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HOVSB VOTE*. 103 TO 91. TO COX31DEB THE OUfATJSD JfESOXLTJO.Y.

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Olxsstc-** Batelatlca for aa Inqatry Eato South-erm IMsfrancalsemeat Taken Cp After a Fight. Flaally Btfarea to the Comntlt-t H OB the Censes—General Discussion ct t i » Two BeapporUaamaat Me-raree.

w-a-uaTOv. -eu. *.—l_e Olttatw. retefo-ttoo loo'_lng to a reduction ot the Congres­sional representation ol tboM States wh'ch hivo restricted tbe right of suffrage for otber causes than for participation In rebellion or as a punishment for crime. In violation of tbe

' Fourteenth Amendment, was finally jreferred t 8 the Committee • •-> Census to-day. without action. Its consideration « M ordered by * yes and nay vote, and after the debate allowed under an order for the previous Question. Its .author, without asking a vote, moved its leferenoo to the Committee on Census, and it was disposed of.

Debate was then at one* b»fun en the «tn-. ersl question of apportionment, Mr. Hopkins

(Rep.. IU.K chairman of the Committee* on Census, making a two-hour speech in favor of his committee bill, providing for a contln-uance of the present membership of the Bouse - » 7 . Mr. Shafrotb (Oliver. Col.) briefly opposed it. advocating the passage, of the Burleigh bill making the membership 188. No agreement was made to limit debate and the Indications are that It will run until Tues­day or Wednesday of next week.

At the opening ot the ses-lon Mr. Underwood (Dem. Ala.) tried to adjourn the ilou-e on the v ground of no % Quorum, but felled. Answering' a question by Mr. Underwood. Speaker pro tern.. Dalzell stated that the pending: business was a vote by jreaa and nays on the question ot considering the resolution offered yesterday by the gentleman from PennsylTanla (Mr. Olmsted).

By a vote ot 103 to 91 the House decided to consider the resolution, and then Mr. Olmsted* demanded the previous question on the resolution to its final passage.

Mr. Richardson moved to refer the reso­lution to the Committee on Census and Mr. Underwood (Dem.. Ala.) to postpone It in-definitely. Both ot these motions were ruled out of order by the Speaker pro tern. On a rising vote the demand for the previous question was refused-** to 73. Then Mr. Olmsted asked and seoured a vote by yeas and nays. Mr. Richardson again ineffec­tually endeavored to delay action by moving: to lay the resolution on the table, the motion being declared out of order.

The vote upon ordering the previous ques-3 rioa was so cius;—SC-3 ti> S3—that wh«>n tho

Clerk save .the retail to the Speaker pro tern., Mr. Dalzell. he ordered a recapitulation. This

a having been made. Mr. Pearson (Rep.. N. C) . j-iV saying that he had reasoato believe that when

the question of apportionment was under consideration an opportunity would be given "for debate, changed his vote from no to aye.

Mr. Allen (Rep.. Me.) called attention to the fact that he had voted aye. but had not been

'recorded. The result w a s then announced —yeas. 103; nays. OS: so the previous question was ordered..

The resolution. Mr.* Olmsted said, was prepared by him without consultation with any one. with no* Idea of opposition to any one. nor was it directed against any partic­ular State. His whole and sole deeiie had

'Olfeen to provide, a way.by .which Congref-ilonal apportionment- could be secured In accordance with the^fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. -'

_',;Mr-: Pearsons (Rep., N. O.) asked it the necessary and desired informal ion could on secured In time to be acted upon by this Congress.

[ | i j ?Mr. Olmsted replied that in his opinion It J could. It was not the Intention to Investigate

'*£-.elections, but to examine constitutional and legislative enactments of States that affect, the.right of suffrage, get from,the census officials the number and proportion of males over 21 years whose right to vote had-been

. denied in .violation ot the Fourteenth Amend­ment and report their findln gs to the Mouse. , -Mr. Pearsons said that ho had been told et the Census Bureau.that this information could not be secured under ninety days. ; Then, replied Mr- Olmsted; the committee

could not make, its''ft'port In time for this Congress to act. But whenever the report was made the House could act upon it.

Mr. McDermott (Dem.. N. J.) asked Mr. Otznstcd if there was any Stats in the Union

. where a man could vote upon proof of the fact that he was a citizen of the State and of the United States and 21 years of age. He

" did not believe there was, and. In his opinion I tevery State now had voting qualifications

that were unconstitutional. Opposing the resolution, Mr. Underwood

(Dem., Ala.) earnestly addressed tho House. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, he said, had for their object the granting of tho right of suffrage upon ~ the colored people. One proved a failure; the other was a lamentable mistake. Members who Insisted upon throwing this question Into the House at this time as a firebrand would do the negro more Injury man any man had doso since tho adoption of tho fifteenth amendment. "There is but oro wey to solve tho question. You in theXorth. who know nothing of the conditions and r.ce»l<j of the negro cannot do it. Wo in the South, who have had this race thrust upon us, are trying, as God is our judge. tc—solvo it falriv and Justly. It cannot be done in a moment and if you favor the upbuilding of the negro race, if you favor honest governments in the Southern States, if yon favor the pro­tection of our homes and or the investments you have made, send this resolution to some committee where It will lie for the present When we have worked out the problem if we then shall have a greater representa­tion than we are fairly entitled to. then let us repeal the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend­ments and agree to a Constitutional an- ond-ment -that shall provide for representation upon a fair basis.

Mr. Williams (Dem. Miss.) said It was significant that tho preamble or tbe pending resolution should have selected tl_> three States or Mississippi. Louisiana and South Carolina. The author could easily have in­cluded thoso States which have provided an educational qualification for the right or suffrage. It bad been alleged, and the action of the gentleman from Pennsylvania sustained the allegation, that when power returned to the Republican party in suffi­cient volume the cloven hoof would reap-_>*ar and that it would show itself a s tho black man's party, opposed to the whito man. to bis civiliratton. Interests and prosperitv. Tho resolution, Mr. Williams continued, In its practical application would prove to be stupid and futile.

Mr. Kluttz (Dem., N. O — I regret, with the gentlemen who have preceded me. that ?ueh a firebrand should havo been thrown

nto the legislation at this tlm?. There la not a «lnclo State In this Union which limits the institutional requirements for suffrage so as to conform to the language of the- Four­teenth Amendment or the Constitution or the United State*. Kvery ©no of <h<^o re­quirements are In direct cor.flict and con­travention with the Fourteenth Amendment of tho Constitution of tho United States I find th.it tho States or Maine. Massachusetts, Connecticut. South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana. Colorado and Wyoming all have an educational qualification In addition to the requirement tor residence. I find t int Rhode Inland. Fenn«ylvnnia, Delaware, tJcorda. Florida. Mi«-«'sMppt, Tcnnewo and Nevada have n provision requiring th<» pav-merit or a tar, and I find th" a«toni*-hine f.aH that some of thos* States, DAUwar<\ Maine. Massachusetts. Missouri, New Hampshire nnd N*w Jersey, all have qualifications which exclude paupers, men upon whom Cod ha* I ild his hand, and who are nnaM<» to pav a tag and are compelled t o go to the homes for the poor, that those men in nil those Mates are exclude! from the suffrage. I find that In Rhode I*'.and there is a property qualifi­cation I find In Delaware no man can voto unloa he n«» pud a taa for on** year.

Mr. Stewart (Hep, X. J ) - I deny for V. w vtersey that sho denies any one the rfcht of snflrage

Mr. McDermott (Dem, X. . M ~ l rte«Sre to correct my colleague from New Jersey. New Jersey does deny the right or any pauper to vote, f Applause on the Democratic side.]

Mr. Xtc*r<.-f. I deny the proposition, niid n?k the geniKmm to product? the ptoof.

Mr. Olmsted—Xow I «m pot coinc to con­sume lonisNjr time unon this resolution While I am not. willinc to accept the suggestion f roin C:p other sitie. to refer it to tho Committee on ( er.Mi j . w';ore it w ill die tor the present and «luro';er forever altera ards (laughter.J I asn wiliinc, %* itii the .iMuranco of tho chair-

early day. to move to refer this resolution to the Committee on Census.

Mr. Olmsted's motion to refer to the Com­mittee on Census was agreed to without division.

Then Mr. Hopkins. (Rep. IID ohairman of the Committee on Census, called up the Mll» to make apportionment of represent!ves from the several States under the Twelfth Census. Various efforts were made to secure unanimous consent to an arrangement to close debate, the prevailing opinion favor­ing a wide expression in debate. . „ .

Mr. Hopkins opened the discussion, setting forth tha reasons why the Committee on Census had felt constrained io kePvi- n hi!! continuing the present membership of the House at S57. These were, in brier, that it was in line with the general policy of the Congress for more than a century: that it was in the interest of economy and the ex­pedition of legislation intelligently and satis-factorily: and that under the bill every State would attain its relative rank and importance. He pleaded with members to consider rather the Interest* or the whole country than tue

(personal and local Interests and desires of Individuals. Mr. Hopkins proceeded to ana-no tha provisions of the bill, and explained ow It was that Colorado. Florida and North

Dakota, each with a majority fraction of the number required for one representative, failed to receive an increase of a member. There were twenty-five States .having a majority fraction, but the total of these fractions were entitled to but twenty-two representatives. These were given to the twenty-three States having the largest frac­tions, leaviug the three States named without increase. Questions by Mr. Shafroth (SU. Col. i brought out the fact that Colorado would gain a member upon the basis 351. S63.353. £s«. SJ5. » « . and &». and fails to gain only on the oasis of 857. This was due to what is known in apportionment mathematics as the Alabama paradox.

The plan adopted by the committee. Mr Hopkins said, was tha? advocated by Daniel Webster in the Senate many years ago: by Uen. * rands Walker, the distinguished statis­tician and economist, and by the present Director of the Census. It was not possible, he as!d. to gireequs! and exact JusUct to all the States In a harmonious bill. but. as Mr. Webster had pointed out. the committee has done all that was neceasarv. In the course of this part of his speech. Mr. Hopkins referred to the loss of representation suffered by Maine. Kensas. and Nebraska. He said that the Burleigh bill took care of Maine and Nebraska, particularly at the expense of New York. Pennsylvania. OMo. Indiana. Illinois, Iowa and all the creat States of the I nion. Had they be<yi as fair to all the States In the matter of representation as they bad been to Maine, they would have provided for a House of 395 members Instead or SSB. Mr. Hopkins went into detail in exposing what he termed the inequalities and inconsisten­cies of the Burleigh bill.

Mr. Shaffroth (Silver, Col.) briefly called attention to tho discrimination worked against Colorado by the committee bill and advocated an Increased memt>ership of the House. At S o'clock the House adjourned until to­morrow. « _ _ ^ _ _ _ _

UJfirAKO.V OP THJf rSASCBISE.

ANTIS GET IN THEIR WOfiK. BILL STIRS VE TELLER. MOAM

AND OTHERS.

TO FEOIECT XATZVB BACE8.

Shattae** Besoratfon Alleges Abridgment la. Various States.

WasujKOTOir. Jan. 4.—RenresentaUve Shat-tuo ot Ohio to-day Introduced a. resolution with a preamble declaring that the States or Massachusetts. Maine. Connecticut, Dela­ware. California. Louisiana. Mississippi. North Carolina. South Carolina. - Wyom'ng and Oregon and other States, by thb pro­visions ot the constitutions and statutes a a i for reasons other than participation In rebel­lion or other crime, deny the right to vote for members of Congress and Presidential Electors, as well as the executireand Judi­cial officers or such States and members or the Legislatures thereof, to male Inhabi­tants 21 .years of ago and over and- citizens of the United States; and such denial in cer­tain of those States extends to more titan one-half of these, who, prior to the last ap­portionment of representation, were en­titled to vote Jn such State.*, t i l of which being In direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and an in­vasion ot tho right and dignity of the House and of its members and an infringement upon the rights and privileges In the House ot other States and their Representatives. In order that the apportionment of member­ship in the House may be determined In a Constitutional manner the resolution pro­vides for an investigation by tho Census Com-mltt3e-or the question of alleged abridg­ment of the elective franchise in the States mentioned, its findings to be reported to the House within thirty days, and one week there­after the committee i s to report an appor­tionment bill based on the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. . ,..

The resolution also calls on the Director of the Census ror the number or male citizens over 21 years or age In tho Unit»»d States, tho number who. by reason or Stat? Con­stitutional limitations or Stats Constitu­tional legislation, ore denied the right ol Euffrage and whether the denial was on the ground or illiteracv. pauperism, polygamy or property qualifications or for any other reason.

2TBW RECIPROCITY TREATIEB

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VTlth Nicaragua, Ecuador and British Guiana —Their Provisions.

WASHINGTON, -Tan. 4.—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee to-day ordered favor­able reports on reciprocity treaties with Nicaragua, Ecuador and British Guiani. end nn extradition treaty with Great Britain. adding to the list of extraditable offences that ot obtaining money under false pre­tences. The treaty now in force makes the reception of money obtained under false pretences extraditable, and the amendment is to correct tho omission of the principal of the crime.

The treaty with Nicaragua provides for a 20 per cent, reducucm la the rates la cane sugar not aboT* 16 Dutch standard, molasses, hides, indigo, coffee. bananas, etui's rubber, and mahogany m tbe roach or rough hewn when imported Into tae united Stales.

Nicaragua agrees to admit free or duty American HT« anloaix wbeat. corn, rye, oats, barley, agrt-eattaral sseus, tire p w u . c*»a r.-.r-.i. eUtci. *r«c-Ubitj, fruits, hay. cottonseed oU. tar. turpentine. asphalt, qulcssilter. coal, ferUHxerr. lime, cement, wood, lumber, marble, machinery, agricultural im­plements, wacons. cart'., railroad an* structural Hon and dee*, fence irlre. motors, rorcea. water pumps, fcov. trou pipinsr. prlaUng materials, books, surgical and mathemaUcal instruments, boats and gold and e'.lvcr coin and bu!Uon. and to remove the duty 20 per cent oncheapAmericanwinesandflour.

Tfce UrMy wltb Ecuador provides for admitting Into the United Slates, free of duty, coffee, cottoa and cotton waste, crude c&oao. crude India rubber, Peiutian.bart. and Tor a 20 per c«nt,reduction In the duties on cans sugar not abore IS standard, hides of neat c&ulo. straw hats and tobacco. Ecuador agrees to admit fiee of duty agricultural Implements and machinery for manufacturing purposes, loco-tcoUces. cars and materials for the consuucUon of railroads. lead and zinc in bars. coal. bran. rr..-.!r-cfcfap wines, preserTfd fruits, oil cake, oil meal and rrrserved salmon, and to make a 20 per cent, reduc­tion in tbe duty on sewing machines, wheat P.our, hi eh priced wines, timber, lumber and cottonseed oil.

rr.e Urttlsb Guiana treaiv provides for a reduction cf 12 li P«r cent In tr.e duties on cane surars. fresh vegetafcea and icaoiln Imported Into the United States from that country, which agrees to admit free of duty these products of the Celled Slates: Electric mining, aurar and agricultural machinery and tmp:«netii*. bicycles, tar. wire fencing, carts and vehicles, corn. Cora tr.eal. brao. pltcf. tallow, hay. brooms, cotion-aee.1 oil. lamps, horses and mules. Tho duty on f resh dtf ed. canned or preserved fruits and Tfgeta Ves. tinned or canned ash. ready-made clothing and cotton wearing apparel, earthen and clavsware. nardware. Cutlery, furniture, wooden or willow ware and wooden hoops. Is not to eaceed R per cent.; and on the follow­ing article* the duty Is r.<;t to exceed- Wheat four. eo cents per barrel: lard. '4 cent per pound; bam. bacon, tongues and canned or preserved meats. M> cent per pound; salt beef and pork. 10 cents per 10O Bounds: butter. *">cents per 1<W pounds:oil meal end cake. 12»4 cents per ion pounds; Mr.e lumber. II per !.«•> reet; manufactured tor*ee*». as cents per pound: beer. 8 cents per gallon, and wlr.es. a cents per gallon.

The** three reciprocity treaties did not meet wnh otposUlon from the manufacturer* ot the United Stales, and were therefore reported to the Senate with a favnraVe reonnrr.endaUon. while the trr.Mies with the Prltlsh tVe t Indian colonics, ml'h France and with t f Arfenilne JtepuWle, viMc'i affect satlnus American interests, arc still belore tfce committee without acVon. .

CilPr. I.tTKI.V C.OF.S TO tTAVAXA

f Apptalse the floating Dry Heck to Be Besght off S^ata.

Wasim-ctoN. Jan. a.-t'spt. S. C. Lemly. the Judge Mveeate ticr.cr.il cf the Navy, left Washington this evening for New York, whence he will Mil to-morrow ror Havana \ind»r orders to examine and apprai«e the for i fo.ttlng drv do«k !>cl>neing to Spsln which forcress b i s authorised ih* Navy Ife-tonmvnt to buy. f a i t . Lemly U Prr*»dcr.t of the AM r.il'rr.wnt Roard and will sail In comi^nv with three ot the n-emJ*T*. Mcutcn-ant-Commsr.dcr UoclVcr. v'ivil I'tigineer fox and Navsl f'onstructor Snow. Tho remnln-Ing rr.cm'wr. I.tentcn.ini-i ommsnder I.utKJ, Young, will ireet his colleagues at Havana.

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PIMP;\O.« rAPtvnr.n. Mae Officers &n« Fittr-twn Men Made Tri»en«

ersatCavlteVIeJo. WASHINGTON-, Jan. «.— Tho following des­

patch fromRearJAdmlral Rcmey.dat ed Manila, J.in. 4. was received at tho Navy Department this afternoon:

"An r.tt,sckmornin«ta by Fourth Infantry marine* and navy at. f.Mvito Vie jo resulted

Bear Vemld Send Independent! ComnUiIoa to MaaUa and Beeetre a Deijntatloa ot Fili­pinos Hero—Ke WoalA Ship Ko More Boldlerf Till an Armlrt»c» 7s Agreed Upon.

TTASBIKOTOX, Jan. 4.—The Senate to-dsv, oe the c4o«u» of. the routine trtruing business, resumed consideration of the bill to increase the efficiency of the military establishment.

A discussion sprang up, and was partici­pated In by Senators Carter.' Spooner (Rep. Wis). Wellington (Pern.. J!JJ). Teller and others. In the course of which Mr. Spooner asserted it to be the duty of the President to entorce the sovereignty ot ihe Vutted 6tate3 in the Philippine Islands and«o prevent law­lessness.

•Doea the Senator ear . - Mr. Wellington Inquired, "that the Philippine Islands have been fully acquired by the TJtalted States?"

"In my Judgment.* Mr. Spooner: replied. "the Phtlipplne*Archlpalago belongs to the United States."

"I do not believe." Mr. Wellington exclaim­ed, "that it does belong to the United State* for the purpose of permanent ac/crulsltlon."

"Did not the Senator." Mr. Spooner asked, "vote for tho twenty millions pald'to Spain tat the islands?" . "Yea," Mr. Wellington replied, "butl voted under a misapprehension, and under m!aln« formation from the Administration."*

Mr. Teller made an Impassioned speech against imperialism, l i e recalled tho fact that, two years ago. he had said there was no danger of imperialism, ttut he now took that back. Imperialism had come in ita worst form. There was now in the Philippine Islands an imperial government without an equal In history: where five men. and five only, sat strangers to the country and ita language and unacquainted with Its interests.

"The Czar of Russlc." Mr. Teller contin­ued, "la an absolute Crar. He has a council of sixty men who sit with him: but these sixty men are Russians. They are people of tho country. They haro their aympalhlcs and their ambitions for Russia. Rut these Ameri­cans In tho Philippine Islands are strangera in the country. Under th» law they havo a right there, but under God'a law. which is higher than that, they have no place there at all.-

Mr. Teller ridiculed the Committee on Military Affairs for dealing In its report with the canteen question instead of with the necessity for an increase of the army, and he declared tbat the whole difficulty might be overcome . by a declaration similar to that made In the case ot Cuba.

Mr. Caff err (Dem.. La.) - I f the 8enato and Houso do not make such a declaration. !s tho Senator from Colorado, then, in favor of continuing the war in the Philippine Islands?

Mr. Teller—I believe I may answer that as Abraham Lincoln answered In regard to the Mexican War—that he did not believe in it. but that, as-a member or Congress, he voted, and was always ready to vote, ror such forco as the Government needed. So. I have no doubt but that, as long as our Sag flies In the Philippine Islands, I will reluct­ant asImaybe. \oteto maintain the army and flag there. It" that is illogical, it's illogical because there does not scorn any better way out or It.

Mr. Carter-Will the Senator state distinct­ly where, in his judgment, the authority rests in the United States to say to the Filipinos tbat they shall bo regarded as an independent people by tho United States?

Mr. Teller—If 1 were President or tho United States I should say: "The Government or the United State*. In lS&s. declared this principle {the Cuban principle), and we will apply it. and ou«lit to apply it. <o you."

Sir. Proctor (Rep.. \ t . . a member of the Committee on Military Affairs) replied to Mr. Teller's strictures on that committee, nnd gave reasons for iho proposed increaso of the armv.

Mr. Hoar (Rep.. Mass.) offered an amend­ment providing that no further mllttarv lorce shall be engaged in the Philippine Islands except euch as may be necessary to keep or­der in places now under actual peaceable control of the United States and to protect persons and property,- until tho President shall have proclaimed an amnesty aud shall have agreed upon an armistice, and shall have Invited a deputation of at least ten Filipinos, to visit the United States-all of whose expenses shall be paid by the United States. He proceeded to address the Senate in support or the amendment and in opposi­tion to the bill As it stands.

The President, he said, hed stated that an army of 00.000 men would be. except for con­ditions In the Philippine Islands and Cuba, sufficient: so that the question was distinctly presented whether 40.000 men should be raised for the purpose of holding the Philip­pine Islands In subjection. Ho went on to argue that the way t o let the Filipinos become fit for freedom was to set them free, just as the way to let people learn to swim was to let them swim. His amendment, he said, prcpossd *o give a hearing to tho leaders or the Filipino people. "Let them come over here." ho 8ala, "and etato their case. They can come and go In peace, ir we say to the Filipino people that wo will not consider their case unless they go down on their knees, lay their hands upon their lips, and their lips in tho dust, this war will havo to go on uniil every male Filipino is exterminated and until the women take up the fight and aro exterminated also "

Mr. Hoar alluded to the differences of opin­ion on the part or the President, army officers and members or tho Military Committee as to the existing conditions in the Philip­pine Islands, and said that It seemed to him there Should' *** • commission annointod or men of the highest character and standing to ascertain the facts and make them known to Congress and the people

At the close of a discussion which extended over four hours the Senate proceeded to vote on tho various amendments reported by the Committee on Military Affairs. They were mostly or a formal character nnd were ?:enerally agreed to. eomo cf them being

urther amended and others being reserved for future action. Among those so reserved wero the provision as to the veterinary corps. This action occupied an hour and a quarter, and applied to more than three-fourths of the bill The bill went over till to-morrow.

A Joint resolution was passed, appointing George Gray of Dcleware Regent or tho Smithsonian Institution, to fill the vacancy caused bv the death of William L. Wilson of Virginia.

At 5:30 the Sennto went Into executive ses­sion end soon afterward adjourntd till to­morrow.

RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION lodge Bill Introdwcea-Letter Press Ex

dent Harrboa est the tabject. WaSHiKOTOH. Jan. 4.—In response to a

request from the Reform Bureau for support of the Lodge resolution declaring for addition­al treaties and laws to protect uncivilized races against intoxicants, opium and fire­arms, and the Gillett New Hebrides bill, which provides an installment ot such pro­tection for all Padflo Islanda not under the tsOVviu-iivj* wf on/ UuuiviiUed «u'»fi, iLo following letter has been received from ex-President Harrison:

WASBISOTO*. D.O.. Jan. l . i t t i . "ittv. TTtlour F. Crafts:

"Mr DKAU S I B : I have received your letter ot tho 25th ult.. and in reply I beg to say that I have made it a rule not to sign petitions ot appeal to members of Congitas for legisla­tion. £ havo expressed myself upon the subject In s public address in the paragraph to which your letter refers. It does seem to­me a s If the Christian nations cf the world ought to be able to make their contact with the weaker peoples of the earth beneficent and not destructive, and I give to your efforts to secure helpful legislation my warmest sympathy, very truly yours.

"UKXJAMIN HAKUBOX." The public utterance referred to in the latter

is thefollowlngrro-n President Harrison's ad« dress as Honorary President ot the Ecumen­ical Missionary Couferenco which met ia New York last spring:

"The men who. like Paul, have gone to heathen lands with the m«ssage.*Vfe seek not yours, but you.* have been hindered by those who. coming after, have reversed the message* Rum and other corrupting agencies come In with our boasted civilization, and the feeble races wither berore the hot breath ot the whito man'a vice."

In the Senate this morning. Mr. l odge <Rep.. Mass.) presented a roll of papers, which he described as the petition of citl-rens of twenty-three States, the District of Columbia and Hawaii, for the protection of native races by prohibiting the sale of flra-arme. intoxicants and opium. It was re­ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela­tion*, and an order was made for the print­ing. asaSenate document, of a letter from ex* President Harrison r-n the same subject.

Mr. Lodce also reported from the Com­mittee on Foreign Relations a resolution de­claring that, in the opinion of this body, the time had come when the prlnclple.twico affirmed In international treaties for Central Africa, that native races should be protected against the destructive traffic in intoxicants should bo extended to all uncivilized peoples bv the enactment of such laws and the tanking or such trestles aa will effectually prohibit the sale to aboriginal tribes and uncivilized 1 races or firearms, opium and intoxicating beverages, and It was agreed to.

KOXTXATIOX8 BY THE PRESIDENT*

C027BERCB COMMI&SIOX FOISTS ITS DAKOEMS.

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Civil. Army and Navy Appointments Sent to the Senate.

WAsmxcTOV. Jan. 4.—The President to-day sent to tho Senate the following nominations:

Kolen L. Chew "of Indiana, to be Doputy Auditor of the Post Office Department.

Cyrus F. Adams of Illinois, to be Assistant Register of the Treasury.

Army—To be Rrlgadler-Generals in the Volunteer Army: Col Samuel M. VThtteslde. Tenth Cavalry. U. S. A.: Lteut-Col. James 3 . Campbell. Thirtieth Infantry. U.S.V.: Major Charles Bird, Quartermaster. U. S. A. Also a largo number of promotions in the Regular and volunteer army.

Navy—Commander John P. Hunker to be Captain. Lieut.-Commander Clinton E. Curtis to bo-Commander, Lieut. John G.Qulm-by to be Lieutenant-Commander, Surgeon waiter A. McCIurg to be Medical Inspector. Herbert Orlando Shiffcrt of Pennsylvania to be Assistant Surgeon. John F. natch of Vermont to be Assistant Paymaster.

Marine Corps—Lieut. Henry C. Davis to bo Captain: Second Lleuts. Leon M. Hard­ing. Richard Cntt*. Harold G. Snyder. Olof H. Rask. Julius S. TurriU. George Herbert Mather. Henry L. Roosevelt. Jay M. Sallady. Marker Babb and Harold C. Reisinger to be First lieutenants.

arAFAL AC.4J>E!ir BOABJD.

Cowing President Appoints Visitors for tho Tear—House Members.

WAsnTNGTOH. Jan. 4.—The President has appointed the following members of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy for 1001: J. F. R- Foss. President of tho Nicholas National Bank of Minneapolis. Minn.: the Hon. John P. Swasey. Canton: Mo.: Capt. William C. Bhackford, South Orange, N. J.: Park Benjamin. New York: the Hon. Henry A. Marsh. Worcester. Mass.: Gen. E. S. Bragg. Fond da Lac. Wis.: Rear Admiral S. B. Luce. IT. S. N.. retired, 15 Francis street. Newport. R I —

The Speaker of the House of Representa­tives has appointed the following members of the Board: Representatives G. A. Pearre of Maryland. E. F. Loud of California and Adolph Meyer of Louisiana.

The President pro tempore of tho Senata has not appointed the Senatorial memhe-j.

TO GET BID OF 3IOSQVITOES.

Consul at Maracalbo .**»>• the Castor Plant frill Drive Them Ai.ay.

WASHIKGTOJ*. Jan. 4.~Consul Plomacher. at Maraoaibo. has written to the Stato De-. partment. giving a ren-r i f against mosquitoes. He says: «

"It consists In planting the castor on plant (Rfcinua communie. or Palma Chritti) around the house and premises. In cold and tem­perate climates the castor oil plant grows to a height of four or five feet: in these countries It becomes a tail tree and is perennial. It 6eems that the smell of the plant in disagree­able to mosquitoes and other insects, and it is an acknowledged fact that where theso plants grow few mosquitoes are found. My personal experience bears thb out."

tJECT. BEROSTROM'S 8EXTESCE

Commnted by the I-restdent Prom Dismissal to Loss ot Hair Pay.

WASHINOIOV. Jan. 4.—Prcsidont McKInley has directed that the sentence of dismissal from the service in the case or Lieut. Victor J. Borgstrom.Thirty-siTth Volunteer Infantry, who wa« court-martialed In the Philippines, be commuted to tho lo«a or half of his r>av for the remainder of his term or rervice. till next June. The record of the court-martini shows that Ueut. Bergstrom was tried at Singayun. P. I., on a charge or conduct unbecoming nn ofi"ror In being intoxicated and striking a private.

CABINET VPBOhBS ROOT'S REFUSAL.

An Execatlve Right to Wlthh eld Docaraents for Public Interest.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4,—Tho President and the members of the Cabinet at tho regular meeting this morning discussed tho small controversy raised In the senate by the re­fusal of the Secretary of War to mSKO known the contents of I-nwshe's rtport on frauds In Cuba. The opinion wi»sexr>res«odthatthero l» no obligation on the partorthehead of anexc-cutlve department to respond to a resolution of inqulrv from Congress. If It is considered Inrompa'lble with the public interest to giro tho Information. It Is held that the Cabinet members nrc parts of tho cxocutlvo branch or the tlovcrnmcnt. coordinate and eqral with Congress, nnd thtt th*v, therefore, havo the same right as the President to with­hold information.

Army and Ksvy Orders. VTASHisorov, Jan. 4.—These anny ctrn hats

been tsraea: Cat*. Inlng tf. Han*. Assistant S-rieon. frcra

Pr.v.irv'r.e Istaids v» Fort Haeor>c»r. CAM. f>ar.e C Howard. Assistant Sarteon, from

Fort Hancxk to San Francisco and tfctnee to u » ^irsti^cTit. Iter.ry A. WetjVr. Assistant Surreon, froTi Pet-aitmrnt of CuVa. to Manila.

lg»te of AM*rire cranted CAM. Harry P. HnrapTi-ttr. Twtr.UMh Infantry, is *xi-r.<*ed ore month.

lAasw of atwence erar.tea cat*. Poyfl S. McCK*-tnVV. s-atntb Cata'ry, IHtls'on ot Cute extended one ifioatb.

Tr.ese natal orderj hate been issued: Rear Adaital A. Kattr. ©tCer-d to to rtl'trd frcta

*0>rnrri.\n>*eT N. J- K. PA»CT». to Boston Yard. IjrvttnAnlCforTiiir.drr V. W. Coff.n, from the Bos-

tsri »*•*/ to the WA*>aOi as etemtttf. Ltra'criAntCo-nmanafr J. r. F*ik«, l* tal Ir.Js-

BndeneeesexfenUte . . . . . . ._ ». , ... U n i t»e W IP.arr-.T.ta U.e alleanttee. Tlnlath.

Ae . for rccruUin* rt-ity An 1 then to n.e Wabash. Iletrt. r\ II. Uro*n. lotbe K-vei. l>rii. P. W. ItonTican. t<7the Vermont in or.r.ff-

tlon with tt.e crew of ti.e Wisconsin. These cfcanees attct f cff.ctrs on the Aa'atlc station

hat* teen wade: , tJ»niT.ant*>>Tnmafw*<-r J. K. Bartsn, from the

KewATtcto-Yoltoha-naltostrtlAl. . , , -Cadet F. o. Itranch. from the Me d# Lxsron, to VoVrtharna Tn->sr!tAl.

cadet TV. V. TomN from I*yt* to Caaltf hosr-'tAl. Cadet S. Woods, from the Newark to the l*ylr.

Depositories of Castoms la Islands. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — Representative

rayne of New York to-day Introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary or the Treasury to designato national banks as publiq de­positor^.* in Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and other Islands. In which tho customs duties collected In these islands may be de­posited. _______________ Permanent Receivers for the Anglo-Anatrtcaa

Loan Association. Lawyer Rfseelburgh, representing the At­

torney-General, appeared yesterday before Suprei.io Court Justice Maddox In Brooklyn and submitted papers a\klng for the ap­pointment of permanent receivers for the Anglo-American Savings and Loan Associa­tion of New fork. Capt. Joseph N. Dickey and Edwin B. Dickinson were appointed temporary receivers by Justice Maddox some time ago. They resigned. The Jus­tice want* th«m to bo permanent receivers. Ho will render decision lat?r.

It 8a— That Laws to Regelate It Are Needed, aa It Removes the Only Check Upon Exor­bitant Freight Bates-Bow Bates Have Been Raised During the Past Tear.

WA?H:N<JTON. Jan. 4.—The fourteenth an­nual report ot the Interstate Commerce Com-uiiiilvu -%_• ____uvveu U» 00Ugr«*» io-Uay. The commission finds that while the letter ot the law against pooling Is generally observed by railroads, yet the purpose ot the Inter* Stato Commerce set to prevent discrimina­tion in freight rates la defeated by various means, notably through changes in cl-salueatlon ot freight by carriers. Uni­form and stable ciassificaticn the com­mission regards s s so desirable that its adoption is urged by aroluntary action, or that falling, by compulsory legislation.

Freight rates, the commission says, havo been advanced during the past year In every part of the country by concerted action upon a vast volume of traffic. The only check upon such advance is declared to be compe­tition between carriers, and the consolida­tion of rival linos is rapidly eliminating this factor. It i s becoming evident that in the Immediate future the main transports* tlon lines ot this country will be thrown into great groups, controlling their own territory, and not subject, with respect to • most of their traffic, to serious competition. While there are great and undoubted benetlU to the public in such com­bination, the commission says, nevertheless the people should provide some protection against a possible misuse of the power over ratai arising therefrom.

The report says: "No one at all a*malnted with what is

transpiring can doubt that combinations have been formed and are certain to be formed among railroads which will be more exten­sive, more permanent :md more far reaching in their ultimate results than those of any other department ot industry. The expe­rience of thirteen years shows that there Is no serious difficulty In securing, upon the part or competitive lines, the adoption and publication or rates satisfactory to the carri­ers, but bithsrto it has been found Im­possible to secure the actual observance ot rates on competitive traffic when adopted. A railway will seldom reduce the open rate unless to meet some actual or supposed de­parture from tbat rate by a rival line, for it is well understood that such n reduction by one means simply a corresponding reduc­tion by others. To prevent; rate competi­tion, therefore, it is only necessary to secure compliance with the open tariff. In order to do this it is only necessary that a compet­ing line should own or control, or that some persons in lt-i Interest should own or control. enough ot the stock ot its competitor to in­fluence the election of a board of directors, and this seems to have been the method recently adopted in many Instances.

"The commission has no official knowledge of the extent of recent rallwav combination*. but it has Informed itself as well as possible from unofficial sources. Disregarding mere rumors, but taking account ot well-authen­ticated statements, there were absorbed In various ways between July l. lfiOO. and Nov. 1. 1000, 25.311 mile* of railroad. There aro In the whole "United States something less than 200.000 miles of railroad: and more than one-eighth of this entire mileage was, within the above period, brought, in one way and another, under the control of other lines."

The scope and effect of these operations Is Illustrated by some examples given in the leport which continues:

"The danger lies in the fact that the only check upon t h e rate is thereby removed. Hitherto competition between carriers has kept down the price of carriage. It that is taken nway nothing remains except the force of popular opinion and the feeble restraints of the present law. which *aro or little e"ffect when directed against slight and gradual advances. It will lie within the power of two or three men. or nt most a small group ot men, to say what tax shall be Imposed upon the vast traffic moving between the East and West. The nature of the service and the conditions under which this species or prop-rrtv Ls operated may be such that it cannot be. and perhaps ought not to be. brought under the controlling force of comwtition, but those very conditions make it imperatively neces­sary that some other control should be sub­stituted for competition.

"It is Idle to say that freight rates cannot be advanced. During the past year they have been, by concerted notion upon a vast volume of traffic, advanced In every part of this country. It is equally idle to say that they will not be advanced. It is both hu­man nature and the lesson of history that un­limited power induces misuse or that power. Railways are not combining for the purpose of 'extortion and abuse.* but none the less should the people provide some protection against that possible result of the combi­nation."

The commission says that «24 changes were made in the official classification on Jan. 1, 1900. by carriers using that classifica­tion, of which 518 produced advances In rates and six resulted in reductions.' Based on Chicago-New York rates, of these advances. 434 Increased the rate 42.8 per cent, and thirty-two as low as 15.3 per cent. Six of the ad­vances amounted to loo per cent, or the old rate. The average advance was 35.5 per cent. Chances in the Southern classifica­tion since Jan. 1 lrst worked an advance in rate on s.u articles and a reduction upon 105. Using rates from Ohio River points to Atlanta as a basi". the average advance was about so per cent, and the average reduction about 2d per cent. Changes were made In the Western classification on Jan. 2S to the num­ber of 257, of which 210 were advances and seventeen reductions. The percentage as computed on rates from Chicago to tho Mis­souri River were on the average 47.4 for ad-vanooa nnd SI.7 oer cent tor reductions. By these changes in ciassii!<_.U<>ti. therefore, rates upon a considerable part or freight traffic in nil portions of the United States, mane or them applying on the most common articles or merchandise, hnvp been very materially advanced. In ndditlon many commodity rates have been withdrawn, thus making tho articles affected take higher Class rates.

The commission savs Its purpose Is not to criticise tho action o l tho railroads In this respect, but rather to call attention to what has been dope, and thereby to what may be done. I t haw been the understand­ing or Iat*»t"iat tho statutes or the United States prohibited the advance or Interstate rates by concerted action among the carriers, yet here wo find an Instance whero In every part of thl* country carriershave.by concerted action, without any notice to shipper*, and Indeed against the vehement protest of ship­pers, advanced their rates upon <* large por­tion of the merchandise carried under class rates an average of one-fourth. If this can be done with respect to that portion o l rail­way traffic it can be done with respect to all or It: and ir rates can bo advanced 25 per cent, they can be still further advanced by the same method.

It can no ionccr be said that a general advance of freight rates is altogether a fan-cv. ror It has become an accomplished fact. Neither can It be said that the publlo can escape such an advance, however unjust.

Buy a

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and buy one to-day. At a cost of %Vz cents a pint you can make any sparkling drink for yourself-water, wine, tea, milk. It gives all the sparkle of life.

Buy a Sparklet bottle at your druggist's or grocer's, or at our store, 1127 Broad-

. way. Buy one anywhere, but buy one.

THE SHOP WINDOWS are full of Spring goods, but Spring is not coming yet,

- we must have Winter first. There are three months ahead of us during which the alternation of severe and mild weather will be inexpressibly trying.

K0TEDSILK underwear will be found the most satisfactory, as it is a perfect protection during zero weather, and is never oppressive to the most sensitive person during the warm muggy spells that are sure to come.

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Sesthe word {KOT-DS1LK \ on every garment

All Leading Stores, and

Kotedsilk Underwear Co. MIllBURY. MASS.. or 70-72 FRANKLIN STREET. N. Y.

itlddlttowntr Held for Coantcrftltl-.g. Charles Gordon of Otisvtile, Orange county,

—ho was arrested on Thursday In Middle-town, N. Y. ,by UnltedStates Deputy Marshal Blake, charged with attempting to convert a or.e-d^llar silver certificate Into a twenty-dollar bill, was held yesterday for tho Grand Jure by United states Commisr.IonerShier^s In i2,v*i bail Mrs. ATasta Mat-age and h»r sister. EiitA HecVer, who attempted to r_«a the bill were discharged.

to get a good article at first than to experiment with a doubtful one. Buy the

SNAP H00K AND EYE ^ ^ A ^ r w ^ A A ^ ^ M S A A A A A A ^ ^

iThelfooKof the 20th Century.

The Hook of the 20th Century.

when you are making and altering gowns and there will be no question of substitution. To use it once is to realize that no other hook will take its place. •

Made in sizes 3 & 4. If your dealer does not keep them, send 10 cts. for a sample card. Say whether white or black.

SNAP H00K & EYE CO., 377 Broadway. N. Y. City.

Fear Days* t'harch Celebration. Beginning on Sunday next tho congrega­

tion of the Evangelical Zlon Church will cele­brate for four days tho dedication of their n*w church at MOth street end Seventh av*-nu<\ The congregation Is Ju>t four years eld, having bcvii organised by the Rcr. Heinrich TNoehrcn. tho present r.a»tor.in IJ>MV The first meetings s ' t e held in a stor.* at Eighth avenue and listh slro*t.

Hundred* r.f poreon« have demanded relier from what has b<»cn actually done. In some Instances, where the shipper was great enough or the organization tr» which he belonged powerful enough, that rehef has been vol-untanlr granted by tho rallwav*. but the general public and the small shipper havo been compelled to maVo the best or it. Nei­ther, Mys the commission. Is It our purpose In calling attention to this matter to suggest thnt th<» law ehould bo so Interpreted or amended as to forbid changes lncl.a««iflcatlon by arreement. A uniform classification Is ft public necessity.

Fires In Bsfralo aad Ithaca. BrtTAto, N. T., Jan. I.—Fire cf unknown

origin gutted two five-rstory buildings cover­ing a quarter of a block In Wnshlneton street, next to the Lyceum Theatre, this morning. I.nss. titaono: Insured.

ITRACA. *>*. Y„ Jan. 4.—The old Alhambra THolel. well known to Cornell students, was gutted by fire this morning. f.o««. tl*>.oor) •

THE BABY will thrive on

Cook's Flaked Rice prepared according to the directions given in the free cook boo!;

which accompanies every package. The rest of the family will enjoy it both as a breakfast cereal, and also as the principal ingredient of various breads, puddings and entrees.

A L L GROCERS*

Large Package. 15 cts.

Lieutenant-Colonel, two . *—.~__... r..»4«»_

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No Mere Cearits Aggrtgatlett !%t r_«AV. Ntw« U to.Its fov»r;d in say nitfflna

Follceman OTIafcertv's Hire Paroled. The wife cf Tollce-nan James F. O'FIaherly

who was killed by a shot f red from This own pistol while they were quarrelling alone In their home on Thursday night was taken before Coroner Fltapatnek yesterday by Capt. Vredenbnrgh of tho Oak street station, bhe insists that tVHaherty shot himself. Tha o u t s in d*c:lned to extrevs en oilnlon In tho case. The Coroner paroled tho woman

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Loss of weight—you know well enough when your stomach and bowels are going on well; but nutrition is not so easy. It is of such importance to del­icate persons, that no suspen­sion of it ought to occur.

Take Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil to restore it.

Wei 1 teas yea s l-ttle to by,If yea l"kt. CCOTT * BOWKJFfc 4 * furl street, NmVwk.

lOb'.VO BASK CLERK J It.lit TOR 1 111.IT.

Cashed • Draft for the Attor Bank. It I* At-Itged, and Mda't Tarn In the Ca*b.

Fred B. Rockwell of TM Melrose avenue, who Is employed in the Astor Back at .attor court and West Thirty-fourth street, was held In ti.OOOball in the Centre street police court by Magistrate Deuel yesterday, charged with grand larceny. Harris Fahncstock, the as­sistant cashier of the Institution, appeared as complainant against the young man, who Is 17 years old. Mr. Fahnestork said that on the day nfter Christms-, Re>ckwell was sent to the banking houso of B. Hart field A Co. at 37 Wall street to collect a draft for 1307.47, and after getting tho money did not return to tho bank. He was arrested ye«tcrdav afternoon In Broadway. Rockwell pleaded not guilty.

one llendred Made flomeless by Fire. Eighteen families of moro than one hundred

persons wero made homeless yesterday morn­ing by a fro that destroyed three of %he big tinder-box tenement* In East Twenty-second street, Bayonne, K. J. Tho blaze originated on the third floor of Benjamin Friedman's flst.s, at l*#». and spread quickly to the two adjoining buildings. Bayonne'a ten com­panies of volunteer firemen were handlcanped by the Intense cold, which fro?o two of the

• flro hydrants In the neighborhood of tho I burning building*. Most of the tyrant* I saved a part of their household effect* They I found shelter with sympathetic neighbors.

MJtf. SCBVTTK WAST3 BER DAIOBIER.

Says Iter nasband Wont I>t Her See the Catll Earn on Mondsas Any Store.

dabrlella L. Schutte had an application oft before JusttceLeventritt yesterday In ths Su« premc Court to compel her husband.Cbarle* 1~ Srhutte.to aivot.erU.ecustodvof their chill Ve-ronira.3 vear* old. Nchutte Is a sort of Charles sschu'tt<\ a brewer, of 2* East Nme»>-third street. Tho parties to tho case were married on Oct. s i , i » 7 . and separated en Feb. i t last under an arrangement by which tho mother was to see the child on Mondays. 8he save that Schutte would r.at recogr.uj tho agreement after Jul v. She declares that she was driven from h<>rheby his crueit »• and she la eulng him for asep*r*tlon. He h*» put in a counter elalm for en absolute divor.-* slleaing that she has been intimate with Alexander C. Campbell, which she denies As counsel were not readvtho habeaseorp1;* proceeding went oaer until this morning-

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