Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-24

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ROUGH WEATHER At SEA.
SAN FRAACiscO, Dee. "a. The
steamship City of Puebla arrived
yesterday from Puget sound, and
reports being struck by heavy sea
off Cape Flattery, which badly
battered the vessel and shifted the
cargo. Three men w,r, severely
injured, Que having his ribs and
arm broken.
THE FIELDS.
NEW YORK, Dee. 24.-E lward
Field manifested no int rest in the
decision rendered by tile Iunacy
commission In his case seemingly
oblivious to his surrounding aud
fate as heretofore. He still refuses
food and refuses himself TO II callers.
Today he denied himself The one
thing 1t seems to have been his only
comfort, newspapers. Cyrus w.
Fields coudition is still hopeful.
But Lindley is slowly sinking.
COURIER JOURNAL TALKS.
LoUIsvILLD, Dec. 24.-In the
Courier-Journal today Mr.. Watt r.
soa will have an editorial on Speaker
Crisp and the new committees. He
will say, in part. "For the first time
in the history of the Democratic
party in congress is the principle
laid down that the organization Of
the house is matter not Of IL friend
ly rivalry among friends, but Of per-
sonal aggrandizement and of faction
for POWER. We had hoped for bet
ter things. A stronger man than
Crisp might have paused before Civ
ing himself aud party over to this"
Watterson says Springer has not
shown peculiar capacity to lead
The house. His selection sinacks too
much of a discharge Of obligation
and a pretext TO turn down and de-
grade the man who has done emf
nent work In the great movement,
and who has engaged the confidence
of Democrats everywhere. Waiter
son speaks of intimatiOns that there
was deal of the "regulatiop New
York pattern" between the New
York speaker and the hackers OF
Governor Hill, "by which the Dem
ocratic party principles are to be
sacrificed to congressional and presi
dental bargains. Then indeed will
; the hosts of Democracy rise in theiI
wrath, scattering these impIous de-
spoilers of truth and faith like a
herd of cattle. The future alone
can determine this, but the present
is no time for menacing words. II
is time for plain talk. The speakers
experiment starts out with the al
most universal distrust of Democrats
In every part of the Union. The
overcoming of this and the estab-
lish-pent of its claim to public con-
fidence can only be achieved by a
display of great earnestness, perfect
fidelity, aud undeniable competency
Mr.. Crisp should, from this time for
ward, keep before his eyes the awful
spectre of Keifer."
FREE COINAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. M.-Inquiry
into records of members of the house
committee on coinage, weights, and
measures, show by past utterance ol
votes that nine out of thirteen mem.
bers of the committee have declared
In favor of free coinage, while three
of the other members are outspoken
against free coinage, and the fourth
is said to be unquestionably against
free coinage. Members in favor of
free coinage; Bland, Missouri; VIII
liams, Illinois; KilgOre, Texas; Rob
ertson, Louisiana; Pierce, Tennessee;
Epps, Virginia; McKieghan, Ne
braska; Bartine, Nevada; and John,
North Dakota. Those opposed;
Tracy, New York; Williams, Mas
sachusetts; Taylor, Illinois; and
Stone, Pennsylvania.
The silver men are very well
pleased with the constitution of the
coinage committee, and regard 1t az
significant of the speakers purpose
to afford an opportunity for the
passage of free coinage measure
Chairman Bland Is the most pro
nounced Democratic advocate OF
silver in the house. The silver men
regard the fact that Bartine heads
the list of Republican members as
, another indication of the speakers
frlendliness toward liberal silver
policy.
A NOVEL SUIT.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Even
ing World says: "Unless com
promise is effected Russell Sage will
probably be made defendant In a
most novel suit. Preliminary steps
have been taken to bring action
against Sage tor heavy damages fol
having used brokers' clerk w, II,
Laidlaw to shield himself when
Norcoss, the dynamiter, exploded his
bomb in Sage's office. 1t is under
stood the amount OF damages to be
claimed has been placed at 500, 900,
MORE wARLIKE.
WAsHlNGToN, ID. c., Dec. "a -
II is stated semi-oifieially that the
patience OF the administration Is