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CLINCH COUNTY NEWS.
VOL. 111.
NEBRASKANS
FOR BRYAN
Democratic State Convention Is
Held at Lincoln.
POPULISTS ARE ALSO IN LINE
Delegates to National Convention
Selected ;
By Both Parties. |
Bryan Makes Address. 1
lu effect William J. Bryan an- i
nouueed at Lincoln, Nebraska, Mon- !
day night to the Democratic party and
to the nation at large the platform
which he considers best for the Dernc-
eratic party, especially upon which . he
desires to stand if nominated at the !
Kansas City convention.
The platform which was adopted by
the Nebraska Democracy in their state
convention, with the greatest enthus- !
iasm, reaffirms the Chicago platform,
declares for “16 to 1,” opposes a large j
standing army, denounces the action
of the Republican party on the Porto
Rican tariff bill, declares against
trusts and “imperialism’’ and favors j
the choice of United States senators
by popular vote. The platform is'
practically the creation of Mr. Bryan.
He did not write it personally, but he
was consulted concerning it, mid be¬
fore it was read to the convention he
had approved it throughout. |
Tho platform adopted by the Popu¬
list convention was substantially the
same as that adopted by the Demo¬
crats. It differs somewhat in form,
but conflicts in no essential point.
Both conventions were enthusiastic
for Bryan to the last degree and every
mentiou of his name was greeted with
cheers of delight and approval. In¬
structions were given to both delega-
tions to stand for Mr. Bryan in the
Kansas City and Sioux Fall couveu-
t j ons
The Democratic state convention
was called to order et8;15 o'clock by
Jas. Dahlman, chairman of the state
democratic committee. He announc¬
ed that Thomas J. Nolan had been se-
lected as temporary chairman. Mr.
Nolan took the chair and after being
presented to the convention made a
lengthy ' address. „
'i>i I he temporary . organization ... vas
made permanent and a committee on
resolutions was named. While that
committee was out Richard R. Met¬
calfe, of Omaha; W. D. Oldham, of
Kt-arner; W. H. Thompson, of Grand
Island, and A. «. Tibbetts, of Lin-
col u, were chosen ns delegates at large
to the Democratic national convention
at Kansas City. |
While the convention was in the
midst of a row over the choice of al-
termites to the delegates at large, Mr.
Bryan appeared in the hall. The sight am}
of him put a stop tp all business,
thg delegates went wild as lie mount-
ed the platform-
Mr- Rryarrs speech dealt almost
entirely with the three questions which
he has been discussing in vaiious
parts o| the country—the money ques-
tion, the trust question and
ism.
Ho said that the ratio of 16 to 1 was
the only ratio that was discussed and
the only ratio for which any consider-
hie number of the people of the United
States were working. He denounced
the currency feature of the financial
bill and said that the Republican par-
ty had never in a campaign advocated
t>.e retirement of greenbacks and that
it would not be able to defend that bill
bcfprp the pountry.
The Ropuiist ponyentioq was turbu¬
lent from the start. There were nu¬
merous candidates for every position,
arid objectors to every measure.
fhe committee on credentials
cided against the claims of the middle-
of-tbe-road Populists from Omaha to
be classed as delegates, and barred
them from the convention.
After being denied admission as del-
f gates to the Populist convention the
middle-of-the-roaders held a small con¬
vention of their own and appointed a
Nebraska delegation to attend the
Populist convention at Cincinnati.
They also decided to hold a state con¬
vention in Nebraska at some date after
the Kansas City convention.
ATLANfA POSTOFFICE BILL.
Senate Pa**e» the Measure and Pro spec Em
I n Houne Are Bright*
The Atlanta public building bill was
called from the calendar in the seuate
Monday afternoon and unanimously
passed that body.
The bill carries an appropriation of
$500,000 for enlarging and otherwise
improving the present federal building
in Atlanta.
The bill will be reported by the
house committee as soon as Colonel
Livingston returns from Georgia, and
the prospects are favorable that the
bill will soon become a law, and the
work on the building will begin during
the summer.
Tlie Official Organ of Ollxxoli County.
REFUSED TO CONCUR
^ ouse ® oes ^” ot ^" T?e With Sen-
ate On Porto R'.can Bill.
CHAIRMAN CANNON STANDS FIRM
JnsistaOn Original l’rovision Democrat*,
However* Were Willing to Avoid
Further Delay.
A Washington special says: The
house Monday refused to concur in
the senate amendments to tlio Porto
Rican Telief bill. The Democrats sup¬
ported a motion to concur on the
ground that it would avoid further de¬
lay in extending relief to the inhabi¬
tants of the island, hut the Republi-
■caus stood firmly behind Chairman
Cannon in his demand that the house
should insist upon its originat provis-
iou to appropriate not oniv the money
collected on Porto Rican goods up to
January 1st, but all subsequent mon-
eys collected or to be collected.
When the Porto Rican appropria¬
tion bill was called up Mr. Camion
moved that the house nonconcur in
tbe senate amendments and Mr. Mc¬
Rae, of Arkansas, moved concurrence.
Mr. Cannon explained tho changes
made in the bill by the senate.
Mr. McRae said that the essential
difference between the two bills was
that the house affirmed the right of
tho United to impose the Dingley
rates against Porto liico, whereas the
senate provision upon this subject was
indefinite.
Members on both sides, he said,
were agreed that the duties collected
on Porto Rican goods should be ro-
turned, the Democrats taking the po¬
sition that there should bo absolute
free trade between the island and the
United States. (Democratic applaiiHo.)
Mr. Bell, of Colorado, ulso advo¬
cated concurrence in the senate
amendments.
Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, and
Mr. MeCleoiy, of Minnesota, advo-
[XXX ,hat A \ A Kloun motion tttrl fl dec ' h1 ! anng »’ . ro ;
poseu to treat . the people , of , the island
t-e'ter tlmn the people of any territory
of tqe United States were ever created.
Mr. Swanson of Virginia denounced
the Porto Rican tariff bill as “infa-
raous” and said tho pending bill to
give buck the duties collected under
the Dingley law was an attempt to su-
r-coat , tho outrage. The power to
hx tbe ,luUes on S ou,ls comln 8 into
ami going from thin country / was the
P owtr BX< T c,8cJ Ln « ,am J ,rlor . °
'lu-revolution an divas oneof the t main
reasons why the colonies threw oil the
yoke.
The motion to concur was lost, 86
A . ,,,, Hfi- strict . . . party . vote . except .,, that ,
»
Mr. lliayer, Democrat, of Massarhu-
setts, voted with the Republicans.
The motion to non concur then pro-
vailed without division. The speaker
“» , P 0 i? . t , !L d , MesS ,, rs ' Canno ,, "’ M °A y
and McRae conferees f on the part of ,
the house.
ROOT IN ( HAULESfON'.
S«‘cr«‘tary of War Itupecffl Now FqfLh
anti Fortification*,
Eliliu Root, secretary of war, ar-
rived in Charleston on board the trans-
port Sedgewick Monday and immedi-
ately went to Sullivan’s island to meet
Colonel Randolph, commanding the
First artillery, and Captain Sanford,
United States engineer in charge of
harbor improvements. At the colonel’s
residence General Nelson A. Miles
was found, he having also gone over
from the city to inspect the forts, etc.
All went to Fort Sumter and after-
wards visited Forts Capron and Jas-
per and reviewed thg garrison. The
usual salutes were tired and there was
music and flags flying.
BEVKRIIM 1 K OFFERS SUBSTITUTE,
For The Porto lilu^n Tariff Bill -Ih h
H a<lU al Change,
Senator Beveridge, Republican, of
i u ,j jaan( offered tlie following substi-
tllte for tlie p orto Rioan tariff bill, in
(he Senate Monday: United
“All articles coming into the
States from Porto Rico or going into
Porto Rico from the United States
shall be admitted free of duty, but
this act shall not be construed as ex¬
tending the legislation of the United
States or any part thereof over Porto
Rico, and it is hereby declared that
the legislation of the United States is
not extended over Porto Rico.”
COMMISSION IN ATLANTA.
Much Fight Is Thrown on Condition* Iu|
tho South.
Much light on industrial conditions
in the south, and Georgia in particu¬
lar, was shown by the evidence before
the United States commissioners in
Atlanta, Ga,, Monday.
The witnesses examined were Dr. J.
D. Turner, president of the Exposi¬
tion cotton mills; Colonel R. J. Red¬
ding, director of the state experiment
station; Mr. J. E. Nunnally, of Nun-
Daily, Ga., and Colonel W. L. Peek,
of Conyers, Ga,, farmers.
Each of the witnesses gave valuable
information to the commissioners and
was heartily thanked.
HOMERV1LLU. UA.. FRIDAV. MARCH 23. 1900.
ROBERTS PISHING FORWARD.
Is Moving Toward the Vaal River
With a Combined Force of
120,000 Men.
A Loudon special says: By tlie time
Lord Roberts reaches the Vaal river
he w ill command some 80,000 men,
"bile General Bailer will have 40,-
00 h Frorn the military point of
view, the critics now think there is
nothing to fear.
Events are moviug in the South
African campaign in a speedy and sat¬
isfactory manner, from both the mili¬
tary and political points of view. It
could hardly have been expected by
the most sanguine Englishmen that
they would take a turn so favorable.
It appears that when Major Weston
out the railway north of Bloemfontein
he thereby intercepted Gen. Joubert,
who, far from having retired from the
campaign, was then marching south¬
ward with 8,000 men, presumably to
superintend the defenses. Elaborate
defense works three miles long had
Li i n prepared outside of the town.
The evidence goes to show that so
f a- as the southern part of the Free
S ate is concerned, there will be no
further resistance.
Tho cheers which greeted the read-
iug in parliament of the correspon¬
dence with the United States arc re-
echoed throughout the country. Tho
speech of M. Delcasae has increased
the satisfaction, and, taken with the
general belief that Emperor Nicholas
is personally averse to any interven¬
tion, these incidents spread tho idea
that there will be no further serious 7
attempt to interfere from any quarter.
Mr. Montagu White’s threat, in ail
American newspaper, that the Boers
will sacrifice Johannesburg and raze
it to the ground, if necessary, is not
taken seriously.
Mr. Chamberlain’s statement that
President Kruger has already been
warned as to the consequence of such
conduct is regarded as showing that
sufficient precaution bus been taken,
The Times suggests that burghers
should be warned that their farms will
ho taxed us a guarantee against auy
damage to British property, but no
serious apprehensions are entertained
of such conduct as Mr. White is sqid
to huve foreshadowed. ,
TEXT OF M’KINLH’S MESSAGE
Offering to Aid In Restoring Peace
In South Africa Read
By Balfour.
a t j:. P C yH: ln T tho ..
house of commons n „ Thursday Ti , > i replying ,
o Mr. W rll.am Redmond, Irish Na-
tioncltst, who asked whether tho United
States had offered its good offices to
her majesty’s government with tho
view of bringing about peace in South
Africa, the government leader, Mr.
Balfour, said her majesty's govern¬
ment would not accept the intervention
of any power in tho settlement of
South African affairs.
The following is the text of Mr. Bal¬
four’s reply to Mr. Redmond;
“ J he United States charge d'affaires,
March 13, communicated to Lord Sal¬
isbury the following telegram from
Mr. Hny:
( ( i By the way of friendly and good
office inform the British minister of
foreign affairs that 1 today received a
telegram from the United States con-
sul at Pretoria, reporting that the gov¬
ernment of the South African repub¬
lics request the president of tho
United States to intervene with a view
of a cessation of hostilities, and saying
that a similar request has been made to
the representatives of the European
powers. In communicating this re¬
quest, I am directed by the president
of the United States to express the
earnest hope that a way will be found
to bring about peace, and to say that
he would be glad, in any friendly man¬
ner, to aid in bringing about the de¬
sire-1 result. >
'I he reading of this dispatch rvas
greeted with cheers from the Irish
members:
Continuing, Mr. Balfour said:
“Lord Salisbury requested Mr.
White to convey the sincere acknowl¬
edgement of her majesty’s government
to the government of the United States
for the friendly tone of their com-
muuicatioD, and to say that her ma-
jesty’s government does not propose
to accept the intervention of any
power in the settlement of South
African Affairs.”
Loud and prolonged cheers followed
this statement.
SCHLEY’S HOME FI NOS,
C ommittee Is Informed That Subforlp*
tlqriR Are Abundant.
At a meeting in Washington of the
national executive committee engaged
in raising funds for a home for Rear
Admiral Schley Saturday night Sec¬
retary Evans reported many favorable
responses to the circulars soliciting
contributions. He also reported that
absolute refusals to contribute to the
fund had been received from the naval
contingent on duty in Washington,
with one single exception, that of Ad¬
miral Hichborn, and in some instances
the refusals were accompahied by ad¬
verse comments on tho committee’s
project.
A HOT BED OF
INSURRECTION
Has Manila, the Philippine Me-
tropolis Proved To Be.
REBELS INFEST THE CITY
General Olis Find* an Abundance
of Troublesome Situations
Right at His Door.
- Advices from the Philippines state
that General Otis considers Manilla the
most troubl8ome center in the situation
it, t^ere, just . . now. rm The insurgent ■ , junta .
lir connection with that in Hong Kong,
growing active. The military authori-
ties have been forced to put a stop to
Mabiui’s intercourse with the public.
The local and foreign press considers
his recent utterances calculated to in-
c&e the Filipinos to a continued revolt
and prejudicial to American control.
• Flores, who has just arrived in Ma-
nilla says he comes trusting to Ameri-
can h»ve lenioncy, and that ho would not
dared come to Manilla if
Spain wore yet in control. He eher-
ishos tho hopes and aspirations which
actuated sires to him watch when congressional in tlio field and action de-
upon the question of tho Philippines,
The insurgents, he says, do not expect
le vanquish tho Americans, but aro
jpaintaiuing a resistance with the idea
of forcing congress to accord them the
best possible terms.
A number of representative insur-
gent leaders from different parts of
Luzon have recently been in Confer-
ence in Manila. Borne have been
placed under arrest, hut the others
thus far have not been interfered with,
Louis Spitze), head of the firm of
Louis • Spitzel & On., contractors to
tho Chinese government, and himself
*r MSSpoctod filibuster, came from
yoTy? Kong to Manila detained tod week and
wasttemporarily in custody
on suspicion. It is asserted upon good
authority that three loads of arms and
ammunition have recently been landed
on tlio east coast of Luzon.
Beports are current of active rebel
reorganization in the province of Mo-
rong, where the insurgent leaders are
said to be assisted by prominent
i8ll residents. Inhabitants of this
pr0 vince who are now in Manila have
been advised not to return to llieir
homes, but to remain under the pro-
tection of the Americans.
It is also reported that the rebels
are reorganizing in the province of
Zambales under Macardo, Brigands
are committing atrocities in the prov-
ince of Neuva Eoiga, where they have
murdered twenty natives and China-
men. Eiglit other murders have been
committed near Tarlac. The Neuva
Eciga insurgents are heavily taxing
local traders and farmers with the re-
suit that business is paralyzed and
there is a general scarcity of food.
The funds for maintaining this
guerilla warfare are collected from
the various towns of the island,whetli-
er occupied by the Americans or not,
even including Manila.
In the jjrovinco of Albay tho insur-
gents have ceased harassing the Amer-
leans, owing, it is reported, to a lack
of ammunition, but they continue rav-
uging the country by burning and
looting. soH Tho natives are tiring of this
of thing and threaten to turn
against the marauders. Already the
townspeople of Legaspi, Albay and
Donzoi are slowly returning to their
homes.
'Major Allen, of the Forty-third regi-
meet, lias boon appointed military
governor of tho island of Samar, where
Lnkban, the former leader of the
rebels in that locality, is still in the
mountains.
Evidence acumulates of the treason
and perfidy of the municipal presi-
dents in the provinces of General Mae-
Arthur’s district. The presidents of
several towns in Lepanto and Union
provinces have declined to continue
in their positions, saying that they do
not desire any further identification
with the Americans. Travel between
the towns garrisoned bv the Americans
is becoming more dangerous. All
wagon trams must be escorted by
heavy guards to insure their safety.
DOUBLE HANGING.
Two Negroes l’ay Death Penalty at Naali-
vllle, North Carolina.
Robert Fortune and John Taylor,
two negro men, were hanged at Nash¬
ville, N. C., Thursday morning for
the murder of Robert Heiser, white.
The crime was the most horrible af¬
fair that has occurred in that section
in years, and their victim was a man
loved and respected by all.
The execution was public, and peo¬
ple from miles around were present to
see the two men as they were ushered
into eternity. It is estimated that
fully 10,000 people were present at
the double hanging.
THE RACE PROBLEM
As Set Forth By Prominent North
Carolina Educator,
“GREAT STRUGGLE YET TO COME”
Sub-Committee of National Industrial
Committee Hear Two lVituene*
at Charlotte.
Two prominent witnesses appeared
before the sub-committee of the Nat¬
ional Industrial commission at Char¬
lotte, N. C., and gave interesting tes¬
timony.
State Labor Commissioner Lacy tes¬
tified regarding labor conditions in tho
state, while Dr. George T. Winston,
president of tho North Carolina Col¬
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic arts,
and one of the foremost educators of
the south, gave interesting facts con-
cerniog the raco problem in the sonth,
saying the real race struggle is yet to
come.
Commissioner Lacy testified that
there were about 33,757 employes in
the 215 cotton mills in North Carolina,
divided as follows: Fourteen thousand
six hundred and thirty-eight men; 15,-
811 women; 1,679 girls and 1,629 boys,
Ilis opinion was that 17 or 18 per
cent of the adults could not read, and
about 30 per cent of the children are
illiterate. As to .wages, tho labor
commissioner stated that skilled men
were paid from $1 to $2.50, unskilled
60 cents to $1; skilled women 75 cents
to $1.50, unskilled 30 cents to 75
cents; children averaged about 30
cents per day.
Questioned regarding the subject of
compulsory arbitration between em-
ployes, the commissioner said that
this was impracticable, because it
would he impossible to force an em-
ploye to work against his will on ac-
count of the fourteenth amendment to
the United States constitution, and
therefore such a law could not bind
tho parties involved. Mr. Lacy said
ho favored compulsory education,
President Winston informed the
committee that tho greatest need of
tho south was (1) a universal oduca-
tion, compulsory if necessary; (2) in-
dust rial education in the public schools
and continued in technical colleges,
He considers education a national as
well as a state duty, and favors a na-
tional university nt Washington.
In regard to the Negro Dr. Winston
said that the real race conflict in tho
south is not political nor social, but
industrial,
The most pitiful and in some places
the most cruel chapter in American
history was the attempt to set up the
emancipated negro slave as the politi-
cal antagonist of his Anglo-Saxon mas-
ter. This attempt had almost entirely
alienated the two races in the south,
The greatest blessing that could fall
to the negro’s lot now would he the
restoration of the old-time kindly re-
lationa with the white people. These
relations can be restored by the com-
plete elimination of the race from
southern polities,
“The real race struggle,” said Dr.
Winston, “has not begun yet. It will
come with hitter intensity when the
southern white laborer is arrayed
against the southern negro laborer in
u struggle for employment; when the
white mill operatives who strike for
higher wages are replaced by negroes,
We shall then see in the south what
receully occurred in Pana, Ill., hut
with more intensity. Unless the ne-
gro speedily abandons his political
and social equality dreams and devotes
himself to industrial training and man-
ual labor, his fate is sealed. There is
now a place for him in southern in-
dustrial life, and unless lie fills that
place speedily, there will be no place
f or him, except as the veriest drudge.”
Dr. Winston said Booker T. Wash-
ington shows a fine appreciation of
the real needs of the negro in tho
south. Such schools as his should bo
established in every part of the south,
and should be aided by the national
government,
As to political rights, President
Winston said the negro will be treat-
ed in tho south for many years pretty
much as tho Chinaman is treated iu
California; the Indian in the north¬
west; tho Hawaiian in Hawaii; the
Filipinos in the Philippines; the
Porto Ricans in Porto Rico; the Alas¬
kans in Alaska, and other citizens of
less fashionable color in various sec-
tionB of our possessions.
“NEGROES MUST LEAVE.”
Such In the Order Isnued lly Citizen* o f
Curium, MidiI hhii.
Citizens of Larium, a fine residence
suburb of the big mining camp of Cal¬
umet, Mich., have appointed a corn-
rnittee to rid the town of negroes.
They object to having it called a vigi¬
lance committee anil announce that
only peaceable and legal methods will
he used, but that *Aie negroes must go,
Colored men v j unknown until a
contractor brouj. ' several from Ten¬
nessee and Alabama about eight
months ago. Several white girls have
eloped with n<_ ,ies and constant
trouble has led to this action.
NO. ‘21.
CHARITY BILL
IS AMENDED
Porto Rican Measure Changed to
Satisfaction of Democrats.
THE PRESIDENT IS RESTRICTED
Uses to Which the Relief Funds
Are to Be Put Must Be
Strictly Specified.
The senate Thursday passed the
Porto Rico relief bill amended in a
way to meet the criticisms urged
against the measure by the Democrats
of tlio house. The action of the sen¬
ate demonstrates that the members of
the house were right in the objections
they made at the time the bill was un¬
der consideration there, the Republi¬
cans of the senate themselves indors¬
ing the Democratic position.
There were two points in which the
Democrats criticised the house bill
and on which they based their refusal
to support it. One of these was tho
clause which gave the presidant un¬
limited power over the Porto Rican
funds, not only those now raised, but
those which mny hereafter bo raised.
This was insisted upon by the house
‘representatives, but the senate com¬
mittee immediately struck it out. The
other provision was the absence of
specifications as to the uses to which
these funds were to be put. The
Democrats insisted that these should
be specified. When the bill came
from tho senate committee it had not
been corrected in this respect.
Senator Bacon took it to the house,
consulted with Messrs. Richardson
and Bailey, and then got the senate
committee to put in the bill the exact
language upon which the Democrat,io
leaders agreed, Bo the position of the
house Democrats is in every way sus¬
tained.
After tho morning routine Mr. Sul¬
livan, of Mississippi, took the floor to
deliver his announced speech on tho
relations with the Philippines, but at
the request of Mr. Allison yielded for
immediate consideration of the bill ap¬
propriating for the benefit and govern¬
ment Porto Rico, revenues collect¬
ed on importations therefrom. The
debate on the appropriation bill devel¬
oped a decided difference of opinion,
os Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, offered as
a substitute lor the measure a bill to
return the duties to those who had
paid them and providing for absolute
free trade between the United States
and Porto Rieo. Mr. Jones substitute
was ns follows:
“All duties collected upon articles
imported into the United States prior
to or since the first day of April, 1899,
the date of exchange of ratifications of
the treaty of peace between the United
States and Spain, be returned to the
pel sons from whom they were collected
and from and after the passage of this
act no duties shall be collected on
asticles coming from Porto Rico.”
This substitute precipitated a
lengthy discussion of the constitutional
questions involved.
Mr. Hoar then came forward with a
proposition to fix a time for a vote
the heated colloquy said no more.
There was objection to naming a date
and Mr. Hoar postponed his request
until Friday. Mr. Hoar then ad¬
dressed the sonato on the Porto Rico
appropriation. He expressed his will¬
ingness to let the appropriation pass
for humanitarian reasons, but took oc¬
casion to repeat his views on the gen¬
eral question of expansion.
Before the discussion of the pend¬
ing bill had been concluded Mr. Wel¬
lington, of Maryland, presented an
elaborate argument against the seat¬
ing of Mr. Quuy.
At 5 o’clock the senate adjourned.
Rhode Island Democrats Meet.
The Rhode Island Democratic state
convention met at Providence Thurs¬
day for the nomination of state officers
and the selection of delegates to the
Democratic national convention. Na¬
than W. Littlefield was nominated for
governor. *
A BELOVED PRELATE.
Bishop Wiliner, of Alabama, Celebrate*
IIin Kighty-Fourth Btrthday.
Rt. Rov. Richard Hooker Wilmer,
senior bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of Alabama, celebrated his eighty-
fourth birthday at his home at Spring
Hill, near Mobile, last Friday. On
November 21st he will celebrate the
thirty-ninth anniversary of his bish¬
opric in Alabama. He is the dearest
old man alive, porliaps, in the minds
of tho majority of the people of Ala¬
bama. Ho is devotedly loved by the
people of all creeds and classes, and
his birthday is a matter of interesting
note in the state.