THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900.
MORE AMENDMENTS
Further Changes "Proposed
in the Treaty. ;
AGREED UPON JN" COMMltTEE'
Jjodgre Made an Effort to Have a Day
Set for the Taking ot"jt Vot,
Debate Continued in"
""th.Sengte.
WASHINGTON. Dec 14. After report
Ins to the Senate In executive session t6-"a
day the new amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty as made by the com
mittee on foreign relations, 'Lodge (Rep-,
Mass.) made an .effprt to have a day
set for the taking, of a vote upon the.
treaty. He suggested next Thursday a.s
the generally acceptable time, but Ma
son (Rep., 111.) first made -objection, and
when he withdrew, "Money?, (Dem., Miss.)
suggested that Morgan (Dem., Ala.) had
given notice that he would ask that the
vote upon the treaty should be post
poned until a vote could be secured upon
the Nicaragua Canal bill. Morgan, how
ever, stated that he was not disposed
to make this contention any longer be
cause he did not wish to do anything
which would lead Great Britain to -conclude
that this country desires to take
a threatening position. Butler (Pop., N.
C.) then entered objection to fixing a
time for a vote. Lodge said that in view
of the position taken he should press the
treaty upon the attention of the Senate
early and late until a vote could be had
and he afterwards declined to move an
adjournment from today until Monday,
because of the refusal to allow a day to
be named for a vote.
The first of the amendments reported
Inserts the words "which is hereby super
seded" after the words "Clayton-Bulwer
treaty" in the first paragraph of article
2 of the treaty, making that paragraph
read as follows:
"The high contracting parties, desiring
to preserve and maintain the 'general
principle of neutralization established in
article 8 of the Clayton-Bulwer conven
tion, which is hereby superseded, adopt
as the basis of such neutralization, the
following rules, substantially as embodied
In the convention between Great Britain
and certain other powers signed at Con
Btantlnople, October 20, 1SSS, for the free
navigation of the Suez maritime canal."
The second of the amendments strikes
out article S of the treaty, reading:
"The high contracting parties will im
mediately upon the exchange of the rati
fications of this convention bring it to
the notice of the other powers and In
vite them to adhere to it.'
It was stated that the committee had
been unanimous in the action with the
exception of Money CDem., Miss.), who
opposes any action except the absolute
and unconditional abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty. That result is ac
complished by the amendment reported
today, but the Mississippi Senator would,
have this done through other means than
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Aside from these incidents and the re
jorting of the new amendments suggested
by the committee on foreign relations, the
proceedings of today consisted wholly of
epeechmaklng, the speakers being Cul
berson (Dem., Tex.). Spooner (Rep., wis.),
"Lindsay (Dem., Ky.). McCumber (Rop.,
2. D.), and Elkins (Rop.. W. Vc).
Culberson spoke for the adoption of
tactics similar to those outlined by the
fMoney resolution, -which provides for the
abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
by diplomatic -methods. He said that he
was opposed to proceeding by piecemeal
to get rid of a compact so .objection
able to American Ideas as the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. He thought it entirely
competent for this country to pass the
(Hepburn canal bill and proceed with the
canal Independently of all other treaties
cither in force or pending.
Spooner combatted the arguments of
Culberson. He said that he favored the
canal, and believed the United States
phould have the right to fortify and de
fend it, but he did not accept the view
that we should proceed in that great work
In total disregard of the existence of the
agreement of 1S50. Great Britain, he said.
Is a friendly power, and he would not
consent to any ruthless proceedings, but
lie would go at the work of preparing for
tho construction in an orderly way-which
wou'd Insure the support and good will
of a. Tdhdred people. He wasrt thererore.
an ndvocate of the pending negotiations.
He said that Qreat "Britain on -three dif
ferent occasions had approached this
country to secure "the abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, "but upon each oc
casion the United States had declined tho
venture. This proposition had been acted
upon by the State Department without
consulting Congress, but at any rate the
Incidents at least indicated the English
attitude upon the question of abrogation.
Lindsay spoke for the" ratlflcatlbn of
the treaty without further amendment.
He said that he had exrf opposed th
committee's amendment adopted jester
day, because, 1n his mind, the1 amendment
is a concession to Great Britain which it
WxlVir0SP' t0 mafec '"The United
Stetrtpps." he 'said, "that without
the amendment Great Britain would have
the right to pas ships through the canal
in lme of war. and 1 am not willing to
Sieve the United States take that position.
I think the treaty would have been
stronger without the amendment." Lind
say also announced his willingness to
treat with Great Britain for the total
abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
McCumber also favored ratification of
the treaty without amendment. Elkins
repeated the views expressed by him yes
terday for absolutely Independent action
in the construction of the canal and in the
operations of the United States In Central
America.
lit the open session a brief contention
was precipitated over- a phase of the
Montana Senatorial case. Jones (Dem.
Ark.) announced that he had been direct
ed by the committee on contingent ex
penses to ask that the resolution for In
vestigation of the claims of "William A.
Clark and Martin Maginnls to a seat in
the Senate under appointment of the Gov
ernor of Montana be referred to the com
mittee on privileges and elections. Chand
ler (Rop N. H). chairman of that com
mittee. Immediately reported It back . to
the Senate and asked for its adoption.
This was objected to on technical grounds,
but the resolution finally was Teferrod to
the committee on contingent expenses.
The President pro tern, announced -the
appointment by authority of the resolu
tion two days ago of Hanna (Rep. O").
Spooner and Jones (Dem. Ark.), to make
the necessary arrangements for the Inau
guration of the President of the United
States March 4 next.
AMENDMENTS TO THE TREATY.
Store Chances Made by the Senate
Forelsrn Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec 14. The Senate
committee on foreign relations today held
a special meeting and decided to recom
mend further amendments of the Hay
Pauncefote treatv The committee adopt
ed an amendment, suggested by Senator
Foraker. which declares that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty supersedes the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, and also strikes out the
Hay-Pauncefote agreement article 3.
which permits the submission of the Hay
Pauncefote. treaty to other powers and In
vites their acceptance of it.
The action of the committee on foreign
relations took place after a prolonged
conference of Senators especially Inter
ested in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The
conference was not called together until
11145 o'clock; 15 minutes before the time
tor tho convening of the Senate. There
was, therefore no time' for h. discussion
of the amendment adopted and others
suggested. The Republican members an
nounced that they were prepared to
amend the treaty on the lines of the
Foraker suggestion: that they considered
this -amendment comprehensive enough to
meet all demands, and that they would
do no more. The Foraker amendment
was accordingly agreed to", and the com
mittee adjourned in time to permit the
members to be in the Senate Chamber
jsSen the Senate was called to order.
The meeting of the Senatorial friends of
Jxralinittee-room, many of those present
"being members of the Republican com
mfttee'ori order of business. Their meet
ing 'today was a continuance of tho con
ference which was begun yesterday im
mediately after the adjournment of the
Senate. " The Importance of the treaty re
lating to pending legislation was consid
ered and a aecision was arrived at to
press the agreement to a vote If pos
sible. It was also decided that It would
be difficult to get It through without still
further amendment, and the Foraker
amendment was suggested as meeting all
objections. The President and Secretary
Kay were also, consulted, with reference
to the rdvlsabillty of further amending
the treaty, by Senators Lodge and For
aier, who called upon them before com
ing to the Capitol today.
nni;s nmpnded bevond any degree pro-
vposed. In the Senate by the respective
leaders, ana resoivea mio sucu lorm mj
to make It an absolutely discourteous mat
ter to be communicated, the pending Hay
Pauncefote treaty will be submitted to
the British Government by the President.
The communication will be entirely pro
forma, for the Administration has not
the slightest idea that the convention will
be adopted by the British Government.
If this belief Is well founded, then the
document will go Into the limbo of trea
ties that failed of ratification, its posi
tion comparing In some degree with the
Olney-Pauncefote arbitration treaty.
The President might, if he regards the
amendments made by the Senate to the
treaty as objectionable, take upon himself
the responsibility of administering the
final stroke, by simply withholding it
from the British Government. There is
precedent for such action In the disposal
made of certain treaties by President
Cleveland. But in that case the objec
tion was all on our side, while in the
present it is assumed that Great 'Britain
may be the party to whom the amend
ments are most obnoxious, and so might
properly be accorded the privilege of pass
ing upon them finally. That Is the Ad
ministration view of the situation.
Any expectation that the action of tho
Senate yesterday upon the Davis amend
ment to the treaty would result In the
Immediate retirement of Secretary Hay
from the Cabinet is negatived by tho
fact that the Secretary has not resigned,
and, according to his own statement, will
not leave the Cabinet at present.
SEXATOR DAVIS' LETTER.
Concerning Fortifications Amend
ment to the Treaty.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. In regard to the
controversy over the meaning and Justi
fication of the so-called Davis amendment
to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, H. H.
Kohlsaat, editor of the Times-Herald, to
day makes public a private letter he re
ceived from the late Senator Cushman
K. Davis. The letter bears date, "Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, United
States Senate, Washington, D. C, March
12, 1900," and is In part as follows:
"The amendment has this especial ad
vantage, that It was phrased as nearly
as possible in the language of the tenth
article of the treaty of Constantinople.
Therefore this amendment, so adjusted
to the treaty of Constantinople, puts the
British Government in the position where
it must either accept the principle of the
treaty of Constantinople, which Great
Britain herself proposed, or flatly say that
the lines of that treaty which are of
advantage to Great Britain, shall stand
Is our treaty, and that the lines of that
treaty which are to our advantage and
may be disadvantageous to Great Brit
ain shall be obliterated from our treaty
If the committee had framed their amend
ment on different lines or in different
terms Great Britain could have said that
we had departed from the treaty of Con
stantinople and' introduced new principles.
She would not have been correct In saying-
so. but she would have said it. My
own object was to hold her as clearly
as possible to her own precedents."
The letter concludes as follows:
"The possessions of the United States
as to Texas are less distant, and as to
California, not much further distant from
the ports of access of the Nicaragua Ca
nal than are the possessions of Turkey
at the lower end of the Red Sea from the
port of egress from the Suez Canal. The
Idea that the two situations are not Iden
tical in principle so far as the necessity
of defense is concerned, is simply prepos
terous. . "Article 16 of the treaty of Constanti
nople binds the parties to ask other
states which have not signed it to ac
cede to it. This tho United States could
not do, because to do so would be a
violation ct its policy as to European
complications, steadily adhered to since
"Washington's farewell address. Article
eight and possibly some other articles In
the treaty of Constantinople, binds the
signatory powers to watch over the execu
tion of the treatv. To do this would
bring the United States within the con
cert Ol Europe as an active, jjaxuuipa..
Ipg and possibly belligerent power. That
w'hlch we cannot do as to Europe the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty invites the Eu
ropean Powers to do as to the "Western
Hemisphere, Introducing them as parties
in control undor certain contingencies and
all in violation of the Monroe Doctrine."
DISCUSSED IX EXGLAXD.
Prens Comment on Senate's Action
on Canal Treaty. -
LONDON. Dec 14. The adoption by tho
United States of the Davis amendment
to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty yesterday.
Is evidently regarded as far too weighty
a matter for hurried comment by the
London morning journals. According to
the Times and some of the other pa
pers they will postpone until tomorrow
their editorial treatment of the question
In its present phase. The Dally Chroni
cle, however, publishes a short notice,
in which It says:
"The news is very serious Indeed. It
means in a word that the jingoes and
Anglophobes ot the United States Senate
have triumphed and that we are back
again today where we were at the time
of the Venezuelan Imbroglio and Presi
dent Cleveland's Involvent and provoca
tive sphere. The. feeling manifested dur
ing the Spanish-American "War has been
.shaken by pro-Boer sympathizers and it
Is now swamped by self-interest. The
Americans Intend to fortify the canal
in "spite of the treaty engagement to
the contrary' We can not possibly stand
by and allow the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
to be thus Imperiously set aside. The
good relations between the two countries
must of necessity be gravely menaced.
This is the outcome of Mr. McKinley's re
election. Worse could have hardly hap
pened If Mr. Bryan had been elected."
The Daily Graphic remarks: 'We have
no doubt as to the result. Anglo-American
statesmanship will find an amicable
solution of the difficulty created by Amer
ican jingoes. We fall to see, however,
how the Clayton-Bulwer treaty can be
got rid of without the Mosquito territory
reverting to Great Britain."
The Standard observes: "It is more of
a rebuff for President McKinley's ex
ecutive than for Great Britain. England
canr-ot possibly accept the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty thus amended, and It would
be Insulting to the people and Govern
ment of the United States to assume that
they will either denounce the Clayton
Bulwer treaty without offering an equit
able equivalent "or contemplate the gross
illegality of disregarding it. There will
be time enough to consider the abrogation
of tho treaty when Washington formally
tenders a suggestion, which would cer
tainly be approached by Great Britain with
t every desire to assist the United States
I to carry out a project highly beneficial to
American commerce, but it cannot be sup
posed that we wodld abandon our treaty
rights without solid consideration Jn re
turn." The Morning Post, after contending that
England in negotiating the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty was acting virtually as the
representative of all the maritime powers
of the world, says: "Should the United
States denounce the treaty there is no
means known to international law of
upholding it. The only known method "of
Inducing a state to accept ah obligation
of which It is tired is-the method o com
pulsion. That method Is out of the ques-r
tlon and would hardly be proposed, but'
It will be open to Great Britain alone or
In conjunction with other maritime states
to consider whether another canal, not
nnder the control-of the -United States-.
may be worth the making. In the matter
British Interests -are identical wun xne
Interests of all the maritime powers save
the United States."
There is a noticeable absence of com
ment In the afternoon papers. The St.
James's Gazette takes occasion to lec
ture the "Jingo Senate," which, it
says, "has again roughly rebuffed the
President and affronted the generosity of
Great Britain." The St. James's Gazette
further declares that the action of the
Senate in ordaining that one party shall
keep Its advantages, but that the other
shall not be safeguarded. Is imprudent,
and if it persists In its Ignorantly selfish
course Great Britain must fall back on
her rights under the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, -wnereby she Is entitled to refuse
permission to the United States to build
the canal."
The Pall Mall Gazette says: "British
consent to the intendment Is Impossible.
Everything for nothing Is not a working
principle."
France Will Xot Object.
PARIS, Dec 14. The French Govern
ment will not offer objection to any action
of the United States Congress regarding
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. They prefer
that the Nicaragua Canal should be neu
tral, but they appreciate the United
States strategic reasons for fortifying the
canal, and France's interests are too
small to Induce the government to inter
fere in any way in the matter. It is
thought, however, that, while It is natural
the United States should close the canal
In case of war In which she herself Is
concerned, the canal might reasonably be
expected to be left open in the event of a
war between other powers. This, how
ever, is only an expression of opinion.
"So Chances In Madrid Lcgratlon.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Nothing is
known here of any Intention on the part
of the President to make such a change
in the personnel of the United States
Legation at Madrid as would be Involved
In the appointment of "V. N. Foster, of
Illinois, to be Minister, In place of Bel
lamy Storer. It is stated positively that
nothing but Mr. Storers own determina
tion would causo him to be relieved. He
Is now engaged In the formation of a
number of treaties between pie United
States and Spain, and the present would
be a very inopportune moment to Inter
rupt the work.
CHOSEN FRIENDS.
Indiana Court Appoints a Receiver
for the Order.
INDIANAPOLIS,"Dec 14. At 10 o'clock
today Attorney-General Taylor, Auditor
of State Hart and Supremo Recorder T.
B. Linn, of the Order of Chosen Friends,
with their attorneys, appeared In the
Superior Court. The state asked for a
receiver for the Chosen Friends, alleg
ing that the order Is Insolvent. Recorder
Linn admitted that the facts set out in
the application were true. The state asks
that Thomas Young, chief secretary in
Linn's office, be named as receiver.
The court refused to name Young be
cause- he was a certificate-holder in thej
order. The court named Cyrus J. Clark,
of this city, as receiver. Clark's bond
was fixed at 5000. Clark ,has Just re
tired from the office of Sheriff of this
county. Receiver Clark, after qualifying,
sent telegrams to the various banks of
the country, notifying themto hold In
tact all funds of- the order they may have
on deposit.
Cause of the Deficit.
NEW YORK. Dec 14. Howard "H.
Morse, the supreme councillor and execu
tive head of he Order of Chosen. Friends, -said
today that the reasons for the dV
ficlt of the order "were three In num
ber: "First No provision was made for a'
reserve fund when the order was started
In 1S79. For 16 years it was managed on
a basis of special assessments to meet
every claim that came due. The trustees
realized that this was not a sound basis,
though it was the plan followed by nearly
all fraternal societies, and in 1S35 an at
tempt was made to equalize the dues of
the members into a system of regular
monthly payments, graduated on a ba
sis of reliable tables of mortality. An
expert actuary prepared this plan and
It would have enabled the order to meet
all future obligations, had the mem
bers supported It. Because the payments
were Increased somewhat, however, a
great many of the younger members
withdrew, from the order and It has lost
about a third of its membership since
1S95.
"Second The disaster at Galveston
brought In 34 claims, amounting to about
$60,000.
- "Third A shortage In the accounts,, of.
a treasurer, now dead, amounting to $30.
000, though this was covered by a surety
company's bond.
"The chief assets, wrhlch will now pass
Into the receiver's hands, are the for
feited bond of the ex-treasurer and an
assessment now due from members,
which will be about $30,000.
The Treasurer's Shortage.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec 14. William B.
Wilson, the defaulting treasurer" of the
Chosen Friends, died October 31, 1M0. of
cerebral apoplexy, at Newark, N. J., after
an Illness of a few weeks. He confessed
his breach of trust on his death bed. His
defalcation amounted to $34,605. He lost
the money in stock speculation. The
shortage has been kept a profound secret
by the high officers of the order.
Ten Were Injured.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Dec 14. Express
train No. S. from Chicago, on the" Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne &" Chicago Railway,
collided with the Leesdale accommoda
tion, east bound, near Edgworth. Pa.,
about 6:30 this morning. Both trains
were wrecked and five passengers and
five tralnment were injured. It Is said a
mistake in signals caused the accident.
All the Injured, It is believed, will recov
er except Fireman White, who was
crushed under his engine, and Baggage
master Wise, who was caught In the
end of his car and terribly crushed.
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Fonr MIneworlters Killed.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec 14. Four mine
workers lost their lives last night and
this morning in accidents in thls-regloifc
Thomas Hughes, a miner, walked through
an open gate at Brlsban shaft: thinking
the carriage was at the top. He fell over
400 feet and was crushed to a shapeless
mass. Thomas J. Evans, a miner, was
killed, and Patrick McLaughlin, -a laborer,
was badly Injured by a fall of coal at
Leggett's Creek mine Two unknown
Hungarians, working In the Sterrlck
Creek mine, at Becksville, were killed
last night by falling rock.
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REDUCTION OF REVENUE
HOUSE HAS JfOT "VET PASSED THE
PAYNE BILL.
Committee SajitalHeu Tiro Signal De
feats YeHterdnj 3Iany Aniend-
meats "Were Offered.
"WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. The. House to
day adjourned .without disposing of more
.man nan the war revenue reduction dui
num ii tii l. me war revenue teuueuvu uui 1
General debate-closed at 2'p'clock. after
which the bill was opened to amendments
under the five-minute rule. A determined
effort was. made to reduce still further the
tax on beer below the committee rate of
51 60 a barrel, , but the ways and means
committee overwhelmed the opposition. '
The committee, however, sustained two I
signal defeats. In connection with the j
beer tax, Payne (Rep. N. Y.) offered an
amendment to the language of the bill I
passed by the House last session designed
to abolish the use of small beer pack
ages, one-sixth and one-eighth barrels,
but It was defeated, 8 to S4, after charge?
that Its purpose was to crush out the
small brewers were made. Another de
feat occurred In connection with the
amendment offered by H. C. Smith (Rep.
Mich.). The bill abolished the 1-cent
stamp on express receipts and telegraph
messages, but retained the tax on rail
road and steamship freight receipts. The
text of the amendment is as follows:
"Express and freight. It shall be the
duty of every railroad or steamboat com
pany, carrier, express company or; cor
poration, or person whose occupation is
to act as such, to make within the first
15 days of each month a sworn statement
to the Collector of Internal Revenue In
each of their respective district?, stating
the number of shipments received for car
riage and transportation, whether in bulk
or In boxes, bales, packages, bundles or
not so inclosed tor included, for which anv
charges whatsoever have been made, and
for each of suph shipments received for
carriage and transportation the said rail
road or steamboat company, carrier, ex
press company- or corporation or person
whose occupation it Is to act as such,
shall pay a tax of 1 cent on bundles or
packages of newspapers when .Inclosed In
one general bundle at the time of ship
ment." si
When the House met today, Barney
(Rep. Wis.), from the committee on ap
propriations, reported the pension appro
priation bllL The House then resumed
the consideration of the war revenue re
duction bill.' Maddox (Dem. Ga.), Otey
(Dem. Va.), Lewis (Dem. Ga.) and Sulzer
(Dem. N. Y.) "opposed the bill. Gaines
(Dem. Tenn.) concluded the general de
bate for his side of the House.
Dalzell (Rep. Pa.) clqsed for the Repub
licans, with a comprehensive speech of
an hour. Thogo who sought the total re
peal of the wai taxes, he said, seemed to
forget the 'extraordinary expenses that
might have to Ije met in 1902. They made
no provision for a river and harbor bill,
for big armor-plate contracts, for sub
sidies' for the merchant marine, if the bill
pending In the Senate should .pass, for the
construction" of tthe Nicaragua Canal, and
for pie -possibility that the Supreme Court
might decide tiat the Constitution fol
lowed the flag, .in which case the United
Stales would have to refund all duties
collected in the ports of Porto Rico, 'Ha
waii and the Philippines. Better a sur
plus, he said, than a deficit. In his opin
ion it were better not to have gone be
yond the $30,000,000 cut recommended by
the Secretary of the Treasury. He said
the 510,000,000 reduction on beer had been
made as a concession to members on the
floor. It would, he said, be unsafe to re
duce that tax another dollar.
General debate was closed and the bill
was read for amendment under the flve-
mtaute .rale, .Payne, chairman of, tha.
ways ana means committee, irom tne, .com
mittee offered an amen'dment to make the
be.ee tax 51 6Q.per barrel flat, instead -of a.
discount of 20 per cent, as originally
drawn.
Newlands (Sll. Nev.) offered an amend
ment to reduce the tax to 51 20 per bar
rel. He urged that the tax on beer could
be reduced and the taxes on the accumu
lated wealth of the country, for the first
time placed under contribution, could be
.retained.
Payne opposed the Newlands amend
ment, which, he-eaid, would make a re
duction of 526,000,000 on beer, or a total re
duction of 556,000,000. Such a reduction,
he said, would necessarily create a deficit.
.Newlands' amendment was lost, 60 to 127.
Bartholdt (Rep. Mo.) offered an amend
ment making the rate 51 50.
Allen (Dem. Miss.) made a short and
witty speech closing, he said, his "great
legislative career." He referred ironically
to the need of keeping up taxation and
spending more money. He raised a laugh
by describing a walk in the fashionable
quarters of Washington and finding the
palatial residences occupied by brewers.
Ho opposed any further reduction of the
vbeer tax.
Bartholdt and Fitzgerald (Dem. Mass.)
spoke in favor of the amendment, which
was defeated. 60 to 129.
Sulzer (Dem. N. Y.) charged that the
Republicans had obtained a large cam
.Dahjn fund from the brewers upon a
pledge to repeal the 51 additional tax
upon heer. They had been false to their
.promise, and he predicted that the brew
ers would repudiate them at the next
election.
Payne's anje.ndmnt, .fixing the tax at
51 60 per barrel, was then adopted with
out, division.-
Stewart (Rep. N. Y.) offered an amend
ment providing that, unless the beer sold
was made exclusively of malt and hops,
so pronounced by Treasury Inspectors,
the tax upon It should be 52 per barrel,
and accepted an amendment by Tawney
(Rep. Minn.) to include barley In the in
gredients of pure beer. The whole
amendment waf then defeated.
Corliss (Rep. Mich.) offered an amend
ment to require the cancellation of stamps
by perforation; adopted. 123 to 23. Its
stated purpose is to prevent fraud.
Payne then offered an amendment to
the bill passed by the House at the last
session, fixing the size of beer packages.
He said It abolished one-sixth and one
eighth barrels. The amendment was vig
orously opposed by Fletcher (Rep. Minn.),
who- declared that it was a compromise
by w"hich the big brewers agreed to ac
cept the reduction to 51 CO per barrel,
provided this amendment was placed 4n
the bill. The amendment, he said. wtuld
crush out the small brewers. Barney,
Davidson (Rep. Wis.) and Green (Rep.
Pa.) also opposed the amendment. Payne
denied that the amendment was in the
Interest of the large brewers. The
amendment was defeated, S3 to 94.
Newlands offered an amendment pro
viding that every person, corporation or
firm engaged in manufacture whose gross
receipts exceeds 5500,000 shall pay an ex
cise tax of .1 of 1 per cent on such re
ceipts above -5500,000,- and that such per
sons, corporations, etc, snail make true
and accurate returns annually to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, as In
the case of refiners of sugar and petro
leum." The purpose of the tax, Newlands
said, was to make the great trusts and
combinations pay a portion of the war
reenue. It was lost, 90 to 119.
Kltchln (Dem- S. C) offered an amend
ment to reduce the tax on manufactured
tobacco and snuff from 12 to 6 cents per
pound, the tax before the war-revenue
act went into effect: lost, 79 to 106.
H. S. Smith (Rep. Mich.) offered an
amendment to require a tax of 1 cent on
express receipts, with a provision de
signed to compel the express companies
to pay the tax. Smith charged that the
express and telegraph companies had
been unpatriotic in refusing to bear their
share of the war tax by compelling their
customers to pay the tax. He made a
direct reference to a Senator who Is con
nected with one of the express companies,
and declared that when the law was
passed that Senator had advised the com
pany not to pay the tax. Payne replied
that .the express companies had found
that they could not pay the enormous tax
and live He expressed regret that Smith
had seen fit to make a personal attack
upon a Senator of the United States.
Smith's amendment was then agreed to,
13 to 106. -
"Without completing the bill, the House
at 5:25 P. M. adjourned.
REAPPORTTONHEXT BILL.
Trro Were Introdaced In the House
Yesterday.
"WASHINGTON, Dec 14. Chairman
Hopkins, of the House committee on
census, today called a meeting of that
committee for tomorrow morning to con
sider the question of reapportionment of
the renresentatlon of states In the House.
At the same time Mr. Hopkins consulted
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ment. NnmcrmiR state delecratlons have
caucused on the reapportionment sub
ject, and the conference. If held, will be to
get the general consensus of members on
the subject. Mr. Hopkins stated liter
that there w ould be a conference. During
the day, he introduced a reapportionment
bill making the House membership S57.
He said that the bill has no special sig
nificance as coming from him as chair
man of the census committee, and will
take Its chances with other propositions. (
The changes It makes are: Losses, one
each. Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Nebras
ka, Ohio, South Carolina. Virginia; gains,
one each, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jer
sey, New York and West Virginia: gains,
Texas, two.
Representative Brqsius, of Pennsyl
vania, Introduced a resolution for a con
stitutional amendment designed perma
nently to fix the membership of .the
House of Representatives at 357, the pres
ent number.
The proposed amendment proposes that
when a new state Is admitted, it shall
have one member, which shall be In ad
dition to the 357 until tho next reappor
tionment, when It shall return to that
number.
THE POST EXCHANGE.
Secretary Root Speaks for the Can
teen Provision.
WASHDXGTON, Dec 14. Secretary
Root was before the Senate committee
on military affairs today, going over the
Army reorganization bill. He urged that
the Army canteen provision Inserted by
the House be stricken out, saying that
the canteen or post exchange Is an Im
portant factor In Army life from a social
point of view. He- feared It might be
difficult to secure recruits with the can
teen abolished. The Secretary again'
dwelt upon the importance of speedy ac
tion upon the bill, saying that trans
ports for Manila would begin to leave
San Francisco tomorrow, and that all
transports leaving after this time would
bring volunteer soldiers back. He called
atention, to the fact that civil government
had been 'established among some of the
Filipinos, and said that It would not do
to leave them unprotected, even for a
short time.
Postmaster Appointed. v
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. The Presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions of Postmasters to the Senate:
Hawaii Arthur Waal, Lahalna; C. H.
Bishop, Lihue. p
Oregon D. W. Wilcox, Lakevlew; A.
W. Severance", Tillamook; George 4 Sum
mers, Prinevllle; F. G. Jewell, Sumpter.
HENRY RUSSELL'S CAREER.
Songs That Won Their Way Into the
Popular Heart.
Chicago Tribune.
In the various tributes which have been
paid to the memory of the late Sir Arthur
Sullivan special stress has been laid unon
hiav claims to the; gratitude 'of the ptibhc'
03 c jjmvuur ol rcunea popular xnnsia
through the medium of the numerous op
erettas he -wrote in collaboration -with'
Gilbert, rather than upon 'the higher1
music forms in ivhici he reached a high
standard of excellence, and In which also1
he would undoubtedly .have proved him
self a master had. not his attention been
diverted to popular entertainment. .
England and, the, world .have aiow suf-
jereq a smuiarr joss or the death Oi i
(Henry Russell, the song writer and vocal
ist, at the extreme age of. 87. Mr. Rus
sell was born. In 1813, and after his pre
liminary studies appeared In public In
1S40. For many years he was a great
popular favorite, not only as a singer
but also as a composer, and in his par
ticular style was without a rival. The
peculiar relation which he held to the
public, that of a composer singing his
own songs, haa now almost ceased to ex
ist. In some ways the late Osslan E.
Dodge and the Hutchlnsons followed his
example and enjoyed great popularity, but
in the processes of musical evolution the
Heinrlchs and Heaschels have usurped
their places, and song singing has reached
a higher standard of excellence.
Mr. Russell was never a great singer,
but he had a pleasing presence and a
dramatic style of performance, which
gave an added interest to his picturesque
songs, and some of them have become
famous the world over, and are still sung
in many homes, though they have dis
appeared irom modern concert pro
grammes. Among these, "I'm Afloat,"
"Woodman, Spare That Tree' "The
Dream of the Reveler,"1 ''The Maniac,"
"The Gambler's Wife," "Cheer, Boys,
Cheer," the. air always played by the
drum and fife band whenever an English
regiment goes abroad, and "Life on -the
Ocean Wave' which Is known and loved
wherever tho English language is spoKen,
have proved Immensely popular and have
given delight to thousands. Mr, Russell
was a prolific writer. Over 00 songs were
composed by him, many of which are
now forgotten, but his two marine songs,
"I'm Afloat" and "Life on the .Ocean
Wave." have In them the enduring qual
ity and will become classics of English
song as much so as the 'Lost Chord"
of Sullivan or the "Kathleen ilavqur
neen" of Crouch. One of the veteran
composer's last productions was "Our
Empress Queen," written in honor of
Queen Victoria's jubilee, but It has not
been much In vogue. His fame will rest
upon his earlier works, and these entitle
him to the same popular gratitude so un
grudgingly bestowed upon Sir Arthur Sul
livan. Q.ueer Facta About Chinese Women.
Leslie's Weekly.
It Is strange that in a country where
the ties' of family are so strong and
where so much Attention Is fciven to tho
preservation of the family name, women
should be so looked down upon as they
ace In China. The reason for this, how
ever. Is to be "found blithe system of
ancestral worship and the patriarchal
gathering together of families. From the
time of her betrothal a Chinese girl be
longs to the family of her prospective
husbaid, and often when her own family
Is poor or feels unable to .afford keep
ing her until she reaches a marriageable
age. she Is sent even while a mere child
to her husband's family to be raised by
then. Eveh when she stays at home she
worships not the tablets of her own an
cestors, but those of her husband's, so
she Is useless to the family Into which
she is born so- far as the observance of
the ancestral rites Is concerned. !
This Is the reason why a Chinaman, on
being asked the number of his children,
answers only with the number of h
sons and never counts In his girls. Thitj,
too, Is the reason why, as a rule, Chinese.
girls are not educated- Since she Is to
belong to another family, the parents
argue that It would be a mere waste of
time and money to educate her;
because to educate her or culti
vate her talents would be giving to the
other family something which they had
not bargained for, and for which her own
family would receive no compensation.
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AGAINSTTRADEAUTONOMY
federat'ios of labor IS IX
FAVOR OF CEXTRALIZA.TIOX.
Denunciation of Governor Steunen--berjr
The Trouble Betireen-the
Printers nnl the Maqhlnlsis.
LOUISVILLE., , .Ky.. ,Dec 14. The
American- Federation" ot Labor today
placed Itself on record as opposed to
trade aqtonpmy and lnfavor of central
ization, lp tjade unionism, establishing a
nrecedent for. the establishment of fu
ture organizations of. the country- Two
propositions for autonomy were voted
down, on the ground as stated by their
opponents, that- the would tend-to dis
integrate tne targe, central Jabprv unions
and destroy their po.wer and prestige.
The comentlon showed l disposition to
compromise on the question, recommend
ing that the different organizations come
to some agreement foe. the Interchange
of cards, and disclaiming the competency
of the federation to legislate for an affil
iated union.
President John Mitchell of the- United
MIneworkers of Amerlca-preslded over
the morning session. The disposition of
numerous resolutions on the calendar was
resumed, and the followingjwere, adopted:
To facilitate the organization of brother
hoods of oil and gas well workers; to
aid the telephone girls of America In
their efforts to organize. -
The committee reported- unfavorably on
a resolution providing that the executive
council employ a member of the federa
tion to be known as. '.'the, labor report
er," whose duty It shall be to collect
labor news and distribute it to members
of. the associated labor press of. America.
The resolution was defeated by the adop
tion, of the- adverse report. t. ".
The special committee on thereport of
the president Indorsed Mr. Gompers' de
nunciation of the authorities ot Idaho
for alleged illegal aqtlon In Shoshone
County, Idaho. Governpr Steunenberg
was condemned for alleged usurpation
during the riots, and Congressman John
J. Lentz, of Ohio, was commended for
the introduction of his resolution reaulr-
ing the President of the United States to
withdraw the troops from Shoshone
County. The report also contained a com
mendation of "those Congressmen "who
endeavored to bring out the facts In -the
Coeur d'Alene matter." The report ex
pressed agreement with President Gom
pers in his statement tnat the contract
labor law has proven Ineffectual, and
the executive council w as Instructed to.
formulate and submit to the prrfper
committees of Congress further legisla
tion on the matter necessary to meet
the exigencies existing.
The special committee on compulsory
arbitration reported as in "full accord;
with President Gompers when he said
that the right- to quit work was an In
violable prerogative of every American
workman, and a restriction of that right
an outrage, on the liberties ot the Amer
ican people. The report recommended
that the convention take such action as
will securo legislation for voluntary arbi
tration as opposed to compulsory arol
tratlon." The reports of both special com
mittees were unanimously adopted.
The cqmmlttee on grievances made rec
ommendations, the effect of which, is
against direct trade autonomy, and in
favor of the establishment in the federa
tion of friendly courts of arbitration for.
the settlement of lnter-labor disputes.
The recommendations were referred to
the committee on laws.
The convention spent much time at the
afternoon session In the discussion of a
resolution submitted by the International
Union of Steam Engineers, expressing the
sense of the federation that "national
and international unlqns of any trade
affiliated therewith shall have exclusive
Jurisdiction over that trade, without In
terference from the National Union of
"United B"Bwery-Workeri,"', directing the I
United Brewery-Workers to Instruct all
engineers, firemen, , machinists, team-
drivers, cdopers" painters, .and .other me
chanics employed Id bfpwerles where
trades are affiliated .with the federation
to join immediately the legitimate union
of their trade ' and to -'withdraw from
membership In the United "Brewery-Work-
union to refrain in the future from -initiating
mechanics "whose trades are oth
erwise organized and affiliated, failure
to comply on the part of the United Brewery-Workers
to. be sufficient ground for
the -revocation of their charter. On .this
resolution the committee made a com-"
promise report, w"h!ch" was virtually a
pronouncement against trade autonomy
and in favor of Organization ori"an indus
trial basis. In the particular Instance
brought "up by the resolution, the com
mittee favored allowing- the united brew
ers' union and the large organizations to
regulate their own affairs and to affili
ate with them the engineers and the
other auxiliary crafts. The debate on
concurrence In this report was Jong and
sometimes violent. The compromise re
port of the committee was adopted by a
vote of 33S4 to 1613.
With reference to the dispute between
the International Association of. Machin
ists and the International Typographical
Union as to trade autonomy, the resolu
tions committee recommended- tiat "the
Federation of Labor refuse to- intarrere.
This precipitated a polemic battle be
tween P,resldeit 0'Connellnof the machin
ists, who bppos'ed'the committee's recom
mendation, and President Lyhch of the
typographical Tinron, who supported It,
Mr. O'Connell protested against any prop
osition to force the machinists to join
the Internationa), Typographical Union,
maintaining that a man who takes care
of a linotype machine mechanically is
properly a. member of the machinist's
craft, Mr. Lynch argued In favor of only
one union of workers -in printing offices,
in order that the rights -of the emplojes
might be more advantageously main
tained. Delegate RosenDerg, of San
Francisco,, declared that the- opposition
to trade autonomy was in line with the
general Imperialistic idea now dominant
the world over. President John Mitchell,
of the United MIneworkers, spoke In favor
of the committee's action.
Vice-President Duncan offered as a sub
stitute an. amendment pledging the goodj
services of the federation for further me
diation between the organizations con
cerned, and requiring the Executive Coun
cil to facilitate a settlement of the diffi
culty within the ensuing year; also criti
cising In some degree the typographical
union fdr non-submleslon of the dispute
to arbitration President Gompers made
an earnest argument n favor of.the sub
stltute" and was greeted with tumultu
ous applause. He declared against the
use of force by the federation In the ad
justment of differences et,ween any af
filiated unions. The substitute was adopt
ed by a vj.ya. voce vote, only one voice
being heard in the negative The after
noon and evening sessions were almost
wholly taken up. 5iththls matter.
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.
Both Sides Appejir Sanemine About
the Outcome.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec 14. No new de-
Difficult Digestion
That Is dyspepsia.
It makes life miserable. f.
Its sufferers eat not becauss they want fo,
but becante'they miut.
They know they are Irritable and 1 retfal ;
. but they cannot be otherwise.
They complain of a bad taste In tho
'mouth, a tenderness at the pit of the stom
ach, art uneasy feeling of puffy fulness,
headacbercsartbum and what not.
The effectual remedy, proved by penna
nent cures nl thousands of severe cases, is
Hoods Sars&psupiSte
Uood'5 Kits rc tt9 frwt cfttatrtlct
velopments hae come to light In tha
telegraphers' strike. The telegraphers
have established headquarters here with
the head otflcers 6f the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers in .charge, and an
nounce that they will keep up the fight
until they hae won. The officers inti
mate that they will have something to
suggest In a few days which will sur
prise the people, especially the officers ot
the Santa Fe road. vi
No great difficulty Is experienced In tha
nmnlngot the. trains on. the maln line,
though they rarely run just on time.
Freight is not moving so rapidly as It
was. Here is one of the points wherein
the strikers think they see a chance
of. winning. There are soma salploads of
freight at Galveston "which the road can
not move, and upon which 5200 per day
demurrage on each ship has to be paid.
General Manager Mudge, of the Santo.
Fe, still, appears. tQ be very sanguine
about the outcome. He sajs" that the
strike has "descended to a mere war of
words between the company and tho
strikers, and that, nothing more serious
will result. Mr. Mudge says there has not
been a bit of diminution of the business
of the company, so far as freight Is con
cerned, and that the companv, can well
afford togo along in the present condi
tion ot affairs. He remarks that if the
strikers can stand the present arrange
ments,, he can. and that as far as tho
officers of the road are concerned, the
strikers. can carry forward their fight as
long .as they desire.
Miners nnu HoLntine:- Engineers.
CLINTON, Ind.. Doc. U.The United
MIneworkers have demanded that all
hoisting engineers join their union. The
engineers have refused and the miners'
union has demanded thelt discharge, un
less they comply with- their demands.
State President Van Horne, of the United
Mlnsworkers, has sustained the miners.
All -mines- In the district are Idle today.
It to believed they wllL resume; with new
engineers tomorrow.
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