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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-05
BEHIND THE DOORS.
The Senate Trying to Find Out
How it is Found Out.
LEAGUE OF REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
The Convention In Nashville-The Debate in
the House on Elections In Arkansas
Allison Reelected Senator.

WASHINGTON, March 4-For five hours
this afternoon. behind closed doors, the
Senate discussed the subject of executive
sessions and Dolph, from the special COM
mlttee, submitted series of resolutions
directing the committee to again question
A. j. Halford and G. g. Balm, representa-
tiveS of the Press Association, and Guth-
ridge, of the New York Herald; Secken-
dorf, of the Tribune, and Deputy, of the
Times as to their sources of information,
and upon a second refusal to answer to
proceed against them for contempt. The
resolution was supported by Dolph, Viii
son, of Iowa, and Harris, who argued that
it was incumbent upon the Senate to vim
dictate its authority and dignity by this
course.
Moody, Pettigrew and others took strong
grounds against the resolutions
Teller offered a substitute for mis- resolu-
ton proposed last spring for the considera-
ton of executive communications in open
session. In this he was supported by
Platt. No conclusion was reached The
discussion will be resumed tomorrow In
the course of the debate it developed that
some OF the supporters of the resolution
held the opinion that recalcitrant wit
nesses were guilty of sedition in defying
one branch OF the legislative department
of the government
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In the Senate.

, WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Joint resolu-
ton for taking the census in Alaska and
allowing special agents there 81 a day to
cover all expenses, passed
The resolution offered yesterday by Vor-
hees in regard to the lease of the seal is
lands of Alaska, to the North American
Commercial company was reported back
from the finance committee by Morrill, ad-
versely on the ground thatnthe leasey de-
partment had already made lease and the
committee had no power to interfere in the
matter. Voorhees, said there was nothing
further from his intention in offering the
resolution than any imputation on the con-
duct of the secretary of the treasury. From
information in his possession he has been
led to believe there were facts that had not
been properly brought to the secretarv's
attention and his object had been to bring
those facts to the secretary's attention
The committee having decided the matter
to be res adjucata, he acquiesced in that
decision. IRE resolution was indefinitely
postponed.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for monu
mental column to commemorate the battle
of Trenton, n. j., passed. The Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of executive
business.
The Senate committee on agriculture
adopted substitute for all bills for trans
ferring the signal service weather bureau
of the war department. to the agriculture.
After executive session the Senate ad-
iourned
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The Debate ON Gladstone's Amendment.

LONDON, March Am the commons To-
day Lockwood, Home Ruler, resumed the
debate on Gladstone's amendment to
Smiths motion that the house adopt the re-
port of the Parnel commission. He said
he supported the amendment because it was
absolutely and literally true.
Mathews, home secretary, contended that
the amendment was only part of the truth,
and stated it with passionate and inhamma-
tory adjectives.
Harrington, Nationalist, said that while the
commons was 4tting q conspiracy was in pro-
greSs, in which the ministers were deeply in
yolved, to obtain perjured evidence to destroy
the character of the Parnellites He read a
series of kilograms to the Times agents in
America with reference to Millen and Sheridan,
Attorney General Webster denied having
seen any of them.
Then you were betrayed by your colleagues
said Harrington. These kilograms proved
conspiracy deeper and fouler than anything
ever proved against the Parnellites. Proceed
lngs show that the government was behind
those transactions. Harrington read tele
gram addressed to one Johnston in New York te
the effect that the British consul was author
lied to give him the names of inforners He
read further kilograms Showing that even after
Attorney General Webster apOlOgiZed for the
forgerieS the Times hadSstill endeavOred to pro-
cure evidence through Sheridan to establish
their authenticity. cit then was Offering as much
as $4,000 as a bride for perjured testimony
Harrington declined to say how he obtained ths
kilograms unless a committee Of inquiry wat
granted in (which case more would be forth.
coming.
The government simply proposed to record the
findings both for and against the Parnellites de,
clining to adopt the course of giving the go by to
all the findings against the Parnellites in orde1
simply to express the condemnation in which all
shared of the falSity and foul origin OF the
charges which had been disproved He accused
Gladstone of laying down the dangerous and dis.
astrous doctrine that the land act of 1881 had
been passed on account of the agitation Oh th<
league, lust as he declared in Midlothian tina,
policemen at Manchester had brought the dis
establishment of the Irish church within tnt
range of practical politics.
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Postal Telegraph Arguments.

WASHINGTON, March IL. II. Bates, of
New York, representing, as he said, num-
Der of gentlemen interested in postal tele-
graphy, address ed the House committee on
postofices and post roads on that subject
this morning. He analyzed some of the
statistics presented by Green, of the West
ern Union, with the result of establishing.
as he asserted, that the average rate on
Western Union messages from distances
over two hundred miles was 80 cents.
The people, he said, wanted the govern
ment to step in and compete to certain
extent. The postmaster generals bill
would do this. A uniform rate for the entire
country would be desirable, but it was
improbable. He would suggest on this
basis for new telegraph company, doing
all of the service excepting collecting and
delivery and including operators (no other
basis would be possible) the rate would be
under a hundred miles Is cents, above five
hundred miles and east of the Mississippi,
% or 30: west of the Mississippi, % or 30;
between the S5th and 105th parallel, 25 or 80
cents. with 80 cents as maximum. Ad-
lourned
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A SOCIETY EVENT.
Marriage Of Miss Mabel Wright, one of New
iOrk's Most Beautiful Women.

New YORK, March Miss Mabel
Wright, only daughter of George Curtis
Wright, was married this afternoon to
Fernando Del Vale at No. 6 East Thirty
fifth street. The ceremony was witnessed
only by the brides parents and half dozen
friends. Rev. DR.. John r. Paxton, of the
West Forty-second street PRESBYTERIAN
church, officiated. The couple will sail on
the Teutonic this week for Europe
Miss Wright IS abeautiful young lady, of
the purest blonde type, and with perfectly
modelled head and figure. Miss Wright is
not rich, but she is talented, being remark
ably proficient with the brush. Miss
Wright is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Wright. Her mother was Miss
Peabody, a daughter of James Monroe Pea
body, of Lowell, Mass. Through her ma
ternal parent Miss Wright is related to the
Woodburys, Langdons, and many other
New England branches of New York fami-
lies. On her fathers side she is related to
the Lawrences, of Boston, her great grand
father having married the first cousin of
OF Abbott and Amos Lawrence. Her grand
mother was Curtis, of Concord N H.,
and closely 1elated to General Howes, of
Virginia. From her first appearance in
New York Miss Wright has been chaper-
oned by Mrs. Grenville Kane Owing to
the extreme illness of her mother, who is
continually under the charge of physi-
clan, Miss Wright has been seen very
little IN society this winter. She has ap-
peared at the opera on a few occasions as
the guest of several of the boxholders. and
was present at the magnificent ball given
by Mrs. William Astor, and she was also
one of the most admired bellies at the New
Y ork ball.
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ROBERT EMMETT.
A Big Celebration in Honor Of
his Anniversary.
CLEVELAND ON TARIFF REFORM.
Prime Minister Tirard Will Resign-TriaIs
of Evangelical Bishops Bowen and Esher
National Baseball League.

CHICAGO March 4.-The Central music hall
was packed tonight with Irish Nationalist
gathered to celebrate Robert Emmetts ami
versary. The principal speaker of the evening
was Thomas EBrennan, of Omaha, first general
secretary of the Land league in Ireland In the
course of his address Brennan said:
Sincerely is peace with England wantedi
but it must be peace with honor. To obtain
peace they must not sheer at fighters like
Emmett and such men as the Fenians who
died on the gallows at Manchester. Then
it was the voice of the entire Irish race
Let the old fight go on. The sons of Ireland had
the same right in this day as the Americans had
in 1776 to fight and die, if necessary, for liberty
from England and English tyranny. They had
right TO the same weapons or any other weap-
ons of a more destructive kind (wnd cheering re-
peated again and AGAIN. if they had but
prospect of success. For the present the
sword was in the scabbord and they were
pledged not to unsheath it unless OF dire neces
sity, and they were able 10 drive it to the hilt
So long as Ireland was held as subject pro-
vince Irishmen would continue to work and plan
together, and if need be again conspire and plot.
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GUTHRIE, 1. t., March 4.-Reports concerning
the alleged scheme to colonize Oklahoma and
make it negro state have aroused the settlers
to a high pitch of excitement At Downs,
twenty miles west a secret organization has
been formed and decided to drive out the few
negroes and allow no more to become settlers.
A negro named Hawkins is suspected of
firing the prairie grass a short time
ago. and the feeling against him has
become bitter. Early this morning
party of ten masked men broke into Hawkins
house, took him from his bed and severely
whipped him. During the whipping Buck
Hawkins, his son, ran and aroused the Burgess
shot guns, return with young Hawkins and fire
at the masked party from ambush Henry
Chambers was badly wounded and may die The
negroes pursued and captured Chambers and
he promised to leave the country. The few
negro settlers in the vicinity of Guthrie have be-
come alarmed at the feeling against the col
ored people and are getting ready to go to Kan
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The Pan-American Conference.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Pan-Americah
conference has adopted the report of the com
mittee on international law. The committee on
customs union made majority and minority rs
ports to-day. The majority says the establish
ment OF a customs union, as generally under
stood. would require not only partial sacrifice
of the national sovereignty of the American ns
t1onS, but more radical changes in their respective
constitutions than they are willing to accept
The majority believes the principle Of unre-
stricted reciprocity is acceptable and that its
adoption would bring us as favorable results al
those obtained by free trade among the differ
ent states of the union.
On this basis, however, the majority deems II
mpracticable as a continental system at pres
emit Unrestricted reciprocity might be obtained
gradually. The first step is the negotiation OF
national reciprocity treaties whereby each ma
ton will agree TO remove or diminish their re-
spective import duties upon some of the natural
or manufactured products of one or more OF
the nations in exchange for similar
and equivalent advantages. If good reSuts
should follow as expected either the articlel
might be enlarged from time to time until they
attain the development of their natural element
of wealth and other sources of revenue or the in
creaSing of existing ones, which would allow ali
the contracting nations to reach unrestricted re-
ciprocity as free trade among some or all of the
American nations.
The minority, Alfonzo Of Chill and Pima OF the
Argentine states. differ in opinion in regard To
the terms of the report and their recommended
ton led the minority to reject the whole subject.
Their delegates, it is said felt that as long as
the United States lays tariff on WOOL the prin-
c1pal article produced in their countries, recip-
rOcity would not benefit them.
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League of Republican Clubs Convention.

NASHVILLE, March 4.-The third annual
convention of the National League of Repub
lican clubs met here this afternoon when
Hon. a. j. Watson, chairman of the local
executive committee, called the assemblage
to order and made an address of welcome.
There were nearly six hundred delegates
IN their seats; one hundred more are eX-
pected before the convention adjourns.
Other local speakers also welcomed the
delegates, then President ohm M Thurston,
of Nebraska, delivered his annual address
to the league. He said: The league, not
withstanding the supposed transitory
nature of the clubs composing it, is
stronger than it was year ago. 1t was
an active and aggressive force; it would
not nominate Presidents but would elect
them. He recommended that each club be
put on permanent business footing and
set to educate young men who would cast
their first votes. Parties are so evenly
divided that those who succeed in getting
the umost young voters would win. He
suggested that the league endorse the
Harrison administration. The league he
said, reioiced that Congress was Republi-
can and that Tom Reed was speaker of it.
Thurston then proceeded to euologize Reed.
denounce the tactics of the Democratic OPP
position and closed with an expression of
confidence in the future of the Republican
party. The usual committees will be ap-
pointed after which recess will be taken.
mass meeting win be held and addressed
by General n. b. Golf, of West Virginia,
and others.
Alta mass meeting tonight, addresses were
made by General Goff, of West Virginia: Hon.
Len Hart, OF Philadelphia; President Thurston
and Attorney General Webster, of Nebraska.
The committees will all be ready to report to-
morrow. The next convention will be held at
Cincinnati 1t is now thought that Judge
Thurston Will be reelected president by accla
nation
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Cleveland on Tariff Reform.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March AT meeting of
the State Tariff Reform league tonight letter
was read from ex President Cleveland, in.which
he says in part: Though invitations by letters
from Democratic and tariff reform assemblages
lately have been very frequent L cannot deny
your request to say word of encouragement
to tariff reform. The Democratic party
as the party Eof the people is opposed to the
selfish.schemes which ignore the public good and
is pledged to the interests of all of their coun
trymen instead of the furtherance of the inter-
ests of the few who seek to pervert the govern
mental powers for their enrichment. 1t was
never nearers its Fundamental principles than in
its contests for tariff reform. IT certainly adds
to the satisfaer1on with which we labor in this
cause to be assured that in our efforts we not
only serve our party but all the people of the
land"
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MAKE HASTE SLOWLY
"Hurrying" the Federal Building
May Delay 1t.
THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE,
The Majority Report on Reciprocity The
Debate in the Commons on Glad
stone'e Amendment.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 4.-[Special tele.
gram TO THE HERALD Those gentlemen who
are telegraphing Senator Paddock and Delegate
Game to secure hasty action on the public build
ing bill, can hardly be aware Of the true situs-
ton here or they would save their money and
give less annoyance to the Representatives
above named.
There are several hundred public bills on the
House and Senate calenders and in the COM
mittee rooms of the two bodies To talk about
'hurrying" the matter under such circum-
stances, is great nonsense and could only be in
dulged In by people who have no intelligent
understanding Of national legislation. Messrs.
Paddock and Caine believe the better plan is to
allow the Senate to pass its ball appropriatins
100000 and let it go to the House for adoption
by the House committee. The committee will
thus see what the Senate has done and there is
less likelihood of their making a sweeping re-
duction from that figure than If they were con.
s1derlng their own bill. The Senate may pass
the DILL this week, certainly next week. The
friends OF the measure may be sure its interest
will be fully protected in the House. but in cases
of this sort1t is better to make haste slowly and
antagonize as few people as possible and this
is the programme which will be followed.
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CLEVELAND, March 4.-The opening session of
the National Baseball league began to-day.
After various committee reports motion was
adopted that 40 per cent of the gate receipts
mentioned in section 60 be construed to mean 20
cents per capita, turn-stile count, except in the
case OF Philadelphia where 10 cents per capita
shall be paid.
President Young read a letter containing an
offer of 81 100000 for the franchises and clubs of
the league. 1t was laid over until the afternoon
session, when it was promptly laid on the table
A communication from Secretary Brunell of the
Players league, the substance of which was
given in these dispatches last night, was read
and tabled without discussion.
The following recommendation from the sched-
ule committee was adopted: That the mileage
Tor each club be averaged and the costs com
puted on basis of fourteen men at d fixed rate
per mile each, all clubs belOI the average to be
required 10 pay an amount into the league treas
ury to equal the average; clubs having paid on
the same basis an amount exceeding the aver
age to be reimbursed at the close of the session
After brief discussion of the general features
OF the schedule, the meeting adjourned until to-
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to provoke an outburst on the part of his
friend from Indiana. He spoke of the
mans reputation throughout the country,
the general repute in which he was held
and he had not spoken unkindly. He had
been illustrating the pecularities of the
case, that was all.
Crisp then took the evidence in the case
and argued that in it's report the majority
OF the committee had not obeyed the law of
falr play, a law which was dear to the
American people
Howell, of Illinois, charged that the APP
parent majority through which the CON
teStee obtained his title to his seat was pro-
cured by crime of the highest character,
which If it had not been perpetrated would
have turned his apparent majority into a
minority. He critic sed the governor of
Arkansas for allowing leo selected men to
eXpel from their positions the legal officers
OF the county without raising a hand to
vlndicate the law Tae day had come
the history of the United States when the
people had determined that the constitu-
ton which enfranchised the black man
should no longer be nullified.
Moore asserted that the testimony taken
by the contestant in Memphis was a
forgery in all particulars.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, referred to
the peaceful condition of affairs in Arkan-
with the question as to what had become
of the colored detective who had gone to
the gentleman's district to find out who
had murdered the man in whose bloody
shoes the gentleman stood to-day.
Breckenridge replied that the negro had
been engaged in trying to look up the
murderers of Clayton. He had got into
difficulty with boy, a Republican boy.
whose pa was then a Republican. The
negro was drunk and applying opprobious
epithets to the boy and struck HIM with a
stone. The boy shot him The gentleman
not only had gone against the testimony ia
the pending case but nearly every member
who had spoken on the other side had
spoken of the death of his lamented oppou-
emit as if it had been the result of the
Democratic policy. The committee had
before it the whole case. 1t had not sum-
moned witness and he was told the case
had not been dock eted yet 1t acted as if
1t had been tried and found true in all its
conclusions. Members came here and took
not his name and his honor but the honor
OF the people he represented. Was that
the evidence of fairness his people were to
receive!
Springer thought the case had not been
thoroughly investigated and favored a res
olutlon which he said he would offer at the
proper time appropriating $4,000 to en-
able subcommittee of the committee on
elections to proceed to the First district of
Arkansas and investigate the election
Grosvenor said he would move to amend
this resolution by doubling the appropria-
ton by having investigation extend to
other Arkansas districts.
Springer-I accept that. Pending fur
Their debate the House adjourned.
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Elections in Arkansas.

WASHINGTON, March coleman, of
Louisiana, offered resolution requesting
the President to send to the House copies
of all correspondence between the United
States and Mexico relating to the seizure
at the port of Tampico of the schooner Re-
becca in February, 1854 Referred
The following committee appointments
were announced by the speaker: Tarsney.
of Missouri, and Reyburn, of Pennsylvania,
on claims; Briclzner, of Wisconsin, on Mis-
sissippl levees; Cheadle, of Indiana, on
postottices and post roads.
Consideration Of the Arkansas contested
election case of F'eatherstone VS.. Cate was
then resumed, Dalzell, of Pennsylvania.
taking the floor.
In supporting the claims Of the contest
ant he said that in the election in the First
district of Arkansas Winchester rifles, re-
volvers and bowie knives had played an i'm
portant part. This district, he said, was
adjoining that in which Clayton, man of
national reputation, when in the exercise
of right which belonged to the humblest
American citizen, had been murdered in
cold blood at the very altar of liberty. Dal-
zell confined his remarks principally to the
election methods of the Democrats in Crit
tenden county, charging intimidation and
Cultivate, of Ohio, that there was no evil
dence that the double action ballot box was
used in the county.
Cultivate challenged the production of
any evidence that the box exhibited by him
had ever been used.
Dalzell replied that the conviction of the
majority of the committee on elections was
that ballot box Identical with that pre-
sented had been used in Crittenden county
in at least three polling places The con-
testee in his brief himself admitted that
the chivalry of Crittenden county was
armed with Winchester rifles and found it
necessary to drive out twenty or thirty
unarmed black men.
Crisp, of Georgia, submitted an argu-
ment in favor of the claims of Contestee
Cate. The case, he said, was peculiar.
Counsel for the contestant was w. w.
Dudley, better known perhaps as 'Blocks
of Five' Dudley. 1t was an interesting
thing to hear that notorious gentleman dis
cusslng before the committee on elections
the Importance of the purity of the ballot
and the necessity of leaving voter I'M
trammeled and free to vote as he pleased
To borrow smile of the gentleman from
Massachusetts, Greenhalge, when he,
Crisp, heard Dudley's statement he thought
he would say this was the devil quoting
scripture.
Cheadle entered protest against an at
tack ON the character of one who on the
field of battle spilled his blood in defense of
his country, and whose life Cheadle chal-
lenged any human being to attack (Ap-
plause on Republican side). The body on
the other side was unable to prove single
charge against the Republicans of Indiana
(Renewed applause).
CrlSp WAS unaware that he said ANYTHING