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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , FRIDAY MORNING , JANUARY HO , 1885. NO , 192 ALLIED FARMERS. Delallfid Proceedings of tbc Annnal Meeting at LiccolD , The Attendance Small Bat Interest I est Intense , Exposition of the Tariff by Eon , J , Sterling Morton. Addresses by Prof. Bussey and President Burrow. Oapt. Stiokol Denounces the Or \ ganization of the Oilier Lively EpocolicB Tlio Hcgnn Bill nnel Senator Vnn AVyclc's ( Course Kriilorncel. MEKTINO. Spociil Corrrespondooco of TUB BEK. LINCOLN , January 2'J. The Nebraska State Farmers' alliance which concluded iti labors last evening after a twj days'eeisinn was very poorly attended. Only a dozen counties wu o represented , and those cblolly located In the immediate neighborhood. Tills lack of atten dance was in many respects gigniflcent. It Is by no moans'to ho taken as proof that the alli ance has gene to pieces. The twenty-nine thousand votes which were polled two months ago for J. Sterling Morton , the fusion candi date for governor , In excess of the vote polled two years igo for Morton , shows there is con- hiuVrablo vitality In the organization. It Is rather a proof of hard times , anil A LACK 01 ? CONFDENCE. in the preicat legislature. The farmers who constitute the alliance fool tno hard times this winter more than any other class. They can not alford to pay railroad fares and hotel bills for n trip to Lincoln merely to air their grievances when tboy know that their prayers nnd remonstrances call upon deaf rare. And the cauto of the marked absence of the rank and file Is doubtless clue to the want of energy nnd ability displayed by Mr. 1' . U. Koynnlds who has been for two years president of the alliance. Mr. Koynofds is an honest and well meaning man but he baa cei qualification forsurh a responsible position , which requires an active , wide-awake organizer. The even ing session of Wednesday was monopolized by long-ninded essays which had no bearing whatever on the issues with which the alii auco Is trying to grapple. J. Sterling Mor ton d livered himself of a carefully prepaiet : address which ho read from printed slips. It was in thu main a clear and iorciblo argument IN I'AVOB OF FBKB TRADE Iv devoted chiefly to a contradiction of Sam llaudall's speech in the south. Thn following aiu tbo principal points made by Morton : A tariff laid upon Imports for the purpose of railing a revenue is n tax. If such a tax , by a tar i If , bo juttly levied and collected , and results only in the revenue renutrcd for an economical administration of the government. I can toe no objection to it , because nil taxei must be taken tiom thu exchanges of the people ple , or thu property of the people ; and it mat ters not whither upon exchange ) from other countries , commodities from other nations , or from internal exchansoi and he me pro duct ! if they only bo equal and ju-t. A tarilf for revenue ntfor 'B ' very little prcttctinrij and u tariff for proUct'em affords very ittlu revenue. Where the inc'dent of protection begins the Incident of ravtnno diminishes. If a litt'e ' protection Imperfect protoct'on ' bo a good tlnnx for all the 51,000,030 Americans , then much protection perfect protection will be a better thing for all these millions of human beings. The tariff for raising revenue by collecting duties on Imports ovf rybndy ad- mils to bo n tax. Therefore n tarltf for pro tection which kops out imports and thereby enhances the prices of tbojo home products which are thus given a monopoly of thoAmer- ican markets , must ba and is , a far greater tax , and all the more unjmt. IT is UNJUST. because it makes an artificial price for the thing * we have to buy by shutting o't compe tition from abroad , and bec.iu.ie while it thus takes all the people it brings little , if any revenue ( o the national treasury. It compels us by law to contribute of our earnings not nolely to the support of the goveinmnnt , butte to the direct malnti nance of a favored chss cf citizens engaged in certain manufactures which ai tbus In ( tatuto spawned monopo lies. The distinction between tariff for rev enue ) and a tarilf for protection Is plain. A tariff for revenue takes money from all of us i uud place ! it where it belongs in the treasury of tlio people. A tariff for protection takes money fierni ill of 114 , and gives it to a few ol ii > . and ic is ngaicst this miiiue of the sov ereignty in taxing the whole for the beneUt nnd enriclunout of thu few that wo protest. It is CLASS LVQISI.ATION. It IH an avoldanco of tbo constitution ! ) imitation of the taxing power. Ic is not fo thu payment of the public debt. It is not fo the common defense. It I'M nut to proinot the general welfare of thu United States. I pra\ents revrnun with which to p y th publio debf. It weakens the means of cum inon defence. It is antagonistic- the genera' welfare of the United Stiles. Anythinj which urtificiiiliy enhances the price of th ] necessary nit Idea in common use in thn home of tha multitude though it may make mil | llonairea of n few men U pgtiust the genera welfare ) rf the United Stiles. Tha groate-s good to the greatett number uin never bo secured cured to a people whose government levio the trreatrst taxes on the proa tot t number fo tho.bcnefit cf the smallest iiumbar. The oil maxim Is thus reversed , and the great elFor if , by the ) protective tyitom , to give th greatest good by un unrighteous uaa of th povvorto tax to thu minimum monopolies and ut the expense of the maximum public Morton denied that KI\EC \ TIIADK WAS Of BRITISH OUKIIN' , though ho contended that if that wera true I would be no objection to It. lie enioted a length from the report of Kob' . J. Walker n-crotary eij U i troisury , made leo. 3 , lm > prior to the adoption ot free tnula by Kiiq I nd , after which were considered furthe objections to protection , I , It Is not the business nf government t attempt the redistribution of thn rewaids a Industry. It is not the duty rf Uw-rcakeis I congre a or in Hthtes to too that any clots c ineu are making money. When an induitr is depeetsed in the vicissitude * of affairs it i not legitimate fur thotu engaged in it to at cougreni to tax their neighbors for their n lief , Congress cannot be nude justly to ren force contribution , from all the people t maintain a few of them in any branch c lm'ina-s. II 1'rotectinn ia a struggle of gelhsrtnetu "Ka h Interest"te > quota trora I'/of. 1'errj of WllliniuH1 college ( win is acknowledged i the vi tor an head of political economise I Amerlci ) , i'endeavors to get itself protecto that the teat UiaU not bo protected. tHK UOOL NUIN for example , are anxioui for high duties o foreign woolens , but are much lesi anxioi for huh duties nn foreign woolt. Tlie'ww growen , howiver , do nut see why they are n < to mmuch entitled to protecticn , tint la to ' lo rob tha public , ai the woolen , manufactu era. It woull be difficult/er anybody to be why they ate not entitled tp it. Which the * h ll get the better cf tha waya and mean It le a qnestion of lobbie * . or direct bribery III. ProUc'lon U WMteful wav to real Jhe end propped by | t. Jt iaii claimed jJ8n iJful to encourage weak tranche * famines * , Let uuupporB for th argumeol * Or S sake , what wnuld be folly In realitv to concede - cede , that It in desirable lor the publicl * en- c'Urage ft presently unprofitable business. How can it most cheaply and certainly do thi ? C.'cirly by odetlng a direct bounty on all th.t Is pioduced , thus letting the public know what It gets for what It gives. Moiton was followed by Prof. Buisoy In a long cs , y on the "grasses" of Nebraska. WEDNESDAY'S SESSION was dovolod to business aad the discuuion of needed railway legislation. The greater part nt the cession was taken up In the discussion of methods of woik nnd more thorough organization , after which thu body prrcee-ded to the election of cflicer ? , with the following result : OFKICKRS. President , J. Burrow * , Melteir. VIce-1'rofldcnts-Flrrt district , Allen Rcoi of Don lan ceunty ; Second district , L. D. Wlllard of Thayer county ; Third dl tiict , A. A. Stcadwcll of Buffalo county. Secretary , L. Darling of Junlaln. Thi following committee was appointed to confer on railruad anel tax legislation , and tei appear be-lore the railroad ceimmlttotj of the legislature : Root , Butrows , 1'oy.nter , Han- tun and Darling. After a debate of C parV railroad bill by Bruit , Burrows , 1'oynter , Capt. Stickel nmt others the nnw president , Mr. Burrows , read a paper on the DISCRIMINATION IN RAILROAD KRKtelHT. The firitt division of the subject aS4tro tf el by Mr. Burrows , was discrimination in rail- ro d freights as related to free guvtrnraent. Heproccedtd torhnw the power which was placed in the bands of the rnllio d c mpanies bv the ability to giyo onn dealer ever so slight nn advantage over an n'her in shipping. The gains thty make by this ho enumerated as follows : 1. Influential friends for the roads. 2 A metns of perpetuating their political power. 8. A method of making re-prisils. They are enabled by these moans to hold almost absolute control of thu business ot the country , and thus hold a preponderating advantage in political contnsts. The second division of the subject was tha difference made in the rates for long and short hauls The speaker stated that the rates on this side ol thu Mitsouri river were seven times higher than on the other side. Mr , Burrows gave THE llKSfLT 01' TUB PRESENT SVSTSil of high local rates and low rates for long hauls ; 1. The building up of grea1 centers of pop ulation at the expense of the country gen erally. 2. The prevonslon of the divert ideation of industries. 3. The building up of an ariVccracy of wealth. Manufacturing and consumption inqht to go on side by side. Even when the raw ma terial is produced at a distance it can be ship ped into thu vicinity of the consumer more cheaply than tbu manufactured products. This can be done under a system of low local rates. High local rate ) force business into unnatural channels The products of the toil go now to the retail buyer , then tu the jobber , then to the wholesaler , then to the tnanufac- tmer , then back again through the hands of wholesaler , jobber and retailer until it gets back to the point where it started , with from 200 to 2,000 percent added to the cost. Under this system GREAT CITIES ARE BUILT Dl1 , which are a standing menace to our free in stitutions. Operatives are crowded together in cities wh ° ra It is impossible f-rthemto breathe healthy air , and whqro the cost of property is such as to make _ it impossible for them to secure homes < f their own. If all this wera changed If low local rites wore lusUtnUdTand manufactured articles could be cheaply. ' eJjstrUmted , there would be moro manu'acturer/'moro labor , moro activi ty , more population , more business for the roads , more culture and bapplccss. At thu clpse of" hla'nddreas a gentle- rr-an in t ho ? " audience gaveTan Instance illustrating thu short and long haul discrimination. He has sent a car from Hartford , Conn. , to UnadllU , Neb. From Hartford to Lincoln , 1,001 milo' , the charge was $200 , and from Lincoln to Unadillaabout twenty-five miles , was § 20. Allan Root then spoke on why RAILItOADS SHOULD BE CONTROLLED by law. The points ho made were as follows _ 1. The railroads pet their charters and right of way freim the legislatures and the body that brought them into existence should have the right of controlling them. 2 , Fooling should bo prohibited by law , be - cause the railroads have been aided by binds and otherwise with the expectation that there woull be free competition between them , 3. Rebates should be prohibited , bf cautc the system is simply a process oF takinc mineyout of the pocket of the less favored individual to put it into that of the ono tc , whom the rebate goes. The speaker believed that the railroads could cut down their rates one-batf and still make a good profit. If they would do this the farmers would have moro capital which they would put into their fauns. Thej would raise more anel there would be more to transport. By ne > t oing this they were standing in tbclr own light , , H. 11. Wood _ of Greenwood , fallowed Mr Root in a brief ( pencil in which ho urged thi necessity of A rOLITIOAL AWAKKNINe ! Among the farmers. Theyemght to find on . how many Church Howes were coming to th senate. Church Howe controlled the senat as easy as ony of them controlled their fain ilies. He was the worst CUKJ in the senate. alor Mr. Poyntcr gwo an illustaation of dli or crimination that occurred in his county. Sev ta eral merchant * resolved to go up on thu mar It ket and buy grain , believing that they couli 10 do better for the farmers thnn the elevate 10n men were dtlng and at the pamo time aelvei nil tire themselves. The elevator men tried t run them out by putting up the price , bu g failed , Then they"got the 'railroad "to refusi f.s to furnlth caiti for loading except at tbaeleva | . tor. The merchants then proposed to buili nl an eleva'or. The compasy refused to giv 8t them track room for their elevator , refused t . build a tide track to an elevator which the OS proposed to build on their own ground , ani or refused finally to let them have cars if the would build an elevator on their own grouni and build their own eidt-tracks They hate to drop the ) project anil the farmers did no get the rejult of ilia competition. CAI'T. STICKEL. in a very stirring speech reviewed the cours pursued by tno dominant patty in organizln the legislature. The election of Chu'rc Howe as president of the senate and Alle Field smaker of the house was In defiance c the popular will and an unconditional surrot der to the monoj > olist-i and jubhers. A letter from Hon. R S. Male > Doyof Hurr bolcltv'ivno had been invited to be present , be could not come , was read. ° RKbOLUTIONH. of inof The following leso'utions , presented by Mi of Burrows , were adopted : Kesolved , That the pafage of the Ruga bill through the United States house of rep ik resentatives on the ) 8 h of January , 188T > , by re- vote of more than two to one , was a sign : nto triumph of the people over railroad rnonopt to lies , that gives an earneit of better da ] of coming. ofH. Itoolved , Hist if mid lieigan bill shou ! H. defeated by railrotd attorneys and monie y , inoneipoli-its nf the United 8ttte nt-nit ? , au as thus the of inter-atal in postpone regulation our - eel commerce , for which th ] > eople o the Unite States have been 10 long etui nnxioiul waiting , an Indignant pttoplo will know whei to place the responilbllitj. on Resolved , That this ttata alliance heartil and unreservedly approves the couriu of Hoi C. II. Van Wyclc , senior senator from Ni lot braika , anel regards him as an able and foai lens chumpion of the rights of tha people. rea Re olvtd , That the creation of a commi ' ea alon by law for the regulation of railraadi I on Nebraska , if not in violation of the conatlti . tion of our state , would not remedy thu evl r-r complained of by our citizens. to of I Before buying your lumber eliewher it'll call on Geo.A. Hoagland. LEGISLATIVE GRIST. An Abstract of ite CrapM Wsta ol Nibraskas'SflloBS. ' Considerable Ohaff With but Pew Grains of Sense , The First Installment of the . Legislative Proceedings , _ _ _ * Evolved at Lincoln Daring the Present Session , Mora Will Follow as Soon as this is Digested , So Tlmt | the Count i y May ! Know Tliat Otir Lx'KlslntUf ) Is Not Idle. LEGISLATIVE GIUST. Spacial Corrcipondence to the BEK. LINCOLN , January 29. The delay in the printing of bills which was the principal fur the present adjournment of the legislature has prevented anything like a searching inquiry into the contents of the vast number of bills that have been introduced and rcfetred to committees , I have taken pains to dijest the contents of about 150 bills that have been , referred to the two houses by the public piinter and are now able to present a classified abstract of proposed legislation. TAXES AND REVFNOB. There are about twenty-five bills pending in both houses repealing or amending the present revenue snd tax laws of these Church Howes senate No. 1 and 21 repealing tbo present tax laws so far as they make taxes delinquent January 1st and Impose a penalty of C per ceut Is duplicated by halt a dozen other bills In both houses. Of these snate file No. 15 is a slight variation , and 44 Miekeljohn'a bill is identical with No. 1. House , No. 3 Introduced by Olmstoad , makes tbo tax on personal property dolinquen January 1st each year with 6 per cent pen ally ; on real esUto , except in cities of thr Brst class , dellneiuent May 1st with 10 pe cent interest House , No. 16 By Cox , Jnakes all taxe excepting in cities of the first-class dellrquen January 1st each year , while unpaid taxe are to draw 10 per cent interest per annum. House , No. 29 By Martin is similar to No. 10. so also the same is true of house , No. 35 by Carr. House , No. 40 by Buffinpton makes all taxes delinquent on the first of filav , all unpaid to etraw 10 per cmt. interest. House No. 63 by Aiken and No. 04 by Taagait are identical with No. 40. , . House , No. HO by Smith , regulates notices of sale by lanel for delinquent taxes. House , No. CO by Kouny , regulates the duties of collectors taxes in countlej under township organization. Howe , No. 70 by Kouny , makes pnnonal tax03 delinquent May 1stVtnd contains iro- vltiuiis for collection of delinquent taxes. .House , No. 71 by Newcomer , , extends the time for payment of taxes for 1881 to May 1st , 1883 , and remits the penalty. House , 78 , Ore ok , provides ter.nssetsment of railroad" " and telegraph property by counties. , House , No. f9 , Emerson , regulates the assessment of taxaUo property at one-third of its cash value. House , 00 , by Cole , makes taxes , excepting city taxes in cities of the first class , delin quent January 1st , penalty D per cent. , inter- But 7 per cent. : House , No. 105 , King , limits taxation for county purposes to one and one-third per cent..unless authorized by a vote of the people. House , 114 , Neligh , is similar to 105. House , 12i , prescribes the duties of asses- so s and provides for the taking of state census. House , 151 , Bailer , regulating procedure of county beards rf equaliz tion. House , 15 Johnson , R gulates the sale of real estate for delinquent taxe ? . House , 111 Kalley , Makes one-half of annual t xcs delin quent Jan. 1 : remainder May 1. House , 14 Holt , Authorizes a general tax levy by towns and cities , to provide for watsr mpply. CODNIY GOVERNMENT. Senate , 2-Howe , Requiring claims against coiintus to be audited , Senate , 8 McAllist.T , a rimilarbill. Senate , 10 Sewers , Provides for payment of fee to county olficers and to tecuro pay ment therefor. Senate , 17 Hastings , Provides for olnstlem of registrar of deeds in each county having over 1C 000 inhabitants , pay of registrar to bo the fees prescribed by ( he bl 1. < Senate , 19 Day , To provide for depositing county funds by county treasuier. This bill rrquires a treasurer to advertise for bids from banks , the best bidder to bo designated county depository. Senate , J8Dol.in , Provides for establish , ment of public roacin , Senate 30-Hacbal , Repeal of townshlr. organization. Sern'e , 35 Howell , Similar to Senate 2-8 Howe 2 Scovill. Regulating payment ol claims by counties and prescribing mode ol appeal by claimant. House , 101-Robertson , Duties o overeeen of roads and collection of nnd tax , Howe , 1010-Nettleton , Similar to 104. House , 131 Lee of Merrick , Prohibit ob : standing of roads and highways. House132 Osgood , Ueiiniug boundaries o , Logan county. House , 131 Henry , Method of voting foi road supervisorj. Home , 7 Rice , Fixing componsatlon o officers of villages ns follows : clerk , treasure and attorney $150 each annua ly ; martin $100 , House , 12 Conger , Regulatingallowanceo claims by c unities and method of appeal. House , 15 Cox , Permitting tax payers t appeal from allowance of claims by c , unties House , 18 King , Regulating uxpenditun of road tax. House 30 Holsworth , Regulating establish at meut and vacation of roads. House , 120 Poyntcr , Method of dntormin ing permanent location of county seats. House. 143 Kmerton , Directing publica Cr. tion serm-annually of statement of business o county treasurers. an House , 120 - Johnston , Method of defininj town boundaries and dutiei of town officer * . - Pa House , 38 White , Providing penalty of no lal less than $95 nor more than $100 for failure o countv treasurers to publish report cf llnancia condition of count v. IIous9,39 White , Providing for lee tlon o county seats , where location of same has nave tld been submitted to electors. edmi House , 45 Johnston , Fixing fees nf count' mi treasurers as follow * ; under $3000. ten pe ito cent ; S3000 to 85000 , four per cent ; all obov BU this sum , two per cent ; sale of land * for delln ily quent tar , five per cent ; mileage ten cents peat House , CO Cornelius. Regulating ullowanc ily of claims against counties. in. House , 1U2 Thomas , of Cas , Authorizin counties to pay bounties for killing wolvei tr- wildcat * and coyotes , and draw on nut trcasury Ureame. * IIAILBOADJ AND OOUI'ORATIONB. tu Senate , No. It Spencer , Legalizing imr lU mons upon certain ollicen and corpor tie employes , benate , 12 Spencer , Requiring rtJlroftc incorporated or chartered In other sUtei I re. incorporate In Nebraska bofora it can acquli real eilatu by parchaio or lease. Senate , 14 Snell , Regulating passenger rates and charves for baggage , Senate , 29-Gcohntr , Prohibiting liiglur charge on freight between points in Nebraska and Chicago than is charged from points east of Missouri liver. Hou c , 49-Bnmner , Creating Innrd of rillroad and warehouse commissioners , con sisting of pecroUry of itaV , auditor and treasurer. This bill ii a copv ot Illinois' warehouse anil railroad commissioner law. House , 0 Henry , Fixing passenger fares on railroads at three cent ) per mile ; $5.0 pen * alty for violation. House , 8 Hailoy , Fixing passenger rates on raihoids at three cents a mile ; alto providing that inUroidi ihall furnish accommodations for passengers on freight trains , Penalty for xiolation $200 , to go to school fund. House9 Casper , Kstablithitg uiifonn freipht and pweneer rates nn rntlrna-is ; pro hibiting ditcrimlnatlon and fixing freight rates at ? 3.bO per car load liret twenty-nvo inilof , $2 50 for each additienal twenty-fivn miles. Rttes ou hcrses , mules or asses , $7,50. Wny freight in less than car Kti , five cents per 10J pounds for each twenty-live miles , Passnn- Rer rates , thrco cents per tnlln Pepnlty fe.r onrh violation not Ion than $200 , \wi.h lm- ririsonment. House , -Harian , Fixing paufnitr rites at three cants per mile. Penalty , not loss than $200 and imprisonment. S House , 23 Ktnerson , pioviding-'that rail road corporations shall make annual reports of business to the auditor of public accounts. Detailed schedules are included in the bill. House , 118 Casper , concerning liability of railroad crmpanloit for personal injtirics. House , 116 Kehop , regulating style nnd construction of cars tor transportation of llvo K * > ck , providing double deck car * forhoga anel sheep. noine , 231 Railroad committee , fixing pamnger fyrca at three cents per mile ; ten cents additional when fare is paid on cars ; hrugago 150 pounds ; penalty not less than $23. $23.House House , 51 Brunner to prove nt extortion and unjust discrimination by railroads In pas senger and troifcht toll. Ibis is a very ex haustive railioad regulation LIH with complete schedule of maximum rates for freight am passenger traffic. FOREIGN NEWS. BRADLAUall'S NOVEL MEASURE , LONDON , January 29. At tlio conference o roorescntattvesof British Industries , upon th subject of wages , Charles Brndlaugh pro posed a novel measure of relief for existing commetcial and wage depression. Ho advo cated compnlpory cultivation under the pau- alty of forfeiture of all tillable lands at proa ent uncultivated , AFTER BLOCKADE RDNNEB8. PARIS , January 29. The government has ordered Admiral Courbetto vigoroutly enforce the rieht of search against evtry Vessel flying a neutral flig , and attempting to run the blockade of 1 ormota , All powers are noti fied. ' IIR JOHN HEIGHT'S REMAHKS. BIRMINGHAM , January 29. John Bright addressed a crowded mooting this evening , He said tint the question of the reestablishment - ment of the English State church would not be an opportune ona in the pre < ent century , and asserted that the next parliament would probably grant free trade in the land. The Goal vvnr Special Telegram to Tun BKB. Nnv Yoim , January 29. The Pennsyl vania railroad has notified its customers to make no contracts for coal with the coal com bination , as the company propoto to supply coal at a lower price than the combination con possibly make. There is go od authority for the statement that secret reductions in tbo prices of broken and egg efzes.have been nnde. They alto announced lbt % the Lohigh Valley railroad company hai'f-jroduced' tolls on pea and buckwheat coal twenty cents between Mauch Chunk and Philadelphia. The coal war has , thoieforo , acjually begun , although the fight is nt-t yet warm , I'BESinENT KLEOT CLEVELAND will ccme to Now York next Monday and re main until the following Saturday. After his return to Albany he will ilmt himself up In his Wlllet el Mot residence , and receive no callers. Ho will devote his whola fine to pre paring bis inaugural address and the farming of his cabinet. It i said that tha visit of ex- Governor Glick of Kansas , and Jas. K , Boyd of Nebraska , to the president-elect was in the interest of Dr. Miller of Omaha , a mem ber of the national committee , for postmaster general. It is also hinted that Chairman William H. Bnrnuin would like to PCO Senator McDonald of Indiana in the cabinet , London Bankers on American Secari- tlOR. Special telegram to the BEE , NEW YORK , January 29. A cablegram to theTelFgrain to-day gives Interviews with loading London bankers on American Invest ments. Baring Bros , said : "Thereis no doubt that all the restoration of confidence must originate on tno American aide. " J. S. Morgan & Co. agreed that a revival in Investments in American securities must originate in America , whtn it would be promptly taken up here. "We see trade look ing better and people are beginning to make money again , who in six months will have money tu invent. Improvements in trade mu t forerun the samu in securities. The first advice wo would ftivo Americans is to arouse a stimulus and to cense coining silver. ' Alfred Do Rothschild said : "Improvement can only come from America , oil changes in , Kurope must originate in Now York , 1 don't suggest any remedy because the pres ent bad market is more ) owing to bad trade which time nlono can cure. Poor manage ment in some cases has produced the bael effect universally seen hero oa American in vestments. " Opening of Iowa's New Capitol. DBS MOINIS , January 29. The forma opening of the executive ) chambers of the nev capital occurred this evening- , and was thi occaiion of a reception by Qov. Eherman , as ! slated by ox-Governors Merrill and Stpnc Thu wpltol was brilliantly lighted , and.fron dome to basement it was thronged with thousand visitors till a Jato hour. The nev 0 < executive offices , four in number , are elegant ly finished , and furnished in a beautiful ant costly manner. In point of elegance , beautj and convenlerce they are said to be unsur passed in the United States. , A state convention of jobbers and maim fecturers was held in this city to-day and i state organization perfected for the purposei * of mutual protection and advantage , A. B George , of Cedar llapliti , presided over the morning session and James Watt , of Dei Moin , wus elected permanent president ot RedolutloKB were adopted denouncing thi otot present unjust discriminations ot in freigh otal rates , and the manifest intention of railroad alof to build up Chicago nt the expense of thi of commercial Interests of tbo Iowa cities. cr Dynamiter CunnJn liam'd Antcco ty denta. fi ST. LODIH , January ! , The Po t-Despatcl ve printed an article thU evening Dwed on i 3- statement by a person whom it calls a vvel known local dynamiter , to the effect tha Cunningham , who woa recently arrested Ii London , lived h rn two year * ' a/o under th name of .Michael Borne , and was written u ] at that time as being fu > l of a tchemo to blov up all thu publio bulldogs in the Englisl capital. A Monument to Correspondents. DUBLIN , January 29. Tha Jri h Times pr < poses that member * of the London lueaa raise monument In honor of John Alexandi to Cameron and Herbert , warloorroipondent Ire killed In the battle on ths 1'Jtb Imtrnt i Ccoudao. . , i WASHINGTIW NEWS , Amentont to llie Bnlwer Treaty The Eatifioation of the Nioarau- gua Treaty a Failure ! The Attitude of the United States in the Congo Oonforanoe ( The Steamship "Waohusott Or dered to Ecuador for The Froteotion of Julius B. Santos a Naturalized .American , 'Who Is GbnrRCilVltH Promoting a Revolution Against tit At Govcrnmout , WASHINGTON NOTES. THK NATIONAL IOA1H > OK THADK. WASJIINQTON , January 29. This alternoon the membera of the national board of trade called in a body upon the president , Fred erick A. Conkling introduced Mr. Fraley to the president. Mr , Fraley. addressing the president , spoke highly of Arthur's adminis tration nnd said that it had commended Itself to the national board. WASHINGTON HTAK OFFICE BCHNKD. 'WASHINGTON , January 21)The ) Evenintr Star building was partially burned this morn ing. The paper is , however , being published asumal. Loss about $25,000. Fully iiv surod. The ecnato went into executive soseion at 12:30 : to-day and the suspended vote of last night upon Senator Vance B motion to post pone tnc action upon the Nicaragua treat ; was considered , roiulting In a defeat of the motion , 22 to 2o. Senator Sherman's amend ment looking to the abrogation on the modlti cation of the Olajton-Bulwer ttcaty was then discuss d some hours , and comicg to n veto in the committee of the whole , was defeated , 27 to 28. The second Sherman amendment looking to a discrimina tion in the tolls was defeatea without a divis ion. The treaty was then reported to the sen ate and the vote upon the Sherman amend ment relating to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was again taken up , resulting in its adoption , SO to J.9. A vote wa * then taken upon the treaty itself , and thir-two senators voted for its ratification , while" .twenty-three voted against It. The affiimatlvo vote being lest than two-thirds at the whole number voting , the treaty was not ratified , Secretary Chandler to-day telegraphed In structions for the United States steamship Wachueett , of the Pacific squadron , to pro ceed to Guayaquil , Ecuador , for the protec tion of Julius K. Santos a naturalized Amer ican citizen , Imprisoned there for alleged com pllcity in the rebellion , and whose speedy execution is apprehended. The civil service commission are , in consid eration of tbo proposition in the classification of employes , coming within the provisions of the civil sorvica act , all government employed enumerated in the laws relating to the civil service , except the officers nominated by tha ptoeident and confirmed by j ; the fenatc , and employes below 900 grade. Stwh okwlfication would include.-chiefs" of divisions , asa'stant chiefs and a number of special'department ofs fleers who ore not subject to confirmation by the senate. QTho committee for selecting n prand mar- snal for the inauguration ceremonies will probably select General Don Cirlos Buell , in the event that General McClellan declined General Buoll llvad in this city for many years prior to 1801 , and is well known to all old citizens. TIJE CONGO OONFEHENCE. 5JSSSI' WASHINGTON , January 29. In response to the house resolution calling for the inforiua- respecting the participation of the United States in the Congo conference , the president to-day sent the house the preliminary report submitted by the state secretary , leaving the transmission of papers to follow. Fiellnghuy- 8en intimates that no special credentials were given Kaenon to attend the conference as a delegate of the government and that none were needed. Keseon being already accred ited minister to Germany. The instructions Bent to Wasson were , "Brief but nretise as to exclusion on questions ot territorial jurisdic tion. " Sanford , associate delegate , accred ited by a letter from Frellrghuyien , to the minister of foreign affairs in Germany. Stanley was not accredited o herwise than by Kasion'i ) personal Introduction , neither Sanford - ford or Stanley have had a vote in proceed ings. The report say : ' 'Tho d epal tmont of _ Btoto has no reason to f eal otherwise than satisfied with the discretion , prudence and ability with which KBBHOU has carried out the Inxtructionb given him betides limiting the position of the United States to one of commercial interest disassociated from the questions of territorial control. He has been attentive that no act on our pact shall deviate from thn consistent na tional policy. It has been eald that the prin- clplo on which the conference is discussing with respect to Africa are at variance with ' which the United States have over maintained in respect to American continental- cases and diametrically converse to the venerated doctrine put forth by. Monroe was simply thai the time had pasted for obtalt > ing fresh foot , holds on the American continent , since thi whole of It was subject to tbo recognized sovereignty whose right of postcssion must be maintained and respected. In 182 ! ) not t foot of land remained subject to alienation al will by the aboriginal tribes in America. Ii 188-1 the whole heart of Africa should b opened up to the occupation _ and control o civilization. Extracts are given from a dis patch dated January 7 , in which Kasson cayi that not one of the declarations agreed upoi by the conference is binding on the Unltei Slates until the governmtnt at Washlngtoi shall formally accept it. It was upon my In vlUtion that every phrase in any propoaitior which implied a joint guarantee , or a join undertaking , was stricken out. So uniforn in these icspocts was my action that I fount occasion to meet inquiries for a reason by ex plicit statement that the pcllcy i f my pov- ernment did not admit of any joint liabilitla or engagement , nor the United States ndml that any power could _ by their action bine others not agreeing to it. In every ciao thi confereaca yielded to this view , WASHINGTON , January 29. Kelly fron the committee of ways and meant * re ported the joint resolution , providing fo the odmtisiou free of duty , of articles fron foreign countries to be placed on exhibition a the world'i expedition of arts for the colorei race , to bo held at Chicago. The house thei went into committee of thewholo. Wills mo\ed that tha house go Into com mlttee of the whole for the purpoto of con siderirg the rlter and harbor approprlatloi bill. Agreed to , yeas l&O , nays 102 , Various proviiions of the bill were die cussed , pending a further debate , the con mlttee ro.o and the hnuie adjourned. Tbo Illinois Ijeylsluturo Comfortnbl' ' Special telegram to the BKI. SrniNOFKLi ) , January 29-ThIs alternoo the second ballot was taken , resulting In th election of Haines. Xiamen again voted fc Cronkrlte , Fuller , Linegar , O'Donnell an Bittig , did not vote until the atuento * ro- were called , when Fuller voted for Bittig , an O'Donnell broke and voted for lloines ami lerte democratic } applause. Llnegar then are te , and after an elaborate explanation , reipondi at to the party lash and voted for Hainw. I WM cheered by the deinscrats. This ga Ilalnes only 7 < > . lie Deeded one more which ho got from Fuller , who s id it was apparent that the majority on tbo other Mde was at last united and ! as ho wa unwilling that the man ( referring to Sitlitf , who was recreant to his party , tliouKt Imvo the casting vote , ho won't ! change bis vote and cast it in for his distinguished colleague from I.ako county. Fullers vote was loudly cheered on both Bides. Thn wind was taken out of Sittlg's fails , At f"1 h t moment Slttig rote and cast his vn'o for llalnen , but did it too ! nt > to aavo hia i i.om , Ha'nes ' Rot 78 votes , Fuller 74. Cronkiito 1. Koines wta declared elected and arm esccr cd to the chair by n com mittee , \\hilo the dcinacrnts sang "Tho St r Spmigled JUnner" on taking the cha'r ' llaines was cheered ly ) the democrats. Hu biiellv thanked the houto for again electing him and the democrats offered a caucus resolution , electing clerk , etc. Tbo republicans called for n division < > n the ques tion , and Halting began to revel innrllament ) ary wisdom. The democrats movrd to table the motion for a division. Thu motion was lust , O'Donnell , of Kane , voting with the re publicans. The mo tion to dividawnsndoptodby O'Donnell's voto. O'DonnMl Is for Dougherty of tbo Elgin Courier , republican unmicco for clerk of the house , and will vote acrnio't uiv justly unseating the republican ? , If the republicans publicans ihall elect Dotightory. The demo- crata have been trvirg to got Rittlg , who is smarting under Fuller's excoriation , but he will hard'y vote against O'DonneH's man , being afraid that O'Donnoll might vote to unsrat him. The democrats inoveil to adjourn till 10 o'clock to-morrow and carried it by aid of McMillan , who \otod with them , and resisted thu appeals of republicans to change his voto. An effort will be made to canvass the vote for state officers to-morrov forenoon , and Install the new olHciils in thi afternoon. The democrats have called i house caucus for to-night. AND THEY ARE INVI1EI ) TO MEET I'nvStllKNT-XLKCT CLEVELAND IN NEW YOItK. Special telegram to THE BEK. WASHINGTON , January 29 , Messrs. Car lisle and Randall have , it is slated herd to day , received letters from President-olec Cleveland asking them to meet him In No\ York next week , and talk over matters per taming to the incoming administration. 0 course they'll go , though it is not probable tha the interview will bo hold jointly. Urging n llanlcrupt Ijaw. WASHINGTON , January 29. At tha secon day's session of the National Board of Trade the commit to to which wm referred the vari ous propositions touching upon the national bankrupt legislations presented a report in favor of enactment of the bankrupt bill already passed by the senate. The report was adopted , ] It was agreed to submit to congress the drtft of the bill , defining the liability of com mon carriers on bill ] of lacing , prepared by the executive council , instead of the bill fa voredby the New York board of trade. The regulation of the intor-stnto commerce was referred to a special committee and authorized to report at this sefsion of the board if posii- ble , a bill embodying the netessaty legislation. The question of promoting an increase of American ( hipping was then taken up. and after a discussion lastlrg several hours the board adopted as a substitute for the resolu tion of the New York board the following : Resolved , that the national _ board of trade recognizes the necessity of quick and frequent communication with the foreign markets , and that the board earnestly commends the resolu tion adopted , earnestly commending to con- gres the enactment of the house bill , 4987 , whloh authorize * tbo pnitmaster general to contract with the American steamship com- panic * fox the conveyance of < the mails , at the rato.of-not to'exceed ono dollar. . per jnile , tha amount toJte.paid in this mtmner cot to. ex ceed the turn received from the ocean postage by the ) United States. The American "ship-- ping woo referred to the executive council with a'renuest'to examinn tin method adopted by thoFrenchcoveinmontforthejencourngementof itsmercantilomarino. TboresolutlonoftheNow Vork board recommending the abolishment of the certification of invoices by the United States consuls at the port of shipment was de feated , 9 to 18. Adjourned untiltomcrrow. . Cleveland's Conferences-with Randall , ALBANY , January 29. What appears to be a sensational paragraph was printed in the Journal this evening. It was to the effect that President-elect Cleveland was visited late last n'ght ' by ex-Speaker Randall in response to a letter cf invitation sent him at Washing ton. Immediately after hie arrival here Ran dall was driven to Cleveland's temporary abode , where the two held n conference hut- ing several hams. This morning it was re sumed , and at its close Randall re turned to New York. Speaker Carlisle also it is Intimated , has been invited by the president , and is expected to arrive on Satur day morning. Col. Lament , secretary of the president-elect , corroborates the t-tatoment that Randall was here , and that Carlisle is expected , but beyond that is extremely re ticent. Rumor has it that the president-elect Is not satisfied with the way thintrs art going on in congress , and wonts Randall and Carlisle to adopt some fresh aid vigorous policy. Ne > body hai the smallest paiticle of Infoimatlon as to what occurred between the president and Randall , but it Is the general belief that tiotllcg in tlio line of the cabinet was mentioned. - llio Illinois tiejiiafoblo SPRINGFIELD , Januaiy 29. Tlio house mot at 10 o'clock this morning and after a delay ol one hour , Representative Choicer arrived which mndo the full quorum. A motion tc proceed to permanent organization was car ried. The result cf the first vote wai Fullei ( rep. ) , 74 ; Ilalnen ( ind , dein. ) , 74 ; Cnnkiite ( dein. ) , 3 ; Fettitr ( rep. ) , 1. Hainrw , O'Demell and Llnegar voted for Conkrltu , Fuller voteel for .Slttig. No clot tion. Haines was elected em the second ballot , all the democrats voticg f ) i him and Represent utivo Fuller also voting fur him , stating thai as the democrats were in the majority , thej deserved thu spoakerehlp. Pitched on the Banks of tlio MIo. LONDON , January 28. Gen. Wolseley telo prapbed from Korti this morning that he received ceived reports from NUrgecns at Kubbat stat in ? that Htewnrt was doing well , No attemp was mndo to extract the bullet which entem his thlgu and is now in the region nf the g roln The hospital for the wounded and disable ed o Stewart' * command was pitched on the bank of the Nile. It The Weather. le WASHINGTON , January EO. Indication II Upper Mississippi , fair , warmer wtntlivi southerly winds , southern portion wester ] winds , northern winds. Missouri : Fair , warmer weather , variabl winds generally southerly , followed in north ern portion by local snows , The Hocking Valley , COLUUHUB , Ohio , January 29. The join legislative commttteo to investigate the cauio of thoetrlke in tha Hocking Volley left for trip to the mines thii moining. It is though .hat firing the ml no latt night will have a UT dency to prejudice the cue of the miners , Disappearance of B. B , Connnt. lo NEW YORK , Janeary 29. The oitistant ed tor of Harper's Weekly said to-day that n light has been thrown on thu mysterious dli appearance of S. S. Cocmnt , managing editc he of that periodical. Detective ! believe tie ho tor jone south , ndC8 Firing a Mine. nd BHIAJGHTSVILLK , Ohio , January 29. Tl ild mlnu at Plummvr Hill woa fired thU mornin ese There Is no hope of eitlngulihlng it. Tl led mine wa valued at $200,000. Addition He guards were brought here yesterday , It ve tuppoied to Late betn cauivd by IOCC'D THE MARKETS. Gallic REceip's ' Only Moderate ami ihc Demand Fair , In a General Way There Was no Ohanso in Prices , Hog Market Slow and Priooa 5 Cents Lower , There Was nn Entire Dearth of Features in Wheat , Oorn Easier and Developed No . Now Features , i Outs Continue Qnlct ami Flnt-Kyo Hold Up Fntr Provisions Finn nna Steady. CHICAGO MAHK12T8. v CATTLK. Special Telegram to the BHK. CHIOAOO , January 29.- Receipts wore only moderate and the demand fair. Tnero wes n , small export oreler on the market that was filled - ed at 55 00@5 10. Fairly well finished stocru of 1,400 pounds and thereabouts may bo quoted - ted at 85 S)0@5 ) 95 , but few steers sold aa high as SO 00 this week. Inn general way there was little or no change , there ' was a g'ight advance - vance to yesterday on best steer * , but the market - ket gonomlly ha > bcarcely regained thu loss of Monday. Butchers stock continues to sell fairly well. There is a sharp and steady de mand for fat cows and heifers at S3 f > 0@4 CO , while common sell around about $3 003 ( 25 and canners $2 tW2 75 ; stockcrs and ftodere continue scarce , though the supply to-dny wan Broate tlmn for some days past. Go'd to 0 Ibs. , Sfl 20@5 CO ; 1200 te > - - - - , , , . , -s o 40 ; common to fair , 84 20 © 400 ; co s 250@ 140 , mainly S3 w'3 GO ; stackers S3 D0@4 10 ; feeders § 1 20@4 10 ; Texas cattle ? lUOo5CO. ( ' liocg. J,0 ? larkot as "thof elowond prices wflro * E@10o lower all around , closing weak. The receipts wore not heavy , but several packing firms have dropped out , to that thu number on sale , although moderate , moro than equalw the demand. .The provision trade is rather slow and > 'prices lower , hence packers were buying only from "hand to mouth. " Common and rough packing sold around about 54 40 © 450 and fair to good. $4 ( J0@4 05. Choice aoV ? ldr0tTS-4,7t'(2i176 ' ( nnd ' n ° y heavy , S4 85@4 05. Light , 7 0 and 220 Ibs , SI SO ® 4 (0 ; packing and shipping , 2oO and 400 Ibs , $1 75@4 95. The leading markets on 'Charijo to-day were again easier and weak.t Eovlym the session large eiuaiititios of lemir f WIIKAT being hmpght out by the decline , but before * E"ck _ lvi * _ 1xno'Li" ( ? , session n sputt of "r TJ"V * jjy2JntWDlCIlitflD6Utm > VflltlCt ! and rnado th&dfeket quotobly strong. There WM again.4 decided dearth of fiaturef. which Mt fluctuations duV entirely t lco lFcauseB. ino clote at-iOo'clock > i-war-generally stsody , - , . . - * } & * I and firn .AJh rajiweak.ru/ nte T * * anywhere frdflJTOTSBjJS * m different parta'ol the pit , the wpakness being conttmitxl from - yesttrday. 1-or a n hour values were heavy , * * but later firmed up moro on short covering than from any other cam o , arid by 10 o'clock bad touched tha highest points of tbo s'Fslou , onel felt firmer than at any praviouH time ) during the day. Values wera influenced wholly by the local feeling and through a strong stock 1'st ' , cables being depressed and heavy , thuuh not quotably lower. ' r > o. 2 spring sold from 774o down to 77gc , while No. 2 rod winter was called nominally at 79c. CORN developed Bno particular features , opening easier tor nil now elolivetios , and later ir ovinir about the Hume as wheat. Only n fair day's ' trade was done. Nn. 2 ca h ( winter ) , icociptv .wore 37 with only ono car eold , At tire close of the morning-session it was firm and * eady at a slight falling off from the highest points. OATS continue quiet and flat , with little or no elo- mand for cash , which nro not quotable , anel best seller for May , which only moved Jo on the morning session. Praclicully there wuro no traders in attendance duiing the bulk of the session , BIB holdup fairly under light offerings , which mndo quotations biddiog prices. Fresh re ceipts ot No. 2 cash were in good call nt ( Jlc , with Cljo bid for regular ; March was called at 62Jc , April C3o and Muy ( i7Jc. Track stull ranged from GOc to Cjc. 1'ROVIHIONH All opened easier , through sympathetic weak- noes with the other markets and a general desire to sell , much of the offerings being long stuff. There was a fractional recovery , Tiut It was followed late rand up to thu clonu cf the morning session by a pretty steady dcclino while the general tone of the market was but little bettor than easy. Cish quotations were substantially the name as February quotation * ) , with but little doing. Scalpers were the principal traders. Tha close of the morning session was ( inn and Bteady. Bt. LioulH jjlBuovors a Mnro's Nest. Special telegram to THK BEK. WASHINGTON , January 20.-St. Louis peo. pie are good deal stlrrod up over a bridge bill that passed the Btnattf a few days ago , authorizing the construction of a bridge at Chain of Rocks , just above St , LOUIH. They bavu discovered what they think is evidence that it i a big job by which Jay Gould Is to control the bridge business at tit. Louis , the directors being it Is alloxed , bogus and the * whole matter a job. Senator Vest , who intro duced tbo bill , acnies that It is in any way a job , anel that it is BO carefully drawn , that it cannot be for thu excluilvo use of anybody. Tlio Fenian Itrotlicrliond. CHICAGO , Jon , 29. A prominent member of the Fenian brotherhood is authority for the statement that at the meeting of Irish- ! Americans hero this afternoon , that tiio reso r lution introduced in the United States senate , by Senator Bayard was denounced , and that the Irish supporters of Cougremtnan Gobb , of Indiana , were requested to show their appre ciation of his conduct upon bis return homo. It was declared that at the meeting $7,000 was HubKcnbeel , to be employed as a SKlnnlsh- nt ing fund againit Knglaud. 01a AVrcokccl Off Newfoundland. a BOHION , January 2 ! ) . A dispatch from fit. bt n- Johns , N , B. , eaya : An American three- masted Bchooner went ashore on Queen's reef at 2 p. jn. to-day , and became a total wreck , lour of the crow reachexl land , three died . soon after from cold and exposure , The 11.no survivor la In a bad condition and it Is feared noU that he cannot live. Yeaterday was a terri. to the Front , CHICAGO , January 29. Tlio Journal'a Springfield correspondent telegraplia that Car. ter Harrison arrived there this morning anel hag again entered the senatorial fight. Ho stated to the correspondent tliat ho KM noft going Into a scramble for a caucua nomlnatiou nal bnt would allow his name to be presented eo that no member could iav be stayed out ol . v iei , the caucus ,