TREATY IN CONGRESS
Instructions to the Peace Commis-
sion Called For.
AN ANTI-EXPANSION TALK
Opposition to a Motion to Refer Senator
Honr's Resolution of Inquiry. A I‘Iusly
Executive Session. The lemulutiun
Adopted.
“Washington, _D. 0., Jan. 7.-—The res—
olution i:.troduced by Mr.‘ Hoa', lit-:-
publican of Massachusetts, calling up-
on th: _ resident, if not in his judg—
ment l!lL.:lT‘_ atible with the public in—
: teres-t, to communicate to the Senate
“ . the instructions he had given the com-
:' . missionczs who negotiated the treaty
of Paris. the correspondence which
'. had ruse-3d between him and the de—
partment of state and the commisio-
ners, arzl the reports made by the
commissioners, either to him or to the
,l department of state, was laid before
,. the Senate early in the session yes—
lilj 'terday.
l Mr. Davis, Republican of Minnesota,
.,‘ one of the commissioners, and chair-
ii’l man of the commimttee on foreign re-
lations, moved that the resolution be
referrerd to that committee. ‘
Mr. Hoar said: “Mr. PresidentfiI
. object to such a reference of the res—
. olution. .It seems to me that the Sen-
ate ought to have the information cal—
led for by the resolution, if in the
judgment of the president -it would be
proper to communicate it. I hope the
motion will be defeated.”’
“I hope the motion will prevail,” re-
plied Mr. Davis.
Mr. Hoar then reiterated his expres-
sion of belief that the information ask-
ed for by the resolution was perfectly
proper to give to the Senate, explain-
ing that the resolution was the ordi—
nary form of such requests.
Mr. thite. Democrat of California--
The resolufion is not in any way man-
datou"?
Mr. IIcar--Not at all. The commu—
nication of the information is entirely
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within the discretion of the presi—
I. dent.
'1 Mr. Allen. Populist of Nebraska—45
there any reason why the resolution
shou.‘d be referred to the committee on
foreign relations?
“I do 1‘50t know of any,” replied Mr.
Hoar.
Mr. Allen. addressing Mr. Davis-—
\Vhy should the resolution be referred
, to the committee on foreign relations?
g “Because." replied Mr. Davis. "it re—
:. lates to matters which are still pend-
.' ing before that committee. It would
be unprecedented. at least in my expe—
rience. not to refer the resolution in
accordance with my motion.”
Before the debate could proceed fur—
ther. Mr. Davis said: “I desire. Mr.
President. to enter a privileged mo-
tion. I move that the doors of the
Senate be closed.”
The motion was seconded by Mr. Gal-
linger. Republican of New Hampshire.
and the Senate then went into secret
session.
’ In the secret session the proceedings
continued on the same lines as in the
open session. Mr. Hoar making a brief
speech on the subject. He was not in-
terrupted. and when he had finished
the Senate agreed to the resolution
without a division.
During the discussion Mr. Hoar in—
sisted that other members of thetSen-
ate had as much right to full informa-
tion as the members of the committee
on foreign relations, and urged that it
was derogatory to their dignity as
Senators {not to supply all the light
that could be given.
None of the membersof the com-
mittee on foreign relations made any
objection in the executive session, and
no information was given as to the
character of the instructions.
At 12.35 p. m. the Senate reconvened
in open session.
Mr. Allison, Republican of Iowa, re-
ported,from the appropriations Com-
mittee the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill. and secured an order for
its consideration to—day.
Mr. Caffery, Democrat of Louisiana,
then addressed the Senate on the joint
resolution offered by Mr. Vest. Demo-
crat of Missouri. declaring that under
the itution of the United States
no poi . is given to acquire territory
to be held and governed permanently
as (‘nltlt‘lt'fl'
Mr. (Taffery‘s speech was a constitu—
tional argument in support of the de-
claration of th' resolution. He declar-
pd thz'r tbs- H-solutzion went to the very
root If the question of the power of the
T'nitatl Start-s to establish permanently
govt-r.'.r..‘.ents in territories for distant
from '111‘ own lands.
I‘ll :1/moscd. he said. to institute an
inquErt-r iiito the basic principles of the
powtz'." of the government.
(The Renate committee on foreign re-
liltiu‘r‘l: did not have a quorum and the
fl'treaty was only informally disoussed
) at the meeting.
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: Tint :I Pay for Volunteers.
l \‘Yz'shirgtop. D. C., Jan. 7.--At the.
.i ripening of the session of the House
éof lip:rr‘sentatives yesterday Mr.
Marsh. lilr’pubiican of Illinois, asked
unanimous consent for the considera»
ition o.” a bfll to grant to officers and
.v men of int-«mimics: army upon their
iniustcr or‘, two months extra pay, if
they ll.‘-l,\'¢' srrved beyond the limits of
"the United States, this extra pay to be
.-;in lieu of furloughs or leave of ab-
- 3: use.
It has been the practice togrant
éthr'sc fUl‘luth-Ihs or leaves of absence,
so that in reality the bill only sought
;to do directly what has heretofore been
fidone indirectly.
After this explanation Mr. Bailey.
IDemocrat of Texas, announced that he
;had no objection to the measure.
3 The bill was passed.
* A Bank Vault Blown Open.
Phenix, R. 1., Jan. 7.--The outside
(doors of the vault of the Phenix Na-
;tional bank were blown out by dyna—
mite about one o’clock yesterday morn—
ing, but the three'men who‘atte’mpted
to rob the bank were frightened away
before they could gain access to the
interior apartments, where the money,
ecuritics and other valuables were
‘5?“-
v" The burglars eseaped. There is “t!
I e clue to their identity. The dams!
to the bank will not exceed one hun-
- ed dollars. .
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‘Tzn-E EVENING
l 7' NEW STANDARD OIL SUIT.
0M0 Attorney-General Takes a. Fresh
Sta"- to Avoid Dela)"
Cleveland, Jan. 7.--Attorney General
Monett has begun quo warranto pro—
ceedings in the Ohio supreme court to
oust the. tairrlardl Oil Company from
doing business in this state.
The com: is. asked to adjuda'c that
the defendant has forfeited its corpo-
rate rights, privileges, powers and
franchises, and that it be ousted there-
from; that it be dissolved and that the
court appoint trustees of the stock-
holders and creditors to settle up the
aairs of the defendant company and
divide the money and property among
the stockhoiders after the debts and
expenses have been paid.
These grounds are given in Monett‘s
petition: Tic alleges that the court‘s
decree which forbade the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio from having dealings
with the Standard Oil Trust has been
evaded; that it' continues to recognize.
capital stock transfers to the trustees
of the trust in violation of the court’s
order; that holders of trust certificates
are now receiving quarterly dividends
from the defendant company: that the
defendant company has allowed trust
certificate holders to exercise the pow—
ers of the defendant; that the defend-
ant is not a corporation now acting and
duly organized under the Ohio laws;
that the stock of the defendant com—
pany is not in the amount or form au—
thorized by its Ohio charter; that the
capital stock of the defendant com—
pany has been unlawfully reduced.
from 35,000 shares to 21,357 shares: that
the alleged plan of liquidation of the.
defendant is calculated to preserve the
trust; that the defendant has violated
the law by changing its place of busi-
ness from Cleveland to New York with-
out any amendment to its articles of
incorporation; that it has violated the
law by not issuing an annual state—
ment showing its true financial condi—
tion and list of stockholders; that in
defiance of the Valentine anti-trust act
the defendant company_ has united its
stock with nineteen other companies
for the purpose of carrrying out I'L-
strictions in the petroleum trade.
Attorney General Monett’s idea in
filing the new suit against the Stand-
ard Oil Comrany of Ohio at this time.
is to cut off delay. He has drawn issue
in this case so as to leave no ground
for the defendant carrying the ease
up to the 'ii'ted States courts.
It is based on the anti—trust act.
which has been enacted since the for—
mer proceedings were begun.
DEFENSE IN QUAY CASE.
Application for a “'rit of Ccrtiornfii
(‘otncs l‘p TU-(lily-
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. T.-I‘=nitcd
States Senator Quay and his two sons
Richard II. Quay and Major A. G. C.
Quay. are in this city to remain untl:
after the. petition for a writ of cor-
tiorari or. behalf of Senator Quay and
his co-defendants on the conspiracy
charges is disposed of by the supreme
court to—day.
The defence will place before the
court affidavits in support of the alle-
gations embodied in their petition to
the supreme court.
It is believed that the affidavits will
include statements relating to Judge
Gordon's connection with the case. to
the alleged conspiracy of Quay’s politi~
cal enemies to prevent his re-election.
and t0" the state of the public mind.
Numerous newspaper clippings will
be produced both by the prosecution
and defence to support their contcn-
tions. 0
The defence allege that false. libel—
ous and defamatory articles were pub-
lished at the instigation of the alleged.
conspirators. prejudicing the public
mind to such an extent as to prevent a
fair trial.
The prosecution. it is said. will en—
deavor to show that public comment
was dis-passionate, except on the part
of the local Quay organ.
The court may fix a later time to
hear arguments or it may act to-day.
If the petitiorl for a writ is dismiss: a
there can be-an early trial. If not, and
the record is taken up for review, the
court can order it tried in another
county or by one of its own members,
The. Catania Safe.
London. Jan. 7.—-The Tweedie Trad-
ing Company's steamer Ca‘tania, Cap-
tain Furlong, from Glasgow on De-
cember 17 for New York, which was
spoken on December 2!) in distress in
latitude 48 N. and longitude 38 VV.. by
the Atlantic Transport Company's
steamer Mes-aha, which arrived here on
January 4, has reached St. Michael’s.
Azores, with her smokcstack gone.
boats carried away and decks swept, b5.-
the. waves.
The Mcsaba, after standing by the
Catania for twenty—two hours, could
not find her on the morning of Decem—
ber 30, and proceeded on her way to
London.
American-Chincse ljlxposition.
W'ashington. Jan.'T.-—Consul General
Doodnow of Shanghai writes to a cor-
.‘espo‘ndent in New York strongly rec-
ommending an American—Chinese ex-
position in Shanghai. He. says that
practically all foreign trade for the
middle and north of China goes
through Shanghai, and an exposition
there will reach the trade of the Yang-
tse valley and the north.
Smokeless Powder on Fire.
Wilmington, De1., Jan. T.--One of the
large dry houses of the Dunont Pow-
der Works at Carney's Point on the
New Jersey shore, was destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. The lOSs is
about $2,000. The fire was started by
the accidental igniting of some smoke—
less powder. There was no explosion
and all the workmen» escaped injury
beyond a few slight burns.
Passenger Engine Wreck: d.
Herkimer, Jan. 7.--A passenger en-
gine on the Adirondacks and St. Law—
rence Railroad went through a trestle
at the junction of the Northern and.
New York Central roads.
Trainman Andrew Moore of Herki-
mer is missing and his body is prob-
ably burfed in the wreck.
\Victmg to be Reappointed.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7.--Roosevelt has
received petitions signed by, the pres-
ident or other officer of every agricult-
ural society of the state requesting him
to reappoint Charles A. chting to the
office of commissioner of agriculture,
and he has decided that he will do so.
Gentiles Alarmed at the Spread of
' Polygamy.
”ROBERTS CASE REVEALS IT
Brainy of the Highest. Families Among the
Saints Are Shnuned by Self Respecting
Neighbors. Polygamy Prevalent and as
Rampant as Ever.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 7.——A large part
ofthe population of this city is to—day
in a state of slumbering wrath against
Mormonism that needs but a spark to
make if. burst into a violent flame.
For the fact has had to be openly "r
knowledged that the curse of polyga-
my, instead of being stamped out. is
as rampant as ever, and that Utah.
to her shame, is to-day more in th:
clutches of Mormon vice than eve:
before.
- This state. of affairs has been cans-“r“
by, an article published yesterday
the Kinsman. the organ of the Gentil“
clergy of Utah, in which the following
statement occurs:
“Apostle John W. Taylor, at a tim'
since the manifesto (the Mormon
cree prohibiting polygamy), began to
visit at a town which can be named.
and in a house which can be pointed
out. It was noticed that all of
family except a certain young lady
had business away from home when
Baltimore, has put in here with her
“In time this young lady became :1
mother. and. dropping the title ‘miss.’
bloomed forth as ‘Mrs.’ Taylor. The
child was ‘blessed’ according to the
Mormon custom, under‘his name of
Taylor, and the apostle is not the only
man who has done the same thing
since the manifesto.”
In other words, the Mormon church
has absolutely broken :its vows. which
it made in order to secure Utah‘s ad—
mission 'to statehood, and is defying
the laws of the state.
A prominent member of the city gov—
ernment says:
tie—
“No. the article published in the~~
Kinsman is not news to me or to many
men in Salt Lake City. We have
known that polygamy has been prac-
ticed among the Mormons ever Sll’lU.“
the decree of their church pr .-
hibiting it. It was known at the time
that they would break their faith with
the state and country. but as they
have cloaked their deeds so carefully
there was nothing for us to do.
“The power exerted by the elders of
the Mormon church over its members
is absolute. and when one of the digni~
taries fell in love with the daughter
of a Mormon and expressed his inten
tion of making her his second, third
or sixth wife, her father was abso—
lutely compelled to accede to his de—
mand: :to matter how much-his heart
rebelled.
“The hypocrites! A Mormon having
entered into such relations with a
young woman cannot, under the new
regulations of his church. openly ac—
knowledge her as one of his wives,
butshe is so considered by those peo-
ple. though she retains her maiden
name.
“W'hen T have discovered a case of
this sort. and I know several, I have
simply forbidden my wife and daugh—
ters to visit them without, unless ab-
solutely necessary. disclosing my real
reason-s to the latter.”
This gentleman is but one of thou-
sands of citizens who are enraged to
the verge of frenzy against the prac-
tices of the Mormons. and in a less
orderly community lynch law would be.
the inevitable outcome of the Kins—
man's disclosures and Congressman-
elect Roberts’s efforts to gain his seat
at \Vashington.
Several mass meetings will be held
to endeavor to find some solution of
the problem and to protest formally
against further polygamous practices.
A delegation of Centiles will be or-
ganized and sent to Washington. arm—
ed with startling information for the
govern me n t.
Apostle John \V. rl'aylor is me of the
most prominrrt members of the ‘«l'or—
mon church. and it is a source of sat:-
isfaction to the Gentile element to havc
this particular case aired. ‘
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A Big: Steel “’irt- Trust.
New York, Jan. T.--A dispatch from
Pittsburg announces that the Ameri-
can Steel and \Vire Company will take
out its incorporation papers this work
in New .Icht-y. with ninety million dri-
lars curital.
This llIt-‘LiZ‘S that the new comp-any.
for the organization and management
of \vhz’clrllr. G. W. Gates gave up the
presidency of the Illinois Steel Com~
pauy. has succeeded in its efforts to se-
curr- the control of practically all lllt'
various steel plants in the country.
(lest. 'l‘holnas Gnyer Dead.
South Nm'walk, Conn, Jan. 7.—-Gen—
eral Thomas Guyer is dead at the age
of 89 years.
During the civil war he was major
general of the state militia. and aided
Governor Buckingham in raising Con-
necticut's quota.
He served in the State legislature.
was assessor of the town .of Norwalk
and city of South Norwalk and held
other offices. A
' ‘ onfederme Pensions.
W’ashington, Jan. 7.-—The ex-Coni'ed-
erates of Washington do not want
any pensions from Uncle Sam. At a
meeting of the Confederate Veterans
Association just held they adopted
resolutions condemning the effort made
in some quarters to place the soldiers
who wore the grey upon the pension
rolls. ‘
l Cape Legisln tor Accused.
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! Cape Town, Jan. 7.--J. D. Logan, a
prominent Progressive member of the
Cape Parliament, has been arrested
upon a charge of criminal assault. Thu
hearing of the case has been adjourned
for a week. Logan’s arrest has creat-
ed a Sensation throughout the colony.
Hotel Burned Down.
Washington, Pa.. Jan. 7.--The Hotel
,Main and the Levins building adjoin-
ing, were destroyed by fire yesterday.
Loss, $100,000; insurance $85,000.
The fire started in the rear of the
iHotel Main and'many of the occu~
lpants had a narrow escape.
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UTAH’S BROKENPLEDGE
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' CURRENTCOMMENT.
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Mnnsylvanla has begun the build
tug of a new, $500,000 State House
which she hopes to complete at a cost
of not more than $3.000,000.
The Czar will notice that the United
States understands the act of disarm-
ament. After disarming Spain it is
rapidly reducing its own military es-
tablishment.
Poor old Spain now proposes a na
tional lottery as a means of replenish
i'n-g her exhausted treasury. It is a:
if a father should seek to repair tht
fortunes of an impoverished familj
by asking his sons to join him in set
ting up a gambling establishment witl
themselves as the sole patrons.
A forestry department in Cornell
University is to be~ given charge for
thirty years of 30,000 acres of wood
land in the Adirondacks. This is high
er education of the most enlightened
and practical kind.
The United States has sent to China
Japan and the Philippines an “Agri.
culture explorer,” charged with ar-
ranging for the introduction in those '
regions of American agricultural pro
ducts, especially butter and cheese
Our Indian corn missionaries haw
been a success, and the idea will bear
enlargement. ‘
The express companies have found
it more profitable to own their car:
and pay mileage for having them haul
ed than. to use cars run by the rail
roads, and it seems as though the gov-
ernment should do the same thing
Then therecould be no opportunity for
the frauds which, it is alleged, are
practiced by the railroad companies .
at'each annual weighing of the mail:
in transit, the government, would know
definitely what it is paying for, ant
its payments to the railroads could b4
compared with charges made for sin:
ilar services to individuals and corpo
rations.
It is one of the contrasts of histori
that a suggestion looking to the grad
ual reduction of the armies of the grea
powers comes from the most despotit
of them all, Russia, just at the women
that the most democratic, the Unitct
States, is about to largely increase it:
permanent military force. Yet it -is
easy to draw false conclusions frou
the coincidence and antithesis. It doc:
not necessarily mean that the grew
absolutism is a friend of the cause 0!
peace and the great republic its enemy
. Nor does it, of itself, cast any doubt:
on the Czar’s sincerity. Young poten
tates are often idealists and enthusi
asts. Caligula, who, in the latter par
Aof his reign, said he Wished the peopl;
of Rome had only one neck, so tha’
he could cut their heads off with-om
blow, was a liberal monarch at the be
ginning of his reign. So were his felt
low-tyrants, Nero and Domitian.
The Editorial Association of flu
State of New York appointed a com
mittee to confer with the Governor it
regard to measures to endthe illega
use of street and other cars for ad
vertising purposes. which, it is trul)
remarked, is but one of the branches
of a great evil. The association fur
ther says, and with perfect accuracy
that “The whole business of advertis
ing by printed posters, defacing not
merely the street cars but our town:
and villages and the face. of nature
miscellaneously—vulgarizing the taste
of the community and making all on:
public places hideous—is a direct d1-
versiou of legitimate business from the
newspapers and magazines.” If i:
added that in France and Italy a largt
sum is derived from a stamp tax or.
poster advertising, and that Congress
makes a mistake by not including such
a tax in the war revenue bill. All 01
which is quite correct. The newspa
per men of New York will unite to pin
an end to a flagrant imposition on tlu
public, and an aggressive raid upon z
legitinitate business.
Secretary Long and the technical ex
ports of. his department. in their desire
to formulate a general policy of naval
construction which shall enlist tht
. prompt co-operation of Congress, 11th
reached an agreement which .shoult
and doubtless will Command the im
mediate and unquestioning support 01
that body. The Nat-:11 Board of Con
atruction, acting under the direction 0:
the Secretary, has unanimously de
cided that the battleships and cruiser:
hereafter added to the navy shall be a '
least equal to the largest and spéedi
est vessels of their respective type:
in existence. The Board has there
fore ordered that designs be prepare(
for three battleshtps, each with a dis
placement ranging between 13,000 ant
14,000 tons, with a speed of not less
than nineteen knots an hour. ‘In addi
tion to these, it proposes the building
of three first-class cruisers, each wit!
a displacement of 12,000 tons and t
speed rate of not less than twenty-tun.
knots. It also recommends the build
mg of additional cruisers, like, tin
Olympia, of Admiral Dewey’s fleet
but with a greater Speeding capacity
together with others of smaller type
having a displacement of 2,500 to §.00l
tons.
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seem to grow on the woodwork
about the house. They come easily and
they stick, too—unless you get rid of them with
It "takes all cleaning easy.
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