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FHE OMAHA : DAILY BEE \ ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY MOUNIj&B , DECEMBER 22 , 1803. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS I fM TYTPT Till ? TTf T AGAINSi THE BILL Ecport of the Republican Minority on the Wilson Tariff Scheme. ITS PRINCIPAL FEATURES DISCUSSED Fault Pound with Its Provisions and Its Weakness Exposed. MENACE TO THE NATION S PROSPERITY Promises Held Out th t , Under it , Can Never Be Fulfilled. WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED IF IT PASSES Il.ingrrsVlilcli ThrrntPii the \Velfnro of the Nation Should It llcconio n I.nw A Mcaiuro nt Once Unt : tc- mnnllkniuid Unpatriotic. WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. The report of the minority members of the ways and means committee on the tariff bill was submitted to the house today. The first part of the report , discussing the hill generally , was prepared by ex-Speaker Heed. The other members ot the minority , Messrs. Uurrows , Payne , Unlzell , HopKlns and Gear , prepared- the portion of the re port dealing with special features. The rcuort says : The most surprising thing about this bill , which wo will treat of in detail somewhat later , is the fact that this proposition to raise revenue will lower the revenue of this country $74,000,000 below the revenue of 1STO , which was only { 2,000,000 above our ex penses. This , and the other fact that by this bill the larger part of the burden of taxation Is transferred from foreigners and brought to our own citizens should always bo kept in mind during the discussion. 11 ml They Stuck to the Platform. Had the committee , In making what the chairman on the floor of the house culled a political bill , followed the plain , uncompro mising declaration of the party which It represented and abolished protection , giving us a tariff for revenue only , our task In com menting upon the result of the commillco's efforts would have been more simple. The hill would then have been a straightforward , manly attempt to carry out pledges and would have placed in issue two great prin ciples , and have led to n clear and compre hensible discussion. So far , however , has the committee de parted from the demands ot the national convention that wo should have been much tempted to borrow a phrase from its own platform and designate the bill as a "cowardly makeshift" were it not that the results have been already too serious for mere epithets. Such a phrase , even thus sanctioned , would be out of place in a dis cussion which involves so much importance to all classes of citizens. U still , however , remains a fact that thu hill presented can in 'no wav bo justified by pcoplo claiming- have obtained possession of all branches of the government upon a distinct-promise , which they now as distinctly repudiate. VUirro They JMiidn a .MUtnKe. If it should he said those pledges , solemnly made on a yea und nay vote , after full dis cussion , were not intended for action , then the breaking of the pledges has the ad ditional dlsudvanlages 01 pi-cmedii'ation. If subsequent events , nnd tnoy have been numerous enough and weighty enough to startle the country , have convinced the com mittee that the democratic platform is ns utterly wrong and Indefensible us history will know it to bo , then it Is a great mis fortune to this country that the committee diJ not have the coin-ago to openly abandon the false doctrine and leave the country un disturbed , so it might convalesce from the SMOCK of Its great mistake. But the committee , Instead of proceeding in its great work of abolishing protection nnd preserving the i > oople from the load of taxation , which they have always averred was the result of protection , presented a bill which Is only auothm- tariff tinkering bill , the like of which hits disturbed the condi tion of business so many times in the last thirty years. U is a great misfortune that such is the case , for had the bill ucen for revenue only , in the only sense possible for that term , the pcoplo of this country might have seen atone ono glance whether they desired the one policy or the other and the question might nave been settled once for all , und the coun try might have attained to that repose , stability and certainty which our business prosperity so much needs. Ita I'nult * Are Many. This other nnd fresher plan has all the faults which the fnimcrs ot this bill charged upon the old , nnd very tow of Its virtues. It is open to all the dcrUivu and harsh epithets with which the present system used to bo overwhelmed. It taxes the people with a tariff tax ; it creates , or rather proposes to maintain what they used to cull privileged classes , and Is defined by Its authors by arguments and expressions strangely like those \\blch they used so freely todenounco. A manufacturer is told the duty will protect him. and his claims are listened to on that liahls nnd are. argued for him on that basis , just as in the bravo days of old. The dcmucratiu district attorney of the northern district of Now York comes down , us ho had a light to , and declares that trom n protection standpoint barley and malt can not go together under the same ad valorem duty , and promptly the. committee raised the tunft taxes from " 5 to 'M per cent , to protect the manufacturer , although It must IcEscn the revenue. So with the case of boards , planed , tongucd and grooved , nnd uUhough the lumber passes in the same plant from the saws to the planers , the work of the men who manage the saws is unpro tected , while the work ot llio in on at the planes Is shielded by the tariff , Thhso are tint n fc\r Instances of corrections mnrto where the par of tlio committee could bu liad and are keys to the notions on which the bill was framed. Deceptive Tcrilll. The now plun also involves n new method of encouraging manufacturers by giving tticm wlmt arc called free raw materials , so that what noes into the null pays no .taxes , i ml wlmt goes Into consumption pays all the tnxes. The manufacturer have no taxes en what they buy , nnc ! the pi > oplo the equiv alent of taxes on nil they piuvhaso. I tun- fortunately happens aUo that "frno raw material" 1 on elastic termrand what is one man' * ficii material is another man's ' finished product. These so-called free raw materials , free wcol , frco coal and free iron , are not put on the free list with any reference , direct or in- ill r cot. to raising revenue. They nro placed llierc to encourage manufacturers who are tu bu i-uiupciibiittd for any lossi In thlsinurkut by dealings In the markets of the world , where tlicv will have a chance to struggle vtilh llio cheaper labor of the old world , with vtlmiuv r eftergy they may have left after the turupclo at homo with that s.imo clicnji labor let Into our markets by a lower tariff which dpVs not give us the ccmpcuvi- 'ion of a lurger revenue. * \1 | the objection * so often urged oy the democrat * against the existing system Ilo kgninst this bill. If the present * j stem bo rolibory , " ni thosn men have reiterated nnil reiterated , the proposed sys'.om is pro- clsuly thii same. U U true tbo consumer will no longer pay tribute to Ihu wettcrn farmer fur the noel , but New England and Plb r niauufuctureri are ttUl uUicrbed to lay tribute on the pcoplo of the United States , who must pay , so these men have always said , 30 , 40 and 4J > percent to the manufacturer on every yard of woolens and worsteds , while the country will only re- eelvo. by way of , revenue , n Jesscned sum , unless Increased Importations signalize the death of American production. A CJi.eitlonMilo Advnntnco. It Is true the coal.mlncrs of West Virginia nnd tlio ore miners of Michigan will ho stripped of their so-called robber gain * en tirely , and the railroads must lose their transportation of millions of tons of freight , but the manufacturers nro thereby stimu lated so they can , as the committee says , continue the business hero nnd reach across the ocean for the business of other countries and -'forclcr. trade without limit. " If , as is stated , the 70,000,000 of Americans have oeen for years taxed fet the benefit of a few hundred thousand favored people , why should the taxation bo continued even in a limited ratio for n series of years , and these favored people he given a new lease of llfet The doctrine of the democratic platform that protection Is robbery nnd should ho abolished is comprehensive and sturdy. The new movement on behalf of militated and sporadic robbery is co.itrary nllko to good morals and public faith. All false pretenses nre unwise , contrary to sound policy nnd sound statesmanship. Hence , many of us who are sure that the democratic platform was utterly untrue admitted its stalghtfor- wardness and directness. This bill , framed by those who represented that platform , cannot receive that kind of praise. It pretends to bo a revenue tariff and does not raise reve nue. H pretends to glvu protection , but de stroys it in every direct way. It says to the manufacturer , for you we have furnished free coal , free Iron ore , free wool and the markets ot the world , instead of the market of the world It furnishes n new crop of enemies the men who dig in the mines and the farmers who raise the sheep for it really creates what Its enemies "have falsely charged against republican protec tion , a privileged class against which the mines and the fields will lioth array thcui- sehes and the privileged class does not care to be thus privileged. Atlts f.ir Kijunl I'rotcctlon. All it asks or hai over asked Is to be pro tected , not alone , biitUith all other citizens from the destructive competition of a lower grade of social life. Of course this ideal of protection against a lower grade of social lifo Is preposterous to a man who sees in u tariff only a lax of # V ) or * IO on each ? IOJ im posed on 70,000,000 of people for the benefit of "a few hundred thousand , " but whoever thinks this question concerns the wealth only of a nation , and dues not involve ila moral and social well being is legislating for a very Heeling time. The moral and social well belnc of a na tion does not depend so much on Us absolute wealth as upon ihu yearly distribution of its annual gain. AVhatever can be said of the people of the United States , nothing can bo more truly said than that the distribution of the pro ceeds of united labor and capital have been more even and fair than anywhere else on earth. There have been great accumula tions of capital necessary for the world's development all over the universe , out In the United States this has been accompanieu by the nearest approach to ccneral distribution that the world has ever seen. This has not been all owinz to the tariff , but the tariff has been thn foundation of it. Labor or ganizations have played a great and useful part in this distribution. Men in general who employ labor are no more naturally dis posed to pay high wages under a tariff than those who exploit the laboring man under frco trade ; but the tariff , by giving steady employment , under the intlucnco of a sum market ana by establishing the organization of industry under the factory system , has given to organized labor the material to work upon , the fund of which it has > - manded distribution a fund so great that it could never bo equalled or oven approached in the comparatively isolated life which the unprotected industries , taken alone , would have given us as a people. Wlmt Protection IIn : Accomplished. Protection has established the clusters of gro.it manufacturing and working centers which have given railroads the possibility of existence , which no scattered population could ever have created. The railroads , which these great manu facturing towns and their need of transpor tation of Ireisht have built , are sources of enjoyable vrealth which are not con lined to the protected industries , but nro spread through nil tlio business of the United Stales and insure to the comfort und happi ness of all the people. Take ono example fro"i. this very bill. 31tuminous coal is a great industry which is developing the stale of West Virginia ; upon u tno weuaro oi tnai , state largely depends , so its democratic governor teslilles and many of Us most respectable citizens , ncludlng an ex-senator of honored naino. Is that development connucd to that state alone ? liy no means. With the addition of .no coal fields of old Virginia the Norfolk & Western nnd the Chesapeake & Ohio rail- oads obtain from these mines a very valua ble freight in transporting coal to iho seaboard. From other bituminous coal fields llio Baltimore & Ohio , and even the ; rcat Pennsylvania road , obtain no incon siderable part of their freight. If coal ho made free Ihcro will bu competition with the coal of Nova Scotia- and not only will the mines of Virginia nnd other states suf fer , but great railroads will suffer severely also. It is said these nro corporations with out souls , but the stocks and ibonds arn owned by people with souls , unless modern political infidelity should determine other wise. < Would Ilo n S\vrct Hoon. Free raw mr.tci-luls''to the people would bo a sweat boon indeed. It is not evident this would depress wages. Upon persons en caged in the industries directly affected , the result to bo anticipated seems to be very close. To those of us who bclievu in pro tection , it seems beyond dispute that the acknowledged rise In wages in this country has been caused by'protection , as the great stimulator of Invention and progress , The committee believes the contrary. That higher wages exist , however , or did exist before this bill threatened the country , can not bo disputed. That these wages are maintained by protection against the lower wau'Os of forolun countriwcan hardly ha successfully questioned. No doubt other causes , llko the low grade of civilization checking enterprise ! ana sub stituting the content which prevails in the cast for the dally incrcasicg demand for new luxuries , soon to become necessities , may contribute to prevent thn full effect of foreign wages upon our uiatkuts , yet , us against foreign factories , which have all oui capacity for obtaining new machinery am' which have ntvumulailons of capital far greater than our own , thu tariff is the great maintainer of wages. Without being guilty of iin attempt tn press the question-into n nutshell , which Is the bane of economic dis cussion , ii may bo briefly said , every producl which goes to market mutt meet every othei llko product on equal terms. I'rnblumt to lie Solved , If in the United States then ? arc higher wages and a higher cost of capital thi-ro must bu such barriers against goods from abroad as will cqu.iluo these higher costs , or the products of the United .States cannot ue sold except at a 1ms. S ilo at n loss . -.in- nut last lonv. Them is also a constant de mand for lower price * , which demand has to bo Htlonoil to in a country always striving toward n higher nlanc of civili/ution. We hbvr , therefore , before us alwa.vs tliitiom-.it- loins ; VYngct- bo main tallied , hours of labor to bn lessened , and prices to bo lowered. Not one. but all. H is true thut Invention at once keeps pace with and regulates the demand for higher wages and lower prices and fewer hours , which are the * conditions of our higher pl.iic. : hut it cannot bo more- . It cannot incut in addition the lower prices of a lower lovul of clvillzition , Our Inven tions are too quickly absorbed hy foreign countries ta permit this , hence the result ot a rcfui.il to protect our l.ibor at Its present rates must result In lower wagct. ThU teemt capable of rouzh demonstration. Our gouds . - . now met hy foreign goods on our Mi ores at a pnco made UP of raw materials , pills labor and plus to ! ; prchejit rates of tariff on very uearl- equal terms. If the tariff element be lowered , then something STILL OF MUCH INTEREST Congressmen Grow Excited Over tha Discus sion of Hawaiian Affairs , REPUBLICANS PRESSING THE FIGHT Itnoliitlonx by Houtollo nnil Hlnlr , Alter an AiiRrr lrb < itc , llcporled to tlio I'or- Afliilrft Commlltcfi Adjourn ment for tlio llollilnys. WAMIIXOTOX , Dec. 21. Tlio Hawaiian mat ter llgurcd prominently In the last session of the house before the holiday recess. Mr. Uoutclle nnil Mr. Blair each offered resolu tions , the former calling on the secretary of ho navy for instructions xvheroby the ad- tniral in charge of the naval forces at Hono- ulu was placed under the command of Com- ulssioncr Dlount nnd the warrant therefor ; the latter Instructing the foreign affairs committee to Investigate the questions of fuel relative to the Hawaiian revolution. The substitute for the Hltt and Uoutcllo rujolution was also presented by the chair- nan of the foreign affairs committee. De late on each of the resolutions was avoided > y the prompt , action of the speaker In re- 'erring them. IJefore adjournment Mr. Wilson gave loticc that the debate on the Wilson bill would begin on the day of 'the reconvening of congress and Mr. McCruary also Informed the house that within ten days after meet ing two days would bo given for considera tion of the Hawaiian resolution reported by the foreign affairs committee. As soon as the journal was read Mr. Bou- tclle , who was on his feet , sent up a resolu tion which ho said was pri\ileged. As soon as thcreadlnjrof the resolution had been completed the speaker ordered it referred to the committee on foreign.affairs. Mr. Hou- tello vainly sought to gain the right to dis cuss the resolution , but ilia speaker cut him short and said it could only bo considered at this time by unanimous consent. UiinimnoiM Content Itcfuscil. Mr. Boutclie asked unanimous consent , but Mr. Butler of Maryland objected. Mr. McMithn of Tennessee , from the com mittee on ways and means , then presented a joint resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to make regulations whereby stock removed across the Texas border into Mexico can be rcimportcd into tno United States until May 1 , 1S04. Mr. Pascal of Texas oxplalued that on ac count of the drouth in southxvestern Texas stock was dyinir in largo numbers and that the resolution simply allowed stockmen to take stock across the river to keep them from starving. Without objection the reso lution was passed. Mr. Bluirof New Hampshire then came forward with another Hawaiian resolution , which ho described as a resolution looking to the investigation of the question of fact with a reference to tlio subject. The demo crats were acalti on their feet protesting , Mr.Talbot insisted that it should go forth with to the foreign affairs committee. "This resolution is to Investigate the truth. " said Mr. Blair. " 1 object , " reiterated Mr. Talbot. "The gentleman seems to bo very shy about , trie truth in this matter , " ejaculated Mr. Uecd. snecringly. "You won't find us shy when the proper time comes , " retorted Mr. Talbot , hotly. Cut short by ilic Speaker. The speaker rapped the house to order at this point and directed the clerk to call the committees for reports. When , foreign af fairs was reached Mr. McCreary. tlio chair man , reported a resolution as a substitute for the ilitt and Boutello resolution. At the same time ho asked permission to make a statement , but the speaker declared that no statement was In order. Mr. Blair , who has so recently come from the easy-going methods of the senate , was sharply ut off by the speaker when ho asked in connection with his report the courtesy of having his own resolution reported. Mr. McCreary then asked unanimous con sent to permit the minority of the commit tee to make a report. Mr. Blair retaliated. ' ! will object to everything , " said he , ( Laughter. ] Still the speaker insisted against the strenuous protests of Messrs. Heed and Bou- lelle that nothing was in order except the call of committees. A sharp colloquy between Mr. Reed nnd th ° speaker followed as to whether the reso lution from the foreign affairs committee by going to the calendar lost its privileges. The speaker so decided in virtue of the fact that tile report was made during the call of committees. Opposed the .Speaker's Decision. Mr. Boutclie vigorously opposed the do- cisiou. If an impeachment resolution were reportedin this manner , ho said , if the theory of the speaker Is correct , by the action of the speaker referring it , it would lose its privileged action. The speaker's In- tertxisition would deprive the l.ouso of its highest prerogative. \Vnllo Mr. Boutello proc9eded with a great deal of force and some display of tem per , the speaker again cut him short.by directing the clerk to' continue the call of committees. When the morning hour expired ( Jeneral Wheeler moved to KO into committee of the whole on the Now Mexico statehood bill. bill.Mr. . Pence of Colorado wanted to include the Oklahoma hill in the motion , uut Mr. Wheeler explained the housu was acting in pursuance cif a special order that could not bo amended except by unanimous consent. Mr. Pence , however , was not satisfied and demanded tellers on the motion. While the tellers were still at their places Mr. Springer asked unanimous consent that the motion ho considered us carried nnd bo so amended that as soon as the New Mexico bill is disposed of the Oklahoma bill he taken up. Mr. Hloks , .republican , of Pennsylvania , objected. A few minutes later Mr. Springer again submitted his request. ' ! object , " said Mr. Wilson , "in the Interest of public business. " Mr. Kprluger offered to exclude the revenue legislation , but Mr. HU-ks renewed his oojcction , Mr. Wilson then gave notice that on the day congress reconvened after the holidays , he would call up the tariff bill. \VnUril fur tlio Srmite. The house watted patiently for an hour for the adjournment resolution to come from the son.ilo. Tellers m the meantime vainly tried to secure a quorum on Mr. Wheeler's motion toga into committee of the whole on | the Now Mexico bill , The tellers then re lumed tlio vote on this motion stood 141 to 0. In making the report Cioncrnl Wheeler rullcu attention to the fact that the ropub- lkuiu.4 hud refused to vote , 18J of the 1-11 votcRbolug the votes of democrats. Ar Hncni later the president's clerk an- /uiici't his approval of the deficiency bill , and then ut'M \ : , upon motion of Mr , Holintiii. the house adjourned for the holi day recess until January 3,1891 , I.S TUB SKXATK. Cxrcuilve Uiuiiirtt UcciiplrU the Greater 1'arl o ! llio UHJ---The Holiday lUcri * . WifciiiKGTOX , Dec. Bl. In the senate today a good part of the time was devoted to executive business nnd many nominations were confirmed. During the brief legisla tive si-ssion Mr. Mitchell of Oregon took occasion , la tcourlns an order for the re printing oi r. memorial on the subject of bankruptcy , to say tuera was no justiilca- lion fur tno iciprusslon throughout the couu- try that ull hop * cf InuMUiiivy legislation was DOW dead. Mr. Proctor.republican , ( coin Vermont , in- a bill y > a.ucx ; y e ( { rrltyry of LH.ih to the state of Nevada. Referred to the committee on territories. At 12:45 : the scnnto proceeded to the con sideration of executivebusiness. When the doors were again opened tha corrected house joint resolution providing for the holiday re cess of congress from today until Wednes day , January a , IStfJ. was laid before the , senate and concurred In. At 1M : ) the senate took a recess until Sift ) . At the expiration of the recess at 2:30 : the senate resumed its session , nnd , after trans acting ifomoroutine easiness. atS:45 : ngain went Into executive session. The legislative session was resumed at 3:40 : , nnd the chair laid before the senate a com munication from the secretary of state in response to the resolution of the senate calling for Information as to whether permission had been granted any foreign cable company to Iniul its cables or lines on the coast of the United States since March , Ifc'j ; ' . The secretary of state said no such permission had been granted since March I. 1M)3 ) , either conditionally or uncon ditionally. Mr. Fryc , the author of the resolution to xvhich the communication of the secretary of state wns a reply , asked , that'tho com munication lie on the table , as ho desired to call the attention of congress to some mat ters connected with it. Then , on motion of Mr. Gorman , the senate at H45 ; adjourned until Wednesday , January 3 , IMM.i IX COMMITTEE. Itmoluttnim on the llnniUlon Sltimtlon toIle Ilo Itcpnrtpil to III * llnilnr. WASIII.NOTOX , Dnc. 21 , The house com mittee on foreign affairs this morning con sidered the resolutions Introduced by Mr. Hltt and Mr. lloutcllc , relating to the Hawaiian policy , and decided to report a substitute which , when reported by Cjiair- man McCraity , caused a sccno in the house. Only three republicans , members of the committee , were present. The mcctlnc was not marked by any lively demonstration. The following is the substitute for the Hltt and Boutellc resolutions : Whereas , It appears from executive com munications bunt , to the huuso of representa tives that tlio United Status minister and the t'nltcd States naval forces tit Honolulu ex ceeded their authority In January , 1803 , iind Illegally aided in overthrowing the constltu- tloiial irovornmunl of llnwail und setting up In Its place a provisional government , not repub lican In form , and In deposition of nnd to the will of a majority of the people of Hawaii ; therefore , llosolved. That It Is the Rcnseof this house that such Intervention by the government of the I'tilted States , Its representatives or armed forces was contrary to the policy and traditions of our republic mill thesplrlt nf our constitution nnd should bound Is umphutlc- nlly condemned. - Representative S'.orer of the committee offered a substitute for the resolution adopted by the majority , which was re jected , and Mr. Storcr wished to submit It as a minority report. The following is the resolution , which embodies the bcntimcnts of the minority : Whereas , Executive communications to con gress disclose that the oxexitlve departments have been furnhMlii to u minister plenipotentiary of the United Stall's secret , Instructions to conspire with the representatives quil necnts of a deposed iind discarded juoiuvrcli y for the over throw of a friendly republican government , duly recognized by nlli dlvjllzcd nations to which said minister wasiai'credlted , und to which his public lns > mwtloiib , had pledged the good faith iind .sympathy 6f the president , the .u'overment and tha paople of thn United States. ) HubOlvcd * That Jt Is tlio. sense of this hou o that any intervention bj the executive of the Unltcdjjtatos , Us civil or UiUltnry representa tives or ol1lccrswlthout,7uituortty of conzress. Is a duncerous und unwarranted Invasion of the rights and dignities of thecon - cress of tlio United States , ilnd a violation ot the lu < v of niulojis , ana , further , that the manner of such attempted Intervention by the. uxeuutlvo tid methods Used arc unworUiy1 of the pxi'ciltlvo depart ment of the , United Stairs' , whllc'tho confessed Intcntcif s'imli Intervention U contrary to the pqljcy and traditions of the republic und the spirit of the constitution. CONFORMATIONS AN1 > . .NOMINATIONS. Another Hatch of 1'iUrlots ncivurdcd by the Administration. WASHINGTON , Dec. " 1. Tlio senate in ex ecutive session today continued the follow ing nominations : Register of land oQlccs-Abraham Bovn- ton , at Mitchell , S. D. ; John M. Davis , at Huron. S. U. ; Mark W. Sheafe , at Water- town , S. D. Receivers of public moneys C. Bond rjar- rctt , at Aberdeen , S ) D. ; .John B. Manlcn , at Watcrtown , S. D. ; Austin'D. Hillat Huron , S. D. ; William T. Skolton , Akron , Colo. ; Richard D. Welch. at-Mitchell. S. D. Postmasters : Wyoming Charles Soren- son , at KOCK bprings. Oregon William H. Brunk , at Ashland.'North Dakota A. G. Foogtnan , at Hlllsboro. Nebraska George A. Herzog , at Harvard. Texas , N. J. Mills , ut Corsicana ; W. W.'Wood , ut Hockport. WAbUiMno.N , Dec. 21. The president sent to the senate today the following nomina tions : Postmasters Abraham J. Howe. Glen- wood , la. ; John Sidney Greenfield , la. ; Albert P. Nnsti , Sioux City , Ja.j William W. Wood , Hockport , Tex. TO COMMAND. Admiral Stnnton I'orclven for HI * I.lttlo MUtnlie In the. Hnrbnr of Km. WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. Secretary Herbert this evening gave out , tils decision in the case of Commodore Stanto'n , detached from command of the South Atlantic squadron for saluting Mcllo's flatin the harbor at Rio. The secretary restores him to duty and assigns him to the command of thn North Atlantic squadron. Thlp Is regarded as per haps the choicest station to command among them all. The concluding portion of Secretary Herbert's loner is as follows : "Tho department has' never for a moment considered that you worti Intentionally guilty of wrong In this matter , ' but only that you committed a grave error of judgment. For this reason , and to satisfy.tho authorities of Brazil , who are offcude l at , your action , you are detached from your command , The de partment , now f col fug assured that no fur ther action will be necessary to prevent the recurrenceof such errors' , will , as soon us practicable , restore youto command. " Commodore Klnntun Kentorcil tn tliity. WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. Commodore Stanton - ton has been restorert o duty by the secre tary of tno navy nnd"oraercd to the com mand of the North Atlantic squadron , onoof the best posts in' the navy. q i i i i 3111S. llLl'lXiZH SIDE , She lienlo * Her Oullt.nod Declare * tint Slip Wns M relj-lmll crr4t. SALT LAKE , Dec. 21. The taking of tcs l- mony for the dcfenso was begun todav in the Irvine divorce case. , The most impor tant witness was .Mrs. VWlIson , mother ol Mrs. Irvine , who 6 trolipiony on material points was in direct opposition to that given by Mr. Irvino. In relation to the visit of Mrs. Irvino' to Chicago " -with Montgomery , Mrs. Irvine , her mothcr.sxatcd , admitted in discretion , but denied guilt. l.lfTLK 31JH JtUTil JX O I.VGWK. Discovery iif n I'lot to JUilnup the I'resl- Oenl'i Daughter. TOPEKA. Dec. 21. A special to the Capita from Abilene , Kan. , says ; Letters written by one It. F. Rvcte , and dated at Topcka wcra found' hero and outllnaj a scheme for kidnaping Ruth , Cleveland next month Five pcoplo were a'utneJ aa Implicated in the deal. It was at-'llfst ' thought to bo a fake but developments show that it is probably the scheme of a crank who has boon hang ing around the city recently , but has'goiio east. > Catholic Church Iturtifft Doirn. NOIITII TOSAWANOA N , V. , Doc , 121 , The Roman Catholic church of Ascension and lt rectory were destroyed by fire hero to duy. Lou 75,000 , Insured , WAS NO MUTINY ON BOARD Splicing the Main Brace Brought "Woo to the Future Naval Heroes. NICTHEROY'S TROUBLE ALL DUE TO DRINK One Hundred Anirrlc.iu Cltiren * Still on lloiml nnil Sixty Sent AnUorc I'rotly Trap for I'mxolo'K Torres In Itlo Itiiy Inmirccnt Hucccinei , tXUbutlic AftotlaM l'rcsn.1 lEiiNAMiifco , Doc. 21. lieutenant John Conway , third waten oQlccron the N'icshe- roy , who was commander of the forward gun deck battery of this cruiser , accompanied by sixty seamen , sails for New York Saturday on board the British stoamsr Hcrschcl , whfch sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Now York on December 10. Thcrcmainderof the Nlcthcroy's men have signed suitable papers drawn up as near to their desires and re quests as possible. The report which has been clr- tilntod to the effect that a mutiny ccurred on board the Brazilian cruiser Mcthcroy is untrue. But by some means or thcr , which would indicate considerable axity of discipline on board the Brazilian csscl , the crew of the Nlctheroy managed o secure a < iunntiy : of liquor from the > oats which have been crowJlng around ho dynamiter ever since she arrived hero , nnd the result > vas a drunken row. Th fllccrs of the Nictheroy , somewhat too laic , detected the smuggling of liquor on board and proceeded to put u stop to it. Too much f the spirits had already been imbibed by j number of the crew ajiil , consequently , icht of the Nictheroy's crow were clapped n irons and wore stowed away until they ecovcrcd from the effects of their spree. As usual with drunken sailor ? the men vcrc not placed in irons without some little isturbance , but there was no mutiny ot ny description. Drunken rows such as licso are familiar to all naval ofUccrs and he crew of the Nlctheroy is no better and in worse than the crews of many inen-of- var. How They fiot the Liquor. Naturally the composition of the crew of ho Brazilian cruiser and the peculiar ircuuistances under which the men were hipped would lead anybody to expect moro r less rowdyism if they were able to obtain Iquor , and the only fault apparent lies in ho fact that the men found moans to secure ho liquid lightning sold to seamen In lorthcrn Brazil nnd for that matter In all > ortson the South American coast. The iquor is said to have bscn smuggled on ooard in the most ingenious manner , hidden nsido loaves of bread or cocoanuts , or towed in bladders , which were easily put out of sight when once in possession of the ailors. About 100 seamen who shipped in New 'ork have of their own accord and on their iwn terms signed articles as regular sailors if the Brazilian navy , and sixty of the Now Yorkers who refused to sign or vysro found o be undesirable members of the crew were sent ashore last nignt and a number of others will be sent aslfore today. The places of the mea landed will bo filled > y Brazilians or others who have been secured in some way or other at this and Other ports , and so the composition of the crew of the Nictheroy. when that vessel smites the enemy , will not bo so thoroughly American as the ofilcers desired. Confidence of the Insurgents ( Growing. Wo are unable here to obtain any direct nformation from Rio. Rumor has it that 'resident Pexioto maintains a strict censor ship over the news which leaks out from the capital. It is generally admitted , however , that the government has suffered one or more reverses recently in and about the har bor of Rio de Janeiro and there seems to bo no doubt but that the insurgents arc moro and more confident of success. President Peixoto is said to be utilizing the cry of a desire to restore the monarchy ns an effective weapon against the insur gents , in spite of Admiral de Mello's em phatic announcement that he is republican and that ho has no other desire than the maintenance of the republic upon a const- ! tut'onal basis nnd the overthrow of the al leged dictatorship of President Peixoto. Nobody hero who is well informed and com petent to pronounce an opinion on the sub ject believes that the resioralion of the monarchy is contemplated , much less possi ble , and it may safely bo said that there Is much more of campaign tactics than of truth in the monarchy cry raised against the in surgents. President Peixoto , of course , is desirous ot the sympathy and support of nil those op posed to a monarchy , and he Is making the best of this feature of the rebellion , and no body blames him , but the f-ict remains that , while certain of the insurgent leaders maybe bo in sympathy with the old regime , Admiral do Mcllo and the bulk of the insurgent forces are strongly republican , and they claim that it Is on this has's that they are lighting in opposition to the alleged dictatorship of President Peixoto. relxnlo's .Urn I.od Into n Trap. Wo hear that the government forces re cently tried to capture the Island of Govern- ador in the Bay of Hio nnd that President Polxoto's troops , headed by General Tellcs , were led into n pruttily bailed trap and that that after losing a number of men they were surrounded and are reported to have sur rendered. This report cannot bocrifled , but there seems no reason to doubt that it is in the main correct. Admiral do Ciaina is said to have commanded tha Insurgent forces in person during ( ho engagement , und the government leader , General Tellcs , is said to have been severely wounded , Tlio insurgent success upon this occasion is raid to have been duo to the same cause which enabled Admiral do Mcllo to escape the torpedoes planted at llio entrance of llio hay. The insurgents have many sympa thizers on shore and by these friends the in surgents seem to know nil , that is going on and to ho ready to meet every move of the government. The reports clrculatnd to the effect that the officers of the foreign fleets are in sympathy with llio insurgents possi bly originated in the fact Jhat naval o fllccrs , all the world over , have coiinidcr.tblo sailor- like sympathy for each other , and there is no doubt that the Brazilians while on land made many friends , but everybody admits at Hio do Janeiro and elsewhere that the United Stales government would not permit a restoration by forcoof arms of -nonarchy and the opinion of the United States in this matter is looked on as para mount and as effectually settling any rumors which may bo circulated by monarchists or others regarding an attempt to restore the monarchy. The United Stales is looked upon as being the great deciding power In nil things American , whether in North or South America , and this fact is generally admitted by too representatives of all foreign power * . uninv ihu 1'orcnj. Dec. ' . ' ! . Tu ) foreign ottK'O uai requested the Spanish minister at Tntmlcr to strongly demand from the sultan a settle ment of the neutral Yone and to declare thai Sp.iln will brock no further delay. The reserves of 1S87 , who were called out at xho commencement of the lighting at Melllla , have dl&bandt'd. A recall of p.irt of the army from Melllla is contemplated. SIUN ON'.S TK1AU Sprrrh ol the Solicitor Ornrrnl for the I'roMTiill in Tlin llnil Nmr , HPlxiifito. Dec. 'Jl. At today's session of ttie trial of Alfred J. Monson Mr. Andrew , manager of the Clyde powder mills , testified that In experiments ho had made with am- bcrlte powder he feund only slight colorings when the gun was llred ut two fcot six Inches from the target. There was no singing of human hair at that dIslam-it. Mr. Andrew thought It quite possible that Mr. Hamhrough's death was accidental. A brother of Mr. Monson , Mrs. Walters , a medical student and Mr , Donald , an engineer , testified as to the careless way In which Lieutenant Htiinbrough carried a gun. After all evidence was In the fmlloltor gen eral arose to make his speech for the prose cution ! Ho snld that he had no alternative except to ask the jury to Ilnd a verdict of guilty against the prisoner on both charges , adding that the gravity and atrocity ol thi-se crnnra were ilifllciilt to oxneecrntc. By a humane provision of the Scotch law , no history of the case could be given on cither side until all the evidence was before them. The solicitor general then discussed the principal features of the case , from the beginning of Major Hambrough's flnnnciai trouble ? . Finally the solicitor general con tended suicide was impossible , and that everything tended to chow that the lieuten ant's death was not an accident , remarking that if it was an accident , "Why did Scott d.fappcar ? " The lord justice's clerk Intimated that the trial would probably end tomorrow. I\CITINO Niiw War Itotivron thnt Country nnil I'cra U Xoivtlinont ( .crliiln. PANAMA , Dec. 21. The Star and Herald says : Exciting news comes from Kcuador , which indicates that war between that country and Peru is al most a certainty. Advices from Guayaquil state Unit the executive has issuul a bulle tin intended to lessen the Impression caused by the recent hostile demonstration toward the Kcuadorian legation in Lima , but counter demonstrations in Quito and Guayaquil continue. Tno ringleaders of the Lima affair have been imprisoned , and at- the legation and at the consulate special guards have been detailed for protection. In Ecuador the feeling against Peru is so strong ti circular has been Issued calling uron the government to dismiss all Peruvians em ployed In government departments , and sug gesting that a fund bo raised to return such indigent Ecudonaiis as are at present in Peru. VAIU.AN r-s ACco.Mriici , ; . Civil Knclnrcr Itecitm Huppossd to HHVO Iliul n llnoil in the Uotr.icc. PAUIS , Dec. 21. The minister of interior , M. Raynalhas requested the prefects of the different departments to have a special watch placed upon socialists nnd take every step possible to repress inflamma tory language and to punish all incitements to commit outrages. Vaillant , who threw the bomb in tlio Chamber of Deputies recently , has confessed tha' . ho was assisted in.making his bomb by an accomplice. It.is believed that his accomplice - complico Is no other than the you'tit ; civil engineer Ueclus. nephew of Rcclus. the well known gcocrraphicnl wrlter. Yoiinir Rcclus , tn any case , has been shown to have" been in communication with Vulllaut. The whereabouts .of young Rcclus are still un known. NAVAL UATTM : IMMISKNT. Chances lor the Nlcthcroy nnd thn Insnr- Eriit 1'lcftt to Coino Together. PERNAMDUCO , Dec. 'Jl. There Is great ex citement in this city tonight over the well authenticated report that the Republlca , the most formidable ship in the Brazilian in surgent fleet , accompanied by tlio Aquida- ban , has Been' sighted heading northward , apparently for this port. As the Nictheroy sailed southward on Wednesday and as the America is off this harbor , the likelihood a naval battle between the government and revolutionary warships teems imminent. ItlU I11.A7.d IN i.SUIA.\D. Five Inro llnillinc ( In the .lly or Shof- flolil IlPHtriiycd. SticrriELn , Dec. 21. The building occu pied by Hovey & Sons , drapers , In this city , caught fire this morning. Sixty assistants of the llrm were rescued with difllculty. Five lire escapes were used to take them from the building. The efforts of the lire- men to confine thn lire in the building in which it originated were fruitless and the flames spread until live other buildings were burned. The loss will amount to almost 1,000,000. Another ( ilnilntoiiliiu Victor ] ' . LONDON , Dec. 21. At the election held to day In the Aldington division of Lancashire , N. E. , Joseph Francis Lcese , liberal , was reelected - elected to Parliament by a voteof , S 3 to5,5 < M for R. T. Hcrman-Hodgo , conservative. Mr. Loose represented this division in Parlia nient , but owing to his appointment recently ns recorder of Manchester , It was necessary that ho should be ro-elccted to the House of Commons. In IblfJ the same candi dates ran for office. Mr. Lceso then re ceived O.l'Jl and Mr , Hcrmnn-Hoage , 5,47- . There was a falling off from the votu of 1SW of over 100. Mr. Loose's majority was SiOO less than lust year. Nevertheless , his elec tion is regarded nt considerable of a victory for the Glaustonian.s , because in the previous Parliament the division was represented by a conservative. from I InDrop. . MAIIIIID , Dec. 21. A boltlo has been found at sea near Almclra on the Mcdiucruncan with this message Inside ; Owing to thn htoim thn steamer Caiollna , belonging at Illlbua , wns fiiuiiduifd oir Iloqtio- las , In tlio Hay of Almeiia. All hands , with tint exception of mysulf , were 10.-.I. 1 ulonu am left and am awaiting the hour of my death. The message was simply signed "Captain. " The government has sent n gunboat to search for traces of such a wrncic off Roquctas. nui'ii.\ii' Ku.vrmx Minn. VerlllcHtliin of the I'ultre Itrlurui Makci III * Nucri'in Undoubted , CHICAGO , Dec.'Jl. The otltclal canvass of the mayoralty election makes Hopkins' plurality but twenty-eight less than ( hat showed by the pollco returns. A loss of over 200 votes to Hopkins was found in one precinct of the Twelfth ward , but a similar error in Swift's favor was found in the same ward and Hopkins' plurality stands ofticiatly 1,119. County Judge Frank Scales , ex-ofliclo chairman of the Board of Election Commis sioners , loaay declared John P. UopKln * elected mayor of Chicago. The republicans , who huvu bceu claiming the election nl Swift , bccaus3of alleged democratic irre'-'n laritlt-i. weru given an opportunity to present sent charges , uut Hied none. Topekii I'.lcrti u Iteiiuhllcitn .Un.rnr. TOPBKA , Doe. 'Jl. The special election for mayor of Topaka was held today. The re publican ciiudUatti was Colonel T. W. Harri son and the democratic candlJater * Hon. Rank In MirsSh , In order to make the con test three-handed the popullMs had men tloncd Dr S. K , McLallln , and altogether the contest was of considerable interest notum'Standlng ' the fact tin * , the re pub licans have a inajoiHy o' 1,500 , to ' . ' ,000 in the city. , Harilsjn was elected , parrying every pro ctnct except ono A very light vote V/.T polled , only one-third of the rcgltlorcd voters voting , Harrison's vote T.'IIB H.U'I ; Manon. democrat , l.UsSj McLalllii , populiu , U. Harmon's majority , l il. DOLE IS DETERMINED By Bloodshed Only Can His Authority Bt Wiped Out Now , SITUATION IN HONOLULU MUCH STRAINED Provisional Government Prepared to Dcs peratdy Resist Restoration. ' j EXCITING NEWS BY THE MA8IP03/K / Latest Instructions to Willis Had Arrivedjf but Were Not Made Public. EVERYBDY : LOOKING FOR SOME TROUBLE President llolo Aitthurlzoi Dm Announce * , incut thut There Will Ilo No Surrender 1'irpnrcd fur nn Attack mid Solillcrs In Svx Fn.vxcisco , Dec. ! ! ! . The stca'.ue * MariK | > : a , which arnvcit this morning , brought no special information from Honolulu lulu beyond wlmt was contained In the , copyright letter of the Associated press. The steamer lmu hut few passengersfrom Honolulu and none of them were idcnuticd. with either political party there. Ono passenger \ senger , a resident of New Xealand , speaking : of the fortifications at Honolulu and prep , a rations for any attack that might bo mane , said : "One hundred and llfty men patrol ths government building night arid day anil 1,500 men In addition are ready on a mo ment's noiico to respond to the call to arms. The provisional government is composed ot a determined set of men and its overthrow can only be accomplished by a supeiijc force. " An American in Honolulu , writing just as the.Mariposa was preparing to sail , say § : "Without doubt the provisional government will meet force with force , and the whole situation is dark and complicated for Hawaii. .The forces of the American war ships Philadelphia and Adams are held in readiness to laud nt any moment. Tha English ship Champion and the Japanese cruiser Xani Wnltan , though apparently passive , are no doubt equally prepared to take part In any outbreak thnt may occur. "Native Hawaiians are singularly' apathetic , and were It not for their Inter ested leaders would not take great Interest in the matter. " Added to tin Excitement. * The Co'rwln , -addition to bringing of icial instructions to Minister "Willis , also irought San Francisco newspapers contain- np the president's message at the opening of congress , and that part of it relating to lawaitan affairs was soon published in an extra edition of the Hawaiian Star , and iddcd to thu excitement in the ranks of thu n-ovislonal government party. The executive council of the government soon went into session and remained so all day. The president's message was eagerly ead by President Dole and his cabinet. The conclusion was that President Cleveland ' neant to restore the ex-queen by pcacoablo negotiations if ho could ; if not , ho would refer the question to congress for its action. According to one account received here , tha executive council then framed an ultimatum , n which it declined to negotiate for the restoration of the crown and declared that it. would resist , with military force any and every attempt to overthrow the provisional government. This ultimatum was hold ready to be sent to Minister Willis should ho enter upon the fulfillment of his instructions , ixprutlnc Karly L'onllict. The Associated press Honolulu correspon dent writes privately as follows , just as the steamer Mariposa was preparing to leave the dock for her voyage : "Since the arrival of the Corwin this morning affairs uro in a very excited condition hero. The rumor Is prevalent that thu onlccrs of the United States warship have ordered their wives to leave by the Mariposa. The greatest secrecy is maintained. The provisional government , is confident and will light if attacked. "At the present writing Americans and the covernment are prepared for the fight , which may bo precipitated at any moment , The government htill persists thu I no trouble will occur. ThU is not thu general opinion among Americans. The militia are all prepared hnd wlthpi twenty minutes a thousand men could bo in the field to defend ths provisional government. " Ili'tiiro the t'nrwln Arrived. ir'ijiijrtulitril , IKn , liutlie .Innctatetl I'rtti. } HONOLULU , Dec. 14.--Via [ Steamship Mariposa to San Francisco , Deo. 21.J The last news received hero from the United States was by u sailing vessel which ar rived DocnmPcr 11. The burkoiitino George Perkins brought the text of ex-Queen LIU- uokalanl's statement us given to Commis sioner Hlount. Prominent royalists , among whom were ex-Marshal Charles II. Wilson , admitted nt oni-o thai the statement made by the ux-quem wan virtually correct and sot forth , In a succinct manner the claim * roll"d upon by the ox-queen's party , Interviews held with leading unncxationists showed tile effect o ( the admissions. They hold that the ex- ( juucn , in admitting that fchb had pre pared a now constitution which she wan rcuJy to turcfl upon thu foreigner , has admitted tin : groundwork upon-which tha revolution of lust January.\va ; based. In aa interview with ox-Marshal Cnarlei O. Wil son , that gentleman said his report givcu to Mr. Uloutit wai. supplemental to the ex- queen's , and would explain many lhln ; > which weru not stated hy her. Careful in quiry shows that several portloni of Mr. Wilson's statement to Tltount were canceled before id had left Hawaii Jt the testimony ot person * who claim lo know ihall bava weight , lil deposition to liiouut vrlll cot. n-BCh the American public In luprlclnfil shape ns pioscntcil to ttiu Amurlcan r.om- | xniuloncr , | At tUof.rct&iu writing th political '