INDEPENDENCE IN: ALL T MINGS.
VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, JN.-O:, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1903.
NO. 48.
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CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Winding Up of the Last Session of
Beth Houses
NO UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THANKS
Slessrs. Hoar and Lodge Hitch on
tha Philippine Question Closing
Scrnes. . ,
Washington, Special. The Fifty-,
seventh Congress expired ' at noon
Wednesday by limitation. In many re
aspects the closing scenes were simi-
lar to these at the end of every Con
gress. Every four years, .however,
there is an inauguration which materi
ally changes the proceedings in the
Senate, but the expiration of a Con
gress in the House is very much the
same- each time. But there has not been
in many. years .such a demonstration
an the House as occurred, owing to the
fact that Speaker Henderson was re
tiring, cot only as presiding officer
from the House, but from the House
as a member. The bitter partisan feel
ing that has sprung up in the House
-of Representatives -during the past
week reached a pitch which prevented
the Speaker from receiving the unani
mous approval of the House when the
visual 'resolution of. thanks and cour
tesy was offered. More than .this, the
resolution had to come from the Re
publican side, and while this has oc-?-curred
before, it is not the usual cus
tom. The usual resolution of thanks to
President Pro Tempore Frye was unan
imously adopted in the Senate.
I MASON TALKS A BILL TO DEATH.
Two years, ago, when the Fifty-sixth
.Congress expired, it was remarkable
not only for the second inauguration
of Wm.-McKinley, but also. for the
vionornr i 'after. , inrjin
- :ecLth& river and . .; , : -. . hm to
-V' I (It'll I limi I I W is ill r-r -mm u
jesfcate up to within a few minutes of
' "the end. Senator Mason, whose term
Aspired, at noon-"talked an unimport
ant bill to death, but In his valedictory
he lectured the Senate for its unlim
ited debate which aHows bills to be
-killed in that manner, and he also
Ciade a final plea for the freedom of
the Filipinos.
AIT ttDni)T A XTrP TV.ITT'. ACTTnTTIC! fJRT
i.lil Will JT.. JL xli-t- J
THROUGH. '
As all the important supply bills had ,
passed before the two houses took a
Tecess this-morning, no , legislation wa3
necessary and none was: attempted.
The bills which had passed and reach
ed the .stage of enrollment were all
signed by President Roosevelt, who,
with members of Lis cabinet, occupied
the President's room in the Senate
wing of the capiiol. This visit of the
President to the Icapitol is one of the
features of a closing Congress.
NO LET-UP OF "THE FILIBUSTER.
Washington, Special. The decks
were clear for the final adjournment
-at noon when the House reconvened at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The
s Speaker, despite the strain of the last
few days, looked smiling and serene
as he faeed the House, gavel in hand.
.Mr. Richardson, the minority leader,
who has been, conducting the filibuster,
Tvas on his feet, smiling back at the
Speaker. The Democratic minority de
termined to make good their threat
, jnade when Mr. Butler, of Missouri,
was unseated last . Thursday and fili
buster to ,the. end of the session.
Speaker Henderson soon yielded the
.gavel to Mr! Cannon, the in-coming
Speaker. As toe latter tooK tne cnair
the members broke into applause in
which the galleries joined. It was quite
-as much a compliment to the retiring
.Speaker as to Mr. Cannon. Amid in-,
tense silence, Mr. Payne, the majority
.leader, then arose and offered" the. fol
lowing resolution of thanks of the re
tiring Speaker:
RESOLUTION OF THANKS OFFER-
( ED BY PAYNE.
" "Resolved, That the thanks of this
House are presented to the Hon. 'David
JB. Henderson, Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the able, impar
tial and dignified manner , in which he
lias presided over its deliberations and
performed the arduous and important
duties of the chair, during the present
term of Congress." ,
, As the reading was concluded Mr.
Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, was
on his feet demanding recognition, but
the chair ruled that Mr. Payne was en-
titled to the floor. The majority leader
4 faced; the minority as he announced
that he considered it,,a high honor and
nrivlleee'to' be permitted to offer this
ri resolution, pointing out that it was-not
the first time that such a resolution
had come from the majority side. He
cited the intances . of Clay, Polk, Banks
and the late Speaker Reed. As'he con
'. luded,- with a glowing tribute to
Speaker Henderson, the whole Repub
. . lican-sidc'- broke into hearty applause.
But there v.t.3 ticaa
' Democratic side.
silence on ' t'ne
THE SPEAKER'S -FAREWELL "AD
DRESS.; Mr. Cannon, still standing at the side
of the rostrum, then in a clear voice
rtad the resolutions adopted by the
House. Speaker Henderson was visi
bly affected as he faced the packed
galleries and the members of the
House for his valedictory. For half a
minute he paused to control his emo
tions before beginning. Then in a voice
that trembled at first but grew grad
ually stronger as? he proceeded until
his words rang out, he? delivered what
was perhaps, the most touchingly hu
man farewell address . ever delivered
from the Speakers chair.
Toward the close he laid down the
gavel and reached out his arms to his
colleagues as he spoke of the lovetind
affection with which he would treasure
the friendship and memories of his
career in the House. When he conclud
ed the cheers from the floor and gal
leries echoed and re-echoed through
the hall.. !
In the Senate.
Washington Special. The Senate
was called to order at 10 o'clock Wed
nesday for the last sitting of tire Fifty-seventh
Congress, but business did
not begin until some time later. . The
delay was due to the absence of a
quorum, and to the fact that Mr. Cock
rell insisted upon the presence of the
neces3ary number 'Are taking up
the work of the day
Mr. Allison, chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, made a
statement regarding the amount of
money appropriated by the present
Congress as compared with the ap
propriations of the Fifty-sixth Con
gress. The to'tal appropriation for th
present Congress he stated, was
554,103.518 a3 -compared -..with $1.440.43S
for tke Fifty-sixth Congress. Mr. Alli
son said that while it appears that the
appropriations of this Congress have
been largely in. excess' of those of the
laat Congress, the increase Is chiefly
made up of three items, namely, the
$50,000,000 for the Panama Canal, the
increased appropriation of $50,000,000.
AOO for th? postal se'-vice and the rivpr
and harbor appropriations. He con
cluded by saying thtt the people of. the
country endorsed these items of in
crease and that the opposite political
party concurred in them. j
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, called up a bill
amending the river and harbor act so
as to provide that $515,000 heretofore
appropriated for certain river and har
bor improvements in Texas shall be
used for the construction of a channel
in Sabine Lake, Texas. On a yea and
nay vote, demanded by Mr. Mason, the
Senate agreed to take the bill up, 41
to 9. The effect of the vote was to
displace the Philippine tariff bill. It
was then ' temporarily laid aside and
Mr. Hoar spoke on the failure to pass
the Philippine bill.-. The point he made
he said, was that the Senate, the ex
ecutive, the House of Representatives
and the public are not fit to govern
the destinies of a people 8,000 miles
! away who have no voice in the govern
ment. "It is the first great object les
son," said he,"of the wretchedness, the
iniquity o fwhat the American people
did two years ago in regard to these
people."
Mr. Lodge made a vigorous reply to
Mr. Hoar in which he said he did not
agree with him in the view that; the
American people are not able to-deal
with the great problems in the East.
"I believe they are thoroughly able
to deal with it as they doalt with
ereater and mighty problems! before,"
said Mr. Lodge. Continuing he said; it
jpras a great misfortune, that the Phil
ippine tariff bill had failed.
Mr. Mason took the floor and talked
of the Panama Canal and other mat
ters. He urged that the rules of the
Senate be amended and called atten
tion to the ancient snuff boxes in the
Senate. It eoes without tile rules, he
said, because it is a" part of the dignity
of the Senate and he added amid
laughter, "like the rules, the snuff
boxes are as unchangeable as thi
stars "-
Mr. Allison reported that the Presi
dent had nothing further to communi
cate and that Mr. Roosevelt had said :
"If it is in order I would like to ray
that I congratulate the two houses of
Congress upon the admirable work
performed during this session."
As Mr, Mason had just been arraign
ing the Senate for its failure to pass
necessary legislation, a titer went
around the Senate which broke into
laughter in which everybody joined.
At 11:55 f Mr. Bailey attempted to get
a vote on this bill, but was frustrated
by Mr. Mason, who continued to hold
the floor, in - spite of Mr. Bailey's pro
test. '
Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, presented
the usual resolution complimenting the
President of the Senate, which was
adopted.
Mr. Frye thanked the Senate for its
action and then declared the Senate
adjourned sine die.
The word "meander", comes s from
the river of the same name, whosa
course was so devious that it t mulsh,
ed nearly every modern
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GORMAN WILL LEAD
Democratic Forces in United States
Senate Next Term.
WAS CANDIDATE FOR POSITION
Opening ot Extraordinary Session
flatters of Organization The New
Body,
Washington, Special. Arthur Pue
Gorman is -again firmly seated , in the
saddle as leader of the Democratic
party in Congress. He was selected
as the Democratic leader in the Sen
ate. His Was the only name suggested,
and he was placed in nomination by
Senator Bacon. The Democrats prac
tically determined Friday to make
Mr. Gorman their leader, and his re
fusal was all that could possibly have
stood in the way of carrying out the
programme. When it Was suggested
that the Senator would be an avowed
candidate rfor the Democratic nomina
tion for President and for that rea
son he would not care to accept the
responsibility of becoming chief
guide1 in the Senate, a close friend of
Mr. Gorman said: "The Senator has
no intention of being a candidate fos
the presidency .
After the caucus adjourned Senator
Simmons said: "The whole country
knows what! M . Gorman's leadership
means to Der -cracy. The minority
will hence forth, under his guidance,
be aggressive and wisely effective
when -unity of purpose is demanded.
Although he is new to the present
Senate, it Is not forgotten that he has
had an experience of 48 years."
While, as Senator Simmons f says,
the minority lays gYeat store by the
aiaryJaird ; man's actions . in. astuteness
in skirting legislative pitraus, a more
important political significance is at
tached to his elevation Remembering
Mr.. Gorman's intimate associations
with the .conservative leaders, there
are those who see in his elevation a
tendency of the whole party organiza
tion to return to conservative" first
principles.
Washington, .Special; The Demo
cratic senatorial caucus which met Fri
day organized by electing Senator Gor
man tov his old position as chairman
of the caucus. This is a permanent
plac.e and assures him the occupancy
of the Democratic conference room,
one of the most commodious and best
located committee rooms in the Sen
ate and of the capitol. He made a
brief speech in assuming the chair, and
the conference then proceeded to other
business. There 'were present 28 of the
33 Democratic Senators. Senator Gor
man's nomination as chairman was
suggested by Senator Bacon, and, there
was no opposition to his selection. In
taking the chair, he thanked the Sen
ators for the honor conferred, but did
not make an extended, speech. -The
remaining time of the session was, de
voted largely to the discussion of the
present situation in the Senate and
the necessity for Democratic harmony
and unitv of action. There was 'gen
eral feeling that the vacancies caused
by the retirement of Democratic: Sen
ators from committtees which have
to deal with questions before the pres
ent call session should be filled, and
it was decided tha,t the designation of
the members of these committees
should be made by a steering, commit
Ue,; to be appointed by the chairman
of the-caucus, but that their - selection
should later be ratified by the caucus.
The steering .committee for the past
Congress has numbered only 7 mem
bers, but Senator Gorman requested
that the number should be increased to
9 - which-was the number in the days
of 'his previous chairmanship, and thi?
increase was decided upon.
Will Not Be Released.
Washington, Special. The Associat
ed Press is authorized by the British
embassy, at Washington to state that
there is no foundation for the reports
that Mrs. Maybrick's release is .con'
tern plated by the British authorities;
that there has been no recent corre
spondence on the - subject between
Washington and , London, and" no rep
resentation whatsoever to the State
Department, and- that' hole is con
templated. To Fight Combine.
Richmond, Special. It is reported
in financial circles here 'J that the
American Locomotive Works is back
ing the financial arrangements for jthe
settlement of the affairs of the Win. R.
Trigg Ship-Buiiding Company and that
this is the beginning of an organiza
tion of a shipyards to fight the Ameri
can Shin-Bvildius Company.
FLOODS IN THE WEST
Serious Damage Threatened at flany
Points From High Water,
' Cairo,' 111., Special. The observer,
at the . weather buerau has sent out
"warnings to places south of Cairo to
prepare for at least 50 feet of water.
Rain fell Sunday and night over the
watersheds of the Ohio, Wabash, Ten
nessee and Cumberland rivers, and
in "many places where the rivers were
f ailing they ; are rising again. A vast
territory around and below" Cairo is
now, covered with water and many
farmerY have been forced to abandon
their homes. While there is no imme
diate danger at Cairo ' fire is danger
in the low lands betwJn Cairo kand
Memphis. The levees are expected to
stand a stage of 55' feet as they have
been raised and strengthened during
the last few years. e gauge shows
45.8 feet . . ..jr-;''.
Excursion Boats Run Five Miles In-
- land. ; F - V";;:
Memphis, Special. The rivr, after
remaining stationary for two (days, be
gan to rise slowly again. The; gauge
marks 34.4 feet and more wat;er com
ing. The levees remain intact, al
though a large area of lowlands south
of Memphis is submerged. Crittenden
and Lee counties, in Arkansas, are in
undated and some distress is reported
from there, especially among negro
farmers. The most serious difficulty
the railroads are experiencing is in
maintaing schedules, trains! being
from one to - three hours latej Thou
sands of people lined the bluffs hete
gazing on ,the vast expanse of water.
Excursion boats were run five miles
inland. . ' -: -
Water Up in Fourth Sreet, zst Louis
N viile. : . i:
Louisville, Special. The Ohio river
registers 28.1 feet in the canal here
one tenth of a foot over the danger
line. It is expected that a! 30-foot
stage, the highest in two years, will
be reached before the flood begins to
subdue. The water is now well up in
to Fourth street. The flood was caused
by heavy rains up the river in ithe past
24 hours. - ..V . , .. : j '
The Flood in Kentucky.
Owensboro, Ky., Special. -The heav
iest rain for many years fell here Sun
day night. The river is still rising and
it is over all previous marks, except
the record of 1884. The I smaller
streams are also flooding the country.
The cold clear weather, gives encour
agement but the situation is" very
serious here and at other poms along
the lower Ohio valley. i
River. Ten Miles Wide.
Evansyille, Ind., Special. The river
is still rising and stood : nearly 42
feet at 10 o'clock. It is believed that
the river will continue to rise for a
week. All boats are delayed. The river
between here and Owensboro; is more
than 10 miles wide. Many towns be
tween Owensboro and Cairo I are now
at the mercy of the high water.
Another Flood Predicted. ;
Cincinnati, Special. The Ohio river,
which fell . Sunday night below the
danger line of 50 feet, has been rising
here again and it is reported to be
rising at upper points. Rain fcrevailed
throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee and western, Pennsylvania,
so that another flood is predicted this
week all along the Ohio Valley.
Police msn Slain.
Waterbury, Special. Violence in
its worst form has broken out.anew
in Waterbury, as a result: of i the high
feeling in connection with the strike
of the motormen and conductors on
the street railway line. This time it
is murder and Policeman Paul Men
dlesohn v is ': the victim. John: W.
Chambers, a non-union motorman ' is
shot and his whereabout are unknown,
and the conductor, George ; y.Webern
dorfer, was pounded almost into in
sensibility. The- scene of the crime
was at Forest Park, the terminus of
the North Main street line..: j The spot
is an Isolated one, and when the car
reached the end of 'the line: the crew
made preparations for the return- Im
mediately after the conductor turned
the trolley and the motorman reversed
his levers, eight masked men sprang
from the bushea by the ; roadside, en
tered the car and discharged their re
volvers, every man being armed. Offi
cer Mendlesohn fell at. the first re
port; and as; a later examination
showed, the first: shot; was fatal hav
ing pierced his heart. The jmotorman
was also hit and leaped from his oar
with' a cry of pain. Some of the men
followed him, while the remainder
turned tt-'eir attention to the conduc
tor. He V22 thrown to the floor of
the car and, pounded and kicked un
til he waj almost unconscious. The
liien then left him and; joined their
companion outside. From ! this point
in the attack their actions are wrap
ped in mystery and' are causing con
siderable apprehension. The conduc
tor regained his feet with difficulty
and went to the side of the wounded
officer, but he was dead, i .
MR. BRYAN TALKS.
Former Democratic Nominee Speaks
of Current Politics .
NON-COMMITTAL ON JUDGE PARK5R
Thinks HilHs Tossing Uu the Sams
Old Penny to See Whether He or
Parker Will Run.
Toledo, O., Special. Colonel W. J
Bryan was in the city Monday after
noon. He was prevailed upon to dis
cuss politics. He told of his recent visit
to New York and added that the people
in that State knew less about politics,
than they do in the West. -
"They asked me about Judge Par
ker," he said, "and I told them I could,
say nothing until I knew his attitude
on public questions. They answered
that he was. a judge and it would not
proper' for him to discuss political
topics.
"What do you think Hill intends to
do?" ', : : ; ; "
"Well I think Mr. Hill is tossing a
penny to see whether he or Judge Par- '
ker will run. The trouble with the 0lan
is that Hill has an old penny that he
has tossed so often that he doesnlt.
know which side is head and which
side is tail." ,
"What have you to say regarding the
record of Congress?'
' "What Congress , has done is .easily
ascertained: Find out how much there
was in the Treasury before the session
began and find out how much there is
now!' The wonder is that they didn't
take it all." V .
Mr, Bryan declined to discuss the.
probable issues and candidates in the
next national campaign, but when
asked to make a general statement as
to the situation he said: .'
"Political success depends .on two
things, opportunity and preparation to
take advantage of it., A political party
must have its principles; and it must
advocate those policies it believes best
for the people and then trust to events'
to vindicate the wisdom of its course.
"I believe that the Democratic party
has taken the people's side of the pub
lic questions discussed in 1896 and in
19pu, and I . believe' if it will maintain
its integrity- and alTow no doubt to
arise as to its fidelity.to the people's
cause, it" will only be a question of
time, and not a long time either, before
enough Republicans will be disgusted
with the policy of the Republican party .
to again put , the Democratic party in
power. . ' . A ; , . . -
"Such a victory, when won, wii
bring relief to the people from all the
vicious policies of the Republican
party. We . cannot win a victory by
compromise or, cowardice, and if v&
would win a -victory by such mean 3
it would be as disastrous to the party
as Mr. Cleveland's-1 victory, in 1892
proved to beV . , ' . ;
Asked his opinion on the Wabash
strike, Mr. Bryan said: "The merits of
the controversy between the company
and, the employes are overshadowed by
tle. jnenace of the process known as
government by injunction. The Demo
crats have long been calling attention
to the danger that lurks in this abuse
of the judicial power, but it seems tc
take several object lessons to make?
the people acquainted with a bad prin
ciple."" . ; . '
Are Satisfactory.
Buenos Ayres. By Cable. The Nac
ion publishes an interview with For
eign Minister Drago, in which; th
minister declares -that Seno Garcio
Merou. the Argentine minister . at
Washington, ha3' telegraphed to. him
announcing that the response of Sec
retary .Hay to an. Argentine note, set
ting forth' that the 'Argentine govern
ment's idea3 regarding. Venezuela and
Monroeism Is satisfactory.
. The PJcgue Situation. ,
. Maztalan, Mexico, Special. There
were no deaths from the; plague Sun
day. There are only 37 patients in the
lazaretto, two cases grawi and fiva
doubtful. Cases of plague have: besn
discovered at Siquircs, near the villaro
of Villa Union. The local health 'a -.3
here believes th? d:-3ei3e will
stamped out at Siquercs zr !zz2':z:i
accomplished at El Oso.