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r ra iff rr-fi EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL1I, no. 142. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1891. PRICE, FIVE. CENTS. SAVE MENDING. itrp Caps, Boots and Shoes, fltSfSinglo coats, vests, or long or knee pants or single -Osgood pfpflTM go. The The One Price Clothiers, 500 and 5011 COMMERCIAL WON ON LAY THOSE TWO FISHING OUTFITS ASIDE. You needn't keep them more than a half hour. We've examined several outfits in different stores, and we to want go to another. We saw an outfit in a winuW . 1 1 Jjtli of us want to go and see it. Thus said two customers to whom we had shown our fishing ackle. Further said they We like your goods, but want to be sure of getting the best ' value for our money. We'll be back and let you see what we've bought if we like the other outfits better. In less than half an hour back they come and say We don't see anything that pleases us as well as yours. We'll take them. GRIFFIN & RKED. CALIFORNIA Fine lines and Mows. 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(J. Heeler III ook field wo J-Jscar.hn.vi.0 w?k,r,? 'Aatoria. , Fulieruta'll .. ' 1 Sixty Millions of Dollars Voted to the Havemeyer Trust. THE POPULISTS HELP DO IT Bribery Examinatlon-Tlio Things Carlisle Didn't Testify to and the Things llavcmeyer Did. Tho senate has swallowed the sugar trust amendment, hide, horns, hoofs, tull and teeth, without a grimace, which In dicates that there Is nothing In the tar iff bill too bad to secure an Indorse ment from the majority, and that Its final passage Is only a question of days. There was some surprise expressed at the votes of the Populists, for they have been denouncing the trust with loud voices, and have declared again and again that they would never vote for Ihe bill unless the sugar schedule was revised. liut Messrs. Allen, Irby and Kyle voted for the most offensive fea ture of the sugar schedule, one that will benefit nobody but the trust, and puts from forty to sixty million dollars Into the pockets of that corporation that might just as well go Into the treasury of the United States. But it is a port of the deal and the trust insisted upon it, so every Democrat except Mr. Hill f.nd every Populist" except Mr. Pefter voted in the affirmative. Hill did not vote and was not paired. The proposition was to postpone the date upon which the sugar duty should go Into effect until the 1st of January next, although the rest of the tariff bill becomes law July 1. The object of this amendment Is to enable the sugar trust to get this year's crop into the country without paying duty, and they will be able to do bo before the date named. Then the price of sugar will be raised about 70 per cent above what Is charged for It now, to represent the ad valorem duty of 40 per cent and the specific duty of 22 1-2 cents per 100 pounds that is Imposed by the pending bill. If the new duty! went Into effect July 1, like the rest of the bill, the government would have the benefit of the 70 per cent, which' will amount to anywhere from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000, but under the paragraph adopted today it will go to the trust. This, as I have said, Is by far the worst feature of the entire tariff bill, and more than a dozen senators on the Democratic side have been begging and pleading with the members of the fin ance committee to strike it out, but It Is a part of the contract with the compromisers and that could not be done. So these senators shut their eyes, extinguished their consciences and voted aye on the principle tliat they might as well be hung; for a sheep as a lamb, and Jimmy- Davis, the genial agent of the sugur trust, galloped over to the telegraph office in the house cor ildor to send the news to. Mr. Have meyer. I saw him a few moments be fore the vote was taken. He was con fident that the result would be Just what It was, but I could see that he was nervous about it and apprehensive lest Daniels, Morgan, Pugh, Allen, Irby, Mc Laurln and some others who have been considered doubtful should shy and bolt at the last moment. There are rumors that the votes of the Populist senators were obtained by fat promises from the sugar trust of subscriptions to the campaign funds next fall. The Populists actually and sincerely believe that they are going to capture a majority of the next house of representatives and elect the next presi dent, and they will need money to carry on their campaign, which might as well as not be obtained by "foraging upon the enemy," as Senator Van Wyck used to say, but such stories should be taken with a great many grains of salt. It was an interesting scene In tOie senata this when the vote was taken. There had been a feeling of suppressed excitement all that morning, for every body realized that the crucial moment had come. There was to be a test of strength, the first real test that has been taken which would disclose the at titude and Intentions not only of the Populists, but of several other uncertain brethren on the Democratic side. There was a full house. Every senator In town was in his chair, many members of the house and several distinguished citizens wero on the floor and the gal leries were crowded. Mr. Aldrlch and Mr. Vest had a spicy little spat over the Democratic surrender to the sugar trust, In which the latter promised that a war of extermination would be made on all trusts as soon as the tariff bill was out of the way. That caused Mr. Aldrlch to make some sarcastic remarks. As the clock's fingers reached 1 the vice president, whose voice trembled with nervousness, put the question, and the clerk called the roll. Several of the younger senators kept tally, but the oId?r ones looked as nonchalent as pos sible, and Mr. Vest performed his usual contortionist feat of sitting on the small of his back. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, who has got more glory out of this tar iff fight than nny one else on the Demo cratic side, sat a couple of desks away from him and between them was Mr. Talbot, the clerk of the house commit tee on ways and means, who has been assisting' the Democrats of the senate for several months, as the son of Mr. Voorhees, who is clerk of the finance committee, does not know anything about the tariff, and only holds the placa by favor of his father so as to draw the salary. Mr. Briqe wandered around the cham ber in an uneasy manner, with a big bunch of carnations In his buttonhole that were a shade or two redder than his hair. He stopped every now and then during his perlgrlnations to whis per In the ear of some colleague, and did not seem to be conscious that everybody In the chamber was saying, "Old man, this is your work." Mr. Gorman, who Is Jointly responsible for the mischief, has not returned to the senate, and the doctors say that he .cannot come for a week or more yet. Senator Hill seemed unconscious of what was going on around him, and was busy writing! letters with a pen that scratched. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Smith, of Novr -Jersey, the other two conspira tors, sat in their usual places, with folal hands, looking a slnnccent as ooulk bo, and answered promptly when their names were called. The two Lou isiana senators, who have kicked hard against the amendment, voted with the rest, as everybody expected they would do, for they were blackmailed Into sup porting It. They were told thaCMf they did not do so the clause which gives their constituents a bounty for another year would be knocked out of the bill. When tha first vote was announced Mr. Manderson (Neb.) jumped to his feet with a proposition to continue the bounty on domestic sugar os provided In the McKinley law. This was a taunt at the Louisiana senators, and Mr. Al len (Neb.) and Mr. White (Cal.), who represent beet sugar districts, as it would give their producers just twice as much, as they would receive under the pending bill, and the votes of these four men would make it law. But the pres sure of the sugar trust was heavy and the grasp was firm, and almost by the same vote as before the amendment was rejected. Mr. Allen and Mr. Kyle voted with the Republicans. Mr. Manderson's next move was to offer the sliding Bcale of bounty as It read In the Wilson bill as reported from the house committee on ways and means. This provided that the bounty on sugar should continue for ten years, but decrease one-tenth annu ally. This amendment was voted down, although the three Populists supported it and the Issue was closed. There Is now no longer any doubt of the passage of the tariff bill. The amendment that was adopted today ter minated the forlorn hope of those who expected to defeat it, and no senator who can Bwallow the sugar trust amend ment can object to anything else it con tains. But the date of Its passage is doubtful. There yet remain 120 pages of the printed bill before the Income tax Is reached, and In those pages are the schedules relating to agricultural prod ucts, fish, spirits,- wines and other bever ages, provisions, cotton, linen and wool en goods, paper and boxes, leather, Jew elry and precious Btones, a long list of miscellaneous manufactures, and the free list. There are also about 50 pages contain ing the administrative features of the bill, which will require a great deal of time for discussion, as many of them are new and of doubtful policy. There is no division of opinion upon them politically speaking, but there Is serious doubt whether many of them can be en forced, and several of the provisions, In the opinion of some Democrats as well as Republicans, will lead to endless liti gation between the Importers and 'the government W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record. THE BRIBERY INQUIRY. Carlisle's Sugar Certificates, and Mc pherson's Speculations. The committee that has been Investi gating the sugar speculation scandal has decided that It has no power to Inquire Into transactions in sugar certificates by the .wives and sons and secretaries of senators and members of the cabinet, which relieves a great many anxious minds and fluttering hearts. The man who overheard the conversation In the room of Mr. Havemeyer, the sugar king, at the Arlington hotel, and whose name the newspaper correspondents refused to glva to the committee, was exam ined today. He admitted that he over heard the conversation as reported In the papers, but could not recognize the voices of those who participated, which, of course, leaves him nut, although when he first told the story he said he knew who was talking perfectly well, and gave the names. Thin practically ends the Investigation for the doors are now shut In every direction and the committee -has pro tected Itself In every possible way from receiving any Information. An exam ination of tho printed testimony taken by the committee shows that, while Mr. Carlisle was under examination he was not even asked if he ever had any sugar trust certificates himself, although it Is notorious that he did, and he could not have denied It, and all through the ex amination of the senators who have ap peared there seems to have been the greatest anxiety to obtain no informa tion. Senator McPherson's exposure of his own speculations, it apiears, was en tirely voluntary. There was no occa sion or excuse for It. It places him In a most embarrassing, position. The com mittee asked no questions leading up to It, and It appears to have been unex pected. A senator who has Just been reading Mr. McPherson's testimony threw the pamphlet down on the table this afternoon and said: "As a general proposition I abhor lying, but but I think this case of McPherson's Is one where It would not only have been excusable but commendable." 1 Mr. McPherson lays all the blame on his servant girl, who found a telegram upon his table, addressed to his brokers and signed by himself, and sent it, as she usually did, although he makes oath that he did not Intend her to do so. He raked out $1,500 as his profit by her mis take, however, which he cnlmly pocket ed, when a fair man would have divided with the girl. Therefore the only per sons the committee have convicted of wrongdoing up to date are the news paper men who refused to violate con fidence and Mr. McPherson's house maid. There Is a story afloat that the loqua ciousness exhibited by Havemeyer and Searles before the Benate Investigation committee was entirely foreign to their usual habits, and was caused by the ap parently manifest Inclination of ono or two members of the committee to make the witnesses clear the Bklrts of all the senators who had been accused by giv ing Just such testimony as would effect that end. The manner of one or two senators Is sold to have been exceeding-' ly Irritating to them, with the result of making them divulge more than they had any Intention- of doing when they left New York. Whether the story be correct or not, the belief Is that the tes timony threatens to delay the passage of the tariff bill for some little time. Certain senators, who are actuated by the sole desire to benefit the bu gar grower and to deal Justly by the people, are determined that sugar shall not suf fer because of anything that Havemeyer or Searles may have said. They will fight for sugar so long, as thej are able, and they will employ every means known In parliamentary warfare to suc ceed. They are as anxious as the peo ple for the speedy settlement of the bill, but they believe it Is due to their con stituents and to themselves t" see that the Inte-.'ests of their respective states are not permitted to suffer. It is believed that the stories publish ed by the newspaper correspondents have been more than verlflod by the testimony given before the Investigation committee. On the other hand, there are those who do not think the story has been verified sufficiently to free the cor respondents from the charge of using more of their Imagination that genuine Information In the make-up of their dispatches. It Is observed, however, that some very grave and reverend senators cast more respectful looks toward the press gallery when some Washington dispatch, making assertions concerning the senate or Us members, Is read upon the floor. A careful comparison of the testimony given out by the committee as having been elicited from witnesses, with the story published In the Phila delphia Press, shows that the only thing not yet substantiated Is the charge that the Havemeycrs contributed to the na tional Democratic campaign fund, and that Havemeyer met 15. C. Benedict on the latter's yacht, and there reached an understanding that the Democratic par ty would, by legislation favorable to the sugar trust, repay the Havemeyers for all outlays made by them In the Demo cratic party's behalf. Half of this Is ac counted for by that part of Have meyer's testimony telling of the trusts contributing to the state campaign funds. Washington Correspondent. Highest of all In Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PUIS THE STANFORD SUIT. A Good Political Stroke Proposed By Bland. (San Francisco Call.) Representative Bland, of Missouri, says that It was he who first suggested to Attorney General Olney the Idea of suing the Stanford estate. Blond did so at the Instigation of the St. Louis Re public, which, on April 22, published a sensational article of four or five col umns, giving the opinion of an eminent St, Louis lawyer, to the effect that such a suit could be prosecuted successfully, t, Attorney General Olney, did not appre ciate the suggestion of Bland and was indifferent about the matter until Car lisle and Hoke Smith persuaded him that It would be a good political stroke to enter the claim, whether it was ever pushed or not. Accordingly Olney filed his claim, although, as Is now known, he was not then and has not since been in favor of such a procedure. Olney Is said to be very much dis pleased at Senator Hoar's action In re vealing the contents of his note to him, the tenor of which was published in kiBt Friday's Call. At no time have any cabinet officers been willing or anxious to pursue this claim against Stanford's estate, Its fil ing being only a formality done for po litical effect. It Is well known that Cleveland and Stanford were very friendly. Stanford onco told tho Call correspondent ho had a very high regard for President Cleve land, and It Is well known that John Daggett was appointed superintendent of the mint, through Stanford's Influ ence. It Is generally believed that the administration has a friendly feeling for Huntington also, who contributed to the Democratic campaign fund. NICARAGUA'S CANAL. Result of tinted States Commissioner Hastings' Inspection. A dlspatoh from Bluefields, Nicaragua, via New Orleans, dated June 17, says: A press correspondent accompanied United StatcB Commissioner Hustings, who was sent by the government to , Greytown to Inspect the Nicaragua.. canal proposition. ' The proiwrtjc was - foufld in much better condition than ex- ' pected. Mr. Hastings said that It was , impossible to state when the work would really begin In earnest, but he hoped It would be soon. There Is tt great deal to be done before work on the canal actually begins. The repair ing, he was confident, would bo soon started, as all the dredges could be used again If the work so much needed would be begun in a little while. Of course, the dredges would need new hulls, but In the meantime, with proper repairs, the present ones could be made to hold tha machinery. Tho mammoth hulls will have to be built in tho United States and brought here, and that would take time. He had not found the com pany's property In first-class order, but It was Irr better condition than ho had expected to find It. He had an Idea that everything had been allowed to go to ruin, while In reality It had been cared for by the faithful employes of Gon zales. The village of Greytown has been practically deserted since the stopping of work. Grave rumors hove drifted from tho capltol, which, If true, will delay tho settlement of the Mosquito reserve for months. THE TRUE TESTS. In ono of tho many "Social" columns that ara now so popular wo read tho following suggestions: For aj man's birth look to his linen and finger nulls, and observe hte Inflec tions of his voice. For his tastes study the color of his etis, the pattern and hang of his trousers, his friends and his rings If any. For his propensities, walk around and look carefully at the back of his head, and, remember, girls, never to marry a man whoso neck bulges ever so little over his collar. If you want a successful man, see that he tuts a neat foot; he will move quicker, get over obstacles faste-r than a man who fulls over his own toes and trips up other folks with 'em too. For his breeding, talk sentiment to him when ho Is starv ing and ask him to carry a bandbox down the public street when you've Just had a row. To test his temper, tell him his nose Is a little on one side and you don't like the way his hulr grows and If that won't fetch him nothing will.