THE LAW ALL EIGHT
WHATDK. SOUTJUriCK BATS OF THIS
KECENTiELEOIROCUXlOir.
fto Believes There IB n Good Deal of
Sickly Sentimental Talk About the
TVctv method of Killing ; Criminals
Chansen Which the Senate Election
< ! ominltteo XIavo Made In the Elec
tion BIII-The Situation of Affairs In
San Salvador The Pure Lard Bill.
Believes In Electrocution.
BUFFALO , iNVY. , August 8 Dr.
Southwick , father of the electrical exe
cution law , said in an interview : "I
feel just as I have always felt in this
matter. There is nothing against the
system , and the fact is there has been
-a good dea ] of senseless , sensational
talk about the execution. In fact a
party of ladies could sit in the room
wliero an execution of this kind was
going on and not see anything repul
sive whatever. If the mistake of or
dering off the current so quickly had
not been made there would have been
nouo of this talk.
"I * think Kemmler's nerve affected
those there about as much as anything.
It looked to mo , though , as evidence
of mental incapacity. Ho seemed to
be without fear and helped to .adjust
the straps in a way -that was simply
astonishing. No , sir ; I do not consider
that this will be the last execution by
electricity. There will bo lots of them.
It has proven that the idea is correct ,
and I think the law is a good one.
"Tho execution was a success. Kemm-
ler never knew what happened to him
and died absolutely without pain. "
The Election Bill.
"WASHINGTON , August 8 Amongtho
changes which the senate committee
made in the substitute for the Ledge
election bill , which was reported to
the senate , are the following : All
reference to that section of the revised
statutes which , it was claimed , pro
vides for the presence of troops at the
polls was stricken out. The house-to-
house canvas provided for in the house
" *
"bill was stricken out , and the provis
ion for drawing juries by commission
ers was als > o omitted. Penal offenses
were simplified and made misdemean
ors instead of felonies. The punish
ments were modified , the highest pun
ishment imposed , being three years'
imprisonment and a fine of $1.000 as
against imprisonment for five "years
and a fine , as in the house bill. The
judge of the circuit court before whom
application appointment is made
for supervisor ; ? is authorized to ap
point as supervisors any persons ho
anay see fit , not being confined in his
selection to the test furnished by the
chief of the supervisors. In cases
'where ballots are cast in the wrong
} > ox they are not to be counted unless
the tally sheet shows that the votes
for congressmen do not equal the num
ber of names on the poll list. Then
enough of the votes so wrongly cast
shall be added to the tally sheet to
make a total equal to the whole num
ber of votes shown to bo cast. Where
election officers refuse to administer
oaths to voters applying therefor it is
provided in the bill that the supervis
ors shall administer the oath. But no
effort shall be made to have the vote
thus refused cast , the object being
merely to preserve the testimony of
.the application and refusal.
* Proclamations.
( via La Libertad ) ,
-Augusts. Provisional President Ezeta
"has issued a manifesto naming Septem
ber loth next as the day whereon elec
tions for new members of congress
shall take place to substitute those
whoso terms of office have expired.
The elections are to last six days and
close on Saturday , September 20. The
new congress will meet in the Salva
dor national theater on October 1 ,
1890. General Ezeta has been named
as a candidate for president. The con
gress will elect a new constitutional
president on October 1 next.
General Ezeta has also issued an
other manifesto in which he justifies
his action in assuming command of the
troops and government of Salvador at
-a time when President Menendez was
-assassinated , and recapitulates the
cause , conduct and result of the war. ,
General Ezeta concludes his manifesto
"by saying that as long as he has life
and power he will accept no terms of
peace with Guatemala that do not as
sure a complete vindication of Salva
dor's injured honor and dignity as an
independent nation.
Both Nicaragua and Costa Rica have
sent ministers plenipotentiary and en
voys extraordinary to Salvador to con-
ler with President Ezejta and have replied
'
plied that their resp'ective govern-
rtnents have formally recognized Presi
dent Ezeta's provisional government.
President Ezeta's army , under com-
'inand of General Antonio Ezeta , num-
'bering 10,000 men , is now in Guate
malan territory and is advancing rap
idly toward the capital of that repub
lic. '
The Conger Pure Lard Bill.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 8 Chairman
"Funston of the committee on agricul
ture said yesterday that he was expect
ing hourly to be given an opportunity
to call up the Conger pure lard bill in
the house , and he believed two days
for its consideration would be givea.
He acknowledged that a very effective
fight would be made for the substitu
tion of the Conger bill by the Paddock
pure food bill , but he said that the re
sult was problematic , although the
' friends of the Paddock bill are confi
dent of success. Mr. Mason of Chica
go said tlyit the Paddock bill would
. " beyond reasonable doubt be adopted
instead of the Conger measure , as the ,
latter was confessedly class legislation/
and , the outcome of rivalry , between
two classes of business. The Illinois-
Nebraska and three or four other del
egations in the north are said to T > e in
favor of the Paddock substitute , while
the entirr south will support it and
fight the Conger bill , which destroys
the cotton seed oil industry. The bill
will undoubtedly come up next week if
not tomorrow or Saturday.
Lottery Company Miowlnsr It * 'Teeth.
WASHINGTON , August 10. The lot
tery company is showing its teeth. It
has begun to strike back. It threatens
vengeance in various ways upon those
who oppose it. The men in congress
it cannot hurt it will' intimidate.
Thomas Broughton of North Dakota ,
who was a bitter opponent of the lot
tery getting a charter in his state , says
ho was defeated for renomination by
the use of its money. The gentleman
nominated to succeed him is probably
not aware of this fact. Other mem
bers are to be defeated for renomina
tion or re-election because they have
opposed the lottery. The company
threatens to control the next house as
it did the Louisiana legislature. This
gigantic optopus has flooded Washing
ton with detectives , plug uglies and
lobbyists for the .purpose of using
money and strategy and brute force
to prevent the consideration of the
anti-lottery bill in the house , and its in
fluence is being felt despite the fact that
over one hundred members have peti
tioned the house committee on rules
for a day to consider the bill. Some
members who have heretofore been for
the measure are out of the city or si
lent. Two well known newspaper cor
respondents who have been demanding
in their dispatches a hearing for the
bill have been hounded by detectives
and threatened with personal violence.
It is becoming dangerous , politically
and physically , to oppose the gigantic
evil , but the bill will bo given a hear
ing and passed and members who are
absent from the city when it comes up
will be a ked to explain their actions.
Mooy from the lottery is flowing like
water and scoundrolism is becoming
common to defeat the anti-lottery bill.
It is time for the people at large to
speak on the subject.
Ncbruska'K
LINCOLN , August 10. Bookkeeper
White , in the auditor's office , has just
completed the tabulation of the grand
assessment. Summarrized the table
tells the following.
Total assessed valuation SlSl.770,304.54
A\er.ie total le\y G iM-100 milts
The following are the total assess
ments for the several funds :
Gvner.il Fund S 78,085.02
Sinking fund. . , 31.fOO.TU
School fund 142.-i62.CO
Dnivcriitv fund GO.2S5.dG
Iteform school fund 85,393.16
Institute for the feeble minded 23,01)5.02
Total 5 1.171,531.43
The following table shows the num
ber of acres in cultivation in the sev
eral crops named :
Wheat 099,004
Corn 3,9J5,500
O.its 1,197.1 !
JJarli-y l'J9,2SJ
JIeulo\v KK3-7
Flax 145.347
Rje 64,233
Potatoes 20,023
Miscellaneous crops 54,556 ,
The following shows the number of
trees and grape vines in cultivation in'
the state :
Fruit trees 6.126,055
Forest trees 176,162.217
Grape vines 1,696,579
The exact valuation of all property
in the state is hero shown :
To Katlfy the Indian Agreements.
WASHINGTON , August 10. Judge
Perkins has introduced in the house
bills to satisfy the agreements with
certain tribes in the Indian territory ,
being identical with the bills offered
in the senate by Mr. Dawes to ratify
and confirm the agreements made with
the Pottawatomies and the absentee
Shawnees , the Sacs and Foxes in Okla
homa and the lowas in Oklahoma.
These are all long bills. The legisla
tion is of an urgent character and is1
needed to make binding the agree
ments entered into between the Unite.d
States commission and the several
tribes. The tribes have' agreed to re
linquish much valuable land and the
ratifying of the several agreements
will open up new settlements to citi
zens of the United States and at the
same time greatly benefit the Indians ,
who have willingly consented and who
will be liberally paid and protected in
their rights.
Bibles In the Air.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Aug. 10. There
was a free-for-all fight at a big meei.-
ing at the fine Grand avenue Methodist
church , Rev. Jesse Bowman Young ,
pastor , Saturday night. Several lead
ing members and deacons were hurt
by flying bibles , chairs and canes , and
the police had to be called in to quell
the trouble. There we"e two hundred
people present , and when they got out.
there wasn't a chandelier or a whole
window pane loft. The fight grew out
of the election of president of the
church society. The Grand avenue
has one of the finest memberships in
the city.
A Novel Decision.
SALT LAKE , Utah , August 7. Chiet
Justice Leare of the supreme court
decided in the claim of the polyga
mous children of Orson Pratt , that'
plural wives cannot justly claim any
share of their father's estate where
the parent dies intestate. This is re
garded as a great injustice by Mor- ,
mons. The case was brought on an
appeal from the lower court.
: V
.DOINGS IN CONGBESS
AHECOKD OF PltOCKEDlKGS IN JBOIU
SOUSES.
The Upper House Consuming Ittost of
Its Time In Grinding Away on Tariff
Jttattcr * The General Deficiency Bill
for tlio IHost Part Under Considera
tion In tlio t.owcr Branch A Record
of Proceedings In Botli Brandies of
the National Leg
CONUKESSIONAI * PROCEUINGS.
In the senate on the 4th Senator Da
vis offered a resolution calling on the
secretary of war for information re
specting the accident to the lock in the
Sault St. Marie canal last Friday. The
resolution offered on Saturday last by
Senator Plumb , as to the reinterment
of the remains of General Grant in the
Arlington national cemetery was a sug
gestion which Senator Plumb allowed
to remain on the table to bo called'up
at some other time. The tariff bill was
taken up. The pending question was
on Senator Vest's amendment to the
chinaware paragraph , reducing the
duty on decorated ware to 50 per cent ,
lad valorem , and plain ware to 40 per
cent , instead of 55 and 50 as recom-
imended by the finance committee , and
instead of 60 and 55 in house bill. Sen-
Jator Manderson said he had voted
' Saturday evening against Senator
( Vest's amendment and would dose
[ so again because he thought
[ the rates proposed in it were
.too low. He favored , however , the
rate recommended by the finance com
mittee. Senator Dawes opposed the
lamendment , advocated the committee
amendment and eulogized the protec
tive system. Senator West modified
his amendment by changing the rate
on plain white chinaware to 45 instead
of 40 per cent. The amendment was
then voted on and rejected. Yeas 19 ,
nays 25. In the house the general de
ficiency bill was considered. Mr. Hen
derson of Io\va explained that the bill
carried an appropriation of § 5,140,000.
Items of deficiency were * submitted to
the committee on appropriations , which
aggregated $1,350,000. The house
could see , therefore , that the coramit-
, tee had carefully scrutinized all the
proposed appropriations. The Pacific
railroad claims were not provided for
'in the bill. While he believed that the
time was near at haud when the claims
would have to be settled , the com
mittee had been unanimous in refusing
to provide for their payment when
they were still pending in the courts
of the country.
[ n the senate on the 5th the entire
time was given up to consideration of
the tariff. The amendment offered by
Mr. McPherson to paragraph 106 , as
to sizes of window glass , was accepted
by Mr. Aldrich and agreed to. The
paragraph referring to fluted , rolled or
rough plate glass was , on motion of
Mr. Aldrich , agreed to as it came from
the house except that the description
in the proviso was modified so as to
make it apply to all such glass when
ground or otherwise obscured , and the
committee amendment was agreed to.
The next paragraph , as to "case polished -
ished plate glass , unsilvered , " was , on
'motion of Mr. Aldrich , made to read
"cast polished plate glass , finished or
.unfinished , and unsilvered. " The par
agraph , imposing a duty of 45 percent
valorem on all manufactures of glass ,
was amended , on recommendation
of the finance committee , by strik
ing out the words , "lenses" of glass
or pebbles , wholly or partly manu
factured , and fusible enamel. In the
house Mr. McKinley , from the com
mittee on rules , reported as a substitute
for Mr. Cummings' resolution a resolution -
lution asking the secretary of the navy
for the reasons for the increase of the
force at the Kittery navy yard. The
resolution was adopted yeas , 121 ;
nays , 78. Mr. Lacey of Iowa sub
mitted the majority report on the Clay-
ton-Breekenridge election case. The
report , which declares the seat vacant ,
was ordered printed and laid over.
The house then went. into committee
of the whole on the general deficiency
bill. Without disposing of the bill the
committee rose and the house ad
journed.
In the senate on the 7th , after scsie.
preliminary business , the tariff bill was
taken up , the pending question being
on Mr. Vance's amendment to reduce
the duty on pig iron from 3-10 of 1
cent per pound to § 5 per ton. It was
defeated by a strict , party vote. The
tariff bill was temporai-ily laid aside to
allow Mr. Allison to present the con
ference report on the sundry civil ap
propriation bill. . The bill , said Mr.
Allison , as it passed-the house had car
ried $28,000,000 and was increased by
the senate $5,000,000. The net reduc
tion agreed to in the conference committee - -
mittee amounted to $3,706,000 , so that
the bill was carried under the confer
ence report $29,852.000. The amend
ment as to a Latin-American memorial
library had been struck out , also
the provision for the expenses of two
additional land offices. The appro
priation of $150,000 for military posts
had been reduced to $40,000. All the
senate amendments relating to national
soldiers' homes ( including that ap
pointing managers ) had been struck
out. The matter will now go to the
military committees of the two houses.
The provisions in relation to irrigation
surveys had been postponed for further
conference. The conference report
was ordered printed. In the house a
resolution was adopted calling on the
postmaster general for copies of the
agreements for the transportation of
mails between the United States and
foreign countries , the conditions upon
which awards are made and the rates
of payment for the service. The house
then went into committee of the whole
on the general deficiency bill. After
:
brief consideration the matter went
over.
In the senate , on the 8th , the reso
lution offered by Senator Plumb a fey
days ngo , expressing the desire of con
gress for the removal of the remains
of "the illustrious soldier and states
man , Ulysses S. Grant , "to and in their
interment in the Arlington national
cemetery , and requesting the president
to convey to the widow of that emi
nent man such desire , tendering to her ,
in behalf of the nation , all necessary
facilities for such removal and inter
ment , was taken up and agreed to.
The conference report of the fortifica
tion bill was taken up , and after a
brief discussion was agreed to. The
conference report o- the sundry civil
appropriation bill was taken up and
after quite lengthy discussion was
agreed to. In the house the general
deficiency bill was amended , the pend
ing question being on an amendment
granting a month's extra pay to the
employes of the house and senate. The
motion was lost. Mr. Vaux moved to
recommit the bill. The previous ques
tion was ordered on the motion and the
motion to recommit was lost. Yeas , 33 ;
nays , 150. The bill was then passed.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois , from the com.
mittee on rules , reported a resolution
providing that after the passage ol
this resolution it shall bo in order after
two hours' debate to move that the
house non-concur in all the senatq
amendments to the Indian appropria
tion bill and to ask a committee o\ \
conference. Mr. Enloe of Tennessee
raised the question of consideration in
the interest , he said , of the private
calendar. In order to obviate Mr. En
loe's objection to the resolution Mr.
Cannon stated , in response tb a question - ,
tion by Mr. McComas of Maryland ,
that it was the purpose of the commit
tee on rules to report resolutions giv
ing days to the consideration of bills
reported from the committee on agri
culture and labor and' to the consider
ation of private bills. If the Indian
appropriation bill could be disposed of
tollay , unanimous consent would be
asked to devote tomorrow to private
bills. The house decided ( yeas 110 ,
nays G6) to consider the report of the
committee on rules.
As to Chinese Immigration.
WASHINGTON , August 7. Repre
sentative Morrow of California , from
the committee on foreign affairs , today
reported to the house his bill to abso
lutely prohibit the coming of Chinese
persons into the United States , whether
subjects Of the Chinese empire or oth
erwise. The bill provides to exclude
all Chinese , e\en those who may here
after leave the United States and at
tempt to return , excepting diplomatic
and consular officers and commercial
agents , and the coming of Chinese to
the United States for transit is express
ly prohibited. A fine of $500 for each
Chinese brought into the United States
is provided for the punishment of ves
sel masters bringing them. Provision
is also made for the punishment of
persons aiding Chinese to enter the
United States by land or otherwise.
Chairman Hitt presented a minority
report dissenting from the favorable
action of the majority upon the bill ,
as he says it is in conflict with "the
treaty now in force , to which the faith
of the United States is pledged and
which declare. ! vhat the "United States
may regulate , limit or suspend such
coming or residence , but may not ab
solutely prohibit it. "
The Wilson Original Package Bill.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. The friends
of the Wilson original package bill are
making every endeavor day after day
to have that bill disposed of definitely.
With the present largo attendance of
members they think they are strong
enough tb pass the bill and they dread
the delay which may bring with it the
usual absenteeism and threaten the fate
of the bill. On the other hand the op
ponents of the bill are very busy , and
to-night they claim that they can de
feat the conference report. They say
that at least three republicans Adams
of Chicago , Leehlbach of New Jersey
and Payson of Illinois will speak
against the bill , and they believe that
a sufficiently large vote will be cast
against it to secure another conference
and kill it so far as the form of the
Wilson bill is concerned. Of the best
information that can be gathered , how
ever , it would seem that they are mis
taken and that the conference report
will be adopted by a safe majority. "
Dependent Pension Fart * .
WASHINGTON , August 6. The new
dependent pension law has been in
force but a little over a month and al
ready about 280,000 applications for
pensions have been filed under it. One-
third of these pensions , an expert
said , are cases that were already on
file in the pension office , but had to be
filed again in accordance with the pro
visions of the law. One-half of the
other two-thirds will be
- probably re
jected. "Before the end of the year , "
the expert continued , "I expect to see
400,000 applications for pensions filed
under the new law , and by the end of
eighteen months there will be half a
million cases.
A Farmer Worked for $1,000.
MISSOURI VALLEY , la. , August 9.
At Modale a sharper operated on a
wealthy farmer named Abe Richardson
and persuaded him to sign and accept
two drafts for * 500 each in payment
for territory for a patent right. The
sharper came here and tried to sell the
drafts at a heavy discount to the banks ,
but they caught on to the fraud. He
immediately left town and the sheriff
and several deputies are searching for
him.
Judge Shafer of the superior court
of California has decided that Sarah
Althea Hill's so-called marriage con
tract with the late Senator Sharon was
a forgery and that she had no claim on
the estate.
THE PALL CONTESTS
STATE CONVENTION OF THE IOWA
DEMOCRATS.
The Platform Adopted and the Ticket
Put In Nomination Ed'orta to Dis
pose Definitely of the 1VH on Orig
inal Package Bill Prohibition of
Chinese Immigration Representa
tive .Tlorrovr's Bill for This Purpose
Dependent Pension Bill.
Iowa Democratic State Convention.
CEDAK RAPIDS , la. , Aug. 8. The
democratic state convention was called
to order by J. J. Dunn , chairman of
the state central committee. The fol
lowing temporary officers were se
lected : Chairman , Gid B. McFall of
Mahaska county ; secretary , John
Springer of Johnson county ; recording
secretary , T. O. Walker , Marshall
county.
The committee on resolutions re
ported the platform , which was unan ,
imously adopted , and is as follows :
We congratulate the people of Iowa
on the election of Governor Boies and
heartily approve the wisdom , justice
and courage with which helms ad
ministered the high office , and we
commend the action of the democratic
members of the Twenty-third general
assembly for their faithful efforts to
redeem their pledges for the enact
ment into a law of the Australian bal
lot bill , the pharmacy bill and othei
measures demanded by the public wel.
fare.
fare.Wo
Wo denounce the republicans in con
gress for their submission to and sup.
port of Speaker Reed in his arbitrary
suppression of free speech and absolute
control of the course of legislation.
We declare our continued adherence
to the principle of railroad control , a4
expressed in the laws of the state and
general government , and wo favoi
such changes as expediency may , show
necessary to maintain just and equita
ble relations between carriers "and
shippers.
Wo again acknowledge the great
debt of gratitude the nation owes in
the soldiers and sailors of the United
States , and we declare in favor of just
and liberal and equitable pension la\v.j
for all invalid and dependent soldiers
and sailors.
We reaffirm the policy respecting
the control of the traffic in intoxicat
ing liquors set forth in the democratic
'state platform of 1887 and approved
, by the people of that year , and we are
, in favor of such legislation , state and
.national , as may be necessary to carry
that policy into effect.
' We are in favor of the tariff for rev-
.enue only , a tariff reduced to the low-
jest rate consistent with the needs of an
'economical administration of the gov-
icrnment. Liquoi1. tobacco , and all
luxuries should be made to bear as far
as possible , the burdens of taxation and
the necessaries of life should so far as
possible be relieved.
We oppose the McKinley bill as an
abuse of the taxing power in favor of
.the wealthy corporations , pools and
trusts , by "which our manufacturing in
terests are so largely controlled. It
especially discriminates against the
agricultural interests of the country
by compelling the farmer to buy what
.he needs and sell what he produced in
a monopolized mai'ket.
We are in favor of commercial re
ciprocity , not alone with the Spanish
states of South America , but as well
with other countries whose markets
are open to our products.
We demand the free coinage of silver -
ver , and that it may be a legal tender
for all debts , public and private , and
denounce as unjust and dishonest the
provision of law recently enacted al
lowing parties to stipulate against pay
ment in silver and silver certificates ,
setting up one standard of values for
the creditor and another for the debtor ,
one for the poor man and another for
the rich man.
The election bill passed by the lower
house of congress is a menace to the
freedom and purity of our elections.
It places the treasury of the United
States at the disposal of the party in
power. It enables the managers of
that party to employ as large a force
as it deems necessary to carry on the
work of its campaign and to do this
under pretense of supervising the elec- '
tions. It destroys all the responsibil
ity of the government to the people by
vesting its enormous powers in officei'S
, holding by appointment and for life.
We believe that the people of the
various localities can be safely trusted
to conduct their own elections and that
the power of congress to determine
'the qualification , election and return
, of its members is sufficient for protec-
.tion against local abuses.
William H. Chamberlain , a dry
.goods merchant of Independence and a
member of the last legislature , was
nominated for secretary of state on the
second ballot.
H. L. White of Wayne county , for
treasurer by acclamation.
George S. Witters of Ida county , for
auditor on the second ballot.
P. B. Wolf of Clinton , for judge of
the supreme court , on the second bal
lot.
lot.Peter
Peter A. Day was nominated by ac
clamation for railroad commissioner.
Theodore W. Ivory of Mills , for su
preme court reporter.
A Land OIHce Circular.
WASHINGTON , August 9. Land Com
missioner Groff has issued a circular for
the guidance of local land officers in
disposing of the lands in Minnesota and
Wisconsin which were restored to the
public domain by the act of congress
approved June 30 , 1890. This act
authorizes the president to cause cer
tain lands withdrawn for reservoir pur
poses to be restored and subject to en
try under the homestead laws. The
commissioner states that no entry for
settlement will be allowed after Decem
ber 20 , 1890.
RowcII on the Election Bill.
WASHINGTON , August 11. Chair
man Ro well , who will bo remem
bered as ono of the most promi
nent men in the construction of the
house election bill and who himself
framed a bill which by many was con
sidered superior to the Ledge bill , said
today that ho had no reason to believe
that there would bo any delay in the
acceptance by the house of the senate
substitute for the election bill. "It 13
true , " ho said , "it apparently makes
some great changes , but as a matter of
fact it is perfectly satisfactory to all of
us who voted for the Ledge bill. I
think it simplifies the Ledge bill and
it is acceptable , so that any hopes
wfiich may be based on a delay in con
ference are futile. I do not know ,
nor does any other man know , whether
an election bill will bo passed this
session , for no ono can foretell all that
may occur in the senate. But I cer
tainly believe that one will pass , and
if it passes by the end of October it
will yet be in time to bo put in opera
tion in most of the places where it is
needed. I do not know whether Sen
ator Sherman will persist in his pub
lished plan to offer what was the Lohl-
bach amendment in the house ,
providing that the bill shall bo obliga
tory everywhere. I do not think ho
will , but if ho docs and it should pass
the senate , which I consider just as
doubtful , I am convinced the house
will never agree to it. If the bill passes
the senate as it stands it can bo passed
in the house and become a law within
a law if there should be any need for
3uch action.
Master Workman Powderly Talks.
SCKANTON , Pa. , August 11. General
Master Workman Powderly , when
asked his views concerning the rail
way strike , said that some time ago
it was reported to him that the em
ployes of that line were being discrim
inated against , the discharged men all
being known as leaders of organized
labor. This strike was taken as the
final protest against such discrimina
tion , which had become unbearable.
Powderly4 said the employes of the
road have perfect organization from
Nevf York to Buffalo. All these organ
izations are not members of the Knights
of Labor , but their action is a con
certed one and there will be perfect
unity. In conclusion Mr. Powderly
said : ' 'I notice a statement made that
Chauncey Depew is not held responsi
ble for this trouble , but the discharge
of the men didn't take place without
his knowledg or consent. On the con
trary before he went to Europe his
men were being victimized , so ho is as
responsible as hotwas before he sailed
for the old world. Ho is not a pauper
and , as a consequence , can afford the
use of the electric cable. Ho knows
all that is transpiring in this country
pertaining to his own interests. "
Apportionment of Representation
WASHINGTON , August 11 Superin
tendent Porter intends to make a pre
liminary report to congress showing
the net population of the states some
time during the last week in this
month. The report will be transmitted
to congress through the secretary of
the interior and will be taken up by
the house committee on the eleventh
census immediately. It is believed
that a bill providing for the reapportionment -
tionment of congressional representa
tion can bo introduced from the com
mittee by the second week in Septem
ber. The house will then have little
important work to do and can debate
and pass the measure within a few
days.The
The bill he prepared after a consulta
tion with the leading republican sena
tors so that the measure adopted by
the house will not be amended by the
senate. Leaders in the house express
the belief that the apportionment for
representation of membership of the
house will be fixed at 180,000 persons ,
the present basis being ono member
for every 157,000 or fraction thereof.
The design is to not increase the mem
bership of the house over twenty-five ,
and it is estimated that on the basis of
180,000 the membership of the house
will be about three hundred and fifty-
five , it being calculated that the popu
lation of the states will be 64,000,000-
Gencral Badeau's Case Settled.
WASHINGTON. August 11. General
Badeau's case has at last been settled
and he is no longer an officer of the
army. The claim that because he ac
cepted a place in the diplomatic service
he lost his place on the retired list , as
serted by the treasury department offi
cials , was disputed by the legal officers
of the war department , and the con
troversy thus created threatened to be
quite spirited. The attorney general
concludes that when Badeau accepted
the duties of a diplomatic officer ho
thereby ipso facto ceased to be an offi
cer of the army , that neither the act
of 1875 nor any executive act restored
him , and that he has tterefore no legal
right to have his name borne on the
list. The president has directed that
Badeau's name be dropped from the
army rolls , to date from May 19 , 1869 ,
the date when he accepted an appoint
ment in the diplomatic service. The
salary paid to General Badeau since
that date will be a loss to the treasury
department.
NKWS NOTES.
The democrats of the Fifth Arkan
sas district have renominated Con
gressman Peel.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
that Mike Borden and Felix Vaqualin
will fight at the Columbian athletic
club August 15 for a purse of $800.
Reports to the Indiana state agri
cultural board indicate the wheat yield
at about 65 per cent of an average
crop and corn will mature half a crop.
Potatoes and other ground crops are
suffering with corn. Fruit is a failure.