THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , IfE'UUrARY 11 , ISTI-SIXTEEN PAGES. SENATORS AND THE TARIFF - Eopublican Membra of the Upper Arc in n Delicate Position , DUTY NOW POINTS IN TWO DIRECTIONS Allegiance ( n 1'nrty Oppo'ed to tlio Welfare ot tinIVopIo In the Matter of Ihu Wilson IIIII Waililng- ton ( ! o nlp. WASHINGTON DUIIKAU OF THE HER , D13 Fourteenth Street , WASHINGTON , Fcb. 10. "The republicans In the senate nro placed In a peculiar position upon the tariff ques tion nt this tlmo. They know that It would bo the beat part of politics for them to fol low the lend of the republican ! ) In the house nnd retime to assist democrats In doubtful ntatca to perfect the Wilson bill , and to per mit It to become n law In Its moat offensive form. Then there would bo n greater In- ccntlvo for the people to elect n republican president nnd congress In 180C for the purpose - pose of repealing the law. And yet those whoso Interests are to bo destroyed by the bill nn It standu arc appealing tp us to uaVo thctn. It looks as though wo might be able to make Komu amendments which would afford a llttlo protection to Important In dustries , nnd It Is pretty hard , for the sake of party advantage , to turn a deaf car to thpso appeals. " This Is what Snnntor Allison of lown , ono ot the most preeminent republican members of the flnanco committee , said In reply to a question by The Hoa correspondent ns to what policy the republicans would pursue with the tariff bill. It Is n remarkable nltimtlon In the1 senate. Ily un overwhelm ing majority the people nt the polls In 1692 declared that -the McKlnley tariff law \yai not acceptable to them ; that tlio policy of the republican administration and tlio work of a republican congress wcro against their Interests , nnd they wished affairs to bo turned over to a democratic outfit from be ginning to . end. So they voted , and their wlsheH were met. The gov- nrmncnt has been In the hands of a democratic administration Icsa than n year , nnd n more distressful condition of affairs has not existed during tho'life of this gen eration. Suddenly the people have come tea a realization that they made n mistake In casting their votes ns they did In the hist presidential election. The Interests of the farm , the factory nnd the mill nro threat ened with destruction. In n moment capital nnd labor realized that the democrats meant what they said when they threatened to de stroy the republican principle of protection to homo Industries , and , after adopting the Drlttsh system of free trade nnd direct taxes , go upon the basis of the old nnd Im poverished countries. Tills tlio people now see and feel they do not want , nnd they are appealing to the minority which they tried ' to destroy , and nro be'gglng for safety from those they helped to power. DKMOCUATS IN A UAD FIX. It Is different with the republicans In the senate from what It was with those In the house during the consideration of the Wilson bill by the latter body. In the house the democrats had n majority of two-thirds , whllo In the senate they have a majority of hut n half dozen. There are eight or ten democratic senators who must have some protection to paramount Industries In their Htatcs , or they and their local party are destroyed. They are appealing to the re publicans to Join them In defeating the will nf the majority , and the republicans , from the very principle which " has controlled their politics , nro Inclined "to help them In the move , even though they Ijnow It Is destruct ive politics. In the house It was Impossible for the republicans to modify the bill , for there were not enough of them nnd the protesting democrats to accomplish anything. If the eight or ten democratic senators who take exceptions to provisions In the Wilson bill and nro begging the republicans to help secure amendments were to propose u coalition for the purpose of defeating the Wilson bill on Its passage they would bo heartily joined by the minority ; but this Is not their purpose. They simply want the republicans to help them secure amendments which will save them politically In their own states and protect. democratic Indus tries and snvo from destruction democratic neighborhoods , while at the same time they would leave features In the bill which would destroy republican 'states and retire to private life republican congressmen. They would not give the republicans anything In return for their assistance except the ad vancement of' the republican principle of protection. If a duty Is placed on sugar It Is believed the Income tax scheme will fall. This fact , more than anything else , makes protection to Nebraska sugar Interests doubtful. Bounty seems definitely defeated. The republicans in the senate will decline to assist 'the demo crats In protection states to perfect the tariff bill. bill.Whllo Whllo the United States , through the democratic party In congress. Is engaged In the work of trying to destroy the new and growing sugar Industry of this country by re pealing the bounty and permitting all grades of sugar to como In free of duty , Germany and other great sugar-producing countries nro at work building up this Industry. The beet sugar Industry ot nil European coun tries , notably Franco nnd Germany , was es tablished and developed to Its present stnto of perfection by bounty systems , which are to this day maintained. The only difference between the bounties of those countries at present and tlio ono which the democrats In congress nro about to repeal Is that , having fully developed the Industry , the bounty ap plies only to exports , whllo In this country It applies to all sugar produced , whether for domestic consumption or export. FOREIGN SUGAR DOUNTIES. When Uio 'UjK'nioy ' tariff law wont Into Slfect beet Mignr pril icing countries mw that wo Intoi'lcd to develop this industry by tlio same fostering utfiucneo which hud ilcvelopod U In IIiirap'M.a ciiimMoa , diul ihey began to give rjxtr.i Inducvmo'iiN to tlulr pro ducers. On May IU , iVjl , only a short llmo nfter the Incali itlon of the McKlnley law , Germany paused a law repealing the tax of about 20 nonts upon every 0) poitmla of beets for sugar production , nnd adding an additional tax of ? 3 on nvory . ' & po.inds nf sugar for domestic coiiiiimritMti. The tax on beets was refunded on export sugars by means of an extra premium , and the tax "on sugar for domestic consumption was also divided up with the producers. The present law In Germany granting n bounty to sugar producers expires on July 31 , 1S9T ; but. an ticipating the rapid development of the In dustry In this country , which Is Germany's greatest customer for sucur. the producers In that country arc casting about to have the bounty law continued , nnd they have practi cally bcon assured by their government that they will continue to receive encouragement from their government after the present bounty law has expired. U has boon a great burden upon the minds of free trade democrats In this coun try to see the federal government paying out the annual bounty of $8,000,000 or J10.- 000,000 during the past two years for the encouragement of sugar Industrie * , nnd about the first thing when they came Into power that attracted tholr attention was this Incident. The beet sugar Industry In Germany has been well developed for nearly u quarter of u century , and yet the bounty to producers continues. A bounty 1ms been paid In this country only about two years , ml has averaged less than $8,000,000 per nuntim , Germany paid In premiums and draw-backs to producers In 188C-87 , 108- H21.000 marks , or over $26,000,000 , Last year she paid about the naino amount that was given to our producers , and although there Is a heavy duty on Imported sugars In tlmt country , she derived from sugar duty only 095,000 murks , or about $170,000. Hud raw sugar Imported Into this country paid as much duty upon the pound , this Eovernmeut would nave last year re- reived from that direction about $100,000,000. This all goes to show that both Franco and Hermany have developed and maintained their beet sugar Industries by giving boun ties and that they are now supplying the world , and that If tlio bounty In this coun try Is completely destroyed our producers must discontinue the Industry , UNDER WHICH MASTEHT An Interesting point has been raised hero In connection nlth the recent decision and order ot Judge Dundy ut Omaha , affecting Jallroad employe * . Xlio ct ot Auguat 1 , 192 , restricts to eight hours the working dny of nil laborers and mechanics employed by the government of the United State * , and subjects every oillcer , agent or con tractor who nlmll violate Its provisions to n line of $1,000 or nix months Imprisonment. Judge Dundy mutinies that the employes are now In the hands of his court and that It la within his Judicial authority to enjoin them from striking nga.nsl the recent cut In wages. The men In congress who made the lav-s say that If this bo good law , the receivers , unquestionably lining of- ficlnla of the concrnl government by execu tive appointment , It must follow Hint tno working force of the road Is also under gov ernment control and subject to the arbitrary orders of federal authority , and they Inquire whuther , this being the cane , the employes of the Union I'dclftc , bolm ? no longer In the service of that company , must bo In the service of the United States ? If not , In whoso service are they ? It Is certainly a novel point and will prove ns Interesting as It Is novel. If the employes are laborers and mechanics of the government , the rail road company having nothing to say as to what their hours of labor shall be , congress men Kay that they have at least a plausible claim to the bonoilt of the government eight- hour law. There Is almost certain to bo f.omo legislation on this new point. I'UHIFYING TI1K IT3NSION ROLLS. IleprosentnU'vo Melklojohn Intends to lay before the house on Monday next a resolu tion requesting tha commissioner of pensions to furnish the liouso with copies of nil re ports received by him under the recent order of thn commnnder-ln-chlef of tlio Grand Army ot the Republic , giving the names of persons now receiving pensions who nro not entitled to the same under the lav. ' . Ho will present with this resolution the full text of the preamble and resolution Issued by Commandor-ln-Chlpf Adams.whlch. paraphrasing the recent nttrranca of Presi dent Cleveland , states tlmt "thousamlH of neighborhoods Imvo their fraudulent pensioners , " and as fie mhi'lnn of the Grand Army ot the Republic Is to encourage honor and purity In pub lic affairs , comrades and- posts nro re quested to report to the commissioner of penblons any person known to bo In receipt of n pension not justly entitled to the same under the law and to forward n duplicate of the report to the Grand Army of the Re public headquarters ; also that cases of pen sion frauds should bo proven and not Im plied ; nnd that , the Information that comes to the headquarters dally ot comrades totally disabled whose pensions have been sus pended and widows whoso husbands were killed In battle being suspended until they can prove that their husbands wcro natural ized citizens of the United States , leads the commandcr-la-chlcf to bellovo that the statement Is broader thnn can be sub stantiated by facts. If those wrongs actually exist the commander-ln-chlef pledges the support of the Grand Army of the Republic to those who attempt In the line of duty to rectify these wrongs , assuring them that the Union veterans nro ns anxious to guard the treasury of the nation In time of peace as they were to defend Its flag in time of war. There Is no doubt that the proposition ot Mr. Melklo john - willbo accepted by the democrats In the house as a plcco of sarcasm Intended to show'that ( lib anti-pension policy of this ad ministration Is based" upon hypocrisy and fraud , and that there Is more harm than good being done In pension suspensions , for It Is known that the Grand Army of the Re public , instead of unearthing pension frauds , haw In this Investigation shown tlio conf- nilssloner of pensions that a great many more honest than dishonest , pensioners are dropped from the rolls. IN A GENERAL WAY. At the banquet to bo given by the Repub lican club of New York on Monday night , February 12 , a menu will bo placed at each plate containing among other things three facsimile letters written by Abraham Lin coln nnd not hitherto published. Ono let ter Is ot particular Interest to the people ot Nebraska , by reason of Its having been addressed to T. J. I'lckett , now deceased , who for several years resided In Nebraska , nnd was editor of newspapers at Nebraska City , Uloomlngton and other Nebraska towns , and who was the fattier of S. J. I'lckett , the editor of a newspaper at Ash land. In the letter to Mr. Plckett , Mr. Lincoln , replying to n suggestion that he allow his name to be used as a candidate for the presidency , said that ho did not feel that ho was competent to fill the office of president of , the United States , and he dis couraged Mr. Plckett nnd other friends In making nn organized effort to elect him to such a position. Ex-Senator Paddock of Ucatrlce was on the floor of the house for some time today. Henry T. Oxnard of Grand Island and Senator and Mrs Mandorson nro expected to return from New Orleans tomorrow. PERRY S. HEATH. OUT OF IIBSPKUT TO 1IOUCK. HOIIKO Adjourns IiiHteml of ICnlogUlng O'Neill niul Stanford. WASHINGTON , Fob. 10. Today was set aside by special order for eulogies upon the Ufa and character of the late Representa tive O'Neill of Pennsylvania and Senator Stanford ot California , but on account of the death ot Mr. Houck of Ohio that order was vacated and the house adjourned out ot re spect to the memory of the dead Ohio rep resentative. In his prayer nt the opening of the session , Chaplain Hngoy referred feel ingly to the death of Mr. Houck. "Wo como Into Thy presence , " ho said , "deeply sensible of the shortness and un certainty of life. Since wo last mot ono of our number hus been suddenly and without warning called from the scene of his earthly labors. Thou who art the resurrection nnd life , bo graciously merciful to the stricken household , bind tholr broken hearts and soothe their afillctlon. " Upon motion of Mr. Loud the tlmo for paying tribute to the memory ot the late Senator Stanford and Representative O'Neill was postponed until Monday at 3 o'clock. The Ohio delegation In congress held n meeting In the speaker's room this morning to tnko action on the death ot the late Rep resentative Houck. Senator Sherman pre sided. Senator Shormnn and Representatives Pearson and Layton were designated a com mittee to present npproprlnto resolutions , Seven members with ono or more senators accompany the remains to Ohio , and for the benefit of members nnd their families and the congressional delegation a special car was attached to the Pennsylvania train which loft Washington nt 3 o'clock this afternoon , Resolutions were prepared nnd will bo rend In the house , The speaker appointed the following mem bers to accompany the remains to Dayton , O. , where the funeral will take plnco Mon day afternoon : Messrs. Hare , Springer , Ilryan , Hullck , McKnlg , Ellis and Rltciilo. Then , ns n further mark of respect to the memory of the deccn o J , the house adjourned. The vice president appointed ns n commit tee on the pnrt of the senate to accompany the remains of Mr. Houck to Dayton , Messrs. Sherman , Dubols , Allen nnd Martin , They I'at Horsex , Dogs anil Calx. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. James II. Smith , commercial agent nt Mayence , has sent to the State department the following Interest ing statement ot the meat diet of the lower classes In Saxony : "With retard to the diet of the poorer classes of Saxony It la noteworthy .that ac- cordlnr to official publications now at hand 4,277 hews were slaughtered In Saxony last year , that la 352 more thnn In 1891. Of dogs , according to olllclal statement , thcro were -122 butchered. Thereby , however. Is apparently meant only the number of those killed In slaughter houses , for the number of dogs actually slaughtered must bo consid erably larger , when there Is such n compara tively largo consumption of dog flesh by the poorer classes of the people. Even cat flesh Is not dlsJalned by many potions , and badgers , foxes , sparrows and crows are eaten. ( 'uttliiR Dunn K.xpciiHcs. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. Chairman Hlanchard says that the rivers and harbors bill will probably not be rendy to report to the liouso for at least three weeks. Ho tmyn that It will bo a very small bill , proba bly currying about $10,000,000. There have been but few Improvements projected or now under way Jlmt have not been advocated by the members In whose districts they are sit uated. All thin argument will not have much effect upon the committee , us the de termination has been reached not to have any more new improvements provided for In this bill and to cut the appropriations for project * now under way to tne lowest pos sible ilguro * . ALMOST READY TO REPORT CHANGES MADE IN THE WILSON BILL Tariff Tinkering by the Senate Subcommit tee Now Nearly Oomplotod. How tinMcMtAiirn Will I'rolnilily Look When It In Ilcportcd from the full Coin- nilttn1 Whl l y Mm on I ho An.xlon * .Scat. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. Tlio sennto subcommittee - committee engaged upon the tnrlfT bill closed n very busy week Into tills evening , nntl when tlio work of the tiny was con cluded found It Imil nmdo sufficient progress to "begin to sco daylight In the distance , " an ono of them expressed It. They declined , however , to stnto when the bill would bo In Hlinpc for presentation to the full committee , The Indications nru Unit they nro making every effort to complete It so ns to present It pome tlmo next week. The developments of the day Indicate Hint the Income tnx fea ture la not to bo undisturbed and that the tlmo for whisky In timid will be extended for two years beyond the time allowed at pres ent , and that thu free list will bo very much curtailed and many of the articles now on the list will bo placed on the dutiable list under the nil valorem system. This latter change Is to bo made in connection with the plan of making the bill strictly n revenue measure and to avoid the appcaranro of favoritism. Tlio commit tee finds In pursuing this Investigation and in view of the Impossibility of the ccn- tlnuanco of the present depression , that It would bo consistent with the purpose of the bill to retain the Income tax and to place a duty on sugar ; hence there Is little doubt that they have concluded , as far as they have decided upon any course , to allow the Income tax to remain substantially as passed by the house. CAN HE AMENDED IN CONFERENCE. If It should be made to.appear after the bill should have passed the senate that It will provide more revenue than will bo necessary and that the house of representa tives will bo dissatisfied with it and un willing to accept it , It can , of course , bo amended In conference. Indeed the Bonnie committee is taking Into consideration the probability of having to make some chances at this stage , and It is shaping the bill ac cordingly. While It Is understood the bill , as It will bo reported by the subcommittee , will report a duty of GO cpnts per Ion on coal , It Is believed this will bo cut to 30 or 40 cents In conference. The whisky men are working hard for an extension of the bonded period , and they are likely to succeed. They have succeeded In getting the facts , as Captain Sherley and others who are engaged In the business understood them , before the committee. They show by figures obtained from the commissioner of Internal revenue that It the present laws should continue In force , fixing the bonded period at three years , which In not changed by the Wilson bill as It passed the house , the revenue derived by the government from whisky would be. at 90 cents per gallon as fixed by the present law , about $150,030,000. If the bonded period should ba ex tended without an Increase of the tax It would bo about $140.000,00p , but If the bonded period should bo lengthened and the tax Increased to $1 per gallon the tax would still amount In the aggregate to $150,000,000 , wlille even If the tax should bo Increased to $1.10 per gallon , oven with the bonded period extended , the government's Income from this source would bo about $150,000,000. The distillers are devoting themselves more particularly to securing on extension of the bond period than to preventing action on the part of the senate looking to an In crease of the tax. There is still a possi bility of a materially Increased rate of taxa tion , but no figures are given beyond $1.20 per gallon , with the chances largely In favor of the figure remaining as fixed by the present bill , or , at most , that It will not bo put above $1.10 , and that whether there Is any Increase over the Wilson bill or not the bonded period will bo extended to five years. The advocates of a duty on Iron ore nro bringing a strong pressure to bear to secure a duty on that article , but have not met as much encouragement as have the coal men. 6OUTIIKKN COTTON CKOT. Average of thn Various Stiitcx Cultivating tlio t'liint Amount Murlictcd. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. Returns to the Department of Agriculture for the month of February which relate to cotton give the es timate of the product , as compared with last year , the proportion sent to market , damage by insects , average date on which picking was closed , etc. The following are the state averages of comparative crop : Virginia , 94 per cent ; North Carolina , 94 per cent ; South Carolina , 82 per cent ; Georgia , S3 per cent ; Florida , 100 per cent ; Alabama , 10G per cant ; Missis- slppl , 104 per cent ; Louisiana , 90 per cent ; Texas , 85 per cent ; Arkansas , 81 per cent ; Tennessee , 84 per cent ; Missouri , 81 per cent. The general average for the country la 92.1 per cent. The proportion of the crop which lias been sent from the plantation ! ) and is therefore in the hands-af others than the producers , as shown by correspondents , Is 92.2 per cent , leaving 7.8 per cent of the crop still unmarketed. Correspondents of the department assign as n cause for the unusually largo proportion marketed that the producers owing to the stringency of the times hnvo been compelled to part with their holdings to pay debts and meet necessary expenses. The per centage by states Is as follows : Virginia , 80 per cent ; North Carolina , 8S ; South Carolina , 90 ; Georgia , 92.5 ; Florida , 91 ; Ala bama , 93 ; Mississippi , 92.4 ; Louisiana , 94 ; Texas , 92 ; Arkansas * , 91 ; Tennessee , 92 ; Mis souri , 92. Losses from Insects have been small , Texas , Louisiana , Arkansas , Mississippi ami Louisiana being the only states reporting damage from that source. The proportion of lint to seed ranges from 31.7 to 33 per cent , average , 32.2. The prlco of seed varies from 15.0 to 19.7 cents per bushel. MUST in : PAID J Chill Issiiex u Nun * Order In ICpgurcl to the Payment of Import Duties. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. The Unreal ! of the American Republics Is Informed that the following < lecreo has been Issued by the ministry of Chill : % SANTIAGO , Chill. Doc. 2 , 1893.-Consldor- Ing that the act of Norumbor SO , 1802 , pro vides that " 5 pur cent of Import dalle * shall bo paid during tlio current your In gold ut the rttto of If ) . Ill pur pound sterling ; that In order to facilitate the fulfillment of this obligation It was provided Unit the portion of thu duties payable In gold might bo paid In gold bills on London ; Hint the superintendent of the mint has beun authorised to purchase all thu gold tlmt may bo offered him , piylm. ; for it In pounds sterling ; that thin kind of money has ul present no other use than the payment of Import duties mill that for this ciuisu It suf fers a depreciation In the market with respect to bills drawn on Europe ; that It suits thu state to receive thu Import duties In metallic currency , because with it Itecoiioiiil/os In the expense of brl'iRlni ; gold tc Chill , I hereby de- oiee that the director of thu treasury hhull exchange ut pur the gold Hint limy ho offered It for bills on I.ondtn at ninety days' sight , proceeding from the US per rent of tuu Import Unties tlmt may bo paid In this form. MOA'T. ALFJANUKOV1AL. ftcpubllniiiH IteliiHtutecl. WASHINGTON. Fob. 10. The alleged utompts at partisan discrimination In the San Francisco customs house have received an olllclal setback. Complaints were re cently tiled with the civil service commission charging Collector of the Tort Wise with re moving four republican employes at the end of the probationary terms and subsequently filling the vacancies by democratic appoint ments. An Investigation was made by the commission and It was decided that the changes were made for partisan reasons. The Treasury department won requested to reverse the collector's action. After a second end investigation the department has de cided to sustain the commission's decision and has ordered the relnstullment of the four republicans. ' t levelaml Will Nettle It. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. The documents In the boundary dlsputl ( between Drasll nnd Argentine , which havl Ibccn referred to President Cleveland for arbitration , were presented to him thin morning. There was no ceremony observed , but the occasion was rather Impressive. 1Ih documents and papers on both Bides nr i elegantly bound nnd put together with all IhW magnificence that the bookmaker's art can command. The case In dispute grown out of the disappear ance of n river which at ono tlmo marked n part of tlio boundary line between llrazll nnd Argentine. The problem to solve Is to decide on the location , oJT the river nnd so fix the boundary line. The nppoaranco of the papers Indicates that1 the Bcttlotncnt of the question wilt rcqulro-many months , WANTS AM. Till : IIONDS. If , C. Itlker of cfileago Will iiidon\nr : to I'orciTheir Stili > to Him. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. H. C. Rlkcr , the Chlcagoan who attracted Home attention recently by putting In bids for the $50,000,000 of bonds called for by Secretary Carlisle , this afternoon Tiled a petition In the supreme court of the District seeking a mandamus to compel Secretary Carlisle to Issue $ . " 0,000,000 In bonds to him according to the terms of his bids. Tlio secretary upon receiving the proposals , which were extraordinary' , 'Inves tigated his financial status , and as a result Ignored his proposals. Mr. Hiker's petition Immediately after being Hied was presented to Justice Hradloy of the supreme court of the District , who withheld It from publication. It Is n long document nnd several weeks were spent In preparing It. The question of Issuing the mandamus IM under consideration nnd a decision will bo rendered at 10 o'clock Mon day morning. Mr. Rlkcr asserts that In case of an ad verse decision ho will appeal higher. "I would rather bo In my shoes today than In Secretary Carlisle's , despite all that has been said against me , " he said tonight. "Do I look llko n crank ? I canfe hero on no fool's errand. People say I am a greenhorn for gobbling the whole Issue , but I've done It. I've got to vindicate- myself , and prove the genus crank belongs to somebody else. Finance Is the only thing I ever made n study of In politics. I don't want to make any accusations , except under oath In court. I have done business for twenty-five years nnd never has a suspicion been raised against me. nnd I am ready to make oath to it and speak on a stack of bibles , that I made $15,000 n week transporting meals to Europe. William G. Ladd of Urooklyn was associated with me. 1 have been Interested In big enterprises. Including an unfermcntcd grape Julco plant at Kcopus , N. Y. , on the Hudson river. My petition has been exam ined ami passed upon by senators who have committed themselves to It. There will bo music before wo get through. " < HJN M uu\ < ; . Interested .Spectators \ \ Itness n DIMIcult mid Delicate I'leee of \ \ ork. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. A dlfllcult nnd delicate piece of work was performed- the gunshop In the navy yard today. It con sisted In fitting the tuba to ono of the new thlrteen-lnch guns for the navy. The operation was entirely successful. Shortly after 2 ' ; the Jacket , weigh ing 37.CS5 pounds , was lifted by the 110-ton crane from the pit In which It has been heating for the past two days and with but llttlo delay was shifted to a position directly over the tube. It was' ' then let down over It very slowly , while workmen stood by and turned the jacket from side to side to pre vent it sticking. Everything went off with out n hitch. Eleveni otitho twelve 13-inch guns that are to bo tmado have now been jacketed and are gradually nearlng com pletion. They are for the Indiana , Massa chusetts and Oregon , r A large number of officials witnessed to day's work , Including. , members of congress , officers of the navy and a detachment ofl naval cadets from-Annapolis , who were or dered hero for the .purpose. . The hydraulic mount-for the 13-lnahlguns wan also given a trial ftt the guitshcp.-ioday , > amU. . apparently worked satisfactorily. , 'Atr ' early trial of one of the guns with the hydraulic mount will bo had at the Indian head training grounds. TIIOVIU.K AV1T1I TUKKUY. Minister Ten-oil Demands tlie Ilploaio from 1'rlMin of TITO Naturalized Arnicnliins. "WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. The reported ac tion of Minister Terrell In demanding the release , , of two Armenians Imprisoned by the Turkish government does nol surprise the State department. As It Is expressed there : The Armenian question wo have always with us. They have , however , no information of any .threat by Terrell to send for an Ironclad , The Armenians in the United States recently have been con ducting nn organized agitation for the pro tection of naturalized Armenians from the exactions of the Turks. There uro n large number of these cases before the State de partment , nnd there Is more than a sus picion In some of tlfcm that there Is nn abuse of the privileges of American citizen ship. The indications nro that sonio of these men como over here simply to secure citizenship and then go back to live In Turkey with the purpose of securing protec- tUm from the United States government. Thin Is accorded them on being demanded. The Turkish government does not recognize the extirpation of Its subjects , but l-.ccps those who claim American cltlxcnshlp In prison until they can bo deported. Said It Was a Lottery and u I'nuiil. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. A case of con siderable importance- - the postal service was heard before Justlco Bradley of the District supreme court , H was that of the Old Colony Security company of Chicago against Postmaster Sherwood of tills city , asking for a mandamus to compel the post master to forward liinll matter to' and from the company. Assistant Attorney General Thomas and District Attorney Hlerncy , for the postmaster , argued that.tho compuny'H scheme constituted both a lottery and a fraud , and for these reasons Its circulars should bo excluded from the malls. J. S. and E. S. McAlmont of this city appeared as counsel for the company. The decision was reserved. Will Interest Kansas Scholar * . WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. Captain Harris Cavandaugh , Thirteenth Infantry , has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics ut the Hanson State Agricultural college , Manhattan , Knn. Captain E. 13. Dotton , Twenty-third Infantry , Is nt the same tlmo relieved and ordered to rejoin his company. , ' Movement * ofMVur VcKsrls. AVASHINOTON , FebY 10. Cables to the Navy department 'j'dpnounco ' that the Chicago has sailed froui Genoa for Naples and that the Lancaster , lms ' arrived at Hong Kong. ( iolcl In t | ; < ) Treasury , WASHINGTON , Fcb , .10. The net gold In the treasury today was $102,788,5SO , nn In- creaxo during the lat.twenty-four bourn of $3.734,841. The cun ucy balance la $34,253- 007. , HcareM Womeniuml Children , EVANS TON , Wyo. , Poll. 10-Kpcclal ( Telegram to The 1 $ $ ) Kvanston has a "ghost. " U appoarsJu 'tho ' form of n woman of more than ordliKir.YiHUo , dressed In black , with n heavy veil of ( lios.imo material. Her chief delight , seems to lie to stand in HOIIIO shaded corner or nlloy , and whnn women puss rush al ilium , usually chasing them homo. Several \vomcn and children have neon terribly frightened. I < nnt nl > rht a well- known lady returning homo luta was at tacked by tlio mysterious belli ; ? . Instead of running she decided to fight , She was overpowered - powered , receiving scvero scratches mid bruise * , after which the "ghost" disap peared , Ofilccr * nro unable to solve the mystery. Many tnink It is a man In Uis- gUlBO. I'onltry I'll lie 1r rn' Annual Meeting. The adjourned unnual meeting of the Oinnhn Poultry Fanclore association ( Vlll beheld hold at the Commercial club rooms .tomor row even Ing. Several tiroiwscd amendments to thu constitution will Uu acted on. Two papers will bp read. Judru U P. Harris wilt bo present. Member * of the association will bo urged to iiialto a good showing at. the ox- hlolt of the Western lowu Poultry associa tion at Couucll UlulTs next ucok. ON SEIGNIORAGE AND BONDS Testimony Taken During Secret Hearings Qivon to the Public , CARLISLE'S FINANCIAL VIEWS SET FORTH Itrport of Ills Talk lie fore tlio .Indlelury Committee ( then Out Interesting K Tlmt Show UN Idea-ion the Subject. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. Secretary Car- llsle's exact views and policy on financial questions , Including silver seigniorage , bonds nnd finance in general , nro set forth nnd amplified In an Important document which reached the house committee on judiciary today. It Is the stenographic report of Mr. Carlisle's secret hearing before the commit tee some tlmo since. The testimony of this , tecret hearing shows that concerning the coinage of silver seigniorage Ilcprosentn- tlvo Oatcs asked : "I want to ask you If there Is any objection to the proposition nbout coining the seigniorage and Issuing certificates against that ? " Secretary Carlisle Well , the effect of that would bo that the secretary of the treasury would Issue silver certificates callIng - Ing for dollars. I suppose when there were no dollars behind them , nnd If they came In for redemption , ns they might , thu secretary of the treasury would be compelled to use gold or whatever clso ho had to re deem them. Mr. Iloatner Could you not coin the sliver nnd UFO that ? Secretary Carlisle Yes , In about two years ; It would take nbout that time. W. A. Stone of rcnnsylvnnla Hnvo you not got enough silver to redeem It ? Secretary Carlisle No , sir ; certificates are outstanding against what wo have , ex cept about $5,000,000 or $0,000.000. Mr. Stone What would be the objection to Issuing certificates on account of the seigniorage ? Secretary Carlisle I was going to stnto that if wo should Issue certificates with nothing behind them but bullion , I think they would bo greatly discredited in the pub lic mind. Mr. Stone And In order to keep up the credit you would have to redeem that In gold ? Secretary Carlisle They would have to bo redeemed In something. Mr. Stone If you redeemed It In silver Jt would bo discredited nnd you would have to redeem It In gold. Secretary Carlisle They would call for silver dollars , and there are no silver dollars to redeem them. In answer to n question ns to how fast the coinage of the seigniorage could bo pushed , Mr. Carllslo said : "If all other coinage was suspended nt the mints , I es timate that we could coin nbout 7,000,000 silver dollars n month , or $84,000,000 a year. " WENT INTO IT DEEPLY. The bond 0110311011 was treated very clab- oratcly'by Mr. Carlisle. His purpose as to using the proceeds of the sales of bonds Is sharply set forth In the following colloquy : Mr. Stone I understand your purpose is simply to sell bonds to redeem United States notes and treasury notes , and the surplus to replenish the reserve fund. Secretary Carlisle That Is my purpose. Hut I want to say to you , gentlemen , that the secretary of the treasury may bo con fronted hereafter with a very serious ques tion as to what ho will do In the event con gress falls or refuses to make provision to supply the deficiency. Suppose , for Instance , congress passes a law , which it does every session , making appropriations for .some particular purpose the payment of pen sions , for Illustration and makes it the duty of the secretary of the treasury to pay thorn out of any money In the treas ury not otherwise appropriated which Is the language of nil your appropriation laws- ami the secretary of the Interioor makes a requisition npon the the Treasury department for money to pay pensions. The secretary of the treasury finds no money In the treasury not otherwise appropriated except the momy that has been rcall/.ed from the sale of bonds. Ho will bo confronted with the question whether he will stop the payment of pensions , whether ho will stop the pay ments upon public buildings , whether he will stop payment for work upon rivers nnd har bors , whether lie will withhold salaries , or use the' money in the treasury that Is otherwise wiseappointed. . Mr. IJoatnor Would you consider It Im proper to give your opinion im to the duty of the secretary of the treasury ? Secretary Carllslo I will give It very plainly. I believe that It Is my duty to pay pensions and all other public obligations , and , unless congress stops mo , I shall do EO. While I stay hero I shall endeavor to main tain the credit of the government by paying its obligations. Sir. noatner Out of the proceeds of the bonds which yon now propose to sell ? Secretary Carlisle I would not use the proceeds of bonds If It were possible to avoid It , but I would not let the obligations of the government go to protest nnd fall to pay the appropriations made by congress for le gitimate purposes nnd for carrying on the expenses of the government as long as there Is a dollar In the treasury. Mr. Carllslo further stated his reluctance In resorting to bonds. As to the kind of a bond which Mr. Car lisle thinks congress should authorize there was the following : Mr. Iloatner Tlio plan that you suggest to remedy this trouble would bo for the secre tary to Issue bonds for a specific purpose ; Is that the point ? Secretary Carlisle I jthtiik n short tlmo bond should bo used hearing a low rale of Interest , to bo Issued In small denominations , which I think would bo taken largely by the people who have money In savings bunks , nnd the secretary could sell them or use the proceeds In payment of expenditures nnd redeem them out of the further revenues. That was my recommendation on tlio subject , simply because I saw It was Impossible for coiLgress to provide by taxation any rcvenuo which could bo collected In time for this fiscal year. Mr. Stone And you did not see any dis position on the part of congress to do It ? Secretary Carlisle I concluded to ISBHO bonds under the existing authority a thing I disliked ua much ns any gentleman npon tills committee , for I do not want to ceo the public debt Increased In any way whatever or for any purpose whatever. EXPLAINED THE GOLD CLAUSE. "Tho gold clause" In Mr. Carlisle's offer of bonds brought out the following explanation from the secretary : Mr. IJalley How are you to bo paid for the bonds now advertised for sale ? Do you demand gold coin ? Secretary Carlisle Yes , sir ; the proposal calls for gold coin. " Mr. Ilalloy This Is the first ( line there has bcon any discrimination ? Secretary Carlisle No , Secretary Sher man sold bonds for gold coin. Mr. Ilalloy I mean It Is the first since the net of 1878 was passed. When Mr. Sherman sold these bonds gold was the only legal tender. Secretary CarllHie What the secretary of the treasury understands Is substantially thin : Congress has Invented mo with authority to Issue bonds and Roll them for coin. I will not Issue bonds and fell them unless the purchaser will glvu gold coin for them , because gold coin In what Is needed to maintain resumption and the parity of the two metals. Mr. Oatorf Honda are nmdo payable In gold coin. Secretary CarllBlo Not gold coin , but In coin. When congress compelled the heerii- tary of the treasury by law to buy $150- 000,000 worth of silver , It specified In dellnltu tcrniH the buying of silver , ami he < lld It. Mr. Carlisle's vlows were then secured on the plan of another Issue of greenbacks , Ho was asked If It would not bo possible nnd practicable to authorize the tecretary of the treasury to Issue treasury notes sufficient to relieve the wants and neccsultlcH of the treasury. He bald : "Why , of course , congress could do that and the secretary of the treasury would use them. If you auk me , as a finan cial question , whether I think It wine in congress to authorize the Issue of $200,000,000 In greenbacks I should say no , because 1 be lieve , In the first place , there In an amplu supply ot money In the country for the busi ness that la bolim transacted , niul n Hre.it deal more thnn Is being used. " In concluding the hearing Mr , Carlisle ex pressed hlm elf vigorously ns to the valid ity of the present bond lt < snt > , HP was n K' > d by Mr. stone If the Ixmils would bo hnrl by legal questions. Secretary Carlisle No , bccnuso If the sec retary nhotllil Issue HIOKO bonds nnd take the gold and dump It Into the middle of the Atlantic ocean It would not vitiate the bonds. four xioint.in.i's .v ir n ti.i. , Dedicated \rilh Iteeomlng Ceremony ClnUlencd In Honor of Colonel ( iordon. FOItTNlOUKAUA , Nob. , Fob. 10. ( Spe cial to The Hoo. ) February . * wiU bo n tiny loifc remembered by all who participated in Inaguratlng the new administration build * Ing. All ofllucra and thufr Indies from this post , Mrs. and Miss dishing from Omaha , Miss Waring from Fort Omnna , Cnpt.iln nnd Mrs. Olllfoylo from Fort Hoblnson nnd thu gcnltil Al Tlmchur from Valentino and a number of ot > ors wcro present. It was a ball nuil supper given by the bachelor ofllccrs ami It was beyond iloutit the grand est affair of its Kind ever given nt this place. The elements favored thu occasion. H was the first tlmo the now halt was to bo used nnd thu bachelor ortlcora had a great surprise for the gallant commander of this post In store. Shortly after all the parties had arrived tlio gentlemanly nnd soldierly adjutant of the Sixth cavalry , First Lieuten ant , Klon F. Wlli'ox , tiroso and delivered the folIowliiR speech : "Laditui nnd ( .icnilcmon : Wo arc gathered hero tonight In a beautiful building on a spot where a few months ngo stood nothing tmt n ruin. One of the objects of our assem bly , though a sei'ondari1 one , Is to I'olubrnto the opening of our new ball room nnd theater. Wo can truly congratulate our selves on the possession of this beautiful room and 1 hope wu shall all miss many happy hctirs In It. That wo do now possess this luxury Is largely duo to our good colonel , who has been persistent In Ins olforts to secure money from our not too generous nnelo ( Sam , I mean , not the other ono ) and besides , ho has watched its growth and progress as a father that of a favorite child. Thprofore , I propose that wo name U Gordon hall. In honor of Colonel Gordon , n brave soldier , nn honest and straightforwaid geiHicmnn and a good com manding olllecr. May ho and nil of us live a thousand years and may Gordon hall bo a joy to tills vest nlwtivs. " The gallant colonel looked around the hall astonished and surprised , for lie was re quired to make a speech In return , ami dur- iug his long years of hard and honorable service he has always shown that he never was taken unawares when it came to hand ling the saber or gun. Imt specchmaklng was something now to him , but ho wus equal to the occasion. Ho said : "Ladies and Gentlemen : If I possessed the clorjuenco of a Cicero I could but feebly express to the gallant ofllccrs of the garrison risen my unbounded thiinks for this great mark of respect in the dedication of this hall tonight. Four months ago the site where tins building now stands was nn un sightly waste covered with the debris of a once beautiful building , destroyed by lire : Consequently , uy the loss of this building1 , crcat inconvenience ) was necessarily felt by ail m the post. It was resolved to malto an effort to rebuild. Requisition and estimate wuroforvtardcd with an earnest appeal for funds to erect the same. This was ap proved , and 1 must say with nn energy un- nrecedented this beautiful hall spninsr UD as if by magic in a very short time. Unique among the enterprises of Its kind , I con sider It one of tlio best and most complete halls In the army. And this event will mark an epoch not only in the development of tlie post , but throughout the posts of the United States army. Therefore ladies and gentlemen , you will permit mo , for this very graceful compliment you have conferred in dedicating this hall and naming it after mo , which I fully and heartily appreciate , to tender .YOU , ono and all , my profound thanks , " Speeches were then made by several other ofllccrs and toasts uivcn for half nn hour , when the dancing commenced , which was only interrupted by an elegant supper , ' and kent tin till late. Great credit was also due to the Sixth Cavalry bum for its excellent music , which was enjoyed and praised by all. Department of thu 1'latte. Major Humphrey , U. S. A. , has been directed by General Brooke , commander of the Department of the Platte.to take charge of the Quartermasters departmciitcoinmcnc- ing tomorrow. Tills change is made neces sary by the rotiromontof Lieutenant Colonel Dandy which takes place on the eleventh of this month. The commanding ofllcor , Fort Omaha , will send under charge of a guard of ono non commissioned oillcer nnd three privates to the Fort Leavenworth military prison all military convicts at his post for the execu tion of whose sentence of conllnement said prison has been desienated. On completion of this dutytho guard will return to Omaha. It Itenellted Winter Wheat. HKUUON , Neb. , Fcb. 11) ) . ( Special to The Bee. ) The heavy rain which commenced falling Thursday night terminated in a se- vcro blUznrd and continued all day and night. The rainfall was nbout ono inch and did much good to fall wheat. J. II. Strlckcl went to Lincoln on Wednes day and returned this morning. .lolin D. Plummer has gone cast on busi ness. ness.W. II. Frame is in Kansas City Mils week. Air. and Mrs. O. P. Sehwer have returned from Beatrice. Miss Smith of Full-fluid is visltlns the family of H. II. Ilcrshey. Wiiverly Hand Concert. WAVEULY , Neb. , Fob. 10. ( Special Tele gram to The Ileo. ) Tlio Wavcrly Cornet band gave a concert nnd entertainment In the opera house this evening. Every seat In the largo hall was filled. A temperance drama entitled "Urokcn Fetters" was rendered. TO DEFINE THEIR POWERS Congress Asked to Interfere in a Matter oi Qrnvo Importance. UNITED STATES COURTS AND RAILROADS friendly Herelver tilp SjMom I'luinlng Mtiny Complication * Which tlio lliiunn ilnill- elary Committee I * Anlicil to Itnc.Ml- gato-lndgeit Dnmly nnd .Tcnldin. WASHINGTON , Fob. 10. There is q movement In the house to urge on the Judi ciary committee an Invonllgatlon ot th management of railroads under receivers ap pointed by the federal courts. So many complications have arisen lately an the sys tem of receivership control hus spread that the matter has been brought bcforo the committee In several of Its phases. Re cently Governor Tlllmnn of South Carolina memorialized congress on the subject , stat ing his troubles with the railroads which run through his state , growing out of the re fusals of the receivers tp pay state taxi's , ami the absence of legal machinery through which ho could force them to , as they wcro nominally the agents of the federal court * which appointed them. The memorial was bitter against the judges of the United States court nnd the supreme court Itself , accusing thorn of par tiality toward the railroad corporations and against their creditors , ( inventor Tlllmnn addressed the committee on this , and two bills nro before It. This week the Judiciary committee has up the McGnnn resolution for an Investigation of the action of Judge Jenkins in enjoining : the employes ot the Northern Pacific from u strlko. This resolution was the result of a shower of protests and petitions sent to the com mittee on labor by the labor organizations , and there Is no doubt that the more recent order of Judge Dundy against the men of tlio Union 1'nclflr , coupled with his order for salaries of $1S,000 to bo paid the flvo receivers , will probably bo railed to the at tention ot congress from the same sources. Representative McGann has not decided to Introduce a second resolution for an Inquiry Into the Dundy case , ns ho thinks the de cision on the Jenkins case will establish n. precedent and , moreover , ho Is hopeful that action will bo taken for nn inquiry covering tlie wliolo ground of the management of railroads In the hands of receivers , In which event the minor Investigations will not bo necessary Mr. McGann says that It In evident that grave abuses nro Incident to the system of "friendly" receivers for railroads , nnd thinks that congress should mnko some definite ut- tcranco on the system , that the powers of United States courts , as well iu > the rights of organized worklngmcn , should bo under stood. The rights of labor to organize , ho says , will bo recognized Incidentally by the Interstate commerce net , and ho thinks thl right has been Infringed upon by Judges Jenkins and Dundy. An influence which tends to restrain the committee on ludlclary from reviewing the actions "of the courts unnecessHrlly is that the Judiciary Is a co-ordinate brunch of the government. ItH members he<ato to take any action which might look llko Interfer ence by ono branch of the government with the functions of another. MAY FOLLOW UI'WITII I'ltl'.i : COINAHi : . Ulanit Klntcil with thn Support ( ilveu IIIn Selgliloriigo Hill. WASHINGTON , Feb. 10. The strength de veloped by Mr. Uland's silver seigniorage bill leads to the belief that another move ment will be made for unlimited silver coinage - of the seig ago as n sequel to the passage niorage bill. Mr. Illand linn already Intro duced a bill "For tlio Kreo Coinage ot Standard Silver Dollars. " It wont to the coinage committee nnd was about to bo dis cussed when Mr. Uland asked that It bo temporarily laid aside In order that tlio seigniorage bill might be first acted on. As to the free silver bill , Mr. Bland said today : "It has been put aside for tlio present , but will probably be taken up later. No defi nite plans have yet been made , but it is evident that many members want the op portunity of again voting on the free silver question. " Representative Williams of Illinois , ono ot Mr. Bland's lieutenants , says ho ban no doubt the free silver question , pure and simple , will again bo presented to this con- gross. Quito a number of members , who voted for tlie repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman law , have told Mr. Wllllama that they would llko to hnvo free silver brought to an Issue again In order to reverse their former position. About twenty-fivo republican members nro counted In favor of the seigniorage bill. Some of them are outspoken In favor ot following up the measure with n free coin age bill. They reconcile this With tholr vote to repeal the silver purchase clause of the Sherman act by saying that the latter law hoarded silver In the treasury , while a free silver bill would seek to put the metal or certificates based on it In actual circula tion. RepresentativeTrncey of Now York , ono of tlio anti-silver lenders , Kays that n bill for unlimited coinage of sliver could not pasa the house. , . He points out that quite a number of anti-silver democrats , llko Mr. llellly of Pennsylvania , favor the Bolgnlor- ago bill because they think It will dlaposo of thn silver question for the next five ycara at least. Ho thinks that this feeling that congress Is getting rid of the free sliver question Is one of the main rcasoiiK for the strength of seigniorage. Mr. niand's free silver bill repeals that portion of the act of 18S3 which prohlblta the coinage of standard sliver dollars. 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