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THE SIOEKIKG OREGONrAN, PBLDAY, AJfRIL .18, 1902.
RULES OF THE HOUSE
Attacked by Cushman in a
Breezy Speech.
IN THE DEBATE ON CUBAN BILL
Most of the Addresses Yesterday
"Were In Opposition to1 the Meas
ure General Debate Will
- Close Today.
"WASHINGTON. April 47. General de
bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill -will
close tomorrow at 3 o'clock, and It Is the
Intention of the House leaders. If pos
sible, to force a final vote on the pas
sage of the bill before adjournment
tomorrow night. All day long the lead
ers were counting noses and preparing
for the final etruggle tomorrow. The
Democrats are badly split on the bill.
The opponents of the bill occupied most
of the time of the debate today, the
feature being a vigorous speech by Cush
man (Rep. "Wash.) against the measure.
Cushman arraigned the committee on
rules and the House leaders In a breezy
and at times sensational fashion. A
portion of his criticism was In semi
humorous vein, but some of It was de
cidedly caustic, De Armond, one of the
leaders of the Democrats of the House,
delivered a forcible speech in favor of
tariff reduction on trust articles. The
other speakers were: Pierce (Dem. Tenn.),
Douglass (Rep. N. Y.) and Lacey (Rep.
la.) for the bill, and Jenkins (Rep. "Wis.),
Gaines (Rep. "W. Va.), "Warner (Rep. 111.),
Gardner (Rep. Mich.), Jones (Rep. Wash.)
and Lond (Rep. Cal.) against Is. Lond
declared that directly and indirectly
Cuba already had cost the United States
$1,000,000,000.
The Proceedings.
The House began Its session at U
o'clock In order to expedite the Cuban
bill. A veto message was received from
President Roosevelt of a bill pensioning
Thomas F. "Walter, and was referred to
the, committee on invalid pensions.
Consideration of the Cuban reciprocity
bill was resumed, and Jenkins (Rep. "Wis.)
spoke on the political status of Cuba,
maintaining that there could be no sus
pended sovereignty, and that at the pres
ent time Cuba was under the political do
minion of the United States. Jenkins op
posed the bill because our relations toward
Cuba were not such as to permit of the
proposed reciprocity treaty.
Gaines (Rep. W. Va.) also opposed the
bill, declaring that It was unnecessary
and unwise.
Warner Rep. 111.), who followed, was
also against the bill. He Insisted that the
measure was not along Republican lines,
and when he declared that at heart a
majority of the members on the Repub
lican side were opposed to the measure,
the Republican opponents of the bill gave
him a round of applause.
De Armond (Dem. Mo.) made a speech
which attracted much attention. He em
ployed his vitriolic comment upon the at
titude of members with his accus
tomed freedom. Calling attention to
the fact that members of both
sides, whether they opposed or ad
vocated the measure, Justified their
course by an appeal to their party princi
ples, he remarked that viewed from these
diverse standpoints the measure was in
deed a remarkable departure in legislation.
He commented upon the statement of
General Grosvenor a few days ago that
later the high rates of the Dingley law
would be reduced and revised by the
friends of that act. If the rates were too
high, he saw no -reason why the reduc
tion should not occur now, and in this
connection referred sarcastically to the
Babcock bill to place steel on the free list.
Its author had voted against the bill In
committee, and he Intimated broadly that
the purpose of its Introduction was to hold
up the steel trust and other kindred trusts
for the benefit of his party In the com
ing campaign.
Speaking of the sugar trust, he observed
that to hear members talk one would
think there was nothing so friendless In
the House as this trust.
"Fortunately," he said, ironically, "there
will be opportunity later on for members
to show by their votes that they have not
misrepresented themselves."
But De Armond warned the members
that later on a motion would be
made to amend the bill to take
the differential off refined sugar the
differential put in the bill for the
benefit of the trust. Then, he
said, would come the "beautiful spec
tacle we have witnessed so often the
rules would stand In the way and mem
bers would hide behind the rules."
But De Armond warned the members that
they could not Justify themselves with
such a plea.
"That will be our chance," he said.
"You are either for this trust or you are
against it. If you are against It do not
let a eplder-web rule stand In your path.
The man who votes to sustain the chair
will stand In history and before his con
stituents and this House as opposed to the
proposition he refuses to consider." (Dem
ocratic applause.)
Cushman's Speech.
Cushman (Rep. "Wash.) made a
breezy speech against x the bill. He
declared that a majority of the
Republicans of the House today were
opposed, although a majority were
today convinced that it would be
better for them to be In favor of It. He
intimated that the Speaker's position was
responsible for the change of attitude of
many of the members, and followed this
statement with a very outspoken and al
most sensational criticism of the power
exercised by the Speaker.
"I make the statement on this floor
now," said Cushman, "that no member
who Introduces a bill, not a private bill,
can get It considered unless it suits the
Speaker and If any one wants to deny
this I am in a position and In a pecu
liarly happy frame of mind right now
to give a little valuable testimony on
that point. (Applause and laughter.)
Who is the Speaker of this House? Is
he mortal like the rest of us? "Who is
the Speaker of this House that sets up
his immaculate Judgment to Judge on
every bill that Is Introduced? When a
member Introduces a public bill in this
House, what happens? It Is referred to
a great committee of this House. They
pass their Judgment on it, recommend It
for passage and then It goes on the cal
endar. That Is a misnomer. It ought to
be called a cemetery (laughter), for
therein lie whitening bones of legisla
tive hopes. (Laughter.) When the bill
is reported what does the member who
introduces It, and who is charged by
his constituency to secure Its passage,
do? Does he consult himself about his
desire to call it up? No. Does he
consult the will cf the majority of the
House? I will tell you what he
does. He either consents that the
bill may die on the calendar, or
he puts his manhood and his Individ
uality In his pocket and goes trotting
down that little pathway that leads to
the Speaker's room. All the glory that
clustered around the holy of holies in
King Solomon's temple looked like 30
cents (prolonged laughter and applause);
yes, looked like 2 cents, compared with
that Jobbing department of this Govern
ment." (Applause and laughter.)
Cushman then quoted Casslus' allusion
to Caesar as the colossus of the "world
and continued:
"No onslaught on the individual. I have
a high regard for the Speaker of the
House personally and for him politically,
but the fact Is that we have adopted
a set of rules in this body that are an
absolute disgrace to the legislative body
of any Republic (applause on the Demo
cratic side.) They are unrepubllcan,
they are undemocratic, they are un
American. (Applause on the Democratic
side.) We need to restore this House
to the great patriotic plane on which the
fathers of the country placed It, that
every Individual member on this floor
stands on equal plane with every other.
(Applause.) We operate here Under a
set of rules confessedly designed to be
little the hopes and dwarf the ambitions
of the individual members of this body
and at the same time to vest more
power in the hands of one or two men
than was ever enJoyetTby Oriental de
spot or a 10-button Mandarin. The sys
tem Is rotten lit one end, because it
robs the Individual member In this House
of the power that the Constitution of
the United States and his credentials
as a member of this body entitle him
to; it is rotten, at the other end because
It vests power In men that have no
right to it. and oftlmcs places on them
duties that they have no capacity to
fulfill. (Applause and laughter.)
"Mr. Chairman, let no man charge me
now with trying to tear down the Repub
lican party. I am not trying to tear down
the Republican party; but I confess that
I sometimes feel that I would like to put
my hand upon the throat of one or two
men who conceive that they are the Re
publican party. (Applause ahd laughter.)
I am a believer In the Republican party.
The true friend of his party is the man
who does not elt by and watch his party
drift Into disrepute and toward destruc
tion, but the man who rises up and calls
attention to the -evils that exist. Nero sat
on the hilltops and fiddled while, the
Eternal Glty rose In smoke and sank in
ashes, and we are sitting here idly and
unconcerned while the great power of this
ancient House Is being evaded, belittled,
debauched and destroyed. (Applause.)
"There are people In Washington City
today who are going down to a theater
and paying out 50 cents each In order to
see a performance of llllputians. What a
sinful waste of money when they can
come up here and watch this House per
form six days in the week for nothing.
(Laughter.)
What Makes Him Thin.
"Now, Mr. Chairman, a member of this
House said to me the other day: 'Cush
man, what makes you so thin?' I will tell
you what makes me so thin. I have 500,
000 earnest, patriotic, intelligent constitu
ents behind me, demanding that I secure
certain needed legislation in their in
terest. When I try to secure recognition
and an opportunity to bring up that leg
islation for consideration I go up against
the stone wall that surrounds the Speakei
of the House and the committee on rules.
That is the pressure on me from in front,
and between the pressure from the rear
and the pressure from in front I have been
flattened out like a canceled postage
stamp. (Laughter.)
"Now, In the three years that I have
been a member of this body I have always
approached that little machine with the
deference due to its age and its station;
but I hope you will excuse my frankness
when I tell you that from" this time on I
will devote a little of my time and a tithe
of my energy to putting a few spokes In
the wheel of that machine that the de
signers of the vehicle never ordered.
(Laughter.) Now, I will leave the con
sideration of this subject with the final
observation that sometime between now
and the close of this session I will get a
little time, at a suitable opportunity, and
will make a speech on the subject of the
rules of this House, and I promise you
that the speech will be so hot that it will
have to be printed on asbestos paper and
tied to a hand grenade for distribution."
Cushman then turned his attention to
the pending measure, and Its sponsors.
After reading the utterances of Harrison,
Blaine and McKinley on the subject of
reciprocity, to show that they did not ad
vocate such reciprocity as was contained
in the bill, Cushman said:
"I appeal from the reciprocity of John
Dalzell to the reciprocity of Benjamin
Harrison. I appeal from the reciprocity
of Congressman Grosvenor to the reci
procity of William McKinley. I appeal
from the reciprocity of Sereno E. Payne
to the reciprocity of James G. Blaine.
Pays His Respects to Payne.
"I have been interested as well as en
tertalned,' he continued, "by some pecu
liar statements that have been made on
this floor In support of this measure. The
gentleman from New York (Payne) on
this side of the chamber proclaimed that
this measure was the height of Republican
protection, and then, within a hour, be
fore the sand In the glass had run once,
Mr. McClellan arose from the other side
and announced that he was going to vote
for it because It was a breach in the wall
of protection. And these two speeches are
printed in parallel columns of the same
issue of the Congressional Record. There
Is a picture; the gentleman from New
York (Payne), with one foot planted on
the wall of protection, with the other
set firmly on the ramparts of free trade,
with the American Sugar Refining Com
pany in his arms, and the platform or
the Republican party in his hip pocket.
(Laughter.) There Is a tableau (renewed
laughter) that, with the aid .of a slow
curtain and a little red fire, would bring
tears lo the eyes of an Egyptian mummy,
(taughter.)
"My distinguished friend from Ohio
(Grosvenor), for whom I have a very high
legard, also spoke upon this bill, and I
desire to say here, and with emphasis,
that he is personally responsible for the
fact that I occupy a seat on this floor to
day. The way It came about was this:
In my state, that great expansive young
commonwealth. In which there are few
railroads, and where you cannot campaign
in a Pullman car, we have to get out on
horseback or In a rowboat. or with a mule
or with a bicycle, and go over the country
anyway, where there is no baggage train
equipment. When a man goes campaign
ing In that country he puts a clean pair
of socks and a toothbrush In his pocket
and starts out. (Laughter.) I felt ft was
absolutely necessary for me In my cam
paign to carry along certain documents
bearing on different phases of political
questions, because the people in'that state
are thoroughbred, they do their own
thinking and they sometimes ask some
very -awkward questions. After con
sidering the matter carefully, I finally
procured an entire collection of the
speeches of Congressman Grosvenor, had
them bound together, and I went through
that campaign triumphant, without a
scratch, because I could always prove or
disprove anything that ever came up."
(Laughter.)
Cushman concluded his speech with an
eloquent peroration, which drew a storm
of applause from his Republican col
leagues, and after he had concluded mem
bers flocked around to congratulate him.
The confuflon was so great that It was
several minutes before order could be re
stored. -
Pierce (Dem. Tenn.), the next speaker,
favored the bllL
Jones (Rep. Wash.), who opposed the
bill, admitted that public sentiment was
behind it, but declared that when the real
condition was understood there would be
a reversion of sentiment.
Loud (Rep. Cal.) aeclared that he was a
Republican, and followed the leaders
where he could, many times against his
better judgment, but from this po
sition he said he must dissent. He in
sisted that there was no obligation on
the United States to help Cuba at the
expense of our own people. Cuba already
bad cost us, one way and another, a thou
sand million dollars.
At 5 o'clock the House adjourned.
Meteor Reaches Englund.
LONDON, April 17. Emperor William's
yacht. Meteor III, in tow of the 6teamer
Scotia, passed Prawle Point at 8:40 o'clock
this morning.
Wasps may often vbo observed detaching
from, fences, boards or any old wood the fibers
which they afterward manufacture into papier
mache.
POINTS OUT ADVANTAGES
MORGAN COMPARES THE
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Superiority of the Nicaragua Sur
vey Clearly Proved Change In
Exclusion Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 17. For more
than four hours Joday Morgan, chairman
of the Isthmian canal committee, ad
dressed the Senate on the subject of the
Nicaragua Canal. He devoted the greater
part of his speech to a consideration of
the desirability and practicability of the
two principal routes Nicaragua and Pan
ama. He strenuously, favored the former,
maintaining that In e ery possible respect
it had many advantages over the Panama
route.
A parliamentary change in the situa
tion of the Chinese exclusion bill was
made just before adjournment, the meas
ure passed by the Senate yesterday being
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ROBERT J. WYXXE, A WASHIXGTOX NEWSPAPER MAW.
WASHINGTON, April 17. Robert J. Wynne today took the oath of office as
First Assistant Postmaster-General, succeeding William Johnson, of New Jersey.
(Robert J. Wynne, who resigned his position of Washington correspondent of
the New York Press to accept the office of First Assistant Postmaster-General,
has been In Washington more than a quarter of a century. He was a telegraph
operator on the Cincinnati tiazettc, and In that "Kay worked Into the newspaper
business. He remained on the Gazette until Its consolidation with the Commer
cial. Previously he had made a New York connection to send financial reports
for the tickers In Wall street, and has kept that up to this day, with a short
Interim, having for 15 years made a specialty of financial work.
Being on an Ohio paper gave him familiarity with Ohio politics "and public
men, and this, with his financial training, commended him lo General Charles
Fester, to whom he was confidential secretary during tthat gentleman's incum
bency as Secretary of the Treasury. When he left this place In the Treasury De
partment, some weeks after Secret ary Carlisle came In, he resumed all his old
newspaper connections, Including work on what had become the Cincinnati Trib
une, and with the Wall-street company. Later he relinquished the Cincinnati
connection, when htr assumed charge of the New York Pre"ss bureau. He Was born
In New York City in 1831.
substituted for the House bill. Thl3 was
done to expedite the bill in the House.
The, Proceedings.
Soon after the Senate convened the resoi
lutlon offered by Culberson, directing tha
Secretary of War to send to the Senate
a statement of money paid, by the United
States on account of the Philippine Com
mission and a statement of the nmount
of money expended for sending troops to
the Philippines and for their maintenance
was agreed to.
Morgan, chairman of the committee
on Isthmian canals, at the, conclu
sion of the routine business, addressed the
Senate upon the Hepburn bill, providing
for a Nicaragua Canal. He assumed, in
beginning, that the Senate was convinced
of iheMndlspensablc character of a canal
that it was a National necessity and that 1
It was only a choice of methods and a
comparison of National advantages which
was left to decide, "all questions of finan
cial ability, of private interests, of politi
cal bias, haing been relegated to the rear
by command of a free, honest and pow
erful people. It Is to reach the logical
results that should follow the actual, mer
its of the claim of either canal route. In
deciding the preference, that I will try
to present an outline of the questions that
now require discussion. The subject pre
sents Itself to my mind with conclusive
force In the form stated In the six propo
sitions I will now state:
"First We have reached the point where
Investigation is complete by observation,
experience, scientific research and fore
cast, and these means of knowledge
are as conclusive of the facta as we could
hope to make them in another half cen
tury of delay,
"Second The question now to be decided
is tho choice of cither of two routes for a
canal; whether it shall be located at
Panama or through the valley of the San
Juan River, in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
"Third The controlling factor in making
this selection Is the assurance of success
in constructing a canal that will be per-
mahently useful for commerce and for inary to granting the right of reincorpora
te needs of the Government and for the t,0a nas occupied three months. The con
benefit of the people of the United States, dltion of the company was determined
"Fourth A sum Of money necessary for from the standpoint of Its ability to com-
oxpendltwre In the work of constructing
such n. canal, to accotnDllsh such ends.
cannot be reasonably compared with the
real value of the results to the people an4
the Government of the United States, and
the choice of either route, with safe, intel
ligent and sincere regard to its usefulness
and advantage, should not be controlled
or affected by a difference In the present
cost of construction, I will say, within
a limit of even J5O.0JO.COO.
"Fifth The assured certainty of suc
cess in the construction of a permanent
canal Is of necessity the basic foundation
factupon which Congress must act in
the selection of the canal route. Consid
ered as a simple proposition of civil engi
neering, there Is no doubt not even a
shaHow of doubt as to any fact touching
tho practicability of a ship canal from
Greytown to Brlto, In and along tho San
Juan River and across Lake Nicaragua.
It Is certain beyond a reasonable doubt
that Its real cost Is as nearly within the
limits of exact estimates as any great
public work that was ever undertaken.
It Is upon this ascertained and .settled
basis of certainty that I rest my judg
ment. "Sixth If the dam of Bohlo, on tho
Panama route, should fall from any cause,
the only hope of d canal across that
Isthmus would perish, never to be de
stored. All engineers admit this fact. The
failure of a dam at Conchuda or Boca
San Carlos or at Ochoa, or at Tambor
gruhde, or of any other site on the San
Juan River, would only mean the loss of
that structure, to be replaced on a better
location 4f a lake-level canal Is preferred.
"These chances are at least 10 to 1 and
if the risk is estimated only at ten-fold
the cost of the dam at Bohlo, it would
fietcr the boldest gambler In futures from
risking the possible loss of more than $S0,.
000,000, when If he was successful his
profits could not exceed $6,000,000. But the
loss of a dam at Bohlo could not be less
than 5144,233,338 clear loss to the United
States In cash, to say nothing of the lives
wasted in the work, the loss to our com
merce and the National shame and despair
that our people would suffer."
Discussing the proposed routes of the
canal and the decision of the Walker
Commission, Morgan said:
"No member of either the three commis
sions expressed a doubt or apprehension
as to the certainty of the successful
completion of a canal on the Nicaragua
route on either of five plans that have
been adopted, surveyed and located by the
greatest engineers In America. The feasi
bility, practicability, usefulness, perma
nence and commercial value of the Pan
ama Canal to the United States are all
clouded with many doubts.
"One duty that the Government owes
to humanity which rises above all other
personal considerations in the choice of
these routes Is the care of the health
and lives of men whose labor Is the real
power that must open this great water-
way.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL
"It Is a political situation of great mo
ment, and Jt Is a cause of sincere gratifi
cation the three republics concerned In
this canal that their Interests are unified,
and not discordant, as the Interests of the
states of Panama are toward those of Co
lombia." Referring to the position taken by the
advocates of the Panama revolt, Morgan
said:
"No more reckless attitude was ever
taken with reference lo an economic
question, or with less benevolence, reason
and justice to support It."
Morgan maintained that the l6thmian
Canal Commission had no authority to ac
cept an offer of the Panama Canal Com
pany, and that the sole duty of the Presi
dent was to determine the route he would
recommend to Congress.
, At the conclusion of Morgan's speech,
which consumed more than four hours,
Piatt (Conn.) called up the, Chinese ex
clusipn bill passed by the House. He
then moved that all of the enacting clauses
of the bill be stricken out. and that the
measure as passed by the Senate yester
day be substituted for It. The motion
was carried without comment. This ac
tion on thc-part of the Senate was neces
sary In order to facilitate consideration
of the measure In the House.
The Senate at 4:50 went into executive
session, and at 4:53 adjourned.'
NOW OLD-LINE COMPANY.
Mntunl Reserve Life Reincorporates
In Ncvr Yorlc.
NEW YORK, April 17. Yesterday after
noon, at Albany, the Mutual Reserve Fund
lilfe Association of New York received Its
charter as an old-line company. Under its
new title Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company the organization now is a
'purely mutual Insurance institution, incor
porated Under tho legal reserve statute
of New York. The examination by the
New York Insurance Department nrelim-
P,y witn trie requirements of tne statute
iiuvuiiwiis ickui reserve cumpanic:.
The result of a most careful and thor
ough examination undertaken by the de
partment shows that the company pos
sesses a surplus In excess of all liabili
ties, including the full statutory reserve,
of about $500,000. The Insurance Depart
ment increases the value of the real es
tate holdings beyond the estimate of the
company. At the beginning of the ex
amination the management asked of the
department the utmost strictness of In
quiry Into its affairs, and this course was
rigidly adhered to. Superintendent Hen
dricks is satisfied that the company Is
amply able to comply with all the require
ments of the law for reincorporation as a
legal reserve or old-line mutual life insur
ance company. On this showing the char
ter was granted yesterday afternoon, and
now the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company takes its place as third largest
purely mutual life Insurance company of
New York,
President Frederick A. Burnham has
thus fulfilled his pledge of the policy
holders of placing the Mutual Reserve
under the regular law without depriving
the policy-holders pf any part of their
ownership in the institution. The Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Company begins
Its new career prosperously. Founded In
1S81, it has within a period of 21 years
paid in death claims to its members $50,
000.000. It has thousands of members in
practically every state of the Union, and
its interests In Europe are important.
The- Royal Soclty of England has officially
decided thnt women are not eligible for th
degree of Fellow of tha Royal Society,
DIFFERENTIAL ON SUGAR
caucus binds house democrats
to Vote to abolish it.
Will Also Vote Against Adoption of
Previous Question When Cuban
Bill Is Reported.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The Demo
crats of the House, at a caucus held to
night, by a very large majority, estimated
at three to onp, adopted the following
resolution, Introduced by Swanson (Va.):
"Resolved. That we favor the removal
of" the differential on refined sugar, both
from Cuba and elsewhere, and believe
that such amendments are properly in
order, and we insist that it Is the duty of
all Democrats to vote whenever oppor
tunity Is given to have these amendments
added to the pending bill providing for
Cuban reciprocity. We are opposed to the.
adoption of the previous question when
the bill is reported to the House, unless It
shall have been properly amended In com
mittee of the whole, as will present an op
portunity for just and proper amendment,
with recorded votes on the same.
"Resolved, further, That the action of
this caucus Is binding."
The caucus was rather turbulent during
the early part of the evening, but toward
the close the differences disappeared, and
It broke up amid evidences of harmony and
good feeling. The action taken tonight
binds the Democrats to vote to abolish the
differential on refined sugar, and against
the previous question. Ninety-four Demo
crats attended.
Underwood (Ala,), who got 'the floor Im
mediately after the meeting was called
to order, threw a bombshell Into the cau
cus by announcing that overtures had
come to him from the Republlcanvslde, by
which it was to be agreed that ihe Re
publican leaders would abandon the Crum
packer resolution to investigate the South
ern election laws if the delegates from
the states concerned (North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
f Louisiana and Virginia) would aid the ma
jority to close debate, and would vote
against the appeals which will be taken
from the decisions of the chair when the
motions to open up the bill to general
amendment are offered. Underwood de
clined to give the name of the Republican
from whom these assurances regarding the
abandonment of the Crumpacker resolu
tion came, and althongh arguing that it
was to the interest of the states involved
to accept the offer, he stated that the
agreement had not been positively ac
cepted, and for himself he agreed to abide
by the decision of the caucus. The Demo
cratic vote Wednesday to close debate
came principally from the states men
tioned above.
To the Swanson resolution. Williams
(Miss.) offered a substitute to bind the
Democrats to vote for all propositions In
volving a reduction of the tariff, but to
leave every Democrat free to vote his con
victions upon questions of parliamentary
procedure. Williams maintained that un
der the circumstances It would be to the
Interest of the Democrats In the states
whose representation was threatened by
the Crumpacker resolution to abide by the
understanding reached.
During the heated debate that followed,
Burleson (Tex.) asked Underwood If the
Republican leaders had not silenced Crum
packer and his friends on the Republican
side who were opposed to the reciprocity
bill by agreeing to report the Crumpacker
resolution, and if they were not now try
ing to create a defection on the Demo
cratic side by offering to kill the resolu
tion. Bankhead (Ala.) sided with Under
wood and Williams, and Cooper (Tex.)
and Braezeale (La.) with Swanson. The
two latter strongly urged their colleagues
to vote to aDollsh the differential on re
fined sugar..
In the course of the debate which fol
lowed, it developed that the Williams res
olution was Interpreted jto constitute an
instruction to the Demqcrdts to vote for
the bill w.hen the final vote was reached.
Both Bankhead (Ala.) and Williams
(Miss.) confirmed the terms of the propo
sition made to Underwood by the Repub
licans. Williams argued that It should be
accepted, not so much .because of the
threat of reducing Southern representa
tion as to prevent the opening of the race
question In the South. De Armond (Mo.)
and Williams (111.) supported the Swanson
resolution.
By a very large majority the Swanson
resolution was adopted, and also a reso
lution making the action of the caucus
binding upon all Democrats of the House.
NEW BRIGADIER-GEXEUALS.
The President Promotes Colonels
Snyder, Annian nntl Bird.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The President
today sent to the Senate the following
nominations.
James S. Clarkson, Surveyor of Cus
toms, District of New York.
Army Colonels to be Brigadier-Generals,
Simon Snyder, Nineteenth Infantry;
William Auman, Twtney-nlnth Infantry
Ueutenant-Colonel to be Brigadier-General,
Charles Bird, Deputy Quartermaster
General. Asalstant Adjutant-General with rank of
Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel William H.
Carter; Assistant Adjutant-General wltn
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, Major James
T. Kerr.
Infantry Lieutenant-Colonels to be
Colonels, David J. Cralgie, Eighth; AI
pheua H. Beaman, Fifth; Morris C. Foote,
First.
Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels, John
T. Van Orsdale, Seventh; James A. Bu
chanan. Twenty-eighth; Joseph F. Hus
ton. Nineteenth.
Captain to be Major Arthur C. Ducal,
Twenty-fourth.
Artillery Second Lieutenants to be First
Lieutenants, Charles E. Kllbourne, Jr.;
Paul A. Barry, Jarlus A. Moore.
The Senate has confirmed the nomina
tions Of James A4 Garfield, of Ohio, to be
I United States Civil Service Commissioner,
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Commissioner of Immigration for the port
of New York; James S. Clarkson, jto be
Surveyor of Customs at New .York; R. A.
Sharkey, iq be naval officer of customs for
the District' of New York, and Michael
Kerwln, to be pension agent at New-York.
Vetoes A Penarbn. Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 17 President
Roosevelt today sent to the House a
veto of the bill pensioning Thomas Walter,
a Lieutenant in a Pennsylvania Volunteer
regiment during the Civil War, at 518 per
month. The veto message states that the
records of the War Department show that
this soldier was cashiered by sentence of
a general court-martial for disobedience of
orders as to going on picket duty, and that
this disobedience was admitted.
"To inscribe his name on the pension
roll," the message says, "would be to
condOne an Inexcusable offense by a com
missioned officer, to detract from the high
estimate In which the pension roll ought
ever to be held and to do Injustice to sol
diers now on that roll, especially those
under the act of June 27, 1S90, where an
honorable discharge from the service 13
a condition precedent to obtaining a pen
sion." Ship Subsidy Bill Hearing.
WASHINGTON, April 17. The House
committee on merchant marine and fish
eries today heard Field B. Pendleton,
president of the Atlantic Carriers' Asso
ciation, who urged the restoration of that
provision of the ship subsidy bill struck
out by the Senate, allowing ships under
1000 tons burden to participate la the sub
sidy. Mr. Pendleton said that a gOod
part of our foreign trade was done by
small ships of from 250 to 1000 tons bur
den, as their light draft made It possible
for them to enter many harbors Inaces
slble to large shlpB. Alex K. Smith, su
perintendent of the Maritime Exchange
of New York, gave the approval of that
association to the proposed change. In
the course of the hearing, Representative
LIttlefleld, of Maine, a member of the
committee, referred to the importance or
small sailing vessels in the foreign and
coastwise trade.
Burleson's Resolution Tabled.
WASHINGTON, April 17. The House
committee on military affairs today de
cided to recommend that the resolution of
Representative Burleson, of Texas, asking
for the recent court-martial proceedings
in the case of Major Waller, lie on the
table. The ground for the action was that
the due forwarding of papers from the
Philippines to Washington could not be
expedited by any action of the public,
and when received the reports would be
open to Inspection, and that the resolu
tion would be prejudicial to all parties
concerned.
Nominated for Congress
PLANO, 111., April 17. The Republicans
of the Eighth Illinois District today nom
inated Charles I. Fuller for Congress.
MONMOUTH, 111., April 17. The Repub
licans of the Fourteenth Illinois District
today nominated Benjamin F. Marsh for
Congress.
Amendments to Harbor Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 17. The Senate
committee on commerce today authorized
additional amendments to the river -and
harbor bill. One provides for a survey of
the Colorado River with a view to making
Improvements, and another gives author
ity to the Secretary of War to renew
bridge charters.
THREE BISHOPS SELECTED
Will Be Locnied nt Snllnn, Honolulu
and Porto Rico.
CINCINNATI, O., April 17. The Epis
copal house of bishops today selected the
following bishops: Saliria, Western Kan
sas Nathaniel Seymour Tomas, rector of
the Church of Holy Apostles, Phila
delphia, and son of the late bishop of
Kansds; Honolulu, Henry B. Restarick,
rector of St. Paul's Church, San Diego,
Cal Porto Rico. James H. Van Buren,
formerly of Lyon, Mass., and later of
San Juan. Tho new bishops cannot be
consecrated for two or three months. A
resolution was adopted commending to
the people of the missionary jurisdiction
of the Episcopal church to take action In
assuming at last part of the support of
their bishops.
While as many bishops as possible will
attend the synod of the old Catholics at
Bonn, Germany, next August, Bishop
Potter, of New York, was designated to
extend the greetings of the Episcopalians
of America
It was finally decided to admit the Epis
copal church of Mexico, which has not
heretofore been affiliated with the Epis
copalians of the United States. It was
decided that the presiding bishop, on re
ceiving the approval of a constitutional
majority of the church, should conse
crate Bishops Rev. Henry Forester, Rev.
Fansto Orlhuel and Rev. Jose Antonio
Corlon as the bishops of Mexico.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 17. Rev. H. B.
Restarick, of this city, who was today
appointed bishop of Honolulu by the house
of bishops In Cincinnati, has been rec
tor of St. Paul's Church in San Diego
for 20 years, coming here in 18S3 from
Iowa. He has been honored many times
by the diocese and now holds important
positions In the church. He Is arch
deacon of San Diego County, and has
been a member of four general conven
tions. He said he would not decide upon
acceptance .of the honor just tendered him
until ho can consult with his bishop and
others.
BOSTON, April 17. Rev. James Hart
Van Buren, who was chosen bishop of
Porto Rico today by the. Episcopalian
House of Bffehops. resigned the pastorate
of St. Stephen's Church, In Lynn, Mass..
to become an Episcopalian Church mis
sionary In Porto Rico, a little over a year
ago. He was born in Watertown. N. Y
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GREAT YACHTING PARTY.
Emperor William Has Ahont SO
Guests on Kronzprlnz Wllhelm.
BERLIN, April 17. Emperor William's
great yachting party left Bremerhaven.
this motning on board the North German
Lloyd steamer Kronzprinz Wllhelm. In
addition to seven members of the Cabinet
and 20 military and naval officers, the
party Includes about 50 of the men re
sponsible for Germany's commercial and
manufacturing success. Among the lat
ter are: Herren Tielen and Wenckler, the
great SlllCian coal masters; George Plate,
president, and Henry Wlegand, a director
of the North German Lloyd line; Isldor
Lowe, the manufacturer of rifles; George
Blelchroder, the banker, and Directors
Flohr. Schlutow and Zimmerman, of tne
Vulcaln Shipbuilding Company, of Stet
tin. His Majesty's Interest In art Is evi
denced by the presence of Herren Bordt
and Vollhagen, the painters, while science
If. represented by Professors Slaby, Busley
and Fechner.
Emperor William Is very fond of getting
away from court ceremonial, and of hav
ing informal talks with men of ideas and
action. It Is trips like the present one
which make the old aristocracy suspicious
of the Emperor's modern spirit.
Removal of Gnden Upheld.
NEW YORK, April 17. By the terms of
a decision of the appellate division of the
Supreme Court today the action of Gov
ernor Odeli In removing Charles Guden
from the office of Sheriff of Kings County
and appointing Norman S. "Dike in his
place is upheld.
Ex-Collector Hoey Acquitted.
TUCSON, Ariz., April 17. The jury In
the case of ex-Collector of Customs Hoey,
accused of being a member of a conspiracy
to smuggle Chinese Into the United States,
brought In a verdict of acquittal today.
Latter-Day Saints Oppose Polygamy.
LAMONI. la. April It The LatterrDay
Saints tdday adopted a resolution In favor
of an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States prohibiting polygamy in
all states and territories.
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