THE. MORNING OREGONIAN, ' SATORUAY", FEBRUARY 25, 1905.
NG DFCANAL
Shall It Be Continued
1 by Commission?
TWO , HOUSES . DISAGREE
SenaterWill Probably Win and
Save its Life,
'BUT IT HAS BLUNDERED BADLY
Members of Canal Commission Do
Not Pull Together, and Have Too
: Much of the Army's Love
of Secrecy.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 24. If any bill la passed at
the present seesion of Congress, providing
form of government for the Panama
Canal zone. It tvlll probably be substan
tially tho bill favored by the Senate com
mittee. This bill follows the general
lines of the bill passed by the House, save
that the House Uill abolishes the Panama
Canal Commission and empowers the
President to supervise the construction of
the canal, while the Senate bill makes
provision for the continuance of tho Canal
.Commission. The House is very deter
mined to do away with the commission;
the Senate Is even more determined that
the commission shall not be abolished,
and .a? is usually the case, the House
will have to accept the terms laid down
by the Senate or there will be no legis
lation. Since the House committee on Inter
state commerce visited the canal zone
last November, there has been a very
strong opposition to the Canal Commis
sion In the lower branch of Congress. The
commission has been denounced as un
necessary, as lneriicient, as superfluous
and as incompetent. But back of these
attacks, which may be more or less gen
uine. Is the fact that members of the
House committee are disgruntled because
thejvhave not been able to control any of
the patronage in connection, with tho
building- of the canal; that they have been
unable to appoint clerks and other salar
ied employes, either in the canal zone or
in Washington, but have had to stand
around while Senatorial Influence has pre
vailed. It 16 this very fact which weakens
the stand taken by the House, and will,
in the end, probably compel the House to
surrender.
Commission Has Blundered.
But the present Canal Commisfion has
heon criticised outside of the House of
Representatives; it has been vigorously
.assailed In the public press, and such
criticism as it has received from this
quarter has been fully deserved. The
commission lias been charged, with adopt
ing unbusinesslike methods? with incon
sistency in Its policies, and with gross
mismanagement in many ways. There
has been no real head to the commis
sion, and the various members have been
acting individually and without regard
to what other members are doing. In
this way thero has been much duplica
tion; there have been perplexing and vex
atious conflicts of authority, and time and
again the commission has been obliged to
reconsider orders or instructions Issued
"by Its Individual members. Instead of
acting as a united body, the commission
has blundered along until Its affairs have
been seriously tangled.
Because different members of the com
mission act as individuals and not in co
operation with one another, the com
mission has laid Itself open to the charge
of inconsistency. Admiral Walker goes
on record, for instance, as declaring that
he will award contracts for carrying sup
plies to Panama to the lowest bidder, re
gardless of whether that Didder be an
American or a foreigner. Both foreign
and American steamship lines submit bids
for this trade, the foreigners underbid
the Americans, then pressure is Drought
to bear and the award Is not made to the
lowest bidder, but the lowest American
bidder. Further complaint follows, and
the Admiral, or some other commissioner.
writes another letter, saying that, so far
as practicable, the commission must on
courage American lines, though there is
no law requiring such discrimination.
Crude Methods In Buying.
The Commission has laid Itself open
to further criticism because of its
crude method of purchasing- supplies. It
has, up to a few days ago. required
Pacific Coast bidders to -send all the
way to Washington samples of sup
plies they wish to sell -to the Commis
sion, and there has been long" delay and
unnecessary expense In sending sample
potatoes, onions, flour and in - fact alj
manner of supplies clear across the
continent, . instead of submitting; them
to some responsible representative on
the Pacific Goast, The Commission has
sought lumber ftor temporary and for
permanent buildings on the isthmus.
Some members of the Commission have
advised bidders that they -want only
tho cheapest grades, regardless of
durability or adaptability to the clim
ate of Panama. Xnolher Commissioner
tells another bidder that certain kinds
of lumber will not withstand tho insect
posts or the climate of the isthmus, and
that only stated kinds of lumber will
he purchased. When contracts are
made thdre Is naturally, a "howl from
bidders who have' made proposals on
lumber that is not wanted. And so it
Tias run.
Too Fond 'of 'Secrecy.
But -aside, from all this, the Panama
Canal Commission has MKscn roundly
criticised in the press because of its
seoretjye.-policy; because it docs not
take the pubjip into its confidence, but
endeavors to conceal its operations.
member of the Commission, a civilian
member, was asjeed why the Commls
slon 'insisted-'' upon keeping- its move
ments secret -and; not advising: the pub
lie of what it -Is doing. "The fault is
with the military members," he re
plied. "The Army men do not believi
In publicity apC seem-to go out of their
way to .conceal even the most trivial
facts. ;'..Wo .ha-Ve, urged .them- to. take
-"liferent course, but-they?-will noU-do
so. They do; not seem, to appreciate
that the present"- Commission, charged
with building- the canal, Js a very dif
ferent body from the old Commission
charg-ed with investigating to deter
mine the best route for a canal. There
was reason why the operations of the
old Commisslbn should have been kept
secret, but. thero is no reason for withholding-
from the public facts about
work that is being" done, now that the'
routo has been chosen and the canal
has been authorized."
This very secretive policy is responsi
ble for many attacks upon the Com--mlssion.
It is responsible lor tho
charge repeatedly made that the Com
mission Is drawing- Government money
but is doing- nothing- in return. -The
public is not able -to ascertain what
is being done. Men close to the .Com
mission assert that work is under way,
ttaa progress is being made, but there
Is no official statement showing what
that work Is or how rapidly it is pro
gressing. The public is kept in the
dark.
Commission .Is Necessary.
The Senate will not abolish the Canal
Commission, because it realizes that
the President cannot give personal su
pervision to the building of the canal
and must depend up'on some one to
manage the great enterprise. If he did
not have a Commission he would-have
to appoint representatives- of some
other designation, and "bosses" will ac
complish as much under the title of
Commissioners as they will as "special
agents," or under any other title. The
Senate does not entirely approve of
the methods of the present Commission,
but there is promise of improvement
and of more united and more intelli
gent actfon in the future. But the peo
ple -want to know what is going on,
and the present 'agitation may result
in bringing out more facts than have
reached the people heretofore.
MAY REINSTATE FIVE CADETS
President Receives Petition In Behalf
of Dismissed West Pointers.
WASHINGTON", Feb. 25. President
Roosevelt was asked today to appoint
as Second Lieutenants in the Army five
cadets to the West Point Military
Academy who were dismissed on May
21. 1901. The petition for their appoint
ment was presented by Representative
Henshaw, of Nebraska.
Tne cadets were C. E. Bowlby, of
Nebraska; John A. Cleveland, of Ala
bama; T. F. Keller, of New York; B. O.
Mahaffey, of Texas, and R. A. Llton, of
Michigan, all members of the class
graduating In 1902. A member of their
class was punished for an infraction of
the rules of the academy. When the an
nouncement of the punishment -was
made, the five cadets assembled on tho
campus and demonstrated thoir disap
proval of the punishment by derisive
yells. The action was construed as a
reflection upon tho superintendent of
the academy and tho five men were dis
missed from the institution.
Superintendent Mills of the Military
Academy, joins the petition for their
appointment to the Army. The Pres
ident promised to ..consider tho matter.
Diplomatic Appointments Considered.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 24. Secretary
Hay, at the Cabinet meeting today took
up. with tho President some appoint
ments in the diplomatic and consular
sorvico and presented some other State
Department matters for consideration.
No announcements were made at the
conclusion of the meeting. Attorney
General Moody presented some phases
of several Investigations that are pend
ing, but ho said after the meeting that
nothing had been developed In them
that could be disclosed at this time.
IS NOT SHOWING ITS HAND
Government Conceals Names of the
Grand Jury From Beef Trust.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24. The special grand
jury ordered by Federal Judge Kohlsaat
to investigate tho alleged meat trust was
drawn today. The law requires that tho
names of the members of the Jury be
spread on the records. This will not be
done, however, until a few days before
March 20. when the grand jury will mcet,
as it is desired to keep the names secret
as long as possible. It Is said that the
Government wishes- to examine the record
of each man.
HOST OF WITNESSES CALLED
Marshals 8usy in New York, but Se
crecy Is Preserved.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Unusual activity
among the forces of the United States
Marshals In Manhattan and Brooklyn has
revealed tho fact that subpenas in the
Federal beef combine investigation are
being served on a large number of. the
local representatives of the local meat
packing companies.
Budgets of subpenas from the office of
the Attorney-General were received by
United States Marshal Haubert, of the
Brooklyn district, and United States Mar
shal Henkel, of the New York district,
and no time was lost In effecting personal
service Upon the employes whose testi
mony Is wanted in Chicago.
After the subpenas arrived telegrams
were received from the Attornoy-Goneral's
office enjoining upon the local officials
the mopt absolute nacrecy In regard to
the matter, and both Marshal Henkel
and Marshal Haubert refused to say a
word concerning the persons who have
been summoned.
MOB BES.CUES PRIEST ZROM JAIL
Mexican Town in Revolt Against Re
form Laws.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 21. A tele
gram has been received here from Iagos.
one of the principal towns In the State of
Jalisco. Mexico, saying that as a. result
of the arrest and imprisonment of Father
Gregorlo Retolaza, parish priest of that
place, a mob of several hundred persons
stormed the jail, partially wrecking tho
building, and rescued the priest.
- The arrest of Father Retolaza. was or
dered by Magistrate Gonzales Rubio, be
xause he conducted a religious procession
.through the streets of that town in direct
violation of the reform laws.
Father Retolaza Is now in hiding. State
troops have been sent to Lagos to pre
serve peace.
Kidnaped Yakima Child Found.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24. After a search ex
tending over the United States, 5-ycar-old
Henrietta Batch, of Yakima, Wash., was
found by the police today In this city.
Some time ago, Henrietta's sister elope"d
with a professional hypnotist. The couple
took the child with thorn. Recently tho
hypnotist was arrested at Seattle. Under
pressure ho said he had left the child
in Chicaso. The child's father arrived
here today, and with the assistance of
the police recovered his daughter,
Canadian Steamer Line to France.
OTTAWA. OnL, Feb. 24. The Dominion
government has entered into a contract
with the Allan Line for a steamship serv
ice between Canada and France. Tho
ports of -call in France will be Havre and
Cherbourg. In Canada the Summer ports
will be Montreal and Quebec, and in Win
tor Halifax and St, John. N. B. Tho gov
ernment will pv, the steamship company
.a bonus ;pf,iiW,0031Tfor IS trips, .or $132,333
for it trips. ' '
MORGAN IS TALKING
Aged Senator Trying to
Statehood Bill.
v
OBJECTS TO PARTY-PRESSURE
He Resists Appointment of Conferees
and Grovs Eloquent on. Danger
of Debauchery of Indian Vot
ers With Whisky.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. The time or
the Senate today was divided between
the Swayne Impeachment trial and the
motion of Bevcridge to appoint conferees
on the joint statehood bill. In the Swaync
case Perkins, Slayton and Powers made
arguments in behalf of the .prosecution
and HIggins responded in Judge Swaynes
behalf. leaving Thurston still to speak
IN TOMORROW'S OREGONIAN
WHAT TO DO "WITH ROSE BUSHES NEXT WEEK.
Frederick V. Holman. contributes an article that will interest
everyone who grows roses. He has also prepared a list o what
he considers the best roses" in each class. There will be reprinted
3Ir. Holman 's article on the pruning of roses, published in The
Sunday Oregonian one year ago.
THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN RUSSIA.
Early life and struggles of GeorgeGopon, priest and revolutionist,
who was first a ploughboy. One seldom reads-a more interesting
chapter than that from our St. Petersburg correspondent detail
ing how Father Gopon, by clever deception, secured governmental
aid in organizing the workmen of Russia.
SIDELIGHTS ON THE LATE JAY COOKE. -
Rev. William C. Sheppard, of Vancouver, Wash., writes an in
lensety human sketch of the eminent financier and railroad builder,
describing him as a fisherman, churchman and lover of children.
ROUGH RIDERS AT THE INAUGURATION.
Thirty of them will form President Roosevelt's immediate escort
next Saturday. William Macleod Raines paints a series of
strong pen pictures of tho famed regiment and its strange
personnel.
A VICTIM OP THE MERIT SYSTEM.
It seems to be a piece of tragic fiction involving an earnest, but
modest teacher, but it is not without application to the Portland
Public Schools. Overdrawn it may be, but written with power.
INAUGURATIONS OF THE PAST.
A special correspondent of the National capital describes
Washington's introduction into office, destroys- a Jeffersoniau
myth, and tells of the first "big" inauguration in 1841.
TALES FROM DICKENS.
The subject for the nest story is "Oliver Twist." These are
not serial stories each one being complete in itself, and having"
no connection with the tale preceding or following.
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
To those who have read "The Gold Bug," said to be Edgar A.
Poe's best short story, Sir A. Conan Doyle's "Adventures of the
Dancing Men" will be more than welcome.
ALL THE NEWS AND THE CUSTOMARY DEPARTMENTS;'
for Judge Swayne, and Messrs. Do Ar
mond and Palmer for the- House. The
trial will be resumed tomorrow.
It is the expectation of the Senators
who are managing- the trial that an ar
rangement will be made tomorrow to
take a vote on Monday. Morgan antag
onized the motion to appoint conferees
on the statehood bill and held the floor
In opposition when the Senate adjourned.
Soon after it convened the Senate took
tin the naval appropriation bill, to secure
at tills time action on the provisions to t
wi I Mi Vir lo nn nr?At!nn. 1
The reading of the naval bill had not
been completed when Bevcridge was rec
ognized to renew his motion for the ap
pointment of conferees on the joint state
hood bill. There was at the time no
objection to the motion, but Teller said
that he would desire 15 minutes to state
some facts which had recently come to
his attention regarding conditions In In
dian Territory.
Bailey asked vthat the time for conven
ing the Swaync impeachment court be
postponed five minutes..
"I object,'" said Daniel sharply.
"Thon," responded Bailey. In like man
ner. "I .shall vote for the bill as it passed
tho House. I have opposed the annexa
tion of Arizona to New Mexico, but I
will no longer allow any vote of mine to
stand In the way of justice to 1.500.000
people in the interest of 33.000 elsewhere."
Teller Talks Against Time.
Teller then proceeded. He announced
that he would Interpose no opposition to
conference, but he should feel at lib
erty later to object to prevent action con- J
trary to the wishes of the Senate. He '
added that most of his time for the past j
few weeks had been largely given to serv
ice on the committee on Indian afTalrs.
and that the information gained thero
had been of such a character as to con
vince him that the best course to pursue
In tho Interest of the people In that ter
ritory is to annex it to Oklahoma and
admit the two territories as one state.
This he thought should, under the cir
cumstances, be done as speedily as possi
ble. Teller concluded three minutes before
the time for' tho court to convene. The
chair announced that his original inten
tion had been to appoint Bevcridge, Dil
lingham and Bate as the conferees on
the part of tho Senate, and -was proceed
ing to say that on account of Dilling
ham's absence he would substitute - Nel
son's name, when Morgan asked if the i
motion to appoint conferees had been
put.
The chair said no. and was putting it
as the hands of the clock pointed sharply
at the noon figures.
"I desire- to be heard on that motion."
said the Alabama Senator. This meant
that the motion must go over, and caused
manifest disappointment to the friends
of the bill.
Arguing the Swayne Cass.
"When at noon consideration of tho
Swaync case was resumed. Perkins, on
behalf of the House managers, was rec
ognized to continue the argument In sup
port of the articles of Impeachment. He
devoted himself to the point of residence,
claiming that nonresidence on the part
of Judge Swayne In his district had been
absolutely established. Perkins spoke for
46 minutes and was followed by Clayton,
who gave his attention especially to the
general question of impeachable offenses.
Iligglns spoke in defense of Judge
Swaync and the trial was then adjourned
until tomorrow to afford the Senate an
opportunity to return to consideration of
the motion for conference on the state
hood bilL
Morgan declared there was parly pres
sure to get the bill through and that no
scandals had attached to the passage of
such legislation. "No state should come
into the Union with reproaches upon the
character of her people or of her leading
men.', he said,- and - then Intimated that
theipressure to .'secure the" passage of the'
bill was due to would-be officeholders
Speaking of the provision for voting by
the Indians, he said.
"The pettifogging politician could have
no better field than this. With a bottle
of whiskey and come gewgaws, he can
achieve marvelous results."
He predicted that the scandal that
would come out of these elections would
adhere not only to the new state but to
the people of the United States. - Morgan
read a magazine article quoting Governor
Garvin, of Rhode Island, on political cor
ruption in that state. "That," be said,
"Is the cultured state of Rhode Island; If
men go openly Into the market there to
buy votes, what may be expected from
a community like that of Indian Terri
tory unrestrained by safeguards of any
kind?" A quotation made from the last
annual message of Governor Durbln, of
Indiana, was similarly commented on.
Morgan declared that. If Indian Terrl
tory Is to be converted Into a state, there
should be a law making It a penitentiary
offense to go to the polls with a jug of
whiskey. Otherwise, ho said, the Indians
all would be drunk before election and
remain so as long as there was whiskey.
After the Alabama Senator had spoken
for about half an hour Bate approached
him privately, asking him to desist, and
-saying that Senators generally desired ac
tion. N
"I don't care." Morgan responded; "I
am paddling my own canoe."
Later he yielded to an Interruption, and
said,- in response to questions, that he
was willing to allow the Senate to' ad
journ. Allison appealed to him. to permit the
appointment of conferees, but Morgan de
clined for the time being and proceeded
with his speech. He admitted that it
was his desire to kill the bill.
At 6:15 Foraker Interrupted to move to
adjourn, but before doing so he yielded
for the appointment of conferees on the
Panama Canal bill. Bailey objected, say
ing that no more conferences could bo
held until the statehood matter was set
tled. After further contention .the Sen
ate adjourned until tomorrow, Morgan
still holding the floor.
The Senate began proceedings today by
adopting a resolution reported by Xodgo
from the committee on' rules, directing
the Sergcant-at-Arms not to permit flow-r
crs to bo brought Into tho Senate cham
ber. In a Deadlock on Statehood.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Efforts to
harmonize the difference over tho
statehood bill continued fruitlessly in
the Senate today. Thero seemed to be
no disposition on the part .of the
friends of the proposition for two
states to bo made of four territories
to accept a compromise permitting
Oklahoma and Indian Territory to
come In at the present session, and
compelling- the other territories to
wait. When this wa3 proposed today
It was insisted that the House would
not agree to such an arrangement.
Whllo the appointment of conferees
was prevented by Senator Morgan, sev
eral other Senators who oppose tho
House bill Tere ready to agree to these
appointments, but evinced opposition
to the adoption, of a. conference re
port which proposes to bring; into
statehood the territories of New Mex
ico and Arizona jointly. A disposition
to debate at any length the adoption
of such a report -would be fatal to the
passage of any statehood measure at
this session.
Expense of Army Maneuvers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Secretary Taft
tnriaf transmitted to the House a state
ment showing tho total cost of the Joint
encampments ana maneuvers oi me mi
litia and Regular Army for the past year.
The maneuvers at Manassas, Va.. cost
tho state militia organizations $454,013.
and the Regular Army 5103,155. In Cali
fornia the cost of the militia was $24,000
and tho Army 59370. In Washington state
the rallltla expended 526,752, and the Army
$3471. The statement contains an Item
of1l3.6CS for Pullman car faro for officers.
THE DAY'S DEATH BOLL.
William G. Shanks, Newspaper Man
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. William Gora
Shrinks, president of the National Press
Intelligence Company, well known In
newspaper and financial circles in this-
city, and for 11 years city editor of the
Tribune, Is dead at Hamilton, Bermuda,
aged 6S years. He was a correspondent
with the armies of Grant and Sherman
during most of the Civil War.
Col. C. H. Wood, Hotel Man.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Feb; 24. Colonel
Charles H. Wood, proprietor of the West
"Hotol, died of pneumonia, today, aged 67
years. He formerly was connected with
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
J. C. Carlton, Mexican War Veteran.
BEDFORD. Ind., Feb. 24. Major James
C. Carlton, president of the National
Mexican War Veterans' Association, 13
dead of paralysis, aged 73 year?.
Sydney D. Rlpjey, Insurance Man.
NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Sydney Dillon
Ripley, prominent In Insurance, circles and
a clubjtian, died, todayad-st reult of an
operation -for appendicitis.
HITS ARMOR PLATE TRUST
VANJ3IVER MOVES THAT GOV
ERNMENT PROSECUTE IT.
He Charges That Companies Have
Combined to. Extort Exorbitant
Prices From Government.
W SHINGTOX, Feb. 24. Representa
tive. Vandiver, of "Missouri, Introduced tho
following .resolution In the House today:
Resolved, t That the Attorney-General Inform
th"e Houw at his earliest convenience whether
or not any proceedings have been instituted
either civil or criminal, against the armor
plate trusts, and if not, why not; and, further.
Resolved. That the Attorney-CJeneral also in
form the House what steps have been taken
by him. to determine whether or not the said
annor-plate trust rhould not be prosecuted for
violation of the "United States anti-trust law
or July 2. 1SSO, or other United States statute
against trusts and combines In restraint of
trade.
Tha resolution was referred to the 1udi.
clary committee.
A preamble to the resolution recites
that on September 16, 1901. the Attorney
General was petitioned to Institute civil
and criminal proceedings against the Car
negie Steel Company and the Bethlehem
Steel Company, as combining and consti
tuting -what the petition alleged, was an
armor-plate trust, for controlling the
price of armor plate, and that there was
tiled with the Attorney-General and with
the President a statement of facts and
evidence showing a conspiracy, whereby
tne trade and commerce in armor nlate
had been monopolized and the armor-plate
trust enabled to sell many thousand tons
of armor plate to the United States Gov
ernment at prices ranglnsr from 5445 to
5320 a ton. after a duly appointed board of
expert naval constructors had reported
that the actual cost of the armor did not
exceed $197 a -ton.
The preamble further alleges an agree
ment between the Carnesle and Bethle
hem Companies as to prices, and that
they have divided the contracts of the
Government between themselves, each
bidding lower than the other for one
half of the armor required at any time
by the Government.
Additional evidence of this conspiracy
to prevent free and open competition In
bids for armor plate, the preamble con
tinues, had been shown In the hearing
of the present Secretary of the Navy
when, on January 25 1305. Secretary Mor
ton stated to the House committee on
iaval affairs that the bids of the Bethle
hem and Carnegie Companies on 7S20 tons
of armor plate, which had been opened
n January 12 last, were, discovered to
ue luenucai.
In spite of the cumulative evidence of
conspiracy In restraint of trade, the Dre-
amble says, the Secretary of the Navy
awarded contracts to these two companies
at fti a ton, when an Independent corn
pan" outside of the trust had offered to
furnish exactly the same armor for $3S3
a ton, thus, the preamble says. Increas
ing the cost to the Government by 553
in ravor of the trust, and "Indicating the
power of the Influence which the afore
said armor-plate trust has acquired over
the Government and officials-of the United
States."
KILLS STANDARD OIL STEAL
Hpuse Refuses to Pay Rent for Old.
New York Custom-House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. In tho House
of Representatives today the fight that
had waged for many, years against tho
appropriation of JISO.COO for rental of the
old New York Custom-House resulted in
a victory. Hcmenway (Ind.), chairman of
the committee on appropriations, being
unable to muster sufficient strength to
retain the provision in the bill. Tho op
position was led by Sulzer (N. Y.). sup
ported by Williams (Miss.), the minority
leader, both of whom denounced the ex
penditure as a public scandal and In the
Interest of the Standard Oil Company,
wHich, It was alleged, was behind the
National City Bank, the purchaser of the
building from the Government. In the
course of general debate on the bill. Crum
packer (Ind.), Wallace (Ark.) and Byrd
(Miss.) discussed the race question in tho
South, the last named also dealing- with
present cotton conditions.
Hull (Rep., Ia.) presented a further con
ference report on tho Army appropriation
bill, which under the rule was ordered
to be printed before being taken up.
A number of pension bills from the Sen
ate were considered, altogether 123 being
passed. By unanimous consent tho fol
lowing bills wero passed:
Amending the revised statutes so that
stockholders holding five shares of stock
in any National bank with 523,000 capital
may be eligible as directors.
Establishing a lifesavlng station, at
Nome. Alaska.
Giving the Legislature or Hawaii the
right to provide for the election of County
Bourds and Aldermen of cities. Also the
following joint resolutions:
Authorizing a change In the name of
the Rogular Army and Navy Union of tho
United States to the Army and Navy
Union of the United States of America.
Providing for medals of honor to uni
form soldiers who la 1S63. after tho ex
piration of their terms of service, vol
unteered for temporary service in Mary
land and Pennsylvania and who received
no pay.
The Senate amendments to the Panama
Canal Government bill were disagreed to
and it was sent to conference.
Tho sundry civil appropriation bill then
was" taken up under an agreement for
four hours general debate.
Under license of debate. Crumpacker of
Indiana delivered a lengthy address in fa
vor of the proposition to reduce the repre
sentation in the Hous'c of Representatives
of those states violating the 14th and 15th
amendments of the Constitution regarding
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Medical Journals of this country and Europe,
and have mailed it to nearly every physician in
the United States.
So it follows that .when your doctor orders it
for coughs, colds, bronchitis or consumption,
J he knows precisely what he is giving.
1 Physicians recommend their families to keep
1 it on hand.
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disqualification of voters. He pleaded for
perfect equality in citizenship, and de
clared that the "door of hope" should be
open to all citizens without regard to
color or creed.
Crumpacker admitted that a large per
centage of negroes was not fitted for the
privilege of the ballot, but those that
were qualified, he contended should be
accorded these privileges as freely and
ungrudgingly as any white man.
After some further debate the bill was
read for amendment.'
Sulzer (N. Y.) strongly opposed the pro
vision for rent of the old Custom-House.
of New York City, saying It was the "old.
bewhiskered. long-standing: steal of the
National City Bank."
"It Is a notorious scandal, a steal and
a fraud," he vigorously asserted, and he
could not understand why the National
City Rink had not been compelled to pay
to the Government the 53,000,000 purchase
money for the building Instead of the
money being simply transferred on the
bank's books, except that It was due to
the influence of the Standard Oil Com
pany, which owned the bank.
Explaining that he was not defending
the contract which was made by -Mr.
Gage, who was then Secretary of the
Treasury, Hemenway contended that, if
the amount for rent was not appropri
ated, the bank could go into court and
get a judgment. Hemenway admitted In
reply to Sulzer that no deed has passed
from the Government to the bank, and
the bank was not paying taxes for the
building. Hemenway insisted that ex
Secretary Gage was not "charged with hav
ing committed a crime, but with having
made a bad contract.
"If he has not committed a crime," In
terjected Sulzer, "why, as soon as we got
an honest President, had he to get out
of the Cabinet?,r
Williams said he did not criticize the
original transaction, but he asserted that
It was the subsequent dealings that were
surrounded with fraud In order to obtain
Congress contributions.
A motion by Sulzer to strike out the
provision prevailed, 93 to 71.
Fifty-nine of the 15 pages had been dis
posed of when the. bill was laid aside and
the house adjourned until tomorrow.
TWO HOUSES AT LOGGERHEADS
Kansas House Tries td Coerce Senate
on Railroad Bills.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 24. The Kansas
House will consider the anti-discrimination
bill next Tuesday. This is the only
bill remaining on the House calendar di
rected against the Standard Oil Company.
It was a special order for this afternoon,
but the House decided to defer the dis
cussion in an effort to get the Senate Into
line on the railroad bill. The Senate
passed the anti-discrimination, bill and
refused to accent the railroad measure
which originated fn the House. There is
much opposition to the antl-dlscrimlnation
bill In the House, and the friends of the
-railroad . bill think they see a way where
by to force the Senate to support the
House railroad measure.
OUST STANDARD FROM STATE
Kansas Attorney-General Will Pro
ceed Under State Law.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 24. Attorney-General
Coleman will commence quo war
ranto proceedings in the Supreme Court
today to oust the Standard Oil Company
from Kansas. He has been in conference
with Governor Hoch for several days, and
had the subject under consideration.
The writ will be asked for on the ground
that tho Standard Oil Company Is a trust,
operating in Kansas in violation of tho
anti-trust law. The recent action of the
United States Court In the Smiley ca3e.
upholding tho Kansas anti-trust law, gives
the officials- confidence enough to make
the move against the Standard.
CRIMINAL CHARGE TO BE MADE
Every Kansas County Will Be SceYie
of Standard Prosecution.
CHANUTE, Kan.. Feb. 24. Criminal
proceedings against the officers and
employes of the Prairie Oil. & Gas
Company will bo started at once. Cases
will be brought in every Kansas county
where the company docs business. Con
viction will be asked for under .tho
provisions of the Farrelly anti-trust
law. The Prairie Company, which Is a
Standard concern, has officos in a num
ber of counties.
Board to Manage Alaska.
WASHING X ON Feb. 24. Senator Bev
cridge reported favorably, from the com
mittee on territories today the Dietrich
hill, creating a Government Board for
Alaska.
Endowment for Tutors at Princeton.
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 24. A move
ment to raise a fund of 52,500,000 to add
to the endowment of Princeton Univer
sity. In order to make it possible to in
stall a system of tutors or preceptors,
has been inaugurated by the board of
trustees of the university. Tho board has
appointed a committeo of 50 alumni, who
are prominent In the professional and
commercial life of the East and Middle
West, with Cleveland H. Dodge, of New
York, as chairman, and George W. Bur
leigh, of New York, as secretary.
Ohio River Steamer Lost.
LOUISVILLE. Feb. 2-1. A Post special
from Maysvlllc, Ky., says the steamer
Big Kanawha, plying in the Cincinnati
and Kanawha River trade, was torn from
her moorings here this afternoon and car
ried down-stream. iTho latest reports say
she is on lire and sinking. It is believed
that all of her crew escaped.
One ..Hundred Bodies Recovered.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 24. up to
this afternoon 100 bodies of victims of tho
explosion at Virginia mines had been re
covered. we have published the
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