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If your eyes trouble you. don't put off attending to them. It Is dangerous. We correct wrongs rlghUy, and give the eyes relief. WALTER REED Eye Specialist ( 133 SIXTH S1R1.1LT OREGOMIAH BUILDKia DISASTER TO CONVOY British Guns and Prisoners Not Yet Retaken. BOERS ARE SURROUNDING METHUEN Partiernlar of the AaToir-Skt Hloero foatel TCaterrrorlcs Gerssaa Axnerlcan Commanded the Dutch. LONDON. April J, i-3 A. JL-The latest news from the front adds little to the public knowledge of the convoy disaster. No credence Is given to reports that the Boers numbered between MOO and 10,000 men. The general belief Is that there could not have been more than half that number, but the mere fact that even so many as half could have been collected so near headquarters without the knowledge of the British Commanders provokes much uneasy criticism. The disaster Is regarded as a direct re sult of the Inability of General French to cut off the commandoes of General Olivier and the other commandoes when escaping from the Orange River. Lord Roberts own dispatch, dated two hours later than tbe Dally Chronicle's, says nothing about the guns being recap tured. The story, therefore, looks doubt ful. Little nerws has arrived from other points. Kenhardt was formally reoccu pled Saturday. The report that the Boers are massing in the vicinity of Taungs and Kllpdam Is confirmed. Lord Methuen'a difficulties are apparently Increasing. He has Boer laagers or guerrilla bands on three sides of htm, and he will be obliged to watch carefully his communication with Orange River. TBB BOER TRAP. Dutch Force- Commanded by German-American. BUSHMAN'S KOP, Sunday, April L Tho Boers, who were hidden In the spruit, when the British guns were captured. wre commanded by Relchmann, a German-American. The Boers retired this morning, when they discovered the Brit ish scouts, leaving two Dutch military at taches, one of them dangerously wounded. In tho hands of tbe British. All the wounded are doing welL Every one agrees that but for Colonel Broadwood's splendid handling of his troops, not a member of the force would have escaped. The Boers are still holding the water works, and the line of hills behind them. . Following the scouts of General French's cavalry division to the scene of battle, this correspondent witnessed one of the most terrible spectacles of the war. Horses lay In tbe various attitudes of sudden death, and mingled among them were ghastly human bodies with tbe wrecks of wagons and food and forage scattered wide. Everything told of a terrible tale of surprise and carnage. It would be Impossible to conceive any thing more .Ingenious than the Boer trap, and the only -wonder Is that a single man scaped. On crossing the spruit, where thf ground rises Immediately toward a fraaey knoll, -rtth-etony-sicpelfcclng the drift one came upon an enclosure, from which It was possible to fire over the drift. At this point the spruit makes a circular bend, while the south embank, roent. which Is protected by the partially constructfrd railway embankment, enabled the enemy to pour In a galling fire on three sides as well as a double tier of fire In front. When the convoy was first attacked, a scene of frightful confusion followed. The mules stampeded, and the wagons were overturned, while the concealed enemy poured In a deadly fire. "When the first battery appeared, the Boers seemed unde slrous of continuing the slaughter, and called upon the British to surrender. At that moment, however, B Battery, which was escaping from the rear of the con. voy under heavy Are, wheeled into action and began shelling the Boers with the four remaining guns. The Boers confess that this battery accounted ror live killed and nine wounded of their losses. Early In the afternoon, the Boers collected about the convoy, began removing the guns and wagons, and permitted the collection of the British dead and wounded. Our casualties were less than had been ex pected. Despite this regrettable Incident, It Is Impossible not to admire the gallant man. ner In which the little force was able to extricate Itself from an almost hopeless position. LONDON, April 2. The foregoing dis patch settles the disputed point arising from the discrepancy In the dispatch from Bushman's Kop of Saturday and Lord Roberts' dispatch of yesterday, referring to the time the engagement between the British and Boers occurred, which Is now shown to be Saturday, and not Sunday, as might have been Inferred from the message from tho Commander-in-Chief. FOR ITS MORAL EFFECT. Boers IToped to Frighten 'Weak Kneed Free-staters. LONDON. April i The Bloemfontcin correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, with reference to tho capture of the convoy, says: "The whole affair was a flash Intended to frighten Free-Staters who were desir ous of surrendering to Lord Roberts. When General Colville arrived, although he was almost destitute of mounted men and had marched IS miles, he determined to turn the river, crossing at some point lower down thanr that occupied bv the enemy. Accordingly. General Smith-Do?-rien's brigade, including the Canadians, attempted another drift, which turned the enemy's original position. For some reason Lieutenant-Colonel Flint's artil lery was detached at 2 o'clock to tho right, where It remained for a consider able period, shelling at EOOO yards range three of the enemy's guns that were placed In the open In the vicinity of Colonel Broadwood's encampment. Con sequently a large force of Boers visible on the fir side of the Modder escaped punishment and retired slowly as our In fantry advanced. Finally our guns took up a position on rising ground between the two brigades, thus commanding both drifts, but by that time their support was not needed, as the only resistance to the advance of the British Infantry came from guns firing shrapnel at far too long a range. We could, however, see the enemy in force In a laager at the foot of some hills lying between the Modder and Thabunchu. and we could also see them move off our convoy to the rear." REPORTS OF nCAVY FIGHTTXG. Pretoria Account of an Engagement Horth of Bloemfontein. PRETORIA, Saturday. March JL There has been heavy fighting between Brand fort and Bloemfontein. The Wakker etroom and ErmelaX commandos attacked 7000 British and drove them back with heavy losses. According to the reports of the wounded, who havo arrived here, fighting occurred all along the line. The Federal troops held position on the side and top of tho mountain, whilo tho British positions were on the. opposite side of the hill. The British charged repeatedly, but were repulsed. The reports say that the Federals were more than holding their own. but the final result of the fighting V not known. The Federal loss was nine killed and wounded. Reports from Brandfort, received later, state tho 2000 Federals attacked 3000 Brit ish successfully, but the 13,000 British re inforcements arrived and the Federals were compelled to retire, after punishing tho .British severely. The Federal loss, according to'these reports; was slight. The Queen Starts far Ireland. LONDON, April J, 12:10 a. M.-0.ueea Victoria left Windsor at 9:20 last evening en route for Ireland. Her Majesty Is ac companied by Princess Christian and Prin cess Henry of Battenberg. and Is attended by the Countess of Antrim, Hon. Harriet Phlpps. Sir Arthur Biggs, Private Secre tary to the Queen: Sir Fleetwood Edwards. Keeper of Her Majesty's Private Purse, and Captain Ponsaby. The pilot engine, "Prlne of Wales," runs a quarter of an hour ahead of tho royal train, and after Its pnssago all tracks were kept absolutely clear. The Royal train was drawn by two 'loco motives, wlh expert engineers, and a com plete staff of railway experts and electric ians accompanied' the train for Immediate action In caso an thing should go wrong. Instane-n of Heroism. LONDON. April 2. A special dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated today, says tho loss of guns was attended by Incidents of splendid heroism. The leading battery was so near the Boer ambuscades In the river bed that the latter said: "It Is use loss your attempting to advance, throw down your arms." The sergeant of tho battery, fearing the other battery would .misunderstand tb hindrances, rushed through the convoy and warned hia com rades, enabling the rearmost battery to save a portion of the guns, which came Into action later. The Llf-. Guardsmen and gunners got a gun out under a tre mendous fire and four others were saved by the men dragging them off after their homes had been shot. FIs-htlnr at Brandfort and Mafeklnrr. PRETORIA. Sunday. April L-Cannon-adlng was again heard In the direction of Brandfort Saturday, and It Is stated that fighting occurred Saturday around Mafe klng. It Is added that Colonel Plumefs column was forced o retire with loss. No details have been received. dr. mxLis 'Withdraws. Asks to -Be Allowed to Quit the Pres byterian Cltarch. CHICAGO. April 1 The resignation of Rev. Nowcl Dwlgai Hlllis, pastor of Plymouth Church, jSrooklyn.- from the Chicago Presbytery, and the request that he bo allowed to demit from the Pres byterian church. wa today placed before the annual meeting of the Chicago Pres bytery. No action will be taken on the matter for two weeks, the committee to which Mr. mills' letter of resignation was referred for cor.s'deratlon requesting that much time on account of Important Inter ests involved and being, unwilling to take hasty action on a matter so Important to the Presbyterian church. Dr. HUUs' resignation was in the form of a lottcr to Dr. TV. C Gray, editor of The Interior, nnd a, PtA friend of the Brooklyn -pastor". Via flfjrplbe aged min ister stepped upon tho platform to pre sent the letter to the Chicago Presbytery, tbeaudltorium of Oliver Memorial Church, la which the mooting was held, was crowded to the doors, nearly every Pres byterian minister In Chicago being pres ent. The reading of the letter, which was a long one, was followed with the closest interest, it 'was generally known before the meeting was called that Dr. Hints' i resignation would be presented, but his request that he be allowed to demit, in omer words, that his name be erased from the rolls of the Presbyterian church, oc casioned a surprise. In his letter. Dr. Hllils concludes by saying: "For years I have urced the revision of our cruel creed or the proposition of a new one. I now perceive that my'poal- I tion has been misunderstood, and nothing is left for me but to withdraw. I -withdraw, not to escape existing responsibili ties on my part, for I shall henceforth fu'flll to the last degree my every duty to the church of Christ: I withdraw to free you from responsibility for me. From this time, I am bound to my college, seminary and brethren In the ministry, but you are free from embarrassment or responsibility for my views. Hitherto, disagreements In the presbytery have been accompanied by trials for heresy and the disturbance of the church. I hope that my withdrawal will strengthen friend ships, not impair them; will make for peace rather than disturb tranquillity. For I lay down my ministry, not that I may be freo to attack some nonessential In the creed that may be dear to some of you, but only that, without any embar rassment or friction, I may be free to affirm those great positive principles of the Christian faith that we all agree upon and love as wo Iqvi life Itself. I know full well that the public will misunder stand my frank woids, and that cynics will say that I have worn my heart on my s!ecve. For that reason I address this letter to my brethren In the Presby tery of Chicago and to you alone. To oil my friends In the presbytery I send greet ings and assurances of esteem, respect and affection, and to tho end that my views may cease to be an occasion of dis turbance to the presbytery. I now ask you, by unanimous vote, to erase my name from the presbytery, and to permit me to dcmlt my ministry in the Presbyte rian church." At the conclusion of tho reading of the letter, a motion to refer It to a commit tee of three for consideration was adopt' ed, and Dr. McCIure, president of Lake Forest University; Dr. William, Natman, of the Fourth Church, and Dr. W. J. Chi chester, of the First Church, were named. Dr. Merrick Johnson, president of "McCor mlck Theological Seminary, who had be-n named, withdrew on the ground that he had already expressed his opinion In favor of accepting Dr. HUUs' rcs'gmtlon. The committee spent some time discussing tho letter, and finally decided to ask for two weeks In which to consider the matter before making any recommendation to the presbytery, and the request was granted by a unanimous vote. Emily Coghlnn Is Insane. NEW TORK. April 2. Miss Emily Cogh lan, sister of Rose' Coghlan. the actress, and herself well known on the stage, was taken to Bellevue Hospital today, ap parently Insane. She has been HI several days, and yesterday she became so violent that her physicians directed that she be sent to Bellevue. OutraKe by Chinese Pirates. HONO KONG, April 2. A British steam launch was captured by pirates yesterday near the Check Heung Shan District. The pilot of the boat was murdered and the launch and lighter which It had In tow were looted. The supercargo was made a prisoner. Repeal of Borton law. ALBANY. N. T.. April i-Governor Roosevelt has signed the bill repealing the Horton boxing law. It will go Into effect September 1 next. BOTH SIDES HEARD Arguments For and Against the Puerto Rican Tariff. SIMON CRITICISED THE MEASURE The Other Speakers of the Day Were Senators Spooner, Bate, Cnllom, Depevr and Perkins. WASHINGTON, April 2. Advocates and opponents of the Puerto Rico tariff and government bill waged vigorous war In the Senate today for more than seven hours. Long before the Senate convened at 11 o'clock, the galleries were crowded and so they remained until the Senate C. W. WATTS DEAD. ------ : iff sSvJvvJvvr" i Mm WELL-KX OWX OREGON SEWSPAPER MAX DIES AT DAWS OX. SKAQTVAT, March 28. C. "W. Watts, a newspaper man by profession, and for a long- tlrw editor of the Salem Statesman, the leading paper of Orecoa's capital, died la Dawocn March 10, after an lUneas of 13 day, from pneumonia. He was 4.1 years old. a, native of Yamhill County, Oreimu-and leaves a jrtfe and family t Atb&ny, On Ills Cither, Ir'V. Wsttn, (till Uvea at La Fayette, Or. The deceased was clerk of tho Legislature two terms. "H "acted as Dawson correspondent of The Oreoalan. lie flrat went to Klondike lalSSW, and intended to co to Koine this Spring. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, and members of that order have taken charge of the remains. The remains ha.e been embalmed, and are held at Diwion awaiting- advices from his family. adjourned. Those who listened to the de bate today were well repaid. The speeches were good, and the running de bate unusually bright and lively. During the speech of Spooner particularly, the chamber seemed to scintillate with sparks as he crossed argumentative swords with some of the best debaters on tbe Demo cratic side. Bate opened the discussion of the day with a carefully prepared speech In oppo sition to the bill. He was followed by Cullom In a vigorous speech supporting the measure. Then came Depew. a mem ber of the committee which framed the bill, who made an eloquent and force ful defense of the measure. Spooner, who spoke next, was followed by Perkins, alo a member of the committee on Puerto Rico, who presented a strong argument for tho bill. The closing speech was de livered by Simon, who. In criticizing the measure, entered Into a brief discussion of the political effects of Its pasvige. The final vote on the bill will be taken tomorrow afternoon. It Is arranged for 4 o'clock, but an effort will be made to extend tho time for debato beyond that hour. The Routine Report. The Senate convened at 11 o'clock in or der that the debate on the Puerto Rican bill might be extended. The public gal leries were crowded. Vest (Dem. Mo.), rising to a question of privilege, said that upon his return to the city, after an absence on account of illness, he had found that on the vote to strike out the provision In the Puerto Rican bill for a duty of 13 per cent of the Dingley duties, he had been noted as absent and not paired. He explained that he had a general pair, which he thought was sufficient. Had he been present, he would have voted to strike out tho duty on Puerto Rican products. Proceeding, he directed attention to a notable case which be said had been over looked In all tbe arguments. A sailor named Ross had shipped on an American merchantman from New York to Naga saki. At the latter port he had mur dered a fellow-seaman on the vessel's deck, and wasconvlcted and sentenced to death by a consular court. His sentence was. commuted to imprisonment for Ufa In the Albany. N. Y.. penitentiary. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus, the ground being that he had not been given a trial by Jury, as 'insured by the Consti tution. The Supreme Court decided that he had a fair trial, and must remain In prison: that In order to avail himself of the right of a trial by Jury the ves sel must have been within the territorial limits of the United States. Vest said ho would like any Senator to explain how the Supreme Court could come to that conclusion and state emphatically that within the territorial limits of th,e United States the Constitution applies without act of Congress or treaty stipulation, and yet agree that a different tariff can be Imposed upon the people of Puerto Rico from" that Imposed on the people of Mis souri. Senator Bate's Speech. Bate (Dem. Tenn.), after the Puerto Rican bill had been laid formerly before the Senate, delivered his announced apcech In opposition to the pending bill. He directed his argument particularly, against the pending Puerto Rican bill, but his speech embraced the whole ques tion of expansion and the treatment of the Government and by Congress of our Insular possessions. He took strong ground against the acquisition of Spanish territory under the treaty of Paris, against which he voted, and Inquired: "Can the American people acquire from another nation by purchase the moral right to govern 10.000.000 people against their consent, when attested to by forc ible resistance, that rightful rebellion which our Revolution consecrated for all timet. Thr js. Tint n nace, np i Kara- graph. In our history which sustains the rightfulness of purchasing peoples, 10, 000.000 in one batch, like cattle In box cars. "It Is true that the language of the treaty of Paris provides that the po litical and civil rights of the people in the ceded islands shall be determined by Congress, but by Congress, as controlled by the Constitution, and not by Congress acting with the absolutism of an English Parliament. The Constitution created Congress, gave It Its life and power and action, controls Its authority and directs its energies. Congress can do nothing not authorized by the Constitution. In no section, either by Grant or Abraham Lincoln, Is there any authority for any two classes of people, citizens of the states and .subjects of the Congress. "A tariff for Puerto Rico protects cer tain Interests In the United States and denies to all other people In the states tho benefit of competition, creates a vir tual trust on cigars, cigarettes and to acco. and helps the actual trust In sugar for the benellt of manufacturers at the cost of consumers In the states and pro ducers In Puerto Rico. While 310,000 tons of sugar In Hawaii, the property of the trust king of the United States, enters free of all duty, eo.000 tons of sugar pro duced by the Impoverished planters of Puerto Rico are taxed under the power by which the treaty of Paris was manipu lated so as to give Congress the power which has been thus abused. "Tho omnipotence of Congress over the civil rights and political status of 10. 000,000 people is grafted on a U-eaty. and the treaty Is now alleged to supersede even tho Constitution and to have become the supreme law of the land. Against a claim so monstrous and shocking to every sense of Constitutional law the people of the states in the Union will enter their solemn and efficient protest. They will never assent to the new Republican dog ma that the Executive, through his dip lomatic agents, can negotiate a treaty which shall be paramount to the Con stitution; and that the State Depart ment, through and by means of the hocus-pocus of diplomacy, can convert this Republic of Republics Into an Imperial ism more despotic than the absolutism of Parliament. "I was opposed to acquiring the islands of Spain, and for that reason voted against the ratification of tho treaty of Paris. I am opposed to the retention cf those Islands a moment longer than Is necessary to re-establish order and se curity. But so long as the Islands are under our control, and so long as our flag floats there, the representative of our au thority. I shall, as far as may be within my power, advocate and support the ex tension to those people of every privilege, right and immunity which the people of ihe states enjoy. "It may be a debatable question with some persons whether the 'Constitution follows the flag,' but there ought not to be any doubt that the Constitution domi nates the Congress, and Imposes upon Its legislation each and every restriction, whether the laws be enacted for the states, territories, provinces or colonies. The flag may outsail the Constitution, but Congress cannot get away from the In strument, nor from any of Its restraints. Its revenue laws must be uniform throughout all territory over which Con gress assumes to legislate; there are In the Instrument neither exceptions nor provisos, nor any place for 'expediency. " Adverting to the proposed tariff on Puerto Rican products. Bate declared that the original bill provided for free trade, but the "trusts took alarm, and the long and slimy tentacles of the octo pus soon reached Into the committee room, and all was lost- The demand of the octopus the sugar Interest was com plied with, and the President's recom mendation was sidetracked. Sixty thou sand tons of Puerto Rico sugar, the property of planters without 'influenco with the committee, was subjected to tax, while 300,000 tons of Hawaiian sugar, the property or a sugar king. Is admit ted free of all duty. "The sugar trust takes a reciprocity view of politics, and contributes money where It will 'do most good.' but shuts Its purse with a snap when the party would obey the Constitution or allow Con stitutional privileges to bar the way to corporate gain. The House committee took the hint from Mr. Oxnard, turned the cold shoulder to the President, dis cardedas he expressed It In his mes sagethe 'plain duty,' overthrew the Con stitution and fell back on the absolutism of Congress to do as it pleases with the millions of people acquired under the treaty of Paris. "The debate on this bill has unveiled the fact that the treaty of Parts has given Spain the same trade privileges that the United States may use free trade. If there is free trade between the Islands and the states; while the favored nation clause In our treaties with many foreign nations stands ready to open wide . (Concluded on Second Page.) A PARTY BLUNDER Why Simon Will Vote Against the Puerto Rican Bill. PLEDGES CAUSE A CONTROVERSY Passage of the Measure May Irftas Oregon to the Republicans Ex tracts From His Speech, WASHINGTON. April 2. Sermtot Simon occupied the floor of the Senatl for a few minutes this afternoon, and stirred up quite a little controversy ovel pledges to Puerto Rico. Senator Forakel sought to discredit his statement of anj pledges, but Simon retorted that Genera Miles had mado pledges, supplemented bj the Secretary of War and the President Senator McBrlde and Representative Moody were present when Senator Simoo spoke, although It was quite late. In th course of his remarks Senator Simon saldf "I shall vote against this bill. I shajj not do this, however, without some hesi tation and embarrassment, for I deeply regret the necessity of differing from so many of my party associates on this floor: but I do not consider this a po litical question, and, as I am so firmly convinced our plain duty Is to abolish all customs tariffs between tho United States and Puerto Rico, and give hey product.-? free access to our markets, I cannot see my way clear to do otherwise than to express my dissent from the tariff features of this bill by voting against It, "While my own view on this subject Is a matter of no great concern. It Is soms satisfaction to me to know that the over whelming sentiment of the people of my state Is in accord with the view I enter tain, and indorse the vote I propose td cast. The State of Oregon, which I ha-va the honor In part to represent. Is Intense, ly In earnest In Its demand for free com mercial Intercourse between this country and Puerto Rico, and the people of my state are especially Insistent In their de mand for fair dealing with the people ot the Island of Puerto Rico. They cannot understand why we should refuse to da that which was promised, and which, by consideration of good faith, requires should be done. "I am net prepared to say that the leg islation which the Republican majority In thl3 Congress seem determined to enact. In violation of the pledges mads to the people of Puerto Rico, will causa a loss of the State of Oregon to the Re publican party In November next, but 1 do say and I say It with much confidence that If there Is any on,e act of this Con gress that will render doubtful the vote of that state. It Is the passage of this bill in its present form. In which it Is proposed to repudiate the pledges here tofore made to the people of Puerto Rico. I am not so pessimistic as to believe that the enactment of this legislation win re sult In the defeat of the Republican can didate for President In November, al though I have no doubt that a very larga clement of the Republican party will be greatly disappointed with the enactment of this tariff 'eglslatlon. and that it wl3 loe to that party more votes than II otherwise would reclve, but I have an abiding confidence that very many of the people, offended by this proposed leg islation, especially the business element and the conservative people of this coun try, upon sober second thought, will never consent to turn the administration ot Government affairs over to Ir. Bryan and his associates upon a platform akin to that adopted at Chicago In 1SS6. and that, notwithstanding what I conceive to be a serious party blunder. President Me Klnley will be triumphantly re-elected In November next." The following are extracts from the re mainder of the speech: "Who Is It that opposes the perform ance of 'our plain duty to the people ot Puerto Rico? The claimor about the Capitol from the 'protected Interests must net be taken for the voice of the American people. "If we cannot afford to permit Puerto Rico to have free commercial Intercourse with the rest of this country. It Is high time for us to declare that we are In capable of cither governing or protecting that island, and we should haul down our flag and abandon our efforts to do either. "The proposition to discriminate against the people of Puerto Rico is. in my Judg ment, wrong in principle. It Is not pro tection, because it does not protect a single Industry that requires protection. It is not free trade, because it Imposes nhat I conceive to be an iniquitous charge and burden upon the island. "If conditions have so changed slnca December 5 last that It Is apparent now that discrimination should be made be tween the people of the United States and the people of Puerto Rico, and It Is no longer 'our plain duty to abolish all customs tariff.' ought not the people of this country to bo apprised of these changed conditions, the causo predomi nating them, and the apparent necessity for violating the pledges heretofore made? I havo not been convinced, nor have the people been convinced, that conditions have changed, or that there Is Justifica tion for the action proposed," House 31 ay Defeat Tariff Bill. In spite of the determination of the Senate, now well known, to put through the Puerto Rican tariff, there seems to be no change of sentiment among tha peoplo. Representative Warner, of Illi nois, one of the Republicans who voted against the Puerto Rican tariff bill in the House, has Just returned from his dis trict, where he was renominated by ac clamation. "It Is safo to say," he said this morn ing, "that four-fifths of the Republicans In Illinois are opposed to the Puerto Rican tariff. It Is absurd to say that the people do not know what they are talk ing about, that they are emotional, hys terical, and that they will feel differently when better Informed. I find that popu lar sentiment on this subject Is based on reason and principle." Republican members of the House who voted against the bill say that the propo sition for a tariff will be defeated, unless by a parliamentary trick another vote ,'s refused on the bill as amended by tha Senate. o Redaction of the War Tax. The war taxes are not to be changed during this session. Republicans gener ally believe that It would be a serious blunder to follow the Puerto Rican tariff bill with another that would cause such, a widespread division among the people. Every Interest that was not relieved from the war taxes would be offended, and over the single proposition of the beer tax there would be a dlsgruntlement of tho liquor Interests If the tax were retained, and serious criticism by the temperanco people if It was taken off. So It Is with many other Interests. Senators who have talked with the President say he Is not in favor ot any change, but there is fear among them that he may change his mind. The fact that Payne of New York, who blundered with the Puerto Rican tariff, has started the movement for a repeal In the House Is regarded as aus picious by those who do not want any thlnj done at this session. - 4iaM0issJmmktmy &ii . Jjy4aiWaiwAs.a,TTj-lyv Tijrstt J&WfeaN...--. -ttsufij- a -Vs-