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THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
VOL. XXIII, NO. 154,
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SEATTLE. WASHINGTON. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1893.
ALLEN'S CHANCE GOOD.
Probability That Senate Will
Concur in Majority Report
CASE REVIEWED AT LENGTH.
President CleTeland Conciliating the
Senators From the South.
The West Slabbed Again—Net mm Ap
pointment for Democrat* sf the
Occident—Aa Old Lady Disputes the
President'* Title.
Wabhi.ngtos Citt, March 27.—[Special.]
—The action of the majority of the com
mittee on privileges and elections ih re
porting in favor of seating Senator Mantle,
from Montana, would seem to indicate
that the senate will decide that the gover
nor of a state haa a right to appoint a
senator after the legislature shall have
failed to elect. The decision of tbe com
mittee establishes a precedent which will
probably guide the aams body in the
cases of Senator Allen, of Washing
ton, and Beckwith, of Wyoming, both of
whom were appointed under exactly simi
lar circumstances. While the report was
not the unanimous verdict of the commit
tee, there is every reason to believe that it
will be indorsed by the senate, and that
the three gentlemen named will be declared
duly entitled to represent their respective
states until their successors are chosen by
the legislatures of their respective states.
Senator Hoar made the report for the ma
jority of the committee. It is long and
quotes voluminously from early decisions
of tbe senate upon cases dealing with the
same question.
The majority state that they begun their
inquiry with the primal and controlling
mandate of the constitution resting upon
them, that the senate should be kept full,
and that the separate representation
therein of each state was the most
important unchangeable single obliga
tion which that instrument creates. The
constitution provided that no state should
ever be deprived of an equal vote in the
senate except by its own consent or a
change in the constitution itself, and this
consideration was held to be of infinitely
more importance than the question of
whether the appointment should oe made
by the legislature or executive. In dis
cussing the subject of vacancies the com
mittee reproduces a part of the famous
debate between Webster and Calhoun, and
reaffirms the doctrine laid down at that
time by Webster when he took
a stand against the state sover
eignty. Upon this line and in reply
to the assertion that the failure of the
legislature to elect a senator is a refusal
by the state to be represented, the major
ity make a two-fold answer:
First—That the constitution of the United
States did not mean to permit a state to be un
represented, and that this .constitutional pur
pose had been earned out as tar as possible by
the statute of ls»>\
Second—That the Imfoillty of a atate legiala
ture, where there 1* more thau one candidate, to
ugree upon a senator la by no meafts equivalent
to a refusal of the atate to elect one.
The majority set out in their argument
that the clear and anquestionable purpose
of the constitution is to keep the senate
full, and the fact that every other purpose
of the constitution relating to such mat*
ters is accomplished by holding that the
power in question resides in the governor,
and says:
The language of the constitution fs quite as
well suited to confer the power upon the gov
ernor of appointing to flu a vacancy oceurring
at the beginning of a term, or to a vacancy
which began to exist when the legislature was
actually in seaalon and continued after the ad
journment of the legislature, aa any language
likely to be used.
After quoting various definitions of the
word "vacancy," the majority come to the
conclusion that the words of the constitu
tion convey to the ordinary apprehension
the simple meaning that if there be a va
cancy, by resignation or otherwise, the
executive may make temporary appoint
ments, etc., and continues:
The language of the constitution, It seems to
us, was care ully designed to apply to every
case; not to a single vacancy which might oc
cur only in a aiugle recess of the legialature,
but to every caae where the legialature having
adjourned without taking action, a second or
third vacancy should occur, which under the
language of the constitution may be provided
for by temporary appointment.
This position is supported by numerons
decisions quoted hereafter, in which the
majority says:
We have then:
First—The clear controlling constitutional
purpose, that every state shall be at all timea
represented In the senate by two senators.
Second—The declaration by the constitution
that this purpose is to be aocompliahed by giv
ing authority to the executive of a atate when
the legislature has failed to elect a senator.
Third—The use of the language in the consti
tution, which according to good and established
usage is sufficient in its ordinary meaning to
confer this power on the executive In case of a
vacancy existing for any cause whatever and at
any time whenever, white the legislature ia not
sitting, whether contingent or otherwise.
Fourth—Where lika phraaeology la used in
the constitution iu regard to other offices, it has
been uniformly heid to have the meaning we
attributed lo it here.
Fifth— l ho construction g.ren by the able su
preme court of Indiana is iu language substan
tially identical.
sixth—The se::ate has far many year-' put in
variably recognised tr.e controlling obligation
of this purpose <A the constitution, of which
th« language is doubtful, or where a literal
construction would leal to another result.
Alter quoting in extenso from Bell
(New Hampshire), the majority conclude
tiieir report as follows:
It is shown by an unbroken line of decisions,
w iih one possible but doubti'ul exception, that
the senate bat maintained ths authority of the
executive to appoint to a vacancy which oocara
at tae beginning of a term by reason of the fail
ure of the iegialature to e.ect. We do (tot tmuX
:t necessary to lnaiai upon the importance of ad
herence by thia high court to precedents in judi
cial mutters such as would be a tit:«
to its seal. The only alternative is in the
judgment of the senate, whether the rights of
#■ tales are to be dej«a lent upon changing the
political majorities of this chamber. Itaeeina
quite as impjrtant that tbe construction giveu
by the senate to tne constitution la proceedings
oi a judicial nature should b» inflexibly adhered
to, except in eases of eiear error, la spite o« the
grave an 1 serious attempt, wcich must not be
s*t by thia tribunal Leyoud ail otner*. to depart
irom them in times of h gh political excitement
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Maxwell
today indicated the line of policy which
win govern him la the selection of about
50,000 fourth-class postmasters this year.
He said:
la the first p'.ace I don't propoae to permit un
successful politicians to dictate appointmenta,
and men who ran for congress
and were deieated will not control appoint
ments under me. In a state where there
ii not a iK'iiioeratic senator, and iu districts
represented by Republicans in congress the
state, district or county I democratic committees
will be asked to make recommendations for
postmasters. We vaut to deal with Ure Demo
erat*, men of inflame*, not worn oat poli
tician*. Men end women who held pn*t
office* four year* ego will not be appointed
if new blood can be 'oand. Th* no "ex" rale
will apply for tbe (election of ionrth-clas* post
master. Of coarse, if ire cannot get Democrat*
who have not held office to accept them, we
will reinstate old po*tm*ster* rather than ap
point Republican* to hold office*. We are now
ready for business and change* will b* mad* a*
rapidly a* possible.
The great West secured eery little again
today in the way of appointments, al
though President Cleveland rushed a long
liat of names through the appointment
hopper. Few of the statee west of ths
Mississippi have as yet secured any recog
nition whatever in the matter of appoint
ments. It is now believed that the diffi
culty is that there is no one on the ground
with any influence at the White House.
Bome of the office seekers from the West
ern states are becoming disheartened at
their poor prospects. Senator Kyle, of
South Dakota, said today that the presi
dent had informed him that no changes in
local land offices in any of the Western
states would be made until the present
Republican incumbents' commissions ex
pired, that is, four years from the date of
the appointments sent to the senate by
President Harrison. This announcement
will be pleasing to tbe present Republican
incumbents and disheartening to Demo
crats who have applied for place. The
head axman, however, is not going to al
low the Republican fourth-class postmas
ters to stay in any longer than is neces
sary. .He says that as soon as he can get
around to filling their places with Demo
crats, a change will be made in every
fourth-class postoffice in the country. He
gave this information today to Senator
Pettigrew, of South Dakota.
The nomination of James Blackburn, of
Kentucky, today to be United States mar
shal of that district, brings up an interest
ing story. Eight years ago Blackburn,
who is a brother of Senator Blackburn,
was a candidate for collector of internal
revenue in his district. Mr. Cleveland
had determined to appoint him when an
unexpected obstacle arose. During the
war Blackburn had been a violent Confed
erate tighter, and in one of his letters writ
ten from the tieid he made the boast that
he ''expected soon to ride up to his saddle
girths in Federal gore." There were num
erous other such expressions in different
letters of his which were brought to light,
and the president hesitated ai>out appoint
ing a man who had used such language
about the government. He asked Black
burn to apologize for what he had said at
that time, but Blackburn refused to do so.
Then Mr. Cleveland thinking him an un
suitable man for the place and also fearing
he would not be confirmed by the Repub
lican senate, refused to appoint him. Now
that the senate is Democratic and Mr.
Cleveland needs the support of all the
senators, Senator Blackburn is conciliated
by the appointment of his brother to a
government position.
Dr. F. O. St. Clair, for more than twenty
seven years the head of the consular bu
reau of the state department, has been re
moved. Late on Saturday afternoon Sec
retary Gresham sent a note to Dr. St. Clair
notifying him that he desired h ra to ten
der his resignation at once and, further,
that his assistant, W. G. Faison, of North
Carolina, had already been appointed his
successor and would assume the duties of
his office. This was naturally a surprise
to Dr. St. Clair, who had never before
dreamed that his official conduct had been
called into question, lie sought an ex
planation from the secretary. The latter
is said to have told him that he had been
guilty of holding back official papers on
the score that they were personal letters,
and for this offense his resiguation was re
quested. These papers, it is said, con
tained charges against a certain United
States consul in Germany, and, instead of
being treated as private by Dr. Bt. Clair,
thoy should have been sent in the regular
departmental round. Dr. St. Clair pro
duced the letters in question wbich he
claimed to be his private
but he did not succeed in convincing the
secretary that they were other than offi
cial papers.
In regard to the San Francisco dispatch
stating that "Spreckels A Bros, have been
communicated with by the treasury de
partment officials and asked if they were
in a position to furnish accommodations
for a large number ot Chinese on any of
the steamers controlled by the firm," As
sistant Secretary Spaulding, who has con
trol of these matters, states that the treas
ury department has had no communica
tion whatever with Spreckels as to deport
ing Chinamen.
The government of Costa Rica has ap
pointed Senor Don Manuel M. Peralta,
who is a representative of his government
at several European courts, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
the United States on a special mission of
congratulations and good wishes on the
part of Costa Rica to the president the
United States. Mr. Peralta was foiiually
presented to President Cleveland at the
White House today by Secretary Gresham.
In presenting the credentials, he said in
part:
The people and the government of the repub
lic of Costa Rica bsve seen with the deepest Joy
the accocsion of your excellency to the chief
magistracy of the United states of America.
Costa Kica knows, through her own experiences,
how strong is your love lor Justice and she will
always remark with gratitude that through
your wisdom is due the final settlement of her
boundary question with Nira.»gua. She could
then uot fall to join with the American people
to rejoice and hail your return to the seat an!
succes.»ion of Gtorge Washington. The presi
dent of Costa Kica has honored me with a
special mission to come, at this propitious
Juncture, to congratulate your excellency and
to represent a repib'ie near your gorernment as
envoy extrsordluary and minister plenipoten
tiary.
President Cleveland replied:
It afforua me much pleasure to bear the greet
ing you offer in the name of tho government
end the people of Coat* Rice upon my elevation
for the aecoad time to the chl*f maeistracy o(
the United Matea. It la a pledgs of the friend
«hip that joins the eountrlea and their earnest
deaire to draw their reationa still cloeer in fu
ture, and to that end my earneat desire and
thetff>.ru of tne government of the United
elates will be addreased.
Mr. Cleveland's right to the presidency
was disputed today by Mrs. Thurston, an
old lady, who not only considered herself
owner of the United States, but of the
kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as
well. Mrs. Thurston was among those
who shook hands with the president at a
public reception in the East rooms this
afternoon. She grasped Cleveland's hand
in atirm grip and poured forth her story,
much to his embarrassment. Mrs. Thurs
ton said she wanted Cleveland to take
charge of her possessions under a deed of
trust to be handed over when she received
her annuity oi several hundred thousand
dollars, which will enable her to live in a
style befitting her rank and possession*
Her importunities for a private audience
to arrange detail* were politely declined,
and after keepintr the line waiting for five
minutes, Mrs. Thurston moved on with
the remark that she wiuld return.
The otHcial journal of Quito, just re
ceived here, contains the following: When
in a telegram of tne first of the month hia
excellency, Mr. Maboney, United States
minister, announced that he regretted the
death of James C». Blaine, formerly secre
tary of state of that nation, we caused to
M displayed at haii-mut on our palace of
government the Ecuador national colon
in token of our grief, and we did so not
only because of regret at the departure of
on* of the illustrious men of the Northern
republic, with which we cherish the good
relations of friendship and commerce, but
slso because of the very especial deference
with which our government regards Hon.
Minister Mahoney.
Frank J. Parker, of Walla Walls, is
among the list of candidates for collector
of customs at Port Townsend. His appli
cation waa filed at the treasury depart
ment today.
Tbe president today sent ths following
nominstions to the senate:
Felix A. Reeve, of Tennessee, solicitor of
the treasury.
W. H. Seaman, of Wisconsin, United
States district judgs for the Eastern dis
trict of Wisconsin.
Albert B. Fill, of New Mexico, assocists
justice of ths suprttns court of New
Mexico.
Samuel T. Fisher, of Msssachusetts, as
sistant commissioner of patents.
Bsmuel F. Morse, of Indisns, consul
general to Paris.
Allen B. Morse, of Michigan, consul at
Glasgow.
George J. Dennis, of California, United
States attorney for the Southern district of
California.
James Blackburn, of Kentucky, United
States marshal for that district.
(Allen R Morse was until recently chief Jus
tice of the *upr*m* court of Michigan, having
defeated Judge Thomas B. Cooley in 1885 by
30,000 majority. The campaign was waged
against Cooley a* a friend of corporation*. At
the Chicago convention last June Morse was a
candidate for vice-president, bat his war record
was against him, h* having lost an arm in de
fense of the Union. Last fail he wa* tbe Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Michigan, and
wa* defeated.]
In the Senate.
Washxsotos Citt, March 27.—The reso
lutions offered in the senate by Chandler,
directing an inquiry into the operations of
the immigration laws, were laid over. A
maiority repor: was made by Hoar in favor
of admission to tbeir seats of senators
appointed by the governors of Montana,
Wyoming and Washington. The minor
ity report is adverse and will be made to
morrow by Vance.
Call addressed the senate on a resoln
tion to investigate executive appoint
ments with reference to the question of
conformance with civil service regula
tions. Call's resolution went over with
out action, and the senate went into ex
ecutive business.
In executive session of the senate an
effort was made to release for publication
the recently adopted Russian extraditio
treaty, but the motion was not tinally
passed upon. The question of reorganiza
tion was briefly touched upon; also with
out any result.
The senate confirmed the nomination of
John B. Risley as minister to Denmark;
Silas W. Lameroux, of Wisconsin,'com
missioner of the general land office; HOP
ace U. Lurton, of Tennessee, United
States circuit judee for the sixth circuit
After numerous conferences among
themselves the Republican members of
the senate have decided that they will in
sist upon an investigation of the charges
made in the public prints relative to tne
character of Mr. Roach, recently elected
senator by the legislature of North Dakota
and now occupying a seat in the senate.
UNITCD STATES BCFBIMB COURT.
Important Decision in n Patents Caaa—
A Barb Wire Fence Case.
WAsmaoTon City, March 27.—The au
preme court of the United States today
affirmed the deciaion of the lower court in
the case of Henry Huber et aU vs. Nelson
Mining Company, appealed from the
circuit court of the eastern district of
Missouri. The patent was for an improve
ment in water closets, issued April 7, 1874,
in Great Britain to patentees who assigned
to James Boyle. The patent waa to run
fourteen years, with proviso that if the
stamp duty of £IOO be not paid within a
year from date of issue, the patent be
comes void. Application waa made for a
patent in the United State*, under an
assignment made November 29, 1881, and
the patent was granted June 27, 1882.
Boyle then assigned to Huber. The £IOO
stamp duty waa not paid in Great Britain
within the time required and the patent
became void April 7, 188 L Under these
facts the circuit court held that the patent
granted in the United States was void,
because it was granted after the British
patent ceased to exist and this decision
was today affirmed by the supreme court.
The important result of this decision ia
called to public attention by the chief
officials of the patent office. In this case
the court decided that a foreign patent
having lapsed by reason of non-paymeut
of tazes, an American patent granted
thereafter for the aame invention is void.
This action, it is said at the patent office,
destroya the Edison quadruple! tele
graphic patent and also hia three micro
phone patenta, leaving the Bell company
after January next to stand wholly on the
Berliner patent.
The United Statea was defeated in the
supreme court today in an effort to secure
the removal of a barbed wire fence.
The case was originally instituted in the
First judical district of Arizona, the
United Btates alleging that C. Campbell
haa inclosed 800 acres of public land with
out color ot title thereto, and asking an
order for its removal. The plaintiff was
successful, and Campbell came to the su
preme court for relief. Justice brown de
livered the opinion of the court reversing
the decision of the supreme court of the
territory. This was upon the ground that
Campbell's claim under the Mexican grant
of lour square leagues of land, which, by
some unknown meana was changed to four
leagues square in the survey, constituted
the color of a title which removed the
lands in question from the public domain
of the United Statea, and therefore waa
exempted from the law governing the re
moval ot tences.
The United States supreme court da
cided that the United States could not con
demn the property of private corporations
without considering in the proceedings
the earning capacity thereof. The decis
ion grew out of the proceedings to con
demn a lock of the Monongabeia Naviga
tion Company, iu which the right of the
company to collect tolls on vessels pass
ing through its locks was not considered,
such action being taken in obedince to an
act of congress in relation to the matter.
Chinese Theater Co. Delights Tstomans
TACOMA, March 28. —[Special.]—"Chew
Shu," the first Chinese Theater Cornt any
ever seen here, gave a successful perform
ance tonight, although it had been pre
dicted that the anti-Chinese element
wouid create a disturbance. The Tacoma
theater was tilled with an enthusiastic
audience, especially in the gallery, where
the appiauie was the greatest. The stage
setting an.l costumes were gorgeous. The
tragedy depicted lasted an hour and a
half. Before beginning tha performance
the company blessed the theater, kneeling
beiore idols.
Not one in twenty sre free from sums little
aliment tauten by lnschon of tbe liter. Cse
Carter's I.mle Liver PlUs. Tbe result will be a
plesssnt surpasa. Imj pie positive reiiet,'
EIGHT-PAGE EDITION
A GLADSTONE fll*
Balfour's Motion to Censure
Irish Executive Fails.
LIBERALS REMAIN LOYAL.
The Premier's Noble Defense of the
Canse of Ireland.
A Leading Hungarian Politician Mar.
dered—The French Senate Cheaees
a New Preeident— Heavy Fnalshnaent
f*r Liberal Building Society Swindles
LOST>«!», March 27.—1n the commons
night Balfonr spoke at length on his mo
tion that the Irish executive be censured
for condoning serious offences and thus
bringing the law into general contempt.
He made an attack upon the government
with vigor and evoked repeatedly lond
cheers from the opposition benches. Tha
present deplorable state of affairs in Ire
land, Balfour said, was largely the conse
quence of a compact between the govern
ment and the forces of disorder. Accord
ing to the terms of this unwritten con
cordat, the government coquetted with
amnesty and encouraged dishonest ten
ants, through the evicted tenants'com
mission, to disown their obligation* and
treat landlords as law-abiding people
would treat malefactors. The government
had fomented these outrages by suspend
ing the crimes act, and had instigated
crimes by the release of dynamiters. The
government had not hesitated to take steps
which were in direct antagonism to the de
cisions of the courts, and a new reign of
terror had been established. The recent
outrages in the connties of Mayo, Clare,
Limerick and Kerry had shown plainly
how remarkable had been the recrudes
cence of crime in Ireland under the pres
ent government. In one of these counties
intimidation had been carried so tar that
all writs had to be sent through the post
as bailiffs did not dare to deiiver them in
person. The practice of boycotting had
been renewed in all its ugliness and vigor,
and the government knowing, perhaps,
the uselessness of prosecuting the offend
ers, had taken no steps to protect ths vic
tims.
In answering Balfonr, Morley, chief seo
retary for Ireland, directed attention to
the fact that this was the fifth vote of cen
sure moved within eight weeks. The lead*
ing charge against the government waa
that they had a concordat with the Irish
party. Ue wonld sot deny that the pres
ent administration tried to govern Ireland
in sympathy with the Irish people.
[Cheers.] If that waa a helnona concordat
he would plead guilty to being a party to
it. As to the specific charge that he had
refused police protection to thoee
who enforced the law, he wonld
say that he declined to protect
night leisures, and felt Justified
in this action. The law on the anbject
was far from clear, and the au
thorities differed in their interpretation
of it Morley then rebutted in detail Bal
four's assertion that agrarian erime in
Ireland had increased under the Liberal
government With a multiplicity of sta
tistics. he proved that under the present
executive this class of crime had decreased
U per cent
T. W. Russell, a member from South
Tyrone, and Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry,
Conservative for South Huntingdon, spoke
in support of Balfeur'a motion.
Gladstone reproached the opposition
with resorting to license of language that
tney could not possibly justify with the
facts. The present government; he said,
had a great desire and as strong an inter
est as any of their predecessors in pi seer*
ing law and order in Ireland. The present
government had, however, m different
view as to the best manner of dealing with
the people. The premier continued:
The results already apparent proved how sue*
cessfully the new poliey operated. The severity
ol the sentence la Ireland upon the boy Foley
and other political offenders was a feature ot
the coercive system. Such sentences never
could nave been passed In England. The pres
ent government sought to abolish this excep
tional mode of treatment and sought to estab
lish a more e»juitable system ot administration.
They aimed at laying a foundation of order la
the hearts and understanding of the people of
Ireland. The Liberal party refused to believe
that the Irish people were afflicted with soma
peculiar curie, which prevented them from ap
preciating the biesolngs ot civilisation. Tha
Liberal party believed that the Irish people were
as capable ot being governed on approved prin
ciples as the people of other countries. The
present effort ot the chief secretary for Ireland
was to realize lu practice the fruits of this beUet.
Lord Kandolph Churchill defended the
Irish judges against the chaeges of having
passed too harsh sentences. His own ex
perienced had been that one concession to
the Irish people was followed invariably
by another. He announced that the pro
posed vote of censure was more than justi
fied by Morley's endeavors to hush up and
conceal Irish crime from the knowledge of
parliament. He charged the government
with having set aside illegally an act of
parliament when they abandoned tha two
clauses of the crimes act. The Unionists
founded their hopes on the truth of their
principles and looked to the English peo
ple for justice and judgment. A division
on Balfour's motion resulted in a majority
of 47 for the government.
During the session, Sir Edward Grey,
parliamentary under secretary of the for
eign office, stated that ha had been in
formed of the intention of the United
Stales to create an ambassador to tha court
of St. James in reciprocation for tba
friendly action of her majesty in raising
tha British minister at Washington City
to the rank of ambassador.
The Liberal party at its meeting today
discussed the position of business and tha
course of the Liberals in parliament. Glad
stone proposed that the home rale bill ba
put on the second reading on April 6 and to
have precedence every day except Wednea*
days, and that the house sit in tha morn
ing on f ridays. The meeting was harmo
nium throughout, and a general purpoaa
was shown to act com|»actly in support of
home rule and other great Liberal issuer
riiCSIUkM IHtLLKMKI~LACO|}«.
The Distinguished Kepnbllean to Pve
eide Utir lb* French Senate.
I'AKJS. March 27 —Chailemel-Lacour haa
been elected president of the senate to suo
ceed the late J uiea Ferry.
[Pan! Armani Cneilamel-Liicour is 66 years old.
Ailer Usiug graduated from college be became a
ytutwuMT n:. J was banished by Napoieou Hi.
alter the coup d tUti. As a strong Republican ha
lectured on la* continent o I Europe on political
and social subjects, snd also on seieatlio ttp.
lcs. After the amnesty declaration of H6# be
returned tn France and e«t a tills bed the
Ktvue Polthqu' in which bo had Gamoetta and
hr.eaon *» collaborators. Alter the fall of tha
empire be we* ms>ta prelect of Ehone, with
headquarters at I.yoas. He was elected to tha
chamber as a Kauical in 1*72, and tn 1876 be
came a seoaiot. iu 1819 ha was seal as >aln»