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aaaaaaaamVjUaV'i; -- " " - - ' - - ' ' ' i , ... , T i .1 .,!.,. , i, i ; ,i. ,,, .' , ! , , T 'gT'.tfi,' , ii I H i I , li i nfii J in 'ii. n hi i ii ii m ,' ' "' I Hf J JmBbM Wenalor from Ilhode Island knei mnch as LaaH f HHy moro than Senator CafTery about the LaaH !laKt operation of the sugar tax In Louisiana and BaaH 'i laaaK'Jl elsewhere. The Louisiana Senator aim de HH - JHafi fended the President, and explained what he HH i J jlK! had dons toward bringing about th adoption of bbbH ) I rfaHfo sugar schedule that would bo acceptable to aHjml " iH " Dtnocratg. The most Importnnt statement HB ' ; IfHjf . in Senator Caffery' speech tva Mi admission HB ''. IMjJV''? that he and hi colleague would rote against HB" ; HK! n tariff bill tlint proposed to place sugar un HH ' IB, frM ll,u aHjM- HRfv. Tb 1nsrrn' between the President and hi HK jHjk'' party friend In tho Senate ha aronted the bit. LLB i 9Hf' tereet feeling nmonr; the faction of the Demo- HB , jHKi eraU In and out of Congress, and Ii generally HH ' jflHj.j regarded an the greatest misfortune that H HaWft could have happen! to Democratic party HH iHV this time. What Its elTrct will bo Hh' fiHF i1 tipon the Tariff bill cannot lie determined HB nHjs yet- It teems almost certain, however, that If aaHE r MmV'' suiytarlff bill Is to lm passed at this nes-lon. the HH.' fllj llouae must yield to tliu Senate. .This aaHjVl 'lH jnust neceetarlly lie mi In view nf Hit existing HH J ' JHVjt conditions in the Senate under which three or H'i flR, four Democratic Senators tan defeat nnj mens. ; HH'- llB.''1 nr Whloh they do not rare to support, and In ' aaHjl '' iflLV lirof8natnrnortnnli'nniiounrcnient jester- ' ' (H?. &f that If the Senate amendment are inatcrl- HHi s' Bli Ur ohn'd ""' 1'1" "'" ''" defeated, there Hfl ' Hf- ns. to be no way In nhlcli the dllTerenrr H 'j HJv te4.wen the two Houses tan lie reconciled. The Hf. IB' ii' failure, moreover, of tho Preti dent's attempt to HHr ! MB' ennclllate Senator llnnnnn mid Induce him tu HHa''1 MB bring about a pewrinl settlement nt .heinntro- HHa'' iWSA .ersy on aotne other luitl than that if t lie HHBn HjO'V adviptlon of the "Senate hill errtr to Indicate Bi? IB ' ,,lt tne Plrrt for liarnuuir bt'tnern the BB1 Bb'' President and tho tn ii Houses I not brltflit. HBh- iBa7:. t'rrtldent Clevrland rrallzee pmbably more B' ' airnnyly than any ninn In Wnhliu(tnn the Blll aB- '- gravity of the eltua'tlnii broiiKht about by hi M Wi Interference In the mirk of aronfrremc iiini- HftV ! bH Hilt tee1, and his overture of pence to Senator H ' bH',' tiurman yesterday wero not by any mean the H I B? t;xlnnlng of his efforts to counteract the effect Hkva'' JBf of his letter. As early as Friday of last week, v ! . lnnnedlately after the storm caused by the Hft'l' SB"-" rr.idlngof his letter In the House on Thursday )'; hud burst In the Menate chamber, the President Bl- fafl'4 aet aWiut the work of conciliation, but as yet he BjB i AB - '"' ""lm,la ,,,n sllRhtt-et headway. At that H f tliti" I e eent for Senator Smith, who had Just J' fla nu".!" it speech In the Senate annnunrlnR that If ' tli' Senate bill should be tampered with It would BjaU' Bl i"klllod, aud Indicated that he would like to , Hftrl bBJ talk over Uie situation with the Senator with n ' I Tiew to arranging harmonious action of the ' HI ' Fr.inte. Senator Smith saw tho l'rerldrnt. but I Hl BjB' li''ilntely refused toconslder hlsproioltlnnof j H , peace. B Mr. Cleveland then wrote pergonal note to . HI HB ' Seaatora Oorman, Drlce, and C'affcry, asking H I HH them to call at tha White House. The Ixiulslana ' HI HH" rVAator was1 the first to respond to the vim- I HbH JHJ j, mono, and called immellately upon rcrilvlnir HlH aHJt the note. He had a long and frank rnnvrrntlnn ' HI aBjlr tr"1 the President, and plainly told htm that , HllH' the Louisiana Senators were pledged to secure a , HaHtHHi' Ixinin.i for sugar or kill the bill. It wn then ' HlBa'aWaHlr tl'at tl President suggested the acceptance i HIbRi of a flai. nd valorem dutv of 45 er cent. HfBHH Upon ah irrades of sugar, about which so H IH(; JnUnh hns been said during the tail few HaHHVH dar. Mr. CafTery, however, said that HPHH7 , lie could itot agree to this without ft consult. BBBAB''' tJon "'"' cHeas,1' and there the matter HVlBHfliv onderi P in Iyonlslana Senators have lnre de- HHBaHj tennlnul that their votes will he given for no B H'HHBci' IUI tlial dues not provide an ad valorem duty of a Hi BHsjBK't lat 46 per cent, on all sugars anil the pa mcut Bb Bf pf6ne-half of tfio present bounty rate on this B. BBfv tear's snitar crop. This, they say. Is final, and H BB Vlthoi t ni-i-h a provision thoy will vo(c atfalnn Hftt HH ny tailff 'illl that la proposed. B BBp :"' "M":' r,ca d,d not to to see Mr. Cleveland Ht BAb' un.'ll Satt. i y evening. He had apleaaitntchat m BB1:- rl'h the l'r ildent, but told him that It was lin- B BBl?r jK)slble to iAss the Tariff bill If the Senate H HHJ Btnendments sluald be changed, as there were m HHj 'i J1vt and loealbly eight Democratic Senators who Hl BB tiuld Insist upon tlie present rates. Jir. Clevc- B BjB' ' land uked theOhloSenatortncnnsIderwhethcr Hf (i HRy there was not aome method of compromise, but T .;! H W Hr.'Brtoa Incited ' that the Senators could not B( B lie brought together Bpon any other bill than t B ' fhoone framed 'by the Senate, especially since HT ' Bl - th publication of tho President's- letter, which, K v Hj :& he said, ha riven great offence to nearly every Hf k H Vje, pemocratlo mamber of the Senate. Hj n IB 1i Bfcnator Oorman was at his country home at HL i Hj 'iJ Xiaarel. Md, on Saturday and Sunday, and did Bl Bl V hot receive the President's note until Mondny Hf H) fU , tnornlng. lie Immutlutely arrangnl an Inter- Hi. B,k Hj ' Tler by telephone. When hn went Into tho Hf B . HI ''. . Jreaidont's offlce Mr. Cleveland received him Wm ', Hj rlti every sign of friendliness, and Immediately H, B' Hj H uked him th same question that he had put to Hj' B Hj ' Senator Hrlce, whether some way could not be H' B'f Hj ' Xound to bring tho Urlff fltfht to an end at once. Ht B HB Beilator Gorman unhesitatingly replied that HtB '' Hi ' thought not. and added that It HfjjB HJ -V. would be Impossible now to consider the HvHj ' Bj iit Tariff bill further Until the Senators HffB HC1' ?1d bad D Pl'ortu"lt7' to reply to the attack BblB; Hi Bade upon them by the letter to Mr. Wllvm. BPJB . HR Vhi sugar. Iron, and roul schedulca were talked Bl II ' HV over, and Mr. Qorroan plainly told the President B II Hjl ,s that they could not Iw chunked now without de- BiB Hftt f eating the bill. Tho conveoatlon between the Bt Bl Hjb- President, and Mr. Oorman waa courteous, al- BH" Hki though each felt considerable embarrassment. Bf BL HffS, The President did not ask the Mar land Senator B: IB ' Bl'U to '"hhold his contemplated sjteei'h, the only p Hj ; HJ- aug'gostlon of the kind being contained In the j.H ' HI , expresalon of his wish that tho bill could be Hi'' B,'f Hf senl'back to the conference rommlttee without lt'H?: Hi) tnrther debate. HrHj. HJ I.lttle hy little the circumstance under which EHaHj" Prteldent Cleveland wrote tho letter attarking EHw.HMj' ttl0 H'nu'' w''lch Mr. Wilson nude public In BES.H,! the'Jlouse last Thursday, are coming to light. EflfcHBL.r An Jntlmnte mend of the President, who un UKHp' doubtedly knoir all about the subject, said to JtHii'H'' Tnrt Snw correspondent to-day that that letter BgBRBBgf' , was commenced by the President and practical BBMHBr. ly finished on the M of July, but that It was Bfi kIBKc addreesed to a personal and political friend I?V'Ht in New York city. It was shown to Secretaries ftiHtfl.V Oarilslo and IJimont, who advised the President BnKt, ot to mall It, for fear that It would WaBttHJ "r nt "" WX7 tn ,,1B newsjiapers and HHJIB : prodnce a row that would endanger the HS JHi Tariff bill. The President thereupon locked up HJHJjtBi ' the letter in his desk. On Sunday, one week HJtHjmHI ' ' ba w" ' ,'1 rountrT house on the Wool. pBvB ', ley road and was'.vlslted by Senator Vilas, Don M HJ ' Mafluel Dickinson, ex-(lor. Russell of Massa. IB- Bh' chu'tetts. Prof, Wilson, and one or two other CHj' H-'"t Ktntlemen. The work of the conference com- -Hj' HUT . toitlee was talked about, and the President, be. pBjHi v' coming tntereited, produced the letter and read kH' B) ' tAbl" visitors a he had read it to his two Sec. IFHj.HJv Xtaxie several days before. Mr. Dirklnuin at nHrHK;: snos said that the letter was just what was jHjpHEu:'v neededto bring the Senators to their senses, and mBeHJIu tha others agreeit with him that It should be MBkHIT Xna,)e publlo in some way. MJg'K After their departure, the President changed r.Hf-'B'K thaletter by luscrtlug the name of Mr, Wilson r Br'iB ,n v1 ot ,1"t of ',U vew York trten,i bad ''BeiHlP; typewritten copies made of It, and sent one of IBgHjv:'- tix" op1m to. Mr. Wilson at tho House, Tuesday r 'BfHHtr tuoiinlng. Secretaries Carlisle and Ijiraont were ' If BJwBaW sot'told of this action of the President, and so J AjHflHBti far as can bo learned he did not confide It to fjxHHt auiy'other person In Washington or elsewhere. &'HJfiHH U. WUaon carried the letter In his pocket KJHflHf' from Tuesday until Thursday, when he pre. EHBBBr nAsd It to the House, not even alluding to it to FbVJBBbF 111 'SoUeaguea on the conference committee! so jfHjvHPt' ltoUatotheinuasurprUe,JustasltdIdlothe FBV HjPt Ben. it and th country. Secretaries Carlisle I 'If am Bar od Lmon dl1 oot know that the President ' tl ' H6 k4 taken th letter oat of hts desk C ;H nm they taw the announcement in the jHHjlBK- ' nahiS paper that it bad been read BHRttHHj' to tn Uoos. U U yet impossible JtHHHk to leatrownatharUk President altered th word. UKHEt la: of th Utter between th time that he read it HHElHBr to hi two OaUnet Ministers and when he showed 'HHrHK: St to hi rialtor on Sunday, the ISth, or whether CHHI ! changed it at any tim. The belief la general, F BiHt" liowover, that it wa either alUred or addetl to ipV HpjE Ur tho second day of July, kBalBir Tax CJ-VCVS- HBllf aarU tsxvt Itacar, Cal. aa4 Ir 'HE BfBr V , B VmMtdm. B? Bv - Washtsotos, July Si. A. tew minute after ' H? 'clock ,hl4 afternoon, almost Immediately jHP! ifttf the benala adjourned, th Democratio Bft 9BS& 1 1 If ' Senator went Into caucn for the pnrpoM of formulating n programme. In regard to tha dis posal nf the Tariff bill. For three hour the discussion continued, and at that tlmewlthout having reached any con clusion, an adjournment was taken until to morrow at th same hour. Three number of the Democratic party wer conspicuous by their absence from this confer ence. These men were Senator HIU, Murphy, and Irby, tnoof whom have Wen said to be ready to vote against the bill In certain emergen cies and one. Mr. Hill, who ha time and again declare his opposition to the hilt so long a the Income tai remains n part of It, Every other Senator now In the city wa present but .Mr. Voorhees and Mr. Daniels, but their abeence wa due-to Illness. Mr. Hill wa not notified officially of the au ens until Just a few minute before the adjourn ment of the Senate. He wa notified In the rloak room by Mr. Oorman and requested to be present. Mr. Hill frankly told the Chairman of the caucus that lilismurh a he was opposed to the bill and would do all he could to defeat It m liinir n the party saw fit to keep the Income tax in it, he did not believe he ought to participate III a conference that had for It object the pa aiire of the measure aril the settlement of party qtinrrrl. r'nr that rtnon Air. Hill did not attend the caucus, and nfter reading a newspaper In the clunkKM m, with Mr. Kyle the 1'opnlu.t, as his solciomiuinioti. In-left Hie thamber and went ' In his hotel. Neither Jir. Murphy nor Mr. Irby 1 went to the caucus, and their obvnee caused some retnnrk. ' Mr. Mills was In his committee room at the I lime the tonfumicccniivenetl. but. on being notl ' tied, went tu the marble room, but frequently l ft II iiiid wandered about the corridors. Tim discussion jwrtmik of tho nature of con . versntlnn more than nf speech making, although I there were some very pertinent and emphatic nbscrrutlons. f-isin after the ration convened Mr. .la'vl nf North Carolina offered a resolution that the bill be sent bock to conference without Instructions nf any sort tn the conferrees, and upon that res olution all of the dlsousston was based. The men who formulated the present bill did none of the talking, but one of the Senators snld nfter the caucus waa over that those who did talk were as lealousln their advocacy nf the Scnnto bill as any one of Its framers could lie, and Insisted a strenuously that the Senate bill should prevail. Almost all of the debate nnd cross-fire be tween Senators wa directed at Mr. Vilas In nn effort to Induce him tn withdraw his motion to strike nut the differential on refined sugar. I Mr. Vila did not Indltnte to the raucus Just what he would do, hut made a plea for the Ad ministration, sajlng that In view-nf the strong i Itttcrtlie President had written there should lie some sort of sonieeslon on the part of the Senate nnd ho bellertsl theronscsalnn should be, among other things, on the sugar schedule. Mr. Vilas's reference to the sugar schedule brought Messrs. Cnffrry and lllnnchard to their feet, and they said that a concession of some sort waa almolutely necessary, anil they would be content If the Senate placed a "flat duty of 4S ier rent, on all sugars, raw and refined, and gave the planters half the bounty for 1RH4. This Increase In the duty, they said, would coiniH-nsnte them to some extent for the loss ot the bounty which tho rommlttee promised them and which waa decided upon by the former Democratic cnucus. It the Senate would not agree tn this change, which Mr. CafTery especially said was of advan tage to the grower of sugar, the Louisiana Sen ators must insist not only nn the one-eighth of a rent differential, but the bounty that waa promised them. He went further and warned the caucus that unlrra this whs done he and his inlleagiie would tote against tho hill. The sugar talk hud gone tills fur when Mr. Smith or New Jersey took the floor nnd made a short but a ery effective speech. In which he notified the caucus that If the dif ferential rato waa disturbed- n rate which he said hail been promised and ncrrerf upon In caucus then theru would lie forthcoming tho necessary Democratic votes tolndoflnluly ptpone tho coiiferciue report, and he assured his collcaguea that these votea would bo hail at the proptr time If such a dis turbance of the agreed upon schedules was at tempted. Tho result of all tho sugar discussion was that the caucus did not get a very dear Idea how Mr. Vila waa going to conduct himself, although It was said nfter adjournment that he would probably yield to the Judgment of his colleagues nnd permit his motion tiibe withdrawn. Coal and Iron ore proved to be as Interesting a subject for others of the Southern men na was sugar. Not 'much was said on this subject, but what wa said wa emphatic and certain. Mr. Pugh of Alabama tn a short speech told hi col leagues that neither of those articles must be touched. The previous caucus had agreed to leave them on the dutiable list and had fixed the rate, and that agreement, he said, must -not bo lolaud. If It was, and the Senate conferrees receded from the Senate amendment on these item, he warned the Senator that neither he nor his rolkagueri would support the bill, and he de clared that there were other Senators w ho stood ready to vote In the same way. Inasmuch as these three items coal. Iron ore, and sugar were the three chief Items of dis agreement, nothing else was discussed tn detail. 'I he sentiment waa almost willdly In favor of the Sennte bill and the lnslsteiue of the con ferrees on the amendments made by tho Senate. One Senator, speaking of the caucus to-night, said: "Mr. Vilas was the only man In the raucus who appeared to bn friendly to the Admlnlstra tlon.and was the onl y one w ho voiced any change In the existing bill.' A prominent Democratio Senator, one who ha been largely Instrumental In getting the bill through the Senate, suld to-night that he be 1 ltcved the caucus would to-morrow adopt the resolution of Mr. Jarvls, or one of similar Im port, and that thu bill would bo sent back to conference without Instructions of any sort to the conferreea. He believed the Democrats would be able to get together, and added tnat there were assur ances that If the bill cot bark to conference the House would ultimately agreo to the Senate bill In all its material points. That there would be concessions on the part of tho Senate he admit ted, hut none that struck at the main points now in issue. This Senator spoke, oa he said, by authority, and maintained that tho Senate bill would pre vail, and that the House, had come to rrnllre that It must accept it or assume the responsi bility for the defeat that sturrs the bill and the party in the fare In the event that they decline toyleld. Tho general feeling among Democrats after the caucus was that the end was In sight, and that the Senate bill would yet pass safely through the last legislative stags nnd receive the signature of the President. JIII.I.'.S DEt'XXCK OF CLXrF.LAXI. The New Terk Heaator Answers Cormaa aad Ames la Support of th Presldtat. By Vmtrd lYru. Washikotox, July 2, The attendance of Senators waa not large when the opening prayer waa spoken, but they gradually came In and took their seats, Mr. Oorman among tha earliest of them. Mr. Frye (Rep Me.), who had been absent for two weeks, was present. Few of the member of the other House were In the chamber. The morning business Included, however, the passage of the House hill granting the use of rertalu lands to the town of Castlne, Me., for a public park. It also Included the passage of a House bill granting to thcclty of Newport, Ky portions of the military property there for a public park. At l'J;30 the message from the House an nouncing a disagreement of the Conference Committee on the Tariff -bill and asking further conference was laid before the Senate, Mr. HIU (Dem., X.Y.I took the floor and ad dressed the Senate, Ills opening remarks, de. llvernl ery slowly and deliberately, were: "Mr. President, 1 agree with the distinguished Senator from Maryland, Mr, (lonnan. In the fart that we are nqw in the midst of a great crisis. It Is a most peculiar and unusual situs, tlon of affairs. The Democratic party, having been out of power for a long number of years, had been intrusted with the control of govern mental affairs. In th discharge of Its duti tn the country, the Democratio representatives in the House had pad a bill which, on the whole, aside from tl Income tax provision, seemed to have met general appreciation. It fa.?e.t.n.be Senate, and the Senate passed a bill which was not satisfactory either to the Democratic party or to the people of the roun. try. In my humble opinion It violated the isultlon which the Democratio party lias as sumed In recent years." Mr. lltil referred to the fact of the disagree ment of the conferrees, and asked what were the freat obstacle that oould not be overcome. In he first idai e, the Senate conferrees had been met with thy objection that the Senate had made the bill inconsistent. They had been met with th objection that the Senate had put a duty on many raw materials which th people expected and believed could be on the free list. The motion, which he had made contemplated that the Senate should recede from soma of thea amendments. There wa no reason to hop 1 c.'utu.. House, would yield on that point, which u considered essential and vital. If the Senate still adhered to it amendment, what prospect of an agreement wa held out to the Senate and to the country T Non wbtUvcr. Ill motion wa in the Un of an agreement. It contemplated something practicable. H waa In the line of perfecting th bill according to Demo cratio theoriea. and Democratic condition. As a practical man, speaking to practical man, h suggested that the. Senat inoold sxpreaa it opinion on om of tho dbpnUdpeUtsV It did 2tlSHHHfeHBBHBmmlHiBHl s ; r a r 80 good, blindly and obttinately, to adhere to brVtiatjWltin . , L Doming to the question of the President' let ter to-Mr. Wilson, Mr. HIU said that he would not discus the wisdom or propriety of writing It, or of making it tmblie. The President wa the Jadfte of what It was hi duty to do, and Mr. II til did not propose tn criticise him. tn thu dis charge of his high nubile duty to his party and to hi country the President hail deemed It wise to semi that letter totheChalrmannf thnlfouse Committee on Way and Means; and with the President's judjment on that point .Mr. HIU waa content. . . "I nm here to defend the sentiments ex pressed In that letter." said . Mr. Hill. 'Mr. President, you would Judge from the sentiment expressed on that letter that the President had been guilty or ft grave crime In sending It. He lolated no law. He had n moral, a constitutional, a legal right to send that letter. It wa not an ofllclal com munication; it nn n prltatr letter ton long time and faithful ndherrnt. "It wnn communication which he hnd the right to semi to that adherent. Whether.lt should be shown to hi party associate In the House wns a matter for determination between the sender and the receiver. The sentiment expressed In that letter weru Democratic; they were sentiment honestly expred. "Senator have differed from tho President, but they ha'e not challenged the honesty or hi motive In sending that communication. ' Coming to the question of the proposed duties on ronl nnd Iron ore, Mr. Hill said that Mr. Uor nian now- defended tlinn duties. "A revenue dutle." Mr, Horman put In. "A revenue duties," Mr. Hill assented: "I crept that suggestion. Tho Senator from Maryland would hao Imrss-ed duties on coal and Iron whether n majority of the Senate de sired It or not. That Senator did nut set up the childish defence that he wa 'buncoed' Into putting a duty on these articles." Referring to the President's tariff-reform mes sage or INN, Mr. Hill approved It warmly, and said that since then tariff reform had Increased from day to day. Democrats who bail then been unwilling to tako step forward hadtdtanccd Rreatly from that day to this. That meseago ad placed the President In the advance line, where lie demanded radical reductions of dutle or free Importation of raw material. Thatwa the platform on which President Cleveland stood In 1RS.7, and hail taken no back track since then on that particular point. The Senator from Maryland had attempted ) csterday tn hold the President responsible for the unofficial utter ance or the Secretary of tho Treasury. That waa going a great way. The President might be held responsible tor tho official utterances of his Secretary of the Treasury, but It was a new doc trine indeed that he should bo held rcponlhle for every Ipse dUit of everyone or his Cabinet officers. ... "Tha President s letter assert a doctrine nnd declares a principle." snld Mr. HIU Impressively. The President had called no Senator's name, he merely attacked the bill. "It waa a pro gressive blU; It progressed step by step toward the McKlnley bill," nsserted the New York Sen atnr. The President had seen this, and had at tempted to stop It. If the President thought that such Inconsistent legislation placed the Democratic party In a false attitude to the country, it was his duty to call attention to It. He hail a perfect right to write that letter, and In his honesty ho had done so. Ilevcrtlng once more to tho President's letter tn Mr. Wilson. Mr. HIU remarked that the Prrs Ident hail written It. " perhaps not wisely, hut too candidly, too honestly, too earnestly." That waa all the criticism which could be properly made of It. As to the Interviews with tho President, ns relvrnrsrd yesterday by Senators, Mr. Hill re marked thnt these Senators had "badgered " the President with their "concessions," and had striven to get him to support them. They had known how weak and tame their bill would seem to the American people If It did not have the sanction and approval of the Democratic President. Referring lo the fact that Senatnr (Inrman hail read yesterday n paragraph of Washington's farewall address, Mr. Hill said thnt that address had lieen quoted In vain when Senatnr. Instead of relying on their own reserved rights, and acting on their own Judgment, and taking their own step Independent or anybody else, sought the White House and asked the Interposition or the President or their party. Applause. It comes with poor grace from Senator who asked suggestlens, aid and help from the President, to turn ronnil nnd read to tlie Senate Washlnirtnn' farewell address-to show that the President ought not to make any suggestions licudlni; legislation. In the form and manner that Mr. Cleveland has done. Then Mr. Hill referred to "the wonderfu' and unusual spectacle which Senator wltnrsaed yesterday, when conversation with the Presi dent were retailed, tor the avowed purpose r placing tlmt President In a raise position before the Senate and hc-toro the country," "Mr. President." said the Senator, with one hand upraised, "I nm not ordinarily a defender or tho I'reldent.lljU(:hter. I have my griev ance. I have received nothing from him. I differ from him espivially on matters nf party policy In my own State: but I agree with hlin In this principle, and I am broad-minded enough to defend him when he Is unjustly attacked." Tho, enthusiastic galleries broke Into loud and long applause, which caused Senator Hawley to suggest that the doorkeepers reinovo tho of fenders If they again made a demonstration. Coming ogam tn the session nf yesterday. Mr. Hill said: "Great scenes hav- taken pbtce In this chamber for the last half century and more Sreat speeches have been made; fierce personal enunciations have been hail; encounters have taken place; great debute have been heard. Yesterday, with crowded floors and crowded fallrrlrs. wc saw the conceded leader on the )emocratlc side of this chamber, whom I er sonally respect and honor, calling witnesses, one after another, on the question of what the President hhd said to them about the details ot the Tariff bill. A stranger rrvtno Into tho Sen ate chamber yesterdny. He looked at the pre siding officer, and heard those witnesses called; and he asked a bystander whether that was the Chief Justice of the United States presid ing, and whether thl was a Court or Impench meqt. trying the President or the United States. It was a pertinent Inquiry under the circum stances." Again reverting to the President's letter, Mr. Hill described It as nn honest and manly letter to the Chairman ot tho Committee on Ways and Mean, telling him of his doubts and his fears In regard to the hill." He had not Intended. Mr. HIU asserted, to dictate to either branch of Con- Sress. The letter could not be construed Into Ictatiun. It was a suggestion, an expostula tion, a warning to his party friends tint to per sist In the Senate hill. "It wo a remarkable scene that was witnessed In the Senate yesterday," snld Mr. HIU, "when Senators arraigned the President elected by their own party. The President hns nut been Inconsistent. I have known tho Pres ident of the United States for many years. 1 had my differences with him. You who know him know that he says but little tn conversation. Ho Is a good listener. He forms his conclusions slowly, clearly, honestly, and sincerely. He heard these party friends (the Democratio Senators) honing that they would frame a satis, factory bill; but he did not hind himself to their suggestion or appro e them," Mr. Hill held that none of the Democratio Senator who 'testified" jesterday to conversa tion with tlie rresutent said that the President hail bound himself to carry out the provisions ot the Senate bill. This defence of Mr. Cleveland wus followed by a condemnation of tlie Income tax. In which Mr. Hill again threw down tho gauntlet against It nnd defined his future policy with regard to it. He said he wanted to dsfeat "the Popullstto In. come tax." and added: " I shall resort to every honorable method by which It can be done. It I can place this bill In such a position that you cannot pass It with the Income tax In It I shall do it. I do not know that it can be don, but I shall make certain suggestions tu that end." The Senutortrom Maryland had referred yes. trrday to Mr. HIU as an opponent of the bill. He would let that be, so fur as It applied to the bill In it present shape. The Democratio masse wero against It. Tlie President or tho t 'lilted States was against It, And hu was, therefore. In pretty good company. Laughtcr.l Referring tn Mr. Cray's remark a rew dsvs ago, which spoke or him as waltzing down the aisle "with the Senntor from Rhode Island I.Mr. Aldrlrhl," he said that lie wa not aware that he was engaged In any such dance. He hail co operated with Republican Senators In their op position to an income tax, anil had eudravored no to shai-e the bill as to cnmel. If lie could, its elimination from the scheme, lie hail pursued the same course which, early In the sliver de hate last rail, the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Gray) had pursued when he wa "wallzinj: down the aisle" with the distinguished Sen ator from Ohio (Mr, Sherman) In advocacy of the bill for the repeal of the purchas ing clause of tlie Sherman act. -The President of the United Slate was believed tn haveocru. Kleit then the same position In reganl tn that 111 which henc c-upled to-day ill reganl tn the Fejiat Mil. He was the bold, uiifilnchlngebam ploii of reiiea). It hail been said then tout tlio f;al bill could uot pass. Hm it did pas. The President had announced In u formal Interview tliat ho stood where he had alwa)s stood -for unconditional repeal. Thiste prophecies hod, then, fallen to the ground. The compromise lid failed and th bill had parsed. It wu not un likely that some tariff bill would pm now, hut It was uot likely that the compromise bill would pass. Mr. Hill thej touched upon that part of Mr. tiormau' speec h referring to the lirombi s made In the lent campaign to protect the interest of the sugar planter of UiuUUna, and said that. If that was a proiier ground for urging the adoii- I tlon of tho sugar schedule in the SenatebtU.lt ' would make the people desire more than ever the provisions or the House bill placlngsugar on th free list. He believed that If the duty on ugar u .defensible at all. it should be defended on the principle of it being requisite for rev. enue. It should be defended on the broad ground that the Senator from Maryland hail given his word of honor that the sugr interest would be Erotecttd. Much aa Mr. Hill respected tne Na lOnal Democratio Committee and appreciated lU great labor for the Democratic party, he wa not to bo delivered in any such srraoge unt. Coming back axaln to the Interview of Ken. ?i.mUl th 3rldent. Mr. Hlii told them Hjil&? 110' right for them to be running to 5JiVhJtliIouw,teeilPr! iMtrucUons; and he added, amid much laughter: "I ugget to my friend that they do a I do fifP-i""?1 thWldt House. Th Idea ihtiihf .V1?.1 0', the United SUU over Jjachid & old politicians, who had been threats, many a campaign; that h wa too sharp for them: and that they rams away with a different sort of Impression from the Idea which he had h abrard. And then, when the President want to clear the atmosphere, and tell th Democratio masse Jnt what the bill Is, and what he want It to be, they sar that they were overreached by this ambitious Presl dent." Laughter. J Coming again to tho question of the proposed duties on coal nnd Iron ore, Mr, Hill said that It had been suggested by Mr. Gorman that there were iiome great Interests somewhere demand ing free coal and freo Iron ore. Mr. Hill did not know where thoso Interests were, and he pre sented a petition of ritirens of Baltimore asking for free Iron ore. Ho did not know what Inter est were seeking for free coat. He hail yet to hear any Senator suggest that the President ot Hie United State. In making these recommen dations, had desired tn subserve the Interest of sny monopoly or of nny Individual. He believed that the President hnd made these recommen dation liecnuse they Were for the hist Interests or tho country, Mr. Gorman asked Mr. Hill whether, If th Senate would ret tile from every amendment which It hnd placed on the llonsu bill, and would let that Mil stand, with free sugnr, free coal, free Iron, and freo wool, be would still vote tor the Wilson bill. "I will cross that bridge when I come lo It." Mr. Hill replied: and his answer wa greeted with content nttinu laughter on the part of many Democratic Senators. And lie added, taking no notice of till manifestation. "The Senatorfrom Maryland ha snld that the President would not recede; nnd he Is pretty sate, uf course. In mak ing the bluff which he makes now." 'Do not let him bluff )ou." said Mr. Gray, without rising. "I do not think t will." Mr. Hill snld. "Call hlra," .Mr. Gray suggested, amid laughter. "The Senator from Delawnrc." Mr. Hill re marked, " I more used tn those figure of sjxech than I am. I suggest to the Senator from Mar) Isnd to try me; remove tho duty on these raw materials, make sugar free, take off the one eighth of a rent n pound differential, relieve this bill from thesusplclnn and scandal attached to It, place all these article nn the free list, nnd then I will talk with you about how you vote and I vote." II .aughter and applause.) Then Mr. HIU reclilletl (he fact that Mr. Gor man had referred to him yesterday a playing the role nf Iagn; and he snld that thnt reference to Shakespeare reminded him of the great Sen atorial conspiracy ot many centuries ago. when a Senatorial cabal rompnssed the death ot a great Roman Emperor. If Mr. Hill were ills ioed to make comparisons, ho might speak of the distinguished Senatnr from Maryland as "the lean nnd hungry Caaslu." laughter. Senator would recollect that Cir-aar said or him, "He thinks too much. Such men are danger ous." (Itughtrr.l And he might speak or tho Senatorfrom Arkansas (Mr. Jones) a Marcus llrutu. "Honest Ilrutus." Mr. Hill compli mented Senator Jones for hi wonderful pa tience and sagacity In the management of tho hill, and said that that Senator had won the esteem and respect of his countr men every where. And so he would call him "Honest Ilrutus." " Cicsslu " said he, " I have already referred to. Loud laughter.! Then there was 'Casca, envious Cara' meaning Mr. Vest of Missouri, who Htrurk the first blow. Trclionius repre sented the Senator from Indiana Mr. Visirhees, and Clnnn the distinguished Senator from Ten nessee ir. Hariri. " Mr. President.'1 continued Mr. Hill, "when yesterday they struck at our President and sought to strike him down thev made the same plea which the conspirators of old made, ' Not that they loved Cn-sarlrs. hut that they loved Rome more.' Not that they loved Cleveland less, hut that they loved their party and thu puhllr more. And 1 can say with Mam Antony: What private grief they have. nlas. I know not. They are all wise and honorable men.' " With this application of Shakespeare's play of "Jullui Ciesar" to the attack on President Clevelnnd. Mr. Hill closed his speech, resuming his seat amid considerable applnuse. Mr. Cnffrry (Item.. I.a. followed with a mo tion to instruct the Senate conferrees to Insert In the sugnr schedule a provision to iayto the sugar pnslucers of the United State for 1HIII a tsiuuty or nine-tenths ot a cent a pound on sugnr tctilig not lesa than no by thepolarl scoiio. and of right-tenths ot a cent for sugar testing not less than HO. He began his speech by defending the President's Wilson letter, and declared that thcrn wa nothing in thnt letter tvllll-H fill. lr(.IHfllt ,, tlflf IM-fw.tl- lllfln.t tn saying, and nothing In It thnt nssnlled. In the slightest degree, the honor of the Senate or of nny Senator. He spoke of the secret of his own and hi colleague's little piion house having lwen Invaded; nlaiut the taunt of the Republicans nnd the etnlM of some Democrats, and said that he- and his colleague hail lieen set up ns the heirs itofr of the bill, nnd regarded as stumbling block In the way of tariff refgrm. And he proceeded to narrate the steps that hnd led up tn the for mation of the sugar schedule ax finally reported to the Senate by tho Finance Committee. He asscrlad that It w a not the concoction or doing of the Muislnua Senators, but that the Senator from Arkansas I.Mr. Jones.' hail como to them and besought them to submit to the change Smposcd In the schedule. He npiienled to Mr. one tit say whether tlia' statement was cor rect or not: but Mr. Jonej made, no response, and Mr. CafTery wenun: "After some time "wc accepted It. We ac cepted it In good faith'. The original stipulation hail been that tho sugar bounty would be pal,, for 1H04; and that solemn agreement has been wantonly violated." lie did not know what occult power It was which hail caused thatchange In the schedule. He did not know what was the subtle Influence thnt waa iiervndlng the Senate, und that could Mrlxcdown the agriculturists the sugar grow-er---and uphold the Interest of trusts. Mr. Teller iRep.. Col.) asked Mr. differy to state the attitude of the Louisiana Senator to the hill If It put sugnr on the tree list. Mr. Cafferv I have already announced nn the floor of the Senate, nnd I unw repeut.that If free sugar by placed In the bill I will vote against It. I hope that that Is clear. And If the bill fall, then I ray, "Shake not thy gory locks at us. Thou canst not say we did It. Without closing his speech. Mr. Cafferr gave way to a motion to adjourn so that the Demo cratic Senators might hold a caucus- and then, at 3:03 o'clock, tho Senate adjourned -till tomorrow- at noon. llOVKK TALK Of A AKir HILL. Prof. Wilson Hay (he House Might Cos. eat to ' a Few Proper Compromise." Wakiuxotun, July V4. Mr. Wilson of West Virginia, tho Chairman nf the Ways and Means Committee, returned to Washington to-day. The neuralgic pains from which he suffered last week have disappeared, but hi face Is still so badly disfigured a to require the use of a bandage. Mr. Wilson could not say when the conferrees will meet again, but ho will remain In Wash ington until the Senate shall have concluded its discussion of the House mebsage aklng a new conference. In order that there may be no delay In beginning at once the work ot harmonizing the differences In the Tariff bill between the two Houses. He wa not disposed to say much rrgurdlng tlie action of the House conferrees, except tu re mark In a general way that they would en deavor to secure a report a nearly as possible on the lines of the original bill. He Intimated that the House conferrees might be willing to make a few proper compromises, but added that their line of action could only be properly determined after they had again met the representatives of the Senate In the confer ence committee. "The longer the deadlock continues," said Mr. De Witt Warner of New York, "the more the people of the country will become aroused, and time alone Is required to teach the Senate that It U hoiwIiAsly In the minority In this tight. Tho House wa nearer to a surrender lust r nday than It will ever tat again. Do I think that tne House wtll finally triumph) Idorra I phatlcully. i "All nvc-r the country the county papers and they represent the people are coming out ed itorially against the position taken by the Sen ute. That body could uot have chosen a more Inopportune time to go ugslnst the wishes of the great bulk of the Democratic muses than the present, it is In no position to maintain a fight. "Hut If the bill should fall, why. Congress Is still In session. It might not be good wllcy for u now to take up a new bill or to ia& a series of hills to revise the tariff it would seem too much like a desire oil (nir part to add to the oin pllcatious but In my opinion this will be done before tariff reform Is abandoned. When that time come the Senate will be tailed upon to , deal with a measure orwlth meaiures, as the asemai lie. that will be tur more radical than the Wilson bill." Representative Deauchamp Clark of Missouri spoke in the same vein. "Ihu Wilson bill did I not go far enough tu suit must Democrats," he i said, "but we thought when we passed that I tliat we had gone to the limit of con. tesslon. The action ot the fenate, if , it means to deadlock proteedlugs, will i lta.ve us ample time tu pas a new bill. There ! uresevt-nt) -nine free trader In the House, and i two their work that made the Wilson bill a i liberal as it 1. I'll tell ) ou what could be done l readll. Prwecdun the Springer plan and in . struct the U at and Means Committee to bring I In separate bills tn the direction of tariff reform. "If this policy Lad been followed from tho start there would have been none ot this wrangling, and the McKlnley bUl would have been reformed Just the same. Something of thl curt taay happen yet before Congress ad journs." aflaataaolla'a Estraonliaary RccerO. W-cSHIMJTOs, July 34. Th official report of the trial of th Minneapolis, which will be made to the Secretary of the Navy In a few days, (how the vessel to (urpas even th highest praise that ha already been acoorded to her. It appear that she made an extraordinary record for efficiency and economy In her great race against tune, and that she may be fairly ex pected to do still better after she ha been In regular naval service a short time. She waa de signed to make 81 knots, with a maximum de velopment of 51,000 hursepowsr. Th official figure show that It took but 20,600 ton power to mak S'L07b knot. " CHAIRMAN FiUCK'S STORt i i jrr rr.r.LB thx novsn committxb ABOVT CARSKOIK ARMOtl. , The C'araaaar taTMtea aUr. aad Had Sot Oat Bask ta Oat or the riaat-AII Armor Wa tSawt-JBIaa Talak, There Wa m Coasplraey Agalast tha'rtra. WAgmitoTox, 'Jury 24. Chairman Frlck'of the Carnegie Company to-day appeared before the oommitle of the House Investigating th al leged armor plate frauds. Ho had been con nected with the company, ho Raid, since IBM. He wns opposed to going Into the armor plate business, and had' voted avnlnst 'It, aa It would require a largo outlay of money, and there would bo but one customer. He thought the money could be Invested to better advantage. The output of (he works In lsn.i wa about .'.uuu.uuu tons, anu oi mis only ;i,oou ton was armor plate. tie endeavored, he said, to visit the works about once a week. Report of the work done were sent to hlra by Mr. Hunslcker, and ho knew from them report the amount of finished plate turned out, but did not know what treat ment the plate received, as ho relied upon Hun slcVer to look nfter thl. Ih reply to n question by Mr. Cummlng. he said that lie considered the penalty exacted by the Secretary of the Navy exorbitant, and lie had apneated to the President, as allowed under the contract. Ho also considered the penalty fixed by the President exorbitant. He thought the penalty unjust and unreasonable, because the company had furnished tho best armor pos sible, and this waa all they had contracted to do. He hnd Investigated the matter carefully, and was satisfied that no armor had been fur nished which had not come up to the mini mum requirements. He did not regard the physical test a necessary or Important. The ballistic test was the only one which amounted to anything. Tests made slnco the rharge of fraud hod been made showed that the plates wero up to the standard. He thought It wa a great mistake, not to report the rttreatment of plates to the lnscclors. It was claimed that tho retrratmentof balllstto plate was not made for the purpoee of passing tho group It repre sented, but was dono merely for experimental purposes. He could not say, however, that this was the case Mr. Money asked htm why the company had consented to pay the penalty imposed by the Navy Department. He replied that the com pany bail to. They considered It the final de rision uf the highest court. The company had protested against the fine Imposed by the Navy ilenartment. and an officer nf ths mmnnni- xmA railed on the President In regard to It. After the President's decision, tho company had noth Ing further tn say. Mr. Cnmmlng asked him If he thought thero was a conspiracy among the workmen tn dis credit the work with the Government and In jure the company. He renllrd that he did not think thcro wa outside of the men who Inform ed. He did not think that the strikers hnd any thing to do with It. lie could not understand why the employees had slighted tbclr work. There wa nothing In It for them. It was or no advantage to them tu Increase the output. He always thought the work were sufficiently rqulpiied to furnish tho output the company were making. He did not think there was any thing wrong at the. works. Tha Government In spectors at the works were thoro to see what was going on: at least he understood that this wns the purpose ot keeping them there. Replying to a question by Mr. Money, he said thatir the Government Inspectors had attended strictly to their duty there could have been no Irregularities. He did not see how there poesl biy could have lieen ir tho Insiieetnr lout nt. tended to their work, The company had Invested M.000.000 In the manufacture of armor. Up to date ther had not received enough from the Government to pay for 'their plant. The plant win such that It would lie of little use for anything except the manufacture of armor. Thl concluded the examination of Mr. Frlck. and Mr. Hunslcker wa called. Ho was engineer or tests and superintendent ot the aminr-putto department. He had lieen superintendent of this department slnre January lost. He uc t ceiled Mr. Schwab, Mr. t'ummlngs asked him to tell the commit tee .what lie knew retarding the alleged Irregu larities. He replied Mint, lie knew nothing except what hnd men testified toby thelnformera anil others who hail appeared before the committee. It ho had known of the existence of Irregularities he would have done his lieet to have them stopped, irhe could not have stopped them himself he wnnldhave reportedo Frlck, who would have seen that they wero stopped. Ho had no r iiorta that would throw any light cm the sub ject. His assistants were supposed to look after the work In dctnll. He knew nothing whatever or the re-treatment nfthe plate. He had talked w Ith Messrs. Corey and Schwnh a tn the advis ability or double treating plates. Thrrc was a difference In opinion among them n'mut It. He nm not Know Hint ,-v-nwan urcl Corey had re treated ballistic plate ror experimental pur pose to settle the difference. Ills attention was called to the trstlmonyof Iluck, one nf the Informers, nlxiut the manipulat ing of the testing machine. He replied thnt he did not know that Huck hnd manipulated the machine until utter he hail lieen discharged. Huck wa a mere Iwy and had probably magni fied what he hail done In the hope of getting a reward. He regarded the ph slcal test as use less It had nothing to do with the strength of a plate and was of little or no value. It could not affect the halllsljo test of the plate, but might disturb confidence. He considered nil plates furnished gmsi. He drew hi conclusions f rem ballistic test and from the material which wns put In tho plates. He could not explain the changes made by Cllne in his reports. He thought Clluo'a explanation of thu change reasonable. He could say no more. Replying to Chnlrnian Cummlngs, the wit ness said that the company had aimed to give the Govemrnt the best plate possible. They did the bet thoy could under the specifications, and thought that tho plates furnished would boar the company out. He knew nothing of tha plug ping or blowholes without the knowledge of the inspectors. lie gave the particulars of an Interview he had with Informer Sill, after he had been to Wash ington, Sill told him that the Informers had not given the Government one-half of the In formation that they had, and that the matter could now be fixed mi that they would not dU vu hre anth!ng more. He wrote Chairman crick tho substance of the Interview and paid no more attention to Sill. He wa not aware that in lfciv chances had hecu made that tha Carnegie plates were defective. , Mr. Dolllver went a little outside of the regu lar Investigation and asked Mr. Hunslcker about the 17-lncli Harveylzcd plates tested tne other day at Indian Head. In referring to It Mr. Dolllver said that some or the press reports claimed that the plate bad not received tho Harvey treatment. Mr. Hunslcker replied that such report were absolutely raise. The plate wa made as nearly as possible an Ideal Harvey plate. The experts and the Navy Department people had yet to point out any defect In the plate. It waa a phenomenally good plate. He defied any one to pick a flaw In it. Harvey plate had heretofore cracked. This was their great defect. This flate had received five shots, had been pene rated, hut had cracked very little. The news paper reports, he thought, wee a little mixed. The committee adjourned until to-morrow, w hen Lieut. Stone of the navy will be examined. THE titrOAlt SCtXDAL. riarprlslnc; Way la Which Wllae Etna the Committee' Mummoa. ' Washington, July at, No testimony of im portance was submitted to the sugar-scandal In vestigating committee to-day, and It looks cow as If the revived Investigation w a about to ex perience a collapse. The attempt ot tho Admin istration, however, to coerce certain Senator into agreeing to a modification of the Senat Tariff bill will be continued until the present fight in the Senate Is brought to a settlement one way or the other, Thero has been considerable mystery about the reopening of the Investigation after It had been permanently brought to a close and the re port sent to the printing office, and Indeed after Senator Allen had published his minority report. The cliauge of programme, howerrr, wa brought about by the Administration Senators who had been furnished with evidence that three or four of the Senators, who are most out spoken in the advocacy of the Senate amend ments to the Tariff bill, had perjured thcmselve when they swore they had not speculated la su. gar stock. The committee were told that they could have the moat Indisputable evidence upon this point, and o they were instructed to go ahead with the taking of testimony. They did so. but, strsng to say. the damaging evidence against the Senator who supmrt the Tariff bill eludes them like a wlll-o'-tLe-wlsp. One Senator waa to have been convicted by the original order for the purchase ot sugar stock written ou an envelope, but that envelope baa since been destroyed, and the man who pos sessed it successfully elude the summons oft he Senate committee. Indeed theagUlty with which witnesses who testimony ha been desired during th past few data manage to escape the summon. Is so sur prising ut to create the suspicion that no serious atUmpt Is mad to reach them. Crrho official of th Senat whose duty It 1 to serve the ummonea ow e thtdr appointment to Senator who poaslbiy may not delr certain witaease to appear, and it Is perhap not im Cblcaao liajltecL Kr tork Ctral. mm Kw Toik I0.H this woxoju, strifes CLnwo 9-90 to laorrow uoraluf UV. posilMtft them to aroM arrwttoc eMrtrt wH- nKSeJenator William Pitt , KHof. who rtnee he left publlo life ha made fortune lit real ertataand Mock speculation, la ipeetwl tp tell some interesting facta to the committee If he ran be found, but he 1 somewhere in Canada, out of reach of a summons, and may or may not appear before the Investigation I again closed. Hut whether Important witnesses PPear or not, the committee will no doubt be able to hold over the head of the suspected Senator .the threat of exposure unless they shall recede from their attitude of hostility to tha President with regard to the Tariff bill. .... .. Certainly they mean to do o If they can. One or two members of the Investigating commit tee. It Is understood, have become possessed tlio Idea that there Is a regularly organlied scan dal bureau In Washington from which emanate all the storle about tha Mock speculation and other misdeed of Senator, and they are endeavoring to locate the bureau and establish the Identity of those who mnnagolt. There Is little doubt, however, that In such a Uulxotlc search a 'this they will have only their labor for their pain. A MESXAOE FIXOH WIT.I.IS. Llllaoaalaaf Waated Him ta ad Her Tro. test to ITashlagtoa, hat -He Waalda't. WASitlHOTOJc. July 94, The President to-day transmitted to Congress the following despatch from Minister Willis: "traATtovorTiiR U.ttTun Htatw, I ' Honolulu, II. I., June 2.1. 104. t " Sim Your despatch No. .10 of the 2d Instant enclosing the Senato resolution of the Hist ultimo reached here on the 10th Instant. A ropy was, on tho same (lay, transmitted by mo to the Hon, F. M. Hatch, Minister for Foreign Affaire, for the Information of hla Government. On the 31st Instant I received a protest signed Lllltto kalanl, reciting from her tandint tho net and facts prior and subsequent to the overthrow of her Government, protesting against alt such acta and ' earnestly requesting that the United State 'will not extend Its recognition to any uch Government thu formed,' "Not feeling at liberty to answer or transmit this communication, I had nn Interview with the Hon. Samuel Parker, the last Minister of Foreign Affair under the monarchy, to whom, after explaining the present attitude of our Government and my Inability to forward any such communication, I handed, for Information, a copy of your despatch herelntiefore mentioned, and of the Senate resolution accompanying It, This course was adopted with the knowledge and consent of the Provisional Gov ernment. 1 n reply to the direct question from Mr. Parker aa to whether this wa the final decision of the Senate I snld thai. In my opinion, it was final. "The Constitutional Convention finished the first reading of the new Constitution on the -'1st Inst. It I thought that it will be promul gated on the 4th or July. " Upon the suggestion of Admlrat Walker t submitted a request for the landing of his troops for exercise on every Tuesday. Thl request waa granted. It ha been customary here for many years to give such permission to all natlonnll itte. A subsequent request of a similar charac ter In behalf or the llritish Government waa first granted and on the following day refused. It K thought, however, that, In view or the pastnreccdent. thl action would bo reversed. "The Japanese rmlser Takochlho has return ed to Japan. Tlie Congo remain. "There has been no disturbance here and no apparent probability of any In the Immediate future. Al.ntBT 8. WlMJ." It I understood thnt nn Immediate action will betaken by the United States In the war of formal recognition of the Hawaiian republic. The State Department Is not yet advised with the formality that the occasion requires of the establishment of tho new republic that Is to say. It ha nothing but telegraphic Information no formal mnll advice from our Minister In Honolulu. The President regards the Hawaiian matter as transferred to Congress. When he receive Mr. Willis's formal announcement of tho proclamation of tho republic he will trans mit that to Congress for It action. J.IVK WASIUXOTOX TOPICS. Mlalater IlreeklnHctsre Will Nat Keats ftrom the Hoase Immediately, WasitiKUTOK. July 24. Congressman Clifton R. Ilrecklnridgc nf Arkansas, who was nomi nated on Thursday laat as Minister to Russia, will not resign ht seat in the House until the Tariff bill shall have been disposed of, Mr. Ilrecklnrldge came to Congress a decade ago on this Issue, and he desire to remain In the House until It Is settled. The Congressional Conven tion will not lie held In hi district until, Aug. IS. At that time the action of th several counties In tlie district whloh have endorsed th candi dacy of Judge JJ. S. Little of Greenwood for tho Fifty-fourth Congress will be ratified. It is ex pected that Judge Little will also ho nominated to serve nut the remainder of Mr. Ureckinridge's unexpired term. There l practically a vacancy In the United State Consul-Generalship nt Samoa, James II. MiUllgan of Kentucky, who waa appointed to the place nn March It), having ratted to take charge of the office at Apia, although the thirty days allowed him ror receiving hi Instructions and departing for hi post elapsed several muuthsagu. It Is said that the Administration does not care whether Mr. Mulligan ever goes out to Samoa or not; that his pay stopped after the first thirty dais succeeding his appoint ment, and that tho Government Is saving (.1,000 a year as long as the place remains unfilled. The discharge of 120 clerks from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department, which has been so frequently predicted In th last two months, will take place to-morrow, the unfortunate employees having received their notice this morning. The auth-nltitlve ex- flanatlon regarding this discharge is that ho Legislative Appropriation hill provided for a reduction ot :TJ0 clerks In the Record and Pension Office, leaving aoout 400 to con tinue the work, whloh na naturally been much reduced. One hundred and fifty of the vacancies had already accumulated through resignations, transfer, and deaths, and Secre tary Lamont, In anticipation ot the passage nf the act. appointed a Hoard of eight members, composed of the chiefs or divisions and prin cipal clerks In the offlce, to make, a thorough and exhaustive examination of the " work, de imrtmrnt, and attendance " of all employees In the office, and report who In its opinion should be discharged or redured in grade so a tn meet the requirements or the pending legislative. Executive, and Judicial Amirourlatlon hill. In submitting Its report the lkranl. among other things, said: "The Hoard has given great weight to the claims of those having records of honorable military service or of long and faithful service In the department and has not recommended the discharge of any person having such a record unless hi retention would work manifest injury to the public service." Secretary Lamont approved the report by ordering tnedlscharges aa recommended, and he hu announced hi determination not to consider any application for reinstatement which would necessitate any modification of the Hoard' re port. Approved by (he Prealdeat. WaaniNOTON. July 24. The following bill and Joint resolutions have been approved by the President! An act to change theboundarieaof the Judi cial circuits of Florida; an act granting to the University of Utah a site off the publlo domain; an act to remove the charge of desertion stand ing against the name of Joseph O. Utter; an act anthortslng the Secretary of State to accept for the United State a painting by G. F. Watts II. A., entitled " Love and Life "; an act authorizing John K. Johnson and other to accept medals of honor and diplomas from the Government of Spain; an act to authorize near Admiral John G. Walker and Surgeon.Geuerul J. HufusTryon. .Vl, ?'. P. . .f ccf pi "J.9 decorations of the "Urlstn Del Llbertador." or Venezuela; an act authorizing Commander C. II. Davis. U. 8. N to accept a decoration from the King of Spain: a Joint resolution authorizing tlie President to appoint delegate to attend the meetings of the International Oeodetlo Association; au act to Simptf' prepare ynur Advertisement. Call the Messenger, American District Messen ger Service at the disposal of our Advertisers. Ato extra charge. Boy knows the rates, r Weak AH Over Is tha condition of thousands la hot weather, especially If the blood Is thin and Impure sod the srsbntn poorly nour Ithed. Hy Uktnff Hood's Barsaptutlla, Hood's Sarga- Ml jLvwvVv partita your blood will be g j fdC purified and you will V11 W9 RSln strength of aaA . mind, norves. Ami " body. De sure to got Hood's and only Hood's. i - ' - - -- Hood's Pill nresnio, harmless, sure. iiowrn, (fnu.nntji, &r. Vf" AN TASSELL & KEARNEY'S MAMMOTH nKHOBITOUV. . Largest Csrrlsae Wsrerooms In New ork elty, lo nd tint Kt tmh st, throuth to lt. l. !. ! K Ivth t. Al.l, THE .Tr-(IT MOTBI.TIHI. . NEW f)l Oils. Al.l, Ktsipt OK TltlMMtNO. nnouoiiANs fAtknriqn FRONT MCOUUIIAMS. vTCTOIIIAH ASli 1'AIIHini.K.t koko.nk on two noiwrjt. FANCY TRAPS OF ALL KINDS. Very llnndsome Body Brake, wlln lead bars, lor two or four iiorse. If you don't know Just what you wsnl for your summer driving It win pay yon t look itironcrh Iheir repository, wber you will surely and something to '"'"""snCIAL ATTENTION TO LAMM. PASRENORItaCLKTATIIII TO AM, FLOcHi.1 " " HPHINRI.INO WAGONS. Send for WestrrilenTs lie" prices Hal and catalogs at St Thompson st. authorize the construction nf n bridge arms the Mississippi Hlver from Kaln Point. Du buque, la., to the opposite bank In tlrant county, Wis.: ifii act granting to tho Cciluinhla Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima I nil Inn reservation In Washington: nn art for the benefit of sundry person residing In the vicinity of Jefferson llarracks. Mo.; acts granting pension to Knrnest V. Kmersoii of Ilhode Island nnd Miry llrown of llerlln, 1. 1 an act providing nn additional Circuit Judge In tho Klghth Judicial i In lilt, and nn net aalhnr irlng the construction nf a bridge over th Monongnheta at lleilorcrnnn, Pn. Mtssrssi'i'i'.s ir.i it it a xt.i. Mr. Olaey Alter the Itunk .Sole Firm that I'rlaled Them. Wasiiinoton, July -M. -The alleged tlolntlnn of the law of tho United Stales li the State of Mississippi In the Issue of warrant bearing a similitude to United Stalls money wa tonslil ered nt the Cabinet meeting to-day. Secretory Carlisle bringing the subject up tor illscus-lnx It was decided tn refer the matter li Attorney General Olney for such action a he ileemd pmiier In tlie premises. Thl nftcrnnnn h" directed the United State District Attirne at St. Louln, Mo., tofiuiinience proceeding under the law against the nail inn! hunk nn:o firm thnt firlnted the warrants, nnd fleh other iu-tlon n te thought liesl. Whether "such other action" contemplate meaure lielngtakrn limlllid'aw tho objertlonshlo warrant firm clmiliitluii cannot be learned. Secretary Carlisle ;hls tter noon Informed Seniitnr George, who hu been representing Gov. stone or Mississippi In th matter, of the action decided t:po,i. to rExsiox hex. fonsK'.s ii norr. lie W the H Who Replied " I Will" ta Hhermna'a ' Hold the Fori." WAillM.Ttie. July 31.- Tho tiui.lld Pensions Commll"of the Homn will call up live meas ures to-rr-orrow for which they will ak yousld eratlon. nnd which they Mill ndcavor tn pass during the three hour-nnd a helV set aside for them. Olio nf these I the bill to pension th widow of Oen. John SI, Corse of Ma-snchusctt. Gen. Corso hail one or the brilliant and pictur esque records ot the war. and It was Msclefencn or Altoonicwhen Gen. Sherman slgnalhd "Hold on," and he signalled hack that he would, which formed the basis or the well-knun-!! Gospel song, " Hold tho Fort, for I am Coming." Gen. Coree. although rcpeattdlv wounded, re fnsed to draw a pension, nnd thin tact will bo used n an argument for tllieral treatment for his widow nnd young son. The bill pa,ed th Senate early In the present session. I-and Bllla Passed r the Itoaai. Washimotok, July Jt.Tlut Committee on Mule gave to-day's aeaslnn to the Committee en" Public Lnnd.nnd In two nnd n Iinlf hour Mr. McRae Dcm Ark.), Chairman, succeeded In having passed fourteen bills rojiortcd from hi committee. Two of these were of particular Importance, one providing for a settlrment of the claims hy and ugnlnst the State of Arkansas and tho United Stafa nnd the other providing lor the Reparation of tlie mineral binds In the Northern Pnelflo grant In Idaho and Montana a11l'r.,.,?."p K l"t " th- settler thereon. Tho hill dlrrctlng the reemployment as fat a vacancies occur nfthe railway osul clerks who Til dlwluirgrtl between March 1A and May 1, 1880, which came over from Satunlat and je terdav ns unfinished business, wa passed. An hour or thc.aettslon wna spent In an una vailing effort jo consider the hill directing the payment lo W est Virginia of the amount nf dl i!?:J?,c'.,"B'.,w, from I. lrresiectlvo or claims by the Federal Government against the Statu OEX. CI.AltK nAThEIt III 31 OtTT. Ex.Ilroker till moat Not Provea Guilty of Belnc n Womaa lasultcr. Men seem to be getting more troublesome than women lately on the southern promenade ot Central Park, along FUty-nlnth street. On Monday evening aa Park Policeman McOlnty was on duty at the lower end or the Park hs saw a well-dressed man accost several young women, who seemed to resent hi overture. Finally the man spoke to Mr. Minnie Walker, 27 years old, or 124 West Twenty.flrst street, who also repulsed him. McGlnty stepped up and asked If she knew the man. She said shs dla not. that h MViV tn bee fle nn.l .!... she wa alone. She replied that she was, and. furthermore, that she wished to remain ajone. McGlnty put the man under arrest and took him to the arsenal. He said he was Henry D. Dumont, aged 41), an rx-hmkrr. of 2S4 St. James place. Brooklyn, and that he had met financial disaster on Wall street several year ago. He denied that he had Intentionally Insult When .taken to the Evt Sixty-seventh street station he asked that h . friend. Gen. Kmmon. Clark, be sent for. This wa done, and th Oeneral hailed hint out. In the Yorkvllle Police Court yesterday Da mont told Police Justice Meade that he had not drunk anything tip to Mopday night for a long time, and a little overindulgence at dinner fffc.e1 hlra oonalderably. Still he maintained he did not Intentionally Insult any woman. Mra.Vt alker. aoulet appearing. highly respect able woman, said she could not positively ray that Dumont wa the man who spoke to her. the defendant waa discharged. A CHVEh COT.OltEU THIEr. Bit Mr. Mr.l aaa Wa. Por.a.4 lata H tramp aaa Capture. Kl.lsiii.Mi. I L, July 4.-Two rolored rata drove up to the store of David Mead. In Smart avenue, Flushing Park, on Monday, and ordered ome good, which they put Into their wagon. One of the men, an ex-ennvlct named Levy, promised to pay later for the groceries. Ha returned with the other rolored man and ( asked for more groceries. Mr. Sfead aid he wouldn't let Ley have anything else until he had paid for the other thing. Th thieves grabbed a tot of article and mad for lh;iloor. Airs. Mead Intercepted Ihem. ., l,t.Hhoi.,,,1Sgl J-W looped and bit Hiieretwd. released her hold and th Constable 'Slethoen and Lewi learned tht IfliZni" &a -ft"1 nlDK ,iR th direction .if !?.. Ukfi T.he7 -? lra v"'n Into the ,min.'lri.i,he.Uke- Th.ey followed him and compelled him to surrender at the point of a molver. Uvy was taken beforeJustlce Smith. t!f.wJ'..li,;n,w.overtoJh authorities at Long Island City, who want hlra for burglary. COLGATE & GOVS IB06 LAUNDRY SOAP. For years xc!uilrely used by the best itmllle. I FOJt THE VONrEXlENCEOF I THE SUX'S ADVERTISERS I byricEs hate men opkmed at I 80 EAST 125TH ST., I MAB KOOBTH AV AMD B 1,265 BROADWAY, I JntABMDST. M