AS STATESMEN SEE IT
Democrats Say Little About the
President's Message.
REPUBLICANS MUCH TLEASEl
f'lth the President Attitude on Foreign
AAkin, Especially Regarding VfiKi
neln They Dont Like the Financial
Feature English Commeats.
Washwqto. Dec. 4. The Republi
:ans of the senate do not approve the
president's message, bo far as it con
cerns finances. It matters not whether
hey be silver men or not, they all have
iomething to say against it. Many sen
ators expressed the opinion that the
message was disappointing because it
did not provide a method for raising
revenue. All of Republicans who
are known aa souu. jiiey men were
especially disappointed n account of
this feature of the message. The silver
men were, of course, very emphatic in
their disapproval of the president's
views on silver. For the most part,
however, the Republicans spoke in
terms of approval of the position of the
president regarding foreign affairs, but
more especiallv as to what he said
about Venezuela. The silver Democrats
had very little to 6ay regarding the
message, and it was for the most part
a disappointment for them. There was
a general impression in the senate that
the proposition of the president to re
tire the greenbacks would not be suc
cessful. Both curiosity and interest were
manifested by the members of the house
in the presidents- message. Members
expressed surprise that no recommen
dation was made for the supply of the
treasury deficit. In the discussion of
foreign affairs the portion devoted to
the enforcement of the Monro doctrine
In connection with the boundary line
dispute and the suggestions regarding
Cuba attracted special attention, but
main interest centered in the recom
mendations for the retirement of the
greenbacks and the extension of the
national banking system. Several of
the Democratic leaders who differ with
the president on the financial question
refused to express their opinions for
publication.
ENGLISH O INIONS.
Comments of Different London Journals
on the President's Message.
London. Deo. 4. The newspapers to
day very generally contain editorial
:omments upon President Cleveland's
message to congress. The Graphic
says: "The crudities and Indiscretions
of President Cleveland's present pro
aunciaments on foreign affairs might
have been evolved by the late Mr.
Blaine in his worst mood. Can any
thing be more absurd than the proposal
that the Bchomburg line (in Venezuela)
should be submitted to arbitration?
The reference to Cuba is infinitely
more injudicious. It is virtually an
expression of sympathy with filibuster
ing." ThaJStandard, the Conservative or
gan, says: "We cannot but re ere t the
tone of President Cleveland's references
to Venezuela. If we may judge of the
tone and substance of Mr. Olney s dis
patch from the paraphrase thus impart
ed to congress, we are not surprised
that no answer has been received, and
we further undertake to predict that
when the reply reaches the white house
it will furnish the president with a
deal of matter for serious reflection.
We must be pardoned if we venture to
eay that the whole passage referring to
Venezuela is a tissue of unreal assump
tions and unsupported deductions. If
the Americans desire to carry out the
views expressed they will do so after
due calculation of the cost. Even if we
were eager for arbitration the experi
ence in the Bering sea controversy
would hardly encourage us. It ia not
easy to argue calmly when we find
President Cleveland has already pre
judged the merits of the cae. But
even strong states have rights, and,
though Great Britain is able to maintain
her dignity and interests, it ought not
to be a mark for public affront in the
president's message. We are not much
impressed with his currency proposals.
He suggests a palliative and not a cur
rency cure.
The Post (Conservative) says: "As
regards Samoa and Venezuela, the mes
sage appears to be framed on lines
which Senator Chandler might approve.
In regard to China, there are similar
signs of a disposition to conciliate the
feelings of popular agitators. These
thingn are incidents of every presiden
tial campaign, and President Cleveland
never pretended to be superior to
them."
The Times' editorial says: "Presi
dent Cleveland has drawn a startling
picture of the diUieulties created by the
vicious currency ayBtem, and we shall
be greatly surprised if the plans he
suggests are not warmly welcomed by
business men throughout the states.
But. flushed by electoral victories, it is
probable enough that the Republicans
will refuse to allow anything to be
done in the direction indicated. Noth
ing, he says, commits him to a new or
aggressive foreign policy.
The Daily News, the Liberal organ,
says: "President Cleveland knows bet
ter than to treat the Monroe doctrine as
if it were a rule of international law.
It is neither dignified nor politic for the
administration at Washington to take
ap the quarrels of South American
lomru unities which do not observe the
asagea of civilized nations. America
will find some day that this sort of pat
ronage involves a corresponding re
sponsibility, and they will not like that
at all."
TWO LIVELY SUBJECTS.
Resolution Regarding Caba and the Mon
roe Doctaine In the Senate.
Washington, Deo. 4. The senate has
plunged into real business. Naturally
the president's message attracted the
attention of the day, but aside from
this there were stirring resolutions od
the Monroe doctrine and the Cuban re
bellion, and after that the usual deluge
of bills and resolutions, running into
the hundreds, followed.
The message was given the closest at
tention from all quarters of the cham
ber. At its conclusion Mr. Lodge of
Massachusetts offered a resolution, vig
orous in tone, reaffirming the principle
of the Monroe doctrine and presenting
them in such form as to permit their
enactment as a permanent law, rather
than an expression of the policy advo
cated by President Monro.
Mr. Call(Dem., Fla.)gave notice that
he would call up hii Cuban resol ution
today.
Mr. Cullom (Rep., nia.) introduced a
resolution on the Monroe doctrine simi
lar to that presented by Mr. Lodge,
lie gave notice that he would call up
the resolution as soon as permissible
for the purpose of addressing the body
thereon.
Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) offered a con
current resolution for the immediate
ivioc nit ion- of the Cuban insurgents,
the auneAshuu ui oil inlands proximate
to the United States, the upuuidmg of
the Monroe doctrine and a firmer for
eign policy respecting the protection of
American citizens abroad.
At the brief executive session the
resolutions of Mf. Olney, as secretary
ef state, and Mr. Harmon, as attorney
general, were confirmed, and that of
Rufus H. Peck ham to the supreme
bench referred to the judiciary com
mittee. I'nknowa Canadian Cirl haloids.
Buffalo, Deo. 4. The body of an
an known girl who committed suicide
at a fashionable boardinghouse and
who is supposed to be from Canada Ilea
at the morgue), unrecognized and un
jlaimed. It is that of a young woman
about 24 year of age.
THE MESSAGE HEAD.
THE PRESIDENT WRITES ON FOR
EIGN RELATIONS AND FINANCES.
Advocates Retirement of Greenbacks and
Kxtentin of National Banking System.
A Firm Demand on England to Arbi
trate With Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. President Cleve
land, in the opening of his message to
congress, says that the present legislative
session convenes at a time when the in
terests of our people and the needs of the
country give special prominence to the
condition of our foreign relations and the
exigencies of our national finances. He
then says:
In speaking of the attacks on mission
aries in China he says the demands of the
United States and other powers for re
dress were followed by the disgrace and
dismissal of certain provincial officers
who w re derelict in duty and the punish
ment oy death of a number of those ad
judged guilty of participation in the out
rages. Of the case of ex-United States Consul
John L. Wal'er, sentenced to 20 years im
prisonment in France by a French cou rt
in Madagascar.accused of giving informa
tion to the How, in their war to prevent
France seizing their island, in return for
valuable comessioua given by them Ho
vas) to him (Waller), the presi dent saya
France has furnished this government a
copy of the court record, but the evidence
in support of the charges has been with
held. Should Retaliate Against Germany.
The president, in regard to the discrim
ination of Germany against our food pro-'
ducts and insurance companies, advocates
that we retaliate in the same way. In re
gard to our relations with Great Britain
the president says that England has failed
to patrol Hering sea as effectively as the
regulations required. He says that unless
seal poaching is stopped the seal herds
will be entirely wiped out. He again ad
vises the paying of a lump sum of f4i.V
Ouo to settle British claims for our seizure
of British sealing vessels, unauthorized
under the award of the Paris tribunal,
which the last congress rel used to con
firm. The Venezuelan question is treated as
follows: "in July last a dispatch was ad
dressed to our ambassador at London for
communication to the British govern
ment, in which the attitude of the United
States was fully and distinctly set forth.
The general conclusions therein reached
and formulated are in substance that the
traditional and established policy of this
government is firmly opposed to a forci
le Increase by any European power of its
territorial possessions on this continent:
that this policy is as well founded in
principle as it is strongly supported by
numerous precedents; that as a conse
quence, the United States is bound to
protest against the enlargement of the
area of British Guiana in derogation of
the rights and against the will of Venez
uela; that, considering the disparity in
strength in Great Britain and Venezuela,
the territorial dispute between them can
be reasonably settled only by friendly and
impartial arbitration, and that the resort
to such arbitration should include the
whole controversy, and is not satisfied if
one of the powers concerned is permitted
to draw an arbitrary line through the ter
ritory in debate and to declare that it
will submit to arbitration only the por
tion lying on one side of it. In view of
these conclusions, the dispatch in ques
tion called upon the British government
for a definite answer to the question
whether it would or would not submit
the territorial controversy between itself
and Venezuela in its entirety to impartial
arbitration. The answer of the British
government has not yet been received,
but is expected shortly, when further
communication on the subject will prob
ably be made to congress."
No Recognition off Cuba.
After mentioning the fact of a rebellion
in Cuba and the trouble we hare had pre
serving neutrality, the president says:
"Whatever may be the traditional sympa
thy of our countrymen as individuals
with a people who seem to be struggling
for larger autonomy and 'great freedom,
deepened as such sympathy naturally
must be in behalf of our neighbors, vet
the plain duty of their government is to
observe in good faith the recognized obli
gations of international relationship.
The performance of this duty should not
be made more dltncult by a disregard on
the prat of our citizens of the obligations
growing out or their allegiance to their
country, which should restrain them from
violating as individuals the neutrality
which the nation of which they are mem
bers is bound to observe in its relations to
friendly sovereign states. Though neither
the warmth of our people's sympathy
with the Cuban insurgents, nor our loss
and material damage consequent upon
the futile endeavors thus far made to re
store peace and order, nor any shock our
human sensibilities may have received
from the cruelties which appear to es
pecially characterize this sanguinarv and
fiercely conducted war, have in the least
shaken the determination of the govern
ment to nonestly tuinil every interna
tional obligation, yet it is to be earnestly
hoped, on every ground, that the devasta
tion of armed conflict may speedily be
stayed and order aud quiet restored to the
detracted island, bringing in their
train the activity and thrift of peaceful
pursuits.
He then savs: "The denlnrahlA Irnph
ing of several Italian laborers in Colorado
was naturally followed by international
representations, and I am happy to say
tnat tne Dest enorts oi tne state in which
the outrages occurred kave been put forth
to aiscover ana punish tne authors of this
atrocious crime. The dependent families
of some of the unfortunate victims invite,
by their deplorable condition, gracious
provision lor their needs.
The Vicious Padrone System.
"These manifestations against helnlesa
aliens may be traced through successive
stages to tne vicious paarone system,
which, unchecked by our immigration and
contract labor statutes, controls these
workers from the moment of landing on
our shores, and farms them out in distant
and often rude regions, where their cheap
ening competition in the fields or bread
winning toil brings them in collision with
other labor interests. hile welcoming
as we should, those who seek our shores
to merge themselves in our body politic
and win personal competence by honest
effort, we cannot regard sucii assemblages
vl distinctively alien laborers, hired out
hi the mass to the profit of alien specula
tors auu nuippeu miner arm mitner as tne
prospect of gain may dictate, as other
wise than repugnant to the spirit of our
civilization, deterrent to individual ad
vancement, and hindrances to the build
inq up of stable communities resting up
on tne wnoiesome am onions oi the citi
sen and constituting the prime factor in
tne prosperity ana progress of our nation.
If legislation can reach this growing evil,
it certainly should be attempted."
The mot-sage refers to the necessity of
Improvement in the consular service and
the extension of civil service and the ex
tension of civil service regulations to ap
pointments therein. It is urged that our
ambassadors and ministers at foreign
courts should be provided with official
residences.
The message refers to boundary dis
putes with Canada, aDd says: Her Britan
nic majesty's government has proposed a
joint . delimitation of the one hundred
and fOrty-flrst meridian by an interna
tional commission of experts, which, if
congress will authorize it, and make due
provision therafor. can be accomplished
with no unreasonable deLay.
The Hawaiian revolution and the land
ing of Britlsn troops on Xicaraguan soil
are treated on without special comment.
Our minister in Turkey, say the Presi
dent, has been vigilant, and the conse
quence la that our citizens in the dis
turbed districts are being well protected.
From the discussion of foreign affairs
the message passes immediately to the
consideration of the financial situation.
The history of the greenback issue, and
of the legislative requirement that notes
taken up should not be retired, is given
in detail. The government was forced to
redeem without redemption and to pay
without acquittance. The compulsory
purchase of silver still further increased
the demand obligations of the govern
ment. The notes of this description out
standing, added to the United States
notes still undimidished by redemption or
cancellation, constitute a volume of gold
obligations amounting to nearly $00,
000.000. These obligations the Instru
ments which, ever since we had a gold re
serve, have been used to deplete it.
Reasons For tbe Shrinkage...
Among the causes for this constant and
uniform shrinkage in this fund may be
mentioned the great falling off of exports
under the operation of the tariff law until
recently in force, which crippled our ex
change of securities with foreign nations
and necessitated to some extent the pay
ment of our balance In gold, the unnatu
ral infusion of silver into our currency,
and the increasing agitation for its free
and unlimited coinage, which have cre
ated appre beusioo as to our disposition or
ability to continue gold payments, the
koardimj tt home and stoppage of invest
ments of foreign capital," as well as the
return of our securities already sold ;
abroad, and the high rate of foreign ex- ;
change, which induced the shipment oi
our gold to be drawn against as a matter
of speculation.
The failure to maintain tne goia reserve
by repeated bond sales is described. In
February, l5, therefore, the situation
was exceedingly critical. v ltn a reserve
tterllouslv low. and a refusal of congres
sional aid. everything indicated that the
end of gold payments by the government
was imminent.
An agreement was therefore made with
a number of financiers ana Dangers,
whereby it was stipulated that bonds de
scribed in the resumption act of 1S75, pav-
able in coin 30 years after their date.
bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent
ner annum, and amounting to about $02.-
000,000. should be exchanged for gold, re
ceivable by weight, amounting to a little
more than Fti5.OUO.UUU. 1 his goia was 10
be delivered In such installments as would J
complete its delivery within about six
months from the date of the contract,
and at least one-half of the amount was
to be furnished from abroad. It was also
agreed by those supplying this gold that
during the continuance oi tne contract,
they would by every means in their power
protect the government against gold with
drawals. The contract also provided that
if congress would authorize their issue.
bonds payable oy their terms in goia ana
bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent
ner annum miirht within ten days be
substituted at par for the 4 per cent bonds
described in tbe agreement, on tne any
this contract was made its terms were
communicated to congress by special ex
ecutive message, in which it was statea
that more than I1U.00U.0UU would be saved
tn this government if gold bonds bearing
8 per cent interest were authorized to be
SUDstltUtea lor tnose racuuuuou iu
contract.
Unmodified Contract Carried Ont.
The congress having declined to grant
the necessary authority to secure this
saving, the contract, unmodified, was car
ried out, resulting in a goiu reserve
amounting to 107, 571. 230 on the eighth
day of July, 1H6.Y The performance of
this contract not only restorea me re
serve, but checked for a time the with
drawals of gold and brought on a period
of restored confidence and such eace
and quiet in business circles as were of
the greatest possible value to every in
terest that affects our people. The presi
dent says he is willing to bear his full
share of responsibility for this act, as he
thinks it averted a great financial panic
The message then goes on to show that,
while disaster was averted, the drain of
gold was not stayed altogether, so that
after increasing our interest-bearing
bonded indebtednes more than il(ti,OUO,0tH)
to J save our gold reserve, we are nearly
where we started, having now in such re
serve $79,335,Wti, against tV5, 438,377, in
February, 1894, when the first bonds were
issued.
"Since January 1," the message says,
"the government has paid in gold more
than nine-tenths of its United States
notes and still owes them all. It has paid
in gold about one-half of its notes given
for silver purchases without extinguish
ing by such payment one dollar of these
notes. When added to all this we are re
minded that to carry on this astounding
financial scheme the government has in
curred a bonded indebtedness of $'J5,00),-
000 in establishing a gold reserve, and of
$102,315,400 in efforts to maintain it; that
the annual interest charge on such bonded
indebtedness is more than el 1,000,000; that
acout" uance in our present course may
result iu further bond issues, and that
we have suffered or are threatened with
all this for the sake of supplying gold for
foreign shipment or facilitating its hoard
ing at home, the situation is exhibited
which certainly ought to arrest attention
and provoke immediate legislative relief.
1 am convinced the only thorough and
? practicable remedy for our troubles is
ound in the retirement and cancellation
of our United States notes, commonly
called greenbacks, and the outstanding
treasury notes Issued by the government
in payment of silver purchases under the
act of IH'jo.
Exchange Notes For Bonds.
"I believe this could be quite readily
accomplished by the exchange for these
notes for United States bonds of small as
well as large denominations, bearing a
low rate of interest. They should be long
term bonds, thus increasing their desira
bility as investments and because their
payment could be well postponed to a
period far removed from present financial
burdens and perplexities, when with in
creased prosperity and resources they
would be more easily met. To further in
sure the cancellation of these notes and
also provide a way by which gold may be
added to our currency in lieu of them, a
feature in tbe plan should be an authority
given to tne secretary oi tne treasury to
dispose of the bonds abroad for gold if
necessary to complete the contemplated
redemption and cancellation, oermittiuir
him to use the proceeds of such bonds to
take up aud cancel any of tbe notes that
may be in the treasury or that may be ro
te 1 veil Dy tne government on any account.
i ne currency wiinarawn Dy the re
tirement of the United States notes and
treasury notes, am mnted to probably less
than 4S6,0o0,oO0. might be suDulied by
such gold as would be used on tbeir re
tirement or by an increase in the circula
tion of our national banks. Though the
aggregate capital oi those now in exist
ence amounts to more than $M,000 UOO,
tneir outstanding circulation based on
bond security amounts to only about
$190,000,000. They are authorized to issue
notes amounting to 9u tier cent of the
bonds depo-ited to secure their circula
tion, uui iu no event; Deyona tnat amount
of their capital stock, and they are obliged
to pay 1 per cent tax on the circulation
they issue.
T think they should be allowed to Issue
circulation equal to the par value of the
bonds they deposit to secure it. and that
the tax on their circulation should be re
duced to X of 1 per cent, which would un
doubtedly meet all the expense the gov
ernment incurs on tnetr aocount. In ad-
t ition, they should be allowed to substi
tute or deposit in lieu of bonds now re
quired as security for their circulation
those which would be issued for the pur
pose of retiring the United States aud
treasury notes. The banks alrendr exist.
lng, if they desired to avail themselves of
the provisions of the law thus minified
could issue circulation in addition to that
already outstanding amounting to $478,
000.000. which would nearlv or nuite ennui
the currency proposed to be canceled in
ois manner.
"At any rate. I should confidently ex
pect to see the existing national banks, or
otners to be organized, to avail them
selves of tbe Dronosed encouragements
to issue circulation, and promptly fi.l any
vaccuum and supply every currency
ueeueu. it nas always seemed to me that
tne provisions of law regardiag the capi
tai oi national banks, which operate as a
limitation to their location, fails to make
proper comnensation for the minnrcxsinn
of btate banks, which came nearer to the
people In all sections of the country and
reauuy lurnisoea them with banking ac
commooations and facilities. Any lucon
venience or embarrassment arising from
vuuse resincuons on tDe location or n
tional banks might remedied by
better adapting the presi'w.ystem to the
creation oi banks In smaller communi
ties or by permitting banks of lame cari
tal to establish branches in such locali
ties aa would serve the people so regu
lated and restrained aa to secure their
aare and conservative control and man
agement.
'But there might not be the necessity
for such an addition to the currency by
new issues oi oanK circulation as at first
giance is indicated. If we should be re
lieved from maintaining a gold reserve
under conditions that constitute it the
goia barometer of our solvency, and if
our treasury should no longer be the
tooiisn purveyor of gold for nations
abroad or for speculation and hoarding by
our citizens at home, should expect to see
goia resume its natural and normal fac
tions in the business affairs of the coun
try, tnd cease to be an object attracting
tbe timid watch of our people and excit
ing their sensitive imagination. I do not
overlook the fact that the cancel 1st ion rf
the treasury notes issued under the silver
purchasing act of 1SU0 would leave the
treasury in the actual ownership of suffi
cient silver, including seignoiage to near
ly 178 millions In standard dollars. It is
worthy of consideration whether this
might not. from time to time, be convert
ed into dollars or fractional coin and
slowly -put into circulation, as in the
judgment of the secretary of the treasury
the necessities of the country should re
quire." Larger Rs venae Wouldn't Help.
Tae message m akes a long argument to
show that larger revenues would not
mend matters much. In our present pre
dicament no gold is received by the gov
ernment in payment of revenue charges,
nor would there be If the revenues were
Increased. The receipts of the treasury
when not in silver certificates, consist of
L nl.td Statea notea and treasury notes is
sued for silver purchases. Theae forma
of money are only useful to the govern
ment in paying Its current ordinary ex-
"Perhaps it is supposed that sufficient
revenue receipts would in a aentimental
wynprove the aituation by inspiring
confidence in our solvency and allaying
l.?.!6 i P?cun,-y exhaustion. And
yet through all our struggles to maintain
our gold reserve there never has been any
apprehensi- n as to "bur ready ability t
pay our wn with such money as we had
and the qu -ition whether or not our cur
rent receip met our current expenses has
not enteret into the estimate of our sol
vency. "During he fiscal year ending June 30,
1804, nearly $S5.oOO,0i6 in gold was wit li
drawn from the treasury, and about $17,
0UO.UO0 was sent abroad, while during the
fiscal year ending June :J0, lit5. over $117.
OOO.UoO was drawn out.of which about $t!ti;
000,000 was shipped, leaving the large bal
ance of such withdrawals to be accounted
for by domestic hoarding.
"Inasmuch as the withdrawal of our gold
has resulted largely from fright." there is
nothing apparent that will prevail t its
continuance or recurrence with its natur
al consequences, except such a chauge in
our financial methods aa will reassure the
frightened nd make the desire for gold
less intense. It is not clear how an in
crease in revenue, unless it be iu gold, can
satisfy those whose only anxiety is to gain
gold from the government store."
ArcnM Against Free SI!er.
The final portion of the message is de
voted to a consideration of free silver.
The nresident savs: "Those who believe
that our independent free coinage of silver
at an artificial ratio with gold of 10 to 1
would restore the parity between the
metals aud consequently between the
coins, oppose an unsupported and improb
able theory to the general belief aud
firactice of other nations and to the teach -ng
of the wisest statesmen and econo
mists of the world, b th in tbe pant aud
present, and what is far more conclusive.
they run counter to our own actual ex
periences, i wice in our earlier history
our lawmakers, in attempting to establish
a bimetallic curreucy. undertook free
coinage npon a ratio which accidentally
varied from the actual relative values of
the two metals not more than 3 per cent.
In both cases, notwithstanding the coins
whose intrinsic worth was undervalued.
gradually but surely disappeared from
our circulation and went to the countries
where thetr value was better recognized.
Acts oi congress were ininotent to create
equality where natural causes decreed
even a slight ditlerence. e have sig
nally failed to raise by legislation the
value of silver.
"In the light of these experiences.
which accord with the exneriences of
other nations, there is certainly no secure
ground for the belief that an act of c n-
fress could now bridge an inequality of
J per cent !etween gold and silver at our
present ratio, nor is there the least possi
bility that our country, which has le-s
than one-seventh of the silver money of
the world, could by its action alone raise
not only our own, but all silver to its lost
ratio with gold. Our attemnt to accom
plish this by the free coinage of silver at
a ratio differing widely from actual rela
tive views would be the sitrnal for tne
complete departure of gold from our cir
culation, the immediate and large con
traction of our circulating medium and a
shrinkage in the real value and monetary
elliciency of all other forms of currency
as they settled to the level monometall
ism. Everyone who received a fixed sal
ary and every worker for wages would
Una the dollar in his hand ruthlessly
pealed down to the point of bitter disap
pointment if not pinching privation.
Would Rnin Our Credit.
"A change in our standard to silver
Jionometallism would also bring on a col
lapse of the entire system of credit.which,
when based on a standard which is recog
nized and adopted by the world of busi
ness, is many timea more potent and use
ful than the entire volume of currency
and is safely capable of almost indefinite
expansion to meet the growth of trade
and enterprise.
"In conclusion I especially entreat the
people's representatives in congress, who
are ehared with the responsibility of in
augurating measures for the safety and
prosperity of our common country, to
promptly and effectively consider the ills
of our critical financial plight. I have
suggested n remedy which my judgment
approves. I desire, however, to assure the
congress that I am prepared to co-operate
with them in perfecting any other meas
ure promising thorough and practical re
lief, and that I will gladly labor with
them in every patriotic endeavor to fur
ther the interests and guard the welfare
of our countrymen, whom in our respec
tive places of duty we have undertaken to
serve." Gkoveb Cleveland.
ENGLAND TAKES ISSUE.
She Refuses to Recognize the
DItoi-cc
Liwi of Oklahoma.
Wichita, Kan., Deo. 4. Her majes
ty's empire has taken issue with Okla
homa over the divorce laws of the lat
ter territory. Recently Peter Neilson,
a wealthy Englishman, came from
London to Oklahoma, and at the end of
90 days made application for a divorce
from his wife, Ldith Neilson.
The defendant consulted the legal de
partment of the English government on
the subject, with the result that her
majesty's government held that the
divorce laws of Oklahoma would not
be respected in the queen's dominion.
An elaborate opinion on the matter has
been forwarded to the judge of the
trial court in Oklahoma. As a great
many wealthy English people have se
cured divorces in Oklahoma, the posi
tion taken by the English government
is important to them.
Campaign Funds Missing.
Chicago, Deo. 4. Three-quarters of
a million dollars has been stolen from
the campaign funds of the Democratic
party raised for the years 1mi3, 1814
ana tne spring ox i'jo. ine cnarge it
made by M. C. McDonald and Aider
man John Powers. It ia sustained by
the newly elected chairman of the
county central committee, Thoma?
Gahan, in the statement that the funds
of the past two years have not been ac
counted for.
Kejoy Their Notoriety.
Rome, n. Y., Dec. 4. J. Watson
TT - la 1 T T a . v h.
imo.ro m, tier Den r-iato, rneodore tiiii
bard and Fred Bristol, who are charged
with wrecking the fast mail and pas
senger train on the Isew York Central
railway on Nov. ltf. have been held for
tne graua jury, wnne tbey were in
court, the boys chatted gaily with
friends and appeared to enjoy the
notoriety they have achieved.
Barbara Anb Indicted.
NEW YORK. Deo. 4. Rarhnra A n K
who confessed that she made false
charges of assault again.st Walter L. j.
Langerman. has been indicted by the
grana jury ior perjury. The indict
ment is based nnon thn tirmsnt . .4
Langerman and the minutes of the
court proceedings taken during the
trim.
Better Outlook For Miners.
Pittsburg), Dec. 4. Forecasts of the
joint conference of miners and opera'
tors to formulate a scale for 18!0 indi
oate that the miners will get an ad-
vnuue u oa cents. me conference u
now in session.
Uncla Tom Sent to an Infirmary.
Lexington. Ky Dec 4. Lewie
George Clark, the 84-year old mulatto
who was the original of Mrs. Stowe's
George Harris in"Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
has been sent to the iunrmary.
PIT H OF THE NEWS.
George Costello, the famous bar per
former, was killed at Cbattanoogo by
falling from a train aa it was leaving that
city.
Three attendants of the Farnburst asy
lum were held without ball by the coro
oer'a jury at Wilmington, Del., charged
with causing the death of Leon Pisa.
A divorce was granted at Savannah tc
Mrs. Janie Champion Garraany McAllis
ter, wife of Hey ward Hall McAllister, aon
f the late Ward McAllister.
The end of the New York housesmitha'
strike was aaaured by a conference be
tween President Cornell and tbe strikers.
Four persons were killed and two se
verely wounded as the outcome of a do
mestic quarrel in Bracken county, Ky.
Evidence of a deliberate trainwrecking
was discovered in connection with the
wreck of the New York and Philadelphia
express at Preble, X. Y.
The steamer Strathnevis, long overdue
has been given up aa lot at San Fran
cisco. An attempt was made to wreck a trol
ley car near MUltown, N. J., by stretching
?.. e?v.wire acrosJi th Tack and then
blockading tbe way.
rSr: BrViJ- Stevenson, pastor of the
Christ Methodist Episcopal church. West
Philadelphia. Pa., was stricken with par
alyaia. Aa the result of a feud of long stand inc
Jease Bruce was fatally shot and Will
Smith atopped a bullet with his forehead
flattening out the lead, near Chattanooga'
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NEW SUPREME JUDGE.
Judge Rufus Peckham Chosen
to Succeed Justice Jackson.
HILL SOT OPPOSED TO HIM.
He Is 1 here for Likely to Ite Qnickl
Conflimed by the Senate The New Ap- j
pointne Highly Ksteeuied by Supreme
Court Just ior s Ills C
Washington, Dec. 4. The president
has nominated Rufus W. Peckham of
New York to be associate justice of the
United Statea supreme court, to suc
ceed the late Howell K. Jackson of
Tennessee.
Rufus W. Peckham la a resident of
Albany and judge of the court of ap
peals of New York. Ilia name has
been mentioned frequently for the
office to which he haa been nominated.
It is believed his nomination will be
ectisfactory to Senator Hill, whose op
p wition was successful in preventing
the nomination of Messrs. Hornblower
and Wheeler Peckham the two New
Yorkers whose names were sent in by
President Cleveland for the supreme
court justiceship now held by Justice
White of Louisiana. Senator Hill on
several occasions haa spoken very high
ly of the new nominee. The nomina
tion will go first to the judiciary com
mittee, which always scrutinizes closely
the record of persons named for the au-
Ereme court bench, but in view of the
igh reputation of Jndge Peckham it is
believed confirmation will follow as
speedily as consistent with the impor
tance of the office.
Senators on both sides of the cham
ber express themselves as highly pleased
with the nomination of Judge Peck
ham of New York. Senator Hill is in
the west, and Senator Murphy 6aid
there could be no doubt of speedy con
firmation. He did not believe that
Senator Hill would make any opposi
tion. The judges of the United States
supreme court are understood to have
expressed satisfaction- with the selec
tion. Jndge Peckham is known to the
members of the court through his de
cisions and is highly esteemed in that
quarter. He appeared before the court
on several occasions before his eleva
tion to the New York judiciary, and
although then a comparativelv young
man, he is still remembered" for his
thorough and effective manner of pre
senting his cases.
Senator Pugh. chairman of the com
mittee on judiciary, will call a meet
ing of the committee for next Monday
for the purpose of considering Judge
Peckham's nomination.
Judge Rufus W. Peckham waa born
in Albany in 1837. His father, Rufna
W. Peckham of Albany, was a judge of
the court of appeals and he is h brother
of Wheeler H. Peckham of New York
city. Judge Peckham ia a member of
the appellat court of New York state,
and before his elevation to that posi
tion in November, lb80, was active in
Albany politics, being at one time the
leader of the Democratic party in that
city. He Is a warm personal friend of
President Cleveland.
A Ilrief House Session.
Washington. Dec 4 The session
of the house was very brief and was
consumed entirely by the reading of
the president's message. It waa lis
tened toj with fair attention, but the
features of the document received
neither approval or disapproval from
the members until the conclufion' of
the reading, when several Democrats
created a alight demonstration. When
it was finished the house immediately
adjourned until Friday.
Too Vigorous Aralnst Socialists.
Berlin. Dec. 4. The report that
Baron Von Koeller, the Prussian min
ister of the interior, had been dismissed
on account of the recent strong meas
ures he has instituted against the so
cialists, ordering the closing of their
ilubs and the searching of their resi
dences, is confirmed,
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Reputable Man Rays Tie Knows Whs Mur
dered the I'reacher's Wife.
Danville, Ind., Dec. 4. There have
been sensational developments in the
case of Rev. William Hinshaw. who
was recently convicted of the murder
of his wife and is now serving a life
sentence in prison. Hinshaw stoutly
protested his innocence and maintained
that his wife was killed by robbers
who came to their house and left in a
buggy. At the trial the evidence failed
to bear Hinshaw out and the jury
quickly returned a verdict of guilty.
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of Hinshaw, and states that on the
night of the murder, while out hunt
ing his horses, he saw two men drive
toward the Hinshaw home; later he
heard pisto. shots and cries for help.
He was frightened and returned home
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claims to know who killed Mrs. Hin
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says, would be in danger. Asher has
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ined by the grand jury. Asher is a
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t Billed His Sister's Slanderer.
Huntington, W. Va., Deo. 4. In
a
quarrel at .01 ate wan, arising from
an
accusation by Henry Free land that
James Butcher had made disreputable
remarks about Freeland's sister. Butch
er was killed by a hatchet thrown by
Freeland. The slayer was arrested.
20,000 In Bonds Mlssn;.
Hudson. N. Y.. Dec. 4. The discov
ery has been mads that t20,000 of the
town bonds of Gallatin. Columbia
county, were stolen in May last when
the general merchandise store of E. J.
Brantt, a former supervisor, waa bur
glarized and the safe blown open.
Killed by His Brother-In.Law.
Chicago, Dec. 4. James Lewis has
been killed while attempting to defend
his sister from the abuse of her hus
band, Andrew Uazzalo.
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