Show NATIONAL rim CAPITAL 0 senators I 1 cameron un and d tailor vindicated THE doing doings of congress foust fenston 0 a and ca t k r W or th indulge la in a wordy exhibit for the amusement of the th house THE SILVER FOOL the committee committo find filli congressmen innocent washington feb report ot of the tile silver pool investigating committee made to the house tonight to night is unanimous it reviews the testimony briefly owenby is alluded to as a romancer whose imagination is not restrained restrain d by t the he limitations of truth senator camerons silver purchase is referred to as having been made and the silver sold before the bill passed taylor bought after the bill became a law and when no additional legislation was looked for the report says it is burjust bat just to say that the statement made by congressman conger in debate in the house june 24 last to the effect that he had been approached to join silver pools furnished some excuse a for the publication of the general allegation that a oil silver ver pool existed exsted I 1 pending the I 1 legislation but non none e tor for the charge that certain senators and representatives accepted such invitation mr conger who Is now dow united states minister to brazil was as asked lied by cable to give the con committee m I 1 I 1 tee the namee names of the persons who approached him but declined to do so the committee says the fact that exaggerated expressions 60 betimes used in the beat bealon of debate may furnish excuse for such stories affords additional reason for the careful avoidance in debate of intimations that corrupt influence is being brought to bear upon members to influence legislation unless the mem ber making such insinuation is ia prepared to substantiate the chime the committee has been unable to obtain any evidence to support Owen bys ls charges there era ere many specula speculators buying silver individually and proba probably in some cases in company P any but ut there is no evidence that there was any pool or combination of such speculators emulators ecula tors working together ge t her to this P end or that any senator or representative was connected with such pool the only organized or combined effort to induce silver legislation disclosed by the evidence was a public organization known belthe silver commission appointed by the st louis silver convention and which has had headquarters in washington for the past year this commission according to the testimony of francis G newlands one of its members had printed and distributed pam pamphlets phleta and circulars published articles in the newspaper and maintained agents in the field to visit organizations particularly ticul arly farmers alliances in various parta parts of tho the country for the purpose of working up and securing an expression of public sentiment in favor of the free coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen to one of gold this has been done at the expense of not less than te ten n or more than dollars the past year which expense has half been met by voluntary contribution from owners of silver mines and others favoring such legislation there was no evidence that this commission which owenby describes as the head of the silver pool had any connection with oil silver speculations or expended any money otherwise than for or the purposes above stated the organization was designed to I 1 influence luence nf public opinion to secure legislation there is no evidence that any p pool combination syndicate or individual speculator furnished lurn dished money to enable the members ot of congress to invest in silver allver I air or that any senator or representative was interested in any silver pool or syndicate as charged by owenby nor was thera there any evidence that any senator representative or government official individually invested in silver bullion or wai directly or indirectly interested in silver bullion or silver speculations pending the silver legislation except that re ferrin 2 to senator cameron THE our out delegates introduced A 1 blast blat from julia ward llone special to tut I 1 WASim wron DC D 0 F feb ob 25 mra ure jane jarie 8 It richards mawe made nn un impromptu speech and mrs emeline B D wells read a report ot of the relief societies in the national council today to day mrs th thomas omas reported the young ladies all the delegates were well received and applauded plau ded 16 pressa washington feb 25 in the council today to day the gains of the last three bears i cars was the subject of a paper by miry M iry seymour howell II owell she spoke of abut was being done in the various arious states for the political eu on franchia emont t I f women miss on the relation ot of the woman suffrage mo movement vernen it to other modern reforms she eaid said in part 1 I do not mean to eay say that the appearance of women in the political arena ie is going to right every wrong but it will do eva mile much look at t the tile anomalous condition of things gs here are w omen women ministers they r e y can preach of the bin sin and vice vice of the world but cannot use the ballot to eup them women lawyers ha have 0 no power po er to enforce the law we ara are marching toward a s belter better state of of n cairn the old gospel raid said repent lie pent for bell la Is before yo you n 1 but thu tho new one bays says lit repent for the tile kingdom of heaven is at band hand 11 at the afternoon session mary F SP seymour amour ym our editor of the duaine 41 U icsman antans journal read an able paper on the occupation of women today to day she eald said fifty years ago there were B ere only seven occupations accessible to women today roday to ro day the they are engaged in over every prof profession c t sion hot thrown open its doors door to women in fact they are now eligible to almost any employment in which men are engaged an and in a addition to theeo these many others peculiar to their BOX sex uy bhear alone have women earned every inch of braca in the industrial world which they occupy today to day at the evening and arid closing session A number of papers were read including an interesting otio one by president bertha leonore palmer of the board of lady managers mana gesa gess of the worlds columbian bl exposition bhe she spoke of what hat the board pyo proposes posea to do at the worlds fair telling about the A omens build building log to be erected upon the plans designed by a woman what I 1 e I 1 I 1 al I 1 I 1 A I A I 1 they h expect hect to place in it etc she d dwelt we t on the fact act that thia la Is the first time ime t in our history that the tile mothers wives and gaugh daughters of america have been permitted to assist in the management of an important national enterprise ter prise and a allowed w the high but eriv demoralizing izing al privilege elege ebeo ol 01 I 1 clipping slipping their fingers into the X national at ia n al pores in order that they might prepare an object lesson lemon showing the progress of women during the century un on ba be half of the board of lady mana managers rs she urgently requested that eachor each organization represented at the council counell w appoint ak at a committee to consider the work of the board is trying to do tor for the sex at the fair and present at an early day their suggestions and advice THE borse IVASH MOTON feb 25 in the course of the general debate funston of kansas in charge of the agrical agri cul nral tural bill and butterworth of 0 ohio lad bad a till tilt which greatly edified the other members on both sides funston a mid vald if butterworth bad taken as time to the forwarding of bis his anti option bill as he had to drawing his salary as secretary of the worlds fair director directory y 1 the tile measure would now nave bave been passed butterworth Batter worth charged funston as chairman ot otibe the committee on agriculture with neglecting i g the interests of the farmers mr funston bad had not move moved d in the of a consideration of the a anti antt option bill but bad had stood trembly trembling n g like li I 1 an aspen leaf under the tile frown of the speaker hatch of Alis missouri deplored the condition of the farmers made a speech in favor of free coinage and a reduction of taxation and criticized the majority of the committee on agriculture ri for not acting 9 on the anti op ion bill lie denounced the he ite P publicans public b laicans ans for throttling great national measures cannon having suggested that th they oy cou could id pass the anti option bill n next ext cession se ion hatch retorted that they w would id pass a as it next session a and nd ever every other t b U r bill ill that is constitutional M and demanded by the people alter considerable further debate e the committee rose without di disposing ng of lie the bill the death of senator wilson was announced and after the appointment of 6 committee to take action in regard io to the tile funeral the house adjourned jour ned the house went into committee of the whole on the agricultural appropriation bill after considerable debate ate it was passed and the comm committee t t of the whole I 1 confide consideration r a of tha the general deficiency bill adjournment taken before it was waa disposed of |