system, which is a | first mortgage on the Oakl#nd mole—the | western terminus, so far as the proposition efore the House is concerued, of the | Central Pacific Railroad. It is a third mortgage on the remainder of the system and is now subordinate to the present | Government lien. Under the Powers bill | it will all be included in the first mortgage | and become prior to the Government lien. | Now, the Oakland mole is not worth more | than $2,000,000 or $3,000.000, and at least 13,000,000 of the mortgage now subor- | dinate'to the Government lien is to be made prior to it. In that item alone the Government is made $13,000,000 worse off, le respect to its security than it is to- ay. “‘Every other piece of so-called additional security is mortga-ed beyond its value: The California and Oregon Railroad has a first mortgage resting upon ir, which amounts to $4,000,000 more than the road is worth. The other feeders of the Cen- tral Pacific are mortgeged, every one of them, to the amount of not less than $40,000 a mile—how much more none of us know. Thiscommittee does not know enough about those propertiesj or the titles or the incumbrances or the relation of the lines to each other to advise this House what it should do with respect to them. Not a word of testimony was taken before the committee, not a wit- ness before it made his statement under oath. The commitiee invited gentlemen to come before it and make voluntary un- sworn statements, the statemenis of in- terested pariies and their agents, who for thirty years have been lying to Congress and to all others who have had to deal with the interests of the Government in | these matters. |~ “The surviving partner of Leland Stan- | ford made an unsworn statement, which is accepted as gospel truth by the commit- tee, about matters concerning which Mr. Stanford refused to testify before the Pa- cific Railway Commission and was re- leased from the obligation to testify by the United States Circuit Court on the ground that the act providing for the ap- pointment of the commission did not jus- tify its attempt to force him to tesuly. This failure of evidence to establish any of the facts essential in this settlement should itself cause the House to reject this Lill. I have repeatedly called the atten- tion of the House and the chairman of the committee to this glaring and fatal defect | in their showing. They do not deny it. They cannot deny Yet, with amazing pertinacity, they still ask the House to- be satisfied and pass the bill. Isay to you | that this House will never be in a position to legislate for a settlement of these claims nntil a court of competent juris- diction shall have tried and determined all questions relating to the validity of all | aileged liens aud the relation of all valid liens to each other. Such a decree is ab- solutely necessary as a basis for legis- lative action, if any legislative action | shall then seem wise or necessary; but to legislate now in the dark, in utter ignor- ance, on a question of such importance would be moanstrous. “The interests of the Government are not in any danger. not have paymenis to make on the first mortgages until foreclosure nor after fore- closure unless it becomes the purchaser at the sale. The Governmeni must pay its subsidy bonds, no matter whether the debts are funded ornot, and nothing more | except the expensesof the litigation need | bepaid atany time unless the Government buys the roads. The Attorney-General has suggested certain amendments to the Thurman act in mere matters of pro- | cedure which should be made and let fore- | closure proceed. W hy, sir, lor twenty-five vears the validity of a large proportion of | the so-called first mortgage bonds of the | Ceutral Pacific Railroad has been in issue. | To the extent of several millions of dollars | ther were issued contrary to law and not | for the purpose of constructing the road. | The Thurman sct expressly reserved the question of their validity. This question | was submitted to the Committee on Pacific Railroads on an able brief prepared by Mr. John T. Doyle of San Francisco. “The committee has made no report on | that question. but by its bill it waives the | rights of the Uuite | States in this_behals, "res(-rved by the Thurman act. I raised this question on the discussion of the | Reuily bill two vears ago, and then insisted | that tne reservation in'the Thurman act | | must bave been made advisedly and for | | substantial reasons. Members of the com- | mitiee then assured the House that tue | reservation was due merely to Senator | Thurman’s cautious methods of draiting | bills, and had no definite purpose. I have since examined the record of that debate |and find that in answer o & ques- | tion asked of him by Senator Sargent while the bill was under consideration, Senator Thurman stated that the reserva- tion was made and must be retained be- | cause of the certain invalidity of the first of a great number of them. This reserva- tion means several million dollars to the Government and shouid not be waived. “Four million dollars and upward have been unlawfully paid by t ese two com- pany 2s a subsidy to keep up freight rates, and were fraudulently charged to operat- ing expenses of the roads. These expendi- tures can be recovered for the Govern- ment in the courte, but this bill will waive its right.” Judge Maguire showed that the result of fandine will be to lose 8214 per cent of the | Government’s present claim. The Souih- | ern Pacific Company, although a powerful corporation, is worthless as a surety for these debts. The Central Pacific Railroad Company expires June 1, 1911, and cannot contract’ beyond that date. He also re- ferred to th Contract and Finance Com- pany and Credit Mobilier frauds. Hepburn (R.) of Iowa made good his notice given earlier in the session by ob- jecting to permitting Maguire to continue in general discussion of the subject after his five minutes had been exhausted. Henderson (R.) of Iowa advocated the passage of the bill because if nothing were done foreclosure must follow, with a total | loss of the Government’s claim. This was at least an effort (o save it, and that much it was the duty of Congress to do. McLachlan (R.) of California opposed the bill, referring in the course of his re- marks to the assertion that the managers of the Central Pacific had burdened ihe people of California with unjust rates for transportation, To this Watson (R.) of Ohio replied, comparing charges on _the Pacific roads with local rates in the East and finding them reasonable and proper. Bartlett (1.) of New York opposed the bill, declaring it the most infamous meas- ure ever proposed in this connection. Cannon (R.) of Iilinois and Kyle (D.) of Mississippi advocated the passage of the bill, the latter controverting especially the statement of Maguire that the bill ex- tended the payment of the debt for eighty= three years, He had figured it out and ander the terms of the bilt the debt and interest would be extinguished in forty- seven years. Maguire—Does the bill provide that the debt shall have been paid at the expira- tion of forty-seven years? Kyle—It does not. But if the compa- nies fail to carry out the provisions of the bill the Government is more amply se- cured than at present. Harrison (D.) o. Aiabama and Bell (D.) of T xas stated that Hilborn was mistaken in the statements he had made, being mis- led by a telegram from somebody, who it was the committee did not know. A strong speech against the bill was made by Grout (R.) of Vermont, wh charged that the constructors of the roads not only cheated other people, but had cheated Congress in the dealings over the The Government will | | mortgage bonds and the alleged invalidity | panies to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- | roads, and it was the business of Congress to look into the conduct of these men in the past in determining how to deal with them now and in the future. Knox (R.) of Massachusetts said the frauds perpetrated upon the people of New England and the East in_the matter of constructing the Pacific railroads was not the first nor the last in the list of wrongdoing of that kind in connection with Western railroads. “If half the officers and directors,” said Knox, “who offended in that way had received their aeserts our penitentiaries would have to be enlarged.” But the time had passed when these men could be punished, and the only question before the House now was whother or not some action should be taken which would pre- serve some portion of the vast fortunes in- vested in the stocks and bondsof the companies. He hoped the bill would pass. Perkins (R.) of Iowa_with much feeling related how the great Northwest had been defrauded by the diversion of the line of th~ Sioux City and Pacific branch of the Union Pacific from the direction in which it was originally intended to run by the false pretease that the line could not be constructed sout:west from Sioux Oity because of the Black Hillson the Missouri River, the Biack Hills really beiag 500 miles from the proposea route. Broderick (R.) of Kansas proposed an amendment requiring the Union Pucific Company in making the new mortgage to the United Btates to file a relinquishment of all right or title to more than a right of way of 100 feet in width through the old Delaware and Pottowottomie reserva- tion in Kansas. Agreed to. Faris (R.) of Indiana, a member of the Commities on Pacific Railroads, opposed the amendment and favored the passage of the bill as reported. Barham (R.) of California opposed the bill, repudiating a suggestion by Faris tbat the California delegation favored governmental ownership of the roads. He presented a telegram from Governor Budd of California stating that the California Leecislature had agreed to a resolution reciting that “‘any scheme for refunding the Pacific railroads indebtedness to the Government, or any extension of time for the payment of the same, must resalt in maintaining an excessive capitalization of these roads, thus requiring high rates of fares and freights to meet the interest payments thereon, to the great burden and disadvantage of the people of fhe State of Calitornia” ; declaring opposition to the passage of the pending bill or any like measure, and urging the immediate collection of the companies’ debts or the enforcement of the existing laws. Parker (R.) of New Jersey moved an amendment making more specific the schedule of property and assets of the Union Pacific wnich shall be subjected to the proposed uew morigages so as to in- clude all the stocks and bonds beld by the company, or which may be acquired by its successors or assienees. The amend- ment was agreed to—92 io 1. Also another amendment forbidding the company to dispose of any of its assets without the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. Further opposition was made to the passage of the bill by Swanson (D.) of Virginia, Ccke (R.) of Lilinois and Northe way (R.) of Ohio—the latter t¥o upon the ground that the House was not so well in- formed as it should be in order to enable the members to vote inteliigently. Norihway said he preferred, in his pres- ent condition, to Ict the Government stand just where it did under the present law. “I see,” he said, “‘no necessity tor running a foot race to get in here. Nobody can force the Government to foreclose. We are the only power that can_compel that to be done and before I wou.d permit a debtor to dictate terms of settlement I would have the Government foreclose the mortgage, take the road and operate it.” Applause.] The sub-titutes for the pending bill, of which notice had been previously given by Beli (D.) of Texas, to make the rate of interest on the extended debt 3 per cent instead of 2, and by harrison (D.) of Ala- bama, autherizing a commission, consist- ing of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Lnterioran. the Attorney- General, to arranze a settlement of the debt, to be approved by the President, were formally offered and considered to be pending. Northway moved an amendment to the Harr.son substitute providing for 8 com- mission of three persons, one to be ap- pointed by each of ' the officials named to make the arrangement. Hubbard (R.) of Missours, concluding the consideration of the bill, advised non- action and the reference of the matier to the new administration for settlement, when there shall have been further op- portunity to acquire adequate informa- tion, which it had not now. The closing speech wasin ‘avor of the bill by Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio. He said the House had been, through its best 1al- ent, four years investigating this subject, and he was not willing that the gentle- men, who would not be in their present positions, should refer the matter in all its deformity of a defeated bill, together with the Cuban and other unsettled con- troversies, to the next admin:stration on the theory that their successors wouid be any better informed than themselves. He could not agree that this question should be maintained in_its present con- dition in the interest of California. Their path of duty was clearly marked out by the majority of the Committee on Pacific Roads. The committee at 5 o’clock arose. The bill and pending amendments were re- ported and the House at 5:30 o’clock P. M. adjourned until Monday noon. e it WITHHELD FOE REVISION, Johnson’s Virulent Specch Not Yet in the Officinl Kecord. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 9.—The re- markably virulent personal speech deliv- ered in the House of Represenatives yester- day by Grove Lawrence Johnson of Sac- ramento, Cal., does not appear in the Official Record this morning. Iv is with- held for revigion, and the statement is made that it “will appear hereafter.”” The Speaker exercises a general control over matter that appearsin the Record. Reezd was not in the chair when Johnson delivered his remarks (the House being at that time in committee of the whole), or probably there would have been ng, such violation of Congressional decordm as that which shocked the House yesterday. MANUFACIURE OF DYNAMITE, The State Depariment Gets Information From Consuls in Europe. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9.—Assist- ant Secretary of State Rockhill recently called upon the United States Consuls at Amsterdam, Bremen, Glasgow, Liverpool and Southampton for information on the manufacture of dynamite in their dis- tricts and export therefrom. As a result it is learned that none is madein Hol- land, Liverpool, Southampton and Bre- men districts, and in each case the Con- suls report that the most extraordinary secrecy was preserved and every precau- tion to prevent them from securing infor- mation. 3 The single company in the Glasgow dis- trict exported principally to Australiaand Cape Colony, and from the Hamburg dis- trict alone was any sati<factory statewent obtained. Consul Robertson, after per- sistent efforts, was able 10 learn that the dynamite trust of Englana and Germany was about to build a large factory in Jobannesburg, South Africa; that Ger- many exvorts dynamite to every impor- tant country in the world except the United States, and imports none, and found an excuse for the secrecy in the re- mark that American competition was so damaging 1n Central and South America that it was not proposed to give Ameri- cansany information, especially as ‘‘owing to the closing of mines and completing of raiiroads to which American manufac- turers had been selling there their prod- ucts had now compelled them to look to other markets.” ————— SEE Armahd Cailleau’s advertisement in this issue announcing tremendous cuts in ladies’ cloaks and suits at the big goimng- out-of-business sale. SHORTRIDGE GAINS VOTES Continued from First Page. has the approval of Judge Waymire: “The betrayal of J. A. Waymire by George C. Perkins is perbaps one of the blackest cases of political ingratitude and breach of political promises that has ever disgraced the history of California or any other State. Whatever Colonel John P. Jackson, who is a candidate for Collector of the Port, may say to the contrary, there is absolute written proof that not only he, but George C. Perkins, promised and agreed to give Judgs Waymire every assistance, aid and support to bring about hisappointment as a member of President- elect McKinley’s Cabinet. “It will be remembered that Judge Waymire was in the last Legislature and voted for Senator Perkins. At the solici- tation of that gentleman he again became a candidate for the Legislature from Ala- meda County, and was elected at the last election a member of the Assembly, in or- der, as Senator Perkins hoped, that he might again vote for him for United States Senator. “Before and since the election in No- vember, Senator Perking repeatedly sought the support of Judge ‘Waymire, and as repeatedly promised him that he would use all his influence as a Senator to secure his elevation to the Cabinet. “Shortly before Senator Perkins’ de- parture for Washington he stated to Judge ‘Waymire that the object that lay ne arest to his heart was his friend’s success. “How he violated his promises, with what heartlessness and perfidy he be- trayed his fr.end, the history of the last fow weeks gives abandant proof. Instead of favoring the appointment of Judge Waymire he secretly got together a caucus of the California delegation and, with utter disregard of his repeated promises, favored and voted for Horsce Davis. “Nor was this enough. Having vio- lated his promises he had the effrontery to write to Juige Waymire what cannot be called other than an insincere and hypocritical letter, in which he stated that he did not think that Jud e Way- mire really desired an appointment as & member of President McKinley’s Cabinet; that the salary of sach an office was small, and that the expenses incident to main- taining the dignity of the place were very great, and he therelore—insulting Judge ‘Waymire by a suggestion of his poverty— thought that he could not afford to leave his law practice to serve the people of California and the Nation in this high station. “Later followed another equally fla- grant and deliberate piece of treach- ery. Having alreaady once violated his promise, his friends here in Cali- fornia, seeking to retain Judge Way- mire’s support, promised tbat they would canse the Repuvlicans of the Legisiature 10 formally indorse him for a place in the Cabinet, and in direct and premed:tated violation of this last promise they sent secret telegrams to members of tho Legis- lature telling them not to indorse Judge Waymire under any circumstances. “Never before in Cagf§fornia, and it is to be hoped never bgid¥e In any civilized State, has there beeti sach a shameul case of political perfidy. So, when Judge Way- mire’s name was submitted for indorse- ment, not one of these astute managers of Perkins’ fight and canaidate for Federal patronage was there to speak in Judge ‘Waymire's behalf. “The honest and manly men of the Re- publican party are not surprised that Judge Waymire should feel that respect for himself and his friends demands that he repudiate Perkins for this betrayal. It is not so much the personality of Judge Waymire that is involved. His turning down will probably lose the State of Cali- fornia a place in the Cabinet. “There never was any need for inter- ference by the California delegation in the selection of President McKinley’s official family. It was on the part of Perkins gratuitous in the first instance, and faise and treacherous from any point of view. Republicans of California know that the celection of a man from this State toa seat in the Cabinet would mean more to California than the eelection of a dozen Senators. It would give the State power, influence and reputation among the other States of the Union; it would enable Cali- fornia’s interests to hi.ve a hearing and to have her demands granted. “Alameda County, by whose magni- ficent Repubiican vote California was saved to the Republican party, was deeply interested in securing a Cabinet position for one of her citizens; and, therefore, since her choice, in the person of Judge ‘Waymire, has been betrayed and undone, her people are visitiog their censure and their hearty disapproval on the man who wrought Judge Waymire’s defeat. *In the face of this baseness, it is impos- sible for me to conceive how any man with a sense of justice and a love for fair play, can give his support to the betrayer of Alameda’s favored son. That any of the Alameda legislative delegation will, under the circumstance, vote for Perkins, I cannot for a moment believe.” SRl S A POLITICAL JUDAS. The Object Perkins Hopes to Achieve by His Betrayal of Judge Waymire. It has been a matter of mystery and considerable speculation to many not in- formed of the ways and methods of un- vrincipled politicians, why Senator Per- kins, in the face of sacred promises and against the evident welfare of the State of California, should have deliberately turned down Judge Waymire, resorting to the most inexcusable treachery to accomplish his object. The inspiration of the betrayer of Judge ‘Waymire is clearly shown in the follow- ing interview with a well-known Republi- can snd wealthy mine-owner of Placer County now in this City. Thesole motive of Benator Perkine was a purely selfish one, devoid alike of patriotism and states- manship. Baid this gentleman: “For many years, in interviaws in the papers here and throughout the East, in his many addresses upon wolitical and other occasions, Samuel M. Bhortrldge has, with argument and reason which should appeal to the Eastern Republi- cans, demanded that the great Pacific Coast should have a place in the Cabinet. No one has ever heard him mention bim- self or any particular man for that place, but be has always insisted that the great ‘Western Slope is entitled to representa- tion. ‘“‘Her mining industries, the great ques- tion of 1rrigating her arid lands, the Nica« ragua Canal, her cowmmerce with the islands of the Pacific and China, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand, the important problem of Chinese and Japa- nese immigration in its strife to engulf aad swallow up American laborers—these are the questiuns which he has discussed, and because of which he has insisted that this coast should bave a voice in the inner councils of the Nation. “It was hoped, it was believed that this appeal, made not only by Mr. Shortridge, but by many others, would be hearkened 10, and that President McKinley would be in position and disposed to honor some citizen of the Pacific Coast, and probably & citizen of California would be called to his coancil board. 2 “In the same line Mr. Shortridge has advocated the creation of a department to be known as the Department of Mines and Mining, and a Secretary of Mines and Mining as a member of the President’s Uabinet. *‘Apart from its intimate relation to the money question, the great industry of mining has been and is the basis of Cali- fornia’s greatness. Mr, Shortridge has a practical knowledge of this industry, for 48 a youth he worked in the mines of this State, and he has, therefore, a personal sympathy for those who toil underground. It is largely due to this fact that he has advocated and championed this idea. “But feelinz that the appointment of a Cabinet officer from California would di- vide his power of patronage and weaken his influence with the President, Senator Perkins was undoubtedly induced to take the course he did in defeating Judgze Way- mire’s aspirations, by embarrassing the President and making it impossible for him to choose a Californian for the Cab- inet. ““Throughout this whole disgraceful be- trayal of Judge Waymirs is the greater disgrace of betraying the great Common- wealih of California, and throughout this chapter of political treason is seen the hand of Senator Perkins.” FEDERAL PATRONAGE. Every Place Open to Appolntment for the Next Four Years Promised Ten Times Over. ' Chief among those whoare charged with conspiring to defeat the selection of Judge Waymire for a place in the Cabinet is Colonel John P. Juckson, candidate for Coilector of the Port, and who, if rumor is correct, has been promised that posi- tion in the event of the success of Senator Perkins. Indoeed, it is currently reported here and in Sacramento that every Federal position in California, which may become available for presentation for the mext four years, has been parceled out to a small coterie of old-time office-holders, who are always in evidence when the victory is won. The young men of California and others who fight and struegle for the Republican party but who bave not formed themselves into a league to hold and control the offices of the State, are to be cast aside. ‘These old-time office-hoders seem to think that the Republican party weas born, and has been sustained through good and evil report, for mo other or higher purpose than to give them an easy berth at the public crib. They are never heard on the stump; they are never known to have contributed legitimate funds to carry on campaigns. They gen- erally serve as vice-presidents at the Re- publican meetings, and then, when the election is over and victory is won, claim a lien and proceed to foreclors a mortgage on all the offices in sight. t is largely from this class of people,” eaid a visiting member of the Legislature yesterday, in discussing the Senatorial contest, “‘that Senator Perkins derives his strength., He has brought these peren- nia] office-seekers under his standard by his generons—almost unlimited—promises of Federal patronage. These hopes of public fodder were instilled broadcast throughout every county in California. “Buch unbridled liberality could not long hide itseif under a bushel, and it was notlong before the many expectant ser- vants of Uncle Sam began to compare notes. Itis now known that every posi- tion -in the appointing 'power of the President-elect within the State of Cali- fornia has been promised at least a dozen times over. “The men who have been promised positions and are not members of the old brigade may rest assured that only those who train with the Federal brigude have any chance of seeing their fond hepes ful- filled. “The managers of Senator Perkins, who are in this wise seeking to gain a support which does not spring from admiration or esteem, are breathing out slanders against the men who are willing to stand or fall according to their merits or demerits, as judeed by the people and their qualified representatives.” PROPOSED LEGISLATION. Senator Holloway to Present Sav- eral Popu'ar and Common- Sense Bills. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 9.—Senator J. C. 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