Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1894 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1891.

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JUl'llNAL Can le found at the foil s wing pl.iccj: TAIlIS American Exchange In Paris SG Boulevard . C'apucluea. XEW OlilL Gllsey House and Windsor Hotel. nillADELPUIA A. IKeia01e. 3735 Laucaater auue. CHICAGO Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel. CINCINNATI J. II. llawley Co., 154 Vine street Lpt'lSVILLE C.T. Deering, northwest corner of 'llitcd and Jefiersou streets. IT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot WASHINGTON, 1 cSiligg Houbo and Ebbitt House. The only cities which did not go Republlcan this week are those in which there were no elections. Mr. Bynum voted for the seigniorage bill "When the House passed it, but voted to sustain the President's veto, which shows that Mr. Bynum is doing the cuckoo part. After having been offered steady employment at $1.50 a day the contingent of Coxey's array stranded at East St. Louis should net be fed by people who earn their bread by toil. If the President's own party had only voted on his veto of the seigniorage bill in the House he would have been beaten, since sixty of the 114 votes to sustain the President vere those of Republicans. The returning prosperity, to which Mr. Cleveland bore testimony in his veto message, does not materialize In the figures of the treasury receipts, as the deficit was 15,000,000 during March, or JO.COO more than during February. If the Board of Examiners created outside the city charter is not going to be permitted to examine applicants except for a half-dozen clerkships and a few other places it must be regarded as an ornamental appendage. "The Democratic party Is between the devil fpd the deep sea," confessed Senator Mills the other day; "therefore I am for the Senate bill." The elections of the past week Indicate that the great adversary Jpas taking hi3 own. Even the stuffed Democratic vote of Chicago did not avail In the election of Tuesday. In December the Democrats carried the city by 1,200 in a total vote of 127,227, but on Tuesday the Republicans carried the city by 18,533 in a total vote of 133,223. The Republicans in Indiana cities and townships are warned not to be so confident that the Democrats can be beaten 'hands down" that they will not need to make an effort to carry them. Always Xlght as if there was a foe to be beaten by desperate encounter. The recent municipal elections in Wlsconlin are considered significant as to the effect upon the future of trie Republican party in that State. They show that the German Lutherans, who went off on the school issue,- have returned to the Republican party. The Germanla, a German paper published in Milwaukee, which led the fight against the Bennett law in 1830, ays the Lutherans have returned to their first love, and will continue hereafter to ect with the Republican party. . Springfield. 111., the capital of the State and the city of Abraham Lincoln, has always been Democratic until this week, when, with the county, it went Republican. The results of the Illinois elections indicate that the gerrymander made to Insure a Democratic Legislature to elect another Democratic United States Senator will not succeed, and the "physical wreck" statesman now in the House assailing the pen sion system need not be at the expense oi continuing a senatorial canvas.3. Tie Rhode Island victory is most significant. The State contains thousands of people who work In cotton and woolen mills, who are either foreign born or of foreign parentage, a large part of whom usually vote the Democratic ticket. Last year these voters gave the Democrats a plurality of about 1.20O. but this year these people voted the Republican ticket, and the Republican majority is nearly 6.0O). Better than any election yet held the result in Rhode Island tells what the worklngman thinks of free trade. After Senator Mills had made his speech defending the ad valorem system of placing duties he was troubled by the questions of his opponents. One asked him why articles competing with Southern production were given a specific duty, like rice, sugar, cor1 and rron ore. while all articles of higher production in the North are put under the ad valorem duty. Another asked why the coarser cotton goods manufactured In the South were protected by a specific duty, while the higher grades of cotton goods are on the ad valorem lists. Mr. Mills could not answer these questions satisfactorily, but he might if he had been frank and truthful. If he had been so, his jinswer would have run thus: "I am hosU to the manufacturing enterprise of the LTth. That enterprise has caused the ;rth t& far outstrip the South In popula tion, business and wealth. I am a freetrader because I desire, to check the rapid srrowth of the North, because, to a certain xtent. it will deprive that section of a power to ignore toe South In national polltics. So long as the solid South can elect President by ths aid of two or three

Northern States, no great danger to South-

em supremacy In national affairs can be feared, but at the rate of growth un'Ur the McKlntey law the North will be fx large, and a border State or two dominated by the spirit of the enterprise of the North may Join the, side hostile to the old Southern regime, to which I belong. I am for specific duties for the South because they will c'ive them an advantage over the North." But Mr. Mills and those like him are not frank. WHY HAS SEXAIOR VOORIIKKS DEE. UCl'OSCDf What is the matter with Senator Voorhees that he has practically been displaced as leader of the majority in the Senate on the tariff bill? He was displaced in a simliar manner when the Sherman repeal bill was before the Senate, but that displacement was accounted for on the ground that a large majority of hl3 party were opposed to the measure and for that reason selected a leader representing their element. But now the case Is different. Mr. Voorhees has' been reduced to the ranks and Senator Harris, of Tennessee, installed In his place. Why Is it? Men of his pi.rty In the Senate say that it is due to his Ignorance of parliamentary law. Has Daniel W. Voorhees been In the Senate two-thirds of a generation without acquiring a mastery of the limited rules of the Senate? If this is the cause of reducing Senator Voorhees to the ranks and practically putting Mr. Harris in his place those who have done it practically declare that Mr. Voorhees Is a very dull man. If he has been in the Senate all these years without acquiring sufficient skill to defend portions of his bill against the assaults of the minority Mr. Voorhees Is not the man so many people have taken him to be. Can it be possible that Mr. Voorhees's friends distrust him? Do they fear that Mr. Voorhees may turn upon the Voorhees bill at some critical period and disfigure it? Do the other trust Senators suspect the loyalty of the high priest of the Whisky Trust? Are the real free-traders fearful that Senator Voorhees will again become a protection shouter, as he was several years ago. when he sees that Indiana is likely to be as reliably Republican as Vermont If Democracy continues free trade? Is It his skill a3 a parliamentarian or his loyalty to free trade that his associates who have deposed him distrust? Perhaps the ex-confederate Harris has Just stepped Into Mr. Voorhees's place as chairman of the finance committee and Senator Voorhees. true to his life long habit, has become a senile follower. Again, it may be that after reading the Voorhees speech of Monday his party associate! are ashamed to admit that he is their leader. It was a very ridiculous speech, and one of which every Intelligent Hoosier must be ashamed. If this is the cause, the Journal cannot come to the senior Senator's defense. If he were accused of incapacity to lead, or if he were distrusted as one who would become recreant to the Southern leaders, the Journal . would hasten to his defense; but. If the cause is last Monday's wild harangue, it cannot do it. What the Journal denounces In such men as Governor Waite, of Colorado. Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, and General Master Workman Sovereign it cannot conscientiously approve In the senior Senator. But the people of Indiana, without regard to party or race, would like to know why Senator Voorhees has been disgraced by his Democratic associates. AD VALOREM AND SPECIFIC DUTIES. A part of Senator Voorhees's speech on the tariff bill was devoted to a defense of ad valorem duties as against specific. The latter he characterized as "this chief instrument of high protection and unbridled extortion," while the former was so plain that "with a piece of chalk on a board the consumer can figure out for himself what he pays for the goods and what. In addition, he pays as a tax." And with his customary fondness for sweeping assertion he declares that "light and instruction for the people are to be found In every line of an ad valorem tariff; while darkness and deception lurk In the very principle of specific rates of duty." It is not Important that the purchaser or consumer of goods should know how much he pays for the goods, and what. In addition, he pays as tax. No government ever framed a tariff law with any such idea. It makes no difference to the consumer whether the principle of a tariff law Is simple or complex, whether with a place of chalk and a board he can figure out the duty or not. The Important point with the consumer Is whether he is earning good wages and is able to buy what he wants. The points for th2 government to consider are the collection of revenue and the prevention of frauds. In both of these resfects specific duties are greatly preferable to ad valorem. Experience has shown that ad valorem duties, or duties based on the value of the goods Imported, are far mora difficult to fix and to collect than specific duties, and that they open a field for frauds which it Is lmiosfcilde for the government to prevent. The foreign exporter might well say, "let me fix the value of my goods and I care not who fixes the duties." The ad valorem system permits him to tlx ths value, and is, therefore, a direct invitation and encouragement to the undervaluation of invoices. No system of ad valorem duties can be d3Vised that will not practically leave the valuation of invoices in the hands of the foreign exporter. It is Impossible for the customs oflicers of the United States ta know the value of goods at the p!ace of production or shipment, and it would be enormously expensive to employ a sufficient number of customs oflicers to carry out thh rule. Experience has shown that it cannot be done, the result being that the government Is practically at the mercy of foreign exporters. The experience of this and of all other countries Is In favor of specific duties. Only one Secretary ? the Treasury has ever recommended ad valorem duties, and thit was Robert J. Walker. In 1S01 Hon. Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson, said: "Without any view to an increase of revenue,, but in order to guard as far as possible against the value of goods being underrated in the involc 'it - would t- eligible to lay reoar..-:

duties on all such articles, now paying

duties ad valorem, as may be susceptible , of that alteration." Hon. William Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury under President Monroe, made a similar recommendation, accompanied by n. list of over one hundred articles on which he urged that the duties be changed from ad valorem to specific. Hon. Walter Forward. Secretary of the Treasury under President Tyler, said: With a view to guard the revenue against fraudulent undervaluations which cannot be entirely prevented by the existing scheme of ad valorem duties, specific duties are proposed in nearly all cases when practicable. The operation of the system of specific duties may not be perfectly equal in all cases, in respect to the value of articles Included under it, but this inconvenience Is more than compensated by the security of the revenue against evasions, and by the tendency of specific duties to exclude worthless and inferior articles, by which purchasers and consumers are often imposed on. Hon. Daniel Manning. Mr. Cleveland's first Secretary of the Treasury, and a man of decided ability, made a report on the subject. In which he strongly recommended the substitution of specific for ad valorem duties. In this report he said: One advantage and perhaps the chief advantage, of a specific over an ad valorem system Is in the fact that, under the former duties are levied by a positive test, which can be applied by our officers while the merchandise Is in the possession of the government, and according to a standard which is altogether national and domestic. But under an ad valorem system, the facts to which the ad valorem rate is to be applied must bo gathered in places many thousand miles away and under circumstances most unfavorable to the administration of Justice. This evidence might be multiplied by similar quotations from other Secretaries, but these will suffice. Na Secretary of the Treasury who has ever given the subject careful consideration, with the single exception of Robert J. Walker, has favored ad valorem duties. Other countries have discarded ad valorem duties for the reason that a tariff should be in the interest of the government that frames it, and ad valorem duties cannot be so administered. France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, In fact all the leading nations of Europe, levy specific duties instead of ad valorem duties, notwithstanding the fact that they are contiguous countries and it would be comparatively easy to ascertain the value of goods In one country or an other. England levies tariff duties on thir-. ty-edght articles, all specific and not one ad valorem. France levies duties on 619 articles, all specific and not one ad valorem. Austria has 357 and Russia 440 specific, with only a few ad valorem rates. Germany has only two ad valorem rates In her entire tariff, Italy only one and Spain only one. These countries legislate intelligently for their own interests, and the United States should do the same. Mr. Voorhees's defense of ad valorem duties is a plea for an antiquated system and one which puts the government at a great disadvantage against dishonest imi-or ters. EXPANSION OP SUFFRAGE. The Women's Local Council having decid ed to place a woman in the field as a can didate for membership In the School Board, It may be hoped that they will secure her election. As the Journal has repeatedly said, the admission of a woman to that board. other things being, equal, seems desirable. The lady spoken of in connection with the place is in every way qualified, and will undoubtedly discharge the duties of the position admirably. Incidentally, It may be remarked that It is somewhat amusing to note the comments on the pxeposed candidacy of persons who favor It, yet are opposed In a general way to woman suffrage and all Its real and im aginary accompaniments. The election of a woman to this place, they say. has no relation to the general subject of equal suf frage. But, oh, timid souls, it has a very direct and Important bearing upon that same thing. The wary suffragists who are encouraging the nomination and election of this nonpartisan and nonpolltlcal lady know what bearing it has upon their cherished cause, but they are saying nothing. The Journal has not been sworn to secrecy. ind, therefore, tells what It knows. Every woman who is elected to office, though it be by the votes of men alone, is helping along the general cause of suffrage. It has begun that way everywhere. Women have served as clerks and deputies in public offices, and have learned that the duties of the chiefs are such as they are fully competent to perform. They have been chosen by men, as a great favor and con cession, to act as school directors, and even county school superintendents, and with what result? Why, that of convincing other women that they, too, should have a voice in controlling the schools. They cannot have it except through suffrage, but In over twenty States and Territories some form of school suffrage has been granted them. Having secured that much, they ask for more, and municipal suffrage will be the next step. They are seeking this earnestly in a number of States, and are in trium phant possession of the coveted rights in at least one State, with promising pros pects In several others. In two States they have complete suffrage. It is an Insidious thing, this suffrage idea, and persistent. It gets a foothold in a community, and the man who once hated accepts It first as harmless, then encourages It unconsciously to himself, and lo! suddenly It takes imjssesslon and he follows helplessly after. The Journal is merely a chronicler of events, and does not here undertake to discuss the merits or disadvantages of equal suffrage. It simply calls attention to the facts of history and ventures the prediction that the men who go to the polls this year to vote for a woman as school commissioner will have the privilege of cast ing their ballots for a femalo member of Congress a few years later, and when they go, humbly, yet amiably, to the polls for this purpose their wives and sisters will go with them. Is it a sad and solemn prospect? MRS. IllLLin'S WRATH. When the Indianapolis Women's Council formally resolved to write a letter to Mrs. Bullitt, of Kentucky, expressing Its great regret "that she should have been the only one to raise her vol extenuating the con duct of Colonel Breckinridge," that body probably did not mean to be ambiguous. It doubtless Intended to disapprove of Mrs. Bullitt's action and not to show regret that there were not more like her. That, at any rate, is the way the Louisville lady

understood the matter, and she is very. very mad about it. She writes a card to

the Courler-Journa' In which she frees her mind with much vigor. She says she was misrepresented In the first place and never posed as a champion of Colonel Breckin ridge, "for whom she has no respect whatever." She only asked the public to have consideration for nis family a somewhat unnecessary request, since the public Is not in the least concerned with hl3 family and she sought to convey a moral, which was this: "If women would only conduct themselves properly on all occasions, and only be true to their own womanhood, we would never have such men as Colonel Breckinridge to contend with." This very simple proposition Mrs. Bullitt thinks has been disputed, and, she declares, with su perfluous emphasis, that she supports it still, "regardless of the opinions of the public, the press and the whole world!!'." No one has denied this obvious truth nor Its twin affirmation (which Mrs. Bullitt does not make), that "if men would conduct themselves properly on all occasions and be true to their own manhood we should have no Pollards." The Kentucky lady does not take the second proposition into consideration, however, nor does she modi fy the opinion for which she was first criti cised that of placing the chief blame for such sins on her own sex. "I have," she says with' alliterative fierceness, "I have as much 'Christian charity as any of my sex, but It will never go out to any fullfledged fallen female who willfully gives up all a woman possesses her virtue for either a 'ten-dollar bill, a mess of pottage, a Congressman, or, indeed, any price, and then pleads seduction. I repeat, both are to blame and should suffer. The woman I blame far moro than the man." She then expresses the hope that she will hear no further harangues from Indianapolis coun cils. New York social purity leagues or home critics who are presumptuous in re buking a lady "whose position has ever been the loftiest, whose social foundation Is immovable, and will ever remain so." She closes by saying: "This card ends all further notice by me of trashy comment from wheresoever It may spring." The character of the Kentucky lady's remarks should warn the local council that she is a dangerous person to tamper with. If the letter of remonstrance has not yet been sent it might, be wise for the secretary to delay actiori. Notwithstanding Mrs. Bullitt's announced intention of saying noth ing more she may be goaded into further response, in which case the local council Is 'likely to wish it had never been born or had confined itself to the eradication of comparatively venial Indiana sins. The council is in a fair way to learn that Its paths are not all of pleasantness, nor its ways of peace when it tackles the shortcomings of tho outside universe, including Kentucky. ' A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS. At the recent annual dinner of the New York Command fry., of, the . Loyal Legion Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, spoke at some length on the duty and value of pa triotism. Ills address was one of fervid eloquence. He spoke of the nature of patriotism and of its beauty and value as national and Individual characteristics. He compared America with other countries, and showed that citizens of this country had greater reasons for loyalty and pa triotism than those - of any other. "The duty to love country," be said, "is the duty of Justice and of gratitude." Again, he said, "Duty to country is a duty to con science, and allegiance to country is limited only by allegiance to God." In discussing the war he showed himself in fullest sympathy with its results as shown In the preservation of the Union, the abolition of slavery and the unification of the Republic. He pleaded earnestly for a free ballot, for honest elections, for pure politics and for the enforcement of law. He declared that loyalty to the Hag was the true test and should be the only test of American citizen ship. On this point he said: This country is America; only they who are loyal to her can be allowed to live un der her flag; and they wno are loyal to her may enjoy all her liberties and rights. Freedom of religion is accorded by the Constitution: religion is put outside State action, and most wisely so; therefore, the religion of a citizen must not be considered by voter or executive officer. The oath of allegiance to the country makes the man a citizen; if that allegiance Is not plenary and supreme, he is false to his profession; if it Is, he Is an American. Discriminations and SEgregati. ns,. in civil or political matters, on lines of birthplace, or of race, or of language and, I add. of color Is un-American, and wrons. Compel all to be Americans, in soul, as well as In name; and then let the standard of their value be their American citizenship. That breathes the spirit of true patriotIsm, r.rul anything less than that savors of pros rij i ;on and Intolerance. The speaker concluded with an eloquent appeal to all Americans to unite In the patriotic duty of maintaining a free ballot, of Informing and purifying public opinion, of promoting good morals, of upholding the law, and of making American liberty the light of the world. For himself, he declared his unwavering faith in the Republic. "I have faith," he said, "in the providence of God and tha progress of humanity; I will not believe that liberty is not a permanent gift, and it were not if America fall. I have faith in the powerful and loyal national heart of America, which clings fast to liberty, and sooner or later rights wrongs and uproots evils. I have no fears. Clouds cross the heavens; soon a burst of sunlight dispels them. Different interests in society are out of joint with one another, and the social organism is feverish; it Is simply the effort toward new adjustments; in a little vhlle there will be order and peace. Threatening social and political evils are near, and are seemingly gaining ground; the American people are conservatively patient, but ere long the national heart is roused and the evils, however formidable be their aspect, go down before the tread of an indignant people." These extracts from Archbishop Ireland's address convey an Inadequate Idea of its true philosophy, Us fervid patriotism and its genuine eloquence. . Yet there are persons who profess to beliee that a man cannot be a Roman Catholic and a true and loyal American citizen at the same time. Serial number 91 of Official Records of the War of the Rebellion contains one of the letters of Jacob Thompson, who was a confederate' agent in Canada In 1SC4. In which

he discloses to Jefferson Davis all that he knew concerning the movements of the peace Democrats in the North at that time. He sets forth the whole scheme of the conspirators. Three States, Indiana, 'Illinois and Ohio, were to be seized by peace Democrats. July 20 was set for the uprising, but the date was postponed to Aug. 16. To get up a large peace meeting in Peoria rebel money was contributed. But as the time for action approached the leaders lost courage, a lot of arms sent to Indianapolis was discovered and seized, and the movement was suspected. Thompson says: The day on which the great movement was to be made became known to Mr. McDonald, candidate for Governor in Indiana, and. believing that it would mar his prospects for election unless prevented, he threatened to expose all the parties engaged unless the project was abandoned. Thus the day passed and nothing was done.

Thompson goes on to state that, pursuant to the advice of the Davis government, he had induced many peace people in the North to change their paper money Into gold and send it out of the country, and $25,000 of rebel money was expended to promote the exportation of gold, with a view to the depreciation of the greenback. He says that he aavanced money to a Mr. Churchill, in Cincinnati, to organize a corps to burn the city. He reported that the failure to burn New York was because of the reliance of the leader upon Greek fire, but, nevertheless, the attempt caused a great panic in that City. This letter was written after Mr. Lincoln's re-election, which, he says, "so demoralized the Sons of Liberty that a new order was formed called the Order of the Star." The interesting feature in this and another letter by an agent in Nova Scotia i3 that they prove all that was discovered and charged upon the peace Democrats In this State by Governor Morton and others. Mr. Clyde Shropshire, United States vice consul at Paris, Is a Democratic statesman of Georgia who takes himself very seriously. On the 1st of April, while the Governor of Georgia was wrestling with the senatorial vacancy, some person wired Mr. Shropshire as follows: To Hon. Clyde Shropshire, vice consul, American legation, Paris: In order to obviate the Inconvenience and entanglement arising out of the necessity of the appointment of a successor to Senator Colquitt, I have decided to go out of the list of applicants of prominent Georgians now residing in the State who are seeking the position, and to ask you to accept the appointment. I am firm in my belief that your selection will be happily received by the people of Georgia, and I respectfully and earnestly request that you notify me of your acceptance of the appointment. As the Governor's signature was attached to the dispatch, Mr. Shropshire had every reason to think it genuine, and he accordingly informed some of his friends in Paris of the honor that had come to him. Congratulations were in order, and numerous bottles of champagne were sacrificed on the occasion. Mr. Shropshire lost no time in cabling his acceptance of the appointment, and it was with difficulty he was made to understand that he had been made the victim of an April fool Joke. Such jokes are impertinent almost to the degree of brutality, but some people are so constituted that they almost invite them. Dispatches from Oklahoma give "Red Moon" as the name of the native gentleman at the head of the Indian uprising in that country. "Red Moon" is clearly a hasty mistranslation. "Blood-on-the-Moon" must be the correct version. UUnilLES IX THE AIR. Xo Fnlne Pride. First Populist Leader Ain't you takln a good deal of risk In shavin' off your whiskers? Second Populist Leader I guess I'll resk it. I ain't ashamed to let no man see the marks of honest toll on my jaw. A Hit of Bunco. Hungry HIggins Wot you got In the package? Weary Watkins Socks. Hungry Higgins Socks? Weary Watkins-Thafs what. I've made all of free bones on dem socks already dls afternoon, lettin da hoboes guess what I had at 10 cents a guess. Dey wasn't a one of 'em come within a mile of it. How It In Done. The Inquisitive One Would it be a betrayal of an office secret to tell me how you select your poems? Magazine Editor I guess I may tell you. We first submit them to the janitor, and from him they are passed on up through the various grades of employes till they reach the editor in chief. If the poem is of such character that any one of the censors understands it. It Is rejected. A Little Argument. "What's the matter, Uncle Mose?" was asked, as the old man came limping in with his head in bandages and his arm in a sling. "Des a little argyment about puttectlon an free trade, dat's all." "H'm. How did It wind up?" "Well, you see, I vvus puttectlon up to de time dat Johnson nlggah, what is younger dan me and about fohty poun heabbler, got on my nalck. Atter dat I 'eluded dat it wuz healfler to lean towards free trade. It's des about a standoff, dough. Johnson didn git a-hold ob me untwell I had made slch a good putlectlonls' out'n dat little dried heckleberry coon dat he won't git out o bed fer a week." The Mystery of Appendicitis. Philadelphia Telegraph. Many uninformed people are doubltless surprised to read In the papers that, although both Norman I Munroa and his son were operated on for appendicitis, no foreign substance .vas found in the appendix of either of them. Tne notion is widely prevalent that appendicitis is always caused by the lodgment of an orange seed, a grape seed, or something of that kind in this intestinal appendage, producing inflammation. This is not the fact. Cases hav3 been found in which foreign substance were found in the appendix, but, according to a surgeon who has performed nearly 2X) operations for removal of the appendix, such caszs are comparatively few. The prevailing opinion among thoss who are wise on this suoject is that appendicitis is caused by a microbe, but the Investigations hav not advanced far enough to enable this to be determined with accuracy. It 13 believed that many cases formerly supposed to be acute colic were really cases of appendicitis. Cnntious Breckinridge. Chicago Herald. Defendant Breckinridge, it will be noticed, is particularly careful to state in his ttstimony that Mrs. Blackburn is "mistaken In her recollection" not that she doesn't tell the truth. This attitude may be du to the respect and consideration that Papa Breckinridge feels for the venerable lady. Then, again, it may be attributed to the fact that Brother-in-law Blackburn has postponed his union with the church until the Pollard trial Is over. So long as Mr. Blackburn is in the bond3 of inquity it might b? unhealthy to impugn the veracity of his female relatives. Dr. Buckley's Opinion. New York Advocate. Works of fiction as read, except for recreation after earnest work, or In timss of physical and mental languor, or studied for style, are but the crutches of weak minds. Will Grow llurder. Iloche3ter Democrat and Chronicle. It is sometimes difficult to get a Democratic quorum in Washington, but It will be still more dillicult at next fall's elections. Ill irent Mlatnko. Milwaukee Journal. . Almost any kind of a man is liable to fancy that he can tell a story in an acceptable manner.

TO PREVENT A COUP

Republican Senators Beirin a Fight Against the Tariff Bill. They Resent Mr. Harris's Effort to "KailroaiT the Measure by Insisting: 011 a Quorum Being Present. HILL, MURPHY AND IRBY AID By Voting with the Minority to Adjourn the Senate. Senator Pefler Makes a Speech Repre sentative Springer's Plan to Secure V a Quorum in the Lower House. WASHINGTON. April 6. What looks Ilka a determined fight against the tariff bill was begun in the Senate to-day. It was so obstinate that Senator Harri9 said he regarded it as a filibuster. Senator Aidrich had just moved that the Senate adjourn upon the development of the lack of a quorum on a roll call on a motion to j go into executive session. Senator Aldrich retorted that there was no purpose on the Republican side of resorting to filibustering. The proceedings throughout the day had been of a nature to remind a spectator of the extra session. The motion to adjourn made by Senator Aldrich, that by Senator Hill to adjourn till Monday, and Senator Aldrlch's motion for an executive session, the call for a quorum and other proceedings cf a like character, together with the fact that a roll call was demanded by one side or the other on all the motions of this character became a part of the record, but necessarily no official note was taken of the conference on both sides of the chamber and of other transactions of a character to show that the tariff contest has reached an acute stage. Sentors Voorhees, Jones, Harris and McPherson, Democratic members of the finance committee, were in whispered conversation a considerable part of the afternoon after the close vote on Senator Hill's motion to adjourn, and the Republican leaders on the qui vive to discover the import of the conference. They at last, whether through Inference or Information, concluded that the Democratic leaders were preparing a scheme for the reading of the tariff bill, which was afterwards proved to be correct, and this the Republicans resolved to antagonize. Tney do not want the bill read at length, for if this should be done it would afford opportunity for a parliamentary coup like that which occurred on the seigniorage bill. Whether the plans of the Democrats were correctly divined or not, the Senate adjourned, amid a confusion of fruitless efforts to obtain a quorum an hour and a half in advance of the usual time, Mr. Harris having asked Mr. Morgan to withdraw a motion for an executive session In order that the bill might be read Just before the lack of a quorum developed. The close vote upon Senator Hill's motion to adjourn until Monday, the fact that' he, a Democrat whose position with reference to the bill is doubtful, offered the motion, and the additional fact that he was joined In the vote In his support of the motion by two other Democrats, and that there were other Democrats absent and either paired for the motion or not paired at all, all combined to render the proceedings significant, and some of the Democratic members of the finance committee evidently looked upon it as ominous. The Republicans present voted solidly for the motion to adjourn over. The four Populists, Senator Stewart alone excepted, voted in the affirmative. The Republican vote is significant of solid opposition. Senators Hill, Irby and Murphy voted with the Republicans and Senator Brice was paired favorably for the bill. Senators Mcpherson, Call and Faulkner wer-2 absent unpaired. Senators Gorman, Caffery and Blanchard, who are not supposed to be entirely satisfied with the bill, voted with their party against adjournment, and Senator Smith, of New Jersey, ard Senator Gibson, of Maryland, who are Included In the same category, were paired against the motion. It would have required but two votes to change the result, and the Republicans declared that If another vote had been taken on the same proposition they could have obtained the necessary votes. The Republicans concluded from the day's Eroceedings that it was the purpose of the emocrats to press the bill from this time forward, while the Democrats profess io see an intention on the pLXt of the Republicans to delay consideration as long as possible, and to even resort to filibuster if necessary to accomplish that result. The Republicans deny the impeachment. The Democrats confess that they will crowd the bill along as rapidly as possible and not permit any delay which is not absolutely necessary. Proceeding In Detail. WASHINGTON. April 6. The policy of delay by the minority of the Senato wa made manifest to-day when, before the conclusion of the reading of yesterday's Journal, Mr. Chandler made the point of no quorum and the roll was called, showing that four Senators less than a quorum were present. Then there was a delay of fifteen minutes before a quorum was secured. Finally the reading of the Journal was concluded and the routine business was proceeded with. Among the petitions presented was one from the millers of St. Louis, which was presented by both the Missouri Senators, praying for the retention of the reciprocity clause of the McKlnley law. An Interesting test of strength was developed by Senator Hill's motion that when the Senate adjourn to-day It should be until Monday. The Republicans jumped at the Idea and seconded the motion, and even Senator Harris's request that the motion be withdrawn had no effect, so he demanded the yeas and nays, in which demand he was seconded by Senator Vest. As the roll call progressed it became evident that the vote would be close, and when it was announced as 25 to 21 a sigh of relief escaped frcm the Democrats. The vote was, with few exceptions, a party vote. The Republicans voted for the motion rnd Senators Hill an 1 Murphy, of New York, and Irby, of South Carolina, voted with them, and Senator Brice, of Ohio, was paired in favor of the motion. Of the Populists, Stewart voted with the Republicans and Allen, Kyle and Peffer with the Democrats. The resolution Introduced some time ago by Senator Wolcott looking to the drafting of a treaty with Mexico by which the Unitfcd States should coin silver dollars at its mint was laid before the Senate, and Mr. Teller said, after he had made a few remarks, he would a.k to have It lie over until Monday, as Senator Wolcott was absent. Mr. Teller then briefly addressed the Senate In favor of the resolution. Senator Lodge, delivered a ringing speech In support of the resolution, urging its passage because the experiment was worth trying, while it could do r.o harm. Senator Dubois followed in support of the resolution. The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived, the resolution went over without action, and the tariff bill was laid before the Senate. There was a very slender attendance of Senators upon the floor when Mr. Peffer rose to speak on the tariff question, and this number dwindled by degrees untU by half past Z o'clock there was only a corporal's guard present. Mr. Quay made the point, of no quorum. Before the roll was lfll?heJ enouzh Sena-tors came In to make

a quorum, and the Senator from Kansas resumed his speech. In the course of r.U speech Mr. Perfer said: "'Il.e chairman of the finance committee denounced proectln as robbery. How can he support this bill? His speech was an arraignment of his colleaies and an apoUey for hunself. Wl.en tariff reformers bring us free wool ar.a leave such burdens on th? clothing of rmn and women who perform the manual labor of the country, may we not Inquire wherw the line is to be drawn letween a tariff for revenue only and the 'culminating atrocity of class legislation T The Populists have no tariff plank In their platform, ve view the subject from the st nipoint of taxation. We undersu t1 that the levying of tariff duties is a tax upon the people, and we would make the burden as liKht us possible. We look upon this sublect through the eyes of the worklnpman. We study It from the standjoint cf the poor and lowly. The wealthy and proud can take care of themselves. "The Populists believe in a graduated Income tax. and regard it as the most equitable system of taxation. While politicians Juggle with the tariff, statesmen ought to make it a matter of uuslne-s. We do not believe in abandoning wholly the present system. I take It that professed tariff reformers do not see how greatly their practice contrasts with their theorv; they mean well, but lack courage only. Protection, as taught by our fathers. Is the proper doctrineprotection to domestic industries. Only such industries as can be made national, employing large numbers of people, should be protected, and that only long enough to establish them. After that, save the market for them, and no more. Bounties, in many cases, are better than cheaper duties." Senator Peffer had nroceeded for two hours when Senator Galllnger sugsested that he be allowed to suspend his remarks and conclude at the next meeting of the Senate. Senator Peffer assented to this, but asserted that he was not speaking against time, and did not desire to ha'vo his speech drifting along over two or three weeks. Mr. Morgan moved that the Senate proceed to consideration of executive business. At the request of Senator Harris he subsequently withdrew' the motion. nd Mr. Harris, stating that the tariff Mil had never been read in full, and that ihi Senate had refused to dispense with its formal reading, asked that it be then read, hoping thus to fill in me interim until Mr. Peffer should be readv to proceed. Tho Republicans thereuion began dilatory tactics. Mr. Aldrich moved that the Senate go Into executive session, nnd Mr. Harris demanded the yeas and nays, whlcti showed the absence of a quorum. Mr. Aldrlch's motion being voted down, there was a roll call, which disclosed the presence of a. quorum. At 4:35 p. m. on motion of Mr. Harris, the Senate adjournel till 12 o'clock to-morrow.

noise rnocEciiixcss. Postofllcc Appropriation Bill ConwldereI Warring; Mllonnr!eK. WASHINGTON, April fi.-The House went ahead with appropriation bills again today. Some routine business was, however, first transacted. A bill authorizing the city of Hastings, Minn., to censtruct a wagon bridge across the Mississippi river wai passed. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Minnesota, a bUl to increase the amount of land in the Yellowstone Park reservation leased foi hotel purposes from ten to twenty acres was passed. A lively tilt occurred between Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, who was seated last Tuesday, and his Democratic colleague, Mr. Morgan, of Missouri. Mr. O'Neill rose to a question of privilege and read from a newspaper an interview with Mr. Morgan, in which the latter explained as his reason for voting against Mr. O'Neill that there had been an agreement between the contestant and contestee In the case to let the plain Intent of the voter count- "Mr. O'Neill could not break that agreement," Mr. Morgan was quoted as saying, "without dishonor, and he asks too much when he asks us to Jo'ji him in dishonor." Mr. O'Neill denied that he had entered Into such an agreement with Mr. Joy as was represented in the interview. He made a statement and concluded It with a protest against the treatment he had received. Mr. Morgan replied: "I had hoped." said he, "that we had had enough of the O'NeillJoy contested election case. I had hoped that Mr. O'Neill would be content with devoting himself to the duties Mr. Joy waselected to discharge." (Republican applause.) He avowed the authenticity of the interview and read from th? record to show that Mr. O'Neill had violated hl agreement. The House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Hatch In the Chair) and the consideration of the potoffice appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. Henderson sent to the clerk's desk and had read an appeal to Congress aialnst the further extension of second-class mail privileges. Over 250.000.noo pounds of second-class matter was carried by the mails last year. It said, 5.102 new publications were rtarted last year, and the enViencv of the mail service was crippled by the limitless quantities of second-class mail matter carried. Mr. Loud opposed the amendment on the ground thpt It would swamp the department. It would cost the United States, he declared. JlO.OOO.ooo annually. Mr. Loud offered and advocated an amendment to Increase the appropriation for railroad transportation from Ji'.oOOA'O to J25.9l,'0 on the ground that the former sum would prove inadequate. It was defeated. Mr. Dunnhy offered as an amendment to the amendment a proviso to prevent the Bureau of Engraving find Printing from doing any of this work. After some further debate In support of the point of ordr raised against the Dunphy amendment by Mr. Berry, the committee ro?e, and the House, at 5 o'clock, too a recess until 8 o'cock. the evening session to be devoted to pension bills. PI mi to Secure n Qnornni. WASHINGTON, April 6. Many plans have been suggested to securo a quorum of the House when a minority of numbers oppose any particular measure. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, has prepared a rule which he Intends to offer at the first opportunity and endeavor to secure favorable action upon it. It is as follows: "Whenever, on a yea end nay vote upon any question, the record shows that no quorum has voted, the elerk sha!l arain call the names of those not voting. When the name of any member v.ho is present Is called the Spet. kt shall state the question to him and ak him how he desires to vote. If he refuses to vote, his name shall be entered on the journal as present and not voting. In det?rmlnlng the result of the vote, those present and not voting sh'i'.l be counted with tho?e voting In the negative. If those votirg and those present anil not voting shall be a majority of the whole House, a quorum shall be deemed as constituted and th question shall be derided by the record as thus ascertained. If thosa voting and those present and not voting shall not constitute a quorum, the Speaker shall immediately issue his warrant to the Serxoant-at-arms for the arrest of all members who may be nbsn without the leave of the House, who. when arrested, shall be brought to the bar of the House, and the Speaker shall state to each member thus brought to the bar of the Bouse the question pending and fk the member how he desires to vote. If he votes ha Fhall be recorded; If not, he shall be recorded as present and not voting: and when a quorum is thus constituted the result shall be announce. "After a quorum appears and the subject matter pending Is disposed of. the House may require anv member who was arrested, as provided In the rule, to show cauv at the bar of the House why he should not be punished for being absent without leave of the House. If a quorum Is not constituted as provided herein when the House hall have adjourned or taken a recess, which may be done. In either case, by unanimous consent, the question landing shall the the first butdnes In order when the House again meets. And the members who. have not voted or who have not been recorded as present and rot voting shall again be called, and those who may 1 brought to the bar of the House shall tilso b tailed upon to vote as If originally ir-.-ent. and the same course shall be pursued in: In the first instance until a quorum is constituted." Ilritlfth Troop In the lulled M:itr. Lewl?ton livening Journal. British troops havt b?en rush'ng through. Main fr.r several months, the activity bt-ing especially noticceble at irefvnt; tut no one In Main? has got excited over the matter. Indeed, very few knew anything about it until informed by a dispatch" Saturday from rt. John. There movements. It ts said, are in the line of experiments, th? nrlti.h governrr.tnt d?!ring to rlu l ut J'ist how l-.ng it would take to get Its men and u:pl'.ei .crcs the continent in evtnt of irmblo with Russia. A few weeJ-- a3 a spe.-iil train carrying arn!iu :i: 1 su;,i;m was dispatched from Halifax to ls;u:nuu!t. 11. C, w.th Instruction to st- for nothlnir but water and to char.Kr ennct. Ther: ar? nine loaded cars fn t.:e train, an 1 th trip wwi made, according to the re;ort by th Canadian Pacific officials, in lets :un five days. - C'muho for Remembrance. Detroit Tribune. Colonel Hr?cJclnridso cannot rvoollect whether it was April 12 or Mav l) that he bought strawberries for M! Pillar. . For a man of modt-rste means tnu la , torKable slip of memorj'i