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TOLTJME N0. 152. A HEW LEADER IN THE HOUSE. Payne of New York Appointed Successor to Dingley. Named by Speaker Reed for Chairman of Wtjs and Means Committee.

Proceedings Enlivened by a Wordy Debate Between Grosvenor of Ohio and Lewis of Washington During Discussion of the Bill to Reimburse Cramp Sons for Damages for Failure to Deliver Armor Plate on Time. WASHINGTON, Jan. proceedings in the House were enlivened to-day in a wordy debate between Grosvenor of Ohio and Lewis, the picturesque member from Washington. During the discussion on a private bill to refer to the Court of Claims the claim of Cramp Sons, the Philadelphia shipbuilders, for damages from the Government for delays incident to the building of the warships New York, Massachusetts, Indiana and Columbia, due to the failure of the Government to deliver armor plate and other materials for these ships on time, Lewis got the floor. Lewis made the bill the text for a general attack on army and navy contractors, whom he charged with being traitors for taking advantage of the necessities of the Government in time of stress.

Simpson, the Kansas Populist, followed along the same lines, and Grosvenor undertook to rebuke them both. Lewis, In his reply, made one of the wittiest speeches, ridiculing the Ohioan for his alleged pretensions, that has been heard in the House for months. Grosvenor did not deign to make an extensive reply, though he displayed a lot of documents and intimated that he had plenty of reserve ammunition in store for Lewis. The Cramp bill was edged out of the way after the flow of oratory ceased. Earlier In the day the Postoffice appropriation bill was passed, and just before the recess in the afternoon Speaker Reed put an end to the speculation regarding the Chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee by appointing Payne (R.) of New York to the vacancy caused by the death of Dingley.

This carries with it the floor leadership of the majority. At the same time he filled the vacancies in the minority representation on Ways and Means and Rules caused by the retirement of McMillan, by appointing Richardson of Tennessee to both places. Crumpacker of Indiana was appointed on Census. An arrangement was made for the consideration of the army reorganization bill, beginning next Tuesday. Fifteen hours are to be allowed for general debate, exclusive of night sessions Tuesday.

Wednesday and Thursday. A night session was held to-night far pension legislation, and the House then adjourned over until Monday. When the House met to-day the pending question was on the motion of Swanson to recommit the Postoffice appropriation bill, with instructions to strike from the paragraph appropriating $300,000 for mail facilities in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, the words "newly acquired territory." The Democrats opposed this language. To avoid a roll-call, which had been ordered, Loud, in charge of the bill, asked unanimous consent that the words be stricken out, as they were unnecessarj. There was no objection, and the bill was passed.

A small urgent deficiency bill carrying an appropriation of was passed without objection. Hull. Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, asked unanimous consent that the army reorganization bill be taken up next Tuesday, with a provision for fifteen hours' general debate. Bailey said he was willing to agree. If some additional time was allowed for general debate by holding night sessions.

Hull modified his request to include provisions for night sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and, as modified, it was agreed to. A bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Oacoma, S. D. On motion of Perine of South Carolina, the House agreed to adjourn over until Monday. The House then began consideration of the private calendar.

The first bill considered was for the relief of William Cramp Sons of Philadelphia. It referred to the Court of Claims the claims of this company for damages and the losses alleged to be due for delay caused by the Government in the supply of armor and other material. The history of the claim was thoroughly exhausted during the debate, which Lewis (D.) of Washington enlivened by making the bill the text for an attack on the general methods of Government contractors. During the war with Spain, when the country was confronted with an enemy from without, traitors, he said, threatened it from within. These contractors, who should have upheld the Government in its hour of peril, he declared, declined to bid against each other.

In some cases they had furnished "rotten and decayed food which had been prepared for the Chinese-Japanese war." It was putrid and corrupt, but was sent to our soldiers at the front, and they perished from it and from the plague. These men had earned the ignominy, the reproach and contempt of Congress. If he were Attorney General he should arraign before the grand Juries of his country those who had furnished poisoned food to the army, those who bad sold armor plate to the enemy and those who had sold coal for the use of the enemy's fleets, and he would convict them of treason and have them shot as Napoleon did, or have them imprisoned, aB Grant did. Simpson (P.) of Kansas remarked upon the peculiarity which always secured THE RECORD-UNION. a bearing for large claims in the House bill, and which always kept the modest, but often meritorious, claims in the background.

This was especially true, he said, of these bills to reimburse big contractors. The report on the pending bill, he said, argued that Cramp Sons should be reimbursed because of the great efficiency of these ships, aa demonstrated by their service during the late war. Was it claimed that these ships took part in the sinking of Cervera's ships? he asked. What part had the New York played at the battle of Santiago? She was not in it. She never caught up.

(Laughter.) Then there were the Columbia and Massachusetts, neither of which was there. The only ships which had cut any figure in the destruction of the Spanish fleet besides the Brooklyn and the Texas was the Oregon. The builders of that magnificent ship were not here asking for bonuses, said Simpson. Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania called the attention of the gentleman from Kansas to the effect that the Union Iron had a claim pending. In conclusion, Simpson said he had no complaint to make against the members from Pennsylvania who were pressing this bill.

He readily understood their position. Men were not elected to Congress in Pennsylvania. They were selected by corporations, and they were compelled to carry out the wishes of these corporations. "They must do that to hold their jobs," said he, amid laughter. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, replying to Simpson, recalled the fact that this gentleman who so vigorously attacked corporations, was yet on the floor advocating "a cold-blooded, clean-cut contribution" to one of these soulless, conscienceless corporations, which, as the Populist so delighted to say, defied the laws against trusts.

He referred to the appropriation of $25,000 for fast mail facilities from Kansas City to Newton, in the Postoffice appropriation bill. Simpson Interrupted to say that the railroad which was to receive the appriation did not ask for it. The appropriation was for the benefit of the people of Western Kansas, not the railroad. Grosvenor expressed his great amazement that the gentleman had sought to give to a corporation that which it did not want. (Laughter.) Continuing, Grosvenor referred humorously to the occasion of Lewis' activity.

This was a peculiar month, he said, and the reason for the gentleman's activity could perhaps be found in the news in the morning papers (referring to the Senatorial contest in progress in Washington State). "I think the State of Washington might do worse (laughter), but it is difficult to see the connection between the right of a company to assert a legal claim and the merit of embalmed beef. It would be like a current of fresh air in a charnel-house if the gentleman were transported to the Senate." (Laughter.) Grosvenor proceeded to speak of the effect of the rejection of the peace treaty. It would, he said, plunge the country again into a foreign war. "We have not had quite graves enough," said he, "to suit the ancient methods, nor widows enough to satisfy the feelings of those who desire to precipitate us again into a bootless war." "Does the gentleman contend that if the treaty fails we will be at war with Spain?" asked Carmack (D.) of Tennessee.

"I do," replied Grosvenor. "A truce now exists. The failure of the treatywould leave us exactly where we were the day before the protocol was signed." Carmack recalled the fact that the treaty with Mexico was not adopted as it was sent to the Senate, and he tried to force from the gentleman from Ohio the statement that the failure of the treaty would- be followed by a resumption of hostilities'. He contended that Spain would accept any terms we made. Grosvenor claimed there was no authority for such a statement, and charged that the death of every volunteer soldier who would be mustered out the moment the treaty would be ratified should be laid at the door of those who contributed to the defeat of the treaty.

"The death of every soldier in the Philippines henceforth." declared Carmack, "will be laid at the doors of those who are now prosecuting the war against the Philippines." (Democratic applause.) "How would you meet the situation?" "I would sail away from Manila and never look back." (Renewed Democratic applause.) "And all the world would you as a coward," retorted Grosvenor, to the accompaniment of a burst of Republican applause. The brand should go back of the Administration," declared Carmack, "for waging a causeless and unprovoked war to destroy the liberty of the people of the Philippine Islands." (Democratic applause.) "I belong to a party," responded Grosvenor, "that has always upheld the cause of liberty." "I thought the party belonged to you." interjected Carmack. "And I belong to a party." continued Grosvenor, not noticing the interruption, "that has never pulled down the Hag of liberty." 'You contend, then." said Carmack, sarcastically, "that the liberty of those islands was due to the Republican party, and that the Republican party proposes to collect that liberty and own it?" "I desire to know," interrupted Baihy (D.) of "if this new crusade against liberty is to be a companion piece of the President's recent declamation about decorating the graves of Confederate soldiers." "In the gravels of the noble men who fought in a mistaken cause," replied Grosvenor, "was buried the opposition tc the Republican cause of liberty, and it is proper that the leader of the Republican party should have made that generous suggestion." (Republican applause.) Lewis replied' to Grosvenor In a 4 speech. He convulsed the Democrats with laughter at the expense of the veteran Ohion. and repeatedly drew from them rounds of applause.

He referred to Grosvenor as the security of liberty and the defender of the honor of his country. He did not wonder at the applause Grosvenor's speech had evoked from his colleagues. It had been made many times, and was entitled to recognition on account of its antiquity. But he said Grosvenor had row appeared in a new role. He had undertaken to warn the United States Senate of its duty, and to portray the (Continued on Seventh Page.) SACRAMENTO.

SATTTBPAX MOKNTNGb JABU7ABY 21, PAGES. TILLMAN RESORTS TO FILIBUSTERING. The Tactics Adopted by the South Carolina Senator Prevents Completion of Consideration of Nicaragua Canal Bill. Nelson of Minnesota Delivers a Speech in Opposition to Vest's Anti-Expansion Policy, and White of California Explains Why He Refuses to Respect the Instructions of the Legislature as to Voting on the Peace Treaty. WASHINGTON, Jan.

The Senate was in session for five hours and a half to-day, but the session was practically barren of results. Two notable speeches were delivered, one by Nelson of Minnesota, in opposition to Vest's anti-expansion resolutions, and the other by White (D.) of California, a personal explanation of his position with respect to the instructions given the California Senators by the Legislature in that State as to voting on thel pending peace treaty. At the conclusion of the speeches "the Senate resumed consideration of the Nicaragua Canal bill. Its completion was prevented by the filibustering tactics adopted by Tillman (D.) of South Carolina, who frantically announced that the bid could not pass to-day, as he and other if necessary, would remain in the chamber until midnight to prevent a final vote. Caffery of Louisiana offered the following concurrent resolution: p.

"That the President be and is hereby requested, if not incompatible With the public interest, to furnish to the Senate copies of any communications received by the State Department from any representatives or agents of the so-called Philippine republic, and also to furnish any information in his possession or any documents filed before the State Department relative to the bonds of territories in the Philippine Islands, together with the number of inhabitants thereof, held respectively under the control of the American forces and the authority of the so-called Philippine Republic, showing particularly what islands or part of islands, if any, can in any event be delivered by Spain to the United States." The resolution went over under objection. Allison of lowa endeavored to secure unanimous consent for the taking of a vote on the Nicaragua Canal bill at 3 o'clock to-day, but Caffery objected. In response to a question by Mason of Illinois, Nelson said, that no man could truthfully say that the rights of Englishmen had been destroyed or even in any sense impaired by Great Britain's great success of colonization. Further, replying to Ma3on, he declared that the United States, our own magnificent Government, was the product of the colonization plans of England, and demanded to know whether Mason would desire to blot out that great work of England. What the people of England have done, said he, certainly the people of the United States could accomplish.

"Colonies have net destroyed will they destroy us?" Tillman of South Carolina, interrupting Nelson, and referring to the test between Sweden and Norway and the practical severance of their relations, inquired why the Norwegians at home wanted liberty while those of the United States did not desire to give liberty to the Filipinos? This reference to Nelson's Norwegian birth aroused him. "I am a citizen of the United States, Mr. President," he replied. "I am not representing either the people or the Government of Norway, whose rights and liberties I am satisfied are greater than those of the people of South Carolina (Laughter.) A House joint resolution was passed reappointing James B. as one of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.

Nelson of Minnesota was then recognized to make a speech on the Vest anti-expansion resolution. His address was a constitutional argument in support of the United States to acquire and govern foreign territory. He maintained that it was no longer an unsettled question, that this country had the power not only to acquire foreign territory by discovery, conquest or treaty, but also to govern territory so acquired. That question, he said, had! been, settled by a decision of the Supreme Court, and was scarcely longer open to debate. He referred to the territory that had acquired in the past by ihe United States Government, and declared that in no single case had the people of the territory acquired been consulted or their consent' secured.

In the two cases of Texas and Hawaii we had more nearly approached the point of consulting the inhabitants than any other, but even in those cases there was but a shadow of consultation. In that of Hawaii, less than 5.000 of the inhabitants had been asked for their consent to annexation. In the course of his debate he said contention, was being made that the people of the territory proposed to be rquired were not fit for citizenship in cur republic. Admitting that contention was correct, it was quite true that -nople of much territory hitherto acquired by this country were unfit for citizenship at the time the territory was into the Union. Had we applied the reasoning that was now being advanced against the acquisition of territory the people of Florida and the Louisiana territory when they were admitted into the United States could scarcely have passed muster, as it is well known that they were not fitted for citizenship.

Nelson, then entered upon an elaborate constitutional argument, citing numerous authorities in support of his position. He maintained that the arguments that taxation without representation was tyranny, and that Governments derived their jfest JBwers from the consent of the were true only in a limited of our people, he said, direct representation. Women, minors and Imbeciles were without representation in our Government and had to tear their share of taxation. They had, in other words, to undergo the burdens cf our Government without any voice in Its control. In his discussion of the situation in the Philippines when Admiral Dewey arrived at Manila on the memorable I- si of May, Nelson pointed out that the islanders were in a state of practical slavery under the dominion of Spain.

Aguinaldo had abandoned them, he said, on the payment to him by Spain of a paltry "thirty pieces of silver," which in this case was to be $800,000. It of which amount the insurgent leader had already received. He maintained further that to-day the Philippines were rightly in the control of the Chief Executive of this and legally in his control as Liny territory ever was. Our duty," he said, "is to protect the Filipinos from the anarchy and desrotism that threaten them. Our duty is to breathe into them the life and spirit which will enable them to enjoy and appreciate the government and privileges that are to be given to He sincerely regretted, he said, to see a disposition in the Senate to applaud all efforts to make trouble in the Philjpp'nes, both tor the inhabitants of the and for the United States Government, which had lawful control of 'he territory.

White of California arose to a question of personal privilege, relating to the action of the Legislature of California in instructing the Senators from that State to vote for the ratification of the peace treaty. He read the legislative resolutions, and also the letter of his Republican colleague, Perkins, asking for Instruction 1 calling attention to the fact that the Legislature was Republican, as wasi Perkins. The question was, he said, whether as a Senator he was to vote his own convictions or tc comply with this request and vote in accordance with the opinion of others. White went on to say that he had not joined with Perkins in his request tor instructions from the Legislature, and therefore did not consider himself bound byl the instructions given to himself as well as his colleague. His colleague, in his letter, had given strong and cogent reasons for refusing to ratify ttje treaty, and he 1 was sorry that rot at liberty to join with him in voting the sentiment so well expressed by him.

He did not mean to minimize the importance of public sentiment, and confessed that he always took it into consideration in deciding upon a course of action, but he not in the habit of actually voting upon it until he had weighed all questions in his own mind. True, United States Senators were in a certain sense agents of the State they represented, but this did not mean that they were to shift in position with of the tide. The State Leg- had no right to instruct him matters involving the exercise of his conscience or his convictions. If so, a Senator elected as a Republican would naturally be expected to become a Democrat, if the next Legislature should chance to be on that side. In conclusion, White said: "I would be glad to meet the desire of the Legislature of California, if it was possible for me to do so without loss of self-respect and a sacrifice of all my opinions." As soon as White had concluded, his Republican colleague.

Perkins 1 addressed the Senate. He paid a high tribute to the honesty, energy and ability of White, but notwithstanding his able argument he believed this to be a truly representative Government. So believing, he felt that his obligation was to the people of his State, and that when he had ascertained what their desires were he would be false to himself and to them if he did not heed their wishes. "I am opposed," he said to the policy of the Philippine Islands, believing such a policy to be a menace to o'ttg Government and its institutions; but nine-tenths of the people of my State, as their wishes are expressed through a Legislature recently elected, think otherwise. While I shall vote for the pending treaty, it will be under jusptest.

I shall do so because I regard such action to be my duty. I shall vote for the treaty, however, Mr. President, fully believing it does not represent a policy; but after we have taken In those islands I will join with my colleague and my friend from Massachusetts (Hoar), to give them the best possible care and government." Consideration of the Nicaraguan Canal was then resumed. Carter of Montana addressed the Senate in opposition to the measure, on an amendment offered by Caffery. He quoted from the Ludlow Commission and from Admiral Walker to show that the property of the Maritime Canal Company was nothing more than a hole in the ground that had been filled up, and a lot of junk amounting in value to not more than $1,000.

"And for this," he said, sarcastically, "it is seriously proposed that the Government shall pay $5,000,000." Tillman of South Carolina declared that the whole canal scheme was purely speculative, and had for Its main idea pulling out of the Treasury $5,000,000, a sum which he characterized as "the last apple on the tree," which the Maritime Canal Company is grasping at, after having missed getting the $50,000,000 or $100,000,000 which previous bills had proposed to give them. "I believe," he declared, "that this scheme is a steal, and nothing but a steal. The more you stir this thing," he shouted, "the more you investigate, the dirtier it becomes, and the louder it stinks!" (Laughter.) "When the Senator from Alabama (Morgan) tried to interfere with my rights as a Senator on this floor," said Tillman, "1 made up my mind that this bill should not pass to-day, and that we might as well adjourn." While Caffery was discussing his amendment reducing the amount available to be paid the canal company Berry offered the following amendment to Section 3: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the payment said company, or to any person or persons, a greater sum than the value; of such property, as ascertained, by the commission herein named; nor shall any warrants be delivered until such commission has reported such value." Morgan accepted the amendment, and it was agreed to. (Continued on Seventh Page.) THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY. State Department Moving With Deliberation, Yet Firmness, Respecting the Adjustment of Conditions in the Islands.

Is Directing All Its Efforts to the Use of Lawful and Regular Means to Settle the Succession at Government Will Strictly Adhere to the Berlin Treaty So Long as It Stands. WASHINGTON, Jan. State Department is moving with due dei'ib- eration, yet with firmness, respecting the adjustment of conditions in Samoa, and is directing all of its efforts to the use of lawful and regular means to settle the succession at Apia. In fact, it was its insistence upon the compliance of all the parties to the tripartite treaty with the terms of that document, so long as it stood undenounced and was unamended, that has made its position so strong legally at this juncture. There is still a lack of official reports upon the details of the stirring events at Apia.

A brief statement of these events has reached the department through the United States Dispatch Agent at San Francisco, but so far as can be gathered it is not yet known just why Chief Justice Chambers decided that Mataafa, the Garman candidate for the succession to the throne of Samoa, was ineligible. It is suspected here that the decision was based on the use of improper influences by outside but interested parties in the election of the King. That, it is believed, would be sufficient to disqualify Mataafa under the strict terms of the treaty, which expressly provides for an untrammeled choice by the natives, according to their own established customs. The United States Government must adhere to the terms of the treaty so long as it stands, this being a duty imposed upon the Government by the document itself. So it is to be presumed, in the absence of an official statement, that the instructions sent to the United States Consul General at and perhaps also to Embassador White at Berlin, are to be governed by this understanding in any presentation of the case that it may be necessary to make.

The Navy Department's orders to the Philadelphia did not go out to Admiral Kautz until to-day. Then they were in the shape of instructions to take on a full supply of coal and make ready for a cruise to Samoa. There was not an explicit order to start, but Simply to make ready. If the Admiral, as reported in the press dispatches, finds that his ship's bottom is so foul through her cruise in the southern waters as to be unfit for the voyage to Samoa, he probably will be authorized to use divers to clean the hull, for the department has decided that the ship should not be sent to the Mare Island navyyard to be fitted out. There will be about five days available, in all probability, before the Philadelphia can clear, and the department will be able to order Chief Engineer Bates from the Texas to take the place of Engineer McNalliston of the Philadelphia Engineer Bates was ordered to leave Havana last night for New- Orleans, whence he will proceed by rail to San Diego.

GERMANY DISSATISFIED WITH THE TREATY. BERLIN, Jan. Foreign Office informs the correspondent of the Associated Press that the official reports from Samoa by the Government tally with those received by the Associated Press. In any event, Germany will not support any possible irregularity inconsistent with the treaty, but the Foreign Office officials point out that it is not yet clear that the German Consul at Apia has been guilty of any irregularities of that nature. On the contrary, the Foreign Office insists that it still remains to be explained why Mataafa's election was declared invalid, as he was admittedly elected by an overwhelming majority.

The Foreign Office officials' say that the many has long been dissatisfied with the condominium, which in its nature is provisional, "though, unfortunately, other Powers, especially the Washington Government, have thought otherwise." The Foreign Office ojcials say that the Captain of the German warship Falke at Apia "does not attach much importance to the recent incidents; and, hence, additional warships to Samoa, unless the Government! does not intend to send the other Powers do." LABOR-SAVING DEVICES. Consul-General Goodnow Says They Are Not Wanted in China. WASHINGTON, Jan. saving devices are not wanted in China. This is shown by Consul General) Goodnow in a report to the State Department, made in reply to an Inquiry of an export association in New, York.

"I cannot give you any encouragement." he says, "in regard to the shipment of wheel barrows, scrapers, dump carts and the like, to China. The wheel barrow used here has one large wheel in the middle and a small seat on either side, where passengers are carried. Once in a great while dirt is carried in baskets in such a barrow, but ordinarily it Is carried by a coolie In two baskets hung on the end of a bamboo rod balanced on his shoulders. These baskets are about the size and shape of a grain scoop. "Labor saving devices are not in demand in China.

The cheapest thing here is a man. There is more labor than can find employment. A coolie carrying dirt will receive from 7 to 10 cents gold per day. He must work from sunrise to sunset, not very steadily or intensely, but putting in a great many hours, and accomplishing a large amount of work for the amount of wages paid. There are more coolies willing to work for this pittance than there is work for them to do." BANK ROBBERY.

Get Away With Three Thousand Dollars in Cash. ST. LOUIS, Jan. special dispatch to the "Post-Dispatch" from Arieola, 111., says: Six burglars last night robbed the bank at Arthur, ten miles from this city. The amount of the loss is reported, but not authoritatively, at $3,000 cash.

The officers of the looted institution have so far given out no statement. Another safe containing $i), 000 in money and the same amount in bonds was not touched by the robbers. The bank was broken into at 1 o'clock by six masked men, who blew open the vault, causing great damage to the building and breaking out the plate front. The explosions occurred. Shortly after the first explosion Joe Ramwolf, who came in from the country after a doctor, reached the bank on horseback, and he was stopped by three masked men, who leveled guns on him and took him to the bank office.

There they compelled him to take off his shoes and stocking, and one man guarded him while the safe was twice more dynamited. Ramwolf made his escape out of the side door, followed by a volley of bullets. He went through the town giving the alarm, and awakened Ed Cox and his son, who aroused the bank cashier. The robbers had by this time completed their work and escaped. Blood hounds were telephoned for, but efforts to trail them have met with poor success.

The robbers broke intot railroad section house, secured a hand car and went east, leaving the handcar within half a mile of Arieola. FIRE AT CINCINNATI. Many Sleeping Guests in a Hotel Have Narrow Escapes. CINCINNATI, Jan. hotel fire and many narrow- escapes took place between and 4 o'clock this morning.

The Sherwood House, on the east side of Walnut street, above took fire from an over heated furnace, and in a very brief time the house was so filled with smoke as to endanger the lives of the' sixty or more sleeping guests. Many of the guests were members of the theatrical companies. Very soon the upper corridors were filled with shrieking, hysterical women in night robes. The male guests had difficulty in restraining the women from jumping from the windows. The firemen were active in carrying out the women, and most of them were rescued byi the stairw ay, but several were taken down by the ladders and by the fire escapes.

F. H. Munch, a traveling salesman of New York, was among the last to be rescued. He was found with a wet towel over his face in an unconscious condition, but by the aid of physicians was saved. The entire Fire Department was called out and the fire subdued before the building was destroyed.

The money loss will not exceed fully covered by insurance. UTAH'S NEW CONGRESSMAN. Latter Day Saints at St. Louis Opposed to Roberts. ST.

LOUIS, Jan. of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day- Saints at St. Louis oppose the. seating of Congressman-elect B. H.

Roberts, on the ground of his pronounced polygamy. A business session of the church was held last night, and the question was discussed and a vote was taken resulting in the following resolutions being adopted: Resolved, That it is the wish of this body to go on record as being decidedly opposed to thei seating of B. H. Roberts, Congressman-elect from Utah, in the United States Congress; and be it further Resolved, That we earnestly request all liberty loving people who believe that the sanctity of American homes should be maintained and protected, to use their utmost efforts to see that he is not permitted to occupy a seat in Congress until he shall have complied with the law; and be it further Resolved, That we urge our Representative from this district, who shall be present when this subject comes before Congress fof discussion, to use his utmost efforts to see that right and justice prevail, and that no avowed polygamist be allowed to occupy a seat. Dreyfus Debate in French Deputies.

PARIS, Jan. Chamber of Deputies to-day plunged into another Dreyfus debate. M. Breton, Socialist, interpolated the Government on the subject of the package of diplomatic papers among the documents in the Dreyfus case, and; asserted that the former Minister, Rambaud, speaking at the agricultural show, declared the members of the Meline Cabinet were aware of the forgery of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry. The statement caused great excitement among the Deputies.

Former Member of Congress Dead. DORCHESTER Jan. Ira S. Hazeltine is dead at his home here of gTippe.He wasi born in Andover, in 1821, was a member of the Wisconsin State Legislature, a Colonel on Governor Fairchild's staff, a delegate to the first Republican convention, a delegate to ihe first national greenback convention and a delegate to Congress as a Greenbacker. Fatal Rail Accident.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. westbound limited express on the Southern Fa cine road collided with an engine at La Costa, twenty miles west of here, at en early hour this morning. Alonzo Miller, fireman, of San Antonio, was killed and Robert Nicholson, engineer, was badly injured in the wreck. The passengers were badly shaken up, but sustained no serious injuries. a Sister of Mercy.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. Mary Agnes, Mother Superior of the Sisters cf Mercy, is dead of a complication of diseases. Mary Christine Dunn was born in Pennsylvania: in 1854, was educated in the Academy of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart in St. Joseph, eind entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy, Louisville, In 1873. The Pope Convalescent.

ROME, Jan. Lapponi, the physician of the Pope, says the pontiff, who has been suffering from a slight attack of influenza, is convalescent. WHOLE NO. 17,994. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC ROAD.

Its Efforts to Control tho Situation in Canada. Bitterly Opposes tie Construction of a Railway Line by Americans. A Renewal of Hostilities Between the Dominant Road and the Kettle River Company Will be Witnessed at the Coming Session of the Dominion Parliament. NEW YORK, Jan. dispatch to the "Tribune" from Ottawa says: The meeting of Parliament will see the renewal of hostilities between the Canadian Pacific Railroad and its most formidable rival in the rich mining districts of Southern British Columbia.

An application is pending on behalf ot the Kettle River Valley Railroad Company in terms similar to the measure which last session was defeated through the influence of the Canadian Pacific. The promoters of the Kettle River proposition are D. C. Corbin syndicate, which was the pioneer in railroad building in this part of British Columbia, and controls the only means of access to and from the Kootenais until the Crow's Nast line is completed. Mr.

Corbin's road, the Spokane Falls and Northern, runs north from Spokane, Wash. It connects with the Great Northern, Northern. Pacific, Union Pacific and generally with the railroad systems of the United States. Its connections into Canada are known as the Nelson and Port Sbeipherd, which opens up a rich part West Kootenai and the Red Mountain from Northport across the boundary to Rossland. The proposed new line to the Kettle River will make a southern outlet to the boundary creek district, whose rich deposits of copper, gold and silver have attracted the eyes of shrewd capitalists as showing mineral wealth equal to, if not exceeding, the famous country surrounding Butte, Mont.

For the mastery of the situation in this country the Canadian Pacific is straining every influence that an influential corporation knows so well how to command and apply. The applicants have shown: themselves capable of putting up art exceedingly strong case, which all but won for them the last session against the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Parliament, where for many years the influence of the latter was invariably paramount. Even the Ministry; itself gave, on the whole, support to the Kettle River bill, although, the matter not being one of Government policy, the Ministry was not called upon to give its unanimous influence as a body either way. Mr. Corbin's syndicate asks no subsidy, and has received none on any of the roads which it has constructed In Canadian territory, and offers the means of carrying the ores of the Boundary Creek country across the boundary for treatment at reasonable rates and with all due guarantee for the protection of Canadian interests.

But it is just here that the Canadian Pacific Railroad steps in with the argument that it is prepared and indeed engaged in this very same undertaking and that the people of British Columbia want no trespassing on Canadian territory by American companies and that, in short, the interests of Canada will be best served by keeping trade within her own borders instead of diverting it into American channels. The argument ia one that carries some weight, although the Minister of Railroads has expressed himself as satisfied that the fullest provision may be made for Canadian protection, and to guard against handling valuable franchises to American capitalists to the hurt and prejudice of Canadian trade. Minister Blair, however, is fully convinced of the wisdom of securing to the Grand Trunk system means of access to British Columbia, with an opportunity of its thereby affording competition against the Canadian Pacific Road to the cities of Eastern Canada. The Canadian Pacific Railroad is alive to the importance of the interests which the contest involves for it, and promises, should the application be sustained through the influence of the American transcontinental lines, to make it hot for the latter by invading their own territory. The gold discoveries 1 in the Yukon were the cause of a host of applications last year for the chartering) of railroads from points on the coast and from British Columbia to Dawson.

Through the special provision which the administration had made for the building of a line by way of the Stickeen River, these were all ordered to stand over last session; but since the defeat of the Government In the Senate and the dropping of the scheme, other concerns are coming forward with offers to build if allowed by the Federal authorities to do so. In all, some five or six charters are sought, generally understood to be promoted by American concerns. Laws Apply to Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, Jan. request of the Secretary of the Treasury, the War Department has ordered the officials in Porto Rico to enforce the Chinese exclusion laws of the country in Porto Rico.

Under this regulation no Chinaman can be admitted to Porto- Rico without compliance with the laws of the United States. Chinamen can go backward and forward between this country and Porto Rico without restrictions. Treasury officials ascertained that Chinese agents were preparing to flood Porto Rico with Chinamen from other countries, who hoped' thereby later to get Into the United States, An Ohio Fostomce Burglarised. NAPOLEON Jan. evidently professionals, entered the Postoffice, dynamited the safe and secured a sum of money known to be large and some stamps.

The police profess to have no clue. The Postmaster dtcllnea to state the amount taken..