Ohio Standard and Observer, 1900-01-27

Columbus, 0., Jan. 18. - Senate - Bills were introduced as follows: Providing that all primary elections shall be held under the primary system; providing that where r,o fraud is shown In the omission of personal property from tax returns the ,J] cr cent - Penalty shall be remitted: pro providing - viding providing that no general bills except those relating to state revenues and appropria appropriations - tions appropriations shall be introduced in the general assembly after February 15, and fixing Monday, March 19, as the date of final ad adjournment. - journment. adjournment. House - ln the house. Representative Manchester, of Mahoning, introduced a bill prohibiting, under penalty of fine and liriDrisonment, the selling, giving or fur furnishing - nishing furnishing of cigarettes and cigarette wrap- Jnv. rs w. < i, perf!m,s l,n( ier the age of 21 years, l ne bill to compel the Dayton Street* Rail Railway - way Railway Co. to furnish conductors on all trol trolley - ley trolley cars was passed almost unanimously. °- Jan - 19. - Senate - The Joint resolution that no bills of a general c , ter be introduced after March 5, excepting bills pertaining to state reve- a PP ro Priatlonj, and that the mo,? a * ure ndJourn sine die April 2, was mane a special order for next Thursday. introduced as follows: Taking commissioner of railroads the a tJ to say railroad crossings nper j >Us ' Hnfl vesting it in city ' s iL nd county commissioners; creat creating - ing, creating oi e R tate tiro marshal and two appointed by the governor; j EF?Y Chattel mortgages shall be frfl 1 f? r r e si? r d with the county recorder of the township clerk, and makes J n ?« rtsa u*' va *'l for one year after the obligation has matured. T>?°.i 1 ?i e were introduced as follows: I i!'2 v I t J. lnp \ f ? r f° ur state normal schools nnej;tatp normal college and provid- > itW, I same; au- | thorizinrr county ,r ' t n depot** checks and drafts in banks for providing that notice left at usual place residence or business shall constitute suffl- , cient service wher-.. person absconds; pro- ! hibiting employment ot children under 15 in mines during school term* an d 0 f c hll- ! dren under 13 *t all times. Tw* house passed Meyer's bill authorizing M, m t- : pomery county to issue $135,000 in bou&w \ to complete the levee at Dayton. Columbus, 0., Jan. 22. - Senate-The ses session - sion session of the senate was a very brief one. Tli r oe bills were introduced - prohibiting tne sale or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette paper under penalty of tor the lirst offense and *lOO for subsequent offenses; permitting the Incorporation of associations for professional purposes; permitting the officials of any county or city infirmary In the state to C s>ntrac with the management of the institution for'deaf mutes in tht.s city to care tot their deaf mute inmates at a price not t< exceed the cost of their maintenance in the infirmaries from which they come. House - Bills were introduced as fol follows: - lows: follows: Providing that a mortgage deed of trust, contract or other obligation that is a lien on real estate shall, for the pur purpose - pose purpose oi assessment and taxation, be deem deemed - ed deemed as an interest on such real estate; cre creating - ating creating the position of state architect, that officer to be appointed by the governor ami receive $5,000 a year; prohibiting pawnbrokers from charging more than b per cent, per annum; reducing contract rate of interest from 8 to 6 per cent., and reducing the legal rate to 5 per cent. providing that local boards of health shall disinfect schoolrooms and clean with proper disinfectants whenever live cases of contagious disease have occurred in 30 davs; to amend Section 5659 by pro providing - viding providing that confinement in an asylum for live years shall be a ground for divorce; to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to per persons - sons persons under 21 years of age under penalty o' tine or imprisonment; prohibiting pay payment - ment payment of wages in scrip, checks or other paper other than cash under penalty of $-5 to $lOO. Columbus. 0.. Jan. 23.-Senate-The sen senate - ate senate passed Senator Mitchell's bill provid providing - ing providing for an appropriation of $53,000 for the expenses of the Shiloh commission with without - out without a dissenting voice. Representative McKinnon's bill, providing for the cur current - rent current expenses of several institutions, was also passed. Senator Dodge's resolution fixing the rate of pay of the assistant postmaster of the senate at per da>, was defeated. Senator Archer introduced his bill providing for a license for out-of out-ofthe-state - the-state out-ofthe-state hunters. The senate adjourned at noon to permit the senate committees to do their work. House - Bills were introduced as follows: Making partial appropriations, aggregat aggregating - ing aggregating over $700,000, for support of state insti institutions - tutions institutions and departments; providing that D coroner may officiate in any part of the county, and repealing the ten-mile limit limiting - ing limiting jurisdiction; requiring, under penalty of tine of from $2OO to $5OO. the placing of guards around all dangerous machinery; authorizing the lease of the bank of the Ohio canal, from Newark to Buckeye lake to 'he Columbus. Buckeye Hake & Newark Traction Co.; authorizing county commissioners to pay for collection of historical data; compelling parents to sup support - port support children who are inmates of public Institutions, when able. C olumbus, 0.. Jan. 24. - Senate - A joint resolution was adopted for the purchase of 1.000 copies of the St. Clair papers at $4 per set. Each legislator will have five sets for distribution. Bills were intro introduced - duced introduced as follows: That county treas treasurers - urers treasurers shall pav into the police pension fund money paid by foreign insurance companies; that an office holder may sell to the department with which he is not directiv connected, but not to the one to which he belongs; that towns and cities may buv crematories for garbage; that probate judges shall nominiate members of boards of elections instead of party partycommittees. - committees. partycommittees. House - A bill was introduced intended to make the present arbitration law more effective bv providing that labor unions mav designate a representative to act for employes as arbitrator and that he shall have power to order striking employes to return to work for a period of 45 days pending arbitration. The bill goes a? far as the constitution permits in making the acceptance of the services of the ar arbitration - bitration arbitration commission compulsory on both sides of labor disputes. Another bill was Introduced requiring that all clothing con; tabling shoddv shall be labelled shoddy, and the per cent, shown by the brand.

JVashington. Jan. 18.-Senat«-After the epenmg of the senate, Mr. Wellington oc occupied - cupied occupied over an hour continuing the debate on the Philippine question. Tils conten contention - tion contention was that the United States should Permanent possession of the archipelago, hut after subduing the Insur Insurrection - rection Insurrection confer upon the Filipinos the right to govern themselves, affording them such protection as they might need. Mr. Teller his speech on the financial bill He had not concluded his retnarsk when lie suspended them for the day. House - The house passed the senate bill to extend the powers of the director of the census after striking out the commit committee - tee committee amendment to authorize the director to contract for extra printing with pri private - vate private contractors. The whole fight was that amendment. The Influence of h £ |,rir,tpr an 'l the labor organiza organizattons - ttons organizattons of the country was employed against It. and after a lively debate of several tK,! 1 .. w . h . s overwhelmingly defeated. J nt publication of the reports of the 12th census therefore will he made by the pub public - lic public printer, as in the past. Washington, Jan. it*- Senate - A resotu- V on adopted calling upon the presl presluent - uent presluent tor information as to whether any renrosentative of tiie Transvaal liud an anplied - plied anplied to the l nited States government for recognition, and if such application had been made, if it had been accepted, an<l . if not. why not. On this question Hale, of Maine, said that "The war which Great Britain is waging is the must fell blow at human liberty that has been struck in the century." He declared that nine-tenths of the American people sympathized with the Boers in the pres present - ent present struggle. Mr. Morgan addressed the fen ate briefly on the financial bill before the senate adjourned. House - The pension appropriation bill, carrying $145,215,250. was passed by the house, it was made the vehicle of an at attack - tack attack upon the commissioner of pensions by several members and as a result a rider was put upon (lie hill by unani unanimous - mous unanimous conscnl empowering the commis commissioner - sioner commissioner In Ills discretion to withhold the foes of attorneys of record in pension cases where he was satisfied that the attorneys had not prepart>d the cases under fh<*'r personal supervision. Washington, Jan. 20. - Senate - Not in Session. House - The reports of the special com committee - mittee committee of Investigation in the case of Brigham 11. Huberts, of Utah, were sm rented The minority report favors r lug Mr. Roberts and then expel' * for polygamous practlees, wboog him Jorlty report favors exclude* 'be ma maly. - ly. maly. A hill was lntrod>o.mg him entiro entirolishment - lishment entirolishment of a Unoticed for the estab estabnot - not estabnot more th;u<ied States military fort falls In *rTT 10 miles distant from the large ae Ohio river at I.mdsvUlo. A were, uni l*cr of private pension bills and the rest of the day devoted to eulogies on the life and of the late I.orcnzo lianforth. Washington, Jan 22. - Senate - it was mother dav of oratory In the senate. Hi,ln business beyond routine being trnns trnnsaited. - aited. trnnsaited. Mr. l'rltehurd (N. C.). delivered a lo'.g and carefully prepared address upon th*» race question in tin* south, his ro ronir.rks - nir.rks ronir.rks addressed particularly aprMnst the proposed amendment to tno constitution of North Carolina, which, if enacted he said, would (listtnnehise a large class of voters, both white and hmck. Me was followed by Mr. Turner (Wash ) in a speech on the Philippine quest ion in which he arraigned the admin administration's - istration's administration's policy as set out in the presi president'. - dent'.- president'. message. UoiiSt - Tile house was in session only 4d minutes, and nothing of public Impor Importance - tance Importance was done except to refer to the speaker for settlement a dispute between t«;<* appropriations and military affairs committees over jurisdiction of the esti estimetes - metes estimetes for appropriations for the manu manufacture - facture manufacture of small arms at the Rock Island and Springfield arsenals. A few District of Columbia bills of minor Importance wen? passed. Washington, Jan. 23. - Senate - The com committee - mittee committee on privileges and elections made a report on the Quay case A majority re report - port report was against seating him. and the minority advocates giving him the seat. Nil action was taken. The rest of the day was devoted entirely to speech-making. Mi Turner and Mr. R'.«s discussing the Philippine ijuestion. and Mr. Mcluiery concluding his speech mi the race ques question - tion question iu the south. Mouse - The Roberts ease was the one subject that occupied the time of tho house. Arguments were made in favor or both the majority and minority reports, nnd then Mr. Roberts defended his posi position - tion position in a lengthy speech. No action was taken. Washington. Jail. 24. - Senate Routine business occupied the attention of the senate in a brief session. The resolution b v Mr IVi - I grew <S. It.), calling upon the president for information regarding the treaty entered into with the sultan of Sulu. was passed. An extended de debate - bate debate was precipitated by a conference report on the census administrative bill, tail the census committee gained its point nnd the measure was sent back to con conference. - ference. conference. . House - The Roberts case occupied the entire time oT the house, the most of the speeches being made in favor of the ma majority - jority majority report. No ballot was taken.

A Co in pro mine I'roponi t ion >|ny || e Ailop((*d Which Will |]\|icl >| r , Roberts By a Twv-Thirdi Vote Without Seat Imb Him Washington, Jan. 24. - It was an ora oratorical - torical oratorical field day in the house over 1 lie ease of Brigham 11. Roberts, the Mor Mormon - mon Mormon represental ive from Utah. The galleries were packed to suffocation, chiefly with women, and the specta spectators - tors spectators after listening attentively to the arguments of Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, anti Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, for the adoption of the majority and minor minority - ity minority reports respectively of the special committee that investigated the ease, remained long after nightfall to hear the impassioned words of the accused as he faced the house, like an animal at bay, knowing that every hand was raised against him. Mr. Roberts was very adroit in the handling of his ease and at times ex exceedingly - ceedingly exceedingly dramatic. Taking advant advantage - age advantage of the issue raised by the division in the committee as to the method of ousting him he appropriated to himself the argument of the minority that he was constitutionally entitled to be sworn in and the argument ol the majority, that once sworn in, he could not be expelled. He defended -he action of the Mormons in fighting the authority of the United States -or years, because, lie said, they be believed - lieved believed that sentiment would change, md dramatically stated that in these Jays he had rather have his flesh hewn from liis bones than to have te teaounced - aounced teaounced his religious tenets. He concluded with ail eio<r tjW -r -r--?ralion - -?ralion -r--?ralion in which he said he i ic.-.-r been conscious of a shameful . m f he was sei?L forth he would head erect and it It Mr, Lacey, of w. fion which lias a proposi- Itoberls sol .nit 1o expel Mr. a two-t..irds vote without ,n Svvaim, which have support supportstiud - stiud supportstiud tliis may lead to a comprom compromise - ise compromise jfrd'position. Miss Roberts. daugh daughter - ter daughter of Mr. Roberts, was in flic reserv reserv'd - 'd reserv'd gallery throughout the debate. Washington, Jan. 25. - The second Jay's debate in the house upon the Roberts case was less dramatic than the first. The galleries were almost s crowded, but flic ladies were less demonstrative. The president's pas pastor, - tor, pastor, Rev. Dr. Bristol, sat in the ex executive - ecutive executive gallery the greater part of the afternoon listening to ihe arguments. Mr. Roberts was not present during the day. Had he been, lie would have heard the most scathing excoriation of the Mormons ever delivered upon the floor of the house. Mr. Landis, of Indiana, llie young orator who distin distinguished - guished distinguished himself during the last con congress - gress congress in an oratorical duel with Mr. Johnson, of his state, won new lau laurels. - rels. laurels. lie charged lhat Utah had been admitted to the union as a result of a Mormon conspiracy, and reviewed the history of the apostles of the church, whom lie charged with living in open and flagrant violation of the statute against polygamy, to show that they had basely broken their solemn pledge to the government. The other speakers were Messrs. Powers (rep., Vt.) and Miers (dem., ImL), for the majority resolution; Messrs. Snodgrass (dent., Tenn.) and Wilson (sil. rep., Idaho), for the mi minority - nority minority resolutions; Mr. Lacey (rep (repla), - la), (repla), for his proposition to expel with without - out without swearing in, and Mr. ( rmnpacker (rep., Ind.), for exclusion by a two twothirds - thirds twothirds majority. The speeches great greatly - ly greatly strengthened the majority resolu resolutions, - tions, resolutions, which seemed in danger of (ail (ailing - ing (ailing after Mr. Littlefield's speech, and Chairman Tayler is confident lhat they will l»e adopted when the house votes on the subject.

inp to Gen. Buller's list, total 8,216 men. Spearman's Camp, Jan. 23.-;The British field artillery and howitzers shelled the enemy posted on the crest of the ridge this morning l . The infantry, under excellent cover, kept up an effective rifle fire. The Boers resigned a copje, of whieh the British infantry took possession, retiring the enemy sheltered themselves behind a stone wall on the slope of the copje, which they held for hours. This afternoon they ran t cross the ravine. The British artillery poured shrapnel and lyddite into them, and the infantry took the stone wall. The British casualty list was small London, Jan. 25. - A dispatch to the Times from Spearman's Camp, dated Tuesday, 9:30 p. m ., savs:' Ihe Boeis to-day had more guns and are prepared to fight almost in interminably. - terminably. interminably. having entrenched their ridge, which stretched in an almost unbroken line from the Drakensburg many miles eastward. Firing tinned throughout the day. We have not advance any further, but we threw up entrenchments during the night, from behind which the mus musketry - ketry musketry duel continued from exactly the same position as yesterday." Berlin, Jan. 25. - German press tac tacticians - ticians tacticians are almost unanimously of the opinion that the situation of the Brit British - ish British forces around Ladysmith is des desperate. - perate. desperate. 'I he Berliner Tngeblatt prints a Brussels special claiming that Sir ( harles Warren has been signally de defeated. - feated. defeated. A military writer for the Kreuzzeitung says tlit* movement to relieve Ladysmith has failed, render rendering - ing rendering the British line of retreat endan endangered. - gered. endangered. London, Jan. 25. - A dispateli to the Daily Mail from Lourenzo Marques,

Gen. Buller Gains a Great Strategic Point After a Hard Battle. Jhf Lon* Mn*t Have Been Very Heavy. f»r the Ilritish TroopN Were li*|»o*ed to tlie Open Fire of the Enemy. London, Jan. 25. - The war office n;i. jus* issued t lie following dispatch from Spearman's (amp, dated Janu January - ary January 12:10 a. m.: --(ion. Warren's troops last night occupied Spion Kop, surprising the mjmll garrison, who hod. It has been 1,.|,l I>\ us all day, 1 hough we were |ic;i\il\ attacked, especially by a very annoying shell tire. fear our casualties are eonsider eonsiderj,hle - j,hle eonsiderj,hle and 1 have to inform you with regret that lien. Woodgate was dan dan- - - dan- rmtisly wounded. '-(,cii. Warren is of the opinion that lie has rendered the enemy's position untenable. The men are splendid." Topography maps show that Spion Kop is the highest part of a rocky plateau. Hast ward for eight miles arc the Mo* r positions along the Tu Tug< - g< Tug< la. .Northwestward from Spion Kop the plateau runs gradually up to a great spur of the Drakensburg. lien. Muller's infantry, to reach the shimiiiit of Spion hop, must cross a iniiurnl glacis Ihree-tpiartcrs of a mile wide and climb 500 feet up a steep slope. Nohody l ore seems to know, not even the war oflice, what Lord Rob Roberts - erts Roberts lias done with his large re-en-

Washington, Jan. 25.-Arrange 25.-Arrangements - ments 25.-Arrangements have been practically complet completed - ed completed for the transportation of the re remains - mains remains of Gen. Lawtoq. which are ex expected - pected expected to arrive at San Francisco on the transport Thomas, in a few days, to this city where the interment is to be made at the Arlington ceme cemetery. - tery. cemetery. The remains of Gen. John A. Logan, which are on the same ves vessel. - sel. vessel. are to be taken to Youngstown, O for interment. The details of the journey across the continent are given in a tele telegram - gram telegram received by Quartermaster Gen. Ludington from Col. Long, the quar quartermaster - termaster quartermaster in charge ar San Francisco. This telegram is as follows: Stubbs has placed at disposal <»f Mrs. Lawton and Gen. Sliafter one double and drawing room ear, and for Mrs. Logan another similai cai without cost. Will also furnish gov government - ernment government one composite car f oi re remains - mains remains to be paid for at rate of $ for each day absent from San ran eiseo. The route will be as follows. Central. Union Pacific <V Northwest to Chicago; thence Halt.more & Ohio \ia Youngstown to Washington