BY A DIRECT VOTE. ,
I
REFORM IN Thic ELECTION OF '
SENATORS. i
A Strong: K-fMrt Iti Favor of the Same
Mitchell of Orvpon ;ives Copent Itea
ous Why the System Shonld be Changed
Admn1i;ri to LeR islatnre and Sen
ate rr set Forth A Minority Report.
Washington. March f.J. Senator
Mitchell of Oregon to-day reported to
the senate from the elections commit
tee th; joint resolution proposing an
am-ijduaent to the constitution, pro-viri.r:g-
for the election of Senators by
tie direct vote of the people. The
committee says the accompanying
report has approached the subject of
the proposed change in the method of
electing- Senators with a full appreci
ation of the gravity of the subject
and of the importance of the public
interests involved
The objections that are raised to the
proposed change are discussed fully.
The amendment, it is held, does not in
the slightest degree trench upon the
r&teiu upon which the government is
founded. The objection is not tena
b that nny proposed change in the
uioae of electing senators can be
properly regarded as an attempt to
deprive the states, respectively as
states, in their sovereign or political
capacity, of their legal representation
iii i he fcvMiiiie. It proposes a change
in the mode only this and nothing
more by which the states respect
ively, and the people there of, shall
fiiise their representatives in the
S-iiitte. Why, asks the report, are not
the people, the qualified electors of a
a'ate, the proper mouthpiece of the
:ic in the election of senators, and
if entitled to st eak, then why not di-rec-tlv
and for themselves, and not
ti.rcusrh their representatives in state
1' iiaturf.-.?
weig.ity a 11 J principal objection
to the present system of electing Senator.-,
say a the report, is that the
p-wcr and rignt of the individual
v.,ter are hedjred about and circum
aor:bed, his will is manacled, his voli-t.f-r
paraltr.ed and he cannot vote for
Li tnoice. It carrier with it the im-p'.:'-at"Kr.
that the people, the qualified
vf ters. are, for some reason, unfit for
the full exercise of the elective fran
t i..e. Again, it is held that the pro
voked amendment is an enlargement
of the right of suffrage on the part of
tu je entitled to its exercise under
existing laws, and it tends to render
in possible the ue of improper
det hods to influence Senatorial elee
t.ocs. While it is possible that the
inducements of a wealthy and un-
--rupuloua aspirant for Senatorial
bnors may reach and influence the
u.h jcrity of a small body in the Legis
lature, such a thing would be impossi
ble were th decision left to the great
xnts of voters.
Another unanswerable objection the
-.oamittee finds to the present system
of electing senators is the great length
o? time frequently consumed in the
e ection and the consequent distraction
of the leg:,lative minds from business,
to say no'iing of the strife, ill feeling
ar.d contention tnat too often follow
it. the wake of such contests. Another
vital objection to the present system
Is that in the election of the members
of the legislature, when such legis
lature has as one of it6 duties the
selection of a senator, every consider
at ;on is losthight of except the solitary
one of how candidates, if elected, will
vutf on the question of the senator
si;. p. Public opinion, it is argued, de
n.atids the change proposed; the
drxand is loud and emphatic; pro
nounced as it is imperative; earnest as
It seems to be, although unanimous
aruoug the great masses of the people.
The tendency of public opinion, the
report concludes. i to disparage the
rn&te and depreciate its dignity, its
usefulness, its integrity, its power. If
there is an cause for this tendency
in the public mind, it should be re
moved without delay. The adoption
of the amendment will remove preju
dices now existing which are rapidly
becoming deeply and dangerously fas
tened upon the public mind, will dis
sipate all cause, excuse and pretext
f . r unjust cr iticism and will tend to
eioHte thi character, advance the
ci.gLitv and increase the usefulness of
tiit Senate.
The minority who oppose the prop
osition probably will file a report
ALLEN AGAINST DUPONT.
7h Nebraska Senator OcUnes the Populist
I'ositioit.
Wabhiscitox, March 21. In the
St nate to-day the usual routine busi
ness was abandoned, the reading of
the journal dispensed with and the
uha resolution taken up. Then Mr.
Sherman yielded temporarily to Mr.
Allen of Nebraska to state his views
oi. the claim of Mr. Dupont of Dela
ware. The statement had more than
passing interest, as the six Populist
vote., in the Senate are regarded as
decisive in the contest and this was
tt.e first expression from a Populist
Orator. Mr. Allen contended that
Mr. Dupont was not entitled to a seat
without a certificate of credentials
from the executive of the State and
that when this was lacking as in this
'afi, the courts of the State compel
he. issuance of the credentials by the
governor.
Messrs. Mitchell and Chandler called
attention to the fact that senators
now sit in the chamber who did not
hold credentials from the governor
and Mr. Mitchell sarcastically added
that this discioged Mr. Allen as the
wisest man in the senate," but Mr.
Ailen vigorously maintained his posi
tion. Mr. Gorman moved that when the
senate adjourned to-day it be to meet
next Monday. Adopted.
A CONSUL FIRED UPON.
A Spanish Soldier In Porto Rico Tries to
Kill au American Official.
New York, March 21. The steamer
Cambria from Porto Rico brought the
sews that an attempt was made on
the life of United States Consul J D.
Hall by a Spanish soldier at St. John
March 4.
Consul Hall has written to the State
department in Washington giving a
f nil report of the attempt on his life.
It was reported that the shooting was
accidental and tnt the soldier was
trine at an escaping woman prisoner.
3 A YARD !S CENSURED.
Tbe IIoa Adopts the Resolution by
Strong: Tote.
W'ASHi'.firo.v, March 21. The debate
on the resolution to censure Mr. Bay
ard, which has already occupied the
attention of the House for two days,
was resumed to-day under an agree
ment entered into yesterday to take a
vote at z o'clock.
Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania, who
was minister to Brazil under the Har
rison administration, favored the reso
lutions and said Mr. Bayard's long
service and commanding position as
an American made his offense more
flagrant and reprehensible. To show
Mr. Bayard fully recognized his po
sition as the representative of the
whole people, he read from a speech
delivered a year ago by Mr. Bayard at
Wilmington, Del., in which the am
bassador said: '-1 represent no party
as ambassador to Great Britain, but
my country and my own people."
Mr. Fairchild of .New York, took is
sue with the majority of the foreign
affairs committee as to the character
of Mr. Baj-ard's offense, expressing
regret that che committee had not
brought in articles of impeachment
instead of censure. Mr. Bayard's ut
terances, he argued, constituted a
criminal libel within the definition of
the law, and, in view of his exalted
position, a high crime against his
country.
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama, in oppo
sition to the resolution, said that this
attack on Ambassador Bayard cams
from Massachusetts, a State that be
lieved in protection for protection's
sake. Major McKinley had, on this
floor, argued in favor of high protec
tion for iron cotton ties as absolutely
necessary to their production in this
country. Cotton ties had been placed
on the free list by the Wilson bill, yet
be read a telegram from Youngs
town. Ohio, chronicling the first ship
ment of cotton ties to Bombay, India.
After several other members had
spoken briefly it was decided to vote
on the resolutions censuring Mr. Bay
ard separately.
The first resolution, being that cen
suring Ambassador Bayard, was
passed by a vote of 180 to 71. Six
Democrats voted for it and five Be
publicans against it.
Messrs. Cummings of New York,
Baiiey of Texas, Latimer of South
Carolina. Sorg and Layton of Ohio and
Cockrell of Texas, voted with the Re
publicans for the resolution, and
Messrs Cook of Illinois. Draper of
Massachusetts, Willis of Delaware.
Pitney of New Jersey and Baker of
Maryland. Republicans voted with the
Democrats against it.
The second resolution, which ex
pressed the general opinion that for
eign representatives should not male
political or partisan speeches, was
adopted, 191 to 59.
AMERICAN LOSSES IN CUBA.
Claims for Many Millions Which Spain.
Most Meet-
Washington, March 21. President
Cleveland will send a message on Cuba
to the Senate early next week, prob
ably on Monday. It will be an answer
to the resolution offered by Senator
Hoar calling on the President for any
further information in the possession
of the State department relating to
the Cuban situation, particularly with
reference to the effect of the war on
American interests. The message
will show that property of American
citizens in Cuba has been damaged
and destroyed by the operations of the
insurgents and of the Spaniards to the
extent of about thirty million dollars.
The bill which the United States
will be called on to render on behalf
of its citizens against Spain will be a
heavy one. As long as Spain persists
in maintaining that it is an insurrec
tion only that exists on the island, and
not a state of war, it is liable for all
damages inflicted to the property be
longing to the peaceful citizens of an
other nation, whether the damages
are inflicted by its troops or by those
of the insurgents.
NEW X RAYS DISCOVERY.
KdUon Find That Tunjrstate of Calcium
Is Extremely Sensitive to tbe Kays.
New York, March 1. Thomas A.
Edison has discovered, in connection
with Lis X rays experiments, a sub
stance so sensitive to the rays that by
using plates with it, he can
see the human hand at a distance
of fifteen feet. The substance
is tungstate of calcium If an object
is held between a tube generatin? X
rays and a plate coated with it, the
plate at once assumes a phosphorescent
glow wherever the rays strike it,
while at those points where the inter
vening object prevents the rays from
striking, a dark image of the object la
cast.
The tungstate of calcium is six
times more sensitive to the rays than
piatnum barium cyanide, the sub
stance heretofore used to "see" with
the X rays. Ediscn discovered its
powers after he had tried 100 sub
stances. .
Weather Forecasts on Your Letters.
Washington, March 21. The scheme
of adding the latest weather forecasts
to the regular postmarks on letters
will be commenced by the postoffice
department July 1. Applications for
this service from over forty postoffices
have been filed, and it will be intro
duced first in New York, Chicago and
other large cities.
Heavy Snow Fall in York State.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 21. The
heaviest snow fall of the season oc
curred last night. About eighteen
inches has fallen. It has drifted badly
and all traffic is impeded. Screet car
lines were opened with difficulty this
morning.
Pennsylvania Methodists Favor Women,
Willi amspop.t. Pa., March 21. The
central conference this afternoon
voted, 152 to 52, to admit women as
lay delegates to the general confer
ence. The proposition to reduce the
representation to the general confer
ence passed by a vote of 216 to 25.
Clarkson Working for Allison.
Portland, Ore., March 21. James
S. Clarkson of Iowa and party have
arrived here from San Francisco.
Speaking of his trip West, Mr. Clark
son. said: "l am on my way to the
State of Washington in the interest of
William B. Allison for President."
THE BAYAKD DEBATE
DISCUSSION OF THE CENSURE
RESOLUTION.
Dot Speeches For and Against the Am
bassador Taft of Ohio, Pearson of
North Carolina, and Gen. Grosvener
Severe in Their Criticism Schenk'a
Poker Utiles and Memory Iefended.
An Attractive lay in tiie Home.
Washington, March 20. To-day the
galleries of the House, despite the in
clement weather outside, were well
filled. After the reading of the jour
nal, Mr. Taft, Republican, of Ohio
took the floor in support of the Bayard
censure resolution. He declared that
Mr. Bayard had abused his privilege
by attacking a great political party of
his home country, and for that reason
he deserved criticism. Mr. Taft
strongly resented Mr. Bayard's classi
fication of Republican protectionists
as "jobbers and chaffers" and free
trade Democrats as "statesmen." In
closing, he said: "When the ambas
sador has reached the point where he
is willing to secure personal approba
tion at the expense of the dignity of
his own country, and when his self
importance has become so expanded
as not to permit him to recognize that
his own position and influence in for
eign lands depend upon the support of
a united, dignified and proud nation,
it is high time that this House, in re
flecting public sentiment, should by
resolutions of censure command him
to maintain the dignity of his own
country and to subordinate his own
personality to the interests and good
name of the entire American people.
Mr Pearson of North Carolina said
that he had been an admirer of the
Bayard family and of Thomas F. Bay
ard, but he believed that Mr. Bayard a
speeches deserved censure. He pre
dicted a new triumph for protection
in the coming campaign and closed by
appealing to the House to pass the
resolutions, saying: "Then if our
representatives in foreign lands can
not boast of our institutions they will
at least pay them the poor tribute of
their silent contempt. Let it never
be expunged until the day of doom or
until that day of gloom and shame
when the representatives of the Amer
can people no longer dare to defend
the fair name of their country against
all enemies, foreign and domestic;
against the assaults of the open foe
and against the insolence of the pub
lic servant who would exalt his party
by debasing his country."
Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, in reply to
the remarks made by Mr. McCreary
yesterday abouc General Schenck
while minister to Great Britain in
connection with the Emma mines and
his authorship of a volume entitled
"Rules of Draw Poker," referred to
General Scbenck's distinguished ser
vices in times of war and peace. He
could not understand the purpose of
the attack. It was not germane to
the discussion. Assuming that poker
playing: contravened the high stand
ard of morality set up by the gentle
man from Kentucky, all that was out
side of his official conduct and could
not be made a ground of censure.
Mr. McCreary said that he had made
no attack on General Schenck. No
one could ceny, however, that his
conduct had been investigated.
j Mr. Grosvenor wanted to know then
; what the purpose was. If it was not
i intended to assail the memory of a
j dead man like a ghoul, then the utter
j ances of Mr. McCreary were idle
j words. In either case, he was here to
j defend him. In regard to the Emma
i mines, the best proof of General
Scbencs's good intentions was that he
himself invested large sums of money
in these stocks and continued to pay
assessments to the d y of his death.
As to the book on draw poker he had
written out a few rules of the great
American game by request of a friend
and had been, of course, very much
chagrined when public reference to it
had been made. He abused no confi
dence when he said that General
Schenck told a friend he knew just
enough about poker always to lose his
money. As a poker player, however,
he desired to say that he died without
leaving an unpaid poker debt.
DR. BROWN VINDICALED.
Report or the Ecclesiastical Council
Which Tried the Pastor.
San Francisco, March 20. The
Congregational council has declared
Rev. C. O. Brown not guilty of immor-
j ality, but has censured him for un
i ministerial conduct. As the council
apologizes for the censure. Dr. Brown
considers his vindication complete.
Dr. Brown's explanation of the pay
meet of S-jOO to Mrs. Davidson is re
garded as weak, and Miss Over
man's strange story of love and
blackmail is given passing mention.
Dr. Brown met his congregation
last niirht. and the report of the coun
cil was read and received. The
smoothness of the meeting was sud
denly marred when a member of the
church named James offered a signifi
cant resolution, as follows:
"That the interests of this church
and congregation will be best served
3 a pastor whose name and reputa
tion have never been called into ques
tion." Immediately there was a buzz of
excitement and the noise became so
great that an attemnt was made to
clear the room of strangers. Dr.
Brown's friends rallied to his aid and
.he resolution was tabled indefinitely.
Tom Ochiltree Seriously Sick.
Nkw York. Match 20. Colonel
Thomas 1. Ochiltree is seriously sick
at his heme in this city. His physi
cian has ordered absolute quiet.
For a New last Mall Service.
Washington, March 20. Senator
J Baker's amendment to the postoffice
! bill, appropriating SSI, 200 for a fast
j mail service from Kansas City to New
ton, Kan., has been reported to the
Senate by Mr. Wolcott without recom
mendation and referred to the com
mittee on appropriations.
New Mexico's Admission Favored.
Washington, March 20. In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Davis of Minnesota,
chairman of the committee on terri
tories, reported favorably tbe bill to
admit New Mexico to Statehood.
A TRAIN ROBBER DONE UP.
Killed While Attempting Robbery off Che
Express Company.
Tulare. Cal., March 20. Two af
ficers were shot and a train robber
named Daniel McCole killed in an at
tempt to hold up the Southbound New
Orleans express near here at 3 o'clock
this morning. The robbery probably
would have succeeded if It had not
been for the perfidy of one of the
robbers.
Last night the officers in this city
were informed that an attempt would
be made early this morning to hold up
the Sunset limited. The man who
gave the information gave the details
of the plot, and said that at first he
intended to take part in the robbery.
Under Sheriff Earl Daggett and Con
stable Reed, armed with shotguns,
went to the place where the robbery
was to take place and awaited the ap
proach of the robbers.
The robbers did not 'intend to make
their presence known until after the
train had pulled out from the station,
but the officers saw the men and
opened fire. The bandits returned the
volley and Daggett was shot through
the lungs, sustaining a wound that
will probably prove fatal. Constable
Reed was shot in the shoulder.
MeCole, who is believed to have been
one of the Dalton gang, was killed.
The other robber escaped.
Officers this morning arrested Lov
ern, the keeper of a notorious dead
fall where Assessor Frank Coffee was
killed, Charles Ardell, a barkeeper.
and John Haynes, a member of the
Salvation army, supposed to be a mem
ber of the gang.
BIDS FOR SEEDS ASKED-
Secretary Morton Preparing to Carry Out
CongresV Positive Instructions,
Washington, March 20. The Secre
tary of Agriculture, in accordance
with instructions from Congress, has
prepared a circular letter to be sent
immediately to growers and dealers
in seed throughout the United States
asking them to furnish at reasonable
prices to the department 10,000,000
packets of garden, field and flower
seeds, beginning with ajparafrus and
ending with wheat. This number of
packets will give to each member and
delegate in the House of Representa
tives and to each United States Sena
tor 16,000 packets for distribution
among his constituents, after deduct
ing one-third of the whole amount, in
accordance with law, for distribution
by the Secretary of Agriculture. All
the seed must be delivered on or be
fore thirty days from the 17th of
Marcu
HOT BATTLE IN CUBA.
Insurgents Worsted With a Loss of S00
Killed and Wounded.
Havana, March 20. A hot battle
between the forces under Colonel
Hernandez and the insurgents under
Bandera and others is reported from
the neighborhood of Candelaria and
Pinar del Rio. The insurgent loss is
reported to have been 300 killed and
wounded. Of the troops Captain
Guerrero was killed and Lieutenant
Comas wounded. The official report
also says that five soldiers were killed
and fifty-six wounded. The details of
the battle are meager.
Flour Trust in Working Order.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 20. The
combination of flour millers of tbe
Northwest has gone into effect and as
a result flour has advanced slightly.
Every large mill in the Northwestern
territory or spring wheat district, ex
cept the Duluth Roller mills of Mil
waukee, and the Gem Roller mills,
also of Milwaukee, is said to be a
member of the organization. J. W.
neyward is the manager of the or
ganization, and it is said he is to re
ceive a salary of SfiOo per month.
ANTI-CHRISTIAN CRUSADE.
The Armenian Massacres So Character
ised by One Wbo Lias Been There.
New York, March 20 - W. W. How
ard, who was sent to Armenia by the
Christian Herald of New York last
September to superintend the distri
bution of the Armenian fund, has re
turned to New York.
"Of all the black spots in the
world," he said last night," the black
est is the heart of the Sultan of Tur
key. It is he who has ordered the
massacres, who is directly responsible
already for the death of 50,000 per
ssns and for the destitution of over
100,000 more. It is he who orders the
murder of men, the destruction of
whole provinces, the outraging of
women and the abduction of young
girls. . The excuse is made that the
Armenians are in a state of revolution.
As a matter of fact, a crusade against
Christianity is in progress."
ST. LOUIS MAKING READY
Preparations Under Way to Care for tbe
Great Convention Crowds.
St. Louis, Mo., March 20. The Bus
iness Men's league of St Louis has
established a bureau of information,
to supplement the work of its hotel
committee in finding accommodations
for delegates and visitors to St. Louis
during the Republican convention.and
also during the Populist and bimetal
lic conventions in July. The boarding
houses of the city are being canvassed
and arrangements are being made to
furnish accommodations to at least
30,000 visitors in addition to those the
hotels can take care of. It is believed
that the managers of the McKinley
camnaign who have rented the Expo
sition building complete for the entire
Republican convention week, will also
put cots in some sections of the build
ing. A BURGLAR KILLED.
Shot Dead by a Clerk While Trying to
Break Into a Store.
Pittsburg, Kan., March 20. Last
night about 11 o'clock, while attempt
ing to break into Hobson Brothers'
grocery store, George A. Rosin, about
19 years of age, was shot twice and
instantly killed with a Winchester
rifle by Ernest Wilson, who was sleep
ing in the store. Rosin was formerly
of Nevada, but came to this city about
three weeks ago from Sedalia, Mo.,
where an uncle, Frank Rosin, is liv
ing, and has been making his home
with another uncle, W. L. Dagley.
i SANG THE D0X0L0GY.
i
lAND DISSOLVED WITHOUT
I ELECTING A SENATOR.
The Kentucky LejrUlatnre Now m Remin
iscence and No Senator Secured Dem
ocrats Denounce Gov. Bradley In Un
measured Terms Cols. Chinn and
Gartber Clash Friends Step In and
Tbus Bloodshed is Averted.
No Senator in Kentucky.
Fbankfort, Ky., March 18. The
last joint session of the legislature
assembled to-day as peaceably as of
old. A better feeling- prevailed in the
house and a number of women were
allowed for the first time since last
Friday to enter the galleries. The
doors were thrown wide open as on
yesterday, and the same sight of bine
coats was witnessed in the corridors.
When the clerks called the roll of both
houses the Democrats refused to an
swer and the roll stood 66 present.
The ballot was then ordered for the
last vote in the race for United States
senator. Neither Democrats nor Re
publicans voted. On motion of C Z.
Brown the joint assembly dissolved,
never to meet again. Then the long
meter doxology was sung and the
gavel fell for the last time in the Ken
tucky general assembly at 12:17, with
out electing a successor to Senator
Blackburn.
As soon as the joint assembly had
dissolved, many of Senator Black
burn's friends made a rush for the
senate cloak rooms and began shaking
the hand of the champion of free sil
ver. Indications are that the legislature
will not adjourn until a late hour to
night. Representative E. T. Burnham
said after the joint session that if the
Democrats had not refused to vote to
day, both James and Walton, the two
expelled Republican senators, would
have voted.
Colonel E. H. Gaither was walking
to the Capitol Hotel when he met
Jack Chinn. Gaither said: "How are
you. Jack?" and was passing on when
Chinn replied: "Damn you, don't you
speak to me,'1 and at the same time
made a movement for his hip pocket.
Before a weapon could be drawn,
General P. W. Hardin rushed in be
tween the two men and succeeded in
preventing a fight, not, however, be
fore Gaither had saia to Chinn: "I
am ready for you at any time, sir. It
don't matter whether yon speak to
xne or not." j
W. A. Dunlap, who was given Mr.
Kaufman's seat in the house by that
body, arrived from Lexington this
morning. When asked if he would
Tote in the joint assembly, he said:
"I will not. I am here on other bus
ness." Dunlap was sent for by Colonel
Boyle, the Republican nominee for
United States Senator, but he refused
to yield to the Republican instruc
tions. In the House Mr. Harnett offered a
resolution indorsing the action of the
governor in calling out tbe militia
and Mr. Howard of Butler, moved the
previous question. In a moment
almost every Democrat in the House
was on his feet demanding to be heard.
The speaker ruled that the previous
question had been ordered and no
speeches were in order. At least half
a dozen Democrats were at it at the
same time in the greatest of confusion,
during which bayonet rule, carpet
bacgers, soldiers, militia, anarchy,
cowardice and other such epithets
were thrown at the Republicans. The
resolution was adopted by a yea and
nay vote of 51 to 4o.
The usual ballot was taken for
United States Senator to-day, the last
day, but there was no election.
A meeting of Blackburn Democrats
is to be held to-night, at which ad
dresses are to be delivered by Senator
Blackburn, General Hardin, Ollie
James and others, in which they will
claim that the fact that no United
States Senator was elected at this
session is a great victory for Black
burn. The meeting, it is said, will be
an opening of the free silver campaign
In Kentucky.
The report of the Senate investiga
tion committee in charge of Senator
Goehl will not be ready until after
the joint session. It will be very
lengthy and will 6core the Governor
unmercifully. One story has it that
the committee will recommend that
the Senate fine the Governor S500,
tofrether with imprisonment for six
months. That this is contemplated is
shown by the remark of a member of
the committee: "The committee has
power to recommend such punishment
as you have suggested. The only
thing that will prevent such a report
being made is the fact that it is known
that a number of Democratic Senators
will not consent to vote for the reso
lution." To Kestrict Immigration.
Washington, March 18. The House
committee on immigration to-day
made a favorable report on Repre
sentative W. A. Stone's immigration
bill, which provides that no alien
shall be admitted to the United States
without a certificate from a United
States consul in the country from
which he hails that he is eligible. Mr.
Bartboldt of Missouri, chairman of
the committee, was strongly opposed
to the measure.
Indians Murdered by Whites.
Billings, Mont., March 1U. News
has reached here of the killincr of two
Indians belonging to the Shoshone
tribe in Northern Wyoming by three
white men, who then stole their
horses. The murderers escaned into
Montana and sold the horses. They
are being pursued by United States
Marshal McDermott of Wyoming.
The f ree Seed Isaac
Washington, March 18. The ques
tion of the constrnction of the seed
resolution which has now become a
law has been referred by Secretary
Morton to both the Attorney General
and the comptroller of the treasury
for opinions. Parliamentary arrange
ments for carrj-ing tbe law into effect
have been made by the agricultural
department and Secretary Morton
says that he will execute to the letter
the law as constructed by the Attorney
General. The reference of the matter
to Comptroller Bowler is to prevent
. any holding up of the expenditure ao-
I counts
CARLISLE A CANDIDATE.
Hi Name to Be Presented to the Chlcape
Convention.
Washington, March 18. Secretary
Carlisle is a candidate for the Presi
dential nomination at Chicago, and
public announcement to that effect
will soon be made by one of the Secre
tary's close friends in the Senate.
This announcement, however, will not
be made until President Cleveland has
formally stated his purpose not to per
mit his name to be used in the conven
tion in connection with a third term.
It is learned on excellent authority
that the President has fully decided
upon this course, and it is expected
that he will nfake known his deter
mination within a short time.
Although Secretary Oluey'B name
has been considered with favor among
the Democratic leaders, it is known
that he does not desire the nomina
tion. It is undoubtedly true that Mr.
Carlisle's candidacy will have the sup
port of Mr. Cleveland and the mem
bers of the cabinet. He will go before
the convention as the representative
of the sound money views of the ad
ministration. His faiends, in conduct
ing the canvass for Mr. Carlisle's nom
ination, will urge that it be laid upon
a sound money platform, and, if he be
successful at Chicago, will then make
this issue prominent in the campaign
leading up to the November election.
Representative Patterson of Tennes
see has received from Secretary Car
lisle the following letter in response
to ex-Speaker Crisp's declaration that
silver had received unfriendly treat
ment at the secretary's hands:
"In answer to your question I can
only say that in all the operations of
the treasury department during my
administration of its affairs the legal
tender gold and silver coins of the
United States have been treated pre
cisely alike, except that greater ef
forts" have been made to keep silver
coin in circulation than have been
made to keep gold coin in circulation.
The amount paid out by the depart
ment in silver coins and silver certifi
cates, greatly exceeds the amount paid
out in gold coins and gold certificates,
and in no instance has the least dis
crimination been made against silver
or its paper representative.
"It has always been the policy of
the Treasury department to encourage
tbe use of silver to the largest possi
ble extent, and in order to accomplish
this, standard silver dollars will be
sent by express at the cost of the gT"
ernment to anyone who will deposit
an equal amount in silver certificates
or in treasury notes of 1830 with the
United States treasurer or any assist
ant treasurer or with a national bank
depository, and subsidiary silver coins
will be sent by express at the expense
of the government to anyone who will
deposit with such officers or banks
any kind of United States currency or
national bank notes; but gold is not
sent to anybody free of charge.
Editor Bole, of Washington, Kan., Beast.
Washington, Kan., March Id
Jacob T. Hole, editor and proprietor
of the Post-Register of this city for a
long time, one of the leading Repub
lican editors of Northern Kansas and
popularly known as the "fighting
editor," died here last evening from a
complication of disorders and after a
lingering illness. He leaves a wife
and eight children.
Al ad rid I'abllc impatient.
Madrid, March Id. The press ana
public here express disappointment
and impatience at General Weyler's
failure to suppress the Cuban insur
gents, who are still scouring the pro
vinces of Havana, Pinar del Rio and
Matanzas, and burning plantations,
villages, eta, on as extensive a scale
as they were doing during General
Campos' command-
Sisters Snrrnnib to Sorpery.
Chicago, March i&. At Pratt sani
tarium, Sunday morning, Mrs. A. W.
Dickinson and Mrs. Sarah Blish of
Seymour, Ind. , sisters died while be
ing operated upon for cancer. Mrs.
Blish was the wife of the founder of
the Blish Milling company, the largest
concern of the kind in Southern Indi
ana, and her sister was the wife of
W. A. Dickinson, the former general
manager of the Missouri Pacific rail
road. Incendiaries at Kfflngham. Kan.
Atchison, Kan., March 18. Smi'h
& Pierce's new elevator, the Missouri
Pacific depot and three freight cars
burned at Effingham last night. The
loss is estimated at S",000. A number
of incendiary fires have occurred in
that vicinity of late. This m the sec
ond time the elevator has been burned
in the past four months.
ONE CHARGE NOT PROVED.
Tbe Rev. Mr. Brown Acquitted of Im
morality With Mrs. Ntockton.
San Francisco, March 18. The
council that is sitting in judgment on
the Rev. Mr. Brown has acquitted
him. after a long debate, of the charge
of immoral conduct with Mrs. M. A.
Stockton. They based their opinion
on the fol'owiug facts: That Mra
Stockton was not a woman whose tes
timony could be taken for the truth;
that no evidence was introduced
strong enough, in a legal sense, to
convict the pastor; that he had shown
Mrs. Stockton great kindness in the
way that a Christian minister should,
and that she had taken advantage of
that kindness.
Powers Would Not Support Spain.
London, March l& Tbe Berlin cor
respondent of the Times say that the
Hamburger Correspondent, which is
often used as an official mouthpiece,
believes that the powers would refuse
to intervene in support of Spain. in
the Cuban affair against the United
States.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The British-Egyptian troops have
left Cairo on their advance into the
Soudan.
Herbert Booth will retire from the
command of the Canadian Salvation
Army June 1.
The Government has called for
deposits on all banks holding gold
deposited for bonds.
The House naval committee has de
cided upon the building of a naval dry
dock at Algers, La.
The Government cotton report
makes out the cotton Crop of !895 to
be about 6.200.000 bales.