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I- CLEVELAND'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
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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&not 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 *
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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.