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LOS ANGELES HERALD.
V0L.37.—N0. 121
G. A. R. IN POLITICS.
A New Phase of Grand Array
Dominance.
The Veterans Asked to Oppose
Free Coinage.
Bland Denounces the Attempt as a
Base Conspiracy.
Senator Palmer Speaks In Advocacy of
His BUI to Change the Method
of Choosing United States
Senators.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Washington, Feb. 18. —The Grand
Army of the Republic has not Infre
quently been accused of being used to
subserve partisan ends, but today the
grave charge of seeking to divide the
party against itself, was preferred
against this great organization in the
house. Bland, the free coinage leader,
was the accuser, and Harter, the free
trader and a nti-free coinage Democrat
of Ohio, the gentleman charged with
attempting to subvert the G. A. R. to
the interest of capitalists and monop
olists.
Speaker Crisp called the house to or
der this morning, but resigned the gavel
to Richardson of Tennessee.
The president's message relating to
the Choctaw and Chickasaw claims, was
laid before the house and read. The
message was ordered printed and laid
on the table for the present.
A protest fromtheJPhiladelphia board
of trade against the free coinage bill
was presented. Referred.
The speaker pro tern. laid before the
house the response of the secretary of
the treasury to the house resolution
asking for information as to the author
ity by which the \% per cent loan was
extended.
It was ordered that when the house
adjourn Friday, it shall be to meet
Tuesday. This order was taken to en
able the members to accept the invita
tion to visit Chicago.
(ieary of California, from the commit
tee on foreign affairs, reported a bill for
the exclusion of Chinese. Calendar.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the Indian appropria
tion bill.
During tbe course of tbe general de
bate on the Indian appropriation bill.
Bland sent to the clerk's desk and had
read a circular letter written by Barter
to various Grand Army posts in denun
ciation of the free silver bill, and advis
ing the members of the posts to urge
their congressmen to vote against it, as
it would prove detrimental to the inter
ests of pensioners.
This circular Bland characterized as a
bulldozing document. It was an effort
to intimidate members, and part of the
bulldozing tactics of millionaires —tac-
tics which had always been carried on
in opposition to measures which would
give free silver to the country. He de
nounced it as unfair and unbecoming of
the dignity of a member.
Harter admitted the authorship of a
circular letter to men who were afraid
to have the expression of their opinions
made public; such a circular might
seem to be bulldozing. He was not a
millionaire, nor was he the owner of
any national bank. He was more of a
farmer than the gentleman from Mis
souri. He was as much opposed to giv
ing the silver bullion producers the
earnings ol the people aa he was to giv
ing them to manufacturers. If a free
coinage bill was passed, it would
elect Benjamin Harrison for the
second term, and this would be
done by the Democratic house under
the leadership of the gentleman from
Missouri. He would like to pay the
members of congress with a 70-cent dol
lar and see how they would like it. If
anything should be made legal tender
it should be the corn of Kansas, and
not the silver of Colorado.
Bland then had Harter's biography,
as published in the congressional direc
tory, read, in order to show that his
business life was spent as a banker and
manufacturer.
The silver controversy was then laid
aside and consideration of the In
dian bill resumed, Smith of Arizona
criticizing some of its features, espe
cially the appropriation for the Carlisle
school. The bill was generally dis
cussed until adjournment.
IN THE SENATE.
Palmer Speaks on His Bill lor the Klec
tlon of Senators.
Washington, Feb. 18. —"If the amend
ment to the constitution which I pro
pose is adopted, the members of the
senate of the United States will be
chosen by direct vote of the free people
of the several Btates, and it will be what
it never yet has been, a popular branch
of the congress of the United States."
These were the words of Senator
Palmer of Illinois in his speech in the
senate, today, urging the election of
United States senators by popular vote,
and his arraignment of the upper house
of congress as a non-popular body waß
in language not often heard by the ven
erable members of that dignified as
sembly.
Senator Palmer opened his speech by
saying, in urging the amendment, that
he only obeyed instructions given him
in the moßt impressive manner by the
people of Illinois. The senator reviewed
briefly the Douglas and Lincoln sena
torial contest in Illinois, and then de
tailed the successive steps and declara
tions made by the Democracy of Illinois
in regard to this subject, which finally
led to a Democratic triumph in that
state and the election of himself aa the
representative of that principle in the
United States senate.
The senator insisted that the constitu
tional mode of electing senators by the
legislatures of the state was no longer
satisfactory to the American people. He
• did not mean to make himself responsi
ble for charges of bribery and undue in
fluence that attended nearly every
senatorial election, by endorsing or re
peating any of them. He referred to
them in a slight manner only to em
phasize the statement that the people
no longer confided in, but were pro
foundly distrustful of the method of
electing senators by state legislatures.
None of the reasons which led tbe
darners of the constitution to depiive
the people of the direct control of the
executive department and tbe senate,
now existed. Experience had long ago
demonstrated the uselessness of electors
for the selection of the president and
vice-president. Wealth invested in com
merce, in manufactures, in railways,
forests and mines, demanded legislation
for its protection or its benefit, and its
political power, whether employed
in congress or the state legislatures,
rarely failed of success. All that the
people could gain by the proposed
amendment would be enlarged powers
of self-defense; the senators would be
the true and exact representatives of
the people, and would defend their
homes and property from unequal and
exceseive burdens. They would dignify
the Btates, for the people were the
states.
"Elections for choice of presidential
electors; the electing of members of the
legislature who elect senators; the elec
tion of members of the house of repre
sentatives in congress," said the senator,
"are alike influenced and often con
trolled by the unfair arrangements of
the districts. If the amendment to the
constitution, which I propose, is adopt
ed, the members of the senate will be
chosen by direct vote of the people of
the several states, and the senate will
be what it never yet has been, a popu
lar branch of the congress of the United
States."
Senator Mitchell of Oregon said he
listened with pleasure to the able re
marks of the senator from Illinois. He
(Mitchell) had the honor of introducing
a similar proposition in 1888, and ono at
the present session. Similar amend
ments were also introduced by the
senators from Indiana and New Hamp
shire (Turpie and Chandler.) Allthese
propositions had been referred to the
committee on privileges and elections,
and by that committee to a son com
mittee composed of Senators Chandler,
Turpie and himself, and he was gratified
to be able to state, after consultation,
that a majority of that sub-committee
had agreed to report in favor of such an
amendment to the constitution. It waß
their hope and belief that at a very
early day the full committee on
privileges and elections would be able to
report favorably an amendment similar
to the one introduced by the senator
from Illinois.
The subject then went over.
Dolph moved to take from the calen
dar and pass tbe bill extending for ten
years the laws preventing the introduc
tion of Chinese, but Hawley objected.
It was, he said, a bill of extraordinary
severity, and he wished at least time to
read it.
Dolph gave notice that he would call
it up at an early day.
PefFer, Perkins, Morrill, Allison, Hale,
Daniels, Dolph and Turpie delivered
eulogies on the late Senator Plumb, and
the senate adjourned.
ANTI-OPTION BILLS.
More Argument Against the Passage at
the Measures.
Washington, Feb. 18.—The sub-com
mittee of the senate committee on judi
ciary listened to argument this morning
in opposition to the Washburn bill,
made by Samuel Allerton, of Illinois,
who stated that he had been a practical
farmer for the paßt thirty years. He
said the promoter of this bill seemed to
belong to a "mill combine," controlled
by English capital. It was designed to
destroy the Chicago market, the great
est market center in the world.
Allerton asserted that if future trad
ing in Chicago was limited and ham
pered by laws, the market there would
be destroyed and the millers of Minne
sota could buy their wheat, cheaper.
Senator Washburn stated that it was
not the intorests of the millers to have
cheap wheat.
J. H. Norton, a shipper of Chicago,
argued against the bill.
D. B. Smith of Toledo argued that the
bill instead of proving beneficial to the
agriculturalists would have the contrary
effect. It would prove the most disas
trous legislation ever inflicted to bear on
the business interests of the land.
Bacon of the Milwaukee board of
trade, on behalf of that body, requested
of the house committee on agriculture
today that legislation be delayed on the
anti-option bill, and that a congres
sional investion on the subject of "fu
tures" be made during the recess of
congress. He maintained tbat the sys
tem enabled producers to dispose of their
crops more readily than would other
wise be the case.
DODGINO THE ISSUE.
Anti-Free Coinage Men Again Try to Rel
egate Silver to the Rear.
Washington, Feb. 18. —The anti free
coinage men have again come forward
with a demand for a caucus to relegate
the silver question to the rear until
after the presidential election. A peti
tion waß circulated today asking that a
caucus be called February 25th for the
consideration of the following resolu
tion :
"Resolved, That we are in favor of the
continued use of both gold and silver as
money, and that we are unalterably op
posed to any legislation which will
drive either metal out of general circu
lation.
"Resolved, That in justice to the
Democratic party, and with due consid
eration for the general business, indus
trial and financial interests of the na
tion, we deem it tbe duty of the Demo
cratic party and their representatives
in congress to defeat any action on the
subject of free coinage until the ques
tion of its wisdom and justice is dis
tinctly made in the electiona of '92.
"We ask furthermore to invite the
Democratic membera to meet in this
conference."
The promoters of the call express the
fullest confidence in securing the requi
site number of signatures to force a
caucus.
A Fight Among Indians.
Washington, Feb. 18. —General Scho
field this morning received a telegram
from tbe general commanding the de
partment of Arizona, saying that a fight
occurred at Fort Stanton, N. M., yester
day, between Mescalero and Li pan In
dians, during which four men were
killed and one wounded. He says affairs
have quieted down, and no further
trouble is anticipated.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1892 .—TEN PAGES.
IRISH HOME RULE.
Balfour's Local Government
Bill Introduced.
He Explains the Measure to the
Commons.
His Remarks Elicit Irish Jeers and
Tory Cheers.
The Liberals Regard the Bill as the
Death-Blow of the Government
and the Sure Triumph of
Their Cause.
Associated Press Dispatches.
London, Feb. 18. —The much-talked
of Irißh local government bill was intro
duced in the commons today by Bal
four, government leader.
Balfour, in explaining the bill, said it
was not merely a county councils bill,
but was what in England would be
described as a district and counties bill.
By its provisions the administrative du
ties will be given to baronial councils,
leaving wholly untouched the judicial
duties now entrusted to the grand jury.
The members of the county and baronial
councils will be elected every three
years. The government proposed fol
lowing the Scotch rather than the Eng
lish measure in the matter of aldermen.
Many people in Ireland, said Balfour,
feared the measure would result in ex
travagance, possibly corruption. He
denied this. In the first county coun
cils there would be four ex-officio mem
bers—tbe lord lieutenant of the county,
the sheriff, the nominee of the grand
jury and the nominee of the present
ment sessions. The qualifications of
voterß for county councilmen and baron
ial councilmen would be identical. Il
literate persons and those who did not
pay county taxes would have no. vote.
Balfour explained the workings of the
bill as proposed, and said the system of
franchise suggested would give the
minority a vote in the county councils.
The councils might use their power to
oppress a small minority and might be
guilty of willful and persistent cor
ruption. [Irish jeers.] The history of
Ireland proved that these remote dan
gers had reality. Such dangers did not
exist in England.
Provision was made to allow twenty
cess payers to apply to a judge or as
sizes for leave to petition for the re
moval of councillors of a barony or
county on the ground of persistent dis
obedience of the law, corruption or op
pression, and if the charge was estab
lished the guilty councillor would be
replaced by nominee of tbe lord-lieu
tenant. [Ironical cheers.] If malversa
tion and oppression were possible, it
was the duty of the house to provide an
adequate remedy. Such daugtiv. 'ex
isted in Ireland to an extent unknown
in England or Scotland.
To prevent extravagance, the bill
would provide that land owners should
have a decided voice in permitting capi
tal expenditures as distinct from cur
rent expenditures. He could not con
ceive any danger of the councils becom
ing the centers of political agitation to
further the views of any particular
party.
Replying to Healy, Balfour said tho
bill would not affect the police system
of Ireland, and the incidence of taxa
tion would remain as at present.
In conclusion, Balfour said he did not
pretend tbat the bill would regenerate
Ireland, but he sincerely thought the
Irish rate payer had a right to claim
the Bame measure, granted in England
and Scotland. He therefore recom
mended the bill to the favorable atten
tion of the house.
John Morley characterized the hill as
the "rotteuest reed the Irish minority
ever leaned on for the retention of their
privileges." He declare! that the
measure was based on fraud —in abso
lute distrust of the Irish people —in
fact, on the assumption that they were
•'debased Helots."
The whole opposition broke forth into
cheers when Morley called on the gov
ernment to go before the people on the
measure.
In concluding, he affirmed that the
bill was a mockery; was a falsification
of the pledges of the government, and
furnished grounds for the manifestation
of further irritation in Ireland.
John Redmond protested against tbe
measure as "a sham bill." He could
not conceive how any government could
be bo full of imbecitity as to go to the
country on such a bill.
Justin McCarthy advised the govern
ment to burn the bill.
Healey said he never knew of a more
contemptible bill.
Harcourt said a bill more insulting to
the Irish he could not conceive of. It
bore the stamp of Chamberlain, who
was the "mother of the bill.
Balfour denied that the bill was in
sulting to Ireland. If, owing to obstruc
tion, the present bill should not be
passed, local government in Ireland
would be indefinitely postponed. The
only reason why tbe Irish partiea should
obatruct the bill waa that it contained
machinery to atop corruption and op
pression. The only inference was that
they desired to make something out of
the councils.
At this the whole opposition joined in
crying "Shame! Shame!"' while the
Conservatives cheered.
Labouchere said Balfour was "be
tween tbe devil and tbe deep sea." He
had to introduce a bill to satisfy his
master, Chamberlain, and had to per
suade the Conservatives that the bill
waß a Bham.
Chamberlain denied that he assisted
in the work of framing the bill. He
said he approved of the manner in
which tbe government redeemed its
pledges. Tbe safeguards introduced in
the Dill in regard to corruption were
those that the Americana, the most
democratic people in the world, intro
duced into their constitution. The
American legislature could be brought
before the supreme court.
James Brice, of the south division of
Aberdeen, a Liberal, in favor of home
rule for Ireland, denied that there was
any comparison between the proposed
councils in Ireland and the relations in
which the American state legislatures
stood to the supreme court, which has
only power to nullify an act passed by
the legislature in excess of its powers.
T. D. Sullivan said he recognized in
the insulting safeguards of the bill tbe
hands of Lord Salisbury, who dubbed
Irishmen aa "Hottentots" and "Lep
ers."
Sexton said, never in his parliamen
tary experience had he seen so incom
petent a bill.
William Redmond regarded the bill
as a death bed repentance because the
government did not dare to appeal to
the country on its coercive policy alone.
It was the most studied insult Balfour
ever leveled at the Irish people,
The bill passed first reading, and Bal
four fixed the second reading for
March 3d.
The liberals are exultant regarding the
bill aa the final blow to the government's
chances in the coming general election.
Both sections of the Irish members in
tend to oppose the bill to the utmost.
NOT GUILTY.
The Defendants in the Redlands Liquor
Cases Acquitted.
Redlands, Cal., Feb. 18.—The trials
of D. W. Stewart and Riggs & Spoor,
druggistß, for violating the ordinance
against selling liquors, except upon a
physician's prescription, have both
ended. A verdict of not guilty was ren
dered in both cases.
The California Court Sustained.
Washington, Feb. 18.—Justice Har
lan has made a decision sustaining the
jurisdiction of the circuit court for the
northern district of California in the
case of the United States against the
Southern Pacific Railroad company, the
Southern Railroad company, the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad company and
the Western Union Telegraph company
to compel the companies to operate their
telegraph lines in accordance with the
act of Augußt 7, 18S8.
JUST THE RIGHT THING.
AN AMERICAN KILLS HIS WIFE'S
fAKAMOUR IN FRANCE.
The Faithless Spouse Reserved For a
Worse Fate—The Dead Frenchman
"Was Connected With the French Dip
lomatic Service—A Highly Sensational
Tragedy.
Cannes, France, Feb. 18.—Most in
tense excitement waa caused in the
large American colony today by the an
nouncement that one of the moat prom
inent visitors at the place, Edward Par
ker Deacon, a native of the United
States, had shot and killed a Frenchman
connected with the diplomatic service
named Arbeille. The story iB an old
one. A handsome woman mated to a
man whom she betrays, forgetting him
in her infatuation or fancy for another
man, and bringing shame and Borrow
upon herfamily.
Deacon and wife had been sojourning
lor some time past at the Hotel Splen
dide with their four children. For a
time Deacon had suspected that hia wife
was unduly intimate with Arbeille, and
kept a close watch. Laat night he dis
covered Arbeille in his wife's chamber.
He summoned the secretary of the ho
tel, and together they went to Mrs.
Deacon's apartment and forced the
door. Mrs. Deacon waß alone. Her
husband proceeded to an adjoining
room, and there discovered Arbeille at
tempting to hide himself behind a
chair. Deacon levelled a revolver at
the man and fired three shots, fatally
wounding the Frenchman.
Deacon was at once arrested but it is
the general opinion among the American
residents here that he did "just the
right thing."
Another report of the affair says Dea
con had gone up to Paris, but returned
suddenly and went straight to hia wife'a
bedroom. Mrs. Deacon, it appf-ara, had
no idea that her husband would return
so soon. Rumor has it that Deacon's
unexpected return was caused by an
anonymous letter, said to have been
written by a jealous woman.
When Deacon burst into the bedroom
he found, as the story has it, his wife
in bed, and M. Arbeille standing by the
bedside, evidently having sprung out
of bed with the intention of escaping.
After having reproached his wife, who
moaned with terror, and crawling from
bed, iell on her knees and piteously im
plored him to forgive her, the American
is said to have turned his wrath upon
Arbeille, who had professed the
utmost friendship for tbe con
fiding husband, and after upbraid
ing him, fired three shots. The French
man screamed with agony and fell back
on the mat in front of the bed and died.
Deacon then turned to his wife and
eaid : "Killing is too good for you; you
shall be reaerved for a worse fate. You
shall live to have the finger of scorn
pointed at you during the rest of your
life. Never let me see your deceitful
face again."
Mra. Deacon at these words gave a
shriek and fell fiat on her face in a
BwOon.
Mrs. Deacon was a most attractive
woman. She dressed with exquisite taste
and was an object of considerable atten
tion upon the part of men. Nobody,
however, for a moment imagined that
she was engaged in anything more than
a harmless flirtation. M. Arbeille was
a memberof the French legation and
a bachelor. He had been intimately
aquainted with the Deacons for some
time.
It is not expected that Deacon will
remain long in the custody of the police.
It was evident from the first that he had
the sympathy of everybody, and the
police allowed him to pass the night at
the hotel. It is reported that United
States Minister Reid haa taken a per
sonal interest in the case, and is doing
everything possible for Mr. Deacon.
His wife, on the other hand, is not tbe
recipient of much sympathy.
The Deacons, or at least Mr. Deacon,
came from Boston. They have lived
abroad for about fifteen years. Mra.
Deacon is a daughter of the late Admiral
Baldwin, U. S, N., and wealthy in her
own right.
In Europe and America they moved
in the very best circles. They have not,
it is said, been living happily for some
time, as the husband is said to have be
come jealoua, owing to excessive flirting
by hia wife.
Boston, Feb. 18.—Bat little can be
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WHOLESALE. RETAIL.
learned in this city concerning Edward
' Parker Deacon, who shot his wife's
paramour in Cannes yesterday. Dea
con's father, Edward Deacon, was many
years ago a wealthy citizen of Boston,
and his grandfather was Commodore
Deacon of tbe United States navy. Ed
ward Deacon, when young, went from
this city to Michigan, where he
was engaged in lumbering. He
then returned, and a few years
later was appointed attache to the
United States legation in Paris, under
General Cass. He afterward came back
to Boston and married Miss Parker, a
wealthy Bostohian, and several children
were bom to them, including Edward
Parker Deacon. The family left Boston
twenty years ago and spent most of the
time abroad since.
Cnmmlngs and Morton.
Nkw York, Feb. 18. —In the house
yesterday, Congressman Bryan of Ne
braska, presented to the New York
congressman, on behalf of the Demo
crats of Fremont, Neb., a badge bearing
the following inscription: "For presi
dent, Amos J. Cummings, of New York ;
for vice-president, J. Sterling Morton, of
Nebraska." Bryan explained that he
had been directed by the Fremont
Democrats to notify Cummings that he
was their choice for the presidency.
A Black
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 18. —A confer
ence of negroes was in session today to
consider the relative rights of negroes
and white men, especially with refer
ence to accommodations on cars and
promotions in politics. The chief in
terest centers about the fact that tbe
leaders propose to move as a body
against the white Republicans, and will
begin by capturing the chairmanship of
the state executive committee. No ac
tion has yet been taken.
The Catholic Congress Programme;
Chicago, Feb. 18.—Archbishop Fee
han of Chicago, chairman of the organ
izing committee of the ColumbianJCatho
lic congress, tonight authorized the
statement that questions relating to the
independence of the holy see and Catho
lic education had not been excluded
from the programme of the congress.
No change was made or suggested by
the archbishops at the St. Louis meet
ing or by anybody else since.
Mbbced, Cal., Feb. 18. —The case of
Julian Lamarie, charged with stealing
a calf, which had been on trial in the
superior court ten days, was concluded
last night. The case was bitterly
fought, the prosecution being backed by
Col. J. J. Stevenson, W. C. Turner and
J. W. Mitchell, wealthy stockmen.
Judge Law's charge to the jury favored
the defense. Late last night the jury
returned a verdict of acquittal.
Bering: Sea Proclamation.
Washington, Feb. 18.—The regular
annual proclamation by tho president
has been prepared and will probably be
issued in a few days. The proclamation
is understood to be couched in the usual
terms. The question of continuing the
modus vivendi for the protection of seal
life in Bering sea, which was in opera
tion last summer, had not been agreed
upon up to a day or two ago.
Good values in Fine Tailoring a Perfect
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