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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-12-11, Page 6URNELL UST G,: Int Ilo i1I t Go uti1 lio :For.00d.. GLADSTONE WON'T ME RIM Sfixtqn, McCarthy and Others Aoxious Re Should Retire. HOME 1031AE DOOMED IF BE ELM. A member of Parliament cables from Isendon : The naost coraplioated political "situation of raedern times is the epproaoh- alg Battlement between the two leaders of Home Rule. M. Gladstone and Mr. Parnell having taken up a final attitude, nothing remainea but for the Irish mem- bers to call another meeting to-cley. It WAS thoroughly understood that Mr. Gladstone e•ould reeign ell responsibility for hie party and abandon Home Rule if 1111. Parnell refused to act upon hie advice. Mr. Parnell came to the House to -day equally determined to stand fast to his own position. He considers that he made hie party without Mr. Gladstone'e aesistance, and that he could hold his own without his help. He does not see why lie should be driven out at the orders of a man who was a bitter enemy of the Home Rulers down to the year 1885. He therefore met his followers this afternoon with his back to the wall, determined to light to the last. Probably he had not VAloulated upon the vigor of the attack destined to be levelled at him. It became obvious as soon as the meet- ing had opened that Mr. Gladstone's letter, supported as it is by the entire English party, had produced a profound impression even on the most devoted of Mr. Parnell's followers. Mr. Sexton deolared that neither dae nor his colleagues were aware of the ex. istence of the letter yesterday, therefore the conclusion they arrived at was owing to A false impression. He expressed a very decided opinion that Mr. Parnell ought to resign to prevent the utter destruction of the Home Rule cause. In forcible lend earnest language he begged the Nation- alists not to throw away the services of Mr. Gladstone and the English Liberal party, just as victory was within reach. His remarks were loudly applauded. Mr. Parnell sat grim and silent. Mr. Justin McCarthy followed in pre- cisely the same line. He is a devoted ad- herent of Mr. Parnell, but he expressed the Aar that if the friendship and support of the great Liberal party were forfeited now, Ireland would Buffer for generations to come. All the weary road they had traversed would have to be gone over again. Ile expressed the deepest regret at the thought of parting with bis chief, but there was no hope in any other course. Other members followed with similar view to the number of sixteen or seventeen. Only Mr. Kenny and Col. Nolan sought to contend that Mr. Parnell's resignation was unnecessary. They are men of no weight or influence in the party. Mr. Parnell by this time saw it was not revolt but revolution he had to deal with. A resolution was submitted calling for a formal meeting of the party on Friday next to decide whether Mr. Parnell should resign. This was opposed by Mr. Par- nell's friends. An adjournment was then taken till 5 o'clock, in order that the mem. bars might go to the House of Commons • aaad get the firet reading of their bills. Mr. Parnell went with them, and took his mufti eeat, with a hard, stern look on his face. The meeting was resumed at 5 o'clock, and lasted till a quarter past 6. Much animated discussion again took place. adr, Parnell himself spoke several times, to the effect that hie party could not afford to 'submit to the absolute dictation of Mr. Gladstone or any other Englishman. If this were onoe done the independence of the Irish section would be gone. There was muoh excitement during the prolonged discussion. Ultimately it was deoideeto adjourn till Monday to allow of Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien and O'Clonnor being com- municated with. This was desired by the whole body of the meeting, but Mr. Parnell would have preferred an immediate de. oisionein his favor, but this he could not obtain. He will not give up. If he goes, he must be forced ont. The party in favor of his withdrawal regard the adjournment as virtually deciding the matter in their favor. It is not doubted that Mr. Dillon and colleagues will counsel the temporary retirement of their chief. The House had adjourned before the Irish meeting had concluded, but several members remained behind to head the re- sult, and the news of it war immediately deapatohed to Mr. Gladstone, who did not come near the place to -day. LIBERAL FEDERATION. The Executive Committee of the Liberal Federation at a meeting adopted a resolu- tion expressing its complete satisfaotion with Mr. Gladstone's attitude towards the question of the Irish leadership, and assur- ing him of its hearty confidence. WELSH MEMBERS WITH MR. GLADSTONE. The welsh members of the party had a meeting todlaye and resolved that they were convinced that the price of retaining Mr. Parnell in the leadership would be the postponement of Home Rule beyond the open of Mr. Gladstone's public life, and that they are more determined than ever to rally to the support of Mr. Gladstone. THE PARNELLITE MEETING. Though last night Mr. Parnell refused to call a meeting of the Irish members of the House of Commons, a meeting was held in the House to.day. The room was care- fully guarded from intrusion, a member of Parliament standing guard. Ur. Parnell was present and presided- Silence was observed by every member as he entered the roorn. After calling the meeting to order Mr. Parnell explained that he had reconsidered his determination, and he had celled the meeting at the request of the members of the party. The meeting lasted for half an hour. There was great divergence of opinion rnanifeeted through. out the disonssion. No definite Dation was taken, and the meeting adjourned to rens. tremble at 5 o'clock this evening. It was learned mita the adjournment that a strong deeding in favor of Parnell's resigning the leadership wise naanifested, but the minority Vehemently opposed it. A fiTOnelY efintela atormy scene occurred at the meeting o Parnellite metnbers of the House of mond last evening, after the letter from Gladstone to Mr. Morley had been pnblio, The action Of Mr. McCarthy making known the contents of Mr. 0110'e lettek at the meeting of the Hew yesterday morning 1,780 severely d. A majority of the Nationalist ra present at the meeting lest night ey had believed, previous to ithe g inthe moroilag, that Mr. Parnell, after hie re-eleotion, would not take OD active park be politics for a few mouths, They now believe if Mr. Gladetone's letter had been reed at the weeping meeting the result of the motion to retain Ur. Parnell in the teadership would have been different. A GIBE REBUKED, Lord Salisbury, in a speech in the House Of Lorde yesterday, said the Paenellites had various =deo of escaping, some preferring water and others tire-esoapes. The Chront,. cle (Tory) describes this gibe as vulgar and undignified, and adds: "Lord Saliebury might have remembered that he wee ad- dreesing a obaraber where nit unchallenged such patterne of virtue as Marlborough, St. Leonardo and Ailesbury. LONDON.—Lir. Parnell bee issued the follow- ing maeifesto: To the irista People: The integriey and indepeedence ole esction the Irish Parliameutary parte' having been appareutly sapped and destroyed be, the wire - pullers of the Liberal party, it leas become necessary for me, as leader of the Irish party, to take counsel with you, and heving given you the knowledge which is in my possession to ask your judgment upon a matter winch now solely devolves upon you to decide. The letter from Mr. Gladstone to Mr. Morley, written for the purpose of influencing the decision ot the Irish party in the 0130100 of their leader and claiming for the Liberals and their leaders the right of veto upon that choice, is the immediate cause of this address, the purpose of which is to remind you and your parliamentary representatives that Irelited considers the inde- pendeece ot her parcy the only safeguard within the constitution and above and beyond all other considerations wbatever. ae,he threat .111 that letter, repeated so insoleetly on many English platforms, and in numerous British newspapers that unless Ireland concedes this right of veto to England she will indefinitely postpone her chance of obtain- ing home rule, compels me, while not for a moment admitting the sliehtest possibility of such a loss, to put before you information which until now, so fer OA my colleagues are concerned, has been solely in my poesession,a,nd which evill enable you to understand the measure of the loss with which you are threatened unless you consent to throw nee to the English wolves now howling for my de- struction. CONSULTING WITH GLADSTONE. In November of last year, in response to a re- peated and long-standing request, I visited Ale, Gladstone at Hawarden and received the de- tails of the intended proposals of himself and his colleagues of the late Liberal Cabinet with regard to home rule in the event of the next general election favoring the Liberal party. It is unnecessary for me to do more at present than to direct your attention to certain points of these details, which will be generally recognized as embracing elements vital for your informa- tion and the formation of your judgment. These vital points of difficulty may be suitably arranged and considered under the following heads (1) The retention of Irish members; in the Im- perial Parliament, (2) The settlement of the land or agrarian difficulty in Ireland. (3) The control of the Irish consiabulary. (4) The appointment of the judioia,ry, including 4udges of the Supreme Court, County Court yudges and resident magistrates. Upon tee subject of the retention of Irish members in Parliament Mr. Gladstone told me that the opinion—and the unanimous opinion— of his colleagues and bimself, recently arrived at after the most mature consideration of alter- native proposals, was that in order to conciliate English public opinion it would be necessary to reduce Irish representation from 103 to 32. Upon the settlement of the land question it was held that this was one of the questions which must be regarded as questioes reeerved from tbe control of the Irian. Legislature, but at the same time Mr. Gladstone intimated that whiie he would renew his attempt to settle the matter by Imperial legielation on the line of the Land Pur- chase Bill of 1886, he would not undertake to put anypressure upon his own side, or insist upon their adopting nis views—in other and shorter words, that the Iriih Legislature was nos to be given the power of solving the agrarian difficulty, With regard to the control of the Irieh Con- stabulary, it was stated by Mr. Gladstone that in view of the necessity of conciliating English public opinion he and his colleagues felt that it would be necessary to leave this force to the appointment of its officere under control of the Imperial authority for an indefinite period, while funds for its maintenance, payment and equipment woutd be compulsorily provided out of the Irish revenues. A period of ten or twelve years was suggested as the limit of the time during which the appointment of judges and resident magistrates should be retained in the hands of the Imperial authorities. NVIsHED TO REEF WHAT THEY HAD. I have now given a ehort account of what I gathered ot Mr. Gladstone's views and those of his colleagues during the two hours' converse_ tion at Hawarden, a conversation which I am bound to admit was mainly monopolized by Mr. Gle.detone, and will pass to my own expressions of opinion upon these communizations, which represent my views then and now. And, firstly, With regard to the retention of the Irish mem- bers, the position which I eave always adopted, and weich I then represented, is that with the concession of lull powers DO an Irish Legislature, equivalent to those enjoyed by a State of the American Union, the number and position of the members so retained would become a question of imperial concern and not ot pressing or immediate i00 - penance for the interests of Ireland, but that with the important and all -engrossing subjects of agrarian reform, constabulary control and judiciary appointments left either under imper- ial control or totally unprovided for, it would be the height of medusas for any Irish leader to imitate Grattan's examr le, and consent to dis- band an army which had cleared the way to vic- tory. I further undertake to use every:legitimate influence to reconcile Irish public opinion to the gradual coming into force of new privileges and to the postponements necessary for English opinion with regard to coestabulery control and judicial appointmem s, but I strongly diseented from the proposed reduction of the number of members during the interval of probation, and I pointed to the absence of any suitable prospect of land settlement by either Parliament as a con- stitutional and overwhelming drag upon the prospects of permanent peace and prosperity in Ireland. At the conclusem of the interview I was iuformed that Mr. Glandstone and all his colleagues were entirely agreed that pending a generel electiun silence sbould be absolutely preserved with regard to any points of difference on the questio e of tbe rete% mon of the Irish members. I have dweit at eome length upon thie subject, but not, I think, eisproportiona,tely to their importance. TAR FROM SATISP/BD. Let ine say in additiou that if and when full powers are conceded to Ireland over her own domestic affairs the integrity, number and inde- pendence of the Irish party wie be a, nastier of no importance, but until this ideal is reached it is your duty and mine tu hold fast to every safe- guard. I need not say tha the question—the vita,' and important question—of tee retention of the Irish members on the one hand, arid in- definite delay in granting full powers to an Irish Legislature on the other, gave me great concern, The absence of any proven°, for the settlement of the agrarian question, ot any policy on the part of the Liberat leaders, filled me with con- cern and apprehension. Co the introduction of the Land Purchase Bill by the Government at the commeecement of the last Beseion Alt. Mor- ley communicated with mo se to the cdurse to be adopted. Ilavieg regard to the avowed ab- senca of any policy on the part of the Liberal leaders and party with regard to the matter of the Land hill, I strongly advieed Alt. Morley against any direct challenge of the principle of State -aided land purchase, and finding that Ole fears and alarm, of the Euglish taxpayers as to State -aid, by the hypo- thecation of grants for local purposes in Ireland, a counter guarantee had been assuaged that the hopeless struggle against the principle of the measure ehould not be main- tained, and that we should direct our sole efforts on the second reading of the Bill to the assertion Of the principle of local control. HAMPERED BY THD RADICALS. In this I am bound to say Hr. Morley entirely agreed with rae but be Was at the same time much hampered And expressed his senee of his position in that direction by the attitude of the extreme section of his party led by Mr. Labouchere, and in a subsequent inter- view he impressed upon me the necessity of meeting the second reading of the Bill with a direct negative and asked me to undertake the work, I agreed to this, but only on condi- tion that I was not to attack the principle of the Measure, but to Confine myself to criticism of the details, I think this was false strategy, but it was tbe strategy adopted out of regard to English prejudices and litedieal peculiarities, I did the best possible under the circuraetances, and the several days' debate on tho second reading con- trasts; favorably with Mr. Labouchere's recent abortive attempt to interpose a direct negative to the fleet reading of a similar bill yeaterday. Time went on. The Govern- ment allowed their attettion to be distracted Irene the question of land purchase by a bill compensating English publicans, and the agrarian difficulty in Irelend Wee again relegated to the future of another seeeion, Just before the commeneement of this session I was again favored with another interview with ?,ir. erorley, I impressed upon him the pollee/ of ten oblique Method of procedure with reference to land purolutee and the noceeeity and impertance of winkling for Ole question et local control mei of limitation ill the aanliteetion of funds, He agreed WOD me, awl I offered to move on the first reading Of the bill an amendment, in fever of thie local, control, aaVisina that ef this were re- jected it einglat be left to Itadicals on the second readieg te, oppoee the principle of the measure, 9201is anneaaed to be a Koper eouraei and I left Ur. Morley under the impeession that tide Would fail to any duty, but in addition he Made a renlarlieble proposal, In referring to the probeble approaching victory Of the Liberal party at the polls he SLIggeStOd some oonsideratiolie es to the future of the Irish perty, and be Asked ale 'ebether I would be williug to asthma the alio° et Chief Secretary to Ireland, or wbether 1 would allow ituother mem- leer of my party to take the position. He also put before me the desirability uf filling one of the law offices of the Crown in Ireland by a legal member of the party. I told him I was anatized, as 1 was, at the proposal, that I could not agree to forfeit In any way the iudepoudence of the party or any of ite members, that the Irish people had trusted me in this movement because they believed the.* the declaration I had made to them at Cork in 1680 was a true one, and repretiented iny conviction, and that I would on no aceount depart from it. I con- sidered that after the declaration we had re- peatedly made the proposal of Mr. Morley that we should allow ourselves to be ab- sorbed iuto English polities was one based upon an entire misconception of our posi- tion with regard to our Well oonetituen- cies aud of the pledges we bad given. In conclusion he directed my attention to one Plum of Oanapaigu estates. Eie oatcl that it would be impossible for Oleo Liberal party when it attained power to do anything for these evicted tenants by direct action, and that it would also be impossible for the Irish Parliament, under Ole powers conferred, to do anything for them, and, ilingiug up his hands with a guesture of despair, he exclaimed; " Having been in Tip- perary, I do not know what to propose in regard to the matter." I told him this question was a limited one, that I did not see that he need allow himself to bo hampered by ite future con- sideration, that funds would be available from America and elsewbere tor the support of those tenants as long as might be neeeesary ; that of course I understand that it was a difficulty, but that it was ii limited one, and should not be allowed to interfere with the general interests of the country. INDEPENDENT OP THE LIBERALS I allude to this matter only because the last few days a strung argument 10 many minds Mr my expulsion has been unless the Liberals come into power at the next general election the Plan of Campaige tenants will suffer. As I hive showe, the Liberals propose to do nothing for Ole Plan of Campaign tenants by direct action when they come into power, but I am entitled to ask that the existence of these tenants, whom O have supported in every way in the paA, and Whom I shall continue to support in the future, shall not constitute a reason for my expulsion from Irish politics. I have repeatedly pledged myself to stand by these evicted tenants, and that they snail not be allowed to suffer. and I believe that the Irish people throughout the wend will support me in this policy. Sixteen years ago I conceived the idea of an Irish Parliamentary party, inde- pendent of all English parties. Ten years ago I was elected leader of the Independent Irish Parliamentary party. During those ten years this party has remained independeet, and because of its independence it has forced upon tbe English people the necessity of granting home Rule to Ireland. I believe that the party will obtain Home Rule only provided teat it remains independent of any English party. I do not believe any action of the Irish people in supporting me will endanger the Home Rule cause or postpone the establishment of an Irish Parliament; but even if the danger with which we are threatened by the Liberal party of to -day were to be realized, I believe the Irish peopie throughout the world would'agree with me that peetponement would be preferable to a compromise of our natienal rights by the acceptance of a measure which would not realize the eapirations ot our race. I have the honor to remain. your faithful SOLVallt, CHARLES STEN-VAUD PARNELL. Archbishop Walsh Talk. The Parnell matter is altogether too grave to enrole me as an individual bishop to feel warranted in making any public statement of my opinion with reference to it until I have bad an opportunity to consult with myepiscopal brethren. I understand that the Irish Paella- mentary party will meet on Monday to decide what action shall be taken in the lamentable oriels with which it stands confronted. It is easy to conceive Mot the decision of our Parlia- mentary representatives may have the effeet of opening up a new pbaee of the Irish National movement, and that the situation resulting from their decision may be ono that will put upon the bishops of Ireland collectively as well as in- dividually the very grave duty of coneidering whether or how far it will be in our power to continue in future to place in the Irish Parlia- mentary parrythat confidence which as a bedy we have fj bit ustified in placing in it in the nest. Tbe archbishop adds that he would be unable to support in anyconceivable circumstances the suggested new Irish National Liberal party, He Concludes mysteriously as follows: Let me in conclusion say that for the last few cloys certain events of not very remote occurrence — which seem, however, just now to have passed from public atteution—have been very prominently before my mind. With the recoiiection of these before me I am, I con- fess, unable as yet to feel absolutely convinced that we are even now in a position to forma final judgement on the case out of winch the present unhappy crisis has arisen. In this I may be illogical, but it is bet er to be illogical than to run the risk of being uncharitable or unjust, At all events, this is a nutter that in the circum- stances of the time must now be decided one way or the other before many days. Indians Quieting Down. The U. S. War Department is in receipt of a number of despatches from the seat of the Indian trouble, all indicating improvement in tee eitua- tion. Gen. Brooke says that every hour lessens the strength of the disaffected, that Little Wound has come into Pine Ridge agency, and tbat his brother braves are following hina. Short Bull, of Rosebud agency, one of the most troublesome of the Sioux, and his followers, to the number of about 600 lodges, returned to Pine Ridge to -day. JUGIRO'S FATE. The Supreme Court Again endorses Elec- trocution for Murderers. A Washington despatch says: The Su- preme Court of the United States to•day affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York in the case of Shibuaya Jngiro, the Javanese confined in Sing Sing prieonewiao is under sentence of death by means of electricity. It was sought by habeas corpus, on the ground that the Remmler case had demon. strated that electrocution was a cruel and unusual treatment, and as such prohibited by the constitution. Chief Justice Faller monormaeci the decision of the court. The court affirmed the jadgment upon the authority of the decagon in the Kemmler case. This, it is believed, destroy e the legal resort of counsel for Jugiro. Scotland Won't Have Him. A London cable says: There is no ma certitin note in Scotland, as to what the position of the Liberal party elaould be with regard to Parnell. The press is unan• imous in demanding that Gladstone should have no dealing with an unclean thing, and in that opinion the United Presbyterians, Free Church Independents and Established members join. No formol protest for votes will be pressed by any denominational bodise till the oraole hes spoken. Glad• stone has only to read Scotch papers to see what be must do. The Land League and crofter papers are even stronger than others. Burned to Death. A Montreal despatch says: A youny woman named Jennie Harold, whose widowed mother liveon Favard street, Poiet Eit, Charlee, was burned to death at St. Johns, Que., on Friday last. She was engaged in cleaning a stove when some of the ashes All on her clothes, immediately igniting them. The flames soon en- wrapped her body, and although efforts were made to save the poor girl she was learned almost beyond recognitt)n before the flamers were finally extingniehed. She died the same evening and her (terve was brought horn° to her grief-stricken parent. In the Montreal Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, H. O. Edy who was ac- cursed of perjury in connection with the abduction of Edith Seymour, an immigrant girl, on her way to service, wan honorebly acquitted, THE PRESIDENTS 11ESSAGE, Harrison the Second Discusses Affairs Of State. AT... RACE. WITH :THE :Wait Attempt to Let Mr, MeKinity au WS Bill Down . Easy. The Bearing sea Difficulty—tar. intoner Recalied—eunpressing the Lotteries— Pan American conference—coast De- fence Pleasures, A Washington deepatch of Monday aays : Toelay President Harrison'a annual mes- sage was read at the opening of the 51et Congress. The following is a eynopeis of the paper : Wesnoteron, D. C. To the Senate and House of Representatives: The vast and increasing business of the Government has been transacted by the several departments during the year with faithfulness, energy and success. The revenuers, amounting to above four hundred and fifty million dollars, have been collected and disbursed without revealing so far as I can aseertain a single muse of defalcation or embezzlement. AT PEACH WITH THE WORLD. Th e friendly relations of our country with the nations of Europe and of the East have been undisturbed while the ties of good will and common interest that bind us to the States of the Western Hemis- phere have been notably strengthened by the conference held in this capital to con. Sider measures for the general welfare. THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. This important convocation marks a most interesting and influentied epoch in the history of the western heraiephere. It is noteworthy that Brazil, invited while under an Imperial form of Government, shared as e Republic in the deliberations and results of the oonferenoe. MARINE REGULATIONS. The International Marine Conference, which sat et Washington last winter, reached a very gratifying result. The regulations suggested have been brought to the attention of all the Governments represented, and their general adoption is confidently expected. A MINISTER =CALLED. The trilling of Gen. Barrundia on board the Pacific mail steamer Acapulco, while anchored in transit in the port of San Jose de Guatemala, demanded a careful inquiry. Having failed in a revolutionary attempt to invade Guatemala from Mexican terri- tory, Barrundia took passage at Acapuloo for Paname. The consent of the repre- sentatives of the UnitedStates was sought to effect his seizure, first at Champerico, where the steamer touched, and afterwards at San Jose. The captain of the steamer refused to give up his passenger without a written order from the United States Minister. The latter fur - unshed the desired letter. The letter was produoed to the captain of the Acepuloo by the military commander at St. Jose. Gen. Barrundia resisted capture and was killed. It being evident diet the minister, Mretanniner, had exceeded the bounds of hie authority, I was constrained to dis avow Mr. Mizner's aot and recall him from his poet. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The Nicaragua Caned project, under the control ot our citizens, is making most encouraging progress. EXTRALIT/ON TREATY. The new treaty of extradition with Great Britain, after due ratification, was pro- claimed on the 25th of last March. Its benefioial working is already apparent. REFIRING SEA TROUBLES. The difference between the two Govern. ments touching the far seal question in the Behring Sea is not yet adjusted, as will be seen by the correspondemse which will soon belaid before Congress. It is sincerely hoped that befere the opening of another sealing season some arrangement may be effected whicb will assure to the United States a property right derived from Russia whioh was not disregaraled by any nation for more tban eighty years preceding the outbreak of the existing trouble. INILITARY MATTERS DISCUSSED. The report of the Secretary of War ex- hibits several gratifying results attained during the year by,wise and unostentatious methods. The percentage of desertions from the army has been reduced daring the past year 24 per cent. I concur in the reoammendations of the Secretary that adequate and regular appropriations be continued for coast defence work and ordnance. Plans have been practically agreed upon and there can be no good reeson for delaying the execution of them, while dee defenceless state of our great seroports furniehes an nrgeot reason for a wise expedition. BOOKMAKING AND POOL SELLING. At the last session I returned without my approval a bill entitled ari sot tO pro- hibit bookmaking and pool selling io the district of Columbia, and Stated my objeo- tion to be that it did not prohibit, but in fact licensed what it purposed to prolnbit. An effort will be made under existing lawe to suppress this evil, though it is not oer. bin that they will be found adegaate. SUPPRESSING THE LOTTERIES. The passage of the Aot to amend certain seotione of the "Revineci Statutes relating to lotteries" has been reoeived with great and deserved popular favor. The Post Office Department and the Department of Justice at once entered upon the enforoe. raent of the law with sympathetic vigor, and already the publio mails have been largely freed from the fraudulent and de. moralizing appeals andliteratnre emanating from the lottery oompaniee. INCREASING THE NA.VY. The construction and equipment of new ships for the navy have made very sada- fluttery progress. Since March 4th, 1889, nine new veeeela have been put in commie - skin. end during title winter four more, in - eluding one monitor, will be added. The constrnotion of other vessels authorized is being purshed, both in the Government and private yards, with energy, and watehed with the most nornpulots care. GENTILES IN UTAH. The inoreaging numbers and influence of the non -Mormon population in Utah ere obeetved with satisfaction. etoori TIMES ALL ROUND, The general trade and indttstrial condi- Clone throughottt the bountry during the year have shown a marked improvement. For many yeara prior to 1888, the neer. ehandise Indented; of foreign trade had been largely in onr fever, bat during that year and the year following they turned againet us. It is very gratifying to know that the hot faced year again ehowe balance in one favor oe over a68,000,000. The general testimony is that labor is everywhere fully employed, and the reports for the lest year ehow a arnaller number of employees affected by strikes and lookoute than in any year since 1894. The depres• sion in the prices of agricultural procinote has been greedy relieved, and a buoyant and hopeful tope is beginning to be felt by all our people, DEFENDING WE'D:LEY. The general Tariff Ant has only partially gone into operation, some of its important provisions being limited to take effeot at dates yet in thit future. The general pro- visions of the law have been hi force lees than 60 days,' Its permanent effeote upon trade and prices still lergely stand in eon- jecture. It is curious to note that the advance in the pricee of articles wholly un- affeated by the Tariff Aot was by many hastily ascribed to that Aot. Notice vvau not taken of the feet that the general tendency of markets was upward from influences wholly apart from the recent tarzff legislation. The enlargement of our currency by the Silver Bill undoubt- edly gave an upward tendency to trade and had a marked effect on prices; but this natural and deeired effect of the silver legislation was by many erroneously attributed to the Tariff Act. Their is neither wisdom nor justice in the suggestion that the subject of tariff revision shall be again opened before this law has had !I fair trial. It is quite true thet every tariff sohedule is subject to ob. jeotions, No bill Was ever framed I sup- pose, that in all of its rates and claseifioet. tiona had the approval even of a party caucus. Such legislation' is always and neoesearily the product of compromise as to details and the present law is no exception but in its general mope and effect, I think it will justify the support of those who be- lieve that American legislation should con- serve and defend American trade and the wages of American workmen. The misinformation as to the terms of the Aot which has been so widely dissemi- nated at home and abroad will be corrected by experience and the evil auguries as to its results compounded by the general prosperity of our people. Already we begin to hear from !thread and from our custom houses that the prohibitory effect upon importations imputed to the Act is not justified. The imports at the port of New York for the first three weeks of November were nearly 8 per cent. greater than for the same period in 1889, and 19 per cent. greater than in the same period of 1888, and so far from being an Act to limit exports I con- fidently believe that nnder it we abaft secure a larger and more profitable partici- pation in foreign trade than we have ever enjoyed, and that we shall recover a pro- portionate participation in the ocean carry- ing trade of the world. The criticisms of the bill that have come to us from foreign sources may well be re- jeoted for repugnancy. There is no dia. position among any of our people to promote prohibitory or retaliatory legisla- tion. From the time of my induction into office the duty of ueing every power and influence given by law to the Exacta tive Dapartnaent for the development of larger markets for our products, especially our farm products, has been kept constantly in mind, and no effort hes or will be spared to promote that end. We are under no disadvantage in any foreign market except that we pay our workmen or workwomen better wages than are paidelsewhere—better, abstractly; better, relatively to the cost of neces. series of life. I do not doubt that et largely increased foreign trede is accessi- ble to us without bartering for it, either our home market for such products as our own people can supply or the wages of our working people. The reciprocity clause of the tariff act wisely and effectively opens the way to secure a large reciprocal trade in exchange for the free edmission to our ports of certain products The state of the revenues was such that we could dispense with any import duties upon coffee, tea, bides and the lower grades of anger and molasses. That the large advantage resulting to the countries producing and exporting these articles by piecing them on the free list entitled tie to expect a fair retnrn in the way of customs concessions upon articles exported by us to them was so obvious that to have gratui- tously abandoned this opportunity to enlarge our trade, would have been an tin - pardonable error. I desire to repeat, with added urgency, the recommenda- tions contained in my hest annual message in relation to the development of American steamship lines. The reciprocity clause of the Tariff Bill will be largely limited and its benefits retarded and dimin ished, if provision is not contemporane- ously made to encourage the establishment of firenolase steana communication between our ports and the ports of such nations as may meet our overtures for enlarged cont. menial exchanges. INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BANK. I had occasion in May het to transmit to Congress a report adopted by the Interna- tional American Conference upon the sub- ject of incorporation of an international American bank, with a view to facilitating money exchange between the States repre- sented in that conference. Such an Asti - Union would greatly promote the trade we are seeking to develop. I renew the recom. raendation that a careful and well -guarded charter be granted. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. In my last annual message I saggeeted that the development of existing law providing a federal supervision of congress - tonal eleotions offered an effective method of reforming these abnees, The need of such a law has manifested itself in many parts of the country and its twholesome reetraints and penalties will be useful in all. CONCLUSION. Appropriations should be adequate to the needs of the public service, but they should be absolutely free from prodigality. I venture to remind you that the brief time remaining for the consideration of im- portant legislation now awaiting your attention offers no margin for waste. If the present duty is discharged with dile genets, fidelity and courage, the work of the fifty-first Congress may be confidently submitted to the considerate judgment of the people.—(Signed) BENJAMIN Hemusort, Executive Mansion, Deo. 1st, 1890. Tired of Her Clerical Mate, A Brooklyn despatch seem: Maria Mo- Guire, wife of Rev. Hugh McGuire, rector of Christ Episcopal Clhuroh in tide city, has brought an action for a separation against her husband on the ground of cruelty and inlaurnen treatment. , She asserts that he has twine placed her in an ineane asylum for the purpose of getting her out of the way, and on severed occasions struck her. The couple were married in 1876. Letters reoeived from Emin Pasha, dated from Tohois in August, tow that he was in gond health and wars about to mart by the Uraruba route for Lahe Tan. gitnyika • FOE 0.140ST DANOB. Warriors aud Squaws Tread a Oirole Until They Fall. A, WEIRD SCENE. A WOUNDED KNEE CitEEit,via Pine Ridge ty, S.D., to Rushville, Neb., saya Acoomesnied by Buoltsinn Jack Unseat the scout, Major Burke, end a half breed named Half Eyes, a reporter witeessed one of tlae famous ghost dances ef the Sieux. Mounted on (etyma ponies, the party started early last evening for the Wounded Knee. The trail lay over a rough, rolling, country where the buffalo grass is now yellow and short and where mow liea in the depressions in the earth. Half Eyes was in the lead. The travelling was hard and extremely painful, and it Was nearly daybreak when the low, moaning chant of the Sioux ancl the snarling of their doge were heard in the distance. The camp of the eanatios could not bo seen until the ridge of the low ohein of Butt ee was reached. From this elevation one could see the fires burning. The trip was hazardous, owing to the frenzy of the hostile Indians and their knowledge of the arrival of the troops. Half Eyes tethered the ponies near the ridge, and the rest of the trip was made on foot. The sky Wait just flushing with the dawn when the expe- dition reached o olurcp of young cotton. woods whioh skirted the banks of the Wounded Knee. From this point an excel- lent view could be bad of the dance, which Was at its most exciting stage. As near ae Half Eyes could estiraate, 18t bucks and squaws were in the dance. A big tree stood in the middle of the oirole of Indians. Squatted on the ground within a radius of sixty yards were 400 other Indians, who were chanting with the danoere. Many of the reds were in war paint. Some of them were naked to the hips, and across their big, mueoular breasts were streaks of red and yellOw paint. Beads tinkled from their poroupintefringed legs and eagle feathers hung from the crowns of their glorsey heads. Some of the dancers were robed in white cotton cloth, which was pinned at the breast and drawn over the head in the form of a hood, Five naedioine men sat on the ground outside of the circle. They were old men, with wrinkled, skinny faces, and as the chant rose and fell, according to the vigor of the drumming, they evavea medicine !sticks above their heads. These sticks were painted green, with handles fashioned after he shape of snakes. The dancers held one another's hands and moved slowly around he tree. They did not raise their feet as high as they do in the sun dance. Most of he time it looked as though their ragged moccasins did not leave the ground, and the nly reeemblance to dancing was the weary ending of the knees. Round and round the dancers went, with heir eyes closed and their heads bent oward the ground. The chant was inlets - ant and monotonous. "1 see my father, see my mother, I see my brother, I see y sister," was Half Eyes' translation of he ohant, as the squaws and warriors moved aborionely about the tree. Half Eyes said he dance had been going on all night. Stretched upon the ground olose to the ree were two warriors and one squaw. hey were in ofit of a cataleptic) nature. heir faces were turned to the sky, and heir hands clutched the yellow grass. One the warriors was a tromendons fellow, hose breast was scarred aed painted, and hose ears were pierced with rings. The sneers paid no attention to them. Their yes were closed. Suddenly one of e vverriers on the ground leaped to his et and exclaimed " I have seen the rest Father but he will not talk to me." hen the other warrior got tip end oried I have seen the Great Father but he will ot talk to me because I have no ponies." he squaw was the teat to get rip on her et. She was a young woman with belle her blanket, and a red ochre streak arked the line where her raven black ir was parted. In shrill voice ehe ied ont: " I have seen the Great Father. He sent eagle, which picked me up and carried e to a far -away mountain The Great ether told me that the whites would be iven from the country; thet the Indiana uld rule the land, and the buffalo and er would return." The Indiana now danced with greater gor, and their cries were louder and more hement, but they kept their eyes closed. ;and and round they danced, some of em so fatigued that they pitched forward their faces on the grass. Their facee re distorted with pain, but there was no p for food, drink or rest. One by one user and warrior fell unconscious upon e ground, and as they did so they beat ir heads against the tree and on the sand d stones until the blood squirted from ir wounds. One tfg Indian, whom Halt es recognized as Big Road, rolled and mbled on the ground until his splendid e was a mass of cuts and ewellings. As h dancer fell the circle was reformed si the dance resumed. Nearly all the °ere were covered with wounds from ns vioexertions. One of the bucks wore hits hood and cloak smeared with blood, he danced in his bare feet. 1 th fe 41 fe on ha Of an dr wo de vi ve Ro th on we St o eq th the an the Ey tu fan Ea° an San pre w and THE IRISH DISTEESK. No Money to Carry Out Relief Works—. „Ictual Lack of rood. A Dublin cable says : The people of Swineford, County Mayo, are greatly dis- appointed over the refneal of the grand jury to guarantee even one penny to assiat in carrying ont Balfour's plan to build a railroad from Calloway to Clareroorria. Crowds of people throughoat the distressed district are demanding work from the priests and poor law guardians. It is admitted by the authorities that within three weeks many of the people in the Swineford district will be without food of any kind. Delegates have started for Lon- don to urge upon the Government the necessity of taking steps for the alleviation of the distress. The Express says that the measures adopted by the Government to relieve the distress in the western part of Ireland arising from the failure of the potato crop will be put into operation before Christ - MOO. Needs To Do cultivated. New York World: If it Christmatt. tree is properly watered and oared for there is no possibility of a, failure in it crop, It will bear an abun. I dance of delightful fruit, It must be watered well with contributione, must t' drink in the sunshine of warmhearted forethought, and the soil around it muse be loosened by kind feeling for the joys of children. Then Ito crop of happy hearts, is sure to be large. Sir Richaed 'Cartwright, who is at present in Ottawa, says he finds that the desire for reciprocity is very general, throughout the country. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie ie not a pretty woman, amending to a recent degoriptione Her hair is dark and bar features eomo. what irregular, but she ha ti a slender', erect young figure and a pleasing face.