The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 18, 1896, Image 1
VOL. XII. MANNING, S. C., WEIDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 189(. NO. 17.
ON TO HAVANA.
SOME IN~ERESTING POINTS AS TO ]
THE TWO ARMIES.
The Friends of Cuba In'hi Country are
Speculating as to What McKiuley will
Do When He Takes Charge of ThIings.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Ncw that
McKinley has been elected President
of the United States, Cuban sympa
thizers are beginning to sk what steps
he will take to put an end to the
bloody struggle now going on in that
unhappy island.
There was no uncertain ring to the
Republican platform adopted in St.
Louis. and the very least the new
President can do whent, he takes the
Presidential chair will be to brin- the
matter before a sympathizing 7con.
gress.
In the meantime, what are the Cu
bans going to do to help themselves? t
For the last si3 months they have re
mained practically idle as far as etftc- I
tive warfare is concerned. They have
burned several towns and have fought
several battles, but nolthidg strategic
ally important has been elfected. A
--geat deal of this idleness has been im
ol posM by the rainy season.
It is no easy matter to move troops
over a country that is knee deep in
water and reeking witfi fever and ma- I
laria. Another thing that hampers the
Cubans just now is their lack of hor- I
ses. Thousands of animals were rid t
den to death on that long zizag march
down the island to Pinar del Rio, and
thousands more were shot by the
Spaniards. At present the Cubans are
in a bad way for horses, and without s
horses they cannot move with a celer
ity sufficient to circumvent mounted e
forces such as the Spaniards have. I
This, according to reliable Cuban -
information, is why nothing has been I
heard from Gomez in such a long
time and why Maceo has remained so
quiet in Pinar del Rio.
The latter has done almost all the
fighting during the last summer, but
he has done the most of it with his I
foot soldiery. At present it is said that r
he has barely sufficient horses to trans -
port his camp equipages.
All this, however, is to be remedied t
at an early day. Until then the Cu- I
bans will remain quietly in the moun
tainous districts, avoiding open en
gagements and confining themselves
to occasional sorties on the Spanish
lines.
I am told that arrangements have
been made to land between 4,000 and
5,000 horses in the Vuelta Abajo dis
trict at an early day, and an equal J
number will be landed in the vicinity J
of Cape Maisi. Then the patriots will
begin their old scheme of marches and
counter-marches and their quick at
tacks on the Spanish positions.
These horses will practically drain '
the Cuban treasury, but if they can be
safely landed the wornout soldiers C
will welcome them with far more sat
isfaction than they would welcome '
guns and ammunition.
-It is not likely that 10,000 horses
would last tine Cubans over a season
..oeelstJnacclimated horses are in
evita, stricken with fever-a sort of
equine yellow fever in fact-which
carries them off in great numbers.
Within two months, however, it is t
expected that the Cubans will make a
decided move in the direction of Ha
vana province. Maceo has already de- (
monstrated that he can cross the rocha
when and where he pleases, and as
soon as Gomez gets his horses he will
move westward from Paerto Principe.
Will they attack Havana? Most cer
tainly, if the Spanierds do not beat .
them back before they reach that city.
Not that they would have any chance t
of capturing the place. Such a thing ~
without seize guns would be practical- C
ly impossble, but an hour's dash I
through the streets of Cuba's capital I
and a possible dynamite attack on the S
palace of the Governor General is by ~
no means an impossibility. E
The Cuban Junta says that such at
thing will happen within the next ~
three months. it would be a serious
thing indeed if , Havana, the last t
stronghold of the Spaniards in this(
hemisphere, should be attacked by the (
Cubans.
As for the Spaniards themselves,I
thiy would not hesitate to bombara
their own city in their efforts to oust
the Cubans. From the Moro Castle,
the Cabanas and the Punta there
would come a steady rain of shot and
shell. It is doubtful, however, if such
a bombardment would do much dam
age to the invading forces. Havana
streets are so narrow and the houses
are so strongly made that hitting an
invader would be a work of art.
Most of the forts are exceedingly
antiquated. The guns on the bastions
of Moro Castle are all of the ancient
Dahlgren pattern. Two or three shots
from a modern battleship would utter
ly dismantle the fortification. The
-Moro stnds at the mouth of the bay.
In teo times- that is, hundreds
of years ago- hen it was built, the
fort might have been formidable. At
present it is not worthy of the name.1
Just behind the Moro is the Cubanas,
a .little more modern, a little more
roomy and a little more formidable.
At the same time, both of these forts, I
even assisted by the low stone fortifi
cations of the Punta or Lt Reina,
could not stop a modern battle ship on
her way up the bay, provided there
were enough water for her to proceed.
The fort on the Punta is just oppo
sits of the Moro Castle, and it is quite
as futile in the matter of defence.
Further around on the ocean side is<
the Batera Ia Raeina, at the foot of]
Calle del Belascoin.
It is a rickety sti-ucture of stone and
will probably prove quite as dangerous
as old Fort William, on Governor's
island.
These three forts, without ever
catching a sight of the invading Cu
bans, would probably bombard the
town in a blind way, without d i
other damage than tearing down build
ings and playing into the insurgents'
hands by setting fire to the city.
Far more effective would be the two
forts Santo Domingo de Atares and
Castillo del Pr-incipe, on the Southern
and Southwestern borders of the city .
The former fort is situated at the head
of the Western arm of the bay and
commands the country to the South
in the direction of Cerro and Jesus del
Monte.
The relative importance of the forts
around Havana can only be judged
by the rank of the commanding officer
of each- According to this basis the
Castillo del Principe and the Cabanas
come first. The list is as follows:
Castillo del Principe, brigadier gen
eral; Castillo de la Cabana, brigadier
general; Fuerte de San Diego, first
lieutenaiit; Castillo del Moro, major
-o infantry;: Fuerte del Pujnta, captain
>f infantry ;Fuerte de Atares, first
ieutenant vf infantry; Fuerte de la
eina, captain of artillery: Fuerte de
a Santa Clara, captain of artilleay.
At present the Guardia Civil in Ha
rana, which corresponds somewhat
vith our militia, numbers about 5,000.
hese soldiers could be relied upon to
epel a Cuban infan.ry attack with far
treater certainty thai the forts, be
ause the Cubans would not be foolish
nough to attack the city by daylight.
It is not generally known that once
>efore during the present war the Cu
ans were upon the verge of attacking
lavana. It was during the insurgent
aids in the neighborhood of Regla
ad Marianao.
Some time after these raids it was
aid that the Cubans had bribed the
ommandant of Fort Atares and that
he gates were to be opened to the in
urgents at a given signal. Had this
en done Havana would certainly
>eia laid waste before Atares could
tave been demolished. It is said tnat
he plot was discovered and that the
ommanding officer of Atares was sent
>ack to Spain in disgrace.
If the. insurgents contemplate an at
ack on Havana during' the present
vinter the very best they can expect
vill be to make a destructive dash
ato the city at night by way of the
,alzada del Cerro, work their way
wiftly up into the Calle de la Reina
nd cut toward Vedado without a
ause.
It is a daring scheme, and if accom
lished will only be another proof of
he utter impotency of the Spanish
orces.
"They will never see Havana," say
e Spanish otlicials. "Such a thing
impossible. We have too many
ldiers."
It does not seem impossible, howev
r. to capable non-combatants who
.ave studied the situation carefully,
lthough such an attack might prove
ractically fruitless. There are not a
undred regular Spanish soldiers in
lavana, and all the defensive fight
ag would have to be done by the
,000 men of the Guardia Civil.
The Spaniards are supposed to have
50,326 soldiers scattered about at va
ious points on the istand. There is
.o doubt that this number of men has
etually landed on the island, with
ae Durpose of fighting for Spain. but
; is doubiful if more than 125,000 can
e accounted for at the present time.
Altogether eleven expeditions have
een sent over froa Spain. They are
s follows:
larch 15, 1895................. 8,593
pril 15, 1895. .......... 7,477
pril 24, 195........ .... 4.008
ay 20, 1895 .................. 2,962
une 10, 1895.................. 9,601
aly 20, 1895..................20,055
ctober 14, 1895...........26,639
anuary 4, 1896 ............... 9,033
ebruary 15, 1896 ...........22,432
eptember 20, 1896............ 9,000
basseurs from Port Rico...... 1,526
This gives a total of 150,326 men.
f this number the Spanish officials in
uba say they have lost only 4.271.
hese they account for' as follows:
illed in action........ . 1
ied of wounds................ 160
ellow fever..............3,500
Oher diseases.................. 290
A FEW SPANIARDS KILLED.
This is according to the records of
ie Spanish medical corps, and is up
) and' including the month of Sep
mber.
An estimate made by a prominent
uban physician, and which is proba
ly far nearer the truth, is as follows:
illed in action....... . 9,500
)ied of wounds........... 1,000
~elow fever.............. 10,000
)ied of othei diseases........3,000
This gives a total of 23,500. There
Sno doubt, according to the best ob
inable authority, that the Spanish
ffciais in Cuba are drawing money
n the basis of 145,000 men, but this
roves nothing. Spain lost nearly
00,000 men in the last war, but this
he would never admit. It was known
imly because the- men never return
d to their homes in Spain. Against
he probable 115,000 soldiers which
spain now has in Cuba,the insurgents
ave about 30,000 men,divided among
he leaders as follows:
komez.... .............. 5000
jalixto Garcia.............. 4,000
faceo..................... 4,000
scre.........................500
innez. ............1,600
1=1................ .... 2,500
)ortina........... ......... 1,000
luintin Bandera............ 1,000
%ayas....................... 500
~uen..................... 200
~uarez.................... 200
arcia....................... 600
jardenos................... 500
arillo..................... 400
sermudez................... 500
erez...................... 800
)ia................ ...... 50(1
xuerra..................... $00
no Perez................. 700
Jastillo.......... ......... 50
idal........ .............. 600
jabreco..................... 500
lafael Socorro................ 200
iro......... ..............00
ravo........................ 201)
3bapotin................... 400
loban............. ........ 500
1unoz......... ............ 40()
This gives a total of :30,'i00, which
>robably falls short-of the mark. It is
asy to be seen that, with a coalition
f the forces of three or four leaders,
rapid march on Havana would be
xtremely possible. But -will they do
t? Nobody knows. New York Her
Id. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Defend the seacoast.
TALLAHAtSSEE, Fla.. Nov. 11 -Gov
traor Mitchell has addressed the fol
owing letter t'> the Governors of
southern and Western States calling a
Sharbor defense convention to . meet
Lt Tampa:
"In view of -the dangers which
breaten the defenseless Gulf and
south Atlantic seaports of the United
tates, we have deemed it proper to
ssue a call for a convention in the in.
erest of the Gulf and South Atlantic
arbors and their defenses. -The ob
'ect of this convention, which will as
emled at Tam pa, Fla., cn the 20th
>f January, 1867, is to discuss methods
or the proper defense of Southern
arbors. As loyal citizens of this Re
ubic, it behooves us to heed the ad
nonitions of wisdom and endeavor to
peedily place our defenseless South
rn ports in a condition to protect us
from the possible peril of fore~gn in:
~asion. In the interest, therefore, of
,his imuortant subject, we respectful
.y requ'est your Excellency to honor
his convention with your presence,
d also to appoint delegates from your
omonwealth to attend same. Kind
forward the names of such dele
rates, when appointed by your Excel
iency, to Mr. Ii. J. Cooper, secretary
f the Board of Trade, Tampa, Fla.
(Signed) "I- L. MITvCIIF.,
FARM ER'S CONGRESS.
Declaration for ;metallism and Taritr for
I arm ?roducts.
I1i! %-ous, .In., Nov. 1.-The
Farm- rs ~a-inal C-ngress at its ses
sion to day, by resolution, requested
ex-President Harrisen to 'ddress the
bo)dy. The president u the Congress,
referring toa bill pendii.6 in the Unit
ed States Senate, proviling for an in
dustrial commission, said thAt action
should be taken by the farm rs con
vention looking to the appointment
of one or perhaps two of the li ve mem
ber; of the commission from t ie mem
bership of this congress. The session
was largely devoted to resolutions,
"nd they were referred to the commit
tee on resolutions as follows: Sug
gesting S. W. Wallerton of Illinois as
Secretary of Agriculture; requesting
the Congress of the United States to
appoint a corps of civil engineers to
examine and report as to the practica
bility of constructing a ship canal con
necting the Atlantic with the Great
Lakes by way of rivers and the Gulf
of Mexico; that it ic tie sense of this
Congress that xomsu should be given
the right of suffrage; that the Con
gress of the United States skould take
active measures to restrict undesirable
immigration; discouraging class legis
lation and discouraging sectionalism.
W. II. Hofiman of Illinois intro
duced a resolution to the effect that
inasmuch as the Supreme Court of the
United States had decided that tie tax
on incomes is constitutional and where
as the farmers' income includes all
the products of the farm, all farm pro
ducts should be exempt from assess
ment or taxation.
Mr. Stahl, of Illinois: Whereas
trusts are annually robbing the Amer
ican people of millions of dollars, be
it,
Resolved, That this congress de
mands that the laws against trusts be
enforced and such laws as are now in
adequate - be strengthed. The com
mittee on locating the next meeting
of the congress reported in favor of
St. Paul, Minn., and suggested that it
be held at least two months earlier in
the year than the present congress.
A resolution was offerred favoring
the initiative and referendum.
J. Adam Bede of St. Paul said he
was a Democrat, but he knew that sil
ver could be mined by the wealthy,
by great corporations and that they
alone could get any profit out of it.
A resolution with a decided silver
ring, introduced by Mr. Offutt of In
diana, was substituted by the follow
ing resolution from the committee on
resolutions and adopted against the
warm protest of Mr. Offutt:
"Whereas, the general concensus of
opinion of the people of the United
States in that, gold and silver coin on
a just parity of value should be equally
money of ultimate redemption without
limit. in which this farmers national
congress concurs, but differences of
opinion exist as to the methods by
which this policy can be secured; and,
whereas, the recent election resulted
in favor of binietallism by interna
tionil commercial nations; therefore.
"Resolved, That -the Farmers Na
tional Congress urgently requests the
incoming administration of the nation
al'gdirernment-to speedily adopt all
practicable methods to obtain the con
currence of a sufficient number of na
tions to secure. international bimetal
lisai with th6e dnlitnited coinage of
gold and sil'-er as equally money of
ultimate redemption and thereby to
restore bimetallic prices for the world's
commerce "
Mr. Lawrence. chairman of the
committee, said the committee with
one exception were of the opinion
that the resolutions expressed the
opinmon of a vast majority o1 tha Unit
ed States and the substitute was a
proper one.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the reading of -papers of interest to
agriculturists.*
The following committee was ap
pointed to Congress the memorial of
the Farmers Congress under course of
preparation: Messrs. B. F. Clayton
of Iowa, T. J. Clardy of Kentucky,
W. .B. Powell of Pensylvania and
Win. Lawrence of Ohio.
The memorial which is to be pre
presented to Congress and which will
be adopted without change is being
written by Judge Lawrence, chair
man of the committee. The memori
al covers the whole subject of protec
ti'fe duties relating to agricultural in
terests. It says that in order to give
effect to the policy of protection three
things are to be observed: -
First, that American farmers can
supply nearly all farm products in
suilicient amounts to meet the needs
of the American people.
Second, as to farm products there
can be no combination or monopoly
to exact exorbitant prices.
Third, it results from thcse facts
that as to such farm products the du
ties should be such as to secure to
American farmers the whole Ameni
can market. Among the products
where such duties are to be required
are cotton, hemp, flax, wheat, corn,
barley ; oats, potatoes, hops, dairy
products, garden vegetables, poultry,
eggs, livestock for food, many kinds
of tobacco, apples and other orchard
fruits. As to sugar, wool and rice,
which the American farmer cannot
sulliciently produce to supply all our
needs, the duties should not be pr-ohib
itory, but they should be amply pro
tective, so that in due time we shall
be enabled to supply all.
Ad dress~ to the Farmers.
The following address was issued
yesterday.
To the Farmers 6f the Cotton States:
During the past year we have been
oppressed by a merciless trust that has
forced up the price of cotton ties until
their -use was becoming a question of
serious consideration. The fact of a
combination existing was not made
public until it was too late to materi
ally aid ourselves for the season now
nearly past, but we made some pro
gress looking to the adoption of other
means with which to bind cotton
bales; our sole and only object being
to defeat the cotton tie trust.
And, whereas, through the efforts
of Mr. Williami W. Bierce of Ne w Or
leans, the trust has been forced to
abandon its purpose and the price of
ties is fast being restored to their
nominal value.
We entreat and. urge upon all the
farmers of the Southern States to give
to Mr. Bierce their earnest support in
his further endeavors to keep up the
campaign against the trust Dy insist
ing that their merchants handle ties
not heretofore aililiated with any
trust, and we for our own State do
take the initial step by plelging our
selves to give to Mr.- Bierce the wor
thy support he deserves.
Fraternally, D. P. Duncan,
Manager Farmers' Alliance Exch any,
of South (arnlinn.
SHOWS HIS HANI.
WATSON TRIES TO MAKF tAPITAL
OUT OF BRYAN'S UEFEAT.
s
A Senseless Arraignment -f the Demo- t
cratic Leader for Not A'.owing Him to
Ros Them-Hle Up',A High Idea of ils
Own Importance.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 1L-The letter
of acceptance wri :ten by Tom Watson
accepting the Populist nomination for
Vice President was today made public.
Seven columns of Watson's People's
Party Paper are devoted to it. The
letter is supplemented bv four col mns
of advice to Populists to "sit steady in
the boat and hold their party together."
The editorial tone of the paper is one
of fulfilled prophecy. Watson declares
that the faiture of the Populists to sup
port Bryan in the close:States brought
about McKinley's election. He goes
into a ]on review of the circumstances
leading to his nomination at St. Louis 1
and accepts the Vice Presidential no-.
mination "because I said I would." He
declares that if the St. Louis Populist
convention had nominated a straight f
Populist ticket it would have been e
elected. It would, he said, have driven
the Hills and Gormans where they be
long-in the Republican ranks-and
the Bryans and Blands would have
joined with the Populists. He com
plains bitterly of the treatment he has
received at the hands of the Populist
leaders and addreses nimsel f particular- r
ly to S-ator Batler in this way:
"Senator, a reform party has no
right to exist if it has no valid com
plaint to make. Populists cannot de- a
nounce the sins of the two old parties 0
and yet go into political copartnership
with them. The moment we make a
treaty the war must cease. And when
We cease our war upon the old parties e
we have no longer any excuse for liv
iWhenever right compromises with
wrong it is the right which sulfers.
The Democratic managers seem to re
sent as a strange piece of impertinence
the fact that the Populists decided to
nominate a ticket differing at the rear
end from theirs. Coming to them
with the 2,000,000 votes they were beg
ging for and piteously needing. I
can say with a perfect assurance of
n
telling the unqualified truth that my N
arrival on the field of battle was not
welcomed as heartily as Blucher was c5
received by Wellington at Waterloo.
They want my reinforcement, but they 0
do not want me to lead them. They d
need Blucher's troops, but they draw
the line at Blucher. That is hardly
fair either to Blucher or his troops nor
is it the best way to defeat Napoleon.
For this attitude upon the part of the
Democratic managers I believe that
you. Senator, are largely responsible. s
You made no effort to have me recog- f
-nized. You publicly stated that I
would not be notified of my nomina
tion. You went into the fusion poli- a
cy, over my written protest, with all
the zeal of a man who wanted to elect
the Demccratic ticket. In this Ithink
you were wrong. As chairman of the p
Populist committee the party certain- d
ly expected you to do all you could to r
elect the Populist ticket,
"Had you demanded Mr. Sewall's C
withdrawal from the ticket, he would
have been withdrawn. I have a letter
of yours in which you state that the
Democratic committee expected you to
make a demand, but that you did not
make it. From the perversity of tem
per with which the Democratic mana-a
gers have refused to do the right thing t
by the Populists it would seem that
they prefer McKinleyism to any thing c
which might seem to be partly a Pop
list triumph. Their subtle purpose is
to couple the Bry an election with the
complete destruction of the Populist
party. The position take-i in this let. r
ter will be bitterly assailed. Wouldr
that the pathway of duty were always
carpeted with flowers. It rarely is.
By making myself and the great party
I represent a mere footrat for the De
mocratic politicians to wipe their feeta
upon I could win much applause from ~
that quarter. But if I were now lack
ing in the loyalty which was expected
of me when chosen I would grieve the ~
men who have honored me, trusted ~
me and defended and loved me.
"No one regrets more profoundly 6
than I do that the Democratic mana- s
gers have so shaped the campaign that r
the South has again been told that she 5
must grovel ini the dust and let an tl
Eastern pluocrat put his:foot upon her r
neck. Nor does any one regret more r<
than I do that the Democratic man a-I
gers in shaping their fusion deals 1
have considered those Populists only b
who were getting loaves and fishes. t3
They have lost sight of the great army b
of privates whose honest hearts anda
sincere souls froma the trengthi of t'he
reinforcement Mr. Bryan needs. These
Populists of the rank and file have
the spirit of the crusaders, and they
would die for a principle more (4uick- ~
ly than tney would sell it. These men e
will not vote for Sewall nor for Sew
all electors. if Senators Jones and
Gormnan really wish to defeat Me Kin
ley let them lose no time in realizing1
this truth."
Mr. Bryan's Program.
LaICOLN, Ne b., Nov. 12. -In a speech
to be delivered before the Lincoln
Traveling Men's Bryan clu b and other
local organititions favorable to free 2
silver, next Saturday evening, W. J.
Bryan, it is ex pected, will, in a mecas-h
ure, outline his future program and 2
the policy of the bimetallists of the ~
country. This will be the first formal
utterance of the Democratic candidatet
from the rostrum since the electicn,
and there is much speculation as to the
trend of his remarks. In the afternoon
of the same day Mr. Bryan will ad- 2
dress the Ladies' Mary Bryan Silver
club, which was quite a factor in the
late campaign. Next week Mr. Bryan b
intends to visit southern Missouri and
northern Arkansas in company with
Governor Stone and Senators Jones.
but the trip is expected to be more of
an outing than a speech-making tour.
From the southern states lie will go to
Denver, make a fe w addresses probably h
and spend a number of days with per- t
oraul and political friends.
H orse shiow .sensarion.S
NFEW YoRlK, Nov. 13. --The aristo- 1
cratic horse show provided a mild srn
sation to those in attendance tonight.
A music hall artiste now performing
in this city had entered a white stall- ~
ion and the entry list being open to V
all, her entry was received. Tonight a
the lady appeared ready to mount and s
ride in the rink, when it was discover- c
ed that the horse was equipped with a
man's saddle. Further investigation r
showed that the lady was picturesque- 9
ly attired in a long drab paddock coat, ~
which only partially disguised a pair a
of top-boot~s sannou oted by pink Ilesh- t
lings. 1
TILLMAN ON THE RESULT.
Ve Would Not Have Carried aState on a
Gold Platform.
Senator Tillman in an interview
dys that Bryan will be the nominee of
he Democratic party in 1900.
"The battle has been the most heated
nd hardest fought political contest in
iur history and the Democrtic party
Las never shown to better advantage,"
aid Senator Tillman.
"Ihe issues have been clearly de
med and bravely sustained, while our
,reat leader, Bryan, has covered him
elf with glory and is the idol of the
)emorcatic masses."
"To what causes do you attribute
dcKinley's triumphF'
"There were several causes, all of
hem making a combination that it
Vas impossible to overcome. In the
irst place, the odium attaching to De
nocracy from Cleveland is more and
.11 that it implies drove from us hun
Ireds of thousands of men. Hard
imes; the issue of bonds in time of
>eace; the so called free trade tariff
4il1; th-e loss of employment: all these
Ferechargtd to the Democratic party
.nd the Democratie speakers and the
ew Northern newspapers which reach
d the masses in the Northern cities
ere powteriess to obliterate the im
ression. The Democratic party suf
ered, although it had repudiated both
'leveland and his policy.
"Then the unblushing use of money
a unlimited quantities controlled
rany - thousands of the votes. The
ampain of the Republicans was con
ucted by the Republicans with great
igor by a large corps of well trained
peakers, many of them men of nation
I repute, while the Democracy, with
ut means, relied upon volunteer
peakers and these could 'not cover
de fietd thoroughly as their oppon
nts.
"A. third factor was the threat open
r implied, by thousands of owners of
ianufactories and workshops that
'ryan's election meant the closing
own of work. The army of the idle
rere 'promised work if McKinley
4ould triumph. The Republican
lasses in the country or agricultural
istricts were promised a return of
ood prices aud prosperous times un
er a Republican tariff policy and
rith a restoration of confidence. The
atural alliance of the South and
Vest, though not complete, has re
ived an impetus which cannot be
opped or prevented. The issue of
nancial reform and the restoration
f the money of the Constitution is not
ead and will not down.
"We have broken the solid North,
rhile the outh is practically solid.
'be tyranny of the Federal judiciarv
nd the greed of the plutocrats will
rive the masses by the milhon to our
ipport in the next great stu.rgle. Jef
,rson lost his first battle in 796, but
ron in 1800. The Republicin party
ras over-whelmingly defeated in 1856
ad Lincoln was defeated for the Sea
te in 1858, but he was elected Presi
ent -in 1860. We will win in 1900.
IcKialey cannot give relief or restore
rAs jeriiy unless the law of supply and
emand, as it etyects money,'ha;-been
,pealed."
"Will the policy of the party lead
rs look to conciliating the gold Demo
rats?"
"No; they hive got in the party to
rhich they belong and are a good rid
ance. Tthere can be no step back
rard. The Southern people and the
'astern Democrats are separated by
n impassible barrier. They are our
ask-masters and we know it. We have
arned to the West and must look and
rork in that direction. If the Demo
rats had put up a gold platform, we
rould not have carried a single State.
'he men which claimed to be gold
>emocrats voted for McKinley almost
ylidly. There may be a spasmodic
ise ii prices and a resumption of busi
.ess activity, but it cannot last."
"What do you thing ot David B.
[ill's future?"
"IHill's a dead duck and will never
gain rise to the surface," was the em
hatic declaration of Senator Tillman.
Increase of Tarifr Rates.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Senator John
herman of Ohio, in an interview to
ay, said it will be necessary for Con
ress to pass a tariff measure at once.
The Dingley bill," he said, "with
>me changes, will do for the present.
'he Demccrats made a great mistake
1 not permitting that bill to pass in
ae last Congress. It was only a tem
orary measure intended to raise the
evenue that the government absolute
7 needed, and if the~ Democrats had
it it go through there would have
een no necessity for bond issues and
2e Democratic administration would
ave escaped a greatdeal of the censures
nd criticism that was heaped upon it.
"I doubt' the Senator continued,
if thae Democrats in the Senate will
pDose the bill. I think they, like the
Iver Senators, would not oostruct
agislation. I understand all the silv
r men except Teller and Dubois are
pposed to a policy of obstruction. if
[e D~ingley bill is passed at the com
2g session of Congress there will be
o necessity for an extraordinary ses
ion after Marei 4I. Considering ev
rything, I think that the outlook for
be passage of the bill if bright."
The venezuela I)spuute.
Wasirisavas, D. C., Nov. lu. -The
rbitration of the Venezuela dispute is
ettled fairly. All arrangements have
een completed and all details of the
rbitration treaty between the United
tates and (Great Britain arranged.
'he final terms of treaty of arbitra
con were arranged in this city last
.ight, cabled to London today and
ave been accepted. The treaty covers
en zuela only and does not include
general treaty of arbitration. The
en zuelan arbitration commission
.ill consist of ive arbitrators, two to
e named by the United States, two
y Great Britain and these four to se
ct a fifth. The term of occupancy
ecessary to exempt the British set
ed in the disputed territory from ar
itration, is fixed at sixty years. In
ther words the British government
as agreed to the unrestrained arbitra
ion of all territory in dispute with a
eriod for acquisition of title by pre
:ription fixed by agreement of parties
2 advance at sixty years.
The Populists are Learning.
KAssas CITY, Mo., Nov. 11 .-When
1e Kansas legislature convenes this
inter the first thing on the program
fter the election of a United States
snator to sue::eed P.effer is to push a
angressional distribct reauportionmenl~lt
irouxh. The plan of the democratic
opulist members, who will control
2e legislature, is to divide the State
ito eight districts instead of seven as
t present, and to sC) arrange the dis
icts as to manke seven of them safely
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.
What An Old Man Predlcts IV Iil Happen
in the Future.
"You can depend upon it," said an
old gentleman who has seen the frosts
of many winters, "that we have some
rough weather ahead. I have noticed
for forty years that the best indication
as to the coming weather is furnished
by the peeling of apples. I live in
the apple section of North Carolina,
and we can always judge when the
winter is going to be severe, the peel
ing is thick and very tough. I have
n3ver seen it tougher or thicker than
it is this year. Take a limber twig or
pippin and the peeling is as thick this
year as the King apple of ordinary
years. You may deperd upon it, we
are going to have some rough weata
er.
This old gentleman's observations
may not be accurate, but they are ]
strargely in accord with a recent as
tronomical forecast, which says that <
the coming winter will be the severest I
since 1313, and colder than can be re- ]
called by the-oddest inhabitant. This t
forecast makes the stiil further un- (
promising prediction that the South 1
and West will especially suffer; that I
we are to have unusual iain and snow t
storms and many meteors will fall. j
But this noted astrologer, who sees I
such terrible weather in the stars, sees t
more wonderful things. He bases his 1
predictions on the fact that during t
this month the majority of the planets I
are centering in the mystic and ac- ,
cursed sign Scorpio. As a result, we E
are to have one surprise after another s
until the world is stirred from centre s
to circumference, the catastrophes t
coming directly after the lunation of z
the moo.. Political upheavals will i
sweep the land1 at home and abroad. I
England is to mourn the death of t
her noble Queen, who will not sur- i
vive the winter, and the passing away i
of this wonderful woman will mark e
the greatest change in the annals of
the English Parliament since the days i
of King George III. War will be i
rampant. The downfall of Spain and I
the freedom of Cuba are to come. i
Turkey will be disposed of and Russia I
will assume a dictatorial front, with t
the result that the English govern- (
ment will lose some of its valuable E
concessions. t
There will be more unrest among i
the great foreign powers than for I
many years. Deaths of prominent <
people will occur, and under peculiar
circumstances. Daring robberies will t
take place, and there will be an ava- I
lanche of crime of a shocking and i
heinous natute. During this month ]
of Novemb3r stocks will advance rap
idly and conimodities of all kinds wi: I
command higher priees, but will re- -
cede again and trade wilki3trevive i
until after April, 1897. New ebt I
startling discoveries will be made in i
science, and with the incoming of t
spring we will have made wonderful 4
strides in the modes of traveling on
land, water and in the air. 1
Besides the Queen, the planets fore- i
tell the death of England's brightest
man and the mortality among the I
learned men of the world will be se- t
vere. In this month of November i
will be born a ruler whose power will 1
b3 long and mighty. There will be 1
extreme suffering among the poor in I
the cities, and acts of lawlessness and ]
deperation from them will be fre- t
quent; never in the history of living 1
man will ther e be recorded in so short <
a time such carnage, wreck and ruin<
as this present year will live to tell,<
with the worst yet to come.
Making Children Happy.
The rearing of children is a sub- i
ject which always has been and al
ways will be a source of much discus
sion. We shall never arrive at the
point when the application of labeled
rules will meet each day's experience;
but there are general principles which<
ought to give definite aim to our gov
ernent. We assume that all good
mothers wish to see their children
obedient, truthful, intelligent, but do r
all teach them to be happy? Some a
taay say: "This is too evasive a thing
to be controlled, children are natural-t
ly happy." Thank Gcd, the dear little
ones do start upon life's pathway with
hearts ready to absorb all the sunshine
that comes to them, and now is the op
portunity to make their world so rich, s
so beautiful, that its rays may stream c
over into mature life, and carry with c
it some of the freshness and enthusiasm 3
that gladden childhood's days. No s
hardships or trials can so paralyze thle c
will or make existence such a tread- t
mill that life is not worth living. *We e
believe that through the period ofr
childhood the heart and intellect can t
be so trained and interests so multi- s
plied that however dark the days may ;
be which follow, the feeling will never c
come that it is not worth while striv- e
ing. As to the plan to be pursued in
this education, we would put lirst and
above all the force of example. Let
the home atmosphere be bright and
cheerful, and all disagreeable things
kept in the background. This will far I
outweigh all desired teaching. Make t.
your children feel that you regard ill
temper and being cross as very serious y
faults, and making those about them E
happy, the right expression of a right r
spirit. iThe cultivation of love for ani- I
mals is an important element in a t
child's educatio'n. Nature in all its t
varied forms should be a daily lesson, r
and impressed upon tihe sensitive
mind, will be through life a source of I
joy. Try to keep them from looking g
upon their tasks as disagreeable duties. t
and encourage them to feelthat there a
is great satisfaction in being useful. (
Children so trained ate thle ones who
push forward and make a career of I
usefulness and honor.
what the I undians Cost.
WXasmixroNo, Nov.. 12.-The esti
mates for the entire Indian service for s
the fiscal year ending June :V), 18% a
to be submitted to Congress at the a
cpening of the session, call for an ap- e
propriation of $7,200.000O in round t
numbers. -This is 100,0'0 more than t
the appropriation for the current us- o
cal year. The increase is due to the
policy of the govecrnament adopted at
the last session of congress to abolish
gradually contract Indian schools and e
place all Indian schools absolutely b
under g-overnlment control. One-half r
of the number of Indian pupils are s
now attending schools within twelve
mnths from the end of the present e
lscal year. The additional exoendi- r
ture is further necessitated by tile in- b
:rease of 1,U00 Indian pupils a year, I
stimated by the Indian bureau. Of is
the total estimates. the detailed items f
of expenses for tile support of schools 3
and for the fulfillment of ready stipu- a
lations of various tribes make upt
EXTRA SESSION LIKELY.
HANNA SAYS PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
WILL ORDER IT.
ThInk-4 There Will be a General Tarlifr Re
vision. but no Financial Legislation-The
Government to be at Once Pt on a Pay
ing Baals.
Chairman Mark A. Hanna of the
Republican national committee said in
New York the other day:
"I have had comparatively brief
conversations with Major McKinley
since his election. Next week I ex
pect to meet him in Cleveland, and as
he has had time to think over matters,
I pres me he will have more details
than I a2 at present aware of. But
this much I know, he feels that he
owes much to the patriotic Democrats
who prefer principle to strict party
ties. Indiana, for instance, was un
questionably carried against fusion by
Democratic votes.
"Majori McKinley will endeavor to
see collected a great national party
that will give prosperity to the coun
try. Ile expects and hopes that
men of all shades of former
political belief will be united to
this end. I have talked with some
of the most in tluential of the o'd Dem
ocratic leaders, and I am glad to say
they are in accord with Major McK in
ley's hopes.
"The first movement he will make
will be to obtain sulicient revenue to
conduct the government. Further is
sues of bonds would b- altogether too
dangerous. Business prosperity and
stability demand that soon as pbssible
the government should be on a paying
basis.
"To this end an extra session of
Congress will be necessary, and Pres
ident McKinley will undoubtedly call
one soon after his inauguration.
"Legislation will be required to se
cure the desired revenue. and Major
MeKinly will do everything in his
power to secure it, as well as the legal
establishment of a policy which will
tend to put everybody at work. In all
this he hopes and expects that he will
be backed by patriotic men, regardless
of party lihes."
Mr. Hanna was asked what Demo
crats of note he had talked with on the
subject of the future.
"I do not wish to name them all,"
he said, "but I may mention Messrs.
W. C. Whitney and Abram S. Hewitt
asexamples."
In an interview in the Philadelphia
Press Senator John Sherman is quoted
as saying:
Aa extra session of the Fifly-ffth
Congress will be convened by Presi
dent McKinley shortly after the 4th
of next March, and the revenue ques -
tion will be taken up and legislation
passed tha. will provide ample receipts
for the needs of the government, and
give a reasonable protection to.Ameri
can industry."
He is quoted further as saying that:
'-There will be, in my opinion, a gen
eral revision of the present tariE law.
The Wilson tariff law, as it is known,
is full of inconzruities, inequalities and
injusticies. There is scarcely a sched
ule in the whole law that does not de
mand correction. This does not nec
essarily mean higher rates of duties,
but there should be an adjustment of
the rates so as to do justice to all the
articles embraced in the bill.
"The bill was admittedly incomplete
and full of blunders when it became a
law. The ad valorem system of duties
is repugnant to Republican principles,
and, of course, that feature of the
present law will be corrected. The
rates of duty should be so fixed as to
provide all the revenue needed for the
proper conduct of the government,
and also to afford a reasonable protec
tion to those American industries that
come in competition with foreign
institutions." Mr. Sherman placed
particular emphasis on t~he word "rea
sonable."
The Senator was asked: "In your
opinion, will the reciprocity feature of
the McLinley law be restored in the
bill to be prepared in the next Con
gres i"
"I would not make a positive state
ment with regard to that," said the
Senator. "It must be remembered,
however, that the reciprocity clauses
in the law of 1890 had a tendency to
reduce the revenues of the govern
ment, and to some extent brought that
law into disrepute. There are certain
features of the present law that de
mand immediate attention, and will
form special features in the new law.
"One is the article of wool, now on
the free list. As long as the manufac
turers of woolen goods are protected
byna duty on their produacts t he wool
grower in all justice should receive
equal protection. There should be an
adequate specific duty placed upon
raw wool."
"Will Congress at its next session
undertake any tinancial legislation:'
Senator Sherman was asked. "I
think not," hae said. "There is no
need of financial legislation. The
people of the country have just decid
ed by a tremendous popular majority
that a change in our financial policy
is not desired. We have plenty of
money and plenty of gold in the
treasury, and I do not think that
Congress is called to take up tho con
s'.deration of any radical change in
our pr-esent financial system."
"Will there be any attempt at the
coming session of the present Congress
to pass a revenue measure ?" The Sen
ator was next aeked.
"Yes, undoubtedly there will be,"
he replied. "I think that very short.
ly after the convening of Congress in
December we will make an etl'ort to
pass the Dingley revenue bill, which
was blocked last session by the oppo
sition of several Republican silver
Senators. This bill proposes only
temporary relief, but is nonpartisan
in its propositions, and would, I be
lieve, produce a sutlicient revenue to
meet the cur-rent expenses of the gov
ernment.
To Continue the Fight.
P'angEnsIunu, *W. \'a., Nov. 12.
Dr. M. S. Holt of Weston has received
from Hon. William J. Bryan a letter
approving of the work which Dr. Bolt
began of organizing permanent silver
clubs in this State, preparatory to the
campaign four years hence. Dr.
Iblt was formerly a Republican, but
bolted McKinley and supported Bry
an. After the latter's defeat he organ
ized a silver club a Weston, with I 1
members, and the club sent a letter to
the defeated candidate. Thue letter
received by Dr. Bolt, who is president
of the club, is in ackowledgment of
the club's greeting. Mr. Bryan ad vises
in strong terms a continuation of the
discussion of the silver question,. and
A SUGGESTIVE JOY
rHE MONEY KINGS OF THE WORLD
REJOICE AT BRYAN'S DEFEAT.
I Timely Article on the Rejoi.ing of the
European Money Kings ov Account of
McKinley's Election from the New York
Journal.
The continuing joy in Europe over
he defeat of the Democratic party in
he United States ought, it seems to
is, to move all Americans to sober
hought. The dispatches have told us
>f the satisfaction of the London
)ress, the anxiety with which the roy
L family awaited the returns, and
miled with gladness as they came in
howing the triumph of McKinley
nd the gold standard. Premier Sal
sbury has announced the readiness of
ngland to take "common action in
lefence of the common heritage of so
iety" in case the Democracy should
iappen to win a Presidential election
1ereafter on a platform unfavorable
o the fleecing privileges of the piu
ocracy. His phrase at the Lord
dayor's banquet, in an address folow
owing Ambassador Bayard's unpa
riotic and disgraceful speech, means
ust that or nothing. The bourses of
?aris and Berlin and of allother Con
inental cities, as well as the newspa
>ers which speak in the interests of
he ruling classes, have expressed a
tappiness as great as that of Wall
street itself. To judge by the dispatch
s, one would think that Eur:) is
olid for McKinly, the gold stan rd
nd non-interference with the exploi
ation of the masses by the predatory
ich. But the people of Europe, the
aultitude who do not operate in the
ourses and have no influence with
he respectable commercial press, have
iot been heard from at all. What
hey think about the American
lection has not been thought worth
scertaining and telegraphing That
vhich we have learned with certainty
s that the aristocracy and the rich of
he Old World are in the most cordi
6i and intimate sympathy with their
>rethren of America. They feel that
he earth is theirs, and that the small
st attack anywhere upon their exclu
ive ownership must be repelled with
heir whole strength-that the assail
Lts must be crushed into the dust,
est the tiniest victory should en
:ourage them to more formidable as
aults. That is the spirit of the pl
ocracy everywhere. Progress of any
ind is regarded with suspicion and
ntense avertion. They would, as
ilmerson said, nail the stars to the
ky, if they could. They know noth
eg of the wisdom of statesmanship,
vhich yields a little in orderto retain
nuch. Always they fear the deluge,
Lad always they encourage its coming
rheir dull opposition to everything
hat r for the benefit of oth
rs than the es.
The conservaiD stinct of great
>odies of the Ameri -' were
Lrtf ally appealed to by the IzjPb-w
:ans in the late canvass, and these
)odies, who have no communityof in
erest with the forces of greed, were
nduced to vote with the party of
he trusts. They were alarmed into
he belief that the moderate, constitu
ional and American proposals of the
)emocratic platform concealed sinis
er purposes hostile to property and
he national honor. Reflection must
:ause these patriotic, if timid, Ameri
:ans to ask themselves if a cause that
[raws to its ardent support not alone
he money power of their own coun
ry, but of the whole world, can be a
:ause the triumph of which is good for
he people of the United States as a
!hole. If a political party in this
:ountry may not propose any reform
ithout being reviled as if it designed
he destruction of civilized society,
vhat is to become of the Republic? If
to party may propose the slightest
:urtailment of the privileges of the
>reying rich without being accused of
oving lawlessness and anarchy; what
irogrets in the government can be
cade? If opposition to the political
s well as the industrial rule of the
rusts is to be ranked as disguised
reason, what has the future in store
or popular government in the United
tates?
No matter what any man may think
bout our currency, whether its basis
hould be one of ihe precious metals
r both, none can deny that the result
f the Presidential election has given
ratification to and increased the
ense of security of every trust in the
ountry. Neither is it to be denied
hat the plutoracy and aristocracy of
very European monarcy hails that
esult with joy. Can it be held by the
houghtful that a victory which
trengthens the trusts and cheers the
rivileged classes around the globe is
ne that should please the pride and
ncourage the hope of the patriotic
mnerican, whatever his party may be?
Teller is Cautious.
DEnER, Col., Nov. 12.-"It would
e very impolitic for us to show our
ands now and make our intent plain
the opposition," said Senator Teller
'hen asked if it would be possible to
ass a tariff bill through the coming
~enate without a silver rider. "I have
eceived several telegrams from the
lastern press requesting an answer to
hat same question," the Senator con
inued, "but I have refrained from
aaking a definite reply. Speaking
or myself, I can ssy frankly that I
ave not as yet made up my mind re
'arding the comparative strength of
hie parties in the Senate. When the
ilver forces meet at the convening of
eongress I anticipate that a caucus
vil develop a plan. No, the Repub
icans will not urge or push a tariff
>ill when Congress opens. It would
me useless. for in case such a bill
hould be passed, President Cleveland
could veto it. If the Republicans are
incere, however, as they assert they
re, a special session will be called
nd the Dingly tarif f bill or some oth
r one will be passed, in case such a
hing is possible. I do not care to
is of the plans of the silver forces
ntil I am fully advised."
Weyler Met Defeat.
Kin- WEs-r, Nov. 12.-Captain Gen
ral Weyler has at last met the Cu
ans on the field and has suffered a
epulse, according to the advices per
teamer Olivette, from Havana, last
ight. Weyler, it is said, was attack
d while encamped in the Gobernado
a hills, in Pinar del Rio, by the Cu
ans under Perico Deigado and Perico
)iaz. The Cubans surprised the Span
;h outposts and for a time great con
usion prevailed ini Weyler's camp.
Veyler is said to have fallen back
bout eight miles. During the retreat
he Cabans killed thirty-four Span