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A DEPOT FOR BLIND TIGERS
1* W HAT TILLMAIN CALLS CI^AK LES
TOX CUSTOM HOUSE.
AuaiUnK the Report on the Search
From Inspector Macutec—South
i nrolina Senator Sn> All tlie Dem
ocrat** in His State Ire Getting in
to the Bryan Ha ml Wason-Tlie
(aaipalftii for Oovernor—Spooner
t.ot the Host of Tlllinitn.
Washington, April 2.—Senator Tillman
is taking a keen interest in the con
troversy between Collector of Customs
Toibert, at Charleston, and the dispensary
officers, growing out of the alleged viola
tion of the state liquor law.
The Senator returned to Washington
list night, and this morning he was
prompt to make inquiry at the treasury
.i • irfmeiU for the latest developments
in this interesting case. The treasury
offii-ials declined to discuss the subject,
preferring to await the report of the epe
< i inspector now in Charleston under
instructions to make a thorough investi
gation of the matter.
Senator Tillman says he has been in
formed that the search of the Custom
House by the state officers is apt to
prove fruitless, as it is understood that
the Custom House officials or some of
their confederates made way with the
liquor before the special inspector arrived
from Washington. Senator Tillman, in
commenting upon the situation, says:
“Things have come to a pretty pass
when government buildings are used as a
store house and supply depot for blind
tigers.”
In the llrynn llnn<l Wagon.
While down home. Senator Tillman took
a hurried survey of the local political
field, and he evidently found his personal
fences in excellent condition. He says the
Democrats throughout the state are prac
tically unanimous for Bryan and the Chi
cago platform, and there cannot arise any
opposition that will overthrow the pres
ent overwhelming indorsement of the
Bryan ticket. He says all of the news
i ip* rs of the state, with one excep
tion. which formerly advoted the
gold standard, have jumped on the Bryan
bond wagon, and arc going on merrily
with the procession. Said he:
“Why even the News and Courier, and
Col. Hemphill have been converted to
Bryan, and the News and Courier is loy
ally supporting the Democratic ticket.
Once in a while we hear a feeble wail of
.1* spair from the Greenville News which
h is not yet recovered from its attack of
g- Id bug fever, but it has no influence in
s’ :e affairs, and its ravings are there
fore harmless.”
The Slate Campaign.
Referring to (he state campaign. Sen
ator Tillman says there is going to be a
liv* iy contest over the governorship.
Gov. McSweeney will of course be the
leading Candidaio. There are already
three rival candidates In the field, and
before the campaign closes there are apt
to l>e several other aspirants for guber
natorial honors. The Senator naturally
has his preference, but he discreetly
avoids committing himself to onv one in
h casual discussion of the subject. At
the proper time he will declare his choice
in unmistakable terms, and his former
r ' ' onl justifies the • prediction (hat the
nator will stick to his man through
tlii k and thin.
The campaign is to be fought out again
with the dispensary law as the paramount
bsue. The Senator’s faith In the existing
1 1 >v has not wavered, and he maintains
that the law. fairly and honestly admin
istered, will be beneficial to the state.
\ Tilt Wltli Spooner.
Senator Tillman to-day had another sen
ntoriol l)out with Senator Spooner, over
the Porto Rican bill. Senator Spooner
was delivering carefully prepared com
p'iiutional argument In favor of the re
v - I edition of the Foraker bill. Senator
Ti.lman thoughtlessly plunged in
with a series of interruptions,
which were more or less involved,
°w ug to the characteristic way in
which they were stated. Spooners long
s,l “ is constitutional law and to the
amusement of the crowded galleries and to
h discomfiture of the senior Senator from
‘■'"Uth Carolina, the latter became so t in :-
• l in ihe meshes of constitutional law
I h■* he was obliged to cry for help. By
series of sharp quick replies Spooner
p :u -d Senator Tillman at a disadvantage
*1 then declined to yield further. Sena' r
Tiilman said compiainingly:
1 think it is unfair for the Senator from
, 'onsin to put me In a hole and them re
. to give me a chance to get out af/ain.”
'Daughter in the galleries).
Senator Spooner was allowed to continue
hi- speech without further interrupt ton*
fjom Senator Tillman.
TO Ollv\ VP NEW TERRIVORV.
important Meusnres Passed by tlu*
House Yesterday .
Washington, April 2.—Among the dis-
Dict bills passed by the Hou?*? to-day was
" ne ,0 increase the tax on foreign Insur
• ‘ce companies doing business in the dis
,M 1 from 1 to per cettit.
1 nder suspension of 'he rules bills wore
,ss ‘ t( > open to settlement 418.030 acres
b . B'rt Mall Indian reservation, and
- “ nil acres in Oklahoma by ratifying
1 agreements with the Bannock and
n " M hone Indians and the Kiowa. Co
an(* Apaches; dividing the north
-1 n district of New Y :rk into two judicial
v - C'Ults.
" Hf.Ulp. Io Go to llcr in uln.
Wiinliinglon. April 2.-The New York.
<xaand the 'ftlarhlas will leave IVn
"l ola for Hertnixja on Wcdne-day, ,i r< |
, , I s J n ' l fro *n tho latter point for llatnp
-1 ,n Honda on April 17.
Hna i t ii.lieil to llentli.
Hli hmond, V„ April 2,-Hetiry A. Flege.
1 lK " , *<k"per In the Richmond eatahllah
"! 1 1 " r 'fiKjur ft Cos., wil l enlight hy a
d* Lti* 4 to day and crushed to
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seventy men at the water works. We are
now sending an ambulance for them.”
It will be noticed that in the foregoing
advices Lord Roberts says nothing in re
gard to the British guns being recaptur
ed. c
Adi-patch frein Bloemfontein t6-day
says:
“The loss of the guns was attended hy
incidents of splendid heroism. The leading
bauqry was so near the Boers ambus
caded in the river bed that the latter
said:
“ ‘ II useless your attempting to ad
vance. Thrown down your arms.’
“The sergeant of the battery, fearing
the other battery would misunderstand
the hindrance, rushed through the con
voy and warned his comrades, enabling
tho rearmost battery to save a portion of
the guns which came into action later.
“Life Guardsmen and a gunner got a
gun out under a tremendous lire and
four others were saved by the men drag
ging them off after their horses had been
shot.”
( VI SED DIHMII |\ ENGLAND.
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Report of Recapture of Gun* Gave
Eiittle Cheer .
London, April 2.—The rumors of the re
capture by the British of the seven guns
taken from Col. Broadwo d’s for. e, based
on a dispatch to the Chronicle from Bloem
fontein, which, it is said, in all probabil
ity is correct, fails to compensate I.ondoi
for the severe shock experienced from ihe
humiliating defeat sustained wuhin a few
miles of the headquarters of the British
army of occupation.
ihe public is painfully surprised to learn,
after all that has come and g me, that
British officers of high position can still
neglect precautions which ihe veriest tvio
might be expected io -bserVo, and blunder
into traps which the observance of the ele
mentary military rules would have reveal-,
ed.
There is no attempt here to minimize the
< 1 isc red i table ness of he whole affair so
far as the British are concerned, or detract
from the dexterity of the Boers, who were
apparently commanded by Gen. Dewet.
The tactics of the burghers were evidently
excellently conceived, and boldly carried
out. and unless the reinforcements sent
by Lord Roberts have turned the tide and
recaptured the prisoners a couple of hun
dred men from two crack corps of the
Household Cavalry ai*d the Tenth Hussars
arc now on their way to swell the grow
ing deposit of British prisoners at Preto
ria.
President Ivruger’s Promise.
President Kruger is said to have prom
ised to reoccupy Bloemfontein this week,
and the stubborn burghers seem to be
closing around the place in such force as
promisee to be troublesome, especially
when i‘ ifc realized that the activity of a
strong force in the vicinity of Paardeberg
has already interrupted direct communi
cation between Lord Roberts and Kim
be/ley. But for the overwhelming num
bers at the disposal of Lord Roberts, the
situation would justly cause Great Britain
greater anxiety. As it is, the nation is
beginning to realize frdm the nature of
guerilla warfare that it is liable to en
barrass the future movements of British
troops.
A special dispatch from Bloemfontein
this morning reports that the water sup
ply of the place has been cut off. This
is the natural sequence of the Boer suc
cess at the water works. But the au
thorities are hopeful that the strong re
inforcements sent by the commander-in
chief will promptly remedy this.
It is evident from Lord Roberts’ dis
patch that a big engagement is in pro
gress. Although it is difficult to estimate
the numbers of British engaged, they
probably exceed even the eight or ten
thousand men which the Boers are esti
mated to number.
The scene of the British disaster ap
pears to be Mealle spruit, where the
Bloemfontein road crosses a tributary of
the Modder river.
Escape of Two Officers.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, dat
ed to-day, announces the arrival there of
Capt. Haldane of the Gordon Highland
ers, and Lieut. Lemeseuriere of the Dub
lin Fusiliers, who esoaned from Pretoria,
after perilous adventures. It appears that
after Winston Churchill’s escape, the sen
tries were doubled, electric lights were in
stalled, additional barricades w r ere con
structed and the officers were confined in
the Model School after 3:39 p. m.
Capt. Haldane says that after several
unsuccessful attempts they succeeded hi
cutting off the electric lights, but * even
ihen the street lamps precluded an at
tempt ta escape, and. they decided to hide
in the space beneath the building’, to wlfich
a trap door had previously been secretly
constructed. As in hid been announced
that the officers would be removed else
where in a few days, ii was hoped the two
men would be able to escape. But ihe re
moval of the prisoners was postponed and
the two men, !n the damp, sub’erranean
dwelling beara’n to despair and commenced
digging in different directions in the hope
of finding a. suitable exit. The work was
most arduous, as they had only a screw
driver and a skewer with which *o dig the
ground which was as hard as rock.,
The imprisoned prisoners March 15
heard somebody above say the officers
would be removed the following day. Af
ter passing twenty days underground in a
ernmr*ed position and subsisting on a lit
tle food and water supplied by some of
'heir fellow-prisoners who were in their
conddenee, their defight at the good news
was indescribable. The following morn
ing they heard the officers above leaving,
and all day long the room was filled with
urious visitors looking at the clever cari
catures on the walls drawn by the pris
oners.
When evening came the noise ceased and
Malden and Lemesieure crept to the trap
door. They were so weak that they could
hardly walk, but gradually recovering,
they made their way to the courtyard, got
over the railings and reached the street.
TO N2UNTAIN YARN I’ll ICES.
No Prospect of Decline in This
( lass of Goods.
Charlottle, N. C., April 2.—The Board of
Governors of the Southern Cotton Spin
ners’ Association has decided that South
ern mills should be advised to maintain
presen t of yarns, ns there i.s no
prospect of a decline in yarn goods.
The board found that every preparation
had l>een made to make the annual meet
ing May 10 and 11. one of the most notable
assemblies of the kind. Representative
mill men from North and South will 'be
brought together.
Keeeiver for Spice Plant.
Toledo. 0., Ar.ril 2.—A petition was fll
.*d by the Arbuekles to-day asking that a
receiver be appointed for the Woolson
Spice Company. H. O. Havemeyer con
trols the i1 111 t
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VIGOROUS WAR WAS WAGED.
PORTO RICAN KILL \\ VS DERATED
ON HOTII SIDES.
Senator Hate’** Strong Speech In Op
position Followed l*y Senator De
pew’s Support of the Titrull' Mea
sure Senator Spooner Followed
anil Mad Colloquies With Tallmnn
and Huron—Final Vote on the
Measure W ill Be Taken This Vlter
noon.
Washington, April 2. —Advocates and op
ponents of tHe Porto Rican tariff and
government bill waged vigorous war in
the Senate to-day for more than seven
hours. The ga 1 ries were crowded. The
speeches were good and tho running de
bate unusually bright and lively.
Mr. Suooner of Wisconsin crossed argu
mentative swords with some of the best
debat rs on.the Democratic side. IBs main
discussion was of constitutional ques
tions.
Mr. Bate of Tennessee opened tho de
bate with a carefully prepared speech in
opposition to the bill.
Mr. Cullcm, Republican of Illinois, vig
orously supported the measure. Then
*a me Mr. Depew, Republican of New
York, a member of the committee which
framed the bill, who made an eloquent
and forceful defense of the measure.
Other speakers were Mr. Perkins, Re
publican of California, also a member of
tho commmittee on Porto Rico, who pre
sented a strong argument for the bill, and
Mr. Simon, Republican of Oregon.
The final vote on the bill will be taken
late to-morrow afternoon. It is arranged
for 4 o’clock, but an effort will be made
to extend the time for debate beyond that
hour.
The Senate convened at 11 a. m. to al
low an hour longer for debate on the
bill.
Nr- Hate in Opposition.
Mr. Bate first addressed the Senate. His
speech embraced the whole question of ex
pansion and the treatment hy the govern
ment and by Congress of our insular pos
sessions. He took strong grounds against
the acquisition of Spanish territory,_ under
the treaty of Paris—against which he vot
ed—and inquired:
’‘Can the American people acquire from
another nation, hy purchase, the moral
right to govern 10,000.000 of people against
their consent, wht i attested by forcible
resistance—that rightful rebellion which
our revolution consecrated for all people?
There is not a page, not a paragraph in
our history, which sustains the rightful
ne.'S of purchasing people—lo.ooo,ooo in one
batch, like cattle in box cars.
4 *>lt is true that the language of the
treaty of Faris provides that the political
and civil rights of the people in the ceded
islands shall be determined by Congress;
but by Congt ess as Congress is controlled
by the constitution which created Con
gress. and not by Congress acting with
the absolutism of an English Parliament.
Congress can do nothing not auth rized
by the constitution. In no section, either
by grant or implication, is there any au
thority for two classes of people—citizens
of the states and subjects of the Con
gress.
Lesson* From Reconstruction.
“The experience of the Republican par
ty in the art of reconstruction between
ISGS and 1870— between the acquisition of
Alaska and the Philippines taught les
sons whieh were not forgotten when the
treaty of Paris secured the islands from
Spain. The exploitation of the Southern
States hy carpetbag governments was an
experience for which the acquisition of
Porto Rico and the Philippines offered op
portunities which were provided for in
the treaty itself. A tariff for Porto Rico,
that subject of Congress, which protec.a
certain interests of the United States and
denies to all other people in the states the
benefit of competition, creates a virtual
trust on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco,
and helps the actual trust in sugar, for
the benefit of manufacturers at the cost of
consumers in the stales and producers in
Porto Rico. While 300,000 tons of sugar
in Hawaii, the property of the trust king
of the United States, enters free of all
duty, the 60,000 tons of sugar, produced
by the Impoverished planters of Porio
Rico, are taxed under the power by which
the treaty of Paris was manipulated so
os to give to Congress the power which
has been thus abused.
“The omnipotente of Congress over the
civil rights and political status of 10.000.00>
of people is grafted on the treaty and r ho
treaty is now alleged o supersede .even the
constitution and to have become th** su
preme law of the land. Against a claim
so monstrous and shocking to every sens *
of constitutional law the people of the
states In ?he Union will enter their solemn
and efficient protest. They will never as
sent to the new Republican dogma that the
executive through his diplomatic agent a
can negotiate a treaty which shall bo
paramount to the constitution; and that
the state department through and by
means of the hocus pocus of diplomacy
can convert this republic of republics into
an imperialism more despotic (han th
absoluteism of Parliament.”
Ho maintained that the Democratic par
ty was the original party of “expansion
along lines which added strength to na
tional resources.”
Trusts Tank Alarm.
Adverting to the proposed tariff on Porto
Rican products. Mr. Bate declared that
the original bill provided for free trade,
but the “trusts took alarm and the long
and slimy tentacles of thp- octupus scon
reached into the committee room and all
was lost.
“The debate on this bill hove unveEed
ihe fact that the treaty of Paris has given
Spain the same trade privileges that the
United States may use—free trade If there
is free trade—but not the island and the
states; while the ‘favored claus-’ in our
treaties with foreign nations, stands ready
to open wide the Philippine door into the
United States. Into that dilemma this
bungling treaty—l mean no <ilsr.sp‘ t to
its framers—has placed the Repub I an
party. It was the discovery which hasten
ed the sugar and tobacco interests as ad
vanced couriers to the committee room
with the ultimatum of no more money for
political campaigns unless* a barbed wire
fence of duties was placed around the*
lndustfteA which heretofore have put so
much money where it would do the most
good.”
Mr. Cullom pointed out that the
amount cell cted on imports from Porto
Rico would go back to help build up that
inland. and said the bill dealt most liber.
i ally with Porto Rtcans He said that
• there has swept over the country a wave
I cf wild misrepresentation and misihfor
i motion backed up by the direct personal
insist nee of representatives of monopolis
tic interest.
Senator Depcw’s Speech.
Mr. Depew then spoke. He*said in part:
“The President’s recommendation of free
trade was made in order that Porto Ri
cans might have the use of thee duties
in Porto Rico*by not having to nay them
—that is. by keeping the money for public
jii p scs n th island. The proposition of
the House of Representatives and of this
committee is that those duties shall be
collected and returned to the people of
Porto Rico, because it is the only way
by which the people of the island will get
a dollar cf benefit from them. Now, from
whom will they be collected? In the last
twenty-five years sugar has fluctuated as
much as any other product in the mar
ket; c ffee las 1 e nub c t to the open
ing of new sourc* s of supply, to failures
i of crops, and to all those elements which
i add or take away fr< m twenty-five to fifty
! per cent, of ’he market mice. But while
| coffee and sugar importers have grown
j rich and by their skill, their capital, and
| their far-sightedness been able always to
! calculate future prospects and to make
money, no matter what tpe conditions,
| the laborer upon the plantations who pro
j duced hese crops has never known any
i diff rence In his wage. Unhappily for him.
j the labor mark t was always overstocked;
unhapi ily for him, there was no industry
j but the land to whieh he or his family
could apply for help. He was “the man
j with the hoe.” meeting all the conditions
of Dr. Markham’s remarkable poem. He
was too ignorant to know when good
times were making f< rtun s for those who
handle >he product which he raised by his
labor; he was too poverty stricken to sub
sist in an organized effort to. increase the
| remuneration for his toil. It will he many
a year before these uonditions change for
: the masses of the Porto Rican people. They
; can never change whtfn an overcrowded
population has but one means of liveli-
I hood and there are no varied industries
I for its. relief.
“Then who pays this tariff, and who
gets the benefit of it? For the first time
in the history of Porto Rico it is paid by
those who make money out of her, by
those who are enriched by hrr toil; by
those who are far removed from the Ig
norance and the suffering and the squalor
| her population. The tariff money taken
from them goes really to the people of
Porto Rico who never before received any
1 bent fit.
“In a word, what is all this contention
about? What is the apple of discord
which is lashing some friends to fury?
The President r>roposed free trade, ait.fi
this bill gives free trade in nil the twees*-
series of life, in all implements and man
ufactures required fo*r the resuscitation,
development, and working of industries,
and a tariff amounting, on the overage,
to 6 per cent, upon their market value
on products.
“This tariff comes off by operation of
low in two years, and os much sooner as
the people of the island, through their
own Legislature, decide to abolish it, be
cause they can raise the revenues neces
sary for the suoix>rt of their government,
their roods, and their schools and for
their general welfare by direct taxation.
“The opposition to this bill is the result
of tho usual tactical Operations for ad
vantageous positions in a presidential
year. Tho Calhoun, theory of the Consti
rution and the century-old fight of. free
tfade to destroy protection have made a
united and desperate charge upon the pol
icy and provisions of this measure. The
! Democratic position in regard to our is
land territories is clearly defined. They
will claim that the moment any territory
becomes the property of the United Stares
by conquest, purchase, cession, or dis
covery it is under our Constitution and
laws; that its people and products have
I he same rights and are entitled to the
same freedom of movement all over the
United States ns the people and products
' have the same rights and are entitled to
the same freedom, of movement all over
:he United States as the people and prod
ucts of any state in the Union; that state
hood must speedily come and ran not be
denied; that this would break down every
protective barrier against pauper labor
and admit free into <?ur ports the things
produced by people working in our tropi
cal possessions for o few cents a day.
and wou’d degrade our citizenship, and.
therefore, if they get in power they will
at once abandon these islands.
“The Republican party stands upon the
.action of Jefferson. Monroe. Jackson. Pclk
Pierce and Seward, that Cnrlg e. has the
power to govern these acquisition* subject
i only to the prohibitions of the constitu
tion.
General Jackson's Ease.
“I recall for the consideration and *d
monirion of my Democratic fri. nds tha'
story of Gen. Jackson’s governorship of
Florida, to which he was appointed hy
President Monroe, under* ihe act of Con
gress of March 3. 1821. providing “that . II
military, civil and judicial powers shall b<*
vested in s-uch person and persons and
shall be exercised in such manner as
President of the United States shall di
: root.” He claimed and evercisel the exec
| utive, legislative and judicial functions of
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government under this commission, and
was sustained in them all. As legislature
he enacted laws which brought him. as
Governor, in conflict with the ex-Governor
under Spain. As Governor he prom; Iv
arrested and imprisoned that ex-otfleiai,
and os judge proceeded to punish for con
tempt the federal district Judge, who had
issued a writ of hebeas corpus for the
Spaniard’s release. It was after all this
that he became and has since continued to
be claimed as leader, counselor and inspir
ation for the Democratic party.
“Under this power we can and will pro
vide both for the development of our new
possessions and the protection of indus
tries and employment within the United
States. As time and experience demon
strate the necessity for new laws an 1
changes of existing laws, they will be
enacted, but always with intent to main
tain the high standard of American citi
zenship and the scale of American wages.
Preferential tariffs will promote trade be
tween the United States and all these isl
ands.
“Porto Rico, Hawaii, 'Guam, Tutuila
and the Philippines are to be held and
governed by the United States with an im
perative duty on our part to their Inhabi
tants for their civilization, the encourage
ment of enterprises whieh will titilizc their
resources, and for their constantly in
creasing participation in their local and
general governments, and also for their
and cur commercial progress and growth
I dq not believe that we will incorporate
the alien races, and civilized, semi-civi-
Ifzed, barbarous and savage peoples ot
these islands into our body politic as
states of our Union
“Order, law. justice and liberty will
stimulate and develop our new possessions.
Their inhabitants will grow with respon
sibilities of governing themselves, con
stantly increasing with their intelligence
into conditions of prosperity and haVpiuess
beyond their wildest dreams of the results
of that self-government they now so
vaguely understand, while the United
States, in th** Increasing demand for the
surplus of our farms and factories In
Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines,
and in the tremendous advantages of posi
tion from Manila for reaching the limit
less markets of the Orient, can view with
out apprehension and with hopeful pride
the Inevitable expansion of our popula
tion and productions.”
Constitution Docs Not Follow.
After the applause subsided Mr. Spooner
spoke. He emphasized the difficultly in
solving the Porto Rican problem.
“Does the constitution follow the flag?”
he inquired.
“No. it does not. Our army entered Cuba
during the war with Spain. Our lines were
established before Santiago and subse
quently our flag floated over Santiago.
Our flag Is there now. But is our consti
tution there? Certainly not. Can we leg
islate for Cuba? No. wo cannot. Yet our
flag in there. Our soldiers are there, but
the eonstitiition is not. The only law
which follows the flag Is the law of war.
The flag follows ihe constitution, not the
constitution the flag.”
In response to a question asked by Mr.
Tillman, Mr. Snooper said:
“The proposition that the constitution
extends of its own force over acquired
territory was invented in the interest of
Slavery; the new dogma was advocated
in ihe interest of slavery by Mr. Calhoun.”
Mr. Tillman in the course of a colloquy
with Mr. Spooner inquired how it was
that the United States was in Porto RDo.
“By the power of the President as com
mander-in-chief of the army,” replied Mr.
Spooner.
Replying to Mr. Tillman, Mr. Spooner
declared the pending measure treated the
Porto Ricans more generously than peo
ple of other territories, because they were
in dire distress.
Mr. Snootier maintained that territory
acquired hy the United States over which
the constitution had be* extended could
not be disposed of by the Congress, and
demanded to know how we .could to es
tablish a stable government under Ihe
constitution in the Philippines, for in
stance, and then later cede the islands,
either to another nation- or to the Fili
pinos themselves. If the constitution ex
tended over the acquired territory auto
matioally. that territory could never be
ceded away.
Colloquy With llncon.
Mr. Bacon suggested Mr. Oxnard had
appeared before the committee, which had
done what ho demanded.
“The idea that the Congress of the
United Slates can be influenced to do in
justice to the people of Porto Rico,” de
clared Mr. Spooner vehemently, "by Mr.
Oxnard or by any protected interest, is
a libel on our institutions that ought not
to lx* uttered here, and ought not to find
lodgment anywhere. I want to state
that a large and Industrious lobby—and
I say what I know—is hero endeavoring to
induce Congress to pass a free trade bill.”
“I don’t think,” interjected Mr. Bacon
tartly, “that anyone of that lobby h m
deemed it to his Interest to speak to any
senator on* this side of the chamber.”
Mr. Perkins, for, and Mr. Simon, against,
also spoke. The latter said the pending
measure might, if any bill could, transfer
Oregon from the Republican to the doubt
ful list. The imposition of ihe tariff, he
said, in the face of the agreement with
those people was a serious party blunder.
At 6:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
BERGS \M> MVEKS LEADING.
Florida's liner fur Governor Ik (tulle
• Complicated.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 2.—With the
nominating convention only a little more
than two months off, the activity among
the candidates seeking (he Democratic
nominations for the four offices over which
there are contests: Governor, Attorney
General, Superintendent of Public In
struction and Commissioner of Agriculture
—has been redoubled.
The great fight is over the governorship,
and in this contest there have recently
been some new and interesting develop
ments. Old politicians say that never Be
fore that they can remember has a con
test for an important office in Florida—
barring struggles for the United States
senatorshtp—remained so complicated and
its termination so difficult to predict, as
is the case with Ihis contest. It Is oe.
lieved. Indeed, that a majority of the
counties In the state are even yet decided
ly debatable ground There Is much rea
son to believe that the gubernatorial con
test will remoin a good deal of a scrub
race until the congressional conventions
in the two Florida districts are held in
the latter part of May.
Present indications are that a veritable
flood of candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination will Is; sprung upon the con
vention. There has never been any doubt
that the four leading candidates—Senator
Fred T. Myers, State’s Attorney James P
Beggs and former Speakers William S.
Jennings and Dannette H. Maya, will go
into the convention, each with a consid
erable prospect of winning Now It Is
equall" certain that former Surveyor Gen
eral dCllllam H. Milton, Jr,, who has been
mentioned for six or eight months as a
possible candidate, has gone hard lo wo k
and must hereafter lie regarded as a real
factor In the race.
Ex-Senator ( nil no n Factor.
Former United B'ates Senator Wilkin
son Call also wants to be Governor, and
he Is host flng with characteristic energy
to rally some of his old supporter* once
more to his banner While Mr. ( all will
undoubtedly gi t few votes, he is him
self the only Floridian of any prominence
whatever who takes his candidacy erlous
iy-
It has been publicly stated, and no l de
nied, that, falling to get the covete I nom
ination from the regular Democratic con
vention, Mr, Call will run as an In-
Reqlstered by OT
U. S. Potent Office O -
. npLiIITHIA
MSTwiTER,
“ A Veri,ab,e AB,idote
W! FOB ÜBSSiBUHU and BRIGHT’S
DISEASE, ASiITE and
GISOHC."
Dr. IV: li' .i rv: Drummond, t’rcfcssor of Medical Jurisprudence, Bishop'*
Vui’js:city, Montreal, Canada:
“ In ilio Acute and Chronic Nephritis [BRIGHT’S OISE ASE], of Gouty and
RL riiUJatlc origin, as wellas in the graver
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to act ns a VERITABLE ANTIDOTE, and ! know of NO OTHER NATURAL
AGc;..' POSSESSING THIS IMPORTANT QUALITY.”
<r
D-’. Alfred L. Loomis , Professor of Pathology and Practical Medicine in the
Medical Department of the University of New York , wrote :
Buffalo Lithia Water IVtSTST!
Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys, occurring in Gouty and Rheumatic sub
jects with marked benefit.”
Dr. Grane M. Hammond, of Nen> Yor/e, rrq/cssor of /meases of th*
Mind and Nervous System in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School
and Hospital: ...
eueof tteKWney “SJe'fSS BUFFALO LBTHIA WATER great
est service in increasing the quantity of urine and eliminating the
Albamen.”
George Haisted Boyland, A. TVL, IVi. U., of Parts, Doctor op nTedtcine, of
the Faculty of Fans, iu the New York Medical Journal, August 32, 1896,
says:
“ There fs no remedy so nearly specific In all forms of Albuminuria and
Bright’s Disease, wheth- tj..—— •> Spring No. 2,
IT acute or chronic, as BUFFALO LITHIA WATER accompanied by
2 milk diet."
Buffalo Lithia Warn? ! for ale by Grocers and Druggists generally
Testimonials which defy all imputation or questions sent to any address.
PROPRIETOR, BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.
t Springs are open for grests from June 15th to Oct. Ist.
They are reached from all directions over the Danville Division of the Southern Railway.
dependent candidate for Governor. No tack
that he could take would p ea: e the or
ganization Democrats better than this l it
ter, for they claim the popular vole would
be so near unanimous against him that
even he would forever thereafter eschew
politics.
Milton Attracting Attention.
To return to live Florida politics. By
reason of the facts that he is the only one
of the candidates from West Florida—
which Is meant that part of the state*
west of Ihe Apalachicola river—ldentical
with all of Florida immediately south of
Alabama—and that West Florida Is be
lieved to hold the key to the present gu
bernatorial situation, the candidacy of
MaJ. W. H. Milton, Jr., is attracting more
attention Just at present, than his red
strength in this contest would probably
otherwise warrant.
It is claimed for MaJ. Milton that he will
be supported by six of the seven roundel
west of the Apalachicola; that lie has a
lighting chance to get some votes In the
seventh, Escambia county, In which Pen
sacola Is located; and that he will carry
the counties of Alachua. Levy, Franklin
and Calhoun,, in. Central Florida. Tills
would give hint, as a starter, about 50 of
the 252 voles to lie cast in Ihe convention.
It is claimed by his friends that in the
early ballots he will hold this nucleus he
gather quietly and remain In a receptive,
non-amtagonlstlc attitude, while his rivals
kill each other off.
MaJ. Milton Is regarde 1 as the
chief lieutenant In Florida of
United States, Senator Stephen K. M illory,
and he expects to get whatever votes the
Senator can control—which are not num
erous. in doing so much shrewd work to
bring about Mr. Mallory's election as a
result of the memorable Call-Chtpley sen
atorial contest of 1897, Mr. Milton won
the good will of many of the formerly
large faction which supported ex-Senator
Coll. With them that fight develop'd
into “anything to beat Chlpley,” and
they still feel kindly towards MaJ. Milton
for engineering the movement which thin
elected Mr. Mallory. Besides, the old Call
faction is opposed to all of the other Im
portant candidates except Mr. Milton, and
he Is said to be counting on finding con
siderable strength in this quarter.
In a word. Maj. Milton’s candidacy
stems to be supported by conditions which
make him a dangerous factor in the race,
ralher than a particularly strong candi
date. At this lime, he Is to be courted,
rather than feared, by tho other candi
dates.
The Strongest Candidates.
So much prominence attaches to Maj.
Milton’s candidacy because the fact thar
he will really run for the gubernatorial
nomination, has only recently become gen
erally understood and confirmed. Nope
of his opponents concede that he possesses
any substantial show to win, and most
of them refuse to admit that he will on
any latllot, receive as many as fifty votes.
There Is scarcely a doubt that the strong
est candidates for the gubernatorial nom
ination at present are Senator Fr and
Myers and Judge James D. Beggs. Judge
Jennings and Mr. Mays are, working like
beavers, and Indications os to how these
four last named gentlemen will stand
relatively to ea -h other when the ballot
ing be.glns, are almost as vague to-day as
they were four months ago.
Owing largely to the fact that a large
number of the counties are still extremely
doubtful and remarkablo unsettl and for
this stage of the con test, a promln’ent pol
itician to-day summed up the situation as
between Messrs. Myers, Beggs, Jennings
and Mays, as follows: “Each of them Is
gaining votes, and there are lots of votes
nobody hAs got yet. Fred Myers is the
most popular man of the btfnch. but Judge
Beggs has a backing which holds almost a
commanding position, while Jennings and
Mays are going ahead scooping up votes
which will be nee led bv the train who Is to
get the nomination. Myers will go In o
the convention as second choice of enough
delegate- to nominate him. The question
Is, can he get these delegates to drop
their favorites arid vote for him before
trading gets too lively, and his chance
slips by?"
It Is a significant fact that most of the
counties which are; still not lined up for
either of the candidates for the governor
ship are counties whl"h In former years
always tied |e> one e>r the other of the two
recently re t Ire-1 United States sent tiers—
fall or Pasco. They are known as "Call
count ice" and "Pnseo counties, ” nnel they
arc d< tine I lo pay a very Important
part In Florida politics this year.
The either t’nntests.
The gubernatorial conleift has by no
means a monopoly of the Interest, which
Florida Democrats are tak'ng In politics
this spring. The nomination for Attorney
General Is being sought by both the pres
ent Incumbent. Judge William B. faimar
and Hon. James T. Wills of Bradford
county, who was chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee In the last Leglslu
ture. These candidates have been before
the public about six months, and It Is now
almost entirely safe to say that Judge
bamar will succeed himself for another
term. Ills record In the, office Is unassail
able. and the people seem to admire his
legal ability, strict integrity, perfect
frankness In all things, and, above all,
the remarkable success which has attend
ed his efforts to protect the state's inter
ests In all litigation which has come un
der his management. The merit and tlt
ness of Mr. Wills are abundantly recog
nized all over the state, hut Judging from
the fact that Judge I.amar is dally gain
ing In the race, the people seem indispos
ed to sanction a change In this office yet.
No one seems willing to venture predic
tions as to whether Superintendent Sheats
and Commissioner Wombwell will defeat
all oppnsitli n to themselves. The former
Is opposed by Prof, Tom F. Mcßeath, of
Jacksonville, and the latter by State Sen
ator B. E. Mel.in, of bake county, and
Representative S. T. Overstreet of Suwa
nee county. The most reliable opinion that
drifts up to the Capitol seems to he that
none of itje new men are strong enough
politically or sufficiently known to land
them In the cabinet.and that unless some
thing unforeseen happens, both Commis
sioner Wombwell and Superintendent
Sheats will servo the people four years
longer.
KllllvMW OITOFTHI: til MY.
Oils’ Approval of the Sentence Was
Sufficient.
Washington, April Hoot
stated to-day that Maj. George O. Klrk
man. Forty-ninth. Volunteer Infantry, A
no longer In the service of the United
States.
Under the articles of war the approval
by Gen. Olis of the action of the court
martial which recommended Kirkman for
dismissal on the charge of drunkenness,
was sufficient to execute sentence. In
other words the approval of the Pre-klant
Is unnecessary.
Kirkman was accused of being dru'iVk on
the transport Liverpool,on the voyage from
Han Francisco to Manila. Pri
vate advices also charged him
with affronting Archbishop Chape
pelle, who was one of the passengers. The
construction given by the war department
to Gen.'Otis’ action in this case commits
the department, It is believed, to a for
mal rec'gnltlon of the existence of a war
hi the Philippines. Article 106 of the ar
ticb s of war expressly provides that the
sentence of dismissal. In the case of an
officer, shall not he carried out ,"ln t(/na
of |s' are" except on the approval of tho
President of the United States."
OOim:i.l, HA libV BEATEN.
I ntverstty of North Carolina .Shut
Out the Visitors.
Chapel Hill, N. C„ April 2. -The Uni
versity of North Carolina to-day defeated
Cornell In a magnificent game of ball. It
waa a pitcher’s battle, and Lawson had
the big end. Score;
R.H.E.
North Carolina ........6 10 2
Cornell o 6 3
Uu It cries—Dawson and Graves; Sanders
and Whlnery.
yacht u \s ui u\vr7\i;A.
Constellation Front llrunsxx lek Was
Held I p ut Kingston.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aril’ll 2.—The Ameri
can schooner yecht Constellation, owned
by Francis Skinner of Boston, with a
party on board, arrived here from Bruns
wick, Ga., to-day, and was quarantined.
Court nt Charlottesville.
Washington, Aprtl 2.—ln the Senate to
day a bill authorizing the holding of a
regular term of the United States Dln
trlct Court of the Western district of Vir
ginia ut Charlottesville waa passed.
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