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Established I*o. Ihcohhobathd 1888. V
j J. H. EBTILL. President. )
LAST DAY ON THE TARIFF.
rwo SPEECHES TO WIND DP THE
LONG DEBATE.
Ingalls and Carlisle Wlll.be the Orators.
The Reciprocity Matter Dealt W Ith
With ae Little Debate ae Possible—
The Day’s Proceedings In the Sen
ate.
Washington, Sept. 9.—To-morrow,after
three hours of debate on a Bide, the tariff
Dili will pass the Senate. The Senate got
through with it practically this afternoon,
ut for the oratorical finale, which is to be
made interesting according to programme by
ipeeches from Senators Ingalls and Carlisle,
which will be worth waiting for. The pro
ceed mgs to-day were chiefly notable for the
■lever way In which all discussion was
prevented, so as to keep Senators Edmunds
md Evarts from exposing and altering
Senator Aldrich’s reciprocity amendment,
lhe fact is, the republican managers
feeling that they could not stand a full and
Tree discussion of reciprocity, crowded the
possible debate upon it into a few hours, so
JS to practically prevent it all together. If
Speaker Reed does not let the House get at
It it will not have been debated at all in
any real way, and will go to the President
in a most undigested state.
details of the debate.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 9.—ln the Senate
to-day the House bill to extend for two
years the redemption of school farms In
Beaufort county. South Carolina, passed.
The tariff bill wa9 then taken np, the
pending question being on Mr. Gibson’s
amendment to reduce the sugar test from
eighty degrees polariscope to seventy-six
degrees. The amendment was rejected.
Mr. Edmunds inquired whether the un
derstanding made as to voting on amend
ments without debate would prevent a
senator in offering an amendment from stat
ing, not to occupy more than two or three
minutes, its object or prohibit the asking
or answering of a question.
The presiding officer, Mr. Ingalls, said:
“Unless the chair be otherwise instructed
by the Senate he will hold that the under
standing is that beginning with the con
sideration of the bill this morning the action
of the Senate will be without debate, and
that the asking or answering of an inquiry
would be debate, and therefore prohibited.’’
Mr. Edmunds —I do not think that it
ought to be that way, but I can bear it as
well as the rest.
Mr. Gibson offered two other amendments
to the sugar section, which were rejected.
BOUNTIES LEFT IN.
Mr. Carlisle moved to strike out of the
sugar section all paragraphs relating to
bounties. The motion was rejected by a
vote of 23 yeas to 34 nays, a party vote.
Mr. Gibson moved to strike out the sugar
section and to substitute for it the sugar
clauses of the Mills bill. This was rejected—
yeas 25, nays 85.
Mr. Eustis moved to insert a provision in
the sugar schedule that the bounty shall
apply to all sugar produced in 1890. The
motion was rejected.
Mr. Pasco moved to amend the paragraph
relating to oranges by fixing special rates
for oranges imported in December, Janu
ary, February or March. The motion was
rejected. *
Mr. Pugh stated that he had been re
corded erioneouslv in the vote on the hides
paragraph last Friday. He had voted in
the negative, not in the affirmative.
Mr. Gorman moved to reduce the duty on
bichromate and chromate of potash from 8
to 2% cents per pound. The motion was re
jected.
GOODS IN WAREHOUSES.
Mr. Aldrich moved to insert a proviso
that imported merchandise deposited in
any public or private bonded warehouse
prior to Aug. 1, 1890, may be withdrawn
for consumption at any time to Nov. 1,
1890, on the payment of the duties in foroe’
prior to the passage of this act.
Mr. Plumb moved as a substitute to Mr
Aldrich’s amendment a proviso that the
goods in bond at the time of the taking
effect of this act may be withdrawn there
from at auy time within one year from
that date on the payment of the duties
existing at the time of their importation,
ihe motion was rejected.
Mr. Gorman moved to insert in Mr.
Aldrich’s amendment Sept, 30 for Aug 1
The motion was rejected. *
\ r - Plumb moved to insert Jan. 1 1890
ejected ° f N ° V ’ 188(1 Tho was
Air. Aldrich’s amendment was then agreed
to by a vote of 32 yeas to 27 nays.
the reciprocity amendment.
Mr. Aldrich then moved ou behalf of tbe
r fi T 1 . t th V eCe i roClt y amendment pro
posed by him Sept. 1, and accepted a verbal
modification of it suggested by Mr. Hoar.
tu' „ “T*® moved as a substitute for' it
the amendment proposed by him at last
Xfp 8 s^ sslon acd which merely directs
cougress! dent 10 corumunlca te tho fact, to
amendment was rejected by
erst* voti° et *f, 6o 34 uays, and the derno
iwl B d i J“n he affirmative, as did also
wx Dulph ’ hvarts aud Sanders, republic-
AWI& ds alb ° moved modification of
the motion 18 amendment in a similar case.
to todays reJ6CU3d b - v a vote 6
by M^gVV? rmatlve * otm were given by
and pTumte’ DaVl8 ’ Edmuudb . Fr J r ®.
AUricvi lmU; ' d3 i moTed 60 B,rdte ou* of Mr.
after th! amendment the words “On and
“Xnivi™!
(4 llavg M re J u cted by a vote of 29 yeas to
Aldrich’! 1 '® 0 ” moved to Insert wool In Mr.
ire ted—y eoa 6 (ii d ° @ motkm
; Mr , r ' hA ' Y ’ S RECIPROCITY SCHEME.
Aldricti> ay moved as a substitute for Mr.
the amendment a section directing
t 0 d„:l ' without further legislation,
fr ee and h ® ports of the United States
Countries _ f o P en to all products of all
which no 1 tlo American hemisphere upon
ever atl; . ei P°rt duties are imposed, when
admit t,. ?? * on E as those governments
national ,! ■ ,Jortß thereof free of all
tax s g’ Provincial, municipal or other
Bli, l JihT’ oorn, meal, preserved meats
tural im^ egsta^leß ’ rlce > lumber, agricul
boats 0 r ; eLneßts ’ machinery, vessels or
of the r„!°!?’ Bteel or wood . etc., products
Them! 1 Stat,>a
yeas to 38 naya ** * 036 a P art Y v °te °* 28
U r AUj ,"; rH ’S AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
adopted Ch ’ 8 amendment was Then
reads: ‘ a vote °* ®7 yeas to 28 nays. It
trt w!th , ?v„T’.!! h a vlew t“ secure reciproclcal
“Vies, and f or P rodu cing the following
? a ' “f July and after the first
President shall “ and 30 often as the
of any country satisfied that the government
m °lisses ooff ( J >rc ? lucin * ®nd “Porting sugar.
Olted, or tea ’ an d hides, raw and V
or , "ther Bucil articles, imposes duties
ofhsr orocWio ° ns . u P° n agricultural or
which, in yip!f the United States
of such sirnr w „ , free Introduction
Sr, molasses, coffee, tea and hides
W IHofnina Jfeto3.
Into the Unite! States he may deem recipro
aally unequal and unreasonable, be shall have
the power and tt shall he hU duty to suspend,
by proclamation to that effect, the provisions
of this act relating to the free introauetioa of :
such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the
production of such oountry, for such time as he
snail deem just; and in such case and during
such se-ipension duties shall be levied, collected
and paid upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and
hides, the product of or exported from such
designated oountry, as follows, namely:
All sugars not above No 13, Dutch standard in
color, pay a duty on their polarisoopic test as
follows: Namely, all sugars not aboVe No. 13,
Dutch standard in color, all tank bottoms,
syrups of cane juice or of beet juice, melaJa,
concentrated melada, concrete and concen
trated molasses, testing by the polariscope not
above seventy-five degrees, seven tenths of one
cent per pound, and for every additional degree
or fraction of degree shown by the polariscopic
test, two hundredths of one cent per iiound ad
ditional.
All sugar above No. 13 Dutch standard in
color shall be classified by the Dutch standard
of color and pay dutv as follows, namely:
All sugar above No . 13 and not above No. 16
Dutch standard of color, 1W cent per pound;
all sugar above No. 16 aha not above No. 2)
Dutch standard of oolor I*6 oeuts per pound;
all sugar above No. 20 Dutch standard of oolor i
cents per pound; molasses testing above fifty
six de rees 4 cents per pound.
Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be
subject to duty, either as molasses or sugar, as
the case may be, according to the polariscopic
test.
On coffee, three cents per pound; on tea, ten
cents per pound.
Hides, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted or
pickled; Angora goat skin, raw without wool,
unmanufactured; and skins, excepting sheep
skins with wool, 1)6 cents per pound.
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.
All the democrats voted against Mr.
Aldrich’s reciprocity amendment and only
two republicans, Messrs. Edmunds and
Evarts.
Mr. Aldrich offered an additional section
providing that the sugar schedule and
bounty paragraphs shall take offeot March
1, 1891, and that prior to Feb. 1, 1891, sugars
inay be refined in bond without payment of
duty.
Mr.Gibson moved to change March 1, 1891,'
to July 1, 1891, and that the existing
sugar tariff shall be in foroe until then.
The motion was rejected by a vote of 27
yeas to 84 nays.
Mr. Aldrich’s amendment was agreed to.
OTHKK AMENDMENTS.
Various other amendments were offered
by Mr. Aldrich and agreed to, including the
following: Declaring that ail special taxes
shall become due on July 1, 1891, and on
every first of July thereafter; making the
proviso in paragraph 457, putting on the
free list animals imported specially for
breeding purposes, apply only to females;
filling the blanks for the dates ou which
duties shall be levied or articles exempted
from duty as Oct 1, 1890.
The committee amendment to paragraph
703, placing upon the free list all sugars not
above Na 16 Dutch standard (which had
been passed over without action), was taken
up. The amendment was to substitute No.
13 foriNo. 16. It was agreed to —yeas 35,
nays 25. The republicans" who voted in the
negative were Messrs. Allison, Cullom,
Davis, Mitchell, Moody, Pierce, Sherman,
Spooner, Teller, Wilson of lowa, and
Wolcott Tho democratic vote was about
evenly divided.
DIVIDENDS NOT TO BE TAXED.
Mr. Plumb moved an amendment impos
ing a tax of 3 per cent on the dividends of
corporations. Tho motion was rejected
yeas 26, nays 1.
Mr. Plumb moved an amendment pro
viding that where the existence of trusts or
combinations to ooutrol the introduction or
sale of any article is proved to the satisfac
tion of a court, similar articles of foreign
production are to be admitted free of duty.
The motion was rejected—yeas 27, nays 33.
Mr. Plumb offered an amendment for the
appointment of a commission of five disin
terested persons, to be known as tho customs
commission, with a permanent office in the
city of Washington. This was agreed to —
yeas 31, nays 30. On this vote party lines
were not observed.
Mr. Daniel offered an amendment Jthat
the duty on leaf tobacco suitable for cigar
wrappers shall not take effect until July 1,
1891. The amendment was rejected.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
The bill was then reported to the Senate
and all the amendments that had been
adopted in oommittee of the whole were
agreed to in the Senate, except those on
which separate votes were demanded. The
first of these was Mr. Piumb’s amendment
for a customs commission, on which Mr.
Gorman demanded a separate vote. Tho
amendment was agreed to—yeas 31,
nays 29.
Mr. Daniel demanded a separate vote on
the committee amendment striking out the
internal revenue sections in relation to
tobacco. Tho amendment was agreed to,
aud the sections were struck out—yeas 88,
nays 25.
The next vote was on the reciprocity
amendment offered by Mr. Aldrich for the
finance c >mmittee. It was agreed to—yeas
38, nays 29. As on the former vote in com
mittee of the whole, Messrs. Edmunds aud
Evarts were the only two republicans in
the negative.
SUGAR FREE OF DUTV.
The next vote was on the amendment to
paragraph 708. lowering the sugar standard
to be admitted free of duty from No. 16 to
No. 13. It was agreed to—yeas 39, nays
24, as follows;
Ybas—Messrs. Aldrich. Allen, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler, Cam-ron, Carlisle. (as or,
Coandlor, Cullom, Dawes. Dixon, Evarts, Faulk
ner, Frye.Olbeon. Gray. Hale. Hawley, Hearst,
Hlscock, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Me
Millan, Mamlsrson. Moody, Morgan, Paddock,
Pasco, Platt, Plumb, Power, Quay, Reagan,
Sanders, Stewart, Stook bridge and Wash
burn—39.
Nays— Messrs. Bate, Berry, Cockrell, Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel. Davis, Harris, Jones of Ark
ansas. Mltchall, Pierce, Pugh. Ransom, Sher
man, Spooner, Squire, Teller, Vano-. Vest,
Voorhees, Walthall Wilson, of lowa, Wilson of
Indiana and Wolcott—34.
BEFORE THE SENATE FOR AMENDMENT.
All the reserved amendments having been
disposed of, the presiding officer announced
that the bill was now before the Senate for
amendment.
Mr. Butler moved to put on the free list
bagging made of jute, manilla, sisal or
other fibre (except hemp or flax) for wrap
ping cotton bales. The motion was re
jected, yeas 27, nays 29.
Mr. Plumb offered an amendment
providing that wherever specific and
ad valorem duties on an article shall
be more than 100 per cant, of its for
eign value, the duty assessed upon it shall
bo 100 per cent, ad valorem instead of the
oompound rate. The amendment was re
jected, yeas 26, nays 30. Mr. Plumb was
the only republican' voting in the affirma
tive.
Mr. Morgan offered bis amendment al
lowing an export premium of 3 per cent, on
corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay, straw,
potatoes, cotton, live domestic animals, etc.
It was rejected.
Mr. Plumb called for a separate vote on
the oommittee amendment striking out of
the bill the provision fora bouuty of $1 per
pound cm silk reeled from coooous produoed
in the United States. The amendment to
strike out was agreed to—yeas 52, nays 5.
Those voting in the negative were: Messrs.
Edmunds, Hearst, Mitchell, Plumb and
Teller.
ORDERED TO THIRD READING.
No other amendment having been offered,
the question was: “Bhall the hill be en
grossed and ordered to a third reading?”
On that quests on the yeas and nays were
taken, and resulted: Yeas 38, nays 28. It
was a party rote.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890.
The bill was then read the third time and
the question was stated to be, “Shall the
bill pass!”
Mr. Aldrich thereupon moved an adjourn
ment, but withdrew that motion so as to
allow an executive session bo be held.
On motion of Mr. Sherman it was or
dered that the ilAily sessions of the Senate
shall begin at 11 o’clock in the morning.
After an executive session the Senate at
3rlo o’clock adjourned.
WORK OF THB HOPBB.
The Day Spent In Efforts bo Secure a
Quorum.
Washington, Sept. 9.—ln the House to
day Mr. Buchanan of New Jersey rose to
correct the record of yesterday. Mr.
Cummings of New York had asked
that the Maine delegation be excused on
acoount of “political illness” In view of
the fact that the Maine delegation, especially
the speaker, was in robust health he thought
that some mistake had boon made.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Haugen of Wisconsin called up the
Virginia election contest of Langston
against Venable.
Mr. O’Farrell of Virginia raised the ques
tion Of consideration.
The vote resulted in 89 yeas to 14 nays, no
quorum.
Mr. Williams of Ohio inquired whether
the stampede on the other side was ou
account of the news from Maine.
[Laughter.]
A oall of the House was ordered,
FILIBUSTERING TACTICS.
A bare quorum was disclosed on the oall,
and the question returned upon the question
of cansideratiou, pending which, Mr. O’Fer
rall moved an adjournment. The motion
was lost, the vote standing: Yeas, 40;
nays 93.
On the question of consideration tho
quorum disappeared, the vote standing:
Yeas 87; nays 7; aud another call was
ordered.
No quorum appearing, Mr. Haugen offered
a resolution directing too sergeant-at-arms
to summon the absentees.
Mr. Buchanan of New Jersey offered an
amendment directing the sergeaut-at-arrns
to enforce the provisions of section 40, Re
vised Statutes.
Mr. O'Ferrall—What is section 40?
Mr. Buchanan—No work, no pay.
The speaker pro tem. (Mr. Payson) ruled
that the amendment was out of order.
Mr. Breckinridge moved to lay Mr. Hau
gen’s resolution on the table. This motion
was lost, the vote standing 46 to 90.
The House then adjourned.
OHIO'S GERRYMANDER
Groavenor Claims to Have Found a
Fatal Flaw.
Washington, Sept. 9.— The fertile Gros
venor has devised a scheme for keeping
himself, Representative McKinley and
other Ohio republicans in oongress by nulli
fying the Ohio gerrymander on a techni
cality. Mr. Grosvenor’s case is this: Iu
Ohio it is unconstitutional vo divide a town
ship for any purpose except its absorption
into an incorporated city. A part of Starr.-
township is included in Cincinnati. At the
opposite end of the township are two incor
porated villages. It is asserted that the
space lying between these villages and Cin
cinnati has been omitted from either the
First or Second districts, thus disfranchising
the voters of that part of the
township, some 350 in number. It.
is claimed that this sin of
ommlssion invalidates the reapporbionmein
act, aud that unless Qov. Campbell calls a .
extra session of the legislature, which 's
not likely, it will devolve on congress 1 n
act. It Is said that congress can By joint
resolution order the elections for eongree
held in the old districts. It is also claimed
that congress could In the same way order
representatives elected on a general ticket.
In the former case the republicans would
elect sixteen and in the latter twenty-one.
REED WAS MISSED.
Tbe Republicans Will ’ e Glad to See
Him In His Seat Again.
W ashington, Sept. &.—The republicans
will be glad to see Speaker Reed in the chair
again. Representative Burrows has proved
a failure from lack of backbone at critical
moments. He has proved entirely unequal
to the Kennedy-Quay situatiou, the prob
lems of which be has held up for Speaker
Reed, Mr. Kennedy still withholding hia
speeoli, and Senator Quay still holding his
tongue. Another matter for Speaker Rood
to decide is tho sort of filibuster
ing which is now caßed tbe Billy
Mason brand, because it was first used by
the Chicago statesman in the attempt to
defeat the Compound lard bill. Speaker
Reed let Mr. Mason take his followers out
Into the lobby so as to break a quorum as
much as he pleased, but now that tbe demo
crats are trying the same methods to keep
off the Langston-Venable eleotlon contest
Speaker Reed may discover some way of
stopping it.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT,
Tbe Bill Not to Be Galled Up at this
Session.
Washington, Sept. 9. —Representatives
Simonds and W. C. P. Breckinridge had a
conference this afternoin on the inter
national copyright bill and oame to the con
clusion that in the state of affairs in the
House it would be inexpedient to oall up tho
copyright bill at this seuion. They think
it would be defeated if it should be called
up, the House being so impatiently anxious
to get away, but next session they hope to
get it through.
Confirmed by tbe Senate.
Washington, Sept. 9.—The Senate to
day confirmed John Goffigon, collector of
the customs district of Cherrystone, Va.;
John W. Ross, commissioner of the district
of Columbia; 8. T. Poiner, postmaster at
Spartanburg, S. C.
Offers of Bonds.
Washington, Sept. 9. —The total amount
of offered to tbe treasury department
yesterday for the entire country under the
circular of Aug. 3J was $1,520,950, making
a total thus far of $6,283,300.
DELAWARE’S REPUBLICANS.
H. A. Richardson for Governor and H.
P. Cannon for Congress.
Dover, Del., Sept. 9.—The republican
state convention to-day nominated Henry
A. Richardson of Dover for governor and
Henry P. Cannon for oongress, and sent a
message of congratulation to Speaker Reed.
The platform contains a declaration in
favor of reciprocity a id protection; calls for
such legislation as shall adequately secure
freedom and equality in the right of
suffrage to all voters; affirms the right of
the majority to govern, and heartily in
dorsee Speaker Read for his enforcement of
this idea; favois tbe adoption and mainte
na oe of the local option system with high
license in districts that may declare for the
sale of liquor.
REED COCK OF THE WALK
HB WILL RETURN TO HIB SEAT IN
A BLAZB OF QLORY.
Everybody Now Recognizes Him as a
Presidential Possibility His Rule
Over the House Will Be More Auto
cratlo Than Ever—His Victory a Bad
Blow for Blaine.
Washington, Sept. 9. Spaker Rood
will oorae back in a blase of glory which
will need no fireworks or brass bands.
His friends will rally round him at his room
in the Shoroham and make him very wel
come. Naturally enough he will find more
friends on his return than he hod wheu he
left for Maine, for his popularity here has
inoreased with the successive Increases in his
majority. His glittering victory has daz
zled the eyes of the politicians, coming,
as it did, so unexpectedly, and for
the time being, at least, Speaker Reed is
the foremost man in his party. In the
estimation of Washington, where nothing
suoceeds like success, Speaker Heed's polit
ical fortuuss, which might have been
ruined if ho had drawn a blank, are better
than ever now that he has drawn a grand
prize, and the crowd is quick to recognize
the fact.
A DEFEAT FOR BLAINE.
With it goes the general recognition of
the fact that Speaker Heed’s victory was
Secretary Blaine’s defeat. Temporarily, at
least. Secretary Blaine is eclipsed, and that
by tbe man whom he has always tried to
extinguish. Naturally Speaker Reed and
Speaker Reed’s friends are politically exult
ant when they think of this. It is this
which makes Speaker Reed a candidate for
1892, as he has not been up to this time. Ho
is not announcing it publicly, of course, but
his friends all understand that the fight is
on. Having gotten his re-election against
Secretary Blaine’s will, ho proposes to take
whatever else he wauts without askiug
Sooretary Blaine, and Secretary Blaine and
toe Blaine men are just beginning to under
stand that they have to deal with a man
who oan beat Secretary Blaino with his
own tricks at his own game.
REED WILL BE WORSE THAN EVER.
Meanwhile Speaker Reed is stronger than
he over was at the capital. Coming bock
with an indorsement which seems to him a
complete answer to all criticism, ho will
rule the House and advise the Senate more
confidently than ever. Whatever doubts
he may havo had as to his course have been
dispelled. His self-confidence, great before,
has doubled. If his viotory had come a month
sooner he would have put the force bill
through on the strength of it. A3 it is, he
is well aware of his power to make tho tariff
bill what he wants it to be. He will make
himself especially felt in dealing with the
Blaine policy to recognize the Aldrich reci
procity amendment.
MAKING IT HOT FOR RAUM.
Representative Cooper Keeps the
Committee Stirred Up.
Washington, Sept. 9.—ln the Raum
investigation one of the witnesses placed on
the stand to day to testify in regard to
Commissioner Raum’s refrigerator com
pany was H. Rossbache, a citizen of
Washington and a mechanical engineer who
had exhaustively investigated the subject
of tbe mechanical refrigerator. The pro
duction of oold by mixture of salts and
liquids was not anew discovery, but had
been known for forty years. While erect
ing an ice plant in Memphis several years
neo he had met Frank A. Smith, whom he
had since met here and been told was the
patentee of the Universal refrigerator.
RAUM OBJECTS.
At this point tbe commissioner objeoted
to the line of inquiry. Mr. Cooper said
that he would prove by a witness that at
Memphis he first met the patanteo of this
scheme. He was working upon the citizens
of Memphis; that an effort was made there
to create a corporation just as hod been done
here; that the citizens of Memphis had inves
ted in it, and tho p itontee had decamped,
just as he had done in California after
ward; that he next came to the pension
office as the best place to work—a place
dedicated to the soldiers of the country—
and organized the scheme with the aid of
tbe head of the bureau, and tbe scheme was
a fraud.
THROWING DOWN A GAUNTLET.
Said he: “Can you dare, gentlemen sup
pros'! ih.it testimony?
“Mr. Sawyer.—lf it depends upon my
vote, I shall.
Mr. Cooper—lf you do suppress that
testimony and oloso this case I will carry
the question to the House of Representa
tives and the people of the United States,
aud it will not be settled by this little cotorie
here.
Mr. Sawyer—l think it is unbecoming
to officers acting as a court to tell them
what they dare do and what they dare not.
It Is not a work of oourage or brain for a
man to Bay if somebody don’t act in ac
cordance with his judgment he will carry
it somewhere else.
Mr. Cooper—l have just as muoh respect
for your opinion as it deserves.
THE ROW INTERRUPTED.
At this point the commissioner inter
rupted to say that some weeks ago he had
protested against going into his private
business relations and discrediting him.
Mr. Cooper had charged that ho had prosti
tuted his office.
Mr. Cooper, breaking in—Yes, made it a
huckster stand for patent rights.
Commissioner Raum continued to protest
against what he oalled dragging in his pri
vate affairs, that had no connection with the
charges under investigation.
Mr. Liewis argued ior a full and fair in
vestigation without recourse to legal prac
tices and limitations. If the invention was
impracticable and worthless the country
ought to know it, because he believed an
officer of the United States charged with
duties such as Commissioner Raum was,
should not use his official position to boost
any worthless enterprise.
GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT.
In answer to Mr. Flick, Mr. Cooper said
that he did not know that he could prove
that Commissioner Raum kuew tho inventor
was a fraud. He oould prove that bo
ought to know.
Mr. Flick oould not see how that would
do any good except to aid some corporation
in discrediting that patent.
After further discussion the matter went
over for settlement afterward, and Mr.
Smyser was recalled.
Mr. Cooper asked if he had not told Mr.
Lewis, a member of the committee, that he
bad no money interest in the stock.
SMTBER DENIES IT.
Mr. Smysor replied he did not tell him
anything of the kind. He told Mr. Lewis
that, while stock was entered in his (Hiny
ser’s) name, he did not own all of it, but
represented gentlemen connected with him
in Ohio.
Mr. Lewis [disputed the correctness of this
statement, and the two gentlemen became
so heated in their colloquy that the com
mittee intervened, and, after listening to an
explanation by Mr. Smyssr, Mr. Lewis
admitted that he might have misunderstood
tumor have gotten a wrong impression.
PLUMB'S TARIFF COMMISSION.
Provisions of the Amendment to
Create It.
Washington, Sept, ft—Following is
Senator Plumb's tnr (T commissi m amend
ment to the tariff bill adopted to-day:
The commission is to bo compose! of five
disinterested persons to be appointed by the
President by and with the advioe and oon
sent of the Sonate. The commissioners are
to continue in office six years; but any of
them may be removed by the President for
inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance
in office. No more than three of
them are to bo appointed from
the same political party. They
are to have a salary of $7,000, with travel
ing expenses. They are to be provided
with a clerk, stenographer and messenger,
and such other clerical assistants as they
may require. Their permaneut office is to
be in the oity of Washington.
DUTIES OF TIIH COMMISSIONERS.
Their duties are to be as follows:
1. To examine into and ascertain the av
erago price of o xumodities imported into
the United Btates, both at wholesale and
retail in tho United States, and in foreign
places of production; the sale or
shipment for a period of twelve
months preceding and six months
following any change in the rato of
customs duties imposed upon suoh com
modities, and this inquiry shall be carried
back for a period of twenty-live years and
more If doomed advisable by such commis
sion, and shall extend to all facts relating
to the demand and supply, domestic and
foreign, which toud to influence the prices
of suoh commodities, foreign and domestio,
and to aid in determining the true effect of
an import duty or of a change therein in
the several cases; upon domestio and for
eign prices and upon tho productions of the
same or of other commodities; upon the
revenue; upon immigration; upon the
profits of capital, rates of wages and gen
eral welfare.
CHANGES IN IMPORTATION.
2. To nscertaia tho ain unts iu quantity
and value of the Importation of the princi
pal commodities during each of said periods
of twelve months preceding and six mouths
succeeding any such change in tho customs
duties.
3. To ascertain, as far as practicable, the
quantity aud value of the same or similar
commodities produced iu tho United H;ates
during the same respective periods.
4. To ascertain whether In any and what
instance particular rates of customs duties
have operated to increase or diminish tbe
production in the United States, and to
cause a reduction of the first cost of articles
produced for consumption, and what other
causes, if auy have operated similarly.
EFFECTS OF THE RATES.
5. To ascertain in what particulars the
rates of customs duties existing from time
to time operate Injuriously or favorably to
the development and increase Df American
manufactures and productions, or operate
injuriously or unfavorably to the con
sumers of suoh manufactured articles and
productions in respect of causing or con
tributing to the payment of unreasonable
prices by consumers, or tho removal or re
duction of the same.
6. To ascertain the effect of customs
duties upon the price of the agricultural
productions of tbe country and t .ieir sale in
tbe United States markets and their con
sumption in the United States.
EFFECT ON WAGES.
7. To ascertain tho effect of suoh customs
duties, both aotual aud relative, in respect
of employment and paymont of remunera
tive wages, both actual aud relative, to
labor in the United States, and comparison
of the same with labor and wages in other
countries.
8. To consider the effect of customs duties
or the absenoe of thorn upon the agricul
tural, commercial, manufacturing, mining
and other industrial interests of the people
of the United States.
9. To ascertain and compare tho actual
cost and selling price, both at wholesale and
retail, of similar manufactured commodi
ties reduced to American weights, meas
ures and money in tbe United States aud
elsewhere.
10. To aseertalu the growth and develop
ment of the principal manufacturing indus
tsies affected by the tariff schedules in Eng
land, France, Germany, Belgium and tbe
United States for the last twenty-five years,
and to ascertain the relative cost of trans
portation in those countries and tho United
States.
MISSISSIPPI VOTERS.
The neportofthe Franchise Committee
Under Dire.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 9.—The constitu
tional convention met at 9 o’clock this
morning. Ex-Chief Justice Simrall, re
publican, occupied tho floor for an
hour, urging the convention to adopt
so much of the report of the com
mittee on franchise as provided for
two years’ residence in the state, one year
in a voting precinct, prepayment of the
Doll tax, and the Australiau ballot. These,
Judge Simrall thinks, will secure white su
premacy in ths state for twenty years to
come.
The next“speaker was Delegate Boyd of
Tippah oounty In opposi'iou to an eduoa
ti >nal or property qualification.
Mr. Miller took similar grounds.
Judge Bell of Kemper county, Mr. Booth
of Panola, Mr. McGhee of Wilkinson and
IJrof.1 J rof. Kayos Dean, of the faculty of Oxford
University in this state, and delegate Blair,
of the state at large all favored the com
mittee’s report.
ATTACKED BY MULDROW.
Mr. Muldrow, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior under President Cleveland, at
tacked the report as incomplete and de
ficient in points of vital importance, and
reproached the committee for sit
ting with closed doors. He
charged them with having neglected to pro
vide security against negro supremaoy in
the county governments, and said the
people were more interested in the election
of the board of supervisors than in the elec
tion of a President.
The indications to-night are that the com
mittee report will be ultimately sustained.
CoL Fewell will take the floor to-morrow
in support of his woman’s suffrage plan.
LOUIaVILLE’a POST SUiSD.
Two Plaintiff’s mk for SIOO,OOO Each
For LlbeL
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 9.—ZebWard, a
granite contractor of Little Rock, Ark.,
brought suit in the federal court to-day
against the Louisville Post (newspaper)
Company and William M. Finley, editor,
for SIOO,OOO damages by alleged libel.
The Post recently published a statement
that Ward had bee i a party to swindling
the city of Louisville out of $13,000 by false
weight in granite furnished.
Scott Newman, a contractor here, brought
suit in the common pleas court for SIOO,OOO
against tho same parties for the same pub
lication.
An Elevator In Flames.
Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 9. —The old
elevator of the Ogdmsburg and Lake
Champlain Railroad Compauy, at Ogdens
burg, was burned this morning, with 500,000
bushels of corn and oats. It was well in
sured. ’*
BOOUS TRAIN WRECKING PLOTS.
The Now Hamburg Affair a Flagmaa’s
Put Up Job.
Boston, Sep. 9.—William F. Murdock, a
lad who claimed to bare discovered a rail
that had been placed across the Boston and
Main railroad track near Lynn last night,
was arrested to-day and confessed that he
bad himself placed the obstruction on the
traok. He says the act was done
in the hope that his
action in signaling the train would be re
warded by the company. His story was
that as he was walking on the Boston and
Maine track last night he Stumbled over a
rail that had been placed across the track.
He could not remove the rail, so he took a
switch light from its socket and succeeded
in stopping a heavily laden Lawrence train
within forty feet of the obstruction.
thk nsw iiamhurq fake.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept 9.—Tim
Dunwoody, the tlngman who first found the
obstruction on the track south of New
Hamburg last night and who flagged tho
up bound exprean, htu gone to Albany in
charge of a detective to tell bis story to
Supt. Blssell. There is a storng feeling
that tho so-callod attempt to wreck tho ex
press was a bogus affair, and that Dun
woody knows tuoro about it than he has yet
told.
FINDLAY’S STRIKERS.
A Switch Spiked but the Road Circum
vents the Men.
Findlay, 0., Hept. o.—The brakemen
and switchmen employed on tho Toledo,
Columbus and Cincinnati railroad wont out
yesterday on account of a disagreement as
to wages. This almost blockades the freight
business on the railroad from Toledo to
Kenton. An attempt was made to run a
local freight out of tho oity yesterday but
It was unsuccessful. Tho striker! spiked
tho switch so that tho principal
cars could not bo moved. A
switch ougine pushed the loaded oars
from another track, however, and took
them out of the south end of the yard.
From there thoy wore run to tho northern
station, where a regular freight engine was
attached nnd the cint were seiit to Toledo.
An attempt was made to get another freight
train out last evening, but failed. The
brakomen demand from ♦ 1 75 to $2, and, this
being refused, they quit work.
TWO WRECKS ON ONE HOAD.
Orders From Different Sources Led
to a Collision.
Dbadwood, 8. D„ Sept. 9.—Sunday
evening a passenger train on the Black
Hills and Fort Pierre railroad ran into about
100 tons of rook that had fallen on the
track from an overhanging cliff, about ton
miles this side of Piedmont, derailing the
engine and badly shaking up the passengers.
A dispatch was sent by one of the road’s
officials for a wrecking train, and another
official telephoned for anew engine. Toe
engine and wrecking train collided, and a
complete wreck was the result. Fifteen or
twenty of the men on the wrecking train
were badly injured, but none fatally. Tho
road is a narrow gauge, ami is operated be
tween Lead Oity and Piedmont by the
Homostaka Mining Company, and has just
been opened to the public.
conger's lard bill.
Resolutions In Opposition to It
Adopted In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 9.—The Mont
gomery Commercial and Industrial Associa
tion to-night adopted the following:
Whereas, The Conger lard bill, which has
passed the House of Representatives and Is
now pending in the Senate, will destroy a vast
trade amounting to millions of dollars, and
will indict a blow upon tho cotton sued industry
of the s uth that will cripple if not annihilate
It; therefore tie it
litmilvad, By the Commercial and Industrial
Association or Montgomery, that our senators
In congress tie urged to use nil honorable means
to prevent the enactment of that.bill Into a law.
PORTLAND’S POPULATION.
The Recount Gives Olty and County
14,200 More Than the First.
Pobtda.ni), Orb., Sept. 9.— The second
enumeration of Portland and Multnomah
county gives a population of 15,257, a gain
of 14,260 over the former enumeration.
This re-enumeration was inado under the
observation of Speoial Agent Land of the
census office, and thoso figures are published
by authority of the census bureau. A
similar ratio of gain throughout the state
would rive Oregon a population of 375,000,
about what the vote at the Juno election
indicated. The June oonsus inode it 300,
000.
A ROBBSB STOPS A STAGE.
He Secured the Express Box—A Pas
senger in Pursuit.
San Francisco, Sept 9.— A speoial to
the Chronicle from Auburn (Cal.) says:
“The Georgetown stage was stopped yester
day near Greenwood, while on its way to
Auburn, by a masked highwayman and
robbed. He secured the Walls-Fargo ex
press box, but it is not known bow much
the box contained. One of the passengers,
named Thomas Stevens, borrowed a gun
and started after the robber within a few
minutes of the robbery, but with what re
sult is not yet known.”
A RUN ON A BANK.
It Was Started by Men Who Failed to
Get a Draft Gashed.
Sooth Bend, Ind., Sept. 9. —A heavy
run was started yeiterday on the St. Joseph
County Ravings Bank, but the i auk stood
the pressure. At night It was discovered
that the run was started by two young men
who had becu refused payment on a draft
because the cashier did not know them and
they did not tin i any one to identify them.
MAINE'S ELECTION.
Returns from 235 Towns Give a Plu
rality of 10,703.
Lewiston, Me., Sipt. 9.—The Journal
has returns from 285 towns for governor,
which give Burleigh, 53,150; Thompson,
85,388: Clark (Prohibition), 1,844; scatter
ing, 268. This shows a republican plurality
of 16,763. The same towns in 1886, the
last “off” year, gave a republican plurality
of 12,721.
New Hampshire’s Prohibitionists.
Concord, N. H., Kept. 9.— The prohibi
tion state convention to-day nominated
Joslsh M. Fletcher of Nashua for governor
and the following for congress:
First District—Rev. Frank K. Chase of
Dover.
Second District—Charles H. Thorndike
of Concord.
Kzeta Salvador's Next President.
Citt or Mexico, Bout. 9.—A dispatch
from Salvadorjsays: “The disarmament of
the troops has been finished. The legislative
assembly will positively meet Thursday.
The members unanimously favor Geu.
Kzeta for president.”
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A MOI! CHARGES TROOPS.
HORSES TAKEN FROM CABS AND
RIDDEN BY THE RIOTERS.
The Boldlery Finally Disperse the
Southampton Strikers at tbe Point
of the Bayonet —Many of the Crowd
Wounded—A Soldier’s Nose Broken
by a Stone.
Southampton. Sept. 9.—The strikers
made a large demonstration to-nighf, and
were only dispersed at the point of the
bayonet. The trouble began with the dock
lab irecs preventing the departure of several
trains. The strikers also besieged tbe men
on the docks and prevented tho entrance of
Tiro companies of infantry ar
rived in the evening and drove the mob
away from tbe rails. The dockmen made
a desperate attempt to break the
line formed by tbe troops. Some of them
took horses from oabs standing near by, and
mounting them charged furiously upon the
soldiers. The troops, however, stood firm
and repeatedly repulsel tbe strikers. A
number of horses were bayoneted and some
of the riders seriously wounded. By this
time the crowd bad been greatly augmented
and volley after volley of stones were
hurled at the troops. One lieutenant had
the bridge of his nose broken by a stone and
two others wore severely Injured.
THJt MATOH’S PLACE WRECKED.
At this juncture the mayor appeared
upon the aoene and read tbe riot act. This
only added to tho fury of tbe mob, a section
of which stormed the mayor’s business
premises ad smashed every window in tbe
place. The troops were now supplied with
hall cartridge!, each man receiving twenty
rounds. The mob still keeping up the
attack, the soldiers were orderod to charge,
and the whole line advanc'd upon the
crowd with fixed bayonets. For a moment
the inob mode a show ot resistance, but
seeing many of their number pieroed by
tho bayonets of the soldiers tho mob broke
nnd fled in wild disorder. The excitement
throughout tho oity to-night Is’intense, and
more trouble is feared.
NO FREIGHT MOVING.
Southampton, Kept. 10, 13:30 a. m.—No
trains have passed into the docks except
those carrying mails. The strikers have
telegraphed to Messrs. Davitt, Cunning
bain and Draham, asking their as'lstance.
If the strike continues the Union Company
will send Its ships to London.
The military will remain on duty here all
night.
ElilN’d THUS AT.UNBD FAMINE.
John Dillon Suggests That the Land
lords fto Bought Off.
Dublin, Sept 9. —John Dllon, member
of larllament, while prehid. ,g at u national
league meeting, held in this city to-night,
raid that he had taken great pains to In
form himself of the condition of
affairs In Ireland and he regretted to say
that inquiries during the past three weeks
had shown in miuy cates that tbe failure
of the p tut i crop Was more complete thau
it wus in 1879. Referring to the possibility of
establishing a famine fund, Mr. Dillon said
that the simplest method was for the charita
ble to send cl ocka to the various landlords
in the distressed district to buy them off,
and let the tenants keep what they had.
That would be better than distributing
money among the poor. With the govern
ment rested the responsibility to provide
for those people. If they do not accept the
responsibility let them give tho Irish leaders
power to aid the people.
AN APPEAL FOB DONATIONS.
London, Sept 10, Ba. m.—Messrs. Rus
sell, Macartney and Lea, Irish members of
parliament, all anti—home rulers, appeal in
the columns of the Timet for donations in
behalf of thirty boycotted farmers at;d
shopkeepers in Tipf>erary, whose business
has been ruined.
DAHUMRYAN BARBARITY.
A Thousand Women and Every In
fant Captured and Put to Death.
Marseilles, Kept. 9.—The steamer
Taurus arrived here to-day with mariners
and soldiers from Dahomey. The men are
in pitiable condition, thoir health having
been completely shattered by the hardships
they have endured. The Taurus brings
details of tbe defeat of the Kg bee
by the Dahomey&ns. The vic
tors, It appears, destroyed thirty
villages and took 8,000 prisoners. Thd
Dahumeyans showed no mercy and were
guilty of most inhuman acts of cruelty. AH
the infants that were captured in the
villages were burned ajlve. Kgbas and
2,000 of bis followers fled to tbe Catholio
mission at Abbokuta. King Behansin
afterward advanced into the Interior and
oaptured 2,000) more prisoners. One thou
sand women who were made prisoners were
put to deatb.
Sydney’a Employers.
Btdney, N. aw., Sent. 9.—A confer
ence of employers was held here to-day to
discuss tbe present strikes and to consider
the future relations of the employers to eactl
other and to their employes. It was de
cided to form s combination fur mutual
protection.
A Steamer Boycotted.
London, Sept. 9. —The London dock
lab ran, in response to the appeal of the
Dublin strikers, have boycotted the steamer
Lady Wodenouse, from Dubilu, and have
induced the crew to desert. Vessels from
Cork will be treated in a similar manner.
BITS OF CHICAGO’S FAIR.
The Lake Front and Jackson Park
Decided onf
Chicago, Sept. 9. —The directors of the
world’s fair this afternoon reaffirmed their
choice of some months ago and selected the
dual site of the Lake front and Jackson
park as the place for locating the great ex
position. The lake front is a long grass
covered common on the edge of Lake Michi
gan and bo dering ths b Alness center of
Chicago. It contains at present about
ninety acres. It is the design to plaoe
thereon the grand entrauoeto the exposition
and buildings for fine arts and kindred dis
plays.
JACKSON park.
Jackson park is also on the lake shore,
about five miles from the court bouse, and
is to have the agricultural, live stock and
other exhibits of that nature, besides others
oi general interest. Over 500 acres are
available in Jackson park and the ap
proaches thereto, which were recently added
to the original tender. The two sites are to
be connected by rail and water accommoda
tions, o that bat a few minu'.es will ba
spent in passing from one locality to an
other. The final and decisive ballot on the
site question resulted: Lake Front and
Jackson par : 23, North Ride 4, West Side
8. The choice of the dual site was then
made unanimous.
Uprisings in Guatemala.
Cm of Mexico, Sept. 9.—Uprisings are
reported in the interior of Guatemala.
