7F1TT
ANSFORMED
tie study ct our work and eomrsrlsoas
bat or other wlU reveal msnr points
erpritv In our favpr We hara taai
taJon by hlghHass work and thor
conetant effort to please cuttomcrs
ackards Laundry
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ice
rigatidn
achinery
lans and Estimates on
COMPLETE PLANTS
Call or Write
HOUSTON TEXAS
IN STORE
eCIS5
Vi
ffitifings
CELEBRATED
N WIE
Centrifugal Pumps
WARD SMITH CO
Oallon Hnlfaallon
and Quart Cans
O CHEMICALS
O GLUCOSE
trial will mean your
Creirther orders
mm
Bnis Syrup is unequaled
at
TATo
ire now prep rsa to quote prices
oad lots or less Wiss Triumph
ose Hebron Peerless a id other
s
Red White and Yellow ONJON
bushel crites
ers SotitlnVestern Tele
ph and Telephone Co
dlow ny peroon to Inspect or loo <
1 ephune uota they are obit to
ten en company lcter heads aU
M the Southwostan Telegraph nud
Company signed by
r Jt IIENSHAW Manager
fa badges will be provided la a
s
iAL DRY GOODS GO
HOUSTON
X Chill Cure
la a specific
led them all ard find It the most
WALTER L HOWE
SUNSET0
ROUTE JCJ
V Tickets on Sae
i4 i5 Limit Fri I
JUST ARRIVED
CAR
GALVANIZED
EAVE
TROUGH
AND
CONDUCTOR
PIPE
In iofoot lengths Oct our prices
before buying
PE
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FOR
rS
rsss
> 0
Duplex Pump IOxIOVjX v y
Boiler 75horse power Roth J Ju
lar Boilers large assortment J to
8uhorse power Strainers for Artesian
Wells
HARTWELL IRON WORKS
CEDENT LIME AND BRICK
Wrlto for Prloe
Carload Lots
H P tMAUGHLIN CO
Houston Toxao
THOROUGHLY TESTED I
Sold on Its Morlt Garvins
FIRliPROOF ROOF PAINT
A ok your Dealer for It
LUND siA < UIL CO iloujtun lexai
Drs Daviss J Gohlman
qyr Ear and Throat
Rooms 305 and 306 Blnz Bulldc
Proltuliflltlcii
Washington Januay 11 Eastern Texas
ralr Saturday warmer In northeast portion
north to northwent winds freah on the const
Sunday fair
Oklahoma and Indian Territory ralr
firmer SsturJay northwsatcrly winds Sun
day llr
Snuw In Teinii
Sun Aogelo Texas January lli SnW fell
this morning In Tom Iran Coke Irion
Menard Runnels and Ster Ins ccun l3
Oue leeilt Tcsas January 11 A very
lllte snow fell hero bis morning
tSencrnl OljaerrntloiiK
Obpervauuua taken at all stations by U is
b lene Texas 1
Ainar Ho Texas re
tln a Qi
Corpus r rstl Toxas
Davenpost Pwv
l > d 1 uv Kiu
r Pi toih
O Iven n T as
Ja Kt > vllle r a
Kni as City Mo
Mempls Tern
M > ntgi mer Ala
f nbhr1c Tenn
New OrUan < >
NTh Tatte Neb
I Okihnmn ritv O T
o naha Xeb
la estlne Tcvas
9 > LUH M
1 gt Paul Mlil
Vhtt turt Miss i
SENSATIOV I LUGISIiATIIlU
was a good sized sensation ln the legis
lative today cause 1 by the InroJmtljn
of a bill to reimovo the rletures at te
capItol ef exGovernot Paptoi Diw n
liw pnd General Georjo Thomas tp bo
replaced by Generals It E L e and
anewall Jackson Brownlo was the
reoenttructlon governor cf Teano ee
aril hi3 methods raado him unpopulnr
with the democrats of that period One
ILLS FEVER JAUNDICE of his acts was to offer a reard rcr tho
head of Isham G Ilairtls the war gov
Oarnival
BULL FIGHTS DAILY
TOREADORES
Dlrcot from Barcelona Spain
525000 Electric Pageant
10000 Electric Fountain
5000 Volcanic Eruption
On Mt Franklin
Roping and Ticing Contests
Band Concerts
Flower Parade
Unveiling of Elks Monument
At Clks nest
FOR ALL INFORMATION SEE
fnnoiKT uj pahka s f n sionsn
er Tlskrt ttsentj Oen Pas Wont 1iuii Trnfflo Jlgr
MAILABLE EDITION
HOUSTONFIRST
THE BIG OIL WELL
Said that the Capacity of It Is the
Greatest in the Woild
SIXTEEN THOUSAND BARRELS
Daily Is the Estimate Made by Captain
W A Fletcher
FLOW CONTINUALLY GROWS STRONGER
Lake Constructed to Calch the Petroleum
Has Been Enlarged
THE SPECULATION IN LAND HAS BEGUN
Drilling 1Uk Now Kn Honlc Will He
lut Into Oneration na Souu
in Ionallilc
Beaumont Texas January 11 The
Ptenomcnal oil well struck by Captain
A r twoaB three miles south o Beau
mont yesterday morning is still tho all
clHorbins topic of convocation A driz
zling rain and chilly norther prevented
many visitors frocn going out lo the icll
during tho day but In tho hatel iobblos
stores offices and street corners nothing
was discussed except ol and tho remark
able well tho capacity of which Is bo
Mcvcd to bo greater than that of any
guuhcr In Oho world
Captain Vf A FJetciior president or
tho Texas Tram and Lumber company
Is acknowledged one of the moat con
ssrvattve ns well as practical men In
Texas Captain Klefteiwr vhliicd tho
rpoutilng oil well this morning and spent
on hour In endeavoring to gaugo the
capacity or How from tho pipe He inada
soveral conclusive itests and when ho re
turned to tho city he said ho would Oe
saitlffled IX ho owned whait tCie iwell flowed
In excess of 16000 barrels per day The
Posi correspondent will not attempt to
glo tho method by Which CaptalnFletcb
er reached his conclusion ibift peoplo
the whole prairi
well aud is flowing in a large siloam
dovu t vards tho Kast Texas track tnIuIq
the men are doing all they can to head
It off Captain Lucs was in the city
this afternoon but had nothing to say
or additional Interest He has nut boujt
at tho well today In the meantime tho
spoutcr presents a sight too grand for
iuulllgent description and that hun
Cauftctt liy Hill to llemosc lMoturcH of dreds or stranse iii will begin arriving
rormer CoscinoiH within the uoxt few diys to see it U
hVlf 1 0 asonablo expeetaton It is
Na Tenn ll n
a sight of a lifetime
iLato this
from the well
the geyser He It a well lnfrm d
well educated gentloman and In fas It
bary Ixu a collect a 0 minera s and
cuiloaltles wfalch is both Interoittng anl
vtluailc It ta wiltvnoai he is operat
ing fir himself but it is probable that
jhe tua ether parties lntcreased with hlai
He has lon persistentIn bis lovetita
itlonj and to bis pcTsIstency alone li dto
i
fields of Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia and his spent more than a year In
UMb country investigating for oil Ho
has now two lirnje rigs fpuratlns in ihe
Taylors bayou country and has crent a
IjWo amount or money in this eoanty
The i ot corrcii 8ndent called on Mr
IMulhamus this tnrfrnlng for u jstatement
ef his opfnlbnabout Captain JLucjs gey
rrr He said
I have already concratulatcd Cap
tain tweas oh Ws flnd and I want to do
so thrnuih yoUr paper It Is Indeed a
successful well and wUle we hive not
lot ctamlntd the product nor measured
thellow I hare every rcison to bolleVe
It H h uch mora tllan we ever expected
1o Bml In Jeffarsou county Captain Lucai
deserves his suces6 In fact any nun cr
firm which comcu ln hero and riemls
money digging holes deserves success and
more than that ho Is entiled to the
slstinco and cooperation ot tho cltlieni
iVnd I wis1 OU would say for me new
that I warn the petpie against making
leases In a hurry especially to curb
stone brokers wh > will Hock In for tho
purpose of speculating In Icises We
who have spent our anoney and time de
veloping this field deserve the considera
tion aud Influence nt the elllrens There
wltf be a greU number of real estate
men from ml o > er tho country flock here
They iiae nothing with which to develop
the land and will enUeavor to malco leases
for purely speculative purposes Dont
let theln Let Us not get excited and
sell lands too quickly Look to those
men who hSvo financial backing and who
have shown by their past acts that thev
arc reliable and then prepare to develop
In a calm and business like manner This
Is my tdvlco and you will find It safe to
follow It
Sovoinl di > a o u was announced In
this correHpondenco that the big drilling
rJg of atirw Urea t > be Ctorsloani firm
which him qontratUed t < sink omo wells
for tiho Sabine Oil and ripe Line com
pany Is now In Hi Southern Pncltlc
HTiin In nils city Jind willl be sent to the
covery of the oil well and soveral tracts
who know his genius ability conscna 0f land changed hands yesterday nfter
ivro tiiij MA > Msn op latr jm
iiorvAiiti mens iiuatii
District Attiiiiicj Onliornc 1 Aunit
liiK tin ItPiiort of 1rofn AVItt
limiH nml loointM
1 vrlTir Vrrt
rr r t 5 5li
PORTO RICAN CASES
Attorney General Gri s Concluded Ar
gumdnt for Government
FORMER SECRETARY CARLISLE
Made a Comprehensive Speech for the
Appellants
HE CHARGED THAT THE PRESIDENT
lias Persisted In Discharging Ihc Duties of
Congress
SINCE SIGNING OF TlfE PEACE PROTOCOL
iPortn lllro Not IorclKii Country niul
Cooila Coming from There
Arc Not Import
Washington January 11 Attorney
leneml Griggs rosumed his argument
before tho supremo court of tho United
States today continuing his statement
of tho position or tho government a i to
tho rulo of uniformity in tariff and ln
ternal reicn10 taxes Ho Insisted that
Tajlor ibayou reixton n1 once and put ln the uppllcatlon of tho tntcrnil revenue
opePM Ion Tlals rlKwin 10 put to work laws to Iorto Uko would be tmwlao ud
on lae MccKmell H
4 > tvls league of land i
ne r HllklbrandtR
> ou about ten miles
south of Beaumont Tho Sabine Oil and
l1oo liine company also have a large
drilling rig now on collto here uhlcn will
bo iDperatcd on itbo Iruett Wilkor ourvey
near the pumping station of the Beiu
mont lrroarion company abaut eight
miles anth of Beaumont This rig will
be cperaited by Mr W Si J Stratford
an expert dil nvan < nd one ot the Incor
porators of UTie eompany The company
Ins u numlBer ot fxcMlcnu lMfieR spat
tered all ott the county and many In
adjoining counties and they claim that
tihoy have a financial backing sufficient
to push tiny amount f prospectho wells
Captain A K LUoas also hss two ad
dItlon l well barlns outfits on roirto to
this city and Mr J A Paulhanus Is
making prepiMtlOns ilo proscicuto his opo
crations moro vl orwisly
dlumlreds of telegrams ef inquiries jcro
received today and tlieio Is every indl
cattlon thrnt IletUmont will bo thronged
wih strangers early tbo coming weok
Spocuktlon In fell Iiiuds begnn yebler
day almost simultaneously m thn ills
many nlacca unprotltnblo
A rulo of uniformity In Internal taxes
ho eeld could be oBtnbllshcd when to
bo applied to contlguoJs States as the
States were governed bj similar laws ahrt
similar conditions But when It cmio to
apply these taxes to widely separated
tcirltorlcs Inhabited 4 > y pnljglot raees
a wide discretion was ui cssar > and to
endeavor to npplj n system of Internal
taxes would be rsther applying a straight
jacket than n constitution Continuing
ho Mid congress should have illsctetloti
to Impose only such taxes as the pooplo
could bear Wo have been so long jc
uustomed to regaid tho United Slates
according to Us old lines satd Mr
UiiKgs ttwt it is almost a wrench to
cutiiffUU thiit there U now United
Btutcs terrltorj within tho Arctic cltelo
rind lu tho islands tit many sens This
expansion should lcsuli lu 1 largo com
prehension of the duties aud necessities
aUii the Impossibility of enforcing an
ironclad rulo ot uniformity oerywbcio
tlsm land responsibility will not hcsltnite noon and last night A deal was made should bu borne In mind
at iha waI1 vesterday for tho homestead As to internul revenue duties ho s ld
to accep Ls otutenvnt as facts oven
lMCt Qf charcs jfiKalB tlM1 tllB wtU > 1lero na8 m > ver an bjeclon to tho ac
though < he amount of oil flawing from contrtlnlnac sevon and onohalf acres lor Hon of cougrcss In failing to extend tbo
tho well overy twentyfour hours Is 2000 uMr O nCroeves was tho pur intcriwl revenue laws In tho olion of
placed so hissh as ito seem lucrcdlble chasor but It Is understood slnco tluly Hawaii when tho local laws wore left
lmo lnat JlM nPa s refused lo slgu in force there was then not single ob
CantaLn Fletcher sias he has never read
oaptam iqcwner
th dce pnd vng declared off Jectlon raised t to tho constitutionality
of noreither < has ho ever hear of an itr Tam sulllviUiPf Ihlo city eolo a of the proceeding The var7iitB taioi
ollwcll ihatcbhldjoplaced In the same undlyld dhalf Interest in a tonncri which Htats may lay In the opinion ot
cata ory with the Lucas Qeyscr trart ln tno Iov eoony yesterday after the attorney general indicated tint con
noon or B0 ° LMr SulltvBti his hcioto gross had n similar power to vary tttxas
ctwriio mgais arrived m tao cti > tnis geueMi reviewed the hH
forc had thJ oaUro tMJt n tho warkrt Tie aitoruey
atteruoon from tho well and reporta at ot bul was uuablo to find a pur tory of the lntrrnil revenue leglelatlou
that the flow much stronger than it chaser providing first taxes on dlstllled splrlts
wax ycsttrdi Shortlv before noon to Several other transfers were hirjrincil only to States and a subsequent ict ex
mun Yerba fl > tcntCl lne > prnvlon to Ull TJrjlories
day the well seamed to grow stronger TherJ BComs t0 tB ft Kenornl tmpre ilnn Subsequent similar legislation refers to
flxrA Mr Ingalls says that the solid that Il Jetforson county property wl l tho Stutes and Territories and the lllu
weftuer bureau at 3 p ni jcntorday 75tl > Btrcam ot oil Is shooting far above tho be advanced considerably In price Many trict of Columbia
icarlllan tuna
n t10 Alasltn legls
top of the sixty toot derrick The rcser BrK ° tracts ot land hsvo been taken oft lation it was cited th < vt tho Internal rev
thj > maTsl f0f lhe Um < J M ana o ftMa Iavvs wro n0t oxnnie t rst 3ni
vojr which was made by throwing up ora of govcrai lrK0 1rQtK navo i10 when excise livws were executed not all
levees at the lower end of the rivlne vigorously opportuncd to leaso oil prlv ° ch dutlcit were miido applicable
begun to overflow with oil last nignt es Referring to the f t tbit there were
u is > earncd this nfternoon different rates ot taxation spDlind to
that
aoout 1 o clock and at noon today the
0narcs InKall Uro roforroJ lho Indians the attorney general sild
men and teaiB lud been moved several tn nbovo far 000 O M Ireevcs and nBrD waB n < wnt In one rulo for a
Uuudred yaids further do n to make Ctydn Pletcher are tho purchasers Mr ribo of red men and another for it rncn
new Jovecs The oil is spreading ovur Isals ttp rM ere signed anl brown men or a raeo of blueK men
lho nioney is In tho Sunk > As to tho future he slid wo must con
ln the vicinity of the Mer tna 008lblutjri not the probabllltj
° f tho aeoulsltlon of Egypt thofioudnn
INVEST GAT ON TO BE AD Central Atn CM or a spot In tho
Anaretc crcl < lud th0 cijeeBr of peo
tplo who nwy at any future tlmo be en
tltlod to cltfjonsblp The powers of con
gress to legislate were amply sufficient
to permit the settlement ot all such con
contingencies
The attorney general concluded by in
s sting that ay private right would bo
conserved but that the right of tho gov
trnment will be hampered by the suceas
of tie contentltm ot the plaintiffs
Hon John O Oirllslo chief ntornoy
New York Januiry 11 Assistant nip for the idalntlffs fojlowei Mr Grl3
tritt Attorney Oriborno eald today tint H W b > lvln th at hc o1 r0
afternoon a report comes he has egUB prormtfon to Iuveltlelte j °
o h Tbc
that Jho stream coatlnuc the death of Millionaire William 31 llic wcrt to bo scttleil onlv on lue oonstlti
to grow stronger and that pieces ot flint nices counsel Albert T Ittrlcx and ticu He ss d he had byen as yet im < ble
rock about the slzo cf a hen egg jro now chares P Jones his valet and secretary f tCZV JJfml
bemg thrown several hundred feet Into aro nmt doUllnd > tB0 oae ln tho Toml r J ter nTentlo wa thrt
the alt oni jhc thor in the house of detention the Inland ef lorto ltlco did not bocomo
Cspuln A l Lucas the supreme y of tho United States either on the
the ul well ln onneotloa wl th tharc of forgery a part
happ owner ef uine to Blnms of tlie prDtfi0l or the ratlflatji
Ueadintiut over two > ears ago from hla againtit rtetrtck Toe Inquest will be held ot tie treaty cf Pars so thit there wjs
home lu WaahtngUn U C Ho iuUt y under Che direction of Coroner Har and a conditon existing which plajed the
trained scvMal w u hero at that tltne u cbjCPt Mr Oaborns said v Ill l < < 3er tho Knnoral protccUon and
Soabk anjng these ltwtscs was an to 7 juristic I n of tho United States with
the GUiij City oil propetty He snK be the orsnlnatlon o the caue0 of ccrHin limitations during a oerlol be
ornor of the State who went to Mexlo several wells on this prjpery cut alldeath He slid he did not wish to create twfen the arqusltkn rf the territory
He
were unsuccepjul abandoned Is nny prejullce in the civil case by p 0 rnd the passage of Jaws by congress and
at the cloto of the civil war The dom
traot v fall aI ld began the preen will
oerato as soon as they rezilnod c = ntrol
auccestfful
ttbtch ha beell so
of the Sato recalled
Harris and male h r nf remain L
him Unite aates senator The bill wlil hu cHy he
probably pasa
seating charges at lho Inquest and It
the Island night be governed by the pres
Ths Uln ent fljbet 0 th0 Ia of war aad
>
Lucas opera evldccco Is shown at the Inquest that a tjjat the Island did not become a part of
cama la ra murder fcas eon ocmtnlttccd he said It the United Ftatfs until admitted by con
he eald ln an Interview with Tno Pu dla nct fotow that he wxvuld Immeditelr RreMaal unil uth time congress may
OJrrerpondcct that If he etruck oil tao u u Hgslate for the lslmds Kcm ths It
pelple of Jentvlon county would reap a co < er eDC0 ha aauto is argued he said tDit not being part
rica reward bat If ho was unsu crssful before tho grand Jury He is expoting of the United States congress has a
he would be the only loser and the cty hourly the reports of ProLj Wltthaus nfd rlrhl to siy what taxes may be levied
and county would have been enriched b Loonils who have been engaged in au v colectM
the amount at money spent In the Inus analgia and pxaminiAlon of the vital Mr C l c flrit took up the conditions
Uiallona organs of Pice When Mr Osborua was v1ilch led ti lho nkln of tho Isanls
Captain Lucas Uvea wlth his lnteres lg asked If ho had any evidence agalnit any na rf1 > rom h ma li 1
wlfo and lltt e uan 1n a dellghtiful homo one In connection with a wurdor oar e fTtU XUB a S ° n w w i L e
P
la the lova colony aluut oae ralc froiI can not ray that I have but frooi my rrUi1L kJ JSafn vJ iaP J n
and point of vliw I have plenty at least for a 2 MLL and bsd been acknowledged by all
ccconers Inquest
nXPHKSS COMPAMni
pete
nylons
j Jiitlec While 4skcd If the president
mpht aeoulra terrltir wilhiut the con
sent < t tho treiy mikli power but Mr
fhe success whleli has rewatdd hlj et it fgro government and hive It rov
foils Others hao made fcebe alterrpiu lhe vast Interests of the Nations ex ejed
to develLp thiis oil but none hive h > d
tho faith cf Captain Lucas nar ths en
ergy to continue work in ti face of re
pcated failures
Mr J A Paulaamui who c drilling
for pit ln the southern part ot the coun
ty returned last night trout a visit to his
rigs nd learned for the first time of the
find mide by CspUln Licas 31r Paal
> imif Is perhaps one of the most expert
oil men la this country He has had < t
tensive and actual czrifnve lu tB
31 lie Control el iiiiiI oer teI UT
he
CaTVlX M wa nntulng lhat pece
was ordered afor the Burning of the pro
Chicago Jnnusri llrrhe Recorl lo tocoJ that tnre was then no war and
morrow Wll say Absolut control ot Wit tk Prfi AnJruJ > r cr lte
ialroad eperslecs
press companies may fall into the hands While Wn iK JJ10
dutv up n contrss of reiilatinsj rom
Ql the railroad powers Preliminary roerce y sines the signing of the peace
steps tpward such an object are aald to protocol the prudent h said Ins ex
have been aken b the guldtart of J mn uJ2
Plerwnt Marfan Co James J Hill gj yr oirllsl said the re l question
and others The report has Jt that the was net whether tbe < OMUutlon Kxtsad
powers Intend to tonduef th6 huslnees ef 1 ft W lnba > Unts of iPorto PJw hut
lhe Wter at fiSL CC1Sre
Caunry defartanent
On the paint lh t the Territories were
wrtanft s t
FIRST EDITION 240 A Mo
T
o
XYITH YEARNO 233 HOUSTON TEXAS SATURDAY JANUARY 12 1901 P1UOE 5 GENTS
not a part of the Unllcd Stales Mr Jar
lisle read a history ot the training of tho
rtnstltuion lowing that first was
tho intontlOM bat all trestles should
be the supreme law ej tho land Thin Wis
iiefore the word ccnstUutlon h d boon
introduced and ho tock It jo mean that
It was la intention to have iho coeatl
tutlon apply to all parts of tho countr
whether In tho States or simply In ter
rltorv belonging to ttom
Mr Oarllslo arglied that the ooustUu
tion must be Interpreted as a whole ami
rtnst an b > the government to accom
plish all th purposes for which l was
framed
There would bo two constitutions be
said In thn Intorpretitlon ot the counv > l
on the other sdo ono for Stues nj
llrlng tho powers and osrlng for tLo
rights of cltltens nd the other for the
Territories giving no rights tpoh th
ccnetltutlon ihoro has been eustruclod
a tomprehenslvo systetn of laws ROvorn
Ing all States and IVirritorles and from
the first congress has nude uniform Iavv4
for traffic between States and Terri
tories as well as extradition bankruptcy
and other laws
Mr Oirllslo iiudentook to show Uut
both dlrctit and Indirect twes hod beon
lald upon States ond Territories alike
nn1 duties had < boen laid upon imtvows
Into TorjAtortcR as well as SUi es tinder
tih eontvrtlon ot the govarntuent that
Territories were not pant ot the United
Stnteh It might fee taken that goods
could go ifrcn from lorto Moo to Alasha
but till was not dUe < a e for the samo
duties uro charged on igoods from a Ter
ritory going to 1onto Ulep as from a
State
That tho dax lovled Is a loral tax was
denied bu it was denosnluatetl a tax for
local iMrpos8
We an s he wild thit toils Ms
rival at lorto ltlco uuJll we jv w them
trJ Ule in the form ot tox
An lui > ort Is aomethlng lie said com
ing from 11 forulgn counto Porto Hlco
run iioKsn
IlroUc the Ilororil In tlir InnHiier of
Ill 1 lite Irnaloii Illlln
Warhlngton January 11 Mot since tho
rortyflmt oongresH has ho housa pnsstnl
as mnny iprlvnto pension hills at a single
sitting as it did today whon 170 were
passed The most Important one was to
Increase Iho pension of General Amortouj
V Mm from 130 to 100 per month Gen
eral Hire was wounded t > cvcra ttmca
during the civil war and loit a lei at
Vlpl burg
tf HWMslfKM i
GEO D HUNTER
City Pass and Tkt AjL
aila
r
II IE
EXECUTIVE POWER
Should Not Include Establishing Size
of the Army
ARGUED BACON OF GEORGIA
Would Rather Sec His Party Banished
from Power Forever
THAN SEE SUCH A LAW ENACTED
Senator Hoar Declared V Would Yote
Against the Dill
ON ACCOUNT OF THE ARMYS PURPOSE
Tim brnntc lusscil < > House 11111
Ilvluii CouirreHNlonal ltri > rcncjitu
thill of Vnrluua htiUcs
Washington January 11 In tho sen
ate tbday < a vigorous attack was mads
upon thut portion Ot thonrmy rwrganl
tiot an import duty Wo object Uv tho atlon 1111 vvhkh confora upon tho inesl
ir oods and hold t ithem on their s niBw power t iLLvt
nrcngth of the army lo tho maximum
limit tlxed by tho bill Mr Ilacon Oa
begun the nttnek and Mr TUtt fCann
can not bo < i foreign country tor Its r > l5lnK maintained tint tho discretion
courts senvt appeals to thin 1 > ody Tills
Is therefore not an Impurt ox hut an
exivvort itax upon goods scut out of theso
SVulcs nd there aro two spccllio pro
hibltlhius Ralnst such export duties
VMr Cntlislo argued that itluirn could
be no expotf dutv and said that thero
must be ilxed sum lUinm wihon Uorto
Klco eascil to bo foreign territor > and
oven with htvt poln he urged that tbo
tax must e tonsMered uncotntlitutlonal
Argiiniont was made illuit iihe tax was
an export tax nn I as Mteii In direct violu
llen of the cvnsuktuUon of tae United
tisrcs Thin tax ho sad under which
tlila law Is ns Kiiuiul ns n tariff liw is
ssld to bo n Jf1n1l tax It Is e llorted
tner > iwhoiM In cvTy flwln and Terrltorj
How can It bo < allrt local
Wo deny ho wont on thait the con
grres has any light to ilmpotta any audi
lux upon ithe trade between the Stales
nml Tcriltorles Congress limy regu
late eomulerto ond inuy govern the Ter
ritory but uinler Ithe xulve of governing
ilia Tertiltoiy may not governthe Stitos
cf New York or Pennsylvania When It
planes a tax upon tho oods taken to
lorto Hlco It ils governing the tiLste
The llmUbaiilon must follow every powor
Tho powwr of comjiess to loglslatn
maj ibo ulubjent to ail limits of legisla
tion
Hod It not foccn that Atrlran slavery
w is involved nld Mr Clrlllc In con
clusion Lhoro would have heon no dls
fteut from tho Uoelslun Jn tho Ured Bqntit
ct c Xow ia havh n trtno vvllb the
negro eliminated Weliwoit esse hero
eklaeiu are taking their property into
a Territory or the Unit States but In
which there to no cimflitring point llkn
klavery Tho etmiMtlons are clnnged
Thun the unllimltod power of oongiflss
wan urge I by tlw advoeatcii of slavery
now It Is urged ry the iilvoeal es of free
dom It t la triiij Hint Caere llns this
anbltrnrj paver In thj amwtitiifclon we
shoult r dnllglLeil thit lit mis not dls
covaroU ibufore
Mr Ciilrls conuluded anl Senator
Lindxay of Kentnioky iWginn th argument
for tho plalntlfi In the next of thn Potto
Rlesji oases it hat ot Huns vs irho Now
York and Porto Illian Stoiinshlp com
pany Thn eise Involves She qtrprUon ot
whether or net vonereiM had < lho rlKit
to oMltn UhB trade with ithe Inlands qoast
Ing trade or foreign itindc
ary power ought to be couferrot upon
tho president and expressed OKtonlsh
ment that an > hody should entertain a
fear lhat the power would ever bo abused
Mr Hacon declared ho would nthcr see
Ms party condemned to universal and
noveriiidlns banishment from polltloat
power than to see mich authority placed
lu tho hands of the president
Au amendment opening tho why to ap
pointment ot wluutcor officers to grades
as high an that of captain lu the regular
establishment was adopted
Mi Outer of Montana called up the
bill apportioning tho representatives ot
tho United kSlalett among tho several
States Without debate It whs passd
precisely ns It came tram the House It
now gouB to thu preoidont for his signa
ture
Tho resolution offered by Mr Tcllor
Colo sirovidlns far the printing ot
the KiUpIno appeal presented yostorday
was by conseht Inld oyer until next
Monday
Consldcrattan then wsresumed ot tht
army rrOrganlMtlen bill
Mr Hoar Mim formally offered tin
nmemVnicnt of which ho had herotoforl
Rlveri notice providing tha4 no < fiirthet
nillilnry rce nhall be uied In tho Philip
plnfM exrept ffich ns may be heces lri
to keep order In pltacos in lho peaccabli
posstsslon of the United States etc
Tabled
Mr Daniel Vu offered an amendment
providing that volunteer officer tuay be
ilcslgnntol ifor eximinntloii and ttuv > o
Who establlnh heir litneis may b p
poilntcd to Ihe grado of captain In tha
regular army as well n to the grade or
llrst and eeennd lieutenants as pro
vided fur by the enato cpminittie n
amendment Agreed1 to 21 lo 22
Mr Ilacon da moved to ulrlko out
tho provision that tho president ln bW
discretion may Increase tho number of
torpoinls ln any troop of cavalry to
eight and the mmvber of private to IS
Ho said ho did not Itellevo tio president
shtjuM have dlacretlunary power to jeg
ulate tbo slzo ot ho army
Mr PJntt Conn aulit he had nono ot
the fear that seemed to worry some sen
ators au to tho Inoreaao of the army to
100000 men Such on army could do iho
country no harm aud it could Kot by coa
elilerod 1 menace In rcsponso to it
question liy iMr Derry CArk Mr Piatt
bald ha feared tho ponding bill did not
confer upon the president the authority
to increase tho auny from 68000 to 100
0C0 at any time Thot power he thought
might to bo oanferrod upon the president
lloplylng to Mr Piatt Mr Ilacon said
Ho vvaa formorly of Ohio and ho thought the country had fallen upon
up evil day when n senatorcould rl la
3
was tho author of tho arrearages ponslon 1
t1li ohambcrnnd oxniressvow whfeh bo
act
Flood In llUslxaliipl
regarded o dangerous to tho liberties ct
tbo people und produutlvo of one man
pewcr and It tWas an evil day truly when
llTen MW rcn ed rte ttttltudo ot tho
Vicksburg MiM Januity f
Inches of rainfall during tho pairt thirty j Tll0 paBsngo of this bill declared the
six hours lias caused thousands of dolI Georgia senator wvIU mark nn epoch III
Inrs wcrth of ilwaiage to county ra da tfce United States Senators may scoff
and paralysed railroads entering this city
Jackeon MIm January 11 The rain
road traffic U delayed
Tlilrflrtli Vlrllni
Jtochcster N Y January 11 4lymau
JTapeirstone aged 4 years Is dead raak
lut It Is nWcrthefKR true that the ras
Mgfl ef a till by which tho president
fhall control the nteo of the army Is a
march toward empire Jt was the evl
fall durjng the past twentyfour hcu s dent purpose ot the bill to eliminate for
amounted lo atiaut four Inchea AU rail nil iiirie tha volunteer system from the
reTiry estabJi hment of the country
and create for all tlmo ft sreat standing
nrniyTfcn lsBUo Is not to to evadaJ Shall
It be in tho futtiro lhe place qf tho prest
r ent to ralso armies or shall that prov
Icg tho thirtieth victim of the orphan Inco be Vvlth cong reil
I woutd rather
asylum flro cf Tusnday morning Tlie > VT d bslbng to candeainoj to
r T universal and neverndlcg baaUhneat
cbW was not fatally turned but hi frcm pjuic than t eae surh n
lungs were no l > dly affected by Inhaling authorisation ft powor pl aotd stpon the
f smcke that a pevero case of pnouoiantn statute books
rerUMed ami dcafh retlcvcd the eutferer The cenato B23 p m went Into execu
Cf tho remaining Injured vlcHtr cf thetlvn sesslgn and llvo minutes later ad
ft c all It Is thouirht will recover jjourned
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