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S. a JOBTXLU President
WORE A CONFEDERATE BADGE.
PRESIDENT M'KIMiEY DECORATED
HY A MACON VETERAN.
Gathered at the Depot 400 Strona.
Dr. Hall Tinned the Radge to the
President’s Cont Lappet—Crowd
Loudly Cheered Wherever He Ap
peared—Applause On* Vi heeler.
Review of the Troops—Speeches
From the Reviewing Stand.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 19.—The President and
his party reached Macon promptly on time,
and were received by the largest crowd
which has gathered in Macon since the
last visit o£ Jefferson Davis to the city.
At the station was a reception commit
tee, consisting of a number of the most
prominent citizens of the town, including
United States Judge Emory Speer, MaJ.
J. F. Hanson, who is spoken of as a suc
cessor to Secretary of the Interior Bliss;
United States Senator A. O. Bacon and
Representative Charles L. Bartlett of this
congressional district.
Drawn up in line in front of the station
was the Bibb County Camp of the Con
federate Survivors’ Association, 400 strong,
headed by Commander C. M. Wiley. As
the President reached the old ex-Confed
erates, he was halted by Col. Wiley, who
addressed him as follows:
“Mr. President: As commander of the
Bibb County Veterans' Association, and
Bibb County Camp No. 484, we extend to
you and your party a most generous,
hearty and sincere welcome to our beloved
city. You, sir, have endeared yourself to
the hearts of all Confederate soldiers on
account of the noble sentiments expressed
by you in regard to our Confederate dead.
1 assure you that these old, maimed and
infirm veterans, who have met here to do
you honor to-day, appreciate such words
of love and kindness, and uttered, too, by
the President of this great country, and
by one who was a member of the Union
army in the sixties.
South Proved Her Loyalty.
“I hope and pray, Air. President, that |
God, in His infinite mercy, may so direct j
the future legislation of this country that
the living Confederates will be remem- j
bered. This country ahd the Stars and j
Stripes belong as much to the Confederate j
veterans as they do to the Grand Army of j
the Republic. The South proved her loy- i
ally to this grand old country when war !
was declared with Spain, and, now hence- J
forth and forever, she will he found ready j
to take up arms to defend our country and j
our flag.
“Air. President, in behalf of these noble |
and brave Confederate soldiers of Bibb |
county, Georgia. I present to you this j
parchment, engrossed thereon in letters of |
gold the beautiful sentiment expressed by j
you in our capital city in regard to our
honored dead.“
As the President was about to proceed.
Dr. Roland B. Hall, another veteran, ad
dressed him as follows:
Put on a Confederate Ilndge.
“Mr. President: Tn behalf of our noble
dead, and as Confederate veterans, we are
here to manifest our appreciation of the
noble and generous sentiment you have
recently uttered. • Do us the honor, sir, to
accept and wear this badge of a Confed
erate Veterans' camp, which bears your
likeness and words, which should endear
you to the heart of every Confederate.”
"1 do not know that it will be proper,”
said the President.
"But you must," said Dr. Hall, and with
out further ceremony the President march
<d ahead with Judge Speer. The sight
of ihe Confederate badge on the Presi
dent’s coat as he passed through the lines
of veterans called forth vociferous cheer
ing, and as long as the President was in j
sight they cheered him.
The President wore the badge during his
stay in Macon. One of Gen. Wheeler’s old j
cavalrymen also pinned a badge to the l
lapel of his major general’s coat, and the i
doughty little warrior proudly wore it I
away with him when he left the cily.
The presidential party was driven In car
riages to the stand where he was to re- J
view the troops of Gen. Bates’ division of !
Gen. Wi.Son army corps.
Saluted With Flairs.
As his carriage passed the Confederate
monument an old Confederate veteran
frantically waved a Confederate flag, while
by his side was the son of the colonel
of one of Georgia’s hardest-fighting Con
federate regiments, who was as vigorous
ly waving the Stars and Stripes. When
the President was abreast of them the
two tings were brought ip a salute side,
by side. The incident seemed to appeal to
die President. Emblazoned on the base
of the monument were the words of the
President at the graves of the Confederate
dead.
The streets were packed all along the
lines of march, and Air. McKinley and
the other celebrities were vigorously
cheered.
Tlie following troops marched past the
reviewing stand: Second' Brigade, First
Division, First Army Corps, Gen. W. W.
Gordon commanding; Third United States
Volunteer Engineers, Second Ohio Volun
teer Infantry.
Third Brigade, Kiist Division, First
Corps, Gen. W. J. McKee commanding:
Seventh and Tenth United States Volun
teer Infantry, Third North Carolina and
Sixth Virginia.
The Seventh Regular Cavalry followed,
fhe troops made a fine appearance.
Tlie President's Speech.
After the review a great crowd gathered
about the stand, though a steady, soaking
rain was fairing. Judge Emory Speer in
troduced the President.
Among other things President McKinley
said:
“On the 24th of this month, the day be
fore Christmas, our |wace commissioners
will deliver to the President of the United
Slates a treaty of peace, peace with honor,
Jteace with the blessings of hberty io
struggling peoples East and Won.
"I congratulate my country upon an
other fact: We have not only triumphed
over our enemy, but w* have triumphed
over our own prejudice and we are now a '
nnlled country. (Prolonged applause and I
cheers.)”
I.onil ( nils for ••Fliili II tig Joe.”
The President h remark* were frequently ]
Interrupted by cheer*. Then there were !
loud calls for Gen. Wheeler, "Kittle t>|,| !
Fighting Joe," ns he was affectionately I
talk'd. Ho responded ■* (allow
"It Is iinpot slide for me lo tin'l words i
to express my appreciation of live honor I
•and Measure accorded to me by the la- I
Pje Htenitto fteto&
viiatidn of His Excellency, the President,
to visit with him and his cabinet the ciiy
of Macon. I am glad for your citizens that
the President has come among and look
ed at you face to face. I am glad that he
has come among you to learn for himself
tile spirit of our people and the wonderful
resources of our land, which will eventu
ally make us the richest and most prosper
ous country upon the face of the earth.
”1 am glad he brought with him his cab
fuel, among them the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of ihe Navy, his special
advisers during this eoriflict, when he,
as the commander-in-chief of the army
ami navy, conducted for the flrst time in
fifty years, a war against a foreign foe.
I am glad he brought with him the dis
tinguished gentleman, Gen. Shatter, who
commanded the American forces in their
successful and great campaign in Cuba
(Great applause), and that superb soldier,
Gen.' Lawton (Loud applause), who com
manded the forces at the battle of El
Caney. (Applause.) I am glad they have
all come, and I am more than glad to see
the demonstrations which the President
has witnessed during all of his tour.
“I would love, as you know I would, to
talk to you, to talk to all of my old
friends, to talk with those with whom I
stood side by side. But I must give way
and bid you adieu, and thank you for your
kind demonstrations to me, and allow you
to see the distinguished men the President
has brought with him.” (Loud and long
applause).
Slinfter Tell* About It.
Gen. Shatter was next called for and
spoke as follows;
”1 thank you for this enthusiastic re
ception. I am not deserving of the applause
you give mo. There were 16,000 men In front
of Santiago, every qne of whom was as
much a hero as his genera). (Applause.)
All risked their lives for their country, and
without the hope of reward some of those
higher in command might expect. With
such an army and with such supporters as
Gen. Wheeler. Gen. Lawton, Gen. Bates,
and, in fact, ail the general officers of my
command,' the matter of the capture of
Santiago was only a question of time, and
it was certain that the time was not long.
“The enthusiasm with which the return
ing army of the United States has been
received throughout the length and
breadth of this country,is an indication of
how willingly and how gladly the people
recognize public service.” (Great ap
plause.)
The Speech of the Occasion.
Gen. Lawton would hot speak, but ap
peared on the stand and bowed. The crowd
was much disappointed. Gen. Bates said a
dozen or two words, and then Gen. Wilson
took the stand. He made the speech of the
occasion. He said:
"Fellow-citizens: It is with infinite
pleasure that I address myself in words
of peace to a Macon audience. (Cheers.)
Thirty-odd years ago I came into this
town with 15,000 cavalry thundering at my
heels. (Laughter and shouts.) I was not
with the roaring cannons and the firing of
musketry. (Cheers.) I was greeted by the
burning of warehouses and the destruction
of property, which I now profoundly re
gret. (Cheers.) The welcome that was ex
tended to me then was of the silent qual
ity. (Laughter.)
“An illustrious citizen, then your chief
magistrate, the Hon. Joseph E. Brown,
after a four hours interview, speaking of
me then said to another gathering of il
lustrious citizens, at the head of which
was Howell Cobb: ‘He is a clever young
man, but, gentlemen, he takes the military
view of the situation.’ (Laughter.’ That
was a fact then, but now I come among
you and I receive a different welcome. I
was then a victor, to-day I am a captive.
(Cheers.)
A Willing Captive.
"I must say I am a willing captive of
your city. The fair women and the brave
and excellent gentlemen of your town
have by their open and generous hospi
tality imprisoned me deep down in their
hearts, and I would be recreant to every
feeling of my own if I desired release from
such pleasing bondage.
“Now, just one word more. The Presi
dent has come among you; your President
and my President, and he comes as the
exemplar and the head of the great Angl
ican nation. (Cheers.) He has done more
for it than any President since the days of
Washington, for he has added vastly to
the extent and striven to make it a con
tinental republic as the fathers designed
il to be (Cheers.) He has extended its
borders to such a distance that the sun
rises upon it in the East before It sets upon
it in the West. (Cheers.) Twelve thousand
miles to the west lies the Philippines, our
new Oriental possessions, and 2,000 miles
to the East the beautiful island of Puerto
Rico. A line joining on; extremity to the
other of these new possessions reaches halt
way around the earth. (Cheers.)
Greater W ork to He Done.
"But splendid as the President’s work
has been, there still remains greater work
for him to do. It is glorious work, and
don’t you forget it. (Cheers.) It is work
which justifies the president in saying we
arc at last all one, and the Confederate
soldier should receive the same treatment
as the Federal soldier. This is the work
which the American people are profoundly
interested in, for it touches their perma
nent and paramount interests, and I hope
to see it speedily accomplished.
“I hope to see the day when our starry
flag shall float everywhere from the frozen
North to the sunny clime of Central
America. We are too big and powerful
and progressive to have neighbors on this
continent, and I trust that before the next
administration of the President closes, tlie
flag will fly over every foot of llie conti
nent from the northern extremity of the
Dominion of Canada to the Gulf of Alex
ico.”
Wilson’* Cnptnre of Macon.
The allusions of Gen. Wilson to his cap
ture of Macon in the sixties captured the
crowd, but his allusion to the time when
the stars and stripes would float over the
whole continent, received more applause
than any other sentiment expressed on the
occasion. This ended the speech-making.
The presidential party tpas taken in
charge by tlie committee, and driven about
tlie city unlil it was timo to lake their
departure for Augusta.
i 'resell tit McKinley expressed himself
as greatly pleased with his reception at
Macon, particularly on the part of the
Coiifiderate veterans.
JIIIV lIIT SEVENTY HOIKS.
Discharged Without float* li loir n
Verdict lu Kenney’* Cnae.
Wilmington. Del., Dec. 19—Tlie Jury
whleh held the fate of United State* Sen
ator K*nnry In lot hands, was discharged
by Judge Bradford ui 4: JO o'clock lid* af
ternoon without reaching a verdict. The
jury had been out over seventy hours,
retiriß* Friday evening ! 6 o’clock.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 189S.
TO OUST SANTIAGO’S HERO.
HAILEY'S RKSOLITION AIMED DI
RECT AT GEN. W HEELER.
Minority Lender So Implies Upon the
Floor of the Home—Said the Jour
nal Recorded n Mistake n* to Mr.
Campbell of Illinois—Denounce* a*
False a Statement That He Was in
League With Republicans unit
YVnnted the Author.
Washington, Dec. 19.—This was suspen
sion day in the House and several bills
were passed, the most important of which
was the bill appropriating $350,000 for the
Philadelphia Exposition of 1899.
The vote on this measure was exceed
ingly close. It had but two votes mere'
than the necessary two-thirds. Mr. Bailey
of Texas introduced a resolution in open
House directing the judiciary committee
to investigate and report on the question
as to whether tije members of the House
who accepted commissions in the army
had forfeited their seats in the House. Mr.
Bailey said the resolution was privileged,
and added:
“Last Friday my attention was called
to the fact that the journal of the first
day's proceedings shows that two mem
bers of the House who are understood to
hold commissions in the army had an
swered to their names on the roll call;
and upon an inspection of it I find this
statement to be correct. As to one of
the gentlemen, Mr. Campbell of Illinois,
I am perfectly certain that the journal
records a mistake, because in a conversa
tion which I had with him upon the sub
ject, he told me that after a full investi
gation he had concluded that by accept
ing a commission in the army, he had va
cated his seat as a member of this House,
and that he did not intend to resume or
to attempt to resume his duties as a mem-
"The other case it will be more proper
to speak on when the committee on the
judiciary makes Us report. It is appar
ent, however, to the House, as it will
be to the country, that when a member,
the right to whose seat Is doubtful, an
swers to his name on the roll call, he as
serts his rights as -a member of the House,
and the question ought to be determined.
I have nothing further to say upon that
aspect of the question at this time; but
I desire to call the attention of the House
to a very remarkable statement that ap
pears in a paper printed In this city this
morning.”
Denounced the Author.
Mr. Bailey said the article implied that
he had been conferring with the Republi
can leaders and pursuing his oourse at
their instigation, “and,” said he, “it im
plies further that the reporter obtained
that information from some Republican
member of this House. For my part, I
do not believe that there is a gentleman
on that side of the chamber so lost to sll
sense of truth as to make that statement;
but if there be one I do not intend that
he shall escape; and I therefore deliberate
ly denounce that statement as an infa
mous lie, and if any Republican made it,
he ought at least to have the courage
to stand up and say he made it. With
that I ask a reference of the resolutions.”
No one answered Mr. Bailey and the
resolution was referred without objection.
Mr. Dir.gley, from the committee on
ways and means, offered tho resolution
for a holiday recess from Wednesday, Dee.
21, to Wednesday, Jan. 4, and it was adopt
ed without division.
A bill was passed to authorize the dis
tribution of the assets of the Freedman’s
Bank. Mr. Lacey. Republican, of lowa,
moved to pass under a suspension of tho
rules the bill to enlarge the scope of the
fish eon-mission to include game birds.
The Mi was passed. The House, at 2:45,
adjourned.
SPAIN’S MINISTRY TO CHANGE.
Next Premier May- lie Martinez do
Campon or Montero Rio*.
Aladrld, Dec. 19.—1 t is seml-offlcially an
nounced that the Spanish ministers will
place their resignations in the hands of the
Queen Regent to-morrow. The friends of
both Premier Sagasta and Senor Montero
Rios declare they are in full accord on alf
questions of policy.
The most discussed solutions of the crisis
are a Sagasta ministry to Include among
Us members Gen. Weylcr, Senor Romero
y Robledo and Senor Canalejas y Mendez;
A. Alontero Rios, ministry comprising rep
resentatives of the different groups of tiie
majority, or a Martinez de Campos minis
try, including Senor Silvela and other con
servatives.
In the event of the first or the last, tho
Cortes will be dissolved.
The general commanding the nation’s
army has proclaimed the closure from to
morrow of afl the Cariist clubs and socie
ties in his district.
EXPLOSION KILLS A SOLDIEII.
Fire at Fort Adam* Communicated
to Powder,
Newport, R. 1., Dec. 19.—Fire, which
broke out to-night at Fort Adams in the
stables of Light Battery F, Fourth Artil
lery, not only destroyed the stables, but
communicated to a neighboring gunshed
containing some powder, nnd an explosion
which followed Wfled Private Sullivan of
Battery A and two unknown soldiers, and
seriously injured a number of other mem
bers of the Seventh Artillery.
The fire was cau and by the explosion of
a lamp in tho southwest wing of the sta
bles.
Marrliand Evacuate* I'll* ti od a.
Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 19.—CVIaJ. Man-hand
and hi* party evacuated Fashoda during
the morning of Dee. 11, when the French
flag was lowered ami the British and
Egyptian flags were hoisted. The French
detachment started for the Hobat river.
I lioyliskl Get* l)eel*luu.
Chicago, Dec. lit.-Jo.- Choynski wa*
given the dec-icon at the end of the sixth
round over Ed L) uukhorst of Syracuse,
H. X.
BIG HI. \ZE AT TERRE ll ll TB.
A $11,000,000 Fire Start* in n Whole
wale Dry Good* Store.
Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 19.—The worst
fire in the history of Terre Haute broke
out to-night, causing a loss of $1,000,000.
The blaze started In the big -how windows
of the Havens & Ueddes Company, whole
sale and retail dealers in dry goods and
notions.
The cause is not definitely known, but it
is supposed that a live electric wine set
lire to the cotton with which the win
dow was decorated and before the blaze
could be extinguished the tire spread to
the decorations of evergreens in the store
and the building was wrapped In flames
in an incredibly short space of time. The
following firms are the losers:
Havens & Geddes $500,000, insurance
about two-thirds; Brelnlg & Miller, furni
ture, $25,000; Pixtey & Cos., $100,000: Terre
Haute Shoe Company, wholesale, $150,000;
Albrecht & Cos., retail dry goods, $190,000;
I'nited States Backing Company, $80,000;
Thormann & Sell loss, clothiers, $50,000.
A number of small concerns were utter
ly annihilated in the fall of the rear wall
of the Havens & Geddes’ wholesale house.
The fire started at 5:30 o'clock, when half
of the employes of the establishment were
at their homes for supper. There was a
force of 300 employes or more in the retail
department of the establishment, and had
the entire force been present the loss of
life would have been frightful.
As it Is, Kate Maloney, a clerk tn the no
tion department, is lying at the point of
death. She sprang from a window In the
second story opd sustained injuries from
which she will probably die,
Miss Luella Ferguson, a clerk in the
same department, Jumped just before Miss
Maloney, but was caught by some men
who were watching for her. She is inter
nally injured, but will recover.
Louis Kramer, the trimmer, who was in
the show window, when the fire started. Is
frightfully burned about the head and
arms. When rescued from the burning
building he was insane from the pain and
begged to be killed.
Firemen Austerloo, Walsh anil Shay were
badly injured in the falling of the floor in
tho Albrecht building.
Tho tire department worked admirably
and there were many narrow escapes
among them. Several of the ilremen are
in • precarious condition from burns and
the effect of stifling smoke, hut it Is
thought to-night 'all will recover.
At 11 o’clock last night the fire was still
burning fiercely in the rear of the United
States Baking Company building, but the
firemen had it under control.
A heroic act on the part of a man named
Peters, a traveling salesman from Chicago,
for iha Baldwin Music House, called forih
cheers from the crowd watching tho
flames. When the Are first started Peters
was standing in the crowd and saw the
Maloney and Ferguson girls appear at
the second story windows. The girls were
panic tricken and were ill momentary
danger of going down with the floor. Pe
ters sprang through the door with his
coat over his ,head, and dashing through
the flame and smoke reached the window
at which the girls appeared and after
talking with them swung out from tlie
ledge and dropped. His example was fol
lowed by the two girls.
A GEORGIAN’S SUICIDE.
Wrote a Letter to n Frleml Then
Went anil Shot Ilimself.
Utica, N. Y., Dec. 19.—When James H.
Read, a bookkeeper In one of the brewer
ies, opened his mail this morning, he found
the following letter:
Sunday, Dec. 19.—T0 Dear Henry: When
this reaches you I will be a dead man in
a room at the Metropolitan Hotel, Fayette
street. My son is sick in bed in New York,
and my wife Is in absolutely destitute cir
cumstances. As the last request of an old
friend, for God's sake send her $lO so she
will get it Tuesday morning. Her pddres3
is Mary Midlam, 2.11 West Fourteenth
street. New York. 1 shall have to be burled
by the authorities as I have not one cent.
But, Henry, t>e on hand If you can, and see
that lam put away decently. Good-bye
and God bless you. Your friend,
Loroy W. Midlam.”
Mldlam's body was found at the hotel.
He had shot himself In the left eye.
Midlam was about 62 years of age. He
came here from Georgia many years ago
and entered the office of Horatio Sey
mour as a clerk. He became itopular and
was elected ciiy treasurer, a position he
held one term. Finally he went to Michi
gan and engaged in business with Hora
tio Seymour, Jr., and was very successful
there for a time. He was a prominent
Democratic politician In that state nnd
was appointed postmaster at Marquette
during Cleveland's first term. Two years
ago he engaged in some unfortunate spec
ulations and lost his property. Tile letter
to his friend explains the rest.
HAD A STORMY DERATE.
DcFreycinet Refit**-* to Submit All
the Secret Document*.
Paris, Dec. 19.—Another stormy debate
was precipitated In the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day over the Dreyfus affair.
The minister of war, M. DcFreycinet,
during the course of the debate, said that
he did not desire to appear as wishing to
Influence the decision of Ihe Court of Cas
sation. But the minister added, while will
ing to submit to the court all the officiai
documents in his possession, be was ab
solutely determined not to submit tile se
cret batch of documents in the cats',
whleh, he pointed out, contained papers
affecting the security of the nation.
APPARENTLY NOT DAMAGED,
Tin- Cincinnati Pulled Off tlie Hock*
After IH Hour* Work.
Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 19.-After for’y
hours of hard work with the assistance
of the United Stales collier Southey end
the gunboat Mayflower, the United Stales
cruiser Cincinnati, which on Saturday
evening ran full speed upon an unbuoyed
rock in Santiago harbor, is now in deep
water. Apparently site Is not dumag'd.
Court Demand* Dossier
London, late. 2b.—Tlie French Court of
Cassation, according to a special dispatch
from Paris, ha* demanded the Werret Drey
fus dossier, and*, i taking nol to publish it*
StMlMtl,
PLATT WANTS PHILIPPINES.
holds that the united states
HAS SOVEREIGN DOWERS.
11l lUI 111 lon n Senator Defend* the Im
perialistic Idea in Ills Reply to
Vest— Snys We Can Take Other
Territory ns We l)ld Ilnyynli—llred
Scott Decision Too Old to Ilniik
on—Says Acquired Territory Can
Re- Governed ns a Province*.
Washington, Doc. 19.—The Senate had a
busy Jay, and there were several import
ant speeches. Mr. Platt of Connecticut
spoke against the Vest resolution, which
declares that the United States has no
power to acquire territory.
“I shall maintain,’' said Mr. Plait, “that
the Untted States has shown a great ca
pacity for government In all trying times
and under many trying conditions, and
that it is capable- to meet any emergency
iikely to arise. I propose to confine my
self to the question of the right or power
denied by the resolution.
“I shall contend that the United Stales
is a nation, and that as such it possesses
every sovereign power not reserved by the
constitution to the people themselves; that
the right to acquire territory was not re
served, and that, therefore, that right Is
an inherent right—a sovereign right, a
right to which there Is no limitation. I
shall show, also that in certain instances,
this inherent sovereign right Is to be In
ferred from rpeclflc clauses of the con
stitution Itself."
Mr. Platt then launched Into a constitu
tional argument, quoting extensively from
authorities treating of the question. In
maintenance of his position of the right
of the United States to acquire foreign
territory, he quoted from the opinion of
Justice Gray in Ihe Chinese exclusion
case. He declared that In the discussion
of the Hawaiian Islands, the entire ques
tion of this government's right to acquire
foreign territory was considered thorough
ly, and that the Senate had settled It sat
isfactorily and rightly.
Hawaii Not to He n State.
"We did not annex the Hawaiian Islands
as a state," said Mr. Platt, “or with any
declaration that the territory should be
come a state. We took it by cession. Our
title to the territory Is perfect and com
plete and constitutional.”
Mr. Platt maintained that our right to
Florida did not rest alone upon the quit
claim from Spain, but upon a deeper and
broader right. He held that the United
States “have the right to acquire terri
tory in all ways that ore conceded to other
sovereign nations of the world.”
Further along Mr. Platt suggested that
It might become necessary In Ihe Interests
of commerce or some other interest for
the United States to acquire territory In
Africa.
"Shall we be bound by the constitution
to organize a state from such acquired
territory, and to ndmit Its inhabitants to
citizenship?" he asked.
A Point In View.
"Suppose,” he continued, "that the sena
tor from Alabama (Mr. Morgan) secures
the passage of his bill for the construction
of the Nicaraguan canal; (and I pray he
may), and suppose in this connection It
should bo deemed necessary for Ihe United
States to acquire a strip of land along the
route of tho canal of 2,500,000 acres—l think
that is Ihe amount suggested—can wo not
take it? If we take it, what clause of the
constitution directly or Impliedly says we
must organize a state of the acquired ter
ritory, or confer citizenship upon the peo
ple who inhabit?”
Referring to Mr. Vest’s reliance upon
certain parts of the Dred Scott decision.
Mr. Pfatt declared that, In the light of
years Chief Justice Taney’s opinion be
came a "mere dictum,” and that it was
too late in these days to resurrect Ihe
Dred Scott decision ns a basis of constitu
tional action on the part of the United
States.
Doctrine Not a New One.
Continuing, Mr. Platt contended that the
doctrine he was presenting was not new.
but it was the doctrine of the fathers; and
he quoted Gov. Morris as advancing tho
theory that acquired territory might ne
governed as a province, but not us a state.
Tho remark appilpd to the possibility
of the acquirement of Louisiana and Can
ada. •
In response to a question from Mr. Al
len, Mr. Platt said he did not think there
was any limitation in the power of the
United States to acquire territory.
"As complete as the power of Russia,
for instance, in eueh matters?” asked Mr.
Allen.
"Yes; the right to acquire territory ’s
an element of nationality, and I do not
believe that there Is uny obligation to
give to tho people of the acquired territory
the right of self-government until such
lime as they are lit to exercise that right.
If we believe the people of a country ac
quired are not filled for the government
of themselves, it is our duty to give them
the most liberal government they are
capable.of accepting, and to educate them
up as best we may to the point where
they wilt be capable of self-government.
The constitution does not confer the right
of suffrage.”
Calls It a False A-miniption.
Mr. Platt said he could not agree with
those who conteded that the acquirement
of such territory as that embraced In
Porto Rico and the Philippines Is a menace
to the existence of our republic. This mis
take, he said, arises from the fact that
Mr. Vest and others who agree with him
assume that tho constitution guarantees
the right of suffrage and the right of a
citizen living In a certain territory lo
have It admitted as a stale. This assum
ption was without foundation as there was
no such guarantee in the fundamental 'aw.
True tle fifteenth amendment prohibits
the abridgement of Ihe right of suffrage
for reusons specified, but that did i <>t
amount to proscribing the right lo vote
Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Plait whether be
descried the doctrine that government*
derive their Jusi powers from the consent
of the governed? *
Mr. Platt replied that the consent of nil
those governed was not always necessary.
He referred to the fact that there was no
suffrage In the Dtetrlct of Columbia, and
called attention to the fact that clUzsn*
of Mumshuaetl* who could not read and
write, were prohibited from voting. Yet
these people In Massachusetts were gov- |
erned most effectively.
Hoar Maiitnl Information.
Replying, Mr. Hoar defended the educa
tional system of Massachusetts. Keturn
h'g to the question of expansion, ho asked
whether Mr. Platt meant to seriously as
sert the claim that the stale provisions re
garding suffrage could not be so construed
as to justify the violation of the princi
ple Invol ed ns it applied to the in,000,000
of people in the Philippines.
Replying, Mr. Platt said he did not mean
to deny the principles of the Declaration
of independence, ami he added that he
wished the Massachusetts senator could
he as liberal with reference to that doc
trine as some others. There were, how
ever. many qualifications for voting. Por
instance, when he first became a voter he
hud had to pay $134. for real estate, in
order to receive the privilege of voting.
In conclusion, Mr. Piatt said he could
not understand the sentiments or mo
tives of those who wished to circum
scribe the powers of the nation.
"Why," he asked, "should we belittle
those {lowers or strive by subtlety and
sophistry to hamper the progress and
growth of the country. Rather than pur
sue this course, why should senators not
Wish the nation Godspeed in its mission
of extending our free institution* as far
as possible?"
As for himself, lie knew our people to
be a liberty-loving and a right-doing peo
ple, and he had no misgivings that any
administration of the United States would
fail in its duty toward the people of any
acquired territory He had faith in tho
government and /aith in its future, ami
had no disposition to condescend to carp
ing criticism or craven fear.
Mr. Hale, from the conference commit
tee on the urgent deficiency bill, presented
the confcreneo report on the bill, and 't
was agreed to.
Wants Commission for Calm.
Mr Proctor of Vermont and Mr. Hale
of Maine exchanged divergent views upon
tin' subject of i commission of senators to
visit Cuba and, report upon the conditions
prevailing there, Mr. Proctor thougn
such a commission was necessary, while
Mr. Ilale said he thought it would be in
extremely bad taste and useless.
The question was not decided. The Nic
aragua canal hill was up during the last
pari of the day, and Senators Herry, Alien
Hoar, Oftffcry and Morgan discussed the
measure. Mr. Perry explained the pro
visions of his amendment. The first would
eliminate the provision In the original bill
for the issuance of bonds, mnl (his he con
sidered a most essential desiderata. The
second amendment closed the Maritime
Company out entirely as a stockholder In
the canal enterprise, leaving the United
Slates, Nicaragua and Costa Rica as the
only stockholders, and leaving the major
ity of the stock in the name of this gov
ernment.
Another amendment prohibited the ap
pointment of any one interested in the
Maritime Company from acting ns a di
rector under the government management
of the enterprise.
Wanted (lie Herry Amendment.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska followed Mr.
Iterry. He was not opposed to the canal
scheme, ho said, because he anlugotdzed
certain feature# of the bill. One of its
most pernicious features would be elimi
nated by the adoption of the Berry amend
ment; namely ( the bond feature. He was
opposed to the provision for the adjust
ment of the claims of the Maritime Canal
Company. He wanted the government pro
tected from all loss and all possible fraud
and peculation by that company.
Mr. Caffery, Louisiana, at the request
of Mr. Turple, who was unavoidably ab
sent, renewed the latter's motion to post
pone the consideration of the bill until
Jan. 10.
Mr. Hoar said he thought the canal
should be built, and at once. The canal,
he Insisted, should be built by the govern-'
ment.
Mr. Morgan scouted the Idea of post
poning tho consideration of the bill until
England’s consent was obtained. If Eng
land had said we could not build the canal
without her consent, the canal would have
been bulit five years ago.
At 6:15 p. tn. the Senate went Into exec
utive session, arid at 5:35 p. m. adjourned.
VICTORY FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Judge Maddox Made Minority Re
port on International Ilnnk.
Washington, Dec. 19, (Special).—Tho
Democrats gained the first substantial vic
tory which they have secured In four years
last Friday.
The bill to Incorporate the Internet tonal
Bank was taken up Thursday and dlt-rus.
sed for two days, and on Friday at 4
o’clock a vote was taken which defeated
the bill by a majority of about forty.
This bifT has been before several Con
gresses. It was introduced into this Con
gress at the last session with a unanimous
committee report except from three Demo
crats, Representatives Maddox and Bart
lett of Georgia and Cox of Tennessee, dis
senting. Judge Maddox filed fhe minority
report.
Tho Republicans called It up Just bc
feore the adjournment last session.
Mr. Maddox filibustered against the bill
and compelled Its withdrawal. When the
bill was last called up on Thursday, Judge
Maddox was tho leader of the fight against
it. The light was red hot from start to
finish and when It was brought to a vote
ihe Democtats gained their first victory.
Mr. Maddox was congratulated exten
sively on hia great success, and was com
mended for the good tact and Judgment
displayed by him as a leader. Mr. Bartlett
made a strong speech on the unconsti
tutionally of the measure and Mr. Mad
dox dostd the discussion for the Demo
crats, plainly showing the iniquity of the
measure in o plain and forcible a man
ner as to have much weight In the decid
ing vote.
CAPE CHARLES AGAIN AFIRE,
Meat of the Interior Unmet! o u t and
Site liny Re n Total Lose,
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 13.—Tho steamer of
the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
line, the Capo Charles, caught Are again
Baturday night In tho dense fog, and sank
on a b dge of mud. Her keel Ih-s a t Buc .|,
an angle that It will be bard to save her,
it Is thought.
The second fire caught Ih the pilot house,
and burned out most of the Interior of the
lst.it. It Is now fenced that her boilers and
engines are damaged, and Ihe plates and
bull may be warped This cannot be ascer
tained, ho witicr, until an ejuuninatton is
I uutda.
I DAILTfII A TEAR.
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I WEEKLY Z-TIMLH-A-WUSK O A YIIR
BRIGHT CLIMAX TO THE TOUR.
AUGUSTA’* HOY AI, OVATION TO
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
Thousands of People Gathered la
the Heart of the City—Rosen for
.Mrs. McKinley— Parnde Passes the
Reviewing .Stand—President Snjs
lie Will Ever Hemetnher Georgia’s
Wclcom.— Augnetn. Gen. Wheeler’s
Home,
Augurda, Ga., Deo. 19.—The demonstra
tion in Augusta this evening In honor of
President McKinley was a fitting climax
to one of the most romarkuble presidential
tours ever undertaken.
Hid the President traveled through the
state that gave him hla greatest majori
ties, the ovations that would greet him
could not havo been more sincere and
heartfelt, and If they would have sur
passed tho Georgia article in size and
volume, tho fact would be due alone to
the greater density of population of the
Northern states.
The trip from Macon to Augusta was
without speeiai incident, the only stop be
ing at. Milledegevlile. The boys of the
Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege ami the girls of the State Normal
and Industrial Institute were gathered at
the depot to greet the party, A company
of artillery from the college fired a pres
idential salute.
Rainy Day at Macon.
Tho day opened with rain at Macon, but
the train passed out of tho drizzle after
a while and though the clouds hung low
all along the route, the sun’s rays strug
gled through them with n determination of
giving the President and his party a
glimpse, at least, of that weather that has
won for this section the title of the Sunny
South.
At Wheleso Station, four miles from Au
gusta, the party left the train and entered
carriages that were awaiting them. On
either side of tho road leading to Camp
MacKenzle were drawn up the six troop*
of the Third Cavalry that saw service with
Gen. Shatter In Cuba. As the last carriage
passed, the cavalry under command of
Maj. Swigert fell In fine as escort to tho
President. With each carriage rode a spe
cial courier selected from the citizens com
mittee. The drive was up a long incline to
a level plateau of wide expense on which 1*
located the camp of the First Division of
the Second Army Cor;* under command
of Maj. Oen. Young. The public road
passes through the camp and on either
side the vurious regiments were drawn up.
Visit to Hie Aus nuts (amps.
It was a magnificent spectacle and, ono
of the most Interesting experiences in
whole* tour. The camp Is an Ideal one.
The ground slope’s off in all directions and
the soil Is sandy and porous, so that not
withstanding the heavy rain of the morn
ing there was no mud to mar the pleas
ure of the drive. After passing through
the camp the route lay through the
United States arsenal grounds, and the
village of Bummerville, where the eorp*
headquarters are located. From here the
drive was through the cotton mill dis
trict and over the canal where the Pres
ident saw the magnificent rrjills to which
he and Postmaster General Smith referred
in their addresses.
Rosea for Mrs. McKinley.
Tn passing down Broad street, the Pres
ident halted for a few minutes before the
residence of ex-Unlted States Senator Pat
rick Walsh, mayor of the city, who 1*
confined lo bed on account of Illness. Mrs.
Walsh presented to Mtb. McKinley, with
Ihe muyor's compliments, a magnificent
bunch of La France roses, and expressed
to the President Mr. Walsh's regrets that
ho was not able to participate In the re
ception. The President eent a message of
sympathy to the Mayor whose illness, ho
said, marred the otherwise perfect preasuro
of bis visit.
In the heart of Ihe city a reviewing stand
had been erected and from this the Pres
ident ami his party reviewed the cavalry,
the review of the First Division of Infan
try having taken place at noon by Gen.
Young.
Large Crowd Gathered.
The crowd that gathered was the largest
throng of the whole tour, and the demon
stration excelled that given ihe President
In any other place. Gen. Wheeler was
the hero, Augusia being his birthplace,
and here rest the remains of departed
loved ones, whose lives and precepts havo
given to the nation so remarkable a man.
Gen. Shatter was also given an ovation.
A unique feature of the demonstration
was a company of uniformed veterans of
the Confederacy, with their battle-scarred
flags waving with the Stars and Strlpea.
They were under command of MaJ. C. A.
Withers, aged and bent, clothed in tha
historic gray of the lost cause. The spec
tacle was a most touching one. They
stood Immediately In front of the Presi
dent during his address, and no cheers in
the vast throng were more hearty than
theirs.
The President was formally welcomed by
ex-Congressman J. C. C. Black, who paid
beautiful tribute td the spotless purity of
hls private life, bis exalted administration
and his broad Americanism, but did not
forget her who In private life gladdened
hls home, filled hie heart with love,
lightened hls burdens and fostered hit
laudable ambition.
President Felt Honored,
The President said:
Mr. Chairman, My Fellow Citizens: X
havo been received by many people and
In many places, West and North, and
South and East, but nowhere have I had
a welcome that has given me greater
pleasure than you extend to me hero to
day. I wish it was In my power to make
suitable response, to the gracious and elo
quent words of him whom you have chosen
to speak tn your behalf, my old friend,
whom 1 met for tho first time In the Con
gress of the United States.
.“It I, indeed, an honor to me, and one
that shall never be forgotten to stand In
Bic place asoocbutsl with the names of
Washington and Lafayette, and Clay and
Webster, it is also a pleasure to me to
Is- tn the city white the gallant cavalry
officer, Gen. Joe Wheeler, was born. (Ap.
plause.) It l a pleasure for me to meet
in this welcome thru- veterans of the
gray, these ••x-t'orif*derate soldier* tap.
pi a use), and to feel that In common wiili
the veterans of Ihe blue and all their tel.
low-clttseti* they are In bean-touch with
iCuimuuttd ou iLUb pane.).