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A Charge Tliat He Is Incit
ing TTliat Promises
to Be a Ee'al
EUI TUBE WITMJHEE.
Blaine Can Scarcely Credit
the Minister's Dispatches,
TVhich Are
IX A BELHGBBENTTOlSEa,
The United States Accused -by-the J
Southern Republic of Mat
ins Formal Threats.
HEPARATION DEMANDS IGNORED.
EarrL-on Calls the Maine Man anaSecre7J
taryTracy to the White House to
Adopt a Plan of Action,
A GEMJI2CE ULTIMATUJItNOWPKOBABLE.
Tie 5arj It Etctirm? Attention, .nl Efforts AreJ
Being Made to Get lt-Into Condition for
Any PessiMs "trouble.
CFRIOrS FTATCEES QT THE-MCDDtEDlTini
rmoK A statt cobxxsfoxszxt.i
"Washingtoit, Oct 29. The communi
cation received to-day at the State Depart
ment from Minister Egan, in regard to the
feeling of the temporary Government of
Chile touching the saloon and street not in
which seamen of the Baltimore suffered, is
all the gossip to-night, and as usual the un
thinking are ready to predict war.
It may be said at the .outset that the
State Department does not place implicit
faith in the coloring given by Egan to the
opinion ascribed to the officials of the Junta.
It is on its face an Eganism, intended, as
nearly all of his acts have been, to encour
age misunderstanding between this country
and Chile.
State Officials Afraid of Egan.
"While the officials of the State Derail
ment refuse to talk for 'publication, they
prhateiy admit that Egan's use of the En
glish language is usually faulty and that he
probably does not fully understand the im
port of his words when he says that the
Minister of the Junta asserts that this Gov
ernment has formulated demands and ad
vanced threats.
Xo intelligent or sane man could say that
any demands have been formulated or
threats advanced by this Government, and
that is the reason why Egan's statement of
the matter is doubted. At any rate, this
iew of the affair does not come in direct of
ficial language from the Chilean Govern
ment, and it is argued by some that no no
tice should be taken of it until official in
vestigation is ended and a formal statement
made of the conclusions of the Chilean Gov
ernment. TUc Minister Breeding Trouble
The important feature of the whole mat
ter, as it seems to be diagnosed by the
official circle in this capital, is that it is
tieinonstratcd more plainly than ever that
Egan's mission is to breed trouble and mis
understanding between the United States
and Chile, and that he should be recalled at
once, even though to accomplish that end
it be necessary to pretend to a cessation of
diplomatic intercourse.
The correspondent of The Dispatch is
able to mv, from tile bfst of information,
that the President and Secretary Blaine
iook-nith grave doubts upon the continu
ance of Egan in 'his present position, but
that the President, grown abnormally timid
in the presence of important State elections,
hesitates and refuses to take any step that
might be made use of by the opposition
with some cllect ou the eve of those elec
tions. Why Two Officials Are Retained.
The entire official circle here view with
wonder the continuance in office of two per
sons especially, and they are Minister Egan
and Commissioner of Pensions Itaum, and it
cannot be explained why they are retained
except upon the theory of timidity caused
by the near approach of the elections.
The officials of the Junta now in this city
point to the cable dispatch from Egan as an
illustration of all they have been asserting
in regard to his course, and they predict
at if he ifc not speedily silenced he will
ir. live the two countries in a difficulty
that may not be adjusted in long years.
They say, as they have said all along, that
tWeraof good feeling cannot be initiated
x hile Egan remains the representative of
thi country in Chile, and their great fear is
that some act of his will so enrage the ex
citable populace that they will attack the
United States legation and thus precipitate
an international imbroglio that will be ex-
trc n iy difficult to adjust. ,
The Chilean Envoy's Protest.
Don Pedro Montt, really the Chilean
Minister here, feels assured that the Gov
ernment of the United States will take no
official notice of the construction put by
Minister Egan on the informal and possibly
ierv much distorted reply of the Chilean
Government to the note of this Government
in regard to the affair of the Baltimore, and
yet believes that, in spite of the conspiracy
of-rtain Americans, Egan included, to
mate trouble in the interests of the faction
opposed to the Junta, the difficulty will be
settled without even a breac in diplomatic
relations.
OTJB PACIFIC NAVAL STRENGTH.
Extra Activity Noticeable In theJNavy Tard
at Vallejo, Cal.
Vallejo, Cal., Oct 29. There seems
EI H WAS
to be considerable extra activity about ves
sels at the 2Tavy Yard. Naval officers aro
forbidden to give information regarding
the movements of vessels. A telegram
came to-day asking for an estimate of the
cost of preparing the Mohician for sea duty
within two weeks. It is , expected
that a large force of men will bo immedi
ately set to work uponher. The monitor
Conimanche, though designed for harbor de
fense, can put to sea in a few days. The
Monadanock will not be in condition for
six months yet. Few vessels here are avail
able. All are up 2"orth, at Honolulu or in
Chinese waters.
EGAN'S CIPHER DISPATCH.
11K
GIVES THE ANSWER OF
CHILEAN GOVERNMENT.
THE
The Junta Refuses to Accede to "What Aro
Styled the Demands and Threats of the
United States Waiting for the Regular
Judicial Decision.
"WASHlNGTOX.Oct. 29. Asioeiated Prcst.
It was nearly noon before Egan's cable
pram was translated and laid before the
President. An hour afterward messengers
were dispatched to Secretary Blaine and
Secretary Tracy requesting their presence
at the White House. The Secretaries
promptly responded to the President's sum
mons, Secretary Blaine coming over from
his house and Secretary Tracy from the
2avy Department
Up to this time it had been understood
that .Minister Egan's cablegram was to be
,'made public at an early hour, but as the
consultation ran along it was apparent that
some cause for delay had arisen. Secretary
Tracy, after an hour at the 'White House,
returned to the .Navy Department, but had
not bees there long before he was recalled.
Wild Speculation Rampant.'" ""'"
Naturally these movements gave rise to
all kinds of more or less wild speculation as
to the nature of Mr. Egan's dispatch and the
intention of the Government "When Sec
retary Tracy again emerged from the "White
House he refused to make any statement
whatever respecting the Chilean correspond
ence, on the ground that the Department of
State had the matter in charge. Secretary
Blaine appeared to be in good spirits when
he came out of the White House and stepped
into his carriage to go home. He had noth
ing to say about Mr. Egan's message, but
intimated that when the proper time had
elapsed the public would be informed of the
facts.. Soon after 6 o'clock to-night an offi
cial statement of the contents of Minister
Egan's dispatch was made public. It read
as follows:
The Department of State received this
morning a telegram from Minister Egan.
dated Santiago, October 23, in which he
gives the following as the reply or the Chil
ean Government to the President's tele
gram of October S3, asking reparation for
the recent murder of American sailors In
the streets of Valparaiso: "The minister ot
Foreign Affairs replies tbxi the Govern
ment of the United States
Formulates Demands and Advances Threats
that, without being cast back with acrimony,
are not acceptable, nor could they be ac
cepted in the present case, or in any other of
like nature. He does not doubt theslncerlty'
rectitude or expertness of Investigation on
board the Baltimore, but will recognize only
the Jurisdiction and authority of
his own country to Jndge and
punish the guilty in Chilean territory. He
says the administrative and judicialauthori-
ttes have beeri Investigating the affair: also,
that a Judicial investigation under the
Chilean law is secret, and the time is not yet
arrived to make known the result; when
that time does arrive, he will communicate
the result, although he does not recognize
any other authority competent to judge
criminal cases than that established by the
Chilean people. Until the time arrives to
disclose the result of investigation he can
not admit that the disorders in Valparaiso
or tbe silence of his department should ap
pear as an expression of unfriendliness
toward the Government of the United States
which might put in peril the friendly re
lations between the two countries.
Up to the hour when the above state
ment was made public, no reply had been
made to it. "What will be the nature of
Secretary Blaine's reply is altogether a
matter of conjecture. The most plausible
theory advanced is that the suggestions
couiteously and diplomatically conveyed
in Acting Secretary "Wharton's dispatch,
that this Government had no doubt in
ve tigation would be made and reparation
afforded, will now be renewed in the shape
of a stern and formal demand for some im
mediate assurance of proper action on the
part of the Junta, and if this is not forth
coming, Minister Egan will take passage on
the Baltimore lor the United States, thus
severing diplomatic relations between the
United States and Chile.
THE NAVY IN GOOD SHAPE.
NO
ORDERS ISSUED TO PREPARE
FLEET FOR SAILING.
"Work on the New Cruisers Advancing
Rapidly The Big Monitor Approaching
Completion Coaling at Sea a Drawback
in Case of War.
NEW York, Oct. 29. Special No
orders have been received at the navy
yard in Brooklyn to indicate that the Gov
ernment is prepared to send a fleet to Chile.
Work on the several cruisers at the yard is
advaaciug more rapidly perhaps than is
usual, but possibly it is because in the ordi
nary course of events there is more work
than usual to be done.
The Philadelphia, the Bennington, the
Concord, the Chicago, the Miautonomoh and
the Petrel are "undergoing repairs. The
latter was ordered yesterday to sail for
China by way of the Suez Canal The At
lanta is being restored to good condition
after the rough treatment she received off
Asseatcague Island, shortly after the loss
of the Despatch. She is under orders to be
ready t o sail in 20 days. The Petrel will be
in condition to put to sea on Saturday. All
the other cruisers could be made ready for
service in two weeks, at longest-
The monitor Miantonomoh, the only bat
tle ship of the navy, is rapidly assuming
the appearance of a fully-equipped fighter.
As soon as she is painted and polished she
will be a formidable thing to look upon. If
necessary the Miantonomoh could reach the
scene of the trouble in about 50 days, but
she would not be Bent unless war was de
clared. Two Boats on the Way to Chile.
The Boston and the Yorktown are now on
their way to Chile. The latter arrived at
Bahia yesterday. Both will stop for coal at
Bahia, Santa Lucia and Sandy Point At
these places orders could be cabled for the
cruisers to hasten to their destination, or to
cut off the two new Chilean vessels now on
their way from Toulon to Valparaiso. The
Newark is preparing for sea at the Charles
ton navy yard, and will be ready in about
eight days.
The crews of such vessels as could soon be
in Chilean waters would number altogether
nearly 4,000 men. Marines could be brought
together at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, or
any other convenient spot, from Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington and Norfolk.
There are 200 already here. The whole
PITTSBURG, PEJDAY, OCTOBER 30, 891
force could be ready to start, if ordered, in
two days.
If it were desired that a land force should
co-operate with'the navv, troops could be
carried by a Pacific Mail steamer or any
other steamer taken as n transport, and
could reach Colon in eight days. In another
day the forte could cross the Isthmus of
Panama, and then go by .another transport
to Valparaiso in about 10 days more. In
short, the United 8tates could in a brief
time assemble a land and a sea force against
Chile
Hard to Keep a Supply of Coat
The most serious disadvantage to which
our ships would be subjected in case of war
with Chile wculd be the impossibility of
purchasing coaL If the United States
should declare war all coal would have to
be carried to our ships from this country or
seized from the enemy. No. neutral nation
might sell coal to our vessels, as it is one of
the most important of the contrabands of
war. A. fleet of colliers sent to South
America, moreover, for the use of our
cruisers would have to be conveyed bv sev
eral men-of-war to protect it from the at
tack of such a ship as the Esmeralda, which
could make short work of sinking a fleet of
defenseless coal carriers.
The city of "Valparaiso, where the United
States sailors were attacked, is one of the
strongest cities of South America in natural
and artificial coast defenses. The harbor is
semi-circular, the open side facing the
north. High bluffs surround the bay on
all sides, and on these bluffs are several
strong-forts.
DETAILS OF A MASSACRE.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE HORRORS
OF CHILEAN WAR. ''TJJ?
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The Horrible Butchery Indulged in by
Balmaceda' Soldiers AnJeirber2t
Slaughter of .Defenseless Offenders
, AcmeTorinred to Death.
New Yoke, Oct 29. In a letter re
ceived yesterday from. Chile full details are
given of the massacre at Los Canas, near
Santiago, in August last, of a number of
young men belonging to some of the leading
families of that city. A summary of the
tragedy was cabled immediately after its
occurrence and was among the Important
exclusiv accounts of the sensational events
in Chile which have appeared in these
columns.
A few days before August 18 about ISO
yonng Chileans, residing at Santiago, agreed
to form themselves into a body to assist the
Congressional army as soon as it should ar
rive in front of Valparaiso. On August 17
nearly all of their number met on the Los
Canas estate, situated some 10 or 12 miles
from Santiago and belonging to Senor Don
Carlos Walker Martinez. '
A Traitor .Reveals Their Plot
Their object was to fail upon the capital
and stir up the peopVs to take it in case the
Dictator withdrew his troops to act against
the Congressional army. Unfortunately for
these youthj then was among them a
wretched traitor who betrayed them to Bal
maceda. In possession of the information
supplied by the wretch in question, the Dic
tator took steps to wreak vengeance on the
young men who had assembled on this es
tate and who considered themselves to be so
secure that even the most ordinary precau
tions of safety were considered unnecessary.
At 2 p. si. on August 18 a lorce consisting
of 75 cavalry and 75 infantry, the latter being
mounted behind the former, left Santiago
quietly for Los Canaa.
At daybreak the houses and buildings on
the estate were surrounded, and the band of
youths were rudely awakened by the dis
charge of rifles and carbines. The truth im
mediately flashed ou them that they had
been betrayed and that theV were sur
rounded by a band ot relentless soldiery.
There was "nothing to do but to endeavor to
escape by running -a gauntlet of fire from all
sides.
Details of the Massacre.
The first, to leave was Don Arturo TTn-
l duraja Vecuna, accompanied by 12 or more
cuiiipuuiuus, auu. uxeir uvea were saved
through the instrumentality of a roll of
notes offered to and accepted by the soldiers
against whom they had the good fortune
to run. Others' of their companions were,
less fortunate. As they rushed out of the
buildings they, too, found themselves con
fronted by the soldiery, and a voice rang
clear out above the din to give them no
quarter. The order was given by an aide
ot General Barbosa, named Alejo San Mar
tin. At the first discharge six or eight
fell; the remainder attempted to cut their
way out Fifteen or more were then shot
dead and 10 or 12 were made prisoners.
The wounded were bayonetted and sabred
to death and their bodies mutilated and
burned.
A few hours later the prisoners were
marched off in the direction of Santiago,
but when about half way to the capital
orders were received from Balmaceda and
Barbosa to take them back to Los Canas.
This was done, and on the way there were
sujected not only to all kinds of idignities,
but to brutalities.
Some Were Tortured to Death.
On reaching the estate the manager, Don
Wenceslao Aranguiz Eontecilla, was sub
jected to unspeakable horrors. He was
bound to a tree, beaten and cut with sabers
and swords to compel him to disclose the
hiding place of Don Carlos Walker Mar
tinet As he asserted he was unaware of
the hiding place of his employer, first one
leg was broken, then the other. Paraffin o
was then thrown over him and then set fire
to, but the quantity was limited to prqlong
his agony, which lasted nearly an hour. In
the midst of his sufferings 'he appealed to
his tormentors to put him out bf his agony,
but they only reviled him.
The bodies of the remainder of the victims
weresubjectdd to unheardof atrocities. Some
were cut in two in the middle and suspended
by cords from trees. The bodies were then
collected in heaps and burned. They had
been stripped of everything of any value.
The following ore the names of some of the
victims: Ignazio Euenzalida Castro, Manuel
Campino, Isaias Carracho, Luis Zorillia,
Ramon Luis Ivarrazaral, Ignacio Valen
zuela, Ismail Zamudio Flores and Wen
ceslao Aranguiz. The following officers are
supposed to have taken part in this infain
oijp crime: Colonel Ramon Vidaurre and
Lieutenant Colonels Emilio Aris, Edu&rdo
Infante and Julio Sepulsida.
SEH0B VICUNA BEIICENT.
Ho Has Too Much 'at Make to Freely Dis
cuss Chilean Affairs.
Kew Yoek, Oct. 29. Among the guests
of the Victoria Hotel is a tall, distinguished
looking man, with iron gray -hair and mus
tache, a broad, high forehead, and of most
courteous manner. .He is Senor DonClaudio
Vicuna, who, three months ago, was the
President elect of Chile, the ohoice of Bal
maceda as his successor. Now he is an exile,
his home has been destroyed by fire and his
property has been confiscated by the victori
ous Junta. " .
Vicuna was seen by a reporter, bu$ said
that if he did talk his words might be mis
construed or twisted so as to affect not only
his own family, but the other refugees not
yet delivered up by the Junta. On these
grounds he declined to discuss Balmaceda's
administration or his suicide or Minister
Egan's conduct It is his intention to re
main in New'York for a few days longer
and then sail for EuropeT , "What his future
movements will be he does not now know.
They will depend upon the turn of affairs in
Chile. He hopes, however, that as soon as
matters are settled he. will be permitted to
return to his native land unmolested.. Al
though Senor Vicuna bears his misfortune
with fortitude, it is easy to see that he is
the welfare of his
ENGLISH OPINION DIVIDED.
TOE LONDON- POST THINKS CniLE
HAS THE BEST OE IT.
According to the Telegraph, President Har
rison Is Fnlly Justified In His Course
The Chronicle Says, the Aflalr Is Not Im
port ant Enough.'0 Fight About.
Loudon, Oct 30. The iW, after re
marking that the naval inferiority of the
United States will make it difficult for her
to coerce Chile, expresses the hope that
both parties will modify their attitude be
fore proceeding to hostilities. The Foii then
enters into an elaborate argument quoting
from authorities on international law and giv
ingpracticalinstancesto prove the invalidity
of Minister Egan's views on the exterritor
iality of the United States Legation, and
concludes: "The whole question is so im
portant that the action of the United States
will be awaited with interest everywhere,
and, not without anxiety at the prospect ot
a confusing revolution of international cus
toms." The Telegraph says: "President Harrison
was perfectly justified in acting as he did.
Doubtless Minister Egan's appointment
has turned out to be the worst that couW
have been made. His action was a notori
ous violation of the obligations of neutral
ity. But there' is no reason in the world
why the Chileans should adopt a defiant
attitude. If they refused to make an in
vestigation and to punish the guilty per
sons, they were acting under the impulse of
insensate pride. It will be necessary for
the United States doubtless sorely against
her will to give them a salutary lesson."
The OhronicU thinks the affair" is hardly a
matter for war or even a mobiluinc of the
,United States navy. It says that -Chile
wjli, doubtless hnd it more prudent to
apologize, punish the assailants of the"
American sailors and pay a compensation
rather than to risk her ironclads in an
encounter with the United "States.
CHILE IfEYEB FORGIVES. -
What Ei-rnlted States Minister Osborne
Says of the Situation.
TOPEKA, KAK., Oct 29. Ex-Governor
Thomas A. Osborne, .Minister to Chile un
der President Hayes, is very guarded in his
remarks concerning the diplomatic relations
between this Government nd the Chileans.
'Ton may say," said he to a reporter, "that
I regard the strained relations aa very un
fortunate at this time. The Chileans are a
very sensitive people and tieasure malice.
If it should become necessary for the United
States Government to humiliate them it
would require a century to restore the ami
cable relations which existed prior to the
Balmaceda revolution.
"About the close of the Civil "War Chile
and Peru were in a difficulty and Spain
sent a fleet which bombarded' Valparaiso.
The cannon balls are yet' imbedded in the
Custom House and the Chilean Government
will not allow them "to be removed. The
youth of the country 11 know ije story and
the cannon balls servo as gfbonstant re
minder that their hatred tongu the Spanish
Government must not helfifuffered to de
crease." LYNCHED BY NEGROES.
THE FATE OF A MCRDKKEK AT THE
HANDS OF HIS FEIiOTCS.
He Had Confessed to Brutal Assassina
tion His Efforts to Conceal His Crime
Froved Unavailing p,etrayHl by a Half
Crematcd JBody, v
New OBLEAsrs,Oct 29. SpecUL Jack J
Parker, a negro section foreman on the East
Louisiana JBLailroad, was. taken from the
parish jail in Covington late last night
and hanged to 'a tree in the jail yard,
the lynching being done by ne
groes. Parker was in jail for the murder
of another colored man, Joe Hardy,
who worked on the railroad under him, and
had confessed to the crime. He and Hardy
had had a quarrel, he Suspected the latter of
trying tojjet his place, and when they met
on the railroad trestle, October 8, Parker
knocked Hardy over the head with a club,
knocking him off the trestle and killing
him.
In order to destroy all evidence of the
crime he tried to cremate the )body,covering
it with brushwood and pine and set fire to
the funeral pile. A few drops of blood,
however, betrayed him. Most of Hardy's
body had been reduced to ashes, but there
was enough left for his wife to identify the
remains. "Parker was arrested and locked
up in the parish jail, at first protesting his
innocence, but afterward confessing.
xne crime ne naa committed wrought tip
the popular feeling against him. andlvnch-
ing was freely discussed. The Bleriff
thought the situation sufficiently threaten
ing to take unusual precautions, and a
guard of four armed men were stationed
at the jail to protect it in case an
attack should be made. The talk of
lynching died away, but the guards
were kept on duty, and were at 'the jail
last night, when a mob of armed men came
upon them so suddenly that resistance was
impossible. The guards were overpowered
ana captured, and forced to surrender the
keys.
The mob entered the jail, broke into the
cell where Parker was confined, dragged
him to'an oak, and lynched him. It was
composed of negroes, and this being the first
successful lynching carried out by negroes
in Louisani Ihey acted so quietly that'peo
ple'inthe immediate vicinity of the jail
were not awakened.
GOING TO COLLEGE ON HIS HDSCLE.
A Good Football Flayer to Get His Educa
tion for Nothing.
Buffalo, Oct. 2ft. Special. Six
months ago Robert Acton came to Buffalo.
He had graduated from a school in Cork,
Ireland. He applied for a place as clerk in
several of the leading drygoods stores here,
but met with no success. He was at last
obliged to engage as a common dock laborer;
Here he has worked for the past five
months at $1 a day, stopping at a low
sailors' boarding house. Acton is a .bright
fellow, and his great strength won for him
the title of Hercules.
To-night he left Buffalo! for Yale College.
The circumstances of his going are interest
ing. Acton was a member,, of a football
team in England, and has won several
medals for good work in the field. The
students at Yale heard, that Acton was in
Buffalo, and proposed that he attend col
lege at their expense and play in their foot
"ball team. He accepted the terms, and a
draft for f300 was sent to him yesterday.
Mexico Preparing for the Fair.
Sax Antonio, Tex., Oct 29. Hon.
Thomas Byan, United States Minister to
Mexico, passed through here last night on
his way to Washington. He says that wprk
has begun in earnest to make Mexico's ex
hibit at the "World's Pair as complete as
possible. A bureau employing several
clerks has been organized for that purpose.
An Dntlre County In Flames.
Bkewsteb, Neb., Oct 29 A large por
tion of Blaine county has been swept by a
prairie fire, whichjs still burning fiercely.
The fire was started by a boy tramp and has
been burning for three days. Thousands of
acres of grass land have been swept over
and hundreds of tons of hav. therrouertv of
ranchcrs.have been consumed by the flames.
greatly worried about
wife and daughters.
- T WELVE PAGES,
TAKE A NEW TACK,
The Majority in the 3enate
Drops the Boyer Trial
in Summary Style.
A EADICAL MOTE IS MADE.
The Cases of the Philadelphia ITagis
' trates Are Argued
BEFORE AKY EVIDENCE IS TAKEN.
Senator Hall Protests Talnly igainBt the
Sodden Shift
JDDGE ORYIS TALES FOR TIIBEE HOURS
ITltOK A STA7T COBBESPONDIVT.1
Harbisbukg, Oct 29. The Republican
Senators could handily give the heathen
Chinee points on tricks and mysterious
movements. The Boyer case was summarily
and unceremoniously dropped to-day, and
the case of the Philadelphia magistrates, in
which no evidence has been taken, was
argued, and the arrangement to delay a ver
dict and at the same time keep the Attorney
General from reviewing the evidence
brought out in the Boyer case was perfect
ed. Of course there was no authority for
taking up the case of the magistrates. No
witnesses . were called against them or in
their behalf, but their attorney was required
to defend them, just to kill time.
The question of jurisdiction was the argu
ment in the Magistrates' cases. The Senate
refused to consider the question of juris
diction two weeks ago, but then its consid
eration diJ"B0t serve their purpose. After
Judge Orvis had reviewed at great length
the Constitution features of the Boyer
case, and had argued--,that the Senate was
without authority in theiBxfiUgation, and
it was argued that Attorney ShieM' should
proceed with the argument of the Magis
trates' cases, Senator Hall rose and oflerft
an objection.
.nail's Protest Against the Argument.
He said the cases had not yet been tried,
and protested against the argument. He
contended that the arrangement had been
made by the Bepublicans to keep Attorney
General Hengel from addressing the Senate
before the 'election, and demanded in all
fairness that Mr. Boyers case be finished
before the other cases be taken up.
The Senator called attention to tho in
consistency of the Bepublicans, and showed
that they had changed front six different
times since the investigation began. He
believed, he said, that the people could not
be hoodwinked by such cheap political
trickery, and while he was confident that
there was -no intention of addressing the
Governor in the case of either Boyer or
McCamant, he was also firm in the belief
that the public, or that portion, of the
people who have noted the evidence brought
out, were firmly convinced that both Boyer
and "McCamant are guilty of the charges
made against fiiem by .the Governor. He
referred to the refusal of the Bepublicans
to consider the question of jurisdiction two
weeks ago, and charged that the whole"
matter was a political farce comedy, in
which the leaders on the Republican side
were the star actors.
Jnd;e Orvis Speaks for Three Hours. .
Notwithstanding Senator Hall's protest
the Bover case was dropped for the dav
and the question of jurisdiction in the mag
istrates cases was argued. The same line
of argument as was used by Mr. Shapley
yesterday was followed by Attorney
Shields. Judge Orvis talked for nearly
three hours. He protested against the
authority of the Senate, and stated that the
Governor's action in calling together the
Senate iias undemocratic, and was in viola
tion of the principles of the Democratic
party. Referring to the question of juris
diction, Judge Orvis said:
The question raisod by the answers of
Ilenry K. Boyer. State Treasurer, ana
Thomas McCamant, Auditor General, raises
an issue as to the jurisdiction of this body
to inquiro into anu aoiermine tno matter or
their guilt pr innocence of various charges
and accusations which have been mnde
against them, of misbehavior or misde
meanor in their respective offices. To my
mind this question is the most serious and
important one that has ever come before
any tribunal in America since the Supreme
Court of the United States decided, in ex
parte Hilligan, that a citizen could not be
lawfully tried for alleged crimes by a mili
tary commission.
The Qnestion as the Jndge Sees It.
The question, stated somewhat dilferently
from the statement of it in the answers of
these officers, is this: Can a citizen of this
Commonwealth, who has been dnly and le
gally elected to an office oreated by the Con
stitution, who has been duly commissioned
according to the Constltntion, who has en
tered upon the discharge of the duties of
his office, be removed from that office as a
punishment for alleged misbehavior or mis
demeanor in office, without first being im
peached or indicted, tried and convicted of
such alleged misbehavior In office 1 The
very -statement or the proposition would
suggest an emphatic negative, it seems to
me, in tbe mind of every intelligent person
who has an understanding of the principles
of right and justice as applied to the admin
istration of criminal law; that it is contrary
to every principle of right and justice that
a man can be punished lawfully for an al
leged crime before he has been tried and
convicted of that crime.
The charges that have been made not
formally, by artioles of impeachment pre
sented by the House of Representatives; not
by an Indictment found by a grand Jury in a
criminal court, but imade In an informal
manner, in the message sent by His Excel
lency, the Governor, to this body, on the 13th
oi uctooer aro in every instance, as I un
derstand them, charges of misdemeanors or
misbehavior in office, eacbT and every one of
which would constitute an impeachable
offense and also an indictable offense; and if
theso officeis or either of them are guilty of
any of the accusations thus made against
them they aie liable to be impeached bvtue
House of Representatives, or to be indicted
in the criminal courts of Dauphin county,
and, if convicted, to be punished; apaitof
which punishment would bo a removal from
their office.
Considered a Monstrous "Proposal.
The proposition Is that the punishment
may bo inflicted without impeachment,
without trial, and Without conviction. The
proposition itself, to my mind, is so mon
strous that it ought to startle every intelli
gent citizen of this Commonwealth.
I will submit two simple, plain proposi
tions, and attempt to maintain them: First,
that no citizen of tbe Commonwealth who
has been elected to an office created by the
Constitution or statute, who has been duly
commissioned and has duly qualified and
entered upon the duties of the office can be
lawfully and properly removed from that
office as a punishment for misbehavior in
office, without first being eltber impeached
by the House of Representatives, tried and
convicted before the Senate sitting as a high
court of impeachment, or indicted in tbe
ordinary criminal courts and there tried
and convicted of such alleged misbehavior
in office. 'Secondly, that neither the Senate
of Pennsylvania, in executive session, nor
the Governor of this Commonwealth, nor
both the Senate and the Governor com
bined, are authorized, under the Constitu
tion and laws of Pennsylvania, to try and
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determine the guilt of any public offlcev.J'
crimes arid misdemeanors in office. JO"
EaohoronrContitutions since tne oneytt
1770, the one of 1780, tho one of 1833 andifi a
nrixpnt nun nf 1ST, have been verv casein. il.
and methodical in dlstribuing the pows
Government and keeping thera distinct, and
the grants of power contained tii these
various charters have been geneial. It la
only necessary to refer to onr present Con
stitution to see that. -
LegUlative Power of theBtate.
By section 1 of article 2 it 3s provided,
"The legislative power of is Common
wealth shall be vested in the General As
sembly, which shall consist Ofajenate and
a House of Representatives." f
There is a full grant of all the legislative
powet that exists In this Commonwealth,
and tbe legislature of Pennsylvania tlie
General Assembly of Pennsylvania, consist
ing of the Senate and House of Representa
tivesmay lawfully and rightfully exercise
any and all power tbatr Is legislative In its
nature and character, except such as is ex
pressly prohibited either in this Contltution
or in the Constitution of the United States,
which is the supreme law of the land. There
Is no pretense that legislative power has
been divided; that a part of it has been con
ferred upon the Legislature and a part upon
some other department of government or
some other officer or officers. The grant is
full and clear that the legislative power of
the Commonwealth shall be "vested in tho
General Assembly, it is vestea there, and
nowhere else.
In concluding Judee Orvis cited au
fct
thority after authority to prove his po-
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I sKin ana to susiainms case. .ma mgu-;
meitpas strictly in Harmony wnn inai oi
Mr. ShtHdeT' of the dayprevious, and when
he reached1 -that section of the Constitution
pon which tfn? Governor based his action,
Judge Orvis treated it as Shapley did. He
argued that it shoul¬ have been placed
in the Constitutionf tnt it was dangerous
and might be misused, btJjhe was unable to
change a word or to shift ffce meaning of
the section. i
A Speech From a Democrat!.
The distinguished lawyer droppett'J11'0
politics, and as a Democrat said;
I remember well tha condition of things in
this country 30 years ago and for many years
p afterwards, the excitement that ran not, tho
disposition more was to sec asiue tne provi
sions of the Constltntion and all the safe
guards of individual liberty. If a provision
such aa the one nnder which this dangerous
power is claimed here had existed in the
Constitution then, we can well imagine what
would have been the consequences. If a
time such as that should come again, and,
there should bo a Governor and two-thirds
of the Senate agreeing in politics,
there would not ,be lert in the
State pf. Pennsylvania an' elected
offlaer in any of thi 'office (hit ''they
could restb. IfhBre had been a Republican
Senate, to the ixtentol two-thirds, a Vid a Re-'
jmblicau uovernor during tne war, mere
would not have been a Democratic officer In
Berks, or Northampton, or Lehigh, or any
Democratic county left; every one of them
would have been removed on tbe charge of
disloyalty to the Government. It is a power
that Democrats dare not give or agree to
fiveto any branch of the Government; and
, as a Democrat, protest against any con
struction such as tbe one contended for
here as dangerons to the people of Pennsyl
vania and especially dangerous to members
of my party.
Herbert,
RIPE FOR REVOLUTION.
THE HAWAIIAN QDEEN'S SUBJECTS
TTKED OF HEK KEIGN.
They Are Anxious to Have a Republic With
President Getting Restive Under the
Control of British Consul and Mission
aries One Step Taken.
Washington, Oct 29. Special.
Celso .Casar Mareno, the representative of
the National party in Hawaii, to-day re
ceived the following letter from Honolulu,
dated October 16, and written by one of the
leaders of the party:
"The missionary, Mott Smith, leaves by
to-day's steamer for "Washington, and prob
ably goes also to London, with a political
mission entrusted to him by the missiona
ries and also by Queen Liliuokolani. The,
aim of his mission is to request the United
States Government to keep continually a
man-of-war in the harbor of Honolulu, and
to land the marines in case of a revolution,
to protect the missionaries who are no
longer American citizens, but Hawaiian
citizens. The Queen is under the absolute
control of British Consul General "Wood
house and the missionaries, which thing
makes her very unpopular with the natives
and with the American residents.
"The people are looking for a new ruler, a
President for the Hawaiian republic. The
newspapers are full of republican ideas, and
all have opened their eyes since the British
intrigues and arrogance began. The gov
ernment of the Queen is very weak, and can
be upset at any time. The Ministers are
very poor men, and the principal adviser of
the Queen and of her Ministers is a big and
ignorant blacksmith. But the time is near
for the downfall of all of them.
"Dear friend, Moreno, I hope that you
have seen Secretary Blaine andf President
Harrison on behalf of our party, which is
bound to win, as the Congressional party
did win in Chile. Keep us posted."
TABLE OP CONTENTS.
Page.
The Rapture "With Chile ., 1
Sensational Turn of the Senate , 1
Quay Brings Suit for Libel 1
A Big Railroad Scheme 3
Pawnbroker Stern in Trouble v. S
Tin Plate for China .v. 2
The Covenanter Heresy Case. ...:... 3
Classified Advertisements 3
Editorial Articles and Comment 4
Society and Mail Pouch .... A
Trouble at Samoa B
Deaths Hera and Elsewhere. 5
Industrial Intelligence 6
A Plan for Cheap Gas 6
Wild Times In Ireland .- 7
Work of the Closing Campaign ... 7
A Mississippi Steamboat Horror. .. T
Union Seminary Stands by Briggs.. ........ 7
Sporting, State News and Weather... ..... 8
More Reciprocity Treaties Wanted 9
A Bridegroom 124 Years Old O
Tidings From Australia 0
Hotel Arrivals and Personals 9
The Theater in Texas 10
Among the Oil Wells ...10
New Fields for Labor 10
Condition or the Metal Trade .'..11
Financial and Commercial Markets 11
Court Proceedings 13
Beautiful Women of To-Day 12
An Important Tariff Decision ,....13
THREE CENTS
QUAY ENTERS SUIT
Eor Criminal Libel Because of
Comments on the Bards
ley Dne Bill.
(WLY'IWO OTOBMATIONS,
AndBoth Against the Same Partiesf
fcut Others Are Promised.
;CHAIBHAN KERR IS UN'THE LIST,
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Another. Interesting- InterrieTr-With-tha
jf Now loquacious Senator;
NBTEE GiTES-OUTHIS EXPLAffATIOIf
.statement in The Dispatch that
V was now the political storm-cen.
b'
d '4, State was more than verified yes-
UVf fter the lengthy conference at
thiAVjnth Avenue Hotel leader David
Mattfn returned to Philadelphia, but Sena
tor Quay remained in the city. About noon
yesterday it was announced that he had de
cided vto bring suit for criminal and civil
libel against Chairman Kerr, of the Demo
cratic State Committee, and those news
papers whose comments upon the Keystone
Bank due bill were not satisfactory to the
Beaver statesman. The following-telegram
was then sent out:
PrrrsBUSG, October 29, 159L
LonlsA. Watres, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia:
Please have tbe County Chairman In the
different counties procure two copies of
each paper In their respective counties that
published the lithographed copy of tbe
Eardsley certificate, and carefully preserve
them for future use. M. S. Quat.
The Senator, retained Thomas M. Mar
shal, Esq., Maj. K. A. Montooth and ex
District Attorney Eobb to prosecute the.
libel cases. He was in consultation with
his attorneys all the morning and apportion
of the afternoon.
Instituting Criminal Actions.
Criminal proceedings aimed at the Pitts
burg Tost were formally commenced last
evening, and the three attorneys named
above are authorized to enter an additional
civil suit for $100,000 damages in the local
courts to-day. The criminal informations
were made before Alderman McMasters, of
Grant street, the attorneys having drafted
the form and inserted the alleged libelous
statements at Mr. fiobb's office early, in the
afternoon. Two informations were made,
oilaor the statements made in an editorial
"Wednesday morning, and the other for
languageesed editorially yesterday.
After draftiBo" the "information type--writtea
copies ere made by the attorneys
and they were plated" ia tie hands of the
Alderman, who w&5 Senator Quay's
room at the Seventh Ayenne Hotel. Mr.
Qnav was alone when the Alderman ente
The -fint Information, a snKSlitted fori
inspection, and afterward wOriS?t?i
, , ... ..
Senator, was as follows:
. Full Text of the Information?-
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "
vs.
!Post Printing and Publishing Com-1
pany, Albert J. Rarr, James Mills j
and inch other nersons as mav
hereafter be added thereto. J
County of Allegheny, ss.:
Before me, an Alderman in and for tha
city of Pittsburg, in tbe county aforesaid,
personally came Matthew S. Quay, who upon
oath duly administered according to law
deposes and says that the above-named de
fendants, with the others who may here
after be brought in, did on the S3th day of
October, 1891, willfully, falsely and malic
iously print, publish and circulate of and
concerning affiant the following in the col
umns of the Pittsburg Port, a newspaper
printed and published in the city and
county aforesaid:
"ABABPSLrT-QtXATDrviPE. The important
disclosures this morning that Senator M. S.
Qnay, who has Just taken command of the
Gregg-Morrison campaign in Philadelphia,
was in the Bardsley steal will surprise no
one. Prom tho outset the general belief in
all parties has been that the sly,
secretive, money-grabbing Qnay was
"in it," and exposure was only a
matter of time. Exposure has come.
Governor Fattison, in his message, on the
basis of the report of experts, states that .
Bardsley made not les3 than $300,000 in inter
est, dividends and bribes, apart from his
salary and fees and what he stole. Bards
ley's payment of $8,877 to Quay, through the
Keystone Bank, has therefore a very modest
recognition. Possibly there are other undis
covered drafts. For that information the
people will have to wait until after election,
when the Senate may conclude to take up
the McCamant case, unless it is too black for
whitewashing."
Affiant further says that the charges mads
against him are false, malicious anu with
out any reasonable ground for belief.
Affiant never had any business relations
either directly or indirectly with John
Bardsley, either as treasurer of the city of
Philadelphia or as an individual; and the
whole charge is false in o very particular.
M. S. Quay.
Sworn to and subscribed, 29th day of Octo
ber, 1831. Jas. V. JIcMastirs,
Alderman.
One Alteration Was Made.
Near the close of this information, as
prepared by the attorneys, was the follow
ing sentence: "And no knowledge of the
said Bardsley as a man or officer." Befora
the Senator swore to the correctness of the
document, however, he directed the Alder
man to strike out these words, and the in
formation on file ha3 a line drawn through,
them. The second affidavit was identical
with the above, with the exception of the
editorial extracts, which were from a paper
of another date.
The Alderman returned to his office im
mediately after he had secured the Sena
torial signature, under oath, to each of t he
informations, and placed warrants for the
arrest of the defendants in the hands' of
Detective Heiner. Mr. Heiner notified
them by telephone of the suits. At 3
o'clock last night Mr. Albert J. Barrcalled
at the Alderman's office accompanied by
several friends, and entered $2,000 bail for
his appearance at the hearing between 1 and
2 o'clock, to-morrow afternoon. Edwin Z.
Smith, Esq., furnished the bail bond. Mr.
Mills is expected to appear and furnish
bail at 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Barr
was seen by a reporter, but declined to
make any personal statement concerning
the actions instituted or contemplated.
No Longer a Silent Statesman.
The Senator was found by a DISPATCH
reporter at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yes
terday afternoon sleeping as peacefully as
if the step that had excited the politicians
was one of his everyday political moves.
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