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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING GREGX)XIANt HJJRSPAY. JUNE 19, 1902. VOTE ON CANAL BILL Senate Will Take Up Amend ments This Afternoon. THE DEBATE IS NEARLY ENPED Ycslerday' Snenkcrs Were Spooner, Hannn, Teller and Jonea for the Panama Iloute, and Pettns for Jjicaraffua. , Interest In the Isthmian can a J ques tion Increases as the time for a final vote In the Senate approaches. Today 4 at 2 o'clock the voting on the amend ments to the pending Icaraua CAnaJ .bill will besin. and a final disposition of 1 the matter 1b expected to be reached coon afterward. The Senate yesterday devoted prac tically Us entire sesslpn o consideration of the canal piUon. Extended speeches were delivered by Spooper and Hanna In advocacy of th adoption of the Panama route, and by Pettus for the Nicaragua route Teller briefly an nounced his support of the Panama project, and Jqnes Indicated his lean ings toward the sama route. Little that f Is new to the discussion was devel oped by any of the speakers. t ttTT - "WASHINGTON. June IS. When the Senate convened today Allison called up the House resolution providing that Ihe conference commlttte on the civil sundry appropriation bill be authorized to con sider and recommend the Inclusion of nec essary appropriations to carry out the sev eral objects authorized in the omnibus public buildings bill, and it -was agreed to. I A bill to restore to the active list of the Navy Surgeon John Walter Ross as medical director was passed. A resolution offered several days ago by Carmack. directing the civil service committee to Inquire into the discharge from the War Department of Miss Re becca J. aylor (for the publication of ar ticles In newspapers criticising the Pres ident) was called up and Carmack ad dressed the Senate in support of the reso lution. He maintained that the require ments of the civil service Jaw had been flagrantly violated in this case. He In timated that she was discharged "because she took the wrong side of the Philip pine question from the Administration point of view." At the conclusion of Carmarik's remarks the report of the Isthmian Canal Com mission was laid before the Senate. Jones (Ark.) believed it to be the duty of ev ery Senator to vote for the canal at the best location. Personally, he said he would not vote for the proposition that would Impede the progress of the canal's construction. He was not willing to brush aside the unanimous report of the Isth mian Canal Commission in favor of the Panama route, unless it be for substantial reason. He favored the Panama route, but would not vote for it if there was any doubt of the good faith of the offer. He desired Spooner, who was about to ad dress the Senate, to explain away the charge that the purpw of adoption pi the Panama route was to have no canal at all. Spooner' Proposal. In beginning hi? speech In support of his own proposition, Spooner said the construction of an isthmian canal was a colossal enterprise, and one which lie be lieved the American people, with notably little division of sentiment, desired should be Inaugurated and carried forward. No higher or more solemn duty ever rested upon men in public life than to determine this question rightly. Spooner eulogized the Isthmian Canal Commission, declaring that nobody would attempt to Impeach its integrity, ability or engineering skill. AU knew that the object of appointing the committee was to afford Congress the data and expert opinion which would enable it to pro ceed conservatively and wisely, lc de clared that the eyes of the American peo ple had not been focused solely upon the Nicaragua route. From the tlmfe the commission was appointed It had not been a question of a canal (as all favored that), but merely a question of route. In response to an interruption by Mor- can reflecting upon the action of the Isth mian Canal Commission in reporting JnJ favor of the Panama route, Spooner de Cnnnnu A I clared that the recommendations in both reports of the commission were entirely consistent. While the Wisconsin Senator "Was pointing out some of the advantages of the Panama route, as indicated by the commission, Morgan interjected the remark that he was prepared to controvert them. "I have no doubt." retorted Spooner, "that the Senator Is prepared to contro vert anything that may be said in favor of the Panama route." Referring: to the action of the com mission in recommending the Panama route, Spooner declared that the commis sion dealt with the subject the second time in view of the fundamental change of conditions the lowering of the price of the Panama property from HC9.CQft00Q to $40,000,000. "That was not the only change," sug gested Morgan. "Yes, it was the only change,?' replied Spooner. "The Panama property was still the same property and the Panama route was still the same route. The advan tages of the one over the other stl)l remain the same." Personally. Spooner said, he could not disregard the report of the commission and follow the Judgment of a Senator (Morgan): he paid a cordial tribute to the energy, ability and; earnestness with which Morgan had advooated an Isthmian canal, and added that Morgan's name would stand In history as the father of the canal. Morgan said he bowed his acknowledge ments for the beautiful compliment, but he was not depending upon his own judg ment in the matter. Spooner suggested that a matter of -Infinite consequence to his mind, was the difference In the length of the'two routes, one 49 miles and the other 1SS1 miles long. The shorter canal the Panama ho thought, was the better. He contended that the Panama Canal could be operated much more cheaply than the Nicaragua Canal, and that In its operation, sailing ships -not only would not be barred in its operation, as had been suggested, but could .pass through the canal with a tug In one day. In presenting his substitute, Spooner said it was his purpose to place before the Senate a bill based upon the commission's report: First, that the Pan ama Canal was practicable; second, that the Nicaragua Canal was feasible and practicable, and. third, tha.t the Panama route was the better for the United States. Aldrich inquired whether Spooner con strued his amendment to provide that the President could expend no money for the canal until a treaty with the Colombian Government had been negotiated and rati fied by the Senate. "I do" replied Spooner. "I dq not understand that a treaty can be anything more than a mere proposition until it is submitted to and ratified by the Senate." At some length the Wisconsin Senator discussed the legal status of the Panama Canal Company's property. He engaged In a spirited colloquy with Mitchell over tome phases of the subject, the latter finally declaring '"'it would-be 10 years before a good title to the Panama prop erty can be .obtained." J "The Senator frightens me," said Spooner. (Laughter.) Continuing, he""sald: "Of coarse, .the title to the property must be passed within a reasonable time. Ten years, Ave years, even one year, would be 'regarded by the President as a reason able time." In response to a suggestion of Morgan that the -opening of negotiations with Co lombia would render void the right of the United States with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Spooner pointed out the constitu tional Inability of Costa Rica to nego tiate with the United States on the sub ject. Morgan, offered, a note he. had just re ceived from the Minister of Nicaragua sayjne he was authorized by his govern ment to sign a treaty for a canal substan tially as presented to the Senate. "Those diplomatic notes," replied Spoon er, "are coming so fast that it is a little difficult to keep up with them." Prit'ate notes, however, did not make treaties, and he held that Costa Rica could not make such a treaty with this country. Teller maintained that practically there was no authority for the building of the canal by either the Nicaragua or Panama routes; If the Nicaragua route should be determined on, the United States would have to negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and if the Panama route should be adopted, our task with Colombia wpuld be easier. He did not think that the American people had selected any par ticular route. They were in favor of the best canal. He believed the advantages of the Panama route were more consider able than the Isthmian Canal Commission had reported. He believed the Panama route was the best route proposed, apd that the Nicaragua route was inferior. He believed It would cpst more than $300, 000,000 to build a canal by either route. Ho was not particularly In favor of any canal, but ha suggested that no great proportion of the shipping of the world, if both ca nals were constructed, would pass through the Nicaragua, the longer canal. He an nounced that he would vote for the Spooner amendment. Hnnna's Closing Argument. Hanna then began his closing argument tin support of the adopt'on of the Panama route. The members of the Isthmian Canal Commission, he said, had been ap pointed because of their ability, integrity and engineering skill, and he presented answers to questions he had propounded to them, the answers being particularly In favor of the Panama route. He main tained that both the Panama and Nica ragua routes were perfectly feasible and practical, but said the preponderance of the evidence in hand was In favor of Pan ama. Hanna expressed the belief that sailing-vessels wouid not use any canal that might be constructed, on account of the heavy price pf towing, but said that If a sailing vessel did u&e a canal, it would 4 prefer the Panama Canal, because It was so much shorter than the Nicaragua route. Hanna, in answer to someT argumentsiof Morgan, then stated what he knew per sonally of the attitude of the late Presi dent McKlnley. Mr. McKlnley had fa vored an isthmian canal, probably by the Nicaragua route, because at that time no other route w&3 thought practicable, He quptcd M.r. McKlnley as saying to him: "We must riot go sc fast in this canal question now. We do not knew and' can not tell now what routj will be selected." Hanna said Mr. McKlnley keenly appre ciated the responsibilities of hig selection cf a canal commission, and had said to him just befpre the Philadelphia conven tion: "It will not be wise to declare in favor of the Nicaragua Canal, as we have done before, because J am Just now ap pointing a commission of ability and Integ rity to investigate all routes, ajid its re port will be binding upon all of us." While Hanna was discussing the find ings of the commission, he mentioned the Darlen or San Bias route. ult you -want a seal-level canal," inter jected Scott, "a canal that can be built f on one-third of the-money any other rouje will cost, ypu must take (he Darlen route." This statement precipitated & colloquy as to the San Bias route. Scoit made a brief argument In support of that route along the lines of the resolution he of fered several weekB ago. Elklns agreed with him, and asked how a vote could be had. op it. "I will tell you how to get? a vote on the Darlen route," interjected 'Mitchell, "and that is to vote down the Spooner amendment." 'In other words," put in Spooner, fa cetiously, "will you come Into my parlor, said the s.pidcr to the fly." Hanna declared that If any concessions for the San Bias route wert obtained they would have to be gotten from the Panama Canal Company, which controlled them. In conclusion, Hanna said he never had intended that the name of Mr. McKln ley should be brought into the debato to be conjured with to obtain votes. With some heat he resented the suggestion that he and those Senators who are advocating the Panama route were actuated by any other than proper and patriotic motives. Hawley read a document to show that fu .,mgtB .. Pflminn AttaAU. -" - - -- ..w wu..j u... and insisted that on that account the United States should not select that route. In advocating the adoption of the Nica ragua route, Pettus declared that the American people wanted and would have an isthmian canal to be built, owned and controlled by the United States. He said there were many men in the United States "who control vast sums of money of which neither Croesus nor Solomon evor dreamed, who are opposed to any canal, because It would decrease their incomes." The District of Columbia appropriation bill was sent to conference, and Spooner offered some amendments Intended to per fect his substitute. At 6 o'clock the Senate -adjourned. Tp Refund Dntlcn. WASHINGTON, June 18.-Chalrman Payne, of the ways and means committee, today introduced a bill refunding the. amount of duties paid on merchandise brought Into the United States from Porto Rico between April 11, 1SS9, and May 1, lfiOO. when the Porto Rico revenue law went Into effect, and on merahandlso brought from the Philippines up to March 18, 1902, when the Philippine" revenue act went Into force. Coronation Contingent. NEW YORK, June 18, Colonial and In dian contingents for the coronation pro ceedings npw fa I-ondon, cables a dis patch from that city to the Tribune, al ready number nearly 2000 foot and horse. The Canadian force is in excellent form, and Major T. Lyon? Blggar, as chief "of staff, mads, excellent arrangements for en tertaining the troops at Alexandra Palace. Lord Mlnto has returned to England from Canada,- in excellent Health. Sir Wilfrled Laurlcr and Mr. Bartop. with their wives, will be In the first carriage on the secon day's procession, and will be escorted by the Conqdlaq and Austra lian guards of honor. Spepial Ambassa dor Reid will be in the carriage with Ad miral Gervals and the Turkish and Dutch special Ambassadors. t Wireless Telegraph .Investigation. NEW YORK. June IS. Commander Francis A. 'Barber, who has been as signed by the United States Navy De partment to conduct an Investigation into various wireless tejegraph systems, has completed his work here, says a Herald dispatch from Berlin, and will return shortly to Paris Within a few days Lieutenant Hudgons"wlll leave Berlin for Washington with a full equipment for the Slaby-Arco and Braun wireless systems, to be used jn cxperlemnts by"1 Government officials. Reltz nnd Meyer Coming. LONDON. June 18. In a dispatch from Brussels, the correspondent of the Dally Express says Mr." Reltz. cx-Stato Sec retary of the Transvaal, and General Lu cas Merer ouraOse maklnsr a tour of the I United states to collect money for poor Bnr famtliM. ARRAIGNED BYDEMOCRATS I POI.ITIQAL SPEECHES APAEfST TXIE ADMINISTRATION'S POMCY. Richardson, and Shallenlterger Take Advantage of the "Wide Iatltnde In General Debate in Honne. WASHINGTON, June IS. The near, ap proaoh of the end of the present session of Congress was signalized by a general political speech by Richardson (Dem. Tenn.), the leader of the minority. Tak ing advantage of the latitude allowed dur ing general debate on the deficiency ap propriation bill, he delivered a get speech of an hour and a. half. He arraigned the Republican party for its failure to keep Its .platform promises, dwelling especially on the question of trusts and the neces sity for tariff reduction. Shallenberger (Pop. Neb.) also made a political speech condemning the Admin istration for removing Miss Taylor, a clerk 'in the War Department, who criticised Its Philippine policy and for justifying Gen eral Wood's expenditures for the promo tion of reciprocity legislation. Cannon, chairman of the appropriation committee. In a brief reply to both speeches, said he was ready to gp to the country on the rec ord of! the Republican party. He caused much merriment on his side of -the House by describing the Republican party as pulling the wagon while the Democrats stood off and found fault. Bartlett (Dem. Ga;) offered an amend ment to the deficiency bill to reimburse the Cuban revenues for the salary allowed by Secretary Root to Governor-General Wood out of the Island revenues. In the course of some remarks early In the ses sion. Cannon declared that If he could haro his way. Congress would adjourn sine de before July 4. The general .defi ciency appropriation bill, the last of the supply bills, was passed. A. night session was held at which the House considered bills reported from the committee on In dian affairs. The Proceedings. Underwood (Dem. Ala.), at the request of Stephens (Dem. Tcx.j, entered a mo tion to reconsider the vote by which the bill to open iSO.000 acres In the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations in Oklahoma was defeated at the session last night. He said he would not press the motion at thVi time. The House then went into committee of the whole, and entered upon the consider ation of the general deficiency appropriar tlon bill. ' While Cannon, who was In charge of the bill, was trying to arrange for the division of time, he announced that f he could have his way Congress would adjpurn sine die before Jujy i. The announcement was greeted with applause on both sides of the House. It was ar ranged that general debate should extend for 2is hours. Loud (Rep. Cal.), under the latitude al lowed In general debatt, submitted some remarks upon the" question of salaries for postal employes. He said he believed that the Government should pay liberal sala ries, as high as private corporations, but no higher. Employment In the Govern ment service, he maintained, had advan tages over private employment. A Gov ernment employe had liberal leaves of ab sence. Hie employment was continuous, whether tinms were good or bad. There was, he said, a steady agitation for the Increase of pay of postal clerks. Taiiway mall clerks, and letter-carriers, the par ticular agitation "being for the Increase of the pay of the latter class from an average of ?31S to ?1230 a year. He de clared that all circumstances considered, the pay of the letter-carriers was the high est for the service performed of that In any branch of the Government service. He undertook to show, comparatively speaking, that If the letter-carriers should receive $1200 te, railway mall clerks, whose salaries averaged $1020, ahoufd got $1600. At tho conclusion of Loud's remarks, Richardson (Dem. Tenn.1, tha minority leader, took the floor. The Republican party, he said, has had absolute control of all branches of the Government for six years. He proposed to examine into it a trusteeship. The dominant paj-ty.' he said, had come Intp power with certain prom ises, and pledges, nnd he argued that its record was spotted all over with the lep rosy of pledges unredeemed. First, he directed attention to the promises of rea sonable trade concessions to Cuba, sol emnly given, which had bpen defeated, he stated, by discord and rebellion in the Republican ranks. He then went back to 1S06, charging that the Republicans "had betrayed their pledgee on the Monroe Doc trine question, and later. In 1S00. when they appealed -for a further lease of power In order tp cure the alleged defect In ex change for the perpetuation of the gold standard. Not one line of remedial leg islation had been placed upon the statute books since 1900. Richardson announced that in his opin ion the gravest danger now threatening the welfare of the people and the country was the growth of the power of the trusts. There was, he declared, an Irrepressible cry throughout the country for Govern ment control of tho great trusts. Con gress alone could heed that ory. If t was not heeded, these remorseless trusts could proceed In their greed to defy the power of the Government itself. Richard son charged that the growth of these great trusts was due to the existence of the highest protective tariff ever placed on the statute books. There was sworn testimony of the benoflcjarie? of the tariff "that it was "the mother of trusts." Tlfe Sherman anti-trust law, whloh the dominant party points to with prldo, he said, was a dead letter. Under it the trusts flourished like mushrooms In a dark cellar. Congress did nothing. If the peo ple did not turp out of power the friends of trusts, he said, they would deserve tha fate the trusts had in store for them. The Republicans, he said, seemed to be para lyzed from fear. They cried out and asked whether thp President and Attorney-General were not now endeavoring to restrain the trusts. That was true, he said, but action against a single trust could Accomplish nothing. Congress must act. Presidential strnuoslty would not compensate for Congressional ennut. Whpa Richardson declared that the Democrats were willing to remain In ses sion until' tho snow files In order tq give the people come relief from tariff taxa tion, bis Democratic colleagwe gave him a round of applause. Ho quoted a state ment' attributed to Speaker Henderson about the circulation of false reports re garding; Cuban reciprocity, end added: "From recent developments it would eecm that possibly the Government Itself was partlcepa crlmlnts to the circulation of the reportjS of which the Speaker complained,'' (Democratic laughter.) In conclusion, Richardson charged the Republican party with Improper, scandal ous and reckless extravagance. In four years the Increase of appropriations, he said, was $1,067,000,000. For that vast sum of money he asked what the United States had gained, and in replv read the closing paragraph of Senator Hoar's Philippine speech, in which the Massachusetts Sen ator pave a list of the vessels we had ac quired by the war with Spain. Shallenberger (Pop. Neb.) briefly con demned the action of the Secretary of War In dismissing Miss Taylor, a clerk In the War Departments for criticising, the Administration. He also condemned the action of General-Wood in using Cuban funds to make public sentiment In the United States in fayor of Cuban reciproc ity. Cannon made a brief reply to the speeches of Richardson and Shalenberge and aroused great enthusiasm on the Re publican side of the House, "I listened with cans for almost an hour and a half," said 'Cannon, "to the re marks of the gentleman from Tennessee, the lender on the other side o'f the House, and after listening to him I am here to confess that on this sjdeofthe House, and I rather suspect on that side of tho House I the millennium has npt vet come, We arc not perfect, and j?e do .not claim to be. We pull the wagon, and we do the worK. and you find -the fault. You have been at that now for over a generation, and still we have pulled along. It does you. .good, and J. don't think, it hurts us. You .had full power under Cleveland. You came In power .partially from time to time, but then you had full power. 1 Is recent from l3l to 1SQ7. Don't you. wish you could blot put the recollection of the man-v ner In which you exercised It? And. for gall and check, with the recent perform ance, friow. when we are doing the best we .can, meeting every obligation, the country prospering, passed through ihe war with honor, passed through the war with justice, solving the questions that grew out of that war. and sowing them with courage, notwithstanding the criti cism and opposition, gentlemen of your parjy, still you scold. "My friend from Nebraska (Mr. SbjOl cnberger), who has just talked, "is young and hopeful; bye and bye, when, politically speaking hp has tarried at Jericho until his beard has grown he will not be so optimistic. "Now, in conclusion, let us rooyo on. In a few days, let us adjoum this Con gress. We have 'nothing tq apologize for. Peace and prosperity abound with us here and everywhere throughout -our borders as never before In the history of civiliza tion. Print your speeches, circulate therq, go pn the s.tump. I will take my chance that when tha silent ballot drops In No vember next you will march w to the some old defeat." The bill then was read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Bartlett (Dem. Ga,) offered an amendment to ap propriate $23,500 to reimburse the revenues Of' Cuba for the amount paid to Governor General W.qpd out of the Cuban revenues by direction of the Secretary of War la excess of his salary as Brigadier-General. "With great grief and pain," observed Cannon, sarcastically, "I am compelled to raise the point of order that the appropri ation Is not authorized by Jaw." Bartlett pointed out that a somewhat similar provision appeared In a former de ficiency 'bill to pay back to the Cutjan revenues the money "stolen by Rathbono and Neely and Reeves." That provision was lost In conference:. Nevertheless, he did not believe the gentlemen on the other Fide should 6eek to prevent by a technical ity the return of money taken from the Cuban treasury, "Illegitimately, Illegally and in violation of law "You cannot cry this matter down,"" said Bartlett, addressing the Republican. Fide. "You might as well faqe It now. 1 commend to the country this continued effort on the part of the other aide of the House to smother every attempt to in vestigate the condition of affairs, in Cuba." When Cannon declined to withdraw his point of order, Bartlett withdrew the amendment The bill was passed. At 6:20 the House took a recess until 8 o'clock. Indian legislation was considered at the night senslon and these bills were passed: To ratify and confirm an agreement wKh the Choctaw Indians; to ratify and con firm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians; to provide for the sale of the unsold portion of the Umatil la Indian reservation; authorizing the ad justment of the rights of settlers on Navajo Indian reservation, Arizona. At10:3 P. M. the point of no quorum was raised and the Houso adjourned. PANAMA GAIiS .GROUND. Mccrcgrqn Cannl Advopntcs tHl Hopeful of Victory. WAPHINGTON, June IS, On the eve of the vote on the canal bill there Is still considerable doubt as to which bill will pass, but the advocates of the Panama scheme s.eom to hqve strengthened their position during the day, and are now claiming anywhere from two to six ma jority when the final vote is taken. The Nicaragua men have not entirely glvon up hope, for tftey think thatsome of the men who are ou'jftVd,up'6n to" vote for Panama may at the last moment support a bill which means a canal. Senator Mitchell, who ha3 been the leader of the Nicaragua fight on the Repubjlcan side, has heen aware that various methods have been used to secure votes, and that It has been a strong uphljl fight to hold pven, those that are now steadfast. While It Is not In a sense a party question, a large number of Republicans are suppqrtlng the Panama hill, and to that extent have given It a party coloring, as thp Demo crats are, with few exceptions, voting for tho Nicaragua bill. Tho report of the Isthmian Commission Is the excuse which most men give for favoring the Panama route. . SENATE AND PHILIPPINE BILL. Will Not IIoJd-PptIor Anything Save Co Inn fire Provision. WASHINGTON, June 18. Under the rule recently adopted by the House, there will bo full discussion of the Philippine Gov ernment bill before a vote Is taken. The hill reported by the House committee dif fers, from the Senate measure principally In giving more liberality" In the matter of the election ofhe Legislative Assembly, and Insteid of the silver coinage provision of the Senate bill, adopts the gold stand ard, as In the United States. The House will adhere to its own bill, which will send the hit! to conference, where the differences will he adjusted. The Indica tions are that the Senate wljl not hold out on anything except tho coinage provision, which seems to have the general approv al of the Senators. They will therefore Insist upon the acceptance of their silver provision. In view of the strong desire to close the session, an early agreement Is looked for hi conference, and when this is had tho bill wIJJ be promptly accepted and signed. GREAT nONOR TO CAPfTAIN, CLARK. Senate Cpnlr His Nomination to pe Bcar-Artra!rav WASHINGTOlf, June 18. The con firmation of Captain Charles E. Clark, of tho Oregon, to be advanced seven numbers nnd to be a Rear-Admiral of highest rank carried an exceptional honor with it, Inasmuch as the promo tion was unanimously granted by tho Senate, This is tho second advancement granted Captain Clark n recognition of his successful voyage in bringing the Oregon around tho Horn In fighting trim, and for his subsequent gallant action in the battleTof Santiago. In his ney rank, Admiral Clark .will bold a position equivalent to that of MaJor-General In the Army. Admiral Clark has Indicated to some of his friends that ho Is con sidering the advisahility of applying- for voluntary retirement urfder the- terms of ihe -personal act. Being now a Junior Rear-AdmJrai, he, would in' that case be retired as a Senior Rear-Admlral, the practical effect of whjch would be to make his1 rehired pay $3623 per annum, or $1500 mqre- than -he would receive did he retire as a Junior Rear-Admiral, , Federal Boar of Arbitration. WASHINGTON, June .-Representative McDermott, of New -Jersey, has In troduced a bill for the appointment of a Federal board of Investigation and arbit ration to deal with labor disputes. The measure Is said to be prompted by the continuance of tho coal strike. It em powers the President to appoint a board of seven members whenever ho deems it expedient to Investigate matters In dis pute ueiweeu rnipiuycs snu erapiuycrs en gaged In any business affecting interstate commerce. DAYTON IS CENSURED CROWJVINSHIEID REVIEWS FIKD IXGSTO'1 court or jsura ltY Decide Ajralast Court - Xartlallngr Xaval Officers Arrcatsd at Y.CKlEe Xevf Llyht on tke Case. LONDON, June 'IS -The text of tho findings of the court pf Inquiry In tho case of tha United Statea Kaval officers imprisoned at Venice, la the latter part of Anrll throws a new and Important light on the affair. It now appears that tha United States Consul at Venice,. Henry A. Johnson, and the lawyer pro vtded by him for the defense, urged tha officers, to plead that they were violently drunk. This they declined to do. Rear Admiral A. S. Crownlnshleld. commanding the European squadron, in reviewing the findings of the court, severely censures Captain James D. Dayton, the Command er of the Chicago, for not personally at tending to the defense of the officers, and comments on the "revolting Indig nities" suffered by the officers while con fined at Venice. Under the circumstances- Admiral Crownlnshjeld holds "a court-martial would be a farce." Captain Dayton's court of inquiry minutely traces the movements of tha officers of the Chicago on the day of their arrest, and says Lieutenant John S. Dgd .drldge and Surgeon Robert E. Ledbettar were "affected by liquor to a nqtlceabla extent, but were not intoxicated In the ordinary meaning of the term, and there is no evidence that the other parties were affected by drinking." The disturbance arose when Captain Wynne, commanding the Marine Guard of the Chicago, seeing Doddridge "and- jeaDetter sitting outside Florlan's cafe, gave a hall, unusual in this place, resem bling "Yi. yi. yi." Lieutenant Doddridge and Surgeon Ledbetter ran toward Cap tain Wynne, upsetting chairs and two small tables. A large crowd and. the police Immediately surrounded Lieuten ant. Doddridge, who endeavored to ex plain. "The crowd,' tha findings continue, "pressed on, shouting and gesticulating, but were not well controlled by the po lice. The police secured Lieutenant Dod dridge, and apparently at the same time, the crowd attacked him. Lieutenant Dod dridge wa3 roughly handled by the police, and It required the assistance of citizens to effect his arrest. But there were no means of distinguishing the persons as sisting the police from those who were wantonly attacking the prisoner." Captain Wynne, Surgeon Ledbetter, Naval Cadet James C Kress, and Lang ley, a marine, all forcibly endeavored to help Lieutenant Doddridge, retaliating for the assistance of the civilians, but not attacking the police. "At the station," ft Is added In the find ings of the, court, ''there was much ex citement. The crowd was at first allowed therein, and no one appeared to bo In high authority. The crowd shouted anq gesticulated, and the officers made de mands and protests. Their treatment In .prison was severo and extremely humiliat ing, but there 13 no evidence that the prison rules were exceeded. The officers pleaded self-defense against civilians, that no police were knowingly resisted, and that their intention was not to re lease Lieutenant Doddridge, but to pro tect him from violence inflicted hi" out siders." The court refers tq the disadvantage at which the officers were placed during the trial, owing to their ignorance of the Italian language and laws and says: "The Interpreter, who was a Consular clerk, was not successful or satisfactory- The strong feeling agaln3t the officers amongst the audience was frequently manifested, and no efforts yere made by the magistrate to suppress the mani festations." Ip summing up, the court finds that while the actions of Cadet Kress were indiscreet, no further proceedings against him should be taken. The samo conclusion is arrived at regarding Langjey, and the court recommends that Lieutenant Dod dridge, Captain Wynne and Surgeon Led better be tried by court-martial for "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman"; that Lieutenant Doddridge and Surgeon Ledbetter be tried for "be ing noticeably affected by liquor nnd upsetting tables and chairs" and that Captain Wynne be tried for "his unusual hall in the auiet of SL Mark's Square' and running among chairs and tables In a publjc cafe. In quashing all the recommendations for courts-martial. Admiral Crownlnshleld says: "After a mlnuto examination. It ap pears; that there was not sufficient evi dence adduced before the court of In quiry to establish the allegations against Surgeon Ledbetter, Lieutenant Doddridge and Captain Wynne. The weight of the evidence shows that the two first named were pot noticeably affected by liquor. The matter appears to have been forced tq trjal on account of the representa tions of civilians who were in no way under the authority of any branch of tha Italian Government, national or muni cipal, and whose character was such that the officers were victimized. That the matter did come to trial, resulting In notoriety detrimental to the reputation of thos.e Involved and to the jjood namo Of the service was due, at leasjt In Rart, to the omission to observe that custom of the service whereby the commanding officer, or one of his command, either makes immediate and direct representa tions for their relief, or appears in court to aid in seeing that justice la done, or designates an officer to perform these duties. Without this customary assist ance, all parties were suffering revolting indignities during the period of their confinestent and even In court such as are unknown ip the cose of the lowest criminology In our own country, and, though these matters are apart from the question of thcqulpablllty of the prison ers arrested, they are the cause of nich notoriety attendant on the case. ''The sum total of the matter Is that two officers had a dispute with a waiter there, ran nmopgst chairs and tables, all the tables and chairs being- deserted at 'the time; that ono of them upset tables and chairs, and that atjothcr called out in loud tones otr the deserted square. "While some or all of the actions may be considered Indiscreet or lacking In dig nity, none of them merit a court-martial and none can be characterized as bring ing scandal or disgrace on the Naval service. Hence, the court of inquiry clears the officers of resisting public au thority or unwarrantably attacking .citi zens, which are the principal If not the only points on which the Italian court found the parties guilty. The Govern ment Is relieved of the embarrassment of hrlnglps tho parties! to trial, In wplch no offense exists, simply to keep a possi ble though entirely unauthorized prom ise that a 'court-martial should follow the court of inquiry. Tne parties win oe aa monlshed to so conduct themselves In the future as to avoid. If possible, a. repeti tion of tho occurrence leading to -this court of inquiry. qODY'S MIND MADE UP. BpHevea Admiral . CroTralashleld Acted Corrcetly. WASHINGTON, June 18. The text of the proceedings of tho Chicago court of Inquiry with Admiral Crowrdnshfeld's strong indorsement thereon, cabled in dispatches from London, has not yet reached the Navy Department, which thus far has had nothlng.but a telegraph ic synopsis of the findings. Secretary Moody, howover, In tha absence of re ports, has made up his mind that Ad miral Crownlnshleld acted correctly in not ordering a court-martial, so, unless there is "something in the body of thp testimony token by the court pf Inrntlry which is Tiot known here to exist, Jt z "WORNOlTINMINDffiODY" J?e-ru-na Tones Up the Entire System by Cleansing the Mucous Surfaces of 7P MRnUGHLAUSHLW fjjy ; Mr. Hugh MoX4Ugh.Hn, 203 Coubent street, San Antonio, Texas, official stenog rapher of the U. S. Court, Western District, pf Texas, writes: "My official dntles have at tlnies required constant attention nnd ap plication aliont eighteen lionrs out of twenty-ronr. After n. -vreeU pi ex ertion I have found myself so ivora-out in mind and body that It seemed that I inuat give up. "Last "Winter at the close of jjcsslon of court, 'the severest in my ex perience, I vras Blmply a physical vercck, unable to eat or sleep. 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As to the status of Captain Dayton, the Indorsement of Admiral CrowplnshleJd. so far as It may reflect on him, will go upon the official records, and unless, the officer shquld meanwhile clear himself by asking for a court of inquiry or a court-martial, and securing judgment In his favor, It might affect him when the board on promotions next examines him for "promotion. So far as -the department is concerned, however, there Is the best reason to believe that It wishes to regard the matter as a closed incident, influenced thereto to some extent by the State De partment, which earnestly dpsirea to avoid the prosecution of a subject that might embitter the existing pleasant re lations with Italy. Crownlnshleld nt Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, June IS. The United States battle-ship Illinois, flagship qf Rear-Admiral A. S. Crownlnshleld, com manding the European squadron, arrived here today. The Illinois Isto represent the American Navy n the "naval review in the Solent In honor of the coronation of King Edward. It is expected that tho Illinois will re main here until she goes to Portsmouth, June 21, to participate In the review. The British naval officers called oh Admiral Crownlnshleld today. Admiral Crownln shleld went to London this afternoon. Returned Home After 57 Years. CHICAGO. June 18. Abraham Burns, aged 77 years, who disappeared from his home 37 years ago. has. returned to Ham-, mond, Ind., "to visit the folks," as he said. The old man found that his only surviving relative was a brother, Jqseph Burns, two years his junior. It was not until the aged men had recalled confi dences of their boyhood that either was satisfied of their relationship. Then they went Into the house together and an nounced to all who called that they "guessed they would live together here after." 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