f * > T lc- " * ' - * * m - - H * * M"iH i hi i i ll i \ i in mill i-wii > ! f MM I- CLEVELAND'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. K .STatt Tcx < / / / # 7 > orioiiJi { < m Mf M fo f/n H / ' * • < • * . /Wi J'ubUca tint. H Tho following is tho president's lottci B • of acceptance mado pnblio on tho 10th' Hon. Patrick A. Collins and others , B -committee , etc. Gentlemen : In ad- B dressing to you my formal letter of no- B -ooptancr of the nomination to tho pros- B -idencj of tho United States , my B thoughts porsistently dwell upon the B impressive relations of such action to B' "the American people whoso confidence B is tiros invited and the political party to B -which I belong , just entering upon a B -contest for continued supremacy. The B -world does not afford a spectacle more B ublimo than is furnished when millions B" -of freo and intelligent American citizens B olect their chief magistrate and hid one B -of their number to find tho highest B -earthly honor and the full measure oi B tpublio duty in ready submission to their B -will. It follows that a candidate for this B ixigh office can never forget that when B tho turmoil and tho strife which attend B the selection of its incumbent shall be B heard no more , there must be in the B -quiet calm which follows a complete and B -solemn self-consecration by tho peoples' B -chosen president of every faculty and B -endeavor to tho service of a confiding B nd generous nation of freemen. Theso thoughts aro intensified by the H light of my experience in the presiden- B tial office , which has soberly impressed B ano with the sever responsibilities which B it imposes , while it has quickened my B i ° ve f ° r American institutions and B taught mo the priceless valuo of tho H trust of my countrymen. It is of tho K highest importance that those who ad s' minister our government should zealous- B ly protect and maintain the rights of K 'American citizens at homo and abroad B nd should strive to achieve for our B -country her proper place among the H -nations of tho earth. B But there is no people whose home in- B terests aro bo great and whose numerous B objects'of domostio concern deserve so B much watchfulness and care. Among * B. these are tho regulation of a sound finan cial system suited to our needs , thus • securing tho efficient agency of national • wealth and general prosperity ; tho con struction and equipment of means of de fense to insure our national safety and • maintain tho honor beneath which such t -national safety reposesj the protection * * of our national domain , still stretching beyond the needs of a century's expan sion , and its preservation for tho settler and pioneer of our marvelous growth ; • sensible and sincere recognition of the value of American labor , leading to -scrupulous enro and the just apprecia tion of tho interests of our workingmen ; the limitation and checking of such • monopolistic tendencies and schemes as interfere with the advantages and bene- "fits which people may rightly claim ; a generous regard and care for our surviv ing soldiers and sailors and for the wid ows and orphans of such as have died , • to the end that while the appreciation • of their services and sacrifices is quick- • ened , application of the pension funds • to improper cases may be prevented ; protection against servile immigration which injuriously competes with our laboring men in the field of toU and = adds to onr population an element igno rant of onr institutions and laws impos- • sible of assimilation with our people and • dangerous to our pence and welfare ; -strict and steadfast adherence to the principles of civil service reform and a thorough execution of the laws passed for their enforcement , thus permitting • our people the advantages of business methods in the operation of their gov ernment ; a guaranty to our colored citi zens of all their rights of citizenship and their just recognition and enconrage- -ment in all things pertaining to that re lation ; a firm , patient and humane In- • dian policy so that in peaceful relations with the government the civilization of the Indians may be promoted , with re- , -suiting quiet and safety to the settlers on onr frontiers , and the curtailment of public expeuse by the introduction of -economiual methods in every depart ment of the government. The pledges • contained in the platform adopted by the late couveutiou of the national deni- * - -ocracj' lead to the advancement of these • objects and iusure good government , the aspiration of every true American citi zen and the motive for every patriotic -action and effort. In the consciousness that much hosbeen done in the direction * of good government by the present ad- ministration and submitting its record to the fair inspection of my country- ' men , I endorse the platform thus pre- ; rented , with the determination that if I * m again called to the chief magistracy there shall be a continuace of a devoted • endeavor to advance the interests of the ' • g&tira country. Our scale of federal taxation and its consequence largely engross , at this _ - time , the attention of our citizens , and the people are soberly considering the necessity of measures of relief. Our government is a creation of the people , • established to carry out their designs -and accomplish their good. It was • "founded on justice and was made for a free , intelligent and virtuous people. It • is only useful when within their control , tand only serves them well when regu lated and guided by their constant • touoh. It is a free government because it guarantees to every American citizen r ' 'tho unrestricted personal nse and enjoy- -ment of all the reward of his toil and of • all his income except what may be his . fair contribution to the necessary public • expense. Therefore it is not only the right , but the duty of a free people , in 'the enforcement of this guaranty , to in- l -sistthat such expense should be strictly limited to actual public needs. It seems to be perfectly clear that when a gov ernment thus created and maintained . by the people to do their bidding , turns upon them and through utter perver- - • sion of its power extorts from their la bor and capital a sum largely in excess i -of pnblio necessities , the creature has j- - rebelled against the creator and masters \ ' * are robbed by their servants. The cost J" . -of government must continue to be met v by tariff duties collected at onr custom • iouses on imported goods and by inter nal reveuue taxes assessed upon spiritu ous and malt liquors , tobacco and oleo- l _ • margarine. I suppose it is needless to T explain that all these dues aud assess ments are added to the price of the nr- r ! "tides upon which they are levied and , 'thns become a tax upon all those who - "buy these articles for use and consump tion. I suppose , too , it is well nnder- t _ stood that the effect of this tariff taxa- ? • * tion is not limited to the cosumers of * " imortd articles , bnfr that the duties i\ imposed upon such articles permit a cor- * . "responding increase in price to be laid . a t Tipon domestic productions of the same k. kind , which is paid by all our people as ; consumers of home productions , and , entering every American home , consti tutes a form of taxation as certain and inevitable as though the amount was i • annually paid into the hand of the tax \ gatherer. These results are inseparable I . from the plan we have adopted for the % -collection of our revenue by tariff du ff ties. They are not mentioned to dis- Ijte credit the system , but by way of preface if : to the statement that every million of j ( | jw dollars collected at our custom houses . I iR for duties upon imported articles nnd I ip paid into the public treasury represent Ej many millions more which , though • • never reaching the national treasury , \WL \ are paid by oar-citizens as the increased I , _ ; _ fost of domestic productions resulting from our tariff laws. In thcr-o circumstances , and in viowof this i eeos-mry effect of tho operation of our T'lnu for raising revenue , tho abso lute duty of limiting tho rato of tariff charges to the necessities of tho frugal and economical administration of tho government seems to be perfectly plain. Tho continuance , upon a pretext of meeting public expenditures , of such a scale of tariff taxation as draws from the substance of tho pcoplo a sum largely in excess of publio needs , is surely some thing which , under a government based upon justice and which finds its strength and usefulness in tho faith and trust of the people , ought not to be tolerated. While tho heaviest burdens of the gov ernment are uncomplainingly born , light burdens become grievous and in tolerable when not justified by just necessities. Unnecessary taxation is un just taxation , aud yet this is our condi tion. We are annually collecting at our custom houses and by means of our in ternal revenue taxation many millions in excess of all legitimate publio needs. As a consequence there now remains in the national treasury a surplus of more than 3130,000,000. No better evidence could be furnished that tho people aro exorbitantly taxed. Tho extent of the . superfluous burden indicated by this I surplus will bo better appreciated when it is suggested that such surplus alone represents a taxation aggregating more than 5108,000 in a county containing 00- 000 inhabitants. Taxation has always been tho feature of orgauized govern ment thn hardest to reconcile with tho people's ideas of freedom and happiness. When presented in a direct form noth ing will arouse popular discontent more quickly and profoundly than unjust and unnecessary taxation. Our farmers , mechanics , laborers and all our citizens closely scan the slightest increase in the taxes assessed upon their lands and other property , and demand good reasons for such increase , and .vet they seem to be expected , in some quarters , to regard the unnecessary volume of insidious nnd indirect taxation visited upon them by our present rate of tariff duties with in difference if not with iavor. The sur plus revenue now remaining in the treasur¬ only furnishes conclusive proof of the unjust taxation , but its ex istence constitutes a separate and inde pendent menace to the prosperity of the people. This vast accumulation of idle funds represents that much money drawn from the circnlating medium of the country which is needed in the chan nels of trade and business. It is a great mistake to suppose that the conse- "quences which follow the continual with drawal and hoarding by the government of tho currency of the people , are not of immediate importance to the mass of our citizens and only concerns those en gaged in large financial transactions. In the restless enterprise and activity which freo nnd ready money among the people produces , is found that opportu nity for labor and employment , and that impetus to business and production , which bring in their train prosperity to our citizens in every station and voca tion. New ventures , new investments in business and manufacture , the con struction of new and important works nnd the enlargement of enterprises al ready established , depend largely upon obtaining money upon easy terms , with fair security ; and all these things are stimulated by an abundant volume of circnlating medium. Even the harvest ed grain of the farmer remaius without a market unless money is forthcoming for its movement and transportation to the seaboard. Tho first result of a scarcity of money among the people is the exaction of se vere terms for its use , increasing dis trust and timidity , followed by a refusal to loan or advance on any terms. In vestors refuse all risks nnd decline all securities and in a general fright , the money still in the hands of the people is persistently hoarded. It is quite ap parent that when this perfectly natural , if not inevitable stage is reached , de pression in nil business and enterprise will , as a necessary consequence , lessen the opportunity for work and employ ment and reduce salaries and the wages of labor. Instead , then , of being ex empt from the influence and effect of an immense snvplus lj'ing idle in the na tional treasury , and wage earners and others who rely upon their labor for support are most of all directly con cerned in the situation. Others , seeing the approach of danger , may provide against it , but it will find those depend ing upon their daily toil for bread un prepared , helpless and defenceless. Such a state or affairs does not present a case of idleness resulting from disputes be tween the laboring man and his employ er but produces an absolute and en * forced stoppage of employment aal wages. * In reviewing the bad effects of this ac cumulated surplus and the scale of tariff rates by winch it is produced we must not overlook the tendency .towards gross and scandalous publio extravagance which a congested treasury induces nor the factthat we are maintaining without excuse , in a time of profound peace , sub stantially the rate of tariff duties im- . ' posed in a time of war when the neces sities the government justified the im i position of the weightiest burdens upon 1 the people. Divers plans have been sngr gested for the return of this accumu lated surplus to the people and the chan nels of trade. Some of these devices are at variance with all rules of good finance ; some are delusive , some are ab surd and betray by their reckless ex travagance thedemoralizinginfluence of a great surplus of publio money upon the judgments of individuals. While such efforts should be made as are con sistent with publio duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by the nseful disposition of the surplus now remnining in the treasury , it is evident that if its distribution were accomplished another accumulation would soon take its place if the constant flow of redund- nut income was not checked at its sonrce by a reform in our present tariff laws. We do not propose to deal with these conditions by merely attempting to sat isfy the people of the truth of abstract theories nqrby alone urging their as sent to political doctrine. We present to them ttie propositions that thejf are unjustly treated in the extent of present federal taxation ; that as a result a con dition of extreme danger exists and that it is for them to demand a remedy nnd that defense and safety promised in the gnarantees of their free government. We believe that the same means which are adopted to relieve the treasury of its present surplus and prevent its recur rence should cheapen to our people the cost supply of their daily wants. Both of these objects we seek in part to gain by reduciug the present tariff rates upon the necessaries of life. . We fully appreciate the importance to the conntiy of our domestic industrial enterprises. In the rectification of ex isting wrongs their maintenance nnd prosperity should be carefully and , in a friendly spirit , considered. Even such reliance upon present revenne arrange ments as have been invited or encour aged should be fairly and justly re garded. Abrupt and radical changes which might endanger such enterprises , i nnd injuriously affect the interests of lai i bor , dependent upon their success or continuance are not contemplated or ini i tended. Bnt we know the cost of our domestic manufactured products is in- i creased nnd their price to the consumer i enhanced by the duty imposed upon the i raw material used in their manufacture , i We kuow that this i reased cost pre- wcats the sale of ac tT > dnctions in for- ; • if * markets in OOKJtion with those i r i ii mmmmmmmamr aaman 11 urn mi | i _ i i i countries wlncii liavo tho advantage of freo raw material. Wo know that con fined to n homo market our manufac turing operations aro curtailed , tho do- mnnd for labor irregular , and the rato of wages paid nncertain. We proposo , therefore , to stimulate our domestic in dustrial enterprises by freeing from duty tho imported raw materials which , by the employment of labor , are nsod in our homo manufactures , thus extend ing tho markets for their sale and per mitting on increased and steady produc tion with tho allowance of abundant profits. Trao to the undevioting course of the I democratic party we will not neglect tho interests of labor and our working- men. In all efforts to remedy existing evils wo will furnish no excuse for the loss of employment or tho reduction of tho wages of honest toil. On the con trary , wo propose in any adjustment of our royenue laws to concede suet an- couragemont and advantage to the urn- ployers of domestic labor as will easily compensate for any differ ence tthat may exist between the standard of wages which should be paid to our laboring men and tho rate al lowed in other countries. We propose too , by oxtending the markets for our manufacturers to promote tho steady emplo3'ment of labor , while by cheap ening the cost of the necessaries of life , we increa&a the purchasing power of the workingmaa's wages and add to the comforts of his home. And before passing irom this phase of tho question , I am constrained to express tho opinion that while the interests of labor should be always sedulously regarded in any modification of onr tariff laws , an addi tional and more direct and efficient pro tection to those interests would be af forded by tho restriction and prohibi tion of the immigration or importation of laborers from other countries who ' swarm upon onr shores , having no purJ pose or intent of becoming our fellow • citizens or acquiring any permanent in terest in our country , bnt who crowd every field of employment with unin telligent labor at wages which ought not to satisfy those who make claim to American citizenship. The platform adopted by the late national convention of our party contains the following declaration : "fudged by democratic , principles the interests of the people are betrayed , when by unnecessary taxa tion , trusts nnd combinntions are per mitted and fostered up , while unduly enriching tho few that combine to rob the body of our citizens by depriving them , as purchasers , of the benefits of national competition. " Such combina tions have always been condemned , by tho democratic party. The declaration of its national convention is sincerely made and no member of our party will be found excusing the existence or be littling the pernicious insults of these devices to wrong the people. Under various names they have been punished by the common law for hun dreds of years , and they have lost none of their hateful features because they have assumed the name of trusts instead of conspiracies. We believe that these trusts are the natural offspring of a mar ket artificially restricted ; that an inordi nately high tariff , beside furnishing the temptationfor their existence , enlarges the limit within which they may operate against the people and thus increases the extent of their power for wrong doing , With an unalterable hatred of all such schemes , we count the checking of their baleful operations among the good re sults promised by revenue reform. While we cannot avoid partisan misrepresenta tion , our position upon tho question of revenue reform should be so plninly stated as to admit of no misunderstand ing. We have entered upon no crusade of free trade. The reform we seek to inaugurate is predicted upon the ntmost care for established industries and en terprises , a jealous regard for the inter ests of American labor and a sincere de sire to relieve the country from the in justice and danger of a condition which threatens evil to all the people of alHhe land. We are dealing with no imagina- ; ry danger. Its existence has been re- peatedly confessed by all political par ties , and pledges of a remedy have been made ou all sides ; yet , when in the leg islative bod } ' , where under the constitu tion all remedial measures applicable to this subject must originate , the demo cratic majority were attempting with ex treme moderation to redeem the pledge common to both parties , they were met by determined opposition and obstruc tion aud , the minority refusing to co operate in the house of representatives , or propose another remedy , have re mitted the redemption of their party pledge to the doubtful power of the sen- EVC6 * * * - The people will hardly be deceived by their abandonment of the field of legis lative action to meet in political conven tion and flippantly declare in their par ty platform that our conservative and careful effort to relieve the situation is destructive to the American system of protection. Nor will the people be mis lead by the appeal to prejndice con tained in the absurd allegations that we serve the interests of Europe while they will support the interests of America , They f opose in their platform to thus support the interests of our country by removing the internal revenue tax from i tobacco and from spirits used in the arts j i and for-mechanical purposes. They deI I I clare , also , that there should be such a revision of our tariff laws as shall tend to check the importation of such arti cles as are produced here. Thus , in proposing to Increase the duties upon such articles to nearly or quite a prohib itory point they confess themselves will ing to travel backward in the road of civilization and to deprive our people of the markets for their goods which can be only gained and kept by the sem- blauce , at least , of an interchange of business , while they abandon our con sumers to tho unrestrained oppression of the domestic trusts and combinations which are in the same platform perfunc torily coudemned. They propose 'fur ther to release entirely from import du ties all articles of foreign production ( except luxuries ) the like of which cam- not be produced in this countrThe plain people of the land and the poor , who scarcely use nrticlt-s of any descrip tion produced exclusively abroad and not already free , will find it difficult to dis cover where their interests are regarded in this proposition. They need in their homes cheaper domestic necessaries , and this seems to bo entirety unprovided for in this proposed scheme to serve the country. Small compensation for this neglected need is found in the further purpose hero announced and covered by the declaration thai if , after the changes already mentioned there still remains a larger revenue than is requisite for the wants of the government , the entire in ternal taxation should be repealed "rather than surrender any part of onr protective system. " Onr people ask re lief from the undue aud unnecessary burden of tariff taxation now resting upon them. They are offered free to bacco and free whisky. They ask for bread and they are given a stone. The implication contained in this party declaration that desperate measures are justified or necessary to save from de struction or surrender what is termed our "protective system , " should con fuse no one. The existence of such a system is entirely consistent with the regulation of the extent to which it is to be applied and the correction of its abuses. Of course , in a country as great as this , with such a wonderful variety of , interests , often leading in pntirely dif- j ferent directions , it is difficult , if not I , impossible , to settle upon a perfect tariff J plan. But in accomplishing the reform' wo havo entered upon , the necessity ot which is so obvious , I beliovo wo should not bo content with a reduction of revenue involving tho prohibition of importations and tho removal of tho I internal tax upon whisky. It can bo' bettor and more safely done within tho lines of granting actual roliuf to tho peo- plo in their means of living , and at tho same timo giving an impetus to our do mestic enterprises nnd furthering our national welfare. If misrepresentations of our purposes nnd motives are to gain credence and defeat our present effort in this direction there seems to be no reason why every endeavor in tho future to accomplish revenue reform should not bo likewise attacked and with like result. Ar A yet no thoughtful man can fail to see in the continuanoe of the present burdens of the people and the abstrac tion by the government of the currency of the country , inevitable distress and disaster. All the danger will bo averted by timely action. The difficulty of ap plying the remedy will never be less and the blame should not be laid at the door of the democratio party if it is ap plied too late. With firm faith in the intelligence nnd patriotism , and relying upon the convic tion that misrepresentation will not in fluence them , prejudice will not cloud their understanding and that menace will not intimidate them , let us urge the people's interests and publio duty for tho vindication of our attempt to in augurate righteous and beneficent re form. GkOVER CliEVEIiAND. MEN AND WOMEN OF PROMINENCE. Chief Justice Fuller is not only a ripe scholar , but a brilliant whist player. i Mrs. Kate Ohaso Sprague ha3 written a book , which is in print and soon to be published. 1 J Herbert Spencer is working on his autobiography , but his poor health pre , vents his making much progress. j I Dr. McGlynn's Anti-Poverty society is a mere reminiscence , and he is to be sent away to Europe in search of his lost health. j I < Ohevruel , the French scientist , has just celebrated his 102d birthday. A deputation of Paris students who went to his house to offer congratulations were not allowed to see him. They were received by his son , a promising young man of seventy-nine. Citizen George Francis Train , who is taking a vucation at Berkeley Springs , in Yirginin , is visiting his daughter , a bfighlTand * * charming lady/i. Ho dates his letters at Pendleton Villa-on-the- Hill , and he is sending out to the press some of the brightest of "Psychos. " Do Lesseps is approaching his eighty- third birthday. It is said that tho . "Duke of Suez , " as he is playfully called , when he went up for his bach elor degree in 1822 passed creditably in the humanities , but failed miserably in geography ; he could not tell the cardi nal points on the map. Belva Lockwood'graduated from Genesee college in 1847 , took a second degree from the Syracuse university in 1870 , and later the degree of bachelor laws from the National law school at I j Washington. She was married at thet aue of seventeen years to a farmer , but was soon left a widow , afterward marry ing Bev. Dr. Lockwood , a Baptist cler gyman. For the past fifteen years she has been practicing law in Washington. The late Charles Crocker , of San Francisco , is said to have felt a personal interest in the employes of tho roads which he owned. A story is told of t\n accident in which a fireman met his death. Mr. Crocker was greatly dis turbed , and when one of the officers of the road told him that it was no use worrying over such things , which were happening with more or le&s frequency all the time , he looked up and replied vehemently : "But , my God , man , one ' of onr boys was killed , and I could not get that out of my head. " NOTES FROM FOREIGN SHORES. William Bedmond , member of parlia ment , has been convicted at Wexford of offenses under the crimes act , and sentenced to three months' imprisou- ment without hard labor. A dispatch from Afghanistan says the ameer reports that his troops have cap tured Fort Kanard from the rebels , to gether with many prisoners , including Ishak Khan's father-in-law. Eighty-one passengers , mostly emi grants , and six members of the crew of the steamer Snd America , from Monte video , which was sunk , are reported lost. The steamer which collided with her , La France , was badly damaged. Four hundred Irish stevedores em ployed in the Glasgow harbor have been dismissed. They will be displaced by Protestants from Belfast. It is feared a riot will ensue. It is stated the em ployers discharged the men because they belonged to a union which is con- stautly making intolerant demands. Bussia , accepting a German contract to build a narrow guoge railway to the the Merv Oasis , French capitalists have formed a company to purchase large and fertile Bussian territories for farm ing and cattle breeding. Another great company is proposed with Bussian and foreign capital to export beef , mutton and pork to England by fast steamers from Libau. In Caibarien the damage done to property by the recent cyclone is enor mous. The total number of lives lost in the city and suburbs is forty-six. L'he light house situated on Cayo- Krances is completely demolished , and the light house keeper and two other men were drowned. In Vuelta Abajo over three thousand people were left homeless and in great misery. The rreatest damage caused on the island l > y the storm was at Lnqna and Isabella. Over one thousand buildings were de stroyed. The United States dispatch boat , Dol- ' ) hin , which arrived from Honolulu re- : ently brings news that the Chinese of Tonolnln recently held a mass meeting to protest against the action of the Ha- wniinn legislature in passing laws tend- Sng to prevent the Chinese from trans acting business on the islands. It is stated that the Chinese raised a fund to ulvancv * their interests , and intimated : by threats that they would compel the i Hawaiian.government to accede to their i demands. l : The news of the murder in Africa of ' Major Bartellot , the leader of the expe- , dition in search of Henry M. Stanley , ] has given rise to speculation regarding i the fate of the great explorer himself. ' The London papers are unanimously of j the opinion that Bartellot was betrayed by Tippo Tib , and the question is asked why may not Stanley have been also a victim of his treachery. A later dis patch from the Congo conntry concern ing the death of Major Bartellot frees the Arabs of the suspicion of treachery. It is Faid that they fought valieutly to save their leader's life. The first dis patch stated that Tippo Tib was at Ny- nngive , the second one does not indicate whether he is now there or has returned to Stanley Falls. \ SENATE AND HCUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE A a jnop3l $ of Vroztrdlno * In the Senate and llotUK vf lleirresciitittlvrs. House The honao on the 8th re ' sumed consideration of tho retalia tion bill and was addressed by White of Sow York , who declared for retaliation such as would retaliate against the ono- my and not upon the people of the Uni ted Slates. He believed the first sec- Hon of the bill would inure to the bono- fit of the dominion of Canada and to the permanent injury of tho oomerco of this country and of American labor. Wilson asserted that a ruler avIio would precipitate a war without imperative ne cessity and without exhausting every honorable means to avoid it , would merit nnd call down upon himself the execration of every just and right-mind ed man. The debate was continued by Aressrs. Bayne , McAdoo , McMillen , Farquhar and Soney. Henderson of Town charged the president with dis honesty in sending in his message. Ho was trifling with the American people , with American citizens. Fifteen thous and American fishermen had been out raged. They ask that their .enemies be treated in the same way as they had been treated. The debate having closed , Mr. White of New York moved to recommit the bill to the committee on foreign affairs , with instructions to strike out tho first section , but tho mo tion was lost without a decision. Tho bill was then passed yeas 174 , nays 4. The negatives were Messrs. Bayne , Dal- zell. Lind nnd White of Now York. Senate. In the senate on tho lOtb the conference report on the army ap propriation bill was presented and agreed to. The house retaliation bill was then presented and referred to the committee on foreign relations. The houso amendment to tho senate bill to pension the widow of General Kilpat- rick , reducing the amount from $100 to $75 a month , was non concurred in , and a committee of conference ordered. Stewart asked unanimous consent to have tho Chinese exclusion bill taken up. Sherman objected. Mr. Stewart then made a motion to that effect , and the bill'was taken up. Sherman ad dressed the senate in favor of Blair's motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed. Without final ac tion on the measure tho senate ad journed. House. The house on the 10th re sumed consideration of the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The pending motion was that made by Breckenridg ' e , of Kentucky , to concur in the amendment reserving from the sale and entry until otherwiso provided all lands made susceptible of irrigation. Bacon , of New York , took advantage of the debate that followed to deliver a speech on the subject of trusts , but as his time was limited he had mere ly an opportunity to touch briefly upon the cotton bagging trust. Consideration of the bill was interrupted long enough to allow Maish , of Pennsylvania , to pre sent the conference report on the army appropriation bill. It Avas agreed to. Senate. In the senate on the 11th , the house bill was passed for the allow ance of certain claims reported by tho treasury officers , known as the Fourth of July claim. The bill represents G80 claims , amounting to $180,000. The claimants are residents of Tennessee , Kentucky , Indiana , Maryland , Pennsyl vania and Kansas. Senator Sherman re ported the senate bill , declaring trusts unlawful , placed on the calendar. This bill is a substitute for Senator Sherman's original bill. The Chinese exclusion bill was then considered , but no definite ac tion was had. Hocse. In the house on the 11th the sundry appropriation bill was consid ered. The pending amendment was that relating to the reclamation of tho arid regions. After several hours of iin- important debate Air. Bland , of Mis souri , moved that the appropriation bo reduced from . ? : > . " 50,000 to > 0,000. The motion was adopted. Mr. Ilolman , of Indiana , offered a substitute for tho senate amendments providing that the necessary expenses for the carrying ou of the survey be paid from the appro priation for the topographic survey of the United States , and suspend the op eration of the desert land act during the pendency in congress of legislation looking to its repeal. The vote showed no quorum , and the house at 4:35 : ad journed. House. The house on the 12th re sumed consideration of the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The senate amendments were con curred in. The senate bill amending the act relating to postal crimes was passed. Mr. Springer , of Hlinois , moved that the house go into committee of the whole , but this was ineffectual , as no quorum was present. After vain attempts to obtain a quorum the house adjourned. Senate. In the senate on the 12th the house amendment to the senate bill relating to postal crimes was concurred in. Mr. George offered an amendment to the trust bill reported from the com mittee on finance. The amendment consists of four additional sections , the most important of them being one mak ing it the duty of the president , when satisfied that the price of any article of merchandise is raised in consequence of agreements or combinations , to issue his proclamation suspending tempora rily the collection of import dnties on such articles. He supported his amend ment in a speech at some length. The amendment was ordered printed. House. In the house on the 13th a joint resolution was passed extending uutil October 1 the existing appropria tions for the sundry civil expenses of the government. The house resumed consideration of the senate bill amenda tory of the interstate commerce law. Anderson , of Iowa , offered and advocat ed the following amendment : That in all civil actions and proceedings , of whatever nature , arising under the act , entitled "An act to regulate commerce , approved February 4 , 1887 , " and under all acts amendatory thereof , concurrent jurisdiction with the United States courts is hereby conferred upon state courts of competent jurisdiction , and said commission ( the interstate cora- nierce commission ) is hereby author ized and required to prescribe for the use and guidance of said com mon carriers , in making their schedules of rates and charges for the transporta tion of persons or property on the uni- 'form classificationaand shnll transmit" copies thereof to said common carriers on or before the first Monday in .Tnnnn- ry , 18S9 , and thereafter the failure and refusal of any such common earners to observe said classifications in making schedules and rates shall bean unlawful act and all rates and charges uot in con formity with said classification shall be unreasonable rates and charges. The amendment was adopted and the bill then passed. Senate. In the senate on the 13th the Chinese exclusion bill was consid ered , but a vote was not reached. At the suggestion of Allison , Beck was ex cused from service on account of illness on the conference committee on tho sundry civil appropriation bill , and Cockrell was appointed in his pluco. aMaMaMiHi aii i Bi Bi Baaa nousn. Tn tho houso on tho 14th a telegram was received by Mr. White of Now York , from Surgeon General Ham ilton dated Camp Perry : "This camp is getting in splendid condition , nnd a safe and sure outlet is now provided from Florida infected points to tho north. No sickness among tho refugees horo. There aro but fivo cases of yellow fover in tho hospital. Tho touts aro half * ' n mile away. Bakor county , as woll as . , Duval , are now danger points. Tho ' weather is wot and favors development. Tho demand for aid from frightonod Florida and Georgia towns is entirely beyond appropriation. " As soon as tho telegram was read the houso took up nnd passed tho senate joint resolution appro priating § 200,000 to suppress infection in the interstate commorco of the Unit ed States. A dozen private bills woro agreed to in committee nnd passed by tho houso. Senate. In tho senato on tho 14th tho Chiueso bill was again considered. A ballot was taken on Mr. Blair's motion to rcconsidor the vote by which tho bill was passed. There being no quorum voting or likely to vote , it was arranged by unanimous consent that tho next vote should be takennt 1 o'clock next Mon day. Tho joint resolution extending ap propriations until September 25 passed. The houso bill to enlarge tho duties of tho department of agriculture , and to j create an executivo department of agri-1 I culture , was taken up and discussed at j some length. Final action on it was postponed. Among the bills passed wero tho following : Houso bill , providing boards of arbitration to settle differences between inter-state railroads and em ployes upon tho written application of ' either party to tho controversy. Pro . viding penalties for a violation of quar antine regulations. WORK OF THE PRESENT CONGRESS. TAUewlsf Important Sleamrea Ttiat Will Qi Ovrr to lliv Xrxt Srtaloi : Washington dispatch : There aro vari ous important bills which will como bo- como the next session of the Fiftieth con- 1 gress. Among them aro the bills mak ing states out of Washington , Montana . I and North Dakota territories , which are 1 in the senate , and bills of a similar char acter in the house , and tho bill incorpo rating the Nicaragua Canal company which was endorsed by tho republican national convention and mentioned in ( its platform. Tho special committee ol the houso investigating the subject ol ( foreign immigration will , members of ii say , report a bill in December regulat-1 I ' ing immigration , which will doubtless attract widespread attention and mnko a prolonged debate. The general food adulteration bill will also come up in the t [ next session , if not in the present one , and will bo a source of earnest conten tion. Members of tho committee on public lands in both houses do not antic ipate any legislation in this congress to deprive railroad companies of any of their land grants. The proposi tion to extend tho inter-state com merce law over tho telegraph com panies , and also to amend the existing laws so as to prohibit shippers owning private cars , will come in for attention during the next session , which convenes on December 4 and adjourns on March 1 , covi ring exactly three months , but excluding the regular holiday adjourn ment , consume only about nine weeks. Efforts will bemadeat the next session to put upon the regular army , navy and fortification appropriation bills addition al provisions for fortifications , heavy ordnance aud men-of-war , torpedo boats , dynamite cruisers , etc. It is be lieved , however , by tho oldest nnd strongest men in congress that the sub ject of the tariff will consume nearly all of the next session of congress which will remain after the regular appropria tion bills have been passed. Many also predict that there will be sufficient time to enable the two houses to accomplish the work desired on the tariff , trusts and other important questions , aud that I the president will call an extra session bhortly after his inauguration. The Fiftieth congress was in session exactly nine months one week ago yes terday , it having commenced on the 4th of December. The session has already been the longest , but one , during the last half century , and it promises to be the largest since the foundation of the government. There were , during the last nine months which ended on last Wednesday , introduced in the house 11,302bills and joint resolutions , against 10,194 in the first session of tUe last con gress. In the senate there were intro duced 3,520 bills and 107 joint resolu tions , against 2.881 bills and 56 joint resolutions in the first session of the last congress. While in tke senate there were submitted 2,172 writte * re ports , against 1,581 in the first session of the last congress , there were reported from committees to the senate ( approx imately ) 250 bills and joint resolutions without written statements. All of the bills reported from committees to the house were accompanied by written re ports , as the rules of the house require a written statement with every measure reported from committee , while in the senate bills may be returned from com mittees and placed upon the calendar without written report3 but with the simple word "favorable" or "unfavor able. " Among the most important bills of a general character pending in a more or less degree of completion are those pro viding for the territory of Oklahoma ; providing for the issue f circulating national bank notes to the par value oi bonds deposited with the treasurer ; es tablishing additional life-saving stations throughout the conntry , and the bill en acting an entirely new system of gener al land laws. All of these measures are unfinished business of the calendar and are privileged. They will be amoag tha first measures for action in the next ses sion of this congress if they are ot passed in this session. Returns from the Maine Election. Lewiston dispatch : The Lewiston Evening Journal has returns from 300 towns , which give the republicans a plurality of 17,000. The same towns last year gave the republicans a plural ity of 13,000. If the remaining towns show the same ratio of gain the repub lican plurality will be 20,000. The re publicans have gained one senator in Knox county , one in Waldo county , nnd two in York county. This makes the senate uuauimous unless _ one or both of the democratic nominees in Knox may have escaped the general slaughter. Those two nominees were Stephen J. Gnshee of Appleton , mem ber of the present senate , and Bandall J. Condon of Friendship. In the house the democrats gain one seat in Cumberland nnd another in Lin coln so far , and lose two in York coun ty. If the gains and losses continue to offset in this manner the house will di vide as now , 122 republicans and twenty- seven democrats. A Georgia minister has just construct ed a sermon upon "The Evolution of the Englishman from the Crusader to the Dude , " but , unfortunately the text is not specified. The king of the Belgians is a hand some man , slightly built , but muscular , with blue eyes and brown beard touched with gray. 6 MR. LEESE LAYS DOWN TfiE LAW. ' j | tie lirfetiiU 111 * Action and f'lua jn-PtaUrr * [ of Tfiiiinportullon , t . 3 Following is tho full text of tho pro- 1 1 tost filed by Attorney Gcnoral Lecso of - Nebraska against tho rccont action of the I 1 | state board of transportation whoroby , J tho timo of enforcing the ordered rcduc- , J j J tion in local freight rates was postponed | ! I for a moro complete and thorough tin- dorstanding of tho situation : * j In tho matter of adjourning tho caso . now ponding concorniug tho order of \ tho state board of transportation to tho Cj railroad companies , I wish to filo my * & protest against any further continuance . j of this question , and will horoby state 4 my reasons : . * tf Tho board has mado an ordor after duo j * ? deliberation , and served it upon tho .J roads in this state requiring them to so " -l arrango their schedulo of rates that the 4 rates in this state may bo fixed in tho " j samo proportion as in tho states of Min- * nesota , Illinois , Iowa and Lnkota , al- | though our rates would bo much higher ? than in those states. - This caso has been adjourned a nuin- ' ? bor of times All tho railroad compa- • § > nies havo been before tho board , and on ' 1 tho differont occasions set for hearing % havo mado long arguments each time , J but havo introduced no evidence. Anil * , now after tho roads havo refused to in- 1 troduco any testimony to show causo why they don't obey tho order of tho state board , and havo interposed every technicality known to tho law , a majori ty of tho state board presents a pocket resolution to again adjourn the case uu til November 12 , 1SS3. Thero is no request by the railroad com panies for an adjournment. Tho major ity of the board voting on the adjourn ment are not dissatisfied with the order made by tho boardalthough two of them voted against it when it was introduced July 5 ; but the motion to adjourn is for the alleged purpose of finding out tho cost of roads , and this is tho only reason assigned on the part of tho majority of the board. What have theso members been doing for the past two years ? Why havo they not mado theso inquiries bo- fore ? Why do they not read tho report of the railroad commissioners where the costs of all tho roads aro given under oath , and havo been printed and signed by theso same members ? Why is it that our threo secretaries havo not gained this information during tho last two years ? What consideration has tho state received for the $215,000 appropri- ated to tho board , if at this lute day neither of tho secretaries nor tho major- it } ' of tho board knows what it costs to build a railroad ? The cost of tho vari- ous roads has been given to tho board , and has been sworn to by tho officers of tho roads , nnd they will swear to tho same facts and figures again. Tho res olution does not ask for any informa tion relating to tho operating expenses , which is very necessary if the design is to fix rates , and if every question con tained in the resolution should bo prop erly answered , the board would bo in no better condition to make rates than they are to-day. And if for any reason tho statements are not tho idonticnl lan guage used in the report , ns in tho reso lution , it would only havo been necessa ry to ask a few additional questions , and they would have been cheerfully an swered by every road in the state , but for the board itself to adjourn this coso nt this time until the 12th of November is beyond my comprehension. If the majority of the board thought they had mado a mistakein making tho original order , and desiri'd to reccdo from the position they had taken , it would have been their duty to havo 3tated that fact , and dismissed tho caso and commenced anew , but to adjourn the case for tho reason designated leads mo to believe that it is a subterfuge and for some other object than tho ono stated. The fact is apparent that tho pending case is one that is absorbing the minds of the people of tho state and they havo tho right to know whether the state has the authority to fi < c rates on theso rail roads , and especially so as tho Union Pacific railway claims exemption from the jurisdiction of our state laws be cause it has been incorporated by an act of congress. To adjourn this case until November 12. without knowing how the state board will hold on this question , is in itself a gross violation of public duty and I can only say that while I must submit to the vote of the majority , I do so pro testing with my own voice nnd vote , in the name of justice to tho people of this j 3tate. j I want it distinctly understood that T / xxa. not a policy member of the board , / and in every caso and on every ques- / tion I have acted on ray own judgment and as my conscienca dictated to be , right. I do not want to injure the railroads in this state , realizing the fact that we all need the roads as much as tho roads need the people. Our interests ore mu tual , but when I see gross violations of our constitution and laws by the railroad corporations , nnd an utterdisrogardof the rights of the people shown , I raise voice against the same. I am willing now , always have been , and always will be , to allow every road such rates as will yield a fair per cent on the value of the property , under the same rules of econ omy as to operating expenses , as should be used in the private affairs of the in dividual stockholders. Every fair minded man should be willing to con cede this , and I do not believe that there is a man in this state that wonld object to such rates. I do now and always will object to such rates as will yield a divi dend on fictitious capital , or what is known as watered stock , and make this explanation to assure 3'ou that I only ask right and justice , and submission to our constitution and lawsby the railroad corporations of this state , and nntil this object is attained , you will find me in the ranks with my face to those who op pose it. I consider it a misfortune at thi3 time for the board to delay so vital a ques tion. I can realize how two members of the board can so vote and act , as they havo interposed their objections , nnd I shown a disposition to delay nnd vote I down the proceedings from tho first ; M bnt to find a third member changing front , for the reasons assigned , is a mys- I tery to me , and I roust rest satisfied I that whatever reason ho has is locked I in his own breast , and , as one member I of the board , I submit to the inevitable , but firmly believe that the wavering dis- position shown by the myjrity on snch I an important qnestion wiil work a great * I injury to the people of this state. H Wikham Leesk , I Attorney General and Member of Board I of Transportation. I A Hanging on the Coast I San Francisco dispatch : Alexander I Goldensen , who shot and killed a four- I teen-year-old school girl named Mamie I Kelly in November , 18S0 , was hanged in I the county jail a few minutes after noon I to-day. No hanging since the days of 9 the vigilance committees has excited I greater interest on tho Pacific coast. His crime came near causing a riot , and two M ineffectual attempts were made to lynch I him bj * assaulting the city jail , bnt in each instance serious disorder was pre- vented by tho police. Goldensen was only eighteen years old , but was a boy I of vicious habits.