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The News and Observer:
VOL. XLVIII. NO. 2«.
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STRIKE BEGUN BY
SOUTHERN'S MEN
The Telegraphers and Other
Station Men Involved.
REASONS FOR THE STRIKE
President Powell Says 90 Per Cent of
the Men Are Out.
R. R. OFFICIALS AT ATLANTA SAY 10
The Order to Strike Affects All Union Operators
From Alexandria, Va., to Meridian. Miss.
Sympathy of Non-Union Men
in the Strike.
Atlanta, Ga., April 12.—The telegraph
ers on the Southern Railway system who
are members of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers were ordered on strike by
President Powell at 11 o'clock this morn
ing. The Southern Railroad officials
claim tonight that but ten per cent of
the men have quit work while President
l’oweli says ninety per cent of them are
cut. There has been considerable delay
to both passenger and freight traffic, but
the effect of the walk-out is not yet
known to the extent which would warrant
an accurate assertion as to the exact
situation.
It was given out tonight at the office
of Assistant General Superintendent
Thompson of the Southern, that the places
of the seven men who had struck in At
lanta had been filled and that the dis
patchers on all divisions centering here
arc at work. No serious delay, the offi
has been caused, excepting in
ihe case of the Washington limited due
here at 1 p. m. and a local passenger
which left this morning for Richmond.
The Washington limited arrived four
hours and a half late and the Richmond
local was taken up near Cornelia, Ga., by
the vestibule which left here for Wash
ington at noon.
Mr. W. V. PrweU. President of the Or
der of Railroad Telegraphers gave out
the following statement tonight:
“Reports from every division of the
Southern Railway show that the entire
system with the- exception of the Louis
ville branch Is tied up completely so far
as freight trains are concerned and that
passenger trains are being run only un
der great difficulty. All passenger trains
are from three to seven hours late and
are making very slow time.
“Our members on the Birmingham,
Knoxville. Charlotte, Danville, Chatta
nooga, Asheville, Washington. Columbia.
Raleigh and Lynchburg divisions wire
that the condition of affairs is very en
couraging to the men and that fully nine
ty per cent of the telegraphers and dis
patchers are on a strike. On the Alabama
Great Southern every man struck except
one north of Birmingham. 1 am in posi
tion to state positively that more than
ninety per cent of the telegraphers quit
work, the claims of the company to the
contrary notwithstanding.”
It was ascertained at midnight that
the otfieials of the Southern, anticipating
the strike of the telegraphers gave orders
several days ago that in case of a walkout
ihat all freight trains be held up and that
the engineer run passenger trains by the
card scredule. This hears out Mr. Pow
ell's assertion that freight traffic is com
pletely tied up and explains the delay to
the passenger trains.
THE ORDER TO STRIKE
“Turn Your Board Red and Quit Work at 11
O'clock.”
After a strike had been determined
upon and the preliminaries had been ar
ranged. a few minutes before eleven
o'clock. President Powell sent the fol
lowing wire message to all the telegraph
ers on the Southern Railway System, ex
tending from Alexandria. Va., to Meri
dian, Miss.:
“Atlanta. Ga., April 12th.
“To all telegraphers employed on the
Southern Railway:
“Turn your board red and quit work at
11 o’clock today, Thursday, April 12th.
Perform no service of any kind. Stand
firm and victory is ours.
(Siguedl “W. V. POWELL.
•“President Order of Railroad Telegraph
ers.”
Responses to this order began coming
into the headquarters of the telegraph
ers at 624 Kimball House, rapidly, stating
hat action had been taken by the opera
tors on the different divisions. A force of
clerks at the same time was busily en
gaged mailing a circular statement, offi
cially signed by President Powell calling
upon the telegraphers to quit their work
and unite in a determined effort to bring
a successful conclusion of the strike.
PRESIDENT POWELL’S CIRCULAR.
The statement contains the grievances
of the telegraphers. It says:
“In accordance with the constitution of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers, I
hereby approve a strike on the lines of
the Southern and Alabama Great South
ern Railways, effective 11 a. m.. April'
12th, lltOO, all efforts to effect an amicable
settlement of the difficulties having
failed.
' The strike is on.
.“Six hundred and eighty-five telegraph
ers and other station employes voted in
favor and one hundred and thirty-one
against.
“Many non-union members will stand
by the Order.
"The telegraphers, dispatchers and sta-
tion employes of the Southern and Ala
bama Great Southern Railways are de
termined to make a united stand against,
industrial oppression.
“The strike was called for the follow
ing purposes:
“To secure reinstatement of its mem
bers who were discharged by the South
ern Railway.
“For the right to be heard through com
mittees in the adjustment of individual
grievances.
“F6r a set of rates and pay to govern
train dispatchers, telegraphers, agents
and other station employes, in their em
ployment. discipline, etc.
“Twelve consecutive hours work per
lay where one or tw6 telegraphers are
employed, including one consecutive hour
for dinner; ten consecutive hours, in
cluding meal hour, in all relay, dispatch
ers’ offices and offices where more than
two telegraphers are employed, except
that, this rule will not make working
hours more than those that may now be
effective.
“Eight consecutive-hours for train dis
patchers.
“Pay for overtime for telegraphers, dis
patchers and others in excess of the above
hours, but nothing loss than Twenty-five
cents per hour
“To abolish the practice of compelling
agents to load cotton and the perform
ance of ether menial labor.
“A minimum wage scale of $4". and SSO
per month, according to territory or loca
tion. *
“One hundred and twenty dollars per
month for trick dispatchers.
“The securement of fair and equitable
rules regarding promotion.”
CAUSES LEADING TO STRIKE.
Regarding the causes leading up to the
present strike, President Powell said to
day:
"This action was made necessary by
the refusal of the company to treat with
its employes in the telegraph depart
ment. Instead of treating with the men
the company waged an outrageous secret
warfare on the telegraphers, discharging
the men who dared to represent their
brother operators by serving on commit
tees. More than twenty committeemen
have been discharged. Dozens of mem
bers of the Order of Railroad Telegraph
ers employed on the Southern have been
discharged because of their membership.
"Failing in their effort to secure hear
ings from the local superintendents and
then from the general officers of the
company at Washington, the men had no
other alternative than to appeal to the
organization to which they belong for
protection.
"I proposed in this message to Mr. Gan
non that if the company and its telegraph
employes were unable to agree as to the
matters in dispute they desired to pre
sent that the telegraphers would agree to
submit the matter to arbitration, three
arbiters to be appointed, one each by the
company and telegraphers and the third
by the two arbiters so selected. This
proposition was made for the sole pur
pose of suggesting a means by which the
differences might be adjusted without
resorting to a strike with its consequent
result. I also agreed to submit the mat
ter to Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Jr.. President
of the Long Island Railroad Company, of
New York.
“All of these overtures on behalf of the
telegraphers were rejected by the com
pany and the officers refused absolutely
to treat with their men.
“In the effort to secure a peaceable ad
justment of the troubles, the matter was
appealed to Mr. Samuel Spencer, Presi
dent of the Southern Railway, at New
York, who was asked to intervene with
the view of averting a strike. Mr. Spen
cer’s secretary wired me yesterday that
the president of the Southern had been
very ill several weeks and was not able
to consider such an important matter.
This closed the door to the telegraphers,
they having exhausted every means in
their power to secure hearing by the offi
cials. There was nothing left to do ex
cept to strike and this morning 1 called
out all the members of my organization
employed on the Southern Railway and
the non-union members who are in sym
pathy with us."
TRAFFIC NOT INTERFERED WITH
Strike of Operators on Charleston Division of
the Southern.
(By Tho Associated Press.}
Charleston, S. C.. April 12.—Nine oper
ators on the Charleston division of the
Southern struck today in response to or
ders from President Powell, of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers. These were at
Ridgeville, Fort Motte, Elko, Windsor.
Warrenville and Langley, in South Caro
lina, and at Wrenns, Mitchell and Gib
soft, on the Augusta Southern, in Georgia.
General Manager Sands said this after
noon that traffic had not been interfered
with by the strike. The operators at all
important points on the division remain
ed at their keys.
OPPOSING STORIES TOLl).
Macon, Ga.. April 12. —Superintendent
Jones of this division of the Southern
railway says that only three telegraphers
between Atlanta and Brunswick went out
on strike today.
Representatives of the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers claim that a majority
of the men in the division went out on
strike.
r'-r T-r- , T( )RS BACK THE STRIKERS.
Meridian, Miss., April 12. —The tele
graph operators of the Southern and Ala
bama Great Southern Railroads walked
out today. They are backed up by all the
other railroad telegraphers in the city
who refuse to handle Southern and Ala
bama Great Southern business and all
trains are tied up except on time earn
schedules.
NEARLY ALL TRAINS LATE.
Charlotte, N. C., April 12.—Superinten
dent Ryder, of the Charlotte division,
makes the following statement:
“Every agent on the Charlotte division
is and has been attending to his duties.
Every telegraph office has been represent
ed since the strike was ordered. Only
three night offices have been closed.
Continued on Sixjth Page.)
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1900.
AYCOCK’S RETURN
LIKE IS TRIUMPH
A Governor’s Salute Welcom
ed Him to Goldsboro.
THE TOWN IN GALA ARRAY
From Seven Thousand Throats Burst
Shouts of Rejoicing.
RAIN COULDN’T QUENCH PEOPLE'S ARDOR
A Procession Formed, and Aycock in a Richly
Decorated Carriage Escorted to an Im
mense Warehouse Where He
Makes a Speech.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro. A, (.. April 12. — lion.
( lias. I!. Aycock came to Goldsboro
this afternoon, the train arriving tit
six o'clock. Centre street was beau
tifully decorated in honor of the oc
casion. and notwithstanding the min
seven thousand people were at the
depot to welcome home North Caro
lina's most distinguished citizen. .Inst
as the train came in sight cannon
from a battery of the Goldsboro Hides
boomed the Governor’s salute, and
amid cheers and shouts of rejoicing
from seven thousand throats the be
loved Aycock alighted from the train
and was conducted to it carriage beau
tifully decorated with tings of the
State and Nation, and drawn by four
splendid horses.
Mr. Joseph K. Robinson and (apt.
T. 11. Gain rode with Governor Ay
cock, and the great procession in the
following order took up the line of
inarch to the immense warehouse,
where the exercises were held:
Detachment of police. Knights of
Pythias Brass hand. Company i>. State
Guard, carriage containing'' lion.
Charles 11. Aycock. Ruffin Lodge
Knights of Pythias, carriages contain
ing Mayor, Aldermen and other city
officials. Company !>.. North Carolina
State Guard, three lire companies, six
hundred graded school children, citi
zens in carriages and on foot.
Mr. Aycock was presented to the
immense throng in a beautiful speech
by the talented and eloquent Joseph
E. Robinson, of the Goldsboro Argus.
The very sight of the beloved Aycock
sd the people wild ami his speech
thanking his people for the great wel
come and their goodness to him was
just such it speech ns lie always
makes, warm from a brave, sincere
and loving heart.
The programme arranged was as fol
lows:
The various military and civic organiza
tions of the city met in front of the Hotel
Kennon at 4:30 in the following order:
Detachment of Police,
K. of P. Band.
Co. 1). 2nd Reg. N. (\ S. G.,
Carriage/Containing Hon. C. B. Aycock,
Nominee for Governor.
Ruffin Lodge, K. of I\,
Carriage containing City Officials.
Goldsboro Fire Co. No. 1,
Eclipse Fire Co..
Electric Fire Co.,
Graded School.
Citizens in Carriage and on Foot,
Co. It. Ist Reg. N. C. S. G..
LINE OF MARCH.
Down East Centre to Spruce street, down
Spruce to John street, up John to
Walnut street, thence to court
house square, where reception
took place.
The committe in charge of the arrange
ments was composed of:
T. H. Bain. Jos. E. Robinson, Dr. \Y. H.
<’obb, C. n. Miller, Joe Rosenthall, .Jno.
L. Borden. F. K. Borden.
BOERS LIKELY TO BE ENTRAPPED
Military Men Hear That Roberts is Employing
His Army Effectively.
(By the Associated Press.)
London. April 13.—(4:05 a. in.)—ln a
roundabout way London hears that Lord
Roberts, when wiring to the Prince of
Wales, at Copenhagen congratulations
upon his escape from assassination, added
two or three hopeful sentences portending
an early advance with wide reaching
combinations.
Quiet assurances are passed around
among military men that Lord Roberts is
employing his great army effectively, and
that the adventurous Boer commandoes
are likely to .be emeshed. Scraps of
news—a detail here and another there,
have reached England tonight over com
paratively idle cables, but they do not
illuminate the situation.
The Colonials at Wepener still hold off
the Eoers. Lord Methuen (tas worked
eastward until he is within miles of
Kroonstadt. Boer ' scouts have gone
around Ladysmith and have appeared at
Dewdrop and other places on General
Buller's flanks and rear. The officers of
Bullet's irregular horse estimate the
Beers m Natal as 18,000, but these figures
are probably excessive, 10,000 being re
garded here as the outside number.
After General Hart’s brigade leaves
him, General Buller will still have close
upon 35,000 men. It is generally assum
ed that this brigade is going to join Lord
Roberts, but its destination is really un
known.
The Boers have issued a note to Portu
gal regarding the use by the British of
the Beirn route for the transportation of
troops to Rhodesia and this may, if the
Boers act against Portugal, lead Great
Britain to land troops at Lourenzo Mar
ques. This possibility has been seriously
discussed and is referred to at length in
the morning papers today.
The work of the Boer peace commis
sioners has begun. Mr. Fischer has ask
ed Italy to intervene, and the Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis
Di Visconti-Venosta, has replied that
while he would receive the envoys, the
best he could do would be to transmit
their proposals to London, thus following
the course of the United States.
Sir Alfred .Milner when replying to a
deputation of clergymen in Cape Town
yesterday (Thursday) said:
“ ‘Never again’ must be the motto of all
thinking and humane men. but not from
lust of conquest or a desire to trample
on the gallant, if misguided. There must
be no compromise or patchwork in the
settlement, and no opportunity for mis
understanding. intrigue, the revival of im
possible ambitions, or the accumulation
of enormous armaments.
“The British will no longer tolerate
dissimilar and antagonistic political sys
tems in a country which nature and his
tory have declared to be one.”
in these absolute utterances of Sir
Alfred Milner he speaks for the Imperial
Government.
It is calculated that Lord Roberts now
has 214.000 effective troops, with fI.OOO
more afloat, or under orders. The War
Office has instructed officers not to take
any more expanding bullets to Africa for
revolvers.
Hildyard Steyn. brother of President
Steyn, in the course of an interview at
Bloemfontein, said:
“The original war plan of the Boers
was to overrun all Cape Colony, but on
becoming involved in the sieges of Kim
berley and Ladysmith, the burghers
found the* design spoiled. To this l at
tribute the Boer failure to conquer the
British. I expect the war to last until
Christmas.”
The seventh month of the war is be
ginning with Eastertide and the morning
paper editorials expatiate upon the need
of soberness.
EXPLANATION OF BOER ACTIVITY.
It is Necessary in Order to Keep the Troops
Tcge;her.
(By the Associated Press.)
Bloemfontein, Wednesday, April 11.—
According to information received here
the Boer activity eastward of the railroad
and in proximity to the border is largely
due to the fact that Presidents Kruger
and Steyn have found they are unable to
keep their forces together in inactivity,
the burghers declaring they are unwilling
to remain with their commands unless ac
tively employed. - It is believed the Boer
movement was originally designed to
oblige Lord Roberts to weaken his force
at Bloemfontein in order to protect the
railroad, when the Boers would have at
tempted to re-capture the capital. But
the burghers are evidently ignorant of
the enormous forces Lord Roberts has at
his disposal.
AdVices from Karee Siding say the
Boers are busily entrenching their po
sition east of Brandfort. running parallel
with the railroad, while still strongly
hclding the Waterval Drift water works.
THE BRITISH RETIRING.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April 11. —Advices
from the Boer headquarters in Natal, say
that after a heavy bombardment the Brit
ish are retiring in the direction of Lady
smith) and the Federals are going to their
old positions.
THE BATTLE FOR THE BOERS.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April 11.—Ad
vices from Wepener, where a British
force is surrounded, say the battle con
tinues favorable to the Federals. About
1.500 British troops are said to be there.
HEAVY CANNONADE HEARD.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April 11. —A
heavy cannonade was hear<\this morning
in the direction of Bultfontein, situated
midway between Winburg and Boshof in
the Orange Free State and north of
Brandfort.
MORE CANADIANS ARRIVE.
Cape Town, April 12. —The British
steamer Monterey, Captain Parry, which
sailed from Halifax, March 17th, with
Lord Strathcona and the Mount Royals
contingent of Canadian troops on board,
has arrived here.
LEAVE TO PLANT CROPS.
Pretoria, Wednesday, April 11.—The
Free State Gazette, publishes orders to
the effect that no person who has been
commandeered for active service has the
right to send a substitute without the
consent of the Landrost.
In reference to leaves of absence, the
Gazette says that ten per cent, of each
command will be relieved by ballot for
periods of 12 days. This is intended to
meet the wishes of the burghers desiring
to plant their crops.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN JOHNSTON
Weakest Ever Held in the County. 40 Whites
and 3 Negroes Present.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Smitbfield, N. C., April 12. —The John
ston county Republican convention met
here today to elect delegates to the State
and Congressional conventions and elect
an executive committee. J. D. Parker,
editor of the Smifhfield Courier, seems to
be the most prominent figure in the Re
publican party of Johnston county, since
the death of Mr. P. T. Massey, the former
county chairman. Mr. Parker was elect
ed chairman of the executive committee,
elected delegate to the Slate and Con
gressional conventions and endorsed for
l nited States Commissioner to fill the
unexpired term of Air. P. T. Massey, de
ceased. Resolutions were passed favor
ing putting Eastern North Carolina under
control of the Legislature.
It was the weakest convention ever
held in Johnston county, only forty white
Republicans and three negroes being
present. In the death of Mr. Massey the
Republican of Johnston countv have lost
great strength.
THE PORTO RON
BILL MADEALftW
[he Measure Signed by the
President Yesterday.
BILL IN ITS FINAL FORM
United States Senators by Direct Vote
of the People.
THE QUESTION DISCUS ED IN THE HOUSE
Resolution by Committee on Election For Con
. stitutional Amendment Empowering Leg- •
islatures to Decide How Senators
Shall be Voted For.
(By the Associated I’rcbs.)
Washington, April 12. —The President
at 7 o’clock this evening signed the Porto
Rican Tariff and Civil Government Bill,
thus making it a law. Following is a
summary of its provisions:
It applies to the Island of Porto Rico
and to the adjacent islands lying east
of the seventy-fourth meridian, which
are designated Porto ilico.
From me date of the passage of the
act the same custom duties are levied on
all goods entering Porto Rico from for
eign countries as are levied on the same
goods entering the United States, save
that of coffee, which lues free entry into
the United States is to pay a duty of
five cents per pound on entering Porto
Rico. Scientific, literary and artistic
works and books and pamphlets printed
in the English language may enter Porto
Rico free of duty.
The tariff section of tlie bill relating
to duties between the United States and
Porto Rico is as follows:
“That on and after the passage of this
act all merchandise coming into the Uni
ted States from Porto Rico and coining
into P< rto Rico from tho United States
shall be entered at the several ports
of entry upon payment of 15 per cent of
the duties which are required to be lev
ied, collected, and paid upon like arti
cles of merchandise imported from for
eign countries; and in addition thereto
upon articles of merchandise of Porto
Rican manufacture coming into the Uni
ted States and withdrawn for consumption
or sale upon payment of a tax equal to
the internal revenue tax imposed in the
United States upon the like articles of
merchandise of domestic manufacture;
such tax to be paid by internal revenue
stamp or stamps to lie purchased and
provided by the Commisioner of Inter
nal Revenue and to be procured front the
Collector of Internal Revenue at or most
convenient to the port of entry of said
merchandise into the United States and
to be affijxed under such regulations as
the Connnisisoner of Internal Revenue
with the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury shall prescribe; and on all ar
ticles of merchandise of United States
manufacture coming into Porto Rico in
addition to the duty above provided upon
payment of a tax equal in rate amt
amount to the internal revenue tax im
posed in Porto Rico upon the like articles
of Porto Rican manufacture:
that on and after the date when this act
shall take effect, all merchandise and all
articles except coffee not dutiable under
the tariff laws of the United States and
all merchandise and articles entered into
Porto Rico free of duty under orders
heretofore made by the Secretary of War
shall be admitted into the several ports
thereof, when imported from the United
States, free of duty, all laws or parts
of laws to tiie contrary notwithstanding
and whenever (he legislative assembly
of Porto Rico shall have enacted and
put into operation a system of local tax
ation to meet the necessities of the gov
ernment of Porto Rico, by this act estab
lished. and shall by resolution duly
passed so notify the President, he shall
make proclamation thereof, and there
upon all tariff duties on merchandise and
articles going into Porto Rico from the
United States or coming into the United
States from Porto Rico and from and af
ter such date all such merchandise and
articles shall be entered at the several
ports cf entry free of duty: and in no
event shall any duties bo collected after
the first day of March, 1902, on merchan
dise and articles going into Porto Rico
front the l nited States or coming into
the l nited States from Porto Rico.
The duties collected under t:u- ii>o\e
section shall be placed at th ? disposal of
the President to be used for the gov
ernment and benefit of Port) Rico until
the government of Porto Rico shall have
been organized when the moneys collect
ed shall be turned into the local treasury
of Porto Rico. Goods imported from
Porto Rico and under bond shall pay only
the duty imposed by this act.”
The governmental provisions of the bill
are:
The capital shall be at San Juan. Pei
sens who were Spanish subjects April 11,
JBtD. and who have not elected to pre
serve their allegiance to Spain are held
to be citizens of Porto Rico and entitled
to the protect the United States.
The designation of the bedv politic is
under the name The People of Porto
Rico, f
The laws and ordnances of Porto Rico
new in force shall continue in full force
and effect, except as altered by this act,
or by military orders and which are not
inconsistent with the laws of the United
States.
The old law forbidding the marriage of
priests and ministers is repealed.
Tho vessels of Porto Rico are to he
nationalized and admitted to the bene-
PRICE FIVE CENTs
fits of the United States coasting laws.
Quarantine stations are to be establish
ed. Porto Rico* coins are to be retired,
the peso being rated at sixty cents in the
exchange. Three months after the act
takes effect Porto Rico coins are not to
be legal tender. Property usually under
the control of the -United States will so
continue and other properties acquired
by Spain will be administered by the
Porto' Rican Government. The Governor
is to be appointed by the President, and
hold his office for four years, having the
powers conferred on governors of terri
tories of the United States, hut is to make
his reports through the Secretary of State
to the President.
An executive council will be
appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, .con
sisting -of a Secretary, Attorney Gen
eral, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioners
of the Interior and Education and five
other persons to hold office for four years.
The council is the upper branch of the
Legislature, five of them shall be natives
of Porto Rico. The other branch shall be
a House of Delegates, to consist of 35
members, elected Jii-ennually by the
qualified electors. Porto Rico is divided
into seven districts each with five dele
gates. The qualifications for voters are
“at such elections all citizens of Porto
Rico shall be allowed to vote who have
been bona fide residents for one year,
and who possess the other qualifications
of voters under the laws and military
orders in force on March Ist. 1000. sub
ject to »uch modifications and additional
qualifications and such regulations and
restrictions as to registrations as may be
prescribed by tiie executive council.
“No person shall be eligible to mem
bership in the House of Delegates who is
not twenty-five years of age and able to
read and write either the Spanish or the
English language or who is not possessed
in his own right, of taxable property, real
or personal, situated in Porto Rico.
Provision is made for enacting legis
lation similar to that in other territories.
The judicial power is vested in courts al
ready established, the chief justice and
associated justices and marshal to be ap
pointed by the President, judges of the
district courts and other officers by the
Governor cf Porto Rico. There is also
a United States District Court established
similar to other territories. The salaries V
of all officers appointed by the President '
are:
Governor, $8,000; Secretary, Attorney
General, Auditor. Commissioner of the
Interior. $4,000 each; Treasurer. ? ''00:
Ocmmisisoner cf Education, $3,00‘
Justice of Supreme Court an '
Suites district judge, $5,00t)
ciate justice, $4,500 each; "
each $3,000; district attoi.
No export duties are to co
taxes and licenses may be levk-
On the regular election day in N*.
ber and every two years thereafter Po.
Rico may choose a commisioner to rep
resent the island at Washington, salary
SJ,OOO.
A commlsion of three members, one a
native of Porto Rico is to be named to
revise and codify the laws of Porto Rico.
The act for a civil government is to
go into effect May Ist, 11*00.
IN THE UPPER HOUSE.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 12.—An effort was
made in the Senate today by Mr. Morgan
to displace the present unfinished busi
ness—the Spooner Philippine Bill—by the
substitution in its stead of the Nicaragua
Canal Bill. While Mr. Morgan’s motion
failed, 13 to 33, the Philippine measure
had a narrow escape from being dis
placed by the Alaskan Civil Code Bill ou
motion of Mr. Carter, the motion beitig
defeated on a roll call. 22 to 24.
Mr. Burrows spoke on the Quay ease.
He maintained that the governor clearly
had no constitutional authority so appoint
Mr. Quay or any one else to tiie Senate:
that this point was decided in the Corbett
case two years ago and the cases were
identical save as to the parties.
Mr. Penrose at that time, he said, voted
against Air. Corbett and Mr. Quay was
paired against him. He predicted that
establishment of the minority’s doctrine
would have as a sequence a popular up
rising to lodge all control over Senatorial
elections with the sovereign people.
At 4:50 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
IN THE LOWER HOUSE.
(By tiie Associated Press.)
Washington, April 12.—The Home to
day after a spirited debate adopted the
resolution reported from the Insular Af
fairs Committee to authorize the Secre
tary of the Treasury to designate desposl
tories in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Phil
ippines for the deposit of government
funds. By the terms of the resolution it
only applies to Cuba, so long as the island
shall be occupied by the United States.
An amendment to include the Philip
pines in this provision, offered, as stated
to emphasize the desire of the opposi
tion not to retain the islands was de
feated by a party vote. The conference
report on the Legislative. Executive and
Judicial Appropriation Bill was adopted
and the bill goes to the President. A
Senate Bill which will permit the de
pendent mothers of soldiers or sailors of
the Spanish War even though they mar
ried Confederate soldiers to receive the
benefit of the general pension law was
passed. The remainder of the* day was
devoted to debate, without action, upon
a resolution from the Committee on
Election of President. Vice-President and
Representatives in Congress for a Con
stitutional amendment empowering the
Legislatures ot the States to decide
whether United States Senators shall be
elected by the Legislatures or directly by
the people. A substitute resolution was
offered by the minority of the commit
lee. which differed from the majority
resolution in giving the States no option
hut providing that in all States the peo
ple should vote directly for United States
Senators.
The Senate amendments to the District
of Columbia Appropriation Bill were nou
ccneurred in. and the bill scut to con
ference.
At 5:20 ii. m. tiie House adjourned.