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WASBTGKTO, D. C.,. FRIDAY MOBOTSTG, MABCH 25, 1881.
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OBSTRUCTIONISTS
COMMENCING DILATORY TACTICS.
Krtnca In the Senate Testcrday-The Resolution to
Elcet Officers Meets with United Objection
bj the Democrats A Siticj- and
Interesting Delate.
"When the Senate met yesterday, on
mniionofMr.Coekrell.a resolution was adopted
ilin-cn the heads of theExeeutive Departments
S complete lists of any and all books, reports,
.i.diuiiipbh-ts published by their respective De
Sents from March 4, 173. to March 4, 1881.
Mr Dawes called up the resolution for the clec
tnofthe officers of the Senate.
Mr Ravi addressed the Senate at length.
Mr IVnJMon hoped that the Senator frem
Lachutfew ould not press his resolution, whieh
wiiM obtruu the transaction of the business
which the Senate had been called to transact.
AI- Dawes aid that it was in order to bring this
cMCiithc Ha-iou to a close as quickly as possible ;
that he fclt hi' duty to press the resolution, which
looled io the proper organization of the Senate.
Mr IVndMon said that he desired to exiedite
Uicbnines,andfor that reason wished that
the resolution should be laid aside, to be called up
when Oil Senate should have done that which it
haa been convened to do. When the re-olution
was offered Wednesday hchad supposed that it was
landed as a kind of reminder to fhe Democratic
fMc of the Chamber that the power had passed
fwm them.r.nd thai v, hat was called (improperly he
thought! the" constitutional majority" was with
the Republicans He had considered it as a sen
ile reminder that the Democrats had no monoply
ofthe distinction, which had been fo frequently
commented upon, that confederate brigadiers sat
onh on their side that they were no longer to
hear the rtatement that the majority ruled the Sen
tt, the caucus the majority, and the con
federate brigadiers the caucus. It had
rather scv-mcdto him that the introduction of the
lesulntion had meant to give notice of one of two
things-cither that that control of the caucus was
cscrcised in other than Democratic caucuses, or that
the Kcpabi:eaus were so well pleased with the ex
pcrijaeut whih they had already made that they
intended to go a little farther by giving the Senate
mother confederate brigadier to presenc order on
the floor. Without the least disposition to trans
gress in any degree the decorum and moderation
which rtioiild characterize the intercourse of Sen
ators, he nu'iH say that this resolution would not
rpeedi!) i-a the Senate.
Thereupon, Mr. Harris declaring that his under
Handing was that the main, if not the only, object
cf the special bcs-iou was the consideration of
exicntive business, moved that the Senate go into
cxeeuthe sc-'i'ou. I.ost yeas, 31; nays, 3.1 Ma
hone and Diivis, of Illinois, voting with the Re
pnblican? in the negative.
Ilr. Beck said that he had found among the cau
cus eandidstc". the name of Harrison II. Riddle
bcrger fur Sergeant-at-Anns; and he had heard it
whimpered that some man of tiiat name of course
'ironically il eouldnotbc this man had intro
dm ed in tliu Virginia Legislature what was gen
erally considered a repudiating bili, aud from the
infiirtion of which the people had only been
sued by the veto of a Democratic Governor. He
(Mr. Beck) would like a little while to see why the
Republican party had become o much attached to
a confederate brigadier, and a Hancock elector as
well, and lietherefoiemovedto adjourn. Rejected
ea,"l; nay.ti.
Seeial other dilatory m-jtions having been
Toted duwu.Mr. Maxey arose and said that he was
troubled in spirit. It had everywhere been beaten
into the ears of flic people of the North man,
woman, aud child that thecountry was in danger
of being placed under the domination of confed
erate brigadiers. Now he saw the whole Repub
lican party take into full fellowship and brother
hood a confederate brigadier, who announced him
self a Democrat, aud who had exclaimed that he
had no apology to make or excuse to oner for the
course which he had pursued as a Democrat.
And yet this confederate Democratic brigadier, in
the presence of the Senate and or the whole
jieople, was surrounded.an ovation given him, and
the right hand of fellowship extended by his Re
publican colleagues. lie (Mr. Maxey) could not
understand it. He could not see why a confeder
ate brigadier should be blessed on one side and
carted on the other. Another thing troubled him.
The Saiatc was called upon to reorganize its offi
cers. One of thenominationsmede was the nomi
jiation of a man who not only wa a Democrat,
but had been an elector on the Hancock and En
glish tieket (referring to Riddlebergert. Had the
day of milli'iminm come around ? What did all this
mean? He remembered that the Republican
part had proclaimed that it was Use author and
finisher of that clause of the constitutional amend
ment which provided that the validity of the pub
lic debt should never be questioned. Did that
party mean to say that thai clause applied to the
jutinnal debt, but that a State might repli
cate as much a? it pleased? The Senator
from Virginia Mr. Malionc had said, " I am a
Eesdjnsvr. Do you know what a Readjuster is ? "
Ho Mr. Vnxoy) knew what readjuttmeutmcant. It
Meant ti,ji tiie .senate was to be readjusted in nil
ft-offii-cs that the Republican party readjusted
it'elf under he banner of n confederate brigadier,
who chimed that he had never repented,
its tighter Politic made strange bedfellow, but
fcetrnMed that he would never be called folic
ilown on such a bed as that. He referred to
George C. Gorhsin, the candidate for sec
retary, a? what in Texas would be
tailed a "pitching mustang," because he
pitched out of the Republican parti" when
ever he plea-ed. Why had he been .-elected?
TlicpSfK.re la,i vtatedthat the Senator from Vir
ginia tvould vole for liim. That was another por
tn of the readjustment. Pitching mustangs"
wrto be taken into the readjustment, together
WKhDoami-rat-whodid not repent, Laughter.
If that goes bvfure the country end the Republican
K.rty could stand it he was .Mire the Democrats
(" iM. In order that he might have time to com
pMund this readjustment he moved to go into
cxmith sess:nu. Rejected yeas-, 01 ; nays, S2.
Mi Harri- moved to postpone the resolution un
til the Srt Monday in December.
Mr Ui.sti ojipo-ed the motion, and replied to
Mr Maxt) speech. That gentleman had referred
to Mr f ;Urham as a " pitching mu-tang." Mr.
nrhamwaasttcU .pjalifled a man as had ever
Krturmcd tlie d'-.ties of Secretarj- of the Senate.
lb Mjixey disclaimed any intention of reflecting
on the gentleman. He had merely referred to his
lartydisiiplino, and wondered that the Republi
can party had taken up a gentleman who was in
the habit of doing anything he plea-cd.
r Logan expressed the obligation of the Re
pubLuma to the gentleman for his kindly sng
fstiousasto the manner in which thev should
manage the!r oun aflairs.
Mr. Bmler iiKjuired whether Iheie were anv
Charges of iceKeiency against the present officers
of.hes.ct.au.
Mr. Logan replied in the negative. Had there
wen any charges against the officers who had been
v7 0,u lo years ago? The question was.:
'i the Republicans the iwwcr to chance the ofli-
Wr f htv timl ft,..,. 1....1 .1 :-i..
-fl:. Gailaud admitted theright of the Yiee-Presi-jem
to cast tnc deciding vote oil the question of
me reorganization of the Senate, but opposed the
TlUn on tJie ground that it would work
j .., iihi ji.u UIV iiftlH.
tho V v,onW be thc Political complexion of
- ijrtie. il uas mitlrrlr flinV.rr.nt frnm tV.Q
,..,.. "-
"'jjuru mat OiVi ; -hi s.j ,. ' .
ta'iTti ' "isuuuj, uoiim averi it as a
thfoT-' "'ewuntnr) the Republicans could go
"cad aud elect their officers.
conm :wvn a,suoi Uial !he iw l1""' " c
offi,vl VC7Cf0 CVC'J-divided that Fomeof thc
oenttc , ,,ove':unt sliotiM be tilled bv Dem--env;
?" i Tf,rCmd t0 ,hp facI l!,at lDC "emoeratic
oaw Vi ,no yeari S retained onc-halfof thc
vJtini?' hwc ,niuiicd by Mr. Logan with a
vrtUot '",vbflt 'S opinions had heenuiwn
. r ,'? orm wllc:l i,c,ia'1 1,ce Republican
l4Sr',n"'1,liC'aUiat lic ilad never been Re
ebecn n n,i.,h0Ush ans that he had
a'owhvw t ,blMain. n-toricd byaqncallon
xit ,V'r-,Ln8"n.InPehcbaa oncebeenaDem-
"Spfrtv 0me baCk RrA aCt With the Db,n-
JttoT'!!!.;,!im,iS Pa-ages occurred between the
Rd, tST; ,rown cout5nucd wIUi his speech,
'S Shlhl I 11'?.ac,,0 Mr. Mahone in vol -wW011
Parti"' hc saW tba everv-
raim ..., '"""c air was full of rumors of bar-
net
cry
Tlllt
th ithcr Ate i as to their cou-
?-,., i. ,pv an'1 "IJustiet: upon the present in
nn.:i i ' "v" au'JimiiiiH.ra, inasmuen as
""11 Iaf Mr.i1v i,.wvt- ... ..,. ,
.,j tVrr. lun uiie-iihu oozeii men
Vnm r y"s,r 8S' when tlle incumbenLs had
im ' . Mnn,, that the Democrats would have
ltl'1 ..
iim.-cssion wcie eaueu fani ne
inon;rr.Vac Pd all that. He did
fcmhauv"": or uot but "" v
lii ii .. -' '-", -U1" were &o imnaticnt to
U.1!CCI .115.3
neclion with the Senator who new controUed thc
Senate, should eause gentlemen to pause. The
country would ask why this haste was made, A
great many people thought that there was an un
derstanding between the Republicans and thc
Senator from Virginia, by which he Avas to have
the patronage of Virginia. He did not know any
thing about that. It would appear better under
these circumstances that this matter be postponed
for thc present.
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, wanted thc Sen
ate and the country to understand that his party
had nominated proper men to fill the Senate offiees,
and that this question would be a question of en
durance. Mr. Brown Well, wc accept that issue. We feel
that we are right about it. We feel that you have
nearly all the offices of the Union with a minority
of the voters, and it is our duty to stand by the few
we have left, and we intend to do it. We may be
here until June; we have until December. Con
tinuing, hc said that tiie recent action of the Re
publican party and thc Senator from Virginia had
shown that the period had been Tenehed when no
more would be said about confederate brigadiers.
That period had been reached that was spoken of
by a very old book, when it said : ' The wolf alo
shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid, and the calf and tnc young
lion, and the fatting together, and a child shall
lead them." That period had been reached
when the lion of debt-paying Republicanism and
the lamb of readjustment and partial repudia
tion had lain down in a loving embrace
together in green pastures of luxuriant richness.
Hc would not say that a little child or a little gen
eral should lead them, but that a gallant confeder
ate general would lead them. Laughter. He
hoped that the day had come when the bloody
chasm had been bridged, and when that bloody
shirt, of which so much had been heard, would be
folded up and buried beneath the hope Of resurrec
tion. Mr. Hoar said that the gentleman from Georgia
Mr. Brown had given notice that it wafc his pur
pose to occupy the time of the Senate from now
until the 1st of December in preventing the ex
pression of thc will of the constitutional majority
of this body in regard to the election of its officers,
ne (Mr. Hoar) regarded that declaration as contain
ing the very essence of revolution and tieason to the
institutions of this country. There had been in
stances of filibustering for the purpose of gaining
a reasonable and proper delay on pending meas
ures ; but this was the first time in the history of
this country when any gentleman sustaining thc
character of Senator had declared that the will
which bhosild finally, and to the end, govern the
Senate ofthc United States should be the will of
the minority and not that of the majority of its
members, lie did not think that the Senator would
adhere to that declaration. Did he mean to tell
the American people that there was any con
stitutional function in whieh one-fifth of the
members. of the Senate had a right to bay to the
other four-fifths what should not be performed?
Mr. Brown The Senator says that the doctrine I
announce is revolution and treason.
Mr. Hoar It is a doctrine as replete with revolu
tion and treason as any doctrine ever uttered.
Mr. Brown w as sorry that he would have to prove
the Senator a traitor. Hc had stated that filibuster
ing in prevention of the regular business was
treasonable.
Mr. Hoar Xot at all. I distinctly stated, andnow
repeat, that thc obtainingof a reasonable delay for
a short time had become one of our common par
liamentary resources. Whether justifiable or not I
do not undei take to say; but the Senator says not
"you shall delay until to-morrow or next week,"
bin " this tiling shall not be done until thc Senate
itself dies by lapse of time."
Mr. Brown I must still carry out my promise,
and prove thc Senator a traitor. If it be full trea
son for us to stay here and accept a challenge
given by the other side, which makes this issue
one of endurance, and stay here until December,
how much treason is there in filibustering for one
week or two weeks? Thc trouble is. the Senator
does not draw the line of demarcation where fili
bustering begins to be treason and ceases to be
justifiable. Has it escaped the memory of the Sen
ator that his party sat here and filibustered to pre
vent the transaction of business until the end of
the session? Does thc Senator deny that he sat
hero and refused to vote in the Forty-sixth con
gress? Mr. Hear I do.
Mr. Brown You deny that you sat in your seat
just before thc termination of the Foity-sixth Con
gress and refused to vote?
Mr. Hoar On the occasion to which the Senator
refers 1 lefused to vote once or twice, and then
proceeded to do so.
Mr. Brown That, I suppose, wc ought to term
petty treason, because thc Senator only did it
"once a little;"' but his party did it a good many
times. Laughter.
Mr. Hoar The line of demarcation is between the
purpose to prevent a thing altogether and to de
lay it.
Mr. Brown declared that if thc Senator's propo
sition was correct hc and his whole party were
traitors;, for they in thc Forty-sixth Congress had
filibustered to defeat business in toto. Thc Demo
cratic side, hc said, was ready to go on with ex
ecutive biisiiie-s, and, if thc Republicans did not
want that, to adjourn ; or, if they did not waul that,
to go on with executive business, and so' on.
Mr. Logan contended that the Constitution gave
the majority the right to elect its offices?. It did
not fix the time when they should be elected, and
therefore the majority should fix it.
Mr. Brown If it can.
Mr. Logan Those who prevent it prevent it in
the face of the Constitution, w hich they are under
oath to obey.
Mr. Brown here interrupted, and he and Mr. Lo
gan had a controversy upon the constitutional
question whether the Senate had a right to elect
officers at this session.
Mr. Logan said he had heaiApf artful dodgers,"
but of none so artful as the Senator from Georgia.
Mr. Brown made sanie sarcastic reply, and a
number of ironically complimentary remarks were
exchanged by the two gentlemen ; and then Mr.
Logan concluded his speech with thc declaration
that the proposition of thc Senator from Georgia
was- revolution aga'nsl thc power of the Senate
under the Constitution, and was only a step that
might go further and be revolution against the
power of the Government.
Mr. Johnston argued agaiiut thc right of the
Vice-President to vote upon thc organization of
thc Senate.
Mr. Farley asked leave to offer a resolution for
the appointment of a committee of two Senators
to wait upon thc President and inform him that
unless hc might havesomc further communication
to make the Senate was ready to adjourn without
day.
Mr. Logan objected, and the resolution was not
rcccive-d.'
A motion Iq go into executive session was lost
yeas, 28; nays.SS.
Then (at four o'clock) Mr. Pendleton moved to
adjourn, which motion was unexpectedly agreed
to yeas, 2S ; nays, 27.
Mr. Mitchell was temporarily absent from the
chamber and did not vote, nor did Mr. Davis, of
Illinois. Mr. Hale voted "no" in a tone too low to
be heard by the clerk, and was not recorded a fact
whieh he did not discover until after the Vice
Frcsident had declared the Senate adjourned. Had
his vote been recorded it would have prevented
an adjournment.
CAPITAL JOTTINGS.
The internal revenue receipts yet-ter-day
werc36T,5SS."l; customs, S200.1C7.20.
The national bank notes received for
redemption yesterday amounted to 5177,000.
A new nost-oflicc has been estab
lished at Urncr, Anne Arundel County, Maryland,
and Wilfred R. Baker has been appointed post
master thereof.
Governor Foster, of Ohio ; General
Shennan. and the venerable General Robert Pat
terson, of Philadelphia, were on the floor of thc
Senate yesterday.
The agent of the Secret Service di
vision at Philadelphia. Pa., telegraphs the arrest
yesterday ofMiehael Glennon and Henry Schcen
bnt for passing counterfeit coin.
In the .Senate yesterday, on motion
of Mr. Cockrell, a ve.oliilion wa? adopted calling
on the heads of thc Executive Departments for
complete lists of any and all books, reports, and
pamphlets published by their lespective Depart
ments irom March 1, 17SD, to March 4. ISSi.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held
a meeting yesterday, at which a number of un
contested nominations were ordered to be reported
favorably, but nothing was done in regard to the
Supreme Court and Circuit Court nominations,
except to send for the papers and lay them aside
for future consideration.
The following internal revenue ap
pointments were made yesterday: Storekeepers
and gaugers Frank Rcimann, second district of
Georgia; P. L.Specher, ninth district of Pennsyl
vania, and Clille Crnlchcr, fifth distriM of Penn
sylvania. Storekeepers W. R. Irwin, sixth dis-
trirlnrivnnnii-bv nnil IT. J. Cook, twenty-second
district of Pennsylvania. Breckinridge Speed was
appointed ganger second district of Kentucky.
THE ITALIAN HORROR
RECOVERING THE DEAD' BODIES.
The Burning of thc Opera-House aud the Scenes
of Terror and Dismay Attendant Thereon
What Caused thc Catastrophe Some
of the Dead and Injured.
Xice, Italy, March. 24, 3 a. in. "Cp to
this hour fifty-nine bodies have been recovered
from the ruins of the Italian Opera-House, which
was destroyed by fire last night. It is feared that
many more persons lost their lives. Thc fire com
menced soon after thc curtain had risen for the
performance of "Lucia di Lammcrmoor.'' The
subscribers for the orchestra 6talls and boxes of
the grand tier had mostly not arrived. A majority
of thc victims belong to thc working class. Shortly
after the lire began thc gas exploded and the
house was plunged into complete darkness.
A S-CENfi 01" TEMIOE AND DISIAY
ensued which beggars description. A detachment
of sailors from thc squadron in thc harbor arrived
on the scene with pumps and displayed great gal
lantry in rescuing people and combating thc fire,
which was subdued toward ten o'cloek. M. Stra
kosch, the impressario, was slightly hurt. Signora
Bianca Donadi, one of the leading artists, made
her way from thc stage to the street safely. One
whole family of five persons and another family of
three persons are known to have perished. Relief
subscriptions for the suflcrere have been opened
throughout Nice. Thc regatta hcrehas been coun
termanded, and thc value of thc prizes' to have
been contested for will be contributed toward the
relief of distress.
A PAHIS SFECIAJj SAYS
it has been ascertained that thc cause of the fire
which deitrojed the opera-house was a leak in the
gas-pipes behind the scenes. The leak was caused
suddenly In some way yet unknown, and allowed
great volumes of gas to escape. This ignited be
fore the leak was discovered from the rear stage
lights, and the explosion whieh followed at once
set all thc scenery and inflammable material on
thc stage on fire, andbcforcthcaudicnec recovered
from their first horror the entire building was In
flames.
TO ADD TO THE CALAMITY
some one turned the gas off in an effort to stop
the fire, and then a terrible panic enncd. Thc
audience became frantic, and in endeavoring to
escape all sought pergonal safety, and the weaker
men and women were remorselessly knocked
aside and trampled upon. Many of the actors and
chorus were burned to death. One hundred and
fifty dead and charred bodies have already been
dug out of the ruins to-day.
Nice, March 24. Up to three o'clock thi after
noon sixty-tin ce corpses had been extricated from
the ruins of the opera-houc, mostly those of
Italian artisans. Among the dead Is a. German
doctor named Arand.
TRAHrLFD TO DEATH,
Loxdon, March 24 Thc.S?t')i:f'mP;corres-poiident
to death in thestampede to get out of the theatre
atfice. It does not appear at present that any
Americans were among the victim. The sole oc
cupant of the stage when the explosion occurred
was seen enveloped in fiame. Thc injury of M.
Strakoseh was only a slight contusion of thc leg.
Eleven more bodies are said to be under thc ruins.
The exits of thc theatre were very narrow and
badly arranged.
The Acre" correspondent at Paris says Scnor
Donadio, who lately achieved triumphs on thc
Venetian and Milanese stages, was to have ap
peared for thc firt time at thc opera hov.se at Nice
on thc night of the fire. A gas-jet set fire to some
of the scenery. As the curtain was down the
audience was unaware of the danger until the gas
exploded, when thc smoke became suffocatingly
thick. People tried to throw themselves from
small w inflows near the loof of the theatre. Sixty
nine bodies have thus far been recovered.
THE LITEST FROM THE TIKE.
Kick, March 24. Most of the artistes were in the
dressing-rooms, and vere aware of their danger,
but'it was too late to escape. Thc choristers rushed
along the narrow passage in the-darkness, many
of them presumably too mueh disabled in the
crush to escape. The basso, tenor, and baritone must
have been suffocated. Their bodies are probably
under the ruins. The parts of the theatre most
filled were the upper galleries, and as the distance
from them to thc doors was long, and by narrow
corridors and stairways, the people in tiie galleries
had the greatest difficulty in escaping. There was
a very inadequate supply of water. Thc
sailors, who volunteered as firemen, plied
buckets of sea water, which were almost ucless.
Two midshipmen rescued two persons from u
chamber, who are still living, that arc horribly
scorched, one being a raving lunatic. Some of the
bodies found are to horribly charred that recogni
tion is impossible. The body of one of the singers
has been recognized.
mnrtlcr and Snleidc in Town.
Sioux City, Iowa, March 24. Gustavc
Freiderich, a German saloon-keeper, forty-six
years of age, this moining shot and instantly
killed a girl named Helen Eberhart, aged four
teen. Freiderich then shot himelf twice, the last
shot tearing away his heart. The shooting was
done with a double-barreled shot-gun aud took
place back of Freiderieh's saloon. The girl at
the time was passing through a narrow hall
way to the apartments where her parents
reside, being in thc room occupied by him a" a
sleeping apartment, where hc had been sick for
several weeks. A coroner's jury found that the
man was insane. Freiderich was in the habit of
calling the girl his child, and seemed to be much
attached to her. He left a letter, from whieh it ap
pears he fully contemplated suicide ; but as no ref
erence is made therein to the girl, it is conjectured
thc killing of her was a sudden impulse.
a t
The At (iludc of the Bucrs.
London-. Marrh 24. A dispatch from
Durban to thc 7Vjo says : " Trustworthy infonna
tionjust received herefrom Swaziland describes
thc intensely ho-tile attitude or the Beers there
to the British. Thc natl ve.- were kept in a state of
terror and were ccveiely punished if they ventured
to doubt the stories told by the Boers of disaster to
the English. Thc Swazies and Zulus are both
loyal, but arc eagerly expecting the restoration of
British authority in the Transvaal, and their dis
may at the Engli-h submission will be profound.
The government have telegraphed to General Sir
Evelyn AVood, conveying their high sense or his
conduct in thc recent proceedings, and of the skill
and judgment he has. shown throughout his com
munications with the Boer leaders.
To Succeed General flraut. - '
Xew York, March 24. It is the desire
of the World's Fair Commission that Hugh J.
Jewett, president "f thc Eric Railway, shall suc
ceed General Grant as president of the Commis
sion, and to-day Messrs. Stebbins and Talcott, of
the special committee, waited upon Mr. Jewett,
who is now second-vice-president of thc Comml i
sion, regarding the matter, but he requested a few '
days' time to consider the proposition.
Yoniijr Knlloeb "Xot CnHty."
San.Fbaxcisco. March 24. After being
out twenty-four hours the jury iu the Kalloch
case this afternoon brought in a verdict of Xot
guilty." The verdict was received with much ap
plause, and the defendant was heartily congratu
lated by his friends. When Kalloch was dis
charged and got into a cairiage to go home an im
mense crowd took the horses from thc vehicle and
pulled him to his house, some three miles distant.
Xo Temperance Tor Texan.
Acstix, Texas, March 24. In the
House yesterday the bill to submit to the people a
constitutional amendment prohibiting the manu
facture, importation, and sale of alcoholic drinks ;
in thc State was defeated by a vote of 51 to :n, the :
requisite two-thirds not voting in the affirmative, j
Secral of thc numbers were absent. j
An Rxti-a Session sit Last. I
Sax FraxcissIo, March 24. The Gov-!
crnor has called an extra session of the Legisla
ture for the 4tb of April next to enact a general
appropriation bill, levy taxes, pass a deficiency
and apportionment bill, enact a road law, and to
confirm appointments. The session is limited to
tw cnty da s. "
Ex-Senatm- Gordon' Railroad.
Chattaxooga, Texx., March 24. Ex
United States Senator Gordon, in an interview
with a TUna reporter to-day, said the Georgia
Western Raihoud thc projected line from Atlanta
to the Mississippi River would positively bo built.
Hugh J. Jewett, or New York, is interested in thc
cuteiprise.
Another Stailroad BUI.
Dover, Dei-, March 24 Another sup
plement to the DelRware Western Railroad charter
was introduced in the Senate this morning. It
provides for a new road, commencing at Wilming
ton, to run down through the State in dirccreppo
sition to the Delaware division of the Pliil.v.lelp'tia,
Wilmington and BidtiiBOJC Road.
COLOMBIA AROUSED.
.1 Breeze from Bocota,'a the American
CoalluE.f?ttieiia;
Panama, March 16. Aa Afieociated
Press dispatch in the Star iid Htrald-ln Decem
ber has occasioned much nbxiety in Bogota. It
stated that the United States Government had
taken steps to establish coaUug stations at Chiri
qui, Lagoon, and Golfo Dulce. Tresident Kunez
in a recent telegram instrnclcd thc state govern
ment here to solicit information or make Inquiries
on thc subject of the American consuls at Aspin
wall and Panama. These gentlemen replied that
they knew nothing about, the matter officially
or personally. It Is not known whether
Minister Dichman was ipproached on thc
subject, or whether hc gave.' the same answer to
the inquiry as thc consuls here. Thc government
at Bogota is all adrift on the subject of coaling-stations
on the Isthmus, and"3oes not appear
to have been consulted on the subject or its per
mission or assistance solicited. The affair has
created bad feeling here and' in Bogota, and the
methods pursued so far by "Mr. Hayes' Government
are freely denounced as "inconsiderate, domineer
ing, and insolent. Why has not Mr. Dichman
been instructed to make a fair presentation of the
case in Bogota? Fancy- the Bogota government
being reduced to the necessity of asking informa
tion on such a subject from fjEwnsnls who are not
diplomatic but commercial ients, and "that, too,
when there is a Mtaistef-reIdenf in thc eapital.
American interests will be pndleed seriously if
this kind of thing goes on. Jm
Three separate attacks have been made on eanal
engineers since their arrival on February 1. The
last was at Empire Station, on Sunday nieht, and
involved the serious wounding of 'one of the for
eign laborers of thc company. It was a ease of
natives against foreigners (the latter being French,
Italians, and Jnmaicans)in which bad rum played
its usual part. The laborers complained of the
pay and food, and the natives, when ex
cited by rum, endeavor to get square
with the machete, even assailing their fellow-laborers,
the Jamaican negroes, who in self-defense
are compelled to make common eause with their
masters and any foreign laborers who may be on
thc station. The canal company contemplate
establishing a police of their own.
There have been no recent arrivals of vessels
from either South or Central America, and conse
quently no news is at hand.
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"ARKANSAW" FRAUDS.
The Governor or thc State Said to be a
Defaulter What Will be Done.
"What is the news from Arkansas ?"
said The Republican to Colonel William J. Patton,
a prominent Republican lawyer from Little Rock.
"I see," said the Colonel, "that thc Democrats
down there arc having some trouble with their
new Governor iChurehill) on account of irregular
ities having been discovered in the accounts of that
gentleman when hc was State treasurer. A resolu
tion was ottered in thc Legislature the other day to
impeach the Governor for ' high crimes and mis
demeanor?,' and seventeen Democratic members
voted for it."
"Will the charges be proved against him?"
asked The Repciilican.
"I cannot tell as to that," said the Arkaiiian,"
' but the peopleof our State have takeu thc matter
in charge and will probe it to thc bottom."
"The fact is-," said the Colonel, " so much Demo
cratic corruption has been- unearthed of late that
it is about time to call a halt"
' Will not these Democratic thefts react iu favor
of the Republican party in your State?"' asked the
news-gatherer.
"Well, yes. Every right-thinking man in thc
State knows that iu a fair election the Republicans
arc in a majority, and I think that at the next
State election we will wipe thc Democrats out of
power. With the aid of such a man as Senator
Dorsey, whom I regard as a perfect Napoleon in
politics, I believe wc can accomplish that end."
t
Colored epnblicnna of Maryland.
Baltimore, March 24. A State conven
tion of colored voters met to-day at
Douglass Institute to take aetiou with
regard to a more equal division of thc
Federal patronage, in. the State of Maryland
tc colored Republicans. -3"lere'..T7aTe- delegates
present from thc city of Baltimore and from eleven
of the twenty-three countiesof the State. Rev. Dr.
D. P. Seaton, of Frederick, was called to the chair,
and the usual committees were appointed.
Thc committee on resolutions presented
several reports, that which was adopted
declaring that the distribution of the
Federal patronage in this State is not in accord
ance with the principles of the Republican party,
and that the colored voters are entitled to a fair
division of thc same; that a committee be ap
pointed to represent the condition of the colored
voters of Maryland to thc President and request
him to appoint no gentleman to a leading position
who docs not pledge himself to give a fairer dis
tribution to the colored voters of thc State. The
committee provided for was appointed, and the
convention adjourned.
I.a(ckt from 3Iexieo.
City or Mexico, March 10, via Havana,
March 21. All thc newspapers, excepting the
'Monitor, bitterly denounce Scnor Zamaeona for
claiming all the credit for the renewal of diplo
matic relations between the United States and
Mexico.
The Mexican chief engineer has surveyed thc
Tchuantcpec route, and reports Captain Eads pro
ject entirely practicable. -
Thc ovations to General Ord continue.
It is reported that the government refuses modi
fications in thc concession which Seiior Romero
transferred to thc company organized by General
Grant.
Thc regular session of Congress will open on
April 1.
Dr. Barrcdo, fouudcr of the Mexican realistic
school, and ex-minister to Germany, i dead.
A Bloody Texan Tragedy.
Galvesjtox, Texas, March 24. A spe
cial to thc Xar from Jacksonboro' says intelli
gence has been received of a tragedy enacted in
the northwestern part of Jack County last Mon
day. Two stock men, Leonard and Doyle, met by
agreement to settle a difficulty, with one other
man preccnt as witne-. The men were to fight a
duel at one hundred paces, with rifles. Leonard
started to .step off the distance, w hen Doyle at
tempted to shoot him, but his gun hung fire.
Ixjonard turned and fiied at Doyle, who fell, mor
tally wounded. Leonard then walked up to Doyle
and shot him three times in the head, after whieh,
taking Doyle's gun, he shot aud mortally wounded
the only witness to thc tragedy. Leonard then
made his escape.
Tlie Female XlhJHut Arrested.
London, March 24. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg says: "The Crown Prince Fred
erick William arrived to-day. The female Nihilist
who was arrested to-day Is named Sophie Picoffsky.
She Is a daughterof a councillor of the ministry of
domains. She has confessed to having given the
signal tollartmann for exploding the mine under
the Imperial train near Moscow, and aBo the sig
nal to Russakoff to throw the bomb which shat
tered the Czar's carriage. The government has as
signed able counsel tothe prisoners. Feliabafl'de
clined the assistance of counsel.
TELEGRAPHIC TWISTINGS.
The Republicans in convention yester
day in St. Louis nominated, for mayor, William L.
Ewing, by acclamation.
The pot-ofliec at "Bennington, Vt., was
robbed Wednesday night of S1.G00 wortli of stamps
and $500 in money. There is no clue to thc bur
glars. The Republican Stale Convention met
in Providence. R. I., yesterday, and unanimously
renominated the present Suite officer.. John P.
Sanbo rn, or Newport, presided over the convention.
A LADYjfcaid to be the wife of a Chicago
physician, was arrested in New York last night on
a charge or stealing and pawning SloO worth or
diamonds from a broker of that city. The prisoner
will be taken to Chicago to-day.
Edwix Lockwood, sr.. formerly a fore
man at thc Camden and Amboy Railroad shops, at
Bordeiitouii, N. J., committed suicide yesterday
afternoon bv jumping into the creek from thc
railroad bridge. His body has been recovered.
William R. Hunter, forty-four years of
age, son of ex-Mayor John W. Hunter, of Brooklyn,
X. Yt. who arrived at Fall River by boat Wednes
dav morning, committed suicide in one of the city
parks yestcrdav morning byshooting himself. De
spondency appeals to have been thc cause of thc
act.
Mrs. T. P. Murray died yesterday in
Columbus, Ohio, from thc effects of malpractice.
Just prior to her death she made a statement de
claring that it was peiformcd by Dr. Willoughby
last Thursday, at her own request and in direct op
position to her husband's wishes. Dr. Willoughby
has been arrested and will be tried upon a charge
of manslaughter.
DEAN" BUCHANAN
MAKES A STARTLING CONFESSION,
The Bogus Diploma Vendor, Xow in Jail, Tells All
About His Rssealltlfs and Redtei Inci
dent of Robbing GraVes His
Watery Orate Scheme.
Philadelphia, March 24. The Record
to-niorrbw will publish thc confession of thc bogus
diploma vender, " Dean " John Buchanan, who is
now undergoing imprisonment in consequence of
the exposure by that paper some time ago of thc
character of thc different medical colleges with
which he was associated. It will siay: He has
given up all thc books hc had the matriculation
books, the minutes of faculty, minutes of "trustees'
account books, alumni minutes and a mass of
valuable information, including a list of foreign
diplomas sold, and a catalogue of addresses, includ
ing over 5,000 names of persons who had corre
sponded with him. Hc gives the names of whole
sale druggists in Philadelphia
WHO HAVE SOLD HIS DirLOMAS,
and he gives the names of the parties to whom
the diplomas were issued. He relates how di
plomas were signed by the faculty; how in one in
stance three professors, for 85 each, signed five
hnndred diplomas for him, and how. for $3.59, the
diplomas which were to go .abroad were certified
to by a Spanish consul. In aU about ten thousand
names are tangled up In his disclosures. Hc has
given the names of many professional abortionists,
and the means whereby they destroy life. Hc tells
of the tricks ofhis trade, tlie quack nostrums that
are advertised to cure all disease:, and of thc im
postors who prey on public credulity. He recites
incidents wherein he robbed graves, and how, on
one Saturday morning,
HE STOLE FIVE DEAD BODIES
from Blockley almshouse. He teUs how he kept
himself clear of the conrts and their penalties. Hc
tells of twenty-five concerns in this count ry and
In Europe by which degrees are sold. He figures
that fully 20,000 bogus diplomas are current In
America and 40.000 more in Europe. He gives thc
authorities a lever by which he can uproot every
diploma dealer in America. From Buchanan's
papers the Record gets thc following details ofhis
attempts to lead the public to believe that he had
committed suicide by jumping from a ferry-boat
into the Delaware River in Augugtlast: On the
night in qneston Buchanan went to thc Market
street rerry, where Van Duscrand a man named
Sheppard,
BETTEU KNOWN AS "SIIEr,"
were in waiting. Buchanan gave his coat to his
double and then drove off in a carriage to the con
necting railroad junction, and "hhep" passed on
to the ferry-boat, to be saluted by Holton as "Doc,"
and to be pointed out by Van Duser as Dr. Bu
chanan. " Shop " had nothing to say to any one on
the boat, and this point was used by Van Duser to
impress on the deck-bands the fact that "the
doctor is acting strangely to-night." As the ferry
boat turned to enter the canal separating Ridg
way Park from Windmill Island, a bkiff crossed its
bow and lay close under the shadow of thc piles.
"SHEP" STRIPPED HIMSELF
of Buchanan's coat and plunged overboard, and
with a few strokes caught hold of his partner's
skiff, and clutching lightly to thc stern, was hauled
down the river to below Point Airy, where hc
clambered in and was rowed along the Jersey side
of the river, thence across to his home in Kensing
ton. As a result of thc I?fcord'8 expose of Buch
anan's business thc charters of the American Uni
versity, of Philadelphia; the Eclectic Medical Col
lege, of Pennsylvania; thc Philadelphia University
of Medicine and Surgery, and the Livingston
University, of America, (at Charleston, W. Va.),
have been annulled, and bills have been intro
duced into thc State Legislature torepeal the char
ters or the Quaker City Business College, the Penn
Medical University, the Philadelphia Electropathic
Institution, and the Philadelphia College or Medi
cine. The Klectrlcal Exhibition.
The De'parttnent of State announces
that a commission has been organized to repre
sent the United States at the forthcoming elec
trical exhibition atParis. The Assistant Secre
tary of State will for the present acfafhonorHry
commlssioner-general and Mr. George Walker, the
consul-general at Paris, has been requested
to act as executive commissioner in that
city. Mr. George E.Gourand and Mr. Charles
R. Goodwin have also been appointed
honorary commissioners. Every effort will
be made to secure a creditable exhibition of Ameri
can progress in electrical appliances. Intending
exhibitors should address applications for infor
mation, blank forms, &c, to thc Assistant Secre
tary of State, Washington, D. C. Xo application
for space should be sent in later than April 20
next. As Congress has made no appropriation for
thc representation or thc United States at this ex
hibition, exhibitors will have to bear all their own
expenses, and ship goods to Paris at their own cost
and rlk.
" Clint ' Wheeler.
It is quite probable that the name of
Hon. D. W. C. Wheeler will be sent in for surveyor
of the port of New York. Mr. Wheeler comes with
the unanimous indorsement of the Republican
members of the Legislature of his State,
and has in addition the backing of
every voluntary Republican organization
of the city and thc stamp of approval
of numerous business and mercantile associates of
the city of his residence. Perhaps no more popu
lar man than "Clint" Wheeler can be found be
tween the Battery and Harlem River, and in mak
ing this appointment the President will not only
please thc business people of New York but gratify
thc powers political, to which hc largely ow cs his
election.
Beclt'h linglc Xotc.
" What will be thc outcome of this
fight on the election or officers of the Senate?"
a.ked The Republican of Senator Beck last night.
" I will tell you this," said the Senator, " that the
Republicans will not elect their officers this
special session of the Senate."
" Then it is thc intention of your side to filibuster
to the end ?" said The Republican.
" I didn't say so," said Senator Beck, as he broke
away to bugle a Kentucky constituent, who looked
like a man with a grievance, a hankering for
office, or something demanding senatorial sooth-
iS- t
Yesterday's Nomination.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to tlie Seriate yesterday: Postmas
tersJacob Rohrback, at Sunbury, Pa.; Joseph O.
Jones, at Terra Haute, Ind.; Heniy Davis, at Bed
ford, Ind.; Hamilton E. Baker, at Rolla, Mo.; Henry
X. Cook, at Columbia, Mo.; Presley 0. Lane, at
Palmyra, Mo.; Cornell Cryslcr, at Independence,
Mo.;W. M. Ledwith, at Jacksonville, Fla. Also
tlie following: Charles P. Chandler, receiver of
public moneys at Oberlin, Kansas; Thomas H.
Cavanatigh, register land office, at Oberlin, Kansas.
Payment or Bonds.
Secretary AVindom yesterday issued
the following circular concerning thc payment of
bonds embraced in the one hundred and first call :
" Notice is hereby given that in consequence of
the closing on thc 1st proximo of the books of
thc funded loan of 1881 five, per cents, the regis
tered bonds oftbat loan, embraced in the one hun
dred and first call, will not be rdHccmed w.th in
terest to tlie date of pre-entation during the month
of April, and thc circular of February 21,1581, i
modified accordingly."
An Extra Session.
The question of an extra session of Con
gress will probably be decided at the Cabinet
meeting to-day. Up to a late hour last night no
body knew positively what the verdict would be.
The Republican, however, thinks it knows, and
The Republican believes there will be an extra
session.
IongIn& or Henry.
A nomination for marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia will, it is definitely stated, be
sent to thc Senate to-day. Thc probabilities arc
that the name or Frederick Douglass will be .s-.-nt
in, although some arc inclined to believe Captain
Henrv w ill be s-iieeessful.
Solicitor Phlllirm Decline.
Solicitor-General Phillips has written a
letter to President Garfield, respectfully declining J
to accept thc vacant judgeship in the Court of
Claims, to whieh hc was nominated Wednesday.
Another Coal-Oil Explosion.
A coal-oil lamp exploded hi the house
of Orlando Smith, on Twenty-third, between
F and G streets northwest, last night, for
which an alarm was struck from box 311.
When thc department arrived thc flames
had gained considerable headway, and
as thc houses in the vicinity arc nearly all
frame, a disastrous conflagration" appeared immi
nent. Hani work, however, mastered the destroy
ing element, ami the fire was confined to the
house in whirl: it originated, involving a loss of
n
VIRGINIA READJUSTERS.
A State ConTentlon Cnlled-Senator 3a
hone's Conroe Indorsed.
Tlie Richmond Wliigot yesterday says:
"The Readjustcr State committee melinthc rooms
of the UTii? building last night, in response to a call
issued some weeks ago. In the absence of General
Mahone, General Stlth Boiling, of Petersburg, prc
sidedtwlth CaptainAsa Rogers acting secretary.
There was a large attendance of members and
proxies, every district of the State being well rep
resented. All without exception enthusiastically
approved Genera? Mahonc's course In thc Senate,
and reported that their Readjuster constituents
heartily indorsed it. Not only so many ot
the committee stated that representative and in
fluential Democrats, who had hitherto acted with
the Funders. were now heartily resolved to sup
port General Mahone and thc Liberal Readjuster
party, since thc Funders had practically aban
doned, their position on the debt, and had been
reduced to the last resource ct the meanest aud
most injurious demasoguery the color line and a
war of races, whose only result, if successful,
woidd be to postpone the peace, harmony, and
prosperity promised in the noble stand taken by
Senator Mahone. The unanimous testimony was
that that complaint and abuse of General Mahone
come from none but the inveterate Bourbons and
Funders of the most incorrigible type, the present
outcry being nothing more than a continuation of
the old Funder outcry that has been sounding
against all Readjusters and their leaders for sev
eral, years past. Xo Readjusters anywhere join in
this; on thc contrary, all arc proud of their great
Senator, and arc jubilant over his patriotic and
heroic attitude. The reports of all the committee
concurred in representing the Readjuster cause as
flourishing and steadily growing in strength, with
a certain prospect of success in thc approaching
State election.
." After an exchange of news and views among its
members, thc committee decided to call a State
convention of thc Readjuster party, to meet In the
city of Richmond, on Thursday, June 2, 18S1, with
representation apportioned in thc ratio of ouedele
gate to every two thousand population, and the
State executive committee was authorized to issue
the call without delay. The call w ill be issued to
day, and will be published to-morrow.
"The committee's proceedings were character
ized by the utmost harmony, and by tin; fullest and
most cheering confidence in the future as bright
and brightening. It is understood that the call
will be in the fonnof amiddress to the Readjusters
of Virginia."'
YORKTOWN'S CENTENNIAL.
Preparing for tlie Grand Event Interest
Injr Proceedings in Richmond.
Ricu3ioxd, Va., March 24. The head
quarters of the Yorktown Centennial Association
at the Exchange Hotel, in this city, were formally
opened to-night with Imposing ceremonies1, em
bracing a fine military display, participated iu by
the First Virginia Regiment, the Richmond Light
Infantry Blue, and tbc Richmond Howitzers, a
procession of German singing and other societies,
and speech making. The ceremonies were begun
in the rooms of thc association in the hotel,
where the Right Rev. J. J. Xeane, Catholic
Bishop of Richmond, offered a fervent prayer for
the success of tlie approaching commemorative
event, thanking God for the great victory whieh
put his seal on our country's independence, rejjic
ing that it was so ordained that this victory oc
curred within the borders of Virginia, and begging
that the holy fire cl patriotism be so enkindled iu
the hearts of our people that all would rejoice to
gether in the common heritage of freedom, and
strike together in fraternal rivalry to make the
coming festival worthy of our love forour country.
He closed by a fervent appeal to thc God of union
and fraternal love to grant that this commemora
tion of the heroic past would renew in the
hearts of aU the civic virtues which were then so
signally, blessed, and that the last embers of sec
tional animosity would be extinguished, and all
selfishness of aim and narrowness of mind be
taken away, so that all who share in
the country's glory may labor for the
country's welfare and advance together toward
the glorious destiny which is in store for her.
At the close of the prayer, which was offered in
41io presence of the State and city officials, city
jcoun'cil, and commerciaLorganizations oi the city,
an adjournment was had? to the fronf pvrtio, where
an immense concourse of people, including mili
tary and other organizations, had gathered.
Speeches were made by Governor Holliday, Hon.
John Goodc, president or the Centennial Associa
tion, aud other gentlemen, after which the Rev.
M. D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church, closed thc
ceremonies with prayer. One of the principal
features or the affair was the singing of "The Star
Spangled Banner" by the German societies, this
being the first timo it has been sung here since the
war on any public occasion, and the playing of
"Yankee Doodle" by the bauds. Both were
greeted with vociferous cheers.
WHAT MR. DAVIS SAID.
The Senator from Illinois on "tbci.reat
Voice or Independent Opinion.
Mr. Pavis, previous to voting in the
Senate yesterday, said that the Legislature of his
State at thc time of his election stood: Senate Re
publicans, 21; Democrats, 25; Independents, 5
House Republicans 79; Democrats 67; Independ
ents, C. " More than ninety per cent, of thc votes
voluntarily cast for me as Senator were from Dem
ocrats, without pledges, conditions, or correspond
ence ot any kind whatever. They knew my
political antecedents, and they also knew that
neither thchonor which was freely conferred upon
me nor any other distinction that could be offered
would alter any conviction I had formed or deflect
mc from thc course of duty as it appeared to my
best judgment. Having accepted this generous
trustunderthcse circumstances, good faith required
mc to sustain thc organization of thc Senate as- it
had existed in thc last Cougre-e. Xo principle
was involved, but merely the control of commit
tees and of officers. I have voted steadily against
change, and I shall continue in that way until the
end is reached, being answerable only to my con
science and to my constituents for this act. What
my friend, the distinguished Senator irom Xcw
York, properly calls "a constitutional majority''
was dtsclo-edwhcn IhcVice-President.not a mem
ber of this body, gave the casting voice for the
committees. However fleeting or fractional that
majority may be, wc are commanded to ac
cept it and to obey it. The majority that
chose thc committees is fairly entitled to choose
the officers of the Senate. One naturallygocs with
thc other in order to perfect theorganization. Thi
conclusion will neither be delayed nor obstructed
by any vote of mine, and it cannot be reached too
soon for the public interest. I do not ivgret at all
that thc new administration, which has to eon
front the country with its policy, should have the
control of both branches of Congress. Thc re
sponsibility for measures to be projmsed cannot be
avoided, with the power to initiate all legislation.
The majority is not large enough to indulge in ra-h
experiments, and the minority is sufficiently
strong to check any tendency to excess. Between
these two elements the great voice of independent
opinion can always be heard with effect, and tho
country has every prospector peace and prosperity.
CABLE CLATTER.
Count Pccci, the brother to the Pope, is
dead.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have
arrived in St. Petersburg. Ihe Empress and Grand
Dukes met them at the railway station.
The total Uritish casualties to date in
the fightingwith the Boers a re eighty killed and 100
wounded. The garrison has been beleajruertd
seventy-five days.
Accompanying the offer of a reward for
the discovery or thc perpetrators of thc Mansion
House outrage is a notification inthnatiug that
three Irishmen arc suspected, aud giving a dis
crintionof them.
The King of Portugal has intrusted
Scnhor Antonio Sampayo with the tak of forming
a new ministry, as the Duke d'Avil is ill. Smhor
Sampayo will assume the presidency of tho coun
cil and" thc Ministry of thc Interior.
Another female Xiliilist, a friend of
Russakol! aud Hartmann, has been arrested iu St.
Petersburg. Owing to her revelations the indict
ments against the prisoners connected with the as
sassination of the Czar must be reeast, and the trial
further postponed a few days thereby.
The Hague newspapers publish a letter
from Mynheer Blockland, azealous defender of tl.c
Boers, recommending that the friends of thc Boers
redouble their activity in order to secure the ful
fillment of the pace conditions, aud keen alive
thc symjathy of Europe and America.
In thc House of Commons yesterday
Mr. Forster, replying to a question, said tlie recei:
statement of Mr. Dunn, that 5,000 families In Ire
land are liable to be hurled out on the roadside,
was exaggerated. At thc last session iu the dis
trict referred to he said there were only -ev.":ty-threc
ejectment decrees issued, compare' :ii73
decrees at the same time last year.
AFTER A DEAD MAN.
HUNT OF A TAR-HEEL DELEGATION.
A Visit to the State Department to RemoTe an Offi
cial "of Thirty Years Standing Whs
Had Been Dead Eight Months
Blaine's Policy.
A number of able statesmen from North
Carolina visited thc State Department a few dayg
since to urge upon the Secretary the propriety of
reeognl2ing the steadfast Republican patriotism of
the old Xorth State by rewarding some of them
with positions abroad, wher c the native grace of
thctar-heel would do much, they thought, toward
redeeming the country from thc reproach of a lack
of either ability or elegance in its diplomatic ser
vice. Before visiting the Department they had taken
a careful survey of the Blue-Book and noted thc
names of all Xorth Carolinians who had been fed
at that crib a sufficient length of time to be "rat
enough to kill." Among thee names was that of
Willie P. Mangum, consul to Nagasaki, Japan.
This these would-be reformers of the civil ser
vice regarded as one of thc most aggravated cases
ofhanging-on in the whole list, for the records
showed Mangum to have been in office for nearly
thirty years. So it was determined to begin by
bouncing him, and mainly with this end in view
he raid on the Department which we reler to was
made.
Judge Thomas Settle and non. Ike P.Young,
coUector of the Metropolitan or Raleigh district oi '
the State, were the spokesmen of the party, and tc
their eloquence the Secretary responded by say
ing: '" I agree with you, gentlemen, perfectly. A man
who has been abroad as long as you say this man -has
should, in my opinion, be removed. Persons
too long abroad lose' their identity with this coun
try; and therefore it-shall be my policy to appoint
new people to such positions. Eight years fa, in
my Judgment, quite long enough for any one to
hold a consular position of any consequence.
What do you think of my policy, Evarts?" said
the Secretary, in conclusion, turning to the ex
Secretary of State, who had dropped in for a chat,
" Oh, I'm agin it," said William, with a twinkla
in his eye. "I'm a civil-service reformer. But,
then, ir you really intend to inaugurate this new
policy I would advise you to begin somewhere
else. Don't disturb Mangum"
"Why?"
"Well, it would be '
' Be what? hasn't hc been there a long time?"
"Yes; but you set; "
" I see nothing to prevent his removal "
"But, then "
" Well then, what?"
- Whv he's dead."
-Dead!"
"Yes: as dead as Jnh'us Caesar. He died eight
or nine months ago."
" Thc h 1 he did," exclaimed tlie Xorth Caro
lina crowd in chorus, as they gazed reproachfully
into each other's, eye, and each thought of tho
other, " what a fool you were, anyway, not to know
this-."
Meantime Evarts beamed, and James, of Maine,
suppressing a smile, said: "Gentlemen, jouwill
ob;ere that thc man whose scalp you seek is be
yond tlie power of removal. What would you
now?"
Then up spoke folonel Isaac P. Young, the
collector, who, for twelve years pn-t, has, like St.
Matthew, sat at the receipt of cu-stoms, and said:
" Will the administration be guided by a similar
policy in its domestic scrviec ? "
"Yes," replied Mr, Blaine; "so far as I can con
trol it. Eight years is long enough for any one to
hold an office or honor or profit, irwc keep men
in office during their natural lifetimes, wherewith
wlllwc hae to reward the younger generation,
who fight our battles and are the life-blood of our
organization. Men work for reward, and young
men arc specially ambitious, of recognition.nud, so
far as my influence can bring it about, the youn j
live men of thc party shall receive such recogni
tion nnder this administration."
And James wot not that Isaac w.is a twelve-year-old
collector.
And Isaac was troubled in spirit, for he had
Teamed" more of fhe probable -pvilicy-of th ad
ministration toward thc old mossbacks than h
hankered after.
So Isaac went away sorrowful, and when hc met
his friend, Judge Settle, he lifted up his voice and
said:
"I don't like the way Blaine talked. It looks
like wc were all to be bounced."
And Thomas answered, saying:
" Did you not, O Isaac did you not go purpose!
to ask that a man be bounced because of length o:
service ? And did you not learn that the Secretary
fully agreed with you V
"Yes," said Isaac.
" Wherefore then com plan T' asked Thomas.
"I like thc general principle of the Secretary'
policy," replied L-ase, thoughtfully, " but object
to its local application."
Then they smiled.
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
Why an Accidental Adjournment TVai
Had Yesterday Democratic Comfort.
The accidental absence of Senator
Mitchell and the failure of thc Clerk to record
Senator nalc's vote on the question of adjourn
ment last evening gave ri-e to thc lumor that the
Republicans were weakening, and that thc ab
sence of both or these votes from the Clerk's roll
was the initial movement in a game of backoii'l
that would leave the Democrats mast era
of thc situation, and permit thc minority to
carry out thc threat of dictating terms
to thc majority. Democrats on the outside took
great comfort iu this, view of thc situation, bull
those of the deserted minority on thc inside of thi
chamoer knew that there was nothing in it, and,
last night, after informal consultation, a sufficient
number concluded that it would not pay to pro
long the fight beyond a reasonable length of
time. Thc significant feature of Ihe situation is
the fact that no eaucu? ha3 been held by the
Democratic s?cnatois, and, as a consequence, no
Senator is bound by anything but his own judg
ment in the matter. It fa, in short, generally be
lieved that the junior Senator from Jawjaw hud no
authority to speak for anyonebnt himself when
he proclaimed yesterday that the Democrats would
filibuster until next December rather than permit
the majority to exercise its constitutional right to
elect its own ofikers. That there will be 'ilibws
tering there is no doubt; thattha Republicans will
elect their officers in good time there is still less
doubt. This is The REri'nr.nus's view of the
senatorial situation.
Death of Colonel Fred. Ileeker.
St. Louis, March 24. Colonel Fred.
Hecker, a prominent German politician, died at
his home, near Summerfield, to-night. He was
one of the leaders in the German revolution of
ISIS, and was exiled.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Assistant Engineer John R. Edwards,
to duty on board the Dispatch.
Chief Engineer H. S. Davids, from thc
naval rendezvous at au Francisco and ordered to
duty in chargeor engineers' stores at Marc Island.
Paymaster Thomas T. Caswell has suc
cessfully pa-sed his examination, and will be pro
moted to the grade of pay inspector, I'nited -States
army.
Leave of absence for one year, on sur
geon's certificate of disability, with permis-sjon to
go beyond sea, is granted Firs-t Lieutenant Henry
I. Borup, Ordnance Department.
Commander T. F. Kane, from the .Naval
Academy, April It. and ordered as inspector of
ordnance at the Xcw York navy-yard, April 15,
relieving Commander 1. O. Matthews, who will be
placed on wailing orders.
Chief Engineer ff. F. Kutz, from duty in
charge of engineers' stores at Mare laiand and or
dered to the Pcusaeohi.and as fleet cujsiiK-er of
the Pacific station, relieving Chief Engineer E. L.
Kobic, who will return home.
Thc leave of absence on surgeon's cer
tificate or disability, granted Captain I.. R. Stille,
Twenty-third Infantry, February S ISM. Iepiirt
inent of the Mis-:oiiri, 1 extended three months on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
The Alliance will remain at w Or
leaus until April 7. The Tennessee arrived at
Havana on thc 14th flora Xew Orleans. Thc cus
tomary official visits were made. On thc I7th tho
Tennessee mailed fiom Havana and arrive! at Key
West on the IStb.
The Vaudalia arrived at Port Castries,
.-t. Lucia, February 1, fioni St. George's. Grenada.
As Martinique and Gnad.-dnnpe have both been
very generallv quarantiiUHl agailttt on account of
yellow fever, "the Vaudalia did not visit them, as
ordered by Real Admiral Wynian. The Lieutenant-Governor
of Grenada was, very courteous and
hospitable to the officers of thc Yandalia, and twice
visited the -ship. After taking in some coal tin
ve-sei would leave Port Castries February 1" for St
John's Antiqua. and thenrc for st. Thomas. Th
health of the ship was good.
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