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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850. - Incorporated ISSS
j. H. ESTILL, President.
WARM FIGHT AT LEEUW KOP.
BRITISH DROVE) OFF HOURS AFTER
A HARD STRUGGLE.
Gen. Roberts 'Wires of the Fiisht anti
HeMultiuK Casualties—Force lfatl
Been Sent Under I’ole-Cnrew nntl
French to Assist Handle in Re
lie* in*? Wepener—Canadians Un
der Fire—Many liners at Wepener
lint Their Position Is l)unjxerou*.
London, April 23.—The war office late
thi:- evening issued the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfon
tein. April 23, 2:3£ p. m.:
“Yesterday I dispatched the Eleventh
Division, under Gen. Pole-Carew and two
brigades of cavalry under Gen. French
from this point to assist Gen. Bundle. The
force reached Karriefonteln without much
opposition.
“Casualties reported: Welsh regiment,
private killed, Capt. Prothero mortally
wounded and seven men. Yorkshires,
eight wounded. Eighth Hussars, one
killed, one wounded. Fourteenth Hussars,
one wounded. Royal Artillery, two wound
ed. Seventh Dragoons, Lieut. Jenkins and
ten men missing.
“Capt. Rotton, Royal Artillery, broke
an arm by a fall.
“Gen. Pole-Carew’s mounted infantry
seized Leeuw kop, a high hill a few miles
north of their last night’s position. The
enemy evacuated hurriedly, leaving some
r.fles and ammunition.”
“Gen. Rundle * reports that twenty-tflve
men of the First Worcesters are missing:.
Fifty-three were sent with wood to an
outpost after dark, and only eighteen re
turned. Their numbers and names will
be repo ited'toklay, as we!, as four wownd|
ed yesterday.”
The war office has given no explanation
of the apparent discrepancy in the figures
•5 to the men of the Worcester Regiment.
Chav Ilocrw Were Driven Oft'.
London, April 24.—The Bloemfontein cor
respondent of the Standard, describing
the operations at Leeuw kop, says:
“At an early stage the cavalry came
under a heavy fire from a pompom on n
ridge adjoining Leeuw kop. Unable to
continue its march to southeast, Gen.
Dickson’s brigade fell back to the north
to await the infantry attack.
“The flanking movement having failed,
Gen. Pole-Carew with Gen. Stephenson’s
brigade, advanced in crescent form from
the west and south 'with v the object of
enveloping the kopjes. The Welsh, War
wickshire, Essex and Yorkshire regiments
advanced in extended line, covering the
west, while the Guards’ brigade took up
a position to the south, with two field
batteries and naval guns. Sheltered by
the rocks, the enemy opened a heavy flro
from rifles and a pompom.
“Our men advanced over the open
ground in splendid style by a succession of
short rushes, falling prone while pouring
in their volleys. The approach of dark
ness threatened to leave the Boers in pos
session, hut just before sunset the Essex
Kegiment gallantly pressed forward and
drove the last man of Ihe enemy from
Paarde kraal, a bold spur of Leeuw kop.”
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says:
The resistance of the Boers at Leeuw
kop was contemptible, considering the
.strength of their position. They escaped
In an easterly direction, the guards failing
to get quite round them.”
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Tim* s says-:
• British cavalry was checked. Col.
Alderson worked partially around the
! ‘ k of Leeuw kop. but he was not sup-
Porte-1. The move checked the enemy, but
t, l r of nightfall precluded the possibility
o! a mate-.”
Muny Doers at Wepener*
The strong body of reinforcements
h Lord Roberts sent to assist the
t lb f of V.'* pener and to endeavor to en
ul' i> and cut oft the Boers from a re
trial northward, furnishes further evi
dence that the Boers are assembled in
larger forces around Wepener than
bad hi been supposed.
bs the Times in cn editorial this morn
:n" remarks, whatever may be the (liffi
°' l ■ of roads and rains the Boers al
*'-vs • ear to have gurs, ands rnet mes
''4> nes, wh re they want them.
A i*■ er dispatch, dated Thaba Nchu.
A r ! :0. : ayr that a f esh Bupp’y of can
tj n anti ammunition l as r ached Gen.
ct at Jammersburg drift. It also as
r,,r: ore of Col. Dalghcty’s guns
n s lieen smashed.
Karriefonteln, mentioned In Lord Rob
*rts message to the war office, is fifteen
es southeast bf Bloemfontein. Leeuw 7
* Ui ' i' two miles further south.
Apparently the British captured Paarde
! ' r tal Saturday night. The Boers evac
l,",f beeuw kop dining the night, re-
the gun, and the British occu
lt'd the kop the next morning.
Their Pnnitinn Diungeroim.
Although the Boers appear to be offer-
stout resistance to the British ad
>.v .. their position is dangerous. They
Ci! l . s • arecly delay further their retreat
J *hvsrd without incurring 'the risk of
n - f ut off. Usually they have been
" ' informed regarding the British plans
an I they are not likely to run such a
1 • pecially ns they have partially ac
\i■ l:she*l 4 heir object In drawing large
from Bloemfontein on long
■’ h"s and have thereby delayed the nd
Pretoria.
t *1 yarning Post, commenting upon
UMirulty Lord Roberta is experiene
-1 ; cris the wisdom of arranging for
>dy flow 7 of reinforcements.
1 11 port that a Boer commando was
. 1 inkfort proved <o be without foun
,l! '“u. but evidently there is a large
oTrp "l-Posing Lord Methuen.
(l * I I IVG CLOSE TO \\ i:i‘E\Cll.
r-i'.'i !.:■ ii | H„,l „ Hu lining Fight u(
Hnslimii n'. lio|t.
'"' ru, April 23.—F*isrh 1 1 inf began early
1,1 ' rooming at Bushman's kop. Tho
1111:11 division undrr Gen. Ilrabant nd
i cautiously, followed and support
'■en. Hart'x Infantry brigade. It
1 1 '"and that tho Boers had pvncttalcd
1 I option on Bushman’s hop during
ll 1" night.
t funning light has been proceeding
ut the day, ihe British gradually
J "'’‘ns and the Boers losing ground.
hm'.iant Is moving to a northeast
•hi. , tlun keeping Basutoland doge
■ ‘*** right flank. Thousund* of Basutgs
r * the operations.
Pie ilflfniufl fffeta#
Our casualties so far are twenty-five
wounded.
The British are bivouacking to-night
eight miles from Wepener.
A stubborn fight is believed to have oc
curred in the direction of DeWetsdorp,
where the Boers are irt strong force with
a lot of guns, and where also there is a
relief column, apparently, Gen. Bundle's.
ItI\DLE MOVING TO WEPENER.
lloer* Attacked 3,000 British Near
Thalia Nchn.
London, April 23.—Gen. Rundle is ap
parently advancing slowly toward Wepe
ner, every step being closely contested by
the Boers.
From the Republican side there is a
good deal of interesting news to-day. A
Thabu Nchu dispatch, dated Friday, April
20, reports the arrival there of Command
ants DeWet and Villlers, and an attack
upon 3,000 British under Gen. Gatacre.
The latter of course, is a misstatement,
os it is probable Gen. Rundle is meant.
The British, it is added, oocupied some
kopjes, but their left wing was driven
back. The Boer loss was one killed and
five wounded.
From Brandfort comes the news that on
Saturday, April 21, a British patrol of ten
men ventured near that place and suffered
the loss of one man killed and two men
captured, including a Free Stater, who.
was leading the party.
A Pretoria dispatch, dated April 21,. says
the latest official news was that fighting
was proceeding within half an hour's
ride of DeWetsdorp, with no results.
The Transvaal government, it is added,
has asked Lord Roberts to be allowed to
send a clergyman to St. Helena, and also
a neutral consul to watch the interests of
the prisoners, in the same manner as
Adelbert Hay guards the interests of the
British at Pretoria.
A proclamation has been issued prohib
iting the working of the mines on Sun
days and inflicting punishment on mana
gers paying over £1 a month to natives.
From Ladysmith to-day comes a dis
patch saying all is quiet and that the
Boer guns are silent.
There is nothing further from Bloam
fomein to indicate the progress of the
preparations for the main advance.
At Cape Town a government contractor
named Bam has been arrested for harbor
ing three escaped Boer prisoners dressed
as clergymen. The prisoners were sent
back to Stmontown, whence they hud es
cr-Ded.
CANADIANS IN THE FIGHT.
They Sustained a Heavy Fire Near
the Waterworks.
Bloemfontein, April 23.—C01. Alderson’s
corps of mounted infantry, consisting of
the First Battalions of the First and Sec
ond Canadian Regiments, and Stnath
eona's Horse, was engaged in the opera
tions of Gen. Pole-Carew and Gen.
French. Alderson has undertaken to drive
the Boers from their line of defense south
of the waterworks. The Canadians sustain
ed a heavy fire. The Boers shelled Alder
eon, who made a marching movement
around Leeuw kop, on the extreme left of
the Boer position. When the British bat
tery opened fire the Boers removed the
gun. leeuw kop was found evacuated
this morning. .
Gen. Dickson's cavalry brigade, which
made a wide detour to the left, found Its
further progress barred by a strong Boer
position.
FIGHT AT WAKKERSTROOM.
Artillery Opened Fire and Drove the
Boers Off.
Wakkerstroom, Saturday, April 22.—Af
ter yesterday's shelling it was expected
that the Boers would open again, but Col.
Brabazrn, with the yeomanry, made a
thorough scout to the left.
The Boers endeavored to turn The Brit
ish right, but the movement was detected
by the yeomanry and mounted infantry,
and the guns opened fire and drove them
off. greatly extending the position. None
of the Boer guns were in action. There
were no British casualties.
Many of the Boers ,aro moving south
ward.
NOTORIOUS ROE It MESSENGERS.
Brought n better to British General
nt Elondslangte.
Elandslaagte, April 23.—80er messen
gers who arrived in camp this -morning
were identified as Reus, a solicitor from
Bofkburg, and Edwards, notorious for his
anti-English speech after the Jameson
raid. They brought a letter from the
licer general to- the commanding officer
here. They were much surprised at the
ordinary appearance of the camp. Reus
declared that they were only getting used
to the war n w and that the soldiers were
only beginning to fight. The messengers
w.re finally escorted to 'the outpost.
BOERS, DEBATED ON VIH it E.
Now Then Speakers Were Inter
rupted by Shells.
Boer Camp, Thaba Nchu, O. F. S., April
—Fighting continues day and night at
Jammersburg drift.
The Figllsh trenches have been so full
of rntn that the men have been obliged
every now and then to clamber to the
bnnks, only to be shot down.
The Boers were so drenched on Satur
day that they were unable to sleep, so
they started a debate on the subject of
the good to be derived from virtue and
courage. The discussion lasted most of
the night, shells at intervals interrupting
the speakers.
Robertson's lower mill Is reported to
have been captured, April’2l'. and it is
said that the Cape mounted rifles havo
lost during the Viege 120 out of 500 men.
The British prisoners defy the burghers
to capture Col. Dolghety's comp, even It
the British are not reinforced.
A surprising number of relatives are
fighting on opposite sides at Wepener.
TRIAD OF REBELS BEGIN.
Three of Them Sentenced lo Serve
Five Year*.
Capo Town, April 23.—The trial of sixty
nine rebels was begun here to-day in
spite of an application for a postpone
ment of the proceedings on tho grounds
th.t a fair trial wns impossible at tills
place.
Three of the prisoner* were sentenc'd
Continued on Sistb Rage ,
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 24. 1900.
PORTO RICO WAS DISCUSSED.
tugasurfr and auditor have
BEEN SELECTED.
Hollander of Maryland \oniina ted
for Treasurer and GarriMon of tle
District for Auditor* Additional
Uay A1 lowed Army Officers in Cuba
Was Explained to the Cabinet’s
Satisfaction—Grinn* Said No Law
find Ileeu Violated.
Washington, April 23.—Tho Porto Rican
civil government occupied most of to-day*s
session of the cabinet. The President,
aided by the cabinet, is trying to secure
men* of prominence for the positions on
the island.
If the pending bill authorizing army
officers to continue their positions there
is passed, the President will be in no hasto
about the appointments, but if this bill
threatens to hang fire, he will have to
make the appointments by May 1.
At least two of the appointments are to
be made now. These are treasurer and
auditor for the island. Secretaries Gage
anti Root, It is added, have decided on
men for these positions. A native Porto
Rican is to be nominated as treasurer,
while en American, a treasury attache,
who has been serving in the island, is to
be made auditor.
The President has had a 'careful can
vass made of the Americans living in the
island, with a'view of considering the
wisdom of appointing a number of them
to places. It is likely that a good many
of these will be honored when the appoint
ments are uli made.
Attorney General Griggs is endeavoring
to find for the President some prominent
lawyers in this country, who will accept
judicial places under the new bill. The
salaries are so small that few lawyers
of note can be found to consider the posi
tions.
Those Extra Allowances.
Tho additional pay allowed a few army
officers in Cuba was also discussed, and
Attorney General Griggs reported that no
law had been thus violated and the ac
tion taken was warranted.
Secretary Root then told the cabinet
the facts in the case. He said that soon
after Gen. Brooke was made governor
general of the island he wrote to the war
department asking to be relieved, saying
that he could not maintain a family in
the United States and run an expensive
establishment in Havana on the salary
and allowances he received from the gov
ernment. He declared that he would be
come a bankrupt. He referred to the
great amount of entertaining he was forc
ed to do, and the fact that the people of
the island expected this.
The war department officials, after se
rious consideration of the question, decid
ed to allow Gen. Brooke an additional
amount from the Cuban funds. The same
decision was arrived at in the case of
Gen. Ludlow, Col. Bliss and one or two
other*.
Cabinet members say that the explana
tion of Secretary Root was satisfactory to
the President.
HOLLANDER TO HE TREASURER.
Garrinon Named an Auditor of tfee
Inland of Porto Rico.
Washington, April 23.—The President to
day sent the following nominations to the
Senate:
Frank L. Campbell of the District of
Columbia, to be assistant secretary of
the Interior; J. H. Hollander of Mary
land,to be treasurer of the Island of Porto
Rico; John R. Garrison of the District
of Columbia, to be auditor of ihe Island
of Porro Rico.
Naval—Lieutenant Commander Herbert
Winslow, to be commander; Lieut. Ed
ward E. Wright, to be a lieutenant com
mander.
The Senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the nomination of Frank W.
Hackett of New Hampshire iq be assist
ant secretary of the navy.
WHO THE NEW OFFICIALS ARE.
Welidter Davis' Snvrosnor Is a De
partmental Attorney.
Washington, April 23.—John R. Garrison,
auditor of Porto Rico, although a native
of Virginia, has been a resident of Wash
ington since the Civil War and has been
connected with the treasury for almost
thirty years, most of the lime in the ac
counting offices. For a number of years
he was deputy controller of the treasury.
Mr. Garrison is one of the ablest of the
treasury accounting officers and a year
ago'was sent to Porto Itlco as auditor of
customs. He is now in lhat country*.
Mr. Hollander is an assistant professor
at Johns Hopkins University. When Gen.
Davis requested that an expert in ques
tions of taxation he sent to Porto Rico
to study the situation and make recom
mendations, Mr. Hollander was selected
for this service upon a strong recom
mendation of the college authorities us a
specialist on the subject of taxation. He
is about 32 years of age.
Frank L. Campbell, who succeeds Web
ster Davis as assistant secretary of the
interior. Is fifty-six years old. He was
horn in West Virginia and left Washing
ton and Jefferson College to enter tho
Union Army. At the clo?e of the war ho
opened the first free school in West Vir
ginia. Jn 1870 he came to Washington as
an employe in the census office, and rose
stead! y to an assistant attorneyship in
the office of the assistant attorney gen
eral for the interior dejKirtnient. which
position he has held for nineteen years,
having by promotion become first assist
ant attorney.
Mr. Campbell has always been an earn
est Republican. It is understood that Sec
retary Hitchcock aekfd for Mr. Camp
bell's appointment as a recognition of his
sterling integrity and legal and executive
ability, and as embodying a high concep
tion of civil service principles.
TORPEDO HO AT II LEW UP.
Sold to Have < niiN<*<) the Lomm of
Twenty-three Liven,
Constantinople, April 28.—News has Just
hern received h< re from Jleyrout, flyrla.
to the effect that the Turkish torpedo boat
gehatnyl blew up in that harbor April 21.
resulting in the loss of twenty-three lives.
Duke of Arm II h fiend.
London, April 24.—George Douglas Camp
bull, Luke of Argyll, died this morning.
TAYLOR IS IN WASHINGTON.
Will Remain There Until Kentucky
Case I* Heard.
Washington, April 23.—Gov. W. t 4. Tay
lor of Kentucky, who has been for several
days in New York, returned to the city
this afternoon. His present expectation is
to remain in tho city until after the dis
puted governorship contest is argued in
the Supreme Court next week. Whether
he will stay here until it is decided by the
court he has not yet determined.
The Governor to-night said he had a
very pleasant trip to the metropolis and
admitted that he had conferred with Re
publican loaders about his case. He pre
ferred, however, not to go Into any de
tails regarding the conferences or to lie
interviewed regarding the features of tho
case.
From Intimate friends of the Governor
it ie ascertained that he has not received
any information regarding the indict
ment charging him with being an acces
sory to the murder of Mr. Goebel, which
it was rumored had been brought against
him by the Frankfort grand jury.
They say that even should tho decision
of the Supreme Court be against his right
to the governorship it is his present in
tention to return to Kentucky in sidle of
whatever proceedings may he instituted
againet him there.
K. J. Hampton, who has been with Mr.
Taylor since his visit here and who ac
companied him to New York, returned
to Kentucky 10-night.
Taylor’* Visit to Onrliale.
New York, April 23.—1 t was learned to
night that Gov. Taylor’s visit to John
G. Carlisle on Saturday was purely so
cial The Governor, it was eaid, had
already requested Mr. Carlisle to appear
for him, bu< the latter had already de
clined.
Could Not Find Howard. 9
Middleborough, Ky., • April 23.—County
officials. w r ho went to the home of Berry
Howard, with a ■warrant far his arrest
on the indictment for the assassination of
William Goebel, failed to find him at his
usual place of residence In the mountains.
HORRORS OF INDIAN FAMINE.
Natives Murderously Attacked n
• Party of Soldier*.
Calcutta, April 23.—The latest official re
ports from the famine districts say that
the misery existing there is indescribable
and unparalleled and that the present re
lief is quite inadequate. They add that
the mortality among the cattle is also
so severe that the authorities are trying
to adapt farm implement* so that human
power can replace that of bullocks. Such
a drastic measufe has before been
necessary, even in the greatest *carcity
of animals.
Tt is also announced that tho natives
are developing ugly feelings and are at
tacking Europeans. A great crowd Friday
murderously attacked a party of soldiers
at Shahpur, the military center of the
northwest provinces. The soldiers were
rescued with difficulty and in an uncon
scious condition.
One district lost 1,000,000 cattle out o-f 1,-
300,€00 head and almost numberless hu
man beings were found dead from star
vation. In addition, children were found
wandering In all directions, homeless,
naked and emaciated and caeee were re
ported of children being sold. The official
reports fully confirm the worst stories of
the terrible nature of the distress.
SITUATION NOT rStMtOVED.
Curron Wires Thnt Demands for Re
lief Are Increaalngr*
London, April 23 —The viceroy of India,
Lord Curzon, wires that the recent rain
storms have not improved the situation,
that the demands for relief are Increasing,
now reaching 5,819,000 persons, but that the
arrangements fer relief are equal to the
increasing strain.
RFAir.V RELIEVES YVATSON.
New Officer In Command of Philip
pine Sqnndrou.
Washington, April 23.-Accrdtng to ca
ble advices to the navy department Rear
Admiral George C. Remey assumed formal
command of the Asiatic station at Yoko
hama last Friday. He hoisted his flag on
the Brooklyn and relieved Rear Admiral
J. C. Watson of the comntand of the naval
forces on the Asiatic station.
It is assumed that In accordance with
the orders of the department, Rear Ad
mlrnl Louis ICempff assumed command of
the second division of the Asiatic squadron
at the same time. Ho will usa the cruiasr
Newark as his flagship, and will confine
his operations to Chinese w-aters. Admi
rals Remey and Kempff mado the Journey
across the Pacific In company, and were
received by Admiral Watson on their arri
val at Yokohoma with the usual hewers.
Admiral Watson will start on his home
ward Journey in a few days over the Suez
and Mediterranean route. He has full diw
cretlon to proceed at hU leisure and atop
wherever he pleases en route. It is under
stood that the Baltimore will stop at one
of the northern ports of France In order
that the Admiral and hi* staff may visit
the Paris Exposition, tt Is therefore not
likely that the Admiral will reach New
York in wile of three months.
CABINET WILL. NOT RESIGN.
other Member* Expre** Dlanpprovnl
of Rivera'* Coarse.
Havana, April 23 —The members of the
cabinet called upon Gov. Gen. Wood to
day and informed him that after long con
sideration, they had decided not to re
sign because of the recent declaration of
the Secretary of Agriculture, Gen. Rive
ra, that Cubans of all political classes
should Join In a demand upon tha United
States government to fix a time limit for
the American occupation.
The secretaries assured Gen. Wood that
they regarded the remarks of their col
league as unwise, ond ns Insulting to the
American government, adding final when
a man In the poaltlon of Gen. Rivera,
adopted sueh n attitude 'he was doing
great harm to tha cause of Cuba
Oen Wood has not yt received Gen.
Rivers'* resignation, but, according to
(teix, Riveras assertions this ft*rnoen
th* letter of resignation hss been written,
and win t>c delivered this evening or to
morrow.
QUAY’S CASE IN THE BALANCE.
HIS CHAXOER SEEM TO HE AN UN
KNOWN RIANTITY.
('liniidlrr o|>,u,'H tho Oolmtt* In Snp
port of 111 m Hlg-ht to a Scat to the
Senate—Kenney and Penrwo Alho
Support Hint, While lMntt of Con
neetieot nill Onnrlen Made fttronit
Argument. Aitalimt the Ad aiiftMlou
of the Penn.)l vanla Appointee.
Washington, April 23.—A two days’ de
bate on the right of the Hon. M. S. Quay
to a seat as a senator from Pennsylvania
was begun almost Immediately after tho
Senate convened to-day.
For months the case has been pending In
the Senate and from time to time, sen
ators have discussed It, but until to-day
the debate has been desultory In charac
ter.
To-morrow at 4 o'clock, p. m., under a
special order the case Is to be disposed of.
Under the special order all subsidiary
motions will be in order at and after th:
Umo of expiration of the debate.
A direct vote upon the proposition to
seat Mr. Quay, may not be taken Imme
diately after the close of the debate. Mr.
Chandler has a motion pending which Is,
in effect, a motion to seat Mr. Quay, but
It Is held by the Senate parliamentarians
that every subsidiary motion will take
precedence over Mr. Chandler's motion.
These Include motions Indefinitely to
postpone, to postpone to a definite date,
to recommit to the committee and to
amend. That one or more of these mo
tions will be made Is quite likely. How
the Senate will vote on any of them Is a
matter of speculation.
In support of Mr. Quay’s right to a
seat speeches were delivered to-day by
Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire, Mr.
Kenney, Democrat, of Delaware, and Mr.
Penrose of Pennsylvania. Mr. Platt of
Connecticut and Mr. Quarles of Wisconsin
delivered speeches In opposition to Mr.
Quay.
At the opening Mr. Chandler, chairman
of the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, submitted to the Senate the report
and testimony In the case of Senator Wil
liam A. Clark of Montana.
Mr. Pettus of Alabama announced that
some of the committee, without In any
way cMawentlng to the resolution offered
by the chairman, would speak later re
garding the conduct of the case. The
resolution was placed on the salendar.
Chandler Supports Quay.
The resolution relating to the seating of
the Hon. M. S. Quay as a senator from
Pennsylvania was then called up and Mr.
> Chandler supporting, Mr. Quay’s right,
urge! senators to consider the question
merely as one of constitutional construc
tion.
"Suggestions have been floating about,"
sala he, "as to some bargain between the
friends of Senator Quay and the friends
at another Senator whose right to a sent
algo has been called In question" (refer
ring to Senator Clark of Montana).
He had been, he said, requested to deny
these and he characterized them ns a
mere fragment of a diseased Imagination.
He held that the Governor of Pennsyl
vania was not bound In this case by tho
provision of the constitution of Pennsyl
vania requiring that the Governor should
call the Legislature together to fill va
cancies in the senatorial representation
because this vacancy had not occurred
during a rehess of the Legislature, as In
dicated by tho Pennsylvania constitution,
but during a session of th# Legislature.
Averting to the Mantle case In 1893 and
the Corbett case lh the last Congress, Mr.
Chandler said they wets not fair prece
dents upon which to base action.
"X know senators,” said he, "I am not
going <o mention names, who voted
against Mantle because he was what was
called a sliver senator; and I know that
some senators, perhaps In a spirit of re
taliation, voted against Corbett because
he was what was called a gold senator.”
Should Observe Precedents.
Mr. Platt of Connecticut, In reply, main
tained on purely constitutional grounds,
that Mr. Quay was not entitled to a seat
In the Senate. He said the question that
lie* In the forefront of the discussion was
"whether anything can ever be considered
as settled In the Senate of the United
States. Is the Senate, now In the one
hundred and twe'fth year of Its exptrnce.
to observe the utmost unbroken line of
precedents; or is It to be governed by po
litical and personal friendship*?”
"I am sorry," continued Mr. Platt,
that any senator should make a charge
against sixteen senators that they voted
against a senator because of personal or
political reasons and not on constitutional
ground*. That charge Is one which re
flects greater dishonor upon the Senate
than any that ha* ever been made.”
Mr. Chandler asked If these statements
ought to be made, “In secret, yet not on
this floor.”
Chandler's Charges Serions,
“The Senator from New Hampshire,”
responded Mr. Platt, "In making this
charge, makes one which. If true, dis
graces sixteen senators who voted against
Air. Corbett nnd orings dishonor upon this
genate. I do not believe It. No enemy of
the Senate, no newspaper which likes to
cast aspersions, no outsider who Is con
stantly seeking opportunity to malign pub
lic men, eouid say, It seem* to me, that
the votes bf the sixteen senators were cast
against Mr. Corbett because he was a sup-
Itorler of the gold standard. Such a charge
will only afford opportunity for criticism
of the Senate which will he unjust and
unwarranted.
Mr. Platt maintained there was prac
tically no difference between tha Quay
case and the Corbett esse, and the latter
decision ought to be regarded as sacred.
Ones tho precedents are overturned, Mr.
Platt concluded, seats In this body will
become the sport of political exigency.
The Senate agreed to a conference on
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
and Senators Allison, Bewail and Cock
rell were named as conferees.
Kenney Favor* (tuny.
Mr. Kenney of Delaware then addressed
the ftenate In support of Mr. Quay's right
to a seat. He voted against the sealing
of Mr. Corbett two year* ago. He ad
mitted frankly that certain charges made
against Corbett had Influenced his vote
more than the constitutional arguments
against him. He said Ihe Governor of
Delaware was waiting for the decision In
tha Quay case before acting with respect
to the vacancy that existed In the sena
torial representation from that atate.v
"What will he do?" Inquired Mr. Till
man.
"The Democratic Governor of Dela
ware,” raplled Mr. Kenney, ' If Mr. Quay
(Continued on Fifth Pegu.)
JAPAN WILL TAKE A HAND.
Will Beatrice Emigration io Protect
Its Citizens.
Washington, April 23.—Information has
reached Washington to the effect that the
Japanese government itself, nnd without
waiting tho request from the United
States, is about to take steps to restrict
the emigration of Japanese coolies to tho
United States.
It Is assorted that there are really not
more than 15,000 or 16,000 Japanese within
the limits of the United Skates outsido of
Hawaii. Such emigration as has lately
occurred, Is attributed to the competition
of the two great Japanese emigration' so
cieties, and laborers are said to havo been
deluded w-lth stories of untold opportuni
ties for tvork at great w r ages.
The Japanese government's action la
based 'ii a desire to protect its people.
It Is said, however, that the government
would never contemplate with equanimity
legislation by the United States and live led
exclusively ogatnst .Japanese immigration,
and such discrimination' would probably
have most disastrous effects upon the
large and growing trade between the
United States and Japan.
The position of the Japanese govern
ment upon that point Is that the Japanese
emigrant is not for a moment to be clase
e I with the Chinese coolie, and Is In fact
of better 'character and more desirable
than a large number of the Immigrants
that reach the United States from Eu
rope, while as to numbers, it is asserted
that the entire Japanese immigration Into
the United States appears inconsequen
tial when vcompared with the figures
showing the Immigration of laborers of
like class at the Atlantic seaports.
CARTER’S APPEAL REFUSED.
He Must Now Serve Sentence Im
posed by Court Mnrtlnl.
Washington, April 23.—The Supreme
Court to-day refused to grant a writ of
certiorari In the case of Oberlln M. Car
ter, convicted by courtmartlal for Irregu
larities while In charge of engineer work
In Savannah.
Capt. Carter's appeal was from the de
cision of Ihe Circuit Court for the South
ern district of New York. The court's
opinion was handed down by Clttef Jus
tice Fuller. The Chief Justice held that
under the doctrtn* laid down In the case
of Robinson vs. Caldwell, no appeal could
be entertained by this court, the appel
lant having exercised his remedy of an
appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals.
It was also held that It did not appear
that any constitutional question was in
volved upon which an appeal could have
been originally taken from the Circuit
Court.
The effect of Ihe decision Is to leave In
force the decision of the circuit Court,
refusing to interfere In the sentence of
courtmartlal which sentenced Carter to
five years’ Imprisonment. Carter Is now
at Governor's Tsland, awaiting the result
of this proceeding.
The solicitor general asked that a man
date be Immediately Issued In the case,
but action on 4hls question was postponed
by the court until to-morrow.
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CASTRO IS TYRANNOUS.
Venezuelan President I* Running
Thing* With High Hand.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 23.—News re
ceiver! here from iVenezuela via Trinidad
says President Castro’s administration Is
so despotic that his own troops are ris
ing against him and that military ofllders
are engineering for the re-eltabllshment
of social order nnd security, Insuring full
lolitical nnd other rights. Some of Iha
leading wealthy men are leaving Caracas
for Europe, the Unltod State* nnd the
West Indies because of the present
regime which Is classed as being abosnl
nally tyrannous,
\
TO HEAR ARGUMENT MONDAY.
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Supreme Court Wilt neces* After
Hearing Kentucky Case.
Washington, April 23.—After devoting
next Monday and Tuesday (o hearing argu
ment In the Kentucky governorship case,
the Supreme Court will take a recess un
til May 14. A sitting will be
held on the 14th for the purpose of an
nouncing opinions and hearing motions.
It Is expected that another adjournment
will then be taken until May 21, and that
a sitting will then •!>* held for the purpose
of delivering opinions only, a final ad
journment for the term being taken on
that date.
MAY HE A LYNCHING IN OHIO.
Negro Attempted to Assault Ml**
Dal*)- Frank.
Dayton, 0., April 23—Harry Frank, a
high school boy, and h!s sister Daisy, a
tfacher, son and daughter of Judge Frank,
while walking on the street to-night were
assaulted by a negro who tried to out
rage Miss Frank. Harry defended his als
ler and In the struggle the negro fatally
shot him.
The n'-ffro I bHn* pursued quickly and
if caught can hardly escape lynching.
ONLY AFTFR AGREEMENTS.
Will Turkey Ralno the Tariff Duties
on Import*.
Wnahlntflon, April 23.—Lloyd Grlscom,
the United Btates Charge d’Affairs at
Constantinoplo, has cabled the state de
partment that the Turkish Minister for
Forc iK’n- Affairs has informed the amiasn
dor* that tho Porte will not rnl**o tariffs
without previous agreements with the
Powers.
POhtVlC DIKI ES %\ IIIADF.
for m
-rit' f"
Authorize* Heb lug of American
MlNslonnr, Property.
Constantinople, Apr). ?3—An Imperial
lrado has been promulßa 1 authorizing
the rebuilding of the pro, of the
American mlssionarlwi at K> and
the construction of an annex to t, e Rob
erts College at fonKtantlnopln.
Mi llion Tomn Destroyed.
Tampico, Met, April 23.—'Telegraphic
advice* rncelvwl here to-day state that
I'nriuoo, tho tn*t Important trailing i“l
on the river of that nanv, wa* totally
destroyed by fire to-duy. Two thousand
people are iiotucica*.
DAILY, *8 A YEA*.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.SI A TEA?*
SHOULD BE DENIED HIS SEAT.
REPORT MADE TO THE SENATE IN
l THE CASE OF CLARK.
Declares Thai He Procured III* Elec
tion Ity Corrupt Menus nnd That
llie Sent Should Re Declared 4 il
ea ii t —The State of Montana En
titled to q'lils Action—•Hepuhlleniin
Censured for Voting for Hint,
llumls of the Findings.
Washington, April 23.—Senator Chand
ler, from tho Senate Committee on Privi
leges and Elections, to-day submitted to
the Senate the report of the committee In
the case of Senator Clark of Montana.
The report says;
“The finding of tho committee is that
the election to the Senate of William A.
Clark of Montana Is null ond void on ao
count of briberies, attempted briberies
and corrupt practices by his agents and
of violating of the laws of Montana de
fining and punishing crimes against tha
elective franchise.”
The committee unanimously recom
mends the adoption by the Senate of thel
following resolution:
‘'Resolved, That William A. Clark wag
not duly and legally elected to a seat tin
the Senate of the United States by thd
Legislature of the state of Montana."
The report concludes:
"The Senate should, as a duty to ltseH
and to the country, demonstrate by Its
action In this case that seats In the Unit-*
ed States Senate, procured as Senator
Clark’s has been procured, cannot be rer
talncd by the deliberate judgment of tha
Senate. The Senate also owes a duty to>
the people of Montana, who conscious ofl
the had repute Into which the state had
fallen by reason of vast expenditures ot
money in connection with Its elections,
manifested such a public sentiment than
the Legislature of 1895 passed a statute,
which, If obeyed, would have redeemed
the state from Us had name. Montana has*
a right to expect a prompt and declslva
remedy from the action of the Senate
upon the report of this committee."
llnsls of the Findings.
The findings are based on the follow,
lng admitted as undisputed facts appear,
lug In the testimony:
"First. The expenditures In the contest
of 1885 as testified to by Senator Claris
and Gov. Hauser.
"Second. The law of 1895 relative t<J
crimes against the elective franchise,
limiting the purpose and amount of po
litical expenditures In any election.
"Third. Senator Clark has been con
stantly a candidate for office. The organ
isation of a committee In hts Interest In
the summer, of 1898 to which the report
says ’he gave unlimited authority to spend
money which he agreed to furnish; an es
timate, however, being made that at least
(35,009 would be necessary to secure the
State Convention, and that $75,000 might
be needed to secure the State Legisla
ture.’
"Fourth. In the canvass whioh ensued
the approxlmote expenditure admitted by
the various members of hts committee, and
thelT assistants wore as follows: By
Charles W. Clark, $25,000; by McDermott,
$22,00); by Davidson, agent, $22,300; by!
Wellcome, $25,000; toy Steele, (11,000; by
Corbett, $r,,000; by Whitmore, (1,600; by
Cooper, $2,900, mainly furnished by
Charles W. Clark; oral the amount of
these expenditures Serin tor Clark himself
paid to his son.
"The advances and payments made by
Senator Clark to his committee anti agents
as admitted by him, amounted to about
$139,000..
"Fifth. None of the members of hts
commit ten or their Assistants made tho
sworn returns required by law, nor dkl
Senator Clark, himself, make any re
turn.”
Clfirk’s Itnxlnes* Dealings,
Sections six to fifteen deal with the busts
ness transactions of Mr. Clark and his re
presentatives with members of the Legis
lature, Including the purchase of Repre
sentative McLaughlin's property, the ten
der of SB,OOO to Representative Woods to
ralso the mortgage on hts ranch, and the
subsequent sale of the ranch; the estab
lishment of a bank after the adjournment
of the Legislature largely through the
efforts of Senator Tlerny and Representa
tives Tlversole and Shovlln of Broad
water county: the sale of lots and other
property In Jefferson county to a repre
sentative of Mr. Clark by Senator War
ner; the conduct of Messrs. Garr, Gleger,
Fine, Beasley and Bywater, and tho
present of $3,000 to Representative Day
after the adjournment of the Legislature.
"These facts,” the report continues, "ara
strengthened by additional facts Includ
ing various unsuccesful attempts to secure
votes by otters of money, which, although
denied, are found by the majority of the
committee to be sustained by the pre
ponderence of the testimony.”
The report cites former State Senator
Whiteside’s connection with the candidacy
of Senator Clark and efforts to expose the
Senator's methods and says:
"The three accusers (Whiteside, Myers
and State Senator Clark) undoubtedly oc
cupied the position of detectives, who wil
fully deceived the parties with whom
they were dealing and against whom they
made (tliarges. Those they accused, too,
if guilty, would be quite certain to odd
the offense of false swearing.
"The charge that the accusations and
the exposure resulted from a conspiracy
formed and carried foiward by Mr. Mar
cus Daly was a necessity of Mr. Clark’s
canvass and defense. But Mr. Daly and
Mr. Conrad and others suspected dented
all knowledge of the (30,000 of which $27,-
000 was In one thousand dollar bills, pro
duced by Mr. Whiteside as the money
furnished by Mr. Wellcome In the at
tempted briberies. There were other suc
cesses In procuring, by corrupt practices,
the votes of members of the Legislature,
where the facts naturally cannot directly
be proved.”
Censures the Republican*.
The report censures Republican mem
bers of the Montana Legislature who left
their Republican candidate and voted for
Clark, giving him his election. The report
says:
"It Is difficult to account for their votes,
ns hts canvass already had been tainted.
The reasons lor the Republican vote#
warns to l l"* lence# and covers.”
Commenting upon the legal phase of th#
cose, the committee says:
"According to the low. as understood by
the committee, Senator Clark cannot be
net mltted to retain his seat. He received
flftyjfour votes, and there were twenty
nine against him, leaving him an apparent
mu Jonty of twenty-five. If he obtained
through illegal and corrupt practices
eight votes which would otherwise have
been cast against him, tie was not legally
(Continu'd on Sixth l'age.)