Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1893 — Page 9

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Cullom and Hill "Talk Back" at Each Other 'In tho Debate Over Elections Bill. tho THE ILLINOISAN IS WROTH At the Methods of the So-Called New York Machine, 'Senator Frye to Talk on waii Today. Ha"Diacuaalon In the House tf the Dill to Admit Ttnli as n. State Representative Mo rue Taken in Hand ly DeleKate Unwllim itntl the I, utter Wus .o Doubt Sorry Thut He Hail Said Anything on the Subject. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The first gun tf the Inevitable parliamentary battle in the senate upon the question of the reload of the federal election laws was Jired today and it came from one of the opponents of repeal, Senator Cullom of Illinois. Senator Stewart of Nevada, in a short Speech, advocated the repeal of the elections laws and incidentally grave expression to some of his well-known Views on the financial question. The resolution calling upon the president for additional Information in the llawaiian matter was laid over until tomorrow In order that Mr. Frye of Maine jnight submit some remarks. After the morning business Mr. Cullom took the floor to spvak on the federal elections till. "It Is the question," he said, "of stato rights and state sovereigty as against end above the power of the United States. Shall the election of senators and representatives in congress be subject ulike to the frauds and outrages of th Judicial rumians anl ward bullies? Shall the mandate of a corrupt Judge, the order of a Maynard, determine the complexIon of a legislature which elects a senator to this body? Shall the brawn and muscle of a McKane, in defiance of courts and laws, control next year the election of a representative in congress and congress have no power to protect by law the integrity of its own membership? "As a republican I would rather have Fuch a system of laws meant and intended sol. ly for the proper protection of the honest and legitimate voter, even If every ofheial agency for their enforcement shall be of the d-'movrat'o. party. 1 have not so Jost faith in American citizenship as to believe that the sworn officers of any political party will persistently ignore the requirements of "wise and just election laws. I tetter such a system, by whomsoever it may lie administered, than to Je without law and without hindeiance to the criminal acts of the vicious anl depraved class." Dialogue vllh Hill. In the course of his remarks Mr. Cullom attacked the New York machine, end especially Isaac 11. Maynard, the defeated candidate for Judge. This brought Senator Hill to his feet and a long dialogue was begun. "Is the senator aware of tho fart," tasked Mr. Hill, "that the election case to which he refers would not have controlled the senate of the state of New York?" "If the senator proposes to justify that action," said Mr. Cullom, "by the decollation that it woull not have controlled the politics of the New York state senate 1 regard it as no sufficient question to Le asked In this case, because if it was a crime, whether or not It controlled the Renate in that state, the senator ou.Kht not to justify it, nor should any other man." "Whether there was anything irregular or criminal in the action in that senatorial distriet is one question." said Mr. Hill. '"We. will discuss that at the proper time. Th.- enator from Illinois, of course, does rot expect me to answer him now. The point that the senator Feemed to rue to be trying to make was that the action In that district had affected the control of the senate of New York. Upon that point I beg to inform l.l-n that his statement is not true." "Whether the statement Is exactlytrue or not" w:h as far as Mr. Cullom pot la reply, when Mr. Hill exclaimed. "It Is neither exactly true nor substantially true." "It probably required two or three changes in order to secure control of the legislature," said Mr. Cullom, "and the election of a senator friendly to the senator from New York (Mr. Hill)." otbing to Do Willi the U"eMlon. "The election of he United States enator," said Mr. Hill, "had nothing Whatever to do with that question, except in a very slight degree." "Of course, I yield to the senator from New York," sal. I Mr. Cullom, ".so far as Tamlliarity with the facts are concerned." "I do not eay that the senator willfully misstates the facts. I presume he iia simply taken the partial accounts in the partisan newspapers of our state," replied Mr. Hill. Mr. Cullom "I have not relied upon 3iewspaper accounts entirely. I have understood an I think the country understands that the action of that man .ludsre Maynard) Inaugurated a Schern "which resulted In changing the tharticter of the legislature." Mr. Hill "In that respect I desire to Inform the senator and the country at the game time hiä statement is not a correct one of the situation." Mr. Cullom then resumed the direct course of his speech. He called upon pood people everywhere In America, regardless of politics, to Join rs one rnan to perpetuate, to make stronger and more efficient the guard and protection for hunent elections. Mr. Cullom then referred to what he termed the general situation. He spoke f the recent panic and hard times, but tie had not proceeded far when Mr. Hill again Interrupted. Mr. Hill "Docs the senator expect to prevent the country from realizing these dire effects he hits mentioned by the continuance of the federal election laws?" Mr. Cullom "Their repeal is one of the deps to be taken, the end of which will be the destruction of the Industries and the very life of the nation." Mr. Hill "I understood the senator from Illinois a few minute.? ago to refer to the recent election In New York as a condemnation of certain political methods or results; I understand him now to claim that the election was a vindication of the republican protective policy?" Mr. Cullom "I do say that the conduct which I describe a having occurred In Js'ew York Ute vhlch, in my Judgment,

gave the majority to the democratic party and which resulted In the election of a democratic senator has been condemned by the people of New York by nearly one hundred thousand majority in defeating the democratic candidate (Judge Maynard) for judge." Touching- the Tarl. Mr. Hill "Had the elections anything to do with the question of the tariff?" Mr. Cullom "No, except that the democratic party in convention adopted a platform and ever since has declared that it intended to carry out in law what it proclaimed in its platform at Chicago, and that has alarmed the people and helped to give the majorities which have been recently given in favor of the republican party and against the democratic party." Mr. Hill "The senator need not lie awake nights over any anxiety upon the subject of whether the democratic party proposes to carry out its pledges upon the tariff question. I can assure him that the party does Intend to carry them out faithfully, honestly and Impartially." Mr. Cullom then went on with his speech, referring to the pulling down of the American flag at Hawaii, which could not have been accomplished by all the power of monarchical Kurcpe, but which had been committed by the order of an American president, upon the advice and recommendation of a "newly baptized democratic secretary of state." (Laughter.) Mr. Stewart then addressed the senate in favor of the repeal of the federal election laws. He soon drifted into a discussion of the financial question and attributed the evils complained of to the gold standard. During his speech, at the suggestion of Mr. Peffer, the roll was called and forty-eight senators responded. The senate then, at 3:10. went into executive session. At 4 o'clock the senate adjourned until tomorrow.

HIM, TO ADMIT ITAII. Delegate Ilnvrlin tief Away with Iore of MaasnchuxcttN. The house today discussed the question of pinning another star or the American j flag. The consideration of the bill for tho admission of Utah into the sisterhood ; of states was b;-gun. The principal . point at .issue was whether the enabling j aci snouM contain a provision imposing pains and ienaJty for iolygamous marriages, the contention on the one hand being that the state should come in on an equal footing with other states, tinhandicapped by such provisions; on the othtr that as polygamy had leen stamped -out by federal statute, and, as the admission of the territory would repeal that statute, congress should make it practically part of the enabling act. Mr. Morse of Massac husetts, in opposing the bill, took occasion to make a vicious assault on Utah and mormonism, recalling all the outrages of plural marriage, the crimes of Danltes. the Mountain Meadow massecre, blood atonement and the revelations of the endowment house. Mr. Rawlins, the Utah delegate, in the course of a brilliant speech championing the bill, replied to Mr. Morse and worsted the representative from the Uay state very badly. He opposed the amendment proiosed relative to polygamy as too complex, but expressed a perfect willingness to accept a simple amendment suggested by Mr. Towers of Vermont, prohibiting i-olygamous marriages forever. Mr. Harter of Ohio opposed the bill on the ground that it gave a sparsely ; settled western territory too much inlluence in the senate. The general impression seemed to be that his real object was to prevent the ejection of two i more free currency democrats to the j senate. The debate will conclude tomorj row. As most of the republicans have J withdrawn their opposition to the bill it j is expected that it will pass by an overwhelming majority. I Mr. Morse of Massachusetts, who followed Mr. Kllgore in opposition, was ; extremely severe in his strictures on : mormonism. j Mr. Rawlins, the delegate from Utah. j In a very temperate spirit, seemingly tinruffled by the assault of Mr. Morse, described the intelligence, morality and sobriety of the people he represented. They had all the requirements neces- ; sary to lit them for statehood. Mr. Kawlins then reviewed the six applications made by the mormon church for admission to the union. At this point Mr. Rawlins warmed up under the recollection of the Imputations of Mr. Morse. ' "The gentleman from Massachusetts," said he, "attributing sinister motives to me, indulges in cheap demagoguery. It is easy to stand and condemn when the current Is with you. I was born in . Utah. I have witnessed all stages of its development and progress and I did not '. wait to condemn polygamy. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Morst) did not seem to be aware that there had been progress in the world. He wanted to say that the sentiment held in New England had been indirectly responsible for the conditions in Utah." Turning to Mr. Morse, he said he ought to come to Utah and he would learn something of the people there that would j even be pleasing to a tender-foot. 1 "I have seen them on the wharves of New York and llostun," replied Mr. Morse. "Oh, no," sneered Mr. Jiawlins, "someI body has imposed on your credulity. - When a gentleman got up on this floor he continued fiercely, "and made asser- , tlons that the people of Utah were polyi gamists, thieves, assassins and vagaoonos ana rs unaDie to produce one scintilla of evidence, a man who lives 3,000 miles away and who will not accept testimony of reputable people who live there anl in neighboring states, when, I fay, a man has the effrontery to do this he ought t hang his heal in shame." (Great applause.) "How about Brlgham's wife No. 15 and her revelations of the proceedings in the endowment house?" asked Mr. Morse. "Rrigrham Young Is dead: did you know that?" inquired Mr. Kawllns in reply. The house laughed again heartily at this parting shot at Mr. Morse and Mr. Rawlins resumed the course of his argument. 4 0FII)ECE MEN SHOT. le;-era anil Joe Ilium Killed Ity nn Iutended Victim. SIOUX CITY, Dec. 16.-G. E. Meyers and Joe Blum, who with confedrat s, have been operating a confidence "tail-r shop" in this city, were shot and Instantly killed here shortly before 6 o'clock this morninkThe killing is supposed to have tuen done by a stranger, whose name is given as A. F. l'hllley. a countryman, who had been enticed into their Joint. He left' the city on a tnin for Omaha ten minutes after I the double homicide and has not yet been ' apprehended. All the circumstances point to him as the perpetrator. Accorülnn to the testimony of lluxh McDermltt of Rock Rapids he went with Philley to the ralli road depot about &:30 a. m. W hile there I the two were engaged in conversation by : Meyers. He invited them out to take a drink. I'hill-y accepted. In ton or fifteen minutes Philley returned somewhat excited and out of breath anl cauKht the , train leaving at 6 ft. m. The theory U that Meyers took the stranger to the headquarters on Third-Bt., where Hlum was on guard, and attempted to rob him. ami that he resisted and shot both. At first it was supposed that other member of the gang i were the cullty parties, and "Rurly Graves, "Kid" Snell, Jim Ilowman, James McMorrls and Krank McGlhhona were arrested and are still In Jail. Telegrams have been sent with a view of Intercepting Philley, but nothing has yet been heard of him. The two d'ttd men wer nhot thronen the abdomen with a revolver hell at close ranfte. Meyers was an all-round crook, known throughout the country as , "Kidney." Hlum was also well known and J came hero frota Chicago.

THE HEES BILL

Providing for the Coinage of Seigniorage At the Rate of $2,000,000 Per Month. TO RETIRE SMALL NOTES And Issue an Equal Amount of Larger Denominations. Provision for an Internationa1 Monetary Conference. The Measure ot to the I. Iking; of the Mlverltes Mr. Voorhee Denies That It I the llenntt of n Consultation with the Administration Deadlock, in the House Over the Arizona Statehood Hill Mrtiarrnhan's Claim I 1. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. In the senrite today much business of a miscellaneous character was transacted. The house bill repealing the federal election laws, referred to the comrrittee on privileges and elections a few days ago, was reported back favorably and placed on the calendar. Among the bills introduced the most important was one by Senator Yeorhees, chairman of the comr 'ttee on finance, providing for the coinage of the silver seigniorage in the treasury at the rate of J2,000,0(0 it month, and' when that Is exhausted for tho purchase and coinage of a similar amount of silver monthly. The bill is as follows: Section 1. lie it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of America in congress assembled. That the seigniorage, or profit fund, which ha.s resulted from the coinage of silver bullion, under the acts rf Feb. 2$. 1878, and July 11. 130, or which will result from the coinage of such bullion, shall be coined into silver d "liars of standard weight and fineness, with full legal tender quality, at the rate of not less than 12,000,000 per month, and such dollars shall be covered into the treasury. Sec. 2. When all the seigniorage or profit fund bullion, specified in the first section of this act, has been coined as therein directed, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to purchase each month silver bullion at the market value in quantities sufficient to coin not less than $2,000,000 each and every month, and is hereby directed to coin said bullion monthly as fa.t as purchased lino standard silver dollars, and a sum sufficient to carry Into effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. When any paper circulating nott3, or certificates of whatsoever character, of denominations less than $10, issued under the authority of the United States, except national bank notes or certificates, redeemable only in silver dollars, shall be received at the treasury, or any sub-treasury, they shall not be reissued, but shall be assorted, counted and recorded, and immediately destroyed, in accordance with existing provisions of law, and as rapidly as said notes or certificates are destroyed they shall be replaced by an equal amount of iike notes or certificates of denominations not less than $10. Sec. 4. That hereafter no national bank note shall be issued of a less denomination that $10, and all such national bank notes, when received at the treasury or any sub-treasury will be destroyed in accordance with law. and the national banking associations, whose notes are destroyed under the provisions of this section, shall be respectively required to substitute notes of denominations not less than $10 in lieu of those destroyed. Sec. 5. That from and after the passage oX this act the coinage of the two-and-one-half-dollar gold piece and the livedollar gold piece is hereby prohibited, and the coins named shall not be struck or issued by the mint of the United States; and such coins, when received at the treasury or sub-treasury shall be withdrawn from 'circulation and recoined into eagles and double eagles, in accordance with law. Sec. 6 provides for an international monetary conference. The bill Is not received with any great degree or favor By either the silver advocates cr their opponents in that body. In regard to the Inference In some quarters that the administration favored the hill today introduced by Senator Voorhecs. that senator today sa'd: "My bill is not the result of one w&v.J of consultation, and I certainly do not claim to represent the administration 'i Introducing lt. I do desire, however, to help the treasury out of its deficiency." A house bill providing for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of Oklahoma territory was also parsed. The resolution offend some days ago by Mr. reffer of Kansas to rescind a recent order, closing the senate chamber to visiters, was considered. It was provocative of much debate and was Anally referred to the committee on rules. . The 1'edernl Flection Hill. Mr. Vance reported from the committee on privileges and elections house bill to repeal the federal election laws with the recommendation that It be passed without amendment. Mr. Chandler said the report was not unanimous on the part of the committee and secured unanimous consent to submit the views of the minority adverse to the passage of the bill. At the hurtpestlon cf Mr. Hoar Mr. Chandler stated that those dissenting from the report now submitted and who were opposed to the passage of the bill were: Hoar, Mitchell, Higgins and Chandler. The bill was placed on the calendar. On motion of Mr. Cameron it was agreed that when the senate adjourns today It be until Monday next. Uoril'M Theater Disaster. A resolution for the appointment of a relect committee on the Ford theater disaster was taken up and discussed. At the suggestion of Mr. Hoar the resolution was modified so that the function of the proposed committee was limited to an Investigation aa to whether In equity or Justice the government should compensate the sufferers. After discussion the resolution was adopted. A resolution was offered by Mr. Cameron of Pennsylvania, and agreed to, calling upon the secretary of the treasury to report to the senate the value of textile fabrics purchased for the army, navy, Iudlan bureau and the marine hospital service for the fiscal year 1933. House bill to amend the law so as to . require original receipts for deposits of j post masters to, be scat to the. auditor of

the treasury the postoffice department (so as to facilitate the settlement of accounts) was reported from the joint commission on the executive departments and considered. The bill went over without action. Senate bill to repeal a clause in the last pension appropriation bill which prohibited the payment of pensions to persons residing in foreign countries was taken from the calendar and passed. The renate then, at 4:15, went into executive session, and soon afterward adjourned until Monday at 12 o'clock.

DEADLOCK I TIIU HOtSF. Due to the Opposition of the Hrpnblienni to the Arizona Hill. The houae wa3 deadlocked for two hours today by the refusal of the republicans to vote on the motion to go into committee of the whole for the consideration of the Arizona statehood bill. The democratic leaders decided this morning to proceed with the consideration of the Arizona and New Mexico bills and dispose of them before the holidays. The republican leadeis do not relish the idea, of bringing these democratic territories Into the union, and they, at the request of the leaders, refrained from voting except those from the far West, especially those from the newly admitted states of Washington, Wyoming. Montana, Idaho and the Dakotas, who coiüd. with . consistency place no obstacle in the way of their sister terrilofries. The democrats expect to have their own quorum present tomorrow. The McGarrahan bill was called up today during the morning hour, but was filibustered against by Mr. Savers of Texas, chairman of the appropriation committee. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Dockery. from the joint commission on expenditures in the executive departments, eall-Kl up the bill introduced by him a few days ago to improve the methods of accounting in the postoffice department. The bill abolishes the postal note, reduces the schedule of rat s for money orders approximately to the scale of the fee charged by express companies; the postma; sier-general is given authority to designate offices for the issue of money orders up to $3 and all money orders unpaid for one year are covered into the treasury. The money order certificates contain a device designed to facilitate the settlement of postmasters' accounts. The certificates of deposits of postmasters go direct to the sixth auditor, instead of as now, to the third assistant postmaster-general. The act takes effect July 1, 1S94. The report was read, also letters from tho secretary of the treasury and the postmaster-general Indorsing the bill. Then without debate the bill was passed. Under the call of committees. Gen. Catchings from the committee on rules presented the report of the committee making the bills for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico a special order after the morning hour until disposed of. Without division the report was adopted and the order made. A bill donating two old cannons to the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny was, on motion of Mr. Stone of Pennsylvania, taken up and passed. A bill supplemental to the act defining the manner in which land scrip can be assigned and located was passed without objection. A bill limiting the time under which claimants to property under the donation act of lv.O must appear to Jan. 1, and giving the present occupants of those lands preferential claim in case title under the act of 1S.".0 is not perfected, was taken up and passed. A communication from the sergeant-at-arms was read stating that there were no funds available for the payment of mileage to members. A resolution to pay the officers and employes of the house for the present month on Dec. 23 was passed without an objection. (Jen. Wheeler of Alabama then moved that the house go into committee of the whole to consider the hill for the admission of Arizona. The standing vote resulted 73 to 4. Mr. Hooker made the point f nr) quorum, and the ayes and nays were ordered. The republicans generally refrained from voting. Word was passed around by Messrs. Ref-d and Rurrows, the republican leaders, to force the democrats to produce their own quorum if any more territories were to be admitted Into the Union. Gen. Wheeler made a statement to the effect that as the republicans were filibustering he would move an adjournment. Accordingly at 3:40 the house adjourned. Called on to Resign. Rate this afternoon Secretary Carlisle signed letters calling for the resignation of the following named officers: O. C. Rosbyshell. superintendent of the mint, Philadelphia: Joseph C. Diglin, appraiser. New York; Charles F. Kimball, appraiser, Detroit; W. H. Alexander, surveyor of customs, Lincoln. Neb.; J. J. Ridgeway, surveyor of customs, Philadelphia; Amor Smith, jr., surveyor of customs. Cincinnati; Milton Weidler, collector internal revenue, district of Oregon; John Ingle, supervising inspector steam vessels, I'vansvllle, Ind.; Thomas V. Cooper, collector of customs at Philadelphia; John Fehrenbatch. supervising inspector of steam vessels at Cincinnati. TIIR riJWKAI'OMS SRNSATIOV. Mrs. Floyd anil Sous Jointly ludicted lu (he Hank Case. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14. Mrs. Rleanore B. Floyd and her son?, Lou and Frank, have all been jointly indicted on a eharg of complicity with Philip Scheijj in robbing the bank of Minneapolis of $23,000. Mrs. Floyd was arrested today on a bench warrant while on a visit to her son at the county jail. Scnelsr was to have heen sentented this morning, but owing to the pressure of other court business no hentence has yet been pronounced. It Is now believed that In some way the Floyd a, mother and sons, became possessed of knowledge of Schelg'a peculations about three years ago and that since then they have used that knowledge to extort money from him. Schelg himself stated today to an Associated Press reporter shortly before his flight he had called on Mrs. Floyd and given her $350 for her trip to Paris. He has given her other money, he said, but could not give the exact amount. Schelg still refuses to tell how much money he tt)k from the bank of MlnneaxJis and the officers ft that ir.fdltutlon maintain a studious silence in regard to the matter. HOVCOTT OV A COUPS K. Peculiar Situation of n. Younsr Louln. ville Attorney. IiOUISVILLF. Dec. 13. A corpse boycotted by the unjertakers union. This is tba situation Mr. C. J. Hrewuter, a young attorney of this city, finds himself placed

In. Rrewjter owed a balance on funeral defen5Q .-t up on the other side. In the espouses for his father u burial to Miller!" . . v (. remibllcansl Rros.. undertakers, an l on this account ' r Uw ' ' V l'L e Tf ,11 ' rot an undertaker In the city will bury were accomplices of fraudulent pension

hin wife until tho halnnce is settled. 11 i ottered good security, but to no avail, lis also offered to pay the old account as soon a.M ponHlble. On account of Bleknes Hrewster Is short of fuxnl. JI will to compelled to have the city undertaker j bury his wlf tomorrow, who died four j days go.

TALK Oil PENSIONS,

Cannon of Foul Mouth. Fame Again on Record. 2 Insults the Honest Soldier By Defending Fraud, THE POLICY OF REFORM. Messrs. Livingstone and Enloe Speak for It And Declare for Pensions for All Deserving Veterans. The Dehnte More Or I-.es Ieronnl an Touching the Hecord of the Iteeent Administration of Raum The Present Pension Department the Grcntet i the Government The Xohle AVorWtlt I Dolntc livery Veteran Fntllleil to a Pension Secure In Ills lilKht. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. A debate I over the pension policy of the present administration, growing out of an Item in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, appropriating $2'"0,000 for special examiners, consumed the entire day in the house. Under th lead cf Mr. Cannon an assault was made against Mr. Cleve-land-pension policy, especially that portion of It which resulted in the revocation of order 164 and the subsequent suspension of thousands of pensioners. He thought it was time for congress to examine into the manner in which the pension office was being conducted. He referred to the clause In the president's message declaring that every neiRhborhood had its fraudulent pensioners. He reviewed the action of the department In cutting off thousands of pensioners. There had been much allegation of fraud, he said, but little of it had materialized on cross-examinations. Of the 235 special examiners in the department a dozen were employed to run down these alleged fraudulent pensioners. All pensions cut off were classed by the commissioner to the credit of the amount saved by the office. One million dollars of rejected pensions had been classified as $1,000,000 saved. Yet after thorough examination it was found that but $31,000 had been actually paid out to pensioners who had procured their pensions by forgery, perjury or false personation. He undertook to say that there was no more fraud in the arlrnipiaation of the affairs, of the pcTslonV.tlice. ;-Mch" "disbursed annually JlSO.OOO.OoO,' than ln" the" adjudication of cases in the courts of the country. . . Co nee nil usf Order Hit. The Fifty-first congress appropriated $130,000,000 for pensions. The Fifty-second, with the 140 democratic majority, appropriated $168,000,000 to meet the payments on account of pensions. Order 164 was responsible for much of this magnanimity. Yet the present head of the pension department, the secretary of the interior, now undertook aftr this construction of the law had stood for four years and had been acquiesced In by a democratic house of representatives to reverse that construction. '"It was an act." Faid he, shaking his fist ominously, "akin to a crime." The infamous ruling of this administration was that men receiving pensions, whose cases had been proved, were rtricken from the rolls. Look at the Bennett case, which was known from one end to the other. If such a ruling had been made by a republican administration, by Raum or Pussy, after the construction of the law had stood for three years and been ratified by congress, he would attack it as he attacked it now. "That's right." shouted Mr. Enloe; "give it to Raum." "Oh, no." replied Mr. Cannon; "I will not go for Raum, because in God's chancery he is not guilty, and your commissioner Is." Comparing the work of Commissioner Raum and Commissioner Lochren, seven months of the administration of each showed that Raum issued 144,000 certificates and Lochren 44,000. In the same period Raum had rejected 84.000 claims, Lochren 87,000. Lochren had kept up with Raum on rejections, but Raum had beaten him 2 to 1 on issues. "That's greatly to his credit." shouted some one on the democratic side. "I do not think so," replied Mr. Cannon, "and I think my judgment will be the judgment of history." Jlr, Livingston Replies. Mr. Livingston of Georgia replied to Mr. Cannon. The appropriation under discussion, he said, was to provide for field examiners of tho pension office. Mr. Cannon had not challenged the propriety or justice of this appropriation. He had occupied his time In casting a shadow over the administration of the pension office and in attacking Secretary Smith and Commissioner Lochren for revoking order 164. A democrat. North or South, was always under suspicion when he criticised pensions. Secretary Smith was a southern man. but he had not been in tho confederate army. Commissioner Lochren had been a soldier In the union army and a gallant one. Mr. Cleveland had not been in the army, but he could assure the house and the country that Justice was and would be done by these distinguished men. Applications were scrutinized with care, as they should be. No self-respecting man in the land would believe that Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Smith or Gen. Lochren in beating the brush for fraud was actuated by a desire to deprive honest soldiers of their pensions. It was true, however, that this war against the unworthy and undeserving' soldier would be prosecuted vigorously. Messrs. Rlalr, Stone of Pennsylvania, Pickler, Cannon and Bingham harassed Mr. Livingston at every step. He protested against employing the whole force of the jvension office to rummage for fraud instead of adjudicating the hundreds of thousands of claims that await action. ' 31 r. Enloe Speaks. Mr. Fnloe of Tennessee, the o!d antagonist of ex-Commissioner Raum, declared that the pension department under this administration was the greatest of the government. It was doing a noble work. He was surprised at the line of ers. Jiecause uie administration was investigating and punishing thene cases of fraud how could honest men parade this before the country as hostility to the deserving pensioners? Mr. Enloe wanted every soldier in this IJSi 1 Jlll W C 4 4. V f I J "-lVJ I V A country entitled to a pvnxion, to have it

and have all he was entitled to. but he also wanted every soldier dishonestly on the roll or drawing more money than he was entitled to taken from the roll. He proceeded to discuss the result of the investigation of the pension office. At Baltimore it was found that pension attorneys secured the pension checks, held them as payment for the money due and charged a fee for collecting them. At Norfolk a regular mill for the manufacture of pension testimony was unearthed. In New Mexico the most astounding frauds were committed. A similar condition of affairs existed in the Indian territory and in certain parts of Iowa. In concluding his speech Mr. Enloe said that the time would come when every honest union soldier and every self-respecting citizen would applaud the pension iolicy of this administration. Mr. Morse closed the debate for the day with a vigorous assault on Mr. Cleveland and Commissioner Lochren. At the conclusion of his sjeech an agreement was reached to close the debate after three hours' further discussion on Monday. Then, at 5:10 p. in., the houss adjourned.

MEETING OF SILVEHITES. Advocates of Free Coinage Assemble nt AVanhinxlon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The conference of leading men of the country to devise ways and means to continue free silver ccinnge opened today at the headquarters of the bimetallic. leaRue. Most of the familiar faces of the silver leaders were there, Including Gen. Weaver and Gen. Field of Iowa, Senator Stewart of Nevada, Capt Kolh, the Alabama leader; Mortimer Whitehead, lecturer of the National grange; Morton Frewen, the Rritish authority on bimetallism; Col. Deverly of Virginia, Judge Sheldon of Connecticut and many others. Mail for Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor has toen received so that Mr. Sovereign himself i.i expected later. In all the conferees number about fifty, representing the bone and sinew of the free silver movement. The conference is proceeding behind closed doors. Gen. Warner, president of the Rimetallist league, said that the meeting would probably last for several days, as it was intended to fully canvass the sentiment of the bimetallists and reach some conclusion among them as to the course to be pursued. The possibilities of a new political party, with free silver coinage as the sole plank of its platform, was among the developments of the day's secret session of the silver leaders. The day was devoU-d to expressions of opinion from representatives of the different states. This was uniformly to the effect that the working people and farmers were dissatisfied with the course of congress in repealing the purchase clause of the Sherman act. Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada, Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor and National Lecturer Whitehead of the grange were among the speakers of the, a'urtioon. 'TTnfinsf thc - address of Senator Jones vnt-sthf-'f Colloquy "O". irvV'l Iret-.tcj-n lmlf and Master Workman Sovereign. The latter suggested that when the labor ranks had assisted toward securing free silver there should be reciprocity by which the silver leaders would assist in securing labor reforms. Senator Jones contended '.hat all labor questions were merged in the money question and that solution would settle all of them. Mr. Sovereign and the senator at last r-:et on common ground in agreeing that ere silver question should be made the paramount issue of all labor and industrial organizations. The siK-eches have now ended and the conference will turn its attention t--morrow to a program of political work. Frequent references were made during the speeches today to the necessity of organizing a silver party, made up of the elements heretofore gathered under the standards or the populists, the national grange, the Knights of Labor, the farmers' alliance, etc. The tendency of .the conference is toward this new organization. The probability is that the first efforts of the united forces will be exerted to carry the congressional elections next fall. It is undecided as yet as to whether this will be done by nominating Independent silver candidates for congress or by indorsing old candidates of the old parties who have shown by their records that they favor silver. It Is the telief of those attending the conference that a national silver ticket will be put in the field as a result of the present meeting and of the victory it hops to achieve in the congressional elections. Senator Jones said at the close of the day's conference that this new national party was among the strong probabilities of the meeting. IUCIIAU CHOKER'S INTERVIEW. He Ilrllf vn rnr York Is Snliafled Hit Its Government. NEW YORK, Dec. 1G. A formal interview with P.ichard Croker, chief sachem of Tammany hall, was given out for publication today. The feature of the interview is that i,t is largely personal, lie starts out by saying that he invites an investigation by the legislature, then follows a circumstantial defense of Tammany hall. The big chief makes the positive declaration that he does not possess a dollar that was not honestly earned. "If those who charge otherwise.' be paid, significantly, "would make speeltic declarations I would find means of compelling them to prove their charges." lie follows this up with the declaration that he will und?r no circumstances withdraw from the leadership of Tammany. He believes the people of New York are satisfied with the sort of government Tammany is giving- them with reference to the resolution? recently adopted by what Is called the Independent Tammany organization, lie denied hat the liquor saloons, gamhling houses, houses of ill-fame and other criminal resorts are assessed for iolitical purposes. He say9 there is not a gambling" establishment in the town, and in the first time for thirty years such a thing can be said. He acknowledges that he advised the passage of a law that would close the pool rooms, lie says they wer a nuisance and they disgraced the city. Nine-tenths of those who went Into pool rooms were clerks who could drop into a ikx1 room across the street and lose their-money. As to Dr. Iarkhurst he said: i "I have never said anything against Dr. Parkhurs and I will tell you why. I have a good deal of respect for any man who trir-s to do what he thinks Is right, and I think Dr. Parkhurst is that kind of a man. That is where he differs from those broken-down politicians we have been talking about. I do not like to say anything about his work personally, and shall not. Ills methods are simply a matter of opinion. Personally, I do not believe they are wise." An Eminent Temperance lecturer In New England, Mrs. John Harton. says: I was subj-ct to those deathly sick headaches nnd alo dyspepsia. Sulphur Hitters curd me when all other remedies failed. Mrs. Barton Is the wife of John Rarton. Superintendent of Itenalrs. Pacific Mills. Law- , m - - - - r v r - - - j nsace Ham.

ARIZONA TO GET IN

The House Passes the Bill for Its Admission, Sixty Republicans Voting Against the Measure. WAIL FROM MR. BINGHAM, Who Is Afraid His Party Will Not Regain the Senate. Discussion of the Bill to Admit New Mexico. Adjournment WKIiont ItntehlagT at Note The Mrllnrrnlian Claim Hill, t'nllrd I p nnd Sent to the Hottorn of the Calendar V Special Order for II Consideration to He A tied Fnvornhle Committee Report on the Appointment of the Joint Committee to Inellale the Con dilion of the Menrauua Canal Project. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1"-. The course of events In th house today resembled the halcyon days of the Reed congress, when legislation was rushed through at galloping spel. The bill for the admission of Arizona was put through under whip and spur nnd the bill for the admission of N-v Mexico was well under way when a wrangle over what was to be done with Oklahoma intervened, and the debate thus precipitated lasted until adjournment. The bulk of the eastern opposition to the admission of these territories, as expressed by Mr. Ringham of Philadelphia, was predicated on the theory that while the eastern states, rich in wealth and strong in population, would be able to hold their own in the house, where the basis of representatii was population, the influence of the great states of the union would be overbalanced by th-' greatly increased state representation in the senate. The McGarrahan claim, which came up again in the morning hour, was filibustered against and the morning hour expired without action, thus sending the bill to the foot of the calendar. In the course of Mr. Pendletor.'s speech on this subject the fact was developed that a special order for the consideration of this claim will be asked for. Mr. Outhwaite rose to a question of personal privilege and made to the house Lthe expymT-tien previously sent out by the Associated Press regarding the publication of a railway map in one of the public documents of the military commit tee. The morninpr hour expired and Gen. Wheeler moved to go into committee of the whole ou the Arizona statehood bill. The republicans continued their filibustering tactics and the yeas and nays were demanded. As on yesterday the republicans, except a few from the West, refused to vote, in order, if possible, to break a quorum. They were unsuccessful, however, as the motion was carried by a vote of ls2 to 5. The republicans generally did not refrain from voting on the final passage of the bill, although many of them voted s gainst it. The motion was carried, 1S5 to t'J, and the bill fjr the admission of Arizona was parsed. As soon as the vote was announced Gen. Wheeler moved that the house ko into the committee of the. whole on the bill for the admission of New Mexico, Th republicans made no attempt to filibuster against the motion, which was carried without divi-Ion. Gen. Wheeler asked to dL-pem with the reading cf the bill. Mr. Loud suggested that there ought to be at least a show of decency in admitting states to the federal union, and ho therefore objected. The debate that followed took a wide range. Mr. Wilson of Washington wanted to know whether it was not a fact that It was the ultimate purpose of the democrats to bring Oklahoma and the Indian, territory into the union together. Mr. Wheeler evaded this last question and Mr. Wilson declared in a shrill voice that that was the democratic scheme. From that time until adjournment the debate touched more on the question of what was to be done with Oklahoma than the admission of New Mexico. The house at :20 adjourned. The MrariRna (anal. The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, after listening ti arguments by Senators Morgan and Frye, reported favorably the joint resolution of Representative Dooilttle of Washington for the arnointment of a joint commission consisting of three senators and six members to investigate the present status of the Nicaragua canal project. Senator Morgan recited at l.MiKth the pstst history of the enter- ! prise and its struggle to obtalu govern ment recognition, lie tnougnc the urns had come when It should be decided whether tha United States would aid tfce project or abandon it altogether. II declared that the worli is determined to have tha oajiaJ and If the United States should not build it tome other nation would, lie points out the alvantages of the control of the car.al i by the United States and earnestly 1 hoped the resolution would be adopted, j Senator Frye ai fWo warmly In ! favor of the resolution. He stated that i the government which controls th : Nicaragua canal would also control tin Hawaiian islands and that it v.ould j b-s useless for this country to ajinex was assumed. THE M:V YOlllv IlETt R'S. IRinnl of Canvaer Meet Ma ynard Kenten Itjr 1 Ol. 004. ALU ANY. N. Y Dec. H.-The stat Iwjnrd of canvassers met today Bi-d. with Secretary of Ptate Rice presiding, canvassed the vote of the Kate and declared the name of the elected etat officers, members of the legislature and delegatea to the constitutional convention. Ag returned by the state board, the senate will stand republicans. 13; democrats. 13; tha assembly, republicans, 71; democrats. 62; republican majority (n the senate, 6: In the assembly, 22; on Joint ballot. 2S. The constltution.il convention will be compoaed I of 15 republican deleitates-nt-lanre and 95 by districts, ihls wni make t lie convention: Republicans, lit): democrats, 65. Maynxrd, for court of appeals. Is beaten bv lel.ooi. The vote was: Rartlett. t.7S.2:; Mavnard. 47U5S. For secretary of state. Palmer, republican, ha CUM plurality. The total vote wan 1,HV 4'!. Palmar received 64S.(iyS; Meyer. roi..!!: llotmrdua (prohibitionist). 34.3'H; Wrtsht i Peoples i, J..0CJ; De Leon (socialist anl libor). ;M,V4. and scattering, 3,3'ii. The other republican state candl. lates are elected by plur&UUet tunaing frora ,000 to SO.tXV.