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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
TW ENT Y-SECON I ) YE A K. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 13 , 1893. NUMBER 237.
WILL MEET WITH OPPOSITION
[ Annexation of Hawaii Will Find Many
Opponents in ( Jongress.
[ PROBABLE ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT
\lp \ I'ntor < thr lilra nf Admitting the In
land * Into HIP I'tilim Humor * Cur
rent In HIP Nutliinul Capital
Concerning the .Mutter.
'WASHINGTONHiRciff or Tnn HEB. I
M3 FofllTEESTII STKEEr. >
WASIIISOTO\ . O. . Feb. 12. |
Annexation of Hawaii will not be accom
plished without serious opposition : mil prob
ably considerable bitter dobale In congress.
Tlicrc arc two sides to this , as there are to
every other question , and while the adverse
Ride will likely find few adherents they may
prove obstinate.
When annexation was first' proposed the
public mind was unprepared for it. A revo
lution was precipitated In Honolulu without
warnir.g in the United States , and federal
troops were marching through the streets
of that faniw-av metro | > olis before even Iho
president was aware that such a condition
was imminent. When the new government
asked for a friendly arm to bo ex
tended bv the United States , and
requested to be taken into our
fellowship , little was known of the people
or their condition , and , like the person who
Is ever ready to accept any and all gifts
without regard to the consequences , the
Ameruin people , with comparative umli- .
imlty , decided that aiquisitloa of territory'
UIMII anj terms should not be refused. They
did not stop to inquire what it would cost or
where it would lead ; they only know It
meant more terrilory. To the credit of
President Harrison it should be said that ho
hesitated He said he was not sure about
annexation being just tne thin ; : . He
thought a protectorate was best for the
liresent Having acquired control over the
islands and received the pledge of obedi
ence and re-Iiitionship by a protectorate the
president Ihourht it would bel l > est to then
investigate , and if we concluded that we de
sired the Sandwich islands annexation
could follow Hut congress , with scarcely a
dlssen'ing voice , and the press , with few
exceptions , ni't to mention the people , cried
out for annexation and so the president
finally said he would favor annexation at
the start
Congroxpt IVII1 Tukn Action.
It is the general Impression that an annex
ation bill will come before congress
w'thin the week. It may l > e biouirht
forward at any time. It will likelv
not le called up for action before the presi
dent has sent his message to contToss. stilt
ing the incidents which brought about the
resolution , the part our minister and navy
took in it , and the status of affairs upon the
islands at present. When the 1)111 ) comes up
for action there will be opponents to annexa
tion , awl it Is hinted that some ugly things
will bo s.ill in connection with them by an
agent of the Hawaii.ui government during
the past fewyears. regarding the manner in
which the revolution was precipitated , the
underlying principles moving the iinnexa-
tionists and the possibility of fraud atrl
bribery ' as having brought about the present
The adverse side of a popular proK | > sition
Is not only as Interesting as the ( topiilai- side ,
but it in quite as important. . It was Senator
Petllgrowof South Dakota who raised his
voice at the very outset of the annexation
agitation und declared lhat selfishness and
rot , patriotism or love of government was at
the bottom of the irovemcntln Hawaii. Sen
ator Petligrew has been out of Ihe city for
two or three days , so thai nothing can be
secured from him further than the business
reasons which ho offered against annexa
tion , but from other sources It is learned
that It will be charged that speculators are
at the botlom of the annexation movement ,
and that the financial gain Is Ihe moving
spirit.
It is alleged that the majority of stock
holders In the Hawaiian Commercial company
which owns Iho plantations and produce.- ;
the immense quantities of sugar on Iho
islands , and those in the Oceanic Steamship
company , a line p ! > mg between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu , have foi more than a
been " " down the stock
year "bearing" of the
i corporations with a view to buying in the
minority stock anu then moving for annexa
tion.
< 'Inu Sprrcki-U' Spi-riihitloii.
Your correspondent is informed upon re
liable authority that the iuii > ortant block of
slocks In Iho hands of a minority holder was
purchased by C'iaus Spreckels in San Fran
cisco the night before the news of the revo
lution In Hawaii reached that city. The
stock was acquired by the' sugar king for 23
cents and now il cannot bo bought from
him i r. It is staled Iho value of ihe stock
in both companies named has doubled ,
trebled , or possibly quadrupled , within Iho
last fortnight and lhat Us owners rcgarel It
as a good purcluiso nowat par.
The capital stock of these companies is not
here , but It is said to bo somewhere between
$ -10,000,000 and KiO.OOO.OUO. Since the move
ment began which ended in the revolution
and the annexation agitation , the stock ,
which had not been paying dividends , has
been rapidly changing hands.
I'rollU of Aiiiietilinii. :
The Hawaiian Commercial company owns
three-fourths of the commercial interests
upon the Hawaiian's islands , and annexation
would of coure besides turning in from
$0,000,000 ta , * IO,000,000 a year from sugar
bet nMrs. give all interests a great boom. It
woul.1 grille land titles , insure peace and
stabillt > and in > rcase all values.
Il is asserted that the special r'epresent-
allve of the deposed queen , who is now on
his way here , was only a few years ago sent
by Clans Spreckels to Hawaii as an attorney
to look after th Commercial company's in-
_ Ion-sis. , that ho soon became a member of the
| v * queen's cabinet and that he Is now really
' working in the interests of the sugar king
tint he will , while acting for the queen , bo
ready to vacate all pro | > ositlons In the in
terest of annexation , and lhat the Commer
cial and Slcumshlp company will make good
any demand which the deposed queen may
make upon congress K acceding lo annex
ation. In other words , Uiecompanies named
would be willing lo lake Hie financial responsibility
sibilityof annexation , believing In the
I'nltod States government and feeling thai
Its simulation was a peed one.
t , Tinier the treaty of 1ST. ) sugar was ad-
j milled from Hawaii free of duty. At that
If time , and up to the time the McKinley tariff
I * law went Into effect there was a duty of 2
cents a pound upon sugar. Hawaii tliushad
that advantage over all e-oniHlllors. | ! An
other treaty was made between this country
and Hawaii In issi , which extended to that
country n similar advantage in Iho sugar in
dus ry When Iho tirsl treaty was rati
fied King Kalakaua came to this
country , and It was said his expenses were
( iald by Spreckels and others , who were
working sugar plantations in the Sandwich
islands. The enactment nf the McKinley
law , of course , nullified or made useless th6
operation of Hawaii's Irealy. so far as sugar
was concerned , for sugar Is admitted free of
duly now , coming from any quarter.
Other ArcumriiU Agalntt Anncxntluii.
Nol unly will ihcse arguWuls be made
against annexation , bui iiwill be shown , be
side * , the fact thai the islands are 2,100 mile *
from ryr shores they are ( Kipulated wilh
coolies , lepers ami olher undesirable classes ,
with onS.21.OUO natives and Americans , und
lhat the very climate makes It IniiKw.tlblo to
produce a ge > cd people. It will be shown
that forvlble acquisition would be cheaper in
ease of war and lhat the annexation fever
has been created by ine-n in congress who
have ever snuv the new tariff law has Wen
cuariod , been working up the present condi
tions for sllp-iUted salaries , paid by ihe cor-
perallons inie-rrstcd.
One opponent of annexation declares lhat
before annexation is accompluhed. as much
jnsTes lonal corruption will b shown as
was disclosed in the Panama steal , in pro-
t < ortlon to Interests Involved.
Besides all this there are a numlwr of
promim-iit ' sennUira and members of the
; :
house , who will light annexation legislation
to the bitter end. Among the former are
Senators Gray , Vest , Qrica and Pettlerew.
I'rrslilrut lliirri'ou to lie llouureil.
A movement Ison foottoconferuiwn Presi
dent Harri on one of the gre-itest honors ever
conform ! uxm an American citizen. It is
proposed to elect him commander of the
Ijoyal legion of the Unite. ! Stat > s. a | > osi-
tlon inndu vacant by the recent dwith of ex-
President Hayes. The place has be n held
by General Hayes. General Phil Sheridan ,
Admiral Almy and General Lieorjjo II.
Thomas. The selection is for life.
\ VrtiTii IVnilom.
The following pensions granted are re-
l > orte < l :
Nebraska : Original Edward W. Hunt ,
Edwanl A. Whitwam. Joseph C. Vance ,
Swen Swenson , Omar Whitney , Harvey M.
Sidner. Additional N. Fellows. Heissae
Henry C. Farnsworlh. Peter Platt. Oriz- !
nal wlilow ? , etc. Millie Abrams , Kuth
Davis , Samuel Hoypr ( father ) .
loivaDrlirmal l iwrence Miller. Peter
Hickabaugh , Kutrene Moriarity , Hiram P.
Kicker. Additional Francis E. Newberry.
T. J. Hunter. Stewai-d Pitcock , William H.
Austin. George Sherman. f renso Harrison.
Iiicrea < Anthony Sehoff. David McNeel.
Samuel I-oekwood. Nelson i { . Winn , Charles
A. Glasigow. Charles H. Stansbury. Ke-
is ue Kli Joiifs. Original widows , etc.
Sarah Dunn. Jemima Adams , Delcina
Holies , ( mother ) , Jane Drowning , Nancy
r\rgeson. ( mother ) .
South Dakota : Original W. Terrell Pat-
tlson. David Wenger. P. S. H.
or inc. . % o r/.v GHKKX.
IVIth tinl l > ii lnK of thp Msht Illi l.lff
UVllt OlIt-OtlllT lLMtll .
Ky. . Feb. 12. Dr. Norvin
Git-en's active earner was peacefully ended
this morning. With the passing of the nieht
its life went out. deilh stealing U | > on him
j.-fm-e tlie Sabbith day had entirely begun.
Mr. Warren Green watched out the night at
lis father's bedside. At 7 o'clock It was
ilain that death was ' .overing near. In a
lalf hour.whilo the family was watching his
every trjath , life departed from the boJy of
the nead of the Western union Telegraph
company , at tlie Green mansion , Second and
Broadway.
Western Union wires quickly Hashed the
news i or Dr. Green's deatli all over the lainl
ind i telegrams of condolence began pouring
; u from all over the country. General
1'hom.is T. lickert and all otliccrs of the
Western Union sent telegrams of sympathy.
The funeral services will bo held at
the family residence Thursday morn
ing ' at ID o'clock. General Eckert tele
graphed that he and a party of gentlemen
would tome from New York as soon as possi
bleA number of the Western Union oftl-
cials ill bo among the list of honorary and
active pall bearers. The services will take
place at the residence and the remains will
be interred in Cave Hill. The burial will be.
private.
Dr. ( liven's illness is only of ten days
duration , though for six weeks he has been
has not beii well.
Dr. Yandell described the disease as
calarrhal diarrhoea. An attack caused him
suffering last summer while at Saratoga.
Last fall ho was a victim of la grippe.
Christmas ho returned home from New
York , feeling jndisp sed. but he kept up his
work , though remaining Indoors the greater
part of the time.
Fifty-Three Venn Married.
Dr. Norvln Green and his wife Ihree years
1130 celebrated their golden wedding at their
hand-tunic home in this citv. He married in
IS10 , liLs wife being Miss Martha English , a
daughter of Captain Jams W. English , who
fought ni the battle of Tippecanoo and
through the war of IS1- . under General Wil
liam Henry Harrison. The English family
Ihen lived In Carroll county and after the
marriage Dr. Green , who had raised suftl-
cient money to educate himself by contract
ing to cut cord wood in Hunter's bottom ,
moved on the Kentucky side of the river op-
Madison , Ind. He had been forced to
do labor because of Ihe bankruptcy of his
father , who lost his all by becoming a surety
on a guardian's bond.
After moving to this city his first son was
born. . He now has four sons Dr. James A. ,
who is now abroad ; Pinckney F. , the law
yer , and who resides in Louisville : John F. ,
of the Glenview stock farm : Warren , ivjio
is living with his father , and Iwo daughters ,
Susie and Grace.
For Ihe sast thirty years the greater part
of his time has been spent in New York , but
he lias retained his citizenship in this city.
In 1S7S ho removed his family to New
York , bringing them back in ISiV
tilt l.lfc unit \Vork.
Dr. Norviti Green was born in New Albany ,
April IT. ISK While a child his family re
moved to this state , so that his early lifo was
Identified with and fashioned by his resi-
deuce in Kentucky. His education was
thorough , rather broad studies , ivhich were
suited to the professional lifo which he had
mapped out. His preferences were in the
direction of solid knowledge rather than of a
classic culture. After a thorough course of
study under the able faculty of tne medical
department of the university of Louis-
\lllc. he graduated In 1S4S with honors.
He commenced on a good praclice.
Not long afterwards he became a phvslciun of
Ihe Western Military academy at Drennon
Springs. Ky. , where the late James G.
Hlalne was at the time one of Ihe junior iu-
struclors. t.iko almost all young men of
spirit in Kentucky , Dr. Green early con
nected himself with the politics of the state.
Dr. Given was elected for several forms to
the Kentucky legislature and. hi IKW. wuo
appointed commissioner of the L'nited
States , in charge of the construction of Iho
national building in Louisville. While en
gaged in the duties of his ap | > oiutment he
became one of the lessees of the L'nited
Morse and People's telegraph line , between
I uisville and New Orleans , and. becoming
preside-ill of their interests , united them
under the name of the Southern Telegraph
company. Thus he became identified with
the the history of Iho lelegraph. In IzfM
when the American Union and Western
Union lines were consoltdateel. Dr. Green
was chosen vieo president , and witn the ex
ception of about throe years , during which
he accepted Ihe presidency of Iho Louisville ,
Cincinnali & Lexington Itallroad company ,
retained lhat oftice until January , Is7 : , when
he relumed lo duly as vice president of the
Western L'nlon Telegraph eomKiny. | It was
during this interim o'f three years lhat he
again entered the ( toliiics of the stale , and
was wailed ux | > n by u delegation of the legis
lature and urged to accept nomination
for United States senator. It is said ho
could have been elected but for a clerical
error in Ihe count of Ihe nominating caucus.
Dr. Green was elected president of the
Western Union Teleg.-aph company April
Colonel ( li-irlei C" . Orr.
Siorx CITY , la , Feb. 12. [ Special Tele
gram to THE HEE.I Colonel Charles C. Orr.
one of the weallhlesl men in SITJX City ,
died hero Ibis evening. He laid Ihe founda
tion of his fortune in speculalion In Louis-
viilo and New Orleans ; ui-l came lo Sioux
City in Is5 * . Ho owned W.iXX ) acres of the
richest farm lands In Iowa and large tracts
of centrally located realestale In Sioux Clly ,
which have become very valuable. Ho had a
flue war record as an officer in Iho union
army.
Other Denth .
DEM-OX. Tex. , Fob. 12. H. C. Collins , one
of ihe founders of Ihts cily and the most ex
tensive real estate owner in Texas , diet ! lo-
night in this city of heart failure.
News of the death of Dr. J. W. Holden ,
another noted pioneer , has just been re
ceived.
CINCINNATI. O. . Feb. 12 Mr. Henry Lewis ,
a prominent capitalist , died here this mom-
ing , In his 07th yoar.
Xunte Alfalu MiaUm.
ATHKXS , Feb. 12. The island ofante has
been shaken teday by several earlhquakes
and Iho panic among Ihe inhabitants is in
creasing.
'
Significance of the Eecent Treaties with
Franca and Russia.
STARTLING DIPLOMATIC REVELATIONS
Trance xnd ltu l.i Willing to Hick t'p the
Unltril Mit In Any 1'orelcn Cull-
trover * ) ' A lilt of L'nwrlt-
tcn Minor/ .
WASIIINOTOX , D. C. , Feb. 12. [ Special to
THKBEK. ] A triple alliance between the
United States. Uussia and France such is
the Intern Utonalcr.iibhntlon of for s for
mutual benefit and defense which has been
secretly pending for six years , and which ,
unknown lo either the diplomatic or polilical
world al large , culminated In an executive
session of the United States senate two days
ago.
ago.This
This is ihe flrst public announcement of
the ! weighty meaning which lay behind the
seemingly unim | > ortant and forma ! announcement
Sin
ment that "the extradiiion irealy with
Russia had been ratified. ' ' That was the
liB lis total of the announcement which was
given to the public. But the ratification of
this Irealy meant an e | och in the history of
this country. It meant that the century will
close with what I'rince Gortschakoff. the
great Hubslan chancellor , once described as
"necessary for ihe universal equilibrium of
nations , " namely , an alliance between Hus-
sia and France.
Singularly enough , the ratification , of the
extradition treaty with Hussia leaves before
the senate no business of the State depart
ment which has not been acted upon , a con
dition of atfairs which probably never before
existed in our history. It is the crowning
glorv of the administration of ths Stile de-
partmcnl under Mr. Blaine , which it has
been Iho fortune of Mr. Foster to conclude ,
that it will bequeath to the incoming admin
istration at once great problems an 1 the key
lo their solution. Within the past six-
months two trealies , ihe only ones ( tending
before Iho senate , have been ratified. These
arc the extradition treaties with H-is < lt : and
France , and as Ins been stated their ratill-
cation is of world-wide significance ? "
Crime * .Made Kxtraililalilc.
One of these trealies was at one time actu
ally rejected , while theo olher was practi
cally in the same condition when the Slate
department , under the direction of Presi
dent Harrison , revived them both and
brought them to a successful issue. By the
treaty with Hussia , what ; are popularly , but
inaccurately described as "political' ' of
fenses , are made extraditable. That is to
say , any person who attempts by
deed or conspiracy ' to murder the
czar or any member of the imperial
family and Hoes to tno United States can bo
reached by the arm of the Hussian govern
ment , and if his crime or attempted crime
can be proved by evidence satisfactory to a
United Slates court can bo taken back to
Hussia for punishment by that government.
To American ears.prejudiced by the accounts
which have been published of the extreme
and summary methods of so-called justice in
Htibsia , this announcement will doubtless
seem ti departure from the policy of a repub
lic , where the humblest citlzer. is entitled tea
a trial by jury , and where such an offense as
high treason is almost unknown outside of
books of la w. But it is to bo remembered that
attempts to murder the czar or members of
his family are essentially us truly attempted
murder as would bo conspiracies to butcher
a peasant. It is moreover not generally
understood that these conspiracies against
Imperial government do not arise among tha
down-trodden , but from the discontent of
turbulent , petty nobles , whoso idleness and
debauchery have bseu arrested by the
liberation from serfdom of millions of people
who were in a condition of slavery more ab
ject than existed in any southern state of
this country before the war. The freedom
of Ihese serfs and Iheir gradual acquisition
of land and otlier property bus inflamed a
certain class of Husslnn society to a degree
which caused the assassination of ihe libera-
t jr , Alexander II. , and which now aims al Ihe
destruction by dynamilc of the Homanoff
dynasty.
dulled n Storm of Oppo4ltlon.
When Ibis Ireaty was flrst submitted to
the United States senate , six years ago , it
caused a storm of opposition to sweep all
over Europe and drew a volley of protests
from a great majority of the iwople of this
country. To make extraditable an at
tempted murder of a Houianofl sounded
like a frightful menace to the political
refugees In Switzerland , the haven of
nihilists and anarchists in Europe , as
well as to the colony of conspir
ators against the Husstan government
in America. Moreover ihe proposed treaty
seemed to nuny to pave the way toward an
agreement with Great Brilain lo deliver
over to her untender mercies every worker
for home rule in Ireland. Thai Ihese Inler-
pretalious of the Hussian treaty were un
true , especially so far as they might affect
Irish political offenders , lias been clearly
shown to the sen-ate. Tlie mere announce
ment that Ihls treaty had been pro
posed brought representatives of the
nihilist cause to Ihe caullol at Wash
ington from Canada , from Switzerland and
from BoutU America. One of these men who
protested before Iho senate commiitce on
foreign relalions against this trealv was
lhat arch-nihilist and novelist , Sergius M.
Stepnuk. who has for many years been a
refu/ee in London. These prolesls had at
the time their effect. Since then , however ,
reason and calmer understanding of existing
facts , and an appreciation of ends to be ac
complished , have resulted in Iho raliflcation
of the irealy.
French Kttrailltlon Treaty.
Tlie extradition Irealy with Franco , which
was ratified last week , provides in brief for
the extradition of fugitives from that re
public who have been guilty of embezzlement
and other financial misdemeanors. To such
criminals the United States has long been a
harbor of refuge , similar to that- which
Canada has afforded our absconding bank
cashiers. The frequent arrests of French
swindlers as they have disembarked from
steamships arriving in New York and the
almost equally frequent failure lo bring
about their punishment , which every
reader of current news must have observed ,
is but a cursory evidence of this fact. The
new trealy wilh France distinctly sjiocifies
the offenses now made extraditable , and en
ables ihe French government even to reach
a defaulter tor as small a sum as $ .W.
In ratiftlng these treaties the United
States government has received distinct
pledges , both orally , through Iho Hussian
and French legalions in Washinglon. and by
correspondence Ihrough our Department of
Stale wilh Iho foreign oftices of those gov
ernments of ineir support , by force if neces
sary , againsl any interference by Germany ,
Great Britain , or any other European power ,
with ihe maliilaluauce by Iho Uniied Stales
of whal Is commonly lermed Iho "Monroe
doctrine. " In other words , the con '
trol of the Hawaiian islands , the an
nexation of British America , the
acquisition of Cuba or Hayii and San
Domingo , and Iho ultimate expulsion of
Great Britain from Bermuda , are all possi
bilities , in fulfilling which the United States
would bo upheld by the two powers , which ,
In European politics , are most distinctly op-
IHwed to the dreibund ; thai is , lo the alli I.
ance between Germany , Austria and Italy.
Should England protest against the acquisi i-
tion of the Hawaiian islands or the annexa
tion of Canada by the United States , the
British lion could do
nolhlng more than roar >
in ihe face of ihe forces which are ihus
brought lo Iho suprort of our new navy
Hussia , for example , in ISt-O , had a navy if
3bO vesselsmanned by 'JO,25J men , and costing
for maintenance $21,210,000 yearly. The
new trealv with Franco.nnds to the support
of the United States in case of a conflict
wilh Great Britain a navy of ass vessels
carrying IVM.HIl men. maintained at a ye.irly
ex ] > ense of ISOOO.OiW. IWnides thesoare Iho
vast standing armies of Iwlh Franco and
Russia , the one threatening ihe Balkans and
Ihe olher ready 10 seize ihe highway to
India by the Invasion of Egypt and ihe seiz
ure of Ihe Suez'canal. . At the same
time this alliance with France niul
Husniti do''s not commit the Unite I States
to any violation of ( he neg.illve part of the
Monroe doctrine' , which is to avoid any entangling -
tangling alll'inces ' which Involve this country
In the broils of Euroivan politics. No conti
nental war could drag Into Us tragedies and
disasters the fortunw of the Unlte.l States.
11 Is only when one of Ihe olher coutlnen'.al
( towers mleht attempt to e-book the n"xv ex
pensive ixjlicy of thU republic that s ich In
terference would meet with the united re
sistance of the armlets and navies of the his-
loric frleuits of Iho Unite.1 SUtss , Hasslu
and France.
Our Obligation * to Trance.
Ill Ibis historic friendship may bo found
the natural basis of Ihls alliance. The obll'
gallons of the Unite j Stales to lY.in.-e can
never be forgotten. Louis XVI. whatever
the molives of his ministry , m-ide it jKMsl-
ble for the thirteen colonies to convert the
Declaration of Independence into the federal
constitution. Franco gave us L-ifayette and
Hochambeau. Under Catherine II. Hussia
Joined the Leacue of Neutrals and corn-
polled the recognition of the American re
public by George III. The present genera
tion can never forget thU when Grcal
Britain was aboul tojrecosnlze the southern
confederacy , Alexander II. sent a Hussian
fleet to New York and a squ idroii lo Sun
Francisco , whoso presence In those
harbors unquestionably prevented the dis
ruption of the union. It was this simo
Alexander II. whoHbcratod the thirty millions
of serfs after he had mide it possible for
Abraham Lincoln toi strike the shackles
from nearly 4i 3.l ) of slaves. For his
friendship we paid. In' pirt. bv the purchase
of Alaska , an investment which seems likely
to have its logical res'lit in making that ter
ritory contiguous by Uio acquisition of the
intervening British possessions.
This announcement of the hidden signifi
cance of the extradition treaties with Hussia
and France , whose ralitlc.Uion has been so
quietly accomplished within the past few
d.iAs. will causa a sensitlon in every- foreign
legation in Washington and will bo promptly
cabled to every e-apitil : of Euroi > c. The In
formation upon which this is based comes
from the highest authority , and while it re
veals a diplomatic secret of international
imiwtance its publication violates no confi
dence.
COXIiUK-olOXAI. I'O it K CASTS.
Work Which linn Ileen. I.Utl Out fur Con-
Kre for the Coining Week.
WASHINGTON , D. C. . Fe"b. 12. But sixteen
working days remain Of the Fifty-second
congress. Only oae of the annual appropria
tion bills ( the army bill ) has become a law ,
and from this time on until the 4th of March
both houses of congress will bend every en
ergy to the completion iof the remainder of
the important measures.For this reason iv
is uncertain whether the senate will bo able
lo carry out the program of legislation , short
as it is. arranged by the republican caucus.
The Nicaragua canal bill is the unfinished
business , but as it promises to provoke long
debate It must from time to lime give way lo
Iho appropriation bills and conference re
ports
Next lo Iho Nie > an\gua \ > bill on the caucus
prom-am is the omnibus statehood bill. Sen-
alor Carey , who is in charge of Ihe bill , does
not propose to lose any .ppportuuily lo ad
vance It. and wuenover recourse Ms'hadto
the calendar , on which .tho bill occupies a
favorable position , h "wlll endeavor to reach
the measure without waiting for action on
the Nicaragua'bill. It is possible that ihe
senate may be plunjred into a financial dis
cussion any day in" the week should Mr.
Sherman call up the amendment to one of
the appropriation bills , of which ho has
given notice , authorizing Iho secretary of the
treasury to sell bonds to maintain specie pay
ments under the resumption clause of the act.
The silver question is definitely solved , for
this congress. The leaders in the house do
not see anything ahead between now and
the 4th of > March to cause trouble , except
the appropriation bills and the anti-options
bill. It is proposed to keep the house pound
ing away on the appropriation bills with
but little intermission until Iho last one of
them goes over lo thp senate. Those re
maining before Iho house are Ihe pension
I which > is under consideration ) , the | xm-
ofrlce , the Indian , the agricultural and the
naval bills.
Monday Is District of Columbia day. and
as the District lost Its day two weeks ago it
will doubtless be conceded the lloor tomor
row. Tlie remainder of the week will bo
occupied mostly with the several appropria
tion bills , though there is some prospect
that a special order may be brought in in
behalf of the New York and New Jersey
bridge bill , for which measure a cloture pe
tition has been presented to the rules com
mittee , or the agricultural committee , which
has the antl-oullon.-puns food and other
bills in charge.
To Save Money for the ( iovernnient.
WASHINGTON , D. | C. . Feb. 12. Senator
Sherman was asketi this evening if the reso
lution ho had ininxluced yesterday to au
thorize the government'to sell 3 per cent
five-year bonds to maintain specie resump
tion had any especial significance.
"The legislation sought to bo accom
plished , " said Mr. Sherman , "his forlts ob
ject the saving ot money to the general gov
ernment. That Is the whole thing' briefly
stated. " '
Mr. Sherman indicated that it would bo
bad policy for the Untied Stales to issue
long terra Iwnds at such hlah rates of inter
est as thai provided Jin Ihe resumption act.
namely , 4 , 4'j ar 5 per cent , simply lo tide
over what he aim everybody clsa felt to be
only a temporary exigency.
Another Vesuvius Will HP Unlit.
WAS li i NY. TON , D. C. , Feb. 12. Tlie success
ful test of the Vesuvius may result In the
addition of another vessel of the same class
to the navy. The naval appropriation bill of
March 2 , IS 9 , authorized the construction of
a vessel similar to tha Vesuvius , provided
that vessel withstood satisfactorily the o.tl-
cial tests. It is claimed tliat Iho experi
ments with the Vesuvius will enable the
Navy department to greatly improve on the
new vessel , should It be built.
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a
C.l > lni ; Kork CvunheV , | he I.lfe Out of MX
Men.
VIU.A a nore , Colo. , Feb. 12. nils mornIng -
Ing a slide occurred in , the hanging walls at
the Orient mines of | tbu ! Colorado Fuel and
Iron company , Six wen were killed anJ six
were Injured. The naiue * of the kiil-.M are :
JAME < II.MOllGAN. '
IIL'CJII CONNOLLY * . . '
MIKE XOVAK.
El ) JOHNSTON. ,
El ) I'AUTEK.
1' . J. 11UEF.N.
Tlie wounded re :
JOE Mi WHY , skull fractured and right arm
broken.
TOM WAI.SI ! . leg broken.
BEN MAXMX.
MAT KOCU.VEAII.
JOHN Doi.rui.v.
jAMFri SViTir. all with lesser injuries.
The wounded are attended by Dr. Griffith.
the company's physician , and will bo re
moved to the company's hospital al Pueblo
tonight.
Coroner Beard has been notified and will
probably hold an Inquest at the sjcno of Iho
accident tomorrow.
U of OcMti Mraiurr * lYhruary ! ' ! .
At Havre Arrived La Gascogue , from
New York.
At New York Arrived Germanic , from
Liverpool ; Weslemland , from Antwerp ;
Elbe , from Uremou ; La Bourgogne , from
Havre.
At the Delaware Brcakwaler Passed
Indiana , from Liverpool for Philadelphia.
LINCOLN'S ' MEMORY REVERED
Oolonel Ingarjoll Paya a Glowhrj Tribute
to the Mirt/r President.
ELOQUENCE AND HISTO.W COMMINGLED
UN I.UP nnil t'liir.irtcr Mil * Subject < > f nil
Intrrpt'liig DUrtniiMO liy A-iirrlfii'-t .Molt
Thrmiglitiut the I. mil. _
NEW YOIIK , Fob. I'i Cjlonel Hubert Iner.
soil dellvei-ed a lecture at the Broadway
theater tonight on Abraham Lincoln. He
opened his remarks by saying :
"HlKlily-four years ago today two bribes
were b.irn jmln ih'J wo3ls of ICentueky.
amlo ihe hardshliis and poverty of pioneer
lifo ; another In England , surrounded by
wealth and culture. One was educated in
ihe University of Naluro ; ihoolherat Ot-
foril.
"Onoassx-litel his nime. with the en
franchisement of lab-jr ; with the emancipa
tion of millions ; with the salvation of the
republic. Ho was Known lo us as Abraham
Lincoln.
-The olher broke ihe chains ofsupersll-
llou. and filled Iho world with intellectual
llht , and he is known as Charles D.irwin.
Because of iheso two men Jtho nlneteonih
century is Illustrious.
A few men and women make the nation
glorious. Shakespeare tnado England Im
mortal ; Voltatro civilized and humanized
France ; Goethe. Schiller anJ Humboldt
lifted Germany into the licht ; Angela.
Gallelo , Bruno and H'iphael crowned with
fadeless laurels the Italian brow , ana now
the most precious treasure of Iho great re
public Is the memory of Abraham Lincoln. "
In Sympathy with tlie South.
After briefly summarizing the events lead-
in ? up to the civil war , Colonel Ingersoll
went on to say. "The sympathies of Lin
coln , his ties ot kindred , were with the
south. His convictions , his sense of justice
and his ideal wcro with the norih. Lincoln
was a statesman. A politician schemes and
works in every way to make the people do
something for him. A statesman wishes to
elo something for the people. With him
place and power are means to an end , and
the end is Ihe good of his country. It Is not
a common thing lo elect a really great man
to fill the highest iKilltical position. I do not
siy that Ihe great presidents have been
chosen by accident. Probably it would be
better to say that they were the favorites of
a happy chance.
"The average man is afraid of genius. Ho
feels as an awkward man feels In the
presence of a slcirht of'hand performer. Ho
admires and suspects. Genius appears to
carry too much sail : lacks prudence , has too
much courage. The ballast of dullness in
spires confidence.
'By a hapuy chance Lincoln was nomi
nated and elected in spite of his fitness and
the patient , gentle , just and loving man was
called upon to hear as great a burden as man
has ovciiix-U-no - w - . . * - .
"After Ihe proclamation of emancipation
was s'gneJ ' , Lincoln hold It , wait in ? for some
great victory before giving it to tne world ,
so lhat it might appear to be the child of
strenslh. This was on the d day of July ,
l di On the M of August of the same year ,
after Lincoln wrote his celebrated letter to
Horace Greeley. in which he stated that his
object was to save the union , that ho would
save it with slavery if lie could ; that if it
was necessary to destroy slavery in order to
save the union , hu would : in other words , he
would do what was necessary to save the
union.
"This letter disheartene.l. to a great de
gree , thousands and millions of the friends
of freedom. Thcv felt thai Mr. Lincoln had
not attained the moral height upon which
they supiiose-d ho sto-wl. And yet. when this
letler was written , the emancipation procla
mation was in his him Is , and had been for
thirty days , walling only an opportunity to
give it to the world.
When the I'rnchuiiatlon Was Issued.
"On the 2-Jd day of September , l-slVJ , the
most glorious date in Ihe history of the re
public , the proclamation of emancipation
was issued. Lincoln had then had the gen
eralization of all the argument upon the
question of slavery anJ freedom a general
ization that has never been , and probably
ne\erwillbe excelled.
"In giving freedom to Die slave we assure
freedom to the free. ThU is absolutely true.
Liberty can be retained and can be enjoyed
only by giving it to others. The spend
thrift saves , the miser is prodigal. In the
realm of freedom , waste is husbandry. He
who puts clrilns upon Ihe body of another
shackles his own soul. The moment this
proclamation was Issued the cause of the re
public became sacred. From that moment
Ihe north fought for the human race. From
that moment the north stood under the blue
and stars , the Hag of nature sublime and
free.
"In 1S.T2 Lincoln saw in New Orleans a
colored girl sold at auction. This scene
filled his soul with indignation anu horror.
Turning to his companions , ho saM ;
Bovs , if I over get a chance to hit slaverv ,
by God I'll hit it hard. '
"The helpless girl unconsciously had
planted in a great heart the seed of ttie
emancipation proclamation.
"Thirty-olio years afterwards the chance
came ; the oath was kept , and ro 4.000,000 of
slaves , of men , women and children , was re
stored liberty -that jewel of the souL
In the history , in Iho fiction of the world ,
there is nothing more intensely dramatic
than Ihls. "
Lincoln' . , Character.
Colonel Insersoll's leclure was long , and 11
abounded in eloquent sayings. Speaking of
Lincoln's character , no said :
"StrangQ.minglinjr of mirth and tears , of
Iragic and grolesque , of cap and crown , of
Sen-rates and Domocritus. ofICsop and Mar
cus Aurelius , of all thai is gentle and just ,
humorous und honest , merciful , wise , 'augh- '
ablc , lovable and divine , and all consecrated
-to the use of man : while through all and
over all were an overwhelming sense of obli
gation , of chivalnc loyalty to the south.
Nearly all the hlsloric characters are Impos
sible monsters , disproporiioned by flattery ,
or by calumny deformed. Wo know nothing
of their peculiarities. About these oaks
there clings none of the earth of humanity.
Washington is now only a steel engraving.
About the real men who lived , loved and
hated and schemed wo know but little : the
glass through which we look at him is of
such high magnifying power that the
features are exceedingly indistinct.
"Hundreds of people arc now engaged in
smoothing out Iho lines of Lincoln's face ,
forcing alt features to Iho common mould , so
llnl ho may bo known , not as he really was ,
but uccordine to Ibelr i > oor standard , as he
should have been. i
"Lincoln was not a ty ( > c. Ho sinnds
alone ; no ancestors , no fellows and no suc
cessors. Ho was a many siJod man , ac
quainted with smites and tears , complex in
brain , single in heart , direct as lltrht , and
his wonls , candid as mirrors , gave the per
fect image of his thought. He was never
afraid to ask never too dignified to admit
that he did not know. No man had keener
wit or tenderer humor.
Lincoln' * Humor ,
"It may be thai hum > r Is ihe pilot of rea
son. People without hum-r drift uncon
sciously into absurdity. Humor see * Iho
other sldu : stands in the mind like a | > ecu-
tor. a good nalumi critic , anl gives its opin
ion before judgment is reached Humor goes J
with good nature , and peud nature is the i
climax of reason In nnger reason abdicates
ana malice extinprishes Iho loren Su-h
was the humor of Lincoln thai he co-jld lell
even unpleasant truths as charmingly as
most man enn tell the tiling we wlih to
hear. He wns not solemn. Solemnity Is n
mask , worn by ignorance ami hypocrisy : it Is
the preface , prologue and Index to the
cunning or stupid. He was natural In lib
life , and a thorough master of the story
teller's art ; In lllustratUri apt ; In applira- .
tion parfect ; liberal In swech | , shocking
Pharisees and prudes ; using any word lhat
wit could disinfect. He was a narrator
clear , sincere , natural. Ho did not pretend.
He did not say whit he tnought others
thouzhl. but what he thought.
"If you wish to bo sublime yon must bo
natural : you must keep close to the grass ;
you must sit by the fireside of the heart
above the clouJs it is too cold. You mnsl bo
simple in ioursH-e.'h ; too mtu'h polish susc-
gesls Insincerity. "
Keferring to Lln.-oln's gentleness Colonel
Inzersoll 1t 1 s.ild : "Men submitted to him as
they t submit to nature uncons.-ioiisly. lie
was severe with himself , and for that reason
lenient with others He apitcarod to apolo
gize for being kinder than hU fellows. Ho
did merciful things as sto'iltbily as others
conmiltod crimes. Almost ashamed of ten
derness he said and did the noblest ivories
and deeds with tint charming confusion ,
that awkwardness , that most perfect grace
of modesty. The man. too not wishing to
make his fellows feel thai they were smaller
or man bv his caiUor. by his eandldness. by
his perfect freedom from restraint , by sav
ing what he though and saying it absolutely
in his own way made It not only jiosslblo
but i > opular lo bo natural. Ho wiis the
enemy of uiock solemnity or stupidity , re
spectful to the old and feeble.
Ill * lic.tl ( Jliiir.irt.T.
"Nothing discloses the real character like
the use of | > ower. It Is easy for the weak to
ne gentle. Most jioople can boar adversity.
But If you wish to know what a man really
is. give him power. 1'hls. is the supreme
test. The glory of Lincoln was that , having
almost absolute power , he never abased it.
except on the side of mercy. "
Colonel Ingersoll conclude. ! his oration as
follows : "Wealth could not purchase , jwwcr
could not awe this llvlne , this loving man.
Ho knew no fear , except that of wrong.
Hating slavery , pitying the master , seeking
to conquer , not parsons , but prejudice , ho
was the embodiment of the self-denial , the
courage , the hope and thn nobility of a
nation , lie spoke , not to inflame , not to up
braid , but to convince. Ho raised hands ,
not to strike , but in benediction. He longed
to pardon. He loved lo see the pear's of Joy
on the cheeks of a w"e wnnso husband he
had rescued from death. Lincoln was the
grandest llguro In the lleivcst of civil
wars. He Is the gentle memory of our
world. "
Ult. CKANI/S Tltllll'Ti : .
Unroll ) .Mrmorl-il > orvlrp < at tlui I'lrsl
MctluxlM Church.
The memory of Abraham Lincoln was paid
a glowing tribute to by Dr. Frank Crane in
nis sermon on the martyred president at the
First Methodist Episcopal church last even
ing. Long1 before the services began the
auditorium and gallery of the church were
crowded , and It was found ncvessiry to sup-
lily chairs for the accommodation of the vast
congregation.
Dr. Crane's discourse of thi man who , as
he said , "governed for the people , by the people -
plo and of the people , " was eloquent , forceful
and full of logic. It dwelt with tenderness
on the lovable traits of the Illinois law-
yet ; it showed the peed qualities
of a noble heart and the generous impulses
of ft large nature.
After the doxology and prayer the entire
congregation rose , and the strains of the
grand old hymn , "My Country. 'Tis of Thee-
were sung with a vf dr tliat caused the fire
of patriotism to course faster thiough the"
veins of all present. It was a lilting prel
ude to the.address which followed. In be
ginning his address Dr. Crane referred to
the early lifo of Abraham Lincoln as unlike
that of most boys.
"Lincoln , " he said , "did not go to the
president's chair with the hot. fetid breath
of presidential aspirations about him. Ho
carried with him to the highest ortlce in the
land the pure free air of the prairies of In
diana and Illinois. Ho was essentially a self-
laughl man. His entire time at school > vas
but about six weeks. His Iwoks were Iho
face-s of Ihe homely companions 'rouud aboul
him , and he learned his lessons well. Abra
ham Lincoln was one of Iho greatest among
Ihoso who know men. Ho' preferred tlie
study of men and their ways to the sludy of
books.
"His law parlner said Lincoln knew little
of books and seldom read newspapers. Ho
preferred to lie on his back on a sofa and
look up at the ceiling. Ho always advised
young men to work , but was a trifle lazy
himself , except when he had a case before
the bar. when his efforts were untiring and
generally successful.
tine of the Common Tropic.
"One of the mosl remarkable of great
men , Lincoln was born of 'poor whites , ' and
some of you know what that meant. Ho
came of the common people , and there was
something in him that made him humanely
human , something in his general nature
lhat made him akin to all man
kind , yet God oftlimes upsets our
ideas of aristocracy. Lincoln loved
to get down beside the llresido in his lowly
Illinois home and figure on an old wooden
shovel. When he had covered it he shaved
the figures off antt resumed on the clean sur
face. "
Dr. Crane then si > okeof Lincoln's southern
visits.
"On one occasion he first noted the effects
of slavery. Turning to his companion , Lin
coln said : 'If I ever live I'll hit that thing
hard. ' Forty years after ho kept his prom
ise end did hit It hard.
"His life was not devoid of Incidents. He
served In the war against Black Hawk and
was made captain cf a company. 'Ho wont
to the legislature and had Stephen Douglas
for an opponent to congress , but was de
feated. Then he was elected president.
This -poor white trash' of Illinois ruled the
country as it was never ruled Itefoiv. Ho
was distinctively God's man. But to analyse
the character of Lincoln.
"No great man can bo understood by
analysis. We take a tlower and pull It to
pieces by analysis , but then we have no
tiower. The perfume is gone , and so , with
great men , you must put all Ihe parls lo-
gelher and Ihen you can understand him.
Otic cannot sep.irate a great man into his
parts. Some attempt to imitate great men ,
but the Imitation is usually of the bad qual
ities. Some people believe a man becomes
great on account of his opportunities , and
think they could become greal If they only
had the opporlunhles. I believe a man
achieves , grealness by a combination of op
portunities and the man himself.
The Man for the Tlnif.
"The time was just right for Abraham
Lincoln and he was right for Iho limes. Ho
was peculiarly a fatalist in his views , bc-
lloving thai what was to bo would bo , and
ho went quietly along. Great men are
heli > od along by their past life , and therein
lies the secret of the adage thai nolhlng
succeeds like success. ' The past of great j
men Insure them success in their undertak
ings. Only recently I read of an English
university taking up Lincoln's speech at
Gettysburg ar.d pronouncing It Iho finest in
the English language. A great man makes
a speech and ihe pe-oplo listen us lo the voice
of a god.
"Hut the trail endearing Lincoln lo Iho
| KK > ple was his ulter Americanism. Ho was
distinctively nn American the one man who ,
more than any other , will be identified with
American history. He kept in touch with
the people , in tone with them ; ho never for
got tils humble origin.
Men are of two extremes some ex
tremely radical and forward , others exmsorv-
alive and slow. Lincoln was as a balance
wheel between theiwo. Ho favored mod
ern reforms , amori. them women's rights
ami temiwrance. When the committee vis
it od him at his homo for the purpose of in
forming him of his nomination It was sug
gested he pet a little wluc for their enter-
tainm. nl He replied. Thai's souiulhlng
I have never had in my house , and I'm not
going to begin now * And , tits said , when
the committee finished Lincoln took them
OH TUIUO FAOB.J
r \DHIV\I IMliriMV'C ' 1)1YC )
lAKULNALAUlillAio \
\AUlillAi\o rLA.No
How He Would Proceed in the Evaugel'sa-
tion of Darkest Africa.
GREAT D3EAM OF HIS LIFE ELABORATED
lie \Vonlcl llntn Amrrlr.tn Negroni So
Tr.ilnnl Unit They Coiilil Kmlgruto
und liy Their Coiiilurt und Inllii.
encp Cnntrrt tlio S.iviiv.
| rVji/rf/M | / | l / sajbiJi' ei ( iiinlnn ncnntttl
Hi.MB. Feb. I1 ' . [ New York Herald fabla
Special to THE BKE.J In an address at a ,
recent banquet. Cardinal Vaughan toadied
briefly on the cvaiigclUaliou of 'ho dark con
tinent. I called today on the cardinal al the
English college and asked him to give his
views on ihe subject more in detail. A very
Inndsomeand Intellectual cardinal he looked
as he bade me welcome. When he SH\IK
he is frank and refreshingly direct , unlike
most cardinals.
"Converting Africa through America. '
said his eminence , "has long been one of mjr
dreams. I have seen a good deal of the
United States , and have been brought much
into e'ontact with the colored folks. My
first mission to America was to help Archbishop -
bishop Spaulding evangelize the negroes I
have founded various houses of the Society
of St. Joseph , which now have for their
mission the care of the colored people. The
pur | > ese and hoio | in founding them was to
see Ihe great , strong. pros | > on > us churches in
the United States rescue the negroes from
religious Indifference and the clutches of ttiu
ranting preachers who now Intluenco them.
I hoped the church would lire some of the
colored men with the great Ihought of car
rying the light of the true faith to their own
brethren in Iho heart of Africa.
How It May lie Done.
"Do not speak of Liberia. We all know
what a failure that has baeu. From the first
Ihe republic was handed over to ignorant
fanatics. My plan was that Catholic
negroes should go in small groups , if need bo
with their wives and children to the
healthier parts of Africa , settle there and
spread civilization , and In time evangclizo
their less happy fellow negroes. They must
go of their own free will. Are they not born
in free America , and with equal rights to
whites ? I Jeel sure that grand results
would lu lime como from such undertaking
It Is the underlying principle of Catholic
mission work that It is not by the means of
eloquence that converts are made but by th
graceof Goci and Ills blessing on the generous
efforts of devotion.
"Certainly , the Catholic priests in Amer
ica have plenty to do in converting their
own people , but to such an objection I have
the answer drawn from history. If ihe apostles
tles had said , 'Wo will not stir from Pales
tine until we have converted our fellow
countrymen'wo might this moment all bo
heathens. Let a generous effort bo made
and God will bless it generously. " '
I asked the cardinal if ho did not think the
appointment of the apostolic delegate to
America would lead to clerical ludisriplino
and lesson the authority of the bishops.
His answer was :
Will Aid llot'h.
"If the delegate acts wisely he doubtless
.ivill strengthen the bishops. Delegates , like
bishops , may abuse their | x > wer. The church
is governed by law , and delegates. Iik6
bishops , must bow to the law. I am in favor
of an English delegation. I should like to
seoapapal representative in every country
which has a largo important Catholic com
munity. There is nothing new or dreadful
about diplomatic inten-ourse with Home.
John Hussell , Gladstone , Salisbury , all sent
envoys bearing ofnVial characters to the
pope , but I must say they generally
adopted whal I may call a backstairs
way of doing businoas , and I prefer
Iho more straightforward plan , upixilntlng ;
ofticial and rcsiwnaiblo representatives. Wo
t'.o not make any great distinction between
delegates , ablegates and nuncios. All repre
sent the | > ope and exercise the power con
fided lo them. It is only a question of the
degree of honor. I think it Is everywhere
understood that the ropi-sentallvcs of the
POIHJ always treat the bishops with consid
eration. It would bo indeed strange If Urn
pope sent forth agents In oraer to destroy
and weaken'the aulhority of the clergy.
This would bo against the whole idea of
papal intluence , which is lo band logether ,
strengthen and unite | > ersons working for a
common good. Concord , not discord , unity ,
not division. Is the main object of the holy
see throughout the world. "
iwiuitnxr : NUNKZ.
Colnmhln'a Kxrcutlvn Interviewed ConcernIng -
Ing the Ciimtl Mtnatlon.
ICopijrt-jhtnl 1313 i > u Jnmn Gordon llcnnttt. ]
PAIUS Feb. 18.New [ York Herald Cable
Special to THE Bcu. ) Lo Figaro this
morning publishes a four-column interview
with Dr. Nunez , president of Colombia ,
signed "Felix I.ib > ls" dated Jannary
, at Carthagenx d * Indes. Among
other tilings .Dr. Nunez hays ;
"Before all other thin , ? * ' the Colombian
government will take into account the pro-
| K > sals of France , and will give them Iho
preference If a formal assurance Is given lo
Ihe government that the concession will be
resumed. "
Figaro's corrosiKindent then goes on to
give a resume of the tone of ttio local press
and ihe local feeling , which ho says Is dls-
llnclly in opposllion to a renewal of the Pan
ama company's concession. According to
Dr. Nunez this luutilu feeling is largely duo
to the hlgh-handoU attitude of Bonapartu
Wyso , when the latter came over In I'Ol to
negotiate on behalf of the French company
a renewal of the concession question , and of
the Colombian government itself finishing
Ihe canal ihon touched upon.
Dream nf the I'.itrlot.
But this scheme was characterized bj the
prenldcnt as a Iwauliful dieam of the pa-
triot. His country had not thoare'sourccs to
do it. He said the unl.v scheme In this direc
tion which had uppe.ucd to him at all fcal *
bio was his united action with that of Gen
eral CrCsiw , president of Venezuela , or , pcr-
ITaps , a kind of conft k > 'ratlon of all Centra !
American states. But this scheme did not
appear to th > ; Figaro correspond-
enl lo Inspire much confidence. Pres
ident Numv , after saying that ho
was strongly In favor of a development of
the rallroUsln Columbia.'addod that ho rec
ognized that railroad * could not bo so valua
ble to the state In making It a common la !
center as would be thn making of a canal.
He had receiv.xl no propositions regarding
the canal from I udon. through England s
recent experience * in the Argentine re
public , which had rather dampened her en
terprise wilh reginl to American specula *
lion.
I'ullrtl Mutt * Interriteil.
He had received , however , propoaiticim
from the United Slates , which was mere ift