The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-26
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| A SPANISH FLEET How
ERlNG ABOUT NEW
YORK.
Warlike Designs Suspected
INTERNAL REVENUE AND TARIFF.
The Wenan's Suffrage Convention.
BEECHER PROMOTED.
EDEEHFt nnSTAs mnss. .u,
INTERNAL REVENUE AND TARIFF
The Wenan's Suffrage Convention. !
BEECHER PROMOTED.
FRENCH POSTAL TREATY.
RAMSEY'S MISSION FRUITLRsS.
A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR PORTO
RICO.

NLtN hLAND, NOV. GJ-l ne woman Sui
frageConventiou last evening rescinded th
order, adopted at the afternoon session, tab
ling the Constitution proposed for The nation
al organization.
Mira. LivermOre announced that she haC
received letter from Henry Ward Beecher
cOnSeutlng to be the President OF tho propes
ed national organization and thereupon
without waiting to adopt the Constitution, a
action was made and carried electng Mr.
BeeCher such President, Moo Hall, Of Toledo
voting in the negative.
When the Convention met this morning
the hall was well filled, thu delegates obcu
pylng front rows OF seats, aud the spectators
q large portion of whom are citizens OF
! Cleveland, the remainder of the hall and
galleries.
After some personal explanation. the draft
of the constitution reported by the Committee
on Organization was taken up and gave rise
to sD animated discussion interrupted at one
time by the advent of Mrs. Bickerd yke upon
the platform, who was received with great
applause The section providing for the
election of officers elected an animated dis
cussion between Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell,
| Stephens, Foster, Mrs, Livermore, MIRA
Antonette Brown, Judge Bradwpll, julia
| Ward Howe and Rev. Mrs. HannarOrd. The
Secretary reads: "All officers shall be elected
annually at an annual meeting of dele.
gateI, GU the basis Of the Congressional
representation" 1t was finally adopted under
the operation Of the previous question, Mr..
Fos ter voting alone in the negative.
A dispatch was received from Washington.
l,IF
cause.
(Signed) GRACE "GREENwooD."
The clause providing that as far as posi-.
Bile, the officers shall be one half
males and one.haif tmales was
discussed. On motion of Rev.
Mr.. Mcconnell, of Ohio to strike out, Mrs
Lucy Stone Blackwell thought there were as
many good men as women, and that they
were about alike anyway. The amendment
prevailed and the section adopted that no
distinction Of sex shall be allowed in the
election of officers or members.
WASHINGTON, Nov. % The Government
having learned that u Spanish fleet of some
four or five vessels is about to pay a visit to
the harbor of New York, ia at a loss to know
what object brings them there at this parlic.
ular time. 1t ia given out by the Spanish
Minister that the proposed visit is friendly
one, but it appears that the Government is
not altogether satisfied on this point, and
accordingly several iron clads have been
ordered to proceed to New York at once.
Among them are the Miami and Terror, to.
gether with torpedo boat, which is to be
sent from the navy yard here. This torpedo
boat is one that is estimated by Admiral
Porter would be abe to look after the Span.
ish fleet, but it is thought hest to have few
first class iron cIads on hand ID is sup,
posed here that the rAal objoot of the ~isis
or TINS ueet is to overawe the Government
and get the Spanish Punboats out. What
ever it may be, the Government is ready to
meet it.
The Ways and Means Committee is ex.
pected to meet here tomorrow. They have
already accumulated considerable data relat.
i've to the Internal Revenue and Tariff bills,
and it is said at the meeting bill revising
the tariff will be submitted by Judge Kelly,
aud some changes suggested in the Internal
Revenue Law by Gen. Schenck
Several leading members Of the House
have prepared measures looking TO re.
sumption Of specie payment which they
will back up with speeches early in the scs
sion. The move is under the lead Of John
Sherman, and the principal financial subject
will be the funding Of the debt. Those
senators now here do not seem TO have !
made up their minds about resuming specie
and will await the Secretary of
the Treasury's report on the subject.
MADRID, Nov. 1.-THE Minister Of the |
Colonies to day read, in the Cortes, draft
OF Constitution for Porto Rico. 1t torbids |
the discussion Of any proposition for sepa
ration from Spain; proclaims complete re
ligious liberty; gives the right of suffrage !
to all who can read and write except slaves; |
places certain restrictions on slavery; pro |
claims that slaves have no rights, and can
only acquire them bv emancipation. The |
question Of slavery is reserved for subse
quent bill
NEw YORK, Nov 2j.--Senator Ramsey
visited the post office department yesterday
aad made q full verbal report to the post
master General Of the results Of his at
tempts to negotiate postal convention with
the French government. having already snb'
mitted his written report The Senator
says the whole difficulty in the way of re-
duclng ocean pastage is in the parslmony
of the French Bureau of Finance, who will
not consent to even temporarily reduce their
revenue from that source. They receive
four cents on every letter, and will not abate
a single centime, though they will allow the
United States to take charge Of the mails
and lower the rates as much "a we choose,
provided we guarantee them that amount.