The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL-—NO. 80, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1902, PRICE FIVE CENTS. BILL REPEALING THE WAR REVENUE TAXES IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE UNDER SP DAUGHTERS O F AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVENE IN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS COMMUNICATION WITH PRINCE HENRY IS MAINTAINED FAR OUT FATRBANKS. the 600 ¢ rer 40,000, M e on Thi > vote. heroes. nary t no one sl beern vears successivel FR ers of those present and what they ry Daughter the cultivation in the highest degree of rev- the flag and preservation of the ferred to the congress was adopted along this line it would have in view full of all the chapters in the country ) apters, increasing the membership by 3506. 1 with a response by Mrs Fairbanks. embled this afternoon Mrs credential and the roll was then called. the constitution were adopted, d till to-morrow. 1 the delegates and visitors, OM OT ASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The ! eleventh Continental Con- | V V gress of the National Soci- | ety of the Daughters of the Revolution convened here About 800 delegates and representing chapters in States » country wWere presept. before it many mat- to the welfare of These include the a continental memorial city, the adjustment of in- ng of the chapters which have caused ole past, needed itution of the and projects for securing pen- “Daughters” whose ual fighters in the co- England. called The congress hz importance the Daughters. | erection hall in thi nal di some Westerr much trou amendmen | 1 ordor in the n the con needy fathers were ac lonial stru e with The congress Wz this morning by th Mrs. Charles W. wife of the United States Senator from Indi- ana. Led by Percy S. Foster of this city, the congress *“The .Star- Spangled Banner.” Mrs. Fairbanks | then dclivered her address of wel- ’ After expressing her gratifica- represented, Mrs. Fair- sions for to order nt general, sang come. interests in general to reduce the unwieldy, and pending proposition becoming too She showed that having been This makes thirty-four chapters John F. Swift of Cali- M. B. Tulloch of this city, s, presented h It showed that an increase of The * report. over last year. the forty-seven State regents, 600 chapter regents and recommended that the roll of the convention be called nly commemorate “those sacred names, but emphasize the Many of the chapters The first tacked on sec- all be eligible to hold office in the nation.l a member thereof two to the same section, provided that mo per The second amendment on shall hold ars. To-night, from 9 to 11 o’'clock, thei« held in the halls of the Na- TAWA POPULATION et J OF YUKON’'S CAPITAL Canadian Privy Council Makes Swezeping Concession to a Syndicate and Miners Leave Dawson for American Teiritory Special Dispatch to The Call. Y. T. (via Seattle), Feb. which ar- the doom as a great m & camp, and 1 in from every camp r the ter advantages to 1g Conces— ntained In g the develop- It gives A. N. C. cred and th icate title in situation. well know ms vacant, or cluded. give away the vacant 2 portion of the country known , and of the paying creeks only Dominion, Gold Run and Sulphur, of the flowing Indian River, will remain open to prospecting. Naturally, with the insecu- rity of future action as to Indian Riv prospectors will shun that also. Wild Excitement in Camp. Consternation followed the amnounce- ment of the sweeping order and & mass meeting was called to take action. The first step was by the Liberal Club, which red resolutions to Ottawa, praying Par- Jiament to thwart the action of the Privy Council. The people are excited as never DYNAMITE AND TERROR TO AID BOER CAUSE Credence Given to Story That an Irish Revolutionary Committee Is Working in Paris. LONDON, Feb. 18—The Paris corres- all all pondent of the .Daily Chronicle belleves there is some 2 in the rumor that an Irish revol ary committee has been started Paris by an Irish-American who has urned from South Af- rica for the purpose of aiding the Boer a reign of dynamite and terfor. press censor in South Africa is evidently active, as the first intimation that the trial of Commandant Krintzin- ger (who captured by General French in December last) had commenced came from War Secretary Brodrick in the House of Commons yesterday. Becretary did not volunteer any details, but he informed a questioner that Lord Kitchener would certainly see that the Boer general had every facility for pro- ucing witnesses. It developed during Brodrick's answer that the trial began February 15. was placer claims | 2 creeks ard | The | ore. All miners who are not already possession of paying claims of sufi- ss to warrant their remaining the district and paying the royalties exacted are preparing to leave for the American side and dogs cannot now be bought in the market. By to-morrow evening the trails down the river will be crowded by men who are going to new fields. Business men are the ones that will suffer the greatest financial loss, as in the depopuflation of the camp they see 1Y\Mn confronting them. General Exodus From Dawson. A large percentage of the men who are thronging the streets and making prep- arations to leave the camp announce their | intention of making Eagle Clty thelr ob- Jective ‘point, whence they will scatter | out to the various fields that have been but slightly prospected. Many others, particularly the old-time miners, say they will go to Circle City, where they will outfit for interior work. Still others pro- | pose to cross over into the Tanana ana | the Kuskokwim districts. | Unless action is taken in Ottawa imme- | diately, six weeks will see a deserted camp and not a prospector in this portion | of the country. The miners will make no | further attempts in the Northwest Terri- tory, as they say, with good reason, that | 1t is unprofitable to work and develop a country where they may lose all rights whenever they find anything of imp: tance. Canadians as well as Americans are aroused and many of the former wiil scek American fields. in ® MARRY IN HASTE AFTER LONG COURTSHIP Lieutenant Conor of the Army Fin- ally Induces Miss Guild to Become His Wife. BOSTON, Feb. 17.—After courting her for thirteen years Lieutenant Conor, U. §. | A, the earnest lover of Miss Margaret Guild, a Boston literary and theasophical woman, plucked up courage to pop the question. This was Saturday morning and while Miss Guild was on her way to her | daily work with a publishing firm. Em- boldened by a prompt “yes,”” Lieutenant Conor proposed that the wedding be im- mediate. “You might take it back,” was his smil- ing comment. And straight to a minis- ter's residence they went. Lieutenant* Conor is about 40 years old | and has been in the army many years, | while the bride is well known in Boston as a lecturer on theosophy. The couple left to-day for San Francisco, to which 3 ON OCEAN +* ECIAL “IRON HAND” RULE e i DEMOCRATS PROTEST AGAINST THE GAG, BUT VOTE FOR THE MEASURE BY MEANS OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 4 s COMMANDER OF THE GERMAN IMPERIAL YACHT HOHENZOLLERN, AND THE CRUISERS CINCINNATI AND OLYMPIA OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, WHICH WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE WELCOME TO PRINCE HENRY WHEN THE STEAMSHIP KRONPRINZ WILHELM ARRIVES OFF NEW YORK. e — % Final Programme Is Completed for the Reception and Entertain- ment of the Distinguished Royal Visitor-—-Empzror William and Brother Are Elected Members of the Atlantic Yacht Club N BOARD THE KRON- PRINZ WILHELM, by Mar- coni wireless telegraphy, via the Lizard Station,,Feb. 17, 1:30 a. m.—The Kronprinz ‘Wilhelm nearly grounded in turning to go out of the harbor. She came in collision with a buoy. The weath- er is fine and cold. Prince Henry spent much of his time on the bridge, looking very jolly and manifesting much interes: in what was going on. Later he joined in the gayety of the steerage passengers, | who, dressed in every varlety of costume, danced to the accompaniment of a con- certina. After that his Fighness donned a smoking jacket and went to the smok- ing room, where he sat for a long time, chatting with members of his suite. The Prince apparently prefers the democratic smoking-room, the sailors’ work shop or the captain's bridge to the seclusion of his gorgeously furnished apartments. There was no demonsfration at Cher- bourg, which was left at fifteen minutes past 9 o'clock. LONDON, Feb. 17.—The officlals at Marconi's office in London say their Liz- ard station was in communication with the XKronprinz Wilhelm, with Prince Henry of Prussia on board, up to 9 o’clock a. m. to-day, when the steamer was about 140 miles west of The Lizard. A powerful Marconi station at Mullion, Cornwall, was continuing to dispatch wireless telegrams toward the Kronprinz ‘Wilhelm, but the limjt of the distance covered will not be known until the steam- ers's arrival on the other side of the Atlantic, as she was not equipped with an apparatus powerful enough to enable her to reply. Emperor and Prince Elected. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—The Atlantic l:]-:;e the lieutenant has been ordered for | Yacht Club held a special meeting to- juty. night and elected* Emperor Willlam of Germany and Prince Henry of Prussia to membership. The programme for the opera which Prince Henry is to attend upon his visit to this city was completed to-day and will include; The first act of “Lohengrin,” with Gadski, Schumann-Heink, Dippel Bispham and Edouard ‘de Reszke; the second act of armen,” in French, with Calve, Alvarez and- Scotti; the third act of “‘Aida,” in Italian, with Bames, Homer, Campanari, Journet and De Marchi; the second act of ‘“Tannhauser,” with Ter- nina, Van Dyck and Van Rooy; the first act of “La Traviata,” with Sembrich ana Salignac; the first scene of the fourth act of “El Cid,” with Breval and Alvarez, The officers of the German imperial yacht Hohenzollern who went to Niagara Falls last week returned to-day. Four other officers will g0 to the falls to-mor- row and will return on Wednesday. Ow- ing to the storm there were few visitors to the yacht to-day. Admiral von Baud- issin left for Philadelphia this afternoon. The admiral will remain in Philadelphia two days, visiting relatives. Safeguard Against Bad Weather. As a safeguard against heavy weather in the outer harbor on the day that Prince Henry arrives here the plan for formally welcoming him was changed to-day. It wasg decided to abandon the idea of hav- ing him transferred down the bay from the Kronprinz Wilhelm to the imperial vacht Hohenzollern and Instead he will come to Recreation pier at the foot of ‘West Thirty-fourth street on the liner. Rear Admiral Evans, commanding the special squadron now assembling, will board the Kronprinz Wilhelm as soon as she arrives and after formally greeting Prince Henry will accompany him to the pler. As the liner passes the special squadron every ship of the latter will fire a royal salute of twenty-one guns ‘and man the sides. The formal calls of the President’s delegates, the officers of the speclal squadron, Major General Brooke, Admiral Barker and the Mayor of New York will be made at the pler.. The re- turn calls by Prince Henry depend upon the hour that the Kronprinz Wilhelm ar- rives. If time permits they will be made at once. FINAL PROGRAMME ARRANGED. Many Honors to Be Bestowed Upon the Visiting Prince. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Dr. Hill, one of the President’s delegates, to-day made public the general plan and itinerary of the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia covering the period of time from Saturday, February 22, to Tuesday, March 1. From time to time publication kas been made of the itinerary relating to one or two cities and towns, but there has been more or less change in the original programme and new fea- tures have been added. As it now stands the itinerary and programme is declared by the President’s delegates to be final. It is as follows: Saturday, February 22—Arrival in New York sharbor, probably about noon, on Kron- prinz Wilhelm of North German-Lloyd lne. Admiral Evans, commanding the special squad- ron, will meet the steamer at quarantine sta- tion and conduct his Royal Highness, Prince Henry of Prussia, with his suite, to the HoHen- zollern, the President's delegates win then visit to extend greetings. Exchange of official visits during the afternoon. Prince Henry and his suite will attend the Irving Place Theater and return to the Hohenzollern for the night. Sunday, February 23—In the morning re- ligious exercises on board the Hohenzollern, 1 the weather 1s favorable a visit to the tomb of General Grant In the afternoon. Priv-+s ASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The s ;s , unexpected happened in the House to-day when the bill to repeal the war revenue taxes was passed unanimously without a word of debate. This action was the outcome of a challenge thrown down by Richardson ~of Tennessee, the minoriiy leader, after the adeption by a strict party vote of a special order for the consideration of the bill which permitted debate on it until 4 oclock to-morrow afternoon, but cut off all opportunity to offer amendments ex- cept such as had been agreed to by the Ways and Means Committee. The adoption of the rule had been preceded by a stormy debate, in the course of which the Democrats protested against the application of the ‘“gag,” which Hay of Virginia claimed was made to prevent a free expression not only by “the Democrats, but by some Repub- licans, special attention being directed toward Babcock of Wisconsin, the father of the bill, to amend the steel | schedule of the present law. They also charged that such a method of procedure was minimizing the in- fluence of the House and making it " simply a machine to register the decrees of the few men in control. When the rule was adopted, by a vote of 158 to 120, Richardson, to em- phasize the fact that debate on the bill could accomplish nothing and that de- liberation oh it would be fruitless, asked unanimous consent that the bill be placed upon its passage. Not an objection was voiced and the vote was taken forth- with. Every vote, 278 in number, was cast in the affirmative. There was a large attendance on the floor of the House and in the gallery in anticipation of a debate on the bill to repeal the war revenue taxes. Just prior to the assembling of the House the Comitttee on Rules met and agreed upon the form of a special rule for the consideration of the bill, by the terms of which it would brought to a vote at 4 o’clock to-morrow. The chaplain, in his invocation, prayed that the life of Representative Shephard of Texas, who is dangerously ill, might be spared. DALZELL PRESENTS SPECIAL ORDER AGREED UPON. After some minor business had been cleared away, Dalzell, from the Com- mittee on Rules, presented the special order agreed upon by that committee. Dal- zell explained the effect of the rule. This measure, he sald, was presented to re- deem a pledge made when the war revenue taxes were imposed that when the necessity for them ceased they would be repealed. This was a measure on which, he took it, there was practical unananimity of sentiment on both sides of the House. It was a simple repeal measure and it was deemed wise mat‘ it should be brought to a vote without complication on extraneous issues. At the conclusion of this brief statement Daizell yielded thirty minutes to Underwood of Alabama, also of the Committee on Rules. The Alabama mem- ber protested against the adoption of the rule, not, he said, because it provided for the consideration of a bill to reduce taxation, but because it prevented indi- vidual membérs from exercising their own judgment or carrying out the wishes of their constituents as to what portion of the excessive taxes should be re- pealed. As an instance of a tax which it was not advisable to repeal, he cited the inheritance tax, a tax which, he said, was levied on a class that was not reached by other taxation. Underwood said he did not think a general tax re- vision should be made, as such revision, whether good or bad, would unseftle present conditions and might lead to disorder. He referred to the stagnation in business which existed pending the enactment of both the Wilson and Dingley bills in support cof that statement. He thought that the proper method of reducing duties at this time should be through reciprocity agreements made in pursuance of Congressional enactment, and he sent to the Clerk's desk and had read the following amendment representing his ideas in this particular: “That for.the purpose of readjusting the present. duties on importations into the United States, so as to raise sufficient revenues to support the Government economically administered, and at the same time to” encourage the export trade of this country, the President bf thg United States is authorized and empowered to negotiate trade contracts with foreign nations, wherein mutual concessions are made, looking to the expansion of our foreign trade; provided, that said trade contracts before coming into operation shall be submitted to the Congress of the United Statgs for ratification, amendment or rejection.” PROTESTS AGAINST IHE “IRON HAND” RULE. Ball of Texas denounced the rule as but another step in the parliamentary ev- olution by which individualism in the House was being crushed and a few men were enthroned as the autocrats to dominate its will. The reason for the presen- tation of the rule, he declared, was because it was necessary to gag two Repub- lican members of the Ways and Means Committee, a number of the Republicans on the floor and all the Democrats of the House. He referred to the report in the newspapers that even the President had become converted to the view that the “jron hand” was necessary to prevent a wholesale revision of the tariff. At this point Babcock of Wisconsin, one of the Republican members of the ‘Ways and Means Committee to whom Ball had referred, read a statement of his reasons for favoring the adoption of the rule. It was to the effect that after con- sultation he and his colleagues did not consider it wise to jeopardize ‘he passage of the repeal bill by complicating matters, and he gave notice that a. rne first opportunity he would press for the consideration of his bill to amend the steel schedule. Hay of Virginia declared that the pending rule would humiliate every member on the floor, because it prevented the offering of a single amendment to this bill. It was such a display of cowardice as never before had been witnessed in the House. (Applauge.) When the bill went to the Senate it would be ddbated and amended, but by this rule the House would be deprived of its rightful function. Cannon of Illinois argued earnestly in favor of the adoption of the rule. Even if other revenue reduction was advisable, it should not stand, he said, In the way of the repeal of taxes gathered in the treasury from the people, there to consti- tute a prize upon exploitation. “Let us,” said he in conclusion, addressing his side of the House, “take the responsibility for the repeal of these taxes, as we took the responsibility for their imposition.” Richardson closed the debate for the minority. In doing so he offered to yield half his time to any one on the Republican side who cared to oppose the adoption of the rule. He paused when he had made the offer, but no Republican rose. Smiling faces looked over at him from across the aisle. “No gentleman on that side is opposed to ‘this rule,” sald he, sarcastically, “With your majority of forty it will be very easy to adopt it, but is it not strange that with such a majority such a rule should be necessary?” He in- sisted that there were members on the other side who were restive under the demand of thelr constituents for a revision of some of the tariff schedules and that they would have hard work explaining their action. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Babcock), he declared, could not go back to his constituents with the lame excuse he had offered on the floor. “This is his last opportunity,” said he, “and the gentleman knows it. There will be no other opportunity to give his people rellef, and if he tries to explain his course, let ome of his constituents ask him why he voted for this rule.” In concluding, Richardson said that those on his side favored the repeal of the war taxes; In fact, that if they had their way they would have been repealed long ago. Dalzell closed the debate on the rule. In view of the solicitude of the gentle. man from Virginia (Hay) and the gentleman from Texas (Ball) regarding the situation in the House, he sald he would refer to some history. After reealling attention to the fact that not a member on the other side had raised his voice against the adoption of the rule for the consideration of the Philippine tarife bill, a rule which, he said, was as drastic as this one, he told how the Democrats of the Fifty-third Congress had swallowed 640 amendments to the Wilson bir® without even having them read in the House. MINORITY LEADER SFRINGS HIS SURPRISE. The previous question was then ordered, but Richardson thereupon offered a motion to recommit the rule with iInstructions to report it back amended so as to open the bill for amendment under the five-minute rule. Dazell immediately made the point that the motion was dllatory. Speaker Henderson and Richardson had a sharp exchange over the point of order, which the Speaker sustained. Richardson then appealed from the decision of the chair, and the Speaker de. clined to hear argument on the appeal, because the previous question already had been ordered. Dalzell moved to lay the appeal on the table. This motion was carried, 165 to 12J. Calderhead (Rep.) of Kansas voted with the Democrats against the motion to lay the appeal on the table, but there was REPRESENTATIVE PAYNE. 3 + S