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VOL. XLII, NO. 19,
ASTORIA, OREGON1, TUESDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1894.
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Heated Debate in the Ilse on
the Sugar Bounty.
BOUTELLE AGAIN TO THE FRONT
The Civil Service to be Made the
Subject of a Searching:
Investigation.
Associated Press.
Washington, Ja. 22. The bill intro
duced In the senate by Morgan for this
amendment ot the charter of the Nica
ragua. Canal Company provides that
the capital stock of the company shall
consist, of a million shares of $100 each.
All stock heretofore issued by the com
pany to be called in and cancelled, and
all bonds heretofore issued redeemed
and cancelled, and all obligations sat
isfied. The company is authorized to
Issue new bonds to the amount of 170,
000,000, to run sixty years, but to be
redeemable ab the pleasure of the Unit
ed States after ten years, the bonds to
draw interest at the rate of 3 per cent
and be issued from th United States
treasury. If default is made in the
payment of the Interest before the c
nal is put in operation, the president
of the United States can foreclose upon
a written order. Of the capital stock,
KO.000,000 Is to be issued to the United
States In consideration of its guaranty
of the bonds of the company, JC,000,000
to be issued to the government of Ni
caragua, $1,500,000 to the government of
Costa Rica, and the remaining $22,500,-
000 to be disposed of by the company,
The company is prohibited from selling
any stock except for cash, or at loss
than par.
The civil service law again came in
for its ciuota. of criticism in the senate
today, and later in the session Peffor,
In nn argument, sought to show that
Uie proposition of the secretary of the
treasury to Issue United States bonds
was directly without the authority of
law.
' Call's resolution directing the! , civil
service committee to inquire into the
condition of the civil service, came up
for consideration, and Berry presented
an amendment directing the commit
tee also to report the number of per
sons employed in the classified ser
vice from each state and territory, and
so far as they can, ascertain the num
ber belonging to each political party,
and whether the public would be bene
fitted by the repeal of the civil service
law.
Cockrell suggested 'That the amend
ment be changed to a mere request
that the dates of appointment be re
ported. Cockrell's substitute was adopt
ed and the original resolution,- as
amended, then adopted.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 22. -In the house
the fight to amend the sugar schedule
of the Wilson bill wts bogun today.
Ib opened at once under the agreement
of Friday setting apart three hours for
the purpose. McRac, democrat, of Ar
kansas, offered an amendment to abol
ish the ugar bounty, leaving It on the
free list. He thought it, was no time
to be paying bounties when the treas
ury Is bankrupt and borrowing money
at 5 per cent. .
The Internal revenue bill, including
the Income tax, was submitted to the
ways and means committee this morn
ing. Cochran offered an amendment to
the first section, but, pending consid
eration of it, recess was taken.
Melkeljohn offered as an amendment
to that of Mcltae, the sugar bounty
provision of the McKinley law.. .
Boubelle desired to call up his Ha
waiian resolution, but the- speaker re
fused, and hot words between him and
Boutelle followed. Hatch asked that
Boutelle's words be taken down, and
Boutelle ' was ordered to take a seat.
He refused to do so. and the sergeant-at-arms
was called upon to support
the speaker's authority. Creat excite
ment followed. The rule was read,
and then the speaker recognized a mo'
tlon to resume consideration r,r ,
tariff bill. On division Boutelle mads
a point of no quorum, but a bare quor
um waa got together, and the sugar
debate continued.
The first vote waa taken on the Mtlk
eljohn amendment to subslltufo n.o
two-cent bounty of the McKlnloy bin
for the oouniy provision of the Wil
son bill, ll was lost 32 to 1D3.
The third vote was Harter'a
ositlon to abolish the bounty and sub
stitute a one-cent duty on sugar. It
was lost wunout-dl vision. iu.r.
amendment abolishing the bounty en
tirely was carried 135 to C9.
, IN THE SENATE.
n.-nohlnrton. Jan. 22 tv, ..,..
today sfnt to the gr-nate the nomina
tion of Wheder H. reckham, of New
jun,-". rfniivr m . me
supreme court of the United States,'
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the place for which Hornblower was
rejected, feckham is president of the
hiuie iiar AHsociHtlon, and an antl
HiiaMief, lne nomination sent Senator Hill
hurrying aoout tne floor of the senate
In a lively style. He wns quickly jr.
confutation with the members of the
Juuiiiary commui.ee, who will pass upon
tne nomination betore it is reported to
the senate. The Indications are strong
that tne nomlnaUon will be opposed
upon the same grounds as Hornblower
was. l"eckliun la Independent In pol
itu-s, ana Is- said to have bolted the
liuimnauon of Hill for Governor in
18s5 and 1888 The New York senators
were not consulted by the president in
maKlngr the selection. Peckham first
became prominent during the Tweed
trial, when he was associate counsel on
behalf of the city. He never held office
before, except that of District Attorney,
in iNew orK, to which position he was
aplxjinted by Governor Cleveland.
The president transmitted to the
house additional Hawaiian papers from
Willis. They announce the retirement
ot Vice-President-Hatch and the elec
tion of W. C. Wilder to succeed him.
The executive council haa been in
creased from four persons to five, the
minister of foreign affairs being added,
duties which heretofore have been dis
charged by the president. v A petition
and memorial addressed to Cleveland
by the Hawaiian Patriotic League,
claiming to represent eight thousand
voters, was enclosed by Willis without
comment. The memorial alleges a con
spiracy on the part of Minister Stevens
and the men in the present provisional
government, and deny the present gov
ernment represents the people of Ha.
wail.
The petition closes as follows: "There
fore, Hawatlans as a nation, appeal foi
justice and redress ' to the impartiality
of tb'o American nation, in whose honor
and love of fair play we have so long
an so patiently, trusted. As peaceful
and law-abiding citizens, ever ready to
submit to the constitutional rule of the
majority, wo ask that in place of the
present temporary- tisurpers, who are
hoHtllo to the native race, our govern
ment In the person of Queen Lllluoka
lanl be restored to us with a new con
stitution more equitable, to us than; the
one -wrested from the late King Kala
kaua, in 1887, through force of arms. .
OAKES' ANSWER,.
New York, Jan. 22. Receiver Ookes,
of the Northern Pacific, gave out today
the following answer to the, circular
letter Issued by President Ives on Sat
urday last:
To the stockholders of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company: The cir
cular statement Jusb Issued by the
president of the Northern Pacific rail
road company repeating again his ver
slon of the affair should reach you, and
will receive a prompt answer, There is
but one place where such unjust state
ments can be met, and that is in court.
These charges are about to be ex
amined. In view of the fact that these
same matters are to be heard in court,
within a few days, I desire to advise
pou that any time I will make a full
and complete answer to and explana
tion of every matter complained of.
THE MONEY ALL RIGHT.
Jacksonville, Jan. 22. The Duval
Club will tomorrow turn over to Ref
eree ICelley $20,000 in cash, the amount
of the purse. This afternoon a bill
was filed in the circuit court praying
for an injunction restraining the sheriff
from interfering with the proposed ex
hibition, from, preventing any person
from coming Into the grounds, etc. The
bill shows that an agreement for the
contest in accordance with the city or
dinance which was passed by virtue of
the' power granted by the legislature to
regulate and' license amusements and
exhibitions. A hearing will be had be
fore Judge Call tomorrow.
BUSINESS FAILURES IN TACOMA.
Tacoma, Jan. 22. rrager Bros., re
tail dry-goods dealers, ' assigned today
for the benefit of their creditors. The
libllltles are estimated at $125,000. The
onsets are. said to be far in excess of
that amount. Archie Ash was ap
pointed receiver for the firm's Tacoma
house, and Henry Ackerman will be
made receiver for the Portland branch.
Portland, Jan. 22. The firm of Prager
Bros., dealers In general merchandise,
have assigned to Archie Ash and Hen
ry Ackerman, for the benefit of their
creditors. The liabilities, including
those of the Tacoma house, are placed
at $234,000, with sufficient assets to
cover the liabilities.
WILL BE PUT TO A VOTE.
Tacoma, Jan. 22. The Northern Pa
cific employes, upon the advice of Rob
ert G. Ingersol and W. W. Irwin, of
St, Paul, will secretly vote on the ques
tion of a general strike, which the re
ceivers enjoined them from doing.
FATE OF A BRUTE.
Kansas City, Jan. 22. Advices are re
ceived from Monett, Mo., to the effect
that a rictrro rapist was burned at the
stake near Verona last evening. j
CLEVELAND
Interesting Letter from a Spec
ial Correspondent,
A PEN PICTURE OF QUEEN LIL
The Condition of Chicago Thou
sands of Unemployed
Relief Measures.
Chicago, Jan. 17.-Cleveland still con
tinues to carry 0n his political flirtation
with Queen LU, an affair that has done
more to disgust the American public
with his Joss-shlp than anything else
which has occurred since he begun the
present administration of public affairs.
No other president in the history of
mis repub.Ho ever so disgraced himself,
or set his face so squarely against the
traditions of his country, or the liberty
breathing spirit of its Institutions. It
is the first time In the history of the
United States government that it inter
fered with the affairs of a foreign coun
try, with the sole end in view of crush
ing a republic and building up a mon.
archy.
And what a queen? Hottentot LU!
A woman-Ood save the mark whose
prototype could be found in the lowest.
bagnios of Chicago; with the virtue of
a prostitute, the refinement of a Da
homey, his obesity Cleveland, the brain
clouded bigoted leader of American de
mocracy, still insists on using the now
erful influence of this free and mighty
government to secure to this harlot of
of an Island kingdom a throne which
she has already too long disgraced.
This Is Cleveland acumen, Cleveland
statesmanship, for you. Little need to
ask the American people how they like
It. Just wait until they get a chance
to express, through the ballot, their
opinion of such doings. It Is hardly nn
extravagant assertion to make that af
ter the next presidential campaign Is
over you won't be able to find even a
democrat constable In office vetwec n
Plymouth Rock and tho Golden. Gato,
Wash Heslng, f hlcugos..nofit popu
lar professional German, has assumed
the duties of postmaster, but already
he finds it anything but a soft snap.
In the first place he had nob been In
his new position more than threo days
when the life insurance companies sent
him word that owing to the extra haz
ardous character of his calling, .he
woul(j be compelled to cancel his pol
icies. Mr. Heslng protested that he
was in no immediate danger,' but also
assured the companies that he would
be very careful, and begged for time
In which to get the government at
Washington to repair the building. The
companies consented to this, but the
very next day a piece of plastering a
yard square came down so clo3e to the
mugwump Dutchman's head as to noar
ly scare him out of his official boots.
The result was he wired the bosses at
Washington that pending their getting
ready to fix the building he would re
move his office to more secure and at
tho same time more commodious quar
ters. While writing about Heslng we are
reminded of poor, faithful Frank Law
ler, "the fbest congressman Chicago
ever had," and who acquired national
fame by the monster petition contain
ing 85,000 names, which he carried down
to Washington and presented to Cleve
land, In the hope that ho would get
the place that Heslng now has. Law lei
was given an opiate to sooth his shat
tered political nerves In the shapo of a
promise that he should be made United
States marshal for this district. It is
scarcely .necessury '.to say ithat the
promised has not materialized, and in
my opinion, never will.
Just now Chicago, as are all other
large cities, is confronted with the work
of providing food and shelter for its
thousands of unemployed. There is
much enforced idleness here, and as a
consequence much suffering among
these classes. The relief work, howev
er, is so well organised that no de
serving person, If he make his wants
known, need g hungry and shelterless.
This relief work consists, as fur as
possible, in providing work and in
paying small wages to. those having
families and relatives dependent upon
them for support. Single men are put
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
mr ai
to work on the streets, and for three
hours' service with brooms or shovels
receive two meal tickets and a night's
lodging in a clean, resectable lodfrinff
house. The work test Is applied to find
out those who aro really deserving. It
succeeds admirably, too, for the pro
fessional tramp and bum go bnck to
their own low lodging places, and take
pot luck, soliciting alms on the streets,
or cold hand-outs at back kitchen doors;
while those really needy, and who are
self-respecting worklngmen, stick to It
ufttll they find something better.
It Is too often the case that men's
misfortunes are due to either their cus
sedness or their folly; but when a sober,
industrious man wants work and enn't
get It, I tell you it Is awful. Some of
Chicago's rich men -have been afraid
of bread riots unless prompt and effect
ive measures were taken to relieve the
wants of the city's Idle workingmeu.
Well they may, for when a man who
Is willing, nay, anxious to work, is re
fused that light, and he hears his loved
ones calling for bread, through no fault
of his, that man will suffer such cir
cumstances do things that he would ,
not dream of doing when he has a full
stomach and money in his pockeb. So
I say, the greatest curse that can come -to,
American worklngmen is that of
enforced idleness. It may be paternal,
ism, but It does seem that the govern
ment Itself might well take some steps
towards providing work for the un
employed in times of such widespread,
depression, and when so much Idleness
Is only" productive of discontent, suf
fering and even tending to encourage
anarchy among a lurge and useful class
of Its citizens.
I have Just met in the rotunda of the
Grand' Pacific my old friend 13. L.
Dwyer, who Is also so well and favor
ably known on the coasU Mr. Dwyer
has Just returned from an extended
European trip looking the picture of
good health, and is In every way bigger
and handsomer than I ever saw him.
In addition to his excellent health and
good spirits which Mr. Dwjo.r brought
back with him from across tho "briny,"
ho still has unlimited enthusiastic faith
In tho ' certain, and glorious future of
the Puclllo coast.
, He told me among other things, that
when he started in on his Astoria In
vestments, he laid out for himself a
ten years' campaign. . '.'Three years of.
this have gone by," said Mr. Dwyer.
"and I have nothing to regret; while.it
is with stronger courage and brighter
hopes that I am looking: forward to
the achievements of the seven years
that still lie ahead of me."
I may add by way of substantiating
Mr. Dwyer's utterances that he goes
west on the same train that carries
this letter to the Astorian. I need not
speak for him a hearty welcome when
he comes to Astoria. Men like him
are needed in the great Northwest, and.
we can't have too many of the?
a. L. MORE.
ON THE WAR PATH.
Topeka, Jan. 22. Mary E. Lease has
written a number of letters la nouu-.
lists throughout tho state informing
them she Is preparing to hold seven
meetings, . one in ' each, congressional
district, for tho purpose of denouncing
Governor Lewelllng and the ndnitlilB,
tratlon. '
STREET CAR MEN ON STRIKE. ,
Bridgeport. Conn,, Jan. 22. The strik
ing streetcar men made na disturbance
this morning, and the company Is not
trying to run cars. The tracks aro
covered with obstructions, and If an
attempt Is made to remove them, trou
ble would follow.
SNUBBED BY THE EMPEROR.
Berlin, Jan. 22. After a year's al
sence, Herbert Bismarck; today attend
ed. the annual festivities of the dlntrl
butlon of orders. Emperor William did
not notice hlnn although he spoke to
many others.
WILSON BROKEN DOWN.
Washington, Jan. 22. Chairman Wil
son, of the ways and means committee,
has broken down under tho strain of
preparing the tariff bill. Ills friend
do not believe he will be able to tnlie
further part In the tariff. fight.
BANK ASSIGNMENT.
Louisville, Jan. 22. The West View
Savings bank filed a deed of assign
ment this afternoon. The capital stock
is $200,000. The president says deposit,
ors will be paid in full.
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