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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
The Davis Resolution Will Be
Argued Secretly in the
Senate.
Various Reasons for Not Desiring
Heated Sentiments to Be Given
the Public.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-When
the Davis resolution on the Monroe doc
trine reported from the Committee on
Foreign Relations is reached on the calea-
dar or is made the unfinished business of
the Senate motion will be made to pro-
ceed with the debate behind closed doors.
AS such motion only requires a single
second it is possible for two Senators to
compel such action TO be taken. Many
Senators believe that this is the proper
course with respect to this question and
the statement is made with positiveness
that at the outset, at least the doors will
be closed to the public and the official re-
porters of the Senate debates will be ex-
cluded from the chamber so that the words
spoken in debate will not be taken down.
A leading member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations said to-day that no
harm could come from the carefully pre-
pared essays on this resolution, but that
harm might grow out of the impromptu
debate that would certainly follow this
question when it came before the Senate
regularly for consideration. That the res
olution will pass, although it may be mod
ified somewhat, there is no doubt, and
some members of the committee hold that
in the future, when this Government has
occasion to invoke the doctrine as enun-
ciated by the Senate, the debate may be
called in to interpret the construction
placed upon the resolution at the time it
was adopted. AS the Senate desires the
text of the resolution to speak for itself it
will see to it that the debate does not ap-
pear for the future use or misuse of any
Secretary of State or foreign diplomat.
This appears to be the judgment of ma
jority Of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
= !.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
KENTUCKK.s DEADLOCK.
Friends of Blackburn aud Hunter Ars
Yet Hopeful.

16t HopeJut.
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 3.-The Sena-
torial deadlock is apparently as far from
a solution as ever. This mornings ballot
developed nothing to vary the monotony
of the situation, but politicians anticipate
lively times before the week is out Sena-
tor Ogilvie CD, who was i'll, has arrived,
and Beckham CD, who was elected Satur-
day in Nelson County to succeed Wilson,
deceased, will come tomorrow. This
makes the Assembly again tie on Joint
ballot, and it is thought the Republicans
will report and act favorably on the con-
test of Dunlap and Werner, unseating two
Democrats.
What the Senate would do in case this is
done Is not known, but it is certain that
Blackburn's friends are more hopeful, and
openly assert that Hunter is defeated.
They claim the logic of the situation now
means Blackburn or nobody. On the other
hand the Hunter forces show equally as
much confidence in their ability to elect
Hunter before the week is out.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
VIEWS OF ARTHUR BALFoUR.
FaUors an alliance BetsCeen England
and the United States.

LONDON, ENG, Feb. 3.-The Right
Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the
Treasury, delivered speech at Bristol to-
night. He announced that the Govern
ment would introduce bill in the House
of Commons to increase the aid given to
seetarian schools. He made an incidental
allusion to Great Brita;n's foreign rela-
tions and said he felt that England and
the United States should work together
each in its own sphere to promote and
extend the Anglo-Saxon ideas of liberty.
If, he declared, Great Britain was in
alliance with the United States she could
fulfill the duties providence had entrusted
to her aud not fear foreign foe or inter-
national diversions.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
FROM THE LINE OF THE ARmY.
Recommendations to Shut Out appoint
nieat of Civilians.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-Hull of
Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs, in his report to the House on
the army appropriation bill, makes the
following recommendation to change the
law so as to provide that hereafter ap-
pointments to the pay department of the
army shall be made from the line of tie
army:
Your committee recognizes the staff
appointments as the most desirable posi-
tions. and thinks the officers of the army
should have reserved the right to receive
the appointments to all vacancies in the
staff. The officers of the army are re-
stricted to one line of ambition, and your
committee believes it unjust to permit an
appointment from civil life to any staff
corps of the army"
If this provision shall be adopted, it will
leave only the Judge Advocates depart
ment open to appointments from civil life.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
HOUSE SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Will Cali Caucus to Consider the Sub
sttfssfe to the Bond Bill

6ttfWfc 70 tNe 15O7lU BttL.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-The sill
yer Republicans in the House are consider
ing the advlsability of calling caucus of
their party associates who favor the Senate
cure harmonious action in support of the
Senate substitute and to formulate mode
of procedure with reference to its consider
alton, The bill will be sent to the Ways
and Means Committee aud will probably
be reported back tomorrow with motion
that it be not concurred in. The silver
Republicans think that they can muster
thirty votes in its favor, and that the ad-
ditionaI votes from the Democratic side
will increase their vote to about 100.
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Circulation Statement.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-The
treasury circulation statement issued to.
day makes the amount of gold in the
United States, outside the treasury, S499.
110.535. The amount of all kinds of money
in circulation is placed at 81. $50. .720, ,607, an
increase since January l. 1896, of $40, 49,
SS3. The per capita circulation is So AZ.
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NATIONAL BANK CURBE NCY.
Il Bill to Amend The Existing Laac on the
SMbiect.

Subject.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-Hill (R.) J
of Connecticut offered in the House to-day
bill amending the existing law SO as to
permit National banks to issue currency to
the par value of bonds deposited. When
currency is issued to the banks the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is required to redeem
and, cancel corresponding amount of
tary is authorized to redeem and cancel
notes issued under the Sherman act. To
carry out the provisions of this bill the
Secretary is authorized to issue 8 per
cent gold bond, payable in twenty years,
to be sold as occasion requires.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
PRINCESS KAIUL1NT NEEDS HELP.
Guardian Dnrjes Says She should Be
RecompenSed.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 3-Theophilus
IL. Davies, guardian of the Princess Kaiu-
lani of Hawaii, arrived in this city Yester-
day on the steamship Umbria. He is on
his way back to Honolulu, where he was
British Vice-Consul for thirty years. He
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INCREASED arPaoPRIArross.
The Senate Committee VIII Report Tsy.
J. I'm alo1fnnf RiLIa.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 3.-The
Senate Committee on Appropriations this
morning ordered the pension and Military
Academy appropriation bills to be reported
tomorrow. The estimates for the pension
bill amounted to $141. .3S4 ,575 and the
House passed it with an appropriation OF
l4I,S25, $50. The Senate committee in
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zoo of the cold Reserpe.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 3.-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of to-day
stood at $47, 1872. .649. The Withdrawals for
the day aggregated 81, 1876, 300.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
Death of Colonel Thompson.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Colonel
w. P. Thompson, president of the National
Land Company, died OF pneumonia to-
day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
MARION BUTLER,S ADDRESS.
Desires North CaroIina's Electoral Vote.
for SiIrer Candidates.

for Silrer Candidates.
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 3.-United
States Senator Marion Butler, who is
State chairman of the Populist party in
North Carolina, sent out an address to-
night to the members of the Populist party
in North Carolina and to all others in this
State opposed to a single gold standard
to unite and vote so that the eleven elect
oral votes of North Carolina in the forth
coming elections shall be given to candi-
dates favoring the free. coinage of silver.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
Request Made for the Monitor
Comanche and a Suitable
Steam Launch.
NO BOAT FOR oRPEDoPRACTICE
It Is Also Desired That Naval Officer
Be Detailed 10 Instruct the
Reserve.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. a.-secre-
tary Herbert has received the following
letter:
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

ER- Circulars and Testimonials of the
Great Hudyan Sent Free.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
LITERARY NOTES.

Household News is indeed. as il purports
to be. the one reliable authority on culinary
matters But its EN- bracing versatility
covers, as well, housekeeping, music, deco
ration, art. literature, architecture domestic
economy, and current events.
Henry James," is the subject OF the
September sketch of living critics in the
Boosman. Other features OF this IN
excelled magazine are The Chronicle and
Comment a discussion of Franklin as
plagiarist; The Manuscript of the Cid"
Neglected Books, and the illustrations and
reviews for which the Bookman is well
known.
St Nicholas for September suggests the
life again. ADges Repellier writes of
school life one hundred years ago. There
is a sketch of the man whoiuvented the life
boat, Max Bennett Thrasher writes oil
Westminster Abbey, that very queer yege
table. the Jumping beap,''is described by
Francs Churchill Williams, and the serials
.Sinbad, Smith & Co" and Marco Palo'
move interestingly along.
In The Forum for September there is
the customary inStallment of attractive
dissertations on current subjects Clarence
King discusses Fire and Sword in Cuba;"
Jeanne Schmahl, Progress of the wo-
j. T. smith, Cardinal Manning and His
Biographer:" Judge Townsend, The
Threatened humiliation of the Judge and
Jury System" and THE Chicago Con-
yention," by two able critics
The evening times., 1896-09-09
the decision tonight and personally advo-

the decision tonight and personally advo-
Gates the plan.
In case National Park is selected admis-
sion viii be by tickets, so far as the grand
stands viii hold the crowd, and after the
seats are filled, the general public will
be admitted to standing room without
tickets.
THAT HERKIMER BRYAN CLUB.
Chairman Babcock of the Republican Con
gressioDal committee, received this morning
from correspondent at Little Falls, ~
T., a clipping from TIE Times containing
Information which was given out by As
sistant Secretary McKeen. of the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs, a few days
ago. The clipping reads asfollows:
secretary McKeen OF th1 local head
quarters of the National Association Of
Democratic Clubs, points with pride to
the fact that IN Herkimer, n. Y. the homs
OF Hon. Warner Miller, Bryan and sewan
Club OF 200 mem bers, out of a total voting
population OF 400 has been formed The
town usually goes Republican by about 40
majority. Mr.. McKeeD reports that the
number OF applications yesterday for
membership in the National Association
seven"
The letter to Chairman Babcock reads az
follows:
In reply to t he article printed in The
Washington Times relative to the Bryan
and SewalI Club in Herkimer, with mem
bership 81 S 90. can only sag that The Times
must lie the victim of some practical joker
The facts are that a Bryan and Sewaii
Gold and Silver Club was organized in
HerSimer with 4 membership Of about forty
or fifty. i have sent you today a local
paper with a report OF club. The Heikimer
Gold a nd Silver Club is the laughing stock
OF Herkimer politicians. The free silver
sentiment in HerSinier county is a myth"
The Utica GlObeof September ., COMMENT
ing on the club says:
The Bryan and Sewall Gold and Silver
Club is good. The Bryan and SewalI Gold
and Silver Club is the greatest joke that
was ever perpetrated i'll the history Of
Herkimer county politics.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
FAIR PAY .ANp. FAIR PLAY.

The ietter-carriers' annual convention.
which was formally opened in Cleveland.
Ohio, last night, has a number OF impor-
tant matters for consideration. Chiefest
among them is the bill, now pending in
Congress, for the classification OF the car
riers and a better and graded scale OF
salaries, the pay rising in proportion to the
length OF service, until a certain point has
been reached. TIE postofficc clerks are
striving for similar recognition, and prop
efly so. for they are even worse paid and
edharder than the letter-carriers They
are unfortunate; however in not having a
national organization like the latter, and
thus lacking an essential factor for at
tracing the attention of the lawmaking
power to their Just grievances. Several ef-
forts have been male by them toward con-
certed action. and it is not unlikely that
before long they Will be able to present as
solid "a front to Congress as the ,letter-car-
-rieFs aud railway mail clerks.
1t is one of the anomalies OF the govern
,ment that, the employees in the mail ser
wee are paid less, actually, and proportion
ately, thanthose in any other branch. Why
this should be so 1t would puzzle any one
to explain, for there is no more arduous
or responsible labor than that performed
by postoffice clerks. railway postal clerks
and le;ter-carriers. BY having their case
properly represented to the postorfice COM
mittees of both branches of Congress the
two latter have succeeded in securing some
nsderation of their claims, but the post
offieerclerks are still out in the cold. Their
hours of work, their pay, and, il we mis-
take mot, their tenure of office are de-
pendent upon the whim, caprice. good will
or whatever else it may be called of the
respective postmasters. The clerks In the
Washington postoffice, for instance, may
receive much less pay for exactly the same
work done by those in New York and the
hours OF labor may be much longer IN Balti-
more than in Chicago. There is no uni
formity in compensation nor i'll the dur alton
OF the Official day.
There is no more Deserving class of gov
ernnent employees than the clerks in post
Offices. They work very hard for very little
pay, and grave responsibilities rest upon
them. II is no more than right, therefore. \
that they should be treated fairly and their
pay made to lie at least appro ximately ade-
quate to the service performed by them.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
NOT vIsIBLETo THE NAKED EYE

As predicted by The Times, the COM
pressed-air motor OF the lexington and
Soldiers Home railroad does not '.mote.'
although within day Or two the period
in which the road was to have been
equipped with it will have expired. So far
as the public knows, or, atleasr, the patrons
of that road, the compressed-air plant, as
well as the motors. are still ''in passe.' -
and, if the future may he judged by the
past, likely To remain so. THUS this CORPORA
ton has broken another of its pledges, and
for the nine hundred and ninety ninth time,
deceived both Congress and the people of
Washington. Meanwhile, it has also Con
verted its North Capitol street branch into
a boetan affair and carried its picayunisli
policy to the extent of making its patrons
perform also the functions OF conductors.
The latter was done with the consent of tn G
Commissioners, but it remains TO be seen
how long the people along this branch line
will put up with it.
As regards the main line, the general
public has more direct interest in
compliance, on the part of the company,
WITH thc CONDITIONS ana Sta9uiallOnS OF tne
act passed at the last session OF Congress
That act provided that at the expiration OF
three months from the date OF the passa ge
Of the law tire company shall begin to equip
its lines with compressed-air motors, and
at the end of a further three months the
Comm missioners are TO decide whether
such motors are satisfactory or not;
If not, then the company is required to
equip its lines, within eighteen months from
the passaec-of the acr, with some under
ground system OF ranid transit propulsion,
which shall have the approval OF the Com
missfoners. There-fs no sign of M otor,
nor5of.a. .Hanpressea7a 7aie- plant. The limit
of time expires within few days. What
are the Commissioners going to do about
it? ->s<~s4->S
The evening times., 1896-09-09
How ABOUT THISP

An interesting question has been raised
by decision of an assistant United States
district attorney in Boston aneRt the in
volatility, or otherwise, of a parcel duly
stamped and deposited upon street letter
box. 1t happens frequently, in Washing
| ton as well as In Boston, that somebody,
wishing to mail q newspaper or small
package OF no great value, aud no mail
box for parcels being convenient. deposits
ii on the nearest leiter-box. The general
supposition has been that a newspaper or
parcel thus laid on a mail box Is as much
in the keepDg of the Postoffice Depart
ncnt as if il had been put inside, and that
q person making way with it would he
liable to all the penalties provided for
stealing 4reDi the mails. The Boston at
torney, however, holds otherwise he
declares that If a man removes or takes
such paper or parcel so placed on a mail
box he does not render himself amenab bic
to the law. 4 man who chose TO make j
test case, took newspaper from 4 letter
box. was arrested aud, after being held
for few hours, discharged from custody
by order Of this law officer of the govern
ment ,..--
II would seem that all authoritative in
depreciation of the statutes in such cases
made and provided is called for The
public has right TO know whether or not
tie United States letter-hox gives pro-
lection To Mail matter Of whatever char
acter. deposited outside as well as in
side. The courts have frequently ruled
that any FelIicie used by an ernploye in the
postal service in his official capacity be-
comes for the time being the property
of The government, and any nIolest alton OF
il subjects the offender to the same pen
allies that are visited upon any one inter
feriug with the regular mail wagon, or
with any other OF the appurtenances Of
the mail service. Such being the case,
there can hardly be doubt that even the
outside of mail-box should as effectively
protect stamped package as if it had been
deposited on the inside. That the courts
would SO hold, scarcely admits Of a ques-
ton
1t is to lie regretted that the Boston Of
ficial did not seize the opportunity for
making a test case. for judicial decis-
ion would have been of the greatest ill.,
terest and OF unusual value. Perhaps the
test might lie made in this city, SO that
people may know just what to do.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
Gen. R,chard G. Gntnn Dead.

Fort Smith, Ark. Sept Gen. Rcfarn
C. Gatlin died at Mount Nebo, Il local mIunt-
ain resort of the State, yesterday He was
born in Lenoir county. \. c., January 1S,
1909. He graduated from West Point in
1882. He served in the Seminole war in
Florida in 1872. He was at Fort Brown
during its bombardment by The Mexicans
and was wounded at the battle of Mon.
terey. He commanded at Fort Smith from
1851 to 1857, and later at Fort Craig. He
was promoted to be major in the Fifth In
fantry in 1861 and soon after was appoint-
ed brigadier general of North Carolina
troops and assigned command OF coast de-
fense at Wilmington he was adjutant gen
eral OF North Carolina.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
TELEGRApH1c BREv1T1Es..

Torpedo boat, No. 6, was successfully
launched from the Herreshoff shops. at
Bristol, R. l., at 1906 this morning.
Extensive forest fires are prevailing in
the vicinity of the headwaters of the Missis-
saga River, in northern Ontario 1t is es-
timated that over SO, 900 .OGO feet OF lun,-
ber hive already been destroyed.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
Reindeer Flourishing in Alaska.

Reindeer Flourishing in Alaska.
Port Townsend, Wash. Sept. e.--Tic
schooner Ida Scimauer arrived this morn
ing from Port Clarence with cargo Of
ivory and whaleboae. 1t brought one pas
senger, J. D. Westap, superintendent Of
the government station at that port. VINO is
bound for Washington via San Francisco
toreport. The Observation-Disclosures Alaska
Some years ago from Siberia are reported
70 be flourishing, the herd numbering ex-
,aetly 1.2O0. -Four hundred and nifty Of
these are at Port Clarence. where an in
crease OF 1872 is reported this season.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

prices. T. OLcary won the gentleman's
bicycle and Miss Emma Bresnahan TIE prize
doll
Mr. Joseph R. Cassin has returned from
his visit to Rockville.
Secretary Mercer, Of the Republican ccil-
gressional committee, returned from Care
May today.
Edward E. Buckley found dead infant
yesterday at the corner OF First and X
streets northwest. Tie coroner was no.
tilted.
The Mississippi Association viii hold
its regular monthly meeting this evening
at the parlors of Mrs. Pegram, No. Ills
Rhode Island avenue. The program en-
braces papers by Mrs. Sarah Mcdonald
and Hon. c. E. Hooker, Jr.; recitations by
Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. Ramsey; music by
Madam ROLAND, Mrs. Ed Herndon. Miss
Joe Beall and others.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
Cost Of spain,s war in Cuba

Madrid, Sept. 9.-A cabinet council was
held this morning. at which Admiral Ber
anger. minister of marine, demanded .
credit Of $4,000. 900 pesetas Tor the pur-
pose Of dcfraying the expenses OF prose-
cutting the war In Cuba for the month Of
September. =,
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Epitome OF the News in the
mofniuS itiileS.

II you Miss any Icws IN the evening
faiilou iooh IN .iie ASH DciuN. W Ll.iL
YOU re iooAiiiS ivr Was iiioJlnIy pup
tisti-G ih TINS niori.iI..s cd,lIvii, and
as lie iiaios never repeats you II
have AZ tHae Do.n cushions IL get all
tAe new as uuic ID .is II AapI,eIs.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
Am ExcEFrIoN TO THE ExPscrEp.

The Hair-dresser-Red hair is in great de-
mand now.
The Observation-Disclosures; but white horses
are a drug on the market.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
WAESING!

II is learned by The Times that w.
J. Hobbs has been Soliciting subscrip-
.tions and advertisements for this pa
per. The pubilcis warned against the
fellow, as he has no authority to
solicit or make collections for The
Times
The evening times., 1896-09-09
HIS ESTIMATE o. II.

Critic-That man singing has a tenor
voice.
Cynic-It seems TO me he possesses two
Ter voice.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
Seriously Thought
To Be Humorous.
DEPENDS on wRAr THEY ARE.

Pastor-It is the little things OF life that
enable us to gain heaven
Bcyclist-Yes, and little things start US
toward the other place, if the 5 happe 10 ue
taCks.
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spEcUIATINe.
4 football crar

A football crank with his hands on his chin,
Al midnight sat and dreamily bawlcd:
''Oh, darling, my own, will you love me
when
I'm bald?'
The evening times., 1896-09-09
HAD A COMPETENT INSTRUCTOR,

Jaymore-That parrot OF yours seems to
be a great bird to ask questions"
Gayjack-Yes, bought him OF Ii Hung
Chang.
The evening times., 1896-09-09
not A sIIyERITE.

what odds are you willing to give on the
chances OF Bryan's defeatc''
-.'I6 to :"
The evening times., 1896-09-09
NoTICE!

Arthur Fussett is no longer In any
way CONNECTED with atiy department
of he Times.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Potomac Company's Efforts to Buy the
Light Plant Blocked.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

AFTER NOTED PROFESSIONAL RID.
ERS-
Circuit Meet Committee Going to Phila-
delpha After Them.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

SPOKE TO OHIO EIjITORS-
AGn4.IsSs N1,-lAs oUo3I,,iistii the NOhlgsf
frUtrsSiOn.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

SPLIT ON HANDWRITING
School Board Debates the New Vertical
System.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

BALDWIN ASKED TO RESIGN
VIII AUt ieH4 tHiiU Inc fIrstuent Has
Asked Him.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

IN THE CAMPAIGN PILOT HOUSES
Latest News and Views OF Those Who
Conduct the Political Voyage.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

NOTIFIED BY SlLyERITES-
Bryan Formally Accepts A Heir Nomina-
ti0n at LincUin.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

BRYAN AT THE BALL PARK
Proposed AiraiIscaeni Ion Democratic
Meeting.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

WHY CAHIEk DiDS'T BOLT
CAM Iotsalid 4 ace i..,i'- aiiu Free Riots
Even for Free SILVER
The evening times., 1896-09-09

TILLMAN Is kEPUDiATED-
sou.a Iatoirird uiNes r.sIi Il Majority O
$4,000.
The evening times., 1896-09-09

JAILED FOR SINGLE TAX
One OF the Dover Victims Tells OF Hi
Prison Life