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USI> \V MuKNI.Nn. MAY •>(), Ism;
FI VK (TINTS
YESTERDAY S PROCEEDINGS IN THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
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Hill A wain—'The I.mi!s*l'li‘ ^tth-Trenoiiry—The
Vi-rfl1e;IHM‘ovi'ri"l| V.I,'.
Washington, May 19.—Dibble, nf South
Carolina, from the committee on laws reg
ulating the election of president, reported
a joint resolution proposing a constitu
tional amendment creating and defining
the office of second vice-president of the
United States. House calendar.
The house then went into a committee
of the whole, Hammond, of Georgia, in the
chair, on the senate amendments to the
pnstoffice appropriations bill.
in the course of the discussion, which
consumed the remainder of the session
IJc kery, of Missouri, announced his opp -
sition ti> the amendment because it was eo-
i reive legislation; because it assumed to aid
commerce at the expense of the foreign
postal service; because it held out the per
suasive idea of competition when in fact
there was no competition on two lines; be
cause it would operate as a hindrance to
Ui- restoration of American commerce; be
cause it was a positive violation of the
international treaty of Berne; because it
was a gift of public money to private cor
porations. the larger part of which would
rc> to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
officered, owned and controlled by Hu -
sell Sage, Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon.
Criticising the amendment in detail, lie
called attention to the fact that even
England did not restrict the trans
portation of her mails to English
vessels, but placed many of them
upon ships of the North German Lloyd
company. He also commented severely
upon the action of the senate in adopting
Hit amendment in violation of its own
i ules. Was not, he asked, the amendment
strong enough to commend itself to con
gress and the country without having be
hind it the pressure and power of any ap
propriation bill ? This proposition came
litre from the senate as its smaller twin
brother had come from the senate
last year. Glad as he would he to go home
to breathe the air of grand old Missouri,
not. however, to look after his fences—
they were in good repair—strongly as he
desired to hail the hour that should wit
ness the close of the session, he was willing
to stay here until the snow of winter
should mantle the heights of Arlington
before he would be coerced into accepting
legislation of this kind. [Applause on the
democratic side.] He then proceeded to
argue that subsidy would not have
the effect of building up the commerce of
the country. In support of his argument
he quoted statistics to show that from 1866
to 1877 (which he termed the “subsidy
period”) the tonnage and commerce of the
country steadily fell off. Much of the
subsidy proposed would go to the Pacific
Mail steamship company. He had heard
il said that, this line was owned by 700
different persons, but he declared that it
was largely owned and officered by Jay
Gould, Sidney Dillon, Russell Sage and
C. P. Huntington. These were the men
who were to get this appropriation, which
assumed to go to the building up of the
commerce of the country and the merchant
marine. No man would go further than
),e in restoring the merchant marine, but
if this could only be done now- by means
of contributions to the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Co. he wanted to wait and look out
for some other remedy. Under this amend
ment the Pacific Mail company’s unsavory
record would get £352,198, nearly half the
. ropriation. He called upon liis party
friends to halt and hesitate before they
gave their sanction to a measure which did
nut advance or enhance the interests of the
merchant marine, but which put into the
coffers of this corrupting corporation $326,-
30S more than it had received last year for
tht same service. In consideration of this
question, he stood on the doctrine of equal
rights to all and exclusive privileges to
none.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, supported
the amendment, denying that there was
anything coercive in it, or that there was
any subsidy. It was a question of giving
fair and reasonable compensation for ser
vices rendered in carrying mails without
any regie, d to the ownership of the corpor
ation performing the services. He replied
Io Dockery’s argument that subsidies did I
rot assist the merchant marine by
staling that the real subsidy period
was from 1848 to 1859, and chat it I
was in 1356 that the American marine I
reached the highest standard of prosper
ity, Then 84 per cent, of our products [
were carried in American bottoms. To-day |
but a fraction over 14 per cent, was so car- j
tied. Throughout the history of the pos
t'd service there was not an advance that I
had not at first cost money. This was a j
tentative measure. The government, could
see what results it would produce and I hen
do in the future as it had in the past, profit
I y tne experience of legislation.
(Springer of Illinois, favored tin pnli-.v '
of compelling vessels that carried, tin■'
American Hag to carry the limits of Ira- '
country at a reasonable rate ami aimicst 1
1 be proposition of voting a suh.Jdy into j
U" pockets of Jay Gould, Sdney Dillon '
m.d Rrs.-ell .Sage.
Dir.gley, of Maine, in a brief spi-c
] 'inteu out the needs of the foreign in:b'
t' evict; and asked that the in;:-s
aild net have their attention bi.-mUd ,
Ir'an the issue bv the use of the term • i: 1 >-
sidy.” The rate now paid for tin hivi,p:
mail service was not fair nor reason;" h .
it was not decent. The senate atrei.4-
m'-iit provided for nothing but decent
compensation.
McAdoo, of New Jersey, opposed th ■
proposition to subsidize American shies
ami put forward the idea that if the ; d ip 1
States wished to compete with other n.i-.
tions by the granting of subsidies, it i him.
“wing to tile difference in the price of ,a- I
bor. pay 25 per cent, higher subsid'es Ih.ui
“tber countries.
Holman, of Indiana, earnestly opnosed
}{*• policy of subsidies and contended that
jnal policy would not have the effect "f
building up American commerce. Tin's
b"d".v which it was sought to engra V anew
; pun legislation had in tin past brought
1 same and dishonor upon the house ofia-ic
sentatives, and one oftlie great enrpora-
■ ns which was now as.’ing for this in
creased compensation had come to a pre-
'■I'uis house and corrupted the legislators
of the country.
I his closed the general debate and the
committee rose, and the house at 5 o’clock
adjourned.
After the routine business in the senate
to-day, Hoar gave notice that to-morrow
morning Ue would call up the hill dis-
1 o-;ng of the Alabama awards.
The Staten Island bridge bill was taken
up, and McPherson addressed the senate
u t;on it until 2 o’clock.
1 he pension trill was then placed before
the senate, the pending question being the
motion of McPheioon to recommit the
uli with instructions to submit to the sen
ate an estimate of the expense that would
be incurred bv its passage.
McPherson’s motion to recommit was
i ejected—14 to 28.
I The question recurred on Blair’s amend
ment t.. VanWyck's amendment. Van-
J 'A'y"k’s amendment is to add to the bill a
' section providing that no soldier under
I this act should receive a pension of less
| than $8 per month, and Blair s motion to
makefile provision read - No pension paid
j unde” the law to any soldier hereafter snail
be rated at less than $4 a month.” Blair
I modified his amendment so as to Include
j sailors, marines, etc., and it was agreed to.
Logan moved to make the minimum
peoson M. Lost —2D to 21.
Van W’yek’s am udment, as amended, by
Blair, was then agreed to.
An amendment offered by Logan, ex
tending the provisions of the lilt to men
who had served three months, was agreed
to.
At Ingnll’s suggestion the hill was
amended so as to apply to men dependant
upon their own exertions, instead of upon
their own labor, so that there might be no
question as to its application to men who
earned a livelihood by intellectual labor
Brown said that inasmuch as the people
of the northern states had senators and
representatives of both political parties
who favored the passing of laws increasing
pensions, lie did not believe the people of
the south would object to it. Though
some people of the north thought congress
was going too far, yet the senate saw that
the northern constituencies of both parties
sent to congress men who favored these
pensions, and we must, there!' re, concede
that a majority of the tax-payers of
the north approved their action. It
was to be supposed that if the
people of the south had been in the union
at the time of the war and the war had
been with a foreign nation, the people of
the south would have gone as far in grant
ing pensions as had the people of the
north. He (Brown, would therefore vote
for the bill, but would impress on the sen
ate the propriety and duty of passing as
soon as possible the Mexican pension bill,
and also the bill to pension the few sur
viving soldiers of the Indian wars, some of
whom, he said, resided in Georgia. Unless
something were done for the Mexican sol
diers, Brown would have to withhold his
assent from future pension bills.
The bill was then passed—yeas 84, nays
11. The vote was as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen,
Brown, Conger, Cullorn, Frye, George,
Gibson. Hale, Hampton, Harrison, Hawley,
Hoar, Ingalls, Logan, McMMlan. Malione,
Manclerson, Miller, Mitchell of Oregon,
Morrill, Payne, Plumb, Itiddlebcrger. Saw
yer, riewolh Sherman, Spooner, Van Wyck,
Yoorkees, Walthall and Wilson of Mary
land—34.
Nays — Beck, Barry, Blackburn, Call,
Cockrell, Eustis, Gorman, Gray, Jones of
Arkansas, McPherson, Morgan, Saulsbury,
Vest arid vVhltliorne—14.
The bankruptcy bill was again laid be
fore the senate, aiid after an Ineffectual at
tempt of Kiddleberger to secure an execu
tive session, the senate at 5:45 p. in. ad
journed.
IHhi'irvorwl the Aerolite.
Washington, Pa., May 19.—After
months of search. Prof. Jonathan Emery,
of William and Mary college, has discov
ered the aerolite which fell in Washington
county September 14, 1885. It was found
imbedded deep in the soil on Frederick
Miller’s farm, two miles north of Clays-
ville. Prof. Einery says that it is the
largest aerolite on record, and weighs fully
200 tons. Its composition ifl' chrominiutn,
nickel, aliemenium, copper, magnesium
and tin.
Thi* Siib-Tmisorj.
Washington, May 19.—The New York
Times contains n lengthy article, written
in the usual malignant tone of that emi
nent mugwump journal, on the Louisville
sub-treasury bill. The article concedes
the passage of the bill by the senate, and
calls on tlie president to veto it. By com
paring this remarkable article with the
speech of Mr. Hewitt, of New York,
against thebill.it is easy to divine the
source of the aide editor’s inspiration.
This is mentioned as one of the indications
that a veto of the hill in case of its passage
by the senate is by no means improbable.
The bill was passed, it will he remembered,
against the advice of United States Treas
urer Jordan, who is supposed to voice the
sentiment of the administration.
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THE CHICAGO MEAT PACKERS WILL
MOT SUBMIT TO IT.
iimici unfavorable conditions. Marseilles •
L nis » said t.o ho hi n dmdorablt sanitary
condition, and tin* mortality record for the
first i a roe months of the present year is
gieahr than for any preceding year.
Being at tin rate of forty-eight in every I
one thousand of population. Cholera is j
nu
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Us appearance in
ViANiFESTO.
Chicago. May V,\ After a fortnight's
struggle the svrike of the planing; mill
employes here for eight-hours work at
ten-hour s nav ha ? come loan end. 'i life
men have formally asked U> be taken back
at the old terms, .-jiipiiiaiirig only that their
wages be paid weekly. This was agreed
to. The mil! owners declare they will dis-
enaige no one to make places for the
strikers.
Tin Kiuiit then* V. slum.
Chicago, May 19.—Several of the promi
nent meat packers were interviewed yes
terday and Inst evening as to whether inev
wouifl return to the ten hour rule next fall
or continue h# gi\e the men eight hours.
Tliev say thpA at Kansas City, Boston and
other placets me men aiv working ten
hours and we cannot begin to compute
with ilium, fi-lert the eight-hour move
ment was: inaugural .*d we had s< me show
by being satisfied wi.h small profits, hut
now we have none at all. A visit to other
packing houses sin*wed too same state of
affairs. The AvncrieTn packing eoinr-aiiy,
Fowler Rios., Swift & Sons, tin; Chicago
packing anti provision company and all
others have decided to notify their men
that they cannot continue under the pres
ent system. They were not certain when
the return to the old hours would be. made.
Sidney A. Kent said he Had been the tirst
to make the change a week ago. The
movement will effect directly or indirectly
3C»,0C/J persons. There arc about 10,000
men employed in nine houses as hands
and butchers ami others will bring the
total up to the figures mentioned. They
are all more or less connected witn the
packing houses, and should the packers
carry out their threat to shut down in ease
the men make trouble about returning to
the old time, they would necessarily be in
jured. Armour A Co. say: “We cannot
go on as we are now. It is simply out of
the question. We must either return to
the old system or close up. There is ho
other way out of it for the puckers. It was
a rmstake, and we thought it might-benefit
the men. While we are working
but eight hours,” said he, “St. Louis
and Kansas City packers are working their
men ten hours. The men are beginning
to see that short hours and full pay oper
ates against the* packers, and that we can
not stand competition. I agreed with my
men to try the experiment for a month,
and in agreeing to do it, it was only an ex
periment, however, and we all understand
it as such.”
What the men will do is rather difficult
to find out. One of the members of their
executive committee says: “We don’t want
to strike and have not advocated it, al
though we most certainly have asked for
the eight-hour plan. We propose to hold
the bosses to it now. We have perfected
an organization and intend to stand by our
colors.”
It is understood, however, that non
union workers and a great many union
men aside from the delegates do not share
these sentiments, that they were well sat
isfied with their positions Before an organ
ization for any demand was agitated, and
a great many of the men do not relish tlie
idea of being thrown out of work all the
summer.
Four ClilMri'ii ltimn*»l <•» Huilli.
A Knox, O . May 19.—The home of
v blow Mary Mooney w os burned at mid
night with four of her chhuren. The
widow was awakened bv the flames, and
Inking tile youngest child, aged two years,
in her arms, leaped from the window, tell
ing el* enihhen 1o jump, but they failed
to do so. and perished in the flames. Mrs.
Moonuv and her brother-in-law were badly
injured in endeavoring to rescue tin chil
dren. The brother-in-law will probably
die. The child which Mrs. Mooney had in
her arms when she leaped from tne win
dow is the only one of the family unhurt.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Lillie* :i Vi.•tor) l la* Pro*
it I .mill l iir Krupt ion of
Mount Ki:iii. Kir
cmilors Lio* Their Reason**
isitr the suite.
Cincinnati, May 19.-— Ohio’s self-exiled
senators, now quartered at the Arrengton
House, in Covington, Ivy., have finally ore-
pared a statement for publication. They
have been absent from the slate for three
weeks. During that time they have visited
Atlanta, New Oilcans, Chattanooga and
Lexington. For t Le last teii days 11 >ey have
been in Covington. The reasons for
their departure are fully set forth
in their manifesto. Tneir statement lias
been hastened by the criticisms of the
press on their flight, and by the doings of
the legislature during their absence. In
tike last lew days the Cincinnati board of
public works and the board of hi alt n, lb •
twe gi\Jng employment to about 2d' 1
democrats, have been abolished, and the
governor has : pnointed in their places
board of public ad airs, consisting i ! -v*
republican politicians, which wbl nu.-A
every man. The senate has also pass.*d
congressional gerrymander, giving the
denr-nr, bs but nv»* but of twent.v-two dis
k-iris. .-ill this Lite senators claim is bn--
gai, and will noc stand in a couit of justice.
,-since they have been in Covington ev« ry
eonn oav has been extended them hv t he
j* j '» of that city. They have been gi\•
boat rules on the river, taken on ;!*■’
;ng<*\versions and cntertained'nt. tin* ju m
o f tne .rmcipal citizens. This uftmi » :i
they were given a reception at the h<
of ex-ri»'w. .John W. Stevenson, in A\.\.
port. Two of the senators, O’N'-il. of
Zam-sii!!c, a.iKi Lawrence, of (tuernsc.v
comity, are cx-coi gressmen.
■ is I rail Ih-irini.
ST. Lot;::- May 19.- The trial of Max
well for tne n urder of Prelier began to
day. Aft«*r the witnesses told the story of
tlie •IDcnver.v of the crime, Warren. «<i'
Wor« • *t- .. Mi b .nified that lie was ac
quainted whi- ti:e;*]jri.soner ami Frelh r;
ikiid met ihem «»n board tlie steamship
('••pludeiin. He had witnessed their intr«»-
duc\i",i tf) each other. They seemed to
become very intimate, but the prisoner
was more n enstrntive in his efforis to
Ktrengihei) the M*i* jalsliip. Maxwell gave it
to be understo. 1 that lie was a
physician, having graduated with honors
from an English medical college. He also
proposed to he an attorney, and claimed
tii.it he had ocan regularly admittfai to tin-
bar. The prisoner had waitton to the wit
ness after they had botli arrived in the
United States’, stating that he and Droller
we e about to engage in the cattle busi
ness in Texas. Witness It ad seen the re
mains found in rip.- trunk and identified
thorn as those of .Arthur Prcller.
“Will Itfturn to thcOhi Plan.
St. Louis, May 19.—The furniture manu
facturing companies of this city on the
first of May resolved, in order to avoid a
strike among their employes, to give the
eight hour system a iair trial, and if it
should be found that their business could
be conducted profitably upon that plan to
continue it indefinitely, but if the contrary
should result, to return to the old
plan. Representatives of all tlie .
factories hold a meeting last night and
in view of the fact that in other cities a
majority of the factions w ere working ten
hours, and that it would be impossible for
the employers here io compete with them
on a basis of eight hours, it was resolved to ;
return to tlie old plan after the 201 h Inst. ‘
and to lock out all employes who should
refuse to work on that. plan.
IP-.uly to <io llsick.
St. Louis:, May 19. -Tlie striking em
ployes of tlie Southern barb wire company
had a meeting 'yesterday and resolved t«•
return to work on the plan of te?i hours.
The president of the company refused to
rec<-p-" them lack unless they should!
promise to make up during the week all
time lost.
WmiU Nm* IiitlLl them.
St. Louis. May 19.- The grand jury at
iieih"Lie, Ii)., to day rc 1 urned ttu ir report
to the circuit court. After having refused
to end true bills again a thedeputv sheriffs
who fired . }.» n tin ;m»b in East St. I.ouis
oi'iiiig the recent railroad strike and kiiicc.
six of their nunoer, an order was made
•br tlicir release and they depart* d* for
bu m homos. It is said that tlm jury stood
fifteen for no indictment while eight
favored tneir indi-amenl on a charge of
nuir.siaught' r.
London, May 19. Messrs. Johnsfon and
Waring, members of parlitmcnt for Ulster,
have decided, with the approval of the
conservative leaders, to abandon their op-
, position to a renewal of the arms act. The
i ilarl of Ranf't rly, pnxsident of the Ulster
anti-repeal, say tnnt he has received many
I offers of support in the event of a civil war.
He adds that the union will fight its battles
on the platform, and says he knows noth
ing about the advertisements for arms.
Gladstone has written a letter to the
Ulster working men in which he expresses
regret that he lias no time in which to
grant them an interview, but says he will
be glad to receive any written communi
cation from them. The Morning Rost
says the government does not intend to re
new the arms act, but to hasten tht second
reading of the new bill relating to the pos
session of arms in Ulster and elsewhere.
A HOME RULE MEMBER’S VICTORY.
In the house of commons this evening
Timothy Harrington, home ruler, member
for Dublin, moved the second reading of
the bill providing for an election by ballot
of the poor law guardian in Ireland, abol
ishing proxies and reducing the number of
ex-ofneio members of the peer boards.
Orange members bitterly opposed the nio-
! tion. John Merely supported the motion,
I and after a hot debate it was carried by a
vote of 207 to 105. The announcement of
the result was received with cheers.
The conservatives have arranged to hold
a monster loyalist demonstration against
the home rule bill in the city of Gains
borough, Lincolnshire, to-night.
Parnell has organized a counter-demon
stration in the same place, and has sent
T. M. Ifenly there to take charge of it and
make the principal speech.
Lord Salisbury' was accorded a perfect
ovation when lie appeared on the stage of
her majesty’s theatre tins afternoon to ad
dress a conservative meeting assembled
there under the auspices of Primrose league.
All tlie visitors wore Lord Beaconsfield’s
favorite flower. In his address Salisbury
declared that toryism was growing rapidly
among all classes in the empire. He said
he felt it to he his duty in these critical
times to urge all loyal men to combine for
the support of religion and the empire. He
denies that he had recommended as the
best means of governing the Irish people
the adopting of the twenty years’
coercion policy. He lmd only advised the
maintenance of law and order in Ireland.
He reiterated his advice to the Irish to
emigrate from Ireland if they could not
prosper and be contented under British
rule and the conservatives to support the
liberal members in the election where
conservatives could not certainly be
chosen.
JOHN BRIGHT ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
John Bright, speaking at the Mission
Bazaar to-night said that the Sunday
schools contribute much toward moral
feelings, and that the work performed by
them was of more importance at the pres
ent moment than if. Bad been at any pre
vious period in the English history. The
powers of the tnmiarchs wen.- lessening,
and the influence of aristocracy was
fading away. Tlie only power that
was growing n power flint would
never henceforth ho limited was the
power of the people, lb claimed, Ihcre-
for«, that the most press 1 ng need .‘it the
present time was political education by
which there could !>•. cultivated in the
minds of the people a sense of their moral
responsibility. Tlu-v should he taught
that lab.
that
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THE REBOHT ON THE PANAMA CANAL.
, I’Mis May 19. M. lious.sonc, the delc-
j gab-unpointed by the government to in-
I spe i ih* v oi*K on lie Panama canal, has
presented ii report, in which In denies tin
correctness o' i In- canal < omnaiiy’s .state
ment, respeef ing its fin Pities for construe
lion, li*e I it nr v. in n 1 hr canal will la com-
plotcd. ;"id tlie amount of monevsliil »v-
<piired p, compic;.: tin work. M. Baiban*.
minister «T public works, will inform !)«•-
Les-.op* and Ins f.diow-tluvclors that flay
inns! i e j ijy to ifou^scau’s rep. ill, as tic
govi i nnn-nt cm mot . nt f'ori/c tin - projur.c.d
is.-,u.’ of lott ry oonds m.iil tin- position of
THE EDUCATION BILL REPUDIATED
IN THE HOUSE.
Tlie Cliiiirtiinn of llu* Ljilior ioiiimllfee Poes (lie
Work V Unitel'nl House \lloivs Free Kelli to
ilis Ke|ior1 Tlie Selienie’s Ftiiiiiipions Penioi'Hl*
l/.e«l nt Its Fide.
Washington. May 17. -Theeducational
bill had a turn in the house to-day, and its
friends found out how unpopular it is. I
There is in the house an intense feeling 1
against tin* measure. The feeling is so*in- I
tense, in fact, that its oppom nts are deter
mined that it shall not even have a chance :
to he discussed and voted oh. The house
has been in a highly wrought up condition .
over it all day, Chaplain Milburn had !
scarcely said Ins “amen” before members I
began Buzzing around among themselves |
like so many bees, talking over tlie ru
mored intention of Chairman O’Neill, of
the labor committee, to move a suspension I
of the rules tu seta day for the considera
tion of the educational bill,
or rather the mutilated substi
tute reported for it by the committee.
Before long every member became aware
of O’Neill’s intention. No conference of
the opponents of the bill was necessary,
however, ns their policy was mapped out
some time ago. When Mr. O’Neill obtain
ed the floor, therefore, to move bis resolu
tion, Congressman Jack Adams moved, at
the suggestion of a prominent IVnnsylvn I
ilia member, that the house resolve itself i
into committee of the whole for the con- j
sideration of the deficiency appropriation
bill. There was a good deal of cross-firing
between the advocates and opponents of ,
the educational bill. After this motion it
instantly became apparent that
THE LINK WAS TO HE DRAWN
between the friends and enemies of the
bill, as far as the educational people were
able to draw It; but in this they fell short !
of their mark. Col. Hatch was on hand ■
with liis agricultural and labor department 1
bill, which he wanted to have considered, I
or a day set for it. ; and the naval increase i
men w r ere all around—all but their chair-
man, Mr. Herbert - readv to take a shy !
at their pet measure. Other legislative !
schemes were also not averse to a
hearing, and these as a rule joined
the opposition to the educational bill. |
The result W'us that the motion of Mr.
Adams prevailed, and the house proceeded
to consider tlie deficiency bill. The hill, I
however, was soon disposed of, and the
question then reverted to the educational ]
matter, Mr. O’Neill having again obtained !
the floor. His resolution immediately be
came the target of many shots. It. was
read and reread eight or nine times, being
discussed between reading in such a muddy
and mistifying manner by many members,
several often speaking at once,that nobody 1
seemed to be able to catch its meaning. In- ;
deed, it was rather a muddy resolution,
being so draw'll that the labor committee
might call up 500 hills under it, and all the
special and continuing orders until dis- i
posed of. The principal object of many ]
members, however, was to see whether
the educational bill could be called up i
under It. It was undoubtedly the inten- i
tion of Chairman O’Neill to Bring up this |
bill, along w'ithjthe remainder of the mens- i
ures reported by his committee, hut it soon
became apparent that the resolution would ,
wait un'ess he relinquished the educational ;
bill. This he did promptly, to
THE DISGUST OF THE EDUCATIONAL MEN.
He said that the educational bill did not
belong to his committee and he was not
willing to jeopardize the other measures
in w'liieh the committee wuis interested by
placing them in the same category, to
stand or fall with the educational bill. He
therefore gave the opposing members as-|
surance that nothing but strict labor bills j
would l»c culled up under the snecial order,
and the resolution was passed without j
amendment. The looso manner
in which this resolution is worded
has given the labor committee great
power over the time of tlie house. It.says
the bills presented by the commit tee shall i
be a special and continuing order after the
3d of June. Under this act ion, as before
noted, any number of bills could be pre
sented by Hie committee; and tin . would,
in the strictly parliamentary seme, bind
the house indefinitely. In r.-pl;» In ;i <|ii«*s-
tion, Speaker Carlisle ruled that the con
tinuing order provided !->.• m
the resolution might run until the
1th of next march, when tne eon
grass is to expire. The probability i
however, that tlie labor committee's bills,
exclusive of t lu educational bill, wili not
re.juire longer than a day. A Per tin- day’s
excitement and turbulence, friends of Hie
Blair bill arc very despondent and indi /
mod over the treatment accorded il b\ I;,
house and by i he. labor committee. They
say 1 he bill was just :;s legit imnti ly a lab a
commiilci measure, nfier the eoinmil-
b • bad rcecive.l and net ed upon
it, ns any (filler bill reported
from tie- eonimitu e. Il m:iv b<
who have politically offended Virginia’s
little boss. Occasionally Mr. Edmunds lota
an anonymous letter attacking the charac*
ter of a public officer go into the Record*
I he victim of the attack has no remedy,
and it is not intended that he should have*
anv.
ft is natural that senators who fight, wfl It
such weapons should like to keep the. doors
elos» d. The only wondt r is that, men lik<*
Logan ami liawlc y and Beck, and other
straight-fnun-thc-shouldcr lighters should,
submit to such leadership.
Meantime the reports from executive*
sessions are published bv all enterprising?
newspapers with os much fullness as their
inti rest warrants. The senators occar*
sionully deny utterances attributed to them
in such reports, hut that is only tmcauHCi
they know the newspapers cannot catcht
t hem by going to the record. There. Is at
gr»»at deal of curiosity among senators to
know how their secrets get out. In uin.Cf
eases out of ten the reports are furnished,
by senators themselves—sometimes oo.i—
sciously, often unwittingly. The other
day three senators boarded a car coming
down the hill. They began at once to
talk earnestly about Bow the report of fit
secret session had leaked out. Then thjojr
branched out on to a conversation alxouL
what had been done behind the closed
doors that day. They rehearsed the de
tails very fully. At Fourteenth street it
<|uiet and innocent looking man got out of
the ear. A serene smile was on his coun
tenance. He was a newspaperman.
There was a great circus in the senato
when tlie Sun printed Mr. Morrill's report
upon the Vermont collectors, which wuA
read in secret session. Nobody could ex
plain the leak. All reports made in exec
ute* «• session are printed just as thoue madia
in legislative session are, but instead of*
1909 copies, which is tin* regular edition o£
all congressional documents, only eighty
copies are issued, seventy-six for tne use of
the senators and four for the use of tho
senate clerks.
Documents for use in executive session
only are marked “confidential” in large
letters. The copy in manuscript is sent to
the chief clerk of the government urinUng
office under seal, ana is receipted for by
him. This officer is under oath not to di
vulge any of the see rets intrusted to* him*
and a similar oath is required of ail fcho
compositors, proof readers, pressmen and
hinders who are engaged upon such work.
Men who can be trusted are employed in
the confidential room of the printing office,,
and every possible safeguard is. thrown
around these executive documents. Re
ceipts are given for every page of copy,
every proof sheet, and galley of type.; Uiot
pressmen are required to account for every
sheet of paper furnished them, and fcho
foreman of the confidential room is able to
trace each document through its entire*
history, from the time it enters the offica
until the printed edition is delivered to-and
receipted by the executive clerk of tht*
senate.
When the documents pass into the haewfei
of the hitter official they are not distrihutedi
among the senators as the records of legis
lative proceedings are, but they are kept in.
the vuults of the secretary of the senate, to
which only the executive clerks havoi
access. These clerks are required to ac
count for every copy delivered to thorn,
and even if Senator Edmunds, who is tb.o
man that watches executive proceeding
most closely, should ask to look at one of
these documents, he would be required to
make a written application and file a re
ceipt for it. The clerks are thus aide to
inform the senate at any time what per*
sons have had copies of executive reports^
When the Sun published Senator Mor«
rill* report an investigation was made., ancf
it Wfti discovered that only one copy ot
that document had been taken from thei
files, and for that the clerks had the re
ceipt of the senator himself. He denied
emphatically that it had been out af liis
possession for a moment, and at once re
turned it lo the files where it belongs, so
the mystery remains unsolved.
PROSPECTS OF THE TARIFF" BILL,
tl ii mi f;irt ii n* rs ami LjiImuiTs Musi S|»nil* If Ih^
IV ant * 1h*ii p Kmv Haiti Hal.
tin
f\iI'm ns' ril<* Hrntt;«*.
’HK ACifi, May 19.- The editor of a lean j
which appeared in the paper on
1 !:•< ni at mob-. It is a very inc'.*-
»c iii ami i*8 literally as fol- i
.b <
• ililary. are sustain.* ,
)\ - a majority of
at the 1 inn
. •■> they appreeial*
, 1/ t daeate a oniii-
me.ila.ly, munlly,
Iy. Correct instruc-
• >d of :i]»plicaf ion (T
o^^ disposition will
tin'll*
.*•». V 19. The ^m-’.vs V(:« ci‘. <•( 1
•• !i \, ve^t. may J hat Mount
.. "fe.upiion, iseonlirineil.
, : • lion.ire are also reported
ii.il v of I In e •.:i:.t ; i ;i .
viEJ HOD 1ST CONFERENCE.
,J lie < l,u-. I* U ill net Im- ( I.i i.lm ’ —
hi!
tilil ns 1 e- a ;.V ( . - • hours When tin* hi
U'iJ! go K» . i < oft In ealeinhu . there I
sleep lie- H’ , p !...= • k.e.U- no Wakin".
SECRETS THAT WON’T KEEP.
L.Jiii meh Mill II , ir I la- I. Hi U hi', a ii'I llu I*.
W.\ OflN(
iikI Van Vi
•tlorh tn i
WASHiN(iTONj May 1fi. The opponents
oi‘ the tariff bill in the house assert Hwit
they are now sure ,»f twenty-nlni; mayvirty
against the Dili. In a full house, Vney sa.y„
the v« te would stand 179 to 147. They :wJ—
r:iit that five r mil lican votes mm he vasfj
for the bill, and they claim thirty nine 03?
forty democratic votes against it.
Tlie democrat* have a majority of forty-■«
three in the present house. That ought
Ik* enough to pass any democratic tne-UKur'i*
If the republican canvassers arc right t
(h inocratic party ii.• the house is going t»>
pieces on Hu* tarill hill, which ocvc.rthofcsfS
is a truly democratic measure, because h\*
making tiie most important raw niaXeriaia
ol'<air indust*dcs clut.s free it wonlid revive
tiies. industries and cnaole tin employers
oflabncin tn-.n to pay larger wages h*
f Fo **hcapen the raw ma-
i larg. r margin for wages,
preseni. < »f t he onpouenlHl
'.•ii tin general debate i>i
. r< ( nmmit t he bill, with in-
•il;. .ait all that rt-lates t<3
iMfport hack f.hidl
t la it
Tl» Pi
of tin h:
I i V
.liicli
the tai ill'.
a-, dust 11:•
hopeful a*'
s to t.lit a<fniiiifst»r'
ihi*- uiotfop. th^y ex*«
yof‘.2f. Tlie friendaf
t 1 > laigi a majorit y
it they are not as|
uni!: days ago. The^M
from mamifiieturer*vi
I. to exja-el, vhe&)
these and to nke.rf
•naD-risiW »*o .std-
ay yet enrnc »nd iT
•a through tiotU
1: .iv. But it is as
' wl»(» feel the. rie-
.D-rials for Hie well
i*s to undeiT.rand ch(.i:
- rv
e t * il i
.\s a
llu
Tii
ain: ci ini th*
and refuse to
not eoinpleti i
property righ
near J'ul ure will h ; ai'i
oration of its adoptn
by the dang.-r' i s br i
dvnamitc. Thi
t* rf.-nso and
\ : .e and otlie
gish < urrent <
'fhe jjossessors
at us on the shoG are
eaii'K they own tin t i
ht to uk* lhe same,
m brute force of : he
ed public sense o!
brute force of tin
i! ration. Thenceel-
i! hurried probably
. IV ice of despair,
irden. We
must keep hoeing out the weeds, jirono,
powerful and otherwise obnoxious, so that
useful plants will have a hotter elm
exalt their existem
This struggle will tie
elii:
nan
tl e*. lid or did i
Dr. D. J. * lilac
at iengt!i in tav
Dr. 'fhorna^ (
siipfi, Dr. Join.?
MeFerrin, of 'f*
if lb
ah p:
mil'
“South’’ from tin:
d transposing tin
• substitute \\n> re
of tin eMminil t ee
*Vivuinia, oliered : i
.f North Mi
spoke in op}
him.
E'inumd 1
tion b. ib.
his friend ’
yet. He 1
moral grn’?
of llu
not.
hip
win
mi )>
ir
•/.ill
**r_go
ant fro©
, now at
ee that
• u ngea
m* then, -then
Ids bib. shouldl
in'dust.ri.-ii dc-
if th
m -l
!s highe
A l»i>io1 r«ais l ire.
Akron. O., May 19.—A disastrous fire
occurred here this morning, in which four
lives were lost and a number of persons in
jured. a n
Everybody has heard of Oscar Wilde, but
not everybody knows his full name, it is
Oscar Fingall O Flahertie Wills Wilde.
ibtain and result that the* fittest
vive.”
( iml. ra in Fmiicc.
Washington. D. C., May 19.-—The ma
rine hospital bureau has received r- poits
showing that cholera in a violent form has
appeared in the village of Bretagm*. !'ranee,
where fishermen as.-embh in iaiv rum-
i *• -is m tlie si, ling lime, and live ‘..gather
Dr. T. J. Dodd, of'
favore.' the ng<* ii
At tne < oneii-si.ui e
Edward^ ies.fin -n.
Dr. Kelly am. Jndg
offered a r’- somt ;i
lishiu'-nt of r-o.il* P-.u
/il with aotbmby to
11 iI * "f jn’ojjeiav in t
ferred.
*, and <fi 1 *(-rs
let his true motive go to tin
t hr«)\\ ing open t ht doo-s u < x
sions and showii g to t he cuiin
is fighting lor n .eng(. and 11 «
Mi. Edmund^ has the (o-m
t hi kind of politics of M r. < .< .
Hoar, 'flic Massachusetts s.-n;i
sly old Vermont or cordially 1
nearly all questions but this,
tin \ are together. B< »th HP. a»
ie* nt mi candidates. Iloai es-
M’he.v want tc do all the; < a*
down Cleveland’s admiisistrat
hung up iiominKtions bk* t hnt
IV
• chedges of a
ls, and give
f(.r life,
s for that ah
in 1 eoiirtesv. b
i.;l i . : us M«
o nominet ir nm j
w England earn
' Bradley
et tlieni,
against
till's in
e great
g called
U I” tty
‘l. nd to
, A. (1 the
o,,rt hid
officers
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
WllKKUNC, \V. M iy 19.— A (crriliia
murder and suieide oeeurred iji Lincoln
enmity, this state. Monday niffiit. Mrs,
M area ret Doiian. a v. ido\y, became insane
t’roii, reli;ri(HIS fanatieUni and imagined she
had been ealli <1 ii,.i. by the Lord to sncri»
line t In-1iv; s of In rseir and her three chil»
(Iren todieine wrath. l'arly in the eve*
ni'.o she threw herself upon her kuesa
and s j ,■ ht sever,d hours in witet,
ravin os. She then arose, and arming
herself with a larife, sharp carvine; knife,
imu.e ];er way lo the room occupied b\f
hi r tiirei daughters, av'ed 12. lOtuul 4 years,
cut tm th mat "l each child and phui'wsl
tin blade into her own heart. The tiodiea
were discovered yesterday by tiie neigh.-.
Imis. who state that the room was so be»
s]i:nti red with blood as to bear a vmj
strona resemblance to a slaughter liousy.