New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-30
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IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS-.
POSTMASTER GENERAL BlSSELL NOT TO
RESIGN.

NAVAL, CONSTRUCTORS SENATOR GEORGE
STRIKES ANOTHER DENOMINATIONS
by THE PRESIDENT BRIsTow's
BRIEr AGAINST THE INCOME
TAX JUDGE LONGS
PENSION ORDERED
RESTORED
Washington JAN 29.--When asked to-day II the
rnmors that he would resign at the expiration OF the
present Congress were true. Posmastcr-reherai
Bissel said emphatically: NO. sir; 1t Is not true
He added that there was foundation whatever
for the story and he could not conceive the OBJECT
OF its publication In New-York
The sudden death OF Naval Constructor Samuel
w. Armistead at the Mare Island Navy Yard from
Injuries received by the breaking hawser when
the new cruiser Olympia was being dehVefed 10
the Government calls attention to series OF COM
cidences The Navy Department mas ihVarihp'y III
the last twenty years selected the TWO sraou.
ates standing highest in each class AT the Na'ai
Academy and given to them supplementary e'uca-
ton abroad TO fit them more effectively Tor con-
str,ction duty In each one OF the men 50
selected has met death soon atter cn,ernS re
service Constructors Bowcs ana Gate"oou were
the first men so sent abroad The next were Messrs'
Nixon and Shock. who were ioiiow Icb by Rsnk
SON and Street and Tawresey and Van SAINT the iirSt
only Of each couple s' s,reet and HTmstead
d,inr on duty. Street died at Mare Island a month
div there and his successor has Just completed
the remarkable list OF fatalities M ~ nder
the Cramps establishment, are now actve cohs'tuc
tors in the Navy. The Navy Department mas
Geasga to Sfaef from ms .e class Of studying
Glasgow. and three from That OF lSSs are pursuing
post graduate courses abroad
In the Senate this afternoon Mr.. George IN charge
Of the Bankruptcy bill. struck another snas iinne-
~. al Tho. eln Af no
morning hour The other day he declined to Yield
few minutes to Senator Lodge. and yesterday
declined a similar request made by Mr. Hoar.
senator HoAs has been s@ed but PACK before he
ieft the chamber yesterday he asked Mr.,
George lei the BANKRUPTCY bili 20 60 over ana
was denied by Mr. George. When the Bankruptcy
bill called up this afternoon MI Mitchell , 9,
Torrey Bankruptcy bill OF the last congress az m
amendment and demanded us reaIing IN iul' mi
wpie Il Was being read Mr.. Lodge went 10 his
luncheon. To- morrow the senate VIII go into exec
treaty the original intention Of taking that matter
up to-day having been abandoned
The President sent to the Senate to-day the fol-
lowing nominations Daniel +. Buckley. OF Massa-
chusctts TO be Surveyor OF Customs; ALBEIT H.
s,earns. OF Massachusetts. 10 be Appraiser OF Mer-
to be Assistant Appraiser Of Merchandlse IN ne
District OF Boston and Charles,own. Mass Captain
G. r Powell to be major. Fltst Lieutenant t. q -
Fitch to be captain. and second Lieutenant Shes,sr
Harding be first lieutenant In the Corps OF Ehsi-
neers.
The President has restored to citizenship Robert
& Hicks sentenced on January 1853. TO four years
the COnneetcu, STATE rrsOn 70, em ,ron =,
Hicks while he undergoing his imprisonment
and President Cleveands cemency was only , tx.
an exemplary life and had restored confidence In
himself by his recent acts.
The following Governments have announced their
purpose TO put effect the revised International
rules for preventing collisions at sea- drafted by the
Washington Marine Conference on March !, slmui-
taneousiy with the United states: France Germany.
Sweden Russia. Portugal. Spain, Austria Hungary
Japan and the Neither lands. The British Govern
ment will not enforce the rules un,iI next iaii
The brief by counsel In supper, OF the motion
made by ex-Secreiary Brstow yesterday to advance
the New-York income tax cases In the supreme
Court presented the following points: % The bill
presents a proper case for equity interposton. A
court OF equity has jurisdiction at the instance OF
stakeholder in a corporation 10 restrain A threat
ened breach OF trust the part OF the directors In
voluntarily paying and not resisting the collection
OF an Unconstitutional The constitutional CUES
ton Is necessarily involved in the decision Of these
cases Numerous decisions cited. In one Of
which. Shelton agt. Pratt d59 l.. :. sD. chief JUS
tce Fuller stated the following directly In point:
The ground upon which Dodge agt Woolsey pro-
ceeded was that stockho.der mad a remedy in
chancery against the directors OF his corporation
to restrain them from doing acts which would
amount 10 a violation OF the charter. prevent any
misa pp,icatlOn Of their capital or profits which
might lessen the value OF the shares. r. the acts In
tended 10 be done amounted to breach Of trust or
duty and that the refusal Of the directors resist
the collection OF "A tax which they themselves be-
OF their Charter was in legal effect breach Of
trust" G) In addition to the element Of breach
sened in the cases at bar the certainty that as long
as the various questions presented remain undo
cided by the Supreme Court OF the United states
the failure TO contest the act will Involve multi
piicity Of suits with the snarehoiders Of the trust
whom It IS acting as trustee. etc go The uncon,
srounds First in that it imposes direct tax with
respect OF real estate. rents. issues and profits as
which not being apporoned. IL In violation OF Sec
ton g Article |. OF the Constitution. Second. In
Ina as saes and provide FOR exempons and in
equalites In violation OF Section s. Article X Third
come derived from the stocks and bonds OF States
counties and municipalities. which amounts to
Ject for the taxing power Of Congress
Mr.. Mccain. OF Illinois, chairman Of the House la
Dor Committee. expects 10 have definite under
standing this week with the labor organizations
and others Interested. TO which OF the various
measures looking 20 the settlement OF labor troubles
by arbitration now pending. they favor. The rep
resentattves Of the brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers the Firemen's. Syitchmens. Conductors
and Railroad TelegraPhers associations have asreed
r sf 'ns and e know What V they Sns the
various bills now pending. Messrs Wright ana
Herman the commissioners VINO Investigated The
Chicago strike have agreed TO accept the bill drawn
by Attorney-Genera Oney. The Labor Commit &c
is anxious TO settle the matter and get its bill
before the HoIse. the session Is rapidly drawing
10 a close: bn, In presenting the bill 4, wishes 10
have II as nearly az possible agreed to by those
most Interested. with thi- end in view the labor
representatives the committee. and Commissioners
Wright and Herman will have the proposed confer.
ence, which it Is hoped 10 agree on some arbitra-
ton Law.
The Senate Committee on Privileges ana Eiec.
tons this morning. by party vote. decided tina;
[, would take no further action In the Ady-Msrin
contested election case from X nsas, owing 10 the
short time Mr. Martin has TO serve.
NJ Bryan Dem. Neb.). from the Ways and
Means Committee. .to-lay reported 10 the House
with tho recommendation that g pass. bill plsc-
Ing antltoXin the free list.