The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-06

eer, all grimy and perspiring, who sat
aloft in his cab. Instead Of turning to
the right through the nearest passage to
the street, the party went straight
through the station and were seated at
once in the carriages provided. There
we're ten of these, and that occupied by
the President elect was drawn by gray
and roam team. His companions were
Mrs. Mckinley. Chairman Bell, and Mr..
Porter. The second carriage contained
Mother Mckinley, Capt. Britton, Mrs.
Porter, and G. G. Glover of the Execu-
tive Committee. The others OF the party
found places as they emerged from the
station without special arrangement.
A SPECIAL from Washington to the
Herald says that public confirmation of
the Havana dispatches printed in the
Herald concerning General Lees de-
mand for war ships, his threat to resign
and the difference existing between him
and the Secretary of State is officially
given by President Cleveland in mes
sage which be sent to the Senate on Mon
day.
The message confirms every statement
made in the Havana cable printed in the
Herald. The distinct points made were
that Consul General Lee would not
stand another Ruiz murder; that he de-
manded the use of warships for the pro-
lection of American citizens, and that
he would resign in case he were notsup-
ported by the administration. These
three points are forcibly brought out in
Consul General Lees cablegrams re-
garding the case of Charles Scott, ma
tive American citizen, agent of gas
company in Havana.
Whether Consul General Lee was
supported in his demands is not shown,
as none Of the communications from the
State Department in the Scott case is
given, but it is shown by two dispatches
that Scott was released from solitary
confinement on the same day that Gen.
eral Lee threatened to resign.
AS the correspondence shows positively
that Consul General Lee demanded war
ships, and incidentally discloses the fact
that he threatened to resign, there is
little doubt that the Secretary has in his
possession the letter of resignation which
General Lee transmitted by mail. Sec
rotary Olney will not even admit that
he has such letter, but it will be con.
sidered remarkable that the replies OF
Secretary Olney to the demands of Gen.
eral Lee did not accompany the CORE
spondence, but these may be made pub
lie hereafter.
THE sundry civil bill was sent to con-
ference on Monday. Messrs. Cannon, w.
A. Stone and Sayres being the conferees.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
also sent to conference. Messrs. Lord
Republican. California;. Smith (Repub-
lican, Illinois) and Kyle Democrat, Miss
issippi) being appointed conferees. A
number of other bills were sent to con-
ference.
Mr.. Van Horn Republican. Missouri)
secured the passage of rather peculiar
BILL 1t authorized the Interstate Ma
tional Bank OF Kansas City to move from
Kansas into the State of Missouri. 1t
seems the bank is in a building on the
boundary line and desires to move from
one portion of the building, which is in
Kansas, to another portion, which is in
Missouri. This requires an act of Con-
gress.
THE House agreed to the conference
report on the St. Louis bridge bill. The
conference report on the bill to protect
national military parks was also agreed
to. A bill was passed to provide for the
transmission to Washington of presiden-
tial election returns by mail. The bill
abolishes the system Of messengers now
employed.
The Senate pressed steadily forward
on the appropriation bills, making such
progress that no further apprehension
is felt as to the passage of these great
fiscal measures. The general deficiency
appropriation bill was reported. The
total OF the appropriations made by the
bill as reported is $40 1884, 273, an increase
of 81, S92245 over the amount appropri.
ated by the House.
The Senate passed the district bill,
first inserting an amendment declaring
the governments policy to be adverse to
appropriations to aid church and relig-
ious societies in charitable work, and
terminating all such aid after June 80,
1898.
FRIENDS of Joseph r. Dunlop. editor
of the Chicago Dispatch. have applied
to President Cleveland for remission
of the sentence of two years. imprison-
ment imposed by Judge Grosscup and
recently affirmed by the Supreme Court
of the United States. Mr.. Dunlop, they
,o;d moo ahla and willing tn nav the