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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 50.
CONGRESS IN SESSION
GETS DOWN TO
BUSINGS.
Desks of Republican Mem
bers Were Covered With
Flowers the First Day.
DEMOCRATS HAD NO
BOQUETS SENT THEM
Senator Haena Appropriated the Seat
<f the Dead Davis, hut Was Too
Restless To Sit Still Long.
and Kept Circulating
Around.
By Jos: OltL
Washington. December X— (Special.)—
R.njbil- an prosperity struck the florists
of Wj h;::ct. n today. Such a profuse
dc-ptay • : fl ’ >' tributes as was in evi
dence on the desks of republican aena- j
tors 3'4 epresea". tlves when the con
gress assembl'd his seldom been equal
•On the d* m-icratic side there was al
most a dearth of anythtag of the sort,
it- few member* who w-’re remembeted
by constituents and friends having to
be conte.it with a simple bunch of chrys
anthemums or roses, but almost every re
•>al><tcan was elaborately rememb. re*l
- inthemutn was appa
r- Uy the favorite fl wer of those who
t- .cht flow rs for republican congress
men. whriher th. purchases w. re friends
< Ttlaf?*’** »»r. as !> sw>nu?tim<Mi the case,
tr» in-elves. The differ
r lative quai.ty .nd quantity
< the t- i-ibs <>i tht. kind a* between
■ -
ti ’.T- r.n.e in th. quantity of joy w.th
which members of th. two parties grc?t
--f cd :r« Tl>« repuo.i-
.. re tu». of it. "iu’« the dcni.H-rata |
1..:, a- th.:.? bi t nappy tn t«-r the good
j.at r raillery of their r« publican trimds
the election results.
The reading of the nvsstig* was. of
c. -e th •:• f f» tihre of the day. The
m-ssage stems to be chiefly notab.e for
t. • q-ha is it <s«“*s nut give to the trust
question. The president has bee n trou
l >1 n mini as to what he could say
that q • n. which, fr-an a repub
j, .n -ar ij-lnt.' I- so tl« kilsh just at
this time when the republican party Is en
»../tnr the I. -ty of the trusts in the
„ r.« .d n - ■!• <i on and live- trusts are
. int.rr «»n Increas.ng their own bounty
J . . . - - w.sh th.- reiteration of
s-me of his i'o" tn • stilted phrases, ana
1-1 tt go at that.
Hanr.s Was in Evidence.
Tn the sen ate the man mn«t tn evidence
w Mr. Hanna. Os all the im-n In con
gr* he tak<* he ke. n. -t d» light In t.ilk
! .g al at the ele. Hon. ..nd there was no
ovr-atirdarce «>f m !»s’y on bls part
wh -i it came to ci. -mtes ertda for the
results. 11. st In the sent wh: -h has
b n oec':pi?d by Senator Davis, but he
•It 1 not «‘t there verv long. Mast of th*
time durirg the session he moved about
o-.. r chain * r v.lth what seemed to
I an u rmlst.ikable air of possession.
Th*r' vere no surp ls. - in the message.
T. t p r»!-n of tt treating of affairs tn
C ir < war list. nori to with more than or
- rt. The chief feature of this.
th.it «•- "illy f. iture wh -h can He
, ■ I • ••. had to do with the tcMtm. nt
of tl nat.i. «’hr.:i:sus. Then* was also
rnd A’« •• y *• ••••ral ilri- t- as mrnbers
c »he permanent court of arbitration pro-
V; I for by The Hague conference.
T* ere are four members from ea-’h gov-
< men. nt. and the appointment of ex-Fres
i •at Harrt—.n and Judge Uewge Gray
1. fd aln.dy been announced.
Next to the Cl. ■ r • question what the
j -Ident !n .l to «ny on the Philippine
t. . tlon attrac- i most attention. Adore
r »iy of »■’-• ut er.mrt s show- his pro
gramme ’•> "the building up of an
• ndtirf: ;. !: supporting and pelf ad-
xu!i i .ii ’inlty for those far east-
ern sea ’ i I t..«r that may m an.
The r. f. - to building up the mer
ihant n .: I* rot as specific as the
fri» uds • . i .-e sent ship subsidy bill
would hm 1.. i It to be. They, however.
.► terat. th- ir conviction that the bill will
1 •»«.
It. -I.t. i t McKinley and Secretary Root
are highly elated it the news which
reached her- today of th surrender to
Genera! Young of more than two thous
and PTHplnos. and they are disposed to
take th.- coincidence of that news coming
t -day »' oJTseiting the unpleasant colnci
il r.ee of the announcement of Filipino
victories which came 'ight on the heels
of the Taft commission report of peace
r me time ago. Th • republicans in con
y -ess this n- ws from Manila
s d g.’<ried over It as another case of
McKinley luck.
To Reduce Representation.
Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, furnished
a bit of diversion by Introducing In the
loose a reapportinnnent bill Intended to
<at against the four southern states In
which there have heen adopted laws or
e nstltutsonal amendme;,:. deslcned lo rc
f riet tl»e suffrage. His bill Is a purely
fbltrary measure designed to cut thr«e
ir • mt-ers each off of Louisiana, Missls
s ppi and S »uth Carolina and four off of
North Carolina. He makes his apportion
ment to- the other states with I>.«M as
the ratio and gives ea h state the numiier
o' represents lives to which, according to
Its population, it will b.- entitled on that
ratio, but arbitrarily cuts down the four
states named. It Is hardly necessary to
say that this proposition will not receive
consideration ev n at the hands of re
publicans.
It is the J'uroo-.- of the republican
steer ng csnriilite of tne senate to take
th. ship subsidy K. I as the unfinished
business <-f that body, displacing the Nic-
1 aragua c.yial bill temporarily. In exccu- j
tlve session the ratification of the llay-
Pauncefote treaty will be pressed and ad- ,
ministration leaders will endeavor to 1
make the passage of a canal bill condl- ■
tlonal upon the treaty being first ratified. '
Senator Morgan told me this evening that !
in his opinion the treaty will be ratified '
without amendment, lie has, however, I
always advocated such action. He stood I
practlcaliy alone In this position In the
foreign relations committee at the last
I session, tut he believes the republican
members and some of the democrats will
come to his Idea. All of the Georgia
members were on hand today except
Judge Hartlett. who has been delayed. He
Is expected tomorrow.
SENATE ROUTINE.
Ship Subsidy Bill Special Order.
Washington, December 4.—(Special.)—
I 1 The lines were drawn for the first big j
fight of this session when the senate, by I
an almost strictly party vote of thirty- i
eight to twenty, decided to make the I
• ship subsidy hill the regular order in j
i that body. This .neans to give the hill
to build up American shipping, which ;
i Senator Hanna and Senator Frye are ,
I standing spans >ns for. the right of way ;
each dry, after what the senate calls its .
I morning hour, until It Is disposed of. Up j
to 3 o’clock of each day the session Is I
devoted to what the senate knows as
• ro tine morning bus ness. After that the
regular order has the right of way and i
nothing is allowed to displace it.
t’ndei the programme of the republican j
steering committee, the regular order is
to be laid aside whenever an appropria
* t: n bill Is ready to !>e acted upon, but
there is no likelihood of any of these
bills being reached In the senate for a
' mouth or more; so the shipping bill is ,
likely to have the field very much to
! Itself.
! The senate is not. however, a body to
■ be hurried, and if there were any di*po
• slt'on toward dilatory tactics on the part
■ of the opposition, it might be some time :
before the veto is taken. That is p ssi
blc, but It is not probable. Senator Clay,
who has in charge the minority report :
I agu.nst the bill, states that he finds no
1 d.rposlt'on among the democrats to throw
» any needless obstacles in the way of the *
■ r» publican programme. The democrats
| will tight the measure, and most of them
I will vote against it, but they have no
i d spositlon to resort to needless speeches
■ or other filibustering tactics.
S. nalor Jones confirmed this view of
' the situation .« a Ldk with me this after
noon.
•The country has apparently indoisea
republ.can policies,*' said he. 1 bebeie i
i in majority rule and am to re
•' sorting to deiay to emphasise our oppo- I
; s;t.on to every republcan measure. 1 do i
mt think the democrats wil be disposed :
to employ su.fi tactics on any ot the
measures now d.scussed unless it M tn.-
I proi>osliion for * peer...lent ln re. -e !u >
' the standing army. W« wll fight that to
lae end. We will give the prea.den, just
• as miry volunteer soldiers as are neces- I
* sary. but to add to the is rmatient e.siab
and wo believe the majority of the peopic (
of the country are opposed to It.”
Nicaragua Canal Bill To Pass.
The unanimous report of tne Walker
isthmian canal commission in favor ot
1 the ..acaragua r ut* Insures the passage
of a Nicaragua canal bill at this session
' of congress and s. rms also to insure the |
■ ratification of the Hay-Paunccfote
This latter Is certain to be accomplished
if the administration program 'ot mak
ing the passage of a . nnal bill contingent
i upon rai...cation Is adhered to.
•
■
’created some surprise. It was understood
that one or more members would advo
cate the Panama route. \\ hile there is
Mome talk in congress of dealing with the
Panama company, this adverse report is
r. •anl.d as settling ne chances of the ,
Fr. tich corporation securing this govern
! tn. nt for its principal stockholders, as
! th- Paris 1 older* of the company have
taujied. j
Frye Urges Ship Subsidy Bill.
I Washington, December s.—Senator Frye •
at today’s session of the senate concluded
his speech up-«n th- ship subsidy bill. He
made a t*‘chineni explanation of the meas
ure. explaining? with especial care that
provision which would admit to American
registry foreign built ships. From sevetal
sources bis attention was directed to this
provision, and It Is evidently one upon
wh : < h much of the forthcoming debate
win rest.
The • redenti&ls of Samuel D. McEncry
! and Murphy J. Foster, as senators from ;
' Louisiana, and George P. Wetmore, from
Rhode Island, were received. Bills were
pass'd permitting Captain R. H. Mc-
Calla and Commander W. C. Wise, of the
United States navy, to accept decorations j
from the emperor of Germany.
The resolution introduced yesterday by
Mr. Pettigrew calling for information as
! to the postal frauds in Cuba was re
i ferred to tile committee on relations with
■ Chiba.
The senate, at ISfIS, on motion of Mr. (
’ Lodge, went Into executive session, re- ;
manning bol Ind closed doors until 2
I o’clock. _______
Treaty Will Be Ratified.
Washington. December C.—(Special.!—
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty will be rati
fied early next week, according to the
present calculations of the r*'pubiican •
managers. Whether It Is to be ratified '
with the Davis amendment or without it 1
I is yet to be determined. It seems to be I
1 the general belief that in onder to pacify
certain senators and secure their voles
the Davis amendment will l»e ndopteu, al
; though it is generally accepted as a fact
that this amendment conveys no light
which th- Unit’d States does not already
have. and. therefore, that It means nolh
-1 Ing. In order, however, to have a treaty
that they consider an improvement on the
existing Clayton-Bulwer treaty the presi
dent and Secretary Hay are said to be
willing to accept the amendment and they
feel certain that Great Britain will also
accept it. There may be efforts to place
upon the treaty more drastic amendmt nts
and if that is done the probability is that
there will be further delay In ratification.
There is no chance of a mo e drastic
than the Davis amendment being adopted
and the administration is willing to ac
cede to that on the ground that it means
i nothing at all.
For four hours today Senator Morgan.
' ' tn executive s«ssion of the senate, discuss
ed the treaty. The senator made it very
’ 1 plain that his principal. If not his only
com-c-rn, in connection with the pending
treaty Is for the passage of the canal
’ i till and h. allo vod it to be very broadly
’ I understood that he had engaged in the
’ I treaty discussion because of his belief
that there was a majority of senators
1 who would insist upon action upon the
treny as a condition pree.iient to the
1 p.t--.ige of the canal bill. For this rea
son he said he was willing to discuss the
COLONEL HEMPHILL’S SPEECH
WAS GEM OF THE CONVENTION
Eleven coaches from New Orleans roll
ed in a few minutes late Saturday, bear
ing delegates homeward from the great
southern Industrial convention which
came to such a fitting close Friday night
with the splendid speech of Hon. W. A.
Hemphill, of Atlanta.
Delegates from New York, Washing
ton. Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Memphis,
North and South Carolina and other
states were en route, and the praises
they showered on Georgia’s delegation
were unanimous and unstinted.
The convention, which will go down In
commercial history us the greatest ever
held in the United States, brought forth
i some of the most eloquent speeches that
have made southern orators famous, but
. added new laurels to Georgia’s brows,
1 and in the minds of the delegates the
' speech .’clivcred by Colonel Hemphill,
| in declining, in the interest of unity of
, spirit and the south s commercial good,
the office Ot president, for which over
two-thirds ot the convention had selected
him, was one of the grandest efforts of
modern oratory, and all concede that
it will do more to impress upon the
country the souths unity of commer
cial purp ee than any other one feature
. ot the convention.
Picture to your minds a convention
composed of over 500 men. controllers ot
the brains and finance from over twenty
•Tates in the union, and you have before
you th.- Southern industrial convenuon
just ended at New Orleans.
TI i n reca'l to mind that these men.
repA.- nting eighteen out of the twenty
s.ates tender the presidency of their
1 distinguished body to one ot their num '
' b. r and he. out of reasons of sentiment
for the then president ami the belief that
it Is b -for all the south to be united,
forces his way to tile front and leads the
. . ... le nt’a
von have the action of Colonel Hempin 1
before vou. .
tin-' ’.fishness of purpose, such ln
tenti. n br good and magnanimity of
t ir •, th., act displayed, coup ed with
. ... t , tent and Imna-boi-
.<i Pleas for unity and the re-election of a
pr. '.dent, had never been heard before
and at If - ' »'>e orator of this
.nd oc.a-ioti felt the houso tremble
7ith*th>- roar of continuous applausa
• I*'., forth <b”’P :, n<-, .'n-.-o np-
: , . i< n of his greatness and the grand
! words ha had uttered. The galleriea,
packed with » and gentlemen apee
• > .. 'lint s ot applause
■ Una 1 t ’DiMle’
n „ oul i i from the orcheetni the «M
--’ , off its suet by the emo-
i lions of the occasion, rushed forward In
! on,, compact mass and boro the d‘st’n
gu’sh.d fborgian t- 'bo center of the
.„ wh<r( . ho b.we.l his acknow ledg-
.. nt in the history
of the commercial south, it will rank
..load of all, and as a classic oration de
li.-nd with the fervid fire of pent-up
emotion love for the cause he repre-
nts-the industrial south-the speech
will live always In the memory of those
who heard It and be preserved in the lit
erature that tells of the south of the
or. .nt day and its advance onward to
commercial glory. The speech as caught
in the fim litmus applause, that broke
forth alm ■ t continuously throughout Its
delivery, 1 here give as an oratorical im
promptu cm ot the purest conception;
tr- .tv I’o ‘ntirr.ated privately to other
•-. t tt’o’r- i' .'vev. r. that he would not con
sent io"tb. li’. ' i ’’l' a time for a vote
t ntil then also ■ '"•■'• ,'
action upon
. ation <>f tin 'an ...
a. M-.I -an ai me d strenuously
i it i<»ih sis iti» xpe(ii< nt mid un
" , rv .' He ."It. >< <1 >l>-" «'■ I!r , U -
.. n , tiie only power whose In
vests woul i be asset ted y »JP«>yhfi«»n
. - . rthieitions and said that Nicaragua
. ; : • Rica 1 Id a right to I-• corwid-
;;< d in that < Fui ih rimu
. ... of war . v.i hodv knew that tin
’anal would be pro.e. .d to Uv fullest
ext nt : that any provision whatevr
• !,< ,ri-- upon this point was needless no
admitted how-ver. that he had no doubt
that il the I’niP'l
wi • h ih» construction of the canal ulin
.> t r: t taking •• l< -- «eure its neulral
. . ■ . uid i •• grit v.'trdy <>t-
■.. : and that he thought It ;-<■’• h;>-
. p.l. that file offense would be con
. s’.t!!.!-n”.v n.ve "> lead to hos
; lit e ; l.etv.e. n the two countries
••Do vou mean.” i. k-vl Senator Bevcr
idc ’ tiiat, notwlth landing the present
in- r. ' iti n< b. tween the countries,
. war if we should
, construct ’he ’anal "Ith our means and
I :il q'ni’or M.'r-an replied that he cons'.d
--e-. i that result among the probabilities.
’’But ” he continued. "I should not bi
deterred by that circumstance.
Hay Watches His Treaty.
’ Washington. December 7.-(Speelal.)~
Secret-.rv Hay believes that the nrnend
r. nt of the H>v-I’auncefote treaty "HI
r.sult tn BUCh delaj aa win make the ’ n
•i tment of Nicaragua canal icglslatk n
imn.'s-ibie at this .-• sslon of <‘<’ n ? rcss ’
am! that " 'Ul<l mean no canal bill for at
‘ The ' sc.’r’ tary of state refratns-ar.d
v«rv naturally—from commenting tor
publication or in any ofii ial way upon
the work of congress, because he regards
such comment ..eyond the province of
the executive branch of the government;
l.ut In his heart-to heart talks w.th
Ir'ends he docs not hesitate to express
his opln on that the senators who are
sincerely in favor of early canal legisla
tion Will m ,b, ir ’ ”
ticking on to the treaty any of the
amendments tf.ey have under consldera
-1 First of all. there is absolutely no as-
Ft-ianee th .t Great Britain will accept
j tin amendment. S r.ator Lo lias said
tc wa< iH-rfeelly crtfiln that the pro
d i hange would nm must any oo-
V.iioli fi..». ore.lt Britain, but I have it
j... (h, ba p >ssible sour< e that th< re
t , • intimation on that lllie ' r-iu
iGieit Britain There is no way su n a
i thing could have Isen asked for with i.ny
' •« t-'-spe. ; on the part *»( tiiis govern
' i.. nt. nd o rtalnlv m way in which this
. '. i d' li .ve been vol'lllt. ’led. The presi
... ,rt nor S . rotary Hay have, ever had
.uiv.him.' Ll’e assurance ot this kind.
iM:. l.od- ■ talks with great positiveness
' <>: wh it he ku >ws V> both case, but that
It is probs’ ly because he Is from Boston,
| and believes'lie knows everything. But,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DEC EM BEK 10, 1900.
even if there should be no objection on '
the part of England, though the tone of
th. British press mdicaies oth. >. n .
there would still be an almost ..1U
U.-I.ay that would .arry the canal bill
ever to another session.
house proceedings.
Army Bill Before the House.
•Washington. December s.—When the
hous- nut the speak r announc'd that
he had a communication from the lamlly
of Mr lloutelle, of Maine, resigning his
position as chairman of the committee on
naval affairs. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsyl
vania, from the committee <>. rules, then
presented a special order for the imrnc- ,
diate consideration of the army bill.
Mr. Richard n, of Tennessee, said that
his side of the house recognized the nc- |
cesslty for some legislation, but did not .
agree that this bill, establishing a per
manent standing army, should become a
law. If an emergency exists, an emer
gency should be provided for. It was
proposed to provide an army which could
l*e expanded at the will of one man from
58,000 to 100,000. No matter how good or
able that man might be he was not wil
ling to see one man given such power.
It was, tn bls opinion, t rdicatlng the
functions of congress. Mr. Richardson
said he was ready at all times to vote to
put down rebellion anywhere and every
where that it existed, but under the stress ■
of an emergency, he was not willing to
establish permanently a large standing
army.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, also In
veighed against clothing the president
with discretionary power to expand or
contract the army at will.
Mr. Grovesnor, ot’ Ohio, in support of ■
the bill, said that personally he was in i
favor of a standing army of lUO.O'J" men.
The people, he said, were not frighten
ed when a demagogue said that the pur
pose of increasing th armj was to sta
tion large regiments near large cities to
oppress labor. It was a glorious tribute
to our system that never had the pres
ident of the United States attempted to
abuse his power over the army. One of
the magnificent acts of Grover Cleve- !
land had been his assumption of his ’
duty lo keep the —ace in a’great com- '
monwealth by means of the United States
army when the governor of that state did
not want him to interfere.
It was then arrang'd that general de
bate should run for two hours on a
side and that then . bill should be
considered under the live-minute rule.
Army Reorganization Bill Passed
Washington, December 6.—The house of
representatives today passed the army re
organization bill by a vote of 166 to 133.
Three democrats—Messrs. Hall, of Penn
sylvania, and Underhill and Clayton, of
New York—voted with the republicans for
tho lull, und Mr. McCall, republican, of
Massachusetts, with the democrats
against it.
Tho proposition which some of the
democrats attempted to commit their side
to In caucus, an extension of the present
By C. V/. Deining.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: Your motto, ‘Busi
ness, no politics, no sectionalism.’ is one under which I have been work
ing for thirty years. My heart is big enough and my patriotism broad
enough to take In the whole country. I desire no better epitaph writ
ten on my tomb than ‘He did all he could to upbuild and develop his
country.’ (Applause.)
‘‘Mr. Secretary, in your able speech yesterday you uttered a senti
ment that met with a cordial response in my heart. The confederate
.soldier was Indeed willing, thirty-five years ago, to shed his blood and
die for his country, but It Is a blessed privilege for him to have been
spared so as to live in the present day ami be active In develop.ng his
own beautiful and loved south. (Great applause.)
••There are three kings on this platform—they are not imported, either,
their home is In the south. (Referring to the cotton bale, the coal and the
iron on the stage.) I would as readily take off my hat and bow to any hon
orable and upright gi titleman in this body as to bow to any potentate In
Europe. I today take off my hat and make a low obeisance to King Cot
ton, King Coal and King Iron. (Applause.)
“Wo read In holy writ that the groat prophet, Elijah, one time
while in the city of Dothan, rose up early with his servant and went
Into the outskirts of the city. The n’ght before Benhadad, king of
Syria, had come with his armed leg:-ns and surrounded the place. When
the servant of Elijah saw this innumerable throng of the enemies of
Israel hta face blanched with fear and his knees trembled. The great
prophet spoke to him calmly, saying that ‘they that be with us are
more than they that be with them.’ Elijah told him to look again. The
young man d d so. and he Joyfully exclaimed, ‘The mountain Is covered
and the heavens arc full of horses and chariots of fire.’ The fear left
him and his trembling ceased, for he knew that the hosts that were with
Elijah were far stronger than those with Benhadad.
"I am not a prophet or the *on of a prophet, but I think I can
make you see visions here today. I wave my hand over this bale
of the great staple, and what do we see? There appear te n millions of
bales of the wonderful product of the south, it is being manufactured
Into fabrics by the mills of the south, until every pound Is used up- Wo
look again and see white-winged ships from every clime coming to our
chores for these goods. We look again and see those ships returning to
their homes laden with fabrics with which earth’s millions are clothed.
“I wave my hand over this dark pile, and what do we see? A light
brighter th in that that flashes from the diamonds of Golconda's mines.
We sec a tlame reach.ng to the very heavens, giving light, heat and com
fort to millions of people. (Applause.)
"1 wave rny hand over this otner dark and rugged pile, and wo see
myriads of bright links reaching around the world and binding every
country on earth to our southland with hooks of steel that cannot be
torn loose. (Applause.)
“Now, brethren of this great convention, sometimes we get discour
aged; sometimes we are weary ana heartsore because wo think other
countries and other sections are i orglng ahead of ours. The next time
you are tempted and tried, think of these visions and the great possi
bilities of our beloved south, and lot us exclaim, with the great proph
et, ’They that lie with us are more than they that be with them.’
“Brethren, let us he united (applause), for In union there is strength.
there be no bickerings and let no divisions enter this convention.
Let us stand together, helping • -eh other, if Virginia erects a flour
mill, let Tex a, rejoice. If Nort.i Carolina builds a cotton mill, let Ar
kansas be gi ■ i f South Caroana and cnariestoti get up a great expo
sition. let New Orleans gladly help, if Georgia constructs a railroad, let
Tennessee know that she wll be benefited. If Alabama builds a gre.it
furnace, let Kentucky send her fairest daughter and best Bourbon to
dedicate it. If Mississippi gets a great industry or technical institute,
let Florida send wreaths of orange blossoms to crown and bless It.
(Great applause.)
“Ir Lou.siana deepens the bed of this wonderful river, the Father of
Waters, let Missouri and St. Louis send great white river palaces to reap,
not only the benefits, but to confer blessings also. We must exert our
every energy In the upbuilding of our great country. Let us not de
pend altogether on others. If we cannot give a reason for the faith that
Is in us, others will do It for us. Gentlemen, we have a great work be
fore us, and in that work let us be as one people. Ix-t the sentiment ut
tered by Ruth to Naomi he our sentiment: ’Entreat me not to leave
thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest. I
will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my peo
ple, and thy God my God; where thou dlest, I will die, and there will I
be burled. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part
thee and me.’ (Applause.)
"In these few expressions I have uttered the honest sentiments of
my heart. Mr. President. I extend to you my hand, promising to give
you all the assistance in n»y power; not only that, I promise you the
aid of the great paper 1 represent.’ (Tumultuous applause.)
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' temporary army until July 1, 1903. which
was voted upon indirectly on a motion
to recommit, commanded the votes of
only about half the opposition and two
republicans—Mr. McCall and Mr. Mann,
| of Illinois. Many of the democrats, how
ever. voted against the motion because
i they w-re not only opposed to the reor
ganization, but also to continuing the
temporary army at its present strength.
Quite a number of amendments were
pl ie. <1 upon the bill before It was passed.
I li ■ liveliest light was made upon a sub
stitute offered by Mr. Littleln'd. of
Ma re, for the canteen section. Ti’.e sub
stitute absolutely prohibited the sale of
' intoxicants at military posts. It was sup
ported by Littlefield, Grosvenor, repub
lican. of Ohio; Dick, republican, of Ohio,
1 and Hay, democrat, of Virginia, and op
: posed by Slayden, democrat, of Texas;
Fitzgerald, democrat, of Massachusetts;
I Pearce, republican, of Missouri; Parker.
I republican, of New Jersey, and Bar
tholdt, republican, of Missouri.
Large delegat.ons from the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which is In
session in this city, watched the tight
from the g.Jlerles. When tho vote was
taken the prohibition amendment was
carried by an overwhelming majority—
! 159 to 51. Mr. Bartholdt attempted to se
i cure a record vote in the house, but the
peculiar parliamentary status shut him
| out. The sections designed to retire Gen
eral Shafter as a major general and Gen
erals Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson
as brigadier generals were stricken out.
Mr. McClellan, of New York, gave no
; tice that at the proper time ho should
| offer a substitute for th<» whole bill to
, continue In force the present daw for a
provisional army.
Grout Bill Passes the House.
Washington, December 7.—The hous?
today passed the Grout oleomargarine
' bill by a vote of 196 to 92.
The substitute ordered by the minority
of the committee on agriculture which
Imposed additional restrictions on the sale
of oleomargarine to prevent Its fraudu
lent sale ns butter and increased tho
penalties for violators was defeated by a
l vote of 113 to 178.
i The bill as passed makes all articles
i kt own as oleomargarine, butterlne, Iml-
I tation butter or imitation cheese trans
ported intQ any state or territory for con
sumption or sale subject to the poli i
I pow r of such a state or terr tory, but
P’i vents any state or territory from
forbidding tho transportation or sale of
sv eh product when produced and sold
free from coloration in imitation of but
i ter. The bill increases the tax on oleom ir
[ g; rine colored in imitation of butter from
■ 2 to 1" cents per pound, and decreases the
! tax on oleomargarine un< olored from ?
I cents to li of a e nt per pound.
WAR REVENUE CUT 940.000.000
Payne Introduces Bill Reducing Tax
ation Materially.
Washington. December s.—Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means commit
tee, today introduced tho bill reducing
the taxation under tiie war revenue act.
after the republican members of the com
mittee had agreed to the form of the
measure and the articles to receive the
reduction of tax. The bill provides an
aggregate reduction estimated at D O .-
000.348.
The chief Items of this reduction are
the stamp taxes, amounting to 0;
beer. 19,632.971; cigars, 13.159.764; propri
etary articles, omitting wines, f3.115.2e3.
The estimated reductions in detail as
given out bv Mr. Payne are as follows:
Beer. $9.53.’.712; cigars. $3,156.7C4; special
taxes '(s tion 2i, commercial bro kers.
custom house brokers. 15.167; eir- •
cus 111,714: th-Hers. 117.17 X; e:; i.bitions, i
not’otherwise provided, j'l,2 4 ; total spe- :
cial tax. 5257.559. ,
Tho decision conc«rn!ng beer was ar-|
rived at after some division and by a di- I
vided vote. It was first attemp’ed io .
make the reduction on tea. but t-is was
not concurred in, and the quesj n re
curring to beer, the reduction was de
cided upon.
ROOT WANTS LOT OF CASH.
Secretary of War Forwards His Es- j
t'mates to House.
Washington, December 3.—The secretary ‘
of war forwarded today to the house I
committee on appropriations a compara- j
tlve statement of war department esti- i
mates for the fiscal years 1901 and .
together with a statement of appropria- i
Hons for fti’r • urrent tis-al y< .r. The i
estimates for ll'fi amount to_ S!_SS.9O3,Ad. I
and for 19‘‘2 amount to 1171,773555. The
appropriations for the present fiscal year |
amount to $H5,21<.">.934. I
The estimates for public works. Includ- I
Ing rivers and harbors, fortitlc.acons, etc .
amounting to I'P'.•>■->, are 1183.2’1.1 more
than the estimates for 19nl and J34.710.5i! j
more than the appropriations for the pres
ent fiscal year. >_
EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT
Secretary of Treasury Sends the Fig
ures to Congress.
Washington, Decemlier 5. —The Secre
tary of the treasury today sent to con
gress the annual estimates of the ex
penses of the government for tho com
ing year. They aggregate 5'2’6.741,..1'
1 his Is a slight decrease from the total
estimates of last year. The appropria
tions of the present year are II.mI.um.U'IJ. i
The estimates cover every branch of gov- i
eminent service and by departments are |
as follows:
Legislative. $10,956,700; executive, $283.-
4<*i; state department. $2,125,148; treasury
ibpartment, $155.8i2i.136; war department.
$i7.;,658.345; navy department, $55.913.2’8;
interior department. $170.71-9.705; p istofii. e
department. $6,295,877; department of agri
iulture, It.i’iia.i sa; u. partment of labor.
$177,980; department of justice. $>:,993,170.
The details of the war and navy esti- I
mates, including rivers and harbors, have
b-en published.
The public building estimates include ;
Baltimore custom house, $500,000; New
York custom house, $500,0o0; and Tampa. ;
Fla., court house postofflee and custom |
house, SIOO,OOO. Marine la spltal at Hoc.- '
ouiiu.'S.ira.il"''. Th- total for rivers :.’:d:
harbor- including continuing contracts, |
is $33,881,317.
The total for pensions Is $144,000,000; for
fe.-s and examinations. 17-9,c"i, and lor
pension agences, $545.23').
New consuls are estimated for as fol
lows:
Nu-Chwang and Han-Chow. $3.M‘) each;
Fort Limon. Costa Rica. s2.o**); Moscow.
82.1100; M. nzanlllo. Cuba. 51.5 b").
For Indian affairs, $9,250 571.
—
FREE WITH GOVERNMENT COIN.
Report on Rathbone and Neely Is
Made Public.
Washington, December 7.—Senator ,
Platt, of Connecticut, chairman of the j
jenate committee on relations with Cuoa, I
today made public the statement pr* -
pared by the auditing division of the we’, j
department, showing the expenditures ■
made by E. G. Rathbone, late director of ;
the department of posts for Cuba. Ihe i
statement is included In a volume of Jbl
pages am! covers the period from Janu- i
ary 1. 1899. to April 39. I’**). The total dis- ’
allowances for the sixteen months were ;
$72,631.
The first disallowance was on account I
of an expenditure of $-5' tor a duchess j
carriage, made on the 2Sih of February. ’
1899. After that time there were fre- |
quent disbursements forth director gen- |
eral's carriage service. Mu ch 2’ h he
paid $302 for a set of harness .and car
riage '‘auxiliaries;’’ April 7th, sl2 for a
Jiplgapa hat and lor another hat for his .
coachman with loset'e and on th- same '
date $306 for harness, etc. Rent for lb • j
coachman, stable, • tc., s- ins to bar
been regularly paid out of the public ,
funds at the rate of $11" per month, and
In one or two ins:an-< s the hostler’s sala
ry was thus supplied. All th- coach fur
nishings were provided in this way. In
May. 15.)9. a uniform costing S4O, a pair
of boots costing sls and another hat cost
ing $9 were bought for ills coachman. Jun
Sth a rain coat costing s’_**• was supplied
to that Individual. The coach was later
supplied with rubber tires at an expense
to the public of sllO- In addition the e
were many miscellaneous charges tor sta
ble rent and carriage and car hire. A:1
of the payments made to C. F. W. Neely,
chief ot the financial bureau of the de
partment. appear to have been carefully
scrutinized, and many of them were dis
allowed. Most of the payments made to
him apparently were on account ot the
ofllce furnishings, fre ght. drayape, mov
ing. advance in salaHes, etc. Tn-re are |
lwo or three items in his accounts of .
from 11" to for the payment fur laun
dry bills lor the director general s coa< h- ,
man. on October 14. 1899. *5,123 was F ata
to N< - •
gold taken to the I idled Stales an .
tins was disallowed, as were several o-.u
minor charges in eoimecUou with th
transaction. Neeley made a tup lo Ue
i n ted Stales, going a» 1-’ "»-• “
old home m fnauna. unuc; the du ction,
fm’nection uere aisaii-w-d upon :e-< x.un
ination, but not. ot course, unl.l thij hay
i . n ~aid. He also made advances to
Rathbone and to V» E. \v ilm on account
of trips io the United States, whicn were
not sanctioned b> th- aud.tor. Some of
the items in this connection amount to
aS IiJ nU AprU B 1899.’ Mr. Rathbone made a
visit to the country, claiming it was made
in obedience ot orders from the postmas
ter generH. but tne auditor tinus that the
trio was not authorized and refuses to
sanction the -nlir. expenditure, winch
w s an even $-W. Similar action is taken
with reference to the purchase of an
enameled lath tub for Hie department
of pests secured at a cost of $42.
Tiie auditor recommends th? disallow
ance of $12,281 spent tor repairs on the
department uilding and also a deposit
of $12,000 "erroneously credited to Rath
bone.”
Sulzer Wants To Stop Boer War.
Washington, December 4.—Representa
tive Sulzer, of N-vv Yuk. today intro
duced a resolution in the house reciting
that congress protests in the name of hu
manity and civil zatlon against the con
tinuance of the Boer war and urging the
British government to adopt th- arbitra
tion to stop the “awful atrocities’’ ‘n
South Africa.
Washington, December 4.—Representa
tive Sulzer, of New York, today Intro
duced a resolution in the house reciting
that congress protests in the r.ame of hu
manity and civil zatlon against the con
tinuance of the Boer war and urging the
British government to adopt the arbitra
tion to stop the "awful atrocities'* ; n
South Africa.
PKICE: FIVE CENTS.
GIOS FOB CRIERS
MB BATTLESHIPS
OPENED,
Metal Kings and Shipbuild
ers Gather at Navy De
partment in Numbers.
CONTHACTS TO BE lET
RUN UPTO $50,000,000
'
Eight Concerns Make Figures Seek
ing the Work, and in Nearly
Every Instance the Offers
Arc Well Within Limit
of Cost Allowed.
Washington, December 7.—Never since
the birth of the new navy has there been
such a gathering of ship builders and
metal kings as were assembled in the
office of the scc’ctary of the navy at noon
today to witness the opening bids for the
amount of th? naval construction which
Secre’ary Long denominated as the great
est Industrial event this or any other
country had ever seen, involving the plac
| Ing of contracts of about ?50.OO0. n t't). Tho
j •-•-cretary I?ft the cabinet meeting to pre
! side at th? -eremony, and associated with
him were th? chiefs <>f the naval bureaus.
Admiral nichb? n. Adml al Melville. Ad
miral O’Neill and others, while among
the sp-ctators were Henry Scott, Charles
and Edwin Cramps. Mr. Trigg, of the
Ri-hmond Tzwomotive Works; President
Morse, Manager Newnan and John Lind
i say. of the N< vv York Ship Building Com
! pany, the New Delaware river conccn;
i Manager Clark?. the Mi’eg Tool Com
• pany; Louis Nixon, of the Crescent
' works: President Olcott. Judge Payson
I and M.anng-r Post, of th? Newport Ncx <
■ works; F. O We!' T ,'* an t IT. T ’ '-
I well, of the Fot: nver works; President
I Taylor and Mr. T.arb-tt. of the Rldson
Phin Building Company; John Dialogue,
of Camden, and a number of others Iden
tified with ship building.
There wer? eight bidders, and most of
the bids were well within th? limit of cost
allowed by congress for the ships. The
notable feature was the attempt on the
part of th? younger and smaller concerns
to bn ak the line of the old organizations
wh! h have constructed .al! of the heavy
vessels of tho new navy up to this time.
While it is not possible at this moment to
f<> r oca-t results accurately, there - re In
dications that in at least one instan e.
! :md r haps two Instances, these attempts
1 will be attended with some degree of suc-
I cess, for it looks as though some of tha
I work will be ' estowed upon the I ort
: river company, which appears for tho
: first tin-’ as a bidder for the construct
j ing of armored ships. The I’ac.tic coast.
I too. presents a likely candidate in the
I M ran bid. B-cause of changes made in.
' th-- specifications by the bidders, the gen-
I cral t ndcncy of which is to considerably
I • educe ti'c eQuipmcnt of the ships, it is
! not possible to ted which ot the bids are
actually the lowest.
As read the bids for armored cruisers
I are;
Union Iron Works. San Francisco, one
Sil. at. .i and p- :-a, S3,Byo,WJ; without
I sheathing
Wliliam Cra.up Sons, Philadelphia.
I Pa., one she.it b d. t ut uneoppered, $3.>.•.•.-
?. .... . ' 1
| Do-k nipiay, one sb-a:hcd and cop
-1 |.e r ed. one v. iln t sheath al
i ;3.775y'0; this for two ships.
aio.an 15:os ci Seatt - Wash., on?
...o, or two it each.
> Fort River Ship Hu: »ting and Jxtcomo
! tlve Works. (Juii.ev. M-ass.. on-, sh-ath.-1
and copperi-.l ~ 41. or two at
each; without sheathing, one for la.X'X).'**..
or two at i3.us.tv. 1 each. The same b.‘J
is made ai. for two more ships at tne
same price ud under the some conditio:—;
under the a-t of 19V). The preceding
biddera, Moran & B cs an 1 the N- w ■
News com .any. made similar propositlons-
Joha Didoaue & Sons. Camden, N. J-.
one sheathed s3.'2s.<tX); another under the
i act ot IP«> at tl.e same price.
Riadon Iron and Loo motive Work.--. San
i Francisco, one without sheathing j4.-11.,-
009.
The battleships bids as read are:
Cramp A- Sons, one sheathed and cop
pered. $3.C00.0V).
Newport News company, on? sheath d
and coppered $3,593,v)0; one unsheathed
$3..’ 10,1X10.
Fort river wo'ks, one for $3.5M),000, er
1 tw« for $3.*55.0»j each, all sheathed and
coppered. Without st'-athing on-. I r
’ s:< igt'.OOj, two for $3.4*K».'X») each. A bld
■ also is submitted for two more at tiie
same prices under the act of r>o.
j .I din H. Dialogue & Sons, one sh. ath-d
’ and coppered $3.400.‘V'; one without
I sheathing s.l.4:An-ther at the same
I figure under th.- act of 19V».
Bath Iron Works, one sheathed and
copiM-r-.l s3,.>lAt*)o.
New York Ship Building Company, one
sheathed and c >ppe ed, $1.2"'.’“0 or two at
11.175.VX) each. Without sheathing one
for s4.l(«».tYx> or two for $4,975,000 each.
This firm offers to reduce the time limit
of completion six months.
Moran Bros. & Co . Seattle, one sheath
ed and coppered £:.S6s.ti(M> or two sheath. 1
$3,401" 'V) each. Without sheathing.
for $3,697,000 or two for 13.386A>v each. Bias
I also are made tor two more nt the same
price under the act ot i 960. This firm also
off- s to reduce the time llrait about six
months.
Union Iron works, one unsheathed
13.4'5' .'"■«).
A naval board will consider the bids aul
report upon them.
The acts of congress limit the Cost of
the cruisers to $3.600.!)00 each, and of the
battleships to H. 250.000 for the sheathed
and $4,060.(8)0 for the unsheathed.
Sercetary Long expressed himself as
pleased with the result of the bidding
and that the bids were very liberal.
The bids were for five new battleships
and six armored cruisers, aggregating a
total displacements of 154.(W.
Os the battleships, n imely the Penn
sylvania. New J-.s-v. Georgia, Virg.ma
and Rhode Island, three 'ie to be sheath
ed and coppered and will carry super
imposed turrets; the oth-r two are to
be unsheathed vessels, having “quadrilat
eral arrangement” of eight inch turrets.