THE OEEGON SCOUT. I neither palace nor castle.
JONES A: CnANCKY, Publishers.
Hut Mr. IHorrlll Snyn tho President
Should Havo a Comfortable Homo.
UNION,
OREGON.
CLEVELAND PUTS IN A WORD.
Giving Illn Idcnn of How Labor IMOl
Cllltlcs Mny bo Settled.
Tho president on tho 22d sent tho follow
ing message to congress on tho subject of
labor troubles:
To tlio Senate and Hotiso of Representa
tives: Tlio constitution imposes on tlio
president tho duty of recommending to tho
consideration of congress from tinio to
tlma such measures ns ho shall judge ncccs
snry nnd expedient.
I nm so deeply Impressed with tho Im
portance of immediately nnd thoughtfully
meeting the problem which recent o ven tsit nd
n, present condition thrust upon us, involv
ing tho clomont of disputes arising between
our laboring men nnd tholromployers, that
I am constrained to recommend to con
gress legislation on thlsscrlousund pressing
subject. Under our form of government
tho vnluo of labor ns an element of national
prosperity should bo distinctly recognized,
and tho welfare of tho laboring men should
bo regarded ns especially entitled to legisla
tive care. In a country which offois to nil
its citizens tho highest attainments of social
nnd political distinction, Hh workiiigmcii
cannot justly or safely bo considered as
irrevocably consigned to tlio limits of nclnss,
nnd entitled to no attention, nnd allowed
no protests against neglect. Tho laboring
man, bcnrlng in his hand an iiidlspcnsihlo
contribution to our growth and progress,
mny woll insist with manly courage and as
n right upon tho samo recognition from
those who mnko our laws as is accorded to
any other citizens having a valuable inter
est in charge, and his rcasonnblo demand
should bo met in such a spirit of apprecia
tion and fairness as to iuduco a contented
nnd patriotic co-operation in the achieve
ment of a grand national destiny. While
tho real interest of labor is not promoted
by a resort to threats and violent manifes
tations, and while thoso who, under apro
toxt of an advocacy of tho claims of labor,
want only to attack tho rights of capital
and for selfish purposes, or for tho lovo of
disorder, sow seeds of violence and discon
tent, should neither bo encouraged nor con-
cilateil. Legislation on tho subject should
bo calmly and deliberately undertaken,
with no purposo of satisfying unreasona
ble demands orguliiingpurlisun advantage.
Tho present condition of tlio relations
between labor nnd capital are far from
satisfactory. Tho discontent of tho em
ployed is duo In a largo degree to tho grasp
ing and heartless manner of employers and
tho alleged discrimination in favor of capi
tal is an object of governmental atten
tion. It must also be conceded that tho
laboring men are not always curclul to avoid
causeless and unjustillalilo disturbance.
Though tho importance of a bettor accord
botwooii tlio interests is apparent, it must
bo borno in mind than any effort in that
direction by tho federal government must
bo greatly limited by constitutional re
strictions. Thoro nro many grievances which con
gress by legislation cannot redress, and
many conditions which cannot by such
means bo roformed. I am satisfied, how.
ever, that something mny be dono under
federal authority to provont the disturb
ances which so often arise from disputes
between employers and tho employed, and
which at times seriously threaten the busi
ness Interests of the country; and in my
opinion tlio propor theory upon which to
proceod is that of voluntary arbitration as
iho moans of settling thcsodlffereuces. Hut
I suggest, instead of arbitrators chosen in
tho heat of conllictingclaims and altereach
dispute shall arise, thoro bo created a coin
mission of labor, consisting of three mem
bors, who shall bo regular olllcers of tho
government, charged, among other duties,
with the consideration and settlement,
whon feasible, of all controversies between
labor and capital. A commission thus or
ganized would havo tho advantage of being
a stable body, and its members, ns thoy
gained oxperienco, would constantly im
prove in their ability to deal Intelligently
and usefully with tlioquostions which might
boBubinitted to them. If arbitrators uro
chosen for tompornry sorvlee, us each caso
of dlsputo arises, oxporloncontid fainiliarltv
with much that is involved in question will
bo lacking, extreme partisanship nnd bins
will bo (nullifications sought on either side,
and frequent complaints of unfairness and
partiality will bo inevitable, Tho imposi
tion upon a federal court of duty as foreign
to judicial function as tho selection of
mi arbitrator in such cases is at least of
doubtful propriety.
Tlio establishment by federal authority
of such n bureau would lie a just and sen
filblo recognition of tlio value of labor and
its right to bo represented in tho depart
ments of tho government. So far ns its
conciliatory olllces had relation to dls
turlmnccs winch interfered with transit
and commerce between states, Its existence
would bo justified under tho provisions of
tho constitution which elves to coi lmvss
Senator Morrill thinks Ids bill providing
for the enlargement of tho executive man
sion, by erecting a duplicate building just
soutli of it and connected with it by n cor
ridor, and appropriating $300,000 for tho
first yenr's work, will be passed by this
congress. In his report on tho bill Senator
Morrill, nfter referring to the dilapltatcd
condition of tho present innnslon, asshown
by tho report of tho engineer officer in
charge, dwells upon tho gradual encroach
ment of exccntlvo olllces upon the residence
portion of tho mnnsion. Senator Morrill
further says: "It is not proposed, how
ever, that tlio president of the United
States shnll anywhero have a palaco
or a castle, but it would seem decent
nnd proper that ho should havo at leist
one cotnfortnblo residence, nnd that such
ns would moderately belli his station nnd
its requirements. His wife should ho bo
so fortunate ns to have one is for tlio tlmo
being tho first lady of tho republic, nnd
should have sullicicnt accommodations to
extend tho hospitalities ordained nnd of
fered by usage at tho executivo innnslon,
and us much of tho usual comforts and
conveniences of ordinary well-to do citi
zens." After roviewlng tho history of tho
mnnsion, tlio coinmittco concludes ns fol
lows: "Whether tho prcsont tenant of tho
white house, shall romnin after tho next
election, or some gentleman with a greater
or similar family from this or tho other
sido o' tlio chamber, or you, Mr. 1'rcsldcnt
(of tho senate), or some dark horse, yet
undiscovered, nowronmlng on hills or prat
ries, let us all agree Hint tho cliief magis
trate of tho United States shall have, not
only In appearance, lint in fact, a good,
healthy and convenient dwelling place."
No Clinnco in the Print Shop.
The president hns recently indicated tho
stroiic probability that ho will mnko no
chango in tho olllca of public printer until
after tho adiournmont of congress. Thoro
nro in all eight or ten applicants for this
position, and as tho term of tlio presold, in
ciimbcnt has expired, thoro is of courso no
obstacles in tlio wny ol tlio president limit
intr a change at any tlmo except his own
wishes. Col. J. M. Keuling, editor of the
Memphis Appeal, who bus the most thor
ough practical knowledge of every depart
incut of nrinting, lias probably tho most
intlucntiiil backing of any of tlioeo spoken
of for tho position.
THE FORIT-NINTH CONGRESS.
A Itccord of Proceeding In
llruiiclirn of tlio Snnio,
Hoth.
power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations nnd among several states. And in
frequent disputes between laboring men
nnd their employers of less . extent, nnd
consequences of which nro coi llutnl within
state limits nnd threaten domestic violence,
the Interposition of such commission might
bo tendered on application of tho legisla
ture or tho executivo of the stuto under tho
constitutional provision which roquires the
general government to protect each of the
states against domestic violence. If such
commission were fairly organized, tho risk
of loss of popular support unit sympathy
resulting from refusal to submit to so
peaceful an instruiiiontality would con
strain both parties to such disputes to
iuvoko its interference and abide by its
decisions. Tliero would also bo good reason
to hopo that every oxtstonco of such an
agoncy would Invito application to It for
ad vice and counsel, frequently resulting In
tho avoldiuiro of contention nnd unsundor
standing. If tho usefulness of such a com
mission Is doubtful berauso It might lack
power to enforce its decisions, much en
couragement is derived from tlio conceded
good Uirt has been accomplished by rail
road commissions, which have been In
operation in many states, which having
little more than advisory power, have ex
erted most salutary iulluenco in tho settle
mont of disputes between conllictlng Intor
ests. In July, 1884, by law of congress, a bu
reau of labor was established, and placed
in charge of a commissioner of labor, who
Is roqulred to collect information on the
subject of labor, its relations with capital,
hours of labor, and cnnilngs of laboring
men and women, and means of promoting
their material, social, Intellectual anil mur
al prosperity. The commission which I
suggest could easily bo engraft, d upon the
bureau thus already organized by the ad
dition of two mora commissioners, mid by
supplementing tho duties now imposed
upon It bysuch other powers and function
ns would permit tho commissioners to act
us arbitrators, when necessary, between
labor and capital, undor such limitations
and upon such occasions ns should be
deemed proper and uveful. l'ower should
also bo distinctly conferred upon this bu
reau to Investigate tho causes of all dis
putes as thoy occur, whether subiulttod lor
arbitration or not, bo that information
may always bo at hnml to aid legislation
on tho subject whon necessary and desira
ble. GllOVElt Cl.KVIU.AND.
Executive Mnnsion, April 23, 1880.
SnxATi:, April 20. Logan introduced his
bill to Increaso tho olllcioncy of the army
with tho sections strickon out which pro
vide for nn increaso of -tho number of mon,
relating to tho pay of chaplains and au
thorizing commissioned olllcers to mnko
deposits ol monoy witli pnyiniiHtors.
Ifousn, April 20. Reed, of Maine, ad
dressing, his remarks to Tucker, inquired
when tho Utah bill was to bo reported by
tho judiciary committee. Tucker replied
that the bill was boing considered by tho
committee. When a determination was
reached, the bill would ho reported adverse
ly or favorably. The house went into com
mittee of tlio whole, Wellborn in the chair,
on tho river and harboritppropriatioii bill.
Smooth progress was inailo until an obsta
cle was reached in authorizing thosccroliiry
of war to acceptfor tlio United States from
tho Marine hospital at Krle, 1'iu, the titlo
to tlio peninsular Prosqtie Isle, ut Erie.
Against this proviso, Hammond raised tlio
point of order that it hud no place in tho
river and harbor bill. A number of amend
ments wero offered nnd objected to, and
the coinmittco rose and tho house ad
journed. Scnati:, Aprh 21. A resolution was
offered by Gorman directing the committee
on library to consider tho subject of a cele
bration in ISS'.iot thoceutoniiilanuiverslty
ol tho formation of tho government, nnd in
1802 of the four hundredth anniversary of
tlio discovery ol America. All private peiv
sion bills on tho calendar, witli the oxeep
tion of hnlf a dozen, were passed. The fol
lowing hills wero passed: A bill to author
ize the sale of timber on certain lands re
served for tho use of the Menominee tribo
of Indians in Wisconsin. Tho house bill
to protect homestead sottlers within rail
way limits. It provides that homestead
settlers on public lauds within railway
limits, who ui o restricted to less than 100
ncros, and who havo heretofore made, or
may hereafter mnko additional entry
nllowed by net ol March 3, .1870, or of duly
1, 1 871, niter having made liniil proof of
settlement nnd cultivation under tho
original entry, shall be entitled to havo tho
lands covered by iidditionalentry, patented
without any lurtner cost or proof of settle
ment or cultivation.
Ilousi:, April 21. Tho houso went into
committee of the whole on the river nnd
harbor bill. Hepburn moved to strike out
tho paragraph appropriating S-t 00,000 for
tlie improvement of the Galveston harbor.
Uho motion was lost, but It was agreed
that a voto should bo tnkon upon it in tlio
house. Pending action on unimportant
motions i no committee rose and tho houso
adjourned.
Spnatk, April 22. Tho bill to provide for
tlio taxation of railroad grant hinds was
tnkon up. Mr. Van Wyck said tlio people
hail given deep consideration to this sub
ject, and there was much mystery among
them as to why railroad companies should
hold undisputed title to millions of acres
of laud and yet booxcinptcd fiom statoaud
local taxation. The bill went over and tho
later state commerce bill was placed before
thesouato. Mr. Sewell offered nn amend
ment covering a number of points, one of
which was to subject to the provisions of
tlie tun I'unndinu roads Having through
tralllc from points in tlie United States to
tho seaboard. During the debate on the
amendment, a message from the president.
relating to labor troubles, was laid before
the senate, When it hud been read, tho
quest Ion arose as to the commit tee to which
it could most appropriately be referred,
whether tho judiciary committee or the
committee on education mid labor. It was
llnully ordered printed nnd the question of
reference allowed to remain in abeyance.
I He.vatu, Apill 20. -A bill was passed ex.
I tending tho tlmo for tho completion of tho
records of tho clerks of tho commissioners
of Alnbama claims.
I Tho intcr-stato commcrci bill was then
taken up, Scnntor Van Wyck taking the
floor in favor of the bill. Tho through rates
from the west, he snid, now nearly
amounted to confiscation. Another riso
would bo prohibition. Last year ho had
said that tho people in nomo sections of
Nebraska wero compelled to burn corn for
fuel, nnd that it required 150 bushels of
corn to purchnso ono ton of hard coal.
This condition did not apply to tho entire
state, yet Inst winter in moro than halt tho
territory people were again compelled to
burn corn for fuel because of excessive rates
of transportation. Tho basis of charges
wns all that the tralllc will bear. Wo wero
in tho midst of depression, yot all pursuits
must bo laid under contribution, so tliut
full dividends shall bo declared by railroad
companies and watered stock and fraudu
lent bonds. As to the commission fenturo
of tho bill, tho people, Senator Van Wyck
said, wero not demanding a commis
sion, but tho corporations were becom
ing enrnest ndvocates of It. Railroad
nnd telegraph rato-i west of tho Missouri
river were about four times greater than
rivers cast of tlint river. For years capi
tal lias been organized, unscrupulous nnd
rapacious, moving as Gould had moved.
according to his h orn testimony, nnd as
iluntington, according to Ids own written
history, had moved, on state legislatures,
the courts and congress, unblllshlngly pur
chasing judges nnd legislators, lint tho
crisis wns coming. Thoro was an lrropressi
bio conflict between rightniid wrong. Could
the nation bo made to bcllovo that tho
$1 ,000,000,000 of watered stock nnd bonds
wero honest property, deserving protection
irom courts or legislatures; Unit tlio $;J(JU
000,000 claimed by Vandcrhilt, and tlio
S200.000.000 by Gould wero honestly ob
tallied? Tho owners of these fictitious mil
lions should accord decent treatment to
tho remainder of mankind from whom thoy
expected to forco dividends and Interest.
I lie somite coinuutteo failed at tho preci
THE RUMORED IIRIDE-ELECT.
WHIRLED INTO ETERNITY.
GoNsIp nnd I'rtcudly Talc Concerning
President Cleveland's Intended.
Wrecked Dnm (Uvea I'lny
Hcath-Dcnllng Torrent.
to
point where tho monster evil should bo
grasped by tho law. It tho industries
wero only required to pay fair dividends
on the real cost of railroads the nation
would bo prosperous. The senate could
tuko an example from Jay Gould. Tho
senate coinmittco on education and labor
had industriously obtained from that
worthy a complete history of his life, prob
ably for tho youth of America to imitate.
Tho committeo hnd tremblingly and be
seechingly implored him to give a mhiuto
nrcnunt of his daring exploits, and he tin
bhishingly consented. Early in life, when
hard pressed for dinner, ho adopted his
sister's method nnd went behind the I) tick-
smith shop to pray. Tlie blessing camo
in you I measure in a. few years. The tan
ning business In which ho was engaged was
in liiiaiiclal stress so overwhelming that Ids
partner was driven to suicide, while he,
himself, bought a railroad. Tlio wrong
partner had committed suicide. Tlio com
mittee was doubtless dazed as much by
Gould's recital as bv reading the exploits
of "Jack, Iho Giant Killer," or "Kidd, tlio
Pirate." Modesty induced Gould to re
frain from telling one fenturo of the history
of his time. At Kansas City ho was once
overtaken witli another religions spasm mid
wrestled a second time in prayer, tolling tlio
peoplehow happy he was and that ho wnut-
(I no more money. Jlelind purchased tlio
Missouri Pacific for the good of mankind
and should use it only for the glory of God
and tho benefit of the people. As ho was
contemplating another raid ho felt the
necessity of another installment of divino
grace and so ho wont "short" on (ho prom
ise by pretending Unit lie would not benefit
himself by tho blessing. It was to bo hoped
ho would not indulge in a third prayer on
the earth, and in the end seen roan entrance
into the Now Jerusalem. Ho would soon
bo conspiring there from forco of habit to
buy a railroad, and when ho should have
torn up tlio shinning avenues, tho angles
could not restrain him from stealing the
golden pavements.
I lie strong n rut of labor. Senator an
Wyck said in conclusion, hnd always pro
tected the nation in the day of peril; thoro
need bo no fear of tlio republic from tho
organization of labor. Tho ranks of tlio
Union army had been recruited from tho
men who had bcondolviug in mines.
Washington special to tlio Omaha Bee
Just at present tho most interesting gossip
in this city is that connected in somo way
with tlio rumored bride-elect of tho white
house. Paragraphs about Miss Folsotn
are floating about as thick n tho budding
leaves on tho trees here, but I was told to
day a most romnntic story nbout tlie
great-grand-aunt of this Miss Folsom, who
was tho first Lady Sterling, of England.
.Sho, too, wns a Miss Folsom beforo she
becntno "My Lady" Sterling. Sho lived in
the quaint New England town of Stafford,
in Connecticut, and wns tho daughter of
tho village blacksmith. She was tho beauty
of the hamlet, and so pretty wns sho that
her face was famous in tho state. Sho was
just budding into womanhood when it
happened that Lord Sterling passed
through tho littlo villngo on ids wny to
Ilostou. Tho nrrivnl of such a nobleman in
tlie colonial town wns nn event of much im
portance and of courso everyone had a
glimpso of Ids lordship. My narrator says
liistorj" does not mention exactly now my
lord lirst caught a glimpse ol .Miss Folsom
Hut tho tradition is extant that he fell in
love at first Bight. Her sweet, pure and in
nocent fnco won him at once. Instead of
going direct to Boston ho stayed in Staf
ford for somo days and met tho villngo
beauty. Very probably lie took his horses
to her father's blacksmith shop to bo shod
and then got solid with the old man. Ho
wont to lloston, but returned and mado
(puck work of his courtship. Ho popped
tne question in a lnatter-oi-inct manner,
was accepted, nnd married the maiden nnd
then left, saying ho would 'como back and
carry her olf to his English home. Months
passed and no wordcnmofromhislordsliip.
ji was long oeioro tno days ol last ocean
steamers, penny posts nnd telegraphs,
but sun no nnd tnno to commnni
cnte with his bride, but ho did not. Tho
gossips in tho villngo laughed nnd shook
their heads ut tho beauty, and said
she had been fooled, but still sho believed in
her noblo lord. Titno flow by. A son wns
horn to her. Gossip then grow loud and
harsh. Even the blacksmith and his wifo
began to look seriously at the affair: but
at tlio end of tho first year a rotiuuo of
noblemen nrnved in tho town and asked
for Lady Sterling. They informed herthnt
her husband had sent a shin over from
I'.ngiuiui to oenr nor to nor manor, and it
was waiting in tho New York harbor to set
sail for merry England with tho brido. Still
therowero evil tongues that wacued and
warned tho brido to stay and not bo lured
away to a foreign show to beconio tho
mistress of nn English lord. Hut tho lady
neuovcd in nor lord nnd went with
his messengers. Tho ship sho found
awaiting her wns indeed a royal ono.
It wns fitted up with every comfort
known in those days for a pleasure
ocean voyage. Tho mother and son spent
many nappy days in their Hon ting pnluce.
On their arrival in England thoy found
Lord Sterling awaiting her. Sho was re-
r.ivcd with great distinction. Iloncknowl
dged lier as his wifo and his family wel
comed her as such and their marriage lifo
is known to havo been most happy. Now
t lie grent-gnind niece is about to sail from
England, not on a special ship, but on a
inagnillcent ocean steamer. Tlio lord picked
out for her will probably not bo waiting
her arrival at tlio iSow lorlc quarantine
but ho will bo hero and soon after her
arrival, if gossip is true, sho will como
hither and beconio tlio first lady in the
United States.
At 0 o'clock on tho morning of tho 20th
tho villngo of East Lee, Mnss., wns inun
dated nnd devastated by tlie breaking away
of a dam at tho Mud Pond reservoir, Moun
tain Lake, two and one-naif miles from tho
village. Tho pond covered many ncrcs of
swamps nnd was increased from tho origi
nal sizo by oxtonsive dams built by a club
of manufacturers as a storngo placo for
water. Tho bodies thus far recovered and
identified aro Mr. White and wifo and tlireo
young daughters; Mr. King nnd wifo and
their son nnd wifo. Elo.cn persons have
thus far been found and several persons arc
missing. East Leo villngo received its first
news of tho accident when tho flood came
pouring down tlio street, tho water being
six inches deep and bringing with it trees,
portions of houses, fences, wngons nnd
overy form of movable property. The pco
plo fled to the slopes of the valley, and biiw
houses moved and toppled nbout like chips
un ii river, aneuoou pnsseu .cast, leo unui
went on down tlicrond.destroyitiggardcns,
lawns, fences nnd doing thousands of dol
lars' worth of damage. Much stock, besides
property, is lost. The scene is ono of terri
ble desolation nnd tlio town of Leo is wild
with excitement.
Tho disaster throws a great many hands
out of employment and literally paralyzes
nil East Leo industries, 'iho loss on tlie
property is fully 200,000, while tho ex-
penso of rcnairing tho ronds and other
costs that must fall on tho town will reach
$20,000 moro.
The saddest incident of tho day wns the
Into of A. N. White, oced 50. his wifo aged
4C, their daughter aged 0, and their baby
aged 0 mouths. They ccupicd a house re
cently purchased with hard earned savings,
nnd wero a happy contented family, re
spected by all who know them. When the
fearful avalanche of wnterstruck thohouse,
Mr. Whito and family had not risen. Their
homo was sweptaway without a moment's
warning, and not a trace not even tlie
foundation stones remains. Tlio nuked
body of tho mnn wns found lodged in the
crotch of a tree, two miles from his home.
'Iho body of his wifo wns forced by the
swift current through tho window of Gnr-
lield's mill, a mile below her home, nnd
thero so firmly lodged in tho machinery
that four men had a half hour's work to
extrirnto it.
Tho calamity is clearly tho result of care
lessness on tlio part of tho owners of tlie
water power, who had been notified of the
dam's weakness. Tho accident throws n
great many men out of work. Resides the
property loss of S200.000, it will cost the
town at least 520,000 to repair roads and
pay costs.
A COMPLICATED PROBLEM.
Tho Proponed Method or Paying tho
Pacific Hondo' Debt.
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT POLITICS.
SETTING THEMSELVES RIGHT
llousi:, April 22. After routine business
of littlo Importance tho houso went Into
committeo of tho whole, Mr, Wellborn in
tlio chair, on tho river and harbor appro
priation bill, Tlie disputed Mouongaliela
river clause was still under dlsciibslon.
Alter concluding tho consideration ol
twenty-eight of the sixty-three pages ot the
bill, tho committeo rose nnd tho houso nd
journod. Housu, April 211. Tho houso mot at 11
o'clock iu continuation of yestorday's ses
sion, and immediately wont Into commit
tee of the wholo on tho river and harbor
appropriation bill. A tow minutes betoni
noon the commit too rose nnd tin house ad
journed nnd tho Hussion ol Friday opened.
lne president's message on tho labor
troubles was laid beloro tho housa and was
rouit by tho clerk.
Springer moved Its rcferenco to tho com
mitteo on labor with Instructions to report
upon, by bill or otherwise, on or beforo
Mny 15th. So ordered.
llorsi:, April 20. Among tho bills intro
duced was ono by Mr. Springor, to estab
lish a department of labor to creato a
board for tho arbitration of controversies
between labor nnd capital. Tho general
duties of tho department uro to ucquito
and dilfuso among the people useful infor
mation on subjects connected witli labor,
the commissioner in charge of the depart
ment and two assistants to constitute tho
board of arbitrators. They are given
power to investigate the cause of all con
troversies and disputes between labor and
capital, whether submitted for arbitration
or not, nnd are to roport thereon to tho
president, who is to transmit tlie reports
to congress, in controversies which inter
fere with transit and commerce between
stales. The board is directed to act when
ever tho conciliatory olllcers of the com
mission may lie invoked in all controver
sies between laboring men nnd their em
ployer, the consequences of which lire con
lined within tlie limits of any state, and
which may lie tendered by the president on
the application of tho legislature, or of the
executivo of tho state when the legislature
cannot be convened, decisions or awards
of the board are to have such force and ef
fect only us wero provided iu tho articles of
submission. Copies of awards are to be
transmitted to any court which bv tho
terms of siibmU-slou may be authorized to
tiiKe action thereon.
ItlCMM-n. I-Miiiiinds and Hoar Kxplaln
Concerning Utterances Attributed to
Them.
ENDORSED BY THE (5. A. R.
Tlio Neu' Yorlc Department Views
Cleveland' Conrxo Willi SntUlnc-llou.
The president hns received a telegram
from II. Clny Hall, department command
er, submitting a copy of tho following reso
lution which was unanimously adopted by
the encampment ol tho Grand Army ot the
Ropublle, held a few days ago at Now York:
licreas. It is proper that tho veterans.
irrespective ol party, should recognize any
thing done by a public olllcer which demon
strates his intentions to enrrv out the
promises made to the men who dared
death for their country, and
Whereas, Wo havo reasons to bellove.
through tho declarations and actions ot
Hon. drover Cleveland, president of the
United States, that ho means to carry out
tho principlo that veterans, while compe
tent, uro entitled to recognition because of
service rendered to their country in tlmo ol
war; therefore, lie it
Resolved, That tho department of New
York ol the Grand Army of tho Republic,
representing an orguniaod body ot :i5.000
veterans of tlio rrnr, iu annual session
assembled iu Now York city, April HI,
1SSU, view his course iu this respect with
satisfaction, and hereby puts itself on
record us approving the conscientious dis
charge ol this patriotic duty, believing it
to bo tlio wish ol tho president that the
spirit and letter ol nil enactments in favor
ol the veterans shall 1k faithfully carritxl
out ny an inoso in subordinate authority
having power ol appointment, imuiloviireiit
or retention iu tlio service of tho govern
ment under his administration.
Resolved. That these resolutions bo leie.
graphed to tho president in tho unma of
this encampment, and that a ropy of th
same, duly authorized by tho department
commander and adjutant general, be (or
warded to him by mull. i
Washington special: Tho following cor
respondence has taken place between tho
chairman of tho National Veteran Rights
union nnd Senators Edmunds nnd Hoar,
respecting tho recont republished roports of
tho utterances of tho senators in executivo
session. Both senators wore placed in nn
attitudo of hostility towards several sus
pended Ohio internal rovenuo collectors, ex
Union Boldiers, nnd in this connection Sen
ator Edmunds was reported to havo sur
prised ills republican friends by declaring
that tho soldier business wns about played
out, and that no ono but demagogues at
tempted any longer to mnko political capi
tal by appealing to tho soldier elcmont.
Senator Hoar was represented to havo
taken tho sumo position, and also declaring
"that tho Grand Army of the Republic hnd
beconio us dangerous tin institution ns tlio
Knights of Labor, and ns a political ma
chine that kept the men, who wore not will
ing to vote nil tho money in tlio treasury
for pensions, in a state ot moral terrorism.
Tin: vi:ti:kans' mstcii,
Washington, I). C, April 10. Tho Hon.
Goo. F. Edmunds and Geo. F. Hour. Gen
tlemen: Tho gonernl committee of tlio
National Veteran Rights union of Wash
ington hns rend tho enclosed articles pub
lished in tho Now York Herald, April 0,
1SS0. Tho committeo does not beliovo tho
speeches in the secret session or tho United
States somite, therefore tho committeo of
tho Veteran Rights union respectfully ro
quests that you will state over your signa
tures whether tho published roport is true
The cominitteo requost you to state so far
as It may be proper to do so what was
said by you in secret session affecting tlio
soldiers of tho Into war, nnd tho law re
ferred to in said articlo. Tho committeo
nlso respectfully requests a statement of
your views of sections 17HI and 17&.", re
vised statutes of tlio United States, ami tlio
net of 1S70 iu reference to the union sol
diers' rights when there shall bo a reduction
of force iu tho government omploy, and tho
duty of tho heads of departments under
the laws niiido nnd provided for tho benefit
ol tho ox-union soldiers and sailors, thoir
widows nnd orphans.
Uy order of tho general committeo.
Very respectfully,
W. S. Oukm,, Chairman.
TlIK KENATOIt's llEl'I.Y.
Sknatu Chimiiku, AVasiiinoton. D. C
April 21. Dear Sir: We havo received
yours ol tho 10th hist. It is quite imprac
ticable for any ono in public lilo to under
take to defend himself from misrepresenta
tion nnd falsehoods appearing from tlmeto
time in tlio newspapers, and wo havo long
made it a rule to take no notice ot such
publications. Thedeepgratitude, however,
that wo fool isdue to the soldiers of tlie ro.
public and high character ot your organiza
tion lead us to reply toyournote by saying
that tlio whole statement in tlio Herald re
lating to us, or either of us, is pur, un
qualilled falsehood, both iu words nnd sub
stance, fabricated from nothing but tho
mind ot a writer and utterly unworthy ol
attention in any quarter. Tlio statistics
to which you refer havo always met our
full approval, ns wo hnvo recently on an
important occasion publicly declared by
our votes iu the senate. Iu haste, respect
fully yours, Guoitoi: F, Edmunds.
(iKOltOU F. HO Alt.
To W. S. O'Dell, Chairman National Vet
eran Rljhts Unlom
Tho following states havo regular bureaus
for tho collection of statistics on the labor
question: California, Connecticut, Indiana,
Illinois, lown, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Missouri, Michigan, Now Jersey, Now York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
It is stated at Washington iu a somi-
nuthenlie way, that tho president lias of
fered tho olllco of inspector of Indian
schools, mado vncnnt by tlie appointment
ol .J o li ti ll. Uberly as civil service coininis
sioticr, to 1 heodoro Orcndorf, of Spring-
lieui, iiuuois.
Tho senate has removed tho injunction
of secrecy from tho report of tho case
Georgo Wise, nominated to bo postmaster
nt Ifninburg, Iowa. Wiso brought charges
of partisanship and inefficiency ugninst
toolbngh, incumbent, nnd tho coinmittco,
Having received the papers m tho case, gave
Looibagb nu opportunity to reply.
There is a strong probability that tho
seunto judiciary committeo will report
unfavorably tho nominations of all tho
newly-appointed justices of tho territorial
supreme court. Mr. Edmunds, as well as
tlio other republican members of that com
mittee, take tho ground that removals
should not bo mado in such cases except for
cause, and then only by and with tlio con
sent of tho senate.
Tho seunto hns confirmed tho following
nominations: E. Gross, govornor of New
Mexico; Zachariah Montgomery, nssistant
nttorney-goneral for tlio interior depart
ment; W. S. Rosecrans, register of tho
treasury; R. E. Whito, consul at Hon
Koug. Registers of laud otllce: J. E. l!o
thuno, Los Angeles, Cal.; W. K. Ramsey
Camden, Ark.; W. S. Utirney, Ogdon City,
Utah; C. W. Johnston, Ro.seburc, Ore. Re
ceivers of public monies: J. R. Horton
I niiulcn, Ark,; F. J. .lames, t arson City,
isev.; W. Jl. JiiclUord, Sliasta, Cal.; .1. J
Outhouse, LuGrunde, Ore. Collectors of
customs: W. T. Carrington, LaToche, Ln
I. J. Higgins, Natchez, Miss.; I. 11. Poucher;
uswego, l.; U. L. Tlireelield, bntwria
Tex. Indian ngents: J. S. Ward, Missouri
ngency, i al.: . it. JJlack, fcac nnd Fox
agency, lown; James McLaughlin, Standing
lioclc, l)k.; .1. T. David, Usago, indiiinTer,
Postmasters: A. T. Wood, Carcicana, Tex,;
C. F. Collyer, East Now York, N. Y. J. T.
Gatliriglit, survoyor of customs, Louisville,
Ivy.; G. P. Pearson, Indian inspector: W,
S. Appleton, inciter nnd rofinor, Denver,
Col. The nomination of A. 11. Keith to bo
postmaster nt Dcnisou. lown, has been re
jected.
Tlio houso committocoiiFnclflc railroads
has adopted a bill providing for oxtenslon
of seventy years of the bonded debt of tho
Pacific railroads to tho government. Tho
bill as unanimously ngreed upon by tho
committee makes provision for the pay
ment of tho Pacific roads indebtedness to
tlio government after tho following plan:
To find tho totnl nmount of principal nnd
interest tlint shall hnve been paid by ench
ono of these companies on their subsidy
bonds to tho United States nt their inntur
ity. From this amount deduct the pay
ments on the bond nnd interest account
that shall have been paid by each company
to October 1, 1SS0. Also find the nctual
value of tho amounts in the sinking fund
belonging to cacli company having lie, on
a day to bo fixed in the ngrccinent between
the secretary of the treasury and the presi
dent of the compnny interested. Computo
tho interest vnluo ut tho rate of 3 per
cent from Unit llxed dny until the avorngo
date of maturity of the sub-ititute bonds,
and subtract tho amount of this sink
ing fund nnd interest from tlie amount
of debt and interest chnrgenblo
against the company. Compute the In
terest on the remainder of the debt and in
terest, after milking deductions nt tlie rnto
of li'i per cent, until such date as will bo
tho average ditto of 110 sonii-annual pay
ments. Add this interest to the remainder
id the debt and the interest aforesaid, and
divide tlio sum so found into 1-PJ equal
parts, each company to pay tlie first ot
these equal installments April 1, 1SS7, and
another payment every six months there
after, until tho wholo 110 shall have been
paid. Tlie period of extension for tho pay
ment of the last installment is fifty-nino
years beyond tho date of matuiity of tho
substitute bonds, or an average extension
of the wholo debt of twenty-four years be
yond the dato when the debt becomes dun
under existing laws. In consideration of
tho extension thus granted, nil tho earnings
of tho road by government transportation
upon nny roads owned, Iensed or operated
by tho company, shall bo applied to tho
payment of tho current maturing install
ments, nnd no money shall bo paid by the
government for transportation or hervue
of any kind over tlio aided or unaided
roads until the installments next maturing
shall be fully paid.
JAY GOULD ON THR STAND.
Wliut Ho Hnd to Offer Ilelore Hie Sclcc!
Labor Committee.
PROMINENT MEN AND W0MEX.
a Little Rock Sjieclal itates that Deputy
6'hcrllX Williams, who wan assaulted and bcat
eu by striker whllo guarding tho Iron Moun.
tain railroad property, received a check lor flri I
Hundred dollars Irom Jay Gould
Henr,j Wutterson expects to snl! for
Europe aoout May 1st.
Hartloy Campboll Is writing a new play
based on lifo iu Now Yoik.
Curl Scluirz puts in his sparo timo theso
days lecturing on modern education.
"Quito enchnnted"is how Queen Victoria
expressed her feelings on hearing Gounod's
"Mors et Vita."
Mrs. Mnckey, nt thoqucen's last drawing,
room, wore lace which was mado expressly
for the empross ot tho French.
Miss Frances S. Folsotn, snid to be nbout
to wed tho master of tho whito house, will
leave England for homo on Mny lSth.
Mrs. Vim Cott, tho revivalist, so im
pressed a young man iu Denvor that ho
voluntarily returned 1,000 ho hnd stolon
Irom a friend.
It is stilted by a Rhodo Island paper tlint
since ex-Gov. Sprngue's last marriage there
has lieen a marked improvement in ins per
sonal conduct and financial standing.
President Clovolnnd hns contributed
$100 toward a mouuiuout for E. K.Apgnr.
Francis Murphy has pinned more than
R.000 ribbons on the temperance convorts
at Tiilln. O.
Sam Jones hns a tour Inldout which runs
through October nnd takes him to Mary
land, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Mis
souri, Ohio and Canada.
When Private Secretary Lantont is asked
whether it is true that the prstitdout is to
bo married ho looks cravoly up at the skv
niul asks tho question il it isn't going to
rain.
James Russell Lowell is to be Invited to
deliver the address on tho celebration ot
th two hundred nnd fiftieth nnnivorsarv
ol Harvard college November 7. Tho gov
trnor nnd stnto olllcers will also assist iu
the ceremonies.
Washington dispatch: A bar was erected
across tho corridor, and sovernl watchmen
excluded tho public Irom tlio room occu
pied by tlio select coinmittco investigating
tho labor troubles in tho southwest. Jny
Gould was in attondnnco about half an
hour beforo tho committeo met, accom
panied by A. L. Hopkins, vice president of
tho Missouri Pacific railroad, and General
Swayno, its counsel. Tho resolution under
which tho committeo is proceeding was
rend to Gould, nnd ho was invited to givo
his views upon tho subject of tho btriko.
In rather a low voice Gould read a state
ment showing in detail tho number of men
employed by tho Missouri Pacific system.
Gould explained that tho strike occurred iu
his absence. Ho produced nnd read tele
grams passing between Powderly, Ifoxio
and Hopkins. At tho (Into of the strike ho
had 1-1,315 omployes, wh'tlo the strikers
numbered only 3,717 men, principally em
ployed in tho machine shops along the
tracks. "What followed thestrike?" asked
Gould, showing signs of deep feeling. "Thoy
soized St. Louis, Kansas City, Sodnlia,
Toxurkuna and other terminal facilities.
Thoy took possession nnd said : 'No man
shnll run a train over that road.' " "That
is whnt thoy said," oxchiiined Gould, in a
voico exhibiting strong agitation. "Our
loynl employes could not run a train and
wero deprived of tho power to earn thoir
wages. That is what followed the strike
forcible possession I can't cull it any tiling
else; something tho czar of Russia would
hesitato to do witli his million soldiers be
hind him." Gould then recited at length
his version ol the interview bet ween himself
and Powderly, which litis already been cov
ered in dispatches.
The cominitteo reassembled nt 3 o'clock
p. in., when tho examination of Gould wns
resumed. Ho was inquired of 13- Mr. Crain
ns to tho ways of tlio construction com
panies in issuing stock to themselves out
of proportion to tlio work done, but Gould
denied any knowledgo of such dark and
questionable transactions. lie had never
beard and did not believe in such causes of
complaint, ns Powderly alluded to in tho
lirst day s testimony, such a cheating em
ployes in tho mutter of hospitnl taxation,
homestead and stores belonging to super
intendents and foromnn. Ho was inquired
ot by Outliwaito as to stock speculations
growing out of tho strike, and ho snid ho
know nothing of tlio kind. After listoning
to Gould's roviow of tho conference witli
Powderly and tho outcomo of it, Outli
waito asked: Then you did not intend to
havo or want nny nrbitrntion or effort to
sottlo any difficulties witli tho Knights of
Labor wlio nail struck or wore out ol your
employment at the time. Was that tho
understanding?
Gould That is it distinctly.
In answer to a question Gould said tho
general effect of tho pooling &yst m was
beneficial. Without it most of tho rail
roads of tho country would bo in tho hands
ol receivers through ruinous competition,
nnd tlio result would bo that wages would
havo to bo cut down f0 per cont. This
closed Gould's cxninination, which lasted
our hours.
Hopkins' testimony was then henrd. Ho
corroborated tho principal points in Gould's
statement and concluded with a compli
ment to Hoxio for tho inannor in which ho
hud administered tho nftairs of tho company.
Indictment of Strikers.
Rotweon twonty .ind thirty indictments
wero returned to the criminal court by tho
St. Louis grand jury. Among tho persons
indicted nro: Martin Irons, A. C. Coughlin,
Goorgo M. Jackson nnd I). M. Nicholas for
tampering with telegraph wires; McGnrry,
llurdett and Chnsonnd three other strikers
for obstructing tho Missouri Pacific rail
road; live or six men for iisinc dvniuniteon
tho street rnilwny tracks during the strike
Inst October, and nil the deputy sheriffs
who fired on tho mob In East St. Louis.
Tho specific offense for which th deputies
uro indicted is manslaughter In tlis tliiru
degree, for killing C. H. Thompson on th
bridge wltile they weio crossing the river to
come to this city after shooting in East St.
Louis.
An aged couple wero cremated in a houso
at Xenla, Ohio. Tho Are Is bellovod to be the
work of an Incendiary. It Is thought the old
peopla were murdered and robbed and the
twite then fired.
-At CllntunvlhV, Wis., eight kegs of giant
powder exploded while being unloaded from
the train. Arthur Edwards, station uaRajo
master, had tho top of his head blown oil, J.
Hlnswood, telegraph operator, and Gwrgo
Storms, brakeman, fatally Injured. The con
ductor aud three other train men were serious
ly injured.