SIXTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING , XAECH 2 , 1SS7. NUMBEK 237
JUGGLING WITH THE CHARTER
Eusssll's Tricky Tampering to Delay the
Judiciary Committee's Report ,
IS HE IN WITH THE JOBBERS ?
The Penitentiary Contract Extension
lllll I'asse l By the Senate The
House Devotes the Day
to Prohibition.
? l ore Chicanery Ilosortert To.
u.vcot.x , Neb. , March l.-lSpeelal Tele-
Tara to the Ur.rThe ] chicanery which
Jtus ell of the houw Judiciary committee Is
rewrting to In h.s efforts to mutilate and de
feat the Omaha charter hat arou cd a good
deal of fecline in the Douglas delet-ation and
become the subject of unfavorable comment
among other member * . Ituell and his Judi
cial } committee have held the bill nearly t .n
daj s. Thn reference of it to that rommittee
was , to state It mildly , a % ery questionable
proceeillns. net only an Insult to the Uouslas
delegation , but discourteous to the committee
on cities and town . When ineffectual
elfort was made last Thursday to recommit
the bill to an appropriate commltte * ?
llussfll promised to have the bill re
ported on baturdiy morning. The
game night the committee patched up
the bill with numerous amendment.- * ,
and Its vorK of mutilation was supposed to
bo Imished Friday night. On baturday morn-
Inc Mr. Kus'ell claimed he had three clerks
copjinc on the amendments and would have
the bill read ) in the afternoon. Sitn.rd.iy
afternoon he a ked until Monday to report
the bill. When the hotie met Monda ) IJus-
scll pretendinl tint Ms clerk was still copy
ing. Mondav night ! lu aell recalled his com
mittee nd repeated his farce of revision.
The Omam and Lincoln charterj had been
made a sjKJcial onlt-r for 2 o'clock this after
noon. At 11 this morning , after
Mr. Smith , the chairman of the com
mittee on cities had reported back
the Lincoln charter exactly JLS the Lancaster
delegation hid hxed it , Hus elt was called on
to report the Onuha charter , lie stated that
his clerk was still at work copying the amend
ment , but promised he would be read ) to re
port this afternoon. His statement was
flatly contradicted by his committee clerk ,
McMurphv , who , in reply to my Inquiry
about the unfinished work on the charter.
told me that thu copying had nil been done
early this morning , but he iiid not tiUed ont
the customary blank which accompanies
eacli committee report bscaiiae the chairman
had not requested him to do so.
This afternoon llusseil told Mr. bmvth
that he intended to call the committee to
gether to-night to co over the work once
more and make < ome more change- . The
tr.eetiug was not called , however , and It is
evident that llussell U sinipl ) juggling with
the charier and has some sinister design to
bring about its final defeat The lobby
who are opposing the charter has
been kept fullv informed about this
plot as they bragged this afternoon that
15u ell would hold on to the charter for
several days jet. Uuxselt's trickv tampering
v > it'i the Omaha charter Is Inexplicable ex
cept on the thfon that he lias been retained
b ) the contractors' gang or the railroad lobby
for th.s performance. E. HO-KVVATLK.
Senate Procerdlnui.
Ltiiroi N , Neo. , March 1 [ bpeclal Tele
gram totiie ! ! EE. ] A petition from Wytnore
ottering 010 acres of land and S'C03 tor the
location of the soldiers' home was read and
referred to the committee of mihtar.v ntfairs.
Hnuie roll 53 , repealing the law relating to
regl-ters In Plattstuouth , was ordered to a
third reading.
Mr. Brown , as chairman of thespecial com
mittee to report upon unnecessary emploves
and committee rooms of the senate , reported
that they found no further need for rooms
outside the capltol , and recommended the
rent bo topped thereon. Thev named fifteen
employes and recommended their discharge.
They ale recommended that the stan-llng
committees discharge unnecessor ) emploes
of their committees.
ThH lieutenant governor recommended the
passage of a law limiting the number of em-
plo > es of the senate , ( julte a number of the
empoes ! had been appointed b ) him , all of
whom were appointed upon the iirtrent re
quests of enatcrs only. Iho-e necessar )
and mo < t competent should oe retained , lie
added that he would decline to si n vojcher-
for extra work of emploes , for the ) were
well paid for the servlee-i rendered , as many
had little to do thf hr t half of the session.
Afterconsiderabledisciiislon the report of
the committee. WA.S adopted. It is safe to
predict that the standing committees will be
e\cecdlngl ) slow to discharge their hangers
on , as ncarlv every time the ) hold their
pluce u3 the price of political debt ? . The gust
of ecoiioui ) is qiniit likel ) to blow- over and
the dust settle down , not to again bo tils
turbed.
The seiat < > again resolved Itself Into
committee of the whole , and the nr > t bill to
bfl considered was that extending tne peni
tentiary lea-e and contrict. Mr. Yande-
uiark moved that It be recommended to piss.
Mr. Dnras submitted an amendment to
strike out all after the enabling clnu-c and
Insert n Dili In substance providing that pro-
posalv for bids be published In Omaha , Lin
coln and fTifcigo pipers , and that th < > contract -
tract l > e awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder He moved lt % adoption and made a
strong argument in IU favor.
Mr. smell wai.atlsfied that the present
contract was fair and reasonable , lie had
visitiil the penltentiirj and examined thor-
ou.nlinto thu Important features of its
management He gave iigurei to show that
the Mate saveil money b > - the contract sy > -
tem and it had been shown that the welfare
ol the convicts had l > cen dul > guarded.
Mr. Fuller thought the terms of
this contract were not aliberal
as the ) might IK\ and .iiil , taking Ne > %
\ork ns a b\sl > . the present contractor *
would make too union money even though
the state might not be able to maintain the
convicts as economically 111 her.
The senat took a recess until 2 o'clock
pending i-ousideratinn of ttio bill.
At ' 'o'clock the senate committee ol the
whole resumed consideration of the penitent-
Jar ) contract bill. Mr. Fuller poke agi n
against extending thecontract thirteen vearx
thereli ) taking the matter out ot thu hands of
the legislature. He was in fro or of the
amendment of thu gentleman from Saline ,
and If that should not carry , ho would sub
mit an amendment limiting the contract to
liveiMr " . He wave additional ngure > ot the
> "ew \ oik ponltentlarie-i show Ing the pront-s
accruing to that Mate under the vMm in
\ocuu there , aj agitnst the contract system.
He also called attention to the recommenda
tion by the board for additional < rh ! , and
waoteil to knnvr wb ) this was made In the
face of the agreement of the alienee to build
such cells.
Mr. Oiiras oppod t'io ' bill because the sen
ate had no assuranre tbat the present le-
would not a 5Un toanotuer paity at such a
HKiiro that the prisoners could not be as vvejl
carwl for as by the le s . . 'n , ! * bruught "P
the humane phase of the onetion on the
treatment of prisoners , lie held that if the
contract xliould U > assigned fur a considera
tion by the lessee , the iib-coinractor would
bo in the same position as the original lessee ,
vthonitcht take thelcauaftt ' Je amounl.
Ilenco ho arguetl Umt the stale lumld adver-
tl o for bids , that the moat might be secured
for the leust outlay b > - the state.
Mr. MeiVlelohn * id that under the art of
\Vn the board of public lands and buildings
wai iriven the right to lease prison labor in
thUbUte. This act pro * idol practically the
game M th uieudtnut of Mr. Duns. The
rontrai-twa * entered Into by the board , and
lu INM It was e tended b' larne majorities of
theho'na and * enate. This extension in
cluded ihe prorlio th t additional cc'Is '
Ixooid be conjiruc'.etl , and it Lad been a- ted
why they ha 1 not been built The reason
was that the board had decided that the cells
ought not to be built upon the rrtsent row of
ctl.'s. and that Contractor btout stands
ready to build the cells on demand. It had
been decided I in Doll tic on account of the
health of convicts to build the additional cells
until the west wing should be built to tne
penitentiary. The gentleman Inqn.res with
reference to the bonds. No matter to whom
the contract may be assigned the original
bond U liable for fulfillment of contract
Mr. Duras contended that tne state should
advertise forbids , and if a contractor should
take the lease at : cents per capita per day ,
his responsibility to the stite would be as
great as that of tlte present lessee at 40 cents.
Mr. Mcikleiohn said that In 177 , when the
state controlled the maintenance of the con
vict" , each convict cost the state 51.25 per
day. 1 he Icas < r should be extended tn per
mit the lessee to put in a large amount of ma
chinery , otherwise he will not put In such fa
cilities. In even- case where Mites hav ccon-
trolof convict labor and derived a profit the
state owned the plant in the pcnltcnti.ir"i
while In N"ebra k-\ the le 5eeowns It.
Mr. Casper said he came to the legislature
prejudiced against the contract y tem , a * n
man who tries to bo In siupithy with the
class to whom he belonged. He was a workIng -
Ing man. and had always been But , In
looking over the pamphlet of the Anti-Con
vict Contract association , he found such as
sociation to bo managed exclmlvely b ) imn-
ufaclurers of agricultural implements. This
struck him with i > ecuiiar force. In view of
the fact that the-e manufacturers had
brought so tinny foreign mechanics here
blnce I-N-Oover 247.O.O skilled mechanics had
come to this country to comjwte with our
working people. 'Hie goods manufactured
In the penitentiary were those chletly used
b ) the producing classes , and if thev could
he cheapened he was in laver of It. The
farmers were earning S.s per cent , on their
average investment per jear. while the man
ufacturers of agricultural Implements were
earning " > percent , on their average Invest
ment For this and other reasons he In-
te-jded to support thl- bill , prov ided the -en-
ate should decide thit no b-stter contract
could be secured. The Omaha Uepublican
hid been -houtine fraud with reference to
the Dill , but the senators "should remember
that it only represented a few bumtuer-
Omaha , while the senators represented
59 per cent , of the working people
ple of this state. He had -tated the facts
upon which his position was lased. and if
the Omaha Kepubllcin still clamored for an
investigation he was readv for it at any time.
The bill w recommended to p.iss and the
committee aro-e.
A resolution was pissed to pay emploves
for week days only , from date of appoint
ment.
Under bill * on third reading the bill for the
relief of Otrx county in the expen-w of
the trial of Cjuln liohannon was taken up
and pas-eil.
Next was house roll 170 , to extend the pen-
Itentiarv contract which occupied the senate
committee of the whole the greater part of
the dav.
Mr. Duras moved that the bill be recom
mitted to committee of the whole.
Mr. Coibv objeetfd on the cround that the
subject Had alreadv claimed too much atten
tion of the senate. Th aves .md nas were
called tor and resulted lu i3 votes against re
commitment
The bill was then pis cd by a vote of 03 for
andOa.a'nst ' ' 1 he bill reads as follow-
"That tliu contract leasing to W. H. 13.
Stout the penitentiary , penitentiary eroiinds
and convict labor ot the state of Nebraski.
executed on the ± M day of beptember. l-77.
and which has been bvaid stout assigned
and transferred to C W. Mosher , be and the
sAine Is herebv extended for the period of ten
year- from the 1st day of October. 14 > , to
said C. W. Mosher , subject to all the condition
tion- and provisions contained in the said
original contract Provided , that s.iid
Mother shall receive 40 cents per da )
in cash for each convict In full for ins com-
pen-ation under slid contract. Provided ,
further , that upon the takm. effect of this
art the Slid Mo-lier snail enter into a bond
with the-tlte of Nebraska in thf1 penal sum
of SlOO.Cu ) , with good and -uHMent suretie-
conditioned for the faithful performince of
-nd contract , and upon the execution and
deliver ) otaid bond and tn approval of
-aid sureties the board of public linds nnd
buildings shall endor-e upon -aid original
contract a statement that the same ha ; been
extended to said Mo-her for the ticrtod of ten
) e. r from the 1st day of October , Is- * , ac
cording to the provisions ot this act"
This bill as passed was amended ons not
to permit the minufacture of cirarand brick
nor the cutting of stone except tor improve
ments of the penitentiarr.
House roll 2i ; , providing for a building
UIMIII the state university grounds for
practical and scientific Instruction , was
pis-ed.
benate file relating to warehousemen ,
was passed.
Mr. Lininger's bill to establish a state
school for dependent children was ] > \ - ed.
benate hie ll'J , to provide a sstent ot rev
enue , VMS pas < ed.
bcnate nle 108 , relitive to assessment of
propertv for road tax , w as pa-sed.
Senate ti'e 41 , tin * "stniendous joke" of
tliu senate , was read the third time. It Is the
sop thrown to the people bv tho-e senators
who came here to defeat all railway legisla
tion. As the clerk proceeded to read the
bill Mr sterling discovered that the bill was
Imperfectl ) engrossed , nnd the kinks which
-Mr. MeiUlejohn nr-t noticed had not been
straightened out. He therefore moved that
the bill be recommitted to committee of the
whole.
Mr. Brown favored the motion , which car
ried , whereupon Mr Colb ) jumped up and
moved that the senate resolve Itself into com
mittee of the whole to consider-enate hie
41. The vote faulted in a tie. the lieutenant
governor voting In the atllrinatlve , but
before the bill could be taken up Mr.
Sterling moved that the committee arl-e. tbe
vote again resulting In a tie. Mr. Meikle-
johu. In the chair , voted in the athrmative
and the committee arose.
The-enate then took arecess until o'clock
this evenlnsr , to hear the report of the special
committee appointed to recount the ballots
upon the legislative amendment
Theecnate met at sis : nnd on motion of
Mr. Drown n committee of two was ao-
rwnted by the president consisting of
Messrs. JUown and MeiUejohn , to confer
with n like committee of the house to take
Into consideration the canvass ot votes cast
for thi legislative amendment The com
mittee soon reported , announcing that the
joint convention would meet Immediately ,
1 he senate then proceeded in a body to the
hou' ' Alter the convention adjourned the
senate returned and immediately adjourned.
The governor his sizned the bill tolimlt the
indebtedness of corporations.
Mr. Llnlngcr explained his vote against the
penltentta ) contract bill in writing , which
goes nn record"I am opposed to the bill
hrst , U-ciiiso It extends the contract too creat
a length ot tune , and second , because I am
opposed to tliu contract s > - > tem. "
Dolngw in ilie House.
Lixcouv , Neb , , March 1. [ SpreW Tele
gram to the UKE.J In tha house this morning
their was a large attendance of ladles to hear
the discussion of the prohibition amendment
bereral unimportant bills were indennitel )
postponed. The senatb tiles were read a
second time. One of these , rile fis the antl-
gambling bill indicting a nno of not less than
< .iO and not more than t-V upon gambling
nouses. A committee was appointed to ascer
tain the number of emplojes in the houes
and the length of time they hav A been em-
ploved.
Ine committee on cities and towns recom
mended the passage of the Lincoln charter
Tha bou < e went Into committee ot the
whole , Mr. Caldwell in thecnair , on the prohi
bition amendment , as follows : The manu
facture , sale or keeping for sale , of malt
spirituous or vinous liquor ? as a beverage , is
proh.bltal.
Mr.N atson of Otoe otferrd an amendment
prov idln ? for the nav ment by the state for any
lirojttrty that mlcLt WcoutiM-atedby the law ,
thf > amount of tixe same to be determined by
the district court.
Hr , McConaii'hy of Polk , by whom the
bill was Introducvd , vvx > urprUe4 at the
auieudment. It was au attempt on the part
nt thn enemies of the law to kill it. He did
not think It should obtain , because men Mho
are now in the liquor business and feared In
jury to their interests would have two years.
In which to protect tl.cmseives by getting out
oT the biuicess.
Mr. Fox of Haw son made his maiden
S ] cech , which referred to t -horrors of I o-
temperance and closed with in adiocac ) of
the amendment.
Mr. bui ) th of Douglas oppo&cd the imend
rnent on th ground that It would destroy the
I property of hundreds of people In this tate.
I Mr.ichol of Antelope * aid that the ani
. mus of the objection to the constitutional
Amendment was the fear Hint If It should bo
submlfed to the people the latter would vole
to adopt In an ovenvnelmlnz nnnner.
Mr. Jeary of Ca < alil that It had tyen
clnrced by the opponents of the amend
ment tbat private propertv would be de
stroyed by the same , and replied that he de
nted to the whisky people on the same
eronnd the rlcht to dwtrov his sons and
daughters or the sons and daughters of any
other person.
Mr. Kief of Hall said tbat prohibition had
not originated with the members of that
party , but with their wives. In this state
there wasnowhlsh license. They nl oh d
local option In many places. If prohibition
were wanted , why was It not souzht under
high lcen ! 4 and local option ? lie scouted
prohibition and showed that In Iowa where
It obtained he had < een men ret dniUK lu the
presence of their families by drinking whisky
which they carried in their canes.
Mr. Handall of Clay said that the whlskv
people hero wanted the state to do for thcai
what neither Iowa nor Kan < as bad done for
liquor men within their boundaries This
was preposterous lu thegentleman'sopinlon.
Mr. Andres of Douglas did not believe In
prohibition , noret In local option. He did
not want the amendment to prevail. He did
not wish to be deprived ov a majority of his
personal liberty. If Kansis and low a had
already done soto their residents , that
w as no reason w hy Nebraska should follow
In their wake. He did not want to make
the people hcocrltes and turn the busine-s
of the aloons into the drug stores , and raiee
the price of drinks from 10 to 75 cents He
denied the right of any majority to vote awav
ills personil liberty , lliat avored too much
of autocratic rule. In trie regions of the Hu < -
slan czar it might be all right , but In this
countrylt was entlrelv wrong. If people
were afraid of their children's destruction ,
why were not the Children looNed nfter be
fore it became too late0 Children were al
low ed to go to fairs , eiiehre-pirties , rmk- > and
other resorts , and the next place they went to
% va the siloon. Mr. Andres then showed
that prohibition would throw thousands out
of empioj mcnt , kill a number of home Indus-
trit-s. and deprive the fanner of a home mar
ket tor the produce of hN farm.
Mr. Cole of Adims moved the committee
report and a-k leive to sit again.
Mr Stnvtli ot Douglas moved to amend by
striking out' to sit asain. "
Mr. Cole amended that the report of the
committee be adopted Carried.
A recess was then taken until J p. m.
AFTKHXOOX SKs IOV.
The question of the prohibitory amendment
to the constitution was called up again in the
afternoon and Mr. Wat-on of Utot- took the
lloorln support of his amendment to the
amendment , which Is as follows :
"Prov Ided , 'I hat no person shall bedcprived
of his prupert ) or the value or use thereof
without due process of law , and the legisla
ture shall provide by liw for indemnlfing
all persons for damaces sustained bv reason
of the provisions of this ankle , b ) providing
a mode ot procedure in favor of such per
sons a alnst the tate. in thedi tnet court ol
the count ) w herein the property taken or
damaged , or the Use thereof it forbidden , U
situated or the claimant resides ; and pro
vided , further , that all propert ) u-ed
In the mauiir.ii ture of intoxicating liquors
in this state , at the dite of taking otlect of
this act , shall be Daid for b ) the state to the
full value thereof , when a certilned bv the
court atore- > aid , and thnt every p > r-on en-
gagtd in the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors at the date of takinr effect of this ar
ticle shall be indemnified to the full extent
of the dainize he shall have sustained bv
reason of being compelled to abandon siieli
business. All mdemnit ) herein providedfor
shall be ascertained by the district court
aforesaid under a law to b - emcted by the
legislature. "
.Mr , V > at-on held that It was but just to the
people who invested money in tins state to
be given the assurance tint their propertv
should have the -ame protection ninn-t de
struction that thev had when they estab
lished the same. He wanted to know wlj ) , i
the prohibition people wanted prohibition.f
tliev did not enforce the present law. The
fict was that the prohibitionist- moral
cowards. If thev wanted a prohibitorv law
thev could get it bv passing it in both house- .
There was no necessit ) in submitting the
matter to the peoole. 'lhat was done be
cause of a lack of sincerity and suggested by
a desire toeiuru per-omland political pop
ularity. Judge Hrewer had held that no leg
islature could pis , a liw which deprived a
man ot his projertv without com } > eu atlou
for the same anil t'.ai principle was found
In the constitution of the L nited States
'Ihe leading stui-of tl-ocountr ) were now
passinc hull-license biK ! nnd denouneiru
prohibition as impracticable. He had ahva }
been a republican , and If it hid not been tor
tt'e pronibitionists the rrpubl cmswould
long since have seated James U. Uiaine in
the presidential chair. Prohibition Is wrong
and cannot be enforced. Wonld this amend
ment clo-e the bars and distilleries4' it would
not. The latter would > tilell ! and manu
facture , and dee without i licen-e.
Mr. Keiine ) of Webster spoke in favor of
the constitutional amendment and ; oppo-ed
the amendment to the iunemlRvnr.
Mr. Miller of Uutler made a forcible and
sensible speech , in which he claimed that the
prohibitionists , in opposing Mr. \ \ atson's
amendment were not honest in their work.
The ) knew that tne principle- thu latter
were just to the -ame decree that their opco-
nents would expect a railroad to pay for anv
land it might take In running through their
farm. Why then object to tl.e provision to
pa ) for property which prohibition might
de-tro ) ? lie felt the people had aright to
say Low they felt upon thi- question , but he
wanted Mr. V.'atotramendment to pass so
that they might know their propertv was not
to be destroved , and if it was to be taken
thev would have pa ) for it
Mr. Harlan of York quoted thestat" con
stitution to show that that instrument guar
anteed that no property could b de-troved
w ithou : due process of law , anij held that Mr
Watson's amendment was suportluous.
A vote was taken on Mr. Uatson's a-nend-
ment to the amendment , ana it was lost by a
vote of 4J to3 .
Mr. Smith of Domlas moved to strike out
thf enacting clause ot theamendment proi er ,
Mr. Keiper of Pierce made a long speech in
favor of the rvendment
Mr Whitinoruof Douglas scouted the Idea
that , because thw last republican state con
vention had put a prohibition plank in lt >
platform , the republicans , therefore , on the
tloor were to be governed b ) the same. He
did not believe it , and did not hold himself
bound b ) it or anything which conflicted
with his ideis of whit was right and just.
He did not think It was their dutj to submit
the question to the people. Hut he did feel
that it was their right to determine whether
or not the l > e-t interests of the staio de
manded a submission to the people. If jlicy
did , he would vote for sui.li a submission.
Hut , as he believed prohibition was a cur-e ,
and woula be a curse here as It had been In
other ulace > where It was In force , he would
vote against the submission when the proper
time arrived. He then thowpd how- even
Mas achutts had come to feel that hiirh
Ileen.se and local option were far superior to
prohibition , in this state the ) had prohibi
tion In effect If the present laws were en-
forced. He was not an athocateof thuliqtior
tranic. but he believed high license was the
bet thing the ) could get.
Mr. Peuiberton wa.in favor of the sub-
mis.iion because of the number of people
througnout the state who had a-tea It.
Mr , Mater of Wavna made a forcible
speech in Which he sliovveti the disastrous
results of prohibition In Iowa. He also
showed tint If the prohibition plant had not
been sneaked through the state republican
convention it would never have been incor
porated In the platform.
Mr. anoth of Douglas id that before this
amendment w&- submitted to the people the
meuibor * should bo saisned that , if Incorpo
rated in the constitution. It would not act to
the Injury of the state. There were questions
which should not be submitted to the state.
This was one of them , and against even a
cani > titiiUonal provision , which was that contracts -
tracts should not fee violate. ! . They djd not
know how man ) | > eople had asked for this
amendment , and If toey did know and fell it
would act Injuriously , they should not sub
mit It. It would cost millions to pay for the
breweries and distilleries which would be
destroyed. Were they ready to lay for them ?
He elo l wilh statistics fhowinv the won
derful Increase in the number ot s-aJoons in
Iowa since the introduction of prohibition.
Mr. liandall of CU > npoke In favor of the
amendment and declared that the people be
fore many 3ears wuuld elect men who would
give them prohibition.
Mr. Knox of Douglas replied that when
the people wanted It they would get prohibi
tion , but that would to ttcr they had been
eJucated up to it Tim would te the time to
submit the question to them and not now
when the mattec would be worked up by
pollt c-an .
Mr. Crane of Loop and Mr. Uallard of
Filmore spoke m favor of the amendment
nnd Mr. Andres scouted the conduct of many
of the opponents whod ehlmed prohibition
while favoring the amendment
J < r. Harlan of York spoke aaln , closing
In an Impassioned apr-eii to the supporters
of the amendment , bevcral other members
spoke ,
Mr. Cole of Adams at C:4 > moved the com
mittee arise report proiress and ask leave to
sit again. A division was called on the vote
and It was. carried by a vote of 49 to SU.
Adjourned till S o'clock to-night
BVKMSO istov.
Mr. Caldwell ot I anca ter moved that a
committee to act witli a like committee of the
senate be appointed to canvass tlwiote on
the constitutional amendment Increasing the
lenzth of the session to . , vtv davs. The chair
appointed Messrs. Caldwell , Craig of Hurt ,
IJarveyof Douzlas. These conferred with
the senate conim ttee and reported ihit the
committee on the recount of the ballot was
readv with the report and it was agreed tint
a Joint session of both houses should be held
to canvass the same.
The senate made its apppiraneo In the
house and Senator M iklejohn of Xancu
moved tint the entry on the record In which
It was declared that trie amendment to the
const tiitlon providing fora legislative ses
sion of sixtv davs had been defeated , be re
scinded and a record made to how the adop
tion of the -tine. Thea > es andnavs were
called for bv Mr. Majors and resulted in the
adoption of the resolution b ) a vote of W
to l-\
lThe
The lieutenmt governor aldThe ob
ject of till * joint convention Is to receive and
adopt the report of the committee of the two
houses appointed to recount the billet on the
subject of the amendment submitted : al-o to
correct the records 1 hold in mv hand the re
port of that committee , which the speaker of
tne hou e w ill. according to law , now cauv ASS
and announce. "
bpeaker tlnrlan sitd' "The following re
port has beeu submitted , belnc an abstract of
the votes cast it the general election held in
the state of Nebraska on the -d day ot No
vember , 1 0. for and ae.ilnn the proposed
amendment to the constitution relating to
the legislative department al o an ab-triet
of all ballots cast at said election In which
the elictor- express no choice as to said
amendment : also the ballot- upon which
were printed "tor the proposed aiuendtnent to
the constitution relating to the legislative de
partment , ' and 'against the propo-ed amend
ment' etc. ; al < o those on which neither wis
erased. The total for the proposition isri.497 :
azaitist 22,1 il ; total vote cast at siid election ,
1 fs.4il. A majority hav ing voted In tav or of
the amendment relating to the leglsHtive de-
ptrtment , 1 therefore declare the amend
ment carr ed "
A vote was taken and the report adopted
by W to 1C.
The senators voting In the negative were :
Casper , HUghis Kent and Major- .
Absent or not voting : Colbx. Holmes , Lin-
Incer , Sher-.in. Snell and Wolbaeh.
The representative * voting in the negative
were. Cameron , Fentoti. Frantz , FuchsT ( raf-
ford. Hav den. Heimrod. McOrew , Miller ,
Overton , White , and Wright.
Ab-ent or not voting"AIexander , Uiird ,
Harrett , Bowman Cone , Ellis , ( Jamble ,
( iieen , Litta. bchwab , bullivin. Tracey ,
Tvsnn Veach , Wardlaw , Watson and
Wi.son.
'I he se-ston then adjourned.
NOTI-S
The gallery in the afternoon : o-day was
filled with ladleonng and old. plain and
prett ) , bat ver ) few of them seemed to be en
tranced with the volumes of nee which
character. zed n-ost oE the polemical efforts ot
the speakers on the prohibitory amendment.
< -ome of them t.red early in each < > the ses
sions. and others came'and went in a stream
throughout the dav.
Mr. Watson of Otoe humbly dlstlnzulshed
him elf in the most rtosieal and effective
speech of the da ) in support of his amend
ment. v
Mr. Keiper of Pierre easily showed his pro-
fe-sionnl tnfornntlon .is i phsieian and stu
dent of the bible in nls discussion of pro'.ib -
tion this afternoon. It would have been
greatlv appreciated if the hou > e had not been
as nois > as a country school. Iho-e who
wanted to listen couldn't , and those who
didn't were careics ? as to w nether the doctor
spoke or ret. red to his -eat
' Knox of Omaha , w th his ruddv
face , silvery liiir and rtonmi : beard , -at in
the main at-Ie during the amendment discus
sion. When he ro-e to speak , with tl'e mien
and air of a patriirch , everv jailer ) oecutnnt
leantd forward to catch the lew sensible re
marks to which lie gave expression.
When Mr CUdwell wa- called to the chair
this morning , in the committee of the whole.
one of the longest speakers on the tloor hail
his mouth -oiled. Kverybod ) seemed to di
vine the intent of the mover of the motion ,
and a ? the Lincaster orator took the chair a
heart ) laii-n greeted hts acce-sion.
Kothaoker of the Omaha Republican ar
rived this morning , and hadn t been on the
ground more than a few moments when he
wa- corralled by Vandervoort an J able-bodied
whispers which resulted titled the Capital
hotel rotunda like escaping steam irom a
safetv valve.
There is one man in the house who has the
ability to btj in the middle of a whirlwind of
eloquence and nois and at the -ame time re
main obliviou- the fact During the ten
hours' debate on the prohib.tor/ amendment
to-day he never uttered a word. He ju t
-iinpfy read -0-Cfnt novel , " . > lie. a History
of Adventure.1 His name is Wilheltnsen of
Howard.
Vs was feared , the dl-cu-slon of the pro
hibition amendment occupied the attention
of the house all day. It crowded out the con
sideration of the Omaha charter , and it can
not be stated at what hour to-morrow the
subject will be taken uu. The lobbyists.
however , are satisfied with the dehy. It
gives them all the more oppnrtunit ) to work
their opposition. They were Increased In
number by'l. I. . Kimball , whose tine rail
road smile Illuminated one corner of the
house. Others of the crowd , wlio-e presence
had become familiar , to avoid notoriety , took
UP ob-cure positions In the callery.
New Jersey Senatorshlp.
v , N' . J. , March 1. At a Joint
meeting of the legislature to-da ) , the roll call
showed all present. A ballot for United
States senator was taken and the result oc
casioned some surprise. Thirty-live demo
crats -tood tirmlv hy Abbett as In the previ
ous ballots , but the republicans In evident
pursuance of caucus action div ided up among
Sew ell , PlielpUedle and Kas. The last
two are democrats and they were voted for
with the purpose of trj ing to break up the
Abbett column. The billet stood as follows :
Abbet 35 : Jsewoll ( republican ! , 04 ; Bedle
( democrat b : Potter ( laDor'J ) ; Lndlow diem-
ocrati. 1 , Kai- ( democrat ) , 7. Phelps irepub-
licain , : t. and Colby ( republican i , l. Five
republicans voted for IJedle , live for Kajs > .
All the republicans voted.
Hun Ooun , ily u Train.
PITTSJH no , March i. There was a fright
ful accident at Ixiu.lenvllle station on the
Fort W.ine road thl > morning. A young
man named litnuier , ton of a wealth )
farmer. wa > driving * team of hors.es across
the railroad track- . Just as the horses approached
preached the trucks the express -tram
rounded a curve only A short distance away ,
running at the rate of forty miles an hour
The wacon , team nnd Ad were struck with
terrific force. The wagon was reduced to
splinters which were .sent living in ever ) di
rection , and liender nnd his horses horribl )
mangled , were hurled several vard > away.
IJender vvas.dead when picked up and the
horses died in a tew minutes , struggling in
ajony.
Thfi Cose or Turple ,
WASHINGTON , March L The action of the
senate committee on privileges and elections
till- morning In reporting tuck the creden
tials of Turple , U said to hat a no signifi
cance , but WM UVeu lq accordance with the
continuous line of precedence. It U under
stood when Turpie , at the next session , pre-
&eut- himself to IwswQrn , a protect will be
entejEtiand that ttt coolest 'Till then begin.
Notice haJ been receives ! from Indiana that
additional paper ) lu the case are to be sub
mitted.
Failure.
NFW YORK , March I. Man > liall ,
Co. , Iron merchants , nude an assignment to
day with preference * amounting to $ t2,000.
A RUSH OF LEGISLATION
Otmgraa Working Llrcly in tha Last Days
of tbe Session ,
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
A Number ot Them l'ns ed In Both
lirnnclics Another DUnKt-co-
mcnt on the Diplomatic nnd
Consular Measure.
Senate.
WA-tttvfiTov , March L The presiding
officer submitted a message from the presi
dent vetoing the s iutc bill tor a publicbuild-
ing at Lafaette. Ind. The message was re
ferred to the commute on public buildings
and grounds.
The committee on priv ileges and elections
reported back the credentials ot benators
Stockbrldge of Michigan and Turple of In
diana , together with the protest of the two
houses ot the Indiana legislature In the latter
case. They w ere placed on tile and the com
mittee was discharged from their further
consideration
The naval appropriation bill was read a
second time and referred to the committee
on appropriations
Fifty-seven pension bills were then passed
In twent ) five minutec.
On motion of Mr. Platt the house bill to
annex a portion of Idaho to Washington
territor ) was taken from the calendar and
passed with amendments. A conference
was risked on the amendments.
The conference report on the river und
harbor bill w as presented b ) Mr. McMillan
and explained. The bill , as it came from the
house origiuallv , appropriated , he said ,
S7,4&- > ,0 X ) . As it passed the senate It appro
priated blO.C.O.COt. As now reported trorn
the conference committee it appropriated
5V013.SJO. The reading of the bill was then
commenced.
It was interrupted for the follow-In ? pro
ceedings ; .Mr. Platt inquired of Mr. Hoar
the meaning nnd effect of the report made
this morning from tl e committee on priv i-
leires and elections in the cas < ; of benator-
elect Tuipie of Indiana.
Mr. Hoar replied that the effect of the re
port was slmpi ) to remand to the action of
the senate ( to be tiken after March 4) with
out prejudice , without being in the lea t af
fected by any action or any question w lilch
anv " peison might see ht to ra'se. lhat was
all. > o prejudice for , no xrejudlce aiainst
any person who micht conceive niiD-elf en
titled to a eat in the semte hcreattrr would
ar.se or had arisen in consequence of the ac
tion of the committee or of the senate this
morning.
'Ihe reading of the river and harbor bill
was then completed , and the conference re
port was areed to without discussion and
without division
The s.'iiate then resumed consideration of
the bill for the forfeiture of certain railroad
land grants in Michi.au and the bill waa
passed without division.
On motion of Mr. Culioni the hou-e bill to
convey to and connrui In the citv ot Aurora ,
111. , a small Island In the Fox river within
the limits of that c.t ) , was pa-scd.
Other bills were taken trom the calendar
and passed afollow -
benate bill to authorize the construction of
a oridge across the Missouri river at or near
"Innktcn. Dak.
fcenate bill to rmlet title of settlers on Des
Moines river lauds in Iowa.
When tbe senate rea-st-mbled the deficiency
bill w us reported from the hoa- , read a hrst
and second time { Edmunds not being pres-
i.nt ) , nnd referrexl to the committee on appro-
pnat.airs.
HIP b 11 for ortalning and settling pri
vate lind claims iu New Mexico , Arizona and
Colorado i which was pending when the re-
ce- > - was taken' , was again taken up. After
a long discussion tne bill was amended so as
to make it applicable to other state- and ter
ritories and was pissed without division. A
conference was asked.
1 he senate nex : too * up tl'e house bill for
the allowance of certain claim- reported bj
accounting officers of the United btites
tri-a-ury department. The bill covers
ninet ) three printed page- , giving the
names of the several clainnnt- and the
amount due to each , the niijontv being tor
quite siniil sums They are chiefly for quar
termasters and commissaries storis taken b\
thu ami ) durm. : the war in Missouri , West
Virgin a , Kentucicy , Mar ) land , and some
portions of lenne-see , there hiving been
' > - , < ) such claims hied under the act of Jul )
4 , Is > l
Mr. Harris moved to amend that provision
so as to leave the treasur ) department to a > - tin
in the matter of pa ) went under its own
rules and reculation- .
Mr. bhertmn assented to that proposition
and the bill was so amended. The bill was
then pissed without division and a confer
ence waasked. .
The legislative app-oprlatlon bill was re
ceived from the hou-e read a first and second
time ( Ldmunds not being present ) and re
ferred to th > * committee on appropriations.
Hesoliitions in honor of the ui mor ) of the
lite MessrArnot Heach and Dowdney.
representative- from tlie state of > * evv i'ork.
were presented by Mr. Miller , who nddres-ed
the -enate in enlosv of the decea-fd.
Mr Ulackburn also eulogized Arnot
Like re-olutions referring to the death of
the late ISepre-entative Price , of Wisconsin ,
were presented b > Mr bpo'iner.w ho addressed
the senate. The resolutions were severally
adopted , and the senate at 11. ! > p. m. ad
journed.
The si nate In secret se-sion confirmed the
nomination ot Daniel Mazone to be collector
of customs at the port ot Mew York.
llOHSC.
WA-nixoToy , March 1. On motion of
Mr. lielmont the senate amendments to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bills
were non-concurred In and a conference
ordered.
On motion of Mr. Townshend of Illinois
the bill making appropriations for tha pay
ment of Mexican jienslons was p-ustd. It
appropriates S2.ao.COO for the remainder of
the current fiscal ) ear and H'XO.COD for the
next fiscal jear.
Mr. Paj son of Illinois submitted the con
ference report on the bill restricting to
American citizens ownership In territories of
real estate It was agreed to.
Tne conference report on the river and
harbor appropriation bill was presented and
read. The report slates that the senate in *
creased Item : in the house bill to a sum ag.
gresatmg 52rjOcXl. TnU was reduce. } In
conferinceto 51,500,000. The senate added
tw entnine new Items aggregating $1 015,0X1 ,
which were : reduced In conference to 5 .57- ,
SOQ. The total of the original hou-e bill wa >
S7,4S9.'KO The total of the bill as it p.is-ed
the - < > nat < was 510.ri--0.ijO and as it comes
from the conference ! > S9.V19.CM ) .
Theeonference-reiiort on the Indian ap
propriation bill was -ubmltteJ and a creed to ,
Mr. Hurgess of Missouri moved to suspend
the rules und pass the deiiciencv appropria
tion bill. Another hour was consumed in
leading this measure.
Mr , Cannon of Illinois said that if the bill
wa < < up for consideration in the ordinary way
he would move to recommit it. It was not
before the house ujon a reimrt that WM
elthei proper or courteous to the mlnorit ) of
the committee. Yetterda ) for the first lime
be saw the report It had never been .sub
mitted to the committee , but if It had ema
nated from an ) per-on but the gentleman
from Mlsoiiri ( Hurn ) , he was Iznorint of
the fact The bill appropriated about S3 , ' OD.-
000 and in the main tie concurred In the
recommendations , il was conspicuous for
what was not In it It omitted an appropri
ation of S'JOWOCO for services rendtred by
the. Central Piclnc railroad company over
2,000 miles of iu leased line. The i > uprtme
court had n * ld that the sum was due and
paable by the government He wa& not
here to make a plea tor the Central Pacific ,
but only to call attention to the fact that not
withstanding this ilefidion of the highest
tribunal in ihu land the committee on appro
priations exercising sovereign power to re
pudiate the obligations of theeovrrnment ,
had refused to make the appropriation. The
committee also failed to ajypropciate 2tOO- ,
000 b my the Judgment of the court of claim *
In f aror of the Choctaw nation.
Mr. Horns of Missouri sMd that while the
report had not been formally presented to the
committee It had been approved Informally
b ) the members of the majorlt ) and had been
printed fur one week. He contended that
while the Central Pacific owed tha
government STO.roo.CCOthe covernnient had a
right to tafee ? 2 , < WOOJ and hold It In the
treasur ) to the credit of the company until
the da ) of settlement came. A patent fraud
had been committed by the comrnny and It
wa evy to turn to fails and drcumstances
that , before a Jury , would convict every mem
ber of the corporation who had participated
In Its management for the last ten ) earof
conduct that would nuke him better tilted
fo- the cell of a prison house than for the
chamber of the statesmen.
The motion to suspend the rules was
treed to and the bill w.niRissed with nn
amendment ! appropriating SJf.OUO for print
ing and bulshlng addltlonil llvcr certlh-
cites and legal tender notes of the denomina
tions of SI and Si
Mr Holtnin of Indlina moved to suspend
the rules and put upon its pa sage the legis
lative appropriation bill.
The leclslative , executive and Judiciary ap
propriation bills were then passed under a
susnens.on of the rule * .
Mr. Morrl-on of Illinois called up the con
ference report on the fractional gallon tax
bill.
bill.Mr.
Mr. Butterworth of Ohio rat ed the ques
tion of consideration and the house refused
) eas , 101 ; nas , 14'J to consider the confer
ence report
Mr. Helmont of New York presented the
conference report on the h herles retallator )
bill , annoiincinc disagreement.
Mr. Hire ot Missachusetts moved tint the
house recede from its amendments to the sen
ate bill. Action wa. deferred for a recess.
In the evening < -e-sion a larce number of
bills were passed authorizing the construc
tion ot brluses among them the following :
Across the MIssouil river at Kansas Clt ) and
ntOmnha. across the Mississippi river at
Kcokuk. Adjourned.
Cnnuressioiial Probabilities.
WAsiitNOTOs1 , March 1. At midnight
Senator Allison , chairman of the senate com
mittee on appropriations , who was still en-
gistd with the other conferees on the sun
dry civ 11 bill , said to a reporter of the Asso
ciated press that the prospect of celling
through the necessary work on the appropria
tion bills , and thus of avoiding ttie necessity
of a called session , amounted to quite a prob
ability. The naval bill would be taken up
bv the senate to-morrow and would
probaoably be passed and sent tea
a conference during the day. The legisla
tive and Ideticleuc ) bills had. this evening ,
reached the senate , and the committee on
appropriations , bv continuous wore , might
cet them before the senate Wednesdiy night
or Thursday In position for action oefore
f hursda ) night Probabl ) no attempt would
be made to piss the new fortdicatlon bill ,
that for the last year being sun incomplete ,
rtie conference report on the sundry civil
bill would probably be prepared before the
committee adjourned to-night Notwith
standing. "ie added , It Is In the power of an )
member of either house to so deli ) matters
as to make an extra session po-s.ble.
BLOOD IN KANSAS.
A County Seat Fiuht Results in Six
.Murders.
DnxvEn , March L For some months past
a very hard feeling has exi'ted b twien the
Citizens of Leoti and Coronadd , two -mill
towns In Wallace county , Kinsa- , over the
location of the county seat Frank Jonness
A. M. Barry , George Watkins , Emmett
Dcsming , Charles Coulter. 15111 Ilalns
and a man named Johnson left Leoti
for CoronadiL Upon entering that
town In a wagon they tlottced suspicious
movements ainonir some of the citizens who
were standing on the uaveuient In front of
one of the stores. Coulter , Kalns and John
son sprang from the waeon and reached for
their revolvers No sooner had the men
touched the ground than the party in front of
the store poured a volley from their six-
shooters Into the men. Instantly kill
ing Coulter , Kims and Johnson , and
woundins Jonness , Harry and Watkins so
that recovery is imjiOssible. The wounded
men were taken to a hotel and are now
befnecared for. Noneof the murderers have
vet ben arre-ted and It sceins that no omrer
in the county has any desire to attempt the
taskAim
Aim ENE , Kan. , Mirch I. The Oizette's
special from Wallace In regard to the hzht at
Coronadii3)5 - A pirty of armed men have
started trom here with coffins to bring back ,
the dead The latest news from the s < ; ene
v.asto the effect tint the dead bodies were
l > in , ' in the streets and the out
laws would not permit any one to
touch them. Further developments are
expected to-morrow. The man Coulter is re
ported to hare had twentv-one bullets put
into his body He was a de-uerate character ,
lhat further trouble will come from the af
fair , causing more bloodshei , may be sur
mised from the fact that tbe I eoti men re
ceived nn express package this morning con
taining ? .WO worth of are anus.
AXOTHKn STEAMBOAT HOIinoil.
.Many People Burned to Death oil the
romblcbcc Utvor.
Monir.E , Ala. , March 1. The steamer W.
II. Gardner , one of the largest boats plvlng
on the Tombigbee river from Mobile , was
burned this afternoon below Gainesville ,
Suwter county. Ala. Captain F. b , Stone
telegraphs to the 1'egister from Epes , Ala. ,
that the boat i > n total lo-s with IM bales of
cotton. The los of life is very large , as , icl-
lovvs ;
b. C Bl.lfKMAN.
JLLP. IlEJir.f-.r.T and two children ,
Mns W. T. ItEvtnr.HT and three children.
TlIEODOllE IJllMJAJI. .
( i. IUTKcolored. .
Jens UKVVXT , steward.
H * Mil For.i > .
If VYWAF.II Hruso.v.
L. LiMii'-f.v.
ViniiiL Jovt. ; ,
AMOS HAJIIS : , and thrc unknown per
sons.
sons.Mr
Mr . Hembsrt w.v > the wife of the clerk and
part owner ot the boat , and lived in Mobile.
The remaining whites were passengers liv
ing in the upper ToinbUbea district No
details of th < cause and progress of tl.e lire
hav e been rcceiv ed. The Gardner was built
live 3 ears ago for the ToiiibUboo trade , blie
was owned b ) IS btone , bid C. Coleman
anil.T. . Uembcrt , and valued at gJJ.COO.
She was fullv insured. The cotton Is in
sured In local compinlei forS'-W 00.
I'rotecilni : the Chinese.
VICTOKIA , B. C. , Man-h 1. The legislature
suspended the rules and passed the bill to
meet the emergency at Vancouver. The bill
virtually sUsjx-nds the city's charter nnd
v ests all power In the legislature. Thf gov
ernment has assented to the bill. A special
force lias been sworn ill and procteds to
Vancouver to-morrow armed with batons and
revolver- . Three ring leaders have already
been arrc-ste < l , and more "will be to-morrow ,
The Cb nest4 at the time of tne attark were
driven Into the waters of theinletandome
near ! ) drew ncd. Those left In the citv on
'llmrtday night have since U-en sent'out. .
The , : oveniiueiii force will protect all Inter
ests and the bill provides for the summary
dealing with all offenders occasioned by the
outrages on the Chines ,
A PnriiiluriFailure. .
Coi.i unitNeb. . , March -.Special [ Tele-
cram to the IlEK. ' George ii. llardell , onu
of our leading dealers in unp furniture , and
vrto biji been doing a good business , con-
leASctl judgment to-da v fur S , u ) in favor of
his wife , Mrs. Flora llardell , and closed up
the store ,
.New Vorlc Dry Cootla Market.
X > .w YOISK , March L The invisible
of dry goods enabled the distribution of
large quantities of all clijeof goods. Tl.e
demand for Immediate want * was llsht , bul
fyr autumn specialties was wtll sustained.
COLUMBIANS ALL CUT UP ,
Cleveland's Nomination of Trotter De *
nonnced in No Uncertain Terms.
DEMOCRATS JOIN IN THE HOWL ,
The Appropriation Hills All In
anil No .Noe l ofnn l > ttra Ses
sion Morrison llcnila the
Commission.
The Nntntnntlon of Trotter.
Asiitvjto.v. March L [ Special Tee !
gram to tlie UKE. ! It has been many
vearssineo the citizens of the District ol
Columbia have been so wroughf up with In
dignation as they are to-nUht over the nornl *
nation of J. M. Trotier ( colored ) , ot Massa
chusetts to bo recorder of deeds for the lis
Irict vice Matthews ( colored ) , of New Yorfy
twice rejected by the senate , principally on ,
the ground ot non-re.Mdenre. During his
c.Miip.ilin ; Ju IbM Clevelaml promised tha
people here that should he be elected ha
would appoint home men to home officeHa
has outraged this promise time and aaln ,
and seems cspeclall ) delighted in hoisting a
non-resident Into the otlice of recorder ot
deeds , one of the most desirable federal posl'
lions In this whole section of the country
When the senate first rejected Matthews , the
present Imcumbe.ni , and sent the president
word that It would not con linn a non-icsl-
dent to the office. It was believed a houia
man would chosen from the many eminent
stekers. It he wanted simply toget a colored
man , he could find the most prominent , well-
titted and Inthuntlal right here of any place
in the country , but he teems to want to "nib
It In" on the senate for refusing to confirm
Matthews , and has cho-cn another nonresident
dent with all the objectionable features o
the first nominee. The Her. correspondent
has the best authority for predicting Trot *
ter's prompt rejection. This evening's Critlo
says of tlu-aprolntment : "The executive la
evidently determined that , so far as this pao
ticular appointment is concerned , Ins own
wa ) is to prevail , and the opinion * of these
whom the appointment mo-l concerns arc to
be utterly Ignored. Had he even adhered to
Ills original purpose and reappolntetl
Matthews , he would at least have maintained
credit for consistency As It Is. the president
appears to have concluded that one insult to
the District deserves au-ftlier. It Is pissing
strange that , with all the knowledge whicbi
he must have by this time relative to the par'
tlcularly local character of the otUcc of rc
corder ot deeds , and the universal sentiment
ot our citizens that -hould DC hllcd br ona
ot their own number , Cleveland should still
I.T < > st In a contemptvotis disresard of tha"
popular wish. Now whit ? Trotter will'
not be connrmed b ) the senate. He will bo" "
reappointed by the president and hold untif
the end ot the first session ot the Fiftieth
congress. In the meantime the senate wilt
next winter refuse to confirm him. The'
president will then continue the farce to tha
end ot Ills otllcial term by Importing somebody
body else to succeed Trotter. It Is a pro- "
gramme tnat ma ) well provoke the iudlgna
tion of all citizens of the District Irrespective
of party , or race , or sox , or previous condt >
tton. "
The most prominent democratic citizens of
the District denounce in unuieasund term
the president for making the appointment ?
and the cace will undoubtedly assume im
tional proportions , as thos ho aru protest-
intr.ire men , In most instances , of national
reputation.
Liwrence Gardner , president of the ColntBi
bia democratic club , a > : "I confess tnat A
wa * ver > much surprised bv this nomination/
1 don't undtrstand the reason which influx
enceil tht > president , and afar as I have Deem
informed there Is no one that does know. 1C
it is the nezro the president wants to recos- *
nlze vvh > doesn't he nominate a colored dem/
ocratlc resident of the District:1 uchaone ?
could le found. AIt l , he is trying to introduce - ,
troduce the principle of carpet-baggl-m in the
District , or rather to perpetuate it here. "
J. W. M Johnson s.ivs"It Is an insult to
the people of the District of Columbia , ami
am glid to see tnat Columbians are going for'
him. The Jackson as-octition should meet *
and take action against the nomination. "
N. D. I.sruerav : "I am di-gusted wlin
it. 1 am surf If he had appointed aVash -
uigton negro we could not and would not
object. "
Charles b. M x > re , one of the most inlluen-
t.al local democrats. sas : "Some oneaskedf
me la-t night v ho Trotter was , and 1 an-
sw ered , 'Ho is a i'rotter de-sired by C'leviv
lind and damned by ever ) one. ' I had :
thought that after Uevelaud had recognlzetf
Matthuv\s , nd Matthews had been rejected ,
he would at last nominate tor the place if
resident democrat and redeem the pledga
made to the District that a democratic ad
ministration would give us home rule. Ir >
the innermost councils of the democratic
conclave here. In discussing the question o
the appointment of Matthews I have never ;
heard the auction of color referred to. This
is 4 question that goes tw-v end politico or race
prejudice. It Is a question that threaten *
our material existence. I see the only satisfac
tory end now to this matter and that Is local
sell government for the District. For my
part , I would prefer a republican adminis
tration of District atT.iirs by otucer- elected
b ) the people than to continue to live under
othcers who aru responsible to the people for
nothing. "
W.Calvin Chase ( colored ) , editor of tha
colored people's organ here , says : "l he col
ored people are beginning to regird this
theory that Matthews was rejected on acj
count of his being colored as a farce , and I
don't think that it will h.ive an ) practical ef
fect at all. If the president wants to appoint
a colored man , he can lind plent ) ot colored
resident- ttie District who would bo com-
t > etent to tilt the place Trotter , in my opin
ion , Is not a representative colored man , and
at an ) rate , if the enate should reject him ,
it would not now be regard * ! by his people
as being on account of his color. "
bcoreof other equally iniluentla men ex >
tires ? thi'inselves quite as emphatically , and
an indignation mcutln , ; N talked of. The
i-eiinte committee on the Ulitrict of Colum
bia will hold i sictal meeting tomorrow
and the unlver-al pr'Hiletlon Is that Trotter's
rejection will bti practically unanlmoita.
The democratic senators openly expresa
their disgust , and man ) of them declare the/
will vote to reject him.
j.i.1 FVTIM. KS-IOV.
There is now nu likelllicxxl of an extra set *
-loo of congru s. The lioii o couimlttce on
aiiproprintlunsbackc-d down from its posltloa
on the legislative , executive and judicial bill ,
virtually accepting the present law ana the
meaiute was quickly disposed of. As this
wa- > the boue of contention the way Is now
clear to complete- thu appropriation bills
- I'rtdav noon. J'oor llolinan lisa
'At down upon by everybody , and has txen a
inN'rable failure in maintaining the position
of the appropriation committee oil the work
it has presented , Mhiln Chairman JUudall
has tn.ti onlj too glad to run away from the '
preature.
DIilITOlXTKU MKMnKlt" .
Kach iiiunniif rsaioii brings mere df'-ap-
tKiintmeiit to meinbep ) ot the house mem-
( A.Twlio I .tv fondlv hoped that during the
pa - > t Mx < t. ) lhev would be able to get their
little Ij.lS Uirougii. O.iu b ) one theda ) ! > drop
out and ihf > can < lo uothini. It is humorouj
and pitliftii' to see thtt eaKfrnesj with whicli
n.cwberi s atnl In their places after iiraver
ami wait I-T the speaker to get through Ja ) fag
Lefure thu house Uie documents aua
IH-r.-onal requesU that accumulate upon Ms
desk. Fifty bits of paprr rre KounthvU Ju
air : hfty members are tagerand Anxiously
waiting for the moment when the Fpcakrr' *
6)6 is supposed Jo be abroad In thu house.
while occasionally one member more tiucr
tlun thu t calls 'Mr vker"
rt , , r > too
koop. Then they nil &uout 'Mr. hptakerl"
"Mr. .Iptaker1 ! The b4aker't | > calm , uteadf
voice continues repeating , "also the follow-
int. " Sii he h nd another document lotto
clerk , who proceeds to read tte title.Vtiea
Hie title of the la t docuwi nt it read there
are titty excited and tremolin members
cranliit : their necks to ratch the H * > - ' ej's
ee. There nre nfty "iLurff. " Then Hoi-
man holds uu his loni : , lion ) l ; nJ nd criej
"Jwtjtmentr1 > lfty r' ti.t-fae : niembet * .
with their bills cluttled lu tLe.r