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' THE MORNINa OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY. 20, 1900. MUCH CLARK MON New Points Brought Out at the Senate Committee Hearing. FOUR NEW WITNESSES HEARD Ilntte Lawyer Relates an Interesting Story of His AVandering Alter the Montana Election. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. The hearing before thesenate committee on privileges and elections In the case of Senator Clark, of Montana, developed four new witnesses and continued to a finish the testimony of the accountant, Rector, who liad been on the stand "Wednesday. The new witnesses were Representative Cooney, E. C. Butler, a preacher named Warren, who was chaplain of the Montana house of repre sentatives, and a lawyer named Cason. The two last-named testified to many In cidental proceedings which lent excep tional interest to their statements. William F. Rector went on the stand at the beginning of the day's session. He said that all he did In securing rooms was reported to the higher authorities, and he volunteered, in this connection, the state ment that, "in the case of every man pur chased, it was necessary to report to Mr. Clark." He had not made such report himself, being "only a private," and not on such terms of familiarity with the "big guns" as to justify his approaching them. He repeated the statement made in his examination in chief, that apart ments in the Warren hotel had been re fused because there was no underground passage from that building to the legis lative hall, contending seriously that Mr. Clark's managers desired such a passage. Once, when Sentor Faulkner tried to check the witness in bis voluntary testimony, he replied: "I want to get out the whole truth; I am not interested in suppressing part of it, as you are." Mr. Faulkner brought out the fact that, previous to coming to Washington, Mr. Rector had been engaged as an expert on the books of the Hennessy Mercantile Company as a stockholder. "Is Mr- Daly connected with that com pany?" asked Mr. Faulkner. "I don't know, the witness replied. I was only after the cashier and book keeper." Mr. Rector testified as to Mr. Davidson's bringing money over from Butte and leav ing it in his charge for Mr. Steele, he being then employed by Davidson. "L don't remember the times when he brought It," he said. "The typewriter and I looked at it. We were both awful glad to see it, as the typewriter had not been paid for four months and I had not a cent." "Do you not know that Davidson had money in the bank?" Mr. Faulkner asked. "No, Indeed." was the reply. "There were lots of others that did not know it." Davidson had, he said, left the money with him for Steele in an open envelope, and he and the typewriter had looked at it after Mr. Davidson had left. Money had been thus brought to the room by Davidson and left for Steele on three dif ferent occasions just before the meeting of the legislature. Rector said he did not know what sum was brought In by David son at any time. "I only know," he said, "that we suddenly accumulated a drawer full of money." He did not know what was done with it. He ,2id know, however, that Powell - Black (had been sent out to "get" a mem ber of the legislature who was to have $5000, and after returning he had said that be had a hard trip but that "it was all Tight." In another instance Black said he had "landed his nsh inside of an hour." The witness said that if there were in consistencies in his testimony it was be cause counsel had "frightened him so." He afterwards said that his remark was "on the side and not "under oath." When Faulkner pressed to .know what part of the testimony was nnder oath and what was not, Rector replied: "I am aust watching you to wink the other eye when you want to suppress anything." This remark brought out a reproof by Senator Chandler and a side remark by Senator Hoar, "that the making of jokes was the prerogative of the chairman." The witness said he had not told anyone that if be was not paid money by the Clark people he would testify as he had done, or that Mr. Hennessy. of Butte, was to pay him several hundred dollars. A Clittplnin on. the Stand. Mr. Rector was excused at 11:35 o'clock, and Rev. B. E. H. Warren, who was chaplain of the Montana house of repre sex.at.ves in the last session, was called. Mr. Warren related the details of two con versations be had with Senator Clark while the legislature was in session and just previous to the election of Mr. Clark. L.c siJd be had been a. supporter of Mr. , C .&rai, that be had read the reports that he was. using corrupt means to secure his eiectio. and that he had called upon him fur the purpose of satisfying himself. "1 asked the senator," said the witness, "w hat the prospects of election were. Mr. Clark replied that they were all right. "I v ill De ejected, Clark said. He spoke as suredly, "but said he did not want the election until he could get a majority of the democrats. He could, he said, with tae assistance of the republicans, be elect ed at any time, but he did not want the election that way. Clark added that the n.embers were coming to him at the Tate of one -or two a day. I then asked if he expected the republican vote. He replied tLut he did, and I tasked him if he was sure of all of them, to which he replied that there might be one or two defections, daing "that is all arranged for. I then tOid hm that I heard a democratic mem ber (giving the name of a member of the house) say 'he would support vou for a consideration." "How much does he -Rant? Clark asked. "About $10,000, I th.nk.' I replied. Clark studied a mo rn or t and said: 'I can't do anything like that ni self, but I will have it fixed. Ho did not, however, say who would fix it" Warren raid -he had seen Clark the next morning in the lobby of the hotel, aid Claik had asked him where "his man' was. He had replied that he had not seen the member, when Clark said: "Tell him I want his vote today." Continuing, he said, Clark expressed hims.lt as being weaiy of the proceed ings, and said tt must come to a conclu sion. Explaining himself further, Warren said he had not seen the member in ac cordance with this request, but that be fore he went to see Clark he had heard tK member say iokintrlv that ho vnnM vote for that gentleman for S10.0M. On cross-examination, Warren said he had nisigneft his mh.Istry in the Meth odist church after giving his testimony before the Montana supreme court, be cause of the numerous scandalous reports that wore put in circulation about him. He said. -in reply to questions, that pre vious to going to Helena he had had a elifiiculty at Sweet Gras. "A man called me a bad name," he said, "and I knocked him down and gave him a thrashing." Relating to circumstances connected with his retirement from the Helena church ministry, he said that many of his church members -were supporters of Clark and had been much incensed at his course. They had also failed to pay his salary. Is it not -a fact." asked Mr. Faulkner, "that you were charged by members of your congregation with embezzlement and fornication?" Warren replied in the negative, saying there had been no official charges. He proceeded, however, to say that the sto ries circulated after he had lven his testimony charged him with drunkenness, embezzlement and immorality. In reply to further question, he said he had not resigned to avoid an investiga tion. "I was not afraid of an Investiga tion." he said, "but I felt indlenant. In deed, I expect to have an investigation yet a very warm one." "You have not assaulted any one as you did at Sweet 'Grass?" "No, sir; but I am liable to do so be fore this thing Is over." Faulkner also brought out the fact that during his conversation with Clark, War ren had told him that his church waB In a bad way; that Clark had promised a contribution for it as soon as the sena torial contest was ended, and that Clark had sent him a check for $100, which he had appropriated to tho payment of his own salart because the church was be hind with him. He added, however, that he had referred this transaction to the presiding elder. The witness was then released and a recess taken. Edward H. Cooney, a member of the Montana legislature from Cascade county, said the entire Cascade delegation had been elected with the understanding that it should support Mr. Conrad. Toward the close of the balloting two of its mem bers, Messrs. Gillette and Flynn, changed from Conrad to Clark. He said that E. 2. Butler, who had at one time been con nected with a newspaper in which Marcus Daly was interested, prop03Cd that he vote for Mr. Clark, saying that If he would do so, Mr. Clark would rehabilitate the Butte Miner, giving him and Mr. But ler practical charge of It at $2500 a year each for five years. Later, Mr. Butler had urged him to go with him to Charlie Clark and fix the matter up. He had not accepted, because he had voted for Con rad to a finish. He also said that an other member of the legislature, who had afterwards changed his vote from Con rad to Clark, had told him that he under stood the Clark people were putting mon ey in the hands of third parties to bo paid for votes; that such methods would not get him, but that if he should find a letter in a room with a large sum of money In it, It would be hard to get It away from him. Mr. Butler testified, when called, to the conversation which Mr. Cooney had re lated, saying that he had taken the matter up with Mr. Cooney in connection with a proposition he had received from Ross Clark, a brother of the senator, to take the business management of the Miner. He said he had seen Mr. Cooney at the request of Charley Clark, the senator's son, but that Mr. Cooney had declined to enter into the negotiation. Butte Lawyer's Story. Z. T. Cason, an attorney at Butte, told an interesting story, not only of his par ticipation in the election of Mr. Clark, but his wanderings since. He first told how he had been sent for to come to Helena to use his influence with Repre sentat.ve Marcyes, of Custer county, and that when he went there he saw Senator Clark, who told him he wouid like to have him see Marcyes and talk with him, and that Marcyes had not been approached; that service being left to him (Cason), as he could handle him better. "He authorized me to say to him that he would pay him $10,000 for his vote for .him (Clark) for the United States sen ate," said the witness, adding: "He also said to me that Mr. Wellcome was hand ling his funds, and would supply me with expense money. Mr. Clark also said," the witness went on, " "Since Whiteside has betrayed us I have very little confidence In any one, and would like to have you handle him very "carefully.' " Continuing, Mr. Cason said he had seen Mr. Wellcome, who had given him $50 for expenses, and that afterwards he had seen Mr. Marcyes several times, and after sat isfying himself that Marcyes would vote for Clarke, had so reported to him. He had not, however, made any suggestion of a money consideration to Mr. Marcyes. Afterward, Marcyes had voted for Clark, and Febraury 4 he had received a letter from Mr. Clark, enclosing a check for $500 for "professional servces." This letter was produced and identified, and Mr. Ca son sa:d that the only services he had rendered Mr. Clark were In connection with the senatorial race. He had testified before the grand jury in the Wellcome disbarment case, and after doing so had felt sorry for the part he had taken in that case, feeling that he d d not want to come to Washington, to testify against Mr. Clark, ho had done him favors. His state of mind ha"d been communicated to J. B. Root, a law part ner of Mr. Wellcome, who had sent for him and asked him to avoid a subpoena to Washington. He (Cason) had replied that he would be glad to do so, and that he would give any assurance of his good faith, providing no use should be made of the document except to show It to Mr. Clark. He then told how Mr. Root had prepared a lettpr which he (the witness) had copied and signed, In which he had said there was no truth in anything he had testified to In the Wellcome case. This was put In strong language, and in the letter he was made to dwell upon the disgrace he had brought upon himself by the part he ha7 taken in the matter. In return for this letter Root had given him $1503 with wlhch to get out of the country, Mr. Root promising to hold the letter as sacred, and only to make it pub lic in case he (Cason) should come to Washington. He had then gone to Baker City, Or., corresponding from there with Mr. Root under the name of G. Z. Taylor. He had, however, not been there long when he saw his recantation in the news papers. Soon afterwards he had received a summons to come to Washington, and had responded, arriving today, only an hour before he went on the stand. On cross-examination, Mr. Cason was asked to, and did, identify a letter he had written to Albert G. Hall, of Washing ton, a brother-in-law of Senator Clark, who had originally Introduced him to the senator. This letter was dated February 4, last, in which he had thanked Mr. Hall in profuse terms for hl3 introduction to Mr. Clark, and spoke of that gentleman in most eulogistic terms as "one of the brainy men of the great Northwest, who would no doubt take high rank in the United States senate." He had also re ferred to the charges of bribery, in con nection with Mr. Clark's election, and pronounced them false, saying he had been on the ground, and "that no more honorable contest for the senate was ever waged, even in New England states, than that in which Mr. Clark had made the fight to a finish." If there had been any crookedness it was on the other side. Re plying to questions, he said it was partly true and false. He had never seen any bribery, but his opinion was that bribery was committed. Still this was a "friend ly letter to Clark's brother-in-law; and It would not have been wise to make such a charge to him." Mr. Cason Identified the recanting letter he had given to Mr. Root. It covered three pages of foolscap, and was read by the vi itness amid roars of laughter by all pres ent, including the witness himself. This SPECULAIION WAS SLACKS-S PAY3IEKTS THROUGH CLEARING HOUSES LESS THAX A YEAR AGO. Zllctal Trade Still ' in Good Shape "Weekly Trade Reviews Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Whether the new year wilf surpass oi keep pace with the old is the question which gives special interest to every week's returns. Comparing now with busi ness by far the largest and most prosper ous ever known a year ago, more than 40 per cent larger than In January, 1828, which, in its turn, had shown heavier business than in any preceding year, it cannot be expected that such a gain will be repeated. But the decrease of 9.G per cent In payments through the clearing houses Is wholly due to great speculative activity at New York last year, with saiea of 12,031,832 shares against 6,518,020 to the same date this year, for payments outside this city have been 4.3 per cent greater than a year ago, and greater than in the same part of any other month. This week one contract of 10000 tons for a Western road, and two for bridges re quiring 11,000 tons, are the only big trans actions reported in iron products, but heavy business was secured by concessions for plates at Pittsburg, going materially be low $2 25 for bars, and at Philadelphia below $2 20, the price of the association. Sheets are also lower at the East, but $1 higher at Pittsburg. Sales of foundry pig, at reduced prices, Include four for 1000 tons, and No. 1 Lehigh is quoted at $24, but Bessemer and grey forge at Pittsburg are held unchanged. The copper output of this country, in 1S99, was 252,203 tons, greater by 91,000 tons, or 5lV2 per cent, than in 1893, while the foreign product last year, S9.240 tons, gained in the four years only 30i32 tons. The prices of copper and lead are unchanged, with tin higher at 27c. .Perhaps the most important industrial event is the marketing of woolen goods at prices averaging 18.4 per cent higher than last year, many makes being promptly sold up and withdrawn, while others sell so well as to give great encouragement. As wool quotations average 34.9 per cent higher than a year ago the rise In goods la not excessive. But hopes of wool specu lators for a further rise were dashed by the fall of 5 per cent In merinos at Lon don sales, with crossbreds weaker, and considerable sales at concessions of 1 to 3 cents, followed by one of 300,000 pounds of Montana at 20 cents, with numerous orders to sell consignments hitherto held off the market Sales In three weeks, 14.920.SOO pounds, have been smaller than in the cor responding weeks of the three previous years. Business In cotton goods begins to in crease, though in staples It is still mod erate. The goods now average 29.7 per cent higher than a year ago, and with the rise this week to 7.81 cents, cotton Is 1.1 per cent higher. Belief in a short crop has helped the goods " market, and still sus tains It, though cotton Is a little lower than It was two months ago. Shipments of shoes from the East In execution of old orders continue larger than in any pre vious year, 2S0.25S cases in three weeks, over 23 per cent larger than last year, and 3.8 per cent larger than In 1S98. But new business does not amount to a quarter of the current production, It Is said, and In every line doubt about maintenance of prices hinders buying. The market for breadstuffs is not active nor have changes In prices of elevator wheat been of any consequence, but the active May option showa a sharp decline. Atlantic exports continue far below former years: in three weeks, 6,093,525 bushels, against 13,224,082 last year, ard Pacific exports, in the same weeks, were 2,291,775 against 1,853,994 last year. Western re ceipts were, in three weeks, only 8,632,132, aga'nst 13,005,482 last year. Failures for the week have been 242 in the United States, against 248 last year, and 40 In Canada, against 32 last year. trade in seasonable goods has been being affected by phenomenally mild winter weather, but wherever sprins trade, particularly In dry goods, has been developed. It has been In such volume and accompanied by such readiness of accept ance of advanced prices as to point to un diminished confidence on the part of the trade world as to the outlook for spring business. The iron and steel industry, justly re garded as a trustworthy index of general trade, is still actively employed on old orders, and new business Is limited for reasons unnecessary to recapitulate. It is evident the few reactions In prices shown in such an ordinarily dull period as this have strengthened rather than lessened confidence In the future. Signs of prep aration for the coming season's needs are shown in the reported active inquiry for steel rails at the West, recent sales at Chicago aggregating 0,000 tons, some of which are for Northwestern railroads and some for export. Production Is as evi dently hard pushed as ever, and the ques tion of fuel supplies rather than of new orders engrosses manufacturers' atten tion. Some concessions In foundry lines are noted, but, aside from this, price changes are within, very narrow limits. The other metals are rather stronger, copper and tin being weak, the latter in sympathy with advances abroad. Spring trade in hardware is opening well, and ad vances In prices are generally reported. Cereals are dull in nearly all directions, and the pressure of enlarged stocks, par ticularly abroad, has been Influential this week in bringing about a reaction in prices. Qorn and oats, however, are rather firmer on foreign buying, though sympathetically affected by the decline in the leading cereals. Coffee is active, speculation being influenced by higher European advices and advice of a large domestic consumption. Apparently improved British prospects In South Africa are assigned as the reason for the better buying of cotton, resulting in a fractional advance this week. The crop movement still continues much smaller than expected by the bears. Cot ton goods are meeting with good idemand on spring account, concessions at second hands are reported, owing mainly to backward deliveries now arriving, and be ing resold by receivers. Rather more inquiry is noted for wool, particularly at Boston, and men's wear sales for next fall meet good patronage, notwithstanding the advances demanded. Fine wools are at about the highest pom: reached in 20 years. Lumber is strong, particularly white plno grades, partly because of smaller stocks, and a.J)Oj-!slbJy smaller cut In the Northwest, as a result of lack of snow," and partly because of a hopeful feeling as to the building outlook for the coming spring. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,061,026 bushels, against 4,248,926 bushels last week, 5,198, 671 bushels in the corresponding week of 1899, 3,726,064 bushels In 182S, and 2,916.706 bushels In 1897. Since July 1 this season the exports of wheat aggregate 113,803, 831 bushels, against 19,234,719 bushels last year. Business failures In the United States are fewer In number, being 255 for the week, as compared with 295 last week. Business failures In Canada for the week number 35, as compared with 28 last week. isconmror - ,)VK l - People who suffer after eating, feeling op pressed with a sensation of fullness and heaviness, and who frequently find the food both to distend and painfully hang like a heavy weight at the pit of the stomach, or wlio have Biliousness, Nausea, Flatulency, Headache, and Constipation, should use Warner's Safe Cure after meals to avoid these unpleasant consequences of inefficient Digestion. By mixing with the food in the stomach and helping to digest it, by exciting a flow of the gastric juice on the food, and by strengthening and invigorating the circulation, and soothing and removing any kidney weakness, the physical and nerve forces of the body are augmented, and the general health and strength permanently built up. Twenty years- one-third of life's .allotted span this medicine has been a household favorite for all forms of Kidney Disease, and all stages of Biliary Troubles. You mate no experiment, or mistake, in using a medicine endorsed by every civilized country. Delays are expensive. Begin today. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The following ta ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal cities for the week ended January 18, with the percent age of Increase and decrease, as com pared with the corresponding week last year: New York $1,042,719,000 Boston l&,14l,ouU Uo,59i,uov) y4,yto,ixw 34,0(9,000 28, t d,000 21,d09,000 u.yii.ooo lb.&Sf.OOO .Kansas city juj,14,ooo cnicago I'luiauelphia, .. Be. Louis .fittt-Durg Baltimoie .. .. ban iancibCO Cincinnati MOXEY IS EASIER. Call Loan Rates Back to Lovr Rates and Funds Increasing:. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Bradstreet's financial rev.ew tomorrow will say: Money has become decidedly easier th's week. Call loan rates are now back to a lower average than at any time since the early autumn. Supplies of funds available for the purposes of Wall street are in creasing, and lenders not only show a re newed disposition to put out their money on time at about 55 per cent, but are also much less cr.tical as to the character and quality of the collateral offered. The general easing off of rates for money In the London and Continental markets has also relieved the situation here by re moving the matter of immediate gold ex ports. In short, the conditions which were mainly responsible for the disor ganization of the speculative markets in December have undergone a dee'ded change for the better. Nevertheless the ability to carry stocks once more on com paratively easy terms has not had It3 ex pected effect in reviving speculative In terest and activity. Transactions have dwindled, and on sev eral days this week the dealings were so limited and the tone of the market so ut terly perfunctory as to suggest a compar ison with the dullness of midsummer. The public Is evidently doing little or nothing and commission-houses report a dearth of orders, except so far as investors are -once more coming into the market, and pick- Ing up bonds or dividend-paying railroad stocks and preferred industrials. This latter movement has naturally assumed some dimensions, as rates for money have declined, though there is no very intense demand from the above source. The pro fessionals in the absence of the public have found little opportunity to indulge in any serious speculative dimensions, and their activity has been limited to a few stocks in which board-room traders have produced the only extreme fluctuations Speculation, in short, seems to be waiting, and the general feeling is that the factor on which Its course depends is the outcome of the military operations In South Afri ca, or rather the way in which the London market will be affected by the next Im portant developments from that quarter. The market to all appearances demon strated the degree of its strength in the manner in which prices here developed on the news that the British forces had taken a more advantageous strategic position, although the slight Improvement which followed In the London market did not develop any particular foreign buyihg of our stocks. It seems, however, that the public have come to the conclusion that should the .Boers inflict any further Drlnne Atittinl laughter being due to the abject character on the British army it would be followed oi tne language usee "Do you pretend to say that when you wrote that letter you knew it was not true?" said Mr. Faulkner. '"Why, certainly," responded the witness, coolly. "Then you confess here to have written and signed three pages of lies in. that letter?" said Mr. Faulkner. In his reply the witness gave the second unique definition of a lie that the hearlns has brought out. "No, I do not," he replied. "I confess to writing tho letter, but I don't think any statement is ever a lie which Is made with the understanding that it Is false." At this pomt the cross-examination was postponed until tomorrow, and the com mittee adjourned. An Actor's AsHOCiatlon. New York Tribune. A scheme for the selection, registration and training of actors is said to be under serious consideration in London. Members of the Actors' Association will be enti tled to use the letters "F. A. A.," signi fying "Fellow of tho Actors Association," after their names. by a severe disturbance In values at Lon don and on the Continent, while develop ments calculated to encourage a bel ef Id the early termination of the South Afri can struggle might cause an advance, or at any rate, afford a basis on which largi interests would feel It was safe to wo-; actively for higher prices. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. General Demand Ib Larjre for the Season of the Year. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: General trade and prices as a whole maintain the even balance which has been the leading feature for some time past, and It will require the advent of distinctly new features to effect any basic changes. General demand Is large for this season of the year, but speculation Is quiet to the extreme of dullness In some lines, and especially in those branches of speculation which go to radically affect financial af fairs, and therefore the volume of bank clearings. Close examination of leading lines of Industry fails to show marked unfavorable features. It is true that re- JNew Orleans. Minneapolis L&troit Citveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee tat. Paul Buftaio , umaha muianapolis Coiumbus, O bavannan Denver , iiartiord xtichmond Memphis . asmngton .. .., Peoria Rocnesier , New Haven "Worcester Atlanta bait Lake City..., bpr.ngneld, Mass.. ort Woith Portland, Me Portland, Or Sf. Joseph Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse Les Moines Nashville "Wilmington, Del.. Fall Kwer Scranton Grand Rapids Augusta, Ga Lowell Dayton, O. ....... Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux: City ......... New Bedford Knoxville, Tenn... Topeka Birmingham "Wichita Binghamton Lexington, Ky Jacksonville, Fla.. Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rocklord, 111 Canton, 0 Springfield, O. ... fcargo, N. D Sioux Falls, S. D. Hastings, Neb Davenport Toledo Galveston .. Houston ,... Youngstown Macon Evansvllle Helena Little Rock Springfield, 111. ... Saginaw .. ........ Totals, U. S $1,718,116,000 Outside New York 675,397,000 Dominion of Canada Monti eal .$ 14,570,000 Toronto Winnipeg Halifax Hamilton St. John, N. B.... "Vancouver Victoria .. 12,60, ow l),ibt, IWO 9,&.5,ooO 11,140,000 lO.Zo,000 S.ibi.OOO b, 4AU0) 5,dSl,00d 5,S40,OO0 b,Zl-i,WJ M'Ji.OOO Ji.ioj.,lAA) 4,51b,0o0 4,849,000 2,3ld,0oU 3,.Jbb,OO0 3,0oi,000 2,81b,OO0 2,114,000 2,120,000 1,807,000 1,445,000 2,llo,000 2,bSd,000 1.4 J 1,00 2,Vj9,OO0 i,za,ouo l.bOd.OOO 4,019,000 2,b0l,000 l,5bd,O00 l.dOl.OOO 1,400,000 l,41f,0o0 1,019,000 ysy.ooo I,lb0,t00 l.olb.OOO 1,114,000 56.000 1,040,000 1,595,000 , bay.OOO 1,15 1, 000 544,000 519,000 soy.toj 846,000 . 48F.000 429,000 46d,000 268,000 357,003 4SA0U0 424,000 30,1,000 2b5,000 33i,000 ' 349,000 llb.OOO 138,000 635,000 2,487,000 7,064,000 8,319,000 3.14,000 843,000 1,312,000 bba.ooo 449,000 442,000 441,000 Inc. 2.9 4.2 19.5 2L3 4.3 37.0 4.8 40.7 '16.2, 29.1 lo.6 5.7 80.1 3b.7 lo.6 19.9 23.6 14.2 9.3 50.7 7.2 'i!o 4.9 3.4 39.2 59.0 ii.2 18.7 4.0 24 !9 59.8 ''.'J 25.1 Li.l 2S.5 43.8 't.1 1.9 75.5 13.5 2.1 4G6 18.3 12.6 39H 19.7. 30.5 54.5 41.2 1.7 17.9 14.6 19.2 3i"6, 10.1 17.7 29.0 bi.W 23.3 8.6 39.5 Dec. 22.5 7.0 8.8 ll.fa 2.0 11.0 A SUGGESTIVE INQUIRY. Should the Q,nay Case Be Taken Into the Courts? 3.7 12.7 21.4 11.3 30.8 26.1 8.7 10,558,000 2,086,000 l,45b,000 82,000 651,000 647,000 693,000 Totals 31,489,000 -B 4.4 5.2 14.5 25.4 15.S 10.1 12.8 4.6 15.5 llii 13.7 Cushmnn in Congress. The' Criterion. On the opening day of the session of the 5.6th congress, a tall, gaunt man, sham bling of gait, with arms which reached al most to his knees, with "high-water" trousers, a Slouched hat, mashed in any old way, and an oveicoat that needed brushing, presented himself at the center door of the house of representatives. He started to walk Tight In, but was suddenly stopped by one of the dcorkecpero, who said to him, testily: "Say, don't you know you can't go In there?" "No, I didn't know it, my friend; 3 thought I could," he said, mildly. "Nobody but members allowed in today." "Well, I'm a member; Congressman Cushman, of Washington." "Oh! I beg your pardon; walk right In." As Mr.' Cushman strode Into the hall the astonished doorkeeper looked after him for a moment, and then, turning to his assist ant on the door, said: 'Say, Bill, did you see that? Well, after that, I ain't got the nerve, to stop any thing." a o If you wake in the morning with a bit ter taste in the mouth, coated tongue, perhaps headache, your liver is torpid. You need Carter's Little Liver Pills. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Ari article suggesting how unauthorized gubernatorial appointments to the United States senate may be attacked in the courts appears in the current number of the American Law Register. The article bears upon the Quay case, andwhetner the position taken by the writer, Mr. Reginald H. Innes, be tenable or not under the con stitution, the article Is an Interesting -contribution to the pending discussion of the case. It is urged that the federal supreme court construes the constitution, and that until its decision has been rendered upon any clause "It remains, strictly speaking. undefined." The clause "each house shall be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its own members" is one of the judicially undefined clauses, and the writer proceeds to discuss what the court's construction of that clause might be. It Is pointed out that the con stitution does not expressly provide that tba senate shall be the judge of the "ap pointment" of Its members, and, therefore, the question Is raised whether the power of the senate to pass upon appointments to the body is implied in the term "quali fications." Mr. Innes holds that in its bropdest sense the word "election" can not mean appointment, the same section In which the word occurs declaring that In one event the executive of the state may make temporary appointments. The dis tinction is noted thus: "An election is a choice by the legisla ture representing the peoplo, and an ap pointment Is merely a nomination by the executive as a matter of convenience. The word 'returns' used In connection with elections, refers to the formalities accom panying and succeeding the actual elec tion. The word 'qualifications' refers to personal requirements. To quote from the Federalist, No. 62, "The qualifications proposed for senatCTs, as distinguished from those of representatives, consist in a more advanced age and a longer period of citizenship.' " After reciting the facts of the Quay case, Mr. Innes suggests that it is not un reasonable to believe that while the con stitution gave governors the power to make personal appointments to the sen ate. Its makers Intended to Drotect tho citizens against the abuse of tho power by leaving in their hands "every avail able instrument of restraint, and accom plished their purpose by refraining from making the senate the judge of the ap pointment of its members." Mr. Innes argues that a contested ap pointment to the senate is purely a ques tion of law, and that where a contro versy Involves nothing but legal principles jurisdiction over it should not be taken from the courts. For reasons named there has been no opportunity presented for the possible application of the sug gested available remedy to set aside an unlawful senatorial appointment by the governor the action of the federal courts. By the terms of the constitution declar ing that the judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity, and of the act of congress of February 27, 1SC1, giv ing the courts of the District of Colum bia common law powers and the powers vested in the circuit courts of the United States, it is suggested that Information in the nature of quo warranto proceed ings might be instituted in the supreme court of the District of Columbia by the United States through its proper officer against one occupying a seat in the United Spates senate by virtue of "an unconstitu tional appointment. Mr. Innes concludes as follows: "If It be true that the exclusive power to pass upon appointments to Its body was withheld from the senate because that power could not be taken from the people, It follows that the people are en titled to a remedy In the case before us, and the acts of congress will be con strued In a manner to afford that rem edy, If such construction is in harmony with the language of those acts. "In conclusion it might be added that there have been some suggestions in cur rent literature that the one remedy for unauthorized gubernatorial appointments, If confirmed by the benate, lies In an amendment to the constitution. It is this suggestion that has influenced the writer to offer a counter one." c equipment of field and mountain batteries, including even the wheels and guns them selves, painted khaki. This was a strlk- beth, had such tremendous forces been arrayed against England; never had her rulers to deal with so many simultaneous lng change from the dark color they had I difficulties, foreign and domestic. previously been painted, and which pre sented sucn a, contrast to the usual sur roundings of an Indian landscape. The rage for khaki at that time was so gen eral that some wit proposed that all horses should be painted khaki before be ing sent on service. An excellent Idea, but unfortunately unpractical till some one can manage perhaps to breed out a khaki horse. C-P THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's Winner r.t Neiv Orleans and Tanforan. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19. The results today were: Selling, six furlongs Judge Wardell won, Josephine B. second, Watercrest third; time, 1:10. Selling, seven furlongs Oration won, Trust Me second, Leila Smith third; time, 1:34. Selling, ono mile Blue Lick won. Sister Fox second, Clara Meador third; time, 1:49. Selling, six furlongs Tom Collins won, Agitator second, David third; trme, 1:13. Six furlongs Lord Neville won, George B. Cox second. Lexington Pirate third; time, 1:26. Selling, 1 miles Frangible won, Phal las second, TIckful third; time, 2:02. Pitt and his colleagues might well have lost their nerve at the prospect which faced them, when they heard that a na val rebellion at the mouth of the Thames had been added to their perplexities. "Everything," as a historian of the period says, "seemed to be failing at once. Their armies had been defeated, the bank had suspended payment, and now th fleet, the pride and glory of England, appeared on the point of deserting the national eolors." The three per cents, which had. stood at 93 seven years before, had fallen, to 46. Tho great edifice of British crttt was In danger of collapsing. a a aiodels for Royalty Chicago Times-Herald. European artists consider royal persons "poor models"; that is to say. In painting them they find It difficult to obtain the necessary sittings. Too often the paint- J er has to rely on his memory, but some- times he has recourse to the original's j double. Such doubles are said to be less j scarce than one would suppose. A cer j tain cannoneer in the British navy has i repeatedly given sittings for pictures of Czar Nicholas II. Rnces r.t Tanforan. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. Tho i weather at Tanforan was fine and the track fast. The results were: Three furlongs, selling, 2-year-olds So fala won, Rathgar second, Moonbrlght third; .time, 0:35. Five furlongs, selling TIzon won. Gold Baron second, Orion third; time. 1:004. une mile, selling facade won, Grand in TA2LET FORM-PLEASANT TO TAXS. Sachem second, Tom. Cromwell third; Gives epecdyrollof.pven In tho most stnbborn cases. time, 1:42. ' S1.0O procures a Six Month' Treatment vllhanlron- ATHa nnri in nir-htv, hnwiio aftliil cladpuarantco tocure. AV Unt more could xoa na iuue ana an eigntn, nuraie, semng i a .irm-nif n h,iq r-.it im.( n-i,i lot mmhiiM Majors won, Monlta second, Lomo third; time, 2:05. Selling, one mile The 'Lady won, Merry Boy second, Catastrophe third; time, 1:40. Seven furlongs Norford won, Owyhee second, Afghan third; time, 1:28. Bookmakers Convicted. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 19. John J. Flynn and James Thompson, charged with bookmak Ing, in violation of the breeders' law, were tcied. before Judge Clarke today and convicted. Each man was fined $1000 and costs. . int onr dork Ufa. Whlto in .London. Enclond. I contracted n. eovora cold. somotatnr like LaQrlDDO. It effected my hoarlntr and entire system for olRhteon months. A sit months' treatment or tne vogeswiD uompouaa cureamo. K. s .ineJtson, Grind Hotel, Boston, Ma3. ForealebyallGrnKEists. Thirty dayi treatment for 25c : feovor.- days' treatment 50c. : 9lr months' h-ontmp.L SI. 03. Ill da til' t-lal treatment trt&. 2JR. Y . H. JJ'P.XSi.UAJET, CtnoJanau, a I I iWv wy DARK HOUR FOR ENGLAND. Mutinies at Most Critical Periods in Her Modern History. Khaki for Uniforms. Blackwood. I think it was in the year IBSj that Lord Roberts, who had just taken over the office of commander-in-chief In India, took up the question of khaki in the same ener getic manner In which he went into every military question. He was early convinced of the suitability of this color for uni forms in the field, and he went further ho issued an oidcr to have the whole Sidney Lowe in The Fortnightly. Theie was a very dark day on "black Frida," 1745, when the Young Pretender, with the Highland clansmen, was at Der by, with nothing between him and London but Cumberland's half-organized, half hearted force at Finqhicy, and when a French Invasion, supported by a great Jacobite rising all over England, appeared Imminent. Again, there were some gloomy days in the autumn of 17S1, when Eng land, badly worsted on land by the Amer ican colonists, had temporarily lost the command of the sea, and was opposed to a coalition of the maritime states of the world. She had the three great navies of the continent those of France, Spain and Holland against her, at the same time that the Northern powers, with Russia at their head, had constituted the armed neutrality, which was mainly intended to hamper and limit the British naval opera tions. While Cornwallls was playing out the last scene of the losing military drama In Virginia, the fleets of England for once found themselves unable to face the enemy. In spite of Rodney's capture of ' St. Eustatia, the allies under De Grasse were too strong for us In the West In dies, and in the European waters we were so weak that we could do nothing to avert the surrender of Minorca, the gem of the Mediterranean. Suffren had baffled us in the Indian ocean, and even In the chan nel and the North sea. after Hyde Park er's Indecisive action off the Doggerbank, wo could barely hold our own. and had to- endure the humiliation of a French at- I tack on Jersey. Eut the worst of all our ' bad moments was assuredly that which came upon us In the spring of 1797. when to many other misfortunes and anxieties there was added the appalling news of the mutinies at Splthead and the Nore. Lord Rosebery, In a recent speech, has called this period the most critical in the whole modern history of Great Brit ain, and the estimate does not seem ex cessive. Never, certainly, sinco the age of Eliza- NO MORE NATURE Demands a certain supply of natural Elec tricity If this is denied her. she cannot give to the general organism the power to perform the natural functions. When vicious practices deprive her of her rights. weakness and debility of the organs re sult. 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