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CHAIRMAN DICK IS
Olli OFJE MME
Says He Cannot Make Peace
Between the Southern
Republicans
TROUBLE IS LOOKED FOR
Hanna Will Surprise Somebody When
Contesting Delegations Go Be
fore His Committee—North
ern Republicans Are
Horrified.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington. April B.—(Special.)—"As a
promoter of harmony among southern re
publicans. I acknowledge I'm a bird. I
have resigned the jon and anybody can
have it who will take it.”
In language beautiful am! forceful did
the lion. Charles Dick, secretary of the
republican national committee, chairman
of the republican state committee of Ohix
late major of the Ninth Ohio regiment
in the Spanish war. major general of the
volunteer forces of the state of Ohio and
representative in congress of the nine
teenth Ohio district, express himself
when he rrad the n<*wsj»aper reports of
the tights at M--ntgomcry and Nashville
in which the different tactions of the re
publican party of Alabama and Tennessee
were engaged.
A lot that Secretary, Etc. Dick said
in connection with these same reports
would not look well in print. Secretary
IHck had a large case of unqualified dis
gust on hand. He has no monopoly, how
ever. of ihl« commodity. None of the re
publican loaders attempt to conceal their
aoreueae over the pmceedinga at Mont
gomery and Nashville, and the south< rn
republican is Just now below par In tlie
estimation of the leaders of his party.
Tried To Bring About Harmony.
Everv effort has been made by the na
tional leaders to prevent the state of af
fairs which does so much to bring the
party in the south Into disrepute. Sena
tor Hanna and the president himself have
been parties with Major Dick In the ef
fort to bring about harmony between ail
factions in the south In order that there
misfit l»e no contesting delegations and
no scandals at the national convention at
Philadelphia. Having succeeded so ad
mirably in taking advantage of the ten
dency on the part of republican politicians
of the south to split up the party—ns they
did f >ur years agn—these able adminis
tration leaders sent out their orders this
year that there must be no contests and
no strife In order that the country might
1-e gtvrn an object lesson In republican
harmony. In the Alabama case, the de
tails of which were published in full in
Th- Constitution. Major Dick liecame •<
direct party to the alleged compromise
between the Bingham and Vaughn fac
tions. and in his office the agreement was
signed sealed and deliverer!. Vaughn and
Ringham went back to Alabama, each
ap;«arently loaded down with the respon
sibility of promoting harmony. When I
saw them in Secretary lack's office the
nfght ilay signed tht- agreement, they
w re dwelling tog. the/ - :n awe. t accord.
.<•!■» ’he other In j r e. - -
ir.r to the national leaders his Intent! n
to aa« rtfice himself if necessary on the
altar of party duty.
Used Their Stilletos.
At this time, however, each bad bls po
lltt< 11 -lib-tto up his sleeve, and they had
s trcely got outside the building before
these stilettos got into action. The dou
ble convention, with Its Interesting shoot
ing attai hment. at Montgt m*ry was the
result of S- >-rctary Dick's harmony plat
form.
To sat that the northern republicans are
disgusted with their Alabama brethren
does not begin to state half the truth.
Mark Hanna proposes to do some vigorous
w >rk over at Philadelphia when these
southern contests get before the national
Committee. Somebody is going to be
-d by the neck and breeches and
thrown bodily out of the convention hail,
and ft is not unUkely that some eminent
*’• tns of A.abama will Ilnd themselves
rudely separated from the federal offices
t e ; hold 1- auso of the part ths y have
, l£l M> “ ; 1 this strife.
..i.e there was 1,0 written agreement
'.it* red Into between the Evans uhd
-• uulow factious m Tennessee, and the
n»t. -nal repubttcan leaders. both of these
• m nt lenUeM—v re putukans gave their
'• '» * • Hanna «n<i Dtck that there
su- ■. •! be no spin «nd no trouble at Naah-
* w conventions and two delegxtl >na
a general row in wn.ch there are
** ti...« saio eiurg. s of bribery and fraud
•1 th aggism and all the crimes known to
Hu - !• -it. al calendar —these ar- the results
•d the Evans-Brownlow harmony tn Tco
t.’-re-e. Brownlow seems to have rhe
reauia: end of this because he was able,
mr-agh control of the state con.mittee,
(•> <• i control of the house ts rvprvs'en
tartv- - hall in which the convention was
h» l \\ h. u he went to iwv r.l >r Me
■ lire tne use at the cuni-cl,
-'.palau.i ti.at he wanted :t with no
to It; ta oher s.rh, that i - e
.t. ki*k«.rs out jbe thrown
• i it. and the folks he
ulain't want could be kept out. Now
• ‘ '• who h«s dealings with Wa.tvr
Hr« - wt al.n.
! r is the best republican In caMreaa
fl the south; am: GoocrhoT .'’••Mi lan
’• ’ i»> fixed things -o IT >wni->w'j
*■ > i ’t • :■! have unquertlcn'J «on-
troj during 11omventlon.
Evans’s Charges Against Him.
I w•• I! th;* , ontrol was used is shown
*.iig tel. gram which General
JI. » 1-e- nton, who is one of Commls
s= r <>f i*« r.<heis Etans’s c'osest friends.
r< • -d fr-.-tn that aati-Erownlow leader |
uunr- the progrvs <»( the convention: i
hviile. Tc-n.. Anri! Sk —Situation
P -■ g and humiliating. No
’ Puffing and perjury ever
••• <"> Wha - We have here. De-cncy
•
H. CUT EVAXS."
Ml of which is very excellent test!- I
ra •: in «upp< rt of all that the demo-
l ve le -n * ylr.-t about the char- ,
a-- , ts,. repuldl-an organization In the
” hern «< • - Tht pr-K-Kding at Mom
s . r and Na-hrllle have disgusted not
orlv prarth’n! pollli. inns whose or- !
'•*« s ’ nr been disobeyed, tut th. y have
nt - ibt : - y disgusted the entjrc country. |
Th , republic ins are valuable witnesses 1
for the . - mocrits—th-se at Montgomery
With th ir shoot.ng affray and gene-nl
N - -hviile. v. itli
their ballot box stuffing and perjury i
wl.: -h. ar ..nil.,- to the commß'l«ner of
pensions, a high official In the admlnlstra- I
. Y ASH BITTERS
* CLEANSES THE LIVER AND BOWELS
A33 FOBTTTTTff Tint SYSTEM TO RESIST PRJEVAUIKG DISEASES.
! tlon. has never b?en equaled anywhere
I else.
1 Southern republi ans who have not tnk
, en a hand In this trouble feel not a little
• humiliated at it. They fear that its
effect upon the contest cases now pend
ing before- congres will be laid for the re
publican contestants. They see that the
northern republicans are beginning to
realize the eh iractec of their organiza
tion—fortne<l as it is for the sole purpose
of monopolizing the federal offices and,
in manv instances at least, to be turned
into a source of profit in national con
ventions.
Bad Outlook for the Republicans.
Aldrich, of Alabama, and Wise, of Vir
ginia. have goo.] reason to laugh in their
sleeves at the predicament in which other
eminent southern republicans who want to
get Into congress find themselves.
These eminent gentlemen, who depend
upon the seat-stealing Industry to find
a place in national politics, hnve recent
ly been presented with congressional po
sitions which they would have stood a
slim chance of sectiring if these Mont
gomery and Nashville episodes had oc
curred before their cases were acted upon.
' The time is coming when even for the
' sake of increasing their majority of the
I house of representatives, the republicans
of the north will not dare consider the
claims of these chronic contestants from
the south. The object lessons furnished
nt Montgomery and Nashville are sure
to bring good democratic fruit.
SENATOR MORGAN SANGUINE
THAT THE SENATE WILL RUSH
CANAL BILL.
Says if House Passes It the Senate
Will Do Likewise Few Days
Thereafter.
Washingt n. April 23.—(Special.)—"Tf
the house of representatives passes the
canal bill on the 2d of May 1 believe !t
will be able to pass through the senate
by the Sth ot Sth.’"
This was. Senator Morgan's ew.lmate of
• the chances of the passing of the Nlca
| ra<ua canal bill passing through both
' houses as he gave It to me today after It
was announced that the house had agreed
; to consider the bill on the Ist of May.
Senator Morgan immediately called to
gether the senate committee and it was
unanimously agreed that as soon as the
house blit reach.d the senate it would be
taken up as the basis for action by the
senate committee and It will in all prob
ability put th. - amended Hepburn bill
through without any change. Senator
Morgan apparently bolletes that he will
be able to keep the . anal bill to the front
and force its passage at this session, but
very few of the republican leaders figure
■ it out as he does. According to the re
, publican programme c tigress ]s to ad-
■ journ l.y rhe middle of June. This will
1 give but four or live weeks tn which to
| handle the mass of matter which yeeumu
j lates toward the end of each session and
there are certain republicans who are
i m< any too anxious to see the canal hill
I go through; the are g •<»«! that
they will find other matters more impor
tant. according to their Meas, than this.
. and will succeed In delaying It.
Ilowev-r. Senator Morgan i« In earnest
in bls efforts to push the hi 1 and there
are a lot of senators who will stand with
. him in every movement lurking toward
this e««J- OHL.
Morgnn and Hepburn Confer.
Washington. April 23.—Senator Morgan.
I chairman of the senate committee on ii-
Jter-oceanlc canals, was today Jn confer
ence with Chairman Hepburn, of tne
I house committee, discussing ways and
means of securing consideration of the
I Nicaraguan canal bill at the present ses
sion of congress. The senator expr< ssed
the opinion that his committee would ac
i cept the amendments suggested by the
i house committee, and that it would act to
: vorably upon the bill as amended when
' passed by the house.
JAPAN STOPS IMMIGRATION.
Coolies Will Not Be Allowed To
Leave for the United States.
Washington. April 2a—lnformation hns
reached Wachlngton to the effectjthat the
Jaihinese government itse.f. tnd without
waiting thc» request from ihe I'ntled
States, is about to take steps to restrict
th. - emigration of Japanese coolies t > the
I L'nlted States. It is a ■‘sorted tnat th -re
I are really not tn<»re than 15,0iu ar lb,'O<
Japanese within the limits of the United
I States outside of Hiwan. Such emigra
tion as has lately occurred is .attributed
to the competition'of the two great Ja;e
--• aneso eii.igration societies, and laboters
are said to have been deiudC'.l with sto
ries ut untold opportunities for work at
great wti.es. The Japanese government's
1 action is based on a desire to protect its
people. It is said, however, that the gov
ernment would never contemplate pith
1 etiuanimitv legislation by the I'nited
States directed exclusively against Japan
i <so Immigration, ami swh discrimination
would certainly have most disastrous e'-
, feels uj-on the larg< und growing trade
between the United states and Japan.
the McKinleys visit canton.
White House Occupants Return to
Their Ohio Home.
Washington. April 23.—President and
Mrs. McKinley left here at 7:3h o’clock
! via ihe Pennsylvania railroad for a visit
i of several days to Canton. Accompany
ing them were Secretary Cortelyou, Dr.
P. M. Rlxey, George Barber, a nephew of
1 the president; William S. Hauk, a friend,
mid Mr. Leonard, a stenographer. The
president and Mrs. M<-K.nley will Inspect
the work which has been in progress ..n
their Canton home and return to Wash
ington probably Friday. The presidential
party returned from New York this morn
ing and the president was at his desk by
? o’clock looking over accumulated busi-
| President Reaches Washington.
Washington. April 27.—President and
Mrs. McKinley arrived In Washington at
• s o’clock this morning from Canton.
o
PLAN OF SHIPS IS APPROVED.
The Georgia Type Will Be Largest
in the Navy,
Washington. April N.—The naval hoard
of construction today finally approved
1 the plans for the three battleships au
thorized bv the last congress, and gave
Instruction to have the specifications pre
pared at once preliminary to calling for
bids from the ship builders. The hoard
■ has settled upon a design very similar to
the plan originally proposed. The ships
will Is - enlarged lowas In type, with the
i rectangular su|M - rstructure and the two
■ turrets, bow and stern, on the main deck,
f To carry all this armament proposed,
with a simmml of nineteen knots an hour,
uill r« 'iuir< - a displacement of about IJ.uUW
tons, ma'-it-.g these new ships by far the
, largest in «he I'nited States navy and as
big :•■ the latest type of British armored
cruisers.
The secondary batteries will be made
up largely of fourteen-pounders, and al
together the ships will ba more than
equal to any warships of their size in the
j world's navies.
Agitation Against America.
Madrid. April 2s Senor Bagracio. Span
ish consul general at Havana, confirms
I the r» - i*>rt of the existence In certain
parts of the island of Cuba of an agita
tion against the Americans.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900.
GEN. WHEELER GIVES UP
HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS
RESIGNATION SENT TO GOVER
NOR OF ALABAMA.
General Wheeler Sets Forth His Rea
sons for Not Being in His Seat
When Congress Convened.
Montgomery. Ala., April 23.—Governor
Johnntun today made public the following
letters:
Washington. Apr!! 20. 1900.—T0 Governor
Joseph F. Johnßton, Montgomery, Ala.—Dear
filr: When the Insurrection in Luzon broke
<«ut <n !•'» bruary 4. 1899. I WM h a
commlaelon in the voluntary army of the United
States, and I felt that I ought to perform
military duty until the convening of congress,
liecember 4. 1899. I. therefore, immediately
appealed for active duty tn the Fntlippines and
finally In July received orders with the under
standing that I would be ordered to return so
as to be present when congrcßH convened.
In October it l>ecame evident that to leave
Luzon In time to reach Washington by De
cember 4th would noceanltate leaving my com
mand during active operations, when I saw
clearly that a delay of two or three weeks
would enable me to remain with my command,
which wan performing its part In capturing
or disjx’rslng the Insurgent government, and
thus aiding In the practical termination of the
war.
I, therefore, suggested that as the first ses
sion of congress never enacted legislation prior
to Christmas, that my arrival In Washington
before the convening of congress after the
Christmas holidays would attain every purpose
and would enable* me to avoid leaving my com
mand in the midst of active operations.
In November I forwaided to the president
my resignation as an officer of the army, so
as to prevent the possibility of any question
arising as to my right to my seat in con
gress.
A combination of circumstances delayed my
reaching Washington, and when I arrived the
president very kindly asked m*' to remain in
th** army. I was also notified by Um speaker
that his ruling would be that my failure to
l»e prewnt when congress convened had work
ed « forfeiture of my seat.
After a conference with Hon. W. J. Wood.
I asked him to notify you of the conditions and
request an election be ordered for my successor.
It is now suggested that it is necessary for
me to send you a f- rmal resignation as a
member of the fifty-sixth congress from Ala
ba ma
I. therefore, rrs|»ectfiilly tender my resigna
tion as such. I regret more than I can express
any Inconvenience my absence has caused the
pe..p|.* rs the eighth district. 1 will devote
mvsclf tn their Interests In connection with
congressional matters so far as I am aide until
my successor is ready to qualify. With re
stH'cf. Your obedient servant.
JOSEPH WHEELER.
A subsequent mall brought to the gov
ernor the following additional letter from
General Wheeler:
To Governor Joseph F. Johnston, Montgom
ery, Ala. Sir: 1 forwarded my resignation as a
member of congress *o you yesterday. It has
l»een suggested that it might i»e well if it were
accepted to take effect when my successor is
elected, as that w« uld enable me to do moi - ' 1
in working forth. district in the meantime,
but that is a matter for your better judg
ment. Very resj»ectfully yours,
JOSEPH WHEELER.
Resignation Menns n Brigadiership.
Washington. April S.—(Special.)—Gen
eral Wh- 'kr's resignation of his seat in
congress mears, of couisc. that he hns
been ass'irwl by the president of appoint
ment to n brlgacllersh'.p in the regular
army. Just when ti ls appointment Is to
be mad - is not known. 1 am t o l<l that
General Wheeler himself hns no definite
assurance on this point, but he is satis
fied that the appointment will come some
time during the president's term of office.
The first < pportuni’v of tnat kind will be
presented it June, when General Merritt
will retire. It is possible that General
Whiehr will then be transferr nl to .ho
tegular cstublishiiK nt. That Is. unless the
Grosvenor bill providing for the app lini
ment of three extra brigadier generals
fr<>in am<».g the volunte< r officers is en
acted into law before that time. This
til) w.m introduced undoubtedly in con
formity with the wishes of the president,
in erder that he might q.point General
Whe.'ler, Gereral Fitzhugh IsCe and Gen
eral James H. Wilson. It Is presum-d
tl at. with th;, administration's backing,
the bill will go through, though there :»
sonic talk of o|>i>osltiun; there ar. - mem
lx-rs of engross on both si.les who aio
op|M>se<l to the crealic-n of new •dh.t's ;n
the army, even if the Lcneficiuries are
such prominent men e.s these three. In
tin - ineantinio Gen-ral Wheeler is on wait
ing orders as a brigadier general of vol
unteers. tie devotes a lot if his tlt.ie to
looking after the int-res’s of the people
ot the eighth Alabama <1 strict, an 1 will
eontiniM - to do so until hla as
the representative of that district comes
up >n the scene. General Whealer 'n-Akes
no secret ot that fact that he would havo
made a demand for nis seat in the house
t he had not found Speaker Henderson
bitterly opposed to him. A <O‘.d many
members on both sides urged him to d >
this, but he felt that there was no use
stirring up strife when the euros were üb
si.iu'ely stacked against him.
The little gcueiul. who is always
thoughtful of the needy, and who ha
brought back a great stereos valuab' ■
knowiedt -- about things in the I‘bi't;'
pines, has stall d a movement which
ought to interest religious circles without
regard to lit f >u: ■' ;n
going through the Philippine islands great
devotion on the part of the women to the
Christian church ot their adoption. ‘T.tey
are all devout Untb.lics. la looking
around for seme means of reaching these
people ami creating the tpint of friend
ship on the part ut the people of pc,
Philippines, which Is so essential a factor
in bringing about not only the end of the
pres'tu troubles, out an era of g< <>d feel
ing for the lu’ure. he mad ■ imjuiiiet as to
the prop r raeaas by wiueh the Catholic
women ut America might bring them
selves In closer touch with the Catholic
women of .he Philippines. Tho result of
his investigation Is tthown in a letter
which he has written ;o a prominent lady
member of the church here in Washing
ton. in that letter General Wheeler says:
“During my recent visit to the Phil
ippine . nd tiie Ixidronvs. 1 wus much
ItiiprcA- d wi 11 the dtvullon of the
women of the islands, and it occurred
to me Uku it would Le a graceful
thing for the Catholic women at our
country to show their appreciation ot
the piety ot their sisters in tin- fir
east in some substantial way. While
on the island of Guam, where there
art - six churches, 1 inquired wh.it
would be the most acceptable present,
and w is informe i that the churches,
which are very slr.tl ir to our country
church.-, needed ‘stations of the
cross.' 1 take the liberty cf asking
tin - ia-nefit of your experience In con
nect! m witn supplying articles needed
in pour chvrchrs. and begging that yen
would stc’gesi in v.l at w tv ihe subject
v.'otil 1 Itest Ir presented to the Catholic
ladies >f tMs country. What would bo
the cost <>f a set of stations suitable
for :. modest little church? etc. Any
suggestion.- you would kindly mak«
would be appreciated.’’
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Hava Always Bought
Signature of
WILL WHEELER RUN AGAIN?
Rumor in Alabama That the General
Is Thinking That Way.
Birmingham, Ala., April 2fi. —A special
to Tlie Age-Herald from New Decatur,
says:
”A personal friend of General Wheeler
is authority for the statement that the
general will be a candidate to succeed
himself as congressman from the eighth
congressional district for the unexpired
term and also for the new term, which
begins Deceml>er 1, 1901.
“The same person is authority for the
statement that General Wheeler’s resig
nation was due to the fact that he feared
the fight would be made on him in the
house and rather than face defeat at the
hands of his colleagues he preferred to
resign his seat and to submit his casa to
the pcopl® of his district.
“He stated, further, that he thought
that Governor Johnston would not call a
special election to name General Wheel
er's successor until November, and that
at that time a congressman would be
elected to fill out the unexpired term,
which term expires March, 1901. In No
vember a congressman is also to be elect
ed for tho regular succeeding term.
VEST’S PLAIN DUTY
AND_HOW HE DID IT
Chicago Times-Herald: There was In
tense stillness in tho senate chamber as
the clerk called the roll. Few surprises
were developed by it. Senator Hanna's
pair with Mr. Depew against Quay was
the first untoward Incident which the
Pennsylvanian's followers had to face.
Culberson, of Texas, was another whom
they had before relied upnn to save the
day, but Culberson stood by the constitu
tion. Martin, of Virginia, was still an
other of whom they had hopes, but Mar
tin <lisapi>olnte<l them. As tho friends of
Quay nervously tallied the yeas and nays
during the roll call they saw a single vote
was needed to save their chief.
The alphabet was nearly exhausted.
Tho clerk was down toward the bottom
of the list. Would Vest see his friend
defeated? Would the senator from Mis
souri put the knife Into his chum—lnto the
political vitals of the man with whom he
had fished, drunk, pkiycd poker, slept,
hrothcred through these many years?
Would he strike at the man he loved for
the sake of a musty old constitution and
his convictions as to how It should be
Interpreted?
“Mr. Vest!” sang out the clerk.
All eyes turned toward a little, shrunk
en man, all brains and body and no nock,
who sat crouched in a front chair, almost
out of sight, apparently asleep.
“No!” came sharp and clear from the
little old man's throat, and It was all over.
Matthew Stanley Quay was defeated,
probably ruined. And It was his best
friend that had east the fatal vote.
There was a glisten in the little old
man’s eye, a huskness In his voice, as he
turned to answer a question put to him
by a neighboring senator. Never was a
vote cast In tho United States senate that
required greater devotion to duty and
principle, never one that cost such a pang
In the heart of a true and manly man.
Mr. Vest Explains Why.
“I have knovvh Senator Quay ever since
ho came to the senate.” said Senator Vest
tonight in a musing sort of manner. “That
was sixteen years ago—yes, fully sixteen
years ago. I came to be much attached
to him, to admire him greatly. 1 have
fished witli him and slept with him; we
have been and are yet great friends. And
stlil I could not bring myself to sacrifice
my convictions on the question to my
friendship for the man. 1 might have
dodged, it is true, but I don't like to dodge
the constitution. 1 do not think It right
vote for or against, as one feels is right,
but vote.
“There is no dodging the constitution,
any way—you are either <o st'.‘tain it or
not. I am pledged to sustain the constitu
tion, and so I voted against Quay. 1 was
In a most peculiar position, but to vote
otherwise to me would not have been man
ly. Th it is a great deal; I wanted to bo
consistent with my past opinions on the
question, anti still disliked very much to
vote to keep my friend out.
"I h.nl many talks witli him daring the
last few months. He came to me quite
otten about it. and I had to tell Him that
my views on the constitutional questl.m
had not been changed. It is too bad that
one vote means his undoing at this time,
though suppose I ht:d dodged and not
voted, then it would have been a tie, and
tbat uuni.! not ha • been any better. I
was com|K - lle<l to look at the whole matter
Impersonally though it was difficult under
the cli>umstance..”
Senator Vest was .i ked about his for
mer stand on the constitutional question.
He appeared to be extrt tnely sad over the
result of the vote of the afternoon, but
talked quietly and freely, saying in reply
to this question:
“For nenrl) twenty years I have stood
by the theory that a governor of a state
has not the power to appoint a s?<nator.
The first time I spo);-. on this subject was
in the Bell ease. That was nineteen years
ago—in ISM—and was a New Hampshire
caste. I spoke against seating Bell, but
the senate voted otherwise*. I spoke in
other eases, too, maintaining the same po
sition—in the Blair ease, the Corbett ease,
the Mantle case and now in the Quay
ease. 1 tried to see my way clear to vote
favorably to my old friend and sat In my
place and listened to all the arguments ’n
the ho|.e that I might see I was mistaken.
But to the end of the chapter I could de
tect no flaw In my opinion.”
Senator Vest believes that Matthew
Stanley Quay will yet be in the United
States senate. “I sincerely hope to see
bln: in the senate again.” lie said. "I
have great regard for his abilities. I
prefer hint to any other republican—Penn
sylvania reimbllcan, or other republican,
I know they call him a bos ; he is a
forceful man and has his enemies, hut I
consider him vastly preferable to those
who are hounding him, and would rather
see him in the senate than any of hi 3
adversaries.”
Order for Hazzard’s Arrest.
New York, April 27-General Merritt has
issued general orders for the arrest of
Lieutenant 11. C. Hazzard on a charge ot
abs< nee without leave. Ho disappeared
from Key West, Fla., in February.
• k/;X
Acts gently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
Cleanses the System
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SILVER ISSUE IS TO
BRYAN
Popular Democratic Leader
Answers a Query from
Many Lips
QUESTION CANNOT DIE
X I
Colonel Bryan at Wichita, Kas.,
Makes Notable Address in
Which He Touches on the
Issues of the Day
with Energy.
Wichita, Kas., April 24.—W. J. Bryan
arrived here today on his way from Tex
as to his home in Nebraska. This after
noon Mr. Bryan delivered an open air
speech to 3,(1C0 persons. Tonight he was
the guest of honor at the annual banquet
of the Sunflower League.
John S. Crosby, of New York, and Allen
O. Myer, of Ohio, were also guests. Mr.
Bryan in the course of his banquet speech
said:
‘‘The public wonders why I have
I not dropped the silver question.
New measures are resting upon us
but I shall never drop the silver
question until the little coterie of
English financiers cease to meet In
secret and plan the laws of this
country.
•‘Ths difference between this campaign
and that of "9G Is that the matters of
tri.sts and imperialism have been Injected
and that the east has become educated
on tho silver Question. The east no longer
regards populists as anarchists, but has
come to respect them.”
Referring to the Boer war he said:
“I measure men's opinions by their
sympathies. The sympathies of all peo
ple are with republics and In the greait
contests that are fought between king
doms and republics we know where to
place the heart fit Americans. It is to
day with the Boers and I do not say th.s
because I am against England. I have
some regard for Eng and because I am
I pa r t English myself. lam also part Irish
and part Scotch, but above all I am
i American.”
A« to colonial affairs Mr. Bryan said:
"We are unalterably for the republi' -
i and everlastingly against the empire and
' denounce the present national administra
, tlon for its shameless attempt to unsettle
the f tundat! ...- of our got eminent F»r
I its Ibandonn. nt of the Monroe doctrine,
1 for its attempt to thrust our country in
to European and Asiatic politics, against
which We have been warned by the fath
ers; for its attempt to subjugate unwl 1-
i !ng end .Jberty-lovlng people not to make
them citizens, but serfs: for its attempt
t > adopt for our country the English co
lonial system, as foreign to our plan of
government as a titled aristocrat to a
king: for Its gross disregard ot our prom
; :se t > the people of Cuba to give thorn
their freedom; for its permanent increase
.if our standing army from 25.000 to 100,-
men with no possible Justification ex
i c. pt to keep unwilling foielgn peoples i.»
subjugation; for its notorious secret alli
ance with England to be used as a menace
to . Iher friendly nations, and for its car
pet bag government and unconstitutional
tariff inaugurated in Porto Rico. A.l of
th.se things, the natural sequence of re
pub icanlsm and the first symptoms of a
m*.it try imperialism, we will forever
11 Bryan Speaks Plainly.
Chicago, April 21.—A special from Wlch
. ita Kan., to The Tlmes-llerald. says:
••Neither Editor Morss nor anyone
else can succeed in getting me tc
abandon free silver. I favor it as
much as I did in 1806. While free
silver will not be the leading issue
in this campaign. It will be one of
the issues.”
William J Bryan made this flat-footed
statement during an interview this after
noon.
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BRYAN WILL STAY IN LINCOLN.
Democratic Leader Will Not Attend
Democratic Convention.
I.'ncoln. Neb.. April 2fl.—W. J. Bryan re
turned to his Lincoln home today, and
with the exception of a week's campaign
ing in Michigan and northern Ohio begin
ning next Monday, will remain here al
most uninterruptedly until after the dem
ocratic national convention. Mr. Bryan
•lid that lie would not attend the Kansas
Citv convention.
POPS BITTER AGAINST WEAVER
lowa Middle-of-Roaders Elect Dele
gates to Convention.
Des Moines, la., April 21.—The middle
of-the-road populists of lowa held a state
convention here today and selected dele
gates to the national convention at Cin
cinnati. The fusion populists were vig
orously denounced, and esfa'clally Gen
eral J. B. Weaver, who was said to have
done more than any thousand men to de
stroy the people's party organization.
Resolutions were adopt.d Indorsing the
Omaha and St. Louis platforms and sym
pathizing with the Boers and Filipinos.
Kentucky Populists for Bryan.
Louisville. K.v., April 25.—A meeting of
populist leaders of this state who favor
fusion with the democrats was held here
today. Fourteen delegates to the national
convention at Sioux Falls, May 9th, were
selected and resolutions were adopted re
affirming the declarations of the national
convention at St. Louis in lS!k>, denounc
ing trusts, favoring an income tax and
indorsing Bryan.
Kansas Populists Solid for Bryan.
Clay Center, Kas., April 25.—Kansas
populists, in state convention hero today,
elected elghty-four delegates to the na
tional convention at Sioux Falls and In
structed them to vote sulidly for W. J.
Bryun. The delegates then adjourned
and proceeded to the depot to greet Mr.
Bryan, who came in from Wichita on a
special train. Five thousand people es
corted the Nebraskan to the city square j
and cheered him heartily as he spoke .
on the issues of the day.
In the convention during the vote on
delegates George Easterwood, of Kansas
City, said he had heard that democrats
would spend $10,000,000 in the Kansas City
convention to beat Bryan. Judge Pfost
asked what the Kansas City delegates
should do if there should be a move to !
adjourn the Sioux Falls convention until
after tho Kansas City convention to see
whom the democrats would name. W.
F. Green, of Wichita, favored nominating
Samuel M. Jones, of Ohio, for vice presi
dent. He thought with Toledo's mayor
on thi» ticket Ohio and Michigan would
be lost to the republicans.
The proposition to Indorse Jones for
the second place on the ticket was mak
ing rapid progress when Albert Griffith
declared that Jones was not eligible be
cause he is not a native born citizen of
the United States.
“If you adjourn to Kansas City,” Gris-
fith continued, “you will do nothing but
what the democratic bosses tell you to do.
The populist party Is In danger. If you
become a tail to the democratic kite this
year the populist party is gone forever.”
Colonel J. J. Donaldson advised the con
vention to tell its delegates to go to Sioux
Falls and adjourn the convention to Kan
sas City. ‘ Then,” said he “let them do
the best they can and may God help
them.” „ „ . ,
Tho delegation was finally unanimously
instructed for Bryan.
STARTLING TICx UxiE DRAWN.
A. 0. Myers, of Ohio, Makes Predic
tion for Election.
Wichita, Kas., April 25.—Allen O. My
ers. of Ohio, responding to a toast to
night at the banquet of the Sunflower
League of Kansas, following William J.
Bryan, created a sensation by his utter
ances.
Mr. Bryan did not finish his speech
until after 1 o’clock this morning. Mr.
Myers drew a dark picture. The coun
try was fast racing to destruction, said
he, and Mark Hanna, William McKin
ley and Great Britain were driving it.
Then suddenly turning toward Mr.
Bryan, the speaker exclaimed:
“You may be elected, sir, by a million
majority, but they will not permit you to
take the presidential chair. Look at the
fate of William Goebel. Men whose
pastime is bribery find in murder an
amusement. Ohio was bought in IRDfi,
the country was bought; it will be bought
again in 1900, and Mark Hanna's reward
for it Is a seat in the United States
senate.
“The masses of the country will con
tinue to permit the encroachments of
the class,” concluded Mr Myers, "finally
too late for a restoration of rights by
tho ballot. Then the sword and gun. vio
lence, revolution —a new order of things.”
THE WAR AGAINST SCHLEY
IS BROUGHT TO A HALT
Philadelphia Times; The New York
I World of yesterday created a new sensa-
■ tlon In navy circles by a revival of the
I scandals arising from the Schley-Samp
| son dispute, anil the statement that the
government had decided to end the bitter
personal naval feuds by abandoning the
effort to promote S impson over Schley.
I The Anal decision of the president and
the party despots of the naval bureau to
abandon the effort to promote Sampson
is credited by our New York contempo
rary to a careful and elaborate review of
the history and records of the men who
have been assailing Schley, comp! ed by
General Agnus, of The Baltimore Ameri
can. and giving notice that it wowd come
as a fatal broadside against Sampson and
his special promoters if the effort w r ■
renewed to degrade Schley for the ad
vancement of Sampson.
It has been well known for some time
that General Agnus had fully fortified
himself for this battle, and while it
I doubtless true, as he declares, that he has
never attempted to enferee justice to
Schley by any threats against those in
authority, the officers who are implicat 'd
by the records he has compiled <> .u!.:less
well known that they cannot afford the
controversy. It is known to those who
hnve inner knowledge of the machin i
tions in the naval bureau since the ijegin
ning of the Spanish war that a rigid and
scrupulously honest investigation of na
val affairs would gr. ai'ly discredit Rear
Admiral Sampson, and much more dis
credit Rear Admiral Crowninshleld. who
is at the head of the bureau of naviga
tion and the chief conspirator against
. Schley.
None has questioned Samp-on s ab.i.ty
■ or his courage as a naval office.', and the
. on y cowardly thing that he ever did
[ was giving the power of his high com
mand to organize the officers of his own
. fleet to deny Doinmodor.- Schley the h m-
I ors he justly achieved at Santiago, and
the honors which the country and the
word will ever accord to him without
question. It was unmanly, even coward
ly, for Acting Rear Admiral Sampson to
claim the credit of a battle that he did
not even witness, and in which the dis
positions of the fleet had to be made a' -
| cording to the movements of the enemy.
I and not In obedience to any previous or
' decs, and in which he did not give an
I order by signal to a single vessel when
engaged with the ir/my.
Had Sampson accorded Schley the credit
that was due to him instead of impliedly
claiming it for himself, he would have
been honored by the country and his pro
motion even over Schley might have been
tolerated; but the fact that he weakened
his fleet without reason on the eve of
battle by taking one of the two swiftest
vessels awav to enable him to api»car in
state ala conference with General Shaf
ter. and the additional fact that he bad
ordered the Massachusetts, the twin but-
I tieship of the Oregon, away to coal some
: hours before, placed him in a most untor
i tunate position to claim any personal
credit for the destruction of the Spanish
fleet by the practically outclassed fleet I.e
ha<l left to meet the enemy. With tho
Indiana far off at the start and unable to
make any speed, and with the lowa start-
I ing four miles behind the Spanish fleet,
then running twelve knots, never exceed
' ing ten knots in the chase, and with tho
Texas unable to cope with the. Spanish
1 vessels in speed. Sampson had left his
fleet distinctly outclassed, and the victo
ry was won under Schley's command, and
chiefly bv Schley and Clarke, with the
lieartv co-operation of all the officers and
the gallantry of “the men behind the
guns."
We had many instances of injustice to
brave men during our civil war arising
from the fearful asperities whi- h-grew up
in a suddenly organized army where pro
motion was rapid, but in no Instance has
there ever been such an organized effort
to strip a naval hero of his laurels as that
organized in the navy department, larg'-
ly or wholly by Crowninshleld himself, to
degrade Admiral Schley for the single pur
pose of stealing his laurels for Simpson,
who had no other claim to them than that
he happened to be the absent commander
of the fleet during the battle.
The battle of Santiago was tho most
brilliant achievement in the history of
the naval warfare of the world, and it is
a consuming shame to tho nation that
Sampson and the naval bureau, whose fa
voritism gave Sampson the command over
his superiors alike in rank, ability and
manliness, have systematically, vindic
tively and even fiendishly, pursuiil Schley
to crown a pet of the bureau wiih unearn
ed honors, and no more contemptible ex
hibition of this hostility to Schley has
been seen than in ordering him to sea in
the most unfriendly climate of the worl.l
to command a fleet consisting of a second
class cruiser and two gunboats, with no
important duty to perform and practlcilly
filling the place of a captain.
It is needless to say that any particular
person has forced the despotic naval bu
reau and the administration to end the
unjust effort to promote Sampson over
Schley. That has never been i»ossible ;
since the day the battle of Santiago was
fought. The president has favored It; tho •
secretary of the navy lias favoretl it; Ad
miral Crowninshleld has organized all the ;
puppets of the naval bureau to invent and i
circulate every conceivable calumny
against Schley to aid it, but the senate,
after having been formally addressed by
Secretary Long and called out Schley's
pigeonholed defense of his campaign, was
more than two to one against the promo
tion of Sampson over Schley.
The patriotic people of the country are
practically united in giving honors to the
man who fought the battle and not to
the man who failed to light it and then
claimed the credit he did not merit; and
it has never been possible in the past; it
is not possible now, and it never can be
possible in the future, for the senate to
confirm the promotion of Sampson over
Schley In defiance to the overwhelming
convictions of the American people.
"Whether the battle is ended or not the
result is the same. There may be naval
Piinldham
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bureau dreamers who conceive it possi
ble to degrade Schley and promote Samp
son. as they learn nothing and forget
nothing, but the patriotic people of the
| republic are the sovereign power of the
lend, and they are omnipotent when they
s]>cak, as they have spoken and ever will
speak, milllon-tongued. in defense of
Schley's heroism and victory in Santiago.
■I ■ ■ *■
Sam Davis.
Editor Constitution —In his letter in The
Constitution Bill Arp alludes to the martyrdom
of the youth. Sam Itavls, who gave up his life
rather than break his word and betray another,
although tltat other was his country's enemy,
and expresses the wish "that every boy In
the southland knew of the sad and glorious
death of this Pulaski hero."
1 Inclose a poem. "Sam Daris," written by
John Trotwood Mo re, In c mtnem mtion of
the Incident ref-rred to. and published in his
i "Songs and Stories from Tennessee,”
I’- rhaps some < f your readers would like to
have it for their scrapbooks.
LOUISE T. HODGES.
j April 24. 1900.
SAM DAVIS.
| "Tell mo his name and you are free.”
' The general said, while from the tree
I The grim rope dangled threat nlngly.
I The birds ceased singing—happy birds.
! That sang of home and mother—wordn.
I The sunshine kissed his cheek—dear sun,
, It loves a life that's just begun!
' The very breexes held their breath
To watch the tight 'twlxt life and death.
' And, O, how calm and sweet and free
1 Smiled back the hills of Tennessee!
Smiled back the hills, as if to say:
| "Oh. save your life for us today! ’
1 "T*dl me his name and you are free.
' The general said, "and I shall see
I You safe within the rebel line—
i I'd love to save such life as thine.”
I A tear gleaned down the ranks of blue—
I tThe bayonets wa re tipped with dew).
Across the rugged cheek of war
i God's angel rolled a teary star.
The toy loked up—'twas this they heard:
"And would you have me break my words
A tear stood in the general's eye;
• My boy, I hato to see thee die— .
I Give me the traitor's name and fly!”
Young Davis smiled, as calm and free
I As He who walked on Galilee:
“Had I a thousand lives to live,
; Had I a thousand lives to give.
I’d lose them —nay. I'd gladly di»
! lu-fore I'd five one life a Pet”
| He turned— l< r not a soldier stirred—
' "Tour duty, men—l gave my word.
The hills smiled back a farewell smile.
The breeze sobbed o’er his hair awhile,
! The birds broke out in sad refrain.
The sunbeams kissed bls cheek again
Then gathering up their blazing bars.
| They shook his name among the stars.
O. stars, that now his bro’hers are.
! O, sun, his sire in truth ar.d light,
■ Go tell' the Usfning worlls afar
Os him who dl**d for tru’h and right.
I For martyr of ail martyr he
Who dies to save an enemy!
—J.'HN TROTWOOD MOORE.
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WATSON HAS BEEN RELIEVED.
Semey and Kempff Are in Command
of Asiatic Squadron.
Washington, April a.— According to
cable advices to the navy department
Rear Admiral George C. Remey assumed
forma] command of the Asiatic station .it
Yokohama last Friday. He hoisted his
i flag on the Brooklyn and relieved Rear
Admiral J. C. Watson of the command
' ot the naval forces on the As;a:fc station.
It Is assumed that in accordance with the
i orders of the department Rear Admiral
Louis Kempff assumed command of the
i second division of the Asiatic squadron
I at the «anie time. He will use the cruiser
Newark as his flagship and will confine
‘ his operations to Chinese wagers. Ad
i niirals Remev and Kempff made the jour
ney across the Pacific in company and
j were received by Admiral Watson on
their arriva at Yokohama with the usual
honors. Admiral Watson will start on
■ his homeward journey in a few days over
I the Suez and Mediterranean route. He
I has fur discretion to proceed at h’.s leis
ure and st p wherever he pleases en •
rowe It is understood that the Balti-
1 more’will stop at one of tho northern
! ports of France in order that the admiral
and his staff may visit the Paris exposl
tiou It is therefore not likely tnat the
admiral will reach New York inside of
[ three montths.
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LIVINGSTON DEMANDS ACTION.
Congressman Will Carry His Reso
lution Before the House.
Washington. April 26.—(Special.)—If the
house committee on judiciary does not
take action upon Colonel Livington s reso
lution calling for information about the
Green and Gaynor cases by tomorrow.
Colonel Idvingston will demand that the
committee be discharged from further
consideration. This he can do under the
rules.
His resolution was designed to force
the committee to pass upon the bill re
lating to transfer of indicted persons from
one district to another which was prepared
bv the attorney general and which has
passed the senate. One reason given for
prompt action in this matter is that the
bond of the contractors in the Savannah
work, given to the government, expires
on the Ist of July next and it is argued
at the department of justice that unless
there is prompt action the government
will lose heavily.
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