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(INFERENCE OF DEMOCRATS
£L t> 1/S CHICAGO A/SD CAMPA1G/S
PLANS A*RE DISCUSSED.
1
a thering of National Executive Committeeme
Made the Occasion of Big General Meeting.
The National Democratic executive
nmiittee convened in Chicago at
Thursday. Its first work was
I00D J. Devlin, the
he rem oval of P. press
representative. national committee came
ffhen the
0I der in the. clubroom of the Sher
n house at 12 o’clock all the states
fe re represented either by proxy or
|,y their regular committeemen with
l e exception of North . Dakota, Ore
mi), Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Vir¬
ginia anil Arizona. Michigan Mr. and Bryan South held Da
proxies [ota, for
and was present throughout the
ueetings of the committee, although
ie did not take any active part in the
proceedings. Ex-Governor Altgeld
;as offered the proxy of Committee
ian White, of Washington, but de¬
lved it, and Willis J. Abbott, of
feir Jersey, acted for that state,
ffayor Harrison held the proxy for
llaska, but did not attend either ses
ion of the committee.
No friction developed at the meet
ng and the silver men who had made
inch beligerent assertions failed to
nakethem good. Not a single war¬
like note was sounded and no de¬
fiances were uttered, either by the
nen who demand that “16 to 1” shall
pe the rallying cry in the next cam¬
paign or those who oppose its adop
ion.
The only move made by the silver
ben looking toward recognition by the
pational committee was during the af
[ernoon when the Ohio Valley, Bi
toetalic League was admitted to the
Kommittee room and James P. Tarvin,
nf Kentucky acting as spokesman,read
llie resolutions adopted by the com¬
mittee at their meeting earlier in the
Bay at the Palmer house. These reso¬
lutions demnndad that planks be in¬
serted in the next democratic national
platform opposin g" trusts, imperialism
snd adhering to the silver ratio of
16 to 1.
“And along these lines we offer you
bur aid,” said Mr. Tarvin,
There was a defiant accent upon the
pord “these,” that seemed to imply
that the support of the bimetallists
bonld be secured along no other lines
than those marked out, but of this the
committee took no notice. The Ohio
Valley Bimetallic League was corn - -
teonsly thanked for its proffer of
assistance and assured that it would
he called upon at such times as the
Rational committee felt in need of itk
assistance.
That was the beginning and end of
the silver episode.
The fight against P. J. Devlin, edi
tor of the press bureau of the national
committee, was brought to a finish, the
Harrison faction of Illinois securing
his deposition for the part taken by
him as an officer of the national com
mitteo in the last mayoralty election
in Chicago.
the Beyond making several changes in
rules governing the committee
nothing else was done during the day.
Brvan Makes Speech.
Four thousand people crowded into
he auditorium Thursday night, to* de
npite the sweltering heat, attend
the political meeting given under the
S.“ 01 thf ' cti0 ‘ s ° de “°
the Jk speakers, ,.^sirn ex-Governor iii
Stone, save
of Missouri, who was ill and
talked for in favor less than two minutes, against de
^ of 16 to 1 and
w ar in the Philippine islands.
The speech of Mr. Bryan evoked
Sceat enthusiasm among his hearers,
cspecially when he declared that the
fflencan government should pursue
* Luzon the same policy as was pur
ed m Cuba. The Philippines, he
^u.red, by accident of war, h^ve and being so
don American they should been treat
principles, and not on
se practiced by European govern
States' Th e P ° licy ° f the United
es > be r claimed, i • should have been
0 feate a republic in the Philippines
all the world, “hands
Jet that republic live.” His an
ence was in sympathy with his sug
* Lous regarding the Philippines
^punctuated his speech with cheers.
J mee L Q g "was largely made up of
local adherents of the Chicago
^form ,°J«u 0 rAltgeld. aud personal The fcdlowers meeting, of ex
if®’ Personal part °ok tribute somewhat of the
ue to him.
speakers alluded to him in
)r y terms and at mention
the every
0T audience shouted ap
«.
The Rockdale Banner.
About one-half of the members of
the national committee occupied seats
on the platform, the balance failing to
put in an appearance.
Mr. Bryan, when introduced, spoke
in part as follows:
“In speaking in Chicago I am em¬
barrassed by the fact that the advo¬
cates of the Chicago platform are di¬
vided into two camps. It is not my
business to establish a secret service
in order to ascertain what democrats
are most devoted to the principles set
forth in the last party creed. All Chi¬
cago platform democrats look alike to
me, and instead of trying to drive any
professed believer in that platform out
of the party, my aim is to so impress
upon all democrats the importance of
the triumph of democratic principles
that all local differences will be lost
sight of in the determination to restore
the government to the foundation laid
by the fathers.
“In the brief time that I shall speak
to you, I desire to condense what I
have to say upon three subjects into a
few brief propositions.
“1. President McKinley, by send¬
ing a commission to Europe to secure
international bimetallism, confessed
the gold standard to be unsatisfactory.
“2. The failure of the commission to
secure international bimetallism proves
that bimetallism can be restored only
through independent action.
“3. The gold standard is maintained
today not because the American people
desire it, but because a few English
financiers, by controlling the policy of
England, control, through the repub¬
lican party, the financial policy of the
United States.
“4. If the increased production of
gold in the Klondike and the impor¬
tation of gold from Europe have in¬
creased the volume of money and im¬
proved times, it is evident that more
money makes better times and times
could be stilljfurther improved and the
improvement made permanent by the
restoration of bimetallism, which would
make silver as well as gold available
for coinage. difficult to main¬
“5. If it was more
tain the parity between gold and sil
ver when the supply of silver was in
creasing, it must now. be easier to
maintain the parity since the supply
of gold is increasing. the
“On the trust question I suggest
following propositions for your consul
eration: •
“I. The trust is a menace to the
welfare of the people of the United
States because it creates a monopoly
and gives to the few in control of t e
monopoly almost unlimited power
over the lives and happiness of con
sinners, employes and producers ot
raw material. , .
“2. The president appoin it he s desires, ea -
tornev general, and can,
secure an attorney general who wdl
enforce the anti-trust laws.
“ 3 . The attorney general piesent can reeom- lavs
mend sufficient Ians if
are insufficient,
“5- The attorney genera const tu
commend amendments to the
tion if the constitution m
posible to extinguish trusts,
“5- The ^ican patty is pojm
, less to extinguish to coa
_
p» ri y
-i.
government, foi repub
archies being founded on f , P
Bos U PR? consen . independ
“2- The decl«r.tu>
enCe rlve their t 3 ] u ' P p;"cr S k f^m the con
sent °f theL : n depend
“3. Vwe cannot rightfully ac
ence is sonn islands by 2
quire title £ the PhihM“ iH ntl i ne
conquest ^narch to.^ 7 -P rebellions ' . sub
alien fnrmslied aims.
jects we ourselves and of
“f- “toe are
right . ought ’ t . shou]d be
y of our nation’s
• independence
. mtentxo them
| ° government can be
as soon as a stable , governmen
cstablxslted. Filipinos having a^
“ 5 . The ^
i our hands L according to
should be given
American p ’ tec ted from out
in depenc interference e > while they work out
I side .
j their own destiny. f th
Previous to the appeara c
Nebraska champion of silver the
| . s entertained by an address by
g Tarv in, of Covington,
Judge James p - ^
Ky., president of the Ohio 3
metallic League.
CONYERS, \ ■
GA\. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899.
ALGER’S LETTER
And President McKinley’s An¬
swer In the Resignation
Episcd;.
A Washington dispatch si^s: Sec¬
retary Alger maintained the same reti¬
cence Thursday that he adopted Wed¬
nesday after his resignation had been
presented. He would make no state
meut, and every inquiry was met with
the declaration that this same silence
would be preserved so long as he was
a member of the cabinet.
The most absorbing and generally
discussed topic was the choice of a
successor to Secretary Alger. Many
names were mentioned in the specula¬
tion.
The following is Secretary Alger’s
letter of resignation, and the presi¬
dent's reply to it:
“July 19, 1899.—Sir: I beg to ten¬
der you my resignation of the office of
secretary of war, to take effect at such
time in the near future as you may
decide the affairs of this department
will permit.
“In terminating my official connec¬
tion with your administration, I wish
for you continuous health and the
highest measure of success in carrying
out the great w,ork entrusted to you.
I have the honor to be, very respect¬
fully, your obedient servant,
R. A. Algek.
To the President.”
The President replied as follows:
“Executive Mansion, Washington,
July 20, 1899.—Hon. R. A. Alger,
Secretary of War, Dear Sir: Your
resignation of the office of secretary of
war, under date of July 19th, is ac¬
cepted to take effect the 1st of August,
1899.
“In thus severing the official rela¬
tion which has continued for more
than two years, I desire to thank you
for the faithful service you have ren¬
dered the country at a most exciting
period, and to wish you a long and
happy life.
“With assurances of high regard
and esteem, I am yours sincerely,
‘ ‘William McKinley. ”
CONFLICT RESUMED.
Desperate Fight In Close Quarters
Between the Filipinos and
American Troops.
News has been received in Manila
from General Smith at Iloilo, Island
' of Panay, of a severe fight on Wed¬
nesday at Bonong, between Byrne, of
the Sixteenth infantry, with seventy
men and a force of 450 Babaylones,
who surprised the American troops.
One hundred and fifteen of the ene¬
my were killed, as is shown by actual
count,' many were wounded and one
was taken American prisoner.
The loss was one man
killed and one wounded.
The fighting was mostly at close
quarters, with bayonets and clubbed
•guns. A considerable stock of supplies
and arms have been captured by Cap¬
tain Byrne, who is in command of the
battalion operating at La Carlota, in
the district of Negros.
SUIT OF DEWEY FILED.
Amount of Bounty Claimed By Admi¬
ral Is Nearly Half Million.
Thursday Admiral George Dewey
through his attorney filed suit as a
libellant in the district court of the
District of Columbia to recover the
prize money due him and the officers
and crew of his fleet for the vessels
sunk in the battle of Manila and the
property subsequently recovered by
the naval force under his command.
The ships and equipments have already
been appraised. demands the of
Admiral Dewey sum
$325,141 and, in addition, the amount
due upon the three cruisers sunk in
the engagement, but subsequently
raised, and upon which he places a
value of $425,000. These last vessels
have never yet been appraised.
DEAD BABY IN SACK.
Searchers For Young Lady’s Body
Make An Unexpected Find.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: While
searching for the body of Miss Red
dig in the Tennessee river, Thursday,
the searchers brought up a sack con¬
taining the body of a little white baby.
It was wrapped in a Hebrew newspa¬
per and some fine cloth. The chief of
police has detailed detectives on the
case and they have located the pa
rents.
FAMILY OF TEN DROWNED.
-
Were Encamped On Banks of Creek
When Cloudburst Came.
to Tbe 0maha B ee from
Tekamah, ietom* Neb, ^ says / word has been
^ dr wning in nortb .
Say western Iowa, near the Minnesota line,
night, of A. W. Blades, his
wife and eight children while en route
to Minnesota in an immigrant wagon.
The family were encamped for the
night f on a creek, when a cloudburst
ra sed the creftk twelve or fifteen feet,
alld t he family, team and wagon were
gwept avav No trace of them has
.
, J8e „ fo „ n d, save parts of the wagon
which were found in trees some dis
the creek .
BRITISH PRESS
Takes Sides With the American
Newspaper Correspondents
In Manila.
The afternoon papers of Loudon
generally, in commenting on the pro¬
test of the Arherican correspondents in
Manila against the censorship, de¬
nounce the conduct of the Ameriea
Philippines campaign as it is managed
by Secretary Alger and Major General
Otis.
The St. James Gazette says: “The
great American people have been
hoodwinked by its general and its ad¬
ministration, who have kept up a se¬
ries of suppressions of the truth and
suggestions of the facts of Russian
ingenuity and thoroughness.”
Tlj^e Pall Mall Gazette says: “Tho
correspondents have done their duty
to the public as journalists and gentle¬
men should,”
The Times in its leading editorial
article says: political “Alger machine. has run the Military war
office as a
posts have been bestowed upon political
friends without regard to fitness or
the interests of the country. Dishon¬
esty and corruption have been ram¬
pant wherever there was public money
to be bandied. American soldiers
were killed by thousands on American
soil by such agencies as embalmed
beef and scandalous neglect of ele¬
mentary sanitation. As the bead is,
so wc expect subordinates to be. They
were chosen without regard to fitness,
but with every regard to political ser¬
vice. Naturally they act as the pol¬
iticians they are, rather than as sol¬
diers and administrators, which they
are not. The new imperial policy of
the United States is thus discredited
by association with a system of more
than common corruptness. McKinley,
for some reason, is incapable of rid¬
ding himself of the incubus of bis sec¬
retary, who, evidently regarding him¬
self as having the president in liis
pocket, serenely defies the public in¬
dignation that has been aroused by
his mismanagement.”
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Various New Industries Established
During the Past Week.
The more important of the new in¬
dustries reported during the past week
include a clay pipe works in Tennes¬
see—rebuilt; coal mines in Arkansas
and Virginia; two cotton mills in Ala¬
bama, two in Georgia, and a cotton
and woolen mill in the latter state; a
cotton-seed oil mill in North Carolina;
electric light plants in Mississippi and
West Virginia; an electric power plant
in Virginia; a furniture factory re¬
built, and a heading factory in Ten¬
nessee; a hydrant and valve manufac¬
tory in Virginia; lumber mills in Ar¬
kansas; a mantel and grate manufac¬
tory in Kentucky; a meat packing es¬
tablishment in Texas; a mill supply
manufacturing company in South Car¬
olina; a planing mill, two phosphate
companies and a soap factory in Ten¬
nessee; two soap factories in Texas; a
soil pipe foundry in Alabama; a stave
factory in Mississippi; a telephone ex¬
change in' Kentucky; a tobacco ma¬
chinery plant in Virginia.—Trades¬
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
flANY FIREHEN HURT.
Were Caught Under Falling Walls of
Building--Five May Die.
Fire at Milwaukee Tuesday night
destroyed tbe Grace Hotel, a four
story brick structure at the corner of
Park and Reed streets. About- twen¬
ty-five firemen were injured, of whom
five may die. The property loss was
small. *
At a time when the fire seemed to
be under control and while several
firemen were in the structure to sub¬
due what little flames were left, with
ten others on the roof, the structure
collapsed and nothing but mass of
debris was left. The fireman on tbe
roof and those on the ladders and
withfn went down with the ruins. The
work of rescue began at once, and as
quickly as the injured could be got
out, ambulances and other convey¬
ances hurried them to the hospital.
TO HIDE DREYFUS.
A Covered Way To Be Built From
Prison To Courtroom.
Work was begun at Rennes, France,
Tuesday morning on the construction
of a passage from the cell of Captain
Dreyfus to the hall in which the court
martial before which he is to be tried
will sit. This will enable the prisoner
to escape tbe annoyance of observation
by the curious.
OIL HUDDLE SUBSIDES.
wm Begjn Using New Testers
~
September c. n tpmhpr , i-th 5 th
There seems to.be no further deveb
opments in the oil investigation since
the department of agricu ure
orders to the inspectors throughout
the s.ate. It is 01 %
Standard )il peop e wi r -„aiiv J ‘
cede to the lines drawn by the: dep.r -
ment and that no further friction will
j occur. The ^ New Yoik state oil will go
; »to effect ?n Georgia after
loth, and it w expected that the fo y
one new mstrumente for the use of he
oil inspectors will be ordered by the
department m a short time.
SECRETARY ALGER RESIGNS
HEAD OF WA*R DEPARTMENT QUITS
M’KI/NLEy’S CA13I7NET.
It is Surmised, However, That the President Sug¬
gested the Change Owing to Public Pressure.
A Washington special says: Secreta¬
ry Alger has resigned from the cabinet,
and the president lias accepted his res¬
ignation to take effect at the end of
the preseut month.
Secretary Alger returned to Wash¬
ington Wednesday morning after a
three days’ visit to Vice President Ho¬
bart’s cottage at Long Branch. He
was an early caller at white house.
ConferencB Was Short One.
It is understood tho colloquy was
brief and spirited, and Secretary Al¬
ger hastily retired. He proceeded to
tho war department and formally pre¬
prepared his resignation to take effect
at the discretion of the president.
Secretary Alger will retire at once
from the war department, and Assis¬
tant Secretary Meiklejohn, now ab¬
sent from the city, has been tele¬
graphed for to return at once to take
charge of the war department until
the" new secretary is formally an¬
nounced.
It is said by administration people
that the president had no fault to find
with Secretary Algor’s administration
of the war department, and his retire
ment from the cabinet is due entirely
to the latter’s political combination
with Governor Fingree, of Michigan,
in opposition to the administration.
This is regarded as a subterfuge.
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HEN. It. A. ALGER,
WHOSE RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF WAlt
HAS BEEN TENDERED PRESIDENT
M’KlNLKY.
The resignation of Secretary Alger
is believed to have been sought by tbe
president, as public opinion had al¬
most crystalized in a desire for the
secretary’s retirement. The feeling
began with the first charges of Gen¬
eral Miles that the beef furnished the
army of invasion in Cuba had been
chemically treated, or “embalmed.”
It was at once apparent to many that
the contracts entered into between the
war department and packers were
irregular, and so strong was the
criticisms that the president ordered
a board of investigation, which, after
a long aud tedious hearing, dismissed
the matter by simply criticising some
of the acts of the war*department, but
AUSTRIANS PRAISE DEWEY.
Vienna Newspaper Has Many Good
Things To Say of Admiral.
The Nue Frei Press (Vienna) pub
lished an article heartily welcoming
Admiral Dewey to Austria. Recalling
the bold coup de main at Manila, the
Nue Frei Presse sees in the admiral
the personification of daring coolness
and dwells on his calmness and amia
bility, describing him as an admirable
soldier and a gentleman -who can be
placed in the category with DeRuyter,
Nelson and Tegetboff. The Nue Frei
Presse then says:
“The great welcome extended to
Admiral Dewey is intended not only
for the hero bnt above all to the glori
ous representative of the great Ameri
can nation to which Austria-Hungary
is united by so many ties of interest.”
, MOROAN EXPLAINS FURTHER.
-
Senator Declares He Has No Fight To
Hake On Bryan.
At Anniston, Alabama, Wendesday,
Senator Morgan, in answer to a ques
tion regarding that famous inter- i
view,” said: “Yes, I see they are
making a good deal out of it or trying
to, but it is hardly necessary for me
to say that I am making war on no
body or that there is no deep or dark
plot back of anything I have said or
done. I am not in the habit of mak
iug war on democrats aud if Mr.Brvan
is nominated, I shall be found sup
porting him with all the enthusiasm
at my command.”
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exonerating the secretary or General
Eagan, the commanding chief, of any
irregularity in awarding the contracts.
In this matter the president stuck
squarely by his secretary of war and
defended him wliouover opportunity
offered.
Then the tremendous death rate
from sickness in the army caused a
general complaint extending from
ocean to ocean, and whatever explana¬
tion was offered was quickly eclipsed
by the startling figures showing that
disease thinned the ranks a dozen
times more than Spanish bullets. The
criticisms along this line were joined
in even by army officers, who recog¬
nized and charged that the army was
in mnny instances officered by men
who knew nothing of army rules
or methods, and that the disease was
due in many cases to incompetence on
the part of the regimental command¬
ers and the surgeons, whose appoint¬
ments were made through political in¬
fluence.
With one of these charges at the
door of the war department, so-called a tre
meudons crusade against
“Algorism” began, and as the secre¬
tary’s determination not to retire in¬
creased, public demand for his removal
increased, until the most powerful of
the eastern newspapers were almost
united in a determination that he
should surrender liis portfolio.
Through all of this the secretary
declared ho would not retire under
fire. But recently ho announced for
tho United Btatos senate in Michigan
against tho incumbent, Senator Mc¬
Millan. In doing this he openly '
formed an alliance with Governor
Filigree, who is a declared anti-ad¬
ministration republican. Senator Mc¬
Millan is a strong McKinley advocate.
The Last, Straw.
This last act was the straw that
broke the camel’s back so far as Me- '
Kinley is concerned. In the storm of
criticism the president had stood by
him, but to hold a position in the
president’s official family in national
politics and be allied with the presi¬
dent’s enemy in state politics was a
double that the friends of the president
openly resented and while McKinley
has acted with the utmost diplomacy,
it is known lhat he determined then
and there to make a change. The an¬
nouncement of the secretary’s resigna¬
tion Wednesday, therefore, is in lino
with what correspondents have pre¬
dicted for the four weeks past.
' No Heaiun* Given.
No official statement as to the cause
of the resignation was procurable ei¬
ther from the president or from Secre¬
tary Alger, neither of whom would
talk on the subject. Nor was the letter
of resignation obtainable at this time.
For the present nothing will be known
officially concerning the severance of
the official relations between the pres¬
ident and his war minister, but later
on the correspondence closing the lat¬
ter’s career as chief of the war depart¬
ment donbtless will be given to the
press.
DR. TICHENOR’S SUCCESSOR.
Rev. F. H. Kerfoot Elected Secretary of
Baptist Home Mission Board.
Rev. F. H. Kerfoot, professor of
systematic theology in the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary, of Lou
isville, Ky., has been elected corre
Bponding secretary of the home mis
sion board of the Southern Baptist
convention, whose headquarters are in
Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Kerfoot has not yet accepted the
office tendered him, but every possible
influence is being brought to bear to
induce him to do so. It would hardly
comport with Dr. Kerfoot’s idea of
propriety to accept this new office un
tU ho has resigned his professorship
iu the seminary.
The board in Atlanta feels very con
fident that they will secure Dr. Ker
foot’s services.
FOR MRS. M’KINLEY’S HEALTH
President Is Arranging For a Pleasure
Trjp To Lake Champlain.
President and Mrs. McKinley will leave
Washington probably within a week
a P leasli ™ tri P designed mainly
for the , benefit of Mrs. McKinleys
; health They will go to Lake ch / m .
pj a in a nd will be absent from Wash
- jngton for at least two weeks, On
j their way back they may stop at Long
Bra nch and visit the Vice-President,
j Salvador Has Troubles.
1
j United States Consul Jenkins at
Salvador has reported to tbe state
I department by cable that San Salva
j dor is iu a state of siege as the result
i revolutionary plotting.