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THE NEWS IS SUPPRESSED
Press Correspondents Stationed In flanila
Formulate a “Round Robin.”
ENTER A PROTEST AGAINST RIGID CENSORSHIP.
Newspaper Men Say That General Otis Is Misrepre
senting True State of Affairs In Philippines.
Advices from Manila via Hong Kong
state that the constantly increasing
strictness of the censorship of press
dispatches from Manila, which has
prevented the cabling to the United
States of anything that did not reflect
the official views on important events
and conditions resulted in a united
effort on the part of the
ents there to secure an abatement of
the rigor of the censorship.
The initiative in this direction was
taken a month ago and resulted in the
framing of a statement which was
sented on Sunday, July 9, to Major
General Otis, commanding the rnili
tary forces of the United States in tho
Philippine Islands, with a request for
permission to telegraph it to tlie
United States. The correspondents
also nskAl that they be allowed to
cable to their respective papers all
facts and the different phases of events
as they transpired in the Philippines.
The correspondents had two long
interviews with General Otis, in the
course of which they complained that
the evident purpose of the censorship
was not to keep information from the
enemy, but to keep from the public a
knowledge of tbe real condition of
affairs. It was also asnerted by cor
respondents that newspapers print
ed in Manila, which reach the enemy
quickly are permitted to publish state
ments similar to those which corres
pondents are forbidden to cable. It
was made clear to General Otis tbat
the objections was to the system and
not to the censor.
Geueral Otis finally promised only
a greater liberality, agreeing to pass
all matter tbat he might consider not
detrimental to the interests of the
United States. General Otis appoint
ed Captain Green, of his staff, censor.
The statement of the correspond
ents is as follows:
“The undersigned, being all staff
correspondents of American newspa
pers, stationed iu Manila, unite in the
following statement:
>• • We believe that, owing to official
dispatches from Manila made public in
Washington, the people of the United
States have not received a correct im
pression of the situation in the Phil
ippines, but that these dispatches have
presented an ultra optimistic view that
is not shared by the general officers in
the field.
i< t Wo believe that the dispatches in
correctly represent the existing condi
tions among tbe Philippines in respect
ALLEGED COLORED REVOLT.
Uprising Against the Adminis
tration Reported as Being
Organized at Boston.
Tho Boston (Mass.) Post published
the following iu its Sunday issue:
“An uprising of tho colored race
against . the administration . at Wash
ington is being organized in Boston,
This is the seat of tho movement that
is proposed wherever the colored peo
ple are populous.
“The instigators assert that it will
mean the downfall of McKinley, im
perialism and the Republican party.
“The object of this organization is
revolt at the ballot box. But there
are those among its supporters who
would willingly lake part in an armed
uprising, and who, were it possible,
would offer their strength to aid the
Filipinos in their* struggle for inde
pendence.” have had
The Post says the negroes
conferences with Edward Atkinson
relative to the organization of a col
ored auxiliary of the Anti-Imperialist
League.
“UALLY'S” SAVED ROCKEL.
Kx-Soliliei' Attempts the Murder of a Bank
K tinner.
At New Orleans, Monday, Charles
E. Roekel, runner for the Metropoli
tan bank, had just entered the bank
to begin his duties, when Euglehart
Biber, a discharged soldier, slipped
up behind him and taking deliberate
aim, fired. The bullet struck the
juncture of Rocket’s suspenders aud
carried it into his back.
When the suspender was pulled
from the wound the bullet came out
with it. Biber says that when he went
to the war that he gave his deposit book
for 8805 toRoekel and the latter drew
out tho money and refused to return it
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
Iron Molilrra Want Allt-gril Discrimina
tion Investigated.
At A(t the , .... • on of ... the Iron T Moulders’ „ ,, ,
Union of North America at Indianapo
hs Monday a resolution McKinley was adopted
calling on I resident to in
vesti gate in the war department
as to the reported discrimination
against organized labor m the machine
shops of the Rock Island arsenal
The convention placed itself on record
by declaring m favor of government
ownership of all public franchises.
to dissension and demoralization re
sulting from the American campaign
and to the brigand character of their
army.
“We believe that the dispatches err
in the declaration that the situation is
‘well in hand,’ and the assumption
that the insurrection can lie speedily
ended without a greatly increased
force.
,. Wo think the tenacity of the Fili
pi no purpose has been underestimat-
1 ed and that the statements are un
founded that volunteers are willing to
engage in further service.
“The censorship has compelled us
to participate in this misrepresenta
tion by excising or altering uncontro
verted statement of fact, on the plea,
as Goueral otis stated, that ‘they
would alarm the people at home,’or
! " ave P°°ple of the United States
b J the ears.
Specifications: Prohibition of re
poids ’ su PP re ssion of full reports of
fie,d °P era t'ons in the event of failure;
numb ers of heat prostrations in the
held, systematic minimization of naval
°P orationK and suppression of complete
repo rt fi of tb e situation. (Signed)
John T , T. McOutcheon, Harry Arm
H flcord .
McKean, Seripps-MeRae
^ . . ^ .
sso(,in lon -
“Oscar Davis, P. G. McDonnell,
New York Sun.
“John F. Bass,Will Dinwiddie.New
York Herald.
“Robert M. Collins, John P. Dunn
ing, L. Jones, the Associated Press.
“Richard Little, Chicago Tribune.”
Department Officials Surprised.
A Washington special says: The
publication of the war correspondents’
formal indictment of General Otis’s
management of the Philippine cam
paign caused a sensation iu the de
partments at the national capitol. Sec
retary Hay had received advices rs
late as Monday which led him to de
clare that the situation was certainly
improved materially and that the pros
pects for the future had brightened
very much. With those advices, the
secretary said General had noth
ing to do, aud they were from disin
terested persons* whose opinions must
carry weight.
Generally there was strong disincli
nation exhibited by the officials to
discuss this last “round robin.” Gen
eral Miles, who was acting as secretary
of war in the absence of Secretary
Alger, and assistant Meiklejblin would
not comment upon tbe dispatch and
Adjutant Corbin took tbe same atti
tude.
NKiatO’s (0M11 i:\iiaiilk heed.
Arrests 11 White Man Who Assaulted a
Young Lady,
A Swede by the name of Brown as
saulted the l(!-year-old daughter of D.
S. Russell Monday morning at An
drews, N. C., a town sixteen miles
from Murphy. He went to Mr. Rus
sell’s home and asked for some milk,
His young daughter got it for him,
when the brute assaulted her. Her
mother,who was out. in the yard,heard
lmr screams and ran to ber assistance.
got a shotgun, intending to shoot
the fellow, but was afraid to do so, as
she feared she would shoot her dnugl
ter. She then went out in yard and
fired tho gun.
A negro, working near by, ran to
her assistance. By this time the brute
fled, but was pursued by the negro,
who, with a gnu, overtook Brown and
brought him back. He bad a preliin
inary trial at onee before Squire Por
ter and committed to tbe Murphy jail.
Miles ( alls on McKinley.
Major General Miles called on the
president for about 15 miuutes Monday
afternoon. The visit, it was stated,
was occasioned by General Miles’ po
sition as acting secretary of war. The
matters under discussion related rnere
ly to routine business.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW “X. G.”
Colorado Supreme Court Declares Meas
ure Unconstitutional.
The Colorado supreme court has de
cided that the eight-hour law is uncon
stitutional.
The eight-hour law which was en
acted at the late session of the legisla
ture applied ouly to mines, smelters
and mills for the reduction of ores,
The refusal of the American Sruelt
ing and Refining company to pay tho
same wages for eight hours as bad
been paid for ten and twelve hours
caused its smelters to be closed on
Juue 15th, when the new law became
operative.
CHARGES AGAINST BREWER.
Senator Ballinger of New Hampshire,
Bunts Commissioner Hemovcd.
As , a sequel to the „ sensational scenes
which accompanied the hearing before
Civil Service Commissioner Brewer
last week in New Hampshire, when
Senator Ga linger, of that state, was
charged with having violated the civil
service law in soliciting campaign sub
scr.ptions from federal office holders,
Senator Chandler, it is understood,has
lodged a formal complaint with the
against Mr. Brewer.
«■ ™«
Happenings In the State of Inter
esting Import,
Will Vm New Oil Tester.
The oil investigation case is now
practically at an end, so far as the state
of Georgia is concerned, and unless
tho oil companies doing business in
the state, take exceptions to the rul
ings made by the department of agri
culture, the friction recently existing
between the state and the companies
is a thing of the past.
One of tho results of the agitation
will be the nse of a new tester after
September 15tb. It will be the one
now used in New York state.
Commissioner O. B. Stevens, after
a consultation with Attorney General
J. M. Terrell, issued three seperate
and distinct orders to the oil inspec
tors throughout the state instructing
them as to the action to be taken in
the future.
Elberton’s Carnival.
It has been decided by the people of
Elberton to have a carnival August
21st to 25th. Many attractions have
been determined upon, and it is the
intention of all to see just how well
the Granite City can handle and enter
tain those who attend. Distinguished
orators from Georgia and other states
will be present. Many of the leading
lecturers of the United States have
already accepted invitations. Music
will be furnished by half a dozen dif
ferent bands. The opening parade
will be all that ingenuity can make it.
• *
Reunion of Forty-Second Georgia.
The reunion of the Forty-Second
Georgia regiment., of the Confederate
.army, to be held at Social Circle July
22d, will be one of the largest and
most interesting reunions the regiment
lias ever had. Great preparations are
being made for the event, and the cit
izens of the town will receive the vet
erans of the gallant regiment and turn
the town over to them for the day.
Injunction Case Postponed.
Judge Candler did not hear the
street car injunction suit at Atlanta
Saturday. The case was set for 9
o’clock on that day and all the attor
neys for the state and the defense were
present. The state announced ready,
but tho defense moved a continuance
on the grounds it had not had time to
prepare its case. The state made no
objection to postponement, and Judge
Cuudler set the hearing for August 2d.
Silvan 11 all to AM Sufferers,
Savannah is to lend a helping hand
to the sufferers from the terrible floods
in the Brazos valley of Texas. The
Savannah Benevolent Association has
taken the first step iu this direction,
and within a few days it is prob
able that a check for a substantial
amount will be sent to the governor of
the Lone Star State, to be used as he
sees best, in providing for the wants of
those whose homes and property have
been swept away by the waters of the
Brazos river.
New Rank For EllaviJle.
The Bank of Southwestern Georgia,
located iu Americas, will shortly es
tablish a branch bank at Ellaville.
Alonzo Walters will be manager of the
branch institution which will do a ;
large business.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
It8 Investigation On the 24x54 Standard
Rale of Cotton.
Savannah Cotton Exchanoe, 1899. (
Savannah, Ga., July 8, )
Your committee, after a careful in
vestigation of the 24x54 standard bale
movement, beg leave to report:
That we find, by recent practical the" ex
periments, that an alteration of
cotton press boxes to the measure
ment of 24x54 inches, a dogbee of
density can be secured in compressing
cottou, which will greatly reduce the
size of the bale for shipment on rail
and oceau carriers.
That the country press boxes, with
the exception of a few that have been
changed to the 24x54 standard dimen
sions, range in measurement as fol
lows: 28x58, 30x66 and 33x72.
That the average thickness of a 500
pound uncompressed bale of cotton is
43 inches; the average space occupied
by a bale of cotton based upon these
dimensions would be 85,713 cubic in
dies, against 55,728 cubic inches, for
the same amount of cotton packed in a
24x54 standard press box—a saving
in space of 35 per cent in favor of the
standard bale, which is an important
item in storage.
That the bale, as it leaves the gin,
is a neater package, better covered
with bagging, therefore better pro
teeted against damage by exposure,
and is more easily handled. That two
bales can be loaded fiat into an ordi
nary two-liorse wagon body, which
enables the carrying of the cotton to
market without damage by rubbing of
the wheels.
That the ordinary bagging wheu the
standard bale has been compressed,
entirely covers it, which makes it a
neat and well protected package for
shipment.
That the larger the bale is in excess
of the 24x54 standard dimeusioas, the
less density per cubic foot can bese
cured iu compression. The least of
the above mentioned three irregular
size bales, namely, 28x58 'inches,
averages, after ordinary compression,
38,016 cubic inches, against 20,736
cubic inches, for the same amount of
cotton packed in a standard press box
of 24x54 inches-a saving in space W
45 per cent in favor of the 24x54 stand
ard bale X of proportional cotton- which reduces
oce an
That ocean rates on cotton are based
upon the number of pounds that-the
bale contains to the cubic foot. A
saving in space of 45 per cent, on ac
count of increased density in compres
sion, which can be secured by packing
the cotton in standard press boxes,
will result in a reduction of at least
40 per cent in the ocean cotton rates.
For example: size bales—
Take irregular Liver-
1,000 bales, Savannah to
pool, 500,000 pounds, at 45c.§2,250
Against standard bales—
1,000 bales, Savaunah to Liver
pool, 500,000 pounds at 45c.,
AFFAIRS IN SAMOA
FuIIy Explained By German Con
sul General Rose Now In
Washington.
Consul General Rose, the German
official who has been one of tbe fore
most figures in the recent events in
.Samoa, and who is now in Washing
ton, has given to the Associated Press
an interesting outline of the conditions
up to the time he left Samoa.
“Prior to the arrival of the
notL a “nt:'bJX'y»‘S.W /j
is
some very direct questions of Mataafa
and Tanii. He wanted to know if tbev
were ready to give their determined support to the
committee, even if it to
deny the right of one or the other of
them or decided to abolish the king
ship entirely. Serious as were these
questions to the two claimants “pnort to the
throne, they promised to the
commission in whatever acdon was
taken.
“Some days later the Badger went
along the coast to Malie, where Mataa
fa’s headquarters were located. The
native chiefs came alongside and for
mal surrender of the guns was made
to the commission.
“Mataafa and chiefs came aboard
the ship and were entertained at din
ner. The Tanu n VtL partv followed tms ed with
the surrender a few
hours later, for while the decision of
yet lTwas'felt^o^beln the interesTof
all concerned that the native kingship
should administratfon be brought to an end and that
au by whffe men at
l«,t over »■, locaHties ,-kere white
interests are greatest should bo
brought about. Tanu yielded to this
decision som^prospect but for a time the tlipre v-as
wereTepJ^ of flXg troub e as rova
flags over the Tanu
headquarters, despite the fact he had
surrendered irritationtoihe the kingship This MataS was
a source of
people, who considered it contrary to
the understanding arrived at.
“Since arriving in this country, I
understand that this source of difficulty
has been removed, and that the Tanu
flag is withdrawn, and the Tanu forces
dispersed. The Mataafa people have
also gone back to the interior ' With
natives disarmed and both factors
back to their homes, there is everv
reason to believe that no further trou
ble will arise, and that the commis
sion will be free to work out a satis
factory plan for the future government
of the islands
“In determining upon the abolition
of the kingship the commission ex
amined the question xvitli great care.
The opinion of all of the leading bus
iness interests in Samoa was secured,
and this was almost uauimous in favor
of abolishing the kingship. The man
ager of the German company, which
is the most extensive business concern
on the islands, strongly approves the
plan of having white administration..”
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COKUECTED WEEKLY.— 29
Groceries.
Boosted coffee, Arbuokle and Levering
#11.30. Lion $10.80. less 50c per 100 lb
cases. Green coffee choice lie: fair 9c; prime
7?4@ 8 /tfo. s 'ignr standard granulated, New
York 5.80. New Orleans 5%c! 5,75.
New Orleans white do yellow
mixeS’ bouse 6 2 sIs“a' 05-'
Teas, black 50®65c ; green Salt.‘dal- 50(5
Mce, head T.Qc; choice 6%®7e :
$ 8ack f $1 - a6: do b »>K bulk #2.00; 100 g 3
cheese, ful'| am cream 5 c ° 1 ^ mon ^@70c. Soda’
05s 45c-. 200s Crackers, $,1.80@1.75: soda 300s 5@6>s'c| #2.75. cream’
boxes 6c.
aivK n iT«; Candy, common stick
*1.75; L W. J?Ao!' Y ' * 1 - 86 ®
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, all wheat first patent. #5.00-. second
patent. $4.40; strniuht, $4.00 : extra fancy
falll ' y - ^ 3 - 80 : family, *2.85.
.
45c- mixed 39c; Texas rustproof 40c! Rye.
Georgia 85e. Meal, Hay No. plain 1 timothy 52c bolted large
aaie s ;
^“sae.^horbl'X Itoc^ meab
85c. Cotton seed meal 90o ner 100 bushels
white crowders #1.60 <® #1.75; common
w*’j!* 1 # 1 ■‘25iqi 1.40: I.ady #1.25(5.1.50. Grits
#2.90 per bbl; #1.40 per bag.
Country Produce.
Legs 8H<©9c. Butter, dull; Fancy Georgia, 15
(®17Hc;choice 10@12e, fancy Tennes
see 15®17)£e; choice 12^e. Live poul
try, chickens, hens 25<®27><c; spring chick
ens. largo 14 @ 15c: small 9 <® liy^'e;
Ducks, puddle, 18@20c; Peking 25<®
723*e. Irish potatoes. 70® 80 c per
bushel. Honey. strained 6@7e: in
the comb 9i®10’-. Onions, #9c.0g)
#1.00 r>er bn.: *2.50(52.75 tier bbl. Cabbage,
2®2!<(e lb. Beeswax 20®20V. Dried fruit,
apples 7@8c; peaches l2W@14c.
Provision*.
Clear ribs boxed sides 5%e; clear sides
55-8 1 ; ice-cured bellies 8t^c. Sugar-cured
hams lO^tSilSc; California 6?£c: breakfast
bacon 30®>12Xc. Lard, best quality 6>^c; sec
ond quality compound 5c.
Cotton.
Market closed steady; middling 5 9-16.
Bill HP'S iffll LEM
WILLIAM’S BETTER-HALF VISITS
SCENES OF EARLY BAYS.
A SHORT BUT PLEASANT JAUNT.
Feelings of Bartow Man Continue to Be
Buffied By Would-Be Reformers.
He Humiliates. , „»
My wife. Mrs. Arp, hadent been
away from home for two years. It is
said that a setting hen never gets fat,
but these human hens do, and so the
girls thought their mother ought to
rouse up and go somew-liere and take
a rest - It was a great undertaking to
8®t her off. It took a whole week to
get her a PP arel in first-class condition
on common
clothe8 and won’t wear them now, es
pecially when she goes abroad or to
church. We finally got her off, though
the train liked to have left her while
sbe was saying goodby and kissing all
1 she gftve
HHjS T ** *"•>
y mends are still theie and they
came to s e e her, of course, and talked
about the dear old times until their
eyes got teary anfl th ® y drew their
chairs a llttle closer and were merry
?. n< ? sad * ur “ s as they ta!ked of the
lv i ng and the dead.
Sunda y sbe went to our same old
ch , ” rch alld fiat in the same old pew
an<i drank in mnsic from the same old
or g au , but the preacher and the choir
were changed. After service she was
forced to hold a reception in the vesti
bule, where old friends and their
children and grandchildren gathered
around her, the friends to greet her
and their children to look upon the
matron of the olden time of whom
they had heard. Yes, this wonderful
woman who so gently dominated her
l~d a » d m«ter .nd kept him so
! d d ^ SUb ‘
i She spent a for deli another gbtful week and already the
I programme was
1 arran 8 ed wben 011 Saturday some bird
° f th ° air to,d ber that 1 siek and
*•
t ' 1 ba<1 been sick, very sick, but
! tbe Cnsis ka d Passed and for fear she
' mi S bt bear if aud cut. short her stay I
!, I W ° te ber tbat 1 getting well and
to kmd f aisb of a her woman rest. or She wife is a not nd sure that
i >
enong h about 6 p. m. I happened to
look out of tbe window and saw her
c °T . g "P, the Iawn like ^ feared I
would die before she got here. Then
ad *° ber as bow p was taken
j wn on Wednesday for my same old
! , kldu ., fy s belligerent again and
! wrestled xvith and threw and I
| me me
! b vertl g° and lumbago and embargo
; and , m y eyeballs ached and how the
i do f t " twafe.! me heroically and scan
dalously and dosed me with something
i tw hours-all different-and
every o
D °i° ,ly can te!1 wbafc <»«d me.
^ut all’s well tbat ends well, and
' “ ow 1 am m for an «*ber lease. Of
j course an old wagou will break down
I ever and a ? d kept anon greased, and b as to it be can’t patched
i up or go.
By and by it will all collapse and turn
to dust liks the one-hoss sbav. .
And now here comes the Pbiladel
phi a Record just to disturb my tran
quility and aggravate me into using
more language on those yankee ed
itors. I have already used up all my
adjectives on Boston and never dream
ed I would need any for the Quaker
City. The Record pretends to be a
Democratic paper, but it has got a
whole column about tbe Andersonville
prison aud its horrors, which it says
have created a sentiment that will last
as long as time, and how the poor
creatures were shot down like dogs
and starved, and had to dig wells
twenty-five feet deep with their hands
and scraps of shells in a vain effort to
get water to drink, etc. Well, it is
a ' vf ul to read, but I would like to
kn °w where those shells came from—
must have fed tbe boys on oysters.
| Yes,Blaine charged all those horrors
upon us in a terrible speech, and Ben
Hill replied to him in one of the great
est speeches of liis life and refuted
every charge aud did it from The war
records and proved to the world that
Grant and Stanton and Lincoln were
responsible for every death and all the
distress that occurred at Anderson
ville. They utterly refused to ex
chnn 8 e prisoners with us when impor
iuned to do so for the sake of linman-
1 ity, for Grant, said that our men in
northern prisons would go back to
nghting again. \A e begged them to
send us rations and medicine for tlieir
men and told them that both might be
distributed by tlieir own officers and
surgeons. They refused this and, of
course, tlieir men died like sheep, for
we had no medicines and our own ra
tions were corn meal aud salt pork.
But those prisoners had just tvhat
their guards had. Ask the guards who
still live. Ask Captain Hudson of Ma
rietta, one of the best of men, and be
will tell you tbat tbe prisoners had
everything that lie did and there was
no inhumanity, but pity and sorrow
for them and indignation at the lieart
lessness of their government. Read
Percy Gregg’s chapter on this Ander
sonville and you will wonder that such
indifference to the misery of their own
soldiers could be found in any govern-
inent upon earth. Mr. Gregg declares
that if the great powers of Europe had
have known it they would have been
horror struck—that tho authorities
Washington were really the murderers
of their own soldiers, and they had t
appease the kindred of these soldiers
by making a scape goat of poor Wirt
and hanging him after a mock trial
And yet u man who signs himself
an Atlanta Yankee writes me an insult- mi
ing letter and tells me to hold
awhile and let the vankees alone,for the
war is over. Well, then, let him call
off his own dogs and write to his peo
pie to stop their lies about Ander son
ville and about, the negro, and let m,
alone. I will quit when they quit i
and until they repent and apologize
will cry aloud and spare not. Solo
mon says that a slauderer is a coward
and I wouldent reply to their slanders if
it. was not a maxim of the law, that
silence under accusation is a partial
confession of guilt.
And let me tell you, my brethren
that the fire that still burns in the
bosoms of the Confederate veterans
and their children, and if disaster and
conflict comes again to the people of
the south it will not be saved by the
politicians or the mongrel money-lov
* ng P eo P^ e tb e cities, but by the
common people—The honest, fearless
SSSM
” 8W “““
,.® t d t0 . rpmove r ®! no ' e lhat tired feeling
an( ] fnr?h?«» i> m ^ °J 7 6r i°T.t S ^ amaE *?* '
it unconsXusIv*whinner " 1^"" n Blunders make
them I ' y per th that s a
,, . 1 .another
D tn ^ I said *® i in 111 ' mine haste
, + saifl Sald ™ 1 ^ lk b 'l™' lel8 ^ ,f f e , he mi ? had ht ,
“ aV ® a «re
llved up n ? r ‘ h tlU n pw and read the
n " th " n daiIy P»Pe«.
And ,^ e see that McKinley has ap
?? 1 ? ted an ° ther ne « ro postmaster in
Alaba ma. rrled , to 8bove jt on him,
tb ® negro wou ldent accept it.
., s e man onr bootlickers .were
f , Iobb enng . on whlIe he was marching
tbrongh Georgia. May the Lord have
^
P- S.-A po o ; old woman of Dallas,
Tex ‘-j- wants information of her broth
p’ Marcel Ins Campbell, of
k aty Georgia, . who volun
col ’ ’
. t , “ . ^ waa mustered in
uen eial Wheelei s cavaliy. ^ He
some years ago in Texas and his;
llttla children are entitled to a pension
unde ^ * he la ws of Texas. My old
f ^ falld ? ny ^.l. i^ing be proof S s of to this see
timer s service If he has any com
Blil aT Arp m Atlanta Constitu
SENATOR MORGAN TALKS.
Acknowledges Truth of Washington Post
Interview.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says: Senator Morgan s recent inter
v5e v, published in The M/asliington
Post, has been the all-absorbing topic
in Political circles for the past severa
^ 3appears t° be no doubt
that one effect ot the letter will be to
cause the Present governor, Joseph F.
Johnson to become an active candi
ike United State senate to
succeed General Morgan. These are
beyond question the two most popular
men in Alabama and a contest between
them "vv i 11 be very full of interest,
Senator Morgan is now in his old
borne in Selma. He was interviewed
tbere Thursday and frankly acknowl
ed 8 ed tba t be did say what the Wash
in gton interview purported that he
said although be says that some of
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tbe words were not his.
When asked by Mr. Neal, tbe corre
spondent of The •Age-Herald, if he
was opposed to the nomination of Mr.
Bl T an aud if so whose nomination he
>
d * d f avor > be replied: tonight
“ If 1 ’"' as P ut on tb e stand
to be sworn I could not say what dein
ocrat 1 was fo, '> DOr could I say what
democrat I was against. I honor and
esteem Mr. Bryan apd think he is a
noble, conscientious man, but there
are a number of things about him that
1 object, to. One thing that I serious
] J object to is his view that congress,
when it assembles, should order the
withdrawal of all troops from tbe
Philippines, a proposition that would
be against all the laws ■of humanity,
and which would be a dishonor and ft
disgrace to this country, from which
we would not recover in a hundred
years. stated in quarters
“It has been some
that I favor Mr. Gorman for the pres
idency. Like Mr. Bryan, there are
objections to my mind in Mr. German;
not persona), for we are warm friends,
but he has also ideas at variance with
mine. He was against the ratification
of the treaty with Spain, and was very
angry with Senator Pettu3 and myself
because we would not follow his lead
So you see, I have no choice in the
matter. What I want to know is, will
the man nominated by the democrats
for president abide by tho platform before
adopted? AVe were fooled once
in Mr. Cleveland, and he wrecked the
party far as he was able, and 1
so protest
don’t intend, if my humble
be fooled again. '
will nrevent it. to
Olympia ct Port Said.
Admiral Dewey arrived at Port board/
(Egypt) Thursday eveuiug ou
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