Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH V 1899.

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1899.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: KEW" TORK Astor House. CHICAGO ralm-r House, P. O. News Co., 217 Jearbcrn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. It. Ilawlcy . & Co., 1S4 Vine street. -LOUI.SVn.LE C. T. Deerlnjr. northwest comer of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co., 235 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union Xews Company. Union Ex-pet. .WASHINGTON, D. House, Etbltt House and Wizard's Hotel. The success of Representative Overstreet sows the advantage to a. district of a member who has experience and tact. The Agulnaldo press Is not pleased with the army organization bill because It affords a larger army for e little over two years. If the battle were to be fought over again, fewer Republicans would array themselves against their party on the township and County bills. The antl-admlnlstratlon press Is not saying so much about "embalmed beef as It was before the board of army officers began to take testimony. In California, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Delaware the Legislatures are yet taking ballots for United States senators, with no signs of an election. It was amusing to see the Democrats in the House turn upon one of their Republican allies In their fight against the county bill and knock the enacting clause out of his bill. Even If the proposed street railway company cannot agree with the City Council On the terms of a franchise, the pending bill is a much better measure under which to conduct negotiations with other bona fide bidders. The Incident related in the Journal showing how the wife cf a Republican member of the House saved the county reform bill at two critical Junctures by leaning over and saying to her husband "Pa, don't you vote with the Democrats," shows the Importance of putting none bui good Republican women on guard. Hereafter when a member is regarded as shaky on Important party questions the steering committee should see that his- wife has a seat near him. The people of this city will experience an agreeable" surprise in the passage by Congress of the Indianapolis public building bill et this late day In the session. The merits of the measure have been recognized for tome time past, but the favorable conjunction of circumstances necessary to Its passage has not occurred till now. Among these favoring circumstances must be counted Representative Overtreet'a popularity in the House and the tact ho has shown in " pressing the measure. Senator Brooks prepared and the Senate passed a bill providing for the payment of liberal and specific salaries to county commissioners Instead of the present per diem. When the bill reached the House yesterday Democrats began to amend it by Increasing the salaries in the counties which they rrn-esent. The result was that the bill was 'leaded down and an attempt was made to kill It. It was sent back to tho committee tor revision. Thus the Democrats in the House defeat measures looking to better methods. The legislature could not have done less than pas3 the Indianapolis street-railroad bill without injustice to the city. It Is nothing more than an enabling act authorizing tho city to contract with the new company on terms and conditions to be settled hereafter between the contracting parties. With a largo proportion of the people, probably a majority, favorlnga settlement of tho long-standing controversy as foon as posfrlble on some terms. It would r.ot have been right for the Legislature to close the doer against any settlement. As to the specific terms of settlement there is some difference of opinion, but this can still be fought cut before the city authorities. The severe and almost fatal illness of Mr. Ttudyard Kipling has furnished a striking Illustration of the hold a man may gain upon a people merely by his literary produc tions. Mr. Kipling Is an Englishman of Englishmen, and though his wife is Ameri can he has not professed any special Interest In the American people. Yet his sickness has aroused tho deepest sympathy in this country and millions of Americans who sever taw him or expect to see him have waited anxiously for a favorable bulletin regarding his condition. No other writer in cither of the great English-sneaking nations I.as ever achieved as high a place In popular esteem at so early an age as Mr. Kipling has, and if he recovers the American people will feel, in common with his own countrymen, that they have narrowly es caped a personal Ios3. That Is an lntrestlng announcement from Washington tnai tno iTeMcer.t nas con tented to extend American protection to German subjects in the Philippines In order to relieve German war ships now there for eervice at other points. It shows that if there has been any friction or distrust be twecn the two governments heretofore It has been entirely removed. It will probably be found that the present arrangement Is the culmination of an Interesting diplomat!? correspondence. This is not the first time the .United States. government has extended protection, to German subject. In 1S70-T1, during the France-German war, at the request of Bismarck and with the permission cf the French minister of foreign affairs, Hon. E. B. Washburoe, United States min ster to France, exercised his official Influxes with remarkable tact and skill for the

protection of the Germans In Paris, and acted as the representative of the various German states. After tho close of the war the Emperor cf Germany recognized Mr. Washburne's services by conferring upon him the Order of tho I led Eagle. This ho declined, owing to a picvisinn in tho United States Constitution regarding foreign decorations, but subsequently tho Emperor sent him his life-size portrait, as also did IJismarck. So it will be ?en tho friendship between Americans ar.d Germans is of pretty lor. j standing. STILL AIU'SIXTi CAPITAL. In his recent tira.l? against the President Representative Johnson hud a good deal to say of the mcney "combine" v.hlch he de

clared had controlled the I'resiJent's Philippine policy. He characterized It as "the spirit of American creed which carr-3 nothing for the spirit of American liberty." He charged the President with having surrendered to the demands of "the selfish capi talists cf the country." Proceeding, he said: The-se are the gentlemen who furnished the money for his nomination and election. ml who. I doubt not. have pledgee; lurn a renomlnatlon and a re-election. These are tho gentlemen who i:ro alr?alv grasping aft er special privileges in the Philippine, in Cuba, and In Porto Rico. It was. I Imagin?, for their espeiai benefit that the President created his advisory board to the War De partment, compose or three American citizens, their object being to farm out valuable privileges and immunities which should belong to the people of those inlands themselves. And what do the gentlemen propose? To amass colofal fortunes in tho islands by virtue of their franchises and upon the cheap labor of the native popula tion, rot one dollar of which will ever nml Its lodging place in the pockets of the American people. Sir. Eugene V. Debs. In his Fpcech in this city Monday night, took the tame view. In sisting that tho acquisition of our new posesslons was only the result of the work of capitalists and corporations. If we did not have In this country all forms of demagogy and misrepresentation for political effect we should say it Is amaz ing that any man can be so blinded by prejudice or passion as to make puch asser tions as those above quoted. It can only be accounted for on tho theory that some men substitute the money power for an overruling Providence and see in capital ists and corporations the divinity that shapes all our ends. The acquisition of Porto Rico and tho Philippines was the natural and In evitable result of the war with Spain, and if thero ever was an event In our history which tho money power and the capitalists and corporations of the country had no hand in bringing about It was that war. Capital Is always opposed to war as it was in this case, thougn when the war began no class of citizens surpassed the capitalists . in tho promptness and effectiveness of their support. While It was universally regarded as a war for humanity and before any person dreamed that wo would acquire new terri tory by It, tho capitalists and corporations of the country were conspicuous by their support of the government. The insinuation that they were actuated by selfish and mer cenary motives Is without any foundation in fact and a gratuitous Insult to a largo class of American citizens. If the President's Philippine policy is dictated by the capitalists, how does it happen that Mr. Carnegie, one of the richest men In the country, is also the most violent anti-expansionist? Will Messrs. Johnson and Debs say it is because he did not get in on tho ground floor? How does it happen, further, that Mr. Gorman, one of the few millionaires in the Senate, is leading the opposition to annexation of tho Philippines? The Johnson-Debs contention i3 pure rubbish. The capitalists and corporations of the country have had no more to do with shaping the President's policy than they did with causing the recent cold weather. Those who make such assertions have yet to learn that a majority of the American people are not fools and that they regard the persistent abuse of capital as one of the most contemptible forms of demagogy. THE REFORM LAWS AMI THE CIRCUIT JUDGES.' Tho township and county reform bills having been passed by both branches of the General Assembly, and being certain of approval by the Governor, will soon be law. As they do not contain an emergency clause they will not'take effect until the distribution of the printed acts, which will probably be from sixty te ninety days. The bills provide for the election by the people of members of the township advisory boards and members of the county councils, who are charged with certain duties In connection with the trustees and county commissioners. The first election of township advisory boards will bo at the next election of township trustees, and the first election of county councllmen will take place at the general November election in 1000. In order, however, that the new system may go Into operation before these elections the laws make It the duty of the Judge of the Circuit Court in each circuit of the State to appoint members of the county councils for each county in his circuit within thirty days after the taking effect of the act. and members of the advisory boards for each township at tho first term of the Circuit Court after tho taking effect of the act. There aro fifty-seven judicial circuits in the State, and tho judge of each circuit will have this duty to perform. It is an Important duty, and its right performance will have much to do with Insuring the new laws a fair trial from tho start. The fact that they Involve some new machinery and methods shou!d not raise any doubt of the ability of the people to put them In successful operation. A people who pride themselves on their capacity for self-government, their skill in organization and their general aptitude for affairs should not for a moment entertain the Idea that they cannot easily antl successfully put In operation a new feature of local government lesigned for their own benefit. Indiana has been the leader in a number of valuable reforms In recent years. The new laws for reform In local government arc believed to be among the most valuable yet enacted, and It should be a point of prlle with all classes to see that they have a fair trial and are made to yleldt results that will cause other States to adopt them, as they have other measures of reform Inaugurated In Indiana. For this reason the first appointments by circuit Judges of members of the advisory boards and county councils will be important. Both law provide that the boards thu3 appointed shall be divided In politics. No such provl.-ion Is made in regard to the boards to be subsequently elected by the people, as they are pretty suro to be divided according to local politic! But as to the boards to be appointed by the judges It Is provided that a majority of the appointees of each board, and not more, may Ih adherents of the same party. Thus It Ij likely that Republican judges will ap point a majority of Republicans on each board In their circuits, while Democratic Judges will appoint a majority of Demo crats. Every member of each board must be a resident voter and property taxpayer. Circuit Judges should feel honored by be ing Intrusted with the first appointment of

these boards, and should be careful to appoint good men, men of Inown probity, established character, public spirit and at least a reasonable amount of business experience. As they are to perform certain duties heretofore performed by township trustees and county commissioners they should be at least up to the average standard of those officials, and the higher the better. They should be men capable of mastering their duties under the new laws quickly and exercising them fearlessly in the Interest of economy amVreform. The new laws should bo administered in the spirit in which they were enacted, the spirit of refcrm. Thl3 means that they should be admlnistererl by their friend. The first boards will have to encounter some prejudices, do away with some old usages, establish some precedents and perhaps tread on some toes. Therefore, they should be composed of men who will not hesitate If necessary to do these things In the Interest of the people and who will see that the new laws are put In operation in the right way. It Is to be hoped the circuit Judges throughout the State will appreciate the opportunity they have in these appointments to render a valuable public service. HAIR SPLITTING. Some alleged legal right has been disclosing to the Xcws that great danger lurks In some of the provisions of the streetrailway bill regarding the perpetual charter which a new company will derive from the

Citizens' Company. The Xews expresses the opinion that the provisions of the law should be mere specific. How the surrender of the Citizens' claim to a perpetual franchise can be made more explicit than It Is without naming that company, tho critics do not attempt to set forth. The law must be general so as to apply to all cities of 100,000 population, and being thus general, a particular company in Indianapolis cannot be named. It Is claimed that the provision referring to the purchase and surrender of all existing franchises before a new company can be given a franchise is as explicit as it can be made under the Constitution. It Is declared that the franchises of all companies now or hereafter organized shall be purchased ar.d surrendered to the city prior to the granting of a new franchise. The Citizens' Company Is now organized, and conseepuently comes into the Hat of companies specified in the clause. The claim that after thirty-four years the company pur chasing and surrendering to the city the itizens' present franchise, with its claim of perpetual rights, can claim tho perpetual charter It lias surrendered to the city is too absurd to be noticed. Having surrendered that charter to the city as a condition of obtaining another, how can the company mak ing such surrender claim it as its own? Much has been said about the act of 1S07 known as the New bill. It Is claimed now by those who oppose the present legislation that it Is a piece of perfection and gives all the authority that is needed for the basi of new franchise. Those who will read that law carefully will discover that it positively requires that the franchise to be disposed of in 1J1 to the best bidder should be a thirty years' franchise. In what respect is a law requiring the granting of a thirty ears' franchise to bo preferred to the bill which declares that the City Council shall not grant a franchise for more than thirtyfour years? Under that provision the City Council may limit tho franchise to ten or fifteen years. Under tho act of practically no bond was required of bidders for a new franchise in 1M. A bond Is spoken of, but It is not payable to any party. In the pending bill it is distinctly provided that any company bidding for the franchise shall glvo tho city a sufficient bond to carry out its contract with the city, payable to the city, and also that bids may be rejected. Those who oppose the bill ignore the fact that tho claim of tho Citizens' Company to a perpetual charter has not been tested in the United States Supremo Court. Judge Wood3 says the Citizens' charter is perpetual and Judge Eakcr says it Is not. In 1001 the Citizens' Company, if it Is not got rid of. will go into the courts to establish its claim to a perpetual charter. Five or six years may be spent in getting a decision. If it shall bo against tho company tho people will be forced to accept a poor service and pay a a-cent fare from four to eight years longer. If the decision should be in favor of a perpetual charter the people will be largely at the mercy of the company. If the pending bill becomes a law the Citizens Company, with all its claims of a perpetual charter, will be surrendered to the city before a new franchise will be granted. CO l ATY EEIXTIXG AM) ADVERTISING. For many years past, in fact ever since railroad communication made all the county seats in the State easily accessible from the capital, the practice has prevailed of drumming county officers, county commissioners and township trustees for books, stationery and school supplies. In the prosecution of this business soma Indianapolis concerns, and some concerns from other cities, have made a good deal of money, some legitimately and much illegitimately. The latter has been made by Inducing county and townShip cfllccrs lo make unnecessary purchases at excessive prices, tho orders or contracts often being obtained by open bribery, stealthy irifts or oiher insidious forms of coifuptlon. In this way the taxpayers have been defrauded, public officials have been demoralized and local government throughout the State has been honeycombed with corruption and Inoculated with dishonesty. One object of the county and township reform bills Just enacted by the Legislature is to break up this system. The Journal hopes and believes that under the new tystem local newspapers and job printing offices will get more county printing than they have had heretofore, and city printing and supply houres less. Most of the advertising au thorized by both faws Is expressly required to be in local papers, and in all cases where local printing offices or supply houses can do tho work or furnish the supplies they should have the preference over city houses As already Intimated, the Journal believes that the city business in county supplies Is largely founded on corruption. It is safe to say that during the last twenty-five years the ninety-two counties In this State have spent many hundreds of thousands of dol lars for books and stationery that were not needed or in extortionate prices for such as were needed. During the year 1SI7 the ag gregate expenditures for books, stationery. printing and advertising were $232,140, and in ISO 3 the expenditures on the same account were J210.SCO. Tho expense of legal printing and advertising in 1SC7 was JS4,?23, and in it was $4T,14, the residue of the large ag grrgate In both years being for books and stationery. Th3 legal printing ar.d adver tising required by law Is a necessary and legitimate expenditure, but the expenditure for books ond stationery Is far beyond tho bounds of reason or honesty. It should be the aim of the 'administrators of the new law to break up this elabor

ate system, of corruption and extortion by which the people have been robbed and public officials corrupted In the interest of city printing and supply houses. The bills for books and stationery should be cut down to the lowest figure consistent with the proper discharge of business, and whenever it Is possible the preference should be given to local printing offices and supply houses.

The township and county bills which have attracted so much attention and have been the cause of sharp conflict in the House are now. practically laws. The Governor has approved the township bill and the Senate has concurred in the, House amendments of the county bill, which makes It a law as far a3 the Legislature can make it. It will recelvo the approval of the Governor as soon as it shall reach him. The passage of these two bills marks the beginning of a new era In township and county government. Changes In these, laws may bo necessary, but the representative features will be retained In county and township government. This Is a long stride tocvard better things. The New York Times, which. would like to belong to the Democratic rarty of the Nation, notes tho advisory committee of Chairman Jones, of the national Democratic committee, and mournfully observes: The procession is forming. The captains attend. Before them stretches straightaway the bread road that leads to death. A few inonth3 h.nce they will be moving down that famhiar thoroughfare to the old funeral march of ltl-O. BUBBLES IX THE AIR. The Corn fed Philosopher. "A woman." said the Cornfed Philoso pher, "wonders why she ever married that kind of a man, while the man wonders why ho ever married at all." Seng: of Glory. Xow let us grab the heathens' wool. And everlasting lick 'em, While good John Bull, to help his pull. Stands by and hollers "Sic 'em!" Trying to He Coinplimenturr. Miss Weatherworn These ridiculous scientists say tho human race Is mope than 103.000 years old. Can you believe it? Young Li. D. Ott I can when I hear you say so. Round to Win. "Seems to me," said the friend, "that there are a good many double entendres in this work." "Ye," said the dramatist, "but the Inno cent meaning is so well disguised in most of them that I don't think they will hurt tho play." .STATE PRESS OPIMOX. The bill fixing a specific salary for county commissioners is, we believe, a good one. The salaries are graded according to counties. those of Grant at is), a very modest sum for the enormous amount of work performed by tncm. Marlon Chronicle. The people of Indiana would like to see a better government building In the atrial of tho State than it now ha3. They don't feel that it should be behind other ond smaller state capitals In conveniences icr state and national business. Clay County enterprise. What would Johnson t.nd Eryan and men of that sort be saying about the President had he ordered Dewey away from Manila, leaving the Islands In a state cf anarchy? And what would other nations say of our having destroyed the only authority there and then leaving their subjects exposed to the riot and bloodshed that would have followed? Fort Wayne Gazette. There are now stories of corruption afloat concerning members of the State Je;jlrlaturo and tho county reform bill. There is nothing strange about this when the head of the lobby Is George Itay, of this p.ace. Purchasing romebody or- .bulldozing or. Intimidating them are his weapons of oTense as well as defense. Place him in tho position assumed by honest men and be souid not last as long as a frost in June. Shelbyville Republican. The State has again been disgraced by the impudence and corruption of an unscrupulous lobby by men who have something to .sell to the counties at exorbitant prices and are engaged in bribing members of tho Legislature to defeat a bill that makes it impossible for them to bribe county commissioners and to influence other officials corruptly. The proceedings In the House for the past three days on the county reform bill were more in keeping with the course of a territorial Legislature of Nevada forty years ago than the State Legislature of Indiana, four score years of age. Ter re Haute Express. A local movement has been started to secure the appointment of Albert A. Faurot as one of the commissioners provided for In the r.cw library bill. Mr. Faurot had much to do with formulating tbe bill which has been enacted Into law and he is therefore familiar with its requirements. Besides, he is a practical librarian, in charge of the library of Hose Polytechnic Institute, and ij very much devoted to his profession. Three commissioners are provided for to serve without salary, and a more capable man than Mr. Faurot. or one more entirely fit for the duties cf the position, could not be found in western Indiana Ter re Haute Express. ' The forestry law before the Ltslature Is a good one and should be p.iss d if found conformable to the part .f th: Constitution relating to taxation. Tho woodsman's ax has made tremendous ravages on the prlmoval forests of Indiana in the century. The clearings are yearly growin ; larger until now the forest Is the vxepiio:i in the landscape where it was once the charing. With the dostruction of-her rcn titnr it sources Indiana will see the p issmr of many valuable industries which now add annually to her wealth. It would be fortunate for tho future of Evansville if such a law were passed both in Indiana and Kentucky. Unless some provision is made for the growth of forests wo may measure the time when Kvanvilie's great wood working industry will die away for want of material. Evansville Courier. In an attempt to readjust and regulate the salaries of judges of Circuit and Superior courts in the State, the Legislature has stumbled upon a process which, if not clearly unconstitutional. Is wholly unjust, if the measure is not misinterpreted. It provides that judges shall bo paiU according to the population and taxable of their circuits, jsr for each million of assessed property and $2T for each thousand inhabitants. Perhaps there might not be serious objection to this, although based upon the wrong principle, were it not for another provision or the act which makes this the total pay for nil judges in any one district. In Tippecanoe county the plan, under present assessment and population, would yield a total for salaries of $3,115, which must be divided between the occupants of the Circuit ar.d superior benches. Thi3 Injustice Is readily discerned when it Is observed that this would provide a salary of but $1."7."0 for each judge, an amount entirely insufficient to secure the services of any competent and worthy attorney, stnee any man with sufficient legal knowledge to intelligently fill the bench could not afford to accept either of the offices on such a basis. Lafayette Courier. Bryan nt tbe Capital. Washington Special. Col. William Jennings Bryan has ben seen a great deal In Washington lately. He ha l?en a frequent visitor at the Capitol, and In his call shows a marked preference for the Senate. He has more personal friends in that body than he has in the House. Indeed, his principal backing is in the Senate. Up to within a few months Co;onel Dryan's appearance at the Capitol wa3 tho signal for crowds to gather arouft! him for many an Impromptu reception. Today he fails to arousf more than a languid Interest, and he may haunt the marble room or parad the rotunda all day without being interfered with by people getting in bis way. Judging from surface appearances, the colonel Is overtrained, and Ms sponsors and managers would be much delighted if he would seek much needed st elusion from public observation for a while. His insatiate greed for notoriety precludes that, however. Severe. Kansas City Journal. A contemporary calls Congressman Johnson, of Indiana, a viper. The vlntr is a venomous and loathsome reptile, nut why try to make it out worse than it Is?

LTYT J it! - NO ACTION WILE BE TAKEX OX THE BRIBERY CHARGES. Mnjorlty Report of Senate Ylrtnnlly Exonerate the Ohlonn from UIntf Money to Huy Legislators. REPORT OF THE MINORITY COXTEXTIOX FOR A FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE. Day nml Mfrht Sennlon of the Senate Action ou Various Measure, Including; Building: Bills. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Ser.ator Chandler, from the committee on privileges and elections, to-day presented to the Senate the report of that committee on the charges of bribery in the election to the Senate of Hon. M. A. Hanna as made by the Ohio Senate. The report sets out that no direct remonstrance setting out that Mr. Hanna was not elected or ought to be expelled from the Senate has been received by the Senate. He also shows that no one has appeared beforo the committee and that no papers have been received beyond the formal report of the action of the State Senate. Notwithstanding th?se failures the committee has Investigated the charges. It finds that "there is no proof submitted either that (1) Mr. Hanna was elected senator through bribery, or t2) that he had any agents engaged in carrying on his canvass for the Senate who were directly or Impliedly authorized by him to resort to corrupt methods or to any form of wrong doing; or (3) that he had any personal knowledge of tho facts of the Otis case. It may be said that there is no evidence which fairly tends to prove either foregoing threo propositions. In view of these facts tho committee on privileges and elections has reached the conclusion that "the United States Senate Is not called upon to take any action In the premises." "The utmost fact which the committee of the State Senate claims to have proved," the report continues, "is that an attempt was made to bribe Mr. Otis, which failed. Without further facts than this the validity of Mr. Hanna's election will stand unimpeached and the Senate is not called on to search for further facts In the absence of any specification of such facts or of any distinct suggestion where they may be found; the whole demand of the State-Senate report that Mr. Hanna be expelled from the United States Senate" being rested on the Otis case. Whether even if this unsuccessful attempt at bribery in the case of Representative Otis were fastened upon the representatives of Senator Hanna by undoubted proof that the Senate would le called to take any action is not by any means clear. Certainly without strong evidence that Senator Hanna himself had knowledge of the transaction? the Senate would hardly be justified in doing more than expose the facts for condemnation by public opinion; and the exposure of such facts as the State Senate say were proved has already been accomplished by the State Senate reports; while there is no direct evidence and substantially no presumptive evidence that Senator Hanna had any knowledge of what was going on." The remainder of the report Is devoted to giving the committee's reasons for not tak ing testimony In the case, which are summed up in this sentence from it: "To go over the whole ground covered by the State Senate merely for the purpose of additional exposure would be tedious, expensive and unnecessary." The point is also made that there Is no suggestion of bribery beyond the Otis case, and it is shown that Otis never did vote for Hanna. Reference Is again made to the State's failure to prosecute, and in this latter connection the report s lys: "The committee does not doubt that if facts appeared from the report of the committee of the State Senate, requiring the United States Senate out of a proper regard for its own reputation to take further testimony concerning Mr. Hanna's election, it would be the duty of the Senate to proceed without waiting for further prosecution of the case coming from residents of the State of Ohio. But taking the ease as It stands and noting the absence of such prosecution the conclusion of the committee is not to ask the Senate for authority and direction to take further testimony, but to as. o be discharged from the furth.-r consideration of the report of the Suue Senate of Ohio." MINORITY EEPORT. A minority report signed by Senators Turley, Pettus and Caffery was presented by Senator Turley. This report takes the posl tlon that a further Investigation should be made and enters quite fully into the statement of the case presented by the Ohio Senate. The minority contends that the attempt on the part of Boyce to buy Otis's vote for Mr. Hanna is clearly proven by Campbell. "Seventeen hundred and fifty dollars," the report continues, "was paid In cash by Boyce to Campbell as attorney for Otis. Boyce agreed to pay $1,760 more when Otis reached Columbus and a balance of $$,500 if Hanna was elected." They claim that it is shown that Hanna's managers, Dick and Rathbone, were at the Nell House In Columbus, where Hanna hd his headquarters, and they repeat the details of Boyce's conversations with them over the telephone from the Gibson House, in Cincinnati, as overheard by clerks of the Gibson. "It was In their interviews," the minority say, "that the terms for the purchase of Otls's vote wert finally a;reed upon between Boyce and Camplell." The minority report deals at length with the conversations over the teltphone, giving full extracts from the testimony before the committee of the Ohio Senate as to what was said in these conversations. Thej' also say that there was other evidence to show the intimate relations between Boyce and Hanna's managers, but they conclude that to quote it would carry the report to unnecessary length. The minority then say: "We think the evidence to which we have already referred, standing, as it does, uncontradicted and unexplained, shows that certain of Mr. Hanna's managers at Columbus not only knew the purposes which Boyce had in view in Cincinnati, but also that they aided, abetted and advised him in carrying out these purposes, and that this state of affairs existed while Mr. Hanna was present at his headquarters. This view is strengthened by two facts: First, that many of the witnesses whose testimony, apparently, would have thrown much light upon the subject under inquiry, denie-d the jurisdiction of the committee and refused to testify under advice of counsel, who stated that they represented the interests of Rathbcne and Dick and Senator Hanna; and, second, that Mr. Hanna and his representatives had subpoenas sent them by mail, which seems to have reached them, calling upon them to appear before the state Senate committee, to which they made no response." FREXZY OF RILL TASSIXG. Many Public nnlldlngr Meanrea 'Adopted by the Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. S3. A frenzy of bill passing was on the Senate to-day. The bills passed were principally public building measures and at times during the day and night the scenes In the Senate were remarkable. Senators, usually staid and dignified, sticklers for order and decorum in the chamber, clamored for consideration of bills providing for the c-rection of government buildings In which they were interested. Late in the afternoon a large batch of such measures passed by the House was received by the Senate. Instantly confusion reigned. Senators crowded about the clerk's desk and began to sort over the bills from the House, picking them out as they found their own. as if they were choosing valentines from a bargain counter. In the area in front of the president of the Svnate a hilf dozen senators were waving bills and endeavoring to obtain recognition from the chair. The unusual proceeding cullfd out a protest from Senator Piatt, cf Connecticut, who demanded that senators take their seats find that order le restored. .At times throughout the sessions of the day and night these scenes were repeated, as more building bills were reported from the House. 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millions cf dollars were passed, and many more that had not been passed by both houses of Cor.grefs were placed as amendments on the sundry civil appropriation bill. Finally at a late hour to-night an amendment to the sundry civil bill was adopted appropriating nearly Jl.ooo.ooo for the preliminary work on the buildings which had been authorized. The sundry civil bill was passed at 11:15 to-night, having been technically under consideration throughout the dnv and evening.

When the Senate convened to-day at lb oVinrlc this noon. Mr. Frve. chairman of the committee on commerce, reported the shipping subsidy bill, "with a good many restrictive amendments." At his request it took the place on the calendar of the bill of the same title previously reported. Mr. Morgan secured the adoption of a resolution continuing the select committee cn the Nicaragua canal and authorizing it to hold sessions during the recess of Congress. A partial conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill was agreed to. The matter remaining In disagreement is the subject of special appropriations for fast mail service for the South and between Kansas City and Newton. Kan. The Senate further insisted upon its amendments, and another conference was ordered. GENERAL MEASURES. The following bills were passed: Establishing a branch home of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Castle Pinckney. in Charleston harbor. South Carolina, for the use of disabled officers and enlisted men of the volunteer army and navy of the United States; regulating the postage on letters written by the blind, in point or raised characters, making them third-class matter; for the erection of a public building at Tampa, Fla., to cost not exceeding JXO.000; entitling Dr. William a TTnmmnnd. Iate sureeon ireneral of the army, to the pay of a brigadier general on the retired list: for the relief of the International Cotton Press Company, of New Orleans, La.; authorizing the President to appoint to the Naval Academy acting naval ,J u nhn sri-frl 1 11 rill IT the War Willi Spain; putting in force in the Indian Territory certain provisions of the laws of Arpcintinf tn onrnoratlons. and to make the provisions applicable to the Ter ritory. Mr. "Daniel, in the name of Mr. Henry S n'oinnmn rxt T.nHnn fnrmerlv of Indiana tendered'to the Senate an oil painting of the Indian princess. Pocahontas. Mr. Hans-Hrnuo-H oMinrr chnirman of the committee on library, offered a resolution accepting the painting on uenaii 01 tne onuic au extending to the donor the thanks of the Senate. The resolution was auonit-u. Mr Pnrnu-pr (n cave notice that on Irl day. March 3, he would present resolutions relative to the death or me laie tnMvA Vnrthwav. of Ohio. Consideration of the sundry civil bill was then resumed. Interrupting conslderatlcn of the bill, Mr. Cfc.indler. chairman of the committee on nriviipp-pcj nn: Sections, presented the re port oi the majority of the committee on the charges or onoery maae Dy a romuiuu c of the Ohio State Senate against lion. -m. a. Tlunr.a sonntnr from Ohio. Mr. Turley. of Tennessee, on behalf of three members of the committee, presented a written minority report. Mr Allrn. another member of the com mlttee said he did not join in either the majority or the minority report, but submitted one for himself. "In view of the fact," said he. "that this congress win exn!r in three davs and Mr. Hanna's term will expire with it there is r.o time to concHr thA matter. Mv term rf office will exnir vcith this Coneress. and I do not deem It proper to express an opinion as to what a subseauent congress snoum uu, gress to wnicn Air. uanna una utxii cuvicu FOR A MILITARY POST. When consideration of the sundry civil bill was resumed amendments were agreed to as follows: Appropriating $00,000 for barracks and quarters for a battery of light artillery at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; ap propriating $00,000 for a military post near Sheridan, Wyo., the whole cost not to ex cecd $300,000; authorizing the secretary of the interior to negotiate with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians for a relinquishment of a part of their reservation; authorizing the rayment from the Choctaw fund of out standing warrants to the amount of $75.00u; authorizing the payment to the appraisers at tho ports of Boston. Philadelphia, Balti more and Chicago of l,0w each per annum in addition to their present salaries; con ferring upon the secretary of the interior authority to cancel or tQ modify the boundaries of reservoir sites In the sorth western States; that the secretary of the Interior negotiate tmough an inspector with the Devil's lake band of Sioux Indians In North Dakota for a relinquishment of their lands in that State and to adjust the boun daries of their reservation; at the conclusion of the Hawaiian cable amendment the following: for the construction and equipment of a repair steamer and for a spare cable $3T0,000. The sundry civil bill was temporarily laid aside. Mr. Hale reported the naval appropriation bill and gave notice he would call It up to-morrow. Mr. Teller, chairman of the claims com mlttee, presented the conference report on the omnibus claims bill and made a state ment concerning it. The conference report was agreed to. Mr. Quay, chairman of the committee on public buildings and ground, called up some public building bills as passed by the House with amendments and moved to concur in the amendments. The motion related to the bills for Cleveland. O.. Oakland. Cal.. Beau mont. Tex., and Wllkesbarre. Pa. The Sen ate concurred in the amendments, thus passing tho bills, but subsequently Mr. Hanna moved to reconsider the vote by which the Cleveland bill was passed and asked for a conference, which was granted. The following Houge tilis providing for punlic t.ulidinKs were then passed: Towka, Kan.. $S".txO. for an addition; Jackson. Mis.., !, lor an annex: Joiiet. II.. shun,-) Omaha, Neb., fixing limit of cost at Jl.ttO.crJ; uuouque. la., tor enlargement of building. $JAO"0; Canton, O., $13X for an addition; Abilene. $75.XO; Kansas City, Kan.. $l.0Xyj); Elgin. 111.. $!00.000: Blair. Neb.. l.o,V: Hast ings. Neb., $10,000; Norfolk, Neb., $10,000. The House amendments to the bills for Fergus Falls Minn., Seattle, Wash.. Butte, Mont., and Salt Lake City, Utah, were concurred in by the Senate. Mr. Perkins reported the fortifications ap propriation bill and it was placed on the calendar. At 5:10 p. m. the Senate went Into execu tlve session and at 5:30 p. m. recessed un 11 S P. m. At the beginning of the night session the following House public building bills were passed: New Iberia, La., Lau Claire, W is., SUNDRY CIVIL. BILL. AGAIN. Consideration of the sundry civil bill was resumed. An amendment which was parsed over last night strikes out a provision In serted by the House that one half of the sums for the support of public buildings and grounds in tho District of Columbia be paid from the revenues of the district. The striking out of the provision makes the na tional government responsible for the entire expense of these public buildings and grounds, including parks and reservations After a long discussion. In which Mr. Chil ton, Mr. Allison, Mr. Gorman and Mr. Faulkner were the participants, the amend ment was agreed to 43 to 13 and tho para graphs inserted by tne House were stricken out. Another batch of public building bills was received from the House shortly after 9 o clock and so great was the Interest in the measures that the sundry civil bill was laid aside in order that they might be passed. Ihe following bills were passed: Freeport. 111., $75.0: Streator, HI.. $G0.;j); Leadville. Col., Bristol, Tenn.. $00. OW: St. Cloud. Minn., $00.O; Monmouth. III., $17,000; Janesvllle, Wis., I'AOW; Clinton, la., $100.uw; Oskaioosa. la., WW); Creston, la., xoo.ooo. The Senate concurred In the House amend ments to the bill authorizing the erection of a public building at Joplin, Mo. House bill increasing the limit of cost or the public building at Stockton. Cal., to H.OuO, was passed with an amendment providing for the erection of a public building at Los Angeles, Cal.. at a cost of $200.", $h).(M of which is carried by the bill. Again the sundry civil bill was taken un. Mr. Pettus offered an amendment appropri ating tA)i for a. public oullning in Se'.ma. Ala. Taking this as a text, Mr. Alilson d:s cussed at length the situation of public building bills. He thought it might be well to niace the bills parsed by both branches of Congress cn the sundry civil bill. He thousrht it necessary to appropriate for them not the full amount, but enough to acquire the fcites and start the work. The amount appropriated by the amendment was reduced trrJCO.CK). and in that form it was agreed to. An amendment also was added appnpriating $.JOJ for a bulld.ng at i-.vanston. Wyo. Advantage was taken of a lull to pass In dependent public building bills as follows: Salem, Ore., JIOO.OTO; Annlston, Ala., tjw.lKW; Mer.omlr.ee. Mich.. WW. The Senate then resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill, and Mr. Alnson offered an amendment appropriating the money necessary for work on the various public building authoiizl for the next year, giv ing generally from one-rcurtn to one-hair of the total amount provided as the run limit of cost. The amendment was agreed to without division. An amendment was agreed to approprJat Ing $2i.Oj for additional axpenses to the puhde building at Cheyenne. Wyo. The bill. after various other amendment? of a minor

character had been agreed to, was passed. The Senate then, at 11:15 p. m., adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.

MINE ROOF CAVED IN. Tito Men Killed nml Two Injured In a, Pennxrl vnnla Colliery. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Feb. 2S.-An exten sive cave-in occurred in the Delaware mine, operated by tbe Delaware & Hudson Company, at Mill creek, this morning, by which two men lost their lives and two were badly Injured. The dead are: Thomas Canfield, aged thirty-five, single. Jacob Relnhart. aged forty-five, wife and seven children. The Injure! are: Martin Miller and Michael Maloskl. The four men were working tn a breast. Reinhart was drilling a hole in the face cf the chamber when, without a mo ment's warning, the roof caved in, crushing the unfortunate men beneath 1L Killed by u Cave-In. COUNCIL BLUFFS. la., Feb. 2S.-Two men were Instantly killed and a third suf fered a broken leg and was otherwise In jured to-day by the caving In of a bank of earth near which they were working, una of tho dead men is J. U. Black, of this city, and the other la Frank Knoner. who had applied and been put to work but a few hours before. The injured man is C. P. lteed. of this city. COSTLY GIFT TO SCHLEY THE ADMIRAL PRESENTED WITH A MEDAL OF GOLD AND DIAMONDS. Tribute from the People of Slarylnnd to tlit Hero of the lint tic of July 3 llli Speech in Reply. BALTIMORE. Feb. 2S. Bear Admiral Wlnfield Scott Schley received to-day from the people of this, his native State, a su perb testimonial of the esteem In which he Is held by the people of Maryland, and of their appreciation of his services to the country during the late war with Spain, Incidentally he was cheered by assembled thousands a3 he rode through the streets of Baltimore, and at night four hundred of the representative men of the city ond State gathered together to witness the presenta tion of the testimonial and join In a ban quet given In his honor. The testimonial proper took the form of a magnificent medal of gold and diamonds of great Intrinsic worth and resplendent beauty, the gift of Maryland, presented. In the name of the State, by Governor Lloyd Lowndes. Admiral Schley, accompanied by Mrs. Schley and General Miles, escorted by a reception committee, arrived from Washing ton at 3 p. m., and drove In an open carriage from Camden Station to the Rennert Hotel. The streets through which the carriage passed were lined with people, and cheer after cheer was given to both the hero of Santiago and the general of the army. Upon their arrival at the Rennert an Informal reception was held, and at 7:00 p. m. the presentation ceremonies began. After the 4o0 guests filed into the big ban quet hall and took their places they re mained standing. Governor Lowndes, who presided, made a brief, but eloquent, ppeecli on Maryland's part In the navy and the late war, which was received with great enthusiasm. He then introduced General Felix Agnus, as chairman of the testimonial committee. General Agnus said. In part: Fourteen years ago the Legislature or Maryland presented you with the watch you wear as a proof of their admiration of your oaring rescue of those lost in the icy heas. Now we welcome you not a hero of. the frozen north, but as n hero or the tropics. For we remember that on July 3, 1SS. the bridge of the gallant Brooklyn wa more than l'i) degrees hotter than Greely's camp at Cape Sabine. So do not be surprised if our joy to-night rises with the tern p.-rat ure. Our Legislature will not con vene until next year, and wo could not wait so long to do you honor. ALL LOVE SCHLEY. "From the rivers of the bay, from the mines of the mountains, from the levels of the eastern shore to the hills of the Alleghenles, from all the homes and from all tho people the cry came 'Let us honor Schley. They loved you, they praised you with their voices, they blessed you with their prayers, and, when the Governor appointed a committee to select a fitting emblem with which to decorate the people's hero, their first thought was to make the gift significant and without a duplicate in the world. Superb swords have been presented to you. and t-ach tells of a people'e admiration for what you have done. But Maryland offers its tribute in a form that will ever have its singular charm and mean ing. You may wear your honors at umerent times, but Maryland's modal of honor will be with you always, and with it goes the love of a noble people. "Not once, but many times, you hae risked your life for others. Brave a-s a lion. In danger gentle as a woman in mercy 'more caution and less daring on the part of Commander Schley would have be-cn fatal to us,' wrote Lieutenant ureely. whom you rescued. To hesitate at Valparaiso would have lost American lives, and slow action at Santiago would have compromised your most marvelous victory. True to every trust. you make every one proud that he is an American. "The medal we present to you te-lls Its own eloquent story. It Is from the State of Maryland your Suite our State it tells i:i your own noble words that 'there Is glory enough for all' ever, for those who did not tight, but love you an tne more mat you fought for them and their flag." At the conclusion General Agnus called upon Governor Lowndes to place about the neck of Admiral Schley the tredal of honor, which the Governor did. amid a perfect storm of applause, which was renewed again and again while th admiral stood and bowed his thanks. The medal Is beautiful beyond description. The Maryland coat of arms la mane u gom in u.t-r-i-j. mm enamel, surrounded by a circle or line diamonds, around which Is an oak wreath Intertwined with diamonds, held by a ribbon of blue enamel, t- edge of which is Fet with diamonds and on which Is the Inscription: "Maryland honors her son Wlnfield Scott Schlev." Entwined tn the r!bton are an anchor o"f diamond and two r words, the hilts and guards of which are tudde-d with diamonds. At the top is the cotof arm of the United States, through which is a navy blue ribbon with two stars, indicating the rank of rear admiral. On the reverse is a very line outline of the cruiser Brooklyn In bas-relief. Altogether there aro 33) diamonds in the medal. Two months were required for its making. THE ADMIRAL'S REPLY. When the applause, which lasted fully ten minutes, had subsided. Admiral Schley replied as follows: "Your Excellency. Gentleman of the Committee, mv Friends and Fellow-countrymen On the occasion of this ceremony, in honoring me with the decoration f your confidence, I feel that any words I rn";" emp'.ov would fail to convey to you the sense of high appreciation which moves me at this moment. This is the second time; In my experience of forty-two years In the service of my country that my State has decorated me for services to my Nation, the first having been after my return from the arctic regions in the fall of ItSA. when th Ladv Franklin bay expedition was rescued by the expedition I bad the honor to command. On that occasion it took the form of a vote of thanks of the Legislature of Maryland and the gift of a goid chronometer watch of rare beauty and value. The priceless d-oration on this oocaMon for my part In battle on July 3 off Santiago comes to me bearing the love of the people of thli. glorious and grand old tftate of Maryland. o rich In historic attachment and connection with the empire cf liberty. It bring" to me so much that will always lu$t to remind of an event in my life and service that will live in the history of our State and, country. m , m , . "The Victoria Cross cf England and the Iron Cross of Germany are more sousht by th officers and men of the service of tho countries than any other distinction; they ar conferred by Ihe sovereigns on all whose martial dee-ds enhance the nation's grandcur, and they are found alike on the brea?t of tho general and of the worthy private: on the brat of the nsmlral end of the humblest sailor for dec-da that are conspicuous in the nation's service. The medal means all that these mean, and. In addition. It beara th love of th pop)e. In wh name it is given, and this adds a value that enhances any reward that cou'.d come for service In their Interest. "I thank your Kxcellenry and my dear friends of my dear old Maryland for thlt great distinction conferred to-nicht in their name. 1 hall keep it always with Innnlte pleasure and rride.

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