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BOTH NOTABLES ADDRESS THEI JBIENCE.
Civic Federation Conference at Chifc% Josed * n
Brilliant Blaze of Oratory \
The conference on the uses and
abuses of trusts ciosed its session at
Chicago Saturday in a blaze of oratory
in which Colonel W. J. Bryan and W.
Bourke Cockran were the central fig
urges. Mr. Cockran followed'the Ne
braskan, but disclaimed any intention
of debating the conclusions of his im
mediate predecessor, and declaring his
complete concurrence in much that
Mr. Bryan said.
The westerner delivered the speech
of the day during the forenoon, amid
frequent interruptions of tumultuous
applause, and Central music hall, tho
scene of the Civic Federation confer
ence on trusts and combinations, was
packed from pit to gallery when he
delivered his reply to W. Bourke Cock
ran on the trust question.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by Gov
ernor Stanley, of Kansas, who acted
as chairman at the opening session.
Wild applause greeted the Nebraskan.
W. Bourke Cockran listened intently
and joined frequently in the applause.
Mr. Bryan spoke in part as.follows:
“Within two years more trusts have
been organized than within tho pre
vious history of the eountry, and the
people now come face to face with this
question:
“Is the trust a blessing or a curse?
“Monopoly in private hands is in
defensible from any standpoint, and
intolerable. Ido not divide monopo
lies. There can ne no good monopoly
in private hands until the Almighty
sends us angels to preside over us.
“The entire defense of the trusts
rests upon a money argument, if the
trusts will sell an article for a dollar
less than the article will cost under
other conditions, then, in the opinion
of some, that proves a trust to be a
good thing. In the first place, I deny
that under a monopoly the price is re
duced. In the second place, if under
a monopoly the price is reduced, the
objections to a monopoly from other
standpoints far outweigh the financial
advantage that the trust would bring.
But I protest against settling every
question upon tho dollar argument.
“In the early years of Lincoln’s ad
ministration he sent a message to con
gress, warning his countrymen against,
the approach of monarchy. He said
he saw in the attempt to put capital
even upon an equal footing with labor
in the structure of government, the
approach of monarchy. Lincoln was
right.
“Discrimination by railroads has
aided trusts. That can be remedied
by laws which will place producers on
equal footing. But the remedy must
be completely right to prevent >h© or
ganization of a monopoly. We differ
more in remedy than we do in our
opinion of the trust. I believe in a
state remedy, but there must be a fed
eral remedy.
“Congress has,, or should have, the
power to place such restrictions and
limitations, even to the point of prohi
bition,upon any corporation organized
in one state, that wants to do business
outside of the state contrary to public
good.
Colonel Bryan at this point read
the famous circular letter advertising
the corporation laws of Delaware. He
commented sarcastically on advantages
set forth in the letter and contined:
“I have read this letter in order to
show you that where a state can gain
an advantage from a corporation, from
these aggregations of wealth, it is not
safe to place the people of other states
at the tender mercies of the people of
such a state as may desire to secure
its running expenses from the taxation
of corporations organized to prey upon
people outside.
“I am ready to adopt any method
for the annihilation of trusts. One
that I suggest is this:
“That congress should pass a law
providing that no corporation organ
ized in any state should do business
outside of the state in which it is or
ganized until it receives from some
power created by congress a license
authorizing it to do business outside
of its own state.
“In my judgment, when you take
from monopoly the power to issue
watered stock you will go more than
half the way toward the destroying of
monopoly in the United States.
“Some people have tried to seperate
the laboring man who works in the
factory from the laboring man who
works on the farm. I want to warn
the laboring men in the factories that
they cannot seperate themselves from
those who toil on the farm without in
viting their own destruction.
twexty-fiye people drowned.
North Carolina Weather Bureau Has lie
port of August Storm.
The North Carolina weather bureau
has finally secured the details of the
death and damage by the great August
hurricane along the coast of North,
Carolina. It apper ' v at tweniy-fiv,
lives were ' ' ?r part <£
these we'
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Mr. Bryan closed as follows:
“For 100 years this nation has been
the light of all the world. For 100
years the best of all nations have look
ed to this nation for hope and instruc
tion. Let us settle these great ques
tions that we have before us; let us
teach the world the blessings of a gov
ernment that comes from the people
and let us show than how happy and
how prosperous people can be. I be
lieve in the doctrine that God made
all men of the same dust and did not
make some to crawl on hands and
knees and others to ride upon their
backs. Let ns show' what can be done
w hen we put into actual practice those
great doctrines of human equality and
of equal rights and make thi#’govern
ment what the fathers intended, sc
that we shall lead the world step by,
step on to higher grounds.”
Facing a sea of wildly waving arms
and a storm of cheers, the orator re
sumed his seat. Three-quarters of the
audience had been attracted by the
announcement of his appearance, ap
parently, for that proportion left when
he had finished.
Mr. Bryan’s second address and Mr.
Cockrau’s reply camo during the after
noon. W. D. Foulke, of Indiana, w r as
heard after dinner in a short speech,
in which ho declared that he failed to
see that, the remedies proposed by
Colonel Bryan in the latter’s speech
during the morning session could re
sult in the attainment of the object
sought.
Colonel Bryan, who was sitting in
the back part of the hall arose and
amid cheering, started to reply. Be
fore he had uttered a dozen words,
however, cries “take the platform,”
came from all parts of the hall, and
with a smile he did so. Colonel Bryan
then said in part:
“I would not occupy the time again,
but for the fact that the gentleman
from Indiana (Mr.Foulke) has referred
to a plan which I suggested and I am
afraid that he does not fully under
stand. My plan was this:
“1. That the state should have the
right to oreate whatever private cor
porations tho people of the state think
best.
„“2. That the state has, or should
have, the right to impose such limita
tions upon an outside corporation as
the people of the state may think nec
essary for their own protection. That
it is the right of the people of the state
to say, first, what they shall organize
in their state as a corporation; and,
second, what they shall permit as a
corporation to come from other states
to do business in their state.
“3. That the federal government
has, or should have, the right to im
pose such restrictions as congress
may think necessary upon any corpor
ation which does business outeide of
the state in which it is organized.
Cockran Agrees With Bryan.
At the conclusion of Colonel Bry
an’s address Bourke Cockran arose
and started to spe<jk from his seat in
the hall, but in response to cheering
and calls to come to the front, he, too,
took the platform. He said in part - .
“Just one moment while I express
my complete concurrence in much that
Mr. Bryan has said.
“If there is a monopoly that op
presses I believe that there is no limi
tation, there is no provision of govern
ment, there is no power on earth
against the people redressing a wrong
when it becomes a wrong.
“The question to which the atten
tion of this conference should be di
rected is whether this one exists and
where it is. Now who is hurt and
where has this octopus got possession
of somebody? On whom is it acting?
Where is its lair? lam free to confess
that when you call an aggregation of
capital—a combination—a hydra-head
ed monster—an octopus —it don’t cast
any light upon it that illumes my
pathway. I can understand how the
use of these phrases can have scare ef
fect, as nothing frightens petyple so
much as incomprehensible noises.
(Laughter and applause). Let a noise
be heard now that none of us under
stands and we will all be going out of
of the window. (Applause).
Great cheering greeted the conclu
sion of Mr. Coekran’s speech.
General discussion was then re
sumed. Ex-Senator Blair, of New
Hampshire, and William Wirt Howe,
of New Orleans, read short papers.
Soon after, on the motion of Congress
man John W. Gaines, of Tennessee,
the conference passed a vote of thanks
to the Civic Federation for the courte
sy shown the visiting delegates.
The conference then adjourned sine
die. 0
BRITON*) OFF FOR NATAL.
Government Penin Reinforcements to the
Army Against Kruger.
A Londolf*dispatch says: The First
battalion of the Northumberland Fu
sileers, 900 strong, and detachments
if the army service corps and ordnance
Yps sailed on the steamer Gaul Sat-
from Southampton, en route to
amid great enthusiasm.
H me:: ap: -1 to be in
■H|Hion and openly anxious for
FILIPINOS WEAKEN
'And Ask For a Conference With
General Otis.
THE REQUEST IS PROMPTLY GRANTED.
Aguinaldo Says He Ik Willing to Nego
tiate For Release of American
Prisoners. •
A cablegram has been received at the
war department from General Otis
relative to tho American prisoners in
the hands of the insurgents. General
Otis says that General McArthur has
been approached by a prominent Fili
pino who asked if he was willing to
enter into negotiations with Aguinaldo
for the release of the American pris
oners held by Filipinos. He also
asked whether General McArthur
would permit a Filipino army officer
to pass through the American lines in
order that he might confer with Gen
eral Otis.
While no names are mentioned in
the dispatch. It is inferred that in
cluded in the list of American prison
ers to whom the negotiations relate
are Lieutenant Gilmore and the fif
teen men of the Yorktown, who were
captured by the insurgents on the
coast of Luzon; Major Rockefeller,
who was captured beyond -the Ameri
can Hues one night shortly after his
arrival in the Philippines, and about
half a dozen private soldiers who have
been reported missing.
The text of the dispatch as just
made public by the war department is
as follows:
“Manila, Sept. 19. —Adjutant General,
Washington: Mac Arthur reports from An
geles the visit of two insurgent officers with
request for permission to send into our lines
American prisoners, and to send to Manila
prominent insurgent general officers for
conference. The requested interview was
granted and insurgent officers at Angeles
return north this morning with information.
“Otis.”
Cabinet Discusses tile Matter.
Tuesday’s ‘cabinet meeting lasted
ionger than usual. Secretaries Hay,
Gage and Long were the absentees.
The cable of General Otis, informing
the secretary of war that at Aguinaldo’s
request one of his representatives
would be allowed to come through the
American lines for a conference with
General Otis regarding the release of
the American prisoners, was laid be
fore the meeting by Secretary Root
and discussed at some length.
The question of the release of the
Spanish prisoners, whom Aguinaldo is
reported as ready to release if trans
ports are sent to the blockaded ports
for that purpose, was considered, but
no action was taken.
Alluding to General Otis’ dispatch
regarding a conference with the insur
gents, three of the cabinet members
agreed in expressing their opinion that
too much significance should not lie
attached to Aguinaldo’s proposals.
Secretary Root, himself, said that so
many similar conferences in the past
had come to naught that he doubted
very much whether this on® meant
anything toward the establishment of
peace and good order in the island.
DEWEY CELEBRATION
IN A NUTSHELL.
By Taking the Seaboard Air Tine One Can
Save 4, Remain Nine Dvr Aivhj,
and Stop, Going: or Coming:,
In Washington, Baltimore
or Philadelphia.
The FOUR DOLLARS you will
save by taking the Seaboard Air Line
to the Dewey Celebration in New
York, September 29th and 30th, will,
i:’ you are. economical, pay for your
lood and lodging while you are there.
And all rail too. If you want to spend
more than the FOUR DOLLARS, you
might stop over in Washington, Balti
more or Philadelphia. You can do
so, going or coining, on the ticket sold
you by the Seabord Air Line. Tlie
superiority of service over the Sea
board Air Line would decide you
without the saving of the four dollars.
And then, too, to behold that specta
cle—it is beyond the imagination to
draw a picture of what New' York will
look like when Dewey and the Olym
pia move up that river to Riverside.
Tickets on sale September 26th
27tb, good to return until October
stb, inclusive. Tickets also on sale
24tli and 25th, via Norfolk and the
Old Dominion Steamship Line.
PET I'OLLUM AI)YA>CES.
Price of Crude Product Higher Than It
Has Bfit n Since 189 C.
A Chicago dispatch says: Crude pe
troleum was given another boost of 2
two cents a barrel by the Standard Oil
company Thursday, the Pennsylvania
product being quoted at $1.55 and In
dianapolis at 99 cents. In the last
three months the market has advauced
15 cents a barrel, and at Thursday’s
figures was at the highest since 1896.
Excitement exists all over the oil
fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio and Indiana as the result of the
advance.
HURRICANE’S DEADLY WORK.
Vessels Capsized on New Foundland roast
and Sixteen Uvea Tout.
Reports received at St. Johns, N.
F., Monday add sixteen lives to the
death roll reMiltihg from last week’s
hurricane. The schooner Alger went
down in Placentia bay with five men;
the echeoner Lily May was driven
ashore on Mistaken Point, with the
loss of seven men, and the schooner
Daisy lost one man overboard and sub
sequently had a boat capsized, drown
ing three.
PROTEST FROM CHINA
Against Exclusion of Celestials
From the Philippines.
COUCHED IN THE POLITEST TERMS
Otis* Action I :i Bavring Tlumu Out Will Be
Looked Into By the Government
At Washington.
A Washington dispatch says: The
imperial Chinese government, through
its minister at the national capital,
Mr. Wu Ting Fang, has lodged with
[.the state department an emphatic pro
test against the military order of Gen
eral Otis, excluding Chinese from the
Philippines. Neither the state depart
ment nor the Chinese legation will
give any information concerning the
protest, but from entirely reliable
quarters it is learned that it insists
that General Otis’ action is contrary
to international law, iu violation of
existing treaties, and complete disre
gard of the friendly relations which
have been so long maintained between
tpe two countries. Minister Wu called
at the state department last Friday
and it is believed he submitted the
protest in person at that time.
The matter was promptly brought to
the attention of the president, as the
protest was of such a character as to
give the subject an international aspect
considerably beyond the purely mili
tary questions involved. It is said
that China points out that she has
welcomed the recent advent of the
United States into tho affairs of tho
far east, and has hoped that this step
would prove a further bond aud would
extend the relations between the two
countries, particularly in the neigh
boring possessions. Furthermore, it
is understood that among the specific,
points of the protest submitted by the
Chinese government, is one to the
effect that such an order is a departure
from the announced purpose of the
president of the United States to main
tain the present status of affairs in the
Philippines until congress had deter
mined a permanent condition.
The military phases of the question
have been referred to Secretary Root.
Owing to his familiarity with interna
tional law, he proba' ly will consider
the subject broadly, both in its inter
national ns well as its military aspects.
General Otis’ order was issued some
time ago, without direction from
Washington, and apparently as a mil
itary necessity, although the Chinese
protest urges that there is no such
military necessity, but, on the contra
ry, that the Chinese have rendered
valuable military assistance.
General Otis’ order is signed by
himself as military governor of tho
Philippines, and by Brigadier General
Charles A. Whitaker, as collector of
customs, having a supervision of
Chinese affairs. It says:
“The laws of the United States which
prohibit the entrance of Chinese will
bo enforced here. ”
The decree then excepts such Chinese
as have previously lived in the Philip
pines, and who hold certificates show
ing this fact. It also excepts Chinese
officials, travelers, etc., excepten un
der the treaty between the United
States and China. Provision is made
for registering the Chinese in the
Philippines, and their deportation to
China in case of failure to register.
As very few Chinese other that those
now in the Philippines come within
the exceptions, the effeet of the de
cree is to make the exclusion practi
cally absolute.
General Otis made a report to the
war department on April Ist last on
the execution of the decree.
It is understood that the Chinese
government regards the outcome of
this protest with much apprehension.
It is pointed out that the Chinese have
long been established in the Philip
pines, and that a considerable branch
of the industry of the islands is con
ducted by 'hem, and that this com
plete termination of a long-established
communication between China and the
Philippines injures those people both
personally and materially.
The Chinese protest is said to be
couched in most dignified and courte
ous terms, but to be so pointed that
no doubt is left as to the deep um
brage the Chinese government feels
over this order of General Otis.
HENRY DELEGAL FREE.
Negro Whose Arrest Caused the
Darien Riot Acquitted
By the Jury.
Henry Delegal, colored, was acquit
ted in the Effingham court at Spring
field, Ga., of the charge of criminal
assault upon a white woman in Mein
tosh county. This was the affair out
of which grew the Darien riots.
The jury remained locked up all
night when a verdict' of not guilty was
returned.
The cases of Edward and Melinda
Delegal, charged with being accesso
ries to the murder of Sheriff Town
send, were then begffn.
Hanged For Highway Robbery.
At Pulaski, Va., Noah Finley, a ne- i
gro, was hanged for highway robbery
and attempted murder. His execution
was the only instance in late years in
which the extreme penalty has bean
imposed for this offense.
Famous Miller Dead.
C. A. Pillsbnry, of Minneapolis, the
well known miller, died in that city
Sunday evening of heart disease.
DREYFUS PARDON IS SIGN*
French Cabinet Takes Final and Official
Action In the Matter.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION CAUSED NO SUSC?^
*asion
** a fii
Pardon Was Made “In Principle” To Avoid Demci.|$ u
strations, Though Paper Was Actually Signed.-ai
A Paris special says: The council
of ministers at a meeting Tuesday
decided to pardon Dreyfus. The par
don will take effect in a few days.
Dreyfus relinquished his appeal for a
reversal of the judgment of the court
martial.
The announcement that Dreyfus
was to be pardoned bad already been
discounted by predictions and there
was absolutely no excitement displayed
anywhere along the boulevards when
the newsboys ran along at about 3:15
p.m. with the first editions containing
the statement that the cabinet had
decided to pardon'Dreyfus. The news
papers sold quickly, but there was no
rush for them upon the part of the
bonlevarders.
Those who bought the papers sat
down in front of the cafes and read the
announcement without comment.
Every one expected it and the de
cision met with no opposition. The
Droits de L’Homme, socialist organ,
said:
“Our task remains the same as before tho
liberation of Dreyfus, to continue the cam
paign against all those who are responsible
for the lamentable affair and unmask the
forgers, traitors and false witnesses, even
though they may ho covered by glittering
decorations.”
• “In principle” is an idiom some
times in semi-official announcement of
forthcoming ketion. It seems to have
but the slightest, bearing on the mat
ter, except, perhaps, that it implies
the fulfillment of various formalities
before the ptfrdon is actually issued,
thereby qualifying the announcement
of the pardon with slight tentative
ness. It is not known yet whether
the pardon includes amnesty.
Pardon Actually Signed.
The official announcement was made
in the form cabled to the Associated
Press in order to avoid demonstrations
of any kind at Rennes aud Paris. But
the pardon of Dreyfus is not merely
imminent, it was actually signed Tues
day morning. Measures have been
taken in Rennes in connection with it.
The newspapers now publish the first
semi-official announcement of the cab
inet’s decision without comment. The
Journal Des De Rats, however, says:
“We are assured that the family will re
ceive an order for Dreyfus to leave Rennes,
unperceived, shortly, during the night time.
The government does not know or in any
case does not say where Dreyfus is going.
The Journal Des De Bats, however,
follows the foregoing with the report
that Madame Dreyfus has taken a villa
at Folkstone, near Dover, England.
This report has been denied, but many
believe Dreyfus will go to England on
liis release.
The result of a telephonic inquiry at
Rennes Tuesday afternoon showed
TO APPEAL EATON TON CASE.
Snpreino CouYt of Georgia Will Bo Anlted
to Make Final Ruling:.
Judge John C, Mart’s decision in
the Eatontcn, Ga., railroad case, has
attracted wide attention in this sec
tion, ns it decides an important issue
involving the constitutional powers of
the state of Georgia. The decision
was not entirely unexpected, and
Judge Hart’s ruling seems to be re
garded as a clear statement of the
case, but. the attorneys for the state
have announced that the case will be
appealed to the supreme court of the
state for final ruling.
The principal issue involved was
whether the Central of Georgia Rail
road company had violated the state
constitution in the purchase of the
Middle Georgia and the Atlantic rail
road, an alleged competing line. The
question of competition figured in the
case prominently.
SITUATION AT KEY WEST.
Nearly Four Hundred FYr Casnn Now on
the Island
A Washington dispatch says: The
yellow fever situation at Key West,
Fla., is regarded as grave. Since the)
first case was reported about three
weeks ago the epidemic has been
steadily growing, until now there are
almost 400 cases. New eases are ap
pearing at the rate of about thirty a
day, but the mortality is low. Fifty
four cases and two deaths were re
ported for Sunday and Monday.
As Key West is situated below the
frost line, the epidemic will have to
run its course
MONTE JO PLATED ON TRIAL.
Tife Imprisonment For Unfortunate Span
lard Is Demanded by Prosecution.
The trial of Admiral Montejo, for
merly chief in command of Spain’s
naval forces in the Phillipines, who
surrendered to Admiral Dewey after
the destruction of the Spanish fleet in
the battle of Cavite, began at Madrid
Tuesday.
The prosecution demanded a sen
tence of imprisonment for life with
dismissal from the service.
that Dreyfus had not yet left his prisw
oil. It is said that Dreyfus will bo
sent abroad, before the promulgati/h
of his pardon, in order to avoid dem
onstration. The Press of Tuesday
evening contained:
“Dreyfus withdrew his appeal today. This
was tln> various formalities mentioned in
tho official communication as‘remaining to
fulfill before the pardon would be signed
The traitor will now he sot free and bo able
to give lectures in England and America on
tho secrets of the iron safe in the etat major
bureaux.”
Loubet Assprli'd To Bea Semite.
An auti-Dreyfusard organ publishes
a long story asserting that President
Loubet signed tlie decree of a pardon
a week.ago after an interview between
Jos. Reiuaoh and the premier, M.
Waldeck-Rousseau, the result of which
that the latter insisted upon the pres
ident, signing the decree which was
done, the paper in question declares,
at the cabinet council on September
12th.
This stoiy is impossible, its object
obviously being to bring discredit up
on tlie president and the premier by
making it appear that they are com
pletely under tlie thumb of the Jews,
ft can be regarded ascertain, however,
that the decree was only signed Tues
day because it could-not be signed un
til flip court of revision had given its
decision on the Dreyfus appeal or un
til Dreyfus had withdrawn tho appeal.
Pardoning Dreyfus does not drop
tlie curtain on the drama. The Drey
fusards are determined to pnrsue the
campaign against the generals aud
other officers of the general staff who
lied and committed gross illegalities
in order to keep the prison door closed
on the victim.
Pardoning Dreyfus, therefore, only
closes one act of the drama, and
France will again find herself in the
throes of tlie party passion before the
Paris exposition opens its doors uext,
May.
No tCxelloincnt In ParlM.
The decision of the cabinet to par
don created less interest in Paris than
would the result of a big horserace.
In fact it may bo said that it caused
no excitement whatever. There was
no rioting on the boulevards. In front
of the office of The Libre Parole,
where a crowd usually assembles in
the evenings to gaze on the huge col
ored transparencies outside the win
dow of the leading anti-Semite organ,
♦hero was not the slightest gathering
either for or against Dreyfus.
Drey fuH Already Out ?
The Rennes correspondent of Tho
London Daily Telegraph, wiring at 9
o’clock Tuesday evening, said:
“There is reason to believe that
Dreyfus is already out of prison, and
that, with liis wife, ho will probably
leave Rennes tonight.”
GUERIN SURRENDERS AT LAST.
Ill* Six Wtelcn' Srlge In I’arln (v'oincii io
an I k nom inons Kiad.
A Paris special says: At 4 o’clock
Tuesday morniug M. Guerin promised
to surrender. There lias been con
siderable,activity in the Rue de Cha
brol throughout the night.
Precisely at the hour appointed a
captain of the municipal guards rap
ped at the door of Fort Chabrol.
There was a moment of expectation
and then the door opened. M. Guerin
calmly presented himself, meekly sur
rendered and was driven to the police
depot in an open cab seated beside the
captain of the guards. His compan
ions were allowed to go free.
’thus the six weeks’ Beige ended in
sublimely ridiculous style.
Murllul bliss a Luxury.
The ChiokaHaw legislature has passed
the bill raising the fee for marriage
licenses from SSO to SI,OOO. The meas
ure is aimed at squaw men.
DIAZ TO VISIT CHICAGO.
Mexican Frouldent Ak For Twenty Day*’
of Abioiioe.
President Diaz, of Mexico, has ask
ed the Mexican congress for twenty
days’ leave of absence to go to Chicago,
and proposes Lyc Ygnaeio Mariseal,
secretary of foreign relations, to sub
stitute him as president during his
absence.
Democratic Committeeman Dies.
Lawrence Gardner, the democratic
national committeeman for the District
of Columbia, died at Washington Tues- .
day morning. Death was due to a
complication of dropsy and heart trou
ble.
COL. MI LET DEAD IN MANILA.
One of the Brightest Among Junior Offi
cers Succumbs to Nenlugltirt.
Lieut. Col. John D. Miley, inspec
tor general of volunteers, died Tues
day at Manila. The information
reached the war department in a cable
gram from Gen. Otis. His death was
due to cerebral meningitis, attendant
on typhoid fever. Col. Milt-y’s rank
in the regular army was first lienljj*.v
ant, Second artillery.