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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897. 3 DECLARE FOR THE - GOLD STANDARD Monetary Reformers Ex- press Their Views Quite Forcibly. Retirement of the Demand Obli- gations of the Government Is Recommended. It Is Decided to Appoint a Commission to Inquire Into the Cur- rency Evils. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp, Jan. 13.—The National monetary conference which has been in session here two days, this after- noon adopted a declaration of what lagis- lation in its opinion is needed upon the subject, by a practically unanimous vote. This declaration includes a demand for the meintenance of the gold standard and | the retirement of the demand obligations | of the Accompauying- this | was u proposition for the appointment of report by ise upon the evils and reme- y: his was the nimous conclusion of the committee | on resolutions, a result that was unexpec- | ted by the delegates. The recommendations of the committee were finally affirmed by the substantially unanimous vote of the convention. not secured, however, without much | Government. a commission to inves: or other dies of the curren orposition and an exceedingly animated | t s between ate, with short controv, an Fowler of New Assemblyman_Roots Jer: of India State | and Congressman Walker of Massachusetts | and John Harsen Rhoades of New York. | T'he re of the morning session was a speech by Congressman Fowler, in which he outlined the ciuses of the present finan situation and the !enmdlu:i | afternoon session Charles E. setts offered a resolu- k< to H. H. Hanna, chairman nittee, and to his t to thel 1apolis Board le and the commercial bodies of the lle West for making the conference £ M and their labors in its arrange- | The reso s adopted, after | the authorand A. D. by a rising vote. Mr. said he disclaimed any particular for the work of conference. ere tco many engaged in it for the . Hanna then presented the report of tee on resoiutions, whicn he | caid could only be reac by the gentleman | who aratted the closing words, and he called M. E. Ingalls of | to d that duty. The t, he further said, to the surprise of | great body of delegatas, was the nimous expression of the committee. He uasked like unanimous support from | the convention and moved theadoption of | Lie report. The report was as follows: the Monetary C the comm | hat stens should be tak imate retirement of all clas: s by a gradual and ade ior n separa- issue departments ury { & banking system be provided it facilities to e & view o1 secaring »auable capital of to equalize the ali parts thereof. For the vely promoting the above ob- tend e power to increase i mber not exceeding fort thereof sh onstitute The executiv charge of solic ement of contribu- | © the purpose, and | s convention to- | re it may seem ¢ 10 00 50, and said_com- 1 continu mittee sh fill vacancies, weeting of n office with power to | scharged at a future ntion be the duty of this vor to procure ss, which it is xt, legis- of a mone- o consider to Congress T tailing 10 se- | at the specia understood will be cal calling comm1 ntire qu plans set forth in the suggestions subm nveution by Mr. Hauna of Indian- | . The commission shall consist of nbers to be named by the e. appointed by this conve ive committee shall have po vacancies in the commission as they The first meeting of the commis- | ! ta time and place ‘o be cutive committee of th & call to be issued therefor ar jon shall organ- 1 h officers and the adoption ot h rules and by-laws for its o government as may be agreed to by a mujority of its members; and thereafter it | shall be governed by such rules and by-laws sutject 1o ihese ar Article 8. All ruies and by-laws of the com- on and all its proceedings shall be di- cted towerd the accomplishmentof the ob- jeets ot ils creation, which is to make a ihorough investigution of the monetary af- fairs and needs of Lhis country and all reis- tions &nd aspects, and to make approprinte suggestions as to any evils found 10 exist and the remed ies therefore, and_no limit is placed | upon the scope of such inquiry or the manner of conducting the se xcepting only that the expeuses thereof shall not exceed the sums set apart for such purpose by the executive committee. Article 4. The executive committes of this committee shall use as much of the contribu- tions as may be & for thatipurpose 10 ay all necessary expenses of the commis- and shall notity the commission from ailable, in der that it may regulate its expenditures cordingly, and no. liability shall attach to ommittee or 1o this convention beyond nt o notified. 5. When the labors of this commis- have been completed, as far as practicable exccutive committee, if it deems ad- isable, shail issue & call i0 bring this conven- tion together again at a time and piace desig- nat:d in such call; and at the meeting so convened the comm)ttee shall make report of its doings and suggestions in such manner | and form s it shall deem best adapted to p sent the same to this convention and its mem- bers for action; and if legislation is deemed adyisable shall accompany such report with a draft of such or bills providing for such Jezislation. Resolved, That all resolutions and communi- cations as'to the methods of currency reform which have been presented to this convention be referred to such committee when formed. The first sentence read by Mr. Ingalls caused a great cheering, which interrupted | tive position to find out the sentiments of | tered'with a ratber superior air, that as & | sentiments of his constituents, Mr. Fowler | he should vote for the tree coinage of sil- | supporting. | more likely to prove | Trade. ! | nothing he had said could 'proveriy give | past. | help Congress I wiil the reading for some seconds and led Mr. Ingalls to remark, “Well, that seems to be all right, anyhow.” Congressman Walker of Massachusetts, chairman of the touse Committee on Bunking and Currency, opposing the | adoption of the report, said that his com- mittee and the Senate Committee on Finance had determined to present some plan of currency and banking reform for consideration at the extra session of Con- gress. But for the calling of this conven- | tion such a plan woud have been pre- | sented before mow. The convention had met, and what have youdone? He an- swered that the recommendations could not be considered prior to the assembling of the Fifty-sixth Congress. *Do you want to put off relief,” Le asked, *until that time, keeping the people in suspense and distress for that much longer period 2" Before God and under his oath of otlice he said he felt 1t to be bis duty to do what | he could to 1mprove the present system. | But this scheme involved further delay and the absolute tieing of the hanas of the committee of Congress. Not five mem- bers would attend the meetings, and they ght as well shut up and go home. lation, he said, could only be accom- pliched by having it urged upon Con- gress by a body of men who would ve Congress no rest day or night until it been accomplished. : But, in my opinion,’” he said in conclu- sion, ‘“4n the infirmity of human nature you bave damned the reform for the pres- ent.” Mr. Walker's small approval. Mr. Roots of Indiana, a member of the State Legislature, said he conceived it to be the duty of men elected in a representa- sontiments met some his constituents and then try to carry out those sentiments whether they happened to be his own or not. “And dangerous,” he said, “is the posi- tion of any member of Congress who charges us with being 'obbyists for any immoral or other object.” [Applause.] Mr. Roots added his views upon the | commission scheme which involved a | committee to sct in consultation with the | Congressional committees in :he prepara- tion of currency reform. sman Fowler of New Jersey e amendment to constitute a permanent execuiive committee of the convention_consisting of one member from each te to act in conjunction with the Congressional committee in framing a bill to carry out the ~purposes outlined in the committee’s repor! Referring to Mr. I ment, which Mr. Fowier ts’ opening state- aid had been ut- public official Le had learned it was the duty of a representative to express the There is nothing grander in the tory of American poiitics than the action and example of Scnator Lamar in 1878, when from every home, hamlet and town in his State came demands that ver. But knowing that they were wrong, and with bis conscience and heart between him and his God, he voted against it. Then he went home as every true man would do, laid down his honor at the feet of his people, went to work to educate | them up to the truth and not to descend to the level of ignorance.” | Mr. Roots, rising to a question of per- | sonal privilese, said he had nothing to re- | tract, but wisned to disavow the sneer | which Mr. Fowler imputed to him, and to | | | | [Applause.] say that he approved his proposition to put thematter in the hands of the people. Mr. Buulitt of Philudelphia opposed the Fowler amendment because it was im- | practicable for the Siates to select a com- tee of the caliber of the man who con- ved and made possible this convention, which_alone the committee snouid consist. No progress would have ever been made in the accomplishment of good for humanity if men had been driven n the track becanuse some man under the fluence of disappointment over failure of plan or ambition had told them they ad “damned” the movement they were [Applause. Mr. Bullitt warmly indorsed the report of the committee as_ avoiding the dangers which threatened any other course. He trusted the convention would adopt the | resolutions as reported. Mr. Camp of Knoxville, Tenn., support- ed the Fowler amendment, as being much effective in accom- plishing what was desired than the com- mittee’s proposition. In the selection of the committee Congress should be repre- of | sented, he said, and that could be securad under the Fowler amendment. tepreseniative Walker explained that what he said in his former remarks went | to the pomnt, that the proposition of the | committee meant a delay of action uniii | the Fity-sixth Congress, which might dif- | jer from the present one on economical | subjects, and therefore it damned the | movement for the present. Members of | Congress, he said, were not wholly igno- rant, and all information did not exist outside of that body. In answer 1o questions by several dele- gates Mr. Walkec said the vital element in the problem was time; that if the pro- | posed bill was not prepared and ready for | submission to the special session the set- | tilement of the whole question must go | over two years, and everybody who has | ever been in Congress knows it. As to his position in the conference Mr. Walker said he was in it with as much right as the gentleman from Philadelphia (Bullitt), by ihe authority of the Worcester Board of He made no threats, he said, and rise to criticism. To John Harsen Rhoades of NewYork, particularly, Mr. Wealker said he was pleading for a change in the method | which business men have followed in the | Success by this convention, he said, | was a duty. | Mr. Rhoades—Is it true, Mr. Walker, | that at the close of the nineteenth century | we must buy the passage of any bill | through Congress by the offer of a price— the re-election of the members? [Loud applanse, Mr.Wa ker—If this is to bea government of the people for the people and tbis con- | vention cheers the sentiment and spirit of that inquiry I Lave nothing to say. Butif | the member does not act,so astogeta re- election, he does not represent the people. [Applause. ] M. E. Ingalls of Cincinnati supported the report of the committee. MHe said: “Ii has seemed to me that our work was in danger of injury by the discussion that | is going on hers and which hasnothing to do with the case. If our friend Walker | wishes to rive a lecture on the best way to hire a hall and give him an evening. 1 know the sincerity of the man and I think he is mistaken in his zeal for the cause and has worked himself to the idea that there is but one way to accomplish this thing, and as the| committee did not quite agree with him in bis way he is disappointed. “All I want to say to you, gentiemen, is that the committee of thirty-five on resolutions which considered every paper which was presented to this convention for discussion, in which almost everybody participated, appoinied a commiitee of nve and that committee spent hours upon | this report and finally they brought 1t | back into the committee on resolutions and it 1an the gauntlet of twenty-eight members and came out as a unanimous teport. I hope that the 3500 and odd gen- tiemen bere will each and every one vote aye for this resolution.” In rising to move the previous question on the pending motion, Mr. Hanna said the discussion was being carried further than 1t should go, working up a feeling that did not exist. The movement cul- minating in the convention, he said, was not unfriendly to Congress. It was 1thougnt Coneressmen might like to divide the responsibility, Congress was asked to appointa committeeif it would do so; if mot. the convention, through its executive commiltee, would do so. Thne previous question was ordered and Mr. Fowler, in delerence to what he had said, said the resolution was evidently ti.e practically unanimous sentiment of the convention, amid applanse and cries of “Good for Fowler.”” The report and resolutions were agreed to with but two or three negative votes. The convention, after votes of thanks to various organizations and persons, ad- journed, subject to the call of the execu- | ernor is seiected. | Browne secretary. | towns on | organize for weekiy parades thereaiter. | he has had, ti: tive chairman. Chairman Patterson stated that after a conference with Mr, Hanna he would announce the names of the com- mittee provided for in the resolutions adopted. EUNNING AECK AND NECK. Chances of Madden and Mdson for the Ilinois Senatorship. SPRINGFIELD, liL., Jan, 13.— At a meeting of the Republican members of the House and Senate held this afternoon it was decided to call the caucus onUnited States Senator to-morrow night. This was the time originally fixed, but in the last.day or two there had been differences among the supporters of candidates re- garding the expediency of having a cau- cus in advance of the joint session of the which is to be held a week from to-mor- row. The caucus agreement is claimed as a victory for Alderman Madden, who wanted an early date. The ant:-Madden men brought out a new Senatorial candi- date to-day, William H. Harper of Chi- cago, who was formerly a member of the Legislature. Thé committee of Chicago citizens, who are here working night and day 10 accom- plish the deieat of the leader of Cuicago's Common Council, declare that they have no candidate and are against Madden on principle only. -Aftera meeting this after- noon they made the positive statement that Madden was beaten; that he had only 43 vores to Mason’s 52, Hitt and Carr hav- ing 9 each, Allerton 4, doubtinl 9, with Allerton and Mason leanings. ‘The Cook County machine, which is behind Mad- den, is said to admit for the first time that the fight is about even between him and Mason. SHERMANS SUCCESSOX. Governor Bushnell's ispivations and the Uppoaition to Him. COLUMBUS, Omio, Jan. 13.—Senator Sherman, if report from Canton ba true, will enter President McKinley’s Cabiret March 4, 1897. The Ohio Legislature will not be ir session at the time and the va- cancy will be filled by Governor Bushnell. Tne Governor is at his kome in Spring- field, quite ill. The condition that now confronts him has been anticipated, but he has not publicly expressed himself as to what action he would take. Though he has recently stated that he was a can- didate for re-election as Governcr this vear, and not for the Senate, it is gener- ally expected that after he is elected Gov- ernor he will come out @s a candidate to succeed Sherman for the regular term in the Senate. Ii he should appoint Hanna to the short term it would make him'a formida- ble opponent for the regular term. It is expected that Bushnell will appoint State Chairman Kuriz to the vacancy. Kurtz will be willing to stand aside at the end of the short term and let his chief succeed to the regular term without opposition. To shut Bushneli out of the race for the Senate tbe Sherman Republicans have proposed to_have the candidate for the Senate nominated by the State convention at the same time the candidate for Gov- Governor Bushnell can- not accept both nominations at the same time with good grace, s COMMONWEALEES CUNFER, Adopt an Address to the Public Urging Many Eeforms. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 13.—The Common- weal conference at the Lindell Hotel was in session from 1 0'clock p. M. till 5:30 P. M. to-day, when its labors ended. The session was largely occupied in discussing an ad- dress to the public. This document, of about 800 words, was issued over the signa- ture of Jacob 8. Coxey as chairman of the conference. The reforms advocated are the imperative mandate to legislators for non- interest bearing bonds, direct legislation, good roads and the economic ballot. The Populist leaders of the last campaign are arraigned as corrapt. An organization committee was chosen, of which J. 8. Coxey is chairman and Carl All_reform organiza- tions are invited 1o send delegates to the National convention to be held at Nash- | vilte, Tenn., on July 4 next. Noname was | decided u | left to the n for the new party, that being Nasbville convention. One of the resolutions calls on all unemployed to meet in their respective Washington’s birthday and The conference aujourned at 7 P. M. to meet in Memphis, Tenn., on February 22 | with the Reform Press Association. TEo e BETWEEN KXLK AND LOUCKS. How the Senatorial Struggle in South Dukota Looks. PIERRE, 8. D., Jan. 13.—The Senatorial fight has narrowed down still further to a contest between Kyle and Loucks, with the chances apparently about even. It is claimed to-night that Kyle has lost ground. It was estimated on the start that his adherents numbered more than fifty. Noae of his friends now claim more than thirty sure. The Loucks leaders claim that Kvle will not have to exceed sixteen votes in a caucus. Plowman states that he is not out of the fight, but has strong hopes of winning in the contest. Kit- tredge has labored hard to effect a deal by which the Republican vote wili be thrown 10 some siiver candidate who will be ready to act with the Republicans when they need him. No one knows what success ugh it is not probabie that he has been able to swing moré than twenty Republicans into line. — SHERMA N IS MILENT., Will Not Discuss tie Gossip Connecting His Nama With the Cabinet. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—Sen- ator Sherman this afternoon declined ab- solutely to discuss the Cabinet gossip connecting his name with the portfolio of the State Department. He even went o far as to refuse to answer the question whether he was going to Ohio to confer with President-elect McKinley. It is un- derstood from another source, however, that Mr. Sherman w:ll leave the latter part of this week ostensibly for his home 1n Mansfield, but that he will stop off at Canton and have a conference with Mr. McKinley at the latter'srequest. The tact that Senator Sherman will enter the Cab- inet is accepted by bhis colieagues in the Senate as a well-settled subject. SULONS WANT 70 HEAK BRYAN, Humorous Awmendments to a Missours Joint Liesolution, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 18.—In the Senate this morning a joint resolution was adopted providing that an invitation be given Hon. W. J. Bryan to visit Jeffer- son City and deliver an address before the L gislature. The House also adopted the resolution. Representative Tubbs offered an amend- ment to the effect tbat the name of Bourke Cochrane be included in the reso- lution along with Mr. Bryan’s. Representative Regan of St. Louis also moved to amend by inserting the name of Grover Cleveland in the invitation, and there was a general uproar. The Bryan invitation was finally adopt- ed, but no date Las been fixed, FEne A e Senator Spooner Kenominated, MADISON, Wis, Jan. 13.—The Re- publican caucus, which was scheduled for to-morrow evening, was held to-night in- stead and Jobn C. Spooner was nomi- nated for the United States Senate. No indorsement of H. C. Payne for a Cabinet position was made. Itisunderstood, how- ever, that some action on this line will be taken by the members individually. LA West Virginia’s Legislature Nects.| CHARSESTON, W. VA, Jan, 13.—The State Legisiature convened at high noon to-day. The Republic have & big ma- 'Erny in both branches and organize the ouse and Senate, the | | | SENATOR BACON -~ MAKES A SPEECH The President and Secre- tary Olney Are Sharply Criticized, Their Treatment of the Cuban Resolutions a Challenge to Congress. Bold Usurpation of Power That Properly Belongs to the National Lawmakers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—The Senate spent the ‘first two hours of to- day’s session behind closed doors in the consideration of executive business (the extradition treaties with Argentina and the Orange Republic) and tbe remainder of the day was occupied in the delivery of a speech by Bacon (D.) of Georgia on the question of whether the recognition of a new power was an executive or a legisla- tive act. His contention was that it was a legislative function—one exclusively for determination by Congress. Even where the recognition was by the President its validity, Bacon argued, was derived from the assent of Congress, either direct or impliea. If the President had such ex- clusive power it was greater than any which any constitutional monarch wielded. Never, Bacon saia, was a chal- lenge of power more sharply made than that made by the Secretary of State in the matter, and never was defiance of au- thority more boldly given. Bacon confined himself to the consti- tutional and legal points in the argument, refraining from every allusion to the prac- tical question of recognizing the republic of Cuba. He said that in December last he had introduced a concurrent resolution which had been referred to the Judiciary Committee, declaring that the question of the recognition by this Government of any people as a free and indevendent na- tion is one exclusively for the determina- tion of Congress. As he could not call up his own resolution, he would make Mr. Mill¢’ resolution the text of his remarks. ‘When the act of recognition was by the President, it derived its vaiidity from the assent of Congress, either direct or im- plied. His proposition was this: That the ultimate power to determine whether a nation should or should not be recog- nized was in the law-making brancn of the Government, and when that branch, in full wledge of what is going on, permits the executive to act in the mat- ter, it is a confirmation of the President’s act. White (D.) of California put the case of the recognition by the President of a Minister representing a new Government, and asked Bacon whether that recogni- tion was final and bound Congress and country. Bacon gave a decidedly negative re- sponse, and when Hale (R.) of Maine fol- lowed up White’s question by asking whether Congr ss might order such Min- ister to be sent home, Bacon’s response in the affirmative was equally positive. “‘The Secretary of State,”” Bacon con- tinued, *“has denied the power of Con- gress, has defied its authority and has proclaimed through the press to foreign | nations that even if such propos:d action shall be placed on the statute-book in the form of law the President will not obey it. He has practically threatened Con- gress with the veto of the President, ana has added that if passed over the veto it be thrown back in the face of Con- gress 8s so much waste paper. Never was a challenge of power more sharply made. Never was defiance of authority more boldly given.” Bacon spoke for nearly three hours, most of the speech being delivered from manuscript. The Mills resolutions remain on the table. Gear (R.) of Iowa, chairman of the Pa- cific Railroads Committee, introduced a bill, which was referred to thatcommit- tee, appointing the Secretary of the Treas- ury, the Secretary of the Interior and the Aftorney-General a committee to_settle the indebtedness of the bond-aided Pacific railroads to the Government. On motion of Pettigrew (Pop.) of South Dakota it was ordered tnat the House bilt for homesteads on lands acquired from Indians shall be voted on at 4 o'clock to- morrow. Morrill (R.) of Vermont, from the Li- brary Committee, reported a concurrent resolution that the library building should not be used or occupied for any purpose other than those legitimately connected with the library. Hale objected to the immediate consid- eration ol the resolution and it went over until to-morrow. P Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada offered a reso- lution, which was agreed to, instructing the committee o: mines and mining to examine a report as 1o the best method of gathering statistics of the products of mines in the United States. The asking of permission by Allen (Pov.) ot Nebraska to correct a substitute vead 1n his speech as published in the Record afforded the presiding officer, Mr. Hill, the chance of putting the question in these words: ‘‘Is there objection to striking out the successes and failures of Mark Hanna?’ There wasa laugh, but 1o objection. The Senate at 5:20 P. M. adjourned until to-morrow. ——— - OLEOMARGARINZ IN 1HE HOUSE. Day Spent in the Discussion of Counter- feit Butter, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—In the House to-day Wadsworth (R.) of New York call:d up the bill to make oleomar- garine and all other imitation aairy prod- ucts subject to the laws of the State or Territory into which they are trans- poried. . Opposition to the measure came from Williams (D.) of Mississippi, on the ground that the law would permit a State whose dairy intere.ts were large to take ad- vantage of it by prohibiting the sale of all imitation dairy products. Grout (R.) of Vermont maintained that the [;nnu of the bill would only make into law what the United States Supreme Court had decided. There was nothing in the bill to allow the prohibition® of oleo- margarine. i Cook (R.) of Illinois maintained that the bill contemplated sweeping and serious changes in the law. The act put it in the power of the States to make what laws they pleased with respect to butter imita- tions, but he held that the matter was a subject for a general law and should not be lett 10 the States. Boatner (D.) of Louisiana and Tucker irginia opposed the bill on con- al grounds. A wrangle ensued over the division of time, and in order to putastoptoitGrout, in charge of the bill, moved the previous question. On a rising vote this was lost— 62 to 66-—and Grout demanded tellers. The poll developed 72 ayes and 70 noes. A point of no quorum was made and the’ ayes and noes were ordered. They re- sulted— Ayes 90, noes 99. Grout moved to reconsider, and Wil- liams (D.) of Mississippi moved to lay that motion on the table, pending wbich, on motion of Grout, the House at 4:45 p. M. adjourned until to-morrow, o GOSSIP FROM CANTON. Sherman’s Acceptance of the State Portfolio Regarded as Certain—An Indiana Congressman Talks. CANTON, Onro, Jan. 13.—A message re- ceived here irom Washington to-night makes it reasonably certain that Senator Sherman’s present intention is to accept the position of Secretary of State in Major McKinley's Cabinet. It was intimated to Senator Sherman several days ago that Major McKinley would be glad to know whether he would be inclined to accept a Cabinet position. Senator Sherman’s in- clinations were not in that direction orig- inally, and his first thought was, accord- ing to friends here, that he ought to re- main _in the Senate; but alter careful consideration of the subject it seems to him that he can perhaps be of more ser- vice 10 the country and to his party at the head of the Department of State. If present arrangements are not changed, and there is nothing to_indicate they will be, Senator Sherman will occupy the leading place in Major McKinley's Cabinet. Major McKinley had an unusually large number of callers to-day. Among them was Congressman-elect C. B. Landis of Indiana. Said he: 1 think the Republicans will be abla to hold Indiana, but 1t will be a matter of difficuity to do so unless there is a ganeral and genuine revival of business within the next year and a half. The free silver sen- ment is not dead in Indiana ana will live as long as times are bad. “The suggestion of John Sherman for Secretary of State and Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia for Secretary of the Treasury meets with much favor in Indi- ana and both appointments would be re- gerded as strong and fitting ones.” Major McKinicy gave two hours of his time to-day to the well-known portrait painters, T. H. Chartran of Paris anda George Madaro Peixotto of New York. Chartran is painting a portrait of Major McKinley for a number of Pitisbure gentlemen, who expect to present it to the Carnegie Library in that city. g SEO MARK HANNA TALKS. Says No Alarm Need Be Felt With Regard to His Health—Evasive on Cab- inet Matters. CLEVELAND, Ommo, Jan. 13.—Mark Hapna said to-day: *I don’t think that 1 will leave Cleveland until 1 leave for the inauguration. At least, I hope that noth- ing will come up that will necessitate my going away. Ido not expec: to be able to attend the Marquette Club banquet at Chicago. I will not go to Washington with Mr. McKinley, having arranged to o there two or three. days before in order tobe on hand when he arrives. I have some business to look after in Washing- ton and will settle it up in the interim be- fore Mr. McKinley’s arrival. “Relative to my heaith, I will say that I do not relisb having it made the subject of widespread comment. It does no good ; only excites uncalled for anxiety on the part of my friends. While my physical condition has not been ot the bestlately, T am far from = collape. A severe coid has been sticking to me, and this coupled with a nervous trouble, probably brought on by close attention to my work, has sort of run me down, still I have not allowed the indisposition to interfere with my be- ing at work in my office every day. ready feel improved in both body and spirits, and will be mysels in a day or two. his is the extent of my ailmentand there is no cause for alarm among my friends for fear that I am prone (0 a collapse. “‘Relative to Grosvenor's ciaims that Sherman has been slated for the State portiolio, I will say that Iknow nothing about the ~matter. Grosvenor did the talking in a way that looked as if he knew all about the Cabinet selections. If he does it is news to me.” R Grin Up to Specifications. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Jan. 13,.—Naval Constructor Dashiell, member of the steel board, bas returned from Bethlehem, Pa., where he examined the piates made for the battle-ship Wisconsin, now under con- struction at San Francisco. He found them fully up to specifications, so there | preparing to grant autonomy to Cuba, will be no delay on that vessel. Con- structor Dashiell will now go to Newport News, where the work on the battle-ships Keersarge and Kentucky is practicaily suspended cn account of tests which cast doubt on the quality of all the steel fur- nished. It is believed that the methoas of working the plates into those ships is as much at fault as the plates themselves, and the constructor hoves to devise some method by which sufficient good material out of the hundreds of tons on hand may be selected and the work continued, while the steel contractors re given an oppor- tunity to make good the deficiency. The steel board will consider Constructor Dashiell’s report on Friday, and there is a likelihood that constraction may be re- sumed at Newport News next week, e Agricultural Appropriations. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 13.—The agricultural appropriation bill was pre- sented to the House to-duy by Wadsworth, chairman of the Committee on Agricul- ture. It carries an appropriation of §3,- 15 , an_increase of $102,080 over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. The only material increase is un- der the head of the bureau of animal in- dustry and is intended to allow the exten- sion of meat inspection, The committee discussed the question of compulsory meat inspection, but decided to make it the subject of an independent bill and not to place it in the appropriation bill. For the purchase and _ distribution of valuable seeds an appropriation of $120,000 is made, and the Secretary is directed to expend 2, the appropriation. Secretary Morton made no estimate for this expenditure and, as in former bills, it was inserted without his sanction. SRS R 2wo Treaties Rejeoted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—After an executive session of a little more than two hours the Senate refused to reconsider the treaties with the Orange River Free State and the Argentine Republic, as re- quested by Secretary Olney. Mr. Olney has called attention to the fact that the clause preventing the extradition of the citizens of the country from which the ex- tradition was asked had been omitted. It was contended that each Government was in charge ot its own subjects on the ques- tion of their extradition and the explicit language suggested by Mr. Olney would create an unnecessary innovation for which no good reason could be given. A resolution was passed removing the injunction of secrecy from the general treaty of arbitration between this country and Great Britain. 4 —_—— Drath of Major Wilson. WASHINGTON, b. O, Jan. 13.—A tele- gram to the War Department announces that Major Georre 8. Wilson, assistant adjutant-general, U. B. A., died of acute inflammation yesterday at Vancouver Bacracks, Washington. Sty UL Morphine Ends a Lawyer’s Career. FORT SCOTT, Kaxs, Jan, 13.—John H. Couch, a prominent young attorney, a lieutenant-colonel on Governor Lewell- ing’s staff and a candidate in the recent election for Judge of the Court of Appeals, died here this morning of morphine pois- oning. His relatives claim that his death was accidental, but everything points to suicide. He had just returned from Springfield, Mo., where he had failed to effect a reconc:iation with his wile, Ial| PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [N CUBA An Official From Madrid Said to Be on the Way to Washington. Has Full Authority to Negotiate a Settlement on the Easis of Reforms, Proposed Treaty ¢f Commerce With the Urited States to Open Up the Island’s Markets. LONDON, Esc., Jan. 13.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from its Paris correspondent saying that the idea is gaining in Madrid that the establishment of peace in Cuba is destined to be accomplished at no very distant day. A Government official, the dispatch asserts, has started from Madrid for Wash- ington, traveling incognito, with fuil authority from Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo and the Duke of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to privately negotiate a settlement of the Cuban question on the basis of reforms in Cuba and a treaty of commerce with the United States in behalf of the island, which will open the markets of the latier to foreign competition except in cotton product and a few other articles of which Spain will try to. keep 2 monopoly for Barcelona manufacturers. Senor Canovas, according to the News correspondent, is evidently trying the effect of peaceful negotiations before the opening of the Cortes. e WAR 10 1HE END, Nothing Short of Absolute Independence Will Pacify the Cubans. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan, 13.—A Wash- ington dispatch to the Sun says: Senor Quesada, the charge d’affaires of the Cuban Legation, states that the persistent reports that General Gomez is making proposals for the settlement of the war is just as untrue as the dispatches from Madrid representing that the offer of mediation by the United States has been accepted. Senor Quesada said: “There is no truth 1n any of those assertions. They are sentout merely as a part of the Spanish policy to delay the inevitable outcome of the war. There is not a Cuban on the isiand, nor in this country, who does not know that any- thing less than absolute independence for Cuba means a continuation of the ruinous rule which hae opposed its people and which has caused this war, as it did tbe one which preceded it. “Maximo Gomez is the last man in the world to be a suppliant for Spanish mercy. He is a soidier without fear and isin- spired with the most devout confidence in the success of the cause he is so valiant in upholding. Even now, while the Spanish are filling the newspapers w.th these alle- | gations abous the desire for peace on other terms than absolute independence, he is having read to his army and to the com- mands of other leaders the declaration that was issued by Jose Marti and him- self in April, 1895. “That has become the gossip of every patriot who is struggling in behalf of Cuban liberty, and you might as well try to make a devout Christian deny his Bible as to endeavor to make a Cuban disregard the words of Marti or Gomez."” A member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, when asked yesterday as to the truth of the report that Spain is said: “Why, as to the autonomy of Cuba, that is merely an iridescent dream. In other words, it is nonsense; nothing but independence can be granted to Cuba now, and she will accept nothing less.” The delegation of Afro-Americans ap- pointed at the mass-meeting of Cuban sympathizers in New York City on De- cember 18, to lay before Congress the reso- lutions then adopted have arrived in Washington, and will appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day, and before the House committee Thursday. The members will pledge to the Cuban cause the patriotic services of 20,000 men of African descent in case the Spanish Government should make war upon the United States as a result of the interference of the Government in behalf of Cuba. —_—— WETLEER'S DESPERATION, Zreely Using the dorch to Aid His Task of Conquest. NEW YORK, Y., Jan. 13.—A Ha- vana special 10 the Sun says: General Weyler continues the war of extermina- tion and destruction whieh, in his opin- ion, will end in the pacification of the island. From Governea to Tumbadero, a distance of ten miles in Havana province, many farms have been burned by the Spanish troops. This means 2 loss of $500,000 worth of property and the misery of hundreds of families. Weyler attributes these outrages to the insurgent band, though everybody knows they are the work of Spanish columns un- der the special instructions of the Captain General. A farmer of Governea, whose small property was reduced to ashesand who was deprived of all resources, with a wife and six children to support, said that the columns are preceded by bands of torch- men, who kindie fires on every side after plundering the houses. The farmers and their families are taken before the chiefs of the columns and threatened with death. Tbe Spaniards say that they do not want the peopie to live in the country, but to gather in the towns, no matter how poor they are or how much they need the produce of their farms for their daily sustenance. If any one dares to protest against liv- ing in the towns because he has nothing to live on there he is immediately killed. The result of tnis barbarous policy is the re-enforcement of the insurgent army by hundreds of recruits daily, who are obliged to choose between starvation in the cities or fizhting against those who destroy their means of gaining a livelihood. Governea is a station on the United Railway of Havana, and the farms which surround it are mostly tobacco planta- tions, Weyler’s object in ordering the destruction of all that part of the country is to deprive the insurgent bands of Ha- vana province of food resources, as he be- lieves they live on what the farmers pro- vide them. This policy irritates the Spaniards in Havana who own property in the country or are interestea in agriculture. It is perfectly trae that they are trying o influence Madrid to recall Weyler. But they do not dare to freely express their orinions, as they fear the resent- ment of the Spanish immigrants, who highly approve of Weyler’s system of ex- terminating the natives. ELm e ERS HAVANa 18 IN PERIL. Fierce Fighting Near the City Causes the Greatest Consternatio NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 14.—A special cable to the Sun from Havana says: The war is going on so fiercely around the city of Havana that General Arolas has estab- lished his headquarters at Guanabacoa, with a force of over 5000 men besides those already there. The capital is in constant commotion over the bold attacks made on the suburbs by the insurgents. San Miguel del Padron, a town near Guanabacoa, and San Fran- cisco de Paula, bave been burned by the Cubans after severe engagements in which the Spanish troops were compelled to re- tire, Every one here is astounded at all this and in fear of a raid upon the capital it~ self, To-day eight persons were killed in cold blood. With them was a son of the well- known American citizen, Mr. Hyatt, and he saved his life at the last moment by asserting his nationality. The commander of the detachment which executed the eight Cubans ap- peared to hesitate about young Hyatt. At iast the commander sail: *‘Let hint go to avoid comvplications. It would be a pity to have some diplomatic imbrog!io that might stop this nice work." COMMENTS UN THE tREATY. Secretary Oiney’s Stoci Seems to Have Gone Up in London. LONDOY, Ex6., Jan. 13.—The St. James Gazette says that although it bas been the fashion in England to scoff at Secretary Olney as an amateur diplomat he seems likely to leave a mark upon the interna- tional system of the civilized world. Referring to the reply which Secretary Olney is alleged to have made to the Russian Minister at Washington, in apswer to the question whether the treaty was offensive and defensive, that in the ordinary diplomatic acceptance of tie term it is not a treaty of defense and offense, but an agreement with Great Britain in support of the Monroe doctrine, the St. James Gazette says: The assump- tion is somewhat hastiiy made that the United States will exchange her tradi- tional friendship for Russia for a close general alliance with England. We could wish for nothing better, and would be prepared to recognize almost anything 1n reason if it could get the two great na- tions of Anglo-Saxon stock into line agamst the world. The Morning Post regards the treaty as rather experimental, and takes excep- tions to article V1II of the agreement, providing for the appointment as one of arbitrators of a judicial cfficer of any State or Territory involved in a question at issue, ‘‘As American politics is con- stituted,” the paper adds, ‘“‘there may always be an anti-British element on this tribunal on any question affecting do- minion or frontier.” The Chronicle prints an interview with Hon. Richard K. Dobell, Sveaker of the Canadian House of Commons, in which he says that Canada would rejoice at the completion of the Anglo-American arbi- tration treaty, and that the present Cane- dian Cabinet would do everything possi- ble to complete the good work, so that Canadians as well as Englishmen will live with the United States as friends. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says that France is rife for a similar agreement with the United States. A Berlin dispatch to the Standard says it is_not likely that the Continental powers will enter into an arbitration agreement with the American Republic. The Boersen Courier , expresses the opinion that the treaty imposes such obli- gations upon the United States as should prevent her from tolerating future fili- bustering expeditions to Cuba. gt Sentenced for Libol. MADRID, Seary, Jan. 13.—-The Marquis Cabrinana, who acted as one of the sec- onds of General Martinez Campos last summer when the latter was prevented by the Captain-General of Madrid from fight- ing a auel with General Borrero, has been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for having libeled members of the muni- cipal council of Madrid, g Stranded in a Dense Fog. LONDON, Exa., Jan. The British ship Brabloch, Captain Kiddie, from San Francisco August 29, via Queenstown, for Liverpool, stranded in a dense fog last evening oft Almwich. She lay ina dan- gerous position, but was finally hanled off and towed to Holyhead. She sustained no apparent damage by grounding. S So P 5 Relief for Famine Sufferers. LONDON, Exc., Jan, 13.—The fund for the relief of the sufferers by the famine in India, which was started a few days ago by George Faudel Vhiilips, Lord Maycr of London, now amounts to £35,000. The largest subscription to the fund was that of *William' Waldort Astor, who gave NEW TO-DAY. It's a Iittle waste to use more of Jrophy baking powder than the direc- tions call for— beyond that there’sno harm done. It contains no strong drugs to spoil the flayor of your cake. ) Tillmann & Bexdel, MOW