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BRYAN DEFINES
HIS POSITION
Nebraskan Stops Over
A Day In Washington.
CONFERS WITH DEMOCRATS
Interviews Himself That No Mistake
Will Be Made as to His Future
Political Course.
A Washington special says: William
Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, spent
Friday in Washington, most of his
time being devoted to conference with
other Democratic leaders. A number
of questions of party policy and polit
ical management were under consider
ation.
Mr. Bryan reached the city early
Friday morning and went to the Me
tropolitan hotel, There he was
warmly greeted by a party of leading
Democrats. About 11 o’clock he went
to the capitol and spent some time
there, making his headquarters in the
committee room of Senator Jones, of
Arkansas. There he was closeted with
leading Democrats and representa
tives. Later he appeared in the mar
ble room of the senate, where all of
the Democratic and a number of the
Republican senators paid their re
spects to him.
During the most of the time ho was
in the marble room Senator Hanna sat
at the other end of the room talking
With some political allies. It was noted
that Senator Hanna was not among
those who paid their respects to the
Nebraskan.
Later Mr. Bryan had the same sort
of reception in the speaker’s lobby of
the house, almost all of the Democrats
and Populists and a number of Repub
licans who served with him in congress
going out to shake his hand.
When askel concerning reports
that western friends and supporters
had urged against the election of New
York as the place for holding the na
tional convention, Mr. Bryan said
that be had expressed and would ex
press absolutely no preference in this
regard. He added that it is a fact that
he has no preference; the matter of
the place and time for holding the con
venjion is in the hands of the national
committee aud he should certainly do
nothing to influence the action of the
committee against any of the cities
making application for the convention
There was more talk upon the Phil
ippine question than anything else.
Mr. Bryan was called upon more than
once to correct the impression given
by an interview published in Minne
apolis and telegraphed throughout the
country which seemed to present him
as having gone over to the expansion
side of the controversy. He explained,
however, that the chief mistakes arose
from the interpretation placed upon
the interview rather than from the in
terview itself.
In order that there might bo no mis
take about bis position on expansion,
Mr.Bryan wroto with his own baud the
the following interview with himself,
writing out the questions as well as
the answers:
“What about the Minneapolis inter -
view? Have you changed your views
on expansion?”
“Not in the least. That interview
ns sont out contains some things that
I did not say. I am advocating today
exactly what I did in the interview
given out the day nfter I resigned from
the army, December 13, 1898. I am
opposed to imperialism. I am opposed
to the permanent retention of the
“I have not changed my position
on the principles involved in the Phil
ippine controversy since my first utter
ance immediate’j T came out of
the army,” said he. “Everything I
have said lias beeu so misrepresented
and distorted by the Republican press
that the impression may have been
created of change on tlio line you stig
gest, but I assure you there linve been
no changes. At that time I main
tained that we could secure by bold
iug a naval station in the Philippines
every possible advantage that could
be had by retaining the entire group
of islands. Looking at the question
purely from a selfish standpoint, I
have never seen any argument that
proved the contrary.”
“I believe that this government
Bhould at once declare its purpose to
give independence to the Filipinos on
the same terms that, independence has
been promised to tbe Cubans, and be
lieve further that wo should protect
the Filipinos from outside interference
while they work out their destiny, just
ns we have protected the South Amer
ican aud Central American republics.
I am not opposed to expansion. Each
proposed annexation must bo settled
upon its own merits. I have tried to
distinguish between the peaceful ex
tension of the limits of a republic and
the change of a republic into an em
pire.”
BILL OF COMPLAINT
Filed Against Operation of Illinois
Drainage Canal.
Thursday the supreme court of the
United States took informal cognizance Missouri
of the motion of the state of
for leave to file a bill of complaint
against the state of Illinois asking for
an injunction against the Chicago
drainage canal to the extent of stating
to Attorney General Crow, of the for
mer state, that come announcement
would be made Monday.
PROHIS flEET.
The Georgia Executive
Goes On Record As Opposed
To Willingham Policy.
One of the most important
of the Prohibitions of Georgia ever
held was convened in Macon Wtdnes
day.
It was a meeting of the executive
committee of the Prohibitionist asso
ciation for the express purpose of de
claring against the policy of organiz
ing a prohibition party as advocated
Mr. Willingham.
Those present were to
policy, and many of them announced
distinctly that they intended to work
for prohibition only inside the Demo
cratic organization. private char
The meeting was of a
acter, but there was considerable
speaking and all in line with the res
olutions adopted, which are as fol
lows:
“First, Be it resolved by the execu
tive committee of the Prohibition as
sociation of Georgia, That so far as
this committee is informed of the pro
hibition party or of the prohibitionists
of this state to nominate or elect
through such party or any other sepa
rate action any candidates for office at
the approaching election.
“.Second, Resolved, That while in
our confident opinion the intelligent
moral sentiment of the people of the
state is largely in favor of state prohi
bition such sentiment can never be
crvstnlized into law while the whisky
organizations aud rings are allowed in
so many instances to dictate Demo
cratic nominations and control Demo
cratic officials contrary to the wishes
of party nominating, and the constit
uencies electing them.
“Third, Resolved, That such senti
ment can be crystalized into law only
by the earnest and concerted action of
the prohibitionists throughout the state
in opposition to such dictation and
control on the part of the whisky or
ganizations and rings so that the false
representations of the people shall
cease ami their earnest aud patriotic
wishes be allowed to prevail.
“Fourth, Be it further resolved,
That the friends of prohibition through
out the state he and they are hereby
urged to proceed to an active and
through campaign in order to secure
in every possible instauce the nomi
nation and election of a competent and
worthy man who can be relied on to
assist in good faith and to the utmost
of bis ability to give effect to their
views on the enactment and enforee
meut of a law accomplishing state
prohibition.”
“PEG-LEG” APPEALS.
Emigrant Agent Carries His Case To
the Federal Court.
“Pegleg” Williams, emigrant agent,
will make alight in the United States
court for bis liberty. Habeas corpus
proceedings were commenced Wednes
day afternoon aud Sheriff C. C. Oliver,
of Greene county,Gn., liasbeenordered
by Judge W. T. Newman to have the
prisoner before him at Atlanta, on
January 25th, at. 10 o’clock in the
morning, when the hearing will occur.
The habeas corpus in the United
States court was decided upon Tues
day directly after the petition for
habeas corpus was denied by Judge
llart of Union Point.
The allegations in the petition for
liabeas corpus presented to Judge
Newman are in themselves interesting
and may result in a legal contest of no
little consequence. After stating the
actual facts, the petition alleges that
Williams is being illegally detained in
the Greene county jail by the sheriff
of that county and all demands for his
release have proved futile.
The petition also contends that the
law passed by the general assembly of
Georgia, known as the emigrant act
Williams is now held for a violation of
this act-is unconstitutional. There
are also a number of other allegations
in the petition, but the main ground !
for the habeas corpus is that Williams
is being held for violating an uncon-
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“Pegleg” Williams is
well known. The farmers of Greene,
Morgan and adjoining counties allege
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f avlu hands away from their plauta
tions with tbe intention of sending
them to Mississippi. It is said that a
] ar g 0 number of negroes have been
taken from Georgia by Williams,
The farmers are said to have pur
sue ,t Williams with the intention of
dealing summary punishment to him.
CAPTURED BY BOERS.
A Patrol of Lancers Ambushed, Over
whelmed and Taken Prisoners.
Advices from Rensberg, Cape Col
ony, state that, a patrol composed of
sixteen men of the New South Wales
Lancers and South Australians, were
ambushed on the 16th by tbe Boers
aud overwhelmed after a severe tight.
Two of the detachment escaped, and
have arrived in camp, The next
morning a patrol visited the scene of
the fight and found one dead Austral
ian aud one wounded man. A num
ber of dead Boer horses were also
found, showing that the Australians
made a gallant fight before surrender
ing.
BOARD WAS BOUNCED.
Rome City Council Ousts School Di
rectors For Incompetency.
The entire school board in North
Rome, Ga., was discharged by the
town council and new members elected
to fill the vacancy.
The council claimed the old board
was woefully incompetent as shown by
the employment and retention of ig
uorant colored teachers. The dis
charged board has takeu the matter
into court.
LANDING SUPPLIES FOR THE BOEBS AT DELiGOi BAY.
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HER WEST INDIAN ISLES.
Renews Negotiations With Us.
gut ITHIN the past few
weeks the acquisi
tion of the Danish
West Indies by the
a United States be
fore the end of the
1 Fifty-sixth Con
gress, and perhaps
before the end of
’ the present ses
v sion, has become
to be regarded as
K certain by officials
well informed as
to the attitude bf both Denmark and
the United States Government in the
matter. Denmark is willing to sell
and the United States are willing to
buy, aud in addition to this there are
certain circumstances which, in the
opinion of the officials concerned, will
effectually dispose of any opposition
to the purchase in the American Con
gress. It has been made dear to this
Government that the Danish Govern
ment has definitely decided to dispose
of its West Indian possessions with
out any great delay, and while the
United States have first choice, Den
mark has let it be understood that,
failing to make a bargain with this
country, she will seek a purchaser
elsewhere, the Monroe doctrine to
the contrary notwithstanding.
It is generally believed that Ger
many would be only too glad of an
opportunity of securing the group,
but she Has been deterred from at
tempting to accomplish that end
through her own and Denmark’s re
gard for the position taken by the
United States epneerning the acquire
ment of territory on cr adjacent to the
American continent by European or
other foreign nations. Should Con
gress fail to provide the amount nec
essary to bay the islands, an embar
rassing international situation may be
brought about by Denmark offering
them to another nation, etc. Den
mark’s desire to get rid of the group
m due mainly to the fact that the ex
pense of maintaining the islands is
greater than the revenues derived
from them.
The price for the group was $3,
000,000. In the Seward treaty the
price fixed was $7,500,000, and this
was f° r only two of the islands, St.
Thomas and St. John. It was ex
plained by Denmark at that time that
f be would dispose of the remain
* n £ island, Santa Oruz, without the
consent of France. This impediment
has since been removed, aud Den
mark is now free to sell all three isl
ands. The plan arranged for the
transfer of the group to the , United _ T ,, .
States will be mitiatad by the intro
duction in Congress of a bill appro
printing $3,000,000 for their purchase
Denmark has long desired to sell
bel ' three little islands in the Best
Indies . but f e ™ hed to drl J e a g°° d
, bal '6 aiD - ™ d our Government thought
ibo price she asked was too high,
dld “ 0 \care to sell at all till St
Thom f ,ost “ ucb of ds .“ f cial
importance, and then $7,500,000 ( was
? sked io * tbat 18la “ d » d St. John,
leaving St. Croix out of the question.
She is now willing to take $3,000,000
or the three islands The mhatn
aut8 have ^y. 8 bee “ Wlllm » to
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the islands because they are of scarcely
any advantage to her. She sells to
them a little butter, but not much
else. For years they have bought in
this country most of the food they do
not raise and nearly all the coal they
sell to steamships.
These islands are on the point of
the great bend described by the West
Indies groups, and are thus most ad
vantageously placed for trade with
both divisions of the Antilles, the chain
running east and west and that run
ning north and south.
St. Thomas aud St. John lie on the
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same submarine plateau from which
Puerto Rico rises and are really a pro
longation of Puerto Rico to the east,
but St. Croix, to the south, is geograph
ically distinct, being separated from
them by a deep ocean valley. The
is'auds have felt severely the deca
ilsnce of the West Iudies sugar iudus-
try and are not prospering. They are
fair and fertile, but are suffering from
neglect. Their people speak a little
Danish and other European languages
and a good deal of English, and there
is no reason why, under more favor
able conditions, they should not
flourish as they did years ago. St.
Thomas is the keystone to the arch of
the West Indies; it commands them
all. It is of more importance to us
than any other nation!
A gallant officer of the navy, Cap
tain G. V. Fox, has made the follow
ing report respecting the value to ns
of that port and island: “The har
bor,” he says, “is one of the best in
the West Indies, admirable for naval
purposes, and fully equal to the re
quirements of the commerce of those
seas. The entrance is narrow and
capable of being obstructed. The
hills on both sides have a command
ing elevation, sufficient to place the
batteries thereon above the reach of
the ships’ guns, while an attacking
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fleet would be subjected to their
fire. The harbor on the
side is covered by similar emi
These are conditions which,
together with its small area and in
sular position, give satisfactory se
for a naval depot. The eminent
geographical aud commer
cial position which St. Thomas occu
pies arrests the attention of the most
casual observer of the world's chart.”
In the hollow of the hills, its back
the central ridge, and stick
ing its feet in the placid waters of its
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BATTEBT OF ST. THOMAS, DANISH WEST
INDIES.
peerless harbor, lies Charlotte Ama
lia, the capital and only town of St.
Thomas. Herein are congregated the
bulk of its total population of perhaps
13,000 people, most of whom are col
ored. It is one of the prettiest towns
in the West Indies, and that is saying
much, when one has seen them all.
For it has, first., the advantage of un
surpassed situation, built upon and
between three rounded hills, which
buttress the backbone aforementioned.
Along the shore are straggling rows
of palms leaning lazily above beaches
of doubtful cleanliness aud color, like
some of the inhabitants. But above
the main street, which runs around
the bay, there are others leading up
the hills, and many flights of steps
and stairs, wandering among gardens
of fruit trees and fragrant flowers.
What Two Women Did.
Mrs. Jesse FI. Sewell, who came to
Texas from North Carolina after the
death of her husband, twelve years
ago, bought land to-day for which
she paid cash with money she made
by raising bees and poultry. Mrs.
Sewell and her daughter, the latter a
grown young lady, are preparing to
start a blooded-stock farm, The
ladies say they will not give up bees
and bens, but will also raise cattle
and sheep now that they have ceased
to be renters.—Dallas News.
Plainly a Novice.
Mrs. Fogg—“A gentleman called
to see you, David, this afternoon.”
Mr. Fogg—“Did he have anything
to say?” Fogg—“Only that he would
Mrs.
call again.” Fogg—“H’m—evidently dun;
Mr. a
bnt to give warning of bis second
coming betrays inexperience. Reckon
there’s no great danger from him.”—
Boston Transcript.
DELASOA BAY, THE
ONLY
"|—v ELAGOA BAY is a name ren-
1 dered drearily familiar to
) newspaper readers by the ar
f bitration proceedings of
s , the subject for
which it has been more
than twenty years. All eyes are now
turned toward Delagoa Bay for a rea
son of an infinitely more sensational
character in connection with the Boer
British War. Portugal,
Delagoa Bay belongs to
which is too weak to defend it against
any act of aggression on the part
either of the Boers or of the English.
Not only is it the sole port worthy of
the name and offering auy harborage
to men-of-war and to merchantmen
along the entire East Coast of Africa,
but it ie the cnly port by means of
which the Boers are receiving both
the men and the war material that en
able them to continue the struggle
against the English. True, English
cruisers have the right to stop and ex
amine vpon the high seas any foreign
shipping which they may suspect of
carrying contraband of war for the
Boers. But any real search at sea is
out of the question, since it is mani
festly impossible to shift the entire
freight of a big trading steamer in or
der to ascertain whether guns and war
material are secreted at the bottom of
the hold. So long as the Boers are
able to draw unlimited supplies of war
material and all the reinforcements
they need from Europe via Delagoa
Bay, the English will be to such an
extent handicapped in their efforts to
get the better of the Transvaal that
the war is likely to be indefinitely
prolonged. On the other hand, were
Delagoa Bay to be suddenly oloood to
the Boers, and were the latter in this
manner entirely cut off from the outer
world, the war could be brought to a
speedy conclusion by Great Britain.
Now that everything connected with
South Africa is of paramount, interest,
the accompanying picture, showing
native signalmen on the Netherlands
railway, running through Ivomati
Poort into the Transvaal, is not with
out timeliness. It was up this rail
way and through this pass that the
ammunition consigned to the Trans
vaal by way of Delagoa Bay had to
pass before it reached General Joubert
and his men. Owing to the wildness
of much of the territory through
which this railway passes, a large
corps of watchmen and signalmen are
necessary all along tlie line. The
responsible duties of signaling and
guarding the roadbed are left to
Kaffirs.
Dr. Leyds. the Boer agent in Eu
rope, says that the war material ac
cumulated in the Transvaal will supply
the republican armies for several
years, and liis opinion is supported
by facts that have come to light since
the war began. We know now that
ever since the Jameson raid the Trans
vaal Government has been buying in
Germany and France rifles, ammuni
tion, and light and heavy artillery, to
the amount of over a million dollars a
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KAFFIK SIGNALMEN IN SOUTH AF3ICA.
year. This is proved by the general
ized statement as to the expenditures
of the Transvaal war office beginning
in 1896, in January of which year the
Jameson raiders were captured. Every
dollar’s worth of these munitions
passed through Delagoa Bay aud over
the railroad to Pretoria. The Delagoa
Bay route and doubtless the port
authorities at Lorenzo Marques have
thus been of inestimable service to
tbe Boers. They made it possible for
them to strain every nerve to place
their country on a war footing aud at
the same time to deceive the British
completely as to the magnitude of the
preparations.
The Needless Ouestion.
Peaceful Idiot—“Are you insured?”
Irritable Man—“No; I used to be,
but I’m not now.”
Peaceful Idiot—“Oh. really! Did
yon let your policy lapse?” fool!
Irritable Man—“No, yoq silly
Can’t you see that I died?”—Ally
Sloper.
Compensation.
Though you set forth to sail the see.
And come not where fair harbors be.
E'en if you driftsnd meet no tide.
Why should you wail? You get the ride.
—Chicago Tribune.
The CraviaffFor Stimulants.
This question has lately attracted a great
deal of attention from the medical profession.
The use of stimulants seems to be Increasing.
This clearly sIiowb an exhausted condition of
the nerves and blood, which may be remedied
rii ly by strengthening ihe stomsch. liostet
tor’s Stomach Ritters will do this for you. It.
brings all ihe energy of a stimulant with no
Injurious eltects. It cures dyspeps.a, consti
pation and nervousness.
He Put It Well.
“Mamma, come quick,” called small Will| e ,
from the bed wbi-re he was oonftued with
stomach trouble. “J think I’m golhg to un
swallow something.”—Chicago Nows.
44 Take Time by
The Forelock ”
‘Don't ‘wait until sickness overtakes you.
When that tired feeling, the first rheu
matic pain, the first ‘warnings of impure
blood are manifest, take Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and you ‘will rescue your health and
probably save a serious sickness. ‘Be sure
to get Hood"s, because
A lYise Precaution.
Husband—“My dear, I want to ask
you one favor before you go off on that
long visit.”
Wife—“A thousand, my love. What
is it?”
Husband—“Don’t try to put the
house in order before you leave.”
Wife—“It isn’t hard work.”
Husband—“Perhaps not, but think
of the expense of telegraphing to you
every time I waut to find anything.”
American Exhibitors.
Commissioner General Peck, of the
United States commission to the Paris
exposition, has issued a list of the
principal commercial exhibitors in the
United States who have accepted
space in the exposition assigned them
by the commissioner general. The
list contains 1,095 names of persons,
firms or corporations. This list does
not include exhibitors of record in ag
riculture, mines, literature and peri
odicals, science, fine religious, chari
table and other associations, schools,
colleges, etc.
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