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, THE MORNING NEWS. I
. Established 1850 Incorporated 1888. v
I J. H. EbiTLL, President. 1
HEWITT SCORES THE SOUTH
Present Statesmen Pigmies Beside
Those of Ante-bellum Days.
Be Says the Southerners in Congress
Give Little Evidence of Having
Studied the Great Economic dues
tion Now Before the Country—The
Speech Made at the Banquet of the
Southern Society.
;lw York, Feb. 22.—What was in
tended to be a celebration to-night of
Washington's birthday on an elaborate
s. ale. had been planned by the New York
Southern Society. Owing to a strange
mischance, however, many of the guests
of honor expected did not put in their
apiearance at the annual banquet
given at Sherry's. Despite these
untoward circumstances the affair was a
success. The speakers invited included
such prominent persons as Secretary John
G Carlisle, Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives Crisp, Congressmen John
Allen, of Mississippi, and Isadore Rayner,
of Maryland. Col. George B. McClelland,
the popular son of the hero of Antietam,
was also to have been present to have met
the son of the man whom his father van
quished on that famous held, and to
whom he afterward extended the right
hand of fellowship and brotherhood. All
these men accepted the invitations, and
Congressman liayner had even sent a pre
pa red speech.
ELEVENTH HOOK DECLINATION'S.
Secretary Carlisle, who was to have
spoken on ‘‘National Credit," at the last
moment sent a telegram to the effec t that
his presence was required in Washington
and it was impossible for him to attend.
;■ ext came the news that Speaker Crisp
was unable to be present. He wrote that
when ho accepted the invitation he ex
pected the congress to adjourn over the
holiday, but as no adjournment was had,
he could not leave Washington.
The next announcements were that
Congressmen Rayner and Col. McClel
land were ill.
"Private" John Allen, of Mississippi,
apparently appreciated the position of
President Deshon of the society and
spared his ner ous system by not sending
notice of his declination.
At the last moment the officers of the
club began to hustle for speakers to take
the places of the absentees. Congress
man Isadore Strauss consented to take
the place of Mr. Kayner, and Postmaster
Dayton, of this city, that of Col. McClel
land. The other speakers were Pres
ident Charles Deshon, M. J. Verdery, and
James L. Gordon.
Among the guests were John A. Mc-
Call. John C. Calhoun, A. Augustus
Heally, Kills H. Roberts, Eiihue Root,
Gustave Schwab, ahd Charles S. Whit
ney.
HEWITT ATTACKS OCK STATESMEN.
Whilo President Deshon was speaking,
ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt entered the
banqueting hall. He was asked to fill
the plate of Secretary Carlisle and re
sponded to the toast 1 of "Uur National
credit." After prefacing his re
marks with a tribute to Secretary
Carlisle, he proceeded to lay out
the southern statesmen. "But the
character of southern statesmanship has
decreased from the lime before the war,
and her senators and congressmen of to
day were as pigmies compared with the
intellectual giants of that time. The
statesmen of to-day show iit£le signs of
having studied the great economic ques
tion affecting the interests of the coun
try. The silver question was at the very
foundation of public credit. It was due
to the adoption of a currency not based
upon the intrinsic value of the coin that
brought about the silver crisis.
THE SEIGNIORAGE.
The difference between the true and
false value of the silver dollar is called
the seigniorage. The south wanted to
coin this seigniorage. They might as
well try to coin a vacuum. It was even
worse than that. It was trying to coin a
negative quantity on the other side.
'1 here is one thing the south wants to
learn, it is that public credit cannot be
maintained until all concerned realize
that there is no royal road to value and
that southern representatives must rise
to the hights of the men who repre
sented the south in congress previous to
the war.
THE SUPREME COURT.
"There are other statesmen from the
south who have succumbed to the fallacy
that positions in the supreme court of the
l.uited States are local questions to be
settled ou demaud of local politicians. It
might be supposed that thesupreme court
hem h represented the whole United
States and that everybody had a right to
demand that it be filled without regard
to politics or locality. It is Dot a
foot ball for ward politicians to kick about
from one end of the United States to the
other Such men as Calhoun, Benton,
Reeves and Crawford would h iwe resigned
their high positions in the Senate and
gone home in sack cloth and ashes rather
than abandon a principle such ns this to a
man without character or worth, and who
hail no right to speak for the great state
ot New York.”
At this point there was quite a sensa
tion among the guests;of this Mr. Hewitt
took not the slightest notice, but proceed
ed to ask. "are you less brave now than
jour fathers were thirty years ago when
tuey sacrificed everything they possessed
to their convictions, that you will allow
your congressmen and senators to misrep
resent both their country and the south I”
PRAISE EOIi THE WILSON BILL.
Proceeding, • Mr. Hewitt went on to
praise the Wilson bill, particularly the
provisions which place iron and coal on
the free list. But it was in dealing with
the tariff question, he said, that southern
representatives had displayed a lack
of intelligence away below the standard
fhe men who preceded
them. It was hard to explain this, he
sai “- war many southern men
came north. Those who remained be
hind that had brains, devoted themselves
to business with a view ef regaining
their shattered fortunes. Possibly the
remainder devoted themselves to poll
lies.
Hie course of the representatives in
j ongrt ss from the south, it is not believed,
is explained simply by devotiou to the
section or locality. It was the result of
gross ignorance. The present stagnant
condition of trade was brought about by
tho silver bill, and the south in
solid phalanx voted for that bill, thus
making themselves responsible for this
stagnation, and demonstrating that there
was no greater enemy of public interests
Ulan the fool who stepped in where angeis
feared to tread." Tho conclusion of air.
ilewetts speech was received in silence.
THE GAUNTLET TAKEN UP.
Ihe gauntlet thus thrown down was
Immediately taken up by James Lindsay
Gordon, a young New York lawyer, of
Virginian birth. Hcsuid; "With all due
defarenee to the opinion of Mr, Hewitt,
I will venture to say tbut the men who
stand in congress to-day from
the south are as true, pure,
upright and sincere in their
convictions, and as well equipped, both
morally and intellectually, as any men
there from the north, east or west. It is
possible, nay, even probable, that the
people in the north may be unable to
comprehend the influences that mold the
sentiments of the southern people. Those
of them who have voted for the silver
bill, have done so with an eye to the ad
vancement of their constituents and the
honor of the country at large. Nor must
it be understood that southern statesman
ship is at a discount to-day. The treasury
is guarded by a southern man. The great
navy of Uncle Sam is being built under
the direction of a southern statesman. A
southern man is in charge of tho interior
department, and a southern .nan presides
with dignity and ability over the
deliberations of the House of Represen
tatives. A southern man, great, pure
and spotless, has been raised to the su
preme court bench and a southern man is
responsible for the new tariff bill. This
is the record of the men of the south to
day. They are southerners, they are
statesmen, but above all they are Ameri
can citizens."
CORNELL'S SOPHOMORES.
The Police Think They Have Clews
That Will Lead to Arrests.
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 22.—The city au
thorities think they have several clews
that will lead to the arrest of the sopho
mores who caused the death of Mary
Jackson, the colored cook, by liberating
chlorine gas in the kitchen adjoining the
dinning room where the freshmen were
holding their class supper Tuesday night.
They think they Know who purchased the
tools to make the holes in the floor of the
kitchen and where some of the chemicals
came from. The suspected students are
being watched and w ill be arrested if
they try to leave town.
Students Patterson, McNeil and McCul
loch, who were suffering from the fumes
of the gas, are slowly recovering, lux
citing developments are expected, for
physicians say that any one who knew
how to arrange the chemicals and ap
paratus used to produce chlorine gas
must have known how deadly the gas is
that was generated.
State Civil Service Commissioner Van
Vleet is foreman of the coroner’s jury
that is sitting on the case.
THU PRESIDENT ASKS NO CLEMENCY.
President Schurman. of Cornoil Uri
versity, said to-day: "In connection with
this sad and deplorable eircumstanco,
two facts should be stated:
“1. It is not known that the perpetra
tors of the act are members of the uni
versity.
"3. It is known that the act was not
the act of the sophomoro class, or of any
other class in the university.
"The individual offenders, whoever
they may be, will, it is hoped, be discov
ered and punished according to the se
verity of the offence, it has been the
policy of the Coruelt University to treat
its students not as school-boys, but as
men. They are answerable to the law
for their conduct, and the civil authori
ties have for years past under
stood that no immunity was ex
pected or desired by the university
authorities for students guilty of viola
ting tho law, or of conduct unbecoming
meu or gentlemen. This policy has re
sulted in a very high standard of char
acter and conduct among Cornell stu
dents. And this reputation cannot be
wrested from them by the act of one or
more individuals, whether members of
the university or not, who are responsible
for the deplorable occurrence of Tuesday
ight.”
DRY GOODS AFLAME.
Two Big- Firms Burned Out at Water
bury With Heavy Losses.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 22.—A fire,
which broke out at 2 o’clock this morning,
totally destroyed the big dry goods house
of Conlon Eros., on Exchange place, in the
heart of this city, ruined the stock com
pletely and swept away the dry goods
store of Miller & Peck, one of the oldest
in the state. The Miller & Peck buildiag
was almost entirely burned. The losses
are very heavy.
The Arcade building, occupied from top
to bottom by Conlon Bros., was built in
1848, and its destruction removes a land
mark.
Conlon Bros., carried about $60,000
worth of stock at this time, being en
gaged in a clearing sale. Usually their
stock was valued at over SIOO,OOO.
The fire last night left nothing of Con
lon Bros’, stock, and of the building in
which Jlieir business was carried on noth
ing remains but the front wall.
Miller & Pock carried about $100,090
worth of goods. Of this not one-tenth
can he saved. The stock of goods was in
sured for $60,000. The building owned by
them, was damaged to the extent of $lO,-
000. The insurance on it is $7,500. This
building and the Arcade building are of
wood.
R. K. Brown, the owner of the Arcade
building, loses $15,000, but has insurance
of $6,000.
On the Miller APeckannox Mr. Brown
is damaged $4,500. His insurance is SB,OOO.
By the falling of the heavily laden floors
in the Miller & Peck building several
firemen narrowly escaped injury.
RETURN OF THE EDITORS.
They Will Make Favorable Reports on
the Fiedmont Section.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 22. —The medico
editorial party which has made an exten
sive lour through the south with the pur
pose of examining the sanitary qualities
of the Piedmont range, especially in North
Carolina, will leave for the north this
evening upon the Old Dominion line.
They were entertained last night by the
chamber of commerce in Raleigh,
at a handsome banquet, which was
preceded by a reception, in
which the ladies of the city took
part, and was followed by a social gather
ering at the club. Tip chief justice aud
associate justices or the supreme court
were among those who received the dis
tinguished visitors. The physicians ex
pressed themselves as most highly pleased
with reference to the natural conditions
which obtain in certain parts of North
Carolina, and which are favorable for the
purpose of sanitation.
Their report will shortly bo published
in tho medical Journals and given to the
press. Hemause of the object of their
visit and the wide reputation of tho indi
vidual members of the party, this tour
through the south has attracted wide
spread attention.
Gen. Early’s Condition Critical.
New York, Feb. 22.- A special to tho
Bun from Lynchburg, Va.. says: “The
chalices are against the recovery of Gen.
Juoal Early. Yesterday he was too tee-
I le lo Ur ss himself, and hia mind wan
dered somewhat. His sister, who lives in
the south, has been telegraphed for."
SAVANNAH, GA., MG DAY, FEBRUARY 23,1894.
GLADSTONE TO RETIRE.
Parliament to Be Dissolved Within
Thirty Days.
London, Feb. 22. According to the
Scottish unionist press, the conservative,
unionist and liberal election agents have
been warned that a dissolution of parlia
ment will, without doubt, occur within
thirty days, and instructions have been
given to make preparations for anew
election. It is also said that Premier
Gladstone will probably not stand for re
election. in which case Sir James Carmi
chael will doubtless be the liberal candi
date for the Midlothian seat, occupied by
Mr. Gladstone since 1880.
A BANKER NOMINATED.
Mr. Batton, formerly a banker in New
York, has been nominated as a Glad
stonian candidate for the constituency of
St. Andrew’s burghs. In the last general
election this constituency was won by
the liberal unionists by a majority of 112.
An urgent parlimentary whip has been
issued to summon all liberal members to
their places at the opening of the House
of Commons on Monday. The House will
then deal with the parish councils bill in
the form in which that measure will bo
returned again by the House of Lords.
THE LORDS DOOMED.
London, Feb. 28, 5 a. m.—The Daily
News, Gladstoniati, enumerates in a
leader this morning thirteen charges
against tlie House of Lords.
All these concern the mutilation
or rejection of reform proposals
during the present parliamentary ses
sions “The rapid growth of the popular
agitatioa against the House of Lords," it
comments, “is evidenced by daily meet
ings. We are now face to face wit.i one
of the very gravest problems of our con
stitutional history. This odious institu
tion of hereditary legislators cannot pos
sibly continue to have a place in free
government."
BISMARCK AND THE KAISER.
Political Matters Not Discussed Dur
ing the Emperor’a Visit.
Berlin, Feb. 23.—The foreign office
authorizes the statement that on the oc
casion of the recent meeting of the em
peror and Prince Bismarck, not a single
allusion to political matters was made by
either during the entire conversation.
Even when they were alone their voices
might have been heard by persons in the
adjoining room.
THE RUSSO-GERMAN TREATY.
Thy Kaiser Indignant at the State
ment of the Conservatives.
Berlin, Feb. 22.—The emperor paid a
visit to Chancellor von Caprivi to-day.
During the interview the kaiser expressed
indignation at the demonstration of the
conservative deputies last Saturday in
asserting that fear of Russia had guided
the conclusion of the Russo-German com
mercial treaty.
Want Universal Suffrage.
Vienna, Feb. 23.—1n this city yester
day twenty-one meetings of workingmen
were held for the purpose of demanding
universal suffrage. Thirty meetings were
held in various parts of Lower Austria,
ten in Moravia and fifteen in Bohemia,
with tho same object.
Guatemala in Default.
London. Feb. 22.—Senor Cruz., theGua
tamalan minister, has announced that his
government has suspended payments on
its external debt in consequent e of the de
preciation in tlie price of silver.
A Fatal Explosion in Belgium.
Brussels, Feb. 22.—Several persons
were |-:illed and a number injured at
Weteren this morning, by the'explosion of
a powder magazine.
New President of the Deputies.
Rome, Feb. 22.—Signor Brancheri has
been elected president of the Chamber of
Deputies, defeating Signor Zanardelli by
two votes.
RHODE ISLAND PROHIBITION.
A Full State Ticket Nominated and a
Platform Adopted.
Providence, R. 1., Feb., 22.—The state
prohibition convention to-day adopted a
platform in which the national platform
of 1892 is indorsed, the emancipation of
women and woman suffrage declared for,
the course of tho republican and demo
cratic parties in stale politics ridiculed,
the opinion of the United States supreme
court that state courts are responsible for
the existenceof the liquor traffic indorsed,
and the declaration made that the tariff
question should oe placed in the hands of
reliable business men and tariff legislation
be given an opportunity to be tried.
A non-partisan returning board and
larger salaries for state legislators wore
indorsed A plank congratulating tlie
people on the passage of tho plurality law
was stricken out by the convention, and
an effort to have one in favor of an eight
hour day inserted was unsuccessful.
A state ticket was nominated as fol
lows: For governor, Henry B. Metcalf,
of Pawtucket: for lieutenant-governor.
Allen A. Fowler, of Woonsocket; for
secretary of state, Dr. Benjamin Greene,
of Portsmouth; for attorney-general,
James A. Williams, of Providence; for
geueral treasurer, B. D. Helme, of South
Kingstown.
SESSION OF THE PUBLISHERS.
Uniform Commission for Agents—Li
bel Laws Discussed.
New York, Feb. 22.—The morning ses
ion of the second day of the eighth annual
convention of the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association, at the Imperial
hotel, was occupied mainly with a con
sideration of type-setting machines.
At the afternoon session it was decided
to conduct the eloction of .officers, which
will take place at noon to-morrow, by bal
loting for candidates nominated on the
floor before the convention, instead of
acting onjhe report of a nominating com
mittee.
A resolution was adopted advocating
the issuing by the government of frac
tional paper currencj’. This was intro
duced oy Charles H. Taylor, Jr., of the
Boston Globe.
A resolution was adopted In favor of
making the commissions of advertising
agent* uniformly Hi per cent.
Libel laws were briefly discussed.
Louisiana’s Seuatorship.
Chi-ago. Feb 22.—A special from New
Orleans says: “After a i annua held last
night, between the governor and his a<l
v iseps and leading representative# of the
sugar Interest, It was stated by close
friends of the governor that the appoint
ment of a sue e*Mr to Senator White
would be given to North Ixiuiauuis. and
lay helwem ex-Governor Mcr.nery and
Representative Ulan hard."
HOT WORDS IN THE HOUSE.
Several of tlie Members Under Ar
rest Very Indignant.
Gen. Dan Sickles Defies the Author
ity of the House Under the Warrant
And Refuses to Take Kis Scat.
Ames Cummings Also Red Hot Over
the Sergeant’s Notification That He
Was Put Under Arrest on the Floor
of the House.
Washington, Feb. 23.—After the ap
proval of the journal of yesterday’s pro
ceedings, Mr. Pence, pop., of Colorado,
rose to a question of personal privilege.
He said thnt on Jan. 19 a democratic
caucus had been held, and over some
wires had gone out a rejiort that members
of the Foptffi* l minority had attended
that caucus aud taken part therein.
A Member—No one believes it.
Mr. Pence—And I don’t want any one
to believe it.
Mr. Reed—But there are grounds for
suspicion. [Laughter].
Continuing, Mr. Pence said that the
populists were in full sympathy with the
resolutions adopted by the caucus, that it
was the duty of all members to stay hero
and attend to busiuess. “But as to tak
ing part in that caucus,” he said, “I don’t
know that we could if we would; but l
know that we would not if we could."
This was followed by a sensational state
ment by Mr. Cummings, dem., of New
York, who rose, he said, to a question of
the highest personal privilege. He said
that at 11 o’clock this morning, while on
the floor of the House, he had been ap
proached by a deputy sorgeant-at-arms,
who told him he was under ar
rest. He refused, he said, to rccog
niz.e the service, and warned the official
or his bosses to touch him at his peril.
The record would show that ho had been
in attendance day after day ever since
congress met last summer, and he de
nounced the arrest as an outrage. He
further stated that it was a disgrace, in
his opinion, to hold a farce session of the
House on Washingten’s birthday; and in
honor of the memory of that patriot, ho
moved that the House adjourn.
BLAND CLAIMS THE FLOOR.
Mr. Blnnd claimed the floor as against
the motion to adjourn, and Mr. Cummings
asked if the speaker. (Mr. Dockery, dem.
of Missouri, was in the chair,) held his
motion to adjourn to be out of order.
Mr. Dockery explained that Mr. Bland
had risen before Mr. Cummings, but
upon hearing the latter's assertion that
he rose to a question of the highest per
sonal privilege, did not press his advan
tage.
Mr. Cummings theieupon withdrew his
motion to adjourn, and Mr. Reed en
deavored to rovew it.
The chair was Inclined to rccogniz.e Mr.
Bland, but Mr. Seed insisted that he was
entitled to prior <r< Titian for his mo
tion to ad ouro, it being a privileged mo
tion. und always in or ter.
Mr. Bland got the floor, however, and
sai . he wanted to make a statement.
This was objected to by the republicans,
who demanded tho regular order. Being
reminded by the chair that he could do
no more than make a motion at this junct
ure, Mr. Bland said he would withdraw
his motion to go Into committee of tho
whole on his coinage bill, and limit the
debate thereon to ten minutes.
The Chair—But tho gentleman from
Missouri has submitted no motion
Mr. Bland—l have a right to withdraw
the motion made by me yesterday.
The chair—That motion fell with the
adjournment.
Mr. Bland then moved that the House
go into committee of the whole upon his
bill, and that the debate close at 3 o'clock
Saturday. Tliat would give the repub
licans, he said, time to debate the bill.
CUMMINGS RENEWS HIS MOTION.
Pending tills motion. Mr. Cummings
renewed his motion that in honor of
Washington the House adjourn.
On division of the House the vote was
announced as 102 to 124, which was
greeted with applause from the demo
cratic side. The yeas and nays were or
dered the vote resulting: Yeas 117, nays
140. The democrats who voted to adjourn
were: Messrs. Ba dwin Bartlett, Bcltz
hoover, Black of Illinois. Cadmus, Causey,
Clancy, Uobb of Missouri, Coekran,
Coombs, Covert, Cummings, Deforest,
Durborrow, English. Erdman, Everett,
Fielder, Geissenhainer, Gohlzicr, Origin,
Hall of Minnesota, Harter, Hayes,
Krlbbs, Lynch. Mallory, Meyer, Mutch
ler, O’Neil. Reilly, Ryan. Sickles. Sperry,
Tracey. Warner and Wolverton.
The following republicans voted against
adjournment: Messrs. Bowers, of Cali
fornia and Hartman, of Montana.
The populists also voted against ad
journment.
Mr. Reed called for a supplemental re
port from the sergeant-at-arms as to his
execution of the order of arrest made
Monday. Vending that. Mr. Hulick. rep.,
of Ohio, stated that he been absent under
leave of the House, and engaged in
the trial of a case in the court house at
homo when a telegram* reached
him announcing that his leave
had been revoked and that
he was under arrest. He protested
against this act of the officer of the
House, claiming that he wns not subject
to arrest while absent on leave granted
by the House, llis name had fceem im
properly included in the list of members
to be arrested, aud he asked that it be
erased.
didn’t want to be excused.
Mr. Bland moved that tho gentleman
be excused from arrest, but Mr Hulick
protested that he did not want to be ex
cused from arrest; he had been guilty of
no contempt of the House. He wanted
the warrant of the sergeant-at-arms cor
rected.
Mr. Heard, dem., of Missouri, stated
that the contention of tho gentleman
from Ohio was, in effect, that if the prac
tice of the House permitted a warrant to
issue for a member absent under leave
without first notifying him of the revoca
tion of that leave and giving him an op
portunity to report and thus avoid tho
humiliation of arrest when not In con
tempt of the House, that practice should
be revoked. |“That’s right," on tho re
publican side j "Andi think it should
be also," said Mr Heard.
After some lurther discussion of the
matter as to the method of relieving Mr.
liullck. Mr. Bland moved the previous
question on his motion to excuse
Pending tliis. Mr. Sickles, dem., of
New York, moved that the House ad
journ. ■
The chair [Mr Ikskery] stated that
no business having intervened since a
motion to adjourn had been voted down,
it could not tie rc|iet*d at this time.
This ruling raised a storm of protests
from both sides of the chamber, to which
the chair explained that hit viw of "bus-
iness" included a vote upon the subject
under discussion or some other disposal
of it.
Mr. Burrows, rep., of Michigan, read
from the digest to show that the inter
vention of a vote was not necessary.
Tho chair, stating that he was still of
the opinion that tne motion was not in
order, said he would submit it to the
House for action.
Without takiug a division, the yeas and
nays were ordered, resulting: Yeas, 107;
nays, 138. So the motion to adjourn was
lost.
BJCKLES IIOI.PS THE FLOOR.
The chair announced that the question
then recurred upon Mr. Bland's motion
to excuse Mr. Hulick. While he was en
deavoring to stem this. Mr. Sickles, tak
ing a position in the center of tlje hall, in
stentorian tones, asked recognition for a
hearing upon a question of privilege, but
Mr. Dockery proceeded with his call for
the vote. Between the yeas and nays he
heeded Mr. Sickles' demand, stating that
he could not interrupt tho division of the
House.
Mr. Burrows called the attention of the
chair to tho fact that Mr. Sickles had
addressed the chair before the question
was put.
The Chair —But the chair did not hoar
the gentleman.
Mr. Sickles—Everybody else in tho
House heard mo.
The confusion on the floor became so
great that it was impossible from the
clerk's desk to distinguish tho orderly
from the disorderly proceedings. The
chair appealed to the gentleman from
New York to take his seat, telling him
he was out of order, and read to him from
the rules, which require a member, when
declared to be out of order, to take bis
seat. Mr. Sickles remained standing on
his one leg, holding his crutches beside
him, aud endeavoring to complete his
statement of privilege. In the mean
while, Mr. Bland withdrew his motion to
excuse Mr. Hulick, and asked that the
House go into committee of the whole on
his bill.
Mr. Springer, who was sitting near Mr.
Sickles, urged him to take his seat.
Mr. Wilson, rep., of Washington, turned
on Mr. Springer, asking why he wanted
to make Mr. Sickles sit down, merely for
the purpose of getting up again. “You’ve
got two good legs," ho said, “and can hop
up and down at pleasure, but the general
can't"
SICKLES GETS A BEARING.
Mr. Sickles finally succeeded in getting
his question of privilege stated. He said
he had been informed that he was under
arrest, and he wanted to know, if it were
true, by what authority it had been done,
and w hat was the charge against him.
Mr. Snodgrass, dem., of Tennessee—lf
it is true that you are under arrest, you
ure not in order now.
This evoked a general cry of dissent
from the republicans, and Mr. Sickles
said: “O, 1 haven't born convicted yet,
if I am under arrest, and I demand the
right to be heard in my own defense. I
want the sergeant-at-arms to report the
grounds of my arrest so that I may be re
lieved therefrom.
The Chair—The sergeant-ut-arms will
make a rejiort of his proceedings under
the order of arrest.
COL. SNOW’S JttJSl'ttlir.
By diligent and vigorous use of the
gavel, and refusing to heed the various
members clamoring for re ognition, tho
chair succeeded in securing an opportu
nity for Sergeant-at-Arms Snow to pre
sent the following report:
Feb. 22. 1894. Hon. Charles F. Crisp,
Speaker of the House of Representatives:
Sir—l present herewith a detailed report of
mv further action under tho House warrant
of Feb. 19 1891.
On the list of absentees, returned to me b.v
the clerk, the following are reported to ine as
sick and unable to attend: C. A. Houtelle, W.
H. Crain, John Dalz.ell, J. C. Hendrick, J. A.
Scranton.
Tne following are excused bv the House:
F. H. Gillett of Massachusetts; IV. A. Harris,
W. H. Illnes. I). N. Lockwood. M. ii. Wright,
M. Brosius and S. A.ffVorthwav.
The following members have been reported
to me as arrested, and are present In the
House: hobert Adams. Jr.. F. Ii Belt/hoover
C. A. I'admus, J. M. Clancy, 11. A. Coffeen, J.
M. Ccojier. A. J. Cummings, who refuses ar
rest; .1. T. Dunn, who protests: C J. HMrnan,
M. D. Harter. O. F. Kribbs. TANARUS, M. Mahon,
William McAleer, G. W. Murray. H. M.
Miilchler. .1 1( Retllv, II W. Rusk, I). E.
Sickles, G. W. Hulick. A. McDowell. H. U.
Johnson. F,. M. Woomor.
It Is but just to say that these honorable
members when notified by wire or otherwise,
voluntarily came lo the House, and responded
to their names on roll call but the order of
tho House w arrant to mo directing me to ar
rest them, w herever they may be found, left
me no alternathe nut to execute tho order,
The following have not been found: K. H.
Clark, John C. Houk, T L Johnson C. A.
Russell. W. J. White, J. D. Hicks, J. C. Hutch
eson, M. T. Stevens.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
H. W. SNow,
Scrgeant-at Arms. House of Representatives.
SICKLES DEMANDS A TRIAL.
As the reading of the report proceeded,
there was a rush of members to. the front
of tho desk and at tho close of tho read
ing the disorder had grown into a great
uproar. The" speaker pro tem directed
that tho gentlemen named as under ar
rest present themselves at the bar of the
House, but Mr. Sickles was again on his
feet demanding a separate trial. The or
der for members under arrest to appear
before the bar was repeated, and Mr.
Sickles shouted Ills demand for a separate
trial, insisting that his demand entitled
him to tho first trial.
The speaker pro tem. Mr. Dockery,
pounded the desk with his gavel, appeal
ing for order and saying, “this is the
House of Representatives unil not a beer
garden," a sentiment which the galleries
received with applause.
To Mr. Sickles’ insistent demntid that
he be accorded a separate trial, the chair
slated that "the gen'letnan from Nov
York shall have a separate trial. But he
must observe the rules of tho House.”
Mr. Sickles—l obey orders always. I
insisted upon a separate trial because I
can show that the warrant is not worth a
wisp of straw, and the proceeding* In my
case would dhqiose of ali the others.
JOHNSON MAKES A KICK.
At this point H. U. Johnson, rep., of
Indiana, who had just learned that his
name was included in the list of thoso un
der arrest, rose to a question of personal
privilege, "i have been hereon the floor
of the House all the time," bes iid. "I
have missed no roll-call, and have not
been absent. I want the sergeant-at-arms
to suv when and where I was arrested,
by whom and for what. I have not been
arrested, and 1 think the sergeant al
arms should lie given an opportunity to
correct his return aud excuse sue from
appearing to answer a i barge of which I
am guiltless." No attention was given to
tho statement of the gentleman from In
diana, and the chair directed that the
mem hers named as und> r arrest present
them selves at the bar In tho order in
which their names appeared lu the re
turn. It had been impossible to get them
to the front in a body. (,’cider this direc
tion Mr. Adams presented himself
The Chair Vou Hava been charged
with being absent from the House with
out leate What excuse have you to
offer
ADAMS' EXCUSE.
Mr. Adams—l was in the state of Penn
sylvania exercising the privilege of citi
zenship [republican cheers]— voting for a
member of this honorable House. Audi
am proud to say that we rolled up a ma
jority of over 177JXJO iu his favor. [Re
newed cheers. | I received a telegram
requesting my return, and I camo back at
once, but not before I got in my vote.
Mr. Reed—l move that the gentleman's
name be stricken from the warrant and
he be discharged, because his arrest was
made without authority of the. House.
Mr. Sickles- Not stricken out, because
his name is not in tho warrant. There
are no names in the warrant.
This statement gave force to the re
quest, which had previously been made
irregularly, that tho warrant should be
read, and the clerk was directed to read
it to the House for information.
Tho reading of the document disclosed
the fact that there were no names men
tioned in it, and immediately Mr. Outh
waite, dent., of Ohio, moved that the
House adjourn. [Cries of “Oh, no!"
from the republican sldol. On a division
the motion was declared lost—Bß to 125,
SNOW LIABLE FOR? DAMAGES,
Mr. Sickles—My object in demanding a
separate trial, and lirst, was to show that
the warrant was void. The sergeant-at
arms is liable to action In damages to
every member brought here under It.
Mr. Reed moved that Mr. Adams be
discharged, for tho reason that his arrest
was unauthorized b.v the House.
Mr. Springer ob jected to this form of
statement, holding that the arrest was
authorized b.v tho House.
Mr. Stockdale, dem., of Mississippi, as a
superior right, moved that the warrant
be quashed and further proceedings bo
abandoned.
The chair proceeded to put Mr. Reed’s
motion, staling that "tho gentleman from
Maine moves that the gentleman from
Pennsylvania be discharged.”
Before a vote was taken on Mr. Reed’s
motion, Mr, Bland moved that the House
adjourn. While the House was divid
ing, Mr, Adams kept asking the chair to
tell him where he would be in case thfl
House adjourned; but be got no response.
On the division the vote was announced
to lip 132 to 101. This was emphasized
by tho yeas and nays, which resulted:
Yeas 155; nays 110. Wo at 8:05 o’clock
the House adjourned until to-morrow.
TENNESSEE TRADUCED.
The State's Policy Toward Its Educa
tional Institutions Attacked.
Washington. Fob. 22.—The attitude of
the state of Tennessee toward its edu
cational institutions is vigorously at
tacked in a monograph on higher educa
tion in that state, issued by the bureau of
education. It was written by Dr. L. S.
Merrian, of Johns Kopkins and Cornell
Universities, and forms ono of the series
of contributions to American educational
history, which Commissioner Hurrls has
placed under the tho editorship of Dr.
Herbert B. Adams, of Boston. It is stated
that practically all that has been done
by the government for the colleges and
universities in Tennessee has been dono
by tho United States and not by Ten
nessee.
TENOR OF THE REPORT.
“The stato has. however," says the ro
port, “acted as an ngenf of the govern
ment whenever it has extended aid to in
stitutions of learning within its borders.
But the way in which she has discharged
the trust is open to criticism. Sometimes
false to the trust, she lias often been
niggardly and ungenerous|in its execution.
The curse of higher education in Ten
nessee is stated to he the multiplicity of
so-called ‘colleges’ and ‘universities. ’
Nearly every cross roads hamlet has,
not its academy nor its high
schools, hut its ‘colleges.’ Aspiring to do
what they cannot do at all, they do
poorly what they might do well. Closely
connected with the existem e of the
pseudo-college is tho evil of Indiscrimi
nate conferring of degrees. The better
class of institutions are, some of them, so
generous with their degrees, at least
with their honorary degrees, that
academic honors have become a cheap
commodity in Tennessee.”
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PROTECTION OF THE SEALS.
A Bill to Carry Into Effect the Award
of the Paris Tribunal.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Chairman Mc-
Creary, of the Houso foreign afiairs com
mittee. to-day introduced in the. House a
bill to carry out the award rendered by
the l’aris arbitration tribunal ou the fur
seal question between the United States
and Kngland. It provides that no citizens
of the United States or any one in tho
employ of any vessel of the United States
shall molest, outside of territorial wa
ters, any fur seal in the waters surround
ing f’ribyloff islands, within a zone of
sixty geographical miles, nor kill or
molest In any manner between May 1
and July 81. inclusive, any fur seal
on the high seas outside the
zono mentioned, and In that part of
the Pacific, including Bering sea, situ
ated north of the 35th degree of north lat
itude and east of the 180th degree of lon
gitude from (Iroenwich until it strikes tho
water boundary described in tho Kussian-
Amorican treaty of 1867. It provides also
that only sailing vessels or boats propelled
b.y oars shall take part in fur sealing op
erations. and they 3lmll carry a distinc
tive flag. The act prohibits tho use
of nets or explosive arms In fur
scaling operations outside Bering sea.
The act does not apply to Indians dwel
ling on the coasts of tho United States
taking seals In canoes or undecked boats.
The act be omes operative when tho
President proclaims that Kngland has
adopted tho measures necessary lo fully
effect the determination reached by the
Paris tribunal.
RACING AT NEW OF.LEANS.
A Summary of the Day's Events on
tho Crescent City Track.
New Orleans, Feb. 22 Following is a
summary of to-day’s races hero:
First Race—Purse S2OO six and a half fur
lun.“ Hilly Hartlgan. 8 to 1, won, with
Bcnlta second amt and i-jau third Time. 1:33
second Hsce Purs" $290. for 2-vear olds,
half mile. Wanda T 2 to 1, won, with Onward
second and Jack Farrell third. Time, 551*.
I till'd Ksc* Purse >2 0, handicap, for 3-
yror-oida. five and a bail furlongs. Bob
Neely, 6to 5. won, with '.Vekota second und
The Iluliy third. I line.
Fourth ).arc George Wu hlngton handi
cap. guaranteed veP-e to winner $750: one
mile and un eighth. Ogtery, 3to I. won, with
Hul' ert second and Tippecanoe third Time,
x -ie .
I ittli Race Purse S.”O. sidling; three
quarter* of * mile. Mrnrock. •! lo 1. won,
with Nigea Hos* second and iilndura third.
Time, I:2l‘A.
Mouth Carolina s New Marshal.
Washington, Feb. 22. - Tho President
to day sent tu the Mena In Lite nomination
of John P Hunter to tie I oiled Slat**
marshal for the district of Mouth Caro
lina.
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FLORIDA AND THE LOTTERY.
The Subject Brought Up in the Senate
by Mr. Hoar.-
Senator Pasco Expresses the Opinion
That the Efforts to Establish the
Concern in His State Would Not be
Successful Senator Vest Tells of
What He Saw During His Visit to
Tampa.
Washington, Feb. 23.—There was no
business transacted in tho Senate to-day
beyond the passage of a House bill to ex
tend the time for building a street rail
road on the military reservation of For*
Riley, Kansas.
A small discussion was started by Mr.
Hoar, rep., of Massachusetts, of an arti
cle in the New York Times, relating to
the establishment, in the state of Florida,
of the Honduras lottery, a survival of
the Louisiana lottery. And then tha
day’s session was wound up by tho
reading of Washington’s farewell ad
dress. It was the third time in late years
of the observance of that coremony, of
which Mr. Hoar is tho author. On tho
first occasion Mr. Ingalls, of Kansas, was
the reader, on tho second Mr. Mandorson,
of Nebraska, and to-day Mr. Martin, of
Kansas. There were very few senators
present, and at the close of the reading a*
1:8b o’clock, the Senate adjourned until
Monday.
When tho lottery incident was pending,
Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Pasoo whether ho
knew anything on the subject. He was
informed by that senator that the matter
had aroused great attention in Florida,
and that ho did not think that an effort
to establish the lottery business thera
would be successful.
VEST’S VISIT TO TAMPA.
Mr. Vest said that ho had been la
Tampa, Fla., during Christmas week, and
had noticed a large brick building thero
which was known as the printing office of
the Louisiana lottery. He had been In
formed that the superintendent and sec
retary of tho company had gone to Hon
duras, where the drawing took place,
und then came back to Tampa and had
the returns printed.
Mr. Pasoo said that every effort would
Vie made to prevent the establishment of
the lottery business In Florida. He was
utterly opposed to it Tho state of Flor
ida was receiving no benefit from it, and
it was the prayer of the state officials and
all the good people generally that the sys
tem should not have any root or founda
tion there.
Mr. Call, the other senator from Flor
ida, declared that neither tho people of
Florida nor tho laws had any connection
with the lottery business, and were not
responsible for it in any shape or form.
HOAR DECLARED INCONSISTENT.
Mr. Washburn, rep., of Minnesota, sug
gested that Mr. Hoar was very incon
sistent in appealing to tho federal legisla
ture to put down gambling in Tampa,
after his opposition in tho last congress
to tho bill to prevent gambling in “fu
tures.”
Mr. Hoar repliod that the two things
wero very dissimilar. He had called at
tention this mornimr to an article In a
Now York paper setting forth, with great
detuil, tho importation from abroad of
certain implements of gambling; and the
senator from Minnesota gravely asked
how that differed from permitting a con
traetzmade in New York or Chicago to be
performed in Minneapolis.
Mr. Washburn —Never to be performed.
These contracts are not contracts. They
are simply stakes, or wedges.
After some further colloquy, the subject
was dropped.
A CAUCUS ON THE TARIFF.
The Democratic Members to Meet in
Conference on Monday.
W&shingtou, Feb. 22. —Owing to tha
contention between tho senators who dis
agree with the policy of the finance com
mittee In tho construction of the tariff
bill, and the inability of tho committee to
concede the demands made by thoso urging
higher rates of duty, and the transfer of
leading articles from tho free to tha
dutiable list, it has been decided to hold a
caucus of the democratic senators on
Monday morning.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, be
gan \o circulate u call for the caucus after
the Senate convened this morning, and a
number of senators prominent for their
alleged opposition to *the Wilson bill
gathered in the senator’s committee room
to discuss the situation. Those reported
to have been presont are Senators Hill,
Gaffer,v, Gorman, Gibson, Brice, Smith
and Butler. Although no special object
is assigned in the call, tho tariff is known
to be the matter upon which the caucus
will ho called.
From remarks dropped by senators
after the conference to day, it is apparent
that a duty on coal and sugar will be in
sisted upon, that iron will not be omitted
In tlie pressure to be brought to bear
upon the finance committee. While it
does not seem possible that the committee
would consider for a moment any attempt
to take wool off the free list, it is said
that this is discussed as a probability.
The wool men have been making a deter
mined fight, aud have made some converts
on the democratic side of the chamber.
Senator Brice of Ohio is said to be urg
ing-upon the committee the necessity of
at least a small duty ou wool. The wool
meu have hope that they may roceive
some help from the Senate, but their sen
ators assert that free wool is bound to ba
iu the bill.
The filling of the committee vacancies
caused by the retirement of Senators
White and Walthall will also be consid
ered by the caucus.
THE SUB COMMITTEE IN SESSION.
After the two days’ lull, causeti by the
withdrawal of Senator Mills from tho
Senate sub committee on finance and his
renewal of association with that organi
zation the sub committee, as soon as the
Senate adjourned this evening, resumed
its sitting and took up the tangled endsof
the tariff bill in the hope of reaching
some conclusion before tbc caucus meets
Monday.
OTlie efforts to get tho democrats to
gether in caucus has aroused some feel
ing. for the call is being circulated by
democrats who arc said to be objecting
to the policy pursued by tho committee.
Members of the finance committee this
afternoon drnied any knowledge officially
of such a < all. It does not appear proba
ble that any caucus can be had that will
prove bludiug upon the party, and it will
probably result in what all Senate cau
cuses prove to be. lie re conference* where
an exchange of opinion is had, but noth
ing is accomplished that cannot b undone
iu the Senate.