Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

CARNESVILLE ADVANCE VOLUME II. CANDIDATES OF Bryan and Towne Selected At the Sioux Falls Convention. The National Populist Convention concluded its session at Sioux Falls, S. D., at 1 o’clock Thursday morning aud adjourned sine die after nominat¬ ing the Hon. W. J. Bryan for presi¬ dent and Hon. Charles A. Towne for vice president. The nomination of Mr. Towne was ouly accomplished af¬ ter a struggle of several hours dura¬ tion, in which an effort was made to have tho question of the nomination of a vice presidential candidate refer- ed to a committee to confer with the Democratic and silver Republican parties in their national conventions. A motion to this effect was defeated by a vote of 208 to 492. Both candidates were nominated by acclamation, bnt before the result was reached various candidates were placed iu nomination and their names suc¬ cessively withdrawn. Both nomina¬ tions were accomplished amid scenes of enthusiasm. Mr. Bryan’s nomination was made by acclamation aud was accomplished with expedition and tact. There were not to exceed half a dozen speeches in his behalf. All these were brief and pointed and were full of praise for the candidate. The proceedings of the second day of the convention began at9:45 o’clock Thursday morning with Chairman Riugdale presiding. The committees on credentials pre¬ sented its report, which xvas adopted, declaring that there were no contest¬ ing delegations and recommending that the vote of Missouri be increased by two votes, Ohio by two and South Dakota by three. After the report of the committe on rules and order of business had been presented a recess was taken to await the report of committee on platform. At 3:10 o’clock in the afternoon the platform i' .committee report arrived and i f ' r -v Committeeman Gillette, of Io - Tfiy al plank closed as fol- lows: “We reaffirm the demand for the re¬ opening of the mints of the United States to the free and unlimited coin¬ age of silver and gold nt the present ratio of 16 to 1, the immediate increase in the volume of silver coins and cer¬ tificates thus created to be substituted, dollar for dollar, for the bank notes issued by private corporations under special privilege granted by the law of Match 14, 1900, and prior national banking laws, the remaining portion of the bank notes to be replaced with full legal tender government paper money and its volume so controlled as to maintain at all times a stable money market and a stable price level. The financial plank of the platform was received with wild cheering. Cries of “Good,” “Good,” greeted the de¬ nunciation’s Philippine policy and the Porto Bican tax. When that portion of the plank extending sympathy to the South African republics, denounc¬ ing any alliance with foreign powers was reached the convention broke into wild applause. The platform was adopted without a dessentiug vote. It w r as moved that the nerv national committee bo made the committee on conference with the national Demo¬ cratic and silver Republican parties, the committee to have plenary pow- ers. The motion was carried unani¬ mously. A motion that Permanent Chairman Patterson, with a committee of his own appointment, and Temporary Chairman Riugsdale and a similar committee, be appointed to notify W. J. Bryan aud Charles A.Towne of their nominations, was also unanimously agreed to. Tho convention then adjourned sine die. Charles Towne was born in Ingham county, Michigan, near the city of Lansiuz, forty-one years ago. He is a graduate of Ann Arbor. Mr. Towne moved to Duluth in the springof 1890. He has always taken an active interest in politics and until the free silver agi- itation in 1896 was a staunch Repub- can. GOVERNOR IS ON’ HAND. Chief Executive of Missouri Is Watching; Bi ft Strike In St. Tonis. Governor Stephens arrived in St. Louis Thursday and registered at the Southern hotel. With him came At¬ torney General Crew and Insurance Commissioner O’Read. The governor stated he had come to St. Louis to personally look over the strike situa¬ tion and confer with the police board as to the be3t means of suppressing outbreaks. He had no definite plans for controlling these outbreaks, how¬ ever. Governor Stephens feared that if the Transit company attempted to op¬ erate its lines serious trouble might DEMOCRAT LOSES SEAT. Crawford of North Carolina Goes Out On Margin of Two Votes. A Washington dispatch says: The house, Thursday, by tho very narrow margin of two North votes, Carolina, unseated Mr. Crawford of a Demo¬ crat, and seated in his place Mr. Pear¬ son of North Carolina, who was a member of the fifty-fourth and fifty- fifth congresses. Mr. Pearson is the third Republican to be seated the present house. Midd!e=of=Roaders Nominate Messrs. Barker and Donnelly. A Cincinnati dispatch says: Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania, for president and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, for vice president, is tho ticket placed in the field by what is commonly known as the middle-of-the-road Pop¬ ulist party, hut which, according to the lenders of the movement, is the one and only People’s party. The election of Barker was made unanimous. Without a dissenting voice Ignatius Donnelly was declared vice president¬ ial nominee. The convention was called to ordor at 8:30 a. m., Thursday, with Colonel W. L. Peek, of Georgia, in the chair. Chairman Felter then read the plat¬ form formulated by his committee. Jo A. Parker, of Kentucky, offered an additional plank opposing trusts aud favoring public ownership of public utilities, which was adopted after an extended debate. The platform was then adopted by practically uuauimous vote. It reads as follows: “I he People’s party of the United . States, assembled in national conven¬ tion this 10th day of May, 1900, affirming our unshaken belief in the cardinal tenets of the People’s party as set forth in the Omaha platform, aud pledging ourselves to continued advo¬ cacy of those grand principles of hu¬ man liberly until right shall triumph over might and love over greed, do adopt and proclaim this declaration of faith: “1. We demand the initiative and referendum and tho imperative man¬ date for such changes of existing fun¬ damental and statute laws as will en¬ able the people iu their sovereign ca¬ pacity to propose and compel the, en¬ actment of such laws as they desire; to reject such as they deem injurious to their interests and to recall un¬ faithful public servants. 2. We demand the public owner¬ ship and operation of those means of communication, transportation and production which the people may elect, such as railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, coal mines, etc. “3. The land, including all natural sources of wealth, is a heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized lor speculative purposes, and alien ownership of laud should be prohib¬ ited. All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their natural needs and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. “4. A scientific and absolute paper money, based upou the entire wealth aud population of the nation, not re¬ deemable in any specific commodity, bnt made a full legal tender for all debts and receivable for all taxes and public dues and issued by the govern¬ ment only without the intervention of banks, and in sufficient quantity to meet the demands of commerce, is tho best currency that can bo devised; but until such a financial system is se¬ cured, which we shall press for adop¬ tion, we favor the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the legal ratio of 16 to 1. “5. We demaud the levy and col¬ lection of a graduated tax on incomes and inheritances aud a constitutional amendment to secure the same if nec¬ essary.” ‘‘6. We demand the election of president, vico president, federal judges and United States senators by direct vote of the people. “7. We are opposed to trusts and declare the contention between the old parties on the monopoly question is a sham battle and tnat no solution of this mighty problem is possible without adoption of the principles of public ownership of public utilities.” After electing Jo A. Parker chair¬ man of the national committee, the convention, after having been in ses¬ sion continually, withthe exception of twenty minutes’ recess from 8:30 a. m. to 4:40 p. m., adjourned sine die. DEWEYS VISIT NASHVILLE. Gorgeous Parade Through the Streets and Brilliant Reception*. Nashville was all smiles Thursday. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, together with many thousands of people of lesser note, were guests within her gates and right royally did she greet them. The double attraction of the May festival and the presonce of the nation’s admiral brought visitors from all directions and the city was over¬ flowing with enthusiastic humanity. An elaborate programme for the en¬ tertainment of distinguished guests was carried out under most auspicious conditions. SURVIVORS TO MEET. Veteran* of tlie llattlo of Peachtree Creek Will Assemble In Atlanta. On July 19th and 20th Atlanta, Ga., will be the scene of ono of the most re¬ markable reunions ever held in the south, and thousands of distinguished visitors will be attracted to the city. The occasion will be the reunion of surviving officers and privates, both federal and confederate, who engaged in the battle of Peachtree creek which took place July 20th, 1864. CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1900. BOERS SUPPED HUTTON. His Mounted Infantry Hrlgade Fall Hack Until Reinforced. A London dispatch says: General Hutton’s mounted infantry brigade', including tho Canadians, with a part of General French's cavalry, crossed the Zand river Tuesday and began to work its way cautiously along the rail¬ road northward iu the track of the re¬ tiring Boers, About 8,000 horsemen were proba¬ bly engaged in this advance. General Hutton, before he was joined by a part of Geueral French’s force, had a sharp fight. This was on Mon¬ day when he reached the river and saw the Boor convoys on the other side and pressed forward, intending to cross and capture thorn, The Boers, how¬ ever, opened fire with from eight to ten gnus, forded tho river above and below, seemingly in thousands, and sought to envelop the British. Geueral Hutton fell back several miles, the Boers following until other British cavalry re-enforced Hutton. During the night the Boers retreated, not further contesting the crossing. INDORSED M’KINLEY. Republican!* of Maryland Hold State Con¬ vention In Baltimore. The Republican state convention of Maryland met in Baltimore Wednes¬ day. The delegates at large elected to th* national convention are Senator Mo- Comas, Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, William T. Malster, Baltimore, and ex-ComptroIler Phillips Goldsbor- ougli, Dorchester county. Delegates wore instructed to vote for president McKinley’s renomination. Electors at large are James Hooper, Henry McCullough, Cecil county. Tho platform warmly indorses the administi ation of President McKinley both at home aud abroad, condemns trusts aud arraigns the local Democ¬ racy upon charges of corruption and misgovern raent. ED W AR 1)S IS CON FIRMED. Senate Passe!* Upon the Macon, Georgia, Postoffice Nomination. A Washington dispath says: The senate has at last confirmed tho nomi¬ nation of Harry Edwards to be post¬ master at Macon, Ga. This action was taken at the executive session Wednes¬ day afternoon, the case being called up and put through by Senator Bacon. This brings an end to a contest which has bad some peculiar phases. British Ship Wrecked. The British ship Sierra Nevada, Captain Scott, from Liverpool, Jan. 16 th, for Melbourne, was totally wrecked outside the Heads, Five of her crew were saved, but it is believed that twenty-two others, including the captain, perished. CRASH AT SIDING, Trains Run Into Each Other, Killing a Fireman and Injuring Several. Trains Nos. 23 of the Plant system and 36 of the Southern collided at a siding nt Hnrdeeville, S. C., early Wednesday morning. No. 23 was hacking into the siding to permit No. 36, northbound, to pass, when the Southern train dashed up at forty- five miles an hour aud crashed into the ether. The negro fireman on the Southern train was killed. Others of the train crews were more or less seriously hurt. Strikers and Workmen Fight. A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: During a riot between strikers aud workmen at the Buttonwood mine of the Parrish Coal company Wednes¬ day about twenty men were badly in¬ jured, including Superintendent W. T. Smyth e. The strikers dispersed the workmen. The sheriff has been called on. STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT. Tie-Up of Street Car Tines In St. Fouls Is Very Effective. The second day of the great street railway strike in St. Louis was as quiet and uneventful as the first was turbulent and riotous. The Transit Company made no effort to run cars ard the St. Louis and Suburban made none until late in the afternoon when, with police massed along the line and a deiachment on each car, it succeeded in getting a number through. Far from relieving the situation, however, this demonstration had no further ef¬ fect than to show that by massing tbeir forces on a single line, the police could keep that line open. BRYAN UNCONCERNED. He Declined lo Dl.cn.B tlie Sioux Full. Populist Nomination. The least concerned man in Lin¬ coln. Neb., in the outcome of the Sioux Falls convention apparently was the nominee of that convention, W. J. Bryan. and Mr. Bryan spent the day even¬ ing with his family at his city home, and the first notification of his selec¬ tion by acclamation was the Associated Press bulletin. He asked to be ex¬ cused from commenting on the action at Sioux Falls or Cincinnati, nor would he express himself on the respective platforms or the apparent division at Sioux Falls on the question of nomi¬ nating a candidate for vice president. Maniac Murders Nine People. A peasant in a village near Arezzo, Italy, during a sudden attack of mad¬ ness, mttrdered nine members of his family and wounded several others. Before he could bo overcome he had also burned to the ground a stable filled with cattle. A Dinner to Roosevelt. President and Mrs. McKinley gave a dinner at the white bouse and Friday night in honor of Governor Mrs. Roosevelt. “WHITE MAN RULES” Says Bourko Cockran In Spoech Before Southern Sooiety, “FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DEAD.” New Yorlcei Receives a Great Ovation at Tlio Convention Held In Mont¬ gomery, Ala. Bourke Cockrau received an ovation when he was introduced to make an address on the negro problem before the southern society convention in Montgomery, Ala., tho applause last¬ ing for llvo minutes. He boldly ad¬ vocated the repeal of tho fifteenth amendment to the Federal constitu¬ tion. He argned that it was a bad limb on the tree; that it had been nul¬ lified by the slates; that it had been lynched, so to speak, by the people of the south. He declared that the re¬ conciliation of the theoretical status of the negro, under the constitution, should be reconciliation with his act¬ ual status in the publio opinion of the country. He maintained that this repeal was best for the negro as well as for tho white man, since both races had to live together, to prosper together or go down together. Every source of irritation between the two should be removed and the fifteenth amendment was the greatest. He asserted that the path of the negro to political and social rights lay through their deport¬ ment. He asserted that the path of the ne¬ gro to political and social rights lay through the development of the unit, the individual, and that the only means was by industrial education. He lauded tho generosity of the south for spending thirty-five years after its devastation, and out of its poverty, over one hundred millions of dollars for negro education, and pointed out that it was the duty of the federal gov¬ ernment to assist in preparing its wards for the duties of He said that it would be far more defensible for the country to spend ten or twenty millions a year in help¬ ing uplift the black men of tho south instead of one hundred millions in putting down the brown man of the east. He believed that the establish¬ ment of a Tuskegee F-rJiool in every county in the south aud the multipli¬ cation of Booker Washingtons was the duty of national government; that the while and black man are here and must live here aud work out their own salvation; that the intelligence of the white man will always triumph and the black mau must be content to take second place; that the interests of both races are identical and when one prospers both prosper; that it is possible for the two races to live to¬ gether and prosper and that the negro furnishes the best labor for the south; that the question of suffrage should be left solely to the states, but they should see that tho negro should have absolute protection to life and proper¬ ty. Bape cannot be stopped by lynch¬ ing and the records show that where the lynchings are resorted to the crime of rape becomes more frequent. We must help the black man to become a good citizen. Mr. Cockrau closed the meeting and the audience rose to their feet and for ten minutes applause continued. No such ovatiou waB given a speaker at the conference. John Temple Graves of Georgia, in a ten minutes’ speech, captured the crowd by saying after all that had been said, ono fact was patent, “that when rape was committed there would be a lynching.” NICARAGUA ROUTE FAVORED. Interoceanic Canal Commission Appears Before the Senate. Friday the entire membership of the iuteroceanic canal commission ap¬ peared before the senate committee in charge of the Hepburn bill. All of the members of the commis¬ sion were given an opportunity to ex¬ press their views and were questioned at considerable length by the senators As to the Nicaragua route all reit¬ erated what the Walker commission has reported—that the waterway is entirely practicable from au engineer¬ ing standpoint at about tho same range of estimates heretofore made, from $118,000,000 to $140,000,000. BIG RAILROAD DEAL1 Rumor Has It That Seaboard Consoli¬ dates With the F. C. & P. Rumors that the Seaboard Air-Lino rnilroad consolidated with the Florida Central and Peninsular and other con¬ nections of the system at a meeting of the syndicate held in Baltimore last Monday have been so persistent tha‘ Seaboard officials arc confident the deal has been made. All that is neces¬ sary, they say, before the public is officially notified of the gigantic com¬ bine in railway circles, is the arrange¬ ment of preliminary details that natur¬ ally follow a consolidation of the magnitude of that manipulated by the Seaboard. THIS CORPORATION EXEMPT. Virginia Judge Says It Cannot Bo Forced Into Bankruptcy. Judge Edmund Waddell, Jr., of tho United States district court at Rich¬ mond, Va., has decided, in the case of the Commercial Building and Loan Association, that the association is not a corporation such as could be forced into bankruptcy under the act of 1898. The proceedings will be dis¬ missed. The case is tho first of its kind aud establishes a precedent. SEPARATE THE RACES Was Tenor of Montgomery Spoech of John Temple Graves, NO FUTURE PEACE WITHOUT IT. Georgian Maltos Argument For Ills Con¬ tention In Discussion of tlio Negro Problem. During the meeting of the society for the promotion of study of the race conditions held in Montgomery, Ala., the past week, llou. .Tohu Temple Graves argued for separation of the races in distant localities ns the cure for existing evils. Mr. Graves said in part: For twenty years I have boon in constant protest ngainst the compla¬ cent assertion that there was no race question in the south. Men of power and influence iu my own and other states—politicians of prominence, skimming the surface of events—have soothed us with the assurance that there was no problem and that time and patience aud folded hands would settle these great questions in tho per¬ fect way. The issue of races is not peculiar to America. It is tho problem of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. It burns iu Ih- dia, in Africa and in America. “Will tho white man permit tho ne¬ gro to have an equal part in the indus¬ trial, political, social aud civil advan¬ tages of tho United States? This, as I understand it, is the problem.” This question, asked by Council, as the deliberate representative of his people, is the core of the race ques¬ tion. I adopt it as my own anil ask that question here today. The answer to it is iu every white man’s heart, even if it does not lie openly on every white man’s lips. It may be expressed in diplomacy; it may be veiled in indirection: it may be softened in philanthiophy; it may bo guarded iu politic utterance, and of- tenest of all it is restrained by ultra conservatism and personal timidity. But, wherever the answer to this vital question comes, stripped of verbiage and indirection, it rings like a martial bugle in the single syllable—“no!” If the fifteenth amendment be re¬ pealed you may be sure that it will never be re enacted in nation or state. The enfranchisement of the negro was the American mistake of the century. It is best recognized by those who did it. Industrial education will not solve, but complicate the problem. Will in¬ dustrial education raise tho moral status of the negro when the academy and tho classic school have failed? Will the education of the hand pro¬ duce a higher type of citizens than the education of the mind? Ou this great question I stand now where I have always stood—where Webster stood and Henry Clay; where Thomas Jefferson stood and Abraham Lincoln, aud Henry Grady and Council and Turner and the rest—where in time all men will stand who bee tho light-and dare^to face it. Separation is the logical, tho inevit¬ able, the only way. No other pro¬ posed solution will stand the test of logic and experiment. Education complicates tho problem. Every year of enlightenment increases the negro’s apprehension of his posi¬ tion of his merit and attainment, and of tho inconsistency between bis real and his constitutional status in the republic. We have come in God’s providence to the parting of the ways. In the name of history and of hu¬ manity; in the -interest of both races, and in the fear of God, I call for a division. We make it peaceably now. We may be forced to accomplish it in blood hereafter. The time is propitious and the coun¬ try is ripe for separation. I have moro than casual reason to believe that the solid judgment which rests behind the bonefieient experi¬ ment of Booker Washington teaches him that neither worth, nor merit, nor achievement will ever bridge tho im¬ possible barrier of race prejudice, and that when tho last arrow of his noble effort has been shot, it must come to this at last. There is not a hope in fact or reason for the negro outside of separation, Ilig Blaze at Camden, N. J. Firo Sunday, which broke out in the Farmers’ Market House in Cam¬ den, N. J., completely destroyed that building, ton stores aud fifty small dwellings, causing a loss estimated at $200,000 and rendering homeless about 250 people. * Lord Roberts Enters Kroonstad. The war office has received the fol¬ lowing dispatch from General Roberts: “Kroonstad, May 12th, 2 p. m.—I en¬ tered Kroonstad at 1:30 without oppo¬ sition, when the union jack was hoisted amidst cheers from the few British residents.” ASHANTIS MAY REBEL. Natives of African. Gold Coast Are Tired of the British Yoke. Advices from Accra, Gold Coast, state that serious reports are curreut that the Ashantis are determined to throw off the British yoke, that they have secured the co-operation of eight other tribes and that they are now able to raise 50,000 warriors. No Revision of Creed. The Presbytery of Philadelphia at Friday’s session declared overwhelm¬ ing against creed revision. RESORT TO BULLETS. Street Car Strike Situation at St. Louis, rto., Reaches a Critical Stage. Affairs in the street railway strike at St. Louis Friday showed a complete reversal of tho conditions prevailing on Thursday. The day opened quietly, but later reports began to circulate of renewed rioting in various parts of the city. In one iustance tho police fired into a crowd, aud in others used their clubs on those who attempted to inter¬ fere with the running of cars. While rumors of casualties were rampant during the day, up to a lato hour of the night none of a serious nature had been corroborated. The suburban system ran all its cars under an escort of police. So close was watch maintained by the force that practically no disturbances occurred on its lines. The Transit Company started cars on a number of its branches, aud notwithstanding tho ample police protection afforded, trou¬ ble cropped out in various directions. Two cars were taken out of the stn- tiou at Geyor and Jefferson avenues nt 2 o’clock and the 300 strikers around the carsheds were forced hack by the police. President David Kreyling, of the Central Trades and Labor UnionB, says the situation is far more critical than at any time since the strike be¬ gun. IIo says it is a fight of unionism for its very existence and must be won if it takes every union mau in St. Louis to do it, who, he says, only awaits the word of their officers to go on a sympa¬ thetic strike. This would mean 100,000 men and women would lay aside their work. CORBETT GOES DOWN James Jeffries Reaffirms His Right to the World’s Pugilistic Championship Belt. In the arena of the Seaside Sporting club at Coney Island, Friday night, James J. Jeffries reaffirmed his right to the world’s pugilistic championship by knocking out James J. Corbett in the fastest, prettiest aud closest heavy¬ weight ring battle ever fought in New York. Tho contest lasted twenty-three rounds of the twenty-five limit. Corbett emerged from a year’s re¬ tirement from the ring rejuvenated and fresh. He was as fast aud clever as back in tho days when people mar¬ veled at his skill. His foot work was wonderful and his defense perfect. He outboxed his man nt both long and short range, and if he had had the strength necessary, ho would have gained an early victory. A hundred times he ducked the punch that knocked him out. At times he made the massive Jim look like a beginner in the art of defense with his hands, and when Jeffiies stood over his quiv¬ ering form, his face showed marks oi the punishment that Corbett had in¬ Corbett went down to defeat that was regretted by a vast majority of tho men who filled tho hall. Tho money was ngainst him, but he had a wealth of sympathy. It was probably his natural heritage as the short under, but before the battle had ended he won more support by his displny of speed and skill. Jeffries won with his strength, both that strength that lies in the powor of massive muscle and that strength which is the essence of vitality. Jeffries bad many points of advant¬ age over Corbett. To begin with, he is uiuo years younger than the ex¬ champion and is an inch taller. He went into the ring weighing 210 pounds and Corbett’s weight was 183. Tho normal girth of Jeffries’ chest is 44 inchos and of Corbett’s 42 inches; expanded, Jeffries’ chest measures 49 inches and Corbett’s 44J inches. With arms extended Jeffries reaches 7GJ inches and Corbett 74J inches. Jef¬ fries’ biceps measure is 16 aud Cor¬ bett’s 14 inches. Thero was never a more orderly affair under tho Horton law. There was order in the assembling aud handling of the great crowd and or¬ der in the contest. The small army of police present was taskless and the contestants themselves neither wrangled nor quarreled throughout the evening. CARE OF THE BODIES Of Confederate Head the Object of An Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill. An amendment to tho sundry civil ! bill was introduced in the senate Thursday to enable the secretary of war to have the bodies 264 Confeder¬ ate soldiers buried in the Arlington nationnl cemetery. A number of these bodies are now buried iu Arlington and others at the soldiers’ homo. The amendment seeks to bury them in one spot and properly mark the names. Headed By Governor Shaw. Iowa Republicans elected McKinley delegates to attend the Philadelphia convention headed by Governor Shaw, Wants An Accounting. . Senator Bacon introduced in th* senate Friday a lengthy resolution calling for all possible facts concern¬ ing tho expenditure of moneys by the representatives of this government iq Cuba and he expects to strongly urge its adoption. Telegraph Company Files Claims. Tho Cuba Submarine Telegraph company has filed claims against tho government for damages to its prop- erty during the Spanish-American war. NUMBER 27. LODGEASKSFOR STRONGER NAVY Massachusetts Senator Makes an Invincible Argument. DECLARES WE ARE MECLARED Says Germany Has Covetous Eyes on the Western Hemisphere and We Should Be Alert. A Washington special says: The possibility of a clash with Germany over tho Monroe doctrine was foroe- fully laid before the senate and the country Friday by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, iu the course of a vig¬ orous speech ngainst tho construction of an armor plate plant by the govern¬ ment. The particular significance of this declaration that wo must look to such a contingency over either the Danish West Iudies or Germany’s desire to get more power in South America lies the fact that Seuator Lodge is uaually very reticent on all matters pertaining to foreign relations and further that he is generally recognized as repre¬ senting the views of the president and Btate department on the matter. When, therefore, he declared, that there were such possibilities to bo considered his declarations were given greater weight than such talk coming from almost any other senator. When consideration of the naval bill was resumed the pending amend¬ ment was that offered by Senator Till¬ man for a straight price of $300 per ton for armor and a government armor factory not costing over 84,000,000. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, speak¬ ing in opposition to the amend¬ ment, said that for the past three years the senators from South Caro¬ lina and Now Hampshire—Mr. Till¬ man and Mr. Chandler—had been en¬ deavoring to get armor at a low price. The net result of their work had been to put a stop to the construction of a navy. Ho had no prejudice against a government armor plant, but to stop the building of all ships until the ar; mor plnnt could bo erected, would, b thought, be a flat mistake. “My reason for desiring m ships,” said he, “and desiring th quickly, is my belief that the safety tho United States depends upon * strength of our navy. We do : need the navy for th e protectio our insular possessions. The da lies in our own great coast line in the defense of the Monroe doc. Fo£ in tho western continent. defense of this great coast lino the cities studding it we have no fleet. We about ’ quato are to upon tho construction of nu is canal, to defend, control and which we must be the naval mas the Caribbean sea. We must ht far more powerful fleet than we today. The safety ef the cana. our fleet. “A great fleet iB the greatest in rauco of peace. We should not oi our eyes to the possibilities of the siv^ Elation. We could never allow the Danish islands to pass into any other hand than ours. The European nation which should undertake to take pos¬ session of those islands right on the road to the canal and to make of them great Daval stations would by that very act become an enemy of ours. We could submit to no such thing as that. The Monroe doctrino is a great protection to the United States. Men of all parties—Democrats, Republicans and Populists—without distinction, adhere to that. “I am by no means sure that some European nations, perhaps one whose navy is now receiving such a rapid in¬ crease, may not test tho Monroe doc¬ trine. We may be called upon to pro¬ tect that doctrine in Brazil or some other country. Already too much time has been lost. If the Monroe doctrine should be endangered or if our coast should bo menaced, we would be pre¬ pared and it would be a weak excuse that we had been engaged in throttl¬ ing an egregious monopoly.” In a colloquy with Mr. Lodge, Mr. Tillman said it was well known that the navy of the United States was su¬ perior to that of Germany. Mr. Lodge pointed to the great in¬ crease that now was boing made iu the German navy. “If the seuator thinks,” said Mr. Lodge, “there is no danger to be ap- prehended, I fear he , underrated , , , the , importance of the subject— a subject to which I have given much thought and consideration.” Mr. Ellis, of West Virginia, argued against plants, as did Mr. Allison, who spoke ou the scoro of economy. The latter said it would be four years be¬ fore a government armor plate could be put ou a ship. Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, advocated the construction of a government fac¬ tory because he believed it would be a protection of our interests. Plenty ol (aadidates. Judging from appearances, there will be a candidate in each county iu the Eighth Alabama district for con¬ gress at the special election to be held on August 6th next, to name a man to fill General Joe Wheeler’s unexpired term. Ottawa Relief Fund Enormous. A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., says: ipjj e g re ro jj e f f un d is now well over $600,000.