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VOL. XVII.
GLAND'S BITTER HARANGUE
HE DENOUNCES THE HOUSE FILIBUS-
TERS AS ANARCHISTS.
CRIES OF SHAME AND HISSES
Greet the Silver Leader as He
Talks About Bombs and An
archy— 'The People Will Rise
Up and Cast Us Down for Ex
ercising Mobocracy," Ho Ex
claims.
Washington, Feb. 23.— The members
of the house under arrest were finally
discharged from custody today by dis
pensing with further proceedings under
the call. It required four hours today
to accomplish this, and, although the
scenes of disorderly turbulence which
characterized yesterday's proceedings
were not repeated today, the proceed
ings were fully as interesting. The
Democrats were evidently very anxious
when the house met to extricate them
selves trom the complications arising
from the wholesale arrest of members,
but by Honk movements the Republic
ans succeeded in preventing this until
the whole situation had been thoroughly
ventilated. Perhaps the most interest
ing feature of the day, barring Mr.
Bland's bitter philippic against the fili
bustering Democrats, was the verbal
duel between Mr. Reed and Mr. Turner
over the question of a quorum— a ques
tion just now ot pre-eminent impor
tance m house circles. After the
arrested members had been discharged
Mr. Bland returned to the silver bill, but
his motion failed again for lack of a
quorum. He only lacked two votes,
however, and this is high water mark.
Although Mr. Bland still insists ou
going right ahead with the seigniorage
bill, many of the Democrats 'believe it
should now be abandoned, and unless a
quorum is procured tomorrow it would
seem that it would have to be, that is it
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
docs not decide to adopt some method
of forcing members to voto, or to count
them if they do not. Clerk Kerr called
the house to order today. He read a
communication from Speaker Crisp,
who has a severe sore throat, and was
confined to his hotel, appointing Mr.
: chardson, of Tennessee, speaker pro
tern, for today. The peculiar circum
stances under which the house ad
journed yesterday, and the anticipation
of a repetition of the disorderly scenes,
had attracted great crowds to the gal
leries. As soon as the journal was read,
Mr. Adams (Rep., Pa.), who was being
tiled when the proceedings were termi
nated yesterday by the adjournment,
was clamoring for recognition on a
question of privilege. He yielded, how
ever, to Mr. Wells (Dem., Wis.), who
made a statement to the effect that he
was erroneously reported as voting "no"
on the motion to' adjourn. He denied
that he had taken any part whatever in
the unseemly proceedings in the house
on Washington's birthday.
"Had I voted at all," said lie, "I
should have voted for. the adjournment
in order to put a stop to the disgraceful
performance." r: '. '•
Mr. Bland this afternoon denounced
the New York delegation in heated
words in the house. He was several
times called to order by Representative
Coombs, of New York. The house, in
consequence, Is in another uproar. Mr.
Cummings (Dem., N. V.) asked that his
colleague, Mr. Sickles, be excused on
account of sicknese. He was so ex
cused, whereupon the speaker pro tern,
ordered the pending question to be the
motion to discharge Mr. Adams from
the custody of the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. Adams demanded to be heard on
the
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
he desired to raise. The speaker said
that one question of privilege was al
ready pending, but agreed to hear Mr.
Adams. The latter wanted to know
why, while he was under arrest at the
bar of the house, explaining his cuse in
a parliamentary fashion yesterday, the
mace of tne house should have been
employed to force him to his seat. ..
'•Why," he asked, "should this in
dignity have been put upon. me while I
was endeavoring to carry out the man
date of the house?"
The chair stated that this question
would have to be raised later, the pend
ing question now beiug to discharge the
gentleman.
Mr. Reed called attention to the fact
that the question had not been properly
stated. It was to discharge Mr. Adams
because the warrant under which he
was arrested was unauthorized. Mr.
Springer attempted to interpose an
amendment which had for its purpose
the discharge of all members under ar
rest, as the most expeditious way out of
the tangle, but Mr. Reed demanded the
previous question, and .he was cut off.
The Democrats then decided to vote
down the previous question in order to
epen the way for Mr. Springer's amend
ment. Some of them, however, notably
the Eastern Democrats, voted with the
Republicans. \ XX-''
ftlhe previous question was voted
down, 05 to 150. Mr. Blaud then offered
as a substitute for Reed's motion a mo
tion to discharge all members • -
ARRESTED BY AUTHORITY
of the resolution passed by the house on
19th inst. Mr. Reed made the point of
order that Mr. Bland's amendment was
not germane, and the point was argued
at some length. It was debated by
Messrs. '.teed, Bland and Johnson (Ind.),
and finally culminated in a sensational
denunciation of the Democratic filibus
ter* by Mr. Blaud. Mr. Johnson, of
Indiana, made a long statement, going
to show the absurdity or including his
name in the list of those arrested.
Mr. Bland, after Mr. Johnson's state
ment, decided to withdraw his substi
tute, and confine it to the discharge
lrom custodj of Mr. Adams. On this
modification of his motion he demanded
to be heard. He got the floor, and de
livered a scathing arraignment of his
side of the house. He realized, he said,
that it was humiliating to be brought
before the bar of the house in arrest
It was hard, he declared, to give
leaves of absence and immediately re
\oki- them and order the arrest of mem
bers. But public exigency sometimes
required such a course. The house had
been deadlocked for days. The whole
press of the country was. full of it, and
every member must have been aware
that his presence was needed. He main
tained that when a member of congress
.
was elected he stood into a solemn con
tract with his constituency to leave his
private business and attend to the pub
lic business for which lie was elected.
He then went on iv an impassioned
way: "I saw gentlemen here," said he,
shaking his head savagely, and lifting
his voice until it fairly rang through the
hall, "disobey the rules and commands
of this house. I saw gentlemen rise
aud boast that they bad defied the
power of the house, If that is not an
archistic and revolutionary, what is it?
"We in the house are the fountain
source of order, the law-making body.
Shall we resolve ourselves into a
lIODY OF ANARCHISTS?
'■If someone were to throw a bomb
from yonder gallery it would be no more
an anarchist than he. who, upon this
tioor, denies the power of Ihis house.
[Cries of shame and hisses.] While the
people of this country are in the throes
of hunger and starvation," continued
Bland, angered at the demonstration
against him, "when they expect us to
do something, to become fillibusters
and obstructionists is to become an
archists, for its purpose is the defiance
of the laws of the country. We were
sent here to do our duty at a time when
the cities are thronged with mobs and
the people cannot co to bed in peace
and comfort, is not the time when mob
law should obtain here.'/
At this point Mr. Bynum called Mr.
Bland to order, and. after being admon
ished by the chair to confine himself to
the question at issue, he proceeded to
say that since the deadlock suggestions
that the speaker should count a quorum
had been advanced on the Democratic
side of the house. Quorum counting,
he maintained, was an invitation to
absentees.
"It was an invitation to members to
go fishing and wanner up and down the
earth. He insisted that it was the duty of
the house to keep membrs in their seats.
The Democratic party had a majority of
eighty in the house, and ought to do
busiuess. XX. - * .?..'
"I don't think it is the duty of the
gentleman from Missouri," interjected
Mr. Dunn (Dem., N. J.) "to lecture the
Democratic party."
"If this is a lecture,*' retorted Mr.
Bland, "the people will read it to the
gentleman and every other man who is
now obstructing busiuess to his heart's
content. While the opposition," he
continued, "has a perfect right to break
the quorum, what a spectacle wo pre
sent tothe country.with eighty majority,
rising in our congressional dignity and
defying the authority of the house. We
should proceed to business or acknowl
edge our incompetency, lf we don't
the people will read the riot act to us."
"They will; they will," came in cho
rus from the Republican side. '^__§P
Mr. - Bland drifted into a discussion of
the merits of the silver seigniorage bill,
which was being opposed by a portion
of the
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY,
in the course of which he was three
times calied to order by Mr. Coombs. .
"The difficulty is," finally blurted out
Mr. Biand, "that I am too much in
order. I am telling too many plain
truths that the country ought to know."
[Democratic applause.] '; . "".' ",■?'.
"That is the fact," shouted Mr. Den
son (Dem.. Ala.) ?:.. 7 "7. ..
"Give it to the Democrats for revenue
only."
••-thought gentlemen on this side,"
said Mr. Bland, "would realize that
they could not afford to be revolution
ists and anarchists. 1 say we should
either do business or surrender." [Re
publican applause end shouts of "Give
it to them."] ?-.. :y.XX:
"It will be no outrage for the people
to rise up in a mob and cast us down,
for we are exercising mobocracy here,
If this is a bad bill vole it down, If
you want more debate we will give it to
you, bnt to stay here and not vote is
simply' political suicide." ?;?,'-"?.
Mr. Bland then demanded the pre
vious question, but as there was a
clamor on both sides of the house for an
opportunity to be heard, he withdrew it.
Mr. Reed demanded recognition in
his own right, and when Mr. Bland
offered him five minutes he rejected it
with scorn. . . * -
Mr. Compton (Dem., Md.). secured
five minutes. He went right into the
heart of the contention. The validity
of the house warrant had been chal
lenged, he said, because it did not con
tain the names of those to be arrested.
He declared that it was in accordance
with the uniform practice of the house,
and defied any one to produce a warrant
iv which a name was incorporated.
"I have one here," shouted Mr. Bur
rows, flourishing a yellow, time-stained
document above" his head. Mr. Comp
ton disregarded Mr. Burrows, and ap
pealed to Mr. Reed to bear out what he
had said. -? • •?.;*.
Mr. Reed denied that he had any
recollection of whether the warrants he
had signed contained names or not. To
him (Reed) the trouble lay not so much
with the warrant, but with the irregu
lar manner in which the resolution or
dering the '?-?.'•'
ARREST HAT) BEEN PASSED.
Mr. Compton went on to pay a high
tribute to Speaker Crisp, who hart
signed the warrant, and Sergeant-at
arms Snow, who had executed it. Mr.
Burrows then being appealed to, read
the warrant he had. and explained that
it was issued in the Twenty-second con
gress, sixty-six years ago, when they,
did things in order. [Laughter.] con
tained the name of Sam Houston, the
hero of the war for the independence of
Texas . -.•''
Mr. Reed said there were two aspects
of the case worthy of the consideration
of the house. First, the' house should
proceed in an orderly manner to trans
act its business, even though that busi
ness were bringing members here to
constitute a house. A great error had
been committed. Members had been
arrested who had been present, aud not
even technically guilty. Besides an
analogy of legal procedure required
that the names be included in the war
rants. The sergeant-at-arms was act
ing as the constable of the house, and
his warrants should show who was to
be arrested. Mr. Bland, he said, had
charged that members were acting iv an
unsuitable manner when they refused
to respond to their names. He insisted
that whether a member voted aye or
nay, or did not vote at all,' was a ques
tion solely between the member and his
constituency.
"I did not deny that," interjected Mr.
Bland. ... ■■■■■.., 7, : y. >
"I was addressing those charged with
the responsibility of power." . '•?, „
•T shall address myself to that," re
torted Mr. Reed, "in a minute, [Laugh
ter]. 'Iho supreme court,"he continued,
"had decided a constitutional quorum
to be a present quorum, and the
whole difficulty here grew out of the
fact that the house denied the right of
members constituting a quorum by
their presence."
Mr. "Kilgore wanted to know whether
Mr. Reed had not a moment betore ad
mitted the right of a member to remain
silent. *BSEgB_3 -■•■■;. . XX
"Certainly," replied Mr. "Reed sar
castically. . yxxX- ? ; •?
"The trouble of the gentleman is : that
Continued on Jfiftli Page.
PAINT PAUL MINN., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 54, 1894.
MAY ADOPT REED RULES. !
MANY DEMOCRATS DISGUSTED WITH ;
PRESENT COMPLICATIONS.
HOW TO SECURE A QUORUM !
Is the Great Question That Puzzles
the Democratic headers — Mr.
Holman Will Call a Demo
cratic Caucus to Consider a
Change in the House Holes —
Over a Hundred Names Signed.
Washington, Feb. 23.— Mr. Holman,
of the Democratic house caucus com
mittee, says that a caucus will be called
to consider a change in the house rules,
by which members may be compelled to
vote to make a quorum. The call is in <
response to a written request signed by
104 Democratic members. The -request
is a direct result ot the uproarious,
demonstration in the house yesterday.
Representative Paynter, of Kentucky,
circulated the call, and secured an even
hundred names last night and more this
morning. There was a rush to get on
the paper. It contains the names of the
leading Democrats of the house, among
them being Outhwaite, of Ohio, a mem
ber of the committee on rules. The
name of Mr. Bland is not on the call, for
while he is severe in deprecating the
disorder of yesterday, he says
PUBLIC OPINION
should rebuks those responsible for it,
and that a change of rules is not de
sirable. The New Yorkers are also an
exception to the delegations which
have signed the call. They are not
anxious to strengthen the rules, and
thus increase the chances of the pass
age of a bill such as the one now pend
ing. BSB
With these exceptions, the call rep
resents all shades of opinion in the
house, the anti-sliver men, as well as
the silver men. Mr. Holman said that
the number of names secured insured
the caucus being called, and that he
would call it for the earliest date prac
ticable. The call particularly asks that
time be set after the pending . bill Is
disposed of, as there is no desire to
complicate the present sltuatisn by a
change in the rules in the midst of a
debate. The call is also careful to
avoid committing members to any
specific plan for ... .. ■ ,; H
CHANGING TIIE RULES.
Numerous plans for strengthening the
rules are under consideration. The one
most generally approved is to provide,
that the attention of the speaker may be
directed to the fact that a member is
present and not voting. Thereupon the
speaker may direct that the member be
brought to the bar of the house and his
name be recorded as present,' to make a
quorum. It is said that, this obviates
the criticisms of "Reed rule" in the
method of counting a quorum. The
proposed rule would he guarded by the
formality of bringing members ofthe
house to the bar, where there would be
no question as to the actual presence.
The feeling is so strong that some
Demoernts are ready to accept "Reed
rules" on the quorum question without
any excuses or explanation.
DULUTH-SUPHRIOH BRIDGE.
It Ends in Favor of the Duluth &
Superior Company.
Special to the Globe.
Washington. Feb. 23. — The long
contest over a bridge across the St.
Louis river between Duluth, Minn.,
and Superior, Wis., which has been
carried on before the house committee
ou commerce, was decided today by a
report authorizing the Duluth &
Superior Bridge company to build the
bridge. - Several amendments proposed
by the secretary of war were attached
to the bill. The bridge authorized is to
cross between Conner's. Point, Wis.,
and Rice's Point, Minn., is to be twenty
eight feet above high water mark, with
s pans not less than 250 feet, and a pivot
draw which will leave a clear channel
of 200 feet on each side when open.
TARIFF BILL READY.
It Will Go Before the Senate Fi
nance Committee.
WASHiNGTON.Feb. 23.— Senator Voor
hees decided late today to call a meet
ing of the senate finance committee for
next Monday at 10 o'clock. The decis
ion was tho result of a conference with
the subcommittee which is shaping the
tariff bill, by which he was notified that
the members had agreed upon all the
features of the bill as it is to be present
ed, and nothing remained to. be done
except to put the bill in shape.
Two Measures by Hall.
Special to ibe Globe.
WASiiiNGTON,Feb.23. -Mr.Hall today
introduced a bill giving a pension of 112 ;
per month to Samuel A. Lundberg,
Carver county. Lundberg was a child at
the time of the Indian outbreak and
was shot and maimed for life by savages
in one of their raids. Mr. Hall also in
troduced a bill making appropriation of
"525.000 to be expended on the improve
ment of the Minnesota river opposite ;
• Belle Plaine. -
A SEVERE LOSS
Sustained by the Government in
the Wreck of tho Kear3*arge.
Washington, Feb. 23.— 1n the wreck
of the Kearsarge the navy and state de
: parturients have sustained a severe loss.
It was one of the valuable points of
the old wooden cruisers that they could
I be put into condition for service in a
very short time, as the materials for
repairs could be found at any navy yard,
or any port, even in a foreign country.
This is not true of the more complicated
steel ships, with their expensive ma
chinery, reqiring a high grade of ex
pert skill to repair.
V The Coughlin Chestnut.
Chicago, Feb. 23.— Attorney Daniel
Donahoe continued his address for the
. defense in the Coughlin case today.
• He insisted that the evidence of the
state was a tissue of lies and denounced
i many of the ptosecutlon witnesses as
i perjurers. Attorney Donahoe finished
* his address this afternoon. Attorney
Wing, also for the defense, will speak
' tomorrow. - _
The Harrison ' Residence.
* ; Chicago, Feb. 23. -The family of the
'j late Mayor Harrison have removed from
. -the old homestead on Ashland boule
-7 yard and have leased the property. The
'{* home was the scene of me mayor's
. I tragic death, and for this reason the
I family decided upon a removal. "
VICTORIA'S SPICY SUIT.
MRS. WOODHULL AFTER THE BRITISH
MUSEUM TRUSTEES.
SHE WANTS NAMES DIVULGED.
Books Relating to the Beecher-
Tilton Trial Which Reflected
on Her Character— Tilton 'Re-,
ported to Have Been Her Lover
i- and to Have Called Her the
Queen of Prostitutes.
London. Feb. 23.— The case of Mrs.
John Biddulph Martin, formerly Victo
ria Woodhull. against the trustees of
the British museum, was heard in the
high court of justice, queen's bench
division, before Baron Pollock today.
Mr. Martin some time ago obtained an
order from the courts directing- the
trustees of the British museum to di
vulge the names of the donors to ' tin'
museum of two books relating to the
Beecher-Tilton trial. Mrs. Martin, in
her petition, declared the first of these
books imputed that she, as Mrs. Victo
ria Woodhuil, had published -libelous
and obscene literature. The second
bonk, according to Mrs Martin's com
plaint, purported to contain statements
made during the Beecher-Tilton litiga
tion, which, she claimed, reflected upon
her. The application was granted; but
the trustees appealed, and on Jan, 23
last, in the high court of justice, the
appeal was heard. The trustees claimed
that the books were withdrawn so soon
as their attention was called to
kits, martin's complaints.
This appeal, however, was dismissed.
lv court today Sir Richard Webster,
formerly attorney general under Lord
Salisbury, represented the plaintiff. Sir
Richard said that the books contained
imaginary interviews with Victoria
Woodhull, in which she was quoted as
stating that Mr. Tilton had been her,
lover, that she had lived with him for'
three months and that he called her the
"queen of prostitutes." . .
Victoria Woodhull, Sir Richard Web-,
ster also claimed, was charged in these
interviews with blackmailing Rev.}
Henry Ward Beecher, and counsel as-;
serted that the. interviews made J a
similar charge against Victoria Wood-
hull's sister. Sir Richard Webster then J
read extracts from the worksof Victoria'
Woodhull. advocating purity between
'the sexes. Unluckily.counsel continued,
the man ' whom Victoria Woodhull left!
in control of her newspaper in New!
York inserted, unknown to her, some;
disgraceful articles. Sir. Richard Web- 1
ster, during the course of his argument,
also said that Victoria Woodhull, until
she met Mr. Martim lived a life of j' j
STRUGGLE' AND SUFFERING.'
Mrs. Martin then tooK the stand, arid
gave the story of her ( life... ; During .the
course of * her statements, Mrs. -Martin,
said that the interview published in a
Chicago paper in 1872, and copied -„i nto
the book donated to the British museum,
arid which was one' l of those she com
plained against, 'had never occurred.
The statements made in this interview,
said Mrs. Martin, were false. X X7*-l ;|!i .
When' asked whether she had ever
been guilty of immorality, Mrs. Martin
said that from 1870 to 1887 she was daily
before the American public, and that no
charge had ever been made against her
character. ,;'• •..-■* .■■XX-}-}
Sir Charles Russell, the attorney gen
eral, who appeared., for -the trustees of
the British museum, severely cross-ex
amined Mrs. Martin 'in regard to her
life as a stock broker and actress in San
Francisco. .. -yy .* :-..- r XXXr
Replying to the question put to her, '
Mrs. Martin said that the- prosecution
against her in the United States on the
charge of sending .obscene matter'
through the mails' had resulted in her,
acquittal, the government being forced
to abandon the prosecution as a result of
public opinion. When questioned in
regard to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
Mrs. Martin said that if the Beecher
.Tiltoh case was to be tried again in
London she must have time to prepare
her case. After considerable testimon.
had been taken the case was adjourned.
. CARTER CONFIDENT.
Republican' Chairman Says Moo-
tana Will Go His Way.
Chicago. Feb. 23.— Thomas H. Car
ter, chairman of the Republican na
tional committee, was in the city today
on his way home to Montana. In an
interview this evening Mr. Carter said:
"It is probable that the national com
mittee, at" its regular meeting, will
adopt the recommendation of the execu
tive branch on the change of represent
ation in- the national convention' *"• The.
change recognizes the right of the com
munities that give the bulk of the vote
to the party to dominate the choice of l
the convention. Instead of two delegates
from each congressional district, we J
propose to place it at one, with
an additional delegate for ■•■'■ each.
7,000 votes *•*•.' cast in the district!
for the last presidential candidate of
the party. In the past the action of
the convention has been controlled by
the delegates from the cities, in. which
there was no possible chance of secur- .
ing the electoral vote for the nominee*,
The change will minimize the influ- ;
ence of the . ■ delegations ' that are.
always giveu .in consideration § tot
some bargain. There .will be some
opposition fiom the members of the
committee frora the ' Southern states*,',
but as the new basis is founded upon
right and justness, I have no doubt of
its adoption. \X?" j
"In Montana this year we will sweep
the state for the Republican party, and
that means that the two senators to be
elected will be of our party."
WANTS PEACE.
President Zellaya Tired of War—
Eighty Killed in Battle.
New Yokk, Feb. 23.— special to the
World from San Salvador says: A
courier arriving here from Corpu says'
that in the battle yesterday the forces
under Manuel Bonilla were completely
routed, 81) being killed and 140 wounded.*
The Nicaraguaus are greatly discour
aged. :-'*.-.'. ?"' j-
Guatemala, Feb. Private ad
vices from Nicaragua says that Presi
dent Zellaya is tired of the war and?- is
anxious to submit the dispute to arbi
tration. He has signified to other
Central America governments that his
government is ready to unite with the
other republics to form a uuion. • -r-
Oldest Mason Dead.
Danville, Ky., Feb. Jacob
Smith, of Gerard county, the oldest
Mason in the United States, died last j
night. He was ninety-nine years of
age last month, and was never, sic^.;
until a short time before his death, lie !
will be buried here tomorrow. X"--* 7
POPULIST FULMINATION.
IHEl HE j WHEEL CROWD PASS THE USUAL
■ijij^ SET OF RESOLUTIONS.
OLD PARTIES WELL ROASTED.
Issue of Bonds Characterized as
an Act of Treason — They Say
: the Plundered People Cry Out
Against Capital, Corporations,
Banks, Trusts, Watered Stock
and Oppression of the Usurers.
; St. Louis, Mo:. Feb. 23.— The na
tional central committee of the Populist
party/which has been in secret session
here.the past two days, Chairman H. E.
Taubeneck presiding, ' concluded' its
work this afternoon, and issued the
following address as the result of its
deliberations: The union ot the leaders
of the old parties' under Grover Steve
and John Sherman have forced down
the volume of the circulating medium
to the single gold standard, thereby
enhancing the purchasing power of
money and depreciating the price of
all the products of labor, as well as the
earnings of wage workers. The power
acquired by the campaign promises of
the Democratic and Republican parties
to restore silver to the place it occupied
. as a money metal previous to the crime
of 1873 has been used to consummate
that iniquity. The tactics of deceiving
the people by sham issues, which . have
t been so successful in the past, will be
employed to maintain the gold standard
and retire . greenbacks. The British
policy of a single gold standard system
of finance is contrary to every principle
of American independence:' therefore,
we "are opposed to any international
conference with foreign nations to reg
ulate the financial policy of this country,
but favor a financial system that it
DISTINCTIVELY AMERICAN.
The success of the Demo-Republican
financial policy enslaves producers to
reward absorbers of wealth. The issue
is made by the declaration in.the Omaha
. platform in favor of free, coinage of
; gold . and silver at the ratio of: 16 to
• 1 and flic issuance of standard money
! exclusively by the government without
! the intervention of banks. The success
I of the money power against the people
! can only be secured by ■;'. multiplying
j issues with which the Democratic and
j Republican wings of. the gold combina
i tion can avoid submitting? the question
' of money contraction to a vote of the
i people. Other!. reforms demanded, by
; the Omaha platform are not less mer
itorious because the old parties have
thrown off the mask and made known
their purpose to enslave the people-by
money contraction. A declaration . in
-favor of the free and unlimited coinage
• of both gold and silver at the ratio of
16 to 1 and the direct issue? by the gov-
e rnment of legal tender standard paper
' money, redeemable in debts aod taxes
i ; and 'of sufficient- volume to meet the
; legitimate' demands of our ' growing
"population and increases in business,
'mid whichshall be sufficient to restore
; 'and? maintain stability and general
prices, would meet the issues presented
; by the? :r^- ■-..'*■ ;-:. ■■-..'.: . X7i ■"■*??-- : .
- ' GOLD COMBINATION.
The object of that combination Is the
maintenance of the cold standard adop
ted at the extra session of congress, the
increase of bonded debt, the retirement
- of the legal tender money issue by the
- government, and.the surrender to pri
■ vate corporations of the power and duty
; of the government to regulate : the cir-
c ulating medium and maintain its
stability. Both the old parties will pre
- sent the tariff and other issues and deny
'during the campaign that they are in
f favor of the policy of money contrac
. tion which, by their united action, they
/ have pursued for the last twenty' years;
i and they will be for : once against any
and all issues which they suppose will
' give them the most votes. -.: But when
they secure the power, they will use it
- iv the future as they have in the - past,
in the interest of the cold J combination.
We denounce the issue of bonds in
time of peace, as an act of treason
; and usurpation . unequaled in the
* history of civilized government.
. They purpose to drown the outcries of
-.- a plundered people with a sham battle
, over the tariff, so that capitalists, cor
porations, national banks, rings, trusts,
' watered stock, the demonetization of
* silver and the oppression of usurers
i may not be lost. They propose to sacri-
J fice our homes, wives and children on
the altar of mammon; to destroy the
!■ multitude in order to secure corruption
' from the millionaires. The national
, committee claims
NO KIGHT TO DICTATE
to the different states • or congressional
districts as to the details of their plat
forms within the bounds of the funda
mental principles of the Omaha plat
form, and we call upon all patriotic,
liberty-loving citizens: to unite with us
in this effort to hold the rights of Amer
ican freeman from . industrial slavery.
The following resolutions were- also
adopted:
• Whereas, The so-called Wilson bill
fails to provide sufficient revenue to
defray the legitimate expenses for the
governmeut, and thereby creates a de
ficiency, of which the administration
will take advantage to issue interest
bearing bonds to saddle the overbur
dens upon future generations and fur
ther perpetuate the national banking
monopoly of the country; and '
Whereas. It discriminates against the
-producers of raw materials in the South
and West and protects the monopolists
ofthe West; therefore be it
'Resolved, That it is the sense ot the
national committee ot the People's
party that the people shall, by senators
and representatives, vote against . the
passage of said bill, unless it provides
for said deficiency by an income tax;
and further .•■.-?
'Resolved.' That they be requested to
vote against said bill if said deficiency is
to be supplied by.the issuance of inter
est-bearing bonds.
Democratic Caucus.
Washington, Feb. Senator Gor
man said this afternoon . that he had
issued a call for a Democratic caucus of
the senate, to convene Monday rrorning
at 10 o'clock, lt cannot bo ascertained
whether the caucus will have; other
subjects than the tariff under considera
tion, and it is even asserted -by some
that the tariff will not be considered at
all, a statement which is supported, to
some extent, by the fact that the finance
committee is called to meet at the same
hour that the caucus' will convene for
the purpose of considering the' tariff
bill. ?^?
Bede Will Uo Confirmed.
Special to the Globe.
Washington, Feb. 23. — Senator
Washburn went to New York on pri
vate business yesterday. Baldwin
saw. Private Secretary Morse today,
and was J assured that all thought of
opposing the confirmation ot Bede was
over and that such-confirmation* would
take" place in regular course.
A MINNEAPOLIS BOY WON I
THE ORATORICAL CONTEST AT CARLE
TON COLLEGE.
SIX WERE IN THE CONTEST.
"The Coming Chinaman," by
Charles K. Burton, Is Given
First Place— South Dakotan
Is Second— Death of a Promi
nent Citizen of Duluth—Gen
eral News of the Northwest. -
Special to the Globe.
Northfield, Minn., Feb. 23.—
oratorical contest to decide the two who
should represent Carleton college in the
approaching state intercollegiate ora
torical contest, which will be held here
April _, took place tonight in Willis
hall chapel. There were six persons
who contested, two from each of three
collegiate literary societies, the Alpha
Beta Phi society not being represented.
The first place was given to Charles E.
Burton, Minneapolis, his subject being
"The Coming Chinaman;" second, to
W. H. Hollands, Milbank, S. I)., "The
Puritan Spirit in Our National Develop
ment." The judges on delivery were
Prof. I. I. Graham. Pillsbury academy.
Owatonna; Gen. C. C. Andrews, St.
Paul, and Rev. Beattie, Mankato.
ST. PAUL PATIENTS
Are Now Being Recommitted at
Rochester.
Special tothe Globe.
Rochester, Minn., Feb. 23. —The
probate court is the liveliest place in
the city just now. Patients who were
illegally committed under the uncon
stitutional law are being examined and
recommitted, if found insane, as fast as
possible uuder the probate law. St.
Paul and Minneapolis patients are now
occupying the attention of ' the court.
In behalf of Ramsey county. Probate
Judge Olivier and Drs. Ancker and
Sweeney are present, while Assistant
County Attorney A. H. Hall, of Henne
pin county, is also here. County Com
missioners Egan and Nash, of Henne
pin, have been here, but have returned.
There has been trouble between Judge
Fraser, of the probate court here, aud
the St. Paul people. Drs. Ancker and
Sweeney desired to be appointed as
medical examiners, but Judge Fraser
would not allow . it, claiming that for
them to sit on the jury would be apt to
uuliify the commitments, which lie said
were being , made in Olmsted county,
and not in Hennepin county. The mat
ter was finally compromised by secur
ing Dr. Baker, of Byrou, and Dr.Dugan,
of Eyota, to act as the medical iurv, and
this morning the actual task of exam
ination began— the patients of Rams-v
county first. Ramsey and Hennepin
counties have each about fifty patients
in the hospital who were sent uuder the'
new law. -
John D. Boyd Dead.
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 23.— Hon. John
D. Boyd died this morning of a compli
cation resulting from"grip. He leaves a
wife and family. Mr. Boyd came to
Duluth seven years ago from Fergus
Falls, where he had been cashier of the
Fergus Falls National Dank. He was
second president of the village of West
Duluth, and was a prominent member
of the legislature prior to the last. At
the time of his death he was manager
ot the factory of the Great Western
Manufacturing compauy here aud a
very prominent Mason.*
Ladies Made Masons.
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 23.- A novel
step so far as Masonry^ in Minnesota
and nearly every other state is con
cerned, has been taken by the Scottish
Rite Masons of Duluth. They have
taken two ladies into the order by.the
rite of adoption, which is recognized in
the ritual, but lias seldom been exercised
in this country. The two Duluth ladies
so signally honored are Mrs. T. W.
Hugo and Mrs. W. E. Richardson, and
the honor is conferred on account of
their, valuable services to the lodges
here. Ay:;} .*?;;*? -■• ■-.''..*.
No Rebate Allowed.
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 23. — Several
farmers are importing their, seed wheat
this season from Manitoba, aud an effort
has been made to obtain a rebate of the
duty, which is twenty-five cents per
bushel. Senator Roach was written to
by Auditor Anheier, and the depart
ment responds that it will be impossible
to make such a rebate. This will deter
many from securing the change of seed.
Proposed New Creamery.
Special to the Globe. §jS§
Redwood Falls, Minn., Feb. 23.— A
new $3,000 creamery is to be built on
Alvin township on the co-operative
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plan. Stock has been placed, the site
secured and work will begin shortly on
the building. The towns of Evan,
Leavenworth and Springfield are con
sidering the advisability of forming
similar companies.
School House Flag.
Dcs Moines. 10., Feb. 23.— 1n the
seuate today Carpenter moved to re
consider the bill requiring the flag to
be placed .on public school houses.
After a lengthy discussion the motion
was . defeated. The senate bill was
passed allowing railway, companies to
invest in the capital stock of other com
panies. ... 'J __________
Named for Judge.
Special to the Globe.
La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 23.— Every
delegate was present from the five coun
ties of the Sixth judicial circuit at the
Republican convention today. On the
eighth ballot O. B. Wymau was nomi
nated for judge by a plurality of 1. He
is a lawyer of good standing at Viroqua.
College in Trouble.
Special to the Globe.
Hot Springs. S. D., Feb. Black
Hills college has got into fiuancial diffi
culties owing to a non-payment of inter
est on the endowment fund. An ap
peal to the citizens for relief resulted in
a fund of $500 being raised, which will
probably tide the institution over tem
porarily. -.?-???.:
He Wants $20,000.
Special to the Globe.
Hastings, Minn., Feb. 23.— J. F. Mur
taugh, who lost his right foot Oct. 9.
1802, at Lansing, Minn., while bieaking
on the lowa- & Minnesota division of
the Milwaukee road, has brought suit
for $20,000 damages.
Xf~ Drugs on Fire.
Easton, Minn., Feb. 23.— About 7:30
o'clock last night the drug store of J. L.
Herring caught fire. The stock was
totally destroyed; loss about 52.500;
partially insured.
J* OFFICIALS -INDICTED.
Grand Jury. Finds Evidence
Against Ten Michigan Office
holders. : 'XXX:
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 23.— The grand
jury investigating the canvass frauds
at Mason finished its work at 4 o'clock,
and from wholly reliable sources it is
learned that indictments have been
found against ten persons. The
first is against ~ Attorney Genera
Ellis for forgery in the Gogebic county
returns; second against Secretary
of State Jochim, State Treasurer Ham
bitzer and- Land Commissioner Berry
for making a false Dublin record of the
votes on the amendment in 1893; third,
against Clerks Potter and Warren, who
tabulated the 1893 returns, for the same
charge as number two; fourth, against.
Ellis, Jochim, Hambitzer.Berry, Marcus
Peterson, Clerk F. board of auditors.
Clerks Totter and Warren, County Clerk
William A. May, of Detroit; J. G.Clark,
: bill clerk, and v George 'H.?? Bussey,*
sergeant-at-arms of t'ne 1893 r senate. for
conspiracy in the Detro+i^M_U¥A&i: fifth,
against Ellis and May for destruction of
the Way ,-, county records while, they
were in the custody of ; May in' Lansing;
sixth, against Jochim. . Hambitzer and
Berry for willful neglect of duty. * ?
•
CAMPAIGN WORK.
:•■- X 7\ 77.
Democrats Getting . Ready ■ to
Whoop Things Up.
Washington. .Feb.. 23. — Senator
Faulkner, chairman, has appointed the
following senators, and J-, members who,
together with the officers ot the Demo
cratic congressional committee, will
constitute the executive committee
of that body: Senators S. K. Jones,
S. M. White,. John L. Mitchell.
James Smith and Samuel J Pasco;
Representatives James P. Pigott. Will
iam McAleer, VV. D. Bynum, Benton
McMillin, Thomas C. Rae, Justin R.
Whiting, John T. Heard. Joseph
Wheeler, William A. Jones and VV. S.
Formau. The full committee has been
called to meet on Tuesday, when a plan
of campaign will be discussed and ar
rangements made for the selection of a
campaign committee to take immediate
charge bf the work.
• am
GO TO JAIL,
Conspirators Against Emperor
Joseph's Dife Sentenced.
• Vienna, Feb. 23.— The court before
which the twelve anarchists, accused of
conspiring against the life of Emperor
Francis Joseph, have been on trial
today, sentenced the prisoners. Franz
Haspel was sentenced to ten years' rig
orous imprisonment, and Stefan Hahnei,
the second leader of the conspiracy, re
ceived a sentence of eight years' im
prisonment. . Other conspirators were
sentenced to terms of from two to four
years' imprisonment, aud six of the
accused were acquitted.
NO. 5".
REABDON VERSUS BURNS. -
FORMER FILES CHARGES WITH GOV
ERNOR AGAINST THE AUDITOR.
ALLEGING . MALFEASANCE IN
OFFICE.
The Text of the Document— The
Alleged Dereliction in the
Personal Tax Collection —
Names of Parties Who Were
Favored— The Governor Asked
to Investigate the Charges.
The public will recall that County
Auditor James H. Burns receutlyb egan
a suit against Assemblyman Timothy
Reardon, asking for $10,000 damages for
slander. Reardon put in his reply in
court, but he now has another inning
by presenting the following document
to the governor, which he did yesterday:
To His Excellency, the Governor of the
State of Minnesota: J: -?
Now comes Timothy Reardon, your
petitioner, and respectfully states and
shows: .
That during ali of the times herein
after mentioned JJaiues H. Btirnes was,
and still is, the duly elected, qualified
and acting auditor of Ramsey county,
Minnesota, and, as such auditor, is
charged with certain duties in connec
tion with the levy and collection of the
personal property taxes levied and col
lected within said county of Ramsey.
And your petitioner complains and
states that during the year 1893 said
James H. Burnes was guilty of mal
feasance in office in connection with
the collection of the delinquent personal
property tax levied in said county of
; Ramsey for the year 1892, in this, that
| on the first day of April. 1893, the treas
urer ot said county of Ramsey,. as pro
vided by law, duly made a list of all the
personal property taxes remaining un
paid and delinquent in said county,
which said list was duly delivered to
the sheriff for the collection- of said
taxes. XX7XX
That thereafter, as provided by law,
said sheriff, on the Ist day of June,
1893, duly reported to the board of
county commissioners of said county of
Ramsey the names of all the persoas
from whom he was unable to. collect
such delinquent taxes as aforesaid; and
that thereafter the clerk of the board ot
county commissioners duly delivered
said list to said board, and said board of
county commissioners proceeded to can
cel such taxes on said list as they were
- satisfied could not be collected, and then
and there on the sth day oC July, 1893,
said boardof county commissioners duly
directed that the proper officers should
proceed to obtain judgment agaiust all
: persons on said list except such names
, as were stricken -therefrom, by. said
board of county commissioners. ,.,,., „
- That among, other rrtrines. upon said
list so returned tosnid board of county
commissioners by said sheriff. were the
following: - "- * -**?-«"<'<:**:■ ?..?... „.,.,.._
District No. 1. C. J. McDermott. . .$10.30
District No. 2, McDermott & Kin
sella ....J...*. 29 33
C. J. McDermott, .:..... 21 27
District; No. 4, James J. O'Leaiy. 10 til
District No. 3, Andrew Lauer... 25 30
? That said names were not stricken
'from said list of said board of county
commissioners, but on the contrary the
proper officers of said county of Ramsey
were by said board directed to proceed
to obtain judgment against all of the
above-named persons on account of said
taxes so delinquent as aforesaid.
That said boardof county commis
sioners thereupon delivered said list to
said County Auditor James H. Burnes,
audit then and there became the duty
of said James H. Burnes to file the same
with the clerk of the district court of
.the Second judicial district of the state
of Minnesota in and for the county of
Ramsey for the purpose of enabling
said clerk to issue orders to show cause
against all of the persons in said list,
requiring them to show cause why
judgment should not be entered against
them for the amount of said taxes.
That after said lists were by said board
so delivered to said county auditor,
James H. Burnes, aforesaid, he (said
James H. Burnes)wrongfully,unlawfuily
and corruptly and for the purpose of
enabling said persons hereinbefore
named to escape the payment of said
taxes, erased from said list so delivered
to him as aforesaid the names of all the
persons without any warrant or author
ity therefor whatever, and then and
there as aforesaid, and with the afore
said intent, wrongfully, unlawfully and
corruptly altered, mutilated and fraud
ently changed said lists by the erasure
of said names as aforesaid.
That in consequence thereof, and by
reasou of said wrongful erasure, as
aforesaid, no citation or order to show
cause was issued against any of said
persons as provided by law; nor did
any of said persons pay their personal
tax levied against them as aforesaid;
nor was any judgment obtained or at
tempted to be obtained against any of
said parties.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that
your excellency will cause the proper
officers of the state of Minnesota to im
mediately investigate the charges here
in contained; and, if the same aro
found true, thatfsatd James 11. Burnes
be removed from office of county audit
or so held by him aforesaid.
Timothy Reakdon, Petitioner.
The usual affidavit is appended. •
The governor was absent from the
city when tho document was filed, and
consequently no information could be
obtained as to the probable action ot tha
executive.
Mr. Reardon was called upon by a
Globe representative, but declined to
go into any general talk for publication.
He said he had signed and filed the
charges against the auditor, and now
awaited results, lie had seen the gov
ernor some days on the subject, but
had not seen him since the charges wero
formulated.
Pensions and Postoflices.
Washington. Feb.. 23.— Postmasters
for Minnesota: W.P. Christet^on. Olivia,
Renville county, vice W.ll. Schmitt,
removed; A. C. Renstrom, Smithville,
St. Louis county, vice V. A. Dash, re
signed. The name of St. Ol off post-"
office has been changed to St. Olaf and
John Boardson appointed postmaster.
South Dakota: J. E. Uorton.Cheyenne
Agency, Dewey couuty, vice G. 11. Rled,
resigned.
Pensions— Original widow's, minors of
William McNally, Coon Creek; original
widow's, Matilda A. Woolsey Dassel.