The Oregon mist., April 06, 1894, Image 1

OREGON' MI
VOL. II.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY,. APRIL 6, 1894.
NO. 15.
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tamt 7: a. m, itiiirniuK si nil r, m. months have elapsed since the repeal of
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fur I'uiiIiiiiiI dully rpt Hiimlay, at a. a., ar a ,i,,.a(,.nn imrirnvnment Is nn
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I'uriiaiivaiir. .. arriviusatst. Iiiuaat4. . mistakably apparent. Confidence in
onr aliiuiliilfl solvency Is to such an ex
l'UOFE8IONAL.
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ntVSICIAN and SUU0K0X.
Ht. Helens, Oregon.
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PIIYSICIAN and SUKGKON.
C'lalikiiiiie, Ciiluiiilila county, Or.
B. I.fTTLK,
SURVEYOR and
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SILVER BILL VETOED.
Grover Cleveland's Reasons
for Disapproval
THE MEASURE 18 VEEY FAULTY.
Would Tend to Cheek Return to Pros-
peril, ...d Deplete th. ld R..rT.
-Secretary of th. Treasury Would be
11... . . .
Hampered by It. Provisions.
WAHiiiNnniM Tim ivaai.tonr x.nf
the House the following message vetoing
the Bland seigniorage bill
411 To tho House of Representatives: I
I ' return without my approval House bill
J 1 No. 4,690, entitled "An art directing the
coliiHgo of the silver bullion held in the
treasury and for other purposes." My
etronir desire to avoid a disairreement
with those In both Houses of Congress
who have supported this bill would lead
me to approve it If I could believe the
public good would not be endangered,
and that such action on my part would
be a proiw discharge of my official duty,
Inasmuch, however, as 1 am unable to
.1. .1 I. - 1 1 i
saiisiy myseu Hiai ine proposeu legisia-
uuu wm enner wieu or opportune, my ;
eoncention of the obligations and re-
sponsibilltios attached to the great office
I hold forbids the indulirance of mv ner-
Bona desire, and inexorably confines me
to that course which is dictated by my
reason and Judgment and pointed out
by a simre purpose to protect and pro-1
mote the general interest, of our people,
last year's panic.
Tim fln.m lul .Hntnrnr. wl.I. Ji awnt
over the country during last year was
unparalleled in its severity and disas
trous consequences. There seemed to be
an almost entire displacement of faith
In our financial ability and a loss of con
fidence in our fiscal policy. Among those
who attempted to assign the causes for
Willi niitruiliLiTij w anniicu uio vur lur .
our distress it was ery generally .con-
mli d that the operation of the provision
of the law then in force which required
the government to purchase monthly a
large amount of silver bullion and to Is
sue Its notes In payment therefor was
sponsiuie lor our conitiiton. j 111s teu 10
the repeal on the 1st day of November,
igu2, of this statutory provision. We
. , ',,- fallen so' low In the dentin
10 a. fur of depression, and timidity and appre
hension hail so completely gained con-
tent reinstated and faith in our disposi
tion to adhere to eon ml financial meth
ods so far restored as to produce the
most encouraging results both at home
and abroad. The wheels ol domestic in
dustry have lieen slowly set in motion,
and the tide of foreign investment is
train afar tad In our direction. Our re
covery heing so well under way, nothing
should be done to check our convalea-
cence. nor should we forget that a re-
laoae at this time would almost surely ol sucn coinage; dui ih language wu..m
Xo? m to "tow?? it. financial tfjm to permPt the issuance of such cer
dlstree, than that from which we am tificate. to doub e the ount of he
just emerging. I believe that if the bill
under consideration should become a
law it would be regarded as a retrogres
sion from the financial intentions in
dulged by our recent repeal of the pro
vision forcing silver bullion purchases;
that it would weaken, If it did not. a
- - : , , . ., ,
itryitue returning faith and confidence
inonr flnllncmi tendencies, and
thai In miiBMinence our nrosress to re
! newed businees health would be unfor- ,
tunately cheie- and a Teturn to our re-
cent distressing plight wnously threat-
ened.
uilUTlllin ONLY BV CONFIDENCB.
- nnnaiilnrinir the nresunt intrinsic rela-
tion between gold and silver, the main- MQ m that case the notes will be de
tenance of a parity between the two proved and silver certificates to an equal
metals, as mentioned in' this law, can Brnount substituted. I am convinced
mean nothing loss than a maintenance this scheme is ill-advised and dangerous,
of such parity in the estimation and A, an ultimate result of its operation
confidence of the peop' ho use our the treasury notes which are legal ten
money in daily transactions. Manifest- ' uer jor an dybts, public and private,
ly a maintenance of this parity can only and wnich are redeemable in gold or stf
be accomplished, so far as it is affected , ver ftt the option of the holder, will be
by these treasury notes and In the eat' replaced by silver certificates, which,
niation of the holders of the same, by 1 whatever may be their character and
Jiving such holders on their redemption ' rjeei.riptionL will have none of these
u coin either gold or silver, which they r anttiit!es. In anticipation of this result
' prefer. It follows that while tn terms
the law leaves mo i-mm-o ui m . notes win naiurauy aiijiretiaw u iu
paid on such redemption to the discre- anj desirability. The fact that gold
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, ' can be realised upon them, and the
the exeroise of this discretion; If opposed furt)ier fact that their destruction has
to the demands of the holder, is entirely een decreed when they reach the treas
inconsistent with the effective beneficial ; nry magt tend to their withdrawal from
maintenance of a parity between the generai circulation, to be immediately
two metals. If both gold and silver are pgented for gold redemption, or to be
to serve us a money, and if they to-;, f,oarded for presentation at a more con
gether are to supply to our people a yenient season. , , ;
Safe, stable currency, the necessity of - a reduction of gold.
Dreaervinir th s parity is obvious. Buch . A reduction or 001,0.
Secessity Ls Iwen repeatedly conceded The sequel of both operation, will b
i 1 tlw platforms of botn political parties a large addition to the mlver currency in
and in our federal statutes. It is now, our circulation and a corresponding re
here more emphatically recognized than duction of gold in the easnry. Argu
in the recent law which repealed the ment ba, been made that these thingt
nrovisionunder which the. bullion now will not occur at once, because a long
on hand was purchased. - "
DOLLARS OF EQUAL VALUE.
Thio iaUf .naiflta nn the maintenance 01 ,
a parity in the value of the coins of the
two metals and the equal power of every (
dollar at all times in the markets and in
the payment of debts. The Secre
: -1 1.. Troonnrv han therefore.
lary 01 hio v - , -
for the best of reasons, not onlv com
plied with the evory demand for the
redemption of these treasury notes in
uold. but the present situation, as well
is the letter and spirit of the law, ap
pear plainly to justify, if they do not
Enjoin upon him, the continuation of
such redemption. The conditions I have
endeavored to present may he thus sum
marized :
First The government has purchased
and now has on hand, milllcient silver
bullion to permit the coinage o all the
silver dollars necessary to redeem m
such dollars the treasury notes issued
for the purchase of said silver bullion,
and enough besides to coin, as gain or
: leCS, 66.166,681 additionaf atttnd
aril silver dollars.
Second There are outstanding and
now in circulation treasury notes Issued
nowln. i lm hnlhon purchased
- -.1K 1)51 280. These notes
amount ng to 152,ii51
in pay .,, These notes
are legal ienur otuer;
iSOTto t-i d
He dues: when held bv banking, aiowin.
tion, they may be counted m part of
i.nur nmui reserve, una are redeemed
bv the government in gold at the option
of the holder,.
ADVANTAOKOUH ATTRIBUTES.
Those advantageous attributes were
deliberately attached to these note, at
the time they were Issued: they are
fully understood by our people to whom
such notes have been distributed as cur
rency, and have inspired confidence in
their safety and value, and have un
doubtedly thus induced their continued
nJ contented use as money, instead of
"nx,Bl' ,or u,e,r empon.
' T, , OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL.
1 Having referred to some incident
, mm relevant to the ubJecti it
remains for me to submit a specific
LZ't& nil? "?
now under consideration.
sists of two sections, excluding the one
which merely appropriates a sum suffi
cient to carry the act into effect.
The first section provides for the im
mediate coinage of the silver bullion in
the treasury, which represents the so-
culled sraiu or seiirnioraee which would
arise from coining all the bullion on
hand, which gain or seigniorage this
sections declares to be $66,150,081. It
directs the money so coined, or certifi-
catcs issued thereon, shall be used in
payment of public expenditures, and
provides that if the needs of the treaa-
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"ry uumaim iv aiinunii i mo
1 icui; '"t uiowohw.., idbuo
silver certiilcates in excess 01 sucn com-
age, not exceeding the amount of the
seigniorage in said section authorized to
be coined.
coinino tub bbmainde8.
The teconA gection direcU that M
M pbi,, fter the coinage of this
geignioragethe remainder of the bullion
held by the government shall be coined
"iw legal termer stiver ootiars, ana mat
they shall be held in the treasury for
the redemption of the treasury notes
issued in the purchase of said bullion.
It provides that as fast as the bullion
shall be coined for the redemption of
said notes they shall not be reissued,
but shall be canceled and destroyed in
. , . .,., -1
equa UI y
coinage provided for, and that silver
certificates shall be issued on such coin
in the manner now provided by law. It
is, however, especially declared in said
section that the act shall not be con
strued to change the existing laws re
lating to the legal tender character or
mode of redemption of the treasury
notes issued for the purchase of silver
bullion to be coined.
TMK ENTIRE IUI.L IB FAULTY.
The entire bill is most unfortunately
constructed; nearly every sentence pre
sents uncertainty and invites contro
versy as to its meaning and intent. The
first section is especially faulty in this
respect, and it is extremely doubtful
whether its language wilt permit the
consummation of its supposed purposes.
I am led to believe that the promoters
of the bill intended in this section to
provide for the coinage of the bullion
constituting the gain, or seigniorage as
it is called, into standard silver dollars,
and yet there is positively nothing in
the section to prevent its coinage into
any description of silver coins now au
thorized under any existing law. I sup
pose this section is also intended, in
case the needs of the treasury called for
money faster than the seigniorage bul-
Hon could actually be coined, to jmn
the issue of silver cefltBuwe
would not represent an ounce of eilver
in the treasury.
OTHER REASONS FOB DISAPPROVAL.
Tn atatimr the other and more impor
tant reasons for my disapproval of this
section I shall, however, assume that
section A BIWIi nunrioi, oou.a.w
d , provisions the treasury notes
ir7 payment for silver bullion will
" . i t. ,i .1 ..i,.-iniwii
,d , tion o( the hoU.
d jj)at if when t-jiey are presented
'emption or reach the treasury in
any other manner, there are in the treas
-.1 vlnn tn snch treasury notes, thea
ury coined silver oonars equat iu uuiui-
ind ag an immediate efloct, the treasury
time must elapse before the coinage ol
.nvfhlno' hut the seiirnioraee can be en
tered Upon. If the physical effect, of
monA mpHm. nf
hig m are ot to realised until far
, ( t thU iurnish a strong
rnannn whv it should not be passed so
much in advance, but the postponement
of its actual operation cannot prevent
the fear and loss of confidence and the
nervous prostration which would imme
diately follow its passage and bring
about its worst consequences.
I regard this section of the bill as em
bodying a plan by which the govern
ment would be obliged to pay out its
scanty store of gold for no other purpose
than to force an unnatural addition of
silver monoy into the hands of the peo
ple. This is an exact reversal of the
policy which safe finance dictates, if
we are to preserve the parity between
gold and silver and maintain a sensible
'ftiope a way will present itself in the
near future for the adjustment of our
monetary affairs in such a compre
hensible and conservative manner as
will afford to silver its proper place in
our currency, but in the meantime I
am extremely solicitoW'that whatever
a 1 41. la BiiKiaof man ha
action we wkb ou ""J- ""v -
, and diBcourage-
ment to our people at borne ana we qe-
management abroL
IEXT OF NEW TREATY.
The Terms of the Instrument
Negotiated By , ,
MESSRS. GBESHAH AND YANG YU.
KslstIng Laws for the Ksclnslon of Chi
nese In No Mannar Interfered With
it Will Not Abrof uta the Geary and
MeCrear Registration Acts.
Washington. When the first mud
dled report of the new Chinese treaty
was published Senators and Represent
atives who favored the restriction of
Chinese immigration took alarm. They
thought it meant the undoing of all that
had been done in the past ten years to
shut out, the torrents of Asiatic invasion.
Acting on this idea, many of them
criticised what they understood to be its
provisions, but now that the text of the
treaty is known there has been some
thing like a revulsion of feeling. It now
appears that the essence of the treaty is
the establishment of reciprocal relations
between the two nations in regard to
prescribing; terms on which the people
of one nation may reside in the other,
and for exclusion where either may deem
it wise. -
It has long been known that the Chi
nese wanted to remove the stigma of
having her people subjected to exclusion
laws and residence regulations by this
country, to which the people of no other
nation were subjected, and to which
Americans in China were not subjected.
The best efforts of Chinese diplomacy
have for years been directed to securing
the removal of what the Chinese rulers
regarded as an Invidious and humiliat
ing distinction. By this treaty this dis
tinction is removed. By it Chinese and
Americans are placed on the broad level
of equality in respect to exclusion from
or residence in the alien country.
CHINA'S AGREEMENT.
To secure these reciprocal relations
China ha, agreed to recognize the pres
ent laws of the United States relating to
Chinese as of full force and to cease pro
testing against their enforcement.
The President and Secretary Gresham,
on the other hand, to remove the fric
tion between the two nations and pro
mote commercial intercourse (for it is
understood a commercial treaty will fol
low if this one be ratified), have agreed
to these reciprocal relations. ' The real
question in the minds of many is whether
the game is worm tne canine.
. Following is the full text of the treaty:
Whereas, On the 17th day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1880, and of Kwangsu, the
sixth year, tenth moon, fifteenth day, a
treaty was concluded between the United
States and China for the purpose of reg
ulating, limiting or suspending the com
ing of Chinese laborers to and their res
idence in the United States; and
Whereas, The government of (Jtitna,
in view of the antagonism and much-
deprecated and serious disorder, to
which the presence 01 uninese laoorers
baa (iiven rise in certain parts of the
United State,, desire, to prohibit the
emigration of such laborers from China
to the United States ; and,
Whkkkas, The two governments de
sire to co-operate in prohibiting such
emigration and to strengthen in other
ways the Donas 01 irienasnip Detween
the two countries; and,
Whereas. The two governments are
desirous of adopting reciprocal measure,
for the better protection of citizens or
subjects of each within the jurisdiction
of the other; now, therefore, the Presi
dent of the United States has appointed
Walter tl. Gresham. Secretary of State
of the United States, as his plenipoten
tiary, and Ins Imperial Majesty, the r.m-
t iit 1 ! IV V
peror 01 iinn, iiaB aiiuuiiiieu 1 bhik 1 .1,
an officer ot tne second ranx, buo-jji-leetor
of the Court of Sacrificial Wor
ship and Envoy Kxtraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary, and said plenipo
tentiaries having exhibited their respect
ive full Dowers, found to be in due form
and good form, have agreed upon the
following articles:
Article I The hich contracting parties
agree that for a period of ten years, be
ginning with the date 01 exenange or
ratification of this convention, the com
ing, except under conditions hereinafter
specified, of Chinese laborers shall be
absolutely prohibited.
Article II The preceding article shall
not apply to the return to the United
States of any registered Chinese laborer
who has a lawful wife, child or parent in
the United States, or property therein
of the value of $1,000, or debts of like
amonntdne him and pending settlement;
nevertheless every such Chinese laborer
shall before leaving the United States
depositees a condition of his return with
the Collector of customs of the district
from which he departs a full description
in writing of his family or property debts
as aforesaid, and shall be furnished by
said Collector with such certificates of
hi, right to return under this treaty as
the laws of the United States shall here
after prescribe and not inconsistent with
the provisions of this treaty, and should
the written description aforesaid be
proved to be false, the right of return
thereunder or of continued residence
after such return in each case shall be
forfeited, and such right of return to the
United States shall.be exerci ! within
one vear from the date of leaving the
United States, but such right of return
to the United States may be extended
an additional period not exceeding one
year. In cases where bv reason of eiok
ness or other cause of disability beyond
his control such Chinese laborer shall be
rendered unable sooner to return which
facts shall be fully reported to the Chi
nese Consul at the port of departure and
by him cert ified to the satisfaction of the
Collector of port at which such Chinese
subject shall land In the United States,
and no such Chinese laborer shall be
permitted to enter the United States by
land or sea without producing to the
proper officer of customs the return cer
tificate herein required. - "
Article III The provisions of this
convention shall not affect tho right at
present enioved by Chinese subjects be
ing officials', teachers, students, mer
chants or travelers for curiosity or pleas
ure, but not laborers, of coming to the
United States and residing therein. To
entitle such Chinese subjects as are above
described to admission into the United
States they may produce a certificate
from their government or the govern
ment where they last resided, vised by
the diplomatic or Consular representa
tive of the United State, in the country
or port whence tbey depart.
Article IV In pursuance of Article
III of the immigration treaty between
the United States and China, signed at
Peking on the 17th day of November,
1880, it is hereby understood and agreed
that Chinese laborers, or Chinese of any
other class, either permanently or tem
porarily residing in the United State,,
shall have for the protection of their
persons and property all the rights that
are given by the laws of the United
States to citizen, of the most favored
nations, excepting the right to become
citizens, and the government of the
United States reaffirms its obligations,
as stated in eaid Article III, to exert all
its power to secure protection to person,
and property of all Chinese subjects in
the United State,.
Article V The government of the
United State, having by act of Congress,
approved May 6, 1802, as amended by
the act approved May 6, 18U3, required
all Chinese laborer, lawfully within the
limits of the United States before the
first named act to be registered as in
said acts provided, with a view of offer
ing them bettor protection, the Chinese
government will not object to the en
forcement of such acta, and reciprocally
the government of the United State,
recognize, the right of the government
of China to enact and enforce similar
law, or regulation, for the registration,
free of charge, of laborer,, skilled or un
skilled (not merchants, as defined by said
acta of Congress), citizen, of the United
States in China, whether residing within
or without treaty ports, and the govern
ment of the United State, agree, that
within. twelve month, from the date of
the exchange and ratification of thi,
convention, and annually thereafter, it
will furnish to the government of China
register, and report, showing the full
name, age, occupation and number or
place of residence of all other citizens of
the United State,, including mission
aries, residing both within and without
the treaty ports of China, not including,
however, diplomatic and other officers of
the United States residing in China upon
official business, together with their
bodv and household servants.
Article VI Thi, convention ehall re
main in force for a period of ten year,,
beginning with the date of the exenange
of ratification, and if six months before
the expiration of the said period of ten
years neither government shall formally
have given notice of its termination to
the other, it shall remain in full force
for another like period of ten years.
Signed in duplicate thi, 17th day of
March, 1894.
Walter Q. Gresham,
Secretary of State.
Yang Yu,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen
ipotentiary of the Imperial Chinese
Government.
THE clatton-bvlweb tkjeatt.
Ilolph's Joint Resolution Providing for
Its Abrogation.
Washington. The joint resolution in
troduced by Dolph to abrogate the Clay-ton-Bulwer
treaty read, as follow, :
" Resolved, By the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United State,
in Congress assembled, that the conven
tion concluded April 19, 1860, and pro
claimed July 6, 1850, .between the
United States and Great Britain, rela
tive to a shipcanal byway of Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, the Mosquito' coast, or any
part of Central America, commonly
known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, is
no longer in force."
Mr. Dolph, speaking upon his resolu
tion, said: -- "
" The introduction of this resolution
doe, not indicate any opposition on my
part to the Nicaragua canal. On the
the contrary, I am in favor of it. When
ever we have made an attempt to do
anything in this or similar matters this
treaty arises like a bugbear to confront
us. The treaty is not in force, and never
has been. Great Britain has violated it
t!me and again, and I believe that we
ought by legislation set it aside and ab
rogate it entirely. Then we can go ahead
with these projects untrammelea by any
conventions of this sort.
ANOTHER DEFICIENCY.
Additional Appropriations Needed for
the United State Court,.
Washington. Acting Secretary Cur
tis of the Treasury Department has sent
to the House a communication from the
Attorney-General calling attention .to
the immediate necessity of additional
appropriations for the fiscal year of 1894
for the expense, of United State, Court,
as follows:
Fees ot witnesses,
... .... ta,0M
Fees of lurors..
60,000
Support of prisoners..
. 276,0110
United State, Marshals, the Attorney
General says, are fearful the Judges will
adjourn the court, unless money is fur
nished for jurors and witnesses. He also
says there is not a district where a United
States Court is held that is not in need
of money for the support of United
States prisoners. The jailer, are needy
men. They supply their own money foi
food for prisoners and guards in protect
ing them, and they ought to be paid
promptly. . ,
Braallian Rebels Retreating;
Kio de Janeiro. A reporter of the
Associated Press has taken great pains
to learn if there was any basis of truth
in the report cable.! the United States in
regard to a revival by Peixoto of the im
perial decrees of 1838 and 1861 relating
to the treatment of foreigner, or natives
who set up a revolt. No one here knows
anything about it, and it can be posi
tively said that no decree has ever been
issued by Peixoto ordering executions
without the form of a trial. A general
southward movement of the government
troops in the State of Sao Paulo is an
nounced. It is believed the rebel, are
retreating.' An afternoon paper declares
General Saraiva has rled to Uruguay.
The defeat of General Salgado is coa-
flrmed. . ' . . . .,. ,-
Sheep Infected With Seab. .
Denver. Complaint has been mad,
to the State Veterinary Board that Utah
sheepmen have invaded Mesa, Delta
and Garfield connties with sheep in
fected with scab. The feeling runs high,
and Governor Waite may have to. call
out the militia. A petition having over
200 signatures hag been presented to th.
Federal authorities at Washington, ask
ing for the protection of the Mesa county
reservation from damage from sheep.
There laNo Prohibition.
Washington. Attorney-General Ol
ney has rendered an opinion that th,
international copyright act of March 3,
1891, does not prohibit the importation
of nncopyrighted lithographs, although
these lithographs may be copies of opy
righted painting,.
BIG RAILROAD DEAL
Great Northern to Take Pos
session of the Oregon
RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION.
To Enter Portland Tla Spokane laeal
Rallsrav Ofllelala Are Dlaenaslnar the
Pn.h.hiiiA. r h. (!on.nn.ntin of
Such a Deal Other Coast News.
Portland. For some days past a ru
mor has been steadily gaining ground
that the Northwest will soon be the
scene of a big railroad deal. Like all
such rumors, it has been impossible to
trace it to any authority, but its very
probabilitv has not only interested rail-
. Vv-j ii. ai
road men, but has given them confidence
to believe the change will be made. Th,
deal, if consummated, will materially
change the complexion of the railroad
situation on the North Pacific Coast.
The rumor, and nothing more can be
claimed for it, is that the Great North-
era will soon take possession of the Ore-
gon Railway and Navigation. It has
been reported that the Union Pacific has
hypothecated it, Oregon Railway and
Navigation holding, to Russell Sage for
ready cash. Mr. Sage is President of
the Iowa Central, of which E. McNeil,
formerly General Manager of the Pacific
Division of the Union Pacific, is General
uuMiogcr. a.ii.,.T w..ju.ui
was in this city, accompanied by Samuel
Hill, the son-in-law of the tireat North
ern magnate and Vice-President of that
road. They were in and oat frequently,
and appeared to devote most of their at
tention to the Union Pacific line, be
tween here and Spokane, inspecting the
various branches and familiarizing them
selves with the business and possibilities
of the Columbia river route. .If the deal
is made, it will therefore give the Great
Northern an entrance to thi, city by the
way of Spokane, while the Union Pacific
will come in via Hnn'ington as at pres
ent. It will also necessitate a thorough
change in the organization of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation, and will give
Portland the general office, of the line.
CALIFORNIA'S CAPITA!,.
for Its Removal la Declared
Unconstitutional.
o . v . rpu. CnnMmn
Sa FRAi.cisco.-The Supreme Court
has rendered it, decision in the suit of
H. P. Livermore vs. E. G. Waite, Secre
tary of State. . The decision is a most
important one, involving the question of
the right of the Legislature to order the
removal of the State capital. It will be
remembered that during; the closing
hours of the last session an act was
passed delegating the power in question
to the Governor, Attorney-General and
Secretary of State. In the decision just
given the Supreme Court holds that the
act is of no force and effect. It is inop
erative for the reason that the Legisla
ture could not delegate its power to any
individual or set of individuals. The
waMiirn tviwAr rpfltji a.lnnA in thn hnnHfl
of the people, and it is for them alone to cien' means of support the Treasury
settle the question involved. The deci- Department on the recommendation of
sion was written by Justice Harrison, the agent on the island directed that the
Justice Paterson filing a concurring opin- money should be redistributed to the
ion. The view, taken were agreed to by original donors, and it was expended in
all the other members of the court. ; furnishing the people necessary supplies.
Subsequently a demand was made by
w T.i.nh... r.n..ki.. , the Russian consistory at San Francisco
New Telephone Comp.nl... 'on the Commercial Company for the
Prescott, A. T. Articles of 'ncorpo- moneyi this, supplemented by some
ration of six different telephone compa- diplomatic correspondence between the
niea have been filed with the Recorder Russian Minister and the United State,
of this county, the outgrowth of the ex- Kfti'l
piration of the patent on the Bell tele- suited m the letter above mentioned,
phone. The parent company is called Behring Sea affairs absorbedthe at
the Standard Telephone Company, and tention of the Cabinet the other day,
the subincorporations cover all the State, and at the end of the meeting active
and Territories. The incorporator, are steps had been commenced looking to
Thurlow Weed Barnes, Allen T. Nye and the protection of fur seals and the ap
Charles Strauss of New York. The com- prehension of poacher, regardless of the
panics are incorporated under the laws flag they fly. It is said upon the most
of Arizona on account of their being credible authority that the State Depart
more favorable and less expensive than ment does not expect to accomplish any
any other State or Territory. The stock thing with Great Britain nnder a treaty
of incorporation, is not taxed in this supplemental to the award of the court
'.territory.
To Mine In Alaska.
Francisco. An adventurous
San
party of California miners left here in
the schooner C. D. Ladd, bound for
Cook's Inlet and the Upper Yukon in
search of gold. There were fifteen men
in the party, and two. of them were ae-
mmnnninrl bv their wivaa. There were
Dlentv of guns and ammunition for a
long outing. None of the miners expect
to be Dacx inside ot seven montns, ana
some of them not for a year or more.
The latter expect to explore the remotest
parts of the Yukon.
General RoTerldga Harried.
Los Angeles. General Philo Bever
idge, father of Kuehne Beveridge, whose
matrimonial troubles with Actor Charles
Coghlan have become so well known,
was married to Mrs. Ida Wilcox, the
wealthy widow of H. H. Wilcox, owner
of Hollywood, at Hollywood by Rev. Dr.
Campbell. General Beveridge i, a grass
widower. The .announcement of the
marriage caused much comment in thi,
city. General Beveridge ia a son of ex
Governor Beveridge of Illinois.
Wilcox Given Twenty Team.
Seattle. W. A. Wilcox was sen
tenced to twenty years in the peniten
tiary for the murder of Mrs. Charlotte
Fetting in this city last September. The
evidence showed Wilcox to be guilty,
bat the jury found a verdict in the sec
ond degree. Judge Humes gave him the
full limit of the law after denying a mo
tion for a new trial.
Rolling Mill Subsidy.
TACOMA-The subsidy of $35,000 re
quired for moving an Eastern rolling
mill to Tacoma has been raised. H. H.
Warner, master mechanic of the North
ern Pacific railroad, will go East to ex
amine the plant. If as the owner rep
resents, the money will be paid and the
plant moved at once. , ;
- . rands for a New Railroad.
Whatcom. Letter, have been re
ceived at Blaine from Promoter Spencer,
now in Chicago, statins that funds have
been raised tor the. construction of the
Blaine and Eastern railroad a, soon as
the subsidy condition, have been com
plied with.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Herbert', suggestion to give the name
of historic Kearsarge to the next battle
ship of the navy is received everywhere
with marked approval.
Senator Morgan, Chairman of the
Committee on foreign Relations, says
he will move soon to take the Chinese
treaty np. From conferences with other
Senator, he is satisfied it will be ratified.
Secretary Morton has issued a circular
I in answer to inquiries, saying the gov
ernment rain-making experiment, did
not produce such result, as to justify
the belie! tbey could be developed into
ny commercial importance,
jnany senators expect w ooiain in
creases in the river and harbor bill over
the amount, reported in the House.
Representative Hermann say, most of
the Oregon appropriations are more than
20 per cent above the original amount,
allowed by the committee.
Gresham announced at the Cabinet
meeting the other day the practical suc-
f??1 the American contention in the
Behring Sea question, the British gov
ernment having finally given satisfactory
assurance, that the decision of the Pan,
tribunal would be legalized by statutory
enactment,
Speaker Crisp has telegraphed Gov-
ernor Northen, declining the appoint-
ment as Senator. In his telegram the
Speaker says a very large majority of the
Democratic member, of the House had
united in the request that he continue
to serve for the remainder of the session
as Speaker; although deeply grateful to
the Governor and sacrificing a cherished
ambition, a sense of duty compels him
to decline the appointment.
The Aaaigtant Secretary of the Interior
jjiis rendered a decision which will great-
ly enlarge the pension rolls". It will ad
mit to pension, a large number of in
sane, idiotic and permanently helpless
minor children of deceased soldiers,
whose pensions had ceased by the chil
dren attaining the age of 16 years, prior
to the act of June 27, 1890, the decisAn
holding that the act of 1890 baa the ef
fect of restoring these dependent per
sons to the roll during life or the contin
uance of disability'.
The River and Harbor Committee of
the Honse has practically completed the
river and harbor bill for this Congress,
though there may be some minor changes
therein when the bill is finally passed
on by the committee. The bill make, a
total appropriation approximating $9,
900,000. This ia (2,000,000 less than the
appropriation for the current fiscal year,
while the estimates before the commit
tee amounted to $38,770,611. In addi
tion to this amount carried by the regu
lar river and harbor bill the sundry civil
far river and uaruor uiu uio auuurr vivu
wu cobUIm items aggregating $4,300,-
000 for contract work on rivers and har
bors. The total amount available there
fore for the next fiscal year is nearly
$18,000,000.
Secretary Carlisle has sent, to the
House a letter recommending an appro-
S nation of $3,325 to reimburse the
ishop of the Greek Church of Alaska.
This money was voluntarily contributed
in 1891 to the church by its members on.
St. Paul Island, Alaska, and had been
S laced in the hands of an agent of the
orth American Commercial Company
for transportation to San Francisco,
where it was to be delivered to the
Bishop. In view of the fact that the
natives of this land were without suffi-
1 Ol- sruitraMun, iur luo rcnouii iu w.
omy proputuuou suYanou usb mvu iuc.
with a counter proposition tending to
weaken the force and effect of that
ment nave practically abandoned
all hope of securing a continuance of the
modus Vivendi, and if this shall prave to
be the case, the President has decided to
under the authority of the act of
Congress of February, 1893. The whole
subject was discussed, Gresham laying
before the Cabinet a new bill incorporat
ing certain regulation, in line with the
award, the passing of which would indi
cate to England that the United State,
desired the co-operation she had prior to
the meeting of the court of arbitration
pledged herself to give.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations has under consideration a bill
looking to a reorganization of the Nica
ragua Canal Company, and friends of
the enterprise in the Senate are hopeful
of securing a favorable report at an early
day. A subcommittee to consider the
details of the queetion and prepare a
bill, it ia understood, has submitted a
report to the full committee recommend
ing the adoption of Senator Morgan's .
bill with some amendments. This bill
provides for a reorganization of the ca
nal company with 1,000,000 share, at
$100 each ; for the issuance of bonds, the
payment of which will be guaranteed by
the national treasury ; for the cancella
tion of the stock of the old company ; '
and prescribes the method of procedure
nnder the reoraanization act. It is not
supposed the mil will go through the
committee without opposition. How-'
ever, there ie thought to be some major
ity for the bill in the committee, and
there is little doubt the bill will go on,
the calendar with a favorable report.
Friends of the bill assert a scheme for
building a canal across the isthmus un
der the auspice, of the United State,
has made material progress in public es
timation within the past few years. At
tention ia called to the fact by a member
of the committee that the President had'
changed from hi, attitude of hostility K
which he occupied nine vears ago, to one
of open advocacy, and that the Legisla-.
tares of the various State, and Cham-,
ber of Commerce of several large cities
have memorialized Congress In the in-!
terest of the enterprise, advocating; the
bnildihir of the canal by the government
Jthat the House Committee, which orijri
or with its support. It is also asserted
nallv annosmi the measure, has chanired
in sentiment and ia now in a fair way tn
report a bill similar to th Morgan UH,