Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-11

arnal and Gunrjl i THEY ARE NOT STABLE. |
 i. The New Gun Boats Machias and Castine Are Top Heavy and Will
 Have to be Altered.
 WAsHIHaroN, Jan. 10.-The report of
 the naval stability board, appointed to in, quire into defects in . number of war
 ships. has been submitted to the secretary
 of the navy with reference to the gun
 boats Machiss and Csstine by Commodore
 Walker, its president.
 The board reports that these gun boats
 are unsafe at their present armament, be-
 ing top heavy and unstable and 1t recom-
 mends that the two vessels be heightened
 fourteen feet, thus giving additional foun-
 dations for the heavy guns and mssts.
 To de this 1t will be necessary to cut the ves-
 sells in two and the estimated cost of mAk-
 The plan proposed by the board of
 bureau chiefs of the navy department was
 in effect to remove the instability by plao-
 ing cement along the keels of the vessels
 and to replace the heavy mssts with
 lighter ones. Another plan proposed was
 to take of the forward part of the poop and to remove the mess and music | rooms.
 WOOL MEN AND WILSON BILL.
 Yesterdays meetIng of the National Association.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The twenty ninth | Nf he Mat tion of Wool Manufacturers was held to- day at the Metropolitan hotel, and there was q large attendance. This meeting will be followed by general meeting of wool l manufacturers, commission merchants and wholesale clothing manufacturers to take 1 action on the Wilson bill.
 Secretary North of the national associa- | ton said to-day that the bill seriously af- fects the interests of the wool growers, l and that the manufacturers were in sym psthy with them in their opposition to free ! wool.
 At the business meeting the association elected the following officers: President, J. l.. Houston of Hartford, A. O. Miller of Utica, Thomas Dolsn of Philadelphia; treasurer, B. P. Phipps of Boston; secre- tsry, s. N. D. North of Boston. At 2:30 e meeting of those opposed to the Wilson bill was held in the banquet ting room of the Metropolitan hotel under the auspices of the national as ocistion. R. H. Frost was chosen president. Reso. lutions denouncing the Wilson bill were unanimously adopted.
 Lengthy resolutions were adopted with an additional clause providing that they be forwarded to the president and senators repree sntipg states in which the woolen in- dustry is carried on. The resolutions stated that the allied industriess concerned speak for an investment of capital far exceeding $500, ,000, 900, and protest against the wool and woolen schedul of the Wilson bill as threatening disaster to a great group of industries, the bill being the sole cause of tho prolongation of the business depres- sions. The resolutions show that the pas sage would give to foreign manufacturer ket. The bill is described as @ national misfortune and a legislative act of exurps- tion.
 Over thousand business men interested in tho woolsn industry attended the meet ing.
 OBLIGED TO USE FORCE.
 Republican Senators of New Jersey
 Were Compelled 10 Break Down
  Senate Chamber from Which They
 Were Locked Out by the Democrats
 They Declare That They Will Per- form the Duties Which the People
 Had Elected Them to Do. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 10.-When the democratic senators adjourned this morn ing until to, morrow they instructed the sergeant-at-arms and the doorkeepers to lock up the chamber and barricade the doors from the inside. When the repub- lican senators arrived at the state house this afternoon and found the entrance to the chamber barred again they were indig- nant. The corridors of the capitol were tbronged with politicians, members of the legislature, state officials and hundreds of other spectators. The republican senators gathered under the stairway leading to the supreme court room.
 Some oounselled against disorder, but Colonel Skirm, backed by several eel leagues, held that to enter the chamber was merely to maintain their constitutional rights. Hundreds of men were waiting for e single word of authority to burst the senate doors open, but tho colonel held them in check and sent for locksmiths. The locksmitbs went to work on the heavy onken doors leading to the mems gallery. The crowd pressed heavily on the doors from the rear. The looksmiths could not work fast enough to suit the mob. A huge plank was obtained from the cellar of the state house and four stalwart republicans banged 1t against the doors again and again. The bolts were forced, the woodwork was ripped and the doors were opened amid shouts of triumph.
 the gallery. He then jumped down to the floor of the chamber and opened tho front doors by turning the keys, pushing the bolts back and removing the barricade of chairs, heavy desks, etc. Tho republican senators entered and took their seats and the crowd yelled and sheered for five min utes. Then quiet was restored and the session opened. Clerk Potts of the house appeared with @ message announcing the passage of the race track Ispsalsr, where upon there was more cheering. After taking brief recess the senate passed the racing repealsr by . unanimous vote and adopted the house resolution providing for l joint meeting on the g of January. A resolution was then offered by Sena- tor Ketchsm authorizing the appointment of twenty-five additional sergeants-at- arms to take possession and hold the gen. ! ate chamber for the use of the senate of 1 porarily laid over, and the senators held private conference to decide on their l further course of action.
 Just about this time a rumor spread that Chief of Police Fsensy had been asked to come to the capitol with threA hundred
 men picked from the police departments of
 Jersey City, Hoboken and other cities. Governor Werts was not at the state house
 at tho time and his name was not connect
 ed with the rumor. The republicans con-
 side1 . l 1t likely that such an order had
 been issued and at once abandoned their
 notion of holding the chamber with twen-
 ty- five extra men.
 The senate then re- convened and adopted
 a resolution declaring that the democratic
 minority had taken unlawful possession of
 the chamber and directing the ssrgeant-at-
 arms to keep the floor free from all but it's
 members and officials. B. fore this was adopted rigging speeches were made by Senator's Voorhees,, Ketcham, Bradley and Skirm. They said that they had been hon. estly elected and were entitled to occupy
 their seats. Brute force had prevented
 them from 50 doing until to- dsy and prob
 ably would continue to do 90, but If any
 movement of force was to be insugurated the democrats would be first in the field.
 If they were barred out of their own
 chamber in the future the republicans would meet elsewhere. The rspublicanl 3 intended to perform the duties which the