Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 335, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1900 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1000.

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SO.. 20.1V) 20.150 CO, lid Sunday. Following Presidential Total Dally Ci Issues Total Sunday U Issues election. .1,530.713 . 14S.800 Daily avers s;e .' Sunday average 1J,Z27 The 're-election of Senator Morgan by the Alabama Legislature will be generally approved. lie can consider public questions on their merits. An exchange complains that the South Toted for Bryan In spite of lta unprecedented prosperity. But it did not do so much Bryan voting by 223,000 as it did in 1S9S. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, serving by appointment as a Populist, predicts an early panic The trouble with Mr. Allen is that he has not recovered from the Populist panic of Nov. 6. The New York Sun thinks Mr. Bryan's magazine article on "The Election of 1900" should have been entitled "What lilt Me." That would have been less dignified, but more expressive. It will be a great thing for the city If It ever sets a Board of Public Works as shrewd as corporations and their attorneys, and as watchful of the city's interests as the others are of theirs. Ic spite of the fact that there are already more sugar refineries than are needed, the construction of another is announced rear New York city. Possibly this conrtru.tion is going: on upon the assumption that the trust will buy It up. Allen, of Nebraska, will drop out of the Senate as soon as his successor can be elected, while Butler, of North Carolina, and Pettlgrew, of South Dakota, will be ex-senators March 5. The Congressional Record should be several hundred pages shorter. The reports from China are the reverse Of encouraging. The diplomats at Peking cannot agree upon the terms of the initial r.egotlation, as it has been given out that they would. This failure to agree encourages the Chinese to resist the powers, so that a long and bloody war may be the outcome of this unfortunate failure to agree. Postmaster Van Cott. of New York, who Comes in dally contact with all sorts of citizens and members of both parties, say he ha never before teen anything like thi opposition that now exists to Tammany, lie predicts that the anti-Tammany candidate for mayor will be elected next November by at least 50. CM) majority. Now that the French government has taken the initiative by telling Mr. Krugtr that it can do no more for him than to txprers sympathy, it is not probable th.it lie will ask 'any other government "to intervene. Mr. Kruscr seems not to be able tc realize that peoples who are friendly t him are not friendly to the extent that they will go to war In his behalf. Wilcox, representing the Loyalist party In Hawaii, was elected delegate to Congress by o.;Jy plurality a fact which must rik-iM.e the claim that his election In a protest of the natives against the whites, when it is rrmembered that the natives who can vote are six or eight times as numerous as the whites. As a matter of fact, the great body of intelligent natives did not vote for Wilcox. It again appears that the American people do not take to the tea as juilora. In the days of the sailing marine wc had

seamen enough, but, now that steam has supplanted It, there seems to be a scarcity of men for the navy. It may be that the strict discipline is objectionable to natives of the country, but, whatever the cause, the Navy Department finds it impossible to get as many sailors as are needed. '

thi: proposed ah my reorgaxiZATIOX. Two months ago such a statement a3 that r.ow made by Secretary Root relative to the necessity of an Increase of the regular J o t m xx"ri 1 l Vi -i n n err- 1 1 riitc I Msj vstv ti'A v .um va a sautv vmvw from' the liryanites as new evidence of impending militarism. Now it will be generally received as a clear and correct statement of the situation, and the proposed increase of the army will excite no serious opposition. It Is possible the Democrats may make some show of opposing the measure in order to save their' face, but their opposition will not be sincere or serious. The necessity for the measure is so obvious that It must be recognized by all patriotic Americans, irrespective of party. Some of the points made by the secretary will bear emphasizing, though they are not new to those who are at all conversant with the situation. First, he calls attention to the fact that under the present law all the volunteers now In service, about 33,000, must bo discharged July 1, 1Ö01, and the regular army reduced from C.0O0 to tho old basis of 29,023 men. It does not require any expert military knowledge to know that the latter lorce would be scarcely adequate to the demands of the home service without reference to our new possessions. Whether for good or ill we have got Porto Rico and the Philippines, with an Insurrection In the latter that every consideration of national duty and honor requires shall be suppressed. It can be much more quickly and cheaply suppressed with a large force than with a small one. The present army would be large ei.ugh, but the term of service of two-thirds of it will expire in a few months. Besides, some margin must be left for sickness. The secretary says: The history of our Indian wars Is replete with incidents showing the futility of bending an inadequate force to bring into subjection hostile natives-such as those occupying the Philippine islands. It is presumed under theso conditions that Congress will provide a sufficient number of men to care for the coast-defense fortifications, to provide garrisons for the more or less permanent posts on the Canadian and Mexican borders and those scattered through the Indian country, small garrisons in Porto BIco and Cuba and a sufficient force in the Philippine islands to restore order and establish peaceful and stable conditions of government. s Kvery one must recognize the wisdom of these suggestions. The bill submitted by the secretary proposes a regular army with a minimum of 33.024 men, which may be increased by the President in his discretion to a maximum of 96,751 men, such increase to be made by filling up existing organizations to the maximum without creating new ones. The advantage of this, elastic organization would be that new recruits would always be absorbed at once in the eld organizations under experienced officers. Under this plan the fixed strength of the army would be the minimum, 58,921 men, and its emergency strength might be anything above that up to the maximum. At present and until the pacification of the Philippines it would be necessary to maintain the maximum. One point made by the secretary will commend itself to the public, and that is the superior economy of a regular army enlisted, say, for three years and constantly recruited for that period, over a volunteer force of equal number raised fof a year or two at a time. The cost of raising, equipping and transporting troops for a short term of service is relatively much greater than for a long term. The secretary says: This excess of cost arises from the necessity for sending these regiments many thousand miles away from home for a short term of service, during which the allowances are much greater than would be the case if the service extended over three years. The nec?ssity for returning them home for discharge on July 1, 1301, makes the average cost of their maintenance very high, compared to that of regulars enlisted in the ordinary way for three years. The resrlmentr were placed in camps which had to be hired for the pur-x pose; they drew their first year's clothing and allowances, which are very much larger than for any other year, whereas they will render only an average of one and one-half years! active service. Estimates have been prepared as to the excess of cost of such a body of volunteers rendering from one and one-half to two years' service over the cost of a force of similar strength cnllsd for three years' service and the total estimate of the various supply departments shows the excess to be jit.074,OU3. It will, therefore, be seen that it will be more economical to obtain the increased strength of the army required at the present time as provided under the bill submitted herewith than will be the case !f mere volunteer regiments are raised. Every business man can see the force of this argument. The secretary admlt3 that in case of unexpected war Involving, as in the war with Spain, comparatively short service, the country must always depend ou volunteers, but in such a situation as that which now exists he thinks a regular army not only much cheaper but preferable for other reasons. As some of 'the volunteers now In the Philippines will soon begin to arrive in San Francisco to be mustered out, and as the entire force must be mustered out next July 1, Congress should lose no time in passing a bill that will enable the President to fill helr places. The new bill ought to pass early in the session. AX LXFOItTUXATE H Ol 1X1)1211. No matter how large the pecuniary reward for his article in the North American Review it would have been to Mr. Bryan's advantage not to have written it, since it will recall to the country the real causes of his defeat, which he has not stated. Republican papers have treated Mr. Bryan with consideration since the election. They have chosen to forget his demagogy In consideration for the hopelessness to him of his defeat. But he seems not disused to recognize the lessons of the campaign or the meaning of the verdict of the people against Bryanlsm. Regardless of the wishes of the conservative element in his party, which saved him from even greater- defeat than came to him, he seems disposed to assail his victors and to attribuie to them methods in the campaign which had nothing to do with the result of the election. To-day thousands of the Democrats who were most effective in the campaign are reconciled to his defeat because they believe it to be the end of him. Mr. Bryan attributes his defeat in part to the large campaign fund of tho Republicans and the transportation which Republicans had on the railroads. As to the campaign fund, Mr. Bryan's managers spared no effort to obtain all the money they could get. Mr. Bryan did not protest when the man who purchased a neat In the Senate at a high price ostentatlo"sly contributed a sum written in tlx characters. Mr. Bryan himself turned his back upon ex-tJovcmor Ulli lu New York and ikw

Into thv? arms of Tammany because Mr Croker had the "stuff" to carry that State. Mr. Br an should not have provoked such memories. After his open alliance with Tammany Mr. Bryan is in no position to denounce- the use of money in campaigns. As to transportation in this State both parties had the same terms. It was probably the same elsewhere. None of the causes which Mr. Bryan has assigned were potential in his 'defeat. More than all other Influences his course arrayed the people against him. He could not have been elected this year, but if he had returned home after his speech of acceptance in this city and preserved a dignified silence he would have received more electoral votes. His speeches frightened conservative men. Doubtless he did not at the time realize how statements cheered by a crowd within. the sound of his voice would affect the voters who saw them daily in cold type. Thousands of men who would have voted for Mr. Bryan in August were hostile to him in November, because he had proved to them that he is a shifty man unfit to be President. As the days passed wage earners, farmers and men in the smaller business affairs of the country realized that it would be hazardous to change a reasonable degree of prosperity for the uncertainty of Bryanlsm. And it was this Bryanlsm which overwhelmed Mr. Bryan on Nov. 6. FEWEIl AXD BETTER IXSTITUTIOXS. Bills are presented to Indiana legislatures nearly every session providing for the erection of some public institution In a town which has none. This is because the Impression prevails that a penitentiary, an asylum or a state school is of large pecuniary advantage to a town or city. There is reason to believe that such an impression is a delusion. The number of persons any public institution draws to its locality is comparatively small, and those who go to such towns do not create a large local traffic. The persons who go to visit officers or inmates arc not a source of gain to hotels. Under the present system supplies of all institutions are furnished by the lowest bidder, oftener in some larger town than in the smaller one in which the institution may be located. On the other hand, the advantage to the State on the side of economy and efficiency is in favor of larger institutions in one town than smaller ones scattered about. The larger the hospital for the insane the smaller the per capita tax. The general corps of officers and the appliances they must have do not cost much more for a large than for a small hospital. While half the expenditure will make appliances for the treatment of. patients much more elaborate, than if the money should be divided between several. So, following this idea, the States which lead in the support of charitable institutions provide for the fewest number wfth the largest population. The same is true of other institutions sup

ported by the State. Several States have made gross mistakes in locating three or four normal schools in as many towns, thus necessitating a meager board of instruction and an inadequate equipment. One plant, with an able faculty and an equipment affording pupils .the best advantages, is not only more economical, but is In every way better for the educational system of the State. Generally speaking, the State has enough Institutions, unless something new is attempted for the care of homeless children. In other States the tendency to consolidate is shown in the system under which four or five counties are united to provide for their paupers.' It has proved not only economical, but much better for those unfortunates who are a public charge. THE COUNTRY'S DEMAND. For the present the country will hear very little against the holding of the Philippines as United States territory. In fact, there is reason to believe that opposition to retaining the islands will not have any support outside of the Ineffective Antiimperialist League 'of Boston. Since the election some of the papers which were hostile to the President's Philippine policy have come out in support of it. The New York Herald, in a recent emphasized editorial, applauded the declaration of Governor Roosevelt that "first, order must be restored in the Philippines." and then went on to say: When Montojo's fleet went to the bottom of Manila bay Spanish sovereignty was destroyed and the United States became responsible for Philippine order. There has never been a time since when that responsibility could be shirked .or . shifted without national dishonor, cowardice and incurring the contempt of the rest of the civilized world. The obligation is even more binding today than it was in the beginning, and the consequences of repudiation would be worse and more discreditable. To surrender to the rebels now would be not only to abandon to anarchy the people we are bound In honor to protect, but also to bring upon American arms a blot that would put the United States to shame and lower the national prestige in every country of Europe. It is equally out of the question to treat with insurgents warring against the United States. Humiliating compromise is but a step from abject surrender. The American people will not countenance either. Nor will the administration, as we are glad to see, from the last utterance of Mr. McKinley. Governor Roosevelt has given the right watchword. "First of all order must be restored." This must be done at any cost and all hazard. The authority of the United States must be asserted with all vigor and force necessary until every native bows to it and its supremacy is established throughout the archipelago. The Nation has put its hand to the plough and cannot turn back. It cannot repudiate its obligation, shirk Its responsibility or falter in its duty. Such, there is every reason to believe, are the sentiments of three-fourths of the American people to-day. The opposition to the policy of suppressing Aguinaldo's insurrection had its Inspiration in what was believed to be a party necessity, but, that necessity no longer existing, the larger part of those who voted for Mr. Bryan find themselves in accord with the expressions of the New York Herald. There is every reason to believe that the President will take the most strenuous measures to subdue the faction of Aguinaldo. If American humanity has led the Tagals to pursue a treacherous policy, American severity should be substituted, because severity is often the most humane policy. The rapid growth of our trade with the Orient and the development cf Hawaii and the Philippines are the cause of great activity In the Pacific coast'a shipping business. A dispatch from Portland. Ore., says that from Jan. 1, 1000, to Nov. 1, 1900, sevcnty-elght ships, with a total net tonnage of 111,353, have cleared from that port. At San Francisco the trade is, of course, much larger. The Pacific Coast Company operates twenty-two steamers, and is now planning the construction of several others. The Pacific Mall is having two large steamers built at Newport

News, Va., which will Increase Its fleet to thirteen ships. The Great Northern, already operating four steamer?, is building two mammoth ships at New. London, Conn. In addition to these reguiar lines a large and .increasing business is said to be done by the numerous steam schooners plying between home ports and Honolulu, Australia and the Orient. Altogether, our mercantile marine on the Pacific seems to be growing rapidly and healthily without any subsidy. A suggestion that the Vice President should participate in Cabinet meetings is being discussed in some quarters as if a constitutional amendment or act, of Congress would- be necessary to legalize it. This is a mistake. What is called "tho Cabinet" is not created by law. The phrase "constitutional advisers of the President" is convenient enough, but not found in any law. Cabinet meetings are not required to be held. The President may call the heads of departments together as often or as seldom as he chooses, and if he wants the Vice President to attend the meetings he can invite him at any time. It would be pretty good training for a Vice President supposed to be in the line of succession.

In his last report City Controller Johnson said that "the reasons for the falling off in receipts were the enactment of recent laws that practically exempt about two-thirds of the voters from paying any taxes excepting those that volunteer to do so." If any such laws have been repealed, steps should be taken to have them restored, not only for the revenue that would be derived, but because It is better that as many voters as possible should be made to feel that they contribute to the support cf government. The man who pays a tax, and particularly the man who pays a tax on a bit of real estate like a home, is not one who will favor lavish schemes of taxation. The old adage that one must go away from home to hear the news is illustrated by a London dispatch which reports an interview with Senor Regidor, one of Aguinaldo's representatives in Europe, who has recently returned from Madrid, where he attended the sessions of the Spanish-American congress. He is reported as saying that at one meeting Senor . Sierra, the delegate from Mexico, declared that his country was suspicious of the United States and believed we entertained designs against Mexican Independence. This will bo interesting news to the American people, though perhaps the Filipino was drawing on his imagination for his facts. It is clalmedx by experts that the new twelve-inch gun recently made and tested for the navy Is the most powerful' gun in the world. At the trial test it fired a. projectile weighing 830 pounds with a muzzle velocity of nearly 2,700 feet per second. Its maximum range at an elevation of 43 degrees is twenty-one and two-tenths miles. Speedy warships armed with such guns as that, with American gunners behind them, will be formidable fighting machines. The News is indulging in a little expansion by moving its editorial staff into more commodious quarters, and making other changes that will add to the convenience and comfort, and therefore to the general efficiency, of other divisions of the workingforce. The News lsr 'enjoying a goodly share of the prosperity ' of ' the time, and is t? be congratulated, not only on this,' tut on Its course in thus sharing its benefits with the employes whose labor make3 it what it is agood newspaper. The Georgia Legislature has voted down a bill authörlzlng osteopaths to practice their method of cure in that State, which means that one man who holds that ailments can be cured by a rnanipulation of the muscles shall not .make the attempt upon another person who desires to try tho remedy. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Getting Dottii to Fucta and Figures. Bryaalte Bryan's influence in politics will be felt for many years. Rt-publlcan That's what! For four years that we know of. The Improved Brand. "Bagrsby Is up-to-date. I tell you." "What now?" "He's Just sold a bl lot of Belgian-hare-Eas-ter-egg poetry." - Popular Ilastlme. ' "Daughter, what is that wild and rollicking tune I hear you playing all the timer "Why, pa, don't you know! That Is the 'Quo V&dis' two-step." A Talented Scheme. "A Western Indian Is gaining fame as a poet." "Say; be alnf a real Indian. I'll bet he's Just a white man rigged up in war paint and feathers to scare magazine editors." 0 The IVayback Martyr. "Henry, the ancient Romans had sofa pillows." "H'm: I wonder If the Roman wives let the Romans put their heads on them." PRACTICALLY UNANIMOUS. ) Voice of the State Preaa in Favor of Mechanical Meant of Voting. The people of Tike county, generally speaking, favor the voting m. chine, providing the cost is not too great. Petersburg Press. While the Times favors voting machines it is opposed to the Legislature making the use of them obligatory, otherwise the price of the machines will be put out of all reason. A law legalizing their use. and leaving the counties free to use them or not would, we believe, meet with the approval of 30 per cent, of the voters of the State. Worthlngton Times. The next Legislature should adopt some means whereby the voter can cast his ballot for the persons he wishes elected and have his vote properly counted. Under the present system this is impossible, and if the much-talked-of voting machines will secure that end they should be provided at any cost. Better the old system of years ago than the present expensive humbug. Clay County Enterprise. As reflected by the press, the Indiana people are unanimous in the opinion that voting machines ought to be used instead of the present system of balloting. Politicians have discovered ways of "beating" the present law, but there is no way of making the machine "go wrong," for the reason that it is in a room by itself. Gibson county is in good condition financially, and should take advance steps in ballot reform as offered by the voting machine. Oakland City Journal. Election reforms are needed and machine voting and a primary tlection law are suggested. Machine voting would be an improvement Jn that the result would be known sooner and the cost of elections reduced. But. we think, there is more or less of a fad in urging them so strenuously. They would not eliminate vote-buying and that is the great evil et elections. We believe the alleged danger of tally-sheet frauds exists more in the minds of people than in fact. Atter the vote Js in tho box. wo believe it is counted honestly. The cry

ing need Is a primary election law that will reject the will of the people. Danville Republican. As regularly as elections come around Democrats accuse Republicans of votebuying and Republicans accuse Democrats of vote-buying and the worst of it is there is truth in both charges. An effective means of putting an end to all this demoralizing business is within reach, if we want to put it to use, is the modern voting machine. All the advantage is on the side of the machine. Though costing considerable for first outlay it will save its cost, and more in five years, over the present system. Laurel Review. The agitation now being made relative to the use of voting machines in the State in future elections 13 bound to have its effect on the actions of the Legislature which meets in January. The question has been taken up by the newspapers of the State and, with hardly an exception, all are in favor of their use. The only objection that can be raised is the cost of the machines, but this will be offset by the reduction of expenses of election boards, the expediency in counting the vote and the lessening of chances of fraud and for purchasing voters. New Albany Tribune. A pronerly constructed voting machine, of which there seem to be several successful kinds available in the market, stamps the ballot exactly as the voter wishes it stamped, counts the votes as they are cast with mechanical accuracy and delivers the complete and correct returns as soon as the pells are closed. There are no doubtful ballots to be examined and passed upon by partisan Judges, no errors in tally sheets to be corrected by political returning boards, no vexatious and suspicious delays in giving out the results. The cost of the machine is soon made up in the saving of pay for election officials made unnecessary by its adoption and the cry of fraud i practically eliminated so far as the actual voting is concerned. Muncie News. TAMMANY MEN BLIND

CAN'T SEE AN Y VICE IX THE NOTORIOUS EIGHTH DISTRICT. Queer Report Submitted to the Croker Committee Not in Accord with Evidence of Citizens. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The Jammany investigation committee held a meeting today, at which the subcommittee appointed for the purpose of investigating the conditions in the Eighth Assembly district and remedying them, rendered a Ion? report on the resultsof their work. This was the district which was complained of by Mr. Strauss in his report before the Tammany executive committee, which lei to the organizing of the investigation committee. The subcommittee reported that from Police Captain Titus and other sources It had learned that the district was clean, all the alsorderly housts and resorts which had been complained of having been closed. It further reported that efforts had been made to secure the names of the persons who owned the houses where vice had flourished for the purpose o. starting prosecutions, but owing to the means employed by landlords to cover up their tracks the effort had proved abortive, though the investigation was to be kept up. W'hen the report was finished Chairman Nixon asked if any of the citizens present had any Information to present. Paul Klopstock, chairman of a club recently formed to ferret out vice, tendered some evidence which tended to set at naught the report of the subcommittee reporting tha district clean. Klopstock gave the committee the address of several houses of ill repute, which were open the night before. He also told of dancing halls, which were run as "Social Clubs," and where young boys and girls, in all cases under eighteen, met and spent the evenings and the better part of the night In dancing. Chairman Nixon said the information given by Klopstock would be submitted to Captain Titus. The Late Negro Riots. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Frank Moss has sent to Governor Roosevelt, Mayor -Van Wyck, the police board and the district attorney communications regarding thj late negro Hots and the part taken by the police, especially id the investigation ordered by the mayor. . The communications were signed by V. H. Brooks, president of the Citizens' Protective League, an organization of colored people. With each communication is sent a copy of numerous witnesses' testimony of clubbing by the police during the riots. The object 13 to have the policemen who did the clubbing and the officials, the league declares, who are shielding them, prosecuted and driven off the police force. Mr. Brook writes to the Governor that the police commissioners have discontinued their investigations, pigeon-holed complaints against higher officials, and have not preferred a charge against a single officer. Thcs Governor Is asked to consider the matter sent him to the end that he may take action. The letters to the mayor and to the officials cover the same ground. CASE OF H. V. NEWCOMB. Former Railway President NVho la Trying to Prove He Is Sane. NEW YORK, Nov.. 20. In the Supremo Court to-day Justice Fitzgerald reserved decision on the application for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the mental condition of II. Victor Newcomb, the former railroad president. Mr. Newcomtj's wife Florence and his son Herman, through Col. Burton N. Harrison, made application for the commission. Delancy Nicoll, . representing Mr. Newcomb, opposed the application on the ground that the majority of the persons whose names have been submitted to the court as members of the commission have already passed an opinion upon Mr. Newccmb's mental condition. For about ten years proceedings over Mr. Newcomb's mental condition have occupied the attention of the-court. In that time he has been committed to a sanitarium and discharged. At the present time Mr. Newcomb is endeavoring to convince a referee appointed by the Supreme Court that he is fit mentally to regain possession of his property valued at about fl.000,000. Under the direction of the court Mr. Newcomb is under the charge of a commission. VICTIM OF HAZING. West Point Cadets Alleged to Have Tortnred a Young Pennsylvanian. . BRISTOL, Pa., Nov. 00. Oscar L. Boese, a young roan twenty-one years of age. l!es at the point of death at his home on Cedar street. About a year ago Boese was appointed by Congressman Wanger to the West Point -Military Academy, and the parents declare that the hazing administered at that time was of such an atrocious nature that the death of their son may result. After the hazing Congressman Wanger's appointee was left in such a physical condition that he had to resign his cadetship. It is alleged that tobasco sauce was poured down Boese's throat, red pepper was thrown in his eyes, hot grease poured on his bare feet, a tooth knocked out and fiendish operations generally Indulged in. The Boese family have no hesitancy In declaring that the hazing received by Oscar Is responsible for his precarious condition. Gates Wins Against Stlllwelt. ST. LOUIS. Nov. Tj). Judge Thayer, in the United StateH Circuit Court of Appeals, to-day rendered his decision on tho appeal of John W. Gates et al. for the appointment of a receiver for the Guardian Trust Company of Kansas City, and Issued nn order appointing Francis M. Black W that position, with u bond of J1C0.O03.

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INFORMAL CONFERENCE OF LEADING REPIULICAX SEXATOHS. Proposed Reduction of Internal Revenue Taxes and Other Legislation Discussed. NO CONCLUSION EEACHED ALL, HOWEVER, ANXIOt S TO AVOID REVISION OF THE TARIFF. Shipping Bill to Be Taken Up in Place of the Spooner Philippines Bill Senate Committees. WASHINGTON, Nov. ?0. There were a number of Republican senators at the Capitol to-day and they were in informal conference during the greater part of tho time concerning the business likely to como before Congress during the approaching session. Among those who participated in these meetings wero Senators Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations; Aldrlch, chairman of-the committee on finance; Frye, president pro. tem. of the Senate; Lodge, a leading member of the foreign relations committee; Piatt, of Connecticut, a member of the finance committee, and Hale, chairman of tho committee on naval affairs. They were not all together at any one time,, but there was no effort to conceal the fact that there was a general exchange of views. Prominent In their deliberations was the contemplated amendment to the war revenue law. Senators Aldrlch, Allison and Piatt were together for some time on this latter subject and had with them Representatives Pnyne and Dalzcll of the House committee on ways and means. It was stated at the close of this talk that the discussion had been on very general lines and that, as the House people had not completed their measure and the treasury estimates had not been received, no conclusion had been reached. So far as the senators expressed themselves ' their expressions were favorable to making the revision so thorough as to relieve the work entirely of the possibility of having it considered of a temporary character. They expressed the opinion that whatever changes are . to be made should be made at the present session in order to prevent the reopening of the subject at the next session of Congress, as they think if the question should be entered upon at the beginning of a Ions session an entire revision of the tariff might be attempted. This they would avoid. They also gave some indication of their views of the changes to be made, in a general way favoring the removal of the extra tax from articles not returning a large revenue and leaving it on the more productive articles. The tendency seemed to be against any removal of the beer ortobacco taxes and also against the removal of the tax on exchange transactions. There was also considerable discussion of the shipping subsidy bill and it was made evident that there will be a strenuous effort to have this measure made the unfinished' business in place of the Spooner bill for the regulation of public administration in the Philippines. There is said to be no doubt now that this substitution will be attempted at the first meeting of the committee on order of business, ' which probably will occur Monday next, after the adjournment of the Senate. Senator Fryo is giving his especial attention to this subject and expresses his. determination to crowd the bill as fast as possible. All senators seen spoke of the inutility of the Spooner bill and said that for the present at least no effort will be made to legislate along the lines suggested by that measure. The effect of this decision will be to leave the Philippine questions entirely in the hands of the President. If this programme can be carried Into execution the Nicaraguan canal bill also will be displaced at least temporarily. The canal bill Is only a special order and could not be used to displace unfinished business except upon a vote or by general consent. With reference to the canal bill, there was manifest in the various talks some disposition to have It await action on the HayPauncefote treaty, and the suggestion was made on the part at least of one Republican leader that the canal legislation of this session should be confined to an authorization to acquire a property right of way for the canal. Senator Frye during the day also was in consultation concerning the shipping bill with representatives of the Merchants' Association of New York, who urged that as the bill stands it will be injurious to the export trade, while representatives of the New York and Pacific Steamship Company, who were also with the senator, expressed the opinion that unless full subsidies were granted to foreign built ship. they would be operated at a loss. SenL ator Frye said the bill was now in as - m - i a ft i . . pcneci snape as seeraeu posaiu.e 10 Rei U and that he did not see the advisability of making any amendments. A meeting of friends of the measure will be, held In this 'city to-morrow to consider these and other objections to the bill; but for the present no meeting of the committee on commerce will occur to consider the bill in any particular. There was more or less discussion during the day of the -wisdom of filling the committee vacancies caufed by the deaths of Senators Davis and Gear. Senator Frye reiterated his desire to remain at the head of the committee on commerce and his aversion to accepting the foreign relations chairmanship, which, by virtue of seniority, would become his if he chose to accept it. If the Maine senator persists in his refusal It now seems doubtful whether the place will be tilled speedily. If not, Mr. Frye, for the time, will hold two Important chairmanships in a'ddltlon to being president of the Senate, as he would be acting chairman of the foreign relations committee, as well as actual chairman of the corr.mitte on commerce. Senator Cullom is the next member in rank on the foreign relations committee, but there is talk of an adjustment by which he might remain at the head of the committee on interstate commerce, which would have the effect of giving the foreign relations chairmanship to Senator Lodge, whoso friends at the proi-r time will press him for the position. In case Senator Cullom should be transferred Senator Chandler would become chairman ot the committee on Interstate commerce under the rules of seniority. THOUSANDS VIEW THE BODY. Minnesota Pays Tribute to the Late Senator C. K. Davis.' ST. PAUL, Nov. 30. For five hours today a steady stream of people filed through the Governor's rooms in the state Capitol to take a last look at the body of the late United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis. Nearly 20.000 people viewed the body as it lay In state. Not alone came the people of this city, but from all parts of the State came citizens of all creeds and politics, of all colors and conditions in life, to show their esteem for the honored dead. Senator Davis was entitled by virtue of his office to the escort of a major general commanding, which, in this State, would mean, since the State has no cavalry, a regiment of infantry and a battalion of artillery. Such an escort could not be readily summoned, and did not meet with the approval of the senator's family, who desired that the t-ervlecs la every xrzy tv as simple as pcsslWe. The rrAVAzry crrcrt. therefore, cor.lsted of Cc:n:.ry I cl t. First llxz'.rr.zr.t Hlr.r.v:-;t2 I.';-It; : C:--r under crt-in ::. l. ::. rrr : : c : - i were vctrrz: i cf C:r I.: ' - c : ' : &S II--.- ' v - v - . ; . -

nesota volunteers, and a detachment of Battery A. Minnesota National Guard, under Lieutenant Allen, who acted as body bearers. Leaving the house at 9:3) o'clock, the funeral procession, headed by mounted and foot detachments of police, inarched siowiy to the Capitol. The coffin was carried between lines of citizens Into the building, where it was placed on a catafalque in the Governor's south chamber. The main corridor of the building was draped simply In ombre crepe. In the center of the chamber lay the body, underneath a chandelier hung with crepe and smilax. Broad bands of crepe stretched from the comers and walls of the room to the chandelier, and similar draplngs were hung over each of the broad doors. The tall windows were half filled with smilax and ftrns, while potted plants occupied the corners of the room. The catafalque was draped with the nationat colors, and the coffin was surrounded with floral tributes. At its head, on an easel, rested an oil portrait of the dead statesman; at its foot the sword he carried through the civil war. The escort formed in double column at once, and the waiting assemblage of people, representing all classes of society, passed slowly by the open coffin to take a Tast look at the man who had honored his State while serving it. At 3 o'clock the coffin was again carried to the hearse by the stalwart artillerymen, and the same simple escort proceeded back to the statesman's late home.

ACRE REPUBLIC DEAD BORN' IX DECEMBER, 18t9, AND DIED IX AUGUST, OF THIS YEAR. "Wild, Rubber Growing Section of Do livia Which Revolted Against Imposition of Taxes. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. A special to the Times from Washington saj-s: "The announcement of the existence of the Acre Republic and the news of Us extinction came almost simultaneously. It was declared In December, 1S09, and It was not crushed until August, 1000. From time to time stray newspaper articles have mentioned rumors that the people of Acre had declared a republic, but the first positive news to that effect was contained in a recent Denver dispatch declaring that Acre had sent a minister to this country. If the minister has come in good faith he is doomed to disappointment. The republic of Bolivia has conquered his country and routed out its short-lived government. This statement has Just been made by the Bolivian minister to the United States, Senor Don Fernando Guachal, who has returned to Washington and is staying temporarily at the Gordon, preparatory to establishing a legation. "The lack of information about the short history of the republic of Acre Is due chiefly to its remoteness from the settled portions of South America. There are large tracts of that great continent which have never been settled and are little known, and there are said to be large sections which have never been explored. The Acra country has net been settled many years. Pntil quite lately It has never been plcred. The explorers tound that it was a great rubber country, and that le-d to its speedy settlement. It is far away from the thickly populated portions of both Bolivia and Brazil, but especially Bolivia. The country is on the border of Bolivia and Brazil, but lies within Bolivian territory. It was settled by Brazilians interested in rubber. The Bolivian minister, however, has declared positively that there was no boundary dispute between the two countries. "According to his account of the rebellion, the people of Acre became restless under the Bolivian system of taxation. The complaint arose wholly from the upper classes. They complained of the heavy taxes, which they declared burdensome to the glowing rubber Industry. It wa claimed that the business interests of Acre were suffering by reason of it. Apparently all efforts to induce Bolivia to change her rystem of taxation or modify it in the Interests of Acre failed, and finally, in December of last year, the business men of Acre met in convention and determined to throw off the authority of Bolivia. They proclaimed an inoejendent rpublir. The leader of the movement; was a Spaniard named Galvez. and he was chosen first President of Acre. "This rebellion differed vastly from the ordinary South American revolution. Such revolutions are generally In the interests of some politician who desires to make himself President by overthrowing the exUting administration. This rebellion vas a secession of a part of the Bolivian Republic and an atempt to create a new government. Galvez and his government apparently were unable to raise an army of any importance. They had a good opportunity, because the Acre region was so far away from the seat of government, and the country through which troops must march was so difficult that It would ha months before the Bolivians could have an army on the scene of sufficient size to put down the rebellion. Either they did nothing or else the half-breed workingmen were not in sympathy with the rebellion, and the business men who were at the head of it could not form a sufficient army by themselves. Whatever the reason, the fighting force of Acre was small. "After acting as President of Acre for three or four months, Galvez gave up the office and went to his country. He has since died at Madrid. Uodrlguez Aries was his successor, and Aries was. next to Galvez, the head and front of the revolution. He was a Brazilian. Brazil sent troops to the border as soon as she heard of the rebellion, but not with any intention of aiding the rebels. The object of Brazil was simply to protect her .own interests. Acre being on hT frontier. The Brazilian troops remained there for some time, and there were teveral clashes between the soldiers and the people of Acre:, but no battles of any consequence. i "The Bolivian army reached Acre in the summer and began the work of restoring the country to Its allegiance. This was & simple matter as far as the actual fighting was concerned, owing to. the feeble preparations of Acre, but the country Is so large that it was some time betöre order was restored. Aries fled to Brazil, and the other leaders of the revolt al.o made their escape, after offering some ineffectual resistance to the Bolivians. On Aug. IS the rebellion was finally crushed. The Ikllvian soldiers still remain In possession, in order to make sure that no new attempt at rebellion is made. "Senor Gauachalla has no knowledge of Henry W. Phillips, who is said to be tho minister of Acre to the United States. 'He did not figure among the leaders of tha revolution.' said he. 'and I never heard hi name before.' Assistant Secretary Crlcker says that the State Department knows nothing whatever of the Acre Republic nor ot Mr. Phillips. It may be that the Acre rebels, although their government has been overthrown, are still keeping up some show of armed force and h(ie to be recognized o belligerents by some other country. "d that this accounts for Mr. Phillip' mixtion. The Bolivian minister, however, is convinced that the rebellion is utterly crushed. If the Acre insurgents detin-d recognition, it seems that Brazil would be the most hopeful quarter t which to ajpeal, but the minister says that Brazil has not only not recognized them, but haa In all respects acted in a way most friendly to Bolivia." FRENCH ARMY ROTTEN. Comments of Japanese Prince, Win lu En Route Home from Pnrls. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Nov. 30. A Winnipeg dispatch says: ' 'The Japanese prince. Koraora, en route home from the Paris exhibition, was interviewe-:! here. He Kaya; The French are a great fuzz-fuzz inople. who get very much excited and want to fight somebody. They are not ready to fight anybody any more than Spain was, if the truth was known. Their army is verr rotten, so far as I can Judse. In cr: cl war, England enn always count cx J. ; : because our interests are intlcal tnj L -cause we know that Enli?fcr.- n air. -- win in the end. Tiuy may ba 1:'Azd i beaten, ftnd all other pcc;l t llrz' - . 13 no c-od.' but we notice t;;' r :vcr c to UiUe a hand In tr.s cai:-.? cr.l lyr! ' t-i E""l-"ian cc:r.:i cut c:i t" xvhy v.e V: ? Un-Un I. V.vW " ' Cental v-t " i- at. . V -f .ho!? t.Mr :; t:.at f . : : c