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THEATER PANIC.
Awful Soonos In a Baltimore Play
Houbo.
Bnult nf r', Al"m of Flre-Twenty-four
l'ersont Crushed to Death nud
JIhuj- Other Injured Ilulld
lug racked Full.
IUi.timoiik, Md., Dec. 28. In a sense
leis panic caused by a defective pas
burner and a foolish cry of lire, at tho
old l'ront Streot theater, last night,
24 people were killed, two fatally in
jured and ten moro seriously hurt. Up
to one o'clock this morning, but four
0f the dead hud been identified.
Almost all the victims aro of Polish na
tivity and Hebraic extraction, and
many of the injured were taken to
their homes by friends, rendering It
almost impossible to got a complete
list at this. time.
1 he theater, which is probably tho
oldest In the city, was filled from pit
to dome with people who had assem
bled to listen to Hebrew opera, which
has been given in tho old house twice
a eek for the past month. The ticket
ofiico receipts show that over 2,700
tickets had been sold when, at eight
o'clock, tho salo of soats was stopped
becauso there were no more left. Gen
eral admission tickets were sold, how
ever, after this, and it was supposed
that there vv ere at least 3,000 people
within the walls when tho curtain
neat up on the first ast. As the ca
pacity of tho house is less than 2,500,
the density of the crowd may be imag
ined. Ten minutes after tho curtain rose,
one of the attendants went up to tho
second tier to light a gas jet which ap
peared to been extinguished. As he
turned the cock and applied a match it
was seen that there was no tip to the
burner. The jet was well down to
ward tho stage on the left side of tho
house, in plain view of the greater
part of tho audience, but as the glare
from it show ed against tho wall, soma
one in the gallery shouted, "Fire! Fire!
Fire:"
In an Instant there was a mad
scramble for the door, in which the
whole audienco took part. Tho van
guard of tho terror-stricken multitude
reached tho entrance on Front street,
pushed on by tho howling, shrieking
mob behind them. There those in the
foremost rank were compelled to turn
to tho right and to the loft to reach
the double entrance way, built in tho
form of a storm door. Passing through
these doors, they reached a flight of
steps, leading from each door, down
ward to a landing, from whence a
broad stairway of moderate height
would have carried them into the
street and to safety. The steps lead
in? from the doorways are but about
five feet high, but the landing at their
base is narrow. Down these the
frightened people hustled themselves
in the frightful struggle to reach the
open air, and to escape the certain
death they thought was behind them.
As tho crowds from the two doors
one on the right, and the other on tho
left, reached the landing, they met.
Thero was a brief struggle, and then
some one lost his or her footing and
fell. In a moment the crowd, pushed
with irresistible force from the rear,
crowded upon tho prostrate form, and
bejjan, in turn, to stumble, reel, and
presently to fall prone upon the floor
under the myriads of feet coming like
a herd of frightened buffalo from be
hind. In less time than it takes to tell it,
the landing was packed SO or 30 deep
with the panic-stcicken multitude, and
"the hundreds behind thera were strug
gling over them to reach tho street.
The tumult attracted an immense
crowd from the outside, many of
whom tried to gain entrance to the
theater, thus adding to the confusion.
A dozen policemen, also attracted by
the shrieks of the frightened crowd,
hurried to the scene, and, usln? their
clubs on those on the outside, pushed
through the door and to the writhing
mass on the landing. When the mass
on the landing had been cleared, the
frightened mob on the inside were
quieted down sufficiently to enable tho
police to clear the theater. Then it
was found that thero had been no dan
cer and that not a soul would liavo
been injured had the audience but re
mained seated.
AN EXPLOSION.
Fonr Tom of Ulant Powder Ignited Near
ltomro, 111.
Chicago, Dec. 28. What was be
lieved to be another earthquake shook
'Chicago at four o'clock yesterday morn
ing and made tho country tremble for
miles around. It came not in the low,
rumbling manner in which earth
'quakes usually occur, but with a great
boom. The shock was causod by
the explosion of four tons of
giant powder said to have
been accidentally Ignited near the
little town of Romeo, on the new
'drainace canal, in course of construc
tion. Throughout an area of 50 miles,
from Waukegan, 111., on tho north to
Kankakee, III., on the south, and from
Rockford, 111., on the west to Michigan
'City, Ind., on the east, the shock was
felt At all theso places tho explosion
was thoupht to bo local, and anxious
inquiries were sent in all directions.
N'o one was killed. The explosion
occurred in the powder house near
homeo and about 800 feet from the
canal. In Chicago windows rattled
and buildings seemed to rock. Prob
ably 1,000,000 people were awakened
ty the shock.
A Train Wrecked.
Asdeiisok, Ind., Dec. 28. North
bound inst freight No. CO, on the llig
ur, was wrecked at Milford junc
tion, north of this city. It was going
t a fa.t rate, when tho fifth car,
heavily loaded with merchandise,
broke down. Tho engine had just gone
on tho bridge, and the car dropped
and lecamo firmly fnsteucd in tho
trestle work. Tho next ten cars telo
copcd and rolled down tho steep bank,
breaking through tho fences and land
inB In tho liver at tho bottom. Mer--liandlso
was scattered everywhere,
"nil all was damaged by tho rain and
snow which followed.
DESTRUCTIVE WATERS.
roar Hundred Mil., of the Osage Taller n
Missouri Devastated.
Jkffkiison Crrr, Ma, Dec. 26. The
aews from tho Gasconade and Osage
rivers vesterdav was mnm nnnnn.ra.
v r -- ww vuvwut ui
ing. At Bagnell a fall of 21 inches In
mo usago is reported, while the Gas
conndo Is falllnp- ranidlv. N.
firmed reports of farmers rendered
uesuiuie Dy ino uood, and the condi
tion of some is deplorable in the ex
tromo. Many lost not only their crops
and cattle, but were stripped of house
hold troods nnd nrnvlslnna no ...Ml
Thero Is no way of estimating the loss ,
but it Is very heavy. The tie and tim
ber men havo suilercd severely. One
contractor in tho vieinitv of T.in
creek is reported to havo ' lost about
iuu,uuuues. Along tho Moreau river
through this COUntv thn linllnm. in
swept clean. An estimate of tho corn
ioss in me usago valley puts it at about
C2,UUU,UUU.
A large per cent of the corn crop
Wns in the fields nnd nil Ik lnot Hnn
estlmato places tho corn loss at $2,500,
000 alone. This may be excessive, but
when the other losses are determined,
such as live stock, hay, fencing, dam
ago to wheat, buildings, etc., tho loss
will run up into the millions. Tho en
tiro Osago valley for 400 miles is a
sceno of desolation and ruin, great suf
fering necessarily resulting, as hun
dreds of families have lost everything.
Within the space of six days one of tho
richest VnllfVft In thn StntA lina tiann
transformed into a sceno of distress
without a parallel in the history of the
tate. Tho Moreau valley is also a
scene of practical ruin, but'the farmers
iu nun section win prooaoiy do aoio
to take care of themselves without
tnllpH ntKtnnf. Tt. will hn enm. fln,a
yet beforo the full story of the flood
can be told.
A TKItHIHLE STATU AROUND ELDOR.
Eldoii, Mo., Dec. 20. To the farm
ers who live along the banks of the
Osage river in central Missouri this
Christmas brought only woo nnd
gloom. The unprecedented rise in the
river of S3 feet in threo days has spread
all over this section and many farmers
havo lost cvervthlng they possess.
Some of thera had their corn in shocks,
others in cribs. The flood has taken
all that lay in tho lowlands. Not only
havo many of the farmers lost their
crops, bnt their stock and buildings as
well. At Bagnell, the end of the Leba
non branch of the Missouri Pacific, the
river is threo miles wide and no train
has been able to get within a mile and
a half of the town for four days.
THE BONO BILL.
The Measure Agreed Upon to Protect the
National Treasury.
Washington, Dec. 20. Two bills have
been agreed upon by the ways and
means committee of the house and
were reported to-day. The f nil text of
tho bond bill follows:
A bill to maintain and protect tbe coin re
demption fund and to authorize the Issue ol
certificates of Indebtedness to meet temporary
deficiencies of revenue
De It enacted, etc., that In addition to the au
thority given to tbe secretary of the treasury
by tbo act approved January H, 1875, entitled,
"An act to provide for tbe resumption of specie
payment," he Is authorized from time to time
at his discretion, to Issue, sell and dispose of,
at not less than par, in coin, coupon or regis
tered bonds of the United States, to an atnonnl
sufficient for tbo object stated In this sec
tlon bearing not to exceed three per cent.
Interest per annum, payable semi-annually
and redeemable at the pleasure of the United
btates In coin, after flv e j ears from their date
with like qualities, privileges and exemption!
prov Idcd In said act for the bonds therein au
thorlzed. And the secretary oi the treasury
shall use tbe proceeds thereof for tbe redemp
tion of United Stales legal tender notes, and
for no other purpose. Whenever tho secre
tary of tbe treasury shall offer any of tbe
bonds authorized for sale by tbls act or by
the resumption act of 1871, he shall advertise
tbe same and authorize subscriptions tbcrefoi
to be made at tbe treasury deportment and at
the sub-treasuries and designated deposi
tories of tbe United States.
See. S. That to provide for any temporary
deficiency now existing, or which may herein
after occur, the secretary of tbe treasury Is
berebv authorized, at his discretion, to Issue
certificates of Indebtedness of tbo United
States to an amount not exceeding (50,000 000
payable In three years after tbelr datt
to tbe bearer In lawful money of tbe
United States, of tbe denomination of
$3'. or multiples thereof, with annual
coupons for Interest at the rate of three
per cent, per annum, and to sell and dispose
of tbe same for not less than an equal
amount of lawful money of tbe United State!
at the treasury department and at tbe sub
treasuries and designated depositories of the
United States, and at such post offices as he
may select Andsucb certificates shall bave
like qualities, privileges and exemptions pro
vided In said resumption act for tho bondi
therein authorized. And the proceeds tbereol
shall be used for the purpose prescribed In
this section, and for no other.
11111 No. S is intended to temporarily
increase the revenue to meet the ex
penses of the government and provide
against a deficiency. It imposes higher
duties on certain classes of imported
wools, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca
and other animals, nails, shoddy,
woolen rags, worsted, carpets, rugs,
mats, etc., and also on imported lum
ber. OFFERS HER GOLD.
Russia Tenders Uncle Mam 400,000,000 to
Keep Intact the Ootd Unserve.
Washington, Dec. 20. Great inter
est was excited in official circles here
by the publication in the Washington
Post, under a New York date, of a cir
cumstantial statement to the effect
that the Russian government has
offered to lend the United States
any amount of gold, up to 8400,
000,000 one-half of its total posses
sions of this specie in order to main
tain Its credit against assaults from
the great money powers of other
European nations and that learning of
this tender tho Rothschilds, through
Messrs. Belmont and Morgan, had
made overtures to lot the United States
have any amount of gold needed.
THEY ARE FOR PEACE.
Free Masons of Fngland Extend Ureetlngi
of lood tt III.
New York, Dec. 20. Tho World pub
lishes the following cablegram from
Lincolnshire free masons:
Spalding, Dec Si Spalding (Lincolnshire)
freo masons wish peaco and good will to tbe
United States brethren.
This Is indicative of a general move
ment on tho part of the masons of En
gland to prevent ill feelings from aris
ing between Great Britain and Amer
ica. The World published a similar
expression of sentiment from the Freo
Masons' club, of Manchester, England.
THE WAR IN CUBA.
The Insurgents Steadily Gaining Gronnd
A (laeralll Warfare.
Havana, Dec. 20. Further detail!
teached here yesterday from Matanzas
of the rapid advance of the Insurgent
army, numbering about 13,000 men,
upon Havana, after forcing Its way
through tho province of Santa Clara
and the province of Matanzas in spite
of the efforts of Capt-Gen. Martinez do
Campos and about 80,000 troops at his
disposal in tho territory traversed and
invaded.
The reported important battle be
tween the Spaniards under Campos
and the insurgents at Collseo planta
tion, 12 miles from Cardenas, does not
appear to have been a very sovero en
gagement. Cardenas is a seaport of
4,000 Inhabitants; is only 21 miles from
Matanzas, capital of tho provinco of
that name, and the largest town be
tween Cardenas and Havana.
Tho Spanish forces do not appear to
havo encountered the main body of the
insurgents, as at first announced. Tho
fight at the Collseo plantation was be
tween the northern column of three
insurgent columns now pushing
through the provinco of Matanzas, and
Instead of turning out to be a great
victory for the Spaniards the result
of the engagement was virtually
a defeat for Campos, for the
Cuban army pushed on unchecked
and is still advancing on this
city. Tho fighting took place amid
burning cane, underwood, tall grass
and trecs,and was of the usual guerrilla
nature. At times both the troops and
the insurgents were surrounded by
walls of flame and the smoke was so
dense over certain portions of the
ground contested that tho Cubans and
the troops were unablo to see cacli
other, and kept banging away at open
spaces, wasting vast quantities of good
ammunition. It is truo that this in
discriminate firing was more noticed
upon tho part of tho troops than on
tho side of the insurgents, but for ono
insurgent killed at least 2,000 shots
must havo been fired.
The Cubans, following their custom
ary tactics, seemed to melt away in
tho distance as soon as the troops got
within sighting distanco of them, and
nearly all tho firing wns at very long
range, although the soldiers made sev
eral gallant charges through the burn
ing territory. This style of fighting is
termed a defeat of the insurgents, but
as they succeeded in accomplishing
their object, holding tho Spaniards in
check while the Cuban array pushed on
southward, the result was really a
Cuban victory.
EULOGIZING CLEVELAND.
Mexican Journals nnpport His Application
of the Monroe Dootrlne.
City of Mexico, Dec 26. The press
continues to give support to President
Cleveland, who has become immensely
popular. One paper declares he has
the public sentiment of all the new
world behind him; that he is invincible,
and that he has injected into the
public law of the world the Monroe
doctrine, which is the reason why Eu
rope is maddened and utters grave
threats, but Europe will find that all
the nations of this hemisphere will de
clare the doctrine to be international
law. All the leading journals take
the side of the United States in une
quivocal language, the only dissenting
voice being the clerical organ, El
Tiempo, and the organs of resident
Spaniards, which declare the United
States is on the brink of ruin, financial
and political, and in peril of the com
bined hostile action of Europe, to
which the Mexican Herald replies that
the United States can, by reimpositton
of the sugar tax and by raising the
beer tax, wipe out its deficit, convert
It into a surplus, and that the Ameri
can people were never stronger and
abler to cope with any foo than now.
ANOTHER PENSION BILL.
Congressman nine Wants Soldiers Who
Lost an Arm or Leg to Iteeelve More.
Wasuinoton, Dec 20. Representa
tive Blue has introduced a bill to
amend the pension laws by increasing
the pensions of soldiers and sailors
who have lost an arm or leg or been
totally disabled while in tho service.
The bill provides that all persons who
lost a hand or a foot or been totally
disabled in the same, shall receive a
pension of 340 por month; and all per
sons now on the pension roll or here
after granted a pension who shall have
lost an arm abovo the elbow, or a leg
at or above the knee, shall receive i.
pension of 845 a month, and all who
shall have lost an arm at the shoulder
joint or a leg at the hip joint shall re
ceive $50 per month.
The atrathnevls Found.
Seattle, Wash., Dec 26. The steamer
Strathnevis will arrive at Port Town
send at midnight in tow of the tug
Mineola. She was found yesterday
morning at anchor behind De
struction island, south of Cape
Flattery. She was first picked up
by the Miowera and towed five days
by her when the hawser parted in a
storm and the disabled steamer was
again adrift less than 50 miles from
Capo Flattery. She drifted in behind
Destruction island and anchored.
Two l'lacea Tendered.
New YoitK, Dec 20. A special to
tho World from Washington Rays: The
president has tendered places on the
Venezuelan commission to Edward J.
Phelps, of Vermont, ex-minister to
England; Robert T. Lincoln, of Illi
nois, ex-minister to England. Their
acceptance havo not been received, and
the third place on the commission will
not be filled until Mr. Phelps and Mr.
Lincoln accept.
A Suicide Mystery.
Ventura, Cal., Dec 20. The coroner
has received a telegram from St. Louis
requesting him to exhume tho body
of tho Anacopa hotel suicide and
forward it to St. Louis. Tho suicide
assumed the name of II. L. Jones,
a member of the Chicago Chronicle
editorial staff, and left a request that
Mr. Jones' father be notified of his
death. Tho coroner refused to give for
publication the man's truo name, but
says that he was a prominent member
of St. Louis business and society cir
cles. A clergyman of Santa Barbara
identified thu remains and will attend
to the details of the cxhum-ition.
EXPLAINING MATTERS.
Report of the Ways and Means Committee
on the Tariff an.1 Bond Bills.
Wasuinoton, Dec, 27. Chairman
Dingley, of tho ways and means com
mittee, yesterday reported to the house
the tariff and bond bills agreed on by
the majority of tho committeo. He
said:
Tho committeo on ways and moans, to whom
was referred so much of the president's annua
message and so much of the annual report of
the secretary of tho treasury as relates to tbe
rovenuo and the condition of the treasury,
und also tbo president's special message
presenting the urgency of immediate
anion by congress In a direction cal
culated to bring relief, report that tbe
committeo appreciate tho seriousness of the
situation and tho Importanco of prompt reme
dies so far as congross can giro them. Your
committeo regard tbe obronlo deficiency of
rovenue for the past two years and a hall
as the most potent cause of the difficulties
which the treasury has encounterod and
an Important factor In the creation and
promotion of tbat serious distrust
which has paralyzed business and danger
ously shaken confidence, even In tbe financial
operations of the government. It Is as Impos
sible for a government to have continuous de
ficiency of revenue for W, j ears without affect
ing Its financial standing as It Is for an Indi
vidual. It is Impossible also for a government
to continue In tbls condition without casting a
shadow of doubt and discouragement over all
business operations within Its borders.
The serious fact which we are called upon to
eonfront Is that In tho two and a halt years
that have elapsed since July 1, 1893. this gov
ernment has had an Insufficiency of revenue ta
meet current expenditures amounting In tbe
aggregate to about 4133,000,000. And, even In
tbe first half of the present fiscal year, the de
ficiency will reach about t20.ooo.000 and about
13 000 000 In this present month.
It Is ev Ident that so long as there Is Insuffi
cient rovenue this performance will go on, and
bond salo after bond sale will be required. II
Is also ovldent that If thero had been a suffi
ciency of revenue these redeemed legal tendei
notes would not havo teen paid out at once,
and there would havo bettn so much tbe lest
opportunity to draw rold from the treasury.
Continuing Mr. Dingley said:
In response to the urgent call of tbe presi
dent, your committeo has ft It Impelled to act
with all possible dispatch. Two facts have led
jour committee to look to on lncroase of cus
toms duties as the most arproprtate source
of additional revenue. They are,
first, the fact that ws are already
raising a disproportionate amount from
Internal revenue, which has always been
regarded as a war resort Indeed, Jefferson
took tbo ground tbat excise taxes should not
be resorted to by the federal government as
sources of revenuo In time of peace, and tha
democratlo natlonil convention maintained
tbe same doctrine In 1S8.
And, secondly, tho fact tbat, by Increasing
customs duties on Imported articles, which we
can and ought to produce or make at home, foi
revenuo purposes, wo can at tbe snme time In
cidentally eacourago stricken industries nnd
materially aid In turning in our f tror the bal
ance of trade which has been so heavily
against us all through tbls calendar yoar, and
which has caused a demand for gold for export
which our treasury has boen called to supply.
For, so long as tbe balance of trade Is against
us on account of exceisiro Imports, we must
export gold, or, what is tho same thing, prom
ises to pay gold to pay for tbe excess of Im
ports over exports
The report after analyzing the tariff
bill proceeds to the subject of a bond
issue. Upon this matter the committee
declares that the authority asked for
by tha secretary of the treasury to is
sue bonds at a lower rate and for a
shorter term than those n-w author
ized should be granted.
HGHTING MOONSHINERS
Desperate Battle In the Mountains of Ken
tucky Whisky Destroyed.
Lexington, Ky., Dec 27. News of a
terrible bnttle between revenue offi
cials and moonshiners In the Cumber
land mountains has just reached here.
Several days ago a number of revonue
men under charge of tho famous "Kid"
Greer invaded Letcher county in quest
of illicit stills and were in
formed that the moonshiners
of that section had been ap
prised of their coming and were
lying in wait for them on the
Cumberland river. Greer strengthened
his force, arming each man with a
Winchester, a needle gun and two re
volvers. They were npproachlng tho
vicinity of the moonshiners with much
precaution, when they were surprised
by the moonshiners, who were hid be
hind a high embankment. Greer
received a bullet in his hip and
another in his shoulder, and the
surprise was so complete that
the revenue men were forced to
beat a hasty rotrcat. They rallied and
charged on the moonshiners from the
rear of their fortifications, and after
quite a fusillade the outlaws were
routed. Jim Winfield, ono of the
moonshiners, was killed and David
And, Sam Collier and Marion Brown
were taken prisoners. The revenue
men arrived at Prcstonburg yesterday,
where they told their experience.
Greer is not badly hurt. Several stills
were cut to pieces and about 2,000 gal
lons of brandy and whisky destroyed.
DOOLIN REPENTANT.
The Notorious Territorial Outlaw Bas
Tired of Ills Life of Crime.
Perry;, Ok., Dec 27. Considerable
excitement was created here when it
was announced that Dill Doolin, form
erly leader of the noted Dalton gang
of outlaws, was in Perry yesterday and
last night, and that his mission here
was to make peace with the officers and
give himself up, provided a sentence
could be agreed on. It is said that
Do61in was accompanied by Bill Carr,
who is an escapee from Oklahoma City.
Carr has a big reward hanging over
him, and skipped a $15,000 bond. Doo
lin, in an interview, says he is tired of
an outlaw's life and wants to atone for
all his misdeeds by working out a short
term in the penicentiary. Doolin was
leader of tho Dalton gang for years,
and is said to be one of the most des
perate men that ever lived in Okla
homa. No tieparate Schools.
Winnipeg, Man., Dec 27. The full
extent of' Manitoba's reply to the Do
minion government on the separate
schools question is made public to-day.
The Manitoba government positively
refuses the proposal to establish a sys
tem of separate schools in any form.
Betiool for Military Instruction.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec 27. Tho govern
ment has decided at once to establish
a school of military instruction in
Montreal. Several informal delega
tions waited upon tho authorities in
this connection and they decided to ao
tode to the demands.
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.
A Poor Pair to Manage the Finance of
the Government.
On the 3d day of December last tho
president of the United States trans
mitted to congress a message in which
the following statement appeared:
"It Is possible that the suggestion of In
creased revenue as a remedy for the diffi
culties wo are considering may have orig
inated in an Intimation or distinct alle
gation that the bonds which have been
Issued ostensibly to replenish our gold re
serve were really Issued to supply Insuf
ficient revenue. Nothing can be further
from the truth. Bonds wore Issued to ob
tain gold for the maintenance of our na
tional credit. As has been shown, the gold
thus obtained has been drawn again from
the treasury upon United States notes and
treasury notes. This operation would havo
been promptly prevented, If possible, but
theso notes having thus been passed to the
treasury they became tho money of the
government, like any other ordinary gov
ernment funds, and there was nothing to
do but to use them In paying government
expenses when needed.
"At no tlmo when bonds have been is
sued has there been any consideration of
t he question of paying the expenses of gov
ernment with their proceeds."
Later his secretary of tho treasury, in
his report upon the condition of the
finances of the country, says as follows:
The total excess of expenditures over
receipts from July 1, 1893, to Decembtr 1,
ISD3. was 1130,221,023; and of this sum S22,
402,290 3S was paid out of tho balance on
hand at this date In excess of 1100,000,00)
and the remainder has been supplied by
the use of United Btates notes and treas
ury notes presented for redemption, and
thus received Into tho treasury .In ex
change for gold coin. This act of May 31,
IS7S, provided that when any United States
noto may be redeemed or be received Into
the treasury under any law, from any
source whatever, and shall belong to the
United States, they shall not be retired,
canceled or destroyed, but they shall be
reissued and paid out again and kept In
circulation.
"It Is clear tbut when any of these
notes have been redeemed they do not con
stitute a part of the reserve fund, but be
come a part of the general cash assets of
the treasury, to be used In the same man
ner as other money belonging to the gov
ernment." We wondered how tho president
would explain, in case he was called
upon to do so, the peculiar proposition
advanced by him that the greenbacks
and the treasury notes redeemed by the
government became practically non
existent. His secretary of the treasury,
however, to-day dispels all doubt upon
this point by directly contradicting Mr.
Cleveland and stating in so many w ords
that greenbacks and treasury notes re
deemed by the government with gold
coin became a part of the general fund
and assisted to decrease the deficiency
in the treasury. Doubtless the delay in
the appearance of the report of the sec
retary of the treasury is due to an ef
fort on his part to explain the presi
dent's peculiar statements that the is
sue of bonds had nothing to do with
the deficiency; yet finally, with more
courage than we had expected, he
comes out definitely and denies the
president's statements of facts.
From conditions different from
those stated by tho president, the bec
retary comes virtually to the same con
clusion that the greenbacks must be
retired because the people are fright
ened and the constant drain of gold is
exhausting the treasury's supply.
Blind Cleveland! Unfortunate Car
lisle! They have not discovered that
from the day of the resumption of
specie payments upon January 1, 1879,
there was not an appreciable demand
for gold upon the treasury in exchange
for the legal tender notes up to and in
cluding January, 1893, when the re
serve stood at $121,000,000. Why should
14 years of republican management
we include the four years of Cleveland's
first administration because during
that term a republican senate main
tained the public confidence in the in
telligence of tho administration of the
national government fail to impair
tho gold reserve, while on the other
hand a few weeks of Clevelandism wre
sufficient to send it tumbling below the
$100,000,000 mark.
Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle blame
the greenbacks and the treasury notes,
utterly oblivious of the fact that it was
lack of confidence in them that made
the people ask for gold for their green
backs and their treasury notes. Ke
move the cause, say these blind engi
neers of our finances. The people will
certainly take their advice upon the
third day of November next. Albany
Journal.
Wool Should De Taxed.
Senator Dubois says that the repub
licans from the west will insist on a
duty on wool, lie will find the repub
licans from the cost responsive on that
score. There never was a more in
excusable waste of revenue than that
of removing tho duty on wool, while
imposlngdutieson peanuts, rice, sugar,
pineapples, cocoanuts, clay and other
southern products alleged "raw ma
terials." Nothing except injury has
followed tho removal of the wool
duties. It has increased 147-fold the
use of nasty, dirty rags and shoddy;
has caused a loss of over $100,000,000 to
the sheep growers, and is rapidly re
ducing the number of sheep in this
country. The woolen mills find them
selves unable to compete with the del
uge of European shoddy goods, while
the consumer cannot buy pure woolen
goods a cent cheaper than when the
Wilson bill took effect. The sooner
that part of the miserable sugar trust
tariff bill is repealed, the better.
Philadelphia Press.
How It Should Not lie Done.
The government isn't raising money
enough to pay its current expenses,
and has been borrowing. It must now
raise more money in some other way,
or eise borrow again. The republican,
and for that matter the American, way
to raise revenue is by means of indi
rect taxation; that is to say, by the
tariff. Cut people say, don't change
the tariff now even on two or three
items only, because it will disturb busi
ness. Very well then; don't change
the system of internal revenuo taxa
tion either, to raise money enough, be
cause that will disturb business, too.
Neither mubt you raise money by bor
rowing, because that will disturb busl-
' ncss still more. N. Y. Tribune.
CONGRESS SHOULD ACT.
Expense Should Be Cat Down or the)
Bevenae Raised.
Tho government seems to have run
behind somewhere between $40,000,000
nnd $50,000,000 during the last year.
That Is to say, it is spendng over $40,
000,000 per year more than it is taking"
in, and up to this time is borrowing:
through a New York syndicate to make
good tho deficiency. It has also been,
resorting to such maneuvers as an em
barrassed business firm, tending to
ward bankruptcy, generally adopts, to
delay payments and stave off creditors.
Under such circumstances, the first
duty of congress is either to cut down
expenses or increase tho revenue. If
the current expenses cannot be reduced
$40,000 000 per year, then the revenue
must bo raised to make good the de
ficiency. There are just three ways to raise
revenue. We can get it directly from a
tariff. We can get it directly by tax
ation on incomes or personal property;
or on manufactures, or sales, or on any
thing else. Or, we can borrow it
What shall republicans do? Will
they remorselessly cut down appro
priations $40,000,000 ? If not, will they
tell Mr. Cleveland to keep on borrow
ing? It not, will they belie their pro
fessions in the late canvass and their
whole record by resorting to direct
instead of indirect taxation? Or final
ly, will they follow the long-tried re
publican policy, which the voters evi
dently intended to approve and com
mand when they elected them, by mak
ing such changes in tho tariff as shall
raise the needed revenue? This need
involve no long delay or elaborate re
vision of the whole tariff. The restora
tion of the old duties on wool nnd one
or two other items would do it leav
ing any further action on the tariff that
may be needed to the time when the
republicans Bhall have full control of
the government, and therefore be re
sponsible for its policy. At present
they have full control of the house,,
and therefore are responsible for the
revenue. It is none of their business
what Mr. Cleveland will do with their
bill. Their duty is to furnish means
for raising the revenue. If Mr. Cleve
land prefers to veto their bill, and try
to borrow money again, that is his,
affair, not theirs. N. Y. Tribune.
THERE MUST BE A CHANGE.
Cleveland's Declaration Complicates Tariff
Matter.
The president speaks like a man who
has counted the cost of war. There may
be no war growing out of the Venezuela,
crisis. It is to be hoped that there will
not be. We opine that the firm tone of
President Cleveland's message may be
a sure means of preventing war; for
when the nation that is in the wrong
knows that the nation that is in the
right is resolved, and is able to resist,,
there is likely to be abstinence from,
wrongdoing.
But the United States, which is the
nation in the right, must not only be re
solved but able to oppose resistance to
the nation that is in the wrong. We
call upon congress to aid the president
in the work of putting the United
States in an able condition. We calL
upon the president to refrain from ob
structing congress in its efforts toward
enabling the United States to re
sist wrong. The demand involves an
abandonment of what has been the
president's favorite policy.
We cannot fully make ourselves able
to resist vv bile w c are enriching Britain
by hundreds of millions of American,
gold paid for the purchase of British
goods. We must be able to build Amer
ican ships in American yards, and to
man them with American seamen, be
fore we are really nble for a great con
test. Wc cannot buy British ships and
hire British teamen to fight American
battles against Britain. We must be
able to make arms in American shops
for American soldiers. Wefmust be
able to clothe American soldiers, sea
men and non-combatants with American-made
clothing, woven from Amer
ican wool, before wc are truly able to
make war. All these preparations can
be made in short order. But they in
volve a spewing of the free-trade heresy
out of American mouths. We cannot
prepare for war by paying commercial
tribute to the nation that is likely to be
our adversary. Chicago Inter Ocean.
DRIFT OF OPINION.
KNow that Mr. Cleveland seems to
have a sudden patriotic feeling, he
should still further commend himself'
to the American people by promptly re
calling Ambassador Bayard. Toledo
Blade.
ETRepublicans who have taken hold
of affairs in Kentucky are compelled to
begin operations w ith an empty treas
ury, but this is an easy job compared
with the one to be tackled in Washing
ton in lb97. The party that set things
to rights after Buchanan can repeat
their work after Cleveland. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
CThe democrats will go through the
form of nominating officers for the
house of representatives. That is, in
fact, about all they will be able to do
for several years to come. One con
gress democratic in both branches is all
the people can stand in 20 years, and
they will see to it that the mistake of
1892 is not repeated very soon. Cleve
land Leader.
BThe republican house of represen
tatives stands ready, ns Mr. Reed de
clares, to furnish the adequate revenues
for the government. Its members rec
ognize what is the only beneficent leg
islation to enact and they will be
guided by this judgment in the pas
sage of the necessary laws. Repub
licans in congress will do everything
consistent, therefore, to bring about an
improvement in the situation as it it
to-day. They will make i.acrifices of
everything but principle. But this lat
ter they will never do. If they did
thev would be false to the people, to the
pledges of their election and to the
Teat past, present and future of the
great party that the represent. Al
bany Journal.
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